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| US10311047B2 |
Streamlined creation and updating of OLAP analytic databases
The technology disclosed relates to creating and frequently updating multiple online analytic processing (OLAP) analytic databases from an online transaction processing (OLTP) transaction updatable system that includes transaction commit, rollback, and field level security capabilities. It also relates to transparently decoupling extraction from rebuilding of frequently updated OLAP analytic databases from the OLTP transaction updatable system. |
| US10311046B2 |
System and method for pruning a set of symbol-based sequences by relaxing an independence assumption of the sequences
A pruning method includes representing a set of sequences in a data structure. Each sequence s includes a first symbol w and a context c of at least one symbol. Some of the sequences are associated with a conditional probability p(w|c), based on observations of cw in training data. For others, p(w|c) is computed as a function of the probability p(w|ĉ) of the respective symbol w in a back-off context ĉ, p(w|ĉ) being based on observations of sequence ĉw in the training data. A scoring function ƒ(cw) value is computed for each sequence in the set, based on p(w|c) for the sequence and a probability distribution p(s) of each symbol in the sequence if it is removed from the set of sequences. Iteratively, one of the represented sequences is selected to be removed, based on the computed scoring function values, and the scoring function values of remaining sequences are updated. |
| US10311045B2 |
Aggregation/evaluation of heterogenic time series data
The collection and aggregation of time series data from a variety of heterogenic time series data sources. This may be accomplished through the use of multiple collector modules, each configured to gather time series data from a different time series data source, and translate that time series data from its original format into a common format. An evaluation module applies one or more expressions against the time series data in the common format in order to identify one or more operations to perform, such as alerting, reporting, actuating, and so forth. Accordingly, the principles describe herein allow real world information to be gather and acted upon even when the time series data is gathered from disparate sources. Furthermore, different systems can rely upon the actions being consistent based on access to the same underlying data. |
| US10311040B2 |
Method and system for matching appropriate content with users by matching content tags and profiles
A method and system is provided for classifying and labeling information content and also for profiling a user for accessing the information content, both using a coordinated labeling technique so that content from multiple sources may be searched, identified and/or presented to the user according to the user's profile. This technique provides an ongoing update of information content and sources while filtering out unnecessary information that is irrelevant to the user's profile, resulting in focused availability of information to the user. The user profile is matched with content of interest and matching content information may automatically be updated and made available to a user, in conformity with the user's profile. Content providers may now jointly use a common labeling scheme to improve the experience of their users and to provide content providers a technique to associate users with common facets of classification. |
| US10311037B2 |
Systems and methods for providing a two-way, intelligent text messaging platform
The present invention provides systems and methods for improved communication management. The present invention provides a platform for providing intuitive, semi-automated, large-scale, two-way text messaging communication between a client or customer (e.g., business or company) and participants/recipients tied to, or otherwise associated or registered with one or more campaigns instituted by the client or customer. The platform provides a consolidated web-based interface with which the client/customer may interact to manage the handling of participant data and to further manage the transmission of targeted outgoing text messages to one or more participants. The web-based interface further allows for the client/customer to automate the handling of an incoming text messages and data associated therewith, including, but not limited to, database updates, creation of automated responses to incoming text messages, and other actions, such as analysis of participant engagement based on participant response and output of engagement metrics. |
| US10311030B1 |
Method and system for implementing an automated migration tool
An embodiment of the present invention is directed to an automated migration tool. A system that implements an automated migration tool comprises: a memory component; an interactive web-based interface; and an application server configured to perform the steps comprising: submit a request for source code migration from a source platform to a target platform; schedule the migration for a time period; upon approval of the migration for the time period, identify the source code and associated metadata for migration, wherein the metadata comprises history data, code reviews and permissions; execute the migration of the source code and the associated metadata from the source platform to the target platform; and perform validation of the migration. |
| US10311028B2 |
Method and apparatus for replication size estimation and progress monitoring
Implementations of the present disclosure involve a system and/or method for replication size estimation and progress monitoring for a file system residing on a computing system. The replication progress monitoring system obtains a first snapshot of a file system for a first point in time and a second snapshot of the file system for a second point in time. The system may then calculate the difference between the first snapshot size from the second snapshot size and add to the difference the size a released data size. The released data size includes the size of any blocks of data included in the first snapshot and released before the second snapshot was taken. The replication transfer size may then be estimated by adding the snapshot size difference with the released size estimate. |
| US10311025B2 |
Duplicate in-memory shared-intermediate data detection and reuse module in spark framework
A cache management system for managing a plurality of intermediate data includes a processor, and a memory having stored thereon the plurality of intermediate data and instructions that when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform identifying a new intermediate data to be accessed, loading the intermediate data from the memory in response to identifying the new intermediate data as one of the plurality of intermediate data, and in response to not identifying the new intermediate data as one of the plurality of intermediate data identifying a reusable intermediate data having a longest duplicate generating logic chain that is at least in part the same as a generating logic chain of the new intermediate data, and generating the new intermediate data from the reusable intermediate data and a portion of the generating logic chain of the new intermediate data not in common with the reusable intermediate data. |
| US10311021B1 |
Systems and methods for indexing backup file metadata
A computer-implemented method for indexing backup file metadata may include 1) identifying a request to perform a full backup of a volume, 2) identifying a file metadata index for previous backups of the volume, 3) adding a current key uniquely identifying the file within the full backup and an identifier of the full backup to the file metadata index, 4) comparing the current key to the file metadata index to determine whether the current key is represented in the file metadata index, and 5) adding file metadata to the file metadata index for each file within the volume that is uniquely represented by the current key of the file within the file metadata index. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed. |
| US10311017B2 |
Reconfigurable processor and timing control method thereof
The present disclosure provides a reconfigurable processor and a timing control method thereof. The reconfigurable processor comprises a reconfigurable cell array (RCA) including a plurality of reconfigurable cells (RCs) and a control unit; the control unit is configured to generate and send a timing control information to the RCA; and the RCA is configured to execute an operation task according to the timing control information, wherein the RC in the RCA starts to execute an operation when receiving the timing control information, and delivers the timing control information to a next level of RC within the RCA according to a preset order after the operation is completed; and when the RCA completes the operation task corresponding to the timing control information, the RCA destroys the timing control information, wherein the operation task includes operations executed by each level of the RCs receiving the timing control information. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the operation efficiency of the RCA is improved, thereby optimizing the performance of the processor. |
| US10311016B2 |
Hidden surface removal in graphics processing systems
A graphics processing pipeline includes a rasteriser, an early culling tester, a renderer, a late culling tester, and a culling test data buffer that stores data values for use by the early and late culling testers. The testing of fragments by the early and late culling testers is controlled in accordance with a first set of state information indicative of when a culling test operation to be used to determine whether to cull the fragments is to be performed, and a second set of state information indicative of when to determine whether to update the culling test data buffer with data for the fragments based on a culling test operation, allocated to the fragments. |
| US10311014B2 |
System, method and computer readable medium for offloaded computation of distributed application protocols within a cluster of data processing nodes
A data processing node includes a management environment, an application environment, and a shared memory segment (SMS). The management environment includes at least one management services daemon (MSD) running on one or more dedicated management processors thereof. One or more application protocols are executed by the at least one MSD on at least one of the dedicated management processors. The management environment has a management interface daemon (MID) running on one or more application central processing unit (CPU) processors thereof. The SMS is accessible by the at least one MSD and the MID for enabling communication of information of the one or more application protocols to be provided between the at least one MSD and the MID. The MID provides at least one of management service to processes running within the application environment and local resource access to one or more processes running on another data processing node. |
| US10311013B2 |
High-speed inter-processor communications
A computing device has a motherboard, at least two daughter boards communicably connected to the motherboard, each of the at least two daughter boards having at least a specialized processor and a high-speed inter-processor communications port; and at least two high-speed inter-processor communication interconnects connecting at least two of the high-speed inter-processor communications ports. The configuration enables a flexible topology architecture, e.g., for different applications, and rapid reuse of system components even when new specialized processors become available. |
| US10311012B2 |
Media content playback with state prediction and caching
Systems, devices, apparatuses, components, methods, and techniques for predicting user and media-playback device states are provided. Systems, devices, apparatuses, components, methods, and techniques for representing cached, user-selected, and streaming content are also provided. |
| US10311011B2 |
Serial bus auto-addressing
A bus node is capable of performing a method, for the assigning of bus node addresses to bus nodes of a serial data bus. The method is performed with the aid of bus shunt resistors in the individual bus nodes in an assignment time period. After assigning bus node addresses to the bus nodes of the serial data bus system in the assignment time period, there follows an operating time period. For this purpose, the bus node comprises such a bus shunt resistor. The bus node is characterized by a bus shunt bypass switch which, prior to assigning a bus node address to the bus node in the assignment time period is opened and which after the assignment of bus node address to the bus node in the assignment time period is closed, and which is closed in the operating time period. |
| US10311008B2 |
Storage device with network access
Embodiments include a storage device, comprising: a chassis; non-volatile storage media disposed on the chassis; a network interface connector integrated with the chassis, wherein the network interface connector integrated with the chassis is structured to be directly inserted into a network switch; and control logic disposed on the chassis and configured to enable access to the non-volatile storage media through the network interface connector. |
| US10311004B2 |
Computing device interface connectors for peripheral component interconnect compliant devices and other devices
Computing device interface connectors for PCI compliant devices and other devices are disclosed. According to an aspect, an apparatus includes a PCI compliant device residing on a computing device. Further, the apparatus includes another device such as a network controller sideband interface (NCSI) compliant device residing on the computing device. The apparatus also includes an interface connector being communicatively connected to the PCI compliant device and the NCSI compliant device. |
| US10311003B2 |
Detection and identifcation of supported connection protocols in a multi-purpose storage bay
An embodiment provides a method, including: providing a multi-protocol connector in an electronic device for connecting at least one storage device thereto; determining, using an operative coupling between the multi-protocol connector and the electronic device, if the electronic device supports one or more protocols of the multi-protocol connector; and providing an informational prompt for each determined protocol of the multi-protocol connector that the electronic device supports. Other aspects are described and claimed. |
| US10311001B2 |
Electronic device and communication method thereof
An electronic device includes a case containing a universal serial bus (USB) transmission port, an embedded control unit, a central processing unit, a power supply unit and a multiplex control unit. The multiplex control unit has a first usage mode and a second usage mode. The multiplex control unit is normally in the first usage mode, and switches to the second usage mode when a switch signal is received. In the first usage mode, the multiplex control unit is powered by the power supply unit, and the multiplex control unit builds up a first transmission path between the central control unit and the USB transmission port. In the second usage mode, the multiplex control unit is powered by an external device connected to the USB transmission port, and the multiplex control unit builds up a second transmission path between the embedded control unit and the USB transmission port. |
| US10310999B2 |
Flash memory controller with calibrated data communication
An integrated circuit device includes a transmitter circuit operable to transmit a timing signal over a first wire to a DRAM. The DRAM receives a first signal having a balanced number of logical zero-to-one transitions and one-to-zero transitions and samples the first signal at a rising edge of the timing signal to produce a respective sampled value. The device further includes a receiver circuit to receive the respective sampled value from the DRAM over a plurality of wires separate from the first wire. In a first mode, the transmitter circuit repeatedly transmits incrementally offset versions of the timing signal to the DRAM until sampled values received from the DRAM change from a logical zero to a logical one or vice versa; and in a second mode, it transmits write data over the plurality of wires to the DRAM according to a write timing offset generated based on the sampled values. |
| US10310997B2 |
System and method for dynamically allocating memory to hold pending write requests
A processing system employs a memory module as a temporary write buffer to store write requests when a write buffer at a memory controller reaches a threshold capacity, and de-allocates the temporary write buffer when the write buffer capacity falls below the threshold. Upon receiving a write request, the memory controller stores the write request in a write buffer until the write request can be written to main memory. The memory controller can temporarily extend the memory controller's write buffer to the memory module, thereby accommodating temporary periods of high memory activity without requiring a large permanent write buffer at the memory controller. |
| US10310994B2 |
Asynchronous finite state machines
A sequential asynchronous system and a method for operating the same. The method includes operating a first asynchronous finite state machine at a first clock rate and operating a second asynchronous finite state machine at a second clock rate. The method also includes generating, with fork logic, a fork request based on a first state of the first asynchronous finite state machine and receiving, with join logic, the fork request from the fork logic. The method further includes receiving, with the join logic, a communication request from the second asynchronous finite state machine based on a second state of the second asynchronous finite state machine and initiating, with the join logic, a state transition of the second asynchronous finite state machine. The method also includes providing, with the join logic, a join acknowledgement to the fork logic upon completion of the state transition. |
| US10310992B1 |
Mitigation of cyber attacks by pointer obfuscation
A method for protecting a computer includes identifying a first pointer in a data structure used by a computer program indicating a first memory address to be accessed, using the pointer, in order to invoke a functionality of the computer. The identified first pointer is replaced with a second pointer indicating a second memory address, different from the first memory address. A security program module traps attempts to access the second memory address during execution of the computer program so as to foil unauthorized access to the functionality of the computer. |
| US10310990B2 |
Direct memory access encryption with application provided keys
In one example in accordance with the present disclosure, a method may include retrieving, at a memory management unit (MMU), encrypted data from a memory via direct memory access and determining, at the MMU, a peripheral that is the intended recipient of the encrypted data. The method may also include accessing an application key used for transmission between an application and the peripheral, wherein the application key originates from the application and decrypting, at the MMU, the encrypted data using the application key and transmitting the decrypted data to the peripheral. |
| US10310989B2 |
Time tracking with patrol scrub
One embodiment provides a memory controller. The memory controller includes a memory controller memory; a timestamp circuitry and a demarcation voltage (VDM) selection circuitry. The timestamp circuitry is to capture a current timer index from a timer circuitry in response to an initiation of a periodic patrol scrub and to compare the current timer index to a stored timestamp. The VDM selection circuitry is to update a state of a sub-block of a memory array, if the state is less than a threshold and a difference between the current timer index and the stored timestamp is nonzero. The timestamp circuitry is further to store the current timer index as a new timestamp. |
| US10310988B2 |
Address translation for sending real address to memory subsystem in effective address based load-store unit
Technical solutions are described for executing one or more out-of-order instructions by a processing unit. An example method includes executing, by a load-store unit (LSU), instructions from an out-of-order (OoO) window. The OoO execution includes determining an effective address being used by a load instruction from the OoO window. Further, the execution includes determining presence of the effective address in an effective address directory (EAD) by identifying an EAD entry in the EAD, the EAD entry maps the effective address with an index of a corresponding effective-real table (ERT) entry from an effective-real table (ERT). In response to the effective address being present in the EAD, the execution includes accessing the corresponding ERT entry of the effective address of the load instruction, the corresponding ERT entry including a real address for the effective address, and issuing the load instruction using the real address from the corresponding ERT entry. |
| US10310982B2 |
Target cache line arbitration within a processor cluster
A computer-implemented method for managing cache memory in a distributed symmetric multiprocessing computer is described. The method may include receiving, at a first central processor (CP) chip, a fetch request from a first chip. The method may further include determining via address compare mechanisms on the first CP chip whether one or more of a second CP chip and a third CP chip is requesting access to a target line. The first chip, the second chip, and the third chip are within the same chip cluster. The method further includes providing access to the target line if both of the second CP chip and the third CP chip have accessed the target line at least one time since the first CP chip has accessed the target line. |
| US10310981B2 |
Method and apparatus for performing memory prefetching
A method and apparatus for performing memory prefetching includes determining whether to initiate prefetching. Upon a determination to initiate prefetching, a first memory row is determined as a suitable prefetch candidate, and it is determined whether a particular set of one or more cachelines of the first memory row is to be prefetched. |
| US10310980B2 |
Prefetch command optimization for tiered storage systems
A system is provided. The system includes a storage controller configured to receive a prefetch command from a host interface. The storage controller includes a read cache memory that stores prefetch data in response to the prefetch command and a plurality of storage tiers coupled to the storage controller and providing the prefetch data. The plurality of storage tiers includes a fastest storage tier that stores the prefetch data if the read cache memory discards the prefetch data after storing the prefetch data. |
| US10310979B2 |
Snoop filter for cache coherency in a data processing system
A data processing system, having two or more of processors that access a shared data resource, and method of operation thereof. Data stored in a local cache is marked as being in a ‘UniqueDirty’, ‘SharedDirty’, ‘UniqueClean’, ‘SharedClean’ or ‘Invalid’ state. A snoop filter monitors access by the processors to the shared data resource, and includes snoop filter control logic and a snoop filter cache configured to maintain cache coherency. The snoop filter cache does not identify any local cache that stores the block of data in a ‘SharedDirty’ state, resulting in a smaller snoop filter cache size and simple snoop control logic. The data processing system by be defined by instructions of a Hardware Description Language. |
| US10310974B2 |
Systems and methods for input/output computing resource control
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for isolating input/output computing resources. In some embodiments, a host device may include a processor and logic coupled with the processor, to identify a tag identifier (Tag ID) for a process or container of the host device. The Tag ID may identify a queue pair of a hardware device of the host device for an outbound transaction from the processor to the hardware device, to be conducted by the process or container. Logic may further map the Tag ID to a Process Address Space Identifier (PASID) associated with an inbound transaction from the hardware device to the processor that used the identified queue pair. The process or container may use the PASID to conduct the outbound transaction via the identified queue pair. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed. |
| US10310970B2 |
Method of automatically testing smart device application program using permission booster
The present invention relates to a method of testing an application program mounted on a smart device 10 such as a smart phone, a tablet computer or the like, in which a test target application program is automatically tested by a control program installed in the smart device 10, and an effective permission is granted to the control program through a booster 20 combined with the smart device 10. Through the present invention, a test can be automatically conducted without handling a corresponding smart device 10, in which an application program test is conducted, by the user of the smart device 10, and a test on the application program under a variety of conditions can be conducted efficiently and systematically. |
| US10310965B2 |
Dynamic virtual testing environment for webpages
A test environment as described herein allows for testing webpages prior to deployment to a website. More particularly, a virtual test environment allows a developer to virtually test webpages instantiated from representations of webpages stored in a repository. The webpage representations may be dynamically updated in the repository with changes to the webpages made in the virtual test environment to maintain updated webpage representations in the repository to allow webpages to be tested against updated webpages. |
| US10310961B1 |
Cognitive dynamic script language builder
An embodiment of the invention may include a method, computer program product and computer system for updating a script of scripting language. The embodiment may include a computing device that receives an error message from the script operating in a run-time environment. The embodiment may include a computing device that determines a cause of the error message, wherein the cause of the error message is an erroneous segment of code of the script. The embodiment may include a computing device that determines a solution to the error message, wherein the solution to the error message is a replacement segment of code for the erroneous segment of code. The embodiment may include a computing device that creates a new script based on the replacement segment of code. The embodiment may include a computing device that operates the new script in the run-time environment. |
| US10310958B2 |
Recording medium recording analysis program, analysis method, and analysis apparatus
A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium recording an analysis program for causing a computer to execute a process includes: generating a program by embedding a command for storing a process log in a storage into a compiled program generated by compiling a source program including a display command instructing to display a object; specifying an operation command related to a database in association with identification information of the object based on the process log stored in the storage by the display command in execution of the program; analyzing the operation command to specify an access destination; and outputting, for every access destination, a correspondence including information indicating a type of the operation command in association with the identification information of the predetermined object. |
| US10310957B2 |
Indicating an application status based on a device state
Apparatuses, systems, methods, and program products are disclosed for indicating an application status based on a device state. An application module determines one or more device resources of a device that an application uses while executing on the device. A device module determines a performance state of each of one or more device resources of a device. An indicator module provides a visual indication of a potential execution level of an application on a display of a device. The potential execution level describes a projected level of functionality of an application as a function of a performance state of one or more device resources of the device. |
| US10310952B2 |
Using transactional execution for reliability and recovery of transient failures
Autonomous recovery from a transient hardware failure by executing portions of a stream of program instructions as a transaction. A start of a transaction is created in a stream of program instructions executing on a first processor of a multi-processor computer. A snapshot of a system state information is saved when the transaction begins. When the transaction ends, store data of the transaction is committed. If a transient hardware failure occurs, the transaction is aborted without notifying the computer software application that initiated the stream of program instructions. The transaction is re-executed on a second processor of the multi-processors, based on the saved snapshot of the system state information. |
| US10310950B2 |
Load balancing across multiple data paths
Multiple data paths may be available to a data management system for transferring data between a primary storage device and a secondary storage device. The data management system may be able to gain operational advantages by performing load balancing across the multiple data paths. The system may use application layer characteristics of the data for transferring from a primary storage to a backup storage during data backup operation, and correspondingly from a secondary or backup storage system to a primary storage system during restoration. |
| US10310949B1 |
Disaster restore of big data application with near zero RTO
A backup of an application stored in a container on a backup media server is accessed. The container is formatted as a virtual hard disk and in a read-only mode. A differencing virtual hard disk is created at a recovery server. The differencing disk is pointed to the container. A size of the differencing disk is increased. The differencing disk is mounted onto the recovery server. Writes are allowed to be made to the differencing disk mounted at the recovery server while the virtual hard disk formatted container remains in the read-only mode on the backup media server. |
| US10310948B2 |
Evaluation of risk of data loss and backup procedures
Systems, devices and methods for the assessment and mitigation of risk associated with the potential loss of data stored by an IHS (Information Handling System). The risk assessment incorporates contextual and behavioral data provided by the IHS where the data describes file operations by the IHS, the physical use of the IHS, system information that describes the platform of the IHS and hardware installed on the IHS and data backup procedures implemented by the IHS. Based on the data associated with an IHS, a scoring algorithm determines a behavioral risk of loss that reflects the use of the IHS and a contextual risk of loss that reflects user input to individual files, thus indicating the time required to recreate a file. The backup procedures implemented by the IHS are then evaluated in light of the determined risk assessment. Backup procedure recommendations that mitigate the identified risks are provided to the IHS. |
| US10310947B1 |
Log-based rollback-recovery
Log-Based Rollback Recovery for system failures. The system includes a storage medium, and a component configured to transition through a series of states. The component is further configured to record in the storage medium the state of the component every time the component communicates with another component in the system, the system being configured to recover the most recent state recorded in the storage medium following a failure of the component. |
| US10310946B2 |
Parallel database page flusher
Execution of a page flusher is initiated in an in-memory database system in which pages are loaded into memory and having associated physical disk storage. Thereafter, pages are identified that have been loaded into the memory of the database system and which have been modified. These identified pages are to be flushed to the physical disk storage. Each page is assigned with a different ordered physical page number. Asynchronous write I/O is later triggered causing the identified pages to be flushed to the physical disk storage and stored in the physical disk storage according to their assigned physical page numbers. |
| US10310944B2 |
Phased network formation for power restoration
In one embodiment, a device receives a router advertisement message after a power outage event in a network. The device joins the network, in response to receiving the router advertisement message. The device sends a power restoration notification message via the network. The device selectively delays a disconnected node from joining the network. |
| US10310943B2 |
Distributed data object management system
In various embodiments, methods and systems for implementing distributed data object management are provided. The distributed data object management system includes a distributed storage system having a local metadata-consensus information store in and one or more remote metadata-consensus information stores. A metadata-consensus information store is configured to store metadata-consensus information. The metadata-consensus information corresponds to erasure coded fragments of a data object and instruct on how to manage the erasure coded fragments. The distributed storage system further includes a local data store and one or more remote data stores for the erasure coded fragments. The distributed data object management system includes a distributed data object manager for operations including, interface operations, configuration operations, write operations, read operations, delete operations, garbage collection operations and failure recovery operations. The distributed data object management system is operates based on metadata paths and data paths, operating in parallel, for write operations and read operations. |
| US10310941B2 |
Data encoding method, memory control circuit unit and memory storage device
A data encoding method, a memory control circuit unit and a memory storage device are provided. The method includes: writing a first data into a first physical programming units; writing a second data into a second physical programming units; encoding by using the first data without using the second data to generate a first encoded data; encoding by using the second data and a first sub-data of the first data to generate a second encoded data; and writing the first encoded data and the second encoded data into a third physical programming unit and a fourth physical programming unit. |
| US10310934B2 |
Methods and systems for diagnosing a controller area network
Methods and system are provided for monitoring a controller area network (CAN) bus. In one embodiment, a method includes: receiving fault data associated with the CAN bus; processing, by a processor, the fault data with a software based method to determine a first propositions set; processing, by the processor, the fault data with a hardware based method to determine a second proposition set; processing, by the processor, the first propositions set and the second proposition set to determine a fault decision; and generating, by the processor, a diagnosis of the CAN bus based on the fault decision. |
| US10310933B2 |
Near real-time system or network incident detection
Systems and arrangements for pre-processing data to detect and analyze system, application, or the like, incidents to identify incidents likely to cause a significant business impact are provided. Historical data related to incidents that previously occurred may be analyzed to quantify an impact of each incident. The quantified impact may be compared to a threshold and, if the impact above the threshold, the incident may be flagged as having a significant business impact. If the impact is below the threshold, the incident may be flagged as not having a significant business impact. Upon detecting an incident, data from the incident may be compared to the historical data of incidents having a significant business impact. If aspects of the incident are similar to one or more incidents having a significant business impact, the system may determine that the newly received incident is also likely to cause a significant business impact. |
| US10310931B2 |
Communications state estimation device, communications state estimation method, and storage medium that stores communications state estimation program
Provided are a communications state determination device, etc., capable of improving the accuracy of network state specification. This communications state estimation device comprises: a setting means that, in accordance with given communications parameters, applies the communications parameters to a communications device that determines the occurrence of communications errors in communications with a communications destination device; a detection means that sends communications instructions to the communications device that performs communications, in accordance with received communications instructions, and detects the occurrence of communications errors that have been determined in the communications that are in accordance with the instructions; and an estimation means that estimates whether or not the communications device can perform the communications, on the basis of the communications parameters and the existence or otherwise of communications errors. |
| US10310925B2 |
Method of preventing metadata corruption by using a namespace and a method of verifying changes to the namespace
Metadata area legends are stored at a first location, such as a dedicated partition of a persistent data storage device (PDSD). The metadata area legends have a number of descriptors that describe a number of reserved metadata areas that lie at a second location that is logically separate from the first location, such as a regular partition of the PDSD. Requests to delete the metadata area legends, as well as requests to add new metadata area legends, can be verified to prevent the metadata area legends from being accidentally or maliciously changed. |
| US10310920B2 |
Management method to manage data relative to an aircraft mission and corresponding data management module
A management method is provided for managing data relative to an aircraft mission comprising at least one flight by an aircraft, the data comprising input data of at least two applications and output data of the applications, each application being able to be executed by a computer to determine, from the input data of the application, the output data. The method includes a step for providing a set of generic data, each of the generic data being an input datum shared by at least two of the applications, a step for assigning a value to at least one of the generic data for at least one flight of the mission, and a step for configuring the applications comprising the automatic assignment, to each input datum corresponding to a generic datum, of the value of the generic datum. |
| US10310912B2 |
Assigning data processing workloads in data centers based on non-data processing overhead
Data processing workloads are selectively assigned within a data center and/or among data centers based on non-data processing overhead within the data center and/or among the data centers. Power consumption of a rack including servers is predicted based on data processing demands that are placed on the servers for a given data processing workload, and power consumed by the rack is measured when the servers are performing the given data processing workload. A metric of power consumed by the rack for non-data processing overhead is derived based on a difference between results of the predicting and the measuring. A future data processing workload is selectively assigned to the rack based on the metric of power of power consumed by the rack for the non-data processing overhead. Assignment may also take place at an aisle and/or data center level based on these metrics. |
| US10310910B1 |
Iterative autocorrelation calculation for big data using components
The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computing system program products for iteratively calculating autocorrelation at a specified lag for Big Data or streamed data in real time by iteratively calculating one or more components of autocorrelation at the specified lag l for a computation window of size n. Embodiments of the invention include iteratively calculating one or more components of autocorrelation at the specified lag l for an adjusted computation window based on the one or more components of the autocorrelation at the specified lag l calculated for a previous computation window and then calculating the autocorrelation at the specified lag l using the components. Iteratively calculating autocorrelation avoids visiting all data elements in the adjusted computation window and performing redundant computations thereby increasing calculation efficiency, saving computing resources and reducing computing system's power consumption. |
| US10310905B2 |
Method and apparatus for controlling a plurality of operating systems
An electronic device and method for operation of same are provided. The electronic device includes a display, a memory, and a processor configured to execute a first operating system, a second operating system and an application run on the second operating system. The processor displays an execution screen of the application on the display, compares, in response to an event that occurs on the first operating system, a priority of an event with a priority of the application, and maintains the execution screen of the application running on the second operating system if the priority of the application is higher than the priority of the event. |
| US10310904B2 |
Distributed technique for allocating long-lived jobs among worker processes
A distributed computing system that executes a set of long-lived jobs is described. During operation, each worker process performs the following operations. First, the worker process identifies a set of jobs to be executed and a set of worker processes that can execute the set of jobs. Next, the worker process sorts the set of worker processes based on unique identifiers for the worker processes. Then, the worker process assigns jobs to each worker process in the set of worker processes, wherein approximately the same number of jobs is assigned to each worker process, and jobs are assigned to the worker processes in sorted order. While assigning jobs, the worker process uses an identifier for each worker process to seed a pseudorandom number generator, and then uses the pseudorandom number generator to select jobs for each worker process to execute. |
| US10310903B2 |
Resilient scheduling of broker jobs for asynchronous tasks in a multi-tenant platform-as-a-service (PaaS) system
Implementations for resilient scheduling of broker jobs for asynchronous tasks in a multi-tenant Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) system are disclosed. A method of the disclosure includes receiving, by the processing device of a broker of a multi-tenant PaaS system from a user of the multi-tenant PaaS system, a request to complete a job, adding, by the processing device, an entry corresponding to the requested job in a data store of the broker, adding, by the processing device, another entry corresponding to the requested job in a scheduler communicably coupled to the broker, and sending, by the processing device to the user, an acknowledgment of the request and an identifier (ID) of the job, wherein the job is processed asynchronous to the sending of the acknowledgment. |
| US10310901B2 |
System and method for input data load adaptive parallel processing
Systems and methods provide an extensible, multi-stage, realtime application program processing load adaptive, manycore data processing architecture shared dynamically among instances of parallelized and pipelined application software programs, according to processing load variations of said programs and their tasks and instances, as well as contractual policies. The invented techniques provide, at the same time, both application software development productivity, through presenting for software a simple, virtual static view of the actually dynamically allocated and assigned processing hardware resources, together with high program runtime performance, through scalable pipelined and parallelized program execution with minimized overhead, as well as high resource efficiency, through adaptively optimized processing resource allocation. |
| US10310900B2 |
Operating programs on a computer cluster
A mechanism is provided for operating programs on a computer cluster comprising cluster resources. The cluster resources comprise non-virtual real hardware resources with variable configurations and virtual resources. Each cluster resource has a configuration description and a type. Each type has a unique type identification and descriptions of operations that can be performed by the cluster resource of the each type. Each program is operable for: requesting usage of the cluster resource specifying the type and the configuration description; and requesting a modification of the variable configuration of the non-virtual real hardware resource with the variable configuration. Execution of each program requires the dedicated execution environment on the computer cluster. The generation of each dedicated execution environment requires one or more dedicated virtual resources and one or more dedicated non-virtual real hardware resources with the variable configurations. |
| US10310898B1 |
Allocating computing resources based on user intent
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for allocating computing resources. In one aspect, a method includes receiving intent data specifying one or more computing services to be hosted by a computing network, requested characteristics of computing resources for use in hosting the computing service, and a priority value for each requested characteristic. A budget constraint is identified for each computing service. Available resources data is identified that specifies a set of available computing resources. A resource allocation problem for allocating computing resources for the one or more computing resources is generated based on the intent data, each budget constraint, and the available resources data. At least a portion of the set of computing resources is allocated for the one or more computing services based on results of evaluating the resource allocation problem to meet a particular resource allocation objective. |
| US10310897B2 |
Hardware accelerators and methods for offload operations
Methods and apparatuses relating to offload operations are described. In one embodiment, a hardware processor includes a core to execute a thread and offload an operation; and a first and second hardware accelerator to execute the operation, wherein the first and second hardware accelerator are coupled to shared buffers to store output data from the first hardware accelerator and provide the output data as input data to the second hardware accelerator, an input buffer descriptor array of the second hardware accelerator with an entry for each respective shared buffer, an input buffer response descriptor array of the second hardware accelerator with a corresponding response entry for each respective shared buffer, an output buffer descriptor array of the first hardware accelerator with an entry for each respective shared buffer, and an output buffer response descriptor array of the first hardware accelerator with a corresponding response entry for each respective shared buffer. |
| US10310894B2 |
Method and device for generating configuration information of dynamic reconfigurable processor
Provided is a method for generating configuration information of a dynamic reconfigurable processor. The dynamic reconfigurable processor includes a processing unit array, and the processing unit array includes a plurality of processing units. The method includes steps of: reading information of a task to be executed and generating an array configuration information top of the processing unit array according to the information; generating a plurality of processing unit configuration information corresponding to the plurality of processing units respectively according to the information; and assembling the array configuration information top and the plurality of processing unit configuration information. |
| US10310891B2 |
Hand-off scheduling
Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer-readable media directed to scheduling threads in a multi-processing environment that can resolve a priority inversion. Each thread has a scheduling state and a context. A scheduling state can include attributes such as a processing priority, classification (background, fixed priority, real-time), a quantum, scheduler decay, and a list of threads that may be waiting on the thread to make progress. A thread context can include registers, stack, other variables, and one or more mutex flags. A first thread can hold a resource with a mutex, the first thread having a low priority. A second thread having a scheduling state with a high priority can be waiting on the resource and may be blocked behind the mutex held by the first process. A scheduler can execute the context of the lower priority thread using the scheduler state of the second, higher priority thread. More than one thread can be waiting on the resource held by the first thread. A “pusher list” of threads that are waiting on the first thread can be associated with the first thread. The scheduler can use the pusher list to identify threads that need the first thread to make progress until the first thread releases the resource and mutex. Then, the scheduler can use the pusher list to identify threads that are now runnable and make immediate use of the resource. |
| US10310885B2 |
Secure service hosted in a virtual security environment
An execution environment has a deployed virtual machine image. The virtual machine image provides a service that is identified by a role. The execution environment generates a measurement of the virtual machine image and provides it to a key service to request role keys that enable operation of the virtual machine image in the execution environment. The key service determines whether the virtual machine image is mapped to the role and, if so, returns the role keys to the requesting execution environment. |
| US10310884B2 |
Virtual machine placement in a heterogeneous data center
An embodiment of the disclosure provides a method, performed by a resource management server, for mapping a plurality of unassigned virtual machines (VMs) to a plurality of physical machines (PMs). The resource management server includes a non-transient computer readable medium and a processor to execute computer executable instructions stored on the non-transient computer readable medium, so that when the instructions are executed, the resource management server performs the method of: (a) obtaining a total resource demand for each dimension requested by the plurality of unassigned VMs; (b) activating at least one PM in the plurality of PMs to create a set of activated PMs; (c) assigning at least one unassigned VM to the set of activated PMs, wherein a VM assigned to a PM has an equal or lower resource demand for each dimension compared to a remaining resource capacity for each respective dimension of the PM; (d) determining whether all unassigned VMs have been assigned to a PM in the set of activated PMs; and (e) conditionally activating one or more PMs when all unassigned VMs have not been assigned to a PM in the set of activated PMs. |
| US10310878B2 |
Execution of an application in a runtime environment installed in a virtual appliance
Methods, systems, and computer programs for providing an application server appliance utilizing one or more virtual machines are described. The application server appliance may be a virtual machine having a reduced guest operating system, a runtime environment, and a management agent installed therein. An appliance controller automatically determines one or more configurations and/or settings for the runtime environment based on a variety of factors, including the set up of the virtual machine appliance. The appliance controller generates an application package having the determined settings and transmits the package to the application server appliance, wherein the application package is configured to be executed by the runtime environment. |
| US10310872B2 |
Transparent fast application launcher
Methods and apparatus for a transparent fast application launcher are disclosed. For example, an executable loader receives a first request to load and then loads a first copy of an executable program into a memory, including resolving and loading at least one shared library associated with the executable program to the memory. A local socket is associated with the first copy of the executable program. An entry indicative of the local socket and the first executable program is recorded in an executable database. The executable loader receives a second request to load a second copy of the executable program and then connects to the local socket as a client to send a third request to the local socket based on the second request to launch the second copy of the executable program, resulting in the second copy of the executable program executing. |
| US10310869B2 |
Process control apparatus and system and updating method therefor
A process control apparatus includes a virtualization unit configured to operate in hardware, first and second operating systems configured to run in the virtualization unit, an application configured to run in the first operating system, and configured to control an industrial process by communicating with field devices, a recording unit configured to record a first information required for restoration of the application and a second information passed between the first operating system and the application, and a restoration unit configured to use a history of the second information to set the second operating system to the same state as the internal state of the first operating system, and configured to use the first information to restore the application running in the first operating system into the second operating system. |
| US10310866B2 |
Device and method for executing application
An electronic device is provided such that a user can experience a quick launch of an application therein. The electronic device includes a housing, a display, an input unit, a processor, a non-volatile memory to store an application program, and a volatile memory to store instructions that allow the processor to load a first part of the application program in the volatile memory based on a first change of state of the electronic device, to load a second part of the application program in the volatile memory based on a second change of state of the electronic device and to display an image or text generated by the loaded first or second part. Since at least part of the application is preloaded before the second input is generated, only the remainder of the application has to be loaded in order to execute the application after the second input is generated. |
| US10310864B2 |
Managing invocation of tasks
A graph-based program specification includes components, at least one having at least one input port for receiving a collection of data elements, or at least one collection type output port for providing a collection of data elements. Executing a program specified by the graph-based program specification at a computing node, includes: receiving data elements of a first collection into a first storage in a first order via a link connected to a collection type output port of a first component and an input port of a second component, and invoking a plurality of instances of a task corresponding to the second component to process data elements of the first collection, including retrieving the data elements from the first storage in a second order, without blocking invocation of any of the instances until after any particular instance completes processing one or more data elements. |
| US10310862B2 |
Data processing
Data processing circuitry comprises out-of-order instruction execution circuitry to execute program instructions in an instruction execution order; a data store, to store information on a set of instructions for which execution has been initiated, the data store providing ordering information indicating the relative position of each instruction in the set of instructions with respect to a program code order; commit circuitry to commit the results of instructions executed by the instruction execution circuitry; one or more cumulative status registers configured to be set in response to a respective condition generated by execution of an instruction and then to remain set until an unset instruction is executed; and an identifier store, to store for at least those of the one or more cumulative status registers which are not currently set, an identifier of an instruction which is earliest in the program code order in the set of instructions and which generated a condition to set that cumulative status register. |
| US10310860B2 |
Starting and stopping instruction dispatch to execution unit queues in a multi-pipeline processor
A system and method adjust instruction dispatch in a multi-pipeline processor core having a plurality of execution units for improved performance of out-of-order execution of instructions. A dispatch adjust circuit receives a queue full signal from one or more of the execution queues that indicates the corresponding execution queue is full. In response to the queue full signal, the instruction dispatch circuit sends a stop signal to the instruction issuer to stop issuing additional instructions to the queues until one or more of the queues are empty. The dispatch adjust circuit may also receive a queue empty signal from the queues to detect when they are empty to send a start signal to the issuer. |
| US10310855B2 |
Non-default instruction handling within transaction
Embodiments relate to non-default instruction handling within a transaction. An aspect includes entering a transaction, the transaction comprising a first plurality of instructions and a second plurality of instructions, wherein a default manner of handling of instructions in the transaction is one of atomic and non-atomic. Another aspect includes encountering a non-default specification instruction in the transaction, wherein the non-default specification instruction comprises a single instruction that specifies the second plurality of instructions of the transaction for handling in a non-default manner comprising one of atomic and non-atomic, wherein the non-default manner is different from the default manner. Another aspect includes handling the first plurality of instructions in the default manner. Yet another aspect includes handling the second plurality of instructions in the non-default manner. |
| US10310854B2 |
Non-faulting compute instructions
A compute instruction to be executed is to use a memory operand in a computation. An address associated with the memory operand is to be used to locate a portion of memory from which data is to be obtained and placed in the memory operand. A determination is made as to whether the portion of memory extends across a specified memory boundary. Based on the portion of memory extending across the specified memory boundary, the portion of memory includes a plurality of memory units and a check is made as to whether at least one specified memory unit is accessible and whether at least one specified memory unit is inaccessible. Based on the checking indicating the at least one specified memory unit is accessible and the at least one specified memory unit is inaccessible accessing the at least one specified memory unit that is accessible and placing data from the at least one specified memory unit that is accessible in one or more locations in the memory operand, and for the at least one unit of memory that is inaccessible, placing default data in one or more other locations of the memory operand. |
| US10310852B2 |
Timing estimations for application lifecycle management work items determined through machine learning
In some examples, a method may include accessing data records of completed work items associated with managing a lifecycle of a software application and extracting feature values from the data records of the completed work items for a selected set of features. The method may also include determining timing data of state transitions for the completed work items from the data records and generating a predictor through machine learning using the timing data and the extracted feature values as input samples. The generated predictor may provide a transition probability of a particular state transition for a work item with specific feature values. The method may further include using the predictor to determine an estimated timing of the particular state transition for the uncompleted work item. |
| US10310851B2 |
Automated generation of service definitions for message queue application clients
A method, system, and computer program product for automatically generating service definitions for application clients of a message broker is provided. The method includes retrieving a trace of interactions between different application instances and corresponding message queues in a message brokering system. Thereafter, messages in the trace can be analyzed to identify the application instances and related message exchange data. Finally, a service definition document can be generated for each identified application instance using the related message exchange data to describe computational services provided by the identified application instance. |
| US10310849B2 |
Visual presentation of metrics reflecting lifecycle events of software artifacts
Systems and methods for visual presentation of metrics reflecting lifecycle events of software artifacts. An example method may comprise: receiving one or more data processing rules, each data processing rule specifying one or more operations to be performed on one or more raw data items reflecting lifecycle events associated with a software artifact; receiving, from one or more data collection agents, a plurality of raw data items; producing, by applying the data processing rules to the plurality of raw data items, a plurality of values of a metric reflecting lifecycle events associated with a plurality of software artifacts; and causing the values to be graphically represented using a graphical user interface (GUI) communicatively coupled to the processor. |
| US10310843B1 |
Software versioning
Provided is software versioning that allows a set of features to be selectively enabled and/or disabled based on a value of a switch associated with each feature of the set of features. The software versioning includes an administrator component that receives a change to a switch associated with at least one application. A toggle component generates a configuration notice based on an indication of the change to the switch. A tool kit component facilitates implementation of the change at the application based on the configuration notice received from the toggle component. |
| US10310841B2 |
System and method for handling lazy deserialization exceptions in an application server environment
In accordance with an embodiment, described herein is a system and method for handling lazy deserialization exceptions in an application server environment. When a stateful, e.g., EJB client request arrives to the EJB container, if the container detects that it cannot deserialize the state on this server and a patching (Patching, Zero Downtime Patching, ZDT) application upgrade rollout is in progress, the container can ask the replication manager to replicate the bean state to a new secondary that is in the opposite ZDT failover server group of this server, if it can find one. A remote reference of the replica on the new secondary will be set to a special type exception, which carries the replica's remote reference to the client side, in order to fulfill the client request. |
| US10310838B2 |
Vehicle-mounted program writing device
Provided is a program writing device that reliably performs an updating process of data by means of a control program or the like in a safe manner and without inconveniencing the owner of a vehicle or a driver using the vehicle. The program writing device is provided with a plurality of vehicle-mounted control devices, which control the operation of apparatuses mounted in the vehicle by means of control programs, and a relay device that receives updated program data including an updated program, updated data, or the like for the vehicle-mounted devices and transmitted from an external center, and stores the result in memory, the vehicle-mounted control devices and relay device being connected via a vehicle-mounted network, wherein the relay device is provided with a battery voltage checking circuit, an unloaded and a load-connected battery voltage check are performed by the battery voltage check circuit before writing the updated program or updated data to the vehicle-mounted control devices, and writing is executed when the battery voltage when unloaded is at least a first reference voltage or when connected to a load is at least a second reference voltage, and in other cases writing is not executed. |
| US10310837B2 |
Method and apparatus for updating industrial assets
A message is broadcast from an industrial device to a server. The message includes information identifying the type of the industrial device and indicates that the industrial device is to be configured. The message is received at the server, and at the server responsively determines correct configuration information associated with the type of the industrial device. The configuration information is transmitted from the server to the industrial device and a secure link is established between the server and the industrial device. The configuration information is received at the industrial device and the industrial device responsively ceases the broadcasting. Subsequently, the industrial device is configured according to the configuration information. Software from a storage unit is accessed according to the configuration information. Updated configuration information from the server to the industrial device over the secure link. |
| US10310836B2 |
Athletic activity data device firmware update
Systems and processes for downloading and installing a firmware update on an electronic device are provided. The firmware update may be downloaded on an electronic device while the electronic device is in a usable mode. The electronic device may be placed in an unusable mode, the firmware update may be installed while the electronic device is in the unusable mode, and the electronic device may be returned to the usable mode. |
| US10310832B2 |
Internet-of-things device blank
System and techniques for an internet-of-things device blank are described herein. An IoT blank device may be tested to determine whether it is in an initial state. In response to a determination that the IoT blank device is in the initial state, a cloud endpoint may be contacted, via a transceiver, to retrieve a package. Here, the contact includes a message with an identifier of the IoT blank device. The package may be received, the package including an application. The package may be installed. The installation including registering the application with a message queue of the IoT blank device. The application may also be run after installation. Data from the application running on the IoT blank device may be received via a message queue. The data may then be transmitted to the cloud endpoint via the transceiver of the IoT blank device. |
| US10310829B2 |
Compiling optimized entry points for local-use-only function pointers
Embodiments relate to using a local entry point with an indirect call function. More specifically, an indirect call function configuration comprises a first application module having a target function of the indirect function call, a second application module with a symbolic reference to the target function of the indirect function call, and a third application module to originate an indirect function call. A compiler determines and indicates, in the program code, that the function pointer value resulting from a non-call reference of a function symbol is solely used to perform indirect calls in the same module, e.g. local-use-only. A linker or loader can read the indication the compiler made in the program code. The linker or loader use the local entry point associated with the target function if the target function is defined in the same module as the reference and is local-use-only. |
| US10310827B2 |
Flow-based scoping
Techniques for flow-based scoping are disclosed. A first code segment in a sequence of same-level code segments encapsulates a first lower-level lexical scope. The first lower-level scope is inclusive of scoping provided for the sequence of same-level code segments. The first code segment comprises a condition and an uninitialized variable. If executed, the first code segment causes the condition to be evaluated. If the condition is satisfied, the uninitialized variable is initialized and made available only within the first lower-level lexical scope. If a second code segment (a) references the uninitialized variable and (b) is in the sequence of same-level code segments or in a second lower-level lexical scope outside of the first lower-level lexical scope, an error message is presented indicating that the uninitialized variable is out of scope for the second code segment. |
| US10310826B2 |
Technologies for automatic reordering of sparse matrices
Technologies for automatic reordering of sparse matrices include a computing device to determine a distributivity of an expression defined in a code region of a program code. The expression is determined to be distributive if semantics of the expression are unaffected by a reordering of an input/output of the expression. The computing device performs inter-dependent array analysis on the expression to determine one or more clusters of inter-dependent arrays of the expression, wherein each array of a cluster of the one or more clusters is inter-dependent on each other array of the cluster, and performs bi-directional data flow analysis on the code region by iterative backward and forward propagation of reorderable arrays through expressions in the code region based on the one or more clusters of the inter-dependent arrays. The backward propagation is based on a backward transfer function and the forward propagation is based on a forward transfer function. |
| US10310822B1 |
Method and system for simulating a control program
A method for simulating a program modeled as one or more blocks of a block diagram in a technical computing environment. A block diagram is opened in a model editor. Source code is generated for the one or more blocks of the block diagram using the code generator. The program is configured from the source code using a predefined compiler in order to generate a binary executable file, and the program is simulated, which comprises running at least one function in the auxiliary file in order to determine at least the width of a basic data type corresponding to the enumeration variable in the binary executable file, and allocating one or more variables based on the determined byte width in order to log the simulation results. |
| US10310821B2 |
Integration of learning models into a software development system
The subject technology provides for determining that a machine learning model in a first format includes sufficient data to conform to a particular model specification in a second format, the second format corresponding to an object oriented programming language. The subject technology transforms the machine learning model into a transformed machine learning model that is compatible with the particular model specification. The subject technology generates a code interface and code for the transformed machine learning model, the code interface including code statements in the object oriented programming language, the code statements corresponding to an object representing the transformed machine learning model. Further, the subject technology provides the generated code interface and the code for display in an integrated development environment (IDE), the IDE enabling modifying of the generated code interface and the code. |
| US10310816B2 |
Error bounded multiplication by invariant rationals
A hardware logic representation of a circuit to implement an operation to perform multiplication by an invariant rational is generated by truncating an infinite single summation array (which is represented in a finite way). The truncation is performed by identifying a repeating section and then discarding all but a finite number of the repeating sections whilst still satisfying a defined error bound. To further reduce the size of the summation array, the binary representation of the invariant rational is converted into canonical signed digit notation prior to creating the finite representation of the infinite array. |
| US10310814B2 |
Read and set floating point control register instruction
Setting or updating of floating point controls is managed. Floating point controls include controls used for floating point operations, such as rounding mode and/or other controls. Further, floating point controls include status associated with floating point operations, such as floating point exceptions and/or others. The management of the floating point controls includes efficiently updating the controls, while reducing costs associated therewith. |
| US10310813B2 |
Hardware implementation of a tournament tree sort algorithm using an external memory
Embodiments include methods, systems and computer program products for performing a tournament tree sort on a hardware accelerator having an external memory. The method includes receiving a plurality of key values by the hardware accelerator, assigning each of the plurality of key values a sequential key number as the plurality of key values are received and performing pairwise comparisons of each of the plurality of key values to identify a winning key and a losing key. The method also includes storing the losing key of each pairwise comparison in a first section of the external memory, wherein a location in the first section is based on the key number of the losing key and storing the winning key of each pairwise comparison in a second section of the external memory, wherein a location in the second section is based on the key number of the winning key. |
| US10310803B2 |
Systems and methods for controlling a modular speaker system
A modular speaker system comprises a first speaker module; at least one second speaker module in communication with the first speaker module; and a controller that receives an instruction to selectively activate, reactivate, or inactivate the at least one second speaker module with respect to the first speaker module. |
| US10310802B2 |
System and method for moderating real-time closed-loop collaborative decisions on mobile devices
Systems and methods for real-time collaborative computing and collective intelligence are disclosed. A collaborative application runs on a collaborative server connected to a plurality of portable computing devices. During repeated time-steps each portable computing device receives user input regarding a media item and sends an indication of the user input to the collaborative server. The collaborative application determines a Group Approval value based at least in part on the indications of the user inputs and sends an indication of the Group Approval value to the portable computing devices. |
| US10310801B2 |
Media entertainment system with fail-safe alarm modes
A media entertainment system including one or more user interfaces that are configured to receive user metadata selections and for receiving user settings for plural media source presets, playback volume settings, time settings, plural alarm settings, and plural alarm volume level settings. Each alarm and associated media source may have its own user selectable specific volume level setting that controls the appliance audio output volume when an alarm is triggered. |
| US10310800B2 |
Selective routing of audio between applications
In a computer system that provides for routing of audio content of a target audio application to a requestor audio application, an audio playback/routing manager manages audio routing between audio applications. For example, a requestor audio application may specify a target audio application from which audio content is to be received. An audio playback/routing manager can determine the audio content of the target audio application and provide the requested audio content to the requestor audio application. In this way, rather than receiving all of the audio content being rendered to an audio endpoint, which may include audio content of multiple applications, the requestor audio application can receive only audio content of one or more particular target audio applications. |
| US10310798B2 |
Programmable display, information processing apparatus, recording medium, and screen display system
A programmable display device communicatively connected to a control apparatus that controls an apparatus in operation on a production line and to mobile terminals, includes: a storage unit to store therein screen data used for creating a screen to be displayed on the mobile terminals and a device indicating a storage location of a device value for determining an individual configuration of the screen for each of the mobile terminals; a screen creation unit to obtain the device value on the basis of the device corresponding to a connected terminal that is the mobile terminal connected to the programmable display and to create screen data for the connected terminal by using the obtained device value and the screen data; and a communication unit to transmit to the connected terminal the screen data for the connected terminal. |
| US10310796B2 |
Dual display with pointer controlled by a remote device
A display device, which is connected to other display device and has one side surface closely contacting a side surface of the other display device, includes: a display unit configured to display at least a portion of a pointer corresponding to a movement of a remote control device; a communication unit configured to perform a connection with the other display device; and a control unit configured to control the pointer to be displayed on at least one of the display device and the other display device based on a placement state of the display device and the other display device and movement information received from the remote control device. |
| US10310794B2 |
Non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-readable instructions
A non-transitory computer-readable medium stores computer-readable instructions, the computer-readable instructions, in response to being activated by an operating system, causing the portable terminal to perform: a first acceptance process of accepting an operation designating one of image forming devices communicable; a first storage process of causing the memory to store a first device ID, as a designated device ID; a second acceptance process of accepting an operation designating contents; and an operation instruction process of transmitting operation instruction information, and the computer-readable instructions, in response to being activated by another program, causing the portable terminal to perform: an acquisition process of acquiring, from the another program, a second device ID for identifying the image forming device; and a second storage process of causing the memory to store the second device ID, as the designated device ID. |
| US10310791B2 |
Method of scheduling print jobs
A method of scheduling print jobs for printing on a printer which has printing elements provided for printing in a number of different colors, characterized by the steps of:a) calculating, for each color, a constraint time which specifies a time at which the printing elements for the respective color should be either operated or subjected to a maintenance treatment in order to avoid a risk of malfunction;b) calculating, for each of a plurality of print jobs that have been scheduled already and are waiting in a print queue, an operation time at which the printing elements will be operating in the course of the processing of the print job; andc) when a new print job is to be scheduled and the print jobs, including the new print job, comprise at least one job in which printing elements for at least one color are not operated, determining a sequence of the print jobs in the print queue, with corresponding recalculation of the constraint times and operation times, with an aim to extend the constraint times by operating the printing elements before expiry of their previously calculated constraint times. |
| US10310790B1 |
System and methods for reducing component wear in an imaging device
An imaging system including a method for reducing component wear in an imaging device which includes receiving a print job in the imaging device, generating an image for each page of the print job, printing each image, determining whether an image generation during at least one of the receiving, the generating, and the printing is slow, and upon a positive determination, disabling one or more functions in the imaging device to adjust a default printing performance of the imaging device, wherein the one or more functions include an advanced start function and a smart-run out function stored in a memory of the imaging device for achieving the default printing performance. |
| US10310787B2 |
Apparatus, information processing method and computer-readable medium for displaying sheet image of part, corresponding to selected item, of determined sheet
An information processing apparatus includes an item list display controller, an item selector, a sheet determiner and an item display controller. The item list display controller displays a list of items included in sheets on a display. The item selector allows a user to select a desired item from the list of the items. The sheet determiner determines a sheet which includes the selected item. The item display controller displays a sheet image of a part corresponding to the selected item of the determined sheet on the display. |
| US10310779B2 |
Image forming apparatus and image forming system which reduce color material consumption
The image forming apparatus executes a process of generating image data of an alternative image involving a smaller consumption quantity of color material than an image contained in a replacement-object area and then generating replaced image data in which the image data of the replacement-object area has been replaced with the image data of the alternative image, and the control section instructs a printing section to execute color material-saving printing of printing an image based on the replaced image data on a sheet. The alternative image is an image containing information for allowing an image based on the image data of the replacement-object area to be displayed by an information terminal that has read the alternative image. |
| US10310774B2 |
Techniques for data storage protection and integrity checking
Various embodiments are generally directed to techniques for encrypting stored data. An apparatus includes a processor component comprising a cache that comprises a cache line to store a first block of data corresponding to a second block of encrypted data stored within a storage; a compressor to compress the data within the first block to generate compressed data within the first block to clear sufficient storage space within the first block to store metadata associated with generation of the second block of encrypted data from the first block in response to eviction of the first block from the cache line; and an encrypter to encrypt the compressed data within the first block to generate the encrypted data within the second block and to store encryption metadata associated with encrypting the compressed data within the second block as a portion of the metadata associated with the generation of the second block. |
| US10310773B2 |
Systems and methods for retaining data in a memory
Methods, systems, and vehicles are provided for retaining data in a vehicle. In various embodiments, the vehicle includes a sensor, a processor, and a memory. The sensor is configured to sense an aspect of the vehicle. The processor is configured to receive data from the sensor, sample the data at a first rate and retain the data at a second rate that is less than the first rate while the vehicle is in operation. The memory is in communication with the processor, and includes a plurality of storage locations each identified with a unique address. The processor is further configured to determine a current storage location address for a latest sample of the data at the first rate such that older samples of data are retained at the second rate less frequent than the first rate while the vehicle is in operation. |
| US10310771B1 |
Replication target selection
Described embodiments provide systems and methods for operating a storage system. A portion of data currently on a source Logical Unit (LUN) of a disk array of a plurality of disk arrays is written to a destination LUN of a disk array of a plurality of disk arrays. The destination LUN of a disk array of the plurality of disk arrays to write the data to is established based on an efficiency indicator associated with the destination LUN of a disk array of the plurality of disk arrays. The writing at least a portion of data currently on a source LUN of a disk array of a plurality of disk arrays may be performed as part of a replication process or as part of a relocation process. |
| US10310763B2 |
Forming a distributed storage network memory without namespace aware distributed storage units
A method for execution by a dispersed storage network (DSN). The method begins by selecting a pillar width number of dispersed storage (DS) units of a DS unit pool for storing data, segmenting the data based on a segmentation scheme to produce a plurality of segments, issuing, for each segment of the plurality of segments, a pillar width number of write slice requests to the pillar width number of DS units, determining that an unfavorable number of write errors have occurred, and for each of the write errors, re-issuing a corresponding write slice request to another DS unit of remaining DS units of the DS unit pool, generating a DSN address for the data based on identities of actual DS units utilized, and updating at least one of a DSN index and a DSN directory to associate the DSN address with a data identifier of the data. |
| US10310762B1 |
Lease-based leader designation for multiple processes accessing storage resources of a storage system
An apparatus in one embodiment comprises a storage system that includes storage resources accessible to multiple processes. A controller associated with the storage system is configured to control designation of a given one of the processes as a leader relative to the other ones of the processes so as to provide the given process with prioritized access to perform processing operations involving at least one of the storage resources. In conjunction with designation of the given one of the processes as the leader, the controller is configured to permit the given process to obtain a lease on the leader designation for a period of time that is determined based at least in part on a specified time-to-live value. The lease-based leader designation is illustratively implemented without requiring any interaction between the processes. For example, the processes do not need to reach any consensus relating to the designation of the leader. |
| US10310761B2 |
Storage device with dynamic configuration
A storage device includes a memory unit, an access monitor, and a memory configurator. The memory unit includes a plurality of memory blocks. The access monitor is configured to monitor whether an access mode of the memory unit is a continuous-access mode or a random-access mode, to generate a monitor signal. The memory configurator configures, according to the monitor signal, any of the memory blocks to be either in a cache mode or a SRAM state to generate a configuration signal. |
| US10310757B2 |
Systems and methods for memory power saving via kernel steering to memory balloons
Systems, methods, and computer programs are disclosed for reducing memory power consumption. An exemplary method comprises configuring a power saving memory balloon associated with a volatile memory. Memory allocations are steered to the power saving memory balloon. In response to initiating a memory power saving mode, data is migrated from the power saving memory balloon. A power saving feature is executed on the power saving memory balloon while in the memory power saving mode. |
| US10310752B1 |
Extent selection with mapped raid
Techniques for allocating mapped RAID extents of a RAID group may include: determining a pool of N physical storage devices; selecting M physical storage portions, wherein each of the M physical storage portions is selected from a different one of the N physical storage devices of the pool; and allocating a first mapped RAID extent as the selected M physical storage portions. The first mapped RAID extent may denotes a stripe of the RAID group. Physical storage portions for each mapped RAID extent may be selected from the N physical storage devices with a goal of maintaining even distribution of the selected portions among the N physical storage devices. Such selection may use a neighborhood matrix and a subset of all possible combinations of M physical storage devices that may be selected from the N physical storage devices. |
| US10310749B2 |
System and method for predicting disk failure
A computer-implemented method for predicting failure of a disk that is configured to store digital data is provided. The method includes receiving health status data from a monitor that measures health status of the disk, the health status data including factor values associated with a plurality of respective disk failure factors, receiving an overall factor weight assigned to each disk failure factor, wherein the overall factor weight indicates the contribution of that factor in predicting a failure of the disk, and receiving, for each disk failure factor, a weight factor assigned to each bin of a set of bins, wherein each bin has an assigned range of factor values, the weight factor assigned to each bin indicating a probability of disk failure based on empirical results. The operations further include, for each disk failure factor, determining a bin having an assigned range of factor values that includes the associated factor value included in the health status data, determining the weight factor assigned to the bin determined, and determining a total failure value for the disk indicative of predicted risk of failure based on, for each disk failure factor, the weight factor determined and the overall factor weight assigned. |
| US10310746B2 |
Method, associated memory device and controller thereof for performing dynamic resource management
A method for performing dynamic resource management in a memory device, the memory device, and a controller thereof are provided. The memory device includes a non-volatile (NV) memory, and the NV memory includes a plurality of NV memory elements. The method may include: storing a plurality of sets of physical region descriptor (PRD) information related to a plurality of host commands, respectively, and storing a plurality of intermediate PRDs respectively corresponding to the plurality of sets of PRD information into a first queue; obtaining an intermediate PRD of the plurality of intermediate PRDs from the first queue, and storing the intermediate PRD into a second queue; sending a command to the NV memory according to the intermediate PRD in the second queue to access data; and when an operation of accessing the data is successful, releasing the intermediate PRD from the second queue to the first queue. |
| US10310741B2 |
Nonvolatile memory device, data storage device and operating method thereof
A nonvolatile memory device includes a target memory area; a control unit configured to apply a program pulse one or more times to the target memory area in response to a program command, until program verification passes; and a status storage unit configured to store a program status information for the target memory area, wherein the control unit is supplied with a first operation voltage, and the status storage unit is supplied with a second operation voltage. |
| US10310738B2 |
Avoid out of space outage in a thinly provisioned box
A computer determines free space of the thinly provisioned box and calculates a time of consumption of the free space. The computer increases a dispatch and a priority of a clean-up job based on determination that the time of consumption is below a threshold time of consumption value. The increase of the dispatch is performed by deletion of dirty extents from the thinly provisioned box. The priority of the clean-up job represents a priority for execution of a cleaning program on the thinly provisioned box, where the clean-up job deletes the dirty extents from the thinly provisioned box. The computer executes the clean-up job before allocation of a new extent in the free space of the thinly provisioned box based on determination that the free space is below a critical level value, where the new extent may reduce the free space of the thinly provisioned box. |
| US10310737B1 |
Size-targeted database I/O compression
Solid-state storage devices may be employed to store data maintained by a database management system, but may have characteristics that reduce the efficiency of interactions between the database management system and the device. A storage subsystem may receive information indicative of internal boundaries within database data. A segment of the database data may be selected for compression, wherein the size of the segment is based at least on one or more the internal boundaries, the memory page size of the solid-state drive, and a predicted rate of compression. The compressed segment may be stored if it has a size less than the memory page size of the device. If it does not, compression may be retried with a smaller segment of data or a portion of the data may be stored in uncompressed form. Additional segments of the data may be stored on the solid-state drive in a similar manner. |
| US10310734B2 |
Tier mode for access operations to 3D memory
Tier access mode for three dimensional (3D) memory devices. A 3D memory device has multiple memory elements that are each addressable by a two dimensional address including a wordline address and a bitline address, and a third dimension with a sub-block selector indicating one of multiple portions of a tier of memory elements in the memory device. A memory controller generates a memory access command, such as read or program, to access a first portion of the memory and sends the command to the memory device. The memory device charges a first wordline and a first sub-block in response to receiving the command. For a consecutive access command to access a second portion of the memory, the memory device maintains the first wordline charged without discharging it, and charges a second sub-block selector in response to the consecutive command. |
| US10310731B2 |
Photographic apparatus, control method thereof, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium
A method comprising: displaying a live view image on a screen; detecting a first gesture that is performed on the screen when the live view image is displayed; and displaying a thumbnail menu on the screen together with the live view image based on a duration of the first gesture. |
| US10310723B2 |
Presenting plurality types of interfaces and functions for conducting various activities
A methods, systems and apparatus for enabling user to access, use, register, communicate, connect, participate, share, transact and interact with internet enabled or associate heterogeneous types of web sites, web sites' heterogeneous features, applications, services, objects, data & user connections, web pages, portals, functions, widgets, objects, applications, providers, sources, destinations, services, servers, databases, networks, devices, social networks, search engines, e-commerce web sites, peer top peer networks, web services, APIs, storage mediums, user data, profiles, payment information, social graph, user connections for conducting various user activities, actions, transactions, interactions & communications from one place or single or parent user interface or via interfaces & functions management interface. User can also communicate with other interfaces & functions management interfaces of other users of network(s). |
| US10310722B2 |
Method and electronic device for controlling scroll speed of content
A method in an electronic device includes displaying at least a part of the a plurality of contents on a screen, determining a content of interest based on weights of each of the contents, and adjusting a speed of scrolling the plurality of the contents upon detecting the content of interest being displayed on the screen. An electronic device includes one or more processors configured to display at least a part of the a plurality of contents on a screen, determine a content of interest on based on weights of each of the contents, and adjust a speed of scrolling the plurality of the contents upon detecting the content of interest being displayed on the screen when scrolling the contents. Other embodiments also are disclosed. |
| US10310721B2 |
Systems and methods for providing image perspective adjustment and automatic fitting
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can provide one or more options to adjust, in a virtual three-dimensional space, an image in an initial perspective. At least a first command, provided based on the one or more options, to adjust the image from the initial perspective into an adjusted perspective can be detected. The image can be adjusted, based on at least the first command, into the adjusted perspective in the virtual three-dimensional space to produce an adjusted image. A second command to modify a viewable area of the adjusted image can be detected. At least a portion of the adjusted image can be automatically fitted, when the second command has ceased, within a specified display area while one or more empty regions can be minimized in the specified display area. |
| US10310719B2 |
Techniques for media album display and management
Techniques for media album display and management are described. An apparatus may comprise a messaging component operative to receive a plurality of messaging packages from a messaging server and determine a plurality of visual media items referenced by the plurality of messaging packages; a media layout component operative to determine a visual media item layout; and a display component operative to display the plurality of visual media items based on the visual media item layout Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
| US10310718B2 |
Enabling interaction with an external service feature
Enabling interaction with an external service feature via a productivity application is provided. Features in an application are oftentimes an integration of an external or third party service into the application. To enable access to a feature, such as for testing purposes, a secret globally unique identifier (GUID) is input into a designated interface of the application, and a request is sent to enable the external service feature, wherein the request provides an indication to provide resources to interact with the external service feature. The application receives the resources and enables interaction with the external service feature via the productivity application by providing an interface within the productivity application for interacting with the external service feature. Various GUIDs may be used to enable different features. Further, another GUID may be used to disable interaction with the external service feature. |
| US10310713B1 |
Tab visibility
According to one general aspect, a computing device may include an application configured to create a tab in a context of a window, and a window manager configured to register the tab with a first UI element registry. The window manager may be configured to receive, over a network, at least a portion of a second UI element registry from a secondary window manager of a secondary computing device. The portion of the second UI element registry may identify a remote tab previously registered with the secondary window manager. The window manager may be configured to cause a display to provide a graphical arrangement of the tab and the remote tab. |
| US10310710B2 |
Determination of indentation levels of a bulleted list
Determination of indentation levels of a bulleted list contained in an input image involves iteratively performing comparison cycles in which the horizontal positions of vertically adjacent pairs of bullets are compared for similarity. If similar in position, the bullets in the pair are aggregated into the same indentation level. Subsequent comparison cycles use bullet positions which were adjusted in a prior comparison cycle to address progressive shifting that may sometimes be present in an input image. Readjustment cycles can be performed to aggregate bullets into the same indentation level, if similar in position, even when the bullets are not vertically adjacent to each other. |
| US10310709B2 |
Image display apparatus and method of displaying image for determining a candidate item to select
An image display apparatus and a method of displaying an image are disclosed. The image display apparatus includes a display configured to display a plurality of items and display an item selected from among the plurality of items with a highlight, a detector configured to detect a user input for moving the highlight, and a controller configured to determine candidate items to which the highlight is to be moved in response to the user input, select one of the candidate items based on information about a moving path of the highlight, and move the highlight to a selected candidate item. |
| US10310706B2 |
System and methods for touch target presentation
The present disclosure relates to user interfaces and in particular to providing a touch target for device interaction. In one embodiment, a process for providing a touch target includes displaying, by a device, a touch target on a display of the device, wherein the touch target is displayed in a first position, and detecting an input touch command to the display of the device. The process can also include positioning the touch target based on the input touch command, wherein the touch target is moved to a second position and controlling device operation based on position of the touch target. The processes and devices described herein may be configured to project contact position of a contact to portions of the display. |
| US10310705B2 |
Menu display control
According to an example, a position of a pointer may be detected to be positioned over an icon of a plurality of selectable icons. A menu containing a set of sub-icons corresponding to the icon may be displayed and a first location and a second location of the displayed menu may be determined. A first line and a second line may be determined and a plurality of points in a movement of the pointer may be recorded. A third line that crosses the plurality of recorded points may also be determined. In response to a determination that the third line is within an area between the first line and the second line, the menu may continue to be displayed while the pointer passes over another icon of the plurality of selectable icons. |
| US10310704B2 |
System and method to have location based personalized UI updates on mobile app for connected users in security, video and home automation applications
An apparatus including a plurality of user controlled devices, each located at a respective predetermined location within a geographic area of a user, a respective location indicator associated with each of the plurality of user controlled devices, a portable user device including a respective controlling application of each of the plurality of user controlled devices embodied in a memory of the portable user device, a monitoring processor of the portable user device that detects a location of the portable user device within the geographic area based upon a wireless signal from one of the respective location indicators and an interface processor of the portable device that loads the controlling application of one of the plurality of user controlled devices based upon the detected location of the portable user device. |
| US10310698B2 |
Information processing system, information processing method, information processing device, information processing terminal, for dynamically changing information that forms the basis of a displayed screen
To enable dynamic changing of a range of information that forms a basis of a screen provided to a user depending on a change in an environment of an information processing terminal, an environmental information acquisition unit sequentially acquires environmental information representing an environment of a user terminal. A monitoring unit changes a publicly-displayable range of information on a user of the user terminal depending on a change in the environmental information sequentially acquired by the environmental information acquisition unit. A page changing unit limits the range of the information that forms the basis of the screen provided to the user so that the range of the information falls within the publicly-displayable range after the change. |
| US10310697B2 |
Systems and methods for remote control device based interaction with a graphical user interface
An exemplary method includes a user interface system providing a graphical user interface view that includes a high-level menu including first and second of high-level menu options respectively associated with first and second sub-menus, assigning the first high-level menu option an active status, activating the first sub-menu such that the first sub-menu is navigable with a directional pad (“D-pad”) of a remote control device while the first high-level menu option has the active status, receiving user input provided by way of a toggle button of the remote control device designated to toggle between the first and second high-level menu options, toggling the active status from the first high-level menu option to the second high-level menu option, and activating the second sub-menu such that the second sub-menu is navigable with the D-pad of the remote control device while the second high-level menu option has the active status. |
| US10310693B2 |
Controller for position detection
A controller for position detection is disclosed. At least one first 1-D position corresponding to at least one external object is determined based on signals of a plurality of first sensors by self-capacitance detection. Then, at least one second 1-D position corresponding to the at least one first 1-D position is determined based on signals of a plurality of second sensors by mutual-capacitance detection, wherein each second 1-D position is determined based on a differential sensing information whose each value is based on signals of two second sensors by mutual-capacitance detection. |
| US10310691B2 |
Self-capacitance touch structure having touch electrodes with side wing portions and display device thereof
The present disclosure provides a self-capacitance touch structure, a touch panel and a display device. The self-capacitance touch structure comprising a plurality of self-capacitance touch electrodes arranged in an array, the self-capacitance touch electrode comprising a main body portion and a side wing portion protruding from at least one side of the main body portion, wherein at least one recess is formed between the side wing portion and the main body portion, the side wing portion of at least one self-capacitance touch electrode in at least one row extends into the recess of a self-capacitance touch electrode, adjacent to the at least one self-capacitance touch electrode, in another row. |
| US10310684B2 |
Touch sensor and display apparatus
A touch sensor that may detect an object away from the sensor is provided. The touch sensor includes one or more drive electrodes; one or more detection electrodes forming capacitance in cooperation with the respective drive electrodes; a detection circuit applying drive signals to the respective drive electrodes to detect the object based on detection signals obtained from the respective detection electrodes in response to the respective drive signals; and a controller controlling to change a range of electric flux lines generated between the drive electrodes and the detection electrodes. |
| US10310671B2 |
Touch sensor device
A touch sensor device provided herein includes a sensor pad disposed on a carrier, wherein the sensor pad includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a third electrode and a grounding electrode. The first electrode surrounds a periphery of the second electrode and a first gap is formed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The first electrode surrounds a periphery of the third electrode, and a second gap is formed between the first electrode and the third electrode. The grounding electrode surrounds a periphery of the pad sensor, wherein a third gap is formed between the first electrode and the grounding electrode. |
| US10310670B2 |
System and method for capacitive sensing
Disclosed is a system and method for a capacitive sensing device. The method includes transmitting a stimulation signal to a driving channel of the capacitive sensing device. The stimulation signal includes a plurality of sub-stimulation signals. Each of the sub-stimulation signals is characterized by an amplitude and a frequency. The frequencies of the sub-stimulation signals are orthogonal. The method further includes receiving a charge signal from a sensing channel of the capacitive sensing device. The charge signal is generated from the stimulation signal through a capacitance between the driving channel and the sensing channel. The method further includes detecting, from the charge signal, a plurality of sub-charge signal amplitudes at the frequencies of the sub-stimulation signals, and reporting a value about the capacitance from the sub-charge signal amplitudes. The method benefits the capacitive sensing device for increased noise immunity, reduced dynamic range, and reduced power consumption. |
| US10310668B2 |
Touch screen display system and a method for controlling a touch screen display system
A touch screen display system including at least two touch screen display apparatuses and a host apparatus is provided. The two touch screen display apparatuses respectively include a first touch screen and a second touch screen. One touch screen display apparatus senses the first touch screen in a first time period. Another touch screen display apparatus senses the second touch screen in a second time period. The host apparatus is electrically connected to the two touch screen display apparatuses. The host apparatus determines a touch location of a first touch object on the first touch screen or a touch location of a second touch object on the second touch screen. In addition, a method for controlling a touch screen display system is also provided. |
| US10310666B2 |
Touch panel and method for manufacturing the same
Disclosed are a touch panel and a method for manufacturing the same. A touch panel can include a substrate, a transparent electrode base on the substrate, a first transparent electrode on the transparent electrode base and extending in a first direction, and a second transparent electrode on the transparent electrode base and extending in a second direction. A method of manufacturing a touch panel can include preparing a substrate and a transparent electrode base, forming a transparent electrode over the transparent electrode base, and forming an electrode material over the transparent electrode base. |
| US10310665B2 |
Mobile apparatus displaying end effect and control method thereof
A method of controlling a mobile apparatus to display an end effect is provided. The method includes displaying at least one object on a first layer on a touch screen, converting the at least one object in response to a first gesture that converts the at least one object, detecting that the conversion for the at least one object is ended, and displaying an end effect, which represents a message saying that the at least one object to be converted does not exist anymore or represents additional information, on the touch screen. |
| US10310662B2 |
Rendering across terminals
A graphical user interface is generated at a mobile communication terminal having a first touch screen of a first size, the graphical user interface including one or more touch screen input options. The generated graphical user interface is transmitted from the mobile communication terminal and to a vehicle communication terminal having a second touch screen of a second size. An indication of touch screen input received at the second touch screen of the vehicle communication terminal is received at the mobile communication terminal and from the vehicle communication terminal. A function corresponding to the touch screen input received at the second touch screen of the vehicle communication terminal is executed at the mobile communication terminal. |
| US10310661B2 |
Hover controlling device
A hover controlling device includes a sensing unit and a hover control unit. The sensing unit includes a plurality of first electrostatic sensing elements, a plurality of first electrodes, a plurality of second electrostatic sensing elements, and a plurality of third electrodes located on a substrate. Each first electrostatic sensing element and each second electrostatic sensing element include a single walled carbon nanotube or a few-walled carbon nanotube. The resistances of the plurality of first electrostatic sensing elements and the plurality of second electrostatic sensing elements are changed in process of a sensed object with electrostatic near, but does not touch the plurality of first electrostatic sensing elements and the plurality of second electrostatic sensing elements. The hover control unit is electrically connected to the plurality of first electrostatic sensing elements and the plurality of second electrostatic sensing elements. |
| US10310659B2 |
Pressure-sensitive touch panel
An apparatus for combined capacitance and pressure sensing is described. The apparatus includes a multiplexer (75) having a plurality of inputs (76) and an output (F), a touch panel (29), and a front end module (3). The touch panel includes a layer structure (5; FIG. 15) comprising one or more layers, each extending perpendicularly to a thickness direction, the one or more layers including a layer of piezoelectric material (10; FIG. 15), the layer structure having first (6) and second (7; FIG. 15) opposite faces, and the layer(s) arranged between the first and second faces such that the thickness direction of each layer is perpendicular to the first and second faces. The touch panel also includes a plurality of first electrodes (8) disposed on the first face, each first electrode connected to a respective input of the multiplexer. The touch panel also includes at least one second electrode (9) disposed on the second face. The front end module is configured to receive an input signal (11) from the multiplexer output. The front end module includes a first stage (12) configured to provide an amplified signal based on the input signal, and a second stage comprising first (13) and second (14) frequency-dependent filters configured to receive the amplified signal and to provide respective first (16) and second (17) filtered signals. The first filtered signal has a first frequency bandwidth, and the second filtered signal has a second frequency bandwidth which has a relatively higher start-frequency than the first frequency bandwidth. |
| US10310656B2 |
Touch-sensitive screen
A display device is provided that allows detecting contact positions (contact mode) and contactless detection of positions of a finger in front of the display device (non-contact mode). The display device includes a panel layer connected to a transparent electrode layer that is subdivided into a plurality of electrode segments that form a segment array. An interpretation circuitry coupled to the electrode segments switches between a contact mode state in which a contact detection is performed by the electrode segments, and a second state in which the contactless position or movement detection of the finger is performed in an area in front of the display device, wherein at least a part of the electrode segments are used for detection in both the contact mode and the non-contact mode, and wherein the contactless position or movement detection is performed by a grouped of the electrode segments in the segment array. |
| US10310649B2 |
Embedded touch panels and the array substrates thereof
The present disclosure relates to an array substrate of embedded touch panels. The array substrate includes a touch electrode arranged in an active area of the touch panel in a matrix, a touch sensing chip arranged outside the active area of the touch panel, a plurality of metal connecting lines arranged on a different layer with the touch electrode. The metal connecting lines connect to the touch electrode via at least one through hole, and the metal connecting line and a data line of the touch panel are insulated from each other and are overlapped. The touch electrode connects to the touch sensing chip via the metal connecting line, wherein a switch circuit is arranged between the metal connecting line and the data line. The switch circuit connects the metal connecting line and the data line in a touch phase, and the switch circuit disconnects the metal connecting line and the data line in a display phase. |
| US10310647B2 |
Touch-controlled panel, method of manufacturing the same, and display device
Embodiments of the present invention discloses a touch-controlled panel and a method of manufacturing the same, and a display device, to reduce the number of masks and production cost. The method of manufacturing a touch-controlled panel includes: forming a first electrode and a second electrode on a substrate through a patterning process, the first electrode and the second electrode being broken at a position where they are overlapped; depositing a layer of an organic film and forming an organic film fully remained region, an organic film partially remained region and an organic film removed region from the organic film through a mask; depositing a conductive layer and coating a photoresist on the conductive layer, and then forming a photoresist fully remained region, a photoresist partially remained region and a photoresist removed region through the mask. |
| US10310645B2 |
Display window with light steering
An electronic device is provided. The device comprises a display module comprising an active area configured to emit light, and a window layer attached to the display module. The window layer comprises: a transparent area positioned above at least the active area of the display module, an area extending outwards relative to the active area of the display module, and an optical pattern configured to direct the light emitted by the active area of the display module near the edges of the active area towards the area of the window layer extending outwards. |
| US10310642B2 |
Sapphire cover with increased survivability
A sapphire article having improved survivability when subjected to impact or a drop event. The article includes a continuous planar array of sapphire segments, which reduces the bending stress experienced by each individual segment. The sapphire article may serve as a cover material for displays in mobile electronic devices. |
| US10310641B2 |
Position pointer
A position pointer is provided for use with a position detection sensor, capable of achieving power saving. The position pointer includes: a first electrode configured to receive an AC signal from a position detection sensor; a transmission signal production circuit configured to produce a position signal, based on which the position detection sensor detects a position of the position pointer; a second electrode different from the first electrode and configured to transmit the position signal to the position detection sensor; a signal detection circuit configured to detect whether or not the AC signal from the position detection sensor is received through the first electrode; and a transmission controlling circuit configured to control transmission of the position signal through the second electrode to the position detection sensor in response to an output from the signal detection circuit. |
| US10310640B2 |
Mobile terminal comprising stylus pen and touch panel, and control method therefor
A mobile terminal including a touch panel including a plurality of touch panel electrodes; a stylus pen configured to perform transmission and reception of an electric signal with the touch panel using capacitive coupling and without using a separate power supply to the stylus pen; and a controller configured to, when the electric signal is received from the stylus pen through the capacitive coupling, detect a location of the stylus pen with respect to the touch panel based on signal magnitudes of at least two touch panel electrodes from which the electrical signal is detected. |
| US10310631B2 |
Electronic device and method of adjusting user interface thereof
An electronic device includes a processor, a display unit, and a storage unit. The storage unit is configured to store a preset moving speed threshold and a program. When the program is executed by the processor, the program causes the processor to detect a moving speed of the electronic device, compare the detected moving speed with the preset moving speed threshold; and control the display unit to enlarge an item displayed by the display unit when the detected moving speed is greater than the preset moving speed threshold. |
| US10310630B2 |
System and method for context aware usability management of human machine interfaces
A method includes determining by a sensor of a mobile device that a first ambient sound level represents a quiet context for the mobile device, providing a audio signal to a speaker of the mobile device in response to determining that the first ambient sound level represents a quiet context, determining, by the sensor, that a second ambient sound level represents a first noisy context for the mobile device, wherein the second ambient sound level is louder than the first ambient sound level, modifying the audio signal into a beam forming audio signal in response to determining that the second ambient sound level represents the first noisy context, and providing the beam forming audio signal to the speaker. |
| US10310627B2 |
Customizable and reconfigurable virtual instrument panel
The invention provides an instrument control panel that is easily customized and reconfigured, and yet provides the familiar tactile sensation of physical knobs, sliders, and buttons. The instrument control panel comprises one or more interface components that are removably coupled to an interface display wherein the interface components communicate with one or more control components disposed behind the interface display. The present invention lends itself particularly well to an instrument panel. |
| US10310625B2 |
Shell structure and manufacturing method thereof
A shell structure including a casing and a frame is provided. The casing includes an elastic material structure and a fiber structure, wherein the fiber structure is intermixed with the elastic material structure, and the casing has at least two sides adjacent to each other. The frame is wrapped by the casing, wherein the casing and the frame have at least one buffering space therebetween, and the buffering space is aligned to a border between the two sides. In addition, a manufacturing method of the shell structure is also provided. |
| US10310624B2 |
Electronic apparatus, method for controlling electronic apparatus, and control program for the same
An electronic apparatus includes a proximity sensor to detect an object, a device, and a control circuit to control the device. The control circuit executes a first mode which executes a first control for the device or the control circuit in response to an output of the proximity sensor corresponding to a first movement of the object and a second mode which skips the first control for an output of the proximity sensor corresponding to the first movement. The control circuit switches from the second mode to the first mode or from the first mode to the second mode based on an output of the proximity sensor corresponding to a second movement of the object different from the first movement. The second movement is a movement in which the object stays at a detection region for a first time, and then leaves the detection region within a second time. |
| US10310619B2 |
User gesture recognition
A method and device for gesture recognition, wherein the gesture is executed by a user in a gesture region which may be defined relative to a display surface. In an embodiment, the gesture comprises a select gesture and the device comprises at least three cameras operating in the visual range where a first camera is used to determine a horizontal location of the select gesture and the other cameras are used to determine a vertical location thereof. A device for providing input to a computing device comprises a rectangular display having a viewing surface and at least three cameras having respective fields of view. A first camera and a second camera are located at respective adjacent corners of the display and a third camera is located at an edge of the display between the first and second cameras. |
| US10310615B2 |
Apparatus and method of using events for user interface
An apparatus for use interface and a method of user interface are provided. The apparatus may include a classifier configured to classify an event as corresponding to a class among at least two classes, an updater configured to update class information related to the class corresponding to the event, and a processor configured to determine a user input corresponding to the event based on the updated class information. |
| US10310614B2 |
Systems and methods for providing haptic effects in response to deformation of a cover for an electronic device
A system includes an electronic device that includes a display screen, a cover configured to cover the display screen, a sensor configured to sense an input gesture comprising deformation and/or movement of the cover relative to the electronic device, and a processor configured to determine an action for the electronic device to perform based on the input gesture, to determine a haptic effect to generate based on the input gesture and/or the action for the electronic device to perform, and to initiate the action. The system also includes a haptic output device configured to generate the haptic effect. |
| US10310610B2 |
Haptic device for artificial reality systems
A haptic device provides haptic sensation to a user. The haptic device comprises a haptic plate and a plurality of actuators. The haptic plate includes a center portion and an outer portion that circumscribes the center portion. The plurality of actuators is coupled to the outer portion of the haptic plate. Of the plurality of actuators, one or more actuators are configured to generate, in accordance with haptic instructions, a haptic wave that converges to a specific waveform at a specific region of the center portion of the haptic plate. The shape of the specific waveform and the location of the specific region on the center portion of the haptic plate are based in part on the haptic instructions. |
| US10310607B2 |
Touch display panel and display device
A touch display panel includes a touch display module, a plurality of touch feedback electrodes, and a first controller. Each of the plurality of touch feedback electrodes is operable to vibrate in response to a drive signal applied thereto, thereby providing touch feedback. The first controller is configured to generate and provide the drive signal to at least one of the plurality of touch feedback electrodes corresponding to a touch position. |
| US10310606B2 |
Pressure feedback device for providing feedback operation, touch display device and method for operating the same
A touch display device includes a display panel, a processor and a pressure sensing device and a touch feedback device disposed over the display panel. The pressure sensing device is configured to sense a pressure sensing upon an occurrence of touch, such that the pressure signal may be provided to the processor to generate a feedback signal. The touch feedback device is configured to perform a corresponding feedback operation according to the feedback signal. |
| US10310604B2 |
Human-machine interface for a motor vehicle
A human-machine interface for a motor vehicle, comprising: —a command device (1) comprising at least one sensor configured to detect a command without contact by the user, and —a haptic feedback device (2) to control the consideration of said command, characterized in that —the haptic feedback device engages with a component (3) in the motor vehicle passenger compartment, said component being distinct from the command device, —said component being intended to come into contact with a part of in the body (5) of the user in order to perceive the haptic feedback signal. |
| US10310603B2 |
Control interface with haptic feedback using a magnetorheological fluid module
The invention relates to a control interface with haptic feedback (1), especially for a motor vehicle, designed to take into account an action of a user by providing the user with a haptic feedback, comprising a magnetorheological fluid module (5), said module comprising: an element (7) which rotates about an axis (Z) of the module (5), said rotary element (7) being in contact with the magnetorheological fluid and designed to be coupled to a grip element (3), a unit (9) for applying a magnetic field to the magnetorheological fluid, designed to modify the strength of the magnetic field, wherein said interface (1) comprises a processing unit (10) designed to receive a signal emitted by an environmental sensor (25, 26, 27, 29) and to control the unit (9) for applying a magnetic field according to the signal received. |
| US10310598B2 |
Varifocal head-mounted display including modular air spaced optical assembly
A head-mounted display (HMD) includes an electronic display configured to emit image light, an optical assembly that provides optical correction to the image light, an eye tracking system, and a varifocal module. The optical assembly includes a back optical element configured to receive the image light from the electronic display, and a coupling assembly configured to couple a front optical element to a location within the optical assembly such that the front optical element receives light transmitted by the back optical element. The optical correction is determined in part by an optical characteristic of the front optical element that is replaceable. The eye tracking system determines eye tracking information for a first eye of a user of the HMD. A varifocal module adjusts focus of images displayed on the electronic display, based on the eye tracking information and the optical correction. |
| US10310597B2 |
Portable eye tracking device
A portable eye tracker device is disclosed which includes a frame, at least one optics holding member, a movement sensor, and a control unit. The frame may be a frame adapted for wearing by a user. The at least one optics holding member may include at least one illuminator configured to selectively illuminate at least a portion of at least one eye of the user, and at least one image sensor configured to capture image data representing images of at least a portion of at least one eye of the user. The movement sensor may be configured to detect movement of the frame. The control unit may be configured to control the at least one illuminator for the selective illumination of at least a portion of at least one eye of the user, receive the image data from the image sensors, and receive information from the movement sensor. |
| US10310593B2 |
Electronic mobile device
The invention relates to an electronic mobile device (10; 20) comprising a device mode control unit (5) arranged to switch the mobile device from a first operational mode into a second operational mode. An orientation sensor (18; 28) is configured to measure a current orientation of the mobile device. A processor (6) periodically receives the current orientation from the orientation sensor, periodically stores the received current orientation as a reference orientation, and periodically calculates a differential angle between the current orientation and the stored reference orientation. The device is switched from the first operational mode to the second operational mode if the differential angle is above a predefined angular threshold value. A frequency of said periodically receiving and periodically storing the current orientation as the reference orientation is lower than a frequency of said periodically receiving the current orientation, periodically calculating and periodically comparing the differential angle. |
| US10310592B2 |
Device, operation-mode control method, and recording medium
A device has a plurality of power states. The device includes: a communication processor configured to communicate with a communication destination device connected via a cable; a confirmation-signal receiver configured to receive a connection confirmation signal that is transmitted if being connected to the communication destination device via the cable; a contoller configured to determine a power state depending on whether the confirmation-signal receiver receives the connection confirmation signal; and a power circuit configured to control supply of electric power to at least one of the communication processor and the contoller in accordance with the power state determined by the contoller. |
| US10310589B2 |
Display device including power control device
A power controller includes an inductor coupled to an input terminal to which an input voltage is input, a first switch coupled between the inductor and a first power source voltage output terminal, a second switch coupled between the inductor and a ground, a switch controller controlling a voltage output to the first power source voltage output terminal by controlling duties of the first and second switches according to a feedback voltage input to a feedback terminal corresponding to a voltage output to the first power source voltage output terminal, and a diode coupled between the first power source voltage output terminal and the feedback terminal, and preventing a voltage of the first power source voltage output terminal from increasing higher than a breakdown voltage of the first and second switches. |
| US10310588B2 |
Forcing core low power states in a processor
In an embodiment, a processor includes a plurality of cores each to independently execute instructions, a power delivery logic coupled to the plurality of cores, and a power controller including a first logic to cause a first core to enter into a first low power state of an operating system power management scheme independently of the OS, during execution of at least one thread on the first core. Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
| US10310587B2 |
Power-supply control apparatus, power-supply control method, server, power-supply control system, and storage medium
A power-supply control apparatus includes a processor that executes a process. The process includes calculating, for a first time period, a first predictive value of total power consumption by the power-supply control apparatus and one or more other power-supply control apparatuses to which power is supplied from a power supply; and determining whether to allow a storage battery to be charged in the first time period based on the first predictive value for the first time period and previous information that is related to the first predictive value and obtained in a second time period before the first time period. |
| US10310584B2 |
Interconnect serialization system and method
A method and system to reduce power consumption are described. The system can include a first device and a second device of a plurality of devices. The second device can be coupled to the first device via an interconnect. A serialization capability of the first device can be determined. Further, access to the second device one or more of the plurality of devices can be determined. The interconnect can be serialized based on the determined serialization capability and/or the determined access to the second device. |
| US10310582B2 |
Display apparatus and control method thereof
Disclosed is a display apparatus including: a wireless power receiver configured to wirelessly receive power from an external power source to supply power to the display apparatus; a display configured to display an image based on a received image signal; communication circuitry configured to communicate with the external module; information acquiring circuitry configured to acquire information about a distance between the display apparatus and a user; and a controller configured to determine consumption power of the display apparatus, to control the communication circuitry to provide information about the determined consumption power to the external module, and to reduce the consumption power of the display apparatus if it is determined based on the acquired information that the user is within a predetermined critical distance of the display apparatus. Thus electromagnetic waves harmful to a human body is controlled to reduce and/or eliminate an affect a user. |
| US10310581B2 |
Enhanced security and resource utilization in a multi-operating system environment
An approach is provided for operating a mobile device having first and second operating systems (OSs) installed. While executing the first OS but not the second OS and based on battery power remaining in the mobile device being less than a threshold and the mobile device consuming less power if executing the second OS but not the first OS, execution of the first OS is terminated and the second OS is executed. While executing the second OS, and in response to a determination of a likelihood of the mobile device being subject to an external security attack in a geographic region in which the mobile device is located and a determination that the mobile device is more secure against the external security attack while executing the first OS than while executing the second OS, execution of the second OS is terminated and the first OS is executed. |
| US10310579B2 |
Semiconductor integrated circuit and power supply switching method
A semiconductor integrated circuit capable of efficiently suppressing power consumption when a power supply voltage is lowered is provided. The semiconductor integrated circuit includes: a regulator transforming an external power supply voltage to generate an internal power supply voltage; a processor circuit capable of operating by receiving the internal power supply voltage; a real time clock (RTC) circuit generating current time data by receiving the internal power supply voltage; a supply line supplying the internal power supply voltage to the RTC circuit and to the processor circuit; a changeover switch provided between the supply line and the processor circuit and switching between a connection state and a non-connection state between the supply line and the processor circuit; and a power supply level detection circuit detecting a voltage level of the external power supply voltage, and controlling the changeover switch so as to achieve the non-connection state between the supply line and the processor circuit if detecting that the voltage level is equal to or lower than a predetermined threshold. |
| US10310578B2 |
Systems, methods, and media for providing power to an HDMI source
Systems, methods, and media for providing power to an HDMI source are provided. In accordance with some implementations, methods for providing power to an HDMI source are provided, the methods comprising: providing an AC signal to an HPD line of an HDMI port; determining that an L-C circuit is present on the HPD line when applying the AC signal; and in response to determining that an L-C circuit is present on the HPD line, connecting a power source to an HDMI 5V line of the HDMI port. In some implementations, the AC signal is a 231 kHz waveform. In some implementations, the AC signal is generated using a clock output. In some implementations, the methods further comprise integrating the clock output to provide the AC signal. In some implementations, the methods further comprise switching the frequency of the AC signal. |
| US10310575B2 |
Virtual AC cycling within an information handling system
A method and an information handling system (IHS) provides a virtual alternating current (vAC) reset of the IHS. A vAC reset module (vACRM), in response to receiving a request for the vAC reset, sets a bit within an auxiliary (AUX) based register to invoke the vAC reset when a system restart command is issued. The vACRM changes/configures a vAC recovery policy to enable main rail power to be turned on and a system start-up procedure to be initiated when a restored vAC is detected. The vACRM uses a system restart command to shutdown the main rail power and to remove power from system components powered by the main rail. The vACRM switches off AUX power to AUX powered components, based on the previously set bit, and reapplies the AUX power, following a preset interval. The vACRM turns on main rail power and initiates a system start-up procedure, according to the vAC recovery policy. |
| US10310574B1 |
Electronic apparatus with heat-dissipation system and heat-dissipation device thereof
An electronic apparatus with a heat-dissipation system includes a heat-dissipation device including a base, a heat-dissipation structure rotatably disposed on the bottom base, and a drive mechanism configured to selectively rotate the heat-dissipation structure toward one of a plurality of predetermined orientations. |
| US10310570B2 |
Cable cassette apparatus
An apparatus includes a cassette. The cassette includes a carriage. The carriage is retained internally to the cassette. The apparatus further includes a booklet assembly. The booklet assembly includes a cable connector. The cable connector is affixed internally to the booklet assembly. The cassette is configured for insertion into the booklet assembly. The apparatus further includes a cable assembly. The cable assembly is configured for insertion into the cable connector. The carriage is configured for retaining the cable assembly. In an aspect, a method of using the apparatus includes preloading the cable assembly into the carriage, inserting the cassette into the booklet assembly, and configuring the carriage such that the cable assembly is inserted into the cable connector and retained in an inserted position by the carriage. |
| US10310569B2 |
Single piece water resistance door
A single piece water resistance door suitable for being fixed to a casing of a connector module is provided. The casing includes a first engagement part and an opening adjacent to the first engagement part. The single piece water resistance door includes a fixing part suitable for being fixed to the casing and having a first portion and a body rotatably connected to the fixing part to cover the opening. A space is between the first portion and the casing. The body includes at least one second engagement part. When the second engagement part is engaged with the first engagement part, the casing and the body press against each other, and the body covers the opening. When a force is applied to the first portion, the first portion is moved to the space and moves the body, so that the second engagement part is released from the first engagement part. |
| US10310568B2 |
Method for interconnecting field replaceable unit to power source of communication network
A system for the management of rack-mounted field replaceable units (FRUs) that affords the enhanced availability and serviceability of FRUs provided by blade-based systems but in a manner that accommodates different types of FRUs (e.g., in relation to form factors, functionality, power and cooling requirements, and/or the like) installed within a rack or cabinet. |
| US10310564B2 |
Linking mechanism for a computing device with a rotatable display member
Examples disclosed herein provide a computing device. One example computing device includes a base member, a support member rotatably connected to the base member at a first end of the support member, via a fixed shaft around a first axis of rotation, and a display member rotatably connected at a second end of the support member opposite the first end, around a second axis of rotation that is parallel to the first axis of rotation. The computing device includes a linking mechanism disposed within the support member. |
| US10310561B2 |
Portable device
A portable device includes a device case, and an inner case arranged in the device case. The inner case includes a first frame arranged in the device case, a second frame arranged in parallel with the first frame in the device case, a coupling part configured to couple the first frame and the second frame, and a buffer member provided at the coupling part and configured to buffer shock to be applied to the first frame and the second frame. |
| US10310556B2 |
Information handling system multi-torque dual axis hinge
An information handling system rotationally couples first and second housing portions to each other with a dual axis hinge having proximately located dual axis assemblies with aligned parallel axes. A tensile member routed through each dual axis assembly and coupled to opposing front and rear faces motivate synchronized motion of the parallel dual axis assemblies without a geared mechanism. Torque regions defined by each dual axis assembly coordinate housing portion resistance to rotation at predetermined portions of the relative rotational movement. |
| US10310555B2 |
Connector for image capturing device and display device including the connector
A connector includes: a rear case, fixed on a rear side of a display; a first component, provided on the rear case; and a second component, adapted to the first component and connectable to the image capturing device. According to the present disclosure, the image capturing device is connectable to the second component. |
| US10310552B2 |
Protective casing
[Problem] Provided is a screen protector that can be easily mounted on a mobile information terminal and is able to favorably maintain the operability of the screen at the touch of the screen while ensuring engagement strength.[Solving Means] A protector configured to be mounted on a front face of a mobile information terminal includes a thin part configured to cover a screen of the mobile information terminal and a pair of thick parts disposed on upper and lower sides of the thin part and having a greater thickness than the thin part. The thin part includes a screen cover configured to cover the screen and a thin engaging part extending from the screen cover toward a side face of the mobile information terminal and configured to engage with the side face. The thick parts each include a thick engaging part connected to the thin engaging part and configured to engage with the side face. |
| US10310550B2 |
Methods for data synchronization between a sensor hub and an application processor and apparatuses using the same
The invention introduces a method for data synchronization between a sensor hub and an application processor, which contains at least the following steps: generating and adding a plurality of absolute time stamps in a sensor-data stream; and generating and adding a plurality of pieces of sensor data and a plurality of relative time stamps in the sensor-data stream between the moments of generating each two adjacent absolute time stamps, wherein each relative time stamp is associated with one piece of sensor data. |
| US10310544B2 |
Motorcycle clutch holding device
On a motorized vehicle with handlebars and handlebar mounted levers, a motorcycle lever retention system includes a button operatively connected to and capable of toggling a rocker switch, a clutch or brake lever having a retracted position and an extended, biased position, a clutch or brake operatively connected to the clutch or brake lever such that the clutch is disengaged or the brake is engaged when the clutch or brake lever is moved into the retracted position, and a mechanism operatively attached to the rocker switch and configured such that when the button is pressed, the rocker switch is toggled causing the mechanism to prevent the clutch from being engaged or the brake from being disengaged and the clutch or brake lever from moving back into the extended, biased position until the button is pressed again. |
| US10310543B2 |
Actuator release mechanism
An actuator release mechanism includes an axially moveable member biased in a first axial position by a bias spring and driven to a second axial position by an actuation means such as a solenoid arranged in substantially the same axis as the axially moveable member. The axially moveable member can be a piston. |
| US10310541B2 |
Illuminated rotary knob for household appliance
The present invention relates to an illuminated releasable rotary knob for use in an appliance, in particular in a cooking appliance comprising a panel which includes a regulator shaft; and a control unit which has an electrical connection for supplying electric power. The knob comprises non-transparent handle, a hub for releasably receiving the shaft, a cavity, an illuminating device for illuminating the cavity, a connector for receiving the electrical connection and a transparent indicator which receives the illumination from the cavity. |
| US10310537B2 |
Variation-tolerant voltage reference
A sub-nW voltage reference is presented that provides inherently low process variation and enables trim-free operation for low-dropout regulators and other applications in nW microsystems. Sixty chips from three different wafers in 180 nm CMOS are measured, showing an untrimmed within-wafer σ/μ of 0.26% and wafer-to-wafer σ/μ of 1.9%. Measurement results also show a temperature coefficient of 48-124 ppm/° C. from −40° C. to 85° C. Outputting a 0.986V reference voltage, the reference operates down to 1.2V and consumes 114 pW at 25° C. |
| US10310530B1 |
Low-dropout regulator with load-adaptive frequency compensation
A circuit comprises: a pass transistor; a first transistor comprising a gate coupled to the gate of the pass transistor, a source coupled to the source of the pass transistor, and a drain; a second transistor comprising a gate coupled to the gate of the pass transistor, a source coupled to the source of the pass transistor, and a drain; a first current mirror coupled to the drain of the first transistor; a second current mirror coupled to the drain of the second transistor, and coupled to the first current mirror; a feedback voltage circuit coupled to the drain of the pass transistor; an error amplifier comprising a first input port coupled to the feedback voltage circuit, and an output port coupled to the gate of the pass transistor; and a capacitor coupled to the second current mirror and to the first input port of the error amplifier. |
| US10310526B2 |
Quiescent current limitation for a low-dropout regulator in dropout condition
An low dropout regulator and method that has reduced quiescent current consumption is presented. The voltage regulator circuit comprises an output terminal, a first circuit branch connected between an input voltage level and the output terminal, a second circuit branch connected between the input voltage level and a predetermined voltage level, a first current mirror for mirroring a current flowing in the second circuit branch to the first circuit branch, a first feedback circuit to regulate the output voltage, and a second feedback circuit for controlling the second switching element. The second feedback circuit comprises a current sensing means for sensing a current that depends on a current flowing in the first circuit branch and to control the second switching element such that the current flowing through the second circuit branch is limited to a current that depends on the current sensed by the current sensing means. |
| US10310524B2 |
Environmental control apparatus, environmental control system, environmental control method, and environmental control program
An environmental control apparatus that is installed in a room and is portable includes an input unit, a setting unit, a determination unit, and a recommendation unit. The input unit is input a fact that a room air environment is comfortable. The setting unit sets a range of a comfort zone. The determination unit determines whether the air environment of the room is within the range of the comfort zone. The recommendation unit recommend an improving method of improving the air environment of the room based on at least information about a determination result of the determination unit so that the air environment of the room falls within the range of the comfort zone. |
| US10310522B2 |
Control valve
A control valve of an embodiment includes a disc coaxially in contact with a diaphragm, and a shaft configured to transmit a drive force in an axial direction caused by displacement of the diaphragm to a valve element. The diaphragm has a corrugated portion between a flat portion and the outer peripheral portion, the flat portion having a contact surface with which the disc is in contact. The corrugated portion includes substantially N+0.5 corrugations (N being a natural number) each protruding relative to a reference surface, the corrugations being formed between the outer peripheral portion and the flat portion, the reference surface being one surface of the outer peripheral portion. A height of each of the N corrugations of the corrugated portion is smaller than a height of the flat portion, the heights each being a height relative to the reference surface in an unloaded condition. |
| US10310519B2 |
Flowrate control device for a fluid
A flowrate control device for a fluid, includes a cartridge body defining a path for the fluid and having an upstream portion for the entry of the fluid, and a downstream portion provided with an outlet opening for the fluid. A shutter element is arranged in the cartridge body for sliding movement between an upstream end of the cartridge body corresponding to a minimum throttling position for the fluid and a downstream end of the cartridge body corresponding to a maximum throttling position for the fluid. The shutter element is provided with a throttling wall arranged downstream for throttling the outlet opening in a controlled manner and an upstream wall cooperating with the upstream portion of the cartridge body for bounding an inlet section for the fluid. A counter spring element exerts a contrasting force on the shutter element suitable for displacing the shutter element towards the upstream end. A section-varying assembly increases or decreases the area of the inlet section according to the variation of the contrasting force due to the movement of the shutter element along the longitudinal axis. The section-varying assembly, in addition to taking account the variable force of the counter spring element in order to ensure a constant flowrate, also minimizes the operating minimum pressure difference and controls the relation between the flowrate and the operating minimum pressure difference. |
| US10310518B2 |
Swarm autopilot
A system and method for generating an artificial topography in a distributed array of robotic agents. Each robotic agent stores, and periodically updates a parameter value or “A-value” in accordance with a process including, e.g., averaging neighboring A-values, received from close neighbor robotic agents, biasing the A-value based on external commands or measured environmental parameters, and decreasing the A-value by a cooling rate factor. Averaging among neighboring robotic agents results eventually in a globally smoothed distribution of A-values. A gradient may be estimated for the distribution of A-values, and the robotic agents may be programmed to move in the direction of the gradient, toward increasing A-values. This behavior may be employed to cause the robotic agents to follow a robotic agent with a fixed, relatively large, A-value, or, if the A-values are biased by features (e.g., gradients or steps) in environmental parameters, to converge on such features. |
| US10310516B2 |
Systems and methods for yaw control of offshore platform
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for rotating a floating platform. An example method includes determining a desired position of a floating platform in a yaw axis. The floating platform is fixed by an anchor leg to an underwater attachment point. The method includes receiving, from a position sensor, information indicative of an actual position of the floating platform in the yaw axis. The method also includes rotating the floating platform in a desired direction about the yaw axis based on the desired position and the actual position. Optionally, the floating platform may include a yaw member and an environmental sensor. In such scenarios, the method may include receiving information about a prevailing wind direction or water current direction. The method may include causing the actuator to adjust the yaw member based on at least one of: the prevailing wind condition or the prevailing water current direction. |
| US10310511B2 |
Automatic driving control system of mobile object
An automatic operation control system of a mobile object includes an environment map storage unit configured to store environment map information and an electronic control unit configured to include an impassable region determining unit. The environment map information includes position information indicating a plurality of positions in a space and a state quantity variability of each of the plurality of positions, the state quantity variability is correlated with the corresponding position information, and the state quantity variability indicates a variation tendency of a state quantity of the corresponding position with respect to time. The impassable region determining unit is configured to determine an impassable region which is unsuitable for movement of the mobile object on the basis of the state quantity variability of the environment map information. |
| US10310508B2 |
Vehicle control apparatus
To control a speed at a time of entering a curved road a vehicle to autonomously travel within a travelling lane even in a case where there is an error in an estimated longitudinal position of the vehicle.A curve travel speed calculation unit 15b calculates a curve travel speed for a vehicle to autonomously travelling in a travelling lane based on a curve radius and an estimated error in longitudinal position. A speed planning unit 15c and a travel control unit 17 decelerate the vehicle M such that the speed of the vehicle M becomes the curve travel speed at the time of entering the curved road in front of the vehicle M in a case where the speed of the vehicle M is equal to or higher than the curve travel speed and the curve travel speed is equal to or higher than the reference speed. |
| US10310503B2 |
Travel control apparatus for vehicle
A travel control apparatus for a vehicle includes: a frontward environment recognition unit that obtains frontward environment information by recognizing a frontward environment of the vehicle; a frontward environment information reliability calculator that calculates a reliability of the frontward environment information; a map information storage unit that stores map information relating to a travel region of the vehicle on the basis of position information indicating a position of the vehicle; a map information updating unit that updates the map information while calculating a reliability of the map information; a control information selector that compares the reliability of the frontward environment information with update information relating to the map information, and selects either one of the frontward environment information and the map information as information to be used during automatic driving control; and an automatic driving control execution unit that executes the automatic driving control based on the selected information. |
| US10310500B1 |
Automated access to secure facilities using autonomous vehicles
Autonomous vehicles may be deployed to areas where an item is in demand, and configured to fulfill orders for the item received from the areas. The autonomous vehicles are loaded with the item and dispatched to the area under their own power or in a carrier. When an order for the item is received, an autonomous vehicle delivers the item to a location in the area. Autonomous vehicles may also be equipped with a 3D printer or other equipment and loaded with materials for manufacturing the item. When an order for the item is received, the autonomous vehicle manufactures the item from such materials, and delivers the item. Autonomous vehicles may be configured for collaboration, such as to deliver or manufacture items in multiple stages and to transfer the items between vehicles. Autonomous vehicles may also be configured to automatically access locations in the area, e.g., using wireless access codes. |
| US10310499B1 |
Distributed production of items from locally sourced materials using autonomous vehicles
Autonomous vehicles may be deployed to areas where an item is in demand, and configured to fulfill orders for the item received from the areas. The autonomous vehicles are loaded with the item and dispatched to the area under their own power or in a carrier. When an order for the item is received, an autonomous vehicle delivers the item to a location in the area. Autonomous vehicles may also be equipped with a 3D printer or other equipment and loaded with materials for manufacturing the item. When an order for the item is received, the autonomous vehicle manufactures the item from such materials, and delivers the item. Autonomous vehicles may be configured for collaboration, such as to deliver or manufacture items in multiple stages and to transfer the items between vehicles. Autonomous vehicles may also be configured to automatically access locations in the area, e.g., using wireless access codes. |
| US10310495B2 |
Systems and methods for monitoring automation systems
Systems and methods are disclosed for monitoring operation of an automation system that includes a plurality of interconnected logical objects. The systems and methods may build a fuzzy cognitive map to model an interdependence of the plurality of interconnected logical objects upon one another. In some examples, the systems and methods may identify a non-ideality associated with at least one of the plurality of logical objects and determine from the fuzzy cognitive map an effect of the non-ideality on the operation of the automation system. In some examples, the systems and methods may determine from the fuzzy cognitive map a first one of the plurality of logical objects that affects a second one of the plurality of logical objects to a greater extent than do the remaining ones of the plurality of logical objects. |
| US10310493B2 |
System and method for assessment of a workpiece in a continuous flow process
A system for measuring physical properties of a workpiece in motion which includes a conveyance assembly for conveying the workpiece, a scanning assembly for scanning the workpiece, and a measurement assembly for measuring at least one physical property of the workpiece while the workpiece is in motion. |
| US10310486B2 |
Manufacturing data processing system having a plurality of manufacturing apparatuses
A manufacturing data processing system includes a plurality of manufacturing apparatuses, a plurality of data processing devices for processing manufacturing data associated with the plurality of manufacturing apparatuses, a plurality of communication channels for communicating the manufacturing data between the plurality of manufacturing apparatuses and the plurality of data processing devices, and a management device. The management device determines a combination of the data processing device that processes the manufacturing data associated with each of the plurality of manufacturing apparatuses and the communication channel that communicates the associated manufacturing data between each of the plurality of manufacturing apparatuses and the data processing device, based on the communication speed of the communication channel and the data processing capability of each of the plurality of data processing devices. |
| US10310480B2 |
Systems and methods for under-frequency blackout protection
Detection of which generators are connected using a common, isolated sub-grid using information from intelligent electronic devices (IEDs) in communication with each generator is disclosed herein. Each IED receives rotor position information from a rotor position detection device of the generator. Each IED may then calculate rotor speed, information of the generator and transmit such information to a central IED. The central IED uses the rotor speed information to determine which generators are connected to a common, isolated sub-grid. The central IED may further use rotor position, rotor speed, and rate-of-change-of-speed information either calculated at the central IED or transmitted from the IEDs. |
| US10310476B2 |
Using linked-lists to create feature rich finite-state machines in integrated circuits
An apparatus comprises an integrated circuit (IC) including sequencer circuitry; and a memory integral to or operatively coupled to the integrated circuit, wherein at least a portion of the memory is organized as a plurality of hierarchical linked lists defining a finite state machine of a plurality of finite IC states; wherein the sequencer circuitry is configured to: receive one or more control words from the hierarchical linked lists associated with an IC state; advance the IC to the IC state according to the one or more control words; and perform one or more actions corresponding to the IC state. |
| US10310470B2 |
Update for an automation installation in the course of operation
A method for stipulating a starting time for an update for a control apparatus that controls at least one peripheral component in a process automation installation by producing control outputs is disclosed. The update requires at least one predetermined down time. The invention is based on a suitable starting time for performing an update in order to perform an update in the course of operation of a process automation installation without risk. The method involves detecting a current operating state for the at least one peripheral component, taking the detected operating state as a basis for using a controlled system model of the process to simulate what state trajectory the at least one peripheral component negotiates within the down time for a predetermined static control output, and checking whether the state trajectory lies exclusively within a range of admissible operating states, and, if appropriate, starting the update. |
| US10310469B2 |
Automation system
An automation system made through a communication network and including: a first and second programmable logic controller respectively executing first and second automation applications to respectively control first and second sets of associated input/output modules; a third programmable logic controller, including a storage storing the first and second automation applications and configured to execute the first automation application to stand in for the first programmable logic controller, or to execute the second automation application to stand in for the second programmable logic controller. |
| US10310468B2 |
Method for controlling the activity of at least two light radiation sources belonging to a stereolithography machine
The invention is a method for controlling the activity of two light radiation sources (2, 3) belonging to a stereolithography machine (1) and suited to act at the level of a portion (104) of a superimposition area (101) defined on the work surface (100) of the stereolithography machine (1) for the production of a three-dimensional object (200) through stereolithography. For each one of the lines (210) with generic length L that define each layer (201) of the three-dimensional object (200) within the portion (104), the method provides for activating: a first light radiation source (2) for a first section (211) of the line (210) having length X; a second light radiation source (3) for the remaining second section (212) of the line (210) having length Y, wherein the value X of the first section (211) is selected within the interval 0<=X<=L and wherein Y is calculated as equal to L−X. |
| US10310464B1 |
Smart devices kit for recessed light housing
The present invention relates to an assembly kit that fits inside are recessed light fixture, flush mount light fixture, tube light fixture, track light fixture or light tube that is mounted in/on the ceiling or wall for retrofitting various combinations of smart devices and sensors, as part of ambient intelligence. |
| US10310462B2 |
System and apparatus for sustaining process temperature measurement for RTD lead wire break
Method and apparatus for sustaining process temperature measurement with respect to a lead wire break. A resistance temperature device can include a group of lead wire arms including lead wire arms of a first lead wire type and a second lead wire type. An operation can occur to automatically switch from a first lead wire type configuration to a second lead wire type configuration in the resistance temperature device having the plurality of lead wire arms including the first lead wire type and the second lead wire type, if one or more wire breaks occurs in one or more the lead wire arms. |
| US10310461B2 |
Adaptive polling in energy distribution systems with distributed energy storage
Method of controlling distribution of energy within an energy distribution system and energy distribution systems are provided. An energy distribution system includes a central controller and one or more remote distribution control units. A method includes obtaining, with the central controller from the remote distribution control units, operational data indicating an operational condition of the energy distribution system. The method further includes comparing the operational condition to a polling rate threshold that indicates when the operational condition is approaching a condition threshold at which the central controller will operably control operation of the remote distribution control unit. The method further includes adjusting a polling rate at which the operational data is obtained in response to the operational condition crossing the polling rate threshold. The method yet further includes polling and controlling the remote distribution control unit with the central controller at the adjusted polling rate. |
| US10310459B2 |
Electric loadshape forecasting based on smart meter signals
During operation, the system receives a set of input signals containing electrical usage data from a set of smart meters, wherein each smart meter gathers electrical usage data from a customer of the utility system. Next, the system uses the set of input signals to train an inferential model, which learns correlations among the set of input signals, and uses the inferential model to produce a set of inferential signals, wherein an inferential signal is produced for each input signal in the set of input signals. The system then uses a Fourier-based technique to decompose each inferential signal into deterministic and stochastic components, and uses the deterministic and stochastic components to generate a set of synthesized signals, which are statistically indistinguishable from the inferential signals. Finally, the system projects the set of synthesized signals into the future to produce a forecast for the electricity demand. |
| US10310457B2 |
Runtime modeling approach to updating refinery planning models
A method, apparatus, and computer program product for increasing efficiency in a plant by creating a planning model for said plant comprising a plurality of runtime models stored in a database. Each runtime model corresponds to a reactor in the plant and mimics real world behavior of the reactor by identifying the mathematical relationships of the inputs and outputs of the reactor. Each runtime model further comprises a set of tuning factors, which allows the user to adjust the runtime model to more closely align with the user's desired output or otherwise account for real-life plant activity. By properly creating and utilizing a plurality of runtime models and implementing them into a planning model, a user can increase efficiency of the plant by optimizing product output, forcing the plant to balance materials-in and materials-out, or forcing the plant to stoichiometrically balance elements going in, and coming out of the plant or reactor. |
| US10310455B2 |
Combine harvester control and communication system
A logic system aggregates metrics from a plurality of combine harvesters and controls a communication system to send aggregated metrics back to the combine harvesters and to send both machine performance metrics and aggregate metrics to a remote user computing system, for remote user control. |
| US10310452B2 |
Timepiece comprising a wheel set with a determinable angular position
A timepiece includes a timepiece movement provided with an analog display and at least one wheel rotating integrally with a rotary indicator of the analog display. The wheel includes an electrically conductive plate pierced with at least one aperture. The timepiece also includes a device for detection of a reference angular position of the aperture. The detection device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a common electrode which are planar and arranged in a plane parallel to the wheel. The common electrode is arranged along portions of the first electrode and of the second electrode. The aperture is at least partially above or below: the first electrode in a first position of disequilibrium; the first electrode and the second electrode in a position of equilibrium; and the second electrode in a second position of disequilibrium. |
| US10310450B2 |
Methods and apparatus for full parallax light field display systems
A 3D video processing system with integrated display is described wherein the huge data bandwidth demands on the source-to-display transmission medium is decreased by utilizing innovative 3D light field video data compression at the source along with innovative reconstruction of 3D light field video content from highly compressed 3D video data at the display. The display incorporates parallel processing pipelines integrated with a Quantum Photonics Imager® for efficient data handling and light imaging. |
| US10310447B2 |
Electrophotographic member, process cartridge, and electrophotographic image forming apparatus
Provided is an electrophotographic member which can suppress adhesion of the toner component and fogging even in the case of printing a large number of sheets. The electrophotographic member includes an electroconductive support and an elastic layer and has convex portions composed of the elastic layer on a surface of the electrophotographic member and a filled portion containing a resin at a valley portion between the convex portions, the filled portion has a height lower than heights of the convex portions, and the surface of the electrophotographic member has a specific Martens hardness. |
| US10310442B2 |
Frame for forming image forming apparatus and manufacturing method of the frame
A frame for forming an image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording material includes a first stay, including a supporting portion for supporting the frame relative to an installation surface, for forming a bottom of the frame; a second stay, including a supporting portion for supporting the frame relative to the installation surface, for forming the bottom of the frame; a post to which the first stay and the second stay are secured; and a positioning portion, provided as a part of the post, for positioning the first stay and the second stay with respect to a horizontal plane direction. The first stay and the second stay are fixed to the post by welding. |
| US10310441B2 |
Electrophotographic image forming apparatus, and electricity removing member used in image forming apparatus
In an image forming apparatus, a resistance component of an inner impedance of an electricity removing member is equal to or lower than a value that is obtained by multiplying a calculated resistance value by a first specific value, the calculated resistance value being calculated based on a predetermined formula as a DC resistance value of the electricity removing member that is required to reduce a pre-electricity-removal potential of a photoconductor to a predetermined post-electricity-removal potential during an electricity removal time, the first specific value being calculated based on a ratio of a linear speed of the electricity removing member to a linear speed of the photoconductor, and a resistance component of the contact impedance of the electricity removing member is equal to or lower than a value that is obtained by multiplying the calculated resistance value by a second specific value that is calculated based on the ratio. |
| US10310440B2 |
Image forming apparatus and power supply method
An image forming apparatus having a plurality of functional units includes a power failure detection circuit configured to detect a power failure of an external power supply for the image forming apparatus, a rechargeable battery unit, and a control unit. The control unit switches the power supply source of the image forming apparatus from the external power supply to the rechargeable battery unit, and selects one or more of the functional units to power through the rechargeable battery unit based on a remaining capacity of the rechargeable battery unit, when the power failure of the external power supply is detected. |
| US10310439B2 |
Image forming apparatus, method for controlling the same, and recording medium
An image forming apparatus includes a detection unit that detects a user of the image forming apparatus, a power supply control unit that, when a person approaching the image forming apparatus is detected by the detection unit when the image forming apparatus is in a power saving state where power supply to a function unit included in the image forming apparatus is stopped, activates the function unit while maintaining the display unit in a non-display state, and a display control unit that, when the user of the image forming apparatus instructs the display unit to present display after power is supplied to the function unit by the power supply control unit, changes the display unit to a display state. |
| US10310437B2 |
Drum unit and image forming apparatus
A drum unit includes a photosensitive drum and a heater. The photosensitive drum rotates around a rotation axis extending along a rotation axis direction. The heater is installed inside the photosensitive drum and heats the photosensitive drum. The heater includes a heater substrate and a plurality of resistance elements. The heater substrate extends along the rotation axis direction. The plurality of resistance elements are aligned in the rotation axis direction and are mounted on the heater substrate. |
| US10310435B2 |
Sheet post-processing apparatus
According to an embodiment, a sheet post-processing apparatus according to the embodiment includes a paddle member and a controller. The paddle member rotates around a rotating shaft, presses a plurality of sheets held on a processing tray against a stopper and aligns ends of the sheets in a sheet transport direction. After the ends of the sheets in the sheet transport direction are aligned, the controller further rotates the paddle member, and stops rotation of the paddle member in a state that the paddle member comes in contact with the sheets held on the processing tray. |
| US10310434B1 |
Image forming apparatus
An image forming apparatus includes: photoconductors rotatable and having toner images to be formed on surfaces; a transfer belt on which the toner images formed on the photoconductors are sequentially transferred; and a hardware processor that estimates timing of arrival of end of life of one photoconductor of the photoconductors due to depletion of the surface of the one photoconductor, wherein the hardware processor calculates a depletion amount of the one photoconductor due to a toner, as a first depletion amount, based on a first parameter having a positive correlation with an amount of the toner used for the toner image formed on the surface of another photoconductor that transfers the toner image on the transfer belt before the one photoconductor, and compares the calculated first depletion amount with a predetermined life estimation threshold value to estimate the timing of arrival of end of life of the one photoconductor. |
| US10310431B2 |
Image forming device
An image forming device includes: an image forming section configured to form an image onto a recording medium in which sheets are laminated via an adhesive layer; a detection unit configured to detect an amount of an adhesive adhered beyond both edges of the recording medium in a width direction orthogonal to a transport direction; and a control unit configured to calculate a correction amount for correcting an image formation condition for the image forming section on the basis of a difference in the amount of the adhesive on both edges of the recording medium in the width direction detected by the detection unit. |
| US10310428B2 |
Image forming apparatus and method of controlling the same
An image forming apparatus, including: a photoconductor; an exposing device configured to expose the photoconductor and form an electrostatic latent image on the photoconductor; a developing device including a developing roller configured to form a developer image on the photoconductor; a developer storage storing developer; a supplier configured to supply the developer from the developer storage to the developing device; and a controller configured to execute: a rotating process of rotating the developing roller; a developing process of developing, by the developing device, the electrostatic latent image on the photoconductor; a supplying process of supplying, by the supplier, the developer to the developing device; and a stopping process of stopping rotation of the developing roller after the supplying process has been suspended in a case where the supplying process is being executed. |
| US10310427B2 |
Image forming apparatus that displays guidance video
An image forming apparatus includes a display, a display controller, a cover, a cover sensor, a recording sheet sensor, and a jam solution work progress managing unit. The display controller causes the display to continuously display a guidance video in a process sequence when the recording sheet jam occurs. The guidance video shows a work procedure constituted of a plurality of processes for a solution work for a recording sheet jam. The jam solution work progress managing unit manages a progress of the solution work for the recording sheet jam. When the jam solution work progress managing unit determines that the solution work for the recording sheet jam is not performed while the cover sensor detects closing of the cover, the display controller causes the display to repeatedly display a guidance video showing a work procedure for a first process in the solution work for the recording sheet jam. |
| US10310423B2 |
Heating roller having three heaters of three different heating sections and image forming apparatus using such heating roller
A heating roller includes: a roller cylinder rotatably disposed; a base rotatably disposed in the roller cylinder; first to third heaters, which are mounted on the base and respectively have a first heating section, a second heating section and a third heating section extending respectively in directions substantially parallel to an axial direction of the roller cylinder; and a driving mechanism, which is connected to the base and rotates the base to multiple position states. An image forming apparatus using the heating roller is also disclosed. |
| US10310421B1 |
Fuser assembly having nip reduction force for imaging device
A fuser assembly includes a heated member and backup member forming a fusing nip. A nip loading spring biases into contact the backup member and the heated member. A bellcrank contacts the nip loading spring such that upon opening of an access door of the imaging device, the bellcrank acts on the nip loading spring to reduce a force between the backup member and the heated member but keeping in contact the backup member and the heated member. The bellcrank typifies a wire or other flexible lever. A cam pivots as the access door opens and engages the wire to compress the nip loading spring during use. |
| US10310418B2 |
Separating device
A separating device includes an electrode roller, an electrode member, a liquid developer supplying portion, a carrier liquid collecting portion, a collecting roller and a blade member. When a line passing through a center and a top of the electrode roller with respect to a gravitational direction is 0°, an upstream end portion of a gap between the electrode roller and the electrode member is positioned in a range of 0° or more and less than 180° with respect to an electrode roller rotational direction. When a line passing through a center and a top of the collecting roller with respect to the gravitational direction is 0°, a contact position of the blade member with the collecting roller is in a range of 35° or more in an upstream side of a contact position between the collecting and electrode rollers with respect to a collecting roller rotational direction. |
| US10310415B1 |
System and method for removing pins from a print cartridge
A toner cartridge disassembly machine for at least partially disassembling a toner cartridge. The toner cartridge includes a toner hopper and a waste hopper coupled to the toner hopper via a first pin and a second pin. The first pin is removably coupled within a first connection joint and the second pin is removably coupled within a second connection joint. The disassembly machine includes a base, a docking station supported by the base and capable of receiving the toner cartridge, and a carrier frame movably coupled to the base. The disassembly machine further includes a pin removal arm supported by the carrier frame. The pin removal is movable into a position between the first connection joint and the second connection joint. The pin removal arm includes a first push-out pin configured to interact with the first pin and a second push-out pin configured to interact with the second pin. |
| US10310413B2 |
Developing cartridge including developing roller having developing roller shaft
In a developing cartridge, a first supporting member is attached to a housing and has a first developing supporting portion and a driving-force-receiving-member supporting portion. The first developing supporting portion is configured to rotatably support a first part of a rotational shaft and the driving-force-receiving-member supporting portion is configured to rotatably support a driving-force-receiving member. The second supporting member is attached to the housing and has a second developing supporting portion and a detection-rotational-body supporting portion. The second developing supporting portion is configured to rotatably support a second part of the rotational shaft and the detection-rotational-body supporting portion is configured to rotatably support a detection rotational body. |
| US10310409B2 |
Cartridge with a first and second chamber and image forming apparatus containing the same
According to one embodiment, a cartridge is provided with a case and a transportation member. The case includes a first chamber, a second chamber, and a passage. The first chamber communicates with a discharging port and accommodates a developing agent. The second chamber is positioned distant from the discharging port compared to the first chamber and accommodates a toner. The passage allows the discharging port to communicate with the second chamber. The transportation member transports the toner, which is supplied to the passage from the second chamber, toward the discharging port. |
| US10310408B2 |
Image forming apparatus and method for determining usable period of cleaner used for image forming operations
An image forming apparatus determines the replacement timing of a component of the image forming apparatus and includes: a rotatable body; a cleaner to remove developer adhered to the rotatable body; and a controller determining that a usable period of the cleaner is longer as a charge amount of the developer is smaller. |
| US10310404B2 |
Image forming apparatus
In accordance with an embodiment, an image forming apparatus comprises an image forming section and a specific light source. The image forming section forms an image on an image receiving medium with a specific material which emits visible light through irradiation by specific light. The specific light source emits the specific light to the image receiving medium at a downstream side of the image forming section in a conveyance direction of the image receiving medium. |
| US10310403B2 |
Image forming apparatus
An image forming apparatus has an image carrying member, a charging member, an exposing device, a destaticizer, a high-voltage generation circuit, a current detector, and a controller. The controller is configured to execute a contamination state check mode having a potential saturation step where the surface potential of the image carrying member is saturated by applying a DC voltage alone to the charging member, an exposure step where the image carrying member of which the surface potential is saturated is exposed to light in an exposure pattern extending continuously over its entire area in the main scanning direction while being displaced at a constant rate in the sub-scanning direction by the exposing device, and a current detection step where the charging current that passes while the exposure pattern formed on the surface of the image carrying member passes through the charging member is detected by the current detector. |
| US10310402B2 |
Image forming apparatus and cartridge having charging roller
An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive member having a surface having elastic deformation power of 47% or more, a charging roller forming a nip between itself and the photosensitive member, and an image forming portion. When a nip region corresponding to the nip is formed and then an area of independent contact portions between the charging member and a measuring contact member is measured, the following relationship is satisfied: (contact width X)×(Contact area ratio α)≤0.1, where a length from a position of one end to a position of the other end of the nip region with respect to a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the charging roller is the contact width X, and a ratio of a sum of areas of the independent contact portions to an entire area of a measuring region is the contact area ratio α. |
| US10310390B2 |
Wafer table chuck having a particle recess
An apparatus for a chuck having particle recesses is provided. In some embodiments, the chuck includes a plurality of impressions and a particle recess. The impressions of the plurality of impressions are laterally spaced and extend into the chuck from a top surface of the chuck to a base surface of the chuck. The base surface of the chuck defines bottom surfaces respectively of the impressions and is spaced between the top surface of the chuck and a bottom surface of the chuck. The particle recess extends in to the chuck from the top surface of the chuck to a location spaced between the base surface of the chuck and the bottom surface of the chuck. In particular, the particle recess is configured to underlie a workpiece alignment mark of a workpiece. |
| US10310389B2 |
Method of measuring, device manufacturing method, metrology apparatus, and lithographic system
Methods and apparatuses for measuring a plurality of structures formed on a substrate are disclosed. In one arrangement, a method includes obtaining data from a first measurement process. The first measurement process including individually measuring each of the plurality of structures to measure a first property of the structure. A second measurement process is used to measure a second property of each of the plurality of structures. The second measurement process includes illuminating each structure with radiation having a radiation property that is individually selected for that structure using the measured first property for the structure. |
| US10310385B2 |
Optical system for producing lithographic structures
An optical system for producing lithographic structures is disclosed. Also disclosed is a method for determining relative coordinates of a position of a writing field relative to a position of a preview field in such an optical system, and a method for producing lithographic structures using such an optical system. |
| US10310380B2 |
High-brightness light source
A method for generating high-brightness light sources is provided. The method includes introducing a gaseous material into the target material. The method further includes supplying the target material into a fuel target generator. The method also includes generating targets by forcing the target material with the gaseous material out of the fuel target generator. In addition, the method includes expanding the gaseous material in the targets to transform the targets to target mists. The method also includes focusing a main pulse laser on the target mists to generate plasma emitting high-brightness light. |
| US10310376B2 |
Resist composition, pattern forming process, polymer, and monomer
A polymer comprising recurring units containing a specific lactone ring and having an alkyl group on γ-butyrolactone skeleton of fused ring lactone and an alkyl ester substituent group intervening between the lactone structure and the polymer backbone is provided. A resist composition comprising the polymer as base resin is improved in such properties as DOF margin and MEF and quite effective for precise micropatterning. |
| US10310375B2 |
Photoacid generators and lithographic resists comprising the same
The present invention provides photoacid generators for use in chemically amplified resists and lithographic processes using the same. |
| US10310371B2 |
Method and system for lithography process-window-maximizing optical proximity correction
An efficient OPC method of increasing imaging performance of a lithographic process utilized to image a target design having a plurality of features. The method includes determining a function for generating a simulated image, where the function accounts for process variations associated with the lithographic process; and optimizing target gray level for each evaluation point in each OPC iteration based on this function. In one given embodiment, the function is approximated as a polynomial function of focus and exposure, R(ε,ƒ)=P0+ƒ2·Pb with a threshold of T+Vε for contours, where PO represents image intensity at nominal focus, ƒ represents the defocus value relative to the nominal focus, ε represents the exposure change, V represents the scaling of exposure change, and parameter “Pb” represents second order derivative images. In another given embodiment, the analytical optimal gray level is given for best focus with the assumption that the probability distribution of focus and exposure variation is Gaussian. |
| US10310370B2 |
Image capturing device with high image sensing coverage rate and related image capturing method
An image capturing device with high image sensing coverage rate is applied by a related image capturing method. The image capturing device includes a base, an image sensing unit and an optical lens component. The image sensing unit is disposed on a lateral surface of the base, and has a sensing region. The optical lens component is overlapped with the image sensing unit, and has an imagery circle. A central optical axle of the imagery circle does not align with a central point of the sensing region; wherein the image capturing device captures an image via the optical lens component and the imaging sensing unit. |
| US10310369B2 |
Stereoscopic reproduction system using transparency
The invention relates to a stereoscopic reproduction system without glasses, comprising an image reproduction device using transparency acting as means for illuminating multiple viewers with polarized light, two image capture elements separated from one another, containing polarizing filters that allow each of them to capture two images, one with the reflection of the light in the corneas and the other one eliminating said reflection, processing means for obtaining the pixel-by-pixel subtraction of those two images, the location of each eye in each image being obtained as the geometric center of the reflections in each cornea and the parallax of each eye between the two capture elements. With this data, the processing means generate as many luminous rectangles on a screen which backlights an array of converging lenses, which in turn focuses each of these luminous rectangles on the eye of each viewer after going through an image reproduction screen using transparency in which two images corresponding to the right eye and to the left eye are reproduced in synchronization with illumination of the luminous rectangles corresponding to each eye. |
| US10310366B2 |
Projection optical assembly and projector device
There is provided a projection optical system (1) that projects from a first image plane on a reducing side to a second image plane on an enlargement side, including a first refractive optical system (11) that includes eight lenses (L1) to (L8) and forms a first intermediate image (31) on the enlargement side using light that is incident from the reducing side, a second refractive optical system (12) that includes six lenses (L9) to (L14) and forms the first intermediate image (31) on the reducing side into a second intermediate image (32) on the enlargement side, and a first reflective optical system (20) that includes a first reflective surface (21a) with positive refractive power that is positioned closer to the enlargement side than the second intermediate image (32). |
| US10310364B2 |
Light source device and projection display apparatus
The light source device and the projection display apparatus include a solid-state light source unit, a dichroic mirror, a fluorescent plate, a first wave plate, and a multi-reflection mirror. The solid-state light source unit emits first and second linearly polarized light rays at a predetermined ratio, the first and the second linearly polarized light rays being orthogonal to each other. The dichroic mirror separates the first and the second linearly polarized light rays, and combines blue light with yellow light. The fluorescent plate emits the yellow light to the dichroic mirror when the fluorescent plate is excited by the first linearly polarized light ray separated by the dichroic mirror. The first wave plate converts the second linearly polarized light ray separated by the dichroic mirror, into circularly polarized light. The multi-reflection mirror reflects the circularly polarized light to the dichroic mirror as the blue light. |
| US10310363B2 |
Phosphor device with spectrum of converted light comprising at least a color light
A phosphor device of an illumination system emitting a first waveband light and having an optical path includes a first section and a first phosphor agent. The first phosphor agent is coated on the first section. The first waveband light is received and converted into a second waveband light by the first phosphor agent. The second waveband light is directed to the optical path. The range of the spectrum of the second waveband light includes at least a first color light and a second color light, so that the first color light or the second color light is separated from the second waveband light along the optical path. Therefore, the diversity of the design of the phosphor device is enhanced, the manufacturing cost and the size of product are reduced, and the color purity is enhanced. |
| US10310361B1 |
Personal imaging kiosk and associated use thereof
A personal imaging kiosk includes a portable, free-standing, modular booth including at least one camera configured to capture images of a user seated at the modular booth, and a controller in communication with the at least one camera. Such a controller includes a graphic user interface, and computer software instructions in communication with the graphic user interface and being configured to automatically superimpose a personalized collage of the captured images based on a demonstrative facial reply of the user to media content observed by the user at the modular booth. A facial recognition device is in communication with the controller for capturing the demonstrative facial reply of the user to media content observed by the user at the portable, free-standing, modular booth. |
| US10310360B2 |
Flash tube providing a flat peak synchronized output
Flash tubes for photographic use, in particular, a flash tube is adapted to provide a light output adapted to FP-sync, Flat Peak. The flash tube includes a length of glass tubing enclosing a gas for use in the flash tube, a cathode inside a first end part of glass tubing and an anode inside a second end part of glass tubing. The cathode includes an element that helps to ionize the gas that is wound around the cathode, such that a spark stream starts from the upper part of the cathode and is prevented from spreading down wards on the cathode and changing the arc length during the light output adapted to FP-sync. |
| US10310354B2 |
Electrofluidic support plates and preparation method therefor, and electrofluidic apparatus
Disclosed is an electrofluidic support plate and a method for preparing the same, and an electrofluidic device comprising the support plate. The method comprises the following steps of: providing a substrate which has a surface provided with an electrode layer; arranging a first amorphous fluoropolymer layer on the surface of the substrate, and carrying out hydrophilic modification on a surface of the amorphous fluoropolymer layer; arranging pixel walls on the amorphous fluoropolymer layer after hydrophilic modification; arranging a second amorphous fluoropolymer layer which is a hydrophobic layer; the second amorphous fluoropolymer layer covering all surfaces of the pixel walls and a groove area encircled by the pixel walls; filling the groove area encircled by the pixel walls with a protective material; removing the second amorphous fluoropolymer layer not covered by the protective material and on a top of the pixel walls; and removing the protective material. |
| US10310352B2 |
Electrochromic system containing an insulating protective layer and method for controlling photochromic darkening
An electrochromic system and method for controlling photochromic darkening of an electrochromic device, the system including an EC device, a control unit, a voltage detector, and a power supply. The EC device includes a working electrode, a counter electrode, a solid-state polymer electrolyte disposed therebetween, and an ionically conductive and electrically insulating protective layer disposed between the electrolyte and the working electrode. The control unit is configured to control a sweep voltage applied between the working and counter electrodes, such that the sweep voltage is applied when an open circuit voltage (OCV) between the working and counter electrodes is less than a threshold voltage. |
| US10310349B2 |
Variable light attenuating devices and arrangements
A non-polarizer based variable light attenuating device includes a guest-host solution having a liquid crystal host and a guest dichroic dye disposed between first and second conducting layers provided on first and second transparent substrates. The guest-host solution has a low-haze while the guest dye orientation alters between a low light transmitting orientation and a high light transmitting orientation in response to a first voltage supplied to the first and second conducting layers. In response to a second voltage supplied to the first and second conducting layers, the guest-host solution changes to a focal conic light scattering orientation to achieve a high-haze translucent state. |
| US10310348B2 |
Liquid crystal display device and electronic apparatus having the same
A liquid crystal display device includes: a driver circuit portion; a pixel portion; a signal generation circuit for generating a control signal for driving the driver circuit portion and an image signal which is supplied to the pixel portion; a memory circuit; a comparison circuit for detecting a difference of image signals for a series of frame periods among image signals stored for respective frame periods in the memory circuit; a selection circuit which selects and outputs the image signals for the series of frame periods when the difference is detected in the comparison circuit; and a display control circuit which supplies the control signal and the image signals output from the selection circuit, to the driver circuit portion when the difference is detected in the comparison circuit, and stops supplying the control signal to the driver circuit portion when the difference is not detected in the comparison circuit. |
| US10310339B2 |
Liquid crystal display device and method for manufacturing the same
In a wall electrode liquid crystal display device, planar distribution of the wall structure and the electrode is optimized to improve a yield. A liquid crystal display device includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, each of the pixels having an insulator wall structure formed at a border of pixels, a wall electrode formed at a side surface of the wall structure of the border of the pixels, a source electrode which is continuous with the wall electrode and formed of a planar electrode extending in a planar direction, a first common electrode provided between source electrodes at both sides of the pixel to form a retentive capacitance, and a second common electrode provided between wall electrodes on both sides of the pixel. A slit which becomes a border of the wall electrodes of two adjacent pixels is disposed only on a top of the wall structure. |
| US10310338B2 |
Manufacture method of IPS TFT-LCD array substrate and IPS TFT-LCD array substrate
The present invention provides a manufacture method of an IPS TFT-LCD array substrate and an IPS TFT-LCD array substrate. In the manufacture method of the IPS TFT-LCD array substrate, the common electrode line and the gate are manufactured with the same metal layer, and the pixel electrode and the drain are manufactured with the same metal layer, and the via is formed in the insulation protective layer and the gate isolation layer correspondingly above the common electrode line; in the TFT array substrate, the pixel electrode and the drain are manufactured with the same metal layer, and the common electrode line and the gate are manufactured with the same metal layer, and the common electrode is transparent conductive material and located on the insulation protective layer, and the common electrode contact with the common electrode line through the via in the insulation protective layer and the gate isolation layer. |
| US10310335B2 |
Reducing orders of diffraction patterns
Examples are disclosed relating to reducing orders of diffraction patterns in phase modulating devices. An example phase modulating device includes a phase modulating layer having first and second opposing sides, a common electrode adjacent the first side of the phase modulating layer, a plurality of pixel electrodes adjacent the second side of the phase modulating layer, and blurring material disposed between the phase modulating layer and the pixel electrodes. In the example phase modulating device, the blurring material is configured to smooth phase transitions in the phase modulating layer between localized areas associated with the pixel electrodes, the pixel electrodes have a pixel pitch by which the pixel electrodes are distributed along the phase modulating layer, and the pixel electrodes are separated from one another by an inter-pixel gap, where the ratio of the inter-pixel gap to the pixel pitch is between 0.50 and 1.0. |
| US10310332B2 |
Liquid crystal panel structures containing functionalized graphene layers and methods of preparing functionalized graphene layers
The present application provides a liquid crystal panel structure containing a functionalized graphene layer and a method of preparing a functionalized graphene layer. In the liquid crystal panel structure containing a functionalized graphene layer of the present application, the functionalized graphene layer thereof simultaneously plays effects of transparent conductivity and liquid crystal alignment, an alignment process that subsequently uses an alignment material is not necessary, the fabrication process and film structures of the liquid crystal panel are greatly simplified. The method of preparing the functionalized graphene layer of the present application sufficiently utilizes superiority of transparent conductivity of the graphene, and modifiability of the graphene surface, to endow the graphene with an effect of liquid crystal molecule alignment, the functionalized graphene layer prepared thereby has transparency, conductivity and alignment function. |
| US10310331B2 |
Liquid crystal panel with pixel electrode pattern bent at bend point, and electronic apparatus
A liquid crystal panel includes: first and second substrates arranged to be opposite each other at a predetermined gap; a liquid crystal layer filled between the first and second substrates; alignment films; a counter electrode pattern formed on the first substrate; and a pixel electrode pattern formed on the first substrate so as to have a plurality of electrode branches, the extension direction of which is bent at one bend point provided near an upper pixel portion from the center of a pixel region, and which are connected at the end portion of at least the upper pixel portion or lower pixel portion, wherein the extension direction of a slit formed near the upper pixel portion from the bend point from among slits formed in the pixel electrode pattern crosses the alignment direction of the liquid crystal layer at an angle of 7° or larger. |
| US10310328B2 |
Backlight device and display device equipped with the same
According to one embodiment, a backlight device includes a case, a light guide in the case, a first optical sheet on the light guide, a second optical sheet on the first optical sheet, a first adhesive provided between the case and at least one of the first optical sheet and the second optical sheet, to stick at least one of the optical sheets to the case, and a light source in the case, configured to radiate light to the light guide. |
| US10310327B2 |
Backlight module having brightness enhancement design at periphery of display surface
A backlight module includes a supporting plate, a light source module, and an optical modulation film. The light source module includes a plurality of light sources disposed on a supporting surface of the supporting plate. The optical modulation film is disposed above the light source module and has a plurality of light emitting holes. Light from the light source module is distributed by the optical modulation film and emitted via light emitting holes at different positions. The optical modulation film has a periphery area and a central area. An average perpendicular distance between the periphery area and the supporting surface is different from an average perpendicular distance between the central area and the supporting surface. |
| US10310322B2 |
Image source unit and display device
Provided is an image source unit including a layer including a light transmissive portion and an in-between portion, which can improve the use efficiency of light from a light source and improve the quality of display, including a liquid crystal panel and an optical sheet arranged on a lower polarizing plate side from the liquid crystal panel, wherein: the optical sheet includes a base material layer, an optical functional layer, and an adhesive layer; the optical functional layer includes a plurality of light transmissive portions having one extending direction along a face of the base material layer having a predetermined cross section, arranged in a different direction from the extending direction at predetermined intervals, and a plurality of in-between portions formed in the intervals of the adjacent light transmissive portions; and the lower polarizing plate and the optical sheet are adhered to each other by the adhesive layer. |
| US10310321B2 |
Optical element, manufacturing method of optical element, and optical device
In order to improve a characteristic of an optical element, an optical element (polarizing filter) including a substrate 1S having a wire-grid region 1A and a peripheral region 2A positioned on an outer periphery thereof is made to have the following configuration. A wire-grid in which a plurality of line-shaped wires P10 made of Al and extending in a y direction are arranged at spaces S in an x direction is provided in the wire-grid region 1A of the substrate 1S, and a pattern (repetitive pattern) in which a plurality of protruding portions P20 made of Al are arranged is provided in the peripheral region 2A. This pattern is, for example, a checkerboard pattern. According to the above-mentioned configuration, the plurality of wires P10 can be arranged so that their respective ends are spaced apart from an end of the substrate 1S, so that the wires P10 can be prevented from being deformed and nicked. Also, by the plurality of protruding portions P20 in the peripheral region 2A, it is possible to prevent water from entering the wire-grid region 1A. |
| US10310318B2 |
Display apparatus
A display apparatus includes a first substrate, a first shielding layer, a first optical film, a second substrate, and a display medium. The first shielding layer is located on the first substrate and has a first alignment pattern. The first optical film is located on the first substrate. The first optical film has a second alignment pattern on a side edge of the first optical film. The first alignment pattern and the second alignment pattern are overlapped with each other. The second substrate is located opposite to the first substrate. The display medium is sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate. |
| US10310317B2 |
Light modulation element unit having a light modulating element and image projection apparatus for preventing foreign matters from adhering to light modulation element
A light modulation element unit includes a light modulation element having a light modulator configured to modulate incident light and a cover glass that covers a light incident surface of the light modulator, a light shielding member, disposed along a surface of the cover glass, which has an opening in which light going to the light modulator passes and a light shield configured to shield light that does not pass the opening, and a heat radiation member provided in a direction different from a direction of the cover glass with respect to the light modulation element. The light shielding member has an extension that extends to outside of the cover glass and faces the heat radiation member. A first gap between the extension and the heat radiation member is smaller than a second gap between the light shield and the surface of the cover glass. |
| US10310302B2 |
Screen for a free viewing mode and a restricted viewing mode
A screen for operation in a free viewing mode or a restricted viewing mode, comprising: an image reproduction unit, a plate-shaped transparent light guide in front of the image reproduction unit and luminous means arranged on sides of the light guide. The image reproduction unit is arranged behind the light guide. In the free-viewing mode, the luminous means are switched off, with the result that the light which comes from the image reproduction unit and onto which image information is modulated passes through the light guide substantially without influence. The luminous means are switched on in the restricted-viewing mode. A light emission characteristic is generated either on the basis of scattering particles which are distributed spatially and/or in terms of the concentration in the light guide or on the basis of coupling elements arranged on at least one of the large surfaces of the light guide. |
| US10310301B2 |
Worktable for liquid crystal panel test, and liquid crystal panel test apparatus
The present disclosure provides a worktable for testing a liquid crystal panel. In one embodiment, the worktable for testing the liquid crystal panel includes: a table body, an upper surface of which being formed with a mounting groove in order to form a light-transmittance region; wherein, the table body is further formed with a slot that has an opening in a side surface of the table body and that is configured to mount a lower polarizer therein so that the lower polarizer at least covers the light-transmittance region. The present disclosure also provides a test apparatus including the mentioned worktable. |
| US10310297B2 |
Method for determining an optical equipment comprising at least one optical lens and a spectacle frame
Method for determining optical equipment comprising at least one optical lens and a spectacle frame. Wearer data relating to the wearer's optical requirements, wearer's face morphology and optical equipment position on the wearer face are provided. An optical cost function is provided related to an optical function of the at least one optical lens when worn by said wearer. A light protection cost function is provided related to a spectral irradiance estimation over the wearer eye and/or wearer skin in a peri-orbital zone of the wearer eye under a given condition when said optical equipment is worn by said wearer. The optical equipment that minimizes the difference between a global cost function and a target value of the global cost function is determined, the global cost function being a function of the optical and the light protection cost functions. |
| US10310296B2 |
Eyewear with printed circuit board
In one embodiment, an eyeglass frame includes a lens holder, a first temple with a first end close to the lens holder and a second end, a second temple, an electrical connector and a printed circuit board. The printed circuit board with at least one electrical component can be in the first temple. The connector can be close to the first end of the first temple, facing downward, and electrically connected to the at least one electrical component. In another embodiment, an eyeglass frame includes a first printed circuit board, with at least one electrical component. The first printed circuit board can be connected to an electrical component at the frame via a second printed circuit board. |
| US10310294B2 |
Thinned and flexible semiconductor elements on three dimensional surfaces
Methods to form a device whereon flexible component elements are attached upon three-dimensional surfaces are described. In some aspects, the present invention includes incorporating flexible semiconductor devices onto three-dimensional surfaces with electrical contacts. In some aspects, the formed device may be incorporated in an ophthalmic device. |
| US10310288B1 |
Display alignment using diffraction
In systems and methods for adjusting the position of a headset element (e.g., a display and/or other optical element), coherent light (e.g., a laser beam) is transmitted through a display of a headset to produce a diffraction pattern on a detector, which detects the diffraction pattern. The orientation of the headset element is determined based in part on the detected diffraction pattern. Based on the determined orientation and a target orientation, an adjustment to the orientation of the headset element is determined. The position of the headset element is adjusted based on the determined adjustment. This method may be repeated until the headset element is determined to be correctly oriented. |
| US10310287B2 |
System and method for controlling light by an array of optical resonators
An array of optical resonators comprises at least a first type of optical resonators each having a resonant response to an optical field at a first wavelength, and a second type of optical resonators each having a resonant response to an optical field at a second wavelength, being different from the first wavelength. The resonant responses can be selected to reduce chromatic aberrations, or to shape a profile of a light beam, or to selectively switch a near field beam. |
| US10310285B2 |
Wafer-level liquid-crystal-on-silicon projection assembly, systems and methods
A wafer-level liquid-crystal-on-silicon (LCOS) projection assembly includes a LCOS display for spatially modulating light incident on the LCOS display and a polarizing beam-separating (PBS) layer for directing light to and from the LCOS display. A method for fabricating a LCOS projection system includes disposing a PBS wafer above an active-matrix wafer. The active-matrix wafer includes a plurality of active matrices for addressing liquid crystal display pixels. The method, further includes disposing a lens wafer above the PBS wafer. The lens wafer includes a plurality of lenses. Additionally, a method for fabricating a wafer-level polarizing beam includes bonding a PBS wafer and at least one other wafer to form a stacked wafer. The PBS wafer includes a PBS layer that contains a plurality of PBS film bands. |
| US10310283B2 |
Stereoscopic optics
An adapter system for displaying and recording stereoscopic images from a single lens optic device and methods of producing stereoscopic images using such an adapter are provided herein. The adapter system utilizes an active stereoscopic shutter mounted along the optical path of the single lens optic device, such as, for example, a microscope or an endoscope, to provide a stereoscopic image to a video or still camera mounted along the same optical path. |
| US10310282B2 |
Display device and method for controlling a grating thereof
The present invention provides a display device and a method for controlling a grating thereof, and belongs to the field of display technology, and can overcome the problem in which electrodes of the grating substrate require high fabricating accuracy and are difficult to fabricate due to the arrangement of a pixel array. The display device at least comprises a pixel array and a grating, an odd-numbered row of sub-pixels and a neighboring even-numbered row of sub-pixels are offset in a longitudinal direction by a preset length, a first substrate of the grating comprises a plurality of electrodes, each electrode comprises a plurality of segments which are continuous and are offset in a segment-wise manner by a predefined length from an end to the other end of the electrodes. Since the pixels and the grating are arranged in a corresponding manner, the electrodes of the grating substrate have an increased width, requirements for accuracy of the process for fabricating the electrodes are reduced, and the fabrication difficulty is reduced. By turning on and off the grating, a switch of the display device between 2D and 3D display can be realized. |
| US10310276B2 |
Virtual reality display apparatus
A virtual reality display apparatus includes at least one display and at least one optical assembly. The display is configured to provide an image beam to a user's left eye or right eye. The optical assembly is disposed on a transmission path of the image beam. The optical assembly includes a first Fresnel lens which includes a plurality of ring structures surrounding an optical axis thereof. Each of the ring structures has an effective refraction surface and an optically non-effective surface connected to the effective refraction surface and disposed between the optical axis and the effective refraction surface. An average inclined angle of optically non-effective surfaces in a central area of the first Fresnel lens inclined with respect to the optical axis is smaller than an average inclined angle of optically non-effective surfaces in a peripheral area of the first Fresnel lens inclined with respect to the optical axis. |
| US10310272B1 |
Light source array having plural super luminous or luminescent diode (SLED) arrays
A source assembly for providing light. The source assembly comprises a source element array, and a scanning mirror assembly. The source element array includes a super luminous diode (SLED) array of SLEDs that are configured to emit light. The SLED array is on a single chip. Each SLED in the SLED array may emit light in the same color channel (e.g., green). There may be multiple SLED arrays that each are on respective chips and each are associated with a different color channel (e.g., one is red, one is blue, and one is green). The scanning mirror assembly is configured to scan light emitted from the SLED array (and/or multiple SLED arrays) to an entrance location of an output waveguide (e.g., of a waveguide display) as scanned image light. |
| US10310265B2 |
Device, method, and system of providing extended display with head mounted display
A head mounted display for displaying computer-generated information in conjunction with a physical display of a computer system is provided. The head mounted display includes a generation logic, a see through display, and a presentation unit. The generation logic is used to generate at least one virtual display. The presentation unit is used to present the at least one virtual display on the see-through display. The see-through display is configured to enable a user of the head mounted display to view the at least one virtual display and the physical display in a real-world scene. The at least one virtual display is presented on the see-through display as an additional object in the real-world scene, and the at least one virtual display is used in conjunction with the physical display to present the computer-generated information in an extended desktop from a visual perspective of the user. |
| US10310258B2 |
Multi-layer imaging
For multi-layer imaging, an apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a transparent display having multiple liquid crystal display (LCD) layers. The apparatus includes an image capture module that interfaces with a camera to capture multiple images of a target object. The apparatus includes an image processing module that identifies a bright spot in first and second images, identifies the target object in the first and second images proximate to the bright spot, and modifies at least one of first and second images to diminish the bright spot and to emphasize the target object. The apparatus includes an image display module that interfaces with the transparent display member to display the first image with the first LCD layer and display the second image with the second LCD layer after modifying at least one of the first and second images. |
| US10310254B2 |
Camera module for a motor vehicle
A camera module for a motor vehicle having a camera unit with a camera and a lens, wherein the camera unit is arranged in a housing, and wherein the camera unit is designed to be movable between a passive position, in which the camera unit is arranged at least partially in the housing, and an active position, in which the camera unit serves to visually detect an outer area of a motor vehicle, and with a drive unit which is coupled to the camera unit and is designed to move the camera unit between the passive position and the active position, and with a cleaning device for cleaning the lens of the camera unit with a jet of fluid, wherein the camera module has a deflection element for deflecting the jet of fluid onto the lens. |
| US10310252B1 |
Optical wheel
The instant disclosure provides an optical wheel including a rotary light-transmittable substrate, an optical microstructure layer and an optical coating layer. The rotary light-transmittable substrate has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and rotates around a central axis. The optical microstructure is disposed on the first surface or the second surface. The optical coating layer is disposed on the optical microstructure. At least a laser incident light beam is projected onto the first surface or the second surface of the rotary light-transmittable substrate for forming a laser emission light beam emitted from the second surface. |
| US10310251B1 |
System and method for electrowetting display device with color filtering pixel walls
A system and method for a display device are presented. The display device includes a first support plate. A wall is over the first support plate. The wall is associated with an electrowetting pixel. The wall is configured to allow for the propagation of light having a wavelength within a first range of wavelengths and prevents propagation of light having a second wavelength in a second range of wavelengths. A color filter is positioned over the electrowetting pixel. The color filter allows propagation of light having the wavelength within the first range of wavelengths and preventing propagation of light having the second wavelength within the second range of wavelengths. |
| US10310239B2 |
Imaging lens and optical apparatus
The imaging lens consists of, in order from a magnified side, a first lens having a positive refractive power, a second lens having a positive refractive power, a third lens having a negative refractive power, a fourth lens having a negative refractive power, a fifth lens having a positive refractive power, a sixth lens having a positive refractive power, and a seventh lens having a positive refractive power, and satisfies predetermined Conditional Expressions (1) and (2) relating to Abbe numbers of the second lens to the fifth lens. |
| US10310238B2 |
Magnification optical system
A magnification optical system forms an enlarged image of an object. It includes a refractive optical system including a plurality of lens groups; and a mirror train including a curved mirror, arranged in this order from an object side, a first focus structure configured to move the respective lens groups of the refractive optical system by different amounts along a normal line of a conjugate surface on the object side, and a second focus structure configured to move the respective lens groups along the normal line of the conjugate surface on the object side by different amounts from those of the first focus structure. |
| US10310236B2 |
Photographing optical lens assembly, image capturing unit and electronic device
A photographing optical lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, a sixth lens element and a seventh lens element. The first lens element with refractive power has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. Each second, third, fourth and fifth lens element has refractive power. The sixth lens element with negative refractive power has an object-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof and an image-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof, and both of the surfaces of the sixth lens element are aspheric. The seventh lens element with refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof, wherein the image-side surface has at least one convex shape in an off-axis region thereof. |
| US10310233B1 |
Camera optical lens
The present disclosure relates to optical lens, in particular to a camera optical lens. The camera optical lens includes, in an order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens and a seventh lens. The first lens is made of plastic material, the second lens is made of glass material, the third lens is made of glass material, the fourth lens is made of plastic material, the fifth lens is made of plastic material, the sixth lens is made of plastic material, and the seventh lens is made of plastic material. The camera optical lens satisfies the following conditions: 1≤f1/f≤1.5; 1.7≤n2≤2.2; −2≤f3/f4≤2; 0.5≤(R13+R14)/(R13−R14)≤10; and 1.7≤n3≤2.2. The camera optical lens can obtain high imaging performance and a low TTL (Total Track Length). |
| US10310231B2 |
Camera optical lens
The present disclosure discloses a camera optical lens. The camera optical lens including, in an order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens and a seventh lens. The camera optical lens further satisfies specific conditions. |
| US10310230B2 |
Photographing lens system, image capturing unit and electronic device
A photographing lens system includes five lens elements which are, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element and a fifth lens element. The first lens element has positive refractive power. The third lens element has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. The fourth lens element has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. |
| US10310228B2 |
Optical lens, image capturing device and electronic device
An optical lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element and a sixth lens element. The first lens element with negative refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. The second lens element has refractive power. The third lens element has positive refractive power. The fourth lens element with positive refractive power has an image-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. The fifth lens element with negative refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof and including one convex shape in an off-axis region thereof. The sixth lens element with refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof and including one convex shape in an off-axis region thereof. |
| US10310227B2 |
Image capturing optical system, imaging apparatus and electronic device
An image capturing optical system includes seven lens elements, the seven lens elements being, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, a sixth lens element and a seventh lens element. An image-side surface of the fifth lens element is convex in a paraxial region thereof. An image-side surface of the sixth lens element is concave in a paraxial region thereof. The seventh lens element has negative refractive power. |
| US10310225B2 |
Wide-angle lens
A wide-angle lens includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, a seventh lens and an eighth lens, all of which are arranged in sequence from an object side to an image side along an optical axis. The first lens is a convex-concave lens with negative refractive power and includes a convex surface facing the object side and a concave surface facing the image side. The second lens is a biconcave lens with negative refractive power. The third lens is a biconvex lens with positive refractive power. The fourth lens includes a convex surface facing the object side. The fifth lens is with positive refractive power and includes a convex surface facing the image side. The sixth lens is a biconvex lens with positive refractive power. The seventh lens is a biconcave lens with negative refractive power. The eighth lens is a biconvex lens with positive refractive power. |
| US10310224B2 |
Subminiature optical system and portable device including the same
There are provided a subminiature optical system having a miniature size and capable of obtaining a narrow view angle using only five sheets of lenses, and a portable device having the same. The subminiature optical system includes a first lens convex toward the object side and having positive refractive power a second lens concave toward an image side and having negative refractive power, a third lens convex toward the object side and having positive refractive power, a fourth lens concave toward the image plane and having negative refractive power, and a fifth lens convex toward the image plane and having negative or positive refractive power, sequentially from an object side. |
| US10310222B2 |
Imaging lens system
A compact, wide angle, low F-number lens system that may be used in small form factor cameras is described. The compact lens system has six lens elements, and provides high brightness with a low F-number and a wide field of view (FOV) in small form factor cameras. The shapes, materials, and arrangements of the lens elements in the lens system may be selected to correct aberrations, enabling the camera to capture high resolution, bright, high quality images at low F-numbers with a wide FOV. In addition, the shapes and arrangements of the lens elements in the lens system may reduce or eliminate a flare phenomenon. |
| US10310221B2 |
Optical lens assembly, image capturing apparatus and electronic device
This invention provides an optical lens assembly including, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element with negative refractive power having an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof; a second lens element having positive refractive power; a third lens element having an object-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof; and a fourth lens element having an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof and an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof, the image-side surface thereof having at least one convex shape in an off-axis region thereof; wherein the optical lens assembly has a total of four lens elements. With such configuration, the optical lens assembly is characterized by a reduced size and a wide field of view. |
| US10310220B2 |
Dual-lens module and apparatus having same
A dual-lens module and apparatus having the same is provided in the present disclosure. The dual-lens module, comprising a lens tube with a receiving space and a lens set disposed in the lens tube, wherein the receiving space comprises a first receiving space and a second receiving space which are independent from each other, the lens set comprises a first lens set and a second lens set, the first lens set is installed in the first receiving space, the second lens set is installed in the second receiving space, and the optical axis of the first lens set is parallel to that of the second lens set and the both move synchronously. |
| US10310215B2 |
Lens assembly
A lens assembly includes a fifth lens, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens and a fourth lens, all of which are arranged in sequence from an object side to an image side along an optical axis. The second lens is a biconcave lens. The third lens is a biconvex lens and made of glass material. The fourth lens includes a concave surface facing the object side. |
| US10310213B2 |
Lens control apparatus and control method thereof
One or more lens control apparatuses, methods and storage mediums for use therewith are provided herein. In a third mode where a camera control unit performs control in such a manner as to drive a focus lens at a preset speed, if the camera control unit has determined that a subject is a moving subject, when the camera control unit determines that the subject is in focus, a transition is made to a second mode where a drive speed of the focus lens is variably controlled on a basis of the amount of defocus. |
| US10310203B2 |
Grounding structure of optical fiber cable
A grounding structure of an optical fiber cable that includes a sheath, a plurality of optical fibers housed in the sheath, and a first tension member and a second tension member embedded in the sheath so as to interpose the optical fibers therebetween in a radial direction includes: a conductive member that electrically connects a first extending portion of the first tension member and a second extending portion of the second tension member. The first extending portion and the second extending portion extends from an end portion of the sheath. A length of the second extending portion in a longitudinal direction of the optical fiber cable is greater than a length of the first extending portion in the longitudinal direction. The second extending portion is held by a tension member holding portion and is electrically connected to a grounding circuit. |
| US10310202B2 |
Rollable optical fiber ribbon
An optical ribbon is provided. The optical ribbon includes a plurality of optical transmission elements. The ribbon includes a ribbon body coupled to and supporting the plurality of optical transmission elements. The ribbon body is formed from a flexible polymeric material such that the plurality of optical transmission elements are reversibly movable between an aligned position in which the plurality of optical transmission elements are substantially parallel with each other and a curved position. |
| US10310201B2 |
Back-reflection protection and monitoring in fiber and fiber-delivered lasers
A system includes an optical fiber situated to propagate a laser beam received from a laser source to an output of the optical fiber, a first cladding light stripper optically coupled to the optical fiber and situated to extract at least a portion of forward-propagating cladding light in the optical fiber, and a second cladding light stripper optically coupled to the optical fiber between the first cladding light stripper and the optical fiber output and situated to extract at least a portion of backward-propagating cladding light in the optical fiber. |
| US10310199B2 |
Optical module and transmission equipment
Provided are an optical module and a transmission equipment in which a decrease in yield due to brazing or soldering is suppressed. Provided is an optical module including a semiconductor optical element, a stem, and a wiring substrate. The stem includes one or more lead terminals. The wiring substrate includes one or more openings through which the one or more lead terminals, respectively, pass. The stem has a placing surface on which the wiring substrate is placed, and two protrusion portions that are arranged on both external sides, respectively, of the wiring substrate. The wiring substrate further includes a ground conductor layer being positioned on a rear surface and two ground conductor patterns that are arranged on regions, respectively, that are in the vicinity of the two protrusion portions, of a front surface, and are electrically connected to the ground conductor layer. |
| US10310198B1 |
Apparatus, system, and method for improving heat transfer between heatsinks and optical transducers within telecommunications devices
The disclosed apparatus may include (1) a housing unit that houses an optical transducer within a telecommunications device, (2) a heatsink that is coupled to a movable shaft secured to a joint within the telecommunications device, and (3) a coil spring that (A) is coupled to the movable shaft secured to the joint within the telecommunications device and, when released, (B) applies a force that presses the heatsink against the optical transducer to ensure that the heatsink is thermally coupled to the optical transducer. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed. |
| US10310191B2 |
Connector assembly with cleaning devices
A connector assembly includes a first connector and a second connector mating with the first connector. The first connector defines a first mating face, a first cleaning device disposed in the first mating face and a stiff first mating portion exposed upon the first mating face. The second connector defines a second mating face, a second cleaning device disposed in the second mating face and a stiff second mating portion exposed upon the second mating face. During mating the first connector to the second connector along the mating direction, the first cleaning device wipes the second mating face for wiping away the dirty attached to the second mating portion while the second cleaning device wipes the first mating face for wiping away the dirty attached to the first mating portion until the first and second mating portions mated with each other. |
| US10310185B1 |
TE polarizer based on SOI platform
The present application discloses a Transverse Electric (TE) polarizer. The TE polarizer includes a silicon-on-insulator substrate having a silicon dioxide layer. The TE polarizer further includes a waveguide embedded in the silicon dioxide layer. Additionally, the TE polarizer includes a plate structure embedded in the silicon dioxide layer substantially in parallel to the waveguide with a gap distance. In an embodiment, the plate structure induces an extra transmission loss to a Transverse Magnetic (TM) mode in a light wave traveling through the waveguide. |
| US10310180B2 |
Thermal management for photonic integrated circuits
Embodiments of the invention describe apparatuses, systems, and methods of thermal management for photonic integrated circuits (PICs). Embodiments include a first device and a second device comprising including waveguides, wherein the first and second devices have different thermal operating conditions. A first region is adjacent to a waveguide of the first device, wherein its optical mode is to be substantially confined by the first region, and wherein the first region has a first thermal conductivity to dissipate heat based on the thermal operating condition of the first device. A second region is adjacent to a waveguide of the second device, wherein its optical mode is to be substantially confined by the second region, and wherein the second region has a second thermal conductivity to dissipate heat based on the thermal operating condition of the second device. In some embodiments, thermal cross talk is reduced without significantly affecting optical performance. |
| US10310178B2 |
Arrays of integrated analytical devices and methods for production
Arrays of integrated analytical devices and their methods for production are provided. The arrays are useful in the analysis of highly multiplexed optical reactions in large numbers at high densities, including biochemical reactions, such as nucleic acid sequencing reactions. The integrated devices allow the highly sensitive discrimination of optical signals using features such as spectra, amplitude, and time resolution, or combinations thereof. The arrays and methods of the invention make use of silicon chip fabrication and manufacturing techniques developed for the electronics industry and highly suited for miniaturization and high throughput. |
| US10310175B2 |
Display device
A display device is disclosed. The display device includes: a plurality of side portions, each side portion comprising a transparent display panel; and a light source disposed at a lateral side of the transparent display panel. The display device can be used to display pictures towards a plurality of directions, and can be used to exhibit an article. |
| US10310170B2 |
Display device and television apparatus
A display device comprises a light source, an optical member, a display panel, and a frame. The frame supports the display panel. The frame has a first protruding portion that contacts with an area of a rear facing surface of the optical member within a predetermined distance from a center portion of the optical member. The first protruding portion has an overall rectangular shape with a step part at at least one corner of the overall rectangular shape. |
| US10310167B2 |
Illumination structure for uniform illumination of keys
Described is an illumination structure for a key of a keyboard. The illumination structure is used to uniformly illuminate the key and any glyphs that are present on the key. The illumination structure includes a light guide having various features that increase total internal reflection and also illuminate the glyphs of the key. |
| US10310161B2 |
Planar illumination device
A planar illumination device according to an embodiment includes: a light source; a light guide plate including a light incident side surface on which the light source is arranged; a housing that includes side walls surrounding outer circumferential surfaces of the light source and the light guide plate; a first light blocking sheet that is adhered to an outer side surface and a top end surface of a side wall opposed to the light source among the side walls and that covers the top end surface, a top surface of the light source, and part of a top surface of the light guide plate; and a second light blocking sheet that is adhered to top end surfaces of the side walls other than the side wall to which the first light blocking sheet is adhered and that covers at least the top end surfaces. The first light blocking sheet includes a first light blocking layer that extends from the outer side surface of the side wall to which the first light blocking layer is adhered toward a side wall opposed to the side wall to which the first light blocking layer is adhered; and a second light blocking layer that extends from part of a top surface of the first light blocking layer toward a side wall opposed to the side wall on which the first light blocking layer is adhered. |
| US10310160B2 |
Luminaire utilizing waveguide
An optical waveguide comprising orthogonal x- and y-dimensions and developing an illumination distribution pattern comprising orthogonal x- and y-extents, comprising at least one coupling feature for directing light into the waveguide, at least one light redirection feature for redirecting light in an x-y plane within the waveguide, and at least one light extraction feature for extracting light out of the waveguide in an illumination pattern comprising at least one of the x- and y-extents that is offset with respect to the x- and y-dimensions, respectively. Additionally, the optical waveguide comprises optical features on at least first, second, and third sides thereof. |
| US10310152B2 |
Optical effect structures
An optical coating structure is provided that when applied to a surface of an object to imparts a color to the object, the optical coating structure comprising: a base layer; a reflector on the base layer; and profile elements on the base layer under the reflector, the profile elements having a width and length which are each in the range of 5 to 500 μm in size, and being arranged in non-periodic manner or a periodic manner. The reflector may be a multilayer structure of alternating dielectric materials. A method of forming the optical coating structure is also provided. |
| US10310148B2 |
Systems and methods of aberration correction in optical systems
Described herein is a diffraction grating (1) for use in an optical system. The diffraction grating includes a substrate (2) and an array of elongate diffracting elements (3) arranged in a grating profile across the substrate. The grating profile imparts a predefined phase change to optical beams to at least partially correct the beams for optical aberrations present in the optical system. |
| US10310142B2 |
Optical device
There is provided an optical device including a display device, and a transparent substrate that is disposed on a side of a display surface of the display device. When the transparent substrate is evaluated by using a three index values of a resolution index value T, a reflection image diffusiveness index value R, and a sparkle index value S, the following conditions are satisfied: the resolution index value T≤0.2, the reflection image diffusiveness index value R≥0.2, and the sparkle index value S≤60. |
| US10310139B2 |
Anisotropic geometry-adaptive refinement for reservoir mesh creation
A system and method inserts fracture networks into an existing Earth Model that exists as a structured grid and physical property values. The fracture network is in the form of a surface mesh (manifold or non-manifold) in a three-dimensional (“3D”) space. The structured grid of the Earth Model is then anisotropically refined to resolve the fractures and to provide appropriate cell grading in the near-fracture region. The generated Earth Model may be utilized in a variety of applications, including for example, a reservoir simulation. |
| US10310137B1 |
Systems and methods for building axes, co-axes and paleo-geographic coordinates related to a stratified geological volume
A method and system for modeling a subsurface structure at a time when the structure was originally formed. A first model having non-planar horizons representing a current subsurface structure may be used to calculate a vector field based on the non-planar geometry of the horizons of the model. The vector field may be non-uniform or uniform. Geographic coordinates of the first model may be transformed to paleo-geographic coordinates of a model representing the subsurface structure in the past, where the non-planar horizons in the first model are transformed to planar horizons in the second model. A set of points describing one or more fractures in the subsurface structure may be used to calculate a tuning parameter to correct a first set of paleo-geographic coordinates. A second set of coordinates representing an improved prediction at a time period when the subsurface structure was originally formed may be generated. |
| US10310131B2 |
Surface nuclear magnetic resonance system excited by geoelectric field for groundwater detection and field detection method
Provided are a surface nuclear magnetic resonance system excited by a geoelectric field and a field working method for groundwater detection. A computer is connected to a synchronization module via a transmitter. The transmitter is connected to a first electrode and a second electrode via a transmission line. Receiving coils are symmetrically arranged on two sides of the transmission line. Each of the receivers is mounted with two receiving coils. The computer is connected to a fourth receiver via a first receiver, a second receiver, a third receiver, a sixth receiver and a fifth receiver, and the synchronization module is connected to the first receiver, the second receiver, the third receiver, the fourth receiver, the fifth receiver and the sixth receiver. |
| US10310128B1 |
Electrical submersible pump monitoring and failure prediction
Current supplied to electrical submersible pumps in wells is monitored, and signal processing based on wavelet analysis and phase diagram analysis is performed on the data obtained from monitoring. An incipient malfunction of the electrical submersible pump, such as one due to scale build-up in and around the pump, can be detected at an early stage. |
| US10310127B2 |
System and method of detecting well integrity failure
Embodiments of a method for detecting well integrity failure are disclosed herein. In general, embodiments of the method utilize seismic signals for detection. In particular, embodiments of the method may use recording of passive or active seismic signals. Further details and advantages of various embodiments of the method are described in more detail in the application. |
| US10310126B2 |
System and method for sea bed surveying
A sea bed survey system being configured to be towed by a towing body (12) is provided. The system comprises at least one sensor carrier (100) having a plurality of sensors (128) disposed along its length, and at least one deflector (110) for controlling the lateral extension and the vertical position of said sensor carrier (100), wherein the lateral extension exceeds 25% of the length of sensor carrier, and the vertical height above the sea bed is less than the lateral extension of said sensor carrier. |
| US10310125B2 |
System and method for refining positions of marine seismic receivers
Seismic survey system and method for adjusting positions of plural autonomous receiver nodes (ARNs) of a seismic survey system. The method includes calculating first travel-times of direct arrivals of seismic waves, based on (i) offsets between shooting positions of seismic sources and recording positions of the plural ARNs, and (ii) a speed of the seismic waves in water; estimating second travel-times of the direct arrivals, based on seismic data recorded by the plural ARNs; estimating, in a computing device, positioning errors of one or more of the plural ARNs by applying an inversion algorithm to a misfit between the first and second travel-times; and adjusting the recording positions of the one or more ARNs with the positioning errors. |
| US10310124B1 |
Floating vessel based system for generating a multidimensional seismic data set for a target area
A floating vessel based system generates a multidimensional seismic data set for a target area. The floating vessel based system includes a seismic source proximate to a floating vessel, providing a plurality of seismic energy pulses through water to the target area forming a plurality of reflected seismic energy pulses, a non-stationary seismic node configured for being towed from the floating vessel using at least one rope through the water, a non-stationary seismic node, and a second processor with second data storage on the floating vessel. The second data storage instructs the second processor to receive, each digital data series, combines the digital data series for all non-stationary seismic nodes utilized, and automatically generates multidimensional seismic data set for the target area. |
| US10310123B2 |
Seismic reflection full waveform inversion for reflected seismic data
A system and method are described herein for generating a velocity model of returned seismic signals for under-ocean floor environments. The system and method generate a series of source signals, receive a corresponding set of direct signals, reflected signals, and refracted signals, solve a velocity model equation using a full waveform inversion function with respect to the received set of direct signals, reflected signals and refracted signals to minimize a least square misfit function by relaxing a dependency on low frequency reflections in the full waveform inversion function. The system and method then generate the velocity model based on the solution to the velocity model equation, and display the velocity model. |
| US10310119B2 |
Method and apparatus for seismic noise reduction
Methods, apparatuses, and systems are disclosed that reduce seismic noise. In one embodiment, a method of processing seismic data includes accessing seismic data representative of a plurality of seismic input traces acquired by one or more seismic sensors. The method also includes stacking the plurality of seismic input traces into a stacked trace. The method also includes generating, utilizing at least one processor unit, a function of similarity between at least two of the plurality of seismic input traces. The method also includes scaling at least one of the seismic input traces or the stacked trace with the function of similarity. |
| US10310117B2 |
Efficient seismic attribute gather generation with data synthesis and expectation method
A method for generating seismic attribute gathers, the method including: computing, with a computer, seismic images with a field dataset; generating, with a computer, synthetic data corresponding to the seismic images; computing, with a computer, an attribute volume by applying an expectation method to the synthetic data; mapping, with a computer, the attribute volume to the seismic images; and generating, with a computer, seismic attribute gathers by stacking the seismic images mapped to the attribute volume. |
| US10310115B2 |
Prediction and subtraction of multiple diffractions
Prediction and subtraction of multiple diffractions may include transforming previously acquired seismic data from a time-space domain to a transformed domain using a dictionary of compressive basis functions and separating, within the transformed previously acquired seismic data, a first portion and a second portion of the transformed previously acquired seismic data. Prediction and subtraction of multiple diffractions may also include predicting a plurality of multiple diffractions based on the separated first and second portions and adaptively subtracting the predicted multiple diffractions from the previously acquired seismic data. Prediction and subtraction of multiple diffractions may also include inverse transforming a particular seismic data set from the transformed domain to the time-space domain. |
| US10310113B2 |
Q-compensated full wavefield inversion
A method, including: obtaining a velocity model generated by an acoustic full wavefield inversion process; generating, with a computer, a variable Q model by applying pseudo-Q migration on processed seismic data of a subsurface region, wherein the velocity model is used as a guided constraint in the pseudo-Q migration; and generating, with a computer, a final subsurface velocity model that recovers amplitude attenuation caused by gas anomalies in the subsurface region by performing a visco-acoustic full wavefield inversion process, wherein the variable Q model is fixed in the visco-acoustic full wavefield inversion process. |
| US10310108B2 |
Bow-shaped spring for marine vibrator
A spring member for marine vibrators. At least some illustrative embodiments are bow-shaped spring members including an outer surface, an inner surface; the outer and inner surfaces defining a thickness of the bow-shaped spring member. The bow-shaped spring member further includes first and second hinge members disposed on opposite ends of the bow-shaped spring member; a length defined between the first hinge member and the second hinge member; and a width defined along the first hinge member, the width in a range of from 50% to 150% of the length. The bow-shaped spring member also comprises a contour on the outer surface defined by a perpendicular section through the outer surface along the length, the contour including a medial portion having a curvature with a first algebraic sign; first and second peripheral portions abutting respective first and second hinge members, the first and second peripheral portions having a curvature with the first algebraic sign; and first and second intermediate portions disposed between respective first and second peripheral portions and the medial portion, the first and second intermediate portions having a curvature with a second algebraic sign opposite the first algebraic sign. |
| US10310107B1 |
Calibration and measurement method and system for piping radioactivity contamination
A calibration and measurement system for measuring a radioactive specific activity of an analyte pipe includes a calibration pipe, a standard radiation source, a radiation detector, a robot connected and a processing unit. The diameter of the inner wall of the calibration pipe is the same as the analyte pipe. The standard radiation source is surfaced over the inner wall of the calibration pipe and with a standard radioactive activity of a radioactive nuclide. The radiation detector is with a detection efficiency for detecting radiation. The radiation detector is for measuring the standard radioactive activity of the radioactive nuclide and a calibration net count rate thereof or measuring a radiation net count rate of the analyte pipe. The robot is connected with the radiation detector and moves in the calibration pipe or the analyte pipe. The processing unit calculates the detection efficiency and the radioactive specific activity. |
| US10310106B2 |
Dual/multiple-energy x-ray sensor with separation between pixels and active circuitry
A dual/multi-energy x-ray image sensor with stacked two-dimensional pixel arrays. Each pixel in one pixel array has a corresponding “overlaid” pixel in the other pixel array. The pixel arrays are stacked parallel and aligned so that they are nominally normal to the x-ray path, and so that a straight path taken by an x-ray photon from the x-ray source to a pixel in one pixel array will also nominally intersect the corresponding pixel in the other pixel array(s). The energy image sensor provides an x-ray scanning detector system, which has increased signal levels and signal-to-noise ratios over dual- or multi-energy detectors using linear diode arrays, specifically when the pixel arrays are TDI pixel arrays that offer higher sensitivities in high-speed line-scan applications. Signal processing circuitry is placed on a periphery of the pixel arrays and shielded. Dual-to-multiple energy applications can be accomplished by increasing the number of stacked pixel arrays. |
| US10310105B2 |
Radiation image capturing apparatus and radiation image capturing system
A radiation image capturing apparatus includes a plurality of radiation detecting elements; a switch element; a scanning line; a signal line; a bias line; a hardware processor; and a reader which reads image data based on detection of irradiation, the image data based on an amount of charge accumulated in the plurality of radiation detecting elements. The hardware processor samples a signal a plurality of times, the signal based on a current of at least one of the currents flowing in the signal line, the bias line, the scanning line, and the detector line within a predetermined term and the hardware processor obtains a digital signal. The hardware processor calculates the obtained digital signal. The hardware processor determines whether the radiation image capturing apparatus is under a disturbance environment based on a result of calculation. |
| US10310103B2 |
Method for improving the energy resolution of gamma ray scintillation detectors; associated system, component and applications
The invention concerns a method for improving the energy resolution of a gamma ray detector comprising a monolithic scintillator and a photodetector segmented during a scintillation event characterized by the following steps:—detecting the time of arrival of the first photons on said photodetector;—counting, during a period T, which is between 2 and 6 times a transfer time (Te), the number and location of the first detected non-scattered photons;—determining the diameter and the position of a disk defined by a set of first non-scattered photons;—determining the position (X, Y) of a scintillation event from the location of said first detected non-scattered photons;—counting the number of the first detected non-scattered photons inside said disk during a period Td greater than a decay time (T) of the scintillator;—defining the energy of a gamma photon, said energy being proportional to the number of non-scattered photons counted inside the disc. The invention also concerns the associated detection system, the microelectronic component and a scintillator crystal treated for use in a PET application, and the use of the detection system according to the invention in PET and SPECT imagers. |
| US10310102B2 |
Gamma-ray detector
A gamma-ray detector for determining the direction to a source of gamma-rays is described. The detector comprises a first scintillation body coupled to a first photodetector and a second scintillation body coupled to a second photodetector, wherein the first scintillation body and the second scintillation body are arranged to be co-axial with a pointing axis of the detector. The detector further comprises a processing circuit arranged to receive output signals associated with the first and second photodetectors for a plurality of different orientations of the pointing axis of the detector relative to a reference direction. The processing circuit is further operable to determine a direction to the source of gamma-rays relative to the reference direction based on output signals associated with the first and second photodetectors for the plurality of different orientations of the pointing axis of the detector relative to the reference direction. |
| US10310101B2 |
Switching frequency extended range Geiger detection system and method
A Geiger-Mueller charge particle rate measurement system includes a clock management unit in combination with multiple oscillators and rate feedback controller to allow for reactive switching between the different oscillator frequencies to optimize system use. Controlling the clock management unit to send the appropriate frequency (clock signal) to the timers in response to measured rate date from the rate feedback controller facilitates operation at different clock speeds, which helps reduce power consumption when operated at lower speeds. |
| US10310100B2 |
Radiation detector
Alpha particle detecting devices are disclosed that have a chamber that can hold a fluid in a tensioned metastable state. The chamber is tuned with a suitable fluid and tension such that alpha emitting materials such as radon and one or more of its decay products can be detected. The devices can be portable and can be placed in areas, such as rooms in dwellings or laboratories and used to measure radon in these areas, in situ and in real time. The disclosed detectors can detect radon at and below 4 pCi/L in air; also, at and below 4,000 pCi/L or 300 pCi/L in water. When the fluid is tensioned the presence of radon can be determined by the formation of bubbles which give off detectable signals including a shock wave, light-beam cutoff, or a light burst, any of which can be measured to derive information on radon and progeny radioactivity levels in air or water. |
| US10310091B2 |
GPS-based time stamp system
A system and method for providing time stamps protected from GPS timing signal attacks. A GPS receiver receives a GPS time data, and a local clock provides local time data. A controller initiates the local clock with the GPS time data. It continuously monitors the GPS time data by calculating any difference error between current GPS time data and local time data, and determining whether the error exceeds a threshold value. If the error does not exceed the threshold value, the GPS time data is used to discipline the local clock data and the disciplined output is used for the time stamp. If the error exceeds the threshold value, the local time data is used for the time stamp. |
| US10310090B2 |
Determining device location using multiple sources of location data
Systems, methods, and machine-readable media for determining a location of a mobile device from different sources of location data is provided. The system may be configured to store current location data of a mobile device, the current location data associated with a first source of location data. The system may also be configured to obtain location data from a second source of location data, determine whether a first accuracy indicator of the current location data overlaps with a second accuracy indicator of the obtained location data from the second source, and update the current location data of the mobile device with the obtained location data from the second source if the first accuracy indicator of the current location data does not overlap with the second accuracy indicator of the obtained location data. |
| US10310088B2 |
Dynamic illumination allocation in highway driving
A LIDAR system for use with a roadway vehicle traveling on a highway may include at least one processor configured to control at least one light source in a manner enabling light flux of light from at least one light source to vary over a scanning cycle of a field of view. The processor may also be configured to control at least one deflector to deflect light from the at least one light source in order to scan the field of view. The processor may also be configured to coordinate the control of the at least one light source with the control of the at least one light deflector such that during scanning of the field of view that encompasses a central region, a right peripheral region, and a left peripheral region, more light is directed to the central region than to the peripheral regions. |
| US10310087B2 |
Range-view LIDAR-based object detection
Systems and methods for detecting and classifying objects that are proximate to an autonomous vehicle can include receiving, by one or more computing devices, LIDAR data from one or more LIDAR sensors configured to transmit ranging signals relative to an autonomous vehicle, generating, by the one or more computing devices, a data matrix comprising a plurality of data channels based at least in part on the LIDAR data, and inputting the data matrix to a machine-learned model. A class prediction for each of one or more different portions of the data matrix and/or a properties estimation associated with each class prediction generated for the data matrix can be received as an output of the machine-learned model. One or more object segments can be generated based at least in part on the class predictions and properties estimations. The one or more object segments can be provided to an object classification and tracking application. |
| US10310086B2 |
Method and device for local stabilization of a radiation spot on a remote target object
A method for local stabilization of a radiation spot on a remote target object, where the radiation spot is formed by a high energy laser beam that is aimed at the target object by a high energy radiation emitter, the includes illuminating the target object is illuminated by an illumination beam that is aimed at the target object by an illumination device. The method also includes receiving, by an image acquisition device, radiation reflected by the target object that is illuminated by the illumination beam, where the radiation reflected by the target object to the image acquisition device passes through the same optical path as the high energy laser beam. An image processing is performed by analyzing and comparing an image of the illuminated target object or part of the illuminated target object acquired by the image acquisition device to at least one image of the illuminated target object or part of the illuminated target object produced at a prior point in time or to an image stored in an object database. And a correction signal is determined, based on the comparison, with which an optical correction device arranged in the optical path passed through by both the high energy laser beam and the reflected radiation is actuated. |
| US10310083B2 |
Method for detecting target echoes in a received signal of an ultrasonic sensor of a motor vehicle, ultrasonic sensor device, and motor vehicle
The invention relates to a method for detecting target echoes (11) in a reception signal (ES) of an ultrasonic sensor of a motor vehicle by providing a reference signal (RS) for decoding the reception signal (ES), wherein with respect to a multiplicity of predetermined frequency shift values in each case a correlation input signal (RS) is provided by shifting the reference signal (RS) in terms of its frequency by the respective frequency shift value; correlating the reception signal (ES) separately with each of the correlation input signals (RS) and thereby providing respective correlation output signals (KS1 to KS7), as the result of the respective correlation; and by providing a summation signal (SS) as the sum of the correlation output signals (KS1 to KS7), wherein on the basis of the summation signal (SS) one of the correlation output signals (KS1 to KS7) is selected and detecting the target echoes (11) is carried out by evaluating the selected correlation output signal (KS1 to KS7). |
| US10310082B2 |
Acoustic spatial diagnostics for smart home management
A wireless transceiver including: at least one antenna; a plurality of transmit and receive path components; an array of microphones; an acoustic spatial diagnostic circuit and a rule execution circuit. The plurality of components form transmit and receive paths coupled to the at least one antenna. The acoustic spatial diagnostic circuit couples to the array of microphones to successively sample an acoustic environment surrounding the wireless transceiver and to determine from each set of acoustic samples an acoustic spatial map of at least humans within the surrounding environment. The rule execution circuit couples to the spatial diagnostic circuit to execute an action proscribed by a selected rule when a related portion of the acoustic spatial map sampled by the spatial diagnostic circuit exhibits a correlation above a threshold amount with a spatial context condition associated with the selected rule. |
| US10310081B2 |
System and method for ultrasound distance detection
A system for using ultrasound to detect distance on mobile platform and methods for making and using same. The system includes an ultrasound transceiver that can transmit and/or receive ultrasound waves and determine distance from an object of interest using a time-of-flight of the ultrasound wave. The system is adapted to reduce noise by using a dynamic model of the mobile platform to set constraints on the possible location of a received ultrasound echo. A linear, constant-speed dynamic model can be used to set constraints. The system can further reduce noise by packetizing a received ultrasound waveform and filtering out noise according to height and width of the packets. The system likewise can remove dead zones in the ultrasound transceiver by subtracting an aftershock waveform from the received waveform. The systems and methods are suitable for ultrasound distance detection on any type of mobile platform, including unmanned aerial vehicles. |
| US10310077B2 |
System for use in a vehicle
A system for use in a vehicle determining the type of terrain ahead of the vehicle, the system comprising; a processor configured to receive sensor output data from a plurality of vehicle-mounted sensors, including at least one radar sensor and at least one acoustic sensor, each for receiving a reflected signal from the terrain ahead of the vehicle; and a data memory configured to store pre-determined data relating sensor output data, for the or each acoustic sensor and the or each radar sensor, to a terrain type; wherein the processor is configured to compare the sensor output data with the pre-determined data to determine an indication of the terrain type corresponding to the sensor output data. |
| US10310075B2 |
Synthetic aperture radar data compression and transmission
The present disclosure generally relates to techniques for processing complex-valued array data representing an image. The techniques may include obtaining an electronic representation of an array of complex numbers representing an image, converting the array of complex numbers to an array of scaled coordinate pair values in a magnitude-phase plane, replacing each coordinate pair value with data representing a respective nearest node in a quantized magnitude-phase plane, such that an array of scaled quantized coordinate value pairs is produced, arranging into a sequence of bit values ordered according to decreasing bit significance, from most-significant bit values to least-significant bit values, the scaled quantized coordinate value pairs, and transmitting the sequence of bit values to a receiver, such that the receiver rearranges and rescales the sequence of bit values and obtains the image represented by the array of complex numbers. |
| US10310071B1 |
Standoff geophysical anomaly detection system and method
A system and method for measuring the complex resistivity of a ground section. One embodiment utilizes stand-off capacity-coupled resistivity (CCR) sensing to inject current into the ground at a frequency within the range of 1 Khz to 1 MHz. A sensor detects the voltage which is used to determine the complex resistively of the ground and, thus, ground content. The system and method permits surveys to be conducted at speeds of 10-20 mph or more. Alternatively, current is injected into the ground along a plasma channel that is enabled with a high energy laser. Alternatively, an alpha particle generator may be used to inject the current. Multiple frequencies may be used within the range of 1 KHz to 1 MHz to produce an impedivity spectroscopy to thereby determine and/or display a map of ground content. |
| US10310066B1 |
Indirect passive radar detection method and system
An indirect passive radar method and system utilizing information obtained from a non-direct source and reflected signals from an object to be identified to determine information associated with the object to be identified, such as speed, location, shaped, distance and so forth. |
| US10310065B2 |
Radar device, signal processing device for radar device, and signal processing method
There is provided a radar device. A Fourier transform unit decomposes each of respective beat signals into a plurality of frequency components. A bearing computing unit specifies arrival angles of reflected-wave signals based on peak frequency components included in the plurality of frequency components, and calculates the signal intensities of arrival angle components of the reflected waves with respect to a plurality of neighborhood frequency components of the peak frequency components when the plurality of arrival angles of the reflected-wave signals are specified. A calculating unit selects one frequency component having the highest signal intensity from among the plurality of neighborhood frequency components, with respect to each of the arrival angles specified at a plurality of frequencies, and computes a distance between the radar device and a target on the basis of the one frequency component selected with respect to each of the arrival angles. |
| US10310057B2 |
Distance meter telescope
A distance meter telescope having a telescope lens, a laser receiver, a display unit, a laser emission module, a beam splitter assembly and an eyepiece; the laser receiver receives a laser beam emitted from the laser emission module; the beam splitter assembly has a roof prism, a prism separation board, a first semi-penta prism and a second semi-penta prism; the roof prism has a light input surface, a roof surface, and an output surface; the first semi-penta prism has a first entering and reflective surface for output light, a first input and output surface and a first gluing surface; the second semi-penta prism has a second entering and reflective surface for output light, a second input and output surface and a second gluing surface. The beam splitter assembly makes the light beam passing through the telescope lens, the laser light beam received by the laser receiver and the light beam from the display unit coaxial. Accordingly, product size can be reduced and the prisms can be shared. |
| US10310054B2 |
Relative object localization process for local positioning system
Systems and methods for performing relative object localization using a local positioning system. The process in accordance with one embodiment solves the problem of determining the location (i.e., the position and orientation) of an object relative to a previous location of the object, or relative to another object, without the need for known 3-D data point positions in the environment. The process in accordance with another embodiment solves the problem of determining the location of the measurement instrument relative to a previous location of the measurement instrument using visible feature points on a target object as a reference, again without the need for known 3-D data point positions. The process in accordance with a further embodiment is capable of determining the locations of multiple objects relative to each other. |
| US10310052B2 |
Method, apparatus, and computer program product for real time location system referencing in physically and radio frequency challenged environments
Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media are disclosed for improving, in some examples, reference in a location system. In one embodiment, a method is provided comprising: receiving reference tag blink data from a plurality of receivers; calculating, using a processor, a reference phase offset between the plurality of receivers; and generating a suspended reference phase offset table, wherein a suspended reference phase offset table is generated by causing the reference phase offset to be stored in a memory for later tag location calculations. |
| US10310050B2 |
Method and apparatus for calculating offset of wheatstone bridge type sensor
A method and an apparatus for calculating an offset of a Wheatstone bridge type sensor are described. The offset calculation method includes measuring resistances between nodes of a Wheatstone bridge type sensor, calculating an offset of the sensor using the measured resistances and providing information on the calculated offset. Accordingly, the offset of the Wheatstone bridge type sensor can be rapidly and easily calculated independently from the size of a bias current, and ultimately. Furthermore, time required to measure can be reduced and thus a sensor fabrication cost can be reduced, and also, mass production can be enhanced. |
| US10310047B2 |
Systems and methods for free-breathing cine DENSE MRI using self-navigation
Some aspects of the present disclosure relate to systems and methods for free-breathing cine DENSE MRI using self-navigation. In one embodiment, a method includes acquiring magnetic resonance data for an area of interest of a subject, wherein the acquiring comprises performing sampling with phase-cycled, cine displacement encoding with stimulated echoes (DENSE) during free-breathing of the subject; identifying, from the acquired magnetic resonance data, a plurality of phase-cycling data pairs corresponding to matched respiratory phases of the free-breathing of the subject; reconstructing, from the plurality of phase-cycling data pairs, a plurality of intermediate self-navigation images; performing motion correction by estimating, from the plurality of intermediate self-navigation images, the respiratory position associated with the plurality of phase-cycling data pairs; and reconstructing a plurality of motion-corrected cine DENSE images of the area of interest of the subject. |
| US10310046B2 |
MRI apparatus with correction of envelope of RF pulse
According to one embodiment, an MRI apparatus includes an amplifier and processing circuitry. The amplifier amplifies an RF pulse and outputs the amplified RF pulse to an RF coil. The processing circuitry performs correction processing on an envelope of an RF pulse to be inputted to the amplifier so as to compensate nonlinear input-output characteristics of the amplifier. As to this correction processing, the processing circuitry selects a correction information item out of a plurality of correction information items prepared for a corresponding plurality of imaging conditions and performs the correction processing by using the selected information item. |
| US10310045B2 |
Method and apparatus for allocating acquired magnetic resonance data to respective movement states of the subject
In a method and apparatus for allocating MR imaging signals from a person under examination to N different movement states that occur in the person under examination. MR signals are acquired for the creation of MR images that represent at least one region of the person under examination. A number of MR navigator data sets of the person under examination also are acquired. A cluster analysis is applied to the MR navigator data sets in order to identify similarities in the MR navigator data sets. Similar navigator data sets are allocated to a movement state of the person under examination, the multiple navigator data sets all being allocated respectively to one movement state of the N movement states. The MR imaging signals acquired thus can be allocated to the N movement states. |
| US10310044B2 |
Method of characterizing molecular diffusion within a body from a set of diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance signals and apparatus for carrying out such a method
A computer-implemented method of characterizing molecular diffusion within a body from a set of diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance signals by computing a weighted average of a plurality of multi-compartment diffusion models comprises a same number of compartments, fitted to a set of diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance signals, the weighted average being computed using weights representative of a performance criterion of each of the models; wherein each of the multi-compartment diffusion models comprises a different number of subsets of compartments, the compartments of a same subset being identical to each other. |
| US10310043B2 |
Method and apparatus for the correction of magnetic resonance scan data
In a method and magnetic resonance (MR) apparatus for correcting MR scan data, an MR scanner is operated to acquire first and second correction data sets respectively from first and second sub-volumes of a correction volume, by successive executions of an echo planar imaging sequence. The MR scanner is also operated to acquire third and fourth correction data sets respectively from third and fourth correction sub-volumes, also by successive executions of the echo planar imaging sequence. A first item of correction information is ascertained from the first and second correction data sets, and a second item of correction information is ascertained from the third and fourth correction data sets. The first and second items of correction information are then used to correct scan data, also acquired with the MR scanner. |
| US10310041B2 |
Method and magnetic resonance apparatus for automatic assignment of a spin species to a combination image
In a method and apparatus for the automatic assignment of at least one combination image of an examination object to a spin species represented in the combination image, relationships, which were determined from an existing database and which relate to the assignment of spin species to combination images, are loaded into a computer. At least two MR datasets at one of at least two echo times in each case following an excitation by means of a multi-contrast measurement are supplied to the computer. At least one combination image is determined in the computer from the at least two MR datasets. The spin species represented in the at least one combination image are assigned in the computer on the basis of the loaded relationships. By using relationships determined from an existing database, an automatic unambiguous global assignment of the correct spin species is enabled. |
| US10310038B2 |
System and method for supplying electrical power to a gradient amplifier
A method for supplying electrical power to a gradient amplifier that drives a gradient coil for a magnetic resonance imaging system is provided. The method includes predicting a gradient voltage required to drive the gradient coil for a scan based at least in part on a gradient coil model. The method further includes calculating a voltage set point for a power supply based at least in part on the predicted gradient voltage. The method further includes providing electrical power to the gradient amplifier via the power supply based at least in part on the calculated voltage set point. The gradient coil model is based at least in part on historical data acquired prior to the scan. |
| US10310034B2 |
NMR transmitting/receiving coil configuration
A nuclear magnetic resonance coil configuration having at least one flat or cylindrical coil (18), through which current flows in operation, which coil generates a high-frequency magnetic B1 field at the location of a sample (16) which is oriented parallel to an x-axis, and which for the purpose of connection to a tuning network is connected to at least two electrical feed lines (11), through which in-phase currents flow in operation, and which generate a high-frequency magnetic B2 field in the sample (16), the orientation of which encloses an angle α with the direction of the B1 field, is characterized in that the following applies for the angle α: α=180°±Δα, where Δα<90°. In this way, a B1 field profile, which is as rectangular as possible and is particularly steep on both sides, can be generated. |
| US10310033B2 |
Plug connector for use in a magnetic resonance device
A plug connector is disclosed for use in a magnetic resonance device. The plug connector includes a first connecting part and a second connecting part, which are configured to be detachably connected to one another. The first connecting part includes a first contact surface and the second connecting part includes a first contact plate, a second contact plate, and a housing. The second contact plate is arranged to be moved relative to the housing. In a connected state, the first contact plate is arranged between the first contact surface and the second contact plate. The electrical plug connector includes a mechanical lifting apparatus, which is configured, when the first connecting part is being connected to the second connecting part, to move the second contact plate, e.g., relative to the housing, in the direction of the first contact plate. |
| US10310031B2 |
System and method for reducing specific absorption rate in magnetization transfer magnetic resonance imaging
Described here are a system and method for designing radio frequency (“RF”) pulses for parallel transmission (“pTx”) applications, and particularly pTx applications in magnetization transfer (“MT”) magnetic resonance imaging (“MRI”). The concept of “SAR hopping” is implemented using a constrained optimization problem that simultaneously designs multiple RF sub-pulses to maximize power deposition in a bound proton pool while also minimizing local SAR across multiple bound proton pool excitation frequencies. This results in the set of RF waveforms that yield the best excitation profiles for all pulses while ensuring that the local SAR of the average of all pulses is below the regulatory limit imposed by the FDA. Pulses are designed simultaneously while constraining local SAR, global SAR, and peak voltage, explicitly. |
| US10310027B2 |
Systems and methods for detecting current using a kinetic inductance magnetic current imager
Under one aspect, a method for characterizing current of an operating device under test (DUT) includes injecting a signal into a superconducting sensor; determining a property of the superconducting sensor based on the injected signal; disposing the superconducting sensor in spaced relationship to the operating DUT; inducing a magnetic field in the superconducting sensor based on the spaced relationship, the current of the operating DUT, and the injected signal; determining a change in the property of the superconducting sensor resulting from the induced magnetic field; and estimating current of the operating DUT based on the change in the property of the superconducting sensor. |
| US10310026B2 |
Bias field generation for a magneto sensor
Embodiments related to the generation of magnetic bias fields for magnetic sensing are described and depicted. In one embodiment, a sensor includes at least one magnetosensitive element, and a magnetic body with an opening, the magnetic body comprising magnetic material, the magnetic body having inclined surface sections shaped by the opening, wherein the sensor is arranged within the opening such that the magnetosensitive element is in lateral directions bounded by the inclined surface sections. |
| US10310025B2 |
Control device and control method for electric vehicle
A residual capacity calculation apparatus for a battery includes a current detection device to detect a charge/discharge current of the battery and a voltage detection device to detect an open circuit voltage of the battery, and a controller. The controller is configured to calculate a first residual capacity based on an integrated value of the charge/discharge current of the battery, calculate a second residual capacity based on the open circuit voltage of the battery, determine a blend rate of the second residual capacity based on a deviation between the first residual capacity and the second residual capacity, calculate a post-combination residual capacity by subjecting the first residual capacity and the second residual capacity to weighted combination with use of the blend rate, and increase the blend rate as the deviation between the first residual capacity and the second residual capacity increases. |
| US10310024B2 |
Methods and apparatus for measuring battery characteristics
Various embodiments of the present technology comprise a method and apparatus for measuring battery characteristics. In various embodiments, the apparatus comprises a lithium ion battery and a fuel gauge circuit to control charging, relaxing, and discharging operations of the battery. The fuel gauge performs priming steps comprising: charging the battery during a first time period; creating an open state during a second time period; and discharging the battery during a third time period. |
| US10310021B2 |
Method for real time correction of ion concentration and Coulomb counting state-of-charge (SOC) in battery
A method includes estimating an average concentration of ions in electrodes of a battery and estimating a state-of-charge (SOC) of the battery by Coulomb counting, correcting the ion concentration based on a difference in predicted and measured cell voltages, and correcting the Coulomb counting SOC based on a relation between SOC estimated by Coulomb counting and the average concentration, and the difference in the predicted and measured cell voltages. |
| US10310014B1 |
Method to convert OVM/UVM-based pre-silicon tests to run post-silicon on a tester
Methods and apparatus are described for converting a pre-silicon Open Verification Methodology or Universal Verification Methodology (OVM/UVM) device under test (DUT) into a design implementable on a programmable integrated circuit (IC) and for converting the pre-silicon OVM/UVM stimulus from the driver and expected response from the scoreboard into timing aware stimulus-response vectors that can be applied through the tester onto the pads of the programmable IC that contains the implemented design. This approach can handle the clock and other input stimuli changing concurrently in the pre-silicon testbench, and the vectors generated therefrom will be in the proper form so as to work deterministically on the silicon on the tester. |
| US10310009B2 |
Wafer scale test interface unit and contactors
Devices and methods for multilayer packages, antenna array feeds, test interface units, connectors, contactors, and large format substrates. The device comprising a 3D coaxial distribution network structure including a plurality of coaxial transmission lines separated by a first pitch at the input and a second, wider pitch at the output thereof. |
| US10310007B2 |
Semiconductor apparatus and system
An object of the invention is to provide a semiconductor apparatus capable of achieving conditions that are stricter than the conditions in which the stable operation is guaranteed, without increasing the circuit size. A semiconductor apparatus (10) includes a semiconductor circuit (11); a voltage generator (12) that selects one of at least two types of voltages and applies a power supply voltage, the at least two types of voltages including a normal voltage at which the semiconductor circuit (11) normally operates and a low voltage which is lower than the normal voltage; and a clock generator (13) that supplies the semiconductor circuit (11) with a clock signal having a constant frequency regardless of the power supply voltage. |
| US10310003B2 |
Fault location in DC networks
This application relates to methods and apparatus for fault protection in a DC power transmission network or grid that aid in determining the location of a fault in the network. The method involves, in the event of a fault, controlling at least one current limiting element of the network so as to limit a fault current flowing to below a first current level which is within the expected current operating range of the network in normal operation, i.e. a safe level. The fault current is then controlled to maintain a non-zero level of fault current flow and the characteristics of the fault current flow at different parts of the network are determined by fault current detection modules. The location of the fault is then determined based on the determined characteristics. |
| US10310000B2 |
Partial discharge sensor
There is provided a partial discharge sensor including a first flange formed at an end of a first conductor tube, a second flange formed at an end of a second conductor tube, a first insulating spacer sandwiched between the first flange and the second flange, a plurality of holes passing through the first flange, the first insulating spacer, and the second flange, at least two first conductors each passing through one of the plurality of holes to be disposed with electrically connected to the first flange and the second flange, a second conductor passing through one of the plurality of holes to be disposed with electrically connected to the second flange, and a second insulating spacer that insulates the second conductor and the first flange from each other. |
| US10309998B2 |
Method and apparatus for remotely determining antenna input impedance
A system for remotely measuring antenna input impedance utilizing an automatic antenna tuner in which, for any tuner, the tuner input impedance may be established by the values of the components in the circuit at the time that the SWR is at a minimum, with these values being automatically available in terms of the components that are switched in to achieve low SWR. Once having established the input impedance to the tuner, the complex conjugate of the tuner input impedance yields the antenna input impedance, with antenna input impedance sensed at full power at a position remote from the antenna input. |
| US10309996B2 |
Method for determining the phase currents of an electric machine having a converter
A method for determining the phase currents of an electric machine having a power converter, and a stator, the power converter having, for each phase, an upper branch having an upper switch and a lower branch having a lower switch, all the upper branches being connected to an upper DC voltage terminal and all the lower branches to a lower DC voltage terminal. The power converter is operated in an active rectification mode in which each upper switch is closed only as long as a phase voltage at the relevant upper switch is higher than a voltage at the upper DC voltage terminal, and each lower switch being closed only as long as a phase voltage at the relevant lower switch is lower than a voltage at the lower DC voltage terminal; phase branch currents being measured in all the lower branches. |
| US10309991B2 |
Cable having a decoupled shield wire and method for decoupling a shield wire of a cable
A method for decoupling a shield wire of a cable having at least one signal line and the shield wire disposed around the signal line, the shield wire being completely cut through at a decoupling point along the run direction of the cable in a circumferential direction. A first crimp barrel is disposed on the cable on a first side of the decoupling point to electrically connect the first crimp barrel to the shield wire on the first side of the decoupling point. A second crimp barrel is disposed on the cable on a second side of the decoupling point to electrically connect the second crimp barrel to the shield wire on the second side of the decoupling point. A capacitive bridging of the shield wire across the decoupling point is created in such a way that the first crimp barrel and the second crimp barrel are capacitively coupled. |
| US10309990B2 |
Measuring and analyzing device as well as method for measuring and analyzing signals
A measuring and analyzing device is described which comprises a housing, a spectrum analyzer unit for analyzing a spectrum of a signal received, and a multimeter unit for measuring currents, voltages, resistances and/or connectivities. Said housing encompasses said spectrum analyzer unit and said multimeter unit. Said device is a handheld and portable measuring and analyzing device. Further, a method for measuring and analyzing signals is described. |
| US10309986B2 |
Temperature-controlled module for electronic devices and testing apparatus provided with the same
A temperature-controlled module for electronic devices and a testing apparatus provided with the same mainly include a temperature-controlled tray, an upper board and a dry-air supply device. The temperature-controlled tray includes holding cavities for accommodating electronic devices and a fluid chamber for cooling fluid. The upper board is furnished with through holes, while the upper board and the temperature-controlled tray are spaced by a predetermined distance. The dry-air supply device provides dry air to a space between the temperature-controlled tray and the upper board. Thereupon, by having cooling fluid to flow inside the temperature-controlled tray, the temperature-controlled tray can be kept in a lower predetermined temperature so as to rapidly cool down the electronic device. In addition, by providing the upper board and the dry-air supply device to allow dry air to flow through the surface of the electronic device, then the water-condensation phenomenon and air leakage can avoided. |
| US10309980B2 |
Fall detection system using a combination of accelerometer, audio input and magnetometer
A wearable device for detecting a user state is disclosed. The wearable device includes an accelerometer for measuring an acceleration of a user, a magnetometer for measuring magnetic field associated with the user's change of orientation, a microphone for receiving audio, a memory for storing the audio, and at least one processor communicatively connected to the accelerometer, the magnetometer, the microphone, and the memory. The processor is identified to declare a measured acceleration as a suspected user state, and to categorize the suspected user state based on the stored audio as one of an activity of daily life (ADL), a confirmed user state, or an inconclusive event. |
| US10309976B2 |
Substrate for sample analysis, sample analysis device, sample analysis system, and program for sample analysis system
A substrate for sample analysis has a rotation axis, a first chamber having a first space for retaining a liquid, a second chamber having a second space for retaining the liquid to be discharged from the first chamber, and a first channel having a path connecting the first chamber and the second chamber. The first space includes a first portion and a second portion, and a coupling portion located between the first and second portions. The substrate includes a wall portion partitioning the first and second portions from each other. The second chamber is more distant from the rotation axis than is the first portion. The coupling portion is closer to the rotation axis than is the wall portion. The second portion at least includes a portion which is more distant from the rotation axis than is the first portion. |
| US10309975B2 |
Functionalized eyewear device for detecting biomarker in tears
Disclosed herein is a functionalized eyewear device that is adapted for collecting and analyzing disease biomarkers. Specifically, exemplified is a contact lens that has aptamer molecules associated therewith for binding to a specific biomarker (or biomarkers). The eyewear device is useful for detecting and diagnosing medical conditions. |
| US10309967B2 |
Methods of diagnosing bipolar disorders and screening for therapeutic compounds
Methods of diagnosing, confirming a diagnosis of, and determining a predisposition for a bipolar disorder in a subject are provided. An amount of at least one of biomarker from the cerebrospinal fluid and/or serum of a subject is measured, for example, isocitric acid. The amount of the at least one biomarker can be compared with a control amount of the at least one biomarker in a corresponding sample collected from a subject without the bipolar disorder. An increase or decrease in the amount of the particular biomarker or biomarkers measured can be indicative that the subject has the bipolar disorder or a predisposition for the bipolar disorder. Methods of identifying a compound for preventing and/or treating a bipolar disorder are also provided based on the expression level of an isocitric acid dehydrogenase 3 alpha and/or beta-subunit gene, and/or based on one or more metabolite biomarker. |
| US10309963B2 |
Methods for evaluating viral clearance from a process solution employing mock viral particles
The present invention relates to a method of quantifying the amount of Mock Virus Particles (MVP) removed from a solution as a result of processing that solution through a purification technique. This method involves the steps of adding MVP to a solution, processing the solution through a purification technique, quantifying the amount of MVP removed from the solution. The present invention also relates to a kit that can be used in conjunction with the method. This kit will comprise at least one stock solution of MVP and at least one quantification solution. |
| US10309961B2 |
Bio-sensing device
The present invention provides a bio-sensing device. The bio-sensing device includes an array of unit cells, each unit cell including: a source electrode and a drain electrode spaced apart from each other; a sensing film that serves as a channel between the source electrode and the drain electrode; and gate electrodes spaced apart from the sensing film, wherein the gate electrodes is disposed at a lower level than the source electrode, the drain electrode and the sensing film. |
| US10309958B2 |
Method and apparatus for bacterial monitoring
A system for detecting target elements such as bacteria in a host analyte, comprising a substrate with an ordered array of wells having diameters to fit the size of the targets. The substrate may be a periodic macro-PSi array structure (MPSiAS) illuminated with a broadband source. The reflected light spectrum diffracted from the substrate is optically analyzed to provide the effective optical depth of the wells. Fast Fourier Transform analysis may be used for the optical analysis. Entry of target elements into wells is detected by the change in the effective optical depths of the wells. Micro-organisms as large as bacteria and viruses having dimensions comparable with the wavelength of the illumination can thus be detected. Wells with an inner section impenetrable by the target cells enables compensation for environmental changes. The detection may be performed in real time, such that production line bacterial monitoring may be achieved. |
| US10309957B2 |
Method for determining sensitivity to fluorouracil in a subject having colorectal cancer
To provide a marker for determining sensitivity to an anti-cancer agent, which can determine whether or not a patient has a therapeutic response to the anti-cancer agent, and cancer therapeutic means employing the marker. |
| US10309956B2 |
Process for assessing risk of substance administration
A process for assessing risk that administration of a substance will suppress immune competence in a population of subjects is provided. Such a substance may be a substance related to, contained in or derived from a tobacco product or, more generally, a substance concerning which it is desired to assess risk of administration of the substance. |
| US10309952B2 |
Synthetic target material for shaped charge performance evaluation, powdered metal
A shaped charge target apparatus and method for using a target composed of synthetic material, thereby allowing for repeatable testing at a variety of density and hardness values. |
| US10309950B2 |
Test-element for a mobile water analysis arrangement
A test element for a mobile water analyzing system includes a sample line and a key reagent disposed in the sample line. The sample line includes an inlet opening arranged at a first end, a pump port arranged at a second end of the sample line, an inlet section arranged between the inlet opening and the pump port, and a measuring section with at least one window arranged at an end of the measuring section. The inlet opening receives a water sample. The measuring section is arranged between the inlet section and the pump port and is coincident with a sample pathway. |
| US10309949B2 |
Method and apparatus for robotic, in-pipe water quality testing
One embodiment provides a pipe inspection robot, including: a powered track system providing movement to the pipe inspection robot; a sensor component comprising a water quality probe; and a processor; said processor configured to: operate the water quality probe to collect water quality data related to a fluid contained within a pipe; and communicate the water quality data collected over a network connection. Other aspects are described and claimed. |
| US10309948B2 |
Carbon quantifying apparatus and method
A carbon quantifying cell configured to receive a fluid is provided, including two or more electrodes positioned at least partially in the fluid, and meter electronics configured to place an electrical oxidization, polarization, and/or adsorption program across the two or more electrodes and at least partially oxidize carbon materials in the fluid, apply an AC voltage of a predetermined amplitude across the two or more electrodes, measuring the resulting AC current across the two or more electrodes, wherein a ratio of amplitudes and a phase angle difference provides information for calculating a fluid impedance, receive an electrical response of the fluid to the electrical oxidization, polarization, and/or adsorption program, quantify the carbon materials in the fluid using the electrical response, and detect interfering materials in the fluid using the fluid impedance. |
| US10309936B2 |
Systems and methods for component separation in medical imaging
A system is provided for component separation. In an embodiment, a light source or other source of electromagnetic energy delivers energy to a volume of tissue. A transducer array or other sensor receives a resulting acoustic signal, and a processing subsystem processes the acoustic signal to separate a direct acoustic return component from a secondary acoustic return component of the acoustic signal. An output and/or storage device presents and/or stores information about the direct acoustic return component, the secondary acoustic return component, or both. Other embodiments include a coded probe, a probe having an isolator that produces a wavefront, a sensor for measuring intensity of an acoustic wave produced by absorbed photons, and a system that receives acoustic signals from surface targets to determine an optical parameter of the volume. |
| US10309935B1 |
Evaluating conditions associated with a material handling equipment
Systems and methods for improving, among other things, the commission and maintenance checks of material handling equipment are described. In an example, sensor data may be generated based on movement of test equipment by a material handling equipment along a path between locations of a facility. The path may be associated with movement of an item by the material handling equipment. The sensor data may be associated with different conditions along the path. The test may include a plurality of sensors configured to generate the sensor data. Based on the sensor data, an indication of a location along the path and a condition may be provided. The condition may be associated with the location along the path and may affect movement of the item at the location. The indication may be provided to a user equipment that is remote from the test equipment. |
| US10309934B2 |
Method and system of deducing sound velocity using time-of-flight of surface wave
Disclosed is an ultrasonic non-destructive testing and inspection system and method for determining acoustic velocities in a test object. Beams of acoustic energy from firing an element of an emitting probe propagate in a first wedge, and a beam incident at the critical angle generates a surface wave in the test object. The surface wave propagates to a second wedge and signals are received at receiving elements of a receiving probe array. When a set of appropriate delays is applied to the receiving elements, the acoustic time-of-flight is the same to all receiving elements. Determination of the appropriate delays and the times-of-flight for P-type surface waves and Rayleigh surface waves enables computation of the P- and S-wave acoustic velocities in the test object. The time-of-flight measurement also enables computation of the separation between the first and second wedges. |
| US10309929B2 |
Practical ion mobility spectrometer apparatus and methods for chemical and/or biological detection
The present invention relates to drift tubes for ion mobility spectrometers. In one embodiment, the drift tube of the present invention uses a simplified design having helical resistive material to form substantially constant electric fields that guide ion movements. The drift tube for ion mobility spectrometers described herein is constructed with a non-conductive structure. This configuration provides a robust ion mobility spectrometer that is simple to build. One feature of the present invention is that the drift tube design described herein enables the ion mobility spectrometer to be built with a lower weight, lower power consumption, lower manufacturing cost, and free of sealants. |
| US10309928B2 |
Apparatus and method for ion mobility spectrometry and sample introduction
The IMS apparatus and methods described in this invention involve setting the ion detector at the highest potential of the drift tube and setting the ionization source at ground or near ground potential. The methods allow significantly simple sample introduction without the limitation of the high potential (voltage) concern of the front end sample delivery. The invention also describes bringing samples directly into the ion mobility drift tube. The invention further describes using single syringe for sample introduction via an electrospray ionization method. |
| US10309927B2 |
Methods of conducting biochemical reactions while reducing reactive molecular species during electrowetting
Some embodiments disclosed herein provide methods of reducing reactive molecular species in a reaction carried out in a digital fluidics device having one or more electrodes by using a reaction mixture comprising an electron acceptor additive. In some embodiments, the presence of the electron acceptor additive reduces the presence of reactive molecular species in the reaction mixture. In some embodiments, the presence of the electron acceptor additive reduces the formation of gas bubbles in the digital fluidic device. Therefore, in preferred embodiments, the electron acceptor additive does not form a gas when reduced. |
| US10309924B2 |
Floating gate based sensor apparatus and related floating gate based sensor applications
A floating gate based sensor apparatus includes at least two separate electrical bias components with respect to a floating gate based sensor surface within the floating gate based sensor apparatus. By including the at least two electrical bias components, the floating gate based sensor apparatus provides enhanced capabilities for biomaterial and non-biomaterial detection and manipulation while using the floating gate based sensor apparatus. |
| US10309915B2 |
Ozone concentration analyzer and methods using same
The method for analyzing an ozone concentration comprising the steps of: providing at least one catalytic chamber having an ozone decomposition path between an inlet portion and an outlet portion thereof; receiving a sample flow of gas containing ozone by the inlet portion of the at least one catalytic chamber and along the ozone decomposition path; decomposing a totality of the ozone of the sample flow of gas into oxygen in an exothermic reaction along the ozone decomposition path of the catalytic chamber; measuring a first temperature value at a first position and measuring a second temperature value at a second position, the first and second positions being associated with the inlet and outlet portions; evaluating the ozone concentration of the sample flow of gas based on the temperature difference between the second temperature value and the first temperature value and calibration data; and generating a signal indicating the evaluated ozone concentration. |
| US10309911B2 |
Device and method for radioscopic examination of a strip-shaped material having a substantial component of rubber or plastics
A device and method for the radioscopic examination of a continuous strip-shaped material of rubber which runs continuously in particular. During the movement, the strip-shaped material is x-rayed by a radioscopic measurer and the entire cross-sectional surface is detected so that foreign bodies or defects present in the material are detected according to their position and orientation. An elimination device removes the previously identified foreign body during the feed movement of the material in that a tool, configured as a punching tool, of the elimination device is moved synchronously with the material. |
| US10309906B2 |
Low-powered system for driving a fuel control mechanism
A low powered system for providing sufficient current to a fuel control mechanism drive. The system may have a fuel control mechanism pick circuit that has an energy storage mechanism for providing a large amount of current for a short time to the fuel control mechanism drive. A safety switch may be enabled with a special signal to let current flow to the fuel control mechanism drive to operate a corresponding fuel control mechanism for controlling fuel to a pilot light or heating element. The pilot light or heating element may provide heat to a thermoelectric source that generates electrical power from the heat. The electrical power may go to a single DC-to-DC converter and voltage clamp for providing a voltage source to a microcontroller and other circuits of the system. The pick circuit may prevent a harmful reverse flow of current from the storage mechanism to the thermoelectric source. |
| US10309903B2 |
ICP emission spectrophotometer
An ICP emission spectrophotometer includes an inductively coupled plasma device, a spectroscope, and a computer. The spectroscope includes an incidence window, an incidence side slit, a diffraction grating, an emission window, an emission side slit, and a detector. Measurement conditions including diffraction condition and a measurement result are displayed on a display device. In a case where there are a plurality of diffraction conditions each including a combination of a diffraction grating and a diffraction order for measuring desired diffracted light, comparison information including at least an intensity and a resolution of emitted light in the diffraction condition is displayed on the display device. A measurer selects diffraction conditions in which resolution is higher from among the diffraction conditions, and selects a diffraction condition in which an intensity is obtained from among the selected diffraction conditions. |
| US10309901B2 |
Water-sensitive fluorophores for moisture content evaluation in hygroscopic polymers
A process of utilizing a water-sensitive fluorophore for moisture content evaluation in a hygroscopic polymer includes forming a blend that includes a hygroscopic polymer resin and a water-sensitive fluorophore. The process includes forming pellets having a particular geometry from the blend, determining fluorescence properties of at least one of the pellets, and determining moisture content of at least one of the pellets. The process also includes generating a calibration curve for the particular pellet geometry by correlating the fluorescence properties with the moisture content. The process further includes providing the calibration curve for non-destructive moisture content evaluation of a material derived from the pellets. |
| US10309898B2 |
Particle detection
A particle detection system including; at least one light source adapted to illuminate a volume being monitored at at least two wavelengths; a receiver having a field of view and being adapted to receive light from at least one light source after said light has traversed the volume being monitored and being adapted to generate signals indicative of the intensity of light received at regions within the field of view of the receiver; a processor associated with the receiver adapted to process the signals generated by the receiver to correlate light received at at least two wavelengths in corresponding regions within the field of view of the receiver and generate an output indicative of the relative level of light received at the two wavelengths. |
| US10309897B2 |
Method of determining refractive index, extinction coefficient, and surface properties of prism shaped material
Methodology of characterizing surface properties and determining refractive index and extinction coefficient of a prism shaped material, including simultaneously for a multiplicity of wavelengths, using an easy to practice technique. |
| US10309895B2 |
Electromagnetic wave detector and gas analysis device having dual electromagnetic wave sensors for detecting one of light in a predetermined wavelength band and predetermined polarization
An electromagnetic wave detector including a first electromagnetic wave sensor including a light reception unit held in midair above a substrate by a support leg and a second electromagnetic wave sensor including a light reception unit held in midair above the substrate by a support leg having same structure as the support leg of the first electromagnetic wave sensor and provided adjacent to the first electromagnetic wave sensor. The light reception unit of the first electromagnetic wave sensor includes a reflective film, the light reception unit of the second electromagnetic wave sensor includes an electromagnetic wave absorption body for detecting light of a prescribed wavelength band or a prescribed polarization, and the difference between the output of the second electromagnetic wave sensor and the first electromagnetic wave sensor is output. |
| US10309893B2 |
Composite inspection
A method of detecting inconsistencies in a composite structure is presented. A pulsed laser beam is directed towards the composite structure comprised of a number of composite materials. Wide-band ultrasonic signals are formed in the composite structure when radiation of the pulsed laser beam is absorbed by a surface of the composite structure. The wide-band ultrasonic signals are detected over a duration of time to form data. The data comprises an ultrasonic A-scan spectrum. The data is processed to identify a structure signal in a frequency domain of the ultrasonic A-scan spectrum. The structure signal of the ultrasonic A-scan spectrum is compared to a structure signal of a composite structure standard to determine whether the inconsistencies are present in the number of composite materials. |
| US10309892B2 |
Particle sorting device, particle sorting method, program, and particle sorting system
Disclosed herein are a particle sorting device capable of simply detecting bubbles, foreign substances, or the like in droplets, a method for analyzing particles, a program, and a particle sorting system. The particle sorting device includes a judgment unit, and the judgment unit judges whether or not captured image information including captured droplet image information about a brightness of an image of particle-containing droplets captured after discharge from an orifice has changed with respect to previously-set reference image information including reference droplet image information about a brightness of an image of droplets captured after discharge from the orifice. |
| US10309889B2 |
Exhaust gas analysis system, recording medium recorded with program for exhaust gas analysis system, and exhaust gas analyzing method
An exhaust gas analysis system is adapted to include an exhaust gas circulation line through which exhaust gas flows, an exhaust gas collection line adapted to collect the exhaust gas from the exhaust gas circulation line and introduce the collected exhaust gas into an exhaust gas analysis device, a continuous analysis line adapted to, separately from the diluted exhaust gas collection line, collect the exhaust gas from the exhaust gas circulation line for continuous analysis, a continuous analyzer provided in the continuous analysis line, and an information processing unit adapted to, on the basis of an analysis result by the continuous analyzer at the time of the collection into the exhaust gas analysis device, determine whether a measurement result of the exhaust gas introduced into the exhaust gas analysis device falls within a preset range, or determine a measurement range used to measure the exhaust gas introduced into the exhaust gas analysis device. |
| US10309883B2 |
Analyzing structural durability in the frequency domain
A method of analyzing the durability of a structure. Load-controlled testing is performed on samples of a composite material of the structure to relate critical strain invariants of the material to cyclic rates of strain invariant accumulation and frequencies associated with the cyclic rates. The material is characterized based on effective properties of the material, including the cyclic rates of strain invariant accumulation. Laminate properties and a geometrical definition of the structure are used to obtain a parametric model. Material characterizations are used to determine model element frequency responses to applied load conditions. Each element's frequency responses and critical strain invariants are used to determine whether damage is indicated at the element. Progression of damage is tracked and accounted for in the model. |
| US10309882B2 |
Drop ball test fixture
A drop ball test fixture includes a bracket, first stoppers and connecting components. The bracket has bearing surfaces for bearing edges of a panel and to position the panel in a direction parallel to the bearing surfaces. At least part of each of the first stoppers is located above corresponding one of the bearing surfaces. Each connecting component includes a guide rod, a guide groove and a second stopper. The guide groove is formed on corresponding one of the first stoppers. One end of each of the guide rod is connected to the bracket while the other end thereof passes through the guide groove. Connecting structures are provided at different heights of the guide rod, and the second stopper is matched with and connected to corresponding one of the connecting structures at different heights above the guide groove so as to stop the upward movement of the first stopper. |
| US10309879B2 |
Expansion microscopy
The present invention relates to an enlarged sample of interest for microscopy and methods for enlarging a sample of interest and the optical imaging of a sample of interest with resolution better than the classical microscopy diffraction limit, by synthesizing a swellable polymer network within a sample, it can be physically expanded, resulting in physical magnification. |
| US10309878B2 |
Packaging unit for liquid sample loading devices applied in electron microscope and packaging method
The present invention provides a packaging unit for liquid sample loading devices applied in an electron microscope. The liquid sample loading devices may be easily, rapidly, precisely and stably aligned and packaged by an engagement of an upper jig and a bottom jig as well as a first fixing pillar supported in a slide track of the packaging unit. Accordingly, efficiency and a yield of packaging the liquid sample loading devices may be improved. In addition, the packaging unit for the liquid sample loading devices of the present invention may directly package a liquid sample, and thus the liquid sample may maintain its original state. |
| US10309876B2 |
Cartridge for airborne substance sensing device, and airborne substance sensing device
An airborne substance sensing device is capable of blocking fluorescence that is not from an airborne substance and detecting faint fluorescence of an airborne substance with a high degree of accuracy through the use of a cartridge having an introduction plate in which micropores are formed through which a gas including an airborne substance can pass. A transparent collection plate opposes the introduction plate, and the airborne substance can be made to collide on the plate and be collected through the collision of the gas having passed through the micropores. In a main body, the introduction and collection plates are disposed in parallel, and a flow path for guiding the gas including the airborne substance to the micropores is formed. An opaque mask covers the collection plate and is provided with an opening window through which light can pass at a position corresponding to a collection area. |
| US10309873B2 |
Method for servicing a field device
A method for servicing a field device, wherein the field device is connected with a superordinated data processing system, includes steps as follows: transmitting data associated with the field device, especially measured values or diagnosis relevant parameters, from the superordinated data processing system to the service device via a radio connection between a mobile, especially portable, service device and the superordinated data processing system based on identification information uniquely identifying a field device transceiver associated with the field device; and/or transmitting servicing data, especially parameter data and/or control commands, from the service device to the superordinated data processing system; and servicing the field device through the superordinated data processing system based on the servicing data transmitted from the service device. |
| US10309868B2 |
Method for providing simulated smoke and a smoke generator apparatus therefor
An apparatus is provided for providing simulated smoke. The apparatus comprises a reservoir including a reservoir port, and a bladder disposed in the reservoir. The bladder can be deflated to cause a fluid substance to flow through the reservoir port into the reservoir to fill the reservoir with the fluid substance to generate smoke. The bladder can be inflated to cause smoke to flow out of the reservoir through the reservoir port to provide simulated smoke. |
| US10309866B2 |
Measuring system with a pressure device as well as method for monitoring and/or checking such a pressure device
The method serves for monitoring and/or checking a pressure device having a lumen surrounded by a wall for conveying and/or storing a fluid. To this end, the method comprises a step of registering both a strain of a first wall segment as well as also a strain of at least a second wall segment spaced from the first wall segment, for ascertaining a strain deviation value representing a difference between the strain of the first wall segment and the strain of the second wall segment, as well as a step of using the strain deviation value for ascertaining damage to the wall, as a result of plastic deformation of the wall and/or as a result of wear of the wall. The measuring system of the invention comprises supplementally to the pressure device a first strain sensor affixed on the first wall segment for producing a first strain signal dependent on a time variable strain of the first wall segment as well as at least a second strain sensor affixed on the second wall segment for producing a second strain signal dependent on a time variable strain of the second wall segment. Moreover, the measuring system comprises a transmitter electronics electrically coupled both with the first strain sensor as well as also the second strain sensor. The transmitter electronics is adapted to receive both the first strain signal as well as also the second strain signal as well as to ascertain, with application of the strain signals, damage to the wall. |
| US10309865B2 |
Integrated building monitoring system
An integrated building monitoring system including a conductive grid having a plurality of rows, where each row has a plurality of interwoven positive and negative electrodes forming a hexagon pattern, and the conductive grid is integrated within a wall. The system also includes a plurality of signal nodes, where a signal node is coupled to a respective row and each of the rows is insulated from one another. A controller is coupled to the plurality of signal nodes and has a current sensing circuit. In addition, the current sensing circuit is configured to measure the current for each of the rows of the conductive grid to sense when an electrical signal from a row of the conductive grid indicates that moisture is present within the wall when a voltage is applied. |
| US10309864B1 |
Exterior tubing monitoring devices
Systems, devices, and methods for monitoring flexible tubing connections are described. An example flexible tube device may include a pair of ends and an opening disposed at one of the ends. The opening may define a receiving section to receive a male fitting. The flexible tube may also include a sensing device extending around an exterior portion of the flexible tube at the receiving section. The sensing device may be configured to sense an expansion or a contraction of the flexible tube at the receiving section. |
| US10309862B2 |
Film chamber with measuring volume for gross leak detection
A film chamber for receiving a test object which is to be tested with respect to the presence of a leak, wherein the film chamber has walls enclosing a film chamber volume, said walls having at least one flexible wall region, wherein a measuring volume adjoining the flexible wall region is arranged on the side of the flexible wall region which is situated opposite the film chamber volume and is hermetically separated from the film chamber volume. |
| US10309861B2 |
Intelligent pipeline small leaks and thefts detection methods and systems
Methods and systems are provided for intelligently detecting pipeline small leaks and thefts. In the Energy Flow Line Method, measured changes in flow data at both ends of the pipeline are monitored and analyzed to detect a leak or a theft. The energy wave front speed and the unsteady flow mathematical model of the subject pipeline is used to calculate leak details. In the Filtered Pressure Waves Method, the measured pressure data at both ends of the pipeline is monitored and analyzed. Pressure waves that do not originate at the ends of the pipeline are selected. Two travelling time windows are applied to those candidates, and the candidates are processed within each window. Leaks, thefts and their details are obtained if the detected leak locations meet the criteria. The Enhanced Filtered Pressure Waves Method, provides the leaked amount and verifies the leak and the leak location to avoid false alarms. An index formed with measured parameters is monitored and the unsteady flow model of the subject pipeline is utilized. |
| US10309859B2 |
Carpet probe for leak detection
A carpet probe for detecting leaks in underground gas pipes, including a handle (12), a wheel (16) connected to the handle (12), and a flat carpet element (14) connected to the wheel (16) and including a sniffing inlet (28) connected to a gas sensor (18), is characterized in that the wheel (16) is the only wheel (16) of the carpet probe adapted for rolling on a ground surface. |
| US10309855B2 |
Torque sensing system with wireless two-way communication
A torque sensing system which includes a torque sensor capable of wirelessly communicating torque and misalignment data to a smartphone or a tablet using a protocol such as Wi-Fi or Bluetooth technology, and wirelessly communicating commands from the smartphone or table back to the torque sensor. The torque sensor electronics include an rf coil for taking power off of a stationary housing to a rotary shaft and one or more accelerometers for indicating misalignments. |
| US10309854B2 |
Method for processing a signal of a pressure measuring device inside an internal combustion engine
A method for processing a signal of a pressure measuring device inside an internal combustion engine, the device including: a pressure measuring sensor supplying an output voltage signal (SB), and a processing unit connected to the pressure measuring sensor, the method including the following steps: I. calculating a duration (Dt1) between a first time (t0) corresponding to a first combustion pressure peak (P0) and a second time (t1) corresponding to a second combustion pressure peak (P1), consecutive to the first combustion pressure peak (P0), II. calculating a correction start time (tc1) defined according to the previously calculated duration (Dt1), III. measuring a value of the signal (VOFF1) at the correction start time (tc1), IV. correcting the signal, on the basis of the correction start time (tc1) in relation to a reference value (VREF) and obtaining a first processed signal (S) such that: S=SB−VOFF1+VREF. |
| US10309850B2 |
Sealed transducer with external adjustment port
Certain implementations of the disclosed technology may include systems, methods, and apparatus for a sealed transducer with an adjustment port. The sealed transducer may include one or more terminals. A first terminal may include electrical connections for connecting to an input voltage source, a ground, and for providing a transducer output signal. A second terminal, for example, may include an electrical port for connecting to an external and separately sealed adjustment network. In one example implementation, the adjustment network can include one or more components configured to couple with internal circuitry of the transducer to alter a response of the transducer. |
| US10309841B2 |
Temperature detecting apparatus
A temperature detecting apparatus includes a thermistor; a resistor connected in series to the thermistor; a temperature detector connected to a first node between the thermistor and the resistor; and a switch circuit including a first switch, a second switch, a third switch, and a fourth switch. The first switch and the third switch are connected in series, the second switch and the fourth switch are connected in series, the first switch and the second switch are connected to a power side, the third switch and the fourth switch are connected to a ground side, the thermistor is connected to a second node between the first switch and the third switch, and the resistor is connected to a third node between the second switch and the fourth switch. |
| US10309838B2 |
Temporal temperature sensor position offset error correction
A temperature sensor position offset error correction power implementation include monitors (e.g., digital power monitor/meter) to measure activity on a die, and uses the activity measurements to compute real-time temperature offsets by converting activity to power, which can be used in a simplified compact thermal model. A system on chip including the die receives a temperature measurement of a region of the system on chip from a sensor. Power consumed by the region is estimated based on the measured activity, and temperature measurement of the system on chip is adjusted based on the estimated power. |
| US10309834B2 |
Calibrating method and device for broad-band achromatic composite wave plate and corresponding measurement system
The present disclosure discloses a calibrating method, apparatus, and corresponding measurement system for a composite waveplate. The calibrating method comprises: A. determining a first matrix characterizing the composite waveplate, the first matrix including at least one unknown number; B. determining a theoretical relationship between a light intensity and an alignment angle offset value of the composite waveplate based on the first matrix; and C. calibrating based on the theoretical relationship between a light intensity and an alignment angle offset value of the composite waveplate determined in step (B) and actually measured light intensity data to obtain a second matrix that may characterize the composite waveplate and does not contain the unknown number. The technical solution of the present disclosure may greatly reduce the amount of unknown numbers when calibrating a composite waveplate or a measuring system, thereby lowering the difficulty of calibration and improving the precision of calibration. |
| US10309832B2 |
Portable analytical equipment
Portable analytical equipment, systems, methods, and techniques related thereto is disclosed. Portable analytical equipment can comprise a controller and a probe. The probe can interrogate a sample and receive a response to the interrogation. The controller can select and/or initiate an analysis related to interrogating the sample via the probe. The analysis can be selected from a portfolio of analyses stored on the controller. The controller can analyze the response to the interrogation based on reference data stored on the controller. The controller can determine an indication based on the analyzing the response for presentation via a low-power interface, which can comprise an LED or electrophoretic element. The controller can further be connected to an external device, e.g., a smartphone or remote PC, to present collected data and the analyzing of the response to the interrogation. The disclosed subject matter can be employed in hand-held analytical equipment, e.g., a hand-held Raman spectrometer. |
| US10309831B2 |
Dynamic calibration method for echelle spectrometer in laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy
The present invention belongs to the technical field of elemental analysis, and more particularly, relates to a dynamic calibration method for echelle spectrometer in laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy, comprising: S1: collecting a standard light source by using an echelle spectrometer; S2: in combination with a calibration function, calculating a pixel position coordinate ({circumflex over (x)},ŷ) corresponding to a spectral wavelength ŵ; S3: performing dynamic searching and filtering near the pixel position coordinate ({circumflex over (x)},ŷ) to obtain a set D of all pixel position coordinates, and adjusting all original intensity values in the set D to obtain intensity values F(Ix,y), and S4: calculating a spectral line intensity value after dynamic calibration by summing the adjusted intensity values F(Ix,y), thereby completing dynamic calibration of the result of the echelle spectrometer. The method in the present invention can overcome the shortcoming, i.e., the existing echelle spectrometer is only calibrated before measurement without solving the spectral line drift during use, increasing the absolute intensity of the wavelength and reducing the detection limit of the quantitative analysis, as well as improving the precision of the quantitative analysis of an element to be analyzed. |
| US10309830B2 |
Methods to correct spectrum distortion of FFPI sensors induced by dynamic wavelength dependent attenuation
Methods are proposed for compensation of distortion in fiber Fabry-Perot interferometric (FFPI) sensors induced by dynamic wavelength dependent attenuation in subsurface wells. The methods involve measurement techniques that correct the reflective spectrum from one or more FFPI sensors utilizing a background low frequency spectrum for normalization. |
| US10309828B2 |
Spectrometer with active beam steering
A spectrometer includes a light source that emits a beam into a sample volume comprising an absorbing medium. Thereafter, at least one detector detects at least a portion of the beam emitted by the light source. It is later determined, based on the detected at least a portion of the beam and by a controller, that a position and/or an angle of the beam should be changed. The beam emitted by the light source is then actively steered by an actuation element under control of the controller. In addition, a concentration of the absorbing media can be quantified or otherwise calculated (using the controller or optionally a different processor that can be local or remote). The actuation element(s) can be coupled to one or more of the light source, a detector or detectors, and a reflector or reflectors intermediate the light source and the detector(s). |
| US10309825B2 |
Reducing noise in a distributed acoustic sensing system downhole
A distributed acoustic sensing system for use in a wellbore can include a shutter positioned between an amplifier and an optical-wave flow controller of the distributed acoustic sensing system for reducing optical noise in the distributed acoustic sensing system. The distributed acoustic sensing system can also include a controller operable to transmit a signal to the shutter to (i) open the shutter for allowing an optical pulse to transmit through the shutter, and (ii) close the shutter for preventing an extraneous optical waveform, that generates at least a portion of the optical noise, from transmitting through the shutter. |
| US10309823B2 |
Thin weighing scale with a sandwich structure
A thin weighing scale having a thickness of less than 25 mm, comprising a first rigid bottom plate, extending along a reference plane defined by a first direction and a second direction, a second rigid top plate, at least four load cells 4, interposed between the first and second rigid plates, a set of linkages comprising arms, some arms extend in the first direction and some other arms extend in the second direction, each arm having an elongated shape with a first end attached to the first rigid plate and a second end rigidly connected to the second rigid plate, whereby a movement is provided along a third direction, the set of linkages preventing relative movement between first and second rigid plates along the first and second direction. |
| US10309819B2 |
Method of estimating gas emission amount
For estimation of the gas emission amount from a storage tank for storing a liquid containing the volatile compounds therein, preconditions involving a tank shape of the fixed roof type storage tank and a working pressure of a relief valve are set in a first step, and initial conditions for storage volumes, temperatures, and pressures of the liquid and a gas inside the storage tank are set in a second step. In a third step, an inflow or outflow heat quantity to or from the liquid and the gas inside the storage tank is determined so that a mass transfer amount between the liquid and the gas is obtained through CFD analysis. In a fourth step, whether or not the relief valve is actuated and the gas emission amount through the relief valve are obtained based on the mass transfer amount. |
| US10309815B2 |
Thermal flow meter with reinforcing plate and method of manufacturing the same
Provided is a thermal flow meter including a measurement tube made of resin having an inlet and an outlet, and an internal flow passage extending along an axis, a sensor substrate having a heating resistance wire and temperature detecting resistance wires formed on a detection surface along the axis, and a reinforcing plate. The sensor substrate is bonded to the measurement tube along the axis with an adhesive, and the reinforcing plate is bonded to the measurement tube along the axis with the adhesive with the internal flow passage interposed between the sensor substrate and the reinforcing plate. |
| US10309811B2 |
Fluid flow measuring device and armature comprising a fluid flow measuring device
Fluid flow measuring device for measuring a fluid flow, comprising a rotatable, magnetic element, wherein the rotatable, magnetic element is positioned in the fluid flow, wherein the rotation of the rotatable, magnetic element depends from the fluid flow, wherein the rotation of the rotatable, magnetic element generates a magnetic field; further comprising at least one sensing coil pair having a first sensing coil and a second sensing coil, wherein the respective sensing coils of each sensing coil pair are arranged in such a way that the magnetic field generated by the fluid flow dependent rotation of the rotatable element has a first polarity and a first phase in the region of the respective first sensing coil and a second polarity and a second phase in the region of the respective second sensing coil, wherein at least said polarities differ from each other. |
| US10309810B2 |
Pressure type flowmeter
In order to solve a problem occurring in a capacitance type pressure sensor adapted to measure absolute pressure, and thereby reduce error, a pressure type flowmeter includes a fluid resistance part in a flow path through which fluid flows and measures a flow rate by detecting the upstream and downstream pressures of the fluid resistance part. Respective pressure sensors for detecting the upstream and downstream pressures are configured to be gauge pressure sensors. Each of the gauge pressure sensors is a capacitance type pressure sensor adapted to measure gauge pressure by detecting a change in the capacitance between a diaphragm displaceable by pressure and a fixed electrode and has a main body part that supports the fixed electrode and the diaphragm and forms a space between them. Further, the internal space is adapted to communicatively connect to the outside through a communicative connection part. |
| US10309808B2 |
Fluid quantification instrument and method
A fluid quantification instrument is provided according to the invention. The fluid quantification instrument includes one or more sensor probes and meter electronics in communication with the one or more sensor probes. The meter electronics are configured to receive one or more raw fluid measurements from the one or more sensor probes, process the one or more raw fluid measurements using a predictive system model to produce one or more optimized fluid measurements, and determine one or more fluid quantifications using at least the one or more optimized fluid measurements. |
| US10309806B2 |
Holder
A holder for an optoelectronic sensor comprises a first holder part that is configured for fastening to a fixed-position fixing surface and a second holder part that can be coupled to a housing of the optoelectronic sensor, with the second holder part being rotatable relative to the first holder part about a first pivot axis. Provision is made that a receiver for a screwdriver blade is provided at the second holder part and a toothed arrangement is provided at the first holder part, or vice versa, wherein at least one tooth of the toothed arrangement projects into the receiver such that it can be acted on by one blade end of a screwdriver blade introduced into the receiver while supporting the other blade end at an abutment section of the receiver to rotate the second holder part with respect to the first holder part about a first pivot axis. |
| US10309801B2 |
Arrangement, method and sensor for measuring an absolute angular position using a multi-pole magnet
An arrangement for measuring an angular position of a rotor with respect to a stator, comprises a multi-pole magnet mounted on the rotor, and a sensor mounted on the stator and a plurality of sensor elements organized in two groups or four groups for measuring a magnetic field component. A method for calculating the angular position comprises making a sum of signals of the elements of each group, a ratio of the two sums, and an arctan function. Alternatively the method may comprise making a sum of signals, the difference of sums, a ratio of the differences, and an arctan function. An integrated sensor, and the use of such arrangement or sensor in an automotive environment. |
| US10309800B2 |
Intelligent receptacle
An intelligent receptacle (or receptacle device) enables individually monitoring and/or controlling consumption of utility service by one or more loads through a supply outlet that is associated with the receptacle device. A client device may enable a user to remotely control a provision of the utility service from the supply outlet through the receptacle device. Furthermore, a utility metering device may include a virtual metering device instance that is configured to collect utility consumption data associated with the supply outlet from the receptacle device and help calibration or synchronization of utility consumption readings of the receptacle device. |
| US10309799B2 |
Correction of rotation rate measurements
Various implementations directed to correction of rotation rate measurements are provided. In one implementation, a method may include receiving rotation rate measurements about a first axis and a second axis from first gyroscopic sensors. The method may include receiving a first rotation rate measurement about a third axis from a second gyroscopic sensor. The method may include determining an estimated rotation rate measurement about the third axis based on the rotation rate measurements about the first axis and the second axis. The method may include determining a bias value based on a difference between the first rotation rate measurement about the third axis and the estimated rotation rate measurement. The method may include receiving second rotation rate measurements about the third axis from the second gyroscopic sensor. The method may include correcting the second rotation rate measurements about the third axis based on the determined bias value. |
| US10309798B2 |
Navigation system, aerospace vehicle and optical marker
Simplify, downsize and reduce power of devices which comprise the satellite navigation system used in approach and docking in space. The navigation system 1 which estimates an attitude of a target object T in space comprises: an optical marker 10 that is attached to the target T and reflects light; a lighting device 20 that irradiates the target object T with light of a predetermined wavelength band; an image acquisition device 30 that acquires an image of the optical marker 10 which has reflected the light of the predetermined wavelength band; and an image processing device 40 that processes the image acquired by the image acquisition device 30 and thereby estimates the attitude of the target object T. The lighting device 20 and the image processing device 30 are loaded on an aerospace vehicle 2. |
| US10309788B2 |
Determining street segment headings
Embodiments of the present invention provide methods, systems, computer program products, and apparatuses for determining whether a street segment is a one-way street segment or a bi-directional segment, validating map data, and/or updating map data. In one embodiment, a method for determining whether a street segment is a one-way street segment or a bi-directional segment is provided. The method comprises receiving vehicle telematics data associated with one or more vehicles during one or more time periods, the vehicle telematics data indicating a street segment traveled by the one or more vehicles during the one or more time periods; and based at least in part on the vehicle telematics, determining whether the street segment is a one-way street segment or a bi-directional segment. |
| US10309786B2 |
Navigational and location determination system
A navigation and location system is provided that can include an inertial measurement unit (IMU) comprising an in a strap down configuration and a global positioning system (GPS), and a control section that determines orientation of a range sensor aligned with one axis of the IMU with respect to the Earth based on a sequence of system orientation and location measurements from said IMU/GPS along a displaced path from a starting point (SP) to an activation point (AP). Remote geo-location of the object can be determined based on determined range and bearing to the object determined by rotating axis of at least one reference frame from the strap down IMU axis with gravity and aligning another axis with a line of longitude through the displacement path to determine true north then determining a azimuth or bearing angle between true north and the range sensor output axis oriented on the object. |
| US10309782B2 |
Quality factor estimation for resonators
Various embodiments provide methods of determining the quality factor of a resonating body in ways that are advantageous over previously known methods. For example, embodiments allow the determination of the quality factors of a resonating body without preventing the simultaneous use of the resonating body. For micromachined (“MEMS”) devices, embodiments allow the determination of the quality factors of a resonating body in a manner that is not dependent on transduction parameters of the MEMS device. |
| US10309776B2 |
Laser alignment guide
A laser alignment guide. The laser alignment guide includes a housing having at least one sidewall and a base defining an interior volume therein. A cap is removably securable to an upper end of the housing. The cap further includes at least one light source that can emit a visible laser disposed thereon. A mounting bracket that can magnetically secure to a surface is disposed on a second end of the housing. In some embodiments, at least one light source is disposed on a sidewall of the housing. |
| US10309774B2 |
Surveying instrument and three-dimensional camera
The invention provides a surveying instrument, which comprises a first optical axis deflecting unit disposed on a projection optical axis of a distance measuring light for deflecting an optical axis of the distance measuring light at a deflection angle and in a direction as required, a second optical axis deflecting unit disposed on a light receiving optical axis for deflecting the reflected distance measuring light at the same deflection angle and in the same direction as the first optical axis deflecting unit and a projecting direction detecting unit for detecting a deflection angle and a deflecting direction by the first optical axis deflecting unit, wherein the distance measuring light is projected through the first optical axis deflecting unit and the reflected distance measuring light is received by the photodetection element through the second optical axis deflecting unit. |
| US10309769B2 |
Light source device and measuring instrument using change over time of intensity of mode-locked oscillated output light
The present invention relates to a light source device and a measuring device which use a change in mode-locked resonated output light over time using a change in a cycle of an electrical signal corresponding to a change in the intensity of the output light according to a mode locking condition for each of different light paths in a resonator. The light source device includes an electrical signal generator configured to control the intensity of an optical signal from the light source device, and an optical gain unit controlled by periodic electrical signals having cycles calculated by dividing a round-trip time of photons corresponding to each of different light paths by an integer multiple. The intensity of the optical signal is controlled by the optical gain unit. |
| US10309768B2 |
Profile measuring method, profile measuring apparatus, and deformation detecting apparatus
A profile measuring method used to measure a profile of an object-under-test includes the following steps. A light source, a light-transmissive projection film, and an image capturing device are provided, where the light-transmissive projection film is located between the light source and the image capturing device. The object-under-test is placed between the light source and the light-transmissive projection film, and a light beam is provided toward the light-transmissive projection film by the light source, to form an object-under-test projection of the object-under-test on the light-transmissive projection film. An image of the object-under-test projection is captured by the image capturing device, to obtain a projection size of the object-under-test projection. A measuring size of the object-under-test is calculated according to the projection size of the object-under-test projection. In addition, a profile measuring apparatus and a deformation detecting apparatus are also provided. |
| US10309767B2 |
Optical measurement apparatus and optical measurement method
An optical measurement method with an optical measurement apparatus including an irradiation optical system and a measurement optical system is provided. The optical measurement method includes obtaining a distribution of actually measured values when angles of incidence are different for the same sample, calculating a modification factor depending on an angle of incidence on the measurement optical system from each measurement point in association with a region in the two-dimensional image corresponding to each measurement point in the measurement target irradiated with the measurement light, and calculating optical characteristics including a refractive index of the sample based on a group of pixel values in one row or a plurality of rows along any one direction in the distribution of the actually measured values and a corresponding modification factor. |
| US10309762B2 |
Reference coordinate system determination
A method of determining a reference coordinate system includes: obtaining information indicative of a direction of gravity relative to a device; and converting an orientation of a device coordinate system using the direction of gravity relative to the device to produce the reference coordinate system. The method may also include setting an origin of the reference coordinate system and/or determining a scale value of the reference coordinate system. The method may also include refining the reference coordinate system. |
| US10309758B1 |
Multi-level networked ordnance system
A networked electronic ordnance system is provided. The system includes a first plurality of pyrotechnic devices connected to a first network bus. The system further includes a first bus controller connected to the first network bus. The system further includes a second plurality of pyrotechnic devices connected to a second network bus. The system further includes a second bus controller connected to the second network bus. The system further includes a bus interface circuit connected to the first bus controller by a first electrical connection and connected to the second bus controller by a second electrical connection. |
| US10309757B1 |
Ammunition reloading apparatus
A device for reshaping casings of spent ammunition cartridges, in one embodiment reduces the diametrical size of the casing wall by forcing the casing into an annular space at the end of a housing through which a plunger shaft slides. In another embodiment, the mouth of a casing is flared outwardly by engagement with the exterior of the end of a housing which has a circumscribing groove to enable easier disengagement of the re-shaped casing. The preferred reshaping devices comprise a plunger having shaft which, when contacted by a casing being re-shaped, compresses an elastomer spring that substantially fills a spring housing cavity and has an exceptionally high spring rate. After each reshaping, the spring causes the plunger shaft to disengage the casing from the device. A recess in the terminal end of a plunger shaft avoids damaging new types of unique two piece casings that have a wave at the interior bottom of the casing. |
| US10309752B1 |
Stabilizing recoil lug and rail for rifle scope mounting and method of use
A device and method for stabilizing a rifle scope that employs a pocket cut in the bottom of a scope base (picatinny rail) that precisely mates with a key formed on the top of a recoil lug, such that when the scope base is attached to the rifle's action receiver and mated with the lug's key, the lug holds the barrel and the scope base locked in tandem so that they move exactly together during recoil events or any vibrations experienced by the rifle. |
| US10309748B2 |
Firearm rail/handguard and mounting system
An assembly for mounting a handguard to a firearm utilizes a biasing element disposed intermediate the barrel nut and the interior end of the handguard and a clamping element also disposed intermediate the barrel nut and the interior end of the handguard but positioned opposite the biasing element about the perimeter of the barrel nut. One or both of the biasing element and clamping element have multiple surfaces which mimic portions of the exterior profile of the barrel nut to prevent any of longitudinal, axial, or radial misalignment of the handguard relative to the axis of the firearm barrel. |
| US10309747B2 |
Firearm rail/handguard and mounting system
An assembly for mounting a handguard to a firearm prevents longitudinal, axial, or radial misalignment relative to the axis of the firearm barrel by utilizing a biasing element disposed intermediate the barrel nut and the interior diameter of the handguard, a clamping element positioned opposite the biasing element about the perimeter of the barrel nut and having a first wedged surface, and a threaded wedge configured to co-act with the first wedged surface of the clamping element to directionally force the clamping element against the barrel nut in a manner that prevents canting of the handguard. |
| US10309741B2 |
Safety selector assembly
A safety selector assembly for a firearm includes a cylinder sized and shaped to be rotatably received within a lower receiver. The cylinder includes a cylinder end having a recess defined therein, and a plunger disposed at least partially within the recess. The plunger is moveably secured within the recess. The safety selector assembly also includes a lever detachably coupled to the cylinder end by the plunger. |
| US10309735B2 |
Airflow sensor for a heat sink
An airflow sensor for a heat sink has a first portion having a first electrical point of contact, a second portion have a second electrical point of contact, and a deformable portion made of an electroactive material electrically coupled to the first and second portions. The deformable portion has first electrical properties measured between the first and second electrical points of contact when there is no airflow and the deformable portion is in a first position, and has second electrical properties different than the first electrical properties when a source of airflow blows air against the deformable portion, thereby causing the deformable portion to extend to a second position farther away from the source of airflow than the first position. The airflow sensor can be incorporated into a heat sink for an electronic component. |
| US10309729B2 |
Heat exchanger core
A corrugated fin heat exchanger is provided in which the direction in which louvers are cut and raised is inclined in one direction only, and in which heat transfer performance is improved above that of conventional fins. To accomplish this, the relationship H>Qup/(Qup−1)×ΔH is satisfied.H represents the core height of the heat exchanger,Qup represents the ratio of the amount of heat exchanged per corrugation between one-directional louver fins and multi-directional louver fins in an airflow part,and ΔH represents the amount of increase in a heat transfer reduction region of a heat exchanger core as a result of changing from multi-directional louver fins to one-directional louver fins. |
| US10309728B2 |
Titanium-based thermal ground plane
Titanium-based thermal ground planes are described. A thermal ground plane in accordance with the present invention comprises a titanium substrate comprising a plurality of pillars, wherein the plurality of Ti pillars can be optionally oxidized to form nanostructured titania coated pillars, and a vapor cavity, in communication with the plurality of titanium pillars, for transporting thermal energy from one region of the thermal ground plane to another region of the thermal ground plane. |
| US10309727B2 |
Multi-stage circulating fluidized bed syngas cooling
A method and apparatus for cooling hot gas streams in the temperature range 800° C. to 1600° C. using multi-stage circulating fluid bed (CFB) coolers is disclosed. The invention relates to cooling the hot syngas from coal gasifiers in which the hot syngas entrains substances that foul, erode and corrode heat transfer surfaces upon contact in conventional coolers. The hot syngas is cooled by extracting and indirectly transferring heat to heat transfer surfaces with circulating inert solid particles in CFB syngas coolers. The CFB syngas coolers are staged to facilitate generation of steam at multiple conditions and hot boiler feed water that are necessary for power generation in an IGCC process. The multi-stage syngas cooler can include internally circulating fluid bed coolers, externally circulating fluid bed coolers and hybrid coolers that incorporate features of both internally and externally circulating fluid bed coolers. |
| US10309716B2 |
Refrigerator
A refrigerator includes a refrigerator door. An ice-making chamber is provided an inner wall of the refrigerator door. An ice-making chamber door is provided at an opening of the ice-making chamber. An ice-making machine is mounted on the inner side of the ice-making chamber door. When the ice-making chamber door is closed, the ice-making chamber door is able to cover the opening of the ice-making chamber and the ice-making machine is located within the ice-making chamber. |
| US10309712B2 |
Cooling device
The present invention relates to a cooling device, in particular a freezer, comprising a cooling circuit having a compressor, at least one evaporator, and a condenser; a space for cooling goods that can be closed at its upper surface; and a coolant reservoir at least partially surrounding an upper region of the space for cooling goods, wherein the at least one evaporator is disposed in the coolant reservoir, and wherein the at least one evaporator at least partially surrounds the upper region of the space for cooling goods. |
| US10309711B2 |
Aerodynamic cover for transport refrigeration unit
A refrigerated truck transportation system includes a transportation cargo container and a refrigeration unit secured to a front wall of the transportation cargo container to provide a flow of supply air for the transportation cargo container. The refrigeration unit includes a compressor and a refrigeration engine operably connected to the compressor to drive the compressor. The compressor and the engine are located in a refrigeration unit housing. A housing cover is located at an upper portion of the refrigeration unit housing. The housing cover has a lower extent located at the refrigeration unit housing and an upper extent located at a top wall of the transportation cargo container and configured to direct an airflow over the top wall thereby reducing turbulence in the airflow. |
| US10309710B2 |
Configurable spiral freezer
A reconfigurable freezer includes a housing having an internal space therein, and first and second openings each in communication with the internal space; an infeed assembly and an outfeed assembly, the infeed assembly constructed to be removably mounted to the housing at one of at the first and second openings for being in communication with the internal space, and the outfeed assembly constructed to be removably mounted to another of the first and second openings for being in communication with the internal space, wherein the infeed and outfeed assemblies are interchangeable at the first and second openings; a conveyor belt transiting the internal space from the infeed assembly to the outfeed assembly; and a drum disposed at the internal space for supporting movement of the conveyor belt about the drum between the infeed and outfeed assemblies. |
| US10309709B2 |
Method and apparatus for thermally protecting and/or transporting temperature sensitive products
Embodiments of the subject invention relate to a method and apparatus for thermally protecting a product, such as when storing and/or shipping a product, so as to control the temperatures the products are exposed to. Embodiments can increased the amount of time the product and/or portions of the product experience a desired temperature range and/or reduce the amount of time the product and/or portions of the product experience temperatures outside of the desired temperature range and/or experience an undesirable temperature range. Embodiments can incorporate thermally conductive materials, such as aluminum sheets, positioned around and/or near the product positioned inside a packaging container, such that the conductive materials conduct heat from one or more locations in the interior of the package to one or more other locations in the interior of the package. These thermally conductive materials can be referred to as conductive equalizers. The conductive equalizers can conductively transfer heat from the hotter portions of the interior of the container to cooler portions of the interior of the container and/or from portions of the interior desired to be cooled to the cold bank. Conducting heat from hotter portions to cooler portions, or from portions to be cooled to the cold bank can result in a more uniform temperature distribution around the product. |
| US10309708B2 |
Refrigerator having a rotatable door for the ice making compartment forming the exterior appearance
A refrigerator includes a body, a refrigerating compartment provided inside the body, a freezing compartment positioned at a lower portion of the refrigerating compartment and provided inside the body, an ice-making compartment provided inside the body and provided with an insulated space that is separated from the refrigerating compartment and the freezing compartment, and an ice-making compartment door to insulate the ice-making compartment from an outside and rotatably installed at the body as to open/close the ice-making compartment. Cooling efficiency is improved by completely separating the ice-making compartment from the freezing compartment and the refrigerating compartment, and user convenience is improved by separately installing the ice-making compartment door. |
| US10309707B2 |
Hybrid twist tray ice maker
An ice maker includes a harvest motor and an ice tray operably coupled to the harvest motor. The ice tray has a plurality of heat sinks coupled to a bottom section of ice forming cavities on the ice tray. The harvest motor is operable to twist the ice tray for causing the plurality of heat sinks to move relative to each other for releasing ice pieces from the ice forming cavities. |
| US10309706B2 |
Cooling or freezing device having an ice maker with a temperature sensor
A cooling or freezing device includes an ice-making tray having a plurality of ice-piece-producing cavities distributed over at least two rows of cavities running parallel to one another. The device further includes a cold air supply system which provides a cold air stream which flows beneath the ice-making tray along the rows of cavities. There is additionally provided a temperature sensor unit which is inserted into a gap formed on the underside of the tray between a pair of adjacent ice-piece-producing cavities. The pair of cavities is formed by two ice-piece-producing cavities which, as seen in the direction of flow of the cold air stream, are the last ice-piece-producing cavities of two adjacent rows of cavities. |
| US10309704B2 |
Compressor with an oil separator between compressing stages
The present application provides a compressor for use with a flow of carbon dioxide. The compressor may include a first stage compression mechanism for compressing the flow of carbon dioxide from a low pressure to an intermediate pressure, an oil separator downstream of the first stage compression mechanism, and a second stage compression mechanism positioned downstream of the oil separator for compressing the flow of carbon dioxide from the intermediate pressure to a high pressure. |
| US10309697B2 |
Cooling system
A cooling system includes a refrigerant compressor and a first operating medium, which provides a mixture of refrigerant and lubrication oil. An oil separator reduces the percentage of the refrigerant in the operating medium to a value between 15% by weight and 60% by weight. |
| US10309694B2 |
Heat pump and cooling power generation method
An adsorption heat pump includes: an evaporator/condenser including a section that evaporates a first heat exchange-medium and pipe through which a second heat exchange-medium flows; first adsorption devices, each including an adsorption-section in which the first heat exchange-medium that has been evaporated reacts and retains the first heat exchange-medium, and pipe through which the second heat exchange-medium flows; and second adsorption device in which first heat exchange-medium that has been released from the first adsorption devices reacts and retains the first heat exchange-medium. The adsorption-section of the first adsorption device in a state reacting with the first heat exchange-medium is in communication with the evaporator/condenser section, and the adsorption-section of the first adsorption device is in a state having adsorbed the first heat exchange-medium is in communication with the second adsorption device adsorption-section, and the first adsorption device pipe is connected to the evaporator/condenser pipe in series, thereby generating cooling. |
| US10309693B2 |
Thermal energy system and method of operation
A thermal energy system comprising a first thermal system in use having a cooling demand, and a heat sink connection system coupled to the first thermal system, the heat sink connection system being adapted to provide selective connection to a plurality of heat sinks for cooling the first thermal system, the heat sink connection system comprising a first heat exchanger system adapted to be coupled to a first remote heat sink containing a working fluid and a second heat exchanger system adapted to be coupled to ambient air as a second heat sink, a fluid loop interconnecting the first thermal system, the first heat exchanger system and the second heat exchanger system, at least one mechanism for selectively altering the order of the first heat exchanger system and the second heat exchanger system in relation to a fluid flow direction around the fluid loop, and a controller for actuating the at least one mechanism. An alternative embodiment has a heating demand and uses heat sources. |
| US10309690B2 |
Discrete attachment point apparatus and system for photovoltaic arrays
An attachment point apparatus and system for photovoltaic arrays is disclosed. One embodiment provides a rail system for receiving a PV module, including a first rail, a second rail, a substantially rectilinear double male connector adapted for coupling an end of the first rail to an end of the second rail, and a connector adapted to attach a PV module to the first rail. Another embodiment provides a PV module including a PV laminate, a frame integral with and supporting the PV laminate, and a spanner bar adapted to solely span a width of the PV module, orthogonally connect at various locations along the frame, and attach to a support structure. A further embodiment provides a coupling device for a PV module comprising a first coupling portion adapted to rotatably engage a PV module, and a second coupling portion adapted to rotatably engage a rail. |
| US10309688B2 |
Apparatus for concentrating solar radiation with inflatable concentrator cushion
The invention relates to a device for the concentration of solar radiation in an absorber, comprising an inflatable concentrator cushion, which comprises a cover film element comprising a light-permeable entry window for coupling in solar radiation and a reflector film, which sub-divides the concentrator cushion into at least two hollow spaces, for the concentration of solar radiation in an absorber, comprising a pivoting apparatus, by means of which the concentrator cushion can be pivoted, in particular about its longitudinal axis, and comprising a retaining apparatus secured to the pivoting apparatus, for retaining the concentrator cushion, which retaining apparatus comprises an upper longitudinal member extending in the longitudinal direction of the concentrator cushion, for suspending the absorber, wherein the upper longitudinal member is arranged on a substantially air-tight closed upper passage opening of the concentrator cushion. |
| US10309685B2 |
Integrated heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration system
A combined heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (“HVACR”) system including an HVAC sub-system and a refrigeration sub-system. The HVAC sub-system is in communication with an open space of an indoor environment and includes a first condenser, a first evaporator, and a first compressor at least partially defining a first refrigerant circuit circulating a first refrigerant for selectively conditioning an airflow within the HVAC sub-system that conditions the open space. The refrigeration sub-system is in communication with an enclosed space within the indoor environment and includes a second condenser, a second evaporator, and a second compressor and at least partially defining a second refrigerant circuit circulating a second refrigerant for selectively conditioning the enclosed space. Heat from the second refrigerant is selectively transferred to the airflow within the second condenser to reheat the airflow prior to the airflow being discharged into the open space. |
| US10309683B2 |
Indoor unit of air conditioner
An inside unit of an air conditioner that includes a cabinet that accommodates a fan and a heat exchanger, a front panel mounted on an open surface of the cabinet and forming an inlet port through which inside air is suctioned into a depressed inside area and a panel outlet port through which heat-exchanged air is discharged, a vane provided on the panel outlet port and controlling opening degree of the panel outlet port by the rotation, an air guide that extends along an outside end of the panel outlet port and is formed of a heat insulating material, a slide preventing protrusion that protrudes from the front panel in which the air guide is mounted, and a protrusion accommodating groove depressed in the bottom surface of the air guide corresponding to the slide preventing protrusion and the slide preventing protrusion is received in the protrusion accommodating groove. |
| US10309682B2 |
Process for forming an insulated register box
A process for insulating a register box in which the register box has a plurality of side panels arranged in a generally rectangular configuration and a duct opening through a wall that extends across the generally rectangular configuration, in which the process includes flowing an expandable polymeric material toward the plurality of side panels, placing the register box into or onto a support structure, introducing a liner over the flowed expandable polymeric material within the register box, and placing a form onto the liner in the register box so as to shape the expandable polymeric material within the register box. The form and the liner are then removed from the register box. |
| US10309675B2 |
Defrosting method for air conditioner and defrosting device for air conditioner
The present disclosure provides a defrosting method for an air conditioner. The method includes: acquiring outdoor temperature and outdoor humidity if the air conditioner enters a defrosting mode; judging whether the outdoor temperature and the outdoor humidity satisfy a predetermined condition; and controlling an outdoor fan to rotate reversely according to tube temperature of an outdoor heat exchanger and a defrosting period, so as to defrost a protecting housing surrounding the outdoor heat exchanger if it is judged that the outdoor temperature and the outdoor humidity satisfy the predetermined condition. The defrosting method may efficiently defrost the protecting housing surrounding the outdoor heat exchanger completely. The present disclosure further provides a defrosting device for an air conditioner. |
| US10309674B2 |
Air-conditioning control system, air-conditioning control apparatus, and air-conditioning control method
An air-conditioning control apparatus is configured to group a plurality of environmental sensors into a plurality of groups, based on correlation coefficients between environmental information acquired by the plurality of environmental sensors. The air-conditioning control apparatus is configured to regularly calculate a correlation coefficient between environmental information acquired by one or more environmental sensors in each of the plurality of groups. The air-conditioning control apparatus is configured to reset, in the case where the calculated correlation coefficient is less than a predetermined value, a group associated with an environmental sensor. The air-conditioning control apparatus is configured to control each of a plurality of air conditioners that are each associated with any of the plurality of groups, based on environmental information acquired by each environmental sensor in the group associated with the air conditioner. |
| US10309672B2 |
Thermostat wiring connector
A thermostat for controlling an HVAC system includes wiring terminals adapted and configured to make an electrical connection with an HVAC system wires such as common, heating and cooling control and return wires. The making of the connection with a common wire actuates switching open a loop of an electrical circuit used for power harvesting. The wiring terminal includes actuation of a moveable part of the terminal so as to accommodate the common wire that in turn actuates the switching open the power harvesting loop. More than one other loop can be switched. The wiring terminal can be used to automatically connect and/or disconnect Rc and Rh circuits when one or both Rc and Rh wires are present. The wiring terminal can be used for electronically sensing the presence of the HVAC system wire. |
| US10309669B2 |
Methods and apparatus for temperature control of computer racks and computer data centres
A computer data center having multiple open computer hardware storage racks. Each rack includes multiple computer hardware components horizontally rack-mounted in a front side of the rack, and a heat exchanging unit vertically mounted to a back side of the rack. A first cooling circuit interconnects the heat exchanging units of at least some of the computer hardware storage racks. At least a first rack and a second rack are arranged back to back in the computer data center, with a first heat exchanger unit of the first rack facing a second heat exchanger unit of the second rack. |
| US10309668B2 |
Zonal demand control ventilation for a building
A method for operating an air handling unit of an HVAC system. The method includes opening an outside air flow control device to enable breathing air flow during a high outdoor air time period to a first zone having a first number of occupants and a second zone having a second number of occupants that is less than the first number of occupants. The outside air flow control device is then closed to enable conditioning air flow during a low outdoor air time period to the first and second zones. Further, a variable air volume (VAV) air flow control device provides desired amounts of breathing air to the first and second zones suitable for the first and second number of occupants, respectively. A VAV air temperature control device then provides conditioning air to the first and second zones having a suitable temperature for the first and second number of occupants. |
| US10309667B2 |
Ventilator
A ventilator comprising an air blower; a casing comprising a first wall and a second wall configured to house the air blower centrally and to define a radially decreasing volume therebetween, a circumferential gap between the first wall and the second wall configured to allow a high velocity air stream to exit and to spiral in a direction away from a structure to which the ventilator is configured to be mounted, and a central opening in the second wall configured as a suction inlet of the air blower; and a flow amplifier adjacent the casing and configured to amplify air flow through an air flow passage defined between the flow amplifier and the second wall of the casing. |
| US10309666B2 |
Filter cartridge, roller, and air humidifier
A filter cartridge for filtering water, for use in an air humidifier, having a storage chamber for storing filter material, and having at least one opening for feeding to the storage chamber and/or for releasing from the storage chamber the water to be filtered is proposed. For the purpose of relatively quick filling, the filter cartridge is formed to be arranged in a container, containing water to be filtered, such that the filter cartridge can project at least partially into the water stored in the container, with the at least one opening formed both as a water inlet for feeding water from the container into the storage chamber and as a water outlet for discharging water from the storage chamber into the container. A roller, an air humidifier and a filtering method are also proposed. |
| US10309662B2 |
Environment control system and devices
Heating, ventilating and air conditioning are provided to a temporary, flexible shelter, especially in a rugged, remote and/or extreme environment, including locations and/or conditions where access to electric power may be limited and/or expensive. A portable system may include a light weight HVAC unit, with variable-speed components that are dynamically managed for efficiency, reliability and safety, and a flexible, self-insulating duct for connecting the HVAC unit to the temporary shelter. |
| US10309660B2 |
Combined heating system capable of bi-directional heating
A combined heating system comprising a first heating subsystem including a first fluid conductor, a first heating unit adapted to heat a first fluid and output the first fluid at the outlet of the first fluid conductor, and a fluid mover adapted to move the first fluid through the first heating unit, a second heating subsystem including a second fluid conductor adapted to receive a second fluid, a third fluid conductor, a second heating unit adapted to heat the second fluid and output the heated second fluid in the third fluid conductor, a fluid mover adapted to move the second fluid from the outlet of the third fluid conductor to the inlet of the second fluid conductor, at least one heat exchanger operably connected to a downstream location of the first heating unit and a fourth fluid conductor connecting the second fluid conductor and the third fluid conductor. |
| US10309658B2 |
Kitchen workspace with a moving oven
A kitchen workspace and a method of organizing a kitchen workspace is set forth. The kitchen workspace is consolidated into a small footprint area with automated vertical storage shelves for storing and housing kitchen items and kitchen appliances. The automated storage shelves may be provided with electrical power for powering kitchen appliances found on the shelves. Kitchen appliances may be rotated around the automated storage shelves while the appliances are being used. One or more food cooking devices above a sink are able to be moved while being fixed to a kitchen wall. |
| US10309657B2 |
Cooking grate with integrated venting
A cooking grate combining the cooking surface and the venting surface for a cooking appliance. The venting surface of the cooking grate may include one or more vanes. The vanes of the venting surface may direct air towards the cooking surface. The venting surface of the cooking grate may include a depending skirt defining a cavity therein. One or more cooking grates may be used in a variety of applications. |
| US10309655B2 |
Cooling system for fuel nozzles within combustor in a turbine engine
A cooling system for a fuel system in a turbine engine that is usable to cool a fuel nozzle is disclosed. The cooling system may include one or more cooling system housings positioned around the fuel nozzle, such that the cooling system housing forms a cooling chamber defined at least partially by an inner surface of the cooling system housing and an outer surface of the fuel nozzle. The fuel nozzle may extend into a combustor chamber formed at least in part by a combustor housing. The fuel nozzle may include one or more fuel exhaust orifices with an opening in an outer surface of the fuel nozzle and configured to exhaust fluids unrestricted by the housing forming the cooling system cooling chamber. The cooling system may provide cooling fluids to cool the fuel nozzle within the cooling system cooling chamber regardless of whether the fuel nozzle is in use. |
| US10309652B2 |
Gas turbine engine combustor basket with inverted platefins
A gas turbine engine combustor basket has nested outer and inner liners that are separated by a gap at their respective distal downstream ends for passage of cooling air between the liners. Radially inwardly projecting platefins formed on an inner circumferential surface of the outer liner maintain the cooling air passage gap. In some embodiments effusion cooling through holes are formed in the inner liner outer circumference, oriented in the air passage gap between the fins, so that cooling air passes through the effusion holes into the cooling air passage gap. |
| US10309644B2 |
Method for the ignition of a power plant burner, and coal dust burner suitable for the method
One embodiment relates to a burner, comprising a fuel pipe, a fuel nozzle, at least one ignition and/or heat source and a pipe which conducts an oxygen-containing gas and/or recirculated flue gas, wherein the at least one ignition and/or heat source is arranged in the burner interior and is in the form of or comprises an electric heating and/or ignition device via which, exclusively by conversion of electrical current into heat energy, the amount of heat energy required within the burner for the initiation and continuation of the initial pyrolysis and ignition is generated and/or provided in the burner interior. A stabilizing ring with toothed ring may be a constituent part of the electric heating and/or ignition device arranged in the mouth region of the fuel nozzle. |
| US10309642B2 |
Process for recovering power in a process for producing ethylene
The present invention provides a process for power recovery in a process for producing ethylene, comprising steam cracking a hydrocarbon feed to produce a cracked gas product; cooling the cracked gas product by indirect heat exchange with high pressure liquid water to obtain cooled cracked gas product while evaporating the high pressure liquid water to high pressure steam; expanding the high pressure steam in a first steam expansion turbine to produce power and to obtain medium pressure steam; heating at least part of the medium pressure steam to increase the temperature of the medium pressure steam by passing the medium pressure steam through a convection zone of the cracking furnace and retrieving reheated medium pressure steam from the convection zone; expanding at least part of the reheated medium pressure steam in a second steam expansion turbine to produce power and to obtain low pressure steam. |
| US10309641B1 |
Methods and systems for indicating an exercise footprint
A method of indicating an exercise footprint includes providing an exercise assembly having at least one exercise member that moves within the exercise footprint and controlling at least one illumination source to illuminate a floor surface to indicate at least a portion of the exercise footprint. |
| US10309640B2 |
Floor covering system comprising a lighting system
The invention provides a floor covering system (10) with (a) a PVC-based floor covering (100) and (b) a lighting system (200) arranged to generate light (210). The PVC-based floor covering (100) has a user side (101) and an opposite back side (102). The lighting system (200) is arranged at the back side (102) of the PVC-based floor covering (100). The PVC-based floor covering (100) has a light transmission for light (210) generated by the lighting system (200) in the range of 0.5% to 30%, especially in the range of 1% to 20%. |
| US10309639B2 |
Communication cables with illumination
Methods and systems are provided for enhanced communication cables which may be configured for supporting at least two separate functions, including distribution of data signals and at least one other different function. An example enhanced cable may include an arrangement along at least a section of the cable, with that arrangement configured for supporting the at least one other different function. The other different function may include illumination. The cable may include or have a jacket configured to accommodate the arrangement, with the jacket being transparent or including transparent areas or openings corresponding to at least regions of the arrangement. The arrangement may include an illumination arrangement. The cable may include light guiding material configured for use in conjunction with the illumination arrangement. The cable may have leaky feeder structures, for use in support of the distribution of data signals function. |
| US10309638B2 |
Partially lighted T-bar
The partially lit T-bar includes a spine with a rest shelf at a lower portion thereof. The rest shelf supports adjacent ceiling tiles. The under surface of the rest shelf includes a lighting module on a portion and a plain unlit undersurface on other portions. Additional T-bars which are shorter, and typically fully lit or fully unlit and half the length of the partially lit T-bar are also provided which can attach at ends or near a midpoint of the partially lit T-bar and typically perpendicularly thereto. A great variety of lighting patterns in a dropped ceiling is thus facilitated. Each of the T-bars preferably also includes a heat sink on an upper portion of the spine and also preferably a lower heat sink on an upper portion of the rest shelf. Heat associated with the light element of the T-bar can thus be drawn away from a space below the ceiling. |
| US10309635B1 |
Damaged connection detection
A circuitry assembly including an electrical component, a peripheral circuitry that supports the electrical component, a support assembly affixed to the peripheral circuitry to evacuate heat excess generated by the electrical component and the peripheral circuitry, a main circuitry separated from the support assembly by a spacing, the main circuitry having a plurality of detection bands, and a plurality of ribbons electrically connecting the peripheral circuitry with the main circuitry and deformable between an undamaged state and a damaged state, wherein in the undamaged state the plurality of ribbons steps over the spacing and the plurality of detection bands and in the damaged state at least one ribbon of the plurality of ribbons contacts at least one detection band of the plurality of detection bands and generate a short circuit. |
| US10309631B2 |
Lamp
A lamp includes a rotary adjustment mechanism, an inclination adjustment mechanism and a light source. The light source is rotatable along a first direction in a first plane by the rotary adjustment mechanism and/or rotatable relative along a second direction in a second plane by the inclination adjustment mechanism, wherein the second plane is different from the first plane. |
| US10309629B2 |
Elastically-buckled lamp
The present invention provides an elastically-buckled lamp, comprising a mounting base and a lamp body; there are more than three elastic buckles provided on the mounting base; arc-shaped grooves adapted to the elastic buckles are provided at an upper end of the lamp body, and the elastic buckles can be elastically deformed in a radial direction of the arc-shaped grooves and then inserted and clamped into the arc-shaped grooves; and when provided in the arc-shaped grooves, the elastic buckles are capable of sliding along the arc-shaped grooves to enable the lamp body to rotate relatively to the mounting base, so that it is easy to adjust mounting angles. Moreover, it is easy to mount and beautiful in appearance. |