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US10258764B2 Opening system for improving catheter delivery
A ball-tipped mandrel, separate or integrated on a device delivery assembly, can be used to ease delivery and/or retrieval of an ancillary device within a body vessel having tortuous anatomy. A ball-tipped mandrel can be moved through a catheter as a part of a preparation procedure prior to insertion into a body vessel of a patient. A ball-tipped mandrel can be moved through a catheter during or after insertion into a body vessel of a patient in preparation for delivery of an ancillary device. A ball-tipped mandrel can be integrated onto the distal portion of a device to produce dilation during device delivery.
US10258763B2 Multi-lumen medical devices and methods of manufacturing same
A method of manufacturing a catheter shaft includes extruding an inner polymeric layer having a main lumen and two or more side lumens spaced about the main lumen; forming an outer polymeric layer about the inner polymeric layer; and inserting at least one elongate member, such as a wire, through each side lumen of the inner polymeric layer. The side lumens are less than about ⅕ the size of the main lumen. The method may further include the step of forming a braided layer between the inner polymeric layer and the outer polymeric layer. In an alternate embodiment, the method includes co-extruding an inner polymeric layer and a multi-lumen layer, the multi-lumen layer having two or more side lumens; forming an outer polymeric layer about the multi-lumen layer; and inserting at least one elongate member through each side lumen. Catheter assemblies made according to the described methods are also disclosed.
US10258762B2 Sleep support apparatus
A sleep support apparatus includes a pair of electrocardiographic electrodes that detect an electrocardiographic signal, a photoelectric pulse wave sensor that includes a light emitter and a light receiver and that detects a photoelectric pulse wave signal, peak detectors that respectively detect the peaks of the electrocardiographic signal and the photoelectric pulse wave signal, a pulse wave transit time clock that obtains a pulse wave transit time from a time difference between the peak of the photoelectric pulse wave signal and the peak of the electrocardiographic signal, a sleep state detector that determines that a user's body has not reached a state suitable for sleep when the pulse wave transit time is less than or equal to a certain threshold, and a forearm heater that increases a temperature of a forearm when it is determined the user's body has not reached a state suitable for sleep.
US10258758B1 Flow controlled valve for a small-volume nebulizer
The invention relates to a flow controlled valve system. The flow controlled valve may be incorporated into a pre-filled, small-volume nebulizer assembly with a T-connector. The flow controlled valve allows different airflow characteristics in each direction. The flow controlled valve also facilitates breathing physiotherapy by creating different airflow resistances during inhalation and exhalation.
US10258757B2 Patient interface and aspects thereof
A patient interface has a single loop headstrap and a mask for covering at least the nostrils of the user. The single loop headstrap extends from the mask at either end. A short length of supple conduit is coupled to the mask by a swivel or ball joint to allow rotation of the conduit relative to the mask through different angles and orientations.
US10258755B2 Transitional airway
A multi-functional oropharyngeal airway device designed to be inserted into the peripheral portion of a patient's oral airway to establish and maintain that airway. The components comprising the invention are a non-compressible, hollow cylinder body with at least three different and commonly used medical connectors incorporated into the proximal end of the body, and a flexible tube incorporated into the distal end of the body. The specific geometry and inclusion of the components of the airway device are arranged to be inserted and affixed into a peripheral position in a patient's mouth.
US10258753B2 System, method, use and information storage medium for practicing of an inhalation process
An inhalation training system and a method for practicing of an inhalation process and a method of operating a portable communications device in this respect and to an information storage medium are improved. An air flow during inhalation is converted into an acoustic signal, especially a whistling tone. The acoustic signal is picked up by a microphone of a portable communications device, such as a smartphone, and is electronically evaluated. The inhalation training system has a mouthpiece and a converter apparatus for converting the air flow into the acoustic signal and in addition has a holding apparatus for especially detachable holding of the communications device.
US10258750B2 Damage-indicating medical cannula
An example medical device includes a body portion having a tubular inner wall defining an inner channel, and a tubular outer wall encircling the inner wall. The outer wall defines an outer channel between the outer wall and the inner wall. The body portion also includes an indicator substance disposed within the outer channel. The device also includes an indicator portion defining an indicator channel. The body portion is configured to insert at least in part into a patient, and the indicator portion is configured to remain at least in part along an exterior of the patient when the body portion is inserted into the patient. The device is also configured to transfer at least a portion of the indicator substance from the outer channel to the indicator channel when the body portion is bent.
US10258747B2 Method for manufacturing needle-equipped outer tube, and needle-equipped outer tube
A method for manufacturing a needle-equipped outer tube includes providing a needle; providing a joint member having a needle insertion hole into which the needle is insertable; providing an outer tube comprising a connection section at a first axial end portion of the outer tube; pressing the joint member, with the needle located in the needle insertion hole, toward the connection section, such that the joint member engages with the connection section of the outer tube; and thermally welding the needle and the joint member, as well as the joint member and the connection section, such that the needle is joined to the joint member, and the joint member is joined to the connection section of the outer tube.
US10258746B2 Apparatus and method of automatically removing a needle from a hub
An apparatus and method of automatically and safely removing a needle from a syringe assembly while retaining a syringe hub as part of the syringe assembly is generally described. A needle containment device is provided, which may include a needle handling apparatus and a shutter mechanism assembly. The needle handling apparatus is configured for receiving at least a portion of a syringe assembly including at least a needle and a syringe hub, wherein a first clamping mechanism is configured to clamp the syringe hub and a second clamping mechanism is configured to clamp the needle, so that the needle is safely and automatically removed from the syringe hub.
US10258741B2 Microfluidic flow restrictor and system
Embodiments of the present invention relate to a microfluidic flow restrictor having a converging tapered inlet connected by a constant internal diameter section to a diverging tapered outlet having an outlet face and a smooth and gradual transition from the constant internal diameter section to the outlet face. This dual tapered capillary flow restrictor may be incorporated into a system such as a microfluidic circuit. Using a dual tapered capillary for accurate flow control together with a constant pressure source provides a more steady flow with reduced flow fluctuation caused by bubbles passing or pinning to the capillary end-face. Further, when connected in series, these dual tapered capillary flow restrictors may reduce noise in flow and pressure measurements, reduce bubble segmentation, and reduce bubble pinning.
US10258736B2 Systems including vial adapter for fluid transfer
Devices and methods are disclosed for transferring fluids from supply reservoirs. The devices and methods may be configured to prevent or reduce the incidence of a user transferring a fluid to an incorrect receptacle reservoir.
US10258733B2 Apparatus and method of controlling an extracorporeal blood treatment
An apparatus is described for extracorporeal blood treatment, comprising a treatment unit, an extracorporeal blood circuit and a fluid evacuation line. The apparatus comprises a control unit connected to a pressure sensor and a blood pump, the blood pump generating a variable flow with a constant component and a variable component. The control unit receives, from the pressure sensor, a plurality of values and calculates the average pressure value, acquires an estimated value of volume variation in the expansion chamber connected to the variable flow component, calculates, as a function of the pressure values, an estimated value of pressure variation in the expansion chamber that is representative of an oscillating pressure component and determines a representative magnitude of a blood level in the expansion chamber as a function of the average pressure value, the estimated value of volume variation and the estimated pressure variation in the expansion chamber.
US10258732B2 Split-tip catheter including lateral distal openings
A split-tip catheter for placement within the vasculature of a patient and for use in hemodialysis or other suitable procedures. In one embodiment, the split-tip catheter includes a catheter body defining a first lumen and a second lumen, and a split distal region extending from a distal end of the catheter body. The split distal region includes an arterial segment defined by an outer wall enclosing an arterial segment lumen, the arterial segment lumen in fluid communication with the catheter body first lumen, and a venous segment defined by an outer wall enclosing a venous segment lumen, the venous segment lumen in fluid communication with the catheter body second lumen, the venous segment outer wall extending from the catheter body distal end to a distal nose portion. The distal nose portion may taper distally from a first outer perimeter to a second outer perimeter smaller than the first outer perimeter.
US10258727B2 Disposable articles for dialysis treatment, dialyzer and a water preparation plant for dialysate
The invention relates to a disposable article for use in dialysis treatment which has at least one sensor for determining a measured value relating to the dialysis. The invention further relates to a dialyzer having a disposable article in accordance with the invention. The invention furthermore relates to a dialyzer and to a water preparation plant for dialysate having at least one sensor for determining at least one measured value relating to the dialysis, at least one transmitter which is connected to the sensor and is configured such that it enables a wireless transmission of the measured value to at least one receiver and at least one energy converter for providing energy, preferably electrical energy, to the sensor and to the transmitter.
US10258724B2 VAD with aortic valve opening detection
The present disclosure provides for methods and devices for determining the probability of a patient's aortic valve being open or closed. In one embodiment, a plurality of flow rate data points are obtained from a blood pump, a portion of the flow rate data points are identified, first and second index values characterizing properties of at least part of the identified portion of the flow rate data points determined using only arithmetic and/or exponentiation operations, and a probability is determined of whether the patient's aortic valve is open or closed based on the first and second index values.
US10258721B2 Pressure controller for phlegm sucking device
A pressure controller for a phlegm sucking device includes a seat body, a press element and a control valve. The seat body has a containing space, a gas inlet tube and a gas outlet tube interconnected with each other. The control valve is disposed in the containing space. An upper end and a bottom end of the control valve abut the press element and an upper portion and a bottom of the seat body respectively for blocking or allowing communication between the gas inlet tube and the gas outlet tube. The control valve includes a plastic restoring element. When the plastic restoring element is deformed to have a decreased height, the plastic restoring element allows the control valve to move and provide a resilience. The control valve blocks the communication between the gas inlet tube and the gas outlet tube when the plastic restoring element is not deformed.
US10258719B2 Pattern transfer device for mass transfer of micro-patterns onto medical devices
This invention is directed to a new method of mass-transfer/fabrication of micro-sized features/structures onto the inner diameter (ID) surface of a stent. This new approach is provided by technique of through mask electrical micro-machining. One embodiment discloses an application of electrical micro-machining to the ID of a stent using a customized electrode configured specifically for machining micro-sized features/structures.
US10258718B2 Apparatus for facilitating needle siliconization with controlled positive pressure gas flow
A process and apparatus for applying a needle lubricant to a syringe. The interface forces between the needle lubricant and the syringe at the tip of the needle are balanced by optimizing the flow rate of a positively pressurized gas that is delivered to the syringe. Such optimization prevents the formation of bubbles in the needle lubricant that is applied to the syringe, thereby providing a confluent, uniform and smooth lubricant coating on the exterior wall of the needle and prevents lubricant from contaminating inner portions of the syringe. The smooth and uniform lubricant coating may minimize dilation and glide forces and pain associated with the insertion of the needle into a patient's tissue. Additionally, a gas pulse may blow off the droplet of needle lubricant from the tip of the needle to further minimize dilation forces and associated patient pain.
US10258714B2 Axial, triple-separation, diffusion apparatus and method
A reservoir containing an essential oil feeds to an eductor injecting a jet forming a plume of air entraining oil droplets. A series of drift chambers act as velocity reducers to alternately slow the flow droplets with entry, and then reaccelerate them upon exit through an exit channel. A micro cyclone separator operates between at least two of the drift chambers, exposing the flow to circumferential direction and centripetal acceleration driving comparatively larger droplets out of the flow away from comparatively finer droplets sufficiently small to remain with the flow of air. Separation of comparatively larger droplets, effectively eliminates “spitting” of liquids that might or rapid drift onto surrounding surfaces.
US10258713B2 Method and system of controlling scent diffusion with a network gateway device
Systems and methods for managing scent in an environment include disposing scent diffusion devices within the environment, wherein the diffusion devices comprise a communications facility that enables transmitting signals to and receiving signals from a non-fragrance dispensing, wide-area network gateway device that receives communication and control functions from a remote computer for distribution to the plurality of scent diffusion devices. A sensor in the environment transmits sensor data to the remote computer. A scent parameter for scenting the environment is received at the remote computer. Diffusion of a liquid from the scent diffusion devices is controlled by the network gateway device the to achieve the scent parameter, wherein controlling includes setting or adjusting an operation parameter of one or more of the scent diffusion devices in response to the sensor data.
US10258712B2 Method and system of diffusing scent complementary to a service
Systems and methods for managing scent in an environment include receiving data from sensors disposed in an environment regarding an indication that a service is being delivered in the environment and identifying remote atomizing scent diffusion devices disposed in the environment, wherein each scent diffusion device comprises a communications facility that enables transmitting signals to and receiving signals from the remote computer. Based on the indication, an electronic data structure is created defining a physical operational state of the scent diffusion devices, including data specifying at least one of a production of a scent that is intended to be a complement to the service, a fan speed of a fan in the diffusion device that moves particles carrying a scent, and a voltage of a pump of the diffusion device. The diffusion devices are caused to implement the at least one defined operational state.
US10258708B2 Controlled diffuser device
A controlled diffuser device can include a cover, a louver panel, a substrate member, and a base is disclosed. A cover and a base can be configured to affix to each other to sandwich a substrate member and a louver panel while enabling a substrate member and louver panel to slidably engage a base upper surface. A substrate member may comprise a material that changes in a physical dimension as it diffuses aromatic components. Because of static securement and slidable engagement configurations, a louver panel operatively shutters apertures of a cover to selectively moderate varying degrees of exposure of a substrate member as a substrate member changes in a physical dimension. Other embodiments may include a base configured to receive a substrate member and have a cover placed over top. As the substrate changed in physical dimension, the cover can be caused to move relative to the base.
US10258707B2 Diminishing gel compositions and associated methods
Diminishing gel compositions are disclosed and described. A diminishing gel composition can include a polymer matrix, a gel-diminishing agent, and a releasable active agent, such as an olfactory agent. The gel-diminishing agent can facilitate a visually noticeable or detectible gradual decrease in volume of the gel composition while in use. The releasable active agent can be released from the gel composition at a rate and amount that is sufficient to produce a desired result, such as an effective olfactory event.
US10258703B2 Device and method for introducing electromagnetic radiation efficiently into soil
The invention relates to a device for treating soil with electromagnetic radiation, comprising: a magnetron antenna (9) for generating microwave radiation with a relatively high frequency; a wave guide (16) connected to the output of the magnetron antenna (9); downward directed tubular members (18, 19) connected to the wave guide (16); a manifold (17) arranged between the two tubular members (18, 19) and the wave guide (16); a tuner unit (26) arranged on the wave guide (16); and cooling means (22, 22′, 22″) for cooling the electromagnetic radiation reflected by the soil. The invention also relates to a cable (24) provided with a single high-voltage cable and one or more low-voltage cables and/or a number of optical cables which are arranged in a shared cable. The invention finally relates to a method for disinfecting soil, wherein a magnetron (9) placed on a vehicle is moved over the soil, wherein the radiation reflected by the soil is minimized by tuning the wave guide (16) connected to the magnetron (9), and wherein the minimized reflected radiation is absorbed by a water load which is connected to one or two water tanks (22′, 22″) which are placed on the vehicle and which hold the temperature of the water within predetermined limits.
US10258697B2 Efficient delivery of therapeutic molecules in vitro and in vivo
Compositions are described for direct protein delivery into multiple cell types in the mammalian inner ear. The compositions are used to deliver protein(s) (such as gene editing factors) editing of genetic mutations associated with deafness or associated disorders thereof. The delivery of genome editing proteins for gene editing and correction of genetic mutations protect or restore hearing from genetic deafness. Methods of treatment include the intracellular delivery of these molecules to a specific therapeutic target.
US10258695B2 Protein derivatization to endow cell penetration
Methods and reagents for enhancing cellular uptake of a cargo molecule by covalently bonding optionally-substituted fluorenyl groups to the cargo molecules, where cellular uptake includes at least partial uptake into the cytosol. Useful fluorenylation reagents include those of formula: and salts thereof where variables are as defined. Cargo molecules include peptides and proteins. Also provided are fluorenylated cargo molecules, including fluorenylated peptides and proteins.
US10258692B2 Oral pharmaceutical formulation of BCS class III molecules
The present invention concerns an oral pharmaceutical formulation made from a microemulsion between an aqueous solution comprising at least one BCS (Biopharmaceutics Classification System) class III active principle and one oily phase comprising an oily vehicle that is self-emulsifiable on contact with water.
US10258691B2 Protective effect of DMPC, DMPG, DMPC/DMPG, EGPG, 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 lysophosphatidyl compound 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. Such compositions may further comprise a monoglyceride, a free fatty acid or a combination of the foregoing, including, e.g., a eutectic mixture.
US10258690B2 5-ALA derivatives and use thereof
The present invention is directed to new 5-ALA derivatives, particles and formulation thereof, related methods of preparation and methods of use thereof. In particular, the invention relates to compounds of the invention, particles and formulation thereof useful in the treatment of a cancer and/or the diagnosis of a cancer cell such as in photodynamic therapy or photodynamic diagnosis.
US10258689B2 Stable liquid formulation of etanercept
The present invention relates to a stable liquid formulation of etanercept (recombinant p75 sTNFR:Fc fusion protein), and more particularly, to a liquid formulation comprising one or more stabilizers selected from the group consisting of methionine, lysine, histidine, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof in an amount sufficient to reduce by-product formation of etanercept during storage. The liquid formulation according to the present invention effectively reduces production of etanercept by-products and to stably maintain its pharmaceutical efficacies for long-term storage. Therefore, the reconstitution procedure is not required before administration, and the sterile formulation can be administered to patients to ensure patient safety. Thus, it can be applied to the fields in need of etanercept treatment.
US10258687B2 Development of methods for production of a whole virus vaccine candidate stock and novel adaptive mutations in hepatitis C virus
The present invention relates to methods for obtaining a whole virus vaccine candidate stock. The present invention also relates to an inactivated whole virus vaccine candidate stock that can be used for vaccination purposes as well as development of novel high titer virus, which is the preferred virus for this technique.
US10258686B2 Materials and methods for respiratory disease control in canines
The subject invention pertains to isolated influenza virus that is capable of infecting canids and causing respiratory disease in the canid. The subject invention also pertains to compositions and methods for inducing an immune response against an influenza virus of the present invention. The subject invention also pertains to compositions and methods for identifying a virus of the invention and diagnosing infection of an animal with a virus of the invention.
US10258685B2 Multi-CBV vaccine for preventing or treating type I diabetes
The invention is directed to a vaccine comprising: i) coxsackie B virus CBV1 and CBV2, and ii) at least one coxsackie B virus selected from CBV3, CBV4, CBV5 and CBV6. The CBVs are present in the vaccine in inactivated form, in the form of a component of the virus or as an antibody against the virus. The vaccine is effective in preventing and treating type 1 diabetes. So is an anti-coxsackie B virus composition provided.
US10258682B2 Attenuated chlamydia vaccine
The invention provides vectors, attenuated pathogens, compositions, methods, and kits for use in preventing or treating infection by an infectious pathogen, especially Chlamydia trachomatis. The vectors comprise the plasmid encoded ppg genes from Chlamydia, ppg1, ppg2, ppg3, ppg5, ppg6, ppg7 and/or ppg8, but lack ppg4, a regulator of virulence associated genes. The application also provides attenuated pathogens, especially chlamydia, which are cured of their plasmid and have additional mutations to improve the attenuation, especially mutations in the CT135 gene or in the tryptophan operon (trp promoter, trpA, or trpB). Uses of said nucleic acids and attenuated pathogens for inducing or modulating an immune response in a subject, especially for prevention or treatment of infections, are proposed.
US10258680B2 Campylobacter vaccine
The present application provides a vaccine composition comprising: bacteria engineered to express at least one N-glycan of Campylobacter, such as C. jejuni for example, or an N-glycan derivative thereof on its cell surface; and one or more of a physiologically acceptable diluent, excipient, adjuvant or carrier. The bacteria is Escherichia coli, Salmonella or any suitable bacteria that offers sufficient expression and improved immunogenic response. The vaccine composition can be formulated for administration to animals, such as poultry, including chickens.
US10258679B2 Recombinant Listeria vaccine strains and methods of producing the same
The present invention provides methods of treating, protecting against and inducing an immune response against a tumor or cancer, comprising the step of administering to a subject a recombinant Listeria strain. In one embodiment the present invention relates to a recombinant Listeria strain, said recombinant Listeria strain comprising a recombinant nucleic add, said nucleic add comprising a first open reading frame encoding a recombinant polypeptide comprising a first N-terminal fragment of an LLO protein fused to a heterologous antigen or fragment thereof, and wherein said recombinant nucleic add further comprises a second open reading frame encoding a mutant PrfA protein.
US10258676B2 Polypeptide vaccine
We provide a polypeptide vaccine for treatment and prevention of cancer, particularly prevention of metastasis of cancer. Also provided are methods of treating or preventing cancer, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the polypeptide vaccine.
US10258675B2 Treatment of disease using inter-alpha inhibitor proteins
The invention relates to methods of treatment of medical conditions (e.g., diseases and injuries) in a mammal (e.g., a human), such as hypoxia/ischemia, burns, and viral infections (e.g., influenza, West Nile virus, and Dengue fever), in adults and in children (e.g., neonates) by administering a composition that includes an IAIP.
US10258674B2 Nanoparticles comprising aminoacyl tRNA synthetase and anticancer composition comprising same
The present invention relates to nanoparticles comprising aminoacyl tRNA synthetase and an anticancer composition comprising the same and, specifically, to nanoparticles which comprise glycyl-tRNA synthetase (GRS), leucyl-tRNA synthetase (LRS), and isoleucyl-tRNA synthetase (IRS), and have anticancer or immunostimulating activity; a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating cancer, comprising the nanoparticles as an active ingredient; a composition for immunostimulation; and a method for preparing the nanoparticles.
US10258669B2 Polypeptide and polypeptide complex for suppressing tumor metastasis and treating leukemia as well as preparation method therefor and application thereof
A group of polypeptides and a complex formed by the polypeptides and human serum albumin, a method for improving the solubility of the group of polypeptides in a salt solution by combining the polypeptides with human serum albumin, a method for preparing the complex formed by the group of polypeptides and human serum albumin, and an application of the group of polypeptides and the complex formed by the polypeptides and human serum albumin in the preparation of drugs for suppressing tumor metastasis and treating leukemia are described.
US10258668B2 Viral vectors for expressing a modified mullerian inhibiting substance (MIS) protein
The present invention relates to methods to treat a neurodegenerative disease or disorder, e.g., a motor neuron disease in a subject, whereby the subject is administered a recombinant human Mullerian Inhibiting Substance (MIS) protein as disclosed herein, wherein the recombinant human MIS protein comprises a modified Kex cleavage site for increased cleavage. The recombinant human MIS protein can be produced from a pre-proprotein comprising a non-MIS leader sequence or a functional fragment thereof in place of the MIS leader sequence.
US10258660B2 Olive leaf extract and method of producing the same
The present invention provides a method of producing an olive leaf extract that contains a high concentration of oleuropein. A method of producing an olive leaf extract comprises a first step of grinding dried olive leaves and a second step of mixing grapes with the ground olive leaves and then extracting an olive leaf extract using an extraction solvent. In the second step, the extraction solvent is water, alcohol, or a combination thereof, and extraction is performed at 70° C. or higher.
US10258659B2 Water soluble defructosylated pea extract, and use thereof as a prebiotic agent
The present invention relates to a water-soluble defructosylated pea extract, substantially free of proteins and peptides, as well as to an oligosaccharide composition such as that contained in said extract. It also relates to the method for preparing the same, and to the use thereof as a prebiotic agent.
US10258657B2 Therapeutic and nutritional compositions for functional gastrointestinal disorders
The present invention relates to nutritional compositions containing balanced amount of substance having anti-inflammatory activity, as curcumin, and substance having carminative and spasmolytic activities, as essential plant oil, for the treatment and/or prevention of functional gastrointestinal disorders.
US10258654B2 Non-pathogenic F18 E. coli strain and use thereof
There is provided an isolated E. coli strain deposited at the International Depositary Authority of Canada (IDAC) on Jun. 20, 2013 and attributed accession number 200613-01. There is also provided methods of using this strain for preventing edema disease or diarrhea caused by an F18 pathogenic E. coli infection in an animal.
US10258644B2 Silicon-containing biodegradable material for anti-inflammatory therapy
A method for preventing and/or treating a disease associated with increased interleukin-1β and/or interleukin-6 and/or interleukin-8 activity and/or disease, in which a reduction in the activity of interleukin-1β and/or interleukin-6 and/or interleukin-8 is beneficial for healing includes utilizing a silicon-containing, biodegradable material containing a polyhydroxysilicic acid ethyl ester compound, with the proviso that wound defects including chronic diabetic-neuropathic ulcer, chronic leg ulcer, bedsores, secondary-healing infected wounds, non-irritating, primary-healing wounds, ablative lacerations and/or abrasions, are excluded from said disease that is prevented and/or treated with the silicon-containing, biodegradable material.
US10258643B2 Compositions and methods to affect skin irritation
Compositions are described that contain treated chitosan, modified chitosan and/or modified and treated chitosan for use in formulations for skin, hair and nails, and in compositions and methods of reducing topical agent-induced skin irritation and inflammation.
US10258641B2 Hydroxypropyl beta-cyclodextrin compositions and methods
This disclosure provides mixtures of beta-cyclodextrin molecules substituted at one or more hydroxyl positions by hydroxypropyl groups, the mixture optionally including unsubstituted beta-cyclodextrin molecules, for use as a pharmaceutically active ingredient; methods of making such mixtures; methods of qualifying such mixtures for use in a pharmaceutical composition suitable for intrathecal or intracerebroventricular administration; pharmaceutical compositions suitable for intrathecal or intracerebroventricular administration comprising such mixtures; and methods of using the pharmaceutical compositions for treatment of Niemann-Pick disease Type C.
US10258640B2 Method of inhibiting quorum sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
A method of inhibiting quorum sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa is provided. The method comprises contacting Pseudomonas aeruginosa with a gold(I) thiolate complex in an amount effective to inhibit quorum sensing in the Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Use of the method for the treatment or prevention of damage or disease associated with quorum sensing and/or biofilm formation in a subject, or for the treatment of biofilm and/or for inhibiting biofilm formation is also provided.
US10258638B2 Administration of nicotinamide mononucleotide in the treatment of disease
Disclosed are methods and compositions related to methods of treating, ameliorating, mitigating, slowing, arresting, preventing or reversing various diseases and conditions, including age-related obesity, age-related increases in blood lipid levels, age-related decreases in insulin sensitivity, age-related decreases in memory function, and age-related changes in eye function such as macular degeneration. The methods comprise administering nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) to a subject. In some embodiments, the administration can be oral administration. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising NMN.
US10258637B2 Pharmaceutical composition, methods for treating and uses thereof
The present invention relates to certain SGLT-2 inhibitors for treating and/or preventing metabolic disorders, such as type 1 or type 2 diabetes mellitus or pre-diabetes, in patients with renal impairment or chronic kidney disease (CKD).
US10258636B2 Prodrug salts
Provided are novel prodrug salts of selective aquaporin inhibitors, their use as pharmaceuticals, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and novel processes for their synthesis and novel intermediates for use in their synthesis. Also provided is use of a compound for the prophylaxis, treatment, and control of aquaporin-mediated conditions. Aquaporin inhibitors, e.g., inhibitors of AQP4 and/or AQP2, may be of utility in the treatment or control of diseases of water imbalance, for example edema (particularly edema of the brain and spinal cord), hyponatremia, and excess fluid retention, as well as diseases such as epilepsy, retinal ischemia and other diseases of the eye, myocardial ischemia, myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury, myocardial infarction, myocardial hypoxia, congestive heart failure, sepsis, and neuromyelitis optica, as well as migraines.
US10258634B2 Ciclesonide for the treatment of airway disease in horses
The invention relates to the field of medicine, in particular to the field of veterinary medicine. The invention relates to glucocorticoids, especially ciclesonide or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative or salt thereof, for the treatment of airway disease in horses, such as pulmonary disease, preferably recurrent airway obstruction (RAO), Summer Pasture Associated Obstructive Pulmonary disease (SPAOPD), and inflammatory airway disease (IAD).
US10258632B2 Method of prevention of neurological diseases
Provided herein are small molecules that have a neuroprotective or modulatory effect in the nervous system. The small molecules provided herein modulate dopaminergic neuronal activity. Also provided herein are methods of for the prophylaxis of or preventing the progression of Parkinson's Disease (PD).
US10258613B2 Compositions for treating retinal degeneration and methods of production and use thereof
Compositions for use in methods of treating and/or inhibiting a pathologic ocular condition, as well as methods of producing and using same, are disclosed.
US10258610B2 Pharmaceutical compositions comprising rifaximin, processes for their preparation and their use in the treatment of vaginal infections
The invention relates generally to pharmaceutical compositions comprising rifaximin effective at treating vaginal infections, and in particular bacterial vaginosis. The pharmaceutical compositions comprising rifaximin granules are characterized in that they release rifaximin in the vagina in a controlled way. The present invention also relates to processes for preparation of the rifaximin pharmaceutical compositions and their use in the treatment of vaginal infections. Effective dosages and courses of treatment useful and effective at recovering from the disease and preventing any possible relapse are also provided.
US10258606B2 Endothelin single nucleotide polymorphisms and methods of predicting β-adrenergic receptor targeting agent efficacy
The present invention concerns the use of methods for evaluating β-adrenergic receptor targeting agent treatment for a patient, particularly one with a heart condition. In general, the disclosed methods entail determining the presence or absence of one or more polymorphisms in an endothelin gene system member. Based on the results of this determination, a β-adrenergic receptor targeting agent may be prescribed, administered or a treatment regimen altered, including the administration of a β-blocker. Accordingly, methods of treatment are also described.
US10258603B2 Therapeutic compounds and uses thereof
The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I): and to salts thereof, wherein R1, R2, Rc, and Rd have any of the values defined in the specification, and compositions and uses thereof. The compounds are useful as inhibitors of bromodomains. Also included are pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and methods of using such compounds and salts in the treatment of various bromodomain-mediated disorders.
US10258597B2 Method for treating a glycoprotein-related disease
A method for treating a glycoprotein-related disease is disclosed, which comprises: administering a first effective amount of phenol red and a second effective amount of an organic arsenic compound to a subject in need thereof.
US10258596B2 Method of treating HER2-positive breast cancers with selective androgen receptor modulators (SARMS)
This invention relates to the treatment of breast cancer in a subject, for example a female subject. Including methods of: treating metastatic breast cancer; refractory breast cancer; AR-positive breast cancer; AR-positive refractory breast cancer; AR-positive metastatic breast cancer; AR-positive and ER-positive breast cancer; triple negative breast cancer; advanced breast cancer; breast cancer that has failed SERM (tamoxifen, toremifene), aromatase inhibitor, palbociclib (Ibrance), trastuzumab (Herceptin, ado-trastuzumab emtansine), pertuzumab (Perjeta), lapatinib, exemestane (Aromasin), bevacizumab (Avastin), and/or fulvestrant treatments; metastasis in a subject suffering from breast cancer; and/or HER2-positive; comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a selective androgen receptor modulator (SARM) compound.
US10258594B2 Cat appeasing pheromone
Disclosed is a semiochemical composition including methyl palmitate, methyl linoleate, methyl oleate methyl stearate, methyl laurate, methyl myristate, salts thereof, derivatives thereof, isomers thereof and/or structural analogues thereof that have an appeasing effect in cats and/or also effects social facilitation in cats, and an acceptable vehicle. Solutions such as spot-on formulations of long duration are also encompassed. Methods to effect appeasing in a cat and/or social facilitation in cats are also disclosed.
US10258593B2 Semiochemical compositions to reduce social conflicts with cats
A semiochemical composition including methyl laurate, methyl myristate, methyl palmitate, methyl linoleate, methyl oleate, methyl stearate, dimethyl pimelate, dimethyl azelate, salts thereof, derivatives thereof, isomers thereof and/or structural analogs thereof that maintain their semiochemical capabilities is described. Methods to reduce social conflicts in multi-cat households or in catteries or kennels boarding cats are also disclosed, as well as methods for inducing social facilitation in cats.
US10258590B2 Enteral feeding device and related methods of use
Embodiments of the disclosure are drawn to an enteral feeding device for hydrolyzing triglycerides in a nutritional formula. The device may include a body housing a chamber, an inlet configured to fluidly couple with a source of nutritional formula, and an outlet configured to fluidly couple with an enteral feeding tube. The device may include a headspace and a plurality of particles contained within the chamber, wherein the lipase is covalently bonded to the plurality of particles. The device may include an inlet filter located between the inlet and the chamber, wherein the inlet filter contains a first plurality of openings, and an outlet filter located between the chamber and the outlet, wherein the outlet filter has a second plurality of openings smaller than the plurality of particles.
US10258587B2 Branched chain fatty acids for prevention or treatment of gastrointestinal disorders
The present invention is directed to a method of preventing or treating a gastrointestinal condition in a subject, that includes administering one or more branched chain fatty acid to the subject under conditions effective to prevent or treat the gastrointestinal condition in the subject. The present invention is also directed to methods of promoting gastrointestinal health in a subject and propagation of probiotic organisms. Also disclosed is a formulation which includes one or more branched chain fatty acid and an aqueous phase emulsified with the one or more branched chain fatty acids, where the formulation includes over 25 wt % of the one or more branched chain fatty acid.
US10258584B2 Pregabalin sustained-release preparation
Disclosed is a pregabalin sustained-release preparation, wherein the sustained-release tablet contains a pharmaceutically active ingredient containing pregabalin or a salt or hydrate thereof, a gel framework material containing alginic acid, and a swellable material containing polyoxyethylene.
US10258582B2 Nicotinic receptor non-competitive antagonists
The present invention relates to compounds that modulate nicotinic receptors as non-competitive antagonists, methods for their synthesis, methods for use, and their pharmaceutical compositions.
US10258578B2 Crosslinked particles
Disclosed are crosslinked particles (e.g., microparticles) that are capable of storing and releasing drugs. The particles can be macroparticles, microparticles, or nanoparticles and can be composed of polyester backbones. The particles can be loaded with a drug. The particles can degrade in vivo to release the drug. The particles can be prepared by crosslinking functionalized polyester backbones and loaded with a given drug. The particles of the present disclosure can be injected with a syringe. In some embodiments, the particles of the present disclosure are administered in connection with a surgery and release the drug after the site of the surgery for a period of 1-6 months.
US10258573B2 Micronized insulin and micronized insulin analogues prepared under acidic conditions, and methods of manufacturing the same under acidic conditions
A method of preparing an inhalable insulin suitable for pulmonary delivery includes: dissolving an insulin raw material in an acidic solution to form a dissolved insulin solution; titrating the dissolved insulin solution with a buffer solution to form a suspension comprising micronized insulin particles; and stabilizing the micronized insulin particles.
US10258572B2 Pharmaceutical compositions of goserelin sustained release microspheres
A composition of goserelin sustained release microspheres is provided. The microspheres comprise goserelin, at least one poly (lactide-co-glycolide) and poloxamer or PEG. The sustained release microspheres have comparatively high bioavailability, which promotes the drug taking its full effect and have entrapment efficiency over 90%.
US10258570B2 Liposomes for pulmonary administration
The invention relates to liposomes for pulmonary application, advantageously comprising at least one first and at least one second phospholipid, cholesterol, and at least one active substance and/or colorant, wherein the first phospholipid is a phosphatidylcholine, preferably DSPC, and the second phospholipid is a phosphatidylcholine or an ethanolamine, preferably selected from the group DMPC, DPPC, DPPE. It is thereby advantageous if the first and the second phospholipid are present at a molar ratio of 0.5:1 to 10:1, preferably at a ratio of 6:1 to 2:1, in particular preferably at a ratio of 3:1. It is further advantageous if the molar ratio between phospholipids and cholesterol is between 10:1 and 1:1, preferably between 6:1 and 3:1, in particular preferably 4:1. The second phospholipid is further preferably DMPC or DPPE, in particular preferably DPPE. The size of the liposomes is advantageously between 0.05 μm and 5 μm, preferably between 0.2 μm and 2.0 μm, and the median aerodynamic mass diameter of aerosol particles comprising the liposomes is between 1 μm and 6 μm, preferably between 1.5 μm and 5 μm, in particular preferably between 2 μm and 4.5 μm. It is further in particular advantageous if the liposomes comprise an atomization stability of greater than 50%, preferably greater than 75%, in particular preferably greater than 80%, and if the transition temperature is greater than 37° C., preferably greater than 45° C., in particular preferably greater than 50° C.
US10258562B2 Effervescent tablet containing high level of aspirin
The present invention relates to a single-layer, effervescent tablet comprising a high level of aspirin and a reduced amount of alkaline substances, where the tablet rapidly dissolves in water.
US10258559B2 Preparation of a pulverulent/pasty composition comprising a silicone elastomer gel, solid particles and a binder phase, and lip treatment process
The present invention relates to a process for preparing an anhydrous composition in powder form or in paste form, in which the following steps are performed: from 30% to 65% by weight, relative to the weight of the composition, of organic, mineral or composite solid particles, and also mixtures thereof, are prepared, 10% to 40% by weight, relative to the weight of the composition, of a mixture comprising at least one organopolysiloxane elastomer conveyed in at least a first silicone or hydrocarbon-based non-volatile oil is prepared, 10% to 45% by weight, relative to the weight of the composition, of an organic binder phase comprising at least a second hydrocarbon-based or silicone non-volatile oil, identical to or different from the first oil, is prepared; at least one pasty compound having a content of between 5% and 25% by weight, relative to the weight of the composition, optionally at least one wax and optionally at least one volatile oil; the wax content not exceeding 5% by weight, relative to the weight of the composition, the binder phase and said conveyed organopolysiloxane elastomer are introduced into the solid particles with stirring; the conveyed organopolysiloxane elastomer being introduced with the binder phase or separately therefrom. The invention also relates to a process for making up and/or caring for the lips, in which the abovementioned composition is applied.
US10258557B2 Peptide for stimulating melanogenesis
A synthetic peptide for stimulating melanogenesis is provided. The synthetic peptide consists of the amino acid sequence of AsnSerAlaThrGluArgGlu (SEQ ID NO: 1). Also provided are methods and compositions for stimulating melanogenesis in a subject.
US10258555B2 Composition for hair frizz reduction
The present invention is directed to a shampoo composition for hair frizz reduction comprising from about 0.1% to about 20% of a moisture control material or mixture of moisture control materials wherein the moisture control material is selected from one or more of the following: wherein R′ is —COOY, sulfonic acid, or C═CH—COOY, Y is hydrogen or a metal ion, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 is hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, propyl, vinyl, allyl, methoxy, ethoxy, hydroxyl, halogen, sulfate, sulfonate, nitro, or —CH═CH—COOR, and wherein the moisture control material is an acidic material and further wherein the moisture control material has a % Protein binding higher than 20 and Molecular Volume lower than 500 and Partition coefficient octanol to water (log P) lower than 3 and hydrogen binding higher than 10 and pKa lower than 5.0.
US10258553B1 Hair strengthening conditioner formulation with reduced cost, easy formulation and improved performance
A hair strengthening conditioner formulation for application to human or animal hair for the purpose of strengthening and improving the hair. The present invention is for external application but may also be used in combination with dietary supplement compositions. The present hair strengthening conditioner comprises a proprietary mixture of a number of compounds as described in the tables and the claims.
US10258548B2 Hair care conditioning composition
The hair care composition includes a cationic surfactant, a silicone, and an aqueous carrier, wherein the silicone to high melting point fatty compounds ratio is about 100:0. Additionally, the hair care composition has a liquid phase viscosity of from about 1 centipoise to about 500 centipoise. The hair care composition can be dispensed as a dosage of foam; applying the foam to the hair; and rinsing the foam from the hair. The foam has a density of from about 0.025 g/cm3 to about 0.15 g/cm3 when dispensed from the aerosol foam dispenser.
US10258546B2 Tooth whitening strip
Described herein are tooth whitening strips comprising a hydratable adhesive film with a first side and a second side, the first side having a granular bleaching ingredient attached thereto in an amount effective to whiten teeth, together with methods of making and using the same.
US10258539B2 Integrated infusion container
The present invention relates to unitary bottle for injection, more particularly, to a unitary medicine bottle having an integral structure where a medicine container is easily connected with a plastic container including a solution at a completely sterilized state so that powdered, freeze-dried or liquid medicine is mixed with the solution with one touch for a short time. The unitary medicine bottle for injection according to the present invention comprises: a plastic container equipped with a coupling member connected with a medicine container at one end and a releasing member for releasing a liquid medicine to be at the other end; a protection cap integrally formed with the coupling member to accept the medicine container; and a flue needle which moves forward in a direction of the medicine container and perforates a stopper of the medicine container and is inserted in the coupling member connecting the plastic container with the medicine container.
US10258537B1 Dual masturbator system and method
A dual masturbator device for two adult males to masturbate simultaneously. The dual masturbator device has a Y-shaped design which permits entry of two male members for the purpose of mutual masturbation. The internal material mimics genital flesh, and allows the two adult males to feel each other through the material, increasing the sensation. The dual masturbator device also includes a temporary plug so that one opening can be used by a single male if preferred. The device can be made of clear material so that users are able to observe their members within the device.
US10258533B1 Foldable crutch
A foldable crutch includes an upper rod having a pad portion on a top end thereof and a first coupling portion at a bottom end thereof. The first coupling portion includes at least one positioning groove and a receiving groove. A handle is disposed on the upper rod. A lower rod includes an upper end having a second coupling portion mounted to the first coupling portion. The second coupling portion includes a positioning member for coupling with the positioning groove or the receiving groove. A turn knob is mounted to the first coupling portion. An axle extends through the first and second coupling portions and is pivotably connected to the turn knob. An elastic element biases the first and second coupling portions to disengage the positioning member from the at least one positioning groove when the turn knob is in the unlocking position.
US10258529B2 Casket transport and lowering device system
A casket transport and lowering device system is presented. The system includes a transportable frame with extendable rails configured to rotate and extend out over a gravesite. The extendable rails may also include an end rail and one or more extendable feet. The transportable frame may also be protected inside an exterior housing. The system also includes a carriage that rolls along the extendable rails into a position directly over the top of the gravesite. The carriage supports a lowering device upon which the casket rests. When the carriage is positioned over the gravesite, the lowering device is also positioned to lower the casket into the grave.
US10258527B2 Latticed patient hoisting device for hospital bed
A latticed patient-hoisting device for a hospital bed and methods of its use for lifting, moving, turning and positioning of hospital patients. Embodiments of the device have a plurality of vertical and parallel straps running parallel to the patient's body from head to feet and a plurality of horizontal straps perpendicular to the vertical straps. The ends of the horizontal straps are removably attached to one or more rails of a hospital bed by a loop. The device is placed under a patient, and the patient is moved by drawing one or more ends of one side of the horizontal straps and attaching those ends to one or more rails on the same side of the bed. In embodiments, one or more horizontal straps may be detached from a rail or repositioned along it to provide access to a particular area of the patient's body for patient care.
US10258525B2 Patient monitoring and repositioning system and related method
A patient monitoring and repositioning system (10a) includes a mattress (26), a sheet (16) residing on an upper surface of the mattress (26), a housing (29) containing a drive mechanism (28), and a sensor (20) adapted to sense a position of a patient (22) resting on the mattress (26). The drive mechanism (28) is operable to pull the sheet (16) and thereby pull the patient (22) resting thereon. The housing (29) receives the sheet (16) through a slot (54). In the event that the patient (22) is in an undesirable position on the mattress (26) as detected by the sensor (20), a controller (24) directs the drive mechanism (28) to pull the sheet (16) so as to pull the patient thereon from the undesirable position to a desirable, predetermined position. The controller (24) may direct the drive mechanism (28) automatically or indicate the undesirable position to a caregiver so that the caregiver may direct the drive mechanism (28) accordingly.
US10258523B2 Patient turning apparatus and methods for use
Apparatus and methods for turning a patient onto their side without having to place anything under the patient's torso in order to turn the patient are provided. This disclosure provides apparatus and methods for turning a patient with these apparatus without having to place anything under the patient's torso. Certain embodiments provide apparatus specifically designed to enable a caregiver to turn a patient without the assistance of a second person to hold them in place.
US10258521B2 Inverted pendulum type vehicle
An electric locomotion apparatus including a dynamically stabilized vehicle including two wheels, the vehicle including a pivot arranged along a longitudinal axis and rotatable about the longitudinal axis. The pivot is configured to transfer a steering control to the wheels. A seat is positioned on the vehicle, wherein the seat is configured to accommodate a user affected by motor disability of the lower limbs, the seat being tiltable sideways by a lateral shift of the user's weight. The locomotion apparatus further includes one or more transmission device arranged between the seat and the pivot, the transmission device configured to transfer a tilting movement of the seat to the pivot. A first rod and a second rod can be centrally pivoted together, the second rod pivotally fixed to the vehicle, and the seat being associated with a second end of the first rod.
US10258512B2 Electronics enclosure and receptacle
An electronics enclosure has terminal conductors for contacting corresponding conductors in a receptacle when engaged with the receptacle. The electronics enclosure has a housing having first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth surface portions arranged to define the exterior of the housing. The receptacle engages and retains the corresponding electronics enclosure, the receptacle having terminal conductors for contacting corresponding conductors in the enclosure when engaged with the enclosure. The receptacle has a base surface along which the enclosure can translate in an engagement direction to engage the enclosure with the receptacle. An absorbent article management system includes: a diaper having the receptacle at which sensor elements of the diaper terminate; a logger unit having logger electronics enclosed in the enclosure and adapted to cooperate with the receptacle to connect the logger electronics to the sensor elements; and data processing equipment for processing data acquired from the sensor elements by the logger and for taking action based on the same.
US10258509B2 In-ear noise dosimetry system
An in-ear noise dosimeter in the form of an earplug which senses sound in the ear canal using an eartip which has a sound delivery channel that couples sound at the end closest to the eardrum to an earplug microphone. The earplug can communicate wirelessly with a remote data collection and processing system. A dock unit for storing the earplugs when not worn can compensate for differences in unoccluded-ear versus occluded-ear responses by an acoustic compensator. An electronic compensation filter can be modified by a proximity switch in the earplug which changes state when the earplug is worn in the ear versus stored in a dock unit. The dosimeter can also have a temperature sensor for sensing human body temperature and remotely-located wireless LEDs used to alert the user of high noise dosage. Data can also be downloaded from the earplug using a reader unit.
US10258507B2 Methods and systems for laser scan location verification and laser surgical systems with laser scan location verification
A method of verifying a laser scan at a predetermined location within an object includes imaging at least a portion of the object, the resulting image comprising the predetermined location; identifying the predetermined location in the image, thereby establishing an expected scan location of the laser scan in the image; performing a laser scan on the object by scanning a focal point of the laser beam in a scanned area; detecting a luminescence from the scanned area and identifying an actual scanned location within the image based on the detected luminescence; and determining whether the difference between the actual scanned location and the expected scan location is within a threshold value.
US10258503B2 Ocular implant delivery device and method
An ocular implant system including an ocular implant sized and shaped to be inserted at least partially into an eye; a carrier member with a shell having a central channel extending at least partially through the shell from a proximal end towards a distal end of the shell. A guide sleeve removably attached within at least a first region of the central channel of the shell and defining a proximal port into the central channel that is accessible from the proximal end of the shell. An implant holder removably attached within at least a second region of the central channel of the shell adjacent to a distal end of the guide sleeve and having a pair of graspers adapted to releasably secure the implant at a distal end of the implant holder. Related devices, systems, and/or methods are described.
US10258502B2 Therapeutic agent delivery device
A system for storing and delivering a predetermined amount of fluid includes a syringe including a barrel, a flange disposed at the proximal end of the barrel, and a plunger assembly configured to be received in the lumen of the barrel. The plunger assembly includes a piston and a plunger rod. The plunger rod is removably couplable to the piston at the distal end of the plunger rod and includes a thumb press flange at the proximal end of the plunger rod. The system further includes a stop feature that is removably couplable to the syringe or the plunger assembly. The stop feature is configured to arrest distal advancement of the plunger assembly relative to the syringe when the plunger assembly reaches a predetermined position relative to the syringe. The stop thus ensures that a predetermined amount of fluid remains in the barrel.
US10258500B2 Life cradle device for inducing neonatal hypothermia
The present invention relates to a life cradle device for the purpose of inducing therapeutic hypothermia in neonates suffering from birth asphyxia. The device essentially consists of a rigid outer skeleton which could be fitted with removable mattresses containing form stable organic phase change materials effecting instant and sustained cooling. Multiple compartments of different phase change material composition functional at different temperatures are arranged in layers to replicate cooling performances as in conventional cascading systems. The device is also designed to have thermo-chromic indicators with an option of probes for automation control techniques. The device may also be fitted with thermostat controlled infant radiant warmer to automatically switch on when the infant is cooled down below requirement as a safety consideration.
US10258498B2 1,4-dihydropyridine derivatives with Hsp modulating activity
The invention provides 1,4-dihydropyridine derivatives of formula (I) wherein R1 is optionally substituted C6-24aryl group or 5 to 6 membered heteroaryl group comprising 1 to 3 nitrogen atoms or other heteroatoms like oxygen and sulphur, and combinations thereof; R2 and R3 are independently hydrogen or C1-6alkyl group; R4 and R5 are independently hydrogen, C1-6alkyl group optionally substituted with amino, mono- or di(C1-6alkyl)amino, or with 5 to 24 membered optionally fused heterocyclic ring attached by nitrogen and optionally comprising additional 1 to 3 N, O, S heteroatoms and optionally substituted with C1-6alkyl group or C1-6 alkoxy group; R6 is C1-6alkyl, C3-7cycloalkyl, C3-7cycloalkylC1-6alkyl or arylC1-6alkyl group; and stereoisomers including enantiomers, diastereomers, racemic mixtures, mixture of enantiomers and combination thereof, as well as polymorphs, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, esters and prodrugs thereof for use in the therapeutic or prophylactic treatment of a disorder mediated by heat shock proteins.
US10258497B2 Female condom with adhering shield and method of manufacture
The present invention is a female condom with an extended shield that can cover and seal the external genitalia to prevent sperm and disease transmissions during coitus. The construction of the present invention involves sealing of the double layered membranous films in an omega or similar shape to create a tubular and a shield portions, followed by applications of adhesive and releasing sheets onto the exterior of both shields before it is cut into the final product. The tubular portion will form the protective barrier for vagina (condom) while the shield portion, which adheres to the external genitalia, will prevent the seepage of body fluid. The tubular portion may be inverted to serve as a male condom. Double tubular portions are constructed for unconventional sexual activities. Transverse and longitudinal folds are created to enlarge the tubular portion. The female condom may be shaped, textured, colored and flavored according to the users' demand.
US10258488B2 Stent
A stent includes a stent body defining a longitudinal axis and proximal and distal ends and being expandable from a compressed configuration to an expanded configuration. The stent body includes a plurality of stent segments. The stent segments include a first end segment and a second end segment on opposite ends of the stent body and at least one intermediate segment disposed between the first end segment and the second end segment. Each stent segment defines a plurality of cells and a plurality of peaks and valleys. The at least one intermediate segment defines only x number of cells. The first end segment defines at least x+1 number of cells. Each of the cells of the first end segment is substantially equal in size. Each of the at least one intermediate segment and the first end segment defines only y number of peaks and valleys.
US10258487B2 Stents having protruding drug-delivery features and associated systems and methods
Expandable elements having drug-delivery features and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a drug-eluting stent includes a radially expandable cylindrical frame having a plurality of struts. The frame is transformable between a low-profile delivery state and an expanded deployed state. A plurality of drug-delivery features are carried by one of the struts and configured to deliver a drug to a treatment site within the patient or piercing through the tissue wall to break the constricting of the vessel wall inwardly. When the frame is in the expanded state within a body lumen of the patient, the drug-delivery features extend radially outwardly away from the strut and are configured to engage and, in some arrangements, pass through a wall of the body lumen.
US10258486B2 Anti-thrombogenic medical devices and methods
Methods for forming an expandable tubular body having a plurality of braided filaments including a first filament including platinum or platinum alloy and a second filament including cobalt-chromium alloy. The methods include applying a first phosphorylcholine material directly on the platinum or platinum alloy of the first filament and applying a silane material on the second filament followed by a second phosphorylcholine material on the silane material on the second filament. The first and second phosphorylcholine materials each define a thickness of less than 100 nanometers.
US10258481B2 Modular, customizable spine stabilization system
A modular, customizable system that provides components for assembling an implantable device is provided. The system allows the user to assemble an implantable spine stabilization device that is flexible and allows dynamic stabilization. The same system also provides components for assembling a rigid or non-flexible fusion-enabling spine stabilization device. The components of the system are easily interchangeable, allowing the user the ability to customize the assembled device for a true fit with the patient, as well as allow an easy conversion of the dynamic device into a fusion-enabling device. Associated insertion instruments and methods of use are also disclosed.
US10258480B1 Surgically implantable joint spacer
A spacer formed of an intermetallic compound, such as nitinol. The spacer includes at least two segments shaped in opposing arches. The unique properties of the intermetallic compound enable the material to be deformed into a planar, insertable shape when the material is cooled below a transition temperature and returns to the undeformed shape when the material returns to an ambient, operational temperature. An expansion mechanism assembly engages with the spacer to apply an expansion force, extending the spacer longitudinally drawing the spacer into the planar configuration. The expansion mechanism assembly can be used to guide the spacer into the desired position within the patient. The spacer control mechanism assembly is subsequently removed, relieving the expansion force, returning the spacer to the natural un-deformed, arched shape as it returns to body temperature. Retention features can be integrated in the spacer to aid in retaining the spacer in location.
US10258478B2 Glenoid implant
A glenoid implant is provided and may include a body portion and a stem portion. The stem portion may extend from the body portion along a longitudinal axis. The body portion may include an articular side and a bone-engaging side opposite the articular side. At least a portion of the bone-engaging side may be disposed at a non-parallel angle relative to at least a peripheral edge of the articulation side.
US10258476B2 Cruciate replacing artificial knee
A prosthetic knee with an artificial ACL/PCL. The prosthetic knee includes a femoral component and a tibial component. The artificial ACL/PCL connects the femoral component and the tibial component and includes an anterior cruciate ligament portion connecting an anterior anchor point on the tibial component to a posterior anchor point on the femoral component, and a posterior cruciate ligament portion connecting a posterior anchor point on the tibial component to an anterior anchor point on the femoral component. The artificial ligament may be provided as single length of material and may be pre-assembled into an ACL/PCL module having portions that may be inserted into at least one of the femoral component or the tibial component. A system is also provided for total knee replacement that includes a selection of femoral components, tibial components, and one or more ACL/PCL modules of varying sizes.
US10258475B2 Femur supporting device
A femur supporting device includes a femoral stem having a plurality of inclined passages. The femoral stem includes an inner side and an outer side. Each inclined passage includes an outlet in the inner side and an inlet in the outer side. Each inclined passage inclines upward from the inlet to the outlet. A plurality of supporting rods extends through the inclined passages. A first engaging end of each supporting rod extends out of the outlet of one of the inclined passages. A second engaging end of each supporting rod extends out of the inlet of one of the inclined passages. The first engaging end of each supporting rod is engaged with one of a plurality of first engaging portions in a trochanter head. The second engaging end of each supporting rod is engaged with one of a plurality of second engaging portions of a fixing unit.
US10258473B2 Device and method for restoring joints with artificial cartilage
An intra-articular device comprises a membrane shaped like a cap having a peripheral geometry similar to that of a head of a bone for a joint to be restored and an open end sized to be applied over the bone proximate the head, so that the open end can be stretched over the head of the bone and held in position on the bone interposed between the head and its corresponding articular component of the joint. The membrane is made of a polyether-urethane-urea material selected to have a property of absorbing the joint's own synovial fluid so as to swell and have a viscoelastic property similar to the body's own articular hyaline cartilage. In a preferred embodiment, the membrane cap is adapted for use on a femoral bone for restoring a hip joint. A related method of installing an intra-articular device as artificial cartilage comprises forming a membrane cap to be applied over the head of the bone of the joint, surgically exposing the head of the bone, installing the membrane cap over the head of the bone, then repositioning the capped head of the bone back in its place in the joint with the membrane interposed as artificial cartilage.
US10258472B2 Bone graft cage
A device for containing a graft material includes an outer member formed via an outer mesh sheet biased toward a coiled configuration in which the outer mesh sheet is coiled about a longitudinal axis thereof so that, when the outer member is positioned about separated portions of a target bone in an operative position, the outer member reverts to the coiled configuration and contracts about and engages the separated portions. The device also includes an inner member formed via an inner mesh sheet coiled about a longitudinal axis thereof. The inner member is movable between a first biased coiled configuration and a second coiled configuration. A diameter of the inner member in the first coiled configuration is larger than a diameter of the inner member in the second coiled configuration.
US10258469B2 Delivery and retrieval systems for collapsible/expandable prosthetic heart valves
A system for delivering a collapsible and re-expandable prosthetic heart valve into a patient includes a valve support structure around which the valve is disposed in a collapsed condition. A sheath structure surrounds the collapsed valve, but can be moved relative to the valve to uncover it for expansion at the desired implant site in the patient. The sheath structure may be variously mounted and moved to deploy the valve in various ways. For example, the sheath structure may include multiple parts, each of which can be moved separately to separately deploy various parts of the valve. The apparatus may have other aspects, such as the ability to reverse deployment of the valve, the ability to pass other instrumentation through the valve delivery apparatus, the ability to be smoothly withdrawn from the patient after deployment of the valve, etc.
US10258465B2 Methods and apparatus for endovascular heart valve replacement comprising tissue grasping elements
A method for endovascularly replacing a patient's heart valve including the following steps: endovascularly delivering an anchor and a replacement valve supported within the anchor to a vicinity of the heart valve in a collapsed delivery configuration, the anchor having grasping elements adapted to grasp tissue in a vicinity of the heart valve; expanding the anchor, thereby rotating the grasping elements; and grasping the tissue with the rotating grasping elements.
US10258464B2 Transcatheter stent-valves
A stent-valve for transcatheter implantation to replace a cardiac valve, the stent valve being compressible to a compressed state for delivery, and expandable to an operative state for implantation, the stent-valve comprising a stent, a plurality of leaflets for defining a prosthetic valve, an inner skirt, an outer skirt, and a paravalve seal for sealing against surrounding tissue. In some embodiments, the paravalve seal comprises material that swells in response to contact with blood. In some embodiments, the seal comprises a flap or pocket that is distensible in response to backpressure and/or paravalve back-flow of blood.
US10258461B2 Medical kits and methods for small incision eye surgery
Medical kits and methods for performing small incision DLEK include a corneal transplantation donor tissue graft formed into an implantable and compact rolled configuration using the flexible substrate.
US10258457B1 Dynamic dual chamber breathing prosthesis and methods
A dynamic dual chamber breathing prosthesis and methods are provided. The dual chamber breathing prosthesis can include an elastic lung prosthetic capable of being implanted in a chest cavity of a patient in place of an excized portion of lung, such as a lobe, and a reservoir capable of being implanted in the patient. A tube can be configured to be operatively arranged between the elastic lung prosthetic and the reservoir such that the elastic lung prosthetic is in fluid communication with the reservoir. As a breathing cycle including an inspiration phase and an expiration phase alternatingly occur during normal respiration, a fluid is capable of being dynamically transferred between the elastic lung prosthetic and the reservoir during each breathing cycle.
US10258454B2 Visual stabilizer on anchor legs of vena cava filter
A removable vena cava filter configured for reduced trauma and enhanced visualization of anchoring hook placement relative to the vessel wall is disclosed. The filter includes a plurality of struts, each having an anchoring hook and a stop member proximate the anchoring hook. The stop members are configured to engage the vessel wall to prevent excessive penetration of the anchoring hooks into the vessel wall and to aid in the identification of anchoring hook placement relative to the vessel wall.
US10258453B2 Pedal thromboembolic protection device
Disclosed herein are embolism protection devices that may be deployed in the peripheral arterial system for the collection of loosened or floating debris, such as embolic material dislodged during or thrombi formed as a result of a peripheral intervention, such as an angioplasty, stenting, or atherectomy. The disclosed embolism protection devices are designed to be inserted distal to lesion in a lower limb artery via one of the arteries of the foot, such as the dorsalis pedis, posterior tibialis, or peroneal (fibular) artery, and they include a compliant mesh portion supported by a compliant wire support member, and the compliant mesh portion extends to form or couples to a solid catheter portion that extends out of the body during use, and that may be coupled to a stopcock or syringe for removal of debris.
US10258452B2 Device and method for clot engagement and capture
A clot removal device and method for removing a dot from a blood vessel may include an expandable clot engagement element, an expandable dot capture element, and a sheath surrounding and compressing the capture element and the engagement element. The sheath may be removable to thereby enable the capture element to expand in a blood vessel in which the sheath is deployed, and to enable the engagement element to expand within the capture element.
US10258447B2 Thread insertion devices
Devices and methods for inserting an implant into skin or other tissue of a patient can include an insertion device having moveable portions that can retain, move, or otherwise control engagement and injection of a hyaluronic thread. The device can include a tubular member and a handle. The handle can include a body component coupled to the tubular member. The body component can include a passage that extends in communication with the lumen. The handle can further comprise first and second arms coupled to the body component and extending outwardly from the distal portion of the tubular member. Based on the configuration, the first and second arms can be positioned along the passage to change a cross-sectional profile of the passage and permit the device to engage or disengage the thread.
US10258440B2 Method of making dental restorations from sintered preforms
A method is provided for shaping a custom dental restoration from a preform, wherein the preform comprises a preform body and a preform stem. A method is further disclosed for generating one or more nesting positions for the restoration design within the geometry of the preform body relative to the position of the preform stem. A method is further disclosed for generating machining instructions based on the selected nesting position to optimize machining for chair-side applications.
US10258438B2 Oral automatic scanner
An automotive intraoral scanner applied in a mouth includes a biting piece, a track piece and at least one mobile image processing set. The biting piece is sandwiched between two rows of teeth. The track piece is installed in the biting piece and disposed corresponding to the rows of teeth, and a shape of the track piece is similar to a shape of the rows of teeth. The mobile image processing set is installed on the track piece and moved along the track piece, and the mobile image processing set is disposed corresponding to the rows of teeth. Therefore, the automotive intraoral scanner has advantages of easy operation.
US10258436B2 Method and system for transferring signals and materials between inside and outside body through oral cavity
This invention discloses a physical gateway that goes directly through gum or other soft tissues inside the oral cavity, to access inside body. The physical gateway has parts acting as external access points that have terminals for cables, wires, fiber optics, or tubes that go through said gateways to implanted medical systems and devices to facilitate transmission of signals or materials to or from said implanted systems or devices. This feature can be used for powering implanted systems and devices with high functionality and computation power, securely communicating with implanted systems and devices with vital duties, and transferring materials for refilling the tanks in implanted systems and devices or for transferring some material from inside body to outside without requiring invasive operations.
US10258435B2 Removable and adjustable abutment devices and methods of operation thereof
Apparatus and methods for adjustably retaining an oral appliance to an abutment assembly are disclosed. In one variation, a securement apparatus can comprise a sleeve having a sleeve frame and a number of locking flaps. The sleeve can define a lumen therethrough for positioning upon an abutment assembly. The locking flaps can have varying length dimensions and can project radially inward or outward relative to the sleeve frame. The outward flaps can lock against surface features defined along an inner surface of a coping coupled to the oral appliance and the inward flaps can lock against surface features defined along a portion of the abutment assembly. The sleeve can release the oral appliance from the abutment assembly when the locking flaps of the sleeve are actuated by an actuation unit.
US10258433B2 Device for intra-oral applications to reposition mandibular jaw
An orthodontic appliance for moving the mandibular jaw relative to the maxillary jaw in response to jaws being closed is described. The orthodontic appliance includes a first member and a second member which is disconnected from the first member when jaws are in open position. The first member is adapted to be fixedly attached to one of mandibular or maxillary dental arches, and the second member is adapted to be rotatingly coupled with the other one of mandibular or maxillary dental arches. The first member and second member are in vertical alignment. During the closure of dental arches, the second member contacts the first member, and the rotation of the second member is initiated. Rotation of the second member pushes the mandibular jaw in either anterior or posterior direction.
US10258419B2 Methods for hybrid robotic laparoscopic surgery
Methods and devices are provided for performing robotic surgery. In general, a surgical system is provided including an electromechanical tool with a first mode of operation in which the electromechanical tool mimics movement of a controller, and a second mode of operation in which the tool mirrors movement of the controller. A hybrid surgical device is also provided including an adapter matable to a handle assembly such that the adapter is electronically coupled to a motor of the handle assembly and is configured to communicate with the motor. A robotic laparoscopic surgical device is also provided including a motion sensor configured to sense movement of an electromechanical tool and an electromechanical arm that assists movement of the tool. A robotic surgical device is also provided including an electromechanical driver associated with a trocar and being configured to rotate and to translate a tool disposed through a passageway.
US10258417B2 Sensorless force control for transeopagel echocardiography probe
A robotic actuation system for sensorless force control of an interventional tool (14) having cable driven distal end (e.g., a probe, a steerable catheter, a guidewire and a colonoscope). The system employs a robotic actuator (30) having one or more motorized gears operate the cable drive of the interventional tool (14). The system further employs a robotic workstation (20) to generate motor commands for simultaneous actuation position and contact force control of the interventional tool (14). The motor commands are a function of an actuation position measurement and a motor current measurement of the at least one motorized gear for a desired actuation position of the interventional tool (14).
US10258413B2 Human organ movement monitoring method, surgical navigation system and computer readable medium
The present disclosure provides a human organ movement monitoring method for monitoring human organ movement in a surgical process in real time and a surgical navigation system. The human organ movement monitoring method includes: obtaining first position and orientation of movement monitoring tools in an image coordinate system identified from a preoperative three-dimensional medical image; determining second position and orientation of the movement monitoring tools in a positioning coordinate system in the surgery in real time; calculating an optimal coordinate transformation relation between the positioning coordinate system and the image coordinate system in real time based on the first position and orientation of the movement monitoring tools in the image coordinate system and the second position and orientation thereof in the positioning coordinate system, and calculating overall errors of coordinate transformation of the movement monitoring tools from the positioning coordinate system to the image coordinate system based on the optimal coordinate transformation relation; and evaluating movement degree of a human organ at various moments relative to a preoperative scanning moment based on the real-time determined overall errors of coordinate transformation of the movement monitoring tools at the various moments.
US10258408B2 Devices and methods for left atrial appendage closure
Described here are devices, systems, and methods for closing the left atrial appendage. The methods described here utilize a closure device for closing the left atrial appendage and guides or expandable elements with ablation or abrading elements to ablate or abrade the left atrial appendage. In general, these methods include positioning a balloon at least partially within the atrial appendage, positioning a closure assembly of a closure device around an exterior of the atrial appendage, inflating the balloon, partially closing the closure assembly, ablating the interior tissue of the atrial appendage with the inflated balloon, removing the balloon from the atrial appendage, and closing the atrial appendage with the closure assembly.
US10258407B2 Electrosurgical generator and system
An electrosurgical generator includes an electrosurgical energy output configured to deliver electrosurgical energy to a bipolar end effector assembly in a conductive fluid environment for treating tissue. A controller having a processor is configured to control a waveform of the electrosurgical energy such that the waveform oscillates between a cut phase for initiating and sustaining tissue cutting, wherein the waveform includes a cut energy greater than the energy needed to create and sustain arcing, and a hemostasis phase, for desiccating/coagulating tissue, wherein the waveform includes a hemostasis energy less than the energy needed to sustain arcing.
US10258406B2 Electrical ablation devices and methods
A computer-implemented system for delivering energy to tissue having a necrotic threshold may generally comprise an electrode array comprising a plurality of electrodes, a central electrode positioned intermediate the plurality of electrodes, and a controller configured to not only apply a first sequence of electrical pulses to the electrode array to induce thermal heating in the tissue and reduce the necrotic threshold of the tissue but also apply a second sequence of electrical pulses to the central electrode to induce cell necrosis in the tissue by irreversible electroporation. Electrical ablation devices and methods of using the same are also described herein.
US10258405B2 Treatment devices and methods
A tissue treatment selection device that has at least one treatment delivery member, a delivery setting circuit that is coupled to the treatment delivery member that is adapted to be deployed into tissue to deliver therapeutic energy to a target tissue zone, and the processing circuit is operable to set treatment parameters in the delivery setting circuit that is operable to set treatment parameters in the delivery setting circuit. The processing circuit is operable to transmit a test signal through the deployed treatment delivery member and to determine deployment status. The treatment selection device has a processing circuit adapted to send a message to a display device that indicates that the deployed treatment delivery member has been determined to be compensable and contains a suggested change in the treatment parameters. Also presented herein is a method of treating a tissue of a patient using the treatment delivery device.
US10258401B2 Transosseous guide
Instruments and methods for surgical transosseous attachment to a bone include a guide able to guide the formation of intersecting bone tunnels and a passer able to pass a member through the bone tunnels.
US10258399B2 Paste application system for the mixing of a paste made of two components
Paste application system having a two-component cartridge with two axially shiftable feed plungers; one hollow cylinder with an open front face and an at least partially closed front face, an axially mobile first plunger situated therein with two pestles attached to it; another hollow cylinder that contains a manually shiftable second plunger; and a liquid container, whereby the second hollow cylinder is connected or connectable to the liquid container in liquid-permeable manner by a first conduit means and a first non-return valve, and the first hollow cylinder is connected or connectable to the second hollow cylinder in liquid-permeable manner by a second conduit means and a second non-return valve; whereby the two-component cartridge and the first hollow cylinder, arranged axially adjacent, with the axially mobile pestles are arranged in a pressure container; and the paste application system contains a hollow space and liquid is present in said space.
US10258398B2 Device for performing a surgical procedure and method
A device including a first member extending along an axis between a first end and a second end. The first end includes a first portion spaced apart from a second portion by a gap extending parallel to the axis. An inner surface of the first portion and an inner surface of the second portion defining a cavity. A pivoting member is movably disposed in the cavity and includes an inner surface defining a passageway. A second member is disposed within the passageway. The pivoting member is movable between a first orientation such that the gap has a first width and the pivoting member is rotatable to a selected trajectory relative to the axis and a second orientation such that the gap has a second width that is less than the first width and the second member is fixed in the selected trajectory. Methods of use are disclosed.
US10258394B2 Systems and methods for intermedullary bone fixation
Systems and methods for intermedullary bone fracture fixation are described herein. The fixation device includes a main body having a flexible state and a rigid state. The fixation device further includes a proximal interface coupled to a proximal end of the main body to anchor the fixation device to an exterior surface of the bone and a distal interface coupled to a distal end of the main body to anchor the fixation device to an interior cavity of the bone. The fixation device further includes a locking interface to configured to convert the main body from the flexible state to the rigid state.
US10258393B2 Self-compressing implant
A two-part implant insertable in two bone segments that are intended to be fused together, wherein the implant provides built-in axial compressive forces that aid in maintaining the two bone segments in compression against each other so as to facilitate fusion.
US10258390B2 Device for placing a receiving part onto a head of a bone anchoring element
A device for placing a receiving part of a bone anchoring device onto a head of a bone anchoring element includes a holding portion, a collet configured to be held by the holding portion, the collet having a tubular body extending along a longitudinal axis, and a distal end portion configured to be flexibly expanded and compressed in a radial direction, and a plunger configured to be positioned in the collet. The collet is movable axially relative to the plunger between a first position wherein the distal end portion of the collet is configured to have a first width in a first radial direction and the plunger prevents the distal end portion from assuming a width less than the first width, and a second position wherein the distal end portion of the collet is radially compressible to a second width that is less than the first width.
US10258389B2 Systems and methods for posterior dynamic stabilization of the spine
Devices, systems and methods for dynamically stabilizing the spine are provided. The devices include an expandable spacer or member having an unexpanded configuration and an expanded configuration, wherein the expandable member in an expanded configuration has a size, volume and/or shape configured for positioning between the spinous processes of adjacent vertebrae in order to distract the vertebrae relative to each other. The systems include one or more expandable members and a mechanical actuation means for expanding the expandable member. The methods involve the implantation of one or more devices or expandable spacers.
US10258388B2 Device and method for treatment of spondylotic disease
A device for treatment of spondylotic disease includes a distractor for distracting vertebral facets of first and second vertebrae located adjacent each other. The distractor includes a first abutment surface for interfacing with an inferior articular facet of the first vertebra. The distractor also includes a second abutment surface for interfacing with the superior articular facet of the second vertebra corresponding to the inferior articular facet of the first vertebra. The first and second abutment surfaces of the distractor engage with each other and are separated by a predetermined distance.
US10258385B1 Bottom loading polyaxial ball and socket fastener with blocking ring with notched split ring
The bottom loading fastening system that consists of the polyaxial ball and socket joint used in conjunction with a bone screw. The system allows attachment to a bone screw using a retaining ring with a blocker ring to assure proper ring positioning. The retaining ring having a continuous inner surface wall and an outer wall having a notch. Upon installation the retainer wall is expanded causing a break at the notch producing an audible and tactile indication that the sufficient force has been applied to set the retainer and blocker rings locking the bone screw to a U-shaped connecting assembly.
US10258383B2 Polyaxial bone anchoring device and instrument for use with the same
A bone anchoring device includes a receiving part with a rod receiving portion having a first end, a second end, a recess for the rod, an outer surface, and a first engagement structure on the outer surface that extends farther radially outwardly than other parts of the rod receiving portion, and a flexible head receiving portion for inserting and clamping the head. The bone anchoring device also includes a locking ring configured to be arranged around the head receiving portion for locking the head, the locking ring having an outer surface and a second engagement structure on the outer surface that extends farther radially outwardly than the outer surface of the rod receiving portion. The engagement structures are configured to be engaged by an instrument to move the locking ring from a locking position to a position where the inserted head is pivotable.
US10258378B2 External bone fixation system
An external bone fixation system may include a first semi-circular external fixation member, a second semi-circular external fixation member, four ball collet assemblies attached to the second external fixation member, and four shafts. Each shaft may include a first end attached to the first external fixation member and a second end with a stop member, and each of the four shafts extends slidably through an opening in a ball of one of the four ball collet assemblies. The stop member of each second end prevents each second end from passing through the opening in its respective ball. Each shaft also includes a hinge located closer to the first end than to the second end.
US10258376B2 Medical devices and systems for manipulating foreign bodies and methods of using the same
A tool for manipulating a foreign body (e.g., a deployed medical device) can include an operative portion. The operative portion can be used to move the foreign body in the proximal and/or distal directions with respect to the removal/repositioning tool and/or the tissue surrounding the foreign body. In some embodiments, the tool can include a compressing portion that can be used to compress the foreign body as the foreign body is pulled by the operative portion in the proximal direction. The tool can further include a sleeve that can be used to transition the operative portion and/or compressing portion between an opened configuration and a closed configuration. In some embodiments, the tool can be used in conjunction with an endoscope to navigate the tool to the site of a foreign body within the body of a patient.
US10258372B2 Transabdominal gastric surgery system and method
The present disclosure generally relates to a system and method for providing transabdominal gastric surgical access system for medical, endoscopic, and surgical instruments through a percutaneous surgically constructed opening. More particularly, it concerns a delivery system and a surgery system having structures that includes a cannula working channel, an internal and external anchor system, a cap and insertion tool for creating an opening, to provide gastric access through at least one port for the insertion of instruments for medical/surgical procedures.
US10258370B2 Vaginal endoscopic port unit module
The present invention relates to a laparoscopic port unit module in which one end thereof and the other end are placed inside and outside the human body, respectively, through the vaginal inlet, and provides a vaginal endoscopic port unit module comprising: an outer unit of which the end is exposed to the outside of the vaginal inlet and which comprises one or more outer ports allowing the entry of a surgical instrument including an endoscope; an inner unit formed at the inner wall of the vaginal canal so as to be placed at an incision region connected to the abdominal cavity and allowing the surgical instrument entering through the outer port to come in and out of the abdominal cavity; and a runner unit for connecting the outer unit and the inner unit.
US10258369B2 Endoscopic surgical device and overtube
Provided is an endoscopic surgical device and an overtube with which a surgeon can easily obtain a desired image and in which operability is high. The overtube includes a slider within an overtube body, which guides an endoscope and a treatment tool into a body cavity. An endoscope-coupled part and a treatment tool-coupled part are provided inside the slider, and the slider has a dead zone where the forward and backward movement of either the endoscope or the treatment tool does not interlock with the movement of the other and a sensing zone where the forward and backward movement of either the endoscope or the treatment tool interlocks with the movement of the other. The overtube body is configured to allow the treatment tool to rotate around an axis thereof without changing the positional relationship of the endoscope and the treatment tool with respect to the overtube body.
US10258355B2 Endoscopic stone-extraction device
An endoscopic stone-extraction device is provided comprising a support filament comprising an end portion, a sheath comprising a lumen, wherein the support filament is disposed in the lumen such that the sheath is slideable with respect to the support filament, and a handle comprising an actuator. Movement of the actuator in a first direction retracts the sheath and causes a shape to expand outside the lumen. Movement of the actuator in a second direction advances the sheath and causes the shape to at least partially collapse inside the lumen. Other embodiments are provided, and any of these embodiments can be used alone or in combination.
US10258352B2 System and method for assisting with attachment of a stock implant to a patient tissue
A guide for assisting with attachment of a stock prosthetic implant to a patient tissue includes a lower guide surface configured to contact an upper implant surface of the stock prosthetic implant when a lower implant surface of the stock prosthetic implant contacts the patient tissue. An upper guide surface is accessible to a user when the lower guide surface is in contact with the upper implant surface. At least one guiding aperture extends through the guide body between the upper and lower guide surfaces at a predetermined aperture location with respect to the guide body and defines a predetermined target trajectory through the guide body. At least one of the target trajectory and the aperture location of each guiding aperture is preselected responsive to preoperative imaging of the patient tissue. A method of assisting with attachment of a stock prosthetic implant to a patient tissue is also provided.
US10258351B2 Bone plate assembly with guide member
A bone plate assembly is provided including a plate member with a top side (1a) and a bottom side (1b), at least one hole (2) extending from the top side (1a) to the bottom side (1b), an insert (3) arranged in the hole, the insert having a through hole (31), a guide member (4) removably arranged in the through hole of the insert, the guide member having a guide channel (40) and an outer surface portion (41) which engages an inner wall portion (32) of the through hole (31) to allow a pivoting movement of the guide member within the insert.
US10258350B2 Method and system for optically evaluating drilling proximity to the inferior alveolar nerve in situ
A low coherence interferometry probe system for evaluating proximity to a tissue layer, comprising a low coherence light source for generating low coherence excitation light, an excitation optical fiber to bring the low coherence excitation light near the tissue layer and a collection optical fiber for capturing back-scattered light from the tissue layer. The probe system comprises a low coherence interferometry sub-system and a digital signal processor for evaluating a distance to the tissue layer. There is also provided a spectral absorption probe system for evaluating proximity to an artery, comprising a light source excitation light having a wavelength adapted for absorption by blood chromophores, an excitation optical fiber and a collection optical fiber. The probe system comprises a light detector and a signal processor for determining a distance to the artery based on the back-scattered light and on Beer-Lambert law of light absorption using a value for surrounding tissue attenuation coefficient (μeff). A probe system combining low coherence interferometry and spectral absorption is also provided.
US10258349B2 Arthroscopic surgery method for ankle impingement
An arthroscopic surgery method for ankle impingement of the embodiment removes a posterior process of talus from the portal formed in the position specified beforehand by vibrating ultrasonically of an ultrasonic treatment tool which inserted and inserted the ultrasonic treatment tool to the posterior process of talus and a tendon sheath of flexor hallucis longus muscle tendon, and deletes the tendon sheath of flexor hallucis longus muscle tendon by the ultrasonic treatment tool used for deleting the posterior process of talus.
US10258347B2 Extremity tourniquet
A tourniquet for application to a patient's limb in an emergency situation, and a method for application of the tourniquet. The tourniquet includes a tension-sensing mechanism used to establish a baseline tension in a loop around an injured limb, and a tension-increasing mechanism to tighten the tourniquet as required beyond the baseline tension.
US10258333B2 Surgical fastening apparatus with a rotary end effector drive shaft for selective engagement with a motorized drive system
In various embodiments, a surgical fastening apparatus comprising a motorized drive system and an end effector is disclosed. The end effector comprises a channel and a rotary drive shaft. The channel is configured to support a removable staple cartridge including staples that are ejected from the removable staple cartridge as an ejector therein is moved from a starting position to an ending position. The rotary drive shaft defines an axis and is supported by the channel for movement in directions transverse to the axis between an engaged position wherein the rotary drive shaft is rotatable by the motorized drive system and a disengaged position wherein said rotary drive shaft is not rotatable by the motorized drive system. The rotary end effector drive shaft is retained in the disengaged position unless the removable staple cartridge has been operably installed within the channel and the ejector is in the starting position.
US10258332B2 Stapling system comprising an adjunct and a flowable adhesive
A stapling system comprising an anvil, a staple cartridge, a first buttress material, a first adhesive gel, a second buttress material, and a second adhesive gel is disclosed. The staple cartridge comprises a deck, a slot configured to receive a firing member, staple cavities defined in the deck, staple drivers, and staples removably stored in the staple cavities. The firing member moves through the staple cartridge during a firing stroke. The staple drivers are configured to drive the staples against the anvil during the firing stroke. A portion of each staple driver is lifted above the deck during the firing stroke. The first buttress material comprises a first film mesh layer. The first adhesive gel releasably holds the first film mesh layer to the staple cartridge. The second buttress material comprises a second film mesh layer. The second adhesive gel releasably holds the second film mesh layer to the anvil.
US10258330B2 End effector including an implantable arrangement
In various embodiments, an end effector comprising a first jaw, a second jaw, an implantable arrangement, first cavities, and second cavities is disclosed. At least one of the first and second jaws is movable to compress tissue between the first jaw and second jaws. The implantable arrangement comprises a first layer and a second layer. The first layer and the second layer comprise a polymeric composition. The first cavities are defined in the first layer and interconnectedly form a permeable first layer. The first cavities releasably retain a first therapeutic agent configured to induce a first biological response in the tissue. The second cavities are defined in the second layer and interconnectedly form a permeable second layer. The second cavities releasably retain a second therapeutic agent configured to induce a second biological response in the tissue. The first therapeutic agent and the second therapeutic agent are different.
US10258329B2 Spinal fusion implant with curvilinear nail-screws
A horizontal-transvertebral curvilinear nail-screw (HTCN) including a body portion having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is opposed to the second end; and a head at the first end of the body portion, wherein the body portion has a predetermined curvilinear shape and includes a pointed tip at the second end of the body portion, and a method of surgically implanting universal horizontal-transvertebral curvilinear nail-screws (HTCN) into a plurality of adjacent vertebrae.
US10258328B2 Fixation assembly and method of use
A fixation assembly for bone fixation and a method for joining bones or bone fragments of a single bone and translating uniform compression to the bones. The fixation assembly comprises a post member coupled to a screw member. The post member comprises a head portion connected to an anchoring portion, wherein the head portion is offset from the anchoring portion by a first angle. The head portion may comprise a curved body annularly extending from a first end to a second end, wherein the first end is separated from the second end by a slot, and wherein the curved body defines a tapered annular bore therein. The anchoring portion comprises a first leg extending from the first end of the curved body and a second leg extending from the second end of the curved body. The screw member comprises a tapered bulbous portion connected to a threaded elongated portion. The screw member is coupled to the post member by advancing the elongated portion of the screw member through the tapered bore of the post member until the tapered bulbous portion of the screw member abuts the tapered bore of the post member thereby creating an interference fit. The first angle of the post member determines the angle of fixation of the post member with respect to the screw member.
US10258323B2 Apparatus and method for suturing tissue
A suturing device of the present invention is in the form a compact, light-weight handheld device that includes a needle and suture assembly, a mechanism for gripping and releasing the needle/suture (a “needle transfer mechanism” or “needle shuttle mechanism”), safely capturing the needle/suture upon exit from the patient's tissue, and returning the needle to a position such that the process of delivering additional sutures to the patient can be repeated. A safety shield mechanism ensures the user is protected from the needle at all times. The device of the present invention accommodates the right or left-handed user, rests comfortably in the user's hand, allows sufficient visualization of the procedure site, and permits the user to either control penetration depth of the needle or default to a device-determined depth. The present device permits the user to utilize a wrist-rotation (pivoting) suture delivery technique.
US10258319B2 Airway assist device and method
An airway assist device (AAD) is provided. The device includes an upper AAD component and a lower AAD component. The upper AAD component includes and upper tooth guide connected to an upper plate having a pair of depending legs. The upper AAD component further includes an upper force receiving plate. The AAD also includes a lower AAD component. The lower AAD component includes a lower tooth guide connected to a lower plate. The lower AAD component further includes a lower force receiving plate. The upper and lower AAD components are connected in a way that allows relative longitudinal movement between the two components between a neutral position and a plurality of extended positions. A ratchet mechanism inhibits movement of the lower plate from any extended position toward the neutral position. The ratchet mechanism may be manually disengaged to allow the lower AAD component to return to the neutral position. An oxygen delivery housing may be connected to the upper plate to distribute oxygen.
US10258318B2 System and method for performing surgical procedures with a modular surgical system having a rail mechanism
A surgical system is provided including a reusable handle assembly having a controller and a reusable cannula assembly configured to be operatively connected to and steerable by the reusable handle assembly. The surgical system also includes a rail mechanism configured to cooperate with a port inserted through an incision, the rail mechanism mechanically attached to a stable platform. A plurality of surgical instruments are configured to be inserted through the reusable handle assembly and configured to advance a length of the reusable cannula assembly, such that the plurality of surgical instruments are engaged with at least one trigger mechanism of the reusable handle assembly. The handle assembly, the cannula assembly, and the plurality of surgical instruments are modular components configured to be releasably coupled to each other. The reusable cannula assembly slidably engages the rail mechanism to extend through the port and into the incision.
US10258316B2 Introducer for biopsy device
A biopsy system comprises an introducer, a biopsy device having a needle, and a marker applier. The introducer may include a closed distal tip, a lateral aperture, a proximally facing interior wall, and a ramp that guides the closed distal end of a marker applier up and into abutment with the wall as the applier is fed into the introducer. The needle of the biopsy device includes a blunt distal end and features providing clearance for the ramp as the blunt distal end is brought into abutment with the wall when the needle is fed into the introducer. The introducer may alternatively include an open distal end having resiliently biased leaves that bear against an inserted biopsy device needle. In some other versions, a fin projects laterally from the closed distal end of a marker applier, spacing the distal end away from a sidewall region of the introducer cannula.
US10258315B2 Systems and methods for reducing non-uniform rotation distortion in ultrasound images
A method for generating an ultrasound image includes receiving an image frame comprising consecutive ultrasound scan lines obtained using a rotating ultrasound imaging arrangement and determining at least a first cross-correlation value and a second cross-correlation value for each of a plurality of the scan lines. For each individual scan line of the plurality of scan lines, the first cross-correlation value comprises a cross-correlation coefficient between a first subframe comprising a plurality of consecutive scan lines including the individual scan line and a second subframe comprising a plurality of scan lines shifted from the first subframe by a first integer value. The second correlation value comprising a cross-correlation coefficient between the first subframe and a third subframe comprising a plurality scan lines shifted from the first subframe by a second integer value that is different from the first integer value. The method further includes evaluating, individually for multiple scan lines of the plurality of scan lines, whether the scan line being evaluated exhibits non-uniform rotation distortion using at least one of the first and second correlation values for the scan line being evaluated. A correction for non-uniform rotation distortion is applied using at least one of the first and second correlation values for at least one of the plurality of scan lines. An ultrasound image is generated using at least the plurality of scan lines with the applied correction and the ultrasound image is displayed.
US10258312B2 Ultrasound probe and ultrasound diagnostic device using same
In order to obtain a high-resolution ultrasound diagnostic image while reducing the back side reflection of a ultrasound irradiated to the side opposite to the ultrasound transmission direction of an ultrasound transmission/reception device, disclosed is an ultrasound probe, wherein a substrate is provided thereon with a cavity, insulation layers having the cavity therebetween, and an upper layer electrode and a lower layer electrode having the cavity and the insulation layers therebetween, so as to form an ultrasound vibration element, the substrate is held by a backing with a low-modulus member therebetween, and a direct voltage and a alternating voltage are applied between the electrodes to vibrate the ultrasound vibration element, and wherein a mechanical impedance by the substrate and the low-modulus member has a substantially equal value as an acoustic impedance of the backing.
US10258311B2 Probe, ultrasound imaging apparatus, and control method of the ultrasound imaging apparatus
A probe includes a transducer array including a transducer element, the transducer element including cells connected in parallel to each other, and a current detector configured to apply a voltage to the cells of the transducer element, or to output an electrical signal based on currents output from the cells.
US10258310B2 Ultrasonic probe and method of manufacturing the same
The ultrasonic probe includes a transducer array that generates ultrasonic waves, a backing layer that is provided on a rear surface of the transducer array, a pulsating heat pipe that absorbs heat generated in the transducer array, and a heat radiation unit that receives the heat from the pulsating heat pipe to emit the received heat to the outside.
US10258304B1 Method and system for accurate boundary delineation of tubular structures in medical images using infinitely recurrent neural networks
A method and apparatus for automated boundary delineation of a tubular structure in a 3D medical image of a patient using an infinitely recurrent neural network (IRNN) is disclosed. An unraveled cross-section image corresponding to a portion of a tubular structure is extracted from 3D medical image. The unraveled cross-section image is divided into a plurality of image chunks. A boundary of the portion of the tubular structure is detected based on the plurality of image chunks using a trained IRNN. The trained IRNN repeatedly inputs a sequential data stream, including the plurality of image chunks of the unraveled cross-section image, for a plurality of iterations while preserving a memory state between iterations, and detects, for each image chunk of the unraveled cross-section image input to the trained IRNN in the sequential data stream, a corresponding section of the boundary of the portion of the tubular structure.
US10258303B2 Apparatus for determining a fractional flow reserve value
The invention relates to an apparatus for determining a fractional flow reserve (FFR) value of the coronary artery system of a living being (3). A fractional flow reserve value determination unit (13) determines the FFR value by using an FFR value determination algorithm that is adapted to determine the FFR value based on a boundary condition and a provided representation of the coronary artery system, wherein the boundary condition is specific for the living being and determined by a boundary condition determination unit (12). Since the boundary condition determination unit determines a boundary condition, which is specific for the living being, and since the fractional flow reserve value determination unit not only uses the provided representation of the coronary artery system, but also the living being specific boundary condition for determining the FFR value, the accuracy of the FFR value, which is non-invasively determined, can be improved.
US10258299B2 Pre-object filter for shaping profile of radiation attentuation in fan-angle direction
Among other things, one or more systems and/or techniques are described for shaping a profile of radiation attenuation in a fan-angle direction via a pre-object filter (e.g., a bowtie filter) based upon a profile of an object. For example, a pre-object filter may be at least partially rotated about a filter axis and/or may be translated in a direction parallel to a direction of conveyance of the object under examination to adjust a profile of radiation attenuation in the fan-angle direction. Further, in one embodiment, the profile of radiation attenuation may be reshaped during rotation of the radiation source about the object to adjust an amount of radiation attenuation in the fan-angle direction (e.g., to adjust a profile of radiation attenuation as a shape of the object changes from a perspective of a radiation source as the radiation source is rotated about the object).
US10258298B2 Medical image scanning system provided with bed and abnormality diagnosis method thereof
A medical image scanning system includes a top plate on which an object is placed, a drive screw shaft, and a fall prevention unit. The fall prevention unit includes a load support nut that is threadedly engaged with the drive screw shaft and to which the load of the top plate is applied; a fall prevention nut that is arranged below the load support nut and is threadedly engaged with the drive screw shaft; a rotation prevention mechanism that prevents the rotation of the load support nut; and a detent mechanism that performs the turning stop of the fall prevention nut and releases the turning stop of the fall prevention nut when the threaded engagement between the drive screw shaft and the load support nut is disconnected.
US10258290B2 Method and apparatus for processing biosignal
A method of processing a biosignal includes estimating a time period from a time-domain biosignal, converting a biosignal corresponding to a time interval based on the time period to a frequency-domain signal, performing signal processing to remove a distortion component from the frequency-domain signal, and converting a processed frequency-domain signal obtained through the signal processing to a time-domain signal.
US10258288B2 Confidence indicator for physiological measurements using a wearable sensor platform
Embodiments include a method and system for providing data to a user of a wearable sensor platform. The method may be performed by a least one software component executing on at least one processor. The method includes capturing data for the user using at least one sensor in the wearable sensor platform. The data includes physiological data and artifact data. The physiological data includes noise data therein. A confidence indicator for the data is determined based on at least one of the physiological data and the artifact data. A physiological data signal corresponding to the physiological data and the confidence indicator is provided to the user on the wearable device platform.
US10258283B2 Implant and insertion device for an implant
Embodiments include an implant for insertion into a human and/or animal body and an insertion device for the implant. The implant includes a housing, at least one negative pressure unit and at least one adhesive application unit to temporarily and/or permanently fix the implant to a bodily tissue.
US10258279B2 Via and trench filling using injection molded soldering
A method includes forming one or more vias in a first layer, forming one or more vias in at least a second layer different than the first layer, aligning at least a first via in the first layer with at least a second via in the second layer, and bonding the first layer to the second layer by filling the first via and the second via with solder material using injection molded soldering.
US10258277B2 Method and system for determining fractional fat content of tissue
A system and method for determining fractional fat content of tissue comprises registering thermoacoustic image coordinates to an acquired ultrasound image, the acquired ultrasound image at least comprising target tissue within a region of interest; defining a thermoacoustic voxel grid coincident with the region of interest; obtaining thermoacoustic image measurement values from tissue within the region of interest corresponding to the voxels within the defined thermoecoustic voxel grid to yield a thermoacoustic measurement matrix; normalizing the thermoacoustic image measurement values within the thermoacoustic measurement matrix; calculating a fractional fat content map for the target tissue within the region of interest based on the normalized thermoacoustic image measurement values within the thermoacoustic measurement matrix and a reference thermoacoustic measurement value; and correcting the fractional fat content map based on tissue speed-of-sound data to yield a final fractional fat content map for the target tissue within the region of interest.
US10258276B2 Breathalyzer coaching and setup methodology
Methods of coaching a user of a breathalyzer to make use of correct blowing technique when blowing into the breathalyzer are provided. Methods of setting up a breathalyzer such that it adjusts a breathalyzer's parameters to account for jurisdictional variations in blood and/or breath alcohol limits and other standards are also provided.
US10258275B2 Methods and systems for intra-operatively providing anatomical guidance in surgery
In one aspect, the present invention relates to a process for intra-operatively providing anatomical guidance in endocrine surgery. In one embodiment, the process includes the steps of illuminating tissues in the neck area of a living subject with a beam of light having a predetermined wavelength, obtaining Raman data from light scattered from the illuminated tissues, finding Raman signatures corresponding to thyroid or parathyroid tissues from the obtained Raman data, and identifying the thyroid or parathyroid tissues from the corresponding Raman signatures.
US10258266B1 Multi-stream data collection system for noninvasive measurement of blood constituents
The present disclosure relates to noninvasive methods, devices, and systems for measuring various blood constituents or analytes, such as glucose. In an embodiment, a light source comprises LEDs and super-luminescent LEDs. The light source emits light at least wavelengths of about 1610 nm, about 1640 nm, and about 1665 nm. In an embodiment, the detector comprises a plurality of photodetectors arranged in a special geometry comprising one of a substantially linear substantially equal spaced geometry, a substantially linear substantially non-equal spaced geometry, and a substantially grid geometry.
US10258264B2 Methods and systems for improving the reliability of orthogonally redundant sensors
Methods and systems for sensor calibration and sensor glucose (SG) fusion are used advantageously to improve the accuracy and reliability of orthogonally redundant glucose sensor devices, which may include optical and electrochemical glucose sensors. Calibration for both sensors may be achieved via fixed-offset and/or dynamic regression methodologies, depending, e.g., on sensor stability and Isig-Ratio pair correlation. For SG fusion, respective integrity checks may be performed for SG values from the optical and electrochemical sensors, and the SG values calibrated if the integrity checks are passed. Integrity checks may include checking for sensitivity loss, noise, and drift. If the integrity checks are failed, in-line sensor mapping between the electrochemical and optical sensors may be performed prior to calibration. The electrochemical and optical SG values may be weighted (as a function of the respective sensor's overall reliability index (RI)) and the weighted SGs combined to obtain a single, fused SG value.
US10258260B2 Method of testing hearing and a hearing test system
A hearing test system comprising an computerized device (100) having an electro-acoustical output transducer (104) and a graphical user interface (102) and further being adapted to estimate a hearing loss of an individual test person. The invention also relates to a non-transitory computer readable medium carrying instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause a hearing loss of an individual test person to be estimated and a method of estimating a hearing loss.
US10258259B1 Multimodal sensory feedback system and method for treatment and assessment of disequilibrium, balance and motion disorders
The invention relates to a system and method for measuring the biomechanical state of a subject using various sensors simultaneously with providing the subject with visual exercises for rehabilitation and assessment of disequilibrium, balance and motion disorders. The biomechanical state of a subject is measured during the subject's performance of a predetermined task. Such measurements are useful for the assessment of disequilibrium, balance and motion disorders and are also useful for the determination of therapeutic application of vibrotactile, auditory, or visual feedback to a subject during the subject's attempt to perform a predetermined task. An intelligent controller compares the subject's biomechanical state to a predetermined parameter to determine a variance. If the variance exceeds a threshold, feedback in the form of visual feedback, vibrotactile feedback or auditory feedback may be provided to the subject as a therapeutic means for enabling the subject to compensate for disorder effects.
US10258257B2 Quantitative falls risk assessment through inertial sensors and pressure sensitive platform
A system, method, and apparatus is provided for estimating a risk of falls from pressure sensor data and inertial sensor data. A classifier function may be generated to relate the inertial sensor and the pressure sensor data with the falls risk (e.g., falls risk or prospective falls data) of the person who generated the pressure sensor data and inertial sensor data. The classifier function may be used to predict a person's risk of falls based on inputs of pressure sensor data and inertial sensor data. Separate classifier functions may be generated for men and women, or separate classifier functions may be generated for patients who closed their eyes while data was being collected and for patients who opened their eyes while data was being collected.
US10258255B2 Method for producing a miniature electromagnetic coil using flexible printed circuitry
An elongate medical device includes a sensor configured to detect one or more characteristics of an electromagnetic field in which the device is disposed. The sensor includes an electrically-insulative substrate, rectangular in shape, and a patterned, conductive trace disposed on the substrate. The patterned trace includes a plurality of diagonal sections parallel to one another, arranged with a relatively low pitch. The substrate is wrapped into a cylindrical shape thereby forming a three-dimensional spiral capable of functioning as a micro-electromagnetic sensor. A medical positioning system is responsive to the signal from the sensor to determine a position and/or orientation of the sensor.
US10258253B2 Cryogenic cooling apparatus and method such as for magnetic resonance imaging systems
A cryogenic cooling apparatus comprises a supply gas line and a return gas line adapted to be coupled to a compressor. A coupling element is positioned in gaseous communication with the supply and return gas lines, the coupling element being adapted in use to supply gas to a mechanical refrigerator so that the pressure of said supplied gas is modulated by the coupling element in a cyclical manner. A sensing system is used to monitor the operational state of the mechanical refrigerator and a control system modulates the frequency of the cyclical gas pressure supplied by the coupling element in accordance with the monitored operational state. The mechanical refrigerator has a first cooled stage and a second cooled stage, the second cooled stage being adapted to be coupled thermally with target apparatus to be cooled. A selectively coupleable thermal link is provided for thermally coupling the first cooled stage of the mechanical refrigerator to the second cooled stage in dependence upon the operational state of the mechanical refrigerator. A method of use of the apparatus is also disclosed. The apparatus and method have particular application in a Magnetic Resonance Imaging system.
US10258250B2 GPU-based parallel electrocardiogram signal analysis method, computer readable storage medium and device
The present disclosure provides a GPU-based parallel electrocardiogram signal analysis method, comprising: performing a filtering process of electrocardiogram signals through a long interval artifact removal and a short interval artifact removal; performing a QRS detection of the filtering-processed electrocardiogram signals through an R-wave position extraction, a QRS complex start and end positions extraction and a QRS complex width extraction; performing an abnormal waveform classification of the QRS-detected electrocardiogram signals through template creation; wherein at least one of the long interval artifact removal, the short interval artifact removal, the R-wave position extraction, the QRS complex width extraction and the creation template is performed by a multiple threads at a GPU device side in parallel, any thread being read through its unique index number to process corresponding data. By executing one or more steps of the electrocardiogram signal analysis at GPU in parallel, the present disclosure increases the analysis speed of the electrocardiogram signals.
US10258249B2 Graphically mapping rotors in a heart using Shannon entropy
Disclosed herein are techniques for graphically indicating aspects of rotors (such as pivot points of rotors) associated with atrial or ventricular fibrillation. Embodiments can include receiving, using a processor, an electrogram for each of a plurality of spatial locations in a heart, each electrogram comprising time series data including a plurality of electrical potential readings over time. Embodiments can also include generating, from the time series data, an entropy dataset including a plurality of Shannon entropy values corresponding to the plurality of spatial locations in the heart. Also, examples can include generating, from the entropy dataset, an entropy map including a plurality of graphical indications of the Shannon entropy values at the plurality of spatial locations in the heart, wherein the entropy map can include an image of the heart and graphical indications of locations of aspects of rotors in the heart (such as pivot point of rotors).
US10258247B2 Method and apparatus for analyzing nuclear medicine image of myocardia
Provided is a highly reliable technique for the evaluation of ischemic conditions. A preferred embodiment is a nuclear medicine measurement protocol in which the administration of a radiopharmaceutical agent and radiation measurement are performed twice at rest and under stress. In the nuclear medicine measurement protocol, radiation collection is performed without radiopharmaceutical agent administration before the second radiopharmaceutical agent administration, and the result is used to correct the nuclear medicine measurement result after the second radiopharmaceutical agent administration.
US10258240B1 Optical fiber pressure sensor
In an example, an apparatus includes an elongated assembly, at least a portion of which is sized, shaped, or otherwise configured to be inserted into a human body to measure a physiological parameter at an internal location within the body. The elongated assembly can include an elongated member. The elongated assembly can include an optical fiber pressure sensor, located at a distal portion of the elongated member. The elongated assembly can include a housing disposed about the optical fiber pressure sensor. The elongated assembly can include a guidewire tube, coupled to the housing, the guidewire tube defining a receptacle sized and shaped to accept a guidewire to permit the distal portion of the elongated member to slide along the guidewire during insertion of the elongated assembly into the human body.
US10258237B2 Photobiomedical measurement apparatus
A photobiomedical measurement apparatus includes a measurement point determination module to determine a specified position in a brain surface image as a measurement point by designating the specified position in the brain surface image with an input device, an estimated point determination module to determine a specific position in a scalp surface image as an estimated point(s) based on the measurement point (m) and displaying an image of the estimated point (s); and a position-guiding module that displays, on the scalp surface image pathway images (L1, L2), which represent the shortest pathways along the scalp surface between the estimated point (s) and reference points on the scalp surface image corresponding to reference points of the subject.
US10258235B2 Method and device for the assessment of bowel function
The present invention provides a method for assessing bowel function in a patient, comprising providing the patient with a numeric analog scale for at least one parameter which is a measure of bowel function; causing the patient to indicate on the numeric analog scale the amount and/or intensity of the parameter being experienced; and observing the amount and/or intensity of the at least one parameter indicated on the numeric analog scale in order to assess bowel function. Further, the present invention provides a device for assessing bowel function in a patient, the device comprising a display unit for providing a numeric analog scale for at least one parameter which is associated with bowel function of a patient; a receiving unit adapted to receive an amount and/or intensity of the at least one parameter indicated by the patient on the numeric analog scale; and an interface unit adapted to provide the amount and/or intensity of the at least one parameter indicated on the numeric analog scale in order to assess bowel function.
US10258226B2 Imaging system producing multiple registered images of a body lumen
Systems, devices and methods for producing registered images of a body lumen are provided. The system includes a first imaging device having an imager positioned at a distal end thereof, said first imaging device configured to produce a first image of a body cavity; and an imaging system, including a second imaging device having an imager positioned at a distal end thereof and configured to be positioned approximate to said imager of said first imaging device within said body cavity and configured to produce a second image; an elongated member configured to contain said second imaging device; and at least one marker configured to produce registration information in the first image and the second image.
US10258219B2 Household appliance comprising a lock
The present invention relates to a household appliance (1) comprising a front wall (2); an opening (3) that is disposed on the front wall (2) and that enables the items to be placed therein; a cover (4) closing the opening (3), a tenon (5) disposed on the cover (4); and a lock (9) disposed on the front wall (2) and having a body (6) that remains behind the front wall (2), a latch (7) that is pivotally connected to the body (6), that the tenon (5) rotates by pushing while being placed into the body (6), that enables the tenon (5) to be kept inside the body (6) and that has a locking position (C) wherein the tenon (5) is kept inside the body (6) and a free position (O) changed by rotating as the tenon (5) is dislodged, and the lock (9) further having a spring (8), one end of which is connected to the body (6), one end to the latch (7), that is compressed by the rotation of the latch (7) and that enables the latch (7) to resume its former position by transferring the stored energy to the latch (7) when the latch (7) becomes free.
US10258218B2 Dishwasher
A dishwasher including a cabinet assembly having a tub in which dishes are received, a sump, having a water collection unit configured to store wash water disposed therein, which is coupled to an interior of the cabinet assembly to collect wash water and to supply steam generated in the water collection unit into the cabinet assembly, and a heater module located outside the sump to transfer heat to the water collection unit and to heat the wash water in order to generate steam. The heater does not contact the wash water, preventing corrosion or oxidation of the heater.
US10258208B2 Surface cleaning apparatus
A hand vacuum cleaner comprises a main body has a driving handle and houses a suction motor and fan assembly, the suction motor and fan assembly having a suction motor axis of rotation wherein the driving handle has a hand grip portion that extends upwardly and forwardly when the hand vacuum cleaner is oriented with the upper end above the lower end. An air treatment member has a dirt collection region having an openable door provided on a front end of the air treatment member.
US10258204B2 Paper product center sponge tube and method
A roll of absorbent paper product having a central tube about which absorbent paper product, paper towels or toilet tissue, is wound. The central tube consists of one or more rows of pre-curved, compacted sponges for use when the absorbent paper product has been completely unwound therefrom. The individual sponge units can be pre-infused with one or more cleaners, waxes, etc. A method for making such central tube sponges is also disclosed.
US10258200B2 Implement with telescopically movable stem for stirring or comminuting food
An implement for stirring or comminuting, containing a drive motor arranged in a motor housing, a stem, in which a shaft connected to the drive motor in a rotationally rigid manner is mounted, and which is divided into an inner and an outer assembly, wherein the outer assembly has a shield at an end remote from the motor housing, and a working part surrounded by the shield, wherein the shaft is guided in an axially immovable manner in the inner assembly and the inner assembly is axially movable relative to the outer assembly. The working part is fixedly connected to the stem and is mounted in an axially immovable manner in the inner assembly, such that the working part can move in relation to the shield.
US10258199B2 Drink mixing device
The present invention is a drink mixing device generally characterized as having a ball assembly in wireless communication with a base assembly. The base assembly comprises a casing for storing a first battery, a transmitter that receives power from the first battery, a base assembly wireless coil, a power port receiving for external power and host or peripheral connection, a button located along the casing wherein the button is electronically connected to the transmitter. The ball assembly comprises a casing for storing a second battery, a motor, a ball assembly wireless coil, and a receiver. The motor turns a propeller external to but affixed to the exterior of the ball assembly when the motor is powered and turned on. The propeller is protected by a metal spiral.
US10258190B2 Food or beverage preparation machine with detachable brewing unit
The invention concerns a food or beverage preparation machine (1) for preparing a flowable food product or a beverage by mixing a fluid with a precursor ingredient, said machine comprising: a base (2) having a fluid source, a pump means suitable for conducting said fluid from the source through fluid-conducting pipes to a fluid delivery port (9), and a functional element (3) detachable from the base (2), comprising connecting means (6, 7, 8) for connecting fluidly to the delivery port (9) of the base, characterized in that said base (2) and said detachable functional element (3) both have cooperating magnetic attachment means such that the detachable element and the base can be removably connected with an attracting magnetic effect, and then disconnected by rotating said detachable element relative to said base with a repelling magnetic effect.
US10258189B2 Gripper retention device for a capsule or the like in a machine for the preparation of beverages, in particular espresso coffee
The gripper device (100) comprises a pair of opposite movable jaws (41) having respective coordinated gripping profiles (50) intended to cooperate with corresponding predetermined portions of the lateral surface of a capsule (C) of a first predetermined type so as to define a retaining position for such a capsule (C) in which the capsule (C) is essentially coaxial with a predetermined reference direction (R-R).The jaws (41) are able to assume a relative rest or standby position in which they are close together and inlet portions thereof (41a, 45) are capable of being splayed and passed beyond by a capsule (C) introduced into the machine (1), so as to allow said capsule (C) to be positioned and gripped between the gripping profiles (50) in the retaining position.Moreover, the jaws (41), adjacent to said coordinated gripping profiles (50), have respective further coordinated gripping profiles (51) able to cooperate with corresponding predetermined portions of the lateral surface of a capsule (CX) of a further and different type able to be introduced into the machine as well as to splay and pass beyond the inlet portions (41a, 45) of the jaws (41). These further coordinated profiles (51) are shaped and/or arranged such that they are capable of defining, for a capsule (CX) of the further type, a corresponding retaining position in which the capsule (CX) of the further type is axially offset by a predetermined amount (Δ) with respect to the predetermined reference direction (R-R).
US10258187B2 Device and system for brewing infused beverages
An infused beverage brewing assembly that includes a solvent flow management system (SFMS) operable to receive a solvent and then at least one of modulate and maintain a flow of the solvent independent of a back pressure within a brewing chamber for housing a solute disposed to receive the solvent to produce an infused beverage, wherein the SFMS is in fluid communication with the brewing chamber through at least one solvent conduit, the assembly including an outlet for discharging the infused beverage and having an electronic control system communicatively coupled to and operable to selectively modulate the SFMS to at least one of modulate and maintain the flow of the solvent upstream of the brewing chamber and downstream of the SFMS independent of the back pressure without the use of a feedback mechanism for monitoring the flow of the solvent.
US10258184B2 Cooking vessel having concavo-convex coating layer
A cooking vessel having a concavo-convex coating layer formed thereon is provided, in which concavo-convex portions are formed on an outer surface of the cooking vessel and a coating layer is formed on an upper and inner portion of the concavo-convex portions, so that quick cooking can be achieved through an enlarged heat transfer area and prominent heat absorption through the coating layer, scratching or slipping can be prevented from occurring, and cleaning of the cooking vessel can be easily performed through a non-stick function. The cooking vessel includes a vessel portion configured to accommodate a food material to be cooked therein, a first concavo-convex portion formed on an outer surface of the vessel portion and including first projections formed in a solid line and second projections formed in a dotted line, and a coating layer formed on an upper portion and an inner portion of the first concavo-convex portion.
US10258183B2 Curtain changing apparatus and method of use thereof
A curtain changing apparatus and method of use thereof includes a curtain retrieval arm engageable with a curtain track to allow the transfer of a curtain between the curtain track and the curtain retrieval arm. A removable insert is adapted to bridge the full or partial cutout section of the curtain track for normal use of the track, and an insert retrieval tool is adapted to enable removal and replacement of the insert from ground level.
US10258179B2 Floor matting
Reversible floor mats having two layers bonded together at an undulating surface are described. Each layer has a generally non-constant across over its width and length. The combined thickness of the two layers is generally constant over its width and length. The layers have different colors and/or different surface textures to provide different working surfaces.
US10258171B2 Modular apparatus and system for accommodating and dispensing cans and a method for forming the same
An apparatus and system for dispensing large amounts of cylindrical food containers or cans. The apparatus includes at least two support frames joined together through a series of connector pieces. Additional support frames may be added to the apparatus to create a modular system of dispensers that are customizable according to user discretion. The apparatus and system may be disposed directly on the traverses of a shelving unit so that large number of can dispensers may be accommodated within a relatively small volume or storage space. Each can dispenser may accommodate multiple cans which are orientated so that as each can is removed from the dispenser, a subsequent can will roll forward and take its place.
US10258168B2 Inflatable under the bed filler
A filler formed to fit underneath a bed frame is provided. The filler includes a membrane. The membrane may include a top layer, bottom layer, and a sidewall connecting the top layer and the bottom layer together. An internal pocket is formed within the membrane. The internal pocket is capable of receiving and retaining a gas, thereby making the membrane an inflatable membrane. A valve is secured to the membrane and forms a fluid connection from the internal pocket to an outside, allowing users to inflate and deflate the membrane.
US10258158B2 Dual motor lift chair for the elderly
The present invention discloses a dual motor lift chair for the elderly, which comprises a base, a seat lift, a back flexing mechanism and a leg flexing mechanism. The seat lift is arranged on the base, and the back flexing mechanism and the leg flexing mechanism are arranged on the seat lift. The present invention has a reasonable structure. When in the standing assistance configuration, the overall height of the lift chair increases, and the lift chair inclines forward at a certain angle, so that the center of gravity of the elderly rises and moves forward. Hence, an effective result of standing assistance is achieved, and the experience effect of the standing assistance is ensured. Furthermore, by setting the leg flexing mechanism and the back flexing mechanism, the flex of the body may be adjusted, and hence the comfortability of the chair is improved.
US10258153B2 Methods and assembly for use in storing or transporting vehicle seats
An assembly for use in storing or transporting vehicle seats is provided. The apparatus includes a base portion, an arm portion extending from the base portion, and a conveyor mechanism coupled to the arm portion. The conveyor mechanism includes a frame, and a plurality of fastening devices configured to couple the vehicle seats to the conveyor mechanism, wherein the plurality of fastening devices are rotatable relative to the frame such that the vehicle seats are positionable at different locations along the frame.
US10258145B2 Shelf attachment assembly
A shelf attachment assembly for attaching a shelf to a wall includes a removable shelf having a wall member and a hinge member at an angle to the wall member. The wall member includes a first aperture and a second aperture, the second aperture having a wall member portion as well as a hinge member portion. The shelf attachment assembly also includes a shelf attachment bracket which is fastenable to the wall. The shelf attachment bracket includes a first attachment and a second attachment aligned to receive the first aperture and second aperture, respectfully. The removable shelf is attached to the shelf attachment bracket, firstly, by inserting the second attachment through the hinge member portion of the second aperture. The removable shelf is then rotated such that the second attachment passes into the wall member portion of the second aperture and the first attachment is inserted through the first aperture.
US10258137B2 Clip-on pouch
Various embodiments of a clip-on pouch to be attached to an article of clothing providing storage and immediate access to small items such as credit cards or spare keys for a home, car, or locker. The clip-on pouch is designed to be comfortable and concealable even when worn on undergarments. One embodiment provides storage for at least one spare key. Another embodiment provides a pouch sized large enough to store at least one credit card and spare key. Various designs for the clip are presented.
US10258134B2 Comb and a protective glove for thermal protection that employs the comb
A comb and a thermal protective glove are provided herein. In one embodiment, the comb includes: (1) a base having a top side and a bottom side, (2) a longitudinal row of teeth on the top side of the base and (3) an attacher having a coupling end connected to the bottom side of the base.
US10258133B2 Decorative device with interchangeable decorations
The present disclosure is directed to a decorative item with an interchangeable portion. The presently disclosed device can be attached to the hair, clothing, or other suitable surface and has an interchangeable decorative feature that does not require the purchase of a large number of similar items to vary the appearance of the decorative item. The preferred embodiment of the device is similar in nature to a barrette with the inclusion of two attachment means on opposing ends of the barrette. The interchangeable decorations can be attached to the attachment means on the barrette.
US10258130B2 Bag with integrated cable locking system
Aspects of the present disclosure may relate to a bag having a retractable lock unit that may simultaneously prevent theft of the bag and theft of its contents. The bag may include the retractable lock unit which can be secured to the bag, a zipper system having a pair of zippers, and a locking ring. In some aspects, a user may draw the lock unit from its housing to the pair of zippers and lock the pair of zippers together so as to prevent the bag from being opened. In this way, the bag may provide additional security for the contents while the user has the bag on their person or near themselves. In other aspects, the user may draw the lock unit from its housing around one or more objects before securing it to the locking point and/or a pair of zippers. In this way, the bag may be securely anchored to the one or more objects thus preventing theft of the bag itself as well as preventing theft of the contents.
US10258129B2 Quick release zipper lock for a bag
A bag having a quick release zipper lock. The bag has an internal compartment with a zipper closure. A locking rod is secured to an inner side of the zipper slider of the zipper closure. A zipper lock is secured within the internal compartment at the closed end of the zipper closure which lockably receives the locking rod. A quick release mechanism has a pull release cord with an end disposed external to the internal compartment. A cable couples the quick release mechanism to the zipper lock. Whereby upon exerting a pulling force on the pull release cord, the zipper lock releases the locking rod so as to permit the zipper slider to be moved from the closed end toward the open end for accessing the internal compartment of the bag.
US10258125B1 Animal resistant food bag with integrated enclosure system
An animal resistant bear bag (100) is comprised of a laminate (400) configuration comprised of specially formulated ballistic grade Spectra fabric (200), EVA (300), ethylene vinyl acetate and specially formulated Kevlar correctional grade fabric. The lamination process may involve various temperature ranges and various rolling and/or compression techniques. A bear and critter bag may contain food intended for human consumption and is designed and constructed to prevent bears and other animals from accessing, eating or otherwise absconding with the contained food. Animal resistance is enhanced by the use of use of four or so Spectra thread seams and the use of specially constructed cord. A uniquely designed access and closure system allows humans quick access to bag contents while solving the problem of using laminate that is too rigid to cinch closed with traditional systems. An exterior closing sleeve (500) may extend beyond the main bag assembly (600).
US10258122B2 Toiletry organizer case/display stand for use with a suitcase
A case assembly is configured for organized carrying of toiletries in a leak-proof manner within a suitcase, and for subsequent displaying of the toiletries within the case on a vanity countertop, particularly on hotel/motel and other guest-like bathroom vanities. A contour of an exterior portion of the case assembly is configured to corresponding/match a contoured portion of the suitcase interior, and to have an extent matching a full depth of the suitcase, to optimize space occupied therein. The case assembly includes: a case; a seal member; a cover configured to enclose the opening in the case, in a closed position; a cover support arm permitting selective pivotal movements of the cover; a latch to secure the cover in a leak-proof manner, in the closed position; and a display arm pivotally coupled to the cover, and configured to support the opened case cover at a desired display angle.
US10258120B2 Multiple-fold frame assembly
A foldable frame is disclosed. The foldable frame contains at least one multiple-fold frame assembly containing an inner intermediate stretcher rib containing a first end and a second end, an outer intermediate stretcher rib containing a first end and a second end, and an outer leverage arm containing a first end and a second end, wherein the inner intermediate stretcher rib's second end is pivotally coupled with the outer intermediate stretcher rib's second end, wherein the outer leverage arm's second end is pivotally coupled with the outer intermediate stretcher rib adjacent to the first end, wherein the outer leverage arm's second end is pivotally coupled with the outer intermediate stretcher rib a first distance from the first end.
US10258118B2 Oval shaped diamond cut having hearts and arrows pattern
An oval shaped diamond, adapted to display a hearts and arrows pattern when exposed to light characteristic of the hearts and arrows pattern in a round diamond, comprising: an oval shape having two long sides symmetrical to each other, two short sides symmetrical to each other and four diagonal sides symmetrically located between the long sides and the short sides respectively, eight main crown facets, eight main pavilion facets, sixteen pavilion half facets; a uniform girdle of varying thickness separating the crown and pavilion facets, twelve subsidiary pavilion facets and eight crown star facets with each crown star facet including two facet sections of equal size and geometry on each of the two long and two short sides of the oval shaped diamond and two facet sections of non-equal size and geometry in each of the four diagonal or shoulder sides of the oval shaped diamond.
US10258117B2 Wearable band, kit and method
Disclosed is a wearable band that includes a strap extending between a first end and a second end and an axle extending between and attached to each of the first end and the second end, the axle including a smaller cross section than the strap. The wearable band includes a first disc portion including a first body, a first channel, a first groove and a first protrusion, and a second disc portion including a second body, a second channel, a second groove and a second protrusion. The first disc portion and the second disc portion are connected such that the first protrusion is located within the second groove and the second protrusion is located within the first groove. The first and second channels are aligned, and the axle is located within the aligned first and second channels. A method and kit are further disclosed.
US10258116B2 Clasp
In a clasp (1), a male member (2) has a columnar insertion portion (23) and a female member (4) has a cylindrical housing portion (43). The clasp (1) has magnets which attract the insertion portion (23) into the housing portion (43). A male engagement body (3) is provided on an outer peripheral surface (23a) of the insertion portion (23) of the male member (2) while a female engagement body (5) is provided on an inner peripheral surface (43a) of the housing portion (43) of the female member (4). The male engagement body (3) and/or the female engagement body (5) is provided as a long protruding edge structure or a long recessed notch structure along the axis of the clasp (1), has a guiding portion (53), and also has a retaining portion (52) which prevents the insertion portion (23) from getting out of the housing portion (43).
US10258110B2 Shoe, in particular sports shoe
A shoe, in particular a sports shoe, having a sole connected to a shoe upper. The sole includes: a first sole part having a bottom plate arranged with a number of first damping elements; a second sole part having a cover plate arranged with a number of second damping elements; a connecting part having a number of interconnected plug connections. Each plug connection has a first plug directed downward and a second plug directed upward. The first plug engages in a section of the first damping element, and the second plug engages in a section of the second damping element. At least a number of the first plugs extends through an opening in the bottom plate so that, when the sole is deformed by the weight of the wearer, the first plug protrudes from the lower surface of the sole further than without application of the weight of the wearer.
US10258107B2 Shoe with a heel cap and/or ankle collar
Shoes, in particular sports shoes, and methods for their manufacture can correspond to a shoe that has an upper with a textile region in at least one of a forefoot region and a midfoot region, as well as a heel cap of the upper. The heel cap substantially surrounds a rear side, a medial side, and a lateral side of a heel of a wearer's foot when worn. The heel cap forms a heel region of the upper, and the heel cap is manufactured substantially as one piece from a non-textile flexible plastic material.
US10258101B2 Silicon rubber healthcare footwear article with silicon rubber insole and its manufacturing method
A healthcare footwear article includes an upper shoe body and a sole member provided underneath the upper shoe body and is connected with the upper shoe body to form an integral body. The upper shoe body and the sole member is configured from a material consisting of approximately 70% to approximately 80% of silicon rubber by weight, approximately 5% to approximately 20% of negative ion powder by weight, approximately 2% to approximately 7% of antiwear agent by weight, approximately 5% to approximately 20% of titanium powder by weight, approximately 0.1% to approximately 1.5% of vulcanizing agent by weight, approximately 5% to approximately 10% of infrared ray powder by weight, and approximately 0.1% to approximately 8% of dye by weight.
US10258096B2 Garments for healthcare workers
According to techniques of this application, a garment may include a trunk, three left sleeves, and three right sleeves. Two of the left sleeves may be short sleeves. The third left sleeve may be a long sleeve. Two of the right sleeves may be short sleeves. The third right sleeve may be a long sleeve. The first left sleeve may be attached to the trunk. The second left sleeve may be attached to either the trunk or to the first left short sleeve. A segment of the third left sleeve may extend distally from the distal ends of the first and second left sleeves. The first right sleeve may be attached to the trunk. The second right sleeve may be attached to either the trunk or to the first right short sleeve. A segment of the third right sleeve may extend distally from the distal ends of the first and second right sleeves.
US10258090B2 Upper and lower torso garments having an improved band
A torso garment, such as a brassiere or brief, includes a body formed of inner and outer layers, the body including at least one torso band extending from a portion of the body, where the inner and outer layers overlap along a fold line of the torso garment. The torso garment includes an elastomeric band positioned between the inner and outer layers proximate the fold line.
US10258087B2 E-vaping cartridge and device
Example embodiments relate to a cartridge including a housing, a pre-vapor formulation reservoir configured to store a pre-vapor formulation in the housing, a vaporizer, and an airflow diverter. The vaporizer may be configured to vaporize the pre-vapor formulation. The vaporizer may include a heater and a wick, the wick may be in fluid communication with the pre-vapor formulation reservoir, and the heater may be configured to vaporize at least a portion of the pre-vapor formulation in the wick to form a vapor. The heater may be positioned in a transverse direction in the housing, and the airflow diverter may be located on an opposite side of the heater relative to a mouth-end portion.
US10258084B2 Smoking article with removable cap
There is provided a smoking article having a mouth end and a distal end, the smoking article including a heat source positioned at the distal end; an aerosol-forming substrate adjacent to the heat source; and a cap configured to at least partially cover the heat source. The cap is attached at a line of weakness to the distal end, including a cylindrical plug of material circumscribed by a wrapper, and is removable to expose the heat source prior to use of the smoking article.
US10258082B2 Tobacco pouch
A tobacco pouch with a front panel and a back panel, which are connected with one another via a first folding line at a first lateral edge, via a first connecting means at a second lateral edge, and via a second connecting means at a lower edge, a strip-shaped, openable first closure running along an upper edge from the first folding line to the first connecting means, sealing an opening, and at least one strip-shaped, openable second closure located in between the first closure and the second connecting means and miming from the first folding line up to the first connecting means, dividing the inside of the tobacco pouch into at least two chambers.
US10258080B2 Smoking apparatuses with an integrated filter holder
A smoking apparatus including a substantially hollow stem defining a bore having a bore diameter, the hollow stem including a first end, a second end disposed opposite the first end. A bowl is situated proximate the first end of the hollow stem and is configured to receive smoking product. The smoking apparatus includes a filter holder comprising a filter stop, a retainer lip, and a filter region. The filter stop is disposed between the first and second ends. The retainer lip is defined by the second end of the hollow stem, projects into the hollow stem, and defines a retainer lip opening providing space for fluid communication through the retainer lip. The filter region is disposed between the retainer lip and the filter stop. In some examples, the smoking apparatus includes a filter tool to help extract a compressible filter from the filter holder.
US10258079B2 Smoking article
A smoking article, such as a cigarette, includes a carbonaceous heat source. A mouth end piece segment is located at the mouth end of the smoking article, and the mouth end piece segment allows the smoking article to be placed in the mouth of the smoker to be drawn upon. The smoking article further incorporates an aerosol-generating segment located between the heat generation segment and the mouth end piece segment. The aerosol-generating segment incorporates an aerosol-forming material (e.g., glycerin and flavors). The heat generation segment is in a heat exchange relationship with the aerosol-generating region such that heat generated by the burning fuel element acts to volatilize aerosol-forming material for aerosol formation. The carbonaceous heat source is in intimate contact with coarse, fine or ultrafine particles of materials such as cerium oxide, or mixtures of cerium oxide and palladium chloride.
US10258077B2 Tabacco extract, preparation thereof
A process is provided for the preparation and/or treatment of a tobacco extract. The process comprises the treatment of a tobacco extract by centrifugation and microfiltration so that it is suitable for administration to a human.
US10258076B2 Fiber-wrapped smokeless tobacco product
A fiber-wrapped smokeless tobacco product includes smokeless tobacco and a plurality of polymeric fibers surrounding the smokeless tobacco. The polymeric fibers can have a basis weight of 5 gsm or less and a diameter of less than 100 microns. In some cases, the polymeric fibers are melt-blown polymeric fibers. In some cases, the polymeric fibers are centrifugal force spun polymeric fibers. A method of preparing a fiber-wrapped smokeless tobacco product includes melt-blowing or centrifugal force spinning a plurality of polymeric fibers to create an polymer deposition zone and passing a body comprising smokeless tobacco through the polymer deposition zone. In some cases, an electrostatic charge can be applied to the plurality of polymeric fibers, the body, or a combination thereof. In some cases, a spin is applied to the body when passing through the polymer deposition zone.
US10258075B2 Charcoal fuel article
A charcoal article for use of a hookah tobacco pipe is provided. The article comprises a body extending between a top and bottom portions. Plurality of legs extends outwardly from a base surface disposed between the top and bottom portions. The legs are separated from each other by channels, and a recess is provided extending inwardly within the body from the base surface. An inner chamber is defined within the body by the walls of the legs and walls of the recess. The legs are configured for placement on a foil, having at least one perforation, covering a bowl with a smoking matter. Upon positioning of the article on the foil the heating chamber is positioned to coincide with or situated at the perforation within the foil.
US10258073B2 Functional nutritional blend for thermo-metabolic performance
The present invention discloses a functional nutritional blend comprising Gynostemma pentaphyllum extract, Coleus forskohlii extract, Zingiber officinale extract and piperine, for increasing metabolic efficiency and inhibition of adipogenesis.
US10258072B2 Environmentally friendly gelator using medium chain triglycerides and method of use
A gel is disclosed that is formed from a hydrophobic liquid and a gelator. The gelator has a structure given by: formula (I) where (II) and (III) or (IV) or (V). The gelator is environmentally friendly and from a biomass source.
US10258070B1 Flavor infused peanuts
A method for infusing a nut snack by immersing it in an aqueous flavoring solution and baking/roasting the moistened product to the desired texture, crunch, and appearance. The process not only enhances the flavor of the nut, it also produces a nut with no exterior residue. The method includes such steps as providing a portion of blanched nuts; adding the blanched nuts to water and a flavoring component in order to infuse the flavoring into the nuts; cooking the flavored nuts for a predetermined period of time to enhance the infusion process; rinsing the cooked nuts; and roasting the nuts.
US10258063B2 Method and device for multi-serving capacity ice cream bar making
A device for multi-serving capacity ice cream bar includes ice cream bar molds 12, a canister that receives the ice cream bar molds, a freezing fluid medium filled in the canister, an agitating device that agitates the freezing fluid medium by rotating the canister cover, a mold monitoring device that monitors freezing status of each mold, and a bar mold status display. A method of making a plurality of ice cream bars comprises steps of filling ingredients into a plurality of ice cream bar molds, placing the ice cream bar molds in a canister cover of a canister, in which freezing fluid medium is filled, and agitating the freezing medium by rotating the canister cover.
US10258060B2 Methods and systems for production of low water activity fillings
A method and system for making a low-water activity filling, such as crème type fillings, is provided. The fillings advantageously can be used with rotary sandwiching machines without the need for a cooling tunnel downstream of the scraped-surface heat exchanger in the production line. The fillings produced herein comprise a fat component and sugar source, and the fat in the filling has the desired crystalinity. The process and system described herein unexpectedly achieve both a desired nucleation and crystallization rate and crystal structure, as well as the resulting increased filling firmness, in the fillings produced therewith.
US10258058B2 Method for preparing functional edible oil rich in phytosterol esters and diglycerides
A method for preparing functional edible oil rich in phytosterol esters and diglycerides includes steps of: 1) adding a raw material: adding phytosterol, triglyceride and a molecular sieve into a reactor, wherein a ratio of the phytosterol and the triglyceride is 1:2-1:4, a molecular sieve amount is 50 g/L; heating to 50-60° C. and stirring for 30-60 min, for obtaining a pre-mixture; 2) providing non-aqueous enzymatic transesterification: adding 5-20 g/L lipase into the pre-mixture, adding 100-200 ppm antioxidant, stirring and reacting for 8-12 h with a temperature of 50-60° C. and an atmospheric pressure, stopping heating and naturally cooling to a room temperature; and 3) post-treating: after reaction, removing the lipase and the molecular sieve by centrifugation, for obtaining the functional edible oil. The functional edible oil rich in two nutritional active components is obtained by the one-step method. Products of the present invention do not need separation and purification, and operation is simple.
US10258055B1 Apparatus for thawing frozen food
A method for thawing frozen foods by recycling the water that is used to thaw the frozen foods. Food is first placed inside of a container and then water is pumped from the bottom of the container where the water is heated and by use of a pump and natural rise of heat allowed to flow around the food. When the water reaches the top of the container, it spills over the top and is pumped back into the bottom of the container as a continuous process until the food is thawed.
US10258046B2 Antimicrobial coatings comprising quaternary silanes
A method of preparing an antimicrobial coating comprises coating a surface with an aqueous mixture of 3-(trihydroxysilyl)propyl dimethyloctadecyl ammonium chloride, 3-chloropropyltrimethoxysilane, and triethanolamine and then coating the surface with an aqueous titanyl sol-gel solution comprising an aqueous mixture of peroxotitanium acid and peroxo-modified anatase sol overtop of the silane to form the antimicrobial coating. The antimicrobial coating exhibits residual antimicrobial efficacy against E. coli and S. epidermidis after water rinsing or after abrasion. The use of 3-chloropropyltrimethoxysilane was found to improve storage stability of the quaternary silane composition and the durability of the antimicrobial coating.
US10258042B2 Substituted pyrazolylpyrazole derivative and use of same as herbicide
Provided is a compound capable of effectively control worst weeds of higher leaf stages that present practical problems. A specific pyrazolylpyrazole derivative of formula (I) is disclosed that is able to solve the above-mentioned problems.
US10258040B2 Use of combinations comprising host defense inducers and biological control agents for controlling bacterial harmful organisms in useful plants
The present invention relates to the use of a combination comprising at least one host defense inducer and at least one biological control agent in a synergistically effective amount for controlling bacterial harmful organisms in useful plants. The biological control agent is selected from specific microorganisms and/or a mutant of these strains having all the identifying characteristics of the respective strain, and/or a metabolite produced by the respective strain. In a preferred aspect of the invention the host defense inducer is isotianil or a combination of isotianil and acibenzolar-S-methyl. The present invention also relates to a method for controlling bacterial harmful organisms in useful plants by treatment with a combination comprising at least one host defense inducer and at least one biological control agent in a synergistically effective amount. A further aspect of the present invention is directed to method for controlling bacterial harmful organisms in useful plants by subjecting the plants to be protected against attack by bacterial harmful organisms to two or more sequential treatment blocks.
US10258038B2 Use of heterocyclic compounds for controlling nematodes
The present invention relates generally to the use of heterocyclic compounds of the formula (I) for controlling nematodes and to methods useful for controlling nematodes and/or increasing crop yield.
US10258030B1 Decoy anchor system
Systems and methods for anchoring a decoy are disclosed. A decoy anchor system has a floating decoy and a tether. The decoy anchor system has a first fastener attached to the floating decoy and a second fastener movably coupled to the tether. The second fastener is configured to couple to the first fastener. The tether has a portion extending downwardly from the floating decoy. The portion is initially of a first length. The portion of the tether is operable to change to a different length when the second fastener is not coupled to the first fastener and is not operable to change to the different length when the second fastener is coupled to the first fastener.
US10258012B1 Soybean variety 5PZGK37
A novel soybean variety, designated 5PZGK37 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PZGK37, cells from soybean variety 5PZGK37, plants of soybean 5PZGK37, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PZGK37. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PZGK37 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PZGK37, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PZGK37, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PZGK37. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PZGK37 are further provided.
US10258011B1 Soybean variety 5PWAV53
A novel soybean variety, designated 5PWAV53 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PWAV53, cells from soybean variety 5PWAV53, plants of soybean 5PWAV53, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PWAV53. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PWAV53 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PWAV53, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PWAV53, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PWAV53. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PWAV53 are further provided.
US10258010B1 Soybean variety 5PRNN46
A novel soybean variety, designated 5PRNN46 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PRNN46, cells from soybean variety 5PRNN46, plants of soybean 5PRNN46, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PRNN46. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PRNN46 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PRNN46, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PRNN46, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PRNN46. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PRNN46 are further provided.
US10258008B2 Soybean cultivar S170029
A soybean cultivar designated S170029 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S170029, to the plants of soybean cultivar S170029, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar S170029, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar S170029. 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 S170029. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S170029, 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 S170029 with another soybean cultivar.
US10258002B2 Spinach plants that are resistant to downy mildew
The present invention relates to the field of spinach breeding, in particular to a new dominant resistance gene, designated RPF12, which confers resistance against all races of Peronospora farinosa and to spinach plants comprising said gene.
US10258001B2 Spinach plants that are resistant to downy mildew
The present invention relates to the field of spinach breeding, in particular to a new dominant resistance gene, designated RPF11, which confers resistance against races 7 to 14 of Peronospora farinosa and to spinach plants comprising said gene.
US10257999B1 Maize inbred PH2TWM
A novel maize variety designated PH2TWM and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH2TWM with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH2TWM through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH2TWM or a locus conversion of PH2TWM with another maize variety.
US10257998B1 Maize hybrid X18M736
A novel maize variety designated X18M736 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 X18M736 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X18M736 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X18M736, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X18M736 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X18M736 and methods of using maize variety X18M736 are disclosed.
US10257997B1 Maize hybrid X13M716
A novel maize variety designated X13M716 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 X13M716 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X13M716 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X13M716, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X13M716 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X13M716 and methods of using maize variety X13M716 are disclosed.
US10257995B2 Soybean variety 01064083
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01064083. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01064083. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01064083 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01064083 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10257992B1 Hybrid tomato plant name HMX7161
A novel hybrid tomato plant, designated HMX7161 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of tomato hybrid HMX7161, to the plants and plant parts of hybrid tomato HMX7161, and to methods for producing a tomato plant by crossing the hybrid tomato HMX7161 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 HMX7161.
US10257990B1 Growing macroalgae at sea
The present invention provides a practical and economical means of growing of kelp and other types of macroalgae in large quantities on and in the ocean. Through the use of catenary principles and innovative structural designs, efficient designs emerge that translate into lightweight and low-cost components. The novel design described allows cost-efficient macroalgae farming at scales and at depths unsuitable for present macroalgae farming techniques. The device and methods described present a means of farming these seaweeds for the purpose of providing food, chemical feed stocks, and a biomass suitable for the production of biofuels.
US10257989B2 Stabilizer for center pivot irrigation system
A stabilizer is used on a tower structure of a center pivot irrigation system. The tower structure has wheels supporting the tower on a ground surface and the wheels are adapted and configured to roll on the ground surface in a direction of travel. The stabilizer has a bracing member with proximal and distal ends spaced apart by a length. The bracing member proximal end is adapted and configured to be operatively releasably connected to the tower structure such that when the stabilizer is mounted to the tower structure, the bracing member is movable from a stored position in which the bracing member distal end is arranged generally adjacent to the tower structure to a deployed position in which the bracing member distal end is arranged outboard of the wheels in the direction of travel and in contact with the ground surface.
US10257988B2 Illumination and grow light system and associated methods
A lighting system with selectable emission characteristics may include a housing, a controller, a first plurality of light sources operatively coupled to the controller and carried by the housing, and a second plurality of light sources operatively coupled to and controlled by the controller and carried by the housing. The first and second pluralities of light sources may be operable to emit first and second combined lights, respectively, and to emit a first light having a wavelength within the range of 650 nanometers to 700 nanometers, a second light having a wavelength within the range of 500 nanometers to 570 nanometers, and a third light having a wavelength within the range of 430 nanometers to 470 nanometer. The second light may be characterized by a human photopic response of greater than 0.0 and less than 0.4 throughout the range from 500 nanometers to 570 nanometers.
US10257986B1 Harvested bale wrapping material
A continuous roll of wrapping material for crops such as baled cotton wherein wrapping segments are set off by spaced transverse lines of slits or scoring for predictable separation during the wrapping process. Protection of the transverse lines and sealing assistance may be included by the addition of an adhesive layer and a V-fold over the transverse lines.
US10257984B2 Agricultural harvester with paddles rotated about an axis of rotation that is parallel to a longitudinal axis of the harvester
An agricultural harvester (10) defining a longitudinal axis (LI) includes a chassis; at least one ground engaging traction member carried by the chassis (12); a cleaning system (26) carried by the chassis that is configured to clean crop material; and a generally vertical crop material elevator (60) carried by the chassis. The crop material elevator (60) includes a housing (78) having an inlet (76) formed therethrough; a driving loop (88) held within the housing; a plurality of paddles (90) connected to the driving loop; and a rotating element (92) configured to rotate the plurality of paddles about an axis of rotation that is generally parallel to the longitudinal axis. The agricultural harvester (10) also includes a crop material conveyor (70) configured to supply cleaned crop material to the inlet of the crop material elevator from the cleaning system.
US10257976B2 Quick change lawn mower blades
A mower blade assembly attaches to a rotatable spindle and includes a mounting plate which defines a first pin aperture. The mounting plate and a retaining plate are attached to the rotatable spindle. The retaining plate defines a second pin aperture. A movable pin plate comprises a pin. A blade is selectively attachable to the mounting plate. The blade defines a retaining plate aperture and a third pin aperture. A biasing member urges the movable pin plate from a disengaged position to an engaged position. The pin is engageable with the pin apertures for mounting and retaining the cutting blade to the mounting plate. The blade is attached by moving the blade over the retaining plate aperture, urging the movable pin plate to the disengaged position, rotating the blade, and releasing the movable pin plate. Another embodiment includes a force finger.
US10257971B2 Drill attachment for tilling soil
A drill attachment for tilling soil has an extended drill shaft that is coupled with a till plate. The combination may be driven by an ordinary hand drill. The drill shaft has a stabilizer tip that protrudes beyond the till plate. The till plate includes a plurality of teeth that dig into and work top soil, while a generally planar disk-shaped body member at the top of the till plate prevents the till plate from sinking below the surface of the soil. The teeth are stamped from the till plate, forming openings in the generally planar disk-shaped body member. These openings and other optional openings cooperate with the teeth to further break up clumps of soil, and help to balance forces from the teeth pulling into the soil against the force of the body member that resists sinking into the earth. Optional weed-out and hole tools are also disclosed.
US10264720B1 Lead trimming module
A lead trimming module and system provides automated means for trimming leads of a mounted electrical component. A controller executes a programmable lead trimming algorithm and correspondingly controls a movement apparatus, such as an XYZ gantry robot, and mounted lead trimming module for selectively trimming lead protrusions to a programmed lead length.
US10264719B2 Component supply device
Multiple types of leaded components 410a, 410b, and 410c are scattered on component support member 285, and those multiple types of components are imaged by an imaging device. Identification information for identifying each type of the multiple types of components, and position information representing the position of the components on the component support section, is acquired from image data captured by the imaging device 84. Then, based on the identification information and the position information, any of the multiple types of components on the component support member 285 are held by a holding tool. By this, it is possible to pick up any of the multiple types of components scattered on the component support section 285 and it is possible to supply many types of components using the component supply device 32. Also, there is no need for an operator to check components on the component support section 285, so the operator workload is reduced.
US10264716B2 Outdoor display screen and communications device
An outdoor display screen includes a housing, a display screen, a control module, a heat dissipation module, and a power supply component. A first cavity and a second cavity are disposed on the housing. The display screen, the control module, and the power supply component are mounted in the first cavity, and the heat dissipation module is mounted in the second cavity. A cable-through hole is disposed on the housing. An air exhaust vent connected to an air intake vent of an internal circulation path and an air intake vent connected to an air exhaust vent of the internal circulation path are disposed in the first cavity to form an internal circulation heat-dissipation air duct. An air intake vent and an air exhaust vent are disposed in the second cavity to form an external circulation heat-dissipation air duct.
US10264715B1 Using waste heat for climate control in rack
A data center includes a rack computer system, a tape library rack module and a heat exchange circuit. The rack computer system is positioned inside the data center and is operable to provide computing capacity and generate waste heat within a first environment. The tape library rack module is positioned within the data center and comprises an enclosure that encompasses its interior, a rack within the interior, at least one tape library unit mounted on the rack within a second environment that is environmentally isolated from the first environment. The heat exchange circuit comprises a pump to circulate heat transfer fluid, a first heat exchanger that receives waste heat in the first environment from the rack computer system to warm heat transfer fluid and a second heat exchanger that releases heat from warmed heat transfer fluid into the second environment to help control the temperature and/or relative humidity of the second environment.
US10264713B2 Liquid cooling system with extended microchannel and method therefor
A heat exchanger includes a flat tube microchannel. A major surface of the microchannel has a first width at a first and a second opposite end portion to couple each end portion to a corresponding fluid distribution header. A middle portion of the microchannel between the first and second end portions has a second width that is greater than the first width. Fins are attached to the middle portion of the first major surface of the flat tube microchannel.
US10264706B2 Phase change evaporator with heat-dissipating fins and phase change cooling device using the same
A phase change evaporator includes multiple heat-dissipating fins formed on an evaporator body of the evaporator. A cooling device includes the evaporator, a condenser, a coolant output pipe and a coolant return pipe connected between the evaporator and the condenser, and coolant filled inside a closed coolant circulation loop formed by the evaporator, the condenser, the coolant output pipe and the coolant return pipe. When the evaporator body absorbs heat, the coolant inside the evaporator body is converted into a gaseous state by the heat and then quickly dissipates the heat absorbed thereby through the heat-dissipating fins for a part of the gaseous coolant to be condensed to resume heat absorption and for the remaining part to flow to the condenser through the coolant output pipe to be condensed to a liquid state and return to the evaporator body along the coolant return pipe for heat absorption.
US10264704B2 Brushless DC motor, and identification method and identification apparatus of identifying type of brushless DC motor
A brushless DC motor includes a circuit board on which a terminal with an open-collector or open-drain output function is mounted. The terminal includes at least one of a first specific resistance connected in series to a switching element and a second specific resistance connected in parallel to the switching element. The first and second specific resistances vary among multiple types of brushless DC motors. A motor identification method includes: supplying a power supply voltage from an identification apparatus to the brushless DC motor; supplying a voltage to a signal line of the terminal via a pull-up resistance in the identification apparatus; inputting to the identification apparatus an identification voltage value set by the least one specific resistance and outputted from the terminal; and identifying a type of the brushless DC motor based on the identification voltage value.
US10264703B2 Heat dissipating structure
A heat dissipating structure generally utilized in a telecommunication product includes a plurality of PCB modules, a metal framework, a top lid, and a perforated panel. The heat dissipating structure is generally utilized in a telecommunication product. The plurality of PCB modules are coupled in series and configured to form a chassis. The metal framework is housed within the chassis and forms an internal chamber. The top lid is disposed at a top side of the heat dissipating structure. The perforated panel is disposed below the top lid and over the internal chamber. The perforated panel includes a plurality of ventilation holes. The internal chamber cooperates with the plurality of ventilation holes to dissipate heat.
US10264701B1 Multi-configuration resource module bay
An example multi-configuration bay for housing resource modules for a computing device. The multi-configuration bay includes a common bay and an adaptor that may be removably installed within the common bay. The common bay includes first rails on its top and bottom walls, the first rails being to hold resource modules in vertically oriented installed-positions within the common bay. The adaptor includes second rails on its side walls, the second rails being configured to hold resource modules in horizontally oriented installed-positions within the common bay (when the adaptor is installed in the common bay).
US10264700B1 Electronic device and positioning structure capable of positioning casing
An electronic device and a positioning structure capable of positioning a casing are provided. The electronic device includes a box, a casing and a positioning structure. The box has a slide rail and a first positioning portion therein. The casing is slidably disposed on the slide rail. The positioning structure includes a positioning element and a pressing element. One end of the positioning element and one end of the pressing element are connected to the casing. Another end of the positioning element is connected to another end of the pressing element. When the casing slides along the slide rail such that the positioning element is aligned to the first positioning portion, the positioning element is positioned to the first positioning portion, and the pressing element is adapted to be pressed such that the positioning element is separated from the first positioning portion.
US10264694B1 Fastening device for stacking expansion cards
A fastening device for stacking expansion cards includes a fastener, a clamping member and a connection band. The fastener includes a body, the body includes a top portion and a bottom portion opposite to each other. A fastening hole is formed on the top portion along an axial direction. Multiple claws are extended from the bottom portion. The clamping member includes a clamping base, a pin, a resilient element, and a push plate driven by the resilient element to move on the clamping base. One end of the pin protrudes from the clamping base to be inserted into the fastening hole. The connection band is bendable. One end of the connection band is connected to the fastener, and the other end of the connection band is connected to the clamping member. The fastening device can fasten stacked expansion cards to a circuit board.
US10264687B2 Rollable display device
A rollable display device includes a roller, a display panel configured to be wound around the roller in a wound-up configuration and to display an image in an unwound configuration, a housing configured to house the display panel in the wound-up configuration and the roller, and a roller controller connected to the roller and configured to change a radius of the roller.
US10264681B2 Electronic component built-in substrate and electronic component device
A substrate includes a core substrate; a cavity formed on an upper surface side of the core substrate; a bottom plate of the cavity formed integrally with the core substrate; a through-hole formed in the bottom plate, a component mounting portion formed at a portion of the bottom plate, an electronic component mounted on the component mounting portion so as to be disposed inside the cavity; a first insulating layer formed on an upper surface of the core substrate so as to cover an upper surface of the electronic component; and a second insulating layer formed on a lower surface of the core substrate so as to fill the through-hole and cover a lower surface of the electronic component. The cavity is filled with the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer. The first insulating layer and the second insulating layer are formed of the same insulating resin.
US10264679B2 Special electric component, printed circuit board assembly, and method of manufacturing an electric appliance
A special electric component, such as a motor, an accumulator, or an electric subassembly, having at least one soldering pin for solder-joining the special electric component to a printed circuit board. The soldering pin has a connection end that comprises a front section at a free end of the soldering pin and a first section adjacent the front section. The front section has a width that is smaller than the width of the first section. A printed circuit board assembly and an electric device comprising at least one special electric component.
US10264678B1 Integrated and flexible battery securing apparatus
An electronic device includes a processing module, battery, input and/or output module, a first printed circuit board (PCB) section, a second PCB section and a flexible section. The first PCB section includes a mounting section for the processing module, a first battery connection for providing an electrical connection to a first terminal of the battery and a first mechanical coupling apparatus (MCA). The second PCB section includes a second battery connection for providing an electrical connection to a second terminal of the battery and a second MCA. The flexible section is coupled to the first and second PCBs, and when in a first position, the battery connections are not electrically coupled to a respective one of the terminals of the battery. When in a second position, the first MCA is mechanically coupled to the second MCA and the battery is electrically coupled to the first and second battery terminals.
US10264674B2 Passive element array and printed wiring board
A passive element array includes an element body that includes laminated base material layers, passive elements at different positions in the element body when viewed from a lamination direction of the base material layers, input/output terminals at a first main surface of the element body and connected to one end of each of the passive elements, input/output terminals at a second main surface of the element body and connected to the other end of each of the passive elements, a first ground terminal between the first input/output terminal and the input/output terminal at the first main surface, and a second ground terminal between the input/output terminal and the input/output terminal at the second main surface.
US10264672B2 Glass substrate and glass substrate for high frequency device
A glass substrate includes a plurality of through holes that penetrate from a first surface to a second surface of the glass substrate. Each through hole has an upper aperture with a first diameter on the first surface and a lower aperture with a second diameter on the second surface. For each of ten through holes selected from the plurality of through holes, a side wall length is obtained from the first and second diameters and the thickness of the glass substrate, and an R value is obtained by dividing the side wall length by the thickness of the glass substrate. The R values fall within a range of 1 to 1.1. A B value, obtained from dividing a difference between the greatest R value and the smallest R value by an average of the R values followed by multiplication with 100, is 5% or less.
US10264671B2 Microelectronic devices designed with modular substrates having integrated fuses
Embodiments of the invention include a microelectronic device that includes a plurality of organic dielectric layers, a cavity formed in at least one organic dielectric layer of the plurality of organic dielectric layers and a modular structure having first and second ports and a conductive member that is formed within the cavity. The conductive member provides modularity by being capable of connecting the first and second ports and also disconnecting the first and second ports.
US10264669B2 Flexible electronic assemblies with embedded electronic devices and methods for their fabrication
A flexible electronic assembly includes a flexible current-carrying device, an electrically insulating flexible substrate, and an electronic device embedded in the substrate. The electronic device is mounted face-down on the current-carrying device such that a contact side or component side of the electronic device faces the current-carrying device and is positioned at an interface between the current-carrying device and the substrate. The current-carrying device, substrate, and electronic device are co-planar at the interface. This configuration enables the flexible electronic assembly to have an ultra-thin thickness, for example on the order of micrometers.
US10264663B1 Matchless plasma source for semiconductor wafer fabrication
A matchless plasma source is described. The matchless plasma source includes a controller that is coupled to a direct current (DC) voltage source of an agile DC rail to control a shape of an amplified square waveform that is generated at an output of a half-bridge transistor circuit. The matchless plasma source further includes the half-bridge transistor circuit used to generate the amplified square waveform to power an electrode, such as an antenna, of a plasma chamber. The matchless plasma source also includes a reactive circuit between the half-bridge transistor circuit and the electrode. The reactive circuit has a high-quality factor to negate a reactance of the electrode. There is no radio frequency (RF) match and an RF cable that couples the matchless plasma source to the electrode.
US10264660B2 Beam trap, beam guide device, EUV radiation generating apparatus, and method for absorbing a beam
The disclosure relates to a beam trap including: a reflector for reflecting a beam, in particular a laser beam, that is incident on a surface of the reflector, and an absorber device for absorbing the beam reflected at the surface of the reflector. The surface of the reflector is segmented and has a plurality of reflector regions that are configured for reflecting a respective partial beam of the incident beam into an absorber region of the absorber device that is associated with the respective reflector region. The disclosure also relates to a beam guide device having a beam trap of this type, an EUV radiation generation apparatus having a beam guide device of this type, and an associated method for absorbing a beam, in particular for absorbing a laser beam.
US10264659B1 X-ray tube integral heatsink
Improved heat transfer from an x-ray tube can be accomplished with a heatsink surrounding at least part of an x-ray tube. The heatsink can be electrically connected to an anode of the x-ray tube and can be an electrical current path. The heatsink can include a plurality of protrusions extending radially outward from the x-ray tube and can be a single, integral substance extending from an inner-surface of the heatsink to a distal-end of the protrusions.
US10264654B2 Sensing module, sensing lamp having the same, wall switch having the same, and LED wall lamp
A wall lamp configured with a rotatable control module is disclosed. The wall lamp includes a lamp body and a control module. The control module has a control unit and an operating parameter adjusting element respectively disposed on two different sides of the control module. A cover is designed to partially cover the control module. The control module is rotatable against a central axis respectively to a first angle position and a second angle position. When the control module is rotated to the first angle position, the operating parameter adjusting element is hidden behind in the back and the wall lamp is enabled to perform an illumination function. When the control module is rotated to the second angle position, the operating parameter adjusting element is exposed to being adjustable.
US10264652B2 Methods, systems, and apparatus for intelligent lighting
Intelligent lighting systems include lighting fixtures communicatively coupled to processors and memory to provide efficient, highly responsive, and custom-tailored lighting to meet the needs and preferences of a given user or application. A gateway device provides connectivity linking lighting fixtures to the cloud to enhance data collection, analysis, and lighting control. Configuration profiles along with identification sensing provide object-specific and person-specific lighting conditions within intelligent lighting system environments. Configuration, control, monitoring, and reporting related to intelligent lighting systems are simplified with cloud-based and mobile apps compared to legacy lighting system technologies.
US10264651B2 Load control system having a visible light sensor
A sensor for sensing environmental characteristics of a space may include a visible light sensing circuit for recording an image of the space and a control circuit responsive to the visible light sensing circuit. The control circuit may detect an occupancy or vacancy condition in the space in response to the visible light sensing circuit, and measure a light level in the space in response to the visible light sensing circuit. The control circuit may also include a low-energy occupancy sensing circuit for detecting an occupancy condition in the space. The control circuit may disable the visible light sensing circuit when the space is vacant. The control circuit may detect an occupancy condition in the space in response to the low-energy occupancy sensing circuit and subsequently enable the visible light sensing circuit. The visible light sensor may be configured in a way that protects the privacy of the occupants of the space.
US10264650B2 System and method for contactless energy transfer to a moving platform
A contactless energy transfer system has a first stationary platform and a second movable platform. The first platform has at least one light source coupled to a power source. The second separate platform has at least one photovoltaic module mounted thereon. The at least one photovoltaic module is coupled to an energy storage system mounted on the second platform such that any light received at the photovoltaic module is converted to electrical energy stored in the energy storage system. The second platform is configured to move in close proximity to the first platform along a predetermined pathway. The predetermined pathway may be linear or rotary. The light sources are positioned and configured to direct light at the photovoltaic modules during a predetermined interval when the second platform is in close proximity to the first platform (for the linear pathway) or constantly or at predetermined intervals (for the rotatory pathway).
US10264648B2 Systems and methods for a paralleled hybrid horticulture system
Examples of the present disclosure are related to systems and methods for a paralleled hybrid horticulture system. More particularly, embodiments disclose utilizing a constant power (CP) power supply that is configured to operate in both constant voltage and constant current modes, wherein the maximum current and maximum voltage conditions may be programed.
US10264646B2 Lighting device and light emitting device having red and green phosphor arranged therein
A light emitting device which can adjust color temperature as power is supplied from a single power source and a lighting device including the light emitting device are provided. The light emitting device includes an anode electrode land; a cathode electrode land; a first light emitting unit and a second light emitting unit which are electrically connected to the anode electrode land and the cathode electrode land, are adjacently provided in parallel with each other; and a low pass filter including a capacitance member which is provided in parallel with the first light emitting unit and the second light emitting unit, and a resistance member which is provided in series with the first light emitting unit and the second light emitting unit, in which electric resistance of the first light emitting unit is larger than electric resistance of the second light emitting unit.
US10264644B2 Systems and methods for temperature control in light-emitting-diode lighting systems
Systems and methods are provided for regulating one or more currents. An example system controller includes: a thermal detector configured to detect a temperature associated with the system controller and generate a thermal detection signal based at least in part on the detected temperature; and a modulation-and-driver component configured to receive the thermal detection signal and generate a drive signal based at least in part on the thermal detection signal to close or open a switch to affect a drive current associated with one or more light emitting diodes. The modulation-and-driver component is further configured to, in response to the detected temperature increasing from a first temperature threshold but remaining smaller than a second temperature threshold, generate the drive signal to keep the drive current at a first current magnitude, the second temperature threshold being higher than the first temperature threshold.
US10264643B1 Dual over-current protection for phase cut dimmer
An improved apparatus, system, and method for providing over-current protection for a phase cut dimmer or dimming system are disclosed. The apparatus, system, and method provide fast over-current protection by disabling a drive signal for the phase cut dimmer based on a sensed current exceeding a fast-over-current protection threshold. The apparatus, system, and method also provides slow-over-current protection by disabling the drive signal for the phase cut dimmer based on a time-averaged value of the sensed current exceeding a second threshold. As a result, over-current protection can be provided for a variety of different types of loads coupled to the phase cut dimmer.
US10264642B2 Systems and methods for intelligent control related to TRIAC dimmers by using modulation signals
System controller for a lighting system and method thereof according to certain embodiments. For example, the system controller includes a first controller terminal configured to receive a first signal and a transistor including a first transistor terminal, a second transistor terminal, and a third transistor terminal. Additionally, the system controller includes a second controller terminal coupled to the first transistor terminal, and a third controller terminal coupled to the third transistor terminal. The system controller is configured to determine whether the first signal is associated with a leading-edge TRIAC dimmer based at least in part on the first signal, the leading-edge TRIAC dimmer being configured to receive an AC input voltage associated with at least a first half cycle from a starting time to an ending time.
US10264641B1 Lighting system and method for dynamically regulating driven current to an analog or digital dimming interface
A lighting system includes various ballasts or LED drivers having respective dimming interface circuits coupled in parallel to an external dimming device. Each device includes a controller regulating output to a lighting load based on desired dimming output. Dimming interface circuits coupled are between the controller and the external dimming device, each configured to dynamically adapt a level of constant current sourced from the dimming interface circuit to the external dimming device via first and second interface terminals, based on a determined analog mode or digital mode associated with the external device. The dimming interface circuit generates dimming control signals to the controller based on dimming input signals received via the first and second interface terminals, and in a digital mode, the interface circuit generates digital pulse signals to the external dimming device via the interface terminals for bidirectional communications therewith.
US10264632B2 Backlight module with MJT LED and backlight unit including the same
A direct type backlight unit disposed under a liquid crystal panel includes a backlight module including a printed circuit board including blocks arranged in an M×N matrix, in which M and N are natural numbers of 2 or greater, light emitting devices disposed on the printed circuit board such that at least one light emitting device is disposed in each block, each of the light emitting devices including light emitting cells disposed on a single substrate, and optical members disposed on the light emitting devices, each of the optical members being configured to change a light beam distribution of a corresponding light emitting device, and a backlight control module configured to control dimming levels of the light emitting devices and to independently control the light emitting devices disposed in different blocks.
US10264627B2 Adjusting CNT resistance using perforated CNT sheets
One example of a heating element includes a first carbon nanotube (CNT) layer and a second CNT layer. At least a portion of the first CNT layer overlaps at least a portion of the second CNT layer, and the first CNT layer includes a first perforated region having a plurality of perforations. Another heating element includes a CNT sheet with a first perforated region having a plurality of perforations and a first perforation density and a second perforated region having a plurality of perforations and a second perforation density different from the first perforation density. A method of forming a heating element includes perforating a first CNT layer so that it includes a perforated region and stacking the first CNT layer with a second CNT layer such that at least a portion of the first CNT layer overlaps at least a portion of the second CNT layer.
US10264626B2 Virtualized wireless network
According to an embodiment of the present invention, a network is provided. The network may include a first base transceiver station (BTS). The first BTS may be operable to provide a first signal including a plurality of first carriers. The network may also include a second BTS operable to provide a second signal including a plurality of second carriers. The network may also include a set of one or more digital access units (DAUs), each of the one or more DAUs being coupled to at least one of the first BTS or the second BTS. A set of one or more digital remote units (DRUs) may be included in the network, each of the DRUs being coupled to one of the one or more DAUs and operable to broadcast the first signal or the second signal.
US10264625B2 Activating high-speed train configurations in wireless communications
Aspects of the present disclosure describe activating a high speed train (HST) configuration for communicating with a cell in a HST based communications environment. A first signal including an HST activate indication to activate a HST configuration can be received from a cell. The HST configuration can be activated based at least in part on the HST activate indication. One or more subsequent signals can be communicated with the cell using the HST configuration based at least in part on the HST activate indication.
US10264622B2 Inactive state data forwarding
A base station receives from a first core network entity, packet(s) for a wireless device in an RRC inactive state. The base station initiates a RAN paging procedure comprising sending RAN paging message(s) to second base station(s). The RAN paging message(s) comprises a first identifier of the wireless device. The base station determines a failure of the RAN paging procedure in response to not receiving a response of the RAN paging message(s). The base station sends a first message to a second core network entity in response to the failure of the RAN paging procedure. The base station receives a second message from the second core network entity in response to the first message. The second message comprises a tunnel endpoint identifier of a third base station for forwarding the packet(s). The base station sends to the third base station, the packet(s) based on the tunnel endpoint identifier.
US10264621B2 IuGW architecture
Systems and methods are disclosed for a 3G gateway. In one embodiment, a system is disclosed, comprising a gateway situated between a 3G radio access network (RAN) and a core network, the gateway providing resource management for a nodeB, and providing routing and node management for another base station, wherein the base station may be configured to provide, as a virtual RNC, radio resource control, power control, ciphering, and multiplexing of multiple users onto a transmission path for a first mobile device attached to the nodeB; the gateway may be configured to relay traffic for a second mobile device attached to the base station; and the gateway may be configured to relay traffic to the core network from both the nodeB and the base station via an IuCS interface and an IuPS interface.
US10264619B2 Local call service control function server selection
A selection server device may receive a first registration request and determine that a user device is associated with a non-local call service control function (CSCF) server device and that the user device is located outside of a service area associated with the non-local CSCF server; output a non-preferred server indication to the non-local CSCF server device to cause the non-local CSCF server device to be disassociated with the user device; receive a second registration request from the user device; determine that the user device is not associated with any CSCF server; and output the second registration request to a local CSCF server device, associated with a service area in which the user device is located, to cause the local CSCF server device to register the user device with the local CSCF server device.
US10264615B1 Vehicle-mounted device and secure communication method
A secure communication method between a vehicle-mounted diagnostic device and a mobile terminal of a user includes the device broadcasting a paging message, inviting at least one mobile terminal to send a pairing request to the vehicle-mounted device. In response to a pairing request from a mobile terminal, an inquiry signal is sent to the mobile terminal inquiring as to a pairing mode required. One of several pairing modes can be selected, each pairing mode corresponding to a preset pairing password and at least one vehicle-mounted system accessible under the pairing mode. Upon matching the pairing password from the mobile terminal with a device-stored preset pairing password corresponding to the selected pairing mode, a wireless connection between the vehicle-mounted device and the mobile terminal is made, allowing the mobile terminal to access the at least one vehicle-mounted system accessible under the selected pairing mode.
US10264611B2 Device and method of handling radio resource control connection resume procedure
A method of handling a RRC connection resume procedure between a first layer and a second layer of a communication device, the method comprises the first layer in a first idle mode with suspend indication transmit a first request message for resuming a RRC connection and at least one first identity parameter to the second layer, after receiving a suspend indication from the second layer; the second layer transmit the RRC connection resume request message to the network, after receiving the first request message from the first layer; the second layer receive a first RRC connection setup message from the network, after transmitting the RRC connection resume request message to the network; and the second layer transmit a first RRC connection setup complete message comprising the at least one first identify parameter to the network, after receiving the first RRC connection setup message from the network.
US10264609B2 Method and system for ad-hoc social networking and profile matching
Methods, systems, program products are described to create a social network based on dynamic interests of users and using ad-hoc networking. A user of mobile device can identify another user who is close by and has similar interests. Dynamic interests of the users can be extracted or identified based on mobile usage, browsing history, places traveled, and other user actions. Users are notified if another user who is similar more than a threshold is present nearby. The system also facilitates communication between users by way of chatting, file sharing, image sharing etc.
US10264604B2 Methods used in terminal devices and network devices, and associated devices
The present disclosure relates to a method used in a terminal device, and the associated terminal device. The method comprises: obtaining a pattern for UL transmission to a network device, the pattern being specific to the terminal device and specifying a plurality of time points for transmitting a UL signal to the network device; and transmitting the UL signal to the network device based on the pattern. The present disclosure further relates to a method used in a network device, and the associated network device.
US10264602B2 Controlled OFDMA random access
Embodiments include a method, computer program product, and system for grouping electronic devices into contention groups to reduce uplink Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) random access (OFDMA-RA) collisions. An access point may explicitly assign an electronic device to a contention group, or the electronic device may implicitly determine an assignment to the contention group. To explicitly assign a device to a contention group, the access point may randomly assign or assign based on a criteria of the electronic device. Examples of criteria include an association identifier (AID), a traffic type/quality of service (QoS) category, a power saving preference, and an association status. The electronic device may implicitly determine a contention group assignment based on the total number of contention groups. The electronic device may use the explicitly or implicitly assigned contention group number to determine whether the electronic device may contend for a given trigger frame random access (TF-R) frame.
US10264600B2 Virtual cluster group based uplink control channel
Aspects of the present disclosure provide a scheduling entity in communication with a set of scheduled entities within a wireless communication network. The scheduling entity groups a plurality of tones into uplink clusters, where each uplink cluster includes one or more adjacent tones. In addition, the scheduling entity maps a first set of uplink clusters to a first virtual cluster group (VCG) for an uplink control channel, assigns the first VCG to a first scheduled entity of the set of one or more scheduled entities, provides a first VCG index identifying the first VCG to the first scheduled entity and receives uplink control information from the first scheduled entity on the first VCG over the uplink control channel.
US10264599B2 Method and apparatus for transmitting wireless local area network data
A method comprises constructing, by an access point (AP), a radio frame within a scheduling window, the radio frame including at least a preamble part compatible with an existing IEEE 802.11 preamble legacy preamble, a preamble part used in a next-generation IEEE 802.11 standard (HEW preamble), and the first downlink subframe (DL subframe); sending the Legacy preamble, the HEW preamble and the first DL subframe in the radio frame; receiving at least one uplink subframe (UL subframe) located after the first DL subframe; wherein each of the at least one UL subframes is triggered by one DL subframe located before the UL subframe.
US10264597B2 Method and system for best effort scheduling for a point to multipoint broadband wireless system
A system and method for best effort scheduling of uplink bandwidth requests, in which aggregate uplink bandwidth requests for best efforts services are received from the remote stations, the base station calculates bulk bandwidth, and the remote stations distribute bulk bandwidth to the requesting services.
US10264596B1 Method and system for controlling WCD core-network connection based on communications served by base station for which WCD provides wireless backhaul connectivity
A method and system to help manage a wireless client device's (WCD's) network connection with a core network gateway, where the WCD provides wireless backhaul connectivity to the core network for a relay base station with which the WCD communicates over a communication interface. The WCD detects passage of a threshold period of absence of communication on the communication interface between the WCD and the relay base station, and upon detecting that threshold period of absence of communication on that communication interface, the WCD releases its network connection with the core network gateway. Further, the WCD dynamically sets the threshold inactivity period for this purpose based on history of communications with which the relay base station has served one or more other WCDs.
US10264594B2 RSSI measurement during LBT
The present disclosure relates to a method in a cellular radio communication network. The method comprises scheduling a radio device on a cell in an unlicensed frequency band. The method also comprises attempting to send a discovery signal for the cell in the unlicensed frequency band using a Listen-Before-Talk (LBT) procedure. The method also comprises receiving RSSI information about a Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) measurement performed by the radio device, indicating that the radio device has failed to identify the cell, the RSSI information comprising a time stamp of the RSSI measurement. The method also comprises by means of the time stamp, associating the RSSI measurement with the attempt to send a discovery signal.
US10264591B2 Mitigating interference between co-located wireless technologies
An apparatus has a first communication module that is compatible with a first wireless communication technology, and a second communication module that is compatible with a second, different, wireless communication technology. Transmissions by each communication module may contribute to interference at the other communication module. In one example, a Block Acknowledgement Request is transmitted by the apparatus during a downlink period of the second communication module so that the Block Acknowledgement transmitted in response is received during the downlink period. In another example, the apparatus calculates a maximum size of A-MPDU to receive and notifies an access point of that maximum size. In a further example, the apparatus, having notified an access point of operation in a power save mode, polls the access point for buffered frames at the start of a downlink period of the second communication module.
US10264589B2 Method and managing device for allocating transmission resources in a wireless communications network
A method and managing device for allocating transmission resources in a wireless communications network for performing K individual transmissions between an access point and mobile terminals, signalling information for enabling the mobile terminals to determine transmission resources allocated in a subsequent frame being transmitted in at least one transmission resource of each frame, a managing device, when considering (S401) allocating transmission resources in a frame t: obtains (S402) information representative of transmission resources allocated beforehand from frame t−W−T+2 to frame t−1; allocates (S403) transmission resources in frame t for performing K individual transmissions and transmission resources in frame t−x for transmitting signalling information related to frame t, by reviewing transmission resources allocations from frame t−W+1 to frame t−1 by relying on a figure of merit representative of a probability that at least one message in each one of the K individual transmissions is correctly received.
US10264587B2 Collaborative interference mitigation between physically-proximate narrowband and broadband communication devices
A communication pathway (145) can be established between physically collocated narrowband (135) and broadband (105) devices. The narrowband device (135) can identify a communication channel. A transmission frequency used by the broadband device (105) can be spectrally-proximate to a reception frequency used by the narrowband device (135) in a frequency range associated with the communication channel, resulting in interference of the narrowband device's (135) reception when the broadband device (105) is transmitting and the narrowband device (135) is receiving concurrently. The narrowband device (135) can instruct the broadband device (105) to switch to a transmission spectrum block that is spectrally separated from the reception spectrum block of the communication channel to minimize interference between the devices when the narrowband device (135) handles a call assignment.
US10264586B2 Cloud-based packet controller and methods for use therewith
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a cloud-based communication resource controller that operates by correlating communication requirements, network parameters, end-user device information for a plurality of end-user devices in accordance with the position and trajectory data for these devices to generate correlated end-user and network data. The cloud-based communication resource controller allocates communication resources of a wireless access network for communication to the plurality of end-user devices and controls beamforming by the communication nodes in accordance with the position and trajectory data.
US10264585B2 Method and apparatus for transmitting channel state information in wireless access system supporting machine type communication
The present invention provides a method by which an MTC terminal measures channel state information (CSI), a method for transmitting CSI, and apparatuses supporting the same. A method by which the MTC terminal feeds back CSI in a wireless access system supporting machine type communication (MTC), according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: receiving allocation information on a limited MTC bandwidth allocated to the MTC terminal calculating CSI; and feeding back the CSI. Here, the CSI can include MTC wideband channel state information (MTC W-CQI) for the limited MTC bandwidth.
US10264582B2 Network device and user device and methods thereof
A network node and a user device and methods thereof are described. A network node includes a transceiver, and a processor. The transceiver transmits a frequency utilization signal SFUS having a frequency utilization information (FUI) associated with at least one available frequency spectrum segment, and receives a communication preference signal SCPS. The processor assigns at least one frequency spectrum segment for communication. A user device includes a transceiver and a processor. The transceiver of the user device receives a frequency utilization signal SFUS comprising frequency utilization information (FUI) associated with at least one available frequency spectrum segment. The processor of the user device determines communication preference information (CPI) for the user device; and the transceiver of the user device transmits a communication preference signal SCPS.
US10264578B2 Listen before transmit (LBT) communication channel for vehicle-to-vehicle communications
A method for communication includes transmitting a listen before talk (LBT) communication symbol in a communication frame, the LBT communication symbol defining an amount of resource anticipated for control information and data, transmitting a control channel using the amount of resource defined by the communication symbol, and transmitting a data channel using the amount of resource defined by the communication symbol.
US10264573B2 Method and apparatus for receiving a downlink signal in a wireless communication system supporting carrier aggregation
The present invention relates to a method for receiving a downlink signal at a terminal in a wireless communication system. In particular, the method comprises: receiving a control channel to be transmitted to a specific subframe via a first carrier; and decoding a data channel corresponding to the control channel to be transmitted to the specific subframe via a second carrier, using at least one parameter included in the control channel, wherein information on the orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) start symbol of data channels that are transmitted via each of at least one carrier allocated to the terminal is signaled through an upper layer.
US10264572B2 Method and device for scrambling sequence configuration, user equipment, and base station
A method and a device for scrambling sequence configuration, a user equipment and a base station are provided. The method includes: obtaining a search space and/or a transmission mode corresponding to an enhanced control channel; performing a scrambling initialization operation according to the search space and/or the transmission mode, and determining an initialization value of a scrambling sequence; determining the scrambling sequence according to the initialization value of the scrambling sequence; and scrambling a transmission signal transmitted by the enhanced control channel according to the scrambling sequence and then transmitting, so that a user equipment which receives the transmission signal performs a descrambling operation according to the scrambling sequence in the transmission signal. Randomization of interferences between different cells or terminals can be guaranteed as far as possible.
US10264571B2 Uplink control information reception method and user equipment, and downlink control information transmission method and base station
A search space for a user equipment can be set over a plurality of subframes. The starting positions of the starting subframe of the search space and a control channel for the user equipment may be different. The start of the search space is limited to a set of specific subframes. The search space may occur cyclically. The cycle of the search space is prefixed, or may be set for the user equipment by means of system information or an upper layer signal.
US10264569B2 Method and apparatus for configuring sounding signals in a wireless communication network
The teachings presented herein propose a separation between the configuration of a sounding signal, and the initialization of the sounding signal. In other words, in at least one example embodiment proposed herein, a base station or other controlling entity sends, to a mobile station, an explicit or implicit indication that causes the mobile station to transmit a sounding signal according to sounding signal configuration parameters that at least a portion of which were previously and separately sent to the mobile station.
US10264566B2 Enhanced control channel for DL sub-band scheduling
Aspects of the present disclosure provide a scheduling entity for facilitating Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) wireless communication by dynamically assigning ranks to scheduled entities for each sub-band of a slot. In some examples, the rank assigned to a particular scheduled entity may be increased or decreased between sub-bands of the slot based on the amount of scheduled user data traffic for that particular scheduled entity relative to the amount of scheduled user data traffic for other scheduled entities. The scheduling entity further schedules resources within the sub-bands of the slot based on the assigned ranks and transmits an enhanced control channel providing scheduling information indicating the scheduled resources to the scheduled entities.
US10264562B2 TDD FDD communication interface
TDD access equipment modified by introducing a frequency change at the normal TDD guard point, with respective downlink or uplink periods for individual subscriber stations offset to form overlapping frames. Cyclo-stationary processing, block equalization, and burst timing coordination allow the boundary between downlink and uplink portions of both frames to be set dynamically, improving spectral efficiency. Fast frequency switching within an allotted physical slot enables synchronization of time-sharing the dedicated frequencies to be maintained among subscriber stations. Duplex spacing between downlink and uplink frequencies for individual subscriber stations, combined with in-depth filtering of received signals, prevents spurious out-of-band transmission signal strength from reaching an interference level.
US10264561B2 Method and apparatus for reducing latency of LTE uplink transmissions
A method and apparatus reduce latency of Long Term Evolution (LTE) uplink transmissions. An indication can be acquired, where the indication can indicate a set of frequency domain resource blocks for possible Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) transmission in an uplink subframe. A subset of resource blocks can be selected from the set of frequency domain resource blocks for possible PUSCH transmission based on a selection criterion. The selection criterion can use at least a resource set size acquired from the indication, can use a modulo function, and can use an identifier associated with the User Equipment (UE). The PUSCH can be transmitted in the selected subset of resource blocks in the uplink subframe.
US10264559B2 Method and apparatus for transmitting uplink signal in wireless communication system
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus for transmitting an uplink signal. A method for transmitting an uplink signal at a UE in a wireless communication system includes, when a virtual cell ID for a reference signal for demodulation of a physical uplink channel is provided, generating a sequence of the reference signal on the basis of the virtual cell ID, and transmitting the generated reference signal to an eNB. A cyclic shift hopping pattern of the reference signal can be determined on the basis of the virtual cell ID.
US10264552B2 Methods and systems for using a multimedia broadcast multicast services bearer
In one example embodiment, a method includes allocating resources for a common Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Services (MBMS) bearer, transmitting MBMS information to a plurality of user equipments (UEs), the MBMS information identifying the allocated resources for the common MBMS bearer, receiving a request to transmit content information using the common MBMS bearer and receiving the content information and transmitting the content information to the UEs using the common MBMS bearer
US10264550B2 PICH-HS timing and operation
Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate employing a paging indicator channel in connection with high speed channels in a wireless communications network. A paging indicator transmission can be sent on the paging channel to one or more mobile devices. The paging indicator indicates that additional information such as a full paging messages, other control plane data or other user plane data is expected to be transmitted at a specific time instant (e.g., subframe) on the associated high speed channel. A set of parameters can be transmitted on common channels that specify a set of associated subframes in a high speed channel. Mobile devices can analyze the set of parameters to determine the associated subframes and receive the subframes in accordance with a schedule.
US10264548B2 Mobile evolve packet core (EPC) and paging method using the same
Provided are a mobile evolve packet core (EPC) and a paging method using the same. The mobile EPC includes: a mobile EPC server providing an environment for operating a set of virtual machines (VMs), each of the virtual machines serving as a functional entity of a core network of a mobile communication system; a transmission module transmitting/receiving between the mobile EPC server and components of the mobile communication system or between the mobile EPC server and another mobile EPC server; and a mobile means with the mobile EPC server and the transmission module and providing mobility, wherein the mobile EPC moves to a disaster area to form a public safety network (PSN).
US10264547B1 Selective notification delivery based on user presence detections
Systems and methods are disclosed related to determining a likelihood that a user is present in physical proximity to one or more computing devices based on factors such as detecting the user's voice, receiving beaconing signals from a user's mobile device, location information sent from other devices, input received via a camera, and/or other input at various devices that are geographically dispersed. Based on user presence information, a system may determine whether to broadcast a notification for the user to a given device for audible or visual presentation by the device.
US10264546B2 Paging procedure for a wireless device, a radio access node, methods performed therein, a computer program, and a computer-readable storage medium
Embodiments herein relate to a method performed in a radio access node (12) for handling a wireless device (10) in a wireless communication network (1), which radio access node serves a cell (11) in the wireless communication network (1). The radio access node (12): —receives (501) a paging request for the wireless device (10) from a network node (13,14), which paging request comprises an indication, which indication indicates that the paging request is associated with a function relating to the wireless device (10), which function requires no connection between the wireless device (10) and the radio access node (12) to be set up; —pages (502) the wireless device in the cell (11) with a page message; —receives (503) a response from the wireless device (10) in response to the page message; and —rejects (505) a connection establishment or releases (506) a connection, from the wireless device (10) to the radio access node (12), based on the indication in the received paging request and/or an indication in the received response indicating that no connection establishment is necessary.
US10264545B2 Paging mechanisms for link-budget-limited user devices
Various mechanisms for paging link-budget-limited (LBL) devices are disclosed, including: (1) transmitting paging message with non-conventional paging identifier; (2) transmitting paging message(s) with increased power; (3) repeating transmission of paging message to support combining at receiver. Various mechanisms for UE device to signal LBL status are disclosed, including, transmitting status flag or special value of DRX cycle to network node as part of tracking area update and/or attach request. The network node informs a base station of the device's LBL status as part of a paging message. (The network node may, e.g., assign an S-RNTI to the LBL device from a reserved subset of S-RNTI space.) The base station invokes a paging enhancement mechanism when paging an LBL device. Alternatively, the base station may page UE devices without knowledge of LBL status, e.g., by counting paging attempts for a given UE, and boosting power after the Nth paging attempt.
US10264535B2 Method and apparatus for controlling transmission signal power by terminal in wireless communication system
Provided is a method of signal transmission and reception for a user equipment (UE) in a mobile communication system. The method may include: receiving configuration information for discovery signals from a base station (ENB); determining a transmission resource for a discovery signal on the basis of the received configuration information; and sending a discovery signal utilizing a transmit power determined based on the position of the transmission resource and the configuration information. Accordingly, it is possible to reduce interference effects caused by UEs transmitting a signal and improve communication performance in a mobile communication system.
US10264533B2 Method and user equipment for allocating uplink power in a mobile communication system
The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). The present disclosure provides a power allocating method. A User Equipment (UE) receives power control indication information from a control node, obtains a power control mode, and/or, uplink transmission power configuration information. The UE allocates power for each uplink carrier, based on the power control mode, and/or, the uplink transmission power configuration information. By applying the present disclosure, power waste generated in the following scene may be reduced. A scheduled uplink signal cannot be transmitted in a corresponding carrier due to a busy channel. Subsequently, uplink scheduling efficiency of the UE may be improved, and the whole network efficiency may also be enhanced.
US10264526B2 Adaptive TIM setup policy for client devices in power-save mode in dense environment
Examples pertaining to adaptive traffic indication map (TIM) setup policy for client devices in power-save mode in a dense environment are provided. An apparatus may determine an amount of available time for access to a transmission medium. The apparatus (e.g., access point) may select a subset of one or more communication devices from a plurality of communication devices (e.g., client devices) associated with the apparatus based at least in part on the amount of available time. The apparatus may also signal to the selected subset of the one or more communication devices to cause the one or more communication devices to switch from a first mode to a second mode. The apparatus may further transmit buffered data to at least one communication device of the subset of one or more communication devices during the available time.
US10264525B2 Energy efficient communications
Systems and methods for performing energy efficient communication. A transceiver for use in a point-to-point packet-based communication link with packet erasures is described. The transceiver can include a data source to provide bits of data for transmission to a remote device. The transceiver can map the bits of data to symbols in a constellation according to a modulation scheme and can provide the symbols on one or more subcarriers. The transceiver can include co-located orthogonally polarized antenna elements or spatially separated antenna elements or both. The symbols can be transmitted in packets via one or more of the antenna elements. The transceiver can determine a metric of average transmit energy per bit successfully decoded, and not erased, at the remote device and can adjust transmission powers at the antenna elements to reduce the average transmit energy per successfully decoded and unerased bit.
US10264524B2 Wireless communication system, and wireless communication method in wireless communication system
In a wireless communication system including a slave device, and a master device wirelessly connected to the slave device, the slave device includes a wireless communicator that performs wireless communication with the master device, a power supply unit that supplies power to each unit of the slave device, an interrupt detector that detects various interrupts, and a controller that controls the entire slave device, the interrupt detector supplies the power from the power supply unit to each unit of the slave device when detecting a timer interrupt occurring at predetermined intervals, and the controller performs control to perform an initialization process of the wireless communicator when the power is supplied from the power supply unit to each unit of the slave device, and perform an entire initialization process of the slave device when a capture signal is received via the wireless communicator.
US10264521B2 System and method for paging in a communications system
A method for paging a user equipment (UE) includes receiving a generic page indication for the UE, the generic page indication including a list of radio access networks (RANs), selecting a subset of the list of RANs, sending a RAN-specific page indication for each RAN in the subset of the list of RANs, receiving a first RAN-specific page response associated with the UE, and sending a generic page response corresponding to the first RAN-specific page response.
US10264516B2 Network discovery with touchlink option
Apparatus, method, and computer program product for controlling network discovery of a wireless mesh network, wherein a modified implementation of the network discovery process is suggested. For a touchlink target device, it is sufficient to receive one of all scan request commands that a touchlink initiator node broadcasts for device discovery on a predetermined channel. It is thus enough for the touchlink target device to intermittently switch its receiver to the predetermined channel for a specific duration to receive at least one of those scan command commands.
US10264514B2 Method for access control in wireless communication system and apparatus supporting same
Provided is a method for access control performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system and an apparatus using the method. The method comprises: acquiring service specific access control information (SSACI) on an application; determining whether prioritization access control information (PACI) can be applied to the application; and when the PACI is determined to be applicable, performing an access control for the application by preferentially applying the PACI than the SSACI.
US10264512B2 Augmented reality visual Wi-Fi signal
A method includes identifying a location of at least on of a plurality of electronic devices within an area of interest. The method includes, based on at least the location of the at least one of the plurality of electronic devices, determining signal strength at a plurality of points within the area of interest. The method includes providing a modification of the area of interest to improve the signal strength at one of the plurality of points.
US10264511B2 Geographic location aware routing for wireless sensor networks
Aspects of the disclosure provide a method for selecting a relay node at a first node for transmitting a packet from the first node to a destination node in a wireless sensor network that includes a plurality of nodes. The method can include establishing a transmission angle within which the relay node is preferentially selected, wherein a bounding box surrounding the destination node is between a first side and a second side of the transmission angle, and selecting a second node having a highest remaining energy level among energy levels of neighbor nodes of the first node within the transmission angle to be the relay node. In one example, the candidate nodes for selecting the second node have a remaining energy level above a threshold.
US10264510B2 Method and device for transmitting and receiving data in wireless LAN system
Disclosed are a method and a device for transmitting and receiving data in a wireless LAN system. A connection method performed in a terminal comprises the steps of: transmitting a probe request frame; receiving, from a main-access point, a probe response frame which is a response to the probe request frame; and transmitting, to the main-access point, an ACK frame which is a response to the probe response frame if it is determined that an operation is performed in an uplink relay mode on the basis of information included in the probe response frame. Thus, the wireless transmission efficiency of a wireless LAN system is capable of being improved.
US10264508B2 Interference management in a multi-hop wireless network
In one embodiment, a method includes, by a controller of a multi-hop wireless network, accessing an interference map indicating interference among network nodes of the multi-hop wireless network. The controller may generate a factor-graph representation of the multi-hop wireless network that includes a first set of vertices which represent variable nodes and correspond to transmitting (TX) sectors of the network nodes and a second set of vertices which represent function nodes and correspond to receiving (RX) sectors of the network nodes. The controller may determine one or more adjustments to one or more beamforming weights of sectors of the network nodes, wherein for each of the TX or RX sectors, a beamforming weight is determined by a marginal a posteriori probability for each variable of the beamforming weight; and the adjustments reduce interference among the network nodes to increase a sum capacity of the multi-hop wireless network.
US10264507B2 Next generation intelligent mesh network with fronthaul and backhaul services
A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium provide to discover an adjacent wireless station of the wireless access network, wherein the wireless access network is a next generation mesh network; establish a wireless link with the adjacent wireless station; generate link information pertaining to the wireless link; transmit the link information to a controller of multiple wireless stations that include the wireless station and the adjacent wireless station; receive from the controller, first routing and forwarding information indicating a data plane via which the wireless station and the controller are to communicate end user traffic; and transmit to the controller, current control information pertaining to the data plane, wherein the control information includes one or more of link information, service performance information that indicates one or more service performance metrics, or traffic flow information.
US10264505B2 Communication system, and base station, for detecting malfunction of a relay station
A communication system includes a destination base station that performs wireless communication with a terminal and is a communication destination; a neighboring base station; and a relay station that relays the wireless communication between the terminal and the destination base station. The relay station notifies the destination base station of information on the neighboring base station capable of communicating wirelessly with the relay station, as neighboring base station information, wherein when wireless communication between the destination base station and the relay station is disconnected, the destination base station makes an inquiry to the neighboring base station with reference to the neighboring base station information, and wherein the destination base station determines that abnormality has occurred in the relay station when wireless communication between the relay station and the neighboring base station is not confirmed.
US10264504B2 Method and device for user equipment scheduling
Embodiments of the present invention provide a user equipment scheduling method and device, where the method includes: predicting, according to radio resource information stored in an information sub-grid of an information grid, channel status information of first user equipment when the first user equipment is located in a geographical area in which any geographical sub-grid of a geographical grid is located, where there is a correspondence between an information sub-grid of the information grid and a geographical sub-grid of the geographical grid, and the information sub-grid is used to store radio resource information of a geographical area in which the corresponding geographical sub-grid is located; and scheduling the first user equipment according to the channel status information of the first user equipment.
US10264502B2 Method for adapting a parameter being indicative for a trigger signal
It is provided a method for adapting a parameter being indicative for a trigger signal for starting measurements, by a first base station of a first radio access network of a first type of radio access technology, of a signal quality of signals being received from a second base station of a second radio access network of a second type of radio access technology. The method includes measuring by a user equipment, which is served by the second base station, the signal quality of signals being received from the first base station, reporting a signal being indicative for the measured signal quality from the user equipment to a network entity, and adapting, by the network entity, a parameter based on the measured signal quality, wherein the parameter is indicative for a trigger signal for starting measuring a further signal quality of signals being received from the second base station.
US10264499B2 Network node, and method for handling a request for an application to access a wireless local area network
A method in a network node (103, 104, 111) for handling a request for an application to access a Wireless Local Area Network, WLAN (101), which application is run by a wireless device (114) and which application communicates in a cellular communications network (100). The network node (103, 104, 111) obtains traffic pattern information relating to the application, which traffic pattern information is derived from a deep packet inspection functionality of the cellular communications network (100). The network node (103, 104, 111) also obtains a decision whether to admit or refuse the request for the application to access the WLAN (101), which decision is based on the obtained traffic pattern information.
US10264497B2 Methods and arrangements in a mobile telecommunication system
Methods and arrangements in a base station and a User Equipment are provided. The methods and arrangements relates to the scenario when the UE is handed over from a source base station to a target base station in a handover scenario, and wherein the target base station may not support functionalities which the source base station and the UE support. The method in the UE comprises receiving (501) a configuration message from the target base station via the source base station, configuring (502) the UE based on the received configuration message from the target base station by searching (503) for a second field in an information element of the received configuration message. The presence/non-presence or a value of the second field is indicative of how to manage a configured first functionality associated with an optical first field, wherein the configured first functionality may not be supported by the target base station.
US10264494B2 Method and device for sending indication information, and user equipment
Provided are a method and device for sending indication information, and UE. In the method, a UE sends to a network side, when determining that the UE has left an MBSFN area capable of carrying a predetermined MBMS, indication information for triggering the network side to set up a bearer for the UE to transmit the predetermined MBMS. The technical problem in the related art that a network side usually fails to know that UE moves to a cell unable to carry an MBMS, so that the network side cannot ensure service continuity and thus reception of the MBMS by a user side is interrupted is solved. The network side knows in time that the UE has left the MBSFN area capable of carrying the predetermined MBMS that is being received or is prepared to be received, and the network side can take measures in time to ensure MBMS continuity.
US10264491B2 Enhanced quality of service class identifier modification
There are provided measures for enhanced quality of service class identifier modification. Such measures exemplarily comprise receiving a message indicative of a quality of service class identifier, determining, whether said quality of service class identifier is supported by a communication endpoint, and transmitting a response based on a result of said determining.
US10264483B2 Group communication method, apparatus, and system
The present invention relates to the communications field and provides a group communication method. The method includes: obtaining location information of UE; when determining that an L-BM-SC is deployed at a location of an eNB to which the UE belongs, determining, according to the location information of the UE, an MCE that manages the eNB to which the UE belongs; and sending a first bearer activation request to the MCE, where the first bearer activation request includes the location information of the UE, so that the MCE determines, according to the location information of the UE, a first L-BM-SC deployed at the location of the eNB to which the UE belongs, and establishes a bearer between the first L-BM-SC and a GCS AS, where the bearer between the first L-BM-SC and the GCS AS is used by the GCS AS to send a packet to the first L-BM-SC.
US10264482B2 Enhanced node B configured for user plane EPS optimization
When a UE in an LTE system enters the RRC_IDLE state, only the S5/S8 EPS bearer context is retained, and the S1-U, S1-AP and radio bearers are released. These bearers have to be re-established on per UE basis when the UE returns to RRC_CONNECTED state. A number of UE applications may send small data frequently, which causes the UE to toggle between IDLE and CONNECTED states. This leads to a great deal of signaling overhead as the radio bearer and the S1-U bearer must be frequently re-established as the UE transitions between IDLE to CONNECTED states. Described herein are methods and systems that provide an always-on S1-U bearer to reduce this signaling overhead.
US10264480B2 Identifying volte to different technology types
A computer device may include a memory configured to store instructions and a processor configured to execute the instructions to detect a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) call and identify an available technology type to carry the SIP call from an originating device. The processor may be further configured to execute the instructions to generate an originating available technology type header that includes information identifying the identified available technology type to carry the SIP call from the originating device and forward the SIP call toward a destination with the generated originating available technology type header.
US10264479B2 Test apparatus for a telecommunication network and method for testing a telecommunication network
A test apparatus for a telecommunication network includes: simulated mobile terminals, which supply respective bit streams; and SDR stages, which receive the bit streams of respective simulated mobile terminals that communicate with respective base stations and have respective SDR uplink stages and SDR downlink stages. An SDR uplink stage includes: at least one processing branch, which converts the bit stream of a respective mobile terminal into a baseband signal; a mapping module, which generates a respective uplink sub-carrier vector via a mapping of the baseband signals; an inter-cell interference module, which combines the sub-carrier vector with the uplink sub-carrier vectors of at least one of the other SDR stages; and an inverse-transform module, which performs an inverse transform of the baseband signals.
US10264477B2 Multi-band wireless station having multiple radios in one band
The disclosure is related to a multi-band wireless station, e.g., a wireless access point, that includes more than one wireless radio in the same frequency band. The wireless station operates at multiple frequency bands, e.g., 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz. Further, the wireless station includes multiple radios in the same frequency band. For example, the wireless station can have two radios for the 5 GHz band—one for a low 5 GHz band and another for high 5 GHz band. If the client station is connecting to the 5 GHz band, it can either connect to the first sub-band or the second sub-band of the 5 GHz. The wireless station can decide the sub-band to which a particular client station has to be assigned based on a number of assignment attributes, e.g., client station attributes and the sub-band attributes.
US10264474B2 Method, a node, computer program and computer program product for adapting radio coordination schemes
The present invention relates to a method and embodiments thereof in a Radio Node, a node, computer program and computer program products for adapting of Radio Coordination schemes to transport network characteristics. The method comprises detecting new neighbours, retrieving transport characteristics values between radio neighbours, validity checking of the active Radio Coordination scheme(s), and updating of Radio Coordination scheme, if necessary, based on the measured transport characteristics values.
US10264472B2 Combining uplink radio signals
It is presented a method for controlling remote radio head contribution by a plurality of remote radio heads in at least one combiner. The method is comprises: obtaining a number of available baseband processor devices for uplink processing; connecting uplink signals from a set of remote radio heads in each one of the combiners; determining a respective radio channel measurement for uplink radio communication from a first wireless device; repeating the connecting and determining until radio channel measurements have been determined for all of the plurality of remote radio heads; selecting a first subset of at least one remote radio head from the plurality of remote radio heads for receiving radio communication from the first wireless device; and reducing an uplink contribution from at least one remote radio head, of the plurality of remote radio heads, which is not part of the first subset.
US10264464B1 Providing cellular service on a guest carrier fully encompassed by a host carrier
A base station will be configured to provide service on a host carrier that has a particular frequency range and, concurrently, on a guest carrier that has a narrower frequency range and that is defined as a portion of and fully within the host-carrier's frequency range. With this arrangement, a portion of the host-carrier's air interface resources would thus also be air interface resources of the guest carrier.
US10264461B2 Radio resource slicing in a radio access network
A method of providing radio resources to a number of communication flows in a radio access network that comprises a slice controller and a plurality of base stations. The method comprises in the slice controller abstracting radio resources that are available to the plurality of base stations and dynamically allocating the abstracted radio resources to a number of isolated slices, each slice accommodating one or more of the communication flows and communicating the radio resource allocations to the base stations. The method further comprises, in the base stations, performing application specific customisation radio resources within an allocated slice.
US10264457B2 Wireless network access for social network connections
For automatically providing wireless network access to a guest, a method includes identifying an authorized guest of a provider of a wireless network, determining a distance between the authorized guest and the wireless network, and providing an access credential to the authorized guest in response to the authorized guest being within a predetermined distance of the wireless network. Identifying an authorized guest of the provider may include accessing a social networking account of the provider and identifying a social network connection of the provider from the social networking account, wherein the authorized guest is a social network connection of the provider. The wireless network may be a secured wireless network, wherein the access credential includes a wireless network identifier and a password for the secured wireless network.
US10264456B2 Mobile terminal and control method thereof
There is provided a mobile terminal capable of being protected against unauthorized use by a third party without using a dedicated key device. A plurality of mobile terminals are previously registered mutually. When unlocked among them, one mobile terminal communicates with another mobile terminal in a communication range of short-range wireless communications, unlocks the above another mobile terminal, and when out of the communication range, locks it again.
US10264454B2 System and method for mobile number verification
A mobile phone number that is been provided by a customer during enrollment is verified for use. SS7 protocol data associated with the mobile phone number is collected and evaluated, and if the condition of the subscriber account associated with phone number has changed or is inconsistent with the circumstances surrounding the enrollment of the phone number, the phone number is designated as one that is not to be called.
US10264453B2 Requesting system information
Systems and methods to request system information are provided. In some aspect, a user equipment (UE) transmits a request for on-demand system information. The UE transmits a challenge response for authentication of the request for the on-demand system information. The UE receives the on-demand system information after the request for the on-demand system information is authenticated based on the challenge response.
US10264452B2 Enforcing service policies in embedded UICCs
The embodiments set forth techniques for an embedded Universal Integrated Circuit Card (eUICC) to conditionally require, when performing management operations in association with electronic Subscriber Identity Modules (eSIMs), human-based authentication. The eUICC receives a request to perform a management operation in association with an eSIM. In response, the eUICC determines whether a policy being enforced by the eUICC indicates that a human-based authentication is required prior to performing the management operation. Next, the eUICC causes the mobile device to prompt a user of the mobile device to carry out the human-based authentication. The management operation is then performed or ignored in accordance with results of the human-based authentication.
US10264450B2 Authentication method using ephemeral and anonymous credentials
A user accesses an intermediary device, in communication with a restricted entity, requires a One Time Credential OTC and activates a mobile device previously registered, by the user, in an authentication entity, in order to generate a OTC, based on the information related to the user, to the restricted entity, to the mobile device and to the authentication entity, the OTC credential being then typed in the intermediary device and transmitted therefrom to the restricted entity and, from the latter, to the authentication entity, in which the OTC credential is decrypted and compared with the information related to the user, to the restricted entity, to the authentication entity and to the mobile device registered in the authentication entity, in order to generate an authentication result which is transmitted to the restricted entity, which will decide to accept or to reject the access of the user.
US10264446B2 IOT-connected devices and equipment automated login system
A modified telecommunications system is provided herein in which UEs can be associated with a user account using information other than SIM card data or a username and password combination. For example, when a subscriber activates a user account, the subscriber may be requested to provide a signature. A signature can include a unique PIN, a sample voice command, a fingerprint, a retinal scan, and/or the like. The signature may be stored in a data store in an entry corresponding to the user account. To associate a UE with a user account, the subscriber can provide a signature via the UE. The UE can then transmit the provided signature and a UE address to a management system. The management system can then store the UE address in the data store in an entry associated with the user account that corresponds with the provided signature.
US10264445B2 Relay user equipment device and capability discovery method thereof
A relay user equipment (UE) executes a capability discovery method. The relay UE receives a trigger for delivery of a UE capability message. The relay UE reports UE capabilities of the relay UE by transmitting the UE capabilities in the UE capability message in response to the trigger to the request source. The UE capability message may comprise information to address at least network slicing or advanced power saving. For example, the UE capability message may comprise a field for accommodating network controlled power saving capability which reflects whether a power saving state of the relay UE is network controllable.
US10264440B2 Apparatus and method for rapid electronic device discovery
An apparatus, method, and computer program product that intentionally illuminate at least one target device with electromagnetic energy having specific characteristics (e.g., frequency, power, waveform, directionality, duration, etc.). The target device, which may be an unpowered data storage device, acts as a non-linear mixer and is forced to emit radiative signals containing information about the target device behavior, state, and physical characteristics. Embodiments receive the forced emissions, extract useful data, and analyze the data to determine target device characteristics (e.g., a target device type, based on a comparison of data from known types). Embodiments control the illumination so the forced emissions radiate from an enclosure without interfering with tactical communications, and so that stored target device data is not affected. Embodiments can locate a hidden target device via the strength and directionality of the forced emissions. The apparatus is portable for use by military, intelligence, and security personnel.
US10264430B2 Method and device for providing service
Provided are a method and device for providing service via wireless communication. A device which provides a service includes a wireless communication unit which receives, from an external device, information about at least one content that is being reproduced by the external device; and a controller which is configured to request an object for using a service related to the at least one content from a server, and to receive the object from the server, and to output the object via an output unit.
US10264429B2 Systems, methods and instrumentalities for enabling machine type communication group communication
Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed to enable Machine Type Communication (MTC) group communication in 3 GPP. For example, a wireless transmit/receive unit may be used for MTC group communication. The WTRU may contain a processor configured to receive a trigger, such as an SMS trigger. The WTRU may contact a server, such as an Application Server or Proximity based Service function. The WTRU may request additional information from a server. The WTRU may receive information from a server. The WTRU may trigger one or more WTRUs, for example, based on the information received from the server.
US10264425B2 Systems and methods for self-initialization and automated bootstrapping of mobile access points in a network of moving things
Systems and methods for self-initialization and automated bootstrapping of mobile access points in a network of moving things. A software application directs an automated system for the pre-initialization and provisioning of various elements of a network of moving things by gathering information about network element hardware components, accesses and installs on the network element the appropriate software components, a performs testing of the provisioned network element. Information identifying the hardware, software, and results of testing of the provisioned network element are made available on a cloud-based repository. This enables network personnel and management, and suppliers of the network elements components to track and manage provisioning, performance, and trouble information.
US10264424B2 Information processing method and central control device
An information processing method is described and includes establishing a first communication channel between a central control device and at least one smart home device through a first communication module of the central control device; downloading from a cloud device and installing an application program corresponding to the at least one smart home device; generating a first control instruction based on a control logic of a first application program upon obtaining description information of the first control instruction; and sending the first control instruction to a first smart home device corresponding to the first application program through the first communication channel so as to control the first smart home device to respond, wherein the description information of the first control instruction indicates changing a state of the first smart home device. A central control device is also described.
US10264421B2 Multi-device architecture for tracking device access
A tracking server stores information identifying one or more community mobile devices and information identifying one or more tracking devices within a proximity of each of the one or more community mobile devices. The tracking server receives a tracking device request from a mobile device. The tracking device request includes information identifying a tracking device and configuration instructions for configuring the tracking device. The tracking server identifies a community mobile device from the one or more community mobile devices within a proximity of the tracking device. The tracking server sends the tracking device request to the identified community mobile device. The identified community mobile device is configured to forward the tracking device request to the tracking device and the tracking device is configured to re-configure the tracking device based on the configuration instructions included in the tracking device request.
US10264419B2 Controlling vehicle cabin networks based on connectivity metrics
A network analysis terminal is described that operates within a vehicle cabin to generate connectivity metrics. The terminal monitors packets communicated through at least one cabin network between a content server and passenger terminals. The terminal identifies passenger terminal identifiers that are addressed by content of the packets, and identifies names of vehicle passengers associated with the packets using the passenger terminal identifiers as indexes to retrieve the names of vehicle passengers from an information repository that maps names of vehicle passengers to passenger terminal identifiers. The terminal then generates connectivity metrics based on measurements performed on the packets over time and the identified names of the passengers, and controls communications through the at least one cabin network based on the connectivity metrics.
US10264418B2 Method and system for wireless transmission of information in automation technology
The disclosure includes a method of automation technology for wireless transmission of at least a first information between an initiator and a plurality of receivers in a receiving mode, comprising: transmitting the first information by the initiator in a first communication pulse; receiving the first information by at least one receiver; transmitting an additional communication pulse containing the same first information as the first communication pulse, by at least one receiver that received the first communication pulse, and changing the at least one receiver into an acknowledgment mode; repeating the previous step, until all receivers are changed into the acknowledgment mode; activating at least one receiver, which is located in the acknowledgment mode; performing the at least one additional command contained in the received first information by the activated receiver; and changing the activated receiver into the receiving mode. The disclosure also includes a system suitable for performing the method of the invention.
US10264412B2 Event-based responder dispatch
Dispatch-aiding communications between computing devices of a responder and a dispatch unit include a computing device of the responder determining that an event occurred, automatically sending an indication of the event to a computing device of the dispatch unit, receiving a request for information from the computing device of the dispatch unit, obtaining the information requested by the computing device of the dispatch unit, and sending the information requested by the computing device of the dispatch unit to the computing device of the dispatch unit. The computing device of the dispatch unit sends the request for information to the computing device of the responder in response to receiving the indication of the event.
US10264411B2 Group communication function for delivering group communication messages in communication networks
A communication network handles group management of two different types of groups of user devices. The first type of group is an application server managed group and is used for communication to/from application servers external to the network. The second type of group is a mobile network operator managed group and is used for group communication of network-specific messages to user devices.
US10264406B1 Device, system and method for causing a notification device to provide an indication of a searched area
A device, system and method for causing a notification device to provide an indication of a searched area is provided. A device comprises: controller; and a communication unit configured to communicate with one or more sensors, the one or more sensors configured to track: a path of a user; and one or more of a reach of the user and hand location of the user. The controller receives, from the one or more sensors, via the communication unit, sensor data indicative of the path and one or more of the reach and the hand location of the user at a location. The controller identifies, from the sensor data, an area searched by the user at the location. The controller causes a notification device to provide an indication of the area searched by the user.
US10264402B2 Method and system for selectively enabling a user device on the move to utilize digital content associated with entities ahead
The present disclosure relates to a method performed by a content selection system and a user device including at least a portion of the content selection system for selectively enabling a user device on the move to utilize digital content associated with one or more entities located ahead of the user device. The system determines a current position and travel direction of the user device and derives foresight conditions input including time availability indicating parameter(s). The system defines a geographical limiting zone extending in front of the user device, based on the position, travel direction, and a first time availability indicating parameter of the foresight conditions input. The system compares the limiting zone to a first stored geographical location of at least a first entity, and enables content associated with the first entity to be utilized by the user device, when the first location is within the limiting zone.
US10264401B1 Power management for location sharing
A messaging server receives a sharing message from a sharer client indicating that the sharer client is offering to provide live location information. When the messaging server receives a subscription request from a receiver client indicating a request to receive live location information shared by the sharer client, the messaging server sends a location request to the sharer client. The location request requests live location information from the sharer client. The sharer client determines its location using a location module and sends live location information to the messaging server in response to the request. The server sends the live location information received from the sharer client to the receiver client. When no receiver clients send subscription requests, the sharer client does not send live location information, thereby preserving power by limiting use of the location module.
US10264399B2 Location-based vehicle wireless communications
A system and method of wireless communication between a location-based wireless communications device and a vehicle, the method including the steps of: detecting when the vehicle is within an operating range of the location-based wireless communications device; establishing a short-range wireless communication (SRWC) connection between the location-based wireless communications device and the vehicle, wherein the SRWC connection is carried out over at least a first frequency band that enables a multi-Gbps data transfer rate; and transferring data between the location-based wireless communications device and the vehicle over the SRWC connection.
US10264397B2 Apparatus, computer-readable medium, and method to determine a user equipment location in a cellular network using signals from a wireless local area network (WLAN)
An apparatus, computer-readable medium, and method to determine a user equipment (UE) location in a wireless network using signals from a wireless local-area network are disclosed wireless communication network entity may be configured to send WLAN assistance data to a UE. The WLAN assistance data may include a list of one or more WLAN access points (APs). The wireless communication network entity may receive location information from the UE. The location information may be based on measurements of signals from one or more of the WLAN APs. The wireless communication network entity may determine an estimate of the location of the UE based on the location information and stored information at the wireless communication network. The wireless communication network entity may determine the estimate of the location of the UE based on the measurements of the signals of the WLAN APs and a geographic position of the WLAN APs.
US10264396B2 Method of distance measurement between wireless communication devices in wireless communication system
A method of distance measurement for a first wireless communication device of a wireless communication system includes receiving a frame from a second wireless communication device of the wireless communications system; determining a signal strength of the received frame; and obtaining a round trip time (RTT) and estimating a distance between the first wireless communication device and the second wireless communication device according to the signal strength of the received frame.
US10264395B1 Method and apparatus for generating an alert that a gun has entered a protected area (“safe zone”)
A method for alerting the authorities that a person with a gun has entered a safe zone includes the steps of: (a) downloading to an app-enabled, and GPS-enabled, smartphone the coordinates of one or more safe zones in which the unauthorized presence of guns is prohibited; (b) when said smartphone enters a safe zone, sensing the presence of any gun that is in the vicinity of said smartphone; and (c) if the presence of a gun is sensed in the vicinity of said smartphone, transmitting an alert message by means of said smartphone to a central office for the attention of security forces. Apparatus for carrying out this method includes a transponder tag attached to a gun and an app-enabled, and GPS-enabled, smartphone capable of determining when the smartphone is within a safe zone and capable of sensing the presence of the transponder tag.
US10264393B2 Merchant bidding and rewards on consumer intent
A method of increasing transit ridership includes receiving a travel destination from a mobile device, identifying a plurality of entities positioned within a predefined radius of the travel destination, and alerting the entities that the mobile device has selected the travel destination. The method also includes receiving, in response to the alert, at least one transit ride option from at least some of the entities, providing the at least one transit ride option to the mobile device, and receiving a selection of one transit ride option of the transit ride option from the mobile device. The method further includes detecting that the mobile device is present on a transit vehicle associated with the transit ride option, determining that the mobile device is present within an entity associated with the selected transit ride option, and providing a transit product to the mobile device based on the determination.
US10264391B2 Method and system for locating a wireless tracking device
A wireless tracking device can utilize a location detector, such as a GPS receiver or a short-range receiver, to provide locational information for the wireless tracking device. The wireless tracking device can transmit the locational information over a cellular network. Geofences can help manage location of the wireless tracking device. An analysis can be conducted at the wireless tracking device, at a server, or at some other appropriate location to assess integrity of the locational information. A determination as to whether the wireless tracking device is in an area can be based on the locational information and the integrity of the locational information.
US10264385B2 System and method for dynamic control of audio playback based on the position of a listener
An optimal listening position for the multi-channel audio sound system is determined. A listening area and other audio playback controls may also be defined or modified by a listener. During subsequent audio playback, an imager captures images of at least a portion of the listener. When the listener has moved to a position that is different from a previous position, one or more audio parameters are adjusted for at least one channel in the multi-channel audio system in order to reposition the initial or previous optimal listening position to the current position of the listener. When the listener moves outside the listening area, an out of bounds response is initiated to disable or control the audio playback until the listener moves to a position within the listening area.
US10264384B2 Orientation-responsive acoustic array control
An audio device includes a casing configured for operation in a first orientation and a second orientation different from the first orientation, an orientation input device disposed on the casing to detect an orientation of the casing relative to the direction of the force of gravity, and a plurality of acoustic drivers disposed on the casing and operable to form a plurality of acoustic interference arrays, each of which is associated with one of a plurality of audio channels. The acoustic drivers of the audio device operate in a first frequency range and modify at least one of the acoustic interference arrays in response to a change in the orientation detected by the orientation input device.
US10264378B2 Ear model, artificial head, and measurement system and measurement method using the ear model and artificial head
This measurement system is for evaluating an acoustic apparatus (100) that includes a vibrating element (102) and allows sound to be heard via vibration transmission. The measurement system includes an ear model (50) including an artificial ear (51) modeled after a human ear and an artificial temporal bone (57) in contact with the artificial ear (51); and a vibration detection element (56) disposed in the artificial temporal bone (57).
US10264377B2 Method and system for simultaneously verifying amplitude and temperature parameters of electrical-acoustic conversion device
Disclosed are a method, system and controller for simultaneously verifying amplitude and temperature parameters of an electrical-acoustic conversion device, including: inputting a sweep signal to the electrical-acoustic conversion device; testing the amplitude of the electrical-acoustic conversion device while adjusting the gain of the whole frequency band of the sweep signal until the maximum value of the tested amplitude is a maximum amplitude parameter Xmax, and testing the temperature of a voice coil at this moment; and if the tested temperature of the voice coil at this moment is higher or lower than Tmax, gradually reducing/increasing the gain of the sweep signal in the frequency band above a gain improvement frequency point until the tested temperature of the voice coil is Tmax, and then maintaining the gain of the sweep signal for a predetermined period of time and then testing the performance of the electrical-acoustic conversion device.
US10264374B2 Ball and socket connection with an acoustic seal and mounting interface for a hearing assistance device
Disclosed herein, among other things, are apparatus and methods to provide improved connections for components of hearing assistance devices. Various embodiments include an apparatus including a receiver case configured to house a hearing assistance device receiver, the receiver case including a spherical receiver spout having an opening. The apparatus also includes a receptacle housing having a spherical socket adapted to mate with the spherical receiver spout to form a ball and socket connection. An insert within the spherical socket is configured to establish a retained interference fit with the opening of the receiver spout when the connection is formed so as to create an acoustic seal therebetween.
US10264371B2 Hearing instrument comprising switched capacitor DC-DC converter
The present disclosure relates to a hearing instrument comprising a rechargeable battery source providing a battery supply voltage and a switched capacitor DC-DC converter comprising a DC input coupled to the battery supply voltage for converting the battery supply voltage into a higher or lower DC output voltage. The hearing instrument comprises at least one active circuit connected to the DC output voltage for energizing active components of the at least one active circuit.
US10264370B2 Hearing device configured to be placed in the ear canal of a user
The application relates to a hearing device configured to be placed in the ear canal of a user, the hearing device comprising a forward path adapted for processing an input sound and providing an output sound representative of the input sound, the hearing device comprising an assembly comprising first and second modules adapted for being in mechanical contact with each other when the hearing device is operationally assembled to form a functional unit. The object of the present application is to provide a user friendly hearing device adapted for being located in an ear canal of the user. The problem is solved in that the first module comprises a power supply unit, and the second module comprises an input unit, a signal processing unit and an output unit in operational connection, wherein the first and second modules are configured to provide that the first and second modules are reversibly attachable to and detachable from each other; and the first and second modules are electrically connected to provide that units of the second module are energized by the battery of the first module, when the first and second modules are operationally assembled. This has the advantage of providing relatively simple and easy to use hearing device. The invention may e.g. be used for hearing aids, in particular extended wear hearing aids adapted for being located deep in the ear canal of a user.
US10264367B2 Method for selecting transmission direction in a binaural hearing aid
The disclosure relates to binaural hearing instruments and more particularly to reduction of processing time required in a binaural hearing aid system. According to the disclosure, there is provided a method comprising mono-directional transmission of data blocks comprising audio and/or information frames from one hearing instrument to the other hearing instrument or vice versa in a binaural hearing aid. According to the disclosure, the direction of transmission is determined by a quantity characterizing the presence of usable information content in the sound signal picked up by the hearing instruments of the binaural hearing aid. It is proposed to use one or more of local SNR, local voice activity detection indication, local level, local speech intelligibility estimate to determine the direction of transmission, although other quantities may be used.
US10264365B2 User-specified occluding in-ear listening devices
A system for configuring a hearing device comprises an in-ear listening device; a plurality of customization components for use with the in-ear listening device, each customization component when in combination with the listening device cooperating with the listening device to define a controlled amount of venting; and a self-fitting assistance processing device in communication with the in-ear listening device, which adjusts a gain of the in-ear listening device according to the amount of venting provided by a selected one of the customization components.
US10264364B2 Signal compensation method and apparatus
A signal compensation method and an electronic device adapted to the method are provided. The signal compensation method includes storing filter data related to a hearing aid in a storage unit, recording a first sound signal, and compensating for the first sound signal, based on the filter data.
US10264363B2 MEMS microphone with improved sensitivity
A MEMS microphone with an improved sensitivity, e.g., a reduced temperature dependence of the sensitivity. The microphone includes a MEMS capacitor, a charging circuit and a bias circuit. The bias circuit includes a closed loop control circuit and creates a bias voltage with a temperature dependence.
US10264359B2 Speaker damper and speaker unit
In a speaker damper, art sections are disposed on warp reference lines and warp reference lines. Straight sections are disposed so as to intersect intermediate reference lines at right angles. By adopting this configuration, wave parts can be adjusted so that they are less likely to expand/contract on the warp reference lines and the warp reference lines in comparison with related-art concentric circular wave parts. Further, the wave parts can be adjusted so that they are more likely to expand/contract on the intermediate reference lines. In this way, the speaker damper can perform uniform vibrating motions throughout the entire speaker damper with a simple configuration.
US10264358B2 Selection of master device for synchronized audio
Synchronized output of audio on a group of devices can comprise sending audio data from an audio distribution master device to one or more slave devices in the group. Scores can be assigned to respective audio playback devices, the scores being indicative of a performance level of the respective audio playback devices acting as a master device. The device with the highest score is designated as a candidate master device and one or more remaining devices are designated as a candidate slave(s). A throughput test is conducted with the highest scoring device acting as the candidate master device. The results of the throughput test are used to determine a master device for a group of devices. Latency of the throughput test can be reduced by using a prescribed time period for completion of the throughput test, and/or by selecting a first group configuration to passes the throughput test.
US10264355B2 Loudspeaker cabinet with thermal and power mitigation control effort
An operating power level for a loudspeaker cabinet and a target power level for the loudspeaker cabinet are determined during output of an audio signal by the loudspeaker cabinet. The target power level is based on temperature data for the loudspeaker cabinet and varies as the temperature data changes. Based on the operating power level and the target power level, values of two or more control parameters for controlling audio output of the loudspeaker cabinet are generated, where at least one of the control parameters controls the gain of a specific audio frequency band. The audio signal is adjusted according to the generated values of the control parameters, where doing so reduces power consumption of the loudspeaker cabinet during the audio output. Other embodiments are also described.
US10264354B1 Spatial cues from broadside detection
Information from microphone signals from a microphone array may be used to identify persistent sources, such as televisions, radios, washing machines, or other stationary sources. Values representative of broadside conditions for each pair of microphone signals are received from the microphone array. By monitoring broadside conditions for microphone pairs, a position of a sound source may be identified. If a sound source is frequently identified with a broadside of the same microphone pair, then that sound source may be identified as a persistent noise source. When a broadside of a pair of microphones is identified with a noise source, a beamformer may be configured to decrease contribution of that pair of microphones to an audio signal formed from the microphone array.
US10264353B2 Method of processing digital signals, in particular digital acoustic signals, by sample skipping and decimation filtering and corresponding device
Several first digital streams of first digital samples at a first sampling frequency are processed to issue corresponding stream that are converted into second digital streams sampled at a second sampling frequency lower than said first sampling frequency. At least one delay to be applied to at least one first digital stream to satisfy a condition on the second digital streams is determined and applied to at least one first digital stream before converting. The converting operation performed is decimation filtering of the first digital streams. The application of the at least one delay to at least one first steam involves skipping a number of first digital samples in the at least one first digital stream. The number skipped depends on the value of the at least one delay. Samples that are skipped are not delivered for decimation filtering.
US10264348B1 Multi-resonant coupled system for flat panel actuation
A system includes a flat panel display having a panel resonant frequency response corresponding to a composition, shape, and structure of the flat panel display; and an actuator having an actuator resonant frequency response corresponding to a composition, size, and shape of the actuator; in which the actuator is mechanically-coupled to the flat panel display at a mechanical drive point, in which a coupled resonant frequency response of the system is lower than the panel resonant frequency response of the flat panel display.
US10264341B2 Magnetic pivot sensor for headset microphone
A microphone pivot device of a headphone comprises at least one magnet in communication with a movable microphone, the at least one magnet having a plurality of segments, each segment having a magnet characteristic; a sensor that detects a magnet characteristic of a magnet segment when the segment is moved in response to a movement of the microphone so that the segment is in proximity of the sensor; and a controller that receives a signal from the sensor in response to the detected magnet characteristic, and that controls an operation of the microphone in response to the received signal.
US10264336B2 Electronic device and conductive structure
An electronic device including a conductive casing, a conductive sheet, a conductive elastic pad, a circuit board and a sound output unit is provided. The conductive casing has an inner surface and a plurality of through holes extended from the inner surface to the outside of the conductive casing to pass through the conductive casing. The conductive sheet is disposed on the inner surface and covers part of the through holes. The conductive elastic pad is disposed in the conductive casing and contacts the conductive sheet. The circuit board is disposed in the conductive casing and connected with the conductive elastic pad. The sound output unit is disposed in the conductive casing and electrically connected to the circuit board. The sound output unit is adapted to output a sound transmitted to the outside of the electronic device by another part of the through holes. A conductive structure is also provided.
US10264334B2 End-to-end scheduling for all-optical data centers
An end-to-end method is provided for scheduling connections for networks such as all-optical data centers, which have a zero in-network buffer and a non-negligible reconfiguration delay in which the rate of schedule reconfiguration is limited to minimize the impact of reduced duty-cycles and to ensure bounded delay without overly restricting the rate of monitoring and decision processes. The method decouples the rate of scheduling from the rate of monitoring. A scheduling algorithm for switches with a reconfiguration delay is used which is based on the well-known MaxWeight scheduling policy. The scheduling policy requires no prior knowledge of traffic load.
US10264328B2 Receiving device, receiving method, transmitting device, and transmitting method
To provide more advanced emergency notification service. An emergency notification control unit controls operations of respective units corresponding to an emergency notification service based on an emergency notification control signal transmitted through a broadcast wave of digital broadcasting using an IP transmission scheme, and thus a more advanced emergency notification service can be provided in digital broadcasting using an IP transmission scheme. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a broadcasting system including a transmitter and a receiver.
US10264327B2 Systems and methods for distributing digital content at events
Methods and systems of offering and distributing digital content to an attendee at an event are described. The system contains a server containing the digital content that can be offered to an attendee as well as recording equipment for creating digital content based on the event. The digital content can be then distributed directly to a portable electronic device accessible to an attendee or distributed indirectly using a kiosk located near the event. The server can communicate both with the portable electronic devices and with the kiosk. Once the attendee has been offered the digital content, the attendee can request that the digital content be distributed from the server to that portable electronic device or distributed to a kiosk where the digital content can be retrieved by the attendee. Other embodiments are described.
US10264325B2 System, method and device having teaching and commerce subsystems
A frequency band selection device that can be inserted into a signal transmission line of a CATV system on the premise of a user includes at least two signal path sets between a tap side and a premise side. Each signal path set includes two discrete signal paths, a high frequency signal path for a downstream bandwidth and a low frequency signal path for an upstream bandwidth. The high frequency signal path and the low frequency signal path are separated by a cut-off transition frequency that is different for each signal path set. The device further includes a switch controller having at least two discrete switch positions. The switch controller chooses one of the switch positions as a result of an information signal. Each of the switch positions corresponds to a respective one of the signal path sets.
US10264324B2 System and method for group-based media composition
A system and method for group-based media composition is disclosed. This system has three modules. The first one is a grouping module, which associates content files into groups. This allows content files to be grouped logically or temporally. The second module is an operation selection module, which allows operations to be applied to each content file. The third module is a composition module, which uses the grouping and content operation information to create a desired composition.
US10264323B2 System and method for live video streaming
A video distribution technique permits individual subscribers to pay a nominal fee to follow celebrities and receive videos directly therefrom. An individual may qualify as a broadcaster by having a sufficient fan base as measured by the number of followers in existing social media services. The broadcaster uploads video to a central processing service where it may be transcoded to a convenient communication protocol for distribution. In addition, a warning message is sent to all subscribers of a particular broadcaster to indicate the impending arrival of an incoming video from the broadcaster. In one embodiment, the user will not receive any video unless they transmit an acknowledgement to the push text notification. In an alternative embodiment, the subscriber will receive all videos automatically unless they respond to the push text notification to opt out of receiving the video.
US10264320B2 Enabling user interactions with video segments
Embodiments described herein enable user interaction with a video segment. A hit-zone file, which includes hit-zone data, is produced and stored for a video segment, wherein the hit-zone data corresponds to spatial regions that define hit-zones for hidden objects included in the video segment. The hit-zone file is provided to a computing system so that when the computing system displays the video segment the hit-zone file adds hit-zones for the hidden objects included in the video segment. The hit-zone file is produced separate from the video segment. Each of the hit-zones is defined by a different portion of the hit-zone data and corresponds to a different one of the hidden objects included in the video segment. The spatial regions that define the hit-zones for hidden objects are not visible to a user of the computing system that views the video segment with the hit-zones added.
US10264319B2 Priming media applications and presenting primed media application data
In some implementations, a computing device can send a priming command to a media application to cause the media application to load media items and media item metadata into memory associated with the media application. The computing device can predict a media application that is likely to be invoked by a user. The computing device can launch the media application. The computing device can send the priming command to the media application to cause the media application to prepare media items for playback or presentation to the user. After the media application loads the media items, the computing device can receive metadata associated with the loaded media items and present the metadata and appropriate media application controls on a display of the computing device.
US10264316B2 Controlling access to program usage data
A television program ratings method and system includes transferring information associated with households from a cable provider to a ratings provider such that the ratings provider has access to information associated with sampled households and lacks access to information associated with non-sampled households. To this end, identity information and usage information associated with the households are respectively anonymized and encrypted. Knowledge of the identities of the sampled households enables the anonymized identity information and the encrypted usage information for the sampled households to be respectively de-anonymized and decrypted. The ratings provider knows which households are sampled households. As such, the ratings provider de-anonymizes and decrypts the information associated with the sampled households and then uses the de-anonymized and decrypted information to determine television program ratings. The cable provider anonymizes and encrypts the information for all households as the cable provider does not know which households are sampled households.
US10264308B2 Streaming media presentation system
One or more embodiments of the disclosure provide systems and methods for providing media presentations to users of a media presentation system. A media presentation generally includes a one or more media streams provided by one or more capturing users of the media presentation system. In one or more embodiments, a user of the media presentation system may share a media presentation with a viewing user. The media presentation system can provide a number of features to produce a media stream within a media presentation.
US10264303B2 Dynamic adjustment of electronic program guide displays based on viewer preferences for minimizing navigation in VOD program selection
Items of video content offered for viewing on a video-on-demand (VOD) platform of a digital TV service provider are each assigned a respective title and hierarchical address corresponding to hierarchically-arranged categories and subcategories within which the title for the video content is to be categorized. The title is listed in a location of an electronic program guide (EPG) using the same categories and subcategories as its hierarchical address. Any TV subscriber can access the EPG and navigate through its categories and subcategories to find a title for viewing on the TV. The EPG dynamically adjust its display listings of each level of categories, subcategories, and titles in order to minimize the number of remote control keypresses needed for a viewer to navigate to a title of interest. In one basic form, the EPG display is reordered by listing more frequently visited categories or subcategories first, and other less frequently visited categories or subcategories lower on the listing or out-of-sight on another page of the display.
US10264298B2 Multiplexing apparatus, receiving apparatus, multiplexing method, and delay adjustment method
A multiplexing apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry multiplexes a plurality of MMT packets including at least one MMT packet to which first output time information representing a first output time and presentation time information representing a presentation time are added. The processing circuitry rewrites the first output time information to second output time information representing a second output time. The processing circuitry adds a time necessary to multiplex the plurality of MMT packets to the presentation time represented by the presentation time information as a delay time.
US10264297B1 Time-based content synchronization
In some implementations, a system is capable of dynamically associating content streams to improve a user's viewing experience while accessing primary content. To accomplish this, the CMS uses content association data assigning secondary content items to the primary content. Secondary content items can be assigned to designated frames of the primary content so that the secondary content items are presented to user at specified time points during the playback of the primary content. Secondary content items can represent content that is related to the subject matter of the primary content, or content that a user may be interested in accessing while viewing the primary content.
US10264296B2 Reception apparatus, reception method, transmission apparatus, and transmission method
The present technology relates to a reception apparatus, a reception method, a transmission apparatus, and a transmission method and more particularly to a reception apparatus, a reception method, a transmission apparatus, and a transmission method, by which bearers transmitted by a plurality of transmission systems are selected appropriately. The reception apparatus acquires control information including information for acquiring data transmitted through a session in a first transmission system at a first layer in a protocol stack of an IP (Internet Protocol) transmission system and for identifying a bearer that transmits the data in a second transmission system at a second layer lower than the first layer; and controls an operation of each unit that acquires the data transmitted on the bearer on the basis of the control information. The present technology is applicable to a television receiver corresponding to ATSC3.0, for example.
US10264294B2 Validating and calibrating splice points in interstitial content
A television playout system that handles playout of a channel, receives a video feed of the channel comprising programming data and a plurality of interstitial content items, and a playout schedule of the channel. Metadata comprising a pre-roll value is inserted at a first insertion point related to a first interstitial content item of the plurality of interstitial content items, based on the playout schedule. An offset is detected in the metadata, based on the first insertion point of the metadata in the video feed, the pre-roll value, and a time-code (TC) jump associated with a second interstitial content item in the video feed. One or more control parameters associated with the insertion of the metadata are calibrated, based on the detected offset to align a splice point related to the first interstitial content item with the TC jump associated with the second interstitial content item.
US10264284B2 Parameterization for fading compensation
Techniques and tools for performing fading compensation in video processing applications are described. For example, during encoding, a video encoder performs fading compensation using fading parameters comprising a scaling parameter and a shifting parameter on one or more reference images. During decoding, a video decoder performs corresponding fading compensation on the one or more reference images.
US10264277B2 Multi-view coding with exploitation of renderable portions
Actually rendered portions of a renderable portion of a first view of a multi-view signal are introduced into a prediction loop of a multi-view encoder to form a reference signal for the block-based prediction of the encoder's view predictor may improve the prediction and thereby increasing the coding efficiency. The introduction may be performed by completely inserting the renderable portion into the prediction loop to form new reference pictures with their own reference picture indices in addition to reference pictures obtained by the reconstructed version of the multi-view signal of the block-based prediction. Alternatively, the actually rendered portion may be introduced into the prediction loop completely, but with replacing the normal prediction reference signal, i.e. the normally reconstructed signal as obtained by block-based prediction. Alternatively, it may be signaled within the data stream which portions of the renderable portion are used to replace respective portions in the normally reconstructed signal.
US10264274B2 Coding of video and audio with initialization fragments
A new file format for coded video data is provided. A decoder may identify patterns in the coded video data in order to make the decoding process and/or display of data more efficient. Such patterns may be predefined and stored at the decoder, may be defined by each encoder and exchanged during terminal initialization, or may be transmitted and/or stored with the associated video data. Initialization information associated with the fragments of video data may also provide for carouseling initialization updates such that the initialization fragments may indicate either that the initialization information should be updated or that the decoder should be re-initialized. Additionally, media files or segments may be broken into fragments and each segment may have an index to provide for random access to the media data of the segment.
US10264272B2 Device and method for scalable coding of video information
An apparatus may include a memory configured to store video data associated with a reference layer (RL) and an enhancement layer (EL) and a processor in communication with the memory. The processor may determine whether a first enhancement layer (EL) picture associated with a first parameter set is an intra random access point (IRAP) picture, determine whether a first access unit including the EL picture immediately follows a splice point, and perform one of (1) refraining from associating the first EL picture with a second parameter set different from the first parameter set, or (2) associating the first EL picture with a second parameter set different from the first parameter set. The processor may encode or decode the video data.
US10264271B2 Coded-block-flag coding and derivation
Techniques for coding and deriving (e.g., determining) one or more coded-block-flags associated with video content are described herein. A coded-block-flag of a last node may be determined when coded-block-flags of preceding nodes are determined to be a particular value and when a predetermined condition is satisfied. In some instances, the predetermined condition may be satisfied when log2(size of current transform unit) is less than log2(size of maximum transform unit) or log2(size of current coding unit) is less than or equal to log2(size of maximum transform unit)+1. The preceding nodes may be nodes that precede the last node on a particular level in a residual tree.
US10264269B2 Metadata hints to support best effort decoding for green MPEG applications
In a coding system, an encoder codes video data according to a predetermined protocol, which, when decoded causes an associated decoder to perform a predetermined sequence of decoding operations. The encoder may perform local decodes of the coded video data, both in the manner dictated by the coding protocol that is at work and also by one or more alternative decoding operations. The encoder may estimate relative performance of the alternative decoding operations as compared to a decoding operation that is mandated by the coding protocol. The encoder may provide identifiers in metadata that is associated with the coded video data to identify such levels of distortion and/or levels of resources conserved. A decoder may refer to such identifiers when determining when to engage alternative decoding operations as may be warranted under resource conservation policies.
US10264268B2 Pre-encoding for high efficiency video coding
An HEVC encoder is described that utilizes pre-compression, or pre-encoding, to improve the rate control at a relatively small increase in computational complexity.
US10264261B2 Entropy encoding initialization for a block dependent upon an unencoded block
Apparatuses and methods for initializing a CABAC state are disclosed herein. An example apparatus may include an encoder configured to receive a macroblock dependent on at least one unencoded macroblock. The encoder may further be configured to receive a plurality of CABAC states and initialize CABAC in accordance with one of the plurality of CABAC states to encode the macroblock prior to the at least one unencoded macroblock being encoded.
US10264255B2 Systems, methods, and media for transcoding video data
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for transcoding video data based on metadata are provided. In some embodiments, methods for transcoding video data using metadata are provided, the methods comprising: receiving a first plurality of encoded images from a storage device; decoding the first plurality of encoded images based on a first coding scheme to generate a plurality of decoded images; receiving a plurality of encoding parameters from the storage device; and encoding the plurality of decoded images into a second plurality of encoded images based on a second coding scheme and the plurality of encoding parameters.
US10264253B2 Deriving reference mode values and encoding and decoding information representing prediction modes
Reference prediction mode values, also referred to as most probable modes, usable for encoding or decoding of a prediction mode related to a current coding unit, are derived. First and second reference prediction mode values are derived (S402) from respective prediction modes of at least two neighboring coding units of the current coding unit. The first and second reference prediction modes are different. A third reference prediction mode value is derived (S403) from the first and second reference prediction mode values. The third reference prediction mode is different from each of said first and second reference prediction mode values.By deriving three MPMs instead of two for comparison with the prediction mode of the current coding block the coding efficiency is improved. This is due to the increase in the probability that the prediction mode of the current coding block corresponds to one of the derived most probable modes.
US10264251B2 Encoding/transmitting apparatus and encoding/transmitting method
This invention relates to an encoding/transmitting apparatus that is used to transmit moving-picture data from a transmitting side to a receiving side through a transmission path and to subject the moving-picture data to streaming in the receiving side. The apparatus has an external-output request determining unit (16) that monitors the state of a network. If the network assumes an undesirable state, the unit (16) causes a multiplex output unit (15) to stop multiplexing data. When the network assumes a good state, the unit (15) starts multiplexing the data again. A video encoding unit (11) and an audio encoding unit (12) keep encoding data, whether the multiplex output unit (15) is multiplexing data or not. When the area occupied by encoded data in an encoded-video-data storage unit (13) and the area occupied by encoded data in an encoded-audio-data storage unit (14) exceed a predetermined value, the units (11) and (12) stop encoding data, and wait until the area occupied by encoded data sufficiently decreases.
US10264249B2 Calibration system and method for vehicular surround vision system
A camera calibration method for calibrating at least one camera of a vehicle includes providing a target area for a vehicle to be positioned at, with the vehicle having a forward camera, a rearward camera and opposite side cameras. When the vehicle is positioned at the target area, a target is electronically generated at an area that is encompassed by the field of view of one of the cameras or at an overlapping portion of the fields of view of two of the cameras of the vehicle. Image data is captured by the two cameras that is representative of the generated target. Image data captured by the two cameras is processed to detect the target in the fields of view of the two cameras. At least one of the two cameras is calibrated responsive to detection of the target.
US10264245B2 Methods and system for generating three-dimensional spatial images
The disclosure is directed to a 3D imaging system that generates a three-dimensional (3D) spatial image of a source content, e.g., images or videos. The source content is a two-dimensional (2D) color-encoded content in which different portions of the source content are encoded with different colors based on a depth at which the corresponding portion is to be formed relative to the other portions in the 3D spatial image. The 3D imaging system includes an optical component, e.g., a Fresnel lens, to generate the 3D spatial image. In the aerial viewing configuration of the 3D imaging system, the 3D imaging system generates the 3D spatial image in a space between the optical component and a viewer. In the infinity viewing configuration of the 3D imaging system, the 3D imaging system generates the 3D spatial image in a space between the optical component and optical infinity.
US10264243B2 Stereo display device
A stereo display device includes a light source module, a portrait display module, and first, second, and third lenticular lens. The light source module sequentially provides a plurality of groups of timing light. The first lenticular lens is disposed in front of the light source module. The second lenticular lens is disposed in front of the first lenticular lens. The portrait display module is disposed in front of the second lenticular lens. By two optical Fourier transforms performed by the first and second lenticular lens, different groups of timing light are respectively focused on different sub-regions of each of the pixels of the portrait display module. The portrait display module transforms the timing light focused on the pixels into a plurality of groups of pixel light. The third lenticular lens is disposed in front of the portrait display module and directs the pixel light to a plurality of views.
US10264242B2 Image sensor for capturing 2D image and depth
The invention concerns an image sensor comprising: a depth pixel (PZ) having: a detection zone (PD); a first memory (mem1) electrically coupled to the detection zone by a first gate (310); a second memory (mem2) electrically coupled to the detection zone by a second gate (314); and a third memory (mem3) electrically coupled to the detection zone by a third gate (316), wherein the first, second and third memories are each formed by a doped region sandwiched between first and second parallel straight walls (404, 406), the first and second walls of each memory having a conductive core adapted to receive a biasing voltage; and a plurality of 2D image pixels (P1 to P8) positioned adjacent to the depth pixel, wherein the first, second and third memories extend to form at least partial isolation walls between corresponding adjacent pairs of the 2D image pixels.
US10264240B2 Method and apparatus for generating depth image
A depth image generating apparatus includes a light source configured to emit light; an optical shutter provided on a path of the light reflected by an object and configured to modulate a waveform of the reflected light by changing a transmissivity of the optical shutter with respect to the reflected light; a driver configured to apply a driving voltage to the light source and a driving voltage to the optical shutter; a temperature measurer configured to measure a temperature of the optical shutter; a controller configured to control driving voltages; and a depth information obtainer configured to generate an image corresponding to the reflected light that passes through the optical shutter, extract a phase difference between a phase of the light emitted by the light source to the object and a phase of the reflected light, and obtain depth information regarding the object based on the phase difference.
US10264238B2 Stereoscopic mapping
According to an aspect of an embodiment, a method may include obtaining a first digital image via a mapping application. The method may also include obtaining a second digital image via the mapping application. The method may additionally include determining a displacement factor between the first digital image and the second digital image. Further, the method may include generating a third digital image by cropping the second digital image based on the displacement factor, adjusting an aspect ratio of the third digital image, and resizing the third digital image. Moreover, the method may include generating a stereoscopic map image of the setting that includes a first-eye image and a second eye image. The first-eye image may be based on the first digital image and the second-eye image may be based on the third digital image.
US10264229B2 Lighting and material editing using flash photography
Embodiments of the present invention facilitate lighting and material editing. More particularly, some embodiments are directed to leveraging flash photography to capture two images in quick succession, one with the flash activated and one without. In embodiments, a scene may be decomposed into components corresponding to diffidently colored lights and into diffuse and specular components. This enables the color and intensity of each light in the scene, as well as the amount of specularity, to be edited by a user to change the appearance of the scene.
US10264228B2 Decoding apparatus, decoding method, and non-transitory recording medium
In the case where a phenomenon called brightness saturation occurs due to high brightness of light output from a transmission apparatus and high lightness in a portion of a transmitter (light source) within a frame obtained by imaging in a reception apparatus, a decoder in a reception apparatus performs first image processing of shifting the focus by moving a lens in an imager or a filtering process (gradation filtering process) of an image for replacing the color of a brightness saturation area with the color surrounding the brightness saturation area, before determination of a change area, determination of the color of the change area, and decoding of bit string data.
US10264222B2 Window-installed wireless communications device
A device is configured for installation on a building window. The device may be a wireless communications device or any other device configured for installation on a window. The device includes an exterior-facing camera operable to acquire video and/or images and an interior-facing monitor. The acquired video and/or images are transmitted to the monitor and displayed by the monitor in real-time which causes the device to appear transparent to a person inside the building. The device includes a first wireless transceiver configured to communicate with a radio base station outside the building and a second wireless transceiver configured to communicate with a plurality of communication devices inside the building. The first wireless transceiver transmits uplink signals at a first frequency and receives downlink signals at a second frequency. The second wireless transceiver transmits downlink signals and receives uplink signals at the first frequency.
US10264220B2 Display image switching device and display method
A display image switching device lightens the burden imposed upon an operator, when selecting a particular camera from a plurality of cameras accompanying movement, by providing an intuitive and easy to understand selecting method. When an operator selects an object from an image picked-up and displayed on a display by a camera selected from a plurality of cameras by a camera, selector, a camera extractor extracts all other cameras picking-up the selected object. A camera icon generator arranges camera icons at positions on the displayed image where the extracted cameras are located. When a camera icon displayed on the display is selected, an image picked-up by the camera at the position of the selected camera icon is displayed on the display.
US10264219B2 Vehicle camera with compliant coaxial connector
A camera for a vision system of a vehicle includes a lens accommodated in a lens barrel, a front camera housing and a rear camera housing. An imager is disposed at a printed circuit board, and a spring-biased electrical connector is disposed at the rear camera housing. The electrical connector includes an inner terminal and an outer terminal for connecting to respective ones of an inner contact and an outer contact at the printed circuit board. As the rear camera housing is moved into engagement with the front camera housing, the inner and outer terminals engage with the inner and outer contacts and compress towards a compressed state and, after the rear camera housing is attached at the front camera housing, are in spring-biased electrical connection with the inner and outer contacts at the printed circuit board.
US10264215B1 Server and method enabling augmented reality (AR) object sharing
There is provided a server enabling Augmented Reality (AR) object sharing between a first party and a second party, the server comprising at least one processor, and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the server at least to receive, from a first party device, data corresponding to a selection of an object by the first party, retrieve, from a database operationally coupled with the server, an AR object relating to the received data in response to the receipt of the data, provide, to the second party device, an instruction to display the retrieved AR object, and receive, from the second party device, an input from the second party in relation to the AR object, the input comprising one or more comments of the second party.
US10264214B1 System and methods for testing a video conference call using a virtual assistant
Embodiments are described for customizing a video conferencing user experience using a virtual assistant, and/or assisting a user in diagnosing issues concerning a video conferencing user experience. The virtual assistant may address issues based on automatically detected meeting quality measures as well as issues verbally communicated to the assistant by a user at an endpoint.
US10264211B2 Adaptive resolution in software applications based on dynamic eye tracking
Methods and systems are described for determining an image resource allocation for displaying content within a display area. An image or data capture device associated with a display device may capture an image of a space associated with the user or capture data related to other objects in the space. The viewing distance between the user and the display area (e.g., the display device) may be monitored and processed to determine and/or adjust the image resource allocation for content displayed within the display area. User movement, including eye movement, may also be monitored and processed to determine and/or adjust the image resource allocation for content displayed within the display area.
US10264207B2 Method and system for creating virtual message onto a moving object and searching the same
The disclosure is related to a system and a method for creating a virtual message on a moving object, and for searching the virtual message. Under a data-construction mode, a user manipulates a mobile device to select a virtual message, and to capture a moving object. The mobile device allows the user to position the virtual message on the moving object. The system then receives data of the virtual message, the image information extracted from the moving object, and a viewable range for the virtual message relative to the moving object. The image information is employed to be the reference for the position of the virtual message. Under a search mode, the system renders a service for searching the virtual message over a specific moving object according to the image information of the moving object and the location of the mobile device.
US10264205B2 Method for transmitting image and electronic device thereof
A method for transmitting an image and an electronic device thereof are provided. An image transmission method of an electronic device includes displaying a message transmission/reception history with at least one other electronic device, sensing a selection of a camera execution menu, displaying a preview screen of a camera within a screen in which the message transmission/reception history is displayed, detecting a touch on the displayed preview screen, if the displayed preview screen is touched, capturing an image of a subject, detecting a gesture for the captured image, and, if the gesture for the captured image is detected, transmitting the captured image to the at least one other electronic device according to the detected gesture.
US10264204B2 Image sensor
The invention concerns an image sensor including a plurality of pixels distributed in a plurality of elementary groups of a plurality of pixels each, wherein: each pixel includes a photoelectric conversion element and an individual capacitive storage element; and each elementary group of pixels includes a shared capacitive storage element.
US10264200B2 Random sampling for horizontal noise reduction
An example apparatus for random sampling for horizontal noise reduction includes readout circuitry coupled to receive image data from an array of pixels, the readout circuitry including a plurality of sample and hold (S&H) circuits coupled to respective ones of a plurality of bitlines to sample and hold the image data in response to a plurality of S&H control signals, each of the plurality of S&H circuits including an S&H capacitor and an S&H switch. The S&H capacitor samples and holds respective image data, and the S&H switch coupled between a respective bitline and the respective S&H capacitor, and further coupled to receive a respective one of the plurality of S&H control signals to open/close the S&H switch, where each of the plurality of S&H switches are opened to decouple their respective S&H capacitors from the respective bitlines at a different time.
US10264196B2 Systems and methods for HDR video capture with a mobile device
The invention is relates to systems and methods for high dynamic range (HDR) image capture and video processing in mobile devices. Aspects of the invention include a mobile device, such as a smartphone or digital mobile camera, including at least two image sensors fixed in a co-planar arrangement to a substrate and an optical splitting system configured to reflect at least about 90% of incident light received through an aperture of the mobile device onto the co-planar image sensors, to thereby capture a HDR image. In some embodiments, greater than about 95% of the incident light received through the aperture of the device is reflected onto the image sensors.
US10264195B1 Shared-counter image sensor
An image sensor generates first digital samples and second digital samples during respective first and second sampling intervals, the first digital samples including at least one digital sample of each pixel of a first plurality of pixels, and the second digital samples including at least one digital sample of each pixel of a second plurality of pixels. A sum of the first digital samples is accumulated within a first counter as the first sampling interval transpires, and a sum of the second digital samples is accumulated within the first counter as the second sampling interval transpires.
US10264193B2 System and method for providing images and video having high dynamic range
Apparatuses, computer readable media, and methods are disclosed for providing composite images and/or videos having a high dynamic range. The apparatus includes a video capture module for capturing video images of a scene at a differing exposure levels. The apparatus further includes a region identification module for identifying regions in the captured video images of the scene that may benefit from being individually optimally-exposed. The apparatus further includes a region adjustment module for updating the positions of the various identified regions within the scene and a region exposure adjustment module for determining optimal exposure settings for the various identified regions of the scene. A video subsystem composites and encodes the various optimally-exposed regions of the scene onto a video image of a static portion of the scene having a high dynamic range that was, e.g., captured at a different moment in time than the various optimally-exposed regions of the scene.
US10264190B2 Adaptive optical methods and devices for enhancing image contrast in the presence of bright background
A device including: an image sensor for imaging an object field reflected from an object to be imaged; a first objective lens for focusing a background field from the object into a concentrated energy field on a spatial frequency plane of the first objective lens; and a programmable spatial light modulator positioned in an optical path at the spatial frequency plane, the programmable spatial light modulator being programmed to display an opaque region and a substantially transparent region outside of the opaque region, the opaque region corresponding to a position of the concentrated energy field.
US10264189B2 Image capturing system and method of unmanned aerial vehicle
An image capturing system of an unmanned aerial vehicle is disclosed. The image capturing system includes a camera; a platform carrying the camera; and a platform controller configured to adjust a rotating speed of the camera through the platform based on a rotating instruction information and a current zoom magnification of the camera. The current zoom magnification is substantially real-time obtained from the camera. An image capturing method of an unmanned aerial vehicle is also disclosed. In the method a first instruction information and a rotating instruction information are received. A camera is zoomed based on the first instruction information. A current zoom magnification of the camera is obtained. A rotating speed of the camera is adjusted through a platform based on the rotating instruction information and the current zoom magnification.
US10264184B2 Electronic device
Provided is an electronic device with high portability, a highly browsable electronic device, or an electronic device having a novel light source that can be used in shooting photographs and video. The electronic device includes a camera and a flexible display portion. The display portion has a first region and a second region. The first region has a function of emitting light to a photographic subject. The second region has a function of displaying an image of the photographic subject shot by the camera. The display portion can be bent so that the first region and the second region face in different directions.
US10264178B2 Control method and apparatus, and electronic device
An image processing method is provided. The image sensor is controlled to output the combination image. The brightness of the combination image is obtained and it is determined whether the brightness is less than or equal to a preset threshold. When the brightness is less than or equal to the preset threshold, the combination image is converted into the combination true-color image. When the brightness is greater than the preset threshold, the image sensor is controlled to output the color-block image. The color-block image is converted into the simulation image. The simulation image is converted into the simulation true-color image. An image processing apparatus and an electronic device are provided.
US10264176B2 Gaze tracking device and method and recording medium for performing the same
A gaze tracking device and method, and a recording medium for performing the same are disclosed. The gaze tracking device, which is a device for tracking the gaze of a person present in an area in which the gaze tracking device is located, sets a photographing unit of the gaze tracking device to a wide-angle mode, photographs an area within a wide-angle view of the photographing unit, detects the person from a photographed image, and converts the wide-angle mode of the photographing unit into a narrow-angle mode so as to track the gaze of the person when the person is detected from the photographed image, wherein when tracking the gaze of the person by converting the wide-angle mode of the photographing unit into the narrow-angle mode, if the person is out of the shooting range of the narrow-angle mode while tracking the gaze of the person in the narrow-angle mode of the photographing unit, the photographing unit is converted from the narrow-angle mode into the wide-angle mode so as to track the gaze of the person by re-searching for the person.
US10264174B2 Photographing apparatus and focus detection method using the same
A photographing apparatus for automatically detecting a focus via a phase difference detection scheme, the photographing apparatus including an image sensor comprising a plurality of phase difference pixels and configured to acquire an image of a subject; an addition processor configured to add output signals of the plurality of phase difference pixels; a controller configured to detect the focus of the image based on output signals of the plurality of phase difference pixels, and to set an addition range of the plurality of phase difference pixels added by the addition processor based on information of the detected focus and information of the acquired image of the subject.
US10264168B2 Method of assembling camera for vehicle vision system
A method of assembling a camera suitable for vehicular use includes providing a lens accommodated in a lens barrel, a lens holder, and a printed circuit board with an imager disposed thereat. An adhesive is dispensed to establish a layer of uncured adhesive (i) between the lens barrel and lens holder or (ii) between the printed circuit board and the lens holder. With the lens in focus with the imager and optically center-aligned therewith, the adhesive is initially cured to an initially-cured state in an initial radiation curing process that includes exposure to UV light for a first period of time. The initially-cured adhesive is further cured to a further-cured state in a secondary curing process. The further-cured state is achieved within a second period of time that is longer than the first period of time.
US10264167B2 Imaging apparatus
An imaging apparatus of the present disclosure includes an imaging element that sequentially resets accumulated electric charges in a first direction to start exposure, and captures, during the exposure, a subject image entered via an optical system to generate an image signal an image processor that performs predetermined processing on the image signal generated by the imaging element to generate image data, a focal plane shutter including a rear curtain for covering the imaging element to end the exposure, and a controller that sets, when photographing, an electric charge resetting time, for the imaging element, from start of resetting of the electric charges to end of the resetting, and a covering time, for the focal plane shutter, from start of covering of the imaging element by the rear curtain to end of the covering, so that an exposure value (EV) for the imaging element has a predetermined inclination in the first direction, and that outputs an instruction on a flash start timing at which a flash device is caused to start flashing.
US10264164B2 System and method of correcting imaging errors for a telescope by referencing a field of view of the telescope
A method of correcting imaging errors for a telescope by referencing a field of view of the telescope is used to replace the need of a guide star and the related use of centroid techniques with the guide star. In order to accomplish this, this method uses the full frame of a supplemental camera for both auto-guiding and auto-focusing. All of the guider frame is used to retrieve focus and directionality information for auto-focus, but without the need of a specific guide star. This method uses any astronomical feature and structure, such as galaxies, nebulae, clusters, stars, etc., for retrieving image focus information (from the latest guider frame) to compute auto-focus and related focuser corrections, including the direction of the correction (in or out).
US10264159B2 Managing printed documents in a document processing system
A printed document manager manages printed documents and is separate from a Document Management System (DMS) that manages electronic soft copy documents also known as source documents. Documents in a DMS repository are registered in a postmark registry by a registration agent. When a document that is registered in the postmark registry is printed, a graphical symbol referred to as a “postmark” is generated and inserted into the print stream so the postmark is printed on the hard copy of the document. The printed document is logged in a printed document store along with metadata associated with the printed document. The postmark on the printed document can be used for one or more purposes, such as to determine whether the printed document can be shredded after use and to determine whether the printed document is current.
US10264158B1 Method for retiring RFID copy sheets
A method for retiring a RFID copy sheet using an imaging device having a scanner system and a printer system, each system having a RFID reader programmer. The RFID copy sheet to be retired is scanned using one of the RFID reader programmers. After determining that the user is authorized to retire the RFID copy sheet, the RFID copy sheet is rescanned by a RFID reader programmer and its associated RFID tag is reprogrammed to indicate that the RFID copy sheet is retired. Document control of the retired RFID copy sheet may also be provided using a document lifecycle database that is updated with the retired status of the RFID copy sheet.
US10264156B2 Printing apparatus and determination method
A reflected light amount from a patch under a first light source is acquired, and a reflected light amount from the patch under a second light source whose wavelength band is different from the first light source is acquired. The type of a printing medium on which the patch is printed is determined based on the ratio of the two acquired reflected light amounts.
US10264153B2 Information processing apparatus, method for controlling information processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, method for controlling image forming apparatus, and information processing system
An information processing apparatus is configured in the following manner. When a client is connected to a server, the client transmits all of setting information that the client handles as a synchronization target to the server. The server returns an error response to prohibit synchronization in response to transmission of a setting item that the server does not handle as the synchronization target among the setting information transmitted from the client. After that, the client apparatus does not notify the server of a content of an update with respect to the setting information of the setting item to which the error response is returned when the client is connected to the server.
US10264152B2 Information processing device, computer-readable recording medium, and system
An information processing device includes a specification unit configured to receive identification information for identifying a scanner device, and specify a driver configured to control the scanner device identified by the identification information; an item acquirer configured to acquire a list of items that are settable by the specified driver for controlling the scanner device, and return the list to a transmission source of the identification information; a scan instruction receiver configured to receive a scan instruction and set values for the respective items from the transmission source of the identification information; and an execution controller configured to send, in accordance with the reception of the scan instruction, the set values to the driver that is specified based on the identification information to cause the driver to perform scan using the scanner device.
US10264151B2 Information processing device, image processing system and non-transitory computer readable medium storing program
An information processing device includes: an obtaining unit that obtains a first classification condition for classifying a document by use of image information of an image formed on the document; an acceptance unit that accepts a second classification condition for classifying the document, the second classification condition being defined by a user; and a classification unit that applies the first classification condition and the second classification condition to the image information based on a predetermined rule of a degree of priority, and classifies the document.
US10264146B2 Electronic device, imaging device, image reproduction method, image reproduction program, recording medium with image reproduction program recorded thereupon, and image reproduction device
An electronic device includes: a communication unit that performs communication with an external device; and a control unit that issues a command to the external device via the communication unit, on the basis of at least one of capacity of the external device, and capacity of the electronic device.
US10264136B2 Resource allocation in a digital communication network
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for allocating resources in a Digital Subscriber Line network, the network comprising at least one lower-tier digital subscriber line carrying signals according to a first protocol between a transceiver device at a lower-tier network node and a subscriber transceiver device and further comprising at least one higher-tier digital subscriber line carrying signals according to a second protocol between a transceiver device at a higher-tier network node and a subscriber transceiver device, the first protocol permitting signals to be carried at frequencies in a range having a higher upper limit than the second protocol.
US10264129B2 Hybrid cloud architecture with optimized local delivery
A system and method for optimized rendering of contact center services in a hybrid operations environment. A processor in a first operations environment receives a message transmitted by a first contact center resource relating to a contact center service. The message is forwarded to the processor by an edge device coupled to a second operations environment different from the first operations environment. The edge device is configured to hide from the message identification of a location of the contact center resource. Despite such hiding, the processor identifies the location of the first contact center resource based on identification information that the processor retrieves from the message. The processor selects a second contact center resource based on the identified location of the first contact center resource for providing the contact center service.
US10264128B1 Dynamic machine-learning-based contact processing
A dynamic contact management system is provided for managing customer contacts in a customer service center and dynamically determining which actions to take—or which actions are permitted to be taken—with respect to customer contacts. The system can process data regarding attributes of an agent or group of agents, and generate scores to use in making the dynamic determinations. Based on the scores, the system can temporarily authorize agents to perform actions that they would not otherwise be authorized to perform, assign customer contacts to agents who are most likely to resolve a contact in a satisfactory manner, generate dynamic comparisons of agents, and the like.
US10264127B1 Emotion recognition to match support agents with customers
An application determines an emotional state of a user based on evaluating facial recognition data of the user captured from the user interacting with the application. The application receives a request from the user to initiate a support call. The request identifies the emotional state of the user. The application predicts, from a set of outcomes of support calls processed by support agents interacting with users having different emotional states, an emotional state that increases a likelihood of achieving a specified outcome for the support call based on the emotional state of the user. The application identifies an available support agent having the predicted emotional state, and assigns the user to interact with the identified support agent for the support call.
US10264119B2 Systems and methods for establishing a diagnostic transmission mode and communicating over the same
Upon detection of a trigger, such as the exceeding of an error threshold or the direction of a user, a diagnostic link system enters a diagnostic information transmission mode. This diagnostic information transmission mode allows for two modems to exchange diagnostic and/or test information that may not otherwise be exchangeable during normal communication. The diagnostic information transmission mode is initiated by transmitting an initiate diagnostic link mode message to a receiving modem accompanied by a cyclic redundancy check (CRC). The receiving modem determines, based on the CRC, if a robust communications channel is present. If a robust communications channel is present, the two modems can initiate exchange of the diagnostic and/or test information. Otherwise, the transmission power of the transmitting modem is increased and the initiate diagnostic link mode message re-transmitted to the receiving modem until the CRC is determined to be correct.
US10264117B2 Method and device for detecting a broken binder
Embodiments relate to a method for detecting a broken binder in an access network including a plurality of telecommunication lines grouped in respective binders, executed by a detection device, including identifying a plurality of telecommunication lines for which a transmission interruption has been detected within a given time period obtaining line data associated with the respective identified telecommunication lines, for respective pairs of identified telecommunication lines, determining a virtual distance between the two telecommunication lines, in function of the associated line data, determining at least one cluster of telecommunication lines in function of the virtual distances, and detecting a broken binder in function of the determined at least one cluster.
US10264104B2 Systems and methods for malicious code detection accuracy assurance
There is provided a method for authenticating an attempt at establishment of a network connection by allowed code, comprising: providing a dataset having previously observed stack trace templates each representing a stack trace pattern prevailing in stack traces recorded by monitoring stacks of clients executing an allowed code during a connection establishment process for establishing network connections related to the allowed code; receiving a new stack trace recorded during a new connection establishment process for a new network connection by a new client; measuring a similarity between the new stack trace and the plurality of stack trace templates to identify a match to a stack trace template; evaluating the matched stack trace template for a predefined rule requirement; and updating a rule-set database with the matched stack trace template to authenticate new network connection establishments associated with stack templates matching the matched stack trace template.
US10264103B2 Compression dictionary generation service system and method
A system for dictionary generation that can generate a set of candidate dictionaries based at least in part on subsets of content, where candidate dictionaries of the set of candidate dictionaries are generated based at least in part on a different subset of the content. The system can further use candidate dictionaries of the set of candidate dictionaries to compress the content and can identify one or more dictionary quality metrics for candidate dictionaries of the set of candidate dictionaries based at least in part on the respective compression of the content by candidate dictionaries of the set of candidate dictionaries.
US10264102B2 System, methods and computer readable medium for augmented personalized social network
A non-transitory computer readable medium for displaying augmented personalized information to a user, the non-transitory computer readable medium stores instructions for: collecting collected information from a plurality of information sources out of social networks, sensors, factual static sources, geolocation sources, real time sources, user provided information; detecting, out of the collected information, relevant information that is relevant to a user based upon a profile of the user, a relevant point of time and a relevant location; processing the relevant information through a structuring content process to provide specific augmented personalized information that is compatible to an augmented personalized dynamic space of the user; and transmitting to a device of the user the specific augmented personalized information, the specific augmented personalized information causes to the device of the user to display to the user the specific augmented personalized information within the augmented personalized dynamic space of the user.
US10264098B2 Service assembly and delivery
A system for assembling and delivering a communications service or product is described which is flexible to accommodate the rapid introduction of new product/service offerings on a frequent basis. The method involves receiving data relating to a number of communication service components and creating and storing a data structure for each communication service component. Data is also received relating to a communication service, the data identifying at least one of the communication service components and a data structure for the communications service is created and stored. In response to receiving an input requesting provisioning of the communications service, an end-to-end process flow for delivering the communications service is automatically created based on the data structure for the communications service and the data structure for the identified communication service components.
US10264097B2 Method and system for interactive aggregation and visualization of storage system operations
A method and system for interactive aggregation and visualization of storage system operations are provided. In one embodiment, the method is performed by a server in communication with a client and comprises: receiving, from the client, data regarding storage system operations that were performed by a storage system over time, wherein each storage system operation is classified according to an operation type; receiving, from the client, a size of a graph to be displayed on the client's display device to visualize the storage device operations, wherein the size of the graph is defined by a number of tiles; for each tile, aggregating the storage system operations by operation type and identifying a dominant operation type; and sending, to the client, the identified dominant operation type for each tile. Other embodiments are provided.
US10264093B2 Systems and methods for partial video caching
A cache server includes a memory, and a processor to acquire segments of media data associated with a first request, with the first request being generated by a client device. The segments associated with the first request are stored in the memory. Keys for the segments associated with the first request are generated, with each segment having a respective key associated therewith that is a unique identifier for that segment.
US10264091B2 Proxy server failover and load clustering
Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, computer program products, and the like, for providing failover and load clustering features to one or more proxy servers of a content delivery network (CDN). In one embodiment, one or more proxy servers may announce a virtual host internet protocol (IP) and, to provide a failover feature, two or more of the proxy servers may also announce a more generic virtual network IP address that includes a broader range of IP addresses associated with the virtual network IP address. In another embodiment, each of the proxy servers in communication with the router may announce a generic IP network address to the router. In response to receiving a request for content from an end user of the CDN, the router may select a proxy server and load balance the received requests among the proxy servers.
US10264087B2 Program medium, control device, and method for access point notification
An access point notification method causing a control device that controls one or more access points to execute a process, the process include: identifying an access point based on disaster information and transmitting, to the access point, a transition instruction to instruct a transition of a setting of the access point to a disaster setting by which communication using a second identifier, different from a first identifier for which the access point allows communication, is allowed; transmitting to a notification server a request for authentication information; notifying the notification server of the information on the access point, using the authentication information; and causing the notification server to register the information on the access point the setting of which is transferred to the disaster setting and transmit a notification message to the terminal that is the distribution destination.
US10264084B2 Updating playlists using push and pull
Some implementations allow users to create and share data including playlists. Such playlists may be subscribed to by other users. Changes to such playlists, such as updates by the curator of the playlist, must be propagated to subscribers in a timely manner while efficiently utilizing resources. Some implementations allow updates to be propagated using a push notification to cause client devices to request the update (push). Alternatively, updates may be made when the client devices of the subscribers next accesses the system (pull). An aggregator system may be used to make decisions on which users to send push notifications, and which users to wait to pull updates on their own. Additionally, the aggregator may determine that certain playlist updates should be distributed using push notifications. The aggregator may determine that only certain playlist subscribers should receive push notifications regarding playlist updates.
US10264083B2 Methods and apparatuses for recommending application and presenting recommended applications
The present disclosure provides methods and apparatuses for recommending applications and presenting recommended applications, wherein the method of recommending applications in a network device comprises: obtaining a user's current scenario information from a user equipment; determining to-be-recommended applications according to the user's current scenario information and historical application usage information of one or more users; and sending relevant information of the to-be-recommended applications to the user equipment. According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, applications to currently opened will be recommended to the user more accurately, and the user's operation path will be shortened, thereby bring a better user experience.
US10264080B2 Geo-locating individuals based on a derived social network
Techniques for determining a location of a user based on locations of other users. First user location information and second user location information is received. The first user location information includes a first centroid and first radius associated with a first user position and the second user location information includes a second centroid and second radius associated with a second user position. The second user is further associated with second user venue information. A venue correlation score between the first user and the second user is determined based on an amount of overlap between the first user radius and the second user radius and a social metric indicating a strength of a social relationship between the first user and second user. Venue information for the first user is created based on the second user venue information when the relationship score exceeds a threshold value.
US10264077B2 System and methods for employing non-related communication architecture for signaling in another communication architecture
A system (20A), topology, and methods to provide signals to devices (30A-I) in a real-time media communication architecture (10A-C) via another communication architecture or server (50) including a push signal architecture. The push signal may direct a device (30A-I) to re-register with a real-time media communication system (20A) in order to participate in a real-time media event. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
US10264076B2 Communication system and method implementing a recipient for a cosmetic or pharmaceutical product or a wine or a spirit and two mobile telecommunication devices
The invention concerns the field of communicating objects intended to promote a smart environment. The invention more particularly concerns a communication system comprising: —a recipient 1 for a cosmetic or pharmaceutical product or a wine or a spirit as the communicating object and —at least two mobile telecommunication devices 110, 120. The invention also concerns an associated communication method. The recipient is incorporated into the communication system in such way as to adapt at least to the presence of the first mobile telecommunication device in the coverage area of the communication means of same. The recipient is therefore advantageously an actor of the communication system. The recipient promotes the smart environment defined by the communication system.
US10264069B2 Live migration of probe enabled load balanced endpoints in a software defined network
Methods, systems, and devices are described herein for modifying the monitoring of the health of a data center IP endpoint (such as VM) during live migration of the data center IP endpoint from a source host to a destination host. In one example, the described techniques may include receiving an indication that a virtual machine is going to be live migrated from a source host to a destination host. Next, evaluation of health probe responses originating from the virtual machine may be suspended for a time period. The time period may be selected based on the live migration. The evaluation of the probe responses originating from the virtual machine may be resumed upon completion of the time period. In some cases, a health probe status of the virtual machine may be migrated from the source host to the destination host.
US10264068B2 Information processing apparatus that sets synchronization destination of setting information, image processing apparatus, communication system, synchronization method, and storage medium
An information processing apparatus capable of flexibly making a setting of a synchronization destination of setting information according to user's intention. In a communication system, a server performs data communication with each of MFPs, and the communication system stores a plurality of types of setting information to be synchronized with each MFP. A synchronization destination of the plurality of types of setting information is set. The setting information is synchronized with the set synchronization destination. The synchronization destination of the setting information is changed, on a setting information type by setting information type basis.
US10264066B2 Peer-to-peer data sharing between internet-of-things platforms
Techniques are described for sharing data among Internet of Things (IoT) networks. An IoT network may include a platform that collects data generated by IoT devices. The platform may execute an agent that sends a communication to indicate the network presence of the sending platform to broker module(s) that support a data sharing service. The communication may also indicate the type and/or quantity of data generated by the sending platform and available to be shared with other receiving platforms in other IoT networks. The data broker module(s) may generate and send security tokens to the agents executing on the sending platform and receiving platform(s). Using the security tokens, the respective agents may establish a peer-to-peer (P2P) connection over a network over which the data is streamed in real time as it is received and/or processed by the sending platform.
US10264065B2 Application aware input/output fencing
Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and processes to perform application aware input/output (I/O) fencing operations. A determination is made that a cluster has been partitioned. The cluster includes multiple nodes. As a result of the partitioning, the nodes are split between a first network partition with a first set of nodes and a second network partition with a second set of nodes. Another determination is made that instances of an application are executing on the first set of nodes and the second set of nodes. An application aware I/O fencing operation is then performed that causes termination of instances of the application executing on the first set of nodes or on the second set of nodes.
US10264064B1 Systems and methods for performing data replication in distributed cluster environments
The disclosed computer-implemented method for performing data replication in distributed cluster environments may include (1) identifying a distributed cluster environment that includes (A) a plurality of compute nodes that execute a plurality of virtual machines and (B) a data node that stores data that has been replicated from storage devices used by the virtual machines, (2) determining, at the data node, storage-utilization totals for the virtual machines that represent amounts of storage space on the storage devices used by the virtual machines, (3) identifying, based at least in part on the storage-utilization totals, a virtual machine whose storage-utilization total is highest among the plurality of virtual machines, (4) prioritizing the virtual machine and then in response to the prioritization, (5) directing the compute node to initiate a data replication process with the data node in connection with the virtual machine. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US10264059B2 Determining server level availability and resource allocations based on workload level availability requirements
An approach is provided for determining availabilities of servers in multiple tiers of a workload. Based on (1) a required availability of the workload, (2) resource requirements for redundancy groups (RGs) in the workload, (3) sets of server sizes, and (4) sets of availability categories, numbers of server(s) included in respective RGs are determined, allocations to the server(s) of one or more server sizes from a selected set of server sizes are determined, and allocations to the server(s) of one or more categories of availability from a selected set of categories is determined, so that a cost of achieving the required availability of the workload is minimized.
US10264056B2 Multicomputer processing of an event request from an event origination device with centralized event orchestration
Aspects of the disclosure relate to multicomputer processing of an event request from an event origination device with centralized event orchestration. A computing platform may receive, from an event origination device, an event request for an event. Subsequently, the computing platform may determine a sub-event associated with the event. Next, the computing platform may receive, from an event dataset customization engine, an event customized dataset generated for the sub-event. Then, the computing platform may generate, based on the sub-event associated with the event received from the event origination device, one or more event orchestration commands directing a sub-event processing device to execute the sub-event. Thereafter, the computing platform may receive, from the sub-event processing device, a results dataset. Subsequently, the computing platform may update, based on the results dataset, a master event dataset associated with the event.
US10264054B2 Predictive device to device file transfer system for local cloud storage files
A method, system, and computer program product for transferring files. The system provides for a data transfer system comprising a processor unit and a data transfer manager. The method identifies a group of local copies of files, in a cloud storage system, that are stored in a group of mobile devices. The method then tracks a location of the group of mobile devices and provides a report of availability of the group of local copies of files on the cloud storage service based on an identification of the group of local copies of files on the cloud storage service that are stored in the group of mobile devices and the location of the group of mobile devices.
US10264051B2 Method and system for replicating a communication application on an auxiliary computing device
According to embodiments described in the specification, a method and system for replicating an application on an auxiliary computing device are provided. The system includes the auxiliary computing device, a mobile computing device executing the application, and at least one server. The server provides the auxiliary computing device with a web application, and the auxiliary computing device presents a code generated using the web application on its display. The mobile computing device captures the code, and uses the code to establish a connection with the auxiliary computing device via the server. The server then routes data between the auxiliary computing device, the mobile computing device and other devices. The data includes application control data, which is routed between the mobile computing device and the auxiliary computing device; and message data, which is routed between the mobile computing device and other devices.
US10264049B2 System for facilitating utilization of resources
A system for monitoring resource utilization and electronic validation includes an entity system having a network communication interface and a memory device storing a resource monitoring and utilization application and a resource application. A processing device is operatively coupled to the memory device, wherein the processing device is configured to execute computer-readable program code to: determine based on the utilization of the resource application to initiate the resource monitoring and utilization application; initiate the resource monitoring and utilization application; and transmit an electronic validation that a transaction executed by the resource application is complete.
US10264041B2 Video delivery expedition systems, media, and methods
The VIDEO DELIVERY EXPEDITION APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (“VDE”) transform Internet content data access request via VDE components into media content playback at a client device. In one implementation, the VDE may issue a notification or a user interface element to a user after delivery of a process one data from the server to a client; and trigger a background delivery of a process two data, wherein the triggering occurs when the user initiates playback of said process one data.
US10264040B2 Systems and methods to manage multicast traffic
In various example embodiments, a system and method for optimizing management of a multicast tree are disclosed. The system receives first multicast group member information, from over a network and via a first packet forwarding system, at a controller server that provides for control of a network comprised of a first virtual local area network including a first packet forwarding system, the first multicast group member information being received by the first packet forwarding system and describing a first end-host computer as joining a first multicast group on the first virtual local area network. The system generates a multicast tree, at the controller server, and communicates a network configuration message to at least one packet forwarding system of a first plurality of packet forwarding systems to enable communication of the multicast traffic for the first multicast group over a portion of the multicast tree.
US10264036B1 Communication-based digital alliance management
A communication management server computer (“server”) and related methods are disclosed to create and store digital records representing alliances between user accounts and to use the alliance records in filtering messages or other content and/or determining attributes of messages or content for display. The server allows two electronic devices associated with two user accounts to establish an alliance, where each of the two user accounts offers a set of digital communications for exploration of relationships and agrees to share certain types of information regarding the relationships with the other user account.
US10264034B2 Interactions for sharing content items in a digital magazine
A digital magazine server user may identify a content item presented by the digital magazine server to save or present to other digital magazine server users by interacting with a client device presenting the content item. For example, providing a gesture to the client device identifies a content item for presentation to other digital magazine server users. The gesture may begin by the user interacting with a portion of a display device that displays a portion of the content item and continue as the user interacts with the display device along a path from the portion to an additional portion. When the gesture is completed, the user may be presented with options to present the content item to additional digital magazine server users, or the content item may be presented to other digital magazine server users.
US10264033B2 Selectively providing content on a social networking system
News feed stories are ranked so that new stories appear above previously viewed stories for users of a social networking system. Top news stories are selected by the social networking system based on a ranking algorithm that incorporates an analysis of affinities for interests, users, and entities in the social networking system based on user interactions. Other new stories are provided after the top new stories in a chronological order. For each user of the social networking system, a view state is recorded that includes the order of news feed stories provided to users. Based on the view state and received user input, the social networking system may determine whether to provide new news feed stories to a viewing user.
US10264029B2 Methods and apparatus for packetized content delivery over a content delivery network
Methods and apparatus for delivery of packetized content (e.g., video, audio, data, etc.) over a content delivery network. In one embodiment, the content is packetized using an Internet Protocol (IP), and delivered by a service provider over both managed and unmanaged networks to subscribers of the provider, so as to provide delivery at any time, at any location, and via any designated user device. The delivered content may originate from the service provider, third-party content sources (e.g., networks or studios), the subscriber(s) themselves, or other sources including the Internet. Use of a common control and service functions within the network afford the ability to integrate or blend services together, thereby affording the service provider and subscriber new service and economic opportunities. Content delivery sessions may also be migrated from one device to another. A network-based user interface infrastructure, and gateway-based client-side architecture, are also disclosed.
US10264026B2 Providing privileged access to non-privileged accounts
The disclosed embodiments include systems and methods for dynamically managing privileged access for non-privileged accounts. Operations may include receiving a request from a computer device associated with a network account to access a privileged resource, wherein the network account lacks any privileged account membership enabling the network account to access the privileged resource. Operations may include authenticating the network account, and assigning, based on the authentication, privileged on-demand membership for the network account, wherein the privileged on-demand membership enables the network account to access the privileged resource. Operations may also include identifying that the network account should no longer have access to the privileged resource, and removing, based on the identification, the privileged on-demand membership for the network account.
US10264020B1 Systems and methods for scalable network monitoring in virtual data centers
A computer-implemented method for scalable network monitoring in virtual data centers may include (1) identifying a plurality of network monitoring agents executing on a plurality of virtual machine host systems within a virtual data center, (2) intercepting, at a receiving virtual machine host system, a traffic flow within a virtual network within the virtual data center, (3) determining a processor load on each of the plurality of virtual machine host systems, (4) selecting, based on the processor load on the receiving virtual machine host system exceeding an established threshold, an alternate virtual machine host system that executes a second network monitoring agent for inspecting the traffic flow, and (5) limiting the processor load on the receiving virtual machine host system by designating the second network monitoring agent executing on the alternate virtual machine host system to inspect the traffic flow. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.