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| US10322505B2 |
Controller for a commissioning device
A controller for a commissioning device for storing piece goods such as medicinal packages is provided. The controller includes a delivery table that extends in a first direction, two elongated clamping jaws disposed above the delivery table, the jaws having clamping surfaces that face one another, and a clamping jaw guide apparatus with a frame structure, at least one first and one second guide which are separated from one another in the first direction and extend in a second direction, and at least four clamping jaw carriages which are coupled to the guides and driven in the second direction. Two clamping jaw carriages each are associated with a guide and at least two clamping jaw carriages separated from one another in the first direction are coupled to one clamping jaw, respectively. |
| US10322503B2 |
Tool handle for holding multiple tools of different sizes during use
A circular, cylindrically shaped tool handle holds multiple sizes of tools. The handle includes one or more holding slots each positioned on the outer surface into which tools are inserted and held. Each holding slot includes one or more contoured compartments in which tools rest when engaged with the handle. Each contoured compartment is of a size and dimension which corresponds to one or more tool sizes. Each contoured compartment is formed about a corresponding receiving hole. A lock is positioned over the contoured compartment to irremovably confine the short leg of the hexagonal wrench within the contoured compartment. Hexagonal shaped tools other than wrenches are able to be used with the handle of the present invention such as screwdrivers and socket wrenches. A tool container stores the tools and the tool handle. |
| US10322501B2 |
Fastening tool having timed ready to fire mode
A fastening tool and method of operating a fastening tool can include a driver, a motor, a flywheel driven by the motor, an actuator, and a controller. The actuator can cause the driver to engage with the flywheel to cause the driver to move along an axis. The controller can selectively operate the motor and selectively operate the actuator. In a first state, the controller will not operate the actuator unless the contact trip switch and the trigger switch are both actuated, the contact trip switch being actuated prior to actuation of the trigger switch, and the flywheel is rotating at a first predetermined speed. When the controller is in the first state, the controller can operate the motor to rotate the flywheel at a second predetermined speed until the earlier of a second predetermined period of time after operation of the actuator, or a subsequent operation of the actuator. |
| US10322500B2 |
Hinge pin extractor
A hinge pin extractor operable to urge a pin out of engagement with a hinge assembly can include a base, a receiver, a plunger, and a lever. The receiver can be mounted to the base to engage a portion of the hinge assembly. The plunger can be mounted to the base and configured to urge a pin of the hinge assembly out of engagement during movement from the first end limit of travel to the second end limit of travel. The lever can be pivotally engaged with the base and disposed to engage the plunger to move the plunger along the rectilinear path. The lever and the base and the plunger can be engaged such that pivoting motion of the lever is transmitted to rectilinear motion of the plunger through a single, fixed fulcrum positioned directly in the base. |
| US10322498B2 |
Electric power tool
An electric power tool in one aspect of the present disclosure comprises a motor, a hitting mechanism, a hitting detector, and a control unit. The control unit is configured to set a control amount of the motor so that the motor rotates at a lower speed than a speed in the target rotation state during an initial driving period, and switch the control amount to a final control amount corresponding to the target rotation state when the initial driving period elapses. The initial driving period is a period from when generation of a hitting force is detected by the hitting detector until a predetermined first time period elapses, after the motor is started driven. |
| US10322497B2 |
Bias member for reducing ratcheting arc
A tool that broadly includes a first drive end and a ratchet gear disposed in the first drive end. The ratchet gear includes a receiving portion adapted to engage a work piece for providing torque to the working piece. First and second pawls each including pawl teeth are selectively engageable with the ratchet gear. The first and second pawls each include a relief portion on a side opposite the pawl teeth. A first bias member is engaged with the relief portions and limits movement of the first and second pawls away from the ratchet gear during use of the tool, thereby reducing an amount of ratcheting arc of the tool. |
| US10322488B2 |
Rotating tool, and polishing tool
A rotating tool includes a tool body including a polishing tool and a shank, and a flange part provided in the tool body. The polishing tool includes a plurality of linear grinding members and a grinding member holder to hold the linear grinding members. The flange part is an annular member, and attached to the grinding member holder, so as to be movable in the direction of an axial line and rotatable about the axial line. When the inner circumferential surface of a hole formed in a workpiece is processed, the grinding member holder and the annular member are inserted into the hole. When run-out on the front side of the rotating tool occurs, the annular member comes into contact with the peripheral wall surface of the hole, whereby the run-out of the tool body is reduced. |
| US10322486B2 |
Grinding machine
A grinding machine includes a manual rotating handle provided with a rotation detector that outputs a rotation detection signal so that the position of a grinding wheel with respect to a workpiece can be relatively moved in accordance with the rotation detection signal. The grinding machine further includes a grinding wheel, a moving apparatus that moves the position of the grinding wheel with respect to a workpiece W, a proximity detector that outputs a proximity detection signal corresponding to a relative position or a relative distance between the workpiece and the grinding wheel, a manual rotating handle provided with a rotation detector, and a control apparatus that controls the moving apparatus based on the rotation detection signal. The manual rotating handle is provided with a rotational-torque varying apparatus. The control apparatus controls the rotational-torque varying apparatus based on the proximity detection signal. |
| US10322483B2 |
Tool shape measurement device and tool shape measurement method
A tool shape measurement device includes: a contour detection unit that detects a tool contour from an image of a rotating tool that is taken; an axis direction calculation unit that calculates a tool axis direction that is an axis direction of the rotating tool on the basis of the tool contour; a tool diameter measurement unit that calculates an apparent tool diameter of the rotating tool on an imaging surface on the basis of a calibrated positional and postural relationship between an imaging device and the rotating tool, the tool axis direction, and the tool contour; and a tool diameter correction unit that calculates a distance between the imaging device and the rotating tool using the tool axis direction, and corrects the apparent tool diameter to an actual tool diameter by correcting distortion in the tool contour on the basis of the distance. |
| US10322476B2 |
Late customization on valve body end connections using additive manufacturing
A method is provided of custom manufacturing a valve body having an initial valve body configuration having a first end connection and a second end connection. The method includes adding material to the first end connection using a first additive manufacturing process to create at least a portion of a custom first end connection configuration, and the custom first end connection configuration is different than an initial first end connection configuration. The method further includes adding material to the second end connection using a second additive manufacturing process to create at least a portion of a custom second end connection configuration, and the custom second end connection configuration is different than an initial second end connection configuration. |
| US10322473B2 |
Low manganese welding electodes
Flux cored welding electrodes comprise a iron based metal sheath and either a flux or metal core within the sheath, enclosing core ingredients. The core ingredients and sheath together comprise, in weight percentages based on the total weight of the electrode, very low levels of manganese. While having low levels of manganese the electrodes satisfy the strength and safety requirements required of commercial electrodes. Embodiments contain manganese in the range of 0.09 to 0.19% by weight of the electrode, along with other components. |
| US10322472B2 |
Cu core ball, solder paste, formed solder, Cu core column, and solder joint
Provided are a Cu core ball and a cu core column, which achieve dropping strength and strength against heat cycle. The Cu core ball (1) contains a Cu ball (2) made of Cu or a Cu alloy and a solder layer (3) which is made of a solder alloy composed of Sn and Cu and covers the Cu ball (2). The solder layer (3) contains not less than 0.1% through not more than 3.0% of Cu and the remainder is composed of Sn and impurities. |
| US10322471B2 |
Low temperature high reliability alloy for solder hierarchy
A lead-free, antimony-free solder alloy_suitable for use in electronic soldering applications. The solder alloy comprises (a) from 1 to 4 wt. % silver; (b) from 0.5 to 6 wt. % bismuth; (c) from 3.55 to 15 wt. % indium, (d) 3 wt. % or less of copper; (e) one or more optional elements and the balance tin, together with any unavoidable impurities. |
| US10322470B2 |
Deposition head for additive manufacturing
A deposition head for additive manufacturing may include a material feeder including a first feeder to deposit a first feed material to a growth surface, and a second feeder to deposit a second feed material to the growth surface, and an electromagnetic energy source to direct electromagnetic energy to the growth surface, wherein the electromagnetic energy forms a melt pool on the growth surface, and wherein the melt pool may include at least one of a molten first feed material and a molten second feed material. |
| US10322469B2 |
Fusion bonding process for glass
A part of a glass layer 103 disposed along a region to be fused R is irradiated with a laser beam L1, so as to form the glass layer 103 with a laser-absorbing part 108a having a high laser absorptance. Then, while using the laser-absorbing part 108a as an irradiation initiation position, the region to be fused R is irradiated therealong with a laser beam L2, so as to melt the glass layer 103 and fix the glass layer 103 onto a glass member 104. Since the irradiation initiation position for the laser beam L2 has already become the laser-absorbing part 108a, a stable region where the melting of the glass layer 103 is stable can be formed immediately from the start point for initiating the irradiation with the second laser beam or nearby. The glass member 104 is fused to a glass member 105 through the glass layer 103 having such a stable region formed throughout the region to be fused R, so as to yield a glass fusing structure 101. |
| US10322467B2 |
Position detecting device and laser processing device
A height position of a surface of a wafer can be detected accurately and stably without being affected by variation in a thin film formed on the surface of the wafer. An AF (autofocus) device irradiates the surface of the wafer W with an AF laser beam, detects reflection light thereof for each wavelength with a detection optical system. An AF signal processing unit outputs a displacement signal indicating displacement of the surface of the wafer to a control unit on the basis of a detection result of the detection optical system. Moreover, the AF device includes a focus optical system disposed in an irradiation optical path which is an optical path from the light source unit to a light converging lens. The focus optical system adjusts a light converging point of the AF laser beam in a wafer thickness direction. |
| US10322454B2 |
Method for manufacturing high melting point metal based objects
A method for manufacturing a high melting point metal based object includes providing pure high melting point metal based powder, fabricating a green object from the powder, by way of a laser sintering technique, providing infiltration treatment to the green object, and providing heating pressure treatment to the green object. The temperature to the green object is controlled to the re-sintering point of the green object. |
| US10322453B2 |
Sintering apparatus
A sintering apparatus (4) for sintering at least one workpiece (2), more particularly a dental workpiece, having a sintering chamber (18) for receiving the sintering workpiece (2) during sintering, wherein the sintering chamber (18) is delimited by a base surface (6) of the sintering apparatus (4) on which the workpiece can be placed during sintering, wherein the sintering apparatus (4) has at least one gas feed (5) for introducing protective gas into the sintering chamber (18), wherein the gas feed (5) is on the side of the base surface (6) that faces away from the sintering chamber (18) and the base surface (6) has at least one flow-through portion (14) which is permeable to the protective gas to allow the protective gas coming from the gas feed (5) to pass into the sintering chamber (18). |
| US10322450B2 |
Adjustable flow overflow vortex transfer system
The present invention is directed to a molten metal transfer system. The system includes a pump having interchangeable low flow and high flow impellers and selective low flow and high flow transfer troughs. |
| US10322447B2 |
Anisotropically aligned carbon nanotubes in a carbon nanotube metal matrix composite
A method is provided for fabricating a carbon nanotube metal matrix composite. The method may include forming a molten mixture by combining carbon nanotubes with a molten solution. The carbon nanotubes combined with the molten solution may be dispersed therein. The method may also include transferring the molten mixture to a mold and applying a magnetic field to the molten mixture in the mold to substantially align at least a portion of the carbon nanotubes with one another. The method may further include solidifying the molten mixture in the mold to fabricate the carbon nanotube metal matrix composite, where at least a portion of the carbon nanotubes may be substantially aligned in the carbon nanotube metal matrix composite. |
| US10322444B2 |
Apparatus, system, and method for manipulation of nested stamped parts
An apparatus for rotating an inner stamped part with respect to an outer stamped part is provided. The inner stamped part is nested within an aperture formed within the outer stamped part. The apparatus includes a plurality of grippers that include at least a first gripper positioned at a first edge of the inner stamped part and a second gripper positioned at a second edge of the inner stamped part opposite to the first edge. The plurality of grippers is configured to grip the inner stamped part at the first edge and the second edge, respectively. The plurality of grippers is further configured to rotate the gripped inner stamped part about an axis of rotation. The axis of rotation intersects the first gripper and the second gripper. The plurality of grippers is also configured to open to release the inner stamped part. |
| US10322441B2 |
Hand tool for bending rebar
A ratcheting hand tool (or “Hickey bar”) for bending rebar comprising a ratchet mechanism, a handle attached to the ratchet mechanism, and a Hickey bar tool head attached to the ratchet mechanism, which tool head may be a detachable. |
| US10322439B2 |
Dual nozzle jetting tool for tank cleaning and related methods
System, tool and method for cleaning a tank that stores oil products. A jetting tool has a first nozzle (114) and a second nozzle (116). The jetting tool may be movably disposed within the tank, such as vertically and/or horizontally and is configured to receive fluid from a flowline (105) to expel the fluid through at least one of the first nozzle and the second nozzle of the jetting tool. |
| US10322435B2 |
Natural composite material multilayer structure and method of manufacturing the same
A method of manufacturing a natural composite material multilayer structure includes: manufacturing a felt layer; spraying a thermosetting resin onto one surface or both surfaces of the felt layer; forming an intermediate layer of the sprayed thermosetting resin to form a composite material; heat-pressing the composite material through a heated mold; and cold-pressing the heat-compressed composite material. |
| US10322433B2 |
Metering dispenser for flowable compositions
Described are metering dispensers (10) having a body (100) configured to hold a flowable composition in a chamber, a drive screw (300) coupled to the body, and a plunger (400) threadingly coupled to the drive screw. The plunger includes at least two annular lips (416) that form a fluid seal with the chamber as the plunger travels along the drive screw through the chamber. A base (200) is rotationally coupled to the body with a cam (208) that contacts at least one tab (114) extending externally from the body so that the tab enters at least one low point (222) on the cam by traveling over a trailing edge (226) of the low point, and the trailing edge then prevents the tab from exiting the low point in the direction of the trailing edge. |
| US10322431B1 |
Stratification detection and aerosol distribution system
An improved apparatus and methods are presented for a new and improved ultrasonic aerosol generation apparatus and air/gas and deployed aerosol movement system, which is able to increase and improve the reliability and quality of coverage and treatment of the various targeted surfaces within an enclosed space, with the generated and deployed disinfecting aerosol, by providing an improved system to detect one or more of any layers and stratifications of gas(s) and deployed aerosols within the atmosphere of the treated area(s) at any time, and a means to remove and effectively disrupt, the said layers, so the deployed aerosol can effectively treat the targeted area(s), as well as additional enhancements to the systems used for processing the atmosphere in the targeted area(s) after the treatment cycle has completed deploying the aerosol, such as improving the cleaning of the dehumidification device, and the effective operation of the dehumidification and filter components. |
| US10322429B2 |
Waste stream management system and method
A method for managing a live stream of waste stream fluids in which a controller of an applicator unit accesses data indicative of a first concentration of at least one contaminant in a volume of waste stream fluids loaded in the applicator unit, and a contaminant capacity profile indicative of an amount of the at least one contaminant to be applied in the land area. At least a portion of the volume of waste stream fluids loaded in the applicator unit is applied on at least a portion of a land area based on the first concentration of the at least one contaminant in the volume of waste stream fluids and the contaminant capacity profile. The controller generates an updated contaminant capacity profile based at least in part on the volume of waste stream fluids applied on the land area and the first concentration of the at least one contaminant in the volume of waste stream fluids applied to the land area. |
| US10322425B2 |
Water atomisation device
A water atomisation device for water evaporation and/or dust control. The device includes: a generally longitudinally hollow housing; a fan; a motor; and a hollow manifold. The housing extends between an inlet end and an outlet end, with the inlet end defining a first air inlet to an interior of the housing. The fan is within the housing, between the inlet end and the outlet end. The motor drives the fan. The manifold is shaped to generally correspond to that of the outlet end and has a plurality of water injector nozzles directed substantially inwardly and away from the outlet end. A distal edge of the outlet end is longitudinally spaced apart from a proximal edge of the manifold to define a second air entrainment inlet to an interior of the manifold. |
| US10322424B2 |
Electrostatic fluid delivery backpack system
An electrostatic fluid delivery system is configured to deliver fluid, such as a disinfectant fluid, onto a surface by electrically charging the fluid and forming the fluid into a mist, fog, plume, or spray that can be directed onto a surface, such as a surface to be cleaned. The system atomizes the fluid using a high-pressure air stream and passes the fluid through an electrode inside a nozzle assembly to charge, such as negatively charge, droplets of the atomized fluid. The system uses a unique nozzle design that is configured to optimally atomize the fluid into various sized droplets. |
| US10322421B2 |
Sprinkler
A sprinkler includes a housing having a tubular axle, a control device including a base coupled at the housing, a bridge upwardly extended from the tubular axle, a first cover including a top platform and an assembling unit downwardly extended from the top platform, and a second cover, having a center through hole, coupled at a top rim of the base. The bridge has two or more bridge ribs and the assembly unit has two or more corresponding windows. The first cover is coupled at the second cover at a position that the assembling unit is downwardly extended through the center through hole until the in center through hole is covered by the top platform, such that the bridge ribs of the bridge are engaged with the windows of the assembling unit of the first cover to securely couple the control device with the housing in a screw-less manner. |
| US10322420B2 |
Pressing waterway switch device and shower head
A pressing waterway switch device and shower includes a fixed housing and a pressing switch mechanism, the pressing switch mechanism includes a button, a switching component, and a transmission component, the button, the driving piece and the switching component are all or part of connected with an elastic piece. The pressing waterway switch device is installed in a shower body with the button disposed outside. By pressing the button makes the water outlet function changed in switch manner, and the water outlet function includes shower spray function, massage spray function and shower spray combined with massage spray together. |
| US10322419B2 |
Dual centrifuge rotor with damping mass
A rotor (10) of a dual centrifuge which can be rotated about a drive axis (A) in a centrifuge, which rotor comprises at least two rotary units (26) that are arranged symmetrically to one another and have a bearing (32) and a rotary head (30) which is connected to the bearing (32) and which is mounted in the bearing (32) so as to be rotatable about a rotational axis (R1, R2), which rotary head (30) can be driven about the rotational axis (R1, R2) relative to the rotor by another rotary mechanism (46) of the centrifuge and has a rotary head receiving unit (80) for at least one sample container or at least one sample container receptacle (100, 110), with the rotational axis (R1, R2) of the rotary head (30) being inclined relative to the drive axis (A) of the rotor, the rotary head receiving unit (80) being designed to receive an elongated sample container receptacle (100, 110) or an elongated sample container, and the longitudinal axis of the sample container receptacle (100, 110) introduced into the rotary head receiving unit (80) or the longitudinal axis of the sample container introduced into the rotary head receiving unit (80) extending perpendicular to the axis of rotation (R1, R2) of the rotary head (30) or being oriented at an angle ranging between more than 0° and less than 90° relative to the axis of rotation. At least one connection region (52) is provided to which at least one damping mass (54) can be selectively attached either in a releasable manner or, by a fixing element, in a permanent manner for operation. |
| US10322416B2 |
Method and system for upper pill-crushing-cup detection
A sensor detects the presence of an upper cup in a pair of cups, between which pills are crushed by machine. Operation of the crushing machine is prevented if the upper cup is absent, and enabled if the upper cup is present. The sensor may be a photodiode that is sensitive to a beam of laser light that is directed over the lower cup. The beam passes when the upper cup is absent and is blocked by the upper cup when present. An optional sensor may be included to detect whether the drawer containing the cups and pills is closed, which is used as a further condition that must be satisfied before crushing can be started. Also, an interlock can be included to prevent the drawer from opening during the crushing process. By ensuring the presence of the upper cup, the escape of powdered medication can be prevented. |
| US10322410B2 |
Ligand for catalyst or pre-catalyst and method of forming C(SP2)-N bond
A compound having a chemical formula according to Formula (I) is disclosed where one of Z1, Z2 and Z3 is and one of the Z1, Z2, and Z3 that is bonded to a carbon atom that is adjacent to the carbon atom bonded to is P(AR1)(A′R2). Metal-based catalyst and pre-catalysts, such as nickel-based catalysts and precatalysts, where the metal is complexed to the compound are also disclosed. Methods of forming C(sp2)-N bonds are also disclosed. |
| US10322407B2 |
Catalyst for carbon monoxide oxidation and process for the preparation thereof
The present invention provides a catalyst and a process for the selective oxidation of carbon monoxide (CO) to produce carbon dioxide gas (CO2). The process provides a process which selectively oxidizes CO to CO2 in presence of excess hydrogen. The process provides a selective oxidation of CO to CO2 gas over Cu/CeO2 catalyst between temperature range 40° C. to 90° C. at atmospheric pressure in presence of excess H2, H2O and CO2. The process provides a CO conversion up to 100% without deactivation till 100 h. |
| US10322406B2 |
Exhaust gas purifying catalyst
The object of the present invention is to provide an exhaust gas purifying catalyst that can achieve high purification performance while suppressing H2S emissions. The object is solved by an exhaust gas purifying catalyst in which the top layer of a catalyst coating layer comprises a ceria-zirconia composite oxide having a pyrochlore-type ordered array structure, in which the ceria-zirconia composite oxide contains at least one additional element selected from the group consisting of praseodymium, lanthanum, and yttrium at 0.5 to 5.0 mol % in relation to the total cation amount, and the molar ratio of (cerium+additional element):(zirconium) is within the range from 43:57 to 48:52. |
| US10322403B2 |
Coating for reducing nitrogen oxides
A catalyst coating for use in a hydrolysis catalyst (H-catalyst) for the reduction of nitrogen oxides, a manufacturing method for such a coating, a catalyst structure and its use are described. The H-catalyst includes alkaline compounds, which are capable of adsorbing HNCO and/or nitrogen oxides and which include alkali and alkaline earth metals, lanthanum and/or yttrium and/or hafnium and/or prasedium and/or gallium, and/or zirconium for promoting reduction, such as for promoting the hydrolysis of urea and the formation of ammonia and/or the selective reduction of nitrogen oxides. |
| US10322397B2 |
Upgrading of a raw blend into a diesel fuel substitute: poly(dimethoxymethane)
A method for forming poly(dimethoxymethane) includes a step of separating a formaldehyde-containing blend into a first bottom stream and a first top stream. The first formaldehyde-containing blend includes methanol, formaldehyde, and water while the first bottom stream includes water. The first top stream includes dimethoxymethane that is produced from the reaction between methanol and formaldehyde. The first top stream is separated into a second bottom stream and a second top stream. The second bottom stream includes poly(dimethoxymethane) while the second top stream includes dimethoxymethane, methanol, and ethanol. The second top stream is separated into a third bottom stream and a third top stream. Third bottom stream includes methanol and ethanol while the third top stream includes dimethoxymethane. The third top steam can be recycled to form additional poly(dimethoxymethane). A system that implements the method is also provided. |
| US10322391B2 |
Reactor device for the release of a gas from a starting material
A reactor device for the release of a gas from a starting material includes a reactor housing having a longitudinal axis and at least one single reactor arranged in the reactor housing, the single reactor including a base plate oriented transversely to the longitudinal axis, a starting material flow channel defining a starting material flow direction, a catalyst arranged in the starting material flow channel, a heating unit for heating the catalyst and/or the starting material and a gas collection chamber arranged above the starting material flow channel for collecting the gas released from the starting material. |
| US10322384B2 |
Counter flow mixer for process chamber
A counterflow mixing device for a process chamber is disclosed, comprising an injection tube that introduces a fluid in a manner counter to a flow of a post-plasma gas mixture traveling downward from a plasma source. The invention allows for proper mixing of the fluid as well as avoiding recombination of generated ions and radicals. |
| US10322376B2 |
Membrane laminate
A laminate is provided comprising at least one polysulfone and/or polyethersulfone porous membrane heat bonded to a polyvinylidene fluoride substrate. |
| US10322373B2 |
Method for controlling an exhaust gas treatment system
Provided is a method for controlling an exhaust gas treatment system, wherein the system includes an exhaust gas stream supplied by an exhaust gas source to a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) device and a particulate filter device. The method comprises detecting a threshold level of reductant deposits proximate the SCR device, and initiating a selective catalytic reduction device service in response thereto. A threshold level of reductant deposits is detected using a reductant deposit model comprising determining an actual SCR NOx conversion using measured process variables; and comparing the actual SCR NOx conversion to a calibrated NOx conversion value. The calibrated NOx conversion value is determined using exhaust gas flow and system temperature values which substantially correspond to the process variables under which the actual SCR NOx conversion was determined. The device service can include increasing the exhaust gas temperature or initiating an active regeneration of the particulate filter device. |
| US10322368B2 |
Centrifugal air separator coil manufacturing tools and methods
Tightly-coiled helical ducts for centrifugal air separators may be formed with the tools and methods disclosed herein. A helical coil toolset includes a helically grooved mandrel and an entry block. The helical groove of the mandrel has a small helix inside diameter relative to a width of the helical groove. The entry block has a guide channel to guide a tube to the helical groove and a mandrel channel to receive the mandrel. Methods include forming tubing into a tightly-coiled helical duct by filling a tube with fine particles, positioning the tube in the helical groove of a helically grooved mandrel, fixing the tube relative to the mandrel, assembling an entry block around the tube and around the mandrel, and bending the filled tube around the helically grooved mandrel into the tightly-coiled helical duct by rotating the mandrel relative to the entry block. |
| US10322367B2 |
Method of development and use of catalyst-functionalized catalytic particles to increase the mass transfer rate of solvents used in acid gas cleanup
The present invention relates to methods for improving carbon capture using entrained catalytic-particles within an amine solvent. The particles are functionalized and appended with a CO2 hydration catalyst to enhance the kinetics of CO2 hydration and improve overall mass transfer of CO2 from an acid gas. |
| US10322362B2 |
Oil separator
An oil separator includes a cylindrical housing that accommodates a rotor and is provided with a gas discharge portion (first exhaust portion), the oil separator being configured to introduce target gas from a rotation center side of the rotor to condense oil mist and emit condensed oil from an outer peripheral edge of the rotor and further being configured to discharge from the housing through the gas discharge portion the blow-by gas (target gas) after having the oil mist separated. The oil separator includes a dome portion (sectioning member) that covers from an outside of the housing the gas discharge portion and sections a closed space around the gas discharge portion and an outlet pipe (second exhaust portion) that is provided to the dome portion and that discharges the blow-by gas from the closed space that is sectioned by the dome portion. |
| US10322358B2 |
Device and method for separating a cyclic diester from polymer melts
The present invention relates to a device and also to a method for separating and recovering a cyclic diester, in particular dilactide or glycolide from polymer melts which include the cyclic diester as impurity. The device and also the method according to the invention allow recovery of the cyclic diester with a high yield and at the same time high purity. |
| US10322352B2 |
Configuring headset voice morph based on player assignment
Methods and systems are provided for adaptively modifying audio during online multiplayer games. In an audio system that outputs audio to and receives audio from a use, when participating in an online multiplayer game, one or more voice control settings, for adjusting voice of the user, may be determined based on the online multiplayer game, and at least user audio received from the user may be modified based on the voice control settings. The voice control settings may include parameters relating to one or more of audio pitch, audio intensity, and audio tone. The voice control settings may be determined based on a role of the user in the online multiplayer game, which may correspond to a particular character in the online multiplayer game. The voice control settings may be determined based on data obtained from a database associated with online gaming. The data may include a reference audio. |
| US10322351B2 |
Matchmaking system and method for multiplayer video games
A matchmaking system and method is provided that facilitates optimization of player matches for multiplayer video games. The system may provide a generalized framework for matchmaking using historical player data and analytics. The framework may facilitate automatic determinations of an optimal mix of players and styles to produce the most satisfying user experiences. The system may dynamically update analytical processes based on statistical or otherwise observed data related to gameplay at any given time. In this manner, the system may continually tune the matchmaking process based on observations of player behavior, gameplay quality, and/or other information. |
| US10322350B2 |
Adjusting individualized content made available to users of an online game based on user gameplay information
This disclosure relates to adjusting individualized content made available to users of an online game based on user gameplay information. In implementations, information relating to prospective usage of the online game is used to classify users according by user type, and content made available to the users is customized accordingly. Information relating to prospective usage may include predictive information such as demographic and geographic information, as well as game usage information for the users. User types may include resource collection, player versus player, and player versus environment. Customized content may include content made available to the users through the users in-game actions, such as exploring a map, researching a technology or skill, purchasing an in-game item, and completing an in-game achievement, including in-game items, in-game powers, in-game skills, in-game technologies, in-game pets, in-game transportation units, in-game units, and in-game buildings. |
| US10322349B2 |
Method and system for learning and cognitive training in a virtual environment
A system and method implemented as computer-based, computer-executable instructions employing a computation engine with digital storage provide a virtual environment with personalized user profiles specifically adapted to cognitive abilities of the user to train the user for specified tasks, herein called microtasks. The set of microtasks include achievement criteria. The virtual environment is controlled through an engine that automatically adapts the set of user-profile-specific microtasks to achieve a set of learning goals. The engine may calculate and/or measure a set of qualities associated with one or more sub-profiles associated with a given user based on game-type performance by that user either in isolation or among a group of users. Sub-profiles may include, but are not limited to, one or more of the following: a personality profile, a neural link profile, and/or a motivation profile. |
| US10322348B2 |
Systems, methods and apparatus for identifying preferred sporting events based on fantasy league data
Various embodiments of systems, apparatus, and/or methods are described for identifying a preferred sporting event. A receiving device receives fantasy league data, sports data, and programming information for candidate sporting events. The receiving device then analyzes the programming information for one or more preferred sporting events based at least in part on the fantasy league data and the sports data. The user may then be notified of the preferred sporting event. |
| US10322346B2 |
Interactive collectible card games with defense and offence team formations
An interactive system is built upon networked computing devices and cloud computing technologies that enables two or more players to prepare for and engage in a battle on a common battle ground. Prior to initiation of the battle, a player can select one or more stationary units and deploy them, as a defense team, in a home territory for the purpose of obstructing the movement or attack of the opponent. During the battle, the player can deploy attacking units that move without further player intervention, to attack the opponent. A garrisoning mode may be turned on by the player, allowing the player to form and organize an offense team of attacking units because they start to move on their own. The option of forming both defense teams and offense teams, which will carry out their mission without further player intervention presents an attractive gameplay strategy. |
| US10322343B2 |
G.P.U.-assisted character animation
A system, a machine-readable storage medium storing instructions, and a computer-implemented method are described herein for an Animation Engine. The Animation Engine generates a color row representative of positional coordinates of movement of pixel data in an animation according to one or more colors of a color space. The Animation Engine divides the color row into a plurality of segments of equal length. For each segment of the color row, the Animation Engine scales down the respective segment according to a first scaling factor to generate a down-scaled segment. The Animation Engine expands the down-scaled segment according to an original length of the respective segment. The Animation Engine compares at least one color distortion present in the expanded down-scaled segment to at least one color present in the respective segment with respect to a distortion threshold. Upon determining the distortion threshold is not exceeded, the Animation Engine generates a portion of a color time row, according to a gray scale color range, that corresponds to the respective down-scaled segment, wherein at least one dark color in the color time row represents an early time offset and at least one bright color represent a later time offset. The Animation Engine compresses the down-scaled segment with at least one color row reading position referenced by at least one early time offset in the color time row. |
| US10322333B1 |
System for table game using special deck of cards and main deck of cards
Embodiments provide for online and/or electronic card games such as blackjack that allow at least one card to be dealt from a special deck (e.g., a restricted deck) into a hand, while the remainder of the cards for that hand (and, in some embodiments, other hands involved in the game event) are dealt from a main/conventional deck. In accordance with some embodiments, the at least one card dealt from the special deck is dealt into a hand of the player while in other embodiments it is dealt into the hand of a dealer and/or an opponent player. A special deck may be a deck that includes cards configured to provide an advantage to the player (e.g., in a blackjack game, restricted deck may only include high value cards if being used for a player hand or only low value cards if being used for a dealer hand). |
| US10322332B2 |
Laterally-sliding board with bifurcated trucks
A bifurcated truck in a laterally-sliding board wheel assembly enables the “freeboard” to seamlessly transition from “carving”—as associated with a traditional skateboard—to new omnidirectional motions, in which the board can easy travel forward, backwards, sideways or in any other directional combination. The wheel assembly of this invention employs a bifurcated truck system having two independent suspension arms, both operating independently from one another and from the board's castering wheels. The wheel assemblies are mirrored at each longitudinal end of the board, resulting in the board's ability to carve, slide or skid—and easily transition back and forth among each of these modes—providing the rider a sense of stability and freedom commonly associated only with snowboarding. |
| US10322329B2 |
Football receiving and throwing machine
A machine and method for receiving and launching an oval football. The machine includes a football catch area, a motorized belt to orient the football and motorized wheels to launch the football. The user catching the football throws it back to the machine. The machine automatically orients the football and launches it back to the user catching the football. The machine provides the user a consistent timing pause between receiving the football and launching of the football. |
| US10322324B2 |
Golf club head
A putter-type golf club head includes a main body. The main body includes a forward end, a rearward end opposite the forward end, a bottom portion, a top portion opposite the bottom portion, and a male-type hosel component defining a longitudinal axis that is forwardly canted relative to vertical. A face component is secured to the forward end of the main body. The face component includes a first element formed of a resilient material and a second element formed of a rigid material that is secured to the first element. A striking face generally defines a virtual striking face plane and is at least partially formed by the face component. |
| US10322323B2 |
Golf club head
A head 2 includes: a face member fc1 having a hitting surface 4; and a body member bd1 having a hosel 6, a sole surface 8, and a toe-side surface 9. The face member fc1 further has a top-side flange FL1 including a top surface 5. The body member bd1 has a hosel-forming part 24 including the hosel 6, a sole-forming part 28 including the sole surface 8, and a toe-forming part 26 including the toe-side surface 9. The hosel-forming part 24 has a heel joint portion Jh joined to a heel-side end of the top-side flange FL1. The toe-forming part 26 has a toe joint portion Jt joined to a toe-side end of the top-side flange FL1. A body missing portion ms1 in which the body member bd1 is not present is provided between the toe joint portion Jt and the heel joint portion Jh. |
| US10322320B2 |
Golf club face plates with internal cell lattices and related methods
Embodiments of golf club face plates with internal cell lattices are presented herein. Other examples and related methods are also disclosed herein. |
| US10322318B2 |
Multi-layered cores with thermoplastic and thermoset layers for golf balls
Multi-piece golf balls containing a multi-layered core structure having layers with different hardness gradients and specific gravities are provided. The core structure includes a small, heavy inner core (center) having a relatively high specific gravity with metal material preferably dispersed in a first thermoset composition. The intermediate core layer is preferably formed from a thermoplastic composition such as an ethylene acid copolymer ionomer resin; and the outer core layer is preferably formed from a second thermoset composition. The resulting ball has high resiliency and good spin control. |
| US10322316B2 |
Golf ball
In a golf ball having a core and a cover of at least one layer, the core and/or at least one layer of the cover are formed of a resin composition that includes (A) 100 parts by weight of a thermoplastic resin, and (B) 1 to 30 parts by weight of a compound having a fluorene skeleton, or a derivative thereof. This resin composition for golf balls has an improved injection-moldability and thus enables the ball to achieve both a reduced spin rate and a good durability (scuff resistance). |
| US10322312B1 |
Resistance and filtration breathing device
A resistance breathing device includes a face mask having an inlet aperture, an intake restricting element having an inlet aperture, and an adjustment mechanism, the intake restricting element positioned adjacent to the face mask and rotatable between a first position, in which a first portion of the inlet aperture of the intake restricting element overlays a first portion of the inlet aperture of the face mask, and a second position, in which a second portion of the inlet aperture of the intake restricting element overlays a second portion of the inlet aperture of the face mask, the second portion of the inlet aperture of the intake restricting element being larger than the first portion of the inlet aperture of the intake restricting element, the adjustment mechanism attached to the face mask and movable between first and second positions corresponding to the first and second positions of the intake restricting element. |
| US10322311B2 |
Portable workout pouch for medicine ball
A workout pouch comprising multiple pieces of fabric fastened together to form a spherical receptacle to securely contain a medicine ball is disclosed herein. The spherical receptacle facilitates working out using the medicine ball. The workout pouch conforms to the size and shape of the medicine ball. The pouch secures the medicine ball so as to prevent the medicine ball from shifting within the pouch during exercise. The pouch may also include one or more support patches to enhance its structural integrity and resistance to wear-and-tear damage. The workout pouch may include straps and strap fasteners to allow a user to fasten the straps to the user's body. The pouch may also include a ball fastener to properly secure a medicine ball within the body of the pouch and a ball fastener protector that prevents the ball fastener from being exposed while the pouch is in use. |
| US10322305B2 |
Retracting lifeline systems for use in tie-back anchoring
A retracting lifeline system, includes: a housing, a first connector attached to the housing, a lifeline, and a hub to which the lifeline is attached at a first end of the lifeline and around which the lifeline is coiled within the housing. The housing includes an opening through which the lifeline exits the housing. The hub is tensioned to rotate in a first direction to cause retracting of the lifeline and coiling of the lifeline around the hub. The retracting lifeline system further includes a second connector attached to a second end of the lifeline. At least a section of the lifeline has an initial ultimate tensile load of at least 8000 pounds and is abrasion resistant (that is, satisfying the abrasion test requirement set forth in the ANSI/ASSE Z359.13 2009 standard) such that the section of the lifeline is available for tie-back anchoring using the second connector. The section of the lifeline is at least partially retractable within the housing. |
| US10322304B2 |
Nasal air filter
A nasally inserted air filter including a plurality of filter materials in a compact housing, or alternatively, a series of electrically conducting plates connected to a battery in a compact housing. The filters may include a radio frequency identification system to interact with a user's cell phone to transmit and analyze important data. |
| US10322302B2 |
Intelligent disaster prevention and escape method and system
An intelligent disaster prevention and escape method includes the steps of: sensing surrounding environment information of plural nodes of a region of a building to generate plural sensing signals of the nodes respectively; calculating a risk coefficient of each node according to the sensing signals; calculating a threat coefficient for plural paths according to the risk coefficients and the distances between the adjacent nodes, for executing an escape path planning algorithm to produce a safest path plan; and producing plural escape instructions for the nodes respectively according to the safest path plan. The invention has the effect of producing the safest path plan according to the risk coefficient and the distance between adjacent nodes, so as to provide safe and immediate escape instructions to guide people to escape and evacuate and reduce casualties. |
| US10322301B2 |
Compositions containing a cellulose derived capsule with a sunscreen active agent
A sunscreen composition comprised of one or more sunscreen active agents encapsulated in a cellulose derived capsule wherein the composition can contain one or more additional agents. A sunscreen composition can be mixed with a body wash, an after shower body lotion, a shampoo, a conditioner, a soap, a gel, a hand sanitizer, a cream, a spray, a mouse, a lotion, an ointment, a make-up product, a lip balm, a hair spray product, an arachnid/insect repellent or a medicinal product. |
| US10322299B2 |
System for performing a therapeutic procedure
When performing a therapeutic procedure, like a high dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy, an elongate introduction element is introduced into a body, a temperature is determined along the introduction element, and it is determined which part of the introduction element is within the body based on the determined temperature. A therapeutic procedure is performed by using the introduction element depending on the determination which part of the introduction element is within the body. This can ensure that the therapeutic procedure is only performed within the body, thereby reducing the likelihood of involuntary affecting, for instance, a patient's outer skin, especially by ionizing radiation which may be used during a HDR brachytherapy. |
| US10322295B2 |
System and method for generating electromagnetic treatment protocols for the nervous system
A system includes a communication interface for receiving information that includes data collected from an array of neural activity sensors that were placed on a patient during a session of applied stimuli. A processor is configured to analyze the received information to obtain a frequency spectrum for each sensor for a given stimulus of the applied stimuli. Neural network frequencies that correspond to an indicated impaired functionality of the nervous system of the patient are selected. For each selected frequencies, a spatial map of neural activity is generated. Each of the generated spatial maps is compared with retrieved corresponding spatial maps to identify treatment frequencies from among the selected neural network frequencies. A treatment protocol is generated for input into an electromagnetic field generator to cause the generator to apply to the patient an electromagnetic field at each identified treatment frequency. |
| US10322292B2 |
Method for applying pulsed radio frequency energy to the spinal canal
A flexible catheter includes two electrical contacts in a distal region of the catheter and a distal aperture of a hose line. The electrical contacts are connected to a high frequency pulse generator for applying pulsed radio frequency energy for nerve stimulation. A temperature sensor is located in the distal region of the catheter. The flexible catheter is inserted into a region in the spinal canal and the pulsed radio frequency generator is operated, thereby applying pulsed radio frequency energy to a localized region to be treated. The temperature at the distal region of the catheter can also be monitored, and the pulsed radio frequency energy is applied in dependence on the monitored temperature. With the catheter, pain and other medical conditions being related to and influenced by a nervous system are treated. |
| US10322285B2 |
Method and device for displaying predicted volume of influence
This document discusses, among other things, brain stimulation models, systems, devices, and methods, such as for deep brain stimulation (DBS) or other electrical stimulation. In an example, volumetric imaging data representing an anatomical volume of a brain of a patient can be obtained and transformed to brain atlas data. A patient-specific brain atlas can be created using the inverse of the transformation to map the brain atlas data onto the volumetric imaging data and a volume of influence can be calculated using the patient-specific brain atlas. In certain examples, the volume of influence can include a predicted volume of tissue affected by an electrical stimulation delivered by an electrode at a corresponding at least one candidate electrode target location. |
| US10322282B2 |
External stimulation therapy for dorsal genital nerve stimulation
A system including a stimulation generator configured to delivery external stimulation to control or alleviate urinary or fecal incontinence. The system may also include sense electrodes configured to sense the presence of wetness. The system may provide closed loop therapy based on the presence of wetness. |
| US10322278B2 |
Clamping device
A clamping device is provided in which an other end portion is prevented from being excessively displaced in the transition from a clamped state to an unclamped state. A clamping device includes a one end portion having a locked part at a tip, an other end portion having a locking part capable of locking the locked part, a middle portion continuous with the one end portion and with the other end portion, and an insertion hole (H1, H2) allowing a flexible tube T to be inserted therethrough. An unclamped state is established when the locked part locked is unlocked by bending the other end portion such that the other end portion is displaced from the one end portion. The clamping device is configured to clamp the flexible tube T in a clamped state where a first projection and a second projection are positioned close to each other and to intercept a flow of a fluid at a clamped position. The clamping device further includes displacement-restricting members capable of restricting the displacement of the other end portion in a transition from the clamped state to the unclamped state. |
| US10322275B2 |
Devices for endovascular access through extracorporeal life support circuits
Adaptors, cannulas, caps, tube couplers, and systems thereof provide endovascular access through an established ECLS system. Adaptors having curved or angled shafts navigate right angle side ports of standard bypass cannulas and permit hemostatic introduction and direction of an intervention device to the axial flow path of the cannula lumen and bypass system. A modified cannula having an angled side port is also provided for use as an arterial cannula. A cap having an occluding surface may be inserted into the angled side port to prevent blood from stagnating in the angled side port. A tube coupler is also provided having an access port, such as an angled access port, and may be spliced into an established bypass system for vascular access point. Multiple couplers can be used to provide multiple access points. The adaptors and occlusive cap are interchangeable with each other and with secondary circuits. |
| US10322274B2 |
Medical connector
A medical connector includes a cap having a male connector connecting part; a holder having a medical instrument connecting part; and a valve body configured to block the male connector connecting part and configured to be pushed in by a male connector such that a liquid flow channel in the male connector communicates with a liquid flow channel in the medical instrument connecting part when the male connector is connected to the male connector connecting part. The cap and the holder are linked to each other so as to be rotatable about an axis of the male connector connecting part. |
| US10322267B2 |
Externally programmable valve assembly
An externally programmable shunt valve assembly that includes a magnetic rotor that is operable in response to an externally applied magnetic field and configured to increase or decrease the working pressure of the shunt valve assembly in finite increments. |
| US10322264B2 |
Systems and methods for using a microcannula introducer for skin and soft tissue augmentation
The present disclosure is directed to a needle introducer. The needle introducer includes a needle guide and a cannula body coupled to the needle guide. The needle guide includes a flared head and a tapered neck. The needle guide forms a first channel extending from a first opening in the flared head to a second opening in the tapered neck. The cannula body includes a beveled tip at a distal end of the cannula body. The cannula body forms a second channel extending from a first opening in a proximal end of the cannula body to a second opening in the distal end of the cannula body. The cannula body is coupled to the needle guide via the tapered neck of the needle guide to connect the first channel to the second channel. The cannula body is configured to maintain an injection portal in the soft tissue. |
| US10322263B2 |
Anchor device for use with catheters
An anchor device to simplify catheterization procedures, particularly for insertion and maneuvering of large catheters in tortuous arteries, vessels, or other lumen is disclosed. In some embodiments, the anchor device includes an anchor stent formed from a plurality of zig-zag shaped wire elements that are coupled together. The device further includes a plurality of connector struts attached at a proximal end of the anchor stent, the connector struts coalescing to form a strut tip. A guide device, such as a guidewire, is attached to the anchor stent at the strut tip and may be used to guide the anchor stent into the arteries or other vessels and toward a target treatment site. |
| US10322262B2 |
Medical device securement system
A securement device, system, and method for use with a medical article. The securement device, system, or method may include a body that has a top surface and a bottom surface. The bottom surface has an adhesive compound thereon. A resilient retainer formed from a soft, tacky elastomeric gel or foam is supported by the bottom surface of the body. The resilient retainer receives and secures a medical device. The medical device is secured to the skin of a patient upon affixing the bottom surface to the patient via the adhesive compound. |
| US10322260B2 |
Treatment method for treating lower limbs using multi-member catheter assembly
In the treatment method, a surgeon introduces a catheter assembly into a blood vessel in an arm, and delivers a distal portion of the catheter assembly to a predetermined position of a lower limb through the blood vessel in the body. Moreover, in the treatment method, the surgeon pulls an inner catheter out of an outer catheter, causes a treatment device to advance to the treatment target through the inside of the outer catheter, and treats the treatment target by the treatment device. |
| US10322257B2 |
Humidifier assembly and method of providing moisture to supplied gas in a pressure support system
A humidifier assembly (100, 100-1) includes a reservoir (120), an inlet structure (112, 112-1) leading into the reservoir and an outlet structure (114, 114-1) leading out of the reservoir, and a conduit element (130, 130-1) having a first end (131, 131-1), a body portion (132, 132-1), and a second end (133, 133-1). The first end is fluidly coupled to at least one of the inlet structure and the outlet structure The humidifier assembly additionally includes a float assembly (140, 140-1) coupled to the second end of the conduit element. The float assembly is structured to float on water held by the reservoir. The float assembly has a number of apertures (153, 153-1) structured to be in fluid communication with the outlet structure. |
| US10322254B2 |
Swivel elbow and connector assembly for patient interface systems
A swivel elbow and connector assembly for a patient interface system includes a ring configured to be sealingly secured in an aperture of the patient interface system. The ring includes a first side in an interior of the patient interface system and a second side at an exterior of the patient interface system when the ring is secured in the aperture. The ring also includes a plurality of vents configured to permit flow of gases from the interior to the exterior of the patient interface system. The swivel elbow and connector assembly includes an elbow swivelably secured in the ring. A patient interface system for delivering a flow of breathable gas to a user includes a patient interface structure configured to sealing engage the face of the user. The patient interface structure includes an aperture. A swivel elbow and connector assembly is sealingly secured in the aperture. |
| US10322251B2 |
Multi-night titration pressure determination
A multi-night titration (MNT) process to find an optimal single therapeutic pressure of a CPAP device. This single therapeutic pressure can then be used on an on-going basis by the patient after the titration period. The MNT process differs from current auto adjusting processes used for titration (or ongoing use) in that the MNT process does not respond locally by adjusting pressures to individual events. With existing devices, the continuous adjustment of supplied air pressure always responds to one or a small number of events and thus fails to compensate for a patient's adaptation thereto, resulting in the supply of a less than optimal therapeutic pressure to the patient. While auto adjusting processes often capture and respond well to short-term and transient conditions, the MNT process of the current disclosure seeks to capture long term trends and find the most suitable average single pressure for a patient. |
| US10322250B2 |
Safety needle assembly
A safety needle assembly, including a hub; a needle fixed to the hub, the needle having a distal end and a proximal end; first and second shields, each having a tubular body at least partially encircling a portion of the needle, wherein in an initial state, the first shield extends from the hub; a biasing element disposed to urge the second shield distally toward the distal end of the needle; and a releasable retaining arrangement for releasably retaining the second shield in a first state. Upon a predetermined extent of proximal movement of the first shield relative to the hub, the second shield is released, thereby allowing the biasing element to urge the second shield to a second state in which the distal end of the needle is covered. |
| US10322249B2 |
Marking template for medical injections, surgical procedures, or medical diagnostics and methods of using same
The present disclosure provides a template for marking injection sites on a biological surface prior to performance of a medical procedure, wherein the template comprises a flexible sheet having marked positions or demarcated areas for each injection site, and wherein each marked position or demarcated area is associated with a unique identifier. Also provided are methods of using such disclosed templates in a medical procedure where an agent or material is injected into a patient. |
| US10322244B2 |
Medicament delivery device
A dose setting mechanism for a medicament delivery device is presented having a locking assembly that reliably and consistently unlocks a dose injection button and concurrently a lead screw when the dose setting mechanism is transitioned from a non-activated state to an activated state. This locking assembly uses a rotating plate having a locking protrusion that engages a radial projecting tab on a rotationally fixed plunger rod nut. An alignment member is also presented that prevents rotational drift of a dosing member. |
| US10322243B2 |
Medicament delivery device
A dose setting mechanism for a medicament delivery device is presented having a locking assembly that reliably and consistently unlocks a dose injection button and concurrently a lead screw when the dose setting mechanism is transitioned from a non-activated state to an activated state. This locking assembly uses a rotating plate having a locking protrusion that engages a radial projecting tab on a rotationally fixed plunger rod nut. An alignment member is also presented that prevents rotational drift of a dosing member. |
| US10322241B2 |
Injection systems with storage compartments
Injection systems with storage compartments to house various materials are described. The storage compartments facilitate provision of medical care in space- and time-efficient manners and are particularly useful in providing care in non-medical facilities. |
| US10322240B2 |
Power pack lock
A medicament delivery device includes a proximal sub-assembly and a distal sub-assembly configured to be connected to each other. The proximal sub-assembly includes a key member, and the distal sub-assembly includes a power pack unit having a lock mechanism for locking the power pack unit such that unintentional activation of the power pack unit during transportation is avoided. The key member is configured to interact with the lock mechanism during assembling of the proximal and distal sub-assemblies such that the lock mechanism is released. |
| US10322239B2 |
Medicament delivery device for administration of opioid antagonists including formulations for naloxone
Medicament delivery devices for administration of opioid antagonists are described herein. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a housing, a medicament container disposed within the housing and an energy storage member disposed within the housing. The medicament container is filled with a naloxone composition that includes naloxone or salts thereof, a tonicity-adjusting agent, and a pH-adjusting agent, whereby the osmolality of the naloxone composition ranges from about 250-350 mOsm and the pH ranges from about 3-5. The energy storage member is configured to produce a force to deliver the naloxone composition. |
| US10322229B2 |
Multi-language / multi-processor infusion pump assembly
An infusion pump assembly includes a reservoir assembly configured to contain an infusible fluid. A motor assembly is configured to act upon the reservoir assembly and dispense at least a portion of the infusible fluid contained within the reservoir assembly. Processing logic is configured to control the motor assembly. The processing logic includes a primary microprocessor configured to execute one or more primary applications written in a first computer language; and a safety microprocessor configured to execute one or more safety applications written in a second computer language. |
| US10322228B2 |
Power injector with decay constant functionality
A power injector is disclosed having power injector control logic, which in turn includes a decay constant cross-reference, for instance in the form of a data structure. Flow rate decay constant information may be stored by the decay constant cross-reference. A decay constant, which may be used by the power injector to generate an exponentially decaying flow rate for an injection, may be stored in the decay constant cross-reference in conjunction with a particular imaging unit. The decay constant cross-reference may be searched by entering a model or module number of an imaging unit to identify the corresponding flow rate decay constant to be used by the power injector. |
| US10322224B2 |
Apparatus and method for monitoring and controlling a peritoneal dialysis therapy
An apparatus for performing peritoneal dialysis includes a housing; a peritoneal dialysis supply bag supported by and/or located above the housing; a first valve for controlling gravity flow of fresh peritoneal dialysis fluid from the supply bag to a patient; a second valve for controlling gravity flow of used peritoneal dialysis fluid from the patient to a drain; and a pressure sensor positioned and arranged with respect to the gravity flow of fresh peritoneal dialysis fluid or the gravity flow of used peritoneal dialysis fluid to provide a reading used to evaluate a head height pressure. |
| US10322219B2 |
Method of determining the pressure in an extracorporeal circuit
The present invention relates to a method of determining the pressure or of a parameter correlated with the pressure in an extracorporeal circuit of a blood treatment apparatus, in particular of a dialyzer, wherein at least one blood pump which is driven by at least one motor is located in the blood circuit, wherein the motor current of the named motor and the blood flow or a parameter correlated therewith is measured for determining the pressure or the parameter correlated therewith and wherein the pressure p or the parameter correlated therewith is calculated from the measured values. |
| US10322214B2 |
Protected magnesium alloys for bioresorbable stents
Biodegradable magnesium alloy implantable medical devices are protected to delay onset of corrosion, and thus biodegradability, or to corrode more uniformly. The protection allows for extended effective use of the devices while maintaining biodegradability. Examples of protective coatings include conversion coatings that at least partially remove exposed second phases from a surface of the magnesium alloy and coatings that provide a barrier between water and the surface of the magnesium alloy. |
| US10322210B2 |
Preparation method of core-shell structured fibrous scaffolds
The present invention relates to a preparation method for core-shell structured fibrous scaffolds, and more specifically to preparing a core part composition and a shell part composition that each have different constitutions by adding calcium phosphate cement and a protein, drug of combination thereof to alginate solution, and then inserting the above core part composition and shell part composition to internal and external nozzle of concentric nozzle respectively to inject into calcium ion aqueous solution and thereby hardening them, thus preparing core-shell structured rapidly setting Alg/α-TCP scaffolds capable of controllably releasing a protein or drug. |
| US10322208B2 |
Surface coating method to improve implantable device biocompatibility
Techniques for modifying the surface of implantable devices, such as bioprosthetic valves, to improve the biocompatibility of the implantable devices are provided. In particular, a customizable, non-fouling surface coating may be formed on the surface of implantable devices that improves the biocompatibility of the implantable devices and has the potential to further reduce the occurrence of complications for patients of all ages. Additionally, various molecules of interest to specifically promote endothelialization of the implantable device may be added to the surface coating, which may facilitate the formation of an endothelial layer on the surface of the implantable device that would naturally maintain a non-thrombogenic, non-immunogenic environment in the long-term. |
| US10322200B2 |
Candle warming image display lamp
The present invention is a candle warming image display lamp (CWIDL) for use in displaying user selectable images while providing light such as to light a room brightly or as a night light, while also warming a preferably spill resistant wickless scented candle, without spilling hot molten candle wax. |
| US10322198B2 |
Freshening compositions comprising isopropyl myristate
A liquid freshening composition is provided. The liquid freshening product includes about 0.5 wt. % to about 15 wt. % isopropyl myristate, by weight of the liquid freshening composition and greater than 40 wt. % of one or more perfume raw materials. The liquid freshening composition has a vapor pressure at 25° C. of about 0.03 Torr to about 1.0 Torr. The liquid freshening composition may be used with air freshening products having a delivery engine such as a wick, breathable membrane, gel, porous and semi-porous substrate, and combinations thereof. |
| US10322195B2 |
18F-saccharide-folates
The present invention is directed towards new 18F-folate radiopharmaceuticals, wherein the 18F isotope F is linked via a prosthetic group, more specifically via a prosthetic group having a saccharide group, such as a cyclic mono- or oligosaccharide, preferably based on a pyranoside or furanoside, which is covalently linked to the glutamate portion of a folate or derivative thereof, a method of their preparation, as well as their use in diagnosis and monitoring of cancer and inflammatory and autoimmune diseases and therapy thereof. |
| US10322193B1 |
Immunoconjugates with an intracellularly-cleavable linkage
The present invention relates to therapeutic conjugates with improved ability to target various diseased cells containing a targeting moiety (such as an antibody or antibody fragment), a linker and a therapeutic moiety, and further relates to processes for making and using the conjugates. |
| US10322189B2 |
Kidney-targeted drug delivery systems
A composition including an elastin-like polypeptide (ELP) coupled to a kidney targeting peptide and. a therapeutic agent is provided. A method of delivering a therapeutic agent to a subject in need thereof comprising: administering to the subject an effective amount of a composition comprising: an elastin-like polypeptide (ELP), a kidney targeting agent coupled to the ELP and a targeting agent and/or a drug binding domain coupled to the ELP, wherein the ELP includes an amino acid sequence having at least about repeats of the amino acid sequence GVPGX (SEQ ID NO: 1), and wherein the composition enhances the deposition and retention of the therapeutic agent in the kidney relative to the non-conjugated therapeutic. |
| US10322185B2 |
Controlled release carrier for drugs containing silk fibroin porous material
The present invention can provide a controlled drug release carrier formed by using a silk fibroin porous material, which has high drug controlled release rate, controllability of the drug controlled release speed, high strength, easy handleability, skin care properties from high biocompatibility, high water retentivity, and capability of efficiently retaining a drug. |
| US10322180B2 |
Pharmaceutical composition comprising modified hemoglobin-based therapeutic agent for cancer targeting treatment and diagnostic imaging
The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition containing hemoglobin-based therapeutic agent for treating cancer. The hemoglobin moiety can target cancer cells and the therapeutic moiety (i.e. active agent/therapeutic drug) can kill the cancer cells efficiently. The hemoglobin-based therapeutic agent used in the present invention can be used in the treatment of various cancers such as pancreatic cancer, leukemia, head and neck cancer, colorectal cancer, lung cancer, breast cancer, liver cancer, nasopharyngeal cancer, esophageal cancer, prostate cancer, stomach cancer and brain cancer. The composition can be used alone or in combination with other therapeutic agent(s) such as chemotherapeutic agent to give a synergistic effect on cancer treatment, inhibiting metastasis and/or reducing recurrence. The presently claimed hemoglobin-based 5FU-two-dye conjugate and/or hemoglobin-based 5FU-one-dye conjugate can also be used in live-cell imaging and diagnostic imaging. |
| US10322178B2 |
Systems and methods for targeted drug delivery
Techniques for opening a target tissue using nanodroplets are provided. An exemplary method can include targeting a region of tissue for opening, delivering a plurality of nanodroplets to the region, and applying an ultrasound beam at the region such that the nanodroplets cavitate, or convert to microbubbles that cavitate, thereby causing the target tissue to open. |
| US10322177B2 |
Activation of immune-related signaling pathways in cells via optofection
Systems and methods of inducing large-scale optical transfection and generation of an immune response in target cells are presented. In preferred aspects large-scale optofection uses nanoparticles with target specific affinity moieties to generate cavitation events proximal to the cell membrane of cells to which the nanoparticles are attached, and suspended and/or dissolved cargo is so provided access into the cell. Notably, cells can be transfected in very large quantities at high viability, with the transfected cells exhibiting up-regulated immune responses. |
| US10322175B2 |
Catheter package including catheter straightening means
A catheter package and method of use which serve to straighten a curved catheter shaft. The straightening of the catheter shaft may be accomplished by passing the shaft through a pathway that bends the catheter in the opposite direction of the curvature imparted to the catheter shaft. The catheter shaft pathway may incorporate various shaped bumps, ridges, pins or rollers or other features which assist in straightening the shaft. |
| US10322172B2 |
Live, attenuated vaccines and methods of making and using
A live, attenuated HIV vaccine is provided, and methods of making a attenuated HIV vaccine are provided. |
| US10322171B2 |
Vaccine with reduced enhancement of viral infection
The present application generally relates to the development of a vaccine, or the production of antibodies, capable of providing improved protection against a virus associated with ADE, such as Zika, Dengue and Ebola, based on novel antigenic peptides identified using an informational spectrum method (ISM). |
| US10322170B2 |
Hemostatic compositions
The invention discloses a hemostatic composition comprising: a) a biocompatible polymer in particulate form suitable for use in hemostasis, and b) one hydrophilic polymeric component comprising reactive groups. |
| US10322169B2 |
Process for preparing a powder comprising a human coagulation factor protein and a lactic acid polymer
A process for preparing a powder, which includes one or more human coagulation factor proteins and a lactic acid polymer, involves mixing and dispersing a lactic acid polymer with a particle size d50 in the range 0.1-2 μm and the one or more human coagulation factor proteins in water. The dispersion is dried, and the resulting dried mass is compressed. The resulting compressed dried mass is comminuted to a powder with a particle size d50 in the range of more than 0.5 and up to 5 μm. |
| US10322166B2 |
Composition and method for the treatment or prevention of spinal disorders
The present invention provides compositions of matter suitable for the prevention of and/or treatment of a spinal disorder and/or spinal pain, e.g., caused by and/or associated with intervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration, and methods of treatment of a spinal disorder and/or spinal pain. For example, the compositions of the present invention comprise a modulator of growth differentiation factor (GDF)-6 signaling sufficient to reduce or prevent or delay IVD degeneration and/or to enhance or induce IVD regeneration. The present invention also provides medical devices comprising such compositions, and methods of treatment making use of such compositions. |
| US10322165B2 |
TIFA antagonists and their use for treating diseases
The present invention relates to use of TRAF-interacting protein with an FHA domain (TIFA) antagonists for treating diseases. Particularly, the present invention relates to an isolated peptide fragment from TIFA which acts as a dominant negative inhibitor of TIFA and is effective in treating cancer or an inflammatory disorder. The present invention also relates to a method for predicting cancer prognosis based on the TIFA expression level in a subject in need. The present invention further relates to a method for treating a disease via TIFA silencing. |
| US10322163B2 |
Lipoprotein complexes and manufacturing and uses thereof
The present disclosure relates to lipoprotein complexes and lipoprotein populations and their use in the treatment and/or prevention of dyslipidemic diseases, disorders, and/or conditions. The disclosure further relates to recombinant expression of apolipoproteins, purification of apolipoproteins, and production of lipoprotein complexes using thermal cycling-based methods. |
| US10322160B2 |
Method of treating low blood pressure
A method for treating a patient suffering from one of septic shock, acute kidney injury, severe hypotension, cardiac arrest, and refractory hypotension, but not from myocardial infarction, is provided. The method includes administering a therapeutically effective dose of Angiotensin II, or Ang II, to the patient. |
| US10322157B2 |
Method of treatment of drug-resistance diabetes mellitus
The present invention is directed to a therapeutic method of treatment of diabetes mellitus, particularly diabetes which acquires multiple drug resistance, comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of Chinese herbal medicine to a subject in need. The Chinese herbal medicine is the decocting extract including the mixture of raw oyster shell powder, raw Os Draconis, Haematitum, Magnetitum, radix Achyranthis Bidentatae, rhizoma Dioscoreae, radix Paeoniae Rubra, radix Rehmanniae, and semen Platycladi. |
| US10322156B2 |
Methods of treatment using purified (decolorized) aloe vera leaf dry juice
Disclosed herein is a method for improving the health of animal or human microflora using aloe vera. The method may induce the beneficial effect of activation of natural killer T cells. A method of purifying decolorized dried aloe vera leaf juice is also disclosed. |
| US10322154B2 |
Sandalwood oil and its uses related to clostridium infections
Provided herein are methods of using therapeutically effective compositions of sandalwood oil to treat, prevent or reduce the recurrence of Clostridium infections. |
| US10322153B2 |
Anti-microbial seaweed extracts, compositions and uses thereof
The present invention provides a crude extract, fractions and sub-fractions from the seaweed Fucus distichus (FD), method of preparation and its use for inhibiting the growth of microbial cells, particularly bacteria causing acne or nosocomial infections such as MRSA in humans or MRSP in dogs. |
| US10322151B2 |
Compositions comprising bacterial strains
The invention provides compositions comprising bacterial strains for treating and preventing inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. |
| US10322149B2 |
Myxoma-treated graft material for cancer treatment
A method of treating or preventing graft versus host disease (GVHD) in a subject receiving a graft comprising hematopoietic cells is provided. The method comprises contacting the graft ex vivo with an amount of a Myxoma Virus effective to inhibit proliferation of T lymphocytes in the graft and to treat or prevent GVHD in the host subject following infusion of the graft into the subject. After the contacting of the graft with the Myxoma Virus, the method comprises transplanting the virus-treated graft into the subject. |
| US10322147B2 |
Enzyme-treated bovine colostrum, preparation method thereof, composition, and foods and beverages
An object of the present invention is to provide a method of preparing an enzyme-treated bovine colostrum, comprising a step of bringing a bovine colostrum into contact with β-galactosidase, and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the enzyme-treated bovine colostrum. The enzyme-treated bovine colostrum is useful for treatment, prevention, amelioration and maintenance of remission of diseases such as a cancer and an infectious disease. |
| US10322144B2 |
Effervescent dosage form
An effervescent chewable dosage form that comprises a pH neutralization agent, an acid, and an effervescent agent. The chewable dosage form can also further comprise simethicone, a sweetener, and a lubricant. The pH neutralization agent can be calcium carbonate, the acid can be citric acid and the effervescent agent can be sodium bicarbonate. |
| US10322141B2 |
Compositions comprising CH848 envelopes and uses thereof
In certain aspects the invention provides immunogenic compositions comprising CH848 HIV-1 envelopes and their use in methods to induce immune responses in subjects, e.g., human subjects. |
| US10322138B2 |
Treatment of depressive disorders
Pregn-4-en-20-yn-3β-one is useful in the treatment of depressive disorders by nasal administration. |
| US10322135B2 |
Pharmaceutical composition comprising indole compound
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of formula (1), (2) or (3) as defined in the specification for the prevention or treatment of diseases associated with oxidative stress, mitochondria dysfunction, hypoxic injury, necrosis and/or ischemic reperfusion injury, and a cosmetic composition comprising an indole compound having an antioxidant effect. |
| US10322134B2 |
Methods
The disclosure provides the use of particular substituted heterocycle fused gamma-carboline compounds as pharmaceuticals for the treatment of residual symptoms of psychosis or schizophrenia. The disclosure also provides novel long acting injectable formulations of particular substituted heterocycle fused gamma-carboline compounds and use of such long acting injectable formulations for the treatment of residual symptoms of psychosis or schizophrenia. |
| US10322132B2 |
Prevention or treatment of uratic or gouty diseases
The present invention relates to the use of a compound of formula (I), a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a solvate thereof, or a pharmaceutical composition containing the same in reducing uric acid level, preventing or reducing inflammations, and preventing or treating uratic or gouty diseases. In particular, the present invention relates to the use of a compound of formula (I), a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a solvate thereof, or a pharmaceutical composition containing the same in the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment or prevention of hyperuricemia, gout, gouty inflammations, pain and uric acid nephropathy. R1 represents hydrogen, C1-4 alkyl or the like. R2 represents C1-10 alkyl or the like. R3 represents halogen or the like. |
| US10322128B2 |
Combinations for the treatment of neoplasms using quiescent cell targeting with EGFR inhibitors
The present invention provides compositions and methods for the treatment of neoplasms, in particular, by targeting of quiescent cancer cells with therapeutic agents in combination with other treatments effective against certain neoplastic conditions, in particular, anti-cancer treatment with EGFR inhibitor agents. |
| US10322127B2 |
Methods and kits to predict therapeutic outcome of BTK inhibitors
Methods of tests that assess the expression of DPC4 (SMAD4) to identify subjects with pancreatic cancer that are likely or unlikely to respond to treatment with BTK inhibitors; methods of treating subjects based on identification of the subjects as likely to respond to treatment with BTK inhibitors; therapeutic targets for cancers, particularly cancers with inactivated DPC4 gene or protein; methods of screening of new therapeutic agents using the target; pharmaceutical composition comprising BTK inhibitors, such as PCI-32765 or derivatives thereof, for cancer treatment; and kits that facilitate the performance of the methods are disclosed. |
| US10322124B2 |
6-hydroxy-2,5,7,8-tetramethylchroman-compounds for the treatment of chronic obstructive airway diseases
The present invention relates to compounds for the treatment of chronic obstructive airway diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or asthma or bronchiectasis. The present invention further relates to drug delivery devices suitable to be used in the treatment of chronic obstructive airway diseases such as a nebulizer comprising the present compounds.Specifically, the present invention relates to (6-hydroxy-2,5,7,8-tetramethylchroman-2-yl)(piperazin-1-yl)methanone or N,6-dihydroxy-2,5,7,8-tetramethylchroman-2-carboxamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or base thereof for use in the treatment of chronic obstructive airway diseases, preferably chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or asthma or bronchiectasis, more preferably chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). |
| US10322123B2 |
Compound for anti-cancer therapy that acts by targeting GOF mutant P53 and stimulates P73 to restore the P53 pathway signaling
The invention includes compositions comprising NSC59984 or a derivative or analog thereof and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The invention further includes methods of treating or preventing cancer in a subject, comprising the step of administering to the subject the compositions contemplated within the invention. |
| US10322121B2 |
Methods of providing weight loss therapy in patients with major depression
Disclosed are methods of providing weight loss therapy, particularly for patients suffering from major depression. |
| US10322119B2 |
Use of pridopidine for treating Huntington's disease
A method of treating a human patient afflicted with Huntington's disease, comprising periodically orally administering to the patient a pharmaceutical composition comprising pridopidine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof such that greater than 90 mg of pridopidine is administered to the patient per day. |
| US10322118B2 |
Compounds and methods for inhibiting Cif virulence factor
The present invention provides a screening assay for identifying inhibitors of Pseudomonas aeruginosa CFTR Inhibitory Factor as well as compositions and methods for ameliorating or treating a respiratory disease such as cystic fibrosis or secondary infection thereof. |
| US10322115B2 |
Amelioration of neural deficits associated with diabetes
Methods for treating non-systemic deficiencies associated with diabetes using 2-amino substituted nicotinamides or their pharmaceutically acceptable salts. |
| US10322113B2 |
Pharmaceutical compositions directly targeting FKBP52 for the treatment of prostate cancer and methods of using same
Embodiments of the current invention include methods and compositions for regulating the activity of hormone receptors. |
| US10322111B2 |
Chemokine receptor binding heterocyclic compounds with enhanced efficacy
The invention relates to heterocyclic compounds consisting of a core nitrogen atom surrounded by three pendant groups, wherein two of the three pendant groups are preferably benzimidazolyl methyl and tetrahydroquinolyl, and the third pendant group contains N and optionally contains additional rings. The compounds bind to chemokine receptors, including CXCR4 and CCR5, and demonstrate protective effects against infection of target cells by a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). |
| US10322105B2 |
Pharmaceutical composition containing Ginkgolide B and ADP receptor antagonist, preparation method thereof and use thereof
A pharmaceutical composition containing ginkgolide B and an ADP receptor antagonist, a preparation method thereof and use thereof in preparation of antiplatelet drugs, wherein the ADP receptor antagonist is clopidogrel, prasugrel, ticagrelor and/or ticlopidine. |
| US10322103B2 |
Compositions for prevention/prophylactic treatment of poison ivy dermatitis
The present invention, in one or more embodiments, comprises derivatives of 3-n-pentadecylcatechol (poison ivy urushiol saturated congener) and/or 3-n-heptadecyl catechol (poison oak urushiol saturated congener) as compositions for the prevention and/or prophylactic treatment of contact dermatitis caused by poison ivy and poison oak. The present invention is also directed towards processes for making such compounds. Disclosed are compounds which are effective for tolerizing and desensitizing a subject against allergens contained in plants of the Anacardiaceae and Ginkgoaceae families comprising urushiol esters of general formula (IA) [Formula should be entered here] tolerizing and desensitizing mammals, including humans, to allergens contained in plants of the Anacardiaceae and Ginkgoaceae families is attained by administering a formulation containing at least one urushiol ester compound. |
| US10322101B2 |
Therapeutic approaches for treating CMT and related disorders
Compositions and methods for the treatment of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease and related disorders. Also provided are combination therapies for treating this disease by decreasing PMP22 expression in a subject. |
| US10322098B2 |
Composition for use in the treatment of intervertebral disc-related pain
The present invention relates to intervertebral disc-related pain, such as low back pain, chronic low back pain, neck pain, chronic neck pain and coccygodynia. A composition for use in the treatment of intervertebral disc-related pain is provided. The composition comprises lactic acid, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The composition is administered into a disc space comprising the nucleus pulposus of an intervertebral disc. |
| US10322097B2 |
Treatment of subjects with multidrug-resistant cancer
A quinonemethide triterpenoid is administered to subjects with multidrug-resistant cancer, in particular a cancer with enhanced expression and/or functional activity of ABC transporter proteins such as P-glycoprotein and/or an apoptosis-deficient, in particular p53-, Bax- or Bak-deficient, cancer, i.e. specific subgroups of subjects with cancer. The quinonemethide triterpenoid is suitable to treat cancer allowing for an accumulation of cytotoxic or therapeutic compounds in the cells while having exceptionally increased cytotoxic activity towards the multidrug-resistant cancer cells and while allowing for an increased activity of chemotherapeutic compounds. Methods for specifically targeting cancer cells with multidrug-resistance and methods for potentiating the activity of a chemotherapeutic compound in those cancer cells are also disclosed. A kit including a quinonemethide triterpenoid and a chemotherapeutic compound is also provided. |
| US10322093B2 |
Method for producing a transdermal therapeutic system which contains a D2 agonist
A substantially solvent-free matrix layer containing (−)-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-6-[propyl-[2-(2-thienyl)ethyl]amino]-1-naphthalenol is produced by adding an active substance to an adhesive solution, coating the resultant active substance-containing adhesive solution onto a suitable sheet, and removing the solvents in a drying process to give said substantially solvent-free matrix layer. |
| US10322092B2 |
Substance-containing vesicle, and production method therefor
Provided is a monodisperse agglomerate of a substance-containing vesicle filled with a substance at a concentration higher than conventionally possible. A mixed solution, in which a target substance is included in an aqueous medium, is mixed with a monodisperse agglomerate of a crosslinked vesicle comprising a prescribed polymer which includes a first polymer, i.e. a block copolymer having uncharged hydrophilic segments and first charged segments, and a second polymer having second charged segments carrying a charge opposite to that of the first charged segments, and in which the first polymer and/or the second polymer are/is crosslinked. As a result, the crosslinked vesicle is made to contain the target substance. |
| US10322091B2 |
Combinations of mRNAs encoding immune modulating polypeptides and uses thereof
The disclosure relates to compositions and methods for the preparation, manufacture and therapeutic use of combinations of immunomodulatory polynucleotides (e.g., mRNAs) encoding an immune response primer polypeptide (e.g., an interleukin 23 (IL-23) polypeptide or an interleukin 36γ (IL-36-gamma) polypeptide), and an immune response co-stimulatory signal polypeptide (e.g., an OX40L polypeptide). |
| US10322088B2 |
Sustained-release composition, method for fabricating, and use thereof
The present disclosure provides a sustained-release composition including a sodium hydrosulfide and a carrier. The carrier is provided for carrying the sodium hydrosulfide with an effective amount and includes a first component and a second component. The first component includes a paraffin wax, and the second component includes a fatty alcohol, a fatty acid or a phospholipid. The present disclosure also provides a method for fabricating the sustained-release composition. The method includes providing a first solution, providing the carrier, providing a second solution, performing an oil-in-water emulsification, and cooling the emulsion. In addition, the present disclosure provides a method for treating the chronic wounds. The method includes administering an effective amount of the aforementioned sustained-release composition to a subject suffered from the chronic wounds. |
| US10322084B2 |
Carrier-antibody compositions and methods of making and using the same
Described herein are compositions of antibodies and carrier proteins and methods of making and using the same, in particular, as a cancer therapeutic. Also described are lyophilized compositions of antibodies and carrier proteins and methods of making and using the same, in particular, as a cancer therapeutic. |
| US10322082B2 |
Topical antiviral compositions and methods of using the same
The present invention relates generally to topical antiviral compositions, delivery systems, and methods of using the same. |
| US10322079B2 |
Hair dye
The subject matter of the present disclosure relates to agents for oxidative hair dyeing, containing from about 78-about 95 wt. % water, oxidation dye precursor(s), alkalizing agents, from about 0.1-about 2 wt. % non-ionic tenside, from about 0.05-about 2 wt. % of a cross-linked copolymer from acrylic acid and non-ethoxylated esters of acrylic acid having linear C10-C30-monoalcohols, and xanthan gum, wherein only small quantities, if any, of linear saturated alkanols with two or three hydroxy groups and from 2 to 8 carbon atoms are contained in the alkyl group, also no saturated or unsaturated non-alkoxylated alkanols with a hydroxy group and from 1 to about 50 carbon atoms in the alk(en)yl group, no saturated or unsaturated alkanecarboxylic acids with from 1 to about 50 carbon atoms and no oxidants are included in the agent. |
| US10322076B2 |
Composition comprising salt of acyl glutamate as primary surfactant or primary anionic surfactant
The present invention relates to compositions which comprise salt of acyl glutamate as primary surfactant or primary anionic surfactant and which compositions are clear, low pH isotropic composition. |
| US10322075B2 |
Colouring agent for keratin fibres, comprising a selected dye and a polyol
Agents for coloring keratinous fibers and methods of dying human hair are provided herein. In an embodiment, an agent is provided for coloring keratinous fibers. The agent is included in a cosmetic carrier and includes at least one non-ionic direct dye and at least about 0.1 wt. %—in relation to the entire agent—of one or several polyols. |
| US10322074B2 |
Apparatus and method for preparing cosmeceutical ingredients containing epi-dermal delivery mechanisms
The skin serves as a barrier that protects the body from the external environment and prevents water loss. This barrier function also prevents most hydrophilic or hydrophobic and large molecular weight ingredients (>500 kDa) from penetrating intact skin. Until recently, methods to increase stratum corneum permeability were generally not effective enough to make the stratum corneum so permeable that the barrier posed by the viable epidermis mattered. However, that has now changed with the development of the present embodiment's physical methods and highly optimized chemical formulations, such that we revisited the permeability of the full epidermis with the example embodiment's constructs and not focus only on the stratum corneum. This example embodiment therefore tests the hypothesis that the viable epidermis offers a significant permeability barrier to both small molecules and macromolecules that becomes the rate limiting step. |
| US10322066B2 |
Medication dispensing system
Methods and systems for a drug supply with an associated dosage regimen are described. A plurality of dosage containers are sequentially stored in drug boxes. The dosage containers are associated with a first time of treatment. The drug boxes are associated with a certain recurring time, e.g., morning, afternoon and evening or four boxes associated with four times a day. The entire day is covered by a plurality of drug boxes for treatment. This organizes the drugs such that compliance with complex treatment regimens may be increased. The drugs in each of the dosage containers need not be the same dosage or even the same drugs each time. |
| US10322064B2 |
Connected packaging
Methods and apparatus for monitoring the content of a medicine bottle via electrical capacitive tomography (ECT) are presented in which the three-dimensional volume of the medicine bottle, and its content, are imaged by developing a map of its permittivity. The permittivity map is developed by applying a stimulus between two of a plurality of electrodes that are arranged about a chamber of the medicine bottle in which the content is contained, and measuring an electrical response at each of the remaining electrodes of the plurality. By repeating this process for every pair of electrodes within the plurality, a complete permittivity map of the three-dimensional volume is developed. Once the permittivity map is established, the number and type of tablets (or liquid) within the volume is determined. |
| US10322063B2 |
Muscle optimization device and method
A device and method are provided for therapy and treatment of biological tissue such as muscle, tendon, and ligament tissue, by use of a device and method in which therapeutic vibrational frequency resonance patterns are transmitted to tissues of a patient. The resonance frequencies originate from many resonance domains, including vitamins, minerals, herbs, amino acids, and fatty acids. Each domain includes therapeutic frequency resonance patterns. These resonance patterns may be passively excited and transmitted to a patient to enhance tissue function, to decrease the normal rehabilitation time of damaged tissue, and provide therapeutic benefits for muscle tissue dysfunction. Therapeutic frequency resonance patterns may also be actively excited by a delivery mechanism that uses electromagnetic or mechanical waves to interact with the device. The actively excited device transmits the therapeutic frequency resonance patterns to the patients for similar enhancements and therapeutic benefits. |
| US10322061B2 |
Curvilinear spa
Among other things, a spa includes a spa shell and a water feature disposed on the spa shell. The water feature includes a ridge disposed in an interior area of the spa shell and having a top disposed near a water line of the spa shell. The water feature also includes a water inlet disposed adjacent to the ridge opposite a main body of water area in the interior area of the spa shell, the water inlet being placed lower than the top of the ridge. In addition; the water feature includes a slope descending from the top of the ridge in the direction of the water inlet, the slope having a patterned top surface configured to interact with water flowing over the ridge, down the slope and toward the water inlet. |
| US10322060B2 |
Mobile device control
A system includes a processor coupled to a memory, the processor and memory configured to determine a proficiency level of a user of a rescue application based on stored data indicative of the user's proficiency level, and based on the user's proficiency level, select a level of operation for the rescue application. The rescue application is executed on a mobile device and configured to control operation of an AED. Each of multiple levels of operation for the rescue application allows the user a different degree of control over the operation of the AED. The processor and memory are configured to present, to the user, a set of instructions associated with the selected level of operation; and to enable control of the AED according to the selected levels of operation. A different set of instructions is associated with each of the multiple levels. |
| US10322057B2 |
Fascia tissue fitness device
A fascia tissue fitness device including a bar and a plurality of flower members connected to the bar along a plane. The flower members may each include multiple finger members that are stiff and extend outward from the bar. |
| US10322056B2 |
Collapsible upright wheeled walker apparatus
A collapsible upright wheeled walker with adjustable armrests that support sufficient user upper-body weight to facilitate a natural upright gait and provide unassisted mobility for a wide range of mobility-impaired individuals. The apparatus may be easily and quickly folded (and unfolded) and may include bilateral stabilizing wheel suspensions to facilitate navigation over uneven terrain. The apparatus includes a frame-stiffening folder assembly and may also include mechanical brakes, an adjustable upper armrest assembly with removable padded forearm supports and two pairs of handles, at least one of which is disposed sufficiently forward to place the user within the polygonal footprint defined by the front and rear wheels to provide support without leaning, stooping, or risking falls. |
| US10322053B2 |
Piece of fitness equipment
A piece of fitness equipment comprises a carrier for carrying a pump on a body part of a person. The carrier comprises a main body having a first end and a second end, a fastener capable of connecting the first end and the second end with each other, and a holder for detachably attaching the pump to the main body. |
| US10322051B2 |
Operating table
An operating table includes a patient placement table for placing and securing a patient in a required posture; a main body for supporting the patient placement table; engaging pieces for removably coupling the patient placement table to the main body; and a motor for rotating the patient placement table with a head-feet direction of the patient as a rotation axis to hold the patient placement table at any given rotation angle. |
| US10322049B2 |
Jaw thrust device and method
A pair of pads is held against the remus of a patient's jaw, to prevent the jaw from slipping back and causing an airway obstruction, while the patient's neck is hyperextended to also cause the patient's airway to stay open. A device including the adjustable jaw pads as well as a triangularly shaped portion over which the patient's neck rests is not required to be attached to the surface on which the patient is lying, and permits the patient to be rolled on either side while still maintaining the patency of the patient's airway. |
| US10322044B2 |
Medical support apparatus
A medical chair includes a base, a seat, and a leg rest pivotally mounted relative to the seat and adapted to move between an extended position and a retracted position. The chair further includes a first actuator for tilting the seat with respect to the base, a second actuator for lifting the seat with respect to the base, and a leg rest actuator adapted to move the leg rest. The chair also includes a controller adapted to control the first and second actuators to move the seat between a first position and a second position such that the seat is both lifted and tilted at the same time as the seat moves from the first position to the second position, and wherein the controller is adapted to control the leg rest actuator such that the leg rest maintains a substantially constant orientation with respect to the floor. |
| US10322042B2 |
Methods and systems for operating a mobility service vehicle
Methods and systems are provided for operation of a lifting mechanism coupled to a mobility service vehicle. In one example, a method may include, during an engine idle-stop, in response to a request for operation of a lifting mechanism used by mobility devices to access the vehicle, the transmission may be shifted to park, an electronic braking system may be enabled, and the engine may be restarted to provide power for operation of the lifting mechanism. |
| US10322041B2 |
Disposable absorbent article having a frangible bonding agent
A disposable absorbent article that includes a frangible bonding agent for maintaining the absorbent article in a predetermined configuration. The frangible bonding agent may be disposed on a fastening system in order to maintain one or more portions of the fastening system in a particular position during manufacturing but still provide an easy-to-open fastener when used by a consumer. |
| US10322040B2 |
Absorbent articles with improved cores
Absorbent articles and absorbent core structures with improved core strength and stability with long core end seal and channel hang times. |
| US10322039B2 |
Absorbent element for disposable absorbent articles having an integrated acquisition layer
The present invention relates to a layers layered absorbent element for use in a disposable absorbent article comprising a top layer and a bottom layer. The top layer is a fibrous nonwoven layer having a basis weight of from 20 to 100 gsm, a thickness from 0.25 to 5 mm, is formed with fibers having an average length from 26 to 200 mm and it has a fixed height saturation at 5 cm above 40%. The bottom layer is in direct contact with the top layer and comprises superabsorbent polymer (SAP) and cellulosic fibers. A plurality of fibers protruding from the bottom layer penetrate into the top layer. |
| US10322035B2 |
Connector receptacle with contact supports for moisture sensor
A receptacle is provided for connecting an electronics enclosure to an absorbent article having at least one sensor element. The receptacle includes: a base frame having a base surface; an enclosure retainer for retaining the enclosure relative to the base surface at an engagement position; and at least one contact support surface, oriented toward the engagement position, arranged to be displaceable away from the engagement position relative to the base surface and biased to protrude from the base surface toward the engagement position. An absorbent article and method of manufacture thereof and an absorbent article management system using the receptacle are also provided. |
| US10322034B1 |
Hydrocolloid dressing for precise nipple positioning after nipple- or skin-sparing mastectomy
An apparatus and method/technique that uses a hydrocolloid dressing that results in both improved circulation and aesthetic success with optimal nipple positioning. By applying a specific pattern of the adhesive hydrocolloid dressing to the mastectomy flaps, stability of the nipple-areolar complex (NAC) in the desired higher position could be achieved. In operation, the hydrocolloid dressing is placed over the breast after surgery (while also leaving the incision site uncovered), and remains in place for a suitable amount of time. The hydrocolloid dressing can be applied on either side or both sides of the nipple during expansion phase to precisely control nipple position. Different designs of the hydrocolloid dressing are contemplated herein. |
| US10322026B2 |
Base plate for an ostomy appliance
Disclosed is a base plate 1 for an ostomy collection device, comprising a cover layer 2 whereon an adhesive layer 3 is at least partly disposed. Immediately surrounding a through-going hole 6, the base plate has an inner area wherein the cover layer extends beyond the adhesive layer in a radial direction toward the through-going hole, thereby providing an overlap 7 protecting the adhesive material from contact with stomal output. |
| US10322018B2 |
System and method for delivering and deploying an occluding device within a vessel
A system and method for deploying an occluding device that can be used to remodel an aneurysm within the vessel by, for example, neck reconstruction or balloon remodeling. The system comprises an introducer sheath and an assembly for carrying the occluding device. The assembly includes an elongated flexible member having an occluding device retaining member for receiving a first end of the occluding device, a proximally positioned retaining member for engaging a second end of the occluding device and a support surrounding a portion of the elongated flexible member over which the occluding device can be positioned. |
| US10322017B2 |
Medical implant such as a stent
A medical implant such as a self-expanding shape memory alloy stent with a strut matrix formed by cut patterns in a wall of a tubular workpiece can be enhanced by arranging for the line of the laser beam when cutting the struts to be one that does not pass through the longitudinal rotational axis of the tubular workpiece. Such “off-axis” cutting can modify the cross-sectional shape and area of each strut, along its length. Such modulation can enhance the fatigue resistance of the stent matrix, or increase the radial force that the stent matrix is capable of exerting on bodily tissue within which it is implanted. |
| US10322016B2 |
Adjustable seal system, seal component and method for using the same
An adjustable seal system, seal component for use in the system, and method are provided for forming a sealing interface between a residual limb and a prosthetic socket. The seal component is selectively placed over the outer surface of a suspension liner including a plurality of seal bands, which the seal component may removably and securely engage. |
| US10322014B2 |
Expandable trial with telescopic stabilizers
Systems and methods for distracting an intervertebral disc space are provided. The systems use an expandable trial with telescopic stabilizers. The systems and methods of distracting an intervertebral space are provided in a manner that addresses the problem of subsidence. The method includes inserting the trial into the intervertebral space in a collapsed state and, once inserted, the trial is then used for distracting the intervertebral space using an expansion that includes a first stage and a second stage. The first stage includes expanding the trial laterally toward the peripheral zones of the top vertebral plate and the bottom vertebral plate, and the second stage includes expanding the trial vertically to distract the intervertebral space. |
| US10322011B2 |
Spinal implant device with bone screws
A spinal fusion device that is expandable. The device features a top and bottom surface for engaging adjacent vertebrae, a hollow center for stacking of bone or bone growth material, and a slidable mechanism with grooves for expanding or unexpanding compacting the device. |
| US10322008B2 |
Intervertebral spinal implant
An intervertebral implant for implantation in a treated area of an intervertebral space between vertebral bodies of a spine is provided. The upper surface and the lower surface of the implant each have a contact area capable of engaging with anatomy in the treated area, and the upper and lower surfaces define a through-hole having an inner surface extending through the spacer body. A first and second sidewalls extend from a front end and a back end, wherein the first and second sidewalls are configured with engagement portions positioned in close proximity to the front end and the back end. The front end and the back end are configured with a threaded hole for receiving an instrument for inserting the intervertebral implant into the intervertebral disc space. |
| US10322007B2 |
Expandable spinal fusion cage
A device, system, and method for performing a spinal procedure. The device includes first and second shape-memory outer platforms, the outer platforms expanding at a temperature greater than the transformative temperature, a core member having first and second expansion bodies and first and second wedge members, the first expansion body being coupled to the first outer platform and the second expansion body being coupled to the second outer platform, and a screw rotatably disposed within the core member, the screw passing through at least a portion of each of the first and second wedge members. Rotation of the screw causes the first and second wedge members to move toward each other and the first and second expansion bodies to move away from each other. Thus, reaching a transformation temperature and rotating the screw expands the device to come in contact with and anchored against both of the adjacent vertebrae. |
| US10322006B2 |
Interbody standalone intervertebral implant
Stand-alone interbody fusion devices and corpectomy devices suitable for use with an oblique implantation. The stand-alone interbody fusion devices may include a spacer having a substantially U-shaped body and a plate coupled to the spacer. The overall shape of the implant is asymmetrical such that a median plane, an oblique plane, or both planes divide the spacer and the plate into two asymmetrical halves. The implants are shaped and configured to allow for an oblique or anterolateral approach to the spine or an oblique corpectomy. |
| US10322005B1 |
Expandable intervertebral implant
An expandable intervertebral implant, including an inferior component, including a first plate, a second plate connected to the first plate and including a first plurality of locking apertures, and a third plate connected to the first plate and including a second plurality of locking apertures, a superior component slidingly engaged with the inferior component, including a fourth plate, a fifth plate connected to the fourth plate and including a third locking aperture, and a sixth plate connected to the fourth plate and including a fourth locking aperture, and a locking pin assembly arranged at least partially in the third and fourth locking apertures, and operatively arranged to engage the first and second pluralities of locking apertures to lock the expandable intervertebral implant. |
| US10322004B2 |
Femoral prosthesis with lateralized patellar groove
A prosthetic femoral component (10) for an orthopaedic prosthesis has a canted patellar groove adapted for optimal patella/component interaction, with the component configured to have a medial or lateral cant depending upon the method of implantation. The femoral component defines a distal “component transverse plane,” which is a plane tangent to the distal-most points of the component condyles (12, 14). In a “mechanical” implantation, the component transverse plane is substantially normal to the mechanical femoral axis of the femur after the component has been implanted. Where the femoral component is configured to be “mechanically oriented” in this manner, the component has a medially canted patellar groove. On the other hand, an “anatomic” implantation is one in which, after the component has been implanted, the component transverse plane is substantially parallel to an “anatomic” transverse plane. The anatomic transverse plane is perpendicular to the anatomic axis of the femur from a sagittal view, and is inclusive of a line connecting the distal-most points of the natural femoral condyles before resection. Where the femoral component is configured to be “anatomically oriented” in this way, the component has a non-canted or slightly laterally canted patellar groove. |
| US10322003B2 |
Modular taper seal and method for orthopaedic prosthetic hip assembly
An orthopedic prosthetic hip assembly and method for use during performance of a hip replacement procedure. The assembly includes a femoral stem component having a tapered trunnion and a femoral head component having a tapered bore. Upon insertion of the tapered trunnion into the tapered bore, a taper lock is formed and a seal provides a fluid-tight closure. |
| US10322001B2 |
Implant having a multilayered coating and a process for preparing thereof
The present invention relates to an implant having a multilayered coating comprising a porous titanium-based layer on the implant, an optional interface titania layer on and/or in the porous titanium-based layer and a bioactive glass layer on and/or in the porous structure formed by the titanium-based and titania layer(s); as well as to a process for preparing an implant having a multilayered coating. |
| US10321999B2 |
Systems and methods for reshaping a heart valve
The present disclosure includes a device for reshaping a heart valve. The device may include a central ring about a central axis and a plurality of arms coupled to the central ring, each of the arms coupled to the central ring at a pivot point at a first end of the arm, the arm comprising an attachment feature at a second point along the arm, the pivot point configured to allow movement of the arm about the pivot point through a plane extending radially from the central axis through the arm. Additionally, the plurality of arms may be contractable and may be extendable such that the hooks extend beyond a dilated heart valve. The present disclosure also includes associated methods and systems. |
| US10321998B2 |
Methods and systems for delivering prostheses using rail techniques
Exemplary embodiments provide methods and systems for delivering a prosthesis to a target location in a lumenal system of a patient. At least one tether is secured proximate the target location to serve as a rail, and a prosthesis is advanced along the rail to the target location and secured in place. Exemplary methods and systems provide for repair of the mitral and tricuspid valves, as well as abdominal aortic aneurysms, stomach valves, fallopian tubes and the pulmonary system, among others. Also disclosed are various prostheses suitable for use with the disclosed methods and systems. |
| US10321997B2 |
Delivery system for deployment of medical devices
A catheter that comprises a sheath that is connected at opposing ends to concentric tubes that move relative to each other in a manner that alternatively covers and exposes a medical device loaded onto the catheter. A portion of the sheath is arranged so as to invert upon itself so that axial movement of one tube relative to the other simultaneously moves the inversion point over or away from the device, alternatively covering or exposing the device. |
| US10321996B2 |
Prosthetic valve delivery apparatus having clutch mechanism
In a particular embodiment, the present disclosure provides a delivery apparatus for delivering a medical device. The delivery apparatus includes an elongated component with an engagement portion and a disengagement portion. Rotating the elongated component in a first rotational direction moves the travelling component along the engagement portion in a first axial direction. When the travelling component is located within the disengagement portion, continued rotation of the elongated component in the first rotational direction does not cause further movement of the travelling component in the first axial direction. A biasing member is located proximate the disengagement portion and urges the travelling component to reengage the engagement potion. The delivery apparatus can reduce or prevent damage to the delivery apparatus, or a patient with whom the delivery apparatus is used, by reducing or eliminating torque transfer from the travelling component to an end of the elongated component. |
| US10321995B1 |
Orthogonally delivered transcatheter heart valve replacement
The invention relates to a transcatheter heart valve replacement (A61F2/2412), and in particular an orthogonally delivered transcatheter prosthetic valve having a tubular frame with a flow control component mounted within the tubular frame and configured to permit blood flow in a first direction through an inflow end of the valve and block blood flow in a second direction, opposite the first direction, through an outflow end of the valve, wherein the valve is compressible to a compressed configuration for introduction into the body using a delivery catheter for implanting at a desired location in the body, said compressed configuration having a long-axis oriented at an intersecting angle of between 45-135 degrees to the first direction, and expandable to an expanded configuration having a long-axis oriented at an intersecting angle of between 45-135 degrees to the first direction, wherein the long-axis of the compressed configuration of the valve is substantially parallel to a length-wise cylindrical axis of the delivery catheter, and wherein the valve has a height of about 5-60 mm and a diameter of about 25-80 mm. |
| US10321994B2 |
Heart valve with stent having varying cell densities
A prosthetic heart valve for replacing a native valve includes a collapsible and expandable stent extending between a proximal end and a distal end, the stent including an annulus section adjacent the proximal end and an aortic section adjacent the distal end. The annulus section has cells arranged in at least one annulus row, each annulus row having a same first number of cells, the first number defining a first cell density. The aortic section has cells arranged in at least one aortic row, each aortic row having a same second number of cells, the second number defining a second cell density, the first cell density and the second cell density being different. A valve assembly is disposed within the stent. |
| US10321992B2 |
Heart valve prostheses having multiple support arms and methods for percutaneous heart valve replacement
Prosthetic heart valve devices and associated methods for percutaneous or transcatheter heart valve replacement are disclosed herein. A heart valve prosthesis configured in accordance herewith includes a frame having a valve support and a plurality of support arms extending therefrom. The plurality of support arms may include a main support arm configured to extend from the valve support for capturing at least a portion of a valve leaflet of a native heart valve therebetween when the valve prosthesis is in an expanded configuration and deployed within the native heart valve. In addition, the plurality of support arms may include multiple supplemental support arms disposed about the circumference of the valve support that when deployed in the expanded configuration are configured to at least partially engage subannular tissue at the native heart valve. |
| US10321989B2 |
Arrangement, a loop-shaped support, a prosthetic heart valve and a method of repairing or replacing a native heart valve
The present disclosure relates to an arrangement, a loop-shaped support, a prosthetic heart valve and a method of repairing or replacing a native heart valve. With the method or the arrangement, leakage or regurgitation between a prosthetic heart valve and the surrounding valve tissue is prevented. In one embodiment, an arrangement for replacement or repair of a native heart valve is provided, which comprises a loop-shaped support 41 and a prosthetic heart valve 70 and wherein an outer segment 32 of the loop-shaped support 41 is positionable towards surrounding valve tissue of a native heart valve and wherein an outer surface 74 of the prosthetic heart valve 70 is positionable towards an inner segment 34 of the loop-shaped support 41 so as to prevent paravalvular leakage or regurgitation between the prosthetic heart valve 70 and the surrounding valve tissue of the native heart valve. |
| US10321984B2 |
Spiral flow inducing stent and canula cut method of making same
A cannula cut spiral flow inducing stent includes a plurality of spiral inducing flow diverters that each include a piece of sheet metal with a helically shaped flow surface. A proximal stent region, which includes a plurality of first struts, is joined to a proximal end of each of the spiral inducing flow diverters. A distal stent region, which includes a plurality of second struts, is joined to a distal end of each of the spiral inducing flow diverters. All of the first struts and all of the second struts share a cannula thickness, but the shaped pieces of sheet metal may have a lesser thickness. |
| US10321983B2 |
Valve
A valve insertable into a body lumen includes a body region extending in a distal direction away from a proximal rim. The proximal rim defines an outer perimeter of the valve at a proximal end of the valve. The body region forms a first leaflet and a second leaflet, with the first leaflet in contact with the second leaflet to provide the valve with a closed position. The first leaflet includes a first segment in contact with the proximal rim and a second segment in contact with the second leaflet. The first segment is curved to include a convex exterior surface and a concave interior surface of the valve. The second segment is curved to include a concave exterior surface and a convex interior surface of the valve. |
| US10321982B2 |
Intra rectal/vaginal applicator technology
An applicator for use in the veterinary medical field for spraying vaccines and other medicaments, biologicals or other liquids and compositions intra-rectally. The applicator has an elongated, hollow tubular body with a connector at its proximal end for connection to a fluid supply and a curved distal end tip with a pair of apertures for dispersing fluid by spraying action. |
| US10321977B1 |
Dental device
A dental device includes a rounded flexible device configured to attach onto a head of a dental drill. The rounded flexible device has a first pair of opposing horizontal protrusions positioned at a first end of the rounded flexible device; a second pair of opposing horizontal protrusions positioned at a mid-portion of the rounded flexible device, wherein the first pair of opposing horizontal protrusions extend horizontally beyond the second pair of opposing horizontal protrusions; and a central vertical protrusion positioned at a second end of the rounded flexible device. The first pair and the second pair of opposing horizontal protrusions are configured to partially encircle the head of the dental drill, and the central vertical protrusion is configured to extend a length of a rotating drill bit of the dental drill. |
| US10321975B2 |
Root canal debridement effectiveness device and method
A method for continuously evaluating the effectiveness of debridement of a root canal of a tooth, the tooth having an open access cavity and an apex end, includes delivering a fluid to the open access cavity of the tooth, evacuating the fluid near the apex end of the tooth such that the fluid flushes most of the root canal before being evacuated, and continuously evaluating the evacuated fluid for at least one of a presence of debris, a concentration level of the debris, or a type of the debris. An apparatus for use in debriding a root canal of a tooth includes a microcannula or a macrocannula configured to evacuate a fluid in the root canal, and a sensing mechanism fluidically coupled to the microcannula or the macrocannula, the sensing mechanism configured to continuously sense debris in the evacuated fluid in real time. |
| US10321973B1 |
Composite restoration condenser with rolling ball tip
A dental instrument with an elongated tip housing a ball within a socket. The exposed surface of the ball may be pressed against a restorative material on a tooth surface in order to evenly distribute the restorative material without incorporating air bubbles. A dental instrument may have a second elongated tip housing a ball on an opposing end. The elongated tip housing the ball may be removably attached or may be rotatable. |
| US10321969B2 |
Methods and apparatus for coupling an optical input to an illumination device
A surgical illumination apparatus comprises a fiber optic input, and illuminated surgical instrument, and an optical coupling bracket for coupling the fiber optic input to the illuminated surgical instrument. The coupling bracket comprises an elongate frame having a proximal end, a distal end, and a central channel extending therebetween, wherein the central channel is sized to receive and support optical fibers of the fiber optic input. The proximal end of the bracket is coupled to the fiber optic input, and the distal end of the bracket is coupled to an illumination element of the illuminated surgical instrument. The apparatus may further comprise a shroud disposed around the illumination element that is coupled to the bracket. |
| US10321968B2 |
Sharps container
A container for disposal of medical waste is provided that comprises a receptacle with an open top. A lid is attached to the receptacle to cover the open top of the receptacle. The lid has an elongated opening sized to permit the introduction of medical waste into the receptacle. A closure flap is connected to the lid to selectively close the lid opening. The closure flap is movable between an open position, a closed position and a locked position. The closure flap is attached to the lid by axial hubs that extend from each side of the closure flap through openings in the side walls of the lid. Covers attached to the outside of the side wall of the lid and engaged with the closure flap axial hub. The container may also include a locking external cabinet that encloses the receptacle and can be mounted to a wall. |
| US10321963B2 |
Apparatus and method for moving an elongate rod
An apparatus for moving an elongate rod longitudinally and rotationally, and a method of moving the elongate rod longitudinally and rotationally, are provided. A translation member has a first translation member end held relatively stationary and a longitudinally spaced second translation member end which is selectively movable longitudinally with respect to the first translation member end via actuation of the translation member. The second translation member end is operatively connected to selectively impart longitudinal motion to the elongate rod. A rotation member has a first rotation member end held relatively stationary and a longitudinally spaced second rotation member end which is selectively rotatable with respect to the first rotation member end via actuation of the rotation member. The second rotation member end is operatively connected to selectively impart rotational motion to the elongate rod. |
| US10321959B2 |
Method of surgical planning
A method of pre-operatively forming a surgical splint configured to receive a patient's dentition can include combining a 3-D facial computer model and a 3-D dental computer model. The method includes the step of obtaining a 3-D facial computer model of at least the patient's maxilla, mandible, and dentition from a CT scanner and the step of obtaining a 3-D dental computer model of the patient's dentition with an optical scanner. The 3-D dental computer model is then combined with the 3-D facial computer model to form a composite virtual model. The composite virtual model can be manipulated into a planned post-operative shape, and a surgical splint can be custom constructed to match the planned post-operative shape. The surgical splint can be configured to receive the patient's dentition. |
| US10321954B2 |
Applicator and tissue interface module for dermatological device
A tissue interface module has an applicator chamber on a proximal side of the tissue interface module and a tissue acquisition chamber on a distal side of the tissue interface module. The applicator chamber may include: an opening adapted to receive the applicator; an attachment mechanism positioned in the applicator chamber and adapted to attach the tissue interface module to the applicator; a sealing member positioned at a proximal side of the applicator chamber; and a vacuum interface positioned at a proximal side of the applicator chamber and adapted to receive a vacuum inlet positioned on a distal end of the applicator. The invention also includes corresponding methods. |
| US10321952B2 |
Medical device capable of injection, cutting and coagulation
A device for treating tissue includes a catheter including an elongated body extending from a proximal end to a distal end and including a lumen extending therethrough, a distal tip connected to the distal end of the elongated body and including a first electrode and a second electrode extending thereabout, the first electrode extending to a distal opening of the lumen and a first needle extending longitudinally from a proximal end to a distal end, the first needle slidably received within the lumen of the catheter to be moved between a retracted bipolar configuration, in which the distal end of the needle is proximal the distal opening of the catheter, and an extended monopolar configuration, in which the distal end of the first needle extends distally past the distal opening of the catheter so that the first needle contacts the first electrode and is configured to cut tissue. |
| US10321948B2 |
Pixel array medical devices and methods
Systems, instruments, and methods are described in which an apparatus comprises a housing including a scalpet device. The scalpet device includes a scalpet array that includes scalpets arranged in a pattern. The scalpets are deployable from the housing to generate incised skin pixels at a target site. The housing is positioned and the scalpet array is deployed into tissue at the target site. Incised skin pixels are generated when the target site is a donor site, and skin defects are generated when the target site is a recipient site. The incised skin pixels are harvested. |
| US10321946B2 |
Renal nerve modulation devices with weeping RF ablation balloons
The disclosure pertains to an intravascular catheter, comprising an elongate member having a proximal end and a distal end, a balloon having an interior surface, an exterior surface, a lumen defined by the interior surface and a cylindrical wall extending between the interior surface and the exterior surface, the cylindrical wall having a proximal end and a distal end, the balloon having a plurality of weeping windows disposed in the wall and able to pass an electric current between the interior surface and the exterior surface and wherein the balloon wall is otherwise electrically insulative, and an electrode disposed in the balloon. The intravascular system is suited for modulation of renal nerves, for example. |
| US10321944B2 |
Midline pars retractor
A midline retractor provides access for the placement of PARS screws and other surgical sites. A lower profile allows for better visualization of the patients anatomy and provides better access for surgical instruments. The retractor may include integrated lighting, such as fiber optic lighting or other suitable lighting. The blades of the retractor may include a textured profile, such as diamond plating, grooves, etching or any other desired textured treatment on the blades. The texture on the blades may keep tissue from migrating down the blades and may prevent the blades from slipping up and out of the patient. The PARS retractor may include a blade rotation locking mechanism and/or a blade toe feature that allows for ease of use and an adjustable blade toe. The retractor may also include a rack release that provides for free movement of the rack. |
| US10321938B2 |
Locking compression members for use with bone anchor assemblies and methods
Various exemplary methods and devices are provided for fixing bone anchors to bone. In general, the methods and devices can allow for a bone anchor to be fixed to a bone at a desired angle to a surface of the bone. In an exemplary embodiment, a bone anchor assembly is provided that includes a bone anchor configured to engage bone, a receiver member for seating a head of the bone anchor, and a compression member for securing the bone anchor at fixed angle with respect to the receiver member when the compression member is seated within the receiver member. Corresponding engagement features of the compression member and the receiver member can be engaged in a secured configuration to inhibit or prevent removal of the compression cap from the receiver member and optionally to substantially prevent longitudinal and/or rotational movement of the compression member with respect to the receiver member. |
| US10321936B2 |
Polyaxial pedicle screw with a head in the shape of a ball segment
Polyaxial pedicle screw with a head in the shape of a ball segment and with a threaded screw shank, wherein a hollow ball segment with a recess for receiving a rod-shaped connector is mounted in the head, in order to permit pivoting movements and rotation movements of the connector, wherein moreover, in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the threaded screw shank, the head in the shape of a ball segment has a cutout with an inner thread in which the rod-shaped connector can be moved in and out and, by means of the inner thread in the cutout, a grub screw can be introduced for blocking the hollow ball segment. According to the invention, a plastic buffer body is fitted in the hollow ball segment and is connected to a ram, wherein the ram has a head which engages in an associated annular groove in the plastic buffer body. Moreover, the plastic buffer body has a circumferential guide ring and a spherical guide stop at one end, wherein an opening for the ram is formed lying opposite the guide stop, and the edge of the opening bears on a shell, which in turn bears on the inner side of the hollow ball segment, in such a way that the plastic buffer body with its guide stop is fixed with pretensioning in the head shaped as a ball segment. |
| US10321934B2 |
Instrument access device
An instrument access device 1 comprises a proximal member 25 for location externally of an opening into a body cavity. A first connector 20 extends between the proximal member 25 and a first instrument receiver 2. A second connector 21 extends between the proximal member and a second instrument receiver 3. Instrument seals can be housed in relatively rigid housings for added strength. |
| US10321930B2 |
Activation features for ultrasonic surgical instrument
An ultrasonic instrument includes a body, an actuation assembly, a shaft assembly, and an ultrasonic blade. The body defines a longitudinal axis and is configured to receive an ultrasonic transducer. The actuation assembly includes at least one annular activation member and at least one circuit. The at least one annular activation member extends angularly about the body along a 360 degree angular range. The at least one annular activation member is configured to move laterally relative to the longitudinal axis of the body. The at least one circuit corresponds to the at least one annular activation member. The shaft assembly includes an acoustic waveguide. The ultrasonic blade is in acoustic communication with the acoustic waveguide. The at least one activation circuit is configured to activate the ultrasonic blade in response to lateral movement of the activation member relative to the longitudinal axis of the body. |
| US10321926B2 |
Devices and methods for anterior arytenoid adduction
Provided herein are devices and methods for anterior arytenoid adduction. The device may comprise a wire having a first end and a second end at opposite ends of a longitudinal axis, the wire forming a spiral along the longitudinal axis and having a double hook at the first end, a suture threaded through the spiral of the wire from the second end to the first end, the suture forming a turn at the first end and passing exterior to the spiral to the second end. The method may comprise advancing a suture and hook from the subject's anterior thyroid cartilage or cricothyroid membrane to the muscular process of the subject's arytenoid, attaching the hook to the muscular process, and applying tension to the suture to rotate the muscular process and adduct the arytenoid. |
| US10321925B2 |
Clot retrieval system
Catheter-delivered endovascular medical devices are described. The devices may include a pull wire connected to a proximal body and a distal body, which may be formed of a basket or other framework that has a plurality of cells. The distal body may move/articulate proximally relative to and toward the proximal body. Methods of using and making the devices are also described. |
| US10321921B2 |
Unicortical path detection for a surgical depth measurement system
Unicortical path detection for a measurement system for monitoring a depth of penetration of a working portion of an instrument in a bone of a patient. The unicortical detection may compare an average cortex thickness in a bicortical path to an actual measured depth of penetration. If the actual depth of penetration exceeds the average thickness, a unicortical path may be detected. Upon detection of a unicortical path, an alert may be provided and/or the instrument may be arrested upon subsequent breaching of the cortex. |
| US10321918B2 |
Methods for robotic surgery using a cannula
Methods for preparing a bone in surgery using an imaging system, a navigation system having a locating device, and a robotic system having a cutting tool. A cannula is guided into an incision to expand the incision and provide access to the bone so that the cutting tool is insertable through the cannula to remove material from the bone. An implant is insertable through the cannula to be placed in the bone. |
| US10321914B2 |
Positionable perivalvular occlusion device
An occlusion device intended for blocking perivalvular leak channels that are found following heart valve implantation between the heart valve and the surrounding tissue. The occlusion device has a stent and a covering that is attached to the stent surface. A blocking fabric extends across the lumen of the stent to block blood flow. The stent pattern and wall structure provide for small radius of curvature bends to fill narrow channels that cause the perivalvular leaks. |
| US10321912B2 |
Medical device including an artificial contractile structure
Medical device including an artificial contractile structure including at least one contractile element adapted to contract a hollow body organ, in such a way that the contractile element is adapted to be in a resting position or in an activated position, the activated position being defined with the contractile element constricting the hollow body organ and the resting position being defined with said contractile element not constricting the hollow body organ. The medical device can include a tensioning device adapted to apply a force so as to tighten the contractile element around said hollow body organ. The tensioning device can be arranged to cause the contractile element to apply a substantially uniform occlusive pressure of at most 8N/cm2, along the circumference of the contact area between the contractile element and the hollow body organ when the contractile element is in its activated position. |
| US10321907B2 |
System for monitoring whether a surgical instrument needs to be serviced
An apparatus is disclosed which comprises a handle module that is attachable to a detachable shaft module for collectively performing a surgical procedure and an inspection station for connection to the handle module when the handle module is not being used in a surgical procedure. The handle module comprises a handle module memory circuit for storing handle module usage data for the handle module. The inspection station comprises an inspection station processor circuit for determining one or more service recommendations for the handle module based on the handle module usage data stored in the memory of the handle module and based on service recommendation criteria. |
| US10321904B2 |
Orthopedic joint distraction device
An orthopedic distraction device is provides. The orthopedic distraction device includes a first upper paddle for engaging a first bone of a joint, a lower paddle for engaging a second bone of the joint and a displacement mechanism. The displacement mechanism includes a drive assembly operable to move the upper paddle relative to the lower paddle. The lower paddle is releasably connected to the displacement mechanism. |
| US10321902B2 |
Powered surgical instrument
A surgical instrument including a housing, an endoscopic portion, a shaft portion, and an end effector is disclosed. The endoscopic portion extends distally from the housing and defines a longitudinal axis. The shaft portion is selectively connectable to a distal end of the endoscopic portion. The end effector is selectively connectable to a distal end of the shaft portion. |
| US10321901B2 |
Medical instrument that wirelessly receives power, insertion assisting tool that wirelessly transmits power and medical system
A treatment instrument includes a power receiver and a treatment section configured to be driven by power received by the power receiver. The power receiver includes a first solenoid-shaped power receiving coil and a second solenoid-shaped power receiving coil having a winding direction opposite to a winding direction of the first power receiving coil. The first power receiving coil and the second power receiving coil have the same length and the same number of turns, and are arranged concentrically. The first power receiving coil and the second power receiving coil are electrically connected to a treatment section so that a direction in which a current flows through the first power receiving coil is opposite to a direction in which a current flows through the second power receiving coil. |
| US10321898B2 |
Computed tomography enhanced fluoroscopic system, device, and method of utilizing the same
A system and method for enhanced navigation for use during a surgical procedure including planning a navigation path to a target using a first data set of computed tomography images previously acquired; navigating a marker placement device to the target using the navigation path; placing a plurality of markers in tissue proximate the target; acquiring a second data set of computed tomography images including the plurality of markers; planning a second navigation path to a second target using the second data set of computed tomography images; navigating a medical instrument to a second target; capturing fluoroscopic data of tissue proximate the target; and registering the fluoroscopic data to the second data set of computed tomography images based on marker position and orientation within the real-time fluoroscopic data and the second data set of computed tomography images. |
| US10321896B2 |
System and method for mixed modality acoustic sampling
Systems and methods for relaying electrical signals representing acoustic response of a volume of tissue to light and ultrasound stimulation. In an embodiment, a plurality of ultrasound transducers receive acoustic energy from the volume and generate electrical energy, which is transmitted via an electrical path to a relay system. The ultrasound transducers are operated at a wide band frequency of at least 1 MHz to 5 MHz to receive acoustic energy from the volume of tissue responsive to light stimulation and at a narrower band frequency to receive acoustic energy from the volume of tissue responsive to acoustic stimulation. The relay system relays the electrical signals to an optoacoustic system or an ultrasound instrument for further processing depending on whether the electrical signals resulted from ultrasound or light stimulation. In an embodiment, optoacoustic, ultrasound, or other images are generated from the electrical signals and may be coregistered, overlayed, or displayed. |
| US10321890B2 |
Apparatus and method for endovascular device guiding and positioning using physiological parameters
An endovascular navigation system and method are disclosed. The endovascular navigation system includes an elongate flexible member, a endovascular electrogram lead disposed at a distal end of the elongate flexible member and configured to sense an endovascular electrogram signal, a processor and an output device. The processor is configured to receive the endovascular electrogram signal, to determine a peak amplitude of a P-wave in the endovascular electrogram signal, and to determine that the position of the distal end of the elongate flexible member is within a predetermined structure within the venous vasculature of the patient. The output device is configured to display a visual indication that the distal end of the elongate flexible member is within the predetermined structure within the venous vasculature of the patient, where the visual indication is different from the endovascular electrogram signal of the venous vasculature of the patient. |
| US10321888B2 |
Wireless stethobroadcasting instrument for medical training
A method and system provides improved auscultation training for medical students and other healthcare providers. The system includes an instructor stethoscope which generates an acoustic output corresponding to an ausculatory sound from the patient. The acoustic output is wirelessly transmitted to earpieces worn by one or more students such that the students can simultaneously listen with the instructor to the ausculatory sound. The acoustic output may be recorded for future listening and training. The instructor stethoscope includes a resonance chamber having a capacitive pickup to receive the ausculatory sound wave from the stethoscope chest piece. The acoustic wave is converted to an analog signal and then to a digital signal, which is broadcast and then re-converted to an analog signal for the listening students. |
| US10321887B2 |
Image analysis device, image analysis method, and program
In an image analysis device, an image analysis method, and a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium, it is determined whether a radiographic image is captured by rocking a rocking imaging grid. The image analysis device includes: a radiographic image acquisition section; a dosage data acquisition section that acquires dosage data indicating, in a time-series manner, a dosage of radiation rays exposed to a specific position in an imaging area in a specific period; and a determining section that determines whether the dosage data has a first feature indicating a dosage variation as a plurality of radiation absorbing bodies and a radiation transmitting body disposed between adjacent radiation absorbing bodies pass through a space between the specific position and a radiation source, and determines that the radiographic image corresponding to the dosage data determined to have the first feature is a rocking grid use image captured by rocking a rocking imaging grid. |
| US10321882B2 |
Method for controlling multiple wireless self-triggering radiographic image sensors in a single exposure
A method for triggering image capture by a group of simultaneously X-ray exposed multiple wirelessly interlinked self-triggering direct radiography (DR) detector assemblies includes the steps of performing an initiation step to identify the group of participating DR detector assemblies prior to X-ray exposure, detecting the X-ray exposure by a first participating DR detector assembly, the first participating DR detector assembly performing a trigger step to signal all participating DR detector assemblies to start image capture. |
| US10321880B2 |
Medical imaging device having a frame element for disposing a component
A medical imaging device is disclosed. In an embodiment, the medical imaging device includes an imaging area; a patient positioning device including a positioning table and a transfer plate for positioning a patient in a patient positioning area; a frame element for disposing at least one component relative to the imaging area and/or the patient positioning device, wherein the frame element has a first side arm, a second side arm and an apex area disposed between the first side arm and the second side arm; and a first mounting device and a second mounting device for retaining the frame element. The apex area is disposed above the transfer plate in respect of a vertical direction. |
| US10321877B2 |
Medical device with acoustic sensor
In at least one example, a medical device is provided. The medical device includes at least one therapy electrode, at least one electrocardiogram (ECG) electrode, at least one acoustic sensor, and at least one processor coupled with the at least one acoustic sensor, the at least one ECG electrode, and the at least one therapy electrode. The at least one processor can receive at least one acoustic signal from the at least one acoustic sensor, receive at least one electrode signal from the ECG electrode, detect at least one unverified cardiopulmonary anomaly using the at least one electrode signal, and verify the at least one unverified cardiopulmonary anomaly with reference to data descriptive of the at least one acoustic signal. |
| US10321876B2 |
Middle point zero reference
A cardiac electrophysiology system including a means for identifying the source of an arrhythmia in the heart is disclosed. The disclosed system may be an electrocardiograph device and may generate an enhanced electrocardiogram (EKG) of a cardiac structure. The disclosed system may include a disclosed catheter inserted into a chamber of the cardiac structure. The disclosed catheter may include electrodes configured to measure an analog electrical signal of the electrical activity of the cardiac structure over time, and a transformer configured to remove a direct current (DC) offset of the analog electrical signal to generate an analog electrical signal centered at 0 volts (V), which may be sampled by an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) and gain adjusted to a maximum resolution of the ADC to produce an enhanced digital electrocardiogram (EKG) signal. |
| US10321875B2 |
Determining food identities with intra-oral spectrometer devices
Devices, methods, computer-readable media, and systems for determining an identity of a food are disclosed. For example, a method may receive at least one property of at least one component in a sample of a food from an intra-oral device including a spectrometer, the at least one property obtained via the spectrometer, compares the at least one property to a plurality of food signatures, and determines the identity of the food based upon the comparing. In another example, a system may include an intra-oral device and a wireless device. The intra-oral device may include a spectrometer for measuring at least one property of at least one component in a sample of a food. The wireless device may include a processor for receiving the at least one property, comparing the at least one property to a plurality of food signatures, and determining the identity of the food based upon the comparing. |
| US10321872B2 |
Multi-purpose wearable patch for measurement and treatment
A multi-purpose wearable patch includes a stretchable and permeable substrate, a first sensing unit mounted in the stretchable and permeable substrate, the sensing unit that can conduct a first measurement of a user to produce a first measurement signal, a treatment unit that produces a first treatment field in the user's body; a circuit electrically connected with the treatment unit and the sensing unit; and a semiconductor chip in connection with the circuit and configured to receive the first measurement signal from the sensing unit. The semiconductor chip produces a first treatment control signal to control the treatment unit to produce a first treatment field in the user's body. |
| US10321862B2 |
NIRS sensor assembly including electrically conductive and optically transparent EMI shielding
A near infrared spectrophotometric sensor assembly for non-invasive monitoring of blood oxygenation levels in a subject's body is provided. The assembly includes at least one light source, at least one light detector operable to detect light emitted by the light source, an electromagnetic interference shielding disposed around at least a portion of the light detector, wherein the electromagnetic interference shielding includes an electrically conductive substrate that is optically transparent, and one or both of a light blocking sheet disposed relative to at least one of the light detectors and an encapsulating material. |
| US10321861B2 |
Calibrated pH sensor
The present invention relates to a pH sensor adapted to be inserted into all soft tissues, such as muscle, fat or other organs e.g. heart, lung, kidney, liver, pancreas, renal gland etc., comprising one or more of: a) means to provide sensor calibration performance information; b) a sensor dislodgement alert, providing an indication to the user if the pH reading falls outside a predetermined range; c) an alert to indicate that the sensor has exceeded its usage period; and d) an alert to indicate that the sensor had exceeded its shelf life. There is also provided a method of assessing the efficacy of a treatment regime comprising the steps of determining any change in the pH of the soft tissue during treatment, where any change in the pH towards the preferred range for the tissue type is indicative of an effective treatment regime and any change in the pH away from the preferred range for the tissue type is indicative of a worsening in the condition of the tissue, and thus an ineffective treatment regime. |
| US10321858B2 |
Apparatus and methods for transdermal sensing of analytes in interstitial fluid and associated data transmission systems
Provided are transdermal microneedle-based devices for sensing the presence and concentration of analytes such as electrolytes, biomarkers, drugs, and proteins in interstitial fluid. Also provided are methods and systems to transmit the data obtained by wired or wireless connection to a receiver and to relay the data to the user or a clinician. |
| US10321854B2 |
Predictive double-release alarm belt
Systems and methods for monitoring the location of a patient using a double-release alarm belt. The belt may include a plurality of straps configured to be releasably attached to one another and an alarm system that is triggered when at least one of the straps is disengaged from the other strap or straps. One strap may be disengaged from another strap by pulling the first strap in a first direction and another strap may be disengaged from the yet another strap by pulling in a second direction. By requiring multiple straps to be released from one another, the amount of time it takes to remove the belt can be increased, which provides medical personnel additional time to reach a patient. |
| US10321851B2 |
Method of detecting ARDS and systems for detecting ARDS
The invention is directed to a system and method for providing an ARDS indication of a patient comprising a sampling device for obtaining a gas sample of the exhaled breath of a patient, a measuring unit for measuring a content of n-octane in the exhaled breath of a patient, a controller which is able to distinguish if the patient has or may develop ARDS based on the content of n-octane in the exhaled breath of a patient resulting in a ARDS indication of the patient and provided with a protocol for providing output regarding the ARDS indication of the patient, and a user interface for indicating the ARDS indication to a user. |
| US10321849B2 |
System for ingestion event monitoring and method for detecting ingestion events with high accuracy
System and method for ingestion event detection and monitoring are disclosed. The system comprises: an ingestible microsensor configured to generate a signal representing an ingestion event upon ingestion and contact with stomach fluid of a patient; and a reader device positioned external to the patient and configured to detect the signal representing the ingestion event with at least 95% accuracy. |
| US10321847B2 |
Integrated tracking system for endocavity imaging
To accurately generate the three-dimensional ultrasound data and/or determine the position of the ultrasound scan relative to pre-operative data, a tracking sensor is releasably connected with the ultrasound probe. The connection positions the tracking sensor near a distal end of the probe for insertion into the patient. A needle guide may be similarly releasably connected with the probe and, at least in part, inserted into the patient. |
| US10321838B2 |
Active low impedance electrode
An active low impedance electrode (20) employing an electrical activity sensor (21) connected to a voltage sense contact (22), a current flow contact (23) and an active electrode coupler (24). In operation, responsive to the voltage sense contact (22) and the current flow contact (23) being attached to the anatomical region (13) of the patient, the electrical activity sensor (21) controls a directional flow of a sensor current between the electrical activity sensor (21) and the anatomical region (13) to establish an equivalence between a patient voltage at voltage sense contact (22) and a sensor voltage at active electrode coupler (24), and/or a patient contact impedance between the voltage sense contact (22) and the current flow contact (23) is greater than an active electrode impedance at the active electrode coupler (24). |
| US10321833B2 |
Neural locating method
A method of locating a nerve within an intracorporeal treatment area of a subject includes providing a first electrical stimulus at a first location within the intracorporeal treatment area, providing a second electrical stimulus at a second location within the intracorporeal treatment area, and providing one or more additional electrical stimuli at the second location. The first electrical stimulus does not induce a threshold response of a muscle innervated by the nerve, whereas the second electrical stimulus does induce a response of the muscle. The one or more additional stimuli each have a current magnitude less than the first stimulus and are used to determine a minimum current magnitude that is required to induce the threshold response of the muscle at the second location. This minimum current magnitude is then used to determine a distance from the second location to the nerve. |
| US10321830B2 |
Cable system for generating signals for detecting motion and measuring vital signs
A system and method for measuring vital signs and motion from a patient. The system features: (i) first and second sensors configured to independently generate time-dependent waveforms indicative of one or more contractile properties of the patient's heart; and (ii) at least three motion-detecting sensors positioned on the forearm, upper arm, and another different body location of the patient. Each motion-detecting sensor generates at least one time-dependent motion waveform indicative of motion of the location on the patient's body to which it is affixed. A processing component, worn on the patient's body and featuring a microprocessor, receives the waveforms generated by the different sensors and processes them to determine: (i) a pulse transit time calculated using a time difference between features in two separate time-dependent waveforms, (ii) a blood pressure value calculated from the time difference, and (iii) a motion parameter calculated from at least one motion waveform. |
| US10321827B2 |
Devices and methods for noninvasive physiological analysis
Provided are a physiological signal analysis device and method to detect and analyze physiological information of a subject. The physiological signal analysis device includes a memory device configure to store a wrinkle pattern at a measurement position of a subject as a reference position; a sensor configured to sense the reference position and a physiological signal of the subject at the reference position in response to the stored reference position being within a range of the sensor; and a signal processor configured to process the physiological signal sensed the sensor. |
| US10321826B2 |
Optical dynamic imaging system
The dynamic positioning of sensors, which exploit the mechanical and physiological changes in tissues, can significantly increase the performance in characterization of tumors. Here, we disclose the Optical Dynamic Imaging (ODI) System for tumor characterization. ODI System estimates size, depth, elastic modulus and optical properties of embedded objects. The ODI System consists of a tactile imaging sensor (TIS), and a near infrared diffuse spectral imaging. To obtain mechanical properties of the target, we compress the region of interest with the probe, then the light from the probe is scattered and captured by the camera as a tactile image. On the other hand, using a light source and the camera as a detector, we obtain the diffuse spectral images. From these images, we compute the absorption coefficient of the embedded tumor phantom. We move the source-detector simultaneously and collect optical information. We termed this maneuver as dynamic positioning. Optical Dynamic Imaging System also provides position and orientation of the light source and the detectors. The combination of the absorption coefficient and tactile data along with location information improves the size, depth, and elastic modulus estimation. |
| US10321824B2 |
Patient monitor screen aggregation
A remote interface system according to some embodiments includes one or more patient monitoring devices having one or more sensors for patient monitoring, one or more first processors to receive information from the sensors and generate patient data based thereon, a web server, a first communication system, and a first screen to display a representation of at least a first portion of the patient data, and a remote interface device including a second communication system, a second screen, one or more second processors, an application executed by the one or more second processors and configured to detect a presence of the first communication system, establish a communication link between the first and second communication systems, establish a reliable connection channel (e.g. secure websocket connection) with the web server, receive the patient data via the connection, and display at least a second portion of the patient data on the second screen. |
| US10321822B1 |
Non-mydriatic self-imaging fundus camera
A fundus camera and method of operating the fundus camera are described. The fundus camera includes an image sensor, an eyepiece lens, an illumination source, and an alignment target. The image sensor captures image light of a retina within an eye. The eyepiece lens is disposed to pass the image light of the retina to the image sensor. The illumination source is disposed to direct illumination light onto the retina through the eyepiece lens. The illumination source is further disposed around a first aperture through which the image light of the retina passes from the eyepiece lens to the image sensor. The alignment target is coupled to output an alignment image through the eyepiece lens to the eye and disposed around a second aperture through which the image light of the retina is passed to the image sensor and the illumination light is passed to the eyepiece lens. |
| US10321819B2 |
Ophthalmic imaging apparatus
An ophthalmic imaging apparatus of an embodiment scans a subject's eye with OCT to acquire a cross sectional image. A measurement unit performs OCT. An imaging unit acquires a moving image of the subject's eye. A display controller controls a display device to display the moving image acquired by the imaging unit, and two or more scan pattern images corresponding to two or more scan lines representing scan positions and scan directions in the moving image and arranged such that at least two of the two or more scan pattern images intersect one another. An operation unit is used for changing a relative position between the two or more scan pattern images. A measurement controller controls the measurement unit to perform OCT based on the two or more scan lines corresponding to the two or more scan pattern images after the relative position have been changed. |
| US10321818B2 |
System and method for ocular function tests
A system for use in performing ocular examinations, such as convergence and accommodation useful in diagnosing traumatic brain injury (including concussion), includes an assessment device. The assessment device includes a portable carrier having a visual target and a distance measurement component. The system may further include a communications channel and a companion device. The distance measurement component communicates via the communication channel with the companion device. The companion device stores one or more distances measured by the distance measurement component. |
| US10321816B2 |
Light source device and endoscope system
There are provided a light source device, which is more compact and inexpensive than a known light source device, and an endoscope system having a compact and inexpensive light source device. In a light source device, a light source unit includes a first light source that emits blue light, a second light source that emits broadband green light including not only a green component but also a red component, and an optical filter that adjusts the amount of broadband green light for each wavelength. The optical filter has a characteristic in which the reflectance of the green component is smaller than the reflectance of the red component in the case of reflecting the broadband green light or a characteristic in which the transmittance of the green component is smaller than the transmittance of the red component in the case of transmitting the broadband green light. |
| US10321808B2 |
Manipulator system
Provided is a manipulator system including: a manipulator provided with an insertion section, a movable section disposed at a distal end of the insertion section, and a drive unit that is disposed at a proximal end of the insertion section and that drives the movable section; an operation input unit with which an operation input to the manipulator is input; a control unit for controlling the drive unit based on the operation input; an endoscope; an overtube having a first channel and a second channel; and a unit for calculating a shifted angle of the endoscope relative to the first channel about a longitudinal axis, wherein, on the basis of the shifted angle, the movable section is rotated relative to the second channel to match the up/down direction of a coordinate system fixed to the endoscope and the up/down direction of a coordinate system fixed to the movable section. |
| US10321807B2 |
Methods of performing internal body imaging
One embodiment provides a system, method, and wireless endoscope for performing internal imaging. A first portion of a wireless endoscope including at least a lens and a light emitter for physical connection to a second portion of the wireless endoscope is received. The first portion is interchangeable. The first portion is inserted into a body while the second portion remains outside the body. The wireless endoscope is powered on in response to receiving user input from a user. A distal end proximate the lens is illuminated utilizing a light in communication with the light emitter. Video inside the body is captured utilizing a camera in communication with the lens. The video is wireless communicated to a receiver associated with a display. |
| US10321806B2 |
Endoscope and rigid distal end portion of endoscope
An endoscope includes an operation section, an insertion section, a first space provided in a distal end portion of the insertion section, a second space sealed against an inner space of a bending portion, a communication passage communicating between the first space and the second space, and an elongated tube member having one end portion coupled with the first space and another end portion provided inside the operation section and having a through hole in a longitudinal direction. |
| US10321805B2 |
Imaging unit, imaging module, and endoscope
An imaging unit includes: an optical system; a semiconductor package including an image sensor, and a connection electrode formed on a back surface; a cable; an electronic component; and a multi-layer substrate having a rectangular plate shape and including: a first electrode and a second electrode arranged side-by-side with each other on a front surface, the semiconductor package being mounted on the first electrode, and the cable being connected to the second electrode; and a third electrode on a back surface, the electronic component being mounted on the third electrode. The multi-layer substrate includes walls on at least two opposing sides of the back surface, and the semiconductor package is disposed such that a light receiving surface of the image sensor is arranged horizontally with respect to the multi-layer substrate. |
| US10321804B2 |
Articulated tip part for an endoscope
An articulated tip part (3) for an endoscope (1). The articulated tip part (3) comprises a distal end segment (4), a proximal end segment (6) and a number of intermediate segments (5) arranged between the distal end segment (4) and the proximal end segment (6). Each intermediate segment (5) comprises a first passage (8) adapted to accommodate and support an outer wall (11) of a tube (9) providing a working channel of the endoscope (1). |
| US10321803B2 |
System and method for image-based alignment of an endoscope
Systems and methods for endoscopic procedures employ a first technique to ensure initial correct alignment of an endoscope (100) with a desired target (10). A reference image (51) is then acquired from an imaging arrangement associated with the endoscope. During a subsequent stage of the procedure, tracking of the endoscope position relative to the target is performed partially or entirely by image-based tracking by comparing features in real-time video image (52) produced by imaging arrangement with features in the reference image (51). The feature comparison may be performed visually by a user, or may be automated to offer more specific corrective suggestions to the user. |
| US10321797B2 |
Pump plate for conditioning fluid flow in a dishwasher
The present invention provides a pump plate (60) for conditioning the flow of a fluid before the fluid enters an inlet (51) of a circulation pump (50) of a dishwasher. The pump plate (60) may have a plate portion with a number of holes (62) dispersed across its surface such that fluid may flow through the holes (62). The pump plate (60) may also include one or more upper guide vanes (63) extending outwardly from the plate portion and configured to reduce the turbulence in the fluid flow. A dishwasher (10) including a pump plate (60) and a method for manufacturing such a dishwasher are also provided. A dishwasher (10) that includes a pump plate (60) to condition the fluid flow within the dishwasher may be configured to function efficiently while requiring less water to complete a rinse or wash cycle than a dishwasher that does not include a pump plate. |
| US10321795B2 |
Surface cleaning apparatus with debris ejector
A surface cleaning apparatus includes a separating and collection assembly defining a collection chamber which receives debris and has a debris outlet, a cover assembly having a pre-motor filter, a debris ejector, and a push rod operably coupleable to the debris ejector to displace the debris ejector relative to the debris outlet. The push rod can be accommodated by an opening of the pre-motor filter. |
| US10321794B2 |
Surface cleaning apparatus
An upright surface cleaning apparatus comprises a surface cleaning and an upright section moveably mounted to the surface cleaning head between a generally upright position and a rearwardly inclined in use position. The upright section comprising a cleaning unit comprising a carry handle wherein the carry handle extends in a direction transverse to the central longitudinal axis of the surface cleaning head and wherein the carry handle has a hand grip portion that has a length in the transverse direction that is greater than a depth of the cleaning unit in a direction of the central longitudinal axis. |
| US10321792B2 |
Systems and methods for product dispensing
A system for dispensing toilet paper and wipes in a bathroom includes a frame configured to be coupled to a wall of a bathroom via a fastener connection with the wall, a product arm configured to receive toilet paper and facilitate dispensing of the toilet paper, the product arm coupled to the frame, and an auxiliary dispenser configured to dispense wipes, the auxiliary dispenser coupled to the frame where the auxiliary dispenser is operable between an open position and a closed position, where the wipes can be loaded into a receiving bay when the auxiliary dispenser is in the open position, and where the wipes can be dispensed from the receiving bay by a user when the auxiliary dispenser is in the closed position. |
| US10321791B2 |
Manually activated dispensers for squeezable bottles
Another exemplary dispenser includes a refill unit and a refill unit frame member. The refill unit frame member has a bracket for receiving a lower portion of the refill unit. A back plate for mounting the dispenser is also included. An actuator is hingedly connected to the bracket. A curved push bar is connected to the actuator. An anvil is connected to the curved push bar. Movement of the actuator toward the back of the dispenser causes the anvil to move toward the front of the dispenser. |
| US10321790B2 |
Disposable soap dispenser
A soap dispenser including a rigid cartridge, an inverted dispensing pump, a collar carrying a lever for actuating the pump, and a venting system for equalizing the air pressure in the rigid cartridge, wherein the rigid cartridge and the collar cooperate to removably attach the soap dispenser to a wall-mounted bracket, and further wherein at least the rigid cartridge is disposable and can be made of a recyclable and/or biodegradable material. |
| US10321787B2 |
Vertical wall mount system
A vertical wall mount system is provided that is easily installed in a perfectly level and plumb manner and is further cable of being design to be completely waterproof, interchangeable and customizable to include endless additional features. The vertical wall mount system includes two main components: a sub-frame assembly and a panel frame assembly. The sub-frame assembly includes mounting clips for pivotal attachment to a wall frame, such as, a standard 2×4 stud. Horizontal wall rails are mounted on the mounting clips to create the sub-frame assembly. The horizontal wall rails are designed to support a panel assembly on the horizontal wall rails, which may, for example, include a tile panel. The panel assembly includes a panel frame secured to the back side of the panel, which panel assembly is designed to hang on the horizontal wall rails of the sub-frame assembly. |
| US10321783B2 |
System, method, and apparatus for regulating flow rate in an espresso machine
Embodiments are directed towards regulating flow rate in an espresso machine, during a multi-phase brewing process which includes a pre-brew and an extraction phase. During the pre-brew phase, coffee grounds are slowly pre-wetted and/or out-gassed with a first volume of water delivered at a first flow rate. During the extraction phase, a second volume of water is delivered, at a second flow rate, to extract espresso, where the second volume is delivered at a generally greater pressure than the first volume. The second flow rate is greater than the first flow rate. The flow rates, volumes, and pressures are regulated by the espresso machine, which includes a flow rate regulation assembly that comprises first and second flow paths and first and second valves. Baristas may vary the flow rate, volume, and pressure of water throughout the brewing process by opening, closing, or otherwise adjusting at least one of the valves. |
| US10321782B2 |
Electric rice pressure cooker and pressure cooker without a rubber packing
Electric rice pressure cooker without rubber packing includes a case, an inner pot inside case, and a cover coupled to case. Inner pot has flange portions provided on a top portion along a circumferential direction and the top end has a tapered surface. Cover includes a sealing member having a hole in its center and a bottom surface seated on inner pot. An inner cover includes a space for sealing member to move vertically, inner surface of space maintains a seal with the end portion of sealing member. The surface of inner pot tapers inwards, a bent portion of sealing member contacts the sloped surface and inner surface of inner cover, and part of bent portion contacting the sloped surface acts as a sealing surface corresponding in shape to the sloped surface, so steam from cooking passes through the hole and presses sealing member downward to maintain a seal. |
| US10321781B2 |
Decorative tree stand and associated systems and methods
A decorative tree stand that can include a support base and a tree support pivotally coupled to an upwardly facing surface of the support base is disclosed and described. The tree support can selectively pivot to allow the decorative tree to move from a display position to a storage position. |
| US10321780B1 |
Parcel security apparatus
The present invention is a device that assists with securing packages of varying sizes to the door or a home, apartment, or business. The device is capable of collapsing when not in use or while hanging on the user's door. Once a package is delivered and dropped into the secured apparatus, only the user will have access to the package by unlocking a pick-up door located on the device's bottom enclosure and retrieving the package from an interior bag. The user may additionally provide an enlarged bag to hang and secure to the outside of the device, if the package is expected to be too large to fit within the bottom enclosure of the apparatus. |
| US10321779B1 |
Multi-function appetizer tray system
A multifunction appetizer tray system includes a tray base including a base member and an upward protruding peg with a knob; a plurality of trays, each including a tray member with a serving area and a drinking glass holder, which is a cut out in the tray member, such that each tray can be attached to the peg with the drinking glass holder and rotated to a stored position, and such that the trays can be used as a personal appetizer plate with a stemmed drinking glass positioned in the drinking glass holder. |
| US10321774B2 |
Mattress sheet and protector
A mattress sheet includes a top sheet portion having a first end, a second end opposite the first end, a pair of opposing sides defining a mattress sheet width there between, a first end sheet split extending into the top sheet portion from the first end to define first end sheet split edges and two separate first end sections and a second end sheet split extending into the top sheet portion from the second end to define second end sheet split edges and two separate second end sections. A fabric border has a top edge running along the first end, the first end sheet split edges, the opposing sides, the second end and the second end sheet split edges and a bottom edge opposite the top edge. A fabric extension extends from the fabric border a distance less than about the mattress sheet width. |
| US10321773B2 |
Paperboard display assembly
A display assembly for resting upon a support surface, the display assembly comprising a main body having self-supporting rigidity and substantially disposed in a first plane, the main body having an upper end and a lower end, a collapsible pocket, moveable between a collapsed configuration and an open configuration, the collapsible pocket having four side walls and a bottom wall wherein at least one of the bottom wall and the four side walls includes a fold line, wherein the collapsible pocket is formed of a material having a different thickness than the main body, and a coupler interconnecting the collapsible pocket and the main body, wherein the collapsible pocket in the open configuration and the main body are self-supporting in an upright orientation with the first plane being substantially perpendicular to the support surface. |
| US10321769B2 |
Clip-on child booster seat
A foldable seat frame for attachment to a table surface for supporting a young child. The frame comprises a pivotally a pair of members coupled in an X-shape. Contact members are provided on adjacent opposing ends of the frame members on a first side of the pivot connection configured for adjacent contact with top and bottom surfaces of the table. Lower contact members positioned adjacent to the bottom surface are movable between a first position generally parallel to the table surface and second position slightly over-center of a generally perpendicular alignment to the table surface. When the lower contact members are in the first position, the seat frame may be easily detached from a table having downardly extending a peripheral skirt structure without requiring large pivoting movement of the frame. When the lower contact members are in the second position, they extend upwardly toward the lower table surface to reduce the degree of frame pivoting movement necessary to clamp the frame to the table. A tension device is connected between adjacent opposing ends of the frame disposed on the opposite side of the pivot connection to draw the opposing ends toward each other which coincidentally draws the contact members closer and thereby enables the table to be clamped therebetween. |
| US10321768B2 |
Foldable bed frame with sloping stop
A bed frame has: a left side component that includes an elongated left side rail and an extending segment at each end; and a right side component that includes an elongated right side rail and an extending segment at each end. Each such extending segment is pivotally attached to the corresponding elongated right side rail and is capable of being pivoted from substantially parallel it to substantially perpendicular it. Each of the elongated left side rail and the elongated right side rail includes two main sections that are pivotally attached to a shorter center member. At each end, the extending segments of the left side component and the right side component detachably couple to each other, forming lateral components of a bed frame assembly. |
| US10321767B2 |
Supports, folding mechanisms and foldable supporting frames
Disclosed are supports, folding mechanisms and foldable supporting frames. A foldable supporting frame includes a plurality of bent bars, folding mechanisms and supports. The bent bars are connected to each other by the folding mechanisms and the supports to form upper and lower frames of the foldable supporting frame. The foldable supporting frame can be folded and unfolded by rotating any one of the bent bars. When unfolded, the supports hold the upper frame in place and keep it flat and stable. When folded, the folding mechanisms and the supports allow the bent bars to move toward each other and fold onto each other. The folded supporting frame is compact and of a regular shape, making it easier to handle, package, store, and transport. |
| US10321762B2 |
Wall anchoring assembly
A wall anchoring assembly for securing furniture to a vertical support is provided. The wall anchoring assembly includes a wall anchoring mount and a furniture anchoring mount, both attach to the vertical support and the furniture, respectively, in a face to face orientation. Each anchoring mount and attachment portion provides horizontal flanges that nest so that the flanges' fastener holes align for an elongated fastener to secure the vertical support and furniture in a locked engagement. |
| US10321758B2 |
Gun rack
A rack including a main body, an arm connected to the main body so as to be disposed in an opening of the main body when in a storage position, and so as to extend from a front face of the main body when in a display position. The arm includes a base portion connected to the main body, and a gun support extending from the base portion. |
| US10321754B1 |
Self-propelled substrate finishing tool
A sled for finishing a substrate with a displacement apparatus is attachable to the sled for moving the sled relative to the substrate. A tracking line is engagable by the displacement apparatus to provide a path of travel for the sled such that the sled moves along the tracking line across the substrate. |
| US10321753B2 |
Stress control brush
A stress control brush includes a handle, a brush head, and a feedback component. The brush head is pivoted on the handle, and the brush head is pivotable relative to the handle in an angular range. The feedback component is installed between the handle and the brush head. The feedback component is resilient and has a protruding state and a breakdown-sunken state. The feedback component is pressed by the brush head and in the breakdown-sunken state when the brush head is pivoted relative to the handle, and a feedback is provided by the feedback component. |
| US10321748B2 |
Systems and methods for specifying and formulating customized topical agents
Systems and methods for determining a customized cosmetic formulation. In one method, a user is guided to capture an image of a skin region with known lighting and color characteristics, and the image is processed to provide calibrated skin color information. A customized cosmetic formulation is automatically determined for the user based on the calibrated skin color information. In another method, a user is interactively guided through capture of one or more skin region images using a device having an image sensor. The skin region images are processed to provide calibrated skin color information, which is compared to a ground truth data set to identify a set of closest known values in the ground truth data set. A customized cosmetic formulation is automatically determined for the user based on the comparison. |
| US10321738B2 |
Footwear with embroidery transition between materials
An article of footwear comprises a sole structure and an upper. The upper is connected to the sole structure to form an enclosure to at least partially receive a foot. The upper comprises a first panel forming a first portion of the upper and having a first texture, a second panel forming a second portion of the upper and having a second texture, and an embroidery area extending across portions of the first panel and the second panel and having an appearance that replicates the first texture extending into the second texture. |
| US10321736B2 |
Shoe having sole with transverse grooves and tread members
A shoe includes an upper and a sole secured to the upper. The sole includes transversely extending tread members and transversely extending grooves. The width of a tread member in a midfoot region is greater than the width of a tread member in a heel region and greater than the width of a tread member in a metatarsal region. The width of a groove in a ball region is greater than a width of a groove in a toe region and greater than the width of a groove in the metatarsal region. |
| US10321725B2 |
Infection control glove with sensory contamination indicator
A barrier protection device and dispensing system are provided in the form of a medical service or examination glove with sensory indicators that respond to contact with infectious agents or substances. The glove and dispensing system prevent transmission of infectious agents from a healthcare worker to a patient or vice versa. |
| US10321724B2 |
Personal impact protection device
A personal impact protection device (10) with a first mechanical member (12) that may be a shell, ring or housing, and a second mechanical member (14) that may also be a shell, ring or housing. The two mechanical members (12, 14) are nested and spaced from one another. One or more elastomeric energy-absorption members (16) are mechanically coupled to and span the distance between both of the mechanical members (12, 14) to absorb energy from impacts to the outer mechanical member (12) that displace the outer member (12) relative to the inner member (14). |
| US10321720B2 |
Electronic smoking article
An electronic smoking article includes a liquid supply region including liquid material and a heater-wick element operable to wick liquid material and heat the liquid material to a temperature sufficient to vaporize the liquid material and form an aerosol. The heater-wick element comprises two or more layers of electrically resistive mesh material. |
| US10321718B2 |
Electronic cigarette temperature control system and method, and electronic cigarette with the same
An electronic cigarette temperature control system includes a power supply, a heating element, a temperature detection element, and a processor. The power supply is electrically coupled to the heating element and the processor. The temperature detection element is configured to detect a change of a temperature T of the heating element and output the change of the temperature T of the heating element to the processor. The processor is electrically coupled to the temperature detection element. The processor is configured to determine the temperature t of the temperature detection element according to an associated physical quantity x of the temperature detection element, and calculate the temperature T of the heating element according to the temperature t of the temperature detection element. A related electronic cigarette temperature control method and a related electronic cigarette are also provided. |
| US10321716B2 |
Electronic smoking device and capsule
A capsule (6) contains a liquid (28) to be supplied to an atomizer (20) and is mounted on or in an electronic smoking device (1). The capsule (6) has a controller (40) including a memory, which receives data from and transmits data to control electronics (14) of the electronic smoking device (1). A capacitor in the capsule (6) is charged by the electronic smoking device (1) and powers the controller (40) during intermediate intervals. Electrical contacts (26, 48) of the capsule are connected to electrical contacts (24, 46) of the electronic smoking device (1) to charge the capacitor and exchange data. |
| US10321710B2 |
Smoking article with flavor delivery system
A flavor delivery release system for a cigarette or cigarette package. The system includes a cigarette, at least one capsule containing a flavorant, the capsule positioned on an external surface of the cigarette; and wherein the flavorant is released upon rupturing the capsule. |
| US10321709B2 |
Equipment and associated method for insertion of material into cigarette filters
Filter rods for use in the manufacture of cigarette filter elements are provided, with each rod having a longitudinal axis and incorporating a generally longitudinally extending filter material and a generally longitudinally extending strand within that filter material. A filter making unit receives a continuous supply of a filter material, and forms the filter material into a gathered composite having a continuous cylindrical shape. A continuous supply of a strand (e.g., colored thread) is provided and is introduced into the filter material gathered composite in the tongue of the filter making unit. The filter material and continuous strand positioned therein are formed into a continuous rod having the strand material laterally positioned within that rod, and the continuous rod is subdivided at pre-determined longitudinal intervals to provide a plurality of rod portions. |
| US10321707B2 |
Method for the production of homogenized tobacco material
The present invention relates to a method of preparation of a slurry for the production of a homogenized tobacco material, said method comprising: —suspending a binder in an aerosol-former to form a suspension; —creating a cellulose pulp from cellulose fibers and water; —providing a tobacco powder blend; and —combining said suspension of binder in aerosol-former, said cellulose pulp and said tobacco powder blend to form said slurry. |
| US10321706B2 |
Nutritional tablet
To improve the solubility and the speed of dissolution of nutritional tablets comprising protein, fat and carbohydrates, dietary fibers are included in the nutritional tablets. |
| US10321704B2 |
Probiotic grain-based compositions
The present application relates to propionic grain-based compositions comprising lactic acid-producing bacteria. |
| US10321702B2 |
System and method for producing an extruded protein product
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for producing an extruded protein product. In particular, a system for making an extruded protein product using a system that includes a die including channel having a transverse cross section that is a continuous loop along at least a portion of the length of the die is disclosed. |
| US10321690B2 |
Pastry crust cutting devices, assemblies, components, and methods
To address one or more of these and/or other needs or problems related to forming circular pastry crusts, the present inventor devised, among other things, an exemplary pastry guide including a pivot point and a guide arm having two sets of pastry cutting guides. One set has includes one or more cutting or marking guides configured to guide a knife edge in cutting circular dough shapes of approximately 4-7 inches in diameter and the other set having one or more knife guides configured to guide a knife edge in cutting circular dough shapes of approximately 11-14 in diameter. The exemplary guide is made of a transparent material to further facilitate its use in cutting pastry dough into approximately circular disks. |
| US10321686B2 |
Freeze dried scent lure
A dry urine-based scent lure is provided for hunting. The lure includes an absorbent member impregnated with liquid urine, and then freeze dried to remove moisture from the host member. The urine maybe a blended mixture from different animals so as to have desired properties. The urine is concentrated and then infused into the absorbent material, which is then flash frozen, followed by freeze drying. The resulting dry scent lure is packaged so as to seal out humidity, and produce a lure with unlimited shelf life. |
| US10321683B2 |
Insecticidal, miticidal, nematicidal, molluscicidal, microbicidal, or bactericidal composition and method for controlling pest
The present invention provides a novel insecticidal, miticidal, nematicidal, microbicidal, or bactericidal composition and a novel pest control method. An insecticide, miticide, nematicide, molluscicide, disinfectant, or bactericide composition containing one or two substances selected from 4-[5-(3,5-dichlorophenyl)-4,5-dihydro-5-(trifluoromethyl)isoxazole-3-yl]-2-methyl-N-[2-oxo-2-[(2,2,2-trifluoroethyl)amino]ethyl]benzamide or (Z)-4-[5-(3,5-dichlorophenyl)-5-trifluoromethyl-4,5-dihydroisoxazole-3-yl]-N-(methoxyiminomethyl)-2-methylbenzamide, and one or more substances selected from known insecticide, miticide, nematicide, molluscicide, disinfectant, or bactericide compounds. |
| US10321681B2 |
Plant support formulation, vehicle for the delivery and translocation of phytologically beneficial substances and compositions containing same
A plant supporting formulation which is also suitable for use as a delivery vehicle, or a component of a delivery vehicle, for the delivery of one or more phytologically beneficial substances to a plant, and for enhancing the translocation of such delivered substance(s) in or on the plant, the formulation comprising a micro-emulsion constituted by a dispersion of vesicles or microsponges of a fatty acid based component in an aqueous carrier, the fatty acid based component comprising at least one long chain fatty acid based substance selected from the group consisting of free fatty acids and derivatives of free fatty acids. The dispersion is preferably characterized in that at least 50% of the vesicles or microsponges are of a diametrical size of between 50 nm and 5 micrometer. The dispersion is further also characterized in that the micro-emulsion has a zeta potential of between −25 mV and −60 mV. |
| US10321673B1 |
Bird deterrent device
A bird deterrent device for preventing a bird from landing on an area to be protected such as, but not limited to, a marine vessel or boat. The bird deterrent device is easy to install and remove, does not require any new permanent mounting hardware to be installed, and easily adapts to the unique contours, structure, and components of the marine vessel or boat. The device includes a mesh net, integrated flexible cordage, and fasteners. |
| US10321669B2 |
Reel seat having fiber-reinforced resin sheet in fixed hood and fishing rod having the reel seat
One object is to provide a reel seat allowing reinforcement of a hood for retaining a reel leg while maintaining the appearance and restricting the increase in weight, and a fishing rod having such a reel seat. A reel seat according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a fixed hood for retaining one end of a reel leg on the reel seat body, and a fiber-reinforced resin sheet is provided so as to extend over an outer circumference of the fixed hood and an outer circumference of the reel seat body. The reinforcement fibers may extend over the entire length of the fiber-reinforced resin sheet. The reinforcement fibers in the fiber-reinforced resin sheet extend in a direction slanted or orthogonal with respect to a longitudinal direction of the rod. |
| US10321668B1 |
Fishing lure with interchangeable disks
The fishing lure with changeable disks is adapted for use in fishing. Specifically, the fishing lure with changeable disks is designed to allow a fisherman to change the appearance of a lure without having to the physically untie and retie lures as part of the change process. This is done through the use of an interchangeable disk selected from a plurality of disks. Each interchangeable disk selected from the plurality of disks can be mounted within a lure housing. Each interchangeable disk selected from the plurality of disks is designed to give the lure housing a different appearance to a fish. The interchangeable disks selected from the plurality of disks can be substituted for any interchangeable disk remaining within the plurality of disks. The fishing lure with changeable disks comprises a mimic, a plurality of disks, and one or more hooks. |
| US10321660B2 |
Driving sprocket for a marine-type chain
A driving sprocket for a marine-type chain whose links have a section of diameter between 8 and 20 millimeters, intended to be used in the agricultural field. The sprocket includes a main cylindrical recess between two lateral flanges and a plurality of regularly spaced forks projecting radially from the recess, delineating housings intended for receiving every other link of the substantially flat chain. The flanges extend beyond the recess over a height substantially equal to the width of a link of the chain. |
| US10321658B2 |
Device for producing processed cheese portions
The invention relates to a device for producing processed cheese portions, comprising a plurality of modules that are arranged successively in the direction of production, in which the processed cheese is formed into a band, cooled, and divided into portions, wherein the modules define a production space through which the processed cheese travels during the production of the processed cheese portions. The production space is enclosed by a spray-proof casing, wherein the casing comprises a frame structure and a plurality of sheet metal elements which are detachably connected to the frame structure, and wherein a sealing hose is arranged between a sheet metal element and the area of the frame structure opposite thereto, and encircles the sheet metal element or the area of the frame structure opposite thereto. |
| US10321657B1 |
Pepper hybrid DRPB1707 and parents thereof
The invention provides seed and plants of pepper hybrid DRPB1707 and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid DRPB1707 and the parent lines thereof and to methods for producing a pepper plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another pepper plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants. |
| US10321655B1 |
Pepper hybrid SVHW4851 and parents thereof
The invention provides seed and plants of pepper hybrid SVHW4851 and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid SVHW4851 and the parent lines thereof and to methods for producing a pepper plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another pepper plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants. |
| US10321652B2 |
Stay green cucumber plant
Provided herein is a Cucumber plant (Cucumis sativus) which provides fruits having an improved shelf life, wherein said plant comprises a stay green gene providing the improved fruit shelf life, wherein said stay green gene encodes a protein comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID No. 2, or amino acid sequences with more than 90% identity, preferably more than 94% identity, more preferably more than 96% identity, even more preferably more than 98% identity; and wherein the expression of said stay green gene is reduced as compared to the expression of said stay green gene in a cucumber plant not providing fruits having an improved shelf life or the enzymatic activity of said protein is reduced as compared to the enzymatic activity of said protein in a cucumber plant not providing fruits having an improved shelf life. |
| US10321649B1 |
Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH267703
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH267703. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH267703, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH267703 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH267703. |
| US10321646B1 |
Maize inbred PH2G4V
A novel maize variety designated PH2G4V and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH2G4V with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH2G4V through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH2G4V or a locus conversion of PH2G4V with another maize variety. |
| US10321645B1 |
Soybean variety GC679822
Disclosed is the seed of a novel soybean variety, designated GC679822, a sample of which is deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-125670. Also disclosed are plants, or parts thereof, grown from the seed of the variety, plants having the morphological and physiological characteristics of the GC679822 variety, and methods of using the plant or parts thereof in a soybean breeding program. |
| US10321643B1 |
Pepper hybrid SVPB6883 and parents thereof
The invention provides seed and plants of pepper hybrid SVPB6883 and inbred parent line SBO8T14-6292. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid SVPB6883 and inbred parent line SBO8T14-6292 and to methods for producing a pepper plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another pepper plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants. |
| US10321638B2 |
System, device, and method for processing a length of material
A system, device, and method for processing a length of material are provided. A material-working device has first and second cutting devices, each having different cutting capacities. Data relating to the length and diameter at a plurality of points of the material is received, and used to determine at least one cutting position along its length. The diameter of the length of material at the cutting position is determined, and used to select either the first cutting device or second cutting device for use in performing a cut at the cutting position based on the cutting capacity of each cutting device. |
| US10321635B2 |
Cutting tool with a variable pivot system
A hand operated cutting tool includes a first handle coupled to a first cutting member, the first handle having a first set of projections; and, a second handle coupled to a second cutting member and movably coupled to the first handle, the second handle having a second set of projections. The handles are movable between a full open position and a full closed position, wherein a first region of movement is defined by the first and second sets of projections being at least partly engaged, and wherein a second region of movement is defined by the first and second sets of projections being disengaged. |
| US10321632B2 |
Crop-package transfer system
A crop-package transfer system has a flexible member supported by a support frame and is configured to support a crop package on a first side of the flexible member. A motive member is disposed on a second side of the flexible member. An actuator device is configured to move the motive member along the second side of the flexible member, such that the motive member transmits motive force from the actuator device to the crop package via the flexible member. |
| US10321629B2 |
Agricultural header with ground engaging gauge member for above ground cutting
A harvesting header is operable in a first mode of operation by engagement of a skid at the cutter bar for cutting along the ground. A gauging system operable in a second mode includes four ground engaging members supporting the header such that the cutter bar skid plate is at a controlled distance from the ground. The ground engaging members include a long skid and removable gauge wheels are carried on an elongate beam pivoted adjacent the cutter bar and extending to the rear of the frame and adjustable by an upstanding telescopic mast up to a position to allow the cutter bar to run on the ground. A resilient suspension can be provided at the rear of the beam at the junction to the post. The location under the table allows a very high adjustment of the cutter bar in the second mode. |
| US10321627B1 |
Adjustable machine handle assembly
A multi-axis adjustable machine handle may comprise a handle assembly and a handle mounting assembly. The handle mounting assembly may comprise a clamping assembly including an elongate clamp with first and second sides rotatably engaging the handle assembly and first and second cup-shaped members slidably engaging the elongate clamp. The handle mounting assembly may further comprise a locking assembly extending through the first cup-shaped member, second cup-shaped member, and elongate clamp to selectively prevent relative movement. Finally, the handle mounting assembly may also comprise a support brace engaging the second cup-shaped member. |
| US10321626B2 |
Lightweight stalk roll knife
A header for a combine harvester is provided. The header includes a row unit, a stalk roll, and a stalk roll knife. The stalk roll is mounted to the row unit. The stalk roll knife is mounted to the stalk roll and includes a plurality voids about a trailing end of the stalk roll knife. |
| US10321625B2 |
Autonomous working machine such as autonomous lawn mower
The invention regards an autonomous working machine comprising drive means, current position estimation means, control means including a driving control unit and a camera. With aid of the current position estimation means the current position of the autonomous working machine is estimated. Furthermore, the driving control unit generates driving commands for the driving means on the basis of an intended movement of the autonomous working machine and the estimated current position. The camera is configured to capture images of the environment of the working machine. For estimating the current position, the current position estimation means is formed by the control means, which is configured to apply visual odometry on the captured images for estimating the current position of the working machine. |
| US10327370B2 |
Population of printed circuit boards
To populate printed circuit boards by means of a pick-and-place line, multiple set-ups, each having an associated set-up family, are formed. A number of component types is associated with each set-up and a number of printed circuit board types is associated with each associated setup family, such that a printed circuit board of a printed circuit board type in a set-up family can be populated on the pick-and-place line using components of the component types associated with the set-up. A setting-up table comprising a stock of components of a component type in a set-up can be provided on the pick-and-place line. A method for populating the printed circuit boards includes the steps of recording printed circuit board types, from which printed circuit boards are to be populated with components of associated component types, and associating recorded printed circuit board types with set-up families. |
| US10327369B2 |
Automatic assembling system for improving yield of automatic assembly of printed circuit board, and automatic assembling method
In the automatic assembling system, a part mounting cell includes a solder mounting unit that solders an electronic part to a printed circuit board, and a printed-circuit-board information acquisition unit that acquires printed circuit board information including at least one of position information on an alignment mark disposed at a specific position on the printed circuit board, mounting position information on the electronic part on the printed circuit board, and warpage information on the printed circuit board. The manufacturing management device includes a compensation data generation unit that generates, based on the printed circuit board information, compensation data for compensating for a program to be executed in a downstream process cell. The downstream process cell includes a downstream process execution unit that executes a downstream process based on the compensation data generated by the compensation data generation unit. |
| US10327359B1 |
Coupling designs for a data center building using indirect evaporative cooling (IDEC) units
A data center system includes a multi-floor housing having a first floor and a second floor housings which house a number of electronic racks of information technology (IT) components operating therein. The system includes a first set of indirect evaporative cooling units (IDECs) coupled to a first portion of the multi-floor housing through a first side of the multi-floor housing to direct exterior air through heat exchangers of corresponding IDECs to cool a first portion of interior air which cools a first set of the electronic racks. The system includes a second set of IDECs coupled to a second portion of the multi-floor housing through a second side of the multi-floor housing to direct exterior air through heat exchangers of corresponding IDECs to cool a second portion of interior air which cools a second set of the electronic racks. The system includes various DEC couplings/layouts and air flow management. |
| US10327357B2 |
Thermal conduction to a cylindrical shaft
A canister system having a cylindrical housing and a modular electronic rack system disposed within the cylindrical housing. The modular electronic rack system includes a thermal contact member that is in at least selective physical contact with an interior surface of the cylindrical housing to permit conductive heat transfer there through. An input/output device extends along at least a portion of the modular electronic rack system and includes a power input and a signal output electrically coupled thereto. A plurality of electronic slots disposed at a position generally along the modular electronic rack system is provided. |
| US10327353B1 |
Wire fixing structure
The wire fixing structure is provided. A fixing main plate, at least one wire fixing plate, and at least one wire fixing component are combined to fix partially an external wire when the external wire is inserted into a connector of a computer or a server, thereby providing the technical efficiency that the external wire inserted into the connector is partially fixed. |
| US10327352B2 |
Dual-action storage media chassis structure and system
A dual-action storage media chassis system comprising: a chassis and two storage media modules accommodated in the chassis. The chassis defining a central back storage space accommodating a processor unit having a third operating temperature. Each storage media module including: a tray frame, each tray frame including a top access opening; a first plurality of storage media (having a first operating temperature) arranged into a front portion of the tray frame through the top access opening; a second plurality of storage media (having a second operating temperature) arranged into a back portion of the tray frame through the top access opening; the front portion, the back portion and the central back storage space being disposed longitudinally sequentially in the dual-action storage media chassis system, such that the second operating temperature is superior to the first operating temperature, and the third operating temperature is superior to the second operating temperature. |
| US10327350B2 |
Converter with separate capacitor housing
A subsea converter includes an outer housing, configured to be in contact with the subsea water when the converter is installed subsea, and an inner housing provided inside the outer housing. The inner housing is fluid tight sealed against the outer housing. Further, at least one first electric component is located inside the outer housing but outside the inner housing. The outer housing is filled with a first dielectric fluid and at least one capacitor is located inside the inner housing. Finally, the inner housing is filled with a second dielectric fluid, the second dielectric fluid having a lower moisture content than the first dielectric fluid. |
| US10327349B2 |
Display device
A display device is disclosed. The display device includes a plurality of stand assemblies, a plurality of center frames correspondingly coupled to upper portions of the plurality of stand assemblies, and a plurality of display panels positioned on at least one side of the plurality of center frames. At least a portion of the plurality of display panels are arranged to form a curved surface. The plurality of center frames are positioned along a curved arrangement corresponding to the curved surface of the at least the portion of the plurality of display panels. A long side of one center frame of the plurality of center frames is disposed adjacent to a long side of another center frame of the plurality of center frames. |
| US10327346B2 |
Deformable surface apparatus, electronic device, and method
An apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus may include at least two rotation shafts arranged substantially parallel to one another. The apparatus may include at least two fixing members. At least one fixing member of the at least two fixing members may be disposed at each side of the at least two rotating shafts. The apparatus may include at least two sliding members. A least one sliding member of the at least two sliding members may connect at least one rotating shaft to at least one fixing member. Each of the at least two sliding members may be disposed on opposite sides of the at least two rotating shafts. In response to the at least two rotation shafts rotating, a distance between the two or more rotating shafts and the at least two fixing members changes in a lengthwise direction. An electronic device and method are disclosed. |
| US10327343B2 |
Applying pressure to adhesive using CTE mismatch between components
Assembly apparatuses and processes are provided which include a pressure cure fixture. The pressure cure fixture is sized to reside within a container, such as an electronic enclosure, and facilitate applying pressure to an adhesive disposed over an inner surface of the container. The pressure cure fixture is formed of a material with a higher coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) than the container, and is sized to correspond, at least in part, to an inner space of the container while allowing for the adhesive and a surface-mount element to be disposed between the pressure cure fixture and the inner surface of the container. When heated, the pressure cure fixture expands greater than the container and imparts the pressure to the surface-mount element and the adhesive to facilitate securing the surface-mount element to the inner surface of the container. |
| US10327342B2 |
Modular flexible convex display system and methods
Display modules have a plurality of light emitting elements arranged in a predetermined pattern and providing a highly uniform visual effect. Methods are provided to support a plurality of flexible display modules in an adjustable curved arrangement. Alignment and complementary alignment features enable the alignment of adjacent display modules and the creation of large displays from a plurality of aligned display modules. Features to couple to and retain a support frame are provided. Flexible and durable weather resistance features are provided. A system of modular support frames works cooperatively with the display modules, adapting to different mounting environments, and thereby providing large modular displays with desirable properties. |
| US10327341B2 |
Display device
A display device includes an array substrate and a counter substrate. On the array substrate, a TFT, a pixel electrode, an antenna coil, at least two external connection terminals, and a capacitor are provided. Two ends of the antenna coil are respectively connected to the at least two external connection terminals. The TFT includes a switching TFT. A set of the switching TFT and the capacitor or a plurality of sets of the switching TFT and the capacitor is provided. To the antenna coil, the set of the switching TFT and the capacitor or the plurality of sets of the switching TFT and the capacitor is connected. |
| US10327340B2 |
Circuit board, production method of circuit board, and electronic equipment
A method for producing circuit board, including: adhering plastic deformable insulating material onto surface of laminate, which contains second-metal-layer of second metal, and first-metal-layer in pattern on second-metal-layer, and the surface of the laminate is surface of second-metal-layer where first-metal-layer is formed, and surface of first-metal-layer, followed by curing the material, and removing second-metal-layer to form plate structure to which first-metal-layer in pattern is formed; opening hole in cured material from surface of the plate structure opposite to surface thereof where first-metal-layer is formed, until the hole reaches first-metal-layer; filling the hole with electroconductive paste, to form the plate structure filled therewith; and laminating one plate structure filled therewith with the other plate structure filled therewith in manner that first-metal-layer of one plate structure filled therewith faces opening of the hole of other plate structure filled therewith, wherein first-metal-layer contains metal different from second metal. |
| US10327338B2 |
Method for coating a device and devices having nanofilm thereon
A device includes a printed circuit board assembly having a printed circuit board and one or more electronic components disposed on the printed circuit board, and a nanofilm disposed on the printed circuit board assembly. The nanofilm includes an inner coating in contact with the printed circuit board assembly, the inner coating including metal oxide nanoparticles having a particle diameter in a range of 5 nm to 100 nm; and an outer coating in contact with the inner coating, the outer coating including silicon dioxide nanoparticles having a particle diameter in a range of 0.1 nm to 10 nm. |
| US10327337B2 |
Fold flex circuit for LNOP
Various sensors and methods of assembling sensors are described. In some embodiments, the sensor assembly includes a first end, a body portion, and a second end. The first end can include a neck portion and a connector portion and the second end can include a flap, a first component, a neck portion, and a second component. A method is also described for sensor folding. The method can include using a circuit with an attached emitter and a detector that is separated by a portion of the circuit. The method can also include folding the portion of the circuit such that a first fold is created through the emitter and folding the portion of the circuit such that a second fold is created such that the first fold and second fold form an angle. |
| US10327336B2 |
Dry film solder mask composite laminate materials
In an example, a dry film solder mask (DFSM) composite laminate material is disclosed. The DFSM composite laminate material includes a printed circuit board (PCB) laminate material, a cyclic compound chemically bonded to the PCB laminate material, and a DFSM material. The DFSM material is reversibly bonded to the PCB laminate material via the cyclic compound. |
| US10327334B1 |
Layout structure of flexible circuit board
A layout structure of flexible circuit board includes a flexible substrate and leads formed on a surface of the flexible substrate. Each of the leads has a bump connection end and a curved part. The bump connection end of each of the leads is located on a chip disposition area of the surface and electrically connected to a chip. The curved part has a first connection point and a second connection point, and the length of the curved part is longer than a straight-line distance between the first and second connection points. |
| US10327332B2 |
Connecting a flexible circuit to other structures
One example provides a circuit structure comprising a liquid metal conductive path enclosed in an encapsulant, a polymer circuit support comprising a polymer having a functional species available for a condensation reaction, and a cross-linking agent covalently bonding the encapsulant to the polymer circuit support via the functional species. |
| US10327330B2 |
Stretchable electronic assembly
Some forms relate to an example stretchable electronic assembly. The stretchable electronic assembly includes a stretchable body that includes electronic components. A plurality of meandering conductors electrically connect the electronic components. The plurality of meandering conductors may be exposed from the stretchable body. A plurality of conductive pads are electrically connected to at least one of the electronic components or some of the plurality of meandering conductors. The plurality of conductive pads may be exposed from the stretchable body. The stretchable body includes an upper surface and lower surface. The plurality of meandering conductors may be exposed from the lower surface (in addition to, or alternatively to, the upper surface) of the stretchable body. |
| US10327327B2 |
Printed circuit board and method of manufacturing the same
In a suspension board, a first insulating layer is formed on a support substrate. A ground layer and a power wiring trace are formed on the first insulating layer. The ground layer has electric conductivity higher than that of the support substrate. A second insulating layer is formed on the first insulating layer to cover the ground layer and the power wiring trace. A write wiring trace is formed on the second insulating layer to overlap with the ground layer. In a stacking direction of the support substrate, the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer, a distance between the ground layer and the write wiring trace is larger than a distance between the power wiring trace and the write wiring trace. |
| US10327325B2 |
Printed circuit board and method for producing a printed circuit board
A printed circuit board (1) comprising an insulating layer (2) and a conducting layer (3) arranged on the insulating layer (2) and structured into a contact surface (4) for an electronic component (11) which is to be populated on the printed circuit board (1) has, in the area of the contact surface (4), at least one channel (8) that passes through the contact surface (4) and the insulating layer (2) and that is filled with a thermally conductive material. The process is characterized by the steps of preparing an insulating layer (2) and a conducting layer (3) connected with the insulating layer (2); producing at least one channel (8) passing through the conducting layer (2) and the insulating layer (3); lining the channel (8) with thermally conductive material; structuring the conducting layer (3) into a contact surface (4) for an electronic component (11) to be populated on the printed circuit board; preparing a solder deposit (9) at least minimally overlapping with the contact surface (4); setting down the electronic component (11); melting the solder, and cooling. |
| US10327324B2 |
Circuit board
A circuit board includes a heat storage body, an insulating layer provided on the heat storage body, a wiring board provided on the insulating layer, and a heat generating component provided on the wiring board. The insulating layer is provided independently of the wiring board. The wiring board is provided with a heat transfer metal portion penetrating through the wiring board and facing the heat generating component. The insulating layer is provided with a heat transfer resin portion penetrating through the insulating layer and facing the heat transfer metal portion. The heat transfer resin portion and a part of the insulating layer are interposed between the heat transfer metal portion and the heat storage body. |
| US10327322B2 |
Radio-frequency power unit
PROBLEM: To improve the stability of the process of the plasma ignition, by allowing a high current to pass through an induction coil without increasing the power-supply voltage in the process of the plasma ignition.SOLUTION: An impedance conversion circuit 16 including an inductor 17 and a capacitor 18 is arranged between a full-bridge drive circuit 13 for switching DC voltage and an LC resonance circuit 19 including an induction coil 21 for plasma generation. The capacitance of the capacitor 18 can be varied between two levels, with a switching driver 23 serving as a switcher. When the plasma is to be ignited, the capacitance of the capacitor 18 is set at the higher level to allow a high current to be supplied to the LC resonance circuit 19. After the plasma is brought into a steady state of lighting, the capacitance of the capacitor 18 is changed to the lower level at which an impedance matching is achieved so as to maximize the power efficiency. |
| US10327316B2 |
Systems and methods for extending a lifespan of an excimer lamp
System and/or method generally relate to extending a lifespan of an excimer lamp. The system includes a ultra-violet (UV) light having a pair of dielectrics configured to separate electrodes. One of the electrodes includes a metal mesh. The system includes a power supply electrically coupled to the UV light and configured to deliver electrical power to the UV light. The system includes a temperature sensor operably coupled to the UV light. The temperature sensor is configured to generate a temperature signal indicative of a temperature of the UV light. The system includes at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to determine a temperature of the UV light based on the temperature signal, and adjust the electrical power delivered to the UV light based on the temperature signal. |
| US10327307B2 |
Method and apparatus for controlling light levels to save energy
An occupancy sensor with integral light level sensors is configured to turn off or disable peripheral circuits and go into a periodic deep sleep mode to reduce phantom loading. Peripheral circuits include occupancy sensor circuits and relay drive circuits, but may include other circuits such as communication circuits. The sensor may be configured to periodically wake itself up, check ambient light conditions to see if lighting is below the set threshold. If it is not, the sensor goes back to sleep. If it is, then the sensor can power up the occupancy sensor circuit to see if the space is occupied; if not, it can go back to sleep. If the space is occupied, it can turn on other peripheral circuits necessary to control the load. |
| US10327305B2 |
Power over ethernet powered device having automatic power signature
In a Power over Ethernet (PoE) system, a Powered Device (PD) having circuitry to measure the load current from a Power Sourcing Equipment (PSE) in the PD. Circuitry compares the measured load current with a first threshold. Circuitry automatically generates load pulses for signaling the PSE, that power to the PD should be maintained. |
| US10327303B1 |
System and method of dynamic color adjustment
A method for controlling a chromaticity of total light provided by a lighting system includes detecting the total light by a sensor system, determining a component of the total light that is attributable to uncontrolled light, and selecting a calibration for a sensor based on the uncontrolled light, and using the calibration to adjust the output of the sensor system. The calibration tables may be based on spectral responsivity of the sensors in the sensor system and calibration functions rather than physical light sources. Relative intensities of controllable light sources having different xy values are then adjusted to cause the total light provided by the lighting system to approximate a target chromaticity. A daylighting system implementing this method includes controllable light sources with different xy values. The intensities of the controllable light sources are adjusted to augment sunlight to control the chromaticity of total light provided by the daylighting system. |
| US10327302B2 |
Retail space lighting control system and method
A lighting system controller comprises a controller for controlling an arrangement of lighting units for implementing different lighting effects. A sensor is used to identify a visitor and also to count the number of visits of the visitor which have taken place, for example while the same lighting effect has been in place. A change in the lighting effect is made based on the number of visits of one or more visitors, again for example with the same lighting effect. In this way, the lighting effect is changed automatically when it needs to be changed in order to maintain the interest of visitors (either individually or as a collective group). |
| US10327300B2 |
Light source to darken a photochromic lens
Apparatus and associated methods relate to a Dynamic Ultraviolet Light System (DUVLS) that directs ultraviolet (UV) light at an intensity controlled by a user or in response to an ambient light level to maintain a photochromic target lens in a darkened state. In an illustrative example, the target lens may be located in a brightly lighted environment separated by a UV filter from a broadband light source, such as the sun. The dynamic ultraviolet light system may have its output intensity regulated by a user or by a controller responsive to a light sensor. The light sensor may be configured to detect the ambient light level to which the target lens is being exposed. Various embodiments may advantageously enhance a user's vision by maintaining the user's spectacles with photochromic lenses, in a darkened state while the user is in a brightly lighted environment with substantially attenuated natural UV light levels. |
| US10327299B2 |
Lighting apparatus
The present disclosure discloses a lighting apparatus, which comprises a motion detector, a controller, a main light source, and a motion display portion. The motion detector, the main light source, and the motion display portion are respectively coupled to the controller. The motion detector is configured to sense a control motion at a preset interval and to send a control motion signal to the controller. The controller is configured to send a first control signal to turn on or off the motion display portion according to a first preset condition; and to send a second control signal to, and control to switch on or off, the main light source according a second preset condition. The motion display portion is configured to display a track of the control motion under control of the first control signal. The main light source is configured to emit light under control of the second control signal. |
| US10327293B2 |
Display device and method for controlling the same
A display device includes a substrate, a first light emitting element, and a second light emitting element. The substrate includes at least one pixel area. The first light emitting element and the second emitting element are disposed in the pixel area. The first light emitting element emits light of a first color and has a first luminous efficiency-injection current density function. The second light emitting element emits light of a second color and has a second luminous efficiency-injection current density function, intersected with the first luminous efficiency-injection current density function to define a critical transform current density. The light of the first color and the light of the second color have a same color system. |
| US10327287B2 |
Transverse flux induction heating device
The transverse flux induction heating device is allows an alternating magnetic field to intersect the sheet face of a conductive sheet which is conveyed in one direction, thereby inductively heating the conductive sheet. The transverse flux induction heating device includes a heating coil disposed such that a coil face faces the sheet face of the conductive sheet; a core around which the heating coil is coiled; a shielding plate formed of a conductor and disposed between the core and a side end portion in the direction perpendicular to a conveyance direction of the conductive sheet; and a non-conductive 10 soft magnetic material which is attached to the shielding plate, wherein the shielding plate is interposed between the core and the non-conductive soft magnetic material. |
| US10327284B2 |
Diffuser for lamp heating assembly
Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to optically transparent windows and processing chambers including the same. The optically transparent window includes light-diffusing structures formed thereon. The light diffusing structures may include a scalloped or dimpled surface having protruding or indented features, or a frosted surface. The light-diffusing structures facilitate more uniform heating of substrates by reducing thermal hot spots caused by uneven irradiation by lamps. |
| US10327279B2 |
Device and method of handling data transmissions after detecting a failure in a wireless communication system
A communication device for handling data transmissions after detecting a failure comprises a storage device for storing instructions and a processing circuit coupled to the storage device. The processing circuit is configured to execute the instructions stored. The instructions comprise receiving a first radio resource control (RRC) message configuring a first data radio bearer (DRB) and configuring a mapping that a first flow is mapped to the first DRB, from a first BS; transmitting a first plurality of protocol data units (PDUs) of the first flow; receiving a PDU of the first flow or a second flow over a second DRB; transmitting a second plurality of PDUs of the first flow; detecting a failure; transmitting a failure recovery request message to the first BS or a second BS; receiving a failure recovery message; and transmitting a third plurality of PDUs of the first flow over the first DRB. |
| US10327278B2 |
Mechanisms for establishing user plane connectivity for non-3GPP access
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A wireless device transmits an indication of whether the device should be paged over a 3GPP access when a core network has data ready to transmit for PDU sessions over a non-3GPP access. A session management function (SMF) of the core network receives a data notification indicating that the core network has data ready to transmit to the wireless device for a PDU session over the non-3GPP access. The SMF determines whether to transmit a paging request to an access and mobility management function (AMF) of the core network based on a paging state of the SMG, a paging state of the wireless device, or a connection management idleness state of the wireless device. The AMF determines whether to transmit a paging message to the wireless device. |
| US10327277B2 |
PDN connection establishment method and user equipment
A disclosure of the present specification provides a method for establishing a packer data network (PDN) connection by a user equipment (UE). The method may comprise the steps of: transmitting a session initiation protocol (SIP)-based request message for requesting sending of a voice over LTE (VoLTE) call through a first type PDN connection; receiving, from a network node, a message including information directly or indirectly indicating that there is a problem in the first type PDN connection, instead of a normal response message to the SIP-based request message; determining to change the PDN type from the first type to a second type, on the basis of the information in the received message; and transmitting, to a mobility management entity (MME), a PDN connection request message including information on the changed second type. |
| US10327276B2 |
Methods and network nodes for evaluating a connection
A method for evaluating a connection between a first network node and a User Equipment (UE) via a second cell. The first network node serves a first cell. A sending of a first message is initiated. The first message is sent from the first network node to the UE via the second cell. The first message comprises a trigger for the UE to respond by sending a second message comprising feedback relating to the connection to the second cell. A time value difference between the sending of said first message and receiving of said second message in the first network node is obtained. The second message comprises the feedback relating to the connection sent from the UE in response to the first message. Then it is evaluated how the connection shall be used based on the obtained time value difference and the received feedback. |
| US10327274B2 |
Mobile device anchoring and connectivity across multiple mobile network technologies
A device may attach to a mobile service provider (MSP) network and establish a first communication path from the device to a packet data network (PDN) gateway in the MSP network. The device may also start a session over the first communication path and detect a wireless network which is available for establishing a second communication path that extends from the device to the PDN gateway over the wireless network. While the first communication path is intact, the device may: attach the device to the MSP network over the wireless network, wherein attaching the device over the wireless network includes establishing a second communication path from the device to the PDN gateway over the wireless network; evaluate conditions for the first communication path and the second communication path; and select one of the first and second communication paths as an active communication path based on the evaluated conditions. |
| US10327272B2 |
Using peripheral IoT devices to identify primary device replacements
The present invention provides a method and system for updating device identification data of a user's paired mobile devices. A computing device determines that a mobile application is loaded onto the user's mobile phone which is paired with another device. When the user changes his mobile phone, a notification is enabled by the mobile application which includes changes in the paired device identifications. The notification is acknowledged by the user and stored in the computing device. |
| US10327269B2 |
Systems and methods for coupling wireless devices
The various embodiments described herein include methods, devices, and systems for coupling wireless devices. In one aspect, a method includes: (1) initiating, at a camera device, a connection utility configured to enable the camera device to communicatively couple to a second electronic device via a wireless network; (2) capturing an image via the camera device; (3) obtaining information to facilitate connection to the second electronic device based at least in part on the captured image; and (4) establishing a wireless connection utilizing the obtained information. |
| US10327268B2 |
Microelectronic package with wireless interconnect
A microelectronic package is described with a wireless interconnect for chip-to-chip communication. In one example, the package includes an integrated circuit chip, a package substrate to carry the integrated circuit chip, the package substrate having conductive connectors to connect the integrated circuit chip to external components, a radio coupled to the integrated circuit chip to receive data from the integrated circuit chip and modulate the data onto a radio frequency carrier, and an antenna on the package substrate coupled to the radio to send the modulated data over the carrier to an external device. |
| US10327260B2 |
Method for channel access and related network node
A method for channel access performed by a network node in a first wireless system is disclosed. In the method, the network node detects one or more wireless systems coexisted with the first wireless system on a channel, the channel operating on a shared spectrum. Then the network node determines a channel access scheme based on the detected one or more wireless systems. The channel access scheme may be one of listen before talk (LBT) channel access scheme, listen after talk (LAT) channel access scheme, and hybrid LBT and LAT channel access scheme. The network node performs channel access according to the determined channel access scheme. The related network node is also disclosed. |
| US10327257B2 |
Control design for backhaul relay to support multiple HARQ processes
A wireless communication network includes a base station and a relay station. The relay station is configured to relay communications between the base station and at least one subscriber station. The base station is configured to communicate with the subscriber station via the relay station. The base station further is configured to transmit, in a subframe, a plurality of transport blocks for a plurality of Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) processes to the relay station. Each transport block corresponds to a different HARQ process. |
| US10327254B2 |
Method for interference management in vehicles with multiple vehicle hotspots
A system and method for operating a first vehicle hotspot at a vehicle. The first vehicle hotspot operates to provide wireless connectivity for one or more wireless devices located in the vehicle or within a proximity of the vehicle. The method is carried out by the vehicle and includes the steps of: detecting one or more channels of operation occupied by one or more other hotspots; selecting a channel of operation for the first vehicle hotspot according to a hotspot coordination policy; and configuring the first vehicle hotspot to use the selected channel of operation thereby allowing the one or more wireless devices to connect to the first vehicle hotspot through wireless communication over the selected channel of operation. |
| US10327253B2 |
Data sending and receiving method and device
Embodiments of the present invention provide a data sending and receiving method and device. The method includes: receiving a threshold; if a data volume of a packet to be sent is less than the threshold, sending the packet in a first data transmission manner; and if a data volume of the packet is greater than or equal to the threshold, sending the packet in a second data transmission manner. By adopting the technical solution of the present invention, a resource waste caused by transmitting small data in a data transmission manner used for transmitting a large packet in the prior art can be reduced, transmission efficiency of small data can be improved, and a transmission delay can be reduced. |
| US10327249B2 |
Uplink resource allocation in a unidirectional single frequency network arrangement for high speed trains
A network node is connected to a plurality of antenna nodes that are located along a constrained path where a plurality of wireless communication devices are located. The antenna nodes are controlled to maintain reception radio lobes substantially along the path such that the wireless communication devices can perform uplink radio communication with the network node via the reception radio lobes. At least one radio frequency, RF, signal is detected and a determination is made that the detected at least one RF signal originates from a respective wireless communication device of a specific subset among said plurality of wireless communication devices. The specific subset comprises wireless communication devices that are associated with a common radio frequency offset. An allocation of a common uplink radio communication resource is then made for all wireless communication devices in the specific subset of wireless communication devices. |
| US10327248B2 |
Communication control apparatus, communication control method and terminal apparatus
A communication control apparatus including: an acquisition unit configured to acquire channel-related information related to a channel state of a terminal apparatus located within a cell, and position-related information related to a position of the terminal apparatus; and a generation unit configured to generate statistical information related to the channel state according to the position in the cell on the basis of the channel-related information and the position-related information. The statistical information is information used for assignment of a wireless resource in the cell. The apparatus can reduce the amount of the control information transmitted/received within the cell. |
| US10327245B2 |
Apparatus and method for supporting asymmetric carrier aggregation in wireless communication system
An apparatus and a method for operating a mobile station in a wireless communication system are provided. The method includes receiving first information transmitted on a secondary carrier from a base station, and transmitting second information for feedback related to the secondary carrier at a feedback region in a primary carrier based on the first information to the base station. |
| US10327244B2 |
D2D relay method of terminal in wireless communication system, and apparatus therefor
The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for relay of a first device-to-device (D2D) terminal in a wireless communication system. Specifically, the present invention comprises the steps of: receiving settings regarding a D2D terminal group for single frequency network (SFN) relay; and performing SFN relay using a first resource pool set for SFN relay, wherein the first resource pool is set to be different from a second resource pool for D2D signal transmission of the first D2D terminal to a second D2D terminal. |
| US10327240B2 |
Method for transmitting synchronization channel SCH and related device
Disclosed are a method for transmitting a synchronization channel SCH and a related device. The method include: configuring at least two SCH resources on a first common control channel and an extended control channel of a synchronization transmission period, where the synchronization transmission period includes 10 or 11 Time Division Multiple Access TDMA frames, each TDMA frame includes a total of 8 timeslots from timeslot 0 to timeslot 7, the first common control channel is timeslot 0, the extended control channel does not include timeslot 0, and each SCH resource is a timeslot of a TDMA frame; and transmitting at least two pieces of SCH information on the configured at least two SCH resources, where one piece of SCH information is transmitted on each SCH resource, and the at least two pieces of SCH information include same frame number information. |
| US10327239B2 |
Method, device and system for communication using plurality of wireless communication schemes
A communication method using a plurality of wireless communication schemes is provided. The method includes receiving at least one data segment transmitted using a first communication scheme from among the plurality of wireless communication schemes; generating a response message for the received at least one data segment; storing the generated response message; comparing a number of stored response messages to a threshold value; setting a number of response messages to be transmitted in a time duration for communicating using the first communication scheme from among the plurality of wireless communication schemes based on a result of the comparison; and transmitting at least one response message using the first communication scheme based on the setting of the number of response messages to be transmitted, wherein the time duration for communicating using the first communication scheme is set to be located between time durations for communicating using a second communication scheme. |
| US10327233B2 |
PUCCH resource compression for EPDCCH in TDD mode
Techniques are described for compressing the PUCCH resources reserved for acknowledging downlink data transmissions when those resources are implicitly signaled by EPDCCHs that schedule the downlink transmissions in TDD mode. An acknowledgement resource offset field transmitted in the EPDCCH is configured to correspond to one or more values that compress the region in PUCCH resource index space that would otherwise be reserved for the subframes of a bundling window. |
| US10327232B2 |
Techniques for allocating time and frequency resources to an uplink channel to carry uplink control information used for narrowband communication
Techniques are described for wireless communication. A method for wireless communication at a base station includes identifying time resources and frequency resources for narrowband communication in a plurality of subframes, identifying a plurality of user equipment (UE) devices, allocating a first portion of the time resources and the frequency resources to an uplink (UL) channel to carry UL control information, and allocating resources of the UL channel to the identified UE devices. A method for wireless communication at a UE device includes identifying time resources and frequency resources for narrowband communication in a plurality of subframes, receiving an indication of at least a first portion of the time resources and the frequency resources allocated to a UL channel to carry UL control information for the UE device, and transmitting one or both of downlink acknowledgements (ACKs) and downlink non-acknowledgements (NAKs) on the UL channel. |
| US10327231B2 |
Base station apparatus, user equipment and communication method
A user equipment (UE) receiving, from a base station (BS), a higher layer signal including first information used for configuring more than one sets of one or more downlink component carriers (DCCs). The UE receives, using a physical downlinkn k control channel (PDCCH) in a UE-specific search space in a first subframe, from the BS, downlink control information (DCI) including second information indicating a trigger for a transmission of channel state information (CSI), the transmission of the CSI being triggered for one set of the more than one sets of one or more DCCs, the DCI being used for scheduling of a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) in one uplink component carrier. The UE transmits, using the PUSCH in a second subframe, to the BS, the CSI for the one set of the more than one sets of one or more DCCs in a case that the DCI including the second information indicating the trigger for the transmission of the CSI is received in the user equipment search space. |
| US10327230B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting control information in wireless communication system
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method for transmitting acknowledgement/negative ACK (ACK/NACK) in a wireless communication system which supports carrier aggregation, and to an apparatus for the method. A method in which a terminal transmits ACK/NACK in a wireless communication system that supports carrier aggregation comprises the following steps: receiving one or more physical downlink shared channels (PDSCHs); and transmitting ACK/NACK for said one or more PDSCHs via a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH). A PUCCH format for transmitting ACK/NACK is selected by taking the type of the carrier in which said one or more PDSCHs are received into account. |
| US10327229B2 |
Data reception method, data transmission method and data reception device for device-to-device communication
The present disclosure provides a data reception method, a data transmission method, a data reception device and a data transmission device for device-to-device (D2D) communication, so as to enable a UE to receive data from a transmitting UE in the case that the UE does not know resource pool configuration information of the transmitting UE. The data reception method includes steps of: detecting control information from a transmitter using each set of locally-stored resource pool configuration information; determining resource pool configuration information used by the transmitter in accordance with the detected control information; and receiving data information from the transmitter in accordance with the determined resource pool configuration information and the control information. |
| US10327227B2 |
Electronic device on user equipment side in wireless communication system and wireless communication method
An electronic device on a user equipment side in a wireless communication system and a wireless communication method. The electronic device includes: a communication unit, configured to implement device-to-device (D2D) communication under a cellular communication protocol with multiple user equipments, to directly send data and/or control information to the multiple user equipments; and a configuration unit, configured to configure, for a first user equipment and a second user equipment in the multiple user equipments, resources and a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) for implementing D2D communication between the first user equipment and the second user equipment, wherein the second user equipment is a candidate that the first user equipment implements D2D communication with, and the communication unit send information indicating the resources and the MCS to the first user equipment and the second user equipment. |
| US10327226B2 |
Method and apparatus for resource allocation for multiple user transmission in a High Efficiency wireless LAN
Methods and apparatus for resource allocation for multiple user transmission in a High Efficiency WLAN (HEW) are described. An embodiment is a method for transmitting a Physical layer Protocol Data Unit (PPDU) by an access point (AP) to a plurality of stations (STAs). The method may include transmitting, to the plurality of STAs, a preamble including a High-Efficiency SIGNAL (HE-SIG) field, an HE-Short Training Field (HE-STF) field and an HE-Long Training Field (HE-LTF) field in the PPDU on a transmission channel; and transmitting, on the transmission channel, a data field including a group addressed frame transmitted in a first subchannel among a plurality of subchannels into which the transmission channel is divided. |
| US10327216B2 |
Methods and devices for page synchronization of a communication signal
Methods and devices for performing a page synchronization of a communication signal having a page structure with at least one repeating feature, the methods and devices configured to demodulate the communication signal to produce a raw symbol stream; correlate a plurality of subsets of the raw symbol stream with a page synchronization pattern; detect which of the plurality of subsets meet a pre-determined correlation condition; and identify two of the detected subsets based on a characteristic of the at least one repeating feature. |
| US10327212B2 |
Uplink power control in heterogeneous networks
Methods and apparatus for uplink power control in a communication system with a low power cell neighboring a macro cell. The low power cell includes a low power node serving a user equipment (UE). The macro cell includes a base station serving one or more other UE(s). The low power node is configured to determine a power offset between the macro cell and the low power cell. The received power spectral density target for the UE calculation is based on the minimum of a first signal strength target for the UE and estimated noise and interference power(s), or a second signal strength target for the UE and the calculated power offset. The uplink power control for the UE is adjusted based on the calculated received power spectral density target. The first signal strength target may be based on the signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio target for the UE and the second signal strength target may be based on a signal strength derived from a signal-to-noise ratio target for the UE. |
| US10327209B2 |
Baseband processor and method for power saving by adjustment of clock rate and supply voltage
The disclosure relates to a baseband processing method, comprising: receiving a downlink (DL) baseband (BB) signal in a transmission time interval (TTI), wherein the DL BB signal comprises a time-frequency resource comprising a control section and a data section; decoding at least part of the control section to detect a DL grant information; if the DL grant information is detected, determine a number of granted data resource blocks from the DL grant information; and adjust at least one of a clock rate and supply voltage of the baseband processing based on the number of granted resource blocks. |
| US10327208B2 |
Method and apparatus for increasing communication effectiveness of terminal in power-saving mode
Provided are a method and apparatus for effectively exchanging information between nodes in a wireless communication system. A communication method for a user equipment (UE) may include: sending a mobility management entity (MME) a power saving mode request message containing information requesting a different network entity to perform proxy transmission and reception for the UE during power saving mode; receiving information indicating availability of power saving mode and corresponding parameters from the MME; and operating in power saving mode according to the received parameters. It is possible to provide an information transmission method for a user equipment remaining in power saving mode. |
| US10327203B2 |
UL MU Transmission method of STA operating in power save mode, and device for performing method
A method for UL MU transmission of an STA operating in a power save mode comprises the steps of: transmitting a TWT request element including first information related to a requested TBTT of a first beacon frame and second information related to a requested wake interval between subsequent beacon frames the STA intends to receive to an AP; receiving a TWT response element from the AP in response to the TWT request element; switching to a doze state from the awake state after receiving the TWT response element; switching to the awake state from the doze state based on the third information in order to receive the first beacon frame from the AP; receiving the first beacon frame including fifth information related to a trigger transmission time of a trigger frame soliciting the UL MU transmission from one or more STAs from the AP. |
| US10327202B2 |
AP-local dynamic switching
A technique for implementing AP-local dynamic switching involves Layer 2 switching. This may be accomplished by providing data associated with wireless stations to an AP sufficient to enable the AP to determine whether traffic from a particular wireless station should be locally switched. Alternatively, the wireless station may be able to determine whether to locally switch traffic based upon the traffic itself. For example, it may be desirable to AP-locally switch voice traffic to avoid latency, which is particularly detrimental to voice transmissions such as voice-over-IP. Traffic that is not to be switched locally is Layer 2 tunneled upstream. |
| US10327200B2 |
Communication network management system and method
A communication manager of a communication network can include a transceiver configured to communicate with communication stations and one or more clients of the communication network, and a controller. The controller can be configured to: generate a management packet and provide, using the transceiver, the management packet to the communication stations to control the communication stations to monitor a communication from the client of the one or more clients and measure the client communication; obtain respective measurements from the communication stations using the transceiver; and control the client of the one or more clients to select a communication station from the communication stations to serve the client based on the respective measurements. |
| US10327199B2 |
Device-to-device (D2D) operation method performed by terminal in wireless communication system, and terminal using same
Provided is a device-to-device (D2D) operation method performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system, and a terminal using same. In the method, received is information indicating a permitted frequency, in which reception of a D2D signal is permitted, and indicating which public land mobile network (PLMN) the permitted frequency is about, and received is a D2D signal on the basis of the information. |
| US10327198B2 |
Discovery signal processing method and base station
A processing method for a discovery signal and a base station, the method includes: a base station configuring a part of available resources, which are taken as a Discovery Signal DS resource, of a specified reference signal in a first scenario; and the base station transmitting a DS according to a DS resource configuration; the base station includes a configuration module and a transmission module. |
| US10327197B2 |
Distributed clustering of wireless network nodes
In one or more access points of a wireless communication network, a method for participating in a distributed clustering process directed at defining clusters of access points wherein each of the clusters comprises a cluster head and associated member nodes includes determining a marginal cost of associating an access point to each of distinct clusters of access points, based on a defined cost function, and associating the access point to one of the clusters of APs for which the marginal cost is minimized. The method may be performed by multiple access points in a peer-to-peer fashion and iterated until a stable cluster configuration is obtained. A cluster head may similarly be appointed in a distributed fashion by a current cluster head comparing total cost functions between different cluster configurations with different cluster heads. |
| US10327193B2 |
Method and apparatus for directing wireless resources in a communication network
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method including determining, according to first information associated with a first wireless access device and second information associated with a second wireless access device, to facilitate communication between a first wireless communication device in a first geographic area and a network via the second wireless access device, and, in response, directing, according to a directional capability of the second wireless access device, the second wireless access device to cover a first portion of the first geographic area associated with the first wireless communication device, and directing the second wireless access device to facilitate the communication between the first wireless communication device and the network. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US10327190B2 |
Internet protocol session persistence for mobile communications
Providing for mobile communications incorporating Internet Protocol (IP) persistence is described herein. By way of example, IP persistence can be implemented for a mobile device receiving IP data content over a mobile network. Particularly, if the mobile device encounters a region of poor wireless coverage, the IP data content can be transmitted to the mobile device over a plurality of base stations concurrently. Thus, the IP persistence can comprise duplicating the IP data content and transmitting separate independent wireless transmissions of the content to the mobile device from separate cells or separate transmitters. The duplicate transmitting can be continued while the mobile device is within the region of poor wireless coverage, until a suitable quality of service or quality of experience parameter is met for a serving network, or the like. |
| US10327187B2 |
Apparatus and method for wireless network extensibility and enhancement
Apparatus and methods for extending and enhancing wireless networks. An exemplary wireless network configured according to the disclosure uses in-service Wireless Network Clients (WNCs), such as mobile phones, laptops, etc., to extend and enhance the wireless network coverage via peer-to-peer sub-networks. In one implementation, each WNC is configured to operate as a Service Access Node (SAN) to other wireless client devices in the same network. The SAN provides peer-to-peer communications capabilities (to communicate with wireless clients) and gateway functionality (to aggregate data traffic over its own uplink communications), thereby enabling wireless clients to “piggyback” their data link onto the WNC. Peer Control Manager (PCM) software on each WNC enables, disables, and controls the service functions for that WNC in accordance with an overarching Peer Controller (PC) entity operated by an Access Point Controller/Core Network. |
| US10327178B2 |
Radio resource management procedures for new radio
The present disclosure provides for fast radio resource management procedures for new radio. Generally, a fixed frame structure is utilized and all base stations are synchronized. A base station may transmit a reservation request during a first control slot for the base station in a reservation channel at a beginning of a synchronized frame. A first user equipment may transmit and the base station may receive a reservation response during a second control slot. The base station may receive, from the first UE, after a third control slot of the reservation channel for a neighboring base station, a reservation indication based on a measurement by the first UE of the neighboring base station or at least one other UE associated with the neighboring base station. The base station may determine, based on the resource indication, whether to schedule the first UE during a data channel of the synchronized frame. |
| US10327176B2 |
System and method for programmable virtualization and load balancing of split- channel heterogeneous networks utilizing dual connectivity
Any one of the following dual connectivity attributes is assigned to a group profile of each service group: (1) macro cell only (serving both data/control planes via a macro cell base station.), (2) small cell only (serving data/control planes via a small cell base station), (3) dual connectivity enabled-A (serving data plane of UEs via a small cell base station, and serving control plane via a macro cell base station), and (4) dual connectivity enabled-B (serving data plane via both a macro cell base station and a small cell base station, and serving control plane via a macro cell base station), wherein the RAN controller calculates and sets the optimal splitting between the macro cell base station and the small cell base station dynamically, such that desired load balancing is achieved. |
| US10327168B2 |
Radio network nodes, wireless device, and methods performed therein for communicating in a wireless communication network
Embodiments herein relate to a method performed by a wireless device for handling communication in a wireless communication network. The wireless device obtains an indication of one or more sets of reference signals, wherein each set is associated with one or more services. The wireless device further determines a service to use; and measures a signal strength or a quality of a reference signal of a set out of the one or more sets of reference signals, which set of reference signals is associated with the determined service. |
| US10327166B2 |
Method and apparatus for monitoring radio link quality
Embodiments propose an efficient solution for radio link quality monitoring by a terminal device under coverage of a plurality of beams. Particularly, one embodiment includes a method for monitoring a radio link quality at a terminal device under coverage of a plurality of beams. The method comprises determining a radio link quality for each of beams associated with the terminal device based on a reference signal specific to that beam and then deciding the radio link quality of a radio link directed to the terminal device based on the determined radio link qualities. Another embodiment includes a method at a base station for facilitating radio link quality monitoring of a terminal device under coverage of a plurality of beams. The method comprises configuring an association between the plurality of beams and the terminal device and then informing the configured association to the terminal device. Corresponding apparatuses are further provided. |
| US10327159B2 |
Autonomous, closed-loop and adaptive simulated annealing based machine learning approach for intelligent analytics-assisted self-organizing-networks (SONs)
Convergence times associated with simulated annealing based (SA-based) optimization in wireless networks can be reduced by introducing an additional local or cell-level evaluation step into the evaluation of global solutions. In particular, new local solutions may be evaluated based on local performance criteria when the new solutions are in a global solution deemed to have satisfied a global performance criteria. New local solutions that satisfy their corresponding local performance criteria remain in the new global solution. New local solutions that do not satisfy their corresponding local performance criteria are replaced with a corresponding current local solution from a current global solution, thereby modifying the new global solution. The resulting modified global solution includes both new local solutions and current local solutions prior to being accepted as the current global solution for the next iteration. |
| US10327154B2 |
Beam switching
Apparatuses and methods of beam switching are presented. A beam switch message (BSM) is transmitted to a second device via a first beam set. The BSM includes a command to switch from communication via the first beam set to communication via a second beam set at a switch time. A response message is received from the second device via the first beam set. The response message indicates that the second device received the BSM. A communication is sent to the second device via the second beam set after the switch time if the response message is received. |
| US10327152B2 |
Method and apparatus for virtualizing unlicensed spectrum
A system and method implemented at a base station: assesses, for each channel in an unlicensed frequency spectrum for use by the base station, a list of quality of service (QoS) class indicator (QCI) values, receives a packet flow having an associated packet flow QCI value, identifies at least one channel in the unlicensed frequency spectrum having the associated packet flow QCI value in its list of QCI values, and allows the packet flow in the unlicensed frequency spectrum on the at least one channel identified, where the packet flow is allowed in the unlicensed frequency spectrum for any of the following: for the uplink, for the downlink, or for both uplink and downlink. |
| US10327149B2 |
Managing licensed and unlicensed communications using cellular protocols
A system and method of identifying licensed and unlicensed communications over a cellular protocol includes: wirelessly transmitting a communication session request from a wireless device to a wireless carrier system using the LTE cellular protocol; receiving a response at the wireless device from the wireless carrier system indicating that the wireless carrier system is providing a communication session using a licensed communications frequency band or an unlicensed communications frequency band; and establishing communications from the wireless device via the wireless carrier system based on whether the wireless carrier system is providing cellular communications via the licensed communications frequency band or the unlicensed communications frequency band. |
| US10327146B2 |
Computing device with environment aware features
An electronic device is provided which automatically adjusts settings based on the environment of the electronic device. The settings of the electronic device which are adjusted may be security settings, filter settings, or status for instant messaging in dependence on the determined location of the electronic device. |
| US10327144B2 |
Printing apparatus for performing wireless communication, method for controlling printing apparatus, and storage medium
A communication apparatus displays connection information for an external device to perform wireless connection with the communication apparatus, determines whether a wireless connection based on the connection information is established, and hides the connection information according to establishment of the wireless connection. |
| US10327141B2 |
Methods and systems for validating mobile devices of customers via third parties
A method for authenticating a mobile device in real-time. The method includes detecting the mobile device, sending a text message containing a unique uniform resource locator (“URL”) to the mobile device, and detecting an access of the unique URL by the mobile device through a first communication path. In response to detecting the access of the unique URL, requesting and subsequently receiving, by the host system in real-time, a phone number and a subscriber identification ID associated with the mobile device through a second communication path distinct from the first communication path, and a device fingerprint of the mobile device through the first communication path. The method further includes initiating a risk analysis based on the phone number, the subscriber ID, and the device fingerprint and determining an authentication status of the mobile device based on the risk analysis. |
| US10327140B2 |
Femtocell and femtocell subscriber authentication method
A femtocell subscriber includes: receiving, by a femtocell, an access request sent by an access terminal, where the access request carries IMSI information of the access terminal; determining, by the femtocell, whether an international mobile subscriber identity IMSI of the access terminal is in a CSG subscriber list of the femtocell; if the access terminal is in the closed subscriber group CSG subscriber list, allowing the access terminal to access the femtocell; or if the IMSI of the access terminal is not in the CSG subscriber list of the femtocell, obtaining, by the femtocell from a server, a mobile phone number corresponding to the IMSI; if the mobile phone number of the access terminal is not in the CSG subscriber list of the femtocell, requesting, by the femtocell, a management terminal to determine whether to allow the access terminal to access the femtocell. |
| US10327138B2 |
Systems and methods for providing services
Systems and methods for providing one or more services via a remote device are disclosed. One method can comprise identifying one or more services available at a location, transmitting identification data to a remote device disposed remotely from the location, the identification data relating to the one or more services identified, receiving a selection of the one or more services available, and providing the selected one or more services available to the remote device. |
| US10327137B2 |
System and method for detecting malicious attacks in a telecommunication network
The solution introduces a method and system in a network node of a telecommunication network such as the MME. The method includes receiving, from an eNodeB, an attach request that originated from a UE, the attach request including an identifier associated with a subscriber of the UE; checking a UE blacklist to determine whether the identifier in the attach request is on the UE blacklist; in response to the UE identifier being on the UE blacklist: rejecting the attach request; updating a success rate metric to reflect the failed attach request; comparing the success rate metric to a threshold; and in response to a decrease in the success rate metric below the threshold, recognizing a malicious attack and taking mitigating steps. |
| US10327132B2 |
Wireless communications system, base station, terminal, and process method
A wireless communications system includes a base station configured to switch a first state of storing to control information transmitted to a terminal, a value instructing a transmission power of the terminal, and a second state of storing to the control information, a value instructing a transmission count of multiple transmissions of a same data by the terminal; and the terminal configured to switch a third state of adjusting the transmission power based on the value stored to the control information received from the base station in the first state, and a fourth state of adjusting the transmission count of multiple transmissions of the same data by the terminal, based on the value stored to the control information received from the base station in the second state. |
| US10327128B2 |
Communication system and base station
A communication system is provided that can improve the communication capability of a communication terminal device in the case where a large number of small cells in addition to a macro cell are installed and operated. A communication terminal device (UE) is connected with a macro cell configured by a MeNB and a small cell configured by a SeNB, so that dual connectivity is performed. When receiving information for small cells, for example, emergency information from a CBC via an MME, at least one cell of the macro cell and the small cell notifies the communication terminal device connected with the at least one cell of the information for small cells. |
| US10327126B2 |
Communication apparatus, terminal, and communication method
A communication apparatus includes a location information acquisition unit that acquires location information of a terminal, a reception unit that receives a call request transmitted by the terminal, a service identification unit that identifies a service of the request based on the location information of the terminal and a destination telephone number of the request, and a transmission unit that transmits a response to the terminal, when the service corresponding to the request cannot be provided. |
| US10327124B2 |
Communication device and terminal device
A communication device may supply both identification information for identifying a specific application program and first authentication information to a wireless interface so as to store both the identification information and the first authentication information in an interface memory. The wireless interface may be configured to send both the identification information and the first authentication information in the interface memory to a first terminal device by using a first communication session. The communication device may receive the first authentication information from the first terminal device by using a second communication session in a case where the second communication session with the first terminal device in which a specific application program has been installed is established via the wireless interface, and execute an authentication using the first authentication information in a case where the first authentication information is received. |
| US10327121B2 |
Instrument and system
An instrument includes: an invitation notification receiving unit configured to receive, from a server device configured to transmit a message to a user belonging to a group, an invitation notification to the group; an approval information transmitting unit configured to transmit, to the server device, approval information approving participation in the group when the received invitation notification is valid; and a session starting unit configured to start, upon the participation in the group, a session that is processing communications of for information with another instrument participating in the group. |
| US10327116B1 |
Deriving signal location from signal content
The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for deriving signal location from signal content. A raw signal is ingested. A partially normalized signal is derived from the raw signal. One or more named entities are recognized from content included in the raw signal. A geo cell database is queried with the one or more recognized named entities. A geo cell where the raw signal originated is identified. The partially normalized signal is annotated with a location annotation identifying the geo cell. A location is determined from the location annotation. The location is inserted into the partially normalized signal to form a normalized signal. |
| US10327114B2 |
Message sending method, mobile broadband device, and host
A message sending method, a mobile broadband (MBB) device, and a host, where the method includes receiving, by an MBB device, authentication information sent by a host, requesting, by the MBB device, authentication from a notification server according to the authentication information, to establish a transmission path between the MBB device and the notification server, determining, by the MBB device, a message required to be transmitted to the host, and sending, by the MBB device, the message to the notification server using the transmission path such that the notification server sends the message to the host. The message can be actively pushed to the host when the message required to be transmitted to a host is determined such that signaling overheads can be significantly reduced, and power consumption can be reduced. |
| US10327109B1 |
Methods and systems for location determination of a mobile device using partial RF bands
Disclosed is a method and apparatus for location determination at a mobile device comprising sending positioning capabilities of the mobile device to a location server, where the positioning capabilities comprise an identification of a partial Radio Frequency (RF) band that is contained within a complete RF band. The positioning capabilities indicate that the mobile device can measure the partial RF band but cannot measure the complete RF band. The mobile device may subsequently receive location assistance data from the location server, where the location assistance data comprises configuration information for at least one reference signal (RS) in the partial RF band. The mobile device may then obtain at least one location measurement from the at least one RS based on the configuration information, and sends location information to the location server, where the location information is based on the at least one location measurement. |
| US10327106B2 |
Method and apparatus for estimating position in a wireless communication system
The present disclosure relates to a 5th generation (5G) or pre-5G communication system for supporting higher data rates than a 4th generation (4G) communication system such as long term evolution (LTE). A method for positioning a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system includes receiving a reference signal (RS) in a first bandwidth from each of a plurality of anchor nodes scheduled for RS transmission by a network server, determining whether a path overlap has occurred between the UE and the anchor nodes based on symmetry of channel impulse responses of the received RSs, transmitting a bandwidth extension request message to the network server, upon occurrence of a path overlap, receiving an RS in a second bandwidth larger than the first bandwidth from each of the plurality of anchor nodes in response to the transmission of the bandwidth extension request message, and generating information required to position the UE, using the RSs received in the second bandwidth. |
| US10327104B1 |
System and method for notifying users of similar searches
Interactions between users on mobile devices can be facilitated by making the users aware when other users have performed similar searches. In one embodiment, when two users executing a mapping application on a mobile device each perform a similar search in a similar geographic area, the server that receives and performs the search request can make each user aware of the other's presence, for example by displaying an icon indicating the other user on the mapping application. The search results may be refined to indicate search results in a geographic area common to the geographic search areas of each user. |
| US10327103B2 |
Wireless location recognition for wearable device
In one embodiment, an apparatus is presented that detects wireless signals from external devices that uniquely identify each of the external devices, records, in memory, information about the external devices without access to an external database, and compares information from the external devices to determine a relative location of the wearable device without using additional, power-hungry position location functionality if there is a threshold match in the compared information. In some embodiments, the invention uses the determined relative location to trigger an action at another device. The invention, using self-contained functionality, enables improvements in same location or home location determination accuracy, memory conservation, and power consumption. |
| US10327093B2 |
Localization from access point and mobile device
Localization from an access point and mobile device can include receiving information from a mobile device and initiating a location package based on information received from the mobile device to select a location server. Localization information can be requested information from the location server, where the localization information includes localization information from at least one access point and information received from the mobile device. Based on the localization information from the location server and information from the mobile device, at least one of a plurality of packages to be initiated can be determined. |
| US10327092B2 |
System and method for adaptive audio signal generation, coding and rendering
Embodiments are described for an adaptive audio system that processes audio data comprising a number of independent monophonic audio streams. One or more of the streams has associated with it metadata that specifies whether the stream is a channel-based or object-based stream. Channel-based streams have rendering information encoded by means of channel name; and the object-based streams have location information encoded through location expressions encoded in the associated metadata. A codec packages the independent audio streams into a single serial bitstream that contains all of the audio data. This configuration allows for the sound to be rendered according to an allocentric frame of reference, in which the rendering location of a sound is based on the characteristics of the playback environment (e.g., room size, shape, etc.) to correspond to the mixer's intent. The object position metadata contains the appropriate allocentric frame of reference information required to play the sound correctly using the available speaker positions in a room that is set up to play the adaptive audio content. |
| US10327089B2 |
Positioning an output element within a three-dimensional environment
Systems and methods for positioning an output element (102, 602) within a three-dimensional environment (104, 604) are described. Movement data relating to movement of a mobile device (120, 620) is obtained (206, 262). The movement data is mapped (208, 264) to movement of a simulated output element (503) in a virtual environment (505), which simulates the three-dimensional environment. The movement of the simulated output element is associated with movement of an output element within the three-dimensional environment so as to control the position of the output element within the three-dimensional environment. In one exemplary embodiment an output element (102) being a sound source is positioned in a three-dimensional, immersive sound environment (104). In another exemplary embodiment a focal point of a light beam (602) is positioned in a three-dimensional theatrical environment (604). The described systems and methods enable a user to control the real-time and/or recorded position and/or movement of an output element by manipulating the orientation of a mobile device (120, 620). |
| US10327088B2 |
Spatial audio processor and a method for providing spatial parameters based on an acoustic input signal
A spatial audio processor for providing spatial parameters based on an acoustic input signal has a signal characteristics determiner and a controllable parameter estimator. The signal characteristics determiner is configured to determine a signal characteristic of the acoustic input signal. The controllable parameter estimator for calculating the spatial parameters for the acoustic input signal in accordance with a variable spatial parameter calculation rule is configured to modify the variable spatial parameter calculation rule in accordance with the determined signal characteristic. |
| US10327087B2 |
Amplifier module and control method thereof
There is provided an amplifier module which includes a plurality of input terminals; a plurality of amplifier circuits configured to amplify a plurality of input signals which are input from each of the plurality of input terminals and output a plurality of amplified signals; and at least one speaker which is directly connected to at least one output terminals from among the plurality of amplifier circuits, wherein the amplifier module may output the plurality of amplified signals to the at least one speaker based on a number of the at least one speaker. |
| US10327081B2 |
Announcement system with speakers attached
A mobile entertainment and announcement system has a trailer base and a trailer body mounted on the trailer base. A trailer hitch projecting from a forward end of the trailer base allows the mobile entertainment and announcement system to be transported to a desired venue by connecting the trailer hitch to a vehicle. A telescoping boom is supported by at least one of the trailer base and the trailer body, and is adapted to move from a transport position to a set-up position and to a broadcast position. At least one broadcast speaker is mounted on the telescoping boom when the telescoping boom is in a set-up position, so that when the telescoping boom is moved from the transport position to the broadcast position, the broadcast speaker is moved to a higher elevation above the trailer base. An audio component housed in the trailer body is connected to the broadcast speaker for transmitting audio content to an audience over a larger area. A power supply is used to provide power to the broadcast speaker and the audio component, while also providing protection to at least one of the audio component and the power supply. |
| US10327080B2 |
Method of manufacturing hearing devices
A method of manufacturing hearing devices comprising an otoplastic individually shaped for a user includes providing input data for each set of input parameters of an algorithm for determining target data for each of a set of target parameters, wherein at least a portion of said input data are individual to said user, and wherein said target parameters are parameters related to the geometrical and/or acoustical properties of a hearing device. The target data is determined by applying the algorithm to the input data. A suitable three-dimensional shape of the otoplastic is designed in dependence of the target data by means of otoplastic modeling software. The otoplastic is manufactured according to the suitable three-dimensional shape. Property data descriptive of properties related to the manufactured otoplastic are obtained using the otoplastic, and the algorithm is amended in dependence of the property data. |
| US10327079B2 |
Hearing aid device with integrated antenna
A hearing aid device configured to communicate wirelessly with an external device is disclosed. The hearing aid device comprises a housing with a microphone, an amplifier, where the hearing aid device comprises an antenna and either: a) a tube configured to deliver sound acoustically from a receiver in the housing to an ear mould or a dome or electrically to a receiver in an ear mould or a dome or b) a hook configured to deliver sound acoustically from a receiver in the housing to an ear mould or a dome. The antenna extends along at least a portion of the tube or the hook. |
| US10327078B2 |
Hearing aid comprising a directional microphone system
A hearing aid comprises a BTE-part adapted for being located behind an ear (ear) of a user, and comprising a) a multitude M of microphones, which—when located behind the ear of the user—are characterized by respective transfer functions, HBTEi(θ, φ, r, k), representative of propagation of sound from sound sources S to the respective microphones b) a memory unit comprising complex, frequency dependent constants Wi(k)′, i=1, . . . , M, c) a beamformer filtering unit for providing a beamformed signal Y as a weighted combination of the microphone signals using said complex, frequency dependent constants The frequency dependent constants are determined to provide a resulting transfer function Hpinna(θ,φ,r,k)=Σi=1MWi(k)·HBTEi(θ,φ,r,k), so that a difference between the resulting transfer function Hpinna(θ, φ, r, k) and a transfer function HITE(θ, φ, r, k) of a microphone located close to or in the ear canal fulfills a predefined criterion. |
| US10327077B2 |
Microphone and manufacturing method thereof
A microphone includes: a substrate configured to have a through hole formed at a central portion thereof; a vibration membrane disposed to cover the through hole on the substrate to include a slit pattern in which slit patterns are arranged in a plurality of lines along a circular edge thereof; a fixed membrane separately mounted at an upper portion of the vibration membrane with an air layer therebetween to have a plurality of air inlets that extend therebetween in a direction of the air layer; and a support layer configured to support the fixed membrane separately mounted on the vibration membrane. |
| US10327074B2 |
Vibrating film and vibrating film assembling process
Disclosed is a vibrating film comprising a vibrating film body, wherein the vibrating film body comprises a central plane part and a peripheral fixing part. A Dome reinforcing part is arranged on the plane part, a first thermosetting adhesive layer is provided between the plane part and the Dome reinforcing part, and the plane part and the Dome reinforcing part are adhered together by thermosetting through the first thermosetting adhesive layer. Further disclosed is an assembling process for the vibrating film. |
| US10327073B1 |
Externalized audio modulated by respiration rate
Aspects of the present disclosure provide methods, apparatuses, and systems for closed-loop respiration entrainment based on spatialized audio signals. According to an aspect, based on a determined rate of a subject's respiration, spatialization of a virtual sound source is altered to simulate a distance or directionality to the subject. Simulating the distance, directionality, and/or source characteristics comprises processing sounds of the virtual sound source to generate a perception of the sounds being heard from one or more distances or directions with reference to the subject. The altered virtual sound source attempts to regulate the rate of respiration of the subject. An audio device outputs the sounds of the altered virtual sound source. |
| US10327061B2 |
Signal limit based on measured radiator excursion
Example techniques may involve controlling a passive radiator. An implementation may include a device playing back an input signal representing audio content via one or more active speakers. The device measures excursion of the passive radiator when the input signal is played back via the one or more active speakers. The device limits excursion of the passive radiator to less than an excursion limit when certain input causes the passive radiator to move beyond the excursion limit. |
| US10327060B2 |
Air pulse generating element and sound producing device
An air pulse generating element, disposed in a sound producing device, includes a membrane, disposed within a chamber; and a plurality of valves, disposed by the membrane within the chamber, configured to seal a plurality of openings of the chamber in response to a plurality of valve control signals; wherein the membrane and the plurality of valves are all fabricated at a first layer. |
| US10327057B2 |
Audio headset having internal cord management features and related technology
A headset in accordance with an embodiment of the present technology includes a headpiece, an earpiece, an arm extending therebetween, and a cord extending through the arm. The arm includes elongate first and second segments through which the arm is operably connected to the earpiece and the headpiece, respectively. The first and second segments have a telescoping arrangement such that the arm is movable between a lengthened state and a shortened state. The arm further includes a hinge operable to rotate the arm about an axis and thereby move the arm relative to the headpiece between a folded state and an unfolded state. Increased slack in the cord preferentially gathers within an interior region of the second segment when the arm moves from the lengthened state toward the shortened state and when the arm moves from the folded state toward the unfolded state. |
| US10327053B2 |
Bluetooth speaker
A Bluetooth speaker includes an upper case and a lower case. The upper case and the lower case corporately define a receiving space, and the upper case and the lower case each include a mounting portion for connecting with a building block element. A circuit board, a loudspeaker, a Bluetooth module and a light emitting module are received in the receiving space, and the loudspeaker, the Bluetooth module and the light emitting module are electrically connected to the circuit board. |
| US10327047B2 |
Distribution frame device for communications and data technology
The invention relates to a distribution frame device (1) for communications and data technology for switching over at least one electrical subscriber line (2) from a first service to a second service, wherein the distribution frame device (1) has a connection technology (3) for the electrical subscriber lines (2), a connection technology (4) for the electrical lines (5) of the first service and a connection technology (6) for optical fibers of the second service, wherein the distribution frame device (1) further has an active technology with at least one converter (14) for converting optical signals into electrical signals and vice versa for the second service, wherein a connection for optical fibers and a connection for electrical lines are associated with the at least one converter (14), wherein the distribution frame device (1) has means by means of which the connection technology (3) of the subscribers can selectively be connected to the connection technology (4) of the first service or to the associated electrical connection of the converter (14). |
| US10327041B2 |
Audio preview of music
Systems, methods, and machine-readable media are disclosed for providing an audio preview of songs and other audio elements. In some embodiments, an electronic device may operate in either a “play mode,” which allows a user to listen to songs in a normal fashion, or in a “preview mode,” which may be used to provide previews of songs to a user in succession. In some embodiments, the electronic device may seamlessly transition between play mode and preview mode. For example, the electronic device may pause a currently-playing song when the mode of operation switches from play mode to preview mode so that, if the user exits out of preview mode, the original song may be resumed from the pause point. In some embodiments, the electronic device may provide a multi-directional visual interface that allows a user to control the succession of previews provided in preview mode. |
| US10327040B1 |
Forward error correction for low latency streaming
Techniques for low latency streaming, for example in a broadcasting environment, are described herein. In some examples, one or more individual renditions may be encoded into multiple rendition versions associated with different respective latencies. Also, in some examples, one or more individual renditions may be encoded into multiple rendition versions having different respective amounts of forward error correction (FEC), for example by an edge node of a video streaming service. Also, in some examples, video may be broadcast using a protocol that does not require retransmission of lost packets, such as Web Real-Time Communication (WebRTC), which is commonly used for point-to-point transmissions. Also, in some examples, one or more servers may receive quality of service feedback information from each player to which video content is transmitted. The one or more servers may use this feedback information to select and switch between appropriate renditions and rendition versions for each player. |
| US10327037B2 |
Methods and systems for generating and providing program guides and content
Techniques for identifying, assembling, and transmitting content are described in the illustrative context of electronic program guides and program channels. An electronic program guide comprises a channel listing and channel program listings. Supplementary content slots are identified. A slot is associated with a time length and is scheduled during or after a scheduled program. A first item of supplementary content, associated with a first time length, is selected to be displayed during a first slot on a user device. In response to determining that the first time length content is less than the time length associated with the first slot, the underrun may be compensated for by causing subsequent primary content to be displayed on the user device at a time earlier than scheduled and a previously scheduled time length of a subsequent supplementary content slot may be extended to a first extended time length, with respect to the user. |
| US10327033B2 |
Method of acquiring electronic program guide information and corresponding apparatus
Optimizing ‘actual’ and ‘other’ table type EPG information acquisition. In a broadcast stream multiplex, information is comprised in event information tables of type ‘actual’ that comprises event or program information about a selected service, and of type ‘other’ that comprises event information about other services in the multiplex. An EPG database is updated with the event information comprised in the event information tables under certain conditions only. |
| US10327031B2 |
Playing control method and terminal
A playing control method and a terminal are provided. The method includes the following. A playing control instruction carrying a device identifier of a playing device is acquired. A content input port and a power output port that are integrated in a control terminal and correspond to the device identifier are opened. Power output ports of the control terminal other than the power output port corresponding to the device identifier and a power output port coupled to a display terminal are closed, multimedia contents via the content input port corresponding to the device identifier are received, and the multimedia contents are transmitted to the display terminal for output and display. |
| US10327029B1 |
Portable terminal, information processing apparatus, content display system and content display method
A portable terminal includes a receiving unit which receives content information, an external device communication unit which conducts communication with an external information device, a display unit which displays the content information received by the receiving unit, an acquiring unit which acquires identification information identifying the content information displayed by the display unit, an operation unit which receives an operation indication from a user, and a control unit which conducts control such that if a transmission indication of the identification information is received by the operation unit while the content information is being displayed, the identification information acquired by the acquiring unit is transmitted to the external information device and the display of the content information by the display unit is terminated. |
| US10327026B1 |
Presenting content-specific video advertisements upon request
Advertisements may be selected for video programming based on the visual content of the video programming. Where a video stream depicts a consumer good or service in one or more video frames, an advertisement that is consistent with the consumer good or service may be inserted into the video stream following the video frames in which the consumer good or service appears. Such an advertisement may be one of a plurality of existing advertisements, or may be prepared in a native format based on the content of the video stream, and may be seamlessly integrated into the video stream with the same or a similar setting to the video stream. A viewer of a video stream may also request one or more advertisements based on the content of the video stream. |
| US10327025B2 |
Systems, methods and apparatus for modifying over-the-air channels for coaxial distribution
Various embodiments of systems, apparatus, and methods are described for modifying over-the-air (OTA) channels for coaxial distribution. In one example, a method includes capturing at least one set of over the air (OTA) channels, each OTA channel being associated with a broadcast frequency within an OTA frequency spectrum; selecting a subset of OTA channels from the at least one set of OTA channels; translating the selected subset of OTA channels to a set of secondary frequencies within a secondary frequency spectrum; combining the translated subset of OTA channels and one or more satellite transponder signals into a coaxial feed; and transmitting the coaxial feed to a receiving device. |
| US10327024B2 |
System and method for obtaining video streams
A system, computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and a computer-implemented method for obtaining video streams is presented. A device-agnostic request to obtain a video stream is received from an application executing on a client device, the device-agnostic request including a universal resource identifier (URI) for the video stream, the URI including a type of the video stream and at least one of a name of the video stream and device-specific parameters for the video stream. The URI is analyzed to identify a media device from which the video stream is available. A device-specific library for the media device is identified. A device-specific request corresponding to the device-agnostic request is executed to obtain the video stream, the device-specific request including the URI. The video stream is received from the media device responsive to executing the device-specific request. The video stream is provided to the application. |
| US10327023B2 |
Systems and methods for modifying playback of a media asset based on an event that will interrupt playback of the media asset
Systems and methods are disclosed herein for detecting that a given segment in a media asset currently being consumed will be interrupted by an event and, responsively, modifying playback of the media asset such that either the start time or the end time of the given segment coincides with the start time of the interrupting event. Modifying playback of the media asset to cause the end time of the given segment to coincide with the start time of the interrupting event may entail fast-forwarding through or removing one or more segments from the playback of the media asset. Modifying playback of the media asset to cause the start time of the given segment to coincide with the start time of the interrupting event may entail inserting one or more segments of secondary content into the playback of the media asset. |
| US10327021B2 |
Display management server
A display management unit configured to provide a modified video signal for display on a target display over an electronic distribution network. The unit may access information regarding the target display and at least one input. The unit comprises a database interface configured to retrieve display characteristics corresponding to the information regarding the target display from a characteristics database, and a mapping unit configured to map at least one of tone and color values from the at least one input to corresponding mapped values based at least in part on the retrieved display characteristics to produce the modified video signal. |
| US10327017B2 |
Systems and methods for video processing
Several systems and methods for processing of video frames based on one or more video formats are disclosed. In an embodiment, a video processing system comprises a memory and a video engine. The memory stores a plurality of video frames, a primary set of instructions and a plurality of secondary sets of processing instructions. Each secondary set of processing instructions is associated with a video format. The video engine is loaded with the primary set of instructions and is configured to fetch one or more video frames and a secondary set of processing instructions from the memory based on the loaded primary set of instructions. The fetched secondary set of processing instructions corresponds to a video format determined for processing of the one or more video frames. The video engine performs processing of the one or more video frames based on the secondary set of processing instructions. |
| US10327011B2 |
Method and device for deblocking-filtering, and method and device for encoding and decoding using same
An encoding apparatus for encoding a video signal includes: a prediction unit for generating a prediction block of a current block by using intra prediction or inter prediction; a residual data encoding unit for generating a residual block by using the current block and the prediction block, and transforming and quantizing the residual block; a residual data decoding unit for decoding a transformed and quantized residual block by inversely quantizing and inversely transforming the transformed and quantized residual block; and a deblocking filter unit for generating a reconstructed block by using a decoded residual block and the prediction block, and performing deblocking filtering, based on inter prediction information and intra prediction information of the reconstructed block and blocks neighboring the reconstructed block. The intra prediction information includes at least one of an intra prediction mode and an intra prediction block size. |
| US10327003B2 |
Block size determination method, video encoding apparatus, and program
The computational complexity when a block configuration in an encoding target region is determined is reduced while the degradation of coding efficiency is suppressed. A video encoding apparatus includes a block selecting unit which selects each of blocks obtained by recursively dividing an encoding target block as a target block in a predetermined sequence, a block size acquiring unit which acquires the smallest block size in an adjacent block for the selected target block, an evaluation value calculating unit which calculates an evaluation value of the target block if a block size of the target block matches any one of the acquired block size, the block size one level higher than the acquired block size, and the block size one level lower than the acquired block size, and a block configuration determining unit which determines a combination of the blocks constituting the region within the encoding target block based on the evaluation value. |
| US10327002B2 |
Systems and methods for intra-block copy
Techniques and systems are provided for encoding and decoding video data. For example, a method of encoding video data including a plurality of pictures is described. The method includes performing intra-picture prediction on a block of one of the pictures to generate a prediction unit. Performing the intra-picture prediction includes selecting a reference block for intra-block copy prediction of a coding tree unit (CTU). The reference block is selected from a plurality of encoded blocks, and blocks within the CTU encoded with bi-prediction are excluded from selection as the reference block. Performing the intra-picture prediction further includes performing intra-block copy prediction with the selected reference block to generate the prediction unit. The method also includes generating syntax elements encoding the prediction unit based on the performed intra-picture prediction. |
| US10326994B2 |
Modifying a scan order to limit scan distance
A method for coding a transform block of coefficients includes generating a new scan order from the original scan order such that a maximum scan distance of the new scan order is smaller than or equal to a predetermined distance, and coding the coefficients based on the new scan order. An apparatus for decoding a transform block of coefficients. The apparatus includes a memory and a processor. The memory includes instructions executable by the processor to identify an original scan order for encoding the coefficients, generate a new scan order from the original scan order such that a maximum scan distance of the new scan order is less than or equal to a predetermined distance, and decode, from an encoded bitstream, the coefficients based on the new scan order. |
| US10326985B2 |
Display system and method for an aircraft
A display system for a cockpit of an aircraft comprises a display device configured to be secured to a user's head in the cockpit of the aircraft. A display computer is configured to control the display of information on the display device. The display computer is configured to determine a distance between the head of the user and an element of the cockpit intersecting with a direction corresponding to a current orientation of the head of the user, when the user looks inside the cockpit, and to control a virtual display distance of the display device, corresponding to the distance between the head of the user and the element of the cockpit. |
| US10326980B2 |
Imaging system for fuel tank analysis
A method can include illuminating an interior of a fuel tank with one or more light pulses, and receiving reflected returns of the one or more light pulses at a light sensor array. The method can further include producing, by a processing device, three-dimensional image data of the interior of the fuel tank based on the received reflected returns, producing, by the processing device, a fuel measurement value representing an amount of fuel contained in the fuel tank based on the three-dimensional image data, and outputting, by the processing device, an indication of the fuel measurement value. |
| US10326973B2 |
Time series data display control device, method for operating the same, program, and system
A main display region 41 in which medical care data on a plurality of items is displayed is provided on the display screen 15. The main display region 41 may be displayed in two display modes of a two-dimensional display mode and a three-dimensional display mode in which a two-dimensional plane on which time series data is displayed is three-dimensionally displayed using the laws of perspective. In the three-dimensional display mode, a summary window for displaying a summary of data content of the plurality of pieces of time series data at an arbitrary point in time designated on a time axis. |
| US10326965B2 |
Wireless network camera systems
Apparatus, systems and techniques associated with battery powered wireless camera systems. One aspect of the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in a system that includes a battery powered wireless camera including an internal battery to provide energy and a burst transmission unit to transmit information during burst periods. The system includes a base station, separated from the battery powered wireless camera, in wireless communication with the battery powered wireless camera to receive information from the battery powered wireless camera. The base station is configured to process the received information and includes a web server to transmit the processed information to a client. Other embodiments of this aspect include corresponding systems, apparatus, and computer program products. |
| US10326964B2 |
Interactive broadcast television
A system includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor receives a video feed from a camera, where the video feed includes video from a filmmaking set. The processor also sends the video feed to a viewer electronic device. The processor also receives a command to control an aspect of the filmmaking set and sends the command to the filmmaking set. |
| US10326959B2 |
Imaging device
An imaging device includes a first image pickup cell having a first photoelectric converter converting incident light into first charges, the first photoelectric converter including a first pixel electrode, a first electrode, and a first photoelectric conversion region between the first pixel electrode and the first electrode, and a first charge storage node coupled to the first pixel electrode for accumulating the first charges; a second image pickup cell having a second photoelectric converter converting incident light into second charges, the second photoelectric converter including a second pixel electrode, a second electrode, and a second photoelectric conversion region between the second pixel electrode and the second electrode, and a second charge storage node coupled to the second pixel electrode for accumulating the second charges. The first pixel electrode has a first area, and the second pixel electrode has a second area less than the first area. |
| US10326951B2 |
Image processing apparatus, image processing method, image capturing apparatus and image processing program
The image processing apparatus 104 includes a processor performing a noise reduction on at least part of an input image produced by image capturing using an image capturing system 101, 102, and an acquirer acquiring first information on an optical characteristic of the image capturing system. The optical characteristic indicates a factor that degrades information of an object space in the image capturing of the input image. A processor changes a process of the noise reduction depending on the first information. |
| US10326949B2 |
Integrated switch and shutter for calibration and power control of infrared imaging devices
Various devices including a three-stage switch and an infrared (IR) imaging module and methods for performing FFC using the three-stage switch and the IR imaging module are provided. The three-stage switch may have at least a first position in which the IR imaging module is powered off, a second position in which the IR imaging module is powered on and the shutter is positioned in the FOV, and a third position in which the IR imaging module is powered on and the shutter is positioned out of the FOV, wherein the second position is intermediate in relation to the first position and the third position. A thermal image of the shutter may be captured while the switch is at or adjacent to the second position, and an FFC map of FFC terms may be acquired based on the thermal image of the shutter. |
| US10326947B2 |
Image processing device, imaging device, image processing method, and program
The present invention provides an image processing device, an imaging device, an image processing method, and a program which are capable of accurately correcting blurring caused in first image data of an image using a near-infrared ray as a light source and, accurately performing a point image restoration process on second image data of an image using visible light and a near-infrared ray as a light source. An image processing device according to an aspect of the present invention includes an image input unit, a determination unit that determines whether image data is first image data or second image data, a first restoration processing unit that performs a first restoration process using first restoration filters for performing phase correction and amplitude restoration on the determined first image data, and a second restoration processing unit that performs a second restoration process using second restoration filters for performing amplitude restoration without phase correction on the determined second image data. |
| US10326945B2 |
Image-taking apparatus, information processing apparatus, and image-taking system
There is provided an image-taking system including an information processing apparatus and an image-taking apparatus. The information processing apparatus includes a detector configured to detect brightness of an object image, and to output external brightness information, a determining unit configured to determine if an external image-taking apparatus exists or not, and an output unit configured to output the external brightness information to the image-taking apparatus if the image-taking apparatus exists. The image-taking apparatus includes a detector configured to detect brightness of an object image, and to output internal brightness information, and a controller configured to control exposure based on an exposure value, the exposure value being based on the internal brightness information detected by the detector and external brightness information received from an external apparatus. |
| US10326943B2 |
Overhead camera synchronization
Various embodiments herein each include at least one of systems, devices, methods, and software for overhead camera synchronization, such as with regard to a camera positioned above a POS terminal or other kiosk terminal type. One embodiment in the form of a method includes adjusting at least one of an exposure setting of an imaging device and lighting within a field of view of the imaging device to affect an exposure within an image captured by the imaging device. This method further includes capturing an image with the imaging device with the at least one of the exposure setting of the imaging device and the lighting within the field of view of the imaging device to achieve a desired exposure within the captured image. |
| US10326939B2 |
Drone provided with a video camera and means for compensating for the artefacts produced at the highest roll angles
The drone comprises a camera, an inertial unit measuring the drone angles, and an extractor module delivering data of an image area (ZI) of reduced size defined inside a capture area (ZC) of the sensor. A feedback-control module dynamically modifies the position and the orientation of the image area inside the capture area, in a direction opposite to that of the angle variations measured by the inertial unit. The sensor may operate according to a plurality of different configurations able to be dynamically selected, with a base configuration using a base capture area (ZCB) for low values of roll angle (θ), and at least one degraded mode configuration using an extended capture area (ZCE) of greater size than the base capture area (ZCB), for high values of roll angle (θ). |
| US10326938B2 |
Image stabilization control apparatus, optical apparatus and storage media storing image stabilization control program
The image stabilization control apparatus that performs, using a shake detection signal acquired through a shake detector configured to detect a shake and a motion vector detection signal indicating a motion vector detected in a video signal produced through an image sensor, image stabilization control for reducing image blur due to the shake. The apparatus includes a predictor that produces, using the motion vector detection signal, a predicted error signal that indicates a predicted value of an error signal included in the shake detection signal, a signal producer that subtracts the predicted error signal from the shake detection signal to produce a first image stabilization signal, and a controller that performs the image stabilization control using the first image stabilization signal. |
| US10326937B2 |
Horizontal-posture maintaining apparatus
A horizontal-posture maintaining apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a barrel, a cover unit provided on a side surface of the barrel, a first driver provided in the cover unit, for rotating the barrel in a first direction (around an X axis) to keep the barrel in horizontal posture, a second driver provided in the cover unit, for rotating the cover unit in a second direction (around a Y axis) to keep the barrel in the horizontal posture, and a controller for controlling rotation of the first and second drivers. |
| US10326932B2 |
Panoramic image acquisition device
A panoramic image acquisition device includes: fish-eye lens modules, an image sensor and a signal cable, wherein: there are two sets of the fish-eye lens modules, and optic axes thereof coincide with each other; the fish-eye lens modules are arranged at two ends of the optic axes; a prism is provided at a center of a line connecting two optic center of the fish-eye lens modules; and the image sensor is provided below the prism for acquiring images of the fish-eye lens modules. The panoramic image acquisition device of the present invention achieves complete image quality unification and full image synchronization of different view fields in a panoramic image. Meanwhile, the panoramic image acquisition device has only one channel of video output, which greatly simplifies data acquisition tasks and panorama stitching tasks of panoramic image post-treatment, so as to reduce difficulty and costs. |
| US10326929B2 |
Camera driving device and method for see-through displaying
A camera driving device for see-through displaying in an augmented reality and a method thereof are disclosed. A rear camera driving device of a smart terminal includes a sensing module sensing the real-time natural sight conditions of the user including a sight line, a visual angle, and a view of the user of the smart terminal, and a distance and an angle between a pupil and the smart terminal; a control module controlling shooting conditions including an optical angle, a focus, a focal length and a magnification of a rear camera of the smart terminal based on the real time natural sight conditions of the user transmitted from the sensing module; and a shooting module driven according to the shooting conditions transmitted from the control module. |
| US10326928B2 |
Image processing apparatus for determining whether section of target area matches section of person area and control method thereof
Disclosed is an image processing apparatus including: a storage configured to store model information regarding a boundary of a person area in an image; and a controller configured to determine a boundary of a target area in an area to be processed, and to control the target area to undergo image processing for the person area if it is determined, based on the model information stored in the storage, that the determined boundary of the target area matches the boundary of the person area. |
| US10326926B2 |
Focus detection apparatus and method, and image capturing apparatus
A focus detection apparatus that performs phase difference focus detection based on signals of a plurality of colors obtained from an image sensor, which is covered by color filters of the plurality of colors, that performs photoelectric conversion on light incident on the image sensor via an imaging optical system and outputs electric signals, the apparatus comprising: an acquisition unit that acquires an addition coefficient indicating weights to be applied to the signals of the plurality of colors on the basis of characteristic of chromatic aberration of magnification of the imaging optical system; a generation unit that generates a pair of focus detection signals by performing weighted addition on the signals of the plurality of colors using the addition coefficient; and a detection unit that detects an image shift amount between the pair of focus detection signals. |
| US10326925B2 |
Control apparatus for performing focus detection, image capturing apparatus, control method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium
A control apparatus (204, 212) includes a calculator (204) that calculates a defocus amount based on a first signal and a second signal that correspond to light beams passing through different pupil regions of an image capturing optical system (101, 102, 103) from each other, and a focus adjuster (212) that performs focus adjusting operation based on the defocus amount, and the focus adjuster is configured to change a detection property of the first signal and the second signal depending on a type of the focus adjusting operation. |
| US10326924B2 |
Focus detection apparatus and method, image capturing apparatus, and lens unit
A focus detection apparatus comprising: a focus detection unit that detects an in-focus position using an image signal obtained by an image sensor photoelectrically converting light that has entered via an imaging optical system; a first acquisition unit that acquires aberration information of the imaging optical system; a generating unit that generates a recording image using the image signal; a calculation unit that calculates, on the basis of the aberration information, a correction value for correcting a difference between the in-focus position detected by the focus detection unit and a position to be focused on in the recording image; and a correction unit that corrects the in-focus position using the correction value. The calculation unit calculates the correction value on the basis of information of a display unit that displays an image based on the image signal. |
| US10326922B2 |
Wearable apparatus and method for capturing image data using multiple image sensors
A wearable apparatus and method are provided for capturing image data. In one implementation, a wearable apparatus for capturing image data is provided. The wearable apparatus includes a plurality of image sensors for capturing image data of an environment of a user. Each of the image sensors is associated with a different field of view. The wearable apparatus also includes a processing device programmed to process image data captured by at least two of the image sensors to identify an object in the environment. The processing device is also programmed to identify a first image sensor, which has a first optical axis closer to the object than a second optical axis of a second image sensor. After identifying the first image sensor, the processing device is also programmed to process image data from the first image sensor using a first processing scheme, and process image data from the second image sensor using a second processing scheme. |
| US10326917B2 |
Monitoring camera
A monitoring camera is equipped with a touch sensor in a camera cover glass, which senses positions of objects touching or being close to the cover glass. The touch sensor aids the camera in separating image data depicting objects on the cover glass from image data depicting the monitored scene. This information may be used when choosing image capture settings, by indicating to the camera which image regions are less important to take into account, and to avoid false alarms which otherwise may occur when rain drops or insects on the cover glass are mistaken for events in the scene. |
| US10326914B2 |
Method for digitally printing color selection cards by matching the base inks to the base paints, dyes, or plastics
A system and method are described for the production of color selection swatch cards for point of purchase displays of custom blended paints, textiles or plastics using a digital inkjet printer and custom blended inkjet inks based on a set of base inks that can be blended using commercial match prediction software. The base inks are matched spectrally to the base paints, dyes or plastics. |
| US10326913B2 |
Image processing apparatus that generates halftone image data and image processing method
In order to implement preferred sharpness recovery processing for an image, an image processing apparatus which generates, based on input image data, halftone image data used for an image forming process of forming an image on a print medium. The apparatus converts the input image data into color material amount data used for the image forming process; performs, on the color material amount data, gamma correction to compensate for non-linearity of an input/output density in the image forming process; performs, on the color material amount data after the gamma correction, recovery processing to compensate for sharpness degradation of an image formed by the image forming process; and performs halftone processing on the color material amount data after the recovery processing to generate halftone image data. |
| US10326911B2 |
Mitigating dot placement errors for a print job
A system, method, and non-transitory computer readable medium are disclosed for mitigating dot placement errors for a given print job. The method includes processing tone values on a per pixel basis to determine whether to implement plane dependence. Plane independence is implemented if the tone value exceeds a predetermined threshold. The method may be performed on a pixel by pixel basis and/or a print object or region basis. Determining whether to implement plane dependence may involve de-asserting or partially de-asserting a plane dependence component of an executed half-toning instruction between sequentially processed color planes of a printing system. |
| US10326909B2 |
Selecting colorant amount for printing
A method for selecting a colorant amount for printing is described in which a maximum optical density of an image is identified. The maximum optical density is compared to with a threshold optical density, and when the threshold is exceeded, dot cluster sizes from a first lookup table are selected, otherwise, dot cluster sizes from a second lookup table are selected. A colorant thickness corresponding to the selected dot cluster sizes is selected for printing the image. |
| US10326908B2 |
Image reading apparatus and image reading method
An image reading apparatus includes: N sensor chips arranged in a first direction and each including a plurality of image pickup elements arranged in the first direction; N optical systems that form, on the N sensor chips, reduced-size images of N reading ranges arranged in the first direction on a document; and an image processing section that uses image data of overlap regions to obtain positions of the overlap regions, obtains, based on the positions and predetermined synthesis reference positions in the overlap regions, magnifications of read images and synthesis positions, performs image processing of correcting the magnifications in the first direction of the image data of the N reading ranges, and combines the image data of the N reading ranges subjected to the image processing, thereby generating synthesized image data. |
| US10326907B2 |
Image processing apparatus and image processing method for a printing apparatus
An image processing apparatus for a printing apparatus. The image processing apparatus includes a recording position acquiring device for acquiring recording positions of a reference image printed by a reference print head and a target image printed by a target print head, a positional deviation amount calculating device for calculating a deviation amount due to a skew with respect to the recording positions of the reference image and the target image, and a positional deviation interpolation image converting device, when there is a remainder of the deviation amount and the predetermined intervals, for adding a weight based on the remainder, and adding a smaller weight than the weight to the reference image or the target image without a remainder and adjoining the reference image or the target image with the remainder, thereby converting the image into a width direction positional deviation interpolation image. |
| US10326905B2 |
Sensory and cognitive milieu in photographs and videos
A method includes receiving a package comprising an image and metadata of the image including ambient condition data, storing the package in a memory, receiving a request for the image, outputting the image in response to the request, determining a context of the request, determining, using the context of the request, a substitute for the ambient condition data, and outputting the substitute for the ambient condition data with the image. |
| US10326904B2 |
On-chip image sensor data compression
Systems and methods are disclosed that capture and compress frames of pixel data. In an implementation, an image sensor chip is configured to convert light into pixel data and generate compressed pixel data at a variable compression rate including applying a transform to pixel data associated with a pixel category from a plurality of pixel categories. The variable compression rate is within an available bandwidth of an output bus configured to output the compressed pixel data. |
| US10326893B2 |
Image forming apparatus, information notifying method, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing instructions therefor
In an image forming apparatus, a controller is configured to receive an e-mail stored in a mail server through a network interface, generate identification information corresponding to image data attached to the received e-mail, store, in a storage, the identification information, a transmission source address of the e-mail to which to the image data corresponding to the identification information is attached, and the image data corresponding to the identification information, in an associated manner, cause a printer to print a particular image corresponding to the identification information, identify the identification information in the particular image read by an image reader, retrieve, from the storage, the transmission source address of the e-mail to which the image data corresponding to the identification information identified in the identifying process, and transmit an e-mail addressed to the transmission source address retrieved in the address retrieval step to the mail server. |
| US10326892B2 |
Remote support system and recording medium
A remote support system includes: an image processing apparatus; an information terminal apparatus; and an information processing apparatus serving for remote support. The image processing apparatus and the information terminal apparatus operate in sync with each other. Either or both of the image processing apparatus and the information terminal apparatus execute the following operations: receiving a synchronous display start command; determining whether or not the image processing apparatus and the information terminal apparatus are operating in sync with each other; obtaining first screen information on the image processing apparatus and second screen information on the information terminal apparatus if the image processing apparatus and the information terminal apparatus are operating in sync with each other; and transmitting the first and second screen information to the information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus reproduces screens on the basis of the first and second screen information received therefrom. |
| US10326888B1 |
Location updates for call routing decisions
A Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) server is configured to provide VoIP services to a plurality of VoIP-capable endpoint devices. Geolocation information identifying a first geographic location of the particular endpoint device is received at the VoIP server and from an application running on a VoIP-capable endpoint device. A second geographic location for an IP address is compared to the first geographic location. In response to a mismatch between the compared geographic locations, a location database is modified to include an entry specifying that the particular endpoint device is located at the first geographic location. For an outgoing telephone call from the endpoint device, the modified entry is used to select a telephone carrier. The outgoing telephone call is routed using the selected telephone carrier. |
| US10326887B2 |
VoIP analog telephone system
A multi-port VoIP telecommunications system that allows the user to gain access to telephone connectivity through the Internet by connecting directly to the Internet or by connecting to the Internet through the existing Internet connection of a computer or cell phone device. The present system includes an Ethernet port, a Wi-Fi receiver to facilitate the transmission and receipt of Internet protocol signals wirelessly, a USB plug connectable to the ATA, connectivity to a home monitoring network and connectivity to Bluetooth devices. |
| US10326884B2 |
Techniques for hybrid behavioral pairing in a contact center system
Techniques for hybrid behavioral pairing in a contact center system are disclosed. In one embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for hybrid behavioral pairing in a contact center system comprising: determining a first ordering of a plurality of contacts according to a behavioral pairing strategy with a balanced contact utilization; determining a second ordering of the plurality of contacts according to a performance-based routing strategy with an unbalanced contact utilization; determining a third ordering of the plurality of agents according to a combination of the first ordering and the second ordering having a skewed contact utilization between the balanced contact utilization and the unbalanced contact utilization; and outputting a hybrid behavioral pairing model based on the third ordering for connecting an agent to a contact of the plurality of contacts in the contact center system. |
| US10326881B2 |
Automated scheduling of contact center agents using real-time analytics
A system for automatically scheduling contact center agents using real-time analytics, comprising an analytics server that receives and analyzes interaction information, a scheduling server that produces scheduling events based on the analysis, and a queuing server that modifies a current state of agent workstations based on the scheduling events, and a method for system for automatically scheduling contact center agents using real-time analytics. |
| US10326879B1 |
System and method for evaluating the quality of a communication session
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for evaluating the quality of a communication session. One of the methods includes identifying, by a communication system, a communication session between one or more users of the communication system, wherein, during the communication session, session data is routed between a first communications device of a first user of the communication system and one or more other communications devices along a communication path; obtaining, from each of a plurality of communication nodes along the communication path, quality data relating to a quality of the communication session at the communication node; generating, using the quality data, a model input to a quality score machine learning model; and providing the model input as input to the quality score machine learning model to generate the estimated quality score for at least the portion of the communication session. |
| US10326878B2 |
Anti-distracted driving systems and methods
An anti-distracted driving system comprises a plurality of transceivers at different locations within a vehicle. Each of the transceivers is operable to receive a signal from a mobile communication device and to output a detection signal indicative of the strength of the received signal. A controller in communication with the transceivers is operable to calculate a corresponding distance of the mobile communication device for each of the detection signals and to determine a location of the mobile communication device within the vehicle based on the distances. The controller can send a signal from a transceiver to a mobile communication device in response to determining that the mobile communication device is near a driver's seat, the signal causing at least one function of the mobile communication device to be inhibited. |
| US10326876B1 |
Mobile communication device self-service client
A system for providing targeted customer assistance to a wireless communication service subscriber comprising a mobile communication device comprising a processor; a display, a non-transitory memory, a radio transceiver, and a self-service client application. The client application comprises trigger signatures and phone numbers related to categories of customer service. The client application initiates a self-service session generates a key associated with the service subscriber, locates a log using the key, records current self-service event information, analyzes the self-service event information, wherein analyzing comprises at least determining a category of customer service of the event information. In response to the event information matching at least one trigger signature, selects a phone number associated with the category of customer service, presents the phone number via an embedded API, and calls a group associated with the category by invoking an embedded API of a dialer, wherein the log is transmitted to the group. |
| US10326875B2 |
System and method for provision of appliance control functionality to a smart device
A system for use in issuing commands to a plurality of appliances each of a specific one of a plurality of different appliance types includes a smart device adapted to transmit command communications and a plurality of low-energy consuming controllers each adapted to transmit a command to a one of the plurality of appliances of a specific one of the plurality of different appliance types in response to receipt of a command communication originating from the smart device. |
| US10326864B2 |
Dynamic orchestration of microservices
A request with data is received at an execution environment of an application. In response to the request, a first network packet is automatically created. The first network packet includes the data, orchestration code and application code of the application. The first network packet is sent to a first network node. The first network node executes a first section of the application code in a node execution environment. The section to be executed is determined based on the orchestration code. In response to the execution, a microservice associated with the application is invoked. Upon receiving a response from the microservice, a second network packet is dynamically generated. The second network packet includes the received response, the orchestration code, and one or more sections of the application code. The second network packet is sent to a second network node. |
| US10326859B2 |
Internet-wide scheduling of transactions
A method and system for distributing content on a network through network-wide transactions is disclosed. The method and system monitors the network using triggered measurement of the performance of an element of the network, dynamically computing, based on the monitoring, the regions of the network with available performance capacity for the transaction to proceed at a given time, determining, based on the computing, a scheduled time for the transaction to proceed, and distributing the content according to a schedule related to the scheduled time. |
| US10326858B2 |
System and method for dynamically generating personalized websites
The present disclosure provides for personalizing content, an outline, and a theme for a web page. Personalizing content can include associating a profile with a web page request; generating a graph including nodes and links based on the profile; generating a plurality of cards from the nodes and the links of the graph; selecting the outline and the theme based on the profile; generating a page code from the plurality of cards, the outline, and the theme; and providing the page code to the web server. |
| US10326857B2 |
User data management
An XML Document Management Server for use within an IP Multimedia Subsystem, IMS, network and being configured to enable IMS subscribers and a network operator to manage supplementary service data stored in a subscription data repository. The Server comprises a first interface or interfaces for receiving supplementary service data requests, and a request parser configured, for each request, to parse the request to determine if it contains both an X-3GPP-Asserted-Private-Identity header and an X-3GPP-Asserted-Identity header. The server further comprises an Sh interface for generating an Sh message corresponding to each request and, in the event that both an X-3GPP-Asserted-Private-Identity header and an X-3GPP-Asserted-Identity header are present in the request, for including these in the Sh message, and for sending the Sh message to said subscription data repository. |
| US10326854B2 |
Method and apparatus for data caching in a communications network
Methods and apparatus for managing data content among in-network caches of a communication network are provided. In some embodiments, multiple registers are maintained for indexing cached data content. Different data content is indexed in different registers based on parameters such as popularity or content freshness. Customized popularity estimators can be applied to each register, and data content may be indexed by different registers as parameters change. Less popular content can be removed from caches as required. In some embodiments, caches can be grouped into clusters, and deletion of data content from a cache may be modified or inhibited if the cluster still requires a copy of that data content. Data content can be moved between caches of a cluster based on popularity. |
| US10326847B1 |
System and method for assessing spatiotemporal impact of emergency events based on social media posting behavior
A method for estimating the impact of an event includes: receiving social media posts, each of the social media posts including content, a timestamp, and a geolocation; grouping the social media posts by geographic region in accordance with the geolocation associated with the social media post and by time window in accordance with the timestamp associated with the social media post; extracting feature vectors from the social media posts, each of the feature vectors corresponding to one group of social media posts; supplying the feature vectors to one or more models of events to generate one or more classifications of the groups of social media posts, each of the models of events corresponding to a different kind of event, and the classifications of the groups indicating the level of impact of the different kinds of events; and operating a device based on the classifications of the groups of social media posts. |
| US10326844B2 |
Cloud enabling resources as a service
One aspect includes a method for constructing a specified virtual solution, comprising: obtaining a solution profile from a solution repository catalog, wherein the solution profile identifies one or more resources for the specified virtual solution; acquiring the one or more resources identified by the solution profile from one or more devices; and assembling the acquired one or more resources in accordance with the solution profile to construct the specified virtual solution. Another aspect includes a method for providing a Resource-as-a-Service (RaaS) functionality in a cloud architecture, comprising: implementing a software defined infrastructure comprising distributed workload placement, location management, and data management; and implementing a RaaS layer comprising resource discovery and registration of capabilities. |
| US10326843B2 |
System, apparatus, and method of managing communication, and recording medium
A communication management system stores session identification information for identifying one or more communication sessions for providing the service, and use state information indicating whether each one of the communication sessions is being used. In response to receiving from a first communication terminal a request for starting communication including first service identification information for identifying a first service, the management system transmits to the first communication terminal a session identification information of one of the communication sessions having the use state information indicating that the communication session is not being used based on determination. |
| US10326841B2 |
Remote data securement on mobile devices
A server determines a status of a client device, wherein if the client device violates the compliance rule, the server accesses a device record established by the server for the client device. The device record comprises data specifying an operating system executing on the client device. The server determines whether the client device lacks an application native to the operating system of the client device with a programming interface that supports direct communication with the at least one computing device for remotely initiating execution of the native application. The server initiates execution of a computer-readable file on the client device in response to determining that the client device lacks the native application, where the computer-readable file comprises a routine for restricting access to a hard disk storage device of the client device without user interaction. |
| US10326839B2 |
External injection of cloud based network functions into network services
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for providing an API description of an external network service and using the API to integrate the external service into a network. An embodiment operates by receiving, from a service provider, a description of an application programming interface (API), transmitting a call to the service provider using the API for creating a new instance of a service and transmitting to the service provider a traffic flow upon which the service will be applied. |
| US10326837B1 |
Data storage system providing unified file/block cloud access
A data storage system includes local data storage devices, network interface circuitry providing an interface to a cloud storage service, and processing circuitry configured and operative to: (1) form a first storage pool and associated first storage objects using first pool units of storage from the first storage pool, the first storage pool using the local data storage devices for underlying real storage, the first storage objects including both file-oriented objects and block-oriented objects; (2) form a second storage pool and associated second storage objects using second pool units of storage from the second storage pool, the second storage pool using the cloud storage service for underlying real storage; and (3) execute one or more of a tiering process and a backup process by which the first storage objects are migrated or copied to corresponding ones of the second storage objects for persistent storage by the cloud storage service. |
| US10326835B1 |
Global data movement in cloud computing environment
A data movement method includes enabling a given data center operatively coupled to one or more other data centers via a communication network to move data between itself and the one or more other data centers in accordance with a peer-to-peer protocol. The given data center and the one or more other data centers thereby form a peer-to-peer network. At least a portion of the given data center and the one or more other data centers are implemented on a cloud computing platform. |
| US10326830B1 |
Multipath tunneling to a service offered at several datacenters
Techniques are disclosed herein regarding interfaces and multipath groups each associated with some of the interfaces to a datacenter. The techniques can include forwarding a network packet to be processed by a service, the service offered on each datacenter such that the network packet can be processed interchangeably at each datacenter. The techniques can also include, selecting one of the multipath groups for outputting of the network packet to the datacenter corresponding to the selected multipath group for processing by the service, the selecting based upon a cost to process the network packet at a respective one of the datacenters corresponding to each of the multipath groups. The techniques can further include, upon determining that the selected multipath group corresponds to a datacenter with an intervening second domain between the device and the corresponding datacenter, encapsulating the network packet for tunneling the network packet through the second domain. |
| US10326828B2 |
Method, apparatus, and system for executing distributed transaction resources
The method includes: receiving, by a first managed object device, a first transaction resource creation request that is sent by an application server and includes an identifier of a first to-be-operated resource, a first execution time, and a first to-be-executed operation; receiving, by a second managed object device, a second transaction resource creation request that is sent by the application server and includes an identifier of a second to-be-operated resource, a second execution time, and a second to-be-executed operation, where the first execution time and the second execution time are the same; successfully creating, by the first managed object device, a first transaction resource according to the first transaction resource creation request, and successfully creating, by the second managed device, a second transaction resource according to the second transaction resource creation request. |
| US10326825B2 |
Apparatus for single workflow for multi-platform mobile application creation and delivery
A System Solution of a Computing device and Computer hardware automatically generates a Data Model with a well-defined structure containing the Business Entity Data and a Service Representation with Services selected by a Business Entity. The System Solution applies the Data Model to an Automatic Application Generator that automatically generates an Application comprising a set of Native Application Clients for all desired platforms (mobile, non-mobile and Cloud), Application Servers, communication protocols, Dashboards, and other components. The output of the Automatic Application Generator provides a set of Application Clients for the particular platforms selected by the Business Entity and interacts with the Operating System of a Client Device. A Dashboard automatically generates Updated Applications based on the selected Services as desired by the Business Entity. The clients and servers communicate via an automatically generated Client-Server Protocol. The System Solution offers the ownership, control and beneficial use of this idea. |
| US10326823B2 |
Remote control authority and authentication
The invention relates to systems and methods to enable a mobile device to be used as a remote control, in order to control one or more remotely controllable objects. In possible embodiments of the invention, proximity-based (or other) remote controls include control authorization to enable the transfer or sharing of control between different remote controls being implemented on different mobile devices, in order to permit different users to transfer or share control of a same remotely controllable object, for example. In other possible embodiments of the invention, a proximity-based (or other) remote control uses control authentication to enable the pairing of a remote control implemented on a device and a remotely controllable object, for example. Various embodiments of control authority and control authentication are possible and anticipated by the invention to address a wide range of practical remote control applications and provide many benefits to users. |
| US10326818B2 |
Maintaining independent states for multiple web browser instances
A method includes receiving a request for a target Web page, the request containing a session identifier (ID) associated with an instance of a Web browser, and determining if the session ID is new or existing. If the session ID is new, the method includes creating a window session object, and initializing the window session object with data defining a state of the instance of the Web browser. If the session ID is existing, the method includes accessing a stored window session object using the session ID, the stored window session object containing data defining a state of the instance of the Web browser, generating the target Web page based on the data, and providing the target Web page to the Web browser. |
| US10326817B2 |
System and method for quality-aware recording in large scale collaborate clouds
An example method includes establishing a communication session between a first participant and a second participant, programming, via a control plane, a stream classifier which is to process packets associated with the communication session with classification logic. The method includes receiving a first packet at the stream classifier and, when the communication session requires recording, applying the classification logic at the stream classifier to route the first packet into a chosen service function path that includes a recording service function which reports media quality data to the control plane. Based on the media quality data, the classification logic is updated to cause a migration of the communication session to a new chosen service function path. |
| US10326816B2 |
Apparatuses and methods for transmitting or receiving a broadcast content via one or more networks
The present invention provides An apparatus for receiving a broadcast content via one or more networks. The apparatus comprises a broadcast network interface for receiving broadcast streams including first protocol packets including first portions of the broadcast content via a broadcast network, a heterogeneity network interface for receiving second protocol packets including a second portion of the broadcast content via a heterogeneity network, and a processor for configuring the broadcast content using the first protocol packets and the second protocol packets based on information included in the third protocol packets. |