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| US10278758B2 |
Accessory to allow sensing at balloon interface
A device, system and method for temperature-based lesion formation assessment and mapping functionality using an accessory usable with an over-the-wire balloon catheter. The device may include a first annular element, a plurality of wires coupled to the first annular element, and a second annular element, the plurality of wires passing from the first annular element through the second annular element and into an elongate wire conduit coupled to the second annular element. At least one of the plurality of wires may include at least one temperature sensor and/or at least one mapping electrode. The first annular element coupled to an outer surface of a sheath. As a balloon catheter is advanced out of the sheath lumen, the distal tip of the catheter engages the second annular element and pushes the wires out of the sheath lumen, everting them over the balloon of the catheter. |
| US10278755B2 |
Double threaded guidance or stiffening wire for multiple use vertebral augmentation (VA) balloon
A catheter device that includes a double-threaded guidance wire that allows multiple use of a compliant cavity creation device (i.e., treatment of more than one level). The double-threaded guidance wire may be connected with the luer part of the device and a distal part of the balloon using a threaded engagement to avoid lengthening of the inner tube, avoid lengthening of the balloon, and to limit the plastic deformation of the system in axial direction. In other implementations, the double-threaded guidance wire may be reconnected to the distal part of the balloon with a distal thread of the double-threaded guidance wire in order to restore the nominal length. |
| US10278754B2 |
Bone treatment systems and methods
Systems and methods for treating bone, such as vertebral compression fractures are disclosed. A method includes controllably applying energy to a bone cement volume outside of a patient's body to selectively accelerate the polymerization rate of the bone fill material volume prior to introduction into a bone. The method further includes sequentially introducing a plurality of cement carrying structures with the accelerated polymerization rate bone cement volume into the bone. A system for use in the method includes at least one elongated cement-carrying structure sized to carry a bone cement volume therein and an energy source operatively coupleable to the cement-carrying structure. The energy source applies energy to the bone cement volume to selectively accelerate a polymerization rate thereof. An elongated injector insertable into the bone has a passageway that removably receives the elongated cement-carrying structure to allow delivery of the accelerated polymerization rate bone cement into the bone. |
| US10278753B2 |
Bioabsorbable osteosynthesis implant
A bioabsorbable osteosynthesis implant, having a polymeric main body and at least one macroscopic reinforcement structure, which is integrated in the main body and is made of a biodegradable metal or a metal alloy. |
| US10278749B2 |
Bone plate for the greater trochanter
The invention relates to Implant device (1) comprising a rigid element (10) being designed to be fastened to a femur implant (20) in a fastened state of said rigid element (10), wherein particularly said femur implant (20) is an intramedullary nail or a femoral stem. According to the invention said rigid element (10) is designed as a hook-shaped plate (10) for encompassing the greater trochanter (3) of the femur (2) at least in sections when being arranged in said fastened state and when said femur implant (20) is arranged in or on the femur (2) as intended. |
| US10278735B2 |
Percutaneous rod revision implant
A percutaneous revision implant for percutaneously revising an existing implant located in the spine of a patient may include, for example, extending the existing implant construct to span additional portions of the spine of the patient. The percutaneous revision implant comprises a proximal end portion and a distal end portion. The proximal end portion comprises a connector having two opposable walls joined at one end to define a cavity having a first longitudinal axis. The cavity is suitable to receive and engage a rod of the existing implant. The percutaneous revision implant of the invention permits a medical practitioner to extend an existing implant construct without significantly disrupting or removing the existing implant or its component parts. A method of using same is also provided. |
| US10278733B2 |
Tattoo enhancement procedure
A method is described for brightening tattoos or pigmented images formed below the epidermis of an individual. A skin treating device having a treatment tip with a crystalline abrasive material permanently bonded thereto is moved across the skin surface covering the tattoo. The procedure results in the bonded crystalline abrasive material removing a portion of the surface of the epidermis of the skin area over said tattoos or pigmented images, resulting in a brightening of colored or black line tattoos and a sharpening of the lines in the image. Simultaneously applying a vacuum to the skin surface during the procedure and the application of skin serum during or after the procedure enhances the results. |
| US10278732B2 |
Transcutaneous analyte sensors, applicators therefor, and associated methods
The present embodiments relate generally to systems and methods for measuring an analyte in a host. More particularly, the present embodiments provide sensor applicators and methods of use with activation that implant the sensor, withdraw the insertion needle, engage the transmitter with the housing, and disengage the applicator from the housing. Systems and methods according to present principles allow for such steps to occur without significant loss of spring force, and without deleterious effects such as seal slingshotting. |
| US10278730B2 |
Access device with anchoring body and modular inserts and support structure for supporting accessories used in minimally invasive surgical procedures
An access port is disclosed for use in minimally invasive surgical procedures performed within a patient's abdominal cavity, which includes a body defining a bore configured to guide at least one surgical instrument into the abdominal cavity, and concave and convex anchoring regions for securing the access port relative to the abdominal cavity. |
| US10278726B2 |
Navigation aid for introducing an elongate medical penetration element into a patient
A navigation aid for introducing an elongate medical penetration element into a patient. An X-ray image, containing a target region for the penetration element in a desired target position in a patient, is superimposed in alignment with video sequence images, containing at least in part the penetration element, to form a combination image sequence. The penetration element is captured in a start position and a desired penetration course of the penetration element at least to the target region of the penetration element in a desired target position, is visually displayed in the combination image sequence. A penetration element, such as a medical implant and/or instrument, in particular a K-wire (Kirschner wire), may carry a number of markers, such as additional bodies, coatings, elevations, and/or depressions, said markers altering a light reflection, are situated on and/or at and/or in the penetration element. |
| US10278724B2 |
Method and apparatus for grafting of skin tissue
Methods and apparatus are provided for affecting an appearance of skin by harvesting small portions of tissue from a donor (first) site and applying them at a recipient (second) site. A plurality of micrografts can be formed from a piece of graft tissue and attached to a dressing material. The dressing material can then be expanded to increase a separation distance between the micrografts, and the dressing material having spaced-apart micrografts attached thereto can be applied to a prepared recipient site. An apparatus can be provided that expands the dressing material using a pressurized fluid. A further method can include providing a suspension of small portions of graft tissue in a solution. The solution can be injected into blisters formed at a recipient (second) site and the tissue portions allowed to attach and proliferate. A method and apparatus can also be provided for forming corresponding blisters at a donor site and at a recipient site. The raised (removed) portions of the blisters can be removed and attached to a dressing material, and the portions from the donor (first) site can be placed onto the exposed blister areas at the recipient site. |
| US10278722B2 |
Motor-driven surgical cutting and fastening instrument
A stapling assembly comprising an end effector, a lockout circuit, a firing member, and a drive system is disclosed. The end effector comprises a first jaw and a second jaw. The second jaw is movable relative to the first jaw between an unclamped position and a clamped position. The lockout circuit is configured to detect if a staple cartridge is in the end effector. The firing member is movable between an unfired position and a fired position during a firing stroke. The drive system is configured to clamp the second jaw and advance the firing member through the firing stroke. The drive system comprises an electric motor, a selectively operable first planetary gear train, a selectively operable second planetary gear train, and a switching mechanism configured to switch between the operation of the first planetary gear train and the second planetary gear train. |
| US10278721B2 |
Electrosurgical instrument with separate closure and cutting members
In various embodiments, a surgical instrument is provided that may comprise an end effector for performing a surgical procedure on tissue, for example. The end effector may comprise a pair of jaws, a closure beam, and a cutting member. The closure beam and the cutting member may be releasably coupled together by an interlocking member such that movement of the cutting member may cause the closure beam to also move relative to the jaws and cause the jaws to close and grip tissue, for example. The interlocking member may then unlock, allowing the cutting member to move through the gripped tissue and relative to the closure beam. Additionally, the cutting member and closure beam may be operated by a single trigger, which may be configured to provide haptic feedback to a user at various stages. Further, the jaws may be electrically energized to deliver energy and/or seal the gripped tissue. |
| US10278720B2 |
Pediatric combination surgical device
A combination surgical device is provided and includes a dissection blade moveably mounted in a first jaw of the surgical device. The surgical device includes a second jaw movably mounted relative to the first jaw and a handle assembly. The handle assembly includes an advancement mechanism for incrementally advancing the blade out of the first jaw and a lever to open and close the first and second jaws. A lock member is provided to maintain the blade in an extended condition and a release lever is provided to disable the lock member. The surgical device additionally includes a safety or lock out mechanism which prevents the jaws from moving while the blade is in the extended condition. |
| US10278719B2 |
Clot retrieval system
Catheter-delivered endovascular medical devices are described. The devices may include a pull wire attached to a distal body, which may be formed of a basket or other framework that has a plurality of cells. The pull wire may be extra long to allow a secondary device, such as an aspiration catheter, balloon or stent, to be delivered over the pull wire while the pull wire is in an intracranial artery. Methods of using and making the devices are also described. |
| US10278718B2 |
Flexible intravascular treatment devices and associated systems and methods of use
Flexible expandable treatment devices are disclosed herein. One aspect of the present technology, for example, is directed to an expandable tubular structure formed of an interwoven strand and configured to be positioned in a blood vessel. The interwoven strand may be arranged to form a plurality of cells and a plurality of joints between adjacent cells. At least one of the joints may include a first strand slidably interlocked with a second strand, and at least one of the first strand and the second strand may bend back on itself to form a restriction that limits disengagement of the first strand and the second strand at the joint. |
| US10278708B2 |
Compression device
A compression device, useful for applying circumferential compression to an object, for example, as a tourniquet to occlude blood flow in a hemorrhaging extremity, is provided. The device includes a buckle assembly, first and second guidance slides, a connecting member between the first and second guidance slides, and a strap. Each end of the strap is anchored to a guidance slide. From each of the anchored ends, the strap passes through the buckle assembly, forming outer segments. The strap then returns along respective insides of the outer segments and through the guidance slides, forming inner segments. The buckle assembly, inner segments and connecting member form a loop for placing about an object, an inner circumference of the loop being adjustable by pulling on a portion of the strap located along the outside of the connecting member and between the two guidance slides to tighten the loop around the object. |
| US10278702B2 |
Stapling system comprising a firing bar and a lockout
A stapling system is disclosed. The stapling system comprises an anvil, a channel, a firing bar, a replaceable staple cartridge, and a locking member. The anvil comprises an anvil ledge. The channel comprises a channel ledge. The firing bar comprises a first projection configured to engage the anvil ledge and a second projection configured to engage the channel ledge. The replaceable staple cartridge comprises staples, a vertical slot configured to receive the firing bar during a staple firing stroke, and a sled movable between a proximal unfired position and a distal fired position. The locking member is movable vertically and spring-biased into a locked configuration which inhibits the firing bar from being advanced through the staple firing stroke. The sled comprises a proximally-extending portion configured to overcome the spring bias of the locking member if the sled is in its proximal unfired position. |
| US10278701B2 |
Adhesive structure with tissue piercing protrusions on its surface
An implant having an adhesive structure comprising a planar surface having two sides and rectangular cuboid-based protrusions having pyramidal tips extending from at least one of said sides, optionally having a porous basic supporting structure, and methods of making and using such implants. |
| US10278700B2 |
Surgical device
A wound closure device for closing a surgical wound includes at least one compressive clip for applying pressure to a patient's tissue. The clip includes a first clamping arm, a second clamping arm, and a flexible pin maintained between the first and second clamping arms in a press-fit relationship. Each of the first and second clamping arms has a proximal first end, an opposing distal second end and a sidewall extending therebetween. The clip has a first position in which the proximal first ends of the first and second clamping arms partially engage or do not engage each other and a second position in which the proximal first ends of the first and second clamping arms pivotally engage each other. In the second position of the clip, a compressive force generated at the proximal first ends is transferred through the first and second clamping arms to the distal second ends. |
| US10278686B2 |
Spinal access retractor
A retractor includes a first arm, a second arm, and a translating member. The first arm comprises a proximal portion configured to retain a first retractor member and a distal portion configured to rotate relative to the proximal portion about a first axis. The second arm is configured to retain a second retractor member, such that rotation of the distal portion about the first axis causes the first retractor member to pivot toward or away from the second retractor member when the first retractor member and the second retractor member are coupled to the first arm and the second arm, respectively. The translating member is coupled between the proximal portion and the distal portion, and is configured to receive a drive force that causes the translating member to bias the distal portion to pivot relative to the proximal portion about the first axis. |
| US10278683B2 |
Articulated tool positioner and system employing same
An articulated tool positioning apparatus comprising a base member, an intermediate member, an end member and a first tool holder arranged in succession, each of the base member, intermediate member, end member and tool holder having a respective central opening. A first plurality of coupled guides id positioned between the base member and the intermediate member and a second plurality of coupled guides is positioned between the intermediate member and the end member. A third plurality of coupled guides is diposed between the end member and the tool holder. The base member, intermediate member, end member, first tool holder and first second and third pluralities of coupled guides all have a central opening and guide openings or securing points for securing pluralities of flexible control links to the base member or to an object separated from the base member. Pushing or pulling control links of a first plurality of control links causes the base member, the first plurality of coupled guides, the intermediate member, the second plurality of coupled guides and the end member to selectively define a continuous curve. A second plurality of control links causes the end member to maintain an orientation generally the same as the base member, when any of the other flexible control links is pushed or pulled. Pushing or pulling control links of a third plurality of control links causes the tool holder to be selectively moved into any of a plurality of orientations, such that the third plurality of coupled guides between the end member and the tool holder defines a continuous curve from the end member to the tool holder. At least one mechanism for pushing and pulling the flexible control links is described and a use of the apparatus for positioning a tool for laparoscopic surgery applications is described. |
| US10278682B2 |
Sheaths for medical devices
A device is disclosed for therapeutic and/or diagnostic use in or on a patient's body. The device can have a sheath and a tool. The sheath can be made, at least in part, from a laminate. The laminate can have reinforcement fibers in longitudinal, latitudinal, helical, and/or other configurations around the sheath. The tool can be at least partially within the sheath. The tool can be attached to the sheath at one or more lengths along the tool. The sheath can be removed from the tool and replaced. |
| US10278681B2 |
Motion sensitive and capacitor powered handheld device
A handheld device includes an electronic instrument and a capacitive power supply for storing and delivering power to the electronic instrument. The capacitive power supply includes at least one capacitor, and an electronic circuit operable to boost a voltage from the capacitor to a higher voltage for use by the electronic instrument. The capacitive power supply can be rapidly recharged. Some configurations include an accelerometer which permits the handheld device to detect movement and perform various operations responsive to detected movement. A dual charging station is also disclosed. |
| US10278678B2 |
Tissue removal device and method of use
A biopsy device for acquiring more than one tissue sample is disclosed. The biopsy device can have at least two tissue engaging elements, where at least one element contains a helical feature. A control mechanism can be used to spin an outer element relative to an internal element, resulting in transport of multiple tissue samples from the mass of tissue to an accessible collection chamber. The outer element may have a sharp distal end which may sever the samples from the mass of tissue. Samples may be stored sequentially in the collection chamber and be removed by the operator. |
| US10278675B2 |
Implantable estrus detection devices, systems, and methods
Devices, systems, and methods for detecting estrus in subjects are provided. Devices include a housing configured for intravaginal/intrauterine deployment and retention and a sensor disposed in or on the housing, and are configured to use condition information sensed by the sensor to determine an estrus condition of the subject. Methods include deploying a device in the subject, sensing the condition information, and determining an estrus condition using the condition information. Systems include a device configured to communicate with a base station and/or with other implanted devices, which are located within a reception radius thereof, regarding the determined estrus condition. |
| US10278666B2 |
Systems and methods of automated dose control in x-ray imaging
X-ray imaging systems and methods for exposure control in three-dimensional X-ray imaging include acquiring at least one image with an X-ray emitter and an X-ray receiver. At least one physical characteristic of the object to be imaged is determined from the at least one image. At least one exposure parameter value based is determined based upon the at least one physical characteristic of the object to be imaged. The X-ray emitter and X-ray receiver acquire a plurality of projection images about the object to be imaged using at least one exposure parameter value. A three-dimensional X-ray image is reconstructed from the plurality of projection images. |
| US10278664B2 |
Tomographic image generation device, method and recording medium
A first image obtaining unit obtains a plurality of projection images corresponding to different radiation source positions, the projection images being imaged under a first imaging condition for tomosynthesis imaging, and a second image obtaining unit obtains a two-dimensional image imaged with a given radiation source position under a second imaging condition for simple imaging. An image quality correction unit performs image quality correction on the projection images to compensate for a difference of image quality between the projection images and the two-dimensional image based on a difference between the first imaging condition and the second imaging condition. A reconstruction unit reconstructs the projection images having been subjected to the image quality correction and the two-dimensional image to generate a tomographic image of a slice plane of the subject. |
| US10278663B2 |
Sensor coordinate calibration in an ultrasound system
Sensor coupled to the ultrasound probe provides position information related to an ultrasound imaging position in the object. A processor performs first registration between the medical image and the ultrasound image based on the anatomical feature in the ultrasound image and a medical image of the object acquired by imaging modality different from the ultrasound apparatus, obtains first registration information which provides a relationship between a coordinate system of the medical image and a coordinate system of the ultrasound image based on the first registration, performs second registration between the sensor and the medical image based on the position information and the first registration information, and obtains second registration information based on the second registration. A display displays a portion of the medical image corresponding to the ultrasound imaging position based on the second registration information. The medical image includes one among SPECT, PET, MR, PET-CT, and PET-MR image. |
| US10278662B2 |
Image processing apparatus and medical image diagnostic apparatus
An image processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry performs a fluid analysis using image data including a blood vessel to calculate an index value relating to blood flow in the blood vessel. The processing circuitry specifies a plurality of target sites in the blood vessel in the image data. The processing circuitry changes analysis conditions for the fluid analysis corresponding to the positions of the target sites. The processing circuitry causes a display to display, in a comparative manner, the index value relating to blood flow calculated under the changed analysis conditions for the target sites. |
| US10278659B2 |
C-arm head cover
The present invention relates to a C-arm head cover. The C-arm head cover according to the present invention comprises: a fixed unit which includes a fixing means, and is capable of being fixed to a predetermined object; a first cover which extends from the fixed unit, and has a foldable structure; and a second cover which extends from the first cover, and is bent downward, wherein when the C-arm head rotates 180 degrees from an upright position around a C-arm table for supporting a person to be processed with radiography, the foldable structure of the first cover is unfolded, and then only the first cover or both the first cover and the second cover covers the C-arm head. |
| US10278658B2 |
Radiation residue scanning device and system
A radiation residue scanning device includes a plurality of CZT detectors, a plurality of data processing units, a plurality of window acquisition circuits, a plurality of counting units, and a processor; the plurality of CZT detectors connected in one-to-one correspondence to the plurality of data processing units; the plurality of data processing units are connected in one-to-one correspondence to the plurality of window acquisition circuits; and the plurality of window acquisition circuits are connected in one-to-one correspondence to the counting units The window acquisition circuit includes a plurality of acquisition modules, and the respective acquisition modules are connected in parallel; the counting unit includes a plurality of counting subunits, the counting subunits are connected in one-to-one correspondence to the acquisition window modules, and the processor is connected to the plurality of counting units. |
| US10278657B2 |
Method and system for performing an imaging scan of a subject
A method for performing an imaging scan of a subject includes positioning a narrow field-of-view camera at a first imaging position to acquire a first set of imaging information of a first object of interest, positioning the narrow field-of-view camera at a second imaging position to acquire a second set of imaging information of a second object of interest, determining emission counts for the first and second sets of imaging information, and utilizing the determined emission counts to generate a value that indicates a probability of a successful medical procedure being performed on the subject. |
| US10278656B2 |
Medical devices for diagnostic imaging
A medical imaging system for detecting ionizing radiation. The system includes one or more pixilated imagers positioned to acquire patient image data and one or more position sensors positioned to acquire patient position data. Once the patient image data and patient position data are acquired, one or more processors operably connected to each of the one or more pixilated imagers and one or more position sensors calculate a three-dimensional mass distribution based on patient image data and patient position data. |
| US10278643B2 |
Belt for electro impedance measurement and method using such belt
An electro impedance measuring belt for placing electrodes around the thorax of a patient comprises an array of a plurality of spaced apart electrodes, and a support structure, on which the electrodes are arranged. The support structure with the electrode array comprises two angulated legs on which the electrodes are lined up, the two legs spread out from an apex at an angle, such that, when the belt is put around the thorax of a patient, the array of electrodes extends from the back of the patient, where the apex of fee angulated legs is to be located, essentially parallel to the ribs to the lower part of the breastbone of the patient. |
| US10278634B2 |
Detecting and explaining driver confidence
Embodiments for driver confidence evaluation while operating a vehicle by a processor. Driver confidence, based upon one or more psychophysical parameters of a driver, is combined and correlated with a plurality of environmental factors and route information. A confidence in vehicular operational capabilities of the driver may be detected according to the correlation. |
| US10278632B2 |
Electrochemical sensor module
Certain embodiments of a sensor cartridge element include a sensor module, an electrode arrangement installed on the sensor module, and a delivery arrangement securely coupled to the sensor module. The sensor module includes an analysis cell and a skin piercing member. The electrode arrangement generates an electrical signal when exposed to a fluid sample collected in the analysis cell. The delivery arrangement includes a drug reservoir, a piston chamber, and a valve arrangement providing selective fluid communication between the drug reservoir and the piston chamber. Metering electronics and an actuator can manage collection of fluid samples and/or dispensing of drug doses. |
| US10278628B2 |
Light source device for endoscope and endoscope system
A band limiter comprises an optical filter, which has first and second filter sections, and a filter moving mechanism for moving the optical filter. The first filter section reduces intensity of blue light, which is emitted from a B-LED, in a wavelength range of greater than or equal to a peak wavelength of the blue light to generate first blue light. The second filter section reduces intensity of the blue light in a wavelength range of less than or equal to the peak wavelength of the blue light to generate second blue light. A light source controller places the first filter section in a light path of the blue light in a normal mode to generate the first blue light, and places the second filter section in the light path of the blue light in an oxygen saturation mode to generate the second blue light. |
| US10278627B2 |
System and method for performing a diagnostic analysis of physiological information
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an avatar engine having a controller to retrieve a user profile of a user, present the user an avatar having characteristics that correlate to the user profile, detect one or more responses of the user during a communication exchange between the user and the avatar, identify from the one or more responses a need to determine a medical status of the user, establish communications with a medical diagnostic system, receive physiological information associated with the user, submit the physiological information to the medical diagnostic system, receive from the medical diagnostic system a diagnostic analysis of the physiological information, and present the diagnostic analysis to at least one of the user and a medical agent of the user, wherein the user is presented the diagnostic analysis by way of the avatar. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US10278623B2 |
Apparatus and methods for maintaining a medical device in a clean and disinfected state, and for cleaning and disinfecting a medical device
Sleeves and cases for protecting medical devices against contamination, and methods for cleaning and disinfecting medical devices are provided. The various embodiments enable a single medical device to be used by more than one patient successively while reducing the risk of disease transmission from patient to patient. |
| US10278617B1 |
Method and apparatus for sensing ammonia in breath
A method is provided for sensing ammonia in a breath sample. The method comprises conditioning the breath sample so that the conditioned breath sample has a relative humidity greater than a relative humidity corresponding to a first inflection point of a downwardly concave lowest ammonia iso-concentration curve. It also comprises contacting the conditioned breath sample with an interactant that interacts with the ammonia in the conditioned breath sample, wherein the interaction causes a change in an optical characteristic in relation to the amount of the ammonia in the breath sample. It further comprises using the change in the optical characteristic to sense the ammonia in the breath sample. Related apparatuses are also provided. |
| US10278615B2 |
Systems and methods for registration of multiple vision systems
A method comprises generating a model of an anatomic region and receiving a true image from an endoscopic image capture probe positioned within the anatomic region. The method further comprises identifying a true fiducial region in the true image and identifying a plurality of virtual tissue structures in the model of the anatomic region. The method further comprises matching one of the plurality of the virtual tissue structures with the true fiducial region and determining a probe pose of the endoscopic image capture probe from the matched one of the plurality of virtual tissue structures. |
| US10278610B2 |
Method and device for intracochlea impedance measurement
This method of determining an intracochlea tissue impedance comprises using at least two stimulating electrodes to apply an electrical stimulus to intracochlea tissue. A voltage caused by the stimulus is measured between two measuring electrodes distinct from the stimulating electrodes. From the voltage a stimulus-response characteristic of tissue between the two measuring electrodes is determined. This allows the tissue/electrode interface impedance and potential and the tissue impedance and potential to be uniquely determined. In turn, modiolus currents can be estimated in monopolar stimulation mode. Also provided is automated initiation of re-mapping of the device when tissue characteristics change. |
| US10278609B2 |
Methods for assessing health conditions using single coil magnetic induction tomography imaging
Methods for assessing a health condition of an individual using single coil magnetic induction tomography imaging are provided. A target area for medical imaging on a patient can be identified. A plurality of coil property measurements can be obtained using a single coil. The plurality of coil property measurements can be performed with the single coil at a plurality of discrete locations relative to the target area. The coil property measurements can be processed to generate an image of the conductivity distribution of the target area. The image can be analyzed to assess a health condition of the patient. |
| US10278604B2 |
Fetal state estimation apparatus, fetal state estimating method, and non-transitory computer-readable medium
A fetal state estimation apparatus estimates a state of a fetus in a maternal body based on a potential signal indicating a change in potential on a surface of the maternal body. The fetal state estimation apparatus is configured to include a rotation angle estimation unit which estimates a rotation angle of the fetus with respect to the maternal body at every beating of a heart of the fetus based on the potential signal and a fetal movement estimation unit which estimates a fetal movement which is a movement of the fetus based on the potential signal and the estimated rotation angle. |
| US10278603B2 |
System and method for secure physiological data acquisition and storage
A system and method for secure physiological data acquisition and storage. An identifier of a physiological monitoring patch is obtained by a programming wand, the patch configured to store the identifier within a cryptographic circuit. A password for accessing physiological monitoring data collected using that patch is generated based on at least a portion of the identifier, the password is encrypted using a secret key, and the encrypted password is loaded into the cryptographic circuit. The key is loaded onto a monitor recorder that couples with the patch and obtains the physiological monitoring data using the patch, wherein the monitor recorder offloads the data together with the identifier and the decoded password. The identifier and the password are reported to a server that stores the offloaded physiological monitoring data using the identifier within a secure database and grants access to the data upon receipt of the decoded password. |
| US10278598B2 |
Method for determining the stroke volume of a heart, method for determining the electrode positions therefor, and sheet shaped device therefor
Method for determining the stroke volume of a heart comprising: attaching electrodes to the front legs or arms or head, and the hind legs of the body; connecting an alternating current source to the left pair of front legs/arms or head, and hind legs; connecting an alternating current source to the right pair of front legs/arms or head, and hind legs; attaching a number of electrode pairs to the thoracic skin, such that the electrodes are in contact with the skin of the thorax at predetermined positions, wherein the electrode pairs are each connected to an independent input of a data acquisition/calculation device; determining the beginning the cardiac cycle and measuring with the number of electrode pairs on the thorax the voltage at the beginning of the cardiac cycle at the predetermined positions; measuring during the cardiac cycle with the number of electrode pairs on the thorax the voltages at the predetermined positions and determining the voltage changes Vmeas(τ) compared to the voltage at the beginning of the cardiac cycle; decomposing the vector of voltage changes Vmeas(τ) into an atrial component α(τ), and ventricular component ψ(τ), wherein both components are proportional to the vector of measured thorax voltages Vmeas(τ) by a weight factor WA and Wv respectively; converting the ventricular component ψ(τ) to a ventricular stroke volume, by multiplying the ventricular component with a constant, the constant being a predetermined volume change Vcalib divided by a ventricular component φcalib of a predetermined calibration measurement. |
| US10278596B2 |
System and method for vector modeling EKG signals
A system and method are provided for generating EKG signal vectors for EKG sensing positions, comprising receiving an EKG axis vector and generating two or more component vectors from the EKG axis vector, each component vector identified by a magnitude and direction. |
| US10278592B2 |
Modular sensor platform
Exemplary embodiments for reconfiguring a storage system comprise a modular sensor platform, comprising: a base module comprising, a display, a processor, a memory and a communication interface; a band removably coupled to the base module such that the band is replaceable with different types of bands; and a sensor module that collects data from a user, the sensor module in communication with the base module and removably coupled to the band such that the sensor module is replaceable with different types of sensor modules, the sensor module further comprising a plurality of sensor units that are removably coupled to the sensor module such that individual sensor units are replaceable with different types of sensor units. |
| US10278590B2 |
Medical device including manipulable portion with connected elongate members
A medical system may include a shaft member and a structure physically coupled to the shaft member. A portion of the shaft member may be sized to be delivered through a bodily opening leading to a bodily cavity. The structure may include at least two flexible couplings, each flexible coupling extending transversely from an intermediate portion of a respective one of at least two elongate members of the structure. The flexible coupling extending transversely from the intermediate portion of a first one of the at least two elongate members forms at least a part of a first closed loop arranged to receive a portion of the flexible coupling of a second one of the at least two elongate members therethrough to limit a spacing between the intermediate portions of the first and the second ones of the at least two elongate members. |
| US10278588B2 |
Electrophysiology mapping and visualization system
A system comprises a catheter and an electromagnetic sensor assembly supported at a distal end of the catheter. The electromagnetic sensor assembly includes a magnetic strut spirally extended away from the distal end of the catheter around an open area distal of the catheter. The system also comprises an imaging element supported at a distal end of the catheter inside the open area. The imaging element acquires an image of the tissue surface region. The system also comprises a processor that receives a position of the electromagnetic sensor assembly and the tissue surface image. The processor maps the position of the electromagnetic sensor assembly and tissue surface image together. The system also comprises a barrier reconfigurable from a low-profile shape to an expanded deployment shape projecting from a distal end of the catheter. The electromagnetic sensor assembly is spirally configured over the barrier. |
| US10278586B2 |
Complementary color flashing for multichannel image presentation
Methods are provided for the highlighting of features in composite images through the alternating of images having complementary colors. An image having a feature of interest is used to generate one or more pseudo color images. A series of a pseudo color images and one or more additional pseudo color or original color images are then alternately displayed so that the differently colored regions among the series of images are easily recognizable to an operator. The differently colored regions differ in having hues that are complementary to one another. The methods are particularly useful for the display of information using two or more imaging modalities and channels, such as is the case for some medical applications in which a natural-light image of pink or light-red tissue with deeper red or blue vasculature is overlaid with another functional image. In these cases, a feature present in the functional image can be more easily perceived when displayed in a composite overlay with an underlying image from another imaging modality or channel. |
| US10278580B2 |
Integrated medicament delivery device for use with continuous analyte sensor
An integrated system for the monitoring and treating diabetes is provided, including an integrated receiver/hand-held medicament injection pen, including electronics, for use with a continuous glucose sensor. In some embodiments, the receiver is configured to receive continuous glucose sensor data, to calculate a medicament therapy (e.g., via the integrated system electronics) and to automatically set a bolus dose of the integrated hand-held medicament injection pen, whereby the user can manually inject the bolus dose of medicament into the host. In some embodiments, the integrated receiver and hand-held medicament injection pen are integrally formed, while in other embodiments they are detachably connected and communicated via mutually engaging electrical contacts and/or via wireless communication. |
| US10278571B2 |
Laryngoscopes
A laryngoscope has a blade pivoted to a handle, and a light emitter lamp on the blade powered from a battery power source. A block formation at the rear end of the blade, at which it is pivoted to the head of the handle, incorporates a power source housing for the battery. The power source housing has a cover flap which cannot be opened in the operating position of the blade, but can be opened for removal of the power source in the folded position, or with the blade detached. This facilitates disposal and recycling. Electrical connectors lead from the power source housing to the light emitter lamp, and the rear end block of the blade has an external switch actuator which engages the head of the handle when the blade is extended to turn on the lamp. The power source, electrical connectors and light emitter may be combined into a discrete lighting module casing incorporated in the blade. |
| US10278566B2 |
Control device and medical imaging system
[Object] To make it possible to further improve convenience of a user.[Solution] There is provided a control device including: an autofocus control section configured to execute an autofocus operation by moving at least one optical member; and an autofocus operation determination section configured to determine whether it is possible for the autofocus operation to bring biological tissue into focus, the biological tissue serving as an object. In a case where the autofocus operation determination section determines that it is not possible for the autofocus operation to bring the object into focus, the autofocus control section moves the at least one optical member to a predicted focal position set in advance in accordance with a purpose of imaging. |
| US10278564B2 |
Endoscope treatment system
An endoscope auxiliary tool includes a first support section which is formed to extend along a longitudinal axis, a second support section which is formed substantially in parallel to the longitudinal axis of the first support section, a first protrusion section and a second protrusion section which are formed at distal end sections of the first support section and the second support section, respectively, and disposed more distal than the distal end section of the endoscope to sandwich an axis of a channel having an opening at the distal end section of the endoscope, and a positioning section which is configured to position the first protrusion section and the second protrusion section with respect to the distal end section of the endoscope such that the first support section and the second support section are inclined to the axis of the channel. |
| US10278560B2 |
Steam cleaning device and accessory
A steam cleaning accessory for use with a steam generator comprises a flexible body comprising a base. At least one steam conduit is connectable to the steam generator and arranged to be in fluid communication therewith. The steam conduit comprises at least one steam outlet for ejecting steam and the at least one steam outlet is mounted on an underside of the base which is configured to be adjacent to a surface to be cleaned. A flexible pocket is mounted on the flexible body and arranged to receive a user's hand. The at least one steam conduit comprises at least one first open channel extending across a longitudinal axis of the flexible body and the flexible body is foldable along the at least one open channel. |
| US10278553B2 |
Potty-training systems and methods
A potty-training system includes a base, a mounting assembly for mounting the base onto a toilet, an arm extending from the base, a target mounted on the arm, a sensor, and multiple light emitters operatively connected to the sensor to cause the emitters to activate in chronologically ordered succession when the target is struck for a duration of time. The light emitters may be spaced along the arm between the target and the base. The multiple light emitters may be activated in chronologically ordered succession by which at least one of the multiple light emitters closest to the target is activated first. A control input device adjusts a rate at which the multiple light emitters are activated in chronologically ordered succession when the target is struck. A sound emitter may also activate when the target is struck. |
| US10278551B2 |
Multi-part skin care bars and related methods
A multi-part skin care bar and methods of using the same are disclosed. The multi-part skin care bar may be formed by selectively coupling a first portion from a plurality of first portions with a second portion from a plurality of second portions. For example, a first engagement portion of a respective first portion may be engaged with a second engagement portion of a respective second portion to couple the first portion to the second portion. In some examples, the first engagement portion may include a first projection and a first receiving hole, the second engagement portion may include a second projection and a second receiving hole, the first projection may be configured to be inserted into the second receiving hole, and the second projection may be configured to be inserted into the first receiving hole in order to couple a respective first portion to a respective second portion. |
| US10278549B1 |
Counter-mounted skincare product dispenser
A counter-mounted dispenser for dispensing a skincare product includes an above-counter spout and a below-counter drive housing for engaging a replaceable refill unit. The refill unit includes a reservoir configured for holding a volume of skincare fluid, a pump assembly for pumping skincare fluid from the reservoir, and a dispensing tube for delivering the pumped skincare fluid. The reservoir defines a central axis and includes a handle positioned on an outer perimeter of the reservoir. A pump assembly is mounted on the reservoir in a position that is offset from the center of the reservoir in a direction opposite the reservoir's handle. |
| US10278546B2 |
Base member for a shower door assembly
A shower door assembly includes a door panel having an inner surface to face a bathing enclosure, and a base member having an upper surface positioned between an inner side and an outer side. The base member inner side is positioned between the door panel inner surface and the base member outer side. The inner side at least partially defines a recess and is shaped to receive liquid from and divert liquid back to the bathing enclosure. A base for a moveable door has a substrate defining upper and lower surfaces extending between first and second edge regions, and a first leg section extending from the substrate lower surface and offset from the first edge region. The first leg section and the first edge region of the substrate cooperate to define a liquid diverter extending longitudinally to redirect flow away from the substrate upper surface. |
| US10278545B2 |
Automated human washing systems
An automated human washing system includes an enclosure having a base, a midsection, and a top cap. The enclosure has a front door. The system includes liquid dispensing tubes having openings for introducing liquid into the enclosure, and cleaning brushes having lower ends secured to the base. The liquid dispensing tubes are spaced from one another are surround the cleaning brushes. The system has a top cap including first and second top lids. The system has a main water faucet for introducing water into the upper end of the enclosure, a drain for removing liquid from the enclosure, a first engine for pumping liquid through the liquid dispensing tubes into the enclosure, a second engine for moving the elongated cleaning brushes over a top surface of the base, and a control system for operating the human washing system. |
| US10278543B2 |
Shaker container with inner beams
A shaker container, including a body to house content therein, a plurality of beams to extend inwardly from an inner surface of the body, and a lid to close an opening of the body at a top portion of the body. |
| US10278542B2 |
Hand blender blade with milling edge
A hand blender containing a blade arrangement for a domestic appliance for cutting and comminuting food containing a rotatable blade with a hub which lies at a center of rotation of the blade for receiving a shaft. The blade includes at least one cutter which extends radially and which has a cutting edge that lies on a front side in the rotational direction and defines a circular cutting zone when circulating. The blade also includes a milling rib which protrudes upwards from the blade in an axial direction and is oriented so as to produce a milling effect when circulating and defines a corresponding milling zone that extends from the hub to the cutting zone of the cutter. |
| US10278540B1 |
Conveyor toaster assembly and method
A conveyor toaster includes a housing having an entry slot on one side for inserting a slice of bread, a conveying mechanism for transporting the slice of bread through the toasting chamber, at least one heating element for toasting the bread, and a second opening, or exit slot, on an opposite end of the housing for extracting the toast. Speed controls operate the speed of the conveyor mechanism, and heat controls determine the level of heat intensity. Windows are provided on a front and rear portion for viewing during a toasting operation. The toaster may include a remote control via smart phone, tablet or the like, and programmable default buttons allow a user to assign heat and speed intensities and variable sequences to the programmable button to capture a user's specific heating pattern, as desired. Other pre-programmed buttons may include other speed and temperature levels and sequences. |
| US10278539B2 |
Toaster actuating mechanism
An actuating mechanism for a toaster, and in particular a bread identification actuating mechanism for a toaster, comprises a toast frame arranged in a housing, a sliding rack capable of moving upwards and downwards, and a control circuit, a toast rack being coupled to the sliding rack, a bracket being fixed to one end of the toast rack, the bracket being hinged to the sliding rack: wherein the toaster actuating mechanism is provided with a sensing device for identifying an angular displacement of the bracket, and the bracket drives a light barrier, the sensing device being arranged on a movement tack of the light barrier, the light barrier being capable of blocking a sensing light passage of the sensing device, the sensing device being coupled to the control circuit via a data line. |
| US10278537B2 |
Compact versatile portable cooker
A compact versatile portable cooker comprising a fire pan, a cover, and a pair of support racks adapted to support a spit and adapted to be attached to the opposed ends of the fire pan. Front and back plates are hinged to the fire pan, and one can alternately either secure the cover or the support racks to the fire pan, to provide with the cover a dosed container for containing and storing all of the parts of the portable cooker; and to provide with the support racks a support for the spit above the fire pan. |
| US10278535B2 |
Machine for the preparation of beverages, with microphone sensor
A machine for the preparation of beverages, including a brewing assembly (10) adapted to receive an amount or dose of a substance (11) for preparing a beverage, a pump (4) provided with an electric motor (8) for pumping a flow of liquid towards and through the brewing assembly (10); a flowrate detector (6) associated with the pump (4); a microphone sensor (20) adapted to provide electric signals indicating the loudness of the noise generated by the machine (1) during operation, and control circuits (ECU, 15) connected to the microphone sensor (5), the flowrate detector (6) and the pump (4) and designed to activate the pump (4) for preparation of a beverage depending on the signals provided by the microphone sensor (20) and by the flowrate detector (6). |
| US10278533B2 |
Cold brew system
A cold beverage brewing system includes a container and a supply of water. The container holds a brewing substance which forms a brewed beverage when combined with the water. The water supplied to the container for brewing can be at a variety of temperatures, including ambient or below ambient temperatures. The system is controllably pressurized with a gas, preferably nitrogen, and controllably dispensed to provide a brewed beverage with selected characteristics in a relatively short period of time. |
| US10278527B2 |
Portable beverage holder
Embodiments provide a portable beverage holder and carrier system. The system may be worn on a user's waist or belt in a hands-free manner. An interior space of a beverage holding portion of the portable beverage holder features at least one prong for secure positioning of a beverage container. The system features an adjustable rotator that allows movement and then locking of the beverage holding portion. The system may also include a removable canister for holding additional items. |
| US10278523B2 |
Shelf-lit shelving unit
The present disclosure relates to shelving units, more particularly shelving units having a lighting component that illuminates a product and/or provides ambient light. According to some aspects of the present disclosure, the shelf could be made from a transparent material and could include a lighting strip disposed in a groove in a front edge of the shelf. A power connector is provided for receiving power from a power supply. A reflective laminate could be disposed on top, front, rear, and lateral sides of the shelf. A second laminate could be disposed over the reflective laminate. A bottom surface of the shelf could be altered to evenly scatter light from the lighting strip. According to further aspects of the present disclosure, a floating shelf having a top layer, a bottom layer, and spacers, and a mounting bracket having a wall harness, hinges, and support rods are provided. |
| US10278516B2 |
Product management display system
A merchandise display system can include a front rail, at least one divider configured to engage the front rail, the at least one divider including a barrier. The at least one divider may also include a divider wall, and a roller carriage extending along the divider wall. The roller carriage can be provided with a plurality of rollers, and the roller carriage can be configured to advance the product. Additionally, the roller carriage can be tilted such that the product is configured to move toward the barrier. The roller carriage can be formed of a first portion and a second portion, and the roller carriage can provided with a plurality of axles that are configured to receive the plurality of rollers such that the plurality of rollers are configured to rotate on the roller carriage. A method for forming a merchandise display system is also contemplated. |
| US10278506B2 |
Folding chair with armrests
A folding chair with armrests includes a chair frame which includes a left crossed tube structure consisting of a first left crossing tube and a second left crossing tube crossed with and hinged to each other, and a right crossed tube structure consisting of a first right crossing tube and a second right crossing tube crossed with and hinged to each other. The chair frame further includes two backrest tubes, two armrest tubes and two armrest support tubes, lower ends of the two backrest tubes are respectively hinged to the first left crossing tube and the first right crossing tube, two backrest sliders are respectively sleeved on middle portions of the two backrest tubes, and the two backrest sliders are respectively hinged to the second left crossing tube and the second right crossing tube, and one end of each armrest tube is hinged to a respective backrest tube. |
| US10278504B2 |
Cable connector for a chair function controller and operator
Disclosed herein is a chair of the kind that is shipped to a user disassembled. The chair includes at least one chair function controller (i.e., a paddle) that is actuated to control a chair function operator (e.g., a gas cylinder located below and coupled to the chair seat). During assembly, a pair of cable sections are mechanically and serially connected to one another at a force responsive connector block that is located within and slidable through a cable connector housing at the bottom of the chair seat. By virtue of connecting the first and second cables together at the connector block, the chair function controller paddle is connected to the chair function operator so that an actuation of the controller causes a pulling force to be applied to the chair function operator to enable the seat or back of the chair to be displaced. |
| US10278500B2 |
Cabinet levelling apparatus
An apparatus for adjusting a height adjustable leg for supporting a cabinet, appliance or structure is described. The apparatus includes a coupling (10) comprising a driven member or feature (13). The coupling forms part of a height adjustable leg. The apparatus also includes a tool (50) comprising a driving member (51) and a torque input (52) for applying torque to the driving member. The tool and the coupling are complementarily adapted to releasably maintain engagement between the driving member and the driven member or feature to allow the driving member to drive the driven member or feature to rotate the coupling about a longitudinal axis of the leg for height adjustment of the leg. The driving member and the driven member are gears that releasably mesh together when the tool is engaged with the coupling. |
| US10278494B2 |
System for a combination furniture and display unit
A system is delineated for mounting a provided television. The system includes a frame having a central aperture formed by an internal surface of the frame, wherein the aperture is sized to accommodate an outer perimeter of the provided television. The system also includes a casegood including a weighted region to minimize risk of tipping the system and means for coupling the frame to the casegood such that a front panel surface of the provided television when mounted within the frame is located in proximity to a rear edge of the casegood. |
| US10278492B2 |
Piece of display furniture for disglaying goods
A piece of furniture, in particular in the form of a piece of display furniture and preferably in the form of a piece of display furniture for displaying goods, further preferably a piece of modular-construction furniture in the form of a rack or cabinet, comprising a plurality of furniture elements, designed preferably as display-furniture elements, in the form of surface-area elements (1, 2) and connecting elements (4), it being possible for the latter to be fitted on narrow sides of the surface-area elements (1, 2), wherein the connection on the narrow sides, it being possible for said connection to be released without the use of tools, takes place via a tongue structure which can be introduced into a groove structure, preferably via a tongue which can be introduced into a groove or via a multiple tongue, designed at least in the form of a double tongue, which can be introduced into a multiple groove, designed at least in the form of a double groove, and wherein the furniture elements (1, 2, 4) are secured via the groove/tongue connection in a direction transverse to the surface-area extent of the surface-area element (1, 2) and, in addition, counter to the direction of introduction via the interaction of at least one magnet (6), arranged on one furniture element, and of a further magnetically attractable part, arranged on the adjacent furniture element, such that two surface-area elements (2, 1) which are arranged one beside the other or directly at a corner are connected via just one connecting element (4). |
| US10278491B2 |
Multi-tier interlinked folding frame
Foldable storage compartment having front and rear panels that are traversable closer to or further away from each other is disclosed. Left and right side collapsible panels may be attached to the front and rear panels. The shelves of the foldable storage compartment may be interlinked with each other by way of a vertical linkage rod and connected to the front panel with a front panel linkage so that traversal of the front and rear panels closer to or further away from each other will also collapse and erect the shelves simultaneously. |
| US10278486B2 |
Fingernail brush having angularly adjustable bristles
A fingernail brush that includes bristles that are angularly adjustable by a user of the brush. In one embodiment, the fingernail brush includes a housing and a bristle assembly having a bristle support and at least one row of bristles. The bristle assembly is rotatably coupled to the housing so that a user can rotate the bristles to a desired relative bristle angle. In some embodiments, the bristles are present in a bristle channel formed as a recess in a face of the housing. The angular adjustability of the bristles allows a user to set the bristles to a relative bristle angle appropriate for the way the user intends to orient their fingertips relative to the fingernail brush. In some embodiments, a fingernail brush of the present disclosure may include one or more vibration generators that cause bristles to vibrate at a sonic frequency, an ultrasonic frequency, or both, to enhance cleaning efficacy. |
| US10278484B2 |
Oral care implement
An oral care implement is provided. The oral care implement may include a handle comprising a core and a cover enveloping the core. The cover may be formed from a substantially translucent first rigid material. The core may be formed from a second rigid material and a plurality of elements, the plurality of elements suspended within the second rigid material and visible through the cover. In other embodiments the core may include a foamed material. |
| US10278477B2 |
Lip balm with spherical surface and method for producing
A lip balm applicator product comprises upper and lower portions that are connectable together to define the applicator product being of a substantially spherical shape. A support platform is located in the lower portion and accommodates a quantity of lip balm having an arcuate surface. A lip balm comprises a composition of waxes and oils in solid form and formed to have an arcuate surface. The composition is formed to have the arcuate surface using a hot pour process. A method of manufacturing a lip balm comprises providing a receptacle having a concave arcuate surface. A lip balm material in a heated, liquefied phase is poured into the receptacle. Once poured, the heated, liquefied phase is allowed to solidify such that a surface of the solidified lip balm material has an arcuate configuration that corresponds to the concave arcuate surface of the receptacle. |
| US10278472B2 |
Drawing device and insertion case
A drawing device includes an insertion case into which an object that is a finger or a toe having a nail to be drawn is inserted, and including a first surface provided with an opening area that exposes the nail in a state where the object is inserted and a second surface provided in a direction crossing the first surface, and an insertion area into which the insertion case is detachably inserted. An area of at least a part of the second surface, the area being corresponding to the nail in a state where the object is inserted, has transparency allowing an inside of the insertion case to be visible. |
| US10278471B2 |
Hand held appliance
A hand held appliance comprises a body having an outer wall, a duct extending at least partially along the body within the outer wall, an interior passage extending about the duct for receiving a primary fluid flow, a primary fluid outlet for emitting the primary fluid flow from the body, wherein the primary fluid outlet is defined by the duct and an inner wall of the body. The inner wall may extend from the outer wall towards the duct and may extend radially around the duct. The inner wall may extend from the outer wall towards the primary fluid outlet. At least one spacer may be provided between the inner wall and the duct. The at least one spacer may be a supporting rib. The duct may be formed from two parts, a first part fixed to the inner wall and a second part connected to the first part. |
| US10278470B2 |
Cosmetic tool
Provided is a mascara applicator for shaping eyelashes while heating the eyelashes and applying mascara liquid while heating the mascara liquid to a suitable temperature so that application of makeup on the eyelashes can be carried out in a short time in total.The mascara applicator includes: a container 1 for housing mascara liquid; an application body 2 to be attached to and detached from the container 1; and a shaping body 3 to be attached to and detached from the application body 2. The application body 2 includes an application rod 11 in a shape of a hollow shaft to be inserted into the container 1 and an application portion 12 provided at an end portion of the application rod 11. The shaping body 3 includes a shaping rod 21 to be housed by insertion into the application rod 11, a heating shaping portion 22, and a heater 29. The heater 29 can be switched between an OFF state and two stages of ON states. A heat generating temperature of the heater 29 in a state in which the shaping body 3 is attached to the application body 2 is set to be lower than a heat generating temperature of the heater 29 in a state in which the shaping body 3 is detached from the application body 2. |
| US10278463B2 |
Convertible bag
A bag includes a first sidewall, a second opposing sidewall, and a foldable base. The foldable base is coupled to the first sidewall and the second side wall. The foldable base includes a first rigid panel coupled to a second rigid panel such that the foldable base is configured to fold from a generally flat configuration to a folded configuration, thereby converting the bag from an expanded configuration to a collapsed configuration. |
| US10278461B2 |
LED charm bracelet
Present disclosure is directed to inventive methods and systems for providing electrical power to one or more charms operatively connected to an electrically powered jewelry. Accordingly, various embodiments are directed to a bracelet having at least a first and a second powered rail, the first rail having an electric potential lower than the second the rail such that a potential difference exists between the rails. In an embodiment, the first and second rails exists form an open circuit that may be closed by attaching one or more charms. |
| US10278454B2 |
Footwear with internal harness
An article of footwear may include one or more harnesses to restrain a wearer foot from transverse movement within an upper during a rapid sideways maneuver. One harness may be located in a lateral forefoot region. Another harness may be located in medial region and may include a midfoot and/or a hindfoot region. |
| US10278452B2 |
Article of footwear with decoupled upper
An article of footwear including a connecting member is disclosed. The connecting member provides partial decoupling between the upper and the sole structure. The connecting member can include an upper layer and a lower layer that are attached at a central attachment portion. |
| US10278448B2 |
Multi-component sole structure having an auxetic configuration
An article of footwear includes a sole structure with a midsole component and an inner sole component. The midsole component includes holes arranged in an auxetic configuration. The midsole component and the inner sole component may have a different density. The midsole component and the inner sole component may have a different compressibility. |
| US10278446B2 |
Shield for a helmet
A shield for a helmet includes a shield having a sun visor rotatably and axially supported at a position different from a rotation center of the shield. The sun visor rotates within a range from a first position where the sun visor, like a bill of a hat, lies above a front opening part and projects forward to a second position where the sun visor lies outside facing the shield in an overlapping manner, and the sun visor is retained in the first position. The sun visor is operated and moved forward and away from the shield to rotate from the first position to the second position. |
| US10278439B2 |
Variable bowtie system and method
Variable bowtie system and method providing half-bows of different colors which can be chosen and combined, even layered, as desired by the user for one wearing, and with a different choice or combination of colors for another wearing. Chosen half-bow units of desired colors are placed on a mounting-stud pair affixed to a neckband, and are removably secured with a retaining collar, which may also be provided in a variety of colors, resulting in a bowtie having the desired color or color combination for a particular wearing, which can be changed upon another wearing. |
| US10278438B2 |
Consumer usable device with redeemable member
A wearable protection item having a redeemable member is disclosed. The wearable protection item may include a protective glove and a redeemable member. The protective glove may include a finger region, a thumb region, a palm region, a wrist region, and a separable region. The wrist region and the separable region may define an opening into the protective glove. The opening may include an edge. The separable region may be adjacent to the wrist region and the thumb region. The redeemable member may include an exterior surface and an interior surface, where at least one of the exterior surface or the interior surface has indicia thereon, and where the redeemable member is adhered to the separable region. |
| US10278434B2 |
Athletic arm warmer with wrap sleeve
A garment for at least partially covering an arm and a shoulder of a wearer includes a torso portion and a sleeve. The torso portion is configured to at least partially cover the shoulder of the wearer. The sleeve is connected to the torso portion. The sleeve includes a releasable seam extending in a longitudinal direction along the sleeve. The releasable seam includes a first edge and a second edge with an opening to an interior of the sleeve defined between the first edge and the second edge of the releasable seam. The sleeve is configured to receive the arm of the wearer into the interior of the sleeve through the opening. A plurality of first fastening members are positioned along the first edge of the releasable seam and a plurality of second fastening members provided along the second edge of the releasable seam. |
| US10278432B2 |
Body shaping garment
A garment or undergarment includes an inner part and an outer part. The inner part has an upper portion for covering and compressing at least a portion of a mid-section of a wearer above a waistline of a wearer and a lower portion for covering a groin of a wearer and limiting upward movement of the inner part. The outer part is attached to the inner part and overlaps at least a portion of the lower portion. |
| US10278429B2 |
Temperature control system of E-cigarette
The present invention relates to an temperature control system of an e-cigarette, which includes a power supply, a liquid guiding member, and a heating element, and further includes an operating voltage input unit separately connected to the power supply and the heating element, a temperature detection unit including a voltage detection module and a temperature processing module that are connected to each other, and an operating voltage adjusting unit separately connected to the temperature processing module and the heating element. According to the present invention, a temperature of the heating element is controlled by using the temperature control system. This avoids the following problems: When the e-cigarette operates, because the temperature of the heating element increases with a longer operating time, the liquid guiding member is burnt or e-liquid molecules are cracked to produce a burnt taste, thereby affecting human health as well as smoke taste and user experience. |
| US10278428B2 |
Disposable tank electronic cigarette, method of manufacture and method of use
An electronic cigarette device having a disposable tank are described. The disposable tank may have a sealed liquid chamber, an atomizer element and a tank well. |
| US10278422B2 |
Electronic cigarette with reduced energy consumption and environmental impact
A cartomizer of an electronic cigarette is configured to couple to a power source thereof that provides power for the electronic cigarette. The cartomizer comprises an insulated heating chamber that includes a controlled valve, a heating element, and an e-Liquid portion. The controlled valve can supply e-Liquid from the e-Liquid portion to the insulated heating chamber, wherein the e-Liquid is heated within the insulated heating chamber by the heating element to produce an aerosol. The insulated heating chamber reduces heat dissipation to the remainder of the cartomizer. |
| US10278419B2 |
Hookah heat management accessory
A Hookah Heat Management Accessory comprising a base plate configured to rest on the tobacco bowl sitting on the top of a Hookah and which conducts heat from charcoal, or other heat source, to the tobacco beneath it; an insulating wall connected to the base plate; an inner lid that mates to the aforementioned wall piece; and an outer lid that is loosely attached to the inner lid allowing for rotation, ventilation, and thermal regulation. |
| US10278418B2 |
Smoking device incorporating a breakable capsule, breakable capsule and process for manufacturing said capsule
A smoking device includes a recipient or able to receive burning products, preferably tobacco, and a filter element connected to the recipient, wherein the filter includes at least one breakable capsule, the capsule having a initial crush strength from 0.5 to 2.5 kp, and keeping a crush strength from 0.5 to 2.5 kp and a deformation of less than two third of its diameter prior to rupture after having been submitted to a smoking test. The invention is also relating to the capsule suitable for being incorporated in a smoking device, and to the process of manufacture of the capsule. |
| US10278417B2 |
Multi-segment smoking article
A smoking article (1) comprising a rod (2) of smokable material with a mouth end (3) and a distal end (4) remote from the mouth end (3). The rod (2) comprises at least a first and a second segment (5, 6), wherein the first segment (5) has a distal end defining the distal end of the rod and the second segment (6) is disposed downstream of the first segment. The smoking article further comprises a mouthpiece (7), which is attached to the mouth end (3) of the rod (2), wherein the first segment (5) comprises a first tobacco blend with a first level of a smoke constituent inhibitor and the second segment (6) comprises a second tobacco blend with a second level of the smoke constituent inhibitor, wherein the second level of the smoke constituent inhibitor is lower than the first level. |
| US10278410B2 |
Food container induction heating system having power based microbial lethality monitoring
Induction heating systems for metal food cans configured to deliver sufficient heat into the can to sterilize the food within the can are provided. The heating system includes an induction coil and a control system. The control system is configured to monitor and control heating of sealed food cans during induction heating and to control and/or confirm various aspects of can heating during induction heating. |
| US10278408B2 |
Transparent and transluscent liquid filled candy; process of making thereof; sugar-free liquid edible composition; and use thereof
Disclosed is confectionery having a transparent or translucent hard candy shell and a water-in-oil emulsion centerfill. Also disclosed is a sugar-free liquid edible composition and use in confectionery products. |
| US10278406B2 |
Method for producing roasted coffee beans in relation to carbon monoxide generated
A method for producing roasted coffee beans includes a roasting step of supplying heat to coffee beans and thus roasting the coffee beans, a measuring step of measuring an amount of carbon monoxide generated from the coffee beans during roasting, and a stopping step of stopping supply of heat to the coffee beans in the roasting step, based on a measurement result obtained at the time of measurement of the amount of carbon monoxide and a measurement result measured beforehand regarding coffee beans different from the coffee beans at least in one of type and lot. |
| US10278405B2 |
Par-baked coffee bean compositions for use in antioxidant-containing products
The present invention concerns compositions and methods relating to the addition and use of par-baked and milled coffee beans in food products, beverages, and dietary supplements. Par-baked and milled coffee beans are a novel alternative to more costly chlorogenic acid extracts, and are edible and palatable as a food ingredient. The ingredient is prepared from the entire Coffea robusta or arabica green coffee bean and provides substantially increased amounts of dietary chlorogenic acid antioxidants compared to roasted beans. When the green coffee bean is appropriately par-baked at a temperature significantly lower than coffee roasting temperatures, the bean retains significant moisture, yet becomes embrittled, enabling milling to produce fine and beneficially hydrophilic particles, without any significant loss of bioactive chlorogenic acid and without significant pyrolysis occurring. As described herein, the par-baked coffee bean is superior to both the green coffee bean and the traditionally roasted coffee bean for adding chlorogenic acids to foods, beverages and dietary supplements. |
| US10278400B2 |
Biscuit filling
The present disclosure relates to a method for producing a composite biscuit product, the method comprising: forming a filling comprising a yoghurt powder and from 10 to 30 wt % of dry starch, based on the total weight of the filling, wherein the filling has an Aw of from 0.05 to 0.25 and contains live lactic cultures having a cell count of at least 107 cfu/g; contacting the filling with one or more biscuit parts to form a composite biscuit product. |
| US10278398B2 |
Phage derived antimicrobial activities
The present invention provides methods and compositions to reduce growth of microbial colonies, including infections, and includes therapeutic compositions, methods for treatment of infections, and methods for identifying additional such compositions. |
| US10278394B2 |
Compounds derived from herbicidal carboxylic acids and tetraalkylammonium or (arylalkyl)trialkylammonium hydroxides
Compounds formed by combining a carboxylic acid herbicide with N—((C1-C16) alkyl or arylalkyl) tri((C1-C16) alkyl)ammonium hydroxide have herbicidal activity on an acid equivalent basis at least as active as the commercially used carboxylic acid herbicide salts, but are less volatile. |
| US10278392B2 |
Performic acid biofilm prevention for industrial CO2 scrubbers
Peroxyformic acid compositions for removal of biofilm growth and other contaminants and impurities from industrial processing hard surfaces are disclosed. In particular, peroxyformic acid compositions may be dosed on site and/or generated in situ for the reduction and prevention of biofilms on the hard surfaces. Methods of employing the peroxyformic acid compositions for removal of biofilm growth and other impurities such as aldehydes and alcohols from industrial CO2 effluent are also disclosed which beneficially provide ambient biofilm control and break down more rapidly than other peracids, allowing for extended runs between CIP cleaning, including a reduction and/or elimination of cleaning of the scrubbers and other industrial surfaces. |
| US10278391B2 |
Antimicrobial compositions and related methods of use
Antimicrobial compositions comprising one or more compound components generally recognized as safe for human consumption, and related methods of use, such compositions and methods as can be employed in a wide range of agricultural, industrial, building, pharmaceutical and/or personal care products and applications. |
| US10278390B2 |
Antimicrobial transparent plastic in the form of film or extruded shape
Antimicrobial compositions and films are provided comprising a polymer and antimicrobial nanoparticles evenly dispersed in the polymer. The antimicrobial nanoparticles comprises an ionic antimicrobial agent and a support agent that localizes the ionic antimicrobial agent to surfaces of the support agent, and wherein the support agent releases the ionic antimicrobial agent through chemical exchange. In this manner, the antimicrobial nanoparticles act as a stored source of antimicrobial agents. The polymer configured to allow the ionic antimicrobial agent released by the support agent to permeate or migrate through the polymer and to the surface of the composition or film, thereby maintaining antimicrobial properties on the surface of the composition for film over an extended time. |
| US10278384B2 |
Endovascular apparatus for perfusing organs in a body
In one representative embodiment, a method of perfusing organs in a patient's body is provided. The method comprises isolating the visceral arteries and the visceral veins from blood circulating through the patient's heart and perfusing the visceral arteries, the visceral veins, and the abdominal organs with a perfusion fluid that is fluidly separated from the blood circulating through the patient's heart. While the visceral arteries and the visceral veins are isolated, and the visceral arteries, the visceral veins, and the abdominal organs are being perfused, the patient's blood is allowed to continue to circulate through the heart. |
| US10278381B2 |
Mounting frame for bird spike strips
A mounting frame for bird spike strips is an apparatus that is used to support a set of bird spike strips upon a billboard, sign, stand, or other structure upon which various birds would otherwise rest. The apparatus includes a first mounting rail, a second mounting rail, a first support bracket, a second support bracket, a spike attachment mechanism, and an anchoring mechanism. The first mounting rail and the second mounting rail are utilized to provide a stable mounting surface for bird spike strips. The first support bracket and the second support bracket enable connection of the first mounting rail and the second mounting rail to a billboard, sign, stand, or other structure. The spike attachment mechanism ensures that the previous problem of the traditional adhesive on bird spike strips fading or providing insufficient connection to billboards, signs, stands, or other structures. The anchoring mechanism ensures the first support bracket and the second support bracket connect securely to the billboard, sign, stand, or other structure. |
| US10278378B1 |
Rodent trap
A rodent trap includes a hollow tube supported through an axle with each opposing end of the axle secured within opposite diameter ends of a bucket opening. A bait is secured about the tube and a liquid is placed within the bucket. The trap is configured to entice a mouse or similarly sized animal onto the tube by means of the bait. Upon traversing the tube to obtain the bait, the tube freely spins depositing the mouse or animal into the liquid contained in the bucket, drowning the mouse or animal therein. |
| US10278376B2 |
Devices and methods for lure assembly having replaceable skirt
A fishing lure assembly includes: a skirt mount from which a shank extends, the skirt mount having a non-circular profile with a maximum width; a skirt including a plurality of strands and a collar with a non-circular opening having a maximum dimension that is greater than the maximum width of the skirt mount. The skirt can be installed upon the skirt mount by passing the skirt mount through the opening when the maximum width of the skirt mount is aligned with the maximum dimension of the opening. The skirt is maintained as installed upon the skirt mount when the maximum width of the skirt mount is rotated out of alignment with the maximum dimension of the opening. |
| US10278375B2 |
Underwater harvesting system
The present invention relates to an underwater harvesting system (1) for harvesting zooplankton or mesoplagic fishes, comprising an underwater vehicle (2) for being lowered into the sea and towed behind a surface vessel (3), comprising a housing (21) provided with an inlet (22) through which zooplankton-containing-fluid may flow; a hose (4) mounted on the underwater vehicle and in fluid communication with the inlet, the hose being adapted to secure and fluidly connect the underwater vehicle to the surface vessel; and pumping means for drawing in a zooplankton-containing-fluid through the inlet in the underwater vehicle and for pumping the zooplankton-containing-fluid through the hose to the surface vessel. The invention further relates to a method for harvesting zooplankton or other marine organisms. |
| US10278372B2 |
Genetically modified cells, tissues, and organs for treating disease
Genetically modified cells, tissues, and organs for treating or preventing diseases are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of making the genetically modified cells and non-human animals. |
| US10278371B2 |
Method of controlling culture water temperature in a water tank for aquarium fish and a culture water thermostat using a plurality of peltier elements
A peltier device comprises peltier elements specified in cooling or heating temperature, a heating heat sink connected in contact on one side surface of the peltier element, a chilling heat sink connected in contact on the other side surface of the peltier element, and a cooling fan. Using peltier elements each of which is specified in a cooling or a heating activity, a heat exchange efficiency is enhanced thank to a plurality of functions of a single peltier element; thermal radiation is separated by bringing the peltier element into contact with a heating heat sink and a cooling heat sink independently from each other; the surface area in contact with the fluid is maximized through the “X” shaped aperture formed with four wings protruding from the inner surface of the aperture towards the center part, directly transferring the endothermic and exothermic effects from the Peltier element to the fluid. |
| US10278370B2 |
Hive-mounted disseminator device
The present invention relates to the dissemination of biological control agents or other substances through the use of bees, in particular bumblebees. It relates to a disseminator device, installable in or in connection to the hive, and which contains biological control agents or other substances which are picked up, carried and disseminated by the bees when leaving the hive. |
| US10278369B2 |
Method and system for feeding an animal a consumable feed product and vegetation from a container
Consumable feed products and vegetation are delivered to animals using a single container in which the container holds the feed product and is used to deliver the feed and which includes ungerminated seeds embedded in the container body. The seeds are caused to germinate and produce vegetation from the container body, and the germinated seeds and/or vegetation is fed to the animal. Multiple containers may be used simultaneously so that while the consumable feed product from one container is used to feed an animal, another container may be used to grow vegetation or deliver vegetation to the animal. Confined birds such as poultry and chicks may benefit from ingesting feed and vegetation produced from such containers. |
| US10278366B2 |
Animal leash
A leash with a non-elastomeric extendable portion; an elastomeric extendable portion; and a storage pouch. The elastomeric extendable portion is connected to the non-elastomeric portion and the non-elastomeric extendable portion is folded or rolled several turns upon itself. The storage pouch holds the non-elastomeric extendable portion in the folded or rolled relationship of its turns. |
| US10278364B2 |
Pet comb with elastic handle
A pet comb generally includes a comb plate and a handle. The comb plate is provided with a plurality of comb strips at its front surface and a base portion at its rear surface. The handle is constructed of a spring element, which is attached with a connection portion and an enlarged main grip portion at two opposite ends thereof, and a covering, which has a concave neck portion formed integrally with the spring element, such that the enlarged main grip portion abuts on a rear end of the concave neck portion. The connection portion of the handle is fixedly attached to the base portion of the comb plate, such that the handle is at a predetermined angle to the comb plate. As such, the comb plate together with the comb strips can be easily operated by the handle to groom a pet. |
| US10278362B2 |
Automatic treat dispenser
A rotatable container includes a projection that protrudes into the container and is aligned with an opening at a first end of the container. The projection defines a concave surface with a ramp that guides treats through the opening when oriented vertically. The container may be cylindrical and sit on a base defining a cylindrical seat. A second end of the container engages a rotator on the base that is driven by a motor. A front wall of the container may define an opening that aligns with the opening of the container when the ramp is oriented vertically. A sensor may sense a position of the projection and invoke pausing of rotation by the motor. |
| US10278346B2 |
Plants and seeds of corn variety CV742016
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV742016. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV742016, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV742016 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 CV742016 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 CV742016. |
| US10278344B2 |
Tomato line FDR-9Q09167
The invention provides seed and plants of tomato line FDR-9Q09167. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of tomato line FDR-9Q09167, and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another tomato plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants. |
| US10278338B2 |
Greenhouse and forced greenhouse climate control system and method
A greenhouse is disclosed that generally comprises an enclosed growing section with an enclosed end gable adjacent to the growing section. The end gable is arranged to flow air into the growing section. Air distribution tubes are included within the growing section with the tubes arranged to provide for substantially uniform air flow into the growing section. The air tubes can also be arranged to compensate for heat differential between the air in the tubes and in the growing section. |
| US10278337B2 |
Greenhouse and forced greenhouse climate control system and method
A greenhouse is disclosed that generally comprises an enclosed growing section with an enclosed end gable adjacent to the growing section. The end gable is arranged to flow air into the growing section. Air distribution tubes are included within the growing section with the tubes arranged to provide for substantially uniform air flow into the growing section. The air tubes can also be arranged to compensate for heat differential between the air in the tubes and in the growing section. |
| US10278335B2 |
Fabric growing trough
A growing trough is provided. The growing trough comprises a fabric bottom, a fabric outer wall, and a fabric partition. The fabric outer wall extends upward from the peripheral edge of the fabric bottom. The fabric partition is attached only at opposed edges thereof to the fabric outer wall preventing buckling of the fabric outer wall and equal load distribution when growing media is dumped into the growing trough. The fabric is a porous fabric that catches plant roots and directs the roots into the growing trough thereby preventing root circulation and inducing root branching within the growing trough. |
| US10278333B2 |
Pruning robot system
A pruning robot system, which comprises: a signal tag device (2) for detecting and storing information of trees and crops and positioning information, and assisting positioning; a robot (1) comprising a central processing device (10) for storing and analyzing data information of each part of the robot (1) and issuing action instructions to each part of the robot (1), and a positioning and navigating device (11) for positioning and navigating the robot (1), and for planning a path and providing obstacle-avoiding navigation for the robot (1) according to an electronic map; a cloud platform terminal (3), which is in connection and communication with the central processing device (10) of the robot (1) and is used for storing data of trees and crops as well as detection data of the robot (1), and for planning a path for the robot (1) through computing and experimenting according to the information data; a map building device (4) for building a three-dimensional electronic map corresponding to the plantation through field-detection by the robot (1). The pruning robot system realizes positioning in the plantation, robot (1) path planning, pruning information collection and automatic pruning. |
| US10278330B2 |
Combine feeder house gauge wheels
A combine has a feeder house extending forward from the front of the combine, with the front of the feeder house defining a rectangular frame for supporting a harvesting head. A gauge wheel arrangement is supported on the rectangular frame and in turn supports the harvesting head. The gauge wheel arrangement includes a center frame that abuts the rectangular frame and pivots with respect to it. A left side frame with gauge wheels is hinged to the center frame. A right side frame with gauge wheels is hinged to the center frame. The center, left, and right frames can support the harvesting head and permit the harvesting head to pivot with respect to the feeder house, as well as supporting a part of the weight of the harvesting head on the gauge wheels. |
| US10278324B2 |
Agbot for onboard testing and decision making
An agricultural system can include an agricultural machine having an in-situ sampling of samples for analysis and determination of preferred courses of action based on characteristics of the samples. Options regarding the preferred courses of action can be communicated to a user for selection. |
| US10278322B2 |
Hinged folding toolbar for an agricultural implement
A system of folding toolbars on an agricultural implement having a base toolbar, two articulating toolbars, multiple attachments to the toolbar, and a pair of hinges, with each toolbar connected to attachments. The base toolbar is located orthogonally to the direction of travel of the agricultural implement and connected to a hinge at each end, the hinges are each further connected to an articulating toolbar. Each of the toolbars is connected to a set of attachments. Each articulating toolbar rotates about the base on a pivot axis along the direction of travel of the agricultural implement and tilted relative to the ground plane, such that the center of gravity (CG) moves forward in the transport position and a normal force is applied to the articulating toolbars to resist vertical movement when in field position. |
| US10285316B2 |
Electronic component mounting device
The movement time of a board is shortened in an electronic component mounting device that performs heating and component mounting. Heating and component mounting are performed as a board is moved in the direction of arrow A; the board is moved by an in-conveyor device in the heating region, and by a shuttle device on rails in the component mounting region. When comparing chains with rails, the friction generated between the board is smaller with chains, thus the movement speed of the in-conveyor is faster. This means, compared to a case in which the board is moved by the rails and shuttle device in both the heating region and the component mounting region, the movement time of the board is shorter. Also, because there are no chains below the rails, the movable range of a flow tank is larger, and the component mountable region is larger. |
| US10285315B2 |
Board work system, including a transfer device to transfer a feeder between work machines
A board work system provided with multiple mounters and arranged in a line, wherein each mounter includes supply device, the supply device being configured from at least one tape feeder that supplies electronic components, and tape feeder holding table on which at least one of the tape feeders is detachably loaded. |
| US10285313B2 |
Feeder device
The present invention includes a tape peeling mechanism provided with a peeling member configured to enter a leading end surface in a feeding direction of fed component supply tape made from carrier tape and cover tape so as to peel the cover tape from the carrier tape, enabling a component to be supplied from at a component supply position, wherein the peeling member is displaced upwards after entering the leading end surface of the carrier tape as the component supply tape is fed. Accordingly, cover tape is reliably peeled without damaging components, and changeover work on the leading end of the component supply tape is not required. |
| US10285309B2 |
Submerged datacenter
The subject disclosure is directed towards a submerged datacenter, which may be made up of modules, into a body of water such as the ocean. The submersion facilitates cooling of the datacenter as well as providing protection of the datacenter from environmental conditions that exist at or near the surface. Power may be generated from the datacenter heat, and power generated by or near the body of water (e.g., via waves, tides, wind, currents, temperature differences) may be used to help power the datacenter. |
| US10285296B2 |
Display panel, fabrication method thereof and display device
A display panel, a fabrication method thereof and a display device are provided. The display panel has a display region (100) and a frame region (200). The display panel comprises an array substrate (01) and an opposed substrate (02) provided opposite to each other; a pattern of peripheral circuits and wires (03) is provided within the frame region (200) on a side of the array substrate (01) facing the opposed substrate (02), a pattern of a black matrix (04) is provided on the side of the array substrate (01) facing the opposed substrate (02) and/or on a side of the opposed substrate (02) facing the array substrate (01), and an orthogonal projection of the pattern of the peripheral circuits and wires (03) on the array substrate (01) does not overlap an orthogonal projection of the pattern of the black matrix (04) on the array substrate (01); and a sealant (05) which has underwent a curing treatment is provided in the frame region (200) and between the array substrate (01) and the opposed substrate (02), and the sealant (05) includes a substance formed of a thermochromic material which has changed its color in a process of the curing treatment. |
| US10285295B2 |
Components of an electronic device and methods for their assembly
Various components of an electronic device housing and methods for their assembly are disclosed. The housing can be formed by assembling and connecting two or more different sections together. The sections of the housing may be coupled together using one or more coupling members. The coupling members may be formed using a two-shot molding process in which the first shot forms a structural portion of the coupling members, and the second shot forms cosmetic portions of the coupling members. |
| US10285293B2 |
Systems and methods for providing a robust computer processing unit
The present invention features a robust customizable computing system comprising: a processing control unit; an external object; and means for operably connecting the processing control unit to the external object, the processing control unit introducing intelligence into the external object, thus causing the external object to perform smart functions. The processing control unit preferably comprises: (a) an encasement module comprising a main support chassis having a plurality of wall supports and a plurality of junction centers containing means for supporting a computer component therein, a dynamic back plane that provides support for connecting peripheral and other computing components directly to a system bus without requiring an interface, means for enclosing the main support chassis and providing access to an interior portion of the encasement module; (b) one or more computer processing components disposed within the junction centers of the encasement module; and (c) means for cooling the interior portion of the encasement module. |
| US10285289B2 |
Display device
The present invention belongs to the field of display technology, and particularly relates to a display device. The display device includes a display screen and a back plate mechanism provided on the non-display side of the display screen. The back plate mechanism includes a plurality of flat support plates. Any two adjacent flat support plates are connected with an included angle formed therebetween. The display screen forms a curved surface structure while being supported by the flat support plates. The display device is a curved surface display device having good curvature uniformity. |
| US10285284B2 |
Method for molding outer case of electronic-circuit unit
An outer case in an electronic circuit unit is injection molded by setting the circuit board in a die and injection molding of the outer case by filling molten resin into a cavity in the die, in pressing at least a part of a front surface side of the mold exclusion part facing a non-cavity space by press member toward a rear surface side. |
| US10285283B2 |
Heating of printed circuit board core during laminate cure
A multi-layer printed circuit board (PCB) includes a laminate between a PCB heating core and a PCB signal core. The PCB heating core includes an electrically conductive resistive heating element upon a first core substrate. During a lamination cure PCB fabrication stage, a platen contacts the PCB and a power supply is electrically connected to the resistive heating element. The laminate is cured with heat transferred by the platen and heat from the resistive heating element. The PCB heating core may be located within an inner layer of the multi-layer PCB to normalize a thermal gradient across the multi-layer PCB that may otherwise occur during the laminate cure fabrication stage. As a result of the normalized thermal gradient, the degree of laminate cure and material characteristics of the cured laminate material are more consistent throughout the multi-layer PCB thickness. |
| US10285274B2 |
Circuit structure
A circuit structure is provided to which an electronic component can be easily mounted (electrical connection of terminals). A circuit structure that includes a substrate provided with a conductive pattern on one face thereof; a conductive member fixed to the other face of the substrate; an electronic component that has first terminals and of a plurality of terminals, that are electrically connected to the conductive member, and a second terminal of the plurality of terminals that is electrically connected to the conductive pattern provided on the substrate; and a relay member for electrically connecting the second terminal and the conductive pattern provided on the substrate, at least a portion of the relay member being fixed to the conductive member via an insulating material. |
| US10285273B1 |
Dummy memory board
A dummy memory board includes a substrate, a connecting finger, a plurality of light emitting diodes, and an electrical circuit. The substrate has a front surface and a back surface, and is provided with at least one dummy memory region. The connecting finger is close to a lower edge of the substrate for inserting into a memory slot. The light emitting diodes are on the substrate and close to the upper edge of the front surface and the back surface. The electrical circuit is on the substrate for connecting the light emitting diodes to the connecting finger. Thus, power from the memory slot is transferred to the light emitting diodes through the connecting finger, and the light emitting diodes are turned on to demonstrate the desired light effect. Particularly, the electrical circuit has no suspending node or open spot and interference due to antenna effect is avoided. |
| US10285269B2 |
Multilayer substrate and manufacturing method for the multilayer substrate
A multilayer substrate is manufactured by first manufacturing a first substrate by stacking and hot-pressing resin base materials of the first substrate and then adjacently stacking and hot-pressing the first substrate and resin base materials that constitute a second substrate at a position overlapping with each other in a stacking direction. The position in the stacking direction between the resin base materials in the first substrate is located at almost a middle position in the stacking direction of a resin base material of the second substrate, and is different from the position between the layers of the resin base materials of the second substrate. |
| US10285268B2 |
Printed circuit board and method of manufacturing the same
A printed circuit board (PCB) includes: a substrate; and a circuit pattern disposed on the substrate, wherein the circuit pattern includes a first seed layer disposed on the substrate and including a nitride, and a metal layer disposed on the first seed layer. |
| US10285266B2 |
Detection device
A detection device includes: an expanding and contracting base having elasticity; a first base which is provided to overlap the expanding and contracting base, has a Young's modulus higher than that of the expanding and contracting base, and includes a connection portion to which a sensing section is connectable; a second base which is provided on a side of the expanding and contracting base opposite to the first base, and has a Young's modulus higher than that of the expanding and contracting base; a connection member which electrically connects the expanding and contracting base and the first base to each other; and a mold portion which is provided to come into contact with the connection member, has a Young's modulus higher than that of the expanding and contracting base, and has a Young's modulus lower than that of the first base. |
| US10285260B2 |
Flexible printed circuit board and method for manufacturing same
The flexible printed circuit board includes a base layer, a first circuit layer and a second circuit layer, the first circuit and the second circuit layer formed on both sides of the base layer; conducting holes extending through the base layer and the first copper layer, the conducting holes include annular copper ring embedded in the first circuit layer. A height difference between a surface of the annular copper ring and a surface of the first circuit layer is in a range from 0 to 3 micrometers. A method for manufacturing the flexible printed circuit board is also provided. |
| US10285259B2 |
Solenoid filter built into a printed circuit board
Disclosed herein are printed circuit boards with embedded solenoid filters through which signal traces pass to filter unwanted noise and electromagnetic interference. A printed circuit board comprises a least three layers, a solenoid embedded within the at least three layers, and at least one trace extending through the solenoid. The insertion loss characteristics of the solenoid filter can be tuned by modifying the number of turns in the solenoid(s) and the width of the solenoid(s). The solenoid filter may comprise multiple solenoids connected in series, with adjacent solenoids having opposite wind directions. Surface components may be included on the board to tune the insertion loss further. |
| US10285257B2 |
High speed plug
A communication plug including a substrate having a top surface, a bottom surface, opposing side surfaces and opposing end surfaces, a grounding plane in the substrate, a grounding strip on a side surface of the substrate in electrical communication with the grounding plane, where the grounding strip is electrically connected to the ground plane in the substrate. |
| US10285255B2 |
Laser ablation cell and injector system for a compositional analysis system
A laser ablation system includes a sample chamber 102 configured to accommodate a target 104 within an interior 106 thereof, a sample generator 108 configured to remove a portion of the target 104 (which may be subsequently captured as a sample) and an analysis system 110 configured to analyze a composition of the sample. A sample capture cell in the chamber proximate to the target has a capture cavity configured to receive target material, a first inlet configured to transmit a flow of a carrier gas from a first location adjacent to an exterior of the capture cell into a region of the capture cavity; and an outlet configured to receive carrier gas from another region of the capture cavity. The sample chamber 102 includes an injection nozzle 120 configured to introduce, into the interior 106, a fluid such as a carrier gas. |
| US10285252B2 |
Dual-energy ray scanning system, scanning method and inspecting system
Provided is a dual-energy ray scanning system, which includes a ray source for alternately emitting a high energy ray and a low energy ray; a filter includes a low energy filtering element and a low energy transmitting element; a control device for synchronously controlling the ray source and the filter, and the low energy filtering element includes a plurality of filter sheets, the low energy transmitting element comprises a plurality of transmission sheets, the filter sheets and the transmission sheets are arranged alternately and surround the ray source to form a cavity, and the ray source is located on a central axis of the cavity. |
| US10285248B2 |
Transmitter comprising a transmission queue and corresponding source device
A transmitting device comprises a transmitter, and a controller for receiving transmission requests from a request source. The controller comprises a queue, and is configured to queue the transmission requests in order from the front of the queue backwards, and to enact the transmission request at the front of the queue by controlling the transmitter to perform the transmission of the corresponding message. The controller is further configured to detect that at least one of these transmission requests is to be treated as a repeating request, and in response, to re-insert the repeating request in the queue in one of the places farther back than the front after transmission of the corresponding message, so as to retransmit the corresponding message at least once. |
| US10285247B2 |
Control installation for a lighting system and method for configuring and putting into service said control installation
The invention relates to a control system for a lighting system comprising at least one control adapter having a digital interface for connection to an assigned digital control bus, to which a plurality of light-technology operating components such as control gear, ballast devices, sensor units, and/or switch units are connectable as bus users by means of a respective digital interface, wherein the at least one control adapter furthermore has a controller and a wireless interface for data coupling of the control adapter to a wireless network terminal. The control facility according to the invention is distinguished in that for at least one lighting system template, the respective comprised light-technology operating components and at least some of configurations and/or parameterizations assigned to the operating components are stored in a memory, which can be read out by the wireless network terminal, wherein the bus users connected to the digital control bus are detected for the configuration and startup of the lighting system. The invention furthermore relates to a method for the configuration and startup of such a facility. |
| US10285242B2 |
Portable lighting devices
A method for increasing battery life in a lighting device powered by a battery source in which an electronic circuit is caused to provide a declining power supply to a light emitting diode (“LED”) as a power profile of the battery source declines. |
| US10285241B2 |
Wireless lighting device with charging port
A wireless lighting module is disclosed. The wireless lighting module may include a light source, a controller configured to control illumination of the light source, a connector configured to provide power to an external device, and a battery configured to supply power to the light source, controller and connector. |
| US10285237B2 |
Advanced light emitting diode luminaire
An advance light emitting diode luminaire is disclosed. According to one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a first LED array, wherein the first LED array outputs first light in a downward direction. The apparatus includes a second LED array, wherein the second LED array outputs second light in an upward direction. The apparatus further comprises a harp between the first LED array and the second LED array. |
| US10285234B2 |
Method for the operation of a light unit, and light unit
A method for the operation of a vehicle light unit is provided. The light unit includes at least one light source module having several light sources and a control unit coupled to the light source module. The light sources each include a predetermined number of brightness levels. A predetermined number of light sources are combined by the control unit to form at least one controllable light source unit. In order to set a light distribution, the light sources that form the at least one light source unit are activated together and a brightness level of each light source of the at least one activated light source unit is set individually. |
| US10285231B2 |
Switching regulator for operating luminaires, featuring peak current value controlling and mean current value detection
The invention relates to a switching regulator for operating luminaires, comprising a control circuit (4). The control circuit (4) is designed to operate, by triggering the switch (5) that is coupled to a coil, the switching regulator (3) in a limit mode of operation when the load generated by the luminaire (2) is so high that the resulting switching-off threshold exceeds a predefined minimum switching-off value, and operate the switching regulator in a discontinuous mode of operation at the minimum switching-off value when the load generated by the luminaire (2) is so low that the switching-off threshold in a limit mode of operation would lie below the predefined minimum switching-off value. The signal representing the current is fed to the control circuit (4) in both the limit mode of operation and the discontinuous mode of operation without being subjected to any external mean value generation. |
| US10285226B2 |
Driving circuit and method for a provision of an operating current for at least one lighting means
The invention is related to a driving circuit that provides an operating current for at least one lighting means. The driving circuit comprises an isolated switched converter having a switch (4) controlled by a control circuit (10), wherein a primary side choke (3) is charged when the switch (4) is in its conducting state and the primary side choke (3) is discharged when the control circuit (10) controls the switch (4) in its non-conducting state. The circuit comprises first determining means (13) for monitoring the current through the primary side choke (3), and second determining means (11) for determining a switch-off time, wherein the second determining means (11) comprises an auxiliary winding (12) coupled to a secondary side choke (6) and the second determining means (11) is configured to monitor the voltage across the auxiliary winding (12) for determining a switch-off time. |
| US10285225B2 |
LED lighting system
An LED control system is provided for connection to an LED lighting system via a power line to control the LED lighting system using commands formed by manipulation of frequency and amplitude of a signal transmitted over the power line. The signal may be for example a wave or a sequence of pulses. The signal may be provided in superposition with line power or the line power may be formed as the signal. |
| US10285218B1 |
Direct and selective area synthesis of graphene using microheater elements
A method of synthesis of graphene can include: depositing a carbon (C) layer on a substrate, for example a substrate comprising a silicon (Si) layer and an oxide (SiO2) layer on the Si layer; depositing a metal layer on the C layer; preparing the substrate including the C layer and the metal layer in a chamber; maintaining a pressure of the chamber under 1 atm, for example under 1 Torr; flowing an inert gas in the chamber; contacting a thermal probe tip on the metal layer; heating the thermal probe tip to a temperature of more than 250° C. such that graphene is formed on the substrate; and etching the substrate. The metal layer can be a tin layer. |
| US10285217B2 |
Apparatus and method for heating preforms with changed pitch on preform delivery
An apparatus for heating plastic preforms comprises a transport device, which transports the plastic preforms along a predefined transport path. The transport device comprises a first circulating transport device and a second transport device; a plurality of first holding elements constructed and arranged on the first transport device for holding the plastic preforms; at least one heating device along the transport path that heats the plastic preforms during a movement of the plastic preforms along the transport path, wherein the transport path has at least one first portion with a first curvature and at least one second portion with a second curvature which differs from the first curvature; and a plurality of second holding elements constructed and arranged on the second transport device for holding the plastic preforms. |
| US10285214B2 |
Communications method of wearable device, communications system, and related device
A communications method of a wearable device, a communications system, and a related device are disclosed, which are applied to a communications technology field. In the communications method of a wearable device, if a second Bluetooth connection between user equipment and the wearable device is disconnected, a first Bluetooth connection between a network connection device and the wearable device is established, so that the network connection device may send, to the wearable device through the first Bluetooth connection, first information sent by the user equipment through a third communication connection to the network connection device. In this way, indirect communication between the user equipment and the wearable device is implemented by using the network connection device, so that the user equipment and the wearable device are not limited by a communication range. |
| US10285212B2 |
Master base station, mobile station, and communication control method
A master base station according to embodiment divides a bearer of a mobile station into two split bearers in a dual connectivity scheme. One split bearer is provided between the master base station and the mobile station without intervention of a secondary base station. Another split bearer is provided between the master base station and the mobile station with the intervention of a secondary base station. The master base station comprises a transmitter configured to transmit to the mobile station, information indicating whether the mobile station should transmit uplink data to the master station or to the secondary base station. |
| US10285211B2 |
Terminal device, base station apparatus, communication system, communication control method, and integrated circuit
There are provided a terminal device, a base station apparatus, a communication system, a communication control method, and an integrated circuit, in all of which efficient communication control is possible in communication that uses multiple cells. In communication that uses first RLC which corresponds to a first cell group which includes at least the primary cell, second RLC which corresponds to a second cell group which does not include the primary cell, and one PDCP which belongs to the first cell group which processes pieces of data on the first RLC and the second RLC, the terminal device releases the second RLC based on a list that includes identifiers of data radio bearers relating to the second RLC, which is received from the base station apparatus. |
| US10285207B2 |
Method and apparatus for performing call relay in wireless communication system
A method and apparatus for performing call relay in a wireless communication system is provided. A relaying user equipment (UE) configures a call order or priority among neighboring UEs, selects at least one neighboring UE among the neighboring UEs, and establishes a call or a session between the selected neighboring UE and a caller UE. |
| US10285206B2 |
Method and apparatus for handling measurement gaps in wireless networks
In a wireless communication system, user equipment (UE) has autonomy provided by one or more set of rules to handle processing during a measurement gap. UE can ignore or use only a portion of the whole measurement gap if not needed. Thereby, an urgent need for remaining tuned to source carrier frequency can be supported, such as utilizing Random Access Channel (RACH) procedure. UE can also choose to tune to a target carrier frequency supporting timely handovers. Depending on the type of processing required (download shared channel (DL-SCH, UL-SCH, TTI bundling, RACH or SR), the UE may store requests and process the measurements during the gap or ignore the gap measurement as if there were no gaps. |
| US10285203B2 |
Network allocation vector types and transmission opportunity types for spatial reuse
In an example of wireless communications, a transmitting station may set multiple network allocation vectors (NAVs) to reserve a communication medium for transmitting a frame in the amount of time indicated by the NAVs. A receiving station that receives a frame may identify which NAV is intended to be set by the receiving station. The receiving station may update a first type of NAV with duration information from the frame when the frame is received from a same wireless network, and update a second type of NAV with duration information from the frame when the frame is received from a different wireless network. The receiving station may ignore setting the NAV when the frame is received from the different wireless network. Alternatively, the receiving station may not ignore setting the NAV when the frame is received from the same wireless network. Other methods, apparatus, and computer-readable media are also disclosed. |
| US10285202B2 |
Channel access for simultaneous uplink transmissions by multiple communication devices
A first communication device determines whether the first communication device is to use a first channel access mode or a second channel access mode for accessing a communication channel when the first communication device is triggered for uplink transmission by a second communication device. The first communication device receives a trigger frame from the second communication device. The first communication device transmits, to the second communication device, a data unit triggered by the trigger frame, including using the determined one of the first channel access mode or the second channel access mode to gain access to the communication channel. |
| US10285199B2 |
Method, apparatus, device and network system for adding secondary serving cell
The present invention provides a method for adding a secondary serving cell, an apparatus, a device, and a network system. The method includes: communicating, with each other to acquire a unified serial number of a random access preamble code, a unified serial number of a PRACH mask code, and a unified cell radio network temporary identifier of a terminal; scrambling the serial number of the random access preamble code and the serial number of the PRACH mask code, and then sending the serial number of the random access preamble code and the serial number of the PRACH mask code to the terminal; and determining, a time advance command TAC according to a random access request message that carries the random access preamble code, and sending the TAC to the terminal. |
| US10285195B2 |
Processing of random access preamble sequences
The present disclosure relates to random access in wireless communication systems, and in particular to a wireless device, a preamble receiver, and methods for processing random access preamble signals. A disclosed method in a wireless device comprises generating (S11) one or more identical short sequences having a same time duration as an OFDM symbol used for carrying data traffic in a radio access network of the wireless device. The method also comprises generating (S12) at least one offset indicator sequence different from each of the short sequences, and constructing (S13) the preamble sequence by concatenating the at least one offset indicator sequence and the one or more identical short sequences in time, such that each of the at least one offset indicator sequence has a respective pre-determined location in the preamble sequence. |
| US10285194B2 |
D2D communication method and device
Disclosed are a D2D communication method and device. The method comprises: sending a. preamble on a sub-channel set of a competition region, and monitoring the preamble on the sub-channel set of the competition region; and if the preamble is not monitored on the sub-channel set of the competition region, sending data on a sub-channel set of a data region corresponding to the sub-channel set of the competition region, different sub-channel sets of the competition region corresponding to different sub-channel sets of the data region. The technical solution provided in the embodiments of the present invention can effectively avoid the resource conflict of a D2D UE. In addition, since a preamble occupies fewer resources, competing for sub-channel resources of a data region by sending a preamble could effectively reduce the overhead of resource competition. |
| US10285193B2 |
Wireless communication system and wireless apparatus
Provided are a wireless communication system, a wireless apparatus, and a program capable of effectively using an access point. wireless apparatus 10 receives content information to be transmitted, generates transmission object information including at least apart of the content information and a predetermined data pattern, and transmits a beacon signal including the generated transmission object information. |
| US10285192B2 |
Radio communication system and communication control method
A radio communication system includes: a plurality of cells having different scrambling sequences, respectively, wherein at least two cells communicate with at lease two user terminals connected to different serving cells; and a controller which controls the plurality of cells and provides a single scrambling sequence to said at least two cells and said at least two user terminals for control signal transmission and reception. |
| US10285189B2 |
Fifth generation (5G) time division duplex (TDD) legacy coexistence design
Aspects of the disclosure relate to a configurable subframe structure for use in next generation (e.g., fifth generation or 5G) wireless networks utilizing a time division duplex (TDD) carrier that minimizes interference with adjacent legacy wireless networks. The configurable subframe structure may be configured to produce next generation subframes, each including at least one of a downlink portion or an uplink portion, to substantially align downlink portions with corresponding legacy downlink subframes and/or uplink portions with corresponding legacy uplink subframes. |
| US10285188B2 |
Group based downlink transmission
The embodiments disclose a method in an AP for downlink transmission in a beamforming radio communication network. The method comprises grouping a plurality of terminal devices to be scheduled for downlink transmission into one or more groups; and associating each of the one or more groups with a different one of digital chains in the AP, wherein payloads to be transmitted to terminal devices in a same group are processed by a digital chain associated with the group. |
| US10285185B2 |
Resource allocation method and communications terminal
A resource allocation method and a communications terminal are provided. The communications terminal includes a radio frequency (RF) system and a baseband processor, the baseband processor includes: a radio resource manager (RRM) and at least two modems, and the at least two modems include a first modem and a second modem; and the RRM is configured to: receive a service request that is of a first service and that is initiated by the first modem; receive a service request that is of a second service and that is initiated by the second modem, where the first service and the second service are configured to preempt a communication resource; and when determining that currently a conflict exists between the first service and the second service, compare a first dynamic priority of the first service with a second dynamic priority of the second service to allocate the communication resource. |
| US10285183B2 |
Signal processing method, apparatus, and system for providing service to multiple user equipments at a same time and in a same frequency
The present invention discloses a signal processing method, apparatus, and system. In M user equipments, an active set Ki and an interference set K′i of a user equipment i are determined according to power measurement values from the user equipment i to N sites; for the active set Ki of the user equipment i, superposition of sent signals of all other user equipments j of all active sites ki are cancelled out with each other, to obtain one constraint condition of a weight, and for the M user equipments, M constraint conditions are obtained, and a weight subspace T is determined; and one weight is determined in the weight subspace according to an interfering signal of another user equipment j for the user equipment i in the interference set K′i of the user equipment i and a wanted signal of the user equipment i in the active set Ki of the user equipment i. |
| US10285167B2 |
Uplink resource allocation and transport block size determination over unlicensed spectrum
Methods and apparatus for determining a transport block size include identifying data to be transmitted on an uplink, wherein the data is associated with a number of resource blocks. The methods and apparatus further include receiving at least one indicated coefficient via a downlink control information. Additionally, the methods and apparatus include determining at least one coefficient based on the at least one indicated coefficient and calculating a transport block size column index based on the number of resource blocks and the at least one coefficient. Moreover, the methods and apparatus include determining the transport block size based at least in part on the transport block size column index. The methods and apparatus may transmit the data on the uplink based at least in part on the transport block size. |
| US10285165B2 |
Allocation and logical to physical mapping of scheduling request indicator channel in wireless networks
A method for allocating resources for a scheduling request indicator (SRI) is disclosed. An SRI cycle period for use by user equipment (UE) within a cell is transmitted from a NodeB in a cell to UE within the cell. The NodeB transmits a specific SRI subframe offset and an index value to the particular UE within the cell. The specific SRI subframe offset and the index value enable the UE to determine a unique combination of cyclic shift, RS orthogonal cover, data orthogonal cover, and resource block number for the UE to use as a unique physical resource for an SRI in the physical uplink control channel (PUCCH). |
| US10285159B2 |
Diversity enhancement in a multiple carrier system
Diversity enhancement for multiple carrier systems is disclosed which includes generation of a multiplexed multicarrier radio frequency (RF) signal having N carriers organized to be accessed at a rate of one carrier access per multicast channel (MCH) scheduling period (MSP) per carrier of the N carriers, thereby requiring N accesses per MSP duration across the N carriers. The method may also include the base station transmitting the RF signal to a user equipment (UE). In other aspects, the diversity enhancements include the UE receiving a multiplexed multicarrier RF signal having N carriers. The UE may access the N carriers by performing one carrier access per MSP per carrier of the N carriers, thereby performing N accesses per MSP duration across the N carriers. |
| US10285158B2 |
Method and arrangement for triggering paging profiling
A paging profiling method for determining a number of page repetition and a time interval between the page repetitions is disclosed. The method comprises triggering the paging profiling by causing a page relating to one or more wireless communication devices. In some embodiments the method may further comprise updating an entry of a paging pattern database based on the paging profiling, wherein the entry is associated with a geographical area in which the one or more wireless communication devices reside. The paging pattern database may, for example, be comprised in a server. In some embodiments, the method may also comprise detecting that the paging profiling is needed by detecting that the entry of the paging pattern database is not valid, and triggering the paging profiling may be enabled responsive to detecting that the paging profiling is needed. Corresponding paging profiling arrangement, computer program product, wireless communication device and server are also disclosed. |
| US10285157B2 |
Receiver processor for adaptive windowing and high-resolution TOA determination in a multiple receiver target location system
A disclosed example apparatus receives a tag transmission signal from a tag at a receiver, wherein the tag transmission signal comprises a series of pulses; determines a coarse estimate of a time-of-arrival (TOA) of the tag transmission signal based on a detection of a pulse of the series of pulses in an adjustable coarse timing window, wherein the coarse estimate is based on a plurality of coarse timing windows; determines a fine estimate of the TOA based on a detection of the pulse in at least one of a parallel set of fine timing windows; and determines a sub-window resolution of the TOA based on at least one detection transition between consecutive fine receiver windows of at least one of a plurality of pulses and a weighted average of the TOA for each pulse of the series of pulses. |
| US10285150B2 |
Methods and arrangements in a telecommunications network
The present invention relates to methods and arrangements in a base station and a user equipment for determining an uplink transmission timing correction for communication in a telecommunication system in which aggregation of component carriers is applied. The base station receives a signal from the user equipment on an uplink (UL) component carrier and measures the arrival time of the signal. A timing correction of the UL transmission timing based on the arrival time of the signal is determined. Thereupon the base station determines for which of the uplink component carriers used by the user equipment the timing correction is valid. The timing correction and the validity information is sent to the user equipment. The user equipment adjusts the UL transmission timing for each UL component carrier the timing correction is valid for. |
| US10285146B2 |
Base station and user terminal
A base station manages a first cell and a second cell and communicates with a user terminal by carrier aggregation which is applied to the first cell and the second cell, the first cell being allocated a licensed band requiring a license and a second cell being allocated an unlicensed band not requiring a license. The base station includes: a transmitter configured to transmit a synchronization signal used for synchronization between the second cell and the user terminal, by at least one carrier selected from the unlicensed band based on a result of carrier sensing in the second cell; and a controller configured to instruct the user terminal to perform a detection operation of the synchronization signal for all or part of the carrier through the first cell. |
| US10285141B1 |
Data synchronization across multiple sensors
Various embodiments of the present invention provide methods, systems, apparatus, and computer program products for synchronizing data across at least two sensors. In one embodiment, first sensor data, which includes a universal time stamp from a universal time source, is recorded from at least one first sensor and second sensor data, which does not include a universal time stamp from a universal time source, is recorded from at least one second sensor. The first sensor data is correlated with the second sensor data, and a universal time that corresponds with the data from the second sensor is determined at least in part based on the correlation between the first sensor data and the second sensor data. |
| US10285140B2 |
Power estimation method and apparatus
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a power estimation method and apparatus. On a premise of controlling interference caused by a second node to a first node to be within a range, a transmit power of the second node can be increased so as to improve communication quality of the second node. A specific solution is: obtaining an estimated load value of each first node in N first nodes according to a transmit power and user service requirements of each first node that are obtained and according to a transmit power set for each second node in M second nodes, and further, respectively using the transmit power set for each second node as an allowed transmit power of each second node according to the estimated load value of each first node in the N first nodes. |
| US10285138B2 |
Mobile station-controlled wake-up of a small cell base station from a sleep mode
A method of waking up a small cell base station from a sleep mode, the method includes: by the mobile station: determining, based on stored location information indicating a location of the small cell base station and on a monitored current location of the mobile station, that the mobile station is in a coverage area of the small cell base station, determining, from serving cell information and a neighbor cell list, that the small cell base station is in the sleep mode, changing a transmission characteristic of the standard access signal so as to increase its transmission energy, in response to the determinations, and transmitting the changed access signal; and by the small cell base station: harvesting energy from the changed access signal that is transmitted by the mobile station, using a passive energy harvesting sensor, the harvested energy triggering a wake-up procedure in the small cell base station. |
| US10285137B2 |
Wireless communication base station device, wireless communication method and integrated circuit for controlling transmission power of sounding reference signal (SRS)
A radio terminal is provided that can provide a flexible transmission power control for an SRS without restrictions due to the transmission power control of a PUSCH, for the purpose of enabling use of an SRS for various purposes in a HetNet CoMP environment. The radio terminal receives a control signal including a transmission power control command (TPC command) to be applied to an aperiodic sounding reference signal (A-SRS), through a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), updates a transmission power value of the A-SRS using the TPC command, and transmits the A-SRS using the updated transmission power value in accordance with a transmission request included in a control signal indicating assignment of a physical downlink data channel (PDSCH) or assignment of a physical uplink data channel (PUSCH). |
| US10285135B2 |
Data transmission arrangement, data receiver, and method for the operation thereof
A data transmission arrangement includes an energy supplier for supplying the data transmission arrangement with electrical energy; a determiner for determining useful data provided by a sensor element connected to the data transmission arrangement; a coder for channel coding of the useful data so as to obtain channel-coded data; a splitter for splitting up the channel-coded data into a plurality of data packets having a code rate smaller than one; and a transmitter for transmitting data packets which is configured to transmit the plurality of data packets via a communication channel with a time lag, provided that an amount of electrical energy that can be provided by the energy supplier is sufficient for transmitting the respective data packets at a standard transmitting power. |
| US10285134B2 |
Apparatus, method and computer program for a mobile device
An apparatus, a method and a computer program for a mobile device. The apparatus has a transceiver module for communication in a first mobile communication system and in a second mobile communication system and a control module to determine whether a time period until an estimated next time for replenishing an energy supply of the mobile device lies above a time threshold value. The control module uses the first mobile communication system for a data transmission if the time period lies above the time threshold value and uses the second mobile communication system for the data transmission if a connection to the second mobile communication system is available at or before the next time for replenishing the energy reserve of the mobile device. |
| US10285132B2 |
Methods and network nodes in a wireless communication network
Mobile station and method for saving energy in the mobile station. The method includes generating energy saving information associated with said mobile station, and which indicates an energy status of said mobile station. The method further includes transmitting the energy saving information to at least one first network node, and receiving, from said at least one first network node, an instruction for energy saving, based on the energy saving information. |
| US10285131B2 |
Dynamically adjustable nodes in a sensor network
Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for dynamically adjusting nodes in a mesh network embedded in objects. The nodes, which are individually capable of sensing and/or transmitting data, are paired together such that when one node is active, the other node is collecting energy via solar, wind, or other energy collecting means. When a node reaches a certain energy level, the nodes can switch status, such that the passive node becomes active and vice versa. Exemplary objects in which the systems can be embedded include benches, receptacles, and light fixtures. |
| US10285123B2 |
Assigning an IMS control function instance to an IMS endpoint
An assignment controller (160) identifies multiple instances of an IMS control function (210, 220) as being candidates for assigning to an IMS endpoint (110). The controller (160) also obtains a performance metric for each candidate instance that is a measure of the extent to which performance requirements for a signaling path of an anticipated or ongoing session of the endpoint (110) would be met if the instance were to be assigned to the endpoint (110). The controller (160) further obtains an emission metric for each candidate instance that is a measure of the extent to which the instance would produce greenhouse gas emissions if the instance were to be assigned to the endpoint (110), given the energy consumption and rate of emissions currently attributable to the instance (110). The controller (160) prioritizes the candidate instances based on these metrics, and controls assignment of one of the instances to the IMS endpoint (110) to be performed according to that prioritization. |
| US10285122B2 |
Method and apparatus for handling abnormality of network communication function and storage medium
Disclosed are a method and apparatus for handling abnormality of a network communication function. When it is determined that a network communication function of a modem is abnormal, the modem is disconnected from a current cell, the current cell is set to be a barred cell, and a first barring duration within which the barred cell is barred is set; and when a duration within which the barred cell is barred is shorter than the first barring duration, one or more cells corresponding to a Radio Access Technology (RAT) supported by the modem is searched for, the cells excluding the barred cell. |
| US10285118B2 |
Communication terminal and method for performing a cell search
According to an example, a communication terminal is described comprising a determiner configured to determine cell search control information including at least a radio access technology to be searched for, a search duration, a number of search iterations, a number of antennas to be used for the search and based on at least one of information about the current radio conditions that the communication terminal is experiencing, position of the terminal, historical information about the presence of the radio cells at the position of the communication terminal, communication terminal attach history in terms of moving from some specific RATs/cells to other specific RATs/cells, proximity sensors' information and a transceiver configured to perform a cell search based on the determined cell search control information. |
| US10285113B2 |
Differentiating fixed devices from mobile devices in mobile broadband networks
Fixed devices may be distinguished from mobile devices in a broadband wireless network. Fixed devices may be given an identifier that identifies the device as a fixed device. |
| US10285109B2 |
Wireless connection establishment method and apparatus
The present application provide a method includes: establishing, by a base station, a CP connection to a UE according to a configuration parameter of the CP connection and a UP connection to the UE according to a configuration parameter of the UP connection, where a transmission channel occupied by the CP connection which is indicated by the configuration parameter of the CP connection is different from the transmission channel occupied by the UP connection which is indicated by the configuration parameter of the UP connection, and transmission channels occupied by the CP connection and UP connection are also different. Therefore, the CP connection and the UP connection are not interrupted at the same time, which leads to no call drop occurring in a communication connection and improves user experience; and reduces a time delay, increases a network throughput, and further improves data transmission flexibility in an UP connection. |
| US10285107B2 |
Dynamic coverage mode switching and communication bandwidth adjustment
This disclosure relates to techniques for dynamically changing coverage modes and/or communication bandwidth in a wireless communication system. According to some embodiments, a wireless device may attach to a serving cell associated with a cellular network. A volume of data for upcoming communication with the cellular network may be determined. An indication of a requested communication bandwidth may be provided to the serving cell. The wireless device may communicate data with the serving cell using the requested communication bandwidth. In some instances, a request for narrowband communication bandwidth may result in use of a coverage enhancement mode, while a request for wideband communication bandwidth may result in use of a normal coverage mode. |
| US10285105B2 |
Method, device, and system for establishing virtual base station and transferring data
A method for establishing a virtual base station includes: receiving a message of poor network coverage sent by an operator server, where the message includes information of a location where network coverage is poor and information of a second mode; acquiring, according to the information of the location and the information of the second mode, a multimode terminal capable of being compatible with the second mode; returning an identification of the multimode terminal to the operator server; receiving a virtual base station establishment request message sent by the operator server; forwarding, according to the identification of the multimode terminal, the virtual base station establishment request message to the multimode terminal; and forwarding a virtual base station successfully-established message to the operator server. |
| US10285103B2 |
Resource allocation method, service transmission method, and apparatus
The present invention relates to the field of mobile communications technologies, and in particular, to a resource allocation method, a service transmission method, and an apparatus, so as to resolve a technical problem of how to coordinately transmit, in a WLAN, a WLAN service and a to-be-offloaded service of a cellular network node. In embodiments of the present invention, resources separately allocated to an AP and the cellular network node are specified, and the AP and the cellular network node are separately notified of an allocation result. In this way, both the AP and the cellular network node transmit data on only the respective allocated WLAN resources, so as to avoid that the WLAN service and the to-be-offloaded service of the cellular network node contend for a channel. |
| US10285101B2 |
Method and apparatus for adjusting data transmission rate between vehicle and access point
Disclosed is a method of adjusting a data transmission rate between a vehicle and an access point (AP) as an embodiment of the present invention. The method according to an embodiment of the present invention may include receiving a signal broadcast from at least one AP near a vehicle, transmitting and/or receiving data to and/or from a predetermined AP at a first data transmission rate R0 on the basis of the received signal, receiving and storing signals broadcast from a plurality of APs near the vehicle in every predetermined period while the vehicle is moving, determining the number NT of APs having broadcast signals with strength greater than or equal to a threshold value among the signals received from the plurality of APs, comparing the number NT of APs to the number NT-1 of APs having broadcast signals with strength greater than or equal to the threshold value in a previous period, and determining a data transmission rate between the vehicle and the AP on the basis of a result of the comparison. |
| US10285099B2 |
Communication method, base station, and user equipment
Embodiments of the present invention provide a communication method, which includes: requesting, by a first base station, a second base station to add a cell of the second base station as a serving cell of first user equipment; when finding that a first identifier of the first user equipment is the same as an identifier of second user equipment served by the second base station, indicating, by the second base station to the first base station, that the first identifier is the same as the second identifier; and adjusting, by the first base station, the first identifier to a third identifier, and sending the third identifier to the second base station. |
| US10285097B2 |
Sinter and intrasearch beacon
A method for cell reselection control is disclosed, comprising: sending an instruction from a radio network to a user equipment (UE) in an idle mode to adjust an existing cell reselection parameter at a UE to a high value; subsequently instructing the UE to return the cell reselection parameter to its previous value, after a first predetermined interval; and subsequently sending a second instruction to the UE in an idle mode to adjust the cell reselection parameter at the UE to the high value, after a second predetermined periodic interval, causing the UE to reselect to a cell with superior signal even when the UE may be under good coverage attached to an existing macro cell, thereby offloading the macro cell. |
| US10285092B2 |
Random access preamble design
A method of facilitating a user equipment (UE) communicating with a base station (BS) via a cell of a mobile communications system is disclosed. The UE selects a random access preamble (RAP) from a set of RAPs and transmits the RAP to the BS. The BS receives the RAP and estimates a time of arrival of the RAP. A pre-defined set is used in generating the set of RAPs via at least one Zadoff-Chu sequence. The pre-defined set includes all of the following values: 0, 13, 15, 18, 22, 26, 32, 38, 46, 59, 76, 93, 119, 167, 279, 419. |
| US10285090B2 |
Data offloading path establishing method and device
A data offloading path establishing method and device, for addressing a problem in which an eNB cannot offload a part of the traffic thereof to a WLAN network. The method comprises: determining, by a base station, that a user equipment (UE) is connected to a specified wireless local area network (WLAN) network, and transmitting a request message to the WLAN network; receiving, by the base station, a returned response message to the request message from the WLAN network; and transmitting, by the base station, an acknowledgement message of path switching to the UE to inform the UE that a path for offloading from the base station to the WLAN network is successfully established. Thereby, a part of the traffic originally to be transmitted via the base station can be offloaded to a WLAN access network, thus improving radio utilization rate of a 3GPP access network. |
| US10285088B2 |
Methods and apparatus for minimization of drive testing
Systems and techniques for minimize drive testing measurements. Network elements including UEs and eNBs are configured to define measurement procedures to determine control plane latency affecting scheduling requests, RACH procedures, and combinations thereof. Upon initiation of a request for uplink resources, such as a scheduling request or a RACH procedure, a UE notes the time of the request and measures the time until its fulfillment. If a scheduling request fails, a RACH procedure may be performed and in such cases, the time from initiation of the scheduling request, through its failure, until successful completion of the RACH procedure may be measured. Once a measurement has been made, the measured duration and other associated information are assembled and analyzed, and when the measurement and other information meets criteria for inclusion in a measurement report, the report is assembled and sent, or logged for sending, to an eNB. |
| US10285086B2 |
Channel decoding method and apparatus, and distributed decoder
Embodiments disclose a channel decoding method and apparatus, and a distributed decoder. A channel decoding apparatus includes: a decoding information acquiring unit, configured to acquire demodulation information of a channel; a channel decoding algorithm unit, configured to decode the demodulation information to obtain current decoding information, and perform a cyclic redundancy check CRC check on the current decoding information to obtain a current decoding CRC check result; and a lower level decoding determining unit, configured to: if the current decoding CRC check result is incorrect and a lower level channel decoding apparatus exists, determine that the lower level channel decoding apparatus continues to decode the demodulation information, where decoding performance of a channel decoding algorithm unit in the lower level channel decoding apparatus is superior to decoding performance of the channel decoding algorithm unit in the channel decoding apparatus. |
| US10285078B2 |
Method and device for handling base sequences in a communications network
The embodiments herein relate to a method in a network node (103), a network node (103), a method in a user equipment (105) and a user equipment for handling base sequences in a communications network (100). The network node (103) is configured to communicate with a first user equipment (105). The network node (103) comprises information about a default base sequence and an alternative base sequence. The network node (103) determines (405, 505, 901), for the first user equipment (105), that the alternative base sequence should replace the default base sequence. The network node (103) sends (406, 506, 902) information about the determined alternative base sequence to the first user equipment (105). |
| US10285077B2 |
Method, communication device and computer program
A method for a device-to-device enabled cellular communication device arranged to operate with a cellular radio access network is disclosed. The method comprises determining a physical layer metric based on at least one potentially received signal from a controlling node of the cellular radio access network; determining based on the physical layer metric whether the cellular communication device is in coverage or out of coverage of the controlling node; and either, if the cellular communication device is determined to be in coverage of the controlling node, using device-to-device resources assigned from the controlling node, or, if the cellular communication device is determined to be out of coverage of the controlling node, using device-to-device resources which are preconfigured for out of coverage use. A communication device and a computer program are also disclosed. |
| US10285075B2 |
Device identification via peer exchange
In an ad hoc wireless network, nodes determine contextual locations based at least in part on measured ranges to a plurality of fixed nodes having predetermined locations. When the contextual locations contains at least one error, the contextual locations are updated based at least in part on measured ranges between pairs of nodes in the ad hoc wireless network. |
| US10285073B2 |
Method and apparatus for cell configuration
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a cell configuration method in a wireless network with a plurality of carriers. The method is performed at a base station of the wireless network. The method comprises generating a common cell from a first plurality of sectors at a first carrier of the plurality of carriers and identifying one or more high-traffic sectors from a second plurality of sectors at a second carrier of the plurality of carriers by monitoring a traffic volume of each of the second plurality of sectors. Each of the identified high-traffic sectors has the traffic volume higher than a predetermined threshold. The method also comprises generating one or more independent high-traffic cells from the one or more high-traffic sectors. The first plurality of sectors at least partially overlaps with the second plurality of sectors. Correspondingly, there is also provided an apparatus for cell configuration in a wireless network with a plurality of carriers. |
| US10285072B1 |
Mitigation of signal conflict in wireless communication networks
Detection and mitigation of signal conflict, such as a primary synchronization signal conflict, between broadcast cells in a wireless communication network is provided. Multiple broadcast cells may be provided in the network to provide sectors of coverage. A mobile communication device may operate within the network and attempt to attach to one or more of the broadcast cells. A synchronization signal conflict between neighboring broadcast cells may be identified and mitigated using one or more adjustments to the broadcast cells or signals emitted therefrom, which may allow for improved network performance, among other benefits. |
| US10285071B2 |
Wireless communication system for synchronize time slots configurations of cells
A base station control method for a wireless communication system, a base station control apparatus, a wireless communication system and an electronic device. The wireless communication system includes a small cell. The base station control apparatus includes an upper limit determination unit and a frequency band control unit; wherein the upper limit determination unit is configured to determine the upper limit of the estimated number of small cells using unlicensed frequency bands in a target region according to available unlicensed frequency band resources and estimated service volume in the target region; and the frequency band control unit is configured to control one or more small cells to use or stop using the unlicensed frequency bands according to the upper limit of the estimated number, so that the number of small cells operating at the unlicensed frequency bands is not greater than the upper limit of the estimated number. |
| US10285070B2 |
Dynamic frequency planning in shared spectrum
Dynamic frequency planning of shared spectrum is contemplated. The sharing may facilitate use of unlicensed or non-exclusively licensed spectrum within a geographical area serviced by two or more spectrum access sharing systems (SASs) or otherwise subjected to control of independently operating entities. |
| US10285066B2 |
VHT frame including spatial reuse parameter in HE WLAN
A method for a STA (Station) to transmit a frame to another STA is disclosed. The method includes preparing a VHT (Very High Throughput) frame including a first signaling field (VHT SIG A), a second signaling field (VHT SIG B) and a service field. One of the VHT SIG A, the VHT SIG B and the service field includes a subfield informing spatial reuse (SR) operation when the STA is capable to supporting HE (High Efficiency) WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network) scheme. |
| US10285065B2 |
Long-range low-power integrated wireless transmission in channel gaps and guard spectrum
Methods and apparatuses pertaining to long-range low-power integrated wireless transmission in channel gaps and guard spectrum are described. A method may involve facilitating wideband wireless communications in a plurality of wideband channels in a frequency spectrum with every two adjacent wideband channels of the plurality of wideband channels separated by a respective channel gap therebetween. The method may also involve facilitating narrowband wireless communications, while facilitating the wideband wireless communications, in a plurality of narrowband channels that are multiplexed in the channel gaps, guard bands at both ends of the frequency spectrum, or both. |
| US10285059B2 |
MAC address determination using a personal WLAN
After a failed association attempt by an electronic device, an access point may facilitate trouble shooting by determining information associated with the electronic device. For example, the access point may receive at least an instruction from a computer associated with a network administrator to create a personal WLAN having a user-specific SSID. This user-specific SSID may correspond to a user of the electronic device (such as the user's name) or may be independently provided to the user by the network administrator. Then, the electronic device may associate with the access point to join the personal WLAN. In response, the access point may determine the MAC address of the electronic device. Next, the access point may provide the MAC address to the computer, so that the network administrator can identify the electronic device in the WLAN and/or can obtain additional information that can be used to solve the association problem. |
| US10285058B2 |
Providing secure Wi-Fi in an open Wi-Fi environment
Systems and methods for providing secure communications in an open network are provided. One method can comprise storing first information associated with a user device and a first network device. The first network device can be at a first location and can be configured to establish a secure connection between the user device and a first network. The user device can be detected via a second network device. A secure connection between the user device and a second network can be established via the second network device based upon at least a portion of the first information. |
| US10285055B2 |
Authentication system, authentication method, server device, and client device
A server device of an authentication system includes: an optical signal communication unit that causes optical signal transmitters to repeatedly transmit modulated optical signals, by notifying, of pieces of partial authentication information stored in an authentication information management unit, the optical signal transmitters respectively related to the pieces of partial authentication information; and an authentication processing unit that authenticates, when authentication is requested from a client device, the client device, based on integrated authentication information notified with the request, and integrated authentication information before being segmented into the respective pieces of partial authentication information notified by the optical signal communication unit. |
| US10285054B2 |
Method and system for storing and accessing client device information in a distributed set of nodes
A method includes identifying a first node in a plurality of nodes based on a client device identifier for a client device, the client device being associated with a first network device; storing, information for the client device, on the first node; responsive to the client device associating with a second network device, retrieving the information for the client device by: identifying the first node based on the client device identifier for the client device and obtaining the information from the first node. |
| US10285053B2 |
System and method for reducing authentication signaling in a wireless network
A method for reducing authentication signaling in a wireless network includes identifying a plurality of access points in a network belonging to a group. An access request message is received from a first access point associated with a device being in range of the first access point. A determination is made whether the device has been authenticated within the group. A proxy accept message is sent to the to the first access point in response to the device being authenticated with the group without communicating with an authentication server for authentication of the device. A master access point may be used in performing the reduction of authentication signaling in the wireless network. |
| US10285049B2 |
Device and method for baseband signal encryption
Communication devices and a method of providing secure electronic content are general described. Content is encrypted using a time-invariant encryption algorithm on the binary bits and a time-varying baseband key encryption waveform with a time-varying phase or amplitude. The content is recovered using a waveform with a reference phase mixed with a reference LO signal or combining the waveform and content using an XOR to measure a change of the phase/amplitude of the received signal relative to the LO signal. The key for the time-invariant binary bit level encryption may be communicated on a different channel than the content prior to communication of the content or concurrently with the content. The phase/amplitude of the baseband key may vary after baseband waveform encryption of a predetermined number of symbols, independent of the time, or after a predetermined time independent of an amount of baseband signal encrypted. |
| US10285045B2 |
Monitoring of embedded subscriber identity modules
A system for monitoring embedded subscriber identity modules (eSIMs) is disclosed. The monitoring system provides visibility into the end-to-end performance of a mobile network operator (MNO) profile. The system controls a mobile device that is provisioned with a MNO profile and communicates with a subscription manager (SM) that produces and delivers the MNO profile. This system enables the monitoring of the interactions between the subscription manager and the eSIM and monitors the data preparation (SM-DP) and the secure routing (SM-SR) functionalities in the subscription manager. |
| US10285044B2 |
Hotel communication systems and methods
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for communicating with a hotel, for example, by establishing calls from a mobile communication device as an extension of a PBX of the hotel. The mobile communication device can receive, by a network interface, guest registration data for a guest of the hotel, including the room assignment and one or more guest service extensions on the PBX. The mobile communication device can store the guest registration data in electronic memory to configure the one or more guest service keys with the one or more guest service extensions. The mobile communication device can based on a selection of a key of one or more guest service keys, communicate directly with the PBX, by the network interface, to place and receive calls as an extension of the PBX associated with the hotel room assignment. |
| US10285041B2 |
Wireless communication apparatus, identification information setup method, and program
A wireless communication apparatus includes a communication controller and an identification information setup portion. The communication controller establishes first communication, namely, communication with a first wireless communication apparatus having identification information already set and receives first information, namely, information to settle the identification information to be set, from the first wireless communication apparatus. The identification information setup portion sets the identification information for the wireless communication apparatus based on the first information. After setting the identification information, the communication controller establishes second communication, namely, communication with a second wireless communication apparatus having identification information not set yet, and transmits second information, namely, information to settle the identification information to be set for the second wireless communication apparatus, to the second wireless communication apparatus. The communication controller transmits the second information to one second wireless communication apparatus and subsequently does not transmit the second information. |
| US10285040B2 |
Neighbor awareness networking—accelerated discovery
In some embodiments, one or more wireless stations operate to configure direct communication with neighboring mobile stations, e.g., direct communication between the wireless stations without utilizing an intermediate access point. Embodiments of the disclosure relate to accelerated service discovery between peer devices. In some embodiments, a wireless device may broadcast a probe beacon on one or more discovery channels. The wireless device may then scan the discovery channels for an extended period of time. The wireless device may receive a response from a peer device and transmit further service information to the peer device in an availability window indicated in the response. |
| US10285030B2 |
Method of processing contents and electronic device thereof
A method and apparatus of an electronic device is provided. The method includes receiving, from a first server, a designated content including at least one piece of information associated with a second server. The method also includes receiving content identification information from the second server when the electronic device is located in a short-range wireless communication area of the second server. The method further includes displaying at least one information that corresponds to the content identification information, from the content received from the first server. |
| US10285024B2 |
Apparatus and method for multi-terminal communication service
An apparatus for multi-terminal communication service includes a service determination unit configured to determine use or non-use of a mobile communication service by a main communication terminal or an auxiliary communication terminal corresponding to the main communication terminal, a terminal determination unit configured to determine a communication terminal among the main communication terminal and the auxiliary communication terminal, which does not use the mobile communication service, and a service changing unit configured to change a type of the mobile communication service to be provided to the determined communication terminal. The mobile communication service includes a data communication service and the use or non-use of the data communication service is determined based on information from a DPI (Deep Packet Inspection) or a charging device. |
| US10285022B2 |
Method and apparatus for signal transmission and reception of HSS/MME in wireless communication system
In a method for signal transmission and reception of a home subscriber server (HSS) in a wireless communication system, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the method for signal transmission and reception of the HSS comprises the steps of: receiving a uniform resource locator (URL) from a mobility management entity (MME) which has received an attach request transmitted by a user equipment (UE); and determining whether it is appropriate for the MME to provide service to the UE on the basis of the URL, wherein the URL includes at least one piece of information on whether the MME belongs to a dedicated core network, or on the type of dedicated core network to which the MME belongs if the MME belongs to a dedicated core network. |
| US10285021B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving a MBSP message in a wireless access system
The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for transmitting or receiving a Multimedia Broadcast Supplement for Public warning system (MBSP) message. One of the embodiments of the present invention, a method for receiving a multimedia broadcast supplement for public warning system (MBSP) message, the method performed by a user equipment (UE) and comprising: receiving a paging message including an MBSP indication field indicating an MBSP notification will be transmitted; receiving a system information block including the MBSP notification including an MBSP related information for allocating a resource for receiving the MBSP message; and receiving the MBSP message through the resource, wherein the MBSP message includes public safety multimedia information for warning a user of the UE. |
| US10285020B2 |
Continuing multimedia broadcast multicast services for out-of-coverage devices
Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described for managing a multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS). In one configuration, content of an MBMS may be received while operating in a coverage area of a base station. A transition to operate outside the coverage area of the base station may be sensed. A peer discovery signal to request a relay of the content of the MBMS may be transmitted. The peer discovery signal may include an identifier of the MBMS. In another configuration, a first peer discovery signal including an out-of-coverage status indicator for the mobile device or MBMS query and an identifier of an MBMS may be received from the mobile device. A determination may be made regarding whether to relay content of the MBMS. Upon determining to relay the content of the MBMS, a second peer discovery signal indicating a capability to relay the content of the MBMS may be transmitted. |
| US10285018B2 |
Method and system for determining a location of a mobile device and utilizing the location in content services
A system and method for controlling a mobile device at a headend includes the mobile device communicating a request for content to the headend. The headend requests geographic coordinate location data from the mobile device and, when geographic coordinate data is available, determines a first geographic region associated with the mobile device in response to the geographic coordinate location data. When geographic coordinate data is not available from the mobile device, the headend extracts an IP address from the request and determines a second geographic region based on the IP address and a confidence level. When the confidence level is below a threshold, the headend determines a third geographic region based on subscriber data for the mobile device. The headend controls the mobile device in response to one of the first geographic region, the second geographic region and the third geographic region. |
| US10285016B2 |
Methods and systems for returning an early positioning fix
Disclosed are methods and systems for supporting positioning operations in a cellular communication network including locating a mobile device in response to an emergency event. In one particular implementation, a first position fix may be provided quickly by a mobile device and may be followed by a second, more accurate, position fix at a later time. In particular implementations, the first and second position fixes may be provided using the 3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE) Positioning Protocol (LPP) as part of a single LPP transaction and may further be provided using a user plane or control plane location solution. |
| US10285008B2 |
Systems and methods to select locations of interest based on distance from route points or route paths
Selection of offers, locations or merchants based on their distances from a portion of a user's route and their affinity for the user is disclosed. A route employed by a user for travelling to a destination is obtained and segmented at identified vertices. Locations that are proximate to the route segments are determined. The proximate locations are further analyzed to obtain their specific distances from a selected portion such as the user's origin or destination or any route segment. Location based services are associated with those proximate locations that are closest to the selected portion on the user's route or those with the better utility. |
| US10285003B2 |
Wireless tracking of power tools and related devices
A power distribution box and method of communicating via the power distribution box are provided. A power input in the power distribution box is coupled to a power output to provide power to external devices. A gateway device supported by the housing of the power distribution box includes a wireless network module for communicating with power tools and a cellular module for communicating via a cellular network with a power tool monitoring system. The gateway may be removable from the power distribution box. A translation controller in the gateway enables communication between the wireless network module and the external network using the cellular module. The translation controller translates messages between the power tools and external network. The messages may include location data or operational data associated with the power tool. |
| US10284993B2 |
Apparatus and method for driving an array of loudspeakers
A local wave field synthesis apparatus, which includes a determination module for determining desired sound pressures and desired particle velocity vectors at a plurality of control points, a computation module for computing sound pressures and particle velocity vectors at the plurality of control points based on a set of filter parameters, an optimization module for computing an optimum set of filter parameters by jointly optimizing computed sound pressures towards the desired sound pressures and computed particle velocity vectors towards the desired particle velocity vectors, and a generator module for generating the drive signals based on the optimum set of filter parameters, wherein the plurality of control points are located on one or more contours around the one or more audio zones. |
| US10284991B2 |
Methods for determining relative locations of wireless loudspeakers
Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described for determining relative locations of wireless loudspeakers and performing channel mapping thereof. An audio processing component utilizes sounds produced by wireless loudspeakers during setup/installation procedures, which are received by a microphone at locations in an acoustic space, to determine an amount of time between when the audio signal is initially transmitted and when the microphone signal is received. The audio processing component also utilizes wireless timing signals provided by a wireless transceiver, at locations in the acoustic space, to wireless loudspeakers and then back to the wireless transceiver to determine an amount of time between transmission and reception by the wireless transceiver. The timing delays are used to determine the locations of the wireless loudspeakers in the acoustic space. Based on the determined locations, the audio processing component generates indications of correct or incorrect wireless loudspeaker placements, and performs audio channel mapping. |
| US10284990B2 |
Virtual simulation of spatial audio characteristics
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a system and method for demonstrating spatial performance of a demonstration speaker model to consumers in order to evaluate different speakers. The system and method comprise a microphone array for recording the output of the demonstration speaker model. The system and method comprise acoustic input samples for processing to an acoustic output and a processor for determining characteristics of each microphone recording, and processing an acoustic input sample and characteristics of each microphone recording corresponding to a selected demonstration speaker model. The system and method further comprise a reference speaker model for outputting an acoustic signal based on the result of the processing. The processing compensates for the performance characteristic of the reference speaker and the performance characteristic of the selected demonstration speaker so as to mimic the spatial characteristics of the demonstration speaker while avoiding bias from the reference speaker. |
| US10284986B2 |
Piezoelectric speaker and method for forming the same
A piezoelectric speaker and a method for forming the piezoelectric speaker are provided. The method includes: providing a piezoelectric actuator which includes a piezoelectric layer, a bottom electrode and a top electrode, wherein the bottom electrode and the top electrode are on two opposite surfaces of the piezoelectric layer; providing a speaker frame which includes a base and a bump structure on the base; forming a solder layer on a top surface of the bump structure; and combining the bottom electrode of the piezoelectric actuator with the speaker frame through the solder layer. |
| US10284985B1 |
Crowd-sourced device latency estimation for synchronization of recordings in vocal capture applications
Latency on different devices (e.g., devices of differing brand, model, vintage, etc.) can vary significantly and tens of milliseconds can affect human perception of lagging and leading components of a performance. As a result, use of a uniform latency estimate across a wide variety of devices is unlikely to provide good results, and hand-estimating round-trip latency across a wide variety of devices is costly and would constantly need to be updated for new devices. Instead, a system has been developed for crowdsourcing latency estimates. |
| US10284983B2 |
Playback device calibration user interfaces
Examples described herein involve providing playback device calibration user interfaces to guide a calibration process for one or more playback devices in a playback environment. In one example, a network device receives audio samples continuously from a microphone of the network device for a predetermined duration of time, wherein the predetermined duration of time comprises a plurality of periodic time increments. At each time increment within the predetermined duration of time, the network device dynamically updating on a graphical display of the network device, (i) a representation of a frequency response based on audio samples that have been received between a beginning of the predetermined duration of time and the respective time increment, and (ii) a representation of the respective time increment relative to the predetermined duration of time. |
| US10284982B1 |
Bone conduction speaker patch
A method includes: receiving, at a processor that is remote from a bone conduction device adhered to a user's skin, a first output signal from the bone conduction device, the first output signal having been generated by a first sensor in the bone conduction device, the first sensor being configured to detect non-audible inputs; identifying, at the processor, a first measurement signal characteristic based on the first output signal; determining, at the processor, that the first measurement signal characteristic is indicative of a state of the user; selecting a control signal configured to cause a transducer in the bone conduction device to generate an output to alter the state of the user or the user's perception of the state; and transmitting the control signal from the processor to the bone conduction device. |
| US10284980B1 |
Intelligent group identification
An example implementation may involve a media playback system receiving message(s) indicating that a first playback device is available for configuration into a zone of a media playback system. The implementation may further involve identifying one or more second playback devices and determining that the first playback device and the one or more second playback devices are compatible with certain bonded zone configurations. The implementation may also involve detecting selection of a bonded zone configuration from among the compatible bonded zone configurations and displaying an indication of one or more particular second playback devices that are compatible with the selected bonded zone configuration. The implementation may involve detecting selection of at least one particular second playback device from among the one or more particular second playback devices and causing the first playback device to form the selected bonded zone configuration with the selected at least one particular second playback device. |
| US10284976B2 |
Hearing aid
A hearing device configured to be worn in an ear canal, wherein the hearing device comprises a housing, a receiver, one or more microphones and a battery. The receiver is arranged in the housing in a manner in which the receiver at least partly extends outside of the housing, and a sealing element is configured to be arranged in the bony region of the ear canal. |
| US10284975B2 |
Self-fitting in-canal component and hearing assistance device
The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatus for constructing and fitting a component that is designed to be worn at least partially within an ear canal. The methods and apparatus may be used in hearing aids such as receiver-in-canal hearing aids and completely-in-canal hearing aids. The techniques may also be use in constructing and fitting other devices including audio earbuds and ear plugs. |
| US10284974B2 |
Acoustically transparent barrier layer to seal audio transducers
Disclosed herein, among other things, are methods and apparatus for mitigating foreign material buildup for hearing assistance device components. The present subject matter includes a hearing assistance device transducer barrier layer configured to resist accumulation and passage of foreign materials. In various embodiments, the barrier layer includes a membrane that is coated with oleophobic and hydrophobic materials, wherein the barrier is acoustically transparent but prevents the accumulation and passage of unwanted materials. |
| US10284971B2 |
Hearing assistance method
A method of providing hearing assistance to a at least one user wearing at least one receiver hearing assistance device from at least one audio transmission device worn by a another user, involving: automatically pairing and connecting the audio transmission device with the receiver hearing assistance device to form an ad-hoc network for exchanging network and/or control information, estimating at least one of an angular direction of the audio transmission device with regard to a viewing direction of the user of the receiver hearing assistance device and an angular direction of the receiver hearing assistance device with regard to a viewing direction of the user of the audio transmission device, admitting the audio transmission device to a wireless local acoustic area network for exchanging audio signals only if, as a predefined admission rule, the transmission device is within a field of view of one of the users. |
| US10284966B2 |
Audio amplification electronic device with independent pitch and bass response adjustment
Techniques used to selectively amplify audio signals are described herein in connection with audio amplification electronic devices, such as hearing aids, including over-the-ear hearing aids. A device and its operation are described to facilitate setting low and high tone/volume controls separately, using at least two selection mechanisms. In one aspect, a first selection mechanism includes a pitch frequency control rocker switch and the second selection mechanism includes a bass frequency control rocker switch disposed separately. In one aspect, the bass frequency control rocker switch causes a processor to bias the frequency response of the sound amplifier for frequencies below 1 kHz. In another aspect, the pitch frequency control rocker switch causes a processor to bias the frequency response of the hearing for frequencies above 1 kHz. In another aspect, the selection mechanism involves the separate attenuation of treble and bass adjustments in response to a user selection of a rocker switch setting for each adjustment. |
| US10284963B2 |
High performance sealed-gap capacitive microphone
Some preferred embodiments include a microphone system for receiving sound waves, the microphone including a back plate, a radiation plate, first and second electrodes, first and second insulator layers, a power source and a microphone controller. The radiation plate is clamped to the back plate so that there is a hermetically sealed circular gap between the radiation plate and the back plate. The first electrode is fixedly attached to a side of the back plate proximate to the gap. The second electrode is fixedly attached to a side of the radiation plate. The insulator layers are attached to the back plate and/or the radiation plate, on respective gap sides thereof, so that the insulator layers are between the electrodes. The microphone controller is configured to use the power source to drive the microphone at a selected operating point comprising normalized static mechanical force, bias voltage, and relative bias voltage level. A radius and height of the gap, and a thickness of the radiation plate, are determined using the selected operating point so that a sensitivity of the microphone at the selected operating point is an optimum sensitivity for the selected operating point. |
| US10284962B2 |
MEMS microphone and method of manufacturing the same
A MEMS microphone includes a substrate having a cavity, a back plate disposed over the substrate and having a plurality of acoustic holes, a diaphragm disposed over the substrate to cover the cavity, the diaphragm being disposed under the back plate to be spaced apart from the back plate, including venting holes communicating with the cavity, and sensing an acoustic pressure to create a displacement, a first insulation layer interposed between the substrate and the diaphragm to support the diaphragm, and the first insulation layer including an opening formed at a position corresponding to the cavity to expose the diaphragm, a second insulating layer formed over the substrate to cover an upper face of the back plate and an insulating interlayer formed between the first insulation layer and the second insulation layer, and the insulation interlayer being located outside the diaphragm and supporting the second insulation layer to make the back plate be spaced from the diaphragm. Thus, a process of manufacturing the MEMS microphone may be simplified. |
| US10284961B2 |
MEMS-based structure for pico speaker
Techniques described herein generally include methods and systems related to a MEMS-based audio speaker system that includes a first movable element, formed from a first layer of a semiconductor substrate, and a second movable element, formed from a second layer of the semiconductor substrate that is a different layer than the first layer of the semiconductor substrate. The first movable element may be configured to oscillate along a first directional path substantially orthogonal to the first plane. |
| US10284958B2 |
Silica gel diaphragm, speaker module, and method for reprocessing silica gel diaphragm
A silica gel diaphragm, a speaker module, and a method for reprocessing a silica gel diaphragm. Two symmetrical wire grooves are etched on a surface of the silica gel diaphragm by laser etching technique, an electrically conductive metal layer is deposited in each of the grooves, and either end of each of the metal layers includes a first and second soldering portions. Each of the first soldering portions is deposited on a planar portion of the silica gel diaphragm, and is used for soldering a winding tap of a voice coil on an inner side of the voice coil. Each of the second soldering portions is deposited on a fixing portion of the silica gel diaphragm, and is used for soldering a bonding pad on a housing. Middle portions connecting the first soldering portions and the second soldering portions are deposited in the diaphragm to form an electrically conductive path. |
| US10284957B2 |
Devices and methods for a high performance electromagnetic speaker based on monolayers
A device is provided that comprises a membrane that includes one or more layers of an electrically resistive material. The device also comprises a film disposed along a surface of the membrane to form a coil. The film includes one or more layers of an electrically conductive material. The device also comprises a support structure coupled to a periphery of the membrane. The device also comprises a magnet arranged to provide a magnetic field that is substantially parallel to the surface of the membrane. The device also comprises a signal conditioner configured to provide an electrical signal to the coil to generate an electrical current flowing through the coil. The electrical current interacts with the magnetic field to cause a vibration of the membrane. Characteristics of the vibration are based on at least the electrical signal provided by the signal conditioner. |
| US10284956B2 |
Technologies for localized audio enhancement of a three-dimensional video
Technologies for localized audio enhancement of a three-dimensional video include capturing a three-dimensional video including depth data using a three-dimensional camera of a mobile computing device and receiving a three-dimensional audio associated with the three-dimensional video using a microphone array. A user may enhance localized audio by selecting a region of the three-dimensional image from the three-dimensional video. In response, the mobile computing device generates an audio component of the three-dimensional audio corresponding to the selected region based on depth data associated with the selected region. A user may subsequently enhance the audio component by, for example, increasing the volume of the audio component or increasing the clarity of the audio component. In this way, a user may focus the audio playback on a selected portion of the three-dimensional video, which improves the user's ability to listen and understand an individual, group of individuals, or region captured in the three-dimensional video. |
| US10284951B2 |
Orientation-based audio
A method and apparatus for outputting audio based on an orientation of an electronic device, or video shown by the electronic device. The audio may be mapped to a set of speakers using either or both of the device and video orientation to determine which speakers receive certain audio channels. |
| US10284950B2 |
Speaker enclosure status
The reliability and resilience of a speaker in a portable device may be improved by enabling the device to determine a status of an enclosure of a transducer. The impedance profiles of transducers vary depending on the enclosure status, whether the enclosure is leaky, ported, or sealed. Determination of parameters related to an impedance of a transducer may aid in a determination of the status of the enclosure. Once an enclosure status is determined, that information may be used to determine an excursion model for the transducer. Adapting the excursion model or other audio processing parameters can improve protection and performance of the transducer. |
| US10284949B2 |
Impedance matching method and apparatus for electret microphone, and communication device
An impedance matching method for an electret microphone is provided. In some embodiments, the impedance matching method includes collecting a bias voltage between a source and a drain of a field effect transistor built in the electret microphone; determining whether the bias voltage is within a preset bias voltage threshold range; and if it is detected that the bias voltage is not within the preset bias voltage threshold range, sending a corresponding control signal to adjust load bias impedance so that the bias voltage is within the preset voltage threshold. An impedance matching apparatus for an electret microphone and a communication device are also provided. |
| US10284946B2 |
Speaker frame and speaker having the same
A speaker frame, including: a vibration support portion supporting a vibrating body of a speaker; a magnet support portion arranged inside of said vibration support portion and supporting magnetic circuit portion of said speaker; and a plurality of connection beams connecting said vibration support portion and said magnet support portion, wherein the vibration support portion and the magnet support portion have a circular ring shape having the same major axis length and minor axis length, said plurality of connection beams are arranged radially centering on a central axis from said magnet support portion to said vibration support portion, the central axis being parallel to a direction of an acoustic radiation, and a length of one of said connection beams and a length of another connection beams are different from each other. |
| US10284944B1 |
Sound generating device as well as vehicle exhaust system
A sound generating device for a vehicle exhaust system has a housing, a sound generator located in the housing, a housing wall that comprises an opening for the sound generator, and a sound channel that extends in the housing. The sound generator is mounted to a shoulder section of the opening such that the opening is closed by the sound generator and a front side and a rear side of the sound generator are assigned to different sides of the opening. The sound channel acoustically connects the rear side of the sound generator with the front side of the sound generator. The opening and the sound generator comprise a central axis and the sound channel runs at least partially around the central axis. |
| US10284942B2 |
Antennas for wireless earbuds
An accessory such as a wireless earbud may have an antenna for transmitting and receiving wireless signals. A housing for the earbud may have a main body portion and an extended portion that forms a stalk protruding from the main body portion. The earbud may have a speaker aligned with a speaker port in the main body portion. The antenna may have an elongated shape and may extend along the stalk. The stalk may have a plastic housing wall portion. The antenna may be formed from first and second metal traces on opposing sides of a printed circuit substrate. The first metal trace may form an antenna resonating element arm and may lie between the substrate and the plastic housing wall portion. The second metal trace may be a ground trace. A feed for the antenna may be located at a juncture between the main body portion and the stalk. |
| US10284941B2 |
Earphone
An earphone has a housing with a signal process unit to output sound. The housing has a chamber and a speaker mounted inside the chamber. The chamber is defined as a front volume and a rear volume by the speaker, and the rear volume having a port. Wherein the speaker in the volume outputting a chamber frequency response curve is at least a portion higher than the earphone's ideal frequency response curve at the bandwidth ranging from 20 Hz to 1000 Hz, where creates a gain difference between the chamber frequency response curve and the ideal frequency response curve to be decreased the (superfluous) positive value by a signal process unit at the bandwidth ranging from 20 Hz to 1000 Hz. Therefore, the total acoustic energy is maintained, the earphone acoustic quality is preserved, and the earphone volume may output even higher power to be deduced by the signal process unit for lowering down the circuit power consumption. |
| US10284940B2 |
Earset and control method therefor
The present disclosure relates to an earset and a control method therefor, the earset comprising: an earset main body including two ends which are configured to be detachable from and attachable to each other; a plurality of earphones for outputting sound signals; a sound output part including at least one speaker; a sensing part for sensing a change in detachment and attachment states of the two ends; and a control part which, depending on whether the detachment and attachment states of the two ends are changed, turns on or off a function which is executed in the earset or executes any one of the functions corresponding to an event sensed from the earset. |
| US10284933B2 |
Non-symmetric interconnection over fiber
In a configuration wherein N individual fibers interconnect two devices, each fiber can be configured, through configuration of the packet processing devices at each end of the fiber, to carry traffic in a single direction. From the perspective of the first device, an arbitrary subset T of the N fibers can be used for transmitting signals to the second device. The packet processing devices terminating a subset R of the remaining N-T fibers can be configured so that the first device may receive signals from the second device. |
| US10284931B2 |
Liquid crystal grating-based optical switch
Embodiments of the present invention provide a liquid crystal grating-based optical switching apparatus, including an input collimator, an input polarization beam splitter, an input quarter-wave plate, a liquid crystal grating, an output quarter-wave plate, an output polarization beam splitter, and an output collimator. A transmission path is selected for an optical signal by changing a voltage of a liquid crystal grating so that the optical signal is output to a selected output. |
| US10284929B2 |
Computer tomography apparatus with a wireless control system
A computed tomography (CT) apparatus wireless controller has a CT main control circuit and a wireless main control circuit. The wireless main control circuit receives a control signal from a wireless secondary controller, and subjects the control signal to a validity check according to an identifier of the wireless secondary controller carried in the control signal when the control signal passes the check, it is supplied to the CT main control circuit from the wireless main control circuit. The CT main control circuit performs corresponding operation control according to the control signal. |
| US10284928B2 |
System and method of analyzing CMTS data streams
Systems, methods, architectures, mechanisms or apparatus for analyzing cable modem termination system (CMTS) streams by correlating anomalies found in full spectrum CMTS upstream data to changes in cable modem operational settings to identify and correct network fault conditions, model CMTS behavior, improve network performance and the like. |
| US10284925B2 |
Meter device
A utility meter device (1002) including a communications receiver (110) for receiving file fragments for the device, a processing means (150), eg microprocessor, microcontroller, and programmable non-volatile memory means (120), eg flash, EEPROM, for building and storing application and data files from the fragments, and executing a meter application of the device by processing at least one application file and associated data identified by configuration instructions in at least one of the fragments to provide data for reconfiguring a meter through a control interface (1016). |
| US10284922B2 |
Advertisement detection system and method based on fingerprints
The present invention relates to an advertisement detection system based on fingerprints, and provides an advertisement detection systems based on fingerprints, including a content stream storage unit for storing broadcast content in real time, a section selection unit for selecting a reference section and a test section from broadcast content stored by the content stream storage unit, a fingerprint extraction unit for extracting fingerprints from the reference section and the test section selected by the section selection unit using one or more methods, a fingerprint matching unit for comparing the fingerprints from the test section and the reference section, extracted by the fingerprint extraction unit, with each other and then performing matching between the fingerprints, an advertisement section determination unit for determining advertisement segments from the test section based on results of the matching performed by the fingerprint matching. |
| US10284921B2 |
Consumer-configurable alternative advertising reception with incentives
An original advertisement is transformed at a first content viewing device into a transferrable incentivized deferred advertisement that itself includes as added encoded data elements a configured incentive, a configured incentive time period within which to obtain the configured incentive, and a reporting instruction that causes an alternative content viewing device to report advertisement viewing back to the first content viewing device. The transferrable incentivized deferred advertisement, that includes the added encoded data elements, is transferred to the alternative content viewing device. |
| US10284918B2 |
Methods and systems for receiving ratings from a third-party source of ratings
Methods and systems are presented for selecting a preferred source of ratings (e.g., Metacritic.com) and integrating the ratings into the electronic program guide (EPG) such as displaying the ratings alongside program listings. By allowing the user to select the source of ratings, the media guidance application ensures that the ratings provided are meaningful to the user. The media guidance application retrieves the ratings from the source of ratings selected by the user and displays the retrieved ratings in the corresponding program listing so that the user may make an informed decision about his or her television viewing. The media guidance application may also incorporate the retrieved ratings into media guidance functions such as setting reminders, scheduling recordings, or recommending programs. |
| US10284917B2 |
Closed-captioning uniform resource locator capture system and method
A particular method includes extracting, at a computing device, uniform resource locator data from closed-captioning content. The method further includes receiving, at the computing device, user settings via a network interface. The user settings include an organizational preference corresponding to the uniform resource locator data. The method also includes generating, at the computing device, a web page that includes a portion of the uniform resource locator data as selectable links. The selectable links are organized according to the organizational preference. |
| US10284916B2 |
Personalized menus and media content interface
Methods and apparatus for generating personalized menus and a media content interface are provided. In one example, different device specific media asset lists are generated at different user devices for the same user based on the media consumption history at each device. In another example, media asset listings are displayed for multicast and on-demand media assets determined to be of interest to the user. An on-demand media asset is listed at a time when no other multicast media assets are listed. In another example, media asset listings for successive episodes of a media series are displayed in sequential order in response to an input to view successive episodes of a media series. In another example, a text search for media content is performed in which the search priority of media provider results is decreased relative to the search priority of media asset results as additional characters are added to a search string. |
| US10284914B2 |
Maintaining a user profile based on dynamic data
The present invention allows users to interact with people, who have interacted with other people, and obtain media files and recommendations from those having common interests, thereby creating interactive media communities and spawning electronic social networks based on media and other types of electronic entertainment. |
| US10284910B2 |
Powering-on devices based on remote control movement
Apparatuses, methods, systems, and program products are disclosed for powering-on devices based on remote control movement. A method includes detecting, by a processor, that a remote control device is moving based on data from one or more sensors communicatively coupled to the remote control device. The method includes transmitting, wirelessly from the remote control device, a power-on signal to one or more information handling devices in response to the movement of the remote control device. |
| US10284909B2 |
Display apparatus, user terminal apparatus, system, and controlling method thereof
A display apparatus is disclosed. The display apparatus includes a communicator configured to communicate with an access point (AP), a storage, a display, an image processor, and a processor configured to, in a sleep mode, in response to a first signal being received via the AP from an external device accessing the AP, switch from the sleep mode to an standby mode and transmit a response signal with respect to the first signal to the external device, and to store content received from the external device in the storage while the display is turned-off, wherein the processor, in response to a second signal further being received from the external device, activates the image processor to process the content stored in the storage and activates the display to display the processed content. |
| US10284908B2 |
Providing multiple data transmissions
Methods and systems related to processing multiple data transmissions are disclosed. For example, a computing device may receive a data stream corresponding to a content item, and generate additional data streams by sampling the data stream, for example, using different sampling regions. Another data stream at a higher resolution than each of the additional data streams may then be generated by combining elements (e.g., pixels) of the additional data streams. |
| US10284907B2 |
Device, system, and method for game enhancement using cross-augmentation
A device, system, and method generates augmentations for an enhanced display. The method performed at an enhancement server includes receiving device data from a plurality of client devices associated with respective users attending an event at a venue, the client devices configured to capture data associated with the event in the venue. The method includes determining a first client device of the client devices in which an augmentation is to be shown based on the device data. The method includes determining a second client device of the client devices that captured second data corresponding to the augmentation. The method includes facilitating an exchange of the second data with the first client device, the second data being used to augment the first data by generating an enhanced data based on the first and second data for presentation to a first user associated with the first client device. |
| US10284903B2 |
Entry adapters for frequency band blocking internal network signals
An entry adapter is configured to allow downstream and upstream network signals from an external network to communicate with a client device in an internal network. The entry adapter includes a two-way, downstream and upstream network communications and frequency hand, internal network signal blocking device, which includes a signal splitter and a diplexer configured to separate network signals into a high frequency band network signal range and a low frequency band network signal range. The internal network signals are in the high frequency band network signal range, and the downstream and upstream network signals are in the low frequency band network signal range. The signal splitter is configured to allow a first reduced signal-strength network signal copy to be communicated to a primary network port and allow a second reduced signal-strength network signal copy to be communicated to a secondary network port. |
| US10284900B2 |
Multiview as an application for physical digital media
A multi-window user interface (UI) is presented in various configurations and operational uses to leverage the relatively large display canvas afforded by large screen display devices such as 4K or 8K displays. Along with the various “Multiview” aspects, content delivery techniques, content selection techniques, and level of service techniques also are presented. |
| US10284898B2 |
Data distribution device and imaging apparatus
A data distribution device for stably distributing specific data such as video data is provided. Video distribution device as a data distribution device includes video distribution unit as a specific data distribution unit, video distribution determining unit as a specific data distribution determining unit, and routing setting unit. When video distribution determining unit determines that video distribution unit is distributing video data as the specific data, and when the default route information has been acquired from a second communication device connected to a second network, routing setting unit holds the default route information without changing the default route. |
| US10284893B2 |
Method and apparatus for managing advertising
A system that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining identified impressions that are detected from consumption data collected from a group of media processors where the identified impressions represent viewing of selected content and where the consumption data indicates channel tuning events at the group of media processors including changing of channels, applying a ridge regression analysis to the identified impressions to determine a predicted number of target impressions per advertisement slot, and generating a media plan based on a ratio of an advertisement slot cost to the predicted number of target impressions per advertisement slot. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US10284890B2 |
SHVC-based UHD image data transmission and reception system
The described technology generally relates to a scalable high efficiency video coding (SHVC)-based ultra-high definition (UHD) image data transmission and reception system. The SHVC-based UHD image data transmission and reception system includes an image data collector configured to collect various kinds of image data and additional data of the image data. The system also includes an image data coder configured to code the image data and the additional data by using an HEVC-based scalable video coding scheme, and an image data transmitter configured to transmit at least one of a portion of the coded image data and the coded additional data to a terminal via a communication network. |
| US10284884B2 |
Monitoring individual viewing of television events using tracking pixels and cookies
A real-time content identification and tracking system enabling monitoring of television programming consumption specific to an individual television or other viewing device. Metrics collected may include data regarding viewing of specific broadcast media, commercial messages, interactive on-screen information or other programming, as well as locally cached, time-shifted programming. Information about media consumption by such specific television sets or other viewing means may be returned to a commercial client of the system through a trusted third-party intermediary service and, in certain embodiments, encoded tokens may be used to manage the display of certain events as well as to enable robust auditing of each involved party's contractual performance. |
| US10284880B2 |
Adaptive security camera image compression method of operation
A lossy compression method optimizes bandwidth and storage for a security surveillance network. An appliance on a local network attached to event capture terminals transforms image files into a key frame and at least one subsequent frame. Decompression combines a subsequent frame with its key frame to provide an image with graduated resolution/noise clutter. A camera records, and forwards a plurality of image files compatible with JPEG encoding. Key frames are selected from among the plurality of image files. A configurable low pass filter is reset for each train of a key frame and its subsequent frame or frames. Each low pass filter is selectively applied to each pixel block within a subsequent frame. The transformation operates on coefficients of frequency bins. Meta data enables decompression of a single subsequent frame by reversing some of the transformations to provide a JPEG compatible file having selectively reduced resolution or noise clutter. |
| US10284877B2 |
Video encoder
A video encoder may compare frames to generate a difference frames. The difference frame may be apportioned to generate a plurality of portions. Portions meeting a threshold pixel number condition are selected for compression. The threshold pixel number condition may measure the number of pixels which exceed an intensity threshold. |
| US10284874B2 |
Methods and systems for intra block copy coding with block vector derivation
Systems and methods are described for encoding and decoding video using derived block vectors as predictors in intra block copy mode. In an exemplary encoding method, an encoder identifies at least a first candidate block vector for the prediction of an input video block, where the first candidate block vector points to a first candidate block. The encoder then identifies a first predictive vector (e.g. a block vector or a motion vector) that was used to encode the first candidate block. From the first candidate block vector and the first predictive vector, the encoder generates a derived predictive vector from the first candidate block vector and the first predictive vector. The encoder then encodes the video block in the bit stream using the derived predictive vector for the prediction of the input video block. |
| US10284870B1 |
Adjusting interpolation phase for motion estimation motion compensation using image analysis
A method of adjusting motion in a video sequence, includes performing motion estimation on an original video sequence and producing initial motion vectors and motion statistics, using the motion statistics to determine a level of motion estimation and motion compensation (MEMC) in the video sequence, adjusting a frame interpolation process based upon the level, and producing a frame interpolated video sequence from the original video sequence and the adjusted frame interpolation process. |
| US10284869B2 |
Constrained motion field estimation for hardware efficiency
Motion field estimation is used to predict motion within video blocks. A current block of a current frame is identified as a projection of a first reference block of a first reference frame onto the current frame. The projection uses a first motion vector of the reference block with respect to a second reference frame. A temporal motion vector candidate is determined for the current block by projecting the current block onto a second reference frame. The temporal motion vector candidate identifies a second reference block. A motion vector selected from a motion vector candidate list is used to generate a prediction block using the selected motion vector. The current block is coded using the prediction block. |
| US10284866B1 |
Method and apparatus for video coding
Aspects of the disclosure provide method and apparatus for video coding. The processing circuitry in the apparatus decodes prediction information of a first block from a coded video bitstream. The first block is a non-square block and the prediction information for the first block is indicative of a first intra prediction mode in a first set of intra prediction modes for a square block. Then, the processing circuitry determines that the first intra prediction mode is within a subset of disabled intra prediction modes for the non-square block in the first set of intra prediction modes for the square block, remaps the first intra prediction mode to a second intra prediction mode in a second set of intra prediction modes that is used for the non-square block. Further, the processing circuitry reconstructs at least one sample of the first block according to the second intra prediction mode. |
| US10284860B1 |
Method and apparatus for video coding
A method and an apparatus for video coding are provided. The apparatus includes processing circuitry. Prediction information of a first block from a coded video bitstream is decoded by the processing circuitry. The first block is a non-square block and the prediction information of the first block is indicative of a first intra prediction direction mode in a first set of intra prediction direction modes that is associated with the non-square block. The first set of intra prediction direction modes has a first number of different intra prediction direction modes from a second set of intra prediction direction modes that is associated with a square block. The first number is a positive integer that is based on an aspect ratio of the first block. At least one sample of the first block is subsequently reconstructed by the processing circuitry according to the first intra prediction direction mode. |
| US10284855B2 |
Video decoder with reduced dynamic range transform with inverse transform shifting memory
A method for decoding video includes receiving quantized coefficients representative of a block of video representative of a plurality of pixels. The quantized coefficients are dequantized based upon a function of a remainder. The dequantized coefficients are inverse transformed to determine a decoded residue. |
| US10284853B2 |
Projected interpolation prediction generation for next generation video coding
Techniques related to projected interpolation prediction generation for video coding are described. |
| US10284845B2 |
JVET quadtree plus binary tree (QTBT) structure with multiple asymmetrical partitioning
A method of partitioning in video coding for JVET, comprising representing a JVET coding tree unit as a root node in a quadtree plus binary tree (QTBT) structure that can have quadtree or binary partitioning of the root node and quadtree or binary trees branching from each of the leaf nodes. The partitioning at any depth can use asymmetric binary partitioning to split a node represented by a leaf node into two child nodes of unequal size, representing the two child nodes as leaf nodes in a binary tree branching from the parent leaf node and coding the child nodes represented by final leaf nodes of the binary tree with JVET, wherein further partitioning of child nodes split from leaf nodes via asymmetric binary partitioning is allowed recursively along the same branch in any order with symmetric partitioning. |
| US10284844B1 |
Method and apparatus for video coding
Method and decoder for reconstructing at least a sample of a block using an intra prediction angle determined from an intra prediction mode. The method includes decoding at least one syntax element from a coded video sequence. The at least one syntax element is indicative of an intra prediction mode. An intra prediction angle is determined that corresponds to the indicated intra prediction mode based on a stored relationship between a plurality of intra prediction modes and a plurality of intra prediction angles. At least one sample of a block is reconstructed using the intra prediction angle that is determined to correspond to the indicated intra prediction mode. The plurality of intra prediction modes in the stored relationship can include at least one of a first plurality of wide angle prediction modes and a second plurality of wide angle prediction modes. The first plurality of wide angle prediction modes is beyond a bottom left direction diagonal mode and the second plurality of wide angle prediction modes is beyond a top right direction diagonal mode. |
| US10284839B2 |
Binocular see-through AR head-mounted display device and information display method therefor
A binocular see-through AR head-mounted display device and an information display method therefor are disclosed. The present invention uses the scene depth image and the user stared point to calculate the position of the target object stared by the user and maps coordinates to the screen coordinate system to determine the overlapping position of AR information. In addition, the present invention can tolerate small changes of human eye sight, and the AR information can be stably stacked in the same position with good robustness. The present invention can distinguish the target object stared by the user from the background, and when the user eye sight is put on different parts of the target object, the AR information is still superimposed at the same position without frequent movement with changes of the eye sight. |
| US10284828B2 |
Projection type display system, projection-type display device, and timing adjustment method
A projection-type display system has: a light-emitting wheel that, by rotating, sequentially supplies light excited by light emitted from a light source and transmitted or reflected light of light that is emitted by the light source; a color separation wheel that, by rotating, sequentially color-separates and supplies light output of the light-emitting wheel; an image-forming element that, in accordance with a picture signal, performs light modulation of the light supplied by the color separation wheel; a light detection unit that detects the light that has undergone light modulation; and control units that adjust the light modulation and rotation timing of the light-emitting wheel after adjusting the light modulation and rotation timing of the color separation wheel. |
| US10284822B2 |
System for enhancing the visibility of a ground surface adjacent to a land vehicle
A system for enhancing the visibility of a ground surface adjacent to a land vehicle is provided. The system includes a mobile communication device, a hand-held communication device and control logic coupled to the mobile device and operative to determine if the hand-held device is an authorized device. An imaging assembly is supported on the vehicle to obtain an image of the ground surface. An image processor processes the image to detect an obstacle located on the ground surface. The control logic is operative to generate a display command signal. A display device is responsive to the signal to display in real time the detected obstacle or a welcome mat onto or adjacent the vehicle for enhanced viewing by an approaching pedestrian when the pedestrian carrying the authorized device is located within a predetermined range of the mobile device. |
| US10284818B2 |
Multi-camera image stitching calibration system
A method of calibrating cameras of a multi-camera vision system for a being-assembled vehicle includes providing a plurality of targets at a vehicle assembly line at a vehicle assembly plant and moving a being-assembled vehicle along the vehicle assembly line. When the being-assembled vehicle is moved along the vehicle assembly line so as to be at provided calibrating targets, at least some targets of the calibrating targets are encompassed by respective fields of view of the cameras of the being-assembled vehicle. The presence of at least one target is determined via processing of captured image data and as the being-assembled vehicle moves along the vehicle assembly line. Responsive to determination of the presence of at least one target, the cameras are calibrated and as the being-assembled vehicle moves along the vehicle assembly line. |
| US10284815B2 |
System and methods for physical whiteboard collaboration in a video conference
Embodiments are described for provision of video conferencing with, for example, a virtual whiteboard for displaying annotations and streaming of a physical whiteboard, indexing of physical whiteboard content, and compositing and projection of remote whiteboard content onto a local whiteboard. |
| US10284814B2 |
Transmission management system, transmission system, information processing apparatus, and transmission management method
A transmission management system for managing a session transmitting content data via a relay apparatus, includes a service management unit configured to manage service management information including service identification information identifying service content to be provided to each of transmission terminals, and service content corresponding to the service identification information; a first acquisition unit configured to acquire the service identification information for the transmission terminal participating in the session; a second acquisition unit configured to acquire terminal capacity information indicating service content available for the transmission terminal; an extraction unit configured to extract the service content available for the transmission terminal, based on service content corresponding to the acquired service identification information and service content corresponding to the acquired terminal capacity information; and a determination unit configured to determine service content of the transmission terminal participating in the session, based on the extracted service content. |
| US10284813B2 |
Automatic camera selection
Various embodiments enable a video messaging experience which permits the exchange of short video messages in an asynchronous manner. The video messaging experience preserves the video intimacy and experience of synchronous-type video communications, while at the same time provides the convenience of SMS-type message exchange. |
| US10284812B1 |
Multi-participant live communication user interface
An electronic device includes a display, one or more processors, and memory storing one or more programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors. The device can display a messaging user interface of a messaging application. The device can receive first data indicating that a live communication session that is available to three or more participants is active, and in response to receiving the first data, display a notification indicating that the live communication session is active. While displaying the notification indicating that the live communication session is active, the device can receive second data indicating that the live communication session between the three or more participants is no longer active. In response to receiving the second data, the device can cease to display the notification or update the notification to indicate that the live communication session is no longer active. |
| US10284806B2 |
Barrage message processing
Approaches presented herein enable displaying a barrage message. Specifically, one or more objects and location information for each object in a frame of a video are identified. A barrage message to be displayed in the frame of the video is obtained. The barrage message is displayed without covering any object in the frame. |
| US10284802B2 |
Column comparator system and method for comparing a ramping signal and an input signal
A system and method is provided for image sensing. The image sensing system includes a comparator for comparing an input signal representing a sensed light signal from at least one pixel of the image sensing system and a reference signal. The comparator includes at least one digital transistor. |
| US10284796B2 |
Image capture apparatus and control method thereof
An image capture apparatus has an A/D converter that compares a pixel signal read out from a pixel having a photoelectric conversion element with a reference signal whose voltage changes over time, and obtains, as an A/D conversion result of the pixel signal, a digital value corresponding to a time required for a magnitude relationship between the pixel signal and the reference signal to change. The A/D converter determines a level of the pixel signal using a threshold value, makes a change rate of the voltage of the reference signal different depending on a determination result, and changes the threshold value according to a signal expansion amount of the pixel signal after A/D conversion. |
| US10284793B2 |
Machine vision system for forming a one dimensional digital representation of a low information content scene
Methods, performed by a machine vision system, for forming a one dimensional digital representation of a low information content scene, e.g., a scene that is sparsely illuminated by an illumination plane, and the one dimensional digital representation is a projection formed with respect to columns of a rectangular pixel array of the machine vision system. |
| US10284791B2 |
Display apparatus, setting method for display apparatus, and display system
Provided is a display on which an operation is performed by an information processing apparatus that is connected to the display. The display includes a USB terminal, a first video input terminal, a second video input terminal, an input signal processing unit that transmits inherent information of the display to the information processing apparatus, and a video terminal/USB terminal associating processing unit that determines, on the basis of inherent information transmitted from the information processing apparatus, whether or not the information processing apparatus is connected to a video input terminal of the display, and specifies the video input terminal connected to the information processing apparatus. |
| US10284790B1 |
Encoding segment boundary information of a video for improved video processing
A method for encoding segment boundary information of a video for improved video processing is disclosed. The method includes identifying, by a processing device, boundary data corresponding to segments of a content item, encoding the boundary data as part of the content item, and transmitting the content item with the encoded boundary data to a server. |
| US10284789B2 |
Dynamic generation of image of a scene based on removal of undesired object present in the scene
An image-capture device and method are disclosed. The image-capture device renders an application interface comprising a first preview of a scene to be captured by the image-capture device that comprises at least a first object. The image-capture device detects an undesired object in the first preview of the scene based on a selection of the first object. The detected undesired object is removed from the first preview of the scene. The image-capture device fills a portion of the first preview of the scene that corresponds to the removed undesired object in the first preview of the scene with at least one of a background region or a foreground region. The image-capture device generates a second preview of the scene based on the remove and the fill. The image-capture device further captures and generates an image of the scene based on the generated second preview. |
| US10284788B2 |
Electronic device and method for image processing
A method for displaying images is provided, including displaying, by an electronic device, a first image obtained from an image sensor; displaying, by the electronic device, a plurality of second images together with the first image, wherein each second image is generated based on the first image and a respective image filter; and responsive to a selection of at least one second image, generating a third image based on the first image and the selected second image's respective image filter and displaying the third image in place of the first image. |
| US10284785B2 |
Local tone mapping
Systems and methods are disclosed for image signal processing. For example, methods may include receiving an image from an image sensor; applying a filter to the image to obtain a low-frequency component image and a high-frequency component image; determining a first enhanced image based on a weighted sum of the low-frequency component image and the high-frequency component image, where the high-frequency component image is weighted more than the low-frequency component image; determining a second enhanced image based on the first enhanced image and a tone mapping; and storing, displaying, or transmitting an output image based on the second enhanced image. |
| US10284777B2 |
Motor control system for a self-calibrating multi-camera alignment system
Embodiments include a method for autonomous camera pod tracking of a vehicle during vehicle alignment. The method can include receiving, at a processor of an autonomous camera pod, at least one of vehicle target image data from a vehicle target camera or calibration target image data from a calibration camera, the vehicle target camera being adapted to acquire images of a target mounted to the vehicle, and the calibration camera being adapted to acquire images of a calibration target mounted to a sister autonomous camera pod. An optimal location of the autonomous camera pod can be calculated based on the received vehicle target image data or calibration target image data. The method can include transmitting, when it is determined to move the autonomous camera pod, a motor command to a motor drive of the autonomous camera pod, thereby causing the autonomous camera pod to move to the optimal location. |
| US10284776B2 |
Image generation apparatus and image generation method
A region-of-interest setting portion sets, during image pickup, a region of interest in an image picked up using a camera built in portable equipment. A component image generation unit generates a component image in which, with the image picked up using the camera built in the portable equipment, posture information of the portable equipment and the region-of-interest information set by the region-of-interest setting portion are associated. A panoramic image generation unit combines a plurality of component images between which the posture of the portable equipment is different to generate a synthesis image. |
| US10284773B2 |
Method and apparatus for preventing photograph from being shielded
The present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for preventing a field of view of an image capturing device from being shielded when capturing an image. Accordingly, an image capturing device may capture an unobstructed image that is free from any object obstructing the field of view of the image capturing device. |
| US10284771B2 |
Image-capturing apparatus, electronic device, and program
An image-capturing apparatus includes: an image sensor having a first image-capturing region and a second image-capturing region different from the first image-capturing region; and a control unit that displays an image generated by the first image-capturing region and an image generated by the second image-capturing region on a display unit, with a region targeted for setting image-capturing conditions of the image sensor being selectable. |
| US10284769B2 |
Image sensor with in-pixel depth sensing
An imaging area in an image sensor includes a plurality of photo detectors. A light shield is disposed over a portion of two photo detectors to partially block light incident on the two photo detectors. The two photo detectors and the light shield combine to form an asymmetrical pixel pair. The two photo detectors in the asymmetrical pixel pair can be two adjacent photo detectors. The light shield can be disposed over contiguous portions of the two adjacent photo detectors. A color filter array can be disposed over the plurality of photo detectors. The filter elements disposed over the two photo detectors can filter light representing the same color or different colors. |
| US10284764B2 |
Vehicle vision using image data transmission and power supply via a coaxial cable
A vehicular vision system includes a plurality of imaging sensors disposed at a vehicle and having respective exterior fields of view, each of the imaging sensors capturing respective image data. A control is disposed at the vehicle and includes a data processor. The imaging sensors are connected to the control via respective ones of a plurality of single core coaxial cables. Each single core coaxial cable commonly carries (i) image data from the respective imaging sensor to the control for processing at the data processor and (ii) power to the respective imaging sensor. The vehicular vision system utilizes at least one of (i) an ETHERNET communication protocol, (ii) a Gigabit Multimedia Serial Link (GMSL) protocol and (iii) a FPD-Link III protocol. Each of the single core coaxial cables provides bidirectional communication between the control and the respective imaging sensor. |
| US10284758B2 |
Light receiving and emitting device
There is provided a light receiving and emitting device including: a light receiving and emitting unit configured to have a plurality of pixels that receive light and perform photoelectric conversion through which an electric signal corresponding to an amount of the light is output and a plurality of light emitting units that emit light, the two or more light emitting units being disposed for every two or more pixels; an imaging optical system configured to form an image on the pixels of the light receiving and emitting unit; and a control unit configured to independently control light emission of the plurality of respective light emitting units. |
| US10284755B2 |
Nodal monitoring device and system
A monitoring device with a board case having an open end and a closed end partially defining a lower housing space; a lid connected to the board case at the closed end to define an upper housing space; a power supply within the first housing space; a printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) within the lower housing space and electrically connected through the closed end of the board case to the power supply, the PCBA having a CPU module with computer readable memory; a bracket assembly within the lower housing space; a camera module mechanically fixed to the bracket assembly; and a lens cover at least partially surrounding the camera module. In a network with a plurality of such devices, each device may be configured to communicate directly with each of the other monitoring devices without the use of a centralized server. |
| US10284749B2 |
Printer, non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program for creating scanner profile and method of creating scanner profile
Provided are a printer, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium and a scanner-profile creation method. In a printer including a print engine, a scanner and a color measurement device, or a printing system including a printer, a scanner and a color measurement device, a controller creates a scanner profile by using RGB values and color measurement values obtained by measuring a first color chart with the scanner and color measurement device, and determines a first color gamut and a second color gamut of the printer by using one or both of RGB values and color measurement values obtained by measuring the first color chart and a second color chart, respectively, where the second color chart includes at least color patches in specific colors representing a color gamut of the printer. The controller further corrects the scanner profile by comparing the first color gamut and the second color gamut. |
| US10284748B2 |
Image processing system and image processing program
An image processing system includes: an image processor having an image print function; and a server part, wherein the image processing system is connectable to a display part that displays a screen, and the server part determines whether acquisition of request information to be requested for printing is necessary, on the basis of a print mode of a print job, and generates a first screen for receiving a user operation for inputting the request information as the screen when the acquisition is necessary and generates a second screen different from the first screen when the acquisition is unnecessary. |
| US10284742B2 |
Exposure apparatus, image formation apparatus, and method of manufacturing exposure apparatus
An exposure apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a board that includes a first surface on which a light emitting element is arranged and a second surface opposite to the first surface; a lens member on which light from the light emitting element is incident; a holder that holds the lens member; and an insulation sheet formed of an insulation material. The board includes an abutment part provided on a second surface of the board. The insulation sheet is fixed to the holder while being in contact with the abutment part. |
| US10284735B2 |
Image processing apparatus with enhanced configuration of operation buttons for command inputs
An operation console used in relation to an apparatus as an object of control operated by a user operation includes: a display device having a display area for displaying information to the user; an input device for the user to input a request; and a display control device displaying, if a request for displaying specific information on said display device is input through the input device, the specific information on the display device. The input device includes a plurality of operation buttons for inputting a plurality of requests, corresponding to respective requests, arranged in the vicinity of the display area. Among the plurality of operation buttons, an operation button corresponding to the request for displaying the specific information is provided closest to the display device. |
| US10284728B1 |
Adaptive proximity thresholds for dynamic howling suppression
Devices and methods for howling suppression. One method includes receiving, via a microphone, an acoustic signal from a communication device operating in an acoustic field with the microphone. The method includes determining a reflection pattern for the acoustic field based on the acoustic signal, and determining an acoustic characteristic for the acoustic field based on the reflection pattern. The method includes determining, based on the acoustic characteristic, a plurality of howling zones for the acoustic field, each zone defined by first and second proximity thresholds. The method includes, for each of the howling zones, determining an attenuation level for the zone based on the proximity thresholds and the acoustic characteristic. The method includes determining a distance between the microphone and the communication device, selecting one of the howling zones based on the distance, and adjusting a volume of a loudspeaker based on the attenuation level for the selected howling zone. |
| US10284727B2 |
Techniques for behavioral pairing in a contact center system
Techniques for behavioral pairing in a contact center system are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for behavioral pairing in a contact center system comprising: determining, by at least one computer processor communicatively coupled to and configured to operate in the contact center system, a plurality of agents available for connection to a contact; determining, by the at least one computer processor, a plurality of preferred contact-agent pairings among possible pairings between the contact and the plurality of agents; selecting, by the at least one computer processor, one of the plurality of preferred contact-agent pairings according to a probabilistic model; and outputting, by the at least one computer processor, the selected one of the plurality of preferred contact-agent pairings for connection in the contact center system. |
| US10284724B2 |
Context sensitive rule-based alerts for fraud monitoring
According to embodiments of the present invention, various computer implemented methods are provided for generating context sensitive alerts for the purposes of fraud detection and prevention. According to one embodiment, a communication (e.g., a call) is received at (or initiated by) a workstation by a human representative or agent. Verbal (voice) communication between the agent and the third party customer is monitored and converted into text. The agent's activity in applications executing in the workstation is also tracked. The combination of converted text and the activity of the agent is evaluated in a behavior engine to detect inconsistencies between the activity of the agent and authorized or typical activity. When inconsistencies are detected, security actions are performed to alert administrators of potential fraud and, in extreme cases, further action by the agent may be prevented in the workstation to prevent additional fraud. |
| US10284723B1 |
Managing multiple agent communication sessions in a contact center
A communications handler manages incoming communications of different channel types and determines an appropriate contact center agent to receive the communication, based on which communication type and the number of sessions for each type, that an agent can handle. The performance of the agent handling the various communication sessions across the channel types is measure and monitored. If the agent's performance crosses a threshold indicating an unacceptable decrease in performance, a channel type/session may be de-assigned in order to improve the agent's performance. If the agent's performance is stellar and allows, then a further channel type or communication session of a channel type may be added. Various graphical user indications for managing the channel type performance and de-assignment are presented. |
| US10284716B2 |
Communications recorder system
A method for analysing performance of a media recording system in a telecommunications network comprising the steps of selecting an extension within a telecommunications network, the extension capable of exchanging communication media, designating a time period within which communication records for the extension should be analysed, receiving communications data for the network extension, the communications data comprising data associated with communications involving the extension with the time period, receiving media data for the network extension, the media data comprising data associated with recorded media content of communications involving the extension within the time period, comparing the communications data with the media data to determine the performance of the communications recording system. |
| US10284714B2 |
Selecting audio profiles
A computer-implemented method to select a user profile is disclosed. The method may include obtaining, from a first device, a communication attempt at a user device. The method may further include obtaining first device data associated with the communication attempt and with the first device. The method may also include comparing the first device data with multiple data elements of each of multiple user profiles associated with the user device. The method may further include selecting a user profile of the multiple user profiles that includes the data element that matches the first device data in response to the first device data matching a data element of the multiple data elements. The method may also include loading an audio profile for the selected user profile on the user device. |
| US10284712B2 |
Voice quality evaluation method, apparatus, and system
A voice quality evaluation method, apparatus, and system comprises an obtained voice data packet is parsed, and a frame content characteristic of the data packet is determined according to a parse result, for example, the frame content characteristic is a silence frame and a voice frame. Then, a voice sequence is divided into statements according to the determined frame content characteristic, and the statements are divided into multiple frame loss events; after non-voice parameters are extracted according to the frame loss events, voice quality of each statement is evaluated according to a preset voice quality evaluation model and according to the non-voice parameters. Finally, voice quality of the entire voice sequence is evaluated according to the voice quality of each statement. By using this solution, prediction precision can be improved significantly, and accuracy of an evaluation result can be improved. |
| US10284708B2 |
Portable electronic device with dual, diagonal proximity sensors and mode switching functionality
An electronic device includes a housing, a user interface, and one or more processors operable with the user interface. At least one proximity sensor component is operable with the one or more processors and can include an infrared signal receiver to receive an infrared emission from an object external to the housing. The one or more processors can be operable to actuate one or more user interface devices when the infrared signal receiver receives the infrared emission from an object external to the housing. The actuation can be a function of distance, in accordance with a prioritization, or combinations thereof. |
| US10284707B2 |
Information transmitting method, device and system, and storage medium
An information transmitting method includes the following steps: generating a connecting code and displaying the connecting code on a display of the information sending device; receiving a second unique identity from the server; obtaining contents selected by a user; generating an information sending request; and sending the information sending request to the server. According to above information transmitting method, by establishing a connection between two terminals, or two browser applications, information of different categories can be efficiently transmitted from one terminal to the other terminal. In addition, this disclosure also publishes an information transmitting device and an information transmitting system. |
| US10284704B2 |
System and method for connecting mobile devices with machine vision systems
A connecting system is provided for machine vision operations using a mobile device. The connecting system can include a machine vision system with an imaging device, as well as an identification feature associated with the machine vision system. The identification feature can include at least one of: a symbol for communicating identification information for the machine vision system to the mobile device via an imaging of the symbol by a camera associated with the mobile device, and an electronic identification device for communicating the identification information to the mobile device via electronic transmission to the mobile device. The identification information, when received at the mobile device, can facilitate connecting of the mobile device with the machine vision system for interoperation of the mobile device and the machine vision system. |
| US10284700B2 |
Method for data communication in a vehicle and data communication device
A method for data communication in a vehicle between an in-vehicle device and a mobile device coupled with the vehicle includes transmitting, by the in-vehicle device, data via a data bus of the vehicle to an in-vehicle data communication device, a first data protocol being used for this purpose, in which an arbitration occurs. The data communication device converts the data, and the data communication device transmits the converted data via a data link to the mobile device. A second data protocol is used in the data transmission from the in-vehicle data communication device to the mobile device, in which no arbitration occurs. A data communication device by which the method of the invention may be implemented is also described. |
| US10284697B2 |
Terminal device
A terminal device, including a screen, a first camera, and a movement mechanism, where the first camera is disposed on a movable component of the movement mechanism, the movement mechanism is disposed on the back of the screen, and the movable component is configured to drive the first camera to move from the back of the screen to a position at which the first camera can be seen from in front of the terminal device. |
| US10284696B2 |
Shell, method for manufacturing the same and mobile terminal having the same
A shell is provided. The shell includes a metallic body, a non-metallic layer and a coating layer. The non-metallic layer is configured to connect at least two parts of the metallic body, and the coating layer is provided on an outer surface of the non-metallic layer, and exhibits a consistent color with an outer surface of the metallic body. A method for manufacturing the shell and the mobile terminal including the shell are also provided. |
| US10284695B1 |
Voice-enabled modular devices
This disclosure describes voice-enabled modular devices that act as functional, voice-controlled endpoints at which users may provide voice commands. The voice-enabled modular devices may include a power unit which may be installed into a wall permanently to serve as a power source, and a front-panel module which detachably couples to the power unit via a hardware interface. The hardware interface may allow the front-panel module and power unit to communicate with each other, and may further allow the power unit to provide power to the front-panel module. The power unit of the voice-enabled modular device described herein may be configured to provide power to multiple front-panel modules having different capabilities, and potentially different power requirements, thereby supporting multiple front-panel modules to increase the functionality of the voice-enabled modular devices. |
| US10284694B2 |
Portable communication devices with accessory functions and related methods
Portable communication devices and related methods for use in supporting voice and/or data communication are provided. One example portable communication device includes a housing, an interface connector disposed at the housing. The interface connector is configured to couple to an accessory module configured to provide at least one accessory function. The example portable communication device also includes a processor disposed at least partially within the housing. The processor is coupled to the interface connector and is configured to determine whether a coupled accessory module is an approved module for use with the portable communication device, based on an identity of the accessory module, and if the accessory module is an approved module, enable power at the interface connector such that communication between the portable communication device and the accessory module is permitted. |
| US10284693B2 |
Remote controller
A remote controller includes a remote controller body including one or more control devices, a holding mechanism configured to move with respect to the remote controller body to switch between an extended state and a contracted state, a connecting mechanism movably connecting the holding mechanism to the remote controller body, and an antenna provided at a side of the remote controller body and rotatably connected to the remote controller body to be extended or folded. The holding mechanism includes a handle connected to the connecting mechanism. The handle is located outside the remote controller body in the extended state. The remote controller is configured to control an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). |
| US10284689B2 |
Method and system for processing machine-to-machine sensor data
An approach is described for registering a plurality of gateway devices to a sensor platform operated by a service provider, detecting at the gateway devices, one or more sensors from a personal area network of a subscriber, determining corresponding identifiers of the sensors, collecting data from the sensors over one or more coordinated personal area networks, and designating each of a plurality of agents to process the collected data for local analysis and acting on this analysis, wherein the agents are configured to communicate with other agents. |
| US10284687B2 |
Method and system for processing long-polling
A method of processing, at a web server, a long-polling between a client and a service server configured to provision a service to the client over a network includes: receiving, at the web server, a poll request from the client; transmitting, via the web server, the poll request to the service server; receiving, at the web server, a poll reply to the poll request from the service server; generating, at the web server, webpage data based on the data in the poll reply; and transmitting, via the web server, the webpage data to the client as the poll reply. The poll reply received at the web server includes data to be applied in association with the client. |
| US10284682B2 |
Enablement of quota-based quality of service
Disclosed herein is a system comprising a plurality of agents that desire access to a resource; a finite amount of an internal state; a processor that is configured to enforce an arbitration mechanism to translate a quota specification for the plurality of agents according to a set of rules comprising i) all classes of service that are serviceable are served according to the quota specification; ii) if an underserviced class is not serviceable, a serviceable class continues to be granted access to the one or more resources even if the granted access leads to an increase in the underservice of a non-serviceable class; iii) as soon as the underserviced class becomes serviceable, it will in priority recuperate its accumulated disadvantage until its quota specification is reached; and iv) the internal state is updated upon reaching boundary conditions. |
| US10284676B2 |
Systems and methods for caching augmented reality target data at user devices
Systems and methods are disclosed for transmitting, to user devices, data for potential targets predicted to be identified in an augmented reality application. One method includes receiving a request for target data related to at least one physical object within an image of a real-world environment captured at the device; identifying a current target representing the physical object within a virtual environment corresponding to the real-world environment; determining at least one potential future target to be identified at the device based on identified coincident target requests; and sending to the device target data for each of the current and potential future targets based on the determination, wherein the device presents the target data for the current target within the virtual environment displayed at the device and store the target data for the potential future target in a local memory of the device. |
| US10284673B2 |
Interface for a client of a network device
A network device includes an external subscription table, an interpreter, and a state machine. The external subscription table includes a subscription associated with a client. The interpreter is programmed to obtain the subscription; generate an entity, based on the subscription, that produces an output; and notify the client of the output. The state machine is programmed to send the output to the client based on the subscription. |
| US10284672B2 |
Network interface
A low-latency network interface and complementary data management protocols are disclosed in this specification. The data management protocols reduce dedicated control exchanges between the network interface and a corresponding host computing system by consolidating control data with network data. The network interface may also facilitate port forwarding and data logging without an external network switch. |
| US10284671B2 |
Dynamic bundling of web components for asynchronous delivery
Software that maximizes resource usage efficiency for dynamically delivered content by performing the following steps: requesting, by one or more processors on a client computer, HTML data from a server computer, the HTML data pertaining to a first webpage; receiving, by one or more processors on the client computer, the requested HTML data pertaining to the first webpage, the HTML data identifying a plurality of first webpage components associated with the first webpage; determining, by one or more processors, to combine requests for at least two of the plurality of first webpage components into a first bundled component request, where the determining is based, at least in part, on the received HTML data and a set of client computer characteristics pertaining to the client computer; and sending, by one or more processors on the client computer, the first bundled component request to the server computer over an asynchronous data connection. |
| US10284663B2 |
Module and a method for collecting non-declarative information and implemented by a telecommunications terminal
This information collection module implemented in a first telecommunications terminal comprises means for obtaining non-declarative information representative of usage of at least one first application of said first terminal; and means for communicating said non-declarative usage information to a presence server accessible by a second terminal in order to determine a presence status associated with at least one second application of said first terminal. |
| US10284654B2 |
Trusted vehicle telematics using blockchain data analytics
Various techniques for collection and processing of motor vehicle telematics data and establishing control over access to the telematics data are disclosed herein. In an example, a communication device (e.g., a computing device) operated by an owner or operator of a motor vehicle operates to receive telematics data from a telematics system, generate and transmit a derived indication of the telematics data (e.g., using a hash of the data), receive and process a request for information from the telematics data, and generate and transmit an answer and proof of the answer validity in response to the request for information. In an example, the proof of the answer validity may be provided as a zero knowledge proof. The proof may be verified using the derived indication of the telematics data, such as from an indication that is stored in a public distributed blockchain that is auditable and unalterable. |
| US10284651B2 |
Data aggregation and delivery
Embodiments are disclosed for systems and methods for controlling data aggregation and delivery between multiple user devices. In some embodiments, an in-vehicle computing system comprises a processor, an external device interface communicatively coupleable to an extra-vehicle server, and a storage device storing instructions executable by the processor. The instructions may be executable to send user information to the extra-vehicle server, the user information including information identifying a primary user of the in-vehicle computing system, receive targeted information from the server, the targeted information based on contextual information determined from interaction of the primary user with another device, and present the targeted information. |
| US10284649B2 |
Distributed processing system
The server device includes a cache, and identification information of data used in a previously executed transaction. The server device compares identification information of data to be used in a transaction received from a client, with the identification information held by it. When the comparison result shows a mismatch, the server device executes the transaction after updating the cache by using data acquired from a persistent storage device, while when the comparison result shows a match, the server device executes the transaction without updating the cache. Then, the server device determines whether optimistic exclusion succeeded or failed, and in the case of failure, re-executes the transaction after updating the data in the cache by using the data acquired from the persistent storage device. |
| US10284647B2 |
Providing information on published configuration patterns of storage resources to client systems in a network computing environment
Provided are a computer program product, method, and system for providing information on published configuration patterns of storage resources to client systems in a network computing environment. Published configuration patterns of storage resources and storage performance models for the published configuration patterns are received from the client systems and stored in a catalog. The published storage performance models are based on storage performance and workloads realized at the configuration patterns of the storage resources. A determination is made from the catalog of at least one published configuration pattern that is similar to a requested configuration pattern requested by a client system according to at least one storage attribute. A result set is generated indicating the determined at least one published configuration pattern and the storage performance model and sent to the requesting client system. |
| US10284645B1 |
Backup from network attached storage to sequential access media in network data management protocol environments
Various systems and methods for backing up multiplexed backup data streams from a Network Attached Storage (NAS) device to a sequential access media device are disclosed. One such method involves creating multiple identities of the sequential access media device on a server. A portion of a memory of the server is allocated to each respective identity of the sequential access media device. A backup data stream from the NAS device is written to each allocated portion of the memory. Data written to each allocated portion of the memory is multiplexed for transmission to the sequential access media device for storage. |
| US10284644B2 |
Information processing and content transmission for multi-display
Processing methods and systems for multi-display. The implementations may include establishing, by a computing device, a connection between a controlling terminal and an accessory display device. The computing device may receive activity ID information of a current presentation from the controlling terminal using the established connection, establish a mapping between the current presentation and the accessory display device based on the activity ID information, and transmit a presentation content associated with the current presentation to the accessory display device for display based on the mapping. |
| US10284641B2 |
Content distribution storage management
Obligatorily-acquired digital content items are stored under service control in one or more local storage machines of a computer based on service commands provided by a centralized management service; and voluntarily-acquired digital content items are stored under user control in the one or more local storage machines of the computer based on user commands. The obligatorily-acquired digital content items are protected from user-commanded deletion. The obligatorily-acquired digital content items are deleted from the one or more local storage machines based on service commands provided by the centralized management service. However, the voluntarily-acquired digital content items are deleted from the one or more local storage machines based on user commands. |
| US10284637B2 |
Minimizing service restart by optimally resizing service pools
A computer processor allocates a service instance to a first resource of a resource pool, in which the service instance corresponds to performing a first task and for the service instance to continue to occupy the first resource subsequent to task completion, and determines the first resource to be idle. The first resource is returned to a resource pool, with the service instance occupying the first resource as a global standby service instance of a first service. In response to a request of a resource to perform a task from a second application, in which the request for the resource includes a global name associated with the first service of the global standby service instance, occupying the first resource returned to the resource pool, allocating from the resource pool, the first resource occupied by the global standby service instance, based on the global name associated with the first service. |
| US10284635B2 |
Service orchestration to support a cloud-based, multi-party video conferencing service in a virtual overlay network environment
Concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to service orchestration to support cloud-based, multi-party video conferencing service in a virtual overlay network environment. According to one aspect of the concepts and technologies disclosed herein, a video conferencing service orchestrator can receive, from a user device, a service request for the cloud-based, multi-party video conferencing service orchestrated by the video conferencing service orchestrator. In response to the service request, the video conferencing service orchestrator can provide, to the user device, virtual network layer system software and a virtual machine container for installation on the user device. The virtual network layer system software can implement a network function to provide an interface between the user device and a service controller during a video conference. A conference image particular to the type of video conference can be installed on the virtual machine container to implement the video conference for the user device. |
| US10284630B2 |
Computer-implemented systems and methods for providing content based on a user-controllable adventurousness parameter
Systems and methods are provided for providing content to a user based on a user-controllable adventurousness parameter. A content pool is accessed, where the content pool contains a plurality of content items, and where each content item is associated with a content parameter. A baseline position is identified, where the baseline position is associated with a particular value of the content parameter. A user-controllable adventurousness parameter is received, where the adventurousness parameter indicates a user preference for a next content item relative to the baseline position. The next content item is selected based on the baseline position and the adventurousness parameter, and the next content item is provided via a computer network. |
| US10284629B2 |
Service providing method, service provider apparatus, information processing method and apparatus and computer-readable storage medium
A service provider apparatus is provided with a first application for executing a process related to a Web page or Web contents, and a service providing part for providing services. The first application sends a request to a second application included in another apparatus. The service providing part receives a service providing request related to the request from the second application, and provides a service depending on the service providing request, so as to expand functions of the services provided by the service provider apparatus. |
| US10284628B2 |
Distribution method and resource acquisition method
A distribution method is executed by a computer. The distribution method includes dividing a program in response to an acquisition request to acquire the program received from a terminal device connected via a network; and transferring the divided program to the terminal device. |
| US10284624B2 |
Functionality inoperable unless node registered at remote site
Systems and methods for providing registration at a remote site that may include, for example, a monitoring module that may communicate with a remote site. A registration protocol may be used by the monitoring module and the remote site in generating the messages communicated during the registration process. The monitoring module may gather and generate various identification information to be included in the registration protocol messages. The registration information provided by the monitoring module maybe stored at the remote site in a database server having a database. A confirmation message may be communicated from the remote site to the monitoring module that may either acknowledge successful registration or report that an error occurred during the registration process. |
| US10284615B2 |
Enhanced playlist definition and delivery for fast channel change with HTTP adaptive streaming
An adaptive bit rate system uses adaptive streaming to deliver content to client devices capable of adaptive bit rate streaming. Enhancing or generating compound manifest files for delivery to clients in an adaptive streaming environment permits a direct acquisition of media segments to services not currently being viewed. For example, the compound playlist can be designed to offer direct access to neighboring channels or other services in the same genre. These novel enhancements to the manifest files may reduce channel change times as well as the efficient delivery of manifest files. |
| US10284611B2 |
Systems and methods for organizational collaboration
A peer collaboration method comprising: receiving commands from certain users to create project correspondence environment (PCE) objects each containing PCE metadata and PCE team members and related entities; generating, for each of the PCE objects, child PCE objects associated with respective related entities, associating each entity with the respective child PCE object as a PCE child member, and inheriting respective PCE metadata from the PCE object, each one of the child PCE objects additionally containing child PCE team members; documenting correspondence held between any of the child PCE team members within each respective child PCE object; providing each of the child PCE team members with an access to the documented correspondence within the child PCE object; documenting correspondence held between any of the PCE team members with each of the entities; and providing each of the PCE team members with an access to the documented correspondence in the PCE object. |
| US10284605B2 |
Method and terminal for providing MCPTT service
A method and an apparatus for providing a mission critical service are provided. The method includes transmitting, by the first terminal, a first discovery announcement message to plurality of terminals performing device to device (D2D) communication according to the mission critical service, wherein the discovery announcement message includes at least one of a category of the first terminal, video performance of a camera provided in the first terminal, and information about a status of the first terminal; receiving a second discovery announcement message from a second terminal included among the plurality of terminals performing the D2D communication; and acquiring information about a presence and a capability of the second terminal based on the second discovery announcement message. |
| US10284603B2 |
System and method for providing network and computer firewall protection with dynamic address isolation to a device
A computer performs dynamic address isolation. The computer comprises an application associated with an application address, a network interface coupled to receive incoming data packets from and transmit outgoing data packets to an external network, a network address translation engine configured to translate between the application address and a public address, and a driver for automatically forwarding the outgoing data packets to the network address translation engine to translate the application address to the public address, and for automatically forwarding the incoming data packets to the network address translation engine to translate the public address to the application address. The computer may communicate with a firewall configured to handle both network-level security and application-level security. |
| US10284597B2 |
E-mail authentication
A system and method for determining whether an e-mail originates from a sender authorized by an address provider to send the e-mail to an intended recipient's e-mail address. The e-mail identifies an address provider from which the intended recipient's e-mail address was obtained. The e-mail is delivered to the intended recipient only upon verification that the sender is authorized by the address provider to obtain the intended recipient's e-mail address. The system and method may also provide for determining whether an e-mail originates from a forged source. A server receives data relating to an e-mail, including a purported sender and a verification host. The server queries the verification host with information pertaining to the e-mail and requests confirmation that the e-mail originates from the purported sender. The e-mail is determined to originate from a forged source unless the verification host responds that the e-mail originates from the purported sender. |
| US10284596B1 |
Cloaking authority system
A cloaking authority system that securely and anonymously identifies a misbehaving device based on its digital certificate. The system may include a cloaking authority server or device that is communicatively connected to a misbehavior authority server, and may also include a pseudonym certificate authority device, and a registration authority device. The cloaking authority device receives, from the misbehavior authority server, a request for a cloak index, wherein the request for the cloak index includes the linkage value from a PC of a misbehaving computerized device. The cloaking authority device processes the linkage value to produce a cloak index, which identifies the misbehaving computerized device and which is unique and anonymous, and transmits it to the requesting misbehavior authority server. The misbehavior authority server uses the cloak index to identify the specific computerized device that has misbehaved, usually repeatedly. |
| US10284592B1 |
Application randomization mechanism
An example method includes providing, by a computing system, first randomized configuration information, generating, by the computing system and based on the first randomized configuration information, a first unique instance of a software component, providing second randomized configuration information, wherein the second randomized configuration information is different from the first randomized configuration information, and generating, based on the second randomized configuration information, a second unique instance of the software component that is executable on the runtime computing system. The first and second unique instances of the software component comprise different instances of the same software component that each are configured to have uniquely different operating characteristics during execution on the runtime computing system, and the first and second unique instances of the software component are each further configured, during execution on the runtime computing system, to output false information to an external computing system. |
| US10284587B1 |
Systems and methods for responding to electronic security incidents
The disclosed computer-implemented method for responding to electronic security incidents may include (i) identifying a plurality of security incidents that each occurred within a computing environment and call for a security response, (ii) establishing relationships among the plurality of security incidents by, for each security incident, (a) calculating a feature vector indicating at least one feature of the security incident, (b) using the feature vector to calculate a degree of similarity between the security incident and an additional security and (c) creating an association between the security incident and the additional security incident that reflects the degree of similarity between the security incident and the additional security incident, and (iii) triggering, based on the relationships among the plurality of security incidents, a security action that responds to at least the security incident and the additional security incident. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed. |
| US10284586B1 |
Data loss prevention techniques for applications with save to web functionality
Techniques presented herein describe data loss prevention (DLP) methods for saving a file to a destination over a network via an application, such as a productivity application having such features. A DLP agent injects components to the productivity application intercept save operations initiated by a user. When the user initiates a save operation for a file, the components suspend the operation and store a current version of the file (including unsaved file data) in a temporary location accessible to the DLP agent on disk. The DLP agent evaluates the current version of the file and file destination based on network and security policies to determine whether to allow or block the save operation. |
| US10284585B1 |
Tree rotation in random classification forests to improve efficacy
Methods and apparatus for optimizing computer detection of malware using pattern recognition by refreshing random classification forests are described. In one embodiment, one or more selected trees of a random forest on a computing system may be replaced by one or more new trees. As new categorized data becomes available, one or more new trees may be generated using the new categorized data. Once the one or more new trees are available, the performance of the one or more new trees may be compared to the performance of the trees in the current random forest. Based on this comparison, one or more trees of the random forest may be selected to be replaced by one or more of the new trees. |
| US10284583B2 |
Information processing system, information processing apparatus, and information processing method
An information processing system, having one or more information processing apparatuses, includes a data input unit configured to take as input first data being multidimensional; a dimension reduction unit configured to generate, based on the first data, second data representing a characteristic of the first data, the second data having a prescribed number of dimensions fewer than a number of dimensions of the first data; and a distinguishing unit configured to distinguish whether the first data is normal data or abnormal data by a semi-supervised anomaly detection, based on the first data and the second data. |
| US10284582B2 |
System and methods for dynamic digital threat mitigation
Systems and methods include: receiving digital event type data that define attributes of a digital event type; receiving digital fraud policy that defines a plurality of digital processing protocols; transmitting via a network the digital event data and the digital fraud policy to a remote digital fraud mitigation platform; using the digital event data to configure a first computing node comprising an events data application program interface or an events data computing server to detect digital events that classify as the digital event type; using digital fraud policy to configure a second computing node comprising a decisioning API or a decisioning computing server to automatically evaluate and automatically select one digital event processing outcome of a plurality of digital event processing outcomes that indicates a disposal of the digital events classified as the digital event type; and implementing a digital threat mitigation application process flow that evaluates digital event data. |
| US10284581B2 |
Systems and methods for detecting resources responsible for events
Systems and methods are disclosed for identifying resources responsible for events. In one embodiment, a method may include determining a number of unique actors in a plurality of actors that have accessed the resource. The method may further include identifying from the plurality of actors a set of affected actors that has been affected by an event and identifying from the set of affected actors a subset of resource-affected actors that accessed the resource prior to being affected by the event. The method may further include determining a number of resource-affected actors in the subset of resource-affected actors and, based on the number of unique actors and the number of resource-affected actors, determining an event score for the resource. The event score may be a lower bound of a confidence interval of a binomial proportion of the number of resource-affected actors to the number of unique actors. |
| US10284576B2 |
Tiered object-related trust decisions
Adware and viruses are examples of objects that may be embedded in a web page or linked to a web page. When such an object is detected to be associated with a web page loading on a browser, an analysis may be performed to determine a trust level for the object. The object is suppressed based on the trust level. A prompt is displayed to advise a user that the object has been suppressed, and to provide an opportunity to interactively accept or decline activation of an action for the object. |
| US10284574B1 |
System and method for threat detection and identification
Exemplary systems and methods for malware attack detection and identification are provided. A malware detection and identification system a controller that features an analysis environment including a virtual machine. The analysis environment to (1) receive data by the virtual machine of the analysis environment and identify a portion of the data that have been received from one or more untrusted, (2) monitor state information associated with the identified portion of the data during execution by the virtual machine, (3) identify an outcome of the state information by tracking the state information during execution of the identified portion of the data by the virtual machine, and (4) determine whether the identified outcome comprises a redirection in control flow during execution by the virtual machine of the portion of the data, the redirection in the control flow constituting an unauthorized activity. |
| US10284560B2 |
Secure unmanned vehicle operation and communication
Systems and methods for unmanned vehicle security and control are provided herein. An exemplary system includes a control station and an unmanned vehicle. The unmanned vehicle may be locked from remote control by the control station. The system may also include a first access control hardware device attached to the control station and communicably coupled, using a network, with the unmanned vehicle. The system may also include a second access control hardware device physically attached to the unmanned vehicle and communicably coupled, using the network, with the control station. The first and/or second access control hardware devices are utilized to unlock the unmanned vehicle from remote control by the control station. |
| US10284559B2 |
Managed access system with security assessment equipment
A managed access system for mobile wireless devices (MWDs) in a facility that is geographically within a wireless communications network includes a plurality of antennas at the facility. Radio equipment is coupled to the antennas. A management access controller cooperates with the radio equipment to communicate with a given MWD within the facility, block outside communications via the wireless communications network when the given MWD is an unauthorized MWD, and provide outside communications when the given MWD is an authorized MWD. At least one security assessment device is arranged at the facility. At least one operator station is configured to cooperate with the management access controller and the at least one security assessment device. |
| US10284558B2 |
Systems and methods for managing privacy settings of shared content
Systems and methods for managing privacy settings of shared content include receiving content associated with an object; receiving privacy settings associated with the object associated with the received content; based on the received privacy settings, obfuscating, at least a portion of the content associated with the object to generated obfuscated content; and transmitting the obfuscated content to a publishing server, wherein the publishing server publishes the obfuscated content to one or more third parties. |
| US10284557B1 |
Secure data proxy for cloud computing environments
An apparatus in one embodiment comprises a plurality of host devices configured to support execution of applications on behalf of one or more tenants of cloud infrastructure. The apparatus further comprises a secure data proxy implemented utilizing at least one of the host devices. The secure data proxy comprises non-persistent storage configured to store data required for execution of at least one of the applications. The data is obtained by the secure data proxy from persistent storage in a storage system external to the cloud infrastructure. The secure data proxy is configured to perform cryptographic operations in conjunction with transfer of the data between the persistent storage of the external storage system and the non-persistent storage of the secure data proxy. The secure data proxy may be further configured to perform deduplication operations in conjunction with transfer of the data between the persistent storage and the non-persistent storage. |
| US10284555B2 |
User equipment credential system
A user equipment in a communications system, the user equipment comprising: a memory arranged to store at least one identifier associated with the user equipment; a transceiver arranged to communicate with a node in the communication system, wherein the transceiver is arranged to receive the at least one identifier from the node in the communications system, wherein the at least one identifier is used by the user equipment to authenticate the user equipment to at least one further node in the communications system. |
| US10284554B2 |
Systems for providing device-specific access to an e-mail server
Systems and methods herein can provide device-specific access to an e-mail server, including an EWS-based e-mail server. In an example, a management server controlled by a system administrator provides device identification information to a user device and to a tunnel server. The management server also provides a custom request identifier to the tunnel server, and provides instructions to the e-mail server to allow access for requests including that custom request identifier. The tunnel server receives a request from the user device, rewrites the request to include the custom request identifier, and passes the request to the e-mail server. |
| US10284553B2 |
Relay apparatus, terminal apparatus, and communication method
In a communication system in which a relay apparatus, a terminal apparatus, and other apparatuses, which can communicate with an authentication apparatus, are coupled through a communication path, the relay apparatus, and the terminal apparatus have unique authentication information, respectively. The relay apparatus transmits its own authentication information and authentication information collected from the terminal apparatus to the authentication apparatus. The authentication apparatus determines whether the relay apparatus and the terminal apparatus are authentic apparatuses based on the received authentication information. The relay apparatus shuts down communication between itself and an apparatus determined to be unauthentic based on a result of the determination, and transmits communication control information to shut down communication with the apparatus determined to be unauthentic to the terminal apparatus. The terminal apparatus shuts down the communication between itself and the apparatus determined to be unauthentic based on the communication control information. |
| US10284552B1 |
Systems and methods for using micro accelerations as a biometric identification factor
Systems and methods for using micro accelerations as a biometric factor for multi-factor authentication, the method including receiving, filtering, and determining an identifying pattern from micro acceleration data representative of the user, storing the identifying pattern for later use in authenticating the identity of the user, and using the identifying pattern as one factor in a multi factor authentication. |
| US10284551B2 |
Electronic mechanism to self-authenticate and automate actions
Systems and methods for a authenticating a user on an alien electronic device is described. The system may include a first device associated with a first user and a second device associated with a second user. The first device may include a non-transitory memory and one or more hardware processors coupled to the non-transitory memory and configured to read instructions from the non-transitory memory to cause the first device to perform operations that include receiving from the second user, an identification data of the second user, determining that the identification data of the second user does not correspond to the first device, searching for the second device associated with the identification data of the second user, receiving an indication from the second device confirming that the identification data of the second user is associated with the second device, and initiating data communication between the first device and the second device. |
| US10284548B2 |
System and method for strong remote identity proofing
A method and system for strong remote identity proofing. |
| US10284546B2 |
Client device and server device for the secured activation of functions of a client
A client device for the secured activation of functions of a client, a server device for providing a password for the client device, and corresponding methods. The client device has a storage unit for storing a plurality of service keys, each service key defining at least one function of the client and being allocated to a password, a receiving unit for receiving a password from a server, and a processing unit for comparing the plurality of service keys with the received password, for selecting the service key to which the received password is allocated, and for activating at least one function of the client which is contained in the selected service key. |
| US10284542B2 |
Intelligent certificate discovery in physical and virtualized networks
Mechanisms are provided, in a communication device associated with a first computing device, for capturing security data exchanged between the first computing device and a second computing device. The mechanisms receive a data message from either the first computing device or the second computing device. The data message is part of an operation for establishing a secure communication connection between the first computing device and the second computing device. The mechanisms filter the received data message for security data passed in the received data message and mirror the security data to an analysis port of the communication device. Moreover, the mechanisms output, via the analysis port, the security data to a data collection and analysis system that analyzes the security data with regard to security requirement compliance. |
| US10284533B2 |
Publicly readable blockchain registry of personally identifiable information breaches
A registry is utilized to identify personally identifiable information (PII) that has been breached. The registry is a distributed database shared by multiple organizations to track which PII has been breached in other organizations. A first service provider initially receives PII and corresponding signed descriptor from a user. The PII is used to verify an identity of the user and the signed descriptor describes the type of PII that is received. The first service provider queries the registry to determine if the signed descriptor of the user has been written to the registry by a second service provider, indicating that it has been breached at a service provided by the second service provider. If the first service provider uses the breached PII, the breached PII is invalidated by the first service provider. |
| US10284526B2 |
Efficient SSL/TLS proxy
Systems, devices, and methods are disclosed for selectively decrypting SSL/TLS communications. Contents of the decrypted communications that may result in some action; for example, to terminate the communications, or to log and store the plaintext packets of the communications for subsequent content inspection and analysis. A SSL/TLS proxy may examine the information contained in the TLS handshake protocol and/or examine other information associated with the connection. Based on the examination, a proxy may determine whether or not to decrypt the encrypted communications. The proxy may take additional actions based on content inspection. |
| US10284522B2 |
Rule swapping for network protection
In some variations, first and second rule sets may be received by a network protection device. The first and second rule sets may be preprocessed. The network protection device may be configured to process packets in accordance with the first rule set. Packets may be received by the network protection device. A first portion of the packets may be processed in accordance with the first rule set. The network protection device may be reconfigured to process packets in accordance with the second rule set. A second portion of the packets may be processed in accordance with the second rule set. |
| US10284521B2 |
Automatic security list offload with exponential timeout
Disclosed are systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for automatic security list offload with exponential timeout. A second layer of a firewall can determine that a first data, that previously passed through a first layer of the firewall, should be blocked. The second layer of the firewall can utilize more resources than the first layer of the firewall to determine whether to block a data packet. In response, a first rule can be applied at the first layer of the firewall to block data packets received from a source of the first data packet. Accordingly, a second data packet received from the source of the first data packet will be blocked at the first layer of the firewall based on the first rule. |
| US10284518B2 |
Network system with seamless handover mechanism, operation method and control apparatus thereof
A network system based on a SDN with a seamless handover mechanism, an operation method and a control apparatus thereof are provided. The network system includes network devices, host devices and a control apparatus. The network devices are connected together. A part of the network devices are equipped with wireless access networks of the same SSID, and each of the host devices is connected to one of the network devices. The control apparatus is connected to the network devices. When a first host device of the host devices is changed to connect with a second network device from a first network device, the control apparatus controls the network devices to return an address resolution response packet to the first host device in response to an address resolution request packet transmitted from the first host device, so as to maintain an IP address of the first host device. |
| US10284515B2 |
Multi-standard message processing
Messages are processed in a distributed messaging system by a message processing engine. Message targets operates according to a first standard or a second legacy standard. In response to receiving a database commit indication, a message envelope is generated for each message target to be notified operating according to the first standard and at least one messages within each message envelope. Message envelope dependencies between generated message envelopes for a same message target are computed. Message dependencies between the messages within each message envelope are computed based at least on the standard of the messages of the respective message envelope and functions of the messages. The messages are sent to the respective message target in a sequence based on the message envelope dependencies and the message dependencies. |
| US10284514B2 |
Obtainability management in a social networking environment
Disclosed aspects relate to obtainability management in a social networking environment. A set of target recipients of a message may be detected in the social networking environment. A set of obtainability data may be ascertained with respect to the set of target recipients using the social networking environment. A message modification action may be determined using the set of obtainability data with respect to the set of target recipients. The message modification action may be performed in the social networking environment. |
| US10284513B2 |
Obtainability management in a social networking environment
Disclosed aspects relate to obtainability management in a social networking environment. A set of target recipients of a message may be detected in the social networking environment. A set of obtainability data may be ascertained with respect to the set of target recipients using the social networking environment. A message modification action may be determined using the set of obtainability data with respect to the set of target recipients. The message modification action may be performed in the social networking environment. |
| US10284511B2 |
System and method for selection of messaging settings on a messaging client
A method and system of selecting messaging settings on a messaging client are provided. When an outgoing message to be sent from the messaging client is addressed to a message recipient, the messaging client accesses a data store to determine whether specific messaging settings have been stored for the message recipient. If specific messaging settings have been stored for the message recipient, the messaging client selects the specific messaging settings for the message recipient to control the message characteristics of the outgoing message. |
| US10284510B2 |
Technology for message delivery to subscribers in a network
For message delivery in a communication network, message processing is monitored, including processing of a first message by subscribers of a network application that provides messaging services via the communication network. A group activity level is determined for processing of the first message by ones of the subscribers who belong to a first group of persons. The determined group activity level is compared to a threshold activity level for the group. Responsive to the determined group activity level exceeding the threshold activity level, a notification about the message is sent via the communication network for a subscriber who belongs to the first group and has not processed the first message. |
| US10284508B1 |
Ephemeral gallery of ephemeral messages with opt-in permanence
A server has a processor and a memory storing instructions executed by the processor to maintain an ephemeral gallery of ephemeral messages, where each ephemeral message is a photograph or a video. An ephemeral message is posted to the ephemeral gallery. The ephemeral message has an associated message duration parameter and a gallery participation parameter. An ephemeral message is removed from the ephemeral gallery in response to the identification of an expired gallery participation parameter. The ephemeral gallery is eliminated upon expiration of either a gallery timer or upon expiration of the gallery participation parameter of a last message posted to the ephemeral gallery. The ephemeral gallery is preserved in response to a gesture applied to an indicium to save the ephemeral gallery to produce a preserved gallery. |
| US10284507B1 |
Managing data protection software via email
Systems and methods for remotely operating a data protection server are described. The data protection server is configured to perform predefined data protection operations for computing assets of an enterprise network. An email agent is installed on the data protection system to receive a specially-coded email message from an authorized user, where the specially-coded message includes an instruction for performing a predefined data protection operation. Upon receiving the email message and parsing it to extract the instruction, the data protection system initiates execution of the instruction. |
| US10284504B2 |
Address couplet communication filtering
A method, apparatus, and system are disclosed that provide an approved address couplet listing for communication handling. An inbound communication including sender and recipient field entries may be compared as a pair or couplet against the listing to determine whether the inbound communication should be discarded, subjected to additional (spam related) processing, or forwarded for storage or delivery purposes. The comparison may take place in conjunction with one or more hashing functions. |
| US10284487B2 |
Software load balancer to maximize utilization
A load balancer receives a sequence of requests for computing service and distributes the requests for computing service to a computing node in an ordered list of computing nodes until the computing node reaches its maximum allowable compute capability. Responsive to an indication that the computing node has reached its maximum allowable compute capability, the load balancer distributes subsequent requests for computing service to another computing node in the ordered list. If the computing node is the last computing node in the ordered list, the load balancer distributes a subsequent request for computing service to a computing node other than one of the computing nodes in the ordered list of computing nodes. If the computing node is not the last computing node in the ordered list, the load balancer distributes a subsequent request for computing service to another computing node in the ordered list of computing nodes. |
| US10284485B2 |
Communication nodes, methods therein, computer programs and a computer-readable storage medium
Embodiments herein relate to a method in a first communication node (10′) for transmitting a packet in a first packet network operated by a first network operator towards a destination node (10″,12). The first communication node (10′) is comprised in the first packet network. The first communication node (10′) receives a packet with a first value related to resource sharing in a second packet network operated by a second network operator, wherein the first value indicates a level of importance of the packet relative importance of another packet along a scale of the second packet network. The first communication node (10′) remarks the packet with a second value related to resource sharing in the first packet network, wherein the second value indicates a level of importance of the packet relative importance of another packet along a scale of the first packet network. The first communication node (10′) transmits, over the first packet network, the remarked packet towards the destination node (10″,12). |
| US10284483B2 |
Indicating delays added to packets due to retransmission
System and method indicating delays added to packets due to retransmission events. The method includes the steps of receiving multiple packet streams and multiplexing them into a first multiplexed packet stream; storing in memory the first multiplexed packet stream together with time indications; receiving a retransmission request and selecting data for retransmission; multiplexing the first multiplexed packet stream and the data for retransmission into a second multiplexed packet stream; utilizing the time indications for calculating delays that were added to packets of the second multiplexed packet stream as a result of fulfilling the retransmission request; adding the calculated delays to at least some of the packets of the second multiplexed packet stream; and transmitting the second multiplexed packet stream. |
| US10284480B2 |
Packet loss tolerant transmission control protocol congestion control
During a Transmission Control Protocol (“TCP”) session, a sending endpoint computer monitors amounts of data sent and patterns of data loss as data is sent to a receiving endpoint computer. The sending endpoint computer periodically determines whether data is being sent below, at or above path capacity, based on the monitored amounts of data sent and patterns of data loss observed. The sending endpoint computer periodically dynamically adjusts the rate at which data is sent to the receiving endpoint computer, in response to the determinations whether data is being sent below, at or above path capacity. |
| US10284477B2 |
Indicating quality of service of a message intended for a machine type communication device in a capillary network
The present invention relates to methods and devices for indicating Quality of Service (QoS) of a message intended for a Machine Type Communication (MTC) device in a capillary network.Thus, provided is, i.e., a method at a core network node of determining QoS of a message intended for an MTC device in a capillary network. The method comprises receiving a message on a destination port, a number of which destination port indicates a required QoS with which the message should be sent towards the MTC device, and deriving the required QoS from the destination port number. The method further comprises transferring the message in accordance with the required QoS towards the MTC device. |
| US10284476B1 |
Signature pattern detection in network traffic
A network device includes a substring indicator memory and a signature search module for detecting a signature pattern within a stream of network traffic. The signature search module is configured to receive the stream of network traffic, identify a first subject substring from the stream of network traffic, generate a first substring indicator for the first subject substring using a first bitmask on the first subject substring, the first bitmask identifying a plurality of masked bits of the first subject substring, identify a first counter using the first substring indicator as an address into the substring indicator memory, and generate an indication that the signature pattern may be present in the stream of network traffic based on a value of the first counter. |
| US10284473B1 |
Multifunctional network switch
In accordance with one example embodiment, a system configured for providing multifunctional switching is disclosed. The system is configured for filtering at least some incoming traffic to select network packets originating from one or more predefined sources and destined to a predefined destination, load balancing at least some of the selected network packets among a plurality of server nodes to assign each network packet to one server node of the plurality of server nodes, for each network packet assigned to one server node of the plurality of server nodes replacing a destination address of the predefined destination with a destination address of the assigned server node, and forwarding the each network packet assigned to one server node in accordance with the replaced destination address in the network packet. |
| US10284471B2 |
AIA enhancements to support lag networks
A method for maintaining packet's source network identification information while aggregating packets from a plurality of networks is provided. An ingress packet is processed to extract a plurality of packet header fields and port identifier. A first hash index is generated by hashing information associated with the plurality of packet header fields. The extracted port identifier is stored in a hash table using the generated first hash index. The ingress packet is forwarded to one or more inline tool devices. An egress packet received from the one or more inline tools is processed to extract the plurality of packet header fields. A second hash index is generated by hashing information associated with the plurality of packet header fields. The port identifier is retrieved from the hash table based on the generated second hash index. The egress packet is transmitted to a switching device based on the retrieved port identifier. |
| US10284470B2 |
Technologies for network device flow lookup management
Technologies for managing network flow lookups of a network device include a network controller and a target device, each communicatively coupled to the network device. The network device includes a cache for a processor of the network device and a main memory. The network device additionally includes a multi-level hash table having a first-level hash table stored in the cache of the network device and a second-level hash table stored in the main memory of the network device. The network device is configured to determine whether to store a network flow hash corresponding to a network flow indicating the target device in the first-level or second-level hash table based on a priority of the network flow provided to the network device by the network controller. |
| US10284469B2 |
Progressive MAC address learning
One embodiment of the present invention provides a switch in a network of interconnected switches. The switch includes a storage device, a hardware management apparatus, and a layer-2 management apparatus. The storage device stores a forwarding table, which includes an entry comprising a MAC address and an egress port for the MAC address. The hardware management apparatus determines whether a destination MAC address of a frame is present in a hardware table in memory of the switch. The layer-2 management apparatus, in response to a determination that the destination MAC address is not present in the hardware table, looks up a first entry comprising the destination MAC address in the forwarding table, and creates a second entry comprising the destination MAC address in the hardware table based on the first entry. |
| US10284468B1 |
E-channel identifiers (ECIDS) for scalable satellite device clustering control in a campus network
A device may receive network traffic for transmission in a campus network. The campus network may include a set of aggregation devices and a set of satellite devices. The set of satellite devices may be grouped into a set of satellite clusters of the campus network. The device may generate a packet header for the network traffic. The packet header may include an E-channel identifier (ECID) with a quantity of N bits (N>10) reserved to address a packet to a particular satellite device of the set of satellite devices and to a particular port of a set of ports of the particular satellite device. The device may transmit the network traffic using the packet header based on generating the packet header. |
| US10284463B2 |
Distributed system and method for flow identification in an access network
A system and method for tracking and adjusting packet flows through a network having a service delivery node and one or more residential services gateways. Packet flows are recognized as they pass through one or more residential services gateway and flow analytics information corresponding to the packet flows recognized in the residential services gateways are transferred from the residential gateways to the flow identification control unit. The flow analytics information received from the residential services gateways is analyzed within the flow identification control unit and traffic through one or more of the service access platform and the residential services gateways is adjusted, if necessary, as a function of the flow analytics information analyzed by the flow identification control unit. |
| US10284461B2 |
Method and related apparatus for probing packet forwarding path
A method and a related apparatus for probing a packet forwarding path, so that a packet forwarding path between any two devices can be probed is presented. A controller determines a source device and a destination device, where there is at least one intermediate device between the source device and the destination device; the controller sends an Internet Protocol (IP) packet that includes a probe identifier to the source device; the controller receives a first message sent by the destination device and a second message sent by the intermediate device; the controller determines a forwarding path of the IP packet according to the IP packet and a first inbound interface identifier that are sent by the destination device, the IP packet and a second inbound interface identifier that are sent by the intermediate device, and a network topology. |
| US10284456B2 |
Systems and methods for testing electronic devices using master-slave test architectures
A master test system may comprise cable modem termination systems, resource servers, provisioning/Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) servers, call management system (CMS) servers, Data over Cable Service Interface Specification/Wide Area Network (DOCSIS/WAN) servers, test controller servers, etc. Servers on the master test system may facilitate tests of devices under test (DUTs) coupled to the master test system. Servers on the master test system and/or slave test systems may facilitate tests of DUTs coupled to slave test systems that are coupled to the master test system. The slave test system(s) may comprise resource servers and test controller servers. In various implementations, the servers on the slave test system(s) may facilitate tests of DUTs coupled to the slave test system(s). |
| US10284450B2 |
Systems and methods for live testing performance conditions of a multi-tenant system
A method receives start commands for starting end-to-end testing of a live multi-tenant system that hosts shared services for multiple tenants; executes multiple test scripts for generating controller commands in response to the start commands, the executing the test scripts generating respectively synthetic transaction inputs; provides the synthetic transaction inputs to the live multi-tenant system, the live multi-tenant system configured to use the synthetic transaction inputs to perform respectively multiple synthetic transactions involving multiple destinations in the live multi-tenant system, the live multi-tenant system configured to generate respectively multiple test results in response to the multiple synthetic transactions; receives and evaluates the test results generated by the live multi-tenant system to test end-to-end performance conditions of the multi-tenant system; and generates one or more alerts upon recognizing an alert trigger condition based upon the evaluating of the test results. |
| US10284441B2 |
Data delivery
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for support dependent post delivery. In one aspect, a method included generating transmission data for a web page served by a first server and rendered on the client device, the first sever belonging to a first domain; determining if the client device supports cross origin resource sharing; in response to a determination that the client device does not support cross origin resource sharing: defining an iFrame for the web page, the iFrame belonging to a second domain of a receiving server, and having a name value derived from the transmission data, receiving iFrame instructions from the receiving server and executing the iFrame instructions in the iFrame, the iFrame instruction causing the client device to: generate an HTTP POST request to the receiving server from the iFrame name value, the first HTTP POST request including the transmission data. |
| US10284439B2 |
Method for measuring end-to-end internet application performance
In a method and system for characterizing Internet application performance, requests for media items from at least one client can be identified. For each of request, a request time, an Internet service provider identity, a location of the client, a data quantity transferred, and an elapsed time for fulfillment of the request can be determined. An evaluation period, a geographic boundary, and an Internet service provider can be identified, and matching requests can be determined, where the matching requests have a request time within the evaluation period, a location within the geographic boundary, and an Internet service provider identity corresponding to the Internet service provider. A transfer rate for each matching request can be calculated based on the data quantity transferred and elapsed time. A percentage of matching requests with a transfer rate meeting a transfer threshold can then be calculated. |
| US10284438B2 |
Multipath provisioning of L4-L7 traffic in a network
Techniques are provided for a network mapping server device in a network to receive a connection upgrade message comprising information to establish a first data flow from a first endpoint that does not support multiple subflows for the first data flow according to a multipath protocol, where multiple subflows subdivide the first data flow across two or more network paths. The information in the connection upgrade message is analyzed in order to resolve network connectivity to determine potential network connections for at least two subflows of the first data flow to a second endpoint. A response message is sent comprising information configured to establish at least two subflows for the first data flow between the first endpoint and the second endpoint. |
| US10284435B2 |
Method to visualize end user response time
A method for visual representation of EURT is provided. Measurements of performance parameters are collected. Each of the performance parameters corresponds to at least one performance problem domain. The performance parameters include at least a first, second and third parameters. A correlation between at least two of performance parameters is determined. A first graph having a first region representing the first parameter and having a second region representing the second parameter is presented to a user. The first and second regions extend in substantially opposing directions. A second graph representing the third parameter based on the determined correlation between data elements falling within each of the respective performance problem domains is simultaneously presented to the user. The first, second and third parameters are components of the EURT. |
| US10284434B1 |
Virtual network function (VNF) relocation in a software defined network (SDN)
A Network Function Virtualization (NFV) Software Defined Network (SDN) controls NFV resources consumed by Virtual Network Functions (VNFs) that support a data service. Multiple NFV Infrastructures (NFVIs) execute SDN application VNFs and SDN controller VNFs, and SDN virtual Switches (vSWs) to support the data service. The NFVIs responsively transfer SDN Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). An NFV Management and Orchestration (MANO) system processes the SDN KPIs to generate VNF control data to relocate one of the SDN VNFs. The NFV MANO system processes the VNF control data to generate and transfer NFV control data to relocate the SDN VNF. The first NFVI and the second NFVI relocate the one SDN VNF from the first NFVI to the second NFVI. |
| US10284433B2 |
Data synchronization using redundancy detection
Managing data in a cloud computing environment, including data transfers. File level and block level similarities are identified, including for archive and nested archive files, residing on datacenters and regional repositories. A replication plan is generated based on receiving a replication instruction, and further based on similarity clusters by transferring unique data blocks and files from best available sources including regional repositories. |
| US10284432B1 |
Method for enhancing quality of media transmitted via network
A method for enhancing quality of media transmitted via network uses an AI enhancing model built-in the client device to enhance the quality of video streams received from network. The AI enhance module is pre-trained by using a neural network in the server to analyze differences between the decoded images and the raw images that are generated by the server. Wherein, the AI enhance module enhances decoded images by using algorithms which are defined by analyzing differences between the decoded images and the raw images that are generated by the server. Such that, the enhanced images are visually more similar to the raw images than the decoded images do. |
| US10284430B2 |
Storage provisioning and configuration of network protocol parameters
Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems include a management server receiving, from each of a plurality of switches, physical topology data of network nodes. The physical topology data includes identifiers of hosts connected to each of the switches and identifiers of storage connected to each of the switches. The management server transmits a query to each of the network nodes and receives, in response to each query, the capabilities of each network node. In response to receiving a request to create a cluster of the hosts, the management server selects hosts and storage from the physical topology data to create the cluster. The hosts and storage are selected based upon the capabilities received from each network node. The management server determines transport protocol login service parameters based upon the received storage capabilities and transmits the parameters to one or more of the plurality of switches, hosts, and storage. |
| US10284424B2 |
Non-transitory computer-readable medium, communication device, communication system, and communication method
A non-transitory computer readable medium stores a program causing a computer to execute a process for communicating. The process includes: when a connection error with a communication target device occurs, querying by transmitting equipment information acquired from the communication target device to a communication management server that manages information related to connection availability with the communication target device and procedures for connection errors; and displaying a connection availability with the communication target device or a procedure for the connection error, according to a result of the querying. |
| US10284423B2 |
Robust on-line reconfiguration (OLR) and synchronization protocol for digital subscriber line (DSL)
A method for maintaining configuration synchronization via an on-line reconfiguration (OLR) of system configuration parameters in a communication system having at least a first communication entity and a second communication entity that employ a reference configuration of system parameters, the method comprising the procedures of monitoring changes to at least one channel characteristic in at least one communication channel that links the first communication entity and the second communication entity; determining by the first communication entity an updated configuration that is constructed based on at least one modification relative to the reference configuration according to changes to the at least one channel characteristic; transmitting an OLR request from the first communication entity to the second communication entity via the at least one communication channel; receiving the OLR request by the second communication entity; and employing the updated configuration by the first communication entity and by the second communication entity. |
| US10284419B2 |
User equipment and data connection recovery method thereof
An user equipment and a data connection recovery method thereof are provided. The user equipment transmits at least one UDP query packets to a robust server via the base station, and determines that there is no response from the robust server during a default period. Then the user equipment determines that a data connection with a backhaul network is abnormal between the base station and the backhaul network. Accordingly, the user equipment transmits a trigger packet to the backhaul network via the base station under NAS protocol and recovers the data connection with the backhaul network. |
| US10284417B2 |
Method and system for sharing state between network elements
A method for processing state information updates. The method includes receiving, by a coordination point, a plurality of state information from a plurality of network elements; processing at least one of the plurality of state information to generate a result; and applying the result to at least one of the plurality of network elements in order to modify an operation of the at least one of the plurality of network elements. |
| US10284415B1 |
Time-based computing instances
In a computing environment, a request for computing resources is received by an entity. A quantity of resource slots sufficient to fulfill the request is determined and associated with the entity during a portion of a recurring time period. The resource slots can be associated with other entities during other portions of the recurring time period. |
| US10284413B2 |
Flexible frequency synthesis
According to some embodiments, an apparatus for generating multiple variable frequency and phase locked clock signals comprises complex tuners, digital up-samplers, image isolation filters, quadrature modulators, a combiner, a DAC, a local oscillator, and an analog filter. The complex tuners tune multiple digital baseband signals. The up-samplers interpolate the complex tuned digital signals such that one of the up-sampled images of each of the complex tuned digital signals corresponds to a desired frequency. The image isolation filters isolate images corresponding to the desired frequencies. The quadrature modulators convert the isolated images of the complex tuned digital signals into real digital signals. The combiner combines the real digital signals into a combined real digital signal. The DAC, driven by the local oscillator, converts the combined real digital signal into an analog clock signal. The analog filter then filters the analog clock signal to select images located at the desired frequencies. |
| US10284412B2 |
Voltage memory digital pre-distortion circuit
An envelope tracking (ET) amplifier circuit is provided. The voltage mDPD circuit is provided in an ET amplifier circuit and configured to determine a voltage deviation relative to an ET modulated target voltage signal, execute an mDPD polynomial in one or more iterations to extract an mDPD coefficient(s), and adjust a time-variant target voltage envelope of the ET modulated target voltage signal based on the mDPD coefficient(s) extracted in each of the mDPD iterations to reduce the voltage deviation to a predefined threshold. By reducing the voltage deviation in the ET modulated voltage, it is possible improve linearity (e.g., gain linearity) of the ET amplifier circuit, which can lead to reduced power consumption and improved radio frequency (RF) performance. |
| US10284408B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting Wi-Fi signals in unlicensed spectrum in wireless communication system
A method and apparatus for transmitting a Wi-Fi signal in a wireless communication system is provided. A device supporting long-term evolution in unlicensed spectrum (LTE-U) transmits a LTE signal, and transmits the Wi-Fi signal. The Wi-Fi signal may be transmitted by various methods, i.e. by being emulated in the LTE signal, by using a Wi-Fi processor which is embedded in a LTE processor, or by using a Wi-Fi processor which is individual to a LTE processor. |
| US10284407B2 |
Zero tail and unique word based waveforms for DFT-S OFDM and OFDM
Methods and systems for operation in a wireless network are provided, the method including receiving modulated data symbols and zeros in a frequency-domain, and mapping in the frequency-domain the modulated data symbols and zeros in an interleaved manner to sub-carriers within a resource allocation. The method further includes generating a time-domain data signal based on the mapped sub-carriers, and generating a time domain cancellation signal by sign inverting and repeating a predetermined number of time-domain samples at a tail portion of the data signal. The method further includes combining the time-domain data signal and the time domain cancellation signal to generate an exact zero tail data signal such that the exact zero tail data signal has a zero tail length equal to the predetermined number of time-domain samples, and transmitting the exact zero tail data signal. |
| US10284405B2 |
Transmitter architecture for massive-MIMO
Embodiments of a transmitter having an architecture that reduces power consumption and complexity are disclosed. In some embodiments, a transmitter comprises a modulator comprising an actuator, modulation circuitry, and an adaptor. The actuator is operable to apply at least one adjustment to at least one modulator input signal to provide at least one adjusted modulator input signal. The modulation circuitry is operable to perform a modulation operation on the at least one adjusted modulator input signal to provide a modulated signal, and the adaptor is operable to adaptively configure the at least one adjustment applied to the at least one modulator input signal such that a Peak-to-Average Ratio (PAR) of the modulated signal is reduced. |
| US10284404B2 |
Method and apparatus for scheduling data channel in new radio
Disclosed are a method and apparatus for scheduling a data channel to support a user equipment (UE) using various bandwidth parts (BWPs) in a next-generation/5G radio access network. According to one embodiment, a method may be provided for receiving a downlink (DL) data channel or transmitting an uplink (UL) data channel by a user equipment (UE). The method may include: receiving bandwidth part (BWP) setup information about a BWP set configured with one or more BWPs set up with regard to the UE from a base station (BS); and receiving DL control information (DCI) including information for indicating one among the one or more BWPs included in the BWP set configured by the BWP setup information from the BS, wherein a DL data channel is received or a UL data channel is transmitted through the one BWP indicated by the DCI. |
| US10284402B2 |
Direct RF demodulation
An apparatus for decoding a data modulated signal includes a signal receiver that receives a data modulated signal that is encoded with phase-shift keying (PSK) and provides an amplified signal corresponding to the data modulated signal, a tunable phase shifter that receives a local reference signal and a selected phase shift, applies the selected phase shift to the local reference signal to produce a phase shifted reference signal, a summing unit that sums the amplified signal and the phase shifted reference signal to produce a summed signal, an amplitude detector that determines an amplitude of the summed signal, and a symbol detector that varies the selected phase shift and determines a current symbol within the data modulated signal based on the amplitude of the summed signal as the selected phase shift is varied. A corresponding method is also disclosed herein. |
| US10284401B2 |
Transpositional modulation systems and methods
Systems and methods for transpositional modulation and demodulation are provided. One such method for generating a signal includes the steps of providing a look-up table having a plurality of quarter-cycle waveforms, each of said quarter-cycle waveforms associated with a respective input level; receiving an input signal; and outputting quarter-cycle waveforms associated with levels of the received input signal. Systems for transpositional modulation are also provided. One such system for generating a signal includes a look-up table having a plurality of quarter-cycle waveforms. Each of the quarter-cycle waveforms are associated with a respective input level, and the look-up table is configured to receive an input signal, and output quarter-cycle waveforms associated with levels of the received input signal. |
| US10284400B2 |
Delta-sigma modulator, transmitter, and integrator
This ΔΣ modulator is a ΔΣ modulator using multiple integrators. The integrator: includes a plurality of stages of adder sequences, each of the adder sequences including a plurality of adders connected in series; performs feedback of a result of a second adder sequence as an input to a first adder sequence, the first adder sequence being a first stage of the plurality of stages, and the second adder sequence being a last stage of the plurality of stages; and processes inputs supplied to the plurality of adders of the first adder sequence and supplies it to the second adder sequence. |
| US10284396B2 |
Semiconductor device
A symbol interference cancellation circuit may be provided. The symbol interference cancellation circuit may include an interference cancellation circuit configured for generating an interference-cancelled signal based on weight application signals, sampling output signals, and a clock signal. |
| US10284392B2 |
Virtual private network resiliency over multiple transports
Concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to virtual private network (“VPN”) resiliency over multiple transports. According to one aspect, a customer premises equipment can select, from a transport preference database, a transport from a plurality of transports available to support a VPN tunnel. The transport selected is associated with a highest priority value of the plurality of transports in the transport preference database. The customer premises equipment can initiate setup of the VPN tunnel through the transport and can determine whether setup of the VPN tunnel was successful. If setup was not successful, the customer premises equipment can select a further transport from the plurality of transports available to support the VPN tunnel. Additional details are disclosed herein. |
| US10284383B2 |
Aggregation protocol
A switch in a data network is configured to mediate data exchanges among network elements. The apparatus further includes a processor, which organizes the network elements into a hierarchical tree having a root node network element, vertex node network elements, and child node network elements that include leaf node network elements. The leaf node network elements are originate aggregation data and transmit the aggregation data to respective parent vertex node network elements. The vertex node network elements combine the aggregation data from at least a portion of the child node network elements, and transmit the combined aggregation data from the vertex node network elements to parent vertex node network elements. The root node network element is operative for initiating a reduction operation on the aggregation data. |
| US10284381B1 |
Low latency data distribution in a computing service environment
A master node may be configured with helper nodes in a one-to-many structure in a multicast tree for data streaming. A master node may receive network requests from the helper nodes in order to construct a pingback response. A master node may establish a network latency, for each of the helper nodes according to the pingback responses, to form a broadcast timing index. A master node may create routing tables from the broadcast timing index for local multicast routing at helper nodes within the multicast tree. A master node may send the routing tables from the master node to each of the helper nodes to arrange helper nodes in proximity to one another and create helper tiers within the multi-cast tree. A master node may stream data from the master node to the helper nodes according to a center-to-edge order of the multicast tree based on the routing table. |
| US10284380B2 |
Zero standby power for powerline communication devices
An embodiment is an integrated System on Chip (SoC) including a communication interface configured to implement a communication protocol including functional blocks that are energized or de-energized individually so that a minimum power consumption is used to receive and detect a signal, and a receiver identification (ID) detection function configured to determine whether the signal is intended for the device in which the SoC resides. The SoC further includes a power management function configured to control which functions in the SoC and/or device in which the SoC resides are energized or de-energized depending on the results of the receiver ID detection function, and a power source capable of energizing a minimum number of the functional blocks required to receive and detect a signal, wherein the power source can be used in a low power state and switched over to a main power supply when the SoC is energized. |
| US10284379B1 |
Public key infrastructure based on the public certificates ledger
Systems and methods for managing public key certificates and supporting the users thereof. The certificates are cryptographically encapsulated objects that bind the identities of their owners to public keys and provide digital signature mechanisms for other users to verify the binding and correctness of other attributes of the certificate. Certificates include double links that reflect their validation and position in a public certificates ledger, thereby preventing insertion or removal of certificates in the ledger. Certificate protocols of the system include requesting issuance of certificates, issuing and returning certificates to their requesting users, storing certificates in the certificates ledger, requesting and distributing certificates to transaction partners, verification of certificates by transaction partners, and revoking certificates by their owners. These protocols are performed as direct peer-to-peer transactions between the members of the system. |
| US10284377B2 |
Method for validating messages
There is provided a method for secure communications. The method includes a computing device receiving a notification comprising a message, a counter value, a signature signed by a signer and based on the message and the counter value, and an indication of the signer. The device obtains a current counter value based on an identity of the signer, checks the signature and compares the counter value with the current counter value; and, if the counter comparison and the signature checking is successful, accepting the message. |
| US10284374B2 |
Code signing system with machine to machine interaction
An improved code signing method is provided. The code signing method includes receiving a build notification at a package builder utility and retrieving one or more remotely stored code images and build logs identified in the build notification, invoking a code signing module with the package builder utility to request a digital signature from a remote code signing system, combining the requested digital signature with a code image or a manifest file comprising hashes of multiple code images, and storing the signed code image or signed manifest file at a code repository. |
| US10284368B2 |
Secure key storage
Some implementations disclosed herein provide techniques and arrangements for provisioning keys to integrated circuits/processor. In one embodiments, a key provisioner/tester apparatus may include a memory device to receive a unique hardware key generated by a first logic of a processor. The key provisioner/tester apparatus may further include a cipher device to permanently store an encrypted first key in nonvolatile memory of the processor, detect whether the stored encrypted first key is valid, and to isolate at least one of the first logic and the nonvolatile memory of the processor from all sources that are exterior to the processor in response to detecting that the stored encrypted first key is valid. |
| US10284366B2 |
Mobile communication system implementing integration of multiple logins of mobile device applications
In existing mobile implementations, there is a disconnect between the mobile device accessing the network and the applicative services inasmuch as the entity responsible for network access, such as the VPN Gateway, differs from the entity governing access to applications, such as email servers and SharePoint repositories. Therefore existing solutions typically employ two authentication methods. Of these, the first may be used to authenticate the mobile device to the VPN Gateway, while the second may be used to authenticate the mobile device towards the applications server. In order to facilitate strong authentication it is often desired to utilize a mechanism that uses or combines two different factors, e.g. “something you have” (such as but not limited to a smart card) and “something you know” (such as but not limited to a password). Most currently available mobile devices offer limited options to connect external devices to them, rendering most “Something you have” solutions irrelevant. For instance, there is no ability to connect a smart-card to a mobile phone. |
| US10284365B2 |
System and method for synchronized key derivation across multiple conditional access servers
Systems and methods for synchronized key derivation across multiple conditional access servers are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for synchronized key derivation to provide playback devices with derived keys for decrypting content includes receiving a request for a first derived key that includes a first asset identifier that identifies a piece of content and a first playback position within the content, determining a first content key starting position and first derived key starting position within the content using the first playback position, where the key starting positions precede the first playback position, determining whether a first content key associated with the first asset identifier and first content key starting position is stored, retrieving the first content key using the first asset identifier and first content key starting position, generating a first derived key using the first content key and first derived key starting position, and sending the derived key. |
| US10284363B2 |
Serial transmitter with feed forward equalizer
A serial transmitter that outputs one symbol every unit interval (UI) from a data source is presented. The serial transmitter includes a serial output port that outputs one symbol every unit interval (UI) from a data source. The serial transmitter also includes a plurality of driver segments that jointly drive the serial output port. Each driver segment is configured to use one of N phases of a sampling clock to serialize and transmit data from the data source. Different sets of the driver segments are configured to use different phases of the sampling clock for serializing and transmitting data, the sampling clock being a half-rate clock having a period of two UI. |
| US10284362B2 |
Sampler with low input kickback
Methods and systems are described for receiving a signal to be sampled and responsively generating, at a pair of common nodes, a differential current representative of the received signal, receiving a plurality of sampling interval signals, each sampling interval signal received at a corresponding sampling phase of a plurality of sampling phases, for each sampling phase, pre-charging a corresponding pair of output nodes using a pre-charging FET pair receiving the sampling interval signal, forming a differential output voltage by discharging the corresponding pair of output nodes via a discharging FET pair connected to the pair of common nodes, the FET pair receiving the sampling interval signal and selectively enabling the differential current to discharge the corresponding pair of output nodes, and latching the differential output voltage. |
| US10284360B2 |
Electronic circuit adjusting delay depending on communication condition
An electronic circuit receives transmission signals from three or more communication lines. The electronic circuit includes a clock-data recovery circuit and a control value generation circuit. The clock-data recovery circuit outputs a recovered clock based on a transition generated in reception signals. The clock-data recovery circuit outputs recovered signals based on the recovered clock and the reception signals. The recovered clock has a first edge in response to the transition generated in the reception signals. The recovered clock has a second edge in response to a reset signal generated based on a delay of the recovered clock. The delay of the recovered clock is adjusted based on a control value provided from the control value generation circuit. The control value is adjusted based on change of a communication condition. |
| US10284357B2 |
Intercom system and communication method thereof
A connection status detector of a controller determines that a two-wire cable is forward connected, in a case where a synchronization pattern of reception data completely coincides with a synchronization pattern for forward connection check. The connection status detector determines that the two-wire cable is reversely connected, in a case where the synchronization pattern of reception data completely coincides with a synchronization pattern for reverse connection check. A transmission data inverter reverses an uplink signal output from a transmission data processor, in a case where it is determined that the two-wire cable is reversely connected. A reception data inverter reverses a downlink signal output from a reception driver, in a case where it is determined that the two-wire cable is reversely connected. |
| US10284356B2 |
Self-interference cancellation
A wireless communication device includes, in part, an analog interference cancellation circuit and a controller. The analog cancellation circuit includes a multitude of delay paths each including a delay element and a variable attenuator. The controller dynamically varies the attenuation level of each of the variable attenuators in accordance with the frequency response characteristic of that attenuator to remove a portion of a self-interference signal present in a signal received by the device. The device measures the frequency response characteristic of the communication channel, used in determining the attenuation levels, via one or more preamble symbols. A second portion of the self-interference signal is removed by the device using a multitude of samples of a transmitted signal and a multitude of samples of a signal to be transmitted. |
| US10284354B2 |
Methods, apparatus, computer program, computer program product and mobile communications network for serving cells comprising primary cell and secondary cells
There is provided alleviation to erroneous activation and de-activation of secondary cells carrying a physical uplink control channel. User equipment in a mobile communications network is defined serving cells comprising a primary cell and secondary cells. At least one physical uplink control channel is associated with a secondary cell. A secondary cell defined for transmission of the physical uplink control channel is de-activated. A secondary cell is activated, when at least one secondary cell defined for transmission of physical uplink control channel is active. |
| US10284353B2 |
Subsurface radio
A method for subsurface radio communication includes transmitting voice data through a subsurface environment, by a transmitter of a radio transceiver. The voice data is received through the subsurface environment, by a receiver of the radio transceiver. A transceiver frequency of the radio transceiver is changed to an optimal transceiver frequency in response to a change to the subsurface environment. The transceiver frequency is one of a transmit frequency of the transmitter and a receive frequency of the receiver. A first impedance of a subwavelength antenna is matched to a second impedance of the transceiver in response to a difference between the first impedance and the second impedance exceeding an impedance mismatch value. The subwavelength antenna has a radiating length less than a transceiver wavelength of the radio transceiver operating in free-space at a maximum of the transceiver frequency. |
| US10284351B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting uplink control information (UCI) in wireless communication system
A method for a wireless device to which a plurality of serving cells are assigned transmitting uplink control information (UCI) in a wireless communication system is provided. The wireless device transmits uplink data in a subframe to a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), and transmits UCI including a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) ACK/NACK and periodic channel state information (CSI) in the subframe to a physical uplink shared channel (PUCCH). The PUCCH and the PUSCH have the same demodulation reference signal (DMRS) location within the subframe. |
| US10284350B2 |
Systems and methods for carrier aggregation
A User Equipment (UE) for performing carrier aggregation is described. The UE includes a processor and instructions stored in memory that is in electronic communication with the processor. The UE determines an uplink control information (UCI) transmission cell in a wireless communication network with at least one frequency-division duplexing (FDD) cell and at least one time-division duplexing (TDD) cell. The UE also selects a first cell for FDD and TDD carrier aggregation. The UE further determines a set of downlink subframe associations for the first cell that indicate at least one UCI transmission uplink subframe of the UCI transmission cell. The UE additionally sends Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request Acknowledgement/Negative Acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information in the UCI transmission uplink subframe of the UCI transmission cell. |
| US10284348B2 |
Control information sending method and control information receiving method, and apparatus
The present application discloses a control information sending method that includes: determining, from a preset set of patterns, a pattern as a first pattern, where the pattern comprised in the preset set of patterns is one or more patterns that are determined according to a coverage enhancement degree. The pattern determines an aggregation level that is used for transmitting control information, and determines the number of the multiple subframes, and also determines a resource indicator for a resource that is used for transmitting the control information. The pattern further determines a control information format that is used for transmitting, in each subframe of the multiple subframes, the control information. The method further includes: acquiring, according to the first pattern, the control information on a resource, to which the control information is mapped, in each subframe of the multiple subframes. |
| US10284347B2 |
In band control channels of a communication network
An in band control channel is created between nodes of a communication network in which the nodes have limited capability of inspecting the payload of packets to be transported over the network. The in band control channel is created by transmitting a plurality of dummy packets, each dummy packet having one of a plurality of different predetermined lengths, the sequence of dummy packets defining a code corresponding to at least one control command. |
| US10284345B2 |
Controlling transmissions
An apparatus and a apparatus method for controlling transmissions of base stations are proposed. In the method, the apparatus belongs to a set of apparatuses controlled by a common controller, transmits at least one control signal unique to the apparatus within a given area and transmits also a second control signal common to a set of apparatuses controlled by the same controller. |
| US10284343B2 |
Frequency hopping for multicast service transmissions for narrowband devices
Various features related to frequency hopping for broadcast/multicast transmissions for narrow band devices are described. To exploit frequency diversity, multicast transmissions may be frequency hopped. In an aspect, a UE maybe configured to receive a signal, e.g., from a base station, including at least one of a first hopping indicator indicating whether frequency hopping is enabled for a multicast control channel or a second hopping indicator indicating whether frequency hopping is enabled for a multicast traffic channel, and determine whether frequency hopping is enabled for the at least one of the multicast control or traffic channel based on the received signal. The UE may further determine at least one hopping pattern for receiving multicast transmissions in the at least one of the multicast control channel or the multicast traffic channel when the frequency hopping is enabled, and receive the multicast transmissions based on the determined at least one hopping pattern. |
| US10284335B2 |
Error detection for wormhole routing
A method is provided of detecting packet error during a transmission of a flit along a path from a source node through one or more intermediate nodes to a destination node. The method includes identifying a stalled node, from among the source and intermediate nodes, which prevents the transmission of the flit. The method includes generating, by a transmitter of the stalled node, a CRC for the flit and placing the CRC in an IDLE pattern of the flit. The method includes checking, by a receiver of an intermediate node subsequent to the stalled node, the CRC for the flit. The method includes sending, by a transmitter of the intermediate node, an error code to the destination node, and releasing the nodes from the intermediate node to and including the destination node, responsive to a detection, by the intermediate node, of an error in the CRC for the flit. |
| US10284331B2 |
Channel decoding method, apparatus, and system
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a channel decoding method, apparatus, and system. The channel decoding apparatus includes a memory storing instructions; and a processor coupled to the memory to execute the instructions to: obtain decoding information of first channel decoding of a data block; determine whether the first channel decoding fails; in response to determining that the first channel decoding fails, obtain a reference sequence number of the data block; obtain at least one matching historical demodulated soft value; combine the demodulated soft value of the data block and the at least one matching historical demodulated soft value to obtain a combined demodulated soft value of the data block; and perform second channel decoding on the combined demodulated soft value of the data block. |
| US10284327B1 |
Special energy sensing espionage detector
An energy sensing espionage detector is disclosed. The detector is designed to alert on compromised LED lighting sources used by spies on unsuspecting corporations and individuals. The detector counters one threat vector that is emerging from newly mandated energy policies to replace conventional lighting with energy efficient LED lighting. The detector senses that information is being transmitted by the light source using pulsed or modulated energy that is not detectable by the human eye. |
| US10284326B2 |
Penalty-based environment monitoring
A system and process for determining a communication status of an environment is disclosed. Sensors in the environment acquire data about the environment, and a first subset of the data is used to compute a first penalty about the environment, which is computed using a first algorithm that includes a maximum penalty and a decay rate at which the penalty decays over time. Further, a second subset of the data is used to compute a second penalty about the environment. The second penalty is computed using a second algorithm that also includes a maximum penalty and a decay rate at which the penalty decays over time. The first and second penalties are compiled to create an overall environmental penalty that represents a current status of the environment, which is compared to a threshold. If the overall environmental penalty exceeds the threshold, then an action, including issuing an alarm, is performed. |
| US10284324B2 |
Methods and apparatus for multiplexing and demultiplexing signals
A method in a node of a telecommunication network comprises receiving a digital communication signal from a first signal source, source, wherein the digital communication signal comprises a wherein the digital communication signal comprises a plurality of low amplitude windows, step 101, and receiving one or more analog subcarrier signals from a second signal source, step 103. The method further comprises multiplexing the one or more analog subcarrier signals into one or more of the plurality of low amplitude windows of the digital communication signal, step 105. |
| US10284315B2 |
Configuration and reporting of mobility measurements
There is provided mechanisms for configuring mobility measurements. A method is performed by a network node. The method comprises obtaining parameters to be used for a mobility measurement procedure. The parameters are valid for at least two consecutive measurement sessions of the mobility measurement procedure. The method comprises providing a measurement order to a wireless device regarding the mobility measurement procedure. The measurement order comprises at least one of the parameters. The method comprises initiating transmission of mobility reference signals to the wireless device according to the parameters such that the mobility reference signals are transmitted during said at least two consecutive measurement sessions. There is also provided mechanisms for reporting such mobility measurements. |
| US10284310B2 |
Wireless device, network node, methods therein, for respectively sending and receiving a report on quality of transmitted beams
Embodiments herein relate to methods performed by a wireless device for sending a report on channel information to a network node, methods performed by a network node for receiving a report on channel information, and corresponding wireless devices and network nodes. A network node controls at least one Transmission Point (TP) that transmits TP beams. Each TP beam is associated with respective beamformed Beam-specific Reference Signal (BRS) for channel information measurements. The wireless device sends the report, which comprises a number of sub-reports, to the network node. Each sub-report is associated with a TP beam. Each associated TP beam comprises at least one BRS and is selected by the device. Each sub-report is also associated with an indicator of channel quality value for one code word transmitted by the network node on the associated TP beam. |
| US10284303B2 |
Feedforward decision-free pilot-aided phase noise estimation for coherent optical M-QAM systems
An apparatus includes an electronic digital signal processor having electrical inputs for receiving a first sequence of measurements of values of a transmitted modulated optical carrier received in a coherent optical receiver and having electrical outputs for a stream of determined transmitted data values demodulated therein from the first sequence. The electronic digital signal processor has first circuitry to determine phase offsets of received pilot values from the first sequence. Additionally, the electronic digital signal processor has second circuitry to correct phase offsets of received ones of the data values from the determined phases of pilot values and data values being temporally interleaved in the transmitted modulated optical carrier. A system and a method are also included. |
| US10284302B2 |
Optical transmitter
An optical transmitter includes an optical modulator that includes a first phase shifter for a most significant bit, a second phase shifter for a least significant bit, and a third phase shifter for fine adjustment, the first phase shifter, the second phase shifter, and the third phase shifter are disposed along an optical waveguide, and a drive circuit that includes a first driver that drives the first phase shifter, a second driver that drives the second phase shifter, and a third driver that drives the third phase shifter, wherein a drive polarity of the third driver is adjustable in a positive direction and a negative direction, and the third phase shifter adjusts an amount of phase change of the optical modulator in a positive direction or a negative direction based on a drive voltage inputted from the third driver. |
| US10284298B2 |
Method for awaking optical network unit in passive optical network, device, and system
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method for awaking an optical network unit in a passive optical network, including: receiving, by an optical line terminal OLT, a service packet corresponding to an ONU in an energy-saving mode, where the service packet carries a packet feature, and the packet feature indicates a service type of the service packet; detecting, by the OLT, the packet feature of the service packet; and when the packet feature of the service packet is a preset packet feature of needing to awake the ONU, awaking, by the OLT, the ONU in the energy-saving mode. According to the technical solutions provided in the embodiments of the present invention, an ONU can be awoken from an energy-saving mode in time when a traffic rate at an initial service stage is small, and a high QoS requirement of a service is met. |
| US10284297B1 |
BTS apparatus for licensed-assisted access
Provided is a base transceiver station (BTS) apparatus that enables a licensed-assisted access (LAA) service in a licensed band and an unlicensed band. The BTS apparatus includes a head end connected to a BTS for each of multiple bands and carriers through a radio frequency (RF) line and a remote portion connected to one of optic lines that are optically expanded from the head end. |
| US10284290B2 |
Packet routing using optical supervisory channel data for an optical transport system
In some examples, a network device comprises one or more processors operably coupled to a memory, and a routing unit configured for execution by the one or more processors to route data traffic on a layer 3 network overlaying an optical transport system; receive optical supervisory channel data for an optical supervisory channel of the optical transport system; determine the optical supervisory channel data indicates an event affecting transmission or detection of a signal transported by a wavelength, the wavelength traversing an optical fiber of the optical transport system and underlying a link of the layer 3 network; and reconfigure, in response to determining the optical supervisory channel data indicates the event, a configuration of the network device to modify routing operations of the network device with respect to the data traffic on the layer 3 network. |
| US10284286B2 |
Multiuser communications system
A multiuser communication system comprises multiple transmitters and a multiuser receiver that detects multiple transmissions via iterative soft interference cancellation. An initial acquisition module and single user decoder module are also described. The multiuser receiver acquires and subtracts known users in the residual signal before acquiring new users in the residual signal, which is performed iteratively until no new users are detected or a stopping criterion is met. To aid receiver acquisition, the transmitters insert discrete tones into the transmitted signals. These allow the multiuser receiver to obtain initial estimates of the frequency, time, gain, and/or phase offset for each user. To improve the quality of cancellation the receiver refines estimates of gain, time, frequency and phase offsets for each user after each iteration, and calculates time varying SINR estimates for each user. The multiuser receiver may be satellite based, may be a distributed receiver, or process users in parallel. |
| US10284281B2 |
Resource sharing in relay operations within wireless communication systems
A wireless communication base station is disclosed. The base station includes a transceiver coupled to a controller configured to generate a sub-frame having first control region for a first set of users and a second control region for a second set of users that do not receive the first control region, the first control region has a fixed starting location within the sub-frame and the second control region has a starting location that is one of several possible starting locations within the sub-frame, wherein the controller is configured to cause the transceiver to transmit the sub-frame to the first and second sets of users without signaling the starting location of the second control region in the sub-frame. |
| US10284280B2 |
Method, system and device for compensation of Doppler impairments in OFDM wireless communication networks
A system, method and device to overcome the effects of mobility in OFDM wireless cellular networks. Individual beams are isolated and Doppler impairments are compensated so the constituent beams can reach the users in DL with ideally no Doppler impairments. Similarly in UL the signals corresponding to the different spatial beams are detected and their Doppler impairments compensated. |
| US10284279B2 |
Apparatus and method in wireless communications system
In a wireless communications system, a base station includes a first number of antennas and a smaller second number of radio frequency links. A base station apparatus includes: a rough arrival angle estimation unit, which estimates a rough arrival angle pair by a second number of antennas and a second number of radio frequency links; a candidate arrival angle estimation unit, which determines a candidate arrival angle pair based on a rough arrival angle pair and beam widths determined by a first number and a second number of antennas, respectively; and a precise arrival angle determination unit, which calculates the difference between the projection component and real component for the candidate arrival angle pairs based on a training tone from the user equipment, and designates the candidate arrival angle pair with the smallest difference between those components as the precise arrival angle pair. |
| US10284275B2 |
Single user and multiuser multiple-input and multiple-output beamforming
This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) beamforming. A device may determine one or more short sector sweep frames associated with one or more antennas of the device. The device may cause to set one or more fields of at least one of the one or more short sector sweep frames to indicate an MIMO communication with one or more first devices. The device may identify one or more response frames from at least one of the one or more first devices based at least in part on the one or more short sector sweep frames. |
| US10284269B2 |
Soft codebook subset restriction for elevation beamforming
A communications system has a cellular structure including a base station that is located within a cell of the cellular structure and provides an elevation beamforming transmission based on a set of elevation precoding matrix indicator offsets in an elevation codebook. The communications system also includes user equipment that is located within the cell and coupled to the base station to receive the set of elevation precoding matrix indicator offsets and a set of reference signals to provide channel quality and inter-cell interference measurements, wherein a selected channel quality indicator is based on an increase in channel quality with respect to inter-cell interference at the user equipment and corresponds to one of the set of elevation precoding matrix indicator offsets. A method of operating a communications system having a cellular structure is also provided. |
| US10284265B2 |
Method and apparatus for efficient precoding information validation for MIMO communications
A method and apparatus for efficient precoding matrix verification in a multiple-input multiple-output MIMO wireless communication system are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit WTRU sends a precoding matrix index PMI to an eNodeB. The eNodeB sends a verification message including a PMI indicator indicating whether or not the PMI of the WTRU and a PMI of the eNodeB are identical. If the PMI of the WTRU and of the eNodeB are identical, the eNodeB sends just a PMI indicator otherwise the eNodeB sends to the WTRU a PMI indicator and the PMI of the eNodeB. A plurality of PMIs may be sent simultaneously, and the PMIs may be partitioned into a plurality of groups. The PMI indicator may be either attached to or inserted into control signaling. PMI validation messages can be signaled to WTRU by control signaling or use of a dedicated reference signal. |
| US10284263B2 |
Methods for operating wireless electronic devices in coordinated multipoint transmission networks
A coordinated multipoint (CoMP) transmission radio network is provided. Each cell in the CoMP network may include antenna nodes distributed at different geographical locations and coupled to a common baseband processing unit. When operating a user device in the CoMP network, the device may register with a neighboring baseband unit and may be served using at least one antenna node. The device may receive reference signals from different antenna nodes in its vicinity, compute receive signal strength levels, and report the measurements to the corresponding baseband unit. The baseband unit may then switch appropriate antennas in/out of use based on the measured results. If desired, the device may be served using more than one antenna node that may or may not be part of the same cell. |
| US10284259B2 |
Backhaul link for distributed antenna system
A distributed antenna and backhaul system provide network connectivity for a small cell deployment. Rather than building new structures, and installing additional fiber and cable, embodiments described herein disclose using high-bandwidth, millimeter-wave communications and existing power line infrastructure. Above ground backhaul connections via power lines and line-of-sight millimeter-wave band signals as well as underground backhaul connections via buried electrical conduits can provide connectivity to the distributed base stations. An overhead millimeter-wave system can also be used to provide backhaul connectivity. Modules can be placed onto existing infrastructure, such as streetlights and utility poles, and the modules can contain base stations and antennas to transmit the millimeter-waves to and from other modules. |
| US10284257B2 |
Non-disruptive sweep measurement using coherent detection
Non-disruptive sweep measurements using low power coherent signals overcome the limitations of prior art frequency response systems for cable networks. Modulated or unmodulated, e.g. continuous wave (CW), test signals are transmitted into the network at a first or input point (input point is in the head end for forward sweep; input point is in the field for reverse sweep). The test signals are transmitted continuously at multiple frequencies, so as a composite they form a wideband, OFDM-like (orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing) waveform. A receiver at a second or output point generates power reading measurements, from which the frequency response of the network is produced. |
| US10284256B2 |
Nonlinear precoding bit loading method, transmit end, receive end, and system
Embodiments of the present invention provide a nonlinear precoding bit loading method, a transmit end, a receive end, and a system. The method includes: determining, power control factors of multiple preset quantities of bits; obtaining, a first correspondence between the multiple preset quantities of bits and signal to noise ratios without power control; determining, a second correspondence between the multiple preset quantities of bits and signal to noise ratios with power control according to the power control factors and the first correspondence; and after actually measuring a signal to noise ratio with power control on a subcarrier, determining, according to the second correspondence, a preset quantity of bits corresponding to the actually measured signal to noise ratio with power control, using the determined preset quantity of bits as an actual bit loading quantity of the subcarrier, and notifying a transmit end of the actual bit loading quantity. |
| US10284255B1 |
Base station and method for operating the base station
Present disclosure relates to a base station and a method for operating the same. The base station includes a communicating unit and a processing unit. The communicating unit is wirelessly connected to user equipments in the internet of things. The communicating unit is configured to receive a frequency hopping preamble sequence from a user equipment. The processing unit, electrically coupled to the communicating unit, is configured to obtain frequency hopping energies corresponding to a plurality of symbol groups from the frequency hopping preamble sequence. The processing unit is configured to accumulate the frequency hopping energies and calculate an average energy corresponding to one symbol group according to the accumulated frequency hopping energies. The processing unit is configured to calculate a threshold based on the average energy and a false alarm rate, wherein the threshold is applied to determine whether signals sending from the user equipment are noises. |
| US10284253B2 |
Advanced backhaul services
“Tiered” groups of devices (tiered service radios) and/or licenses associated with the devices or users so as to provide a hieratical set of interference protection mechanisms for members of each tier of service are disclosed. Point-to-point and point-to-multipoint data links for any communication application, including wireless backhaul applications, are also disclosed. Exemplary systems, devices, and methods disclosed herein allow for the efficient operation of such a tiered service. Interference protection among tiered service devices belonging to one or more tiers of the service, from other devices within the same tier of service, or devices of other tiers of service, is disclosed. Identification of other devices of the same or differing tiers of service, and interference mitigation between other tiered service devices based upon intercommunication between the devices, and/or via a central registry database, are also disclosed. |
| US10284252B2 |
Transceiver with alternating mode of operation
A transceiver (100) is disclosed for a communication node adapted to transmit a first signal to an other communication node and to receive a second signal from the other communication node. The transceiver comprises at least one antenna (110), at least one transmitter module (120), at least one receiver module (130), and a mode alternator (160). The at least one antenna is adapted to simultaneously transmit the first signal and receive the second signal, wherein the first and second signals have equal carrier frequencies and different polarizations. The second signal is for determining a channel characterization of a communication channel over which the second signal is received, and the channel characterization is for determination of one or more transmission parameters for the first signal. The mode alternator is adapted to alternate a mode of operation of the transceiver between at least a first and a second mode of operation. The first mode of operation comprises the transceiver transmitting the first signal using a first polarization and receiving the second signal using a second polarization, and the second mode of operation comprises the transceiver transmitting the first signal using a third polarization and receiving the second signal using a fourth polarization. Corresponding communication node, communication system, method and computer program product are also disclosed. |
| US10284251B2 |
Low power, high resolution automated meter reading and analytics
The systems and methods described herein are directed to techniques for improving battery life performance of end devices in resource monitoring systems which transmit data using low-power, wide area network (LPWAN) technologies. Further, the techniques include providing sensor interfaces in the end devices configured to communicate with multiple types of metrology sensors. Additionally, the systems and methods include techniques for reducing the size of a concentrator of a gateway device which receives resource measurement data from end devices. The reduced size of the concentrator results in smaller, more compact gateway devices that consume less energy and reduce heat dissipation experienced in gateway devices. The concentrator may comply with modular interface standards, and include two radios configured for transmitting 1-watt signals. Lastly, the systems and methods include techniques for fully redundant radio architecture within a gateway device, allowing for maximum range and minimizing downtime due to transmission overlap. |
| US10284247B2 |
System and method for bit processing in a central network component
A central network component, a FlexRay-compatible central network component, and a method for bit processing in a central network component are described. In one embodiment, a central network component for facilitating communication among communication nodes includes a bit oversampling module configured to oversample bits received from a first communication node of the communication nodes with an oversampling factor to generate oversampled bit streams, a time point selection module configured to select time points in the oversampled bit streams, where the time points correspond to inner samples of the oversampled bit streams with respect to the oversampling factor, and a bit outputting module configured to output the inner samples to a second communication node of the communication nodes between the time points. Other embodiments are also described. |
| US10284246B2 |
Card holder and electronic device
Disclosed are a card holder and an electronic device. The electronic device includes: a device body provided with a card holder slot and a card holder installed in the card holder slot, where a limiting rib is arranged in the card holder slot. The card holder includes: a card holder body, a card holder cap arranged on the card holder body and force application pieces for applying a force to the card holder cap towards the card holder body. The card holder cap is movably connected with the card holder body. The force application pieces enable the card holder cap to keep close to the card holder body. A limiting surface is arranged on the card holder cap and is abutted against the limiting rib so that an outer wall surface of a side wall of the card holder cap is flush with a surface of the device body. |
| US10284244B1 |
Method and apparatus for coupling one or more transceivers to a plurality of antennas
The present application provides a radio frequency front end circuit, a wireless communication device and a method for coupling signals in support of multiple input and multiple output, and carrier aggregation for multiple frequency bands of operation between one or more transceivers and a plurality of antennas. Each antenna is associated with a respective signal from each of a first frequency band of operation and a second frequency band of operation from the one or more transceivers. The radio frequency front end circuit includes a multi-close front end switch associated with one of the plurality of antennas, where separate terminals of the multi-close front end switch are each respectively associated with the respective signal from each of the first frequency band of operation and the second frequency band of operation corresponding to the associated antenna from the one or more transceivers. The separate terminals of the multi-close front end switch can be simultaneously coupled to a port coupled to the associated antenna via multiple throws within the multi-close front end switch. |
| US10284242B2 |
Custom broadcast audio content station
A system may be configured to scan audio content providers, using at least one receiver, to identify metadata of audio content instances currently being broadcast by the audio content providers, capture audio content instances from the audio content providers, using the at least one receiver, when the metadata of the audio content instances matches desired content information, and add the captured audio content instances to a customized content queue of desired audio content. The system may also be configured to provide, to a content categorization server, user content preferences indicative of properties of audio content instances preferred by a user, receive, from the content categorization server, desired content information indicative of metadata of audio content instances preferred for experiencing by a user based on the user content preferences, and identify audio content instances broadcast from audio content providers as preferred based on the desired content information. |
| US10284240B2 |
Receiving circuit and wireless communication device
A receiving circuit includes a first inductor, a second inductor, a capacitor and an amplifier. The first inductor includes a first terminal and a second terminal. The second inductor includes a third terminal and a fourth terminal. The first terminal is configured to couple with an antenna for receiving a first electrical signal corresponding to an electromagnetic wave received by the antenna. The second terminal is configured to output a second electrical signal based on the first electrical signal. The first capacitor includes a fifth terminal coupled to the third terminal and a sixth terminal coupled to the fourth terminal. The amplifier is coupled to the second terminal and configured to amplify the second electrical signal. |
| US10284234B1 |
Facilitation of data deletion for distributed erasure coding
Although a distributed storage device can recover data from multiple failures this process produces excessive inter-zone network traffic when a chunk with user data is deleted. This disclosure employs an un-encoding erasure coding and partial coding chunks to facilitate data deletes while reducing inter-zone network traffic. Therefore a data chunk representative of partitioned disk space associated with a first zone of a data store can be determined to be marked for deletion. Consequently, the data chunk can be copied, resulting in a copied data chunk, to a second zone of the data store associated with a coding chunk comprising the data chunk. Based on the copied data chunk and the coding chunk, a partial coding chunk can be generated via un-encoding, wherein the partial coding chunk is a subset of the coding chunk. |
| US10284232B2 |
Dynamic error processing in a storage device
Dynamically adjusting an error correction effort level of a storage device, including: receiving, from a storage array controller, an error correction effort level to perform when attempting to read data from the storage device; identifying that an attempt to read the data resulted in an error; and determining whether an amount of error correction effort level required to attempt to correct the error exceeds the error correction effort level to perform when attempting to read data from the storage device. |
| US10284225B2 |
Systems and methods for data compression
The transmission of broadcast data, such as financial data and news feeds, is accelerated over a communication channel using data compression and decompression to provide secure transmission and transparent multiplication of communication bandwidth, as well as reduce the latency. Broadcast data may include packets having fields. Encoders associated with particular fields may be selected to compress those particular fields. |
| US10284224B2 |
System and method for compressed sensing
A system for compressed sensing comprising: a compressive sampling module configured for providing a CS-sampled signal and a signal reconstruction module configured for receiving and allocating a first plurality of measurement windows comprising a number of samples from the CS-sampled signal, calculating a corresponding first plurality of reconstruction windows based on the first plurality of measurement windows and calculating a first version of a reconstructed signal based on the first plurality of reconstruction windows. The signal reconstruction module is also configured to allocate a second plurality measurement windows overlapping in content with the first plurality of measurement windows, calculate a second plurality of reconstruction windows based on the second plurality of measurement windows, calculate a second version of the reconstructed signal based on the second plurality of reconstructed windows and generate a reconstructed signal based on values from the first version and the second version of the reconstructed signal. |
| US10284222B1 |
Delta-sigma converter with pre-charging based on quantizer output code
An analog-to-digital converter (ADC) device includes a delta-sigma modulator having at least one integrator and a quantizer configured to receive an output of the at least one integrator. The delta-sigma modulator also includes digital-to-analog converter (DAC) capacitor bank, a sampling capacitor bank, and a pre-charge capacitor bank, each selectively coupled to an input node of the at least one integrator. The delta-sigma modulator also includes a pre-charge signal generator coupled to the pre-charge capacitor bank. The pre-charge signal generator is configured to generate a pre-charge signal to charge the pre-charge capacitor bank based at least in part on an output code of the quantizer. |
| US10284213B2 |
Analog-to-digital converter reusing comparator for residue amplifier for noise shaping
Some or all of a comparator circuit of an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) circuit can be efficiently repurposed or reused for residue amplification for efficient noise-shaping, e.g., in a noise-shaping feedback configuration. A preamplifier portion of a comparator circuit in an oversampling ADC can be re-purposed to provide an amplifier to amplify or otherwise modify a residue left after the bit trials of a conversion cycle. The amplified or modified residue can then be used elsewhere, for example, for noise-shaping by applying a noise transfer function (NTF), a result of which can then be fed back (e.g., summed with the next sampled input at an input of the comparator circuit for use in the N bit trials of the next ADC cycle). |