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| US10272357B2 |
Mineral composition for generating small water clusters, a small water cluster generating device and a seawater desalination equipment using the same, and a small water cluster generating method
A mineral composition for generating small water clusters, a small water cluster generating device and a seawater desalination equipment using the same and a small water cluster generating method are provided. The mineral composition includes a tourmaline, a quartz, a bleaching earth, a dolomite, a shale, and a porcelain clay. The small water cluster generating device includes the mineral composition and an energy supplying unit for supplying energy. The seawater desalination equipment includes the mineral composition, a heat supplying unit, and a cooling unit. The small water cluster generating method includes using the mineral composition on water or a solution and providing the energy. |
| US10272355B2 |
Distillation column having removable tray assembly
A distillation column and tray assembly is disclosed herein. The distillation column includes a removable inner tray assembly with adjustable downcomer tubes. The removable tray assembly enables the user to selectively change distillation plates when so removed. When removed, a distiller or brewer may adjust the downcomer tubes to change the fluid level on the distillation plates, or bypass certain distillation plates completely. Certain embodiments of the invention include a feature of an O-ring recessed around a perimeter of the plates permitting a tight seal and reducing manufacturing costs. |
| US10272353B2 |
Unit block having integrally provided coupling portion and insertion portion and coupling or using method using same
The present invention relates to a unit block having a coupling portion and an insertion portion provided in special structure and shape such that, instead of providing an assembly-type toy that makes a user build an assembly-type completed product according to the manual, the user is enabled to implement various articles by exercising creativity without feeling bored. The present invention provides a unit block, which has integrally provided coupling and insertion portions, and provides, as a means for using the same when a desired object is to be implemented. |
| US10272351B2 |
Transformable toy
A toy includes a body, a head coupled to the body and having a face surface, and a flap coupled to the head. The flap is movable relative to the face surface between a first position in which a first face is exposed to view on the face surface, and a second position in which a second face, at least partially different from the first face, is exposed to view on the face surface. |
| US10272347B2 |
Virtual league platform of a sport activity
The present disclosure describes a platform that allows individual users to compete against other users in a virtual league. The platform allows individual users to maintain personal performance statistics, which, collectively, are used to determine a projection result of the user's performance in a competition within the league. The platform employs projection result, in combination with, or as a substitute for, results associated with a real race completed by the user, in the scoring of the user against other competitors in the league. |
| US10272345B2 |
Information processing apparatus
A storing section stores an invitation message giving an invitation to an application to be executed by another information processing apparatus. An information displaying section displays the invitation messages on a display device. At this point, the information displaying section displays a valid invitation message and an invalid invitation message in a manner different from each other. The information displaying section may further display an unread invitation message and a read invitation message in a manner different from each other. |
| US10272344B2 |
Child lock controller for video game console
An improved controller with fingerprint sensors for interfacing with a game console. The controller is intended to be hand held by a user in the same manner as a conventional controller. A child safety cover is provided to removably attach to the portion of the game console that houses the operational controls. A pause/resume system is integrated with the fingerprinting sensors. |
| US10272343B2 |
System and method for facilitating assumption of player identity in an online game
One aspect of the disclosure relates to providing an online game for facilitating assumption of a player identity. The online game comprises a player account associated with the player. By facilitating assumption of a first player identity associated with a first player account, game support personnel and/or an administrator may be substituted for a player in the online game. The assumption of the first player identity may be accomplished through transmission and/or implementation of a private key stored on a client computing platform associated with the first player account, in order to facilitate a different client computing platform (e.g., associated with support personnel) to be authenticated to the first player account. This may allow the support personnel and/or an administrator to directly experience the player problems in the online game. |
| US10272339B2 |
In-game incentive granting device and program for incentive granting
An incentive granting device includes: a second game notifying unit which notifies an existing user of the existence of a second game during the execution by the existing user of a first game application; an introduction code issuing unit which issues an introduction code during the execution of the second game application by the existing user who has received the notification; and an incentive granting unit which grants a prescribed incentive for the existing user's first game, with respect to a new user receiving an introduction from the existing user and downloading the second game application. This allows an existing user to be aware of the existence of a second game during the execution of a first game, and to obtain an incentive for the first game by executing the second game. |
| US10272337B2 |
Non transitory computer-readable storage medium and method of controlling a computer
The present invention causes a computer to function as a virtual space generating unit, a game screen displaying unit and a fluid displaying unit.A fluid displaying unit displays pseudo three-dimensional representation of fluid in virtual space on a game screen. And the fluid displaying includes a billboard setting unit and a two-dimensional simulation unit.A billboard setting unit sets a billboard which has a plain object and which rotates around a predetermined center point in the plain object so that the plain object faces the virtual camera in the virtual space.A two-dimensional simulation unit executes a two-dimensional simulation and displays a simulation result on the plain object. |
| US10272331B2 |
Simulated experience device for video-game
The present invention provides an idea to achieve a simulated experience device for video-game enabling a simulated experience for an operator to bodily feel a tactile sense corresponding to a video-game software and give a reaction by a force of the operator. By combining a doll play using a figurine, a tool and a mechanical device for creating the tactile sense corresponding to the content of the video-game and a sensory video-game operated by using human body, the tactile sense corresponding to the content of the video-game is created, the created tactile sense is felt by the operator, a reaction is given to the tactile sense felt by the operator while adjusting a force of the operator. Thus, a load is generated and the generated load is quantified as X, converting X into a button operation of a remote controller for the video-game. Accordingly, a simulated experience device for enabling the simulated experience of the tactile sense of the video-game is achieved. |
| US10272328B2 |
Method of designing multiple computer games
A method of designing multiple computer games, using a software module running on a processor, in which the module enables pre-defined kinds of game design functions to be implemented across multiple different computer games; and in which the module implements multiple pre-defined kinds of common game design functions; and is extensible in that new components can be added to the module to create new functionality. |
| US10272324B2 |
Classifying collision events using inertial and audio data
Systems, apparatuses and methods may obtain motion data, obtain audio data, and detect a collision between a handheld device and an object based on the motion data and the audio data. In one example, noise may be removed from the motion data and the audio data to obtain filtered collision data, wherein the object is classified based on the filtered collision data. |
| US10272320B2 |
Truck assembly
A truck assembly for roller skates or a skateboard including a base portion configured to be secured to an underside of a roller skate or skate board, an axle housing for receiving an axle, an axle, at least a first and second pins, at least a first bushing, wherein the axle is housed within the axle housing and the first bushing and the axle is captivity held within the axle housing and the at least a first and second pins are in engagement of the at least two pins with the axle. |
| US10272317B2 |
Lighted pace feature in a treadmill
A treadmill includes an exercise deck. The exercise deck includes a platform, a first pulley attached to the platform in a front portion, a second pulley attached to the platform in a second portion, a tread belt surrounding the first pulley and the second pulley, and a pacing mechanism incorporated into the platform. |
| US10272305B2 |
Golf club set
A golf club set includes a plurality of golf clubs having different loft angles. The plurality of golf clubs have the same lie angle. Each loft angle difference between two golf clubs that are adjacent in a loft angle order is the same. Each club length difference between two golf clubs that are adjacent in the loft angle order is 0.125 inches (3.175 mm) (inclusive) to 0.375 inches (9.525 mm) (inclusive). A loft angle of a golf club having a minimum frequency is smaller than a loft angle of a golf club having a maximum frequency. A difference between the minimum frequency and the maximum frequency is not less than 40 cpm. |
| US10272302B2 |
Fiber-reinforced composite tubular shafts and manufacture thereof
A sports article comprising an elongate tubular shaft comprised of a fiber-reinforced resin matrix composite material, wherein the elongate tubular shaft has a longitudinal direction and the shaft is multilaminar and includes at least two fibrous layers, each of which is helically wrapped about a wrapping direction extending along the longitudinal direction to form the elongate tubular shaft, wherein each fibrous layer comprises a plurality of oriented structural fibers which are substantially aligned along the longitudinal direction so as to be oriented within +/−10° of the longitudinal direction, the oriented structural fibers having a length, along the longitudinal direction, of less than the length of the elongate tubular shaft to form discontinuous structural fibers serially oriented along the elongate tubular shaft. Also disclosed is a method to produce such a multilaminar elongate tubular shaft. |
| US10272300B1 |
Putter
A putter having a shaft and a putter head connected to the shaft. The putter head has an upper putter head connected to a lower putter head. The upper putter head has an upper putter head top side and an upper putter head bottom side. The lower putter head has a lower putter head top side and a lower putter head bottom side. The putter has striking face formed into the putter head. A transparent object display chamber is sandwiched between the upper putter head and the lower putter head. The transparent object display chamber is enclosed by the upper putter head and the lower putter head. A display object is removably positioned within the display chamber. A transparent positioning window extends through the putter head and includes markings which allow for proper positioning of the golfer and proper positioning of the striking face. |
| US10272298B2 |
Interchangeable shaft system
A golf club incorporating an interchangeable shaft system includes a shaft, a shaft sleeve, a club head. The shaft sleeve is coupled to an end of the shaft and is received in a hosel included in the club head. The shaft sleeve is removably coupled to the club head. Hosel and shaft sleeve alignment features provide discrete orientations between the shaft and club head. |
| US10272297B2 |
Golf club
A golf club according to one aspect of the present invention includes a shaft, a golf club head including a hosel containing a hole to attach the shaft, and a sleeve system including a body attached to a tip of the shaft and inserted together with the shaft into the hole of the hosel and an adaptor attached to the body so as to enable an adjustment of an axis-directional position with respect to the body and engaging with an upper end of the hosel. |
| US10272295B2 |
Control system of a cycling simulation device
Control system of a cycling simulation device, said device comprising a support frame, with which a user carries out training by acting on the pedals of said bicycle, a flywheel rotating around a main shaft, connected to said coupling members, and a braking device, acting on said flywheel, comprising: a control logic unit, capable of connecting in transmission and reception with a remote device, by which a user can set one or more training parameters, and a torque sensor for detecting and sending to said control logic unit a signal related to the torque acting on said main shaft during the rotation of said flywheel, and said control logic unit being configured so as to adjust the braking force exerted by said braking device on said flywheel as a function of training parameters and of signal related to the torque acting on said main shaft detected by torque sensor. |
| US10272293B2 |
Body motion analysis system, portable device and body motion analysis method
A body motion analysis system is provided. The body motion analysis system includes a pressure sensing plate, a data transmission device, and a data processing device. Two of the user's body parts exert pressure on the pressure sensing plate and the pressure sensing plate senses the pressure to output pressure distribution data. The pressure sensing plate transmits pressure-distribution stream data to the data processing device according to the pressure distribution data. The data processing device processes the pressure-distribution stream data to obtain sports performance of the user. |
| US10272291B2 |
Knee flexion and extension therapy device and method of use
A portable exercise apparatus including an exercise board with moving and fixed indices marking progress made while exercising a knee which requires therapy consisting of controlled flexing and extending of the knee joint. A foot board or seated foot slide cooperatively engages and slides back and forth on the exercise board. An knee/ankle platform is removably attachable to the seated foot slide providing for active or passive knee extension stretching and a short-arc quad. A knee extension pad and target is included for use with the platform. Sensing means which may include a microprocessor control box or computer or smart device with a light and/or sound device for visual and/or auditory feedback are in communication with the exercise board provide a user with the results of flexing or extending the knee by a selected controlled amount. |
| US10272290B2 |
Exercise apparatus
An exercise apparatus includes a frame body, two driving levers, two pedals, a linking device and at least one resistance device. The driving levers are pivotally connected to two side frames of the frame body, respectively. The pedals are connected to the two driving levers, respectively. The linking device is connected the driving levers so as to lead the driving levers to be swung reciprocally and simultaneously. The resistance device is driven by one of the driving levers so as to generate a magnetic resistance. |
| US10272278B2 |
Thermal release element
A thermal release element having a container body with an outer wall formed from a frangible material and a hollow space enclosed by the outer wall and enclosing a release fluid. The body is expanded in an axial direction with a tubular middle section extending in the axial direction and two end sections at each axial end. The middle section, as seen in a sectional plane transverse to the axial direction, has an outer contour of the outer wall that deviates from a circular or oval contour. The end sections each have a circular or an oval contour of the outer wall. Transition zones are provided between the middle and end sections where the outer contour of the outer wall transitions from the shape of the middle section deviating from a circular or oval shape, into the circular or oval shape of the end sections. |
| US10272276B2 |
Cooling device for spontaneous combustion prevention
The present invention relates to a cooling device for preventing fire due to spontaneous combustion of coal stockpiles in a coal-fired power plant, and more specifically, to a cooling device for preventing spontaneous combustion of coal stockpiles, for which a plurality of cooling devices are provided at a predetermined interval in coal stockpiles and, when a temperature (ignition temperature) specified by a user is detected from the outer surface, compressed liquefied nitrogen stored in the cooling device is ejected to lower a temperature around the loaded coal, thereby preventing spontaneous combustion by the oxidation of coal. |
| US10272275B2 |
Stove top fire extinguishing device
An apparatus is disclosed for extinguishing a stovetop fire over a stovetop having a first burner, the apparatus including a container detachably mountable to a microwave positioned above the stove top. A supply of fire suppressant material is retained within the container. A heat responsive actuator is disposed on the container. When the container is mounted to the microwave over the first burner, and the fire actuates the heat responsive actuator, at least a portion of the supply of fire suppressant material falls from the container toward the first burner. |
| US10272272B2 |
High-intensity focused ultrasound operation device and operation method thereof
Disclosed herein is a high-intensity focused ultrasound operation device including a handle part for manipulation by an operator, an insertion part provided at the front end of the handle part and inserted into a vagina during operation, an ultrasound treatment transducer provided to the insertion part to generate high-intensity focused ultrasound, a driver for driving the ultrasound treatment transducer, and a controller for controlling the driver. The high-intensity focused ultrasound operation device may be utilized for a variety of operations such as beauty treatment, adipolysis, gynecological disease treatment, etc. |
| US10272266B2 |
Radiation beam positioning
The present invention relates to correlating a position of a radiation beam with a position of a target to be irradiated which is contained in a structure having a repetitive motion comprising a plurality of successive motion cycles. External position data is acquired, which describes a position the structure during different motion cycles and/or time periods. Target data is acquired, which describe a position of the target during the motion cycles and/or time periods. A correlation model is generated, which correlates the external position and the target position. A predicted target position during a motion cycle is determined based on the correlation model and acquire external position data. Primary verification data is determined that describes an difference between actual and predicted target position. When the prediction is accurate, a further prediction and verification of the target position in later motion cycles can be performed. |
| US10272265B2 |
Collision avoidance for radiation therapy
An outline of at least a patient on a patient support is determined. Based on at least one image of the patient, a plurality of orientations of the patient support and of at least one device are determined. The at least one device is capable of delivering a radiation treatment to the patient or of performing imaging associated with the radiation treatment. Based on the outline and the plurality of orientations of the patient support and of the at least one device, a clearance zone that no portion of the at least one device will occupy when the at least one device or the patient supported by the patient support is in motion is calculated. |
| US10272263B2 |
Radiopharmaceutical delivery and tube management system
A device for delivery of a radiopharmaceutical and, in some embodiments, delivery of a pharmaceutical agent are described herein. Various other components for delivery systems including tubing management systems, primer caps, diffusion chambers, radiation shields and syringe shields, and other devices and methods are also described. |
| US10272262B2 |
Method for modulating a biological activity of a target structure by energy generation in-situ within a medium
A system and method for light stimulation within a medium. Products, compositions, systems, and methods for modifying a target structure which mediates or is associated with a biological activity, including treatment of conditions, disorders, or diseases mediated by or associated with a target structure, such as a virus, cell, subcellular structure or extracellular structure. The methods may be performed in situ in a non-invasive manner by application of an initiation energy to a subject thus producing an effect on or change to the target structure directly or via a modulation agent. The methods may further be performed by application of an initiation energy to a subject in situ to activate a pharmaceutical agent directly or via an energy modulation agent, thus producing an effect on or change to the target structure. Kits containing products or compositions formulated or configured and systems for use in practicing these methods. |
| US10272256B2 |
Selected light wavelengths and delivery devices for the prevention and treatment of dry eye syndrome
Provided are methods and systems for treating or preventing dry eye syndrome in a subject. The methods involve applying light of a set of photomodulating parameters to the region of the eyelid. The light of these particular photomodulating parameters will increase the production of collagen, elastin or both thereby improving the tone of the eyelid. Improved eyelid tone will increase the level of meibum secreted through the meibomian duct thereby treating or preventing dry eye syndrome. Particular apparatuses are provided that emit and locate light of the necessary photomodulating parameters tailored for delivery to the eyelid areas activating fibroblasts specifically in this area and thereby improving eyelid tone and meibomian gland function. |
| US10272255B2 |
Method of forming a negative ion emitting product and a product formed by such method
Provided is a negative ion emitting product and a method of forming the same. The negative ion emitting product comprises a silicone substrate and a separate silicone insert or patch material containing a negative ion emitting source. The separate silicone insert or patch material is attached to a surface of said substrate or inserted into a space defined by a wall of said substrate. The product is designed to be worn by a human or animal and preferably comprises a bracelet, necklace, collar, watch strap, shoe insole or the like. It particularly comprises a double molded silicone product containing in the patch or insert material, but not the substrate, nano-particles of negative ion radiating rare earth powder. |
| US10272254B2 |
Current diverter for magnetic stimulation of biological systems
Apparatus and methods which enable the stimulation of neurons oriented in all directions within a biological structure using applied magnetic fields. |
| US10272252B2 |
Hermetic terminal for an AIMD having a composite brazed conductive lead
An insulative feedthrough attachable to an active implantable medical device includes a feedthrough body having a material which is both electrically insulative, biocompatible and separates a body fluid side from a device side. A passageway is disposed through the feedthrough body. A composite conductor is disposed within the passageway and has a body fluid side metallic wire electrically conductive to a device side metallic wire. The body fluid side metallic wire extends from a first end disposed inside the passageway to a second end on the body fluid side. The device side metallic wire extends from a first end disposed inside the passageway to a second end on the device side. The body fluid side metallic wire is hermetically sealed to the feedthrough body. The body fluid side metallic wire is biocompatible and is not the same material as the device side metallic wire. |
| US10272251B2 |
Filtering algorithm for assessing communications wirelessly received by an implantable medical device
A filtering algorithm implemented by a filtering module in an implantable medical device (IMD), or in an external device for communicating with an IMD, is disclosed which reviews blocks based on a number of rules. The filtering module preferably comprises both firewall and instruction analysis modules. The instruction analysis module analyzes the instructions and associated data (if present) in each block to determine whether such blocks would compromise operation of the IPG or injure a patient if executed. Instruction rules corresponding to an instruction identified in the block are retrieved by the instruction analysis module. The instruction analysis module reviews the block per the retrieved rules, and possibly also in light of current and historical IPG therapy setting or mode data, or other received but un-executed blocks. If a block is compliant, it is executed by the IMD or transmitted to the IMD. |
| US10272249B2 |
Method and system to determine capture thresholds
Computer implemented methods and systems are provided for automatically determining capture thresholds for an implantable medical device equipped for cardiac stimulus pacing using a multi-pole left ventricular (LV) lead. The methods and systems measures a base capture threshold for a base pacing vector utilizing stimulation pulses varied over at least a portion of an outer test range. The base pacing vector is defined by a first LV electrode provided on the LV lead and a second electrode located remote from an LV chamber. The methods and systems designate a secondary pacing vector that includes the first LV electrode and a neighbor LV electrode provided on the LV lead. The methods and systems further define an inner test range having secondary limits based on the base capture threshold, wherein at least one of the limits for the inner test range differs from a corresponding limit for the outer test range. The methods and systems measure a secondary capture threshold associated with the secondary pacing vector utilizing stimulation pulses varied over at least a portion of the inner test range. |
| US10272248B2 |
Electrogram-based control of cardiac resynchronization therapy
In some examples, controlling delivery of CRT includes delivering ventricular pacing according to a sequence of different values of at least one of A-V delay or V-V delay, and acquiring one or more electrograms from respective vectors. For each of the different values of the at least one of A-V delay or V-V delay, at least one of a QRS amplitude or a QRS area may be determined based on the one or more electrograms, and a target change in QRS amplitude or QRS area between adjacent ones of the values of the at least one of A-V delay or V-V delay of the sequence may be identified. In response to the identification of the target change, the implantable medical device may deliver the ventricular pacing at a value of the at least one of A-V delay or V-V delay determined based on the identification to provide CRT. |
| US10272246B2 |
Methods for extravascular renal neuromodulation
Methods and apparatus are provided for renal neuromodulation using a pulsed electric field to effectuate electroporation or electrofusion. It is expected that renal neuromodulation (e.g., denervation) may, among other things, reduce expansion of an acute myocardial infarction, reduce or prevent the onset of morphological changes that are affiliated with congestive heart failure, and/or be efficacious in the treatment of end stage renal disease. Embodiments of the present invention are configured for extravascular delivery of pulsed electric fields to achieve such neuromodulation. |
| US10272245B2 |
Neural sensing method for retina application and device thereof
A neural sensing method includes the steps of: configuring an array of sensing units on a retina of a user, each of the sensing units detecting a signal and generating a sensed signal; generating a control signal by a control signal generator and transmitting the control signal to at least one electrode installed in a periphery of each of the sensing units; isolating each of the sensed signals by the control signal, thereby suppressing the mutual interference between the sensed signals by the control signal; and generating and outputting a processed signal to at least one neuron via a signal processing module with reference to the control signal and the sensed signals. The control signal has a signal strength lower than the sensing threshold of the at least one neuron. |
| US10272242B2 |
Device and implantation system for electrical stimulation of biological systems
The present specification discloses devices and methodologies for the treatment of GERD. Individuals with GERD may be treated by implanting a stimulation device within the patient's lower esophageal sphincter and applying electrical stimulation to the patient's lower esophageal sphincter, in accordance with certain predefined protocols. The presently disclosed devices have a simplified design because they do not require sensing systems capable of sensing when a person is engaged in a wet swallow, have improved energy storage requirements, enable improved LES function while concurrently delivering additional health benefits, and enable improved LES function post stimulation termination. |
| US10272241B2 |
Methods for modulating autophagy using remote ischemic conditioning
The invention contemplates, inter alia, the use of remote ischemic conditioning in the treatment of cancer, neurodegenerative disorders, and gastrointestinal disorders, among others. |
| US10272235B2 |
Drug releasing pelvic treatment system and method
Various embodiments of a pelvic treatment system and method are provided. The present invention can include one or more drug eluting darts or barbs that are lodged into the wall and will elute the drug over a desired time period (weeks, months for example) to treat OAB, BPH, tissue weaknesses, or other disorders or diseases. |
| US10272234B2 |
Devices for targeted delivery of therapeutic implants
A barrel adapter for a syringe having a barrel and plunger. The adapter comprises a barrel tip and a needle retraction mechanism having a needle subassembly with a needle and a lumen, actuator subassembly, and biasing member. The needle subassembly moves from an injection to a retracted position within the barrel tip. The actuator subassembly includes a retainer connected to the barrel tip, a stylet held in a stylet disc, and a prong passing into the retainer. The stylet slides within the needle lumen and is spaced from the needle tip in the injection position. The biasing member biases the NOM from the retainer. A locking arrangement compresses the biasing member when locked and releases the biasing member when actuated by depression of the plunger, which moves the prong against the retainer. The biasing member moves the needle and stylet from the injection position to the retracted position when released. |
| US10272233B2 |
Method to fabricate polymeric microneedles
The present disclosure relates generally to microneedle devices and methods for fabricating microneedles from a biocompatible polymer using photolithography. More particularly, aspects of the present disclosure are directed to the fabrication of microneedle devices using a biocompatible polymer (biopolymer) by way of biocompatible, essentially biocompatible, or substantially biocompatible fabrication techniques. |
| US10272232B2 |
Implantable fluid delivery apparatus and implantable electrode
A fluid delivery system for delivering fluid to an inner ear of a subject includes a septum configured to be embedded in the inner ear or on a promontory bone of the subject, a spear connector having a needle for insertion into the septum, a catheter in fluid communication with the spear connector, a fixation device configured to secure the septum to the inner ear or the promontory bone. |
| US10272229B2 |
Method and apparatus for allowing inflation of inflatable elements within medical devices
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a rigid connector which joins an inflation lumen to an inflatable element in a medical device. The connector comprises a shaft fluidly connected to a crossbar. Preferably one embodiment provides a stable junction through which an inflation fluid may pass and inflate an inflatable element which is not co-linear with the axis of inflation. The junction maintains a generally rigid, fixed angle in relation to the axis of the inflation lumen, which in many embodiments is perpendicular to said axis. This fixed orientation creates a robust structure which is resistant to deflection when forces are encountered during its use within tubular and non-tubular structures within the human body. Such a structure maintains a rigid orientation between the inflatable element and the catheter body. |
| US10272228B1 |
Expandable intubation assemblies
Expandable intubation assemblies and methods for using and making the same are provided. |
| US10272225B2 |
Gas delivery device and system
A gas delivery system including a gas delivery device, a control module and a gas delivery mechanism is described. An exemplary gas delivery device includes a valve assembly with a valve and circuit including a memory, a processor and a transceiver in communication with the memory. The memory may include gas data such as gas identification, gas expiration and gas concentration. The transceiver on the circuit of the valve assembly may send wireless optical line-of-sight signals to communicate the gas data to a control module. Exemplary gas delivery mechanisms include a ventilator and a breathing circuit. Methods of administering gas are also described. |
| US10272224B2 |
Huff cough simulation device
A respiratory treatment device having an inlet configured to receive exhaled air into the device and an outlet configured to permit exhaled air to exit the device. A blocking member is moveable between a closed position where the flow of air through the device is restricted, and an open position where the flow of air through the device is less restricted. A biasing member is configured to bias the blocking member toward the closed position, wherein a level of bias decreases as the blocking member moves from the closed position to the open position. |
| US10272223B2 |
Respiratory valve apparatus
The invention relates to a pressure responsive respiratory valve apparatus for enabling positive pressure from a source of pressure to be applied to a user's airway, and allowing ingress of a breathable gas from an inlet port into a user's airway during inhalation and egress of expired tidal volume of air from the user's respiratory system to an exhalation port during exhalation. The invention minimizes rebreathing of expired gas and optimizes delivery of pressurized breathable gas by venting gas only during exhalation, as well as addressing important user considerations including minimizing noise, pressure swing, and size. |
| US10272218B2 |
Breathing assistance apparatus
A mask assembly for use as part of an apparatus for supplying a flow of respiratory gases to a user is disclosed. The mask assembly includes a mask body having an inlet through which said flow of respiratory gases are provided to the interior of said mask body. A mask seal assembly comprising a seal of flexible material and a clip of rigid material is attached to the body. The seal has a first side and a second side. The first side of the seal is shaped to approximately match the contours of a user's face and in use substantially seal against a user's face. The second side is attached to the clip. The clip provides an interface extending substantially the full perimeter or periphery of the mask seal assembly for releasably attaching the mask seal assembly to the mask body. The clip comprises a bridging portion spanning outwards from the perimeter or periphery of the mask body to space at least a portion of the second side of the seal outwards from the perimeter or periphery of the mask body. |
| US10272217B2 |
Device for gripping and directing bougies for intubation
An apparatus for endotracheal intubation. The apparatus allows medical personnel to grip and stabilize a bougie inside the apparatus and maintain a curve position during intubation processes. The apparatus can be used for a solid bougie and/or a hollow bougie. The apparatus may further have a connector for connecting the apparatus to an external suction device or oxygen delivery device. |
| US10272216B2 |
Nebulizer
It is a support mask with a mounting strip to the head of the user. Inside the mask, the actuating mask is fixed with its vapor inlet tube connected, removable, with the injector tube of an external receptacle where a micro compact removable nebulizer is set up. The micro nebulizer has a micro ultrasonic cavitation microsystem capable of generating the vibrations necessary to vaporize the medicated liquid contained in a built-up tank. That ultrasonic mechanism is activated by a small electronic device with an activation button that is housed in a side enclosed area and is powered by batteries inside a similar battery enclosed area on the opposite side. The external surface of said support mask, presents, in strategic places, fixation means to enable an external party face mask of a laminar material molded similar to those characters admired by children. |
| US10272214B2 |
Valve for pressurized metered dose dispenser
A valve for an aerosol canister for containing medicaments is disclosed. The valve comprises a valve assembly, a ferrule for holding the valve assembly and a gasket for insertion into the ferrule. The ferrule has at least one ferrule interference surface and the gasket has at least one gasket interference surface, and the contact zone between the ferrule interference surface and the gasket interference surface comprises a plurality of relief portions. Preferably, the ferrule interference surface comprises a plurality of ferrule relief pockets and the gasket interference surface comprises a plurality of gasket relief pockets. Also disclosed is a method of manufacturing a valve for an aerosol canister. |
| US10272208B2 |
Apparatus and system for controlling permeation and diffusion of solute and/or solvent locally
A permeation apparatus comprises an aspiration tube; an injection tube; and a water-absorbing cover member for covering at least a distal end of the injection tube and a vicinity of the distal end. The aspiration tube is configured to aspirate a fluid flowing from the water-absorbing cover member into the aspiration tube. |
| US10272206B2 |
Leuprolide injection
The present invention provides a sterile solution comprising leuprolide acetate in a pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle, wherein solution is present as a reservoir in a multiple dose pen injection device, the device being adapted to subcutaneously inject a portion of the said reservoir in a single daily dose and further being adapted to provide multiple portions of solution said while the reservoir remains sterile. |
| US10272202B2 |
Auto-injector
Described is an injection device for administering a dose of a medicament (M) comprising a carrier adapted to contain a syringe having a hollow injection needle and a stopper, a drive spring, a plunger adapted to forward load of the drive spring to the stopper, and a noise component adapted to generate an audible and/or tactile feedback by impacting a component of the injection device when the stopper is located at a proximal end of the syringe. In a first state, a resilient arm on the plunger is maintained in engagement with the noise component by the carrier. In a second state, the arm disengages the noise component and deflects at least partially into an aperture in the carrier. |
| US10272201B2 |
Insertion site monitoring methods and related infusion devices and systems
Infusion systems, infusion devices, and related operating methods are provided. An exemplary method of operating an infusion device involves obtaining one or more measurement values of a physiological condition in the body of a user during an initial monitoring period and determining a fasting reference value for a metric based on the one or more measurement values. After the initial monitoring period, the method continues by obtaining an updated measurement value during a fasting period, determining a current value for the metric based at least in part on the updated measurement value, and generating a notification in response to a deviation between the current value and the fasting reference value exceeding a threshold indicative of insertion site loss or other loss of effectiveness. |
| US10272199B2 |
Device for drug delivery
Delivery of more than one therapeutic fluid as a means to control symptoms of a health conditions is disclosed. More than one therapeutic fluid may be dispensed from more than one reservoir and delivered to a user's body via one or more cannula that penetrate the skin. The therapeutic fluids may be delivered by action of one or more pumping mechanisms that may be controlled by a processor in a portable, ambulatory device. The therapeutic fluids may optionally be insulin and one or more of an amylin analog, pramlintide acetate and an exenatide, and the health condition may optionally be diabetes. This device can be used in combination with a glucometer. |
| US10272196B2 |
Infusion pumps
Ambulatory infusion pumps, pump assemblies, cartridges, baseplates, cannulas, insertion tools, and related components as well as combinations thereof and related methods. |
| US10272192B2 |
Site specific drug delivery device
A drug delivery device is provided for directly treating a treatment site. The device allows body fluids to perfuse past the device while it is expanded to increase the amount of treatment time that is possible. The drug is delivered through a hollow helical tube that extends around a support structure. The hollow tube includes a series of lateral holes to allow the drug to directly reach the desired treatment site. |
| US10272191B2 |
MEMS based filter and catalizer
The present invention provides a filter for separating particles and/or catalyzer for particle reaction in a fluid. The device comprising array of passageways fabricated on a die wherein the passageway size is controlled by actuators. The passageway size is monitored and the actuators controlling the passageway size are activated conditionally upon the passageway size monitoring. Using movable actuators the passageway can achieve passageway size that is less then the fabrication minimal resolution. Proper locating, setting and/or activation of the actuators create passageways that can perform filtration of particles, trapping of particles and catalyzing particles reaction. |
| US10272181B2 |
Method for obtaining an injectable hydrogel based on hyaluronic acid containing lidocaine and an alkaline agent, sterilized with heat
The object of the present invention is a method for obtaining an injectable hydrogel based on hyaluronic acid containing lidocaine hydrochloride and an alkaline agent, sterilized with heat, having hyaluronic acid concentration and flow properties, equivalent to those of the corresponding hydrogel based on hyaluronic acid not containing any lidocaine hydrochloride. The present invention also relates to various uses of the aforementioned hydrogel. |
| US10272178B2 |
Methods for blood-brain barrier disruption using electrical energy
The present invention provides engineered tissue scaffolds, engineered tissues, and methods of using them. The scaffolds and tissues are derived from natural tissues and are created using non-thermal irreversible electroporation (IRE). Use of IRE allows for ablation of cells of the tissue to be treated, but allows vascular and neural structures to remain essentially unharmed. Use of IRE thus permits preparation of thick tissue scaffolds and tissues due to the presence of vasculature within the scaffolds. The engineered tissues can be used in methods of treating subjects, such as those in need of tissue replacement or augmentation. |
| US10272177B2 |
Joint replacement or joint resurfacing devices, systems and methods
Joint resurfacing and/or replacement devices, systems and methods that include thin film ternary ceramic coatings that are effective to provide reliable articulation and bearing surfaces and protection of both articular and modular junction surfaces from the potential for corrosion, wear, and fretting, and reduce the potential for release of metal ions from the joint systems. Isoelasticity is provided according to the particular joint resurfacing/replacement devices, systems and methods based on parameters that include material of construction, porosity and coating system. The thin film ternary ceramic coatings may be functionalized to enhance hydrophilicity and may be employed in any anatomical articulating joint region. Titanium alloy composite structures are provided that include an ultra-porous structured titanium alloy bone fixation surface and an opposed solid articular surface and a thin film ternary ceramic coating applied to one or both opposed surfaces. |
| US10272174B2 |
Bone cement and methods of use thereof
A bone cement comprising an acrylic polymer mixture which is formulated to have a relatively high viscosity for a relatively long window, due to distributions of molecular weights and/or sizes of acrylic beads. |
| US10272170B2 |
Aerosol generating device with air flow nozzles
There is provided an aerosol generating device, including a vaporizer for heating an aerosol-forming substrate to form an aerosol; a plurality of air flow nozzles; and at least one air outlet. The air flow nozzles and the air outlet are arranged to define an air flow route between the air flow nozzles and the air outlet. Each of the air flow nozzles includes an aperture arranged to direct air towards the vicinity of the vaporizer in a direction across the surface of the vaporizer so as to manage particle size in the aerosol. |
| US10272169B2 |
Ozone ventilation systems and methods
A system and method of sanitizing one or more structures within an enclosed space includes operatively coupling an ozone ventilation control unit to an ultraviolet (UV) light assembly, an ozone sensor, and an exhaust fan, using the ozone ventilation control unit to operate the UV light assembly to emit UV light into or onto structure(s) of the enclosed space during a cleaning cycle, receiving, by the ozone ventilation control unit, an ozone presence signal indicative of an amount of ozone within the enclosed space from an ozone sensor that detects the amount of ozone within the enclosed space, using the ozone ventilation control unit to selectively activate and deactivate the exhaust fan based on the amount of ozone within the enclosed space, and using the ozone ventilation control unit to selectively activate and deactivate the UV light assembly based on the amount of ozone within the enclosed space. |
| US10272160B2 |
Nanostructures comprising cobalt porphyrin-phospholipid conjugates and polyhistidine-tags
The present disclosure provides nanostructures (e.g., monolayer or bilayer nanostructures) comprising porphyrins with cobalt chelated thereto such that the cobalt metal resides within monolayer or bilayer in the porphyrin macrocycle. The nanostructures can have presentation molecules with a histidine tag attached thereto, such that at least a part of the his-tag is within the monolayer or bilayer and coordinated to the cobalt metal core and the presentation molecules are exposed to the outside of the nanostructures. The nanostructures can further comprise a cargo. The nanostructures can be used to deliver the cargo to an individual. |
| US10272159B2 |
IgG Fc fragment for a drug carrier and method for the preparation thereof
Disclosed is an IgG Fc fragment useful as a drug carrier. A recombinant vector expressing the IgG Fc fragment, a transformant transformed with the recombinant vector, and a method of preparing an IgG Fc fragment are disclosed. When conjugated to a certain drug, the IgG Fc fragment improves the in vivo duration of action of the drug and minimizes the in vivo activity reduction of the drug. |
| US10272156B2 |
Composition comprising an organic liquid diluent and a cellulose ether of very low viscosity
A liquid composition which comprises an organic liquid diluent and at least one non-ionic cellulose ether having a viscosity of up to 2.33 mPa·s, measured as a 2 wt.-% solution in water at 20° C., is stable over an extended time period.The liquid composition is useful for preparing a solid dispersion comprising at least one active ingredient in at least one cellulose ether by spray-drying.Alternatively a solid dispersion can be produced by blending and extruding at least one active ingredient, at least one cellulose ether having a viscosity of up to 2.33 mPa·s and optionally one or more adjuvants. |
| US10272155B2 |
Use of polymeric materials with other substances for improved performance
Methods of enabling or improving the ability of a hydrogel to swell in the stomach of an animal and/or increasing the amount of time said hydrogel remains swollen in the stomach are described herein. In one embodiment, a polymer is administered in combination with one or more pH modifying agents which raise and maintain the pH of the micro environment of the polymer and/or the stomach in order inducing swelling in the polymer. The polymer can be a homopolymer, a copolymer, or a polymer blend or composite. In one embodiment, the polymer is a superabsorbent polymer (“SAP”). The polymers can also be administered with one or more active agents, such as appetite suppressants. The pH modifying agent and/or the active agent can be administered simultaneously with the polymer in the same dosage form, simultaneously with the polymer in separate dosage forms, or sequentially. The compositions are formulated for oral administration. The formulation can include drugs for delivery to the stomach, such as antibiotics, or the hydrogel can be used as a filler, for example, for obesity control. The formulation an also be used to enhance gastric retention, for example, for controlled drug delivery. Methods of delivering a drug are also described herein, along with medicaments for carrying out the methods of the present invention. |
| US10272154B2 |
Antigen binding proteins that bind WISP1
There is disclosed compositions and methods relating to or derived from anti-WISP1 antibodies. More specifically, there is disclosed fully human antibodies that bind WISP1, WISP1-binding fragments and derivatives of such antibodies, and WISP1-binding polypeptides comprising such fragments. Further still, there is disclosed nucleic acids encoding such antibodies, antibody fragments and derivatives and polypeptides, cells comprising such polynucleotides, methods of making such antibodies, antibody fragments and derivatives and polypeptides, and methods of using such antibodies, antibody fragments and derivatives and polypeptides, including methods of treating or diagnosing subjects having WISP1 related disorders or conditions. There is also disclosed a method for treating or preventing various cancers or inflammatory diseases and various diseases of the heart, bone/joints or lung. |
| US10272150B2 |
Combination PIV3/hMPV RNA vaccines
The disclosure relates to respiratory virus ribonucleic acid (RNA) vaccines and combination vaccines, as well as methods of using the vaccines and compositions comprising the vaccines. |
| US10272149B2 |
Modified bat influenza viruses and their uses
Vaccine compositions useful for vaccination against a target influenza strain, and method and kits for using the same. The vaccines comprise a live attenuated influenza virus that is synthetically constructed based upon a backbone platform derived from a bat influenza strain, and heterologous surface proteins HA and NA derived from the target influenza strain. The live attenuated virus is non-reassortant with native, circulating influenza strains, and can be used to create vaccines for humans and other animals. |
| US10272148B2 |
Chimeric influenza virus-like particles comprising hemagglutinin
A method for synthesizing chimeric influenza virus-like particles (VLPs) within a plant or a portion of a plant is provided. The method involves expression of chimeric influenza HA in a plant or a portion of a plant. The invention is also directed towards a VLP comprising chimeric influenza HA protein and plants lipids. The invention is also directed to a nucleic acid encoding chimeric influenza HA as well as vectors. The VLPs may be used to formulate influenza vaccines, or may be used to enrich existing vaccines. |
| US10272140B2 |
Thermosensitive hydrogel collagenase formulations
It is an object of the present disclosure to provide a formulation for injectable collagenase which will have extended residence time for the drug at the therapeutic targeted area for the indication being treated. It is a further object of the disclosure to provide a slow release formulation for collagenase which is compatible with the active ingredient and does not adversely affect its activity. Still a further object of the disclosure is to provide an injectable formulation for collagenase which can be effectively administered to a patient with a small size needle without exhibiting pregelation, which would interfere with the ability to deliver the required dose for treatment. |
| US10272136B2 |
Diagnostic and therapeutic uses of gelsolin in renal failure
The invention is directed, in part, to the use of gelsolin to diagnose, monitor, and treat subjects with renal failure (e.g., chronic renal failure subjects on dialysis). |
| US10272134B2 |
Autologous HIV-1 proteins for the treatment of latent HIV-1 infection
A method of reducing a latent HIV-specific memory-CD4+ T cell pool in a subject includes the steps of: preparing at least one HIV-1 protein coding sequence from a sample obtained from the subject, wherein the sample includes HIV-1 RNA; introducing the at least one HIV-1 protein coding sequence into at least one expression construct using yeast homologous recombination; transfecting a cell with the at least one expression construct, wherein the HIV-1 protein is secreted by the cell and administering a therapeutically effective amount of the secreted HIV-1 protein and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier to the subject, wherein the secreted HIV-1 protein stimulates latent HIV-specific memory-CD4+ T cells to induce latent HIV-1 replication resulting in HIV-specific memory-CD4+ T cell death in the subject. |
| US10272132B2 |
Peptide and peptidomimetic inhibitors
The present invention provides inhibitors and/or antagonists of plasma kallikrein. Also provided are methods of utilizing the inhibitors as therapeutics. |
| US10272129B1 |
Ointment
A method of making an ointment that begins to work on contact, is all-natural and organic, is an anti-inflammatory ointment for pain relief and wound healing, which is to be applied to the skin. Further claimed is ointment produced by said method. |
| US10272128B2 |
Antioxidant ingredient with low calorie content, process for obtaining same and use thereof
The present invention relates to an antioxidant ingredient with low calorie content obtainable by a process that comprises the following steps: (a) selecting as raw material at least one fruit and/or plant material with high antioxidant content, greater than 6 g/100 g dry matter; (b) obtaining juice and pulp by means of grinding, squeezing and/or pressing the raw material; (c) extracting sugars from the pulp obtained in the preceding step in order to produce a pulp with low calorie content; (d) dehydrating the pulp by means of a method selected from air drying, low-temperature drying with application of vacuum and/or freeze-drying; and (e) milling the pulp in order to produce the antioxidant ingredient with low calorie content. Likewise, the invention relates to the process for obtaining said ingredient and to the use thereof for the production of functional foods. |
| US10272126B2 |
Nanoparticle-stabilized microcapsules, dispersions comprising nanoparticle-stabilized microcapsules, and method for the treatment of bacterial biofilms
A stabilized microcapsule includes a liquid hydrophobic core including an essential oil and an aromatic monoaldehyde, and a shell encapsulating the core, the shell including a plurality of amino-functionalized inorganic nanoparticles. Also disclosed is a dispersion including a plurality of the stabilized microcapsules. The microcapsules and dispersions can be particularly useful for treating a bacterial biofilm. |
| US10272124B2 |
Use of helminthostachys, ugonins or flavone-based compounds for the treatment or prevention of metabolic diseases
Disclosed is a use of Helminthostachys zeylanica, ugonins or compounds of formula (I) for the treatment or prevention of metabolic diseases comprising at least one selected from metabolic syndrome, excessive lipid accumulation, obesity, overweight, fatty liver, hepatic steatosis, hepatitis, cirrhosis, liver cancer, dyslipidemia, hyperlipidemia, hypertriglyceridemia, hyperlipoproteinemia, hypercholesterolemia, cardiovascular disease, hyperglycemia, hyperinsulinemia, diabetes mellitus type 2, insulin resistance, insulin disorder, impaired glucose tolerance and a combination thereof. |
| US10272121B2 |
Composition containing an extract of a sequential or simultaneous fermentation
Disclosed herein is a topical composition that contains a fermentation extract from a simultaneous or sequential fermentation. When topically applied to skin, the composition of the invention is effective in stimulating the production of hyaluronic acid, CD44 and Caspase 14 protein in skin cells. |
| US10272119B2 |
Amniotic membrane preparations and purified compositions and therapy for scar reversal and inhibition
Compositions having a combination of specific biological components have been found to exert a number of useful effects in mammalian cells, including modulating TGF β signaling, apoptosis, and proliferation of mammalian cells, as well as decreasing inflammation in mice. These components can be obtained commercially, or can be prepared from biological tissues such as placental tissues. Placental amniotic membrane (AM) preparations described herein include AM pieces, AM extracts, AM jelly, AM stroma, and mixtures of these compositions with additional components. The compositions can be used to treat various diseases, such as wound healing, inflammation and angiogenesis-related diseases. |
| US10272117B2 |
Methods of using an activator of cereblon for neural cell expansion and the treatment of central nervous system disorders
Provided herein, for example, are methods generally relating to the expansion and/or regeneration of central nervous system (CNS) cells, such as nerve cells, astrocytes and oligodendrocytes, using an activator of cereblon (CRBN), such as an inhibitor of a CRBN substrate or downstream protein. Also provided herein, for example, are methods related to the expansion of neural stem cells, neural progenitor cells, or neural precursor cells and/or differentiation of these cells into CNS cells using a BRD7 antagonist, Ikaros antagonist, or CRBN activator. In certain embodiments, the methods further comprise differentiation of certain stem cells into the neural stem cells, neural progenitor cells, or neural precursor cells using a BRD7 antagonist, Ikaros antagonist, or CRBN activator. Also provided herein, for example, are methods of preventing or treating a CNS cell defective disease, disorder or condition, or a symptom thereof, using a BRD7 antagonist, Ikaros antagonist, or CRBN activator. |
| US10272115B2 |
Production and use of red blood cells
The present disclosure relates to the production of red blood cells from hematopoietic stem cells, by differentiating such cells in the presence of a protein that induces cell survival and proliferation. |
| US10272114B1 |
Peptides and scaffolds for use in immunotherapy against head and neck squamous cell carcinoma and other cancers
The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules. |
| US10272112B2 |
Microsphere-based delivery and ex vivo manipulation of dendritic cells for autoimmune therapies
The present invention relates to tolerogenic mammalian dendritic cells (iDCs) and methods for the production of tolerogenic DCs. In addition, the present invention provides methods for administration of tolerogenic dendritic cells as well as particles containing oligonucleotides to mammalian subjects. Enhanced tolerogenicity in a host can be useful for treating inflammatory and autoimmune related diseases, such as type 1 diabetes. |
| US10272109B2 |
Organs for transplantation
The invention provides methods and compositions that improve the success of organ transplantation. The methods and compositions are directed to exposing a desired organ to stem cells prior to, during, and/or after transplantation. In one embodiment, the stem cells reduce the deleterious effects of ischemia on an organ designated to be harvested for transplantation or that has been harvested for transplantation. In another embodiment in which an organ designated for transplantation is perfused ex vivo, the method involves reducing ischemic reperfusion injury by perfusing the organ with a medium that contains stem cells. |
| US10272107B2 |
Method for treating inflammatory brain disorders and traumatic brain injury
The present invention provides methods for treating an inflammatory brain disease and for treating a traumatic brain injury in a human having an inflammatory component applying transdermal pharmaceutical compositions comprising chromium, magnesium, and thiamine as active ingredient compounds that act as neuroprotective iron chelators and brain glucose-uptake enhancement that are suitable for the treatment of traumatic brain injury. The invention further relates to methods of delivering the pharmaceutical compositions that target the brain and/or central nervous system certain novel iron chelators of the type described in the specification. |
| US10272105B2 |
Plant medium including an oxygen-enabled composition
A composition including a plant medium and a poly-oxygenated metal hydroxide that comprises a clathrate containing oxygen gas molecules. The poly-oxygenated metal hydroxide may comprise of a poly-oxygenated aluminum hydroxide. The composition may include one or more nutrients. The composition may be in a solid form, a fluid form, or a combination thereof. The poly-oxygenated aluminum hydroxide is soluble in a fluid. In one embodiment, the poly-oxygenated metal hydroxide composition may have particles having a diameter of 212 μm or less, and which may be homogeneous. |
| US10272099B2 |
Tumor-selective combination therapy
The therapies described herein can be selectively lethal toward a variety of different cancer cell types and cancer conditions in a subject. The combination therapies described herein can be useful for the management, treatment, control, or adjunct treatment of diseases, where the selective lethality is beneficial in chemotherapeutic therapy, particularly where the disease is accompanied by elevated levels of NQO1. |
| US10272097B2 |
Uses of oxygenated cholesterol sulfates (OCS)
Methods of preventing and/or treating ischemia, organ dysfunction and/or organ failure, including multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS), and necrosis and apoptosis associated with organ dysfunction/failure, are provided. For instance, the methods involve contacting organ(s) with an oxygenated cholesterol sulfate (OCS), e.g. 5-cholesten-3,25-diol, 3-sulfate (25HC3S). The organ(s) may be in vivo (e.g. in a patient that is treated with the OCS) or ex vivo (e.g. an organ that has been harvested from a donor and is to be transplanted). |
| US10272096B2 |
Methods and systems of treating wounds
The invention generally relates to methods for treating and/or reducing the severity of a wound in a subject. Provided are wound therapies combining low level light therapy (LLLT) and a nitric oxide (NO) donor to treat and/or reduce the severity of the wound. The LLLT and NO donor may be administered concurrently or sequentially. Also provided are wound treatment systems and kits including a light source and a NO donor, which are administered to a wounded subject. Further provided are pharmaceutical compositions that comprise a NO donor and are formulated to be administered in conjunction with LLLT. |
| US10272095B2 |
NRF2 regulators
The present invention relates to aryl analogs, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as NRF2 regulators. |
| US10272093B2 |
Use of H3K9me3 modulation for enhancing cognitive function
Use of H3K9me3 modulation for enhancing cognitive function and treating anxiety related disorders is presented. A composition is administered to the subject comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a SUV39H1 inhibitor comprising analogs of ETP69. The therapeutically effective amount is effective in treating cognitive dysfunction in aging and age-related disorders. |
| US10272089B2 |
Methotrexate for proliferative vitreoretinopathy
The use of methotrexate, e.g., repeated dosing or sustained-release formulations of methotrexate, for treating or reducing risk of proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) or epiretinal membranes (ERM), e.g., after surgical vitrectomy to treat retinal detachment. |
| US10272085B2 |
Pyrimidine derivatives for the treatment of viral infections
This invention relates to pyrimidine derivatives, processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions, and their use in treating viral infections such as HCV or HBV. |
| US10272080B2 |
Selective dopamine D4 receptor agonists for treatment of working memory deficits
Working memory deficits are treated and working memory is improved with a composition that comprises a therapeutically effective amount of one or more respective selective dopamine D4 receptor agonists and/or pharmaceutically acceptable analogs, salts or hydrates of the respective one or more selective dopamine D4 receptor agonists. This composition can be administered to a subject to improve the subject's working memory. |
| US10272079B2 |
NHE3-binding compounds and methods for inhibiting phosphate transport
Provided are NHE3-binding and/or NHE3-modulating agents having activity as phosphate transport inhibitors, including inhibitors of phosphate transport in the gastrointestinal tract and the kidneys, and methods for their use as therapeutic or prophylactic agent. |
| US10272072B2 |
Compounds and compositions for the inhibition of NAMPT
The present invention relates to compounds and compositions for the inhibition of NAMPT, their synthesis, applications and antidotes. An illustrative compound of the invention is shown below: |
| US10272070B2 |
Method for treating neurodegenerative diseases
The present invention is directed to a method for treating a neurodegenerative disease such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Alzheimer disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, frontotemporal degeneration, dementia with Lewy bodies, a motor neuron disease, or a demyelinating disease. The method comprises administering to a subject in need thereof a Ppargc1a activator 2-(4-tert-butylphenyl)-1H-benzimidazole, 2-[4-(1,1-dimethylethyl)phenyl]-1H-benzimidazole, in an effective amount. A preferred route of administration is oral administration. |
| US10272066B2 |
Compounds for the treatment of diseases linked to mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (ROS) production
The present invention relates to the use of compounds for the prevention and treatment of diseases whose initiation and/or evolution relates to the production and effects of reactive oxygen species (ROS) of mitochondrial origin. |
| US10272065B2 |
Gem-difluorinated C-glycoside compounds as anti-cancer agents
The present document describes a synthesis of a class of gem-difluorinated C-glycoside compounds derived from podophyllotoxin, which may be used, but not exclusively, in oncology for the treatment of cancer. More particularly, the podophyllotoxin gem-difluorinated C-glycoconjugated derivatives display improved conformational and chemical stability, and improved cytotoxicity exhibited against drug-resistant cancer cell lines. |
| US10272062B2 |
Modified release gamma-hydroxybutyrate formulations having improved pharmacokinetics
Modified release formulations of gamma-hydroxybutyrate having improved dissolution and pharmacokinetic properties are provided, and therapeutic uses thereof. |
| US10272060B2 |
Eicosapentaenoic acid-producing microorganisms, fatty acid compositions, and methods of making and uses thereof
The invention is directed to microbial oils containing omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids comprising docosahexaenoic acid, eicosapentaenoic acid, and optionally docosapentaenoic acid and dosage forms containing such oils. |
| US10272055B2 |
Therapeutic compounds and methods
Biguanide compounds and salts thereof are disclosed. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions and therapeutic methods for treating certain diseases including cancer such as breast cancer. |
| US10272054B2 |
Topical antifungal compositions
Aqueous, topical antifungal compositions contain an allylamine or an azole as the antifungal agent together with a lactate ester, an organic acid (pKa 3.8-5), a C2 to C6 saturated aliphatic alcohol, and a cationic galactomannan gum. |
| US10272052B2 |
Compositions and methods for the treatment of tauopathies
Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for treating tauopathies such as Alzheimer's disease (AD). Also provided herein are methods of reducing or disrupting tau aggregation in a subject, and methods of reducing tau protein in a subject. The methods may include administering to the subject a therapeutic amount of hexachlorophene, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Further provided herein are pharmaceutical compositions comprising hexachlorophene, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for the treatment of a tauopathy in a subject. |
| US10272050B2 |
Nanoparticles and methods of use
This disclosure relates to nanoparticles, compositions, methods of making, and methods of use thereof. |
| US10272045B2 |
High surface-area lyophilized compositions comprising arsenic for oral administration in patients
The present invention relates to treating malignancies such as tumors or cancers by orally administering lyophilized compositions comprising arsenic to a subject in such need. Malignancies include various hematological malignancies, such as acute myeloid leukemia (AML) including acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL), myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), multiple myeloma (MM) and lymphomas and solid tumors including glioblastoma multiforme and breast cancer. Arsenic treatment has shown great promise in the treatment of several cancers but requires daily intravenous (IV) administration. This invention relates to a novel formulation comprising a lyophilized compositions comprising arsenic. As a result, the formulation facilitates a systemic bioavailability comparable to that of intravenous (IV) administration of arsenic trioxide currently practiced. The present invention also relates to a method for lyophilizing the arsenic trioxide, preparing the oral formulation comprising lyophilized compositions comprising arsenic, and a method for treating a subject with malignancies using the oral formulation. |
| US10272044B2 |
Method for the production of emulsion-based microparticles
The apparatus and methods of the present invention are of use for the production of emulsion-based microparticles containing a biological or chemical agent. In particular, the apparatus provides a vessel; packing material situated inside such vessel and may further provide material capable of insertion into both ends of said vessel for enclosure of the packing material. In a particular embodiment, the apparatus is a packed bed apparatus. The methods include production of emulsion based microparticles containing a biological or chemical agent. The usefulness of the present invention is that the apparatus and methods of the present invention provide for a low-shear, non-turbulent, production of emulsion-based microparticles that provides a narrow, reproducible, particle size distribution, capable of use with both large and small volumes that is capable of being conveniently scaled up while providing predictable emulsion properties. |
| US10272028B2 |
Cosmetic Compostions
A method of reducing melanogenesis in skin is disclosed. The method can include topically applying to skin in need thereof a composition comprising an effective amount of an aqueous and glycerin extract of Rhododendron ferrugineum (alpine rose) leaf to reduce melanocyte pigmentation in the skin. |
| US10272027B2 |
Lipstick composition having improved comfort
Provided are cosmetic compositions comprising a silicone acrylate copolymer, a polypropylsilsesquioxane film forming resin, a hydrocarbon-based resin, a non-volatile oil, a volatile hydrocarbon solvent, and optionally a wax, wherein the ratio of the silicone acrylate copolymer to the polypropylsilsesquioxane resin is from about 1:1 to about 4:1, the weight percent ratio of silicone acrylate copolymer plus the polypropylsilsesquioxane film forming resin to the at least one hydrocarbon-based resin is from about 1.5:1 to about 30:1 on a dry weight basis, and the total amount of the polypropyl silsesquioxane film forming resin and the silicone acrylate copolymer is greater than about 10% on a dry weight basis relative to the weight of the composition. |
| US10272026B2 |
Water-in-oil emulsion compositions suitable for altering the color of hair
Provided are water-in-oil emulsion compositions which comprise: a. an alkalizing agent; b. a dimethicone surfactant; c. a fatty alcohol having a C16-36 alkyl group; d. an amphoteric surfactant; e. a waxy ether or a waxy ester; and f. a thickener. Such compositions may further comprise a hair colorant compound comprising an oxidation dye, and are suitable as a hair color-altering composition. Also provided are kits and methods of using said compositions. |
| US10272023B2 |
Hair conditioning cosmetic compositions containing a mixture of amidoamines
Compositions are provided and described herein which include cosmetic and hair conditioning compositions having a mixture of stearamidopropyl dimethylamine and behenamidopropyl dimethylamine. Also provided are methods for conditioning hair using such mixtures. |
| US10272017B2 |
Aqueous dental glass ionomer composition
An aqueous dental glass ionomer composition comprising (A) a reactive particulate glass, (B) a water-soluble polymer comprising acidic groups, which is reactive with the particulate glass in a cement reaction, (C) a water-soluble, hydrolysis-stable monomer having a single polymerizable double bond and optionally a carboxylic acid group or hydroxyl group; (D) a water-soluble, hydrolysis-stable polymerizable crosslinker having at least two polymerizable carbon-carbon double bonds; and (E) a polymerization initiator system. |
| US10272016B2 |
Catheter with imaging assembly
A catheter with an imaging assembly is disclosed. The catheter is used with a console for viewing and/or storing images obtained from the catheter. The catheter may be a feeding tube assembly. The imaging assembly on the feeding tube assembly allows a user to confirm placement of the feeding tube assembly in the patient's alimentary canal. |
| US10272014B2 |
Systems and methods for providing network connectivity and remote monitoring, optimization, and control of pool/spa equipment
Systems and methods for providing network connectivity and remote monitoring, optimization, and control of pool/spa equipment are provided. “Internet-of-Things” (IoT) functionality is provided for pool and spa equipment in a flexible and cost-effective manner. Network connectivity and remote monitoring/control of pool and spa equipment is provided by various components such as a network communication and local control subsystem installed in pool/spa equipment, and other components. Also disclosed are various control processes (“pool logic”) which can be embodied as software code installed in any of the various embodiments of the present disclosure. |
| US10272013B2 |
CPR feedback system progressively diminishing target compression depth to prevent over-compression
A CPR feedback system, software and methods are provided. A top height sensor can be used to track the height of the patient's chest during the CPR chest compressions, by detecting a top aspect of its location. A depth module may generate, from a detected top aspect, a depth value for a depth reached by a current compression. A counter may determine a compressions number, e.g. for the current compression. A memory may store a depth variable that can return different target values for the target depths of individual compressions. A user interface has an output device that may output an indication for the rescuer, which reflects how well the depth value of the current compression matched a corresponding target value for it. The target values may be set so as to follow a preset profile, or change according to optional measurements of force and other parameters. |
| US10272011B1 |
Linear motion male sexual stimulation device
An electromechanical device for male sexual stimulation that uses a reciprocal linear motion similar to sexual intercourse, and wherein the penis remains fully inserted during use. The reciprocal linear motion is generated by a small motor which drives a screw and nut mechanism, to which a bracket and gripper is attached. Inserted into the gripper is a flexible sleeve. A penis may be inserted into the device inside the flexible sleeve. The movement of the gripper and sleeve against the penis provides pressure and motion against the penis inside the sleeve in a manner similar to sexual intercourse. The speed, pattern, and location of the motion can be controlled by the user through controls on the outside of the device. |
| US10272008B2 |
Headset system
Arrangements described herein relate to a headset system and a method to manufacturing the headset system, the headset system including a headset configured to lay on top of a surface and to support a head of a subject when the subject is in a supine position or a reclined position, at least one probe adjustment mechanism, and a probe coupled to the at least one probe adjustment mechanism and configured to emit acoustic energy. |
| US10272006B2 |
Care method and care robot used therein
A care method and a care robot that can simplify care and reduce the burden on a caregiver, in particular the burden on the caregiver during the transfer of a care receiver. A sheet is spread out on top of a bed, and the care receiver is laid on the sheet. The sheet is formed so that both ends thereof have parts to be held that are held by arms of a robot. The robot and the arms are positioned relative to the care receiver, and the robot is moved towards the bed so that the arms hold the parts to be held. The arms are raised by a predetermined distance, and when the arms are in the raised state, the robot is moved away from the bed. |
| US10272002B2 |
Adult diaper apparatus
The invention features a diaper apparatus that may be adaptable for use by users of different sizes, weights etc. where the apparatus may, in one aspect of an embodiment of the present invention include the use of flaps (ties) and/or chords for, among other things, fastening and adjustment. |
| US10271996B2 |
Device for an eversion assist of inverted nipples
The invention is a single-unit areolar device of ultralight construction with an adhesive back that relies on no additional parts or components to effectively manipulate nipple orientation for eversion assist. The device builds upon the interplay between the adhesive-back flat base with the areola tissue to create a gentle, focused nudge to evert assist and maintain protraction of inverted nipples. The ultralight single-unit device is comfortable to wear for extended periods of time, easily concealed beneath clothing, and remains securely in place while active or asleep. The disposable attributes of the cost effective materials utilized lend further advantage to the device. |
| US10271995B2 |
Wound dressing with adhesive margin
A wound dressing comprising: a backing sheet; a layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive on the backing sheet; an island of absorbent material having smaller area than the backing sheet and applied onto a central region of the backing sheet so as to leave a margin of adhesive-coated backing sheet around the absorbent material, and an apertured wound facing layer applied over the absorbent material and adhered to the backing sheet around said island by said pressure-sensitive adhesive, wherein the apertured wound facing layer comprises an apertured substrate having a coating of a silicone gel on the wound facing surface thereof, the open area of the apertured wound facing layer is from about 5% to about 75%, and the apertured wound facing layer comprises apertures having an open area of from about 2 mm2 to about 100 mm2. |
| US10271994B2 |
Passive noise canceling device
A device for use by a dental patient fits in the patient's ear and has at least one curved resonator tube to reduce the perceived volume of a dental drill. The device can have multiple layers of resonator tubes and a port into which recorded music can be played to calm the patient further. |
| US10271993B2 |
Nano-otologic protective equipment for impact noise toxicity and/or blast overpressure exposure
An apparatus preventing hearing loss having a body made of soft compliant material having first and second ends and a channel extending therethrough, an acoustically limp material adjacent one end of the body with the acoustically limp material having a hole therein aligned with the channel extending through the body, component film, or other structure covering or sealing the opening in the acoustically limp material. The film may be a high-strength polymer less than 10 micrometers thick. A plurality of channels may extend through the body and a plurality of corresponding holes may be provided in the acoustically limp material. The film covers or seals the holes in the acoustically limp material. The film may behave like a flap to close in response to high energy sound waves. The flap shuts from the high intensity shock wave. The body may have shape to fit in an ear canal. |
| US10271992B2 |
Portable device for treating Meniere's disease and similar conditions
A portable device for noninvasively treating Meniere's disease and similar conditions by introducing pressure pulses into an ear canal to vibrate auditory ossicles through a tympanic membrane. The device includes a pump unit for generating the pressure pulses, wherein the pump unit includes a Voice Coil Motor and a diaphragm pump that is driven by the Voice Coil Motor; an earpiece for transmitting the pressure pulses to a tympanic membrane; a controller for controlling the pump unit; and an alarm lamp. When the device detects no pressure pulses being generated even when the pump unit is operated, the alarm lamp is lit and an error message is displayed on the indicator, and when the device detects the earpiece being disconnected from the ear of the user, the microcomputer stops counting the time elapsed and the alarm lamp is lit and an error message is displayed on the indicator. |
| US10271991B2 |
Method for modifying the refractive index of ocular tissues
A method for providing vision correction to a patient. The method includes: (a) measuring the degree of vision correction needed by the patient and determining the location and shape of refractive structures that need to be positioned within the cornea to partially correct a patient's vision; (b) directing and focusing femtosecond laser pulses in the blue spectral region within the cornea at an intensity high enough to change the refractive index of the cornea within a focal region, but not high enough to damage the cornea or to affect cornea tissue outside of the focal region; and (c) scanning the laser pulses across a volume of the cornea or the lens to provide the focal region with refractive structures in the cornea or the lens. Again, the refractive structures are characterized by a change in refractive index, and exhibit little or no scattering loss. |
| US10271988B2 |
Ophthalmic surgical instrument with pre-set tip-to-shell orientation
An ophthalmic surgical instrument comprises a multi-diameter shaft, a horn fixedly threaded into the shaft, a surgical tip for ophthalmic surgery including a tip end and threadably engaging the horn opposite the shaft, and a plug on the shaft. Weld material holds the plug on the shaft in a selected angular and longitudinal position with an angle-locating recess on the plug's circumference having a predetermined angular clocked relation to a face direction of the tip end. The plug's recess engages an irrigation tube on a subassembled handle with shell and irrigation tube, such that the subassembled handle has a known clocked position relative to the tip end of the tip, thus facilitating use by a surgeon. A related method is also disclosed and claimed. |
| US10271986B1 |
Method and system for providing whole body cryotherapy
A system and method for automatically producing and monitoring a cryotherapy session within a chamber includes a plumbing system coupled to the chamber for cooling the chamber. A central controller may be coupled to the plumbing system. The central controller may be operable for: initiating the cryotherapy session within the chamber with a cryogenic gas flowing through the plumbing system for cooling the chamber to a first temperature; determining if the first temperature has been reached within the chamber; determining if a check-in command has been received for the cryotherapy session; and stopping the cryotherapy session after a predetermined period of time. The central controller may initiate a pre-cooling session for cooling the chamber to a second temperature which is different than the first temperature; and determine if the second temperature has been reached in the chamber. The pre-cooling session generally occurs prior to the cryotherapy session for removing ambient heat. |
| US10271985B2 |
Valved nasal cannula
A valved nasal cannula adapted to provide a positive pressure in the airway using the breathing of the intended user as a source of positive pressure without the need for an external source of energy and/or compressed air. The cannula is designed so as to be relatively easily insertable and retractable into and from the nasal vestibule portion of the nose of the intended user without requiring manual dexterity. |
| US10271984B2 |
Shock absorbing device using damper for ankle and knee joints
The shock absorbing device for ankle and knee joints may include a shoe part; a weight dispersing pad part configured to accommodate a user's leg inserted therein; a piston unit including a plurality of pistons respectively connected to upper portions of the shoe part in a vertical direction and configured to be moved upwards and downwards; and a damper part connected between the piston unit and the weight dispersing pad part, wherein the damper part has an annular shape so as to be connected to the weight dispersing pad part along the circumference of the weight dispersing pad part, the pistons are inserted into an internal space of the damper part, and the damper part performs a damping operation through oil stored in the internal space of the damper part according to the upward/downward movement of the piston. |
| US10271978B2 |
Releasable vascular device connection
A medical device, for insertion into an anatomical vessel, can include a sheath, a delivery wire, and a frame or vessel-engaging member. The delivery wire can have a first stop, a second stop, and a coupling area between the first and second stops. The coupling area can be disposed within and movable relative to the sheath. The frame or vessel-engaging member can have a matrix of cells, first and second tapered sections, and interlocking members. The interlocking members can be attached to the tapered sections. The interlocking members can be releasably coupled to the delivery wire at the coupling area with the interlocking members surrounded and held in the coupling area by the sheath. The interlocking members can be movable relative to the sheath, and the interlocking members can separate from each other when the interlocking members are positioned distal to the sheath. |
| US10271977B2 |
Hybrid stent
A stent includes a high radial force segment and a highly flexible segment, where the diameters of the high radial force segment and the highly flexible segment are substantially the same. The stent may further be placed with an additional stent segment, where the additional stent segment has a radial force similar to the radial force of the highly flexible force segment. |
| US10271975B2 |
Stent device having reduced foreshortening and recoil and method of making same
A stent device includes generally cylindrical rings aligned along a longitudinal axis, and interconnected by interconnecting members. Each interconnecting member includes a first coupling end, a second coupling end, and an elongate portion therebetween. The first coupling end, the elongate portion, and the second coupling end combine in either a first orientation or a second orientation, which are substantially mirror images. For each interconnecting member, the first coupling end can intersect with a midpoint of a transition region of a substantially repeating curved segment on one of the rings, and the second coupling end can intersect with a midpoint of a curved segment of a different and immediately adjacent ring. The interconnecting members can be arranged in rows extending longitudinally along the device. Along each row, consecutive interconnected members alternate between the first orientation and the second orientation. A cover may be provided over the stent device. |
| US10271969B2 |
Brim attachment with a seal element for a prosthetic socket
A brim attachment for a prosthetic socket includes a cuff section defining an upper portion of the brim attachment and is arranged to extend about and upwardly from a socket opening. The cuff section is configured to move between tensioned and relaxed positions, wherein the tensioned position the cuff section is arranged to fold away from the socket opening, wherein the relaxed position the cuff section is arranged to extend above the socket opening and generally concentric with an outer surface of the socket. An interface section defines a lower portion of the brim attachment and is arranged to extend along a surface of the socket. The brim attachment may include a seal element protruding toward a central axis of the socket. |
| US10271966B2 |
Mechanical prosthetic hand
A body-powered articulated prosthetic hand where each of the segments of the digits, the palmer plate, the thumb pivot plate and the wrist are individually sizeable. This allows for both a proportionately scalable hand as well as individual customization of geometric configurations tailored to specific use patterns. The hand is crushable since it has flexible and pivotable connections between digits along the length and width of the hand. It has a hollow member construction that imparts a strong lightweight design. It is modular so individual parts can be replaced for quick repair. From an aesthetics point, it is visually pleasing and can be offered in different colors, and with custom digit sleeves for specific applications. Fingers can be operated individually or in groups via pairs of cables which allow operation in either voluntary open or voluntary closed modes of control. The flexible construction allows gripping of irregularly shaped objects and deforms before failing giving indication of overload prior to failure. |
| US10271960B2 |
Decoupled spacer and plate and method of installing the same
Intervertebral spacer assemblies, systems, and methods thereof. A method of insertion includes inserting an intervertebral spacer and plate together using an insertion tool and, upon removal of the insertion tool, the intervertebral spacer and plate are no longer considered connected/coupled and act as separate components. |
| US10271958B2 |
Interbody spacer
An interbody spacer is provided including a body portion, first orifices, and second orifices. The body portion includes a distal end portion, a proximal end portion, first and second side surfaces that extend between the distal and proximal end portions, and top and bottom surfaces configured and adapted to engage vertebral bodies. The body portion includes a cavity defined through the first side surface and the cavity increases in volume at an interior portion of the body portion. The first orifices are defined through the top surface and the second orifices are defined through the bottom surface. One of the first orifices has a cross-sectional configuration different from that of one of the second orifices. A method of use therefor is also provided. |
| US10271954B2 |
Methods and techniques for tibial implant placement
Methods, techniques and apparatuses are disclosed including exemplary methods of performing a knee arthroplasty of the tibia. One exemplary method can include determining at least a depth of a distal fixation feature of a tibial implant, and forming a metaphyseal recess in a proximal portion of the tibia. The recess can be configured to receive the distal fixation feature therein and can be sized to exceed at least the depth of the distal fixation feature such that when a distal surface of the tibial implant contacts a proximal surface of the proximal portion of the tibia and the distal fixation feature is received in the metaphyseal recess, a gap remains between the distal fixation feature and one or more surfaces that form a portion of the metaphyseal recess. |
| US10271949B2 |
Paravalvular leak occlusion device for self-expanding heart valves
An occluder device for occluding a gap between a medical device and adjacent body tissue includes a conformable body having a hollow interior, a leading end and a trailing end; and a port disposed at the trailing end of the body and in fluid communication with the interior of the body. |
| US10271945B2 |
Prosthetic capsular devices, systems, and methods
A prosthetic capsular device configured to be inserted in a natural capsular bag of an eye after removal of a lens includes a housing structure capable of containing an intraocular device. The housing structure includes a posterior side, an anterior side opposite the posterior side, lateral sides extending between the posterior side and the anterior side, and a cavity at least partially defined by the posterior side, the anterior side, and the lateral sides. The posterior side includes a refractive surface and an opening radially outward of the refractive surface. The anterior side includes an aperture capable of allowing at least one of insertion, removal, and replacement of an intraocular device. The cavity is capable of containing an intraocular device. |
| US10271938B2 |
Multi-phasic solid implants for tissue repair
This invention provides aragonite- and calcite-based solid substrates for the repair, regeneration, enhancement of formation or a combination thereof of cartilage and/or bone, which solid substrates comprise or are made to ultimately comprise three phases, wherein each phase differs in terms of its chemical content, or structure, kits comprising the same, and methods of use thereof. |
| US10271934B2 |
Toothbrush
A toothbrush provides a head with bristles, a neck and a handle. An eccentrically rotational weight is engaged for rotation with a motor. The motor and weight are disposed within the handle. The handle, neck and head each have a different intensity of vibration. The toothbrush houses an electrical circuit, which includes a processor and at least two LEDs (light emitting diodes) at least one of which illuminates the neck and optionally also the head and the ends of the bristles attached to the head. At least two of the LEDs in the circuit are capable of emitting different colored light with respect to each other. The at least two LEDs are switched on for a predetermined time in a predetermined sequence under the control of the processor. |
| US10271933B2 |
Electric toothbrush device and method
In one embodiment, the invention can be an electric toothbrush including a trajectory detecting module configured to detect a trajectory of movement of a brush, the trajectory including a plurality of positions; an attitude detecting module configured to detect an attitude of the brush; a site estimating module configured to estimate a brushing site for each of the plurality of positions of the trajectory, each estimated brushing site being based on the trajectory detected by the trajectory detecting module; and a back most tooth detecting module configured to detect a back most tooth based on a change of the attitude detected by the attitude detecting module; wherein the site estimating module is further configured to correct the estimated brushing site for each of the plurality of positions of the trajectory based on the estimated site of the detected back most tooth. |
| US10271932B2 |
Self-cleaning suction device
A self-cleaning suction device has a user's suction end that self-sanitizes externally and internally before and after use, as well as self-sanitizes internally during use. A cover opens to reveal the user's suction end within a containment unit. As the cover opens, the suction end travels from a lower chamber, proceeds through a middle chamber of a sanitizing agent, and is presented for use. After suction is complete, the suction end retracts through an upper chamber with, a scraping feature that removes debris from the outer surface of the mouthpiece, and proceeds down through the middle chamber of a sanitizing agent and a scraping feature that removes debris and the sanitizing agent from the outer surface of the user's suction end. Upon the sealing closure of the cover, the upper and middle chambers are flushed with a sanitizing agent, which is suctioned away along with any collected debris. The user's suction end resides within a lower chamber and can be decontaminated by a UV-C light entering into the lower chamber and/or corresponding chambers. The suction device can also include a liquid-hydration delivery system. |
| US10271931B2 |
Impressionless dental modeling systems and methods
Dental systems and methods related to impressionless dental modeling. A dental modeling system includes a dental model base and a mounting plate. The dental model base includes a plate support surface and a plurality of pin receiving apertures formed in the support surface. The mounting plate includes a plate portion positioned on the plate support surface and a plurality of pins extending into the pin receiving apertures to provide removable attachment of the mounting plate to the dental model base. The plate portion includes a model support surface configured to support a model of a person's teeth. The model may be formed directly on the model support surface using an impressionless technique. The model may be formed separately using an impressionless technique and then bonded to the model support surface. |
| US10271926B2 |
Pocket orthodontic bonding pad
A pocket orthodontic bonding pad for attaching orthodontic attachments to teeth wherein the orthodontic attachment is mechanically secured within a bonding pad pocket with a design that allows a slight buffering flexibility under masticatory stress and ease of removal of the orthodontic attachment. Upon removal of locking tabs the orthodontic attachment may be removed with minimal force, and the remaining bonding pad polished from the teeth with ease, which is most advantageous for brackets that tend to break upon removal and create high stress forces upon tooth structure. The ease of removing orthodontic attachments allows maximum bonding strengths. |
| US10271923B2 |
Reinforced aligner hooks
Orthodontic positioning devices, and related methods and systems, are disclosed for use with one or more orthodontic elastic members. The disclosed devices are configured to couple with an orthodontic elastic member so as to react a force from the elastic member into the appliance to, for example, generate traction forces on the patient's teeth to produce a desired occlusion. A positioning device includes a patient removable tooth positioning appliance having teeth receiving cavities shaped to receive and apply a resilient positioning force to a patient's teeth. The appliance includes a hook configured to interface with an orthodontic elastic member. The hook can be configured to be offset from a surface of a tooth when the appliance is coupled with the patient's teeth and no elastic member is coupled with the tooth. The hook can be curved so that the hook is more retentive on the aligner. The hook can be reinforced so that the reinforcement resists deformation when the elastic is in place. |
| US10271922B2 |
Device for sheilding teeth to be treated
A device for shielding teeth to be treated in order to prevent an inflow of liquid, such as saliva or bloody the device comprising a partial dental dam (1) comprising a tensioning cloth (2) made of an elastic material designed to be introduced into at least one intermediate tooth space (11) when in an elongated state, and two actuation elements (3) arranged on opposing ends of the tensioning cloth (2) for use in pulling the tensioning cloth (2) into an elongated state, and use of the device for shielding teeth to be treated. |
| US10271921B2 |
Medical observation apparatus and medical observation system
A medical observation apparatus according to the present invention includes a microscope unit, a support unit that movably supports the microscope unit and that includes a plurality of arm portions and a plurality of joint portions, each of which holds the arm portions rotatably about a predetermined axis, and a cable connected to the microscope unit and inserted through an interior of the support unit, wherein at least one of the joint portions includes a twisting joint portion that rotates a rotation-target arm portion about an axis parallel to a central axis of the rotation-target arm portion, and the twisting joint portion includes a rotational-shaft portion, a rotational portion that holds the rotation-target arm portion, fixes the cable at a position offset from the central axis of the rotational-shaft portion, and is rotatable about the central axis, and an extending portion that extends from the rotational-shaft portion. |
| US10271920B2 |
Aseptic medical instrument packaging with supporting peelable flap
An aseptic medical instrument packaging has supporting peelable flaps by adding a material playing a supporting role which is harder than the rest of an extending part outside a sealing edge of a peeling side of the packaging, or adopting a material which is harder than the rest of an extending part outside a sealing edge of the peeling side of the packaging. A groove is carved in a junction between an outer edge of a sealing edge of a peeling side of the packaging. The material playing the supporting role comprises hard plastic, metal and paper. A soft cover of the packaging is prevented from being curled inwardly in the process of peeling open the packaging; and when one or two peeling sides exist, the degree of differentiation the peeling side will be increased, such that medical staff can conveniently find the peeling side. |
| US10271916B2 |
Zip strip draping system and methods of manufacturing same
A medical drape has a tool-less removal feature and includes a drape material, a drape cut, an adhesive tape strip, and a scoreline. The drape material has a top side, a back side, and at least one exterior edge. The drape cut has a starting point at the exterior edge and extends completely through the thickness of the drape material. The adhesive tape strip is positioned along the length of the drape cut to overlap at least a portion of the drape material on both sides of the drape cut to initially secure the two adjoining cut edges to each other. The scoreline extends along the length of the adhesive tape strip and only partially through the thickness of the adhesive tape strip to permit easy tearing of the adhesive tape strip for separation of the two adjoining cut edges. |
| US10271910B2 |
Robotic catheter system with FFR integration
A method includes obtaining a fractional flow reserve (FFR) value over a given distance in a patient's vasculature; providing a display of a region of interest of the patient's vasculature; displaying a graphic on the display of the location of the vasculature having a FFR value outside of a predetermined limit; and robotically positioning a medical elongated device proximate the location. |
| US10271908B2 |
Optical tracking system and tracking method for optical tracking system
An optical tracking system includes a reference marker part stationarily disposed relative to a first region; a sticker marker part attached in a sticker form to a second region capable of being rigidly registered with the first region; a shape measurement part measuring three-dimensional shapes of the first region and the second region; a tracking sensor part sensing the reference marker part and the shape measurement part; and a processing part acquiring a first coordinate transformation relationship among the reference marker part, the tracking sensor part, the shape measurement part, and the first region of the patent and a second coordinate transformation relationship among the reference marker part, the tracking sensor part, the shape measurement part, and the second region of the patient and tracking the first region by extracting a third coordinate transformation relationship between the first region and the second region. |
| US10271907B2 |
Implant and delivery system for neural stimulator
Apparatus is provided for use with an optical fiber shape-sensing system. The apparatus includes an optical fiber, optically couplable to the optical fiber shape-sensing system, and configured to change shape during advancement through a greater palatine canal of a subject. The apparatus additionally includes a delivery tool configured to be removably coupled to the optical fiber and to distally advance the optical fiber through the greater palatine canal. The apparatus further includes a neural stimulator implant, configured to apply electrical stimulation to a sphenopalatine ganglion (SPG) of the subject. The neural stimulator implant is not in contact with the optical fiber, and is shaped and sized to be delivered to the sphenopalatine ganglion (SPG) by the delivery tool. Other applications are also described. |
| US10271901B2 |
Ablation devices with adjustable radiating section lengths, electrosurgical systems including same, and methods of adjusting ablation fields using same
An energy applicator for directing energy to tissue includes a feedline and a radiating section operably coupled to the feedline, wherein the radiating section has a length. The energy applicator also includes a length adjustment member adapted to allow for selective adjustment of the length of the radiating section. |
| US10271899B2 |
Multi-function device with treatment and sensing capabilities
A device, method, and system for adding mapping functionality to an ablation device without adding electrodes, wiring, or other components to the ablation device. The device includes a treatment catheter including a proximal portion and a distal portion, the distal portion including a longitudinal groove. The device also includes a mapping catheter including a proximal portion and a distal portion, the distal portion of the mapping catheter being coupled to the distal portion of the treatment catheter. For example, the distal portion of the mapping catheter is snapped into the groove of the treatment catheter. Together the treatment and mapping catheters are transitionable between a variety of configurations. In this way, the medical device may be used to both treat and map tissue without complicating the design and manufacture of the treatment catheter. |
| US10271895B2 |
Combination electrosurgical device
An electrosurgical device: forceps having: a first working arm, a second working arm, wherein the electrosurgical device has a first electrosurgical configuration where the first working arm and the second working arm are in an opposed position so that the forceps deliver a first therapy current that flows between the first working arm and the second working arm; and wherein the electrosurgical device has a second electrosurgical configuration when the first working arm, the second working arm, or both are repositionable relative to each other so that the first working arm is extended with respect to the second working arm or vice versa and a second therapy current is delivered from the first working arm to a remote electrode. |
| US10271894B2 |
Monitoring and controlling energy delivery of an electrosurgical device
A method is disclosed for delivering energy to a region of tissue within a patient's body using a medical treatment system. The medical treatment system comprises an energy delivery device coupled to an energy source and the method includes steps of delivering energy, measuring an energy delivery parameter, determining distance of the energy delivery device from a conductive object and optionally adjusting a position of the energy delivery device based on the determined distance. |
| US10271889B2 |
Apparatus and method for cooling a tissue volume during thermal therapy treatment
An apparatus for cooling certain tissues in the vicinity of diseased or other tissue undergoing thermal treatment is disclosed. The present apparatus is configured and designed to have certain physical characteristics, e.g., certain acoustic and imaging responses. In some embodiments the present apparatus is compatible with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) environments used in conjunction with the thermal treatment, or other imaging environments. In some embodiments the present apparatus is detectable by said MRI and is within the imaging field of view (FOV) but causes few or no imaging artifacts. Additionally, the present apparatus does not substantially interfere with the thermal treatment, e.g., ultrasonic therapy, which can proceed to heat the targeted volume of tissue while protective cooling of tissues near the diseased tissue by the present apparatus takes place. |
| US10271887B2 |
Orthopedic device holder
An orthopedic device holder and related kit are disclosed. The orthopedic device holder can include a body portion having a proximal end and a distal end, the body portion defining a bore positioned between the proximal end and the distal end, a plunger portion having a proximal end and a distal end, the plunger portion extending into an opening of the body portion and defining a second bore, and a locking lever that, when activated, is configured to move between a first position and a second position and transition the first bore and the second bore from a locked configuration to an unlocked configuration. |
| US10271886B2 |
Patient-specific instrumentation for implant revision surgery
A system and method for generating a patient specific instrumentation jig model for implant revision comprises an anchor surface identifier to identify anchor surface(s) from a patient specific bone model of a bone requiring implant revision and from data related to an implanted implant on the bone. The anchor surface is in close proximity to the implanted implant. A PSI revision jig model generator generates a jig model using at least the identified anchor surface and a model of a replacement implant, the PSI revision jig model generator outputting a jig model comprising patient specific contact surface(s) corresponding to the identified anchor surface, and at least one tool interface portion positioned and/or oriented relative to the at least one contact surface, the at least one tool interface portion adapted to be interfaced to a tool altering the bone for subsequently installing an implant on the bone. |
| US10271885B2 |
Systems and methods for distraction
A system for moving a portion of a patient's body including a housing having a first cavity extending along a longitudinal axis, a first distraction rod having a proximal end and a distal end, the first distraction rod and the housing being telescopically displaceable with respect to each other along the longitudinal axis, the first distraction rod having a cavity extending along the longitudinal axis, a second distraction rod having a proximal end and a distal end and configured to be telescopically displaceable from within the second cavity along the longitudinal axis, and a drive system configured to move the first distraction rod in relation to the housing and to move the second distraction rod in relation to the first distraction rod. |
| US10271883B2 |
Method for treating joint pain and associated instruments
The embodiments provide provides devices, instruments, and associated methods for treating joint pain. A joint is evaluated using magnetic resonance imaging to detect any defects in the subchondral bone. For example, using T2-weighted MRI images, bone marrow lesions or edemas can be identified, and using T1-weighted MRI images, associated regions of sclerotic bone adjacent to the bone marrow lesion can be identified. The treatment method may involve introducing a bone void filler material at the site to address the bone marrow lesion or edema, and/or drilling and inserting an implant to address the sclerotic bone, bone marrow lesion or edema, and insufficiency or stress fractures. An access path is mapped to a location in the subchondral region where the insufficiency fracture resides. The access path attempts to preserve an articular surface of the joint. A reinforcing member that stabilizes the insufficiency fracture is then implanted via the access path. |
| US10271881B2 |
Bone fixation system
An implant for fixation of a bone includes a shaft having a proximal end and a distal end, and a longitudinal axis defined between the proximal end and the distal end. A plurality of blades are disposed on the shaft, and are helically twisted about the longitudinal axis. At least one of the blades has a variable blade width that increases in a direction along the longitudinal axis. A mechanism for coupling the implant to a second fracture fixation implant may be provided separately or in combination. |
| US10271879B2 |
Surgical instrument and methods of use
A surgical instrument includes a member defining a longitudinal axis and including an engagement portion. The engagement portion includes at least one element engageable with an implant fastener. The at least one element includes a drive interface and an arcuate surface spaced from the drive interface. The arcuate surface includes at least one interference point engageable with the implant fastener. Implants, systems, constructs and methods are disclosed. |
| US10271868B2 |
Multi-stranded apparatus for treating a medical condition
The present embodiments provide apparatus suitable for treating a medical condition at a target site. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a plurality of strands, each having proximal and distal regions, wherein the plurality of strands are twisted in a generally helical manner to form a tubular shape. The proximal and distal regions of each of the plurality of strands comprise a contracted configuration adapted for delivery to the target site. Further, the distal region of at least one of the plurality of strands comprises an expanded, radially deployed configuration adapted to facilitate treatment of the medical condition. The distal region of at least one of the plurality of strands may be deployed in a self-expanding or balloon-expandable manner. |
| US10271867B2 |
Vibrating surgical instruments for blunt dissection
A dissector including a body, a first arm, a second arm, and a string. The first arm extending from the body towards a distal end thereof and the second arm extending from the body towards a distal end thereof. One end of the string is coupled to the first arm adjacent the distal end thereof and the other end of the string is coupled to the second arm adjacent the distal end thereof. The first and second arms have an expanded configuration such that the string is taut and have a collapsed configuration such that the string is slack. The string is configured to dissect tissue when the first and second arms are in the expanded configuration. The string may oscillate to dissect tissue. The distal ends of the first and second arms may atraumatically dissect tissue. |
| US10271866B2 |
Modular systems for treating tissue
Devices and methods for performing subcutaneous surgery in a minimally invasive manner are provided. The methods include application of reduced air pressure in a recessed area of a handpiece placed over a section of skin and drawing the section of skin and subcutaneous tissue into the recessed area. In a subsequent step a tool is inserted through a tool conduit in the handpiece and through the skin into the subcutaneous tissue, enabling the performance of the desired surgery. Common surgical procedures include dissection and ablation. The devices and methods can be directed at the treatment of skin conditions like atrophic scars, wrinkles, or other cosmetic issues, at treatments like or promoting wound healing or preventing hyperhidrosis, or can be used for creating space for various implants. |
| US10271865B2 |
Devices and methods facilitating sleeve gastrectomy procedures
A device for use in bariatric surgery includes a tube member, a coupling member, and a rod member. The tube member includes a proximal portion and a distal portion having a distal end. The coupling member is affixed to the tube member. The rod member includes a proximal portion and a distal portion having a distal end. The rod member is slidably coupled with the coupling member. The distal end of the rod member is fixedly coupled to the distal end of the tube member. The proximal portion of the rod member is translatable relative to the tube member to transition the distal portion of the rod member between a contracted position, wherein the distal portion of the rod member extends along the distal portion of the tube member, and a deployed position, wherein the distal portion of the rod member bows outwardly relative to the tube member. |
| US10271864B2 |
Mechanical thrombectomy apparatuses and methods
Methods and apparatuses for mechanically removing objects from a body. In particular, described herein are thrombectomy methods and mechanical thrombectomy apparatuses for removal of blood clots from within a lumen of a blood vessel. |
| US10271861B2 |
4-in-1 femoral finishing cutting jig
A customised patient-specific 4-in-1 femoral finishing cutting jig comprising a cutting block which is configured to be placed, in use, in contact with the distal resection surface of a femur; the jig being characterised in that it comprises a reference means which is connected to said block; wherein the reference means is configured to position, in use, said block relative to the distal resection surface in a predetermined and patient-specific manner; wherein the reference means comprises a first contact element having a first surface which is configured to face, in use, a first femoral condyle and being customised and patient-specific; said first surface is configured to be placed against a respective portion of a first femoral condyle having a corresponding profile. |
| US10271859B2 |
Undercutting system for use in conjunction with sacroiliac fusion
A method of preparing a region between adjacent bones for fusion. A first aperture is formed that extends through one of the bones. An undercutting system is inserted into the first aperture. The undercutting system includes an insertion apparatus and a cutting assembly. A first path is cut between the adjacent bones by extending or retracting the cutting assembly with respect to the insertion apparatus. |
| US10271856B2 |
Vetebral osteotomy saw guide
The Vertebral Osteotomy Saw Guide allows precise osteotomies to be performed through the vertebral column in conjunction with a thread-wire saw. The guide is designed so that it can mount to rods commonly used during spinal surgery for spinal stabilization. The mount of the guide is a polyaxial mount, allowing the angle of the guide mount to be adjusted and locked to create a desired cutting plane to produce a precise osteotomy. The guide itself consists of two interdigitated pulley wheels that allow the thread-wire saw to pass smoothly through the guide. The simple, but unique design of the guide allows a surgeon to perform an osteotomy through the vertebral column cutting from one side of the vertebral column to the other. This unique orientation allows the osteotomy to be performed away from critical structures in the region (the spinal cord, aorta, and inferior vena cava). |
| US10271850B2 |
Circular anastomosis stapling apparatus utilizing a two stroke firing sequence
A circular anastomosis stapler is provided and includes a handle assembly having a firing trigger that is actuatable between a first firing stroke and a second firing stroke. A shell assembly includes a pusher assembly having a main pusher, a staple pusher and a knife pusher. A compressible member positioned between the main pusher and the knife pusher is movable between a first configuration for advancing the staple pusher through the first firing stroke to drive at least one staple from the shell assembly to staple tissue and a second configuration for advancing the knife pusher through the second firing stroke to drive a knife from the shell assembly to core the stapled tissue. |
| US10271847B2 |
Tool assembly for a surgical stapling device
A surgical device comprising a first jaw member, a second jaw member, a clamping member and a clamp apparatus is disclosed. The clamping member is slidably positioned to translate at least partially through the first jaw member. The clamping member engages the first jaw member and the second jaw member, and has a knife blade for cutting tissue. A flange of the clamping member is configured to engage a cam surface to pivot the second jaw member with respect to the first jaw member from an open position toward an approximated position. The clamp apparatus is movable from a retracted position to an advanced position for preventing a gap between proximal portions of the first jaw member and the second jaw member from exceeding a predetermined distance. The clamping member and the clamp apparatus are separately movable. |
| US10271844B2 |
Surgical stapling apparatus employing a predictive stapling algorithm
A surgical device is provided that includes a tool assembly having an anvil assembly and a cartridge assembly configured to grasp tissue therebetween, the cartridge assembly including a plurality of surgical fasteners. A motor is configured to fire one or more surgical fasteners. A sensor determines a first parameter of the tool assembly and a control system adjusts a second parameter of the motor used to fire the one or more surgical fasteners based on the first parameter detected by the sensor. |
| US10271841B2 |
Bailout assembly for surgical stapler
A surgical instrument includes an anvil, a staple applying assembly, an adjustment member, a user input feature, and a bailout assembly. The staple applying assembly includes a distal surface defining openings and a driver that is operable to drive an annular array of staples through the openings of the distal surface and into tissue. The adjustment member is operable to adjust the position of the anvil to thereby vary a gap distance defined between the anvil and the distal surface. The adjustment member includes a first section and a second section. The user input feature is operable to actuate the driver to thereby drive the staples. The bailout assembly is operable to selectively separate the first section of the adjustment member from the second section of the adjustment member. |
| US10271840B2 |
Apparatus and method for differentiating between tissue and mechanical obstruction in a surgical instrument
A surgical instrument is provided. The surgical instrument includes: a handle assembly; a jaw assembly comprising a staple cartridge containing a plurality of staples and an anvil to form the plurality of staples upon firing; a drive assembly at least partially located within the handle and connected to the jaw assembly and the lockout mechanism; a motor disposed within the handle assembly and operatively coupled to the drive assembly; and a controller operatively coupled to the motor, the controller configured to control supply of electrical current to the motor and to monitor a current draw of the motor, wherein the controller is further configured to terminate the supply of electrical current to the motor in response to a rate of change of the current draw indicative of a mechanical limit of at least one of the jaw assembly, the drive assembly, or the motor. |
| US10271830B2 |
Surgical navigation instrument
An instrument for navigating a surgical device includes a hollow shaft having a longitudinal axis and a distal end. The distal end of the hollow shaft includes a flexible section, a handle and an articulation surface positioned adjacent the handle. The handle is polyaxially displaceable against the articulation surface and relative to the longitudinal axis of the hollow shaft. At least one tensioning element extends substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the hollow shaft. The at least one tensioning element is operable to bend the flexible section in response to polyaxial displacement of the handle relative to the longitudinal axis of the hollow shaft. |
| US10271826B2 |
Swab assembly for specimen collection
A swab assembly for collecting a specimen from a patient includes an elongated shaft having a proximal end, a distal end, and a notch between its proximal and distal ends; a sheath having a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen extending between its proximal and distal ends, wherein a portion of the elongated shaft is disposed within the sheath lumen, and the sheath is slidable relative to the elongated shaft; and a collection tip coupled to the distal end of the elongated shaft and configured for obtaining the specimen. The sheath is slidable between a first position in which the shaft notch is disposed within the sheath lumen and wherein the sheath protects the elongated shaft from breaking at the notch, and a second position in which the shaft notch is exposed out of the sheath lumen. |
| US10271823B2 |
Extracting a cardiac-cycle signal from echocardiogram data
The present approach relates to extracting a heart cycle signal from ultrasound sequences (e.g., echocardiograms) without complex spatial image processing and without finding or assuming the knowledge of the position of heart reference points. The present heart cycle signal is computed by determining temporal changes in low-resolution versions of the echocardiographic frames, such as temporal information of the heartbeat. |
| US10271819B2 |
Computed ultrasound tomography in echo mode (CUTE) for imaging speed of sound using pulse-echo sonography
The invention relates to a method for determining and particularly imaging sound speed in an object by means of pulse-echo ultrasound, comprising the steps of: transmitting by means of an ultrasound probe (1) at least a first ultrasound pulse (10) in a first direction (φ0) and a second ultrasound pulse (20) in a different second direction (φ) into an object (O) to be imaged, so that said first ultrasound pulse (10) is backscattered in said object towards said ultrasound probe in the form of first ultrasound pulse echoes (11), and so that said second ultrasound pulse (20) is backscattered in said object towards said ultrasound probe in the form of second ultrasound pulse echoes (21), detecting said backscattered first ultrasound pulse echoes (11) and said backscattered second ultrasound pulse echoes (21) with said ultrasound probe (1), reconstructing from said detected backscattered first ultrasound pulse echoes (11) a first image of first local echoes (5) and from said detected backscattered second ultrasound pulse echoes (21) a second image of second local echoes (7), wherein said images lie in an image plane spanned by said directions (φ0, φ), determining from said reconstructed images the respective resulting local echo phase shift Δτ(x, z, φ, φ0) corresponding to the difference in echo time (t) between the respective first local echo and the corresponding second local echo relative to the case of an assumed constant sound speed, and determining the local sound speed c(x, z) in said object for at least a region of said image plane in said object from said local echo phase shift Δτ(x, z, φ, φ0). Further, the invention relates to a corresponding computer program and a system. |
| US10271818B2 |
Image processing apparatus, method of controlling image processing apparatus, program, and storage medium
An image processing apparatus and method are disclosed, which processes an image of a target object. The image processing apparatus includes an image acquisition unit which acquires a series of first images and a series of second images of the target object which are scanned at a first pull-back speed and at a second pull-back speed faster than the first pull-back speed, a correlation unit which correlates first images, which are scanned at the first pull-back speed, with first images, which are scanned at the second pull-back speed, and a control unit which correlates a series of the first images which are scanned at the first pull-back speed and a series of the second images which are scanned at the second pull-back speed so as to display the images on a display apparatus, based on the result of the correlation. |
| US10271815B2 |
Device for digitizing the sound of a stethoscope and sending it to an electronic instrument
A device for digitizing the sound of a stethoscope and sending it to an electronic instrument. The device includes a solid body equipped with lateral slots able to house the ear tips of the stethoscope in an active measurement configuration, and with a hooking lip and a hooking system for connecting the device respectively to the membrane and to the Y-shaped tube of the stethoscope in a passive rest configuration. |
| US10271814B2 |
Control apparatus, operation method for control apparatus, and storage medium
A control apparatus includes a changing unit which changes the sequence of a plurality of imaging examination information, based on a user operation, displayed based on an imaging sequence on an imaging control screen, and a control unit which controls at least one of a radiation detector and a radiation generation unit which are associated with imaging examination information as an imaging target based on the sequence changed by the changing unit. |
| US10271807B2 |
Independently rotatable detector plate for medical imaging device
A real-time fluoroscopic imaging system includes a collimator and a detector which are rotationally movable independent of the support assembly, e.g., c-arm, to which they are mounted. Rotational movement of the collimator and the detector are coordinated such that the orientation of the detector with respect to the collimator does not change. The collimator may include a geared flange member to facilitate rotation, and may be a single molded piece formed of a plastic such as tungsten polymer material. The system may also include a plurality of interchangeable collimators characterized by different shapes. A display is provided to present an image to an operator, and image orientation logic displays a target anatomy in a selected orientation regardless of orientation of the target anatomy relative to the detector, and regardless of rotation of the detector. |
| US10271802B2 |
Digital x-ray imaging apparatus and method
A mobile x-ray apparatus having wheels for manual transport and an x-ray tube support attached to a base. The apparatus may be rolled by pushing and/or pulling the base, the support, or the x-ray tube. A brake is associated with at least one of the wheels to prevent rolling the apparatus when manually positioning the x-ray tube. The brake may be engaged from an actuator on the tube head, on the support, or on the base. |
| US10271801B2 |
Radiation imaging system, image processing device, and image processing program
Disclosed are a radiation imaging system, an image processing device, and a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having an image processing program recorded thereon which facilitate the confirmation of a positional relationship between an object of interest and a biopsy needle. A control unit of a console reconstructs a projection image obtained by tomosynthesis imaging to generate a tomographic image parallel (an x-y-axis direction) to an imaging surface in a state where a needle is inserted into a breast, and specifies an image of an object of interest from the tomographic image. The control unit generates a sectional image which includes the specified image of the object of interest and an image of the needle and intersects the imaging surface. The control unit generates an image of the needle from the projection image, synthesizes the generated image of the needle into the sectional image while aligning, and displays the sectional image. |
| US10271800B2 |
Wearable electronic device and emergency method thereof
A wearable electronic device and an emergency method thereof are provided. The wearable electronic device includes a host and a strap. The host senses physiological information of a user by using a sensor. When the physiological information is determined as being abnormal, the host sends an enabling signal to the strap by a transmitting coil to enable the strap. After the strap is enabled, a warning light module displays a warning message based on the enabling signal. |
| US10271799B2 |
Patient alarm data application
A patient alarm application provides a way for allowing clinical personnel to monitor and control patient-specific alarm settings. A user interface allows clinical personnel to compare graphical representations of unit population vital signs data with patient-specific vital signs data as well timelines of alarms for the patient. Analysis of the alarm data allows the user interface to show clinical personnel the estimated effects of changes to alarm threshold settings. |
| US10271797B2 |
Detection of worsening heart failure
Systems and methods for detecting a target cardiac condition such as events indicative of worsening heart failure are described. A system may include sensor circuits for sensing physiological signals and a signal processor for generating a predictor trend indicative of temporal change of the physiological signal. The predictor trend may be transformed into a sequence of transformed indices using a codebook that includes a plurality of threshold pairs each including onset and reset thresholds. The codebook may be constructed and updated using physiological data. The system may detect target cardiac condition using the transformed indices. |
| US10271794B2 |
System and method for rendering a motion model of a beating heart
Location data associated with a cardiac wall motion during a cardiac cycle can be received. The cardiac cycle can be divided into incremental phases. The location data associated with the cardiac wall motion can be assigned to the incremental phases. A fiducial pair of coordinates can be determined for each of the incremental phases. The fiducial pair of coordinates can include location data for an intermediate cardiac phase and location data for a reference cardiac phase. A fiducial loop can be determined from the fiducial pair of coordinates for each of the incremental phases. A learned cardiac mapping between the reference cardiac phase and the intermediate cardiac phase can be determined using the fiducial loop. |
| US10271793B2 |
Medical device guidewire with helical cutout and coating
A guidewire for a medical device is disclosed. The guidewire includes an elongate body, a proximal connector assembly, a corewire, and a sensor assembly. The body has an annular wall that defines an interior lumen. The proximal connector assembly is coupled to the body and is configured for connection to a medical positioning system. The corewire extends through the lumen. The sensor assembly located on a distal end of the corewire is electrically connected to the proximal connector assembly. The sensor assembly is configured to generate an electrical signal indicative of a position of the sensor assembly in a reference coordinate system defined by the medical positioning system. The body includes a helical cutout extending over a predetermined length of the body. The helical cutout is configured to increase the flexibility of the body over the predetermined length of the body. |
| US10271791B2 |
Wearable medical monitoring device
A wearable monitoring device includes a plurality of cardiac sensing electrodes, a monitor, at least one motion sensor, and a controller. The plurality of cardiac sensing electrodes are positioned outside a body of a subject and to detect cardiac information of the subject. The monitor administers a predetermined test to the subject, and has a user interface configured to receive quality of life information from the subject. The at least one motion sensor is positioned outside the body of the subject and to detect subject motion during the predetermined test. The controller is communicatively coupled to the plurality of cardiac sensing electrodes, the monitor, and the at least one motion sensor, and receives and stores the detected cardiac information, the quality of life information, and the detected subject motion. |
| US10271790B2 |
Methods and systems for training proper gait of a user
A method and system for training proper gait of a user, the system including at least one inertial sensor, a memory, a controller, and an output interface. The memory is for storing information for an ideal walking or running gait, the information including information for an ideal bounce or acceleration over time. The method can be implemented by the controller and includes displaying an animation of an ideal walking or running gait and an actual gait of the user, both simultaneously with cadence synchronized, and also providing to the output interface a comparison of an actual bounce of the user with the ideal bounce. |
| US10271780B2 |
Combined surface enhanced and spatially offset Raman spectroscopy for biomolecule detection
The present invention provides systems and methods employing a surface enhanced Raman biosensor and sensing devices for collecting spatially offset Raman spectra from the biosensor. In certain embodiments, the present invention provides systems and methods for quantifying the concentration of an analyte in a subject, and/or identifying the presence or absence of an analyte in a subject, from a plurality of spatially offset Raman spectra generated from a surface enhanced Raman biosensor implanted in a subject. |
| US10271777B2 |
System and method for biometric ECG verification of patient identity
A system and method for verifying patient identity including a heart monitor, a memory, and a processor. The heart monitor may be adapted to collect a baseline ECG signal from a patient and a monitored ECG signal from the patient. The memory may be in electrical communication with the heart monitor and adapted to store a plurality of baseline statistical characteristics of the baseline ECG signal and a plurality of monitored statistical characteristics of the monitored ECG signal. The processor may be in electrical communication with the memory and adapted to compare the plurality of baseline statistical characteristics to the plurality of monitored statistical characteristics and determine a likelihood of patient match. The heart monitor may be configured for further collection of the monitored ECG signal if the likelihood of patient match is greater than a threshold level. |
| US10271772B2 |
Systems and methods for warning of a protruding body part of a wheelchair occupant
A system for warning of protruding body parts of a medical vehicle occupant includes a sensor, a feedback device, and a processing circuit. The sensor is configured to generate sensor data based on a position of the occupant, and the processing circuit is configured to determine a contour of the medical vehicle, detect a protruding extremity of the occupant based on the sensor data and the contour, and generate a warning using the feedback device, where the warning is based on the detected protruding extremity. |
| US10271770B2 |
Measurement and collection of human tremors through a handheld tool
A technique for measuring and collecting human tremor data includes measuring motions of a handheld tool manipulated by a user while performing a task with the handheld tool. The motions are measured using an inertial measurement unit (“IMU”) disposed within a handle of the handheld tool. Motion data of the motions is recorded to a motion log stored within a memory unit of the handheld tool. The motion data contains information for determining a severity of tremors that occurred while the user performed the task with the handheld tool. The motion log is communicated to a remote server for analysis. |
| US10271768B1 |
Method for determining rehab protocol and behavior shaping target for rehabilitation of neuromuscular disorders
A system for treating a patient with neurological disorders of movement includes a patient computing device for use in rehabilitative training and a sensor worn about a body part being rehabilitated. A healthcare computing device is used by a healthcare professional to assist remote patient rehabilitation by accepting input signals and determining for the patient a rehab protocol depending on selected parameters, and determining for the patient a behavior shaping target depending on selected parameters and the rehab protocol and behavior shaping target is communicated to the patient while the patient is undergoing rehabilitation. A plurality of remote health data sites and other public repositories of health data of patients undergoing rehabilitation following neurological events can be included. The remote computing device can include a data repository of publicly available patient data and patient data gathered by system of present invention. |
| US10271765B2 |
Intelligent baby clothing with automatic inflatable neck support
Embodiments provide a system to detect abnormal breathing by a person, such as a baby, through a piece of clothing worn by the person. The piece of clothing may be adapted to include a sound sensor that can collect breathing sounds by the person. The piece of clothing may also be adapted to include an inflatable neck support that can be automatically inflated without the person's intervention. The breathing sound signals by the person can be processed for determining whether the person breathing abnormally. When it is determined that the person is breathing abnormally, an instruction to inflate the inflatable neck support of the clothing may be generated. Such an instruction can be transmitted to the clothing wirelessly to effectuate the inflation of the inflatable neck support so the person's incorrect breathing posture that causes the abnormal breathing can be addressed. |
| US10271759B2 |
Body fat measurement device
A body fat measurement device includes: a measurement unit for measuring a shape of a measurement subject's trunk area; a breathing estimation unit that detects a change over time in the measured trunk area shape and estimates the measurement subject's breathing based on the detected change; a breathing state determination unit that determines whether or not the estimated breathing of the measurement subject is in a state suited to measurement; a state output unit that outputs the estimated breathing state to the exterior in association with a result of the determination; and a fat mass calculation unit that calculates a trunk area fat mass using the body impedance measured by a body impedance measurement unit and a trunk area size based on the trunk area shape measured by the measurement unit. |
| US10271758B2 |
Intracardiac EGM signals for beat matching and acceptance
A system for providing information about a patient's heart, the system including one or more catheters that receive intracardiac signals from electrical activity of the heart over one or more heart beat cycles and an electronic processor coupled to the one or more catheters. The electronic processor to: receive the intracardiac signals from the one or more catheters; preprocess the intracardiac signals to provide preprocessed signals, wherein each of the intracardiac signals is preprocessed to provide a corresponding preprocessed signal; and compare the preprocessed signals to a set of signals to determine a degree of similarity between each of the preprocessed signals and the set of signals. |
| US10271756B2 |
Monitor recorder optimized for electrocardiographic signal processing
Physiological monitoring can be provided through a lightweight wearable monitor that includes two components, a flexible extended wear electrode patch and a reusable monitor recorder that removably snaps into a receptacle on the electrode patch. The wearable monitor sits centrally (in the midline) on the patient's chest along the sternum oriented top-to-bottom. The placement of the wearable monitor in a location at the sternal midline, with its unique narrow “hourglass”-like shape, significantly improves the ability of the wearable monitor to cutaneously sense cardiac electrical potential signals, particularly the P-wave and, to a lesser extent, the QRS interval signals indicating ventricular activity in the ECG waveforms. Additionally, the monitor recorder includes an ECG sensing circuit that measures raw cutaneous electrical signals and performs signal processing prior to outputting the processed signals for sampling and storage. |
| US10271753B1 |
Electrocardiographic signal monitoring device and method
A device for detecting, monitoring and optionally recording ECG signals is disclosed. The device has at least two electrodes and an on-board memory. The electrodes can be recoatable and/or replaceable. The device can be charged wirelessly through the electrodes or by an internal energy harvesting system. A power saving mode is provided whereby the electrodes are activated by a pre-defined tapping pattern of electrical contact applied by a user and, upon activation, the device starts pairing with and transmitting ECG signals to a receiving station, e.g. a computer, a smart phone, a tablet or the like. |
| US10271749B2 |
Patient monitor for monitoring microcirculation
A patient monitor capable of measuring microcirculation at a tissue site includes a light source, a beam splitter, a photodetector and a patient monitor. Light emitted from the light source is split into a reference arm and a sample arm. The light in the sample arm is directed at a tissue site, such as an eyelid. The reflected light from the tissue site is interfered with the light from the reference arm. The photodetector measures the interference of the light from both the sample arm and the reference arm. The patient monitor uses the measurements from the photodetector to calculate the oxygen saturation at the tissue site and monitor the microcirculation at the tissue site. |
| US10271747B2 |
Living-body information measuring device
A living-body information measuring device includes plural light-emitting elements, a light-receiving element that is disposed at a position at different distances from the light-emitting elements and that receives reflected light beams that are reflected from a living body when the light-emitting elements emit light beams toward the living body, a control unit that controls the light-emitting elements so that the light-emitting elements successively emit the light beams, and a measurement unit that measures living-body information at plural depths in the living body by using the reflected light beams that are successively received by the light-receiving element. |
| US10271744B2 |
System and method to identify sources associated with biological rhythm disorders
In a system and method for identifying a driver of a source associated with a heart rhythm disorder, data are accessed from a plurality of sensors representing biological activity in the heart. A first region and a second region of the heart, which comprise the source of the heart rhythm disorder, are identified. If the first region of the heart has repeating centrifugal activation and controls the second region of the heart for at least a predetermined number of beats, the first region is identified as controlling the source of the heart rhythm disorder. |
| US10271737B2 |
Noninvasive arterial condition detecting method, system, and non-transitory computer readable storage medium
A noninvasive arterial condition detecting system includes a processing device and an electronic stethoscope configured for auscultating carotid artery to receive sound signals. The processing device is connected to the electronic stethoscope. The processing device records the sound signals, preprocesses the sound signal to reduce noise, measures a trough-peak distance and a trough-peak time, and generates an estimate result of arterial conditions according to the trough-peak distance and the trough-peak time. The trough-peak distance and the trough-peak time are related to the health of the carotid artery walls. |
| US10271736B2 |
Low cost magnetic resonance safe probe for temperature measurement
A temperature measurement probe (130) for use in a magnetic resonance environment, includes an elongated substrate (202), at least one highly resistive, electrically conductive traces (200, 200a, 200b, 200a′, 200b′) one printed at least one thermistor (204) disposed on the substrate and electrically connected with the trace. The thermistor is configured to be placed in thermal communication with a patient in the magnetic resonance environment. In some embodiments, the printed trace may be carbon-based, silicone based, or may be a doped semiconductor material. |
| US10271732B2 |
Color measurement jig
Apparatuses and methods for producing improved photographs suitable for measuring teeth whiteness with a handheld camera using a camera jig are provided. The camera jig includes a base that contacts a surface. The camera jig also includes a light shield made from a tubular structure defining an interior cavity. The camera jig further includes a slot in the tubular structure that supports the handheld camera at a predetermined distance from a target, which may be teeth of a user. The slot aligns a lens of the handheld camera with the target. Further, the light shield blocks substantially all ambient light, other than light of a light source of the handheld camera, from the target as it is photographed. |
| US10271731B2 |
Optical biological measurement device and analysis method using the same
An optical biological measuring device includes a light transmission/reception element 30 having a plurality of light transmission probes 12, light reception probes 13 and reference probes 14; a second observation signal acquiring element 25 for acquiring a second observation signal indicating a time-course variation relating to a cerebral activity; a first observation signal acquiring element 24 for acquiring a first observation signal indicating a time-course variation relating to the blood flow in the skin; and an analysis control element 40 for generating a removal target component removal observation signal based on the first and second observation signals. |
| US10271729B2 |
Multiple independent audio spheres for patient monitor
A patient monitoring system includes a patient data acquisition system (12) to acquire patient data via patient physiological sensors (28). A first patient monitor display (16) and first audio system (18) is disposed inside a patient room. A second patient monitor display (20) and audio system (22) is disposed outside the patient room. A control system (14) outputs acquired patient data via at least one of the first patient monitor display and the second patient monitor display and outputs a patient audio monitor signal (60) generated based at least in part on acquired patient data using at least one of the first and second audio systems (18, 22). The control system (14) provides a first audio configuration (42) for operating the first audio system (18) and a second audio configuration (44) for operating the second audio system (22). |
| US10271720B2 |
Intraoral imaging illumination apparatus
The present invention provides an intraoral imaging and illumination apparatus comprising a rear portion and a front portion removably connected to the rear portion. The front portion is formed as a light guide. The rear portion comprises an imaging device and an illumination device. The illumination device is adapted to couple light into the front portion and towards a leading end of the front portion opposite the rear portion so as to illuminate a first object. The imaging device is adapted to image the first object. |
| US10271718B2 |
Image pickup unit and endoscope
An image pickup unit includes: a focus switching type observation optical system including fixed lenses and a moving lens; fixed frames that hold the fixed lenses; a moving frame that is arranged to be movable back and forth in a direction along a photographing optical axis of the observation optical system and holds the moving lens; and a correction frame fixed in the fixed frames, configured to house the moving frame such that the moving frame can advance and retract, including a stopper that abuts the moving frame to restrict movement in one direction of the photographing optical axis, and being slightly adjustable to realize one of focal lengths of the observation optical system. |
| US10271716B2 |
Endoscopic vacuum controller
An endoscopic vacuum controller may include a housing having a vacuum inlet, a vacuum outlet configured to be coupled to a vacuum source, and a vacuum passage fluidly coupling the vacuum inlet to the vacuum outlet. The vacuum controller may also include an actuator supported by the housing and configured to control the flow of fluid through the vacuum passage. An indicator may be supported by the housing to provide an indication that a predetermined vacuum level is being drawn at the vacuum inlet. The vacuum controller may include a connector to detachably couple the housing to an endoscope shaft. The connector may be configured to slidably couple the housing to the endoscope shaft to allow adjustment of the controller along the length of the shaft while the housing remains coupled to the shaft. |
| US10271715B2 |
Distal end cover of endoscope and endoscope
A distal end cover of an endoscope includes a peripheral edge portion configured to form an opening that externally exposes a space in which a raising base is housed, in a distal end member; a planned-to-be-torn-apart section including a tear starting point disposed on the peripheral edge portion, and a thin portion that is connected to a to-be-torn-apart section of the peripheral edge portion torn from the tear starting point, on an inside surface of a surface facing the opening or an inside surface of at least one side surface that connects the peripheral edge portion and the surface facing the opening; and an engagement portion configured to be engaged with an outside surface of the distal end member by engaging in a direction intersecting the outside surface. |
| US10271710B2 |
Drying rack
A selectively deployable drying rack with selectively reconfigurable components is disclosed. The drying rack includes a base and an upper rim. The drying rack further includes linkages to move the upper rim away from and toward the base and a first removable tray and a second removable tray that are configured to fit in the base. The second removable tray may include a utensil compartment with holes, an outer wall, and an inner wall. The upper rim may include a utensil band and/or a wine glass rack. The utensil band may be moveable between a stowed position and an extended position when the utensil band is in use. The wine glass rack may be moveable between a storage position and an upright position when the utensil band is in use. The drying rack may include a stand wire to elevate the base of the drying rack above a surface. |
| US10271706B1 |
Device for mop headband
A mop device that includes a plurality of yarns collected in a bundle, the yearn bundle having a first end and an opposed second end; at least one headband connected to the yarn bundle at a location intermediate between the first end and the second end of the yarn bundle; at least one spacer member connected to the headband in overlying relationship thereto, the spacer member having a first face and an opposed second face, wherein the spacer member is in overlying relationship to the headband of the associated yarn bundle, and wherein the spacer member has at least one aperture extending from the first face to the second face configured to communicate with the associated headband. Also disclosed is the use of the spacer device alone and the mop device in combination with a mop handle member. |
| US10271705B2 |
Autonomous travel-type cleaner
Once it is determined in Step S2 that a corner has been detected, a control unit causes a body to perform a reciprocating motion and initiate corner cleaning in Step S3. Then, once it is determined in Step S4 that a rubbish detection sensor detects no rubbish, the corner cleaning is terminated in Step S6. Once it is determined in Step S4 that the rubbish detection sensor detects rubbish, the corner cleaning continues to be executed by the body being caused to perform the reciprocating motion in Step S5. In other words, an autonomous travel-type cleaner is realized that can remove a large amount of the rubbish accumulating at the corner by causing the body to perform the reciprocating motion. |
| US10271704B2 |
Multistage cyclone and surface cleaning apparatus having same
A hand vacuum cleaner may have a first stage cyclone having a first stage cyclone chamber and a second stage cyclone downstream from the first stage cyclone and at least substantially nested in the first stage cyclone. A screen is positioned laterally outwardly from the second stage cyclone and defines a passage positioned between an inner side of the screen and the outer wall of the second stage cyclone. A directing member is located in the passage, the directing member having, in the rotational direction, a directing surface facing towards the flow of air in the passage, the directing surface extending from an upstream end located in the passage and a downstream end located proximate the second stage cyclone air inlet port wherein the directing surface extends generally linearly. |
| US10271699B2 |
Autonomous cleaning device and wind path structure of same
The present disclosure relates to an autonomous cleaning device and a wind path structure for use in the autonomous cleaning device. The wind path structure includes: a cleaning component for cleaning cleaned objects, a cleaned object storage container for storing the cleaned objects, and a power component for generating a wind, the cleaning component, the cleaned object storage container, and the power component being arranged sequentially in a moving direction of the autonomous cleaning device; a first-level wind duct located between the cleaning component and the cleaned object storage container, wherein the first-level wind duct is coupled with the power component such that the cleaned objects are delivered to the cleaned object storage container by the wind generated by the power component; and a second-level wind duct located between the cleaned object storage container and the power component, wherein the second-level wind duct has a bell-mouth shape and includes an inner wall, the inner wall including an arc-shaped segment facing toward the wind coming from the cleaned object storage container to direct the wind to an air inlet of the power component. |
| US10271698B2 |
Surface cleaning apparatus
A hand vacuum cleaner is provided with an openable door that opens an air flow passage that extends rearwardly from an air treatment member to a suction motor. |
| US10271692B2 |
Cleaning device
A cleaning device for bathtubs and shower enclosures includes a tube. A power module is coupled to an upper end of the tube. A housing that defines an internal space is pivotally coupled to a lower end of the tube. The housing has a bottom face that is open. A plurality of motors is coupled to the housing and is positioned in the internal space. The motors are operationally coupled to the power module. Each of a plurality of pads is operationally couplable to and extends from a respective motor. A lower surface of the pad protrudes from the bottom face of the housing. A reservoir is coupled to the tube and is fluidically coupled to the housing. The pads are configured to rotationally cleanse a surface. The reservoir is configured to selectively release soap and water into the internal space to selectively contact the surface to be cleansed. |
| US10271690B2 |
Modular heating unit
A modular heating unit comprising modular heating bins is disclosed. The modular heating bins may be arranged into different configurations to accommodate different kitchen food preparation layouts. |
| US10271687B2 |
Cooking grill with hood lighting
A grill or BBQ appliance that is generally intended for outdoor use has a pivoting hood disposed in hinged connection with a grill body, both of which are raised above a firebox that receives a food support grate. The hood may include overhanging lights configured to provide optimal lighting through a range of hood positions. The hood may also be counterbalanced to stably position the hood through a range of open positions. |
| US10271681B2 |
Beverage making appliance, comprising at least one tube for transporting a liquid
A beverage making appliance includes at least one tube in the beverage making appliance for transporting a liquid from the beverage making appliance, where the at least one tube is provided with a slit extending along a length of the at least one tube between one end of the at least one tube and another end of the at least one tube. At the slit, the at least one tube is openable. Further, the at least one tube on each side of the slit provides a bias to each side of the slit to make contact along the slit to close the slit. |
| US10271676B2 |
Coffee machine, in particular fully automatic coffee machine, and method for operating a coffee machine
A coffee machine (10), in particular a fully automatic coffee machine, comprising a water tank (11), also a heating device (16) for heating up water, also a brewing unit (18) for subjecting ground coffee beans to extraction by means of the water heated by the heating device (16), also a water-line system (13) comprising at least one water line, and also a delivery pump (14) for delivering water out of the water tank (11) through the water-line system (13). According to the invention, it is provided that a chamber (25) is, or may be provided for a chemical active substance, in particular a decalcifying and/or cleaning agent, it being possible for this chamber to be connected and/or linked up to the water-line system (13), manually or automatically, such that water can be delivered out of the water tank (11), by means of the delivery pump (14), into the water-line system (13) through the chamber (25). The invention also concerns a method for operating a coffee machine (10). |
| US10271675B2 |
Heatable canteen
A heatable canteen includes a hand held vessel having a bottom and upward extending wall which terminates into a top having an open top receiving surface, a removable cap connected to said top receiving surface, the removable cap having an outer portion which removably sealably connects to the top receiving surface and has an interior channel extending therethrough and has a valve seat in a lower end thereof and a valve ball installed in a manner to bias the valve ball against the valve seat to a normally closed position. A secondary vessel is provided about the hand held vessel. A lid is connected to the vessel or cap by way go a heatable line. A distillation tube removably connects to the vessel. |
| US10271671B2 |
Beverage container lid
A beverage container lid for dispersing heat includes a cover portion having an inlet opening and forming a dispensing spout. The dispensing spout has one or more dispensing sides that rise upwardly from the cover and form a mixing chamber with a dispensing opening and fluidly connected to the inlet opening. The dispensing sides have one or more side perforations for allowing air to enter the mixing chamber. At least some of the beverage contained in an interior chamber of a cup is drawn into the inlet opening, mixed with air in the mixing chamber, and dispensed by the dispensing opening such that the at least some of the beverage has a lower temperature than the beverage contained in the interior chamber of the cup. |
| US10271669B2 |
Pillow with gusset and open cell construction
A pillow is provided herein which includes a cover having opposing first and second panels. A gusset perimetrically bounds, and joins, the first and second panels. The gusset is formed of an open cell construction. Compliant fill material is disposed within the cover. Advantageously, with the subject invention, a pillow is provided allowing for lateral ventilation between opposing panels. This permits a cooling effect while a user is resting or sleeping. |
| US10271667B2 |
Covering arrangement for a refrigerated food bar arrangement and a food bar arrangement with such a covering arrangement
A covering arrangement for a food bar has at least one covering element with front and rear sections, and two first side sections disposed between the front and rear sections along opposite outer edges. The rear section extends in a substantially vertical plane. The covering arrangement also has a mounting structure with at least first and second mounting elements extending in a substantially vertical direction. The covering elements are movable in a vertical direction relative to the mounting elements, allowing the covering elements to move between a lower closed position and an upper open position. The covering arrangement further comprises second side sections fixedly or detachably connectable to the food bar such that when a covering element is closed, the first side sections are disposed adjacent to, and in parallel with, the second side sections, and when the covering element is open, the second side sections act as side covers. |
| US10271661B2 |
Cushions including flat springs
Cushions include a chassis core. having a rigid or semi-rigid base sheet; and a plurality of paired flat springs coupled to the rigid or semi-rigid base sheet, wherein each paired flat spring comprises a lower flat spring including a first terminal end, a second terminal end, and a flexible arcuate member extending from the first terminal end to the second terminal end, and an upper flat spring including a first terminal end, a second terminal end, and a flexible arcuate member extending from the first terminal end to the second terminal end, wherein the first and second terminal ends of the upper flat spring are fixedly attached to respective first and second terminal ends of the lower flat spring such that the upper flat spring is inverted relative to the lower flat spring. Also disclosed are processes for manufacturing the core chassis. |
| US10271657B2 |
Foam furniture molded around a hollow shell of hard plastic
A foam seating article includes a layer of molded foam surrounding a hollow shell made of hard plastic. A fabric covering encloses the shell and molded foam. The foam seating article can take the form of a chair, stool, sofa, chaise lounge, bench or Ottoman. The hollow shell can be formed using blow molding, injection molding or by capping both ends of a tube with disks. Air pressure inside the airtight hollow shell prevents the shell from collapsing inwards under the weight of an occupant. Alternatively, the hollow shell of the seating article can be accessed through a removable lid. The seating article includes no wood or metal. The layer of molded foam includes sections of different foam types, such as high density (HD) foam, memory foam and latex foam. Molding foam around a hard plastic shell is simpler and less costly than making conventional metal or wood framed furniture. |
| US10271656B2 |
Folding sofa with wrap-around skirt
A type of folding sofa with a wrap-around skirt, that includes support legs and wherein the main sofa body is made from soft fabric. The main sofa body consists of a one-piece integrated seat, arm rest, and back rest fabric. A skirt is sewn along the back rest wrapping fabric, the arm rest wrapping fabric and the front of the seat fabric. This skirt goes all the way around the sofa to cover the support legs. The lower edge of the skirt is pegged to the front legs and the rear legs on both sides to form a stretched structure. |
| US10271650B2 |
Support for wire shelf and method of use
A support adapted for mounting to wire shelving units, particularly a support adapted to be securely coupled and repositioned on upper and lower horizontally-extending wire members located at the front of wire shelving units. |
| US10271648B2 |
Cabinet assembly having an adjustment mechanism
A cabinet assembly includes an adjustment mechanism for adjusting the positioning of a drawer within a cabinet. In particular, the cabinet assembly includes first and second adjustment strips, and third and fourth adjustment strips, coupled adjacent to a respective first and second side of the cabinet, with each adjustment strips including a plurality of slots aligned vertically. The cabinet assembly further includes a first track mount assembly adjustably mounted to each of the first and second adjustment strips along a first side of the cabinet, and a second track mount assembly adjustably mounted to each of the third and fourth adjustment strips along a second side of the cabinet. A drawer, including first and second drawer slide assemblies, is slidingly engaged to the first and second track mount assemblies. |
| US10271646B2 |
Rail or bar organizer system
An office desktop organizer system including a rigid, tubular section with a triangular cross-section joinable with more sections in series via a connector joint in between sections and end caps covering the opposite ends of the tubular sections. The connector joints may be straight or have a bend. Add on office implements, such as a storage shelf, a drawer, a pencil box, a tape dispenser, a bin, a phone dock, a note pad stand, a USB port, or an AC outlet power center, each having an overarching arm, are connectable to the tubular section by engaging the overarching arm thereto. Eyelets in the end caps and connector joints allow the tubular section to be mounted to a wall using a screw, push pins, tape, etc. where the screw or pin head fits into the eyelet. |
| US10271644B1 |
Support rod storage securing system
A support rod storage securing system includes a container for holding clothing that has a bottom wall and a perimeter wall that is attached to and extending upwardly from the bottom wall. The perimeter wall has an upper edge defining an opening extending into the container. A frame member is mounted to the container. A collapsible dressing station is removably mountable to the container such that the collapsible dressing station extends upwardly from the container. The collapsible dressing station includes an upper bar configured to receive clothes hangers. A pair of connectors each is attached to the frame member. The upper bar is removably mounted on the pair of connectors such that the upper bar is releasably retained in a static position within the container. |
| US10271643B2 |
Furniture device with height-adjustable top board
A furniture device (1) with a height-adjustable top board includes a top board; extendable and contractable legs equipped with an upper support configured to support the top board, and a lower support configured to support the upper support to be movable upward and downward; and a decorative member (18) which covers the lower support (9A) of the legs. An arbitrary color is given to the decorative member. |
| US10271642B1 |
Desk with combinative work surfaces
A desk includes a base and a plurality of work surface assemblies mounted on the base. The base has a shaft and two stand connected to opposite ends of the shaft. Each of the work surface assemblies has a board and a leg having opposite ends connected to the board and the shaft of the base respectively. The shaft has a plurality of shaft sections connected in series. Whereby a user may pick a predetermined number of shaft sections in serial connection according to a number and a pattern of the work surface assemblies to be mounted on the shaft. |
| US10271637B2 |
Paint puck
A circular paint “puck” is molded silicone or rubber with a diameter matching the bottom of a standard coffee cup or else a standard disposable paint mixing cup of 8 oz, 16 oz, 32 oz or 64 oz. The puck is a disk featuring cleaning surfaces on the top side and, on the bottom, suction cups for securing the puck to the bottom of the cup and preventing its moving during brush cleaning. A painter using the puck attaches it to the bottom of the brush-washing cup, fills the cup with water, and agitates paint brushes against the cleaning surfaces to clean them. The paint puck is made of flexible silicone rubber for economy, molding specialized surfaces, easy cleaning and easy removal from the cup. However, the silicone must have enough rigidity to provide a functional suction cup and for its cleaning surfaces to provide resistance to sticky, wet brush bristles covered in paint. |
| US10271634B1 |
Retention device, a retention device system and method of using a retention device system
A retention device includes a body having a channel disposed in the body, the channel including a substantially linear axis and having at least one arcuate-shaped cross section beginning at a first distal end of the channel. A receiving socket is disposed in the body at a second distal end of the channel, the receiving socket including at least one recessed spherical-shaped section. A continuous slot extends through the body to the channel and defining a substantially linear section from the first distal end of the channel along the substantially linear axis of the channel to the second distal end of the channel. The continuous slot extends through the body to the receiving socket and defines a substantially 90-degree arcuate section from a first point orthogonal to the substantially linear axis at the second distal end of the channel to a second point on the substantially linear axis of the channel. |
| US10271633B2 |
Bottle with mating clip
An improved bottle having a mating clip is disclosed. The bottle includes a guide, preferably located on opposing sidewalls of the bottle, to direct attachment features of a clip toward mating attachment features of a bottle in order to facilitate attachment of the bottle to the clip in a tactile fashion. The guide further serves as a release mechanism, in which an inward force applied to the guide will cause deflection of the bottle to separate the clip from the bottle. |
| US10271631B2 |
Beauty product displays
Devices and methods for displaying beauty and other visual products are disclosed. A display system can comprise a frame and a sample portion. Traits such as color and texture of a beauty product can be displayed on the sample portion, and the frame portion can interface with product shelving to align samples with relevant products in the display. The sample portion can be releasably attached to the frame to be removed by a user and be placed above a body part of the user to which a beauty product may be applied, or a body part can be placed in proximity to the sample portion even while it is attached to the frame. The user can advantageously view the beauty product as applied to the body part without applying the beauty product. The system is useful for fingernail polish display, for example. |
| US10271630B2 |
Double brush rod type mascara cosmetic case
A double brush rod type mascara cosmetic case is provided, to which a double brush rod type of a first brush rod having a top portion coupled to a first cap and a first brush disposed at a bottom, and a second brush rod having a top portion coupled to a second cap and a second brush disposed at a bottom is applied, such that a mascara liquid in a case main body may be used even when the brushes applied as brushes or the brush rods are deformed due to carelessness in use, and to which a double closing structure of a first closure which doubly blocks and tightly closes an opened top portion of the case main body, and a second closure which doubly blocks and tightly closes an opened top portion of the first cap is applied. |
| US10271629B1 |
Cosmetics portioning machine
A cosmetic portioning machine is provided having a mixing chamber, with a plurality of inlets each of which provides an ingredient. A piston disposed in the mixing chamber to define a mixing volume. A dasher is disposed in the mixing chamber and mixes the ingredients together in the mixing volume so as to form a cosmetic. When the cosmetic product is thoroughly mixed, the piston urges the product out of the mixing chamber and through an outlet. A moveable sealing member is configured to pass through the outlet so as to seal off fluid communication between the mixing chamber and the outlet and to urge any remaining cosmetic product through the outlet. |
| US10271626B1 |
Solar charging, illuminated hunting bag
A camping bag is provided having a main holding volume with specialized compartments, and a carrying strap. The main holding volume is closed by a dual cover: a waterproofed zippered sealing end flap; and a clamped sealing side flap. The compartmentalized interior provides containment for small handheld electronic devices. A USB port is further provided that can be used to charge a portable electronic device while being stored within the main compartment. The outside of the side flap includes outwardly directed solar panel that provides a lightweight charging source that will ensure remote charging capabilities. A telescoping flexible light attached to the exterior of the bag can provide positionable task lighting. The instant abstract is neither intended to define the invention disclosed in this specification nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way. |
| US10271621B2 |
Gemstone with a chaton cut
A gemstone with a chaton cut has tapering facets of a crown adjoin a flat table all the way round inclined relative to the table. The facets extend as far as a rondist at which the gemstone has the largest transverse dimension. A pavilion of facets, preferably terminating at a point, adjoins below the rondist. The gemstone is at least partially made of glass, and the crown angle (α) is between 40.5° and 42.5°. |
| US10271614B2 |
Sole assembly for article of footwear
A sole assembly for an article of footwear having a midsole defining a sidewall channel in the forefoot and a sidewall channel in the heel. The forefoot and heel channels terminate at the arch. The sole assembly includes a plate disposed below the midsole. The plate may include an arch portion, forefoot legs extending along the medial and lateral sides of the forefoot and heel legs extending along the medial and lateral sides of the heel. The medial forefoot leg may extend almost the full length of the forefoot. The lateral forefoot leg may extend about half-way through the forefoot. The lateral heel leg may extend almost the full length of the heel. The medial heel leg may extend about half-way through the heel. The sole assembly may include an outsole with slots in the heel and forefoot. The slots may terminate short of the peripheral edge. |
| US10271609B2 |
Step-on shoe cover and method of use thereof
A press on shoe cover includes a bottom layer and at least one bistable spring band. The bottom layer is sized to cover at least a bottom of a shoe. The at least one bistable spring band is attached to the bottom layer. The at least one bistable spring band having a stable planar position and a bias coiling position. The stable planar position is configured to hold the bottom layer flat. The bias coiling position is configured to wrap the bottom layer around at least the bottom of the shoe. When the shoe cover lays flat on a surface and the bottom of the shoe is pressed down on the shoe cover, the bistable spring band is configured to move to the bias coiling position thereby wrapping the bottom layer around at least the bottom of the shoe and securing the shoe cover on the bottom of the shoe. |
| US10271608B2 |
Open footwear with rigid, porous surface
It is desired to teach an open footwear article where the upper surface contacting the foot is partially combined with, or wholly comprised of, a substantially rigid material that has some degree of open porosity. The purpose of said rigid, porous material serves to immediately absorb perspiration and/or water from the feet. Subsequent drying of the porous, rigid material occurs when the sandal is not in use as water/perspiration are evaporated from within the pores. The porous, rigid material also effects a massaging action while walking. It is the intent of this invention to capture a preferred combination of these two embodiments. |
| US10271607B2 |
Cap with a configurable securement mechanism
A cap includes a crown portion being generally hemispherical in shape and having a hollow interior such that the crown portion defines an interior surface and an exterior surface and the crown portion further includes an apex and a generally circular base. A securement mechanism includes a first and a second elongate flexible strand where each of the flexible strands have a first, a second end, and a mid portion. A bead defines a pair of openings there through where a first end of the first flexible strand extends through a first one of the pair of openings and a first end of the second flexible strand extends through a second one of the pair of openings. The cap retains the second end of each of the flexible strands on opposing sides of the cap. |
| US10271605B2 |
Protective sports helmet
A protective sports helmet that includes an energy attenuating faceguard connection system, which includes at least one connector that secures the faceguard to the helmet shell without a connection point in the shell's brow region. The sports helmet can be configured as a football helmet to be worn by a player and where the lack of a brow region connection point results in a gap or clearance between the faceguard and the shell that has a functional interplay with the connector upon an impact to the faceguard. The football helmet has a unique collection of helmet shell features that include an arrangement of a raised central band, lateral ridges, frontal vent openings and rear vent openings. |
| US10271604B2 |
Comfort padding and a helmet comprising the comfort padding
A comfort padding, configured to be attached at an innermost surface of a helmet, which is facing a wearer's head, for providing a sliding movement in the comfort padding in response to an oblique force applied to the helmet in use is provided. The comfort padding comprises a layer of membrane material provided closer to the helmet than a layer of stretchable fabric or nonwoven material, and between the two layers there is a layer of open cell polymer foam, the membrane layer has a low friction surface allowing for a sliding movement between the layer of open cell polymer foam and the membrane material. A helmet comprising the comfort padding. |
| US10271602B2 |
Connecting arrangement and helmet comprising such a connecting arrangement
The invention relates to a connection arrangement (6) adapted to connect a first (2) and a second part (3) slidably arranged in relation to each other. The connection arrangement (6) is characterized in that said connection arrangement (6) is adapted to allow the sliding movement between the first (2) and the second part (3) in all directions. The arrangement (6) comprises a connection member (7) directly or indirectly connected to at least one of the first part and the second part (2, 3) and a device creating a spring force and/or a damping force (8) during sliding movement between the first and second part (2, 3) adapted to be connected with or to cooperate with said connection member (7). The invention further relates to a helmet (1) comprising a first helmet part (2) to be arranged closer to a wearer's head, a second helmet part (3) arranged radially outside of the first helmet part (2) and at least one connection arrangement (6) according to the above connecting the first and the second helmet part (2, 3). |
| US10271598B2 |
Fabric realignment using the Z-plasty technique
A method of altering clothing for a more aesthetic fit comprises the application of the Z-plasty surgical technique to clothing. The fabric is marked at the desired point of realignment with a “Z” pattern. The fabric is then cut along the marked “Z” creating two opposing triangular flaps. The flaps are pulled into their new position, with the angles from the center leg of the “Z” rotating to meet the angles of the upper and lower legs of the “Z.” The flaps are then stitched into place in the new position, completing the alteration and resulting in a more pleasing fit. |
| US10271597B2 |
Utility glove
A utility glove having a palm side including a three dimensional molded palm portion formed of an elastomeric material with a thumb portion and at least one finger portion and a back side of the glove comprising a fabric material, with the molded palm portion formed in a pre-curved configuration to create a concave shape. The molded palm has one or more of thickened areas for abrasion resistance, padded areas for comfort, flex grooves for improved movement, textured grip areas for improved grip and/or perforations for breathability. The molded palm portion may be formed of different elastomeric materials to take advantage of the different characteristics of the particular materials. |
| US10271588B2 |
Fleece shorts with durable wind-blocking pocket
A shorts garment comprising insulating fleece and durable, wind-blocking patch pockets. The shorts comprise fleece front and rear panels with high air permeability. The patch pockets comprise durable, non-stretch fabric with low air permeability. The low air permeability of the patch pockets provides wind and cold protection for the thigh areas. The air permeabilities of the pocket fabric and fleece fabric are within disclosed numerical ranges. Additionally, the pocket permeability is optionally less than ½, ¼ or 1/10 the permeability of the fleece panels. The patch pockets protect the fleece from wear and abrasion. A crotch area between the pockets has high air permeability fleece, and so the crotch receives cooling air ventilation. The patch pockets preferably cover about 20%, 30%, 40% or more of the front fleece panels. The present shorts garment is comfortably warm in cool temperatures and over a wide temperature range. |
| US10271581B2 |
Recovery tight with preconfigured compression zones and integrated structure patterns
A recovery tight having preconfigured compression zones with integrated knit structures is provided herein. The compression zones may have differing compressive properties where zones having a higher compression force are located at the calf and ankle areas of the tight, zones having the next highest compression force are located over the knee and lower thigh areas of the tight, and zones having the lowest compression force are located over the upper thigh and lower torso areas of the tight when the tight is worn. The integrated knit structures modify the compressive properties of the zones in the areas where the structures are located in order to further customize the compressive properties of the recovery tight. |
| US10271579B2 |
Removable cup atomizer
A removable cup atomizer comprising a cylindrical body having a hollow interior, a heating element positioned in the hollow interior, a connection means connected to a bottom portion of the cylindrical body. The connection means is configured to provide electrical power. The electrical power heats the heating element. A removable cylindrical cup is positioned on the heating element. The cylindrical cup is configured to accept an amount of matter which is heated by the heating element such that the amount of matter is vaporized and may be inhaled by a user. |
| US10271577B2 |
Water pipe stabilizer
A stabilizer for water pipes used for smoking substances, comprising a wrap configured to hold in a portion of the water pipe and a support that is wider than the base floor of the water pipe. The stabilizer can provide a wider and more stable base for the water pipe that can counteract and/or prevent tipping of the water pipe, and/or can provide shock absorption properties to reduce the risk of a water pipe tipping over and breaking or spilling. |
| US10271574B2 |
Liquid tobacco composition
A liquid tobacco composition comprises tobacco dissolved in an ionic liquid. Removal of selected tobacco constituents is aided by dissolving the tobacco in the ionic liquid. The tobacco, having selected constituents removed, may be regenerated from the liquid tobacco composition by separating the tobacco from the ionic liquid. |
| US10271569B2 |
Compositions and methods of producing microbeads
A method for producing microbeads comprising an active component encapsulated within a gelled polymer matrix comprises the steps of providing a suspension of denatured whey protein and an active component, treating the suspension to generate microbeads, and immediately curing the microbeads by acidification. The microbeads are discrete droplets of gelled whey protein having an average diameter in the micron range (for example, from 80 to 500 microns) and which suitably have a generally spherical shape. The microbeads are capable of surviving passage through the stomach, and delivering the encapsulated active agent in the intestine. Ex-vivo and in-vivo data shows that active agent encapsulated within microbeads retains its functionality upon delivery to the intestine, and that coating of the microcapsules allows targeted delivery of the active agent to the distal part of the intestine. |
| US10271567B1 |
Chinese meal package and preparation method thereof
The disclosure discloses a Chinese meal package and a preparation method thereof. The Chinese meal package is prepared from the following raw materials in part by weight: a component A, a component B, a component C and a component D according to a ratio of 1 to 1 to 1 to 1. |
| US10271565B2 |
Ice cream machine and a method for producing an ice cream product using an ice cream machine
A method for producing an ice cream product with an ice cream machine having an extrusion nozzle and a cutting tool is provided. The method comprises providing an ice cream mixture, extruding the ice cream mixture through the extrusion nozzle, and cutting the ice cream mixture with the cutting tool into an ice cream product, wherein the cutting tool is an ultrasound cutting tool. An ice cream machine for producing an ice cream product is also provided. |
| US10271564B2 |
Automatic beancurd sheet making machine provided with cooling grooves
The embodiment of the present invention discloses an automatic beancurd sheet making machine provided with cooling grooves. The automatic beancurd sheet making machine consists of a machine frame, a water tank, a soybean milk groove, a soybean milk circulating pump, cooling grooves, air blow pipes, a beancurd sheet collecting drum and conveyor belts. According to the automatic beancurd sheet making machine disclosed by the embodiment of the present invention, continuous sheet picking can be performed on beancurd sheets formed in the soybean milk groove, a condition that the machine needs to be stopped for sheet forming is avoided, and beancurd sheets can realize natural absorption of residual heat of the soybean milk groove on the conveyor belts like original manual work so as to realize drying by airing. The dried beancurd sheets are cut, and then packed, and automatic continuous operation is realized. The production efficiency is improved, the cost is reduced, consistent texture is guaranteed, and the defects of long-time training of skilled workers and anthropic factors are overcome. |
| US10271562B2 |
Yogurt fermenter for home use
Provided is a yogurt fermenter, comprising: a head unit; a heating unit which is formed to protrude, is formed integrally at a lower surface of the head unit, and builds in a heating element; and a fermenter engaging unit which is formed at a lower side of the head unit to engage the head unit to a fermentation container, wherein when the fermenter engaging unit is engaged to an upper side of the fermentation container containing a fermentation substance, the heating unit is submerged in the fermentation substance to directly provide heat thereby performing fermentation. |
| US10271561B2 |
Biopolymer-based preservation of perishable products
Disclosed herein are biopolymer-based coatings and products incorporating such coatings. Related methods and use are also provided. |
| US10271553B2 |
Spot-on active substance formulation
The invention relates to an improved composition for the control of parasites on animals, comprising comparably high amounts of active substances from the group of agonists of the nicotinergic acetylcholine receptors of insects (neonicotinoids) and from pyrethroids in a new and improved formulation comprising an aliphatic cyclic carbonate, an aromatic alcohol, sorbitan monolaurate (Span 20) and optionally additionally further active and/or auxiliary substances. In particular, the invention relates to the use of such compositions for the control of ectoparasites such as, in particular, lice, fleas, ticks, mosquitoes and sand flies in pets such as, in particular, in dogs and ferrets. |
| US10271551B2 |
Preservative composition for wet wipes
A wiping composition and a wiping product containing the composition are disclosed. The wiping composition contains a combination of an antimicrobial agent with a preservative enhancing agent that not only provides antiseptic properties when applied to an adjacent surface, but also is well suited to preserving the substrate that is used to apply the composition. In particular, the composition has been unexpectedly found to inhibit or destroy bacteria, particularly Burkholderia cepacia, even when the active ingredients are used at extremely low levels. |
| US10271549B2 |
Herbicidal composition
To provide a technology for controlling weeds and the like. A herbicidal composition comprising at least one compound selected from Group A, and dicamba N, N-bis-(3-aminopropyl)methylamine salt has a weed control effect: Group A: a group consisting of flumioxazin, sulfentrazone, saflufenacil, oxyfluorfen, fomesafen and a compound represented by the formula (I): |
| US10271538B2 |
Device for dispensing volatile substances with variable mat structures
Mats of different sizes formed of single mats having different sizes or a multilayer mat which are provided for area insect repellent devices which contain a heat plate to heat the mat structures carried thereabove, thereby providing different operating characteristics of the repellent device. |
| US10271533B2 |
Smart mosquito trap
A system for luring pests including a pest detector and a pest lure. The pest detector may be adapted to generate a type detection signal having a value indicative of a type of a pest in proximity to the pest detector. The pest lure may be in electrical communication with the pest detector and adapted to activate responsive to the type detection signal. |
| US10271532B2 |
Baitcast reel spool having replaceable plate
Provided is a baitcast reel spool that provides a rotational braking force against a spool using a braking magnet to prevent backlash of the spool in casting, more particularly, to a baitcast reel spool having a replaceable plate, of which the plate that is attracted by a braking magnet can be easily, firmly, and safely attached to a side of the spool and can be easily detached so that a user can tune the reel by replacing the plate in accordance with his/her taste and necessity. |
| US10271529B2 |
Fishing reel
A fishing reel configured to forwardly release a fishing line includes a reel unit, a spool rotatably supported by the reel unit, an electric power generator that generates an electric power upon a rotation of the spool, an electric component including a controller, an overvoltage protection circuit, and a bypass circuit. The controller operates using the electric power generated by the electric power generator. The overvoltage protection circuit is electrically connected to the electric power generator and the electric component, the overvoltage protection circuit limits a voltage of the electric power output from the electric power generator to a predetermined magnitude. The bypass circuit supplies the electric power generated by the electric power generator to the electric component by bypassing the overvoltage protection circuit upon a determination that the voltage of the electric power generated by the electric power is less than or equal to a predetermined value. |
| US10271528B1 |
Double plopper
A fishing-lure device. The device having a pair of blades or impellers each of which is configured in parallel arrangement with a bait and act as floating wings positioned in in a symmetrical arrangement above the bait for attracting game fish to the bait as it is moved through the water or for suspending the bait motionless in the water. Each of the blades is configured in an off-set manner to make a gurgling and popping sound as it traverses through the body of water. |
| US10271527B2 |
Protective device for animal breeding, such as the breeding of fish, mussels or mollusks
Protective device for animal breeding, such as the breeding of fish, mussels or mollusks, includes at least an inner cage that can be positioned in a body of water and which is formed from a net. This inner cage is dimensioned with a mesh width such that the animals to be bred are retained within the net. It is preferably totally surrounded by at least one outer cage spaced apart from the inner cage, and which is produced from a net made of thin wires and/or strands. The mesh width of the outer cage is greater than the mesh width of the inner cage, and it is thus guaranteed that predators cannot damage the net of the inner cage from the outside. |
| US10271524B2 |
Smart pet collar
A smart pet collar includes a collar body, a hardware holder, and a smart hardware body. The collar body is ring shaped, the hardware holder is locked to the collar body; the smart hardware body is installable into the hardware holder; the hardware holder has a latching element for latching the smart hardware body and a connecting terminal child-and-mother seat configured to be corresponsive to the smart hardware body; and the collar body includes a flexible printed circuit component. The pet collar has the features of powerful function, simple structure, and reasonable design and detachable components to facilitate its use without affecting the pet's wearing comfortability. With the double auxiliary antenna design, the pet collar improves the capability of transmitting/receiving wireless signals, positioning precision and environmental adaptability to meet the requirements for different occasions and environments without increasing the volume or quantity of components of the pet collar. |
| US10271523B2 |
Pet collar with latch mount
A pet collar with a latch mount includes a collar body in a ring shape and a hardware holder fixed and locked to the collar body. The hardware holder has a latching assembly and a connecting terminal child-and-mother seat; the collar body includes a flexible printed circuit component; the flexible printed circuit component has plural waterproof LED luminous bodies packaged by resin; the waterproof LED luminous body is connected to the connecting terminal child-and-mother seat of the hardware holder through the flexible printed circuit component. The invention has the features of powerful function, simple structure, and reasonable design and uses a hardware holder to achieve the effect of combining different hardware components to improve the environmental adaptability of the product, so as to meet the using requirements for different occasions and environments. |
| US10271522B2 |
Pet chest strap with mount
A pet chest strap with a mount includes a chest strap body and a hardware holder fixed and locked to the chest strap body. The hardware holder has a locking assembly and a connecting terminal child-and-mother seat; the chest strap body includes a flexible printed circuit component with plural LED luminous bodies attached onto the flexible printed circuit component and packaged with a resin; the LED luminous bodies are connected to the connecting terminal child-and-mother seat of the hardware holder through the flexible printed circuit component. The invention has the features of powerful function, simple structure, and reasonable design and uses a hardware holder to achieve the effect of combining different hardware components to improve the environmental adaptability of the product, so as to meet the using requirements for different occasions and environments. |
| US10271517B2 |
Brush for livestock animals, device comprising a brush of this type, and method for brushing livestock animals
A rotatable livestock brush has a rotation axis and a brush surface configured to be brought into contact with a contact region of a body of a livestock animal. The brush surface includes at least a first region having first pressure-transfer properties, and a second region having second pressure-transfer properties which differ from the first pressure-transfer properties. A plane at a right angle to the rotation axis intersects both the first and second regions. The brush has a cylinder shape with a central cylinder axis. The rotation axis is eccentric and in a position which differs from a position of the central cylinder axis. Upon rotation, the brush massages the body of the livestock animal in the contact region thereof by transferring the varying pressures onto the body of the animal by successively bringing the first and second brush surface regions into contact with the body of the animal. |
| US10271515B2 |
Animal feed catch tray and animal feeder comprising same
The present invention is directed to animal feeders and implements therefor that are configured to limit the waste of feed from the animal feeder. Preferably, such implements can be in the form of an apparatus that is attached to an existing gravity fed or assisted feed animal feeder for catching feed that would otherwise fall to the ground from a feed delivery structure of the animal feeder. Beneficially, by limiting wasting of feed, embodiments of the present invention reduce feed cost and reduce the presence of undesirable animals that would otherwise be attracted by wasted feed. Feed catch trays configured in accordance with embodiments of the present invention can also include structure for receiving and holding a dietary supplement article such as, for example, a block of minerals whose consumption is beneficial to animals being fed. |
| US10271509B1 |
Soybean variety 5PZDM07
A novel soybean variety, designated 5PZDM07 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PZDM07, cells from soybean variety 5PZDM07, plants of soybean 5PZDM07, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PZDM07. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PZDM07 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PZDM07, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PZDM07, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PZDM07. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PZDM07 are further provided. |
| US10271507B2 |
Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH795172
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH795172. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH795172, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH795172 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH795172. |
| US10271505B2 |
Plants and seeds of corn variety CV753235
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV753235. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV753235, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV753235 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV753235 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV753235. |
| US10271499B1 |
Wheat variety SNR-0068
A wheat variety designated SNR-0068, the plants and seeds and plant parts of wheat variety SNR-0068, methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing the variety SNR-0068 with another wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety SNR-0068 with another wheat line or plant, and the creation of variants by mutagenesis or transformation of variety SNR-0068. Methods for producing other wheat varieties or breeding lines derived from wheat variety SNR-0068 and wheat varieties or breeding lines produced by those methods are also provided. |
| US10271497B2 |
Soybean variety 01064054
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01064054. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01064054. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01064054 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01064054 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods. |
| US10271494B2 |
Soybean variety 01068122
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01068122. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01068122. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01068122 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01068122 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods. |
| US10271490B2 |
Plants and seeds of corn variety CV730108
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV730108. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV730108, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV730108 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV730108 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV730108. |
| US10271487B2 |
Methods and compositions for producing plants with elevated brix
The invention provides compositions and methods relating to the production of Cucumis melo plants with elevated Brix and/or enhanced fruit color. The invention further provides plants, plant parts, and seeds comprising such elevated Brix. The invention allows introgression of the identified high Brix QTL in an desired genetic background of a sexually compatible plant species. |
| US10271486B2 |
Insulated shipping containers modified for high-yield plant production capable in any environment
A system and method for generating high-yield plant production is disclosed. The system includes a container, a growing station, and a monitoring system. The growing station includes vertical racks, a lighting system, an irrigation system, a climate control system, and a ventilation system. The monitoring system monitors all of the systems in the growing station, as well as the environment within the container, to provide real-time data and alerts to a user. |
| US10271478B2 |
Hydromechanical transmission system for a header of an agricultural harvester
A header comprising an inlet line, a check valve, an accumulator and a hydromechanical transmission system is disclosed. The inlet line is used to receive a first pressure of hydraulic fluid and be in communication with the check valve. The accumulator is located downstream the check valve and in communication with the inlet valve. The hydromechanical transmission system includes a pressure line in communication with the inlet line that is downstream the accumulator and a closed hydraulic circuit in communication with the pressure line having a hydrostatic pump and a variable speed motor. |
| US10271475B2 |
Machine for harvesting root crop
A machine for harvesting root crop has a lifting device that in a position of use on a harvest field lifts several rows of the crop with admixtures from the soil transversely to the travel direction in accordance with a lifting width. From the lifting device the loosened mixture of crop and admixtures is movable opposite to the travel direction by a first longitudinal conveyor and is transferred onto a second screening belt conveyor. Between longitudinal conveyor and screening belt conveyor, a transfer zone is defined with belt overlap. The first longitudinal conveyor in the conveying direction together with the upstream lifting device forms a module that is movable in transverse direction of the machine relative to the second screening belt conveyor. This module, relative to the common transfer zone, can be moved at least sectionwise into a position of lateral spacing relative to the second screening belt conveyor. |
| US10271472B1 |
Agricultural equipment transportation method and apparatus
A trailer for transporting agricultural equipment over the road. The trailer includes a frame that supports a wheel travel path that is traversed by the tires of agricultural equipment hauled by the trailer roll as the equipment is loaded on and unloaded off the trailer. The wheel travel path includes a) an inclined rear section located at or near the back of the trailer, b) an over-wheel section located generally in front of the inclined rear section and positioned generally over one or more trailer wheels, c) a dropped landing section located generally in front of the over-wheel section, and d) an elevated landing section located generally in front of the dropped landing section. The over-wheel section is elevated relative to the dropped landing section and the elevated landing section is elevated relative to said over-wheel section. |
| US10271471B2 |
Agricultural implement with on-board hydraulic pump or electrical generator
An agricultural trailed implement includes a chassis with tongue for hitching to a tractor. A housing is integrated into a loadbearing section of the tongue. A pump or generator is mounted inside the housing and is driven by a PTO shaft connected to an attached tractor. The pump housing may define a sump which provides a fluid reservoir to supply the pump in a hydraulic circuit. |
| US10278318B2 |
Method of assembling an electronic component using a probe having a fluid thereon
A method of assembly comprising providing an assembly probe, the assembly probe having an end coupling face; providing a droplet of fluid on the end coupling face of the assembly probe; coupling an electronic component to the end coupling face of the assembly probe with the fluid droplet, the electronic component having a peripheral dimension equal to or less than 2 mm in each of length, width and height; placing the electronic component on a substrate with the assembly probe; decoupling the electronic component from the end coupling face of the assembly probe; and assembling the electronic component to the substrate. |
| US10278314B2 |
Soft and/or flexible EMI shields and related methods
According to various aspects, exemplary embodiments are disclosed of soft and/or flexible electromagnetic interference (EMI) shields. In an exemplary embodiment, a shield is suitable for use in providing EMI shielding for one or more components on a substrate. The shield generally includes one or more contacts configured for installation on the substrate and an electrically-conductive cover configured for installation on the contact(s). |
| US10278312B1 |
Thermal management for extend OLED and micro LED avionics life
An LED display package includes an LED display assembly, processing and graphics electronics, an LED heatsink, and a thermal isolation component. The LED display assembly includes a plurality of LEDs. The processing and graphics electronics are configured to drive the LED display assembly. The LED heatsink thermally contacts the LED display assembly, and is disposed between the LED display assembly and the processing and graphics electronics. The thermal isolation component is between the LED heatsink and the processing and graphics electronics and is arranged to thermally isolate the processing and graphics electronics from the LED heatsink. |
| US10278309B2 |
Cabinet and heat dissipation system
The present disclosure provides a cabinet and a heat dissipation system. The cabinet includes: an operating compartment, disposed on one side of a heat dissipation substrate, where the operating compartment is configured to accommodate a server; and a heat dissipation compartment, disposed on the other side of the heat dissipation substrate. Both the heat dissipation compartment and the operating compartment share the heat dissipation substrate as a compartment wall. The operating compartment is separated from the heat dissipation compartment by using the heat dissipation substrate. The heat dissipation compartment accommodates multiple heat dissipation fins, and the multiple heat dissipation fins are connected to the heat dissipation substrate. An air intake vent is disposed in a first compartment wall of the heat dissipation compartment, and an air exhaust vent is disposed in a second compartment wall of the heat dissipation compartment disclosure. |
| US10278307B2 |
Cooling plate and method for manufacturing thereof
A cooling plate of a first embodiment of the present disclosure is configured with a electronic device for heat dissipation. The cooling plate of the first embodiment disclosure includes a first plate, a second plate opposite to the first plate, a bonding line connected with the first plate and the second plate, a plurality of supporting columns, and a cooling liquid received between the first plate and the second plate. The first plate, the second plate, and the bonding line together define a cavity, the plurality of supporting columns and the cooling liquid are received in the cavity. The plurality of supporting columns connects perpendicularly with the first plate and the second plate. The cooling liquid communicates between the plurality of the supporting columns. |
| US10278305B2 |
Electronic assembly with phase-change cooling of a semiconductor device
An electronic assembly comprises a heat-generating semiconductor device that has a first side and a second side opposite the first side. An evaporator stack has a floor and a hollow body. The evaporator stack overlies the first side of the semiconductor device. The heated floor can convert a liquid-phase of a coolant (e.g., refrigerant) into a gas-phase of the coolant. A condensation container is in communication with the evaporator stack and is arranged to receive a gas-phase of the coolant. The condensation container is configured to convert the received gas-phase of the coolant into a liquid phase to replenish the liquid-phase coolant for interaction with the floor of the evaporator stack. |
| US10278304B2 |
Fan control of a computer system based on power ratio
A fan control system for a computer system is provided. The computer system includes a fan and a target device. The fan control system includes a controller to control the rotation speed of the fan. The controller determines a time-variable rate of the rotation speed according to an operating parameter of the target device. Particularly, the controller determines the time-variable rate of the rotation speed according to a ratio of the consumed power to the rated power of the target device. Alternatively, the controller can determine the rotation speed according to the ratio of the consumed power to the rated power of the target device. |
| US10278302B2 |
Device, system and method for providing zone-based configuration of socket structures
Techniques and mechanisms for providing socket connection to a substrate. In an embodiment, a socket device includes a first socket body portion that is to provide for signal exchanges as part of a socket connector including the first socket body portion and a second socket body portion. The first socket body portion and the second socket body portion comprise respective zones, wherein, of the two zones, only one such zone has a first electro-mechanical characteristic. The first electro-mechanical characteristic is selected from the group consisting of an interconnect dimension, an interconnect material, an interconnect structure, a socket body material, and a shielding structure. In another embodiment, modular socket sub-assemblies each comprise a respective one of the first zone and the second zone. |
| US10278299B2 |
Stand for electronic device
A stand for an electronic device includes a base, a ring, a hinge, a cover and a hinge receiving wall and an adhesive provided on a surface of the base so that the base can be attached to the electronic device. The ring further includes a cylindrical engaging portion on a portion of the ring. The hinge includes a protrusion and an engaging groove which is formed by a cutout space on a side of the hinge. The hinge is received a shape corresponding to the engaging portion of the ring in the engaging groove. The cover for covering the hinge in the cover is received a shape corresponding to the hinge to snugly fit the hinge therein. The hinge receiving wall receives the protrusion of the hinge. |
| US10278296B2 |
Shroud for an electronic device
A shroud including a body comprising a first side, a second side opposite the first side, and a printed circuit board assembly (“PCBA”) reception unit configured to receive a PCBA unit of an electronic device, wherein the PCBA unit comprises multiple light emitting diode (“LED”) units which emit multiple light emitting diode (“LED”) signals. The shroud can also include a plurality of ribs located on the body and configured to contact a cover for the electronic device, wherein the plurality of ribs are configured to substantially isolate each of the multiple LED signals, and wherein the body and the plurality of ribs comprise a resilient material. |
| US10278295B2 |
Frame-type optical member with optical fiber and multi-panel display device with same
In a multi-panel display device in which plural individual display devices are joined, it is possible to guarantee image continuity in panel junction areas of the multi-panel display device by disposing a frame-type optical member, which includes a frame section having plural optical fibers and a central light-transmitting area, on the front surface of the multi-panel display device and optimizing structures of an inner inclined surface of the frame section of the frame-type optical member and optical fibers included in the frame section. |
| US10278294B2 |
Glass device housings
An electronic device may have a glass housing structures. The glass housing structures may be used to cover a display and other internal electronic device components. The glass housing structure may have multiple glass pieces that are joined using a glass fusing process. A peripheral glass member may be fused along the edge of a planar glass member to enhance the thickness of the edge. A rounded edge feature may be formed by machining the thickened edge. Raised fused glass features may surround openings in the planar glass member. Multiple planar glass members may be fused together to form a five-sided box in which electronic components may be mounted. Raised support structure ribs may be formed by fusing glass structures to a planar glass member. Opaque masking material and colored glass may be used to create portions of the glass housing structures that hide internal device components from view. |
| US10278292B2 |
Method for orienting solder balls on a BGA device
A BGA structure having larger solder balls in high stress regions of the array is disclosed. The larger solder balls have higher solder joint reliability (SJR) and as such may be designated critical to function (CTF), whereby the larger solder balls in high stress regions carry input/output signals between a circuit board and a package mounted thereon. The larger solder balls are accommodated by recessing each ball in the package substrate, the circuit board, or both the package substrate and the circuit board. Additionally, a ball attach method for mounting a plurality of solder balls having different average diameters is disclosed. |
| US10278291B2 |
Passive alterable electrical component
A passive electrical component is described including a substrate, at least a first, second and third electrically conductive pad, each disposed on the substrate and at least a first electrical device fixedly attached to the first pad and the second pad. The first electrical device is electrically connected to the first and second pads. The third pad is devoid of electrical connection to either the first or the second pads. The component is recognizable by both a Computer Aided Design program and an automated component assembly machine. |
| US10278290B2 |
Electronic component embedded substrate
An electronic component embedded substrate 1 includes a substrate 10 having a wiring layer 11 and an insulating layer 12; an electronic component 20 built in the substrate 10, and having a pair of electrode layers 21A and 21B, and a dielectric layer 22; and a stress relieving layer 30 provided closer to the wiring layer 11 than the insulating layer 12 is in the lamination direction, wherein at least part of an end portion of the electronic component 20 on the wiring layer 11 side is in contact with the stress relieving layer 30, wherein at least part of an end portion of the electronic component 20 on the insulating layer 12 side is in contact with the insulating layer 12, and wherein the Young's modulus of the stress relieving layer 30 is lower than the Young's modulus of the electrode layer 21B. |
| US10278288B2 |
Inductive sensor for shock absorber
An inductor sensor assembly for determining to position of object includes a layer of ferrite overlaying exciting and receiving coils formed on a substrate. A magnet attached to the target produces a virtual coupler in an area of ferrite overlaying the coils. An application for a shock absorber includes a sensor module mounted in a recess in a dust cover and a magnet mounted to a cylinder tube of the shock absorber. |
| US10278285B2 |
Electric component assembly
A component assembly is disclosed. In an embodiment the assembly includes a carrier, a metallic structure arranged on the carrier, wherein the metallic structure comprises at least one cavity and an electrical component arranged at least in part in the cavity, wherein the metallic structure comprises at least two part regions which are not connected to each other by any further part of the metallic structure, and wherein the cavity is located between the two part regions. The assembly further includes two contact areas located on the carrier, wherein the component is located on the two contact areas such that each part region of the two part regions is located on one of the two contact areas. |
| US10278284B2 |
Laminate materials with embedded heat-generating multi-compartment microcapsules
A composite material incorporates multi-compartment microcapsules that produce heat when subject to a stimulus such as a compressive force or a magnetic field. The stimulus ruptures an isolating structure within the multi-compartment microcapsule, allowing reactants within the multi-compartment microcapsule to produce heat from an exothermic reaction. In some embodiments, the composite material is a laminate used in the manufacture of multi-layer printed circuit boards (PCBs) and provides heat during the curing process of the multi-layer PCBs to ensure a consistent thermal gradient in the multi-layer product. |
| US10278282B2 |
Substrate structure and manufacturing method thereof
A substrate structure and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The substrate structure comprises a metal carrier, a dielectric material layer, a first conductive wiring layer, a second conductive wiring layer and a conductive pillar layer. The first conductive wiring layer is disposed on a surface of the metal carrier. The dielectric material layer is disposed on a surface of the first conductive wiring layer. The conductive pillar layer is disposed inside the dielectric material layer, and located between the first conductive wiring layer and the second conductive wiring layer. The conductive pillar layer has at least one conductive pillar. The conductive pillar is electrically connected to the first conductive wiring layer and the second conductive wiring layer. |
| US10278281B1 |
MEMS stress isolation and stabilization system
A MEMS thermal stress isolation system is disclosed. The MEMs thermal stress isolation system is a MEMS embedded hardware implementation designed to isolate the sensitive sensor die from external stresses caused by rigid attachment to packaging and to allow the sensor to perform with improved immunity to the negative impacts of rigid sensor packaging attachment. A planar, micro-etched interface structure is integrated into the MEMS wafer stack, which serves as the mechanical connection between the MEMS sensor and the external packaging. |
| US10278275B2 |
Grating magneto optical trap
A two-dimensional magneto-optical trap (2D GMOT) that is configured to produce a cold-atom beam exiting the 2D GMOT is disclosed. In embodiments, the 2D GMOT is configured to feed a three-dimensional GMOT with the cold atom beam. In embodiments, the 2D GMOT includes an input light beam having its direction along a first axis, its width along a second axis, normal to the first axis, and a substantially flat input light beam intensity profile. 2D GMOT may further includes a quadrupole magnetic field with its magnitude being zero along a third axis that is centered at the center of the input light beam's width. The 2D GMOT may also include a diffraction-grating surface positioned normal to the first axis, composed of closely adjacent parallel grooves spread across the width and run parallel to the third axis. |
| US10278272B2 |
ESD protection device
An ESD protection device includes a ceramic element assembly including a glass component, first and second discharge electrodes on the same plane in the ceramic element assembly and opposed to each other with a gap therebetween, a discharge auxiliary electrode that connects the first discharge electrode to the second discharge electrode on the same plane, and a seal layer that is disposed between the discharge auxiliary electrode and the ceramic element assembly and that reduces or prevents a glass component in the ceramic element assembly from entering the discharge auxiliary electrode. The seal layer includes a conductive component. |
| US10278271B2 |
Facility management system
In a facility management system, a controller that constitutes an information acquisition device attached to a signal lamp executes: an acquisition process of acquiring light emission information using a sensor; a transmission process of wirelessly transmitting the light emission information after the acquisition process; and a hibernation process of bringing the controller into a hibernation state corresponding to a power-saving mode in a period from the transmission process to the next acquisition process. The time of the hibernation process is a variable time set in accordance with a hibernation random number. |
| US10278270B2 |
Switch controlled power based lighting control
A method of lighting control includes detecting, by a control device, whether an AC power is available, where the availability of the AC power is controlled by a switch. The method further includes providing, by a driver, a driver power to a light source if the driver power was not provided to the light source when the AC power was last available. The driver generates the driver power from the AC power. |
| US10278269B2 |
Combined lighting device with an integrated dimming control system
A lighting system that includes a lighting device and a dimming controller. The lighting device has a support structure that supports multiple lighting zones. Each lighting zone including one or more lighting sources. The dimming controller is in communication with multiple dimmers supported by the lighting device. Each of the lighting sources is coupled to a corresponding dimmer from the multiple dimmers. The dimming controller is configured to communicate a controlled setting for one or more of the lighting zones to the multiple dimmers. |
| US10278267B2 |
Lighting system
A lighting system comprises a plurality of lighting devices interconnected with one another in a communication network, preferably a wireless communication network; the lighting devices define respective equivalent nodes of the network and are configured so that any one of said lighting devices of the lighting system selectively acts as a master, if an initial control input is received directly by that lighting device; and as a slave, if the initial control input is received by another lighting device. |
| US10278263B2 |
Controller for a lighting arrangement
A configurable controller for a lighting arrangement or assembly is adapted to control or change an output characteristic of the lighting arrangement in response to a user input received at a user interface. The configurable controller limits the amount to which a user input at the user interface may adjust the output characteristics by storing a range of selectable or presently available values for the output characteristic. This range of selectable values is adjustable based upon a configuration input received from a remote device at a communication unit. |
| US10278262B2 |
Soft switch relay circuit
A sensor, such as a motion sensor and/or an occupancy sensor, a soft switch relay controller, or a power pack can significantly reduce the in-rush current and thereby extend the life of relays and other electrical components susceptible to damage caused by in-rush current or voltage surges. The sensor, soft switch relay controller, and/or power pack can reduce the in-rush current when enabling or disabling a light source. |
| US10278255B1 |
Light-emitting device with digital control of color temperature modulation and application thereof
Disclosed are a light-emitting device for digital control of color temperature modulation and its application. The light-emitting device is electrically connected to a wall switch and includes a DIP switch, first LEDs, second LEDs and a control module. The control module is electrically connected to the above components and contains a truth table. The truth table includes at least a first mode, second mode, third mode and a memory and automatically switch mode, and a digital switching is accomplished by correlating the DIP switch to the truth table. In the memory and automatically switch mode, the first to third mode color temperatures are sequentially switched and controlled by turning on or off the wall switch according to the truth table information. The light-emitting device may be applied to light fixtures or mirror products to improve the convenience of use. |
| US10278253B2 |
Passenger cabin having illumination arrangement
An illumination arrangement of a passenger cabin for a passenger aircraft contains a control line with a connected lamp arrangement and operating unit having operating elements for selecting light scenarios of the lamp arrangement by transmitting dedicated control signals of the operating elements from the operating unit to the lamp arrangement via the control line, the lamp arrangement has a first decoder for allocating a sequence of control signals to a prescribed one of the light scenarios, the first decoder has a decoding instruction in a menu structure, the selection of menu elements of the menu structure is effected by the control signals, the illumination arrangement contains an add-on display which is connected to the control line, the add-on display contains a second decoder with the same decoding instruction, according to which a respectively received control signal is assigned a graphic representation of the menu element that is in each case currently selected by the control signals, the graphic representation which is in each case currently recognized is displayed on the add-on display. |
| US10278252B2 |
Solid-state circadian rhythm lamp and luminaire and related control techniques
A solid-state circadian rhythm lamp and luminaire and related control techniques are disclosed. The lamp or luminaire may have: (1) a night/pre-sleep emissions mode in which it emits light having a correlated color temperature (CCT) of about 1,800-2,300 K, the spectral power ratio of blue light (400-495 nm) being such that it constitutes about 10% or less of the total light emitted; (2) a day/wakeup emissions mode in which it emits light having a CCT of about 5,000-8,000 K, the spectral power ratio of blue light being such that it constitutes about 30% or more of the total light emitted; and/or (3) a general lighting mode in which it produces a combined light output having a CCT of about 2,500-5,000 K. The driver may support emissions mode changing based on hysteresis relating to a lighting switch associated with the lamp or luminaire. |
| US10278246B2 |
Solid-state light source dimming system and techniques
A system and related techniques for dimming a solid-state light source are disclosed. The system may be configured to dim the output of a solid-state emitter via a combination of phase-cut dimming and high-frequency pulse-width modulation (PWM) dimming. To this end, the system may include a digital rectification module configured to generate a rectified DC power and a rectified phase-cut signal based on a phase-cut AC signal received from a phase-cut dimmer. The system further may include a microcontroller unit (MCU) configured to measure the duration of low and high states of the rectified phase-cut signal using zero-crossing digital phase-cut detection and output PWM signal(s) based, at least in part, on those measured values. The rectified DC power and PWM signal(s) may be delivered to a DC-to-DC converter, which may output DC power(s) having an intensity based on the rectified DC power and PWM signal(s), causing receiving emitter(s) to dim. |
| US10278238B2 |
Cooktop
A cooktop appliance apparatus for use in cooking. The appliance including a controller for controlling operation of the fan system based on an average power level supplied to a heating system, and based on a temperature measure associated with the one or more subsystems. The appliance including a hardware-implemented safety module comprising two or more temperature actuated safety circuits. The appliance including a user interface adapted to receive a user input with respect to operating parameters of the heating system, the user input including a heating control mode and a set temperature. The appliance including a controller adapted to identify a cooking vessel on an induction cooktop. |
| US10278237B2 |
Method for producing a heating system on a 3D plastic window
A method for producing a heating system on a 3D plastic window, such as a car window. The heating system having an electric heat conductor structure with at least two bus bars and a grid line pattern with a plurality of grid lines. The method having: a step in which the two bus bars, made of a first electrically conductive paste are screen-printed onto the window by a displaceable squeegee; a step in which the grid line pattern is applied onto the window such that it respectively overlaps the two bus bars with at least one second electrically conductive paste which has a greater electrical resistance than the first electrically conductive paste, and a final step in which the two bus bars and the grid lines overlapping these bus bars are at the respective overlapping points electrically connected into the electric heat conductor structure by means of electrical connectors. |
| US10278232B2 |
Apparatus and method for handling out-of-sync and radio link failure with fractional DPCH calls
Aspects of the present disclosure provide an apparatus and methods for operating the same that can improve out-of-sync and radio link failure handling in a W-CDMA network. A user equipment (UE) establishes a packet switched (PS) connection between the UE and a base station, wherein the PS connection includes a Fractional Dedicated Physical Channel (F-DPCH). The UE configures an in-sync threshold (Qin) and an out-of-sync threshold (Qout) for the F-DPCH, wherein values of the Qin and Qout are set higher than those of corresponding Qin and Qout of a Dedicated Physical Channel (DPCH). The UE further estimates a downlink (DL) Signal to Interference Ratio (SIR) based on one or more transmit power control (TPC) commands of the F-DPCH, and determines whether to release the PS connection based on a comparison of the estimated SIR and Qout of the F-DPCH. |
| US10278231B2 |
Method and apparatus for efficiently maintaining communications connectivity for a plurality of applications
In an embodiment, a client proxy provides an operating-system-functions (OS-functions) interface to client applications. The client proxy and each of the client applications resides on a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU). The client proxy receives, via the OS-functions interface, respective registrations from each of a plurality of the client applications. Each respective registration indicates a respective keep-alive-message signaling rate for the corresponding registered client application. The client proxy determines an optimal signaling rate based on the respective keep-alive message signaling rates indicated by the respective registrations. The client proxy generates proxy keep-alive signaling messages that collectively convey keep-alive-message information on behalf of the registered client applications. The client proxy transmits the generated proxy keep-alive signaling messages to a network node at the determined optimal signaling rate. |
| US10278227B2 |
Downlink-only fifth generation new radio
In aspects of downlink-only fifth generation new radio, a mobile communication device includes a radio frequency transceiver, a radio frequency receiver, and a processor and memory system to implement a radio control manager application that establishes an LTE anchor link with a base station using the LTE transceiver, establishes a 5G NR downlink from the base station to the mobile communication device using the radio frequency receiver, and manages the 5G NR downlink via an uplink of the LTE anchor link. In another aspect, a mobile communication device estimates channel conditions for a 5G NR downlink, selects a precoding matrix to beamform the 5G NR downlink, and provides an indication of the selected precoding matrix via the LTE anchor link. |
| US10278222B2 |
Determining device in-range proximity
Devices and methods are provided for determining the proximity of client nodes within a wireless-enabled communication environment. A first client node comprises a database containing identification data associated with a plurality of wireless network access nodes and fingerprint data associated with the client node and a plurality of second client nodes. As the fingerprint information is updated, it is processed by the first client node to identify second client nodes that have matching, or similar, fingerprint information. Those that do are determined to be within a viable device-to-device (D2D) communication range. |
| US10278221B2 |
Communication control device, communication control method, terminal device, and program
There is provided a communication control device including a decision unit configured to decide radio resources available for inter-device communication within a cell, and a notification unit configured to notify a terminal device located within the cell of the radio resources. When the radio resources are modified, the notification unit gives notification of modification of the radio resources through paging. When the radio resources are modified, the radio resources before the modification refrain from being used for the inter-device communication after a predetermined timing and the radio resources after the modification are used for the inter-device communication after the predetermined timing. |
| US10278220B2 |
Content publishing method and user equipment
Embodiments of the present invention provide a content publishing method and a user equipment. The content publishing method includes: obtaining, by a first user equipment supporting a D2D function, a resource for broadcasting information of the first user equipment. The method also includes broadcasting, by the first user equipment, the information of the first user equipment on the obtained resource, so that a second user equipment obtains and sends the information of the first user equipment to a network-side device to set up a connection with the first user equipment, where the second user equipment supports the D2D function and is matched with the first user equipment. |
| US10278218B2 |
Efficient closed loop tuning using signal strength
A wireless communication system, in some embodiments, comprises: a receiver; one or more tunable elements, coupled to the receiver, to adjust an impedance of the system; and a processor, coupled to the one or more tunable elements, to tune said one or more tunable elements based on the strength of a received signal. |
| US10278217B2 |
Managing dynamic connection intervals for implantable and external devices
A method, system and external instrument are provided. The method initiates a communication link between an external instrument (EI) and an implantable medical device (IMD), established a first connection interval for conveying data packets between the EI and IMD and monitors a connection criteria that includes at least one of a data throughput requirement. A battery indicator or link condition of the communications link is between the IMD and EI. The method further changes from the first connection interval to a second connection interval based on the connection criteria. |
| US10278216B2 |
Systems and methods in a network controller for managing mobility in a network of moving things, for example including a network of autonomous vehicles
Systems and methods for managing mobility in a network of moving things. As non-limiting examples, various aspects of this disclosure provide systems and methods for managing mobility in a network in which at least a portion of the network access points are moving. |
| US10278211B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving data on multiple carriers in mobile communication system
A data transmission method and an apparatus to communicate data on multiple carriers in the mobile communication system are provided. A random access method of a terminal in a mobile communication system including primary and secondary cells operating on multiple carriers according to the present invention includes communicating data after random access in the primary cell, receiving, when the random access is triggered in the secondary cell, information for use in the secondary cell random access from the primary cell, transmitting a preamble in the secondary cell based on the received information, monitoring the primary cell to receive a Random Access Response for the secondary cell, and applying, when the Random Access Response for the secondary cell is received, the information carried in the Random Access Response to the secondary cell in which the preamble has been transmitted. |
| US10278208B2 |
Method and device for performing uplink transmission after receiving trigger frame in wireless LAN system
One embodiment of the present invention relates to a method by which a station (STA) performs uplink transmission in a wireless communication system, the method for performing uplink transmission comprising the steps of: receiving a trigger frame from an AP; and performing uplink transmission as a response to the trigger frame, wherein, when a network allocation vector (NAV) of the STA receiving the trigger frame is idle and clear channel assessment (CCA) result is idle, the uplink transmission is performed. |
| US10278206B2 |
Method for scheduling radio resource in unlicensed spectrum and base station using thereof
A method for scheduling radio resource in an unlicensed spectrum and a base station using the method is provided. This method includes following steps. Downlink data are obtained, and the first starting time point for a downlink transmission of this downlink data is estimated. A plurality of second starting times are set according to the first starting time point. A plurality of downlink control information (DCIs) for the downlink data are prepared before the earliest second start time point. Each of the DCIs is corresponding to each of the first start time point or the second start time points, and each of the DCIs points to a radio resource block of the downlink data. Clear Channel Assessment (CCA) procedure in the unlicensed spectrum is performed, and the DCIs are disposed in a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) after the channel process is completed. |
| US10278203B2 |
Satellite network service sharing
Methods, systems, and devices are described for providing network access services to mobile users via mobile terminals over a satellite system. In embodiments, dynamic multiplexing of traffic from fixed terminals and mobile users on the same satellite beam can take advantage of statistical multiplexing of large numbers of users and on different usage patterns between fixed terminals and mobile users. In embodiments, quality-of-service (QoS) is controlled for mobile devices at a per-user level. Mobile users may be provisioned on the satellite system according to a set of traffic policies based on their service level agreement (SLA). System resources of the satellite may be allocated to mobile users based on the demand of each mobile user and the set of traffic polices associated with each mobile user, regardless of which mobile terminal is used to access the system. |
| US10278201B2 |
Method for transmitting uplink grant and base station
A method for transmitting an uplink grant message and a base station are provided. The method includes the following steps. Calculate a downlink speed currently used by a user equipment. Obtain a service type currently used by the user equipment. Determine whether to assign an uplink grant to the user equipment according to the downlink speed and the service type. |
| US10278199B2 |
Radio relay station, radio base station, communication system and communication method
In order to achieve a more efficient data transmission, an RN 200, which is to relay communications between UE 300 and a DeNB 100, notifies, in advance, the DeNB 100 of a timing at which RN 200 can transmit, to the DeNB 100, upstream data received from the UE 300, and thereafter the RN 200 transmits the upstream data to the DeNB 100. |
| US10278197B2 |
Prioritizing beacon messages for mobile devices
Techniques and systems for prioritizing beacon messages are disclosed. Such a technique can include receiving, at a mobile device, beacon messages from multiple beacon devices over short-range communication links, the beacon devices being within a vicinity of an establishment, the beacon messages being configured to provide content associated with the establishment; determining, at the mobile device, priorities of the beacon messages based on one or more criteria; selecting, at the mobile device, a beacon message of the beacon messages based on the priorities to produce a selected beacon message; and presenting the selected beacon message through the mobile device. |
| US10278196B2 |
Method for data scheduling and power control and electronic device thereof
Methods and apparatuses are provided for operating a first terminal. A motion of the first terminal is determined by using sensor data from at least one sensor of the first terminal. A prediction for a channel quality between the first terminal and a second terminal is performed based on the determined motion of the first terminal. At least one first time duration in which the predicted channel quality is greater than or equal to a threshold value and at least one second time duration in which the predicted channel quality is less than the threshold value are determined. Data is transmitted to the second terminal via a first transmission power, where the first transmission power is set for the at least one first time duration. |
| US10278195B2 |
Serving node establishment method and device
A method for serving node establishment includes sending, by a network device, information about a micro network time-frequency resource pool to a terminal; and sending measurement configuration information to the terminal. The measurement configuration information instructs the terminal to serve, when the terminal determines that the terminal meets a preset condition of a first measurement event, as a first serving node to send exclusive information of the first serving node on a first time-frequency resource in the micro network time-frequency resource pool according to the information about the micro network time-frequency resource pool, and the first measurement event is any one of the at least one measurement event. |
| US10278194B2 |
Method and arrangement for communication using a dynamic transmission parameter
Base station and User Equipment (UE) and methods to be performed therein for communication using a dynamic transmission parameter. The method to be performed in a base station comprises scheduling of transmission resources to a UE in an OFDM symbol associated with a dynamic parameter value. The base station is assumed to be associated with a carrier where a radio frame comprises at least one OFDM symbol associated with a fixed parameter value and at least one OFDM symbol associated with a dynamic parameter value, where the parameter is a cyclic prefix, CP, or a subcarrier spacing, Δf. The method further comprises determining a value of the parameter based on a characteristic of a radio link associated with the UE, and applying the determined value of the parameter when communicating with the UE in the scheduled transmission resources. |
| US10278190B2 |
Method, network node and computer program for determining signal to noise ratio, and method, network node and computer program for controlling transmission of delay sensitive data in a communication network
Disclosed is a network node and a method performed by a network node in a wireless communication network for determining signal to noise ratio of a signal received at a receiver from a first mobile station, which signal may include both noise and interference. The method comprises obtaining a plurality of measured noise and interference power values, IN values, of signals received at the receiver in one or more frequency sub-bands, determining IN for a lowest X percentile of the measured IN values, and applying the determined IN for the lowest X percentile as a measure of the noise. The method further comprises obtaining a measured signal strength value for a signal received at the receiver from the first mobile station, and determining SNR for the signal from the first mobile station by applying the determined noise measure. |
| US10278187B2 |
System and method for supporting GAN service request capability in a wireless user equipment (UE) device
In one embodiment, a scheme is disclosed for supporting wireless access network service request capability in a user equipment (UE) device that is operable in wide area cellular network (WACN) bands as well as in wireless access network bands (e.g., GAN bands and/or UMA bands). The UE device includes capability for gaining Internet Protocol (IP) connectivity with a wireless access network node (e.g., a GAN controller (GANC) or UMA network controller (UNC)). Thereafter, the UE device is operable to initiate a registration request message towards the wireless access network node, wherein the registration request message includes at least one information element pertaining to wireless access network services required by the UE device. |
| US10278185B2 |
Signal sending method, user equipment, and base station
A signal sending method, a user equipment, and a base station which may flexibly adjust a power for signal sending and improve network performance, is presented. The method includes determining, by a first user equipment, at least one first physical resource block (PRB) used to send a first signal, and determining, by the first user equipment according to a position of the at least one first PRB, a transmit power used by the first user equipment to send the first signal over the at least one first PRB, and sending, by the first user equipment, the first signal over the at least one first PRB using the transmit power. |
| US10278184B2 |
Radio resource management framework for 5G or other next generation network
A radio resource measurement (RRM) and timing configuration (TC) framework can facilitate efficient configuration of RRM measurements in wireless communications systems with variable carrier and transmission bandwidths. The RMTC can comprise a list of synchronization signal (SS) block measurement and timing configurations (SMTCs) and a list of channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) measurement and timing configurations (CMTCs). A framework is proposed to allow for efficient signaling of measurement configurations in cellular wireless communications systems with overlapping carriers of varying bandwidths comprising carriers without synchronization signals as well as bandwidth parts covering parts of the spectrum of a carrier. |
| US10278178B2 |
Apparatus and method for inter-band pairing of carriers for time division duplex transmit- and receive-switching
Aspects of the present disclosure provide for the pairing of two or more inter-band time division duplex (TDD) carriers. In some examples disclosed herein, a conjugate or inverse carrier may be used such that full duplex, or a close approximation thereto, is achieved. With the introduction of a paired channel and fast control channels, rapid uplink/downlink switching may be achieved for TDD carriers efficiently and effectively. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described. |
| US10278177B2 |
Opportunistic carrier aggregation framework for efficient LTE operation in unlicensed spectrum
Described herein are techniques for reducing efficient LTE operation in the unlicensed band. For example, the technique may involve establishing a connection with a primary component carrier on the licensed communication band or the unlicensed communication band. The technique may also involve determining at least one metric associated with a constraint on a transmissions channel of the unlicensed communication band. The technique may also involve sending the at least one metric to the primary component carrier. The technique may also involve receiving a message for one of switching on or switching off a secondary component carrier (SCC) for transmissions on the unlicensed communication band in response to sending the at least one metric. |
| US10278176B2 |
Uplink control in a wireless communication network
A method and system are provided having an uplink control structure and a pilot signal having minimal signal overhead for providing channel estimation and data demodulation in a wireless communication network. The uplink control structures enable mobile terminals to communicate with corresponding base stations to perform various functions including obtaining initial system access, submitting a bandwidth request, triggering a continuation of negotiated service, or providing a proposed allocation re-configuration header. A dedicated random access channel is provided to communicatively couple the base station and the mobile terminal so that the mobile terminal can select a random access signaling identification. A resource request is received at the base station to uplink resource information from the mobile terminal and an initial access information request is received from the mobile terminal to configure the base station connection. Pilot signals with varying density configurations are provided to include low density symbol patterns for multiple contiguous resource blocks and high density symbol patterns for single resource blocks. |
| US10278173B2 |
Selecting a parent node in a time-slotted channel hopping network
Systems and methods are disclosed for selecting a parent node in a time-slotted channel hopping (“TSCH”) network. A method can include synchronizing, by a low-energy node, communications with a channel hopping pattern of a primary TSCH network. The method can further include transmitting, by the low-energy node, a selection-phase enhanced beacon request that requests an enhanced beacon from TSCH nodes with availability to accept children and with at least a specified link quality using the synchronized communications. The method can further include receiving, by the low-energy node, a selection-phase enhanced beacon from a TSCH node. The method can further include transmitting, by the low-energy node, an adoption request to the TSCH node. The method can further include receiving, by the low-energy node, an adoption response from the TSCH node indicating the TSCH node is managing the primary TSCH network join on behalf of the low-energy node. |
| US10278172B2 |
Method for transmitting frame in wireless communication system and device therefor
Disclosed in the present invention are a method for transmitting a frame in a wireless communication system and a device therefor. Specifically, the method for transmitting a frame in a wireless communication system comprises a step in which a station (STA) transmits a frame comprising a legacy-short training field (L-STF), a legacy-long training field (L-LTF), and a signal (SIG) field, wherein the SIG field may comprise a trigger indication and a cascade indication, the trigger indication indicating whether the frame is a trigger frame comprising configuration information of an uplink multi-user (MU) data frame, and the cascade indication indicating whether the frame comprises a medium access control (MAC) frame. |
| US10278169B2 |
Floating links
An access point including a memory; at least one network interface configured to interface over a network with one or more of a other access point and a user equipment (UE); and a processor configured to, establish, via the at least one interface, a virtual link with the UE based on the respective one of the at least one virtual address, and transfer the virtual link to the other access by transmitting a command to the other AP to set, after a time period, at least one network interface associated therewith to be addressable via the respective one of the at least one virtual address, and disassociating the at least one network interface and the respective one of at least one virtual address after the time period. |
| US10278163B2 |
Uplink data transmission method in wireless communication system and apparatus for the same
A method for transmitting uplink (UL) data requiring low latency in a wireless communication system according to the present invention, the method performed by a user equipment comprises transmitting contention PUSCH resource block (CPRB) indication information used for identifying a particular UE and/or particular data to an eNB; transmitting UL data to the eNB through CPRB resources of a contention based PUSCH (CP) zone; and receiving a hybrid automatic retransmit request (HARQ) response with respect to the UL data from the eNB through a physical hybrid ARQ indicator channel (PHICH). |
| US10278161B2 |
Method for generating a MAC control element in a carrier aggregation system and a device therefor
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for generating a MAC CE in a carrier aggregation system, the method comprising: configuring a plurality of Timing Advance Groups (TAGs), wherein each of the plurality of TAGs corresponds to a respective TAG index; determining a size of a TAG index field in a MAC CE depending on a highest TAG index among the indices of the plurality of TAGs; and generating the Medium Access Control (MAC) Control Element (CE) according to the size of the TAG index field. |
| US10278160B2 |
Apparatus and method for performing random access in beam-formed system
A method for performing a random access is provided. The method includes identifying a first downlink (DL) reception (RX) beam based on a measurement on a beam measurement signal, identifying a first uplink (UL) transmission (TX) beam corresponding to the identified first DL RX beam and transmitting at least one random access preamble for an RX sweeping at a base station, using the identified first UL TX beam based on a first power. |
| US10278158B2 |
Device-to-device (D2D) pre-emption and access control
Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed to determine access control and channel and signaling priority. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may comprise a processor configured, at least in part, to determine device-to-device (D2D) data to be transmitted. The WTRU may determine if the D2D data may be transmitted. The WTRU may determine available scheduling assignment (SA) resources used for priority based D2D data signals. The WTRU may select one or more available SA resources used for priority based D2D data signals. The WTRU may transmit the D2D data, wherein the D2D data may be transmitted on the selected SA resources. |
| US10278156B2 |
Streaming media cellular broadcast
Devices, computer-readable media, and methods for allocating a source specific multicast internet protocol address to a streaming media content are disclosed. For example, a processor of a device may receive a streaming media content, allocate a source specific multicast internet protocol address to the streaming media content for a base station of a cellular network, allocate a first broadcast channel of the base station to the streaming media content, and associate the first broadcast channel with the source specific multicast internet protocol address. The processor may further generate a manifest file, the manifest file including an identification of the streaming media content and the source specific multicast internet protocol address, transmit the manifest file via a second broadcast channel of the base station, and transmit the streaming media content via the first broadcast channel of the base station. |
| US10278155B1 |
Monitor radio assisted fine timing measurement for location applications
A plurality of first wireless devices monitor a ranging exchange of transmissions between a target wireless device and a second wireless device in order to record for each of the plurality of first wireless devices a time of reception of a first transmission that is sent from the second wireless device to the target wireless device and a time of reception of a second transmission that is sent from the target wireless device to the second wireless device. Using a timing error computed from the estimated location, a modification is made of the time of transmission of the first transmission to produce a first modified timestamp and of the time of reception of the second transmission to produce a second modified timestamp. A ranging measurement is computed of the target wireless device relative to the second wireless device using the first modified timestamp and the second modified timestamp. |
| US10278151B2 |
Combined fine timing measurement (FTM) and non-FTM messaging for estimating turn-around calibration factor
In one aspect, a method includes performing, by a wireless station, a fine timing measurement (FTM) procedure that includes exchanging one or more FTM messages between the wireless station and an access point to obtain a first round-trip time (RTT) between the wireless station and the access point. The method also includes performing, by the wireless station, a non-FTM procedure to obtain a second RTT between the wireless station and the access point. The wireless station then calculates a turn-around calibration factor (TCF) estimate of the access point based on a difference between the second RTT and the first RTT. Data representative of the TCF estimate of the access point may then be sent to a server. |
| US10278150B2 |
Neighbor aware network cluster change for neighbor aware network data link
Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for synchronizing clocks in a Neighbor Aware Network (NAN) Data Link (NDL) cluster. An exemplary apparatus includes a processing system configured to communicate with one or more members of a group, that includes the apparatus, according to a first data communication window (DCW) timeline having a first offset relative to a first clock associated with a first network cluster, to detect a beacon transmitted by a device of a second network cluster, wherein the beacon comprises timing information of a second clock associated with the second network cluster, to determine whether to initiate a move of the group to the second network cluster, to generate a frame to initiate the move of the group to the second network cluster, the frame comprising a first indication of the timing information of the second clock, and an interface configured to output the frame for transmission. |
| US10278149B2 |
Measuring device and measuring method for systematic error detection
A measuring device comprises a processing unit, a first antenna adapted to receive a first signal, and a second antenna, adapted to receive a second signal. The processing unit comprises a baseline unit adapted to determine a baseline variance of a first variable and/or a second variable. Moreover, it comprises a variance unit adapted to determine a variance of the first variable and/or the second variable. The first variable and the second variable are each at least initially derived from at least the first signal and the second signal. The processing unit furthermore comprises an error unit, adapted to determine if a systematic error is present, based on the baseline variance and the variance of the first variable and/or the second variable. |
| US10278147B2 |
Method for determining measurement gap length and network device
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for determining a measurement gap length and a network device. The method includes the following steps: determining, by a first network device, whether a master eNodeB is synchronous with a secondary eNodeB; and when the master eNodeB is synchronous with the secondary eNodeB, determining, by the first network device, that the measurement gap length is a first length; or when the master eNodeB is not synchronous with the secondary eNodeB, determining, by the first network device, that the measurement gap length is a second length; where the first length is less than the second length. |
| US10278137B2 |
Managing wireless device transmission power
A wireless device receives configuration parameters of cells comprising at least a first cell type operating on a first frequency band; and a second cell type operating on a second frequency band. A calculated total transmit power is determined for signals comprising: a first SRS configured for transmission in a subframe of the first cell type in the cells, and a second SRS configured for transmission in the subframe of the second cell type in the cells. At least one of the first SRS or the second SRS is dropped or scaled based on a transmit power priority of the first SRS and the second SRS when the calculated total power exceeds a first value. The transmit power priority is based on whether the first SRS or the second SRS is configured for transmission on the first frequency band or the second frequency band. |
| US10278136B2 |
Method and apparatus for scheduling uplink transmissions with reduced latency
First and second higher layer parameters for uplink power control adjustment associated with a respective first transmit time interval duration and second transmit time interval duration can be received. A first and second transmit power control commands for power control adjustment can be received. A first transmit power can be determined for a first physical uplink shared channel transmission in a subframe with the first transmit time interval duration for a first serving cell based on the first higher layer parameter for uplink power control adjustment and the first transmit power control command A second transmit power can be determined for a second physical uplink shared channel transmission in a slot with a second transmit time interval duration for a second serving cell based on the second higher layer parameter for uplink power control adjustment and the second transmit power control command |
| US10278134B2 |
Wireless device preamble transmission timing
Methods and apparatuses are described for wireless communications. Cells may be grouped into a plurality of cell groups. A wireless device may receive a control command and transmit a random access preamble via a secondary cell. |
| US10278131B2 |
Method, apparatus and system for rendering an information bearing function of time
An embodiment of the present invention is directed to a method for partitioning an energy or power source. The energy source may be, for example, a battery or batteries or other power supply or power supplies for an electronic device, such as a cell phone, or mobile device. The energy source (battery for example), or power supply, provides power to a cell phone, or mobile device or any other load or power consuming device. Partitioning this energy source is a technique for controlling its operation so that power is provided to the power consuming device, such as a cell phone more efficiently, thereby extending the length of time the phone can be used between re-charging. |
| US10278130B2 |
Search, measurements, and positioning with aid of motion detection information
Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to enhanced procedures for search, measurement, and positioning with aid of motion detection information. According to certain aspects, a method is provided for wireless communications which may be performed, for example, by a user equipment (UE). The method generally includes determining one or more parameters of the UE; dynamically adjusting a periodicity of at least one of: cell search and measurements or global positioning system (GPS) signal acquisition based, at least in part, on the one or more parameters; and performing at least one of: the cell search and measurements or GPS signal acquisition according to the adjusted periodicity. In aspects, an enhanced technique for motion state detection is provided. The method may result in power savings, for example, when the UE is stationary and can reduce the periodicity that the UE performs search, measurement and GPS signal acquisition. |
| US10278128B2 |
Communication apparatus, method of controlling a communication apparatus, and storage medium
A communication apparatus, comprising: first and second communication units; third communication unit for performing a communication of data, wherein the second communication unit performs a predetermined communication for activating the third communication unit and has a communication speed slower than and a power consumption less than the third communication unit, wherein the first communication unit has a communication range shorter than the third and second communication unit; reception unit for, if a communication with a communication partner apparatus is initiated by the first communication unit, receiving information relating to the communication partner apparatus by the first communication unit; and selection unit for, based on the received information, selecting whether to initiate data communication by the third or second communication unit. |
| US10278127B2 |
Power save mode-based operating method and apparatus in wireless LAN
Disclosed are a power save mode-based operating method and apparatus in a wireless LAN. The power save mode-based operating method in a wireless LAN comprises the steps of: receiving, by an STA, overheard BSS information from an AP; receiving, by the STA, a PPDU, wherein the PPDU includes information on a BSS having transmitted the PPDU; determining, by the STA, whether the overheard BSS information includes the information on the BSS; and switching an awake state to a doze state when the STA determines whether the overheard BSS information includes the information on the BSS, wherein the overheard BSS information can include the information on at least one overheard BSS for transmitting a frame enabled to be overheard by the AP. |
| US10278121B2 |
Blacklisting techniques for detected set event evaluation
Blacklisting techniques for detected set event evaluation are described. In one embodiment, for example, user equipment (UE) may comprise at least one radio frequency (RF) transceiver, at least one RF antenna, and logic, at least a portion of which is in hardware, the logic to receive a measurement control message comprising a remotely-selected event evaluation blacklist (EEB) for a wireless communication frequency, determine whether a local EEB exists for the wireless communication frequency, and in response to a determination that a local EEB exists for the wireless communication frequency, replace the contents of the local EEB with the contents of the remotely-selected EEB. Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
| US10278119B2 |
Restoration of network access
In the event of loss of connection (4) between an access point (3) and a data network (5), the access point (3) transmits instructions to a data processing device (1) connected to the access point (3) to cause the data processing device (1) to re-establish connection to the data network (5) by another means. These instructions cause the data processing device to scan for beacon signals from further wireless access points, and establish connection (7, 8) to the data network (5) through a wireless access point (6) identified in the scanning process. |
| US10278110B2 |
Simplified carrier migration using alias access point identification
A mobility management node, in a first wireless carrier network, receives a connection request that includes a first Access Point Name (APN) that is invalid in the first wireless carrier network, wherein the connection request originated from a wireless device. The mobility management node obtains a set of first APNs that map the first APN, and other APNs, that are invalid in the first wireless carrier network, and translates the first APN to a second APN corresponding to the first wireless carrier network using the set of first APNs. The mobility management node uses the second APN in signaling associated with a connection, between the wireless device and the first wireless carrier network. |
| US10278104B2 |
Method, apparatus and computer program for cell identification
A method of cell detection, for a user equipment (UE) of a first cell, wherein the first cell operates on a first frequency, from a second cell, wherein UE is served by the second cell, and the second cell operates on a second frequency different form the first frequency, is disclosed. The method comprises performing cell detection on the first frequency while the UE is associated with the second cell on the second frequency; detecting at least one cell identification (ID) candidate on the first frequency; determining whether verification of cell ID is to be done prior or after a predetermined event has occurred; and if it is determined that verification is to be done after the predetermined event, postponing the verification and performing the verification after the predetermined event has occurred. Methods of cell identification and handover are also disclosed. A communication apparatus and a computer program are also disclosed. |
| US10278099B2 |
Electronic device and operating method thereof
The present invention relates to an electronic device and a method of operating the electronic device. There are provided an electronic device and a method of operating the electronic device that may more effectively resolve handover request collisions by using a specific field value included in a handover request message. |
| US10278095B1 |
Wireless control of tightly spaced machines
Embodiments herein describe wireless transmission techniques for mitigating interference between wirelessly controlled machines in a shared space. To mitigate interference, the machines may be assigned different channels within the same frequency band. However, if machines using the same channel in a frequency band receive each other's wireless signals, the wireless signals can interfere. To free up additional bandwidth, in one embodiment, the command signals are transmitted using a different frequency band than a heartbeat signal used to stop the machines in case of emergencies. In another embodiment, time multiplexing or directional antennas can be used to mitigate interference. In another example, antenna diversity and multiple-input-multiple output (MIMO) can be used to further focus the radiation pattern onto the desired machine while avoiding transmitting wireless signals to neighboring machines. In one embodiment, the machines may use dual-channels to transmit and receive duplicate data. |
| US10278093B2 |
Method, apparatus, and system for QoS parameter configuration in WLAN
A method, an apparatus, and a system for quality of service (QoS) parameter configuration in a wireless local area network (WLAN), where the method includes sending, by a network device, a default first QoS parameter set to a terminal, sending, by the network device, a QoS parameter set modification message including a second QoS parameter set to the terminal, where the second QoS parameter set is different from the first QoS parameter set, and the QoS parameter set modification message is a unicast beacon frame or an active probe response frame. In this way, the second QoS parameter set different from the first QoS parameter set is sent to the terminal using the unicast beacon frame or the active probe response frame, which ensures that the network device dynamically adjusts a QoS parameter set of the terminal on a per terminal basis, thereby improving data transmission efficiency and user experience. |
| US10278091B2 |
Method for steering traffic in wireless communication system and device using same
Provided are a method for steering traffic performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system, and the terminal using the method. The method comprises: receiving a traffic steering indicator from a first network; evaluating a traffic steering condition; and if the traffic steering condition is satisfied, operating in a first operation mode or a second operation mode indicated by the traffic steering indicator, wherein the first operation mode is an operation mode in which the terminal is capable of performing, by itself, traffic steering for moving traffic from the first network to a second network, and the second operation mode is an operation mode for reporting the evaluation result of the traffic steering condition to the first network. |
| US10278090B2 |
Method and apparatus for handling user equipment measurements in case of absence of discovery signals in wireless communication system
A method and apparatus for performing measurements on an unlicensed carrier in a wireless communication system is provided. A user equipment (UE) receives a first unlicensed discovery reference signal (U-DRS) from a serving cell in the unlicensed carrier, performs measurement for the serving cell based on the first U-DRS, detects that reception of a second U-DRS from the serving cell is not successful, and reports a result of the measurement based on the first U-DRS. |
| US10278086B2 |
Base station
A base station is provided that performs time-division duplex radio communication with a terminal, using part of a frequency band shared with another system. The base station includes a receiver that receives an uplink signal from the terminal for each frequency band in use, and a guard-time-length setter that sets a length of a guard time. The base station also includes a reception level measurer, which measures a reception level of the uplink signal and a reception level of the guard time having a predetermined length, and a frequency band selector, which selects a frequency band in which the reception level of the guard time is not greater than a first threshold. The base station further includes a control signal generator that generates a control signal, and a transmitter that transmits a downlink signal, including the control signal, to the terminal for the frequency band in use. |
| US10278083B2 |
Adaptive wireless coverage configurations
A system and method of determining adaptive wireless coverage configurations is disclosed. One or more network devices receive wireless signals from a wireless device at respective signal strength values that are above a minimum threshold. The network devices are identified as a first subset of network devices. Additionally or alternatively, one or more network devices transmit wireless signals that are received by the wireless device at respective signal strength values that are above a minimum threshold. The network devices are identified as a second subset of network devices. Based on the number of network devices in the first subset of network devices and/or the number of network devices in the second subset of network devices, a wireless coverage configuration corresponding to a location associated with the wireless device is modified. |
| US10278076B2 |
System and method for controlling, monitoring and recording of wireless telecommunications services in penal institutions
A system for controlling, monitoring, and recording of wireless telecommunications services associated with penal institutions is provided comprising a portable electronic device and application executing on the device that present a listing of available call destinations based on receiving a first instruction from a first authorized party possessing the device. The application receives a second instruction comprising a choice of a first call destination from the listing. The application transmits a third instruction requesting connection with the destination and joins a second authorized party associated with the first call destination in a first voice session. The application joins the first authorized party to the first session. The application further joins the first party to a second voice session initiated by the second party based on determining that the second party initiated the second session from the first destination. The device originates and receives transmissions solely upon approval of the application. |
| US10278072B2 |
Communication device and terminal device
A communication device may supply connection information to a first wireless interface so as to store the connection information in an interface memory, establish a wireless connection via a second wireless interface with a terminal device by using the connection information after the connection information has been sent to the terminal device, execute a first authentication using first authentication information in a case where the first authentication information is received from the terminal device, send a first registration instruction to the terminal device by using the wireless connection via the second wireless interface in a case where the first authentication is successful, and execute a second authentication using the first authentication information in a case where the first authentication information which has been registered in the terminal device is received from the terminal device after the first registration instruction has been sent to the terminal device. |
| US10278071B2 |
Mobile device-based community corrections supervision system
An exemplary embodiment provides for a method for providing a mobile device-based community corrections supervision system. The method includes receiving an alert, from a remote server, via an enrollee's mobile device, to perform a check-in and receiving acknowledgement of the alert from the enrollee. Additionally, the method then requests the enrollee to recite displayed text and records the enrollee as the displayed text is recited. |
| US10278069B2 |
Device identification in service authorization
Techniques to authorize access to a service are disclosed. In various embodiments, a token that includes data comprising or otherwise associated with a device identifier of a device on which an application configured to access a service is installed is provided to the application. A service access authorization request that includes the token is received. The token is used to determine device information associated with the service access authorization request. |
| US10278068B2 |
Device and method of handling cellular-wireless local area network aggregation
A communication device of handling communication with a network including a cellular network and a wireless local area network (WLAN) comprises instructions of receiving a radio resource control (RRC) message configuring cellular-WLAN aggregation (CWA) to the communication device from a base station (BS) of the cellular network; deriving a first pairwise master key (PMK) according to the RRC message; deriving a first encryption key for encrypting first data transmitted to the WLAN or decrypting second data received from the WLAN from the first PMK; releasing the CWA during connecting to the WLAN; performing an extensible authentication protocol (EAP) authentication and key agreement (AKA) procedure with the WLAN to derive a second PMK, when releasing the CWA; and deriving a second encryption key for encrypting third data transmitted to the WLAN or decrypting fourth data received from the WLAN from the second PMK. |
| US10278066B2 |
Method and apparatus for displaying identification of lost device for anti-theft operations
The present invention provides methods and apparatus for displaying identifications of lost device for anti-theft operation. One of methods for displaying identifications of a mobile device for anti-theft operation in a wireless access system, the method comprises steps of receiving a paging message including a show lock screen command indicating whether a screen-lock is requested and a displaying identification indication requesting a display of device identification of the mobile device on a screen of the mobile device; and displaying the device identification on the locked screen according to the show lock screen command and the displaying identification indication. |
| US10278059B2 |
Mobile station, position management apparatus, mobile communication system and communication method
A system includes a subscription storage that stores a group identifier for identifying a home base station 60 and the service available for a UE 70 as subscription information, in correspondence with a mobile terminal identifier for identifying UE 70; a positional information update request receiver for receiving a positional information update request of UE 70 from an MME 40; and a positional information response transmitter that extracts the available service corresponding to the mobile terminal included in the positional information update request, from the subscription storage and transmits a positional information update response included with the extracted service to MME 40. With this configuration, it is possible to provide a mobile communication system or the like in which, for a plurality of services provided through local IP access functionality of a home base station, the owner of a home base station or the mobile network operator can designate the access right for each of the services, and forwarding of communication data and communication path selection can be done based on the designated access right. |
| US10278055B2 |
System and method for pre-association discovery
A method for operating a seeker device includes generating a first seeker truncated hash output from a sought service name, and generating a second seeker truncated hash output from the sought service name, wherein the first seeker truncated hash output and the second seeker truncated hash output are uncorrelated. The method also includes transmitting a first request message including the first seeker truncated hash output, and receiving a first response message from an advertiser device, the first response message including a second advertiser truncated hash output generated from an advertised service name, wherein the first seeker truncated hash output matches a first advertiser truncated hash output generated from the advertised service name. |
| US10278053B1 |
Dynamic management of incident area deployable communications systems
Devices and methods for dynamic management of incident area deployable communications systems. Deployable base stations implement an ad hoc peer-to-peer or master-slave methods of determining activation states and transmission characteristics of plurality of deployable base stations at an incident area. The methods include receiving incident scene information from the plurality of deployable base stations and determining a coverage region for providing wireless communications coverage to one or more mobile communication devices in the incident area. The methods further include determining the activation states of the plurality of deployable base stations and determining transmission characteristics of the plurality of deployable base stations based on the incident scene information and the coverage region. One or more of the deployable base stations are activated in accordance with the determined transmission characteristics. |
| US10278050B2 |
Systems and methods for providing assistance in an emergency
Systems and methods for providing a notification of an emergent condition. The systems and methods comprise a mobile device application executing on the processor of the user device, and communicating with a server system over a telecommunications network, which generally comprises the public Internet. The mobile device user includes a “dead man's switch” control, which begins the emergency notification process if released. The emergency alert process uses a central case management server to provide a uniform interface into key data, reducing the need for operators to provide information verbally. |
| US10278047B2 |
Presence indicator signal
In one embodiment a method for providing presence information in a smart environment is implemented on a personal computing device associated with a user and includes: broadcasting a presence indicator signal in the smart environment, where the presence indicator signal indicates presence of the user in the smart environment, and the personal computing device is not provided by an operator of the smart environment. |
| US10278045B2 |
Function execution device and communication terminal
A system and method for providing an authentication state of a function execution device to a communication terminal is described. In some examples, the authentication state indicates whether authentication information is needed from the communication terminal before the communication terminal can request performance of one or more functions performable by the function execution device. In other examples, the communication terminal may provide to the communication terminal the authentication information irrespective of whether the function execution terminal has previously provided its authentication state to the communication terminal. |
| US10278044B2 |
Systems and methods for transmitting and managing communication on dedicated short-range communication channels
The present disclosure relates to computer-implemented systems and methods for transmitting and receiving audio and video data. A method may include receiving, by a device including one or more processors and a radio transceiver, an indication that the device is a master device. The method may also include determining that the master device is located outside of a vehicle. Furthermore, the method may include identifying, based on determining that the master device is located outside of the vehicle, a client device. Additionally, the method may include transmitting a signal, to the client device, to indicate a peer-to-peer connection in a communication channel is enabled. |
| US10278043B2 |
Systems and methods of controlling an association between wireless devices while in an assigned domain
Systems and methods of controlling an association between wireless devices in an assigned domain or bonded area of a transport unit are disclosed. Generally, the embodiments include identifying wireless devices in a bounded area, and establishing an association between the wireless devices. The method may include identifying new wireless device(s) when the transport unit is away from other transport units, and establishing an association with the new wireless device(s). Confirming that the transport unit is away from other transport units may include determining that the transport unit is in a motion state for a predetermined period of time. |
| US10278042B2 |
Method of selecting an external electronic device connected with an electronic device and electronic device using same
A method of selecting an external electronic device connected with an electronic device is provided. The method determining, among the plurality of external electronic devices, at least one external electronic device connected with the electronic device, transmitting signals to the at least one external electronic device, receiving data corresponding to the signals from the at least one external electronic device, selecting one of the at least one external electronic device based on the received data and transmitting an operation execution signal for the data to the selected external electronic device. A method of selecting an external electronic device connected with electronic device is provided. The method includes receiving a signal from the electronic device, transmitting data corresponding to the signal to the electronic device, receiving an operation execution signal for the data from the electronic device and performing at least one of various operations according to the operation execution signal. |
| US10278037B2 |
Call screening connection
Methods and Systems are disclosed herein for the streamlined configuration of WIFI devices and particularly credentials for local WIFI networks. |
| US10278032B2 |
Apparatus and method for sending and receiving broadcast signals
A broadcast signal transmitter includes an encoder configured to perform outer encoding and inner encoding on Physical Layer Pipe (PLP) data, a time interleaver configured to interleave the PLP data on which the outer encoding and the inner encoding are performed, a framer configured to generate a signal frame comprising the interleaved PLP data, the signal frame comprising a preamble and at least one subframe, a frequency interleave configured to interleave data comprised in the generated signal frame, a pilot inserter configured to insert Scattered Pilots (SPs) into the signal frame comprising the interleaved data, and a modulator configured to modulate the SPs inserted signal frame by Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) modulation scheme. |
| US10278028B2 |
System and method for monitoring locations of mobile devices
A method of identifying mobile computing devices includes sending a request from a first mobile computing device to a second mobile computing device for the location of the second mobile computing device, and receiving the location of the second mobile computing device at the first mobile computing device. The method further includes providing a notification to one of the first and second mobile computing devices based upon the location of the second mobile computing device. |
| US10278020B2 |
Techniques for determining a position fix of an object using one or more mobile devices co-located with the object
Disclosed are devices, systems and methods for combining observations obtained at two different mobile devices attached to a human user for performing a navigation operation. For example, observations of a signal acquired at a first mobile device may be selected for computing a position fix based, at least in part, on a utility indicator associated with the observations. |
| US10278019B2 |
Associating multiple user devices with a single user
A computer-implemented method includes: monitoring, by a computing device, respective locations of a plurality of user devices; determining, by the computing device, that a particular group of user devices of the plurality of user devices are located within a threshold distance of each other based on monitoring the respective locations of the plurality of user devices; and storing or outputting, by the computing device, grouping information indicating that the particular group of user devices are associated with a single user based on the determining that the particular group of user devices are located within a threshold distance of each other. |
| US10278016B2 |
Systems and methods for position estimation using proximity devices
Techniques are provided which may be implemented using various methods and/or apparatuses for locating a User Equipment (UE) using one or more proximity devices (PDs) nearby to the UE. One of the provided exemplary techniques includes initiating, by the UE, a request for a location of the UE; sending, by the UE to a location server, a first message comprising a first information for at least one PD in communication with the UE; receiving, by the UE from the location server, a second message comprising a second information for the at least one PD; sending, by the UE to the at least one PD, the second information; receiving, by the UE from the at least one PD, a third information; and obtaining, by the UE, the location of the UE based on the third information. |
| US10278015B2 |
Method and system for real-time computing of origin-destination matrices relating to attendees at a public happening through analysis of mobile communication network data
A method of estimating flows of persons gathering at an Area of Interest for attending a public happening during a time interval on a day includes defining a plurality of calculated radius values of the Area of interest radius, and, for each calculated radius value: identifying a number of relevant served areas; identifying a first number of user equipment; identifying a second number of user equipment associated; computing a normalized statistical quantity by normalizing the statistical quantity with respect to the radii of the relevant served areas; computing an optimum radius value of the Area of Interest radius; identifying persons gathering for attending the public happening; computing at least one matrix accounting for movements of persons. |
| US10278014B2 |
System and method for using geo-blocks and geo-fences to predict mobile device locations
A system coupled to a packet-based network is configured to predict the locations of mobile devices that have communicated with the packet-based network. The system includes a request processor configured to detect location events associated with mobile devices communicating with the packet-based network, each location event corresponding to a time stamp and identifying a geo-place in a geo database. The geo-places include geo-blocks and geo-fences. The system further comprises a location prediction subsystem configured to construct first feature space using first location events and second feature space using second location events, and to extract a set of labels from third location events. The location prediction subsystem is further configured to train a prediction model using the first feature space and the set of labels, and to apply the prediction model to the second feature space to obtain prediction results. |
| US10278013B2 |
Presence activated radio beacon
A radio beacon device is configured to only transmit information about its location or information about the object the radio beacon is associated with when an occupant is present. For example, the radio beacon device may include a presence detector and may transmit the information only when the presence detector detects an occupant. In another example, the radio beacon device may remain in a low battery usage state until a presence detection message is received from a remote radio equipped presence sensor that is in proximity to the radio beacon device or a message is received from a mobile device in proximity to the radio beacon device. Once a presence detection message or message from a mobile device is received, the radio beacon device may transmit the information, e.g., for a predetermined amount of time. |
| US10278009B2 |
Systems and methods for using caller data to set an operational mode of a phone switch
Systems and methods for using caller data to add a phone number to an outbound-call list. In one aspect, a method involves (i) a device receiving caller data corresponding to a phone call sent by a phone switch to a phone terminal; (ii) retrieving a school record corresponding to the received caller data; (iii) making a determination that the school record is associated with a type of operational status; and (iv) responsive to making the determination that the school record is associated with the type of operational status, setting an operational mode of the phone switch, wherein in the operational mode, the phone switch refrains from sending any phone calls to the phone terminal. |
| US10278005B2 |
Method, apparatus, and system for determining a location of a terminal
Embodiments of the present application relate to a method, apparatus, and system for determining a location of a terminal. The method includes acquiring a Media Access Control (MAC) address of a network equipment used by a terminal to access a network, determining whether a database indicating locations associated with respective MAC addresses includes the acquired MAC address, and in the event that the database indicating locations associated with respective MAC addresses includes the acquired MAC address, determining that a current location of the terminal corresponds to a location associated with the acquired MAC address that is stored in the database, and outputting the current location of the terminal. |
| US10278003B2 |
Coordinated tracking for binaural audio rendering
A binaural sound reproduction system, and methods of using the binaural sound reproduction system to dynamically re-center a frame of reference for a virtual sound source, are described. The binaural sound reproduction system may include a reference device, e.g., a mobile device, having a reference sensor to provide reference orientation data corresponding to a direction of the reference device, and a head-mounted device, e.g., headphones, having a device sensor to provide device orientation data corresponding to a direction of the head-mounted device. The system may use the reference orientation data to determine whether the head-mounted device is being used in a static or dynamic use case, and may adjust an audio output to render the virtual sound source in an adjusted source direction based on the determined use case. Other embodiments are also described and claimed. |
| US10277998B2 |
Apparatus and method for low delay object metadata coding
An apparatus for generating one or more audio channels is provided. The apparatus comprises a metadata decoder for generating one or more reconstructed metadata signals from one or more processed metadata signals depending on a control signal, wherein each of the one or more reconstructed metadata signals indicates information associated with an audio object signal of one or more audio object signals, wherein the metadata decoder is configured to generate the one or more reconstructed metadata signals by determining a plurality of reconstructed metadata samples for each of the one or more reconstructed metadata signals. The apparatus comprises an audio channel generator for generating the one or more audio channels depending on the one or more audio object signals and depending on the one or more reconstructed metadata signals. The metadata decoder is configured to receive a plurality of processed metadata samples of each of the one or more processed metadata signals. The metadata decoder is configured to receive the control signal. |
| US10277997B2 |
Processing object-based audio signals
Example embodiments disclosed herein relate to audio signal processing. The audio signal has multiple audio objects. A method of processing an audio signal is disclosed. The method includes obtaining an object position for each of the audio objects; and determining cluster positions for grouping the audio objects into clusters based on the object positions, a plurality of object-to-cluster gains, and a set of metrics. The metrics indicate a quality of the cluster positions and a quality of the object-to-cluster gains, each of the cluster positions is a centroid of a respective one of the clusters, and one of the object-to-cluster gains defines a ratio of the respective audio object in one of the clusters. The method also includes determining the object-to-cluster gains based on the object positions, the cluster positions and the set of metrics; and generating a cluster signal based on the determined cluster positions and object-to-cluster gains. Corresponding system and computer program product are also disclosed. |
| US10277995B2 |
Bone conduction hearing aid device and bone conduction speaker
A bone-conduction hearing aid device is provided. The bone-conduction hearing aid device is suitable for being attached to a body surface and includes a substrate, an input transducer, an amplifier, and a bone-conduction speaker. The substrate is composed of a plurality of stacking layers stacked on top of one another. A material of the substrate includes cellulose nanofiber. The substrate is formed by 3D printing technique so that a contact surface of the substrate is tightly attached with the body surface. The input transducer is disposed on the substrate and configured to receive a sound signal and convert the sound signal into an electric signal. The amplifier is disposed on the substrate and coupled to the input transducer to amplify the electric signal into an amplified electric signal. The bone-conduction speaker is disposed on the substrate and coupled to the amplifier to convert the amplified electric signal into a vibration signal. |
| US10277990B2 |
Adaptive level estimator, a hearing device, a method and a binaural hearing system
An adaptive level estimator for providing a level estimate of an electric input signal representing sound is provided. The adaptive level estimator comprises a first level estimator configured to provide a first level estimate of the electric input signal in a first number K1 of frequency bands; a second level estimator configured to provide a second level estimate of the electric input signal and/or associated attack/release time constants in a second number K2 of frequency bands, wherein K2 is smaller than K1; and a level control unit receiving said first and second level estimates and configured to provide said resulting level estimate based on said first and said second level estimates and/or said associated attack/release time constants. The invention may e.g. be used in devices or applications that benefit from a dynamic adaptation of an input signal level to a listener's (possibly limited) dynamic range of sound level perception, or to any other specific dynamic range deviating from that of the environment sound. |
| US10277987B1 |
Personal status monitoring using piezoelectric transducer
In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a device may include a piezoelectric speaker for generating sound, a microphone, and a controller communicatively coupled to the speaker and the microphone. The controller may be configured to receive a first signal from the piezoelectric speaker, the first signal induced at least in part by sound incident on the speaker other than sound generated by the piezoelectric speaker, receive a second signal from the microphone, the second signal induced by sound incident on the microphone, process at least one of the first signal and the second signal to determine at least one characteristic of sound incident upon at least one of the piezoelectric speaker and the microphone, and select at least one of the microphone and the piezoelectric speaker as a signal source for incident sound based on the at least one characteristic. |
| US10277974B2 |
Headphone
A headphone includes: a headband; a pair of housing support portions, one and the other of which are provided at one and the other ends of the headband, respectively; a pair of rotational shafts, one and the other of which rotatably connect one and the other of the pair of housing support portions to the headband, respectively; a pair of housings, one and the other of which are provided on one and the other of the pair of housing support portions, respectively, wherein, in a folded state of the housing support portions as a result of a rotation, the pair of housings are disposed in positions contained within an area inside an arc formed by the headband and the housing support portions in an opened state of the housing support portions, and are located side by side without crossing each other; and a pair of ear pads. |
| US10277973B2 |
Wireless ear bud system with pose detection
Ear buds may have sensors to gather orientation information such as accelerometer measurements during user movements. A host electronic device may communicate wirelessly with the ear buds and may form part of an ear bud system that supplies the user with coaching and feedback while evaluating user performance of a head movement routine or other exercise routine. During operation, the ear buds may gather accelerometer data in a first reference frame such as a reference frame associated with the ear buds and may use a rotation matrix to rotate the data in the first reference frame into a second reference frame such as a neutral reference frame with a fixed orientation to the earth. The data in the neutral reference frame may be analyzed using a user head pose look-up table to categorize measured user head positions as corresponding to respective user head poses. |
| US10277971B2 |
Malleable earpiece for electronic devices
An earpiece for reproducing audio has multiple drivers, including a bone conduction bass driver and an air conduction treble driver, attached to the ends of a malleable, yet stiff, tubing. The bass driver is placed behind or over the ear to provide a high quality bass output while the treble driver is placed so as to extend in proximity to the user's ear canal. The malleable, yet stiff, tubing enables a user to bend the earpiece and thereby position the earpiece comfortably and securely around the user's ear and to optimally position the drivers in the desired positions around the user's ear. The tubing also allows the earpiece, when not in use, to be reshaped for easy storage or to be worn as an accessory. The earpiece may also include one or more microphones with the treble and/or bass drivers. |
| US10277968B2 |
Microphone with dustproof through holes
The present invention discloses a microphone, comprises: a silicon substrate; a diaphragm disposed over the silicon substrate; a backplate disposed over the diaphragm, the backplate having a plurality of through holes formed therein and a barrier structure, and the plurality of through holes being arranged in a through hole pattern on the backplate; the barrier structure having one or more protruding portions extending from at least one part of the through hole wall of the barrier structure, thereby the section shape of at least one through hole being an irregular shape with one or more inwardly concave portion. The microphone provided by the present invention can achieve a better dustproof effect. |
| US10277964B2 |
Power tool and method for wireless communication
A power tool having multiple wireless communication states and a method of wirelessly communicating by a power tool. The power tool includes a motor, a battery pack interface that selectively receives a battery pack, a backup power source, and a wireless communication controller coupled to the backup power source and the battery pack interface. The wireless communication controller operates in a connectable state when coupled to a battery pack and transmits tool operational data to the external device and receives tool configuration data from the external device. The wireless communication controller operates in an advertisement state when the wireless communication controller is coupled to and powered by the backup power source. In the advertisement state, the wireless communication controller is configured to transmit the unique tool identifier. The external device may also display an indication of the communication state of the power tool. |
| US10277959B2 |
Service signaling recovery for multimedia content using embedded watermarks
Methods, devices, systems and computer program products facilitate accessing metadata associated with a primary audio visual content. Upon reception of a primary content, one or more watermark messages are extracted from the primary content obtain a server code and an interval code. A query to a metadata server is initiated based on the information obtained from the extracted watermark messages. In response to the query, service recovery information is received that includes information identifying one or more timed events, where each timed event identifies an operation to be performed at a corresponding instance in time as the primary content is being presented by the receiver device. One or more operations identified the timed events are initiated at the corresponding instance(s) in time. |
| US10277958B2 |
Obtaining viewer demographics through advertisement selections
A system and method includes operations and steps for inferring a demographic of a user based on a selection of an advertisement by the user. A media device stream is received from a media device by data processing hardware. The data processing hardware may identify frames of the media device stream for insertion of an overlay. The overlay can include first and second interactive portions corresponding to respective first and second advertisements. The user can select one of the first interactive portion and the second interactive portion corresponding to one of the first advertisement and the second advertisement. The selection can be received by the data processing hardware, and the demographic of the user can be inferred based on the selection. |
| US10277957B2 |
Method for delivering an audio-video live content in multicast form
For delivering an AV live content, time being divided into transmission periods, the AV live content being divided into chunks, a server performs: obtaining at least one multicast reference stream intended to transport one chunk per transmission period; obtaining at least one multicast side stream intended to transport, for each transmission period, a plurality of chunks which at least includes the same chunk as in each multicast reference stream and at least one preceding chunk; and synchronously transmitting each multicast reference stream and each multicast side stream along the transmission periods. A device willing to receive the AV live content performs: joining one multicast side stream for obtaining at least one chunk transmitted in a first transmission period; and switching to one multicast reference stream for obtaining subsequent chunks which are transmitted from a second transmission period following the first transmission period. |
| US10277956B2 |
Method and apparatus for streaming digital media content and a communication system
The invention provides a method of streaming of digital media content made up of a stream of data frames, the method comprising: during playback in one mode of the digital media content, determining parameters associated with a defined type of frame within the digital media stream; and, based upon the determined parameters, estimating the position within the digital media stream of other of the defined type of frame within the digital media stream. |
| US10277955B1 |
Method and system for reconfigurable time-interleaved ADC for direct conversion K-band and L-band I/Q
A signal receiver chip may be configured to receive a satellite signal, and when the satellite signal is partially-processed off-chip, to bypass at least a portion of processing functions applied in the signal receiver chip during processing of satellite signals. The bypassed processing functions may comprise or correspond to signal band conversions. The satellite signal chip may generate an output signal, corresponding to the satellite signal, with the output signal being configured for communication to a peer device (e.g., satellite STB). The output signal may be generated and/or configured such that to enable distributing content carried in the output signal to a plurality of client devices in a local network serviced by the peer device. The signal receiver chip may combine a plurality of portions, corresponding to a plurality of satellite signals, into the output signal. |
| US10277952B2 |
Method and system for performing searches for television content using reduced text input
A method and system are provided for identifying a television content item desired by a television viewer from a set of television content items. Each of the television content items has one or more associated descriptors. The system receives from the television viewer a reduced text search entry directed at identifying the desired television content item. The search entry is a prefix substring of one or more words relating to the desired television content item. The system dynamically identifies a group of one or more television content items from the set of television content items having one or more descriptors matching the search entry as the television viewer enters each character of the search entry. The system then transmits the names of the one or more television content items of the identified group to he displayed on a device operated by the television viewer. |
| US10277951B2 |
Method of recommending broadcasting contents and recommending apparatus therefor in multimedia contents reproducing device
Provided are a method and apparatus for recommending broadcasting contents by using a multimedia contents reproducing device, the method including the operations of generating a user list about one or more second users related to a first user; displaying the user list on a screen of the multimedia contents reproducing device; selecting at least a third user from among the one or more second users in the user list; and transmitting a recommendation message to the third user, wherein the recommendation message is related to recommending a first broadcasting content currently being watched by the first user, or a second broadcasting content selected from an Electronic Program Guide (EPG). |
| US10277947B2 |
System and method for utilizing a secured service provider memory
A system and method for utilizing a secured service provider memory are disclosed. An electronic device is associated with a subscriber and is in communication with a data distribution network configured to deliver data by a service provider to the subscriber. The data distribution network comprises a server in communication with the data distribution network and the server configured to deliver a stream of data over the data distribution network. The electronic device comprises a first memory communicatively connected to the server. The first memory is configured to receive and store data from the server and it is accessible by the subscriber. A second memory is also communicatively connected to the server. The second memory is configured to receive and store data from the server, though the second memory is accessible only by the service provider. |
| US10277946B2 |
Methods and systems for aggregation and organization of multimedia data acquired from a plurality of sources
A system for aggregation and organization of multimedia data acquired from a plurality of sources can include a data collection element, a multimedia segmentation element, a memory, an extraction element, and a user interface. The data collection element can be configured to receive multimedia data. The multimedia segmentation element can be coupled to the data collection element and can be configured to separate the multimedia data into a plurality of multimedia data segments. The memory can be configured to store hierarchical category information having a plurality of categories. The extraction element can be coupled to the multimedia segmentation element and the memory and can be configured to associate at least one of the plurality of categories with each of the plurality of multimedia data segments. |
| US10277945B2 |
Contextual queries for augmenting video display
An embodiment provides a method, including: deriving text data from an input of audiovisual data; analyzing the text data to form one or more key words; selecting the one or more key words to obtain one or more relevant key words, wherein selecting comprises selection based on text data from user specific data sources; forming the one or more relevant key words into a query for obtaining relevant content; and issuing one or more queries to obtain related content from a network connected device. Other aspects are described and claimed. |
| US10277944B2 |
Methods and apparatus to calibrate audience measurement ratings based on return path data
Methods and apparatus to calibrate media ratings based on return path data are disclosed. An apparatus includes a ratings calculator to calculate an initial local rating for media provided in a first geographic area based on local return path data (RPD) tuning information obtained from local RPD devices in subscriber households in the first geographic area. The subscriber households subscribe to a content provider that provides the media through the local RPD devices. The apparatus further includes a calibration factor calculator to calculate a nonsubscriber calibration factor based on a first panelist rating for the media corresponding to a first subset of panelist households that do not subscribe to the content provider. The ratings calculator modifies the initial local rating based on the nonsubscriber calibration factor to calculate a final local rating for the media in the first geographic area. |
| US10277941B2 |
Method and apparatus for producing full synchronization of a digital file with a live event
A method and apparatus are provided for producing full synchronization of a digital file with a live event. Using time-based cues such as musical beats, the live event is time mapped. The video file to be synced is measured in frames per second is then translated from its frames per second original time code into the time code of the live event in beats per minute making it possible to measure the playback rate of the source media file in the same units of measurement as the live event. The result is a playback mechanism that allows for more precise real time playback rate corrections by an operator by providing a visible cue so they can better keep the source media synced with the live event, even if there are real time tempo variations in the live event. |
| US10277939B2 |
System and device for interacting with a remote presentation
The present disclosure relates to sharing images over a network. Images obtained from a second device are presented at a first device, and shared with a plurality of third devices. The third devices are able to obtain and store images from the first device, modify the contents of a presentation, and control the rendering of the presentation. The proposed system allows for instantaneous sharing without the need to set up accounts a-priori, uploading only the images that are requested for sharing, and does not require invitations or privacy settings. |
| US10277937B2 |
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. |
| US10277936B2 |
Management methods of a video device and corresponding video device
Remote management of a digital terrestrial television device. In terrestrial television reception, a control command is transmitted by a distant remote management server through another communication channel, the control command requesting the video device to set at least a digital terrestrial television parameter related to a service list management. |
| US10277935B2 |
Method and apparatus for hardware-enforced, always-on insertion of a watermark in a video processing path
A method, apparatus, article of manufacture, and a memory structure for inserting a watermark in a media program is described. In an exemplary embodiment, the method comprises the steps of receiving data comprising the media program in the receiver disposed at a subscriber station, generating a watermark, the watermark generated at least in part according to a secure data processor-unique identifier irreversibly stored in the secure data processor, processing the received data to reproduce the media program, and inserting portions of the generated watermark in the reproduced media program at locations determined at least in part according to the secure data processor-unique identifier to produce a watermarked media program provided for display. |
| US10277933B2 |
Method and device for augmenting user-input information related to media content
Disclosed is a method of augmenting user-input information that includes associating a first secondary device with primary media content, receiving user-input information input at the first secondary device, and analyzing the user-input information to identify user-content metadata. The method further includes at least one of: receiving primary-content metadata related to the primary media content and deriving primary-content metadata from the primary media content and identifying associations between the user-content metadata and the primary-content metadata. |
| US10277931B2 |
Reception method, transmission method, reception device, and transmission device
According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a reception method in broadcast and broadband cooperation service, the reception method includes: receiving broadcast content transmitted through broadcast; receiving acquisition information through the broadcast, the acquisition information being information used to play back broadband content transmitted through broadband while the broadband content is synchronized with the received broadcast content, the acquisition information being information relating to acquisition of the broadband content; and acquiring the broadband content based on the received acquisition information. Therefore, the broadband content can properly be acquired in response to the reception of the broadcast content. |
| US10277928B1 |
Dynamic manifests for media content playback
Techniques are described for generating manifest files for media content playback. A server can dynamically generate manifest files with a selection of quality levels indicated as being available for playback. Factors such as device characteristics, playback history, and more can be used to generate the manifest files. |
| US10277927B2 |
Movie package file format
Systems and methods for improved video formats used in delivery and playback are presented. According to an embodiment, the movie package format contains tiers that provide for multiple sets of movie variations that are individually selectable for transfer to a device for local playback. A locally stored movie package may contain any subset of available tiers for a movie. Non-resident tiers can be discovered and downloaded into the movie package as needed or when available. Tiers, and other movie files may be updated or added to the movie package at any time. Then users can request updates or the updates can be pushed to the user without affecting the previously downloaded files. |
| US10277926B2 |
Block-base error measure method for object segmentation
A block-base error measure method for object segmentation includes the steps of dividing a reference image having an object into plural non-overlapping blocks, superimposing the reference image with a segmented image to obtain an error ratio of the block to define an enhanced equation and a modification equation to suppress the scattered error and enhance the contribution of the region error, so as to calculate the error amount of the segmented image and evaluate the performance of image segmentation. Compared with the conventional error measure method based on pixels, the present invention provides a more accurate high-level semantic. |
| US10277923B2 |
Using a digital video effect to generate a video stream
In one aspect, a method involves (i) accessing data representing a traffic schedule for a television broadcast; (ii) selecting a record from the traffic schedule, wherein the record identifies video content; (iii) determining a type of the identified video content; (iv) using the determined type of the identified video content as a basis to select a DVE; and (v) causing a computing device to run the selected DVE, wherein running the selected DVE causes the computing device to generate a modified version of an input video stream representing the identified video content. |
| US10277918B2 |
Video encoding and decoding method and apparatus using the same
The present invention is related to a method for moving the position of a base view from an arbitrary GOP (Group Of Pictures) start position to implement an efficient encoding structure in multi-view video encoding. The existing multi-view video encoding method exhibits low encoding efficiency when correlation between the base view and a dependent view is low, since the base view is assumed to be fixed. Moreover, in case the view in a live broadcasting program desired by a producer changes from the base view to another, the user has to consume more bit streams and decoder complexity than those consumed when decoding is performed with respect to the base view. Therefore, to alleviate the drawbacks of the existing multi-view video encoding method, the present invention provides a method for designing syntax elements by which the base view can be moved, thereby supporting an efficient encoding structure. |
| US10277917B2 |
Video encoding method and apparatus and video decoding method and apparatus
An image encoding method includes generating symbols by performing transformation and quantization according to a transformation block, on a block that performs prediction according to a prediction mode; updating a probability index of a current sub block by using a probability index of a previous sub block among sub blocks included in the transformation block; determining a rate according to a bit length of the current sub block by using the probably index; determining a rate of the transformation block by using rates of the sub blocks; determining a distortion by using a difference between an original image and a reconstruction image according to transformation and quantization; and determining a rate-distortion (R-D) cost by using the distortion and the rate. |
| US10277914B2 |
Measuring spherical image quality metrics based on user field of view
An example device for calculating a quality metric for video data includes a memory configured to store a spherical image of the video data, and one or more processors implemented using discrete logic circuitry and configured to determine a user field of view for the spherical image, determine weighting values for pixels of the spherical image based on the user field of view; and calculate a quality metric for the user field of view of the spherical image using the weighting values, wherein calculating the quality metric comprises applying the weighting values to values for the pixels. |
| US10277913B2 |
Application processor for performing real time in-loop filtering, method thereof and system including the same
An application processor includes a first core configured to process a first picture including a first processing unit and a second processing unit and a second core configured to process a second picture including a third processing unit and a fourth processing unit, wherein the first core and the second core are configured to perform processing of the second processing unit and the third processing unit, respectively, in parallel. |
| US10277908B2 |
Inter-layer sample adaptive filter parameters re-use for scalable video coding
Described herein are techniques related to re-use of filter parameters, and particularly Sample Adaptive Offset (SAO) parameters, of a lower-layer bitstream or a coded enhancement layer bitstream for coding enhancement layer bitstream in a scalable video encoding. |
| US10277906B2 |
System and method for selectively compressing images
A system and method for characterizing the sensitivity of image data to compression. After a video signal is transformed to the frequency domain, statistical data regarding a video signal or frame of a video signal can be calculated. In one alternate, a contour map of the original signal can be calculated and the parameters of the contour map can be recorded. The same signal can be compressed and then upscaled and a second contour map can be calculated and the parameters of the second contour map can be recorded. Based on the difference between the first and second contour maps, a sensitivity of the video to compression can be determined. |
| US10277905B2 |
Transform selection for non-baseband signal coding
Blocks of a frame of a non-baseband video signal are encoded by selecting between a staircase- or sinusoidal-based transform. For each prediction mode, a prediction block for encoding a current block is generated, a residual block is generated, the residual block is transformed using a sinusoidal-based transform and using a staircase-based transform, and first and second rate-distortion value for encoding the residual block using the sinusoidal-based transform and staircase-based transform are respectively generated. One of the staircase-based transform or the sinusoidal-based transform for encoding the residual block is selected based on a lowest value of the first rate-distortion value and the second rate-distortion value among results for each prediction mode, and the current block is encoded using the selected one of the staircase-based transform or the sinusoidal-based transform. Improved appearance for blocks having sharp edges can be achieved and lossless encoding is possible using the staircase-based transform. |
| US10277902B2 |
Image encoding apparatus and control method thereof
The present invention has a converting unit that converts image data in a Bayer array into three planes consisting of G, B and R planes that have the same array relationship as YCC 422, and an encoding unit that performs prediction encoding of the G, B and R planes obtained by the converting unit as YCC 422 image data. Here, the number of pixels in the horizontal direction of the G plane is twice the number of pixels in the horizontal direction of the B or R plane. Also, the encoding unit includes a motion searching unit that obtains a motion vector of a pixel block to be encoded as a motion vector of the G plane, and a correcting unit that corrects a motion vector of the B and R planes based on the motion vector for the G plane. |
| US10277899B2 |
Image transmission system and method of controlling same
A system includes an image transmitting unit and an image receiving unit. The image transmitting unit has a compression unit for compressing, in accordance with a provided compression parameter, a pixel block in image data, and a first transmitting unit for transmitting the compressed data to an image receiving unit in the system. The image receiving unit has a receiving unit for receiving the compressed data, a decompression unit for decompressing the received compressed data, a determination unit for determining a compression parameter based on the result of the decompression, and a second transmitting unit for transmitting the determined compression parameter to the image transmitting unit. The compression unit compresses an untransmitted second pixel block in the image data to be compressed in accordance with the compression parameter transmitted from the second transmitting unit. |
| US10277898B2 |
Image processing device and method for improving coding efficiency of quantization matrices
An image processing device and method that enable suppression of a reduction in coding efficiency. The image processing device dequantizes quantized data generated through decoding, using a default quantization matrix having a same size as a block size that is a unit of processing in which dequantization is performed, when in a copy mode in which a quantization matrix is copied, quantization matrix reference data identifying a reference destination of the quantization matrix matches quantization matrix identification data identifying the quantization matrix. The device and method can be applied to an image processing device. |
| US10277896B2 |
Intra-frame prediction systems and methods
System and method for improving operational efficiency of a video encoding pipeline, which includes a mode decision block that selects a luma intra-frame prediction mode used to encode a luma component of the source image data and a chroma reconstruction block that determines a first distortion expected to result in a first chroma transform block when each of a plurality of candidate chroma intra-frame prediction modes is implemented based on reconstructed image data, determines a second distortion expected to result in a second chroma transform block of the prediction unit when each of the plurality of candidate chroma intra-frame prediction modes is implemented based at least in part on the source image data, and selects a chroma intra-frame prediction mode used to encode a chroma component from the plurality of candidate chroma intra-frame prediction modes based at least in part on the first distortion and the second distortion. |
| US10277892B2 |
Image transmitting device that captures an image when a braking operation of a vehicle is performed
In order to enhance security of a parked vehicle, an image transmitting device to be mounted on a vehicle includes: a checking unit that checks, at a parking place of the vehicle, communicability with an external device outside of the vehicle, that is, whether an image can be transmitted from the parking place to the external device; a providing unit that provides notification information based on a result of the checking by the checking unit; a capturing unit that captures an image while the vehicle is parked; and a transmitting unit that transmits the image captured by the capturing unit to the external device. |
| US10277890B2 |
System and method for capturing and viewing panoramic images having motion parallax depth perception without image stitching
A system for acquiring a sequence of image frames for display having depth perception through motion parallax includes a base unit, a stage unit, and a camera unit. The stage unit is disposed over the base unit and is configured to rotate, with respect to the base unit, about an axis of rotation, and is configured to hold the camera element thereon at a predetermined offset, as measured from the axis of rotation to a no-parallax point or least-parallax point of the camera element. The camera element is configured to acquire a sequence of image frames, as it is rotated about the axis of rotation by the stage unit and is kept at the predetermined offset, and is configured to acquire the sequence of image frames during the rotation. The predetermined offset is a positive distance value. |
| US10277887B2 |
Calibration method and measurement tool
A calibration method calibrates a stereo camera. The calibration method includes: measuring a relative position between the stereo camera and an object that is placed so as to fall within an image capturing area of the stereo camera; acquiring a captured image that is captured by the stereo camera and includes the object; and determining a calibration parameter for calibrating the stereo camera based on the relative position and the captured image. |
| US10277885B1 |
Dense field imaging
Dense field imagers are disclosed which are configured to provide combined, aggregated, fused, and/or stitched light field data for a scene. A dense field imager can include a plurality of imaging elements configured to be joined into image blocks or facets that each provides light field data about a scene. The dense field imager can include a plurality of facets in a fixed or modular fashion such that the dense field imager is configured to combine, aggregate, fuse and/or stitch light field data from the plurality of facets. The facets can be mounted such that one or more facets are non-coplanar with other facets. The facets can be configured to provide a representation of the light field with overlapping fields of view. Accordingly, the dense field imager can provide dense field data over a field of view covered by the plurality of facets. |
| US10277884B2 |
Method and apparatus for acquiring three-dimensional image, and computer readable recording medium
Disclosed herein is a method for acquiring a three-dimensional (3D) image including: acquiring a 3D primary image of an object from two-dimensional (2D) primary image data acquired by first and second cameras when a predetermined pattern is projected on the object by a projector and a 2D primary image of the pattern-projected object is acquired by the first and second cameras, and then converting it into a 2D re-viewpoint image; correcting a missing area in the 2D re-viewpoint image corresponding to the 3D data missing area for compensating for a 3D data missing area caused by a curvature of the object and the points of view of the first and second cameras; and generating a corrected 3D image by referring to the 2D primary image data acquired by the first or second camera and the corrected 2D re-viewpoint image information. |
| US10277869B2 |
Efficient process for camera call-up
A surveillance system includes one or more camera systems at least some of the camera systems including a camera element comprising optical components to capture and process light to produce images, camera processing circuitry that receives the light and processes the light into electrical signals and encodes the signals into a defined format, power management circuitry to power the camera system, the power management system including first and second power interfaces and first and second video output interfaces. |
| US10277865B2 |
Data transmission method and system, and related devices
A data transmission method is performed at a data transmission system, including: receiving, by a transit device, audio/video data sent by a target client terminal that is in a target communication channel and has an audio/video upstream authority; forwarding, by the transit device, the audio/video data to a broadcast proxy device in the target communication channel, the broadcast proxy device being connected to at least one second client terminal that is in the target communication channel and does not have an audio/video upstream authority; and forwarding, by the broadcast proxy device, the audio/video data to each second client terminal in a corresponding downstream transmission mode according to network quality information of the second client terminal, the network quality information of each second client terminal being collected by the broadcast proxy device in advance. |
| US10277857B2 |
Image processing apparatus, image processing method and manufacturing apparatus
An image processing apparatus having a plurality of Bayer arrays each including 4 pixels sharing a common electrode connected to a vertical signal line wherein: each of the pixels has a pixel electrode connected to a horizontal signal line; and the location of each of the horizontal signal lines and the location of each of the pixel electrodes each connected to one of the horizontal signal lines are determined so that the locations in a neighboring Bayer array are a mirror image of counterpart locations in another Bayer array adjacent to the neighboring Bayer array. |
| US10277856B2 |
Solid-state imaging device, method for driving solid-state imaging device, and electronic apparatus
A pixel portion includes a first pixel array in which a plurality of photoelectric conversion reading parts of first pixels are arranged in a matrix, a holding part array in which a plurality of signal holding parts of first pixels are arranged in a matrix, and a second pixel array in which a plurality of photoelectric conversion reading parts of second pixels are arranged in a matrix, wherein, at the time of a rolling shutter mode, readout signals of the photoelectric conversion reading parts of the first pixels and the second pixels are immediately output to a first vertical signal line without following a bypass route and, at the time of a global shutter mode, held signals of the signal holding parts of the first pixels are output to a second vertical signal line. Due to this, a solid-state imaging device can prevent complication of the configuration. |
| US10277854B2 |
Image capturing apparatus, control method therefor, and storage medium
An image capturing apparatus includes: pixels that are arranged in a matrix and each include a photoelectric conversion portion; a column output line; an AD converter; a setting unit that sets a first driving mode for causing the AD converter to convert the analog signals into the digital signals with a resolution of n bits, or a second driving mode for causing the AD converter to convert the analog signals into the digital signals with a resolution of m bits; and a controller that controls an operation period, which extends from a start of outputting of the analog signals to a start of an operation of converting the analog signals into the digital signals, to be shorter when the setting unit has set the second driving mode than when the first driving mode has been set. |
| US10277843B2 |
Oversampled image sensor with conditional pixel readout
In a pixel array within an integrated-circuit image sensor, each of a plurality of pixels is evaluated to determine whether charge integrated within the pixel in response to incident light exceeds a first threshold. N-bit digital samples corresponding to the charge integrated within at least a subset of the plurality of pixels are generated, and then applied to a lookup table to retrieve respective M-bit digital values (M being less than N), wherein a stepwise range of charge integration levels represented by possible states of the M-bit digital values extends upward from a starting charge integration level that is determined based on the first threshold. |
| US10277842B1 |
Dynamic range for depth sensing
An example system includes a patterned light projector operable to direct first and second portions of patterned light toward first and second surfaces, respectively, in an environment. The first and second surfaces may be at first and second distances, respectively, from the structured light projector. A graduated optical filter may be situated along an optical path of the patterned light. The graduated optical filter includes first and second regions to attenuate an intensity of the first and second portions of the patterned light, respectively, by first and second amounts, respectively. The first amount is greater than the second amount. The system additionally includes an image sensor operable to generate image data based on at least the first and second portions of the patterned light and a processor configured to determine first and second values indicative of an estimate of the first and second distances, respectively, based on the image data. |
| US10277841B2 |
Image capture control method and apparatus, and image capture device
This application discloses an image capture control method and apparatus, and an image capture device, wherein the method comprises: configuring different exposure periods for at least two photosensitive areas of a photosensitive array; determining start exposure times of the photosensitive areas, wherein a start exposure time of a photosensitive area having a relatively long exposure period is earlier than a start exposure time of a photosensitive area having a relatively short exposure period, and exposure of the photosensitive areas is completed in a longest exposure period of the exposure periods; and controlling exposure of the corresponding photosensitive areas according to the determined exposure periods and the start exposure times of the exposure periods. This application can improve quality of an HDR image by using a total exposure time as short as possible. |
| US10277839B2 |
Imaging device, drive method of imaging device, and imaging system
Provided is an imaging device including row drive unit having a first storage unit that stores and outputs a first signal for a readout from the pixels on an associated row, a second storage unit that stores and outputs a second signal for an operation for causing the photoelectric conversion element on an associated row to be reset to a charge accumulation state, and a third storage unit that stores and outputs a third signal for maintaining the photoelectric conversion element on an associated row in a charge accumulation state or a reset state based on the first signal output from the first storage unit and the second signal output from the second storage unit. |
| US10277838B2 |
Monolithic visible/IR fused low light level imaging sensor
An imaging array and method for fabricating the same are disclosed. The imaging array includes a semiconductor substrate having a plurality of VIS pixel sensors and a plurality of SWIR readout circuits fabricated therein. An insulating layer is deposited on the semiconductor substrate. The insulating array has wells overlying the SWIR pixel sensors. A plurality of SWIR photodiodes are deposited in the wells. Each SWIR photodiode is located in a corresponding one of the wells and is connected by an electrically conducting path with the SWIR readout circuit underlying the SWIR photodiode. An electrically conducting transparent electrode overlying the SWIR photodiodes is connected to each of the SWIR photodiodes. |
| US10277835B2 |
Cascaded standardized hot-pluggable transceiving units providing scaling and positioning functionalities
A system comprising cascaded standardized hot-pluggable transceiving units for providing scaling and positioning functionalities. A first layer comprises a plurality of transceiving units implementing a scaling functionality followed by a pre-positioning functionality. A second layer comprises a transceiving unit implementing a scaling functionality followed by a positioning functionality. Source video streams are scaled by the first layer, and further combined to generate primary mosaiced video streams. The primary mosaiced video streams are scaled and combined by the second layer to generate a secondary mosaiced video stream. Alternatively, the first layer comprises at least one transceiving unit only implementing the scaling functionality. Source video streams are scaled by the first layer to generate primary scaled video streams. The primary scaled video streams are scaled and combined by the second layer to generate a mosaiced video stream. |
| US10277832B2 |
Image processing method and image processing system
An image processing method for processing a plurality of images is provided. The image processing method includes: acquiring a plurality of first images, each of the plurality of first images taken with each of a plurality of imaging devices; acquiring first imaging clock times, each of the first imaging clock times corresponding to each of the plurality of first images; selecting a plurality of second images from the plurality of first images; and generating an image set constructed with the plurality of second images. Each of second imaging clock times correspond to each of the plurality of second images. The second imaging clock times are (i) substantially matched with each other and (ii) included in the first imaging clock times. |
| US10277831B2 |
Position identifying apparatus and method, path identifying apparatus, and non-transitory computer readable medium
A position identifying apparatus includes multiple image capturers, an accumulating unit, a deriving unit, and an identifying unit. The image capturers capture images of predetermined image capturing ranges. The accumulating unit accumulates in time series movement track information of a person included in the images captured by the image capturers. The deriving unit derives, using the movement track information accumulated in the accumulating unit, for each image position in an image captured by any one of the image capturers, a probability that, at a same time as a time at which a person is image-captured at the image position, a person is image-captured at each image position in an image captured by another one of the image capturers. The identifying unit identifies, from the probability derived by the deriving unit, an image position common to the images captured by the image capturers. |
| US10277828B2 |
Image pickup apparatus, control apparatus, control method, and storage medium
An image pickup apparatus is configured to obtain polarization information based on a plurality of images having different polarization states obtained by changing a retardation provided to light from an object. The image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup element configured to obtain the plurality of images, and a controller configured to change the retardation and to set an image pickup condition of the image pickup apparatus. The controller sets the image pickup condition while the retardation is changed to a reference value that is from −90 degrees to +90 degrees inclusive. |
| US10277827B2 |
Imaging apparatus and electronic apparatus
The present disclosure relates to an imaging apparatus and an electronic apparatus that are capable of receiving light a plurality of times temporally per pulse emission. After instructing a light emitting unit to perform pulse emission, a control unit instructs an image sensor to start exposure at a time T11=(2×D11)/c, finish exposure at a time T21=(2×D21)/c, start exposure at a time T12=(2×D12)/c, finish exposure at a time T22=(2×D22)/c, start exposure at a time T13=(2×D13)/c, and finish exposure at a time T21=(2×D23)/c. The present disclosure is applicable to, for example, a gated imaging apparatus that is an apparatus that emits pulsed light and performs imaging for only a specific time period. |
| US10277825B2 |
Exterior viewing camera module for vehicle vision system
A vehicular camera module includes a housing that houses an imager assembly and a main circuit board. The imager assembly is attached at an upper cover of the housing, with a flexible ribbon cable extending from an imager circuit board. The main circuit board has first circuitry disposed at a first planar side and second circuitry, including an image processor, disposed at a second planar side. An electrical connector at the second planar side connects with an electrical connector of the flexible ribbon cable. The main circuit board is accommodated within front and rear portions of the housing, while the imager is accommodated within the rear portion and is not accommodated within the front portion. A mounting bracket mounts the camera module at the windshield of the vehicle, with the imager viewing through a portion of the windshield in a forward direction of travel of the vehicle. |
| US10277824B2 |
Time multiplexing programmable field of view imaging
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods that employ a mechanical method for adjusting camera field angles at a high speed. The adjustments may be synchronized to a high speed image capture process. As such, multiple frames can be captured without experiencing significant object movement or hand shake. The systems and methods may be used to capture videos and/or photo stitching, because both camera position and objects in the scene are static during the high speed image capture. |
| US10277823B2 |
Zoom control device, imaging apparatus, control method of zoom control device, and recording medium
A subject detection unit of an imaging apparatus detects a subject image from an image. An automatic zoom control unit determines whether the subject detection unit detects the subject image in a specific region and performs first control such that a zoom magnification is controlled on a telephoto side based on a determination result when the subject image is not detected in the specific region. The automatic zoom control unit changes the first control to second control when the subject detection unit detects the subject image in the specific region, and controls the zoom magnification based on a reference size and a sequentially detected size of the subject image. |
| US10277820B2 |
Scene motion correction in fused image systems
Techniques to capture and fuse short- and long-exposure images of a scene from a stabilized image capture device are disclosed. More particularly, the disclosed techniques use not only individual pixel differences between co-captured short- and long-exposure images, but also the spatial structure of occluded regions in the long-exposure images (e.g., areas of the long-exposure image(s) exhibiting blur due to scene object motion). A novel device used to represent this feature of the long-exposure image is a “spatial difference map.” Spatial difference maps may be used to identify pixels in the short-and long-exposure images for fusion and, in one embodiment, may be used to identify pixels from the short-exposure image(s) to filter post-fusion so as to reduce visual discontinuities in the output image. |
| US10277818B2 |
Image pickup apparatus including infrared light reduction section, method of controlling the same, and storage medium
An image pickup apparatus capable of accurately inserting/removing an infrared light reduction section. An infrared cut filter is inserted between a photographic optical system and an image pickup device to reduce infrared light contained in an optical image. If an object luminance acquired based on an optical image is lower than a first threshold, a camera control circuit calculates a second threshold for comparison with the object luminance and a third threshold value for comparison with an object luminance detected by a luminance sensor, based on the object luminances and the first threshold, and one of the second and third thresholds is made equal to or higher than the other. The infrared cut filter is selectively inserted or removed based on the object luminances, the second and third switching threshold values. |
| US10277811B2 |
Display control device and imaging device
A display control device, includes a plurality of image data-processing units acquiring and outputting image data; a synchronous signal generation unit generating and outputting a synchronous signal to a first image data-processing unit; a delay adjustment unit delaying first image data output from the first image data-processing unit for each line; a filter-processing unit performing a product-sum operation of a filter coefficient and a first partial image data; and a display image generation unit generating display image data by superimposing the filter-processing data on second image data, wherein the synchronous signal is a vertical synchronous signal included in each frame, the synchronous signal generation unit controls whether to output the synchronous signal to the first image data-processing unit earlier by a predetermined offset time, and the offset time corresponds to the number of taps and a line cycle and is within a range net exceeding a vertical retrace period. |
| US10277805B2 |
Monitoring system and camera device
In a monitoring system, each individual camera device divides image data acquired by an image sensor unit into a plurality of areas, and detects video-image abnormality from an average luminance signal value in each area or from a change thereof. The camera device that has detected video abnormality transmits video-image abnormality detection information to a server. In the plurality of areas, it is possible to use different detection algorithms such as a first algorithm in which it is determined that an abnormality has occurred when there is no change in the average luminance value, a second algorithm in which it is determined that an abnormality has occurred when there is a change in the average luminance value, and a third algorithm for observing a change in the video captured while a change is made to an aperture, exposure time, or the like. |
| US10277802B2 |
Focusing control device, focusing control method, focusing control program, lens device, and imaging device
A focusing control device includes: a plurality of signal detection sections that receives luminous fluxes passing through an imaging optical system including a focus lens capable of moving in an optical axis direction in a first range and detects signals corresponding to light reception amounts; a movement allowable range control unit that controls a movement allowable range in which movement of the focus lens set in the first range is allowed; and a lens driving control unit that moves the focus lens within the movement allowable range controlled by the movement allowable range control unit based on a signal group output from the plurality of signal detection sections. |
| US10277795B2 |
Image pickup apparatus for taking static image, control method therefor, and storage medium storing control program therefor
An image pickup apparatus that is capable of obtaining a high-quality image that is focused on an object designated by a user at the time of reproducing an image. A detection unit detects an object from an image obtained by photographing. A first computation unit computes a distance between the object and the image pickup apparatus as an object distance based on a distance map obtained according to the image. A decision unit decides a focus interval that is an interval of in-focus positions at which objects are focused and a focus frequency that is a count of the in-focus positions according to the object distance and a preset condition. A second computation unit computes the in-focus positions according to the object distance, the focus interval, and the focus frequency. A photographing unit obtains a plurality of images by photographing continuously at the in-focus positions by performing focus bracket photography. |
| US10277791B2 |
Camera module and optical apparatus for minimizing the whole height thereof
The present disclosure relates to a camera module, the camera module including a circuit board, an image sensor disposed on an upper surface of the circuit board, a current carrying part electrically connecting the image sensor and the circuit board, and a base disposed on the upper surface of the circuit board, wherein the base is not overlapped with the image sensor and the current carrying part in a direction of an optical axis. |
| US10277782B2 |
Color conversion table generation device, and color conversion table generation method
A color conversion table generation device, that generates a color conversion table defining a correspondence relationship between a coordinate value of input color space and a use amount of a plurality kinds of color materials, includes a boundary position setting unit that receives selection of setting of a boundary position at which use of a specific color material included in the plurality kinds of color materials is started or ended in a predefined axis provided in the input color space, a usability determination unit that determines whether the specific color material is to be used at a grid point defining the correspondence relationship or not, based on the boundary position in the predefined axis, and a use amount setting unit that sets a use amount of the specific color material at the grid point in a case where it is determined that the specific color material is to be used. |
| US10277780B2 |
Client device, system, information processing method, and recording medium adapted for changing an authentication mode from an individual authentication mode to a common authentication in a case where a transmission of at least first operation information has failed due to an authentication error
There provided is a client device including a first change unit for changing authentication information from individual authentication information to common authentication information, which is authentication information commonly used by each client device, in a case where a transmission of first operation information is failed due to an authentication error, and a second transmission unit for transmitting second operation information to the server device by using the common authentication information changed by the first change unit. |
| US10277775B2 |
Method for compensating for tone value fluctuation in an inkjet printing machine
A method for compensating tone value fluctuation in inkjet printing includes generating multi-bit halftone images of pixels on a computer during prepress screening for color separations with multiple tone values out of print image data, forwarding multi-bit halftone images to a control unit of an inkjet printing machine, and printing the multi-bit halftone on the machine, wherein encoded binary values of multi-bit halftone images correspond to ink drop sizes to be generated by the machine. The computer introduces additional binary values of multi-bit halftone images not corresponding to ink drop sizes in pixel positions of multi-bit halftone images where occurring tone value fluctuations are to be compensated for by modified ink drop sizes, causing additional binary values to be ignored by the machine in a regular print mode, and assigning additional binary values to modified ink drop sizes in a correction print mode. |
| US10277774B2 |
Information processing apparatus, information processing system, and device linkage method
An information processing apparatus includes a user interface unit configured to receive a function execution request for processes, the function execution request containing designations of an input function and an output function; a search and linkage unit configured to acquire pieces of specifications information indicating functions of an input device and an output device from the respective devices, and generate, based on the pieces of specifications information, a linkage flow indicating an execution sequence and a combination of an input device and an output device which respectively have an input function and an output function designated in the function execution request, the devices executing the functions, respectively, in linkage with each other; and a flow executing unit configured to send process requests to the input device and the output device designated in the linkage flow, respectively. |
| US10277773B2 |
Facsimile received data management apparatus, facsimile received data management system, and non-transitory computer readable medium for automatically sorting received documents in facsimile communications
A facsimile received data management apparatus includes: a receiving part that receives facsimile received data; a first registration part that registers the facsimile received data in a storage place associated with a facsimile sender of the facsimile received data in a case where the storage place associated with the facsimile sender is prepared in advance; and a second registration part that registers the facsimile received data in a storage place for unclassified data in a case where the storage place associated with the facsimile sender is not prepared in advance. |