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US10238726B2	Peptides and combination of peptides for use in immunotherapy against CLL and other cancers The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules.
US10238721B2	Therapeutic acid ceramidase compositions and methods of making and using them The present invention relates to a therapeutic composition including a ceramidase mixture and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, where the ceramidase mixture includes an inactive acid ceramidase precursor and an active acid ceramidase. The invention also relates to a method of acid ceramidase treatment, including formulating the acid ceramidase used in said treatment as a ceramidase mixture, where the ceramidase mixture includes an inactive acid ceramidase precursor and an active acid ceramidase. The invention further relates to a method of producing a therapeutic composition including providing a medium containing an inactive acid ceramidase precursor; incubating the medium under conditions effective to transform a portion of the inactive acid ceramidase precursor to active acid ceramidase; and recovering the incubated medium as a ceramidase mixture comprising the inactive acid ceramidase precursor and an active acid ceramidase. The present invention also relates to preparation of a therapeutic composition of a ceramidase lacking acid sphingomyelinase.
US10238720B2	Stabilized liquid and lyophilized ADAMTS13 formulations The present invention relates to formulations of ADAMTS13 with enhanced or desirable properties. As such, the invention provides liquid and lyophilized formulations of ADAMTS13 that are suitable for pharmaceutical administration. Among other aspects, the present invention also provides methods of treating various diseases and conditions related to VWF and/or ADAMTS13 dysfunction in a subject. Also provided herein are kits comprising ADAMTS13 formulations useful for the treatment of various diseases and conditions.
US10238719B2	Compositions and kits for enzymatic debridement and methods of using the same A debridement enzyme for necrotic tissue is described that is not dependent upon proteolytic enzymatic activity but instead utilizes the amylase family of enzymes. The amylases (α-, β-, γ-amylase) are noted for the cleavage of the α-glycosidic bonds of polysaccharides, yielding lower molecular weight carbohydrate/sugar fragments. It has now been found that α-amylase is effective in the debridement of devitalized tissue.
US10238715B2	Methods for treating or reducing the risk of arthritis in a subject by administering gelsolin The invention relates to the use of gelsolin to treat inflammatory diseases (e.g., rheumatoid arthritis) and to the use of gelsolin to diagnose, monitor, and evaluate therapies of inflammatory diseases (e.g., rheumatoid arthritis).
US10238713B2	Cyclic tetrapeptides and therapeutic applications thereof There are provided compounds of formula I: wherein k, m, n, p, R, R′, R″, R′″, R3, R4, R7 and R8 are as defined in the application. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
US10238708B2	Sebum control and anti-acne composition Compositions that include Psidium guajava fruit extract or Kunzea ericoides leaf extract or both for reducing sebum production in sebaceous glands are disclosed.
US10238706B1	Condensible gas botanical extraction systems and methods An apparatus for the extraction of compounds from botanical material using a condensable gas solvent includes an extraction chamber wherein the feedstock is extracted while in a frozen state.
US10238705B2	Pharmaceutical composition and method of manufacturing The present invention provides for methods of obtaining an extract of Cannabis plant material as well as subsequent processing of the extract to provide a concentrate of Cannabis. The present invention also provides for pharmaceutical dosage forms (e.g., oral thin films and transdermal patches) that include the concentrate (or extract) of Cannabis, as well as methods of medical treatment that include administering the pharmaceutical dosage forms.
US10238703B2	Nutritional supplements affecting mood state Nutritional supplement compositions for mood enhancement are disclosed. A nutritional supplement composition can include one or more of plant material from pine bark, plant material from a species of the genus Ephedra, caffeine, green tea, octopamine, quercetin, trimethylglycine, yohimbine, and niacin. Some nutritional supplement compositions may affect heart rate, blood pressure, and/or resting metabolic rate when ingested. Related processes are also disclosed.
US10238699B2	Tropic cell based virotherapy for the treatment of cancer In some embodiments, methods of killing tumor cells are provided. The methods may include contacting the tumor cell with a tropic cell that carries a modified oncolytic virus, wherein the virus comprises a tumor selective element and/or a capsid protein that binds a tumor-specific cell surface molecule. In another embodiment, methods of treating cancer are provided. The methods may include administering a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition to a subject, wherein the pharmaceutical composition includes a tropic cell that carries a modified oncolytic virus, wherein the virus comprises a tumor selective promoter element and/or a capsid protein that binds a tumor-specific cell surface molecule.
US10238697B2	Lactococcus lactis producing TSLP or IL-25 and their uses as probiotics and therapeutics The present invention relates to recombinant Lactococcus lactis bacteria expressing and secreting TSLP or IL-25 or a combination thereof, and their use as probiotics or therapeutic agents, especially for use in the treatment of inflammatory diseases and disorders.
US10238692B2	Composition comprising a culture solution of mesenchymal stem cells for the treatment of neural diseases Provided are a pharmaceutical composition for prevention and treatment of a neural disease including at least one selected from the group consisting of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), a culture solution of the MSCs, activin A, PF4, decorin, galectin 3, GDF15, glypican 3, MFRP, ICAM5, IGFBP7, PDGF-AA, SPARCL1, thrombospondin-1, WISP1, progranulin, IL-4, a factor inducing expression thereof, and any combination thereof, and a method therefor.
US10238689B2	Methods for combating bacterial infections by killing persister cells with mitomycin C and/or cisplatin The present disclosure provides a method for killing persister cells with mitomycin C and/or cisplatin, or derivatives thereof. Recalcitrant infections are difficult to treat due to persister cells, a subpopulation of all bacterial populations that is highly tolerant against all traditional antibiotics since the cells are dormant and antibiotics are designed to kill growing cells. Here, we show that MMC and cisplatin eradicate persister cells through a growth-independent mechanism, cross-linking DNA. We find both agents are effective against both planktonic cultures and highly robust biofilm cultures for a broad range of bacterial species, including commensal Escherichia coli K-12 as well as pathogenic species of E. coli, Staphylococcus aureus, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. In certain approaches cisplatin is superior to MMC.
US10238688B2	Combination therapies for bladder cancer The disclosure provides drug combinations and methods for treating human bladder cancer. The drug combination may include mitomycin, or an analog thereof, cisplatin or an alternative platinum drug, and epirubicin or an alternative anthracycline drug and does not include gemcitabine.
US10238681B2	Micro-RNAs and compositions comprising same for the treatment and diagnosis of serotonin-, adrenalin-, noradrenalin-, glutamate-, and corticotropin-releasing hormone-associated medical conditions microRNAs and compositions comprising same for the treatment and diagnosis of serotonin-, adrenalin-, noradrenalin-, glutamate-, and corticotropin-releasing hormone-associated medical conditions are provided.
US10238667B2	Vitamin D receptor/SMAD genomic circuit gates fibrotic response The present disclosure provides compositions that include a nanoparticle and a compound that increases the biological activity of the vitamin D receptor (VDR) (e.g., a VDR agonist), and methods of using such compounds to increase retention or storage of vitamin A, vitamin D, and/or lipids by a cell, such as an epithelial or stellate cell. Such methods can be used to treat or prevent fibrosis.
US10238666B2	Pharmaceutical compositions and methods This invention relates the use of cortisol blockers (e.g., glucocorticoid receptor [GR] antagonists) for the treating or preventing viral infections, treating or preventing treatment resistant prostate cancer, treating or preventing neoplasia, and treating or preventing infection related to acute or chronic injury or disease.
US10238662B2	Needle assisted jet injection administration of testosterone compositions The present invention provides compositions and methods for treating a subject in need of treatment with testosterone, including introducing testosterone into the subject subcutaneously, intradermally, or intramuscularly, from a needle assisted jet injection device.
US10238660B2	Organic compounds The present invention relates to a new use of phosphodiesterase 1 (PDE1) inhibitors for the treatment of psychosis, schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, schizophreniform disorder, psychotic disorder, delusional disorder, mania, or bipolar disorder.
US10238656B2	Combination therapy for cancer The present invention provides preparation of medicaments for use in treating and methods of treating non-small cell lung cancer in a patient comprising: [5-(4-ethyl-piperazin-1-ylmethyl)-pyridin-2-yl]-[5-fluoro-4-(7-fluoro-3-isopropyl-2-methyl-3H-benzoimidazol-5-yl)-pyrimidin-2-yl]-amine, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, in combination, as further described herein, with an anti-VEGFR2 antibody, preferably, ramucirumab.
US10238652B2	Compounds for treatment of cancer The present invention relates to compounds as inhibitor of WNT signal transduction pathway, as well as a composition comprising the same. Further, the present invention relates to the use of the compounds in the treatment of cancer.
US10238651B2	Aripiprazole formulations having increased injection speeds The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of Formula (I) that are useful for the intramuscular delivery of antipsychotic drugs using rapid injection rates.
US10238646B2	Methods for treating pruritus The present invention relates to methods for treating pruritus with anti-pruritic compositions.
US10238645B2	Lower dosage strength imiquimod formulations and short dosing regimens for treating genital and perianal warts Pharmaceutical formulations and methods for the topical or transdermal delivery of 1isobutyl-1H-imidazo[4,5-c]-quinolin-4-amine or 1-(2-methylpropyl)-1H-imidazo[4,5 c]quinolin-4-amine, i.e., imiquimod, to treat genital/perianal warts with shorter durations of therapy than currently prescribed for the commercially available for Aldara® 5% imiquimod cream, as now approved by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (“FDA”), are disclosed and described. More specifically, lower dosage strength imiquimod formulations to deliver an efficacious dose of imiquimod for treating genital/perianal warts with an acceptable safety profile and dosing regimens that are shorter and more convenient for patient use than the dosing regimen currently approved by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (“FDA”) for Aldara® 5% imiquimod cream to treat genital/perianal warts are also disclosed and described.
US10238644B2	2×2×2 week dosing regimen for treating acting keratosis with pharmaceutical compositions formulated with 3.75% imiquimod Pharmaceutical formulations and methods for the topical or transdermal delivery of 1-isobutyl-1H-imidazo[4,5-c]-quinolin-4-amine or 1-(2-methylpropyl)-1H-imidazo[4,5-c]quinolin-4-amine, i.e., imiquimod, to treat actinic keratosis with short durations of therapy, than currently prescribed for the commercially available Aldara® 5% imiquimod cream, as now approved by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (“FDA”), are disclosed and described. More specifically, lower dosage strength imiquimod formulations to deliver an efficacious dose of imiquimod for treating actinic keratosis with an acceptable safety profile and dosing regimens that are short and more convenient for patient use than the dosing regimen currently approved by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (“FDA”) for Aldara® 5% imiquimod cream to treat actinic keratosis are also disclosed and described.
US10238643B2	Methods and compositions for treatment of disorders ameliorated by muscarinic receptor activation Methods for the treatment of CNS disorders using combinations of muscarinic activators and inhibitors, and medicaments comprising muscarinic activators and inhibitors.
US10238642B2	Methods for treating neurogenic orthostatic hypotension The invention relates to methods for treating neurogenic orthostatic hypotension and symptoms thereof using 4-[2-(2,4,6-trifluorophenoxymethyl)phenyl]piperidine or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt thereof.
US10238641B2	Materials and methods for diagnosis, prevention and/or treatment of stress disorders and conditions associated with A-beta peptide aggregation The subject invention concerns materials and methods for treating and/or preventing diseases associated with accumulation of Aβ peptide in neural tissue. The subject invention also concerns materials and methods for treating and/or preventing stress disorders, such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In one embodiment, a method of the invention comprises administering a therapeutically effective amount of cotinine, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, to a person or animal in need of treatment. The methods of the invention can be used to prevent and/or treat Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and/or Down's syndrome. The subject invention also concerns compositions that comprise cotinine, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, diluent or adjuvant.The subject invention concerns materials and methods for detecting and diagnosing conditions associated with accumulation of Aβ peptide in neural tissue, such as Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease, using the chemical cotinine. In one embodiment, the method comprises administering cotinine labeled with a detectable label to a person or animal. The presence of labeled cotinine in neural tissue is then determined. The level and/or location of cotinine can be analyzed and a diagnosis made. The subject invention also concerns cotinine labeled with a detectable label. In one embodiment, the cotinine is labeled with a radioisotope that can be detected by Positron Emission Tomography (PET) or single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT).
US10238639B2	Azophenols as ERG oncogene inhibitors Selective azophenol inhibitors of a wild type or an altered ERG protein expression are described, where the inhibitors represent a compound of Formula (I) or Formula (II) wherein X, X1, X2, X3, X4 and X5, R1 through R4 and R9 are as described.
US10238634B2	Aqueous-based metronidazole gel formulations The present disclosure provides mucoadhesive aqueous-based gel formulations of metronidazole useful for a variety of purposes, including intravaginal application as a therapeutic approach towards the treatment of individuals suffering from and/or diagnosed with bacterial vaginosis.
US10238627B2	Compounds for treatment of angiogenesis-mediated diseases Synthetic cremastranone and cremastranone analogs are disclosed. Additionally, methods for synthesizing cremastranone and cremastranone analogs are disclosed. Methods of treating ocular neovascularization disorders and treating angiogenesis-mediated disease are also disclosed.
US10238625B2	Methods for the treatment of mast cell related disorders with mast cell stabilizers Methods for the treatment of systemic mast cell related disorders treatable with mast cell stabilizers, including mast cell related disorders, are provided.
US10238624B2	Composition for activating longevity genes, containing kojic acid derivative as active ingredient Disclosed is a composition for activating longevity genes, particularly, a Sirt-1, Klotho, XPD, ERCC8 or FoxO3a gene, containing a kojic acid derivative as an active ingredient. The composition activates longevity genes, thereby having anticancer, lifetime extension, skin moisturization or skin barrier strengthening effects.
US10238620B2	Methods of using low-dose doxepin for the improvement of sleep Methods of preventing early awakenings, and improving sleep efficiency in hours 7 and 8 of a period of sleep, by administration of low doses of doxepin (e.g., 1-6 mg).
US10238611B2	Methods, compounds, compositions and vehicles for delivering 3-amino-1-propanesulfonic acid The invention relates to methods, compounds, compositions and vehicles for delivering 3-amino-1-propanesulfonic acid (3APS) in a subject, preferably a human subject. The invention encompasses compound that will yield or generate 3APS, either in vitro or in vivo. Preferred compounds include amino acid prodrugs of 3APS for use, including but not limited to the prevention and treatment of Alzheimer's disease.
US10238609B2	Cyanide antidote compositions and methods of use Cyanide antidote compositions and methods of use are described herein. A cyanide antidote composition may include a sulfur analog, sulfur analog derivative, or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative of a sulfur analog.
US10238602B2	Protective effect of DMPC, DMPG, DMPC/DMPG, LysoPG and LysoPC against drugs that cause channelopathies The present invention includes compositions and methods for preventing one or more cardiac channelopathies or conditions resulting from irregularities or alterations in cardiac patterns caused by an active agent or a drug in a human or animal subject comprising: an amount of a phosphatidylglycerol adapted for oral administration effective to reduce or prevent one or more cardiac channelopathies or conditions resulting from irregularities or alterations in cardiac patterns caused by the active agent or drug, and one or more organoleptic, thixotropic, or both organoleptic and thixotropic agents.
US10238601B2	Particles for use in a pharmaceutical composition The invention provides a method of making a composition for inhalation which includes the step of mixing particles of additive material having a diameter of not more than 2 μm with active particles, wherein the additive material is suitable for promoting the dispersal of active particles upon aerolisation of a dry powder in a dry powder inhaler.
US10238597B2	Probiotic treatment of skin diseases, disorders, and infections: formulations, methods and systems The present invention teaches compositions, methods and kits for treating skin conditions, including dandruff. In various embodiments, the compositions include an effective amount of one or more probiotic microorganism of vaginal origin and/or a fraction thereof and/or a component of the metabolome for preventing and/or treating skin disorders of the scalp.
US10238595B2	Ablative, renewable, multi-functional protective coating for dental surfaces An oral care composition in the form of a toothpaste, tooth gel, dentifrice, tooth powder, prophy paste, mouthwash, rinse, tooth mousse, dental floss, chewing gum, soluble oral care strip or film for direct application or attachment to an oral surface, or lozenge for combating dental caries, erosion, hypersensitivity, and/or staining that includes an orally acceptable carrier and a copolymer of a first α, β-ethylenically unsaturated phosphate compound (A); and one or more α, β-ethylenically unsaturated co-monomers, at least one of which is other than an allyl-functional co-monomer, wherein (A) is an allyl phosphate compound of formula (A): [CH2═CH—CH2—O(R1O)a(R2O)b]xP(O)(OM)3-x (A) wherein, R1 is a substituted or unsubstituted (C2-C4) alkylene moiety; R2 is a substituted or unsubstituted (C2-C4) alkylene moiety; M is identical or different, hydrogen, alkali metal, ammonium, protonated alkyl amine, protonated alkanolamine, or protonated basic amino acid; X is 1 or 2, a is from 1 to 20; and b is from 0 to 20. Methods for combating dental caries, erosion, hypersensitivity, and/or staining are also provided.
US10238594B2	Antiperspirants having increased effectiveness The present disclosure relates to antiperspirant cosmetic agents, in the case of which the total amount of antiperspirant compounds can be clearly reduced without the antiperspirant effect of said agents or the storage stability of said agents being impaired, comprising—in each case with respect to the total weight of the antiperspirant cosmetic agent—a) 1 to 30 wt % of at least one antiperspirant compound, b) 0.1 to 10 wt % of salicylic acid, c) at least one compound of formula (I), in which n represents 0 or 1, X represents —H, Na+, K+, or NH4+, R1 is selected from —H, —COOX, or —(CH2)—COOX, R2 is selected from —H, C1-10 alkyl, or COOX, R3 is selected from —(CH2)—COOX, —(CH2)2-N[(CH2)—COOX]2, —CH(R1)—COOX, —(CH2)2-NH[CH(COOX)(CH2COOX)], —CH(R4)—C(R5)(R6)—COOX, R4 is selected from —H, C1-10 alkyl, or COOX, and R5 and R6 are, independently of each other, —H, —OH, or C1-10 alkyl.
US10238591B2	Cosmetic compositions comprising estolide esters and uses for hair treatment Cosmetic compositions comprising water, at least one estolide ester compound of Formula (3) wherein n is from 1 to 10, preferably from 2 to 8, and R is selected from branched or linear C3-20-alkyl, and B) optionally at least one surfactant component B, C) optionally at least one thickener component C, D) optionally at least one hair conditioning component D, and E) optionally at least one further component E, different to A to D, can be used for improved hair treatment.
US10238590B2	Liquid activation system Described herein are compositions comprising an unactivated liquid, an immobilized sparingly soluble acid or base, such that during storage the unactivated liquid is not in contact with the immobilized sparingly soluble acid or base, but upon use, the unactivated liquid contacts the immobilized sparingly soluble acid or base, whereby the pH of the liquid is altered, thereby activating the liquid to provide a benefit; together with variant and alternative designs, methods of making and using the compositions, and components thereof.
US10238589B2	Silicon oxide-coated zinc oxide, method for producing same, and composition and cosmetic including silicon oxide-coated zinc oxide Provided are a silicon oxide-coated zinc oxide, a method for producing the same, a composition and a cosmetic including a silicon oxide-coated zinc oxide. The silicon oxide-coated zinc oxide is a silicon oxide-coated zinc oxide formed by coating surfaces of zinc oxide particles with a silicon oxide coat, in which an average particle diameter of the zinc oxide particles is in a range of more than 50 nm and 500 nm or less, and, when an abundance ratio of silicon in the silicon oxide coat in a Q3 environment is indicated by Q3, and an abundance ratio in a Q4 environment is indicated by Q4, Q3+Q4≥0.6 and Q4/(Q3+Q4)≥0.5 are satisfied.
US10238580B2	Effervescent composition A solid cosmetic product includes an inner non-effervescent material having at least a coloring and a solid carrier material. The solid carrier material is a powder and the non-effervescent material does not effervesce on contact with water. An outer effervescent material is capable of effervescence on contact with water and envelops the inner non-effervescent material.
US10238579B2	Customizable modular cap system for use with a plurality of different sized bottles A cap is configured to be securely attached to a bottle, such as a medication bottle, and includes a base having a first compartment that contains a power source and a second compartment that is below the first compartment. The second compartment is defined by a peripheral side wall that includes on an inner surface thereof one or more locking tabs. The cap also includes an insert that is configured to be received within the second compartment. The insert includes a peripheral side wall and further including inner threads that are configured to threadingly mate with outer threads of the bottle for securely attaching the cap to the bottle. The insert includes a locking lip that snap-fittingly mate with the one or more locking tabs to detachably attach the insert to the base within the second compartment.
US10238578B2	Apparatus and methods for a semi-automatic pill counting tray This invention relates to modifications to the traditional manually operated pill counting tray that is broadly used throughout the world to provide features that permit semi-automatic operation that is faster and more accurate than manual-only operation when counting pharmaceutical pills. The tray modifications are based on electronic weight-based sensing technology including the addition of (1) a weighing load sensor to determine the weight of the pills to be counted, (2) a motion sensor and latch for the trough lid to aid operation and performance, (3) a microprocessor that can convert the measured weight of the pills to a pill count, and (4) an output display to show the number of pills counted. This apparatus includes novel features to improve pill counting speed and accuracy, as well as ease of use, that are only possible when employing electronic counting.
US10238573B2	Transverse-mode-resonant stimulation device Various embodiments described herein provide a mechanism for transducing transverse vibrational energy into an elastic body of a sexual stimulation device by directly driving the transverse modes of vibration of the elastic body. Additionally, by using an actuator that transduces a force that is proportional to the input current or voltage, the vibration may be driven with any arbitrary waveform.
US10238568B2	Release handle mechanisms for a spar of a limb holder A patient support apparatus includes a surgical table and a limb support unit coupled to the surgical table. The limb support unit includes a support platform coupled to the surgical table in a fixed position, a first limb holder coupled to the support platform in a fixed position relative to the support platform, and a second limb holder coupled to the support platform and spaced apart from the first limb holder. The first limb holder includes a multi-axis joint coupled to the support platform in a fixed position and a spar coupled to the multi-axis joint to move relative to the support platform while supporting a patient's limb that has been coupled to the spar.
US10238564B2	Portable assistive lift A portable assistive lift comprising a vertical member comprising a handle bar and a central wheel controlled by the handle bar disposed at the top and bottom extremities thereof respectively, a pair of left and right support members, each of which comprising a horizontal top rod extending from the vertical member, a bottom rod comprising a side wheel receptacle for receiving a side wheel therewithin disposed at a distal extremity thereof and a connecting rod connecting the free and proximal extremities of the top and bottom rods respectively whereby, the vertical member and the top, bottom and the connecting rods from a U-shaped structure as viewed from top and a hook stand comprising a plurality of hooks about which a sling is coupled thereto wherein, the hook stand is adapted to be elevated and lowered.
US10238563B2	Tiltable patient ceiling lift assembly A patient ceiling lift system including motor units that are attached to independent pivotable support members of a support frame assembly. The motor units are able to pivot on the support frame and relative to one another, which enables the motor units to follow the loading direction on tension support members connectable to a patient sling and eliminate motor unit side loading.
US10238549B2	Method for producing disposable worn article A method including: placing at least one elastic member stretchable in the carrying direction so that at least one elastic member extends in base portions of each continuous portion located at the same positions in the carrying direction as protruding portions or in the protruding portions; and intermittently folding the divided non-woven fabrics so that the elastic member is sandwiched between the base portions and the protruding portions and so that layered portions are formed, each layered portion including a protruding portion laid on a base portion adjacent to the protruding portion.
US10238547B2	Prophylactic dressing and use of same in the prevention of infection Wounds and temporary appliances can be protected against liquid contamination using a prophylactic dressing. The dressing includes a liquid resistant sheet and disposed thereon a first liquid barrier/adhesive strip and a second liquid barrier/adhesive strip wherein the first and second liquid barrier/adhesive strips are concentric; located at or near the periphery of the liquid resistant sheet; and are separated from one another by a gap. Adsorbent's and liquid indicators can be employed within the gap to add further functionality to the dressing. Also disclosed herein is a support useful for stabilizing leads to transcutaneous or percutaneous devices.
US10238543B2	Vitrectomy probe with an optical fiber scanner A vitrectomy probe for treating an eye of a patient, the probe including a body arranged for grasping by a surgeon, and a photodisruption element extending from the body. The photodisruption element includes a needle having a main lumen extending from the body, the needle comprising a port at an end, a fiber cannula within the main lumen, the fiber cannula having a fiber lumen, and an optical fiber within the fiber lumen, the optical fiber being mechanically agitatable within the fiber lumen.
US10238541B2	Short duration pulse grid pattern laser treatment and methods The procedures described herein may involve using one or more treatment beams to induce one or more therapeutic benefits. In some embodiments, a series of short duration light pulses may be delivered to ocular tissue at a plurality of target locations with a thermal relaxation time delay to limit the temperature rise of the target ocular tissue and thereby limit a thermal effect to only a desired portion of the ocular tissue. The thermal relaxation time delay may be roughly equivalent to a duration of a scan of the treatment beam between each of the target locations. Such procedures may be used to treat diabetic retinopathy, macular edema, and/or other conditions of the eye. The treatment beam may be delivered at each target location within a sufficiently short duration so as to produce a visual appearance of a treatment pattern on the ocular tissue of the patient's eye.
US10238539B2	Technique for controlling a corneal ablation laser A technique for controlling a corneal ablation laser is described. As to a device aspect of the technique, a device comprises a parameter interface, a first determination unit, a second determination unit, a computation unit, and a control unit. The parameter interface receives an adjustment parameter. The first determination unit determines a first point on a corneal surface. The second determination unit determines a second point on the corneal surface that is different from the first point. The computation unit determines a third point on a line between the first point and the second point according to the adjustment parameter. The computation unit further generates a control program that centers an ablation profile on the third point. The control unit controls the corneal ablation laser according to the control program.
US10238533B2	Gastric, cutaneous, or peritoneal delivery of frozen mist to induce therapeutic hyperthermia Peritoneal heat exchange provides the benefit of extremely rapid cooling of the patient's target organs such as the heart and brain as well as facilitating global patient body temperature reduction to therapeutically effective temperatures. The heat exchange medium of the present invention is a chilled gaseous fluid suspension of frozen ice particles.
US10238532B2	Body temperature controlling system The present invention is directed to a body temperature controlling system comprising at least one member receiving a flow of gas from at least one blower in communication with said at least one member, said at least one member directing said flow of gas onto a wearer thereof.
US10238531B2	Thermoplastic polyurethanes, use of these material for the preparation of T-frames for intrauterine systems and T-frames made out of this material The present invention relates to a novel thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) elastomer, T-frames made thereof as well as the use of the new TPU in manufacturing of T-frames for intrauterine systems for contraception and therapy.
US10238530B2	Garments for use with urinary device A lower garment for a female person has a mechanism that when engaged, secures the garment to the female person, and a fly opening implemented at a specific position in a fabric of the garment, the fly opening comprising a substantially straight slit of a first length covered by a flap of fabric stitched to the fabric of the garment around the slit such that the slit is covered by the flap except for an un-stitched edge of the flap of a length equal to the length of the slit. The specific position in fabric of the garment is a position that enables the female person to engage a tubular portion of an external device through the fly opening, and to move the tubular portion to her vulva and insert same to position of the urethra without disengaging the mechanism that secures the garment to the female person.
US10238525B2	Table attachment apparatus A strap attachment apparatus for a treatment table including a spanning belt formed of flexible material secured across opposite sides of said table with a pair of anchors connected at opposite ends of the spanning belt for attachment to the table. The anchors include body strap retainers that support at least one body strap. The body strap is movable on the retainers to adjust the position of the straps to fit a person on the treatment table while the anchors remain fixed to the table.
US10238521B2	Flex lock for orthotic braces A flex lock system for locking an orthotic brace having a push button for adjusting the range of flexion angles and a push button for adjusting the range of extension angles for the orthotic brace. The flex lock system has a tab having a receiving hole configured to fit around a push button and to prevent the push button from being depressed and adjusting the ranges of flexion or extension improperly. The flex lock system is made of a flexible material that has particular elasticity and compressibility to function as a flex lock as described.
US10238519B2	Safe sleeve gastrectomy and intestinal switch A safe sleeve gastrectomy and intestinal switch reduces gastric volume and calorie intake as a weight loss treatment. The safe sleeve gastrectomy and intestinal switch utilizes a safety pocket to increase safety and guide division of the stomach. An instrument tunnel is created to facilitate division of the stomach into a pouch and a sectioned portion. In this manner, over or complete mobilization of the stomach is avoided. The sectioned portion may be lifted for increased visibility to facilitate its mobilization and removal from the patient. The small intestine can then be separated from the stomach and divided into shortened segments, one of which is reattached to the stomach.
US10238517B2	Gastric constriction device A gastric constriction device comprises a sheet extending over part of the wall of the stomach. Five bands extend around the stomach to fix the sheet in position relative to the stomach. The lower two bands extend from the first side of the sheet around the stomach only partially towards the second side. These lower two bands are not fixed to the second side. This arrangement results in an unconstricted portion of the stomach. In this manner, the device restricts expansion of the majority of the stomach wall while facilitating expansion of this unconstricted portion. The unconstricted portion is therefore free to expand or bulge outwardly upon ingestion. This expansion may trigger the feeling of satiation due to the presence of the vagal nerves in this portion of the stomach.
US10238502B2	Devices, methods, systems, and kits for the surgical treatment of cervical disc disease Described herein are devices, methods, systems, and kits configured for use in the surgical treatment of cervical disc disease. Surgery for cervical disc disease may comprise vertebral fixation with screws and plates as well as insertion of one or more intervertebral implants. In some embodiments, a cervical implant may be connected as one single unit with a cervical plate. In some embodiments, a cervical implant and a cervical plate may be separate elements that are configured to be inserted independently into a subject during cervical spinal surgery. In some embodiments, a cervical implant and a cervical plate are designed to be coupled together.
US10238501B2	Cervical distraction/implant delivery device Systems for distracting a facet joint and positioning a permanent implant in the joint are disclosed. The implants serve to retain a distracted position of the facet joint which is achieved with positioning of the leading end of a distraction tool in the facet joint and then distracting or enlarging the joint a desired amount. The permanent implant could be part of the distraction mechanism which can be separated from the delivery tool once the joint has been distracted or an auxiliary implant may be positioned before the distraction mechanism is removed from the distracted joint. The permanent implants can be solid, mechanical devices that may have fixation means thereon to hold them in place or injected fluids such as hydrogels or fluids confined within balloons.
US10238496B2	Bone regeneration using biodegradable polymeric nanocomposite materials and applications of the same A biocompatible structure includes one or more base structures for regeneration of different tissues. Each base structure includes alternately stacked polymer layers and spacer layers. The polymer layer includes a polymer and tissue forming nanoparticles. The polymer includes polyurethane. The tissue forming nanoparticles includes hydroxypatites (HAP) nanoparticles, polymeric nanoparticles, or nanofibers. The spacer layer includes bone particles, polymeric nanoparticles, or nanofibers. The weight percentage of tissue forming nanoparticles to the polymer in the polymer layer in one base structure is different from that in the other base structures. A method of producing the biocompatible structure includes forming multiple base structures stacked together, coating the stacked multiple base structures, and plasma treating the coated structure.
US10238495B2	Delivery catheter handle and methods of use Methods, devices, and systems are provided for performing endovascular repair of atrioventricular and other cardiac valves in the heart. A delivery device for delivering an implantable device to a target area includes a fluid management system for directing fluid and delivery device components to the target area. The delivery device includes a grip line assembly configured to control a gripper in the implantable device for grasping tissue at the target area. The delivery device includes a lock line assembly configured to control a locking mechanism in the implantable device to lock the implantable device in a desired orientation. The delivery device includes a deployment handle configured to provide staged deployment of the implantable device. A delivery assembly includes a housing and a delivery device partially housed within the housing and being adjustable using one-handed operation.
US10238494B2	Self-aligning radiopaque ring An intravascular device configured to be recaptured within a guide catheter has a ring located at the distal end of a delivery catheter. The ring has an outer diameter greater than that of the delivery catheter and a sloped guide surface near the outer edge of the ring to urge the ring and delivery catheter toward a radially centered position within the guide catheter.
US10238493B1	Native valve repair devices and procedures A system for implanting a repair device onto a native valve of a natural heart to repairing the native valve of a patient during a non-open-heart procedure. The system includes a surgical delivery instrument, a valve repair device, and a gripper control mechanism. The surgical delivery instrument has at least one lumen. The valve repair device is configured to be delivered through the lumen of the surgical delivery instrument and to be attached to a native valve of a patient. The valve repair device includes a pair of paddles, and at least four gripping members. The paddles are movable between an open position and a closed position, and the paddles and the at least four gripping members are configured to attach to the native valve of a patient. The gripper control mechanism is configured to independently move each of the at least four gripping members.
US10238492B2	Perivalvular occlusion device and methods An occlusion device intended for blocking perivalvular leak channels that are found following heart valve implantation between the heart valve and the surrounding tissue. The occlusion device has a stent and a covering that is attached to the stent surface. A blocking fabric extends across the lumen of the stent to block blood flow. The stent pattern and wall structure provide for small radius of curvature bends to fill narrow channels that cause the perivalvular leaks.
US10238490B2	Implant heart valve devices, mitral valve repair devices and associated systems and methods Systems, devices and methods for repairing a native heart valve. In one embodiment, a repair device for repairing a native mitral valve having an anterior leaflet and a posterior leaflet between a left atrium and a left ventricle comprises a support having a contracted configuration and an extended configuration, and an appendage, such as a flap or apron extending from the support. In the contracted configuration, the support is sized to be inserted under the posterior leaflet between a wall of the left ventricle and chordae tendineae. In the extended configuration, the support is configured to project anteriorly with respect to a posterior wall of the left ventricle by a distance sufficient to position at least a portion of the posterior leaflet toward the anterior leaflet, and the appendage is configured to extend beyond an edge of the posterior leaflet toward the anterior leaflet.
US10238489B2	Anchoring device and method for replacing or repairing a heart valve A method and device for anchoring a prosthetic heart valve or annuloplasty ring to a valve annulus in a heart and a method of implanting same is disclosed. The device can include a prosthetic valve or annuloplasty ring with one or more anchors configured to be threaded or otherwise passed underneath a native leaflet and/or subvalvular tissue to secure the device at the native annulus.
US10238488B2	Percutaneous transvalvular intraannular band for mitral valve repair Mitral valve prolapse and mitral regurgitation can be treating by implanting in the mitral annulus a transvalvular intraannular band. The band has a first end, a first anchoring portion located proximate the first end, a second end, a second anchoring portion located proximate the second end, and a central portion. The central portion is positioned so that it extends transversely across a coaptive edge formed by the closure of the mitral valve leaflets. The band may be implanted via translumenal access or via thoracotomy.
US10238487B2	Prosthetic heart valve and delivery apparatus Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a prosthetic heart valve and a heart valve delivery apparatus for delivery of the prosthetic heart valve to a native valve site via the human vasculature. The delivery apparatus is particularly suited for advancing a prosthetic valve through the aorta (i.e., in a retrograde approach) for replacing a diseased native aortic valve. In one embodiment, a self-expanding valve comprises an expandable stent that is shaped to maintain the valve in the aortic annulus against axial without anchors or retaining devices that engage the surrounding tissue. A delivery apparatus for delivering s self-expanding prosthetic valve can be configured to allow controlled and precise deployment of the valve from a valve sheath so as to minimize or prevent jumping of the valve from the valve sheath.
US10238486B2	Heart valve with integrated stent and sewing ring A sewing ring for prosthetic heart valves that is connected and configured to pivot outward. A biocompatible fabric covering surrounds at least a portion of the sewing ring, and the ring may be exclusively connected to a stent with the fabric. The sewing ring may be generally planar and of uniform thickness, or may be of varying thickness. The fabric may be used to encompass both the stent and the sewing ring, and may be a single piece. A seam may be provided in the fabric as a discrete pivoting line. The sewing ring may be convertible between bi-stable positions. The ring may extend outward in a frusto-conical shape so as to enable inversion between a position facing the inflow end of the valve and a position facing the outflow end of the valve. The sewing ring may have a compliant insert having a celled construction defined by outer walls and inner ribs. A method of implantation, and a method of assembly of the heart valve is also provided.
US10238485B2	Soft tissue repair allografts and methods for preparing same Allografts for soft tissue repair, including breast reconstruction and other plastic surgery procedures, are disclosed. One allograft is made from decellularized dermal tissue and constitutes a collagen matrix having substantially uniform density and porosity. Another allograft is a hybrid bilayer tissue form that is made from decellularized dermal and adipose tissues. Methods for making both allografts are also disclosed.
US10238481B2	Apparatus and method for lifting or restraining a body part The disclosure is generally directed to assemblies and methods that include (1) strips or cords of material configured to lift, restrain, or hold whole body organs (e.g., of a human patient) or parts of body organs in desired positions via tissue anchors (e.g., barbs, hooks, or cones), (2) an introducer device that facilitates the introduction of such strips or cords into a patient, and (3) the process of inserting such strips or cords of material into a patient (e.g., using an introducer device).
US10238476B2	Method of attaching a dental article to the surface of the tooth A method of attaching a dental article to the surface of a tooth includes providing the dental article and applying a coating including upconversion phosphors to a surface of the dental article. The method also includes applying a dental cement composition to the surface of the tooth and placing the dental article on the surface of the tooth such that the coating is adjacent the dental cement composition. The dental cement composition includes a polymerizable resin and a photoinitiator and is substantially free of upconversion phosphors. The method further includes irradiating the coating with a radiation source that emits radiation at a pre-determined fixed wavelength that causes the upconversion phosphors to emit radiation at an activation wavelength of the dental cement composition photoinitiator such that the dental cement composition cures in a region adjacent the coating and removing remaining uncured dental cement composition outside the dental article from the tooth.
US10238475B1	Orthodontic flosser A flosser is described that includes a take-up spool for winding a plurality of layers of used floss, a shell for forming a chamber around the take-up spool and enclosing the plurality of layers of used floss windings within the chamber, and helical grooves disposed in an inner surface of the shell for preventing jamming of the take-up spool by accumulated floss windings. The flosser further includes a retie assembly having a groove disposed in a fin for trapping floss against a take-up aperture upon alignment of the groove and aperture, and for urging floss into take-up aperture and wrapping the floss around the take-up spool as the fin rotates further.
US10238467B2	System and method for high density electrode management Systems, devices and methods for advanced electrode management in neurological monitoring applications include receiving sockets configured to receive connectors having groups of electrodes. The physician is not required to manually map each electrode with its corresponding input channel. Electrodes are coupled to the corresponding input channels in groups through connectors having a unique identification (ID). The system is configured to read the unique ID of each connector and establish its identity. Based on the ID, the system configures itself to automatically correlate or associate each electrode with its corresponding input channel when the connectors are first inserted into the receiving sockets, and again if the connectors are removed and re-inserted into different positions in the receiving sockets, to insure the electrodes are always mapped to the same input channels.
US10238465B1	Tissue marking system A single-use tissue marking system for use in marking a tissue sample includes a container and a first number of ink reservoirs at least partially defined by the container. Each reservoir contains ink of a different color. The system also includes a second number of applicators. Each applicator is configured to absorb a quantity of ink for application to the tissue sample. A cover is coupled to and cooperates with the container to fully enclose each of the first number of ink reservoirs.
US10238460B2	Highly articulated robotic probes and methods of production and use of such probes A highly articulated robotic probe comprises an outer sleeve and an inner core. The outer sleeve and inner core include a plurality of links. The links of the outer sleeve and inner core are configured to pivot relative to one another. Various characteristics of the links determine the overall pivot angle of the articulated probe. Each of the plurality of links may have one or more channels. The channels form a semi-continuous passage from link to link and are configured to receive an elongated member such as an inner core, tool or cable. One or more cables may be used to control the outer links of the outer sleeve and the inner links of the inner core. Various characteristics of the cables determine the overall performance of the articulated probe.
US10238456B2	Occlusion traversal robotic catheter system A robotic catheter procedure system for performing a procedure to treat a vascular lesion including a bedside system and a remote workstation is provided. The bedside system includes a first percutaneous device including an end section, the end section structured to allow the first percutaneous device to create a bore through the vascular lesion. The bedside system includes a second percutaneous device. The bedside system also includes a first actuating mechanism configured to engage and to impart movement to the first percutaneous device and a second actuating mechanism configured to engage and to impart movement to the second percutaneous device. The remote workstation includes a user interface and a control system operatively coupled to the user interface and to the bedside system. The control system controlling the first actuating mechanism to cause movement of the first percutaneous device to create a bore through the lesion and the second actuating mechanism to cause movement of the second percutaneous device through the bore created by the first percutaneous device.
US10238453B2	Method of making an endovascular laser treatment device for causing closure of a blood vessel An endovascular laser treatment device for causing closure of a blood vessel uses an optical fiber adapted to be inserted into a blood vessel. An inner sleeve is arranged around a distal portion of the optical fiber core such that both distal ends of the inner sleeve and the optical fiber core form an enlarged light emitting face. The enlarged emitting face provides substantially lower power density while providing the same amount of total energy during a treatment session. An outer sleeve arranged around the inner sleeve acts as a spacer to position the light emitting face away from an inner wall of the blood vessel. The enlarged light emitting face and the outer sleeve acting as a spacer reduces the possibility of thermal run-away and device damage, and reduce the possibility of vessel perforations, leading to less bruising, post-operative pain and other clinical complications. In yet another aspect of the present invention, a spacer comprises an inner sleeve and an outer sleeve both arranged around a distal portion of the core to prevent the laser light from traveling laterally and to position the light emitting face away from an inner wall of the vessel. The inner sleeve can be a heat resistive material such as ceramic and the outer sleeve can be, for example, a metallic sleeve to provide structural integrity and strength to the distal section of the treatment device.
US10238450B2	Devices, kits and methods relating to treatment of facet joints A facet joint surgical tool for treating a facet joint synovial cyst includes rotatable members disposed side-by-side through a minimally invasive sheath and rotatable to reconfigure distal end portions between a facet joint penetration configuration with a tissue piercing tip and a facet joint retraction configuration. Facet joint synovial cysts located to an anterior side of the facet joint are treated by a posterior approach with access to the cyst through the facet joint retracted by the surgical tool. Facet joint synovial cysts located to a posterior side of the facet joint are treated by direct access from a posterior approach.
US10238449B2	Systems and methods for percutaneous intravascular access for arteriovenous fistula A device for extending, elongating, or repairing a previously created arteriovenous fistula between a first blood vessel and an adjacent second blood vessel includes a main body having a primary lumen and an articulating jaw member disposed at the distal end of the main body. The jaw member is configured with two elements to allow rotation of one element about a pivot point to grasp tissue while being rotated. The jaw member is also configured to allow thermal energy delivery to one or both elements of the jaw member that allow tissue welding and cutting. A second lumen located within one element of the jaw member is configured to allow advancement over a guidewire into the second vessel while the other element of the jaw member remains within the first blood vessel at the position where the arteriovenous fistula, or aperture, exists between the first and second blood vessel.
US10238445B2	Device for the fluid-conveying connection of at least one application probe with a supply tubing set, and handle for a surgical instrument A device for the fluid-conveying connection of at least one application probe. The device comprising at least two coaxially extending application line elements, with a supply tubing set, said tubing set comprising at least two parallel-extending supply line elements, in a grip element of a surgical instrument such as a cryosurgical instrument, such that, in a connected state, each supply line element is in fluid communication with at least one associated application line element. A fluid-diverting element is provided and arranged, or can be arranged, in the grip element in fluid communication with an application line connecting region for the connection of the application line elements and with a supply line connecting region for the connection of the supply line elements. At least two transfer line elements designed as an integral part of the fluid-diverting element are in fluid communication with the application line connecting region via the application line connecting region.
US10238442B2	Balloon expandable cement director and related methods The invention relates to a cement director for insertion within a vertebral body or other body structure, and related methods of use. An example method includes creating a cavity in a vertebral body, inserting a collapsible mesh structure into the cavity in a collapsed state, wherein the collapsible mesh structure comprises regions of different permeability to a bone cement, inflating a balloon within the collapsible mesh structure to expand the mesh structure, and injecting a bone cement into the mesh structure, wherein the bone cement flows preferentially out of the mesh structure through at least one region of greater permeability.
US10238439B2	Anterior spinal bone plate holding system and method A bone plate holder apparatus having a hollow shaft, two or more prongs at a working end, and a rod slidingly disposed within the shaft can be attached with a bone plate such that the prongs interact with a fenestration in the bone plate. When the rod is depressed between the prongs, working surfaces of the prongs grip the interior surfaces of the fenestration, causing the bone plate holder apparatus to lock to the bone plate. Bone plate holder systems including a bone plate holder apparatus and bone plate can be used to install a bone plate in a surgical site in a patient, and the locking and unlocking functionality of the bone plate holder apparatus can permit adjustment of an angle of the bone plate holder apparatus relative to the bone plate with ease during surgery.
US10238438B2	Proximal humeral fracture plate A proximal humerus fracture plate for promoting healing of a fracture of a human humerus, comprising: an upper section having at least one screw hole for receiving an upper screw, the trajectory of the screw hole is a lateral to medial orientation; a transitional section having at least one screw hole for receiving a middle screw, the transitional section integral with the upper section and curved sufficiently to avoid a deltoid tuberosity, the middle screw fixing the transitional section along a lateral cortex of the humerus; and, a lower section having at least one screw hole for receiving a lower screw, the trajectory of the screw hole is an anterior to posterior orientation, the lower section integral with the transitional section.
US10238430B2	Pivotal bone anchor with collet retainer and inner locking insert A cervical polyaxial bone anchor includes a shank having an integral spherical head and a receiver having an upper channel for receiving a rod and a lower seat near a lower opening for receiving a closed retainer that includes a compressible upper portion engaged with the receiver seat and an expandable lower portion capturing the shank head. An outer sleeve slidable with the receiver prohibits expansion of the retainer lower portion during operation. A compression insert engages the retainer upper portion and is in friction fit with the shank head prior to fixing of an angle of the shank with respect to the receiver.
US10238426B2	Blade fixation for ankle fusion and arthroplasty Systems for lower extremity fusion and arthroplasty include fusion spacers, bone plates, and articular prostheses fixed to bone by blade anchors. Examples are shown for anterior, lateral, and medial approaches.
US10238424B2	Obstetric apparatus and method An obstetric apparatus and method for repositioning a fetal head within the birth canal of a woman in labor. A user, typically an obstetrician, surgeon or similarly trained medical personnel, can efficiently and safely engage a fetal head that is wedged in the parturient woman's pelvis and lift it up in the birth canal towards the uterus, for safe delivery of the baby via C-section. The apparatus comprises an elongated and substantially rigid shaft, a pivoting neck and a soft engaging portion that includes a flexible outer cup and an inflatable inner cup for engaging the fetal head. The inventive apparatus and method can provide a mechanical advantage for repositioning the head of the fetus, and can provide assistance for C-section delivery in order to minimize maternal and neonatal complications.
US10238420B2	Non-reusable intra-osseous access device and method thereof Disclosed is a non-reusable intra-osseous access device and method thereof. The non-reusable intra-osseous access device which can be easily rendered non-reusable after establishing the access into the marrow region includes the automatic locking of driver unit 5 after removal of needle and trocar assembly from the driver unit. Further, the non-reusable intra-osseous access device also includes the non-loading of the trocar and or needle hub and or trocar with needle hub.
US10238418B2	Apparatus for use with needle insertion guidance system An integrated catheter placement system and method for placing a catheter in a patient body. The system may include a system console having a display, a tip location sensor operably connected to the system console and placed onto a body of a patient. The tip location sensor may be designed to sense a magnetic field of a first medical device. The system may also include an ECG tip confirmation component operably connected to the system console via the tip location sensor, and an ultrasound probe operably connected to the system console, the ultrasound probe including one or more magnetic sensors designed to sense a magnetic field of a second medical device different from the first medical device. The system may further include a processor associated with the console designed to utilize data relating to the magnetic field of the second medical device to determine a position and/or orientation thereof.
US10238412B2	Tissue resecting systems and methods A tissue resecting system includes an assembly having first and second tubular members. An electrical motor drive and controller moves the second member to resect tissue received in a window of the first member. A tachometer sends motor drive rotational signals to the controller, and the controller modulates a motor voltage in response to the signals from the tachometer both to drive the second member at a predetermined speed and to calculate resistance to driving the second member at the predetermined speed.
US10238410B2	Medical instrument A medical instrument, in particular a surgical instrument, with an intervention portion (20) for a medical intervention, and with a grip (14) designed for holding the instrument, preferably for actuating the intervention portion, with a grip surface portion (1) which is made of a stainless metal and which has an arrangement with shapings (0) and, formed between the shapings, enclosure portions (4, 5, 6, 7), characterized in that the shapings (0) each have a hexagonal edge (2) with six edge portions of equal length (3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 3-5, 3-6), wherein mutually adjoining edge portions (3-1, 3-2; 3-2, 3-3; . . . ) of each shaping (0) upstream and/or downstream of a winding of the arrangement on a plane surface span the same angle (φ) of 120 degrees, and wherein the edge (2) is formed by the enclosure portions (4, 5, 6, 7) formed between adjacent shapings (0), as a result of which a honeycomb structure (9) is obtained.
US10238409B2	Surgical assembly with flexible arm A surgical assembly includes a tensioner having a first end and a second end. A tension member extends from the first end of the tensioner. A mounting member is connected to the second end of the tensioner. An arm extends from the first end of the tensioner and includes a series of relatively moveable links that define an axial bore configured for disposal of the tension member. Each link defines a first mating surface and a second mating surface disposed in a configuration such that tensioning of the tension member interlocks the first mating surface with the second mating surface of an adjacent link in the series to selectively fix the links in a selected orientation.
US10238404B2	Flexible ACL instrumentation, kit and method A flexible reamer for preparing a hole in a tissue includes a shaft that extends along a longitudinal axis between a proximal end and a distal end. The shaft is cannulated through and has a flexible portion along at least a portion of its length. The flexible portion includes a plurality of discrete, interlocking portions. An asymmetric tip at the distal end of the shaft has at least one flute positioned off-axis relative to a longitudinal axis of the flexible reamer.
US10238398B2	Clip deployment tool and associated methods A laparoscopic device comprising: (a) a housing operatively coupled to a first control and a second control; (b) an end effector operatively coupled to the first control, the end effector comprising a first component and a second component selectively repositionable with respect to one another within an X-Y plane, the end effector also including a third component selectively repositionable with respect to the second component within an Y-Z plane; (c) a laparoscopic conduit extending between the housing and the end effector; and, (d) an occlusion clip deployment device operatively coupled to the end effector and the second control.
US10238396B2	Delivery device for use with an embolic coil device and methods for making and using the same An embolic coil delivery assembly is disclosed. The delivery system may include a tubular member having a distal portion, a proximal portion and a lumen extending therein. The system may further include a tip member secured to the tubular member. The tip member may include a distal portion and a bonding portion. The bonding portion may include a bonding surface. The system may also include an embolic coil releasably disposed within the distal portion of the tip member. The distal portion of the tubular member may extend over the bonding portion of the tip member. The bonding surface may be configured to mechanically interlock with the tubular member.
US10238393B2	Multiple layer filamentary devices for treatment of vascular defects Devices and methods for treatment of a patient's vasculature with some embodiments configured for delivery with a microcatheter for treatment of the cerebral vasculature of a patient. Some embodiments may include a permeable shell and inner structure configured to occlude blood flow therethrough.
US10238392B2	Methods for diagnosing and delivering therapeutic interventions in the peritoneal cavity A device and system are described that are capable of isolating at least one targeted tissue and forming an anastomosis between two internal body structures though a completely endoscopic procedure. Further, the device and system described generally comprise two tubular members that are capable of moving in a telescopic fashion relative to one another. Additionally, a method is described for using the device and/or system to bypass the duodenum from digestion.
US10238388B2	Surgical stapler buttress assembly with humidity tolerant adhesive A buttress assembly is configured to temporarily adhere to a wet surgical stapler end effector. The buttress assembly includes a buttress body and a humidity tolerant adhesive. The adhesive includes a bioabsorbable polymer having a block configuration selected from the group consisting of A-B-A and A-B-C. The A block is a bioabsorbable homopolymer characterized by a glass transition temperature of at least about 0° C., a crystallinity as measured by X-ray diffraction of at least about 30%, and a melting temperature of at least about 50° C. The B block is a bioabsorbable homopolymer or co-polymer that is characterized by a glass transition temperature of at least about −40° C., a crystallinity as measured by X-ray diffraction of at most about 25%, and 2 a molecular weight of from about 20 to about 80 kDa. The C block is a bioabsorbable hydrophilic homopolymer or co-polymer that is miscible with water at 37° C.
US10238383B2	Bi-directional fixating transvertebral body screws, zero-profile horizontal intervertebral miniplates, expansile intervertebral body fusion devices, and posterior motion-calibrating interarticulating joint stapling device for spinal fusion An apparatus and method for joining members together using a self-drilling screw apparatus or stapling apparatus are disclosed. The screw apparatus includes a shell and first and second first screw members having tapered ends and threaded bodies that are disposed within the shell. A drive mechanism rotatably drives the first and second screw members from the shell in opposite directions and causes the screw members to embed themselves in the members to be joined. The screw apparatus can be used to join members such as bones, portions of the spinal column, vertebral bodies, wood, building materials, metals, masonry, or plastics. The stapling apparatus includes first and second lever arms rotatably joined together at a fulcrum, and the lever arms rotate in opposite directions. First and second cartridges are disposed at the ends of the lever arms. Each cartridge is capable of holding a staple including a bracket, a nail member and an alignment slot. When the ends of the lever arms are rotated towards each other the staples from the cartridges are interlocked. The staples can be also be used to join members such as bones, portions of the spinal column, or vertebral bodies.
US10238380B2	Medical tube, medical tube assembly, and intrapelvic treatment kit A medical tube is disclosed, which includes a tubular main body curved in a circular arc shape. The main body has a flat shape as a cross-sectional shape at a central portion in the longitudinal direction thereof. The main body has a flat shape including a minor axis and a major axis as a cross-sectional shape at the central portion in the longitudinal direction thereof. The angle formed between the minor axis and a plane containing both a center point of the circular arc in the central portion and a center point of the cross-sectional shape with respect to the longitudinal direction of the main body is an acute angle. The angle is preferably 20° to 60°. The medical tube thus configured is for use in treatment of a disorder in a pelvic organ, by indwelling an implant between a urethral lumen and a vaginal cavity.
US10238375B2	Surgical retractor A surgical retractor assembly is provided having a frame that releasably couples two retractor blades. The retractor blades are coupled to the frame via a pair of mobile carriages that engage a track on the frame. A third retractor blade is configured to be independent of the frame with the first two retractor blades. The independent blade may be fixably positionable in the patient by a direct coupling to a rigid table mount. The retractor assembly may be utilized for creating anterior access to spinal target site while the patient is oriented in the lateral decubitus position.
US10238374B2	Tissue protection system and method A protective tissue cover having a sleeve configuration to slide onto the working portion of a surgical instrument, such as a retractor. At least the contact side of the protective tissue cover is constructed from smooth antimicrobial material that minimizes contact irritation with tissue. Alternative embodiments include various multiple-ply constructions that incorporate an antimicrobial layer, an absorbent layer, and other medical layers to assist in surgical procedures.
US10238372B2	Atrium retractor The present application discloses an atrium retractor with a plate and a shaft that has a shaft sleeve, an inner rod and an operating mechanism. The operating mechanism is designed to generate a relative movement between the shaft sleeve and the inner rod. An articulation device that is firmly connected either to the plate or the shaft and is detachably connectable to the other from the plate or the shaft is provided in the atrium retractor. The operating mechanism is adapted to optionally lock and release the articulated connection by means of the relative movement between the shaft sleeve and the inner rod.
US10238369B2	Real time ultrasound thermal dose monitoring system for tumor ablation therapy An interventional system with real-time ablation thermal dose monitoring includes an interventional tool, an ultrasound transmitter at least one of attached to or integral with the interventional tool, an ultrasound receiver configured to receive ultrasound signals from the ultrasound transmitter after at least one of transmission through or reflection from a region of tissue while under an ablation procedure and to provide detection signals, and a signal processing system configured to communicate with the ultrasound receiver to receive the detection signals and to calculate, based on the detections signals, a thermal dose delivered to the region of tissue in real time during the ablation procedure.
US10238367B2	Devices, systems, and methods for targeted cannulation Described herein is a sensing wire for locating a blood vessel in a patient. The sensing wire comprises a hollow, rigid tube including a lumen extending from a proximal portion to a distal portion, an ultrasonic sensor coupled to the distal portion of the tube, and a communication assembly positioned at the distal portion and coupled to the ultrasound sensor. Also described is a system for accessing and evaluating a blood vessel in a patient. The system comprises an access sensor wire, an access needle sized to receive the access sensor wire, and a second sensing wire configured to be positioned within the access needle. A method is also disclosed for accessing a blood vessel with an introduction needle, where a short access sensing wire is replaced by a much longer second sensing wire after the needle is positioned in the vessel.
US10238366B2	Ultrasound diagnostic apparatus An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes: a transducer array; a transmission circuit transmitting an ultrasonic beam from the transducer array; a reception circuit obtaining fundamental component data based on reception signals corresponding to the fundamental component of an ultrasonic wave and harmonic component data based on reception signals corresponding to a harmonic component of the ultrasonic wave; and an image producer performing frame correlation processing on the fundamental component data and the harmonic component data generated for each frame so as to produce an ultrasound image. The frame correlation processing is performed such that the weight of harmonic component data of another frame used in the frame correlation processing of the harmonic component data is greater than the weight of fundamental component data of another frame used in the frame correlation processing of the fundamental component data.
US10238363B2	Needle guide for ultrasound transducer A needle guidance apparatus is an accessory that is configured to be coupled to an ultrasound transducer probe and is configured to align and guide the placement of a needle to a target location beneath the skin of a patient.
US10238361B2	Combination of ultrasound and x-ray systems The invention proposes to detect and track an intervention device in a 2D fluoroscopy image and to steer an ultrasound probe beam towards this device. Therefore, a method and corresponding system is proposed, by which an ultrasound probe is registered in a fluoroscopy image, wherein the registering includes the estimation of the position and of the orientation of the probe relative to the fluoroscopy.
US10238356B2	X-ray computed tomography apparatus and medical image display apparatus According to an embodiment, X-ray CT apparatus includes X-ray generator includes X-ray tube, high-voltage generator, detector, controller and circuitry. High-voltage generator generates tube voltage to be applied to X-ray tube. Detector detects X-rays irradiated from X-ray tube and transmitted through a subject. Controller controls high-voltage generator to scan the subject with first radiation dose and with second radiation dose lower than first radiation dose. Circuitry generates first image based on projection data acquired by scan at first radiation dose, generates second image based on projection data acquired by scan at second radiation dose, and displays first image and second image in common window.
US10238354B2	Generating a breast parameter map The present invention relates to a medical imaging device for generating a breast parameter map in order to improve mammographic images. The medical imaging device comprises an image unit, a raster unit, a definition unit, a generating unit, and a provision unit. The image unit is configured to provide image data of a breast. The raster unit is configured to provide a predefined raster with several subportions, which is preferably predefined based on a predefined coordinate system relative to predefined body characteristics of a standard breast. The definition unit is configured to define several subvolumes in the breast according to the subportions of the raster, preferably by identification of body characteristics in the image data for adaption of the raster subportions to the image data. The generating unit is configured to generate a breast parameter per breast subvolume. The provision unit is configured to provide a breast parameter per breast subvolume in a breast parameter map, wherein each breast parameter is allocated to its breast subvolume.
US10238353B2	Apparatus and method of counterbalancing axes and maintaining a user selected position of a X-ray scanner gantry A system including an input sensor, a summer, a controller, and a feedback sensor. The input sensor: detects a first amount of force or torque applied on a component of an x-ray scanner gantry in a direction; and generates a command signal. The command signal indicates the first amount of force or torque. The summer generates an error signal based on the command signal and a feedback signal. The controller controls operation of a motor based on the error signal to: reduce the error signal; provide counterbalancing of the gantry in the direction; and provide a net force or torque on the gantry that is equal to a predetermined value or is within a predetermined range of the predetermined value. The feedback sensor detects a second amount of force or torque applied on the gantry in the direction as a result of the controlled operation and generates the feedback signal.
US10238345B2	Biological information processing device and biological information processing method A biological information processing device includes an image input unit that inputs image data, a selection unit, an estimation unit, a detection unit, and an output unit. The selection unit selects image ranges of processing targets from the input image data. The estimation unit estimates pulse rates of the processing targets corresponding to the image ranges on the basis of image data of the selected image ranges of the processing targets. The detection unit performs relative comparison between the estimated pulse rates of the processing targets and thus detects a target which will possibly be abnormal or a target requiring special attention. The output unit outputs information regarding the detected target which will possibly be abnormal or the detected target requiring special attention.
US10238344B2	Multi-channel ECG measurement A method for acquiring electrical signals from a living subject, including injecting, via an injection electrode attached to the subject, a known calibration signal to the subject and measuring respective levels of output signals generated at input electrodes attached to the subject in response to the calibration signal. The method further includes deriving respective weighting factors for the input electrodes in response to the respective levels, and applying the respective weighting factors to physiological signals acquired by the input electrodes, so as to generate respective corrected physiological signals.
US10238338B2	Modular wrist-worn processor for patient monitoring The invention provides a physiological probe that comfortably attaches to the base of the patient's thumb, thereby freeing up their fingers for conventional activities in a hospital, such as reading and eating. The probe, which comprises a separate cradle module and sensor module, secures to the thumb and measures time-dependent signals corresponding to LEDs operating near 660 and 905 nm. The cradle module, which contains elements subject to wear, is preferably provided as a disposable unit.
US10238337B2	In mouth wearables for environmental safety Systems and methods may provide for identifying sensor data associated with an intraoral device and analyzing a chemical composition of an ingestible product based on the sensor data. Additionally, a notification may be selectively generated based on the chemical composition. In one example, analyzing the chemical composition includes determining the level of one or more of an allergen, a toxin or a predetermined substance in the ingestible product.
US10238335B2	Alertness prediction system and method An alertness prediction bio-mathematical model for use in devices such as a wearable device that improves upon previous models of predicting fatigue and alertness by gathering data from the individual being monitored to create a more accurate estimation of alertness levels. The bio-mathematical model may be a two-process algorithm which incorporates a sleep-wake homeostasis aspect and a circadian rhythm aspect. The sleep-wake homeostasis aspect of the model is improved by using actigraphy measures in conjunction with distal skin, ambient light and heart rate measures to improve the accuracy of the sleep and wake estimations. The circadian rhythm model aspect improves fatigue prediction and estimation by using distal skin, heart rate and actigraphy data. The sleep-wake homeostasis and circadian rhythm aspects may also be combined with additional objective and subjective measures as well as information from a user to improve the accuracy of the alertness estimation even further.
US10238334B2	Arterial and venous blood metrics A medical device including a probe configured to be orally inserted into a lumen extending into the thorax of the subject, a plurality of electrodes, and a control circuit. The probe includes a first electrode. The plurality of electrodes includes at least one second electrode and at least one third electrode configured to be disposed externally on the thorax of the subject on a first side of a sternum of the subject and a second side of the sternum of the subject, respectively, the second side opposite the first side. The control circuit is electrically coupled to the first electrode and the at least one second and third electrodes and configured to measure an impedance between the first electrode and each of the at least one second and third electrodes and determine a ratio of arterial blood volume relative to venous blood volume based upon the measured impedance.
US10238333B2	Daily cognitive monitoring of early signs of hearing loss In one embodiment, a computer program product includes a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith. The embodied program instructions are executable by a processing circuit to cause the processing circuit to receive collected data from one or more data collection devices. The collected data is aggregated over a period of time lasting at least one month, and the collected data includes audio data of a user of the one or more data collection devices. The embodied program instructions also cause the processing circuit to store the audio data to a computer readable storage medium. Moreover, the embodied program instructions cause the processing circuit to analyze the audio data for indications of hearing loss in the user over the period of time.
US10238328B2	System and a processing method A system for processing the manometric measurements carried out by way of an anorectal probe includes one or more processing units, which include: an acquisition module configured for acquiring management parameters of an anorectal manometry; a basal module configured for processing the manometric measurements acquired during the basal maneuver of anorectal manometry in accordance with the management parameters; a squeeze module configured for processing the manometric measurements acquired during the squeeze maneuver; an endurance module, configured for calculating the time interval between the instant at which a maximum value is measured during the squeeze maneuver, and the instant at which the pressure measured falls below a squeeze threshold; a strain module configured for processing the manometric measurements acquired during the strain maneuver; and a memory module configured for the registration of functions and/or indexes calculated by the modules while processing said measures.
US10238327B2	Systems and methods for autonomous intravenous needle insertion Systems and methods for autonomous intravenous needle insertion are disclosed herein. In an embodiment, a system for autonomous intravenous insertion include a robot arm, one or more sensors pivotally attached to the robot arm for gathering information about potential insertion sites in a subject arm, a medical device pivotally attached to the robot arm, and a controller in communication with the sensors and the robot arm, wherein the controller receives the information from the sensors about potential insertion sites, and the controller selects a target insertion site and directs the robot arm to insert the medical device into the target insertion site.
US10238326B2	Flushable fluid handling assembly A flushable fluid handling assembly including a housing element defining a central bore and at least first, second and third ports, the first and third ports being line connection ports and the second port being a syringe connection port, a handle element which is selectably positionable relative to the housing element, at least one fluid passageway communicating between at least two of the at least first, second and third ports, the at least one fluid passageway being selectably defined by rotational positioning of the handle element relative to the housing element, a first fluid flow guide extending radially to an inner facing wall of the central bore, the first fluid flow guide associated with the at least one fluid flow passageway and a syringe fixedly connected to the second port, the syringe including an axially displaceable plunger.
US10238325B2	Medical device for collection of a biological sample A biological fluid sampling device for collecting a blood sample from a separate vascular access device and for ejecting a portion of the collected sample to a point-of-care testing device for analysis is provided. The biological fluid sampling device includes a body enclosing a reservoir. The reservoir has an internal volume sufficient to contain enough blood for use in a diagnostic test. The sampling device further includes: an access lumen extending from a distal end of the body for establishing fluid communication between a separate vascular access device and the reservoir; an outflow lumen also in fluid communication with the reservoir; and a removable vented cap attached to the outflow lumen including a gas permeable vent in gaseous communication between the reservoir and ambient air. In addition, several sample and transfer devices are provided for obtaining a sample from a subject and transferring the sample to a point-of-care testing device.
US10238319B2	Feature point identification method of mechanocardiography A method to identify feature points associated with the heart valve movement, heart contraction or cardiac hemodynamics is revealed. The mechanocardiography (MCG) is a technology that makes use of vibrational waveforms acquired using at least one gravity sensor attached on one of the four heart valve auscultation sites on the body surface. The data of the electrocardiography (ECG) is recorded simultaneously with the MCG. The feature points are identified by comparing P, R and T points of synchronized ECG with the MCG spectrum. By the time sequences and amplitudes of the feature points, the method provides additional clinical information of cardiac cycle abnormalities for diagnosis.
US10238318B2	Treadmill training device adapted to provide targeted resistance to leg movement A system and method are provided for targeted training of a person walking on a powered backward moving surface. Kinematic information of motor performance, such as ankle position and velocity, is measured throughout one or more phases of a gait cycle with a detector. The gait phase is determined, and a resistive/assistive force is applied to the leg that differs depending upon the gait phase and the measured kinematic information.
US10238316B2	Passive five sensor insole real-time feedback device A feedback device determines when a person has placed enough weight upon his/her foot to safely take the next step, and then communicate that information to the person via a haptic device on the person's ankle or an audio, visual and/or vibration feedback display on an application on the person's smart phone. Five sensors in an insole between the person's foot and shoe determine the force of the person's leg. The five sensors in the insole will be positioned under the heel, the fifth metatarsal head, the first metatarsal head, the space between the second metatarsal head and the third metatarsal head, and the hallux (big toe).
US10238314B2	System and method for collecting clinical data associated with a medical apparatus including an implantable device A system and method for collecting operation data associated with a medical apparatus including an internal device implanted in a subject and an external device that is magnetically-coupled to and drives the internal device. The medical apparatus may be monitored to obtain raw data associated with the operation of the medical apparatus and one or more calculations may be performed on the raw data, wherein the raw data and/or calculated values may be associated with voiding frequency and voiding volume of the subject. A report may be generated from the raw data and/or calculated values. In addition, one or more signals may be sent to the external device and/or a docking station, or communicated by other means, to indicate to the subject that the operation of the medical apparatus should be altered.
US10238313B2	Electromagnetic sensor for use in measurements on a subject A sensor unit for use in measurements on a subject is presented. The sensor unit includes a near field electromagnetic sensor and a flexible signal transmission structure, which are integral with one another by means of at least one common continuous surface. The flexible signal transmission structure is constructed from a first layer including signal connection lines associated with sensor cells near field electromagnetic sensor and a second electrically conductive layer electrically coupled to the electrically conductive material of the sensor.
US10238310B2	Knowledge discovery based on brainwave response to external stimulation Techniques are disclosed for detecting knowledge based on brainwave response to external stimulation. A subject can be exposed to stimuli and brainwave responses indicating a p-300 signal can be detected. Further stimuli or sequences of stimuli can be selected be presented to the subject based on the category correlated with the stimuli that indicate a p-300 response.
US10238304B2	System and method for determining changes in a body state A method and a system for determining changes in a body state of an individual including receiving a signal from a monitoring system, where the signal indicates a measurement of cardiac activity of the individual over a period of time and determining at least one signal feature, where the signal feature is a reoccurring event of the signal over the period of time. The method also includes determining a first interval between two successive signal features and determining a second interval between two successive first intervals. A derivative is calculated based on the second interval. Changes in the body state are identified based on the derivative.
US10238299B2	Photoacoustic image-generating apparatus and light source control method At least a tip portion of a puncture needle 15 is inserted into a subject. The puncture needle 15 includes a light guide member which guides light from a laser unit 13, and a light emission unit which is provided in the vicinity of the tip portion and emits light guided by the light guide member, and generates a photoacoustic wave caused by light from the light emission unit in the tip portion. A probe 11 detects the photoacoustic wave from the puncture needle 15 in a state where the puncture needle 15 is inserted into the subject. A Photoacoustic image generation unit 25 generates a photoacoustic image based on the detected photoacoustic wave. A Light source control unit 30 controls the amount of light emitted from the light emission unit based on the photoacoustic image.
US10238298B2	Method and apparatus for photoacoustic tomography using optical orbital angular momentum (OAM) A method and system for remote sensing. The method includes applying an orbital angular momentum (OAM) mode on a light beam to generate an OAM light beam having an optical OAM spectrum, exposing a target object to the OAM light beam such that the target object absorbs energy of the OAM light beam to generate ultrasonic emissions, the ultrasonic emissions having a reflected OAM spectrum associated with the target object, and generating a high resolution image of the target object based on the reflected OAM spectrum.
US10238292B2	Measuring multiple physiological parameters through blind signal processing of video parameters A patient support system includes a patient support apparatus, a camera, and a controller. The controller is configured to receive image data from the camera and to determine at least one of pulmonary and circulatory characteristics of a patient supported on the patient support apparatus.
US10238290B2	Probe for bioinstrumentation and bioinstrumentation device With a probe 2 in which an end of the organic photoelectric-conversion layer 23 on a projection optical path 10 side is covered by an upper electrode 24 having a light-blocking effect, light passing through the projection optical path 10 from a light source can be prevented from directly entering the organic photoelectric-conversion layer 23.
US10238279B2	Stereoscopic display systems and methods for displaying surgical data and information in a surgical microscope Stereoscopic display systems and methods for displaying surgical data and information in a surgical microscope are disclosed herein. According to an aspect, a system includes first and second eyepieces. The system includes a display having first and second display portions, configured to display first images in the first display portion, and configured to display second images in the second display portion. The first image and the second image are projected along a first pathway and a second pathway. The system includes a first optical element positioned to relay the first images into the first eyepiece. The system includes a second optical element positioned to relay the second images into the second eyepiece.
US10238274B2	Medical camera head and medical camera apparatus including a heat transfer member There is provided a medical camera head including: a first casing configured to accommodate an imaging element; a heat-generating section accommodated in the first casing; a connection section provided in the first casing, an external signal transmission section being connected to one end of the connection section; and a heat transfer member interposed between the heat-generating section and the other end of the connection section.
US10238272B2	Endoscope mountable visualization device quick-connect/release handle attachment mechanism An endoscope can include an elongate, manipulable shaft with a distal-end visualization element and a handle body comprising at least one control surface for manipulating a distal region of the shaft, where the handle body includes a passage through which a length of the shaft is passable, and where the handle body includes a novel connection structure configured for firmly, securely, and removably mounting the handle to a channel of another endoscope in a manner axially aligning the passage with the channel to provide a path of communication for the shaft. A dual medical endoscope system can be constructed including a first and a second medical endoscope, where the first endoscope comprises an accessory channel with a proximal mounting port providing access thereto, and where the second endoscope comprises a handle body that is securely and removably attached to the proximal mounting port.
US10238264B2	Torsion wringer having little travel In an embodiment, the present invention provides a torsion wringer including: a contraction device for receiving a mop head of a mop, the contraction device having an upper part and a lower base which are interconnected by contraction lamellae, the contraction lamellae being hinged to the upper part and to the lower base such that the upper part can rotate relative to the lower base, the contraction device being movable relative to a carrier device over a distance of travel, as a result of which the upper part rotates through an angle of rotation relative to the carrier device and relative to the lower base. A reduction unit is provided so as to reduce a force which counteracts the rotation of the upper part.
US10238260B2	Surface cleaning apparatus with movable squeegee A surface cleaning apparatus has a base configured to be moved across a surface to be cleaned, a fluid delivery system, and a fluid recovery system with a suction nozzle assembly defining a fluid flow path. A squeegee is provided in the suction nozzle assembly and is mounted within the fluid flow path to slide forwardly and rearwardly within the suction nozzle assembly as the base is moved rearwardly and forwardly, respectively.
US10238258B2	Robot cleaner and method for controlling the same Disclosed is a robot cleaner including a main body forming an appearance, at least one driving wheel installed on a lower portion of the main body, a driving unit configured to drive the driving wheel according to an operation of a driving motor, a first obstacle sensor positioned on the lower portion of the main body and configured to sense an obstacle on the floor, and a control unit configured to, when the sensed obstacle on the floor has a preset pattern, limit driving of the at least one driving wheel such that the at least one driving wheel is not hindered by the preset pattern when the main body rotates on the preset pattern according to driving of the at least one driving wheel.
US10238257B2	Vacuum attachment including a pressurized air source The present disclosure provides a vacuum attachment comprising a body including an adaptor configured to connect to a vacuum assembly, a vacuum airflow path configured to be in fluid communication with the vacuum assembly, and a dispensing airflow path configured to be in fluid communication with a pressurized gas source.
US10238254B2	Base plate for a suction head for vacuum cleaners or the like A base plate for a suction head for vacuum cleaners or a similar electric household appliance is described, said base plate comprising a lower face configured as to be directed towards the surface to be vacuumed, an opposite upper surface and a base plate channel open towards the surface to be vacuumed, wherein the base plate channel comprises a front edge and a rear edge, wherein at least the surface of the lower face which extends along the front edge of the base plate channel and at least the surface of the lower face which extends along the rear edge of the base plate channel lie in a same plane.
US10238252B2	Dust collector for a drill press or system A drill removal device is provided for use with a scratch generating tool having a stationary member and a scrap generating workpiece engaging member that is moveable with respect to the stationary member. The debris removal device includes a bracket having a stationary member receiving portion for coupling the bracket to the power tool stationary member. A vacuum receiving portion of the bracket is provided for coupling the bracket to a vacuum source, and a passageway portion is provided for placing the stationary portion in fluid communication with the vacuum source. A variable tube bellows is configured for placement adjacent to the workpiece engaging member. The bellows includes a plurality of bi-stable pleats that are moveable between and stationarily positionable in each of an expanded position and a compressed position for permitting the user to vary the length of the bellows between, and fixedly positioned the length of the bellows at a plurality of different lengths.
US10238250B2	Hand vacuum cleaner A hand vacuum cleaner having a main body and cyclone unit provided at a front end of the main body. The cyclone unit has a front openable door.
US10238249B2	Hand carryable surface cleaning apparatus A hand vacuum cleaner wherein the suction motor axis of rotation is generally parallel to the central longitudinal axis and when the hand vacuum cleaner is oriented with the upper end above the lower end, the suction motor axis of rotation is positioned above the central longitudinal axis.
US10238245B2	Interface for an automatic hygienic sheet paper dispenser The disclosure concerns an interface for communicating with and for controlling the operation of an automatic hygienic sheet material dispenser. The interface includes a user sensor to detect the presence of a user within a sensing zone, at least one indicator for indicating the setting of an operational parameter, a main microcontroller, at least one additional sensor for adjusting a dispenser operational parameter or activating a dispenser function, and a protective cover including a graphical symbol or text. The at least one additional sensor, the at least one indicator, and the main microcontroller are located on a main printed circuit board located behind the protective cover and arranged such that the at least one graphical symbol or text overlaps with the at least one additional sensor or the at least one indicator. The main microcontroller is arranged to selectively operate the dispenser in a user setting or a maintenance setting.
US10238244B2	Personal care cleaning article The present invention provides personal cleaning articles useful for cleaning and/or exfoliating the skin. These articles provide multiple distinct patterns of relatively smooth and coarse elements to provide a user the ability to readily achieve the desired degree of cleansing and/or exfoliation. Further, the article provides a relatively smooth apertured outer layer and a relatively coarse underlying layer whereby a user can, with the application of varied amounts of pressure, more readily achieve and control a wider range of mechanical cleaning and/or exfoliating action against the skin. In certain aspects, the article may also be impregnated with one or more topical skin cleaning and/or exfoliating compounds.
US10238240B2	Uptake shroud for inverted pumps An exemplary refill unit for an dispenser includes a container for holding a liquid. The container has bottom side with a neck extending from the bottom side. A pump is connected to the neck of the container. The pump has a liquid pump portion that has a liquid pump inlet. The liquid pump inlet is located above the bottom of the container. A shroud is located over the liquid pump inlet and extends downward toward the bottom of the container. An air bleed valve is included and located in the top of the shroud.
US10238238B1	Serving spoon with depression forming feature A serving spoon has a spoon portion with a depression portion that forms a depression in a serving of malleable food product, thereby allowing some other food product to be retained within the depression. The serving spoon includes a spoon portion and a handle portion. The spoon portion has a concave body and a depression portion configured within the concave body, wherein the depression portion extends up from the bottom of the concave body. The depression portion forms a depression, in a malleable food product. The spoon portion may be detachable from the handle portion.
US10238236B2	Pizza oven conversion apparatus for kettle barbecue An apparatus for converting a barbecue into a pizza cooking oven includes an open door frame and vertical side panels pivotally attached to the vertical side posts of the open door frame. The side panels can be pivotally adjusted on the open door frame to extend rearward of the open door frame at different pivot positions. When the side panels are extended rearward of the open door frame, the bottom edges of the side panels provide a support base for setting the apparatus onto the top rim of a bottom bowl of a barbecue and the top edges of the side panels support a cover of a barbecue in an elevated position above the bottom bowl of the barbecue. The elevation of the cover creates an expanded cooking chamber above the bottom bowl of the barbecue and the open door frame provides access to the expanded cooking chamber.
US10238234B2	System interworking between a cooking apparatus and a kitchen device Disclosed is a system interworking between a cooking apparatus for cooking food and a kitchen device in communication with the cooking apparatus, the system comprising a cooking apparatus comprising a first transmitter transmitting an electrical signal to the kitchen device; and a first controller controlling the first transmitter to transmit the electrical signal to the kitchen device; and a kitchen device comprising a second receiver receiving the electrical signal transmitted by the first transmitter; and a second controller controlling the driving of the kitchen device according to the electrical signal received by the second receiver.
US10238233B2	Filtration and liquid level control system A control system for delivering filtered liquid to a reservoir of a beverage machine. The liquid level within the reservoir is monitored, and when the liquid level is at or below a predetermined level, a valve opens to allow liquid to flow to the reservoir. Once the liquid level has reached or obtained a predetermined liquid fill level, the valve is closed.
US10238232B2	Selective hydrogen adding equipment for living organism applicable fluid A selective hydrogen adding equipment for supplying hydrogen to a living organism applicable fluid includes a hydrogen generating system, that contains a hydrogen generating agent as an essential component, a hydrogen bubble forming implement, that stores the hydrogen generating system and has a gas/liquid separating section including a gas-permeable film or an open-close valve, and a closed container to accommodate the hydrogen adding equipment. The gas/liquid separating section vents hydrogen gas generated by a contact reaction between the hydrogen generating agent and water or water vapor, the gas/liquid separating section avoids the water from flowing out and/or avoids the living organism applicable fluid from flowing in. The gas/liquid separating section allows water vapor of the living organism applicable fluid to flow in the hydrogen bubble forming implement so as to contact with the hydrogen generating agent.
US10238224B1	Ergonomic cup holder with enhanced stability and weight distribution A cup holder storage apparatus with enhanced stability for securing a plurality of beverage storing cups is provided. The cup holder storage apparatus is designed to be supported by a user's thumb, index finger and radius bone in an arm. The apparatus includes a tray having a thumb hole in a central portion of the tray and a plurality of compartments, each compartment having an upper opening that receives one of the plurality of beverage storing cups, each compartment having a pair of arm members pivotably mounted to the upper opening of the compartment, and a pair of boomerang-shaped gutters coupled to each arm member and extending from a portion proximate the upper opening of the compartment to the bottom of the arm member.
US10238223B2	Pillow with gusset of open cell construction A pillow is provided herein which includes a cover having opposing first and second panels. A gusset perimetrically bounds, and joins, the first and second panels. The gusset is formed of an open cell construction. Compliant fill material is disposed within the cover. Advantageously, with the subject invention, a pillow is provided allowing for lateral ventilation between opposing panels. This permits a cooling effect while a user is resting or sleeping.
US10238217B2	Method and apparatus for welding 3D bellows, and bellows The present invention relates to a method for welding a 3D bellows. The method includes: repeatedly laminating a unit cell material, a second adhesion-preventing film, a different unit cell material, and a first adhesion-preventing film; forming ventilation holes on the unit cell materials by pressing a hole-processing cutter on which a hole-circumference welding heater is installed onto the laminated unit cell materials and the first adhesion-preventing films, and then heating the circumference of the ventilation holes; finishing two sides of the unit cells by positioning, on two outermost surfaces of the laminated unit cell materials, a first finishing unit cell material and a second finishing unit cell material provided with an air injection port; and cutting the first finishing unit cell material, the unit cell materials, and the second finishing unit cell material and heating the periphery of the cut area by pressing a contour-processing cutter.
US10238203B2	Fluid delivery apparatus A fluid delivery apparatus including a reservoir containing at least one fluid. A capillary channel extends from the reservoir to deliver the fluids stored in the reservoir through one or more fluid outlets via capillary action. In one embodiment, an applicator formed of a capillary material is located within the outlet. A variety of fluids can be administered for therapeutic, hygienic, and/or other benefits. In one aspect, the apparatus includes a housing defining a reservoir; at least one fluid stored in the reservoir; and a capillary channel in fluid coupling with the at least one fluid, the capillary channel including a first capillary member and a second capillary member that circumferentially surrounds the first capillary member such that the first and second capillary members are concentric.
US10238199B2	Diffuser A diffuser includes an air inlet for receiving an airflow from a hair dryer, and a grille with a plurality of air outlets for emitting at least part of the airflow. Each of the air outlets has substantially the same shape. The plurality of air outlets includes a first set of air outlets located in a first region of the grille, and a second set of air outlets located in a second region of the grille. The grille further includes at least one third region, located between the first region and the second region, which is substantially devoid of these air outlets.
US10238195B2	Luggage apparatus A luggage apparatus is described. The luggage apparatus comprises a body portion and a stabilizing mechanism, the stabilizing mechanism being movable with respect to the body portion from a stowed position to a deployed position. With the stabilizing mechanism in the deployed position, the body portion can be tilted from an upright position to an inclined position, in the inclined position the stabilizing mechanism at least partially supporting the body portion.
US10238191B2	Umbrella with environmental control systems An umbrella with environmental control systems uses an environmental control system, an electrical control system (ECS), and a fluid delivery system to modify the local environment beneath the umbrella's canopy. The environmental control system has multiple spray nozzles, multiple fans, and multiple heating elements. The spray nozzles mist water onto the user, the fans blow air onto the user, and the heating elements heat up the air beneath the umbrella's canopy. To accomplish this, all of the components of the environmental control system are arranged advantageously beneath the umbrella's canopy. The umbrella has a handle, a support rod, multiple rib members, and a canopy. The support rod acts as a rigid connection channel through which the hoses that connect the spray nozzles to the fluid delivery system run. The ECS is the system that enables the user to selectively activate the various electrical components of the environmental control system.
US10238187B2	Fastener stringer and slide fastener provided with same A fastener stringer includes a row of elements on which cured coating film is formed at sites where it is difficult to be coated by a roll coating method, preferably over the entire exposed surface, without incorporating any conductive wire in a fastener tape. A fastener stringer includes a row of elements and a fastener tape, at least one side edge of the fastener tape having insulation properties, the row of the elements being attached to the one side edge of the fastener tape, wherein each element includes a pair of leg portions and a head portion, the head portion having an engaging region for engaging with an opposing element when constructing a fastener chain, and wherein cured coating film is formed at least at a center portion in a front and back direction of the fastener tape on an end surface of the head portions.
US10238186B2	Curved slide fasteners and related systems Woven and knit substrates having juxtaposed notches with finished edges are disclosed. Such substrates can be used as opposed fastener tapes and fastener elements can be formed, woven, or otherwise added to the opposed fastener tapes in a known fashion. The notched fastener tapes permit the resulting slide fastener to be curved in-plane without buckling either of the opposed the fastener tapes out-of-plane. The finished edges maintain structural integrity of the woven or knit substrates, in stark context to prior art substrates having cut notches. Also disclosed are panelized substrates having curved apertures and incorporating disclosed slide fasteners.
US10238177B2	Article of footwear including upper having mesh material An article of footwear includes include an upper and a mesh material. The mesh material may be incorporated into the upper. The mesh material may include high tensile strength strands and non-high tensile strength strands. The high tensile strength strands and non-high tensile strength strands may interlock so that the high tensile strength strands are substantially held in place. The mesh material may be provided as a woven material or a knitted material. The mesh material can have a stylish design, which can be a plaid pattern, herringbone pattern, seersucker pattern, or other pattern.
US10238176B2	Braiding machine and method of forming a braided article using such braiding machine Aspects herein are directed to a braiding machine and method of forming a braided upper for an article of footwear. The braiding machine includes a support structure that includes a track defining a plane with a plurality of rotor metals arranged along the track. The method of forming an article of footwear includes extending a plurality of threads through a ring located along a plane at a braiding point of the braiding machine, and braiding over a forming mandrel that passes from a first side of the braiding point to a second side of the braiding point. The braiding machine being capable of forming intricate braided structures.
US10238169B2	Article of footwear with rod support system An article of footwear has a sole with a forefoot portion, a midfoot portion, and a heel portion. The sole has a ground-facing side and a foot-facing side opposite the ground-facing side. The article of footwear includes a support system that has one or more rods spaced from the sole and extending longitudinally from the forefoot portion to the heel portion on the foot-facing side. The rod is operatively connected to the sole at the forefoot portion and at the heel portion. A sling is suspended from the rod over the midfoot portion. The rod bends when the sole is flexed to thereby lift the sling away from the sole.
US10238166B2	Instrumented article of fitness and method of determining caloric requirements Disclosed is a force measuring article of athletic equipment and method of monitoring caloric output during a physical exercise. Force transducers are positioned within the palm region of a lifting glove or sole portion of an athletic shoe for measuring force versus time data and storing the data for later retrieval and analysis. The force output for a given exercise is analyzed such that the user is able to monitor and gauge energy output during an activity without the use of a heart rate monitor or larger, external equipment. The data can be used to determine caloric output, from which the user can directly measure the energy required for a specific exercise and the necessary calories required to complete the exercise. The method involves gather this information and using it as means to further understand caloric output, and thus meter caloric intake and maintain a proper daily caloric balance.
US10238165B2	Enduro mountain biking chin bar A bicycle helmet system comprising a helmet and a chin bar is disclosed. The chin bar is removably coupled to the helmet and wrapped circumferentially around a portion of the helmet. The chin bar may include a rear buckle configured to tighten the chin bar around the helmet. The chin bar may also include two side buckles that engage with side recesses on the helmet when the chin bar is removably coupled to the helmet. The chin bar may also include two alignment protrusions positioned to engage with alignment recesses on the helmet when the chin bar is removably coupled to the helmet.
US10238164B2	Helmet having magnetically coupled cheek pads In accordance with the teachings of the present invention, a helmet having magnetic coupling is provided. In a particular embodiment, the helmet includes at least one protective layer configured to cover at least a portion of a user's head and a pad coupled to a back plate, a back plate coupled to a protective layer, a back plate comprising a magnet.
US10238159B2	Patterned medical glove for use when taking a pulse An ambidextrous or hand-specific glove including a wrist region, a palm region, and a digit region. The glove may be fabricated of nitrile rubber that is free of or essentially free of zinc, sulfur and accelerators to reduce allergic reactions in populations required to frequently wear protective gloves. A band region that partially or fully encircles a user's finger knuckles may be provided for easier finger bending. Texturing may be provided on glove surfaces that are used to grip articles. The tip regions on the front surface of the index and middle finger regions may be un-textured or smooth to enable a user to take a patient's pulse. These tip regions may be of reduced diameter and circumference so as to pull the glove material tightly around the tips of the user's finger so that even a faint pulse in a patient may be detected.
US10238153B2	Garments for a nursing woman Garments for a nursing woman, which garments may be configured to enable hands-free breast pumping using a breast pump, include a brassiere portion with a plurality of at least partially overlapping material layers, which may be defined, in whole or in part, by edges that are at least substantially straight. The funnel of the breast pump may be received under and behind edges of the layers, and the edges may provide support to the funnel while the breast pump is used for milk expression.
US10238151B2	Toe sock and manufacturing method thereof The present invention relates to: a toe sock having toe holes, which are formed by vertically backstitching between the toes of a sock and into which the toes are separately inserted; and a manufacturing method therefor and, more specifically, provided is a part, which has toe holes formed by vertically backstitching between the toes of a sock, formed into a flexible elastic part (20), wherein the elastic part (20) is manufactured by being woven with a flexible yarn and continuously forming wrinkles (22) flexible in the widthwise direction, thereby enabling the toes to be conveniently inserted and worn by the flexible movement of the elastic part (20) and providing an excellent appearance quality because of the low contraction deformation of the appearance of the sock.
US10238150B2	Vibrotactile music perception wearable A wearable includes an article of clothing, an intelligent control and a plurality of sets of vibration motors operatively connected to the intelligent control and positioned on the article of clothing to provide tactile feedback wherein each of the sets of vibration motors is associated with a different frequency range of audio which may be communicated to the wearable via Bluetooth or otherwise.
US10238148B2	Atomizing assembly for use in an aerosol-generating system An atomizing assembly includes a tubing section having an inlet end and an outlet end. The inlet end of the tubing section is connectable to a liquid storage portion, and the outlet end of the tubing section is in fluid communication with an atomizing nozzle. The tubing section is configured to deliver a flow of liquid aerosol-forming substrate through the atomizing nozzle. The atomizing nozzle includes an air channel configured to establish an air flow through the nozzle. The air flow is mixed with the flow of liquid aerosol-forming substrate.
US10238147B2	Atomizer and electronic cigarette having same The present disclosure relates to an atomizer for an electronic cigarette. The atomizer includes a housing, a mouthpiece, a liquid tank, an atomizing cup, an atomizing assembly, an air pipe. The atomizer further includes a movable element and an elastic element. When the mouthpiece is connected to the housing, the mouthpiece abuts against the air pipe, and drives the air pipe and the movable element to compress the elastic element axially, so that the at least one through hole is in communication with the at least one liquid inlet, and the atomizing assembly absorbs the tobacco liquid flowed from the at least one through hole. When the mouthpiece is detached from the housing, the air pipe and the movable element are driven by the elastic element to restore to an initial position where the at least one through hole is misaligned with the at least one liquid inlet.
US10238144B2	Electronic cigarette An electronic cigarette includes a shell and a mouthpiece. The external wall of the shell has an air inlet. An atomizer and a liquid-supply are in contact with each other. The air inlet, atomizer, an aerosol passage, and a mouthpiece are sequentially interconnected.
US10238142B1	Cigarette rack with inventory check The cigarette rack with inventory check comprises a package rack, a plurality of digital tape measures, and a control device. The package rack stores as individual packs each pack contained within the plurality of prepackaged smoking materials. The plurality of prepackaged smoking materials are organized into one or more stacks. Each of the plurality of digital tape measures measures the length of an outer dimension of a stack selected from the one or more stacks to determine the count of packs contained within the selected stack. The control system counts the number of packs contained within each of the one or more stacks. The control system displays: 1) the number of packs contained within each of the one or more stacks; and, 2) the price of an individual pack contained within the selected stack.
US10238140B2	Method and apparatus for introducing additives to smokeless tobacco products Methods of processing tobacco for the production of an oral tobacco product. According to one embodiment the method comprises providing a base blend of tobacco, delivering a pre-determined quantity of said base blend of tobacco to an individual consumer-portion container and introducing an additive to the tobacco directly in the container. Apparatuses for such methods are also provided.
US10238136B2	Process for preparing a pet food composition The disclosure provides method for preparing a food product is described which includes mixing a dry ingredient composition, a protein-containing composition, and an alginate composition to provide a first mixture, mixing the first mixture with a setting composition to effect a controlled rate gelation reaction, and processing the product of the gelation reaction to provide a food product. The disclosure also provides pet food compositions comprising food products prepared according to the disclosed process.
US10238135B2	Food and beverage products containing, 1,3-propanediol and methods of suppressing bitterness and enhancing sweetness in food and beverage products using 1,3-propanediol Food or beverages prepared using 1,3-propanediol have shown to have modified flavor profiles, including bitterness suppression of high intensity sweeteners and potassium chloride, relative to comparable food or beverages that do not include 1,3-propanediol. Inclusion of 1,3-propanediol uniquely modifies the flavor profile of food products or food ingredients even when 1,3-propanediol is included in such low amounts that it does not itself contribute flavor to the product. 1,3-propanediol may be included in the food or beverage products in certain amounts to effect this bitterness suppression or in specific ratios relative to one or more high intensity sweeteners or potassium chloride.
US10238134B2	Nutritionally enhanced isolate from stabilized rice bran and method of production Provided is a nutritionally enhanced derivative (isolate) from Stabilized Rice Bran (SRB) with improved antioxidant, fat and protein levels enhancing both the nutritional and yield values over existing techniques. Also provided is an improved method that utilizes certain enzyme combinations under various time and temperature conditions for extracting these nutritionally enhanced isolates from SRB.
US10238130B2	Methods and systems for producing feed products having different particle densities using a single extrusion process Methods of simultaneously forming feed particles of different densities involves extruding a heated feed through an extruder having an extruder die defining a plurality of die openings. A first plurality of the die openings comprises a land length that is at least two times as long compared to a diameter of a respective die opening. A second plurality of the die openings comprises a land length that is equal to or less than a diameter of a respective die opening. Extrusion through the first plurality of the die forms extruded ribbons with a first density, while extrusion through the second plurality of the die openings forms extruded ribbons with a second density that is lower than the first density. The method proceeds by cutting the first and second plurality of extruded ribbons to simultaneously form feed particles of the first and second densities.
US10238128B2	Low-mycotoxin coffee cherry products A coffee cherry is harvested, preferably in a sub-ripe state, and quick-dried to provide a basis for numerous nutritional products. Such coffee cherries and portions thereof may be particularly characterized by their extremely low concentration of mycotoxins, including various aflatoxins, fumonisins, ochratoxins, and/or vomitoxin (DON, deoxynivalenol).
US10238127B2	Method of manufacturing partially roasted coffee beans and a combination roasting and brewing device Exemplary embodiments disclosed herein provide a method for producing primary roasted coffee beans where green coffee beans are roasted only until the point where the beans have reached the end of the primary roasting phase, where the beans are then quenched to stop the roasting process. In some embodiments, the end of the primary roasting phase is marked by the beans reaching the first crack stage. A disposable package containing primary roasted beans is also disclosed. A device for roasting and brewing ground coffee beans is also disclosed, the device having a porous container which accepts the ground coffee beans; a roasting container which accepts the porous container and has a sidewall containing an aperture; a fan and heating element positioned to force hot air through the aperture; a water containment vessel and heating subassembly positioned above the roasting container; and a water release valve assembly positioned between the water containment vessel and the roasting container.
US10238120B2	Dough forming pressing plate with spacers In some embodiments, a dough pressing system includes means for coupling a cover to a pressing platen, wherein the cover can reduce the wear caused to the pressing platen by the heat and pressure used to process one or more products. The cover optionally can be configured to be removably attached to the pressing platen with vacuum pressure.In some implementations, one or more spacers are placed between the cover and the pressing platen. The thickness of the spacers can adjust the thickness and diameter of products processed by the pressing platen. For example, to increase uniformity among products pressed together in a press cycle, the spacers can have different thicknesses that correspond with the location of the spacer in the pattern of dough balls.
US10238118B2	Fungi antagonistic to Xylella fastidiosa The disclosure describes fungal organisms and preparations useful for inhibiting infection by Xylella sp. and in the treatment of Pierce's Disease.
US10238116B2	Composite laundry additive A composite laundry additive made of composite particles. The composite particles comprising: a carrier component comprising one or more different inorganic support particles, wherein at least one of the inorganic support particles is a pigment particle; and a silver component comprising a silver metal or silver salt disposed on one or more of the inorganic support particles.
US10238115B2	Antimicrobial material and uses thereof An antimicrobial material, antimicrobial devices and method of reducing or eliminating microorganisms from a fluid susceptible to contain microorganisms is presented. The antimicrobial material is comprised of a porous activated ceramic substrate; a titanium dioxide layer covalently bound to the ceramic substrate; and a silver salt layer covalently bound to the titanium oxide layer. This antimicrobial material is used in the antimicrobial devices and methods to reduce or eliminate microorganisms in fluid.
US10238113B2	Method for protecting plants from stress and senescence The present invention relates to regulation of ureide levels for optimal plant survival during nutrient remobilization such as occurs during normal growth, dark stress and senescence. Plants can be genetically engineered or selected using a suitable gene marker to have enhanced ureide accumulation. The present invention further provides methods of protecting plants, or extending the shelf life of fresh plant produce by application of exogenous ureides.
US10238112B1	Flucarbazone sodium hemihydrate method and composition A flucarbazone sodium hemihydrate method and composition. A method of suppressing growth of grass and broadleaf weeds is described including applying to said weeds at least one dust-free composition comprising flucarbazone sodium-hemihydrate as an active ingredient. A method for preparing flucarbazone sodium-hemihydrate is also described including treating 4,5-dihydro-3-methoxy-4-methyl-5-oxo-N-[[2-(trifluoromethoxy)phenyl]sulfonyl]-1H-1,2,4-triazole-1-carboxamide (MSU) with aqueous sodium hydroxide under pH-controlled conditions; and confirming that a hemihydrate flucarbazone sodium of the following formula: has been obtained.
US10238108B2	Acidic biofilm remediation Methods and compositions for biofilm remediation are disclosed. Biofilm is reduced and removed from soiled surfaces by providing to a surface in need an effective amount of a composition comprising a biocidal surfactant and at least one organic solvent. According to the invention, the biofilm remediation compositions reduce and remove biofilm formation by administering a one-step cleaner and disinfectant. The biofilm remediation compositions are stable and effective in concentrated and diluted ready-to-use formulations comprising an anionic sulfated or sulfonated surfactant that is not an organocarboxylic acid, a sparingly soluble organic solvent and optionally a soluble organic solvent.
US10238107B2	Anti-adherent composition Compositions for inhibiting the attachment of microbes to a biotic or abiotic surface are disclosed. The compositions include a carrier and an effective amount of an anti-adherent agent. The anti-adherent agents include Dimethicone Propyl PG-Betaine, PEG-150/Decyl Alcohol/SMDI Copolymer, Ammonium Acryloyl Dimethyltaurate/Carboxyethyl, Acrylate Crosspolymer, PEG-20 Soy Sterol, PEG/PPG-25/25 Dimethicone, PEG-12 Dimethicone, Dimethicone, Cyclopentasiloxane (and) PEG-12 Dimethicone Crosspolymer, PPG-12-PEG-50 Lanolin, Glycerin (and) Glycine Max (Soybean) Seed Extract, VP/Dimethiconylacrylate/Polycarbamyl/Polyglycol Ester, PEG-10 Sunflower Glycerides, PEG-8 Amodimethicone, PEG/PPG 20/23 Dimethicone Isobutylene/Ethylmaleimide/Hydroxyethylmaleimide Copolymer, Methacryloyl Ethyl Betaine/Acrylates Copolymer, Poloxamer 407, Ethylene Oxide/Propylene Oxide Block Copolymer, PEG-200 Hydrogenated Castor Oil/IPDI Copolymer, PEG-15 Soyamine/IPDI Copolymer Dimer Dilinoleate, Dimethicone PEG-7 Isostearate, PEG-12 Dimethicone, PEG-17 Dimethicone, Polyoxyethylene Polyoxypropylene block copolymer, Polyalkyleneoxide modified silicone copolymer, Disteareth-75 IPDI, and combinations thereof. Various delivery vehicles, including wipes, may be used to deliver the composition to surfaces.
US10238106B2	Carbonates of alcohol alkoxylates as adjuvants for crop protection The present invention relates to an agrochemical composition comprising a pesticide and an alkoxylate of the formula (I) as defined below. The invention further relates to said alkoxylate. The invention further relates to a method of preparing said composition by bringing the alkoxylate and the pesticide into contact. Finally, the invention relates 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 said 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 to seed containing said composition.
US10238099B2	Spray nozzle provided with an improved incorporator A sprayer including a chassis supporting a main container, a spray boom, and an incorporation device, the incorporation device having an active state and an inactive state. A volume occupied by the incorporation device can be varied between its active state and its inactive state. The incorporation device has a larger capacity in its active state and is smaller in size in its inactive state.
US10238092B2	Wireless animal training, monitoring and remote control system An animal training and/or monitoring system and an animal-worn device that is capable of receiving and sending various inputs and outputs, respectively, from/to a wireless mobile device. The wireless mobile device has a software application that allows a human user to wirelessly communicate with the animal-worn transceiver via direct, networked or cellular wireless protocols. The animal-worn device interacts with the applications on the wireless mobile device to allow for a variety of functions, such as the transfer of commands or stimuli to the animal, the transfer of data regarding the animal or its environment to the wireless mobile device, and/or the transfer of instructions from the animal-worn device to an external device. The wireless mobile device may also transmit new firmware to the animal-worn device to modify its inputs and outputs.
US10238090B2	Absorbent garment for a four-legged animal A garment for a four legged animal can include a fabric body positionable around the rear of the animal to safeguard against excretion of bodily matter. The fabric body can include a lower portion positionable in front of the animal's rear legs and an upper portion positionable behind the animal's rear legs. Opposing edges of the fabric body between the front and upper portions can have an arcuate configuration that minimizes contact between the opposing edges and the animal's rear legs. A front attachment component coupled with the lower portion of the fabric body allows the lower portion to be positioned in front of the animal's rear legs and coupled about the animal's body. A rear attachment component coupled with the upper portion of the fabric body allows the upper portion to be positioned behind the animal's rear legs and coupled about the animal's body.
US10238084B2	Cattle floor Floor for animals such as cattle, comprising a base structure and a top layer, wherein the top layer is permeable to fluid portions of animal faeces and/or animal urine, but impermeable to solid parts of the animal faeces, wherein the base structure comprises voids for receiving said fluid portions and/or urine passing through the top layer, wherein the base structure comprises an array base elements forming a substantially continuous deck supporting the top layer, wherein the deck is arranged for passing said fluids into internal volumes of the base elements forming said voids, the internal volumes of at least a number of said base elements being in fluid communication with each other, preferably such that fluids received in said internal volumes can be removed from the base elements by flow through said internal volumes.
US10238083B2	Milking device comprising a support device A milking device includes a support device (1) supporting a milking member (2) having a claw (3) and a number of teatcups (4) to be attached to a respective teat of an animal. The support device (1) includes a rear portion (6), an attachment part (9) attaching the support device to a structure, and an arm section (7) having a proximal end portion attached to the rear portion (6) and a distal end portion movable between an active position in the proximity of the animal to be milked and a rest position. A first cavity extends along the arm section and houses a retracting member for retracting the milking member from the teats of the animal. A second cavity for conveying a fluid flow extends along the arm section. The arm section includes an extruded part enclosing the first cavity and the second cavity.
US10238078B1	Soybean cultivar 65352211 A soybean cultivar designated 65352211 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 65352211, to the plants of soybean cultivar 65352211, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 65352211, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 65352211. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 65352211. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 65352211, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 65352211 with another soybean cultivar.
US10238076B2	Soybean variety 01068130 The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01068130. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01068130. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01068130 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01068130 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10238072B1	Maize hybrid X05M941 A novel maize variety designated X05M941 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 X05M941 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X05M941 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X05M941, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X05M941 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X05M941 and methods of using maize variety X05M941 are disclosed.
US10238070B2	Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH720451 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH720451. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH720451, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH720451 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 CH720451.
US10238069B2	Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH713119 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH713119. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH713119, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH713119 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 CH713119.
US10238066B1	Soybean cultivar 73301323 A soybean cultivar designated 73301323 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 73301323, to the plants of soybean cultivar 73301323, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 73301323, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 73301323. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 73301323. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 73301323, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 73301323 with another soybean cultivar.
US10238065B1	Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH505050 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH505050. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH505050, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH505050 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 CH505050.
US10238063B1	Maize hybrid X00M477 A novel maize variety designated X00M477 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 X00M477 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X00M477 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X00M477, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X00M477 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X00M477 and methods of using maize variety X00M477 are disclosed.
US10238062B2	Methods to identify soybean aphid resistant quantitative trait loci in soybean and compositions thereof The present invention is in the field of plant breeding and aphid resistance. More specifically, the invention includes a method for breeding soybean plants containing quantitative trait loci that are associated with resistance to aphids, Aphis glycines. The invention further includes method for monitoring the introgression quantitative trait loci (QTL) conferring aphid resistance into elite germplasm in a breeding program.
US10238061B1	Soybean variety OT16580711 Disclosed is the seed of a novel soybean variety, designated OT16580711, a sample of which is deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-125533. Also disclosed are plants, or parts thereof, grown from the seed of the variety, plants having the morphological and physiological characteristics of the OT16580711 variety, and methods of using the plant or parts thereof in a soybean breeding program.
US10238060B2	Soybean cultivar S170002 A soybean cultivar designated S170002 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S170002, to the plants of soybean cultivar S170002, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar S170002, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar S170002. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S170002. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S170002, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar S170002 with another soybean cultivar.
US10238054B1	Hybrid corn variety X21590 The invention provides seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated X21590. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety X21590, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety X21590 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 X21590.
US10238053B2	Hybrid tomato variety H1546 Hybrid tomato variety ‘H1546’ is described. The ‘H1546’ tomato variety is a field-culture hybrid tomato variety suitable for machine harvest.
US10238050B2	Hybrid tomato plant named HM 5235 A novel hybrid tomato plant, designated HM5235 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of tomato hybrid HM5235, to the plants and plant parts of hybrid tomato HM5235, and to methods for producing a tomato plant by crossing the hybrid tomato HM5235 with itself or another tomato plant. The invention further relates to methods for producing a tomato plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic plants produced by that method and to methods for producing other tomato plants derived from the hybrid tomato plant HM5235.
US10238039B2	Combine harvester grain cleaners A combine harvester grain cleaner. The grain cleaner includes an upper, relatively moveable framework supporting one or more grain sieves, one or more sources of drive for causing reciprocating movement of the one or more grain sieves, a lower, relatively fixed framework supporting one or more grain or tailings sheets, and a vibrator connected to the one or more grain and tailings sheets for causing a vibratory motion thereof and for, through the vibratory motion, causing movement of grain thereon in a predetermined direction. The vibratory motion has a higher frequency than a frequency of the reciprocation of the one or more grain sieves.
US10238036B2	Mower utility bed A zero turn mower may include a frame having a front portion, a rear portion and opposing side portions, a pair of front wheels located near the front portion of the frame, a pair of rear wheels located near the rear portion of the frame, wherein the engine is supported by the frame in between the pair of rear wheels near the rear portion of the frame, a seat supported by the frame, a cutter deck assembly having at least one cutting blade to cut grass, wherein the cutter deck assembly is located between the pair of front wheels and the pair of rear wheels, a utility bed supported by the frame having an imperforate floor and an air intake through which air is drawn to cool the engine.
US10238033B2	Reel finger assembly for a harvesting reel A split reel assembly for a header of a combine harvester is provided. The split reel has two reel assemblies driven by a central support assembly. A pivotable reel finger assembly is incorporated into a medial end of each reel assembly to deflect crop material away from the central support assembly.
US10238032B2	Stalked crop harvesting header drive A stalked crop harvesting header comprising multiple harvesting units each comprising a pair of deck plates defining a channel, a pair of snapping rollers mounted below the deck plates and adapted to pull stalks downwardly through the channel, a pair of gathering chains provided with cams, the gathering chains extending between a first pair of gears located at the front end of the harvesting unit and a second pair of gears located at a back end of the harvesting unit, wherein each harvesting unit further comprises a pair of stalk guiders positioned to rotate around axes coinciding with respective axes of the first pair of gears, wherein the stalk guiders each comprising an upper stalk guiding wheel and a lower stalk guiding wheel which are interconnected, and wherein a cutting element is provided below the lower stalk guiding wheel to cut stalks while being guided by the stalk guiders.
US10238029B2	Doffer for cotton picker harvesters Improved doffer discs for spindle-type cotton picker harvesters. Several embodiments for use with row units from major equipment manufacturers include improved doffer lugs having an asymmetric profile, with an essentially perpendicular leading face and sloped trailing face; as well as use of a improved flat loop having a concave rim.
US10238028B2	Automatically detecting outlier values in harvested data In an embodiment, a method comprises determining, in received yield data, one or more passes, each pass including a plurality of observations. For each pass of the one or more passes, one or more discrete derivatives are determined, and based on the one or more discrete derivatives first outlier data is generated. First filtered data is generated by removing the first outlier data from the yield data. Furthermore, for each observation in the yield data, a plurality of nearest neighbor observations is determined, and used to determine a plurality of absolute differences in yield values. Based on the plurality of absolute differences, second outlier data is determined. Second filtered data is generated by removing the second outlier data from the first filtered data. Using a presentation layer of a computer system, a graphical representation of the second filtered data is generated and displayed on the computing system.
US10238023B2	Apparatus, systems and methods for row unit downforce control Systems, methods and apparatus for controlling the downforce applied to a row unit of an agricultural implement having multiple row units. A downpressure control device in fluid communication with a down chamber of the least one actuator maintains as a selected downpressure, any one of a continuous range of pressures in the downpressure chamber. A lift pressure control device in fluid communication with a lift chamber of the at least one actuator for controlling pressure in the lift chamber maintains as a selected lift pressure, any one of a continuous range of pressures in the lift chamber.
US10238022B2	Angle adjustable coulter wheel assembly An angle adjustable coulter wheel assembly includes a rotatable shank having a longitudinal axis defined by an upper portion of the shank. The longitudinal axis is oriented neither vertically or horizontally with respect to the ground when the assembly is mounted on a tillage apparatus. A coulter wheel rotatably mounted on the shank proximate a lower portion of the shank. An actuator rotates the upper portion of the shank about the longitudinal axis to cause the face of the coulter wheel to rotate about three orthogonal axes thereby changing orientation of the face of the coulter wheel with respect to the ground when the assembly is on the tillage apparatus. The coulter wheel assembly permits adjusting the angle of the coulter wheel in at least two planes permitting greater control over how much soil the coulter wheel disturbs during tilling.
US10244667B2	Storage apparatus and storage device management program A storage apparatus includes one or more chassis including a first housing for a chassis fan and a second housing for a plurality of storage devices. A plurality of modules have at least either one storage device or a storage device fan. Module connectors supporting each of the modules are provided so that the modules can be freely attachable/detachable. A fan air intake port that guides air outside the chassis to the chassis fan is formed in the first housing; and a fan air exhaust port that exhausts air in the chassis to outside of the chassis is formed in the second housing; wherein some module of the plurality of modules is configured of a storage device module in which the one storage device is modulized; and another module which is configured of a module which is at least either a fan-equipped storage device module or a fan module.
US10244662B2	Method and apparatus for acoustical noise reduction and distributed airflow A server rack door has a first dimension and a second dimension orthogonal to the first dimension and includes a first group of first obstructions arranged along the first dimension. The first obstructions define a first plurality of flow channels. The server rack door further includes a second group including second obstructions arranged along the first dimension and offset from the first obstructions along the second dimension. The second dimension corresponds to a thickness of the server rack door. The second obstructions define a second plurality of flow channels, where the first obstructions and the second obstructions alternate along the first dimension.
US10244659B2	Thermal distribution assembly in an electronic device A thermal distribution assembly for an electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes an enclosure defined by a metal band and a non-metal bottom wall formed by glass, sapphire, or plastic. In this regard, the enclosure may include a relatively low thermal conductivity. However, the thermal distribution assembly provides heat transfer capabilities that offset thermal conductivity losses by using a non-metal bottom wall, and also provides added structural support. The thermal distribution assembly may include a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer. The first and third layers provide structural support, while the second layer provides a relatively high thermally conductive layer. The thermal distribution assembly includes sidewalls engaging and thermally coupling to the metal band, allowing the thermal distribution assembly to draw heat from a heat-generating component, and pass the heat to the metal band while minimizing or preventing temperature increases along the non-metal bottom wall.
US10244657B2	Thermal insulation sheet and method for producing same A thermal insulation sheet includes a heat storage sheet, an insulation sheet affixed to the heat storage sheet, and a highly-thermoconductive sheet affixed to the insulation sheet. The heat storage sheet contains a resin and powdery microcapsules mixed with the resin. The powdery microcapsules encapsulate latent-heat storage agent. The heat storage sheet has a void ratio not less than 10% and not more than 30%. Or, the heat storage sheet may have surface roughness Ra not less than 2 μm and not more than 20 μm. The thermal insulation sheet suppresses or retards transferring of heat generated in a heat-generating component to outside, and suppresses a rapid rising of a temperature of the heat-generating component.
US10244655B2	Two-phase liquid cooled electronics Techniques that facilitate two-phase liquid cooling electronics are provided. In one example, a server system comprises a two-phase cooling system and an air moving system. The two-phase cooling system reduces a first temperature of a first electronic component in the server system using a pump that circulates a coolant refrigerant through a two-phase refrigerant loop associated with the first electronic component, where first electronic component satisfies a first defined criterion. The air moving system reduces a second temperature of a second electronic component in the server system using one or more fans associated with the second electronic component, where the second electronic component satisfies a second defined criterion.
US10244651B2	Multi-form factor power supply bay system A power supply system includes a chassis defining a bay. Power supply form factor element(s) are located on the chassis adjacent the bay. The power supply form factor element(s) may be used to guide a first form factor power supply through the bay and into engagement with a connector when the first form factor power supply is moved through a bay entrance, or guide a second form factor power supply through the bay and into engagement with a portion of the connector when the second form factor power supply is moved through a first section of the bay entrance. Furthermore, the power supply form factor element(s) prevent movement of the second form factor power supply through the bay and into engagement with the connector when the second form factor power supply attempts to move through a second section of the bay entrance that is different than the first section.
US10244650B2	Pressure compensated subsea electrical system A pressure compensated subsea electrical system and a pressure compensated subsea electrical system which has a housing filled with a dielectric liquid. The housing has a first housing portion and a second housing portion in pressure communication with each other. The first housing portion includes a transformer, and the second housing portion includes a power converter. The pressure compensated subsea electrical system includes a pressure compensator arranged to compensate pressure inside the housing. The pressure compensator is enabled to compensate pressure in both the first housing portion and the second housing portion.
US10244644B2	Automotive electronic device having a cover with fins to reduce gel vibration An automotive electronic device includes a pocket, which houses electronic components, bond wires connecting the electronic components, and a protective gel to encapsulate the electronic components and bond wires. A pocket cover has fins that protrude into the gel to reduce vibration of the gel and reduce vibration fatigue failure of the bond wires. The fins may: divide the gel into a plurality of cells; reduce the width of cells perpendicular to the bond wires; protrude deeper into the gel than the bond wires; and/or have differing shapes and/or depths.
US10244643B1	Display device A display device can include a display panel; a module cover disposed at a rear of the display panel and coupled to the display panel; a plate disposed at a rear of the module cover; a bracket disposed between the module cover and the plate, and fixed to the plate; and a coupling unit fixing the bracket to the module cover, in which the coupling unit includes a latch disposed at a rear surface of the module cover, and a fixing pin mounted on the bracket and coupled to the latch.
US10244639B2	Method of manufacturing stacked mounting structure A stacked mounting structure and a method of manufacturing stacked mounting structure are provided. The stacked mounting structure includes a plurality of members provided with a mounting area which is necessary for installing and operating components to be mounted on at least one principal surface, and an area for connections for signal transfer for operating the components to be mounted, and an electroconductive member which is disposed on the area for connections between the mutually facing members, and a cross section of the electroconductive member is same as or smaller than the area for connections, and an end portion of the electroconductive member is extended from a principal surface of one member up to a principal surface of the other member, and a height of the electroconductive member regulates a distance of the mounting area.
US10244638B2	Proximity sensor and manufacturing method therefor A proximity sensor is provided according to the embodiments of the present disclosure, comprising: a sensor chip; a light-emitting device; a substrate, the sensor chip and the light-emitting device being located on the substrate; a transparent molding material covering a light-emitting surface of the light-emitting device; and a non-transparent molding material separating the transparent molding material from the sensor chip.
US10244636B2	Method and apparatus for curing thin films on low-temperature substrates at high speeds A composite film is disclosed. The composite film includes a substrate, a thermal barrier layer located on top of the substrate, wherein the thermal barrier layer has a higher decomposition temperature than the substrate, and a thin film located on top of the thermal barrier layer, wherein the thin film is to be thermally processed by a pulsed light from a flashlamp.
US10244633B2	Integrated switched inductor power converter A switched inductor DC-DC power converter chiplet includes a CMOS power switch, an LC filter, regulation circuitry, feedback control circuitry, and interface control circuitry integrated on a common substrate. The inductor for the LC filter can be formed on the same surface or on opposing surfaces of the substrate as the electrical terminations for the substrate.
US10244630B2	Modular electronic building systems with magnetic interconnections and methods of using the same Electrical connectors, electrical modules, and systems are provided. In one aspect, an electrical connector includes a housing defining a side surface, an electrical conductor supported by the housing and including an engagement portion proximate the side surface of the housing. The engagement portion is adapted to engage another electrical conductor of another electrical connector. The connector also includes a magnet supported by the housing proximate the side surface of the housing, a projection extending from the side surface of the housing, and a receptacle defined in the side surface of the housing. In other aspects, an electrical module includes at least one of these electrical connectors. In further aspects, a system includes a plurality of these modules and the modules are selectively couplable together.
US10244629B1	Printed circuit board including multi-diameter vias An apparatus that includes: a printed circuit board (PCB) that includes: a multilayer lamination of one or more ground layers, one or more power layers, and multiple signal layers; multiple vias that pass through one or more layers of the multilayer lamination, wherein a first via of the multiple vias includes: a first portion that has a first diameter, and a second portion that has a second diameter that is smaller than the first diameter, wherein a second via of the multiple vias includes: a third portion that has a third diameter, and a fourth portion that has a fourth diameter that is smaller from the third diameter; and wherein the first portion of the first via is adjacent to the fourth portion of the second via and the second portion of the first via is adjacent to the third portion of the second via is disclosed.
US10244621B2	Flex circuit system for a battery assembly of an electrified vehicle A flex circuit system according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a substrate, at least one bus bar mounted to the substrate and at least one voltage sense lead integrated with the substrate.
US10244618B2	Patterned ground structure filter designs with improved performance Disclosed herein are printed circuit boards (PCBs) with patterned ground structure filters and data storage devices comprising such PCBs. Each PCB comprises a resonator having an L-shape or a zig-zag shape in a plane of the printed circuit board and at least one signal trace. The resonator has a first dimension and a second dimension in the plane of the printed circuit board. A portion of the at least one signal trace is situated over the resonator and is separated by a distance from the resonator by a dielectric material. In some embodiments, at least part of the portion of the at least one signal trace extends in a same direction as the first dimension (in the case of an L-shaped resonator) or tracks the zig-zag shape of the resonator (in the case of a zig-zag-shaped resonator).
US10244614B2	System, method and apparatus for plasma arc welding ceramics and sapphire Two ceramic or sapphire pieces are welded together using a plasma torch that includes a cylindrical vessel having first and second ends, a tangential inlet connected to or proximate to the first end, a tangential outlet connected to or proximate to the second end, an electrode housing connected to the first end of the cylindrical vessel such that a first electrode is aligned with a longitudinal axis of the cylindrical vessel, and extends into the cylindrical vessel. A hollow electrode nozzle is connected to the second end of the cylindrical vessel such that the center line of the hollow electrode nozzle is aligned with the longitudinal axis of the cylindrical vessel. A second electrode is positioned proximate to the hollow electrode nozzle. The two ceramic or sapphire pieces are placed between the second electrode and the hollow electrode, and are welded together with the plasma exiting from the hollow electrode.
US10244613B2	System and method for electrodeless plasma ignition in laser-sustained plasma light source An illumination source for igniting and sustaining a plasma in a plasma lamp of a laser-sustained plasma (LSP) broadband source includes one or more ignition lasers configured to ignite the plasma within a gas contained within the plasma lamp. The illumination sources also include one or more sustaining lasers configured to sustain the plasma. The illumination sources include a delivery optical fiber, one or more optical elements configured to selectively optically couple an output of the one or more ignition lasers, and an output of the one or more sustaining lasers to the delivery optical fiber.
US10244609B2	Power line communication for lighting systems Techniques are provided for bi-directional communication between a power supply and one or more light engines (and/or other lighting system components) via the existing power lines so that no additional communication wires are needed. In particular, the power supply can transmit information by modulating its output (voltage or current) and the light engine (or other lighting componentry, such as a sensor) can communicate back by modulating how much power it draws from the power supply. Any suitable type of modulation scheme can be used, and a master-slave arrangement can be used to control the bi-directional communication if so desired, so as to avoid multiple devices communicating over the power line communication channel at the same time. Other embodiments allow a multiple simultaneous communications over the power line communication channel.
US10244607B1	Daylight harvesting light fixture and control system for same A daylight harvesting light fixture has a housing defining a light aperture, a light emitting diode (LED) in the housing for providing illumination through the aperture, a power supply for supplying drive current to the LED; a photosensor for sensing ambient illumination through the housing aperture, and a control circuit programmed and connected for a) turning off current to the LED for a dark interval imperceptible to the human eye; b) deriving an ambient illumination level signal based on the photosensor output while the LED is turned off; c) calculating an LED light output complementary to measured ambient illumination to achieve a target ambient illumination; and d) restoring drive current to the LED at a level adjusted to produce the calculated complementary LED light output. This sequence may be repeated periodically to maintain a target ambient illumination.
US10244605B2	Battery powered light source for compartment illumination A battery powered LED light source is described for illuminating the inside of a dark enclosure when the enclosure is opened in an environment with ambient illumination. Drive circuitry adapted to the LED light source turns on the LEDs when levels of ambient light above a threshold are detected, which may occur if the light source is placed in a dark enclosure that is opened in a lit room. After being opened, the drive circuitry periodically strobes off the LED light source to take ambient light measurements without the contribution of its own LED light for determining if the enclosure has been closed and the LED light source should again be shut off.
US10244604B2	Lighting device The present invention concerns a lighting device comprising a source for generating electromagnetic radiation, and a beam shaper which is so arranged and adapted that in operation of the lighting device it spatially expands the electromagnetic radiation issuing from the source. In comparison therewith the object of the present invention is to provide such a lighting device which ensures eye safety even when the beam shaper is detached or damaged. For that purpose it is proposed according to the invention that the lighting device has a sensor which is so adapted that in operation of the lighting device it detects a state of the beam shaper, wherein the sensor and the source are so operatively connected together and adapted that if during operation of the lighting device the state of the beam shaper changes in such a way that electromagnetic radiation could issue from the lighting device without the beam shaper being in the beam path of the electromagnetic radiation the source is switched off.
US10244601B2	Switchable high color contrast lighting The invention provides a lighting unit (10) comprising a first lighting device (100), a second lighting device (200), and a control unit (300) configured to control the lighting devices (100,200), wherein (a) the first lighting device (100) is configured to provide first lighting device light (101) having a first spectral distribution with at least two first emission maxima (EM11, EM12, . . . ) spaced by at least 75 nm, a first color point x1,y1 and a first correlated color temperature T1; (b) the second lighting device (200) is configured to provide second lighting device light (201) having a second spectral distribution with at least two emission maxima (EM21, EM22, . . . ) spaced by at least 75 nm, a second color point x2,y2 and a second correlated color temperature T2; (c) the lighting unit (10) is configured to generate lighting unit light (11) comprising one or more of the first lighting device light (101) and the second lighting device light (201); and (d) the first spectral distribution and the second spectral distribution are different with at least one first emission maxima (EM11) and at least two second emission maxima (EM21,EM22) mutually differing at least 10 nm from each other, and wherein one or more of (i) 0.9≤x1/x2≤1.1, (ii) 0.9≤y1/y2≤1.1, and (iii) 0.9≤T1/T2≤1.1 applies.
US10244597B1	Luminaire and sound integration A system includes a luminaire having a light source, a lighting control device to control a light output and operation of the light source in an area of the luminaire, and a sound transducer integrated on a surface of a panel of the luminaire. The sound transducer responds to vibration of the panel to detect incoming audio waves. An audio front end device includes an audio coder responsive to analog signals from the sound transducer, and is coupled to an output of the sound transducer. The lighting control device includes programming that configures a processor to control the audio front end device to receive the analog signals from the sound transducer and provide a digital output signal, process the digital output signals to generate a responsive result that is supplied to the lighting control device in the area of the luminaire.
US10244590B2	Visible light communication system-on-a-chip This disclosure relates to visible light communication (VLC) system-on-a-chip (SoC) systems/methods and VLC system-in-a-package (SiP) systems/methods. A VLC SoC system may include an integrated circuit comprising a VLC encoder and an LED driver fabricated on a first portion of a silicon substrate and an LED fabricated in a compound semiconductor selectively grown on a second portion of the silicon substrate. A VLC SiP system may include an integrated circuit comprising a VLC encoder and an LED driver fabricated on a silicon substrate and an LED fabricated in a compound semiconductor. The integrated circuit and the LED may be packaged in a SiP module. Interconnects may be formed between the integrated circuit and the LED.
US10244587B2	Foil bag, carbon containing nipple, nipple kit, carbon containing electrode, electrode kit, electrode-nipple system, furnace and method of operating the furnace A carbon-containing nipple has a nipple thread for carbon-containing electrodes. The nipple has an inlet formed in the nipple thread and the inlet is suitable for receiving an adhesive container filled with a curable adhesive. Preferably, the inlet is a groove which runs through the nipple thread in a transverse manner and is undercut at least in sections. A nipple kit contains such a nipple and the adhesive container containing the adhesive for securing a nipple/electrode connection, wherein the adhesive container is disposed in the inlet. The nipple kit can be used in conjunction with a carbon-containing electrode for use in arc furnaces.
US10244584B2	Method for controlling an induction cooking hob with a plurality of induction coils and an induction cooking hob A method for controlling a cooking hob with one or more induction coils covered by a cookware and forming a cooking zone. All induction coils of the cooking zone are alternately activated. The method includes setting an average power to be transferred to the cookware by a user, determining a frequency, estimating a maximum average power if all induction coils of the cooking zone would be activated with said frequency, estimating a percentage power defined as quotient between the set average power and the estimated maximum average power, estimating a calculated number of coils defined as product of the number of coils within the cooking zone and the percentage power, defining a minimum number of simultaneously activated coils within the cooking zone by an integer value of the calculated number, and defining a temporal activation of a further one of the coils by a fractional part of the calculated number.
US10244583B2	Glow plug with combustion pressure sensor A glow plug including a heater (200) having a rear heat-generating element (260) formed of a resistance heat-generating element, and provided in an axial region thereof between a forward end (136) of a housing and a rear end (315) of a displacement member (300) located rearward of the forward end (136). The heat-generating element (260) is arranged separately from a forward heat-generating element (205) provided at a forward end portion of the heater.
US10244580B2	Methods and devices for providing application services to users in communications network A gateway network element includes a memory and at least one processor. The memory is configured to store a program routine or module. The at least one processor is configured, by executing the program routine or module, to: map a first multi-path transport control protocol (MPTCP) flow to a first evolved packet system (EPS) bearer associated with a first serving base station for the user; map a second MPTCP flow to a second EPS bearer associated with a WiFi access point for the user, each of the first and second MPTCP flows corresponding to a same MPTCP connection for an application; output the first MPTCP flow on the first EPS bearer for delivery to the user through the first serving base station; and output the second MPTCP flow on the second EPS bearer for delivery to the user through the WiFi access point.
US10244578B2	Mobile communication device and method of operating thereof A mobile communication device is provided. The mobile communication device includes a housing and an input device operable with the housing. Actuating the input device enables a user to at least one of change and verify an operational status of the mobile communication device. The mobile communication device also includes an indicator coupled in communication with said input device and configured to provide feedback to the user based on the operational status of the mobile communication device.
US10244575B2	Voice over long term evolution (VoLTE) network performance Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for managing performance of communications over a Voice over Long Term Evolution (VoLTE) network. A packet flow associated with a VoLTE call may be monitored, and an interruption in the packet flow that exceeds a threshold duration may be determined to be an abnormal termination of the VoLTE call. Information regarding the abnormal VoLTE call termination may be propagated through various network platforms to an enhanced Node B (eNB), where an abnormal VoLTE call termination event may be logged. The abnormal VoLTE call termination event may be utilized when analyzing the performance of the VoLTE network.
US10244573B2	Wireless communication device, wireless communication method and program Wireless communication devices, systems, and programs perform, via a single antenna: (i) communications in a first wireless communication mode in which processing of searching for other registered devices is repeatedly executed at a predetermined execution interval in order to connect to these other devices, the execution interval being set to a reference interval; and (ii) communications in a second wireless communication mode according to a communication standard other than the first wireless communication mode. The devices, methods, and programs change the execution interval in the first wireless communication mode to a value larger than the reference interval during at least a part of a period during which communication in the second wireless communication mode is being performed or communication in the second wireless communication mode is enabled.
US10244568B2	Telecommunication system for relaying cellular coverage A cellular telecommunications network architecture is described where certain UEs are configured to assist the network to improve coverage in regions of poor radio conditions. In certain embodiments, appropriate UEs are selected to act as a dynamic, out-of-band coverage extensions. Network performance can thereby be improved when serving users at the cell edge (or in other poor radio condition regions of a cell). Data from UEs connected to those assisting UEs is encrypted to allow secure transit of data without requiring modification to the RAN or Core Network.
US10244562B2	Simple rach (SRACH) Systems and methods for providing random access in a cellular communications network are disclosed. In general, the cellular communications network is an Orthogonal Frequency Division Modulation (OFDM) based cellular communications network (e.g., a 3 GPP LTE cellular communications network) or similar multi-subcarrier based cellular communications network. Random access is performed using a Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) including subcarriers having a subcarrier frequency spacing that is equal to a subcarrier frequency spacing in one or more other channels of the uplink (e.g., a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH)). As a result, the subcarriers in the PRACH are orthogonal to the subcarriers in the other channel(s) of the uplink, which in turn reduces, or substantially eliminates, interference between the PRACH subcarriers and the subcarriers of the other channel(s) of the uplink.
US10244560B2	Method and device for allocating common channel resources A resource allocation method and device are provided that can achieve uniform loads on and stable quality of a common channel available to mobile stations having no dedicated channels. A method for allocating common channel resources in a system in which a plurality of first radio communication devices transmit data to a second radio communication device over a common channel, based on first resource allocation information, includes: by the second radio communication device, transmitting second resource allocation information to at least one of the first radio communication devices; and by each of the first radio communication devices, transmitting data to the second radio communication device over the common channel, based on any one of the first resource allocation information and the second resource allocation information.
US10244552B2	Downlink control information sending method and device, and downlink control information receiving method and device The present invention discloses a downlink control information sending method and device, and a downlink control information receiving method and device. The sending method includes: sending, by a base station device, downlink control information DCI on a physical downlink control channel PDCCH of a downlink subframe, where the DCI is used to instruct user equipment UE to receive physical downlink shared channel PDSCH information in an uplink subframe; and sending the PDSCH information in the uplink subframe. In this way, the base station can effectively schedule an uplink subframe, and a purpose of transmitting a downlink service by using an uplink subframe is achieved, which not only improves utilization of a wireless spectrum resource corresponding to the uplink subframe, but also effectively diverts load pressure of a wireless spectrum resource corresponding to a downlink subframe. Therefore, overall utilization of wireless spectrum resources of a system is improved.
US10244551B2	Scheduling of delay sensitive convergecast network A method determining scheduling for packet transmission in a convergecast network. The method includes receiving a request to perform an operation in the network. Initializing a query from the sink-node, the query is transmitted to a plurality of nodes, and in response to the query, the receiver receives information indicative at a period of time. Sorting the nodes by the sink-node based on the received information and using a sorting function that prioritizes each node to obtain a prioritized order of the nodes. Calculating an end-to-end delay for each node based on the time data by determining a difference between the data generation release time for each node and the data delivery time at the sink-node for each node. Scheduling packet transmission for each of the nodes based on a scheduling function having a set of predetermined scheduling criteria. Performing packet transmissions in the tree using the scheduled order.
US10244550B2	Technique for scheduling transmission of content in an access network A technique for enhancing presentation of content comprising a plurality of objects in an access network (201) is disclosed. An object scheduler (2002) for scheduling transmission of content in an access network (201) comprises at least one memory storing program code and at least one processor configured to execute the program code. The content is provided for download to a user equipment, UE, (2001) from a content server. The program code is configured to cause the processor to schedule (S2-2), in response to receipt (S2-1) of a privilege request from the UE (2001) requesting privileged transmission of content comprising a plurality of objects, transmission of the plurality of objects to the UE (2001), and to trigger transmission (S2-3) of the scheduled plurality of objects to the UE (2001). At least a portion of the plurality of objects is scheduled with a higher priority than a default priority assigned by the object scheduler (2002) to the UE (2001).
US10244549B2	Method and apparatus for group management during machine-to-machine communication The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for group management during M2M communication. The method for group management during M2M communication includes receiving a group creation request sent by a requesting apparatus and carrying a group type of a group requested to be created, checking consistency between member types of members in the group and the group type and setting a consistency check flag of the group according to a consistency check result, and returning a group creation response that carries the consistency check result to the requesting apparatus.
US10244548B2	Radio station and method of processing user data with radio station A radio station (1) includes a first part (1A) and at least one second part (1B). The second part (1B) can be arranged so as to be physically separated from the first part (1A) and is connected to the first part (1A) via a transmission line (40) so as to be able to communicate with the first part (1A). The first part (1A) includes a bearer termination unit (10) capable of terminating at least one bearer between an upper network and the radio station (1). The second part (1B) includes a physical layer signal processing unit (12) that performs physical layer signal processing. The physical layer signal processing includes channel coding and decoding for user data pertaining to a first mobile station connected to the second part (1B) among a plurality of mobile stations.
US10244546B2	Apparatus, system and method of communication by co-located wireless communication modules Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and methods of communication by co-located wireless communication modules. For example, a device may be configured to receive a latency attribute indicating an allowed latency to transmit a packet using one or more shared resources shared between a plurality of wireless communication modules; receive a first priority level indicating a first transmission priority of the packet; increase the first priority level to a second priority level based on a comparison between the allowed latency and a time from reception of the latency attribute; and send the second priority level to an arbitration module, the second priority level to indicate to the arbitration module a second transmission priority to transmit the packet using the shared resources.
US10244545B2	Access point An access point (AP) for an indoor antenna distributed deployment environment provides an access service for a wireless terminal. The AP includes N radio frequency (RF) processing units and N*M RF switches (RFSs). Each RFS includes a public port and at least two branch ports. The at least two branch ports respectively connect with at least two antennas deployed in different indoor areas via RF feeders. The RF processing unit includes M RF chains. Each RF chain is connected to a public port of an RFS. The RF processing unit is to transmit a packet to the wireless terminal, based on a predetermined antenna combination for the wireless terminal.
US10244544B2	Selecting a frequency band from a set of candidate frequency bands associated with a wireless access point An apparatus includes a receiver configured to wirelessly receive a signal from a device. The apparatus also includes a processor configured to initiate a channel change operation associated with a channel of a particular frequency band. Each channel of the particular frequency band supports a threshold power level that is based on a signal quality associated with the signal and that enables wireless communication with the device.
US10244542B2	Mobile communication device clustering A mobile communication device includes a network transceiver configured to communicate with a cellular network, a cluster transceiver configured to communicate with other mobile communication devices, and a communication management subsystem. The communication management subsystem is configured to send to each of a plurality of candidate mobile communication devices, a setup request, receive from each of the plurality of candidate mobile communication devices, a network signal strength, determine a network signal strength of the mobile communication device, if the network signal strength of the mobile communication device is greater than the network signal strength of each of the plurality of candidate mobile communication devices, send to the plurality of candidate mobile communication devices, a setup notification indicating that the mobile communication device is a cluster head configured to provide the candidate mobile communication devices with a connection to the cellular network via the network transceiver.
US10244539B2	Wireless communication system and method for managing resource for interference coordination therein A communication method of a base station is provided. The communication method of the base station includes determining, by the base station, an aggregate interference caused by a terminal in a heterogeneous cell, transmitting information about the aggregate interference to a higher layer node entity, receiving information about an almost blank subframe (ABS) pattern from the higher node entity, and configuring an ABS based on the information about the ABS pattern.
US10244537B2	Communication system, access control apparatus, switch, network control method, and program A communication system includes: a control apparatus setting control information in a forwarding node(s); a forwarding node(s); and an access control apparatus. The forwarding node(s) forwards packets by using first control information set by the control apparatus and second control information for forwarding packets that do not match a matching condition(s) in the first control information set by the control apparatus from a predetermined port of the forwarding node(s). The access control apparatus includes a determination unit determining whether to generate control information for the packets forwarded from the predetermined port of the forwarding node(s) and requesting the control apparatus to generate control information.
US10244536B1	Method and apparatus for determining whether a secondary channel is idle In a method for determining whether a communication device can transmit via a first communication channel, the communication device receives a packet via a second communication channel and sets a network allocation vector (NAV) timer corresponding to the second communication channel using duration information included in the header of the packet. The communication device determines whether the second communication channel overlaps in frequency with a first communication channel. If the second communication channel overlaps the first communication channel, the communication device is not permitted to transmit via the first communication channel when the NAV timer is not zero. If the second communication channel does not overlap the first communication channel, the communication device is permitted to transmit via the second communication channel even when the NAV timer is not zero.
US10244535B2	Method for allotting system bandwidth in wireless access system supporting machine-type communication and apparatus for supporting same The present invention is used for a wireless access system supporting a machine type communication (MTC), and provides a method for allotting a new system bandwidth for MTC and an apparatus for supporting the same. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method for allotting a system bandwidth for an MTC terminal in a wireless access system supporting a machine type communication (MTC) includes the steps of: causing an MTC terminal to receive an upper layer signal containing the system bandwidth indication information representing an MTC system bandwidth allotted to the MTC terminal; and causing the MTC terminal to transmit uplink control information through the MTC system bandwidth represented by the system bandwidth indication information. In this case, the MTC system bandwidth can be constructed by connecting to a legacy system bandwidth in the direction of the frequency axis.
US10244534B2	Terminal device, base station device, integrated circuit, and wireless communication method A terminal device controls transmission power using a TPC command that is included in a DCI format 3. In the terminal device, in a case where CRC parity bits that are attached to the DCI format 3 are scrambled with a first RNTI, timing when the TPC command is applied is based on a first uplink-downlink configuration, and in a case where the CRC parity bits that are attached to the DCI format 3 are scrambled with a second RNTI, timing when the TPC command is applied is based on a second uplink-downlink configuration.
US10244532B2	Channel structure for communication in wireless networks Techniques for communicating channel data regarding a channel plan are described herein. For example, a device may communicate a channel information element that includes a tag indicating a first operating context to which to apply channel data regarding a channel plan. The channel information element may also include a reference tag to indicate whether the channel data is contained in the channel information element or has been previously received and/or to identify a second operating context associated with previously received channel data. If the reference tag indicates that the channel data is contained in the channel information element, the channel data may be extracted from the channel information element and applied to the first operating context. If the reference tag indicates that the channel data has been previously received, the previously received channel data may be accessed and applied to the first operating context.
US10244518B2	Dynamic indication of time division (TDD) duplex uplink/downlink subframe configurations Aspects of the present disclosure relate to techniques for dynamic indication of Time Division Duplex (TDD) Uplink (UL)/Downlink (DL) subframe configuration to User Equipments. A base station may identify one or more anchor subframes and one or more non-anchor subframes in a frame. The base station may dynamically change a UL/DL configuration of the frame used for communicating with a plurality of User Equipments (UEs) and signal the changed configuration using a common downlink control channel capable of being interpreted by the plurality of UEs in at least one of the one or more anchor subframes of the frame.
US10244511B1	Systems and methods for selecting a node management device in a wireless network Systems and methods for selecting a node management device for a node of a wireless network are provided. The node can receive advertisements from two or more node management devices communicatively coupled to the node over a predetermined time period. Upon the expiration of the predetermined time period, the node can select a node management device based on the number of advertisements received from that node management device. The node can then link to the selected node management device and use that node management device for communications. The node can also continue to monitor for advertisements from the node management devices and can decide to select a different node management device based on the number of advertisements received from the other node management devices.
US10244500B2	Open wireless architecture (OWA) mobile cloud infrastructure and method A future mobile terminal converging multiple wireless transmission technologies by utilizing a cost-effective and spectrum-efficient mobile cloud solution by introducing the Virtual Mobile Server (VMS) and Virtual Register and Call Switch (VR/CS) systems and methods based on the innovative open wireless architecture (OWA) technology platform.
US10244498B2	Cell configuration method, synchronization method, user equipment, and base station Embodiments of the present invention disclose a cell configuration method, a method for implementing synchronization between a user equipment and a base station, a user equipment, and a base station. The cell configuration method includes: determining, by a first base station corresponding to a first cell, system information of a second cell; and notifying, by the first base station, a second base station corresponding to the second cell of the system information, so that the second base station sends and receives signals according to the system information. According to the solutions provided in the embodiments of the present invention, system information of a cell may be dynamically or semi-statically adjusted according to user equipment distribution and service distribution, so that network resources can be better provided for a user equipment that needs them, a capability of serving the user equipment is improved.
US10244497B2	Clock synchronization with hysteresis state switching The invention refers to synchronizing a client clock of a network node to a reference clock, wherein the network node performs the steps of receiving from the reference clock synchronization data, determining a comparison value indicative of a degree of deviation of the client clock with respect to the reference clock, and determining a synchronization state (S1, S2) out of a free running state (S1) and a locked state (S2), based on the comparison value, a first threshold (TH1), and a second threshold (TH2). The invention further refers to a telecommunication node (21) and a computer program.
US10244492B2	Interleaved beam sweeping for synchronization and random access procedures Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. The method may include transmitting a first synchronization signal in a set of beam directions during a first symbol period of a synchronization subframe and transmitting a second synchronization signal in another set of beam directions during a second symbol period of the synchronization subframe. The second set of beam directions may be spatially interleaved with the first set of beam directions. Additionally, the method may include monitoring a first and second set of beam directions during a first and second symbol period of a random access subframe, respectively. Additionally, the method may include receiving, from a base station, first and second synchronization signals in a synchronization subframe, decoding the first synchronization signal, and transmitting an access request based at least in part on the decoded first synchronization signal.
US10244490B2	Scheduling request transmission to request resources for a buffer status report A UE may receive a directional synchronization subframe from a base station and transmit a scheduling request to the base station during a time period based on the directional synchronization subframe. The scheduling request may enable a base station to grant the UE resources to send a buffer status report (BSR). The time period may be associated with a random access channel (RACH) time period. The UE may also transmit a scheduling request within a frequency region of the RACH time period. The scheduling request may be transmitted based on a received indication of a set of subcarrier, a cyclic shift, or a sequence index. In some examples, the resources used by the UE to send the BSR may include physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) or physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resources.
US10244486B2	Method for operating femtocell in wireless communication system A method for operating a femtocell in a wireless communication system comprises the steps of: triggering the switching from the operation mode for providing a service to closed subscriber group (CSG) terminals which belong to a specific terminal group and to non-CSG terminals which do not belong to the specific terminal group, to the operation mode for providing the service only to said CSG terminals; and commanding said non-CSG terminals to change the operation mode, and carrying out a handover. The method of the present invention improves efficiency of femtocell operation, and reduces restrictions on terminals disposed in the vicinity of the femtocell. The method of the present invention can utilize the unused frequency range of the femtocell, thereby providing a service with a high data ratio.
US10244481B2	System and method for switching on wireless tool only when the location frequencies are detected A power management method and system for switching on a wireless tool when location frequencies are detected, and subsequently invoking a low-powered hibernation mode when location frequencies are not detected. The method and system include a wireless tool configured to emit a mixed electromagnetic frequency signal, and a processor configured to acquire a mixed signal and determine a voltage, set the wireless tool to a hibernation mode when the voltage is below a predetermined amount, and set the wireless tool to an active mode and apply an algorithm to calculate the location and orientation of the wireless tool when the voltage is above the predetermined amount. The system and method thus allow for conservation of battery power of the wireless tool, improving the battery life of the wireless tool and increasing procedural efficiency.
US10244479B1	Method for power saving in mobile devices by optimizing wakelocks A method for conserving device and/or network resources is provided herein. The method includes detecting a wakelock operating on a mobile device and determining a consumption of one of a power or radio usage attributed to the detected wakelock. The method further includes determining a criticality related to user experience for the detected wakelock and releasing the detected wakelock based on the determined consumption and criticality. Related systems and mobile devices are also disclosed.
US10244469B2	Power management for personal BSS control point (PCP) A wireless communication device (alternatively, device) includes a processing circuitry configured to support communications with other wireless communication device(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 wireless communication device(s) and to generate and process signals for such communications. A device communicates with other devices informing them of energy, power, etc. management operation (e.g., with respect to low power or sleep mode). When the device receives responses from each of the other devices that they are informed of the operation of the device, then device performs such energy, power, etc. management. Alternatively, when response(s) are not received from all of the other devices, the device performs such energy, power, etc. management after a period of time (e.g., number of beacon intervals (BIs)).
US10244467B2	Power-save operations for access points A method and an apparatus pertaining to power-save operations for the apparatus may involve a processor of the apparatus transmitting, via a transmitter of the apparatus, a power-save request to one or more communication devices associated with the apparatus. The processor may receive, via a receiver of the apparatus, an acknowledgment from each of the one or more communication devices. The processor may cause the apparatus to enter a power-save mode in response to receiving the acknowledgment from each of the one or more communication devices.
US10244461B2	Scalable system information block (SIB) bitmap structure Aspects of the present disclosure provide a scalable SIB bitmap structure. As described herein, a UE may generate and transmit, to an access network, a dual-layer system information block (SIB) request, wherein a first layer indicates a SIB category and a second layer indicates one or more groups within the SIB category. A base station in an access network may receive, from a UE, the dual-layer SIB request. The scalable, efficient bitmap structure may be shared by the UE and access network, thereby enabling SIB-on-Demand requests by the UE and responses to SIB-on-Demand requests by the access network.
US10244460B2	Access information table region for access to cellular networks The embodiments disclose a method for an access node of a region from a plurality of regions in a cellular network to control access to the cellular network, the method comprising generating an access information table (AIT); sending the AIT to a plurality of communication devices, sending a first signature sequence; and sending a second signature sequence. The embodiments also disclose a method for a communication device to access cellular network, the method comprising detecting one or more of first signature sequences; selecting a first signature sequence; determining a region according to the selected first signature sequence; selecting an AIT, detecting a second signature sequence; determining an entry of the selected AIT according to the detected second signature sequence; and accessing the cellular network. The access node and communication device thereof are also disclosed according to the embodiments.
US10244459B2	Systems and methods for synchronization within a neighbor aware network Methods, apparatus, and computer readable storage mediums for enabling reduced power consumption in wireless devices operating in a neighbor aware network are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes generating a first message, the first message indicating beacon transmit window information, the beacon transmit window information indicating a first time interval when one or more beacon messages are transmittable, and transmitting the first message on the neighbor aware network.
US10244458B2	Controlling Wi-Fi access in a public location A method, computer system, and/or computer program product controls access to a wireless local area network (WLAN) access point in a retail establishment. A predetermined retail activity threshold is established for a retail establishment, where the retail establishment has a patron service area with a WLAN access point, and where a determination has been made that exceeding the predetermined retail activity threshold without increasing patron traffic out of the retail establishment will cause an excessive wait time for occupying the patron service area. In response to determining that the predetermined retail activity threshold is being exceeded, a secondary criterion is examined in order to determine if the mobile device should be disconnected from the WLAN access point, in order to motivate a user of the mobile device to leave the patron service area. If so, then the mobile device is disconnected from the WLAN access point.
US10244448B2	Method for controlling user equipment to access communications network of high-speed moving vehicle A method for controlling user equipment (UE) to access a communications network of a high-speed moving vehicle, a core network control plane node device, a base station, UE, and a communications system. The method includes determining that UE accessing a public network is first-type UE, and transferring the UE to the communications network of the high-speed moving vehicle. The first-type UE is UE used by a user taking the high-speed moving vehicle.
US10244446B2	Triggering terminal roaming by access point This application relates to the communications field, and in particular, to a method for triggering terminal roaming by an access point (AP) and an access point. In the method, a first AP sends, by using a first channel, a unicast channel switching message to a first terminal associated with the first AP, where the unicast channel switching message is used to instruct the first terminal to switch from the first channel to a second channel, a receiver address of the unicast channel switching message is an address of the first terminal, the first channel is an operating channel of the first AP, and the second channel and the first channel are different; and retains the first channel as the operating channel of the first AP after the unicast channel switching message is sent. According to the method, a process of associating with a new AP can be simplified.
US10244444B2	Dual link handover Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive data from both a source base station and a target base station during handover. For example, the UE may refrain from resetting or reestablishing media access control (MAC) and packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layer configurations until after a successful access procedure is performed with the target base station. In some cases, a single radio link control (RLC)/PDCP stack may be used during handover procedures. A source base station may, for example, forward data to a target base station after receiving a handover execution message. A UE may identify and resolve any duplicate data sent by both base stations during the transition. Additional signaling may be used (e.g., during the radio resource control (RRC) configuration) to indicate that a UE supports dual link handover.
US10244438B2	Neighbor list management and connection control in a network environment A first wireless access point receives communications from multiple candidate wireless access points in a monitored region in which the first wireless access point resides. The communications indicate presence of the multiple candidate wireless access points in the monitored region. A processing resource associated with the first wireless access point processes the communications to identify which of the multiple candidate wireless access points are trusted wireless access points belonging to a network in which the first wireless access point resides. To facilitate a wireless link handoff from the given wireless access point to one of the trusted wireless access points, the given wireless access point provides notification of identities of the trusted wireless access points to a communication device in communication with the given wireless access point. The communication device selects one of the trusted wireless access points in which to handoff the respective wireless communication link.
US10244435B2	Cable cellular heterogeneous network A method is described and in one embodiment includes providing a physical connection between a node and a user equipment at a subscriber premises via a cable connection, wherein the node comprises a Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification (“DOCSIS”) remote PHY device (“RPD”) collocated with a cellular small cell device; receiving at the node a cellular downlink (“DL”) data signal from a cellular network connected to the cellular small cell device; combining the received cellular DL data signal with a DOCSIS downstream (“DS”) signal from a cellular network connected to the DOCSIS RPD to create a combined DS data signal; and forwarding the combined DS data signal from the node to the user equipment via the cable connection.
US10244433B2	Enhanced mobility management within a mobile communication network A method for enhanced mobility management within a mobile communication network includes: generating, by the user equipment, information regarding a first radio cell and a second radio cell, and/or receiving, by the user equipment, information regarding the first radio cell and the second radio cell from the first radio cell and/or the second radio cell; and selecting, by the user equipment, either the first radio cell or the second radio cell, and/or requesting, by the user equipment, on-demand mobility support from the mobile communication network. The second step is performable by the user equipment both in case that the user equipment is in an idle state and in case that the user equipment is in a connected state.
US10244429B2	Data dissemination in a navigation or communication system This relates to a method for disseminating data in a navigation or communication system comprising several transmitters for signals, wherein a common frame structure is provided for the signals and each transmitter disseminates common data and transmitter-dedicated data with its transmitted signal, and wherein the method comprises the following acts to be executed by each one of the transmitters: receiving the common data encoded with a first encoding scheme; encoding transmitter-dedicated data onboard the transmitter with a second encoding scheme; assigning the encoded common data to a number of first frames of the frame structure provided for the signals and assigning the encoded transmitter-dedicated data to a number of second frames of the frame structure provided for the signals, wherein the second frames differ from the first frames; assembling a signal to be transmitted from the number of first and second frames; and transmitting the assembled signal.
US10244422B2	System and method to manage network utilization according to wireless backhaul and radio access network conditions An example method is provided in one example embodiment and may include monitoring a plurality of wireless backhaul links associated with a radio access network (RAN); receiving an indication of a change in operating conditions for a first wireless backhaul link of the plurality of wireless backhaul links; determining utilization of the first wireless backhaul link based on the indication of the change in operating conditions; assessing an available capacity of each of the plurality of wireless backhaul links; and adjusting cellular loading in the RAN based, at least in part, on the utilization of the first wireless backhaul link and the available capacity of each of the plurality of wireless backhaul links.
US10244418B2	Systems and methods for quality of experience measurement and wireless network recommendation Systems and methods for quality of experience measurement and wireless network recommendation and/or switching are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method comprises connecting to a cellular data network, measuring a signal strength value of a Wi-Fi data network within range of the digital device, calculating an overall Wi-Fi score based on the measured signal strength value of the Wi-Fi data network, measuring a signal strength value of the cellular data network, calculating an available bandwidth of the cellular data network, calculating an overall cellular data network score based on the measured signal strength value of the cellular data network and the calculated available bandwidth of the cellular data network, comparing the overall Wi-Fi score and the overall cellular data network score, and switching from the cellular data network to the Wi-Fi data network based on the comparison of the first bandwidth score to the bandwidth threshold value.
US10244413B2	System and method for generating a graphic illustration of wireless network performance A system and method for generating a three dimensional graphic illustration of wireless communication system performance in a building.
US10244410B2	Tail optimization protocol for cellular radio resource allocation Power and resource efficiency of a mobile network device are increased. In one aspect, a tail optimization protocol (TOP) enables cooperation between a mobile device and an associated radio access network to eliminate idle periods (e.g., tails) when possible. Various systems and methods described herein can leverage the ability of applications and/or their associated connections to accurately predict a long tail time, from which a mobile device can notify an associated cellular network on such an imminent tail in order to allow the cellular network to immediately release tail resources. Various other aspects provided herein realize TOP via fast dormancy and/or other similar notification mechanisms, which enable a handset or other device to notify a cellular network for immediate resource release.
US10244409B2	Digital full duplex over single channel solution for small cell backhaul applications To provide for higher data rates, a wireless back haul network for connecting small cell base stations to a core network can be implemented using full-duplex over single channel communications. The difficulty with full-duplex over single channel communications, and the reason why it has not become common place in wireless and mobile communication standards to date, is the significant interference that the receiver of a full-duplex communication device will generally experience from the full-duplex communication device's own transmitter transmitting over the same channel that the receiver is to receive signals. This interference is referred to as self-interference because the interference experienced by the receiver originates from its own paired transmitter. The present disclosure describes embodiments of an apparatus and method that provide sufficient self-interference cancellation in a compact and power efficient manner for a small cell wireless backhaul network.
US10244401B2	Methods, devices and systems for separating overlappingly transmitted signals and enabling joint spectrum access In one example embodiment, a device includes a memory configured to store computer-readable instructions therein and a processor. The processor is configured to execute the computer-readable instructions to receive a mixture signal, and determine a first signal and a second signal from the mixture signal, the first signal being a signal of a first technology and the second signal being a signal of a second technology, the first and second signals being overlappingly transmitted signals, at least one of the first signal and the second signal being used for processing of information associated with the at least one of the first signal and the second signal.
US10244400B2	Service data transmission method and apparatus Embodiments of the present invention provide a service data transmission method and an apparatus, and relate to the communications field, so as to resolve a problem that spectrum utilization in the prior art is relatively low. The method includes: obtaining, by a base station, use permission of at least one first spectrum; broadcasting, by the base station, a service migration message to a terminal by using a second spectrum, where the service migration message is used to instruct the terminal to receive service data on the at least one first spectrum; and sending, by the base station, the service data to the terminal by using the at least one first spectrum. The embodiments of the present invention are applicable to a case in which a base station sends service data to a terminal.
US10244396B2	Ring-shaped identification device equipped with a radiofrequency transponder controlled by a light-sensitive element An identification device includes a ring incorporating at least one radiofrequency transponder which includes at least one microcontroller and at least one antenna to emit an electromagnetic field conveying identification data. The identification device further includes an electrical circuit having at least one light-sensitive element. The electrical circuit is mounted electrically between the microcontroller and the antenna such that, when the light-sensitive element receives light, the light-sensitive element acts in a first state as an open switch to electrically isolate the antenna with respect to the microcontroller. When the light-sensitive element is masked, the light-sensitive element acts in a second state as a closed switch, so as to establish an electrical connection between the antenna and the microcontroller in order to permit a current originating from electromagnetic induction of the antenna to flow.
US10244393B2	System and method for gaming using wireless communication devices A short-range wireless network is established by direct communication between wireless devices and wireless access points to permit gambling within a casino. The short communication range of the access points assures that the wireless device is in the casino. A gaming communication link is used to exchange game play data (e.g., betting, card dealing, etc.) between a gaming controller and one or more wireless devices. Game play may be conducted between a player and the house or between a plurality of payers. In one embodiment, all communication is routed between players using the gaming controller so that the house controls the transmission of all game play data.
US10244392B2	Over-the-air personalization of network devices Embodiments of the present invention may provide the capability to personalize end devices over-the-air (OTA) without the involvement of device manufacturers, for example, in a federated large scale wireless IoT network, such as LoRaWAN. Preset with factory settings, end devices may securely connect to the network before they are finally personalized for their target service. Security sensitive personalization information may only be exchanged between device and service provider. The process may require relatively little effort by the network operator and end customers, may lower personalization costs, and may provide a security model that is attractive for a wide range of IoT applications.
US10244389B1	Encrypted HFDL position reports A system and related method for encrypting HFDL position reports of an aircraft involves determining the position of the aircraft based on signals received from navigational satellites and generating data packets based on the position and an aircraft identifier such as an ICAO address. The data packets are encrypted for transmission to HF ground stations as a position report normally would be (e.g., as a performance diagnostic packet or a frequency diagnostic packet). However, the encrypted position data can only be decrypted by a control key provided to traffic control authorities or a subscriber key provided to the aircraft owner or authorized personnel. Only holders of the control key or subscriber key may decode the aircraft position and track the aircraft's heading or position.
US10244382B2	Using a plurality of SIM cards at an electronic device Apparatus with I/O modules such as a networked security camera with a plurality of wireless connections to continue to use at least one network connection is presented. The apparatus, comprising a plurality of RF units, a plurality of SIM card interfaces, at least one processing unit, at least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium and at least on input/output module, is able to continue sending and receiving data through one or more wireless networks using a plurality of RF units. Further, when more bandwidth and/or higher reliability is required, the apparatus aggregates data connections established with different wireless networks.
US10244379B2	Scheduled group reformation among multiple P2P groups following switching schedule A method includes: performing a scan to discover at least one Peer to Peer (P2P) group; sharing a result of the scan within a first P2P group; preparing a switching schedule of the first P2P group based on the shared result; wherein the switching schedule enables a switching device to disconnect from a first owner device in the first P2P group and to connect with a second owner device in a second P2P group; sharing an information with the second P2P group by using the switching device; and performing communication among the first P2P group and the second P2P group on the basis of the information.
US10244378B2	Method for selecting neighboring UE to perform D2D communication A disclosure of the present specification provides a method for selecting, by a user equipment (UE) located outside a coverage of a base station, a neighboring UE with which the UE will perform device-to-device (D2D) communication. According to the method, it is possible to quickly find out whether a neighboring UE is located within the coverage of a base station and is capable of operating as a relay, through a DMRS and a detection signal received from the neighboring UE.
US10244374B2	Service tool proximity detection A service tool proximity detection system includes a service tool and an equipment controller. The service tool is operable to establish communication with the equipment controller of an equipment service system. At least one processor of the service tool proximity detection system is configured to generate a location proximity indicator to verify proximity of the service tool to a predetermined service location of the equipment service system, determine that the service tool is located local to the predetermined service location based on verifying that a response to the location proximity indicator matches an expected response, determine that the service tool is located remote from the predetermined service location based on verifying that the response to the location proximity indicator fails to match the expected response, and configure one or more functions of the service tool based on the location of the service tool relative to the predetermined service location.
US10244373B2	BLE networking systems and methods providing central and peripheral role reversal 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 establishing a connection between a particular EN and a particular access point (AP). Such implementation includes determining such connection based on a relative proximity of an EN to an AP, and a relative value of the connection between an EN and an AP. Accordingly, a relative location of the EN may be determined based on such proximity.
US10244370B2	Integrating social-networking information In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a message associated with a user at an information exchange system. At least one correspondent associated with the user may be determined, based on the message. A social connection between the user and the at least one correspondent may be assessed with respect to a social-networking system. The information exchange system may provide an interface for display to the user, the interface comprising information associated with the message. If the social connection is confirmed, the interface may include social-networking information associated with the at least one correspondent. Otherwise, the interface may provide functionality to create a social connection between the user and the at least one correspondent with respect to the social-networking system.
US10244367B2	Short message identification method and device, and storage medium The present disclosure is related to a short message identification method and device, and a storage medium. The method includes receiving a short message via a terminal; extracting key information from the short message via a preset short message identification engine to identify the short message; and providing the key information to applications associated with the key information.
US10244360B2	Determining location of mobile device using sensor space to physical space mapping A mobile device can identify its physical location without explicit knowledge of physical coordinates, but instead using sensor measurements dependence on distance, e.g., signal strength from a Wi-Fi router. Sensor measurements can be used to determine the mobile device is at a same physical location as a previous measurement. For example, numerous measurements of sensor values can form data points that are clustered in sensor space, where a cluster of data points in sensor space corresponds to a physical cluster of physical positions in physical space. A current physical location of the mobile device can be determined by identifying which cluster of sensor positions the current measurements correspond. To identify the cluster of sensor positions, a probability can be determined for each cluster based on a sensor distance between the current measurement and a representative data point of the cluster and a kernel function.
US10244359B2	Venue data framework Techniques for storing information representing a venue are described. A venue data provider may upload venue data to a venue data service. The venue data can include locations, geometries, and business categories of the buildings and floors. The venue data service can validate the venue data, and request a survey service to survey the venue using the validated venue data. A survey can include recording measurements of an environment variable at various locations of the venue. The location service can generate location fingerprint data from the survey. The location fingerprint data can include expected measurements of the environment variable at various locations of the building. The venue data service can provide the location fingerprint data to a mobile device such that the mobile device can determine a location of the mobile device in the venue using sensor readings of the environment variable.
US10244355B1	Group identification and action Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The method computer program products, and systems can include, for instance: examining data of a plurality of traveling users, wherein at least some of the plurality of traveling users have associated mobile client computer devices, and determining, by machine logic, based on the examining that certain traveling users of the plurality of traveling users are traveling in a group; deciding, by machine logic, based on the determining that one or more action is to be performed, wherein the deciding is in dependence on a processing of historical data, the historical data specifying activities of the certain traveling users when the certain traveling users travel in a group; and providing one or more output for performance of the one or more action.
US10244353B2	Method and apparatus for determining location offset information An approach is provided for determining location offset information. A correction manager determines to present, at a device, a location-based display including one or more representations of one or more location-based features. Next, the correction manager receives an input for specifying offset information for at least one of the one or more representations with respect to the location-based display. Then, the correction manager determines to present the one or more representations in the location-based display based, at least in part, on the offset information.
US10244351B2	Tracking device operation in risk-classified zone Tracking devices can be associated with safe zones, smart zones, and high risk zones. Safe zones correspond to regions where a likelihood that a tracking device is lost within the safe zone is lower than outside the safe zone. High risk zones correspond to regions where a likelihood that a tracking device is lost within the high risk zone is higher than outside the high risk zone. Smart zones correspond to an expected tracking device, mobile device, or user behavior. Home areas are geographic regions in which a user resides, and travel areas are geographic regions in which a user does not reside. A tracking device can be configured to operate in a mode selected based on a presence of the tracking device within a safe zone, a smart zone, a high risk zone, a home area, or a travel area.
US10244350B2	Method and network for discovering a set of objects within a defined geographical space A method for discovering a set of objects within a defined geographical space, wherein the objects in the set of objects match at least one predefined characteristic, and wherein object information regarding the at least one predefined characteristic is provided by different servers, includes discovering objects within the defined geographical space by a geo discovery request based on geographical coordinates; finding, from the discovered objects, a starting object matching the at least one predefined characteristic within a definable sub-space of the defined geographical space; ranking objects within the definable sub-space by increasing distance to the starting object to establish a rank; sending a query to one or more of the different servers for gathering object information regarding a first object in the rank which is located nearest to the starting object; checking whether the first object in the rank matches the at least one predefined characteristic.
US10244349B1	Location based mobile device system and application for providing artifact tours A location based mobile device system and application for providing artifact tours is described. The mobile device application of illustrative embodiments provides multimedia information regarding an array of artifacts pertinent to the location of the mobile device. The artifacts include both current and historical events, in addition to landmarks, architecture, famous persons associated with the location, natural phenomenon and age-based activities. Illustrative embodiments generate tours that connect artifacts by common theme and the current location of the mobile device. Information relevant to a particular location may be displayed or pushed on the mobile device unprompted when the device passes in proximity to a Bluetooth beacon.
US10244345B2	Geographic location mapping using network signal strength One embodiment provides a method that performs the steps of collecting network signal information from a sensor of a mobile device located in a designated vendor area. The network signal information is produced by a fixed transmitting device and has a corresponding network time stamp. The mobile device located in the designated vendor area receives a payment notification from a vendor; extracting from the payment notification, time stamp information and a name of the vendor sending the payment notification; and matching the time stamp information with the corresponding network time stamp and automatically updating a labeled localization database. The labeled localization database comprises previously mapped localization information corresponding to multiple spatial zones of the designated vendor area and the updating comprises linking the name of the vendor sending the payment notification with a physical location of the fixed transmitting device. Other aspects are described and claimed.
US10244342B1	Spatially representing graphical interface elements as binaural audio content Certain embodiments involve spatially representing graphical interface elements as binaural audio content. For example, a system accesses electronic content having various content elements and identifies the various content elements. The system generates a three-dimensional audio representation for a content element by: accessing an audio representation of the content element; identifying a visual location of the content element; and generating a three-dimensional audio representation of the content element by applying, to the audio representation of the content element and using the visual location, a finite impulse response filter using a head-related transfer function, wherein the head-related transfer function comprises a set of filter parameters that model the visual location of the content element and wherein, when played, the three-dimensional audio representation appears to originate from the visual location. The system can then output the three-dimensional audio representation.
US10244341B2	HRTF personalization based on anthropometric features The derivation of personalized HRTFs for a human subject based on the anthropometric feature parameters of the human subject involves obtaining multiple anthropometric feature parameters and multiple HRTFs of multiple training subjects. Subsequently, multiple anthropometric feature parameters of a human subject are acquired. A representation of the statistical relationship between the plurality of anthropometric feature parameters of the human subject and a subset of the multiple anthropometric feature parameters belonging to the plurality of training subjects is determined. The representation of the statistical relationship is then applied to the multiple HRTFs of the plurality of training subjects to obtain a set of personalized HRTFs for the human subject.
US10244338B2	Information processing device and information processing method The information processing device includes: a feature amount extraction unit configured to extract a feature amount from sounds in a predetermined space; an identification unit configured to identify a type of a sound included in the sounds from the feature amount; an information combining unit configured to generate sound statistic information in which the feature amount, the type of the sound, and spatiotemporal information of the predetermined space at a time of acquisition of the sound are associated with each other; and a database establishing unit configured to establish a sound statistic database by using the sound statistic information.
US10244337B2	Hearing instrument and method of providing such hearing instrument A method of providing a hearing instrument includes: providing at a manufacturer the hearing instrument with a firmware which comprises a plurality of selectable functional properties; distributing the hearing instrument from the manufacturer to a middleman, wherein the hearing instrument is configured to be programmed by a programming station at the middleman, wherein the programming station is configured for selecting at least one of the plurality of selectable functional properties according to an input from the middleman, wherein the programming station is also configured to program the firmware of the hearing instrument according to the selecting to provide a programmed hearing instrument; billing an end user for the programmed hearing instrument, wherein the billing reflects the selecting; and receiving, at the manufacturer, data regarding the selecting from the middleman.
US10244333B2	Method and apparatus for improving speech intelligibility in hearing devices using remote microphone A hearing system includes a pair of first and second hearing devices wirelessly coupled to a remote device that includes a microphone. One or more gains can each be calculated as a function of a first microphone signal received from the first hearing device, a second microphone signal received from the second hearing device, and a remote microphone signal received from the remote device. The function can be designed to improve speech intelligibility in a noisy environment. The one or more gains are applied to the first and second microphone signals to produce output sounds by the first and second hearing devices.
US10244332B2	Device monitoring for program switching A method for operating a hearing prosthesis including operating the hearing prosthesis in a first mode, and monitoring an operating characteristic of the hearing prosthesis. The operating characteristic may relate to one or more of a power supply configured to provide power to the hearing prosthesis, or a temperature characteristic of the hearing prosthesis. The method also includes determining that the operating characteristic is at a threshold level, and responsive to determining that the operating characteristic is at the threshold level, operating the hearing prosthesis in a second mode. In this example, operating the hearing prosthesis in the second mode at least one of uses less power or generates less heat than operating the hearing prosthesis in the first mode.
US10244330B2	Lateral mode capacitive microphone with acceleration compensation The present invention provides a lateral microphone including a MEMS microphone. In the microphone, a movable or deflectable membrane/diaphragm moves in a lateral manner relative to the fixed backplate, instead of moving toward/from the fixed backplate. A motional sensor is used in the microphone to estimate the noise introduced from acceleration or vibration of the microphone for the purpose of compensating the microphone output through a signal subtraction operation. In an embodiment, the motional sensor is identical to the lateral microphone, except that the movable membrane in the motional sensor has air ventilation holes for lowering the movable membrane's air resistance, and making the movable membrane responsive only to acceleration or vibration of the microphone.
US10244327B2	Precision audio speaker coil assembly and method for making same The present invention relates generally to audio speakers, and systems and methods for making audio speakers. More specifically, the present invention relates to reliable precision audio speaker coil assemblies, and systems and methods for manufacturing reliable precision audio speaker coil assemblies.
US10244321B2	Audio decoder for audio channel reconstruction A method performed by an audio decoder for reconstructing N audio channels from an audio signal containing M audio channels is disclosed. The method includes receiving a bitstream containing an encoded audio signal having M audio channels and a set of spatial parameters, the set of spatial parameters including an inter-channel intensity difference parameter and an inter-channel coherence parameter. The encoded audio bitstream is then decoded to obtain a decoded frequency domain representation of the M audio channels, and at least a portion of the frequency domain representation is decorrelated with an all-pass filter having a fractional delay. The all-pass filter is attenuated at locations of a transient. A matrixed version of the decorrelated signals are summed with a matrixed version of the decoded frequency domain representation to obtain N audio signals that collectively having N audio channels where M is less than N.
US10244320B2	Audio decoder for audio channel reconstruction A method performed by an audio decoder for reconstructing N audio channels from an audio signal containing M audio channels is disclosed. The method includes receiving a bitstream containing an encoded audio signal having M audio channels and a set of spatial parameters, the set of spatial parameters including an inter-channel intensity difference parameter and an inter-channel coherence parameter. The encoded audio bitstream is then decoded to obtain a decoded frequency domain representation of the M audio channels, and at least a portion of the frequency domain representation is decorrelated with an all-pass filter having a fractional delay. The all-pass filter is attenuated at locations of a transient. A matrixed version of the decorrelated signals are summed with a matrixed version of the decoded frequency domain representation to obtain N audio signals that collectively having N audio channels where M is less than N.
US10244317B2	Beamforming array utilizing ring radiator loudspeakers and digital signal processing (DSP) optimization of a beamforming array One embodiment provides a sound apparatus comprising a plurality of driver units arranged linearly in an end-fire array, and for each driver unit, a corresponding digital filter for individual digital signal processing of signals received by the driver unit.
US10244316B2	System and method for a pumping speaker According to an embodiment, a method of operating a speaker with an acoustic pump includes generating a carrier signal having a first frequency by exciting the acoustic pump at the first frequency and generating an acoustic signal having a second frequency by adjusting the carrier signal. In such embodiments, the first frequency is outside an audible frequency range and the second frequency is inside the audible frequency range. Adjusting the carrier signal includes performing adjustments to the carrier signal at the second frequency. Other embodiments include corresponding systems and apparatus, each configured to perform corresponding embodiment methods.
US10244314B2	Audio adaptation to room An audio system includes one or more loudspeaker cabinets, each having loudspeakers. The system outputs an omnidirectional sound pattern to determine the acoustic environment. Sensing logic determines an acoustic environment of the loudspeaker cabinets. The sensing logic may include an echo canceller. A playback mode processor adjusts an audio program according to a playback mode determined from the acoustic environment of the audio system. The system may produce a directional pattern superimposed on an omnidirectional pattern, if the acoustic environment is in free space. The system may aim ambient content toward a wall and direct content away from the wall, if the acoustic environment is not in free space. The sensing logic automatically determines the acoustic environment upon initial power up and when position changes of loudspeaker cabinets are detected. Accelerometers may detect position changes of the loudspeaker cabinets.
US10244313B1	Beamforming for a wearable computer A wearable computer is configured to use beamforming techniques to isolate a user's speech from extraneous audio signals occurring within a physical environment. A microphone array of the wearable computer may generate audio signal data from an utterance from a user's mouth. A motion sensor(s) of the wearable computer may generate motion data from movement of the wearable computer. This motion data may be used to determine a direction vector pointing from the wearable computer to the user's mouth, and a beampattern may be defined that has a beampattern direction in substantial alignment with the determined direction vector to focus the microphone array on the user's mouth for speech isolation.
US10244311B2	Acoustic device An acoustic device that has a neck loop that is constructed and arranged to be worn around the neck. The neck loop includes a housing with a first acoustic waveguide having a first sound outlet opening, and a second acoustic waveguide having a second sound outlet opening. There is a first open-backed acoustic driver acoustically coupled to the first waveguide and a second open-backed acoustic driver acoustically coupled to the second waveguide.
US10244301B2	Power management shell for ear-worn electronic device An ear-worn electronic device comprises a shell defining an enclosure of the device. Electronics are disposed within a void in the enclosure. One or more capacitors, which may be supercapacitors, are situated on or within the shell and coupled to the electronics. The one or more capacitors can be part of a circuit of the electronics that provides power management for the ear-worn electronic device.
US10244299B2	Methods and apparatus for wearable personal sound speaker systems Embodiments of the invention provide a wearable personal sound speaker system kit. The kit includes a speaker housing adapted to securely hold a speaker; an attachment mechanism adapted to secure the kit to a worn item; and a connector adapted to couple the speaker housing to the attachment mechanism. The kit is adapted to support the speaker proximate to a user's ear without contacting the ear. Numerous additional features are disclosed.
US10244296B1	Planar photonic switch fabrics with reduced waveguide crossings Techniques for using planar photonic switch fabrics with reduced waveguide crossings are described. In one embodiment, a system is provided that comprises a memory that stores computer-executable components and a processor that executes computer-executable components stored in the memory. In one implementation, the computer-executable components comprise an arrangement component that arranges a first planar switch fabric topology. The computer-executable components further comprise a transformation component that interleaves a plurality of inputs of the first planar switch fabric topology and a plurality of outputs of the first planar switch fabric topology to form a second planar switch fabric topology, the second planar switch fabric topology having a lower number of waveguide crossings than the first planar switch fabric topology.
US10244295B2	Passive optical network communications method, apparatus and system The present invention discloses a passive optical network communications method, apparatus and system. The method includes: receiving, by an optical network unit, a first message sent by an optical line terminal, where the first message carries backup wavelength channel ID information; switching, by the optical network unit when the optical network unit detects a fault, an operating wavelength channel of the optical network unit to a backup wavelength channel identified by the backup wavelength channel ID information; and performing, by the optical network unit, data communication over the switched-to backup wavelength channel. In this way, fast protection switching of a passive optical network system is implemented and reliability of the system is improved.
US10244293B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program There is provided an information processing apparatus to allow a user to use a device network by a natural and simple operation by automatically selecting a device for providing a response to a request, the information processing apparatus including: a request acquiring part configured to acquire a request to a system; a response determining part configured to determine a response to the request; a device selecting part configured to select, on the basis of at least an attribute of the response, a device that provides the response among devices included in the system; and a device controller configured to perform control that causes the selected device to provide the response.
US10244292B2	Method and device for detecting bioelectric signals A method for operating a bioelectric differential measurement arrangement includes detecting a bioelectric measurement signal. The bioelectric measurement signal includes a bioelectric useful signal and an interference signal. The method also includes detecting the interference signal by a common-mode current measurement by the bioelectric differential measurement arrangement.
US10244284B2	Display apparatus and video processing apparatus While presenting on a display apparatus videos of high picture quality obtained from portable video processing apparatuses such as a camera and a cellular, it is possible to communicate with the Internet and/or a home network. A display apparatus includes a first radio communication unit capable of receiving video information by radio from an external video processing apparatus, a second radio communication unit capable of connecting by radio to a network, and a control unit for controlling assignment of connection by radio transmission for each of the first and second radio communication units. The control unit assigns connection of the first radio communication unit with higher priority and controls the assignment of the transmission rate such that the transmission rate between the first radio communication unit and the external video processing apparatus is more than that between the second radio communication unit and the network.
US10244279B1	Systems and methods of time zone specific scheduling of streaming content Systems and methods of content scheduling are disclosed in this application. Methods of the inventive subject matter facilitate scheduling of streaming content that is hosted on websites such as YouTube and Vimeo. Schedules can be different based on the time zone in which a client computer attempts to access the content on the schedule. Methods disclosed in this application make it easy to quickly schedule an entire season of a show to run during a time period based on time zone. Methods disclosed in this application also facilitate modifying, creating, or implementing channel schedules across one or more time zones, where the channel schedule includes episodes of video content.
US10244276B2	System and method for allocating bandwidth in a network Devices and methods for allocating bandwidth in a data communication network having available bandwidth, particularly when allocating bandwidth for data of more than one video content item.
US10244275B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving signaling information in digital broadcast system The present invention relates to a method for transmitting signaling information in a digital broadcast system, the method comprising the steps of: adaptively generating a signaling table relating to signaling information transmitted from a data link layer on the basis of at least one structure among a hierarchical structure and a flat structure on the basis of a characteristic of service configuration; and transmitting the generated signaling table.
US10244273B2	Source device, content providing method using source device, sink device and controlling method of the sink device A source device for transmitting content to a sink device is provided. The source device may include an interface configured to perform high-bandwidth digital content protection (HDCP) authentication with the sink device, and a controller configured to determine an HDCP version supported by the sink device, convert the content so as to be encrypted in the HDCP version supported by the sink device in response to a determination that another HDCP version applied to the content is not supported by the sink device, encrypt the converted content in the HDCP version supported by the sink device, and control the interface to transmit the content to the sink device.
US10244264B2	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.
US10244259B2	Method and apparatus of disparity vector derivation for three-dimensional video coding A method and apparatus of three-dimensional/multi-view coding using aligned reference information are disclosed. The method operates by receiving input data associated with a current block of a current frame in a dependent view, determining a first DV (Disparity Vector) from one or more neighboring blocks of the current block, wherein the first DV refers to a first reference view to derive first reference information, selecting a second reference view for the current block to derive second reference information, aligning the first reference information associated with the first reference view with the second reference information associated with the second reference view, and applying inter-view encoding or decoding to the input data utilizing the first DV or the second reference information after applying said aligning the first reference information with the second reference information.
US10244254B2	Encoding system using motion estimation and encoding method using motion estimation Provided are an encoding system using motion estimation and an encoding method using motion estimation for achieving high-speed motion estimation according to a multi-processing unit. The encoding system using motion estimation, comprises a multi-processing unit calculating motion estimation on many macroblocks of an input image, a motion estimator estimating motion vectors of the macroblocks of the input image using the motion estimation on the plurality of macroblocks, previously calculated by the multi-processing unit, and an encoder encoding the image based on the motion vectors of the macroblocks, estimated by the motion estimator. According to the present invention, motion estimation to be used for motion estimation can be calculated in advance according to the multi-processing unit capable of processing high-speed parallel processing to reduce an image encoding time and improve an encoding speed.
US10244253B2	Video coding techniques using asymmetric motion partitioning Techniques for decoding video data include receiving residual data corresponding to a block of video data, wherein the block of video data is encoded using asymmetric motion partitioning, is uni-directionally predicted using backward view synthesis prediction (BVSP), and has a size of 16×12, 12×16, 16×4 or 4×16, partitioning the block of video data into sub-blocks, each sub-block having a size of 8×4 or 4×8, deriving a disparity motion vector for each of the sub-blocks from a corresponding depth block in a depth picture corresponding to a reference picture, synthesizing a respective reference block for each of the sub-blocks using the respective derived disparity motion vector, and decoding the block of video data by performing motion compensation on each of the sub-blocks using the residual data and the synthesized respective reference blocks.
US10244248B2	Residual processing circuit using single-path pipeline or multi-path pipeline and associated residual processing method A residual processing circuit has a single-path pipeline and a single-path controller. The single-path pipeline has an inverse scan (IS) circuit, an inverse quantization (IQ) circuit and an inverse transform (IT) circuit arranged to process a current non-zero residual data block in a pipeline manner. The current non-zero residual data block is at least a portion of a transform unit. The single-path controller controls pipelined processing of the current non-zero residual data block at the single-path pipeline. The single-path controller instructs the IS circuit to start IS processing of a next non-zero residual data block before the IT circuit finishes a first half of IT processing of the current non-zero residual data block.
US10244246B2	Sub-pictures for pixel rate balancing on multi-core platforms A method for decoding a compressed video bit stream in a video decoder to recover a video sequence, the video decoder including a plurality of decoder processing cores is provided. The method includes determining that a picture is encoded in the compressed bit stream as a pre-determined number of independently encoded sub-pictures, and dispatching a first encoded sub-picture of the pre-determined number of sub-pictures to a first decoder processing core of the plurality of decoder processing cores and a second encoded sub-picture of the pre-determined number of sub-pictures to a second decoder processing core of the plurality of decoder processing cores, wherein the first encoded sub-picture and the second encoded sub-picture are independently decoded in parallel on the respective first and second decoder processing cores.
US10244242B2	Multi-layer video coding A device for processing video data includes a memory configured to store at least a portion of a multi-layer bitstream of video data; and one or more processors configured to receive the portion of the multi-layer bitstream, the multi-layer bitstream comprising a plurality of layers, the plurality of layers comprising a non-independently decodable non-base layer (non-INBL) and an independently decodable non-base layer (INBL); receive a video parameter set (VPS) associated with the coded video data, the VPS comprising first representation format parameters; receive a sequence parameter set (SPS) associated with the INBL, the SPS comprising second representation format parameters; process the non-INBL based on the first representation format parameters; and process the INBL based on the second representation format parameters.
US10244239B2	Parameter set for picture segmentation Systems and methods for picture segmentation through columns and slices in video encoding and decoding. A video picture is divided into a plurality of columns, each column covering only a part of the video picture in a horizontal dimension. All coded tree blocks (“CTBs”) belonging to a slice may belong to one or more columns. The columns may be used to break the same or different prediction or in-loop filtering mechanisms of the video coding, and the CTB scan order used for encoding and/or decoding may be local to a column. Column widths may be indicated in a parameter set and/or may be adjusted at the slice level. At the decoder, column width may be parsed from the bitstream, and slice decoding may occur in one or more columns.
US10244230B2	Directional pixel for multiple view display The present disclosure relates to a directional pixel for a high-angular resolution, wide field of view, multiple view display. The design teaches a directional pixel comprising a substrate, one or more pixel driving circuits, one or more nano- or micro-scale subpixels, and one or more directional optical guiding surfaces, wherein each of said one or more subpixels is comprised of a light emitting device emitting a light beam and an optical microcavity housing said light emitting device. The optical microcavity is comprised of a plurality of reflective surfaces to specifically manipulate and tune said light beam, wherein one or more of said reflective surfaces is a light propagating reflective surface which propagates said light beam out of said microcavity, and said light propagating reflective surface is connected to said one or more directional optical guiding surfaces to direct said light beam at a specific angle. A high-angular resolution, multiple-view light-field display is created by deploying a plurality of directional pixels into a directional pixel array system.
US10244228B2	Multi-dimensional data capture of an environment using plural devices Embodiments of the invention describe apparatuses, systems, and methods related to data capture of objects and/or an environment. In one embodiment, a user can capture time-indexed three-dimensional (3D) depth data using one or more portable data capture devices that can capture time indexed color images of a scene with depth information and location and orientation data. In addition, the data capture devices may be configured to captured a spherical view of the environment around the data capture device.
US10244227B2	Capture and render of virtual reality content employing a light field camera array Systems and method relating to creating a virtual reality, such as a three-dimensional virtual reality, representation of physical scene. In this aspect, such a method may comprise gathering information from an array of cameras positioned on a two-dimensional planar surface. In this particular aspect, one or more of the cameras may be positioned at a different angle relative to the two-dimensional planar surface based at least in part on a respective distance of each of the one or more cameras from a midpoint of the planar surface. Furthermore, in this general aspect the method may further comprise processing the gathered information at least in part to render a virtual reality representation of the physical scene.
US10244224B2	Methods and systems for classifying pixels as foreground using both short-range depth data and long-range depth data Disclosed herein are methods and systems for classifying pixels as foreground using both short-range depth data and long-range depth data. One embodiment takes the form of a process that includes obtaining video data depicting at least a portion of a user. The process also includes obtaining short-range depth data associated with the video data. The process also includes obtaining long-range depth data associated with the video data. The video data, short-range depth data, and long-range depth data may be obtained via a single 3-D video camera. The process also includes classifying pixels of the video data as foreground based at least in part on both the short-range depth data and the long-range depth data. In some embodiments, classifying pixels of the video data as foreground comprises employing an alpha mask. The alpha mask may comprise binary foreground (hard) indicators. The alpha mask may comprise foreground-likelihood (soft) indicators.
US10244223B2	Methods for full parallax compressed light field 3D imaging systems A compressed light field imaging system is described. The light field 3D data is analyzed to determine optimal subset of light field samples to be (acquired) rendered, while the remaining samples are generated using multi-reference depth-image based rendering. The light field is encoded and transmitted to the display. The 3D display directly reconstructs the light field and avoids data expansion that usually occurs in conventional imaging systems. The present invention enables the realization of full parallax 3D compressed imaging system that achieves high compression performance while minimizing memory and computational requirements.
US10244221B2	Display apparatus and method A display apparatus providing a multi-view image is provided, which may include a panel unit to provide light through a plurality of pixels corresponding respectively to a plurality of viewpoints, and an optical unit to provide the light to a left eye position and a right eye position at a pre-designated viewing distance, respectively, wherein the optical unit may be configured for light from pixels for view images having discontinuous viewing indices, among the plurality of pixels, to be transferred to the left eye position and the right eye position.
US10244218B2	Image processing apparatus, image processing system, image processing method, and non-transitory computer readable medium An image processing apparatus includes an illumination light intensity calculating unit that determines, from a brightness value based on a pixel value of each pixel forming an original image, an illumination light intensity image having as a pixel value an illumination light component of the original image, using at least one smoothed image having the brightness value that is smoothed using at least a smoothing degree, and a light source color calculating unit that determines an illumination light source color as a light source color of illumination light in accordance with the original image and the illumination light intensity image.
US10244214B2	Image capturing apparatus An image capturing apparatus includes a projector and a camera. The projector includes a light source unit and a projector lens barrel unit. The camera includes a camera lens barrel unit. As viewed in a direction that is orthogonal to a direction toward which an optical axis of the projector travels, the projector lens barrel unit is arranged to overlap with the camera lens barrel unit, and the light source unit is arranged so as not to overlap with the camera. A duct via which air to be blown to the light source travels is arranged in such a manner that the air travels in a direction orthogonal to the direction toward which the optical axis of the projector travels.
US10244208B1	Systems and methods for visually representing users in communication applications The disclosed computer-implemented method may include, (1) observing, via at least one sensor, at least one attribute of a user, (2) mapping the observed attribute of the user to a computer-generated avatar that represents the user, (3) determining a level of realism for the avatar, with the level of realism specifying a relationship between an appearance of the avatar and an actual appearance of the user, and (4) dynamically adjusting a computer-generated presentation of the avatar in accordance with the determined level of realism. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US10244206B1	Communication device The communication device which includes a TV phone pausing visual data selecting implementer, a TV phone implementer, a TV phone pausing visual data transferring implementer, and a stereo audio data output implementer.
US10244204B2	Dynamic projection of communication data A computer system may be used to project a communication to a user. The system may analyze camera data to detect the facial direction and location of a user. The system may also receive a communication for the user. The system may receive the communication from a user device associated with the user. Based on the detected facial direction and location of the user, the system may determine a target location for the projection. The system may identify a set of visual projectors based on the target location and transmit the communication data and the target location to the projectors.
US10244201B2	Electronic apparatus and communication control method According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a decoder, a transmitter and an operation processor. The decoder decodes a control stream in encoded content data including an AV stream and the control stream for controlling the AV stream. The transmitter transmits the AV stream and the control stream to an external apparatus, wherein first time information is added to the AV stream and second time information is added the control stream. The operation processor executes, in response to a user operation in the external apparatus, a process corresponding to the operation by using the decoded control stream while video is being displayed on a screen of the external apparatus.
US10244197B2	Projector and control method of projector A projector includes a projection unit that projects a projection image and a control unit that performs calibration. The control unit detects a position of a first detection point in a first symbol, from a first captured image obtained by capturing a first projection image when the projection unit projects the first projection image including the first symbol onto a projection surface, detects a position of a second detection point in a second symbol, based on the position of the first detection point, from a second captured image obtained by capturing a second projection image when the projection unit projects the second projection image including the second symbol onto the projection surface, and performs the calibration based on the position of the second detection point. The second symbol is disposed at a position corresponding to the first symbol and has a shape different from the first symbol.
US10244196B2	Display control apparatus and display control method A projector that displays a video image based on display data obtains procedure information corresponding to a procedure of a plurality of user operations performed to identify display data and displays a video image indicating the obtained procedure information.
US10244187B2	3-dimensional hybrid camera and production system A hybrid three dimensional imaging camera comprises a 2-D video camera utilizing a focal plane array visible light detector and a 3-D flash laser radar utilizing an infrared focal plane array detector. The device is capable of capturing a complete 3-D scene from a single point of view. A production system combining multiple hybrid 3-D cameras around a subject provides 3-D solid models of an object or scene in the common field of view.
US10244185B2	Method and apparatus for mixing a first video signal and a second video signal A method for mixing a first video signal and a second video signal, the method comprising at a mixing device receiving the first video signal; receiving the second video signal; receiving a transformation information signal dividing the first video signal into a transparent region and a non-transparent region and representing a spatial relationship between the first video signal and the second video signal; transforming the second video signal in accordance with the transformation information signal; and combining the non-transparent region of the first video signal with a portion of the transformed second video signal, the portion of the transformed second video signal being rendered in the transparent region of the first video signal.
US10244184B2	Method and apparatus for shooting star trail video, and computer storage medium A method and device for filming a Star trail video, and a computer storage medium. The method includes the steps of: after shooting begins, an image is collected via a camera every set time; a current image and a previous image are composited to generate a composite image; the composite image is captured, and the captured composite image is encoded; when shooting is ended, a video file is generated from the data of the encoded composite image.
US10244182B2	Methods and apparatus for reducing spatial flicker artifacts Various embodiments of the present technology may comprise a method and apparatus for reducing spatial flicker artifacts in high dynamic range images produced from multiple image captures with differing integration times. The method and apparatus may comprise, in the image captures, measuring pixel intensity selecting pixels with a predetermined intensity thresholds, calculating a ratio based on a channel selection, normalizing the calculated ratio to an ideal ratio, and applying the normalized ratio to corresponding image pixels in a second image capture to produce a flicker-free image.
US10244170B2	Image-shake correction apparatus and control method thereof In an image-shake correction apparatus, if distortion is generated such that a screen peripheral portion of an image pickup screen of an image pickup element is reduced as compared with a screen center portion of the image pickup screen and if distortion is generated such that the screen center portion is reduced as compared with the screen peripheral portion, image-shake correction effect in the screen center portion is higher than image-shake correction effect in the screen peripheral portion.
US10244169B2	Imaging apparatus, imaging method, and program An image processing apparatus including an interface that receives an input identifying a subject, and a processor that generates a panoramic image based on captured image data so that the subject is positioned in a reference position in the panoramic image.
US10244168B1	Video system for real-time panoramic video delivery A system for video capture and delivery is disclosed. The system comprises a camera with multiple sensors to capture video at a first location, and to stitch images corresponding to the multiple sensors to produce a panoramic video having at least a 100 degrees field of view; and a cloud-based server to process the panoramic video for delivery to a plurality of client devices, and to stream the processed video to the plurality of client devices.
US10244164B1	Systems and methods for image stitching A method performed by an electronic device is described. The method includes receiving a plurality of images from a first camera with a first field of view and a second plurality of images from a second camera with a second field of view. An overlapping region exists between the first field of view and the second field of view. The method also includes predicting a disparity of a moving object present in a first image of the first plurality of images. The moving object is not present in a corresponding second image of the second plurality of images. The method further includes determining warp vectors based on the predicted disparity. The method additionally includes combining an image from the first plurality of images with an image from the second plurality of images based on the determined warp vectors.
US10244162B2	Directionality control system, calibration method, horizontal deviation angle computation method, and directionality control method A directionality control system includes: a camera; a microphone provided as a separate body from the camera; a display that displays video data captured by the camera; and a processor that computes a sound collection direction, which is directed from the microphone toward a sound position corresponding to a designated position in the video data. The processor computes the sound collection direction by using parameters including: a first height of the camera from a reference surface, a second height of the microphone from the reference surface, a third height of a computation reference point from the reference surface, the computation reference point being positioned in the sound collection direction at a position different from the sound position, a direction which is directed from the camera toward the sound position, and a fourth height of the sound position from the reference surface.
US10244160B2	Focus adjustment device and focus adjustment method In a focus adjustment device that images a subject that has been subjected to pupil division to generate image data, and carries out a focus adjustment operation based on the image data, a focus adjustment operation is carried out based on a first phase difference amount in the event that it has been determined that the first phase difference amount is larger than a first threshold value, and then by executing focus detection after the focus adjustment operation, in the event that it has been determined that reliability of both the first phase difference amount and the second phase difference amount is high, and that a difference between the two is smaller than a second threshold value, and that it has been determined that the first phase difference amount is smaller than the first threshold value, a focus adjustment operation is carried out based on a second phase difference amount.
US10244151B2	Sports camera with external antenna The disclosed technology is directed to a sports camera capable of being connected with an external antenna. The sports camera includes a housing and a camera main body. The camera main body includes a processor, an image component, a communication component, and an antenna feed component. The housing includes an antenna connector (e.g., feed points) configured to connect with the external antenna (e.g., a pogo pin antenna). The antenna connector is coupled to the antenna feed component. The external antenna can enhance data transmission (e.g., live streaming of captured images) between the sports camera and other devices.
US10244148B2	Printer, color conversion control program and color conversion control method A printer includes: an inline scanner which acquires an RGB value of each patch of a color chart; an inline colorimeter which acquires a colorimetric value of each patch of the color chart; a profile creation unit which creates a profile for associating the RGB value with the colorimetric value of each patch; and a color conversion unit which estimates a colorimetric value corresponding to an RGB value of input data by extrapolation calculation using four points including three points forming a plane and one supporting point in data of the profile, wherein the color conversion unit estimates the colorimetric value corresponding to the RGB value based on a set of four points remained after deleting one or a plurality of sets of four points according to a predetermined rule from a plurality of sets of four points selected for an RGB value input.
US10244146B2	Color correction system and method A computer-implemented method for color correction includes obtaining a noise evaluation image by adding noise to a noise-free image, color correcting the noise evaluation image using a plurality of color correction parameters, color correcting the noise-free image using the plurality of color correction parameters, determining a noise amplification metric at least by comparing the corrected noise evaluation image with the corrected noise-free image, and adjusting the plurality of color correction parameters based on the noise amplification metric.
US10244145B2	Image forming apparatus having circuitry for providing a user authentication input screen and providing a function selection screen displaying authenticated functions An image forming apparatus is provided, in which the image forming apparatus includes a user database in which user identification information for identifying an user of the image forming apparatus is registered, an operation panel for receiving a key operation input, a secure program used for determining whether a user service can be provided on the basis of the user identification information in the user database and another user identification information input by the user.
US10244144B1	System and method for de-skew of scanned images A system and method for aligning concurrently scanned documents, such as receipts, is accomplished on a suitable digital computing device such as a multifunction peripheral. An intelligent controller having a processor and memory operates a scan engine. One or more documents are placed, character side down, on a scanner platen. Axis data is stored and corresponds with a defined orientation of the platen, and thus a defined orientation of a scan image. The controller isolates two or more image portions from the scan image with each image portion defined by a boundary corresponding to a document. The controller detects a linearly oriented image component associated with each document image portion and reorients each image portion to generally align in accordance with each linearly oriented image component and the axis data.
US10244141B2	Printing apparatus capable of adding user information and number information to print target image, and control method thereof A printing apparatus capable of adding number information differing from copy set to copy set, to a printing target image includes a judging unit configured to judge whether to add user information indicating a current user to a printing target image, and a determination unit configured to determine a position to which the number information is to be added, based on a result of the judgment performed by the judging unit.
US10244140B2	Illumination device, image scanning apparatus, and image forming apparatus An illumination device includes a light guide member having a bar-like shape and a light source disposed so as to face an end surface of the light guide member. The illumination device guides light from the light source in the light guide member and emits the light from a light emission surface of the light guide member formed in a longitudinal direction of the light guide member. The light emission surface includes a first light diffusing portion that is formed in a first portion near the light source and that has a protruding/recessed shape, and a second light diffusing portion that is formed in a second portion adjacent to an end of the first light diffusing portion, the end being away from the light source. The second light diffusing portion has a protruding/recessed shape and has lower light diffusivity than the first light diffusing portion.
US10244137B2	Image processing apparatus, information processing method, and storage medium for extracting one or more settings from a received print job in a case where post-processing cannot be performed An image processing apparatus includes a receiving unit that receives a print job, a determination unit that determines whether post-processing can be performed, and a control unit that, if the determination unit determines that post-processing cannot be performed, performs processing in accordance with setting information, extracted from the print job, on an operation for a case where the post-processing cannot be performed.
US10244136B2	Image forming apparatus and image forming system that determine whether to set image forming apparatus in reserved state based on communication with requesting device transmitting confirmation request that is a request to confirm use status of image forming apparatus An operation panel of an image forming apparatus receives in a login state and does not receive in a logout state a job setting instruction, etc. When a communication section receives a confirmation request to confirm use status of the image forming apparatus, a controller of the image forming apparatus specifies a requester who is a user of a communication device having transmitted the confirmation request and determines whether the image forming apparatus is to be set in a reserved state based on communication with the communication device. When a user information set of the requester is input in a state in which the image forming apparatus is in the reserved state, the controller causes the operation panel to transition from the logout state to the login state. The controller refuses additional login from a user other than the requester during the image forming apparatus being in the reserved state.
US10244133B2	Image forming apparatus for displaying content corresponding to one or more maintenance events, and method and program for controlling the same An image forming apparatus combines a plurality of sub-movies representing operation procedures to be performed to perform maintenance on the image forming apparatus and plays the combined sub-movies sequentially as one movie. In response to stopping the movie being played, the image forming apparatus displays a replay mark for use to issue a command to replay the movie from the beginning of a sub-movie corresponding to a position where the movie is stopped.
US10244132B2	Information processing device that facilitates setting of image processing and recording medium An information processing device includes an image obtaining unit, a multiple-set-value selection unit, a set-value calculation unit, and an image-processing control unit. The image obtaining unit obtains data of an image. The multiple-set-value selection unit selects a plurality of set values relative to an item for which stepwisely variable set values are available. The item is applied to processing of the image. The set-value calculation unit calculates one set value relative to the item, based on the plurality of selected set values. The image-processing control unit applies the calculated set value to the item to control the processing of the image.
US10244130B2	Information processing apparatus and information processing method An information processing apparatus is provided that includes an operation unit implemented by an information processing terminal connected via a communication line. The information processing apparatus includes a memory storing a program and a processor configured to execute the program to implement processes of opening a port for receiving a packet conforming to a predetermined communication protocol in response to a request from the information processing terminal, and transmitting data included in the packet to the information processing terminal in response to receiving the packet that is directed to the port.
US10244126B2	MTF measuring method for measuring MTF of contact image sensors, and MTF adjusting method Provided is a MTF measuring method that is capable of estimating an accurate MTF curve in one measurement. The method is a MTF measuring method for measuring the MTF of a CIS that includes a CMOS sensor, and a lens that directs incident reflected light from a document via a contact glass to the CMOS sensor. A test chart is placed on the contact glass via a transparent plate having a thickness that varies at different locations in the sub scanning direction. Then, the CIS is caused to scan in the sub scanning direction, and in one scan, is caused to measure respective MTF at multiple measurement locations where the thickness of the transparent plate differs.
US10244123B2	Master-slave wireless doorbell intercom system The present utility model relates to a master-salve wireless doorbell intercom system, comprising an indoor unit and an outdoor unit, wherein the indoor unit comprises a first power management unit, a first microprocessor, a first communication module and a first voice module, with both the first power management unit and the first communication module being electrically connected to the first microprocessor, and the first voice module being electrically connected to the first communication module; and, the outdoor unit comprises a second power management unit, a second microprocessor, a second communication module, a third communication module and a second voice module, with the second communication module and the third communication module being communicatively connected to the first communication module, respectively. The present utility model makes use of the intercom technology.
US10244119B2	Driver's communication assistance infra system and method for abiding by driver's mobile phone regulations using the same A driver's communication assistance infra system may include a vehicle terminal device mounted in a vehicle and obtaining mobile phone information related to portable communication devices of a driver and a passenger in the vehicle using a mobile phone pairing; and a connected vehicle center receiving and storing the mobile phone information transmitted from the vehicle terminal device and connecting a calling number to the passenger via a mobile communication network upon receipt of the calling number transmitted by the caller while the driver is driving; and the use of the portable communication device of the driver while driving is switched by the connected vehicle center, thus abiding by the driver's mobile phone regulations.
US10244114B2	Graphical user interface generation using a hierarchy One or more embodiments related to a method of generating a graphical user interface. The method includes obtaining a metric interface hierarchy having multiple nodes, where each node defines a visualization for the node, and the metric interface hierarchy defines an ordering on the nodes. The method further includes traversing the metric interface hierarchy starting with a selected node to obtain a subhierarchy, and creating the graphical user interface from a general interface by populating the general interface with the visualization from each node in the subhierarchy according to the ordering. The method further includes providing the graphical user interface.
US10244113B2	Determining customer service quality through digitized voice characteristic measurement and filtering Methods and apparatuses are described for determining customer service quality through digitized voice characteristic measurement and filtering. A voice analysis module captures a first digitized voice segment corresponding to speech submitted by a user of a remote device. The voice analysis module extracts a first set of voice features from the first voice segment, and determines an emotion level of the user based upon the first set of voice features. The voice analysis module captures a second digitized voice segment corresponding to speech submitted by the user. The voice analysis module extracts a second set of voice features from the second voice segment, and determines a change in the emotion level of the user by comparing the first set of voice features to the second set of voice features. The module normalizes the change in the emotion level of the user using emotion influence factors, and generates a service score.
US10244111B1	System for providing data to an interactive response system Described are techniques for exchanging data, in an automated manner, with an automated system, such as an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system. Data may be exchanged with the automated system via a data connection, separate from a telecommunication connection. User data responsive to requests received from the system via the data connection, or user data that corresponds to the identity of the system, may be automatically provided. A telecommunication connection may be initiated during or subsequent to the exchange of data via the data connection. A notification may be provided to a user responsive to receipt of audio data via the telecommunication connection, or a change in the received audio data.
US10244106B2	Methods and systems for verifying users by telephone numbers A verification process is executed between a software-controlled communication device and a software-controlled server in a network to verify that an unconfirmed telephone number, which is transmitted to the server, corresponds to an actual subscription telephone number and that this subscription telephone number is assigned to the communication device. In the verification process, the server initiates a verification call to the unconfirmed telephone number from a selected calling telephone number. The communication device intercepts the verification call, identifies the originating telephone number, and transmits the originating telephone number to the server. The verification succeeds if the originating telephone number matches the calling telephone number.
US10244104B1	Sound-based call-quality detector System and techniques for sound-based call-quality detector are described herein. An audio sample can be received via a hardware interface from an on-going communication. The audio sample can be processed to produce a transcript. The transcript can be compared to a call-quality dataset to produce a call-quality degradation indication. Here, the call quality dataset includes indicia of communication quality. Network maintenance can then be performed in response to the call-quality degradation indication. The network maintenance can include adjusting a network device setting.
US10244103B2	Methods, apparatuses, computer program products and systems for comprehensive and unified call center monitoring An apparatus monitoring calls of a system includes a processor and memory causing the apparatus to perform operations including capturing recordings of calls in real-time from recorded devices. The processor may further cause the apparatus to compare audio call data of the calls detected by a switch with audio content of recorded calls by recorder devices to determine whether the audio call data matches the audio content of recorded calls. The processor may further cause the apparatus to monitor conditions of recorder devices during calls to determine whether a component(s) of recorder devices or of communication devices exceeds a threshold. The processor may further cause the apparatus to monitor memory in which recorded calls are transferred for archiving to determine whether there is enough storage in the memory. The processor may further cause the apparatus to determine metrics impacting quality of recorded calls and perform analytics on the recorded calls.
US10244100B2	Control apparatus The present invention relates to control apparatus. The control apparatus 10 comprises a resiliently deformable body 12 which defines a narrow hole 22 configured to receive lengthwise or widthwise a mobile device 14 and to hold the mobile device snugly when so received. The mobile device 14 comprises a magnetic field sensor 24. The control apparatus further comprises a magnetic field emitting device 20 disposed in or on the resiliently deformable body 12 whereby, in use, the magnetic field emitting device moves relative to the narrow hole 22 and hence the magnetic field sensor 24 of the mobile device upon deformation of the resiliently deformable body.
US10244096B2	Digital image viewing system, a cellar phone and a digital photo frame A digital image viewing system comprises a wireless phone unit, a battery charger for the wireless phone unit and a digital photo frame in short-range wireless communication with the wireless phone unit. The digital photo frame may include phone function unit. Usual slide show is played on display of digital photo frame and replaced by a special image when a speaker of digital photo frame plays a ringer melody. The special image relates to a person causing the ringer melody. An operation at the wireless phone unit is transmitted to the digital photo frame through the short-range wireless communication to change the special image back to the usual slide show. Upon receipt of e-mail with image data attached, cellar phone automatically but conditionally opens the e-mail and takes out the image data to transmit it to digital photo frame through the short-range wireless communication or direct contact with battery charger.
US10244093B2	Method and apparatus for media property or characteristic control in a media system A method including: transmitting, by a control device, a first portion of content comprising a first portion of a signal corresponding to a multimedia presentation characteristic of a peripheral device; receiving, when an adjustment of the signal is below an adjustment threshold, a first instance of an input indicating a request to change the multimedia presentation characteristic; in response to receiving the first instance of the input, adjusting a second portion of the signal and transmitting a second portion of the content comprising the adjusted second portion of the signal; receiving, when the adjustment of the signal is at or above the adjustment threshold, a second instance of the input; and transmitting, in response to receiving the second instance of the input, a communication signal to the peripheral device to adjust a peripheral device control of an output of the multimedia presentation characteristic.
US10244092B2	Electronic device and method for controlling the same An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes a display, a memory, and a processor electrically connected with the display and the memory, wherein the processor controls to display, on the display, a directory comprising at least one contact list stored in the memory, and controls to identify a selected contact among the contact list based on an external input signal, and receive information to be displayed to the selected contact, and match and store the selected contact and the received information.
US10244086B2	Multiple network access load control devices An apparatus for controlling the power delivered from an AC power source to an electrical load may include a controllably conductive device. The apparatus may also include a first wireless communication circuit that may be operable to communicate on a first wireless communication network via a first protocol and the first communication circuit may be in communication with the controller. The apparatus may also include a second communication circuit that may be operable to communicate on a second communication network via a second protocol. The controller may be further operable to control the first wireless communication circuit to communicate configuration data with the first wireless communication network via the first protocol. The controller may also be operable to control the second wireless communication circuit to communicate operational data with the second communication network via the second protocol.
US10244085B2	Transmission control protocol (TPC) data handling A method for handling transmission control protocol (TCP) data between networked computer nodes during blackout periods associated with live kernel updating is provided. The method includes initiating a live kernel update on a first node, transmitting, prior to performing a network blocking procedure associated with the live kernel update, a zero window update to one or more peer nodes, generating a surrogate partition associated with the first node, copying network states from an original partition associated with the first node to the surrogate partition, restoring the network states on the surrogate partition, and transmitting another window update to the one or more peer nodes.
US10244084B2	Reducing TCP connection establishment time in an overlay network Applications that run on an overlay network-based managed service achieve high performance gains using a set of TCP optimizations. In a first optimization, a typical single TCP connection between a client and an origin server is broken into preferably three (3) separate TCP connections. These connections are: an edge-to-client connection, an edge-to-edge connection, and edge-to-origin connection. A second optimization replicates TCP state along the connection to increase fault tolerance. In this approach, preferably a given TCP connection is maintained on two servers. When a packet is received by one server, called the primary, its state is updated and then passed to a second server, called the backup. Only when the backup sends an acknowledgement back to the primary can it then send a TCP acknowledgement back to the host that originally sent the packet. Another optimization reduces connection establishment latency.
US10244075B2	Information processing device, information processing method, program and storage medium The oldest time of the times represented by the pieces of behavior time information included in the pieces of latest behavior log information respectively transmitted by the log information generation servers is detected as a most-delayed server latest log time on the basis of pieces of behavior log information and pieces of server identification information stored in a storing unit. A collection reference time based on the detected most-delayed server latest log time is set. Behavior log information including behavior time information before the collection reference time is selectively collected from among the pieces of behavior log information stored in the storing unit.
US10244074B2	Method and apparatus for receiving profile by terminal in mobile communication system A method for receiving profile information by a terminal in a communication system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure to solve the above-described problem comprises the steps of: transmitting, to a predetermined server, a first request message including an identifier related to the terminal and information related to a standby server; transmitting, to the standby server, a second request message including identifier information related to the terminal; and receiving, from the standby server, a first response message including server information for profile reception. According to the embodiment of the present disclosure, it is possible to effectively carry out an opening of an eUICC terminal and a device change, and flexibly manage a transfer server for profile download. In addition, it is possible to flexibly install and manage a communication provider's remote installation of a profile in the eUICC terminal.
US10244070B2	In-memory message sequencing The present disclosure relates generally to techniques for facilitating reliable communication of messages between a source system (e.g., a client system) and a destination (e.g., a target system) via an intermediary messaging system. In certain embodiments, the intermediary messaging system receives messages to be sent to a target system. A plurality of entries corresponding to the messages are added in memory queued corresponding to the target system. A signal is received that the message is ready for transmission. The memory queues of the target system are accessed and a determination is made from the memory queues that no other message for the target system needs to be transmitted before the message. The message is transmitted after all messages that have to be transmitted prior to the first message are transmitted.
US10244068B2	System and method for providing distributed caching in a transactional processing environment In accordance with an embodiment, described herein is a system and method for providing distributed caching in a transactional processing environment. The caching system can include a plurality of layers that provide a caching feature for a plurality of data types, and can be configured for use with a plurality of caching providers. A common data structure can be provided to store serialized bytes of each data type, and architecture information of a source platform executing a cache-setting application, so that a cache-getting application can use the information to convert the serialized bytes to a local format. A proxy server can be provided to act as a client to a distributed in-memory grid, and advertise services to a caching client, where each advertised service can match a cache in the distributed in-memory data grid, such as Coherence. The caching system can be used to cache results from a service.
US10244064B2	Method of providing digital content for users of physical items Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided for enhancing users' overall experiences with physical items by supplementing their physical experiences with digital experiences. According to an embodiment, an electronic device scans a smart tag associated with an item to obtain an item identifier of the item, and sends the item identifier to a server, which selects digital content to be made available to a user of the item.
US10244062B2	Updating time-related information in post to make it more relevant for the requester on subsequent retrieval of post A method, system and computer program product for updating the time-related information in a post to make it more relevant for the requester on a subsequent retrieval of the post. A post with a reference to an event or activity (e.g., “leaving for Florida in 3 days”) is identified using natural language processing. Upon receiving a request from a requester to retrieve the post prior to the expiration of the event/activity, the post is updated by substituting a time countdown in the post with an up-to-date time countdown or with a current status of the referenced event/activity. If, however, the request is received after the expiration of the event/activity, then the post is removed or updated with an indication that the referenced event/activity has expired. In this manner, the requester will be receiving more accurate and relevant time-related information concerning the event or activity referenced in the post.
US10244059B2	Systems and methods for the demand-driven deployment of location-neutral software Techniques for providing and consuming web services, including a service library configured to store one or more web services and a host directory connected to service hosts, configured to store data related to the service hosts. The service hosts are a network and adapted to receive and fulfill deployment requests for the web services stored in the service library by instantiating one or more endpoints of one of the web services. A manager is configured to query the host directory and the service library, generate a deployment plan, and transmit deployment requests to the one or more service hosts.
US10244057B2	Techniques for associating and sharing data from multiple local devices Systems and methods for accurately and efficiently associating devices with a user profile and compiling use information from such devices are disclosed. Devices are associated with the same user profile based on identifying consistent proximity of the devices to one another, e.g., by identifying that the devices are frequently used in proximate locations during a time period or by identifying that the devices are paired with one another. Local devices, rather than a remote server, are used to more efficiently associate devices with the user profile and/or compile use information from such devices. Devices that are associated with the same user profile as a local collection device send use information to the local collection device. The information from all of the devices associated with the user profile is then shared locally with other devices associated with that user profile and sent to a remote collection server.
US10244056B2	Method and apparatus for transferring remote session data Examples of systems and methods are provided for communication and for forwarding display data related to a remote session between a client device and a remote server to a host device. The system may facilitate establishing the remote session with the remote server. The system may facilitate establishing a trusted relationship between the client device and the host device. The system may filter out data related to local graphical user interface (GUI) and selectively forward from the client device to the host device display data related to the remote session established between the client device and the remote server.
US10244053B2	Multicast collaborative erasure encoding and distributed parity protection The present disclosure provides methods and systems for multicast collaborative erasure encoding and methods and systems for distributed parity protection. One embodiment relates to a method of multicast collaborative erasure encoding of a chunk stored in a distributed object storage cluster. A roll-call request is multicast to every storage server in a negotiating group for the chunk. Roll-call inventory responses are generated and multicast by every storage server in the negotiating group. The roll-call inventory responses are collected by every storage server in the negotiating group from other storage servers in the negotiating group to form a set of roll-call inventory responses. A logical evaluation of the set of roll-call inventory responses may then be performed by every storage server in the negotiating group. Other embodiments, aspects and features are also disclosed.
US10244045B2	Software-defined networking single-source enterprise workload manager Embodiments relate to a software-defined networking (SDN) single-source enterprise workload manager. An aspect includes analyzing, by an enterprise server executing a workload compiler, a plurality of source code files of a workload during a workload compilation and build process to determine enterprise network connections between a plurality of subprograms of the workload as a plurality of compile-time information of the workload. The workload compiler generates a network flow graph as interactions between the subprograms of the workload in the enterprise network responsive to the compile-time information of the workload. The network flow graph is provided to an SDN controller to make network resource allocations for the workload based on the network flow graph. A workload manager of the enterprise server adjusts an allocation of compute resources based on a notification of a reallocation of network resources made by the SDN controller.
US10244039B2	Shell integration on a mobile device for an application executing remotely on a server The systems and methods described herein are directed to permit roaming of applications across devices consistently and dynamically. Other aspects include roaming of application idiosyncrasies, data or content specific to each application, user preferences specific to each application or content, such as pinning or unpinning, and user history specific to each application in a consistent and complete fashion across diverse devices to provide seamless integration with the native device user interface. Application idiosyncrasies may include different options supported by the applications, groups of tasks or content, dynamically changing user interface, and tasks or content based on application state or user actions. In another aspect, the systems and methods described herein seamlessly integrate roaming with the user interface of the native device, such as a tablet or a smart phone. The systems and methods described herein make “work shift” in distributed and diverse device environment practical and extremely usable.
US10244032B2	Reducing application detection notification traffic In one example, a gateway device includes one or more processors configured to determine that a subscriber device has started a first application, determine that the subscriber device has ended a second application, and send a message, in accordance with Diameter protocol, to a policy server device indicating both that the subscriber device has started the first application and that the subscriber device has ended the second application. In another example, a gateway device includes one or more processors configured to send at most one message, in accordance with Diameter protocol, to a policy server device indicating that a subscriber device has started an application, and at most one message, in accordance with the Diameter protocol, indicating that the subscriber device has stopped the application.
US10244031B1	Navigation assistance from a trusted device Systems and methods of facilitating screen sharing of a user's computing device with a trusted contact are provided. A user may receive directions while driving by calling a friend and initiating a screen sharing support session during which a software application currently displayed on the user's device is transmitted for real-time display on the friend's device. The friend may provide control inputs to be executed by the software application on the user's computing device.
US10244030B2	Systems, methods and computer program products for dynamic user profile enrichment and data integration A system is disclosed for delivering dynamically-rendered web experiences enriched with external user profile data. The system establishes a provider connection with a provider system external to the system. The provider connection connects a page component of a network site and a provider service executing on the provider system. During web content delivery, the system accesses the provider connection and queries the provider service about a user visiting the network site. The system dynamically integrates external user profile data provided by the provider system with system-managed content in a delivered web page that is tailored to the user.
US10244023B2	Active offline storage management for streaming media application used by multiple client devices A system, method and computer program product for storing streaming media content includes: receiving streaming content, at a first mobile computing device, from a content service provider over a communications network; and determining, by a secondary mobile computing device specific details of a use of the content currently being received and buffered at the first device. The second device obtains, using the determined specific details, the content expected to be consumed by the first device to a local memory storage device at the secondary device, and stores the expected content for subsequent consumption. The system and method provides for an awareness of data usage of an account instance on the secondary device; storing a set of data locally on a secondary device based on usage of a primary device; and enabling the downloading of a set of data to the secondary device via a local connection to the primary device.
US10244021B2	Media content and user experience delivery system An apparatus for delivering media content from a first media device to a second media device is provided. The apparatus includes a server configured to receive media content from a first media device and to receive a first plurality of user experience settings used at the first media device to playback the media content. The server is further configured to store operating capabilities from a second media device. The server is further configured to adjust at least a portion of the operating capabilities in response to the first plurality of user experience settings to generate translated user experience settings and to transmit the media content and the translated user experience settings to the second media device to enable the second media device being to playback the media content substantially similar to the first media device playing back the media content.
US10244018B2	Controlling bluetooth multimedia devices Disclosed is a device (DEV) for controlling Bluetooth multimedia devices, the controlling device including a Bluetooth chip (BC) arranged to implement a modified A2DP profile (A2DP′) so as to create a point-to-multipoint link (LNK) from the Bluetooth chip to several Bluetooth multimedia devices (SPK1, SPK2, SPKN), the Bluetooth chip of the controlling device being arranged to stream several interconnected multimedia streams, each to a respective Bluetooth multimedia device from among the several Bluetooth multimedia devices, based on a non-blocking Bluetooth usage. The description also refers to a method for controlling Bluetooth multimedia devices, to a computer program arranged to implement such a method as well as to a storage medium storing such a computer program.
US10244015B2	System to control output of images to multiple devices in a network A system including a first output apparatus and a second output apparatus that are connected to an information processing apparatus via a network and includes a job generating unit that generates a plurality of jobs that instruct the execution of processing to exchange a first age output to the first output apparatus for a second image output to the second output apparatus based on an image exchange instruction received on a screen that receives user operations and a job execution instructing unit that instructs the first output apparatus and the second output apparatus to execute the processing to exchange the first image for the second image based on the jobs.
US10244012B2	System and method to visualize activities through the use of avatars A system and method to visualize activities through the use of avatars. The system includes a display engine configured to display at least one automated activity as an avatar. The system also includes a management system configured to monitor the progress of the at least one automated activity and alter at least one of an appearance and a movement of the avatar in relation to the progress of the at least one automated activity.
US10244008B1	Voice channel management in a communication system Techniques are disclosed for managing communication channels in a communication system that includes communication devices and a communication server. In one embodiment, a communication device may receive an invitation to join a new communication channel, the invitation comprising a universal resource locator (URL) link to a location that contains instructions for joining the new communication channel. The communication device may then launch a companion application in response to activating the URL link where the companion application may be associated with an account administered by a communications server. The companion application may be configured to manage one or more communication devices. A user may select from among the communication devices managed by the companion application to be added to the new communication channel and send, to the communication server, an acceptance to the invitation to join the new communication channel. The acceptance may include an identity of the selected communication devices to add to the new communication channel.
US10244006B2	Session initiation protocol extension for digital mobile radio networks matching private or professional mobile radio features A system comprising: a SIP Proxy Server, and DMR Gateway(s) to interface the SIP Proxy Server with DMR Network(s) matching Private/professional Mobile Radio (PMR) features; each DMR Gateway is univocally assigned with a SIP ID and is designed to: interpret messages from the SIP Proxy Server to manage DMR signalling/data/voice features toward DMR Terminals, and initiate DMR features on account of DMR Terminals operating under it and make requests for DMR signalling/data/voice features toward destinations belonging to another Network; each DMR Gateway is designed to: transcode an over-the-air, manufacturer-specific DMR Terminal registration into a SIP REGISTER message to result in the SIP Proxy server perceiving and managing the DMR Terminal as a SIP User Agent; the SIP Proxy Server is designed to manage: DMR signalling features, including voice call set-up, and DMR data features using the SIP MESSAGE method, and/or DMR signalling/data/voice group features.
US10244005B2	Enhanced IMS services restriction and selection control for mobile devices roaming in foreign networks A system and method that allows a mobile device to register for IMS services while the mobile device is roaming in a visited telecommunications network is disclosed. The system receives a request for multiple IMS services from a mobile device while the mobile device is roaming in a foreign network. The system uses an identifier of the foreign network and an associated RAT type to query a policy table containing a list of whitelisted IMS services for the foreign network and associated RAT type. The system processes the requested IMS registrations for services that are whitelisted and does not process requested IMS registrations for services that are not on the whitelist.
US10244001B2	System, apparatus and method for access control list processing in a constrained environment In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a first request from a first device to access a first resource of the system and determining whether to grant access to the first resource based on a first access control list stored in the system, the first access control list associated with the first device, the first device having a first relevance value, and based on the determination, granting the access to the first resource; and receiving a second request from a second device to access a second resource of the system and forwarding the second request to an access manager service coupled to the system to determine whether to grant access to the second resource based on a second access control list stored in the access manager service associated with the second device, the second device having a second relevance value, receive an access grant from the access manager service and based thereon, granting the access to the second resource.
US10243999B2	Methods and systems for providing secure network connections to mobile communications devices A secure network connection is established between a server and a mobile communications device after the creation of a secure network account. The server, while analyzing traffic over the secure network connection identifies a triggering event or condition. In response the server modifies the secure network connection.
US10243997B2	Secure and lightweight traffic forwarding systems and methods to cloud based network security systems A method implemented by an agent operating on a mobile device communicating to a cloud-based system includes opening up local listening sockets on the mobile device; redirecting outgoing traffic from all application on the mobile device except the agent to the local listening sockets; and forwarding the outgoing traffic from the local listening sockets to the cloud-based system with additional information included therein for the cloud-based system.
US10243994B2	Quantitatively measuring recertification campaign effectiveness An identity management system is augmented to provide a methodology to generate an objective measure of administrative effectiveness with respect to account certification. In the approach, erroneous account information is intentionally inserted into a recertification campaign. The erroneous account information is tracked through the recertification process and used as a measurement to evaluate whether a particular manager/administrator whose accounts are impacted is successful in recognizing the erroneous account information (e.g., as a percentage of erroneous account records located). The dummy information is tracked and used to generate a quantitative measure of the effectiveness of a particular recertification campaign or a particular manager who is responsible for recertifying accounts. The results can also be used to drive other enterprise metrics and compliance systems.
US10243993B2	Systems and method for providing dynamic computer networks in which behavior models drive cyber mission models Systems and methods for controlling operations of a computer network. The methods involve: receiving, by a first computing device (1404, 2200), User-Software Interactions (“USIs”) selecting (a) at least one mission objective from a mission library of a data store (1406, 2208) and (b) at least one criteria for a Cyber Behavior Model (“CBM”) stored in a behavior library of the data store; translating USIs to Programming Instructions (“PIs”) implementing a mission plan specifying which IDentity Parameters (“IDPs”) are to be transformed during specific time periods; and executing PIs by a node of the computer network to dynamically transform true values, which correctly represent IDPs, into false values which incorrectly represent IDPs.
US10243992B2	Secure content delivery over a domain portal In one embodiment, a method includes sending a login request to a server computing device; receiving a first derivative identifier from the server computing device; storing the first derivative identifier; sending a content request to the server computing device for a web page; receiving, from the server computing device, a content frame and a trusted frame for display on the client device, wherein the content frame comprises a second derivative identifier; according to instructions associated with the content frame, requesting the trusted frame to verify whether the second derivative identifier matches the first derivative identifier; according to instructions associated with the trusted frame, verifying whether the second derivative identifier matches the stored first derivative identifier; and displaying the requested web page in the content frame based on a verification confirmation from the trusted frame that the second derivative identifier matches the stored first derivative identifier.
US10243990B1	Systems and methods for detecting replay attacks on security space A system and method for detecting replay attacks on secure data are disclosed. A system on a chip (SOC) includes a security processor. Blocks of data corresponding to sensitive information are stored in off-chip memory. The security processor uses an integrity data structure, such as an integrity tree, for the blocks. The intermediate nodes of the integrity tree use nonces which have been generated independent of any value within a corresponding block. By using only the nonces to generate tags in the root at the top layer stored in on-chip memory and the nodes of the intermediate layers stored in off-chip memory, an amount of storage used is reduced for supporting the integrity tree. When the security processor detects events which create access requests for one or more blocks, the security processor uses the integrity tree to verify a replay attack has not occurred and corrupted data.
US10243987B2	Runtime protection of web services Protecting a runtime Web service application. A web service application is instrumented to log its operation and allow recreation of its execution trace. Trace point vulnerabilities are identified using one or more data payloads. Candidate trace point operations associated with the trace point vulnerabilities are identified. Supplementary candidate operations are computed based on the existing trace point operations and the one or more data payloads. The Web service application is further instrumented with the one or more supplementary candidate operations.
US10243984B2	Path scanning for the detection of anomalous subgraphs and use of DNS requests and host agents for anomaly/change detection and network situational awareness A system, apparatus, computer-readable medium, and computer-implemented method are provided for detecting anomalous behavior in a network. Historical parameters of the network are determined in order to determine normal activity levels. A plurality of paths in the network are enumerated as part of a graph representing the network, where each computing system in the network may be a node in the graph and the sequence of connections between two computing systems may be a directed edge in the graph. A statistical model is applied to the plurality of paths in the graph on a sliding window basis to detect anomalous behavior. Data collected by a Unified Host Collection Agent (“UHCA”) may also be used to detect anomalous behavior.
US10243981B2	Bot detection based on divergence and variance A system automatically detects bots and/or botnets.
US10243976B2	Information securities resource propagation for attack prevention A system for verifying resource propagations in real-time typically includes a classical computer apparatus and a quantum optimizer in communication with the classical computer apparatus. The quantum optimizer is configured to analyze resource propagation information related to previous resource propagations and confirmed attacks to generate a model for verifying resource propagations or mitigating potential attacks. When the classical computer apparatus receives indication of a present resource propagation, the classical computer apparatus transfers attributes of the present resource propagation to the quantum optimizer, which analyzes the resource propagation using the model to determine whether the resource propagation involves a potential attack. Based on the indication from the quantum optimizer, the classical computer apparatus attempts to mitigate the potential attack or allows the resource propagation to proceed. By employing a quantum optimizer to verify resource propagation, the system is able to verify the resource propagation request in real-time.
US10243975B2	Malware detector A transparent proxy for malware detection includes a monitor module, a protocol determination module, a challenge generation module, a response determination module, and a data control module. The monitor module examines data originating from an application towards a remote server. The protocol determination module identifies the protocol type used for the data. The challenge generation module produces a challenge for the application based upon the protocol type, sends the challenge to the application, and maintains a state related to the data and the challenge. The response determination module makes a determination if an automatic non-interactive application response is received in response to the challenge from the application. The data control module allows the first data to continue to the remote server when the determination is valid. The data control module reports malware detection and blocks the data to continue to the remote server when the determination is invalid.
US10243972B2	Correlation-based detection of exploit activity A security agent implemented on a monitored computing device is described herein. The security agent is configured to receive an event notification indicative of execution of an object and store, in a data structure on the monitored computing device, information associated with the event notification and the object. The security agent is further configured to receive an event notification indicative of an occurrence on the monitored computing device of an activity. Based at least in part on the stored information, the security agent correlates the occurrence of the activity with the execution of the object and generates an exploit detection event based on the correlating.
US10243970B2	Event views in data intake stage of machine data processing platform A security platform employs a variety techniques and mechanisms to detect security related anomalies and threats in a computer network environment. The security platform is “big data” driven and employs machine learning to perform security analytics. The security platform performs user/entity behavioral analytics (UEBA) to detect the security related anomalies and threats, regardless of whether such anomalies/threats were previously known. The security platform can include both real-time and batch paths/modes for detecting anomalies and threats. By visually presenting analytical results scored with risk ratings and supporting evidence, the security platform enables network security administrators to respond to a detected anomaly or threat, and to take action promptly.
US10243969B2	Method and system for identifying network loops Identifying network loops is disclosed including determining a first data packet having a time to live (TTL) that at least meets a first condition, the first data packet having a destination internet protocol (IP) address; within a time period after the determining of the first data packet, identifying a plurality of second data packets that are to be transmitted to the destination IP address; and determining whether a network loop exists for the destination IP address based on TTLs of the plurality of second data packets.
US10243967B2	Method, apparatus and system for detecting fraudulant software promotion A method, system and apparatus for detecting fraudulent promotion of a software application, the method including acquiring comment information associated with a software application, the comment information including one or more comments; calculating an average similarity or average information entropy of the comment information, wherein the average similarity is calculated based on a similarity between the one or more comments and wherein the average information entropy is calculated based on an information gain between the one or more comments; defining a determination threshold range for a category associated with the software application, wherein the determination threshold range is defined by a plurality of probability statistical distribution parameters based on average similarities or average information entropies of other applications associated with the category; and identifying the software application as fraudulent if the average similarity or average information entropy of the comment information is within the determination threshold range.
US10243966B2	Configuration management for virtual machine environment A computer-implemented method for controlling a connection between a virtual machine and a physical device comprises receiving a connection request for connecting the physical device to the virtual machine and determining whether the virtual machine satisfies a first connection permission condition and whether the physical device satisfies a second connection permission condition. In response to a determination that the virtual machine does not satisfy the first connection permission condition, a configuration of the virtual machine is changed to satisfy the first connection permission condition. In response to a determination that the physical device does not satisfy the second connection permission condition, a configuration of the physical device is changed to satisfy the second connection permission condition. In response to a determination that the virtual machine satisfies the first connection permission condition and that the physical device satisfies the second connection permission condition, the received connection request is accepted.
US10243962B1	Multiple data store authentication Systems and methods for authenticating access to multiple data stores substantially in real-time are disclosed. The system may include a server coupled to a network, a client device in communication with the server via the network and a plurality of data stores. The server may authenticate access to the data stores and forward information from those stores to the client device. An exemplary authentication method may include receipt of a request for access to data. Information concerning access to that data is stored and associated with an identifier assigned to a client device. If the identifier is found to correspond to the stored information during a future request for access to the store, access to that store is granted.
US10243960B2	Source device and systems and methods of verifying an identification using dynamic scoring A source device for systems and methods of verifying an authentication based on dynamic scoring is disclosed, wherein the source device is configured to receive at least one identification feature from a user, and to communicate the identification feature to a verification unit. The verification unit is configured to generate a base verification score associated with the user based on at least one identification input, the identification input comprising the identification feature, a feature validity rating, and a source device validity rating, to receive a request to access a service, wherein the verification unit compares the base verification score with a service authorization threshold associated with the service, and to grant access to the service when the base verification score meets the service authorization threshold.
US10243959B1	Secure cloud computing framework A cloud computing system. The system comprises a network, a data store communicatively coupled to the network, a plurality of compute nodes, at least some of the compute nodes comprising a cloud computing framework agent coupled to an agent gate keeper, where the cloud computing framework agent communicates with the network via the agent gate keeper, an image management component coupled to an image management gate keeper, where the image management component manages images that execute in the compute instances on the compute nodes and communicates with the network via the image management gate keeper, and a security engine coupled to the network that receives a request to initiate an image on a compute instance, analyzes the image to determine an authentication metric, and when the authentication metric matches a validated authentication value, sends the image to the image management component for loading and instantiating in the computer instance.
US10243956B2	Internetwork authentication A technique for network authentication interoperability involves initiating an authentication procedure on a first network, authenticating on a second network, and allowing access at the first network. The technique can include filtering access to a network, thereby restricting access to users with acceptable credentials. Offering a service that incorporates these techniques can enable incorporation of the techniques into an existing system with minimal impact to network configuration.
US10243954B2	Access network assisted bootstrapping The Generic Bootstrapping Architecture is used in a method for assigning the bootstrapping transaction ID so that a machine-to-machine server or other device can locate and communicate with a bootstrapping server function. The bootstrapping server function assigns the bootstrapping transaction ID and updates a DNS server with an entry that maps the bootstrapping transaction ID to a network node IP Address.
US10243951B2	System and method for confirmation of information A system for information confirmation using a cloud computing platform to provide a service by which an individual's video recorded and fingerprint authenticated sworn affidavit or statement called a “Confirmation” can be given upon request of another individual and stored in a third party service provider's cloud based vault for future retrieval in the case of any legal or other forms of action that may need to be taken in the future.
US10243949B2	Connection system and connection method A connection server is a connection system that is able to perform communication with a plurality of user side terminals and establishes a connection between the user side terminals, and includes a passcode generator that generates and transmits a passcode to the user side terminal, a passcode storage unit that stores a passcode in association with the user side terminal, a passcode receiving unit that receives a transmission passcode from the user side terminal, a passcode authentication unit that determines whether there is a stored combination of passcodes that matches a combination of a generated passcode and a received transmission passcode, and a connection unit that establishes a connection between the user side terminals in response to the determination.
US10243948B2	Communication apparatus, electronic mail transmitting method, and electronic mail transmitting program A communication apparatus enhances security in transmitting electronic mail to a destination mail address without degrading operability. An MFP is connected to an authentication server and a mail server via a network. A user name and password are entered in a user name entry screen. The MFP requests the authentication server to authenticate the entered user name and password. When the user name and password are authenticated, the MFP is operable to acquire an e-mail address, a SMTP authentication user name, and a SMTP authentication password according to SMTP associated with the authenticated user name and password from the authentication server. The MFP requests the mail server to authenticate the acquired SMTP authentication user name and SMTP authentication password according to SMTP. When the SMTP authentication user name and the SMTP authentication password are authenticated, the MFP is operable to transmit e-mail to the mail server.
US10243944B2	Systems and methods for location-based device security A device may collect environmental information surrounding the device. Based on the collected environmental information, the device may automatically identify a potentially secured location that has lower security risk. When a potentially secured location is identified, the device may prompt the user to setup a security profile having reduced security requirement for the secured location. The device may store and associate the security profile with the secured location. The device may activate the security profile with reduced security requirement when the device is in the secured area. Further, the security profile may require that certain features of the device be disabled when the device is in the secured location.
US10243941B2	Need based controller area network bus authentication Systems and methods are provided and include a control module that receives a communication packet from a communication node that includes at least one of a vehicle sensor and a vehicle system via a controller area network bus. The control module determines whether the communication packet from the communication node indicates that the vehicle sensor or the vehicle system associated with the communication node is operating outside of a predetermined acceptable operating range. The control module sends an authentication message to the communication node in response to the communication packet indicating that the vehicle sensor or vehicle system is operating outside of the predetermined acceptable operating range. The control module determines whether a valid authentication code is received from the communication node and performs a remedial action for the communication node in response to the valid authentication code not being received from the communication node.
US10243939B2	Key distribution in a distributed computing environment A key distribution service operated by a signature authority distributes one-time-use cryptographic keys to one or more delegates that generate digital signatures on behalf of the signature authority. The key distribution service uses a root seed value to generate subordinate seeds. The subordinate seeds are used to generate a set of cryptographic keys. Hashes are generated for each key, and the hashes are arranged into a Merkle tree with a root hash controlled by the signature authority. In response to a request from a delegate, the signature authority provides a subordinate seed to the delegate. The delegate uses the subordinate seed to generate one or more cryptographic keys. The cryptographic keys are used to generate digital signatures which are verifiable up to the root hash of the Merkle tree. Additional subordinate seeds may be distributed to entities by the signature authority when appropriate.
US10243935B2	User authentication based on tracked activity An apparatus for user authentication based on tracked activity includes an activity tracker module, a challenge module, and an authentication module. The activity tracker module is configured to electronically track one or more activities of a user. Electronically tracking the one or more activities includes obtaining information about at least one activity from an electronic device of the user. The challenge module is configured to present an authentication challenge to the user via a user interface for the electronic device. The authentication challenge is based on the one or more electronically tracked activities for the user. The authentication module is configured to determine whether to authenticate the user for access to one or more resources via the electronic device, based on the user's response to the authentication challenge.
US10243934B1	Tracking of web-based document storage requests A document controller receives from an access device a web-based document storage request to store an electronic document. The document controller retrieves a storage location attribute associated with the electronic document which includes a location at which the document controller is to reside for the electronic document to be stored. The document controller processes the storage request by comparing its current location with the storage location attribute. In response to a match between the current location and the storage location attribute, the document controller stores the electronic document. In response to no match, the document controller does not store the electronic document. The document controller stores a result of the processing of the storage request in the request record datastore. The document controller receives a report request for results stored in the request record datastore, and in response, generates a report to include the stored result.
US10243933B2	Data processing method and apparatus A data processing method and apparatus, where the method includes acquiring a first network data packet that is sent by a target application that runs in an untrusted execution domain, where the first network data packet includes a first identifier; acquiring, in a trusted execution domain, first data corresponding to the first identifier; generating, in the trusted execution domain, a second network data packet according to the first data and the first network data packet; performing, in the trusted execution domain, encryption on the second network data packet by using a first session key to acquire an encrypted second network data packet; and sending the encrypted second network data packet to the target server. The data processing method and apparatus in the embodiments of the present invention can effectively prevent an attacker from stealing data.
US10243931B2	Ground unit, aircraft and method for transmitting flight instructions from a ground unit to an aircraft The transmission of flight instructions from a ground unit to an aircraft comprising an onboard system. The ground unit is configured to generate, on the basis of flight data intended for the aircraft, at least one optical symbol containing a flight instruction. The onboard system comprises an optical reader and a flight management system. The optical reader is configured to read the optical symbol and to transfer the flight instruction contained in the symbol to the flight management system to prepare the flight of the aircraft.
US10243929B2	Uplink control channel scheduling for jamming resilience Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. The methods, systems, and devices may provide for a time varying allocation of resources which includes a shared pattern of resources. The shared pattern of resources may be generated, determined, or otherwise identified by a base station and transmitted to the user equipment (UE). The shared pattern of resources may include one or more resource blocks (RBs) allocated for uplink transmission such as uplink control information to be transmitted using a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) or uplink data transmissions using a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH).
US10243927B2	Methods and apparatuses for providing Internet-based proxy services A proxy server receives, from multiple visitors of multiple client devices, a plurality of requests for actions to be performed on identified network resources belonging to a plurality of origin servers. At least some of the origin servers belong to different domains and are owned by different entities. The proxy server and the origin servers are also owned by different entities. The proxy server analyzes each request it receives to determine whether that request poses a threat and whether the visitor belonging to the request poses a threat. The proxy server blocks those requests from visitors that pose a threat or in which the request itself poses a threat. The proxy server transmits the requests that are not a threat and is from a visitor that is not a threat to the appropriate origin server.
US10243924B2	Service providing system, service providing method, and information processing apparatus A service providing system includes an application configured to provide a service to a terminal device that has made a service request including use identification information; a creator configured to create group identification information for identifying a group of the use identification information, based on a creation request from the application; an issuer configured to issue the use identification information associated with the group identification information, based on an issue request from the application, the issue request including the group identification information; and a verifier configured to verify the use identification information, based on a verification request from the application, the verification request including the group identification information and the use identification information. The application includes a verification requester configured to send the verification request to the verifier; and a process executor configured to execute a process in response to the service request, when the verification result is successful.
US10243923B2	Method and system for allocating communication ID of battery management module The present disclosure relates to a communication ID allocation method and system of a battery management module. The system according to the present disclosure includes a first to nth battery management modules sequentially connected through a communication interface, wherein each battery management module designates itself as a master module or a slave module depending on whether or not a pulse signal is received from a battery management module at a higher level, and each battery management module allocates its communication ID according to a pulse width of the pulse signal received from the battery management module at a higher level, generates a pulse signal having the pulse width corresponding to the communication ID of the battery management module at a lower level, and outputs the generated pulse signal to the battery management module at a lower level.
US10243921B2	Exchange and use of globally unique device identifiers for circuit-switched and packet switched integration According to one aspect, a system and method of exchanging GRUUs (Globally Routed User Agent URI (Uniform Resource Identifier)) between a first telephony-enabled device and a second telephony enabled device using a circuit-switched message is provided. Once exchanged, the telephony enabled devices can exchange SIP (session initiated protocol) communications routed by the GRUUs. Any one of the telephony-enabled devices can add a media component to the SIP communications. According to another aspect, a system and method of generating GRUUs is provided. According to another aspect, a system and method of handing off communications to a packet switched network from a circuit switched network is provided.
US10243920B1	Internet protocol address reassignment between virtual machine instances In various methods and apparatus Internet Protocol (IP) addresses can be moved between virtual machine instances in a provider network. Customers can cause an IP address to be moved between virtual machine instances such as by submitting an application programming interface call. The provider network also may include a server system that implements the dynamic host configuration protocol such as the DHCP for version 6. The DHCP server system moves the requested IP address by exchanging messages with the effected instances. The DHCP server system may transmit a message to remove the IP address from a first instance by including the IP address with a valid lifetime set to a minimal time-out value. The DHCP server system may transmit a message to add the IP address to a second instance by including the IP address and a corresponding valid lifetime value of greater than the minimal time-out value.
US10243914B2	Managing link aggregation traffic in edge nodes Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems include a first network edge device configuring a mapping between a physical network interface and a plurality of logical interfaces. A second network edge device also configures a mapping between a physical network interface and a copy of the plurality of logical interfaces. Each of the logical interfaces is assigned a corresponding set of first and second layer networking addresses that is replicated across the first and second network edge devices. The first network edge device receives a first address resolution request via the physical network interface of the first network edge device that includes a source and a destination. The destination is an address assigned to one of the plurality of logical interfaces. The first network edge device determines a second layer networking address assigned to the destination logical interface and transmits an address resolution response including the determined second layer networking address.
US10243912B2	Apparatus and method for providing messages in a social network A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a server including a controller to receive audio signals and content identification information from a media processor, generate text representing a voice message based on the audio signals, determine an identity of media content based on the content identification information, generate an enhanced message having text and additional content where the additional content is obtained by the controller based on the identity of the media content, and transmit the enhanced message to the media processor for presentation on the display device, where the enhanced message is accessible by one or more communication devices that are associated with a social network and remote from the media processor. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10243908B2	Dynamic comment methods and systems Methods and systems of dynamic comment are provided. A comment library stores comment entries and provides a basis for determining comment selections dynamically. Metadata associated with the comment entries may also be stored in the comment library. A set of comment selections may be determined based on the context in which a user is commenting on the digital content and the user's input. A comment library may be searched for matching instances of the user's input to determine the set of comment selections.
US10243907B2	System and method for communication amongst entities by way of public identifiers Systems and methods disclosed herein facilitate communication in a communication network amongst entities by way of publicly-available identifiers. In an embodiment a first entity sends to a node in the communication network a first electronic communication which includes a public or private identifier for the first entity and a public identifier for a second entity which is a publicly-available identifier observable by the first entity and may include, for example, a vehicle identifier, a geographic locator, a venue identifier, a seating locator, a wearable identification device, and combinations thereof. The node determines a private identifier for the second entity based on the received public identifier for the second entity and sends a second electronic communication to the second entity which includes at least one of the public or private identifier for the first entity and at least one of the public or private identifier for the second entity.
US10243906B2	Method for providing notification information selectively and electronic device thereof An apparatus and method for providing notification information in an electronic device is provided. The method includes receiving a message when a message reception notification is limited. The method also includes providing a reception notification for the message selectively based on one or more of sender information of the message and whether the message includes notification setting information or not.
US10243903B2	Similar content alert to reduce duplicate electronic communication Receiving, by a computer, a message from a sender to transmit to one or more recipients, comparing, by a computer, the message to a previous message transmitted to the one or more recipients, wherein the previous message is stored in a memory, determining, by the computer, that the message has a content similarity above a predetermined threshold to the previous message transmitted to one of the one or more recipients, providing, by the computer, the sender an option to prevent the message from being transmitted to one of the one or more recipients, and cancelling, by the computer, the message transmission, as a result of both the determination that the message has content similarity above the predetermined threshold, and as a result of the sender providing confirmation to prevent the message from being transmitted, and notifying, by the computer, the sender that the message transmission has been cancelled.
US10243890B2	Methods and apparatus for determining, based on features of an electronic communication and schedule data of a user, reply content for inclusion in a reply by the user to the electronic communication Methods and apparatus related to determining reply content for a reply to an electronic communication and providing the reply content for inclusion in the reply. Some of those implementations are directed to determining, based on an electronic communication that includes an event and is sent to a user, reply content that is tailored to the electronic communication and tailored to schedule data of the user that is temporally related to the event, and providing the reply content for inclusion in a reply by the user to the electronic communication. For example, the reply content may be automatically included in the reply and/or suggested for inclusion in the reply.
US10243888B2	Method and apparatus to establish communication for layer 2 switched packets with Network Address Translation (NAT) Methods and systems according to one or more embodiments establish communication across separate IP domains that are on the same layer 2 bridged domain. In an embodiment, a method includes receiving a configuration of a first IP address of a first node on a first side of a switch and a second IP address of a second node on a second side of the switch, wherein the first and second IP addresses are of different domains and are to be translated in each direction with respect to the switch, wherein the switch further comprises an integrated block adapted to do translation at line rate. Based on the configuration, the method also includes modifying, by the switch, packets of an applicable protocol in each direction so that the first and second IP addresses are changed for each domain such that either side of the switch acts as if an opposite side is on the same domain so that layer 2 communication is established.
US10243887B2	Switch unit, ethernet network, and method for activating components in an ethernet network A switch unit for an Ethernet network having a switch and a microprocessor, the switch including at least three ports, which are connected to inputs and outputs of the switch unit, a signal detector and generator for detecting and initiating a bus activity being arranged in each case between the ports and the inputs and outputs of the switch unit. For each input and output an allocation rule to the other inputs and outputs of the switch unit is stored in a memory, the switch unit being designed such that when a bus activity is detected at a signal detector and generator, the assigned inputs and outputs of this input and output are read out from the memory and the associated signal detectors and generators are woken up so that they generate a bus activity at their inputs and outputs.
US10243886B2	Bi-directional NAT traversal using endpoint assigned discriminators A method for creating a secure link between any two endpoints in a network comprises: assigning a unique identifier to each endpoint of a network; for each endpoint in the network, transmitting the unique identifiers associated with each of the remaining endpoints in the network to said endpoint; establishing a secure link between a source endpoint and a destination comprising: transmitting a data-session establishment packet from the source endpoint to the destination endpoint via a symmetric NAT device; wherein the data-session establishment packet comprises the unique identifier associated with the source endpoint; performing a matching operation at the destination endpoint to match the unique identifier associated with the source endpoint with a unique identifier known to the destination endpoint; and upon matching of unique identifiers then creating a forwarding table entry for the destination endpoint based on the source address and source port associated with the source endpoint.
US10243880B2	Time-triggered cut through method for data transmission in distributed real-time systems The invention relates to a method for the periodic transport of real-time data in a distributed computer system, which computer system comprises node machines (100, 101, 102, 103), in particular a plurality of node machines (100, 101, 102, 103), and distributor units (121, 122), in particular a plurality of distributor units (121, 122), wherein the node machines (100, 101, 102, 103) and the distributor units (121, 122) have access to a global time, and wherein real-time data is transported by means of time-triggered real-time messages. It is provided that for at least one distributor unit (121, 122), preferably for all the distributor units (121, 122), through which a time-triggered real-time message is to be transported, attributes of this time-triggered real-time message are assigned a priori to a periodic time slot of the at least one distributor unit (121, 122), preferably to a respective time slot (121, 122) of each distributor unit (121, 122), in which periodic time slot or in which periodic time slots, this time-triggered real-time message is to be transported through the distributor unit (121, 122) or the distributor units (121, 122), and wherein, on the basis of attributes that are assigned a priori to this time slot and that are preferably stored in the distributor unit (121, 122), a message arriving in a periodic time slot in a distributor unit (121, 122) is forwarded, immediately after the beginning of the arrival of the message in the distributor unit (121, 12), to one or more output ports of the distributor unit (121, 122), which is/are specified in the attributes assigned to the time slot.
US10243874B2	Dynamic management of computing platform resources Embodiments of the invention provide for methods for the management of logically partitioned computing resources of a data processing system configured with a plurality of hypervisors that each manages one or more logical partitions of the computing resources. Each hypervisor and logical partitions managed thereby are allocated to a domain of a plurality of domains. Logical partitions and hypervisors allocated to a first domain are monitored to determine whether additional computing resources are needed for the first domain. Responsive to determining that additional computing resources are needed for the first domain, a second domain having available computing resources is determined. At least a portion of the available computing resources of the second domain are used by the first domain.
US10243871B1	System for controlling use of network resources by devices Described are techniques for improving the performance of a first device that uses a first communication protocol by modifying the audio data rate associated with a second device that uses a second communication protocol. Data indicative of access and use of a communication channel by the first device may indicate a level of use associated with a communication channel or a level of channel resources used by the first device. If the parameters determined from the access data deviate from one or more threshold values, the audio data rate of the second device may be modified to change the quantity of resources used by the second device.
US10243868B1	Rate limiters and methods for rate limiting access to a resource A network device and method of constraining a client's access to a packet memory of a network device are provided. A packet memory is configured to store packets, and a client is configured to access the packet memory based on the client receiving a credit. A rate limiter is configured to grant credits to the client according to a configurable threshold. The configurable threshold comprises a sum of an integer component and a fraction component, and the sum defines an average rate at which the credits are granted to the client by the rate limiter. A network port is configured to receive packets from the client.
US10243866B2	Controlling packet data transmissions via data transmission media A computer-implemented method includes identifying a current packet data transmission credit value assigned to a packet data transmitter. The method includes identifying a value change in the current packet data transmission credit value. The baseline packet transmission credit value is for the packet data transmitter. The method is responsive to the change being a decrease by increasing a transmission opportunity weight for the packet data transmitter. The method is responsive to the change being an increase by decreasing the transmission opportunity weight for the packet data transmitter. The method includes passing to the packet data transmitter a parameter. The parameter directing the packet data transmitter to transmit packet data via data transmission circuitry during a scheduled transmission opportunity. The extent of the parameter is proportional to the transmission opportunity weight.
US10243864B1	System for modifying data rates used by audio devices Described are techniques for modifying the data rate used to transmit audio data from a master device to slave devices. After receiving a signal, each slave device requests transmission of one or more packets and reports an individual error rate. A cumulative error rate may also be determined based on the individual error rates and the retransmission requests. If any individual error rate or the cumulative error rate exceeds a maximum threshold, the data rate used to transmit the audio data is decreased. If an individual error rate is less than a minimum threshold, the data rate may be increased. If an error rate exceeds a critical threshold, the data rate may be reduced to a minimum value supported by the devices.
US10243862B2	Systems and methods for sampling packets in a network flow A method for sampling packets for a network flow, includes: receiving a packet at a network port of a network switch appliance, the network switch appliance comprising an instrument port for communication with a network monitoring instrument; determining whether the packet belongs to a network flow that is desired to be monitored, wherein the act of determining is performed based at least in part on one or more information in a control plane using a processing unit; and passing the packet to the instrument port if the packet belongs to the network flow.
US10243861B1	Reducing jitter and compensating for memory latency during traffic shaping A first device may receive an indication that a time interval has elapsed. The time interval may indicate a time at which the first device is to provide a rate credit update to a second device. The first device may generate a request for a set of instructions. The first device may provide the request to a third device that may store the set of instructions. The first device may store information associated with the request, and a timestamp of the request, in a first data structure. The first device may receive, from the third device, the set of instructions. The first device may store the set of instructions and the timestamp in a second data structure. The first device may determine whether a threshold amount of time after the time indicated by the timestamp has elapsed. The first device may provide the rate credit update to the second device.
US10243856B2	Load balancing systems, devices, and methods Embodiments regard load balancing data on one or more network ports. A device may include processing circuitry, the processing circuitry to transmit a first packet of a first series of packets to a destination device via a first port, determine a time gap between a first packet and a second packet of the first series of packets, and in response to a determination that the time gap is greater than a time threshold, transmit the second packet to the destination device via a second port.
US10243844B2	Mobile telecommunications routing A telecommunications mobility management system is arranged to allocate a mobile unit to different switching routes for different classes of service, for example to allow services capable of operation over packet-switched and circuit-switched to be managed separately. Separate location updates are transmitted to a register, and flagged for selective retrieval by a routing function when an incoming connection request is made, the appropriate switch ID being selected according to the class of service to which the connection request relates.
US10243842B2	Hardware percentile latency measurement The subject technology addresses the need in the art for directly measuring a maximum latency number with respect to a percentile of network traffic, which a network operator may utilize as an performance indication or metric. Given a traffic percentile, a tracking algorithm in accordance with embodiments described herein may be implemented in hardware and/or software to determine a maximum latency for this specific percentile of traffic.
US10243839B2	System and method for selection of an evolved packet data gateway for wireless local area network access to an evolved packet system In aspects of the disclosure, a method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication by a user equipment (UE) are provided. In one aspect, the UE associates with an access point of a wireless local area network which may be untrusted, obtains a list comprising a plurality of public land mobile network (PLMN) entries and one or more selection conditions associated with each one of the plurality of PLMN entries, and selects a PLMN from the list when the one or more selection conditions associated with the PLMN are satisfied. The UE may further discover an evolved packet data gateway (ePDG) for the selected PLMN using one or more fully qualified domain name (FQDN) rules for the selected PLMN. The UE may then attach to the selected PLMN using the discovered ePDG.
US10243836B2	Communications traffic optimization and obfuscation in delay and disruption tolerant networks A method for communications optimization includes receiving a request, by a network controller, for transmitting communications traffic from a first communications device to a second communications device. The communications traffic includes a particular traffic volume. The method also includes configuring, by the network controller, a plurality of nodes in a communications network using software-defined networking (SDN) to form a single logical switch for transmitting the communications traffic from the first communications device to the second communications device in response to receiving the request for transmitting the communications traffic. The communications network is configured for Delay and Disruption Tolerant Networking (DTN).
US10243835B2	Seamless service function chaining across domains In one or more embodiments, one or more systems, methods, and/or processes may receive a service function chain description that includes service functions associated with multiple domains, and rather than any of the domains ignoring or rejecting outside nodes, nodes may be configured to communicate with the outside nodes in implementing a service function chain associated with the service function chain description. For example, an arbiter (e.g., a central arbiter) may provide control information and/or configuration information, based on the service function chain description, to one or more systems of each domain. In one instance, the arbiter may provide the control information and/or the configuration information to a border node of each domain. In another instance, the arbiter may provide the control information and/or the configuration information to a domain controller of each domain.
US10243834B1	Interconnecting virtual networks using an ethernet virtual private network (EVPN) and virtual extensible local area network (VXLAN) based overlay network A network device receives, from another network device associated with a first data center, a route update that includes a common virtual network identifier or a first virtual network identifier associated with the first data center. The network device translates the common virtual network identifier or the first virtual network identifier to a second virtual network identifier associated with a second data center, where the second data center is different than the first data center. The network device provides the route update, with the second virtual network identifier, to the second data center.
US10243833B2	Flow table management method, and related device and system A flow table management method, devices, and systems. The flow table management method includes: generating, by a software defined network controller, a first flow table entry, where a first field set in the first flow table entry carries an index of an actual value in the first field set, and the first field set includes N fields; and sending, by the software defined network controller, an OpenFlow protocol message to an OpenFlow switch, where the OpenFlow protocol message carries the first flow table entry. The technical solution in the embodiments of the present invention helps reduce a data volume of flow table entries delivered by an SDN controller to an OpenFlow switch, thereby reducing overheads of a control channel to reduce a congestion risk of the control channel, and reducing occupied network processing resources of the SDN controller and the OpenFlow switch to deliver the flow table entries.
US10243832B2	Routing message delivery method applicable to network node and network node using the same and communication network using the same The disclosure proposes a routing message delivery method, a relay node using the same method, and a communication network using the same method. According to one of the exemplary embodiments, the proposed routing message delivery method would include at least but not limited to initiating a timer having a first timer value that is a non-zero positive number, forwarding a first routing message via a first path in response to receiving the first routing message before the timer expires, initiating a second routing message via the first path and a second path in response to not receiving the first routing message before the timer expires, constructing a current network topology, evaluating the first path and the second path within the current network topology, and updating the current network topology.

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