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US10231913B2	Tooth desensitizing oral care compositions, devices, and methods Desensitizing oral care composition useful for treating dentinal hypersensitivity, comprising potassium oxalate and methods of use thereof. Delivery systems including a strip of material and such oral care compositions for the treatment of dentinal hypersensitivity and methods of use thereof.
US10231912B2	First agent for oxidation hair dye and method for stabilizing color tone of oxidation hair dyeing agent composition A first agent for oxidation hair dye contains a carbonate, the first agent including (A) at least one selected from resorcin and its derivatives, and salts thereof, an upper limit of a compounding amount of the component (A) being 0.2% by mass or less, (B) at least one coupler selected from m-aminophenol, 5-amino-o-cresol, and α-naphthol, and (C) 0.01 to 0.45% by mass of at least one dye intermediate selected from p-phenylenediamine, toluene-2,5-diamine, p-aminophenol, N,N-bis(2-hydroxyethyl)-p-phenylenediamine, and derivatives thereof, and salts thereof, a mass ratio of a content of the component (B) to a content of the component (A) being 0.5 to 10.
US10231907B2	Compositions for improving the health and appearance of skin Provided herein are microalgal skin care compositions and methods of improving the health and appearance of skin. Also provided are methods of using polysaccharides for applications such as topical personal care products, cosmetics, and wrinkle reduction compositions. The invention also provides novel decolorized microalgal compositions useful for improving the health and appearance of skin. The invention also includes insoluble polysaccharide particles for application to human skin.
US10231905B2	Dental curable composition The present invention relates to providing a dental curable composition that, when cured, has high metal ion release ability and highly durable physical properties. The dental curable composition of the present invention includes: a sugar compound having an —XM group, where —X is an acid anion group and M is a metal cation; and a curable component.
US10231903B2	Pharmaceutical compounding methods and systems The present disclosure relates to a system and process for manufacturing patient personalized pharmaceutical compositions using superimposed revolution and rotation movements for dispersing, milling, melting, and/or de-aerating, where these superimposed revolution and rotation movements can be carried out in a single device in a pharmacy setting.
US10231897B2	Methods, devices, and systems for inhibiting ocular refractive disorders from progressing A method for retarding or reversing progression of myopia of a viewer contains the steps of using an immersive or non-immersive device to create a plurality of image planes in the eye of the viewer. While an image plane is located on the retina, at least one image plane is not on the retina, thereby generating myopic defocus. Immersive and non-immersive devices and systems for such a method are also described.
US10231896B2	Crutch Embodiments of crutches are disclosed. A crutch has a main body having a substantially vertical tubular member with a plurality of apertures formed therein; an angled portion extending upwardly from the substantially vertical tubular member; an arm rest support extending perpendicularly from the angled portion for receiving an arm rest; and a handle extending outwardly from the arm rest support. The crutch further includes a leg telescopically received into the substantially vertical tubular member, and a foot exchangably received by the leg.
US10231888B2	Washable reusable catamenial napkin pad A reusable washable catamenial napkin pad is formed from a lightweight oblong fabric sheath or casing which encloses an absorbent cushion and a fluid impermeable liner. The casing is made of a rectangle of cloth which has its long edges folded towards each other and attached only partially in the middle. Then the cushion and liner are slid inside the casing by the user, with the liner on the bottom, forming the pad. The pad is attached by safety pins or similar attachment device to an elastic belt. When the pad has been used and removed from the elastic belt, the three components, namely casing, cushion, and liner, are separated for washing.
US10231885B2	Protective undergarment An undergarment configured to help absorb leaks of bodily fluids from a person suffering from mild to moderate incontinence or other conditions includes a main body made of a material that allows the absorption of bodily fluids and a crotch piece made of a material that allows the absorption of bodily fluids that overlays the crotch portion of the main body. The crotch piece of the undergarment can extend high enough and be wide enough on the front side of the garment's main body so as to offer an adequate area of protection to the user.
US10231881B2	Therapeutic compression garment and method of applying the garment A therapeutic compression wrap is provided, comprising: a first front foam panel having inside and outside surfaces and configured to cover a front portion of at least part of a patient's limb; loop closure material stretched over and secured to the outside surface of the first front foam panel; a first back foam panel having inside and outside surfaces and configured to cover a back portion of the at least part of the limb; fabric stretched over and secured to the outside surface of the first back foam panel; and first hook closure material secured to side edges of the inside surface of the back foam panel, the first hook closure material matable with the loop closure material whereby the back foam panel is securable to the front foam panel.
US10231880B2	Pressure remotion disc After a human body has formed one of numerous calluses or sores due to various conditions of the human condition the present invention offers a means to aid in pain relief and/or an aid in therapy for sores and skin conditions normally considered to be caused by pressure. The present invention seeks to provide a device designed explicitly to transfer weight or pressure from an area on the body that causes the excrescence to develop. The simplest form is designed for use with a condition known as “Intractable Planter Keratosis” or “IPK”. Whether the IPK callus is caused from locomotion, or other sores caused by continual or inordinate pressure, the present invention in its simplest form is a thin disc approximately but not limited to 1″ in diameter and a thickness of approximately but not limited to 0.036″ with a hollow protrusion of approximately but not limited to 0.036″ that covers a sore completely but isolated the sore from any contact with the disc or the protrusion. The mechanical work that the present invention provides is the transferal of substantially all pressure away from the sore and to healthy flesh areas immediately around the sore.
US10231875B2	Wound dressing A method and apparatus are disclosed for dressing a wound. The apparatus comprises an absorbent layer for absorbing wound exudate, a liquid impermeable, gas permeable filter layer over the absorbent layer, a cover layer comprising at least one orifice and a first liquid and gas permeable transmission layer underlying the absorbent layer. The transmission layer is in fluid communication with the filter layer.
US10231872B2	Laser assisted cataract surgery Laser assisted cataract surgery methods and devices utilizing one or more treatment laser beams to create a shaped opening in the anterior lens capsule of the eye when performing a capsulorrhexis procedure. A light absorbing agent may optionally be added onto or into the lens capsule tissue, and the treatment laser wavelength selected to be strongly absorbed by the light absorbing agent. Alternatively, the treatment laser wavelength may be selected to be absorbed or strongly absorbed by the tissue itself, in which case no additional light absorbing agent need be used. Visualization patterns produced with one or more target laser beams may be projected onto the lens capsule tissue to aid in the procedure. The devices may be attached to or integrated with microscopes.
US10231866B1	Producing sterile surgical slush using complex rotational motion Methods and apparatus for producing saline slush for surgical applications. A mixture comprising water and salt within a receptacle is attached to an assembly for making surgical slush while imposing complex rotational motion upon the receptacle. The complex rotational motion including rotating the platform with the attached receptacle around a first axis that runs through the platform while rotating the platform around an orbital axis different from the first axis to impose a complex motion upon the fluid within the receptacle.
US10231864B1	Sleep apnea therapy device that automatically adjusts the fraction of inspired carbon dioxide A comfortable device for treating sleep apnea incorporates a mask, a flexible hose and a chamber for collecting expired air containing CO2. A sensor detects apnea and a control system automatically adjusts the amount of rebreathed CO2 to minimize apnea and also minimize arousal.
US10231862B2	Flexible braces, casts and devices and methods for designing and fabricating A custom device and method for fabricating the custom device includes marking a body with reference points and/or other indicators. Multiple images of the body from multiple angles are then obtained. The images are used to determine the contours of the body and the other markings are located and used to design the custom device. The custom device can be fabricated as a single piece structure or in multiple pieces that are assembled to complete the custom device.
US10231859B1	Brace system The present disclosure provides a brace system including an upper portion and a lower portion. The brace system may also include a first pulley rotatably coupling the upper portion to a first intermediate link positioned between the upper portion and the lower portion. The brace system may also include a second pulley rotatably coupling the first intermediate link to a second intermediate link positioned between the upper portion and the lower portion. The brace system may also include a third pulley rotatably coupling the second intermediate link to the lower portion. Further, the brace system may include at least one tension-bearing element substantially encircling each of the first pulley, the second pulley, and the third pulley.
US10231858B2	Delivery system for preloaded fenestrated device A pre-loaded stent graft delivery device having a guide wire catheter and a handle including a multi-port manifold with access ports, where an access sheath extends from each access port. A sheath is disposed coaxially around the guide wire catheter and includes two splits that enable the retraction of the sheath while the access sheaths are disposed within the respective access port of the manifold.
US10231855B2	Flexible helical stent having intermediate non-helical region The present invention relates to tubular stents that are implanted within a body lumen. The stent has a cylindrical shape defining a longitudinal axis and includes a helical section and a closed endless ring section within the helical section. The helical section has of a plurality of longitudinally oriented strut members and a plurality of circumferentially oriented hinge members connecting circumferentially adjacent strut members to form a band, the band being wrapped about the longitudinal axis in a substantially helical manner to form a plurality of helical windings. The closed ring section interrupts the repeating helical pattern and separates the helical section into a proximal helical section and a distal helical section. The intermediate ring section includes a plurality of longitudinally oriented strut members and a plurality of circumferentially oriented hinge members connecting circumferentially adjacent strut members to form an endless ring.
US10231854B2	Bend-capable stent prosthesis A stent is described, which includes a plurality of stenting rings, each stenting ring including a plurality of struts and points of inflection, each point of inflection connecting adjacent struts, the points of inflection of adjacent stenting rings facing each other along an axis parallel to a longitudinal axis of the stent in a radially expanded stenting disposition while the stent is in an unbent configuration. Adjacent stenting rings are connected by connectors extending from a point of inflection on one stenting ring to a facing point of inflection on another stenting ring, the connectors being linear along an entire length thereof and parallel to the longitudinal axis of the stent, each of the connectors having a length shorter than a length of each of the struts.
US10231853B2	Stent with non-round cross-section in an unexpanded state A stent has a circumference and a plurality of members that define a lumen. The stent has three stable states, which include an unexpanded state, a partially deployed state, and a deployed state. The lumen has a first cross-sectional shape in the unexpanded state, a second cross-sectional shape in the partially deployed state and a third cross-sectional shape in the deployed state. The first cross-sectional shape of the lumen is different from the second and third cross-sectional shapes of the lumen, and the first cross-sectional shape of the lumen is a non-round shaped cross-sectional shape.
US10231851B2	Pneumatic electromyographic exoskeleton The invention relates to a pneumatic, electromyographic exoskeleton. The exoskeleton includes a rigid frame designed to be secured to at least a portion of a user's body, a number of pneumatic actuators, each fixed to opposite sides of a hinge on the rigid frame; a storage tank designed to store compressed air to power the pneumatic actuators; valves coupled to the pneumatic actuators to control activation of the pneumatic actuators; electromyographic (EMG) sensors for sensing EMG signals in skeletal muscles of the user; differential amplifiers for amplifying each EMG signal to generate an amplified EMG signal; and a microprocessor programmed to receive the amplified EMG signals and to output activation signals for the pneumatic actuators.
US10231847B2	Implant fixation system and methods The implant fixation systems disclosed herein include an implant manufactured with, or coupled to, one or more implant fixation devices used to secure the implant to bone. Various implant fixation device embodiments have an engagement element with a concave engagement tip, a guiding element defining a planned trajectory along which the engagement element is configured to move, and an adjustment element configured to move the engagement element along the planned trajectory. Moving the engagement element along the planned trajectory causes the concave engagement tip to enter a bone in a first position and rotate within the bone to a second position. Continuing to move the engagement element along the planned trajectory may cause the concave engagement tip to undergo translational movement from the second position to a third position, thereby pulling the implant towards the bone and exerting compression forces on the bone.
US10231846B2	Bone graft delivery loading assembly A bone graft loading system includes a loading funnel, syringe, cannula, plunger, and loading tool. The loading funnel includes an interior passageway to receive the cannula and a syringe docking portion. The syringe may be coupled to the syringe docking portion so that it extends along a longitudinal axis that is transverse to the longitudinal axes of the cannula and the loading funnel. A user may advance bone graft from the syringe to a holding area of the loading funnel. The user may then move the loading tool through the holding area and into the interior space of the cannula to load the cannula with bone graft. This process may be repeated until the cannula is fully loaded with bone graft. The cannula and the plunger inside the cannula may then be removed from the loading funnel and coupled to an injector assembly for use in surgery.
US10231843B2	Spinal fusion implants and devices and methods for deploying such implants Methods and apparatus are disclosed for distracting tissue. The devices and methods may include insertion of first and second elongated members into the space between two tissue layers, with an augmenting elongated member inserted therebetween to form a distraction device between the tissues to be distracted. The distraction device defines a generally annular configuration, with a locking member secured to one of the elongated members at a plurality of locations to maintain the distraction device in the generally annular configuration. The augmenting elongated member may be shorter than the first and second elongated members such that a window is defined between the proximal and distal ends of the augmenting elongated member when the distraction device and the first and second elongated members are in the generally annular configuration. Bone graft material or bone filler may be introduced into the interior of the distraction device through the window.
US10231842B2	Intervertebral tensional artificial disc replacement Disclosed herein is an intervertebral tensional artificial disc replacement, insertable between adjacent vertebrae, which includes an inferior plate engaging with a lower vertebra and providing elastic force to an upper vertebra, and a superior plate seated on an upper portion of the inferior plate to engage with the upper vertebra, the superior plate being rotatable right and left within a certain angular range depending on rotation of the upper vertebra. Since the adjacent vertebrae are supported by elastic force, it is possible to prevent abrasion due to frequent friction between upper and lower bodies of the artificial disc replacement. In addition, the intervertebral artificial disc replacement can engage well with a spine and move well by locating the central axis of motion of the intervertebral artificial disc replacement at a rearward position, similar to the central axis of the body's spinal motion.
US10231840B2	Low profile tibial baseplate with fixation members A tibial baseplate may include a bridge portion connecting medial and lateral condylar portions at an anterior end portion of the baseplate, and a pair of fixation members extending inferiorly from a bone contacting surface of each of the medial and lateral condylar portions. One of each pair of fixation members may extend posteriorly from the bone contacting surface, may be positioned anterior to the other of the pair, and may include at least one recessed surface. The recessed surface may include a lateral recess, a posterior recess, and a medial recess. During insertion of the tibial baseplate into the bone, one of each pair of fixation members may guide the tibial baseplate into the bone and secure the tibial baseplate, while the other of each pair of fixation members may drag along the bone so that bone chips accumulate in the recesses, providing for increased fixation of the baseplate.
US10231832B2	Stents for prosthetic heart valves A stented valve including a stent structure having a generally tubular body portion, an interior area, a longitudinal axis, an first end, an second end, and an outer surface; at least one outflow barb extending from the outer surface of the stent adjacent to the first end of the stent structure and toward the second end of the stent structure; at least one inflow barb extending from the outer surface of the stent adjacent to the second end of the stent structure and toward the first end of the stent structure; and a valve structure attached within the interior area of the stent structure.
US10231831B2	Folding ring implant for heart valve Apparatus and methods are provided for use with a prosthetic valve that is designated for implantation at a patient's native heart valve, including a valve ring having a plurality of ring segments, each of the segments being hingedly coupled to an adjacent segment at a pivot joint. The valve ring is placed adjacent to a surface of the native heart valve, the prosthetic valve having been coupled to the valve ring. In an expanded state thereof, the valve ring defines a ring, all of the pivot joints being disposed in a plane that is perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the ring. The valve ring is foldable into a shape that has a generally circular cross-section that defines and surrounds at least in part a central lumen, by folding the segments with respect to each other, at the pivot joints. Other embodiments are also described.
US10231830B2	Kidney capsule leaflet material A prosthetic heart valve provided herein can include a kidney capsule tissue leaflet. In some cases, a prosthetic heart valve can include a plurality of leaflets secured together and retained within the expandable tubular member. The kidney capsule tissue can be obtained from a farm animal, such as a cow, pig, horse, goat, or sheep. In some cases, the kidney capsule tissue can be tensioned (e.g., bi-axially tensioned) and/or chemically cross-linked.
US10231828B2	Reduced profile prosthetic heart valve A prosthetic heart valve may include a stent body with a plurality of cells arranged in circumferential rows and a cuff attached to the stent. A leaflet attachment panel may be attached to and span a portion of one of the cells. A prosthetic valve element, such as a leaflet having a belly, may be mounted to the leaflet attachment panel. The leaflet attachment panel may not be integral with the stent body. A reduced overlap area may be defined between a proximal end of the stent body and a proximalmost point of attachment of the leaflet belly to the cuff. The reduced overlap area may have a size dependent upon the circumferential row of cells the leaflet attachment panel is attached to and a position of the portion of the leaflet attachment panel to which the leaflet is mounted. Alternately, the leaflet may be attached directly to the stent.
US10231827B2	Valve prostheses having an integral centering mechanism and methods of use thereof A transcatheter valve prosthesis including a tubular stent, a prosthetic valve component disposed within and secured to the stent, and a centering mechanism coupled to and encircling an outer surface of the tubular stent. The centering mechanism includes a self-expanding centering ring having an expanded diameter in the expanded configuration that is greater than an expanded diameter of the tubular stent in the expanded configuration and a plurality of self-expanding spokes radially extending between the tubular stent and the centering ring. The centering mechanism may include a base ring and/or a skirt. Alternatively, the centering mechanism includes a plurality of self-expanding loops. When each loop is in a delivery configuration the loop has a straightened profile that proximally extends from a proximal end of the tubular stent. When each loop is in an expanded configuration the loop has a U-shaped profile radially spaced apart from the tubular stent.
US10231824B2	Tenodesis anchoring systems and tools Systems and tools are provided for anchoring a ligament or tendon to bone. In one embodiment, a sheath is provided having a first sidewall with proximal and distal ends and a second sidewall with proximal and distal ends. The distal ends of the first and second sidewalls can be coupled to one another by a hinge pin such that the first and second sidewalls pivot relative to one another about the hinge pin. A sheath inserter tool is also provided and it can be configured to couple to the sheath and to advance the expandable sheath, with a tendon disposed therearound, into a bone hole. An expander is also provided for expanding the sheath. In this way, a tendon or ligament is delivered into the bone hole and the sheath and tendon are locked within the bone hole.
US10231820B2	Fabrication of vascularized tissue using microfabricated two-dimensional molds Methods and materials for making complex, living, vascularized tissues for organ and tissue replacement, especially complex and/or thick, structures, such as liver tissue is provided. Tissue lamina is made in a system comprising an apparatus having (a) a first mold or polymer scaffold, a semi-permeable membrane, and a second mold or polymer scaffold, wherein the semi-permeable membrane is disposed between the first and second molds or polymer scaffolds, wherein the first and second molds or polymer scaffolds have means defining microchannels positioned toward the semi-permeable membrane, wherein the first and second molds or polymer scaffolds are fastened together; and (b) animal cells. Methods for producing complex, three-dimensional tissues or organs from tissue lamina are also provided.
US10231816B2	Medical devices, systems, and kits for the medialization of a vocal cord Medical devices, systems, methods, and kits for the medialization of a vocal cord are described. A method comprises creating a passageway in thyroid cartilage of a patient, advancing a light source through the passageway, activating the light source, viewing light emitted from the light source to confirm placement of the passageway relative to the vocal cord, and advancing a medical device through the passageway to move the vocal cord toward a midline of the larynx of the patient.
US10231810B2	Dental irradiation device and system A dental irradiation device comprises a first light emitting unit for emitting blue light adapted for light hardening of a dental material. The device further comprises a second light emitting unit and an image sensing unit which are adapted for cooperation with each other for simultaneous illumination and image capturing. The device facilitates hardening of dental materials and provides, inter alia, additional diagnostic functions.
US10231809B2	Dental implement and method of using the same A dental implement for cleaning interproximal spaces and a method of use. The implement includes a sleeve with first and second ends and a bore defined therebetween. A stack of cartridges is insertable into the bore. Each cartridge includes a cleaning tip such as an interproximal brush. A cap may be engaged with the sleeve to protect the tip and keep it hygienic. The cartridges are progressively advanced along the bore to present their cleaning tip for use. A locking member secures the uppermost cartridge in place. Once used, a cartridge is removed from the sleeve and may be discarded or inserted into an opening to the bore in the sleeve's second end. The tip may be snapped off prior to insertion. The cartridge stack is drawn along the bore as the uppermost cartridge is removed or insertion of the spent cartridge will advance the cartridge stack along the bore.
US10231807B2	Zirconia sintered body, zirconia composition, zirconia pre-sintered body and preparing method thereof, and dental prosthesis A method for preparing a zirconia composition comprises preparing a plurality of powders for lamination; the lamination powders containing zirconia, a stabilizer(s) suppressing phase transition of zirconia and a pigment(s) at respective different pigment content ratios, and laminating the lamination powders in a mold. In the laminating step, the mold is vibrated after at least two lamination powders are charged into the mold.
US10231800B2	Method for producing a patient-specific replacement bracket for an orthodontic treatment, and bracket produced by this method A process to manufacture a patient-specific replacement bracket includes providing a 3D representation of the supramaxilla or submaxilla of a patient in the target set-up with a reference plane in a computer. A request to manufacture a replacement bracket is received. A sector of the 3D representation is defined and contains at least a section of the tooth for which the replacement bracket is to be manufactured. A marking is generated for the slot plane in the sector. A physical model of the sector with the marking is created. A bracket element containing the slot is provided. The bracket element is aligned to the slot plane. An individualized pad is assigned to the bracket element, whereby the replacement bracket is manufactured.
US10231798B2	Skull clamp opening apparatus and method A head fixation device in the form of a skull clamp comprises an opening device having an actuator positioned along an upright portion of the skull clamp near where a pin assembly contacts a patient's head for stabilization. The opening device can be actuated such that the relative distance between arms of the skull clamp can be opened, closed, or adjusted. The opening device is substantially positioned within one of the arms of the skull clamp. In some versions the skull clamp further comprises an attachment feature having an offset configuration.
US10231795B1	Portable monitoring system transport case A portable transport system for containing and transporting monitoring system components includes a case for enclosing the monitoring system components. A collapsible desk assembly telescopes between a collapsed position wherein the entire collapsible desk assembly is substantially contained within the case and an open position. The collapsible desk assembly includes a desk shelf that extends outward from the collapsible desk assembly in the open position and folds down within the case in the collapsed position. A collapsible monitoring component assembly telescopes between a collapsed position wherein the entire collapsible monitoring component assembly is substantially contained within the case and an open position. The collapsible monitoring component assembly includes a component bracket mounting handle for interfacing the monitoring system components with the collapsible monitoring component assembly. The component bracket mounting handle moves the monitoring system components between a raised position and a lowered position. The collapsible desk assembly and the collapsible monitoring component assembly are contained substantially within the case in the collapsed position.
US10231792B2	Carriage for portable surgical robot A portable surgical robot includes a surgical device and a cart. The surgical device is coupled to the cart. The cart includes a chassis, a mount coupled to the chassis, a carriage pivotally coupled to the mount, and a set of wheels. The carriage includes a first bracket positioned at a first lateral end of the carriage and a second bracket positioned at a second lateral end of the carriage. A first wheel of the set of wheels is coupled to the first bracket and a second wheel of the set of wheels is coupled to the second bracket. The carriage is configured to pivot relative to the mount to prevent at least one of (i) rocking of the portable surgical robot, (ii) fluttering of the first wheel, (iii) fluttering of the second wheel, and (iv) tipping of the portable surgical robot.
US10231791B2	Infrared signal based position recognition system for use with a robot-assisted surgery An improved device for regenerating an infrared signal transmitted over the air for use in detecting a 3-dimensional position of an object. The regeneration device includes an infrared signal transmitter and detector that receives from the object a responsive infrared signal in response to the infrared signal transmitted by the transmitter. A low pass filter receives the responsive infrared signal from the detector and outputs a low-pass filtered signal. A comparator compares the output of the infrared signal detector and output of the low pass filter and generates an output representing a logic state based on the comparison.
US10231789B2	Using force sensor to give angle of ultrasound beam Catheterization is carried out by inserting a probe into a cavity in a body of a subject. The probe has a contact force, a transmitter, a receiver, and an ultrasound transducer in its distal segment, After navigating the probe into contact with a target in a wall of the cavity, using the contact force sensor a desired contact force is established and maintained between the probe and the target. Responsively to readings by the receiver of signals from the transmitter, the distal end of the probe is oriented orthogonally to the target.
US10231786B2	Intraoperative systems and methods for determining and providing for display a virtual image overlaid onto a visual image of a bone Example methods and systems may be used intraoperatively to help surgeons perform accurate and replicable surgeries, such as knee arthroplasty surgeries. An example system combines real time measurement and tracking components with functionality to compile data collected by the hardware to register a bone of a patient, calculate an axis (e.g., mechanical axis) of the leg of the patient, assist a surgeon in placing cut guides, and verify a placement of an inserted prosthesis.
US10231784B2	Methods and systems for optimizing perivascular neuromodulation therapy using computational fluid dynamics Methods and systems for optimizing perivascular neuromodulation therapy using computational fluid dynamics. Digital data regarding three-dimensional imaging of a target blood vessel and corresponding hemodynamic data are inputs to generating a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model. The CFD model enables identification of one or more regions of the vessel suitable for neuromodulation therapy and/or identifying one or more regions of the vessel to avoid during such therapy. A system of the present technology can include a neuromodulation catheter, a computing device that can generate and analyze the CFD model, and a user interface for displaying the vessel with indicia for target regions and/or avoidance regions.
US10231783B2	Energy-based surgical instrument including integrated nerve detection system An energy-based surgical system includes a light beam source and a probe. The light beam source is configured to selectively provide a beam of light. The probe defines a channel about a longitudinal axis thereof and a side opening near a distal end thereof. The channel is operatively connected to the light beam source and is configured to transmit the beam of light from the side opening. The beam of light is configured to detect the presence of a nerve within targeted tissue. The probe may further be configured apply treatment energy to tissue to treat tissue.
US10231781B2	Apparatus and method for reducing laser beam attenuation in a liquid medium A method of treating a mobile target tissue with a laser beam includes: providing a laser device for generating a laser beam and providing an optical fiber having a delivery end for guiding the laser beam to the target tissue; a controller causes the laser device to generate one or more laser pulses substantially along the same longitudinal axis. The controller causes the laser device to provide one or more laser pulses. The one or more pulses are selected to allow a vapor bubble formed by the one or more pulse to expand an amount sufficient to displace a substantial portion of the liquid medium from the space between the delivery end of the fiber and the target tissue. The one or more pulses are delivered to the target tissue through the vapor bubble after the vapor bubble has reached its maximum extent and has begun to collapse to reduce retropulsion of the mobile target tissue.
US10231778B2	Methods for contemporaneous assessment of renal denervation Techniques are disclosed for contemporaneously assessing the success of a renal denervation procedure. One or more characteristics of a patient's heart, such as atrioventricular (AV) interval, PR interval and/or heart rate are monitored during an ablation procedure. A change in the heart characteristic detected during the ablation may indicate successful denervation. Accordingly, successive new locations may be targeted for ablation until a change is detected.
US10231777B2	Methods of manufacturing jaw members of an end-effector assembly for a surgical instrument A method of manufacturing a jaw member of an end-effector assembly includes forming one or more stress-relief cavities within a sealing plate. Each one of the one or more stress-relief cavities defines a pad portion of an electrically-conductive surface of the sealing plate. The method also includes forming a stop member on each pad portion of the electrically-conductive surface of the sealing plate, performing an overmolding operation wherein the one or more stress-relief cavities is configured to prevent force applied to a bottom surface of the sealing plate during the overmolding operation from stressing each pad portion to avoid compromising adhesion between the stop member and the electrically-conductive surface of the sealing plate.
US10231776B2	Tissue sealing instrument with tissue-dissecting electrode An electrosurgical instrument includes an elongated shaft extending distally from a housing and an actuating mechanism operably coupled to a proximal portion of the elongated shaft and configured to move the elongated shaft. First and second jaw members are coupled to a distal portion of the elongated shaft. The first jaw member is pivotable relative to the second jaw member between open and closed positions. An electrically conductive tissue sealing surface is disposed on each of the jaw members and is adapted to connect to a source of electrosurgical energy. A tissue-dissecting electrode is disposed on a distal end of at least one of the jaw members in spaced relation to the tissue sealing surface and is adapted to connect to a source of electrosurgical energy. An insulator couples the tissue-dissecting electrode to the jaw member and electrically insulates the tissue-dissecting electrode from the jaw member.
US10231770B2	Tumor ablation system A system for use in tumor ablation. The tumor ablation system includes a microwave antenna which has a channel along the length thereof. There are two ports proximate the proximal end of the microwave antenna. The first port is an energy port configured to connect the antenna to an energy source. The second port is a fluid port configured to connect the channel to a fluid delivery mechanism. The system also includes an inflatable balloon configured to be attached to a distal end of the antenna. The channel permits fluid access from the fluid port to an interior of the balloon for inflation thereof.
US10231767B2	Bone repair system, kit and method A bone repair system, kit and method for percutaneous repair of a bone segment containing a first bone segment and a second bone segment in a patient, each bone segment having a drill hole. The system comprises a longitudinal member configured to contact the first bone segment and the second bone segment and having at least one opening and cleats on the side adapted to contact the first bone segment and the second bone segment; a first fastener assembly configured to be disposed through the opening of the longitudinal member to hold the longitudinal member in place through the opening and the hole in the first bone segment; and a second fastener assembly configured to be disposed through the opening of the longitudinal member to hold the longitudinal member in place through the opening and the hole in the second bone segment.
US10231766B2	Distal radius plate A bone plate fixation system for fixation of the distal radius bone includes a bone plate having an elongate shaft portion and a triangular-shaped head portion, with each portion defining a number of bone screw openings extending therethrough for receipt of bone screws. The triangular-shaped head portion may define an elongate visualization window having a window length extending across a width of the bone plate. At least some of the openings include flexible fins protruding radially inward into the opening and deflectable by the head of a bone screw to retain the bone screw in position within the opening. In one embodiment, the bone plate has an outer perimeter that is substantially symmetrical relative to a longitudinal axis of the bone plate. In another embodiment, the elongate shaft portion includes an elongate slot having a length extending along the longitudinal axis. In a further embodiment, the triangular-shaped head portion includes an elongate aperture having a length extending along the longitudinal axis.
US10231759B2	Bone clamp A bone clamp for attachment to a bone includes a first lever and a second lever that are connected to each other by a connection, a sliding block, and a screw. The first lever has a first lever arm and a second lever arm, and the second lever has a third lever arm and a fourth lever arm, the second ends of which are configured to contact the bone. The sliding block is slidably attached to the first lever arm, the screw is pivotably mounted in the sliding block, the first lever arm includes a threaded surface for engaging with the screw mounted in the sliding block, and the sliding block includes a sliding surface on which the third lever arm slides such that the second ends of the levers approach each other when the sliding block moves along the first lever arm.
US10231747B2	Transducer features for ultrasonic surgical instrument An apparatus for operating on tissue includes a body, a shaft, an ultrasonic blade, and an acoustic assembly. The shaft extends distally from the body. The blade is disposed at the distal end of the shaft. The acoustic assembly comprises an acoustic waveguide coupled with the blade, a piezoelectric transducer element, a fastener, and a coupling member. The transducer element defines an inner diameter surface and an outer diameter surface. The fastener is configured to secure the transducer element relative to the waveguide. The coupling member is configured to provide electrical continuity between the fastener and the inner diameter surface of the transducer element. The outer diameter surface of the transducer element includes an annular recess. Another coupling member is configured to provide electrical continuity between the annular recess of the piezoelectric transducer element and a power source while permitting the piezoelectric transducer element to rotate relative to the body.
US10231746B1	Medical retrieval device A medical retrieval basket used for entrapping and extracting objects such as urinary and biliary calculi from the body comprising a handle assembly, a flexible shaft, and a basket. The basket comprises a plurality of outwardly disposed shape memory wires and is bulbous in shape at its distal end. Located at the intersection point of the wires at the distal end of the basket is a hub that restricts the degree of relative movement between the wires. This hub also serves to increase contact points with the object to be retrieved and to stabilize the orientation of the basket wires. The substantially tipless configuration of the distal end of the basket permits the basket to retrieve objects from difficult to reach locations and reduces tissue trauma caused by the basket tip. The basket wires have varying cross sectional shapes and sizes in different sections of the basket to optimize the performance to the needs of each section within the basket. The flexible shaft contains a drive wire that exhibits different flexibilities within the same strand of material by varied cross sectional shapes or diameters. This permits the distal section of the shaft to be more flexible, which reduces the possibility of the device shaft limiting the deflection of a flexible endoscope.
US10231744B2	Flexible ACL instrumentation, kit and method In a first embodiment, the present invention includes an instrumentation system for preparing a bone for soft tissue repair, the instrumentation system including a flexible drill pin capable of bending along a curved path; an aimer capable of engaging the flexible pin to bend the flexible pin; and a flexible reamer having a flexible portion along at least a portion of its length, the flexible portion comprising a plurality of laser cuts. In an alternate embodiment, the present invention may also include a method for preparing a bone tunnel in a femur adjacent a knee joint, the method including introducing a flexible drill pin into the knee joint; guiding the flexible drill pin towards a surface of the femur with an instrument introduced into the knee joint; drilling the flexible drill pin into the femur; removing the instrument from the knee joint; introducing a cannulated flexible reamer into the knee joint by placing the flexible pin within the cannulation of the flexible reamer; and reaming the bone tunnel in the femur along the path of the flexible pin.
US10231742B2	Surgical drill In at least one aspect of this disclosure, a surgical drill can include a housing, a retracting enclosure slidably disposed within the housing and configured to move between an extended position and a retracted position and a retracting motor operatively connected to the retracting enclosure to move the retracting enclosure between the extended position and the retracted position. The drill can further include a drill motor including a motor shaft configured to connect to a drill chuck and disposed within the retracting enclosure such that the motor shaft can rotate relative to the retracting enclosure.
US10231741B2	Reamer handle coupling A coupling mechanism designed to removably attach a reamer to the distal end of a spindle or shaft is disclosed. The coupling comprises a collar having an annular sidewall that defines a collar throughbore, the collar annular sidewall comprising a plurality of spaced part first slots that at least partially extend through the sidewall and a shank disposed within the collar throughbore. The shank is constructed with a shank annular sidewall in which a plurality of spaced apart second slots at least partially extend therethrough. A bias member that provides a bias force in a distal direction that acts on the collar is incorporated within the mechanism. The collar is capable of sliding in an axial direction such that the first and second slots become aligned to secure the cross bar of a reamer therein.
US10231740B2	Arthroscopic surgical device An arthroscopic bone tunneling and suturing device including a bone-engaging needle driving assembly including a bone-engaging needle and being adapted for arthroscopic insertion into engagement with a patient's bone at a first bone location through an arthroscopic incision and for driving the needle forwardly along a generally arcuate tunneling path through the bone at least to a second bone location and a bone-engaging pin driving assembly arranged for operative engagement with the bone-engaging needle driving assembly and being adapted for arthroscopic insertion into engagement with a patient's bone at a third bone location through the arthroscopic incision.
US10231738B2	Endoscopic surgical clip applier with wedge plate An apparatus for application of surgical clips to body tissue is provided and includes a handle assembly; a shaft assembly including a housing extending distally from the handle assembly and defining a longitudinal axis; a plurality of surgical clips disposed within the shaft assembly; a jaw mounted adjacent a distal end portion of the shaft assembly, the jaw being movable between an open spaced-apart condition and a closed approximated condition; and a pusher bar reciprocally disposed within the housing of the shaft assembly and being detachably connectable to the housing of the shaft assembly, the pusher bar being configured to load a distal-most surgical clip into the jaws during distal movement and remain connected to the housing of the shaft assembly and in a distally advanced position during an approximation of the jaws.
US10231737B2	Flanged occlusion devices and methods Implantable occlusion devices that include one or more flanges extending from a tubular body are disclosed. The flange or flanges may assist in retention of the device within a vessel, cavity, appendage, etc. At least one flange on the occlusion device may include a concave surface proximate one end of a body. Because of the shape of the flange, e.g., its concavity, the occlusion device may resist dislocation due to e.g., the forces generated within the left atrial appendage during atrial filbrillation.
US10231735B2	Endoscopic surgical clip applier An apparatus for application of surgical clips to body tissue is provided and includes a handle assembly; a shaft assembly including a housing extending distally from the handle assembly and defining a longitudinal axis; a plurality of surgical clips disposed within the shaft assembly; a jaw mounted adjacent a distal end portion of the shaft assembly, the jaw being movable between an open spaced-apart condition and a closed approximated condition; and a pusher bar reciprocally disposed within the housing of the shaft assembly and being detachably connectable to the housing of the shaft assembly, the pusher bar being configured to load a distal-most surgical clip into the jaws during distal movement and remain connected to the housing of the shaft assembly and in a distally advanced position during an approximation of the jaws.
US10231734B2	Compression mechanism for surgical stapling devices An end effector for use by a surgeon to staple an anatomical structure of a patient during a minimally invasive procedure, the anatomical structure having a first side and a second side, the end effector including an anvil, a cartridge that is configured to house a plurality of staples, and a compression mechanism that movably couples the anvil to the cartridge.
US10231733B2	Surgical fastener applying apparatus The present disclosure relates to surgical fastener applying apparatus for sequentially applying a plurality of surgical fasteners to body tissue. The surgical fastener applying apparatus includes a replaceable cartridge assembly receivable in a distal end portion of a cartridge receiving half-section, the cartridge assembly including a safety lockout pivotably disposed along the upper surface of the cartridge assembly and movable from an unlocked orientation permitting assembly of an anvil half-section to the cartridge receiving half-section, to a locked orientation preventing assembly of the anvil half-section to the cartridge receiving-half section.
US10231732B1	Surgical stapling device A surgical device is disclosed which includes a handle portion, a central body portion and a SULU. The SULU includes a proximal body portion, an intermediate pivot member and a tool assembly. The intermediate pivot member is pivotally secured to the proximal body portion about a first pivot axis and the tool assembly is pivotally secured to the intermediate pivot member about a second pivot axis which is orthogonal to the first pivot axis. The SULU includes a plurality of articulation links which are operably connected to the tool assembly by non-rigid links. The articulation links are adapted to releasably engage articulation links positioned in the central body portion. The body portion articulation links are connected to an articulation actuator which is supported for omni-directional movement to effect articulation of the tool assembly about the first and second axes. The handle portion includes a spindle and barrel assembly drive mechanism for advancing and retracting a drive member positioned in the tool assembly. In one embodiment, the tool assembly includes a cartridge assembly having a plurality of staples and an anvil assembly.
US10231728B2	Medical fastening device A tissue fastening device is provided. The tissue fastening device may include an elongate member having fastener guides extending between a working end and a control end and a firing aperture disposed on the working end, an arcuate needle disposed within the firing aperture of the working end and rotatable between a retracted position and an extended position, the arcuate needle including an antegrade recess configured to engagably receive an end of a fastener during advancement of the arcuate needle, and a drive mechanism operatively coupled to the arcuate needle and configured to, upon actuation, advance the arcuate needle in a forward rotation to engage the end of the fastener to be installed and push the end of the fastener through one of a tissue and a prosthetic material into a helical configuration.
US10231727B2	Plication lock delivery system and method of use thereof A plication lock delivery system that enables a suture lock assembly to be delivered percutaneouly. The plication lock delivery system comprises a lock assembly that secures sutures in place, a control assembly that allows a clinician to engage a suture to a suture lock assembly, apply tension to the sutures to cause tissue plication, and deploy the lock assembly, and a catheter assembly. This plication lock delivery system can be used to repair mitral regurgitation percutaneouly or in an open-heart surgery.
US10231725B2	Suture anchors and method of use An anchoring system for securing tissue to bone includes an implant having a body through which a suture eyelet extends transversely, a suture recess extending along a portion of a length of the body, having a predetermined depth below an outer surface of the body, and a suture pinch ramp disposed at a proximal end of the suture recess. The suture pinch ramp has a depth approximately equal to the predetermined depth at a distal end thereof and sloping outwardly in a proximal direction so that a depth of a proximal end of the suture pinch ramp approaches zero. An insertion member includes an insertion tube and a handle which is engageable with the anchor body to deploy the anchor in a selected bone site.
US10231724B1	Method and apparatus for performing spinal fusion surgery Implants, instruments, and methods for performing surgical procedures on the spine, including one or more of creating an operative corridor to the spine, delivering implants to the spine, fusing one or more segments of the spine, and fixing one or more segments of the spine.
US10231723B2	Surgical rib cutter and methods thereof A surgical rib cutter is disclosed. The surgical rib cutter includes a housing defining one or more guide slots. The surgical rib cutter also includes an anterior arm unit comprising an anterior effector configured to interact with an anterior side of a rib. The surgical rib cutter further includes a posterior arm unit comprising a posterior effector configured to interact with a posterior side of said rib. The surgical rib cutter also has an actuator movable relative to the housing and operationally coupled to at least one of the anterior and posterior arm units to move said at least one of the anterior and posterior arm units within at least one of the one or more guide slots to create a relative movement between the anterior and posterior arm units, said relative movement causing one of the anterior effector or the posterior effector to create a green stick break in said rib.
US10231717B2	Biopsy needle A device for collecting a tissue sample includes a needle body extending along a longitudinal axis from a proximal end to a distal end and including a channel extending longitudinally therethrough and a plurality of cut outs extending laterally into the needle body, each of the plurality of cut outs extending at an angle relative to the longitudinal axis from an outer surface of the needle body toward the distal end thereof so that the channel is open to an exterior of the needle body via the plurality of cut outs.
US10231716B2	Apparatus and methods for aspirating tissue A bone marrow aspiration device and associated method includes an introducer needle and an aspiration needle. The introducer needle includes an introducer cannula and a removable introducer stylet that includes a sharp tip to penetrate bone. The aspiration needle includes an optionally flexible aspiration cannula and a blunt stylet. The aspiration needle is receivable in the introducer cannula when the introducer stylet is removed from the introducer needle. The aspiration cannula forms a channel for aspirating bone marrow when the stylet is removed. The aspiration device also includes a locking mechanism to lock the aspiration cannula to the introducer cannula when the aspiration cannula is received in the introducer cannula, whereby the aspiration cannula can be advanced distally relative to the introducer cannula in a controlled manner, and whereby pulling the aspiration cannula proximally causes the introducer cannula to move proximally with the aspiration cannula.
US10231715B2	Biopsy device with inner cutting member The invention is directed to devices and methods for separating and collecting a tissue specimen from a patient's target site. The device includes a probe member with a penetrating distal tip and a tissue receiving aperture, and a tissue cutting member which is rotatable disposed within the probe member to cut a tissue specimen drawn into the interior of the device through the aperture. The longitudinal edges of the aperture are preferably sharpened to engage the cutting edges of the tissue cutting member. Vacuum may be provided in the inner lumen of the cutting member to transport tissue therethrough. Rotation, rotational oscillation and/or longitudinal reciprocation of the tissue cutting member is effective to separate a tissue specimen from surrounding tissue. An accessing cannula having an tissue receiving aperture may be concentrically disposed within the probe member and about the tissue cutting member. The tissue cutting edge of the tissue cutting member preferably is longitudinally oriented and may have a cutting angle less than 90° with respect to the longitudinal axis of the tissue cutting member.
US10231714B2	Actuator of medical device An actuator for a medical device includes a housing, a driving unit mounted in the housing, a first moving unit slidably mounted in the housing and movable by the driving unit. The first moving unit includes a movable first car, an spring with two ends thereof abutting the housing and first car, respectively, and a lock formed between the driving unit and first car. The lock includes a first snap and a first protrusion detachably engagable with the first snap. One of the first snap and first protrusion is formed on the first car, and the other is formed on the driving unit. When the first protrusion disengages from the first snap, the spring moves the first car relative to the housing.
US10231702B2	Echogenic article with compound indentations The present invention provides an article or an interface having a distribution of a first partially spherical indentation and at least a second partially spherical indentation contained within the first indentation to form a multi-component or “compound” shape that is referred to as a “compound” or “nested” dimples or indentations. These compound dimples or indentions may be concentric and are etched or otherwise formed into a surface or interface of an article to enhance the ultrasonic imaging. Exemplary articles may be needles of the type used to conduct nerve blocks or the interface may be the surface of such a needle, cannula, catheter, catheter tip or similar article.
US10231701B2	Distance, diameter and area determining device An elongated member such as a catheter that uses ultrasound or optical coherence tomography “OCT”) technology to approximate the dimensions of a structure into which the catheter has been placed. The catheter includes multiple ultrasound transducers arranged in an annular or circumferential configuration on, embedded into or within the body of the elongated member so that distance measurements can be obtained between the elongated member and the wall of the immediately facing structure (e.g., a fluid-filled lumen). Utilizing these measurements, the present invention approximates for the physician the shape and size of the structure into which the elongated member is placed. The invention also includes a method for producing three-dimensional images from two-dimensional images.
US10231696B2	Method of characterizing tissue of a patient A method for characterizing tissue of a patient, including receiving acoustic data derived from the interaction between the tissue and the acoustic waves irradiating the tissue; generating a morphology rendering of the tissue from the acoustic data, in which the rendering represents at least one biomechanical property of the tissue; determining a prognostic parameter for a region of interest in the rendering, in which the prognostic parameter incorporates the biomechanical property; and analyzing the prognostic parameter to characterize the region of interest. In some embodiment, the method further includes introducing a contrast agent into the tissue; generating a set of enhanced morphology renderings of the tissue after introducing the contrast agent; determining an enhanced prognostic parameter from the enhanced morphology renderings; and analyzing the enhanced prognostic parameter.
US10231693B2	Automated identification of the location of a regurgitant orifice of a mitral valve in an ultrasound image An ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system is described which quantifies regurgitant flow through a mitral valve, including the automatic indication of the location of a regurgitant orifice in an ultrasound image. A clinician images the regurgitant valve and indicates in the image the presumed location of the regurgitant orifice (130). A flow quantification processor is responsive to this initial location estimate by the clinician to calculate a refined estimation of the orifice location. The refined location is indicated on the ultrasound image by the imaging system, either by relocating an icon placed by the clinician, or displaying a second icon (132) on the image at the refined location.
US10231687B2	Method and apparatus for enhanced X-ray computing arrays An x-ray imaging system utilizes enhanced computing arrays. A plurality of x-ray illumination source positions are utilized to produce x-ray radiation at each of the x-ray illumination source positions and to project x-ray radiation towards an object. A detector detects x-ray radiation from the object and transmits detector images for each of the illumination source positions. A memory buffer stores the detector images from the detector. A graphics processing unit formats the detector images and constructs a complete frame data set with the detector images for each of the illumination source positions. Another graphics processing unit receives the complete frame data set and performs image reconstruction on the complete frame data set.
US10231685B2	Operating an x-ray system for examining an object A method operates an x-ray system for examining an object. In order to optimize the operation of an x-ray system, in particular the dose regulation and/or the image processing, the following method steps are performed. Radiation is passed through the object to be examined and a number of fluoroscopic images of the object are generated. A relevant image region of a fluoroscopic image is selected by a user of the x-ray system. An image-based dose regulation of the radiation dose used for passing radiation through the object is carried out using the selected image region and/or image processing is carried out using the selected image region.
US10231684B2	Spectral CT visualization of imageable drug eluting beads An imaging system (100) includes a radiation source (108) that emits radiation that traverses an examination region and imageable drug eluting beads in tissue of interest located therein, a spectral detector array (110) detects radiation traversing the examination region and generates a signal indicative thereof, spectral processing circuitry (117) that spectrally resolves the signal based on a plurality of thresholds (122), and a reconstructor (128) that generates spectral volumetric image data corresponding the imageable drug eluting beads based on the spectrally resolved signal.
US10231679B2	Proton radiography system incorporating time-of-flight measurement A proton radiography system includes a source of a proton beam at nonrelativistic energy, directed on a beam path to an object to be imaged; one or more time-of-flight (TOF) detectors arranged on the beam path to detect incidence of beam protons and generate output signals indicative thereof with a time resolution substantially less than a time of flight of the protons; and a data acquisition and analysis subsystem coupled to the TOF detectors to receive the respective output signals and (1) calculate TOF values for respective bunches of one or more protons, (2) convert the TOF values to proton velocity values and proton energy values, and (3) use the proton energy values to calculate a corresponding value for a physical property of the object along the beam path, and incorporate the value into elements of a radiographic image of the object stored or displayed in the system.
US10231668B2	Instant messaging status reporting based on smart watch activity Systems and methods for determining an instant messaging (IM) status of a user wearing a smart watch are disclosed. A computing device includes: a processor; a memory; and sensors including at least one biometric sensor, at least one location sensor, and at least one orientation sensor. The memory stores a status application that is executed by the processor and is configured to: obtain real time data from at least one of the sensors; determine an instant messaging (IM) status based on the real time data; and transmit the IM status to a server for providing to other IM users.
US10231667B2	Non-invasive dehydration monitoring The present invention relates to a device (10) and method for non-invasively measuring a hydration state of a living being (62). To improve with respect to the convenience-to-use, the cost-effectiveness and the accuracy of the delivered results, the proposed device comprises a first light source (14) for emitting light of a first wavelength into a tissue portion (12) of the living being (62), polarization means (18) for polarizing at least part of the emitted light prior to an interaction of the emitted light with the tissue portion (12), a first light detector (26) for detecting polarized light of the first wavelength reflected at the tissue portion (12) and processing means (32) configured to derive a tissue hydration parameter from the detected reflected polarized light and to determine a body hydration index based on said tissue hydration parameter.
US10231664B2	Method and apparatus to predict, report, and prevent episodes of emotional and physical responses to physiological and environmental conditions A method and apparatus to detect environmental triggers of stress and antecedent physiological stress symptoms of a patient, followed up with delivery of stress relieving therapeutic response to the patient and a chronological report of events. An embodiment comprises a first device worn by the patient that contains sensors and can transmit and receive signals and a second device used by the caregiver that can transmit and receive signals. This integrated system continuously monitors environmental triggers and physiological stress indicative parameters of a patient diagnosed with autistic spectrum disorder, or other emotional or physical disorders, and compares these parameters against thresholds for the parameters. These thresholds can be configured automatically by the system—based on past episodes—or manually by the caregiver, or using automatically configured thresholds that are fine-tuned by the caregiver. When the parameters exceed the configured thresholds, several responses can be automatically generated by the system including: 1) generating therapeutic calming responses and cues to the patient to alleviate the episode, 2) sending notifications to the caregiver's device for intervention, and 3) creating a chronological assessment report of environmental stress triggers, antecedent physiological stress symptoms, and the resultant behavior of the patient.
US10231663B2	Image display control apparatus, image display control method, and image display control program An image display control apparatus includes: an image obtaining unit that obtains an image of a backbone region that includes at least a portion of the backbone of a subject; an emphasized display target region specifying unit that specifies an emphasized display target region within the backbone region based on the image; a bone metastasis region specifying unit that specifies an osteolytic metastasis region included in the backbone region; and a display control unit that causes images to be displayed by a display unit. The display control unit displays an osteolytic metastasis region that belongs within the emphasized display target region with a greater degree of emphasis than an osteolytic metastasis region outside the emphasized display target region.
US10231662B1	Force measurement system A force measurement system is disclosed herein. The force measurement system includes a force measurement assembly configured to receive a subject thereon, a visual display device having an output screen, and one or more data processing devices operatively coupled to the force measurement assembly and the visual display device. In the one or more embodiments, the force measurement assembly is a static force plate and the visual display device is a head-mounted visual display device or a visual display device having an output screen configured to at least partially circumscribe three sides of a torso of the subject. In one or more other embodiments, the force measurement assembly is a displaceable force plate and the visual display device is a head-mounted visual display device.
US10231659B2	Fault discrimination and responsive processing based on data and context Systems and methods disclosed here provide ways to discriminate fault types encountered in analyte sensors and systems and further provide ways to process such discriminated faults responsively based on sensor data, clinical context information, and other data about the patient or patient's environment. The systems and methods thus employ clinical context in detecting and/or responding to errors or faults associated with an analyte sensor system, and discriminating the type of fault, and its root cause, particularly as fault dynamics can appear similar to the dynamics of physiological systems, emphasizing the importance of discriminating the fault and providing appropriate responsive processing. Thus, the disclosed systems and methods consider the context of the patient's health condition or state in determining how to respond to the fault.
US10231655B2	Continuous analyte monitoring system power conservation Disclosed are devices, systems and methods for power management in an electronics unit of a sensor device, e.g., such as in a continuous analyte sensor system. In some example embodiments, there is provided a method that includes monitoring, by a controller of a sensor electronics module, counts associated with signals received from a sensor device for a first period of time. The method also includes comparing a number of received counts with one or more benchmarked count thresholds, and determining whether to initiate an operational mode of the sensor electronics module based on the comparison. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also described.
US10231654B2	Analyte monitoring device and methods of use An analyte monitor includes a sensor, a sensor control unit, and a display unit. The sensor has, for example, a substrate, a recessed channel formed in the substrate, and conductive material disposed in the recessed channel to form a working electrode. The sensor control unit typically has a housing adapted for placement on skin and is adapted to receive a portion of an electrochemical sensor. The sensor control unit also includes two or more conductive contacts disposed on the housing and configured for coupling to two or more contact pads on the sensor. A transmitter is disposed in the housing and coupled to the plurality of conductive contacts for transmitting data obtained using the sensor. The display unit has a receiver for receiving data transmitted by the transmitter of the sensor control unit and a display coupled to the receiver for displaying an indication of a level of an analyte. The analyte monitor may also be part of a drug delivery system to alter the level of the analyte based on the data obtained using the sensor.
US10231632B2	Apparatus and method for tracking and cancelling DC offset to acquire small AC signal using dual feedback loops Described is an apparatus which comprises: a current source to generate a current having AC and DC components; a current-to-voltage converter to convert the current or a copy of the current to a voltage proportional to a resistance, the voltage having AC and DC components that correspond to the AC and DC components of the current; a first sample-and-hold circuit to sample and filter the AC component from the voltage and to provide an output voltage with the DC component; a second sample-and-hold circuit to sample the output voltage; a voltage-to-current converter to convert the sampled output voltage to a corresponding current; and an amplifier to receive the output voltage.
US10231630B2	Recyclable or biodegradable blood pressure cuff A blood pressure cuff is defined by a first sheet, having an opening, and a second sheet. The second sheet is attached to a bottom of the first sheet to form an interior inflatable portion between the first sheet and the second sheet, with the opening of the first sheet fluidly interconnecting the interior inflatable portion with an exterior of the cuff. The blood pressure cuff is made from a single type of material and can be recycled, biodegradable, or composted.
US10231629B1	Mobile integrated electrode multifunction sensor and method An integrated multifunction sensor, a mobile integrated sensor device, and process are described that include a sensor, where the sensor is used primarily for a first purpose other than as an electrode. In an implementation, an integrated multifunction sensor includes a multifunction sensor configured as a sensor and a first electrode, the multifunction sensor including a lid coupled to a first side of the sensor, where the lid includes a semi-conductive material, and an analog device connected to the lid; where the multifunction sensor is configured to couple to a controller that receives health information from the first electrode and a second electrode. In some embodiments, the integrated multifunction sensor can include an integrated optical sensor. In some implementations, a second electrode may be located elsewhere in a mobile integrated sensor device and complete a differential circuit.
US10231625B2	Internally-administered radiation therapy using endoscopic image guidance Systems and methods are provided for a catheter-based system of image-guided internally-administered treatment of medical conditions such as, for example, pancreatic cancer. A distal end of a catheter is positioned at a target site inside a patient's body. An imaging probe extended through the catheter collects image data of patient tissue at the target site. The image data is processed and a treatment plan is developed. A radiation source positioned at the distal end of the catheter without removing the catheter. In this way, images collected at the target tissue site can be used to develop a treatment plan and to guide the localized positioning and operation of a treatment device at the same internal tissue site—thereby providing higher resolution imaging than external-based imaging modalities and reduced exposure to radiation as compared to externally applied radiation therapies.
US10231622B2	Systems, devices, and methods for analyzing and enhancing patient health There are disclosed systems, devices, and methods for generating insights relating to patient health using a social networking platform interconnecting a patient with a plurality of care givers. The patient is provided access to a computer application configured to solicit and collect patient data from the patient, the computer application selected based on at least one characteristic of the patient. First patient data reflective of the health condition of the patient, as collected by the computer application, are received through the social networking platform. A communication from a care giver is transmitted to the patient through the social networking platform. Second patient data reflective of the health condition responsive to the transmitted communication are received through the social networking platform. The first and second patient data are analyzed to determine at least one insight relating to health of the patient; and a report is generated to present the insight.
US10231620B2	Ophthalmic apparatus An ophthalmic apparatus capable of selectively performing a first imaging mode in which imaging of a subject's eye is performed in a first state where an attachment unit is not attached, and a second imaging mode in which imaging of the subject's eye is performed in a second state where the attachment unit is attached. The ophthalmic apparatus includes: an operation unit; an attachment state determination unit to determine whether or not the attachment unit is attached; a correspondence determination unit to determine whether or not the correspondence between the imaging mode designated by a use of the operation unit and an attachment state of the attachment unit obtained by the attachment state determination unit is appropriate; and a controller to perform control for prohibiting imaging in at least the designated imaging mode when the correspondence determination unit has determined that the correspondence is not appropriate.
US10231619B2	Systems and methods to remove shadowgraphic flow projections in OCT angiography Methods and systems for suppressing shadowgraphic flow projection artifacts in OCT angiography images of a sample are disclosed. In one example approach, normalized OCT angiography data is analyzed at the level of individual A-scans to classify signals as either flow or projection artifact. This classification information is then used to suppress projection artifacts in the three dimensional OCT angiography dataset.
US10231616B2	Systems and methods for sub-aperture based aberration measurement and correction in interferometric imaging Systems and methods for sub-aperture correlation based wavefront measurement in a thick sample and correction as a post processing technique for interferometric imaging to achieve near diffraction limited resolution are described. Theory, simulation and experimental results are presented for the case of full field interference microscopy. The inventive technique can be applied to any coherent interferometric imaging technique and does not require knowledge of any system parameters. In one embodiment of the present application, a fast and simple way to correct for defocus aberration is described. A variety of applications for the method are presented.
US10231615B2	Head-mounted display for performing ophthalmic examinations Various embodiments relate to systems and methods for performing eye examinations using an HMD that is able to present an image to each eye individually and then to both eyes simultaneously. Because the HMD, rather than a patient, controls conditions (e.g., glare, brightness) during the examination, test results are more likely to be accurate and reliable. In some embodiments, the HMD employs voice recognition to replicate the conversational exchange that would typically occur between the patient and the ophthalmologist or optometrist. The HMD may also be configured to change the visual environment experienced by the patient during testing. Further yet, the HMD, or another distinct computing system, may be configured to identify abnormal test results in real-time and, in some embodiments, the examination is modified accordingly. For example, tests scheduled to be performed during the examination can be modified or removed and new tests can be added.
US10231614B2	Systems and methods for using virtual reality, augmented reality, and/or a synthetic 3-dimensional information for the measurement of human ocular performance A system or method for measuring human ocular performance can be implemented using an eye sensor, a head orientation sensor, an electronic circuit and a display that presents one of virtual reality information, augmented reality information, or synthetic computer-generated 3-dimensional information. The device is configured for measuring saccades, pursuit tracking during visual pursuit, nystagmus, vergence, eyelid closure, or focused position of the eyes. The eye sensor comprises a video camera that senses vertical movement and horizontal movement of at least one eye. The head orientation sensor senses pitch and yaw in the range of frequencies between 0.01 Hertz and 15 Hertz. The system uses a Fourier transform to generate a vertical gain signal and a horizontal gain signal.
US10231613B2	Visualization devices, systems, and methods for informing intravascular procedures on blood vessel valves The present technology relates generally to devices and methods for intravascular evaluation of blood vessels. Many embodiments of the technology relate to the intravascular evaluation of blood vessels before, during and after creation of autologous valves. In one embodiment, for example, the present technology is directed to a method comprising intravascularly delivering a delivery catheter to a target location adjacent a vessel wall and engaging the vessel wall along a portion of the delivery catheter. The method can further include imaging a cross-section of a dissection pouch using a visualization element, and determining a physical parameter of the vessel wall based on the image of the cross-section of the dissection pouch.
US10231611B2	Oral endoscope detection system and detection method thereof The invention discloses an oral endoscope detection system and a detection method thereof. The oral endoscope detection system comprises an insertion portion, a camera unit arranged in the insertion portion, a displacement information acquisition module, an operation mode setting module, a signal transmission module, an operation unit connected with the insertion portion, an image control processing module and a display device. An image displayed on the display device is a positive visual image of a subject part by using the invention, so that the operator can better operate a subject oral cavity to avoid the situation that the operator cannot make correct judgment because detection images taken by oral endoscopes in the prior art are upside down or skew.
US10231610B2	Electronic endoscope apparatus and electronic endoscope system Electric power of a required voltage is supplied to an endoscope distal end portion, and a distal end temperature is prevented from being higher. An imaging device having an imaging element, and its peripheral circuit and a first circuit part including a first regulator as a power circuit are built in the endoscope distal end portion. The first circuit part is connected to a second circuit part via a cable. The second circuit part includes a second regulator supplying electric power to the first regulator. By the overcurrent detection function of a temperature detecting unit or a regulator arranged, when at least one abnormality of a temperature abnormality and an overcurrent in the distal end portion is detected, the output of at least one of the first regulator and the second regulator is stopped, and supply of power to the distal end portion is stopped.
US10231604B2	Connector There is provided a connector for an endoscope that is easy to grip and is easily connected to a light source device. The connector includes: a light guide part; a wireless communication unit; a wireless power receiving unit; a housing section which houses the wireless communication unit and the wireless power receiving unit, and in which the light guide part protrudes from a front surface thereof, an upper surface thereof is a curved surface, and a lower surface thereof is a flat surface; a grip section that has a shape in which a cross-sectional area decreases toward a rear portion from a front portion thereof, and includes a concave finger placing portion which is provided on the upper surface; and a finger locking portion that is provided between the housing section and the grip section and locks a forefinger on a lower surface of the connector.
US10231603B2	Connector There is provided a connector for an endoscope that is easy to grip and is easily connected to a light source device. The connector includes: a light guide part, a wireless communication unit, a wireless power receiving unit, a housing section which houses the wireless communication unit and the wireless power receiving unit and in which the light guide part protrudes from a front surface thereof positioned close to a light source device in a connection posture where the connector is connected to the light source device, and a grip section that includes a concave finger placing portion on which a thumb is placed and which is provided on an upper surface thereof on a central axis of the light guide part in a case in which the grip section is viewed from an upper surface of the connector positioned on a vertically upper side in the connection posture.
US10231602B2	Video processor for processing a video signal input A video processor distributes hardware resources and software resources related to video signal processing performed by a video signal processing unit to a first partition and a second partition, assigns minimal processing from among the video signal processing to the resources distributed to the first partition, assigns processing from among the video signal processing that is other than the minimal processing to the resources distributed to the second partition, monitors anomalies in the resources distributed to the first partition and the second partition, and only resets resources distributed to a partition in which an anomaly has been detected by the monitoring.
US10231601B2	Medical apparatus for associating index indicating priority corresponding to lesion occurrence frequency with position of inner wall opposing in visual line direction of endoscope the position being one at which image is acquired A medical apparatus includes: an information acquisition section configured to acquire position information and visual line information in an endoscope inserted into a predetermined organ; an image acquisition section configured to acquire an image obtained by observing inside of the predetermined organ from a predetermined viewpoint; an alignment section configured to convert the position information and the visual line information to a coordinate system of a model of the predetermined organ; a position calculation section configured to calculate position information of an inner wall of the predetermined organ opposing in a visual line direction from the predetermined viewpoint; an index generation section configured to generate an index defined based on a predetermined feature; and an image generation section configured to generate an image in which the index and position information of the inner wall are associated, for the image acquired by the image acquisition section.
US10231600B2	Image processing apparatus An image processing apparatus has a color image obtaining means configured obtain color image data representing a color image of biographic tissues, a lesion determining means configured to determine whether each pixel of the color image is of a lesion part based on the color image data, and a marking means configured to apply a mark indicating a position of the lesion part on the color image based on a result of determination, and the mark is configured such that the color image at a background of the mark can be seen.
US10231597B2	Household cleaning appliance with a single water flow path for both non-bulk and bulk dispensing An apparatus with a single water flow path suitable for a household cleaning appliance having both a non-bulk dispensing system and a bulk dispensing system.
US10231586B2	Vacuum cleaner A vacuum cleaner comprising: a body defining an air inlet, an air outlet, and a passageway extending therebetween; an electrostatic dust filter for removing dust from air as it passes through the passageway; and an air pump for drawing air into the air inlet and through the passageway to the air outlet; wherein the electrostatic dust filter comprises an electrode arrangement configured to kill microorganisms present in air passing through the passageway by exposing air to a voltage in excess of a threshold voltage.
US10231582B2	Container and cap for dispensing wipes A container for wipes, and a cap for the container, having a pop-up style dispensing means positioned beneath a reclosable lid. The container may be as upright cylindrical container for perforated wipes or a rigid tub for interfolded wipes. The dispensing means comprises flexible, rubber-like material having at least one opening through which wipes are removed from the container when the lid is open, and a hard plastic backing member underneath a portion of the rubber-like material adjacent the opening through which wipes are removed.
US10231577B2	Device for making domed grilled hamburger The present invention provides an apparatus for preparation of grilled domed hamburger patties. The apparatus cooks hamburger patty evenly on the inside, suitable for various gradations of doneness, such as rare, medium rare, medium, medium well, and well done. It also keeps the thickness of the hamburger patty of uniform size and reduces the shrinkage of the hamburger patty in diameter. The excess melted fat is allowed to drain off while making it less greasy. The patty remains juicy and uniformly cooked and the device prevents the charcoaling appearance of the hamburger patty.
US10231576B1	Grill having a retractable wall A charcoal grill with a housing capable of a chimney configuration to quickly light heating elements and a grilling configuration in which one of its walls can be retracted downwards and a rock grate placed on its inner surface to extend the possible cooking surface a cooking grid can be placed over.
US10231574B2	Food processor and method for operating a food processor A method for operating an electric motor-driven food processor for preparing a preparation item, wherein a user of the food processor receives information from the food processor about an operating parameter for the food processor and/or a preparation parameter for the preparation item and/or transmits said information to the food processor. The information is projected into the visual field of the user by means of a wearable image generating device configured separately from the food processor, in particular an eyeglass-type construction worn in front of an eye while the user is looking at the food processor in a defined angular range. The information is superimposed onto the visual field. Also proposed is an electrically driven food processor as well as a system comprised of such a food processor and a wearable image generating device.
US10231573B2	Simple ergonomic user-interface for a beverage machine A beverage preparation machine (1) comprises a user-interface (10, 10′, 20, 30, 40, 50) that has: a generally peripheral illuminatable arrangement (11, 11′, 21, 31, 41, 51) formed of illuminatable parts (11A-11F, 11A′-11H′, 21A-21G, 31A-31F, 41A-41B, 51A-51H, 51X) and extending around an inner portion (110,120); and a control arrangement (100,105) for activating and deactivating an illumination of the illuminatable parts. The control arrangement (100,105) has at least one configuration for activating part of the illuminatable parts (11A-11F, 11A′-11H′, 21A-21G, 31A-31F, 41A-41B, 51A-51H, 51X), for instance to successively activate consecutive parts (11A-11F, 11A′-11H′, 21A-21G, 31A-31F, 41A-41B, 51A-51H, 51X) in a turning sequence about the inner portion (110,120) and optionally either deactivate all the parts simultaneously after activation of all the parts or successively deactivate previously activated parts at the same pace as the activation pace or at a lower pace.
US10231571B2	System, capsule and method for preparing a predetermined quantity of beverage A capsule for holding an extractable product for dispensing a beverage is disclosed. The capsule comprising a circumferential wall, a bottom, a lid, and an entrance opening portion and an exit opening portion for letting fluid in the capsule and draining prepared beverage from the capsule, respectively, of which at least one opening portion is closed to prevent fluid from passing. The circumferential wall, the bottom and the lid of the capsule enclose an inner space that comprises an extractable product, and the capsule further comprises at least one moveable portion of the capsule that extends at a distance from a respective opening portion, and that is arranged to open the respective opening portion by being moved with respect to the respective opening portion.
US10231568B2	Portable coffee brewing device A portable coffee brewing device includes a lid pivotally connected to an upper end of the container by a hinge and button. A heating element housing and an electrical component housing is connected to a lower end of the container. A drain is positioned in a bottom wall of the container and is fluidly connected to a heating element positioned within the heating element housing. The heating element is controlled by electrical components positioned in the electrical components housing. A drip tube is fluidly connected to the heating element and the lid. A single serve coffee holding device is positioned below the lid. When the container is filled with fluid and the heating element is powered, heated fluid is forced up the drip tube through the passageway in the lid and into the coffee grounds holding device in a continuous cycle. The device is connectable to an external power source.
US10231567B2	System, method, and apparatus for dispensing variable quantities of additives and controlling characteristics thereof in a beverage Provided is a portable, self-contained beverage apparatus. The beverage apparatus includes a container assembly having a known storage capacity for storing a consumable liquid, and a dispensing assembly disposed within the container assembly that dispenses variable, non-zero quantities of additives into the consumable liquid. The dispensing assembly includes multiple apertures structured and arranged to retain vessels containing the additives to be dispensed into the consumable liquid. The beverage apparatus also includes a level sensor disposed within the container assembly that determines a consumable liquid level of the consumable liquid stored in the container assembly.
US10231566B2	Cold brew beverage brewing systems A cold brew coffee apparatus has a first container, a second container, a centerpiece connector, and a filter. Preferably the filter is positionable within the first container such that it divides the filter interior volume from the remainder of the first container interior volume. Preferably, cold brew infusion occurs when water in the first container interior volume passes through the water-permeable barrier and soaks coffee grounds within the filter interior volume to form a soluble coffee extract. An alternative cold brew coffee apparatus includes only a single brew chamber and a filter.
US10231562B2	Collapsible tree system Apparatus and associated methods may relate to a collapsible tree system having limbs which automatically pivot from a low-profile position while the tree is in a collapsed state to an in-use position when the tree is in an extended state. In an illustrative example, the system may include limb supports movably disposed along a central support. Movement of the limb supports closer together and further apart may cause the limbs to pivot to and from positions. For example, due to limb contact with an adjacent limb support, the limbs may be caused to pivot to the low-profile position. When no forcible contact is present between an adjacent limb support and limb, gravitational forces may permit the limbs to freely pivot to the in-use position. In an illustrative example, each limb support may include a nesting cup for receiving a proximal end of the limbs while in the stowed position.
US10231559B2	Checkout station with hanger hook Described is a checkout station that includes a hanger hook coupled to a platform. The hanger hook is used to hang empty clothes hangers on, so the hangers can be collected and held in one location until they are re-used or disposed of. The hanger hook can be a U-shaped elongate member with a curved bottom piece, a first side, and a second side. The first side and the second side are each coupled to the bottom piece to form the “U” shape. The first side couples to the register stand, and hangers are hung from the second side. Having the hanger hook at the checkout station makes it easy for employees and customers to hang empty hangers on the hanger hook so the hangers are collected and do not end up on the floor or cluttering the work spaces of the checkout station.
US10231556B2	Wall mount organization system Workspace organization systems, and more particularly, wall-mounted systems for use in workspace organization. In one embodiment, a system configured to couple to a wall includes a mount configured to be detachably couple to the wall, the mount including a frame having opposing front and rear surfaces, and a panel detachably coupled to the mount, the panel configured to detachably support at least one accessory.
US10231553B1	Convertible bed A bed convertible between a sofa configuration and a bed configuration. The bed includes a stationary bed support assembly having a stationary bed frame, a back rail, a front rail, and a plurality of slats adapted to support a mattress and a movable bed support assembly having a movable bed frame, a back rail, a front rail and a plurality of slats adapted to support a mattress. In one embodiment, a storage compartment is located underneath the stationary bed support assembly and the movable bed support assembly. Also, a backrest may be attached to the back rail of the stationary bed support assembly, whereby the backrest is adapted to support a user's back when the bed is in the sofa configuration.
US10231551B2	Heated sitting surface Provided is technology suitable for public environments, such as sites serving transportation networks such as bus shelters and train stations, parks, public venues, stadiums, arenas, interior or exterior environment. The technology described herein provides a heated sitting surface. Moreover the present technology allows the production of new heated sitting surfaces.
US10231550B2	Collapsible cup or cell phone holder for chair arm Collapsible holder for folding chair is set in a chair arm and the 3-D chair arm plane. The holder holds a cup or a cell phone (shape dependent, round or rectangular). The holder has a moveable member and a stationary member. The moveable member has a bottom plate, two or more upstanding legs and the legs have tabs. The stationary member has an upper lip, side wall(s) and retainers for the legs. The legs slidably move in the stationary member retainers such that in a collapsed mode, the bottom plate is closest to the lip and the holder is encased in the 3-D chair arm plane and, in the expanded mode when the tab acts as a stop against the retainer and the bottom plate is farthest away from the top surface of the chair arm and the lip, thereby enabled to hold a cup or cell phone.
US10231544B2	Shelf product A shelf includes a main body with a plurality of support features formed therein. In one embodiment, each of the support features formed in the main body may include a board having an overmolded exterior. The board may have a plurality of apertures formed therethrough. The overmolded exterior extends through the apertures formed in the board. In another embodiment, each of the support features includes a removable board in an elongate recess that is secured in place by a cover. The boards may be wooden and add a desired strength and rigidity to the main body.
US10231532B2	Cervical spine and head supporting device A cervical spine and head supporting device is described herein for supporting a user's head when extended at least partially over the sink or basin. The device maintains alignment of the head with the neck or spine particularly as the user moves their head relative to the device or sink to prevent or minimize straining of the user's neck while washing their hair. The device generally comprises a base which is shaped for positioning within a sink or basin, a support column adjustable attached to the base, a supporting member extending from the support column, and a head support which is shaped to support a posterior region of a head of a user, where the head support is pivotably coupled to the supporting member such that the head support is adjustable with a movement of the head when the head is moved relative to the supporting member.
US10231530B2	Foundation container comprising discharge pump having short working stroke A foundation container including a discharge pump having a short working stroke, the foundation container including an outer container main body; an outer container cap coupled to the outer container main body and opened/closed; a container main body coupled inside the outer container main body; and a container cap coupled to the upper portion of the container main body and opened/closed, wherein the foundation container comprises a container interruption plate coupled inside the upper portion of the container main body, a discharge pump coupled to the center of the container interruption plate, and a content diffusion plate coupled to the discharge pump; the discharge pump comprises a pump main body, a pump upper body, a pump inner body, a discharge valve, and an elastic member; and the diffusion plate is configured to extend to the pump upper body.
US10231529B2	Non-roll stick product containers Three stick product containers. One has a removable top cap with a crown and a hollow base, such that the top cap can be removed and inserted into the hollow base. The top cap has associated with it a thumb lever push ring to prevent the stick from rolling when laid horizontal. The other container is more suitable, for example, for a lip balm that has a top cap with a living hinge that can be flipped all the way back, inserted into a plug insert hole in the base of the cap, and then the cap is used to support the container in an at rest position to prevent it from rolling.
US10231526B2	Device for hardening nail varnish by radiation The invention relates to a device for hardening nail varnish by ultraviolet radiation. The device comprises: a bearing surface (26) intended to support the hands or the feet of the user, radiation sources (38) able to emit a radiation to harden nail varnish in the form of a light beam to illuminate the nails of the user. The beams define on the bearing surface (26) at least six illuminated portions (42) separated from each other by a non-illuminated portion, with the number of illuminated portions (42) being less than nine.
US10231523B2	Intelligent anti-theft zipper and intelligent anti-theft system for zippers An intelligent anti-theft zipper includes a zipper tape, a zipper head and an intelligent anti-theft module. The intelligent anti-theft module includes a control signal switch, an alarm unit and a power supply. The control signal switch includes a first switch component and a second switch component cooperating with each other. The first switch component is fixed on the zipper head; the second switch component is fixed on the zipper tape or an object mounted with the zipper, the installation position of the second switch component corresponds to the position of the zipper head when the zipper is fully closed. The control signal switch generates and outputs a control signal to the alarm unit to provide an alarm when the first switch component deviates from the second switch component for a predetermined distance.
US10231521B2	Worksite bag An apparatus for carrying articles to a worksite comprises an exterior barrier wall defining a bag having an interior cavity therein wherein, the bag extends between a front and rear surface and first and second sides and a plurality of divider walls dividing the interior of the bag into a plurality of compartments. The apparatus further includes first and second side compartments located to either side of the bag each shaped and size to correspond to and contain a work boot therein and an opening through the front exterior surface wall sized to pass a portion of a hard hat therethrough so as to retain a brim portion of the hard hat within the interior cavity.
US10231516B2	Woven cloth with shoelace loops Woven cloth with shoelace loops is formed by a plurality of longitudinal threads and a plurality of lateralwise threads. Each of the plurality of longitudinal thread is woven by a plurality of filaments. Each of the plurality of lateralwise thread is interwoven with and ties the plurality of longitudinal threads to form a plurality of knots. At least a part of the longitudinal threads are continuously and integrally connected to form a plurality of curved back lace loops each sized for a lace or a buckle to dispose therethrough.
US10231514B2	Sole board A sole board for an article of footwear includes a plate that has a forefoot region, a midfoot region, and a heel region. The sole board includes a channel disposed in a top surface of the plate in the forefoot region. The channel extends from a lateral edge of the plate to a medial edge of the plate. A characteristic of the channel at the lateral and medial edges of the plate is different than the characteristic of the channel at a middle of the channel.
US10231512B2	Three layer shoe construction with improved cushioning and traction A three-layered shoe construction having a slotted outsole with two different types of oval shaped projections, one set of oval projections with channels and one set of oval projections with a non-skid texture, the oval projections with channels creating flow channels to guide liquid off the outer surface of the outsole and the oval projections with a non-skid texture providing traction; a dual density midsole having a first density in the forefoot area and a second density in the hind foot area, the second density being greater than the first density; and an insole having a plurality of apertures that extend from a terminal end of the toe area and cover the rest of the top face except for the arch portion, the toe and arch areas of the insole being substantially smooth. The specific construction associated with the outsole, midsole and insole enhance traction, flexibility, cushioning, comfort, and breathability.
US10231510B2	Customized footwear, and systems and methods for designing and manufacturing same The invention relates to devices and methods for designing and manufacturing customized footwear, and components thereof. An exemplary method includes a method of designing at least a portion of a sole of an article of footwear customized for a user. The method includes the steps of determining at least one input parameter related to a user, analyzing the at least one input parameter to determine at least one performance metric of a foot of the user, and determining at least one customized structural characteristic of at least a portion of a sole of an article of footwear for the user based on the performance metric.
US10231506B2	Three toed footwear An article of footwear having an upper secured to an outsole in combination having three toe pockets, the first toe pocket having a configuration to separately receive within a big toe of a wearer, and the second toe pocket having a configuration to separately receive within a second toe of the wearer, and the third toe pocket having a configuration to receive within the remaining third toe, fourth toe and fifth toe of the wearer.
US10231505B2	Article of footwear and a charging system for an article of footwear A charging system can include provisions for providing power to various systems or components associated with the article of footwear. A charging system may include a charging device dimensioned to be used with one or more articles of footwear, where the articles of footwear can include different sizes. In some cases, the charging system can be used to facilitate the transfer of power to components in a motorized tensioning system.
US10231501B2	Hair extensions The invention relates to a hair extension. In a preferred embodiment, the hair extension comprises strands that are attached together in such a way as to provide a substantially flat configuration, such that opposed sides are defined. This helps the hair extension to lay flat against a person's head. The opposed sides may have different hair colors on them, allowing flexibility and additional styling options. Preferably, the aligned hairs are compressed into a narrowed tip section, which is used to fasten the hair extension to a person's natural hair, using a deformable member such as a micro ring. A method of manufacturing the hair extension, and a method of attaching the hair extension to a subject, are also disclosed.
US10231500B2	Hands-free utility belt A utility belt is disclosed. The utility belt comprises a belt track, a ball bearing assembly, and an extender assembly. The belt track includes a first belt section having a first male locking mechanism and a first female locking mechanism, and a second belt section having a second male locking mechanism and a second female locking mechanism. The first male locking mechanism connects to the second female locking mechanism. The second male locking mechanism connects to the first female locking mechanism. The first belt section and the second belt section each comprises an outer sheath and an inner tube. The inner tube includes a plurality of C-shaped rings. The ball bearing assembly has a ball bearing and a joint. The ball bearing rotates about the belt track. An extender assembly is coupled to the belt track and includes at least one connector and at least one spacer.
US10231496B1	Deployable rain pants A deployable rain pants assembly, for use by a user having a waist and legs in protecting everyday pants from the rain, including a belt and a pants portion. The pants portion is initially stored near the belt, which is worn around the waist until needed. The pants portion has a top edge, a bottom edge having ankle openings, a pair of pant leg portions, and a waist band having a waist band front and a waist band rear. A pair of main seams extend from near the bottom edge to the waistband and selectively join the pant leg parts, and join the waist band front and waist band rear. Once the pants portion is deployed downwardly from the belt, the waist band rear is tucked between the legs, the user steps through the ankle openings, and main seams are joined to encase and cover the everyday pants.
US10231483B2	System and apparatus that facilitates smoking tobacco products A smoking pipe includes a stem and a bowl in which the stem includes a smoke chamber extending from a first end of the stem to a mouthpiece on a second end. The bowl is coupled to the stem and comprises a heating surface coupled to a power source lead. The smoke chamber provides an airway through the stem from the mouthpiece to an area proximate to the heating surface. In another aspect, a method includes forming a pipe comprising a stem and a bowl, and inserting a heating surface into the bowl. In a further aspect, a smoking apparatus includes a bowl insert comprising a plurality of holes and a power source lead configured to receive power from an external power source. A heating surface is coupled to the power source lead and placed on a lower portion of the bowl insert proximate to the plurality of holes.
US10231480B1	Handheld cigarette-making machine A handheld cigarette making machine with a longitudinally sliding member that moves between a distal loading position for receiving loose tobacco and a proximal filling position having an adjustment member that enables the machine to fill cigarette tubes of two different tobacco-receiving portion lengths using a single length tobacco-receiving cavity and tamping member and a base for tabletop operation of the machine.
US10231474B2	Sweet taste improving compositions including naringenin A consumable composition may include naringenin at concentrations suitable to improve certain characteristics of the composition. Naringenin may, for example, be added to a composition or included in a sweetening composition that may be added therein to adjust sweetness attributes. For example, beverages that include one or more steviol glycosides may typically be deficient in upfront sweetness, and naringenin may be added therein to improve the temporal profile of sweetness delivery.
US10231469B2	Myceliated products and methods for making myceliated products from cacao and other agricultural substrates The present invention provides a method for the preparation of a myceliated cacao bean or other agricultural product. This method includes providing cacao beans or other agricultural substrate, optionally hydrating the cacao beans or other agricultural product, and optionally pasteurizing or sterilizing the cacao beans or other agricultural substrate to provide prepared cacao beans or other agricultural substrate, and a step of inoculating the prepared cacao beans or other agricultural substrate with a prepared fungal component and culturing the inoculated cacao beans or other agricultural substrate to prepare the myceliated product. The methods of the instant invention result in prepared cacao beans or other agricultural substrate having reduced levels of undesirable taste components, such as theobromine, catechin, epicatechin, gallic acid equivalents, and/or 2-methoxy-3-isopropylpyrazine, and increased levels of myceliation products, such as fungal β-glucans, chitin, proteins, glycoproteins, pyrazines and polysaccharides, relative to starting cacao beans or other agricultural substrate.
US10231468B2	Method for producing fat and oil composition Provided is a production method which can produce, with a high yield, a fat or oil composition containing a diacylglycerol at a high content and having a favorable external appearance at room temperature. Specifically, provided is a production method for a refined fat or oil composition, comprising the following steps (1) and (2): (1) a step of adding a polyglycerin fatty acid ester having an average polymerization degree of glycerin being 20 or more to a fat or oil composition containing 50 mass % or more of diacylglycerol, followed by cooling; and (2) a step of separating a crystal precipitated in the step (1) from a liquid portion.
US10231467B2	Solid fermented soy milk product and process for manufacturing same The invention relates to a process for manufacturing a solid fermented soy milk product, comprising a fermentation step in which a fermentation substrate containing soy milk and with adjusted malic acid and free amino acid concentrations, is fermented with heterofermentative lactic acid bacteria.
US10231463B2	Food mass suitable for microwaving A method of thawing, heating, cooking and/or baking a foodstuff material, in particular a dough-based product, a pasta, a frozen dough, a panada, a minced meat pasta or a vegetable pasta, in a microwave field. The foodstuff material contains an added microwave absorber in an amount of 0.5 to 5.0% by weight with respect to the total weight of the foodstuff material. The microwave absorber is selected from orthophosphates (PO4)3−, hydrogen phosphates (HPO4)2−, dihydrogen phosphates (H2PO4)−, diphosphates (P2O7)4− (pyrophosphates), metaphosphates [(PO3)22]n, tripolyphosphates (P3O10)5− or more highly condensed phosphates with an average chain length of 3 to 50, carbonates, hydroxides, citrates and gluconates of the metals calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), iron (Fe), zinc (Zn) and copper (Cu) with the proviso that the water solubility of the microwave absorber at 20° C. is less than or equal to 50 g/L water and the microwave absorber has a pore volume of more than 3.0×10−3 cm3/g and less than 200×10−3 cm3/g.
US10231460B2	Insecticidal proteins and methods for their use Compositions and methods for controlling pests are provided. The methods involve transforming organisms with a nucleic acid sequence encoding an insecticidal protein. In particular, the nucleic acid sequences are useful for preparing plants and microorganisms that possess insecticidal activity. Thus, transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, plant tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions are insecticidal nucleic acids and proteins of bacterial species. The sequences find use in the construction of expression vectors for subsequent transformation into organisms of interest including plants, as probes for the isolation of other homologous (or partially homologous) genes. The pesticidal proteins find use in controlling, inhibiting growth or killing Lepidopteran, Coleopteran, Dipteran, fungal, Hemipteran and nematode pest populations and for producing compositions with insecticidal activity.
US10231457B2	Calcium hypochlorite compositions with transient color indicators and method of using the same A water treatment composition for treating a body of water is provided that provides visual feedback to the end-user of the effectiveness of the composition. The composition contains a majority of calcium hypochlorite particles; and an effective amount of colored particles containing an oxidizable pigment oxidizable dye and a water soluble material. The colored particles release the oxidizable dye to the body of the water to provide a transient color to the recreational water during dissolution of the composition in the body of water, the transient color providing a visual cue to the end-user signaling of the biocidal activity of the composition. Also provided is a method of applying the water treatment composition to recreational water.
US10231455B2	Pesticidal active mixtures comprising isoxazoline compounds I The present invention relates to pesticidal mixtures comprising as active compounds 1) at least one isoaxazoline compound I of the formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and A are defined in the description; and 2) at least one active compound II selected from a group A comprising acteylcholine esterase inhibitors, GABA-gated chloride channel antagonists, sodium channel modulators, nicotinic acteylcholine receptor agonists/antagonists, chloride channel activators, juvenile hormone mimics, compounds affecting the oxidative phosphorylation, inhibitors of the chitin biosynthesis, moulting disruptors, inhibitors of the MET, voltage-dependent sodium channel blockers, inhibitors of the lipid synthesis and other compounds as defined in the description, in synergistically effective amounts. The invention relates further to methods and use of these mixtures for combating insects, arachnids or nematodes in and on plants, and for protecting such plants being infested with pests, especially also for protecting plant propagation material as like seeds.
US10231453B2	5-substituted imidazole derivatives The present invention relates to novel 5-substituted imidazolylmethyl derivatives, to processes for preparing these compounds, to compositions comprising these compounds, and to the use thereof as biologically active compounds, especially for control of harmful microorganisms in crop protection and in the protection of materials and as plant growth regulators.
US10231451B2	Synergistic weed control from applications of pyridine carboxylic acid herbicides and synthetic auxin herbicides and/or auxin transport inhibitors Disclosed herein are herbicidal compositions comprising a herbicidally effective amount of (a) a pyridine carboxylic acid herbicide or an agriculturally acceptable N-oxide, salt or ester thereof, and (b) a synthetic auxin herbicide, an auxin transport inhibitor, agriculturally acceptable salts or esters thereof, or combinations thereof. Also disclosed herein are methods of controlling undesirable vegetation which comprise applying to vegetation or an area adjacent the vegetation or applying to soil or water to prevent the emergence or growth of vegetation (a) a pyridine carboxylic acid herbicide or an agriculturally acceptable N-oxide, salt or ester thereof, and (b) a synthetic auxin herbicide, an auxin transport inhibitor, agriculturally acceptable salts or esters thereof, or combinations thereof, wherein (a) and (b) are each added in an amount sufficient to provide a herbicidal effect.
US10231450B2	Agents and methods for treatment of pathogens Agents and natural and synthetic formulations and extracts are useful in control of pathogen infection and infestation in humans, animals and plants, as well as pathogen contamination in environmental locales. A method inhibits growth or infection or infestation of a pathogen, including contacting the pathogen with an effective amount of a combination of a plant defensin or a functional natural or synthetic derivative or variant thereof and a non-defensin peptide, such as a cathelicidin peptide, a hairpin peptide, a hairpin peptide from which disulfide bridges have been removed, indolicidin, synthetic peptide CP-29, or a peptide derived from a cystatin. The combination of the defensin and peptide are synergistic compared to the use of each alone at the same individual dose as used in the combination.
US10231449B2	Alkoxylated polyalkyleneimines as dispersants for agrochemical formulations The present invention relates to a composition comprising a water-insoluble pesticide and an alkoxylated polyalkyleneimine. The invention furthermore relates to a method of preparing this composition; to the use of this composition for dispersing agrochemical active substances; to a method of controlling phytopathogenic fungi and/or undesired plant growth and/or undesired insect or mite attack and/or for regulating the growth of plants, wherein the composition is allowed to act on the respective pests, their environment or the crop plants to be protected from the respective pest, on the soil and/or on undesired plants and/or on the crop plants and/or on their environment; and furthermore to seed comprising the composition.
US10231448B2	Waterfowl decoy A waterfowl decoy comprises a body having a head portion and a body portion. A motor is coupled to a bottom of the body portion. An elongate rigid member has a first end coupled to the shaft of the motor and a second end coupled to a mass. The elongate member is movable by the shaft of the motor between a first position and a second position. The mass is sufficient to counterbalance the buoyancy of the body to cause the armature to remain substantially vertical in a body of water when the shaft of the motor is rotated causing the head portion of the body to be submerged in the body of water when the mass is pivoted toward the head portion and causing the head portion to raise out of the water when the mass is pivoted away from the head portion.
US10231442B1	Apparatuses and methods for smart pet alert, and storage medium thereof An electronic apparatus including a network communication device and a controller is provided. The network communication device provides a network connection to a user device. The controller determines whether a pet-related activity is occurring in a scene by processing a plurality of images of the scene or audio data collected from the scene, and sends a notification of the pet-related activity to the user device via the network communication device in response to determining that the pet-related activity is occurring in the scene.
US10231437B1	Pet exercise and entertainment device Implementations described and claimed herein provide systems, apparatuses, and methods for exercising and entertaining a pet. In one implementation, a pet exercise and entertainment device includes a launch funnel for launching projectiles for a pet to retrieve. The launch funnel has a feeder and a chute. The feeder is configured to receive a projectile and transport the projectile to an intake end of the chute. A sensor is configured to sense the projectile in the intake end of the chute and to command one or more motors to power up in response to sensing the projectile. An actuator is configured to release the projectile from the intake end of the chute into the launch end of the chute after a pre-determined time has elapsed. One or more wheels, rotated by the one or more motors, are configured to launch the projectile from the launch end of the chute.
US10231434B2	Leash training device and a method of using the same to train a domesticated animal A leash training device embodying a non-invasive and non-threatening method of using the same to train a dog is provided. The leash training device may include a liquid sprayer having a housing forming a handle portion and a leash assembly. While grasping the handle portion so as to manage the dog on the other end of the leash assembly, the liquid sprayer is adapted so that the user may discharge a jet of liquid from a reservoir secured within the housing. The method includes discharging the jet at or on the dog engaged in bad behavior.
US10231430B2	Animal house climate control system and method for automatic configuration and equipment substitution in the system A climate control system for an animal house is operated by determining a minimum ventilation curve for required minimum ventilation. A plurality of ventilation stages is created based on the minimum ventilation curve and the plurality of ventilation fans in the climate control system, each stage providing a percentage of the required minimum ventilation. Creating the stages includes prioritizing the ventilation fans to create a selection hierarchy and determining a minimum stage ventilation and a maximum stage ventilation for each stage. Ventilation fans are selected following the hierarchy that provides the desired percentage of the minimum required ventilation. The system advances from a lower stage a higher stage based on ventilation requirements. When it is determined that a fan is not operating, the system returns to the lower stage to substitute ventilation fans.
US10231425B1	Soybean variety 01067534 The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01067534. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01067534. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01067534 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01067534 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10231423B1	Soybean variety 01064404 The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01064404. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01064404. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01064404 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01064404 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10231420B1	Soybean variety 5PNJZ92 A novel soybean variety, designated 5PNJZ92 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PNJZ92, cells from soybean variety 5PNJZ92, plants of soybean 5PNJZ92, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PNJZ92. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PNJZ92 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PNJZ92, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PNJZ92, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PNJZ92. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PNJZ92 are further provided.
US10231419B1	Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH497086 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH497086. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH497086, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH497086 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH497086.
US10231412B1	Maize hybrid X95M223 A novel maize variety designated X95M223 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 X95M223 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X95M223 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X95M223, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X95M223 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X95M223 and methods of using maize variety X95M223 are disclosed.
US10231407B1	Soybean variety 01063959 The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01063959. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01063959. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01063959 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01063959 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10231405B2	Soybean variety 01068135 The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01068135. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01068135. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01068135 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01068135 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10231397B2	Fungal resistant plants expressing EIN2 The present invention relates to a method of increasing resistance against fungal pathogens of the family Phacopsoraceae in plants and/or plant cells. This is achieved by increasing the expression of an EIN2 protein or fragment thereof in a plant, plant part and/or plant cell in comparison to wild type plants, wild type plant parts and/or wild type plant cells. Furthermore, the invention relates to transgenic plants, plant parts, and/or plant cells having an increased resistance against fungal pathogens, in particular, pathogens of the family Phacopsoraceae, and to recombinant expression vectors comprising a sequence that is identical or homologous to a sequence encoding an EIN2 protein.
US10231393B2	Assembly for vertical plant array A modular array for growing plants consisting of horizontally extending tubes with plant openings, downspouts for conveying water from an upper tube to a lower tube and means for adjusting the height of water in each tube. Preferably, each downspout is movable within a mounting in the uppertube and the water height is adjusted by altering the height by which the downspout projects into the tube interior.
US10231387B2	Plant tray The present teachings provide for a horticulture tray including a growing cell. The growing cell can include a first end, a second end, and a sidewall. The first end can define a first aperture. The second end can be opposite to the first end. The sidewall can define a plurality of arcuate shaped chambers that can extend longitudinally between the first and second ends. Each arcuate shaped chamber can define a plant supporting portion proximate to and spaced apart from the second end. Each arcuate shaped chamber can continuously taper from the first end to the plant supporting portion at a first rate and can continuously taper from the plant supporting portion to the second end at a second rate. The second rate can be greater than the first rate.
US10231386B2	Sheet metal structure A sheet metal planter comprises three panel types, can be assembled with readily available tools, can be disassembled to fit in a compact space, can be made in more than one shape, does not require fasteners in one embodiment or places a modest load on fasteners in another embodiment, and is aesthetically pleasing.
US10231384B2	Apparatus to suspend bouquets in a vehicle A sleeve apparatus includes a sleeve member with a top opening and a bottom opening. At least one slot is cut into a wall of the sleeve member of a size smaller than the top opening. A larger bouquet of cut stems can be suspended by the edges of the top opening. A smaller bouquet of cut stems can be suspended by the edges of the slot. A suspension strap is attached to the sleeve member to allow it to be hung off the headrest of a car seat.
US10231379B2	Easy mount stalk stomper A row crop harvesting header (24) operable to be advanced along a forward travel direction to harvest a series of plants in a crop row. The row crop harvesting header broadly includes a row crop toolbar (48), a crop-gathering row unit assembly, and a plant stalk stomper (42). The row crop toolbar (48) extends laterally relative to the forward travel direction. The row unit assembly is supported by the toolbar (48) to define a forwardly extending row path, with the row unit assembly being operable to collect the crop row along the row path and sever crop stalks as the header (24) moves forwardly. The row unit housing (54) is attached to the row crop toolbar (48) with forward and aft fasteners (44). The plant stalk stomper (42) is attached to the toolbar (48) with at least one of the fasteners (44).
US10231375B2	Precision seed-dispensing system A precision seed-dispensing system of the type applied on planters with a machine element that touches the soil and having a chassis that supports the seed meter. In accordance with the system disclosed herein, it may also have a damper system between the machine element that touches the soil and the seed meter, irrespective of the model or its shape.
US10231374B2	Travel support system, travel support method, and work vehicle A travel support system for a work vehicle including a vehicle body and a work device provided on the vehicle body includes a first calculator to calculate a vehicle body occupied area including the vehicle body in a plan view. A second calculator is to calculate a work device occupied area including the work device in the plan view. A third calculator is to calculate a work vehicle occupied area including the work vehicle in the plan view, the work vehicle occupied area including the vehicle body occupied area and the work device occupied area. A position calculator is to calculate a position of the work vehicle in a work field based on positioning data. A controller is to control the work vehicle to move in the work field based on the position of the work vehicle and the work vehicle occupied area.
US10238017B2	Multi-piece shield This disclosure relates to a multi-piece shield comprising a fence, a lid, and an insert. The lid attaches to the fence, which is attached to the circuit board. The lid is a relatively thick, flexible material for supporting the insert. The lid has a recess so that the insert can be recessed into the lid to position the insert closer to the circuit for enhanced heat absorption. The insert is made of a thicker heat absorbing material than the lid, again to facilitate heat absorption. The insert can be press-fit into the recess of the lid. The lid can have a dovetail configuration to retain the insert in the lid.
US10238012B2	Waterproof component-suppressing electronic control device An electronic control device is provided with a resin base, a substrate, and a resin cover. The resin base has at least one opening part. The resin cover formed in a cylindrical shape with a bottom is fixed on an inner surface of the resin base forming the opening part. The resin cover has a slit. The substrate has a card edge connector to be inserted into the slit. An electronic component is mounted on the substrate.
US10238011B1	Optimal controller for hybrid liquid-air cooling system of electronic racks of a data center An optimal controller is utilized minimize a total energy consumption of a CDU and cooling fans by optimizing a liquid pump speed of the CDU and fan speeds of the cooling fans collectively, while satisfying a set of constraints associated with liquid pump and the cooling fans. The total energy consumption includes a liquid pump energy cost and a fan energy cost. The optimal controller is to control the pump speed and fan speed at the same time to minimize the total energy cost, while keeping the processor's temperature below a predetermined reference temperature using an optimization function or model. The optimization model includes both the liquid and air cooling dynamics and converted the dynamics to a convex optimization problem. The optimization is performed to determine a set of pump speed and fan speeds such that the objective function reaches minimum, while the constraints are satisfied.
US10238007B2	Cooling apparatus and method Some embodiments of the present invention provide apparatus for cooling an article. The apparatus comprises a heat exchanger arranged to be fed with fluid from a fluid reservoir disposed, in use, above the heat exchanger. The fluid reservoir includes cooling means for cooling fluid in the reservoir such that the fluid flows under gravity into the heat exchanger so as to cool an article. The apparatus may be arranged to cool one or more batteries or other articles, for example in a telecommunications base station.
US10238002B2	Pivot structure and electronic device having the same A pivot structure includes a base, a bracket, an elastic member and a positioning assembly. The bracket is rotatably connected to the base. The elastic member is disposed on the base. The positioning assembly includes a linkage member and a sleeve. The linkage member is pivoted to the bracket and has a positioning portion. The sleeve is pivoted to the base. The sleeve is fitted around the linkage member and has a releasing segment and a positioning segment. The bracket is adapted to be expanded to a first expanding state relative to the base by the elastic force of the elastic member, so as to drive the positioning portion to move along the releasing segment. The bracket is adapted to receive an external force to be continually expanded to a second expanding state relative to the base, so as to drive the positioning portion to move to the positioning segment.
US10238000B2	Power shelf for computer servers At least one embodiment of this disclosure includes a power shelf for serving a power zone within an IT equipment rack. The power shelf includes: a DC bus configured to provide DC power to rack-mounted equipment within the power zone; multiple pairs of backup battery units (BBUs) and power supply units (PSUs), wherein the multiple pairs include at least a redundant pair, such that voltage and power is supplied through the DC bus sufficient to power the rack-mounted equipment even when one of the multiple pairs is inoperative; and a power circuit, in each PSU of each of the multiple pairs, configured to rectify an AC phase from an external multi-phase AC power source, wherein the power circuit is configured to draw power from one of the BBUs paired to the PSU when the PSU fails to provide power sufficient to power the rack-mounted equipment.
US10237998B2	System with movable computing devices A system for providing computing resources includes a mounting bar and one or more computing devices supported on the mounting bar. The computing devices are coupled to the mounting bar such that the computing devices can slide along the mounting bar from one position to another while the computing devices remains in service and installed on the mounting bar.
US10237996B2	Modular garage door opener A modular garage door opener system and method including a garage door opener having a motor that is configured to be coupled to a garage door to open and close the garage door. The garage door opener includes a first accessory port including a first accessory mounting interface and a second accessory port disposed on the garage door opener including a second accessory mounting interface. An accessory device including a first mounting interface engages the first accessory mounting interface to couple the accessory device to the first accessory port. The accessory device may be disengaged from the first accessory mounting interface and then engage the second accessory mounting interface to couple the accessory device to the second accessory port. Additionally, a second accessory device may engage the first accessory port after disengagement of the accessory device.
US10237990B2	Retractable storage system A retractable storage system for a handheld electronic device includes a protective housing member operative shaped and sized to bound the handheld electronic device and enable wrapping around the handheld electronic device. At least one accessory station structured is on the housing member, and has an aperture to arrest and dispense an accessory item. At least one storage chamber is structured on the housing member to store the accessory item. The protective housing member has a first housing part and a second housing part which combine to form one protective housing member.
US10237987B2	Beam bar snap in an electronic device This is directed to a hook and receiving element combination for securing components forming the shell of an electronic device. The receiving element can include a beam connected to the outer shell component and operative to deflect as the hook element approaches the receiving element. To limit deflections of the outer shell component, the beam can be restrained at opposing ends in directions perpendicular to the beam length, but free to slide along the beam axis. In some embodiments, the receiving element can include a lip for guiding the deflection of the beam as the beam contacts the hook element. In particular, the lip can ensure that the beam deflects at an angle relative to the hook element motion such that a smaller hook element motion is required to engage the beam.
US10237985B2	Method of patterning a metal on a transparent conductor The present disclosure provides a method to provide a conductive bus bar on a patterned transparent conductor, such as ITO traces used for touch screen manufacturing. The method can be a cheaper and a more convenient technique to pattern a conductive metal or metal alloy, such as copper, silver, or a copper/silver/titanium alloy, on ITO electrodes in a roll-to-roll process.
US10237982B2	Solder application stamp for applying solder on contact locations possessing small dimensions A solder application stamp embodied to transfer solder paste from a reservoir to a contact location of a circuit board. The solder stamp has a basic body having an end area and a protrusion, which protrudes out of the end area. The solder application to create solder paste dots of diameters as small as 10-300 μm.
US10237978B2	Component built-in multilayer substrate fabricating method A fabricating method according to the present disclosure is a component built-in multilayer substrate fabricating method for incorporating a component (12) in a resin multilayer substrate (11) formed by laminating and pressing thermoplastic resin sheets (111a to 111d) so as to crimp them to each other. With the fabricating method according to the present disclosure, a metal pattern (13) is provided on a component mounting surface of the thermoplastic resin sheet (111a). Further, the component (12) is inserted in the area sandwiched by the metal pattern (13). Out of widths relating to the area sandwiched by the metal pattern (13), the width in the component mounting surface side is assumed to be a width W2, and the width in the component-insertion side is assumed to be a width W3, the width W2 being equal to or larger than a width W1 of the component but less than the width W3.
US10237977B2	Multi-stacked electronic device with defect-free solder connection A method includes forming a multi-stacked electronic device having two or more electronic components, each of the electronic components includes a leadframe, the leadframes of each electronic component are physically joined together using a non-solder metal joining process to form a joint, and the joint is located outside a solder connection region.
US10237970B2	Bending method for printed circuit board A bendable printed circuit board is provided. The bendable circuit board may include a circuit board having first and second sections and at least one plated wire that electrically connects and mechanically joins the first and second sections together. The first section may be pivotable with respect to the second section through the at least one plated wire.
US10237969B2	Electromagnetic bandgap structure and method for manufacturing the same Disclosed are an electromagnetic bandgap structure and a method for manufacturing the same. The electromagnetic bandgap structure includes a ground layer, a middle layer configured to include one or more patches, and to face the ground layer with a first dielectric layer interposed between the middle layer and the ground layer, wherein the first dielectric layer is stacked on a top of the ground layer, and a power layer configured to face the middle layer with a second dielectric layer interposed between the power layer and the middle layer, wherein the second dielectric layer is stacked on a top of the patches, wherein the patches and the power layer are electrically connected to each other through a via.
US10237966B2	Electronic device for a motor vehicle An electronic assembly including a cooling device comprises a cooling plate equipped, on its upper face, with a plurality of pin-fins; a first printed circuit board including at least one heat-generating zone bearing against the lower face of the cooling plate; each pin including a blowing means comprising a hub equipped with blades, the blades being arranged axially along each pin so as to be able to rotate about the pin, thus creating a flow of air for cooling the pins.
US10237959B2	Discharge lamp lighting device A discharge lamp lighting device includes a control unit adapted to control a frequency of the AC electric current supplied to a discharge lamp by a feeding unit, in different manners within a first term and a second term which are alternately repeated, the control unit is adapted to control the frequency of the AC electric current such that, within the first term, the frequency of the AC electric current becomes at least one frequency out of plural set frequencies, and is further adapted to control the frequency of the AC electric current, based on a predetermined frequency and an electric current within the previous first term, such that, within the second term, the frequency of the AC electric current becomes a frequency lower than this predetermined frequency.
US10237957B2	Method for automatically mapping light elements in an assembly of light structures One variation of a method for automatically mapping light elements in light structures arranged in an assembly includes: defining a sequence of test frames—each specifying activation of a unique subset of light elements in the assembly—executable by the set of light structures; serving the sequence of test frames to the assembly for execution; receiving photographic test images of the assembly, each photographic test image recorded during execution of one test frame by the assembly; for each photographic test image, identifying a location of a particular light element based on a local change in light level represented in the photographic test image, the particular light element activated by the set of light structures according to a test frame during recordation of the photographic test image; and aggregating locations of light elements identified in photographic test images into a virtual map representing positions of light elements within the assembly.
US10237951B1	Solid-state luminaire for creating color gradients A luminaire having an electronically adjustable light beam distribution to provide upward illumination creating color gradients on a ceiling. The color gradients may be in patterns that mimic color gradients of a sky, including, for example, color gradients that mimic sunrise, sunset, sun at different times of day, a rainy day, clouds, the sun, moon, etc. The color gradients may change over time and/or may include one or more objects, e.g. clouds, the sun, moon, etc. and/or may move and/or change over time to create a dynamic sky on the ceiling. Multiple luminaires may be controlled by a system controller to produce coordinated color gradients across the light distribution areas of the multiple luminaires.
US10237950B2	Adaptive outdoor lighting control system based on user behavior The invention provides A light management system for an outdoor lighting network system, comprising a plurality of outdoor light units wherein at least one light unit includes at least one sensor type, a central management system in communication with light units, said central management system sends control commands to one or more of said outdoor light units, in response to received outdoor light unit status/sensor information from one or more of said outdoor light units and implement a lighting strategy relating to the lighting characteristics of the plurality of outdoor light units, wherein the central management system uses the light unit status/sensor information to form a user's behavior analyses, and determine or estimate or predict the user's motion trajectory and/or position and a change in a user-controlled light use and/or ambient light, and determine whether to modify the lighting strategy and/or reconfigure one or more of the lights units.
US10237945B2	Illumination device, system and method for manually adjusting automated periodic changes in emulation output An illumination device, system and method are provided herein for emulating sunlight along a daytime or nighttime locus. Sunlight is emulated depending on the path length of the sun relative to a structure containing the illumination device and system. One or more illumination devices can be grouped together and perform the sunlight emulation along the locus by producing different color temperatures throughout the day by all illumination devices within that group producing the same color temperature changes throughout the day. Moreover, a particular advantage of the preferred embodiments is the ability to manually change at any time the emulated natural sunlight output from the one or more groups of illumination devices and advantageously change the color output more so at certain times than at other times by simply actuating a trigger on a dimmer associated with a virtual or physical keypad.
US10237943B2	Ring-shaped light-emitting heat-dissipating fan A ring-shaped light-emitting heat-dissipating fan comprises a base having a ring-shaped frame and a pivot portion; a fan pivotally disposed at the pivot portion; a ring-shaped light guide having an upper top surface, a lower top surface, an inner lateral surface, and an outer lateral surface; a lid disposed on the ring-shaped frame, with the ring-shaped light guide disposed between the base and the lid, and a receiving space formed between the lid and the ring-shaped light guide; and a ring-shaped circuit board disposed on an upper top surface of the ring-shaped light guide in the receiving space and having thereon a plurality of light-emitting elements arranged annularly. Therefore, the ring-shaped flat region dispenses with any receiving recesses for receiving the light-emitting elements. The ring-shaped circuit board controls color of light emitted from the light-emitting elements and their light emission cycles.
US10237942B2	Method of illuminating ornament by determining if the ornament is located indoors or outdoors An ornament designed for both indoor and outdoor use incorporates a method for automatically detecting if the ornament is being used indoors or outdoors and for thereby activating the ornament at the appropriate desired time for a desired period of time. The method monitors ambient light levels throughout the day to determine if the monitored values match the characteristics expected from either indoor or outdoor operation. When used indoors, the ornament is activated at the same time each day for a predetermined number of hours. When used outdoors, the ornament is activated each day at sunset for a predetermined number of hours. In addition, when used outdoors, the method measures night lengths and adjusts its activation time to run longer when nights are long, as in winter, or shorter when nights are short, as in summer.
US10237940B2	Thermal protection for light emitting devices A device for thermal protection is described. The device may be configured to determine current temperature information for a set of light emitting diodes (LEDs), receive an indication of a requested light pattern for the set of LEDs, and determine predicted temperature information for the set of LEDs based on the current temperature information and the requested light pattern. In this example, the device is further configured to operate the set of LEDs at a modified light pattern that is different from the requested light pattern in response to determining that the predicted temperature information indicates that the set of LEDs operates at an unsafe temperature when operating at the requested light pattern.
US10237935B2	Emission control device, light-emitting module, light-emitting unit, and lighting fixture An emission control device includes: a switching circuit for switching which light-emitting element or light-emitting elements from among a plurality of light-emitting elements is supplied with current; a detection circuit which detects current or voltage supplied from a DC-power supply circuit; and a control circuit which controls the switching circuit to switch which of the light-emitting element or light-emitting elements from among the plurality of light-emitting elements is supplied with the current when a power switch is turned from on to off and back to on within a predefined period and the current or the voltage detected by the detection circuit is less than when the power switch is on.
US10237934B1	Light source switching system and method of light emission control thereof A light source switching system and a method thereof include a signal input terminal; first, second and third input circuits; a dimming control unit; a DC conversion unit; first and second switch circuits; and first, second and third light emitting elements. The second and third input circuits respectively include first and second detection units and first and second switch driving units. The DC conversion unit is connected to the first, second, and third input circuits and the dimming control unit. The first and second switch circuits are respectively connected to the DC conversion unit and the first and second switch driving units. The first light emitting device is connected to the DC conversion unit. The second and third light emitting devices are respectively connected to the first and second switch circuits, wherein the first, second and third light emitting devices are connected in parallel with each other.
US10237933B2	Visible light communication LED having a spiral inductance coil and a circle core and preparation method thereof A visible light communication LED having a spiral inductance coil and a circular core is provided, comprising a sapphire substrate provided with a positive electrode welding spot and a negative electrode welding spot, and a plurality of LED cores deposited on the sapphire substrate. The negative electrode of a former core is connected with the positive electrode of a latter core, and the positive electrode of the first core and the negative electrode of the last core are respectively connected to the positive electrode welding spot and the negative electrode welding spot on the substrate. According to the present invention, each of the LED cores is surrounded by a spiral inductance coil, and a pin of one end of the spiral inductance coil is connected via a connecting wire with the negative electrode of an adjacent LED core, while the other end is directly connected with the positive electrode of the LED core that is surrounded by the spiral inductance coil.
US10237924B2	Temperature detection system for food container induction heating system and method A temperature detection system for detecting temperature within a metallic can during heating is provided. The system includes an induction heating coil configured to generate an alternating magnetic field, and a hermetically sealed can positioned within the magnetic field generated by the induction coil. At least a portion of the sealed can is formed from a metallic material, and the sealed can includes a food product within the can. The magnetic field causes resistive heating of the metallic material of the sealed can. The system includes a temperature sensing element located within the sealed can configured to generate a signal indicative of the temperature of the food product during heating and a memory device communicably coupled to the temperature sensing element configured to store data related to the signal received from the temperature sensing element.
US10237923B2	Transparent film heater and manufacturing method thereof Provided is a transparent film heater including: a transparent substrate 100; and a heat-emitting layer 200 that includes conductive nanowires 10 forming a network, and a coating material 20 applied to the nanowires 10 and functioning to bind the nanowires 10 with each other, is disposed on the transparent substrate 100, and emits heat upon the application of a voltage.
US10237920B2	Pane arrangement having an electrically heatable baffle plate A pane arrangement having an electrically heatable baffle plate is described. The pane arrangement has a pane having an enclosure on the inner side of the pane, a radiation receiver and/or a radiation source facing the pane within the enclosure such that a beam path of electromagnetic radiation passes through a predefined region of the pane, a baffle plate arranged within the enclosure and below the beam path, and an electrically heatable area in the baffle plate heating the region.
US10237919B2	Film-type heating element The invention relates to a heating element comprising a substrate (1) equipped with a thin-film multilayer, the thin-film multilayer comprising a film (3) suited to being heated, this film having a sheet resistance of between 20 and 200 Ω/square, the heating element also comprising two conductive collectors suited to being fed with electrical voltage, the film suited to being heated being a transparent electrically conductive oxide film and the film (3) suited to being heated not being machined and being electrically connected to the two conductive collectors, the film (3) suited to being heated having a thickness of between 50 nm and 300 nm.The invention allows a heating element, with a film suited to being heated that is simple to manufacture, to be easily installed in an electric vehicle or easily connected to the national grid.
US10237918B2	Apparatus for temperature measurement and control using two wires per thermal zone and methods of use The present inventive disclosures are generally directed to an improved means to precisely measure temperature at a location remote from a central controller and a means to control heater and/or cooler power at that remote location with a temperature setpoint that is adjustable at the central-controller location, with a remote device/unit connected to the central controller using no more than two wires, employing specialized time-sliced alternating operating modes via those two wires in which high-accuracy current-based temperature readings are transmitted back to a central controller in one mode, and thermal-device power is provided in the other mode. The improved system is, as a result, both very cost-efficient and mass-efficient for controlling a multitude of thermal zones.
US10237913B2	BLE networking systems and methods providing central and peripheral role reversal thereof while movable between locations Provided are systems and methods for reversing the conventional roles of central and peripheral devices in a BLE network. Doing so includes implementing an end node (EN) as the sole initiator of a connection between a particular EN and a particular mobile access point (AP). Such implementation includes determining such connection based on a relative proximity of an EN to the mobile AP, and a relative value of the connection between an EN and the mobile AP. Accordingly, a relative location of the EN may be determined based on such proximity, and particularly in response to mobility of the AP.
US10237912B2	Method and apparatus for managing resources for D2D communication The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a fifth generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a fourth generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure applies to intelligent services based on 5G communications technology and IoT related technology, such as a smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, and security and safety services. A method for managing resources for Device to Device (D2D) communication includes: establishing a radio connection with an evolved NodeB (eNB); receiving allocated resources for D2D communication from the eNB through the radio connection; performing the D2D communication by using the allocated resources in an idle state after the radio connection is released; and responsive to receiving a message from the eNB indicating a release of the allocated resources, releasing the allocated resources.
US10237906B2	Method and apparatus for improving uplink transmission in a wireless communication system Methods and apparatuses for improving uplink transmissions in a wireless communication system are disclosed herein. In one method, a user equipment receives an indication indicating a type of data that can be transmitted using a cooperation mode. A first data is transmitted using the cooperation mode, in which the first data belongs to the type of data using the cooperation mode based on the indication. A second data is transmitted without using the cooperation mode, in which the second data does not belong to the type of data using the cooperation mode based on the indication. The cooperation mode is enabled when transmitting the first and second data.
US10237905B2	Device to device (D2D) communication method and apparatus A first terminal generates a first scheduling request signal including information about first data resources for data transmission when the first terminal tries to reserve the first data resources. The first terminal generates a first scheduling request indication signal providing notification that the first scheduling request signal is to be transmitted. The first terminal transmits the first scheduling request indication signal through a first request subslot included in a first scheduling request resource before transmitting the first scheduling request signal. The first terminal transmits the first scheduling request signal through a second request subslot included in the first scheduling request resource.
US10237900B2	Network and connected devices for emergency response and roadside operations A self-assembling network is configured to automatically and dynamically connect devices used in operations carried out on or near roads bearing vehicle and pedestrian traffic. An automatic, ad hoc network connecting existing and new devices can be used to enhance safety by gathering and exchanging safety critical information. In some cases, existing equipment can be augmented with a network controller and radio frequency communications to permit the devices to join a wireless local network and exchange information over the network. New devices, including wearable devices, can be configured to act as nodes on the wireless local network. Establishing the relative position of vehicles, sensors, wearables, and other nodes on the disclosed ad hoc wireless network allows the coordination of functions based on position.
US10237895B2	Method and apparatus for initiating communications on a shared channel in a mobile communication system A method and apparatus for initiating communications on a shared channel in a mobile communication system are provided. A user equipment transmits an uplink signal for requesting communications on the shared channel to a Node B, and waits for a delay duration without monitoring a downlink after transmitting the uplink signal. When the delay duration has elapsed, the user equipment monitors the downlink during a valid period and determines whether a downlink signal responding to the uplink signal is received in a transmission time interval within the valid period. When the downlink signal is received in the valid period, the user equipment transmits and receives data on the shared channel.
US10237891B1	Multiple basic service set support A method for identifying association identifiers (AIDs) for multiple basic service sets (BSSs) supported by a first communication device is described. A reference identifier that indicates a fixed mapping of AIDs to BSS identifiers (BSSIDs) in a multiple-BSSID set is identified by a first communication device. The multiple-BSSID set includes BSSIDs of a first and second BSS. A management frame that includes a maximum BSSID indicator that indicates a maximum size of the multiple-BSSID set, the reference identifier, and a transmitter address of the management frame is generated for a receiver of the management frame to derive a first AID corresponding to the first BSS and a second AID corresponding to the second BSS based on the maximum BSSID indicator, the reference identifier, and the transmitter address. The management frame is transmitted to at least one second communication device associated with one of the first BSS and the second BSS.
US10237889B2	Conditional uplink grant A method, an apparatus, and a processor-readable storage medium for wireless communication are provided. In an aspect, the apparatus is a subordinate entity that receives an indication of a resource allocated for an uplink transmission. The subordinate entity also receives a condition associated with the resource. The subordinate entity evaluates whether the condition is satisfied and determines whether to transmit a packet using the resource based on the condition being satisfied. In another aspect, the apparatus is a scheduling entity that generates an indication of a resource allocated for an uplink transmission. The resource is associated with a condition that limits access to the resource. The scheduling entity transmits the indication and the condition to a subordinate entity and receives a packet from the subordinate entity via the resource based on the condition being satisfied.
US10237888B2	Semi-persistent scheduled resource release procedure in a mobile communication network A semi-persistent resource scheduling (SPS) allocation of a user equipment is deactivated in an LTE-based mobile communication system without requiring changes to the Physical layer-to-MAC layer interface and/or changes to PDCCH formats agreed by the 3GPP. A combination of NDI value and MCS index is defined that commands release of SPS resources. An alternative solution proposed defines a special transport block size that when signaled in a PDCCH commands release of SPS resources.
US10237885B2	Multiple access wireless network with low latency subnet A method is disclosed for minimizing latency for high priority messages without sacrificing subnet bandwidth in a wireless, multiple access network such as Link 16. Nodes are able to simultaneously receive messages on at least two subnets, one of which is designated as a low latency (“LL”) subnet that transmits messages immediately on a contention access basis. A message acknowledgement protocol can be implemented and high priority messages that fail due to collisions or other reasons can be retransmitted. Jitter can be used to detect collisions. Embodiments include a plurality of “standard” and/or LL subnets designated for messages of varied urgency. High priority messages can reserve an acknowledgement timeslot for use only by the message recipient. Link 16 embodiments implement CMN-4, whereby the LL subnet is one of four subnets monitored by each node. Link 16 latencies in the LL network can be limited to less than 40 msec.
US10237884B2	Scheduling communication in a wireless communication system A network device may receive a communication having a geographic position of a user equipment (UE) in a cell based on satellite information. A network device may send information on orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) resources in a time slot. The OFDM resources may be scheduled based on the UE and another UE being part of a group and a probability of interference between the UE and another UE being located outside close proximity of the geographic position.
US10237882B2	Method for supporting discontinuous reception and apparatus therefor in wireless communication system supporting reconfiguration of wireless resource The present invention relates to a method for detecting control information of a terminal and an apparatus therefor in a wireless communication system supporting reconfiguration of a radio resource. Specifically, the present invention comprises the steps of: counting a discontinuous reception (DRX) timer in accordance with a first uplink-downlink configuration on a system information block (SIB) associated with a previously defined control channel; and monitoring the control channel on the basis of whether a radio resource reconfiguration message is received, wherein, if the reception of the radio resource reconfiguration message is successful, then the control channel is monitored according to a second uplink-downlink configuration indicated by the radio resource reconfiguration message.
US10237879B2	Method for channel state report in wireless communication system and apparatus therefor A method for reporting channel state information of a user equipment (UE) having interference cancellation capabilities in a wireless communication system includes receiving, from a serving base station, a channel state report configuration indicating a report of a channel state to which interference cancellation is applied, or a report of a channel state to which interference cancellation is not applied, calculating a report value for a channel state according to the channel state report configuration, and transmitting the report value for the channel state to the serving base station. The channel state report configuration may be configured per subframe subset.
US10237878B2	Method for allocating multiple component carriers, base station, and user equipment The present disclosure provides a method to provide signaling support in a hotspot area or a crowded occasion, so as to reduce costs of deploying, by the telecommunications operators, base stations and backhauls. A specific implementation method is: receiving, by a high frequency base station, measurement information sent by low and medium frequency base stations of multiple telecommunications operators or measurement reports sent by first user equipments of multiple telecommunications operators, where the high frequency base station works in a high frequency band, the low and medium frequency base stations work in a low and medium frequency band, and the first user equipments are served by the high frequency base station; allocating, by the high frequency base station, multiple component carriers comprised in high frequency resources to the low and medium frequency base stations according to the measurement information, to obtain an allocation result.
US10237876B2	Method and device for controlling access of terminal for efficient use of resources in mobile communication system Embodiments of the present disclosure provide terminal connection control method and apparatus in a base station of a mobile communication system which supports a Carrier Aggregation (CA) function. According an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method for control a connection of a terminal in a base station of a mobile communication system includes determining whether there is a Primary Cell (PCell) connection request from a terminal with respect to an i-th cell (herein, i is a positive integer greater than 0 and equal to or smaller than k) corresponding to one of k cells (herein, k is a positive integer greater than 0) in the base station; if there is the PCell connection request from the terminal, determining whether to allow the PCell connection for the i-th cell of the terminal based on a threshold load corresponding to a maximum limit of a resource allocated to each cell; and if the PCell connection for the i-th cell of the terminal is allowed, determining whether to release a Secondary Cell (SCell) connection for at least one or more terminals which maintain the SCell connection for the i-th cell by comparing an i-th resource load allocated to the i-th cell with the threshold load.
US10237873B2	Systems and methods for simultaneous sampling of serial digital data streams from multiple analog-to-digital converters (ADCs), including in distributed antenna systems Systems and methods for simultaneous sampling of serial digital data streams from multiple analog-to-digital converters (ADCs), including in distributed antenna systems, are disclosed. In one embodiment, a controller unit samples a plurality of serial digital data streams simultaneously. To allow the controller unit to sample the multiple serial digital data streams simultaneously from a plurality of ADCs, the controller unit is configured to provide a plurality of data input ports. Each of the ADCs is coupled to a common chip select port and clock signal port on the controller unit. The controller unit communicates a chip select signal on the chip select port to activate all of the ADCs simultaneously to cause each of the ADCs to provide its respective digital data stream to the respective data input port of the controller unit simultaneously for sampling. As a result, fewer or lower-cost components may be used to sample multiple ADCs.
US10237872B2	Techniques for group-based spatial stream assignment signaling in 60 GHz wireless networks Techniques for group-based spatial stream assignment signaling in 60 GHz wireless networks are described. According to various such techniques, a 60 GHz-capable transmitting device may be configured to define one or more DL MU-MIMO groups, each of which may comprise one or more respective 60 GHz-capable receiving devices. In various embodiments, the 60 GHz-capable transmitting device may include a DL MU-MIMO group ID within DL MU-MIMO control information in a PHY header of a PPDU in order to indicate that the PPDU is directed to a DL MU-MIMO group corresponding to that DL MU-MIMO group ID. In some embodiments, DL MU-MIMO control information may comprise information specifying spatial stream assignments for the 60 GHz-capable receiving devices of that DL MU-MIMO group. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10237866B2	Adaptive transmission method and apparatus for improving vehicular communication performance Disclosed is an adaptive transmission method for a vehicular communication system, that is, a method of randomly allocating resources in a time domain and a frequency domain to perform vehicular communication in a Long-Term Evolution (LTE)-based vehicle to everything (V2X) system and determining whether to transmit messages according to a transmission probability such that it is possible to improve cumulative distribution functions (CDFs) of packet reception ratios (PRRs) and average PRRs by decreasing interference between vehicles.
US10237862B2	Method for receiving system information in wireless communication system that supports narrowband IOT and apparatus for the same A method for receiving system information performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system that supports Narrow Band (NB)-Internet of Things (IoT) includes receiving a Narrowband Synchronization Signal from a base station through narrowband (NB); acquiring time synchronization and frequency synchronization with the base station based on the Narrowband Synchronization Signal; and receiving the system information related to the NB-IoT from the base station through a Narrowband Physical Broadcast Channel (N-PBCH).
US10237861B2	Information transmission method, device, and system The present invention discloses an information transmission method, a device, and a system, relates to the communications field, and can resolve a problem of inappropriate time-frequency resource allocation in a device-to-device technology. A specific solution is as follows: user equipment obtains discovery information, generates request information according to the discovery information, sends the request information to a base station, receives resource information sent by the base station, and sends the discovery information to other user equipment according to an effective time-frequency resource included in the resource information. The present invention is used for information transmission.
US10237854B2	Method and apparatus for providing channel assignment information used to support uplink and downlink channels A WTRU receives a control message intended for the WTRU in a shared physical radio resource space in a transmission time interval (TTI) monitored by the WTRU. The WTRU determines whether the control message is intended for the WTRU based on WTRU identity-masked cyclic redundancy check bits. The WTRU processes the control message. The control message has radio resource assignment information and a separate indication indicating whether the control message is a type of control message associated with an uplink or a downlink transmission. The WTRU processes a downlink transmission received in assigned radio resources in the TTI on a condition that the indication indicates that the control message type is associated with a downlink transmission. The WTRU transmits an uplink transmission in assigned radio resources in a subsequent TTI on a condition that the indication indicates that the control message type is associated with an uplink transmission.
US10237852B2	Wireless communication system, and terminal using said method (as amended) Provided are a D2D (device-to-device) signal transmitting method implemented by a terminal in a wireless communication system, and a terminal using the method. The method is characterized by the operations of: receiving information showing whether a mode 2 operation is allowed in an exceptional state; determining whether the exceptional state is in effect; and when the exceptional state is determined to be in effect, implementing the mode 2 operation, wherein in the mode 2 operation, the terminal selects a certain resource from a resource pool, and the selected resource is used to transmit the D2D signal.
US10237848B2	Method and apparatus for user equipment receiving MBMS service processing semi-permanent scheduling from MBSFN subframe in wireless communication system The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for a user equipment receiving MBMS service processing a semi-permanent scheduling from an MBSFN subframe. A method for a user equipment receiving the multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS) processing a downlink scheduling in a mobile communication system of the present invention comprises: a detection step of detecting the occurrence of the downlink scheduling in a random transmission time interval; a decision step of deciding whether to process the downlink scheduling, depending on whether the user equipment is set to a transmission mode 9 or whether the transmission time interval belongs to a multimedia broadcast multicast service single frequency network (MBSFN) subframe; and a processing step of processing or disregarding the downlink scheduling based on the result of the decision.
US10237840B2	Providing a public internet protocol address during Wi-Fi calling registration The systems, devices, and methods discussed herein are directed to a Wi-Fi calling (WFC) portable communication device, or a user equipment (UE), for providing a location information during a registration with a wireless local area network (WLAN). During a registration with a WLAN, the WFC UE may send a request for obtaining a public Internet Protocol (IP) address information of the WLAN, which includes location information of the WLAN, and use the public IP address of the WLAN as the assigned IP address of the WFC UE to register with the WLAN.
US10237837B2	Method for transmitting synchronization signal for device-to-device communication in wireless communication system and apparatus therefor The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, more particularly, to a method for transmitting and receiving a synchronization signal by a transmission terminal in a wireless communication system supporting device-to-device (D2D) communication. A method for transmitting a synchronization signal according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: mapping a first synchronization signal for a discovery signal to a first sub-frame and transmitting the first synchronization signal in the first sub-frame; mapping a second synchronization signal for a communication signal to a second sub-frame and transmitting the second synchronization signal in the second sub-frame, Herein, the first synchronization signal and the second synchronization signal can be distinguished on the basis of the mapped symbol position or sequence in the sub-frame.
US10237834B2	Systems and methods for wireless link balancing in wireless networks Systems and methods for controlling the transmit power and the receive sensitivity of an access point for achieving symmetric link balancing is described. When an access point operates with symmetric link performance, the access point does not inefficiently use available bandwidth for transmitting or re-transmitting to a client station that cannot communicate with the access point. Moreover, the access point does not back off transmissions due to activity of neighboring basic service sets when not needed. The receive sensitivity can be controlled using a hardware attenuator or software commands that adjust a programmable gain in a wireless local area network chipset used by the access point, or it can be controlled using adjustable levels in the software for processing or responding to packets.
US10237832B2	Mobile station and method for use in radio communication system One aspect of the present invention relates to a mobile station having a SAR backoff function including a SAR signaling receiving unit configured to receive a SAR signaling from a base station, the SAR signaling indicating that a SAR backoff is available, and a maximum transmit power determination unit configured to determine maximum transmit power of the mobile station depending on whether the SAR signaling receiving unit has received the SAR signaling, wherein in response to receiving the SAR signaling at the SAR signaling receiving unit, the maximum transmit power determination unit applies a power reduction factor associated with the SAR backoff to determine the maximum transmit power.
US10237827B2	Method and device for selectively performing operation on basis of terminal operation mode Provided are a method by which a terminal selectively performs an operation on the basis of a terminal operation mode in a wireless communication system, and a device for supporting the method. The terminal determines a terminal group to which the terminal belongs, on the basis of a battery residual quantity and a battery residual quantity threshold value, calculates channel quality on the basis of a downlink reference signal, determines a terminal operation mode on the basis of the determined terminal group, the calculated channel quality, and the channel quality threshold value, and performs an operation on the basis of the determined terminal operation mode, wherein the terminal group can be any one of an energy insufficient group (EIG) and an energy sufficient group (ESG).
US10237823B2	Electronic devices for receiving pushed data Mobile devices such as cellular telephones are provided that communicate with wireless networks. Cellular telephone network equipment may communicate with a cellular telephone over a data connection. The cellular telephone may have an internet protocol (IP) address that allows data to be provided to the cellular telephone over the data connection. To conserve resources and release unused IP addresses, the cellular telephone network equipment may deactivate inactive data connections after a period of inactivity. A baseband processor within a mobile device may periodically send User Datagram Protocol (UDP) keep-alive packets over the data connection to ensure that the data connection remains active. The keep-alive packets may be directed to a packet sink server or may be associated with a black hole route. An applications processor in the telephone may remain in sleep mode during keep-alive packet transmission to conserve power.
US10237822B2	Systems and methods for automatically activating wireless networks In some embodiments, automatic selective enablement of a wireless interface is provided. In some embodiments, a first device such as a recording device broadcasts a notification via a first wireless interface. The notification may be received by a second device such as a network device, which activates a second wireless interface in response. In some embodiments, the second device may transmit a notification via the first wireless interface to indicate that the second wireless interface has been activated. In response to receiving such a notification, the first device may activate its own second wireless interface in order to complete the connection and transmit a data record to the second device. In some embodiments, the first wireless interface is a low-power wireless interface, and the second wireless interface is a high-power wireless interface.
US10237820B2	Implicit DRX cycle length adjustment control in LTE_active mode A method for controlling discontinuous reception in a wireless transmit/receive unit includes defining a plurality of DRX levels, wherein each DRX level includes a respective DRX cycle length and transitioning between DRX levels based on a set of criteria. The transitioning may be triggered by implicit rules.
US10237819B2	SSIC device and link control method for SSIC device An SSIC (SuperSpeed Inter-Chip) device comprises a detecting circuit operable to execute at least one of a first and a second detection processes and generate a detection result, wherein the first detection process is operable to detect an SSIC compatible object and the second detection process is operable to detect whether the SSIC compatible object satisfies at least one of a de-link state and a re-link state, a control circuit operable to generate a control signal according to the detection result, and a Mobile-Physical-Layer circuit operable to execute at least one of the following steps: if the control signal indicates that the SSIC compatible object is detected and satisfies the de-link state, disconnecting a normal connection between the SSIC device and the SSIC host; and if the control signal indicates that the SSIC compatible object is detected and satisfies the re-link state, connecting the SSIC device with the SSIC host.
US10237817B2	System and method of locating wireless connection among a plurality of wireless connections A system and method of locating a wireless connection among a plurality of possible wireless connections. More particularly, a system and method of locating a user preferred wireless connection among a plurality of possible wireless connections. The method includes scanning for available networks and determining whether the available networks satisfy one or more user preferences. The method further includes establishing a secondary network connection with one of the available networks based on one or more user preferences being satisfied.
US10237816B2	Integrated multi-radio access technology multi-frequency admission control A node of a multiple radio access technology (multi-RAT) system acquires resource status information associated with each RAT of the multi-RAT system. The resource status information of the RATs of the multi-RAT system can be acquired by sniffing higher layer protocol information pertaining to call setup requests and/or call terminated messages. The node further maintains a flag representing overall resource availability associated with the RATs of the multi-RAT system, based on the acquired resource status information, for use in admission control and/or load balancing. The flag is associated with a pre-defined set of overall resource availability states of the multi-RAT system, where the availability states are defined in terms of admission control decisions.
US10237815B2	Radio communication terminal and frequency assignment method There is provided a radio communication terminal that can improve the efficiency of assignment of or the efficiency of usage of a radio resource for communicating user data between a radio communication terminal and a radio base station apparatus. The radio communication terminal communicates with a radio base station apparatus through a network in which a plurality of radio communication schemes are present for use in a mixed manner, and includes a processor and an antenna. The processor locates a connection base station as a radio base station apparatus that communicates user data with the radio communication terminal, among a plurality of the radio base station apparatuses, and assigns a radio frequency relating to communication of user data between the connection base station and the radio communication terminal, based on information that is the usage history of a radio frequency relating to the communication of the user data with every radio base station apparatus.
US10237814B2	Method for transmitting D2D discovery message performed by terminal in wireless communication system, and terminal using said method Provided are a method for transmitting a device-to device (D2D) discovery message performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system, and a terminal using said method. The method determines individual range classes for a plurality of D2D discovery resource pools; selects a D2D discovery resource pool having a higher ranger class when it is not possible to find a D2D resource pool having the same range class as the range class of the D2D discovery message from the plurality of D2D discovery resource pools; and transmits the D2D discovery message using the selected D2D discovery resource pool.
US10237811B2	Architecture of managing beacons using access points Described herein are systems, methods and computer program products for controlling operation of Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) devices, such as wireless beacons. Multiple BLE devices may be controlled centrally or may work together in a cooperative fashion such that signals can be exchanged between or repeated by BLE devices in order to allow for signals received at one BLE device to reach another BLE device without requiring further central interaction. Power settings of BLE devices may be altered to change power consumption or to change a detectable range of the BLE devices.
US10237806B2	Activation of a home automation controller Embodiments of the present invention provide a single platform that provides controller functionality for each of security, monitoring and automation, as well as providing a capacity to function as a bidirectional Internet gateway. Embodiments of the present invention provide such functionality by virtue of a configurable architecture that enables a user to adapt the system for the user's specific needs. Embodiments of the present invention further provide for a software-based installation workflow to activate and provision the controller and associated sensors and network. Embodiments of the present invention also provide for downloading of previously-stored configuration data to the controller from a remote server, and for activation and provisioning of the controller from the previously-stored configuration data.
US10237803B2	Electronic device and call processing method thereof An electronic device and method thereof are provided. The electronic device includes a communication module configured to communicate with a communication server; an input module configured to receive a user command; and a processor configured to receive a device changing command, via the input module, during a call between the electronic device and a first external electronic device, and transmit, to the communication server, via the communication module, a message for changing the call between the electronic device and the first external electronic device to a call between a second external electronic device and the first external electronic device. The second external electronic device uses a same subscription information as the electronic device, and the message includes call state information of the call between the electronic device and the first external electronic device.
US10237802B2	QoS configuration for a wireless device A method for configuring a QoS for a wireless communication network bearer corresponding to a wireless device is provided. The method includes assigning a first QoS profile to the bearer when the wireless device is in a first QoS region served by a first wireless communication network cell, the first QoS profile corresponding to a first QoS available in the first wireless communication network cell but not available to the wireless device in a second wireless communication network cell neighboring the first wireless communication network cell. The method further includes establishing communication for the bearer between the wireless device and the second wireless communication network cell when the wireless device begins a handover process with the second wireless communication network cell, the communication for the bearer being established using the first QoS profile but corresponding to a second QoS level different from the first QoS level.
US10237800B2	Method and device for distributing idle user equipment in multi-carrier based mobile communication system The present invention relates to a method and device for distributing idle UE by a carrier in eNB of a multi-carrier based mobile communication system. The method of distributing idle UE in a multi-carrier based mobile communication system according to the present invention includes a process of determining a search rate by a carrier on the basis of information representing load on the carrier, a step of determining a cell reselection priority on the idle UE on the basis of the determined search rate, and a process of transmitting the determined cell reselection priority to the idle UE.
US10237798B2	Transmission control protocol (TCP) throughput optimization in mobile wireless networks A device establishes a first transmission control protocol (TCP) connection with a client device associated with a wireless network, and establishes a second TCP connection with a server device associated with the wireless network. The device also provides a first TCP window size to the client device via the first TCP connection, and provides a second TCP window size to the server device via the second TCP connection, where the first TCP window size is different than the second TCP window size.
US10237795B2	Evolved packet data gateway (EPDG) reselection This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for wireless communication. A user equipment (UE) device may be connected to a first evolved packet data gateway (ePDG) via a first radio access technology (RAT). The UE may evaluate, either periodically or based on a trigger event, an ePDG reselection metric associated with the first ePDG to determine whether selecting a second ePDG different from the first ePDG is viable. The UE may then reselect to a second ePDG based on whether the ePDG reselection metric satisfies one or more selection conditions. Selection conditions may include, for example, a change in the location or public land mobile network (PLMN) of the UE, UE movement between networks, or a connection failure associated with the first ePDG.
US10237792B2	Method and device for detecting a number of user terminals The present invention relates to a method for detecting a number of user terminals (8a, 8b), each of said user terminals (8a, 8b) comprising a receiver unit (10), a transmitter unit (11) and a control unit (12) arranged to control said receiver unit (10) and transmitter unit (11), each of said user terminals (8a, 8b) also being associated with a wireless communication network (1) comprising a plurality of network cells (2, 3), each being equipped with a node (4, 5). The method comprises detecting (16) communication between each of said user terminals (8a, 8b) and an associated node (4; 5) of said wireless communication network (1). Furthermore, the method comprises: detecting (17) a first control message being transmitted from a user terminal (8a, 8b); detecting (18) a second control message being transmitted from a node (4; 5), said second control message being associated with the first control message; and increasing (19) a counter (15a) representing said number of user terminals (8a, 8b) based on detection of transmission of said control messages. The present invention also relates to a detector device (9) for detecting a number of user terminals (8a, 8b).
US10237790B2	Method for determining access control Examples of the present disclosure provide a method for determining access control, applied in a handoff procedure of a UE. The method include receiving, from a source base station, a first message including a first local home network (LHN) identifier (ID) and an address of a local gateway; receiving, from a target base station, a second message including a second LHN ID; determining whether a LHN ID is changed based on the first LHN ID and a second LHN ID; and disconnecting a selected IP traffic offload (SIPTO) service if the LHN ID is changed. According to a technical solution provided by the present disclosure, service continuity of the LIPA service or the SIPTO service can be maintained correctly.
US10237785B2	Frequency channel setting method and base station apparatus Provided is a method for setting a communication channel for a base station employing carrier aggregation, which enables simultaneous use of radio waves at a plurality of frequency bands of different frequencies or a base station apparatus for setting a communication channel in accordance with carrier aggregation, which enables simultaneous transmission and reception at a plurality of frequency bands of different frequencies. At least one of a downlink frequency channel in a first frequency band and a downlink frequency channel in a second frequency band is set such that a frequency range of harmonics of an uplink frequency range in the first frequency band does not overlap a downlink frequency range in the second frequency band, the first frequency band and the second frequency band being included in the plurality of frequency bands for use in carrier aggregation.
US10237781B2	Channel quality estimation for link adaptation within interference limited systems To process received wireless signals received in a receiver, a noise and interference estimate is generated by subtracting the serving cell component from the received OFDM signal, a normalized noise signal is produced by whitening the noise and interference estimate, interference information is detected from the normalized noise signal associated with corresponding reliability information indicating reliability of the interference information, interference cancellation is performed based on the interference information, and a performance indicator indicative of an accuracy of the interference cancellation is adaptively adjusted using the reliability information.
US10237780B2	Method for allowing user equipment to detach from network entity A method for allowing a user equipment (UE) to detach from a network entity is provided. The method includes detecting that the UE is not registered with the network entity while the UE is in an area previously registered with the network entity. Further, the method includes sending a detach indication to the network entity to detach a service to the UE.
US10237777B2	Method for using radio interface technology, apparatus, and communications system Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for transmitting and receiving a service between a terminal device and a base station. The terminal device receives radio resource configuration information and indication information from the base station. The radio resource configuration information includes frequency band information of N (N≥2) frequency ranges and characteristic information of radio interface technologies corresponding to each of the N frequency ranges. The indication information indicates a frequency range in which a physical layer resource is to be used by the terminal device to transmit and receive the service. Characteristics of the radio interface technologies include at least one of: a cyclic prefix (CP) length, a duration of an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol, or a subcarrier spacing.
US10237776B2	Method for controlling transmission rate and WLAN device using the same A method for controlling transmission rate and a wireless local area network (WLAN) device are provided. The method for controlling transmission rate includes the following steps. Calculate a bandwidth requirement of the WLAN device according to a network application service provided by the WLAN device in an application layer. Determine a WLAN data transmission rate of the WLAN device in a physical layer according to the bandwidth requirement.
US10237775B1	Method and system for presenting geographical radio resource usage information in user interface Disclosed is a method for presenting geographical radio resource usage information in a user interface. The method includes receiving radio resource reservation data including location, time and frequency information stored in an administrative spectrum management system. Furthermore, the method includes selecting at least one area of interest and receiving an input indicating a time period of interest from a user. Moreover, the method includes dividing the at least one area of interest into a plurality of subareas. The method includes calculating for each subarea of the plurality of subareas within the at least one area of interest, a first utilization rate of radio resource over the time period of interest. Furthermore, the method includes defining a color for each subarea based on the calculated first utilization rate. Moreover, the method includes rendering the plurality of subareas with the defined color as a geographical map on the user interface.
US10237770B2	Systems, methods, and devices having databases and automated reports for electronic spectrum management Systems, methods and apparatus for spectrum data management for a radio frequency (RF) environment are disclosed. An apparatus comprises at least one receiver, an automatic signal detection (ASD) module, and a learning and conflict detection engine. The apparatus is at the edge of a communication network. The at least one receiver processes RF energy received from the RF environment, thereby generating processed data. The ASD module is configured to extract meta data and detect anomaly based on the processed data. The learning and conflict detection engine is configured for conflict recognition and anomaly identification based on the processed data. The apparatus is operable to generate at least one report for the RF environment.
US10237767B2	Method and score management node for supporting evaluation of a delivered service A method and score management node for supporting service evaluation of a service delivered by means of a telecommunication network. The score management node receives network measurements (v) related to at least one service event when the service is delivered to the user, and calculates a quality score Q for each received network measurement by applying a predefined scoring algorithm Q(v) on the network measurement. After identifying, among the calculated quality scores, quality scores Q which are related to a specific service session experienced by the user, the score management node determines a total session-specific quality score for the specific service session based on the identified quality scores Q. The determined total session-specific quality score can then be used for evaluation of the delivered service.
US10237766B2	Estimation of available user data rate in a communications channel According to an aspect, a method for estimating available user data rate in a communications channel is provided. Node weight selection parameters are monitored by a resource manager executing on a node in communication with neighbor nodes. Neighbor node weight selection parameters are analyzed by the node. The node determines whether a change to a node weight or a neighbor node weight is needed to balance the available user data rate. The available user data rate is estimated for the node and the node weight is predictively adjusted as needed. The available user data rate is estimated for one or more of the neighbor nodes and an estimate of the neighbor node weight is generated as needed. A scheduler for the communications channel is updated based on the node weight and the estimate of the neighbor node weight.
US10237763B1	Real time data meter A system includes a wireless interface to a central computer system that communicates with multiple mobile communication platforms (MCPs), and logic to receive a request for content from a device aboard a first MCP, the content not stored on the first MCP, the device having an associated data plan. The system includes logic to communicate the request for content to the central computer system, and to receive from the central computer system an indication of a time delay before the content will be available to the device on a non-priority basis, and logic to notify the device of the time delay, and to provide the device with an indication of an impact that receiving the content on a priority basis will have on the data plan.”
US10237760B2	Self organizing backhaul radio A self-organizing backhaul radio (SOBR) and related arrangements are disclosed. A “primary” link between an first SOBR enabled radio and a second SOBR radio includes a secondary transmission link, referred to as a signature control channel (SCC), as a spread spectrum modulated signal embedded within and transmitted simultaneously with the primary link. The SCC transmissions from the first SOBR radio may be utilized by other SOBR enabled radios to determine an interference level to or from the first SOBR radio's primary link. The SCC transmission may be utilized to allow transmit beam forming between SOBR-enabled radios without damaging other friendly SOBR radios within the propagation distance of the transmitted signals based upon the detection of the SCC transmissions.
US10237755B2	Method and apparatus for handling beamforming in a wireless communication system A method and apparatus are disclosed for handling beamforming in a wireless communication system. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a second signal indicating a number of beam sweeping from a cell, wherein there are multiple network nodes in the cell and at least two network nodes of the cell have different beamforming capabilities. The method also includes receiving a first signal from any network node of the cell at multiple time intervals based on the number of beam sweeping.
US10237752B2	Method of controlling operation of small base station and the small base station in a communication system A method of controlling an operation of a small Base Station (BS) and the small BS in a communication system are provided. The method includes measuring the strengths of signals received from adjacent macro BSs, transmitting a reference signal corresponding to an Identifier (ID) of the small BS at a predetermined time, if a highest of the measured signal strengths received from the adjacent macro BSs is less than a threshold, and operating the small BS in an active mode, upon receipt of an activation signal from at least one Mobile Station (MS). The active mode is a state in which the small BS communicates with an MS within a service area of the small BS.
US10237746B2	Coexistence management via scheduling In some aspects, the disclosure is directed to methods and systems for coexistence management. A first access point is scheduled a time to begin transmission of a packet to a user device in an unlicensed frequency band using a first RAT. The time to begin the transmission is scheduled to avoid transmission overlap with a second access point using a second RAT in the unlicensed frequency band, and scheduled according to information from the second access point regarding operation in the unlicensed frequency band using the second RAT. One of the first and second RATs includes one of a WLAN RAT or a LTE based RAT, and another of the first and second RATs includes a remaining one of the WLAN RAT or the LTE based RAT, in one or more embodiments. The first access point receives updated information regarding operation in the unlicensed frequency band using the second RAT. Using the updated information, an updated time for the first access point to begin the transmission using the first RAT is determined, the updated time determined to avoid transmission overlap with the second RAT in the unlicensed frequency band. The first access point transmits, according to the determined updated time, the packet in the unlicensed frequency band using the first RAT.
US10237737B2	Navigation server and navigation client Provided is a navigation server and a navigation client capable of protecting information specific to each user that is transmitted from the navigation client to the navigation server securely without degrading user-friendliness. A navigation server 100 is configured to, prohibit the navigation client 200 from accessing the navigation server 100 when a navigation client 200 meets a second condition that is determined from past communication contents with the navigation client 200. The navigation server 100 is configured to, make the navigation client 200 output a message urging to input a new authentication code based on a communication with a navigation client 200 that is prohibited by the server arithmetic processing element 110 from accessing the navigation server 100.
US10237732B2	Mobile device authentication in heterogeneous communication networks scenario A method and device for authenticating a user of a communication device accessing an online service. The online service is accessible over a data network and is provided through a service platform. The communication device is connected to a mobile phone network and to the data network. The communication device includes an interface software application configured to interact with the service platform through the data network for fruition of the online service, and a messaging function configured to send messages through the mobile phone network. A user-side authentication application is provided at the communication device, a provider-side authentication application is provided at the service platform, and an authentication control function is provided in communication relationship with the provider-side authentication application and with the mobile phone network.
US10237727B2	Over-the-air content management of wireless equipment in confined-coverage wireless networks Content of wireless equipment (WE) is managed over-the-air (OTA). Content is germane to feature(s) of the WE and is related to operation thereof. Management of the content is automatically implemented in response to attachment of the WE to a confined-coverage access point (AP). The WE and a network server enable, in part, such management. The confined-coverage AP enables exchange of signaling and data associated with management of the content amongst the WE and the network server. Content includes software (SW); management OTA of SW can include update of an in-use version of a SW application or related SW component(s). SW update signaling can comprise message(s) conveying a WE identifier and in-use version(s) of SW; request(s) for an update instruction; request(s) for at least one file associated with the SW; or message(s) indicative of availability of version(s) of SW newer than the in-use version(s).
US10237726B2	Method of implementing UE capability exchange and route control for parallel IMS and CS services The present invention discloses a method of implementing UE capability exchange and a method of route control for parallel IMS and CS services in communication system, so as to distinguish among multiple UEs sharing a same IMPU during capability exchange and route control. Said method comprises: each of UEs involved in capability exchange sending its capability information to the opposite party respectively; the opposite party storing these information as well as the correlation between the information and the service ID; The UE including equipment ID of the opposite UE in an initiated service request; service control function entity in the network utilizing the equipment ID to query the established correlation among equipment ID, service ID, and address of the UE, so as to determine the address of the destination UE and route the service request to the destination UE. Said equipment ID identifies effectively a UE in the network.
US10237717B2	Method for proximity-based notification in wireless communication system, and device for same The present invention discloses a proximity based notification method in a wireless communication system and a device for the same. In detail, a proximity based notification method in a wireless communication system supporting device to device communication (D2D) may include the steps of: configuring, by a first terminal, a list of terminals which participate in an notification service and a notification time; broadcasting, by the first terminal, a discovery signal including a first D2D ID on a physical sidelink discovery channel (PSDCH) when the notification time arrives; and outputting, by the first terminal, a notification for notifying that a second terminal is proximate when the first terminal receives a second discovery signal including a second D2D ID from the second terminal included in the terminal list on the PSDCH.
US10237716B2	Communication between responders A method for communicating among responders from a plurality of responder agencies includes determining that responders from two responder agencies are located at an event or location. Each of the responders from the two responder agencies has a computing device that is configured to communicate with the other computing device of the responders. Authorization is received from the two responder agencies to permit direct communication between responders from the two responder agencies. A communication link is established between the computing devices of the responders of the two responder agencies in response to determining that the responders from the two responder agencies are located at the event or location and in response to receiving the authorization. The communication link permits direct communication between the responders of the two responder agencies.
US10237714B2	Method and system for bluetooth communication, and electronic device A method and a system for Bluetooth communication, and an electronic device are disclosed. The method includes: acquiring data packets from a data source device by means of data interception within at least a portion of a time period in a Bluetooth communication process, wherein the data interception is a working mode that allows unidirectional acquisition of data packets delivered by the data source device in the Bluetooth communication process.
US10237709B2	Online charging method, gateway device, and online charging device According to the present disclosure, a first session is established between an online charging system (OCS) and a user plane of a gateway device by using a service identifier, so that direct interaction between the user plane of the gateway device and the OCS is implemented, and a technical problem that a gateway device in a decoupled architecture has an extremely long charging path and a large charging delay is resolved.
US10237707B1	Methods and systems for personalized information content and delivery Methods and systems described in this disclosure are directed creating a profile for a user that includes information content rules and information delivery rules. Upon detecting a triggering event, a set of information is created for the user based on the information content rules. The information is delivered to the user according to the information delivery rules.
US10237706B2	Method and apparatus for establishing communication between mobile terminals, incoming communication control and outgoing communication control and system by use thereof A method of establishing communication between mobile terminals includes receiving a communication request from a caller terminal, the communication request including at least a caller number and information for determining an identification code of a callee terminal, the information including a number of the callee terminal or an owner name of the callee terminal. The method also includes obtaining the identification code of the callee terminal based on the information and inquiring about a corresponding record associated with the caller terminal and the callee terminal by use of a pre-stored address book referencing relationship and a communication history, based on the caller number and the identification code of the callee terminal. The method further includes computing a communication right value based on the corresponding record and determining whether the computed communication right value exceeds a pre-determined threshold. In response to a determination that the computed communication right value exceeds the pre-determined threshold, communication between the caller terminal and the callee terminal is established.
US10237705B1	System and method for providing SMS message services from multiple originators using a shared shortcode To enable multiple message originators to share an SMS shortcode, a service provider that administers the shared shortcode determines which of the recipients of an outbound SMS message have subscribed to SMS services of the particular originator. Only messages to recipients that have specifically opted in to receive messages from the particular originator are sent by the service provider through an SMS gateway. To opt-in to SMS message services, a user sends an opt-in message to the service provider. The content of the opt-in message includes a code that uniquely identifies one of the plurality of originators.
US10237699B2	Predicting obstacles in a travel path Techniques are provided for performing automated operations in order to predict obstacles to mobile device travel paths. Historical mobile device path data about multiple historical paths previously taken by a plurality of mobile devices during a first period of time is tracked. Recent mobile device path data about a plurality of recent paths taken by multiple mobile devices during a second period of time is received and analyzed, including comparing the historical mobile device path data with the recent mobile device path data. Based at least in part on such analysis, a location is predicted for a new obstacle that is determined to be substantially adjacent to one or more of the recent paths. An indication of the predicted location of the new obstacle is provided to one or more user devices.
US10237698B2	System and method of locating a radio frequency (RF) tracking device using a calibration routine Position tracking systems and methods for tracking a physical location of a radio frequency (RF) transmitter include an RF transmitter transmitting an RF signal from a plurality of known locations. At least four RF receiver antennae are disposed at unknown locations within range of the RF transmitter to receive the RF signals transmitted from the plurality of known locations. A receiver station in communication with the at least four RF receiver antennae initially calibrates a relative position of each RF receiver antenna with respect to the other RF receiver antennae based on the plurality of known locations and on information acquired in response to the RF signals received at the at least four RF receiver antennae.
US10237697B2	Location based service (LBS) system, method and apparatus for triggering of mobile station LBS applications An application executed within a mobile station to be triggered only by a network element, such as a mobile positioning center (MPC) or a Mobile Center (MC). The network element is coupled to a base station. The network element is responsible for authorizing an application that is either resident within the mobile station or that is run in a device that is resident elsewhere in the network. The mobile station communicates with the network element over a communication session through the base station and other infrastructure components. The mobile station initiates a mobile originated positioning session over a second communication session with a positioning assistance server.
US10237691B2	Proximal physical location tracking and management systems and methods Systems and methods for monitoring the physical proximity of beacon devices relative to a deployment of relay devices. Beacon device may broadcast a proximate data signal receivable relay devices within range. Upon receiving a proximate data signal from a beacon, a relay is configured to provide a corresponding notification to a monitoring server. During standard operation, a beacon device is configured to broadcast the proximate data signal at a first frequency. A beacon may include an emergency trigger, as well as possible optional emergency detection sensors. Upon detecting an emergency, a beacon device broadcasts a proximate data signal at a second frequency and/or modify the proximate data signal. The monitoring server monitors the frequency of transmission and/or content of the proximate data signals from the beacon devices and, upon detecting an emergency (or the absence of an expected proximate data signal from a beacon), may provide an emergency alert.
US10237689B2	Method for changing update period of location information in M2M system The present invention relates to a machine to machine communication (M2M) technique, and to a technique for changing an update period of location information in an M2M system. In particular, the present invention relates to a method and a device for allowing a common service entity to dynamically set an update period of location information in an M2M system.
US10237685B2	Cognitive geofencing A computing device and method is usable to determine a cognitive geofence according to a plurality of data points. The computing device may analyze the plurality of data points to determine an emotional state of a user of a user equipment and a cognitive environment in an area proximate to the user of the user equipment. The computing device may determine the cognitive geofence based at least in part on the emotional state of the user of the user equipment and the cognitive environment in the area proximate to the user of the user equipment. After determining the cognitive geofence, the computing device may transmit the determined cognitive geofence to a terminal device.
US10237684B2	System and method for determining a location area of a mobile user Methods and systems are provided for adaptively determining location of a mobile device. Antenna probabilities for a plurality of antennas in an area covered by a mobile radio network may be determined, with the antenna probabilities being determined based on expected field strengths for the plurality of antennas in each of a plurality of sub-areas of the area; and with the antenna probabilities indicate for each antenna, in each of the plurality of sub-areas, the probability that a mobile communication terminal uses that antenna when located in that sub-area. A location area for a user using a mobile communication terminal may then be determined based on the antenna probabilities and a determination of one or more antennas used by the mobile communication termination, wherein the location area is determined without measuring signal properties at the mobile communication terminal.
US10237680B2	Increased carrier monitoring Technology described herein provides carrier-monitoring (CM) signaling approaches that can be used by networks and/or mobile devices. An evolved Node B (eNB) can send an IncMon-support message indicating whether a network supports the increased-number-of-frequencies-to-monitor (IncMon) feature. A UE can apply a default CM configuration if the UE does not receive an IncMon-support message from the eNB. The eNB can use dedicated signaling or broadcast signaling to inform a UE of a default CM configuration or one or more adopted CM configurations that are used in the network. The eNB can also send a list of carriers that are to be monitored to the UE. The UE can also send UE-capability information to the eNB, such as a default CM configuration, an adopted CM configuration, or configurable configurations in different radio access technologies (RATs) supported by the UE.
US10237673B2	Audio encoding apparatus and method, audio decoding apparatus and method, and audio reproducing apparatus An audio encoding apparatus and method that encodes hybrid contents including an object sound, a background sound, and metadata, and an audio decoding apparatus and method that decodes the encoded hybrid contents are provided. The audio encoding apparatus may include a mixing unit to generate an intermediate channel signal by mixing a background sound and an object sound, a matrix information encoding unit to encode matrix information used for the mixing, an audio encoding unit to encode the intermediate channel signal, and a metadata encoding unit to encode metadata including control information of the object sound.
US10237670B2	Micromechanical digital loudspeaker A digital loudspeaker includes a substrate, a first stator fixed with respect to the substrate, a second stator fixed with respect to the substrate and spaced at a distance from the first stator, and a membrane between the first stator and the second stator. The membrane is displaceable between a first position in which the membrane mechanically contacts the first stator and a second position in which the membrane mechanically contacts the second stator. The first stator and the second stator are arranged to electrostatically move the membrane from a rest position spaced apart from the first position and the second position to the first position and the second position, respectively.
US10237666B2	Portable electronic device with acoustic and/or proximity sensors and methods therefor An electronic device includes a housing and a user interface. The electronic device also includes an acoustic detector and one or more processors operable with the acoustic detector. The one or more processors can receive, from the user interface, user input corresponding to an operation of the electronic device. The one or more processors can then optionally initiate a timer in response to receiving the user input and monitor the acoustic detector for a predefined acoustic marker, one example of which is acoustic data indicating detection of one or more finger snaps. Where the one or more finger snaps occur prior to expiration of the timer, the one or more processors can perform the operation of the electronic device. Otherwise ignore the user input. The acoustic confirmation of user input helps to eliminate false triggers, thereby conserving battery power and extending run time.
US10237665B2	Canal hearing devices with improved seals Hearing devices, configured to fit within the ear canal, that include a hearing device core, a seal, including a shell wall and a cavity that has an opening located at the end of the shell wall, and a volume of viscous medium located within the cavity between the hearing device core exterior surface and the shell wall interior surface.
US10237662B2	Speaker module with improved heat dissipation A speaker module comprising: a housing, the housing comprising an upper housing and a lower housing, the housing defining an inner cavity structure, at least one of the upper housing and the lower housing being provided with a group of micropores arranged in an array; and a speaker unit, comprising a magnetic circuit assembly and a vibrating assembly, the vibrating assembly dividing the inner cavity structure into a front cavity and a rear cavity, the magnetic circuit assembly being provided with a magnetic gap having a predetermined pattern, the magnetic circuit assembly being disposed close to the lower housing. A technical problem to be solved by the present invention is the heat dissipation of the speaker module.
US10237661B2	Speaker device A speaker device comprises a vibration system, a magnetic circuit system, and an auxiliary system for accommodating and fixing the magnetic circuit system and the vibration system. The vibration system comprises a diaphragm, a centering disk and a voice coil which are joined together. The centering disk comprises a first fixing portion, a second fixing portion provided within the first fixing portion, and a connecting arm connecting the first fixing portion and the second fixing portion. A central position of the second fixing portion is provided with a piezoelectric sheet, the centering disk is provided with a first pad corresponding to the piezoelectric sheet, and the piezoelectric sheet is electrically connected to the first pad. Since a signal emitted by the piezoelectric sheet is mixed with an audio signal emitted by the voice coil-diaphragm, the speaker device of the present invention has improved medium-high frequency effect and acoustic performance.
US10237657B2	Wireless headset antennas An accessory such as a wireless headset may have an antenna for transmitting and receiving wireless signals. First and second earbuds may be coupled to different ends of a housing for the accessory. A rigid flex printed circuit board in the housing may include a rigid printed circuit portion. The rigid printed circuit portion may include first and second rigid printed circuit layers. A first portion of a flexible printed circuit may be interposed between the first and second rigid layers. A second portion of the flexible printed circuit may extend from an end of the rigid layers and may be wrapped around the first rigid layer. Planar inverted-F antenna resonating element, antenna shorting, and antenna feeding traces may be formed on the second portion of the flexible printed circuit. The efficiency of the antenna may be undisturbed by the presence of a user's body adjacent to the accessory.
US10237656B2	Panel vibration type sound generating display device A display device includes a display panel having first, second, and third areas; at least three sound generating actuators including first, second, and third actuators each spaced apart from the other two in a long axis direction of the display panel, wherein the first, second, and third actuators each contact the display panel at the first, second, and third areas, respectively, to generate sound by vibrating the display panel; and a support structure at a rear side of the display panel configured to support the at least three sound generating actuators.
US10237655B2	Battery-powered stereo speaker assembly having power connection for charging a handheld device The present invention provides a portable and compact battery-powered stereo speaker assembly that incorporates a DC to DC converter, which enables power from the internal stereo speaker assembly battery to charge an interconnected hand-held device, such as a smartphone, through a USB connection, thereby extending the time that the device can be used untethered from the AC power grid. A DC to DC converter enables the charging function can be implemented even if the speaker assembly is not connected to the AC power grid, and even if the battery of the stereo speaker assembly is not fully charged. The stereo speaker assembly also incorporates Bluetooth connectivity, a proprietary open wireless technology standard, developed by Ericsson in 1994, employing frequency-hopping spread spectrum radio transmissions in the ISM band from 2400-2480 MHz.
US10237649B2	Directional microphone device and signal processing techniques Methods and apparatus relating to microphone devices and signal processing techniques are provided. In an example, a microphone device can detect sound, as well as enhance an ability to perceive at least a general direction from which the sound arrives at the microphone device. In an example, a case of the microphone device has an external surface which at least partially defines funnel-shaped surfaces. Each funnel-shaped surface is configured to direct the sound to a respective microphone diaphragm to produce an auralized multi-microphone output. The funnel-shaped surfaces are configured to cause direction-dependent variations in spectral notches and frequency response of the sound as received by the microphone diaphragms. A neural network can device-shape the auralized multi-microphone output to create a binaural output. The binaural output can be auralized with respect to a human listener.
US10237648B2	Sound collecting device, and method of controlling sound collecting device An object is to provide a sound collecting device and a method of controlling a sound collecting device with which it is possible to easily obtain audio of a speaking person with a high level of precision while keeping the number of component parts small and preventing the structure from becoming complicated.An audio processing unit 35 judges whether or not the current mode is an operation mode (a speech mode or a conversation mode) in which audio of an occupant of the vehicle serving as a speaking person is obtained (step S1A). When the current mode is another operation mode (an audio playback mode or a head position measuring mode), the audio processing unit 35 sets the directionality of a microphone array to be directed toward the outside of the occupant or to be non-directional (steps S4A and S5A) and obtains input audio of the microphone array. In contrast, when the current mode is an operation mode (the speech mode or the conversation mode) in which audio of the occupant is obtained, the audio processing unit 35 arranges the directionality of the microphone array to be directed toward the occupant (step S2A).
US10237647B1	Adaptive step-size control for beamformer A beamformer system that can isolate a desired portion of an audio signal resulting from a microphone array. A combination of beamformers is used to dampen undesired noise, whether diffuse or coherent. A fixed beamformer is used to dampen diffuse noise while an adaptive beamformer is used to cancel directional coherent noise. The adaptive beamformer isolates and weights audio from various directions. The weights may vary depending on the isolated desired audio signal, dynamically adjusting the step-size adjustments to the weights.
US10237644B1	Enhancing a listening experience by adjusting physical attributes of an audio playback system based on detected environmental attributes of the system's environment Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for enhancing a user's listening experience by adjusting physical attributes of an audio playback system based on detected environmental attributes of the system's environment.
US10237642B2	Wireless earphones and earphones charging case Rechargeable wireless earphone systems and charging cases are disclosed. The rechargeable charging case, which doubles as a storage case for the earphone components, includes externally accessible charging ports adapted to charge the rechargeable battery contained therein as well as for charging other electronic devices. The earphones are configured such that they may be used even when charging or when the earphone system battery is depleted. An alignment and positioning mechanism is provided to align and electrically connect charging contacts of a controller housing of the earphone system with charging contacts provided in the charging case to better secure and facilitate the charging process when the controller is received within the charging case. Reversibly detachable ear hooks and ear canal plugs are uniquely designed and configured to be independently attached to the earphone housing and compliantly adjustable to the desired shape for user comfort. The ear hooks and plugs may be configured such that the ear hooks at least partially encircle the ear plugs when both are attached to the earphone housing and either the ear hooks and/or ear plugs may be detachable from the earphone without removal of the other. Illuminated ear hooks and cable are also disclosed.
US10237640B2	Deformable ear tip for earphone and method therefor A removable component for use with an earphone is disclosed. As an example, the removable component can be an ear tip. According to one aspect, an improved ear tip can be provided for use with a headphone. The ear tip is suitable for in-ear operation and can have a cosmetic deformable outer member. The deformable outer member can enable the ear tip to readily conform to a user's ear. The ear tip can also include an inner member to structurally support the outer member and to facilitate attachment to a headphone. Methods for forming such ear tips are also disclosed.
US10237639B2	Motion detection for microphone gating A system and method for performing microphone gating operations, is disclosed. The system and method include a transmitter configured to emit a transmit signal towards an object and a receiver configured to receive a reflected signal from the object, the reflected signal corresponding to the transmit signal. The system and method also include a controller configured to instruct the transmitter to emit the transmit signal and receive the reflected signal from the receiver. The controller is further configured to detect motion of the object based upon the reflected signal and turn a microphone on or off based upon the motion of the object.
US10237637B2	Connected speaker device comprising latch system Embodiments of the disclosure disclose a connected speaker device having a first speaker, a first plate mounted on the first speaker, a second speaker, and a second plate which is mounted on the first speaker and connected to at least a part of the first plate. A distance between the first, speaker and the second speaker is equal to a sum of thicknesses of the first plate and the second plate. The disclosed connected speaker device effectively reduces the distance between adjacent speakers and ensures reliability of the connection between the speakers at the same time.
US10237633B2	Systems and methods for modular deployment and upgrade of multiple optical spectrum bands in optical transmission systems An optical node supporting a modular deployment and upgrade of optical spectrum includes one or more C+L-Band amplifier modules; and a modular base module configured to interface one or more C-Band optical modems; wherein, in an initial deployment configuration, the modular base module provides channelized Amplified Spontaneous Emission (ASE) loading for select channels in the C-Band via a first ASE noise source coupled to a multiplexer for the C-Band, bulk ASE loading over the L-Band via a second ASE noise source coupled to an L-Band output, and an upgrade port for connection to an L-Band upgrade module. The L-Band upgrade module can selectively connect to the upgrade port to provide an L-Band upgrade configuration where the L-Band upgrade module and the modular base module coordinate transition of the bulk ASE loading to L-Band channelized ASE loading via a third ASE noise source.
US10237632B2	Association functionality in a mobile monitoring device A mobile monitoring device for continual remote monitoring of a condition is provided. The device includes a sensor module for producing sensor module data including inertial navigation data. A first transceiver component receives network manager data including inertial navigation data from a local network manager and may transmit sensor module data to the network manager for remote monitoring by a server. An associator component establishes an association with the local network manager if inertial navigation data of the sensor module and local network manager approximate each other and dissolves the association of the inertial navigation data of the sensor module and local network manager does not approximate each other. An inertial navigation component incrementally estimates a geographical location of the monitoring device using the previously received geographical location data and subsequent sensor module inertial navigation data.
US10237629B2	Channel classification methods and devices The present disclosure provides a channel classification method and device. The method comprising: receiving preset channel tags and content information of channels; the content information includes program contents that individual channels broadcast in periods of time or program content tags corresponding to included non-live contents; classifying the current individual channels according to the channel tags and generating first classification items; determining a program content tag corresponding to the program content or the non-live content that is currently being broadcasted, respectively, according to the program content or the non-live content that is currently being broadcasted by the channels; and classifying the channels according to the program content tag corresponding to the program content or the non-live content that is currently being broadcasted and generating second classification items.
US10237628B2	Tracking and measurement enhancements in a real-time advertisement bidding system Using the disclosed technology, a client device can receive a response from a real-time bidding engine of a real time bidding advertisement insertion system. The response includes information related to a video advertisement to be played by a video player at the client device. The client device can provide the video advertisement to a video player on the client device, execute a program associated with a third-party service provider and send a signaling to a destination provided by the third-party service provider to indicate occurrence of a predefined event as defined by the third-party service provider.
US10237627B2	System for providing audio recordings Disclosed systems provide audio recordings from digital television provider networks. Audio recordings are streamed to a customer premises equipment device of a user and, in response to user input, an identifier for the audio recording is transmitted to a music provider. A copy of the audio recording is delivered to a user designated device.
US10237624B2	Television receiver communication and resource sharing Embodiments described herein provide various techniques for communication, collaboration, and resource sharing between television receivers operating at separate locations. In some embodiments, a television receiver device may be configured to identify and transmit various receiver data to other associated television receivers at separate physical locations. In order to transmit data from one receiver to another, the transmitting receiver device may establish a connection to an Internet Protocol (IP) network, contact a television provider server to obtain network addresses for one or more related receiver devices, and then transmit the data over the IP network to the related receiver devices. Additional aspects relate to identifying and sharing resources between associated television receivers operating at separate locations. For example, associated television receivers operating at separate locations may use IP network communication to coordinate collaboration and sharing of tuners, storage space, and/or other hardware and software components of the receivers.
US10237615B1	Generating highlight videos in an online game from user expressions Video edits are generated to create highlight videos of gameplay of an online game. The video edits include one or more video clips of the online game. A video clip includes a portion of a recording of the gameplay of the online game. From user emotional manifestations, events of interests, and/or other information of the online game, the portion of the recording of the online game to include in the video clip are determined. The user is presented with access to the video edits and/or previews to the video edits.
US10237612B2	Identification and presentation of internet-accessible content associated with currently playing television programs Features of various implementations are used to enable identifying and presenting, in real time, Internet-accessible and/or Internet-based functionality, content and/or services associated with a particular television program concurrently playing on a television or display, as a part of an interactive television suite of technologies. In some implementations, the process of identifying Internet-accessible and/or Internet-based functionality, content and/or services associated with a particular television program is enabled to reduce communication between a primary set-top box and a supplemental set-top box and/or television integrated device, thereby reducing the need for one or more provider specific APIs. For example, one aspect of the disclosure is a computer-implemented method of identifying a media program by capturing display data from the media program, and extracting information from the display data in response to determining that the display data includes a program information overlay associated with the media program.
US10237611B2	Dynamic media content output for mobile devices Embodiments of mechanisms for dynamic media content type streaming management for mobile devices are generally described herein. In some embodiments, the mobile device may receive selection input pertaining to generating output from a media file containing at least two of audio data, video data, and closed-captioning data, the selection input selecting at least one of audio, video, and closed-captioning to be output during play of the media content. In some embodiments, the mobile device may generate an audio output as a signal in response to the selection input including audio. In some embodiments, the mobile device may generate a video output as a signal in response to the selection input including video. In some embodiments, the mobile device may generate a closed-captioning output as a signal in response to selection input including closed-captioning.
US10237610B1	Automated identification of product or brand-related metadata candidates for a commercial using persistence of product or brand-related text or objects in video frames of the commercial A method and system are provided for assigning metadata candidates to a commercial by performing image analysis on a plurality of the video frames to identify video frames that include one or more of identifiable product-related logos, brand-related logos, product-related text, or brand-related text which appear in the video frames, capturing frame data for such video frames, calculating a persistence metric from the frame data for each of the identifiable product-related logos, brand-related logos, product-related text, or brand-related text, comparing the persistence metric for each of the identifiable product-related logos, brand-related logos, product-related text, or brand-related text to a predetermined threshold value, and assigning to the commercial, the identified products or brands as metadata candidates when the persistence metric exceeds the predetermined threshold value.
US10237605B2	Input/output system and method for set-top box using terminal An input/output system and a method for a set-top box using a terminal include making a connection with the terminal including a display unit or a speaker through wired or wireless communication, determining whether the terminal is in a receive enable state for image data or audio data, and sharing the image data or the audio data with the terminal by transmitting the image data or the audio data to the terminal to output an image through the display unit of the terminal or to output audio through the speaker of the terminal, when the terminal is in the receive enable state for the image data or the audio data.
US10237602B2	Methods and systems for selecting content for a personalized video A method of generating a personalized video for a user of a social networking service. For a plurality of images associated with the user, respective first metrics are determined for respective images of the plurality of images based on one or more predefined image-content criteria, a first set of images is selected from the plurality of images based at least in part on the respective first metrics, and the personalized video is populated with the first set of images. The method further includes providing the personalized video to the user for viewing.
US10237600B2	Distribution system, reception apparatus, and methods for transitioning to new services A distribution system and reception apparatus, and methods thereof, are provided for broadcasting and receiving a plurality of non-backwards-compatible services. The broadcasting method includes receiving, by a first service provider, a plurality of first services, which include a first service from each of the first and second service providers. The first service provider generates a first broadcast multiplex, including the plurality of first services, and broadcasts the first broadcast multiplex on a first broadcast channel allocated to the first service provider. A second service provider receives a plurality of second services, which include a second service from each of the first and second service providers. The second service provider generates a second broadcast multiplex, including the plurality of second services, and broadcasts the second broadcast multiplex on a second broadcast channel allocated to the second service provider.
US10237599B1	Synchronization of users and user actions between disparate video distribution systems Synchronization of users between a CATV system and a disparate video distribution system is provided. A network account identifier tied to a household subscriber account may be linked to a plurality of users in the household. A strong authentication may only be required once (or at infrequent intervals) to initially validate credentials and authorize a requesting device. Subsequently, the device may be configured to retrieve accounts for all users in the household. Because the device is now known to the service provider, easy user-switching rules may be applied. Each user in a household may get his own personalized recommendations, use his own preferences, or tie to other individualized service personas. Any changes or updates in personalized information for a video user may be synchronized back to the originating system such that the next time the particular video user uses a CATV system device, any changes/updates may be reflected.
US10237595B2	Simultaneously rendering a plurality of digital media streams in a synchronized manner by using a descriptor file A plurality of digital media streams are synchronized by using a descriptor file. The plurality of digital media streams includes a first digital media stream containing a digital audio narration of an originating work and a second digital media stream containing digital media content corresponding to the same originating work. The descriptor file contains location information for the plurality of digital media streams, synchronization time offsets in a timeline of the digital audio narration of the first digital media stream, and synchronization points in the digital media content of the second digital media stream that correspond to the synchronization time offsets. Two or more of the plurality of digital media streams, including the second digital media stream, are simultaneously rendered in a synchronized manner by accessing the descriptor file and correlating the synchronization points and the synchronization time offsets.
US10237594B2	Device control in backup media-broadcast system In one aspect, an example method may be used in connection with a system including a first media-broadcast system (MBS) and a second MBS, wherein the first MBS includes a first automation-system and a first device, wherein the first automation-system transmits, to the first device, a first instruction configured to control operation of the first device, and wherein the second MBS includes a second automation-system and a second device. The method includes: receiving, by a computing device, from the first automation-system, the first instruction; and responsive to receiving the first instruction, transmitting, by the computing device, to the second automation-system, a second instruction configured to cause the second automation-system to transmit to the second device, the first instruction, thereby controlling operation of the second device.
US10237592B2	Method and apparatus for video transmission An objective of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus for video transmission, wherein the video is initially stored in one or more other network devices. The method comprises receiving a second request for a video from a user equipment; forwarding the second request to other network device corresponding to the second request; determining a manner of obtaining the video based on a response, received from the other network device, to the second request; and transmitting the video obtained based on the manner of obtaining the video to the user equipment. Compared with the prior art, by uniformly determining a manner of obtaining a video and transmitting the obtained video to the user equipment the present invention, the present invent on lowers deployment difficulty, reduces bandwidth resource demands, and enhances the video sharing degree.
US10237589B2	System and method for facilitating fast channel change A system and method for facilitating fast channel change in a streaming media network comprises receiving media content assets packaged in a common mezzanine distribution format (CMZF) container structure, wherein the media content asset is provided as CMZF-formatted media content in a CMZF stream scheme. Upon receipt, the CMZF-packaged media content assets are transformatted into corresponding CMZF segments stored in a local cache corresponding to a plurality of media channels. Responsive to a channel change request from a user equipment (UE) device, a unicast or multicast burst is sent comprising Reliable User Datagram Protocol (R-UDP) packets or Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP)-encapsulated partial or full virtual segments (R-SEG) generated from the CMZF segments corresponding to the requested channel.
US10237587B2	Transporting out-of-band signals in distributed cable systems A distributed CATV system that transports out-of-band signals between the cable headend and the set-top boxes is described. A video engine in the headend of the distributed CATV system converts downstream video channel RF (radio frequency) signals and downstream out-of-band RF signals respectively into video downstream packets and out-of-band downstream packets for a set of distribution nodes to transmit to the set-top boxes via CATV cables. The video engine also receives upstream packets from the distribution nodes that contain data based on upstream out-of-band RF signals transmitted by the set-top boxes via CATV cables.
US10237585B2	Dynamic content rendering in media A system for rendering media having content displayed comprises a receiving unit to receive media, a scanner to detect an object in the media for placing a placeholder, a checker to provide the placeholder to a user for feedback and receive the feedback. The system also includes a template generator to generate a template indicating the placeholder in the media. The system also includes a rendering unit in communication with the template generator to render, upon receiving a request for watching the media, the media having content to display to the user, based on at least one of a storage space and a processing capacity.
US10237582B2	Video stream processing method and video stream device thereof A video stream processing method is suitable for a video stream device having an encoder for generating a plurality of video streams. The video stream processing method includes receiving image data, setting a priority of each video stream, setting an effective stream parameter of each video stream according to the priority of each video stream, a predetermined stream parameter of each video stream and an encoding power of the encoder, and encoding the image data according to the effective stream parameter of each video stream for generating the plurality of video streams.
US10237575B2	Palette coding for screen content coding Video data may be palette decoded. Data defining a palette table may be received. The palette table may comprise index values corresponding to respective colors. Palette index prediction data may be received and may comprise data indicating index values for at least a portion of a palette index map mapping pixels of the video data to color indices in the palette table. The palette index prediction data may comprise run value data associating run values with index values for at least a portion of a palette index map. A run value may be associated with an escape color index. The palette index map may be generated from the palette index prediction data at least in part by determining whether to adjust an index value of the palette index prediction data based on a last index value. The video data may be reconstructed in accordance with the palette index map.
US10237572B2	Apparatus for decoding an image Provided is an apparatus for decoding a moving picture that determines a quantization step size of a previous coding block according to scan order as the quantization step size predictor of the current coding block when a quantization step size of a left coding block of a current coding block and a quantization step size of an above coding block of the current coding block are unavailable and determines an available motion vector encountered first when retrieving motion vectors in the order of motion vector of a first predetermined position and motion vector of a second predetermined position in a reference picture as a temporal motion vector candidate. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the amount of coding bits required to decode motion information and the quantization step size of the current prediction block.
US10237570B2	Moving picture coding method, moving picture decoding method, moving picture coding apparatus, moving picture decoding apparatus, and moving picture coding and decoding apparatus A moving picture coding method includes: coding, using a motion vector, a current block to be coded; generating a plurality of predictive motion vectors; and coding the motion vector using one of the predictive motion vectors, and when a co-located block included in a coded picture and co-located with the current block has two reference motion vectors and reference directions of the two reference motion vectors are the same, a first prediction vector is generated using a first reference motion vector and a second prediction vector is generated using a second reference motion vector in the generating of a plurality of predictive motion vectors.
US10237569B2	Moving picture coding method and moving picture decoding method using a determination whether or not a reference block has two reference motion vectors that refer forward in display order with respect to a current picture A moving picture coding apparatus includes: an inter prediction control unit which determines to code a motion vector using, among candidate predicted motion vectors, a candidate predicted motion vector having the least error with relative to a motion vector derived by motion estimation; a picture type determination unit which generates picture type information; a temporal direction vector calculation unit which derives a candidate predicted motion vector in temporal direct; and a co-located reference direction determination unit which generates, for each picture, a co-located reference direction flag.
US10237567B2	Inter-component prediction Reconstructing a second component signal relating to a second component of a multi-component picture from a spatially corresponding portion of a reconstructed first component signal and a correction signal derived from a data stream for the second component promises increased coding efficiency over a broader range of multi-component picture content. By including the spatially corresponding portion of the reconstructed first component signal into the reconstruction of the second component signal, any remaining inter-component redundancies/correlations present such as still present despite a possibly a priori performed component space transformation, or present because of having been introduced by such a priori performed component space transformation, for example, may readily be removed by way of the inter-component redundancy/correlation reduction of the second component signal.
US10237565B2	Coding parameter sets for various dimensions in video coding In one example, a device for coding video data includes a video coder configured to code, for a bitstream, information representative of which of a plurality of video coding dimensions are enabled for the bitstream, and code values for each of the enabled video coding dimensions, without coding values for the video coding dimensions that are not enabled, in a network abstraction layer (NAL) unit header of a NAL unit comprising video data coded according to the values for each of the enabled video coding dimensions. In this manner, NAL unit headers may have variable lengths, while still providing information for scalable dimensions to which the NAL units correspond.
US10237561B2	Video coding apparatus and video coding method A video coding apparatus is a video coding apparatus which codes a coding target video based on a coding standard, and includes: a dividing unit which divides an image included in the coding target video into a plurality of control blocks; and a prediction image generating unit which divides each of the control blocks into a plurality of prediction blocks, and generates, for each of the prediction blocks, a prediction image using one of inter prediction and intra prediction, wherein the coding standard allows each of the control blocks to be divided into the prediction blocks such that the prediction blocks have different sizes, and the prediction image generating unit divides each of the control blocks into the prediction blocks such that the prediction blocks all have an identical size, rather than dividing each of the control blocks into the prediction blocks such that the prediction blocks have different sizes.
US10237556B2	Data encoding and decoding A data encoding method includes encoding an array of data values as data sets and escape codes for values not encoded by the data sets, an escape code including a prefix portion and a non-unary coded suffix portion having a length, in bits, dependent upon a value encoded by the prefix portion according to a relationship such that, for at least some values encoded by the prefix portion, the length of the non-unary coded suffix portion is greater than the length, in bits, of the prefix portion.
US10237551B2	Moving image encoding device, moving image decoding device, moving image coding method, and moving image decoding method When carrying out an intra-frame prediction process to generate an intra prediction image by using an already-encoded image signal in a frame, an intra prediction part 4 selects a filter from one or more filters which are prepared in advance according to the states of various parameters associated with the encoding of a target block to be filtered, and carries out a filtering process on a prediction image by using the filter. As a result, prediction errors which occur locally can be reduced, and the image quality can be improved.
US10237550B2	Moving image encoding device, moving image decoding device, moving image coding method, and moving image decoding method When carrying out an intra-frame prediction process to generate an intra prediction image by using an already-encoded image signal in a frame, an intra prediction part 4 selects a filter from one or more filters which are prepared in advance according to the states of various parameters associated with the encoding of a target block to be filtered, and carries out a filtering process on a prediction image by using the filter. As a result, prediction errors which occur locally can be reduced, and the image quality can be improved.
US10237547B1	Method for testing energy efficiency of display device A method for testing energy efficiency of a display device having automatic brightness control (ABC) and local dimming functions includes the following steps: S1: executing an estimation program to obtain an estimation value of on-mode average power consumption of the display device; S2: when the estimation value is greater than or equal to a threshold value, adjusting a turn-on preset brightness value, first brightness adjustment ratios, and/or second brightness adjustment ratios to cause the estimation value to be less than the threshold value; and, S3: when the estimation value is less than the threshold value, actually measuring the display device to obtain a measurement value of the on-mode average power consumption of the display device.
US10237542B2	Stereoscopic image display device, stereoscopic image display method, and stereoscopic image display program The stereoscopic image display device displaying a stereoscopic image by being placed on a movable object includes: a stereoscopic display panel module which projects images of different parallaxes for each of neighboring spatial regions; a movable object state detecting module which detects state information regarding a position state of the movable object; an observing distance calculation module which calculates a relative distance between the stereoscopic display panel module and a specific observer located on a display surface side thereof based on the state information; a device characteristic data saving module which saves device characteristic data regarding the stereoscopic display panel module; and a display setting adjusting module which adjusts display setting of the stereoscopic image by referring to the relative distance and the device characteristic data.
US10237541B2	Stereoscopic image display device, image processing device, and stereoscopic image processing method with reduced 3D moire The stereoscopic image display device includes: an observer position measuring unit which measures the observing position of the observer; an image processing unit which calculates the relative position of the observing position of the observer and the stereoscopic display panel, calculates the luminance adjustment amount suited for stereoscopic image display for the relative position, and performs luminance adjustment processing on the image data according to the luminance adjustment amount; and a stereoscopic display panel unit which projects the image data on which the luminance adjustment processing is performed to the right eye and the left eye of the observer via the stereoscopic display panel.
US10237540B2	Light projector using an acousto-optical control device An approach for projecting light may be implemented using a acousto-optical depth switch that uses surface acoustic waves produced along a substrate to guide image light to different areas. The surface acoustic waves may be generated on a substrate using a transducer. Surface acoustic waves of different frequencies can guide image light onto different optical elements at different physical positions. The optical elements may be configured to show objects in an image at different distances from a viewer.
US10237536B2	Image processing apparatus and storage medium for deforming or moving displayed objects A non-limiting example game system includes a game apparatus, and a terminal device and a television are connected to the game apparatus. A game image that is displayed on the television is an image that various kinds of objects arranged in a virtual space are imaged by a virtual camera. The virtual camera follows a player object so as to keep a predetermined distance with the player object, and when the player object enters a grassland object with comparatively long length, for example, each grass object is deformed or moved so as to go away from the virtual camera. For example, a height of the grass object near the virtual camera is made comparatively low, and the height is gradually made high as it separates from the virtual camera.
US10237534B2	Imaging device and a method for producing a three-dimensional image of an object An imaging device includes an image sensor circuit including a pixel element. The pixel element is configured to receive during a first receiving time interval electromagnetic waves having a first wavelength, and to receive during a subsequent second receiving time interval electromagnetic waves having a second wavelength. The imaging device includes an image processing circuit configured to produce a color image of the object based on a first pixel image data and a second pixel image data. The first pixel image data is based on the electromagnetic waves having the first wavelength received by the pixel element during the first receiving time interval. The second pixel image data is based on the electromagnetic waves having the second wavelength received by the pixel element during the second receiving time interval.
US10237532B2	Scan colorization with an uncalibrated camera A method of colorizing a 3D point cloud includes receiving the 3D point cloud, receiving a 2D color image acquired by a camera, creating a 2D intensity image of the 3D point cloud based on intrinsic and extrinsic parameters of the camera, generating a set of refined camera parameters by matching the 2D intensity image and the 2D color image, creating a depth buffer for the 3D point cloud using the set of refined camera parameters, determining a foreground depth for each respective pixel of the depth buffer, and coloring the point cloud by, for each respective point of the 3D point cloud: upon determining that the respective point is in the foreground, assigning a color of a corresponding pixel in the 2D color image to the respective point; and upon determining that the respective point is not in the foreground, not assigning any color to the respective point.
US10237531B2	Discontinuity-aware reprojection In various embodiments, methods and systems reprojecting three-dimensional (3D) virtual scenes using discontinuity depth late stage reprojection are provided. A reconstruction point, that indicates camera pose information, is accessed. The reconstruction point is associated with a plurality of sample points of a three-dimensional (3D) virtual scene. One or more closest sample points, relative to the reconstruction point, are identified, from the plurality of sample points. Each of the one or more closest sample points is associated with a cube map of color data and depth data. A relative convergence score is determined for each of the one or more closest sample points based on performing a depth-aware cube map late stage reprojection operation in relation to the reconstruction point. A subset of the one or more closest sample points is identified based on the relative convergence score. A reconstructed 3D virtual image is generated using the subset.
US10237530B1	Depth-map augmentation techniques The techniques described herein segment objects represented in images using one or more depth maps, regardless of whether an initial depth map is of a threshold quality. To do so, the techniques determine whether the initial depth map is of the threshold quality. If so, the techniques use this depth map for performing segmentation on an image. If not, then the techniques utilize one or more fallback approaches for generating an additional depth map, from which the segmentation may be performed.
US10237526B2	Shooting method and shooting device A shooting method comprising the steps of: defining at least two sub-regions on a shot picture; using the at least two sub-regions as color temperature reference regions to conduct white balance adjustment and shoot photographs; determining a color temperature reference region selected on a shot photograph; and calling out a photograph obtained by shooting after white balance adjustment according to the selected color temperature reference region from the shot photographs and displaying same, so that it is realized that photographs are shot first and then white balance adjustment is conducted thereon. Although photographs are shot first and then white balance adjustment is conducted thereon, in fact, many photographs have been obtained after independent white balance adjustment is conducted when the photographs are shot. Therefore, embodiments may accurately restore a previous white balance effect in a shooting environment after the color temperature reference regions are selected afterwards.
US10237524B2	Lighting device and projection display apparatus using the same A lighting device includes a light source, a rod-integrator, a light guiding section for guiding light emitted from the light source to an incident face of the rod-integrator and a first reflecting plate. The first reflecting plate has a through-hole and is adjacent to the incident face of the rod-integrator with the rod-integrator being inserted into the through-hole of the first reflecting plate. The first reflecting plate is configured to reflect unnecessary light emitted from the light guiding section, the unnecessary light not entering incident light.
US10237522B2	Cooling device, light source unit and projector A cooling device according to an embodiment of the invention includes an axial-flow fan and a heat sink having a fin assembly in which a recess portion is formed on a side thereof which faces the axial-flow fan to thereby provide a cooling device in which a space necessary for cooling is reduced, a light source unit including the cooling device and a projector including the light source unit.
US10237521B2	Discharge lamp driving device, projector, and discharge lamp driving method According to an aspect of the invention, a discharge lamp driving device includes a discharge lamp driving section, a control section, and a voltage detecting section. The control section is configured to execute a first discharge lamp driving for executing a first control and a second control for supplying a driving current including a direct current and an alternating current to a discharge lamp. In the first discharge lamp driving, the control section executes the first control when the interelectrode voltage is equal to or smaller than a first threshold voltage at predetermined setting timing and executes the second control when the interelectrode voltage is larger than the first threshold voltage at the predetermined setting timing. A rate of the direct current in the second control is larger than a rate of the direct current in the first control.
US10237520B2	Imaging system The present invention discloses an imaging system, including an optical lens, where a spectroscopical module that can split a light wave transmitted from the optical lens into three light waves in different wavelength ranges is disposed on an imaging side of the optical lens; and the imaging system further includes three photosensitive chips configured to receive corresponding light waves, where the three photosensitive chips are correspondingly distributed at three light waves emitted by the spectroscopical module, and the spectroscopical module is a prism. In the present invention, a spectroscopical module is used to separate light whose wavelengths are different, and therefore light waves that are output from the spectroscopical module are three light waves in different wavelength ranges. These light waves in the different wavelength ranges are separately received by three different photosensitive chips. Therefore, each separate photosensitive chip receives a light wave whose wavelength range is relatively narrow.
US10237517B2	Display an image during a communication An electronic device displays an image during a communication between two people. The image represents one of the people to the communication. The electronic device determines a location where to place the image and displays the image such that the image appears to exist at the location.
US10237507B2	Analog-to-digital converter, solid-state imaging apparatus, and electronic apparatus An analog-to-digital converter includes a comparator having paired differential input ends, and a first capacitor and a second capacitor each provided at respective differential input ends. The first capacitor includes a plurality of first sub-capacitors that are coupled side by side with one another, and the second capacitor includes a plurality of second sub-capacitors that are coupled side by side with one another. The plurality of first sub-capacitors and the plurality of second sub-capacitors are mixedly arranged in each column of a plurality of columns.
US10237502B2	Solid-state imaging apparatus and driving method of solid-state imaging apparatus To reduce fluctuations in image signals when the voltage of a negative power supply supplied to pixels changes. A pixel operates based on a first ground potential applied to a first ground line and outputs an analog image signal according to emitted light. An analog-digital converter operates based on a second ground potential applied to a second ground line, the second ground potential higher than the first ground potential, and converts the analog image signal into a digital image signal based on a reference voltage as a standard for the conversion. A reference voltage generation unit operates based on the second ground potential and generates the reference voltage. A reference voltage correction unit corrects the reference voltage generated according to a change in the first ground potential and supplies the reference voltage to the analog-digital converter.
US10237497B2	Single chip sensor multi-function imaging Mixed mode imaging is implemented using a single-chip image capture sensor with a color filter array. The single-chip image capture sensor captures a frame including a first set of pixel data and a second set of pixel data. The first set of pixel data includes a first combined scene, and the second set of pixel data includes a second combined scene. The first combined scene is a first weighted combination of a fluorescence scene component and a visible scene component due to the leakage of a color filter array. The second combined scene includes a second weighted combination of the fluorescence scene component and the visible scene component. Two display scene components are extracted from the captured pixel data in the frame and presented on a display unit.
US10237496B2	Graphical transitions of displayed content based on a change of state in a teleconference session A system configured to host a teleconference session is disclosed. The system hosts a teleconference session between a plurality of client computing devices. The system provides transitions of displayed content between various positions of a user interface that displays a teleconference stream. The transitions can occur in response to an event that changes a state of the teleconference session, where the state of the teleconference session can be associated with a total number of users participating in the teleconference session. Accordingly, in various examples described herein, a change in state of the teleconference session can be attributed to an event in which a user joins the teleconference session or an event in which a user leaves the teleconference session.
US10237495B2	Image processing apparatus, image processing method and storage medium An image processing apparatus including a CPU which is operable to function as units comprising a processing unit which sets, as a first area, an area that is not a peripheral edge area in a captured image acquired by an imaging unit, sets an area including the peripheral edge area as a second area, and performs predetermined processing on one of the first area and the second area, and a specification unit which specifies whether the first area is subjected to the predetermined processing or the second area is subjected to the predetermined processing, based on orientation information of the imaging unit when the captured image is acquired.
US10237494B2	Display control apparatus and display control method An image processing apparatus includes a display control unit configured to cause a display device to display a map image that indicates a layout of a plurality of cameras, an identification unit configured to identify one or a plurality of cameras that can capture an image of a designated region designated on the map image and can perform predetermined detection processing on the captured image, a processing unit configured to perform a display control for distinguishably indicating the one or plurality of cameras identified by the identification unit, among the plurality of cameras included in the map image, and a setting unit configured to make settings for causing at least one camera selected from the one or plurality of cameras identified by the identification unit to perform the predetermined detection processing.
US10237487B2	Wide dynamic range electronic image recording and reproducing system The electronic camera has an imaging device that images a subject with subject reflectance R (%) with a dynamic range wider than that at displaying or printing to acquire image data and a recording device that converts the image data acquired by the imaging device with a predetermined function and records the converted image data and the information on the function as digital values (digit). Therefore, a printed image with an automatically or manually corrected density can be obtained at the displaying or the printing.
US10237480B2	Apparatus and method for storing moving image portions Provided are a digital photographing apparatus and a method of controlling the same. The digital photographing apparatus includes a snap motion picture capturing mode and is capable of capturing a short-time motion picture using the same sequence as capturing of still images by pressing a capture start button.
US10237477B2	Loop closure Various embodiments of the present invention relate generally to systems and methods for analyzing and manipulating images and video. In particular, a multi-view interactive digital media representation can be generated from live images captured from a camera. The live images can include an object. An angular view of the object captured in the live images can be estimated using sensor data from an inertial measurement unit. The determined angular views can be used to select from among the live images and determine when a three hundred sixty degree view of the object has been captured. When the plurality of images is output to a display, the object can appear to undergo a 3-D rotation, such as a three hundred sixty degree rotation, through the determined angular view where the 3-D rotation of the object is generated without a 3-D polygon model of the object.
US10237474B2	Image processing device and associated methodology for generating panoramic images One embodiment of an apparatus includes a reference position receiving unit configured to receive intermediate or end panorama reference position information input by a user, and a control unit configured to control an imaging device to begin generating a plurality of images to be used to generate a panoramic image based on the intermediate or end panorama reference position information input by the user after the reference position receiving unit receives the intermediate or end panorama reference position information.
US10237468B2	Method and apparatus for enabling precise focusing Method and apparatus for enabling precise focusing are provided. The method includes obtaining an operation time of the photographing device in real time by a processor, searching a relationship table of preset times and focus range based on the obtained operation time to obtain a focus range corresponding to the obtained operation time; sending the obtained focus range to a driver by the processor, adjusting the distance between a lens and an image sensor based on the focus range by the driver, so that the lens may be located in the focus range, and to adjust the focus range in real time and improve the accuracy of focusing between the lens and the image sensor.
US10237466B2	Recognition of degree of focus of an image The present technology relates to an image processing device and method, and a program for enabling easier recognition of the degree of focus of an image after photographing.A focus area determining unit calculates focus scores based on a photographed image, the focus scores indicating the degrees of focus of the respective areas in the photographed image. A warning control unit determines the degree of focus of a predetermined area in the photographed image in accordance with the focus scores for the respective areas, and issues a warning instruction in accordance with a result of the determination. The warning is issued by displaying the warning, outputting a warning sound, vibrating, or emitting light, for example. As the degree of focus is determined in accordance with the focus scores, neither blurring nor defocusing is caused, and the user can be prompted to check the degree of focus. The present technology can be applied to digital still cameras.
US10237463B2	Intelligent monitoring system and method In an intelligent monitoring system, a wireless signal processing device transmits a wireless signal toward a first target object in a monitored area, receives a wireless status signal, and generates a monitoring signal corresponding to the first target object according to the wireless status signal. In addition, at least one signal-relaying device receives a back scattering signal, which is reflected from the first target object in response to the wireless signal, transfers the back scattering signal into the wireless status signal, and transmits the wireless status signal to the wireless signal processing device. The signal-relaying device includes a power supply device for supplying power for operations of the signal-relaying device, and the signal-relaying device is disposed in the monitored area between the first target object and the wireless signal processing device.
US10237453B2	Video processing apparatus, control method, and effect switcher There is provided a video processing apparatus that includes a network interface, first and second video buffering sections, a video supply section, a video control section, and a command issue section. The two video buffering sections are configured to receive and store video data coming in packets over a network via the network interface. The video supply section is configured to supply a video signal to a video signal line, the video signal being a selected output from one of the first and second video buffering sections. The video control section is configured to execute control over the other components. The command issue section is configured to send a bus input change command to the video control section as an instruction for video data selection for supply to the video signal line, the bus input change command including information about identifying a video data supply source connected over the network.
US10237452B2	Print calibration Methods for configuring and calibrating a printing system are described. Configuring a printing system involves obtaining data for determining a reference print element in the printing system. The reference print element is then used to determine calibration data for a given print element. The calibration data is applied for the given print element to generate a print output.
US10237450B2	Image forming apparatus for correcting curve of image in sub scanning direction, and control method for same An image forming apparatus includes a printing unit configured to print a chart in which patterns, each including an image object in a first process color and an image object in a second process color, are arranged at each of at least three positions in a main scanning direction, a receiving unit configured to receive, from a user, a plurality of pieces of information relating to correction of a color shift between the first process color and the second process color, the plurality of pieces of information being based on the patterns arranged in the printed chart and each corresponding to a different one of the at least three positions, and a correction unit configured to correct the color shift between the first process color and the second process color based on the received plurality of information.
US10237444B2	Printing device, mobile terminal, and computer readable recording medium for the same A printing device includes a printing device side wireless communication unit configured to execute wireless communication with a mobile terminal, an operation acquisition unit configured to acquire user operation thereof, and a processor. The processor is configured to acquire operation data which is generated as the operation acquisition unit acquires a user operation, acquire establishment data which is generated as the printing device side wireless communication unit establishes a wireless communication with the mobile terminal, and issue a request control to control the printing device side wireless communication unit to transmit request data requesting the mobile terminal to transmit print data necessary for printing, via the wireless communication, when the establishment data is acquired, the request control being issued in accordance with the operation data as acquired.
US10237442B2	Security mark with anti-copyable effect A document contains a security element that combines a correlation mark and pantograph mark. The pantograph mark includes a dot pattern, part of which is printed to correspond to foreground pixels of the correlation mark, and another part of which is printed to correspond to background pixels of the correlation mark.
US10237440B2	Printing apparatus and control method for printing apparatus A printing apparatus capable of adding information to a printing target image includes an addition unit configured to add the information, a setting unit configured to set an area to which the information is added based on a user operation, a specification unit configured to specify a length of a sheet used for printing in a sheet conveyance direction, and a control unit configured to control, in a case where the length of the sheet in the sheet conveyance direction is not specified, the addition unit to add the information into a leading end side area in the sheet conveyance direction even if a trailing end side area is set by the setting unit as the area to which the information is added.
US10237428B2	Systems, method, and recording medium for storing program for advertisement according to location of printer An advertisement providing system is provided which outputs an advertisement when a printer prints a document. The system includes a display unit configured to display a screen for selecting a recipient that is to receive a printed matter of the document when a distance between a first position and a second position is longer than a predetermined distance, or, alternatively, when the first position and the second position are located in different areas, the first position showing where an instruction source giving a command to print the document is located, the second position showing where the printer is installed; and an output interface configured to output, when the printer prints the document, an advertisement depending on attributes of the recipient selected.
US10237427B2	Image forming system, remote terminal, image forming apparatus, and recording medium An image forming system comprises an image forming apparatus and a remote operation apparatus. The image forming apparatus comprises a detection part for detecting a state change of a hardware operating member in an operation part of the image forming apparatus and a transmitting part for transmitting screen control information in accordance with the state change detected by the detection part to the remote operation apparatus. The remote operation apparatus comprises a display part for displaying a simulated image representing the detection part of the image forming apparatus, a receiving part for receiving the screen control information, and a display control part for changing a first image which is the simulated image displayed on the display part before the state change into a second image which is the simulated image in which the state change is reflected, in response to a receipt of the screen control information.
US10237423B2	Fax selection system in a distributed network User convenience related to viewing reception data is improved. A fax system having a device with a fax reception capability, and a server that controls the device, connected through a network, wherein: the device registers itself on the server as a device that can receive faxes, and sends received fax data to the server; and the server receives specification of a registered device from a terminal connected to the network, and provides to the terminal the reception data received from the specified device.
US10237418B2	Methods, systems, and computer readable media for charging based on radio congestion in mobile networks Methods, systems, and computer readable media for charging based on radio congestion in mobile networks are disclosed. In some examples, a method includes receiving a radio congestion message specifying a user plane congestion level for a radio access network (RAN) from a RAN congestion awareness function (RCAF) for the RAN. The method includes providing the user plane congestion level to a charging system. The method includes, at the charging system, altering one or more charging records for one or more respective subscribers accessing the RAN with user equipment (UE) based on the user plane congestion level.
US10237415B2	Method of controlling communications within a digital intercom system A method of managing communications between communication devices within a digital intercom system includes providing input and output tables for each communication device. The tables for each device are made up of cells formed from linear arrays corresponding to communication channels and the other devices. When two devices communicate on a given channel, a cell in the appropriate input and output table is identified based on the channel and the devices communicating. The cells provide volume control information which can be relied upon to determine if or to what degree audio signals should be transferred between the devices.
US10237413B2	Methods for the encoding of participants in a conference A system and method are presented for the encoding of participants in a conference setting. In an embodiment, audio from conference participants in a voice-over-IP setting may be received and processed by the system. In an embodiment, audio may be received in a compressed form and de-compressed for processing. For each participant, return audio is generated, compressed (if applicable) and transmitted to the participant. The system may recognize when participants are using the same audio encoding format and are thus receiving audio that may be similar or identical. The audio may only be encoded once instead of for each participant. Thus, redundant encodings are recognized and eliminated resulting in less CPU usage.
US10237411B2	Simultaneous participation in a plurality of web conferences A method for simultaneously participating in a plurality web conferences may include generating, by a computer system, a web conference instance for each web conference being joined. The method may also include polling a corresponding web conferencing server for web conference information by each web conference instance on the computer system. The method may additionally include polling for both audio and video information in response to a chosen web conference instance being an active web conference instance on the computer system. The polling may be performed at a predetermined time interval or polling term. The method may further include setting a polling term for each inactive web conference instance on the computer system that is longer than the predetermined time interval or polling term of the active web conference instance.
US10237398B2	Apparatus for reverse power feeding in accordance with communication line environments and a method thereof The present invention relates to an apparatus for reverse power feeding in accordance with communication line environments and a method thereof, which measure line resistance (e.g., a difference in impedance depending on a distance between a customer premise (CP) and a distribution point (DP)) of a communication line (e.g., a twisted pair copper wire) connected to a distribution point at a customer premise and reflect the measured line resistance to perform stable power feeding to the distribution point.
US10237396B2	Launching applications from a lock screen of a mobile computing device via user-defined symbols A first task and a second task executable by a mobile computing device are associated with a first predefined symbol and a second predefined symbol, respectively. The first task and the second task are different types of tasks executable by the mobile computing device after the mobile computing device has been unlocked. Through a touch-sensitive display of the mobile computing device, a first gesture input from a user is detected while the mobile computing device is locked. The first gesture input represents the first predefined symbol. In response to the detecting the first gesture input, the first task is executed. Through the touch-sensitive display of the mobile computing device, a second gesture input from the user is detected while the mobile computing device is locked. The second gesture input represents the second predefined symbol. In response to the detecting the second gesture input, the second task is executed.
US10237394B2	Windows position control for phone applications Methods and devices for selectively presenting a user interface for a phone application are provided. More particularly, a change in the display mode of a multiple screen device can be determined. More particularly, a presentation of a user interface for a call log of a phone application can be retained after receiving a flick in an off-screen gesture area of the device. However, a second, child window is provided in a second screen in response to receiving the flick. The second, child window provides detail information about a phone call selected in the call log.
US10237391B2	Networking systems, protocols, and methods for controlling target devices Systems and methods are provided for controlling electric and electronic devices. The devices may communicate with each other in a many-to-many, peer-to-peer network to provide control functionality without the need for a central controller. Device-to-device control messages may be implemented over short range, wireless broadcast messages.
US10237388B2	Wireless data communication and power transmission athletic apparel module The present disclosure describes devices, systems, and methods that can be used to collect sensor data from, for instance, a sensor device that has been embedded in an article of apparel. The sensor device can be used, for instance, to monitor the athletic activity of an individual wearing the apparel into which the electronic device has been embedded. Embodiments of the sensor device include a memory, a wireless interface, and one or more processor. With these elements, the sensor device may receive instructions indicating what sensor data to collect, collect the sensor data, store the sensor data, and transmit the stored sensor data to the remote device upon completion of the activity.
US10237387B2	Incoming call recording method and device for multi-channel terminal Incoming call recording method and device for a multi-channel terminal are provided. The method includes: receiving a service request associated with a current subscriber identity card, and the service request comprises a called service request to a current subscriber which is identified by the current subscriber identity card; and in response to the service request, setting up a first service channel for making a call and starting recording based on an instruction of the current subscriber, and the first service channel is set up based on the current subscriber identity card. Service data transmitted by a remote terminal of the service request may be recorded based on the first service channel, so that a subscriber can know a missed incoming call when the subscriber is inconvenient to listen to the incoming call, which may greatly improve user experience.
US10237386B1	Outputting audio notifications based on determination of device presence in a vehicle A computer-implemented method of determining when an audio notification should be generated includes detecting receipt of a triggering event that occurs on a user device; generating, based on detecting, the audio notification for the triggering event; receiving, from the user device, a user voice command responding to the audio notification; and generating a response to the user voice command based on one or more of (i) information associated with the audio notification, and (ii) information associated with the user voice command.
US10237381B2	Telephone receiver identification A telephone system may include a telephone receiver and a base unit. The telephone receiver may include a first electrical contact and a second electrical contact configured to be electrically grounded. The first electrical contact may be either coupled to the second electrical contact or electrically floating. The base unit may be configured to be coupled to the telephone receiver over a wired connection. The base unit may be configured to electrically ground the second electrical contact by way of the wired connection. The base unit may also be configured to determine an identification of the telephone receiver based on whether the first electrical contact is electrically grounded or electrically floating.
US10237379B2	High-efficiency service chaining with agentless service nodes An example method for distributed service chaining is provided and includes receiving a packet belonging to a service chain in a distributed virtual switch (DVS) network environment, the packet includes a network service header (NSH) indicating a service path identifier identifying the service chain. The packet is provided to a virtual Ethernet module (VEM) connected to an agentless service node (SN) providing an edge service such as a server load balancer (SLB). The VEM associates a service path identifier corresponding to the service chain with a local identifier such as a virtual local area network (VLAN). The agentless SN returns the packet to the VEM for forwarding on the VLAN. Because the VLAN corresponds exactly to the service path and service chain, the packet is forwarded directly to the next node in the service chain. This can enable agentless SNs to efficiently provide a service chain for network traffic.
US10237369B2	Opportunistic backhauling of data for fine time measurement (FTM) responder systems Techniques are provided for opportunistic backhauling of data in a deployment of FTM Responder systems. An example FTM Responder may include a backhaul payload processing circuit configured to determine a requirement to transmit a first instance of backhaul data to a first destination device. The FTM Responder may also include an FTM request handler circuit configured to receive a first FTM request from a first mobile station. The FTM Responder may further include an FTM response generation circuit configured to generate an FTM response that includes FTM data responsive to the request and a first backhaul payload message. The first backhaul payload message includes an address of the first destination device and further includes the first instance of backhaul data. The FTM Responder may further include a transceiver circuit configured to transmit the FTM response to the first mobile station. The FTM Responder may be an FTM capable wireless access point (AP).
US10237367B2	Method, device and storage media for adding a friend in a social network The current application describes adding a friend in a social network. A friend adding request corresponding to a first user identification is obtained. Further, a second user identification is obtained according to the friend adding request. The invention then obtains a group that includes the first user identification and the second user identification. A verification request is generated according to information corresponding to the first user identification and sent to a terminal corresponding to the second user identification. After a friend adding confirmation request corresponding to the second user identification is obtained, the second user identification is added to a friend list corresponding to the first user identification. The current application also describes a device and a storage medium for adding a friend in a social network. The invention of the current application improves the operation convenience of adding a friend.
US10237360B2	Communication system, server apparatus, and communication method Disclosed herein is a communication system including: a first apparatus and a second apparatus being communication terminals at least one of which resides on a mobile object; and a server apparatus. The server apparatus includes: a determination block configured to determine whether the first and the second apparatuses are in close proximity to each other based on position data of the first apparatus and on position data of the second apparatus; and a communication block configured such that if the determination block determines that the first and the second apparatuses are in close proximity to each other, the communication block transmits preinstalled content data to at least one of the first and the second apparatuses.
US10237358B2	Location monitoring via a gateway A remote location monitoring system, for example, a home monitoring or weather monitoring system may include one or more sensors and/or receivers at a first location such as a residence or business to be monitored. The sensors and receivers may communicate with a remote central server via a gateway device and the detection data received from the sensors and receivers may be displayed via display circuitry coupled to a processor of the gateway device. The sensors, receivers, and gateway device may be controlled by users locally or remotely via the server. Users may register to receive remote notifications of weather events and other home monitoring events. Users may also access remotely sensors and receivers to configure alerts, notifications, and automatic responses for the devices and integrated appliances at the first location.
US10237357B2	Communication apparatus, control method therefor, and recording medium A first advertise signal from a first external apparatus is received. A connection request is transmitted to the first external apparatus in response to the received first advertise signal. A connection is established with the first external apparatus, and a predetermined function is executed by using the established connection. In a case where the first advertise signal is received and an error relating to the predetermined function occurs before a connection with the first external apparatus is established, a connection request is transmitted to the first external apparatus to establish a connection with the first external apparatus and transmits a notification indicating that the error occurred.
US10237351B2	Sub-networks based security method, apparatus and product A method, apparatus and product for sub-networks based cyber security. One method comprises detecting a device connecting to a local network which is divided into subnets; determining a usage profile of the device; automatically selecting a subnet to connect the device based on the usage profile; and connecting the device to the selected subnet in the local network. Another method comprises monitoring communication traffic of devices in each of the subnets of a local network; performing anomaly detection to detect an abnormal communication of a device connected to a subnet; blocking the abnormal communication of the device; and removing the device from the subnet and connecting the device to a quarantine subnet of the local network, whereby reducing connectivity of the device with other devices connected to the local network.
US10237349B1	Method and system for the organization and maintenance of social media information A method, system, and computer-program product for the organization and maintenance of aggregated social media information are disclosed. The system includes one or more processors, a network interface coupled thereto, and one or more one or more digital content databases stored in a computer-readable storage medium coupled to the one or more processors. The network interface provides access to the one or more digital content databases under the control of the one or more processors. The one or more one or more digital content databases comprises one or more post tables, one or more event tables, and one or more place tables. The one or more post tables, the one or more event tables, and the one or more place tables comprise one or more references to one another.
US10237345B2	Apparatus and method for data synchronizing of energy management system Disclosed embodiments relate to a synchronizing method of a client device in an energy management system. In some embodiments, the method includes: deciding a synchronization object server for downloading synchronization data; downloading the synchronization data from the decided synchronization object server; determining whether or not the status of operation of the client device is synchronizable, based on the downloaded synchronization data; and performing a synchronization operation for the downloaded synchronization data based on a result of the determination.
US10237338B1	Dynamically distributing processing among nodes in a wireless mesh network A service node performs computational tasks or other operations on behalf of a meter or other network device. A meter may collect data regarding electric parameters associated with an electric distribution network. When analysis of the collected data is required, the meter may determine that it requires the resources of a service node. The meter may send a request to a directory node to identify a service node or it may send a request seeking a service node. The service node performs the analysis and sends the results of the analysis back to the meter. The service nodes supports the dynamic distributed processing of analytic services.
US10237337B2	Content distribution system A networked computer system distributes content that is to be added to receipts by receipt issuing devices. The system includes a central server, first and second store servers communicating with the central server over a first network, first receipt issuing devices communicating with the first store server over a first local network, and second receipt issuing devices communicating with the second store server over a second local network. A first control plane is implemented in the central server to control whether or not the content is to be distributed to the first store server and whether or not the content is to be distributed to the second store server. A second control plane is implemented in the first and second store servers to control whether or not the content is to be distributed to the first and second receipt issuing devices, respectively.
US10237336B2	Methods and systems for protecting computing resources Some embodiments of the present invention include a method for controlling requests to be transmitted to a server computing system. The method generating, by a first requester, a request to be transmitted to a first server computing system, the first requester being part of a first group of requesters, each of the requesters in the first group of requesters is configured to access an indicator to determine whether the first server computing system is ready to receive its request, the indicator being set or reset at least based on a response received from the first server computing system, the indicator stored in a memory device associated with a second server computing system; and based on the indicator indicating that the first server computing system is not ready, delaying from transmitting, by the first requester, the request to the first server computing system.
US10237335B2	Managing cluster-level performance variability without a centralized controller Systems, apparatuses, and methods for managing cluster-level performance variability without a centralized controller are described. Each node of a multi-node cluster tracks a maximum and minimum progress across the plurality of nodes for a workload executed by the cluster. Each node also tracks its local progress on its current task. Each node also utilizes a comparison of the local progress to reported maximum and minimum progress across the cluster to identify a critical, or slow, node and whether to increase or reduce an amount of power allocated to the node. The nodes append information about the maximum and minimum progress to messages sent to other nodes to report their knowledge of maximum and minimum progress with other nodes. A node updates its local information if the node receives a message from another node with more up-to-date information about the state of progress across the cluster.
US10237331B2	Content delivery methods and systems The present invention relates generally to systems and methods for delivering content from content providers to end users using computer networks. Aspects of the invention enable content providers cost-effective content delivery using, for example, download and peer-to-peer mechanisms, while also allowing content providers the ability to control and restrict usage of the content and combat piracy. These and other aspects of the invention are discussed in more detail herein.
US10237329B1	Wirelessly preparing device for high speed data transfer This disclosure is directed at least partly to a kiosk that provides high speed data transfer of content to a user device associated with the user. The kiosk may be located in frequently visited locations such as travel terminals or public spaces. The kiosks may provide instructions to users about how to receive some of the content on user devices via a high speed data transfer. The kiosk may detect and prepare a user device for receipt of electronic content by wirelessly exchanging information with the user device, such as consent information, memory allocation information, and/or other relevant data. The high speed data transfer may use high speed data transfer protocols that enable download of full-length movies in a matter of a few seconds.
US10237327B2	Methods and systems for accessing and controlling a remote desktop of a remote machine in real time by a web browser at a client device via HTTP API utilizing a transcoding server Examples of methods, systems, apparatus, and machine-readable storage media are provided to facilitate access and control of a remote desktop of a remote machine by a web browser at a client device through a transcoding server without installing proprietary plug-ins or protocols on the client device. A transcoding server may translate user input requests from a web browser into input calls compatible with a remote desktop display protocol. The transcoding server may receive remote desktop drawing commands from the remote machine and translate the remote desktop drawing commands into web browser drawing updates compatible with the web browser. A transcoding server may communicate with a web browser via HTTP and communicate with a remote machine via a remote desktop display protocol. A web browser may be an HTML5 browser. A transcoding server may send drawing coordinates to the web browser via an HTTP header and may use long polling.
US10237325B2	Multiple device co-browsing of a single website instance Embodiments described herein provide systems and method for allowing multiple devices to browse the same instance of a website. In a particular embodiment, a method provides receiving an instruction in the co-browsing system to initiate a co-browsing session for a website with a first client and a second client. The method further provides acquiring the website from a server that hosts the website and rendering the website in the co-browsing system to generate a rendered image of the website. The method further provides transferring a first copy of the rendered image to the first client and a second copy of the rendered image to the second client.
US10237321B2	Decoding complexity for mobile multimedia streaming A decoding complexity may be used to predict power consumption for receiving, decoding, and/or displaying multimedia content at a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU). The decoding complexity may be based on decoding complexity feedback received from a reference device, such as another WTRU. The decoding complexity feedback may be based on measurements performed at the reference device for receiving decoding, and/or displaying the multimedia content. A content providing device may indicate the decoding complexity of requested media content to a WTRU, or another network entity. The decoding complexity may be indicated in a streaming protocol or file associated with the media content. The WTRU, or other network entity, may use the decoding complexity determine its preferences regarding transmission of the media content. The content providing device may determine whether to transmit the media content based on the decoding complexity and/or the preferences of the WTRU or other network entity.
US10237316B2	Providing content in a multicast stream Methods, systems, and apparatus for providing content in a multicast stream are disclosed. In one aspect, analytical information of a plurality of individual data sessions between user devices and a content server is received. The analytical information of each of the plurality of individual data sessions is based on a packet inspection analysis of data transmitted in the respective individual data sessions. A same set of content being delivered to at least a portion of the user devices based on the analytical information is determined. In response to the determination, a multicast stream condition is determined to be met based on at least one performance metric of a network over which the same set of content is being delivered. In response to determining that the multicast stream condition has been met, a multicast stream that provides the content in a looping stream is initiated.
US10237313B2	Beacon sensor advertisement frame A beacon sensor device may include a communication resource to transmit a plurality of advertisement types. Each of the plurality of advertisement types may include a plurality of advertisement frames. The communication resource may further receive a connection request from a network device. The beacon sensor device may further include a processing resource and a memory resource storing machine-readable instructions. The machine-readable instructions may cause the processing resource to determine that the connection request is made in response to the transmission of a particular advertisement type of the plurality of advertisement type. The instructions may further cause the processing resource to determine the active services associated with the particular advertisement type and enable the services associated with the particular advertisement type.
US10237312B2	Method and device with intelligent media management A method (300) and device (200) with intelligent media management is disclosed. The method (300) can include: streaming (310) media content in a wireless communication device; identifying (320) a media signature of the streamed media content; searching (330) a stored library for the identified media signature; and playing (340) locally stored media content, if the search results in finding a match with the identified media signature in the stored library. Thus, when a match occurs, locally stored media content replaces the streamed media content, to provide substantially lower power consumption and enhanced battery life in connection with wireless communication devices.
US10237311B2	Methods and systems for controlling access to presentation devices using selection criteria Methods, systems, and/or devices for controlling access to and presenting content on presentation devices based on selection criteria are described herein. In one aspect, a server system receives requests to access a presentation device from a plurality of user devices. A request corresponding to a user device of the plurality of user devices is selected based on one or more selection criteria. Access to the presentation device is granted to the user device of the plurality of user devices, in response to selecting the request. After granting access to the user device, a data stream that includes vocals is received from the user device. The data stream is transmitted to the presentation device for presentation.
US10237308B2	Real-time communication network application based on a shared specific location A geo-social networking system utilizes location-based information to connect mobile users in real-time over a network to other users located at the same place. A mobile device determines the geographic location of the user and uses the location to generate a list of places within the vicinity of the specific geographical location of the user, allowing the user to check-in at a place, causing the mobile device to display a list of users who are also within/checked into the same specific place and display messages amongst the users. Once the location-aware mobile device detects the user has left the place, or the user checks out of that place, the communication ends between the user and other users checked-in at that place.
US10237304B1	Systems and methods of administering computer activities based upon emotional intelligence Systems and methods of administering computer activities based upon user emotional intelligence are provided. One method may include receiving a user request for a computer activity and sensing emotional context data associated with the user, such as voice stress analysis of use a communication, eye motion, pupil dilation, mood and stress changes, sporadic user movement, and video contexts indicating micro-expressions (i.e. anxiety, anger, amusement, and the like). The method may further include retrieving a policy associated with the requested computer activity and applying the sensed emotional context data to the policy. In response to policy permission, the system may enable full or restricted access to the requested computer activity based upon the sensed emotional context. In the alternative, in response to policy violation, the system may deny access to the computer activity. The system may solicit feedback such that parental or third party controls may be established using emotional intelligence.
US10237303B2	Prevalence-based reputations In an example, there is disclosed a method and system for calculating an object's trust level for security purposes based on prevalence in a context-aware network. In an embodiment, as objects are accessed, a client queries a domain master such as a reputation server to evaluate the object's reputation. The domain master may maintain a prevalence-based reputation database, which may be updated as new clients report object prevalences.
US10237295B2	Automated event ID field analysis on heterogeneous logs A system, program, and method for anomaly detection in heterogeneous logs. The system having a processor configured to identify pattern fields comprised of a plurality of event identifiers. The processor is further configured to generate an automata model by profiling event behaviors of the plurality of event sequences, the plurality of event sequences grouped in the automata model by combinations of one or more pattern fields and one or more event identifiers from among the plurality of event identifiers, wherein for a given combination, the one or more event identifiers therein must be respectively comprised in a same one of the one or more pattern fields with which it is combined. The processor is additionally configured to detect an anomaly in one of the plurality of event sequences using the automata model. The processor is also configured to control an anomaly-initiating one of the network devices based on the anomaly.
US10237294B1	Fingerprinting entities based on activity in an information technology environment Techniques are described for analyzing data regarding activity in an IT environment to determine information regarding the entities associated with the activity and using the information to detect anomalous activity that may be indicative of malicious activity. In an embodiment, a plurality of events reflecting activity by a plurality of entities in an IT environment are processed to resolve the identities of the entities, discover how the entities fit within a topology of the IT environment, and determine what the entities are. This information is then used to generate a entity relationship graph that includes nodes representing the entities in the IT environment and edges connecting the nodes representing interaction relationships between the entities. In some embodiments, baselines are established by monitoring the activity between entities. This baseline information can be represented in the entity relationship graph in the form of directionality applied to the edges. The entity relationship graph can then be monitored to detect anomalous activity.
US10237293B2	Dynamic reputation indicator for optimizing computer security operations Described systems and methods allow protecting a computer system from malware such as viruses, worms, and spyware. A reputation manager executes on the computer system concurrently with an anti-malware engine. The reputation manager associates a dynamic reputation indicator to each executable entity seen as a unique combination of individual components (e.g., a main executable and a set of loaded libraries). The reputation indicator indicates a probability that the respective entity is malicious. The reputation of benign entities may increase in time. When an entity performs certain actions which may be indicative of malicious activity, the reputation of the respective entity may drop. The anti-malware engine uses an entity-specific protocol to scan and/or monitor each target entity for malice, the protocol varying according to the entity's reputation. Entities trusted to be non-malicious may be analyzed using a more relaxed protocol than unknown or untrusted entities.
US10237291B2	Session processing method and device, server and storage medium A method for processing session and a device thereof, a server and a storage medium are provided. The method includes: capturing packets sent from a client associated with the session; reconstituting a packet flow of the session from the captured packets based on quintets of the packets, wherein the quintet comprises a source address, a destination address, a source port, a destination port and a protocol number of the packet; extracting a behavior attribute of the client from the packet flow; determining that the behavior attribute of the client is beyond a baseline; and interrupting the session with the client.
US10237288B2	Method for deep data inspection over an industrial internet field broadband bus The invention discloses a method for deep data inspection over an industrial internet field broadband bus, the method including: obtaining, by a first node, a message to be transmitted; judging, by the first node, whether a bus device address in the message to be transmitted lies in a preset range of bus device addresses; and if the bus device address lies in the preset range of bus device addresses, then transmitting, by the first node, the message to be transmitted to a processor of the first node. The first node only forwards the message to be transmitted, lying in the preset range of bus device addresses to thereby improve the security of transmitting the message.
US10237284B2	Internet of things security appliance A method for implementing an Internet of Things security appliance is presented. The method may include intercepting a data packet sent from a server to a client computing device. The method may include performing a security check on the data packet using security modules. The method may include determining the data packet is not malicious based on the security check. The method may include determining a shadow tester to test the data packet based on a type associated with the client computing device. The method may include creating a virtualization environment of the client computing device using the shadow tester. The method may include analyzing behaviors associated with the data packet within the virtualization environment using detection modules. The method may include determining the behaviors do not violate a behavior policy associated with the client computing device. The method may include transmitting the data packet to the client computing device.
US10237281B2	Access policy updates in a dispersed storage network A method for execution in a dispersed storage network operates to determine one or more slice names of one or more slices and determine whether to establish a new access policy corresponding to the one or more slices. When the new access policy is to be established, the method determines a timestamp; determines a new access policy; and sends the new access policy and the timestamp to one or more storage units that store the one or more slices.
US10237279B2	Enhancing integrity of data center specific information There is provided a method comprising: receiving, by an apparatus of a data center, a request message from a server computer of said data center, the apparatus and the server computer being physically separate entities communicatively coupled with each other, said message requesting data center specific information stored into a read-only memory area of the apparatus; initiating deciphering of the request message in response to receiving the request message; and as a response to successfully deciphering the request message, transmitting a response message to the server computer, said message comprising the data center specific information acquired from the read-only memory area of the apparatus.
US10237273B2	System and method for communicating with inmates in a privileged communication A system and method for with an inmate in a privileged communication are disclosed. A communication system includes a portal subsystem that determines whether a communication should be monitored, or not, based on received information, including access information, from a first communication device. Based on the determination, the communication system bypasses a monitoring subsystem and stores and/or transmits the communication to a second communication device by way of a non-monitoring subsystem.
US10237271B2	Access terminal A network access device may obtain user fingerprint information of a terminal. The network access device may transmit the user fingerprint information of the terminal to a portal server, before the terminal is authenticated, so that the portal server may push to the terminal an authentication page corresponding to the user fingerprint information of the terminal.
US10237269B2	Method of providing information security and electronic device thereof A method of operating an electronic device and an electronic device are provided. The method includes generating biometric information using at least one sensor of the electronic device, and storing the generated biometric information in a memory of the electronic device, generating access right information relating to the biometric information, determining whether an external electronic device is connected to the electronic device, and when the external electronic device is connected to the electronic device, transmitting the generated access right information to the external electronic device.
US10237268B2	Secure passcode processing device A computing system is described that at least one microphone, a secure processing unit, and a general processing unit. The microphone is coupled to an audio processor configured to receive at least one audio signal from the at least one microphone and generate a first encrypted audio signal and a second encrypted audio signal The secure processing unit is configured to: receive the first encrypted audio signal from the audio processor, decrypt the first encrypted audio signal, and responsive to determining that the first encrypted audio signal includes an unlock command, output an indication of a decryption key. The general processing unit is configured to: receive the second encrypted audio signal from the audio processor, and decrypt the second encrypted audio signal with the decryption key.
US10237265B2	Providing authorization data over a validated connection to access a provider service A method, system, and computer program product for automatically receiving authorization data required to log into a service portal from a second device to a first device, via a validated connection. The method includes the first device submitting a first request to a provider to acquire authorization data required for an authenticated login to an associated online service of the provider. In response to the first device submitting the first request to the provider, the first device automatically receives the authorization data via a validated connection with the second device. In response to receiving the authorization data via the validated connection, the first device transmits a second request, including the authorization data, to the provider to gain access to the online service.
US10237264B2	Computer readable storage media for legacy integration and methods and systems for utilizing same Systems and methods for integrative legacy context management are disclosed herein. An example computer hardware system may include at least one processing unit coupled to a memory, and the memory may be encoded with computer executable instructions that when executed cause the at least one processing unit to receive a set of credentials associated with a user from a user device, cross-reference the set of credentials with a first set of credentials of an agent associated with the user to determine whether the set of credentials is valid; and if the set of credentials is valid, provide a second set of credentials of the agent to the user device in response to a request for the second set of credentials from the user device.
US10237259B2	Systems and methods for distributed identity verification Systems and methods for decentralized and asynchronous authentication flow between users, relying parties and identity providers. A trusted user agent application or digital lock box under a user's control may perform the functions of an authentication broker. In particular, the user agent application or digital lock box can accept relying party requests and respond with authentication and identity data previously obtained from an identity provider server, and without the involvement of a centralized broker server.
US10237255B2	Data synchronizing system, control method thereof, authorization server, and storage medium thereof wherein the server system is configured to cause said other device to synchronize with the updated data in response to confirmation of identification information about said other device included in the identification information about the terminal transmitted by the transmission unit.
US10237254B2	Conditional login promotion The present disclosure relates to a system and method for providing conditional login promotion. An example system includes at least one processor and at least one memory element, wherein the system is configured for receiving an indication of a local operating system login by a user from a client device associated with the user; receiving one or more authentication factors associated with the user from the client device; and determining whether the local operating system login is to be promoted to a relying party entity based upon the one or more authentication factors associated with the user.
US10237249B2	Key revocation A signature authority generates revocable one-time-use keys that are able to generate digital signatures. The signature authority generates a set of one-time-use keys, where each one-time-use key has a secret key and a public key derived from a hash of the secret key. The signature authority generates one or more revocation values that, when published, proves that the signature authority has the authority to revoke corresponding cryptographic keys. The signature authority hashes the public keys and the revocation values and arranges the hashes in a hash tree where the root of the hash tree acts as a public key of the signature authority. In some implementations, the one-time-use cryptographic keys are generated from a tree of seed values, and a particular revocation value is linked to a particular seed value, allowing for the revocation of a block of one-time-use cryptographic keys associated with the particular seed.
US10237248B2	Encoder, decoder and method A method of encoding and encrypting input data (D1) to generate corresponding encoded and encrypted data (E2) is provided. At least a first data block of the input data (D1) is encoded to generate a first encoded data block. The at least first encoded data block is then encrypted using at least one key to provide a first encoded and encrypted data block for inclusion in the encoded and encrypted data (E2). Moreover, a first seed value is generated for use in encrypting a next encoded data block to provide a next encoded and encrypted data block for inclusion in the encoded and encrypted data (E2). Furthermore, a next seed value is generated for use in encrypting a subsequent encoded data block, in a sequential repetitive manner until each data block of the input data (D1) is encoded and encrypted into the encoded and encrypted data (E2).
US10237246B1	Secure message search A communication server, interacting with an organization system having users that wish to communicate securely, provides secure communication capability to the users, without the communication server itself having access to unencrypted content of the user communications or to cryptographic keys that would allow the communication server to derive the unencrypted content. Thus, the communication server that provides the secure communication capability need not itself be trusted by the users with access to communicated content. To achieve this, the various entities communicate to exchange cryptographic keys in such a manner that the communication server never obtains usable copies of the cryptographic keys. Secure search capability is also provided by the client devices supplying a set of message tokens obtained by transformations that the communication server cannot replicate, and the communication server maintaining a search index storing the message tokens in association with the (encrypted) messages from which they were obtained.
US10237243B2	File filter Method for transferring files to a destination folder on a computer. At least one rule to a transfer of files to a destination folder on a destination computer system are received. A filter file is generated, wherein the filter file includes the least one rule specific to the transfer of files to the destination folder. During transfer of files to the destination folder on the destination computer, attributes of each file are compared to the at least one rule specific to the transfer of files to the destination folder. Upon attributes of a compared file violating a rule of the at least one rule specific to the transfer of files to the destination folder, transfer of the violating file to the destination folder is prevented.
US10237241B2	Transport layer security latency mitigation Some embodiments include a method of utilizing a proxy device to mitigate latency related to a transport layer security (TLS) handshake protocol. The proxy device can be an untrusted proxy of a server or a client. The proxy device can negotiate cipher suites on behalf of its principal (e.g., the server or the server) without storing private keys of its principal. The use of the proxy device can reduce a typical two round-trips taken between the server and the client into a single round-trip.
US10237238B2	Regional firewall clustering in a networked computing environment An approach for regional firewall clustering for optimal state-sharing of different sites in a virtualized/networked (e.g., cloud) computing environment is provided. In a typical embodiment, each firewall in a given region is informed of its peer firewalls via a registration process with a centralized server. Each firewall opens up an Internet protocol (IP)-based communication channel to each of its peers in the region to share state table information. This allows for asymmetrical firewall flows through the network and allows routing protocols to ascertain the best path to a given destination without having to take firewall placement into consideration.
US10237231B2	Multiple provisioning object operation A computer-implemented method, computer-readable medium, and an apparatus operable to perform the method is provided for managing multiple provisioned domain name system (“DNS”) registry objects. The method can include receiving, at a DNS registry, a multiple domain extensible provisioning protocol (“EPP”) command from a registrar on behalf of a registrant to perform an action for each provisioned DNS registry object of the multiple provisioned DNS registry objects; comparing the action with one or more allowable actions in a policy maintained by the registry; determining, by a processor, that the action is allowable based on the comparing; and performing, based on the determining, the action on each of the provisioned DNS registry objects in one transaction.
US10237226B2	Detection of manipulation of social media content A method for filtering content of a social network comprising a plurality of users. The method includes the steps of: identifying one or more relationships among the plurality of users of the social network; determining a strength of each of the identified one or more relationships among the plurality of users of the social network; determining, based at least in part on a determined strength, a reputation value for one or more of the plurality of users of the social network; detecting manipulated social media content using at least one of the identified relationships, determined strengths, and reputation values; categorizing the detected manipulated social media content into one or more categories, wherein the categorization is based at least in part on a confidence level of the detected manipulation; and filtering, based at least in part on said categorization, the detected manipulated social media content.
US10237223B2	Deferring messages using control codes in messages A user operating a messaging client can use control codes to defer messages for later action. For example, a user can defer a message by forwarding the message to herself and including in a field of the message a control code indicating that the message should be deferred until a particular condition is met. A message management service can receive the forwarded message, detect the control code, and defer the forwarded message, the original message, or both, e.g., by temporarily moving the message(s) to a deferred-message store until the condition is met.
US10237218B2	Message delivery management based on device accessibility A processor may receive an electronic message for delivery to a user on a first device. The electronic message may have a first format. The processor may identify one or more features of the first format of the electronic message. The processor may determine whether the one or more features of the first format are supported by a second device. The processor may transform the first format of the electronic message to a second format used by the second device.
US10237217B1	Controlling access to content based on access network type A user's access to online content is controlled based at least in part on the type of access network utilized to access the content. When a request is received from a user via an access network to access online content, the access-network type and the content type are determined. A determination of a portion of the content to communicate to the user is made based on one or more policies that control access to the identified content type when transmitted via the identified access-network type, and the determined portion of the content is communicated to the user.
US10237210B2	Information processing system and method of processing information An information processing system includes an apparatus and terminal devices, wherein a first terminal device of the terminal devices includes a first acquisition unit acquiring a file name of one file stored in the apparatus using first user information, a first send unit sending a message including the first user information and access information and directed to the second user, wherein a second terminal device of the terminal devices includes a receiving unit receiving the message from the another apparatus based on second user information, a second acquisition unit acquiring one file specified by the access information using the first user information, wherein the apparatus includes a determination unit determining whether one file is sent to the second terminal device based on the first user information and information of the user who can access one file, and a second send unit sending one file to the second terminal device.
US10237205B2	Switch routing algorithms A method using a computer in conjunction with a non-transitory computer readable storage medium is provided comprising a computer receiving a message for forwarding at an ingress switch of a multi-stage circuit switching network. The method also comprises computer executing a first routing algorithm in transmitting the message, the algorithm comprising the computer determining at least one availability matrix for each middle switch, wherein a given middle switch comprises a switch between ingress and egress switches of the network. The method also comprises the computer assigning resources to a selected middle switch and updating the availability matrix and causing the ingress switch to transmit the message via the middle switch based on determining a first availability matrix for the middle switch using the algorithm wherein the algorithm is executed to forward messages on at least one of unicast, fan-in, and fan-out bases and minimize blocking and imbalance on middle switches.
US10237203B2	Lossless adjustment method of ODUflex channel bandwidth and ODUflex channel The embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of communications technologies, and disclose a lossless adjustment method of ODUflex channel bandwidth and an ODUflex channel. The lossless adjustment method includes: respectively adjusting, according to bandwidth adjustment indication request information, a time slot occupied by an ODUflex frame in a higher order optical channel data unit at an egress side of each network node on an ODUflex channel; and adjusting, according to rate adjustment indication information, a transmission rate of the ODUflex frame of each network node on the ODUflex channel, to enable the transmission rate of each network node on the ODUflex channel to be unified.
US10237200B1	Allocating resources Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for allocating resources. In one aspect, a method includes receiving, from a resource requester, a first request statement specifying a first computing resource, a first bid for the first computing resource, a total quantity of the first resource requested by the resource requester; and a minimum quantity of the first resource that the resource requester is willing to accept. A second request statement can be received from the resource requester that specifies a second bid for the second computing resource and a condition statement specifying that the second bid is only valid if the first computing resource will be allocated to the resource requestor. A determination can be made that allocation of the second computing resource and at least the minimum quantity of the first resource to the resource requestor will achieve a resource allocation objective.
US10237196B2	Apparatus for transmitting broadcast signal, apparatus for receiving broadcast signal, method for transmitting broadcast signal and method for receiving broadcast signal A method of generating and processing a broadcast signal according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: receiving one or more packets, from among Internet protocol (IP) packets and MPEG2-TS packets, as input packets; generating at least one link layer packet including the received input packets, generating a broadcast signal including the at least one link layer packet; and transmitting the broadcast signal.
US10237194B2	Maximize network capacity policy with heavy-tailed traffic A network element (NE) comprising a receiver configured to receive packets from a plurality of flows, and a processor coupled to the receiver and configured to perform classification on the plurality of flows according to arrivals of the packets to classify the plurality of flows into a heavy-tailed (HT) class and a light-tailed (LT) class assign scheduling weights to the plurality of flows according to the classification, and select a scheduling policy to forward the packets of the plurality of flows according to the scheduling weights.
US10237192B2	Apparatus and system for optimizing communication networks A network monitoring apparatus and system are disclosed to detect quality of service indicator values in headers of packets received via a network port. Based on detecting the quality of service indicators values, the apparatus and system maintain, for each of a plurality of quality of service indicator values, a count of the number of packets having the respective quality of service indicator value. The apparatus and system further maintain, for each of the plurality of quality of service indicator values, a total volume of network traffic having the respective quality of service indicator value. The packet counts and total network traffic volumes are output to a host processor. The host processor, in response to receiving the packet counts and network traffic volumes, transmits the packet counts and network traffic volumes to a network controller.
US10237188B2	Regulating responses based on request addressing or request channels A method, an apparatus, and a computer-readable medium for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus may be configured to transmit a request message to a plurality of access points. The request message may include an address reserved for at least one of an access point feature, an access point service, or an access point vendor. The apparatus may be configured to receive a response message from at least one access point of the plurality of access points. The response message may indicate that the at least one access point has the access point feature, is associated with the access point service, or is associated with the access point vendor.
US10237181B2	Routing control method in software defined networking and openflow controller A routing control method in software defined networking and an OpenFlow controller are provided. The method includes: receiving, by an OFC, a data packet reported by an OFS; determining, by the OFC according to a key value stored in a cache, whether the data packet is a repeated packet; and if the data packet is a repeated packet, delivering, by the OFC, the data packet to the OFS, and instructing the OFS to match a stored flow table to process the data packet or transmit the data packet through a corresponding port; or if the data packet is not a repeated packet, calculating, by the OFC, a routing policy for the data packet, and delivering a flow entry to the OFS according to the routing policy. In this way, for repeated packets, the OFC may calculate a routing policy only once, thereby reducing a calculation amount of the OFC.
US10237178B2	Mapping packet identifiers of received content to a constant value Methods, systems, and computer readable media can be operable to facilitate the mapping of packet identifiers to a constant value. A multimedia device may receive one or more pieces of multimedia content and may select a constant PID value for each of one or more component streams associated with the content. The multimedia device may map PIDs of each respective one of the one or more component streams to a constant PID value designated for the component type of the respective component stream. The multimedia device may replace the PIDs of each component stream with constant PID values such that each component stream type includes the same PID value for the entirety of the stream. The modified component streams, each having continuity with respect to PID values, may be stored as a recording or output to a device for viewing.
US10237177B2	Transfer device and transfer system A transfer device includes: first and second ports connected to L3 and L2 networks, respectively; a storage unit that stores data processing information which brings a MAC address of a communication device in the L2 network into correspondence with information regarding processing of data, and address information which brings an IP address of the communication device in the L2 network into correspondence with the MAC address thereof; and a transfer unit that, upon receiving data addressed to the communication device in the L2 network through the first port, searches the address information with an IP address in the data to acquire a MAC address corresponding to the IP address, searches the data processing information with the acquired MAC address, and depending on a search result, controls whether to transfer the data through the first port based on information regarding processing of data corresponding to the acquired MAC address.
US10237175B2	Entropy prefix segment identifier for use with entropy label in segment routing networks In one embodiment, a method includes receiving at an ingress node in a segment routing network, an entropy prefix segment identifier, generating a label stack comprising the entropy prefix segment identifier and an entropy label beneath the entropy prefix segment identifier, and transmitting a packet comprising the label stack using the entropy prefix segment identifier as a transport label and an entropy label identifier. An apparatus and logic are also disclosed herein.
US10237171B2	Efficient QoS support for software packet processing on general purpose servers Methods and apparatus for facilitating efficient Quality of Service (QoS) support for software-based packet processing by offloading QoS rate-limiting to NIC hardware. Software-based packet processing is performed on packet flows received at a compute platform, such as a general purpose server, and/or packet flows generated by local applications running on the compute platform. The packet processing includes packet classification that associates packets with packet flows using flow IDs, and identifying a QoS class for the packet and packet flow. NIC Tx queues are dynamically configured or pre-configured to effect rate limiting for forwarding packets enqueued in the NIC Tx queues. New packet flows are detected, and mapping data is created to map flow IDs associated with flows to the NIC Tx queues used to forward the packets associated with the flows.
US10237170B2	Flow switch, controller and relay apparatus A flow switch stores a plurality of pairs of a protocol message for a communication protocol used in a data plane communication and an identifier of the protocol message. The flow switch applies any one of the stored protocol messages to the data plane communication, and applies an identifier corresponding to a protocol message of a flow control target in the data plane to a control plane communication for a controller.
US10237166B2	Topological learning method and apparatus for OPENFLOW network cross conventional IP network A topological learning method and apparatus for an OPENFLOW network cross a conventional Internet Protocol (IP) network. The method includes obtaining, by a controller, M OPENFLOW switch (OFS) ports connected to a same conventional IP network, determining whether there is a logical switch corresponding to the conventional IP network, if the controller determines that there is no logical switch corresponding to the conventional IP network, creating and storing the information about the logical switch, where the information about the logical switch includes related information of the M OFS ports, and related information of each OFS port includes link information in a direction from the port to the logical switch and/or link information in a direction from the logical switch to the port, and managing, by the controller, the logical switch as a common OPENFLOW switch of an OPENFLOW network.
US10237165B2	Data traffic management system and method A data traffic management system and method is described. Embodiments of the data traffic management system and method can include creating a plurality of tunnels in a communications network between a data center and a remote network. A failover solution of tearing down a tunnel when an issue is detected and immediately transferring data traffic to a second tunnel is provided. The plurality of data tunnels can be continuously monitored to ensure a viable data tunnel is available when a primary data tunnel fails.
US10237164B2	Inter-provider network architecture An inter-provider network architecture system is disclosed. In particular, the system may enable a service provider network and a partner network to take advantage of each other's network cores, such that the resources of the service provider network and the partner network may be more effectively utilized to service customers of both networks. By doing so, not only can the service provider network and the partner network take advantage of each other's network resources, but they can also give each other's customers broader network reach into regions that are not typically serviced by their own networks. The service provider network may effectively accomplish this by providing a limited view of the service provider network to the partner network, or vice versa, so that traffic and data can flow between the networks without each network having to be fully aware of each other's entire network topologies.
US10237163B2	Static route advertisement A network device operable as a provide edge router is described. The network device comprises one or more processors operably coupled to a memory; a configuration interface configured for execution by the one or more processors to receive configuration data configuring the network device as a provider edge router of an intermediate layer 3 network to provide multi-homed layer 2 virtual bridge connectivity to a customer edge device using an active-standby mode of operation; and a routing process configured for execution by the one or more processors to send, to a remote provider edge router in response to determining the network device is able to send layer 2 packets to the customer edge device, a route advertisement that includes a static route specifying a layer 3 address of the customer edge device as a next-hop for a layer 3 subnet.
US10237161B2	System and method for dynamically testing networked target systems A method and system for conducting performance hybrid traffic testing of a networked target system (NTS) are disclosed. The method comprises initializing at least one private cloud source (PRCS) to generate traffic within a private network security system (PRNSS); initializing at least one public cloud source (PUCS) to generate traffic outside of the PRNSS; customizing the traffic within the PRNSS and the traffic outside of the PRNSS; gathering information respective of the performance of the at least one PUCS and the at least one PRCS; and generating a performance testing report respective of the gathered information.
US10237160B2	Distributed monitoring and control of network components A distributed monitoring system and a computer-implemented method monitors and controls locally situated network components through a monitoring and control device or processor querying the network component operating parameters and sending control commands for controlling the parameters queried. Reports of the status of the monitored network components are periodically generated from throughout the network and sent to a remotely located status viewing station configured to generate a monitoring interface and display the operational status of the network based on the status reports. If necessary, the status viewing station automatically transmits instructions, or a user enters instructions into the status viewing station, for instructing action be taken by the monitoring and control device or processor, e.g., to adjust one or more operating parameters queried. The distributed monitoring system may be particularly useful in monitoring and managing the health of a digital signage network.
US10237159B2	Computer system and method of controlling computer system A large-scale computer system including a plurality of nodes is controlled to improve its system performance without aggregating data in a single site. There is provided a computer system including a plurality of computers, wherein a processor: detects a trigger to calculate a control value for controlling a process to be performed by the computer; identifies a target computer for which an evaluation value is obtained; calculates the evaluation value of its own computer; obtains the evaluation value from the target computer; calculates a first point using at least one of the evaluation value of its own computer and the evaluation value of the target computer; obtains a second point from the target computer; calculates the control value using the first point and the second point; and controls the process performed by the computer based on the control value.
US10237152B2	Packet loss detection method, apparatus, and system Embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of communications technologies and disclose a packet loss detection method, an apparatus, and a system. The method includes: collecting, by a first network device according to packets sent to a second network device, statistics on a first result corresponding to each group of packets, one first result includes a quantity of packets in one group of packets and a section identifier of the group of packets, each group of packets includes multiple packets, and multiple packets are continuously sent by first network device and belong to a section corresponding to a section identifier of the group of packet; sending, by first network device, first result corresponding to each group of packets to a controller according to a preset rule, so that controller determines whether a packet in the packets sent by first network device to second network device is lost.
US10237147B2	Heuristic network traffic classification using byte-distributions A network device has counters that are configured to generate for a plurality of byte positions in a specified portion of data packets, a count indicative of a correspondence of a value found at the byte position corresponding to a rule such that occurrences of predetermined byte values in the plurality of byte positions may be counted. A packet classifier is configured to receive from the counters a number of byte values corresponding to the rules and to classify data packets based on the analysis.
US10237146B2	Adaptive ambient services Adaptive ambient services are provided. In some embodiments, an adaptive ambient service includes providing an ambient service profile. In some embodiments, an ambient service includes implementing an ambient service profile for assisting control of the communications device use of an ambient service on a wireless network, in which the ambient service profile includes a plurality of service policy settings, and in which the ambient service profile is associated with an ambient service plan that provides for initial access to the ambient service with limited service capabilities prior to activation of a new service plan; monitoring use of the ambient service based on the ambient service profile; and adapting the ambient service profile based on the monitored use of the ambient service.
US10237124B2	Network operation, administration, and maintenance (OAM) method, apparatus, and system This application discloses a network operation, administration, and maintenance (OAM) method, an apparatus, and a system. The method includes: receiving a fault alarm message sent by an MP, where the fault alarm message includes fault information; determining according to the fault alarm message, a first maintenance set to which the MP belongs, where the first maintenance set includes MPs using a first OAM technology; querying an OAM database, to obtain a second maintenance set interacting with the first maintenance set, where the second maintenance set includes MPs using a second OAM technology; and sending a fault notification message to all MPs in the second maintenance set or an MP that is determined according to a policy in the second maintenance set. Therefore, a related fault alarm may be centrally notified on a management plane, and is decoupled from a specific OAM technology, thereby greatly reducing an implementation difficulty.
US10237120B2	Systems, devices, and methods for detecting Ethernet segment failure in an Ethernet virtual private network Systems, devices, and methods for detecting an Ethernet segment failure in an Ethernet virtual private network (EVPN) are described herein. An example method can include monitoring for failure of an Ethernet segment, establishing a bidirectional forwarding detection (BFD) session with a remote peer, and transmitting a BFD control packet to the remote peer over a network. The BFD control packet can include a notification of the failure of the Ethernet segment.
US10237119B2	Decomposing events from managed infrastructures using graph entropy An event clustering system includes an extraction engine in communication with a managed infrastructure. A sigalizer engine includes one or more of an NMF engine, a k-means clustering engine and a topology proximity engine. The sigalizer engine determines one or more common steps from events and produces clusters relating to events. The sigalizer engine determines one or more common characteristics of events and produces clusters of events relating to the failure or errors in the managed infrastructure. Membership in a cluster indicates a common factor of the events that is a failure or an actionable problem in the physical hardware managed infrastructure directed to supporting the flow and processing of information. In response to production of the clusters one or more physical changes in a managed infrastructure hardware is made, where the hardware supports the flow and processing of information.
US10237116B2	Data combiner and splitter In a network coupling redundant controllers to a control system, an electronic device is provided. The device comprises a first interface coupled to the control system addressed using a unique medium access control (MAC) address, a second interface coupled to a first redundant controller, and a third interface coupled to a second redundant controller. The device receives a first message via the first interface and transmits the first message via the second interface and via the third interface. The device receives a second message via the second interface and transmits the second message via the first interface. The device receives a third message via the third interface and transmits the third message via the first interface.
US10237114B2	Transmitter A transmitter device comprises a first predistortion circuit and a second predistortion circuit having at least one correction stage provided with a correction path for determining a correction term. The correction term for each source signal is a function of a corresponding symbol of a predefined constellation for each source signal and of the output of a model having a circuit to emulate modulation means and the second predistortion circuit, a circuit to emulate a non-linear transmission link over which a predistorted version of an aggregate pulse-shaped signal is to be transmitted for amplitude levels before saturation of an AM/AM characteristic of the transmission link occurs and to emulate the non-linear transmission link for amplitude levels beyond saturation of the AM/AM characteristic, and a circuit to emulate demodulation means.
US10237107B2	Multi-beam MIMO antenna systems and methods This application proposes multi-beam antenna systems using spherical lens with high isolation between antenna ports and compatible to 2×2, 4×4, 8×8 MIMO transceivers. Several compact multi-band, multi-beam solutions (with wideband operation, 40%+, in each band) are achieved by creating dual-band radiators movable on a track around one or more spherical lenses and by placing lower band radiators between spherical lenses. By using secondary lenses for high band radiators, coupling between low band and high band radiators is reduced. Beam tilt range and side lobe suppression are improved through phase shifting and/or a rotational angle of radiators. A wide beam tilt range (0-40 degree) can be achieved via the proposed multi-beam antenna systems. Each beam can be independently tilted. Based on proposed single and multi-lens antenna solutions, cell coverage improvements and stadium tribune coverage optimization are also achieved, together with a reduction in interference.
US10237105B2	Multiplexing uplink transmissions with transmit diversity with single carrier waveform Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described that support multiplexing uplink transmissions with transmit diversity with a single carrier waveform. Two or more UEs may be configured to use space time block codes (STBC) for transmissions using multiple uplink antennas. A first UE may be configured to use a first STBC for a first uplink transmission. An orthogonal cover code (OCC), such as a Walsh code, may be applied to the first STBC to generate a second STBC, and a second UE may use the second STBC for a second uplink transmission. The first UE and the second UE may concurrently transmit the first uplink transmission and the second uplink transmission. The first STBC and the second STBC may be applied across multiple OFDM symbols, or may be applied within an OFDM symbol on a modulated symbol level.
US10237104B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving reference signal in wireless communication system The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for transmitting and receiving a reference signal in a wireless communication system. In the method, in order to dynamically switch an uplink (UL) Demodulation-Reference Signal (DM-RS) according to the communication environment, such as CoMP and MU-MIMO, a parameter set for generation of a reference signal sequence is configured to include a Virtual Cell Identifier (VCID) parameter configured by information of a total of 9 bits and a cyclic shift hopping initial value parameter cinitCSH, which is 9-bit information representing one integer value among 510 integer values. Therefore, it may be possible to achieve dynamic transmission or reception of a reference signal and channel estimation through the dynamic transmission or reception of the reference signal even when the communication environment dynamically changes as in a Cooperative Multiple Point transmission and reception (CoMP) scenario.
US10237103B2	Changing cyclic prefix (CP) length based on precoder mode selection Aspects provide for selecting a precoder mode for a transmission, changing a cyclic prefix (CP) length based on the selected precoder mode, and transmitting a signal that includes the changed CP length. Changing the CP length may involve using the selected precoder mode to lookup a value by which to change a nominal CP length. After changing the CP length, information indicating the changed CP length may be transmitted to a receiver of the signal. Precoder mode selection may be based on feedback information that indicates whether a receiver requests a change to the CP length. Precoder mode selection may be based on a received reference signal that indicates a condition of a communication channel. The reference signal may be used to select the precoder mode that results in the smallest relative delay spread, the largest relative delay spread compression, the largest relative beamforming gain, and/or the largest relative throughout.
US10237097B2	Worst case eye for multi-level pulse amplitude modulated links This application discloses a computing system to perform a fast evaluation of a worst case eye diagram for a channel capable of communicating signals encoding data in more than two value levels. The computing system can identify multiple step responses of the channel, each corresponding to a transition between a plurality of the value levels. The computing system can determine distribution boundaries of the signals at each of the value levels based, at least in part, on the step responses of the channel. The computing system can utilize the distribution boundaries at the value levels to determine boundaries of eye openings between adjacent value levels or to build worst case input patterns used to generate the worst case eye diagram for the channel. The computing system can predict a signal integrity of the channel based on the distribution boundaries at each of the value levels.
US10237093B2	Method and apparatus for PIC channel estimator considering weight A method and an apparatus apply an adaptive weight in a wireless communication system. In the method, channel estimation is performed. A weighting factor that reduces a Mean Square Error (MSE) is determined with respect to a channel in a specific section. A channel estimate value is multiplied by the weighting factor.
US10237089B2	Packet tunneling method, switching device, and control device A packet tunneling method, a switching device, and a control device are provided. The method includes: a switching device receives a tunnel flow table entry delivered by the control device, where the tunnel flow table entry is used to determine a to-be-tunneled packet and indicate a tunneling operation to be performed on the to-be-tunneled packet; determines according to the tunnel flow table entry, whether the received first packet is the to-be-tunneled packet; and when the first packet is the to-be-tunneled packet, and tunnels the first packet according to the tunnel flow table entry. Because the switching device supports a tunnel flow table, when a packet is transmitted in a mobile packet network by using the OpenFlow protocol, tunnel encapsulation or decapsulation can be performed on the packet by using the tunnel flow table entry delivered by the control device, thereby enhancing a packet processing capability in the mobile packet network.
US10237077B2	Method for protected communication of a vehicle A method for protected communication by a vehicle which includes generating a key pair consisting of a private key and a public key and/or of one or more symmetric keys for the vehicle or for a controller of the vehicle in the area of influence of the vehicle manufacturer, generating a first certificate using the key pair, introducing the key pair and the first certificate and/or the symmetric key into the vehicle or the controller, authenticating the vehicle or the controller to a new communication partner by generation of a new key pair for this communication path and sending a signed message together with the certificate, and authenticating a new communication partner to the vehicle or the controller using a signed message and a public key, which are produced by the new communication partner on the basis of a certification by the vehicle manufacturer.
US10237074B2	Redactable document signatures In one implementation, a redactable document signature system includes an encoding engine, a reordering engine, and a signature engine. The encoding engine is to access a plurality of subdocuments of a document, to generate a plurality of commitment values from the plurality of subdocuments, and to generate a plurality of dummy values. Each dummy value is indistinguishable from a commitment value. The reordering engine is to define an order of the plurality of commitment values and the plurality of dummy values independent of an order of the subdocuments. The signature engine is to calculate a signature value for the document using the plurality of commitment values and the plurality of dummy values according to the order.
US10237063B2	Distributed cryptographic key insertion and key delivery A method of producing a secure integrated circuit (IC), including: loading the IC with a unique identification number (UID); loading the IC with a key derivation data (KDD) that is based upon a secret value K and the UID; producing a secure application configured with a manufacturer configuration parameter (MCP) and the secret value K and configured to receive the UID from the IC; producing a manufacturer diversification parameter (MDP) based upon the MCP and the secret value K and loading the MDP into the IC; wherein secure IC is configured to calculate a device specific key (DSK) based upon the received MDP and the KDD, and wherein the secure application calculates the DSK based upon the MCP, K, and the received UID.
US10237059B2	Diversified instruction set processing to enhance security Disclosed are devices, systems, apparatus, methods, products, and other implementations, including a method that includes receiving a block of information from non-processor memory at an interface between the non-processor memory and processor memory comprising two or more processor memory levels, determining whether the block of information received from the non-processor memory at the interface corresponds to encrypted instruction code, and decrypting the block of information at the interface between the non-processor memory and the processor memory for storage in one of the two or more levels of the processor memory in response to a determination that the received block of information corresponds to the encrypted instruction code. The block of information is stored at the one of the two or more levels of the processor memory without being decrypted when the received block of information is determined to correspond to data.
US10237056B2	Multi-pulse communication using spreading sequences Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method of communicating by a transmitter. Embodiments of the method may include creating information to be used by a receiver to define a spreading sequence for a subsequent packet, coding the information into a current communications packet, and transmitting the current communications packet.
US10237053B2	Semiconductor device and data synchronization method A semiconductor device that receives input data synchronized with a first clock signal and generates output data synchronized with a second clock signal, includes a clock delay circuit that generates first and second delay clock signals, first and second synchronized retrieval circuits that respectively retrieve the input data at timings when each of logical values of the second clock signal and second delay clock signal being switched, to respectively obtain first and second retrieved data, and a clock value retrieval circuit that retrieves a value of the first clock signal at timings when the second clock signal and first delay clock signal respectively switch from the first logical value to the second logical value, to respectively output first and second clock values, and an output circuit that outputs, as the output data, the first or second retrieved data, depending on a value of the first and second clock values.
US10237049B2	Full-duplex communication method in WLAN system and apparatus A method includes: obtaining, by an access point (AP), use permission of a channel; determining, by the AP after obtaining the use permission of the channel, scheduling information for a station (STA) participating in full-duplex transmission, where the scheduling information includes information about a first station that performs uplink transmission on the channel and information about a second station that performs downlink transmission on the channel at the same time, or the scheduling information includes information about a third station that simultaneously performs uplink and downlink transmission on the channel; and sending, by the AP, a trigger frame, where the trigger frame includes the scheduling information.
US10237047B2	Full duplex communication method and associated radio base station The present disclosure provides a full duplex communication method implemented by a Radio Base Station (RBS) supporting Time Division Duplex (TDD) scheme and the associated RBS. The method comprises configuring a first logic cell and a second logic cell for the RBS by specifying a first downlink/uplink (DL/UL) configuration corresponding to the first logic cell and a second, different DL/UL configuration corresponding to the second logic cell. The method also comprises transmitting a first wireless signal to a first UE associated with one of the first and the second logic cells and receiving a second wireless signal from a second UE associated with the other of the first and the second logic cells simultaneously in a subframe, which is allocated for DL communication according to one of the first and the second DL/UL configurations corresponding to the one of the first and the second logic cells and is allocated for UL communication according to the other of the first and the second DL/UL configurations corresponding to the other of the first and the second logic cells. Self-interference suppression is performed to suppress interference from the transmission of the first wireless signal to the reception of the second wireless signal.
US10237045B2	Method for allocating a transmission mode to a user equipment and apparatus thereof It is described a method for allocating a transmission mode to a user equipment for a radio transmission within a cellular network between the user equipment and a base station, wherein the user equipment is adapted to communicate with the base station in the allocated transmission mode via a communication channel. The method includes determining, by the base station, an information being indicative for a quality of the communication channel, receiving, by the base station, a feedback information from the user equipment being indicative for the quality of the communication channel, determining a compensation value based on the information and the feedback information, wherein the compensation value is adapted for compensating a difference between the information and the feedback information, determining an adapted transmission mode for the user equipment based on the compensation value, and allocating the adapted transmission mode to the user equipment.
US10237038B2	Information transmission method, device, and system The present invention discloses an information transmission method, a device, and a system, which relates to the communications field, so as to resolve a prior-art problem that a receive end cannot determine a quantity of OFDMs included in an incomplete subframe, and cannot correctly receive the incomplete subframe. A specific solution is as follows: A network device determines one or more PHICH resources of a first subframe, where the one or more physical hybrid automatic repeat request indicator channel PHICH resources indicate a quantity of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing OFDM symbols included in a second subframe on an unlicensed carrier; and the network device sends the first subframe and the second subframe to user equipment. The present invention is used for information transmission.
US10237035B2	Operation method of communication node supporting superposition transmission in cellular communication system Disclosed are operation methods of communication nodes supporting superposition transmission in a cellular communication system. An operation method of a base station comprises dividing a transmission block used for communications in the communication system into a plurality of sub transmission blocks each of which includes at least one resource block; setting transmit power allocation coefficients respectively for the plurality of sub transmission blocks; and transmitting the transmission block to which a superimposed signal is mapped, the superimposed signal including information indicating a number of resource blocks included in each of the plurality of sub transmission blocks, information indicating the transmit power allocation coefficients, first data units for the first terminal, and second data units for the second terminal. The first data units and the second data units are mapped to a same resource in the transmission block.
US10237034B2	Device and method for transmitting feedback information in wireless communication system The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). A terminal in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a controller for determining a first size corresponding to a number of bits allocated for a first PMI (precoding matrix indicator) and a second size corresponding to a number of bits allocated for a second PMI; and a transmitting unit for transmitting feedback information, including the first PMI corresponding to the first size and the second PMI corresponding to the second size, to a base station.
US10237033B2	Method for determining pilot symbol position, user equipment and base station A method for determining pilot symbol position, a user equipment and a base station, the method includes: determining a pattern of candidate pilot symbol positions for an uplink sTTI (shortened Transmission Time Interval) transmission in an uplink sub-frame; receiving an uplink grant from a base station, where the uplink grant is used to schedule the uplink sTTI transmission; and determining at least one pilot symbol position for an uplink sTTI based on the pattern of candidate pilot symbol positions and position indication information in the uplink grant. Technical solutions of the present disclosure can reduce bit overhead in a process of determining pilot symbol position.
US10237032B2	Adaptive channel state information reference signal configurations for a 5G wireless communication network or other next generation network In mixed numerology case, the performance of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) can be improved by multiplexing PDSCH of one numerology with the channel state information reference signals (CSI-RS) of the other numerology and use of an advanced receiver. However, due to the interference from the PDSCH of the other numerology, the channel estimation for the underlying UE can be impacted if the CSI-RS is corrupted. An adaptive CSI-RS configuration can be deployed where the CSI-RS density is adapted based on the PDSCH transmission of the other numerology. Namely, based on the scheduling decision of the other numerology, the CSI-RS density can be changed. Thus, the impact on channel estimation can be minimized when the data channel of one numerology is multiplexed with the CSI-RS of the other numerology.
US10237030B2	Communicating hybrid automatic repeat/request (HARQ) feedback in wireless communications Various aspects described herein relate to transmitting hybrid automatic repeat/request (HARQ) feedback. A HARQ communication can be received over a set of one or more links based on a first scheduling grant. One or more interference parameters related to receiving the HARQ communication can be determined as well as one or more predicted interference parameters for a next HARQ communication. HARQ feedback can be transmitted for the HARQ communication including the one or more interference parameters and the one or more predicted interference parameters.
US10237028B2	Method and arrangement for inter-cell interference coordination using precoding/beamforming Network nodes and methods therein for inter cell interference coordination. A method in a base station BS1 comprises receiving, from a neighboring base station BS2, an indicator A, related to estimated spatial properties of a radio channel over which the neighboring base station has received a radio signal from the base station BS1. The method further comprises receiving, from a UE served by the base station, an indicator B related to estimated spatial properties of a radio channel over which the UE has received a radio signal from the base station BS1. The method further comprises determining a correlation based on indicator A and indicator B; and adapting a transmission to the UE, based on properties of the correlation. By performing the method, the base station BS1 enables control of interference subjected towards the neighboring base station BS2 caused by downlink transmission to the UE.
US10237026B2	Beamforming feedback tone/sub-carrier location within wireless communications A wireless communication device (alternatively, device, WDEV, etc.) includes at least one processing circuitry configured to support communications with other WDEV(s) and to generate and process signals for such communications. In some examples, the device includes a communication interface and a processing circuitry, among other possible circuitries, components, elements, etc. to support communications with other WDEV(s) and to generate and process signals for such communications. The WDEV receives a null data packet (NDP) announcement frame that specifies a sub-carrier (SC) or tone grouping factor, a communication channel bandwidth, and other WDEV(s) to respond with beamforming feedback. The WDEV process the NDP announcement frame to determine it is to respond, and if so, then receives a NDP sounding frame that includes long training fields (LTFs) and pilots at predetermined locations and generates beamforming feedback of communication channel estimates at SCs as determined based on a sub-carrier roster look up table (LUT).
US10237025B2	Detecting data in multiantenna wireless communication systems A multiple-input multiple output (MIMO) wireless receiver is provided to detect data in MIMO streams received via a multi-antenna system. A filter based detector performs a first pass at decoding codewords in a MIMO bitstream, and then a parity check is performed to determine that the codewords were decoded correctly. If one or more codewords are decoded correctly, those codewords can be used as a candidate codeword and used to generate a bit log likelihood ratio as an input for a second MIMO detector pass which uses a list based MIMO detector. The first pass with a high speed, simple detector facilitates decreasing the list size for the second, optimum list based detector which helps improve overall throughput.
US10237019B2	Variable transport format parameters for fast acknowledgment feedback mechanism A first communication node (110) receives a stream of code blocks from a second communication node (120) over an acknowledged connection (131.). The first communication node processes the received code blocks in accordance with at least one transport format parameter, TFP, detects errors in received code blocks, and transmits an acknowledgment in respect of groups of code blocks indicating whether at least one error was detected in the group. A first subset of the code blocks of a group are transmitted (e.g., modulated and demodulated) in accordance with a first TFP value, and a remainder of the code blocks are transmitted in accordance with a second TFP value. Because the first and second TFP values are independent, it is possible either to shorten the necessary processing time in the first communication node or, in connection with a predictive acknowledgment mechanism, to make the receiving-side processing of code blocks that do not contribute to the value of the transmitted acknowledgment more robust.
US10237015B2	Transmission method, reception method, transmission device and reception device One coding method is selected from a plurality of coding methods per data symbol group, an information sequence is encoded by using the selected coding method. The plurality of coding methods includes at least a first coding method and a second coding method. The first coding method is a coding method with a first coding rate for generating a first codeword as a first encoded sequence by using a first parity check matrix. The second coding method is a coding method with a second coding rate different from the first coding rate and obtained after puncturing processing, where a second encoded sequence is generated by performing the puncturing processing on a second codeword by using a second parity check matrix different from the first parity check matrix. A number of bits of the first encoded sequence is equal to a number of bits of the second encoded sequence.
US10237012B2	Portable countermeasure device against unmanned systems A portable countermeasure device is provided comprising one or more directional antennae, one or more disruption components and at least one activator. The portable countermeasure device further comprises a body, with the directional antennae are affixed to a front portion of the body. The one or more disruption components may be externally or internally mounted to the device body. The portable countermeasure device is aimed at a specific drone, the activator is engaged, and disruptive signals are directed toward the drone, disrupting the control, navigation, and other signals to and from the drone.
US10237010B2	Method and apparatus of constructing interference component and estimating channel for multicarrier systems with non-orthogonal waveform A system and method for constructing an interference component using a detected data symbol and an estimated channel response in a non-orthogonal system and a method of estimating a channel using a structure of the non-orthogonal system and the interference component are provided. The system includes a receiver that receives a reference signal and data transmitted from a transmitter; detects adjacent data symbols around the reference signal; estimates an initial channel state; constructs the interference signal based on the adjacent data symbols and the initial channel state; estimates the channel state on the basis of the constructed interference signal; and perform an iterative process of reconstructing the interference signal based on the basis of the estimated channel state and re-estimates the channel state based on the reconstructed interference signal.
US10237008B2	Synchronization with different clock transport protocols A bridge element is provided for establishing clock synchronization across network elements including a first network element using a first clock synchronization transport protocol and a second network element using a second clock synchronization transport protocol different from the first clock synchronization transport protocol. The bridge element includes a port, a protocol translation port and an interconnect structure. The port may receive a clock synchronization signal from the first network element using the first clock synchronization protocol. The interconnect structure may receive the clock synchronization signal from the port. The protocol translation port may receive the clock synchronization signal from the interconnect structure, translate the clock synchronization signal between the first clock synchronization transport protocol and the second clock synchronization transport protocol, and provide the translated clock synchronization signal to the second network element using the second clock synchronization protocol.
US10236998B1	Interference-cancellation-based CCA adjustment Embodiments herein describe a distributed system that includes a central controller coupled to a plurality of separate radio heads. Each of the radio heads is coupled to the central controller via respective wired backends (e.g., cables). The radio heads includes one or more transceivers (e.g., radios) and antennas for wireless communicating with client devices. In the embodiments herein, the central controller can perform a variant of CCA to determine if a first one of the radio head can transmit wireless signals to, or receive wireless signals from, a first client device while a second radio head is communicating with a second client device using a combination of RTS/CTS, channel sensing, and interference cancellation techniques.
US10236996B2	Method and system for large silicon photonic interposers by stitching Methods and systems for large silicon photonic interposers by stitching are disclosed and may include, in an integrated optical communication system including CMOS electronics die coupled to a silicon photonic interposer, where the interposer includes a plurality of reticle sections: communicating an optical signal between two of the plurality of reticle sections utilizing a waveguide. The waveguide may include a taper region at a boundary between the two reticle sections, the taper region expanding an optical mode of the communicated optical signal prior to the boundary and narrowing the optical mode after the boundary. A continuous wave (CW) optical signal may be received in a first of the reticle sections from an optical source external to the interposer. The CW optical signal may be received in the interposer from an optical source assembly coupled to a grating coupler in the first of the reticle sections in the silicon photonic interposer.
US10236994B2	Circuit for multi-path interference mitigation in an optical communication system A circuit and method for mitigating multi-path interference in direct detection optical systems is provided. Samples of an optical signal having a pulse amplitude modulated (PAM) E-field are processed by generating a PAM level for each sample. For each sample, the sample is subtracted from the respective PAM level to generate a corresponding error sample. The error samples are lowpass filtered to produce estimates of multi-path interference (MPI). For each sample, one of the estimates of MPI is combined with the sample to produce an interference-mitigated sample.

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