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US10303630B2 Configurable hardware accelerators
In various embodiments, a configurable hardware accelerator is provided. The configurable accelerator may include a transmit direct memory access (DMA) engine, a receive DMA engine, and one or more execution engines. In those embodiments, the configurable accelerator can be configured to access a shared data storage in a continuous mode. The transmit and receive DMA engines can be configured to transmit data from one location in the shared data storage to a different location in the memory storage. The execution engine(s) can be configured to perform a wide range of functions on the data accessed by the transmit DMA engine(s) in streaming fashion. In those embodiments, the data are accessed and processed by the configurable accelerator in a streaming manner to speed up the data processing performance.
US10303627B2 Hardware queue manager with water marking
A system for managing one or more queues in a multi-processor environment includes a memory configured to be accessed by a plurality of processing elements, and a queue manager disposed in communication with a plurality of processors and with the memory, the queue manager configured to control a queue in the memory, the queue including a plurality of queue elements, the queue manager configured to intercept a message from a processing element of the plurality of processing elements and perform one or more queuing operations on the queue based on the message. The system also includes a dynamically configurable queue full value maintained by the queue manager, the queue full value being a threshold value that specifies a maximum number of the queue elements that can be written to before a queue full condition is detected, the maximum number based on a number of processing elements.
US10303614B2 Memory having a static cache and a dynamic cache
The present disclosure includes memory having a static cache and a dynamic cache. A number of embodiments include a memory, wherein the memory includes a first portion configured to operate as a static single level cell (SLC) cache and a second portion configured to operate as a dynamic SLC cache when the entire first portion of the memory has data stored therein.
US10303612B2 Power and performance-efficient cache design for a memory encryption engine
Apparatuses, systems, and methods for hardware-level data encryption having integrity and replay protection are described. An example electronic device includes a memory encryption engine (MEE) having a MEE cache configured to store a plurality of MEE cache lines, each MEE cache line comprising a plurality of cryptographic metadata blocks, where each metadata block is associated with each of a plurality of encrypted data lines stored in a memory, and each MEE cache line includes a bit vector mapped to the plurality of metadata blocks, where a set bit in the bit vector indicates that the associated metadata block has been accessed by one or more processors, and MEE circuitry configured to select a replacement candidate from the plurality of MEE cache lines for eviction from the MEE cache based on a number of accessed metadata blocks in the replacement candidate as indicated by the associated bit vector.
US10303607B2 Preservation of modified cache data in local non-volatile storage following a failover
A dual-server based storage system maintains a first cache and a first non-volatile storage (NVS) in a first server, and a second cache and a second NVS in a second server, where data in the first cache is also written in the second NVS and data in the second cache is also written in the first NVS. In response to a failure of the first server, a determination is made as to whether space exists in the second NVS to accommodate the data stored in the second cache. In response to determining that space exists in the second NVS to accommodate the data stored in the second cache, the data is transferred from the second cache to the second NVS.
US10303606B2 Dynamic home tile mapping
Technologies for migration of dynamic home tile mapping are described. A cache controller can receive coherence messages from other processor cores on the die. The cache controller records locations from which the coherence messages originate and determine distances between the requested home tiles and the locations from which the coherence messages originate. The cache controller determines whether an average distance between a particular home tile, whose identifier is stored in the home tile table, exceeds a threshold. When the average distance exceeds the defined threshold, the cache controller migrates the particular home tile to another location.
US10303592B2 Multiple device testing system
A method and apparatus for testing an application. The method displays, by a computer system, simulations of a graphical user interface for the application for a group of different types of devices on a display system. The method further displays, by the computer system, a group of controls in the graphical user interface displayed in the group of different types of devices on the display system. The method still further displays, by the computer system, a change to the graphical user interface in all of the simulations when a user input manipulates a control in a simulation in the simulations. A testing of the graphical user interface for the application for the group of different types of devices is enabled.
US10303591B1 Web services comparison tool
A method for testing web services includes obtaining, by a new version of a service deployed on a network framework, a request and an old response to the request generated by an old version of the service, generating, by the new version of the service, a new response to the request, and generating, by a comparison tool built into the network framework and accessible to the new version of the service, a comparison of the old response and the new response.
US10303589B2 Testing functional correctness and idempotence of software automation scripts
Various embodiments automatically test software automation scripts. In one embodiment, at least one software automation script is obtained. The software automation script is configured to automatically place a computing system into a target state. A plurality of test cases for the software automation script is executed. Each of the plurality of test cases is a separate instance of the software automation script configured based at least on one or more different states of the computing system. The software automation script is determined to be one of idempotent and non-idempotent and/or one of convergent and non-convergent based on executing the plurality of test cases.
US10303582B2 Facilitating debugging serverless applications via graph rewriting
Techniques that facilitate re-hosting a subset of a serverless application are provided. In one example, a system includes an interface component, a rewriter component and a broker component. The interface component receives identifier data from a computing device that identifies a portion of a serverless application to be re-hosted by the computing device. The computing device is in communication with the serverless computing system via a network device. The rewriter component rewrites the serverless application to allow the first portion of the serverless application to be executed by the computing device and another portion of the serverless application to be executed by the serverless computing system. The interface component re-routes the first portion of the serverless application to the computing device to facilitate a debugging session for the first portion of the serverless application that is performed by the computing device.
US10303577B2 Method, device and storage medium for determining health state of information system
The present disclosure relates to a method, a device and a storage medium for determining a health state of an information system. At first, a baseline configuration document corresponding to the information system is received, and data records under inspection of the information system are acquired. The baseline configuration document defines baselines. Then, each of the data records under inspection is compared with at least one baseline defined in the baseline configuration document to obtain a comparing result between each of the data records under inspection and the at least one baseline. At last, the health state of the information system is determined according to the comparing result between each of the data records under inspection and the at least one baseline. A health-determining apparatus relative to the above-mentioned method is also provided.
US10303575B2 Time-slice-instrumentation facility
A facility is provided for collecting time-slice-instrumentation information during processing unit execution. The facility counts, at least in part, occurrence of a specified processing unit event during a time-slice of processing unit execution. The counted events occurring during a first interval of execution and a second interval of execution of the time-slice are retained. The first interval of execution is earlier in the time-slice than the second interval of execution, and the counted events facilitate adjusting performance of the processing unit. In an embodiment, the time-slice is a contiguous period of time of processing unit execution, and the specified processing unit event includes a cache event. The processing unit may interleave processing of multiple different units of work across multiple contiguous time-slices, and during a single time-slice, a single unit of work of the multiple different units of work is processed by the processing unit.
US10303574B1 Self-generated thermal stress evaluation
Self-generated thermal stress evaluation concepts are described. In one embodiment, a system includes a computing device, a cooling system, such as fans, that draws heat away from the computing device, and a management controller. The management controller can sense a temperature in the computing device and compare it against a temperature profile. The temperature profile can specify one or more target temperatures in the computing device over time. Based on the comparison, the management controller can adjust a cooling capacity of the cooling system. The adjustment to the cooling capacity can be achieved by reducing the speed of the fans, for example, to raise the temperature in the computing device. Processing tasks can also be executed in the computing device and, in response to the detection of an error in the computing device, the management controller can record the error and a profile for the error for further evaluation.
US10303572B2 Methods and systems for improving fault tolerance in storage area network
This disclosure relates generally to methods and systems for improving fault tolerance in virtual storage area network. In one embodiment, a virtual storage area network fault tolerance apparatus is provided. The apparatus comprises one or more hardware processors and one or more memory units storing instructions executable by the one or more hardware processors for identifying a fault associated with a hard drive included in a first disk array that includes one or more parity drives; determining that the one or more parity drives included in the first disk array are already in use; receiving an indication that one or more parity drives included in a second disk array are available for providing fault tolerance for the first disk array; and transferring data associated with the hard drive included in the first disk array for storage in the one or more parity drives included in the second disk array.
US10303569B2 Simplified processor sparing
In a multi-core computer system, a method for dealing with a fault with a core includes detecting a fault in one of the cores. Information is transferred from a recovery buffer to a mapper. The information includes logical register mapping information. A recovery is performed using the information in the mapper. If a recovery cannot proceed, a sparing can be initiated using the information in the mapper.
US10303564B1 Reduced transaction I/O for log-structured storage systems
A distributed database system may implement reduced transaction I/O. In various embodiments, a plurality of log records may be stored in persistent storage for a plurality of pages of a log-structured storage system. A coalesce operation may be performed for at least some of the plurality of data pages for the log-structured storage system. The coalesce operation may, in some embodiments, coalesce two or more log records for one of the plurality of pages to generate an instance of the page and store the instance of the page to a new location in the persistent storage. Log records for one or more of the plurality of pages may be excluded from the coalesce operation. These excluded log records may not be dependent on a prior version of the page or portion of the page corresponding to the log record. Excluded log records may include one or more of redo records, undo records, or transaction table records.
US10303562B2 Using metadata extracted from proxy files to access data stored in secondary storage
A technique includes creating a proxy file that is associated with a recovery request, which is associated with the recovery of data associated with a virtual machine file from a secondary storage. The technique includes using metadata that is extracted from the proxy file to access the data. Using the metadata includes, in response to an input/output (I/O) request associated with the recovery request, storing an association of an identifier of the proxy file with metadata representing a parameter associated with the secondary storage. The metadata is stored outside the proxy file. The metadata is used to identify an I/O processing unit; and the technique includes communicating with the I/O processing unit to notify the I/O processing unit to process the I/O request.
US10303560B2 Systems and methods for eliminating write-hole problems on parity-based storage resources during an unexpected power loss
In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a method may include, during a cache flush of data of a cache entry from a non-volatile memory to a storage resource, wherein the non-volatile memory is integral to a persistent write-back cache and storing the data in response to a power event associated with the write-back cache: (a) calculating a calculated parity value by undertaking a read-modify-write operation with respect to the storage resource; and (b) storing the calculated parity value and a target address of the storage resource associated with the calculated parity value in a parity journal.
US10303556B1 Modifiable volume snapshots
Various systems and methods for modifying the contents of a snapshot after the snapshot has been created are disclosed. One such method involves attaching a volume filter driver to a snapshot volume. The method detects one or more modifications intended for data in a read-only snapshot. Upon detecting the modification(s) intended for data in the read-only snapshot, the method performs a write operation, which includes the modification(s), to a secondary storage device instead of a primary storage device.
US10303554B1 Method and system for providing storage checkpointing to a group of independent computer applications
A method and system for storage checkpointing of an independent computer application. The independent computer application is launched by a coordinator; and the coordinator installs at least one of an exec interceptor and a fork interceptor. The coordinator also installs at least one file operations interceptor for all file operations and registers the independent computer application with the coordinator. The independent computer application is run and the at least one file operations interceptor is called upon encountering a file operation. The file operations interceptor logs a file event in a file operations database and passes the operation to at least one of a file system, an operating system, at least one or more device drivers, and a storage disk via a storage interface. The file operations interceptor also verifies that the file operation has been issued.
US10303553B2 Providing data backup
Examples relate to providing data backup for a multi-tenant application. One example enables determination that a first data set for a first tenant from the application should be backed up and determination, independently from determining the first data set should be backed up, that a second data set for a second tenant from the application should be backed up. Responsive to determining the first data set should be backed up, a first portion of the first data set stored at a first data resource of a first type may be accessed via a first adaptor for the first type of data resource, and a second portion of the first data set stored at a second data resource of a second type may be accessed via a second adaptor for the second type of data resource. The accessed portions of the first data set may be stored.
US10303546B2 Accessing data when transferring the data between storage facilities
A processing module issues a distributed agreement protocol (DAP) information to DSN storage units. The method continues with the processing module initiating, by each storage unit of a first set of the plurality of storage units, transfer of locally stored data slices to another storage unit of another set of the plurality of storage units. The method continues with the processing module, while transferring the locally stored data slices, a storage unit receiving an access request for a data slice that has been transferred, obtains the data slice by proxy from the another storage unit. The method continues with the processing module, when completing the transfer of the locally stored data slices, issuing, by each of the storage units, a DAP status to the transition coordinator and, when receiving a conformation of completion of transferring data slices by all of the storage units issuing updated DAP information.
US10303545B1 High efficiency redundant array of independent memory
A memory system includes memory modules having a number of sets of memory devices including data memory devices for data and error correction code (ECC). The ECC memory devices carry ECC symbols in order to facilitate Redundant Array of Independent Memory (RAIM) functionalities for the memory modules. A host receives and decodes the ECC symbols and executes RAIM operations. The host and the memory modules are coupled by a number of channels, one channel per each set of the memory devices.
US10303543B1 System and method for memory control having address integrity protection for error-protected data words of memory transactions
A system and method are provided to control error-protected access to a memory device having address integrity protection for data words of memory transactions. A communication port receives a command having a port address, which is adaptively converted to a memory address by an interface portion. The interface portion includes an adaptation stage carrying out a predefined adaptation response on an address propagated therethrough during a clock cycle of operation. An address protection portion configures the adaptation stage to maintain the predefined adaptation response over at least two clock cycles. Address error is detected based on comparison of output addresses respectively generated upon iterative propagation of the same input address through the adaptation stage over the clock cycles. A command control portion executes to adaptively split each command received from the interface portion, as well as the corresponding memory address according to an inline storage configuration of the memory device.
US10303541B2 Technologies for estimating remaining life of integrated circuits using on-chip memory
Methods and systems have been proposed to estimate the remaining lifetime of an electronic integrated circuit that incorporates error-correcting code memory by using the failed memory bits as an indicator for the remaining lifetime of the circuit. The number of failed memory bits correlates with the remaining lifetime of the circuit, but varies as a function of wearout mechanism and use conditions. The methodology incorporates algorithms and test patterns to diagnose the cause of memory cell failure. By linking the failed bits to the wearout mechanism and by using lifetime simulation, the remaining lifetime of the circuit is estimated.
US10303536B2 Non-volatile memory device and control method thereof
A non-volatile memory device including a non-volatile memory and a controller is provided. The non-volatile memory includes a plurality of closed blocks and a plurality of open blocks. The controller derives a ratio value according to the write workload of the non-volatile memory between a first time point and a second time point and then performs a patrol read on a portion of the closed blocks according to the ratio value.
US10303534B2 System and method for self-healing of application centric infrastructure fabric memory
Disclosed is a method that includes obtaining a list of processes in an application centric infrastructure fabric, sorting the list of processes according to an amount of memory increase associated with each respective process in the list of processes to yield a sorted list, selecting a group of processes from the sorted list and collecting a respective live process core for each process in the group of processes without pausing or killing any process in the group of processes. The method includes applying an offline leak detection tool to each process in the group of processes to yield a list of leaked memory addresses for a given process of the group of processes and transmitting a message to the given process with the list of leaked memory addresses, whereby the given process calls a function to release leaked memory associated with the given process as identified in the message.
US10303528B1 Parallel processing of events having multi-dimensional dependencies
Parallel processing of events having multi-dimensional dependencies is provided. Each event has at least one profile and each profile has at least one profile key. An event is dependent on another event if they have at least one common profile key. The profile key(s) for a plurality of profiles of the given event are compared to profile keys of previously queued events. A given event is assigned to a same queue as at least one dependent event. When a given event is dependent on events in at least two queues, the given event is not assigned to a queue until only one queue has dependent events remaining to be processed. A list of profile keys that have been assigned to each queue and/or a reference count of a number of events that have been queued for each profile key are optionally maintained.
US10303526B2 Device specific handling of user interface components
One embodiment receives a request for a screen of a user interface (UI) of a software application from a second computing device, wherein the screen comprises one or more UI components; accesses a set of features of the second computing device; for each UI component contained in the screen, generates first code for rendering and displaying the UI component on the second computing device based on the set of features of the second computing device; and transmits the first code to the second computing device.
US10303523B2 Method and apparatus to migrate stacks for thread execution
A method and an apparatus that generate a request from a first thread of a process using a first stack for a second thread of the process to execute a code are described. Based on the request, the second thread executes the code using the first stack. Subsequent to the execution of the code, the first thread receives a return of the request using the first stack.
US10303520B2 Method and apparatus for migrating virtual machine for improving mobile user experience
Provided is a cloud control server that controls a plurality of cloud servers, the cloud control server including a communication unit configured to transmit, to a mobile device, information about one or more cloud servers from among the plurality of cloud servers, and to receive, from the mobile device, identification information of a cloud server that is selected by a user of the mobile device and is from among the one or more cloud servers; and a controller configured to migrate a virtual machine of the mobile device to the selected cloud server from a cloud server in which the virtual machine of the mobile device is located and that is from among the plurality of cloud servers, wherein the virtual machine of the mobile device executes an application that is output from the mobile device.
US10303516B1 Allocating computing resources for providing various datasets to client devices
One exemplary system can determine datasets to be transmitted to client devices for eliciting performance of a computing-task. The datasets include a first dataset and a second dataset. The system can then generate sets of data-curves for each of the datasets based on test data. The system can also generate a new client-device (NCD) projection based on the test data. The system can generate a new client-device task-completion (NCDTC) projection using (i) the NCD projection, and (ii) a particular set of data-curves for the first dataset. The system can determine a first value based at least in part on the NCDTC projection. The system can also determine a second value via series of steps. The system can determine an impact value by subtracting the second value from the first value. The system may allocate computing resources based on the first value, the second value, or the impact value.
US10303515B2 Method and apparatus for batch-processing multiple data
A method and apparatus for batch-processing multiple data in an electronic device are provided. A method for batch-processing multiple data in a first processor includes transmitting batching data configuration information to a second processor of the electronic device according to batching option information of at least one application; receiving, from the second processor, batching data including at least one data acquired via at least one sensor of the electronic device based on the batching data configuration information; and batch-processing the received batching data according to the batching option information, for the at least one application.
US10303512B2 Systems and methods for task scheduling
Disclosed herein is a computer implemented method for scheduling a new task. The method comprises: receiving task data in respect of the new task, the task data comprising at least information enabling the new task to be uniquely identified and a target runtime for the new task; recording the received task data in a data structure and determining if a new job needs to be registered with an underlying job scheduler.
US10303510B2 Enforced unitasking in multitasking systems
A computer system includes one or more devices that are capable of multitasking (performing at least two tasks in parallel or substantially in parallel). In response to detecting that one of the devices is performing a first one of the tasks, the system prevents the devices from performing at least one of the tasks other than the first task (such as all of the tasks other than the first task). In response to detecting that one of the devices is performing a second one of the tasks, the system prevents the devices from performing at least one of the tasks other than the second task (such as all of the tasks other than the first task).
US10303507B2 Off-the-shelf software component reuse in a cloud computing environment
A distributed data processing method, system, and computer program product include distribution of production software automatically without being designed for such distribution by the developers of the software and consideration of breakdown, automatic or otherwise, of a production software application into its components such that execution of the components can be distributed across nodes.
US10303505B2 Adjusting a computing environment for processing a data stream with dummy tuples
Adjusting a computing environment for processing a data stream involves identifying one or more dummy tuples in the data stream processed by the computing environment. Propagation of the identified dummy tuples to be processed through a plurality of operators in the computing environment is controlled in order to control adjustment of the computing environment. The computing environment is adjusted based on the processing of the propagated dummy tuples.
US10303502B2 Creating a virtual machine for an IP device using information requested from a lookup service
The present disclosure relates to a method performed by an IP capable network node in a communication network. The method comprises receiving an IP message from an IP capable device, said IP message comprising an indication that the IP capable device requires a VM to be set up. The method also comprises sending an initiation message to a cloud service platform requesting the cloud service platform to set up the VM for the IP capable device. The method also comprises receiving a service information message from the cloud service platform comprising information about the VM set up by the cloud service platform. The method also comprises sending an IP message to the IP capable device comprising information about the VM set up for said device, allowing the device to send IP data to the VM.
US10303501B2 Virtual high privilege mode for a system management request
A computing system and a method of handling a system management request. The computing system includes a virtual high-privilege mode in a trusted domain managed by the virtual machine monitor. The virtual high-privilege mode handles the system management request.
US10303500B2 Deploying a virtual machine in a computing environment
A method and associated system. In response to a request to deploy a virtual machine in a computing environment, a virtual machine resource usage pattern having attributes matching a subset of attributes in than ordered sequence of attributes is selected from at least one virtual machine resource usage pattern stored in a virtual machine resource usage pattern library, based on an ordering of the attributes in the ordered sequence of attributes, wherein the virtual machine resource usage pattern library stores usage patterns for virtual machines previously deployed. A node on which the virtual machine is to be deployed is selected, based on the selected virtual machine resource usage pattern and predicted runtime resource requirements of the virtual machine to be deployed based on historical running data of virtual machines. The virtual machine is configured for being deployed on the selected node. The virtual machine is deployed on the selected node.
US10303496B2 System for reducing user-perceived lag in text data input and exchange with a server
The invention discloses a system for accessing and viewing Internet content on a portable device by means of a proxy server. The server requests web content, renders it and sends compressed image parts to the device. In order for the device to be cost-competitive, its processing operations are generally limited to decompressing image parts and displaying them. The server sends information to the device that allows it to locally create, display and manage text boxes, in which the user can type immediately. As a user types into a local text box, text input data is communicated to the server and processed therein before further requests for web content. By simultaneously managing multiple text boxes locally, the present invention reduces instances of data transfer from the server to the device, which decreases the likelihood of lag and improves the performance of the device.
US10303492B1 Managing custom runtimes in an on-demand code execution system
Systems and methods are described for managing provisioning of runtimes to execution environments within an on-demand code execution system. Different runtimes can include various software enabling execution of user-submitted code within the on-demand code execution system, potentially written in different programming languages. Each runtime can implement a pull-based request handler, such that when the runtime is provisioned within an execution environment, the runtime requests execution instructions from a management system on the on-demand code execution system. The management system can maintain a queue of execution instructions for each runtime, and can use a depth of each queue to manage the provisioning of environments with runtimes.
US10303491B2 Method and device of running application program across systems
A method of running an application program across systems is proposed, the method comprises loading a target application program; applying for a memory space on a current operating system for the target application program; modifying an address of a global variable and an address of an absolute jump instruction in the target application program according to an address of the applied memory space to adapt to the memory space of the current operating system; obtaining a SWI instruction of the target application program; and redirecting the SWI instruction to an instruction of calling the current operating system.
US10303489B2 Electronic device with automatic mode switching
An automatic hold switch is disclosed. The automatic hold switch provides a means for automatically switching a hold feature on and off. When the hold feature is on, one or more input devices of a portable electronic device are disabled or prevented from providing input signals. When the hold feature is off, one or more input devices of a portable electronic device are enabled or allowed to provide input signals. Because the user no longer has to manually control the hold feature, the number of actions that need to be taken by the user is reduced. In one example, the automatic hold switch is embodied with light sensors that detect when the device is in a dark environment and when the device is in a light environment. A dark environment indicates to the portable electronic device that the user wishes not to input and therefore the hold feature is turned on. A lighted environment indicates to the portable electronic device that the user wishes to input and therefore the hold feature is turned off.
US10303485B2 Control method for controlling a server system by means of a set of reset signals and a set of notification signals
A control method for controlling a server system includes that a host server sends a first reset signal to a first server, the first server sends a second reset signal to a second server, and so on, till an (n−1)th server sends an nth reset signal to an nth server. The nth server performs a system boot operation of the nth server, then sends a first notification signal to the (n−1)th server. The (n−1)th server performs a system boot operation of the (n−1)th server after receiving the first notification signal, then sends a second notification signal to an (n−2)th server, and so on. After receiving an (n−1)th notification signal, the first server performs a system boot operation of the first server, then the first server sends an nth notification signal to the host server.
US10303482B2 Dynamic processor frequency selection
A dynamic processor frequency selection system includes a memory and a processor in communication with the memory. The processor includes a dynamic processor frequency selection module, a branch predictor module, a measurement module, and a power module. The measurement module measures a value according to a looping prediction function, which represents a quantity of cycles spent waiting for a type of contended resource within an instruction sequence. Additionally, the processor retains the value and branch history information, which is used to predict a waiting period associated with a potential loop. Then, the dynamic processor frequency selection module predicts the potential loop in a subsequent instruction according to the type of contended resource. The power module dynamically reduces a processor frequency during the waiting period from a first frequency state to a second frequency state according to the potential loop prediction. Then, the processor resumes operation at the first frequency state.
US10303472B2 Bufferless communication for redundant multithreading using register permutation
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for implementing bufferless communication for redundant multithreading applications using register permutation are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system includes a parallel processing unit, a register file, and a scheduler. The scheduler is configured to cause execution of a plurality of threads to be performed in lockstep on the parallel processing unit. The plurality of threads include a first thread and a second thread executing on adjacent first and second lanes, respectively, of the parallel processing unit. The second thread is configured to perform a register permute operation from a first register location to a second register location in a first instruction cycle, with the second register location associated with the second processing lane. The second thread is configured to read from the second register location in a second instruction cycle, wherein the first and second instruction cycles are successive instruction cycles.
US10303471B2 Systems, apparatuses, and methods for performing a double blocked sum of absolute differences
Embodiments of systems, apparatuses, and methods for performing in a computer processor vector double block packed sum of absolute differences (SAD) in response to a single vector double block packed sum of absolute differences instruction that includes a destination vector register operand, first and second source operands, an immediate, and an opcode are described.
US10303465B1 Computing system for managing software dependencies in a private data store
A client computing device transmits an identifier for a target software package to a first server computing device including a public data store comprising a first plurality of software packages. The first server computing device identifies dependent software packages of the target software package in the first plurality of software packages and transmits identifiers for the dependent software packages to the client computing device. The client computing device then transmits the identifiers to a second server computing device including a private data store comprising a second plurality of software packages. The second server computing device identifies a dependent software package in the dependent software packages that is not included in the second plurality of software packages and transmits an identifier for the dependent software package to the client computing device, whereupon the client computing device causes the dependent software package to be retrieved from the public data store and stored in the private data store.
US10303464B1 Automated code testing with traversal of code version and data version repositories
An apparatus in one embodiment comprises at least one processing platform including a plurality of processing devices. The processing platform implements compute services for users and further comprises a copy data manager configured to maintain a data version repository. The data version repository stores under the control of the copy data manager multiple data versions for each of one or more of the compute services implemented by the processing platform. A code version repository stores multiple code versions for each of one or more of the compute services. Automated testing of one or more of the code versions for a given one of the compute services and one or more of the data versions for the given compute service is carried out by an automated code testing system applying a search algorithm to traverse both the one or more code versions and the one or more data versions.
US10303462B2 Windows support of a pluggable ecosystem for universal windows application stores
A method and apparatus comprises identifying, by an application platform operating on a device, one or more application stores and one or more applications operating on the device, the one or more application stores being configured as a respective source for each application operating on the device, determining one or more application store privileges for each of the one or more application stores operating on the device, each application store privilege providing a respective application store with management capabilities over the one or more applications, and performing, for each application store, one or more operations specific to the application store based on the one or more application store privileges and one or more application program interfaces (APIs) specific to the application store.
US10303452B2 Application management in enterprise environments using cloud-based application recipes
A cloud-based system is described for producing application deltas based on application recipes that identify components of the application deltas using unique identifiers, without the recipe containing all or any content of the actual application. The application recipe can be conveyed to an organization operating on an enterprise network, where the application recipe can be matched with application files in the organization's backup storage containing copies of content of endpoint devices on the network to retrieve components identified by the recipe and produce the application delta for the application. Subsequently, the application delta can be used as an installation package to perform IT operations such as installing the application on endpoint devices.
US10303448B2 Systems and methods for graph-based analysis of software
Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and computer program products directed to a guidance engine. The guidance engine is configured to query a knowledge base for guidance with respect to a property of a software application. The guidance engine receives a responsive query from the knowledge base that is based on the property. The responsive query informs a user of the guidance engine how to address a vulnerability within the software application by performing a transform with respect to a property of the software application.
US10303445B2 Network service providing method and network service station using same
A network service providing method is provided. Firstly, a network service platform is provided for allowing a user to create a workspace in a network service platform. At least one unified matter is allowed to be added to or removed from a projectable space instance that is for modeling the workspace. The projectable space instance is installed in a back-end system. When the projectable space instance is acquired by at least one machine through a URI, the projectable space instance is parsed by a projector, so that a projected workspace corresponding to the workspace is built in the at least one machine. The user and/or a second user interacts with the projected workspace, or a function of the at least one machine is dynamically configured through the projected workspace. A network service station is also provided.
US10303441B2 Process and system for automatic generation of functional architecture documents and software design and analysis specification documents from natural language
The present invention is a computer-implemented system and method for automatic generation of Functional Architecture, business, analysis and software design documents based on phrases expressed in natural language.Eligible languages and their syntactic and grammatical features can be entered into the system. The system receives the description of the case in natural language, in one of the eligible languages, through an input/output device. The processor automatically analyzes the description, automatically extracts the functional components from its morphosyntactic structure and automatically generates functional architecture documents for use in industry. Based on the functional components of the text, the processor automatically generates design components in order to produce business, analysis, and software design specification documents.
US10303439B2 Logarithm and power (exponentiation) computations using modern computer architectures
Embodiments of the present invention may provide the capability to evaluate logarithm and power (exponentiation) functions using either hardware specific instructions, or a hardware specific implementation with reduced memory requirements. An input comprising a floating point representation of a real number may be received and a mantissa and an exponent may be extracted. A function of a logarithm of a mantissa of the real number may be approximated by utilizing a polynomial based on the mantissa. The approximated function of the logarithm may be combined with the exponent for calculating a value comprising a logarithm of the real number. Likewise, an input comprising a floating point representation of a real number and a representation of a second number may be received and an approximation of the real number to the power of the second number may be generated.
US10303435B2 Head-mounted display device, method of controlling head-mounted display device, and computer program
A head-mounted display device with which a user can visually recognize a virtual image includes an image display section configured to cause the user to visually recognize the virtual image, an image acquiring section configured to acquire an outside scene image in a visual field direction of the user in a state in which the head-mounted display device is mounted, and a guiding section configured to guide, with sound, the user to an object of attention, which is at least one real object present in the real world and included in the acquired outside scene image and is a real object to which the user is urged to pay attention.
US10303430B2 Pace-aware music player
An electronic device may comprise audio processing circuitry, pace tracking circuitry, and positioning circuitry. The pace tracking circuitry may be operable to selects songs to be processed for playback, and/or control time stretching applied to such songs, by the audio processing circuitry based on position data generated by the positioning circuitry, a desired tempo, and whether the songs are stored locally or network-accessible. The position data may indicate the pace of a runner during a preceding, determined time interval. The pace tracking circuitry may control the song selection and/or time stretching based on a runner profile data stored in memory of the music device. The profile data may include runner's distance-per-stride data. The electronic device may include sensors operable to function as a pedometer. The pace tracking circuitry may update the distance-per-stride data based on the position data and based on data output by the one or more sensors.
US10303427B2 Moving audio from center speaker to peripheral speaker of display device for macular degeneration accessibility
Audio is shifted from being played on a central speaker element to either the right or left side speaker to accommodate a viewer suffering from macular degeneration moving his head to better see the visual display with his peripheral vision. If the user moves his head to the left to use the peripheral vision on the right, the audio is moved to the left speaker. Likewise, if the viewer is moving his head to the right, to take advantage of the peripheral vision on the left, then the audio switches to the right speaker.
US10303426B2 Athletic performance sensing and/or tracking systems and methods
Athletic performance sensing and/or tracking systems include components for measuring or sensing athletic performance data and/or for storing and/or displaying desired information associated with the athletic performance to the user (or others). Such systems can allow users a wide variety of options in creating workouts, selecting and presenting media content during the athletic performance, etc., e.g., to help keep users entertained and motivated. In some instances, user feedback may be used, optionally in combination with objective data relating to a workout, to control features of the workout routine, to control the music or other media content selected and/or presented, and/or to control features of future workout routines and/or the presented media content.
US10303425B2 Interactive keyword cloud
Merchant/consumer calls may be recorded and evaluated according to a variety of criteria. The call recordings and analyses thereof, as well as consumer tracking information, may be displayed in a user interface of a web-based online portal for convenience in evaluating the use and efficacy of marketing channels as well as the quality of merchant/consumer interactions. In an aspect, the user interface provides a representation of a variety of telephone calls as an interactive keyword cloud that presents business-value-specific keywords targeted for detection during such telephone calls. The keyword cloud may depict keywords in a range of colors, sizes, and relative positioning to connote varied degrees of significance, such as a relative rate of occurrence of keywords in the represented telephone calls. Each keyword in the keyword cloud may contain a hyperlink to related content such as a listing of telephone calls containing the keyword.
US10303416B2 Portable display
In one embodiment, the modular display includes aggregates of individual panel tiles arranged between two large plastic sheets. The footprint of the large plastic sheet sandwich becomes the dimension of the display screen. The tilettes are phosphor emission panels with a full complement of emittable pixels. By separating the tilettes from the final full dimension sheet, the tilettes can be manufactured in transportable sizes and the outer full dimension sheets can be rolled for easy transport to the final install location.
US10303415B1 Mobile display array
A plurality of UAVs may be operated in a fleet, each of the UAVs in the fleet being configured to work collectively to achieve one or more functions, such as to create a display or implement an antenna array. The fleet of UAVs may operate individually and/or may be coupled to one another to operate as a collective unit. In some embodiments, one or more UAVs in the fleet may operate individually, while two or more UAVs in the fleet may be connected to one another. In such embodiments, the individual UAVs and the connected UAVs may together comprise the fleet.
US10303403B2 Industrial printer and method therein for printing print information on at least one information carrier
A method, a printer and a computer program for printing print information on at least one information carrier (122) comprising: receiving (201) print data comprising the print information in a first print information format; receiving (202) print instructions relating the print data to at least one property associated with the at least one information carrier (122); adapting (203) the print information in the print data into a second print information format according to one or more predetermined rules (162) in a database (161) corresponding to the related at least one property associated with the at least one information carrier (122); and printing (204) the adapted print information in the second print information format on the at least one information carrier (122).
US10303401B2 Data caching for block storage systems
A file system structure logically stored on a set of logical data volumes of a block storage system is discovered. A request to retrieve a first data block that is logically stored on the set of logical data volumes is received, and responsive to receiving the request, a data file within the file system structure is identified, in which a first portion of the data file is logically stored in the first data block. A second data block logically stored on the set of logical data volumes and physically stored on a set of data storage devices is located, in which a second portion of the data file is logically stored in the second data block. The second data block is read from the set of data storage devices, and stored in a cache memory of the block storage system.
US10303397B1 Read disturb handling in storage devices
Management of a nonvolatile medium, such as a flash memory, is disclosed. The nonvolatile medium can be organized as a plurality of storage units. The storage units used to store user data in the form of logical units (sectors). For purposes of read disturb handling, the logical units need to be copied out of the storage unit and thus invalidated prior to hitting a read disturb limit. Rather than waiting until the read disturb limit is reached and copying out all of the logical units at once, the logical units are moved gradually over a period of time based, in part, on a number of valid logical units. A number of reads can also be used to determine when logical units are moved. Distributed movement of the logical units avoids an avalanche effect wherein multiple logical units need to be moved at once, which slows the overall system.
US10303393B2 Technology for governance of data retention and transfer
For storing data in computer readable storage devices, a policy table is provided that is configured to define respective retention period policies for respective items of the data according to geolocation origins of the respective items of the data. First data is received from a first computer system and is stored by a computer system hosting a first computer readable storage device. A first data entry is generated in an audit table. This includes generating a timestamp indicating when the first data was received and the geolocation of the first computer system from which the first data is received. A retention period is assigned for the first data according to a retention period indicated in the policy table for the geolocation origin in the first data entry.
US10303391B2 System and method for data storage, transfer, synchronization, and security
A system for storing and transmitting data in a highly compact format comprising reference codes to data chunklets contained in a library, wherein the data are retrieved after transmission or storage by re-constructing the data from the chunklets in the library using the reference codes. One version of the system contains proprietary libraries which act as a form of data security. Another version of the system contains a standardized version of the library encoded onto the firmware of a broad range of computing devices, allowing optimized storage and transmission of data between two such devices equipped with the system.
US10303387B2 Coding scheme for indirect addressing of multiple action memories
Some embodiments provide a method for configuring unit memories to implement first and second sets of entries, the second set of which references the first set. The method configures a first pool of unit memories to implement the first set. Each entry in the first set is located at a particular location in at least one of the memories of the first pool. The method configures a second pool of unit memories to implement the second set. Each entry in the second set includes a particular number of bits for indicating (i) an initial first-pool unit memory at which the first-set entry referenced by the second-set entry is found and (ii) a number of subsequent first-pool memories across which the first-set entry is divided. A number of bits required to identify a single first-pool memory is one fewer than the particular number of bits.
US10303386B2 Data processing device and method for saving power in a data processing device
According to one embodiment, a data processing device is described including a non-volatile memory configured to store configuration data for the data processing device, a volatile memory and a control system configured to copy the configuration data from the non-volatile memory to a section of the volatile memory, block writing to the section of the volatile memory and to put the data processing device into a hibernation mode in which the non-volatile memory is inactive and the volatile memory is active.
US10303385B1 Updating block random access memory contents using memory emulation
Modifying initialization data for a memory array of a circuit design can include providing, using a processor, portions of an incoming stream of data for initializing the memory array to emulation objects of a memory array emulator. The memory array emulator is configured to emulate an implementation of the memory array and the emulation objects represent block random access memories (block RAMs) of the memory array. Using the processor, the data can be formatted using the emulation objects to generate initialization data, wherein the data is formatted based upon configuration settings of the block RAMs emulated by the respective emulation objects. A configuration bitstream can be updated, using the processor, with the initialization data.
US10303384B1 Task readiness for queued storage tasks
One or more control circuits of a storage system are configured to intelligently set a task readiness indicator for tasks on a task command queue. A memory controller may divide each of the tasks into one or more chunks. The memory controller initiates processing of at least some of the chunks for at least two tasks and determines a task readiness factor each of the tasks based on how far respective chunks have progressed in the processing. The memory controller sets a ready indicator in a task status register for a selected task based on the task readiness factor of the tasks. Therefore, task latency may be reduced. In one aspect, the memory controller allocates a ring buffer to chunks of an executing task. This ring buffer may assure that there will always be memory for the chunks of the task.
US10303383B1 System and method for implementing non-blocking, concurrent hash tables
A computer-implemented method of resizing a data structure includes storing a first hash index comprising x elements, wherein x is a positive integer greater than two, determining that the first hash index needs to expand, allocating a second hash index, wherein the second index contains at least x+1 elements, attempting, by a first thread, to advance a first pointer from the first hash index to the second hash index, attempting, by a second thread, to advance the first pointer from the first hash index to the second hash index, where only one of the first thread or the second thread will advance the first pointer based on an atomic operation.
US10303382B1 Application defined storage device
Data to be stored is received from an application. A first type of storage, having a first set of storage properties, and a second type of storage, having a second set of storage properties, are selected from based on an access characteristic associated with the data, the first set of storage properties, and the second set of storage properties. The data is stored in the selected type of storage.
US10303381B2 Safety sensor
A method having a safety sensor and a safety sensor having at least one first evaluation unit having a first evaluation program, and at least one second evaluation unit having a second evaluation program. A two-channel system is formed with each evaluation unit being connected to a respective random access memory, and with each evaluation unit having a respective program memory, with a bidirectional communication channel being arranged between the evaluation units. A cross-comparison of the evaluation results can be carried out between the evaluation units, with a user program being able to be stored in at least one of the two program memories and/or in one of the two random access memories, with at least that evaluation unit which executes the user program having a memory protection device which is configured to restrict memory access of the user program to a defined memory region within the random access memory.
US10303378B2 Data storage device
A data storage device includes a host interface unit for generating a host request based on a request received from a host device; a control unit for generating a task based on the host request; and a memory control unit for controlling a nonvolatile memory device based on the task, wherein, when it is determined that an operation of the nonvolatile memory device has failed, the memory control unit transmits a fail information regarding the failed operation to the host interface unit.
US10303377B2 Media and drive validation in a storage library
Systems and methods for validating storage media and/or media drives in a storage library using a hidden drive pool and a non-hidden media pool. For example, a storage library can be instructed to perform media/drive validation (MDV) on a selected pool of physical storage media using a selected pool of drive resources. Embodiments handle the pools so that, at least during performance of MDV, the drive resources in the drive pool are not visible to the host applications, but the storage media is still visible and can still be accessed by the host application. For example, the MDV can be performed in such a way that the host application cannot task a drive being used for validation, but the host application can perform operations on storage media in the media validation pool. Further, some embodiments operate in the context of storage library complex-wide validation pools.
US10303370B2 Flash memory system
A method and system for controlling an MBC configured flash memory device to store data in an SBC storage mode, or a partial MBC storage mode. In a full MBC storage mode, pages of data are programmed sequentially from a first page to an Nth page for each physical row of memory cells. Up to N virtual page addresses per row of memory cells accompany each page to be programmed for designating the virtual position of the page in the row. For SBC or partial MBC data storage, a flash memory controller issues program command(s) to the MBC memory device using less than the maximum N virtual page addresses for each row. The MBC memory device sequentially executes programming operations up to the last received virtual page address for the row.
US10303368B2 Storage device that determines data attributes based on continuity of address ranges
A storage device includes a nonvolatile memory including a plurality of blocks, and a controller. The controller is configured to retain a logical address range designated by each of a plurality of write commands that were received, and upon each gap of two adjacent logical address ranges of two or more of the write commands being smaller than a first threshold and an entire length of the logical address ranges of said two or more write commands being larger than a second threshold, write data corresponding to one of said two or more write commands in one of the blocks of the nonvolatile memory, as a part of a single data group comprising data corresponding to each of said two or more write commands, such that data that do not form the single data group are not written in said one of the blocks of the nonvolatile memory.
US10303366B2 Data storage device that divides and processes a command and data processing system including the same
A data storage device includes a processor and a non-volatile memory. The processor compares a data processing size of a first command received from the host at a first time point with a reference size and divides the first command into a plurality of sub-commands when the data processing size is greater than the reference size. The data storage device further includes a memory that includes a first queue and a second queue.
US10303363B2 System and method for data storage using log-structured merge trees
A system and method is provided for data storage using log-structured merge (LSM) trees. An example method includes storing data blocks for a number of files backup data files in a data archive, storing data values and corresponding segment identifiers for each data block in a first LSM tree, and storing the segment identifiers and associated physical addresses for each data block in a second LSM tree. The method further includes determining that one or more data blocks is no longer referenced by the backup data file and storing, in a third LSM tree, the physical address of the unused space in the data archive. Finally, the method includes copying data blocks from the end of the data archive to unused memory space at the physical address in the data archive and then deleting these data block at the end position of the archive to truncate the archive.
US10303361B2 Memory system and method for buffering and storing data
A memory system may include: a memory system may include: a memory device suitable for storing user data and corresponding metadata; and a controller including a memory, the controller being suitable for storing user data and corresponding metadata in the memory and for controlling the memory device for storing therein the user data and the metadata of the memory when sizes of the user data and metadata of the memory reach first and second thresholds, respectively.
US10303355B2 Method, graphical interface, and medical apparatus for planning a medical imaging examination
In a method for planning a medical imaging examination, as well as a graphical interface and a medical imaging apparatus and a storage medium for implementing the method, a planning environment for the planning of the medical imaging examination is provided on a touch display of a graphical interface, at least one imaging parameter for the medical imaging examination is specified by a manual input on the touch display, and information is provided on the touch display in response to the manual input, the information being presented haptically on the touch display.
US10303353B1 Methods, systems, and computer program products for sharing a data object in a data store via a communication
Methods, apparatuses, and systems are described for sharing a folder and any contents (e.g. file(s)) thereof, via at least one communication. In an aspect, the folder and any contents (e.g. file(s)) thereof may be shared through a specific combination of capabilities or operations involving an email message and a file explorer interface without an attachment included with the at least one email message.
US10303346B2 Information processing apparatus, non-transitory computer readable storage medium, and information display method
An information processing apparatus includes cursor control, display position change, and range selection units. When switching operation for switching to a selection mode for selecting characters included in a display region displayed in a display unit is detected, the cursor control unit displays another cursor different from a cursor displayed in the display region. When moving operation for moving the display region is detected in the selection mode, the display position change unit maintains one cursor at an original display position or a certain position near the original display position in the display unit, and moves a display position of the display region together with the other cursor in accordance with the moving operation. The range selection unit determines, to be a selection range, a region between the one cursor and the other after the movement of the display position of the display region by the display position change unit.
US10303339B2 Multi-information display software switch strategy
A vehicular human-machine interface, an instrument cluster and a method of providing information to a driver of a vehicle. The interface includes a multi-information display that provides a driver numerous dynamically-adjustable icons that are representative of a vehicle systems such that the driver can view, and if necessary, control through the interface. During use by a driver to navigate among the various icons being displayed, the human-machine interface enhances a driver's visual acuity by providing notorious indicia of the status of a particular vehicle system that may be of interest to the driver. In addition, by having certain information be arranged in a dynamic presentation format for selective viewing rather than arranged statically, certain information not of immediate interest can be temporarily removed, thereby freeing up the display to show a larger number of the icons on any particular screen being viewed.
US10303337B2 User-populated online repository of science protocols
Systems, apparatus and methods are provided to maintain a user-populated online repository of science protocols. A user may create a science protocol by inputting information relating to one or more steps of an experiment. The created science protocol may be stored in the protocol database. A user may search the protocol database using a navigable menu for accessing a plurality of application functionalities associated with the protocol database. Based on the search, a user may be able to retrieve and download the created science protocol. The user may be able to modify and/or annotate the created science protocol. The modified and/or annotated science protocol may be stored in the protocol database as a modified and/or annotated version of the created science protocol.
US10303335B2 Multicomputer processing of client device request data with centralized event orchestration
Aspects of the disclosure relate to multicomputer processing of client device request data with centralized event orchestration. A computing platform may receive, from a client computing device, event definition information defining an event. Subsequently, the computing platform may receive, from a recipient computing device associated with the event, a request for a delivery selection user interface. The computing platform may send the delivery selection user interface to the recipient computing device and may receive, from the recipient computing device, delivery selection information identifying a destination for the event selected by a user of the recipient computing device. Subsequently, the computing platform may generate one or more event orchestration commands directing an external event processor to execute one or more actions associated with the event, and may send the one or more event orchestration commands to the external event processor via an external event processing interface.
US10303332B2 Presenting interactions with content on a social networking system in real time through icons
Interactions with content on a social networking system are presented in real time using icons. Content items are presented to users of the social networking system by the social networking system. The social networking system receives interactions with a content item from users of the social networking system. In some embodiments, the interactions comprise users liking the content item, posting a comment on the content item, and sharing the content item with other users. Icons are displayed to users describing an interaction with a content item. The icon may comprise information about the type of the interaction with the content item and which user performed the interaction. In some embodiments, icons are presented to users based on a measure of affinity of the user for the interaction. In some embodiments, a user can select the icon to see the interaction with the content item.
US10303328B2 Mobile terminal and method for controlling the same
A mobile terminal for performing multi-tasking may include a display and a controller configured to cause the display to: display first screen information and second screen information concurrently in a first display format in response to a first type of user input, wherein the second screen information overlaps with at least part of the first screen information in the first display format; and display the first screen information and the second screen information in a second display format in response to a second type of user input, wherein the first screen information and the second screen information do not overlap in the second display format.
US10303326B2 Electronic system with continuous navigation mechanism and method of operation thereof
An electronic system includes: a control unit configured to generate a graphical navigation interface including a marker in a loop configuration, detect a touch gesture on the marker; and a user interface, coupled to the control unit, configured to present identifying information associated with the touch gesture.
US10303322B2 Device and method of unlocking device
A device and a method of unlocking a device are provided. The method of unlocking a device includes: determining whether an input tool of the device is separated from the device, when a disabled screen of the device is enabled; selecting one user interface from among a plurality of user inter faces for unlocking the device on the enabled screen of the device, based on the determination result; displaying the selected user interface on the screen of the device; and receiving a touch input with respect to the displayed user interface. The plurality of user interface include a user interface for receiving a touch input by the input tool and a user interface for receiving a touch input by a body part of a user
US10303321B2 Touch window
Disclosed is a touch window. The touch window includes a cover substrate; a substrate on the cover substrate; and an electrode on the substrate, wherein the substrate includes one surface facing the cover substrate and an opposite surface opposite to the one surface, the electrode is disposed on the opposite surface, and the cover substrate and the substrate have flexible curved surfaces.
US10303318B2 Capacitance detection method, position detection method, touch panel controller, and electronic device
Capacitance distribution on a touch panel is detected with a simple configuration. A drive switch element between each of electrodes and a corresponding drive line is made to turn on and the drive line is driven on the basis of a code sequence. A sense switch element between each of the electrodes and a corresponding sense line is made to turn on and a linear sum signal of each of the electrodes is read along the sense line.
US10303317B2 Touch sensor provided with a circularly polarizing plate, and image display device
A touch sensor with a circularly polarizing plate includes an electrostatic capacitance type touch sensor. A circularly polarizing plate is arranged on a visible side of the electrostatic capacitance type touch sensor. The sensor includes a transparent substrate and a plurality of first electrodes individually formed in a strip shape on the transparent substrate. The sensor additionally includes a plurality of second electrodes formed on a surface of the transparent substrate opposite to a surface on which the first electrodes are formed. The second electrodes have a strip shape in a manner of intersecting with the first electrodes. The first electrodes are made of a metal mesh. The second electrodes are made of a plurality of conductive nanowires, existing in a connecting state respectively so as to be conductively connected, and a binder resin holding the plurality of conductive nanowires on the second transparent substrate.
US10303316B2 Method for manufacturing touch sensor
[Object] To provide a method for manufacturing a touch sensor capable of concurrently forming routed circuit patterns on both surfaces of a base film and capable of aligning the routed circuit patterns on the top and bottom surfaces with each other with high accuracy.[Solution] A method for manufacturing a touch sensor includes forming electrode patterns on both surfaces of a base film through concurrent light exposure on both surfaces and development using photosensitive electrically conductive films each including a support film, an electrically conductive layer disposed on the support film and containing an electrically conductive fiber, and a second photosensitive resin layer disposed on the electrically conductive layer. Routed circuit patterns obtained by patterning the light-shielding metal layers are formed in advance on both surfaces of the base film.
US10303314B2 Touch sensor
The present invention relates to a touch sensor comprising: a plurality of first sensing electrode patterns formed in a way that they are connected to each other along a first direction on a substrate; a plurality of second sensing electrode patterns formed in a way that they are separated from each other along a second direction on the substrate; insulating portions electrically insulating the first sensing electrode patterns and the second sensing electrode patterns; and bridge pattern portions electrically connecting the adjacent second sensing electrode patterns, wherein the bridge pattern portions comprise: contact portions which are respectively contacted to the adjacent second sensing electrode patterns, and connecting portions connecting the contact portions and having a narrower width than the contact portions.
US10303309B2 Display device including touch key electrodes
A display device includes a plurality of pixels disposed in a display area, a plurality of first touch electrodes disposed along a first direction in the display area, a plurality of second touch electrodes disposed along a second direction in the display area, a first touch key electrode disposed in a touch key area adjacent to the display area, and a touch controller configured to detect a touch and connected to the plurality of first touch electrodes, the plurality of second touch electrodes, and the first touch key electrode. The plurality of first touch electrodes and the plurality of second touch electrodes are disposed on a same layer.
US10303299B2 Use of groove analysis in a touch screen device to determine occurrence of an elongated touch by a single finger
Disclosed herein is a touch screen controller operable with a touch screen. The touch screen controller includes input circuitry configured to receive touch data from the touch screen, and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to identify an island in the touch data, determine whether a horizontal groove is present in the island, determine whether a vertical groove is present in the island, and determine whether a diagonal groove is present in the island. The processing circuitry determines the island to indicate a single elongated touch where a diagonal groove is present in the island but horizontal and vertical grooves are not present in the island.
US10303297B2 Touch display panel and driving method therefor, and display device
The present disclosure provides a touch display panel and a driving method therefor, and a display device including the touch display panel, relating to the field of display technologies, and enabling a touch function of the display panel without increasing the thickness of the display panel. The touch display panel includes an upper substrate and a lower substrate, a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines provided on the lower substrate and defining a plurality of sub-pixel regions, in each of which at least one common electrode block is provided, at least one common electrode block is configured to also function as a touch driving electrode; the touch display panel further comprises a touch sensing chip and a touch sensing electrode, the touch driving electrode and the touch sensing electrode being respectively electrically connected to output ends of the touch sensing chip; the touch sensing chip is configured to, during a touch time period, apply a touch driving signal to the touch driving electrode, apply a touch sensing signal to the touch sensing electrode, and detect a change of the touch sensing signal on the touch sensing electrode so as to determine a touch position on the touch display panel.
US10303294B2 Display device
A display device includes a display panel, a touch panel control unit, a plurality of scanning electrodes formed on the display panel, a plurality of detection electrodes formed on the display panel so as to intersect with the plurality of scanning electrodes, a drive signal supply unit for inputting a drive signal to each of the scanning electrodes, and a detection unit for detecting a detection signal from each of the detection electrodes. The touch panel control unit supplies the driving signal to each of the scanning electrodes from the drive signal supply unit to enable detection of a touch position of a detection object based on the detection signal detected, and supplies the driving signal to all of the scanning electrodes collectively from the drive signal supply unit to enable detection of approach of the detection object to the touch panel based on the detection signal detected.
US10303289B2 Systems, devices, and methods for dynamically providing user interface controls at a touch-sensitive secondary display
Disclosed herein are systems, devices, and methods for dynamically updating a touch-sensitive secondary display. An example method includes receiving a request to open an application and, in response, (i) displaying, on a primary display, a plurality of user interface (UI) objects associated with the application, the plurality including a first UI object displayed with associated content and other UI objects displayed without associated content; and (ii) displaying, on the touch-sensitive secondary display, a set of affordances representing the plurality of UI objects. The method also includes: detecting, via the touch-sensitive secondary display, a swipe gesture in a direction from a first affordance and towards a second affordance, the first affordance representing the first UI object and the second affordance represents a distinct second UI object. In response to detecting the swipe gesture, the method includes: updating the primary display to display associated content for the second UI object.
US10303280B2 Touch sensor and display device including the same
A touch sensor includes a pressure sensor configured to become compressed along a first axis in response to a touch input into a touch area and a controller. The controller is configured to calculate a position of the touch and an intensity of the touch by using a detection signal obtained from the pressure sensor. The controller is further configured to calculate a first position, which has a greatest value of compression of the pressure sensor along the first axis, and calculate a position of the touch by correcting the first position by a first correction value corresponding to the greatest value of compression.
US10303277B2 Flat panel display device including touch screen and method of manufacturing the same
There is provided a flat panel display device and a method of manufacturing the same. A flexible and transparent material is coated on a supporting substrate to a small thickness so that film substrates are easily formed. Step differences are formed in the film substrates so that a distance between pads of the two film substrates is reduced. Since conductive balls with reduced diameters are used so that the pads may be electrically connected, the distance between pads is reduced so that it is possible to easily miniaturize a high resolution flat panel display device, to prevent electrical connection defect between the pads, and to reduce manufacturing expenses.
US10303276B2 Touch control system, touch control display system and touch control interaction method
A touch control system, a touch control display system and a touch control interaction method are disclosed. The touch control system includes a touch detection device, a touch area positioning device and a processing device connected to both the touch detection device and the touch area positioning device. The touch detection device is configured to detect an occurring position of a touch event in a preset area and to transmit information on the occurring position of the touch event to the processing device. The touch area positioning device is configured to emit a first light beam and a second light beam to form a first pattern at the first position and a second pattern at the second position. The processing device is configured to process the information to obtain the occurring position of the touch event, and to obtain the first position and the second position.
US10303273B2 System and method of supporting a pointing device
In one or more embodiments, an information handling system may be communicatively coupled to a pointing device that communicates interaction data via a first bus via a first data format and may include a controller that receives the interaction data via the first bus and transforms the interaction data into a second data format and communicates the interaction data to a second bus via the second data format. If a status of a resource associated with the pointing device is queried, the controller may be instructed to cease transforming the interaction data from the pointing device, permitting another device to receive the interaction data and provide the interaction data to a processor of the information handling system. As the other device receives the interaction data and provides the interaction data to the processor, additional and/or full functionality of the pointing device may be realized and/or accomplished.
US10303268B2 Flexible component-based interactive method and interactive apparatus, and user equipment
Embodiments of this application disclose flexible component-based interactive methods and interactive apparatus and user equipment. A method disclosed herein comprises: in response to a task trigger operation for triggering a task, acquiring deformation information corresponding to a deformation generated by the flexible component based on the task trigger operation, wherein after deforming, the flexible component corresponds to a first shape; and controlling, according to execution progress of the task, the flexible component to recover from the first shape to a second shape, according to execution progress information of the task and the deformation information. In the technical solutions of the embodiments of this application, execution progress of the task may be visually fed back by using recovery of deformation related to task triggering and naturally the task is associated with an execution progress indication of the task, thereby improving user experience.
US10303267B2 Fingernail system for use with capacitive touchscreens
Capacitive fingernail systems adapted to fit on a fingernail and for use with a capacitive touchscreen, as well as methods of creating such systems, are disclosed. The capacitive fingernail system may include a conductive base layer secured to the fingernail, a conductive upper layer, and a dielectric medium between the base and upper layers. The capacitive fingernail system stores an amount of charge that is sufficient to permit the fingernail to successfully interact with a capacitive touchscreen. Also disclosed is a fingernail stylus for use with a capacitive touchscreen, having a shaped conductive device that is pre-formed so that it can be secured to a curvature of a fingernail. The shaped conductive surface transfers an effective amount of electrical energy to successfully interact with a capacitive touchscreen. Preferably, the capacitive fingernail systems are sized and shaped to fit unobtrusively on a fingernail without interfering with everyday activity.
US10303266B2 Three-dimensional man/machine interface
A method is provided for selecting controls, which implements a control interface, a display, and at least one sensor capable of detecting at least one control object, including a step (i) of obtaining information on the distance between the control object(s) and the control interface using the sensor(s), and a step (ii) of displaying, on the display, at least one symbol representing a control or set of controls according to a display mode, wherein the method further includes a step of using the distance information to determine the display mode of the symbol(s). A device is also provided for implementing the method and to an apparatus.
US10303264B2 Optical encoder, crown assembly and wearable device with crown assembly
An optical encoder has a displacement generating unit, a light-emitting unit and an optical navigation integrated circuit. The displacement generating unit has an axle body movable along a central axial line thereof. The axle body has a free end with a diameter larger than a part of the axle body and a planar working surface formed on the free end. The light-emitting unit is configured for operatively providing a light beam to irradiate the working surface of the displacement generating unit. The light beam has a divergence angle within a range to reduce scattering. The optical navigation integrated circuit receives the reflected light beam reflected by the working surface, and calculates a relative displacement between the optical navigation integrated circuit and the working surface.
US10303263B2 Auto swap order of finding key to generate scan codes
A keyboard system includes a keyboard matrix; and an embedded controller in communication with the keyboard matrix, wherein the embedded controller is configured to: determine whether, in a single scan cycle of the keyboard matrix, multiple keys have been pressed or only a single key has been pressed; if only a single key has been pressed, learn an order of pressed keys in a plurality of scan cycles; and if multiple keys have been pressed, generate an order of the pressed multiple keys based on the learned order of pressed keys.
US10303262B2 Method and input device for setting function keys
Disclosed herein are a method and an input device for setting function keys. Information of latitude and longitude related to the input device is obtained by a network positioning method or a method of global positioning system and position information is obtained according to the information of latitude and longitude. Macro data related to the position information are selected from a macro database. Functions of the function key are assigned according to the selected macro data.
US10303261B2 Display system
A display system includes a display device configured to display a screen; and a plurality of ECUs connected to a communication network. The ECUs include a first ECU and a second ECU. The first ECU is configured to perform determination regarding whether operation information when the first ECU makes a screen he displayed is a processing target, in a case where the operation information is not a processing target of the first ECU, set a transmission destination of notification in processing after the determination to a second ECU and include the operation information in the notification, and for the operation information when the second ECU makes the screen he displayed, transmit the operation information to the second ECU before the determination is performed. The second ECU is configured to perform the determination and the processing after the determination on the operation information received from the first ECU.
US10303258B2 Indicia-reading systems having an interface with a user's nervous system
Indicia-reading systems that interface with a user's nervous system include a device with electrodes capable of detecting electromagnetic signals produced in the brain or skeletal muscles of a user. The systems also include a computer with a processor and memory. The computer is configured to monitor the electromagnetic signals that are detected by the electrodes. The computer is also configured to perform operations in response to certain monitored electromagnetic signals. The computer may be an indicia-reading device configured to acquire indicia information in response to certain detected electromagnetic signals. The computer may also be a vehicle-mounted computer configured to sound an alarm in response to certain detected electromagnetic signals.
US10303255B2 Method and apparatus for unified free space pose input system navigation
A single pose is used in multiple postures to deliver at least a minimal core set of free space gestures for navigating within an interface, so as to be intuitive to users, easily remembered, straightforward for developers, and clearly defined for processing. A “thumb-extended” pose with fingers together and clenched and thumb extended and raised is oriented in four cardinal directions so as to manifest four distinct postures: right, left, up, and down. Thumb-right and thumb left invoke scrolling forward and scrolling back, respectively, and thumb-up and thumb-down invoke yes and no respectively.
US10303253B2 Display device with localized haptic effect
A haptic-enabled display device is presented. The haptic-enabled device has a display layer, a first electrode layer, an actuation layer, and an electrode patch. The first electrode layer is disposed on the display layer. The actuation layer is formed of a single piece of actuatable material. A first side of the actuation layer is disposed on the first electrode layer. The single piece of actuatable material of the actuation layer and the conductive material of the first electrode layer may have substantially the same area. The electrode patch may form a second electrode layer, and may be disposed on a second and opposite side of the actuation layer. The electrode patch is electrically connected to a region of the actuatable material, and has an area that is smaller than that of the single piece of actuatable material and smaller than that of the conductive material of the first electrode layer.
US10303244B2 Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and computer program
An information processing apparatus includes: a storage block configured to store at least one of a correlation between a pattern of a vibration detected on a head-mounted display as a result of a predetermined contact action and a type of data processing and a correlation between a pattern of an image outputted from an image-taking apparatus, the outputting being caused by a predetermined gesture action, and a type of data processing; an acquisition block configured to acquire at least one of information related with the detected vibration and the outputted image; and a data processing block configured to, according to each of the correlations stored in the storage block, execute at least one of data processing of the type corresponding to the detected vibration and data processing of the type corresponding to the outputted image.
US10303240B2 Power decrease based on packet type
Techniques for controlling one or more audio amplifiers in or associated with a device coupled on a local area network are disclosed. The device receives at least one selected source from other devices also coupled on the network According to one aspect of the techniques, an automatic shutdown control module is provided in the device to power down the audio amplifiers when there is no audio data flow coming to the device or power up the audio amplifiers when there is audio data flow coming to the device. In one embodiment, the procedure to power down or power up the amplifiers is in accordance with a hysteresis, wherein the hysteresis, being lagging of an effect behind its cause, protects the amplifiers and makes the powering-down or powering-up procedure unnoticeable to a user.
US10303239B2 Raise gesture detection in a device
A wearable computing device can detect device-raising gestures. For example, onboard motion sensors of the device can detect movement of the device in real time and infer information about the spatial orientation of the device. Based on analysis of signals from the motion sensors, the device can detect a raise gesture, which can be a motion pattern consistent with the user moving the device's display into his line of sight. In response to detecting a raise gesture, the device can activate its display and/or other components. Detection of a raise gesture can occur in stages, and activation of different components can occur at different stages.
US10303238B2 Dynamic voltage and frequency management based on active processors
In an embodiment, a system may include multiple processors and an automatic power state controller (APSC) configured to switch the processors between various operating points. The operating points may be described by data programmed into the APSC, and the APSC may include a register that is programmable with a target operating point request identifying a target operating point for the processors from among the described operating points. The data describing the operating points may also include an indication of whether or not the number of processors that may be concurrently active at the operating point is limited. Based on the indication and the number of active processors, the APSC may override the requested operating point with a reduced operating point. In some embodiments, a digital power estimator (DPE) may monitor operation of the processors and may throttle the processors when high power consumption is detected.
US10303236B2 Low-power touch button sensing system
A method for operating a sensing system includes receiving, from a processing device, control information for configuring a capacitance sensing circuit, configuring the capacitance sensing circuit with the control information in response to receiving the control information, and controlling power consumption of the processing device based on the control information and based on a capacitance measured by the capacitance sensing circuit.
US10303231B2 Power supply device which performs operations while suppressing influence due to updating of firmware
An input part sets either a charge time zone or a discharge time zone. A first firmware storage part stores first firmware defining all operation contents of a power supply device. An acquiring part acquires second firmware that is firmware for update, and a second firmware storage part stores the second firmware. A controller refers to the charge time zone, the discharge time zone and the like received from the input part to extract a first time zone in which neither the charge time zone nor the discharge time zone is set. The controller preferentially sets timing for updating firmware in the first time zone.
US10303230B1 Method and system to mitigate large power load steps due to intermittent execution in a computation system
Disclosed herein are systems and methods to generate, by a compiling processor, one or more sets of one or more execution instructions responsive to compiling a netlist file. The method further includes storing, by the compiling processor, a set of execution instructions into an instruction memory of an execution processor. The method further includes generating, by a compiling processor, a set of one or more keephot instructions for the execution processor based upon the set of execution instructions stored into the instruction memory of the execution processor. The method further includes storing, by a compiling processor, the set of keephot instructions into the instruction memory of the execution processor.
US10303228B2 Multi-directional cooling structure for interface card
A multi-directional cooling structure for an interface card includes: a first cooling plate, configured on the interface card; a second cooling plate, configured at one side of the first cooling plate; at least one heat conduction element, configured on the first cooling plate and second cooling plate, and including a first heat conduction portion positioned on the first cooling plate and a second heat conduction portion in connection with the first heat conduction portion and positioned on the second cooling plate; and at least one cooling fin set, configured on one side of the heat conduction element away from the first and second cooling plates, and in direct contact with the heat conduction element. Therefore, the heat can be conducted not only to one side through the heat conduction element but to the cooling fin sets above, advantageously achieving multi-directional heat dissipation.
US10303227B2 Information handling system housing heat spreader
Thermal energy exposed at the outer surface of an information handling system housing is managed by spreading the thermal energy across the housing X and Y axes while restricting heat transfer from the housing at the Z axis. For example, a graphene outer surface couples to an aerogel substrate strengthened by a carbon fiber laminate. The graphene spreads thermal energy that escapes through the housing across the housing outer surface to limit the impact of thermal energy at any particular location, such as proximate to the location of a processor.
US10303226B2 Securing bracket for peripheral cards
A peripheral card securing apparatus for removably securing a plurality of peripheral cards to a chassis. The apparatus can comprise a securing clamp comprising a top portion and a bottom portion. For example, the securing clamp can be slidably coupled to the chassis, and sliding the securing clamp from an open position to a locked position secures the plurality of peripheral cards to the chassis. In some implementations, the top portion can comprise a first sliding aperture, a second sliding aperture, and a securing portion. For example, the first sliding aperture can be slidably engaged with a first securing point, and the second sliding aperture can be slidably engaged with a second securing point, such that the securing portion secures the plurality of peripheral cards to the chassis in the locked position.
US10303225B2 Methods of forming hybrid socket structures for package interconnect applications and structures formed thereby
Methods/structures of forming package structures are described. Those methods/structures may include a conductive pin comprising: a cantilever beam portion physically coupled with a first side of a package substrate; a contact pin portion, wherein a terminal end of the contact pin portion is physically and electrically coupled to a board; a housing structure comprising a housing cavity, wherein the contact pin portion is disposed at least partially within the housing cavity; and a conductive material disposed on housing sides and/or adjacent a surface of the housing cavity. The placement of the conductive material is optimized to meet the requirements for either double data rate (DDR) and/or peripheral component interface express (PCIe) interfaces.
US10303224B1 Blade server
A blade server has a casing, a plurality of blade server module boards, a first chassis management controller (CMC) and a second CMC. There are a plurality of main board slots at a first side of the casing and at least a first CMC slot and a second CMC slot at a second side of the casing opposite to the first side. The plurality of main board slots are all electrically connected to both of the first CMC slot and the second CMC slot, wherein the first CMC slot and the second CMC slot are electrically connected to each other. The plurality of blade server module boards are plugged into the plurality of main board slots. The first CMC and the second CMC are redundant to each other. When one of the two CMCs malfunctions, the blade server module boards are controlled by the other one CMC functioning normally.
US10303221B2 Magnet biasing mechanism
An input component of a computing device disclosed herein includes a magnet located along an internal chassis of the input component, a biasing mechanism located between the magnet and a ledge of the internal chassis, and a fastening mechanism configured to attach the biasing mechanism to the ledge of the internal chassis such that the magnet is removably or non-permanently attached to the internal chassis. In one implementation, the magnet is glued to the biasing mechanism.
US10303220B1 Tactical data center system
A portable computing system includes a transit case for providing structure for the mobile computing system, and has a power supply for providing power to the portable computing system. The portable computing system further includes a slidably removable sled disposed inside the transit case, configured to hold a plurality of computing components and to enable access to the plurality of computing components. The slidable removable sled includes a top chamber configured to hold a first type of computing device; a bottom chamber configured to hold a second type of computing device; and a floor disposed between the top chamber and a bottom chamber. The portable computing system further includes a switch, disposed in the bottom chamber, to provide computer networking and communications functions. The portable computing system further includes a plurality of computing blades, disposed in the top chamber, to provide computing capabilities, wherein each of the plurality of computing blades comprises a central processing unit (“CPU”) comprising a software multiplexer for interfacing directly with a plurality of solid state drives (“SSDs”).
US10303219B2 Handheld device enclosure having outer periphery members and a front cover assembly
This is directed to an electronic device enclosure. The enclosure includes an outer periphery member forming an outer surface of a device, and to which an internal platform is connected. Electronic device components can be assembled to one or both surfaces of the internal platform. The enclosure can include front and back cover assemblies assembled to the opposite surfaces of the outer periphery member to retain electronic device components. One or both of the cover assembles can include a window through which display circuitry can provide content to a user of the device.
US10303217B2 Rollable display device and rollable device
A rollable display device includes a rollable display and a first protection film disposed on a first surface of the rollable display. The first protection film extends beyond a first display edge of the rollable display. The rollable display device further includes a second protection film disposed on a second surface of the rollable display facing the first surface of the rollable display. The second protection film extends beyond the first display edge of the rollable display. The rollable display device additionally includes a first adhesive layer disposed between the rollable display and the first protection film. The rollable display device further includes second adhesive layer disposed between the rollable display and the second protection film, and a first adhesion part disposed adjacent to the first display edge of the rollable display and between the first protection film and the second protection film.
US10303216B1 Locking dock for portable electronic device
A docking station is provided for a portable electronic device having a keyboard portion and a display portion that is removably coupled to the keyboard portion. The docking station includes a base for supporting the keyboard portion, and a display support adjacent the base and configured to support the display portion when the display portion is coupled to the keyboard portion. The display support includes a lock movable relative to the base between a first position to engage the display portion of the portable electronic device and prevent removal of the display portion from the keyboard portion when the lock is in a locked state, and a second position to disengage the display portion of the portable electronic device and allow removal of the display portion from the keyboard portion when the lock is in an unlocked state.
US10303214B2 Docking mechanisms and methods of restraining two portions of a computing device
A docking mechanism is described. The docking mechanism may include a locking protrusion and a locking receptacle configured to receive the locking protrusion and having an inclined surface. The docking mechanism may include a wedging member abutting the inclined surface. The docking mechanism may include a locking detent. The locking detent may have a spring configured to bias the locking detent towards the locking protrusion. Computing devices that include docking mechanisms are also described. Methods of use of the docking mechanisms are also described.
US10303212B2 Rotary combination module for tablet computer
A rotary combination module for a tablet computer, which includes a pad and a dock, to engage the pad with the dock, the rotary combination module comprising: a rotation part, disposed on the back of the pad, for rotating on the pad as a rotation plane; an extension part, connected with the rotation part, for shifting in the rotation part and positioning at a predetermined location; and a stand, connected to the extension part, for turning away from the extension part and positioning at a predetermined angle.
US10303211B2 Two part cone display using flexible substrates
An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display including a conic OLED panel portion and a base OLED panel portion. The conic OLED panel portion includes peripheral display surfaces forming a truncated conic shape with an open base region around a center of the conic OLED panel portion. The OLED base portion includes a display surface. The base OLED panel portion is positioned to cover the open base region of the conic OLED panel portion such that the peripheral display surfaces surround the base display surface. The OLED display approximates a circular convex display. The conic OLED panel portion may be fabricated from a flat, flexible OLED panel portion that is bent along the fold regions defining bending axes between the peripheral display surfaces to form the truncated conic shape.
US10303206B2 Information handling system super elastic spring hinge
An information handling system hinge provides friction against rotational motion to generate torque that regulates housing portion relative position. Friction is generated by compression of friction elements with a super elastic wire under tension. For example, a nickel titanium alloy wire under two to eight percent strain provides a relatively low spring rate having consistent compression even as wear reduces the size of the friction elements.
US10303205B2 Cover glass to housing interface system
A display cover to housing interface system includes a display screen fronted by a display cover having front and obverse faces and a distal edge between the faces around a circumference thereof (i.e., edge thickness), and also an outer housing that provides support for the display cover. A portion of the display cover distal edge or thickness is fully exposed to outside, such that the display cover is exposed and substantially visible when viewed directly from the front and at least one side while installed. The display cover can be glass, while the housing is metal. A protective layer located between the housing and display cover protects the display cover from the housing. Various support components hold the display cover in place, and can include magnets and/or a stabilizer assembly affixed along a bottom edge of the display cover and adapted to couple to a bottom chin of the housing.
US10303195B2 Apparatus and method for voltage balancing and optimizing output power in power generation systems
Voltage balancing and extracted output power circuit topologies use maximum power point and maximum power point tracking to provide voltage balancing and voltage and current adjustment to optimize extracted output power for corresponding DC voltage source strings (120a, 130a). The topologies used to control power generation include one or more voltage balancing circuits and/or power system optimizer circuits (102a) to reduce decreased power utilization and enable independent operating voltages of DC voltage source strings (120a, 130a) to provide voltage balancing and to deliver a maximum power independent of the voltage and current of other DC voltage source strings (120a, 130a). The current flowing in each DC voltage source string is controlled by the duty ratio of the corresponding switch (101a, 108a). The circuit topologies can include a plurality of voltage balancing/power system optimizer circuits (102a).
US10303194B2 System, method, and apparatus for actively managing consumption of electric power supplied by one or more electric power grid operators
Systems, methods and apparatus for power management in an electric power grid are disclosed. A power flow to a plurality of power consuming devices in the electric power grid is enabled and disabled by a plurality of controllable devices under the control of one or more client devices. An apparatus receives a power control command and select at least one client device to which to issue a power reduction message. The power reduction message comprises an amount of electric power to be reduced to at least one of the plurality of power consuming devices for a predetermined time. A database stores information relating to power consumed by the plurality of power consuming devices based on measurement and verification.
US10303192B2 Low drop out regulator compatible with type C USB standard
A low dropout voltage regulator unit includes an error amplifier and a power stage having an output terminal that is looped back onto the error amplifier and is capable of delivering an output current to a load. The unit includes multiple main supply inputs that are intended to potentially receive, respectively, multiple different supply voltages. The power stage includes multiple power paths that are connected, respectively, between the main supply inputs and the output terminal, are individually selectable and each comprise an output transistor. The unit also includes a selector circuit connected to the main supply inputs and configured to select one of the power paths according to a selection criterion. The error amplifier includes an output stage configured to selectively control the output transistor of the selected power path.
US10303182B2 Cyclic shuffling for autonomous vehicle parking
A method includes receiving a request for access associated with a selected one of a plurality of autonomous vehicles in an array that comprises a plurality of columns, wherein the selected autonomous vehicle is in a first one of the columns and blocked by one or more other autonomous vehicles in the first column, and then computing coordinated movements for one or more of the autonomous vehicles to provide the requested access, wherein the autonomous vehicles blocking the selected autonomous vehicle in the first column are cyclically moved from the front of the first column to the back of a second one of the columns as autonomous vehicles in the second column are moved from the front of the second column to the back of the first column and the autonomous vehicles remaining in the first and second columns are moved forward.
US10303179B2 Moving robot and method of recognizing location of a moving robot
A moving robot may include a first location recognition module configured to extract a straight line in a driving process and recognize a location using the extracted straight line and a second location recognition module configured to confirm the recognized location by reflecting the location recognized by the first location recognition module based on the image information obtained from the surroundings by way of an image capturing device.
US10303177B2 Motor vehicle control apparatus and method for operating a control apparatus for autonomously driving a motor vehicle
A method for operating a control device for the autonomous guidance of a motor vehicle, wherein a nominal speed is predetermined as a driving speed to be set by the control device and another vehicle driving in front more slowly than the nominal speed is detected by a detection device of the control device, wherein a speed difference of a driving speed of the other vehicle with respect to the nominal speed is greater than zero but smaller than a predetermined maximum value. In this case, an accumulator value is set to a starting value and a current speed value of the speed difference is detected and depending on the speed value, an advantage value is formed and the advantage value is added to the accumulator value. If the accumulator value meets a predetermined overtaking criterion, an overtaking signal is generated for allowing an overtaking maneuver.
US10303176B2 Determining variance factors for complex road segments
A vehicle computing device includes a data storage medium and a processing circuit. The processing circuit is programmed to receive from the data storage medium, a vehicle characteristic associated with an autonomous vehicle, receive historical data associated with the vehicle characteristic at a first road segment, determine a correction factor for the autonomous vehicle based at least in part on the historical data, and apply the correction factor to the vehicle characteristic to operate the autonomous vehicle in accordance with the historical data.
US10303174B2 Internal safety systems for robotic vehicles
Systems, apparatus and methods implemented in algorithms, hardware, software, firmware, logic, or circuitry may be configured to process data and sensory input to determine whether an object external to an autonomous vehicle (e.g., another vehicle, a pedestrian, road debris, a bicyclist, etc.) may be a potential collision threat to the autonomous vehicle. The autonomous vehicle may be configured to implement interior active safety systems to protect passengers of the autonomous vehicle during a collision with an object or during evasive maneuvers by the autonomous vehicle, for example. The interior active safety systems may be configured to provide passengers with notice of an impending collision and/or emergency maneuvers by the vehicle by tensioning seat belts prior to executing an evasive maneuver and/or prior to a predicted point of collision.
US10303172B2 Unmanned aerial vehicle having automatic tracking function and method of controlling the same
The present invention relates to an unmanned aerial vehicle having an automatic tracking function and a control method thereof, the unmanned aerial vehicle comprising: an image input unit for acquiring an image of a peripheral image of a subject to be photographed; an object recognition unit for extracting a region of interest using the image acquired through the image input unit, detecting a specific region located within the region of interest to measure coordinates, and recognizing the specific region as an object to be tracked; an object tracking unit for calculating and tracking a position of the object to be tracked recognized by the object recognition unit using a tracking learning detection (TLD) learning algorithm and generating a drive command for driving the unmanned aerial vehicle corresponding to the position; a motion recognition unit for recognizing a motion of the object to be tracked and generating a driving command corresponding to a photographing mode, a moving picture photographing mode, and a return mode; and a drive control unit for driving the unmanned aerial vehicle according to the drive command. Due to this feature, the present invention has an effect of enabling autonomous flight of an unmanned aerial vehicle by recognizing and automatically tracking an object to be tracked.
US10303171B1 Autonomous ground vehicles providing ordered items in pickup areas
Autonomous ground vehicles (“AGVs”) containing ordered items travel (e.g., from materials handling facilities, etc.) to pickup areas (e.g., on a street, in a parking lot, inside a store, etc.) where users may retrieve the ordered items from the AGVs. In various configurations, an AGV may have a single storage compartment or may have multiple storage compartments, and multiple AGVs may congregate at a pickup area which may include various facilities/services for the AGVs (e.g., a charging station, a common control station for the AGVs, etc.). Multiple AGVs at a pickup area may be arranged in a particular configuration (e.g., according to a particular order, stacked, etc.), and the configuration may be changed (e.g., when a new AGV arrives and/or when an AGV departs, such as after an ordered item is retrieved from an AGV which then leaves the pickup area to return to a materials handling facility, etc.).
US10303169B2 Autonomous driving with dynamic skip fire
The present invention relates generally to techniques for improving fuel efficiency of a vehicle powered by an internal combustion engine capable of operating at various displacement levels. An autonomous driving unit or cruise controller selects when possible an engine torque output that corresponds to a fuel efficient displacement level. The resultant vehicle speed profile and NVH level is acceptable to vehicle occupants.
US10303167B2 Automated drone systems
An automated drone security system for surveilling a location includes one or more drones with onboard sensors and an imaging device for measuring surveillance data. The surveillance data may include images, telemetry data, infrared data, or other detectable information of the location. Drones may be capable of executing one or multiple flight operations as well as storing and transmitting the surveillance data to a server assembly operable for coordinating the drone and receiving the surveillance data. A drone dock may be included for drone launching, landing, and/or storing the drones. A user computing device may be in communication with the server assembly and the drone(s), the user computing device being capable of receiving user input and displaying surveillance data from the drone. Flight operations associated with surveilling the location may be automatically and/or manually controlled by the user computing device and/or or the server assembly in connection with the location.
US10303166B2 Supervisory control of vehicles
Among other things, a command is received expressing an objective for operation of a vehicle within a denominated travel segment of a planned travel route. The objective spans a time series of (for example, is expressed at a higher or more abstract level than) control inputs that are to be delivered to one or more of the brake, accelerator, steering, or other operational actuator of the vehicle. The command is expressed to cause operation of the vehicle along a selected man-made travel structure of the denominated travel segment. A feasible manner of operation of the vehicle is determined to effect the command. A succession of control inputs is generated to one or more of the brake, accelerator, steering or other operational actuator of the vehicle in accordance with the determined feasible manner of operation.
US10303164B2 Remote control device
A remote control device for an unmanned helicopter includes an orientation sensor that detects a flight orientation of the unmanned helicopter, a GPS antenna and a GPS receiver that detect speed information of the unmanned helicopter, and a CPU that detects a flight distance of the unmanned helicopter by integrating the speed information. A memory stores information concerning a base point of the unmanned helicopter. Based on a flight orientation of the unmanned helicopter and a flight distance of the unmanned helicopter, which is obtained by integration of the speed information, the CPU determines a relative position, which indicates a position of the unmanned helicopter with respect to the base point, and controls the flight of unmanned helicopter based on the relative position.
US10303163B2 Pre-emptive fault detection through advanced signal analysis
Herein provided are methods and systems for detecting failure of a sensor in a control system for a gas turbine engine. A signal is received from the sensor. A high-pass filter is applied to the signal to produce a high-frequency component signal. A rate of occurrence of signal spikes in the high-frequency component signal is determined. The high-frequency component signal is compared to a component signal threshold which is based on at least one known healthy component signal and at least one faulty component signal. The presence of intermittent open circuits caused by the sensor is detected based on the comparing and on the rate of occurrence of signal spikes.
US10303158B2 Three dimension printing coloring method and three dimension printing system
A three dimension (3D) printing coloring method and a 3D printing system are provided. The method includes: generating printing object information according to model information of a 3D object, where the printing object information includes first contour coloring information and second contour coloring information; determining whether a similarity degree of the first contour coloring information and the second contour coloring information conforms to a default condition; if the similarity degree conforms to the default condition, controlling, according to the first contour coloring information and the second contour coloring information, a 3D printing device to perform a simultaneous coloring operation on a first printing layer and a second printing layer of a 3D object. Therefore, a working efficiency of the 3D printing device can be improved.
US10303157B2 Additive manufacturing method for three-dimensional object
An additive manufacturing method for a 3D object is provided and includes (a) providing a 3D digital model of the 3D object; (b) dividing the 3D digital model into repeat arrangement of at least one type of polyhedral 3D units and an X-Y plane is an acute angle or an obtuse angle; (c) cutting the 3D digital model along a Z-axis into a plurality of 2D slices; (d) defining a scanning path covering one of the 2D slices; (e) providing an energy beam to a material on a working plane along the scanning path to form a construction layer corresponding to the one of the 2D slices; and (f) repeating the steps (d) and (e) to build up the 3D object by adding a plurality of construction layers in sequence.
US10303155B2 Numerical controller having manual handle feed function
A virtual manual handle is displayed on a screen of a display device of a numerical controller to simultaneously specify an operation amount and set a magnification of an axial movement amount with respect to this operation amount based on an operator's operation on the displayed manual handle.
US10303150B2 Manufacturing method and system for implementing the manufacturing method
In a method for manufacturing movable products, at least one substrate to be processed into the product is provided with an identification that is generated from parameter values of the product to be manufactured in accordance with a rule. This rule is so bijective that identical parameter sets always lead to the same product code incorporated into the identification, and that the product parameter set, on which the identification is based, can be reconstructed from the identification at any time.
US10303149B2 Intelligent function unit and programmable logic controller system
An intelligent function unit includes an input selector selecting, as an input signal, an actual input signal or a simulated input signal generated in advance; an output selector selecting whether to output an output signal to the second controlled device; and a calculator causing an input/output controller in which combination and order of use of general circuit blocks are set to process the input signal one step at a time and transmit the output signal to an engineering tool or causing the input/output controller in which combination and order of use of the general circuit blocks are set to process the input signal consecutively for a set period of two or more steps, store the output signal for each step in a logger, and transmit an output signal corresponding to the set period and stored in the logger to the engineering tool.
US10303144B2 Object creation in process control systems
A computer-implemented method for creating software objects in a process control system. The method is performed by a processing tool. The method includes creating a process object in the process control system, the process object having at least two aspects. The method includes instantiating at least one instance of the process object in the process control system. The process object is defined by a control device object type having at least two aspects. The control device object type inherits at least one aspect of the at least two aspects from a control object type and inherits at least one other aspect of the at least two aspects from a device object type. There is also provided a processing tool, a computer program, and a computer program product.
US10303143B2 Numerical controller
A numerical controller of the invention includes a multi-core processor having a plurality of central processing unit (CPU) cores. Herein, importance is assigned in advance to each of a plurality of processes related to numerical control, and load distribution of the multi-core processor is performed by allocating the respective processes to the plurality of CPU cores based on the assigned importance.
US10303139B2 System and method for managing electrical components for energy usage
A system for managing performance of one or more electrical components in real-time includes one or more sensors to provide working conditions of one or more energy consuming devices. The system further includes one or more actuators coupled to and configured to control the one or more energy consuming devices. Additionally, the system includes a computing device in electrical communication with the one or more sensors and the one or more actuators. The system also includes a database capable of retaining an instruction program for the computing device. The computing device includes a processor that is configured to receive data from the one or more sensors, analyze data from the one or more sensors, and execute the instruction program received from the database in order to optimize operation of the one or more energy consuming devices based on one or more criteria.
US10303137B2 Structure modes for controlling various systems in closed environments
A controller is provided for coordinated control of various subsystems, such as a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) subsystem, a camera subsystem, and a security subsystem, in a structure such as a home, by allowing automatic as well as manual changes to be made to the subsystems within their respective constraints. The controller may change the states or settings of the subsystems automatically upon occurrences of certain conditions, or allow the user to change them by switching a structure mode for the subsystems between a home mode and an away mode. A change in the structure mode may effect changes to some or all of the states or settings for some or all of the subsystems.
US10303135B2 Method and apparatus for controlling smart home device
A method and an apparatus are provided for controlling a smart home device. In the method, the apparatus acquires a target state of the smart home device, where the target state is a state determined according to visitor information within a predetermined range. The smart home device performs an operation corresponding to the target state. The smart home device flexibly performs different operations according to the actual visit situation so that working efficiency is improved. Especially when there are a large number of visitors within the predetermined range, the smart home device may automatically enter an unconventional working state, such that inconvenience caused by movement and noise to the visitors may be prevented, thereby improving overall performance of the smart home device.
US10303132B2 Control device, control method, and control program
A control parameter which causes a servo motor to perform an operation with higher accuracy depending on a purpose and a situation is determined. A control device (10) includes a data evaluation unit (131), a parameter determination unit (132), and an operation data acquisition unit (133). The operation data acquisition unit (133) acquires operation data including a speed or a torque of a servo motor (900). The data evaluation unit (131) calculates an evaluation value by using normative data corresponding to a target of the operation data and the operation data. The parameter determination unit (132) determines a control parameter applied to a servo driver (90) which controls operations of the servo motor (900) by using the evaluation value.
US10303131B2 Using sensor data to assist in controlling a target system by modeling the functionality of the target system
Techniques are described for implementing automated control systems to control operations of specified physical target systems. In some situations, the described techniques include obtaining and analyzing sensor data about operations of a target system in order to generate an improved model of a current state of the target system, and using the modeled state information as part of determining further current and/or future automated control actions to take for the target system, such as to generate a function and/or other structure that models internal operations of the target system, rather than merely attempting to estimate target system output from input without understanding the internal structure and operations of the target system.
US10303125B2 Time-to-digital converter, circuit device, physical quantity measuring device, electronic apparatus, and vehicle
A time-to-digital converter includes first and second oscillation circuits, first and second sampling circuits, and a processing circuit. The first and second oscillation circuits start an oscillation operation in accordance with first and second signals and output first and second clock signals, respectively. The first and second sampling circuits perform sampling of the first and second clock signals by a first reference clock signal and output first and second output signals, respectively. The processing circuit obtains first frequency information and first phase information of the first clock signal and second frequency information and second phase information of the second clock signal based on the first and second output signals of the first and second sampling circuits, and obtains a digital value corresponding to a time difference of a transition timing between the first and second signals.
US10303119B2 Method, apparatus and system providing holographic layer as micro-lens and color filter array in an imager
A method, apparatus, and system that provides a holographic layer as a micro-lens array and/or a color filter array in an imager. The method of writing the holographic layer results in overlapping areas in the hologram for corresponding adjacent pixels in the imager which increases collection of light at the pixels, thereby increasing quantum efficiency.
US10303118B2 Holographic representations of digital object transfers
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for representing a transfer of a digital object using holographic images. User input is received that is indicative of a selection of the digital object for transfer from a sending device to a receiving device. Spatial attribute data is generated based at least in part on at least one of a distance or a relative orientation between the sending device and the receiving device, and a transition path is determined based at least in part on the spatial attribute data. Holographic image data is then generated based at least in part on the transition path, and the holographic image data is sent to one or more holographic projectors to cause a first holographic image representative of the digital object and a second holographic image representative of the transition path to be projected.
US10303116B2 Electrophotographic image forming apparatus having a driving-force transmission member featuring first and second helical gear portions with opposing twist directions
A driving-force transmission member includes a coupling portion that includes a driving-force transmission surface and that transmits a driving force to a cartridge coupling, a first helical gear portion that engages with a driven gear of a cartridge to transmit the driving force, and a second helical gear portion that engages with a drive gear to receive the driving force. The portions rotate integrally with each other when the driving-force transmission member rotates about the axis of rotation. The driving-force transmission surface is shaped with a twist in the same direction as the driving-force transmission member. Helical teeth of the first helical gear portion are shaped with a twist in the same direction as the driving-force transmission surface. Helical teeth of the second helical gear portion are shaped with a twist in a direction opposite to the twist direction of the helical teeth of the first helical gear portion.
US10303110B2 Image forming apparatus including process cartridge having a toner cartridge detachably attached to a drum cartridge
An image forming apparatus, including a process cartridge and a main body with an opening and a cover, is provided. The process cartridge includes a drum cartridge, a toner cartridge, and a switching member. The switching member switches states in the process cartridge between a first state, wherein the toner cartridge is restricted from being detached, and a second state, wherein the toner cartridge is released from the restriction. The process cartridge is movable between an attached position to be placed entirely inside the main body and a detached position to be entirely outside the main body. The main body includes a restrictor to restrict the process cartridge from moving from an intermediate position toward the detached position. While the process cartridge is restricted by the restrictor, a supportive part in the cover supports the process cartridge with the switching member being at least partly placed outside the main body.
US10303108B2 Switching power supply for enabling switching element to be soft-started in burst mode, image forming apparatus and soft start method of switching element
A switching power supply comprises a transformer; a switching element; a power supply control section which outputs a first gate voltage of a first pulse width consecutively for plural times when the switching element is driven in a burst mode in which the switching element is intermittently driven; a drive time control section which, based on the first gate voltage input consecutively for plural times when the switching element is driven, outputs a second gate voltage to the switching element consecutively for plural times and gradually increases a pulse width of the second gate voltage to a first pulse width from a second pulse width narrower than the first pulse width; and a switching section to which a switches an input destination of the first gate voltage output by the power supply control section from the switching element to the drive time control section in the burst mode.
US10303102B2 Image forming apparatus and image forming system
An image forming apparatus including an image forming unit and a controller configured to control an operation of the image forming unit is provided. The image forming unit includes a conductive member to which a bias voltage is supplied in image formation. The controller is configured to calculate an operating ratio indicating a percentage of a time period during which the conductive member is used, and calculate a value indicating a consumption degree of the conductive member based on the calculated operating ratio and a magnitude of an electrical resistance of the conductive member.
US10303094B2 Fixing device having a fixing nip formed by an elastic roller and a back-up unit with a cylindrical film and a film guide including a plurality of ribs extending circumferentially along the inner periphery of the film
A fixing device includes an elastic roller and a back-up unit cooperative with the elastic roller to form a fixing nip therebetween, the back-up unit including a cylindrical film contacting the elastic roller, and a heat leveling member contacting an inner surface of the film to cooperate with the elastic roller to form a nip nipping the film. An unfixed toner image is heat-fixed on a recording material at the fixing nip while feeding the recording material carrying the unfixed toner image at the fixing nip. The apparatus feeds the recording material such that the unfixed toner image contacts the elastic roller. The film includes a layer of thermoplastic resin material, and, when the device fixes the unfixed toner image on a small size sheet, a temperature of a non-sheet-passage-part of the film rises to a temperature that is greater than a glass transition point of the thermoplastic resin material.
US10303090B2 Developing apparatus
A developing apparatus includes a partition member disposed in a first chamber above a discharge space communicated to the discharge port positioned downstream of a return conveyance portion in the first direction, and configured to divide a space within a first chamber in a gravity direction. The partition member is configured to extend from a wall portion on a downstream side of a developer container to a position corresponding to a downstream end of a return conveyance portion or to a position further upstream beyond the position corresponding to the downstream end of the return conveyance portion in the first direction. A surface, opposed to a first conveyance screw, of the partition member is positioned downward in the gravity direction than an upper end of a first communication port and upward in the gravity direction than the first conveyance screw.
US10303087B2 Remanufactured toner cartridge and method
A remanufactured toner cartridge and related method includes a modified driven gear that is associated with an internal seal removal mechanism. The driven gear is modified so that driving rotational force from a printer is not transmitted to the seal removal mechanism during a post test of the remanufactured cartridge. When the post test is complete a fixing member, which may include a pin, is used to return the modified driven gear to an operational configuration so that when the cartridge is subsequently installed in a printer, driving rotational force from the printer is transmitted to the removal mechanism to remove the internal toner seal, thereby permitting cartridge operation.
US10303081B2 Casing of a light scanning apparatus, light scanning apparatus, and image forming apparatus
Provided is a casing of a light scanning apparatus accommodating a rotary polygon mirror and an optical member, the casing including: first seat surfaces arranged on a bottom surface of the casing to mount a first deflection portion that includes a first rotary polygon mirror, a first motor, and a first board on which the first rotary polygon mirror and the first motor are fixed; and second seat surfaces arranged on the bottom surface to mount a second deflection portion that includes a second rotary polygon mirror, a second motor having a maximum number of revolutions higher than that of the first motor, a second board on which the second rotary polygon mirror and the second motor are fixed, and a mounting portion supporting the second board, wherein at least one of the second seat surfaces is arranged outside of a region formed by connecting the first seat surfaces.
US10303080B2 Image forming apparatus with improved timing for emitting beam detect light beam
An image forming apparatus includes: a photosensitive member; a process member configured to act on the photosensitive member; and a light scanning apparatus configured to emit a light beam to the photosensitive member. The light scanning apparatus includes: a light source; a rotary polygon mirror; a first signal generating unit configured to receive the light beam deflected by the rotary polygon mirror to generate a first signal indicating a scan starting position; and a second signal generating unit configured to generate a second signal based on a rotation angle of the rotary polygon mirror. A lighting-up timing of the light source for generating the first signal is determined based on a number of the second signals after a voltage for image formation is applied and a relationship between the first signal and the second signal is obtained before the voltage is applied and after the rotary polygon mirror is rotated.
US10303068B2 Projection exposure tool for microlithography and method for microlithographic imaging
A projection exposure tool for microlithography for imaging mask structures of an image-providing substrate onto a substrate to be structured includes a measuring apparatus configured to determine a relative position of measurement structures disposed on a surface of one of the substrates in relation to one another in at least one lateral direction with respect to the substrate surface and to thereby simultaneously measure a number of measurement structures disposed laterally offset in relation to one another.
US10303067B2 Cooler for use in a device in a vacuum
The disclosure relates to a cooler for use in a device in a vacuum, wherein the partial pressure of the cooling medium in the vacuum environment during the operation of the cooler is less than 10−3 mbar. The cooler includes a heat sink, wherein a cavity through which the cooling medium flows is formed in the heat sink, and wherein the heat sink includes a connection element which surrounds one end of the cavity through which the cooling medium flows. The cooler also includes a connecting piece for joining a coolant line to the cavity. The connecting piece includes a jacket secured on the connection element by a thermal connecting process. An intermediate layer is between the jacket and the connection element. The jacket exerts a force in the direction of the connection element so that the intermediate layer is under compressive stress in the radial direction during operation of the cooler.
US10303065B2 Arrangement for actuating at least one optical element in an optical system
The invention relates to an arrangement for actuating an element in an optical system, in particular an optical system of a projection exposure apparatus, wherein the optical element is tiltable about at least one tilting axis via at least one joint having a joint stiffness, comprising at least one actuator for exerting a force on the optical element, wherein the actuator has an actuator stiffness which at least partly compensates for the joint stiffness.
US10303063B2 Projection exposure apparatus with at least one manipulator
A projection exposure apparatus for microlithography includes a projection lens which includes a plurality of optical elements for imaging mask structures onto a substrate during an exposure process. The projection exposure apparatus also includes at least one manipulator configured to change, as part of a manipulator actuation, the optical effects of at least one of the optical elements within the projection lens by changing a state variable of the optical element along a predetermined travel. The projection exposure apparatus further includes an algorithm generator configured to generate a travel generating optimization algorithm, adapted to at least one predetermined imaging parameter, on the basis of the at least one predetermined imaging parameter.
US10303057B2 Fluorine free photopatternable phenol functional group containing polymer compositions
Various polycycloolefinic polymers containing phenolic pendent groups and compositions thereof useful for forming self-imageable films encompassing such polymers are disclosed. Such polymers encompass norbornene-type repeating units containing phenolic pendent groups which contain very low levels of fluorine containing monomers. The films formed from such polymer compositions provide self imageable, low-k, thermally stable layers for use in microelectronic and optoelectronic devices.
US10303053B2 Diazo-resin, photoresist composition and method of preparing same
Diazo-resin-containing photoresist compositions and methods of preparing the same are provided for solving the problem that existing diazo-resins cannot be applied in LCD photoresists because the storage periods of the diazo-resins themselves and the printed boards made thereby are both short due to poor thermal stability of the diazo-resins. The diazo-resins of the present invention have excellent thermal stability and exhibit strong resistance to dry etching when being used in negative photoresists, while high resolution can be achieved. Meanwhile, during exposure, portions of the diazo-resins can crosslink with hydrogen bonds on surface of SiO or SiON film forming a barrier layer or passivation layer, such that the adhesion between the photoresists and the film layer is increased, and the photoresists would not peel during development. Thus, the utilization of tackifiers for enhancing the adhesion between a photoresist and surface of SiO or SiON film before masking can be omitted.
US10303045B1 Control of display device for autonomous vehicle
A display device of an autonomous vehicle is controlled based on data collected from sensors located in or on the vehicle. The display device is used to present one or more images to a driver and/or passengers of the autonomous vehicle. The display device can be, for example, a windshield and/or other window of the vehicle. Image data can be, for example, transformed to improve visual perception by passengers in the vehicle when the images are displayed on a curved shape of the windshield.
US10303040B2 Integrated wavelength conversion and laser source
An integrated, vertically stacked device includes a laser in an enclosure, a wavelength converter in an enclosure, a mechanical interface for attaching the enclosures and maintaining the laser and wavelength converter in the same plane, and apparatus for directing light from the laser to the wavelength converter within the footprint of the integrated device.
US10303033B2 Electrochromic element, optical filter, lens unit, and image pick-up apparatus
The present invention provides an electrochromic element that includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a third electrode, wherein at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode is a transparent electrode, and an electrolyte, an anodic organic electrochromic compound, and a cathodic redox substance are present between the first electrode and the second electrode, the third electrode is electrically connectable to the first electrode or the second electrode via the electrolyte, the third electrode contains an irreversibly oxidizable substance, and the oxidizable substance is not oxidized by a first oxidant of the anodic organic electrochromic compound but is more easily oxidizable than a reductant in an irreversible oxidation reaction of the anodic organic electrochromic compound.
US10303031B2 Electro-optic gas barrier
An electro-optic element is provided that includes a first substantially transparent substrate having first and second surfaces disposed on opposite sides thereof. The second surface has a first electrically conductive layer and a second substantially transparent substrate has third and fourth surfaces disposed on opposite sides thereof. The third surface includes a second electrically conductive layer. At least one of the first and second substantially transparent substrates includes a polymer. A primary seal is positioned such that the primary seal and the first and second substrates define a cavity therebetween. An electro-optic medium is disposed in the cavity. The electro-optic medium is variably transmissive such that the electro-optic medium is operable between generally clear and darkened states. A polymeric barrier is disposed between the first electrically conductive layer and the electro-optic medium.
US10303030B2 Reflective optical stack for privacy display
A privacy display comprises a polarized output spatial light modulator, reflective polarizer, switchable liquid crystal retarder and polarizer. In a privacy mode of operation, on-axis light from the spatial light modulator is directed without loss, whereas off-axis light has reduced luminance. Further, display reflectivity is reduced for on-axis reflections of ambient light, while reflectivity is increased for off-axis light. The visibility of the display to off-axis snoopers is reduced by means of luminance reduction and increased frontal reflectivity to ambient light. In a wide angle mode of operation, the liquid crystal retardance is adjusted so that off-axis luminance and reflectivity are unmodified.
US10303028B2 Vehicle mirror having inscription
A vehicle mirror, in particular an (exterior) rear-view mirror, comprising a base layer made of glass, an adhesive layer on the glass, a first foil film, a first conductive layer, a first and a second alignment layer, a liquid crystal region, wherein spacers are provided in this region and the liquid crystal region is arranged between the first and second alignment layers, a conductive reflector layer, which is arranged on the side of the liquid crystal region opposite to the base layer, and a second foil film, wherein at least the first alignment layer is removed in a predetermined region, so that the crystals of the adjacent liquid crystal region are disordered.
US10303027B2 Liquid crystal display device and manufacturing method thereof
A liquid crystal display device comprising: a substrate; a gate line that is disposed on the substrate and extends in a first direction; a first insulating film that is disposed on the gate line; a semiconductor pattern that is disposed on the first insulating film; a first transparent electrode that is disposed on the semiconductor pattern, and has a first electrode and a second electrode being spaced apart from each other; a second insulating film that is disposed on the first transparent electrode and partially exposes the first electrode; a data line disposed on the second insulating film and extends in a second direction different from the first direction; a second transparent electrode that is disposed on the second insulating film and at least partially overlaps the second electrode; and a connecting electrode in direct contact with a portion of the exposed first electrode and the data line.
US10303025B2 Display device having rounded edges
The present disclosure relates to a display device, and the display device according to an exemplary embodiment includes: a substrate having a rounded edge; a light blocking member disposed around a display area of the substrate, wherein a corner of the light blocking member has a rounded edge; a plurality of pixels disposed on the substrate; and a pixel electrode disposed in each of the plurality of pixels, wherein the pixel electrode has a horizontal stem, a vertical stem, and a plurality of fine branches, wherein the plurality of pixels includes a first pixel at least partially overlapping the light blocking member and a second pixel adjacent to the first pixel and not overlapping the light blocking member, and wherein a shape of a fine branch disposed in the first pixel is different from a shape of a fine branch disposed in the second pixel.
US10303020B2 Display device and manufacturing method of the same
A display device includes: a base substrate comprising a first light blocking area extending in a first direction, a second light blocking area extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction and a light transmitting area defined by the first light blocking area and the second light blocking area; a gate line on the base substrate at the first light blocking area; a data line on the base substrate at the second light blocking area; a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line; a protective layer on the thin film transistor; a black matrix on the protective layer at at least one of the first light blocking area and the second light blocking area; and a pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor through a contact hole defined in the protective layer and the black matrix.
US10303015B2 Terminal connection structure of conductive film for touch panel and touch panel
External connection terminals in a conductive film and circuit-side terminals in a flexible circuit are respectively arranged in a first direction and are disposed through an anisotropic conductive membrane so as to at least partially overlap each other, the conductive film has detection electrodes and lead wires respectively connecting the detection electrodes to the external connection terminals, at least two external connection terminals have connection portions with the lead wires disposed at different locations, and, in each external connection terminal, an overlapping region between the circuit-side terminal and the anisotropic conductive membrane has ends in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and a width W1 of a first end in the first direction being located on a connection portion side between the external connection terminal and the lead wire is smaller than a width W2 in the first direction of the external connection terminal overlapping the first end.
US10303013B2 Pixel array antialiasing to accommodate curved display edges
An electronic device may have a housing and a display in the housing. The display may have one or more curved edges such as curved edges associated with rounded corners in the display and housing. The display may have an array of pixels. The display may include full-strength pixels and may have a band of antialiasing pixels having selectively reduced strengths to visually smooth content displayed along the curved edges. The antialiasing pixels may include single-opening pixels that each have a single opaque masking layer opening and may include dual-opening pixels that each include a pair of opaque masking layer openings. The single-opening pixels may be stronger than the dual-opening pixels.
US10303007B2 Curved monitor and curved display panel thereof
The disclosure discloses a curved display panel, the curved display panel includes a first curved substrate, a second curved substrate, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first curved substrate and the second curved substrate, a first pixel element array disposed on the first curved substrate, a second pixel element array disposed on the second curved substrate. The first pixel element array at least includes a plurality of first pixel elements arranged linearly on the flattened first curved substrate, the second pixel element array at least includes a plurality of second pixel elements arranged linearly on the flattened second curved substrate correspondingly. The plurality of first pixel elements or the plurality of second pixel elements of at least one of the first pixel element array and the second pixel element array are arranged with unequal intervals.
US10303004B2 Method for manufacturing quantum dot display device and corresponding quantum dot display device
The present disclosure relates to the field of quantum dot display technology and discloses a method for manufacturing a quantum dot display device. The method comprises: providing an array substrate and a counter substrate opposite to each other; printing an alignment solution containing a quantum dot material onto a side of the array substrate facing the counter substrate; removing a solvent in the alignment solution printed onto the side of the array substrate facing the counter substrate; heating the array substrate after removal of the solvent; and providing a backlight source at a side of the array substrate facing away from the counter substrate. The present disclosure further relates to a corresponding quantum dot display device. With such a manufacturing method, the display quality of the resulting quantum dot display device is greatly improved, and the associated manufacturing cost and process difficulty are reduced.
US10303001B2 Thermal crosslink material, manufacture method of liquid crystal display panel and liquid crystal display panel
Disclosed are a thermal crosslink material, a manufacture method of a liquid crystal display panel and a liquid crystal display panel. A structural formula of the thermal crosslink material is wherein A is B is and R is a linear or chain branched alkyl having 5-20 C atoms, wherein one or more CH2 in the alkyl is substituted with phenyl cycloalkyl, —O—, —CONH—, —COO—, —O—CO—, —CO— or —CH═CH— group, or one or more H atoms in the first group are substituted with F atom or Cl atom; a specific crosslink material may be one of Molecules of the thermal crosslink material crosslink together to forma polymer having a crosslinked network, and groups A and B can be anchored on a substrate surface The branch R provides an effect of vertical alignment and can form alignment films.
US10302995B2 High reflectivity LCOS device
Described herein is a spatial light modulator (15) for modulating the phase, retardation or polarization state of an incident optical signal propagating in a first dimension. The optical phase modulator (15) includes a liquid crystal material (17) and a pair of electrodes (19 and 21) for supplying an electric potential across the liquid crystal material (17) to drive liquid crystals in a predetermined configuration. Modulator (15) also includes a diffractive optical element (29) disposed adjacent a first electrode (19). Element (29) includes a first array of diffractive elements (31) formed of a first material having a first refractive index and extending in a second dimension substantially perpendicular to the first dimension. Elements (31) are at least partially surrounded by a second material (33) formed of a lower refractive index.
US10302986B2 Display device
According to one embodiment, a display device includes an illumination unit, a polarizing element which transmits a specific polarized component of light entering from the illumination unit, a display panel which transmits the polarized light entering from the polarizing element while maintaining or converting a polarized state, an optical element comprising a transmission axis which transmits first linearly polarized light, which transmits or reflects the light entering from the display panel and a reflective element which retro-reflects the light reflected by the optical element, and the display panel and the reflective element face one surface of the optical element.
US10302985B1 GOA circuit, liquid crystal panel and display device
A GOA circuit comprises a plurality of GOA structural units connected in cascade, and each GOA structural unit outputs a line scanning signal to a corresponding one line of pixel units. An Nth stage GOA structural unit comprises a forward-reverse scan control module, a node signal control input module, an output control module, a voltage-stabilizing module, a node Q pull-down module, a node P pull-down module, a gate signal pull-down module, a GAS signal function module and a self-lifting capacitor. A gate of a first TFT of the voltage-stabilizing module receives a third GAS signal, a source thereof is connected to the forward-reverse scan control module and the node Q pull-down module, and a drain thereof is connected to the first node. The third GAS signal is VGH signal during the scan period of the touch panel, and is a VGL signal in a suspending period of the touch panel.
US10302982B2 Display apparatus
A display device includes a display unit having a display panel, a display unit housing having a boxlike shape and accommodating a part of the display unit, a panel holder holding the display panel and engaged with the display unit housing, a driving circuit board driving the display panel and disposed on an outer surface of a bottom plate of the display unit housing, a connection film connecting the driving circuit board and the display panel, a frame body covering a peripheral portion of the display unit in a front view and a portion of the display unit in a side view, and a rib provided on the panel holder and in contact with a portion, which covers the portion of the display unit, of the frame body.
US10302980B2 Display device
According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first substrate and an external circuit, the first substrate including a first area, a second area, and wirings, the first area including a display area in which pixels are arranged the external circuit being mounted on the second area. The wirings are electrically connected to the external circuit, provided in the first area and the second area, and arranged in the first direction. At least one of the wirings is inclined with respect to a second direction orthogonal to the first direction in a first portion of the second area. The first substrate is bent in the first portion.
US10302972B2 Waveguide transmission
We have seen that some waveguides exhibit variable and increasing back reflection of single wavelength illumination over time, limiting their effectiveness and reliability. We have developed approaches to improve the transmission of these waveguides. We have found that by modulating the illumination wavelength over a small wavelength range we can reduce or eliminate this back reflection from the waveguide. In addition, we describe the writing and erasing of gratings within SiON waveguides by forming standing waves. Methods, systems, instruments, and devices are described that provide improved transmission of light through such waveguides.
US10302971B2 Process for assembling an elastic hinge for eyeglass frames, and elastic hinge for eyeglass frames
Process for assembling an elastic hinge for eyeglass frames comprising a first articulation provided with a head with a first hole, a second articulation having two shoulders provided with second holes, and a pin having a stem provided with a thinned final portion. The process provides for inserting the head of the first articulation between the two shoulders of the second articulation with the first hole of the first articulation non-aligned with respect to the second holes of the second articulation, an opening thus remaining between such holes. A step for inserting the pin is provided, during which the thinned portion of the pin is wedged in the aforesaid opening between the holes and is screwed into one of the second holes of the shoulders of the second articulation.
US10302970B2 Electronic ophthalmic lens with oscillator frequency adjustment
An eyelid position sensor system for an ophthalmic lens comprising an electronic system is described herein for adjusting an oscillator frequency on the lens. In at least one embodiment, the frequency adjustment is based on at least one signal received by the contact lens. In a further embodiment, the at least one signal includes a signal providing a plurality of transitions to compare to transitions in an oscillator output signal. In at least one embodiment, the source of the external signal is lighting. In at least one embodiment, updating the oscillator frequency between two lenses.
US10302965B2 Progressive addition lens, design method and manufacturing method therefor, and progressive addition lens manufacturing system
A progressive addition lens, a manufacturing method and a design method therefor, and a progressive addition lens manufacturing system, capable of flexibly adapting to an actual use state of a wearer and are optimal for each wearer, for determining a main line of sight considering not only convergence of the eye occurring with near vision including passive accommodative power but also convergence of the eye induced by using an accommodative power margin of the eye. The design method includes a first main line of sight calculation step of calculating a first main line of sight, where accommodative convergence caused by use of the accommodative power margin is considered, based on lens design information including at least information of accommodative power of the eye and a final main line of sight determination step of determining a final main line of sight of a lens from the first main line of sight.
US10302964B2 Contact lens for collecting tear or delivering drug, and method for manufacturing the contact lens
A contact lens for collecting tear or delivering a drug includes an inner lens placed on an eyeball, an outer lens provided at an outer side of the inner lens to overlap the inner lens, and a plurality of pillars disposed between the inner lens and the outer lens to form a space between the inner lens and the outer lens, wherein the contact lens has a plurality of interfacing ports for connecting a chamber with an outside of the contact lens.
US10302963B2 Contact lens and method for the production of a contact lens
A contact lens (1) comprises an optical zone (5) extending with a first diameter (A) about an optical axis (X) of the lens, and is provided with a first dioptric power and a central region (6), extending about the optical axis (X) with a second diameter (B), smaller than the first diameter, inside which is provided an optically inactive zone (7) with a diameter smaller than 0.5 mm.
US10302961B2 Passive damping solution to optical image stabilization for voice coil motors
In some embodiments, an apparatus includes an optics assembly housing an optics component. In some embodiments, the optics assembly is configured to move within the apparatus. In some embodiments, the optics assembly is suspended by a plurality of wires on a base component of the apparatus. In some embodiments, one or more passive dampers disposed around the plurality of wires. In some embodiments, the passive dampers are configured to passively dampen motions of the optics assembly within the apparatus, and each of the one or more passive dampers radially surrounds a portion of a length of a respective one of the plurality of wires over a portion of the length of the respective one of the plurality of wires.
US10302960B2 Multi-axis sector motor
A multi-axis motor includes a first elongate magnet member disposed in a first orientation and a second elongate magnet member disposed in a second orientation orthogonal to the first orientation and mechanically coupled to the first elongate magnet member. The first elongate magnet member is operable to adjust a first axis of a fine axis structure. The second elongate magnet member is operable to adjust a second axis of the fine axis structure.
US10302955B2 Three-dimensional display system having three-dimensional grating
A three-dimensional display system is provided, comprising: a display device; a three-dimensional grating, located on a light emitting side of the display device; and a refractive index adjusting device, disposed between the display device and the three-dimensional grating, wherein the refractive index adjusting device adjusts a viewing distance of the three-dimensional display system by changing a refractive index of outgoing light emitted from the display device to the three-dimensional grating. The viewing distance of the three-dimensional display system is changeable, so that the three-dimensional display system has enhanced space adaptability and a wider application range.
US10302952B2 Control device, control method, and program
Provided is a configuration for executing display information output control with improved visibility of a user wearable or portable display unit. A controller configured to execute display information output control on a user wearable or portable display unit is included. The controller sets a turning on (ON) period and a turning off (OFF) period and controls switching between afterimage consideration pulse display having the turning off period being set to be within an afterimage recognition period and normal pulse display having the turning off period being set to be longer than or equal to the afterimage recognition period, the turning on (ON) period being an output period of display information to the display unit, the turning off (OFF) period being a non-output period of display information to the display unit. The controller executes the switching control between the afterimage consideration pulse display and the normal pulse display depending on eye velocity of a user. The controller executes the afterimage consideration pulse display in a case where eye velocity of the user is less than a threshold and executes the normal pulse display in a case where the eye velocity is more than or equal to the threshold.
US10302950B2 Head-mounted display
A head-mounted display including a first optical system is described. The first optical system includes a partial reflector and a multilayer reflective polarizer disposed adjacent to and spaced apart from the partial reflector. The multilayer reflective polarizer is curved about orthogonal first and second axes and includes at least one layer that is substantially optically uniaxial at at least one location. Each chief ray that passes through the first optical system is first incident on the multilayer reflective polarizer at an angle of incidence less than 30 degrees.
US10302949B2 Virtual image display apparatus including a diffraction optical member having a diffraction section and a light transmissive substrate
A virtual image display apparatus includes a diffraction optical member including a diffraction section that directs the orientation of image light based on diffraction toward the position of a viewer's eye and a light transmissive substrate that is disposed in the diffraction section and on the side facing the eye and supports the diffraction section, and an image forming section that outputs the image light toward the diffraction optical member, and the light transmissive substrate is a color separation correcting section that corrects color separation produced by the diffraction section.
US10302948B2 Image display device having first and second deflection units
A display device of the embodiment includes an image generating unit which emits a light including an image information, and a light guide optical system which generates an image from the light which is emitted from the image generating unit at a position of an exit pupil, in which the light guide optical system is provided with a first mirror (a first deflection unit) which deflects the light which is emitted from the image generating unit, and a second mirror (a second deflection unit) which further deflects the light which is deflected by the first mirror to guide the light to the position of the exit pupil and transmits a portion of external light, and in which an optical axis of the light which propagates from the first mirror toward the second mirror and an optical axis of the exit pupil form an acute angle.
US10302946B2 Display apparatus
A display apparatus includes: a frame 10 to be mounted on the head of a viewer; and an image display device 100 attached to the frame 10. The image display device 100 includes: an image forming device 111; and an optical device 120 that guides an image from the image forming device 111 to an eye of the viewer. The optical device 120 includes: a first deflecting unit 130 that deflects the image from the image forming device 111; and a second deflecting unit 140 that deflects the image deflected by the first deflecting unit 130, toward the eye 21 of the viewer. A light reflecting member 151 is further provided to face the image forming device 111, with the optical device 120 being interposed between the image forming device 111 and the light reflecting member 151. Light emitted from the image forming device 111 passes through the optical device 120, is reflected by the light reflecting member 151, reenters the optical device 120, and is deflected by the first deflecting unit 130.
US10302945B2 Near-eye display with stacked lightguides
Embodiments are described of an apparatus including an eyepiece having a front surface, a back surface spaced apart from the front surface, and an edge forming a perimeter of the eyepiece. The eyepiece includes an angled surface to direct light eye-measurement light reflected from an eye into the eyepiece and to direct display light out of the eyepiece to the eye. A first waveguide is formed in the eyepiece and extending from the angled surface to the edge, the first waveguide being optically coupled to a first portion of the angled surface having a first surface treatment. And a second waveguide is formed in the eyepiece and extending from the angled surface to the edge, the second waveguide being optically coupled to a second portion of the angled surface having a second surface treatment.
US10302943B2 Head-up display and moving body comprising head-up display
A head-up display projects an image onto an eye-box of an observer. The head-up display includes a plurality of light source elements, liquid crystal panel, first lens, viewpoint detector, and controller. The plurality of light source elements are arranged into an array shape to output light beams. Liquid crystal panel displays the image, and first lens deflects the light beams emitted from the plurality of light source elements such that an identical region in an incident plane of liquid crystal panel is illuminated with the light beams. Viewpoint detector detects a viewpoint position of the observer. Controller controls light intensity of the light source elements according to the viewpoint position detected by viewpoint detector.
US10302942B2 Light-source device, image display apparatus, and object apparatus
A light-source device including a light-emitting element to emit light, a light-receiving system, an acquisition unit, a setting unit, and an adjuster. The light-receiving system receives the light emitted from the light emitting element. The acquisition unit acquires a wavelength of the light emitted from the light emitting element. The setting unit sets a target value of an amount of the light received by the light-receiving system based on the wavelength acquired by the acquisition unit. The adjuster adjusts an amount of the light emitted from the light emitting element such that the amount of the light reaches the target value of the light that is set with the setting unit.
US10302941B2 Projection-type display device, safe-driving support method, and safe-driving support program
Provided are a projection-type display device, a safe-driving support method, and a non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing a safe-driving support program capable of securing safety while providing sufficient information to a driver even in a situation where a field of vision in a traveling direction of a motor vehicle is poor. An HUD includes a light modulation unit that modulates light emitted from a light source unit; a projection unit that projects the light modulated by the light modulation unit onto a combiner; a first image information generation unit that generates first image information and outputs the first image information to the light modulation unit; a second image information generation unit that generates second image information and outputs the second image information to a display device; and a control unit that controls operations of the first image information generation unit and the second image information generation unit.
US10302939B2 Projection device and head-up display device
The present invention is compact and inexpensive, has good light efficiency, and enables a display image having a plurality of display distances to be displayed. A display emits projection light for displaying a display image at a predetermined position, and an image formation position adjusting mirror receives the projection light emitted from the display, performs conversion into a plurality of first projection light and second projection light that have different image formation distances by changing the image formation distance of the projection light that is at least part of the incident projection light, and reflects the first projection light and the second projection light to project the first projection light and the second projection light onto a first screen and a second screen.
US10302936B2 Vehicle display device
A vehicle display device includes an image generator including a light source that emits laser light and a mirror that projects an image onto a screen by reflecting laser light incoming from the light source toward the screen while oscillating with turning movements about two rotation axes perpendicular to each other and a magnifier provided between a reflection section located in front of an eye point set in a vehicle and the screen, and configured to project an image onto the screen while magnifying the image. The image generator includes a first image generator configured to generate an image to be projected onto a first region and a second image generator configured to generate an image to be projected onto a second region. The first region overlaps with a view ahead of the vehicle as viewed from the eye point. The second region is located around the first region.
US10302935B2 Multidimensional rotary motion apparatus moving a reflective surface and method of operating same
A motion control system for controlling an image projected from an underwater projection system in a water feature includes a chassis, a mirror support coupled to the chassis, a mirror member on the mirror support, a first drive member, and a second drive member. The mirror member is configured to reflect the image projected from the underwater projection system in the water feature. The first drive member is coupled to the chassis and configured to rotate the mirror support relative to the chassis about a first axis to move the reflected image in the water feature. The second drive member is coupled to the chassis and a fixed mount and is configured to rotate the chassis and the mirror support about a second axis to move the reflected image in the water feature.
US10302933B2 Insertion apparatus
An insertion apparatus includes a flexible insert section inserted into an insertion target and a curved-shape detection sensor which detects a curved shape of the insert section. The curved-shape detection sensor includes at least a core, a cladding, a coating, and a sensing part mechanically attached to the core and detecting the curved shape. The optical fiber is disposed at least in the insert section. The optical fiber includes at least one displacement restraint section which directly or indirectly restrains a displacement of the sensing part relative to the insert section.
US10302931B2 Magnifying observation apparatus
Light in a first emitting direction is irradiated on an observation target from a light projecting section and light from the observation target is received by an imaging section via an objective lens while a focal position of the light is changed in an optical axis direction of the objective lens, whereby a plurality of first original image data are generated in a plurality of focal positions. Light in a second emitting direction different from the first emitting direction is irradiated on the observation target from the light projecting section, whereby a plurality of second original image data are generated. First and second focused image data are respectively acquired on the basis of the pluralities of first and second original image data.
US10302930B2 Optical apparatus for performing observations and measurements by using images of measured objects
An optical apparatus including: a stage on which an object is mounted; an observation section including an imaging system forming an image of the object; a shaft rotatable in a first direction and a second direction opposite to the first direction; a drive that moves the observation section or the stage in a third direction defying a gravity according to rotation of the shaft in the first direction and in a fourth direction opposite to the third direction according to rotation of the shaft in the second direction; and a torque controller including a clutch that permits rotation of the shaft in the first direction, inhibits rotation of the shaft in the second direction, and rotates in the second direction with the shaft as a rotation force in the second direction is input to the shaft, and a restriction section restricting rotation of the clutch.
US10302923B2 Trans-illumination imaging with use of interference fringes to enhance contrast and find focus
System of, and method for, trans-illumination imaging with use of interference fringes to enhance contrast and/or find focus. In an exemplary method, a coherence of light may be reduced upstream of a sample by scattering and mixing at least a portion of the light. The sample may be irradiated with the light of reduced coherence. An image of the sample may be detected, with the image being created with at least a portion of the light of reduced coherence that has passed through a plane defined by the sample. Image detection may be performed with the sample sufficiently defocused to form interference fringes in the image. The step of reducing a coherence of light may attenuate the interference fringes.
US10302920B2 Optical image capturing system
The invention discloses a six-piece optical lens for capturing image and a six-piece optical module for capturing image. In order from an object side to an image side, the optical lens along the optical axis comprises a first lens with refractive power; a second lens with refractive power; a third lens with refractive power; a fourth lens with refractive power; a fifth lens with refractive power; a sixth lens with refractive power; and at least one of the image side and object side of each of the six lens is aspheric. The optical lens can increase aperture value and improve the imagining quality for use in compact cameras.
US10302919B2 Mirrorless large-aperture ultra wide-angle lens
A mirrorless large-aperture ultra wide-angle lens relates to a wide-angle lens of which a full angle of view is over 100 degrees, and sequentially comprises two parts from an object side to an image side: a first lens group Gr1 having a positive diopter and a second lens group Gr2 having a positive diopter; when an object moves closer from infinity, the first lens group Gr1 is fixed, the second lens group Gr2 moves towards the object to implement an ultra wide-angle microlens which is in focus and meets the following conditional expression: 2.0≤F1/F2≤10, wherein F1: a focal length of the first lens group Gr1; and F2: a focal length of the first lens group Gr2. The Invention can provide a miniaturized, high-performance, low-cost ultra wide-angle lens whose angle of view is over 100 degrees, achieving strong universality.
US10302914B2 Optical image capturing system
The invention discloses an eight-piece optical lens for capturing image and an eight-piece optical module for capturing image. In the order from an object side to an image side, the optical lens along the optical axis comprises a first lens with refractive power; a second lens with refractive power; a third lens with refractive power; a fourth lens with refractive power; a fifth lens with refractive power; a sixth lens with refractive power; a seventh lens with refractive power; and an eighth lens with refractive power; and at least one of the image-side surface and object-side surface of each of the eight lens elements can be aspheric. The optical lens can increase aperture value and improve the imagining quality for use in compact cameras.
US10302913B2 Imaging lens
An imaging lens includes a first lens group; a second lens group; and a third lens group, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The first lens group includes a first lens, a second lens, and a third lens. The second lens group includes a fourth lens and a fifth lens having negative refractive power. The third lens group includes a sixth lens having negative refractive power and a seventh lens.
US10302911B2 Optical imaging system
An optical imaging system includes lenses sequentially disposed from an object side toward an imaging plane. A stop is disposed between a third lens and a fourth lens. An object-side surface of the third lens may be concave, and a ratio TL/f of a distance TL from an object-side surface of a first lens to an imaging plane with respect to an overall focal length f may be greater than 0.7 and less than 1.0.
US10302910B2 Camera lens
A camera lens is disclosed. The camera lens includes a first lens with positive refractive power; a second lens with negative refractive power; a third lens with positive refractive power; a fourth lens with negative refractive power; a fifth lens with positive refractive power; and a sixth lens with negative refractive power. The camera lens further satisfies specific conditions.
US10302909B2 Six-piece optical lens system
A six-piece optical lens system includes, in order from the object side to the image side: a stop, a first lens element with a positive refractive power, a second lens element with a negative refractive power, a third lens element with a positive refractive power, a fourth lens element with a negative refractive power, a fifth lens element with a positive refractive power, and a sixth lens element with a negative refractive power. Such arrangements can provide a miniaturized six-piece optical lens system having a big stop and high image quality.
US10302907B2 Imaging lens and imaging apparatus
Disclosed are an imaging lens having satisfactory performance in a region of near infrared light, and an imaging apparatus including the imaging lens. The imaging lens includes, in order from an object side, as lenses having refractive power, only four lenses including a positive first lens L1, a negative second lens L2, a positive third lens L3, and a positive fourth lens L4. A conditional expression relating to a focal length fs1 of the first lens L1 with respect to s-line and a focal length fs of the entire system with respect to s-line: 0.5
US10302904B2 Optical imaging system
An optical imaging system includes a first lens having a positive refractive power, a second lens having a negative refractive power, a third lens having a positive refractive power, a fourth lens having a positive refractive power, a fifth lens having a negative refractive power, and a sixth lens having a negative refractive power. The first to sixth lenses are sequentially disposed from an object side to an imaging plane. An Abbe number of the second lens is 21 or less.
US10302903B2 Imaging lens set with plastic lens element, imaging lens module and electronic device
An imaging lens set includes three plastic lens elements, which are a first lens element, a second lens element and a third lens element, and a light blocking sheet. The first lens element includes a first flat abutting portion and a first conical surface. The second lens element includes a second flat abutting portion, a second conical surface, a fourth flat abutting portion and a fourth conical surface. The third lens element includes a third flat abutting portion and a third conical surface. The first flat abutting portion is abutted with the second flat abutting portion, the first conical surface contacts with the second conical surface, and the third conical surface contacts with the fourth conical surface. The light blocking sheet is abutted with the third flat abutting portion and the fourth flat abutting portion, respectively.
US10302902B2 Focus adjustment apparatus, imaging apparatus and lens barrel
A focus adjustment control apparatus is provided which includes: a focus detection unit that calculates an evaluation value with regard to contrast of an image via an optical system to detect a focus adjustment state of the optical system; an acquisition unit that acquires from a lens barrel at least one of a maximum value and a minimum value of an image plane movement coefficient that represents correspondence relationship between a movement amount of a focus adjustment lens included in the optical system and a movement amount of an image plane; and a control unit that uses at least one of the maximum value and the minimum value of the image plane movement coefficient to determine a drive speed for the focus adjustment lens when the focus detection unit detects the focus adjustment state.
US10302901B2 Imaging apparatus and focus adjustment method
In a focus adjustment method for an imaging apparatus, that, in order to focus on a single or a plurality of point light sources, acquires plurality of image data while moving a focus lens in an optical axis direction and carries out focus adjustment based on the image data, brightness values of pixels within a given evaluation region are detected based on the image data, high brightness evaluation values are calculated based on the brightness values, symmetry of the high brightness evaluation values are calculated for movement of the focus lens, and focus adjustment is carried out based on an extreme value calculated based on the symmetry.
US10302897B2 Optical device with deformable membrane having reduced response time
An optical device has a deformable membrane and a support to which a peripheral anchoring area of said membrane is connected. The optical device further includes a cavity filled with a constant volume of fluid, the cavity being delimited by the membrane, a base extending substantially parallel to the membrane and a wall of the support extending between the base and the membrane. The optical device further includes an actuation device of an area of the membrane located between the peripheral anchoring area and a central part of the membrane, configured to bend by application of electrical actuation voltage so as to move some of the volume of fluid located in a flow region located between the actuation area of the membrane and the base of the cavity. The optical device also includes a heating element adapted to locally heat the fluid in the flow region.
US10302896B2 Optical part, method of manufacturing the optical part, and camera
An optical part includes a lens and a holder having the lens fixed thereto. The holder is a cylindrical member including a front surface, a back surface, an outer peripheral surface, and an inner peripheral surface. The back surface contacts the lens, and part of the inner peripheral surface penetrates the lens.
US10302895B2 Composite plastic lens and method of manufacturing the same
A composite plastic lens including: a lens having a convex surface, a lens back surface, and a protrusion formed on at least part of an periphery; and a holder, the lens and the holder being molded integrally, wherein the cross-sectional shape of at least part of the lens including an optical axis on the convex surface side is such that a profile line on the convex surface side is curved in a direction getting closer to the lens back side as it goes from the optical axis side toward a turning point out of an optical effective area, and the cross sectional shape of the protrusion is inverted from the turning point out of the optical effective area toward the periphery in a direction away from the lens back surface, and the holder is fitted to the protrusion so as to include the turning point and is molded integrally on the peripheral side of the resin lens.
US10302893B2 Optical component mount device and post system and method of use
The present application discloses an optical post system for use with an optical mount device and includes at least one post body having at least one engaging surface formed thereon, at least one fastener recess configured to receive at least one fastener configured to couple the optical post system to at least one work surface therein formed in the post body, at least one fastener adjustment relief having at least one angled fastener plate positioned therein formed in the post body wherein the fastener adjustment relief is in communication with the fastener via the fastener recess.
US10302892B2 Camera lens module and manufacturing method thereof
A camera lens module includes an image sensor and a lens assembly. The image sensor includes a photosensitive chip defining a photosensitive path, wherein the lens assembly is coupled to the image sensor along the photosensitive path of the photosensitive chip. The lens assembly includes at least one optical lens module and an aperture member coupled at the optical lens module, wherein the optical lens module includes a lens barrel and at least an optical lens supported within the lens barrel. A relative position of the lens assembly with respect to the image sensor is adjustable for calibration and the relative position of the optical lens module is permanently fixed after calibration.
US10302891B2 Fiber optic cables with extruded access features and methods of making fiber optic cables
Cables are constructed with embedded discontinuities in the cable jacket that allow the jacket to be torn to provide access to the cable core. The discontinuities can be longitudinally extending strips of polymer material coextruded in the cable jacket.
US10302888B2 Flexible cable interface device
A device for securing fiber optic cables to telecommunications equipment. The device includes a cable receiver for receiving fiber optic cables, a mounting base for mounting to telecommunications equipment, and a neck extending between the cable receiver and the mounting base. The neck includes a flexible area to flex the cable receiver along at least two different planes.
US10302886B2 Fiber optic splice tray
An optical fiber splice tray is described that has a base, a fiber management region, a first splicing zone on a first side of the fiber management region and separated from the fiber management region by a first containment wall, a second splicing zone on a second side of the fiber management region and separated from the fiber management region by a second containment wall, the second side opposite the first side, at least one first optical component location disposed adjacent to the first splicing zone opposite the fiber management region, the first splicing zone between the at least one first optical component location and the fiber management region, and at least one second optical component location disposed adjacent to the second splicing zone, the second splicing zone between the at least one second optical component location and the fiber management region.
US10302885B2 Fiber terminal rack mount with front-to-back fiber routing management
A fiber terminal rack mount with front-to-back fiber routing management is disclosed herein. The terminal rack mount is configured to be mounted in a remote terminal to facilitate fiber management of fiber optic cables routed from fiber optic equipment. In exemplary aspects disclosed herein, the fiber terminal rack mount comprises two vertically oriented panels with a plurality of horizontally oriented shelves positioned therebetween. The panels are configured to mount to vertical rails of a remote terminal cabinet of the fiber terminal. The panels and shelves also define routing channels for routing fiber optic cables therethrough, thereby facilitating front-to-back fiber routing between fiber optic equipment mounted in the fiber terminal. In this manner, as an example, the fiber terminal rack mount may more easily support fiber routing between back-to-back mounted fiber optic equipment, which may increase as fiber optic connectivity density increases.
US10302882B2 Electro-optically based network infrastructures for telecommunication systems
A backplane for a communication system having a back-side and an opposite front-side both having traces capable of conducting electrical and/or optical signals that comprises a plurality of layers with traces capable of conducting electrical signals and vias for passing optical signals between said back-side and said opposite front-side. The back side is further provided with optical fibers capable of transporting the optical signals and optical elements affixed on an exit of one via of the plurality of vias in the back-side, wherein each optical element is capable of focusing optical signals coming through the via collimating optical signals from an optical fiber into and through the via to the front side. Systems based on the backplane are provided.
US10302880B2 Method and system for implementing high-speed electrical interfaces between semiconductor dies in optical communication systems
A method and system for implementing high-speed electrical interfaces between semiconductor dies in optical communication systems are disclosed and may include communicating electrical signals between a first die and a second die via coupling pads which may be located in low impedance points in Tx and Rx paths. The electrical signals may be communicated via one or more current-mode, controlled impedance, and/or capacitively-coupled interfaces. The current-mode interface may include a cascode amplifier stage split between source and drain terminals of transistors on the dies. The controlled-impedance interfaces may include transmission line drivers on a first die and transmission lines on a second die. The capacitively-coupled interfaces may include capacitors formed by contact pads on the dies. The coupling pads may be connected via one or more of: wire bonds, metal pillars, solder balls, or conductive resin. The dies may comprise CMOS and may be coupled in a flip-chip configuration.
US10302877B2 Optical cross-connect component
An optical cross-connect component mutually connecting an end of a first optical fiber group and an end of a second optical fiber group is disclosed. The optical cross-connect component includes a plurality of first connectors housing therein the end of the first optical fiber group, and a plurality of second connectors housing therein the end of the second optical fiber group. The m×n optical fibers in the first optical fiber group are housed in any of the plurality of first connectors, and the m×n optical fibers in the second optical fiber group are housed in any of the plurality of second connectors. The end of the first optical fiber group and the end of the second optical fiber group are connected so as to be butted to each other.
US10302872B2 Fiber optic adapter
A fiber optic adapter includes a first side wall (110), a second side wall (112) opposite the first side wall, a top wall (114), and a bottom wall (116) opposite the top wall. A cavity (10) is defined by the top wall, the bottom wall, the first side wall, and the second side wall, and an optical fiber alignment device (20) is situated in the cavity. The top wall (114) has an opening (117) therein, and a cover (118) is configured to selectively close the opening.
US10302871B2 Microfabricated fiber optic platform
Described here is a platform for supporting a fiber optic cable. The platform may be made on a silicon wafer using silicon lithographic processing techniques. The platform may include a substrate having a top planar surface; a trench formed in the substrate in the top planar surface and dimensioned to accept a fiber optic cable carrying radiation; and a reflecting surface formed in the top planar surface, wherein this reflecting surface is configured to reflect the radiation by total internal reflection, wherein the reflecting surface is configured to direct radiation travelling in a first direction into a second direction, substantially orthogonal to the first direction.
US10302870B2 Optical coupling device for a photonic circuit
A coupling device including, integrated in or on a substrate, a waveguide capable of guiding a light beam centered on a central wavelength λ0 and an optical coupler. The waveguide and the optical coupler extend in two superposed stages of the coupling device. The optical coupler is composed of at least one index gradient structure. The average optical index in the index gradient structure varies monotonously, decreasing with increasing distance from the waveguide, the average optical index being an average value of the optical index in a cubic volume with a side dimension equal to: λ 0 2 * n eff in which neff is the effective index of guided mode in the waveguide.
US10302866B2 Polarization splitters
Various embodiments relate to polarization splitters. A polarization splitter may include a silicon nitride (SiN) waveguide core configured to receive an input light signal having a first polarization mode and a second polarization mode. The polarization splitter may further include a silicon (Si) slot waveguide core disposed proximate the SiN waveguide core. The Si slot waveguide core may include a tapered portion at a first end configured to couple the first polarization mode to the Si slot waveguide.
US10302864B2 Method of forming a deterministic thin film from a crystal substrate by etching a bilayer bonding interface to create a channel
An example method of forming a deterministic thin film from a crystal substrate is described herein. The method can include implanting ions into a surface of the crystal substrate to form a thin film crystal layer, and bonding the crystal substrate and a handle substrate to form a bilayer bonding interface between the crystal substrate and the handle substrate. The method can also include exfoliating the thin film crystal layer from the crystal substrate, patterning the thin film crystal layer to define a deterministic thin film, etching one or more trenches in the thin film crystal layer, etching the bilayer bonding interface via the one or more trenches, and releasing the deterministic thin film from the handle substrate.
US10302862B2 Waveguide corner structure
A waveguide corner structure includes a plate on which mirrors are formed; and a waveguide member including waveguide cores and holes, each of the holes being drilled in a portion replacing an angular bent portion of corresponding waveguide cores. The plate is mounted on the waveguide member so that each of the mirrors is inserted in corresponding one of the holes for a change of a direction of a light beam at the portion of corresponding waveguide cores.
US10302858B2 Low-latency, hollow-core optical fiber with total internal reflection mode confinement
Air core optical fiber structures in which the cladding is composed of an engineered optical metamaterial having a refractive index less than unity for at least one specific wavelength band and provides for total internal reflection of optical energy between the air core and metamaterial cladding. According to certain examples, a method of guiding optical energy includes constructing a hollow core optical fiber with an all-dielectric optical metamaterial cladding, coupling optical energy into the optical fiber having an operating wavelength near a resonance of the metamaterial cladding, and guiding the optical energy within the hollow core optical fiber by total internal reflection.
US10302857B2 Low bend loss optical fiber with a germania doped core
A single mode optical fiber including a germania doped silica central core region having outer radius r1 and refractive index Δ1, a maximum refractive index Δ1max, and 0.32%≤Δ1max≤0.45%, and a core alpha profile (Coreα). In various embodiments, the optical fiber also contains a cladding region including: (i) a second inner cladding region or ring region surrounding the first inner cladding region; or (ii) an inner cladding region or pedestal region surrounding the germania doped silica central core region. The corresponding resultant optical fibers exhibit a 22 m cable cutoff less than or equal to 1260 nm, a macrobending loss at 1550 nm of ≤0.75 dB/turn on a 20 mm diameter mandrel, a zero dispersion wavelength, λ0, of 1300 nm≤λ0≤1324 nm, and a mode field diameter at 1310 nm of 8.2 microns≤MDF1310 nm≤9.6 microns.
US10302853B2 Back plate assembly and backlight module
A back plate assembly and a backlight module are provided. The back plate assembly includes a back plate, at least one optical film and at least one fixing member. The back plate includes a bottom plate and a sidewall. The optical film is disposed on the bottom plate. The fixing member includes a main body and a protruding member. At least one portion of the main body overlaps with the sidewall. The protruding member is disposed on the main body and is combined with the optical film.
US10302852B2 Back light unit and display device including the same
A backlight unit and a display device including the same are provided. The backlight unit includes: a frame; a reflection sheet located on the frame; a housing coupled to at least one side of the frame; a substrate located on the housing; a light assembly mounted on the substrate; and a light guide plate located opposite to the light assembly on the reflection sheet, wherein the housing is exposed to the outside of the frame. Therefore, as the housing is exposed to the outside of the frame, even if a problem occurs in a light assembly, by separating only the housing, the problem can be solved, and the housing is exposed to the outside of the frame to enhance a heat releasing effect.
US10302850B2 Backlight module and liquid crystal display
The present invention provides a backlight module, comprising an optical film assembly, a light guide plate, a reflective sheet, and the optical film assembly comprises a first prismatic glass, and the first prismatic glass comprises a display region, two side walls, a junction region, and the display region and the reflective sheet are oppositely located, and the side wall is formed by the display region extending downward, and the side wall is connected between the display region and the junction region to form an accommodation space, and the light guide plate and the reflective sheet stack up together inside the accommodation space, and the light guide plate is located between the reflective sheet and the optical film assembly, and the reflective sheet is located between the light guide plate and the junction region.
US10302847B2 Micro injection-molded articles
In one or more embodiments, micro light guides are constructed that include a wall and one or more features extending from or protruding into one or more surfaces of the wall. The microstructure light guide is defined by a mold and formed as a single article with uniform internal stresses. In at least some embodiments, the mold that defines the microstructure light guide employs pixelated mold portions that enable selective temperature adjustment of discrete regions of the mold portions to form the microstructure light guide.
US10302846B2 Display device
Provided is a display device that can be realized with a simple configuration and functions as a transparent display allowing background to be clearly seen therethrough. When a liquid crystal panel is in an ON state, polarized backlight that is incident from a polarized backlight unit reaches a front surface. At this point, ambient light that is incident from a rear side also reaches the front surface. Accordingly, an observer who is on a front side of a transparent display can visually recognize an image that is displayed in an overlaid manner on the background seen through the transparent display. In a case where the liquid crystal panel is placed into an OFF state, the polarized backlight cannot reach the front surface of the transparent display, and the ambient light reaches the front surface.
US10302845B2 Quantum dot films, lighting devices, and lighting methods
Light-emitting quantum dot films, quantum dot lighting devices, and quantum dot-based backlight units are provided. Related compositions, components, and methods are also described. Improved quantum dot encapsulation and matrix materials are provided. Quantum dot films with protective barriers are described. High-efficiency, high brightness, and high-color purity quantum dot-based lighting devices are also included, as well as methods for improving efficiency and optical characteristics in quantum dot-based lighting devices.
US10302844B2 Display with backlight recycling structures
A display may have an array of pixels. The pixels may have color filter elements such as red, green, and blue color filter elements. A layer of opaque material may be used to form a black matrix. The black matrix may have openings that receive the color filter elements. A backlight unit may produce backlight illumination for the display. A reflector layer may be interposed between the black matrix and the backlight unit. The reflector layer may have openings aligned with the openings in the black matrix and the color filter elements and may overlap the black matrix. Some of the backlight from the backlight unit may pass through the color filter elements. Other backlight may by be recycled by being reflected off of the reflector layer, thereby enhancing backlight efficiency.
US10302843B2 Light concentrating module capable of reducing bending, and backlight unit comprising same
Provided is a light concentrating module capable of reducing bending, comprising: a reflective polarization sheet layered with a plurality of stacks having different refractive indexes, so as to selectively transmit light, and having both sides of which the contraction rates are different; and a first light concentrating sheet having a first structural pattern in which first unit light concentrating bodies, of which cross-sectional areas gradually decrease towards an upper part thereof, are successively repeated, wherein the first unit light concentrating bodies are attached to one surface of the reflective polarization sheet, thereby reducing the contracting and bending of the reflective polarization sheet according to a rise in the temperature, caused by a difference between the contraction rate of the first light concentrating sheet and the contraction rate of one surface of the reflective polarization sheet.
US10302836B1 Backlight module and method for preparing the same, display device
A backlight module includes a backplane including a base plate, and a light guide plate disposed at a side of the base plate. A mounting hole is formed in the base plate, and a light source is installed in the mounting hole. The light guide plate includes a light guide portion located within a frame area of the backlight module, and a light emitting portion located within a transparent area of the backlight module. An orthographic projection of the light guide portion on the base plate at least covers the mounting hole, and the light guide portion is configured to reflect the light emitted by the light source to the light emitting portion.
US10302834B2 Apparatus and methods for lighting a floor using a light diffusing fiber
According to some implementations a floor is provided that comprises a substrate having a top surface and a groove formed therein. The groove has an open end located at the top surface of the substrate. The groove further includes a bottom wall and side walls with the bottom wall located a first distance below the top surface of the substrate. The groove extends along a length of the substrate. A light diffusing optical fiber or other lighting means is supported inside the groove by a transparent or translucent fiber support that spaces the light diffusing optical fiber or other lighting means a distance away from the bottom wall, side walls and open end of the groove. According to some implementations the walls of the groove or the outer surfaces of the fiber support are provided with light reflectors to enhance the propagation of light toward the open end of the groove.
US10302832B2 Embedded wire grid polarizer with high reflectivity on both sides
A wire grid polarizer (WGP) 10 can include wires 15 sandwiched between a first pair of thin-film layers 21 (with a first transparent layer 11 and a second transparent layer 12) and a second pair of thin-film layers 22 (with a third transparent layer 13 and a fourth transparent layer 14). An index of refraction of each outer transparent layer 11 and 14 can be greater than an index of refraction of the adjacent inner transparent layer 12 and 13, respectively. Material composition of the outer transparent layers 11 and 14 can be the same and material composition of the adjacent inner transparent layers 12 and 13 can be the same. There can be high reflection of one polarization (e.g. Rs1>93% and Rs2>93%) for light incident on either side of the WGP. The wires 15 can be embedded for protection.
US10302829B2 Polarizing film, pressure-sensitive-adhesive-layer-attached polarizing film, and image display device and method for continuously producing same
The present invention pertains to a polarizing film having a transparent resin layer on at least one side of a polarizer containing a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin, wherein the transparent resin layer has a thickness of 0.2 μm or more and is formed from a layer-forming material containing a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin having a saponification degree of 96 mol % or more, and wherein the combined total content of sodium acetate and potassium acetate contained in the transparent resin layer is less than 1 wt %. This polarizing film has crack-resistant properties, and can minimize degradation of the optical characteristics in a heating and humidifying test.
US10302827B2 Fabrication of a micro-optics device with curved surface defects
A method of fabrication of a micro-optics device included providing a layer of material; patterning the layer of material by one or more of: locally unzipping and desorbing molecules thereof, with a nano-scale dimensioned probe, to obtain a curved surface for the layer of material, the curved surface having a curved profile in a plane section; and completing a layer structure perpendicular to the plane section by providing one or more additional layers of material in contact with the curved surface to obtain the micro-optics device, wherein the micro-optics device has the layer structure, with a given layer thereof comprising a defect delimited by two surfaces, wherein one of the two surfaces is the curved surface.
US10302825B2 Reflective member and surface light source device having said reflective member
This reflective member comprises a rectangular bottom surface, four inclined planes joined to the four edges of the bottom surface and whereof each is inclined with respect to the bottom surface so as to slope up from the bottom surface, and four planar corner portion inclined planes, whereof each is disposed in such a manner as to link two adjacent inclined planes.
US10302820B2 Ophthalmic lens comprising a coating that minimizes ultraviolet reflections and method for the production of such a lens
The invention relates to an ophthalmic lens comprising: a substrate having a given refractive index; and a coating that minimizes ultraviolet reflections, said coating having a given refractive index and being deposited on a rear face of the substrate. According to the invention, the thickness of the ultraviolet-reflection-minimizing coating is between I μm and approximately 200 μm and the refractive index of the ultraviolet-reflection-minimizing coating is at least 0.15 units less than the refractive index of the substrate. The invention also relates to a method for the production of such a lens.
US10302816B2 Method for lightning forecasting and alert system
A method and system for determining and displaying lightning potential information is provided. The method includes receiving a radar data and temperature data for a grid location. If the radar data is above a radar threshold and the temperature data is below a temperature threshold a predictor field is computed. One or more predictor fields may be used to determine a lightning potential. Fuzzy logic may be used to combine predictor fields into a lightning potential. A grid of lightning potential values may be used to determine the lightning potential at a target location, or to indicate the lightning potential in a region outside an inner outlook region including the target location. A display may include an icon with an inner and outer portion displaying lightning potential in an inner and outer outlook region. A display may further include future lightning potential information.
US10302813B2 Quantitative assessment of plate tectonic models
A method for quantitatively evaluating multiple computer-based plate tectonic models for application in a geographic region of interest, in some embodiments, comprises: selecting a plurality of computer-based plate tectonic models; using multiple computer-based plate tectonic models to generate one or more predictions for one or more geological parameters; obtaining observational data for each of said one or more geological parameters; for each of said one or more geological parameters, quantitatively comparing the predictions and the observational data to determine model rankings; and displaying said model rankings on a computer display.
US10302811B2 Data reduction of images measured in a borehole
A data reduction method for transmission of a borehole image to the surface of the earth using restricted band widths of LWD telemetry systems. The data reduction method is based on the measurement physics rather than mathematical compression algorithms. Measured data from a sensor are fitted, within the logging tool, to a response function relating sensor response to a parameter of interest. The coefficients of the fitted response function are scaled and then telemetered to the surface. The measured data are reconstructed at the surface by combining the telemetered coefficients with the response function. A borehole image is formed by combining reconstructed reduced data. Parameters of dipping beds intersecting the borehole can be determined from the coefficients.
US10302810B2 Use of thermopiles to detect human location
A method of detecting presence and location uses sensor data received from a plurality of thermopiles, each thermopile having a different field of view. In response to detecting a change in the sensor data, stored background values for each field of view are accessed and then the location of a body (e.g. a human or animal) is determined based on differences between the sensor data and sensor values predicted using a forward model and the stored background values for each field of view. Having determined the location, the stored background values are updated based on differences between the sensor data and the predicted sensor values for a body at the determined location.
US10302809B2 Band-limited integrated computational elements based on hollow-core fiber
An optical analysis tool includes an integrated computational element (ICE). The ICE includes a first hollow-core fiber. The first hollow-core fiber has a structure configured such that a spectrum of light guided by the first hollow-core fiber is related, over a wavelength range, to a characteristic of the sample.
US10302808B2 Gravitational radiation communication system comprising a superconducting movable membrane between cylindrical superconducting cavities to provide parametric amplification
A gravitational radiation communication system. The system includes a gravitational radiation transmitter and a gravitational radiation receiver. Each of the transmitter and the receiver includes a first cylindrical superconducting cavity, having a first length, a first diameter, and an entrance aperture for electromagnetic radiation; a second cylindrical superconducting cavity, having a second length, a second diameter, and a first aperture for gravitational radiation, the second cavity being coaxial with and adjacent the first cavity; and a superconducting movable membrane positioned between the first cavity and the second cavity and configured to provide parametric amplification of electromagnetic fields in the second cavity. The first aperture is configured to pass gravitational radiation.
US10302806B2 Security detection system
The present disclosure relates to a technical field of a security detection device, and particularly, to a security detection system, comprising one or more detection devices, wherein the detection device comprises a first ray emitter, a ray receiver, and a movable frame, wherein the first ray emitter comprises a first ray source for generating first detection rays and is provided at a bottom portion of the movable frame, so that the first detection rays can penetrate through a detected object from a bottom of the detected object; the ray receiver comprises a ray detector provided on the movable frame, for correspondingly receiving the first detection rays having penetrated through the detected object; and the movable frame is movable in a direction in which the first ray emitter and the ray receiver are capable of moving through a detection region for the detected object.
US10302802B2 Apparatus and methods of skin effect correction
Various embodiments include apparatus and methods to provide a skin-effect correction. The skin-effect correction can be based on a pre-calculated correction coefficient library. In various embodiments, a skin-effect correction procedure can be applied that only uses a single-frequency R-signal measurement. In addition, an embodiment of a skin-effect correction procedure using a single-frequency R-signal measurement can be applied whenever the quality of the data from one of the multiple frequencies normally used in a multi-frequency method is reliable. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
US10302794B2 Detection system for detecting a person on a seat
A detection system includes a first electrode provided at a seat of a vehicle; a second electrode provided at an operation unit which is operated by being contacted, the second electrode being connected to a reference potential portion; and a detection device that measures combined capacitance between the reference potential portion and the first electrode and detects a presence of a person on the seat, and a contact between the person and the operation unit based on a measurement value of the combined capacitance.
US10302793B2 Blending and display of RF in wall imagery with data from other sensors
A method and apparatus for blending and display of radio frequency in-wall imagery are provided. In the method and apparatus, an RF sensor assembly receives an RF signal for capturing an RF image of one or more objects including an electricity-bearing object disposed in a space behind a surface, a voltage sensor detects a presence of the electricity-bearing object disposed in the space behind the surface and a processor determines the RF image based on the data representing the RF signal, identifies a position of the electricity-bearing object in the RF image based on the data indicating the presence of the electricity-bearing object and a relative position of the sensory field to the RF sensor assembly and generates, based on the RF image, a composite image in which the electricity-bearing object is marked.
US10302789B2 Method and apparatus for estimating source signature in shallow water
In order to use near-field measurements to obtain signature of a signal penetrating seafloor in a shallow water surveyed area, the water-bottom reflections' effect is removed. The removal is performed by obtaining first a far-field initial estimate from stacked primary pulses in the near-field measurements, and then estimating water-bottom reflection portions for different depths using differences between the near-field measurements and the far-field initial estimate. The signature of the air-gun for each shot is then deblended from the near-field measurement for the shot using the one of the water-bottom reflection portions according to a water-bottom depth associated with the shot location.
US10302786B2 Methods and systems of determining a fault plane of a microseismic event
A moment tensor is determined using an inversion algorithm for each of a plurality of microseismic events passively detected by receivers. Each of the moment tensors includes two nodal planes. A subset of the microseismic events is grouped into a family of microseismic events. If the microseismic events in the family have a common nodal plane, the common plane is a solution fault plane for the family of microseismic events. Information related to the fault plane is used to optimize fracking operation.
US10302781B2 Advanced thermal neutron detectors and associated methods
A narrow thermal neutron detector includes a slidably receivable ionization thermal neutron detector module within an overall housing body. An active sheet layer of the ionization thermal neutron detector module can be tensioned across its width. The ionization thermal neutron detector module can include module upper major surface extents and module lower surface extents such that, when installed within the housing body, the module upper major surface extents are in a first spaced apart confronting relationship with housing upper major surface extents to define a first clearance and module lower major surface extents are in a second spaced apart confronting relationship with housing lower major surface extents to define a second clearance to accommodate housing flexing due to ambient pressure change. The housing body can be formed with a single opening for receiving the ionization thermal neutron detection module or with opposing first and second opposing end openings.
US10302778B2 Semiconductor photomultiplier with baseline restoration for a fast terminal signal output including output loads to correct an overshoot of an output signal
A semiconductor photomultiplier (SPM) device is described. The SPM comprises a plurality of photosensitive elements, a first electrode arranged to provide a bias voltage to the photosensitive elements, a second electrode arranged as a biasing electrode for the photosensitive elements, a plurality of quench resistive elements each associated with a corresponding photosensitive element, a plurality of output loads; a first node of each output load is common to one of the photosensitive elements and the corresponding quench element; and a third electrode provides an output signal from the photosensitive elements; the third electrode is coupled to a second node of the respective output loads; the outputs loads fully or partially correct an overshoot of the output signal on the third electrode.
US10302774B2 Detector assembly for use in CT imaging systems
A detector assembly for a CT imaging system is provided. The detector assembly including a scintillator block including a plurality of pixels, each pixel configured to receive x-ray beams travelling in a transmission direction, a plurality of photodiodes, and a light guide coupled between the scintillator block and the plurality of photodiodes, the light guide including a plurality of light pipes, each light pipe configured to guide light emitted from a pixel of the plurality of pixels into an associated photodiode of the plurality of photodiodes, wherein each pixel has a first cross-sectional area that is substantially perpendicular to the transmission direction, wherein each photodiode has a second cross-sectional area that is substantially perpendicular to the transmission direction, and wherein the first cross-sectional area is different from the second cross-sectional area.
US10302770B1 Systems and methods for absolute position navigation using pseudolites
A pseudolite device for providing navigation data, while denied or having limited access to satellite navigation signals for instance, may include a receiver for receiving, from each of a plurality of pseudolites, respective navigation data including an indication of an absolute position of a respective pseudolite and a time instance at which the navigation data is transmitted by the respective pseudolite. The pseudolite device may include a processor configured to determine an absolute position of the pseudolite device according to the navigation data received from each of the plurality of pseudolites, and a transmitter for broadcasting positioning data and transmission time data. The positioning data can include an indication of the determined absolute position of the pseudolite device and the transmission time data includes an indication of a time instance at which the positioning data is transmitted by the transmitter.
US10302763B2 Method for detecting proximity of object and electronic device using the same
Disclosed are an electronic device and method for detecting the proximity of an object. In an embodiment, the electronic device includes a communication module, a sound emitter, a sound receiver, and a processor. The processor receives at least one part of a voice signal from a calling party through the communication module, and determines whether there is a voice idle time in the at least one part of the voice signal. When the voice idle time is present in the at least one part of the voice signal, the processor outputs a sound wave in an inaudible frequency band through the sound emitter during the voice idle time. Then the processor receives, through the sound receiver, sound wave in the inaudible frequency band reflected from an object. Next, the processor may detect whether the object is proximate to the electronic device using the reflected sound wave in the inaudible frequency band.
US10302761B1 System and method for turbulence detection
An aircraft hazard warning system or method can be utilized to determine a location of turbulence, hail or other hazard for an aircraft. The aircraft hazard warning system can utilize processing electronics coupled to an antenna. The processing electronics can determine an inferred presence of turbulence in response to lightning sensor data, radar reflectivity data, turbulence data, geographic location data, vertical structure analysis data, and/or temperature data. The system can include a display for showing the turbulence hazard and its location.
US10302757B2 Aid system and method for visually impaired or blind people
An aid system for the visually impaired or blind includes a first tag positionable on an object and having a first receiver/transmitter that receives an interrogation and transmits a data signal containing an identification code, a user interface device for a user associated to a second tag having a second receiver/transmitter that transmits a data signal containing an identification code of the user interface device and receives a data signal; a local receiver detecting a location of the first and second tags, and a control unit communicating with the local receiver and storing data, wherein the data signals contain: from the tag to the receiver, the identification code; from the receiver to the control unit, the identification code and the location of the first and second tags; and from the control unit to the user interface device, the location and identification code of the first tag.
US10302753B2 Ultrasonic sensor
An ultrasonic sensor (1) comprises a housing (2) and a diaphragm (4), to which a piezo-electric element (6) is fastened, and an electric connector region (8) which has an earth connector (24). A layer made from an electrically non-conducting material is arranged between the diaphragm (4) and the piezo-electric element (6), and the diaphragm (4) is connected to the earth connector (24) in an electrically conducting manner.
US10302750B2 Method and system for arbitrary waveform generation using a tri-state transmit pulser
A method and system for generating arbitrary ultrasonic waveforms using a tri-state transmitter. Three variants of the device are described to provide functionality in three usage scenarios.
US10302747B2 Distance measuring apparatus, electronic device, method for measuring distance, and recording medium
A distance measuring apparatus measuring a distance to an object is disclosed. The apparatus includes a light projector projecting an irradiating light onto the object; a first receiver receiving and converting a reflected light into a received light signal; a second receiver adjacent to the light projecting unit, the second receiver receiving and converting the irradiating light into a reference signal, the second receiver being different from the first receiver; and a distance measuring unit measuring the distance based on a time. The distance measuring unit calculates an integrated waveform based on a reference waveform of the reference signal and a waveform of the received light signal, determines, based on the integrated waveform, a time from projection of the irradiating light onto the object by the light projecting unit until reception of the reflected light by the first receiver, and calculates the distance based on the determined time.
US10302745B2 Method and device for triangulation-based distance measurement
Some embodiments of the invention include a method for determining distances to an object to be measured based on the principle of triangulation, comprising generating and emitting a measuring light beam, directing the measuring light beam to the object to be measured, detecting a reflection of the measuring light from the object with respective pixels of an image sensor during a defined detection sequence (t0-te) and deriving distance information based on the detected reflection. The detection sequence (t0-te) comprises a number of at least two exposure sub-sequences each defining a particular exposure period and saturation limit for the pixels of the sensor, wherein a successive exposure sub-sequence comprises a higher saturation limit than its prior exposure sub-sequence and each saturation limit defines a maximum charging level of the pixels for the respective exposure sub-sequence.
US10302744B1 Sensor assembly
A vehicle includes a roof and a housing having a bottom surface sealed to the roof. The vehicle includes a base in the housing and having a first surface sealed to the roof, a second surface opposite the first surface, and a duct extending from the first surface to the second surface. The vehicle includes a navigation sensor supported by the second surface. The vehicle includes a wire in electrical communication with the navigation sensor and extending through the duct.
US10302741B2 Method and apparatus for live-object detection
An FMCW radar is used to detect live objects by processing the matched, filtered radar return on a frame by frame basis. An FFT cross correlation coefficient is computed, followed by computing a modified geometric mean of the absolute value of the cross correlation coefficients. The modified geometric mean is then compared to a preset threshold to determine whether the object is moving or is stationary.
US10302737B2 Distributed localization systems and methods and self-localizing apparatus
A self-localizing apparatus uses timestampable signals transmitted by transceivers that are a part of a distributed localization system to compute its position relative to the transceivers. Transceivers and self-localizing apparatuses are arranged for highly accurate timestamping using digital and analog reception and transmission electronics as well as one or more highly accurate clocks, compensation units, localization units, position calibration units, scheduling units, or synchronization units. Transceivers and self-localizing apparatuses are further arranged to allow full scalability in the number of self-localizing apparatuses and to allow robust self-localization with latencies and update rates useful for high performance applications such as autonomous mobile robot control.
US10302728B2 Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and method of generating magnetic resonance image
A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes a signal transceiver, and a sequence controller configured to control the signal transceiver to apply an RF pulse and a gradient magnetic field to a first portion of an object, wait for blood to flow from the first portion of the object to which the RF pulse and the gradient magnetic field are applied, to a second portion of the object, and apply the RF pulse and the gradient magnetic field to the second portion of the object to which the blood flows, using a 3D balanced steady-state free precession (bSSFP), and subsample first magnetic resonance data from the second portion of the object to which the RF pulse and the gradient magnetic field are applied. The apparatus further includes an image processor configured to generate label image data based on the first magnetic resonance data.
US10302726B2 Image reconstruction for MRI using multiplexed sensitivity encoding
This invention provides an image processing method and apparatus for reconstructing an image of a site of a subject. The image processing method comprises: generating a first estimated phase of each shot of multiple shots of the site by sensitivity encoding based on shot data of the corresponding shot obtained for the site; reconstructing a first multiplexed sensitivity encoded image based on the first estimated phase of each shot and shot data of each shot; generating a second estimated phase of each shot of the multiple shots by regularized sensitivity encoding using the first multiplexed sensitivity encoded image; and reconstructing a second multiplexed sensitivity encoded image based on the second estimated phase of each shot and shot data of each shot. In this way, the quality of the finally reconstructed image in magnetic resonance imaging is further improved.
US10302724B2 Multi-slice gradient echo magnetic resonance imaging
A number of repetitions of a magnetic resonance measurement sequence and a number of repetitions of a navigator magnetic resonance measurement sequence are executed in a interleaved manner. Each repetition of the magnetic resonance measurement sequence includes the time-parallel creation of gradient echoes for measurement of magnetic resonance data. Each repetition of the navigator magnetic resonance measurement sequence includes the radiating of RF excitation pulse, the activation of at least one gradient pulse train for time-sequential creation of gradient echoes, and the read out of the gradient echoes as navigator magnetic resonance data. The magnetic resonance data are modified based on the navigator magnetic resonance data. This enables an N/2 ghosting artifact and/or a constant magnetic field drift and/or a movement artifact to be reduced. Such techniques can be applied in conjunction with simultaneous multi-slice echo planar magnetic resonance imaging, SMS EPI. Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging also is possible.
US10302722B2 System and method for magnetic resonance imaging using exchange time reflective of motion restriction or spin diffusion of protons bound to macromolecules
A system and method for producing a report about a subject from data collected from the subject using a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI] system. The method includes directing the MRI system to perform a pulse sequence to manipulate exchangeable magnetization in the subject and acquiring, with the MRI system, imaging data from the subject in response to the pulse sequence. The method also includes analyzing the effects of the frequencies of applied RF energy on the imaging data to identify inhomogeneous lines formed by a summation of multiple sublines centered at multiple different frequencies. The method further includes generating a report pertaining to inhomogeneous magnetization transfer occurring in the subject in response to the pulse sequence.
US10302720B2 Method and apparatus for determining dephasing factors in magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy
In a method and apparatus for determining time-dependent dephasing factors of at least one spectral component of at least two spectral components in a region of interest in an object under examination, measured data of the region of interest and acquired over time by a test measurement in a magnetic resonance scanner. The contribution of at least one of the at least two spectral components in the recorded measured data is determined. Dephasing factors of the at least one spectral component are determined on the basis of the contribution determined therefor in the recorded measured data over time. Dephasing factors determined in this way can be determined individually with relatively little effort and used in Dixon techniques.
US10302716B2 Digital receiver coil with built-in received phase noise indicator
A system and method synchronizes a digitizer clock of a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) device with a system clock of an imaging device. In a first method, an original reference signal is split into first and second reference signals in which the second reference signal is phase shifted to generate an orthogonal reference signal. A reliability of image data may be determined based upon a product between the first reference signal and the orthogonal reference signal. In a second method, a reference signal is transmitted from the imaging device to the MRI device and a return signal is received from the MRI device to the imaging device. A discrepancy between the digitizer clock and the system clock may be determined based upon the return signal which includes a variable time delay.
US10302696B2 Testing fuse configurations in semiconductor devices
Methods, systems, and apparatus for testing semiconductor devices.
US10302693B2 Method for estimating an operating profile of an integrated circuit of a system-on-a-chip, and corresponding system-on-a-chip
A system-on-a-chip includes an integrated circuit and an estimation circuit. The estimation circuit operates to acquire at least one physical parameter representative of the use of the integrated circuit and determine an instantaneous state of aging of the integrated circuit as a function of the at least one physical parameter. A margin of use of the integrated circuit is then calculated by comparing the instantaneous state of aging with a presumed state of aging.
US10302683B2 Detect and differentiate touches from different size conductive objects on a capacitive button
Apparatuses and methods of distinguishing between a finger and stylus proximate to a touch surface are described. One apparatus includes a first circuit to obtain capacitance measurements of sense elements when a conductive object is proximate to a touch surface. The apparatus also includes a second circuit coupled to the first circuit. The second circuit is operable to detect whether the conductive object activates the first sense element, second sense element, or both, in view of the capacitance measurements. To distinguish between a stylus and a finger as the conductive object, the second circuit determines the conductive object as being the stylus when the second sense element is activated and the first sense element is not activated and determines the conductive object as being the finger when the first sense element and the second sense element are activated.
US10302681B2 Current detection circuit and semiconductor device including the same
According to one embodiment, a current detection circuit (12) includes: a detection resistor (Rs) provided between a solenoid valve (106) and a solenoid driver (11); an amplification unit (121) configured to amplify a detected voltage of the detection resistor (Rs); an AD converter (122) that is driven by a reference voltage (Vref) generated based on a reference current (Iref) and configured to convert an output voltage from the amplification unit (121) into a digital value and output the digital value as a detected current value (D1); and a correction unit configured to perform a correction on the detected current value (D1). The correction unit includes: a temperature sensor (123); a storage unit (125) configured to store information about temperature characteristics of the detected current value (D1) generated due to temperature characteristics of a reference current in each of two or more different temperature regions; and an operation unit configured to apply, to the detected current value (D1), a first correction coefficient calculated based on a detection result of the temperature sensor (123) and information about temperature characteristics of the detected current value (D1) stored in the storage unit (125).
US10302677B2 Multiple pin probes with support for performing parallel measurements
Multiple pin probes and methods for controlling such multiple pin probes to support parallel measurements are disclosed. The method may include: establishing electrical contact between a multiple pin probe and a subject of measurement; selecting two pins out of a plurality of pins included in the multiple pin probe as current-carrying pins; selecting more than two additional pins out of the plurality of pins included in the multiple pin probe as voltage-metering pins; injecting a current through the current-carrying pins; simultaneously measuring voltage signals through the voltage-metering pins; calculating a simulated voltage distribution curve at least partially based on the voltage signals simultaneously measured through the voltage-metering pins; and determining one or more processor monitor parameters of the subject of measurement at least partially based on the simulated voltage distribution curve.
US10302676B2 Flexible resistive tip cable assembly for differential probing
A flexible resistive tip cable assembly includes a probe Radio Frequency (RF) connector structured to receive a RF differential signal and a testing connection assembly. A coaxial cable is structured to conduct the RF differential signal between the probe RF connector and the testing connection assembly. The coaxial cable includes a cable for conducting the differential signal, and a plurality of magnetic elements positioned along a length of the cable and structured to isolate the differential signal from common mode interference. The magnetic elements are separated from adjacent magnetic elements by a gap with elastomeric elements is positioned in each gap to provide cable flexibility. The assembly may also include an Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory (EEPROM) loaded with an attenuation associated with the flexible resistive tip cable assembly for use in signal testing by a device coupled to the testing connection assembly.
US10302673B2 Miniaturized and compact probe for atomic force microscopy
A probe for atomic force microscopy comprises a tip for atomic force microscopy oriented in a longitudinal direction, wherein: the tip is arranged at one end of a sensitive part of the probe, which is movable or deformable and linked to a support structure, which is anchored to the main surface of the substrate; the sensitive portion and the support structure are planar elements, extending mainly in planes that are parallel to the main surface of the substrate; the sensitive portion is linked to the support structure via at least one element allowing the sensitive portion to be displaced or to be extended in this direction; and the tip, the sensitive part and the support structure protrude from an edge of the substrate in the longitudinal direction. An atomic force microscope comprising at least one such probe is also provided.
US10302668B2 Automated analyzer device
In a case where a sample container 15 has a rubber-made lid 35, if a sample nozzle descends and comes into contact with the lid, the sample nozzle is relatively moved inside an arm as far as a lid detection distance, and a detector detects a detection plate. A fact that the sample nozzle comes into contact with the lid is stored together with position information of the sample nozzle, into an operation commanding unit. The sample nozzle further continues to descend, and a suction operation of a sample is performed at a predetermined position. In a case where the sample nozzle collides with a frame portion of the lid and external force is applied thereto, the detector detects that the detection plate is relatively moved as far as the detection distance.
US10302664B2 Method for the diagnosis of Niemann-Pick disease
The present invention is related to a method for diagnosing Niemann-Pick disease in a subject comprising a step a), wherein the step a) comprises detecting a biomarker in a sample from the subject, wherein the biomarker is compound 509.
US10302662B2 Methods and kits for assessing heparanase procoagulant activity, compositions comprising heparanase, and methods for the treatment of coagulation related disorders
Methods and kits for determining heparanase procoagulant activity in a biological sample are provided. Diagnostic methods for the detection and/or monitoring of a coagulation-related pathological disorder in a mammalian subject are further provided. In addition, compositions comprising heparanase and at least one tissue factor, uses and methods based thereon in the treatment, amelioration and prevention of coagulation-related pathologic conditions are provided. Also provided are methods for screening a coagulation modulatory compound, methods and uses based thereon in the treatment, amelioration and prevention of coagulation-related pathologic conditions.
US10302651B2 Magnetic nanocompositions for highly sensitive molecular and cellular enrichment, purification and detection
The present invention relates to a method of capturing, enriching, purifying, detecting or measuring a cell in a sample at a sub-nanogram level comprising providing a nanocomposition, contacting the sample with the nanocomposition to form a mixture solution and allowing the binding of the cell with the nanocomposition, applying a magnetic field to the mixture, and evaluating the presence of or absence of the cell. The nanocomposition is capable of capturing or enriching an analyte at a sub-nanogram level, and comprise a nanostructure operably linked to an analyte-capturing member.
US10302649B2 Assay apparatuses, methods and reagents
We describe apparatuses, systems, method, reagents, and kits for conducting assays as well as process for their preparation. They are particularly well suited for conducting automated sampling, sample preparation, and analysis in a multi-well plate assay format. For example, they may be used for automated analysis of particulates in air and/or liquid samples derived therefrom in environmental monitoring.
US10302647B2 Identification of surface-associated antigens for tumor diagnosis and therapy
The invention relates to identifying tumor-associated genetic products and encoding nucleic acids thereof. A therapy and diagnosis of diseases in which the tumor-associated genetic products are aberrantly expressed, proteins, polypeptides and peptides which are expressed in association with tumor and the encoding nucleic acids for said proteins, polypeptides and peptides are also disclosed.
US10302645B2 Materials and methods for diagnosis, prognosis and assessment of therapeutic/prophylactic treatment of prostate cancer
A method to detect prostate cancer comprising contacting a sample of prostate cells from the patient with a set of detectably labeled probes under hybridization conditions and determining the presence of chromosomal abnormalities in prostate tumor tissue, PIN (intra-epithelial neoplasia), histologically benign tissue and benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH); a method to combine immunofluorescence and FISH (IF-FISH) to facilitate the assessment of chromosomal abnormalities; a set of probes; and a kit comprising the set of probes and instructions for diagnosing prostate cancer in a patient.
US10302630B2 Method of identifying or evaluating beneficial actives and compositions containing the same
A method of identifying or evaluating skin-care actives that improve the metabolism of a skin cell. The method includes contacting cells with a stressor and a test agent and determining a response of the cells to the stressor and test agent, based on the change in metabolic indicators associated with glycolysis and/or oxidative phosphylation. The test agent may be identified as a skin-care active when the oxidative phosphorylation and/or glycolysis response corresponds to an improvement in cellular metabolism.
US10302625B2 Peripheral measure of central brain inflammation, markers therefor and uses thereof
Provided are methods for determining the level of microglial activation in the brain of a subject by measuring blood Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2), Prostaglandin F2α, or both, and C-Reactive Protein (CRP) concentrations in a sample obtained from a subject, wherein the ratio of [PGE2]/[CRP], [PGF2α]/[CRP], or both, is indicative of the level of microglial activation in the brain of the subject.
US10302623B2 Fluid sensing vibration sensor
One side of the surfaces of the crystal resonator 4 including an adsorbing film 46 that absorbs a sensing object on an excitation electrode 42A is pressed with the channel forming member 5 using the upper-side cover body 21 to form a channel 57, which runs from one end side to the other end side on one side of surfaces of the crystal resonator 4. A depressed portion 84 is disposed in at least one of: a position opposed to the channel 57 and at a surface on an opposite side of the channel 57 in the channel forming member 5, and a position opposed to the channel 57 and at a surface on the opposite side of the channel 57 in the pressing member with respect to the channel forming member 5.
US10302616B2 Submersible multi-parameter sonde having a high sensor form factor sensor
Provided are multi-parameter sonde systems having a unique form-factor, wherein the plurality of sensors are arranged in a tight-fit configuration. This provides a single distal sensing surface and minimal separation distance between adjacent sensors. The sensors may be pie shaped with an interlocking feature to tightly hold the sensors together, with a sensor guard disposed over the outer surface of the interlocked sensors. Sensor-guards disclosed herein may have an integrated sensor storage and sensor guard configuration, thereby avoiding a need for a separate storage cup and that are configured to minimize unwanted biological growth. Also provided are uniquely shaped individual sensors having interlocking features to hold several sensors together in a sonde.
US10302615B2 Method to tune radio frequencies to break emulsions
A method for determining an optimal radio frequency to break an emulsion comprises: analyzing an oil and water interface of an emulsion; defining the oil and water interface at a molecular level; simulating oscillation of molecules at the oil and water interface under different radio frequencies; and determining an optimal radio frequency to break the emulsion.
US10302611B2 Hydrogen-selective porous composite
Provided are a composition including a hydrogen-selective porous composite, a hydrogen gas sensor device including the hydrogen-selective porous composite, a kit for detecting hydrogen including the hydrogen gas sensor device, and a method for detecting hydrogen including contacting a hydrogen-comprising gas to the hydrogen selective porous composite. The method may include, for example: providing a hydrogen-comprising gas; providing a hydrogen-selective porous composite, the hydrogen-selective porous composite comprising cerium oxide; contacting the hydrogen-comprising gas to the hydrogen-selective porous composite; and selectively detecting hydrogen in the hydrogen-comprising gas according to a decrease in an electrical resistance of the hydrogen-selective porous composite.
US10302610B2 Generation source analyzing device and generation source analyzing method
To analyze a generation source of a target component emitted in a form of a gas. To provide a generation source analyzing device comprising an acquiring section which acquires a concentration measurement value of a gas which includes a target component, and a concentration measurement value of a particle component which is generated in association with the gas, and an analyzing section which analyzes a distance from a measurement point to a generation source of the target component based on a concentration measurement value of the gas and a concentration measurement value of the particle component. The acquiring section may acquire a concentration measurement value of a precursor gas which becomes a raw material which generates the particle component, and a concentration measurement value of a secondary generated particle component which is generated from the precursor gas.
US10302607B2 Method for detailed and bulk classification analysis of complex samples using vacuum ultra-violet spectroscopy and gas chromatography
Analysis of chemically samples using gas chromatography (GC) separation with vacuum ultra-violet spectroscopy detection is described. One technique focuses on assigning a specific analysis methodology to each constituent in a sample. Constituents can elute from the GC by themselves or with other constituents, in which case a deconvolution is done using VUV spectroscopic data. In an exemplary embodiment, each constituent may be specifically included in an analysis method during a setup procedure, after which the same series of analyses are done on subsequent sample runs. The second approach essentially integrates an entire chromatogram by first reducing it into a series of analysis windows, or time slices, that are analyzed automatically. The analysis at each time slice determines the molecular constituents that are present as well as their contributions to the total response. Either approach can be used to quantify specific analytes or to do bulk classification.
US10302602B2 Process of conducting high throughput testing high performance liquid chromatography
The present invention utilizes a high throughput testing (HTT) method of high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) to validate samples of pharmaceutical compositions. In one embodiment, improved sample preparation techniques comprise adding the entire vial of a sample to a wide mouth disposable bottle, adding diluent, shaking overnight, and centrifuging.
US10302601B2 Gas chromatographic “in-column” spectroscopic analysis
A chemical detector for rapid, simultaneous detection of multiple chemicals including chemical warfare agents, toxic industrial chemicals, and explosives having one or more gas chromatography columns each with a chemosorbent or a chemo-reactive stationary phase and an infrared-transparent base, a bright infrared light source, a mechanism to direct the light source to any point along any of the columns, and an infrared sensor. Another disclosed detector has one or more gas chromatography columns each on the surface of a substrate having at least one infrared-transparent waveguide pattern, a bright infrared light source, and at least one ring resonator for each column, where each ring resonator is coated with a chemosorbent or a chemo-reactive stationary phase, and where each ring resonator spectroscopically probes the stationary phase. Also disclosed are the related methods for chemical detection.
US10302600B2 Inspection devices and related systems and methods
Inspection devices include a nozzle portion having at least one opening and a transducer disposed in a rear chamber of the housing. The housing has at least one fluid channel defined in the housing and extending along at least a portion of the rear chamber. The at least one fluid channel is configured to supply a fluid into a forward chamber of the housing proximate the transducer. Related methods include operating an inspection device.
US10302593B2 Method for detecting defect of pipe, device for detecting defect of pipe, apparatus for detecting defect of pipe
A method for detecting the defect of the pipe includes the steps of: detecting a first parameter related to a magnetic induction intensity along a length direction of the pipe; determining whether the first parameter exceeds a predetermined threshold; determining a position at which the first parameter exceeds the predetermined threshold as the position of the defect of the pipe; and determining a degree of the defect of the pipe based on a numerical value of the first parameter exceeding the predetermined threshold. Through the detecting device, the defect in the pipe is decided based on parameters related to the magnetic induction intensity, the position of the defect of the pipe is determined according to a position at which the parameters are abnormal, and the degree of the defect of the pipe is determined according to numerical values of the parameters which are abnormal.
US10302591B2 Sharply resolving labeled protein molecular weight standards
Pre-labeled protein standards useful in electrophoresis that have sharp, consistent separation characteristics that are substantially the same as those of their unlabeled counterparts are provided. The invention provides pre-labeled protein standard sets that include a plurality of labeled proteins that are labeled on a first amino acid, in which side reactions of the label with amino acids not targeted for labeling are reduced.
US10302589B2 Gas sensor, electrically conductive oxide sintered body, and wiring board
A gas sensor including a conductive oxide sintered body, the sintered body including a crystal phase having a perovskite-type oxide crystal structure represented by a compositional formula: REaCubFecNidOx wherein RE represents a rare earth element, wherein the following conditions: a+b+c+d=1 and 1.25≤x≤1.75 are satisfied, and wherein a, b, c, and d satisfy the following conditions: 0.375≤a≤0.524; 0.050
US10302588B2 Gas sensor control method
A catalytic conversion characteristic of a catalyst, which indicates a relationship between an air-to-fuel ratio and a catalytic conversion efficiency of the catalyst, includes a second air-to-fuel ratio point, which is a point of starting an outflow of NOx from the catalyst and is located on a rich side of a first air-to-fuel ratio point that forms an equilibrium point for a rich component and oxygen. A constant current circuit, which induces a flow of an electric current from an exhaust side electrode to an atmosphere side electrode through a solid electrolyte layer in a sensor element, is connected to the sensor element. A microcomputer controls a current value of the electric current, which is induced by the constant current circuit, based on a difference between the first air-to-fuel ratio point and the second air-to-fuel ratio point at the catalyst.
US10302587B2 Test strip and method of operation thereof
Test strip and method of operating thereof are provided. The test strip, from the top down, comprises a cover, an insulating layer, an electrode set, and a substrate. More particularly, the electrode set at least comprises a first electrode, a second electrode, and a third electrode. The insulating layer comprises a track, and the cover comprises an inlet, an indication line, and at least one vent. With the third electrode and the indication line in accordance with the present invention, a user may confirm the operation status of the test strip and the loading status of biological samples with ease to improve the accuracy of testing.
US10302583B2 Humidity sensor based on squaraine polymer, preparation method and use thereof
The invention discloses a humidity sensor based on squaraine polymer and the preparation method and use thereof. Specifically, the humidity sensor disclosed by the invention comprises a coating material and an interdigital electrode, wherein the coating material is a squaraine polymer as shown in formula I, n is an integer of 40-50, the coating material is brushed on the interdigital electrode, and the thickness is 100-400 microns. The humidity sensor disclosed by the invention has the advantages that the preparation is convenient, and the operation is simple; the response time is short, and the response for humidity change is higher than that of common metallic oxides; the recovery time is short, and the device performance is stable; the humidity hysteresis of the device is high under high humidity environment.
US10302582B2 Resistance-measurement apparatus and method for measuring resistance of powdery materials
Disclosed is a resistance-measurement apparatus, including: multiple measurement chambers for holding powdery materials; multiple first electrodes that press the respective powder materials in the measurement chambers; at least one second electrode that faces the first electrodes and that presses the powdery materials; and a measuring device that measures a resistance between the first electrodes and the at least one second electrode. Further disclosed is a resistance-measurement method, including: (i) placing at least one powdery material between a number N of first electrodes and at least one second electrode, and pressing the at least one powdery material therebetween; (ii) measuring an impedance between the number N of the first electrodes and the at least one second electrode; and (iii) measuring an impedance between a number M of the first electrodes and the at least one second electrode, wherein the number N is different from the number M.
US10302578B2 Method for performing material decomposition using a dual-energy X-ray CT and corresponding dual-energy X-ray CT apparatus
Methods and system for decomposing a high-energy dual-energy X-ray CT material are disclosed. In the method, two types of effect such as Compton effect and electron pairing effect which dominates are reserved and the influence of the other effect such a photoelectric effect is removed so as to improve the accuracy of the material decomposition. The unique advantage of the present disclosure is to effectively remove the error of the calculated atomic number Z due to directly selecting two effects during processes of material decomposition in the conventional dual-energy CT method. This may greatly improve the accuracy of dual-energy CT identification of the material, and it is important to improve the conventional dual-use CT imaging system applications, such as clinical therapy, security inspection, industrial non-destructive testing, customs anti-smuggling and other fields.
US10302577B2 Use of radiofrequency wave absorbing markets for the authentication of security documents
The present invention relates to the use of non-deactivatable security compositions comprising the combination of at least two types of particles of oxide materials, where said particles have a different size and/or morphology, and where the inorganic oxide materials have at least one transition metal or one lanthanide element, and radiofrequency wave absorption properties. The invention also relates to security articles, documents or elements incorporating these compositions, as well as to a method and to a system for detection thereof.
US10302574B2 Method for analysing the crystal structure of a polycrystalline semiconductor
A method for analyzing the crystal structure of a polycrystalline semiconductor material is described. According to one embodiment, the method includes exciting the material to make the material emit a luminescent signal, detecting, at each point of a mesh in a preset spatial region of the material, the luminescent signal at a variable polarization angle, in a frequency band of width greater than or equal to the width of the bandgap of the material, estimating, at each point of the mesh in the preset spatial region of the material, from the signal detected for said point of the mesh, a data characteristic of the modulation of the luminescent signal, modelled by a sum of sine waves, as a function of the polarization angle, and representing the characteristic data over all of the points of the mesh in the preset spatial region.
US10302573B2 Apparatus for spectroscopic analysis of residue
One example of the present disclosure relates to an apparatus for spectroscopic analysis of residue. The apparatus includes a surface including a hydrophobic portion and a hydrophilic portion. The hydrophobic portion surrounds the hydrophilic portion. The hydrophilic portion includes a dimension equal to or larger than a width of a first incident non-destructive electromagnetic beam.
US10302572B2 Reagent card alignment system
A reagent card analyzer comprises an optical signal source configured to transmit an optical signal and an optical signal detector spaced a distance from the optical signal source to define an optical signal path into which the optical signal is transmitted, the optical signal detector configured to detect the optical signal and to output an electrical signal indicative of the optical signal. A reader is configured to read a reagent pad of a reagent card. A reagent card moving mechanism is configured to move the reagent card having the reagent pad including a leading and trailing end through the optical signal path. An optical detector interface is electrically coupled with the optical signal detector and configured to receive electrical signals and to output a pad detect signal indicative of at least one of the leading and the trailing end as the reagent card is moved through the optical signal path.
US10302567B2 High throughput methods for analysis of contamination in environmental samples
Use of high throughput methods to analyze samples for toxic elements originating from industrial hygiene and environmental sampling are described. These methods utilize optical detection methods using plates with arrays and microwells. Methods to fabricate samples in such plates are described. The invention is particularly illustrated by demonstrating its applicability for analysis of beryllium by fluorescence and uranium by phosphorescence. This invention also discloses the use of improved filtration method and use of reagents with low background signals.
US10302566B2 Method for evaluating physical properties of polymer compositions
A method evaluates the mobility of a polymer composition in a high-temperature region of 150° C. or above. The method for evaluating a physical property of a polymer composition, the method comprising the steps of: obtaining a thin film sample which is formed on a substrate and which comprises: a fluorescent probe including a fluorescent rare earth complex having a melting point of 200° C. or higher; and a target polymer composition; and obtaining a relationship between a temperature and a fluorescent characteristic of the thin film.
US10302565B2 System and method for isotopic analysis of calcium using laser induced fluorescence
Laser-induced fluorescence based optical system and method configured to precisely quantify the relative abundances of calcium (Ca) isotopes in a sample. Optionally, a diode laser is used as a laser source, with its output frequency shifted by two electro-optical modulators to optically excite fluorescence in the calcium-containing sample. The amounts of fluorescence emitted by the various isotopes are measured and compared.
US10302564B2 Water quality analyzer
A water quality analyzer for analyzing sample water. The water quality analyzer includes an excitation light irradiating optical system configured to irradiate the sample water with first light, a component in the sample water being excited by the first light to emit fluorescence, a scattered light irradiating optical system configured to irradiate the sample water with second light, the second light being scattered by microparticles in the sample water to form the scattered light, a fluorescence detecting optical system configured to detect a portion of the second light that has passed through the sample water, and to detect the emitted fluorescence, and a scattered light detecting optical system configured to detect a portion of the first light that has passed through the sample water, and to detect the scattered light.
US10302558B2 Gas analysis system and boiler
A gas analysis system includes: a laser light source for emitting a laser light to be transmitted through an analysis target gas; a photodetector configured to receive the laser light transmitted through the analysis target gas, for outputting a signal corresponding to an emission intensity of the received laser light; a gas analysis apparatus for analyzing the analysis target gas on the basis of the signal outputted from the photodetector; a variable light attenuator disposed between the analysis target gas and the laser light source; a transmitted-light amount detector configured to evaluate a transmitted light amount of the laser light transmitted through the analysis target gas on the basis of the signal outputted from the photodetector; and an attenuation amount controller configured to control an attenuation amount of the variable light attenuator on the basis of the transmitted light amount of the laser light evaluated by the transmitted-light amount detector.
US10302551B2 Intelligent sensor pointing for remote sensing applications
A technique for measuring atmospheric conditions includes: at a computing device, receiving, from an imager, image data representing an image of an atmospheric region; creating a cloud mask from the image data, the cloud mask including a cloud area corresponding a first area in the image that is cloud covered and a non-cloud area corresponding a second area in the image that is substantially without cloud cover; determining a measurement location in the non-cloud area that is spaced apart from a boundary of the cloud area and from edges of the cloud mask; steering a line of sight of a sensor to correspond to the measurement location; and measuring an atmospheric condition with the sensor at the measurement location within the non-cloud area.
US10302547B2 Particle sensing device
A particle sensing device is provided. The particle sensing device may include a light emitter configured to emit and output light into a light scattering space, and a light receiver provided in a maximum light scattering angle region. A maximum intensity of scattered light formed when the light emitted from the light emitter is scattered by a particle in the light scattering space may be obtained in the maximum light scattering angle region, and the light receiver may be configured to receive the scattered light incident thereon and generate a photocurrent signal.
US10302538B2 Measuring apparatus with remote control
A test system includes a measuring apparatus for measuring a property of a device under test and a test hammer for carrying out a strike on a section of the device. The test hammer includes a motion sensor and a transmission module for transmitting a signal if the motion sensor detects the start of the strike, and/or for transmitting a signal if an impact is detected. Further, a test signal generating unit generates a test signal, a test signal output unit outputs the test signal to the device under test, a measuring signal receiving unit receives a measuring signal produced in response to the output of the test signal, an analyzing unit determines a quantity of a component of the measuring signal, a transmission module receives a control signal from an external source, and a real-time controller switches from the energy-saving mode.
US10302535B2 Biofluid collection and filtration device
A filtration device is disclosed for filtering debris from a biofluid sample. In at least one embodiment, the filtration device provides a collection container having a collection chamber defined by a flexible wall, a mouth fluidly communicating with the collection chamber and formed through the collection container at a top end, and a filter device defining a bottom to the collection chamber. A quantitative container has a quantitative chamber in fluid communication with the filter device with the filter device separating the collection chamber from the quantitative chamber. A biofluid sample is introduced into the collection chamber through the mouth, and when the mouth with a collection chamber cap, the flexible wall of the collection container is squeezed to reduce the volume of the collection chamber and force the biofluid sample through the filter device, the filtered biofluid sample thereafter being contained within the quantitative chamber.
US10302530B2 Systems and methods for high efficiency rotational machine integrity determination
Methods and systems to achieve highly efficient rotational machine integrity determinations in which at least one sensor (106) senses indicia (105) such as time-varying rotational indicia from a rotational motive apparatus (103) and a processor (108) may provide many different functions including but not limited to operational function energy apportioning decisional processing, data compression, intelligent hierarchical data ranking, differential data processing, or the like perhaps to generate information (109) such as a rotational integrity abridgment transmissor to which an abridgment transmissor electromagnetic signal (112) may be created and perhaps even transmitted from a rotational motive apparatus to facilitate a machine integrity determination.
US10302528B2 Confocal laser method and device for measurement of optical properties of toric intraocular lenses
Described are systems, devices, and methods related to a confocal laser method (CLM) for accurately measuring dioptric powers and other critical optical properties of intraocular lenses (IOLs), such as toric IOLs. Described test results demonstrate that the described CLM systems and methods can be used to measure the spherical equivalent and cylinder powers of toric IOLs with high accuracy. Furthermore, some described systems include a rotating rectangular slit aperture that can be used for precise differentiation of the two focal planes and isolation of the two focal points, and thus, for accurate measurement of the anterior cylinder axis of toric IOLs.
US10302527B2 Method for carrying out a sound test of atleast one component and endoscope device used for the same
A method is provided for carrying out a sound test for detecting and/or analyzing material faults and/or mounting faults of at least one component, in which the component is excited, by striking, to experience vibrations which generate soundwaves, after which the generated soundwaves are detected and conclusions are drawn about material faults and/or mounting faults on the basis of the detected soundwaves, wherein the striking of the component and the detection of the vibrations are carried out using an endoscope device. In addition, embodiments of the present invention relates to an endoscope device which is configured to carry out the method.
US10302525B2 Test device for carrying out load test on a flexible elongated test object
The invention relates to a test device for carrying out load tests on flexible, elongated test objects, including a first suspension which is movably guided along a closed circulating path for a first end of the test object, a drive for moving the first suspension along the path, a second suspension for fastening another end of the test object, and a mass body that can be attached to the test object between the two suspensions in such a manner that the mass body is movable along the test object.
US10302518B2 Wheel balancing device
A wheel balancing device for balancing spoked wheels, includes a rotatable holding device that is configured to receive and rotatably support a spoked wheel to be balanced, as well as at least one spoke sensor that is configured to detect the spokes of the wheel.
US10302513B2 Tension measurement device
A tension measurement device includes: a pair of rotatable first support rollers; a pressing portion arranged to face a midpoint between the pair of first support rollers; and a load cell capable of measuring a load applied to the pressing portion, and is capable of measuring a tension by clamping a lashing belt between the pair of first support rollers and the pressing portion. A pair of rotatable second support rollers is arranged to face the pair of first support rollers.
US10302502B2 Determining rate of change in temperature measurements
A temperature sensor device has a digital interface with a first memory storing a current temperature value which can be read through the digital interface and a second memory storing a rate of temperature change value which can be read through the digital interface. Such a temperature sensor can be preferably used in a system with a cooling fan and a processor coupled with the digital interface of the temperature sensor. The processor is operable to control the cooling fan based on temperature measurement values and the rate of change in temperature retrieved from the temperature sensor through the digital interface.
US10302499B2 Adaptive threshold manipulation for movement detecting sensors
A method for adaptively adjusting a threshold used to detect the presence of a living being may include receiving a first set of sensor measurements acquired by a passive infrared (PIR) sensor during a time period when the living being is not expected to be present in a space monitored by the PIR sensor. Here, the sensor measurements may depend on one or more noise sensitivity characteristics of the PIR sensor. The method may include adjusting a threshold that may indicate a presence of the living being based on the first set of sensor measurements. The method may then receive a second set of sensor measurements acquired by the PIR sensor and detect the presence of the living being when at least one of the second set of sensor measurements exceeds the threshold.
US10302495B2 Hair reader, dispenser device and related systems and methods
The present disclosure relates to hair readers, dispenser devices, and related systems and methods. For example the present application relates to a method of optically acquiring data from keratinous fibers, the method comprising: a. illuminating the keratinous fibers such that light reflected and/or deflected and/or transmitted by the fibers is incident upon a detector and converted into electrical signals by the detector; and b. computing, from electrical signals, a plurality of spectra of the keratinous fibers such that each spectrum of the plurality of spectra respectively corresponds to (i) a different respective portion of the keratinous fibers and/or (ii) material within a different sub-region of space within which at least a portion of the keratinous fibers are disposed.
US10302493B2 System and method for light optimization
The present disclosure relates to a method and related system for spectrum optimization of an illumination light source. Spectrum optimization according to the present disclosure can be based on various optimization parameters, including but not limited to luminous efficacy, color rendering effect, luminous efficacy of radiation, mesopic efficacy of radiation, cirtopic efficacy of radiation, etc. The present method and system are capable of optimizing illumination performance of a light source in various aspects in an individual or integrated manner. Further, the present method and system are capable of accommodating different illumination purposes and conditions by combining and prioritizing different optimization parameters.
US10302491B2 Imaging method and apparatus
Apparatus for hyperspectral imaging, the apparatus including input optics that receive radiation reflected or radiated from a scene, a spatial modulator that spatially samples radiation received from the input optics to generate spatially sampled radiation, a spectral modulator that spectrally samples the spatially sampled radiation received from the spatial modulator to generate spectrally sampled radiation, a sensor that senses spectrally sampled radiation received from the spectral modulator and generates a corresponding output signal and at least one electronic processing device that controls the spatial and spectral modulators to cause spatial and spectral sampling to be performed, receives output signals and processes the output signals in accordance with performed spatial and spectral sampling to generate a hyperspectral image.
US10302490B2 Method and apparatus for actuating an acousto-optical component
A method and apparatus for actuating an acousto-optical component for manipulating light passing therethrough, in particular for manipulating the illumination and/or detection light in the beam path of a microscope, preferably a laser scanning microscope, where the illumination and/or detection wavelength is adjusted by means of at least one frequency generator connected to the acousto-optical component and controlling the manipulation, the frequency generator generates a signal which generates a spectral spread for the intensity distribution of the wavelength of the illumination and/or detection light for ensuring a temperature-independent manipulation. Actuation is effected by two or more actuation signals in such a way that two or more overlapping and/or superposing main lobes of the transfer function of the acousto-optical component or main maxima are generated.
US10302487B2 Noise reduction apparatus and detection apparatus including the same
A noise reduction apparatus includes a first delaying/combining unit configured to output first and second pulse light beams, and a second delaying/combining unit configured to branch the first pulse light beam into two pulse light beams to output third and fourth pulse light beams and branch the second pulse light beam into two pulse light beams to output fifth and sixth pulse light beams.
US10302486B2 Spectrometer module and fabrication method thereof
A spectrometer module and a fabrication method thereof are provided. The fabrication method includes the steps of: providing at least one substrate; and forming at least one positioning side and at least one optical component of the spectrometer on the at least one substrate by a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) process. The spectrometer module fabricated by the fabrication method includes a plurality of substrates and at least one optical component. At least one of the substrates has at least one positioning side, and the at least one optical component of the spectrometer is formed on at least one of the substrates. The positioning side and the optical component are fabricated by a MEMS process.
US10302485B2 Method and apparatus for color measurement of non-solid colors
In one embodiment, an apparatus for measuring a color of a non-solid colored sample includes an integrating sphere having a sensor port, a sample port, and a plurality of registration marks affixed to an interior surface of the integrating sphere, outside a periphery of the sample port, a camera positioned near the sensor port, and a plurality of filters positioned between the integrating sphere and camera. An optical axis of the camera extends from the camera, through at least one of the plurality of filters, through the sensor port, to the sample port.
US10302482B2 Dynamic sensor performance adjustment
Systems are provided for optimizing system overhead when handling multiple input streams of sensor data is configured to identify a set of sensors that are configured to communicate sensor data to the computer system. The systems are configured to receive sensor data from each sensor within the set of sensors and to categorize the sensor data received from each sensor within the set of sensors. Additionally, the systems are configured to identify an overhead attribute associated with each sensor within the set of sensors and to adjust a state of at least one sensor within the set of sensors based upon both a category and an overhead attribute associated with each of the sensors.
US10302475B2 Thermal flow meter having a cover element that surrounds an insulated housing
The invention relates to a thermal type flow meter. The flow meter comprises a base part with at least two through bores extending substantially parallel to each other. A flow tube for the medium whose flow is to be determined is provided through the through bores. A part of the flow tube spaced from the base part comprises a measuring tube part where the flow of the medium can be measured. The flow measuring tube comprises an insulating housing connected to the base part, which surrounds at least the measuring tube part of the flow tube. The insulating housing comprises an inner housing surface, which faces the measuring tube part, as well as an outer housing surface, which faces away from the measuring tube part. According to the invention, a cover element connected to the base part is provided, which cover element at least substantially surrounds the insulating housing.
US10302472B1 Gusseted pressure meter
An embodiment provides an apparatus, including: a pressure meter having a first end section and a second end section substantially opposite the first end section; at least a first set of gussets, wherein each of the gussets of the first set comprise a first end mechanically coupled to the first end section and a second end that facilitates mechanical connection to the inside of a fluid conveyance object; at least a second set of gussets, wherein each of the gussets of the second set comprise a first end mechanically coupled to the second end section and a second end that facilitates mechanical connection to the inside of the fluid conveyance object; and at least one sensor operatively coupled to the pressure meter. Other aspects are described and claimed.
US10302467B2 Method and system for optical fiber sensing
A method of optical sensing is disclosed. The method comprises coupling an excitation optical signal into a first optical fiber to induce Rayleigh backscattering, thereby providing a backscattered signal; coupling the backscattered signal into a second optical fiber, spatially separated from the first optical fiber; and optically amplifying the backscattered signal in the second optical fiber, thereby generating a sensing signal.
US10302466B2 Contamination and defect resistant optical encoder configuration including first and second illumination source diffraction gratings arranged in first and second parallel planes for providing displacement signals
An optical encoder configuration comprises a scale, an illumination source, and a photodetector configuration. The illumination source is configured to output structured illumination to the scale. The scale extends along a measuring axis direction and is configured to output scale light that forms a detector fringe pattern comprising periodic high and low intensity bands that extend over a relatively longer dimension along the measuring axis direction and are relatively narrow and periodic along a detected fringe motion direction transverse to the measuring axis direction. The high and low intensity bands move along the detected fringe motion direction transverse to the measuring axis direction as the scale grating displaces along the measuring axis direction. The photodetector configuration is configured to detect a displacement of the high and low intensity bands along the detected fringe motion direction and provide respective spatial phase displacement signals that are indicative of the scale displacement.
US10302465B2 Dynamic adjustment of a sampling rate for an optical encoder
A light source in a rotary optical encoder can illuminate a pattern on a rotatable shaft and an optical sensor can detect either the light that is reflected or transmitted based on the pattern. A sampling rate of the optical sensor is dynamically adjusted based on a rotational speed of the rotatable shaft. A pulse rate of the light source may also be dynamically adjusted based on the sampling rate of the optical sensor.
US10302462B2 Device and method to define and identify absolute mechanical position for a rotating element
The various embodiment of the present disclosure provides a system to define and identify an absolute mechanical reference position for a rotating element, The system comprises a radial ring magnet comprising plurality of pole pairs mounted to the rotating element, a first magnetic sensor in proximity of the radial ring magnet to detect angular position of said rotating element, at least one second magnetic sensor in proximity of the radial ring magnet to detect the passage of each of the pole pair and a control module adapted to define said absolute mechanical position by computing a unique first set of feature values for each of said plurality of pole pairs based on responses of said first magnetic sensor and said second magnetic sensor. The first set of feature values is stored in a memory unit.
US10302461B2 Rotation detection device
To provide a rotation detection device that has a miniaturized sensor IC in comparison with a prior art.A rotation detection device includes: a magnet that forms a magnetic field toward a tooth surface of a gear; and a sensor disposed between the magnet and the gear, the sensor including: at least a pair of magnetic detection elements x1 and x2 that outputs signals according to a magnetic flux density in a radial direction of the gear; and a magnetic concentrator that induces, in the radial direction of the gear, a component in a circumferential direction of the gear in the magnetic flux density on detection surfaces of the magnetic detection elements x1 and x2, the sensor detecting a variation in a magnetic flux density accompanying the rotation of the gear.
US10302455B2 Modules, systems, and methods for monitoring environmental conditions
Modules, systems, and methods for monitoring environmental conditions, such as physical, electromagnetic, thermal, and/or chemical parameters within an environment, over extended periods of time with the use of one or more electromechanical sensing devices that include a sensing device and electronic circuitry for processing an output of the sensing device and generating a output of the module. The sensing device includes a microstructure, for example, a cantilevered beam, and at least one set of contacts configured for contact-mode operation with the microstructure in response to the microstructure deflecting toward or away from the contacts when exposed to the parameter of interest. The microstructure has a stack of layers of dissimilar materials, at least one of which has at least one property that changes as a result of curing of or absorption by the first material when exposed to the parameter.
US10302452B1 Unmanned aerial vehicle sensor calibration via sensor channel
This disclosure describes systems, methods, and apparatus for automating the verification of aerial vehicle sensors as part of a pre-flight, flight departure, in-transit flight, and/or delivery destination calibration verification process. At different stages, aerial vehicle sensors may obtain sensor measurements about objects within an environment, the obtained measurements may be processed to determine information about the object, as presented in the measurements, and the processed information may be compared with the actual information about the object to determine a variation or difference between the information. If the variation is within a tolerance range, the sensor may be auto adjusted and operation of the aerial vehicle may continue. If the variation exceeds a correction range, flight of the aerial vehicle may be aborted and the aerial vehicle routed for a full sensor calibration.
US10302448B2 Automobile periphery information display system
An automobile periphery information display system can display actual situations around an own vehicle as superimposing on a map, and detects situations around the own vehicle with a sensor device. A navigation device specifies a current position and a travel direction of the own vehicle and reads map data of a peripheral region including the current position from a map database. An object determination unit detects existence of a detection object based on sensor information detected by the sensor device and determines a category of the detection object. Meanwhile, a position detection unit obtains positional information of the detection object based on the sensor information with the own vehicle being as a reference. An image generation unit generates a map image in which an icon corresponding to the detection object is superimposed on the map data at a position indicated by the positional information detected by the object determination unit.
US10302443B2 Navigation server and program
The same navigation information and facility information are directly distributed to both a vehicle-mounted navigation device and a portable terminal. A server is connected to the vehicle-mounted navigation device and portable terminal in a manner able to communicate, wherein on the basis of an information distribution request from the vehicle-mounted navigation device, facility information satisfying a predetermined standard is searched from a storage unit and distributed to the vehicle-mounted navigation device, it is determined whether or not the portable terminal is present within the vehicle on the basis of the current position information of the vehicle received from the vehicle-mounted navigation device and the current position information of the portable terminal received from the portable terminal, and when it has been determined that the portable terminal is present within the vehicle, the searched-for facility information satisfying the predetermined standard is directly distributed to the portable terminal as well.
US10302438B2 Probe based identification and validation of roundabout junctions
Probe data including points with geographic locations and heading angles are identified for a geographic area. A translation is performed on the points in the probe data in a predetermined direction orthogonal to the corresponding heading. The translated points are aggregated according to a location grid. The aggregated points are analyzed from the location grid according to the heading. A potential location for a center of a roundabout road formation is determined based on the analysis.
US10302433B2 Daytime and nighttime stellar sensor with active polarizer
The invention relates to a daytime and nighttime stellar sensor (1), comprising: at least one video camera (2) suitable for taking images of stars (3) in the sky; and a control unit (4), characterized in that it furthermore comprises: a polarizer (5), the control unit (4) being configured: to obtain an estimation of a direction of polarization of the polarized light received from the sky by the video camera (2); and to control the orientation of the polarizer (5) so that said polarizer (5) filters polarized light from the sky directed toward the video camera (2) and having said polarization direction.
US10302432B2 Compensating circuit for a microelectromechanical (MEMS) resonator
A circuit comprising a microelectromechanical (MEMS) gyroscope and a gain circuit coupled with the MEMS gyroscope. The gain circuit is configured to receive a digitized drive signal based at least in part on a digitized drive voltage amplitude of the MEMS gyroscope. The gain circuit is also configured to determine a percentage change in quality factor of the MEMS gyroscope based at least in part on the digitized drive signal and a stored trim value of the MEMS gyroscope. The gain circuit is also configured to compensate for an effect of a change in the quality factor of the MEMS gyroscope based at least in part on the percentage change in quality factor.
US10302428B2 Fluid driven position sensor
Methods and apparatus for measuring the position of an object relative to a reference are disclosed. In an arrangement, a pressurized fluid is used to drive rotation of a cylinder around a piston and to bias the cylinder longitudinally. Ducts are provided in the cylinder and arranged so at to provide pulses of the fluid out of the cylinder through a reading port, the pulses being such as to uniquely identify the position of the cylinder relative to the piston and thereby of the object relative to the reference.
US10302426B2 Pipe alignment device
A device for aligning pipes with adjacent structures. The pipe alignment device includes a housing having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is removably securable to a pipe via threading. The second end of the housing includes a light source that can emit a beam of light along the center of the longitudinal axis thereof. When the housing is secured to a pipe, the light source is activated via a switch disposed on the exterior of the housing. A beam of light contacts an adjacent structure, thereby serving as a marker for drilling a hole in the structure to allow the pipe to align therewith in order to connect or pass through the structure. In one embodiment, the first end of the housing is removable and houses a power source that is operably connected to the switch and the light source for providing power thereto.
US10302425B2 Measurement system and method for measuring an angle
The invention relates to a measurement system for measuring at least an angle of the first plane through a first surface area of an object. The system includes a sensor arrangement for measuring the coordinates in a measurement coordinate system of a plurality of measurement spots on the first surface area. The measurement system further includes an inclinometer for measuring an inclination of the measurement coordinate system to the direction opposite to the direction of the force of gravity. The measurement system also includes a processing device for determining the angle of the first plane based on the measured coordinates of the plurality of measurement spots, the measured inclination from the inclinometer and the direction opposite to the force of gravity. The system may also measure the angle of the second plane.
US10302424B2 Motion contrast depth scanning
Motion contrast depth scanning is disclosed herein. A disclosed example apparatus includes an illumination source that is to provide at least one of spatial or temporal changes to light emitted from the illumination source to a scene. The example apparatus also includes a motion contrast sensor, where pixels of the motion contrast sensor are to detect changes corresponding to the scene, and where the motion contrast sensor is to report measurements when a pixel change exceeds a threshold. The example apparatus further includes a processor to determine at least one of a reflectance, a depth, or movement of the scene based on the reported measurements by the motion contrast sensor.
US10302422B2 Measurement system, measurement method, robot control method, robot, robot system, and picking apparatus
A measurement system includes a projection section that switches first pattern light having a fringe pattern to second pattern light having a fringe pattern containing a greater number of fringes than the first pattern light and vice versa and projects the selected light on an object to be measured, an imaging section that has a plurality of pixels and images the first pattern light and the second pattern light projected on the object to be measured, a phase shift section that shifts the phase of the first pattern light and the second pattern light projected by the projection section on the object to be measured, and an analysis section that analyzes results of the imaging performed by the imaging section by relating the fringes contained in the first pattern light and the second pattern light to the plurality of pixels.
US10302420B2 Method for reconstructing a surface using spatially structured light and a dynamic vision sensor
The present invention relates to a method for detecting and reconstructing a surface illuminated with spatially structured light such that the light illuminates an area of the surface from which the light is reflected back. The light includes a temporarily varying intensity in the form of successive light modulation patterns. The back-reflected light is detected by an optical sensor including a plurality of pixels. A pixel coordinate is associated to each pixel and each pixel generated a photocurrent proportional to the intensity of the light impinging on a respective pixel, computes a signal related to a photocurrent, and each pixel outputs an address-event merely when a respective signal due to the light impinging on the respective pixel increases by an amount larger than a first threshold or decreases by an amount larger than a second threshold since a last address-event from the respective pixel.
US10302419B2 System and method for a displacement measurement
System and method for profiling of a surface with lateral scanning interferometer the optical axis of which is perpendicular to the surface. In-plane scanning of the surface is carried out with increments that correspond to integer number of pixels of an employed optical detector. Determination of height profile of a region-of-interest that is incomparably larger than a FOV of the interferometer objective is performed in time reduced by at least an order of magnitude as compared to time required for the same determination by a vertical scanning interferometer.
US10302415B2 Method for calculating a height map of a body of transparent material having an inclined or curved surface
Provided is a method for calculating a height map of a sample comprising a body of a transparent material having a refractive index with an inclined or curved surface, the body being provided on an underlying surface extending laterally from underneath the body. The method may include positioning a first area of a body of a transparent material with an inclined or curved surface and a second area of the underlying surface extending laterally from underneath the body under an optical profiler, measuring a height map of the first area and the second area with the optical profiler; and calculating a height map of the inclined or curved surface by using the refractive index, the measured height map of the first area and the second area.
US10302411B2 Closed-loop interferometric sensor using loop gain for determining interference contrast
In order to measure the contrast of interference in an interference-based, closed-loop, phase-modulating optical sensor device, the gain of the feedback loop in a feedback controller is evaluated. This gain is found to be a measure for the contrast. The contrast evaluated in this way can e.g. be used for period-disambiguation when determining the measurand of the sensor device. The sensor device can e.g. be a high-voltage sensor or a current sensor.
US10302410B2 Pressure-balanced seismic sensor package
Apparatus, systems and methods associated with a pressure-balanced seismic sensor package are disclosed. One example of an apparatus can include a plurality of optical components, a sensor box enclosing the plurality of optical components, and a lid for the sensor box. The plurality of optical components, the sensor box, and the lid form a pressure-balanced seismic sensor package.
US10302409B1 Super-PIC SPIDER
An apparatus includes a number of photonic integrated circuit (PIC) imaging detector arrays, and multiple electronic integrated circuits (ICs) coupled to the PIC imaging detector arrays. Each PIC imaging detector array of includes a number of lenslets and a number of waveguides. At least some of the lenslets are coupled to multiple waveguides, and sets of two lenslets are configured to form interferometer channels.
US10302406B2 Mechanical device for carriage, handling and layout of an explosive cone used to release hanging rocks in underground mines
A mechanical device that has the ability to manage and set explosives cones in the rocks that form the hanging, which can be operated remotely, avoiding the danger of the current state of the art where operators place explosive using bamboo sticks, before detonating them, causing an imbalance in the hanging. The mechanical device also known as cone-holder, is located at the end of an automated and semi autotransportable manipulator arm for releasing hangings.
US10302403B2 Method of making polymer ammunition cartridge having a two-piece primer insert
The present invention provides ammunition cartridge having a two piece primer insert with a flange, a polymeric middle body extending from the primer insert to a cylindrical middle body coupling region, and a polymeric projectile end having a projectile aperture mated to the polymeric middle body.
US10302401B2 Ballistic shield
A flexible and malleable ballistic panel comprising a laminate of a plurality of ballistic-resistant layers comprising ballistic material, each the ballistic-resistant layer having a first inner surface and second outer surface, and a plurality of bonding layers comprising butyl rubber, each bonding layer having a first inner surface and second outer surface, at least one of the bonding layer being an inner-most layer of the laminate, and each ballistic-resistant layer having a bonding layer therebetween.
US10302399B2 Ballistic body armor damage sensing system and related methods
A ballistic body armor damage sensing system having a body armor ballistic plate including at least one ballistic layer and at least one damage sensing layer coupled to the at least one ballistic layer and including a plurality of electrically conductive members which are positioned throughout said damage sensing layer, wherein when a fired projectile impacts the body armor ballistic plate and damages one or more of the electrically conductive members, the damaged electrically conductive members exhibit a measurable change in electrical resistance.
US10302398B2 Vehicle based independent range system (VBIRS)
A Vehicle Based Independent Range System (VBIRS) (10) comprised of individual stacked chambered modules that function as a single integrated system that provides a self-contained space based range capability, and is comprised of a power module (12), an artificial intelligence/autonomous engagement/flight termination system module (20), a satellite data modem module system (30) and a navigation, communications and control module system (40), all of which interface with a VBIRS test and checkout system (52) and a weather data system (116). The artificial intelligence/autonomous engagement/flight termination system module (20) is comprised of an inherent artificial intelligence capability that envelopes and interchanges data with an autonomous engagement controller (22) that contains all missile/rocket autonomous cooperative engagement, destruct decision software and range safety algorithm parameters required for optimum mission planning. VBIRS employed aboard an aircraft or between any combination of launching systems allows that aircraft to launch a missile/rocket from any location on earth, whether the missile/rocket is singularly launched by itself or as a larger group of missiles/rockets launched in a salvo arrangement, while providing collaborative real-time targeting to occur directly between missiles/rockets in conjunction with other missile/rocket launch platforms or stand-alone mission control centers.
US10302397B1 Drone-target hunting/shooting system
In a target-shooting simulation system, a master control unit issues flight control instructions to a flight-capable drone to cause the drone to fly along a predetermined flight path and receives GPS coordinates transmitted by a control unit of the drone as the drone flies along the predetermined flight path. The master control unit additionally obtains GPS coordinates, orientation and motion information with respect to a replica firearm, detects actuation of a trigger of the replica firearm and, in response to detecting actuation of the trigger, determines, based on the GPS coordinates of the drone and the GPS coordinates, orientation and motion information with respect to the replica firearm, whether a trajectory of a theoretical shot fired by the replica firearm at time of the trigger actuation will intercept the drone as it flies along the predetermined flight path.
US10302395B1 Quick aim reticle
An assembly includes a rifle and a rifle scope housing, defining an eyepiece. An optical train includes a reticle. When a user looks through the eyepiece, a display is presented having a set of first horizontal lines, each marked by an indicium and a set of second horizontal lines, each marked by an indicium. A pair formed of a first and a second horizontal line is spaced apart by a distance that fits an adult black-tail buck from back to the brisket if the buck is at a range that results in a bullet drop. The first horizontal lines is labeled with a first indicium. Also, a set of marks includes a first mark which will, if placed on a target, result in an elevation angle, relative to the target, that will compensate for the bullet drop, and wherein the first mark is also marked with the indicium.
US10302394B2 Turret locking mechanism for optical device
An apparatus includes an adjustment knob, an inner locking ring, and an outer locking ring threadably coupled to the inner locking ring. The adjustment knob includes at least one tooth protruding radially inward from an inner peripheral edge of the adjustment knob. The inner locking ring includes at least one tooth protruding radially outward from the inner locking ring and configured to engage the at least one tooth of the adjustment knob to prevent rotational movement of the adjustment knob. The outer locking ring is configured to move the inner locking ring in a first axial direction toward the adjustment knob when the outer locking ring is rotated in a first rotatable direction. The outer locking ring is also configured to move the inner locking ring in an opposite second axial direction away from the adjustment knob when the outer locking ring is rotated in an opposite second rotatable direction.
US10302391B1 Holster
The present invention relates to a holster (A) which provides removal of the guns from the holster in an easy and rapid manner used by civil users, security forces, military personnel and army officers and comprising a holster body (1) and at least one lock latch (3) and where the lock latch end (3.1) of said lock latch (3) moves outwardly and separated from the guard and where the gun is released and provides separation from the holster body (1), characterized by comprising a slider (2) assembled on the bearing (1.1) by means of engagement tabs (1.6) in a manner realizing linear movement and having forward backward movement capability in a linear manner on the rail (1.3) by means of at least one spring (4), finger housing (2.1) formed in an integrated manner on the outer surface of the slider (2).
US10302389B2 Firearm flotation device
A firearm flotation system with a rearward buoyant body and a forward buoyant body is disclosed. The forward buoyant body may have a keyed rail slot constructed to allow the firearm rail system to be inserted therein. Alternatively, or in addition to, the forward buoyant body may include a first buoyant body portion and a second buoyant body portion. The first buoyant body portion has an interlocking tongue and the second buoyant body has an interlocking groove, wherein the tongue fits into the groove and connects the first buoyant body portion to the second buoyant body portion. The system is sufficiently buoyant to render the firearm buoyant in water when the firearm is attached to the system.
US10302387B2 Firearm stock with adjustable comb riser
A firearm stock with adjustable comb riser has an elongated stock body having a forend and an opposed butt portion having a rear face and an upper comb surface, a butt pad removably connected to the rear face, a cheek rest element having an elongated rest portion positioned above the upper comb surface of the stock, the cheek rest element having a rear panel connected to the rest portion, and at least a portion of the rear panel being captured between the rear face and the butt pad. The rest portion may be a downwardly open channel. The channel may receive at least a portion of the comb surface. The rest portion may include downwardly depending sidewalls. An upper portion of the rear panel may span between the sidewalls. The rear panel may be perpendicular to the rest portion.
US10302384B1 Firearm barrel fitment sleeve and method of use
A firearm barrel fitment sleeve and method of use. The fitment sleeve is preferably fast-attaching, self-aligning, and securable without the need of a tool. The novel fitment sleeve allows a single firearm accessory adapter to be used with a wide range of firearm barrels by temporarily modifying the size of the barrel diameter without permanently modifying the structure of the firearm. The fitment sleeve is inexpensive and preferably includes a longitudinally extending slot in the lateral wall making a single fitment sleeve usable on a wide variety of barrel diameters. Additionally, the fitment sleeve is heat resistant to avoid melting and/or catching fire when the barrel increases in heat during operation.
US10302383B2 Side-loading fixed magazine with retractable follower and hinged ammunition loading door
An affixable magazine in compliance with new firearms laws that enables citizens to legally own and effectively operate a firearm, such as an AR-15. The affixable magazine allows a user to easily load ammunition through a hinged door without removing the magazine from the firearm, disassembling the action, or using tools. The affixable magazine includes: a magazine body configured to contain a stack of cartridges, and an attachable blocking tab for blocking removal of the ammunition magazine from the magazine well, the attachable blocking tab being attached after insertion of the ammunition magazine into the magazine well, and before re-engaging the upper receiver with the lower receiver. The affixable magazine also includes a magazine body having an opening, with a hinged door configured to alternately cover or reveal the opening, the magazine body including: at least one finger-pull slot with a bottom hook for locking the follower.
US10302382B1 Device for loading ammunition into magazines
A system and method for quickly and safely inserting multiple rounds of ammunition into a magazine. The system is adjustable for various sizes of magazines and calibers of cartridges. Users depress a plunger that applies a force to the exposed cartridge in the magazine thereby compressing the spring inside the magazine and providing room for another round to be inserted into the magazine. The plunger is then released and the process can be repeated until the magazine is filled or the user is done.
US10302379B1 Apparatus of heat pipe quality detection using infrared thermal imager and method thereof
An apparatus is provided for detecting the quality of a heat pipe. The apparatus has an infrared (IR) thermal imager bound with a data computing-and-analyzing program to detect thermal conductivity quality and vacuum quality of the heat pipe. An online overall detection is thus provided to quickly detect the quality of the heat pipe without damage for efficient quality control. Requirements of quality detection are met for mass production of heat pipes. The apparatus comprises the heat pipe to be tested; a tape adhered to a surface of the heat pipe; a fixed base for disposing the heat pipe; a heating device in an allocation space of the fixed base; the IR thermal imager located facing to the tape; a signal line connected to the IR thermal imager; and an electronic device connected to the IR thermal imager through the signal line.
US10302378B2 Support beam for cooling tower fill assembly
A support beam for a cooling tower fill assembly includes a web, an upper flange, a lower flange, and a lip. The web has a serpentine shape so a lower end of the web is vertically offset relative to an upper end. The upper flange extends from a first side of the web at the upper end thereof. The lower flange has a first portion extending from the first side at the lower end thereof and a second portion extending from a second side at the lower end thereof. The lip extends upwardly from the second portion so the lip cooperates with the second portion and a portion of the web to form a longitudinal channel. The lip and the second portion are provided with a plurality of spaced apart notches.
US10302377B2 Splash bar module and method of installation
A fill support frame for an evaporative cooling tower includes a plurality of horizontal framing members, a plurality of columns, and a plurality of rails disposed on the horizontal framing members. The plurality of rails are configured to engage a plurality of slide members of a fill module.
US10302374B2 Baffle assembly for a charge air cooler
A baffle assembly for directing air to a charge air cooler disposed within an engine compartment and mounted above a radiator module and behind a hood latch support bracket extending between an upper and lower structure of the vehicle frame. The baffle assembly includes a lower baffle for directing air upwardly towards the charge air cooler and an upper baffle for directing air downwardly towards the charge air cooler. An air diverter extends from either the lower or upper baffle for positioning behind the hood latch support bracket to reduce turbulence behind the hood latch support bracket and more uniformly distribute airflow to the charge air cooler. In other words, the air diverter reduces the recirculation region and turbulence by diverting the airflow behind the hood latch support bracket smoothly with minimum air flow losses and improves the mass flow rate through the charge air cooler, therefore significantly improving efficiency.
US10302372B2 Plate fin heat exchanger and manufacturing method for heat exchanger corrugated fins
A plate fin heat exchanger 1 includes a corrugated fin 3 and tube plates 2. An intermediate portion 33 of the corrugated fin between crest and trough portion 31 and 32 thereof has a plurality of protruding ribs 34 protruding beyond a surface of the corrugated fin and arranged in a first direction. Surfaces of the crest and trough portions being in contact with the tube plates are configured as contact surfaces 310, 320 with no protruding rib. Gently sloping portions 341 are provided between the protruding ribs and the contact surfaces of the crest and trough portions to gradually protrude from the surface of the corrugated fin with increasing distance from the contact surfaces, and are continuous with the protruding ribs.
US10302370B2 Heat exchanger
The invention relates to a heat exchanger, in particular exhaust-gas cooler or charge-air cooler, comprising a plate stack composed of multiple elongate plate pairs, wherein in each case two interconnected plates form a first fluid duct between them, and a second fluid duct is formed between two plate pairs, wherein the plates of a plate pair are of U-shaped form with a bottom and upturned side walls and lie against one another so as to delimit the first flow duct, wherein one of the plates of a plate pair has, on its end side, a tab which serves for beading over around the end side of the other plate, wherein the tab on the bottom of the plate is beaded over, and the beading-over of the tab also continues into the side walls of the plates.
US10302364B2 Integrated separator-distributor for falling film evaporator
A falling film evaporator includes a plurality of evaporator tubes through which a volume of thermal energy transfer medium is flowed and a separator to separate a flow of liquid refrigerant from a vapor and liquid refrigerant mixture. A distributor distributes a flow of liquid refrigerant over the plurality of evaporator tubes. One or more vents stacks direct a flow of vapor refrigerant from the separator to a vent stack outlet in proximity to a refrigerant pool of the evaporator.
US10302360B2 Thermoplastic kettle auxiliary heat exchanger system
An auxiliary heating means for improving the melting efficiency of melter kettles used to melt thermoplastic pavement marking materials. The auxiliary heating means includes a tube assembly through which thermoplastic material received from the bottom of the melter kettle is transferred to the top of the melter kettle. The tube assembly comprises an odd number of tubes having augers therein. The tube assembly is coupled to a side portion of the melter kettle and located within a heat chamber through which hot combustion gases from a combustion chamber at the bottom of the melter kettle flow and transfer heat into the tube assembly. The heat chamber comprises an extended portion of a heat chamber that surrounds the melter kettle.
US10302359B2 Column narrowing divider for a grain dryer
A grain dryer having a column with an interior wall, an exterior wall, an inlet and an outlet. The column has an upper heated pressurized plenum and a lower, low pressure, suction plenum. Attached to the interior wall within the column is a narrowing divider that increases the path of the heated air at the pressure gradient.
US10302356B2 Method for the production of air gases by the cryogenic separation of air
A method for the production of air gases by the cryogenic separation of air can include the steps of sending a purified and compressed air stream to a cold box under conditions effective for cryogenically separating the air stream into an oxygen product and nitrogen using a system of columns, wherein the purified and compressed air stream is at a feed pressure when entering the system of columns; withdrawing the oxygen product at a product pressure; delivering the oxygen product at a delivery pressure to an oxygen pipeline, wherein the oxygen pipeline has a pipeline pressure; wherein during the second mode of operation, the method can include monitoring the pipeline pressure; and reducing the difference between the pipeline pressure and the delivery pressure. By operating the method in a dynamic fashion, a power savings can be realized in instances in which the pipeline pressure deviates from its highest value.
US10302355B2 System and method for separating wide variations in methane and nitrogen
A system and method for removing nitrogen and producing a high pressure methane product stream from natural gas feed streams having wide variations in nitrogen and methane content are disclosed. Optional add-on systems may be incorporated into the nitrogen and methane separation to produce an NGL sales stream to reduce excess hydrocarbons in the nitrogen vent stream, or to recover helium. The system and method of the invention are particularly suitable for use with feed streams in excess of 50 MMSCFD and up to 300 MMSCFD and containing up to 100 ppm carbon dioxide. Typical power requirements for compressing the methane product stream to produce a suitably high pressure stream for sale are reduced according to the systems and methods of the invention.
US10302353B2 Refrigerator, refrigerator management system, and control method for refrigerator
A refrigerator, a refrigerator management system, and a control method for a refrigerator are capable of enhancing a power-saving effect of the refrigerator. The refrigerator includes: a main body having a storage chamber; a refrigeration cycle device including a compressor and a cooler; an air blower configured to blow cooling air cooled by the cooler to the storage chamber; a blowout volume control device configured to control a blowout volume of the cooling air to be blown out to the storage chamber; input means for receiving input of schedule information that is information about a schedule of a user; storage means for storing the schedule information input into the input means; and control means for controlling at least one of the compressor, the air blower, and the blowout volume control device based on the schedule information.
US10302350B2 Neutral grip refrigerator door handle
A refrigerator appliance defines a vertical direction, a lateral direction, and a transverse direction. The vertical, lateral, and transverse directions are mutually perpendicular. The refrigerator appliance includes a cabinet defining a food storage chamber. The food storage chamber defines an opening for receipt of food items at a front portion of the food storage chamber. The refrigerator appliance also includes a door comprising a body. The body of the door extends between a front surface and an opposing back surface. The door is positioned at the front portion of the food storage chamber and movable between a closed position and an open position to selectively sealingly enclose the food storage chamber. The refrigerator appliance further includes a handle assembly defining a neutral grip pocket handle on the front surface of the door.
US10302349B2 Refrigerator
A refrigerator includes a main body on which a hinge for rotatably supporting the door is mounted, a base frame mounted on the main body and having a first hinge accommodating portion formed at one end portion and a second hinge accommodating portion formed at the other end portion that is opposite to the one end portion, a hinge cover mounted on one of the first hinge accommodating portion and the second hinge accommodating portion, and configured to cover the hinge, and a cover frame configured to be coupled with the base frame by sliding in a first direction or by sliding in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction.
US10302348B2 Heat insulation door and refrigeration appliance with the heat insulation door
A heat insulation door of a refrigeration appliance has a door body with a heat insulation glass module, which includes at least two layers of glass plates disposed with an interval, and a first sealing portion is disposed between the edges of the adjacent glass plates to form an enclosed heat insulation space between the adjacent glass plates; a doorframe surrounds an edge of the heat insulation glass module along a circumferential direction, wherein the doorframe has a rear frame portion located at the back of the heat insulation glass module along a front-to-rear direction of a door, and a door sealing strip is provided at the back of the rear frame portion. Along a direction parallel to the door body, the door sealing strip is at least partially located on an inner side of the first sealing portion located on a same edge.
US10302340B2 Compressor having lubricant management system for bearing life
A lubricant management system is provided. The lubricant management system may include a compressor, at least one sensor, and a controller. The compressor may include a lubricant sump, a driveshaft, and a bearing assembly. The compressor may circulate a refrigerant. The lubricant sump may be configured for containing a lubricant. The bearing assembly may be supported by the driveshaft. The at least one sensor may be configured to determine at least one operating condition of the compressor. The controller may be in communication with the at least one sensor to receive the at least one operating condition. The controller may be configured to determine a lubricant film thickness from the at least one operating condition and compare the lubricant film thickness to a threshold lubricant film thickness.
US10302337B2 Ammonia plant upgrading-multistage integrated chilling of process air compressor with ammonia compressor followed by air flow split and multistage air preheating to secondary ammonia reformer
An ammonia plant system upgrade utilizing both a direct and indirect multistage chilling system in the ammonia plant air compression train to increase process air flow to the secondary ammonia reformer of an ammonia plant as well as upgrades to provide more pre-heating along with increased process air flow.
US10302335B2 Heat recovery apparatus
The present application relates to a heat recovery apparatus and method. According to the heat recovery apparatus and method, low-level heat sources at a temperature less than 100° C. discharged from industrial settings or various chemical processes, for example, a petrochemicals manufacturing process are not wasted but used to generate steam and the generated steam is used for various processes to reduce an amount of consumed high-temperature steam that is an external heat source to be used for a reactor or distillation column, thereby not only maximizing energy reduction efficiency but also autonomously producing power consumed by a compressor. Also, an evaporation phenomenon of a part of a refrigerant flow which passes through the compressor may be reduced, thereby recovering heat with excellent efficiency.
US10302334B2 Sunlight-to-heat converting member, sunlight-to-heat converting stack, sunlight-to-heat converting device, and solar power generating device
This invention is a sunlight-to-heat converting member containing chromium silicide having an element ratio of Cr to Si from 1:1.6 to 1:4.7. This invention is also a sunlight-to-heat converting stack including a layer of the sunlight-to-heat converting member and a metal layer. This invention is also a sunlight-to-heat converting device including a light collecting part, either or both of a container and a flow path where sunlight is collected by the light collecting part, and a heating medium housed in either or both of the container and the flow path. The sunlight-to-heat converting member or the sunlight-to-heat converting stack is formed on a surface of either or both of the container and the flow path. The sunlight-to-heat converting member, the sunlight-to-heat converting stack, and the sunlight-to-heat converting device of this invention can convert light to heat efficiently.
US10302333B2 Wind tunnel optimized solar panel system
The invention is a new stabilized racking system for solar cell panels on a surface through a novel use of ballast weights and a wind optimized design. The system is further optimized to fit a range of sizes and thicknesses of modules through a combination of self adjusting end clamps, adjustable tilt legs, and unique wind screen design. The system can include an array of individual solar panel systems that are reinforced in both lateral directions to reduce the amount of ballast weight required.
US10302331B2 Heating device
A heating device is provided with plates stacked one on top of another. At least one first fluid channel is formed in a fluid-tight manner between a first plate package with a first and a second plate. An electrical heating element is arranged between a first plate of the first plate package and an additional plate. The electrical heating element is accommodated between the two plates in a sealed manner and is electrically insulated, wherein an inlet-side and an outlet side fluid connection of the first fluid channel is arranged on the second plate of the first plate package. The electrical heating element has a connection device for electrical contacting, which is connected to the electrical heating element and protrudes through a window in the second plate of the first plate package, wherein the fluid connections and the window are arranged adjacent to opposing lateral edges of the second plate.
US10302329B2 Device for operating a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning network
In one embodiment a control unit for managing an HVAC system includes an RS-BUS interface that may communicate with one or more HVAC units. A plurality of universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter (UART) ports, wherein at least one of the UART ports may communicate with an interactive display using an RS-485 communication protocol, A secure digital input output (SDIO) port configured to interface with a Wi-Fi module, wherein the Wi-Fi module is operable to communicate with a plurality of HVAC sensors, wherein the plurality of HVAC sensors operable to measure temperature. A processor that may receive, from the SDIO port, a sensor reading from one of the plurality of HVAC sensors, the sensor reading formatted according to an 802.11 Wi-Fi protocol. The processor may then convert the sensor reading from the 802.11 Wi-Fi protocol into an RS-BUS protocol, the RS-BUS protocol may control the one or more HVAC units. The processor may also convert the sensor reading from the 802.11 Wi-Fi protocol into the RS-485 communication protocol that may communicate with the interactive display. The processor may then transmit the sensor reading in the RS-485 communication protocol to the interactive display using the at least one UART port. The processor may also transmit the RS-BUS protocol to the one or more HVAC units using the RS-BUS interface.
US10302325B1 Air filter operation and use modification according to identify a filter resistance of an air handling unit
The present disclosure is related to an air filter operation and use modification system. The system properly determines average filter resistance based upon determined air velocities in the air handling unit. Once accurate average filter resistance is determined, various energy use measurement determinations can be made for a proposed filter in the system. Such determinations can be based on estimated or desired filter energy use measurements. The system can modify the air handling unit operations to meet the proposed filter energy use measurements. Furthermore, the user will have the ability to review the range of potential operational points and then be able to select the service cycle based on the air handling unit owner's preferred preventive maintenance and budget cycles.
US10302324B2 Methods and apparatus for instructing movement based on sensor data
Methods and apparatus to instruct movement based on sensor data. An example apparatus includes a sensor data receiver to receive sensor data from a sensor device, a preference receiver to receive a user preference, and a preference analyzer to: in response to determining that the sensor data indicates that the user preference is not met at a first location, determine if a second location has a condition that meets the user preference, and in response to determining that the second location has the condition that meets the user preference, transmitting a notification to instruct movement to the second location.
US10302320B2 Portable solar HVAC system with all-in-one appliances
This invention relates to a portable or fixed solar powered heating ventilation air conditioner (HVAC) system. The disclosed invention consists of the following major components. 1) Solar Hot Water Tank/Storage Tank, 2) Solar Generator, 3) Solar HVAC Heat Exchanger Unit, 4) Solar Grill, 5) Wireless Network Energy Monitoring System and 6) Supervisor Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system. Also included is a list of appliances that the HVAC system can be configured to function as: a) refrigerator, b) air purifier/fan, c) pressure cooker, d) drink dispenser, and e) pressurized hot water supply. The HVAC system and above listed appliances is designed to be used in homes, businesses, camping, military, hospitals, FEMA and in developing countries with very little electrical or plumbing infrastructure. The HVAC is capable of supplying all the above mention functions while being powered solely on solar power, solar hot water/fluid or geothermal and a chilled water source, therefore creating a NetZero Energy Machine™ that required no power from a utility grid when properly sized.
US10302317B2 Liquid-to-air membrane energy exchanger
An energy exchanger is provided. The exchanger includes a housing having a front and a back. A plurality of panels forming desiccant channels extend from the front to the back of the housing. Air channels are formed between adjacent panels. The air channels are configured to direct an air stream in a direction from the front of the housing to the back of the housing. A desiccant inlet is provided in flow communication with the desiccant channels. A desiccant outlet is provided in flow communication with the desiccant channels. The desiccant channels are configured to channel desiccant from the desiccant inlet to the desiccant outlet in at least one of a counter-flow or cross-flow direction with respect to the direction of the air stream.
US10302312B2 Estimation of unknown states for an electric water heater with thermal stratification and use of same in demand response and condition-based maintenance
A water heater that includes a cylindrical storage tank, at least one heating element, and at least one temperature sensor is modeled using a one-dimensional model that includes: a vertical stack of disks representing the water volume in the cylindrical storage tank, and a stack of annular segments surrounding the vertical stack of disks. The stack of annular segments represents the cylindrical wall of the cylindrical storage tank. The one-dimensional model may be used by a condition-based maintenance system comprising an electronic data processing device configured to detect a failure mode present in the water heater based on an output of the water heating model component. Some illustrative failure modes include insulation disturbance, heating element failure, excessive sediment buildup, or a drip tube rupture.
US10302309B2 Oven appliance having a broiler assembly
An oven appliance is generally provided. The oven appliance may include a cabinet and a convection broiler assembly. The cabinet may define a cooking chamber to receive items to be cooked and include a top wall, a bottom wall, a rear wall, and opposing sidewalls. The top wall and the bottom wall may be spaced apart along a vertical direction. The opposing sidewalls may be spaced apart along a lateral direction. The convection broiler assembly may include a broiler passage broiler passage defined along a top portion of the cooking chamber to direct a heated gas thereto, a heating element disposed in convective communication with the broiler passage to supply the heated gas therein, and an air handler in fluid communication with the heating element and the broiler plate to motivate the heated gas through the broiler passage.
US10302303B2 Cigarette lighter for safely moving through dangerous areas and method of use
A cigarette lighter of the embodiments of the present invention that safely moves through dangerous areas and method of use. The cigarette lighter includes a lower section, an upper section, and a fuel flow controller. The upper section is replaceably attached to the lower section. The fuel flow controller interfaces with the lower section and the upper section and controls a flow of a fuel from the lower section where stored to the upper section where ignited.
US10302300B2 Feed injector system
A system includes a feed injector that may supply a feedstock to a gasifier. The feed injector includes one or more conduits extending toward a tip portion having an outlet, cooling coil coupled to the tip portion, and a protective shell including a first protective shell portion coupled to a second protective shell portion. The protective shell surrounds the tip portion and at least portions of the one or more conduits and the cooling coil. The feed injector also includes one or more mounting structures disposed along an outer perimeter of the feed injector. The one or more mounting structures may facilitate coupling of the first protective shell portion, the second protective shell portion, and the feed injector.
US10302292B2 Connector system for lighting assembly
An elongate tubular lighting assembly having a body with a length between spaced first and second ends. The tubular lighting assembly has an elongate heat sink and a light source comprising LED emitters and first and second connectors respectively at the first and second body ends for securing the lighting assembly to a light fixture. The first connector has cooperating first and second parts having first and second surfaces. The first and second connector parts are configured so that the first and second surfaces are placed in confronting relationship to prevent separation of the first and second connector parts with the body in an operative state as an incident of the first connector part moving relative to the second connector part from a position fully separated from the second connector part in a substantially straight path that is transverse to the length of the body into an engaged position. The first connector part has conductive power and ground pins and the second connector part has conductive power and ground terminals for connecting with an external power supply and providing a grounding path for components of the lamp. The power and ground pins of the first connector part are configured to engage the power and ground terminals of the second connector part as an incident of the first connector part moving relative to the second connector part into the engaged position. A sleeve connector is also provided for mounting a non-power end of a linear LED lamp to a light fixture.
US10302288B2 Device carrier for a strip-lighting luminaire
The present invention relates to a device carrier (10) for a strip-lighting luminaire, comprising: first lines (14) for forming a first power supply circuit; second lines (14) for forming a second power supply circuit; and at least one converter unit (12) for electrically coupling the first to the second power supply circuit, said converter unit being mounted on the device carrier (10). The first lines (14) are arranged on a rear face of the device carrier (10) so that the first lines (14) are concealed by the device carrier (10) in the mounted state of the strip-lighting luminaire. The invention further relates to a strip-lighting luminaire comprising at least one device carrier (10) according to the invention.
US10302287B2 Adjustable mounting system for a luminaire
A luminaire comprises a light fixture that includes a housing. The housing includes a light emitting diode (LED) light source and a back wall that has a first surface shape. The luminaire further comprises a mounting system that includes a tie rod that has a first end that includes a plurality of teeth. The mounting system also includes a mounting plate rotatably coupled to the tie rod. The mounting plate is coupled to the back wall of the housing. The mounting plate has a second surface shape, where the first surface shape and the second surface shape are substantially the same.
US10302285B1 Lighting system for installation on a separate post
A lighting system is configured to be coupled to a separate post and has a pole extending upward and then outward, the pole having multiple members configured to be assembled together at joints, and a light module is coupled to the pole. A tubular sleeve may enclose a joint for providing rigidity to the joint. The light module may be connected to the pole by a rotatable coupling. A gusset may be installed on the pole for strengthening an associated member. A bracket is configured to couple to the post and to couple to the pole with a convex pole mount that prevents sideways translation of the pole relative to the bracket while installing the pole on the post. A strut having convex flanges may extend between member joints for providing rigidity to the joints.
US10302284B2 Portable illumination device
The present disclosure teaches and describes an illumination device that may be coupled to a variety of objects to help provide lighting to an area. The illumination device has at least two sections that are connected by a hinge and rotate around that hinge. The illumination device further has adapters to increase the grip and hold of the device. The device may be lockable or use tension to hold it in a particular configuration. The illumination device has a number of light emitting diodes placed on the various surfaces of the device. The light emitting diodes provide lighting to assist individuals in performing tasks in dark or poorly lit areas. The lighting is controlled by a power switch which may also change the intensity of the light.
US10302283B2 LED ceiling light and method for connecting LED ceiling light to E26/E27 light holder
The present invention relates to an LED ceiling light, comprising a light body and a back plate, the light body is detachably connected to the back plate. When an outer circular frame of the back plate is sheathed into a round throat of the light body, a columnar clip of the light body of the LED ceiling light runs from a bottom of the back plate and is rotated to clip in an L-shaped slot until reaches a close end of the L-shaped slot, in this way, the light body is connected to the back plate.
US10302279B2 Light conversion modules having a laser diode light conversion assembly and long pass filter reflecting light back to the light conversion assembly
The present disclosure describes light conversion modules each having a single laser diode or multiple laser diodes. The light conversion modules can be particularly small in size (height and lateral footprint) and can overcome various challenges associated with the high optical power and heat emitted by laser diodes. In some implementations, the light conversion modules include glass phosphors, which, in some instances, can resist degradation caused by the optical power and/or heat generated by the laser diodes. In some instances, the light conversion modules include optical filters which, in some instances, can reduce or eliminate human eye-safety risk.
US10302276B2 Color mixing optics having an exit lens comprising an array of lenslets on an interior and exterior side thereof
Illumination devices with improved color mixing optics are disclosed herein for mixing the colors produced by a multi-colored LED emitter module to produce uniform color throughout the entire beam angle of the output light beam, along with smoother edges and improved center beam intensity. Embodiments disclosed herein include a unique arrangement of multi-color LEDs within an emitter module, a unique exit lens with different patterns of lenslets on opposing sides of the lens, and other associated optical features that thoroughly mix the different color components, and as such, provide uniform color across the output beam exiting the illumination device. Additional embodiments disclosed herein include a unique arrangement of photodetectors within the primary optics structure of the LED emitter module that ensure the optical feedback system properly measures the light produced by all similarly colored emission LEDs.
US10302274B2 Luminaire, modular surface covering arrangement and luminaire kit
A luminaire is disclosed comprising a cover plate including an light exit window and a region surrounding the light exit window, at least a part of said region comprising a plurality of first fixing members selected from one of a plurality of holes and a plurality of protrusions dimensioned to extend through said holes; a reflector having an inner volume and comprising at least one edge comprising a plurality of second fixing members, selected from the other of the plurality of holes and the plurality of protrusions dimensioned to extend through said openings; and a plurality of solid state elements within the inner volume, wherein the protrusions extend through the holes, each protrusion having a portion extending beyond the opening through which the protrusion extends, said portion being bent over an edge of the opening to secure the reflector on the cover plate, wherein the inner volume is delimited by the reflector and the cover plate and the solid state lighting elements are arranged to direct their luminous output towards the light exit window. A modular surface covering arrangement including such a luminaire and a kit for assembling such a luminaire are also disclosed.
US10302273B2 Lampshade and frame assembly
A lampshade and frame assembly includes a lampshade body having a lampshade covering includes an upper periphery, a lower periphery, a plurality of upper hooks spacedly attached on the upper periphery, and a plurality of lower hooks spacedly attached on the lower periphery; a frame body comprising a lamp supporting frame having an outer circular frame member detachably coupled with the upper hooks, and a lower frame having an lower annular frame member detachably coupled with the lower hooks to associate the lampshade body with the frame body; an upper frame having an upper annular frame member covered on the lamp supporting frame; wherein each of the upper hook comprises a downwardly and inwardly extending recess for allowing said outer circular frame member being inserted therein, and the lower hooks comprises a upwardly and inwardly extending recess for allowing the lower annular frame being inserted therein.
US10302272B2 Screen printed shield
A shield for a lighting fixture includes a panel that is optically transparent and a screen attached to the panel. The screen has opaque segments, where the opaque segments have gaps therebetween. The screen is screen printed onto the panel. The opaque segments are distributed on the panel in a pattern.
US10302261B2 Automatic installation mechanism, lamp having automatic installation mechanism, and installation method thereof
An automatic lamp installation mechanism includes a support element having one end of rotatably connected to a side of a fixing base; an elastic element arranged between the support element and the fixing base, a fixing element provided on the support element and including a first catch element; and a limiting element provided on the side of the fixing base and having a triggering element and a second catch element, wherein the triggering element is located apart from the fixing base.
US10302254B2 Adsorbed natural gas storage facility
A natural gas storage facility for reducing effects of diurnal demand on a natural gas source is disclosed. The natural gas storage facility includes a guard bed system that has a heavy natural gas component storage capacity and that is operable to remove impurities from introduced natural gas, to selectively separate the introduced natural gas into a heavy natural gas component and a light natural gas component, to retain the heavy natural gas component and to release the heavy natural gas component and an adsorption bed system that fluidly couples to the guard bed system, that has a light natural gas component storage capacity, that contains a light natural gas adsorbent that is a microporous material, and that is operable to retain the light natural gas component using the light natural gas adsorbent and to release the light natural gas component from the light natural gas adsorbent.
US10302252B2 Container having an internal structure with minimum surfaces
An illustrative example container includes a plurality of internal support members having a surface contour that at least approximates a minimum surface. The plurality of internal support members collectively provide structural support for carrying loads on the container. The plurality of internal support members collectively establish a plurality of cavities for at least temporarily containing fluid. An outer shell is connected with at least some of the internal support members. The outer shell includes a plurality of curved surfaces. The outer shell encloses the cavities.
US10302251B2 Apparatus and method for safeguarding an automatically operating machine
An apparatus for safeguarding a monitoring area, in which an automatically operating machine is disposed, comprises: (i) a sensor unit including a camera system for producing images of the monitoring area; (ii) a configuration unit for defining first and second protection areas; and (iii) an evaluation unit for triggering a safety-related function. The first protection area is at a first distance from the machine and the second protection area is at a second greater distance from the machine. The sensor unit monitors both the first protection area and the second protection area. The evaluation unit analyzes the images produced by the camera system so as to evaluate both (i) whether a machine element of the machine enters the first protection area as well as (ii) whether a foreign object enters the second protection area. The evaluation unit triggers the safety-related function if at least one of these events occurs.
US10302247B2 Back plate assemblies for home hardware
A back plate assembly for home hardware is provided with a base and an attachment. The base includes at least one mount aperture and is adapted to be mounted to a support surface. The base defines a receptacle, a through-hole, a pair of grooves disposed at an outer edge of the through-hole, and a pair of ledges offset from an inner edge of the through-hole. The attachment includes a lock member with a pair of lock features and a connector member sized for insertion between the pair of ledges when the attachment is oriented in a first radial position. Each of the pair of lock features is positioned on the attachment for insertion within one of the grooves and the connector member is sized to rest upon the ledges when the connector member extends through the through-hole and the attachment is rotated to a second radial position.
US10302244B2 Multi-purpose camera stand
A multi-purpose camera stand includes a lower tube, an upper tube sheathed on the lower tube, a multi-stage telescopic rod installed into the lower tube, and a mounting stand fixed to the multi-stage telescopic rod. A camera equipment is installed onto the mounting stand, and three legs are hinged to the bottom of the lower tube. After the three legs are folded, a first accommodating space for accommodating the multi-stage telescopic rod is formed, and a second accommodating space for accommodating the stand is formed in the upper tube. When the camera stand is folded, the telescopic rod is accommodated into the first accommodating space, and the mounting stand is accommodated into the second accommodating space to reduce the storage volume of the camera stand and facilitate storage and carry. In addition, the mounting stand can be rotated in different directions to fit the use of different occasions.
US10302238B2 Lining drum
A lining drum which has a tubular body having open ends, an inlet for compressed air and an outlet for liner is disclosed. The lining drum has end pieces removably attached to the tubular body for closing the open ends of the tubular body, a rotatable shaft inside the tubular body and a crank for rotating the shaft. The end piece has a spring-loaded flange mounting, wherein bias of springs pushes the flange mounting towards the tubular body and a closed position of the flange mounting, and air pressure inside the lining drum pushes the flange mounting away from the tubular body and towards an open position of the flange mounting.
US10302236B2 Method for sealing pipelines using a gel pig
The present invention provides methods and methods for curing a leakage in a pipeline, the method including at least one gel pig and at least one sealant composition; wherein the at least one gel pig and the at least one sealant composition form a pig train, adapted to move along the pipeline to a region of the leakage and to seal the leakage.
US10302233B2 Temperature and pressure gauge adaptors
A gauge adaptor apparatus allows easy connection and removal of a gauge to a hydronic system or other fluidic piping system for taking a pressure or temperature reading. The gauge adaptor apparatus is compatible with standard hose connections and can be used to quickly and easily add a gauge onto a hydronic system without requiring extensive labor and without needing to halt the operation of the system. Gauge adaptor apparatuses can be used to take one-time readings, or they can be left permanently installed for ongoing readings of the system. Gauge adaptor apparatuses take up little space, are highly compatible with existing fluid valves and system configurations, can be installed quickly and easily without requiring much labor, and can be easily removed for system draining, servicing, or replacement.
US10302232B2 Self sealing end fitting
A self-sealing end fitting includes a valve, an adaptor, and a connector. The valve may define a longitudinal axis and may include a first end portion, a second end portion, a flange disposed therebetween, and a central bore. The adaptor may have a first end portion surrounding at least the second end portion of the valve, and the connector may surround at least the first end portion of the valve. A portion of the connector, a portion of the flange, and a portion of the first end portion of the adaptor may define a pocket. The valve may be configured to move axially relative to the adaptor. In embodiments, a sealing surface of the flange may contact a corresponding sealing surface of the first end portion of the adaptor to form a first seal within the pocket, and the first seal may comprise a metal-to-metal seal.
US10302223B2 Anti-chattering valve cone and methods for using same
An apparatus for controlling flow of a fluid in a fluid conduit may include a closure member having an outer circumferential surface defined by a composite geometry, a biasing member applying a biasing force to the closure member, and a sealing member receiving the closure member. A fluid seal is formed in the fluid conduit when the biasing member presses the closure member against the sealing member.
US10302216B2 Extraction valve
An extraction valve for overpressurized gas flowing from a compressed gas reservoir is disclosed. The extraction valve has a valve seat carrier, including a conical valve seat emerging centrally into an outflow chamber. An extraction piston, which is mobile in its axial direction at least indirectly via an electromagnetic coil, includes a valve body cooperating with the valve seat. An inflow chamber for the pressurized gas is designed totally or partially on the circumference of a central axis of the extraction piston and is connected in the axial direction of the extraction piston against a flow direction of the gas when the extraction piston is in the open position, between the valve seat and the valve body via an intermediate connection with an intermediate volume which includes a connection with the region in which the valve seat and the valve body co-operate.
US10302214B2 Flow control valve for filling machine
A flow control valve for a filling machine configured to fill receptacles with a pourable product, the flow control valve comprising: a tubular body defining a channel for the pourable product, the tubular body having a longitudinal axis and terminating with at least one narrowed end mouth; and a shutter movable within the channel between a closed position, and an open position. The shutter includes a main portion coupled in a sliding manner with an inner surface of the tubular body; and a narrowed closing head, wherein the main portion of the shutter includes a flat plate extending along a diameter of the channel with respect to the longitudinal axis, contacting the inner surface of the tubular body at opposite sides and defining, with the remaining portions of the inner surface, two opposite cavities, which have respective profiles shaped as circular segments and through which the pourable product can flow during operation.
US10302207B2 Spring loaded HVAC damper
An illustrative damper system includes a damper blade that is configured to be positioned within a duct, such as a bypass duct of an HVAC system. A shaft is in communication with the damper blade, a torsion spring is in communication with the shaft, and a force adjustment mechanism is in communication with the torsion spring. The shaft, the damper blade, and the torsion spring may be configured such that the shaft may affect movement of the damper blade about a rotation axis and the torsion spring may provide a bias force to the shaft for biasing the damper blade toward a desired position (e.g. closed position).
US10302205B2 Hydraulic component with a valve unit and hydraulic system with a hydraulic component
The present disclosure relates to a hydraulic component with a valve unit for a hydraulic system, and a hydraulic system having such a hydraulic component. The valve unit of the hydraulic component has a valve block and a valve piston. The valve piston is moveably along a first bore supported in the valve block. Further, the valve unit is admittable with pressurized hydraulic fluid and is configured such that the valve piston can be moved between a closed position and an open position. The hydraulic component according to the disclosure is particularly characterized in that the first bore is configured as a through-hole through the entire valve block and the hydraulic component has a collecting unit. The collecting unit at least partially surrounds the two end openings of the first bore and is configured collect and drain hydraulic fluid leaking out of the two end openings of the bore.
US10302203B2 Tandem conical valve
Provided is a tandem cone valve capable of avoiding or reducing resistance on a valve switch caused by fluid pressure in a pipeline in the opening or closing stage. The cone valve includes valve rods, valve cores and a valve body. The valve cores include a first valve core and a second valve core. The first valve core and the second valve core are coaxially arranged in a valve core cavity. The outer walls of the valve cores are in the shape of cones; the first valve core and the second valve core are stacked one on the other, the first valve core is provided with a first valve core first flow hole and a first valve core second flow hole which penetrate through the inner wall and the outer wall of the first valve core, and the valve core cavity is provided with a valve core cavity flow hole corresponding to the first valve core first flow hole and the first valve core second flow hole. The cone valve is provided with the second valve core stacked coaxially on the base of the first valve core, and the second valve rod driving the second valve core to rotate is arranged in the first valve rod in a sleeved manner, thus the valve is simple and compact in structure; and the two levels of valve cores can each rotate to open/close the valve level by level, thus reducing momentary resistance when opening and closing a large cone valve.
US10302202B2 Valve with a ceramic disc
A valve assembly for modulating flow of a fluid through a valve may include a plunger, a flange with an orifice, a first disc with an orifice, a second disc, a gasket in contact with both the flange and the first disc, three bearing members disposed between the first disc and the flange. The three bearing members define a position and orientation of the first disc with respect to the flange, and separate the first disc from the flange, thereby defining a gap between the flange and said disc. The plunger displaces the second disc surfaces from a first position to a second position.
US10302199B2 Mechanical seal for rotary machine
A seal for a rotary machine may include an end cap configured to be coupled to the rotary machine. The end cap may define an end face and a bore. The seal may also include a sleeve received through the bore of the end cap and configured to receive a shaft associated with the rotary machine. The seal may also include a collar coupled to the sleeve and configured to couple the sleeve to the shaft associated with the rotary machine. The seal may further include a spacer coupled to the end face of the end cap, in a first position, such that at least a portion the spacer is between the collar and the end face of the end cap, and, in a second position, such that the portion of the spacer is not between the collar and the end face of the end cap.
US10302196B2 Self cleaning pistons
A technique facilitates tool operation with mobile pistons submitted to differential pressure. The technique utilizes a mobile piston slidably mounted in a corresponding piston passage. The piston passage is defined by a passage wall surface, and the piston may be moved linearly along the piston passage under the influence of an actuating fluid or to pump a fluid. The exterior surface of the piston and/or the passage wall surface have a groove or a plurality of grooves located and arranged to collect particulates from the fluid. Removal of the particulates facilitates actuator piston function by reducing, for example, third body abrasion and jamming of the piston.
US10302191B2 Automatic transmission and method of manufacturing the same
A transmission is provided including a transmission case accommodating a transmission mechanism, a hydraulic controller having a valve body and a valve for controlling the transmission mechanism, the valve body formed with a valve insertion hole into which the valve is inserted, and an oil path communicating with the valve insertion hole, and an oil storage for storing oil. At least one of the valve body and the oil storage is integrally formed with the transmission case.
US10302190B2 Method for evaluating the shifting behavior of a motor vehicle transmission
A method for evaluating a transmission device using various characteristic values, wherein said characteristic values can be determined by means of variable or constant parameters.
US10302187B2 Reduction gear having an epicyclic gear train for a turbine engine
A reduction gear having an epicyclic gear train for a turbine engine, in particular of an aircraft, comprising: a planetary shaft having an axis of rotation A; a ring gear having an axis A extending around said planetary shaft; planet gears distributed around said axis A, which mesh with said ring gear and the planetary shaft; and a planet carrier including members for supporting bearings of the planet gears, having axes of rotation B, which are evenly distributed around the axis A, as well as a part holding each supporting member substantially by the middle thereof along the axis B thereof, wherein said supporting members are made as a single part having means for supplying lubricating oil to said bearings. A method for assembling said reduction gear is also provided.
US10302186B2 Transfer case with oil distribution
A transfer case comprises a primary output shaft, a secondary output shaft, a clutch, and a plurality of valves. The primary output shaft includes a hub rotationally coupled thereto. The clutch selectively couples the primary output shaft to the secondary output shaft to transfer torque therebetween. The clutch includes a housing, interleaved plates, and an apply plate. The housing is rotationally coupled to the secondary output shaft. The interleaved plates alternate between a first subset of the interleaved plates rotationally coupled to the hub and a second subset of the interleaved plates rotationally coupled to the housing. The apply plate compresses the interleaved plates for transferring torque between the hub and the housing. The valves selectively release oil supplied through the primary output shaft into the housing. Each valve includes a bore formed in the hub and a valve rod movable by the apply plate to open the valve.
US10302181B2 Reconfigurable motion generator
A reconfigurable motion generator and control system for multi-phase motion generation. Reconfigurable motion generators are a new class of mechanical devices that are designed for a specific part family and their associated motion generation tasks. The reconfigurable motion generator may utilize revolute joints for link length and pivot adjustment to achieve different configurations from the same set of links. Due to the nature of adjustment of the mechanism this methodology may be used for different types of motion generation tasks such as (a) common start position, (b) common end position, (c) common intermediate position, and (d) distinct motion generation tasks with no common positions. This technique can be applied towards the synthesis of reconfigurable motion generators for use in many planar or spherical applications involving multi-phase function, path, and motion generation tasks.
US10302180B2 Drive cable for actuating a vehicle element
A drive cable for actuating a vehicle element which is movable with respect to a vehicle design, which can have a cable body having a flexible cable core which is wrapped with a spiral, which follows a helical line so as to become engaged with a gearwheel. At least three longitudinal ribs or crosspieces can be formed along the periphery of the cable body, said drive cable being able to support itself in a cable guide via said longitudinal ribs which form at least mostly continuous guiding lines and contact lines of the drive cable, each having the same distance all around to the cable axis. Alternatively, an elastically or plastically malleable cable jacket can be provided which engages over the cable core and the spiral and which forms a cylindrical and rib-free peripheral surface of the cable when the cable core is stretched.
US10302179B2 Switching apparatus for a driving system
A switching apparatus for a driving system includes a motor, a first function unit, a second function unit and a power switching unit. The power switching unit includes a planetary gear set connected to the motor and driven by the motor and a swinging mechanism connected to the planetary gear set and driven by the planetary gear set. The power switching unit is switchable between a first position, where the power switching unit is drivingly connected to the first function unit, and a second position, where the power switching unit is drivingly connected to the second function unit.
US10302177B2 Friction driven beltless grain spreader
A friction driven beltless grain spreader system is presented that includes a spreader cone having a pulley and a grain deflector configured to disperse the flow of grain. A motor having a driven wheel and an idler wheel are pivotally connected to the spreader cone in operative engagement with the pulley such that the idler wheel is positioned between the driven wheel and the pulley. A tension member applies a force that pulls the driven wheel and intermediary wheel into the pulley. As the motor rotates the driven wheel rotates the idler wheel which rotates the pulley. When forces spike, such as when the motor is turned on or a heavy flow of grain hits the system, one or more of the driven wheel, intermediary wheel and/or pulley slip with respect to the other wheels thereby preventing breakage of the system.
US10302176B2 Planetary gear train of automatic transmission for vehicle
A planetary gear train of an automatic transmission may include: an input shaft receiving torque of an engine; an output shaft transmitting torque to an output gear; a first planetary gear set including first, second, and third rotation elements; a compound planetary gear set including fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh rotation elements; a fourth planetary gear set including eighth, ninth, and tenth rotation elements; a first shaft fixedly connected to the ninth rotation element and the input shaft; a second shaft fixedly connected to the second and sixth rotation elements and fixedly connected to the output shaft; a third shaft fixedly connected to the first and tenth rotation elements; a fourth shaft fixedly connected to the fourth rotation element; a fifth shaft fixedly connected to the fifth rotation element; a sixth shaft fixedly connected to the seventh rotation element; and a plurality of shafts selectively connected to a transmission housing.
US10302175B2 Vehicle transmission
A vehicle transmission includes: four planetary gear sets and six friction elements which may be combined such that the rotation speed and direction are changed by selectively interrupting operations using the rotation elements of the planetary gear sets and the plurality of friction elements, wherein with such a shifting action, the vehicle may be driven by implementing gear ratios of at least ten forward stages and at least one reverse stage.
US10302171B2 Dual mode tuning type dynamic damper and drive shaft device and vehicle thereby
A dual mode tuning dynamic damper may include a hollow main bridge extending in an axial direction of a damper housing in a position exterior to a damper mass filled in the damper housing and forming a dual concentric circle with the damper housing, and an auxiliary bridge disposed at a connection section of the dual concentric circle for side portions of the damper mass to be supported by the main bridge.
US10302162B2 Disk brake for a utility-vehicle wheel
A disk brake for a utility-vehicle wheel includes a brake caliper reaching around a brake disk, an application device arranged in the brake caliper on one side of the brake disk actuated by means of a force member, brake pads on both sides of the brake disk. At least the application-side brake pad is arranged in a pad duct having first and second supporting surfaces which have the same distance from a pad duct center line in the circumferential direction, and against which the brake pad lies, a brake lever which is part of the application device and is composed of a lever arm supporting the force member, and an application shaft connected to the lever arm and mounted inside the brake caliper on a pivot axis and resting in a rotationally movable manner against a pressure piece working against the application-side brake pad.
US10302159B2 Method for determining a bite point of a hybrid clutch in a hybrid vehicle
The invention relates to a method for determining a bite point of a hybrid clutch in a hybrid vehicle. The hybrid clutch is actuated by a hydrostatic clutch actuator (12) and disconnects or connects an internal combustion engine (2) and an electric motor (3); the bite point is determined by slowly actuating the hybrid clutch (4) starting from a separating position of the hybrid clutch (4), this position being in the non-actuated state, with a defined torque reaction of the electric motor (3) being detected. The invention also relates to a method in which the quality of the bite point is improved, the duration of the bite point adaptation is essentially shortened, the bite point being adapted during the running of the internal combustion engine (2) and when the electric motor (3) is immobile and a torque reaction of the electric motor (3) is validated by the torque reaction of the internal combustion engine (2).
US10302155B2 Rotation transmission device
A rotation transmission device includes an electromagnetic clutch including an armature, a rotor having an outer tubular portion and an inner tubular portion, and an electromagnet. A bearing support tube is provided at the outer end surface of a core supporting an electromagnetic coil of the electromagnet. A bearing is mounted in the bearing support tube so as to be axially fixed in position and not to be pulled out of the bearing support tube. The small-diameter tubular portion is provided at the end of the inner tubular portion of the rotor, and press-fitted in the bearing such that the rotor and the electromagnet form a unit.
US10302154B2 Electromagnetic clutch
An electromagnetic clutch includes a rotor, an armature plate that is disposed to face the rotor, an excitation coil that is accommodated on the inside of the rotor, and generates an attracting force attracting the armature plate onto the rotor, a temperature fuse that is disposed on the excitation coil side further than a side end surface of the rotor, and blocks the electric connection to the excitation coil when exceeding a predetermined temperature, an outer and inner magnetic blocking portion on the side end surface of the rotor, and an intermediate magnetic blocking portion in the armature plate in a position between the outer and the inner magnetic blocking portions, in which an annular groove is formed on the side end surface to include the inner magnetic blocking portion, and in which a friction member protruding from the side end surface is disposed in the annular groove.
US10302146B2 Jaw clutch
A dog clutch (10) includes a piston (22) that is firmly connected to a sensor bolt (48) at one axial end of the sensor bolt (48). The piston (22) is coaxially aligned with the sensor bolt (48), and the sensor bolt (48) is configured as a sensor element for a position sensor (70) at a sensor section (52) of the sensor bolt (48) that is positioned on a free, piston-remote axial end (78) of the sensor bolt (48).
US10302144B2 Sliding clutch for an adjustment device and side-view mirror for a motor vehicle having an adjustment device
A sliding clutch for an adjustment device of a rearview device of a motor vehicle comprises two plastic parts. A first part is formed as an external gear wheel having a first multiplicity of first coupling elements and a second part is formed as an internal shaft having a second multiplicity of second coupling elements. The two plastic parts rotate with one another up to a predefined maximum torque namely because a positive fit exists between the first and second coupling elements up to the predefined maximum torque. The invention furthermore relates to a side-view mirror for a motor vehicle having an adjustment device which comprises a sliding clutch according to the invention.
US10302143B2 Tripod type constant velocity universal joint
In a tripod type constant velocity universal joint 1, when D1 represents a large inner diameter being a diameter of a circle connecting radially outer end portions of roller guide surfaces 7 and D2 represents a small inner diameter being a diameter of a circle connecting radially inner end portions of the roller guide surfaces 7, a ratio D2/D1 between the small inner diameter D2 and the large inner diameter D1 is set within a range of from 0.73 to 0.80. Further, when d represents a large diameter of a spline formed in a trunnion hub 8 of a tripod member 3 and PCD represents a pitch circle diameter of the roller guide surfaces 7, a ratio d/PCD between the large diameter d and the pitch circle diameter PCD is set to 0.60 or more.
US10302142B2 Hand-guided power tool with telescoping section
A power tool is provided with a drive motor and a tool unit with a tool driven by the drive motor. A guide tube with telescoping section with external and internal tubes is provided, wherein the internal tube is longitudinally slidable within the external tube. A clamping device secures the internal tube relative to the external tube and has a clamping member supported rotatably relative to the internal tube and connected by a thread connection to the external tube. The clamping device is provided with a clamping ring with an opening arranged about an outer circumference of the internal tube. Compression of the clamping ring in longitudinal guide tube direction effects a size reduction of the clamping ring opening. The clamping ring has a first axial face supported relative to the external tube and a second axial face supported relative to the clamping member.
US10302140B2 Spline alignment
A gas turbine shaft assembly comprises first and second axially mating shafts. The first shaft has a circumferential array of splines configured to mesh with a corresponding circumferential array of splines on the second shaft. The first shaft defines at least one axially extending slot aligned with one of the splines on the first shaft. The second shaft has at least one radial projection aligned with one of the splines on the second shaft. The engagement of the radial projection with the slot provides angular correspondence between the splines of the first and the second shafts prior to axial engagement of the splines.
US10302139B2 Grease sealing method and sealing device for ball bearing and ball bearing produced using said sealing method
A retainer is rotationally driven about a axis of a ball bearing, and convex areas having pockets provided therein along a ball pitch circle of the retainer and concave areas between adjacent pockets is detected by a sensor. Grease is discharged according to phases of the convex areas and concave areas in the rotationally driven retainer from a dispenser having grease discharge ports arranged to face an annular space.
US10302137B2 Bearing assembly
An improved bearing assembly is disclosed. Ring-shaped rolling elements in an alternating staggered formation, which allows maintenance of the bearing assembly geometry with fewer structural elements than prior bearings. The rolling elements can create a constant elastic tension, or pre-load, which maintains the bearing assembly geometry under various loads and rotational speeds, and reduces wear on the rolling elements and the raceways. The rolling elements can also comprise energy-dampening members and/or instrumentation which can monitor the functioning of the bearing assembly. An alternate embodiment in which the rolling elements are interlocked allows the use of more rolling elements in the same volume. An improved cage assembly, highly suitable for use with the improved bearing assembly, is also disclosed. The improved cage assembly comprises individual cage segments, which each retain one rolling element. The cage assembly can flex at every joint in a way not allowed by prior cage assemblies.
US10302131B2 Tapered roller bearing
A tapered roller bearing (1) is includes an outer ring (2) having an outer ring raceway surface (2a) on the inner peripheral surface thereof, an inner ring (3) having an inner ring raceway surface (3a) on the outer peripheral surface thereof, and a plurality of tapered rollers (4) arranged in a rollable manner between the outer ring raceway surface (2a) and the inner ring raceway surface (3a). A large flange (3b) is formed on an end portion of the inner ring (3) on a large-diameter side of the inner ring, and the inner ring raceway surface (3a) continuously extends to the end face (3c) of the inner ring (3) on a small-diameter side of the inner ring. The contact angle (α) is 37°30′ to 50°. In this manner, the tapered roller bearing having high moment rigidity and long life can be provided.
US10302130B2 Self-lubricating fabric and production method and use thereof
A self-lubricating fabric contains warp yarns or weft yarns that are composite yarns formed from fluorinated resin yarns and other yarns. The surface area of the other yarns on one surface of the fabric takes up 0 to 30% of the total surface area of the composite yarns, and the ratio of the section diameter of the other yarns to the section diameter of the fluorinated resin yarns in the composite yarns is 0.12 to 0.80. A method for producing the self-lubricating fabric and use of the self-lubricating fabric are also disclosed.
US10302128B2 Combined ball bearing, main spindle device, and machine tool
A matched ball bearing includes four or more rows of angular ball bearings axially aligned, two or more rows of the angular ball bearings with contact angles in a same direction being arranged in a back-to-back combination. The respective angular ball bearings have same inner diameters, respectively. The respective angular ball bearings with contact angles in the same direction have same outer diameters, respectively. The respective angular ball bearings with contact angles in different directions have different outer diameters, respectively. With respect to at least the respective angular ball bearings having the larger outer diameters, the angular ball bearing positioned at an axially outboard side has a ball diameter and a contact angle greater than those of the angular ball bearing positioned at an axially inboard side.
US10302127B2 Needle bearing
The present invention relates to a non-magnetic needle bearing for use in a rotational machine such as, for example, an MRI. The needle bearing may include needles, a cylindrical retainer holding the needles at a predetermined pitch, an outer ring outside of the retainer, and an inner ring inside the retainer. All of the aforementioned may be made of a non-thermoplastic polyimide resin.
US10302126B2 Bearing device for wheels
A bearing device for wheels is configured so as to reduce an amount of deformation of an opening of an outer member while minimizing an increase in overall weight, thus preventing a deterioration in rolling fatigue life. The bearing device for wheels is provided with an outer member having double-row outer rolling surfaces, a hub ring having a wheel mounting flange and having a small-diameter stepped section, and an inner member constituted by at least one inner ring press-fitted over the small-diameter stepped section, the inner member having double-row inner rolling surfaces facing the double-row outer rolling surfaces. A band-shaped section having a predetermined band width and protruding radially by a protrusion amount is formed on at least a part of the wheel mounting flange-side outer peripheral portion of the opening of the outer member.
US10302125B2 Sliding member and sliding mechanism
Provided is a sliding member, which is reduced in friction under sliding conditions of high load and high speed under an oilless condition, and is excellent in wear resistance. The sliding member includes: a shaft; and at least one intervening member, in which: the at least one intervening member is located between the shaft and a bearing, and is operable independently of the shaft; and at least one surface of the at least one intervening member on a shaft side includes a sliding surface under one of a radial load and an axial load.
US10302124B2 Half bearing and sliding bearing
Provided is a semi-cylindrical shaped half bearing. The half bearing has an inner surface forming a sliding surface and including a plurality of recesses. Each recess has a smooth recess surface and a peripheral edge. The recess surface forms a convex curve toward the outer diameter side of the half bearing in cross-sectional view in a direction parallel to a circumferential direction of the half bearing. The recess includes a groove forming zone adjacent to the peripheral edge of the recess. The groove forming zone includes a plurality of circumferential grooves. The circumferential grooves extend from the peripheral edge of the recess along the circumferential direction of the half bearing. The present invention also provides a cylindrical sliding bearing including the above half bearing.
US10302117B2 Mechanism for rapid de-coupling of load bearing structures
A de-coupling mechanism includes a link slidably received in a link aperture of a bracket. A pin is slidably received in a pin bore of the link and a receiving bore of the bracket. A first block is connected to the bracket and includes an initiator receiving passage in communication with the pin bore. An initiator is positioned in the initiator receiving passage and retained against a connecting passage edge and oppositely contacts an end face of a cap connected to the first block. A second block connected to the bracket includes a longitudinal channel having a channel diameter larger than a pin diameter so the pin is freely displaceable into the longitudinal channel. An end face of a retaining cap is connected to a second block end wall. The retaining cap includes a stepped portion having a step diameter smaller than the channel diameter and the pin diameter.
US10302107B2 Fastening system and method using a compressible sleeve
An exemplary fastening system includes, among other things, a first component providing a first aperture, a second component providing a second aperture, and a fastener. The fastener has a shaft extending from a head. The shaft extends along an axis through the first aperture and the second aperture to clamp the first component axially between the head and the second component. A compressible sleeve distributed about the shaft is compressed radially by the first component. An exemplary fastening method includes moving a shaft of a fastener along an axis through an first aperture in a first component into a second aperture in a second component, and compressing at least a portion of compressible sleeve radially with the first component. The compressible sleeve is distributed about the shaft. The method further includes clamping the first component between a head of the fastener and the second component.
US10302104B2 Helix amplifier fittings
A helix amplifier pipe fitting may include an elbow or straight pipe fitting including an expanded helix portion, a plurality of helix vanes at an angle of incidence to the incoming fluid flow to impart rotational velocity on the fluid. A helix amplifier may include a helix discharge amplifier having a tapered canister, a tapered helix portion including a plurality of helix vanes, and a tapered mixing chamber.
US10302101B2 Hydraulic drive with rapid stroke and load stroke
A hydraulic drive including a differential cylinder that has a first pressure chamber and a second pressure chamber and a differential piston, a first hydraulic pump that includes a pump intake and a pump outlet, a directional control valve having a first switching position and a second switching position, a high pressure tank, and an additional hydraulic cylinder that includes an additional pressure chamber hydraulically connected with the pump intake and with the high pressure tank and an additional piston limiting the additional pressure chamber, the differential piston being movably coupled with the additional piston, wherein in the first switching position of the directional control valve the first pressure chamber is hydraulically connected with the second pressure chamber, and in the second switching position of the directional control valve the second pressure chamber is not hydraulically connected with the first pressure chamber.