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| US10293288B2 |
Filter medium
The present invention relates to a filter medium comprising a substrate and a fine fiber layer on top of the substrate, wherein the substrate comprises a first layer comprising first fibers having a first average diameter and a first maximum fiber length; a second layer comprising second fibers having a second average diameter and a second maximum fiber length; and a third layer comprising third fibers having a third average diameter and a third maximum fiber length; wherein the boundary area between the first and the second layer forms a first blended area comprising first and second fibers; and the boundary area between the second and the third layer forms a second blended area comprising second and third fibers; and wherein the first and the third average diameters are each larger than the second average diameter. |
| US10293287B2 |
Water filter assembly
In the water filter assembly, the flow path could be changed to the bypass flow path or the purified water flow path, when the inner moves upwardly and downwardly in the filter head by combining or separating of the filter body and filter head. The inner is movably inserted to the filter head. The elastic member changes the flow path to bypass flow path when the filter body is separated by elastic biasing the inner between the filter head and the inner to downward direction of the filter head. If the user pushes the inner to the inside of the filter head by mistake when the filter body is separated from the filter head, the inner is pushed out to be the original position, so that the filter body can be rapidly combined to the filter head including the inner. |
| US10293286B2 |
Water purification device based on filter cartridge anti-counterfeiting identification
Disclosed is a water purification device based on filter cartridge anti-counterfeiting identification, comprising a filter cartridge assembly (1), a booster pump (2) and a membrane filter assembly (3); a water inlet and a water outlet of the filter cartridge assembly (1) are connected respectively to a water supply pipe and the booster pump (2), the water outlet of the booster pump is connected to a water inlet of the membrane filter assembly (3). The filter cartridge assembly (1) and the membrane filter assembly (3) are respectively provided with an identification chip to be identified and paired with an identifier installed on the water purification device; the booster pump (2) is connected to the identifier; the identifier transmits a signal to propel the booster pump (2) to work only after the identification chips are identified and paired with the identifier. |
| US10293280B2 |
Pumping system
According to embodiments described in the specification, a pumping system for use in a tailings pond is provided. The pumping system comprises a pump support and at least one mooring element coupled to the pump support. The at least one mooring element has an extended position for fixing the pump support to a bed of the tailings pond, and a retracted position for permitting movement of the pump support towards a shore of the tailings pond. The at least one mooring element is configured for transitioning from the extended position to the retracted position when a distance from the shore to the pump support exceeds a threshold as a result of a change to tailings pond geometry, and for returning to the extended position following movement of the pump support to reduce the distance below the threshold. |
| US10293270B1 |
Multi-skill development and educational toy bead for infants and a toy piece of jewelry comprising a plurality of such toy beads
The present invention concerns a toy bead (10, 100) comprising: two conjugated parts (11, 12; 110, 120), each part comprising a proximal end and a distal end; proximal ends of said conjugated parts comprising conjugated screwing means (11a, 12a; 110a, 120a) adapted to screw conjugated parts to each other in order to build the bead; distal ends of said conjugated parts comprising plugging means (17, 18; 170, 180), either male or female, adapted to plug said parts respectively to parts of other similar toy beads comprising corresponding plugging means; each conjugated part further comprising an internal canal (15, 16; 150, 160) extending from its proximal end to its distal end and opening to each end, the internal canal of one part being collinear to the internal canal of the its conjugated part when the conjugated parts are screwed to each other, so that a yarn can be threaded successively into internal canals of said conjugated parts. |
| US10293268B2 |
Block, block system, information processing apparatus, display method, and information processing method
A block system 1 includes a block 102 and a host terminal 10. The block 102, configured such that two or more blocks are connectable with each other, includes a power supply mechanism 110 for supplying power to the block 102, a communication mechanism 114 for establishing connection with the host terminal 10 to transmit and receive various signals, a storage mechanism 112 for storing identification information related with the block 102, a display mechanism 118 for emitting light and displaying an image under the control of the host terminal 10, and a control mechanism 116 for executing programmed processing in accordance with a signal from the host terminal 10. |
| US10293256B2 |
System and method for providing persistent character personalities in a simulation
Apparatus and methods are provided to implement a technique for managing the response of a digital entity in a simulation to reflect its interaction with one or more players over time, such as managing a non-player character's responses to player characters in an online computer game. In the system, a computer system tracks the interaction of the digital entity with other entities and the occurrence or status of internal and external events to control how the digital entity reacts to current events and interactions. |
| US10293253B2 |
Program, game control method, and information processing apparatus
A program, a game control method, and an information processing apparatus, which are capable of improving operability of a game. A program causing an information processing apparatus to execute a step of causing an object arranged on a field object in a virtual space in which a coordinate system having a first axis and a second axis is set to be displayed on a screen in which a coordinate system having a third axis and a fourth axis is set, a step of detecting first and second positions on the screen while the first user operation is being detected, and a moving step of moving the object according to a first user operation. |
| US10293251B2 |
Pre-loading translated code in cloud based emulated applications
Pre-translated code for an emulated application may be retrieved and executed to translate data from the emulated application into a form compatible with the client device before receiving a request for the emulated application from the client device. The translated data may be delivered to the client device platform over a network after receiving the request for the emulated application from the client device. |
| US10293250B2 |
Game device, game system, control method, and control program
A game device (information processing device (4)) includes a communication unit communicable with a portable terminal (2), an executing unit that executes a game application, a rendering unit that renders a game screen of a game based on the game application, and a switching unit that switches an operating state. The game device is configured to be usable in an independent use form in which the executing unit executes the game application and the rendering unit renders the game screen to cause the game to progress and a task processing form in which the executing unit processes a partial task of a game application executed in the portable terminal (2) and transmits a processing result of the partial task to the portable terminal (2). The switching unit carries out switching to any of the independent use form and the task processing form to cause the game device to operate. |
| US10293249B2 |
Haptic peripheral having a deformable substrate configured for amplified deformation
A haptic peripheral includes a housing, a deformable substrate coupled to the housing to be moveable thereto, and a smart material actuator coupled to a surface of the deformable substrate. The smart material actuator produces a force that deforms the deformable substrate relative to the housing in response to the control signal from a processor to thereby provide a haptic effect to a user of the haptic peripheral. The deformable substrate includes at least one user contact portion configured to contact the user and two opposing hinges. The deformable substrate also includes at least two stiff arms, each stiff arm extending between the user contact portion and one of the two opposing hinges. The stiff arms are relatively stiffer than the user contact portion and the hinges such that the deformable substrate is configured to increase the deformation of the deformable substrate relative to the housing. |
| US10293239B2 |
Action detection and activity classification
Activities, actions and events during user performance of physical activity may be detected using various algorithms and templates. Templates may include an arrangement of one or more states that may identify particular event types and timing between events. Templates may be specific to a particular type of activity (e.g., types of sports, drills, events, etc.), user, terrain, time of day and the like. |
| US10293236B2 |
Direction indication device for golf putting
Disclosed herein is a direction indication device for golf putting. The device includes a scale plate, a left and right slope angle indication needle, an indication needle rotation means, a vertical slope angle scale means, and a lid provided over the scale plate. The indication needle rotation means includes a first rotation cam including a wedge pin closely coupled vertically to an elongated hole formed on one end of the left and right slope angle indication needle and maintained vertically in a direction of the central axis of the earth. The indication needle rotation means also includes an angle adjustment bar rotatably connected with the first rotation cam such that the first rotation cam is rotated from side to side and moves back and forth. Additionally, the indication needle rotation means includes a first supporting rod to support the angle adjustment bar and installed on the scale plate. |
| US10293233B2 |
Sports training system
A method of assembling a sports training ball includes locating at least one force sensor in the sports training ball for measuring an elevated force applied to the sports training ball. The sports training ball includes an outer surface that surrounds an inner core. An indicator is located in the sports training ball. The indicator is in electrical communication with at least one force sensor and is configured to receive a change in an electrical signal when the elevated force measured by at least one force sensor decreases below a predetermined elevated threshold. The indicator is configured to indicate to a user when the indicator receives the change in the electrical signal with a change in at least one of an audio signal or a visual signal. |
| US10293226B2 |
Golf club set having an elastomer element for ball speed control
A golf club head including a striking face, a periphery portion surrounding and extending rearwards from the striking face, wherein the striking face comprises a front surface configured to strike a golf ball and a rear surface opposite the front surface, wherein the rear surface of the striking face comprises a supported region, a support arm spaced from the rear surface of the striking face, the support arm extending from the periphery portion towards the supported region, a deformable element residing between the support arm and the rear surface of the striking face, and wherein the deformable element comprises a front surface in contact with the rear surface of the striking face and a rear surface in contact with the support arm. |
| US10293224B2 |
Iron golf club head
An iron golf club head comprises; a head main body including a club face provided with score lines; a weight member having a specific gravity larger than that of the head main body; and a fixing member having a specific gravity larger than that of the head main body and less than that of the weight member, and fixed to the head main body by welding so as to cover the weight member. In a forward tilting state of the club head in which the score lines are horizontal and the club face is vertical, the distance D in the perpendicular direction to the club face from the backmost position of the club head to the center of gravity of the weight member is not more than 47.3% of the maximum thickness W of the club head which is the shortest distance from the backmost position of the club head to the club face. |
| US10293222B2 |
Golf club irons including backing material behind ball striking face
Golf clubs and golf club heads, such as iron heads, may include an iron body and a ball striking plate engaged with the iron body. The ball striking plate may include a face layer and a backing layer. The face layer of the ball striking plate may be formed of a metal material, while the backing layer may be formed of a polymeric material. The backing layer isolates the face layer from the iron body. In some arrangements, the backing layer of the insert may be visible at the top, the bottom, the side and/or the front surfaces of the iron head. Methods for making such iron devices are also described. |
| US10293218B2 |
Golf club head having a nanocrystalline titanium alloy
Embodiments of a golf club head and methods to manufacture such a golf club head are generally described herein. The golf club head generally includes at least one ball-striking face, which comprises a titanium alloy that is associated with an average grain size measuring no more than about 1 micron (μm) in the longest dimension. The golf club head is associated with a coefficient of restitution of about 0.847 or more when a ball impacts the ball-striking face. |
| US10293213B2 |
Golf ball having non-planar parting line with non-circular dimples
The present invention is directed to a golf ball having a non-planar parting line about non-circular dimples on its spherical surface. The parting line comprises non-concentric arcs having straight connecting line segments between the arcs. Each arc maintains a tangency with its connecting lines and a relief distance greater than or equal to 0.003 inches when measured from an average non-circular dimple diameter to one of the non-concentric arcs and an absolute relief distance of at least 0.001 inches when measured from all points on the non-circular dimple perimeter to one of the non-concentric arcs. The sum of the lengths of the non-concentric arcs relates to the sum of the straight connecting line segments according to the equation: (0.15)ΣLARCS≤ΣLLINES≤(0.50)ΣLARCS. |
| US10293210B2 |
Treadmill and control method for controlling the treadmill belt thereof
A treadmill and a control method for controlling the treadmill belt thereof are provided. The treadmill includes a treadmill belt, a first sensor, an image sensor, and a controller. The first sensor retrieves a light pattern or the image sensor measures the characteristic properties of the image of the user so as to control the treadmill belt. The light pattern can be generated by a signal member, which can be disposed on a side or both sides of the treadmill belt. |
| US10293209B2 |
Systems and methods for time-based athletic activity measurement and display
An athletic parameter measurement device worn by an athlete during an athletic activity session includes a housing which attaches to the athlete, a display, a processor associated with the display, and an athletic parameter measurement sensor. During the athletic activity, the device detects, using the sensor, a vertical jump height of the athlete, and displays, during the performance of the athletic activity session, a representation of the vertical jump height on the display. |
| US10293204B2 |
Leg-powered treadmill
A motor-less leg-powered curved treadmill produced that allows people to walk, jog, run, and sprint without making any adjustments to the treadmill other than shifting the user's center of gravity forward and backwards. A closed loop treadmill belt running between front and rear pulley rollers is formed with a low friction running surface of transverse wooden, plastic or rubber slats attached to each other in a resilient fashion, wherein each transverse slat has at least one continuous fin descending downward therefrom. |
| US10293198B2 |
Shoulder end range of motion improving device
A shoulder end range of motion improving device has a linkage, the linkage including a first link member, a second link member supported on the first link member, the second link member configured for being secured to an arm of a patient and being rotatable about a second link axis for rotating the arm of the patient about a shoulder joint of the patient through an arm range of motion, the second link axis being displaceable into a selectable fixed position, the fixed position being maintained during rotation of the second link member, an actuator for rotating the second link member about the second link axis, and a controller controlling the actuator for selectively rotating the second link member about the second link axis through the arm range of motion. |
| US10293193B2 |
Aircraft lavatory emergency oxygen device
An aircraft emergency oxygen dispensing device includes an oxygen storage vessel having a frangible pressure seal, and a manifold, a pressure regulator, one or more flow control valves connected to the oxygen storage vessel. The manifold includes an initiator for breaking the pressure seal to initiate a flow of oxygen. A flow controller controls the flow control valves to dispense small quantities of oxygen by a pulse oxygen system or a modulated oxygen system based on ambient cabin air pressure. In the pulse oxygen system, the flow controller further controls the flow control valves based on input from at least one breathing mask air pressure sensor that monitors the breathing of a user. |
| US10293189B2 |
Ultrasonic apparatus, a therapeutic system and a method of increasing a workflow
An ultrasonic apparatus (10) includes a support (2) for accommodating a portion of a patient (14). The support includes a first reservoir (8) with a transmission medium. The support further includes an ultrasonic wave source (9) having an emitting surface (7) being conceived to be oriented towards the portion of the patient (14) in use. The ultrasonic apparatus further includes a substantially transparent aperture (26) arranged in the support (2) for enabling an inspection of the first reservoir. A therapeutic system increases a workflow of the ultrasonic apparatus. |
| US10293188B2 |
Method and apparatus for the treatment of tissue
A method and apparatus is disclosed for determining the success of a proposed HIFU Treatment, of an ongoing HIFU Treatment, and/or of a completed HIFU Treatment. An energy density of a given HIFU Treatment may be used as a comparison factor between the given HIFU Treatment and other HIFU Treatments and as a predictor of the success of the given HIFU Treatment. One exemplary energy density is the amount of energy deposited in the treatment region divided by the volume of the treatment region. Another exemplary energy density is the amount of energy deposited in the treatment region divided by the pre-treatment mass of the treatment region. A method and apparatus is disclosed to detect the presence of focal hyperechoic features and non-focal hyperechoic features. A method and apparatus is disclosed to detect the presence of an acoustic obstruction. |
| US10293187B2 |
Histotripsy excitation sequences optimized for bubble cloud formation using shock scattering
Methods and devices for producing cavitation in tissue are provided. In one embodiment, a shock scattering method of Histotripsy therapy comprises delivering an initiation pressure waveform from an ultrasound therapy transducer into tissue, the initiation pressure waveform being configured to produce at least one bubble in the tissue, delivering a scattering pressure waveform from the ultrasound therapy transducer into the at least one bubble within a life-cycle of the at least one bubble, and producing cavitation nuclei near the at least one bubble with the scattering pressure waveform. The scattering pressure waveform can be delivered during the life-cycle of the at least one bubble. In some embodiments, the scattering pressure waveform is delivered within 5 μs to 1 s of the initiation pressure waveform. Systems for performing shock scattering Histotripsy therapy are also discussed. |
| US10293186B2 |
Radiation therapy system
The invention relates to radiation therapy system. The system includes a five-degree-of-freedom O-shaped arm radiation therapy device and a six-degree-of-freedom parallel radiation therapy bed. The five-degree-of-freedom O-shaped arm radiation therapy device includes an O-shaped arm movement mechanism, a linear accelerator device, a radiation dose detection device and a double-X-ray machine image positioning mechanism. The O-shaped arm movement mechanism includes an O-shaped arm, an accelerator displacement device, a rotational displacement device, a turning displacement device, a horizontal transverse displacement device, and a horizontal longitudinal displacement device. The double-X-ray machine image positioning mechanism includes an X-ray transmitter and receiver. The six-degree-of-freedom parallel radiation includes a base assembly, a connecting rod assembly and a bed plate assembly. The radiation therapy system of the invention achieves five-degree-of-freedom control of a radiation therapy process with high control accuracy and stability, and has flexible spatial positions and high positioning accuracy of the radiation therapy bed. |
| US10293183B2 |
Particle beam treatment system
An object of the present invention is to provide a particle beam treatment system that can realize the reduction of treatment time for a specific patient, compared with treatment time in a conventional type. A control unit of a control system controls a beam routing system and irradiation devices so as to maintain the occupation of an accelerator when a certain treatment room of plural treatment rooms once occupies the accelerator except intentional operation to release the occupation of the accelerator or the occurrence of system failure. |
| US10293179B2 |
Physician directed radiation treatment planning
The treatment planning engine empowers radiation treatment decision makers, such as a physician, to efficiently identify effective radiation treatment outcomes for a given patient during the contouring stage. Specifically, using the treatment planning engine, the physician may iteratively and in real-time evaluate different treatment outcomes for a patient before selecting an optimal outcome that will guide the delivery of radiation treatment to the patient. By providing real-time information as to potential toxicity and treatment efficacy during the contouring stage, the physician is empowered to make informed decisions at the preliminary contouring stage. |
| US10293176B2 |
Light therapy platform system
Phototherapy systems comprising a therapeutic lamp platform for radiant lamps such as LEDs disposed in an assembly including a reflective surface facing towards a patient and a plurality of light apertures substantially aligned with the LEDs for communicating lamp radiation from the lamps to a user. The lamps and associated circuitry are disposed so that the reflective surface is relatively smooth and seamless towards the patient. The walls have a malleable rigidity for flexible adjustability relative to the user and, the device is mounted to the user with a frame. |
| US10293166B2 |
Fractionalized stimulation pulses in an implantable stimulator device
A method for configuring stimulation pulses in an implantable stimulator device having a plurality of electrodes is disclosed, which method is particularly useful in adjusting the electrodes by current steering during initialization of the device. In one aspect, a set of ideal pulses for patient therapy is determined, in which at least two of the ideal pulses are of the same polarity and are intended to be simultaneous applied to corresponding electrodes on the implantable stimulator device during an initial duration. These pulses are reconstructed into fractionalized pulses, each comprised of pulse portions. The fractionalized pulses are applied to the corresponding electrodes on the device during a final duration, but the pulse portions of the fractionalized pulses are not simultaneously applied during the final duration. |
| US10293159B2 |
Measuring the “on-skin” time of a transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulator (TENS) device in order to minimize skin irritation due to excessive uninterrupted wearing of the same
Apparatus for providing transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) therapy to a user, the apparatus comprising: a stimulation unit for electrically stimulating at least one nerve of the user; an electrode array connectable to the stimulation unit, the electrode array comprising a plurality of electrodes for electrical stimulation of the at least one nerve of the user; a monitoring unit electrically connected to the stimulation unit for monitoring the on-skin status of the electrode array; an analysis unit for analyzing the on-skin status of the electrode array to determine the effective on-skin time of the electrode array; and a feedback unit for alerting the user when the analysis unit determine that the effective on-skin time exceeds a threshold. |
| US10293153B2 |
Pseudoporous surface of implantable materials and methods of making the same
An implantable medical device can include an electrode substrate electrically connected to at least one electrode. The device can have a pseudoporous surface across the electrode substrate and electrode. This surface can result in a real surface area (RSA) greater than the geometric surface area (GSA) of the device. The pseudoporous surface can be a macroporous surface enabling a charge injection capacity greater than 1 mC/cm2 while minimizing rejection of the device by surrounding tissue in chronic implant applications. The electrode can be a thin layer of conductive material, such as platinum or another metal, conformally deposited on the pseudoporous surface of the electrode substrate. A method of making the implantable device can include forming the device having an electrode substrate and at least one electrode electrically coupled to the electrode substrate, and forming a pseudoporous surface on the electrode substrate and electrode. |
| US10293152B2 |
Devices, systems, and methods for automated optimization of energy delivery
Devices, systems, and methods for automated optimization of muscle stimulation energy. In some embodiments the disclosure optimizes stimulation parameters and/or stimulation location. |
| US10293144B2 |
Apparatus and methods for enhanced drug delivery
Systems and method for using a sleeve for enhanced drug delivery are described. The sleeve may incorporate porous materials and may be coated or treated with various drugs and/or therapeutic agents. The sleeve may be utilized in cooperation with balloon catheters and/or other devices. When acting as a reservoir for holding various drugs and/or therapeutic agents, the drug delivery sleeve provides a means of reducing drug losses as well as a controlled mechanism for drug release. The materials for the sleeve, constructed by various techniques, may be circumferentially distensible, may be elastic, and may have varying degrees of recoil as needed for any particular purpose. |
| US10293142B2 |
Catheter assembly
A catheter assembly is disclosed, which includes a catheter, a catheter hub fixed to a base end portion of the catheter, an inner needle having a needlepoint, inserted into the catheter, a needle hub coupled to the inner needle, and a needle support portion for supporting the inner needle through the catheter on a leading end side beyond the catheter hub, wherein the needle support portion has a pair of support arms openable and closeable in a left and right direction, and a restraining portion capable of restraining the pair of support arms in a closed state and releasing a restraint of the pair of support arms, the needle hub having an extension portion extending in a leading end direction beyond the catheter hub, the pair of support arms being laterally disposed between the restraining portion. |
| US10293140B2 |
Anchor device and method
Some embodiments of an anchor device may include bendable anchor mechanism that is deployable in a subcutaneous layer to releasably secure the anchor device to a patient's body. Certain embodiments of the anchor mechanism may include one or more barbs that flexibly bend in response to an insertion or removal force. As such, the anchor mechanism may be inserted into a subcutaneous layer, and removed from the subcutaneous layer, without the need for a separate actuation device to extend or retract the barbs. |
| US10293135B2 |
Delivery catheter for and method of delivering implant, for example, bronchoscopically implanting a marker in a lung
Systems and methods for treating a lung of a lung of a patient. One embodiment of a method comprises positioning a leadless marker in the lung of the patient relative to the target, and collecting position data of the marker. This method further comprises determining the location of the marker in an external reference frame outside the patient based on the collected position data, and providing an objective output in the external reference frame that is responsive to movement of the marker. The objective output is provided at a frequency (i.e., periodicity) that results in a clinically acceptable tracking error. In addition, the objective output can also be provided at least substantially contemporaneously with collecting the position data used to determine the location of the marker. |
| US10293130B2 |
Transtracheal ventilation device
Disclosed is a transtracheal ventilation device including at least one base plate with an opening and comprising a tubular connecting part with a channel and a central axis. The base plate and the connecting part are connected to each other such that a lumen, when inserted into the device, extends into the channel through the opening along the central axis to a fixing element (a fastening). The fixing element can be pivoted relative to the central axis. The fixing element is arranged at a distance of at least 5 millimeters along the central axis from a base plate face which faces away from the fixing element, and the opening has an inner diameter which is at least 20% larger than an outer diameter of the lumen at least on a first plane perpendicular to the central axis. |
| US10293124B2 |
Respiration system and respiration apparatus and method
The present invention relates to methods for operating a respiration apparatus and a respiration system, and also a respiration apparatus and a respiration system. The respiration system comprises a respiration apparatus and a computer software program for an external computer to operate the respiration apparatus. The respiration apparatus comprises a processor device and an apparatus software program and an apparatus configuration. The validities of the computer software, the apparatus software and the apparatus configuration are in each case characterized by a version. The versions are compared with one another to detect a version conflict. If invalid versions are present, the computer software is provided with a program component with a limit value and a plausibility rule, or the setting parameters are sorted into a first group and a second group. The setting parameters of the first group are retained. |
| US10293123B2 |
Test substance administration system for animal experiment
[Subject]A test substance application system for animal experiment capable of administering a required amount of a test substance uniformly and reliably from a nose or a mouth into a nasal cavity or into a lung of an experimental animal is provided.[Means for Solution]The system includes a respiration monitoring device 2 that monitors a respiration state of an experimental animal detected by a respiration pick-up device 1 to thereby measure a timing upon switching from an expiratory phase to an inhalatory phase and outputs a trigger signal T at that timing, and an application device 3 that sprays a predetermined amount of a test substance into a nasal cavity or an oral cavity of the experimental animal when the trigger signal T is outputted from the device 2. |
| US10293122B2 |
Endoluminal introducer with contamination avoidance
Described herein are introducer devices and methods for using an introducer device to facilitate passing an endoluminal instrument to a target region of a body cavity. An introducer device may include a tubular member having an inner wall that defines a channel configured to receive the endoluminal instrument and a plurality of projections disposed in the channel at perimetrically spaced apart locations around the inner wall, where the projections extend inward and are configured to offset the endoluminal instrument from the inner wall, thereby creating a space between the endoluminal instrument and the inner wall. A method for using an introducer device may include passing the endoluminal instrument to a first instrument insertion depth within the introducer device, advancing the introducer device in the body cavity, and advancing the endoluminal instrument to a second instrument insertion depth within the introducer device. |
| US10293118B2 |
Apparatus and methods for measuring peripheral venous pressure and applications of same
In one aspect, an apparatus for measuring peripheral venous pressure includes a tubing having two ends with one end connectable to a fluid source and the other end connectable to a vein, a fluid controlling device configured to have an on position and an off position, and at least one pressure sensor configured to measure fluid pressures therein. When the fluid controlling device is in the on position, fluid flow in the tubing is allowed to pass through the fluid controlling device, such that the at least one pressure sensor measures both a fluid pressure from the fluid source and a distal venous pressure from the vein. When the fluid controlling device is in the off position, no fluid flow in the tubing is allowed to pass through the fluid controlling device, such that the at least one pressure sensor measures the distal venous pressure from the vein only. |
| US10293114B2 |
Drug delivery device
The invention relates to a drug delivery device comprising: a syringe with a body from which a needle extends and an inner sheath; a piston rod comprising a piston and an actuation head, a support sheath for holding the body. It is envisaged that the support sheath and the actuation head comprise corresponding indicators. |
| US10293113B2 |
Drive mechanism for an injection device
The present disclosure relates to a drive mechanism for an injection device for setting and dispensing of a dose of a medicament, the drive mechanism comprising: an inner body fixable inside a housing of the injection device, the inner body comprising an elongated shaft extending in an axial direction (z) and having an outer thread, a tubular-shaped display member having an inner thread engaged with the outer thread of the inner body, and a dose member axially displaceable between a dose setting position (S) and a dose dispensing position (D) relative to the display member, wherein the display member comprises at least one blocking member movable in axial direction (z) between a blocking position (B) and a release position (R) and engageable with a blocking structure on the outer circumference of the inner body, wherein when in blocking position (B) the blocking member axially engages with the dose member and with the blocking structure to block an axial displacement of the dose member from the dose setting position (S) towards the dose dispensing position (D). |
| US10293110B2 |
Pharmaceutical injection device, method for controlling pharmaceutical injection device, program, and recording medium
Certain embodiments of the present invention relate to a pharmaceutical injection device, and it is an object thereof to optimize the mixing of pharmaceutical in a pharmaceutical cartridge. To achieve this object, a pharmaceutical injection device may comprise a main case, a piston, a drive motor, a buzzer, and a controller. The main case has a cartridge holder. The piston is inserted into a pharmaceutical cartridge mounted to the cartridge holder. The drive motor drives the piston. The buzzer emits a sound that tells the user to shake the pharmaceutical cartridge to mix or dissolve its contents. Before activating the drive motor and injecting the pharmaceutical, the control unit controls the buzzer so that a sound is emitted at specific intervals to prompt shaking. |
| US10293109B2 |
Adaptive system for optimizing a drug dosage regimen over time
A system for optimizing a patient's basal insulin dosage regimen over time, adapted to determine from blood glucose values whether and by how much to vary a patient's present recommended amount of the insulin-containing drug in order to maintain the patient's future blood glucose level measurements within a predefined range, and wherein a given blood glucose value is disregarded if no patient-actuated operation being indicative of the administration of a dose of an insulin containing drug has been detected in a pre-defined amount of time prior to the determination of the given blood glucose value. |
| US10293103B2 |
Pump startup algorithms and related systems and methods
An infusion pump includes a pumping mechanism having at least one sensor and a pump motor and a pump control subsystem configured to control operation of the pumping mechanism, the pump control subsystem including a processor, a memory, and a startup module configured to drive the pump motor at a first rate, receive input from the at least one sensor, and drive the pump motor at a second rate based on the input received from the at least one sensor. Startup algorithms command an infusion pump to reach a targeted delivery rate or steady state in minimal time without requiring priming of the pump line or otherwise engaging in known methods of pump startup analysis. |
| US10293102B2 |
Pump cassettes with piston and infusion pump systems
Pump cassettes, infusion systems, and methods are described. An example pump cassette may include a rigid body comprising a frame portion, a base portion, a compliant membrane disposed substantially therebetween, and two opposing longitudinal edge sections. The rigid body may include a controllable fluid pathway defined in part by the compliant membrane and extending from an inlet port to an outlet port. The pump cassette may include a piston disposed at least partially within the rigid body such that movement of the piston varies a volume of a pump chamber defined within the controllable fluid pathway. |
| US10293100B2 |
Surgical stapling instrument having a medical substance dispenser
An end effector for use with a surgical instrument includes a plurality of staples, an agent reservoir comprising a medical agent, a dispensing passage configured to convey the medical agent from the agent reservoir to tissue, and a firing system which includes a cutting member, a movable member, and a firing member, wherein the firing system is configured to cooperatively move the movable member and the firing member to simultaneously fire the plurality of staples and dispense at least a portion of the medical agent near the cutting member owing to the advancement of the firing member. |
| US10293092B2 |
Electrolyte and pH monitoring for fluid removal processes
Methods include monitoring indicators of blood pH or blood electrolyte levels during a blood fluid removal session and adjusting concentrations of pH buffers or electrolytes in dialysate or replacement fluid used during the session based on the monitored indicators. Blood fluid removal systems may employ sensors that monitor blood pH or electrolyte levels to adjust the fluid parameters during a blood fluid removal session. |
| US10293091B2 |
Dialysis system having an autoconnection mechanism
A dialysis system including a disposable fluid pumping cassette including at least one flexible membrane attached to a housing and at least one port extending from the housing, the at least one port including a spike; at least one dialysis fluid supply in fluid communication with at least one tubing and tubing connector; an autoconnection device including a shuttle for moving the at least one tubing and tubing connector towards the spike of the at least one port, the autoconnection device including at least one lead screw in mechanical communication with the shuttle, a motor and power transmission equipment to transmit power from the motor to the at least one lead screw; and a controller programmed to operate the motor to move the at least one tubing and tubing connector towards the spike of the at least one port of the disposable fluid pumping cassette. |
| US10293090B2 |
Percutaneous device and method for promoting movement of a bodily fluid
The present invention provides a minimally-invasive percutaneous device that can be positioned within the body of a subject to aid in the movement or pumping of a bodily fluid. In one embodiment, the device comprises a plurality of pump units configured to transform from a first compressed configuration where the pump units are organized in a serial arrangement into a second expanded configuration where the pump units are reorganized into a parallel arrangement. |
| US10293086B2 |
Fluoropolymer coatings and related methods
A coating for a medical device or appliance may include a fluoropolymer and a polyimide. Such coatings may provide a lubricious exterior surface that facilitates insertion or displacement of a medical device in a body lumen. Some coatings that include a fluoropolymer and a polyimide may, among other functions and characteristics, provide increased strength and/or durability relative to some other coatings. |
| US10293084B2 |
Extracellular matrix (ECM) structures for tissue regeneration
An extracellular matrix (ECM) structure for tissue regeneration, the ECM structure having a a sheet member comprising small intestine submucosa (SIS), the SIS sheet member being folded and laminated proximate the sheet member edge, wherein a folded laminated ECM structure having a cavity therein is formed, the ECM structure further including an ECM composition that is disposed in the ECM structure cavity, the ECM composition including liver basement membrane, urinary bladder submucosa, a mesenchymal stem cell and a growth factor. |
| US10293082B2 |
Decellularization method and system and decellularized tissue formed thereby
Systems and methods that establish a pressure differential across a tissue wall to encourage complete decellularization of the wall are described. The methods can be utilized for decellularization of blood vessel tissue including heart valves and surrounding tissues. The methods and systems can essentially completely decellularize the treated tissue segments. Systems can be utilized to decellularize one or multiple tissue segments at a single time. |
| US10293076B2 |
Intra-abdominal pressure to promote hemostasis and survival
Systems, methods and kits for treating hemorrhages within cavities are provided. The methods utilize the application of a rapid spike of pressure to the closed cavity, followed by a steady state pressure or pressures. |
| US10293075B2 |
Ready-to-use, hydrophilic, self-dispersive, fragmentable and biodegradable porous sponge matrix and a method of manufacturing thereof
The invention relates to porous absorbent Composite Material, which may be used e.g. in the form of a plug or tampon, for instance for controlling bleeding, wound closure, prevent tissue adhesion and/or support tissue regeneration. The invention provides a hydrophilic Self-Dispersive, fragmentable and Bio-Absorbable Porous Composite foams, suitable for packing antrum or other cavities of the body, comprising of composite of polymers, which polymer preferably comprises —C(O)—O—; NH2/3+; —OH; —CH2OCH2C(O)O— groups as functional or —CH—O— (e.g. C2H4O; C6H10O5; C6H8O6); —CH—N—O— (e.g. C8H13NO5); O—C—C— (e.g. O—CH2-CH2); —C(O)N— groups in the backbone of the polymers e.g. gelatin, chitosan, collagen, alginate, polyvinyl alcohol, polyethylene glycol, keratin, cellulose. |
| US10293074B2 |
Wound dressing materials
A wound dressing material comprising: a wound dressing carrier, N-acetyl cysteine or a salt or derivative thereof, and a stabilized ascorbate. Suitably, the stabilized ascorbate comprises an ascorbate-2-polyphosphate. Also provided are wound dressings comprising the materials, methods of treatment with the materials, and methods of making the materials. |
| US10293073B2 |
Moisture management for wound care
There is provided an absorbent system for wound care products having a liquid-absorbing, wound-contacting, lower layer and a more highly absorbent upper layer in liquid communication with said lower layer. Liquid communication may be provided by pores running between the layers. The dressing may include antimicrobial agents, agents to promote healing and other functional agents. |
| US10293064B1 |
Systems and methods for tissue sterilization
Systems and methods for sterilization of tissue are provided. |
| US10293060B2 |
Method for increasing expression of RNA-encoded proteins
The invention relates to an RNA comprising at least one open reading frame (ORF) and comprising at least one modification, which increases the expression of the encoded peptide or protein. Furthermore, the invention relates to the medical use of such a modified RNA administered to a subject by jet injection. The invention relates further to a pharmaceutical composition and to a kit of parts comprising said modified RNA for administration by jet injection, preferably for use in the field of gene therapy and/or genetic vaccination. Additionally, the invention relates to a method for enhancing the (localized) expression of RNA-encoded peptides or proteins in the dermis or muscle (of a mammal) comprising administering the modified RNA by jet injection. And finally, the invention relates to a method of treatment comprising administering the modified RNA by jet injection to a subject in need thereof. |
| US10293057B2 |
Biodegradable lipids for delivery of nucleic acids
The present invention provides, in part, a biodegradable compound of formula I, and sub-formulas thereof: Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, where each X independently is O or S, each Y independently is O or S, and each R1 independently is defined herein; and a liposome composition comprising the cationic lipid of formula I or a sub-formula thereof, and methods of delivering agents, such as nucleic acids including mRNA, in vivo, by administering to a subject the liposome comprising the cationic lipid of formula I or a sub-formula thereof, where the agent is encapsulated within the liposome. |
| US10293056B1 |
Methods and compositions for non-viral gene therapy for treatment of hyperproliferative diseases
The present invention relates to non-viral gene therapy methods and compositions for treatment of hyperproliferative disease in humans. More specifically, the invention is directed, in one embodiment, to lipid formulations which form stable liposome structures, capable of efficient in vivo nucleic acid transfer. In other embodiments, methods and compositions are directed to liposome transfer of anti-proliferative nucleic acids, wherein the transfer of the nucleic acids is cell specific via cell specific targeting moieties. The present invention, thus provides non-viral, liposome compositions and methods of gene transfer particularly useful for targeting and treating hyperproliferative disease. |
| US10293051B2 |
FGF-18 formulation in xyloglucan gels
The invention relates to the field of pharmaceutical formulations. More particularly, it is directed to xyloglucan hydrogels comprising Fibroblast Growth Factor 18 (FGF-18) compounds and methods of producing such hydrogels. The hydrogels of the invention can be used, once formed in situ, for the treatment of cartilage disorders such as osteoarthritis or cartilage injury. |
| US10293050B2 |
Macrolide dosage forms
Provided is a drug delivery composition comprising at least one polymer and at least one active agent; wherein the active agent is present in crystalline form on at least one region of an outer surface of the composition and wherein active agent surface content is adjusted to provide a selected active agent release profile. |
| US10293045B2 |
Stable liquid formulations of recombinant fusion proteins
Provided is a liquid formulation that enables the stable storage of recombinant fusion proteins, comprising a recombinant fusion protein, a buffer salt, a stabilizer, and a surfactant. |
| US10293039B2 |
Attenuated Listeria monocytogenes mutant as a vaccine vector for the delivery of exogeneous antigens
Vaccines and compositions containing an attenuated L. monocytogenes prsA2 htrA deletion mutant for use in the presentation of foreign or exogenous antigens and in the treatment or prevention of diseases such as cancer or infectious disease are provided. |
| US10293037B2 |
DNA vaccine for use in pancreatic cancer patients
The present invention relates to an attenuated mutant strain of Salmonella comprising a recombinant DNA molecule encoding a VEGF receptor protein. In particular, the present invention relate to the use of said attenuated mutant strain of Salmonella in cancer immunotherapy. |
| US10293027B2 |
Methods for treating metabolic disorders using FGF
The method provides methods and compositions for treating metabolic disorders such as impaired glucose tolerance, elevated blood glucose, insulin resistance, dyslipidemia, obesity, and fatty liver. |
| US10293026B2 |
Agent for preventing or treating demyelinating disease
An object of the present invention is to provide a pharmaceutical preparation that can promote the proliferation of oligodendrocyte precursor cells to effectively prevent or treat a demyelinating disease. FGF21 acts to promote the proliferation of oligodendrocyte precursor cells, and thus, the administration of FGF21, DNA encoding FGF21, an FGF21 production-promoting substance, and/or FGF21-producing cells is effective for preventing or treating a demyelinating disease. |
| US10293017B2 |
Methods and compositions for treating and preventing laminitis, founder and overeating in an ungulate
The present invention relates to the production and use of feed compositions useful in the treatment and prevention of laminitis, founder and overeating, particularly in horses and ponies. The feed composition may reduce the effects of carbohydrate overload whilst providing a controlled release of metabolizable energy to avoid excessive fermentation and lactic acid production in the hind gut. At the same time the feed composition can provide nutrition to the animal whilst avoiding overeating. The combination of controlled bulk and energy provides for a feed composition that can control the symptoms of excess energy sources in the gut which may manifest as laminitis and founder. |
| US10293013B2 |
Water soluble Psidium guajava leaf extract having standardized phytochemicals
The present invention provides a method of obtaining Psidium guajava leaf extract standardized to phytochemicals. The extract obtained is highly soluble in water, and contains standardized phytochemicals such as, guijavarin specifically saponins and polyphenols, which may be used in food and beverage products. The method involves the specific method of filtration to obtain highly purified form of phytochemical. The extract obtained is subjected to bio-activity guided fractionation to isolate different compounds to obtain phytochemical enriched fraction followed by purification and isolation of the single phytochemical from the enriched bioactive fraction. The phytochemical is identified as guijaverin, which also exhibits anti-diabetic activity. The Psidium guajava leaf extract is useful in food and beverage industries and is used in different formulations such as chocolates, capsules, and aqua based supplement drinks. |
| US10293010B2 |
Methods for treatment of m-TOR inhibitor-associated stomatitis
Embodiments of the invention relate to a method for the treatment of mIAS or prevention of symptoms associated with mIAS in a patient in need thereof comprising administering to a patient in need thereof an amount of a composition comprising extracts of the plant species Sambucus nigra, Echinacea purpurea, and Centella asiatica. Optionally the ratio of Sambucus nigra, Echinacea purpurea and Centella asiatica is about 7:1:2. Further embodiments relate to use of extracts of the plant species Sambucus nigra, Echinacea purpurea, and Centella asiatica for the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of mIAS or prevention of symptoms associated with mIAS in a patient in need thereof. |
| US10293009B2 |
Pharmaceutical or food composition comprising Oldenlandia brachypoda, Spergularia marina, Disporum smilacinum, Persicaria posumbu, or Geum aleppicum
The present disclosure relates to a pharmaceutical composition or a food composition which has excellent activity of stimulating enteroendocrine cells while being safe with few side effects. The composition contains one or more of an Oldenlandia brachypoda extract, a Spergularia marina extract, a Disporum smilacinum extract, a Persicaria posumbu extract and a Geum aleppicum extract as an active ingredient. The composition of the present disclosure can be usefully used as a pharmaceutical composition or a food composition for preventing, improving or treating diabetes mellitus, improving or treating heart diseases, improving or treating arteriosclerosis, improving or treating digestive disorders and malabsorption, preventing or treating obesity or suppressing appetite, protecting nerves, treating or improving liver diseases, and so forth. In addition, the composition of the present disclosure can promote the secretion of GLP-1, CCK or 5-HT, affect the activation of hTGR5 and act as TRP, TRPA1, G protein and PLCβ2 agonists. |
| US10293008B2 |
Process for enhancing the viable counts of lactic acid bacteria and useful compositions thereof
Disclosed herein is (i) a method related to the growth promotional activity of plant based fibers on Bacillus coagulans MTCC 5856; (ii) the combination of plant based fibers and Bacillus coagulans MTCC 5856 to inhibit Gram Negative pathogenic bacteria; and (iii) the production of short chain fatty acids (SCFA) by Bacillus coagulans MTCC 5856 using plant based fibers. |
| US10293004B2 |
Butyrate-producing bacterium and use thereof
A butyrate-producing bacterium belonging to Anaerostipes hadrus is provided. The amount of butyrate produced is at least 1.5 times that of Anaerostipes hadrus YIT 10092T (DSM 3319T) and is measured by thawing a frozen stock solution of the bacterial strain (a 10% (w/v) skim milk-2% sodium glutamate solution with suspended bacterial cells) (cell count: 2.0 to 5.5×1010 cells/mL), inoculating the solution at 1% to 4 mL of a PY liquid medium supplemented with 33 mM sodium acetate and 0.5 (w/v) % glucose (PYGA medium), followed by anaerobic culture at 37° C. for 24 hours, then inoculating the culture solution at 1% to a PYGA medium, followed by anaerobic culture at 37° C. for 24 hours, then inoculating the culture solution at 1% to a PY medium containing 33 mM sodium acetate and 0.5 (w/v) % L-sorbose, followed by anaerobic culture at 37° C. for 24 hours, and then measuring the butyrate concentration. |
| US10293001B2 |
Compositions and methods for restoring or rejuvenating stem/progenitor cell function
This invention relates to the use of autologous stem/progenitor cells to restore or rejuvenate adult stem cell function in a mammal, wherein the restoration or rejuvenating extends lifespan and/or improves health of the mammal. In addition, the invention also relates to compositions containing one or more regulatory factors secreted or released from isolated mammalian stem/progenitor cells and use of such compositions to extend lifespan and/or improve health of a mammal. Also provided are methods of treating, delaying, preventing or reversing progeria or related syndromes in a mammal using isolated autologous or allogeneic stem/progenitor cells and/or regulatory factors secreted or released therefrom. |
| US10293000B2 |
Methods and compositions for the treatment of lysosomal storage diseases
Nucleases and methods of using these nucleases for inserting a sequence encoding a therapeutic protein such as an enzyme into a cell, thereby providing proteins or cell therapeutics for treatment and/or prevention of a lysosomal storage disease. |
| US10292993B2 |
Method of inhibiting quorum sensing using D-galactose
Provided are a use of D-galactose in inhibition of quorum sensing and/or in prevention and/or treatment of oral bacterial diseases; in particular, a composition for inhibiting quorum sensing and a composition for preventing and/or treating oral bacterial diseases, the composition comprising D-galactose, and a method of inhibiting quorum sensing and a method of preventing and/or treating oral bacterial diseases, the method comprising administering D-galactose. |
| US10292991B2 |
Small molecule therapeutic compounds that reduce the incidence of intracerebral hemorrhage and brain microhemorrhages
The described invention relates to small molecule therapeutic compounds capable of reducing the incidence of intracerebral hemorrhage and brain microhemorrhages identified using zebrafish and mouse models of intracerebral hemorrhage and brain microhemorrhages. |
| US10292978B2 |
Specific Akt3 inhibitor and uses thereof
Methods of selectively inhibiting Akt3 are provided. It has been discovered that 4-[(6-nitroquinolin-4-yl)amino]-N-[4-(pyridin-4-ylamino)phenyl]benzamide selectively inhibits Akt3. Because Akt3 modulates the suppressive function of natural Tregs and the polarization of induced Tregs, 4-[(6-nitroquinolin-4-yl)amino]-N-[4-(pyridin-4-ylamino)phenyl]benzamide can be used for modulating immune responses. |
| US10292977B2 |
Compositions and methods for treatment related to fall and fall frequency in neurodegenerative diseases
The present disclosure provides methods and compositions for treating fall-related symptoms in patients with neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's disease or Parkinson-related diseases. In some embodiments, the disclosure utilizes nicotine or a salt thereof in combination of dopaminergic agent treatments for reducing fall-related symptoms such as reducing frequency of fall, reducing injuries related to fall, reducing severity of injuries related to fall, freezing of gait, improving posture stability, improving locomotion ability, improving balance and gait. In some embodiments, the methods predict fall frequency and tendency of recurrent falls in patients with Parkinson's disease, in particular, patients with typical Parkinson's disease. |
| US10292972B1 |
Pharmaceutical composition for treating cancer and a method thereof
A pharmaceutical composition containing an anticancer compound, named isopicrinine, isolated from the plant Rhazya Stricta. The pharmaceutical composition may contain a salt, an analog, a derivative, and/or the prodrug of isopicrinine. A method of treating cancer with the pharmaceutical composition is disclosed. A method of extracting isopicrinine is also disclosed. |
| US10292967B2 |
Compositions comprising corneoscleral tissue cross-linking agents
A composition for opththalmic administration comprising a formaldehyde releasing agent, sodium bicarbonate, and an ophthalmically suitable carrier or excipient is provided. |
| US10292963B2 |
Suppression and treatment of viruses
Combinations of betaine and vitamin C are used to suppress or prevent malignant tumors or to treat viruses, e.g., by combining the two ingredients in a product consumed by a human, dog, or cat, such as an aqueous liquid such as grape juice, the ingredients being provided in containers with instructions for use, or in finished products, especially with support of tests demonstrating the effectiveness of the treatment for, e.g., preventing tumors in populations known to be at risk of developing tumors, or, treating existing cancers in combination with other cancer drugs such as anastrozole and/or fulvestrant and/or artemisinin either concurrently or sequentially to prevent the cancer from growing when the cancer drug is not being used, or in the treatment of viruses. |
| US10292961B2 |
Disulfur bridge linkers for conjugation of a cell-binding molecule
The present invention relates to novel disulfur bridge linkers containing hydrazine used for the specific conjugation of compounds/cytotoxic agents to a cell-binding molecule, through bridge linking a pair of thiols on the cell-binding molecule. The invention also relates to methods of making such linkers, and of using such linkers in making homogeneous conjugates, as well as of application of the conjugates in treatment of cancers, infections and autoimmune disorders. |
| US10292960B2 |
Anticancer agent comprising aminoacetonitrile compound as active ingredient
The present invention relates to an anticancer agent having a high safety and a superior anticancer activity, and an anticancer agent containing, as an active ingredient, an aminoacetonitrile compound represented by the formula (I) wherein R1 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group and the like, R2, R3, and R4 are the same or different and each is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group and the like, R5 and R6 are the same or different and each is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom and the like, m is 0 or 1, R is a halogen atom, a cyano group, a nitro group, a phenyl group optionally substituted by an alkyl group and the like, an alkyl group and the like, Ar1 is a phenyl group, a naphthyl group, a pyridyl group, a pyrazolyl group, or the like, each of which is optionally substituted by a halogen atom, a cyano group, a nitro group, alkyl group and the like, and W is —O—, —S—, —SO2—, or —N(R7)— wherein R7 is a hydrogen atom, a (C1-C6) alkyl group and the like, or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof. |
| US10292955B2 |
Composition for external use preparation with improved transdermal permeability
Provided is a skin external composition, which includes tranexamic acid or a salt thereof and a skin penetration enhancer, thereby showing remarkably increased skin permeability and improved sense of use, skin irritation, and storage stability. |
| US10292952B2 |
Mixed salt compositions for maintaining or restoring electrolyte balance while producing elevated and sustained ketosis
Ketogenic compositions including a beta-hydroxybutyrate (BHB) mixed salt are formulated to induce or sustain ketosis in a subject to which the ketogenic compositions are administered. The BHB mixed salt is formulated to provide a biologically balanced set of cationic electrolytes, and is formulated to avoid detrimental health effects associated with imbalanced electrolyte ratios. A ketogenic composition includes BHB salts of at least sodium, potassium, calcium, and magnesium. The BHB salts may also include at least other component such as a BHB compound containing other cations, such as transition metal cations (e.g., zinc or iron), a BHB-amino acid salts, medium chain fatty acid source, vitamin D3, flavorant, or other excipient. |
| US10292951B2 |
Methods and compositions for treating conditions associated with an abnormal inflammatory responses
This disclosure features chemical entities (e.g., a compound exhibiting activity as a mitochondrial uncoupling agent or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt and/or hydrate and/or cocrystal thereof; e.g., a compound, such as niclosamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt and/or hydrate and/or cocrystal thereof; e.g., a compound, such as a niclosamide analog, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt and/or hydrate and/or cocrystal thereof) that are useful, e.g., for treating one or more symptoms of a pathology characterized by an abnormal inflammatory response (e.g., inflammatory bowel diseases) in a subject (e.g., a human). This disclosure also features compositions as well as other methods of using and making the same. |
| US10292948B2 |
Tapentadol nasal composition
Disclosed herein are pharmaceutical compositions for nasal administration comprising tapentadol, their preparation and their use in the treatment of pain. |
| US10292942B2 |
Transdermal therapeutic system comprising active ingredient particles and having increased active ingredient flux
The invention relates to a transdermal therapeutic system, preferably a transdermal patch, having an active ingredient-containing matrix formed substantially of a water-insoluble base material, such as rubber and synthetic polymers, into which is incorporated water-soluble and/or water-swellable inclusion bodies, e.g. inclusion bodies formed from polyvinyl alcohol or polyethylene glycol, that further include micronized or nanoscale active ingredient particles. |
| US10292938B2 |
Methods and compositions particularly for treatment of attention deficit disorder
There is described, inter alia, a coated bead comprising: (a) a granule; (b) a first layer coated over the granule, the first layer comprising a first amount of an active pharmaceutical ingredient comprising a central nervous system stimulant; and (c) a second layer coated over the first layer, the second layer being present in an amount sufficient to substantially delay release of the active pharmaceutical ingredient in the first layer until after the coated bead reaches a distal intestine portion of a subject to whom the coated bead is administered; and (d) the third layer coated over the second layer, the third layer comprising a second amount of the active pharmaceutical ingredient, the third layer being configured to permit substantially immediate release of the active pharmaceutical ingredient comprised therein. Embodiments related to a solid oral pharmaceutical composition are also described. |
| US10292929B2 |
Natural silicone replacements for silicone fluids in personal care formulations
Described herein is a silicone replacement for use in a personal care formulation comprising a mixture of at least one polymeric ester and at least one non-polymeric ester. The polymeric ester is an esterification reaction product of (i) at least one first dicarboxylic acid, (ii) at least one first monofunctional alcohol or monofunctional carboxylic acid and (iii) glycerin or derivatives thereof. The non-polymeric ester is an esterification reaction product of (i) at least one second dicarboxylic acid and (ii) at least one second monofunctional alcohol, wherein the replacement is substantially free of silicone. As described is a personal care formulation that is substantially free of silicone, wherein the formulation comprises a silicone replacement consisting substantially of a mixture of at least one polymeric ester as described above, and a non-polymeric ester as described above. Related methods are also described. |
| US10292926B2 |
Use of a novel natural agent in cosmetic compositions
The invention is directed to methods of treating dermatological conditions, including cosmetic treatments intended to moisturize the epidermis, improve the firmness of the dermis, combat ageing of the skin. The methods include application of cosmetic or dermatological compositions containing mannoproteins as an active ingredient and/or adjuvant, to the use of said cosmetic or dermatological compositions and to cosmetic treatment methods. |
| US10292924B2 |
Mixture composition comprising rhamnolipids
The invention relates to a mixture composition comprising rhamnolipids, to a process for its preparation, to its use for producing formulations and to formulations comprising this mixture composition. |
| US10292920B2 |
Composition for dyeing keratin fibers
The present invention relates to a composition for dyeing keratin fibers, comprising (a) at least one direct dye; and (b) at least one sulfone compound represented by the following formula (I): wherein each of R1 and R2 independently denotes a monovalent C1-30 aliphatic group or a monovalent C6-30 aromatic group, which may optionally be substituted with at least one substituent; or R1 and R2, together with the sulfur atom which they are binding, form a 3-10 membered ring which may optionally be substituted with at least one substituent. The composition according to the present invention is a one-part composition and can prevent or reduce skin staining by the direct dye on the skin such as the scalp, while providing the keratin fibers with good cosmetic effects such as good coloring properties. |
| US10292916B2 |
Anti-adherent alcohol-based composition
The present disclosure is directed to alcohol-based anti-adherent compositions that do not adhere to or attract Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria once it is applied to a surface and dried. The composition may include as anti-adherent agents, hydrophilic film-formers such as cellulosics, gums, acrylates, nonionic polymers, and anionic polymers. Examples of anti-adherent agents include Hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, Cellulose gum, Acacia Senegal Gum; Polyacrylate Crosspolymer-11, VP/Dimethylaminoethylmethacrylate/Polycarbamyl Polyglycol Ester; Acrylates/Vinyl Neodecanoate Crosspolymer, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, Hydroxypropylcellulose, Methylcellulose, Propylene Glycol Alginate, Polyacrylate Crosspolymer-6, VP/Polycarbamyl Polyglycol Ester, Acrylates/Steareth-20 Methacrylate Copolymer; Acrylates Copolymer, and any combination thereof. The anti-adherent may be applied to surfaces using a vehicle such as a wipe. |
| US10292914B2 |
Skin care formulations containing copolymers and inorganic metal oxide particles
Provided are skin care compositions that are useful as SPF and UV absorption boosters in formulations containing inorganic metal oxides. The compositions comprise (a) 0.1 to 20 weight % inorganic metal oxide particles, based on the weight of the composition, wherein the inorganic metal oxide particles comprise ZnO and TiO2, and wherein the ratio of ZnO to TiO2 is from 1:10 to 10:1, (b) 0.1 to 15 weight % copolymer particles dispersed in an aqueous medium, wherein the copolymer particles comprise polymerized units derived from (i) 0.1 to 20 weight % of phosphorus acid monomers, and (ii) 80 to 99.9 weight % of comonomers, and (c) a dermatologically acceptable carrier. Also provided are methods of protecting skin from UVA and UVB damage comprising topically administering such compositions to the skin, and methods of boosting the SPF or UV absorption of a sunscreen composition containing inorganic metal oxide particles comprising including such copolymer particles in the composition. |
| US10292904B2 |
Pressure-regulating vial adaptors
A vial adaptor can include a connector interface and/or a piercing member. The vial adaptor can include a regulator assembly. The regulator assembly can include a regulator base, a regulator nest coupled with the regulator base, and/or a storage chamber formed at least partially by one or both of the regulator base and regulator nest. The regulator assembly can include a cover connected to one or both of the regulator base and regulator nest and fitted around a radially outward portion of one or both of the regulator base and regulator nest. In some cases, the regular assembly includes a flexible enclosure connected to the regulator nest and configured to transition between a contracted configuration and an expanded configuration. In some cases, the flexible enclosure is inhibited from transitioning to the expanded configuration prior to removal or modification of the cover from the regulator assembly. |
| US10292901B2 |
Support structure for administering cardiopulmonary resuscitation
The present invention relates generally to a support structure for fixating a patient to a treatment unit, and especially to a support structure for fixating the patient to a cardiopulmonary resuscitation unit. An embodiment of the support structure includes a back plate for positioning behind said patient's back posterior to said patient's heart and a front part for positioning around said patient's chest anterior to said patient's heart. Further, the front part can include two legs, each leg having a first end pivotably connected to at least one hinge and a second end removably attachable to said back plate. Said front part can further be devised for including a compression/decompression unit arranged to automatically compress or decompress said patient's chest when said front part is attached to said back plate. |
| US10292900B2 |
Front part for support structure for CPR
An embodiment of the support structure includes a back plate, a central part adapted to recite an automatic compression/decompression unit, and a front includes two legs coupled between the central part and the back plate. The support structure is arranged to automatically compress or decompress a patient's chest when the front part is attached to the back plate and when the compression/decompression unit is received in the central part. |
| US10292899B2 |
CPR chest compression machine adjusting motion-time profile in view of detected force
A CPR machine (100) is configured to perform compressions on a patient's (182) chest that alternate with releases. The CPR machine includes a compression mechanism (148), and a driver system (141) configured to drive the compression mechanism. A compression force may be sensed, and the driving is adjusted accordingly if there is a surprise. For instance, driving may have been automatic according to a motion-time profile, which is adjusted if the compression force is not as expected (850). An optional chest-lifting device (152) may lift the chest between the compressions, to assist actively the decompression of the chest. A lifting force may be sensed, and the motion-time profile can be adjusted if the compression force or the lifting force is not as expected. An advantage is that a changing condition in the patient or in the retention of the patient within the CPR machine may be detected and responded to. |
| US10292898B2 |
Device for optimization of sleep apnea syndrome therapy by kinesthetic stimulation
A device includes a processor configured to detect a respiratory disorder episode and generate kinesthetic stimulation control signals in response to the detection of a respiratory disorder episode. The device further includes at least one kinesthetic effector adapted to be applied to a patient's outer skin site and includes a vibrating electromechanical transducer capable of receiving stimulation control signals and outputting a kinesthetic stimulation energy determined by the stimulation control signals. The processor is further configured to determine the effectiveness of stimulation by detecting a cessation of the respiratory disorder episode. The processor is further configured to determine a stimulation energy by selecting an initial energy value and varying the energy value as a function of the effectiveness of previous stimulation. |
| US10292897B2 |
System for respiratory disorder therapy with selection of stimulation strategies
A system includes a processor configured to generate stimulation control signals in response to a detection of a respiratory disorder. The system further includes at least one kinesthetic effector with a vibrating electromechanical transducer applied to a site on a patient's skin for delivering a kinesthetic stimulation energy determined by the control signals. The processor is further configured to determine the effectiveness of a stimulation by detecting a disappearance of the respiratory disorder. The processor is further configured to determine a therapy by selecting a stimulation strategy among several stimulation strategies according to a type of expected or detected disorder. |
| US10292896B2 |
Systems and methods for providing adaptive biofeedback measurement and stimulation
The present invention is a physiological measurement and stimulation device that can autonomously adapt its actuation output behavior based on acquired data in the form of biofeedback sensory measurements. When operating the invention, the user can place the device on the body at the intended area of operation, at which time the physiological measurements sensors can initiate data collection. Either prior to or following this time, the actuator can be activated and controlled manually and/or autonomously per a command signal generated by the control system. The operation of the present invention can be continued until the invention detects that a predetermined threshold has been reached. When the invention is used as a sexual stimulation device, the predetermined threshold can be physiological data corresponding to various stages of arousal or orgasm. |
| US10292894B2 |
Compression therapy device and compression therapy protocols
A compression therapy device may include a compression therapy appliance comprising a number of independently inflatable cells and a controller to control a flow of a pressurizing fluid into and out of each cell via a number of valves. The controller may direct the valves to inflate or deflate each cell in a sequence according to one or more compression therapy protocols. The compression therapy appliance may be placed on a portion of a patient's body to provide compression therapy according to one or more of the compression therapy protocols. The portion of the patient's body in contact with the compression therapy appliance may include a proximal end and a distal end. A compression therapy protocol may include alternating inflation and deflation steps of one or more cells placed in contact with the proximal end of the patient's body, thereby improving fluid flow into the proximal end of the patient. |
| US10292888B2 |
Bridge device for a patient positioning system
A bridge assembly is described for use with a patient positioning system including a patient support panel. The panel includes a pair of side rails extending along a central longitudinal axis of the panel. The bridge assembly is configured to be releasably secured via respective clamps at any position along the side rails and includes a pair of side sections and a central section connected between the side sections. The length of each side sections can be adjusted independently to enable the distance of the central section at each of the side sections from the patient support panel to be individually established. The central section can also be adjusted laterally with respect to the central longitudinal axis of the patient support panel. |
| US10292887B2 |
Motorized joint positioner
A motorized joint positioner includes a first holder configured for a first portion of a patient's anatomy to rest thereon, and a second holder configured for a second portion of the patient's anatomy to rest thereon. The joint positioner further includes a first robotic arm coupled to the first holder, and a second robotic arm coupled to the second holder. At least one of the first and second robotic arms comprises at least two joints providing movement of the corresponding first or second holder in at least two degrees of freedom. At least one of the first and second robotic arms includes an actuator controllable to position the corresponding first or second holder. |
| US10292886B2 |
Thermotherapy device for newborn and premature infants
A thermotherapy device (10), for new-born and premature babies, has a bed substructure (30) and an incubator chamber (20) with a positioning aid (50) in the incubator chamber (20). The positioning aid (50) is a flexible sheet fixed to a holding structure (60). The positioning aid (50) can be stretched out by the holding structure (60). The width to which the positioning aid (50) can be stretched out is adjustable by adjusting a width of the holding structure (60). The positioning aid (50) can be pulled and/or pivoted out of the incubator chamber (20) with the aid of the holding structure (60). The holding structure (60) is movably mounted in the bed substructure. The holding structure (60) has at least two pivotable holding arms (61). The two holding arms (61) form a holding arm pair. |
| US10292884B2 |
Support frame
A support structure device is configured to assist a human patient to rise. The support structure includes a tube bent into a shape described by way of a reference frustum such as a four-sided truncated pyramid. Each side of a top rectangular perimeter of the frustum is shorter than a corresponding side of the bottom rectangular perimeter, and each parallel side of a first trapezoidal perimeter of the frustum is shorter than a corresponding parallel side of a second trapezoidal perimeter. The reference frustum has a height between 10 and 18 inches, the top rectangular perimeter has a length between 10 and 16 inches and a width between 6 and 14 inches, and the bottom rectangular perimeter has a length between 12 and 18 inches and a width between 8 and 16 inches. |
| US10292883B2 |
System and method for mounting medical equipment
Systems, devices and methods are described for mounting medical equipment on IV poles, bed rails and other supporting structures in medical facilities including operating rooms and critical care sections. A system including a mounting hanger and corresponding equipment housing is disclosed that allows quick mounting and dismounting of equipment from a supporting structure. The novel structural design of mounting hanger including a symmetrical t-slot feature and a plunger lock allows a piece of equipment to be mounted on a supporting structure in multiple orientations as per the requirement which allows a user to optimize the placement of equipment in the medical environment. |
| US10292877B2 |
Patient transport apparatus for transporting a patient over disturbances in floor surfaces
A patient transport apparatus for moving a patient from one location to another. The patient transport apparatus comprises a suspension system to limit discomfort to the patient when the patient transport apparatus moves over disturbances in floor surfaces. The suspension system comprises suspension devices such as a spring and/or a damper. The suspension system is operable in an energy-absorbing mode in which the suspension system absorbs energy as wheels move over the disturbances during transport or a lockout mode in which the suspension system is relatively more rigid as compared to the energy-absorbing mode. A control system operates to place the suspension system in one of the modes. |
| US10292871B2 |
Wound care system with a mat of capillary membranes
A wound care system comprising a single-layer arrangement of mutually parallel capillary membranes with a porous, semi-permeable wall, a lumen and at least one open end. The capillary membranes are connected to one another by connection elements to form a mat and are held at a distance from one another by the connection elements. |
| US10292869B2 |
Article for absorbing a physiological liquid, such as a dressing
An article having properties allowing same to absorb a body fluid. The article includes at least three paths for the propagation of fluid from a fluid capture zone to at least one storage and/or evaporation area, each fluid propagation path being delimited by a fluid barrier preventing the passage of liquid from one path to another. |
| US10292868B2 |
Contact probe for the delivery of laser energy
Systems, devices, and methods for treating a glaucomatous eye are provided. An amount of pulsed laser energy is delivered to the pars plana of the eye by a hand-holdable device which comprises a hand-holdable elongate member and a contact member disposed on an end of the elongate member. A contact surface of the contact member is placed in direct contact with the eye so that a reference edge of the contact member aligns with the limbus and a treatment axis defined by the elongate member is angularly offset from the optical axis of the eye. The amount of pulsed laser energy delivered is insufficient to effect therapeutic photocoagulation but is sufficient to increase uveoscleral outflow so as to maintain a reduction from pre-laser treatment intraocular pressure. Amounts of pulsed laser energy will be transmitted to a circumferential series of tissue regions of the eye. |
| US10292867B2 |
Ophthalmological laser system
An ophthalmological laser system for photodisruptive irradiation of ocular tissue, including a crystalline lens or a cornea. The system includes an ultra-short pulse laser, the radiation of which is focusable as illumination light via an illumination beam path including a scanner unit and focusing optics. A control unit is programmed to execute determining irradiation control data for photodisruptions at irradiation points in an interior of the ocular tissue distributed three-dimensionally and non-equidistantly to create at least one predetermined target incision. The laser system then irradiates the ocular tissue according to the determined irradiation control data. |
| US10292866B2 |
Method of transplanting a cornea
A method of transplanting a cornea from a donor to a recipient is disclosed. An undercut is incised within stromal tissue of the donor cornea. Following formation of the undercut, the donor cornea is grafted onto a recipient. The undercut may be formed before or after the cornea is removed from the donor, and is preferably formed by photoaltering the stromal tissue using a laser. A sidecut may also be incised in the donor cornea, thereby forming a corneal flap, prior to grafting. In addition, a corneal section may be excised from the donor cornea using a trephine, a laser, or other appropriate surgical equipment. |
| US10292865B2 |
Nonlinear optical photodynamic therapy (NLO-PDT) of the cornea
The embodiments include method of nonlinear optical photodynamic therapy of tissue including the steps of providing pulsed infrared laser light for two-photon excited fluorescence tissue exposure, and selectively focusing the pulsed infrared laser light within the tissue at a focal plane to activate a photosensitizing agent to generate free radicals within a highly resolved axial and lateral spatial domain in the tissue. The invention is also directed to an apparatus for performing nonlinear optical photodynamic therapy of tissue including a pulsed infrared laser for providing two-photon excited fluorescence beam tissue exposure, a scanner for selectively and controllably moving the tissue and the beam relative to each other, and optics for selectively focusing the pulsed infrared laser light within the tissue at a point in a focal plane to activate a photosensitizing agent to generate free radicals within a highly resolved axial and lateral spatial domain in the tissue. |
| US10292861B2 |
Rotational alignment of fluid delivery device
A device configured for use in an ocular surgical procedure is provided. The device, such as a sleeve or a needle, includes a proximal portion, a distal portion including at least one fluid opening formed at a predetermined orientation, and at least one visual marking provided at the proximal portion at a predetermined marking orientation relative to said predetermined orientation. The visual marking or markings provide a visual indication of orientation of the fluid opening when the device is employed in the ocular surgical procedure. |
| US10292858B2 |
Immobilization device utilizing a splint and pillow combination
The present invention provides a combination of a splint and a pillow for use in treating and immobilizing a patient. The combination includes a first portion encased in an airtight container and a second portion also encased in an airtight container. The first portion and the second portion are interconnected by an air flow valve having a air flow regulator for controlling airflow between the portions. The first portion may include bean-bag or similar splint and the second portion includes a foam component. The two portions share the same air such that when the first portion is inflated, the second portion is deflated. Wherein, upon opening of the airflow regulator, the air pressure passes between the first portion, deflating the first portion, into the second portion, thus inflating the second portion. |
| US10292856B2 |
Cervical collar having height and circumferential adjustment
A cervical collar has a front component formed from a compressible foam material and defines a recess constituting part of a tracheal opening. The collar also has a height adjustment mechanism secured to the front component which forms a substantially rigid border about the tracheal opening, and a sternum pad formed from a compressible foam material. The height adjustment mechanism selectively connects the front component to the sternum pad at a permanently locked position among a plurality of predefined distances. |
| US10292854B2 |
Gastrointestinal tract bypass devices
Devices and methods can be used for the endoscopic treatment of conditions such as obesity and metabolic diseases. For example, this document provides devices and methods for bypassing portions of the gastrointestinal tract to reduce nutritional uptake. The devices provided herein can be endoscopically implanted such that direct visualization of the entire implant location within the gastrointestinal tract is attained. In some embodiments, the device is distally deployed utilizing a technique that is like that of single or double-balloon enteroscopy. |
| US10292850B2 |
Deployment handle for a prosthesis delivery device
The present invention relates to a deployment handle for a prosthesis delivery device and to a delivery device including such a handle. The handle assembly facilitates the controlled release of a prosthesis from the delivery device, while ensuring that various deployment steps are performed in a particular sequential order. The handle assembly comprises a main handle and a second handle which is rotatably and/or longitudinally moveable relative to the main handle. The second handle has an initial position on the main handle such that it prevents access to, and premature manipulation of, a proximal stent release mechanism, until the stent graft has been at least partially unsheathed. |
| US10292846B2 |
Control system for a stent delivery system
A control system for controlling movement of a stent delivery system, a stent delivery system and a method for controlling movement of a stent delivery system are provided. The control system includes a housing having a chamber formed therein, a first drive at least partially positioned within the housing and operably connected to the first shaft of the delivery system and a second drive at least partially positioned within the housing and operably connected to the second shaft. The control system also includes a pressure controller operably connected to the housing and configured to change the pressure within the chamber. The first drive and the second drives are movable in response to the pressure change within the chamber and movement of the second drive relative to the first drive causes the second shaft to move relative to the first shaft to expand or constrain a stent operably connected thereto. |
| US10292845B2 |
Stent, method for producing same and device for producing same
According to a method for producing a stent which is formed into a tubular body and includes at least one marker formed from a marker housing and a marker insert including: using an indenter having a partially spherical shaped distal end, the distal end coming into contact with the marker insert when the marker insert is pressed with the indenter and is pressure fitted to an opening provided on the marker housing to fix it thereon, a sufficient load can be applied to a radiopaque marker insert when the marker insert is attached to the stent, and further a stent having a radiopaque marker whose marker housing has little damage can be produced. |
| US10292843B2 |
Medical implant maintaining gaps upon crimping, method and delivery device
An implant, intended to be detachably fixed or crimped on a portion or an outer surface of a catheter for being delivered to an implantation site, includes a longitudinal axis, or an inner space or inner volume longitudinally extending within the implant, and a radial direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, space or volume. The implant includes a first structural element having a first portion, a second structural element having a second portion, and one or more interconnecting elements arranged between the first and the second structural elements. In the implant, the first portion and/or the second portion is/are located less radially as regards the longitudinal axis, inner space, or volume than a third portion of the one or more interconnecting elements. |
| US10292839B2 |
Gripping device with switchable prehension modes
The present disclosure relates to a switchable terminal device that includes a first digit having a distal end and a proximal end, a second digit moveably attached to the first digit by a first connector such that the second digit reversibly rotates around the first connector and substantially within a plane, and a lever guide having a first portion and a second portion, the lever guide attached to the second digit at least by the first connector passing through the lever guide at an angle about perpendicular to the plane. The switchable terminal device also includes a lever having a proximal end and a distal end with the proximal end of the lever moveably attached to the first portion of the lever guide by a second connector, a third connector attached near the distal end of the first digit, and an elastic cord that includes a first segment having a first end, and a second segment having a second end. Further, the first end is attached to the first portion of the lever guide, a first part of the first segment contacts the second portion of the lever guide, a second part of the first segment spans a first distance between the lever guide and the third connector, a first part of the second segment spans a second distance between the third connector and the distal end of the lever, and the second end of the elastic cord is attached to the lever. |
| US10292833B2 |
Structurally supporting insert for spinal fusion cage
An expandable implant includes a structural insert to provide a robust connection between an insertion instrument and the expandable implant. The structural insert can be made from a different material than the remainder of the implant to withstand compressive, tensile, shear, and torsional loads which may be present while inserting the implant into a patient. The structural insert may be formed as part of a bottom member of the implant or may be a separate element inserted into the implant body. The structural insert may provide a threaded connection to an insertion instrument. The expandable implant may include a bone graft port in fluid communication with a bone graft opening extending through the implant body. |
| US10292830B2 |
Bone fusion device, system and method
A bone fusion method, system and device for insertion between bones that are to be fused together in order to replace degenerated discs and/or bones, for example, the vertebrae of a spinal column. The bone fusion device comprises a frame and one or more extendable plates that are able to be angled, rotatable, adjustable, and have top profiles designed to correct and/or match the replaced discs/bones. The bone fusion device is able to be inserted between or replace the vertebrae by using a minimally invasive procedure wherein the dimensions and/or other characteristics of the bone fusion device are selectable based on the type of minimally invasive procedure. |
| US10292829B2 |
Apparatus and method for anterior intervertebral spinal fixation and fusion
A method of using a plurality of blades within a fixation device to attach to a vertebra is provided. Each blade includes a body having a central opening configured to rotate on a shaft within a housing of the fixation device, control openings on opposing sides of the central opening sized to engage prongs of a rotating tool, and at least one cutting extension with a sharp leading edge extending from the body in an orientation about an axis of the shaft, wherein upon rotation of the blade by the rotating tool about the shaft in a direction in which the at least one cutting extension is oriented, the at least one cutting extension will break an endplate of a vertebra and hook into the vertebra. |
| US10292824B2 |
Labral reconstruction system and methods
A system for installing a labral graft includes placing anchors into a bone thereby immovably coupling the anchors to the bone, coupling a suture to at least one of the anchors, coupling sutures to a graft, using the sutures coupled to the graft to manipulate the graft into position and tightening the sutures, thereby coupling the graft to the bone. Additionally, the system also includes a graft installation funnel having a tapered funnel body and an annular space within the tapered funnel body that is capable of retaining a graft and easing installation of the graft. Further, the system for installing a labral graft includes a graft preparation device including a block with a longitudinal recess, the longitudinal recess having a cross section that mimics the natural shape of a tissue that is to be replaced by a graft, and suture slots. |
| US10292823B2 |
Photodynamic articular joint implants and methods of use
Photodynamic devices for replacement of an articular head of a bone are provided. In an embodiment, a photodynamic device includes a photodynamic support member and an articular member attachable, either fixedly or removably, to the photodynamic support member and having a bearing surface. In an embodiment, the articular member includes a recess designed to receive the photodynamic support member. In an embodiment, the photodynamic support member includes an opening into which a shaft of the articular member can be inserted to attach the articular member to the photodynamic support member. |
| US10292820B2 |
Pneumatically power-assisted TAVI delivery system
A delivery device for a collapsible prosthetic heart valve may include an operating handle and a catheter assembly. The handle may include a housing, a piston cylinder, a piston longitudinally slidable within the piston cylinder, the piston and the piston cylinder together defining at least one pressure chamber, a deployment actuator coupled to the housing and rotatable relative thereto, and a pneumatic switch adapted to provide a pressurized fluid to the pressure chamber to apply a longitudinal force to the piston. The catheter assembly may include a first shaft around which a valve-receiving compartment is defined, the first shaft being operatively connected to the housing, and a distal sheath operatively connected to the piston, the distal sheath being moveable between a closed condition covering the compartment and an open condition uncovering the compartment. Longitudinal movement of the piston may move the distal sheath between the closed and open conditions. |
| US10292819B2 |
Crimping accessory devices and methods of use
A prosthetic valve assembly includes an annular frame having an inner radial surface, an outer radial surface, and defining an inner lumen. The prosthetic valve assembly further includes a leaflet assembly including at least one leaflet having an inner radial surface and an outer radial surface. The at least one leaflet is disposed at least partially within the inner lumen of the annular frame. The prosthetic valve assembly includes a crimping accessory device having a handle and at least one shielding member removably disposed between the outer radial surface of the at least one leaflet and the inner radial surface of the annular frame. The at least one shielding member is configured to reduce physical contact between the at least one leaflet and the inner radial surface of the annular frame. |
| US10292817B2 |
Low profile transcatheter heart valve
A method of crimping an implantable prosthetic valve can include placing protective material over at least a portion of the implantable prosthetic valve. The protective material can be configured to occupy space between open cells of a frame of the implantable prosthetic valve to prevent damage to a leaflet structure of the implantable prosthetic valve. The method can also include crimping the implantable prosthetic valve with the protective material on the implantable prosthetic valve, and removing the protective material from between the frame and the leaflet structure of the implantable prosthetic valve. |
| US10292814B2 |
Biological heart valve replacement, particularly for pediatric patients, and manufacturing method
A biological heart valve replacement, particularly for pediatric patients, comprises a tubular segment (A) comprising a proximal end (Ep), a distal end (Ed) and a central portion (Pc) arranged between said proximal and distal ends and defining a longitudinal direction of the valve. The valve further comprises at least one inner leaflet (C) attached in hinge-like manner to a connection zone (F) at an inner wall (W) region of said central portion, each one of said inner leaflets being movable between a closing position and an opening position of the valve. In order to provide growth adaptability, the tubular segment comprises at least one tubular growth zone (B; B1,B2) configured as a longitudinal strip made of a growth-adaptive biomaterial, with the remainder of the tubular segment being made of a non-growth-adaptive biomaterial. |
| US10292807B2 |
Systems and methods for endoluminal valve creation
Medical systems, devices and methods for creation of autologous tissue valves within a mammalian body are disclosed. One example of a device for creating a valve flap from a vessel wall includes an elongate tubular structure having a proximal portion and a distal portion and a longitudinal axis; a first lumen having a first exit port located on the distal portion of the elongate tubular structure; a second lumen having a second exit port located on the distal portion of the elongate tubular structure; a recessed distal surface on the distal portion of the elongate tubular structure, wherein the recessed distal surface is located distally to the first exit port; and an open trough on the recessed distal surface extending longitudinally from the first exit port. |
| US10292805B2 |
Interventional device having an integrated embolic filter and associated methods
A percutaneous transluminal device, comprising an elongated catheter, an interventional device operably coupled to the proximal end of the catheter, a filter operably coupled to the distal end of the catheter, the filter movable between a collapsed and deployed position 218, and an actuator wire for deploying the collapsing the filter. The filter including a filter chassis comprising a movable collar a fixed collar and a tubular braided scaffolding coupled between the movable collar and the fixed collar. Each wire of the braided scaffolding moving independently with respect to the other wires between the movable collar and the fixed collar as the filter moves between the collapsed position and the deployed position. |
| US10292802B2 |
Device and method for controlling fecal incontinence
This invention is directed to a device and a method for controlling fecal incontinence. The device of this invention is easily inserted into the anal canal, and is designed for remaining where required in the anal canal or rectum, above the dentate line and hemorrhoidal vein area, despite the peristaltic movements of the intestine. |
| US10292801B2 |
System for delivering anchors for treating incontinence
A system and associated method for manipulating tissues and anatomical or other structures in medical applications for the purpose of treating incontinence. In one aspect, the system includes a delivery device configured to deploy and implant anchor devices for distracting and/or retracting the urethra or tissues proximate thereto, or to maintain a position of a urethra in response to intra-abdominal pressures. |
| US10292798B2 |
Device and method for moving cargo
A device and method for moving cargo above a floor inside an aircraft comprises a rigid under-floor. The device comprises a body part for supporting the weight of the cargo, lifting means and for lowering the body part from its lifted position into a retracted position, and a drive unit for moving the body part. The method comprises the steps of providing at least two devices in an aircraft, positioning the devices beneath the cargo, wherein the body parts of the devices are in their retracted positions. The body parts are lifted such that the weight of the cargo is supported by the body parts and the cargo is lifted above the floor. The cargo is then moved to a desired position and lowered into their retracted positions such that the cargo is lowered and the devices are moved away vertically from the cargo. |
| US10292796B2 |
Implant analog
The invention relates to a tooth implant analog 10 with an elongated cylindrical body 11, of which the distal end 12 has a connection interface 20 for an abutment and of which the proximal end 16 has an outer thread 28, with an indexing element 22, which is attached to the outer face of the body, and with a depth stop element 18, which is provided on the outer face of the body. |
| US10292790B2 |
Ion implantation modification of archwires
Techniques and methods for utilizing ion implantation to modify dental archwires are provided. An example of a method of ion implanting a wire target includes providing the wire target in an ion implant system, implanting ions into the wire target such that a color of the wire target material after the implanting exhibits a changed appearance from the color of the wire target material before the implanting, and removing the wire target from the ion implant system. An example of a copper-aluminum-nickel (CuAlNi) wire includes an ion implanted atomic species wherein a color of an implanted CuAlNi wire is white, off-white and/or silver and further wherein the implanted CuAlNi wire exhibits mechanical properties of an unimplanted CuAlNi wire. |
| US10292789B2 |
Tooth positioning appliance with curved interconnecting elements
A removable, thin-shell tooth positioning appliance having a plurality of tooth-clasping elements for removably engaging attachments bonded onto selected teeth, with flexible curved interconnecting elements connecting the tooth-clasping elements on nearby teeth. |
| US10292786B2 |
Ratchet-slide handle and system for fiducial deployment
Embodiments include a fiducial deployment system with a handle configured for actuation of same. A fiducial may include one or more protuberances configured to engage one or more slots in a needle of the system. The needle may be configured to deliver a plurality of fiducials to a target location in serial fashion, one at a time. The handle includes an actuation mechanism with a recessible-toothed rack and actuation member(s) configured for incrementally or otherwise controlledly deploying one or more fiducials at a time by advancing a stylet through and/or retracting the body of a slotted needle in which fiducials are disposed with a fiducial protrusion extending into the needle slot, which needle slot also includes retaining structures that do not impede the needle lumen. |
| US10292777B1 |
Device and method for controlled motion of a tool
The present embodiments relate to operator control in a master-slave robotic system, including, but not limited to, wherein an operator uses a master control input device to guide the position and orientation of a tool that is driven by the robotic system. Embodiments described herein provide devices and methods of increasing precision control for complex motions by, for example, decoupling operator control of rotational and translational movement. |
| US10292772B2 |
Method and system for determining optimal timing for surgical instrument insertion in image-guided surgical procedures
The present teaching relates to surgical procedure assistance. In one example, a first set of positions of a plurality of sensors are obtained in an image captured prior to a surgical procedure. The plurality of sensors are coupled with a patient's body. One or more second sets of positions of the plurality of sensors are obtained based on information from a tracking device associated with the plurality of sensors. The one or more second sets of positions change in accordance with movement of the patient's body. One or more similarity measures are calculated between the first set of positions and each of the one or more second sets of positions of the plurality of sensors. A timing at which the surgical procedure initiates is determined based on the one or more similarity measures. |
| US10292771B2 |
Surgical imaging systems
Systems, methods and devices are provided for illuminating tissue with monochromatic or broadband light and imaging light that has been reflected back from the tissue. Imaging may be white-light imaging or hyperspectral imaging. The system can be a stand-alone hyperspectral imaging system, integrated as part of an external video scope, or as an auxiliary imaging module on an external videoscope. Various elements of a video scope that is particularly suited for minimally invasive surgery is first presented and then its configurations suitable for hyperspectral imaging are explained. |
| US10292768B2 |
Augmented reality guidance for articular procedures
Devices and methods for performing a surgical step or surgical procedure with visual guidance using an optical head mounted display are disclosed. |
| US10292767B2 |
Double universal joint
Surgical tools having a two degree-of-freedom wrist, wrist articulation by linked tension members, mechanisms for transmitting torque through an angle, and minimally invasive surgical tools incorporating these features are disclosed. An elongate intermediate wrist member is pivotally coupled with a distal end of an instrument shaft so as to rotate about a first axis transverse to the shaft, and an end effector body is pivotally coupled with the intermediate member so as to rotate about a second axis that is transverse to the first axis. Linked tension members interact with attachment features to articulate the wrist. A torque-transmitting mechanism includes a coupling member, coupling pins, a drive shaft, and a driven shaft. The drive shaft is coupled with the driven shaft so as to control the relative orientations of the drive shaft, the coupling member, and the driven shaft. |
| US10292765B2 |
Depth controlled photoablation of human or animal tissue
A photoablation device includes a laser source to propagate a focused laser beam with a beam waist, wherein a radius of the beam increases from the waist in a direction of propagation of the beam; an adjusting structure to adjust an intensity of the beam; a position detector to detect a position of the source in relation to the tissue; a positioning device to move the source in relation to the tissue; and a controller. The controller is to define a photoablation zone of the beam, wherein the zone ends in a cutting face located offset from the waist in the direction of propagation; adjust the intensity of the beam at the face of the zone using the adjusting structure; and move the beam towards the tissue by using the positioning device, wherein the position of the source detected by the position detector is evaluated. |
| US10292763B2 |
Temperature controlled short duration ablation
A method, including selecting a first maximum radiofrequency (RF) power to be delivered by an electrode within a range of 70 W-100 W, and selecting a second maximum RF power to be delivered by the electrode within a range of 20 W-60 W. The method also includes selecting an allowable force on the electrode within a range of 5 g-50 g, selecting a maximum allowable temperature, of tissue to be ablated, within a range of 55° C.-65° C., and selecting an irrigation rate for providing irrigation fluid to the electrode within a range of 8-45 ml/min. The method further includes performing an ablation of tissue using the selected values by initially using the first power, switching to the second power after a predefined time between 3 s and 6 s, and terminating the ablation after a total time for the ablation between 10 s and 20 s. |
| US10292759B2 |
Electrosurgical device for vessel sealing
An end effector assembly of a forceps includes a first jaw member and a second jaw member. The first jaw member and the second jaw member are selectively positionable relative to one another. At least one of the jaw members includes an electrically conductive tissue engaging surface configured to connect to an electrosurgical energy source, and at least one of the jaw members includes two blade channels defined therein and extending therealong and a feed in member selectively positioned between the two blade channels. The end effector further includes a cutting blade that is translatable such that selective positioning of the feed in member enables the cutting blade to selectively enter into at least one of the two blade channels. |
| US10292758B2 |
Methods and devices for articulating laparoscopic energy device
Electrosurgical instruments and associated methods are disclosed herein. Embodiments of the electrosurgical instruments can include an elongate shaft that can articulate an end effector relative to the elongate shaft, with the end effector including opposed jaws and positioned at a distal end of the elongate shaft. In addition, electrosurgical instruments are provided that include a cutting feature or knife that is coupled to the end effector and can axially translate relative to the elongate shaft. Furthermore, the knife can be rotated relative to the elongate shaft, which can cause simultaneous rotation of the end effector. Electrosurgical instruments are also provided that include an end effector including opposed jaws that are configured to rotate relative to the elongate shaft and grasp objects (i.e., via opening and closing the opposed jaws). Electrical energy can also be passed through the electrosurgical instrument for performing electrosurgical procedures. |
| US10292753B2 |
Electrosurgical generators and sensors
An electrosurgical generator includes a radio frequency output stage, a sensor for sensing current, and an active lead. The radio frequency output stage is configured to output at least one radio frequency waveform. The sensor includes a current sensor coil including an outer coil including an opening therethrough and an inner coil coupled to and disposed within the outer coil. The active lead is coupled to the radio frequency output stage and passes through the current sensor coil opening. The current sensor coil is configured to output a first signal indicative of a current within the active lead. |
| US10292749B2 |
Cartridge for mixing and injecting bone cement, and bone cement mixing and transferring system including same
A cartridge for mixing and injecting bone cement includes a body including a cylindrical member, a first coupler and a second coupler at a first open end and a second open end of the cylindrical member, respectively, a first opening/closing member detachably coupled with the first coupler, a second opening/closing member detachably coupled with the second coupler, and a mixing ball in an internal space of the body. A bone cement mixing and transferring system includes the cartridge having powder and liquid components of bone cement inserted and mixing the powder and liquid components, an injection tube coupled with the cartridge after removing the first opening/closing member from the cartridge, and a cement gun mounted to a rear side of the second opening/closing member, the cement gun applying pressure for injecting bone cement mixed in the cartridge into an area to be treated via the injection tube. |
| US10292748B2 |
Biomaterial dispensing device
A device for dispensing biomaterial includes a handle configured to receive a syringe, the syringe including a biomaterial and a threaded plunger, and an engagement pin retained within the handle and slidable between a first position and a second position. The engagement pin is configured to engage the threaded plunger in the first position, the engagement pin is further configured to disengage from the threaded plunger in the second position. |
| US10292747B2 |
Bone graft delivery system and method for using same
A bone graft delivery system can include an elongate tube, a handle having a trigger, and a tip. The trigger is actuated to deliver bone graft material through the tube. The tip has one or more openings to deliver the bone graft material to a desired location and includes a surface suitable to act as a rasp for decorticating bone. A method for delivering bone graft material to a desired surgical location includes providing a bone graft delivery device, positioning the device adjacent the surgical location, decorticating bone, and delivering bone graft material to the surgical location. |
| US10292738B2 |
Systems and methods for stabilizing the motion or adjusting the position of the spine
The present invention provides systems and methods for stabilizing or adjusting the position of at least one spinal motion segment. |
| US10292735B2 |
Orthopedic implant for treatment of bone deformities
An implantable orthopedic device. The device includes: a proximal anchor, configured to be implanted inside a first metatarsal; the anchor having a collar larger than the opening in a metatarsal in which the proximal anchor is implanted; the collar preventing cable to bone contact; a distal anchor, configured to be implanted inside a second metatarsal, adjacent to the first metatarsal; the distal anchor having a male thread, a nut threadable onto the male thread of the distal anchor, and a cord mechanically interconnecting the proximal and distal anchors. A shock absorber includes an elongate housing threadedly positioned within the anchor; the shock absorber accommodates a cord holder mechanically connected to the housing via a damping member, the cord holder is freely rotatable within the housing to prevent the cord from twist kinking when the housing is rotated to adjust a tension force. |
| US10292733B2 |
Split balloon catheter for Intra Uterine Insemination (IUI) and Slow Release Insemination (SRI)
An assembly includes a catheter that has an insemination lumen for injecting sperm into a uterus. The insemination lumen includes two branches (sub-lumens), one directed toward a left ostium and the other directed to a right ostium of fallopian tubes. |
| US10292730B2 |
Sealing multiple surgical instruments
A cannula cap is disclosed. A cannula cap according to some embodiments of the invention includes an instrument guide attachment; a cannula attachment; and a seal captured between the instrument guide attachment and the cannula attachment. In some embodiments, a cannula cap can include a lid; a locking ring; a base; and a cannula seal captured between the lid and the base. |
| US10292723B2 |
Clot engagement and removal system
A clot retrieval apparatus 1 comprises a clot engaging device 2 and a capture basket 3. The clot engaging device 2 has a collapsed delivery configuration and an expanded deployment configuration. The clot engaging device has a proximal end and a distal end and an elongate body between the proximal end and the distal end. The capture basket 3 has a collapsed delivery configuration and an expanded deployment configuration. The capture basket 3 has a proximal mouth which is open when the capture basket 3 is in the deployment configuration. The clot engaging device 2 is axially movable relative to the capture basket for capture of a clot. |
| US10292720B2 |
Methods of fusing a sacroiliac joint
A method of fusing a sacroiliac joint including: a) approaching a posterior aspect of a sacroiliac joint space with a joint implant including a body extending a length between a distal end and a proximal end; and b) delivering the joint implant into the sacroiliac joint space such that the joint implant passes through an access region defined between a posterior superior iliac spine and a posterior inferior iliac spine, the joint implant being oriented in the sacroiliac joint space such that a portion of the body of the joint implant is positioned within a joint plane of the sacroiliac joint space, and such that the distal end of the joint implant is positioned posteriorly of an anterior boundary of the sacroiliac joint space. |
| US10292714B2 |
Powered surgical device
A rongeur-type surgical device incorporating a powered rotary cutting tool having a protective distal foot plate portion which protects against injuring non-target tissue enabling the rapid and safe removal of specifically-targeted bone, cartilage, and soft tissue. |
| US10292710B2 |
Devices and methods for left atrial appendage closure
Closure devices and methods are provided for ligating tissue, such as the left atrial appendage. Generally, the closure devices include an elongate body, a snare loop assembly comprising a snare and a suture loop, and a shuttle connected to the snare and releasably coupled to the elongate body and retractable therein. In some variations, the shuttle may be configured to fit into the lumen. In other variations, a handle may be attached to the elongate body, and the handle may comprise a track and a snare control coupled to the track. The handle may be configured to release the shuttle from the elongate body and allow movement of the snare control along the track to retract the snare loop and the shuttle into a lumen of the elongate body. |
| US10292708B1 |
Externally supported anastomosis
A device for creating a fistula between blood vessels operates in conjunction with a guidewire to locate and position itself so that it straddles both vessels and is able to draw them together. A fixing agent is released either from within the device or from an external needle, or both, into the procedural site. The fixing agent functions to hold the relative position of the two vessels, to seal the surrounding tissue so that any leaks that do occur don't spread into the tissue to create a hematoma, and to limit expansion of the fistula. After the vessels are in close proximity to each other and the fixing agent is applied, the device of the invention employs a cutting mechanism which opens a portal between the two vessels. |
| US10292701B2 |
Articulation drive features for surgical stapler
An apparatus comprises a shaft, an end effector, an articulation joint, and an articulation drive assembly. The shaft has a longitudinal axis. The end effector is operable to staple tissue. The articulation joint couples the shaft with the end effector. The end effector is pivotable at the articulation joint to selectively deflect the end effector away from the longitudinal axis of the shaft. The articulation drive assembly is operable to pivot the end effector at the articulation joint. The articulation drive assembly comprises a first link and a second link. The first link is longitudinally translatable relative to the shaft assembly. The distal end of the first link is pivotably coupled with the proximal end of the second link. The distal end of the second link is pivotably coupled with the end effector. The articulation drive assembly articulates the end effector in response to longitudinal translation of the first link. |
| US10292699B2 |
Suture storage devices, systems, and methods
Devices, systems, and methods are provided for managing suture filaments when performing soft tissue repair. One exemplary embodiment of a surgical suture management device is in the form of a suture loop management card. The card can generally be configured to hold open a collapsible loop of suture until a force applied to the loop is greater than a threshold tension. The card can include a number of different features that help to keep the loop open until the threshold tension is achieved, including features designed to prevent the filament from being mistakenly offloaded. The card can be configured to be removably inserted into a handle of an inserter tool for use as a surgical tissue repair system. Other devices, systems, and methods for performing soft tissue repair are also provided. |
| US10292698B2 |
Apparatus and method for minimally invasive suturing
An apparatus and method for minimally invasive suturing is disclosed. A suturing device for minimally invasive suturing includes proximal section having a proximal end, a distal end, and a longitudinal axis therebetween; a suture head assembly extending from the distal end of the proximal section; a suturing needle having a pointed end and a blunt end, the suturing needle capable of rotating about an axis approximately perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the proximal section, wherein the pointed end of the suturing needle is positioned within the suture head assembly prior to and after rotation of the suturing needle; and an actuator extending from the proximal end of the proximal section to actuate a drive mechanism having a needle driver for engaging and rotating the suturing needle. |
| US10292691B2 |
Minimally invasive heart stabilizer
A minimally invasive heart stabilizer includes a guide tube, a revolute joint, a stabilizing end-effector, and a linkage. The guide tube is sized to allow insertion through an endoscopic cannula. The revolute joint is coupled to a distal end of the guide tube. The stabilizing end-effector is coupled to the revolute joint. The linkage has a distal end and a proximal end. The distal end is pivotally connected to the end-effector. The stabilizing end-effector includes two tissue engaging members in parallel alignment with one another. The two tissue engaging members are joined via an arrangement of links. |
| US10292688B2 |
Removable bone penetrating device and methods
Disclosed are embodiments of a removable tip device, which include a bone penetration feature at a distal end and a securing feature that allows the removable tip device to be removably secured to a distal end of various embodiments of a bone coring device. Some embodiments of the removable tip device include features that assist in transmitting torsional loads from the bone coring device to the bone removal feature. In addition, some embodiments of the removable tip device include a protective element that is configured to provide a protective surface for a distal feature of the bone coring device. |
| US10292684B2 |
Ultrasound diagnosis apparatus and image processing method
An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry obtains three-dimensional medical image data, taken by using an ultrasound probe, of a region including a heart valve of a patient and a catheter inserted into a heart chamber of the patient. The processing circuitry determines an advancing direction of a tip end part of the catheter by obtaining information on a position and a posture of the tip end part included in the three-dimensional medical image data, by using at least one selected from shape information indicating the shape of the tip end part and reflection characteristic information indicating ultrasound reflection characteristics of the tip end part. The processing circuitry generates a display image from the three-dimensional medical image data in accordance with the position and the advancing direction of the tip end part. The processing circuitry causes the display image to be displayed. |
| US10292683B2 |
Method and device for recording an ultrasound image of a deformed object, in particular the human breast
A relationship is established between points or regions in images of objects deformed in different ways, for example images of the human chest in a mammography and 3D ultrasound process. While a plurality of recording parameters which can be used for such an automatic image registration are often known in X-ray and other imaging methods, precise recording parameters, in particular for the position of the chest, are usually not available in ultrasound processes. The object is to additionally detect the position, in particular the tilt, of the chest and the ultrasound transducer in a chest ultrasound. A linking of multiple ultrasound recordings to one another or a comparably more precise automatic image registration using other modalities can then be carried out using the position of the ultrasound transducer relative to the chest. The position is detected in a manner that is specific to the case. |
| US10292679B2 |
Doppler ultrasound based fetal monitoring
A fetal movement monitoring method that limits the ultrasound radiation to safe levels and conforms to the ALARA principle is disclosed. The disclosed method of monitoring fetal movements by Doppler ultrasound comprises accumulating the time for which ultrasound is radiated into a subject, comparing the accumulated time with a first reference total time, counting the number of fetal movements in the subject, comparing the number of movements with a reference number, deciding at least one of a further action of the device and an action to be recommended to the subject and conveying at least one of a further action of the device, an information to the subject about the counted fetal movements and an action recommended to the subject. A Doppler ultrasound device for monitoring fetal movements in a subject is also disclosed. |
| US10292677B2 |
Endoluminal filter having enhanced echogenic properties
An endoluminal filter, comprising a first support member having a first end and a second end; and a second support member attached to the first end of the first support member or the second end of the first support member and forming a crossover with the first support member to form two loops one on either side of the crossover, wherein at least a portion of the first or second support member is modified to provide an enhanced echogenic characteristic. A system for positioning a filter within a vasculature including an endoluminal filter, a user interface, a display, and a processor is also provided. A method for positioning a filter within a lumen is also provided wherein the steps are performed using an intravascular ultrasound system and the filter is modified to provide at least one echogenic characteristic. |
| US10292676B2 |
Method for visualizing blood and blood-likelihood in vascualar images
Computer-implemented methods for use in improving the diagnostic quality of images, including intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) images, are disclosed. The methods include using a non-linear, probabilistic classifier algorithm to analyze a plurality of spatiotemporal features of RF backscatter and to produce a blood likelihood map or blood probability map that corresponds to the original IVUS image. The methods disclosed herein allow for visualizing both static and dynamic characteristic of a vessel either by producing a transparency modulated color overlay of the blood likelihood map without altering the underlying IVUS image or by processing the IVUS image based upon the blood likelihood map to better distinguish between static and dynamic components of the vessel. |
| US10292673B2 |
Medical X-ray photographing apparatus and X-ray photographing method
A medical X-ray photographing apparatus includes: a support configured to hold the X-ray generator and the X-ray detector in a facing state, the X-ray generator emitting an X-ray, the X-ray detector outputting an electric signal according to an incident X-ray; a base body that rotatably holds the support; a turning driver that turns the support about a turning axis; and a turning controller that controls the turning driver. The medical X-ray photographing apparatus also includes: a light emitter disposed at a position on a virtual loop line surrounding the turning axis; and a light emitter controller that controls the light emitter in association with the turning of the support. |
| US10292671B2 |
Data-driven surrogate respiratory signal generation for medical imaging
Projection data are acquired by one or more gamma detectors of a medical imaging system. The counts for each projection are binned into time bins to provide respective frames. Using a computer processor, a respective weight factor is computed for each pair of input points among a plurality of input points associated with respective time bins, each input point being an M-dimensional representation of the frame corresponding to the associated time bin for one of the projections. Each weight factor is inversely proportional to a distance computed between the corresponding pair of input points according to an adaptive distance measure that is dependent on the projection data corresponding to said one projection. An N-dimensional surrogate respiratory signal (N |
| US10292670B2 |
Method and system for dose calculation based on continuous material indexing
A system and method for simulating energy transport between particles and an object in radiotherapy is provided. A three-dimensional representation, having a plurality of voxels, is generated for a portion of a patient to be treated. A material index for each of the plurality of voxels is determined. The material index has an identifier for a first boundary material corresponding to a voxel and a percentage of the voxel associated with a second boundary material. The method further comprises simulating energy transport between a particle and the object by calculating an amount of energy deposited by a particle within the patient based on the material indices of the voxels and a list of boundary materials. |
| US10292665B2 |
Indication-based worsening HF alert
This document discusses, among other things, receiving a user selection of a heart failure symptom, receiving a user selection of an abnormal psychological condition, receiving information about a physiological patient status parameter, and determining a heart failure status using the received information. |
| US10292663B2 |
System and method of monitoring autoregulation
A method for monitoring autoregulation includes receiving a blood pressure signal and an oxygen saturation signal, determining a phase difference between the blood pressure signal and the oxygen saturation signal, and determining a patient's autoregulation status based at least in part on a phase difference between the blood pressure signal and the oxygen saturation signal. |
| US10292660B2 |
Method and device for automatically checking the quality of an RR series obtained from a cardiac signal
The method allows controlling the quality of an initial RR series consisting of a plurality of (RRi) samples which are respectively a function of time intervals (δti) which separate two successive heartbeats. During this method, one resamples the RR series so as to obtain a resampled RR series, and one automatically controls the quality of the RR series by automatically calculating at least the mathematical norm value (NORME), in a sliding window, of the resampled RR series, said mathematical norm value being given by the following formula: NORME = ∑ i = 1 N ( RR i - 1 N ∑ i = 1 N ( RR i ) ) 2 where N is the number of RRi samples in said window. |
| US10292659B2 |
Vehicle operating element and method for noninvasively measuring biomolecules
The invention relates to a vehicle operating element (12) comprising a sensor (14) for non-invasive measurement of biomolecules in the blood of an operator of a vehicle operating element (12) by means of electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, comprising at least one antenna (16) which includes at least a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer and an insulating layer being sandwiched between the two conductive layers. By means of the second conductive layer an excitation signal can be coupled out and an off-resonance excitation signal can be coupled into the antenna (16). Furthermore, a method of non-invasive measurement of biomolecules and a method of operating a vehicle are described. |
| US10292658B2 |
Apparatus, system and method for medical analyses of seated individual
Apparatus, system and method for medical analysis of a seated individual, includes determining the aortic valve opening; the PTT; and calculating the PWV. Determining the aortic valve opening includes collecting BCG data while sitting on a seat and determining the timing of the aortic valve opening, taking into account posture. Measuring the aortic pulse wave transit time includes collecting BCG data while sitting on a seat capable of measuring changes in apparent weight; determining the timing of the aortic valve opening; detecting the arrival of the pulse wave at the end point; and measuring the relative timings of the two events. Calculating the PWV includes determining a length of the arterial segment through which a pulse wave is to be measured between a start point and an end point; and dividing the determined length of the arterial segment by the PTT. |
| US10292657B2 |
Ear sensor
An ear sensor provides a sensor body having a base, legs extending from the base and an optical housing disposed at ends of the legs opposite the base. An optical assembly is disposed in the housing. The sensor body is flexed so as to position the housing over a concha site. The sensor body is unflexed so as to attach the housing to the concha site and position the optical assembly to illuminate the concha site. The optical assembly is configured to transmit optical radiation into concha site tissue and receive the optical radiation after attenuation by pulsatile blood flow within the tissue. |
| US10292656B2 |
Fabrication for ultra-compliant probes for neural and other tissues
Methods of fabricating ultra-miniature, ultra-compliant probe arrays through spin coating, wherein a dissolvable material in hydrogel form is dispensed onto an assembled mold with wires. Once the dissolvable material is dispensed onto the mold, centrifuging spin casts the material by evaporating the solvent, forming a dried dissolvable polymer. Finally, a device is used with water to remove excess dissolvable material to obtain a dissolvable needle with wires. |
| US10292654B2 |
Biomedical device, systems and methods having conductive elements
A device for determining a physiological property of a body includes an insulating support having a compliant contact surface with a conductive element to contact the body. A mounting fixture disposed over a mounting surface of the support removably holds a rigid sensor spaced apart from the body and coupled to the conductive element to determine the physiological property via that element. A method for enabling a physiological parameter to be measured without direct contact between an active device and the body includes arranging a conductive element over an inner surface of an insulating circumferential band. A sensor with the active device is attached to the exterior of the band and thus coupled to the element. A system includes the sensor having a mounting connector, and sensor carriers with respective supports, mounting fixtures, and conductive elements. The sensor mounted on a carrier determines the property via the respective conductive element. |
| US10292653B2 |
Mobile healthcare device and method of operating the same
A mobile healthcare device and method of operating the same are provided. The method includes setting a mode of the mobile healthcare device to a measurement mode, displaying a screen for guiding a user to maintain a predetermined position during the measurement mode, and, in response to a predetermined amount of time passing from a time at which the screen begins to be displayed, obtaining state information of the user based on bio information of the user, the bio information being received from a sensor. |
| US10292647B1 |
System and method for developing core muscle usage in athletics and therapy
A wearable device has a core contraction sensor and a movement sensor which transmits signals to a processor which analyzes the signals. The core contraction signal may determine if the user's core is contracted or relaxed. A video camera on a smart device may be used with the wearable device to record video of a user while data from the sensors on the wearable device are also recorded. The core contraction and movement sensor data may be sent to and viewed on the smart device display together with video of the user performing a movement. The simultaneous viewing of the video and sensor data may provide immediate feedback to the user regarding the timing of core contractions with body movements in an athletic, training, or therapeutic movement to allow the user to modify and improve coordination of core contraction with body movements to improve movement performance and achieve better results. |
| US10292643B2 |
Real time brain trauma treatment
Systems and methods are provided for rapidly introducing treatment to patients suffering traumatic brain injuries. A wearable map of the brain electroencephalography (EEG) points is worn in a headscarf, helmet, or other headgear for providing real-time information on a wearer's brain condition. The overall system includes an application (app) or program software that may run on a tablet, portable communication device, or computing device that processes the data from the EEG sensors and interprets the data in real time. If there is an accident or other stress forces experienced by the wearer that mimics a concussion, the system initiates the real-time ejection of a cooling agent within the headgear to provide a reduction in the victim's brain temperature with the helmet cooling system. A drug intervention system and injury detection app for expedited treatment of a potential brain injury during the critical early phases of the injury is also provided. |
| US10292642B2 |
Electronic medication compliance monitoring system and associated methods
A system and method for monitoring a patient's compliance with a medication regimen includes an electronic tag integral with or attached to a medicine delivery device such as a capsule, the tag having an antenna and a receiver/transmitter, the system also including a reader positioned externally for detecting the presence and location of the delivery device in the patient. |
| US10292639B2 |
Information processing device and information processing method
There is provided an information processing device including: a sleep environment controlling unit configured to, when exerting control of, on the basis of a result of forecast of a transition of a depth of sleep of a user at least in a period from a first time to a second time, a sleeping environment of the user such that the depth of sleep at the second time falls below a first depth-of-sleep threshold value estimated as an upper limit of a first depth-of-sleep region in which the user is likely to awake, decide a temporal pattern of the control in the period from the first time to the second time in accordance with a temporal pattern of the transition. |
| US10292638B2 |
Apparatus for electrical stimulation, in particular for bruxism
The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for preventing, diagnosing, monitoring, and/or treating bruxism as well as related diseases of an individual. In a first aspect the invention relates to an apparatus for preventing bruxism of an individual, comprising: means for applying a plurality of stimulation signals for providing relaxation of at least one of the masticatory and/or facial muscles of said individual, means for applying said stimulations signals with a predefined setting, and means for applying said stimulations signals independent of activity of said muscle(s). The invention may be suitable for both nocturnal and awake bruxism. |
| US10292632B2 |
Medical device inserters and processes of inserting and using medical devices
An apparatus for insertion of a medical device in the skin of a subject is provided, as well as methods of inserting medical devices. |
| US10292631B1 |
Enhanced cancer detection through probe modification
Body-mountable devices are provided to detect the presence or status of a tumor in a body by detecting one or more properties of a probe located in subsurface vasculature of the body. A wearable body-mountable device can be worn for a protracted period of time to detect a probe in the vasculature at low concentrations and/or at low rates. A body-mountable device can detect properties of the probe that are indicative of whether the probe has interacted with a tumor of the body and determine the presence or status of a tumor in the body based on such detected properties. Additionally or alternatively, the probe could be introduced into the body as a probe aggregate and released from if the probe aggregate is absorbed by a tumor. The presence of released probes could be detected to determine a presence or status of a tumor in the body. |
| US10292629B2 |
Method for measuring physiological parameters of physical activity
The present disclosure generally relates to methods of using near infrared radiation, such as from a near infrared spectroscopy device, to monitor physical activity in a person. In one aspect, a method of measuring physiological parameters is provided. The method further includes determining a NIRS-derived measure of a tissue of a person using near infrared spectroscopy over a time period, associating the NIRS-derived measure to the time period to determine a function-related change, and associating the function-related change to a biomechanical function. |
| US10292628B1 |
Multi-stream data collection system for noninvasive measurement of blood constituents
The present disclosure relates to noninvasive methods, devices, and systems for measuring various blood constituents or analytes, such as glucose. In an embodiment, a light source comprises LEDs and super-luminescent LEDs. The light source emits light at least wavelengths of about 1610 nm, about 1640 nm, and about 1665 nm. In an embodiment, the detector comprises a plurality of photodetectors arranged in a special geometry comprising one of a substantially linear substantially equal spaced geometry, a substantially linear substantially non-equal spaced geometry, and a substantially grid geometry. |
| US10292626B2 |
Method and device for conducting a pure tone audiometry sceening
A screening device for conducting a tone audiometry includes a tone generator, an input device, and a controller device. The controller device is arranged to repeatedly perform: selecting a test stimulus from a group of test stimuli; applying the selected test stimulus to a test person; receiving via the input device from the test person a response indicating which test stimulus was heard by the test person; and adjusting an intensity according to the received response for selecting a next test stimulus. The group of test stimuli includes (i) no tone at all, (ii) a single tone with a first frequency and a first given intensity, and (iii) a multitude of tones of a second frequency and a second given intensity. The second frequency is higher than the first frequency and the multitude of tones have a duration shorter than the duration of the single tone. |
| US10292625B2 |
Monitoring a sleeping subject
Apparatus and methods are described, including apparatus for use with a subject who shares a bed with a second person. A motion sensor detects motion of the subject and motion of the second person, and generates a motion signal in response thereto. A control unit identifies components of the motion signal that were generated in response to motion of the subject, by distinguishing between components of the motion signal that were generated in response to motion of the subject, and components of the motion signal that were generated in response to motion of the second person. The control unit analyzes the components of the motion signal that were generated in response to motion of the subject and generates an output in response thereto. Other applications are also described. |
| US10292615B2 |
Methods and apparatus for accelerated, motion-corrected high-resolution MRI employing internal detectors or MRI endoscopy
A method of internal MRI employing at least one active internal MRI detector located within a sample of interest. The method includes applying an MRI pulse sequence to the sample of interest. The MRI pulse sequence includes spatial encoding projections. The method further includes receiving MRI signals at the active internal MRI detector and reconstructing at least one MRI image from the MRI signals using an error minimizing algorithm. The MRI pulse sequence provides an increase in an acquisition speed when reconstructing the at least one MRI image by sparsely under-sampling an image k-space in at least one dimension. |
| US10292614B2 |
Wrist-wearable body composition measuring device and body composition measuring method using the same
A wrist-wearable body composition measuring device includes a main body; a strap connected to the main body; a first input electrode and a first output electrode which are provided on an inner surface of the strap and configured to contact a wrist of a subject; a second input electrode and a second output electrode which are provided on an outer surface of the strap; a measuring unit configured to measure a body impedance of the subject by applying current to the first input electrode and the second input electrode and detecting a voltage generated between the first output electrode and the second output electrode in response to the applied current; and a processor configured to analyze a body composition of the subject based on the body impedance measured by the measuring unit. |
| US10292613B2 |
Eyeblink detection device
A device disclosure includes a unit that measures an eye potential; and a unit that sets a threshold coefficient based on a frequency characteristic value of eye potential differential values and sets an upper threshold and a lower threshold based on a number obtained by multiplying a standard deviation of the eye potential differential values by the threshold coefficient, and detects a change in the eye potential differential values as the eyeblink waveform wherein the change occurs in the time-series data on the eye potential differential values either when the eye potential differential value becomes larger than the upper threshold and, after that, changes from the upper threshold to the lower threshold within a predetermined time or when the eye potential differential value becomes smaller than the lower threshold and, after that, changes from the lower threshold to the upper threshold within the predetermined time. |
| US10292610B2 |
Neuromodulation systems having nerve monitoring assemblies and associated devices, systems, and methods
Neuromodulation systems with nerve monitoring assemblies and associated devices, systems, and methods are disclosed herein. A neuromodulation system configured in accordance with some embodiments of the present technology can include, for example, a generator, a nerve monitoring assembly configured to detect electroneurogram (ENG) signals, and a neuromodulation catheter. The neuromodulation catheter can include an elongated shaft with a distal portion and a proximal portion. The distal portion of the shaft can include an array of electrodes configured to detect nerve activity from within a blood vessel of a human. The proximal portion of the shaft can include at least one connector that operably couples the electrodes to the generator and to the nerve monitoring assembly. |
| US10292608B2 |
Systems and methods for real-time laser doppler imaging
Disclosed methods and systems may be operable to obtain non-contact diagnostic information about movements of scattering objects such as fluids in subsurface vasculature in tissue. As an example, a method may include causing a light source to illuminate the tissue with at least a first portion of the emitted light and illuminate an optical modulator with at least a second portion of the emitted light. The second portion of the emitted light may be modulated by the optical modulator. An offset source is configured to provide an offset frequency signal. An image sensor may receive optical information from the sample. A heterodyne signal based on the reference frequency signal and the offset frequency signal may be used as a gain input of each detector element of the image sensor. Based on the received information, a movement of a portion of the sample may be determined. |
| US10292607B2 |
Sensor data transmissions
Technology for a wearable heart rate monitoring device is disclosed. The wearable heart rate monitoring device can include a heart rate sensor operable to collect sensor data, a modulator operable to generate a modulated signal that includes the sensor data, a housing configured to engage a body feature or surface in a manner that allows for heart rate detection, and a communication module configured to transmit the sensor data in the modulated signal to a mobile computing device via a wired connection that is power limited. The mobile computing device is typically configured to demodulate the modulated signal in order to extract the sensor data. |
| US10292606B2 |
System and method for determining performance capacity
Systems and methods are provided for determining performance capacity. One such system includes a wearable device having a biosensor that measures biometrics and a motion sensor that monitors activity. The system also includes a processor coupled to the biosensor and the motion sensor, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium operatively coupled to the processor and storing instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to execute specific functions. The instructions are executed to cause the processor to generate biometric data from the biometrics and activity data from the activity. Further, the instructions are executed to create a response profile based on one or more of a heart rate variability (HRV) score based on the biometric data, a fatigue score based on the activity data, a predicted HRV score based on the biometric and activity data, and a predicted fatigue score based on the biometric data and/or the activity data. |
| US10292604B2 |
Automatic blood pressure measurement device
An automatic blood pressure measuring apparatus includes: a compression band wrapped around a compressed site of a living body, the automatic blood pressure measuring apparatus sequentially extracting a pulse wave that is pressure oscillation in the compression band in a process of changing a compression pressure value of the compression band to determine a blood pressure value of the living body based on a change in the pulse wave, the compression band having a plurality of expansion bags having independent air chambers aligned in a width direction to respectively compress the compressed site of the living body, the automatic blood pressure measuring apparatus sequentially calculating an amplitude ratio of an amplitude value of a pulse wave from a predetermined expansion bag positioned on a downstream side of an upstream expansion bag positioned on an upstream side of an artery in the compressed site out of the expansion bags. |
| US10292603B2 |
Method for measuring blood pressure, and apparatus for measuring blood pressure based on said method
A method of measuring blood pressure, including: sensing an atmospheric pressure, an applied pressure, and a blood pressure of a blood vessel delivered to a skin and outputting an electrical signal indicating a result of sensing the pressures; dividing the electrical signal into a divided electrical signal which includes a direct current (DC) signal and an alternating current (AC) signal; processing the divided electrical signal; calculating the applied pressure using the processed electrical signal; and calculating a blood pressure average using the calculated applied pressure and a swing value of the processed electrical signal. |
| US10292601B2 |
Wearable customized ear canal apparatus
The present invention is directed to a wearable system wherein elements of the system, including various sensors adapted to detect biometric and other data and/or to deliver drugs, are positioned proximal to, on the ear or in the ear canal of a person. In embodiments of the invention, elements of the system are positioned on the ear or in the ear canal for extended periods of time. For example, an element of the system may be positioned on the tympanic membrane of a user and left there overnight, for multiple days, months, or years. Because of the position and longevity of the system elements in the ear canal, the present invention has many advantages over prior wearable biometric and drug delivery devices. |
| US10292598B2 |
Devices and methods for detection of internal bleeding and hematoma
A device for detection of internal bleeding in a patient's body is provided. An optical interface for transmitting IR light through an area of a skin of a patient and to collect IR light from the area of the skin, is provided. In some embodiments the optical interface includes one or more delivery components and one or more collection components. The delivery component includes a plurality of first optical channels configured to transmit the IR light through a plurality of respective first sub-areas on the area of the skin, into an internal layer of the body. The collection component includes a plurality of second optical channels, configured to collect IR light from a plurality of respective second sub-areas on the area of the skin. |
| US10292595B2 |
Systems and methods for endoscopic angle-resolved low coherence interferometry
A method of assessing tissue health comprises the steps of obtaining depth-resolved spectra of a selected area of in vivo tissue, and assessing the health of the selected area based on the depth-resolved structural information of the scatterers. Obtaining depth-resolved spectra of the selected area comprises directing a sample beam towards the selected area at an angle, and receiving an angle-resolved scattered sample beam. The angle-resolved scattered sample beam is cross-correlated with the reference beam to produce an angle-resolved cross-correlated signal about the selected area, which is spectrally dispersed to yield an angle-resolved, spectrally-resolved cross-correlation profile having depth-resolved information about the selected area. The angle-resolved, spectrally-resolved cross-correlation profile is processed to obtain depth-resolved information about scatterers in the selected area. |
| US10292593B2 |
Imaging device and method for optoacoustic imaging of small animals
An imaging device configured for optoacoustic imaging of an object, including an illumination device including optical components arranged to illuminate the object, a detector device comprising an array of detector elements arranged in a tank and arranged to detect acoustic signals created in the object, and a container device including a tank arranged to accommodate the detector device, the object and a matching transmission medium, a holding device adapted to position and move the object relative to the illumination device and the detector device, wherein the optical components are arranged in the tank to illuminate the object from different directions. |
| US10292589B2 |
Acoustic-assisted iterative wave form optimization for deep tissue focusing
A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for irradiating one or more targets within a sample with electromagnetic (EM) radiation. One or more targets within the sample are controllably defined with an acoustic field. The sample is irradiated with input EM radiation having an input wavefront. An amount of frequency shifted EM radiation is detected, wherein at least some of the input EM radiation that passes through the acoustic field at the targets is shifted in frequency to form the frequency shifted EM radiation. The input wavefront is modified, using feedback comprising the amount of the frequency shifted EM radiation that is detected, into a modified wavefront. The sample is irradiated using the input EM radiation comprising the modified wavefront, and the process is repeated as desired. |
| US10292588B2 |
Body structure imaging
A method of medical image processing for images of body structures, comprising: receiving anatomical data to reconstruct an anatomical image of a region of a body of a patient, said region comprises a portion of at least one internal body part which borders or is spaced apart from a target tissue; receiving functional data from a functional imaging modality which images at least said portion of the region of the body of the patient; processing said anatomical image to generate at least one image mask corresponding to the zone outside of the wall of said at least one internal body part; correlating the at least one generated image mask with the functional data for guiding a reconstruction of a functional image depicting said target tissue; and providing the reconstructed functional image. |
| US10292586B2 |
Non-invasive health indicator monitoring system and using method thereof
The present invention relates to a non-invasive health indicator monitoring system including a sensing module, an electric power storage module, and a circuit module to collect health indicator information by contacting with a subject. In addition, the present invention also relates to a method for monitoring health indicator continuously by using the health indicator monitoring system. |
| US10292580B2 |
Pattern stimulus for visual function testing
A pattern stimulus system is described that includes a hemispherical concave surface, a plurality of illumination sources, and a controller. The illumination sources are arranged on the hemispherical concave surface in a plurality of annular rows and a plurality of radial columns. The control is configured to operate the illumination sources to display a checkerboard pattern by illuminating a first subset of the illumination sources and dimming a second subset of the illumination sources. The control is further configured to invert the checkerboard pattern by dimming the first subset of the illumination sources and illuminating the second subset of the illumination sources. Methods are also described for using the pattern stimulus system to evaluate a condition of the eye and to diagnose diseases of the eye. |
| US10292577B2 |
Image processing apparatus, method, and computer program product
Example embodiments of the present invention relate to an image processing apparatus. The apparatus may include a processor and memory storing instructions that when executed on the processor cause the processor to perform the operations of detecting a deep region of a duct in an image and extracting a plurality of contour edges of an inner wall of the duct in the image. The apparatus then may identify a plurality of convex regions among the plurality of contour edges, analyze a respective curvature of each of the plurality of convex regions to identify a convex direction for each of the plurality of convex regions, and detect, as an abnormal region, a convex region having a convex direction directed toward the deep region. |
| US10292572B2 |
Bending device, control device, and medical instrument
A bending device with which bending motions can be controlled with ease and good controllability includes a plurality of elastic tubes disposed inside an elastic tube. The elastic tubes each include an elastic tube body and a non-stretching body. The portion of the elastic tube body opposite the portion in which the non-stretching body is fixed inflates in a circumferential direction of the elastic tube body in response to increase in its internal pressure, causing the elastic tube to bend. The portion of the elastic tube body in which the non-stretching body is fixed is thicker than the remaining portion of the elastic tube body. |
| US10292570B2 |
System and method for guiding and tracking a region of interest using an endoscope
A system and method of repositioning a region of interest within an endoscopic image from a first location to a target location on the display screen of an endoscopy system is provided. The endoscopy system includes an insertion portion having a tip section with at least one viewing element for capturing images of a body cavity having the region of interest. The method includes detecting a region of interest within a body cavity, displaying the region of interest on a display screen in communication with the endoscopy system, marking the region of interest on the display screen, selecting a target location on the display screen, estimating a transformation to be applied to the region of interest, and applying the estimated transformation for causing the region of interest to be displayed at the target location of the display screen. |
| US10292568B1 |
Device for cleaning the soles of shoes
A device for the hands-free cleaning of dirt and debris from a bottom surface of footwear may include a platform base having a bottom surface designed to be positioned on a ground surface, and a base recess extending into a top side of the platform base; a bristle sheet designed to fit within the base recess, the bristle sheet having a plurality of bristles extending upward from a bristle sheet base; and a cavity in the interior of the platform base, the cavity sized to accommodate a volume of weighting material. The device may also include a port extending through a surface of the platform base to the cavity, such that the cavity is accessible from an exterior of the platform base. In such instances, the device may also include a plug to removably seal the port. |
| US10292565B2 |
Dishwasher with water valve having volumetric flow control
A dishwasher has a treating chamber for receiving dishes for treatment according to an automatic cycle of operation and a dispensing system for storing and dispensing a treating chemistry to the treating chamber during the cycle of operation. The dishwasher may dispense a treating chemistry when a temperature of a liquid in the treating chamber satisfies a predetermined temperature threshold. The temperature of the liquid may be maintained to satisfy the predetermined temperature threshold for a predetermined period of time based on the treating chemistry. |
| US10292562B2 |
Washing machine, components thereof and methods of cleaning
A method of cleaning a washing machine and components and systems for enabling a user to clean the washing machine are provided. The method includes gaining access to debris that is trapped in otherwise inaccessible and/or concealed areas and/or directing debris out of inaccessible and/or concealed areas. The components include a jet channel that selectively couples to a discharge manifold in use and is removable to provide access to an interior area of the discharge manifold for cleaning. The systems include a removable mount assembly for accessories and a purging system for pumps and other concealed areas. The purging system is configured to discharge purging fluid through a plurality of purging ports and into concealed areas so as to direct debris in the concealed areas out of the concealed areas. |
| US10292561B2 |
Cleaning implement comprising hybrid foam
The present invention relates to a cleaning implement comprising hybrid foam and to a method of cleaning a hard surface with said cleaning implement. |
| US10292549B2 |
Flush toilet capable of correcting defecation posture
A flush toilet capable of correcting a defecation posture, in which a seat disposed on a toilet main body for a user to sit is inclined on the top thereof such that the front where the user's thighs are placed is higher than the rear where the user's hips are placed. Accordingly, smooth defecation is allowed by preventing bending between the intestine and the anus in the body by correcting the posture of a user into a squatting posture such that an angle between the upper body and the thighs of the user is maintained between 35˜50° as if the user were using a squat toilet. Therefore, defecation time is reduced and the user's legs are prevented from becoming numb, thereby improving satisfaction with defecation. Further, intestinal movement is activated during defecation, so smooth defecation is possible, and constipation, hemorrhoids, irritable bowel syndrome, cancers, and other colorectal diseases are prevented. |
| US10292544B1 |
Dr. tinkle's potty pal (electronic toilet paper dispenser)
Dr. Tinkle's Potty Pal is an electronic toilet paper dispenser for ages 2+. The invention is configured to freely stand within a home restroom and provide interactive learning to a child while seated on the toilet. Power is preferably provided by a lithium battery for long-term use. Once powered on, interactivity of the device is preferably triggered by motion sensor. The interactivity preferably includes flashing lights, sounds and music to entertain the user while learning. All mechanics/electronic components, as well as, the toilet paper roll is preferably housed within the locked top cabinet (or head) of the product. A height controllable stand is used to allow for preferred height placement, and a preferably round base is used for stability and secure placement. |
| US10292542B2 |
Rolled product dispenser
A rolled product dispenser for dispensing a web of rolled product, comprising: a housing; and a dispensing assembly at least partially housed in the housing and interacting with the web of rolled product and including a dispensing roller having a rotation center and a peripheral wall with an upper section. The dispensing assembly can comprise an upper tensioning assembly and/or a lower tensioning assembly and/or a variable tension return assembly. |
| US10292540B2 |
Container-attaching system
The invention relates to a container-attaching system (1) for making available a container (2), especially provided with a cleaning or disinfecting product, said system comprising: a holder (4, 41) with a receiving region (5) for receiving the container (2), the holder (4, 41) comprising a first attaching region (51), a second attaching region (52) and a third attaching region (53), the first (51), second (52) and third (53) attaching regions comprising wires or rods or plate-type components, and an attaching means (7) for detachably attaching the holder (4, 41) to objects, wherein the attaching means (7) can be fixed to the first attaching region (51) so that it can assume a first holding position, to the second attaching region (52) so that it can assume a second holding position, and to the third attaching region (53) so that it can assume a third holding position. |
| US10292539B2 |
Carrier body for sanitary surface material
A carrier body assembly for forming part or all of a shower floor includes a rigid carrier body having a bearing surface for sanitary surface material such as tile and a sealing membrane that overlies the top or bottom surface of the carrier body but is attached to only a portion of the top or bottom surface. The unattached portion of the membrane is folded away from the carrier body to enable trimming of the carrier body to fit without damaging the membrane. After installation of the carrier body the membrane overlies the adjacent shower structure to form a watertight, water-impermeable connection between the carrier body and the adjacent shower structure. |
| US10292537B2 |
Bathtub fitting standard external space while affording safe egress and larger floor area with enclosed volume
A method of making a safe egress bathtub providing safe egress by reducing slide forces extended on a user's feet upon a slippery bathtub floor, wherein the formed bathtub has a limited rectangular footprint, and an optimized floor space is formed with a substantially planar base with a length and width that define the limited rectangular footprint and a front wall, a back wall, a first side wall and a second side wall integral with and extending substantially vertically upwards from the substantially planar base. Each of the front, back, first side wall and second side wall have minimal wall thicknesses to define the optimized floor space and the front wall has a substantially planar inwardly, cantilevered upper apron deck in a substantially parallel relation to the substantially planar base. |
| US10292531B1 |
Cooking device having heat sources in a stacked arrangement
A cooking device includes a housing assembly, a cooking structure, a first heat source, and a second heat source. The housing assembly defines a single, integrated cooking volume that includes a central portion disposed between a first portion and a second portion. The cooking structure has a cooking surface arranged for placement of a foodstuff and is disposed between the central portion and the first portion. The first heat source is positioned a first distance from the cooking structure in a first direction. The first heat source is disposed in the central portion and arranged to heat the cooking structure via convection. The second heat source is disposed a second distance, which is greater than the first distance, from the cooking structure in the first direction. The second heat source is disposed in the second portion and is arranged to provide thermal energy indirectly to the first portion and the central portion. |
| US10292530B2 |
Heating and cooking apparatus
A heating and cooking apparatus is provided that can produce a place for all-participating-type cooking. The electric griddle 100 mainly includes an iron plate section 110 having a high thermal conductivity, a glass section 120 having a low thermal conductivity, a heating material 130 as a heat source, a heat insulating mechanism 140, and an outer frame 150. On the glass section 120, it is possible to place dishes and bowls on which food ingredients and the like can be placed in the glass part 120, and to place food ingredients there directly. Thus, it is possible to prevent food ingredients and the like from being placed only in the hands of a specific person, to realize a situation which many people can easily cook, and to produce a place for all-participating-type cooking. |
| US10292529B2 |
Slow cooker and locking assembly
The present invention relates to cooking utensils. The present invention provides a slow cooker and a locking assembly that have simple and practical structure, easy to clean and can engage the lid with the liner container for preventing spillage of cooking content such as soup. The structure comprises a container, a lid and a locking assembly. The locking assembly retains the lid on the opening of the container. The container has a rim projecting outside at the opening. The locking assembly comprises a connector disposed on the lid for engaging the lid with the opening of the container, and locking end components provided at ends of the connector for engaging with the rim of the liner container. Using the locking assembly to retain the lid in sealing engagement with the opening of the container, the slow cooker can effectively engage the lid with the container. |
| US10292528B2 |
Non-stick coating with improved hydrophobic properties
The present invention generally relates to anti-stick coatings for cooking utensils, which exhibit improved properties of hydrophobicity and resistance to high temperature. The present invention also relates to a culinary article comprising a support coated in said coating, and a process for applying on the support such a coating according to the invention. |
| US10292526B2 |
Professional coffee machine
A professional coffee machine includes a supporting frame; a boiler; a preheater to prepare a coffee infusion having a first heat exchanger with the boiler to heat the supply water crossing the first exchanger to a first temperature T1 close or substantially equal to a second temperature T2 corresponding to the optimal temperature for a coffee infusion; a dispensing unit of the coffee infusion having a thermo-controlled heating element that brings the water released from the preheater to the second temperature T2 if T1 is lower than T2; a thermal insulator that mechanically constrains the dispensing unit to the frame; a heater for preparing a tea infusion or the like having a second heat exchanger with the boiler to heat the supply water crossing the second heat exchanger up to a third temperature T3 corresponding to the optimal temperature for preparing a tea infusion or the like. |
| US10292525B2 |
Fluid-agitating tank assembly for a machine for filling containers
A fluid-agitating tank assembly is disclosed. The tank assembly includes a tank filled with a fluid, and an agitator disposed in the tank so as to be at least partially immersed in the fluid and supported by the tank in a rotatable manner about an axis. The agitator includes a double helix disposed in an upper volume of the tank and adapted to act on the fluid to transform unidirectional rotation of the agitator about the axis into a bidirectional movement of the fluid in the tank towards bottom and top portions of the tank, and at least one rotary blade projecting transversally from the axis, disposed in a lower volume of the tank, and rotating about the axis to move the fluid towards at least one lateral outlet of the tank. |
| US10292523B2 |
Controlled system for brewing infused beverages
A controlled system for brewing infused beverages that includes an infused beverage brewing assembly operably configured to receive infusion beverage parameters that include a dispensed solvent volume and a total infusion time utilized in an infusion algorithm generating a solvent flow rate change that is a function of the dispensed solvent volume and the total infusion time. The system also includes a solvent flow management system having a pump operably configured, based on the infusion algorithm, to generate an infused solution and includes an electronic control system communicatively coupled to the solvent flow management system and operably configured to initiate a counter associated with the inducement of the flow of the solvent to generate a running infusion time and execute the infusion algorithm to generate a solvent flow rate change sufficient to provide a remaining infusion volume in a remaining infusion time based on the input parameters. |
| US10292522B2 |
Micro kettle
A microwave kettle includes a main vessel having a pivotally attached lid, with an insert attached to an interior of the lid and extending into the main vessel. The insert is configured with a number of nucleation sites to facilitate boiling of a liquid within the vessel. |
| US10292521B2 |
Method of regulating temperature for sous vide cooking and apparatus therefor
A method of regulating the temperature of a cooking liquid during sous vide cooking in a cooking vessel on a burner of a cooktop includes setting a desired cooking temperature and measuring the temperature of the cooking liquid inside the sous vide cooking vessel at a plurality of predetermined time intervals with a first temperature sensor mounted on an interior surface of a wall of the sous vide cooking vessel. The temperature of the cooking liquid is compared to the desired cooking temperature at each of the predetermined time intervals. The energy output of the burner is controlled based on the difference between the temperature of the cooking liquid and the desired cooking temperature. A cooking vessel and system for sous vide cooking using this method are also disclosed. |
| US10292519B1 |
Secured delivered mail repository
A secure delivered mail repository comprises a durable cuboid box having an automatically locking and unlocking door capable of being irremovably secured to a surface, emergency illumination and an anti-theft concrete and cable tether. The repository has a digital panel capable of user interface in electrical communication with a power source, a plurality of digital cameras and a plurality of speakers. The repository may be monitored from a user's internet enabled electronic device which is configured to operate in conjunction with a home security system of a user while the illumination means is configured to visually alert a first responder to an adjacent emergency. The repository facilitates the safe and secure delivery of a package mailed to the user by enabling a delivery service to deposit a package within the repository and secure the same therein. |
| US10292517B1 |
Dressing aid
A dressing aid is described. The dressing aid may include a main arm having a proximal end and a distal end, at least one (preferably at least two) proximal arm extending from the main arm proximal end, the proximal arm(s) having a distal end attached to the main arm proximal end and a proximal end attached to a proximal clip, and at least one (preferably at least two) distal arm extending from the main arm distal end, the distal arm(s) having a proximal end attached to the main arm distal end and a distal end attached to a distal clip. The proximal and distal arms may further comprise a hook. The proximal, distal and main arms are preferably formed of gooseneck tubing or another type of bendable but rigid tubular material. |
| US10292510B1 |
Place setting overlay for a table
An overlay system for a table having a center area includes a plurality of elongated arms each having a distal end and a proximal end. A connector is fixed proximate the proximal end of each arm and adapted to connect to the connector of an adjacent arm. With the arms each mutually connected at their proximal ends, and the proximal ends positions proximate the center area of the table, a regular geometric shape is formed in the center area of the table and the arms extend mutually equidistantly about the table to define a seating area for a place setting and a guest. Some embodiments of the invention include a central section that has a plurality of the connectors to which the arms are connected. Alternately, the arms may be integrally formed with the central section such that the overlay system is effectively a single piece of flexible material. |
| US10292504B2 |
Footrest and method of making same
Systems of a footrest are described, along with a process for making the footrest. The footrest may include a base with at least four side walls connected by a bottom side. The base may be folded into a flat or box shape. The footrest may also include a container lid connected by a bottom lid and a top lid, and the base may be configured to join with the container lid. The base may also fit inside the container lid when folded, and the bottom lid of the container lid includes at least two semi-circular shaped depressions. |
| US10292502B2 |
Foldable chair
A foldable chair includes a seat panel having a first end portion and a second end portion, a pivotable support having a first end portion and a second end portion, the first end portion of the pivotable support pivotally connected to the first end portion of the seat panel, and a variable resistance support assembly pivotally coupled to the second end portion of the seat panel for selectively raising and lowering the seat panel. The variable resistance support assembly can include a housing, with a first spring and a second spring stored therein. The first spring can have a first pressure load and the second spring can have a second pressure load that is less than the first pressure load. |
| US10292501B1 |
Chair with adjustable foot rest
The chair with adjustable foot rest is a chair. The chair with adjustable foot rest is configured for use in helping an individual don footwear and socks. The chair with adjustable foot rest comprises a bollard, a chair structure, and a foot rest structure. The bollard and the foot rest structure attach to the chair structure. The foot rest structure moves towards and away from the chair such that the foot rest structure will support a foot at a convenient position. The position of the foot rest structure is controlled using a hand lever. |
| US10292497B1 |
Perimeter supported seat assemblies and associated methods
A seat assembly includes a seat support frame assembly comprising a mounting structure that mounts to a seat support structure and a seat receiving portion. The seat receiving portion includes a seat frame member having a body having an interior surface that defines a seat member receiving opening having an inner diameter. A rotatable member extends from the interior surface of the body into the seat member receiving opening. A seating member assembly is rotatably received in the seat member receiving opening. The seating member assembly includes a seat support housing that supports a seat. The seat support housing includes a side wall and a side support ledge that overhangs the rotatable member to rotatably support the seating member along a perimeter of the side wall of the seat support housing. |
| US10292491B1 |
Portable and foldable shelving
A portable and foldable shelving may comprise two connecting units and a shelving. Each of the two connecting units has a connecting tube and an adjusting base, and the adjusting base is slidably sleeved on the connecting tube. The shelving comprises a first shelf body having at least a first upper board and a first lower board and a second shelf body comprising at least a second upper board and a second lower board. inner edges of the first shelf body and the second shelf body are coupled together, and the upper boards and the lower boards of the first shelf body and the second shelf body are pivotally connected to the connecting tubes through a plurality of wing pieces, which enables the upper boards same as the lower boards to be folded toward each other or to be unfolded away from each other. |
| US10292490B2 |
Table and lectern furniture system
A table assembly comprising a top member forming a substantially flat top surface circumscribed by an outer edge and at least a first leg support member supporting the top member in a substantially horizontal position, a table dock secured to the top member and forming an elongated channel having a dock length dimension and at least a first display panel circumscribed by a panel edge and having at least one straight edge having a panel length dimension, the dock length dimension less than panel length dimension, wherein at least a portion of the straight edge of the panel is receivable within the dock channel with the panel extending out the open first and second ends of the channel to support the panel in a substantially upright orientation with at least a portion of the display panel extending to a height above the flat top surface. |
| US10292489B2 |
Table
A table has at least one table leg and a table top, the at least one table leg being pivotable relative to the table top, between an unfolded position and a folded position, about at least one first joint, wherein a strut is held on the table leg so that, at a first end, it is pivotable about a second joint, is provided for fixation of the table leg, and in the unfolded position of the table leg, it is operatively connected to the table top at a second end, opposite the first end. The table leg has a stop limiting the angle between the table leg and the table top in the unfolded position, such that the strut comes into frictional contact with the second end on a support surface held on the table top. In an unfolded direction of the strut, the support surface extends from a first end to a second end, and the distance from the first end of the support surface to the second joint in the unfolded position of the table leg is greater than the distance from the second end of the support surface to the second joint in the unfolded position of the table leg, so that, in the unfolded position, the strut is in self-locking frictional contact with the support surface. |
| US10292487B2 |
Dental dispensing tip
A dental dispensing tip includes a body having a first body end, a second body end, and a fluid passageway extending between the first and second body ends. A brush cup is provided at the second body end and has a brush barrel defined therein. A brush applicator is secured within the brush barrel and includes a plurality of bristles, wherein a first end of the brush applicator is received within the brush barrel and a second end of the brush applicator extends out of the brush barrel. A delivery cannula is in fluid communication with the fluid passageway and has a bent end entering the plurality of bristles at an intermediate location between the first and second ends to deliver the dental solution to the plurality of bristles. |
| US10292486B2 |
Hairbrush with improved temperature characteristics
A combination of a hairbrush having a brush head with a concave central portion and captive ends, along with a thermal coating that includes a desired amount of at least one of aluminum, silver, and/or diamond dust in the coating, results in a hairbrush that can be raised to approximately 200° F. in a short timeframe. A conventional hairbrush without either the coating or the captive ends was unable to achieve the desired temperature. |
| US10292484B1 |
Apparatus and method for non-invasive repositioning of sagging skin, cellulite and fat tissue on thighs, arms, stomach and buttocks
An apparatus and a method for non-invasive repositioning of sagging skin, cellulite and fat tissue. The apparatus includes a flexible tape having at least three sections. The first segment includes an adhesive and a removable liner thereon. An opposed second segment includes an adhesive and a removable liner thereon. An intermediate segment is located between the first and second segments which is devoid of adhesive. |
| US10292481B2 |
Makeup application assistance device, makeup application assistance method, and makeup application assistance program
A makeup assisting apparatus includes an image acquirer that acquires a captured image of a face to which makeup is applied and that maps, when the captured image of the face is captured from an oblique direction, the captured image of the face to a stereoscopic shape of a face to generate an image of the captured image of the face seen from the front. An applied makeup acquirer acquires applied makeup from the image, the applied makeup being a way of applying the makeup. A makeup evaluators evaluates the applied makeup by comparing the applied makeup with a reference makeup, which is makeup to be used as a reference by a user having applied the makeup to the face and an evaluation presenter presents a result of the evaluation to the user. |
| US10292475B2 |
Drawing apparatus and drawing method for drawing apparatus
Provided is a drawing apparatus including a drawing mechanism configured to perform a drawing on a nail of an object being a finger or a toe, and a processor.The processor acquires a first captured image of the nail and a second captured image of the nail, the first and the second captured image being images captured from a first direction by an imaging device located at a position along the first direction from a first location of a surface of the nail, the first captured image being an image captured by the imaging device at a position where a distance along the first direction between the imaging device and the first location of the surface of the nail is a first distance, and the second captured image being an image captured by the imaging device at a position where a distance along the first direction between the imaging device and the first location of the surface of the nail is a second distance different from the first distance. Moreover, the processor acquires a value of a width of the nail on the basis of the first captured image and the second captured image. |
| US10292473B2 |
Luggage handle
A luggage carry handle assembly for a luggage case is provided. The handle assembly may include a recessed region positioned on the top side of the luggage case, and a carry handle movably mounted to the recessed region on top of the case. The carry handle moves pivotally relative to the recessed region and the luggage case. |
| US10292469B2 |
Luggage case having surface features providing enhanced corner strength
A luggage article having surface features providing enhanced corner strength is provided. The luggage article includes a housing at least partially formed by an outer layer and defining in part a first side, a second side, and a third side. A corner region is defined at the intersection of the first, second, and third sides, and an apex region is defined at least partially by the corner region. The luggage article may also include a first elongated surface feature formed by the outer layer and extending at least partially across one or more of the first, second, and third sides at a first distance spaced away from the apex region and curving relative to the apex region. The luggage article may also include a second elongated surface feature. The first and second surface features may define a curve similar to each other along a portion of their respective length. |
| US10292468B2 |
Automatic opening or closing umbrella
An automatic non-collapsible umbrella includes a handle, a control mechanism, a center post, a detent mechanism, a runner assembly, and a skeleton. A cylindrical main seat of the control mechanism includes a spring biased open button for opening the umbrella, and a spring biased collapse button adjacent to the collapse button for closing the umbrella. |
| US10292464B2 |
Expandable bangle bracelet
A bracelet and a method of assembling or manufacturing the same in which the bracelet includes a plurality of interlocking first and second bangles that are translatable relative one another such that the bracelet is transitionable between a first state and second state in which the bracelet has a diameter having a smaller dimension in the first state and a larger diameter in the second state, the bracelet being biased toward the first state. |
| US10292463B1 |
Formable decorative item
A formable decorative item that includes an outer sleeve having an outer decorative surface and an inner cavity, an elongated flexible plastic insert that is disposed within the inner cavity of the outer sleeve, and an elongated resilient wire element mounted with the elongated flexible plastic insert and that extends substantially a length of the elongated flexible plastic insert. The elongated resilient wire element is constructed and arranged so that the elongated resilient wire element can be formed in a predetermined configuration and maintained in that predetermined position so as to correspondingly maintain the outer sleeve in the predetermined position. |
| US10292459B2 |
Fastener
A fastener for detachably securing a first item to a second item comprises a connector comprising a U-shaped rod having a central portion between two legs and a main body configured to be attached to the second item. The main body comprises a housing having a slot configured to allow passage of a central portion therethrough into the housing, and a downwardly biased securing pin provided within the housing. The slot has an upstanding lip provided at a lower edge of the slot that defines two downwardly extending openings. Each of the openings are configured to allow the two legs to extend out of the housing when the central portion is in a secured position where the central portion is lowered in the housing relative to the slot. The securing pin is configured to exert a downward bias against the central portion in the secured position. |
| US10292453B2 |
System and method for embedding a tracking device in a footwear insole
A novel tracking system is disclosed. In one embodiment, a long-range tracking device is incorporated into a removable footwear insole and a short-range tracking device is incorporated into another removable footwear insole. The long-range tracking device includes a location determining device, a wireless communication device, and a power source. In a more particular embodiment, the location determining device is a GPS receiver, and the communication device is a cellular modem. |
| US10292449B2 |
Adjustable helmet for a hockey or lacrosse player
An adjustable helmet having first and second shells and a single actuator comprising at least one tooth, the single actuator being moveable between: a first locked position, wherein the at least one tooth retains the first and second shells and the first and second shells define a first hollow space; a released position, wherein the at least one tooth no longer retains the first and second shells such that one of the first and second shells is moveable relative to the other of the first and second shells; and a second locked position, wherein the at least one tooth retains the first and second shells and the first and second shells define a second hollow space, the second hollow space being different than the first hollow space. |
| US10292448B2 |
Catcher's helmet with face guard having raised eyebrow areas
A catcher's mask comprises a two-piece plastic shell composed of a rigid front shell and a rigid rear shell. The front and rear shells are connected by a strap harness attached to the front shell and have padding assemblies. The front shell has ventilation holes including ear holes positioned over the wearer's ears and a full jaw protector integrally formed as part of front shell. A wire faceguard is removably attached to the front shell extending over the ear holes. A top upper member of the faceguard comprises a center bar part, a left side bar part bent upwardly with respect to the center bar part to form a left eyebrow area, and a right side bar part bent upwardly with respect to the center bar part to form a right eyebrow area. The rear shell has a concave padding assembly comprised of a concave TPU shock absorbing layer, and a nested concave comfort layer. |
| US10292446B2 |
Whiplash reduction systems and devices and methods to use the same
Whiplash reduction systems and devices and methods to use the same. In an embodiment of a system of the present disclosure, the system comprises a front anchor strap coupled directly or indirectly to a headgear; a top anchor coupled to the front anchor strap, the top anchor having a connector coupled thereto, the connector configured to connect to at least one rear strap; a first retainer configured to fit within apertures defined within the headgear and to wrap around at least part of the headgear and at least part of the front anchor strap to secure the front anchor strap to the headgear at or near the apertures; and a plate having a central portion defining a recessed portion and further having a first side portion and a second side portion. |
| US10292445B2 |
Event monitoring dosimetry apparatuses and methods thereof
A dosimetry apparatus includes at least one sensor in a housing, a cover configured to permit compression waves to pass through, the cover is seated over the at least one sensor, and a dosimetry processing device with a memory. The dosimetry processing device is coupled to the at least one sensor in the housing. The dosimetry processing device is configured to execute programmed instructions stored in the memory comprising: obtaining readings from the at least one sensor; storing the readings with a time and date stamp when obtained; conducting an analysis based on the obtained readings; and outputting at least one of the stored readings or the conducted analysis. |
| US10292443B2 |
Health suit with improved health and tanning benefits in various weather conditions
A health suit for improving sweating and tanning in various weather conditions includes a transparent material that is configured to allow ultraviolet rays and infrared energy to pass through the material and penetrate the skin with minimal deflection or absorption by the material. The health suit may also include an anti-fog layer or other set of anti-fogging features, moisture absorbing material, and a heat retention feature to improve sweating and tanning in various weather conditions. |
| US10292437B2 |
Men's brief having penile pouch securely adjustable at different positions
A men's brief is provided which protects penile impact experienced by athletes during exercise and sport activities. The brief is made from cotton or similar fabric and has a penile pouch for accommodating the penis and an opening through which the pouch can protrude. A male fastener is provided on the outer tip of the pouch which can be fastened to one or more female fasteners provided near the waistband of the brief. |
| US10292436B2 |
Electronic smoking systems, devices, and methods
The disclosure herein provides methods, systems, and devices for electronic smoking. The embodiments disclosed herein can be utilized to ignite combustible substances in all conditions and do not require supplementary igniters or tools. The embodiments disclosed herein provide an all-in-one smoking experience. Further, in some embodiments described herein comprise a cartridge system for easy insertion, removal, and/or replacement of loose-leaf products in a pod or cartridge for smoking. Some embodiments herein relate to all-in-one, integrated smoking systems or devices comprising compartments for holding and lighting combustible substances, a combustion device such as a lighter or high voltage electric combustion system, insulating components, and one or more electric batteries or other power devices. |
| US10292433B2 |
Atomizer and aerosol generating device using same
One atomizer for an artificial cigarette includes an atomizing assembly and an adjustment assembly thereon. The atomizing assembly includes an accommodation cavity and the adjustment assembly includes a substrate and an adjustment member rotatably disposed on the substrate. A liquid inlet port is defined in the substrate, the port communicating with the accommodation cavity. The adjustment member adjusts a size of the liquid inlet port exposed during rotation of the adjustment member. A second atomizer includes an atomizing assembly and an air inlet port, the atomizing assembly includes an atomizing cavity and an air passage. The air passage has one end communicating with a top of the atomizing cavity and another end communicating with the air inlet port. An aerosol generating device including either one of the above atomizers is also provided. |
| US10292431B2 |
Pellet substrates for vaporizing and delivering an aerosol
Pellet substrates configured for use with a vapor delivery device to vaporize and deliver an aerosol to a user include porous, substantially inert activated carbon and activated alumina pellets that have generally spherical, semi-spherical and/or rounded shapes. The pellet substrates are formed by mixing the pellets together with a liquid solution of an aerosol former admixed with flavoring and/or nicotine, tobacco powder, or tobacco extract such that the liquid solution is absorbed into and/or adsorbed onto the porous structure of the pellets with or without the addition of heat. The pellets may be coated with an inert dry powder, such as calcium carbonate, to better adhere the liquid solution to the porous surfaces of the pellets. Alternatively, or in addition, the pellets may be coated with a liquid solution of a cellulose gum, such as sodium carboxymethylcellulose, and distilled water to reduce fracturing, cracking, chipping and dusting of the pellet substrates. |
| US10292426B2 |
E-vaping device cartridge with superabsorbent polymer
A cartridge for an e-vaping device includes a reservoir configured to hold pre-vapor formulation, a vaporizer assembly configured to draw at least some of the pre-vapor formulation from the reservoir and vaporize the drawn pre-vapor formulation to form a vapor, and a superabsorbent polymer configured to absorb free water from pre-vapor formulation held in the reservoir. The superabsorbent polymer includes a cross-linked polyacrylate copolymer that is substantially inert to the pre-vapor formulation. The superabsorbent polymer may be included in a layer on one or more surfaces in the cartridge. The layer may include the superabsorbent polymer and a binder. The superabsorbent polymer may be included with the pre-vapor formulation in a formulation mixture. The superabsorbent polymer may be included in an interior of at least one element comprising the cartridge. The superabsorbent polymer may be included in a separate compartment in the reservoir. |
| US10292425B2 |
Tobacco baking device
A tobacco baking device, including: an upper housing, an inner frame, an electrical core, a heating core, a temperature sensor, a PCBA control board, a stainless steel tube, and a temperature control device. The inner frame includes a first end including a first hole and a second end including a second hole, the first hole being larger than the second hole. The heating core is disposed at a left side of the inner frame. The stainless steel tube surrounds the heating core, and the heating core is disposed in parallel to the stainless steel tube; the heating core is connected to the temperature control device and the temperature sensor. The temperature control device is connected to the temperature sensor and detects a heating temperature of the heating core in real time via the temperature sensor, whereby controlling the heating temperature to be constant. |
| US10292421B2 |
Smoking article filter including degradable filter component
A filter for a smoking article includes a filter component formed from a solution of cellulose acetate and a degradable polymer in aceton, the degradable polymer being soluble in acetone and degrading in the presence of water. In a first aspect of the invention, the filter component is a filter segment (16) formed of a plurality of fibers formed from the degradable solution. In a second aspect of the invention, the filter component is a wrapper (39) circumscribing at least a segment of the filter. |
| US10292417B1 |
Smoking article and method
A method of constructing a cigar includes the providing of a plurality of frusto-conically shaped tubes, each tube being of a smokable material such as a spirally wrapped layer of tobacco material. The tubes are nested, one tube inside the other tube. The nested tubes are then attached to a mouthpiece having a socket that is internally threaded. The nested tubes and mouthpiece are packaged either filled with tobacco filler material, partially filled, or unfilled in a container. |
| US10292415B2 |
System for dispensing toppings
One variation of a method for dispensing toppings onto topping vehicles includes: indexing a first topping vehicle to a first position adjacent a first topping module, the first topping module including a first hopper containing a first topping of a first topping type; indexing a second topping vehicle to a second position adjacent a second topping module including a second hopper containing a second topping of a second topping type; retracting a first blade of the first topping module; advancing the first blade through the first topping; retracting a first retaining plate to dispense a topping slice from the first topping onto the first topping vehicle according to a first topping order for the first topping vehicle specifying the first topping type, the first retaining plate offset from the first blade opposite the first hopper; advancing the first retaining plate; and indexing the first topping vehicle to the second position. |
| US10292413B2 |
Nutritionally balanced composite meal for infants and small children and a method of producing said meal
The present invention relates to a nutritionally balanced composite meal for infants/small children, comprising at least one carbohydrate containing meal component and at least one protein containing meal component, where the individual components have been separately heat-treated. This to reduce the amount of advanced glycation end products (AGE's) generated, and control the levels of glycemic index (Gl) and insulin index (II), in the composite meal. Also disclosed is a method of producing said meal. |
| US10292411B2 |
Aluminum nitride synthesis from nut shells
A method of making Aluminum Nitride (AlN) from nut shells comprising preparing powders of agricultural nuts, preparing powders of nanocrystalline Al2O3, mixing the powders and thereby forming a homogenous sample powder of agricultural nuts and Al2O3, pressurizing the homogenous sample powder into a disk, heat treating or pyrolyzing the disk in a nitrogen atmosphere, reacting the disk and the nitrogen atmosphere and forming AlN, and wherein the AlN is nano-structured AlN and in a pure form and in the wurtzite phase of AlN. A method of producing Aluminum Nitride comprising milling nuts into a powder, milling a powder of nanocrystalline Al2O3, mixing, pressing into a pellet, providing nitrogen, heating, and forming AlN. An Aluminum Nitride product from preparing powders of nuts and Al2O3, mixing, and forming a powder, pressurizing into a disk, pyrolyzing in nitrogen, and forming AlN. |
| US10292410B2 |
Injectable protein product
Moisture is retained in cooked or thawed food by adding to the food an aqueous suspension of animal muscle protein obtained from animal muscle tissue. The aqueous suspension is obtained by mixing comminuted animal muscle tissue with a food grade base to form an aqueous basic solution of animal muscle protein. The basic solution is mixed with a food grade acid to precipitate the protein in an aqueous composition. The precipitated protein then is comminuted to form an aqueous suspension of comminuted animal muscle protein. |
| US10292408B2 |
Induction cooking apparatus and method of use
A cooking apparatus includes a cooking vessel, a support structure, an assortment of ferrous members and a source of electro-magnetic radiation. The ferrous members are mounted on the support structure along with food. The source of electro-magnetic radiation heats the ferrous members and enables a previously unobtainable level of precision and control in the preparation of food. |
| US10292405B2 |
Frozen confectionery products with improved texture
The present invention relates to a method for producing frozen confectionery products. In particular, the invention is concerned with a method which contributes to the improvement of textural and sensorial attributes of the confections obtained thereof, in particular of products based on lower fat formulations. The method includes the use of controlled heat (between 90° C. and 140° C. for 5 seconds to 30 minutes) on an acidified ice confection mix (pH between 5.6 and 6.5) to at least partially form a coagulated protein system including casein whey protein. Such a protein system is used according to the invention in frozen confection prepared by conventional freezing alone or combined with low temperature freezing wherein it improves the microstructure and stability on frozen products. |
| US10292403B2 |
Multiple stacked rotatable lollipop
Multiple Stacked Rotatable Lollipop comprising at least two stacked individual components each with a plurality of flavors, colors and shapes, each provided with tubular holding sticks, except the uppermost component which has a solid holding stick, while the upper open ends of the tubular holding sticks of the lower and intermediate components are accessible at the top of their candies or edible parts, and each tubular stick is conveniently dimensioned to loosely insert the holding stick of the individual component stacked above, each longer than the immediate holding stick below, so the lower end of each holding stick protrudes out in a telescopic fashion, thereby when the user holds the stick of one of the stacked components with one of his/her hands, can rotate for his/her amusement any of the other components with the other hand or with his/her tongue directly driving its corresponding edible part. |
| US10292401B2 |
Lobster cleaning tool
The present invention is a tool used to clean and remove the lobster's intestinal tract, effortlessly and safely. The present lobster cleaning tool is made of high tensile strength plastic. It has a plastic handle with a soft rubber non-slip grip built for comfort. Attached to the handle is a shaft with a set of plastic barbs attached to it. These are used to attach to the intestinal tract inside the lobster tail. The tool is designed with a tamper proof plastic clear cover for safety purposes. |
| US10292400B2 |
Method and apparatus for processing crustacean body parts and processed crustacean body parts
An apparatus for processing a crustacean body part is disclosed. The apparatus includes a conveyor, a first blade, and a first fluidic device. The conveyor has a downstream direction and a first region for supporting a crustacean body part. The first fluidic device is drivingly coupled to the first blade, and actuation of the first fluidic device moves the first blade into the first region. Methods of processing a crustacean body part, methods and apparatus for cracking a crustacean shell, controllers for directing processing of a crustacean body part, and pre-cut seafood items are also disclosed. |
| US10292399B2 |
Surface treatment for steel to be used on meat and poultry processing equipment
A method of treating a surface of a poultry processing conveyor includes assembling the conveyor and bead blasting at least one surface of the conveyor to reduce a surface roughness of the surface. The surface of the conveyor may be bead blasted with glass beads. The glass beads may be AH-sized glass beads. The bead blasting of the surface may be conducted at a pressure of approximately 60 psi. The bead blasting of the surface may be directed at a 45-degree angle relative to the surface of the conveyor. The method may further include applying a hydrogen peroxide solution to the surface after the conveyor has been bead blasted. The method may further include shrink-wrapping the conveyor after the conveyor has been bead blasted. |
| US10292382B2 |
No-spin cryopreservation technique and resulting products
Methods and processes for cryopreservation and direct cell thawing and seeding or suspension after cryopreservation, including methods that eliminate the necessity of post-thaw wash, spin, and frequent practice of performing a cell count. Cell compositions and no-spin cell products produced using the methods are also described. |
| US10292380B1 |
Decoy with geo-sensing and geo-navigation control
Global Positioning System or location based decoy system that automatically controls the navigation of a decoy based on real-time location and desired/selected pattern information. They system can include a decoy with a propulsion system and steering system and an interface to a smart phone running a remote control app. The remote control app can be used to control the navigation of the decoy in view of the location information received from the GPS. |
| US10292374B2 |
G protein coupled receptor 85 and SREB3 knockout mice and uses thereof
The present invention provides GPCR polypeptides and polynucleotides, recombinant materials, and transgenic mice, as well as methods for their production. The polypeptides and polynucleotides are useful, for example, in methods of diagnosis and treatment of diseases and disorders. The invention also provides methods for identifying compounds (e.g., agonists or antagonists) using the GPCR polypeptides and polynucleotides of the invention, and for treating conditions associated with GPCR dysfunction with the GPCR polypeptides, polynucleotides, or identified compounds. The invention also provides diagnostic assays for detecting diseases or disorders associated with inappropriate GPCR activity or levels. |
| US10292372B2 |
Hinged water valve for poultry watering system
A hinged water valve (26) for use in a watering (38, 46) system (50) of a poultry house includes rigid sight tubes (20) connected with hinged water valves (26). Each hinged valve (26) includes a valve body (28) with a valve cap (30) hinged to the valve body (28) with at least one hinge pin. The valve (26) permits flow of water into the sight tube (20) when the sight tube (10) is in its upright operational condition but prohibits flow of water toward the sight tube (20) when the sight tube (20) is pivoted to a substantially horizontal cleaning condition. An internal plunger (32) interacts with an internal seat (36) of the valve body (28) in a sealing manner. A biasing spring (40) urges the plunger (32) into contact with the internal seat (36) of the valve body (28) but with the valve cap (30) in the upright condition, the stem (50) forces the plunger (32) away from the internal seat (36) opening a flow passage (41). |
| US10292365B1 |
Wireless location assisted zone guidance system incorporating shepherding of wayward dogs
An assisted guidance region has a plurality of zones, each with an associated set of characteristics used to provide behavioral guidance to an animal. Behavioral guidance is extended to a wayward dog who has moved outside of the assisted guidance region by providing stimuli to shepherd the dog back into a safe zone. Positive stimuli are provided when the dog is moving in a direction back towards the safe zone, by providing a safe zone or similar stimulus. Movement away from the safe zone will trigger the unit to deliver a non-aversive second alert zone stimulus. Movement that isn't getting closer or further away triggers a first alert zone stimulus. Calculation of relative movement direction with regard to the safe zone is based upon a comparison to an approximate center of the safe zone. |
| US10292363B2 |
Species specific feeder
Animal feeders are disclosed that include housings resilient to specific species, feed compartments resilient to selected species, a protected region in the housing, a barrier between the protected region and the feed compartment, an access door, a species recognition device, an access door actuator, a controller, and an arm projecting through the housing or the barrier. |
| US10292359B1 |
Soybean variety 5PAMV57
A novel soybean variety, designated 5PAMV57 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PAMV57, cells from soybean variety 5PAMV57, plants of soybean 5PAMV57, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PAMV57. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PAMV57 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PAMV57, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PAMV57, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PAMV57. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PAMV57 are further provided. |
| US10292358B2 |
Soybean variety 01064327
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01064327. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01064327. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01064327 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01064327 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods. |
| US10292352B2 |
High yielding tobacco with Oriental tobacco characteristics
This application provides high yielding tobacco plants with Oriental tobacco aroma and flavor characteristics and development of these plants via breeding. This application also provides hybrid seeds that give rise to high yielding tobacco plants with Oriental tobacco aroma and flavor characteristics. This application provides methods of growing and harvesting high yielding tobacco plants with Oriental tobacco aroma and flavor characteristics. This application further provides tobacco products made from high yielding tobacco plants with Oriental tobacco aroma and flavor characteristics, and methods making such tobacco products. |
| US10292345B2 |
Plant watering system
A plant watering system includes a reservoir, a plant growth container located adjacent the reservoir, the reservoir having a water level in use below the container, one or more channels communicating between the reservoir and container, and a closing member for each channel movable between a lower open position and an upper closed position, wherein in the open position water in the reservoir may pass into the container to moisten a plant growth medium contained in the container and wherein, in the closed position the passage of water is prevented. |
| US10292341B2 |
Stump grinder with laterally offset grinding arm operated by single joystick
A stump grinder has a grinding arm that durably mounts a rotatable grinding wheel by securing the drive shaft of a motor to the grinding wheel such that a pair of bearings within the motor support one side of the grinding wheel and by supporting the other side of the grinding wheel with a stub shaft received within a third bearing. The grinding arm is laterally offset on the frame of the stump grinder to have a swing angle that is not symmetrical relative to the width of the frame, but with the swing angle starting at one side of the frame and then traversing across substantially the entire width of the frame to improve the ability of the operator to see the grinding wheel. A single joystick is movable in orthogonal directions corresponding to desired up and down and side-to-side pivoting motions of the grinding arm. The joystick includes a depressible trigger for starting and stopping the operation of the grinding wheel. |
| US10292340B2 |
System and method for providing illumination to plants
The present invention discloses a system for illuminating plants in an indoor site, comprising a plurality of illumination units for emitting light in intermittent pulses; a central unit connected to the plurality of illumination units for synchronizing the operation of the plurality of illumination units, such that two or more plants clusters receive light in intermittent pulses emitted in the same time. The illumination units may contain wireless communication units and are synchronized wirelessly. The present invention also discloses adjusting an illumination plan of plants according to information of various types from a central server and adjusting the height of the illumination units accordingly. The system adjusts illumination plans according to information received from one or more sites, and predicts problematic situations from a series of images. |
| US10292337B2 |
Apparatus for bagging a bale and method of bagging such bale
A bale bagging apparatus and method are provided. The bale bagging apparatus includes a bale feeding station, a bale chute, a bale bagging station, and a transportation system that transports a bale to be bagged from the bale feeding station through the bale chute and into the bale bagging station. The bale bagging station includes a bag receptacle, a first opening, and a bag retrieval assembly. The bag receptacle is positioned on a side opposite of the first opening from the side of the first opening on which the bale to be bagged is to be transported. The bag retrieval assembly retrieves a bag from the bag receptacle through the first opening. The bag retrieval assembly positions a first end of said bag around at least a portion of the bale chute before the bale to be bagged is transported through the bale chute by the transportation system. |
| US10292336B2 |
System for optimizing bale drop locations within a field
A baler for forming crop bales and releasing or dropping the bales at targeted drop locations in a field includes a bale-forming chamber, a bale carrier rearward of the bale forming chamber, a geographic location sensor, and a control system. The bale-forming chamber forms the bales and the bale carrier supports at least one crop bale thereon and releases the bale therefrom when actuated. The geographic location sensor outputs signals corresponding with a geographic location of the baler. The control system has a plurality of targeted bale drop locations stored therein, and is configured to calculate a distance from the current baler position to a first targeted drop position and calculate a distance from the current baler position to a second targeted drop position and compare the distances to determine a desired drop location to generate a signal to command the bale carrier to release the crop bale therefrom. |
| US10292334B2 |
Dump unit
A dump unit comprises a main chassis (2); a metallic body (3) for containing a bulk material, wherein the bulk material can be discharged from one end of the metallic body; a hydraulic actuator (8) for lifting the discharge end of the metallic body with respect to the chassis; and at least one metallic conveyor (E) located on the floor of the body (3), which is operable to discharge the bulk material from the body. |
| US10292332B2 |
Stepless variable speed control mechanism for a lawn mower
A stepless speed regulating control mechanism for a mower includes a push handle, a self-propelled lever, a speed regulating cable and a regulating mechanism; the mower has a base and a self-propelled device; the regulating mechanism includes a regulating sleeve and a speed regulating sleeve; the self-propelled lever pulls the regulating sleeve and causes the speed regulating sleeve to move simultaneously with the regulating sleeve, so as to pull the speed regulating cable, and the speed regulating sleeve can move relative to the regulating sleeve, so as to pull the speed regulating cable. |
| US10292328B2 |
Lawn mower bagger connection
A lawn mower includes a mower frame, a prime mover supported by the mower frame, a mower deck mounted to the mower frame, a cutting blade mounted below the mower deck to cut vegetation under the mower deck, and a bagger assembly releasably coupled to the mower frame. The bagger assembly includes a receptacle for collecting cut vegetation. The receptacle has a lid. The bagger assembly also includes a latch supported by the receptacle and operable to engage the mower frame. The latch is moveable between a first position, in which the latch is secured to the mower frame, and a second position, in which the latch is released from the mower frame. The bagger assembly further includes a cord positioned on the lid and coupled to the latch. The cord is operable to move the latch from the first position to the second position. |
| US10292326B2 |
Mower driven by electric motors
In a mower (10) driven by a pair of electric motors (15), a battery (16) for supplying electric power to the electric motors is positioned in a space surrounded by the electric motors and a chute (30) for forwarding grass clippings to a grass collection bag (23). The chute extends rearward with an upward slant, and is bent in side view in such a manner that a lower part has a steeper incline than an upper part thereof. |
| US10292322B2 |
Hydraulic system for flex wing ripper stripper
A hydraulic system for a farm implement includes a wing elevation circuit, a wing folding circuit, and a hydraulic valve block assembly. The wing elevation circuit lowers or raises the wings of the farm implement relative to a frame of the farm implement between a first position, in which the wings extend approximately collinear with a lateral axis of the frame, and a second position, in which the wings extend beneath the lateral axis of the frame. The wing folding circuit folds or unfolds the wings between the first position and a transport position, in which the wings are rotated beyond a vertical axis transverse to the lateral axis. The hydraulic valve block assembly is in communication with the wing elevation circuit and the wing folding circuit and controls hydraulic fluid flow in the wing elevation circuit and in the wing folding circuit. |
| US10299418B2 |
Component mounting system
A component mounting system that efficiently determines a component as a bulk component to be mounted on a bulk feeder through a simulation, and a bulk component determining method. The component mounting system includes a printed-circuit-board conveyance section that includes conveyance lanes and which convey a plurality of different types of printed circuit boards, a component supply section, a mounting head, a bulk feeder, and a bulk component determining section that performs a simulation in which operation times when the components supplied from the component supply section are moved on the printed circuit boards on the conveyance lanes are calculated for all the components and determines the bulk component to be mounted on the bulk feeder based on the calculated operation times. |
| US10299416B2 |
Shield for electronic components
Technologies are described for shielding electronic components. In one embodiment, a conductive gasket includes a gasket body. A conductive shield has a plurality of projections extending therefrom sufficient to deform the gasket body to couple the conductive shield and the conductive gasket together. The projections can be pointed teeth designed for penetrating the conductive gasket so as to electrically and mechanically couple the conductive shield to the conductive gasket. The conductive gasket can be stacked onto the conductive shield to form a sidewall, which can be mounted on a PCB. A conductive cover can then be placed on the conductive gasket to create a cavity in which electronic components can be positioned. |
| US10299414B2 |
Cooling mechanism for data center
[Problem to be Solved] A technical object is to develop a novel cooling mechanism for a data center that can be operated at low running costs, can eliminate dust penetration, water droplet occurrence, and water leakage, can reduce temperature unevenness in the indoor space, and can achieve prompt fire extinction with little damage even in the case where a fire breaks out.[Solution] Provided is a cooling mechanism for a data center, including: an evaporative condenser and a liquid receiver arranged outside of the data center; and an evaporator arranged in an indoor space of the data center. The indoor space is cooled by evaporating a refrigerant in the evaporator, and the refrigerant is condensed by the evaporative condenser. |
| US10299409B2 |
Protective louver assembly for air-moving assembly
Apparatuses and methods are provided for blocking removal of an air-moving assembly from a chassis when in operational state. The apparatus includes a protective louver assembly having a louver(s) and an interlock element(s). The louver(s) is disposed at an air inlet or an air outlet of the air-moving assembly, and pivots between an operational and a quiesced orientation, dependent on presence or absence, respectively, of airflow through the air-moving assembly. The interlock element(s) is associated with the louver(s) to pivot with the louver(s) between the operational orientation and the quiesced orientation. In the operational orientation, the interlock element(s) blocks, at least in part, access to at least one fastener securing the air-moving assembly within the chassis, and thereby prevents removal of the air-moving assembly from the chassis when in the operational state. |
| US10299408B1 |
Cooling system for a building
A datacenter or other building includes an intake housing for receiving air from outside of the building. The air is routed through an evaporative cooling system in the housing, resulting in humidified air. The humidified air is mixed with a suitable amount of return air from within the building so as to yield a supply of air having a target relative humidity. |
| US10299405B2 |
Mid-spreader for stacked circuit boards in an electronic device
An electronic device includes a first circuit board and a second circuit board each stacked relative to one another; and a mid-spreader disposed between the first circuit board and the second circuit board, wherein the mid-spreader includes a heat conductive material in thermal contact with one or more components on each of the first circuit board and the second circuit board to act as a heat sink, and wherein the mid-spreader is thermally connected to one or more heat sinks, the mid-spreader is one of disposed to or integrally formed with the one or more heat sinks, and the mid-spreader extends beyond a size of at least one of the first circuit board and the second circuit board to conduct and transfer heat therefrom. |
| US10299400B2 |
Mounting systems for digital media players
Mounting systems can attach electronic devices a wall such as the wall of a television. Electronic devices can general a substantial amount of heat that can be trapped by mounting systems. The mount ventilation systems described herein can allow cool air to flow around electronic devices. A mounting system can include a base configured to hold the electronic device, a first ventilation channel located between a first wall and a second wall of the base, and a second ventilation channel in fluid communication with the first ventilation channel. In some embodiments, the second ventilation channel extends outward from the first ventilation channel such that the second ventilation channel fluidly couples the first ventilation channel with a portion of the mounting system configured to hold the electronic device. |
| US10299396B2 |
Methods and apparatus for providing improved visual and optionally tactile features on a substrate
Methods and apparatus provide for an improved visual and optionally tactile features on a visible element of an article, such as a consumer electronic device (e.g., a mobile electronic device, a mobile phone, a smartphone, a tablet, a phablet, a notebook computer, a laptop, etc.). |
| US10299394B2 |
Electrical function cassette having waterproof function and ventilating fan employing the same
The present disclosure provides an electrical function cassette having a waterproof function. The electrical function cassette includes: a function box for housing an electrical component, and a waterproof portion in a hollow rectangular parallelepiped shape, wherein a first surface of the waterproof portion is provided with a wiring opening corresponding to a wiring port, and a second surface of the waterproof portion adjacent to the first surface is provided with an insertion opening for inserting a lead wire into the electrical function cassette, such that water droplets cannot flow along the lead wire in a straight line into the electrical function cassette, thereby improving the safety and reliability of the whole product. |
| US10299387B2 |
Substrate on which electronic component is soldered, electronic device, method for soldering electronic component
A substrate on which an electronic component is soldered, includes an electronic component, a through hole positioned on the substrate and passing through the substrate, a solder that joins the through hole and a terminal of the electronic component inserted in the through hole, a pattern formed on a first surface of the substrate, the first surface facing a second surface on which the electronic component is placed, a first resist superimposed on the pattern, an exposed portion of which the pattern is exposed from the first resist around the through hole, and a second resist superimposed on the pattern and arranged between the through hole and the exposed portion. |
| US10299382B2 |
Connection body and connection body manufacturing method
Ensure conduction between an electronic component and a circuit substrate having reduced pitches in wiring of the circuit substrate or electrodes of the electronic component and prevent short circuits between electrode terminals of the electronic component. A connection body has an electronic component connected to a circuit substrate via an anisotropic conductive adhesive agent; the anisotropic conductive adhesive agent contains a binder resin layer in which conductive particles are regularly arranged; an inter-particle distance among the conductive particles in a space between connection electrodes formed on the electronic component being greater than the inter-particle distance among the conductive particles trapped between the connection electrodes and substrate electrodes formed on the circuit substrate. |
| US10299379B2 |
Sheet-shaped stretchable structure, and resin composition for stretchable resin sheet and stretchable resin sheet used for the structure
A sheet-shaped stretchable structure used as an electronics element has a stretch of not less than 10% and includes a plurality of laminated stretchable resin sheet, and at least one hollow is provided between at least one of pairs of two adjacent ones of the laminated stretchable resin sheets. |
| US10299373B2 |
Method of manufacturing rigid-flexible printed circuit board
A method of manufacturing a rigid-flexible printed circuit board, which including: providing a first flexible film having a first metal layer on one or both surfaces; forming a circuit pattern by patterning the first metal layer; forming a second flexible film, which has a second metal layer on one surface, on one or both surfaces of the first flexible film; forming a circuit pattern by patterning the second metal layer in a rigid domain R; providing an anti-oxidation protective layer on the second metal layer in a flexible domain F; laminating at least one circuit layer on the second flexible film; and removing the circuit layer in the flexible domain F. |
| US10299371B2 |
Electronic device and display device
According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a circuit board and a circuit component on an upper surface or a lower surface of the circuit board. The circuit component includes a first ceramic capacitor and a second ceramic capacitor. Vibration characteristics of the first ceramic capacitor and a second ceramic capacitor are opposed to each other. The first ceramic capacitor is near the second ceramic capacitor to cause vibrations of the first and second ceramic capacitors to cancel each other. |
| US10299370B1 |
Differential trace pair system
A differential trace pair system includes a first conductive layer that is located immediately adjacent a first insulating layer. The system includes a second conductive layer that is located immediately adjacent the first insulating layer and opposite the first insulating layer from the first conductive layer, and includes an aperture that extends through the second conductive layer. A second insulating layer is located immediately adjacent the second conductive layer and opposite the second conductive layer from the first insulating layer. The system includes a first differential trace pair that is included in the second insulating layer and that includes a first differential trace that is positioned adjacent the aperture and references the second conductive layer, and a second differential trace that is longer than the first differential trace and that includes a first portion that is positioned adjacent the second conductive layer aperture and references the first conductive layer. |
| US10299369B2 |
Mounted structure of laminated capacitor, and method of mounting laminated capacitor
A wiring board is provided with power supply patterns for each type of power supply of an IC. An IC has a plurality of power supply terminals for each type of power supply. For each type of power supply, two or more laminated capacitors are provided in parallel between the power supply of IC and a ground. Two or more laminated capacitors provided for each type of power supply include a laminated capacitor having a Q factor of less than about 0.5. For each type of power supply, in order to satisfy a target impedance, two or more laminated capacitors are arranged and distributed such that at least half of the plurality of power supply terminals are included in a region obtained by combining cover areas. |
| US10299366B2 |
Tamper detection circuits
In an example, a polymeric material is disclosed. The polymeric material includes a polymer substrate and a plurality of graphene traces arranged to form a tamper detection circuit on the polymer substrate. |
| US10299360B2 |
Smart lighting system with ultra-low standby consumption
A smart lamp comprising: a lamp; and a processor configured to operate said lamp, said processor having at least active and standby modes of operation, in said active mode, said processor uses a first communication protocol having a first power consumption, and, in said standby mode, said processor uses a second communication protocol having a second power consumption, wherein said first power consumption is significantly higher than said second power consumption. |
| US10299356B1 |
Illumination system and method for maintaining a common illumination value on a release command sent from a keypad
An illumination system and method is disclosed for maintaining a consistent change in illumination value among a group of illumination devices whenever a change command is manually sent from a keypad to those illumination devices. The consistent change results from maintaining a common start illumination value among not only the group, but also the keypad which controls the group. From the start illumination value, the keypad can then compute an end illumination value depending upon the amount of time that the increase or decrease in illumination value button is depressed and held. Since the start change signal can arrive on different illumination devices within the group depending upon where each illumination device is geographically located, a masking time is reserved after the button is released so that enough time is allocated for each of the illumination devices within that group to arrive at a common end illumination value regardless of their disparate location to the keypad, the number of hops or interference therebetween. |
| US10299352B2 |
Light source control system
A light source control system includes a plurality of light sources, and a plurality of light source control devices. The light source control devices include a plurality of main light source control devices that transmits command signals to the other light source control devices. Each main light source control device includes a collision determination circuit that determines whether data of the command signal transmitted through a bus has collided with other data, and a restoration circuit that executes a restoration operation in the case of a collision. The collision determination circuit includes an edge detection circuit that detects change timing of a signal representing the data of the command signal, an area setting circuit that sets a collision determination area in accordance with the detected change timing detected, and a collision detection circuit that detects the presence or absence of a collision in the set collision determination area. |
| US10299346B2 |
System and method for monitoring back light module, and a display apparatus
A system for monitoring a back light module is provided. The system includes an obtaining unit configured to obtain an intensity of output light from the back light module, a detection unit configured to detect whether the intensity of the output light from the back light module is greater than a preset value, and a control unit configured to control the back light module to reduce the intensity of the output light in response to detecting that the intensity of the output light is greater than the preset value, such that the reduced intensity of the output light is equal to or greater than the preset value. |
| US10299344B2 |
Dual emission layer solid state infrared emitter apparatus and method of use thereof
The invention comprises an infrared source and method of use thereof comprising the steps of: (1) providing a solid state source comprising: an electrically conductive zinc oxide film having a thickness of less than five micrometers and a film of metal oxide particles, the metal oxide particles comprising a mean diameter of less than ten micrometers; (2) passing an alternating, pulsed current through the zinc oxide film, the pulsed current heating the zinc oxide film to greater than 700° C. in less than twenty milliseconds using less than one Watt, which results in a first infrared emission from the zinc oxide film; and (3) heating the film of metal oxide particles, using thermal conduction from the zinc oxide film, to at least 700° C., resultant in a second infrared emission from the film of oxide particles, where the first and second infrared emissions exit the source through an emission side. |
| US10299343B2 |
Exterior aircraft light unit and method of disabling a light output of an exterior aircraft light unit
An exterior aircraft light unit includes a power input coupleable to an aircraft on-board power supply; at least one LED coupled to the power input for receiving power from the aircraft on-board power supply and configured to emit a light output; an optical sensor arranged for sensing an intensity detection portion of the light output and configured to output a detection signal indicative of an intensity level of the light output; an end of life detector, coupled to the optical sensor for receiving the detection signal and configured to determine an end of life condition; and a fuse circuit coupled to the end of life detector; wherein the fuse circuit is configured to irreversibly disable an LED circuit board upon the end of life detector communicating the end of life condition to the fuse circuit. |
| US10299337B1 |
Systems to control dimming operations of a light-emitting diode light fixture using multiple dimming modes
Certain aspects involve lighting systems relating to control of light fixture dimming. For instance, a lighting system may include a first light source that outputs a first light color and a second light source that outputs a second light color. The lighting system also includes a switching device that couples and decouples the second light source in parallel with the first light source. The switching device includes a first setting that couples the second light source in parallel with the first light source and enables a variable color dimming operation. The switching device also includes a second setting that decouples the second light source from the first light source and enables a static color dimming operation. |
| US10299330B1 |
Current regulator
A current regulator for a flash LED driver is presented. An apparatus and method for a current regulator that provides a current and exhibits good noise rejection is presented. A current regulator for regulating a current through a circuit element contains a first node at a first voltage, the current through the circuit element being dependent on the first voltage and a positive feedback loop coupled to the first node, The positive feedback loop is arranged to provide a signal to remove a voltage shift from the first voltage in response to a decrease or increase of the first voltage by the voltage shift. |
| US10299327B2 |
LED device and control unit thereof
An LED device is disclosed. The LED device comprises a first LED light string, a second LED light string, a rectifying module, and a control unit. The control unit generates a driving current flowing through the first LED light string and the second LED light string. The control unit cuts off the driving current when the input signal is between a threshold voltage and a sum voltage. |
| US10299325B2 |
Optoelectronic circuit with light-emitting diodes
An optoelectronic circuit for receiving a variable voltage containing alternating increasing and decreasing phases, the optoelectronic circuit including a plurality of assemblies of light-emitting diodes and a switching device for controlling or interrupting the circulation of a current in each assembly and for varying the intensity of the current according to the number of assemblies through which the current passes during at least one increasing or decreasing phase. |
| US10299323B2 |
Light-emitting diode flasher bulb
Various embodiments provide a light emitting diode (LED) flasher bulb that provides a flashing function for LED string lights. The LED flasher bulb is inserted into any one of a plurality of connectors of the LED string lights, and is compatible with an alternating current power source. The LED flasher bulb alternates the LED string lights between an on state in which LEDs of the LED string lights are lit up, and an off state in which the LEDs are not lit up. The LED flasher bulb is able to continuously alternate the LED string lights between the on state and the off state according to a determined pattern independent of the AC signal generated by the AC power source being positive or negative. |
| US10299319B2 |
Zero-resonance microwave oven
Embodiments of the zero-resonance microwave oven are described herein that include a cooking cavity, an opening that allows access to the cavity, one or more microwave-transparent walls surrounding the cavity, a microwave-opaque housing also surrounding the cavity, and a reservoir disposed between the microwave-transparent walls and the microwave-opaque housing. The reservoir is filled with a dielectric material, and has a depth greater than or equal to half the penetration depth of microwaves in the dielectric material and less than or equal to twice the penetration depth of microwaves in the dielectric material. Other embodiments of the zero-resonance microwave oven are also described herein. |
| US10299316B2 |
Communication between base stations in a radio access network
A network node (30) for a radio access network, wherein the network node comprises a switch system (35) configured to switch traffic for a plurality of base stations (3, 5; 8) of the radio access network. The switch system (35) is configured to provide for communication between a remote radio unit (3) and a baseband processing unit (5, 12) of the said plurality of base stations. The switch system (35) is configured to provide for communication between a first base station (8) and a second base station (3, 5) of said plurality of base stations. At least one of the first or second base station is a radio base station (8) comprising baseband processing. |
| US10299315B2 |
Wide Area Network (WAN) backhaul for wireless relays in a data communication network
A wireless relay to serve User Equipment (UE) over a wireless communication network and a wireline communication network. A wireless access point exchanges user signaling with the UE and exchanges S1-MME signaling with an Ethernet switch. The Ethernet switch exchanges the S1-MME signaling between the wireless access point and a Mobility Management Entity (MME) over a wireline communication network. The Ethernet switch exchanges S11 signaling between the MME and a Local Gateway (L-GW) over the wireline communication network. The L-GW exchanges the S11 signaling with the Ethernet switch. The wireless access point exchanges user data between the UE and the L-GW responsive to the S1-MME signaling. The L-GW exchanges the user data between the wireless access point and the Ethernet switch responsive to the S11 signaling. The Ethernet switch exchange the user data between the L-GW and a Packet Data Network Gateway (P-GW) over a wireless communication network. |
| US10299307B2 |
Apparatus, system, and method of wirelessly transmitting and receiving data
A wireless media player and a related system and methodology. One feature of the wireless media player system pertains to a virtual connector system, apparatus, and method for the automatic establishment of wireless connectivity with other electronic devices. The media player device can employ the use of integrated Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology to exchange communication settings, media capability, and other parameters with an external device that also has integrated RFID technology. The automatic exchange of settings and other information via a proximity-based RFID data exchange allows a media player to quickly establish a secure communication link with another device via a commonly supported wireless protocol such as Ultra Wideband (UWB) or Bluetooth. Another feature of the media player system pertains to a method of using the captured media capability of the connecting device to customize certain menu options and software parameters in the media player. |
| US10299295B2 |
Apparatus, computer readable medium, and method for pre-association frame exchange using random access in a high efficiency wireless local-area network
Methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media for pre-association frame exchange using random access are disclosed. An apparatus of a high-efficiency wireless local-area network (HEW) master station is disclosed. The apparatus includes transceiver circuitry and processing circuitry which may be configured to generate a trigger frame for uplink random access (TF-R), and transmit the TF-R. The transceiver circuitry and processing circuitry may be further configured to receive one or more responses in accordance with orthogonal frequency division multiple-access (OFDMA) to the trigger frame from one or more pre-association stations where the responses comprise pre-association identifiers corresponding to the one or more pre-association stations. Moreover, the transceiver circuitry and processing circuitry may be further configured to generate one or more acknowledgements to the one or more pre-association stations, and transmit the acknowledgements in accordance with OFDMA to the one or more pre-association stations. |
| US10299288B2 |
Multi-carrier grant design
Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate assigning resources for an anchor carrier and an additional carrier with a grant message. The grant message communicated with an anchor carrier can include resource information a plurality of carriers. Moreover, the systems and methodologies that facilitate identifying control information for an anchor carrier and/or an additional carrier based upon an operating mode, wherein the operating mode is a legacy mode or an extended mode. Based on the operating mode, particular resources associated with control regions are monitored for control information for respective anchor carrier(s) or additional carrier(s). |
| US10299285B2 |
Network node and method therein for handling scheduling of one or more wireless devices; a wireless device and a method therein
Method performed by a first network node (111) for handling scheduling of wireless devices. The first network node (111) obtains information about a first type of time resource used by HD-FDD wireless devices (151). The first network node (111) also obtains information about a second type of time resource not used by the HD-FDD wireless devices (151) due to a transition at the HD-FDD wireless devices (151) between UL and DL. The first network node (111) schedules a first wireless device out of FD-FDD wireless devices (152) during the second type of time resource, based on the obtained information about the second type. The first network node (111) decides whether or not to schedule a second wireless device out of the FD-FDD wireless devices (152) during the first type of time resource, based on the obtained information about the first type, and further based on whether first conditions are met. |
| US10299284B2 |
Inter-access terminal unblocking and enhanced contention for co-existence on a shared communication medium
Techniques for managing access to a shared communication medium are disclosed. Scheduling grants may be sent to different access terminals for different sets of resources for uplink transmission on the communication medium. A series of re-contention gaps may be scheduled for access terminal contention within or between the different sets of resources. Uplink and downlink transmission on the communication medium may be silenced during each of the series of re-contention gaps. Moreover, an access terminal may receive a scheduling grant that allocates a set of resources to the access terminal for uplink transmission on a communication medium and contend for access to the communication medium based on the scheduling grant. The access terminal may then selectively transmit uplink traffic over the allocated set of resources based on the contending. |
| US10299279B2 |
Communication system for use in a railway vehicle
The invention pertains to a communication system for use in a railway vehicle, comprising: a first communication network (10) and a second communication network (20), the communication networks (10, 20) using physically separate communication media; and a plurality of communication terminals (100, 200), each connected to both communication networks (10, 20). The communication system is adapted to prioritize communications from the communication terminals (100, 200) over the communication networks (10, 20) according to at least two levels of service. A first communication terminal (100) comprises a first functional module (110) and a second functional module (120), the functional module (110, 120) being functionally equivalent, the first functional module (110) being adapted to interface with the first communication network (10) and the second functional module (120) being adapted to interface with the second communication network (20). The functional modules (110, 120) are configured to be simultaneously operational. |
| US10299277B2 |
Base station and processing method by base station
A base station including: a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to: wirelessly communicate with one or more terminals via a plurality of component carriers of carrier aggregation, and allocate each of the plurality of component carriers to each of the one or more terminals based on both of each number of terminals allocated to each component carrier and each wireless quality of each component carrier for each terminal. |
| US10299274B2 |
Inserting virtual carrier in conventional OFDM host carrier in communications system
A network element for use in a mobile communications system and a method of using a network element for communicating data to/from mobile communications devices in a mobile communications system. The network element can provide a wireless access interface for communicating data to/from the mobile communications devices, the wireless access interface including: on a downlink a host carrier, the host carrier providing plural resource elements across a first frequency range; transmit data for a first group of mobile communications devices, wherein the data is distributed within the plural resource elements across the first frequency range; a virtual carrier via the wireless access interface, the virtual carrier providing one or more resource elements within a second frequency range which is within and smaller than the first frequency range; and transmit data for a second group of mobile communications devices via the virtual carrier. |
| US10299270B2 |
Radio transmission apparatus, radio reception apparatus, and communication method
Provided are a radio transmission apparatus, a radio reception apparatus, and a communication method capable of realizing a radio LAN system in which user throughput is improved by using OFDMA while suppressing overhead. A radio transmission apparatus of the invention selects any one group from a plurality of groups each indicating a combination of a plurality of radio reception apparatuses, notifies at least a plurality of radio reception apparatuses belonging to the selected group of an identification number assigned in advance to the selected group, and allocates transmission data addressed to the radio reception apparatuses belonging to the selected group to each of a plurality of frequency resources on the basis of order of the radio reception apparatuses, which is determined in advance in the selected group. |
| US10299268B2 |
Method and apparatus for supporting multiple frequency bands in mobile communication system
A method and an apparatus for supporting multiple frequency bands efficiently in a mobile communication system are provided. The method includes generating first system information including a frequency band indicator indicating a frequency band supported by the base station and an additional frequency band indicator indicating at least one frequency band supported by the base station, and broadcasting the first system information. |
| US10299267B2 |
Data transmission method and user equipment
Embodiments of the present invention provide a data transmission method and user equipment. The method includes: obtaining, by first user equipment, time resource grouping information, where the time resource grouping information includes time resource numbers in N time resource groups, and N is a positive integer; sending, by the first user equipment, an indication signal, where the indication signal indicates one or more time resource numbers; determining, by the first user equipment according to the time resource grouping information and the one or more time resource numbers indicated by the indication signal, time resources occupied by a data signal in the N time resource groups; and sending, by the first user equipment, the data signal by using the time resources occupied by the data signal in the N time resource groups. In the embodiments of the present invention, energy consumption of a receive end can be reduced. |
| US10299264B2 |
Radio reception apparatus, radio transmission apparatus, and radio communication method
Where first and second reference signals for a first and second communication system, respectively, are transmitted, resources that affect a reception apparatus compatible only with the first communication system can be minimized, and the throughput can be prevented from being deteriorated. As resources for a reference signal CSI-RS for LTE-A, last half symbols in a time direction of a resource unit RB/Sub-frame defined in a frequency-time domain are used, and the CSI-RS is allocated in a position up to the last two symbols or in the last symbol, or the like, of a particular RB/Sub-frame and transmitted when a reference signal 4RS for LTE is transmitted to a reception apparatus in addition to transmitting CSI-RS for LTE-A. The reception apparatus receives CSI-RS allocated in the last half symbol of RB/Sub-frame based on CSI-RS allocation information, measures channel quality by using this CSI-RS, and transmits and reports feedback information. |
| US10299263B2 |
Methods, a wireless device, a radio network node for managing a control block
Methods, a wireless device (110) and a radio network node (120) for managing a control block are disclosed. An extended Temporary Flow Identifier, eTFI, is assigned to the wireless device (110) by the radio network node (120). The radio network node (120) constructs the control information. The radio network node (120) performs a bit-wise modulo two addition with a control block and a combination of the eTFI and a pre-determined bit pattern to obtain a modified control block. The radio network node (120) adds channel coding redundancy. The radio network node (120) maps the modified control block onto physical resources. The radio network node (120) sends the modified control block to the wireless device (110). The wireless device (110) decodes the received modified control block removing the channel coding redundancy, performs a bit-wise modulo two addition between the modified control block and a combination of the eTFI and a pre-determined bit pattern to obtain a control block. The wireless device (110) decodes the control block using FIRE-decoding to obtain the control information. The wireless device (110) determines it is the intended recipient of the control information if the TFI information therein matches its assigned TFI. Corresponding computer programs and carriers therefor are also disclosed. |
| US10299261B2 |
Method and device for downlink multi-user transmission in wireless communication system
The present invention discloses a method and device for downlink multi-user (DL MU) transmission in a wireless communication system. In particular, the method for downlink multi-user data transmission in the wireless communication system includes the steps of receiving, by a station (STA), a DL MU data frame from an access point (AP) and transmitting, by the STA, an acknowledgement (ACK) frame in response to the DL MU data frame, wherein a plurality of ACK frames transmitted by a plurality of STAs in response to the DL MU data frame is multiplexed to configure an uplink multi-user (UP MU) ACK frame, and the time and/or size of a frequency resource at which the ACK frame is transmitted may be determined according to the level of a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) that is applied to the ACK frame. |
| US10299260B2 |
Methods and apparatus for flexible bandwidth operation
Methods and apparatus for flexible bandwidth operation in a wireless communication network are provided. A User Equipment (UE) monitors a first set of resources for a first control channel in a first bandwidth region. In response, to detecting the first control channel, the UE monitors a second set of resources in a second bandwidth region for at least one of control information or data, the second bandwidth region larger than the first bandwidth region, wherein the monitoring the second set of resources for the control information includes monitoring the second set of resources for a second control channel for receiving the control information scheduling resources for receiving the data. |
| US10299257B2 |
Transmitter management under transmitter uncertainty
Management of transmitters is disclosed for conditions of transmission uncertainty that arises in operating over non-guaranteed transmission carriers that are required to perform listen-before-talk (LBT) processes and guaranteed transmission carriers that are LBT-exempt. Due to the hardware and software constraints, techniques are described to pre-prepare data and control transmissions or provide the transmitters additional time to prepare for such data and control transmissions based on the results of clear channel assessment (CCA) checks of the non-guaranteed transmission carriers. |
| US10299255B2 |
Method for transmitting uplink control information in wireless communication system and apparatus for the same
A method for transmitting an uplink control channel from a UE to an eNB in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of classifying each of a plurality of resource blocks allocated to a system bandwidth into a plurality of sub-resource blocks; mapping the uplink control channel into a first sub-resource block of a minimum index and a second sub-resource block of a maximum index in accordance with a transmission diversity scheme; and transmitting the uplink control channel to the eNB. |
| US10299253B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving control information in a wireless communication system
A method and an apparatus are provided for transmitting and receiving signaling information in a digital broadcasting system. First signaling information for a physical layer is encoded to generate a first coded block. Second signaling information is encoded to generate a second coded block. A frame including the first coded block, the second coded block and at least one physical layer pipe (PLP) data is transmitted. The first signaling information has a fixed number of bits. The second signaling information has a variable number of bits. The first signaling information includes information indicating a forward error correction (FEC) type of the second signaling information for receiving the second information. The second signaling information includes information indicating an FEC type used for a related PLP data. |
| US10299252B2 |
Control information, channel or signal transmission method and corresponding sending end
A method for transmitting control information, a channel or signal, and a corresponding sending end are provided. The method includes: after performing low bit rate coding and/or low order modulation on data containing the control information, carrying the data on partial physical resources of a reference signal for transmission, herein the coding rate is lower than the highest coding rate set by the system and the modulation order is lower than the highest modulation order set by the system. The method further includes: selecting one transmission mode from multiple transmission modes configured for the channel or signal; transmitting known data; transmitting non-known data and being subject to a coding limitation and/or modulation limitation; and transmitting the non-known data and not being subject to the modulation limitation and the coding limitation; and sending transmission mode configuration information to a receiving end to indicate the selected transmission mode. |
| US10299251B2 |
Apparatus and method for transmitting/receiving activation indicator regarding component carrier in wireless communication system
A method for supporting activation/deactivation of serving cells by a base station (BS) in a wireless communication system provides decreased overhead and decreased power consumption for a user equipment (UE). The method includes configuring M supportable serving cells in the UE, configuring an indicator indicating activation/deactivation of each of the M serving cells, configuring a medium access control (MAC) message which includes a MAC control element (CE) and a logical channel identifier (LCID), the MAC CE including the indicator configured for each of the M serving cells and having a length corresponding to an integer multiple of 8 bits, the LCID indicating that the MAC CE includes the indicator indicating activation/deactivation of each serving cell, and transmitting the configured MAC message to the UE. Accordingly, a control channel or data channel regarding a component carrier is selectively received depending on whether the component carrier is activated. |
| US10299250B2 |
Device of reporting control information
A communication device for reporting control information comprises a storage unit for storing instructions and a processing means coupled to the storage unit. The processing means is configured to execute the instructions stored in the storage unit. The instructions comprise receiving a first period for transmitting analog beamforming information from a network; and receiving a second period for transmitting baseband precoder information from the network, wherein the first period is different from the second period. |
| US10299246B2 |
Message pushing method, client, server and programmable device
The present invention discloses a message pushing method, client, server, and programmable device. The method comprises: sending a message list request to a server, and acquiring a target message list correspondingly returned by the server; when the local status is monitored as meeting a pushing trigger condition for a target message, generating, according to the target message, a message display interface that fits the local application environment for pushing the target message. According to the present invention, the timing to push messages is more accurate and the message display efficiency is improved. |
| US10299245B2 |
MME assisted system information update
It is provided a method, including monitoring if an information on an update of a system information of a first cell is received; checking if a terminal is registered as being served by at least one cell of a group of one or more cells including the first cell; checking if the terminal becomes reachable after being asleep; requesting to page the terminal by a paging message if the information on the update is received, the terminal is served by the at least one cell of the group, and the terminal becomes reachable, wherein the paging message includes an indication on the update. |
| US10299244B2 |
Small data transmission in a wireless communications system
Techniques are provided for transmission of small data packets through a paging procedure in a MTC or cellular internet of things system (CIoT). A core network may receive data to be transmitted to a user equipment (UE) and may determine that a small data packet transmission may be initiated for the data. The core network may format the small data packet into a paging request that includes the data and a UE identification, and transmit the paging request to a base station. The base station may receive the paging request, and initiate a page process with the UE. The UE may receive a page message, and initiate an access procedure that may be used for transmission of the small data. The UE may be in idle mode prior to the small data transmission, and in some examples may return to idle mode following the transmission of the small data. |
| US10299237B2 |
Electronic device for wireless communications, and wireless communication method
An electronic device for wireless communications, and a wireless communication method. The electronic device includes: one or more processors, each processor configured to: respectively conduct space-domain filtering on received signals of a plurality of antennas, respectively; estimate frequency shift of corresponding received signals based on the signals, on which space-domain filtering is conducted, of various antennas; estimate, according to the estimated frequency shift and a parameter of the space-domain filtering, a Doppler frequency shift generated by the relative motion between transceiving ends of the received signals and a carrier frequency offset generated by frequency inconsistency of the transceiving ends; and conduct frequency preprocessing on sent signals of the antennas according to the estimated Doppler frequency shift, and/or control to feed back information related to the estimated Doppler frequency shift to a signal sending end. |
| US10299233B2 |
User equipment, a network node and methods therein for performing and enabling device-to-device (D2D) communication in a radio communications network
A method performed by a first user equipment for performing Device-to-Device, D2D, communications with a second user equipment is provided. The first user equipment determines that a valid timing reference is not present in the first user equipment. Also, the first user equipment determines whether a preconfigured timing advance can be used in the D2D communication. Then, when determined that the preconfigured timing advance can be used, the first user equipment transmits a D2D signal to the second user equipment with a timing using the preconfigured timing advance to perform D2D communication. A user equipment, a network node and method therein for enabling D2D communications between user equipments in a radio communications network are also provided. |
| US10299231B2 |
Synchronization method and apparatus for wireless communication between electronic devices
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for synchronization between electronic devices and, more particularly, to a synchronization method and apparatus for wireless communication between electronic devices. As a synchronization method for an electronic device performing wireless communication with other electronic devices, the method may include: checking, when two or more reference synchronization signals are received within a preset period, whether the received reference synchronization signals are synchronized; determining, when the received reference synchronization signals are not synchronized, to operate as a device sending a reference synchronization signal of a class lower than or equal to that of the lowest class reference synchronization signal among the received reference synchronization signals; sending a reference synchronization signal at a preset time in a synchronization frame designed to preserve temporal orthogonality between classes; and performing synchronization between reference synchronization signals in cooperation with different devices having sent reference synchronization signals. |
| US10299230B2 |
Method and apparatus for providing common time reference in wireless communication system
Disclosed is a method by a terminal in a communication system, including acquiring synchronization information from a cell, identifying whether information for synchronization transmission is acquired from the cell, and transmitting synchronization information, by the terminal, if the information for synchronization transmission is acquired from the cell, based on the acquired information for synchronization transmission. |
| US10299229B2 |
Method and apparatus for providing common time reference in wireless communication system
Disclosed is a method by a terminal in a communication system, including attempting to acquire synchronization information from a cell, attempting to acquire synchronization information from another terminal, if the synchronization information from the cell is not acquired, and acquiring synchronization information by the terminal, if the synchronization information from the another terminal is not acquired. |
| US10299226B2 |
Adjustment of transmit power parameter
Adjustment of a transmit power parameter, such as a ceiling level, is disclosed. Signal-to-noise type information and committed power information can be employed to determine the ceiling level adjustment. A ceiling level can be a predetermined cap on transmission power for downlink or uplink channels between a user equipment and a base station. Where there is sufficient headroom in total transmission power and a power level greater than the predetermined ceiling can be effective, the ceiling can be adjusted to greater values than the predetermined value. Where total transmission power is more committed, ceiling adjustment can be prevented. Further, where there is no adequate benefit from increasing the ceiling, the adjustment of the ceiling can be prevented. While some instances can result in optimized transmission levels below the ceiling, instances can also be accommodated where the ceiling is to be increased. |
| US10299223B2 |
System and method to facilitate power domain interference coordination in a network environment
A method is provided in one example embodiment and may include negotiating power domain interference coordination (PDIC) parameters between a macro cell radio and at least one small cell radio; determining successive interference cancellation (SIC) parameters for each of one or more user equipment (UE) that are to perform SIC for one or more transmissions; and sending the SIC parameters to each of the one or more user equipment. Negotiating PDIC parameters can include determining, by the macro cell radio and at least one small cell radio, one or more physical resource blocks (PRBs) for which transmission power levels can be coordinated for a plurality of frequencies in a frequency domain and a plurality of subframes in a time domain and exchanging PDIC parameters between the cell radios in order to perform PDIC transmissions for UE served by the cell radios. |
| US10299221B1 |
Systems and methods for managing channel quality for relay wireless devices
Exemplary embodiments described herein include systems, methods, and nodes for managing channel quality for a relay wireless device. Interference experienced in one or more sectors of an access node that include a relay wireless device may be monitored. It may be determined that the monitored interference in at least one sector of the access node meets a mitigation criteria. One or more potential interfering sectors from access nodes neighboring the access node that are performing reference signal power boosting may be identified such that the potential interfering sectors are adjacent to the one sector of the access node. One or more neighboring access nodes may be instructed to selectively reduce reference signal power boosting in the potential interfering sectors. |
| US10299219B2 |
Transmitter, a receiver, a data transfer system and a method of data transfer
A data transfer system, a method of data transfer and a corresponding transmitter and receiver are disclosed. A communication protocol between the transmitter and receiver is defined using a set of valid transmission states for communication from the transmitter to the receiver and a set of valid acknowledgement states for transmission from the receiver to the transmitter. A Hamming distance between patterns of zeroes, and between patterns of ones, in valid states of each of these sets is at least one and the transmitter is arranged to transition between a number of transmission states in response to the reception of an acknowledgement state from the receiver which matches a transmission state it has sent to the receiver on a request bus. A communication protocol which is robust across a multi-voltage and/or clock domain interface is thus provided. |
| US10299218B2 |
System and method for coordination of wireless maintenance channel power control
In a wireless communication system, there are several wireless channels used for communication between users and a base station. Channel characteristics may be defined by whether a channel is carrying traffic data and the timing of the channel transmissions with respect to channels not carrying traffic data. Different power levels between channels carrying traffic data or not may be defined and individual power levels of each channel may be amended based on individual power level command responses. |
| US10299216B1 |
Self-driving vehicle actions in response to a low battery
Vehicle management systems can be configured to help govern self-driving vehicles. A vehicle management system can communicatively couple a self-driving vehicle to a remote computing device of a user of the vehicle. Detecting a battery charge indication below a threshold can trigger several responses configured to minimize the risk of the self-driving vehicle failing to pick up the user due to the remote computing device having a low or dead battery. |
| US10299215B2 |
Relay apparatus
A relay apparatus includes multiple ports, a switch section, multiple physical layer (PHY) sections, a first control section, and a second control section. Each of the ports transmits or receives a frame. The first control section switches a subject PHY section, which is one of the multiple PHY sections and corresponds to the port receiving the frame, from an off state to an on state when the switch section is in an off state and each of the multiple PHY sections is in an off state. The second control section switches the switch section from the off state to an on state when (i) the subject PHY section is switched from the off state to the on state, (ii) the switch section is in the off state, and (iii) the multiple PHY sections except for the subject PHY section are in the off states. |
| US10299214B2 |
Method and apparatus for triggering detach or power saving mode based on proximity with device in wireless communication system
A method and apparatus for performing an attach/detach procedure or activating/deactivating a power saving mode (PSM) based on proximity with a device in a wireless communication system is provided. According to an embodient, a user equipment (UE) performs a detach procedure or activates a PSM, upon detecting proximity with another device. According to another embodiment, a UE performs an attach procedure or deactivates a PSM, upon detecting non-proximity with another device. |
| US10299213B2 |
Methods and apparatus for enhanced power save protocol
Methods and apparatus for enhanced power save protocol are provided. In one aspect, a message to two or more stations is transmitted, the message requesting the two or more stations to transmit buffered unit requests concurrently at a specified time. The buffered unit requests are then received concurrently from each of the stations. |
| US10299212B2 |
Information processing apparatus and information processing method
Provided is a technique that reduces power consumption and appropriately stands by for data.An information processing apparatus includes a control unit. The control unit performs control such that packet detection conditions are changed in a case where a first standby mode is set. The packet detection conditions are changed by switching between a first packet detection threshold value that is used in a normal standby state and a second packet detection threshold value indicating a lower packet detection probability than the first packet detection threshold value. In addition, the first packet detection threshold value and the second packet detection threshold value are packet detection threshold values to be compared with the reception level of a packet. |
| US10299210B2 |
Method and apparatus for reducing power consumption of electronic device
A method, an apparatus, and a system are disclosed, which can reduce power consumption of an electronic device by allowing a communication relay device, to which the electronic device is connected, to perform an operation of the electronic device corresponding to waking up from a sleep mode according to a system timer cycle to identify paging and performing channel monitoring on behalf of the electronic device. A method of reducing power consumption of an electronic device may include: making a connection between the electronic device and a communication relay device; transmitting forwarding information to the communication relay device in response to the connection with the communication relay device by the electronic device; notifying of entry into a sleep mode to the communication relay device and entering the sleep mode by the electronic device; performing channel monitoring for the electronic device in response to the notification of the entry of the electronic device into the sleep mode by the communication relay device; waking up the electronic device when detecting paging corresponding to the electronic device by the communication relay device; and processing the paging in response to the waking-up of the communication relay device by the electronic device. |
| US10299209B2 |
System and method for uplink timing synchronization in conjunction with discontinuous reception
A system and method are disclosed for providing uplink timing synchronization during DRX operation in a wireless communication system. |
| US10299207B2 |
System and method for uplink timing synchronization in conjunction with discontinuous reception
A system and method are disclosed for providing uplink timing synchronization during DRX operation in a wireless communication system. |
| US10299206B2 |
System and method for uplink timing synchronization in conjunction with discontinuous reception
A system and method are disclosed for providing uplink timing synchronization during DRX operation in a wireless communication system. |
| US10299203B2 |
Dynamic multi-operator spectrum activation
According to an aspect of the teachings herein, dynamic cell activation uses the spectrum of a spectrum owner to provide wireless communication services in a location that may not be served by the spectrum owner. For example, a base station determines which one of two or more network operators is targeted by a wireless device requesting access, and correspondingly activates communication services for the device, using spectrum owned by the targeted network operator. Advantageously, the cell(s) may not be persistent and instead may be provided only when access is requested and then only in the spectrum of the targeted network operator(s). This approach offers power savings as compared to providing persistent cells for multiple network operators. Further, the contemplated arrangement makes it economic for third parties and network operators to use of operator-owned spectrum that might otherwise remain unexploited in the involved locations. |
| US10299200B2 |
Method for accessing access point by station device, device, and system
Embodiments provide a method for accessing an access point by a station device, a device, and a system. A station device selects a master access point from multiple access points according to channel quality and accesses the master access point, and sends information about remaining access points to the master access point, so that the master access point selects a slave access point according to the information about the remaining access points. In this way, the master access point coordinates with the slave access point to perform data transmission with the station device. |
| US10299190B1 |
System and method for detecting and controlling transmission devices
A method of detecting, controlling and managing transmission of a transmitting device within a facility is disclosed. The method involves transmitting information to the transmission device, detecting a response transmission from the transmission device by a least one transmission detection facility, extracting identification information associated with the transmission device in response to the transmitted information; and determining a location of the transmission device based on the response transmission received by the at least one received transmission detection facility, wherein the response transmissions are sorted by the identification information, determining an allowability of the located transmission device with the set area and interacting and manipulating transmission of the detected transmitting device. |
| US10299189B2 |
Location-based task execution for enhanced data access
Systems and methods are provided for executing tasks selected based on locations of user devices. A first user device associated with an access right to a resource can be identified. The location of the first user device can be determined at a time before a defined time period. Further, a protocol execution condition can be detected. Upon detecting the protocol execution condition, executing a protocol. Executing the protocol can include determining a distance between the first user device and a resource location. Whether the distance between the first user device and the resource location is less than or equal to a distance range of the resource location at a time prior to the defined time period can be determined. In response to determining that the distance is not less than or equal to the distance range, accessing a plurality of tasks, selecting a task, and executing the task. |
| US10299183B2 |
Communication apparatus, communication method, communication system, and program
A new traffic offloading technique in a communication system is provided. A communication apparatus according to the present invention includes: a first means for selecting, from among a plurality of network nodes including a first network node and a second network node, the second network node for a terminal capable of autonomous communication with a communication-counterpart equipment, wherein the first network node performs predetermined signal processing in a first network and the second network node operates a function of the first network node through a virtual machine in a second network; and a second means for sending communication data related to the terminal to the second network node selected. |
| US10299177B2 |
In-sequence delivery of upstream user traffic during handover
The present invention relates to a donor radio access node (DeNB1) configured to wirelessly connect to, and to proxy operation of a source relay node (RN1), and further configured to forward upstream user traffic towards a serving gateway (S-GW1) during a handover of a particular mobile device (UE1) from a source cell (A) operated by the source relay node to a target cell (C) operated by a target radio access node (eNB2). In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, the donor radio access node comprises: —first forwarding means (FW1) for forwarding a sequence of upstream data packets (P1, P2, P3) from the source relay node to the serving gateway, which sequence of upstream data packets comprising upstream data packets up to a particular packet sequence number (Y−1), —second forwarding means (FW2) for forwarding a data transfer status message (SN STATUS TRANSFER) for the particular mobile device from the source relay node to the target radio access node, which data transfer status message comprising an information element (Y) indicative of the particular packet sequence number, wherein the donor radio access node comprises a forwarding controller (CTRL) coupled to the first and second forwarding means, and configured to interdependently control forwarding of the data transfer status message and of any pending upstream data packet (P2, P3) out of the sequence of upstream data packets that has not been yet validly forwarded to the serving gateway. The present invention also relates to a method for forwarding upstream user traffic towards a serving gateway during a handover. |
| US10299175B2 |
Methods for operating a first base station and a second base station in a radio communication system, first base station and second base station thereof
The embodiments of the invention relate to a method for operating a first base station (BS1) in a radio communication system (RAN). The method contains transmitting first reference signals via a first radiation beam (BM1-BS1) being directed towards a first direction and at least second reference signals via at least one second radiation beam (BM2-BS1, . . . , BM5-BS1) being directed towards at least one second direction. The method further contains receiving for a hand over of a mobile station (MS) from a second base station (BS2) being a serving base station of the mobile station (MS) to the first base station (BS1) an indication for a radiation beam being selected from a group of radiation beams comprising the first radiation beam (BM1-BS1) and the at least one second radiation beam (BM2-BS1, . . . , BM5-BS1) for applying the selected radiation beam as an initial radiation beam at the first base station (BS1) for serving the mobile station (MS). The method even further contains scheduling radio resources for the initial radiation beam for serving the mobile station (MS) based on the indication. The embodiments further relate to a method for operating a second base station (BS2) in a radio communication system (RAN), to a first base station (BS1) for operation in a radio communication system (RAN) and to a second base station (BS2) for operation in a radio communication system (RAN). |
| US10299171B2 |
First service network node, a second service network node and methods relating to handling of a service session
A method in a first service network node for handling a service session associated with user equipment served by a first base station. The first service network node detects a handover signal, indicating a request to prepare for handover of the user equipment from the first base station to a second base station. |
| US10299165B2 |
Method and apparatus for user/base-station signaling and association achieving load balancing across wireless multi-band heterogeneous networks
A method and apparatus are disclosed herein for user/base station signaling and load balancing across a wireless network. In one embodiment, the method comprises broadcasting, by a first base station in the wireless network, information indicative of the load of the first base station; receiving an association request from the user terminal for association with the first base station in response to the user terminal predicting a net throughput from the first base station, based on the information indicative of the load, being greater than net throughput from a second base station to which the user terminal is currently associated; and determining whether to accept the association request while performing an association process for selectively allowing only a fraction of requests from user terminals to associated with the base station. |
| US10299157B2 |
Apparatus and method for managing congestion in wireless communication system
The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates beyond 4th-generation (4G) communication system such as a long term evolution (LTE). A method for managing congestion in a first node in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes receiving status information from each of nodes configuring a network with the first node, receiving information about a service requirement criterion from a second node as one of the nodes, acquiring additional path setup information for the second node based on the status information received from each of the nodes and the information about the service requirement criterion received from the second node, and transmitting the acquired additional path setup information to the second node. |
| US10299156B2 |
AID reassignment method, and apparatus for performing said AID reassignment method
Disclosed are an AID reassignment method capable of optimally operating a wireless LAN system, and an apparatus for performing the AID reassignment method. The method comprises the steps of: generating a reconnection request frame for an AID reassignment request; transmitting the generated reconnection request frame to the currently associated access point; and receiving a reconnection response frame including AID reassignment information from the access point. Thus, the AID of the currently associated terminal can be dynamically reassigned according to a change in the characteristics of the terminal, thus operating a wireless LAN system in an optimum manner. |
| US10299145B1 |
Systems and methods for mitigating interference from neighbors
Systems and methods are described for mitigating interference from neighbors. Interference may be monitored at a first access node, wherein the monitoring includes detecting an interference pattern over at least two monitored subframes. The interference pattern may be analyzed to identify one or more interference sources, wherein a first interference pattern indicates interference caused by a neighboring access node and a second interference pattern indicates interference caused by one or more wireless devices communicating with a neighboring access node. The identified interference sources may be instructed to adjust transmissions based on the monitored interference. |
| US10299144B2 |
Base station apparatus and control method therefor
A base station apparatus in a point-to-multi point radio communication system includes a directional antenna, a terminal station apparatus direction calculator, an antenna direction calculator, and an antenna direction adjuster. The directional antenna has directivity. The terminal station apparatus direction calculator calculates directions of the plurality of terminal station apparatuses relative to a position of the base station apparatus based on positions of the plurality of terminal station apparatuses and the position of the base station apparatus. The antenna direction calculator calculates a direction toward which the directional antenna should be oriented based on the directions of the plurality of terminal station apparatuses, channel quality of each of the plurality of terminal station apparatuses, necessary channel quality indicating the channel quality required by each of the plurality of terminal station apparatuses, and a directional pattern of the directional antenna. The antenna direction adjuster orients the directional antenna toward the direction. |
| US10299139B1 |
Apparatus and method for steering wireless network connections based upon quality assessments
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium has instructions executed by a processor to access a list of Wi-Fi networks available to a user device. User network activity is classified. It is determined that there is a new Wi-Fi network for the user device to initiate a connection attempt. In the event of an existing licensed spectrum wireless network data connection on the user device, licensed spectrum wireless network data connection analytics are collected and an attempt is made to transition to the new Wi-Fi network to produce either a failed transition to the new Wi-Fi network or a successful transition to the new Wi-Fi network. In the event of an existing Wi-Fi network collection on the user device or a successful transition to the new Wi-Fi network, available Wi-Fi networks are periodically assessed to establish one of a network unavailable state and a network available state. |
| US10299130B2 |
Resource sharing method and resource sharing system
Resource sharing method and device are provided. The method includes: sending an access request to a second communication network through a target backhaul link of the second communication network by a resource sharing device when the access request is received from a terminal from a first communication network; sending the access request to the first communication network by the second communication network, for authenticating the terminal; sending QoS level information of the terminal to the second communication network by the first communication network when the terminal is authenticated, and sending access rejected information to the second communication network when the terminal is unauthenticated; providing services for the terminal according to the subscription QoS level information, or rejecting to provide services for the terminal according to the access rejected information. The present disclosure realizes sharing of backhaul resources of different communication networks and ensures the QoS of the resource sharing device. |
| US10299128B1 |
Securing communications for roaming user equipment (UE) using a native blockchain platform
A network function (NF) entity in a communication network receives authentication data associated with a User Equipment (UE), determines the UE supports a blockchain registration procedure based on the authentication data, exchanges authentication messages with a Blockchain Roaming Broker (BRB) entity over a blockchain network interface, receives a blockchain authentication confirmation from the BRB entity, and registers the UE with the core network based on the blockchain authentication confirmation. |
| US10299127B2 |
Autonomous, non-interactive, context-based services for cellular phone
Examples include autonomously authenticating a financial transaction, on behalf of the user, without interacting with the user, via wireless communication link. In various embodiments, the user's cellular phone may be configured to process a message that provides at least partial service context and autonomously authenticate the financial transaction. |
| US10299125B2 |
System and method for mobile device identification using second entity matching
An improved technique for identifying a user's mobile device is discussed. A persistent and unified identifier that bridges mobile app to mobile web and to other web browser-compatible mediums is utilized. Using a unique verification identifier, the unified identifier is consistently verified, revived and distributed across application and browser mediums. |
| US10299123B2 |
Entitlement based Wi-Fi authentication
This disclosure relates to techniques for performing Wi-Fi authentication using an entitlement server in a wireless communication system. A wireless station may perform authentication with a carrier network entitlement server, using a protocol other than Wi-Fi. The wireless station may receive a Wi-Fi service token as part of the authentication with the carrier network entitlement server. The wireless station may perform Wi-Fi authentication with a Wi-Fi access point associated with the carrier network using the Wi-Fi service token. After performing Wi-Fi authentication using the Wi-Fi service token, the wireless station may communicate with the carrier network by way of the Wi-Fi access point. |
| US10299122B2 |
User validation system utilizing symbolic or pictographic representations of validation codes
Disclosed herein is a device and method for validating users, such as for entry into a given area. The method includes transmitting a plurality of access control tokens from an access control system to a portable device, and detecting proximity a user portable device associated with one of the plurality of access control tokens to the portable device. A symbolic representation of the access control token associated with the user portable device is generated by and displayed on the portable device. Selection of the displayed symbolic representation is accepted at the portable device. The access control system is notified of selection of the displayed symbolic representation, thereby indicating identification of a user associated with the access control token symbolically represented by the symbolic representation. The venue symbolic representation includes at least one pictograph. |
| US10299119B2 |
Method and system for providing security from a radio access network
The disclosure relates to a security method in a radio access network system. A shared secret key is stored in both a user device and a core network system. A further secret key is received from the core network system, wherein the further secret key has been derived using the shared secret key stored in the core network system. One or more values are provided over the radio interface to the user device to derive the further secret key in the user device from at least the shared secret key stored in the user device and one or more of the one or more values provided over the radio interface. An authentication procedure and/or a key agreement procedure is performed for the user device over the wireless radio interface using the received further secret key in the radio access network system and the derived further secret key in the user device. |
| US10299116B2 |
Method and apparatus for negotiating security during handover between different radio access technologies
Solution for security negotiation during handover of a user equipment (UE) between different radio access technologies is provided. In the solution, the UE receives non-access stratum (NAS) security information and access stratum (AS) security information which are selected by the target system and then performs security negotiation with the target system according to the received NAS security information and AS security information. As such, the UE may obtain the key parameter information of the NAS and AS selected by a long term evolution (LTE) system and perform security negotiation with the LTE system when the UE hands over from a different system, such as a universal terrestrial radio access network (UTRAN), to the LTE system. |
| US10299115B2 |
Selection and use of a security agent for device-to-device (D2D) wireless communications
A technique is provided for receiving, by a MS from a BS a failure notification message indicating a failure of a BS-core network interface, sending, from the MS to the BS, a security agent (SA) notification including a MSID identifying the MS, a service profile identifying one or more services, and one or more user group IDs that identify one or more user groups of which the MS is a member, and receiving, by the MS from the BS, a SA configuration message including a service identification identifying at least one of the one or more services, one or more user group IDs identifying one or more user groups for which the MS has been configured as a security agent to perform the identified service, and a BS access key to allow one or more other MSs to access or establish a connection with the BS. |
| US10299113B1 |
Switching mobile service provider using blockchain
An example operation may include one or more of receiving, by a mobile service provider, a mobile number portability request from a mobile device connected to a current mobile service provider; fetching mobile device porting data from a blockchain ledger accessible by the mobile service provider and by the current mobile service provider; verifying fetched mobile device porting data; in response to a successful verification, sending a request to the blockchain ledger to update current mobile service provider data; and receiving a notification from the blockchain indicating that a connection between the current mobile service provider and the mobile device is disconnected; porting a mobile device number; and updating the mobile device porting data in the blockchain ledger. |
| US10299111B2 |
Antenna information sending method and device, and antenna information receiving method and device
Embodiments disclose an antenna information sending method and device, and an antenna information receiving method and device. The method includes: obtaining first antenna information of a terminal device, where the first antenna information includes at least one or more of a maximum number of layers for uplink spatial multiplexing that are supported by the terminal device, an antenna number supported by the terminal device, or whether the terminal device supports smart switch on/off of UE's antenna ports. The method also includes sending the first antenna information to a base station. In this way, the terminal device can control, according to a service requirement of the terminal device, an antenna deployed on the terminal device, and report antenna information of the terminal device to the base station in a timely manner. |
| US10299110B2 |
Information transmission method and system, device, and computer readable recording medium thereof
An information transmission method performed by a device is provided. The method includes receiving a selection, performed by an external input device, of target information displayed on the device, extracting the target information corresponding to the selection of the external input device, and transmitting information corresponding to the target information to the external input device. |
| US10299108B2 |
Mobile communications network, infrastructure equipment, mobile communications terminal and method
A mobile communications network communicating data to/from communications devices, the network including base stations operable to provide a wireless access interface to communications devices; communications devices operable to communicate packets with the base stations via the wireless access interface; packet gateways operable to transmit user data packets received via the base stations from/to the communications devices; and mobility managers operable to send/receive signalling packets for controlling user data communications between communications devices and packet gateways. The mobility managers can, upon receiving a signalling packet from a communications device and including user data intended for a destination, detect the packet is not associated with any established signalling connection between the mobility managers and the communication device. The mobility managers can, responsive to the detection, transmit the user data in the signalling packet to the destination. Accordingly a short message may be sent in a reduced context or context-less manner. |
| US10299107B2 |
Method for transmitting and receiving NBIFOM capability in wireless communication system, and device therefor
Disclosed is a method for transmitting and receiving network-based internet protocol flow mobility (NBIFOM) capability, which receives, from a terminal, a first message including NBIFOM capability information of the terminal, checks whether a network entity supports NBIFOM, and receives a second message including NBIFOM capability information of the network entity from another network entity. |
| US10299102B1 |
Emergency messaging from a locked mobile device
The disclosed system provides a facility to enable an emergency messaging session on a locked mobile device. In response to receiving a request on a locked mobile device to initiate an emergency messaging session, the disclosed system displays an interface that may enable a user of the mobile device to select a type of emergency and/or enter a customized message to be transmitted to an emergency services provider. The displayed interface additionally may include options to automatically or manually send specified types of information to an emergency responder, such as a physical location of the mobile device or medical, personal contact, or residence information of the user of the mobile device. While an emergency messaging session is in progress, the disclosed system may continually send updated information to the selected emergency provider, such as a location of the mobile device or biometric information associated with a user of the mobile device. |
| US10299100B2 |
Method to provide ad hoc and password protected digital and voice networks
A method and system includes the ability for individuals to set up an ad hoc digital and voice network easily and rapidly to allow users to coordinate their activities by eliminating the need for pre-entry of data into a web or identifying others by name, phone numbers or email. This method is especially useful for police, fire fighters, military, first responders or other emergency situations for coordinating different organizations at the scene of a disaster to elevate conventional communication problems either up and down the chain of command or cross communication between different emergency units. The method and system provides that the users are only required to enter a specific Server IP address and an ad hoc event name, a password and perhaps the name of the particular unit. |
| US10299099B2 |
Emergency call handling using over-the-top services
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for emergency call handling. In one aspect there is provided a method. The method may include receiving, at a user equipment, an indication from a network, the indication representative of at least one of whether a carrier grade voice over cellular packet data call is available at a cell serving the user equipment or whether an over-the-top service is available at the cell serving the user equipment; and initiating, by the user equipment based on the received indication from the network, a call via the over-the-top service, when the indication represents the carrier grade voice over cellular packet data call is not available at the cell serving the user equipment and the over-the-top service is available at the cell serving the user equipment. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described. |
| US10299098B2 |
System and method for automatic Bluetooth pairing
A method and system for automatically connecting one customer device with another over a Bluetooth or similar connection. The automatic connection may be made by generating a unique identifier to store on a new customer device and a backend system associated with an existing customer device and connecting the new customer device with the existing customer device using the unique identifier. |
| US10299096B2 |
Automatic wireless network formation
Systems, devices, and methods for automatically forming a wireless personal area network (PAN) comprising a network auto-formation (NAF) process. At least one network coordinating device initializes a PAN and transmits at least one beacon comprising PAN information. A network joining device performs a number of scan/listen cycles by actively scanning a plurality of wireless channels for PANs by masking out channels in a scan channel mask, and listening for beacons on channels in a listen channel list. The scan channel mask and the listen channel list are updated during each scan/listen cycle. The scan channel mask may comprise channels containing desired PANs, non-desired PANs, and channels on which beacons were heard. The listen channel list may comprise channels containing desired PANs and channels on which beacons were heard. The NAF process further comprises receiving PAN information included in heard beacons and attempting to join the best network based on the PAN information. |
| US10299094B2 |
HSS-based application authorization for machine-type-communications
Systems described herein ensure authorized communications between application servers and machine-type communications (MTC) devices. The systems store a subscriber profile for an MTC device, the subscriber profile including application server (AS) configuration information designating application servers that are authorized to connect with the MTC device. The systems receive a non-IP data delivery (NIDD) registration request from an application server, wherein the NIDD registration request includes an identifier for the MTC device. The systems obtain, from the application server, a first identifier for the application server, and retrieve, based on the NIDD registration request, the AS configuration information from the subscriber profile. The systems determine if there is a match between the AS configuration information and the first identifier for the application server, and configure a binding of the application server and an access point name (APN) for the MTC device in response to determining that there is a match. |
| US10299093B2 |
Methods and apparatus for enhanced contention based access response message
Methods and apparatus for obtaining a response message for CB access uplink transmission are disclosed. In one novel aspect, UE performs a CB access uplink transmission, selects a first group of radio resources for one or more candidate control-less response message blocks with corresponding transmission repetition number, retrieves and decodes one candidate response message block corresponds to one sub-group of resources in the first group of radio resources and determines if the candidate response message is intended for the UE. In one embodiment, the UE obtains the candidate response message by determining one or more repetition number and obtaining corresponding sub-group of resources from the starting point(s). In another embodiment, the UE determines one or more frequency locations to obtain the candidate response message. In yet another embodiment, the UE selects a second group of radio resources if no response message is detected within the first group of radio resources. |
| US10299092B2 |
Systems and methods for machine to machine device control and triggering
Systems and methods for control and triggering of machine to machine (M2M) devices (e.g., smart meters). More specifically how to allow an M2M service provider (e.g., utility company) to use an operator's network to communicate with the M2M device connected with a UE/GW associated with the operator's network. The M2M service provider may receive identification of the UE/GW, but not for the M2M device. By transmitting an identifier for the M2M device along with an identifier for the UE/GW, the network operator may define establish and maintain a communication path specific to M2M devices. Similar techniques may be incorporated to allow the M2M service provider to locate and trigger the M2M device. |
| US10299091B2 |
Internet of things protocol handler
A protocol handler communicatively coupled to client devices in an internet of things (IoT) network can operate to update manufacturer specific parameters for corresponding different protocols. A protocol component of the protocol handler can map updates from different manufacturers or different manufacturer servers to a translator dataset of a look-up table. The updates can be mapped to an IoT protocol as IoT parameters based on the associations of the look-up table between the different protocols. An IoT translator component can translate communications back and forth from manufacturers or their servers of different communications protocols to one or more of the client devices and vice versa, in which the client devices are associated with different protocols, and can also communicate to one another via the IoT translator in the IoT protocol. |
| US10299087B2 |
Method and system for configuring caller line identification for short message service
A method performed by, and a system embedded within, a communication device operating in a communication network, performing the steps of: obtaining a plurality of caller identification codes for the caller device, where each of the caller identification codes identifies the caller device in a network; obtaining at least one rule for selecting a caller identification code from the plurality of caller identification codes according to a characteristic of the called device; obtaining a characteristic of the called device; selecting a caller identification code from the plurality of caller identification codes according to the characteristic of the destination telephone identification, or caller environment or destination environment parameters, or caller decision on the time of making the call; and forwarding the selected caller identification code to any of another communication network and a terminal device of a communication network. |
| US10299084B1 |
Systems and methods for providing group call service areas
Systems and methods are described for providing group call service areas. It may be detected at a wireless device that participation in a group call with a first group call identification is available, wherein the detecting is based on entry into a service area for the group call. The wireless device may be automatically registered to join the group call. A user of the wireless device may be notified that participation in the group call is available. The wireless device may join the group call after receiving an indication from the user, wherein joining the group call includes receiving downlink group call voice data from an access node in communication with the wireless device. |
| US10299077B1 |
Apparatus and method for transforming and cleaning position data for a database-based positioning system
A server including data loading, data analysis, transformation and cleaning (TAC), and position estimation modules. The data loading module loads original position data (OPD) sets. OPD points of the OPD sets refer to positions of a wireless device in communication with a wireless station. The data loading module loads each OPD set based on an identifier of the wireless station in a corresponding one of the OPD sets. The data analysis module: determines an overall bounding area based on the OPD points; divides the overall bounding area into minimum bounding areas; and assigns the OPD points to the minimum bounding areas. The TAC module: transforms and cleans some of the OPD points to provide updated points, such that the updated points have a less number of points than the some of the OPD points. The position estimation module estimates a position of the wireless device based on the updated points. |
| US10299076B2 |
Device for recommending location in building by using fingerprint of access point, and method using same
Disclosed are a device for recommending locations in a building using fingerprints of access points and a method using the device. The locations of access points are detected by collecting fingerprints for the access points from terminals of multiple users, the locations of stores in the building are detected by using the fingerprints and payment histories of the multiple users, and locations may be recommended to a recommendation target user based on a meta-path, using a metamap generated by integrating the locations of the access points and stores with the indoor plan of the building. Indoor positioning is enabled by detecting the locations of access points using the information obtained from the terminals of multiple users, whereby constructing infrastructure information for the access points in the building in advance may not be required. |
| US10299074B2 |
Offline map download
A system discloses analyzing global positioning system (GPS) parameters of a mobile device to determine if the mobile device is outside a predetermined range and if it is determined that the mobile device is outside the predetermined range, communicating a notification to the mobile device to download maps on the mobile device using an alternate communication channel. |
| US10299073B2 |
Dynamic geofence
Systems, methods and tools for modifying existing geofence notifications using a plurality of overlapping geofences and geo-fencing rules to alter the notification messages as a function of triggering multiple overlapped geofences simultaneously. Triggering the two overlapping geofences may display notifications tied to a special event, marketing campaign or promotion designated by the subsequent geofence overlaying a pre-existing, first geofence. While the second geofence is active, a modified message may be displayed featuring the special event or marketing campaign. Subsequently, after the second geofence has changed locations, deactivated or deleted, the previously existing geofence may revert back to the originally displayed notification prior to mapping the second geofence targeting the special event or promotion. |
| US10299064B2 |
Surround sound techniques for highly-directional speakers
One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for generating an audio event within a listening environment. The technique includes determining a speaker orientation based on a location of the audio event within a sound space being generated within the listening environment and causing a speaker to be positioned according to the speaker orientation. The technique further includes, while the speaker is positioned according to the speaker orientation, causing the audio event to be transmitted by the speaker. |
| US10299063B2 |
Method and device for rendering acoustic signal, and computer-readable recording medium
When a channel signal, such as a 22.2 channel signal, is rendered into a 5.1 channel signal, a three-dimensional (3D) audio may be reproduced by using a two-dimensional (2D) output channel, however, when an elevation angle of an input channel is different from a standard elevation angle, if elevation rendering parameters according to the standard elevation angle are used, distortion may occur in a sound image. In order to solve the aforementioned problem according to the related art and to prevent front-back confusion due to a surround output channel, an embodiment of the present invention provides a method of rendering an audio signal, the method including receiving a multichannel signal including a plurality of input channels to be converted to a plurality of output channels; adding a preset delay to a frontal height input channel so as to allow each of the plurality of output channels to provide a sound image having an elevation at a reference elevation angle; changing, based on the added delay, an elevation rendering parameter with respect to the frontal height input channel; and preventing front-back confusion by generating, based on the changed elevation rendering parameter, an elevation-rendered surround output channel delayed with respect to the frontal height input channel. |
| US10299061B1 |
Playback device calibration
Systems and methods for calibrating a playback device include (i) outputting first audio content; (ii) capturing audio data representing reflections of the first audio content within a room in which the playback device is located; (iii) based on the captured audio data, determining an acoustic response of the room; (iv) connecting to a database comprising a plurality of sets of stored audio calibration settings, each set associated with a respective stored acoustic room response of a plurality of stored acoustic room responses; (v) querying the database for a stored acoustic room response that corresponds to the determined acoustic response of the room in which the playback device is located; and (vi) applying to the playback device a particular set of stored audio calibration settings associated with the stored acoustic room response that corresponds to the determined acoustic response of the room in which the playback device is located. |
| US10299060B2 |
Determining distances and angles between speakers and other home theater components
Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described herein for determining distances and angles between speakers and other home theater components for performance of calibration operations and functions. Distances are determined through timing playback of sweep signals from a reference speaker to the speakers, and also by timing playback the sweep signals between the speakers and a capture device at a desired listening position. Angles between the speakers and other theater components are determined based on the distances, and locations or mappings of the speakers and other theater components are determined from the angles and distances. The locations/mappings are utilized to perform different calibration operations. The calibration operations improve the user audio experience for speakers that are located in non-optimal positions for speaker configurations. |
| US10299059B1 |
Graphical monitor mixing system that uses a stage plot to create spatially accurate sound
In an embodiment, a monitor mixing system is provided in which a stage plot of the positions of the musicians and their instructions may be supplied. Based on the relative locations of a given musician who is monitoring the mix and the other musicians/instruments, the monitor mixing system may generate a mix that incorporates modifications to make the sound appear to be three dimensional. That is, the source of the sound may be experienced by the musician as if the sound is being heard from the location of the musician/instrument. |
| US10299057B2 |
Apparatus and method for sound stage enhancement
A method for processing an audio signal is performed at a computing device. The method includes the following steps: receiving a digital stereo audio input signal; extracting localization cues from the digital stereo audio input signal; generating a left-side component and a right-side component from the digital stereo audio input signal, at least partially, in accordance with the localization cues; performing crosstalk cancellation to the left-side component and the right-side component, respectively, to obtain a crosstalk-cancelled left-side component and a crosstalk-cancelled right-side component; and generating a digital stereo audio output signal including the crosstalk-cancelled left-side component and the crosstalk-cancelled right-side component. |
| US10299056B2 |
Spatial audio enhancement processing method and apparatus
An audio processing system for processing a single channel audio signal includes a a processor configured to derive a synthetic difference component from the single channel audio input signal a filtering module configured to apply a first filter to the sum signal represented by the single channel signal and to apply a second filter to the synthetic difference signal; and a control module configured to crossfade to control the amount of the resulting audio signal effect by respectively scaling the sum signal and the difference signal. |
| US10299054B2 |
Calibration of audio playback devices
An audio playback device comprises a microphone, a speaker, and a processor. The processor is arranged to output by the speaker first audio content and receive by the microphone an indication of the first audio content. A first acoustic response of a room in which the audio playback device is located is determined based on the received indication of first audio content. A mapping is applied to the first acoustic response to determine a second acoustic response. The second acoustic response is indicative of an approximated acoustic response of the room at a spatial location different from a spatial location of the microphone. The second audio content output by the speaker is adjusted based on the second response. |
| US10299051B2 |
Bone conduction hearing aid system
A bone conduction hearing aid system includes a hearing aid housing with a hearing aid vibrator. A skin interface has an interface connector offset on an outer interface surface and detachably connected to a housing connector. A skin adhesive connects to the skin of a patient user to transmit the sound vibrations through the skin to underlying skull bone for transmission by bone conduction to a hearing organ of the user. When the skin adhesive is pressed against the skin of the user, the skin is initially engaged during an initial engagement period with an initial adhesive force that promotes removal and relocation of the skin interface, and the skin is fully engaged after the initial engagement period with a full adhesive force greater than the initial adhesive force that promotes a fixed secure connection that resists removal of the skin interface. |
| US10299047B2 |
Transparent hearing aid and method for fitting same
The hearing aid includes a signal processor having a level-dependent filter section and a level-independent filter section. The level-dependent filter section provides level-dependent gain wherein sound is attenuated or amplified depending on the level of the incoming sound. The level-independent filter section provides substantially constant gain wherein sound that passes through the filter section is not changed in level, and provides transparency in that it corrects for insertion loss caused by the earpiece of the hearing aid when worn by the user. The level dependent and level independent filter sections, when fitted to the user, greatly improve the user's perception of sound. |
| US10299044B2 |
Stabilizer for microphone diaphragm
A stabilizer for use in stabilizing a diaphragm of an audio device, such as a microphone transducer or a speaker driver. The stabilizer is configured to be attached to the diaphragm to provide stability to the diaphragm, which may be in the form of one or more of counteraction to asymmetric movement about the center of mass of the voice coil; counteraction to rotation in a direction perpendicular to the desired axial motion of the diaphragm; and additional nonlinear stiffness for mechanical limiting of the diaphragm in the axial direction, which may assist in preventing large excursions of the diaphragm from atypical sources, such as drop, shock, etc. |
| US10299043B2 |
Method for reprocessing vibrating diaphragm, vibrating diaphragm and telephone receiver
The present application discloses a method for reprocessing a vibrating diaphragm, a vibrating diaphragm and a telephone receiver. The method for reprocessing a vibrating diaphragm involves the use of a vibrating diaphragm that includes a plane portion located at a center, a corrugated rim portion disposed at an edge of the plane portion, and a fixing portion connected to a periphery of the corrugated rim portion to bond a housing. The method includes, but is not limited to performing surface sputtering on part of an area of the corrugated rim portion by using a magnetron sputtering technology. |
| US10299037B2 |
Method and apparatus for identifying audio output outlet
Identification and management of audio output outlets connected to a user device is described. Once one or more audio output outlets connected to a user device are identified, an audio signal is forwarded to each detected audio output outlet and in an event the audio signal forwarded to an audio output outlet is detected by an internal audio sensor of the user device, that audio output outlet is designated as a loudspeaker. Audio output outlets designated as loudspeakers are muted when the user device is in silent mode. If the audio signal forwarded to an audio output outlet is not detected by the internal audio sensor of the user device, that audio outlet is marked as a private speaker. Audio output outlets designated as private speakers remain in an audible state even when the user device is in silent mode. |
| US10299035B2 |
Acoustic lens system for loudspeakers
An acoustic lens may improve the directional audio performance of a loudspeaker. Application of the improved directional audio performance to a sound system in a listening area may improve the performance of the audio system. The acoustic lens (or phase plug) may be acoustically opaque and partially fill the cavity formed by the loudspeaker cone. The acoustic lens may provide an improved frequency response and directivity. The improved loudspeaker may provide an improved listening location, for example, in a vehicle, a room or a concert hall. |
| US10299031B1 |
Eyeglass headphones
An eyeglass headphone with a frame that is constructed and arranged to be carried by the head of a wearer, the frame comprising a bridge that is adapted to be supported by the wearer's nose, and a left temple and a right temple that extend rearwardly from the bridge, toward the left and right ears of the wearer, respectively, and a dipole loudspeaker built into the frame, where the dipole loudspeaker comprises a driver that emits front-side acoustic radiation from its front side, and emits rear-side acoustic radiation from its rear side. The frame comprises at least first and second sound-emitting openings, wherein the first sound-emitting opening is constructed and arranged to emit front-side acoustic radiation and the second sound-emitting opening is constructed and arranged to emit rear-side acoustic radiation. |
| US10299024B2 |
Eyewear accommodating headset
A headset may comprise at least one ear cup and an ear cup shaper configurable to maintain contact with at least a portion of the head of a user wearing the headset, when the user is utilizing other equipment that when used affect the at least a portion of the head. The ear cup may comprise filler material, such as foam, and the ear cup shaper may be configured to create a depression in the filler material to maintain the contact with at least a portion of a head of a user. The adjustable ear cup shaper may comprise one or more of a strap, a plunger, a mechanical latch, and a magnet. The other equipment may comprise a visual device, such as eyeglasses, that have a portion that makes contact with the at least a portion of the head of the user. |
| US10299022B2 |
Electronic device including a speaker assembly
Disclosed herein is an electronic device. In an embodiment, the electronic device may include a body, a display combined with the front of the body, and a speaker assembly embedded on at least one side of the body, wherein the speaker assembly may include a casing configured to form an external appearance and a speaker unit combined with the casing and configured to have at least part of an element of the speaker assembly exposed to an outside of the casing. |
| US10299018B1 |
Pole-mounted vehicle sensor
Devices and meters comprising: a housing configured to mount to a pole supporting an existing meter, the housing defining an interior; a sensor within the interior of the housing, the sensor configured to collect environmental information pertaining to the local external environment of the existing meter; a wireless radio within the interior of the housing, the wireless radio configured to transmit the environmental information to the existing meter or to a remote server in communication with the existing meter; a power unit within the interior of the housing, the power unit supplying power to the sensor and the wireless radio. |
| US10299012B2 |
Descriptive metadata extraction and linkage with editorial content
Embodiments provide techniques for distributing supplemental content based on content entities within video content. Embodiments include analyzing video data to identify a known content entity within two or more frames of the video data. For each of the two or more frames, a region of pixels within the respective frame is determined that corresponds to the known content entity. Embodiments further include determining supplemental content corresponding to the known content entity. A watermark is embedded at a first position within the video data, such that the watermark corresponds to an identifier associated with the determined supplemental content. Upon receiving a message specifying the identifier, embodiments include transmitting the supplement content to a client device for output together with the video data. |
| US10299011B2 |
Method and system for user interaction with objects in a video linked to internet-accessible information about the objects
An interactive video including frames which include objects is displayed on a client computing device. A set of the objects in the interactive video has been linked to internet-accessible information external to the video during creation of the interactive video by comparing each of the objects in the interactive video with pre-defined objects stored in a database. The object is associated with internet-accessible information associated with the pre-defined objects when the object is determined to be similar to the pre-defined object. While the interactive video is playing on the display, a selection of one of the objects shown in the interactive video is received. In response to the selection, internet-accessible information linked to the selected object is displayed, where the internet-accessible information includes at least one of a link to an online e-commerce site that sells the selected object, and an advertisement associated with the selected object. |
| US10299008B1 |
Smart closed caption positioning system for video content
Embodiments of the present invention provide a computer-implemented method for generating closed captions via optimal positioning and character specific output styles. The method includes receiving a video input. The method generates closed caption data from the video input based at least in part on extracting text data from an audio portion of the video input. For each given frame of the video input that has closed caption data associated with the given frame, one or more characters who are speaking in the given frame are identified via facial recognition and audio tone matching. A respective text style for each given character that uniquely identifies the given character from the one or more identified characters is obtained. Captioning in the respective text style of each of the one or more identified characters is generated. The generated captioning is then inserted into the given frame. |
| US10299002B2 |
Methods and apparatus to measure exposure to streaming media
Methods and apparatus to measure exposure to streaming media are disclosed. An example apparatus includes, a duration setter to, upon completion of playback of a first media segment of a multi-segment media, update a multi-file counter. A file detector is to detect that a second media segment is a segment of the multi-segment media. An event listener is to determine a playback time within the second media segment. A metadata retriever is to add the playback time to the multi-file counter to determine a corresponding playback time of the multi-segment media, the metadata retriever to attempt to perform a lookup of a metadata tag in a table of metadata tags and corresponding playback positions based on the playback time of the multi-segment media. A transmitter is to transmit the metadata tag corresponding to the playback time of the multi-segment media to an audience measurement entity. |
| US10298998B2 |
Communication apparatus and control method thereof, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium
A communication apparatus accepts remote control from an external apparatus via wireless communication, and includes a communication unit configured to communicate with the external apparatus, and a control unit configured to execute, in response to an operation request that the communication unit has received from the external apparatus, the request being performed through the remote control, a task corresponding to the operation. The control unit sets a time interval relating to a timing at which communication with the external apparatus is performed, and controls the communication unit to perform communication with the external apparatus in compliance with the set time interval. |
| US10298994B2 |
Use of near field communication (NFC) to transfer DVR timers
A mobile device running a mobile application accesses a remote content receiver to request the remote content receiver to retrieve a particular recording timer, and upon receiving the recording timer from the remote content receiver, establishes a radio communication link with a second mobile device and transfers the recording timer to the second mobile device over the established radio communication link. The radio communication link is preferably the Near Field Communication (NFC) link. |
| US10298993B2 |
Television user interface
A user interface for a television display includes a remote control with a touch pad. The user controls movement of an indicator by means of gestures and/or other actions performed on the touch pad. The movement of the indicator may be constrained in a horizontal and/or vertical direction. Actions by the user on the touch pad below a predetermined magnitude may be prevented from causing movement of the indicator. |
| US10298992B2 |
Remote control system, remote control commander, remote control server
An information processing apparatus and server apparatus are disclosed. In one example, the information processing apparatus is configured to display content on a first display and transmit an instruction to display the content, which is being displayed on the first display, on a second display of a first external device. This instruction causes a displaying of the content at a specified playback start point on the second display. |
| US10298986B2 |
Method and apparatus for incorporating web based selection into graphics system
A process and apparatus for incorporating web based selected material in real time into a graphics template in a graphics system to be rendered and mixed with a video signal and broadcast, by first selecting the material as a key value to be paired with a key name where said key name is associated with a key name in a preexisting graphics template prepared to receive key value data associated with the key name, assigning the selected material to the desired key name to create a key pair, retrievably storing the key pair, monitoring the graphics system for a change to at least one key value for a key name in a template to be rendered in the graphics system, retrieving at least one key value in a key pair, inserting the key value in the template corresponding to the key name in the key pair, rendering the template, mixing the template with a video signal, and broadcasting the mixed signal. |
| US10298985B2 |
Systems and methods for performing quality based streaming
Systems and methods in accordance with various embodiments of the invention enable quality based streaming. A content player in accordance with an embodiment of the invention includes: a processor; a network interface; and memory containing a content player application. The content player application can direct the processor to: receive quality metadata describing a plurality of streams, where: the plurality of streams are encoded at different maximum bitrates; each stream is divided into content segments; and the quality varies between content segments in each stream. Furthermore, the content player application directs the processor to measure available bandwidth; request content segments from the plurality of streams based upon the available network bandwidth and the quality metadata, where the requested content segments include content segments encoded at a maximum bitrate and having quality that is the lowest maximum bitrate that achieves a target quality level. |
| US10298984B2 |
Network PVR
There is provided a method for transmitting video content, the video content available for transmission in a plurality of quality levels. The method comprises identifying a user apparatus that has received a particular chunk of video content at a first quality level. The method further comprises transmitting to the identified user apparatus the filename for a chunk of video content corresponding to the particular chunk but at a second quality level. |
| US10298981B2 |
Systems and methods for controlling purchasing and/or reauthorization to access content using quick response codes and text messages
A mobile device including a content module, an imaging module, and an interface. The content module is configured to attempt to access content including transmitting a content request signal from the mobile device to a user receiving device. The imaging module is configured to acquire an image of at least a portion of a screen shown on a display connected to the user receiving device. The interface is configured to transmit the image or information pertaining to the image to the user receiving device, a head end or a content provider to cause the user receiving device or the mobile device to receive an authorization signal for access to the content. |
| US10298979B2 |
Interest prediction
System and methods for providing access to particular media content. First media content may be output for presentation by a display device. Second media content other than the first media content may be monitored. A determination may be made as to whether the second media content has a priority greater than the first media content. Access to the second media content for presentation by the display device may be provided. |
| US10298976B2 |
Data distribution amongst transponder carriers
A satellite broadcast system is used to transmit streams of variable bit-rate content using fixed bit-rate channels that correspond to respective satellite transponder carriers. High bandwidth content is transmitted over multiple transponder carriers in parallel with a combined bandwidth sufficient for the peak bit-rate of the high bandwidth content, whereas multiple streams of low bandwidth content can be transmitted over a single transponder carrier simultaneously by multiplexing the low bandwidth content. High bandwidth content may be multiplexed with low bandwidth content rather than assigning all high bandwidth content to be transmitted exclusively over dedicated high bandwidth transponders. |
| US10298975B2 |
Communication apparatus, communication data generation method, and communication data processing method
A configuration in which encoded data is divided into data equal to or less than a maximum data transfer unit (MTU) specified on a communication path and transmitted, and a reception apparatus restores and reproduces the data is provided. A transmission apparatus generates a plurality of packets storing divisional data generated by dividing encoded data serving as a transmission target into data equal to or less than a maximum data transfer unit (MTU) specified on a communication path and additional information serving as arrangement information of the divisional data and sequentially transmits the packets. For example, NAL unit fragments obtained by further dividing a NAL unit are stored in each packet, and the packets are transmitted. The reception apparatus arranges NAL unit fragments stored in the packets in a divided manner with reference to the additional information of the packets and reconstructs and decodes the NAL unit. |
| US10298969B2 |
Architecture and method for high performance on demand video transcoding
Video streams, either in form of on-demand streaming or live streaming, usually have to be transcoded based on the characteristics of clients' devices. Transcoding is a computationally expensive and time-consuming operation; therefore, streaming service providers currently store numerous transcoded versions of the same video to serve different types of client devices. Due to the expense of maintaining and upgrading storage and computing infrastructures, many streaming service providers recently are becoming reliant on cloud services. However, the challenge in utilizing cloud services for video transcoding is how to deploy cloud resources in a cost-efficient manner without any major impact on the quality of video streams. To address this challenge, in this paper, the Cloud-based Video Streaming Service (CVSS) architecture is disclosed to transcode video streams in an on-demand manner. The architecture provides a platform for streaming service providers to utilize cloud resources in a cost-efficient manner and with respect to the Quality of Service (QoS) demands of video streams. In particular, the architecture includes a QoS-aware scheduling method to efficiently map video streams to cloud resources, and a cost-aware dynamic (i.e., elastic) resource provisioning policy that adapts the resource acquisition with respect to the video streaming QoS demands. Simulation results based on realistic cloud traces and with various workload conditions, demonstrate that the CVSS architecture can satisfy video streaming QoS demands and reduces the incurred cost of stream providers up to 70%. |
| US10298967B2 |
Method of unscrambling television content on a bandwidth
A method and system for micro-cloud computing is described. An application serving node, which is a specifically configured piece of customer premises equipment such as a set-top box, is the server for a micro-cloud network. Various user devices that form part of the micro-cloud network, such as television sets and smart phones, communicate with the application serving node. The application serving node is configured with software that allows various heterogeneous types of data to be obtained and streamed to the user devices in multiple ways. The application serving node performs much of the processing necessary for such content streaming itself and thus represents an edge-based network architecture. |
| US10298966B2 |
Video on demand service method using solid state drive
Disclosed is a VOD service method using an SSD which can greatly reduce an occupancy rate of a CPU by loading packets to be transmitted on a plurality of packet arrays and allocating CPU sessions in the unit of loaded packet groups, and accordingly enable a VOD service to be performed at a high speed. According to the VOD service method using the SSD, it is possible to greatly reduce the occupancy rate of the CPU by loading packets to be transmitted on the plurality of packet arrays and allocating CPU sessions in the unit of loaded packet groups, and thus to provide the VOD service at a high speed. |
| US10298964B2 |
Entropy coding of motion vector differences
An entropy decoder is configured to, for horizontal and vertical components of motion vector differences, derive a truncated unary code from the data stream using context-adaptive binary entropy decoding with exactly one context per bin position of the truncated unary code, which is common for horizontal and vertical components of the motion vector differences, and an Exp-Golomb code using a constant equi-probability bypass mode to obtain the binarizations of the motion vector differences. A desymbolizer is configured to debinarize the binarizations of the motion vector difference syntax elements to obtain integer values of the horizontal and vertical components of the motion vector differences. A reconstructor is configured to reconstruct a video based on the integer values of the horizontal and vertical components of the motion vector differences. |
| US10298960B2 |
Video coding device and video coding method
A device for coding a decoded image is provided. The device performs a process of categorizing respective pixels into a plurality of types on the basis of pixel values of the decoded image, calculating a correction value for a pixel for each of the types, and correcting the pixel value of the decoded image on the basis of the correction value on the decoded image obtained by performing decoding after coding an original image, the respective types are further categorized into an edge group in which an edge direction of the original image and an edge direction of the decoded image are the same and into a noise group in which an edge direction of the original image and the edge direction of the decoded image are different, a higher priority is given so that a correction amount for the noise group becomes greater, and the correction value is calculated. |
| US10298952B2 |
Methods and apparatus for motion skip move with multiple inter-view reference pictures
There are provided methods and apparatus for motion skip mode with multiple inter-view reference pictures. An apparatus includes an encoder for encoding an image block relating to multi-view video content by performing a selection, for the image block, of at least one of an inter-view reference picture list from a set of inter-view reference picture lists, an inter-view reference picture from among a set of inter-view reference pictures, and a disparity vector from among a set of disparity vectors corresponding to the inter-view reference picture. The encoder extracts motion information for the image block based on at least one of the inter-view reference picture list, the inter-view reference picture, and disparity vector. |
| US10298949B2 |
Method and apparatus for producing a video stream
A method of processing a stream of images comprises obtaining an image of a scene with a relatively short exposure time (SET) and obtaining an image of the same scene with a relatively longer exposure time (LET). Motion blur characteristics for the SET image corresponding to motion within the LET image are determined and the motion blur characteristics are applied to the SET image. The blurred SET image and the LET image are blended to provide a HDR image. The process is repeated for successive pairs of images in the stream to provide a sequence of HDR images which can be encoded in a video stream. |
| US10298946B2 |
Method and device for encoding and decoding parameter sets at slice level
Provided is a method for encoding parameter sets at slice level. The method includes: when there are one or more parameter sets, in which the coding tool parameters are identical to the coding tool parameters of a part of coding tools used for the current slice, in the existing parameter sets, encoding the identifiers of parameter sets into bit-stream of the current slice, wherein a parameter set contains common information of the coding tools used in the process of encoding/decoding slice(s). Correspondingly, also provided is a method for decoding parameter sets at slice level and a device for encoding and decoding parameter sets at slice level, which can make full use of the encoded parameter set information when the slice header refers to a plurality of parameter sets, implement flexible configuration of the coding tools used in the process of encoding/decoding slice(s) and reduce information redundancy. |
| US10298942B1 |
Method and apparatus to process video sequences in transform space
A system configured to preform pre-compression on video sequences within a transform space to improve the compressibility of the video sequence during standard video encoding. In some cases, the pre-compression is configured to prevent the introduction of perceivable distortion into the video sequence or to substantially minimize the introduction of perceivable distortion. In some examples, a transform-Domain video processor may pre-compress or pre-process the video sequence in one, two, or three dimensional blocks or sequences using models of human visual contrast sensitivity. |
| US10298941B2 |
Video encoding device, video encoding method, and program
A video encoding device includes a coded data transcoding section 131 for transcoding first coded data generated by a first video encoding section 11 to generate second coded data, wherein the coded data transcoding section 131 includes: a prediction mode adding section 1312 for generating intra prediction modes unusable by the first video encoding section 11 and usable by a second video encoding section 14; and a prediction mode selecting section 1313 for evaluating the prediction modes generated by the prediction mode adding section 1312 and, based on the evaluation results, selecting a prediction mode used by the second video encoding section 14. |
| US10298939B2 |
Quantization in video coding
In an example, aspects of this disclosure relate to a method of coding video data that includes identifying a plurality of quantization parameter (QP) values associated with a plurality of reference blocks of video data. The method also includes generating a reference QP for the plurality of reference blocks based on the plurality of QPs. The method also includes storing the reference QP, and coding a block of video data based on the stored reference QP. |
| US10298936B2 |
Method and apparatus for SSIM-based bit allocation
An embodiment includes a method and an encoder for SSIM-based bits allocation. The encoder includes a memory and a processor utilized for allocating bits based on SSIM, wherein the processor estimates the model parameter of SSIM-based distortion model for the current picture and determines allocates bits based on the SSIM estimation. |
| US10298933B2 |
Method for composing an intermediate video representation
A method for composing an intermediate representation of a video sequence from at least two different representations of the video sequence, the at least two representations being spatially partitioned into a plurality of tiles, each tile being associated with compressed data in the representation. The method is such that the tiles can be decoded independently from one another and at a given time the various representations are partitioned identically. The method includes selecting, according to at least one selection criterion, a set of tiles forming a partition of the sequence from the at least two representations, and composing an intermediate representation of the video sequence from compressed data associated with the selected set of tiles. The method can be implemented in a video decoding terminal or broadcasting server. |
| US10298926B2 |
Image coding method, image decoding method, image coding apparatus, and image decoding apparatus
An image coding method includes: generating a first flag indicating whether or not a motion vector predictor is to be selected from among one or more motion vector predictor candidates; generating a second flag indicating whether or not a motion vector predictor is to be selected from among the one or more motion vector predictor candidates in coding a current block to be coded in a predetermined coding mode, when the first flag indicates that a motion vector predictor is to be selected; and generating a coded signal in which the first flag and the second flag are included in header information, when the first flag indicates that a motion vector predictor is to be selected. |
| US10298923B2 |
Efficient architecture for layered VDR coding
In layered Visual Dynamic range (VDR) coding, inter-layer prediction requires several color-format transformations between the input VDR and Standard Dynamic Range (SDR) signals. Coding and decoding architectures are presented wherein inter-layer prediction is performed in the SDR-based color format, thus reducing computational complexity in both the encoder and the decoder, without compromising coding efficiency or coding quality. |
| US10298920B2 |
Projector and method of controlling a projector
A projector that projects an image based on image data, includes alight source, a modulation unit that modulates light which is emitted from the light source, a light attenuation rate setting unit that sets a light attenuation rate based on the image data, and a light adjustment unit that adjusts intensity of incident light of the modulation unit, according to the light attenuation rate which is set by the light attenuation rate setting unit. The light attenuation rate setting unit sets a minimum value of an adjustment range of the light adjustment unit in a case where the image data is stereoscopic image data to a higher value than a minimum value of an adjustment range of the light adjustment unit in a case where the image data is not stereoscopic image data. |
| US10298919B2 |
Large-scale polarizing 3D electronic display system having two individual electronic pixels in each physical pixel and method for manufacturing the same
A manufacturing method for a polarizing stereo electronic large screen display system, including disposing a plurality of physical pixels a display screen; disposing two individual pixels each including three primary colors inside one physical pixel for respectively emitting light for the left eye and the right eye; and disposing a plurality of polarizing films on the plurality of physical pixels. The method results in a display system having high resolution. |
| US10298915B2 |
Light field display device and method of manufacturing the same
A light field display device according to example embodiments includes a lower substrate, a back plane structure on the lower substrate, a first electrode electrically connected to the back plane structure, an organic light emitting layer on the first electrode, a second electrode facing the first electrode and covering the organic light emitting layer, an encapsulation layer covering the second electrode, a lower alignment layer directly on the encapsulation layer, a liquid crystal layer on the lower alignment layer, the liquid crystal layer including a plurality of micro liquid crystal lenses to constitute a microlens array, a lens electrode on the liquid crystal layer to form an electric field with the second electrode, and an upper substrate on the lens electrode. |
| US10298912B2 |
Generating a three-dimensional object localization lookup table
A process executes at an electronic system. The process identifies device characteristics of an imaging device. The imaging device has signal emitters and signal detectors. The process determines a modulation signal for controlling the signal emitters to illuminate a field of view. The process partitions the field of view into a 3-dimensional plurality of voxels. According to the modulation signal and the device characteristics, the process generates unit response signals. Each unit response signal is associated with one of the voxels, and each unit response signal represents reflection from the voxel when the voxel is filled and reflects illumination generated by one of the signal emitters according to the modulation signal. The process samples the unit response signals to form unit response vectors. Each unit response vector corresponds to one of the plurality of voxels. The process then combines the unit response vectors to form the lookup table. |
| US10298911B2 |
Visualization of spatial and other relationships
Technologies are generally described for visualizing spatial relationships and other relationships. In one example, a method includes capturing, by a system comprising a processor, a stereoscopic image based on a view area from a reference point determined by the system. The stereoscopic image comprises objects. The method also includes determining respective depth indication data for a set of the objects based on respective depths of the set of the objects. The method also includes converting the stereoscopic image to a monocular image and initiating a presentation of the monocular image to a viewing device. The respective depths are respective distances determined between the reference point and the set of the objects. The monocular image comprises the depth indication data for the set of the objects and simulates depth perception. |
| US10298905B2 |
Method and apparatus for determining a depth map for an angle
An apparatus receives an image and an associated depth map comprising input depth values. A contour detector (405) detects contours in the image. A model processor (407) generates a contour depth model for a contour by fitting a depth model to input depth values for the contour. A depth value determiner (409) determines a depth model depth value for at least a one pixel of the contour from the contour depth model. The depth model may e.g. correspond to a single depth value which e.g. may be set to a maximum input depth value. A modifier (411) generates a modified depth map from the associated depth map by modifying depth values of the associated depth map. This includes generating a modified depth value for a pixel in the modified depth map in response to the depth model depth value. The depth model depth value may e.g. replace the input depth value for the pixel. |
| US10298904B1 |
Practical stereoscopic 3-D television system
The present invention provides the first practical stereoscopic 3-D television/computer solution for home consumers. Taking advantage of the way the human brain processes imagery, a new compression algorithm, utilizing a new concept called “shared pixel parts”, allows for the transmission, reception, and display of full HD stereoscopic 3-D video with no loss of resolution or frames to either eye, using a single conventional TV channel and any type of conventional display without alteration. Depending on the type of display used, viewers wear either passive polarized glasses, a new type of static colored filter glasses, or a new type of active colored filter glasses to view the same data signal showing virtually ghost-free full-color images with great depth, a wide angle of view, and a bright flickerless image which doesn't produce any discomfort even after extended viewing, and the signal is also compatible with current 3-D-ready TVs. Unlimited 3-D content can be made available instantly as well, from any video source including TV, Internet, video games, DVD, Blu-ray, camcorders, digital phones, DVRs, and VCRs. |
| US10298903B2 |
Method and device for processing a part of an immersive video content according to the position of reference parts
A method for processing a first part of an immersive video content, for example the part to be displayed, on a client device. As to incite a user to look toward a reference part in the immersive video content, the method comprises determining a distance between the first part or subparts of the first part and at least a reference part, and processing a visually degraded version of the first part or its subparts, the greater the distance, the higher the level of the visual degradation. |
| US10298902B1 |
Previewing and playing media items based on scenes
A user input indicating a request to preview a media item at a particular point in time in the media item is received from a client device and it is determined whether a length of a scene covering the particular point in time corresponds to a single preview or multiple previews. Responsive to the length of the scene corresponding to the single preview, the single preview is provided for display on the client device. Responsive to the length of the scene corresponding to the multiple previews, a portion of the scene covering the particular point in time is identified, and a preview associated with the identified portion of the scene is provided for display on the client device. |
| US10298899B2 |
Image processing device, imaging device, image processing method, and program
The number of light sources of original image data and the types of light source are determined (S11). A reference white balance gain which is set for each light source type of the original image data is acquired (S12). An influence rate of each light source type is acquired for each pixel of the original image data and a mixture ratio of the reference white balance gains is acquired on the basis of the influence rate (S13). The reference white balance gains and the mixture ratio are stored in a storage medium so as to be associated with the original image data (S14). It is possible to acquire the white balance gain for each pixel required for multi-area white balance processing for the original image data from the reference white balance gains and the mixture ratio stored in the storage medium subsequently. |
| US10298898B2 |
User feedback for real-time checking and improving quality of scanned image
A smartphone may be freely moved in three dimensions as it captures a stream of images of an object. Multiple image frames may be captured in different orientations and distances from the object and combined into a composite image representing an image of the object. The image frames may be formed into the composite image based on representing features of each image frame as a set of points in a three dimensional point cloud. Inconsistencies between the image frames may be adjusted when projecting respective points in the point cloud into the composite image. Quality of the image frames may be improved by processing the image frames to correct errors. Distracting features, such as the finger of a user holding the object being scanned, can be replaced with background content. As the scan progresses, a direction for capturing subsequent image frames is provided to a user as a real-time feedback. |
| US10298894B2 |
Projector
A projector includes a projection lens, a first imaging section that takes an image of a projection surface, a second imaging section that takes an image of the projection surface with a wider field angle than the first imaging section, a lens mount on which a first projection lens and a second projection lens are mountable in an exchangeable manner, a lens information acquisition section that obtains projection lens identification information used for identifying a projection lens mounted on the lens mount, and a control section. The control section makes the first imaging section take the image of the projection surface when the projection lens identification information indicates that the first projection lens is mounted on the lens mount, and makes the second imaging section take the image of the projection surface when the projection lens identification information indicates that the second projection lens is mounted on the lens mount. |
| US10298893B2 |
System and method for digital black level blending
A system and method for digital black level blending is provided. The system comprises: projectors located to project respective projector images overlapping in overlap regions; at least one sensor configured to acquire digital images of at least portions of the plurality of projector images; and a computing device configured to, for each given projector: determine, using the at least one sensor, respective correspondences between projected points of a given projector image and respective points of respective image modulators of other projectors of the projectors, the correspondences representing the respective points of the respective image modulators of the other projectors that correspond to overlap regions; determine respective brightness of the overlap regions; and, control pixels of an image modulator of the projector, and each of the respective image modulators, at least adjacent edge pixels corresponding to overlap region edges, to increase brightness in corresponding projector image regions using the respective brightness. |
| US10298892B2 |
Image projecting system, information processing apparatus, and method for image projecting
An image projection apparatus includes processing circuitry that receives, for each surface of a plurality of surfaces in a projection region, an adjustment value to increase or decrease an effective distance from an imaging device to a curved position of the surface. The processing circuitry further determines, for each surface, a curved shape of the surface in accordance with a change of distortion corresponding to the effective distance that was increased or decreased by the received adjustment value. The processing circuitry further calculates, for each surface, correction parameters to correct the distortion of projection images projected onto the surface, in accordance with the determined curved shape of the surface. The processing circuitry further divides an image into a plurality of divided images in accordance with positions and sizes of the each surface of the plurality of surfaces in the projection region. |
| US10298882B1 |
Device, system and method for embedded video chat
A device, system and method for embedded video chat is provided. A device renders, at a display device, a text-based application that includes a region for rendering an embeddable video chat application. The device retrieves, using a communication interface, from a server, the embeddable video chat application associated with an identifier. The device embeds the embeddable video chat application in the region of the display device. The device identifies, using the embeddable video chat application as retrieved from the server, a remote instance of the embeddable video chat application also identified using the identifier. The device initiates a video communication session with the remote instance of the embeddable video chat application using the display device and the camera device. |
| US10298879B2 |
Method and system for switching a push-based video call between devices in a group
Methods, devices, and systems are provided herein related to a connection management server connected to a signaling server, a push server, at least one home device, and at least two smart devices. The connection management server includes a connection management request receiver for receiving a video call connection request or a user switching request. A connection management request transmitter is also included for transmitting a connection state releasing request to the home device and the first smart device, for transmitting a video call push notification transmission request to the push server upon the video call connection request, and for transmitting a user switching push notification transmission request to the push server upon the user switching request. A group manager is also included for managing, in a group, smart device identity corresponding to a push notification sent from the push server. |
| US10298878B2 |
Terminal, communication method, and recording medium storing program
A communication terminal, a method of communication, and a computer-readable non-transitory recording medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute the method. The communication terminal and the method includes outputting terminal identification information identifying a communication terminal, receiving external terminal identification information identifying an external communication terminal, the external terminal identification information being sent from the external communication terminal through a communication management system to a destination address of the communication terminal indicated by the terminal identification information, and transmitting, when requesting to start communication with a counterpart communication terminal, the received external terminal identification information to the communication management system, instead of the terminal identification information of the communication terminal. |
| US10298876B2 |
Information processing system, control method, and storage medium
An information processing system, a control method and a non-transitory storage medium through which reproduction that matches characteristics of devices of a playback side can be performed by generating abstracted presence reproduction information are provided. The information processing system includes: a generation unit that generates abstracted presence reproduction information depending on features extracted from content data; and a storage controller that controls the presence reproduction information generated by the generation unit to be stored in association with the content data. |
| US10298875B2 |
System, device, and method for evidentiary management of digital data associated with a localized Miranda-type process
An evidentiary management process for digital data associated with a localized Miranda-type process includes first detecting an electronic Miranda-type process trigger event, capturing audio/video of a suspect and storing a unique identifier of the suspect, selecting a particular stored Miranda-type warning variation, and then playing back the selected warning variation and storing an indication thereof. Then the unique identifier of the suspect and the stored indication of the warning variation are aggregated into a single data structure. An electronic anti-tamper process is then applied to the single data structure to generate an anti-tamper indicator, and the single data structure and anti-tamper indicator are stored or transmitted to a remote device. |
| US10298871B2 |
Imaging systems with analog-to-digital converters
An image sensor may contain an array of imaging pixels arranged in rows and columns. Each column of imaging pixels may be coupled to a column line which is used to read out imaging signals from the pixels. The column line may be coupled to an analog-to-digital converter for converting analog imaging signals from the pixels to digital signals. An amplifier may be included to amplify the analog imaging signals before being converted by the analog-to-digital converter. However, amplifier gain uncertainties may lead to errors in the result of the analog-to-digital conversion when the analog imaging signals are amplified by an amplifier. To mitigate these types of errors, the reference voltage for a digital-to-analog converter in the analog-to-digital converter may also be amplified by the amplifier. By multiplying the reference voltage by the same amplifier gain as the imaging signals, uncertainties in the amplifier gain will not affect the results of the analog-to-digital conversion. |
| US10298870B2 |
C-MOS photoelectric charge transfer cell, and matrix sensor comprising a set of such cells
The invention concerns a C-MOS photoelectric cell with charge transfer, comprising an embedded photodiode (PPD) likely to be exposed to photons, formed by a doped area of a first type in a substrate of an opposite type, and means for transferring the charges generated by exposing the photodiode to photons to a floating diffusion (FD), and means for reading, on the floating diffusion, a voltage representative of the quantity of charges transferred. This cell is remarkable in that the depletion area of the photodiode junction under zero bias voltage extends essentially through the entire thickness of the doped area of a first type, such that the junction capacitance of said photodiode and the capacitive noise are minimized, and in that, during exposure to photons, the reading is carried out under a condition of equilibrium between the charges generated by photo-conversion and the charges lost by evaporation. The invention also proposes a matrix sensor formed from such cells with means forming a barrier to the diffusion of the charges evaporated from one cell to a neighboring cell. |
| US10298868B2 |
Image sensing device and method for driving the same
An image sensing device includes: a pixel array suitable for generating a plurality of pixel signals corresponding to incident light; a comparison block suitable for comparing the pixel signals with a ramp signal to generate a plurality of comparison signals; a logic block suitable for adjusting slew rates of the respective comparison signals to generate a plurality of logic signals; a global count block suitable for generating a global count signal; and a storing block suitable for storing counted values of the global count signal based on the logic signals received from the logic block. |
| US10298865B2 |
Image processing apparatus, image capturing apparatus, method for controlling image processing apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for correcting image corresponding to change in state of an optical member
An image processing apparatus comprising, a circuitry configured to perform operations of, setting a target value in a case of correcting degradation in image quality of an image caused by an optical member, based on a characteristic of the optical member, the image being generated by an image sensor by photoelectrically converting an optical image of a subject that has passed through the optical member, acquiring information regarding a state of the optical member, setting first correction values for correcting the degradation in image quality of the image caused by the optical member, based on the target value and the information regarding the state, and correcting the image based on the first correction values. |
| US10298862B2 |
Imaging apparatus and imaging method
An imaging apparatus including: an image sensor for obtaining image data; a highlight signal generation circuit for generating a highlight signal from the image data; a highlight signal combining circuit for combining a plurality of the highlight signals to generate a combined highlight signal; a display image generation circuit for superimposing the combined highlight signal on the image data to generate display image data; and a controller for moving the focusing position to a different focus position, obtaining first image data and second image data, causing the highlight signal generation circuit to generate first and second highlight signals from these pieces of image data, causing the highlight signal combining circuit to combine the first and second highlight signals to generate a combined highlight signal, and causing the display image generation circuit to superimpose the combined highlight signal on the second image data to generate display image data. |
| US10298858B2 |
Methods to combine radiation-based temperature sensor and inertial sensor and/or camera output in a handheld/mobile device
A device for generating thermal images includes a low resolution infrared (IR) sensor supported within a housing and having a field of view. The IR sensor is configured to generate thermal images of objects within the field of view having a first resolution. A spatial information sensor supported within the housing is configured to determine a position for each of the thermal images generated by the IR sensor. A processing unit supported within the housing is configured to receive the thermal images and to combine the thermal images based on the determined positions of the thermal images to produce a combined thermal image having a second resolution that is greater than the first resolution. |
| US10298856B2 |
Imaging device
To obtain a color signal having a wide dynamic range (i.e., high sensitivity) and color reproducibility similar to human vision characteristics regardless of the amount of the near infrared components contained in light captured by an imaging device. The imaging device is configured to receive light which has transmitted through the filters selectively transmit light having different wavelengths from each other, to generate an output signal RAW0 by converting the received light using the image pickup element 102 having the plurality of pixels, and to remove, by a removal rate E (Rr) determined in accordance with the ratio Rr of near infrared light component calculated for each pixel, the near infrared light component for each pixel from the generated output signal RAW0, to thereby generate an infrared-separated signal (Ra, Ga, Ba). |
| US10298855B2 |
Video processor, display apparatus, and video processing method
A video processor includes a receiving section that receives video information representing video images and luminance-related information on the luminance of the video images and a video processing section that determines an expansion target luminance range of the video images based on the luminance-related information and expands the expansion target luminance range in such a way that the maximum luminance in the expansion target luminance range increases. |
| US10298852B2 |
Image capturing apparatus, control method and program thereof
An image capturing apparatus that performs intermittent image capturing to acquire a moving image composed of combined plural images includes an imaging means, a luminance value acquisition means configured to acquire a luminance value of a subject of which image is to be captured, an exposure control means configured to control exposure according to the acquired luminance value, and a range setting means configured to set a predetermined range in which changing the exposure according to a change of the luminance value is not executed. The range setting means sets the predetermined range based on information related to time when intermittent image capturing is performed. |
| US10298851B2 |
Portable device for magnifying electronic image
The present invention relates to a portable device for magnifying an electronic image, the device includes: a body having a body frame, a camera module, a display module, an image processing module, and a guide pin; and a holder having a base plate, supporting ends respectively provided at opposite ends of an upper surface of the base plate to define a receiving space for receiving the body in an upper center of the base plate, and a guide groove provided on each inner surface of the supporting ends such that the guide pin is inserted into the guide groove, the holder rotating the body within a preset angle range while holding the body so as to obtain a focal length of the camera module and a viewing angle of the display module. |