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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.
US10327368B2	Panel device including a panel and a support mechanism A panel device including a panel for performing at least one of input and output of information related to operation of a work machine, a panel-side support axis fixed to the panel, a connecting arm that is swingably held by the two support axes, a guide rail formed on the work machine side, a bolt that moves along the guide rail, and a regulating arm attached to the bolt and held so as to be oscillatable by the panel-side support axis. When the connecting arm is oscillated, the oscillation of the connecting arm and the angle of the panel is regulated by the regulating arm.
US10327367B2	Working apparatus and working method A working apparatus includes a component holder that holds a component and mounts the component at a predetermined position of a work. In the working apparatus, the component holder that holds a component is configured to include a pair of grip members that pinch and grip the component, a grip member opening/closing portion that opens and closes the pair of grip members with an opening/closing motor as a drive source, a pair of contact portions that are disposed on the pair of grip members and freely rotate around a rotary shaft provided in an opening/closing direction of the grip member, and a contact portion driving portion that causes a roller, which is provided to be in contact with a side of a nozzle shaft, to convert a lifting and lowering motion of a nozzle shaft into a rotational motion of a spline shaft, and that causes the rotational motion to be transmitted to the contact portion via a plurality of rollers such that the contact portion rotates around the rotary shaft.
US10327366B2	Conveyance robot apparatus A conveyance robot apparatus includes modules positioned in a row; a robot for conveying each of the modules and loading and unloading a magazine tray from one of the modules; a pinion mounted on the robot; racks that are slidably supported on the modules and can mesh with the pinion; and a rack connecting mechanism for connecting adjacent racks to each other.
US10327364B2	Electromagnetic shielding structure having choke structure An electromagnetic-shielding structure includes an electromagnetic-shielding container having an opening, an electromagnetic-shielding cover that is movably attached to the electromagnetic-shielding container between a closing position and an opening position, and a choke structure. The choke structure is disposed so as to be positioned between a circumference of the electromagnetic-shielding container defining the opening and a circumference region of the electromagnetic-shielding cover when the electromagnetic-shielding cover is at the closing position, and includes a plurality of dielectric layers and a plurality of conductive layers that are alternately stacked.
US10327361B2	Managing air temperature within a server rack Managing thermal cycles of air temperature within a server rack includes: monitoring air temperature within the server rack; determining that the monitored temperature has fallen below a predetermined minimum threshold; and increasing air temperature within the server rack including capturing warm ambient air.
US10327356B2	Electronic apparatus An electronic apparatus includes a substrate, a heat radiating member which faces the substrate with a gap therebetween, a fixing assembly which fixes the heat radiating member to the substrate, a heat transfer plate disposed on a side of the substrate with respect to the heat radiating member, and a thermal bonding material which is interposed between the heat radiating member and the heat transfer plate, and has elasticity, wherein an electronic device is inserted between the substrate and the heat transfer plate.
US10327351B2	Sled, tray, and shelf assembly for computer data center An arrangement for mounting and supporting a plurality of cylindrical form or other computer systems, for example Apple Mac Pro cylindrical form computer systems, in a data center so as to optimize cooling air flow, access to cabling, and maximized use of space. A plurality of shelf assemblies is mounted to a computer center rack. Each shelf assembly comprises a tray that supports a pair of slidable sleds. Each sled supports a cylindrical form computer enclosure in an axially horizontal configuration, and includes a sled face that exposes a top surface of a computer enclosure. Air flow perforations in the sled face direct air into the space behind the sled face and across a mounted computer enclosure. The tray and sled provides a convenient arrangement for power and communications cabling, as well as directs a cooling air flow through openings in the trays and sleds upwardly across computer enclosures.
US10327345B2	Electric device and display device comprising the same An electric device including a first metal layer, a second metal layer, and a buffer layer. The first metal layer includes a first groove. The second metal layer includes a second groove. The buffer layer is located between the first metal layer and the second metal layer. A through hole passes through the first metal layer, the buffer layer and the second metal layer. The bottom of the first groove is interconnected with the bottom of the second groove via the through hole. The width of the second groove is greater than the width of the first groove.
US10327335B2	Connection structure and image pickup apparatus A connection structure includes: a wiring board including a plurality of first electrodes that are arranged on a principal surface; a molded interconnect device (MID) made of a non-electroconductive resin as a base material, the MID including a side surface and a bottom surface, the bottom surface being parallel to the principal surface of the wiring board and including a plurality of arranged second electrodes, and the side surface being perpendicular to the principal surface of the wiring board; and a plurality of electroconductive members each made of an electroconductive paste, each of the electroconductive members electrically connecting each of the plurality of first electrodes to each of the plurality of second electrodes, in which the plurality of electroconductive members are housed in respective reservoir sections formed by the second member and are not in contact with the non-electroconductive resin.
US10327333B2	Electronic circuit arrangement and method of manufacturing the same The present invention relates to an electronic circuit arrangement (10) comprising: a substrate (12) having a first surface (12a) and a second surface (12b), an electronic circuit, an electrical connection part (16) for providing an electrical connection to the electronic circuit and being arranged on the first surface (12a), and at least one electrical wire (18). The electrical wire (18) comprises at least one conductive core (20) and an isolation (22) surrounding the conductive core (20). An end portion (18a) of the electrical wire (18) is an isolation-free portion for allowing access to the conductive core (20), wherein the end portion (18a) of the electrical wire (18) is connected to the electrical connection part (16). At least one through-hole (24) extending from the first surface (12a) to the second surface (12b) is provided in the substrate (12), wherein the electrical wire (18) is arranged through the through-hole (24).
US10327329B2	Tamper-respondent assembly with flexible tamper-detect sensor(s) overlying in-situ-formed tamper-detect sensor Tamper-respondent assemblies and methods of fabrication are provided which include an enclosure, an in-situ-formed tamper-detect sensor, and one or more flexible tamper-detect sensors. The enclosure encloses, at least in part, one or more electronic components to be protected, and the in-situ-formed tamper-detect sensor is formed in place over an inner surface of the enclosure. The flexible tamper-detect sensor(s) is disposed over the in-situ-formed tamper-detect sensor, such that the in-situ-formed tamper-detect sensor is between the inner surface of the enclosure and the flexible tamper-detect sensor(s). Together the in-situ-formed tamper-detect sensor and flexible tamper-detect sensor(s) facilitate defining, at least in part, a secure volume about the one or more electronic components.
US10327328B2	Printed circuit board To provide a printed circuit board that allows for easy exchange of only a deterioration detection conductor, and can reduce costs. A printed circuit board includes: a main printed circuit board in which a wiring pattern is formed on an insulated substrate; and a deterioration detection wiring board in which deterioration detection wiring (deterioration detection wiring pattern) which is wiring having a form whereby deterioration is promoted compared to the wiring pattern on the insulated substrate is formed on a separate insulated substrate from the main printed circuit board, and is exchangeably connected to the main printed circuit board in a vicinity thereof by way of a replacement-enabling connection part. One mode of the replacement-enabling connection part of the printed circuit board is a connection part (solder joint) constituted by solder, another mode thereof is a connection part (electrically conductive adhesive connection part) constituted by electrically conductive adhesive, and yet another mode thereof is a connection part (cable) constituted by a cable.
US10327326B2	Electronic device with encapsulated circuit assembly having an integrated metal layer Embodiments are directed to a circuit assembly for an electronic device having an electromagnetic shield that defines a sensing element or contact pad along an outer surface of the assembly. The circuit assembly includes a group of electrical components attached to a surface of a printed circuit board. A molded structure may encapsulate the group of electrical components and at least a portion of the surface of the printed circuit board. A metal layer may be formed over an outer surface of the molded structure. The metal layer may define both a shield portion configured to provide shielding for one or more of the group of electrical components and an electrode configured to detect an input applied to the electronic device.
US10327318B2	Adjusting a beam diameter and an aperture angle of a laser beam Beam guiding devices for guiding a laser beam, in particular in a direction towards a target region for producing extreme ultraviolet (EUV) radiation, include an adjustment device for adjusting a beam diameter and an aperture angle of the laser beam. The adjustment device includes a first mirror having a first curved reflecting surface, a second mirror having a second curved reflecting surface, a third mirror having a third curved reflecting surface, a fourth mirror having a fourth curved reflecting surface, and a movement device configured to adjust the beam diameter and the aperture angle of the laser beam by moving the first reflecting surface and the fourth reflecting surface relative to one another and, independently thereof, moving the second reflecting surface and the third reflecting surface together relative to the first reflecting surface and the fourth reflecting surface.
US10327317B2	Mobile wireless terminal A mobile wireless terminal includes a metal casing, a printed wiring board disposed in the metal casing and including a ground conductor thereon, the ground conductor defining a ground plane for both a power supply circuit and an antenna, a capacitor connected to the metal casing and the ground conductor, and an overcurrent protective element connected to the metal casing and the ground conductor and having an operating voltage higher than a maximum instantaneous value of a commercial power supply voltage. A capacitance of the overcurrent protective element may be smaller than a capacitance of the capacitor. The capacitor may be a multilayer ceramic capacitor, and the overcurrent protective element may be a discharge gap overcurrent protective element.
US10327315B2	Lighting apparatus and lighting system supporting a mesh network A lighting apparatus includes an apparatus communicator and an apparatus controller. The apparatus communicator wirelessly transmits and receives information on operations of the lighting apparatuses. The apparatus controller interprets: a mesh profile which is a communications protocol for the lighting apparatus to transmit and receive the information to and from another lighting apparatus and a communication terminal forming a mesh network, and a user profile which is a communications protocol for the lighting apparatus and the communication terminal to communicate with each other, the user profile being set depending the communication terminal.
US10327314B1	System for integrated remote control of wireless lighting device and wireless electric and electronic devices in wireless network environment Disclosed is a system for integrated remote control of wireless lighting devices and wireless electric/electronic devices in a wireless network environment. In the wireless network environment, a management server transmits a lighting control command and a device control command for individually driving and controlling wireless lighting devices and wireless electric/electronic devices to the wireless lighting devices on a main wireless node (i.e., first wireless node) over a communication network. Therefore, a user can wirelessly and remotely drive and control various wireless electric/electronic devices as well as wireless lighting devices through the management server without time and place constrains.
US10327313B2	Lighting devices and lighting systems A lighting device includes a light emitting module, a driver, a wireless communication module, and a signal converter. The light emitting module includes light emitting elements and an antenna pattern. The light emitting elements are mounted on a first surface of a circuit board. The antenna pattern is in the first surface or a second surface of the circuit board. The driver sets current applied to the light emitting elements based on control data including current setting information. The control data is wirelessly received through the antenna pattern from an external user terminal. The light emitting module includes a wireless communication module directly connected to the antenna pattern to receive the control data, and a signal converter to convert the control data to a control signal and provide the control signal to the driver.
US10327311B2	Lighting Enhancements to ornamental or holiday lighting are disclosed including remote control ornamental illumination with color pallet control whereby a user can vary the color/intensity/appearance of an individual bulb or entire light string by selecting the electronic address of the bulb and selecting its attribute. Further disclosures include: motion responsive lights which respond to sensed movement, gesture controlled lights, adjustable white color/white led sets, connectable multi-function lights, controller to sequence lights to music or other input source, rotating projection led light/tree top/table top unit, and remote controlled sequencing icicle lights and ornament lighting system.
US10327310B2	Backup power for distributed lighting system and method A lighting control system that allows for flexible control of low-voltage LED light fixtures connected to an output of a digital power module such that during “normal” operation where the digital power module is receiving electrical power from the building electrical system, the digital power module controls the connected light fixtures according to a first control scheme and in the event of an interruption of building electrical power (“emergency” operation), the system receives backup power and control the connected light fixtures according to a second control scheme.
US10327306B2	Data generation method, data reproduction method, data generation device and data reproduction device A data generation method is for generating video data that covers a second luminance dynamic range wider than a first luminance dynamic range and has reproduction compatibility with a first device that does not support reproduction of video having the second luminance dynamic range and supports reproduction of video having the first luminance dynamic range, and includes: generating a video signal to be included in the video data using a second OETF; storing, into VUI in the video data, first transfer function information for identifying a first OETF to be referred to by the first device when the first device decodes the video data; and storing, into SEI in the video data, second transfer function information for identifying a second OETF to be referred to by a second device supporting reproduction of video having the second luminance dynamic range when the second device decodes the video data.
US10327304B2	Light emitting device for vehicle, lighting device for vehicle, and lighting tool for vehicle A light emitting device for a vehicle includes a substrate; a light emitting element which is provided on the substrate; a resistive element which is provided on the substrate, and connected in series with the light emitting element; and a thermistor which is provided on the substrate. The thermistor has a positive temperature coefficient, and is connected in parallel with the resistive element.
US10327298B1	Solid-state lighting with an adapted control voltage An LED luminaire comprises a power switching driver, LED array(s) powered by the power switching driver, and a detection and control circuit. The detection and control circuit comprises a voltage sensing circuit, a current sensing circuit, a voltage regulator circuit, an optocoupler circuit, and a pair of low-voltage input ports receiving an external voltage. The detection and control circuit is configured to extract an electrical signal from an output voltage, an output current driving the LED array(s), and the external voltage and to couple an optical feedback signal to the power switching driver. The external voltage comprises a voltage sent from a motion sensor, an adapted control voltage from a daylight sensor, or both to control the power switching driver to offset lighting amount of the LED luminaire to reduce energy consumption in response to changing daylight availability when a motion is detected.
US10327297B2	Control circuit, control method and LED driving circuit thereof A control circuit for an LED driving circuit having a rectifier and a power transistor for driving an LED load, can include: a control signal regulation circuit configured to control a driving voltage of the power transistor to vary with a rectifier output voltage to control the variation of a current flowing through the power transistor to be consistent with that of the rectifier output voltage to decrease a power loss of the power transistor; and the control signal regulation circuit being configured to control the driving voltage of the power transistor to vary with the rectifier output voltage to control the variation of the current flowing through the power transistor to be opposite to that of the rectifier output voltage to improve a power factor of the LED driving circuit.
US10327296B2	Dimming circuit, dimming method and LED driving circuit There is provided a dimming circuit, a dimming method and a LED driving circuit. On the basis of the dimming of a dimmer, the circuit according to the disclosure generates a plurality of current reference signals corresponding to a plurality of loads in accordance with a dimming signal, to change a ratio of load currents of the plurality of loads, so that, the adjustment of color temperature is implemented, wherein the dimming signal represents the changes of switching operation or dimming speed of the dimmer, and the ratio of current load currents of the plurality of loads is latched or a predetermined ratio of load currents is latched. According to the disclosure, the dimmer can be used for directly adjusting color temperature, without the need for a MCU, so that, the system compatibility is improved and the cost is decreased.
US10327294B2	Voltage-dependent connection of individual light sources A method for operating a lighting device having multiple light sources may include determining a measure of a supply voltage and switching the light sources into one or more parallel strands, wherein the light sources in each strand are connected in series, in each case according to the measured value of the supply voltage. Automatic determination of a number of light sources in at least one of the strands, the number corresponding to the largest whole number which, when multiplied by a specifiable forward voltage of each of the light sources, is less than the measured value of the supply voltage. During switching of the light sources the exact number of light sources determined in the at least one strand is connected in series.
US10327292B2	Resonant DC-to-DC drivers One aspect of the invention provides a DC-to-DC driver for at least one light-emitting diode (LED). The driver includes: a converter configured to drive the at least one light emitting diode (LED). The converter includes: an inverter; a rectifier configured to be coupled to the at least one LED; and a resonant tank coupled between the inverter and the rectifier. The resonant tank includes at least two inductors and at least three capacitors. Another aspect of the invention provides a lamp including: at least one light-emitting diode (LED); and the DC-to-DC converter of any of the embodiments of the invention described herein electrically coupled to the at least one light-emitting diode (LED).
US10327291B2	Lamp driver for an LED lamp and LED lamp for placement into a fluorescent lamp fixture A lamp driver for an LED lamp is provided, comprising a voltage input port for connecting the lamp driver to a power source, a relay that is switchable between an energized state and a de-energized state according to a pick-up voltage, and a relay controller circuit that connects the relay to the voltage input port and that is switchable between a conducting state and an non-conducting state according to a threshold voltage, wherein the pick-up voltage is smaller than the threshold voltage.
US10327283B2	Home appliance The present disclosure relates to a home appliance. The home appliance includes a dispensing port, a heating flow path part communicating with the dispensing port, a heating device for heating water flowing through the heating flow path part, and a controller controlling the heating device. The heating device includes a coil part in which coils are stacked in multilayers.
US10327281B2	Determining the significance of sensors A computer-implemented method includes identifying one or more sensor identifiers; identifying one or more activity conclusions; and identifying one or more activity derivation rules each associated with at least one of the one or more sensor identifiers and at least one of the one or more activity conclusions. The computer-implemented method further includes determining, for each of the one or more sensor identifiers, an overall predominance value based on at least one of the one or more activity derivation rules, wherein the predominance value is an estimation of the synergic significance of each of the one or more sensor identifiers to the one or more activity derivation rules. A corresponding computer program product and computer system are also disclosed.
US10327275B2	Network controlled and deployment based increased primary cell measurements Communication systems may benefit from appropriate measurements of transmitters. For example, certain communication systems using dual connectivity may benefit from network controlled and deployment based increased primary cell measurements. A method can include configuring, by a network element, a user equipment to perform measurements on both a master cell group and a secondary cell group, according to activity in the secondary cell group.
US10327273B2	Receiving terminal and transmitting terminal A receiving terminal includes: a receiver configured to receive a data unit configured by data and a header, from the transmitting terminal in the D2D communication; and a controller configured to hold the data unit including a compressed header for a predetermined period even if decoding the compressed header is failed when the compressed header is used as the header. In the D2D communication, a timing at which a receiving entity is formed in the receiving terminal differs from a timing at which a transmitting entity is formed in the transmitting terminal.
US10327271B2	Electronic apparatus and controlling method thereof An electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus comprises a speaker; a microphone; a communicator configured to communicate with an external electronic apparatus; and a processor configured to: activate the microphone in response to receiving information indicating that the external electronic apparatus is in an initial setting state through the communicator, the information being broadcasted by the external electronic apparatus via a first wireless communication method, in response to receiving a sound output by the external electronic apparatus through the microphone, generate an inverted sound by inverting a phase of the received sound, output the inverted sound through the speaker such that the sound output by the external electronic apparatus is offset by the inverted sound, and obtain address information of the external electronic apparatus for wireless communication with the external electronic apparatus from the sound received through the microphone.
US10327270B2	Device and method for handling a feature The present invention provides methods and devices for a network to inform a user equipment which network slice is attached successfully and which network slice is prohibited to attach.
US10327266B2	Method for performing random access procedure One embodiment of the present specification provides a method for performing a random access procedure. The method can comprise the steps of: generating a random access preamble to a first cell; generating a random access preamble to a second cell; determining whether the random access preamble to the first cell and the random access preamble to the second cell are triggered so as to be simultaneously transmitted in the same subframe; selecting the random access preamble to any one of the cells according to a pre-set priority when triggered so as to be simultaneously transmitted; and transmitting the any one selected random access preamble.
US10327264B2	Determining a request for system information Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for determining a request for system information. One apparatus includes a processor that: determines whether system information used by the apparatus is scheduled to be transmitted; and in response to the system information not being scheduled to be transmitted, determines whether the system information is requested by a second apparatus.
US10327255B2	Method and apparatus for signal interference processing A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method for measuring a power level in at least a portion of a plurality of resource blocks occurring in a radio frequency spectrum, wherein the measuring occurs for a plurality of time cycles to generate a plurality of power level measurements, calculating a baseline power level according to at least a portion of the plurality of power levels, determining a threshold from the baseline power level, and monitoring at least a portion of the plurality of resource blocks for signal interference according to the threshold. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10327252B2	Method and apparatus for receiving V2X message Provided are a method of receiving a vehicle to everything (V2X) message by a base station in a wireless communication system, and an apparatus supporting the method. The method may include: receiving, from a multi-cell coordination entity (MCE), local multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS) distribution information including an internet protocol (IP) multicast address; receiving, from the MCE, an indication indicating whether the local MBMS distribution information is allocated by a local MBMS entity (LME); and receiving the V2X message by joining the IP multicast address on the basis of the indication and the local MBMS distribution information, wherein the local MBMS distribution information is information for IP multicast distribution of MBMS user plane data.
US10327247B2	Methods for transmitting and receiving of control channel in wireless communication systems A method of transmitting and receiving a control channel in a wireless communication system is provided. A base station allocates a data channel to a radio resource, adds start position information of the data channel into a payload of a control channel, and performs signaling for indication information on the start position information added into the payload of the control channel to a terminal. Accordingly, the legacy system and the enhanced system can efficiently transmit a control channel.
US10327243B2	Device-to-device (D2D) operation method performed by terminal in wireless communications system and terminal using same Provided are a device-to-device (D2D) operation method performed by a terminal in a wireless communications system and a terminal using the same. The method comprises receiving a D2D setting from a cell, wherein the D2D setting comprises a frequency indicator indicating a frequency at which a terminal performs a D2D operation according to the D2D setting.
US10327238B2	Method and apparatus for performing blind detection in wireless communication system A method and apparatus for determining a length of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) (or, a partial subframe) in a wireless communication system is provided. A user equipment (UE) detects at least one of starting orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol or ending OFDM symbol of a PDSCH in an unlicensed carrier, and determines the length of the PDSCH in the unlicensed carrier based on the at least one of the starting OFDM symbol or the ending OFDM symbol of the PDSCH in the unlicensed carrier. The UE may detect the at least one of starting OFDM symbol or ending OFDM symbol based on a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) or a reference signal (RS) pattern.
US10327237B2	Hybrid duplex communication method, BS and terminal The present disclosure provides a hybrid duplex communication method and apparatus. Configuration information is obtained. The configuration information includes locations of special sub-frames on the first carrier, and a transmission direction of each sub-frame on the second carrier. Sounding Reference Symbol (SRS) is sent on a special sub-frame. when all sub-frames on the second carrier are UL sub-frames, the UE may communicate with the BS on the first carrier and the second carrier according to the FDD mode; when the second carrier is used for UL and DL transmission in time division multiplexing mode, the UE may communicate with the BS on DL resources of the first carrier and UL resources of the second carrier according to the FDD mode, and/or, the UE may communicate with the BS on DL resources of the second carrier and UL resources of the second carrier according to the TDD mode.
US10327236B2	Secondary cell in a wireless device and wireless network A base station transmits to a wireless device at least one message. The message comprises configuration parameters of a plurality of cells grouped into a plurality of physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) groups. The configuration parameters comprise a primary PUCCH group comprising a primary cell with a primary PUCCH. The configuration parameters further comprise a secondary PUCCH group. The secondary PUCCH group comprises a PUCCH secondary cell with a secondary PUCCH and a first secondary cell. The base station deactivates a state of the PUCCH secondary cell for the wireless device in response to a deactivation condition for the PUCCH secondary cell being met. The base station stops reception of channel state information for the first secondary cell. The base station stops reception of positive acknowledgement and negative acknowledgement via the PUCCH secondary cell from the wireless device.
US10327235B2	Scrambling sequence design for multi-mode block discrimination on DCI blind detection Methods and devices are described for encoding and decoding control information that has been modulated based on one or more identifiers of the transmitter and/or receiver. Some embodiments describe scrambling sequence design for multi-mode block discrimination on downlink control information (DCI) blind detection. Separate scrambling masks may be applied to disparate bit fields within a coded DCI message, wherein each of the scrambling masks is derived from a unique identifier associated with either the transmitter or the intended receiver. The scrambling masks may be used by the receiver to perform early termination of the decoding process, to mitigate intercell interference, and to verify that the receiver is the intended receiver.
US10327234B2	Blind decoding of (E)PDCCH for partial subframes The invention relates to a method for blind decoding control signal candidates, preconfigured by a base station for a user equipment in a control region of each subframe. A plurality of starting positions is preconfigured between two subsequent subframe boundaries. The subframe is either a partial subframe or a full subframe. A first set of control signal candidates is preconfigured for the UE for the first starting position, and further sets of control signal candidates are preconfigured for the remaining starting positions. The number of control signal candidates of at least one of the further sets is less than the number of control signal candidates of the first set. For each subframe, the UE, for at least the first starting position out of the plurality of starting positions, blind decodes the set of control signal candidates preconfigured for that starting position to receive the one or more control signals.
US10327228B2	Scalable WLAN gateway A technique for combining transmission bandwidths of several communication devices, such as mobile stations is disclosed. A master mobile station establishes a WLAN access point communicating with WLAN client terminals. One or more slave mobile stations may detect a predefined network identifier and join the WLAN network. The master as-signs IP addresses for the client terminals and slave mobile stations. The master also resolves DNS queries in cooperation with external DNS servers. Traffic, including internet packets, between the client terminals and various internet hosts is tunneled over multiple simultaneous transmission paths between the master and a multiplexing/demultiplexing computer. The inventive band-width combination technique is transparent to the client terminals and the internet hosts.
US10327223B2	Method and apparatus for performing switching control between uplink and sidelink in wireless communication system A method and apparatus for performing switching control between uplink (UL) and sidelink (SL) in a wireless communication system is provided. A user equipment (UE) receives control information for a transmission direction of a specific type of communication from a network, and determines one of the UL or the SL as the transmission direction of the specific type of communication based on the control information. The specific type of communication may correspond to vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication.
US10327219B2	Timing based UE positioning in shared cell environment The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for determining the location of a wireless device in a shared cell deployment/system. In some embodiments, a method of operation of one or more network nodes comprises obtaining separate samples of at least a portion of one or more uplink transmissions received by at least a subset of a plurality of Receive/Transmit (R/T) points in a shared cell from a wireless device. The separate samples comprise, for each R/T point of the at least a subset of the plurality of R/T points in the shared cell, a sample of at least a portion of an uplink transmission received by the R/T point from the wireless device. The method further comprises performing multilateration based on range estimates for ranges between the wireless device and the at least a subset of the plurality of R/T points determined from the separate samples.
US10327217B2	Techniques for device registration and prioritization in a cellular as a service environment Embodiments of the present invention provide techniques for registering devices with a distributed antenna system (DAS) and managing access to one or more mobile networks provided through the DAS. The DAS may include a centralized hub that may interface with various base stations to provide one or more mobile networks in a DAS deployment. In some embodiments, the centralized hub may communicate with one or more remote units that convert signals received from the centralized hub to be communicated using one of the distributed antennas. When a device attempts to connect to the mobile network, an access manager in the DAS can determine whether the device can access the mobile network. Access can be determined based on device registration with the DAS. In various embodiments, different service levels may be made available to different users, devices, types of traffic, etc. by the DAS.
US10327215B2	Synchronization control method within wireless network, wireless network and smart home device The present disclosure relates to the smart home field, disclosing a synchronization control method within wireless network, a wireless network and a smart home device. In the present disclosure, controlling a terminal to broadcast a control command directed at multiple smart home devices; characterized in, the control command carries a count-down time duration for command execution time; continuing to broadcast the control command by a smart home device which receives the control command within its wireless broadcast coverage area, and carrying in the broadcasted control command the processing time for the smart home device to process the control command; determining command execution time by respective smart home devices to execute the control command according to the count-down time duration in the received control command, as well as the total processing time of respective smart home devices which the control command passes on its transmission path. The present disclosure enables respective devices in smart home system to achieve synchronization control, greatly improving user experience.
US10327211B2	Electronic apparatus, wireless signal receiving method thereof and systems having the same Disclosed are an electronic apparatus, a wireless signal receiving method thereof and systems having the same, which can prevent a problem in that when a first wireless module receives a first wireless signal, the first wireless signal is distorted due to an interference by a second wireless module for transmitting and receiving a second wireless signal, thereby resulting in malfunctions or errors in data reception. The electronic apparatus includes a first wireless module configured to receive, or transmit and receive a first wireless signal corresponding to a user's input from, or to and from an external apparatus, a second wireless module configured to transmit and receive a second wireless signal different from the first wireless signal via a network, and a controller configured to determine whether the first wireless signal received is a normal signal, and control a power supplied to the second wireless module, based on the determination.
US10327210B2	Low power consumption communication method and apparatus The present invention discloses a low power consumption communication method. The method includes: obtaining, by a first network device, a data interval policy, where the data interval policy is determined according to a task status of the first network device, and the data interval policy includes a data segment length and a time interval between data segments; sending, by the first network device, the data interval policy to a second network device; and sending, by the first network device, data to the second network device according to the data interval policy or receiving data that is sent by the second network device according to the data interval policy. an electric quantity can be recovered in a time interval between data segments by using a battery recovery effect, thereby reducing electricity consumption during communication, and prolonging a usage time of a battery of a network device.
US10327206B2	Method and apparatus for controlling TCP packets in communication system Embodiments herein provide a TCP optimizer (TO) and method for controlling TCP packets due to closure of a TCP connection for power saving. The method includes monitoring TCP closures, for controlling the TCP packets. The TO can be configured to determine a pattern of TCP packets based on a plurality of parameters associated with a TCP connection. Further, the TO can be configured to detect that the pattern corresponds to a TCP closure retransmission or TCP zero window closure category based on a historic pattern of TCP packets. Further, the TO can be configured to terminate the TCP connection. The proposed method allows controlling TCP packets to save power in a mobile device thus improving the life time of a battery of the mobile device.
US10327204B2	Method and apparatus for power saving mode operation in wireless LAN A method and a corresponding apparatus, for a power saving mode operation in a wireless LAN, the method including: an AP transmitting, on the basis of a virtual bitmap of a TIM element comprised in a beacon frame, a PS-poll request frame to a plurality of target STAs that have received the indication of the existence of pended downlink data; the AP receiving, on overlapped time resources, each of a plurality of PS-poll frames from each of a plurality of PS-poll transmission STAs that are indicated on the basis of the PS-poll request frame among the plurality of target STAs; and the AP, on the overlapped time resources, transmitting each of a plurality of downlink frames to each of the plurality of PS-poll transmission STAs as a response to each of the plurality of PS-poll frames.
US10327188B2	Method and apparatus for cell reselection A method and wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) are disclosed that is configured to perform cell reselection to another cell when the WTRU is in a CELL_FACH state using an Enhanced-Dedicated Channel (E-DCH). The cell reselection is based on internal measurements by the WTRU. Alternatively, the cell reselection can be WTRU based on the WTRU measurements reported to the network.
US10327186B2	Aggregated beacons for per station control of multiple stations across multiple access points in a wireless communication network A technique for providing per station control of multiple stations in a wireless network across multiple access points. A look-up table that assigns a station connected to the access point and at least one communication parameter to each of a plurality of persistent, uniquely-assigned BSSIDs (Basic Service Set Identifiers) is stored. An access point responds to messages addressed one of the plurality of persistent, uniquely-assigned BSSIDs and ignores messages addressed to other BSSIDs. Persistence of the BSSID allows the controller to maintain individual control over each station after moving to a second access point of the plurality of access points. A frame comprising the plurality of BSSIDs corresponding to each connected station aggregated into the frame is generated. The frame is transmitted to the plurality of stations. Responsive to a station of the plurality of stations being handed-off to a different access point, a uniquely-assigned BSSID corresponding to the station is deleted from the look-up table.
US10327184B2	Handoffs between access points in a Wi-Fi environment Techniques disclosed herein include systems and methods for providing active mobility of Wi-Fi enabled devices within a given wireless local area network (WLAN). In general, techniques include dynamically commanding Wi-Fi enabled devices to disconnect from a corresponding access point in response to meeting predetermined conditions. A forced disconnect can be based on various criteria such as low-power or lost packet thresholds triggering the forced disconnect. Such techniques cause a Wi-Fi enabled device to disconnect from one access point and connect to another access point before a connection quality deteriorates to a point that causes noticeable interruptions in connectivity or a generally poor experience, thereby enabling a smooth transition among access points.
US10327182B2	Cell selection method and apparatus A cell selection method and an apparatus are provided. The method includes: performing, by a terminal, cell measurement; obtaining, by the terminal, cell selection auxiliary information; and performing, by the terminal, cell selection or cell reselection according to a cell measurement result and the cell selection auxiliary information. By using the method, the terminal can select a more suitable cell.
US10327177B1	Dynamic service and policy control based on radio condition notifications A system for receiving, by a policy and charging rules function (PCRF) device and from a packet data network gateway (PGW) device, a signaling message for a subscriber data session, the signaling message including first radio condition notification (RCN) data identifying an amount/level of data service throughput available at a location with respect to a radio access network (RAN); generating, responsive to the signaling message, a request for the subscriber's quality of service (QoS) and policy information; sending the request for QoS and policy information to a home subscriber server (HSS) device; receiving, from the HSS device, the subscriber's QoS and policies; determining, based on the QoS and policies and the amount/level of data service throughput, QoS and policy decisions applicable to the subscriber at the location; and sending the QoS and policy decisions to the PGW device for implementation via the RAN.
US10327175B2	Methods, systems, and computer readable media for operating a telecommunications network using an on-premises computing system and an off-premises cloud computing system Methods, systems, and computer readable media for operating a telecommunications network using an on-premises computing system and an off-premises cloud computing system. In some examples, a method includes executing, at an on-premises computing system including at least one processor, one or more network-impacting telecommunications functions for the telecommunications network. The method includes offloading, at the on-premises computing system using an on-premises network, one or more other telecommunications functions for the telecommunications network to an off-premises cloud computing system remote from the on-premises network.
US10327173B1	Structure of MAC sub-header for supporting next generation mobile communication system and method and apparatus using the same A communication technique of fusing a fifth generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data transmission rate beyond a fourth generation (4G) system with an Internet of things (IoT) technology and a system thereof are provided. The communication technique may be used for an intelligent service (for example, a smart home, a smart building, a smart city, a smart car or a connected car, health care, digital education, a retail business, a security and safety related service, or the like) based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT related technology. A method for defining media access control (MAC) sub-header structures suitable for a next generation mobile communication system and applying the MAC sub-header structures to provide a high data transmission rate and a low latency in the next generation mobile communication system is provided.
US10327169B2	Method for terminal for carrying out V2X communication in wireless communication system and terminal utilizing the method Provided are a method for a terminal for carrying out vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication in wireless communication system and a terminal utilizing the method. The method is characterized by acquiring resource allocation information associated with V2X communication from a neighboring cell, and reporting the resource allocation information associated with V2X communication to the serving cell.
US10327165B2	Methods and systems for monitoring mobile networks This invention relates to methods and systems for monitoring mobile service quality in a mobile network and also for determining parts of a mobile network which need expansion or upgrade. Embodiments of the invention monitor the market impact and/or service quality, and determine an expansion ranking. The market impact, service quality and/or expansion ranking may view the network from a plurality of perspectives, including a location perspective, an historical time perspective, a future time perspective and/or a network element type perspective. The results of the monitoring and determining can be acted on by predetermined rules and/or actions to derive a list of prioritized expansion tasks for the network.
US10327163B2	User equipment and protocol and methods for device-to-device communication Embodiments of a UE and methods for D2D communication are generally described herein. The UE may transmit, as part of an in-network communication session, a D2D discovery status message. The D2D discovery status message may indicate an initiation or termination of a D2D discovery operation at the UE and may indicate if the UE is announcing or monitoring as part of the D2D discovery operation. The D2D discovery operation may be at least partly for configuring a D2D communication session between the UE and one or more other UEs. The UE may transmit, as part of the D2D discovery operation, a D2D discovery signal for reception at one or more other UEs. The UE may transmit and receive D2D packets over a direct link to a second UE as part of the D2D communication session.
US10327162B2	Control device, base station, control method, and storage medium A control device configured to control communication between a terminal and a base station manages, concerning the communication, first information representing a part of a number corresponding to an order of a packet and held by each of the terminal and the base station and second information representing another part of the number corresponding to the order of the packet and transmitted from the terminal to the base station, determines whether the first information matches between the base station and the terminal, and controls the terminal to transmit a signal used to execute reconnection processing for resetting the number of the packet upon determining that the first information does not match between the base station and the terminal.
US10327160B2	Systems and methods for managing network controllers and their network interactions in a network of moving things, for example including a network of autonomous vehicles Systems and methods for managing network controllers (or mobile controllers) and their network interactions in a network of moving things. As non-limiting examples, various aspects of this disclosure provide systems and methods for assigning and/or adapting the assignment of network controllers to mobile access points (e.g., of autonomous vehicles, manually locally controlled vehicles, remotely controlled vehicles, etc.).
US10327158B2	Wireless mesh point portable data terminal A portable data terminal (PDT) adapted to participate in a wireless mesh network including a plurality of peer PDTs can comprise: a PDT module including an encoded information reading (EIR) device, and a mesh point (MP) module communicatively coupled to the PDT module. The MP module can include a microcontroller and at least one wireless communication interface and can be configured to perform IEEE 802.11-conformant wireless station services including authentication, de-authentication, privacy, and MAC service data unit delivery, and IEEE 802.11-conformant wireless distribution system services including association, disassociation, distribution, integration, and re-association. The MP module can be further configured, responsive to receiving a MAC frame addressed to a recipient inside the wireless mesh network, to deliver the MAC frame using the distribution service.
US10327155B2	Electronic apparatus and method in wireless communication system An electronic apparatus and a method in a wireless communication system are disclosed. The electronic apparatus comprises processing circuitry configured to train a beam adjustment model for adaptive beamforming with training data, so that the beam adjustment model outputs, for any movement path of a user equipment, beam information which enables a beam adjustment time interval meeting a performance requirement of the user equipment to be optimized. According to embodiments of the disclosure, the beam adjustment model is trained by taking the beam adjustment time interval as an optimization target, and adaptive beamforming is performed using the trained beam adjustment model, so that it is possible to significantly reduce system overhead and measurement and processing overhead for beam adjustment, while ensuring communication performance of the user equipment.
US10327148B2	Method and system providing local data breakout within mobility networks Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, distinguishing between offload and non-offload traffic associated with a mobile device in communication with a small-cell access point using a managed cellular frequency spectrum. The access point is located at a subscriber premises and in further communication with a network core. Offload traffic is associated with a first IP address of the mobile device and includes a signaling portion and a user data portion. User data messages of the user data portion are exchanged between the mobile device and the equipment at the subscriber premises without being exchanged between the network core and one of the mobile device, the equipment at the subscriber premises or both. The mobile device is associated with a first access point name identifier based on the first IP address and a second access point name identifier based on a second IP address. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10327147B2	Method and apparatus for identifying pseudo base-station, and terminal Provided are a method and an apparatus for identifying a pseudo base-station, and a terminal and the method includes the follows. A terminal is redirected to a target cell supporting the circuit domain business when receiving a first call request in a first serving cell not supporting circuit domain business. A location area update request is sent to a base-station where the target cell is located when a popularity of LAIs stored do not include a LAI of the target cell. The popularity of LAIs is received from a base-station where the first serving cell is located. The base-station where the target cell is located is identified as a pseudo base-station when a location area update reject information carrying a cause value is received from the base-station where the target cell is located. There is also provided an apparatus for identifying a pseudo base-station and a terminal.
US10327145B2	Position and authenticate Wi-Fi users to enhance Wi-Fi security control and management An approach is provided that receives, from a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag included with a device, at least three different charge times. Each of the charge times corresponds to a different RFID reader that separately charges the RFID tag with each of the RFID readers being at a different geographic location. A distance between each of the RFID readers and the RFID tag is approximated based on the respective charge times and these approximate distances are used to identify a geographic position of the RFID tag using trilateration. The geographic position of the RFID tag is then used to determine whether to allow the device wireless access to a computer network.
US10327143B2	Apparatus, system and method of communicating between a cellular manager and a user equipment (UE) via a WLAN node Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of communicating between a cellular manager and a User Equipment (UE) via a Wireless Local Area network (WLAN) node. For example, an Evolved Node B (eNB) may be configured to communicate with a User Equipment (UE) traffic of at least one Evolved Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN) Radio Access Bearer (E-RAB); to participate in establishment of an IP tunnel with the UE via a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) node; to encapsulate an IP payload comprising downlink traffic of the E-RAB in an IP tunneling packet; and to send the IP tunneling packet to the UE via the IP tunnel.
US10327142B2	Secure short message service (SMS) communications Systems, methods, and computer program products for providing secure messaging communications are disclosed. For example, a computer-implemented method may include receiving an encrypted message and a key from a sender associated with a first computing device where the encrypted message is generated by the first computing device, verifying the received key at least in part based on a comparison with a pre-determined key, processing one or more unique factors associated with the sender in view of verifying the received key, decrypting the encrypted message, re-encrypting a result of the decrypting using a key of a receiver associated with a second computing device, and sending the re-encrypted result to the receiver associated with the second computing device.
US10327127B2	Method, device, and system for device pairing for improved safety and security of first responders entering an incident scene area Improved incident device pairing for safety and security of first responders entering an incident scene area associated with an incident is provided. An electronic computing device (ECD) transmits a request to scan for nearby pairable mobile computing devices to each of a plurality of mobile computing devices (MCDs) associated with the incident. The ECD receives identity information from each MCDs setting forth identities of other MCDs reachable via a short-range wireless communication link. The ECD accesses equipment mapping information that sets forth equipment associated with the MCD or user thereof and identifies a plurality of pairs of MCDs for entering the incident scene area as a function of the identity and equipment mapping information. The ECD then transmits a short-range pairing instruction to each MCD identifying the other mobile computing device in the pair and instructing the MCDs to pair with one another via their short-range wireless communication link.
US10327123B1	System and method for machine-to-machine communication in an internet-of-things network A system and method for Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication over a transmission medium, including a novel random access protocol that is easy to implement, energy efficient, scalable and compatible with the limited-power and low complexity requirements of IoT devices. The proposed protocol utilizes a form of multiple hypothesis testing at the IoT gateway to determine the number of active IoT devices operating in the transmission medium to optimize the power levels of a Successive Interference Cancellation (SIC) receiver in order to distinguish between signals transmitted from different IoT devices on the same time and frequency. The use of beamforming exploits the power and spatial domains without excessively increasing the SIC power levels and address channel access delay problems by reducing the probability of collision and consequently lowering the average back-off delay.
US10327122B2	System and method for machine-type communications A method for operating a machine-type device (MTD) includes determining communications requirements for a machine-type device (MTD), and assigning a first signal waveform selected from a plurality of signal waveforms to the MTD in accordance with the determined communications requirements, wherein each signal waveform has an associated characteristic signal bandwidth.
US10327120B1	Tow and emergency roadside assistance locating and tracking mobile application A system for providing dynamic roadside assistance coordination may include a customer mobile device or vehicle in direct, or indirect, wireless communication with an insurance provider and/or service provider remote server. The customer's device may transmit a request for roadside assistance (e.g., towing services), and a current GPS location. In response, a closest, trusted service provider vehicle may be determined, and then directed to the customer's location. For instance, a software application may receive the customer location and compare it with availability information to match the customer with a close and trusted service provider. The customer's device may receive an acknowledgement that help is on the way, and be able to track the current location of the service provider vehicle while en route. Payment for the roadside assistance may be automatically and electronically paid by the insurance provider. As a result, prompt and safe roadside assistance may be provided.
US10327118B2	Method and system for network discovery and management and associated e-commerce The subject matter described herein relates to wireless network discovery, management, the enabling of services, and economic exchanges in a cooperative manner by one or more federated sets of consumers, one or more access point providers, and one or more wireless service providers. Described herein are methods and apparatus for the discovery, classification, and management of wireless networks. The methods and apparatuses described herein may leverage two complementary elements impacting the performance of wireless LANs: (1) organization and management of the wireless access points (hot spots) from an ontology perspective, and (2) organization of mobile devices as a federation.
US10327113B2	Distributed control of a push-to-talk session In some examples, a first push-to-talk (PTT) client that has access to a wide area network (WAN) performs distributed control for a PTT session in conjunction with distributed control for the PTT session performed by another PTT client in the PTT session, the distributed control by the first PTT client performed without use of any PTT server.
US10327110B2	Method and system for generating a signal strength map A system and method are provided for generating a signal strength map by a master device. The method includes operations for receiving, from a set of fixed transmitting devices, registration information including location, a type of signal and a device identifier (ID), receiving, from at least one receiving device, a set of parameters including location of the receiving device, strength of a first signal as received by the receiving device at a first location, type of the first signal, strength of a second signal as received by the receiving device at the first location, and type of the second signal, receiving at least one of the first or the second signal from at least one of the fixed transmitting devices, storing the received set of parameters, and generating a signal strength map representing strength of the first and the second signals at the first location.
US10327108B1	Path storage and recovery using wireless devices Embodiments of the present disclosure include an efficient method for presenting a traversed path. The method disclosed can be used to track individuals or provide directions for the individual to return using a path already traversed, so that the individual does not get lost. The method comprises determining a location for an individual by receiving a device identifier (e.g., distinctive combination of numbers and/or characters uniquely identifying a receiving device associated with the individual) and location information, received from one or more beacons, from the receiving device. The method comprises determining a first location associated with the receiving device based on the location information and/or the device identifier. The method comprises determining different locations associated with the individual as the individual moves. The method comprises, upon receiving a request for a traversed path, displaying instructions to reach the point of origin (e.g., first location).
US10327107B2	Determining that a client device presents in a site using frequent client mobility patterns Example method includes: receiving, by a network device, a plurality of signal strength values associated with a particular timestamp corresponding to a particular client device from a plurality of access points in a wireless network at a site; determining a mobility pattern based on the plurality of signal strength values associated with the particular timestamp corresponding to the particular client device; comparing the mobility pattern associated with the particular timestamp corresponding to the particular client device with mobility patterns associated with other timestamps or corresponding to other client devices to identify a set of frequent mobility patterns; determining whether an unassociated client device exhibits a threshold number of frequent mobility patterns for a threshold amount of time; and determining that the unassociated client device presents in the site in response to the unassociated client device exhibiting the threshold number of the frequent mobility patterns for the threshold amount of time.
US10327105B1	Providing information to a mobile device based on an event at a geographical location A system, method, and computer readable medium for providing information to a mobile device based on an event comprising detecting an occurrence of the event, determining if the event is a specific event and if the event occurred at or near a geographical location and sending an alert of the event to at least one mobile device if the event is the specific event, if the event occurs at or near the geographical location, and if the at least one mobile device is located at or near the geographical location.
US10327102B2	Mobile device proximity notification Aspects of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for mobile computing device proximity notification. The method includes one or more processors acquiring location information for a plurality of mobile computing devices. The method further includes one or more processors creating a first group of mobile computing devices based on location proximity in the acquired location information of the plurality of mobile computing devices, wherein the created first group includes a first mobile computing device and a second mobile computing device. The method further includes one or more processors determining whether the first mobile computing device is within a predetermined distance to the second mobile computing device, and the first mobile computing device and the second mobile computing device are outside of an area associated with the first group.
US10327100B1	System to track engagement of media items An engagement tracking system monitors user interactions with media items to calculate an engagement score of the media item. The engagement tracking system may be or include a group of one or more server machines configured to detect an exposure of a client device to a media item maintained by the engagement tracking system. In response to detecting the exposure of the client device to the media item, the engagement tracking system tracks a location of the client device based on access requests to location based media items. The engagement tracking system may thereby monitor client devices exposed to the media item in order to calculate an engagement score of the media item.
US10327099B2	Application provisioning system Systems and methods for provisioning applications include storing an application identifier in association with location information in a database that is accessible by a user device. The user device then detects that it is located at a location included in the location information. In response to detecting that it is located at the location, the user device determines an application that is included on the user device and that is identified by the application identifier that is associated with the first location. The user device then automatically provides the application for display to a user. In some embodiments, the application may be automatically provided by automatically launching the application on the user device, and that application may be automatically closed if the user device leaves the location or the application is not used for a predetermined amount of time.
US10327094B2	Systems and methods to track locations visited by mobile devices and determine neighbors of and distances among locations Systems and methods including mobile devices determining their locations using a location determination system, such as a global positioning system. A set of locations, including locations of one or more mobile devices, are identified by their coordinates on the surface of the Earth. The set of locations are efficiently organized into a graph of locations connecting to neighboring locations with edges representing distances to their neighboring locations. For each respective location, a computing device combines coordinates of the respective location into an identifier of a cell that contains the respective location without floating point computations, and stores cell-location data associating respective cells with respective locations. For each respective location, the computing device identifies neighboring cells of the cell that contains the respective location, looks up locations associated with the identifiers of the cell and its neighboring cells, as neighboring locations or candidates for neighboring locations.
US10327086B2	Head related transfer function equalization and transducer aiming of stereo dimensional array (SDA) loudspeakers An enhanced Stereo Dimensional Array loudspeaker system 250 preferably including a mirror image pair of loudspeaker enclosures 280L, 280R configurable by a user or installer as a left-channel loudspeaker and a right channel loudspeaker each having a driver array aiming configuration with first and second angled baffle facets carrying main and effects drivers on separate facets and a Head Shadow filter signal processing system and method for driving the main and effects drivers to achieve a psycho-acoustically expanded image breadth by Head Shadow filter compensated inter-aural crosstalk cancellation.
US10327069B2	Laser microphone utilizing speckles noise reduction A system includes a laser microphone or laser-based microphone or optical microphone. The laser microphone includes a laser transmitter to transmit an outgoing laser beam towards a face of a human speaker. The laser transmitter acts also as a self-mix interferometry unit that receives the optical feedback signal reflected from the face of the human speaker, and generates an optical self-mix signal by self-mixing interferometry of the laser power and the received optical feedback signal; and a speckles noise reducer to reduce speckles noise and to increase a bandwidth of the optical self-mix signal. The speckles noise reducer optionally includes a vibration unit or displacement unit, to cause vibrations or displacement of one or more mirrors or optics elements of the laser microphone, to thereby reduce speckles noise. The speckles noise reducer optionally includes a dynamic laser modulation modifier unit, to dynamically modify modulation properties of a laser modulator associated with the laser transmitter; optionally by modifying an operating temperature of the laser. Optionally, modifications are performed based on a timing scheme, or based on a pseudo-random scheme, or based on a calibration process that selects an advantageous modification scheme. Optionally, the system detects self-mix signal magnitude or bandwidth or quality, and activates the speckles noise reduction mechanism if the self-mix signal appears to be weak or low-quality.
US10327064B2	Method and system for implementing stereo dimensional array signal processing in a compact single enclosure active loudspeaker product A single enclosure multi-channel loudspeaker product 100 uses a novel signal processing system and method to achieve a surprisingly effective psycho-acoustically expanded image breadth by inter-aural crosstalk cancellation, in a manner which relies on a new method for cancellation of apparent sources of inter-aural crosstalk. In the commonly owned Polk® SDA™ (prior art) method, the optimal distance between stereo pair main and effect (SDA) loudspeakers was required to be substantially equal to the ear-to-ear width of a typical user's head. Compact SDA speaker system 100 employs digital signal processing generating selected time delays to acoustically simulate the optimal placement of an effects transducer relative to its main transducer for a physically compact configuration having each side's “main” transducer (e.g., 108LMS) spaced at less than 5.5 inches from the side's corresponding SDA (or effects) transducer (e.g., 108LSS), and this permits the system enclosure to be surprisingly compact, (e.g., width of as little as 341.2 mm).
US10327062B2	Earphones A headphone includes a housing defining an enclosed volume, an electro-acoustic transducer dividing the enclosed volume into a front volume and a rear volume, a first port in the housing coupling the front volume to an ear canal of a user, a second port in the housing coupling the front volume to space outside the ear, a third port in the housing coupling the rear volume to space outside the ear, and an ear tip configured to surround the first port and seal the ear canal from space outside the ear. The second port has a diameter and a length that provide an acoustic mass with an acoustic impedance with a high reactive component and a low resistive component.
US10327054B2	Extendable speaker system An extendable speaker system is provided with a base and lid that are connected via a plurality of concentric collapsible hollow bodies such as cylinders. A woofer speaker resides in the base. Mid range or tweeter speakers reside in the lid. The lid is displaced away from the base to expand the speaker system, where the extended cylinders provide an airtight seal between the base and lid forming a woofer speaker enclosure therein. Friction seals between the cylinders, a spring residing within the speaker enclosure, and the airtight speaker enclosure itself provide a collective force sufficient to maintain the speaker system in an extended configuration. A port is opened by depressing a button to vent the enclosure to allow for the speaker system to be collapsed. A locking system is provided to releasably maintain the speaker system in a collapsed configuration.
US10327051B2	Curvable line array A loudspeaker system includes a first flexible panel, a first line array of electro-acoustic drivers, and at least one mechanically adjustable point. The first line array of electro-acoustic drivers are mounted on the first flexible panel and linked to each other by flexible joints in the first flexible panel. The at least one mechanically adjustable point enables articulation of the first flexible panel at the flexible joints to produce one or more of a substantially straight and an arcuate configuration of the first line array of electro-acoustic drivers.
US10327050B2	Wireless communication method and system A wireless communication method includes sending, by a first device in a wireless network, a poll packet (32, 38, 44) for polling a second device in the wireless network. The poll packet includes an address of the second device. The second device receives and at least partially decodes the poll packet. The second device sends a response packet (36, 40, 46) in response to the poll packet. The sending of at least part of the response packet is substantially simultaneous with the receiving of at least part of the poll packet by the second device. Wireless communication systems, transmitters and receivers using the method are also described.
US10327044B2	Time synchronizing of distinct video and data feeds that are delivered in a single mobile IP data network compatible stream Multiple video and/or content feeds are combined and synchronized in real-time into a single mobile IP data network compatible stream for presenting as a coherent display on a mobile device.
US10327043B2	Method and system for displaying interactive questions during streaming of real-time and adaptively assembled video The present disclosure provides a system and method for enabling display of interactive questions during streaming of a real time, dynamic, adaptive and non-sequentially assembled video. The method includes reception of a set of preference data associated with a user and a set of user authentication data. In addition, the method includes serving of the assembled video based on the received set of preference data to the user in real time. Moreover, the method includes fetching of a pre-defined set of interactive questions. Further, the method includes posting of the pre-defined set of interactive questions during the serving of the assembled video. Furthermore, the method includes collection of the set of user feedbacks for a posted pre-defined set of interactive questions from the user.
US10327042B2	Systems and methods for stitching advertisements in streaming content Systems and methods for stitching advertisements in streaming content are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method comprises receiving one or more advertisements. An unmarked content item may be received, the unmarked content item comprising a stream-enabled video including a set of sequential black frames. An insertion point may be identified based on a location of at least one black frame of the set of sequential black frames without requiring user input, the insertion point identified during streaming of the unmarked content item to a consumer system, the insertion point being ahead of a current playback point of the unmarked content item streaming to the consumer system. The one or more advertisements may be stitched in the unmarked content item at the insertion point. The unmarked content item may be streamed to a consumer system until the insertion point is reached, and the one or more advertisements may be streamed to the consumer system when the insertion point is reached.
US10327038B2	System and method for set-top-box messaging display In a set-top-box system, messages from a service provider are stored and delayed until activity from a set-top-box remote is detected. Messages are then generated and provided to a television associated with the set-top-box. Delaying of the message display until set-top-box activity is detected allows short display times, thus preventing burn-in on some television screens, while providing a greater likelihood that messages will be viewed.
US10327036B2	Systems and methods for implementing a timeline scroller to navigate media asset identifiers Systems and methods are provided herein to ease the process of navigating media asset identifiers. Control circuitry may generate a timeline scroller that does not obscure media asset identifiers for simultaneous display with the media asset identifiers. When a user makes contact with the timeline scroller (e.g., by touching it with a finger on a touch screen device), control circuitry may responsively generate for display an indicator of a time corresponding with the point where the contact is made. Control circuitry may cause this indicator to be updated as a user scrolls along the timeline scroller. Control circuitry may refrain from updating the listings to correspond with the time until the user discontinues making contact with the timeline scroller (e.g., by removing the finger from the touch screen).
US10327035B2	Systems and methods for associating communication devices with output devices Systems and methods for pairing user devices to selected output devices are provided. Pairing can include providing information identifying a user device to a system authority, such as a remote communication interface server. In response to verifying that a user associated with the identified user device is authorized to use a selected output device, the information identifying the user device and a local player connected to the selected output device is provided to a local controller or server. The local controller then creates and maintains an association between the user device and the local player, allowing a user of the user device to cast content to an output device associated with the paired local player.
US10327034B2	Methods, apparatus and systems for exchange of video content Methods, apparatus, and systems for exchange of video content are provided. A media outlet device is provided with a media outlet application, and a user device of a user is provided with an interactive media application, the interactive media application enabling communications with the media outlet device via the media outlet application. Video content is recorded and encoded on the user device. An interactive map is displayed on a user interface of the media outlet device. The interactive map shows a current location of the user device. The purchase of the video content from the user is enabled via the user interface. The purchased video content is communicated from the user device to at least one of a central server and the media outlet device.
US10327032B2	Extracting media content from social networking services Systems and methods are disclosed for extracting media content from social networking services and presenting the extracted content to an IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) user in a personalized and easy-to-consume manner. One or more feeds from social networking services that contain data pertaining to the user's social graph are monitored by a service in the IPTV domain for media content that meets preset criteria and preferences of the user. A social networking dashboard application is hosted in the IPTV environment and includes a user interface arranged with tools to enable the user to set preferences and specify tags that control various aspects of the media content extraction. The service can also monitor the social networking feeds in a real-time manner that enables creation of a knowledge base that is usable to present media content “trends” to the IPTV user.
US10327030B2	Display device and operating method thereof A display device includes: a wireless communication unit configured to communicate to perform a screen mirroring function with a mobile terminal; a display unit configured to display a screen of the mobile terminal through the screen mirroring function; and a control unit configured to control the wireless communication unit and the display unit. If the mobile terminal receives a notification, while displaying a media content being played by the mobile terminal, the control unit displays a notification icon for representing that the notification is received.
US10327018B2	Engagement tracking in computer data networks An improved approach to tracking media playback includes tracking logic that is based on abandonment indicators. An abandonment indicator is detected during media playback, such as a user interaction with a computing device that is detected prior to ceasing playback of the media content. Tracking messages are reduced, suppressed, or suspended until an abandonment indicator is detected. After an abandonment indicator is detected, the system quickens, releases, or restart sending tracking messages to a collection system.
US10327015B2	Picture combining method, terminal, and picture combining system A method for creating a collage among members of a chat group of a social networking application is performed at a terminal, comprising: generating a first collage using a user-selected collage template after receiving a user-selected picture for a predefined location in the user-selected collage template; generating a configuration file used for describing the first collage; and submitting the first collage and the configuration file to the social networking application, wherein the social networking application is configured to forward the first collage and the configuration file to another member of the chat group when there are one or more blank sections in the first collage and the other member of the chat group is configured to update the first collage by adding at least one picture to one of the one or more blank sections until there is no blank section in the first collage.
US10327013B2	System and method for asynchronous uploading of live digital multimedia with guaranteed delivery A system for asynchronous uploading of digital multimedia with guaranteed delivery is provided. The system comprises at least one processor and a memory coupled to the at least one processor, the memory containing computer executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to attempt by at least one upload worker thread to transmit a first container to a remote server, execute by the at least one upload worker thread a data integrity test on the first container upon a successful upload of the first container, and repeat, if the data integrity test fails, the attempt and execute steps.
US10327010B2	In-loop fidelity enhancement for video compression An encoder for receiving a video frame and performing encoding processes to generate an encoded bitstream includes: a fidelity enhancement block, for performing a fidelity enhancement technique on processed data utilizing a partition method, and generating fidelity enhancement information comprising at least one parameter associated with a partition structure, wherein the fidelity enhancement technique comprises applying discrepancy modeling based on DC offset; and an entropy coding block, coupled to the fidelity enhancement block, for encoding the fidelity enhancement information, and embedding the encoded fidelity enhancement information into the encoded bitstream.
US10327009B2	Image processor In an earliest vertical synchronization period after sending an encoded image data is restarted, a first reference image determination circuit determines to employ a local decoded image generated in a vertical synchronization period immediately preceding a vertical synchronization period in which an error occurs among multiple local decoded images stored in a first DRAM as a reference image. In an earliest vertical synchronization period after a decoding circuit is reset, a second reference image determination circuit determines to employ a decoded image generated in the vertical synchronization period immediately preceding the vertical synchronization period in which the error occurs among multiple decoded images stored in a second DRAM as a reference image.
US10327006B2	Tracking a reference picture on an electronic device Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer-readable media, for decoding a video bitstream. A computer-readable medium includes a bitstream stored in the computer-readable medium, the bitstream comprising a wrap indicator, wherein the wrap indicator is used to determine a picture order count (POC) cycle parameter for one or more long term reference pictures in a decoded picture buffer based on a designated picture; wherein the POC cycle parameter indicates a decoded picture set which includes a first long term reference picture; and wherein a current picture is encoded based the first long term reference picture.
US10327004B2	Moving picture encoding method and decoding method considering motion vectors of blocks adjacent to target block Decoding method for a moving picture included in a coded stream, including: determining whether a prediction mode (PM) of a target block (TB) is a PM in which motion vector (MV) is not transmitted from an encoding to decoding side, based on coded stream included information; and executing a decoding process when the PM of the TB is determined as the PM in which MV is not transmitted from an encoding to decoding side, wherein a calculation method of a MV used in the second step is selected among plural calculation methods including at least: a first method to select one MV among MVs used in plural adjacent blocks adjacent to the TB; and a second method to calculate a MV based on a MV used in a block that is located at the same position as the TB in another frame positioned backward of a frame including the TB.
US10327001B2	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 includes obtaining video data at an encoder, and determining to perform intra-picture prediction on the video data, using intra-block copy prediction, to generate the plurality of encoded video pictures. The method also includes performing the intra-picture prediction on the video data using the intra-block copy prediction, and, in response to determining to perform the intra-picture prediction on the video data using the intra-block copy prediction, disabling at least one of inter-picture bi-prediction or inter-picture uni-prediction for the plurality of encoded video pictures. The method also includes generating the plurality of encoded video pictures based on the received video data according to the performed intra-block copy prediction.
US10327000B2	Transmitting method for transmitting a plurality of packets including header information including divided data information and a value of an invalidated fragment counter A transmitting method includes: dividing data into a plurality of divided data; configuring a plurality of packets by allocating header information to each of the plurality of divided data and packetizing the plurality of divided data; and transmitting the plurality of configured packets, wherein the header information allocated to each of the plurality of divided data includes (i) divided data information and (ii) a value of an invalidated fragment counter, the divided data information being related to divided data numbers and a number of the plurality of divided data, the divided data numbers indicating an order of each of the plurality of divided data.
US10326998B2	Method and device for sharing a candidate list The present invention relates to a method and device for sharing a candidate list. A method of generating a merging candidate list for a predictive block may include: producing, on the basis of a coding block including a predictive block on which a parallel merging process is performed, at least one of a spatial merging candidate and a temporal merging candidate of the predictive block; and generating a single merging candidate list for the coding block on the basis of the produced merging candidate. Thus, it is possible to increase processing speeds for coding and decoding by performing inter-picture prediction in parallel on a plurality of predictive blocks.
US10326995B2	System and method for estimating view synthesis distortion System and method embodiments are provided for achieving improved View Synthesis Distortion (VSD) calculation and more accurate distortion estimation of encoded video frames. An embodiment method includes obtaining a depth map value for a video frame and determining a weighting factor for depth distortion in accordance with the depth map value. The weighting factor maps a pixel range of the depth map value to an output function having higher values for closer image objects and lower values for farther image objects. The VSD for the video frame is then calculated as a function of absolute horizontal texture gradients weighted by a depth distortion value and the weighting factor determined in accordance with the depth map value.
US10326992B2	Method, apparatus and system for encoding and decoding the transform units of a coding unit Disclosed is method of decoding, from a video bitstream, a transform unit containing at least one chroma residual coefficient array associated with a single chroma channel. The method determines a size of the transform unit related to a hierarchical level of the transform unit in a corresponding coding unit, and identifies a maximum number of inverse transforms according to the determined size. The method decodes from the video bitstream the at least one chroma residual coefficient array using the identified maximum number of transforms, selects an inverse transform for the decoded chroma residual coefficient arrays, the inverse transform being selected from a predetermined set of inverse transforms, and applies the selected inverse transform to each of the chroma residual coefficient arrays to decode chroma residual samples for the chroma channel of the transform unit. A similar encoding method is also disclosed.
US10326991B2	Transform and quantization architecture for video coding and decoding A method of encoding a video stream in a video encoder is provided that includes computing an offset into a transform matrix based on a transform block size, wherein a size of the transform matrix is larger than the transform block size, and wherein the transform matrix is one selected from a group consisting of a DCT transform matrix and an IDCT transform matrix, and transforming a residual block to generate a DCT coefficient block, wherein the offset is used to select elements of rows and columns of a DCT submatrix of the transform block size from the transform matrix.
US10326989B2	General block partitioning method A method of partitioning in video coding for JVET, comprising representing a JVET coding tree unit as a root node in a quadtree plus binary tree (QTBT) structure that can have quadtree or binary partitioning of the root node and quadtree or binary trees branching from each of the leaf nodes. The partitioning at any depth can use asymmetric binary partitioning to split a child node represented by a leaf node into two child coding units of unequal size, representing the two child coding units as leaf nodes in a binary tree branching from the parent leaf node and coding the child coding units represented by final leaf nodes of the binary tree with JVET. Disclosed is a generalized method of partitioning a block, either square or rectangular, which leads to more flexible block sizes with possible higher coding efficiency.
US10326988B2	Method and apparatus for encoding/decoding image information A deblocking filtering method, a boundary strength (bS) deriving method, and encoding/decoding method and apparatus using the methods are provided. The bS deriving method includes the steps of: deriving a boundary of a deblocking filtering unit block which is a unit block on which deblocking filtering is performed; and setting a bS for each bS setting unit block in the deblocking filtering unit block. Here, the step of setting the bS includes setting a bS value of a target boundary corresponding to the boundary of the deblocking filtering unit block as the bS setting unit block.
US10326984B2	Three-dimensional image display method and three-dimensional image display device A 3D image display method and a 3D image display device are provided. The 3D image display method comprises: receiving an image signal of an image to be displayed; for a predetermined disturbed pixel in a display panel corresponding to a liquid crystal phase disorder region between adjacent lens units in a plurality of lens units of a liquid crystal lens, converting the image signal into a 3D image signal for displaying a black image in the disturbed pixel; and sending the converted 3D image signal to the display panel for displaying. An pixel whose emitting light is directed to the liquid crystal phase disorder region of the liquid crystal lens is set to display a black image, which can remove the light directed to the liquid crystal phase disorder region of the liquid crystal lens, and then avoid the phenomenon of crosstalk and distortion in a crosstalk region, thereby enlarging the entire viewing region of the 3D image.
US10326983B2	Wearable 3D augmented reality display A wearable 3D augmented reality display and method, which may include 3D integral imaging optics.
US10326982B2	Focus scanning apparatus A scanner includes a camera, a light source for generating a probe light incorporating a spatial pattern, an optical system for transmitting the probe light towards the object and for transmitting at least a part of the light returned from the object to the camera, a focus element within the optical system for varying a position of a focus plane of the spatial pattern on the object, unit for obtaining at least one image from said array of sensor elements, unit for evaluating a correlation measure at each focus plane position between at least one image pixel and a weight function, a processor for determining the in-focus position(s) of each of a plurality of image pixels for a range of focus plane positions, or each of a plurality of groups of image pixels for a range of focus plane positions, and transforming in-focus data into 3D real world coordinates.
US10326979B2	Imaging system comprising real-time image registration A multi-camera imager (MCI) configured to register a first image of a scene acquired by a first camera comprised in the MCI to a second image of the same scene acquired by a second camera in the MCI based on adjusting a transform configured to register images of a calibration target acquired by the first and second cameras for a same fixed position and orientation of the calibration target using epipolar line segments in one of the cameras associated with image plane coordinates in the other of the cameras.
US10326978B2	Method and apparatus for generating virtual or augmented reality presentations with 3D audio positioning An apparatus for generating a 3D presentation is described wherein the 3D presentation (that could include a 3D movie, a VR (virtual reality) and/or an AR (augmented reality) content) from original 3D content including original audio and visual components, forming a plurality of scenes, each scene being associated with a respective environment or environments having respective audio characteristics. The original audio components in at least some of the scenes are modified by the apparatus to conform with or compensate for the acoustic characteristics of the respective scene and/or the environment of the location where the presentation is taking place.
US10326977B1	Multifocal test system A multifocal test system is described herein. The system includes a plurality of displays located at different focal distances. Each display includes a plurality of pixels with pixel intensity values. The system includes an eye tracking system that determines eye tracking information about a position of an eye relative to the displays. A controller is configured to determine pixel intensity values based on decomposition of a scene across the plurality of displays, and the position of the eye.
US10326976B2	Method and apparatus for providing personal 3-dimensional image using convergence matching algorithm Disclosed herein are a method and apparatus for providing a personalized three-dimensional (3D) image. The apparatus for providing a personalized three-dimensional image using convergence matching may include a fixed screen set as a horopter region, a calculation unit configured to calculate a shift value of an image projected onto the screen based on a distance from a virtual stereo camera to a target object, a convergence matching unit configured to match a convergence angle to the horopter region based on the shift value, and a controller configured to control the convergence matching unit to maintain the convergence angle when a user's gaze is shifted to a nearby object having the same depth value as the target object.
US10326971B2	Method for processing a digital image, device, terminal equipment and associated computer program A method for processing a digital image for rendering on a display. The image includes image elements associated with color information represented in a colorimetric space having a luminance and chrominance components. The luminance component has a value in a first predetermined interval. The display can render values of luminance components included in a second predetermined interval, of greater length than the first interval. The method includes: determining information representative of image brightness perceived by an observer, based on the values of the first luminance component; calculating an expansion exponent as a function of the determined brightness information; transforming the first luminance components into second luminance components, including calculating an intermediate luminance value by applying the calculated expansion exponent to the first luminance component value and multiplying the intermediate value by the length of the second interval. The expansion exponent is a decreasing function of the determined brightness information.
US10326970B1	Electronic flash, electronic camera and light emitting head An electronic camera having an electronic flash including a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) that emit different wavelength light is disclosed. Electric energy is supplied to a capacitor to the LEDs. A system controller controls light emitting amounts of the LEDs so that a color temperature of the electronic flash light becomes a color temperature that has been manually set with a color temperature setting switch or a color temperature of a light source determined by color temperature sensors.
US10326968B2	Invisible or low perceptibility of image alignment in dual projection systems A dual projection system can align displayed images using an alignment pattern. The alignment pattern can be used to modify part of an image content frame of an image data sequence. Two image data sequences can be spatially aligned based on the modification to part of the image content frame using the alignment pattern. An image content frame may be warped and displayed. The displayed warped image content frame can be captured. A set of transformation vectors can be determined based on the captured image content frame and alignment image data. Stored transformation data can be updated using the set of transformation vectors and the updated transformation data can be used to spatially align two image data sequences.
US10326966B2	Data center raised floor monitoring One or more aspects relates to monitoring conditions under a raised floor in a data center. A grid of raised floor tiles has regular floor tiles interspersed with sensor floor tiles. The sensor floor tiles include: one or more sensors to monitor conditions under the raised floor; and one or more cameras to collect images of conditions under the raised floor. A sensor controller is used to locate a sensor tile with a sensor condition that is out-of-band from a reference condition band; and an image controller is used to locate an image difference corresponding to the out-of-band sensor condition.
US10326963B2	Display device with gradually changing driving frequency and method for driving the same A display device includes: a display panel; and a frequency controller which receives an image data signal and an input frequency information and outputs the image data signal and a timing control signal. The frequency controller includes: an image processor which receives the image data signal; a frame memory which stores the image data signal; an output frequency determining unit which receives the input frequency information and determines an output frequency based on a variation amount of the input frequency; and an image output unit which receives the image data signal from the image processor, receives an output frequency information from the output frequency determining unit, and outputs the image data signal and the timing control signal. When an input frequency varies, the output frequency determining unit determines the output frequency based on the following equations: K =  FREQ - P_FREQ M_FREQ  × SLOPE + OFFSET , and FREQ ′ = FREQ × K + P_FREQ × ( 1 - K ) .
US10326961B2	Projection apparatus and operating method thereof An electronic device includes a projector, an operating method of an electronic device including a projector, and a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon instructions for performing the operating method. The electronic device includes a communicator configured to exchange data with an external device, a projector configured to project light; a sensor configured to measure a degree of proximity between the electronic device and an installation surface on which the electronic device is to be installed, and a controller configured to control the communicator and/or the projector based on the degree of proximity measured by the sensor.
US10326958B2	Comparator for double ramp analog to digital converter Apparatuses and method for an image sensor with increased analog to digital conversion range and reduced noise are described herein. An example method may include disabling a first auto-zero switch of a comparator, the first auto-zero switch coupled to auto-zero a reference voltage input of the comparator, adjusting an auto-zero offset voltage of a ramp voltage provided to the reference voltage input of the comparator, and disabling a second auto-zero switch of the comparator, the second auto-zero switch coupled to auto-zero a bitline input of the comparator.
US10326955B1	Image sensor readout circuitry including analog-to-digital conversion with hybrid counter structure A readout circuit for use with an image sensor includes a comparator coupled to compare a ramp signal from a ramp generator with an output signal from a pixel of a pixel array. A counter is coupled to the comparator to count until the comparator detects that a ramp signal value has reached an output signal value. The counter includes K cascade-coupled dynamic flip-flop circuits to generate the K least significant bits (LSBs) of the N-bit output of the counter. The counter also includes N-K cascade-coupled static flip-flop circuits to generate the N-K most significant bits (MSBs) of the N-bit output of the counter. A latch is coupled to the counter to store a count value generated by the counter after the ramp signal value has reached the output signal value.
US10326954B2	Image sensor for focus detection An image sensor includes: a plurality of large-defocus detection pixel pairs configured to be used when a displacement of a focus is greater than a predetermined value; and a plurality of normal pixels arranged in a substantially matrix shape and configured to acquire an image. A large-defocus detection line including the large-defocus detection pixel pairs is provided for each of a predetermined number of lines, and on each of the large-defocus detection lines, the plurality of large-defocus detection pixel pairs are configured as a plurality of exit pupil distance-supporting large-defocus detection pixel pairs corresponding to different exit pupil distances.
US10326952B2	Digital imaging with masked pixels In one application, an imaging device includes an image sensor having an array of pixels, and a mask coupled with the image sensor. The mask is configured to darken a plurality of isolated pixels or groups of pixels interspersed within the array of pixels. The imaging device also includes a processor coupled with the image sensor and configured to receive image data from the image sensor, and determine a dark current fixed pattern noise based on the image data received from the plurality of darkened pixels or groups of pixels.
US10326950B1	Image capture at multiple resolutions A device for capturing an image includes an image sensor having a plurality of sensing elements and a control circuit. The control circuit is configured to receive a first group of image signals from a first portion of the plurality of sensing elements using at least a first binned read mode; receive a second group of image signals from a second portion of the plurality of sensing elements using a non-binned read mode; generate a first image based on at least the first group of image signals and the second group of image signals; and generate a second image based on the second group of image signals.
US10326946B2	Photographing method and apparatus A photographing method includes entering the slow shutter photographing mode, dividing each frame of image of the photographed object into a light trail region, a background light source region, and a non-light-source region, merging the light trail regions of the frames of images, setting a merged light trail region as a light trail region of a target image, setting the background light source regions of one or more of the frames of images as a background light source region of the target image to avoid overexposure, merging the non-light-source regions of one or more of the frames of images, setting a merged non-light-source region as a non-light-source region of the target image to enhance brightness of the non-light-source region, and storing the target image after obtaining a photographing instruction.
US10326944B2	Image pickup system and signal processing apparatus An image pickup system includes: a camera including a first image pickup unit and a second image pickup unit; and a processor configured to: define a first common area in a first image and a second common area in a second image, respectively; detect brightness of an image in the first common area; detect brightness of an image in the second common area; adjust brightness of the first image based on the brightness of the image in the first common area; and adjust brightness of the second image based on the brightness of the image in the second common area.
US10326942B2	Dual aperture zoom digital camera A dual-aperture zoom digital camera operable in both still and video modes. The camera includes Wide and Tele imaging sections with respective lens/sensor combinations and image signal processors and a camera controller operatively coupled to the Wide and Tele imaging sections. The Wide and Tele imaging sections provide respective image data. The controller is configured to combine in still mode at least some of the Wide and Tele image data to provide a fused output image from a particular point of view, and to provide without fusion continuous zoom video mode output images, each output image having a given output resolution, wherein the video mode output images are provided with a smooth transition when switching between a lower zoom factor (ZF) value and a higher ZF value or vice versa, and wherein at the lower ZF the output resolution is determined by the Wide sensor while at the higher ZF value the output resolution is determined by the Tele sensor.
US10326941B2	Image generating apparatus, imaging observing apparatus, imaging apparatus, and storage medium storing image processing program An image generating apparatus includes a first generator configured to obtain a first image using a first camera with a first angle of view, a second generator configured to obtain a second image using a second camera with a second angle of view wider than the first angle of view, and a generator configured to generate an observation image using the first image and the second image. The observation image is observable as a double image in which the first image and the second image are superimposed on each other in an area that contains a center of the first image.
US10326940B2	Multi-video navigation system A video tracking system includes a user interface configured to facilitate tracking of a target between video cameras. The user interface includes user controls configured to assist a user in selecting video cameras as the target moves between fields of view of the video cameras. These user controls are automatically associated with specific cameras based on a camera topology relative to a point of view of a camera whose video data is currently being viewed. The video tracking system further includes systems and methods of synchronizing video data generated using the video cameras and of automatically generating a stitched video sequence based on the user selection of video cameras. The target may be tracked in real-time or in previously recorded video and may be track forward or backwards in time.
US10326934B2	Service system, information processing apparatus, and service providing method A service system includes a mobile terminal and an information processing device capable of communication via a network. The mobile terminal includes a first transmission unit that transmits spherical images taken in respective imaging locations and positional information about the imaging locations to the information processing device. The information processing device includes a reception unit that receives the spherical images transmitted by the first transmission unit; a map data obtaining unit that obtains map data from a map data storage, the map data including the imaging locations of the spherical images; a path information creation unit that creates information about a path made by connecting the imaging locations in the map data obtained by the map data obtaining unit; and a content providing unit that makes content available for a request through the network, the content including the map data, the information about the path, and the spherical images.
US10326933B2	Pose estimation of 360-degree photos using annotations This technology relates to optimizing location and orientation information of an image using known locations of places captured within the image. For example, an image and associated pose data including the image's orientation and location may be received. One or more places captured within the image may be determined, with each place having a respective known location. The image may be annotated with the one or more places. A difference between each annotation and its respective known location to obtain updated pose data of the image may be minimized and the associated pose data may be updated to the updated pose data.
US10326930B2	Method and system for recommending optimum position of photography Provided is a method and system for recommending an optimal position of photographing. A optimal position-of-photographing recommendation method may include executing, at an electronic device, and controlling a camera included in the electronic device under control of a photography application executed on the electronic device; calculating, at the electronic device, a photograph angle of the electronic device based on sensor information provided from a sensor of the electronic device under control of the photography application; comparing, at the electronic device, the calculated photograph angle to a desired angle range that is managed by the photography application, under control of the photography application; and outputting, at the electronic device, notification data in response to the calculated photograph angle being included in the desired angle range, under control of the photography application.
US10326927B2	Distance information producing apparatus, image capturing apparatus, distance information producing method and storage medium storing distance information producing program The distance information producing apparatus includes a distance information producing unit producing, on a basis of a phase difference between paired image signals for phase difference detection obtained by image capturing of an image capturing area, distance information showing a distribution of object distances in the image capturing area, and a reliability information producing unit producing reliability information showing a reliability of the distance information, by using at least one of an evaluation value relating to an edge of at least one of the paired image signals, an evaluation value relating to a contrast of the at least one of the paired image signals and an evaluation value relating to a degree of correlation between the paired image signals.
US10326923B2	Medical imaging processing apparatus for a virtual endoscope image One or more medical image processing apparatuses, methods for same and storage mediums are provided herein. At least one medical image processing apparatus obtains a medical image including a tubular structure picked up by a medical image pickup apparatus and generates a virtual endoscope image of the tubular structure on the basis of the obtained medical image. The obtained medical image accepts a specification of a target portion on the tubular structure, performs control to generate a cross-sectional image of the target portion on a cross section observation line indicating a cross section of the target portion from the medical image and displays the cross-sectional image.
US10326912B2	Image formation with thickness variation of high transmittance color material applied on medium generating interference fringes An object is to reduce coloring of specular reflection while improving gloss uniformity (particularly, gloss clarity). Recording is performed at least part of a surface of a recording medium by using a first color material with relatively high transmittance. In this case, control is performed such that thickness variation in the applied first color material is set to have an amplitude that generates interference fringes and to have a desired cycle within a range of 40 μm or more and 320 μm or less.
US10326910B2	Using three-dimensional threshold matrices in the production of three-dimensional objects Certain examples described herein relate to the use of three-dimensional threshold matrices in the production of three-dimensional objects. In one case, data values for a three-dimensional matrix for use in halftoning are assigned based on a structural volume coverage representation. In certain described cases, the structural volume coverage representation defines a probabilistic distribution of at least two different structures available for the production of the three-dimensional object. A comparison is performed based on data values for the structural volume coverage representation. The output of the comparison is a data value to be assigned to the three-dimensional matrix. The resultant three-dimensional matrix is used in a halftoning operation to control a structure distribution in the three-dimensional object.
US10326902B2	Image forming apparatus This image forming apparatus includes an image reading portion, an image forming portion, a feature image extraction portion, a continuousness determination portion, and an error notification portion. The feature image extraction portion extracts predetermined feature images from a plurality of respective page image data pieces. The continuousness determination portion determines whether or not each of the feature images of one or more respective target-page image data pieces satisfies a predetermined continuousness condition relative to the feature image of a previous-page image data piece. The error notification portion outputs an error notification including discontinuousness position information indicating one or both of a page-reading turn corresponding to the target-page image data piece determined not to satisfy the continuousness condition, and a turn immediately before the page-reading turn.
US10326900B2	Image forming apparatus including a charge processing section and an operation section Provided is an image forming apparatus including a charge processing section and an operation section that are brought closer in height to each other, thus improving the operability of a user.An image forming apparatus (100) includes a coin insertion processing section (110), an operation panel (120) and an electrophotography printer (130). The coin insertion processing section (110) is configured to accept money and then execute charge processing so as to permit image formation by the image forming apparatus (100). The operation panel (120) is configured to, when the coin insertion processing section (110) executes the charge processing, accept setting of image formation by the image forming apparatus (100). The electrophotography printer (130) is configured to form an image of the read image data based on setting at the operation panel (120). The coin insertion processing section (110) is disposed at a height equal to a height of the operation panel (120).
US10326891B2	Wireless service card having machine readable codes and device and process for use therewith A process for authorizing wireless service includes providing a generally rectangular flat form factor card having a first surface and opposing second surface. The process further includes providing a machine-readable activation code arranged on the first surface, wherein the machine-readable activation code is configured to authorize the wireless service when provided to a system associated with a wireless service provider, receiving the machine-readable activation code in a server, the machine-readable activation code being captured by a wireless device, and provisioning the wireless service to the wireless device from a wireless network when the machine-readable activation code is provided to the system associated with the wireless network.
US10326885B2	Utilizing caller wait time to create social message A method, system and computer program product for utilizing a caller wait time. When the caller's estimated wait time exceeds a threshold amount of time, an interactive voice response (IVR) system retrieves information (e.g., caller's previous purchases) about the caller. The IVR system then initiates a dialog with the caller to determine their experience with a product or service by prompting the caller with questions derived from the retrieved information. After recording the responses by the caller to the questions, the IVR system generates social media content based on the caller's responses. The IVR system then converts the text of the generated social media content to an audible version, which is provided to the caller to approve the posting of the social media content. The social media content is posted on a social media stream in response to the caller approving the posting of the social media content.
US10326882B2	Techniques for workforce management in a contact center system Techniques for workforce management in a contact center system are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for workforce management in a contact center system comprising generating historical workforce data regarding an agent workforce capacity of the contact center system, and initiating an increase or decrease to an agent workforce of the contact center system based at least in part on the historical workforce data to increase an amount of choice among available agents or waiting contacts.
US10326880B2	System and method for integrated CX-AX contact center testing A system comprising a call center, contact system test engine, plurality of networks, at least one remote server, at least one remote database, which allows users to automate call center testing and combine synchronized results for agent-customer calls (AX-CX test synchronization). The system is further accomplished with methods, using different techniques for synchronizing the testing for both customer and agent results, and producing these test results in a mobile dashboard and web-accessible dashboard.
US10326877B2	Driving without distraction support system A processor-implemented system for supporting use of a reduced driving distraction program on a mobile device is disclosed. The system detects whether the mobile device is in a moving vehicle. If so, a driving mode is set in which driving is determined to be protected driving if the reduced distraction program is being followed and unprotected if the reduced distraction program is not being followed. The system then tracks unprotected driving and protected driving and aggregates the unprotected driving and protected driving. A party is then notified regarding the aggregation of unprotected driving and protected driving. Other drivers can be asked to join the reduced driving distraction program and awards can be given to drivers for meeting pre-determined milestones of protected driving. Either the mobile device or a remote computer may aggregate driving and send notifications.
US10326874B2	Realization method and apparatus for operation function in two-way radio, and two-way radio terminal The invention provides a method for implementing an operation function in a two-way radio. The method includes the steps of adapting the operation function to a wirelessly connected terminal in response to triggering of the operation function of the radio, and enabling the terminal to obtain a corresponding operation interface through adapting the operation function; receiving an operation instruction sent by the terminal, wherein the operation instruction is an operation instruction of the operation function; and executing the operation instruction, and implementing the operation function in the radio through the execution of the operation instruction. In addition, the invention provides an apparatus matching the method, and a two-way radio terminal. According to the method, the apparatus for implementing an operation function in the radio, and the radio terminal, the limitations of hardware conditions in the radio can be shielded, so that the implementation efficiency of the operation function in the radio is improved.
US10326872B2	Mobile terminal and method for controlling the same Disclosed are a mobile terminal and method for controlling the same. Particularly, the present invention provides a mobile terminal including a grip sensor, a display unit, and a processor. In this case, the processor may be configured to sense a first input with a predetermined area through the grip sensor in a state in which the mobile terminal is gripped by a user and display a first menu icon at a first point corresponding to the first input on the display unit after sensing the first input.
US10326871B2	Integrated personal digital assistant device A mobile computing device is disclosed. In some aspects, the mobile computing device may execute a first application using one or more processors, and may receive, during execution of the first application, a user selection of a shift key. The mobile computing device may transition a state of the shift key from an unlocked non-shift state to a shift state based on the user selection. The mobile computing device may change the execution of the first application to an execution of a second application, and clear the state of the shift key in response to changing the execution from the first application to the second application.
US10326870B2	Headset system for use in a call center environment A headset system for use with especially in a call center environment, in which method a wireless connection is established between headset and base unit, and the wireless connection is maintained while indicating from a headset user interface to the base unit that the headset is available for receiving an incoming call. The headset system is connected to a telephone system and has a processor configured to receive mode information and to operate according to the received mode information. The headset has a headset user interface and controls the headset signal processor to operate in accordance with user input. The headset is further configured to provide the end-of-call information to the base unit while maintaining the wireless connection.
US10326867B2	Measurement and tuning of hands free telephone systems An arrangement is described for measuring performance characteristics of a hands free telephone system. There is a measurement system which is coupleable over a telephone audio interface directly to the hands free telephone system for measuring the performance characteristics.
US10326866B2	Electronic device and method for controlling the electronic device thereof Provided herein are an electronic device and a method for controlling the electronic device, the electronic device including a display including a main display area arranged on a front surface of the electronic device and a sub display area that extends from one side of the main display area and arranged on at least one area of a rear surface of the electronic device; a receiver including audio output circuitry configured to output audio received from an external terminal; a display antenna located on one or more of the main display area and the sub display area, and configured to perform communication with an external terminal; and a processor configured to control the display antenna based on a network state or a type of an application being executed.
US10326863B2	Speed and accuracy of computers when resolving client queries by using graph database model A computer-implemented method of improving a speed and an accuracy of a server computer executing a chat bot using a processor. An input is received at the chat bot at the server computer from a client computer over a network. The input is parsed using a natural language engine into one or more keywords. The one or more keywords are assigned to one or more part of speech tags. All of the input is stored as a profile into a non-transitory computer recordable storage medium. The graph database model is traversed, with traversing including comparing the profile to nodes in the graph database model and using relationships among the nodes as part of the comparing, and wherein traversing ends at a root node in the graph database model. A solution stored in the root node is returned to the client computer, by the processor and over the network.
US10326862B2	Distributed and transactionally deterministic data processing architecture A data transaction processing system including multiple transaction processors also includes an active transaction receiver that sequences all incoming messages from various sources to facilitate transactional determinism, as well as a results arbiter to efficiently decide which transaction processor result to choose as the correct output. The data transaction processing system minimizes overall latency by optimizing which transaction processors and results arbiters are responsive to specific client computer input requests or messages.
US10326861B2	Method for controlling cooperation of multiple intelligent devices and apparatus thereof A method for controlling an intelligent device and an apparatus thereof, which relate to the technical field of the internet of things, are provided. The method includes: receiving a first intelligent device identification and first intelligent device state information transmitted by a first intelligent device; determining a second intelligent device associated with the first intelligent device and a first target operation corresponding to the first intelligent device state information based on the first intelligent device identification, the first intelligent device state information and a social application account which is currently logged into; and transmitting a control message to the second intelligent device based on a second intelligent device identification and the first target operation, such that the second intelligent device performs the first target operation.
US10326860B2	System and method for defining virtual machine fabric profiles of virtual machines in a high-performance computing environment Systems and methods for defining virtual machine fabric profiles of virtual machines. An exemplary embodiment can provide a virtual machine identifier, a virtual host channel adapter instance ID, and a virtual globally unique identifier. The virtual machine identifier, virtual host channel adapter instance ID, and virtual globally unique identifier can be mapped to each other so that the virtual host channel adapter instance ID, and virtual globally unique identifier can be retrieved through access to the virtual machine identifier. Further, a relationship can be created between a P_Key that defines an admin partition and the virtual globally unique identifier, where the relationship between the P_Key and the virtual globally unique identifier defines the virtual globally unique identifier as a member of the admin partition defined by the P_Key.
US10326856B2	Single solution for user asset control A system provides a way for a person to control access to digital assets, including financial accounts, through a common gateway that can interact on the person's behalf with service providers that manage the digital assets. Brokers may act as intermediaries between the gateway and the service providers, providing a common interface to the gateway and a specific interface to a service provider. Trigger events can cause the gateway to interact with the service providers, causing the service providers to take a desired action. The trigger events may include notification sent by the person, timed events, and other detected events.
US10326853B2	Method and apparatus for reducing network resource transmission size using delta compression A method and computing device for delta compression techniques for reducing network resource transmission size are described. A first version of a network resource is received. The first version of the network resource is stored regardless of a directive that a cached version is not to be used to respond to a future request for that network resource. A first request for the network resource is received. A second request for the network resource is transmitted, to a second computing device. A response including a set differences between the first version of the network resource with a most current version of the network resource is received from the second computing device without receiving the entire network resource. An updated version of the network resource is transmitted to the client device, where the updated version is generated by applying the set of differences to the first version of the network resource.
US10326852B2	Proxy for monitoring special handling of content within a service network A device intercepts a request from a requesting device, and the request includes a network address or a universal resource locator (URL) for content. The device determines whether special handling is applicable when forwarding the content to the requesting device. The device establishes a session between the content device and the requesting device, and the session exchanges data via a pathway that includes a proxy. The proxy identifies data, including the requested content, exchanged in the session and determines whether the special handling was used when forwarding the data. The proxy forwards reporting data identifying the exchanged data and indicating whether the special handling was used when exchanging the data through the session.
US10326846B1	Method and apparatus for web based storage on-demand The operation efficiency of a large scale distributed computing system across the world wide web is critical to any enterprise or ISP or ASP operation due to a larger number of various different computing units involved. The introduction of a service pool construction protocol can help enterprise, ISP and ASP to achieve a high degree of automation for creating and managing different service pools in respect to the needs for storage capacity, in the large scale distributed computing system.
US10326842B2	Terminal connection device, processing information execution system, processing information execution method A terminal connection device includes: a storage unit configured to store a priority based on a type of processing information for performing input or output of information; a communication unit configured to receive from another device a processing request in which the processing information is identified; and an input and output path assignment unit configured to acquire, when the communication unit has received the processing request, the type of the processing information identified in the processing request, to identify, by using an external processing information priority, which is a priority based on the type, and candidates of usable input and output paths for each piece of the processing information, the input and output path for executing the processing information relating to the processing request, and to assign the processing information to the identified input and output path.
US10326838B2	Live migration of probe enabled load balanced endpoints in a software defined network Methods, systems, and devices are described herein for modifying the monitoring of the health of a data center IP endpoint (such as VM) during live migration of the data center IP endpoint from a source host to a destination host. In one example, the described techniques may include receiving an indication that a virtual machine is going to be live migrated from a source host to a destination host. Next, evaluation of health probe responses originating from the virtual machine may be suspended for a time period. The time period may be selected based on the live migration. The evaluation of the probe responses originating from the virtual machine may be resumed upon completion of the time period. In some cases, a health probe status of the virtual machine may be migrated from the source host to the destination host.
US10326836B2	Partially replicating a snapshot between storage systems Synchronizing snapshots between storage systems, including: receiving, from a source storage system, an identification of a snapshot to be replicated to a destination storage system; identifying, from hint information stored on the destination storage system, a most recent version of the snapshot that is stored on the destination storage system; issuing, to the source storage system, a request for an identification of the differences between the snapshot to be replicated to the destination storage system and the most recent version of the snapshot that is stored on the destination storage system; receiving, from the source storage system, the identification of the differences; and issuing a request to transfer, from the source storage system to the destination storage system, data associated with the differences.
US10326833B1	Systems and method for processing request for network resources Systems and methods for processing requests associated with network resources and/or virtualization services are provided. A request associated with one or more network resources may be received, and a set of one or more tags associated with the request may be identified. A representative value for the set of one or more tags may then be determined utilizing, for example, a hashing operation or a compression function. The representative value may be associated with a request prior to the request being processed by at least one network server. Subsequently, the set of one or more tags may reconstructed based at least in part upon the representative value in order to facilitate the generation of one or more reports, such as billing reports or resource usage reports.
US10326831B2	Signal generating method, signal generating unit, and non-transitory recording medium storing computer program One aspect of the present disclosure relates to a signal generating method for generating a visible light signal. A signal generating method includes: a step SD11 of determining, as a method for transmitting a visible light signal from a transmitter, one of a single-frame transmitting method for transmitting data as one frame and a multiple-frame transmitting method for transmitting the data while dividing the data into a plurality of frames; a step SD12 of, when the multiple-frame transmitting method is determined, generating partition type information indicating a type of data to be transmitted, and generating combination data by adding the partition type information to the data to be transmitted; a step SD13 of generating the plurality of frames each of which includes each of a plurality of data parts by dividing the combination data into the plurality of data parts; and a step SD14 of generating the visible light signal by adding a preamble to a head of each of the plurality of frames.
US10326826B1	Migrating an on premises workload to a web services platform Techniques are disclosed for migrating a computer application from an entity's premises to a web services platform. Data from multiple sources on the entity's premises is gathered and normalized into a common format. The normalized data is used to create a topology of the network on the entity's premises. This topology is analyzed to determine whether a computer application executing on the entity's premises may be migrated to the web service platform.
US10326824B2	Method and system for iterative pipeline Method, system, and programs for data processing. In one example, a record is received. The record is separated into multiple partitions. Each partition is submitted to an iterative pipeline, wherein the iterative pipeline comprises two or more processing stages that are run in parallel and one of the multiple partitions passes through one of the two or more processing stages in one iteration. The multiple partitions are passed through two or more processing stages. The partitions that have passed through each of the two or more processing stages are merged.
US10326822B2	Methods, systems and media for presenting a virtual operating system on a display device Methods, systems, and media for presenting a virtual operating system on a display device are provided. In some implementations, a method for presenting a virtual operating system user interface (Virtual OS UI) is provided, the method comprising: receiving a request to provide the virtual OS UI for a display coupled to a media receiving device; selecting applications; generating the virtual OS UI including the applications; causing the media receiving device to present the virtual OS UI on the display; receiving signals from a remote control to select a second application; executing the second application; causing the media receiving device to present the second application on the display; receiving signals from the remote control to select media content; causing the media receiving device to request the selected media content; and causing the media receiving device to present the requested media content using the display.
US10326821B2	Custom back-end functionality in an online web site building environment Disclosed embodiments relate to online website building using customized back-end functionality. Operations include maintaining an online database configured to store a library of website building elements for configuring a front-end of an indexable web page; transmitting instructions to a browser permitting a user to remotely access the stored library, and to permit the user to utilize a selection of the building elements for constructing the front-end of the indexable webpage; receiving specifications from user to configure a programmable event for activating user-editable code providing customized back-end functionality associated with the indexable webpage; receiving user edits to the code; storing the edited code; and in response to a trigger associated with the programmable event, executing the edited code for implementing the customized back-end functionality.
US10326812B2	Data repurposing A digital broadcast network is provided in which multiple original experiences powered by the same data is created. A server software intelligently handles delivery of data so that the data can be utilized by several different client-side applications at substantially the same time. Through filtering of large amounts of data and creation of a universal format, this data can be used by devices capable of receiving a digital broadcast stream.
US10326808B2	Contact information distributor A computer receives contact information associated with one or more users and stores said contact information in a database. The computer detects a conference call and determines which users are present at the conference call. The computer determines whether the users already share contact information with one another and, if not, the computer determines whether contact information of a user should be distributed based on recorded usage patterns. Based on determining that contact information of the user should not be distributed based on usage patterns, the computer is further capable of determining whether the user wishes to share contact information with other participating users via user input. Based on determining that the first user would like to share their contact information with other participating users, the computer provides the other participating users access to the contact information of the first user and records usage patterns detailing the conference call.
US10326807B2	Method and software for enabling n-way collaborative work over a network of computers Method, software, and system for efficiently enabling n-way collaborative work using common software over a network of computers. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, each participant in a collaborative session starts up a common software application, which includes a collaboration component. This collaboration component is used to establish a common session that includes all interested parties. The collaboration component replicates operations performed on any one instance of said application to all other instances participating in the same session, so the effect is as if all members of the session were sharing a single instance of the application on a single computer. In one aspect, the collaboration component also supports broadcast of audio and video over a computer network, to enable session participants to see and/or hear each other, and further includes other features that support collaborative work.
US10326805B2	Distributed adaptive bit rate proxy system A distributed adaptive bit rate (ABR) proxy system may include a gateway device that includes a first transcoder and is configured to receive segments of a content item from an ABR server, and a secondary device that includes a second transcoder and is configured to receive the segments of the content item from the gateway device. The first transcoder may transcode the segments based at least in part on a first ABR profile to generate first transcoded segments, and the second transcoder may transcode the segments based at least in part on a second ABR profile to generate second transcoded segments. The gateway device may advertise the first and second ABR profiles to user devices and may transmit the first transcoded segments to the user devices in response to requests therefor. The secondary device may transmit the second transcoded segments to the user devices in response to requests therefor.
US10326804B1	Reducing network protocol overhead A telecommunications network includes a telephony application server (TAS). In some examples, the TAS receives, from a terminal, a session-initiation request identifying a called party. The TAS sends structured text (e.g., XML, or JSON) identifying the called party (e.g., data of an anyTimeInterrogation query payload) to an information server (e.g., an HLR), which responds with structured text of a destination-terminal address dynamically bound to a terminal associated with the called party (e.g., data of a sendRoutingInformation reply payload). In some examples, the TAS receives Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) request data from a terminal. The TAS sends structured text indicating the USSD string and an identifier of the terminal to a USSD gateway via an Internet-Protocol-based Lightweight Protocol (IPLP), e.g., HTTPS, and receives structured text including USSD answer data. The TAS sends, to the terminal, a report message comprising the USSD answer data.
US10326799B2	Horizontal switch scalability via load balancing Embodiments are directed to secure communication over a network. If a source node sends a communication to a target node, a source gateway may forward the communication to the target node. The source gateway may provide a gateway identifier (GID) that may be associated with one or more target gateways associated with the target node. Further, the source gateway may embed marker information that includes at least a portion of the GID in the communication. If the GID is associated with more than one target gateway, a TMD selects one target gateway from the more than one target gateways. Also, the TMD provides a gateway key associated with the selected target gateway that is associated with the communication. And, the TMD may provide the communication to the selected target gateway that provides the communication to the target node.
US10326798B2	System and method for secure data transmission and storage A method for securely storing a data object comprises identifying the data object to be stored securely, segmenting the data object into a plurality of data packets, including at least a first data packet and a second data packet, specifying a secure storage location for the first data packet, specifying a secure storage location for the second data packet that is different from the storage location specified for the first data packet, securely transmitting the first data packet to the data storage location specified for it and storing it in the secure storage location specified for it, securely transmitting the second data packet to the data storage location specified for it and storing it in the secure storage location specified for it. A method for securely transmitting data comprises identifying the data packets to be transmitted securely, segmenting the packets into a plurality of data packets, transmitting the plurality of data packets with unpredictable addressing patterns, receiving, reassembling, and re-transmitting the data packets in their original format.
US10326790B2	Reverse proxy computer: deploying countermeasures in response to detecting an autonomous browser executing on a client computer A computer system configured to improve security of server computers interacting with client computers, the system comprising: one or more processors executing instructions that cause the one or more processors to: select, from the plurality of detection tests, one or more first detection tests to be performed by a client computer; send, to the client computer, a first set of detection instructions that define the one or more first detection tests, and which when executed causes generating a first set of results that identifies a first set of characteristics of the client computer; receive the first set of results from the client computer; select one or more first countermeasures from a plurality of countermeasures based on the first set of characteristics identified in the first set of results; send, to the client computer, a first set of countermeasure instructions that define the one or more first countermeasures.
US10326789B1	Web Bot detection and human differentiation Web Bot detection methods and systems are provided that receive a request, in connection with a network session. The methods and systems determine whether the request is associated with potential Bot activity, and based thereon assign a Bot confidence designation. The Bot confidence designation indicates a likelihood that the request represents an agent-based request. The methods and systems analyze a session trait of the network session relative to predetermined session traits indicative of human-based requests, and assign a human confidence designation based on the analysis. The human confidence designation indicates a likelihood that the request represents a human-based request. The request is then classified to represent an agent-based request or human-based request based on the Bot and human confidence designations.
US10326784B2	System and method for detecting network activity of interest A network activity detection system is trained to detect network activities of interest such as threats by malicious computer data. The training involves distilling the characteristics of known network activities of interest (e.g., intrusion by computer viruses, exploits, worms, or the like) into a minimal set of meta-expressions. At run-time, the network activity detection system combines the minimal set of meta-expressions with efficient computer algorithms for evaluating meta-expressions to detect known network activities of interest, as well as their unknown variants, among an unknown set of network activity. The network activity detection system may produce appropriate responses upon the detection of network activities of interest.
US10326783B2	Token based automated agent detection Service providers may operate one or more services configured to detect requests generated by automated agents. A CAPTCHA may be transmitted in response to requests generated by automated agents. The CAPTCHAs may be included in a modal pop-up box configured to be displayed by a client application displaying a webpage to a customer of the service provider. Furthermore, the CAPTCHAs included in the modal pop-up box may be rendered inactive and caused not to be displayed by client application executing the webpage. Submitted solutions to CAPTCHAs may be presented with a cookie that enables access to resources of the service provider without restriction. Cookies may be tracked and their use may be used to detect automated agent activity.
US10326780B1	Auto-sizing an untrusted view Systems and methods for presenting information associated with an application are disclosed. An application is executed at a computing device, wherein the application presents a visual output at a display unit of the computing device. A guest process is run within the application. The guest process stores and processes untrusted content. An embedder process is run within the application and in parallel with the guest process. The embedder process stores and processes trusted content. The application receives, via the guest process, a request to present an image associated with the untrusted content. The embedder process specifies size constraints for the image. The guest process adjusts the image to fit within the size constraints specified via the embedder process.
US10326779B2	Reputation-based threat protection Information concerning a plurality of identified threats provided by a plurality of preselected sources is stored in memory. An e-mail message may be received over a communication network. The received e-mail message is separated into a plurality of components. The stored information is searched to identify a reputation score associated with each of the plurality of components. It is then determined whether the e-mail is a threat based on the identified reputation score of each of the plurality of components. The determination is sent to a designated recipient.
US10326778B2	System and method for detecting lateral movement and data exfiltration A system configured to detect a threat activity on a network. The system including a digital device configured to detect a first order indicator of compromise on a network, detect a second order indicator of compromise on the network, generate a risk score based on correlating said first order indicator of compromise on the network with the second order indicator of compromise on said network, and generate at least one incident alert based on comparing the risk score to a threshold.
US10326773B2	Ensuring the credibility of devices for global attestation Embodiments disclose systems, methods, and computer program products to perform an operation for adapting a set of devices used to authenticate a client device. The operation generally includes determining a plurality of broker devices available for attesting a location of a client device, and determining, from the available broker devices, a first and second subset of broker devices based on a credibility score determined for each of the available broker devices. The operation also includes attesting the location of the client device based on information received from the first subset of broker devices regarding devices in proximity to each of the broker devices in the first subset. The operation further includes upon determining that a number of responses with the information from at least one of the broker devices in the first subset has reached a threshold, reassigning broker devices in the first and second subsets.
US10326771B2	Secure file transaction system Embodiments of a secure file transaction system employ a host to receive a file manipulation request for a secure file from a requester, determine whether the requester is authorized for the file manipulation request, issue an authentication challenge to the requester, issue an approval request to the file owner and process the file manipulation request based upon obtained authentication and approval.
US10326770B2	Method and apparatus for controlling access pools of computing systems in a web based environment Exchange or sharing information through the World Wide Web is a way of life in modern society. The innovated dynamic workspace technology of this invention together with the implementation of posting and un-posting operations for control sharing or stop sharing various resources of message, files, and folder, networks and storages in a central controlled distributed scalable virtual machine (CCDSVM) has not only greatly improved the sharing for messages, files and folders, but also improved the sharing for enterprise operation. Specially, the use of the dynamic workspace for controlling instantly sharing or stop sharing groups of computing systems of a network has tremendously improves agility, security, and flexibly for enterprise IT operations.
US10326765B2	System, method, and software for providing access control enforcement capabilities in cloud computing systems According to one embodiment, a system comprises one or more processors coupled to a memory. The one or more processors when executing logic encoded in the memory provide a topology manager. The topology manager is configured to maintain a security topology of a plurality of hosts. The security topology associates one or more virtual hosts policies with a plurality of virtual hosts in a cloud computing deployment. The topology manager is also configured to request a query for one or more hosts that are candidates to be enforced. A portability manager is configured to receive a request to deploy an access control agent on the one or more candidate hosts, determine an optimal agent to be deployed from a list of available agents, and deploy the optimal agent on the one or more candidate hosts.
US10326763B2	Address validation using signatures Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for generating signed addresses. One of the methods includes receiving, by a component from a device, a plurality of first requests, each first request for a physical address and including a virtual address, determining, by the component, a first physical address using the virtual address, generating a first signature for the first physical address, and providing, to the device, a response that includes the first signature, receiving, from the device, a plurality of second requests, each second request for access to a second physical address and including a second signature, determining, by the component for each of the plurality of second requests, whether the second physical address is valid using the second signature, and for each second request for which the second physical address is determined to be valid, servicing the corresponding second request.
US10326761B2	Web-based user authentication techniques and applications A system, apparatus, method, and machine readable medium are described for performing user authentication. For example, one embodiment of a system comprises: media capture logic implemented as a component within a browser executed on a client, the media capture logic configured to capture a user's voice from a microphone on a client or images of the user's face or other portion of the user's body from a camera on the client, the media capture logic exposing an application programming interface (API); and a web authentication application implemented as another component within the browser for communicating with an authentication server to perform biometric authentication of a user, the web authentication application making calls to the API of the media capture logic to capture raw biometric data comprising the user's voice from the microphone and/or images of the user's face or other portion of the user's body from the camera, the web authentication application to implement a biometric authentication process to authenticate the user with the raw biometric data.
US10326759B2	Website authentication using an internet-connected device The invention is an authentication framework that enables a user to log in to a website using an Internet-connected device, such as smartphone, smart watch, smart glasses, or tablet, while browsing on a computer. The framework makes it easier for people with certain disabilities to log in to a website, such as by removing the mandatory step of entering usernames and passwords while giving users multiple options through which they are establish their identity using Internet-connected devices. For example, gyroscope, camera, microphone, or the accelerometer can be used to provide credentials. This approach of the framework greatly reduces the number of barriers that a user with disability encounters when trying to use password-based authentication on the Internet.
US10326755B2	Dynamic certificate generation on a certificate authority cloud Techniques are disclosed for dynamically generating a digital certificate for a customer server. A customer server creates a certificate profile and receives an associated profile identifier from a certificate authority (CA). The customer server installs an agent application received from the CA. The agent application generates a public/private key pair and an identifier associated with the customer server. The agent application sends a signed request to the CA that includes the profile identifier, server identifier, and the public key corresponding to the key pair. Upon receiving the credentials, the CA generates a dynamically updatable certificate. Thereafter, if the customer changes information associated with the certificate (or if external conditions require a change to the certificate, such as a key compromise or change in security standards), the CA may generate an updated certificate based on the certificate profile changes and the public key.
US10326752B1	Method for automated authentication of VoIP phone A method for automated authentication of a user VoIP phone supported by a Private Branch eXchange (PBX) configuration server is provided. A VoIP phone or a VoIP supported device is configured for an automated authentication by a vendor. The authentication method does not require manual entry of authentication data by a user. The unique VoIP phone authentication data can be provided by the vendor in a form of a MAC address. Additionally, the vendor can assign a digital certificate (containing public and private encryption keys) signed by the vendor to the VoIP phone. In this case, the VoIP phone vendor serves as a trusted authority. Thus, the VoIP phone automatically connects with the configuration server and the authentication transformation server (ATS) and the address where the VoIP phone sends the authentication data upon connection to the network is determined by the ATS.
US10326743B2	Secured data transmission using identity-based cryptography A system is provided for secure data transmission. The system stores a public master key, private decryption key and secure messaging module for securely transmitting and receiving a digital model data file for transmission via a work order message. For transmitting and receiving the work order message, the system generate public encryption keys using a key generation algorithm in which each of the public encryption keys are unique to a designated message recipient and generated using an input including the public master key, a validity period, and an identifier of the designated message recipient. The system may also store a revocation list that includes identifiers of message recipients that have revoked access to the public master key or private decryption key, and based thereon determine whether or not to encrypt and transmit the work order message, or receive and decrypt the work order message.
US10326741B2	Secure communication secret sharing Embodiments are directed to sharing secure communication secrets with a network monitoring device (NMD). The NMD may passively monitor network packets communicated between client computers and server computers. If a secure communication session is established between a client computer and a server computer, a key provider may provide the NMD a session key that corresponds to the secure communication session. The NMD may buffer each network packet associated with the secure communication session until the NMD is provided a session key for the secure communication session. The NMD may use the session key to decrypt network packets communicated between the client computer and the server computer. The NMD may then proceed to analyze the secure communication session based on the contents of the decrypted network packets.
US10326740B2	Efficient secret-key encrypted secure slice An encryption module encrypts starting data using a random key to produce encrypted data. A hash module performs a secure hash function on the encrypted data using a secret key to produce a hash value. Processing circuitry masks the random key using the hash value to produce a masked random key, and combines the encrypted data and the masked random key to produce a secure package. A distributed storage and task module encodes the secure package to produce a set of encoded data slices. The secret key and a decode threshold number of the encoded data slices included in the set of encoded data slices are sufficient to recover the secure package and the starting data. The set of encoded data slices is stored in a set of storage units.
US10326739B2	Tokenizing network appliance and method An example security device receives a plurality of data units carrying traffic in a message encoded in accordance with an application layer protocol for a server. The message comprises payload. The security device analyzes the plurality of data units to identify the application layer protocol; selects a data extraction algorithm in dependence on the identified application layer protocol; extracts selected data from the payload, in accordance with one or more tokenizing rules; and forwards selected data to a token encoder, to allow the token encoder to store selected data and return at least one token used to identify the selected data. The device receives from the token encoder, at least one token and replaces the selecting data in the payload with the at least one token to form modified payload and forming and forwards a modified message comprising the payload data, in place of the message, thereby securing the original message.
US10326737B2	Mobile hotspot managed by access controller Systems and methods are described for a mobile hotspot that can be managed by an access controller. According to an embodiment, a WAN connection is established by a mobile hotspot through a telecommunication data network via a wireless WAN module. When in a first mode, the mobile hotspot: (i) sets up a secure tunnel through the WAN connection with an AC of the enterprise that manages APs of a wireless network of an enterprise; (ii) broadcasts an SSID that is also broadcast by the APs; (iii) establishes a WLAN connection with a WiFi-enabled device based on an AP profile containing (a) authentication information regarding users approved to access the wireless network and (b) information identifying the SSID; (iv) receives WLAN traffic from the WiFi-enabled device through the WLAN connection; and (v) transmits the WLAN traffic to a server of the enterprise via the secure tunnel and the AC.
US10326725B2	Systems and methods for mobile communication integration A mobile application for integrating a location sharing event with a messaging platform such as a text messaging or email platform allows users to be prompted about location sharing when at least a part of the message includes location or time information. In one embodiment, the mobile application takes the form of an integrated location sharing application that parses the message to discern the relevant location or time information. The application may also provide a notification of a future event and may optionally generate a location sharing event based on the notification. In another embodiment, the application permits interactive route sharing between at least two computing devices.
US10326724B2	Automatic e-mail content task identifier and action assistant An approach for identifying and managing tasks in an e-mail system. An e-mail task manager, receives an e-mail and creates n-grams based on e-mail data content and metadata content. The e-mail task manager identifies the e-mail as a task e-mail based on analyzing the n-grams to detect a task and a task owner. The e-mail task manager determines task details associated with the task e-mail based on the n-grams and determines a collection of recommended actions based on the task details. The e-mail task manager stores the collection of recommended actions and associated action states in a task history store. The e-mail task manager outputs the collection of recommended actions and the action states associated with the task e-mail based on the task owner and updates the collection of recommend actions and the associated action states based on interactions by the task owner.
US10326720B2	Messaging queue service API optimization system A method of providing a message queue service includes a first request being received by a computing device from an application to connect to a messaging queue manager provided by a messaging queue service that manages a messaging queue for at least one application. The application connects to the messaging queue manager by executing a single connect API command that causes the execution of a first plurality of commands in a messaging queue service API that provide for a connection of the application to the messaging queue manager. A second request is received from the application to open a message queue. The message queue managed by the messaging queue manager opens by executing a single open queue API command that causes the execution of a second plurality of commands that provide for the opening of the message queue.
US10326717B2	Instant message user management Techniques are disclosed for improving management of user information in instant messaging systems. Expiration criteria are defined, whereby one or more users or user groups may be considered as having “expired” from consideration by instant messaging functions such as presence determination. In particular, instant messaging activity is preferably used as an expiration criterion. Absence of inbound or outbound messages for a specified amount of time (or since a particular date/time) can therefore be used as a trigger for treating a user or group of users as expired. As a result, efficiency of an instant messaging system is improved by omitting the expired users and groups from subsequent management operations. Optionally, an expired user or group may be revived upon occurrence of certain events (such as a newly-arriving instant message from, or a change in presence status of, the user or group).
US10326715B2	System and method for updating information in an instant messaging application A method is performed by a mobile device having one or more processors and memory for updating information in an instant messenger application installed on the mobile device. The method includes: receiving an instant message from a remote server, the instant message including a first user actionable item; displaying the instant message including the first user actionable item in a graphical user interface corresponding to the instant messenger application; detecting a first user input through the first user actionable item; in accordance with the first user input: generating an information update request; sending the information update request to the remote server; receiving a response to the information update request from the remote server; and updating the instant message in the graphical user interface in accordance with the response from the remote server.
US10326709B1	Cluster aware container manager In one aspect, a method includes determining an allocation of nodes in a cluster to application containers using a node capacity and a policy, publishing the allocation to a coordinator, the coordinator configured to manage the nodes comprising a first node, reading the allocation from the coordinator and instructing a container manager in the first node to generate an application container in the first node conforming to the allocation.
US10326707B2	Building and maintaining a network Techniques and systems for establishing and maintaining networks. The technique includes assigning a network device to an interregional redirector system and load balancer systems. The network device can be assigned based upon the regions or subregions of the network device. The technique includes the load balancer systems assigning the network device to network device management engines. The status of the network device management engines can be monitored to determine if one of the network device management engines has failed. In the event that a network device management engine has failed, the network device can be assigned to a different network device management engine.
US10326705B2	Communication device and communication method In a core node, packet related information included in a packet is extracted, a virtual queue length, which is an estimated value of a queue length of a transmission queue addressed to a user in an edge device, is calculated and held on a user basis on the basis of the packet related information and band information of a line between the edge device and the user, and a determination is made, on a user basis, as to whether or not band control is required, on the basis of the virtual queue length and predetermined conditions so as to perform, on the basis of the result of the determination, the band control of the packet addressed to the user on a user basis in a packet relay part.
US10326699B2	LDP switchover threshold TLV to denote LSP switchover threshold The present disclosure generally relates to the field of label switching. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to techniques of providing, forwarding and distributing load balancing information in a label switched network. A method of providing load balancing information in a label switched network comprises the steps of: configuring (S402), by a first router (40) of the label switched network, load balancing information, the load balancing information indicating a condition under which load balancing is to be performed for a class of data packets comprising one or more data packets; and providing (S404), by the first router (40), the configured load balancing information together with label information, being related to the class of data packets, in one message to at least one second router (20) of the label switched network, in order to establish at least a section of a path for label switching the one or more data packets of the class of data packets through the label switched network on the basis of the label information.
US10326696B2	Transmission of messages by acceleration components configured to accelerate a service Components, methods, and systems allowing acceleration components to transmit messages are provided. An acceleration component for use among a first plurality of acceleration components, associated with a first top-of-rack (TOR) switch, to transmit messages to other acceleration components in an acceleration plane configurable to provide service acceleration for a service is provided. The acceleration component includes a transport component configured to transmit a first point-to-point message to a second acceleration component, associated with a second TOR switch different form the first TOR switch, and to a third acceleration component, associated with a third TOR switch different from the first TOR switch and the second TOR switch. The transport component may be configured to broadcast a second point-to-point message to all of a second plurality of acceleration components associated with the second TOR switch and to all of a third plurality of acceleration components associated with the third TOR switch.
US10326691B2	Wireless data transfer as an alternative method to overcome errors or noise in a storage environment Various embodiments for managing data transmission errors in a computing storage environment, by a processor device, are provided. In one embodiment, data traffic is routed through a data path in the computing storage environment, and in response to detecting errors in routing the data traffic through the data path, the routing of the data traffic is switched to an alternate data path. In response to reaching a predetermined error threshold while routing the data traffic through the alternate data path the computing storage environment, at least certain data traffic is wirelessly transmitted from a source to a switch nearest a destination of the certain data traffic.
US10326685B1	Virtual routing tables for routers in a multi-tier network Technologies are provided for creating virtual routing tables in routers in a multi-tier network. One or more routers in the network are configured to block other routers in a lower tier of the network from receiving routing updates from one another. By blocking the routing updates, the routers in the higher tier of the network cause the routers in the lower tier of the network to create different virtual routing tables that do not include other routers the lower tier of the network. In such a configuration, routers in the lower tier of the network can be connected to routers in the higher tier of the network with partially overlapping uplink connections without a loss of bandwidth utilization. Since the routers in the lower tier of the network are unaware of the partially overlapping uplink connections, the routers in the lower tier of the network can distribute data transmissions to one another evenly across all their uplink connections to the routers in the higher tier of the network, instead of using the overlapping uplink connections exclusively.
US10326684B2	Test fixture and method for securing and testing network devices A system and method for testing multiple residential gateways. One of the multiple residential gateways is engaged in a testing platform of a test fixture. The testing platform includes an adapter for interfacing the set-top box with the test fixture. The multiple residential gateways are automatically tested in parallel. Test results for each of the multiple residential gateways are measured. The test results for each of the multiple residential gateways are displayed to a user.
US10326683B2	Class of service probe Methods, systems, and apparatus for generating a delay profile for different priority classifications. In one aspect, multiple latency probes are transmitted by a source node to a target network node. Each latency probe has a different priority code. A response to each of the transmitted latency probes is received by the source node from the target network node. Based on the received responses, a delay profile for the target network node is generated by the source node. The delay profile provides multiple network latency measurements for packets transmitted to the target network node with the different priority codes. A user interface of a display is updated to visually present at least a portion of the delay profile.
US10326682B2	Intermediary network element for tap traffic In one implementation, a method for tap traffic redirection can include identification of a request protocol and a source network element, selection of a redirector protocol based on a list of device capabilities, instruction of the source network element to send a first copy of network traffic to an intermediary network element using the redirector protocol, and instruction of the intermediary network element to forward a second copy of the network traffic using the request protocol.
US10326680B2	Generic operations, administration, and maintenance (OAM) function A system includes: a processor in electrical communication with a data packet network that includes a first network device having a first network node and a second network device having a second network node. The system also includes a non-transitory memory having stored instructions, when executed by the processor, configured to perform acts including: generating a frame denoting a protocol data unit (PDU) to implement at least one OAM function within the data packet network; encapsulating the PDU in a packet having a header; transmitting the packet from the first network node to the second network node. The PDU is a generic PDU (GPDU) for implementing at least one generic OAM (GOAM) function across the first and second network nodes operating different transmission protocols. The header includes GOAM indication information denoting the presence of the GPDU within the packet.
US10326676B1	Automated risk assessment based on machine generated investigation Embodiments are directed to monitoring network traffic using a network computer. The network computer provides anomaly information associated with anomalies that may be associated with monitored network traffic. An inference engine may determine the users associated with the anomalies based on the monitored network traffic. A communication channel associated with the users may be determined based on the anomalies and the monitored network traffic such that the communication channel may be separate from the monitored network traffic. The communication channel may be employed to provide investigative agents to the users. Investigative information may be collected from the investigative agents over the communication channel. The inference engine may provide a risk value that is associated with the anomalies based on the investigative information.
US10326670B2	System and method for enterprise data distribution In accordance with accordance, described herein is a system and method for providing a cloud service for distributing enterprise data to data consumers for reuse. The cloud service can include a generic connector interface configured to retrieve enterprise data from a PaaS service, and a plurality of services used for categorizing the enterprise data, managing identities of the data consumers, configuring data access rules, and masking the enterprise data. A plurality of representational state transfer (REST) application programming interfaces (APIs) can be exposed by the cloud service for a tenant to manage the enterprise data and data consumers, and for data consumers to subscribe to the enterprise data. The system allows a PaaS tenant to distribute enterprise data from a PaaS service to a plurality of data consumers securely and scalably.
US10326664B2	BGP logical topology generation method, and device The present disclosure relates to the communications field, and discloses a BGP logical topology generation method, and a device. The method includes: obtaining, by a controller, node information of a first forwarder and BGP session information of the first forwarder, and obtaining node information of a second forwarder and BGP session information of the second forwarder; and generating, by the controller, a BGP logical topology between the first forwarder and the second forwarder according to the node information and the BGP session information of the first forwarder, and the node information and the BGP session information of the second forwarder that are obtained. The technical solution provided in the present invention can implement collection of a BGP logical topology between forwarders by the controller, which is favorable for the controller to manage forwarders running the BGP protocol.
US10326663B2	Fabric-wide bandth management In one embodiment, a method includes measuring a rate of traffic received at a leaf node, marking a plurality of packets in the flow as protected at the leaf node to match the rate of traffic with a configured rate of traffic for the flow at the leaf node, and dropping a plurality of non-protected packets at the leaf node when a queue at the leaf node is congested. A minimum bandwidth is provided for the flow based on the configured rate of traffic at the leaf node. The leaf node comprises an ingress node or an egress node connected to a fabric. An apparatus is also disclosed herein.
US10326661B2	Radial data center design and deployment Illustrated herein is a substantially circular data center including a plurality of machines. The machines are physically grouped into data classification groups. The data classification groups are organized in a radially expanding and circumferential fashion.
US10326656B2	Multi-stage network discovery In a multi-stage network discovery system, a target device is identified by a logical address and associated with a configuration item (CI) record stored in a configuration management database (CMDB). A receiver module receives first probe data from a first probe running against the target device, the first probe data comprising constant attribute data of the target device, stores at least part of the first probe data in a first part of the CI record, receives subsequent probe data from at least one subsequent probe against the target device using the logical address, the subsequent probe data comprising the constant attribute data of the target device, determines that the constant attribute data from the subsequent probe matches the constant attribute data from the CI record, and in response to the determination, stores the subsequent data obtained from the second probe in a second part of the CI record.
US10326654B2	Method and a device for optimizing a configuration system of a network element of a software-defined network A method for optimizing entity-specific configuration systems for functional entities of a network element of a software-defined network is presented. The entity-specific configuration systems are based on a network element-specific configuration system related to the whole network element and comprising configuration entries for determining operations to be carried out by the network element. The method comprises forming (401) relation data that indicates, for each of the functional entities, those of the configuration entries which are irrelevant to the functional entity under consideration so that operation of the functional entity is independent of these configuration entries. The relation data enables the entity-specific configuration systems to be constructed (402) so that the entity-specific configuration system of each functional entity is free from those configuration entries which, according to the relation data, are irrelevant to the functional entity under consideration. Therefore, resources for implementing the entity-specific configuration systems can be saved.
US10326653B2	Method for upgrading network functions virtualization application, service forwarding method, and apparatus A method for upgrading a network functions virtualization application includes creating, by a virtualized infrastructure manager (VIM), a network resource according to an upgrade plan for the network functions virtualization application; creating, by the VIM, a virtual machine for a new-version virtualized network function (VNF) according to the upgrade plan; configuring, by the VIM, the virtual machine on a test network according to the network resource; performing, by the VIM, upgrade configuration on the virtual machine according to an upgrade configuration script to obtain the new-version VNF; and switching, by an NFV orchestrator, an earlier-version VNF to the new-version VNF after determining that a function test of the new-version VNF on the test network is successful. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, an automated upgrade procedure and upgrade steps for a network functions virtualization application are defined, so that upgrading the network functions virtualization application can be automated.
US10326652B2	Implicit traffic engineering Briefly, methods and/or apparatuses for implicit traffic engineering, such as for the Internet, are described.
US10326651B1	Client configurable hardware logic and corresponding signature Disclosed are techniques regarding aspects of implementing client configurable logic within a computer system. The computer system can be a cloud infrastructure. The techniques can include associating signature information with the client configurable logic for various purposes.
US10326647B2	Network-on-chip using temperature-effect-inversion and operation method thereof Provided is a network-on-chip (NoC). The NoC includes a plurality of routers configured to receive power through each corresponding power gating switch, and a controller configured to control a power gating switch of each of the plurality of routers based on temperature information provided from each of the plurality of routers and control a driving clock of the plurality of routers. The controller controls the power gating switch to turn off at least one first router by referring to the temperature information and over-scale a clock frequency of at least one turned-on second router.
US10326645B2	System and methods for configuration management Aspects of the present disclosure describe systems and methods for automatically configuring, managing, updating, and/or monitoring the configuration of various computing resources and/or network devices within a communications network, such as a telecommunications network. Configuration code may be deployed to a repository for a cluster of computing resources and one or more layers may be defined describing configurable aspects of the cluster. Subsequently, a script may be identified and executed to configure the cluster based on the configuration code.
US10326644B1	Cooperative monitoring networks An electronic monitoring system is described that receives data from a particular monitoring system, receives data from multiple other monitoring systems, analyzes data received from the particular monitoring system irrespective of data received from the multiple other monitoring systems, based on the analysis, determines whether one or more events occur at the particular environment, and in response to determining that a particular event occurs at the particular environment, evaluates the particular event against a set of rules, selects, based on the evaluation results, a particular subset of the multiple other monitoring systems to serve as a cooperative monitoring network, assesses data received from the particular monitoring system with data received from the particular subset of the multiple other monitoring systems, based on the assessment, tracks, in connection with the particular event, events detected by the particular subset of the multiple other monitoring systems, and handles the particular event based on the tracked events detected by the particular subset of the multiple other monitoring systems.
US10326640B2	Knowledge base radio and core network prescriptive root cause analysis A method, computer program product and system for performing performance and root cause analysis of failures in a telecommunication network are provided. The telecommunication network includes User Equipment (UE) devices, core network and radio access network (RAN). Information related to impacted performance and failures reported in the telecommunication network is received. Telecommunication and transport network elements associated with the reported network performance and failures are identified. Performance and configuration data associated with the identified network elements is analyzed to identify one or more causes of the reported network failures. A root cause analysis of the reported network failures is performed using knowledge and statistical inference models for each of the identified causes to provide at least one recommendation for resolving the reported network failures.
US10326638B2	Implementing an energy proportional network architecture from desired network criteria Systems, methods, and computer-readable executable instructions are provided for implementing an energy proportional network architecture. Implementing an energy proportional network architecture can include determining a number of desired network criteria and a desired number of access ports. A number of switches for the energy proportional network architecture can be calculated from the desired number of access ports and the number of desired network criteria. Implementing an energy proportional network architecture can also include using the number of calculated switches to form the energy proportional network.
US10326635B2	Coding and modulation apparatus using non-uniform constellation A coding and modulation apparatus and method are presented. The apparatus comprises an encoder that encodes input data into cell words, and a modulator that modulates said cell words into constellation values of a non-uniform constellation. The modulator is configured to use, based on the total number M of constellation points of the constellation and the code rate, a non-uniform constellation from one or several groups of constellations each comprising one or more constellations.
US10326633B2	Adaptive selection of signal-detection mode A wireless device detects a synchronization signal by obtaining (210), from a received signal, a sequence of samples, and calculating (220) a differentially decoded sequence from the obtained sequence of samples. The wireless device correlates (230) the calculated differentially decoded sequence with a first reference sequence corresponding to the synchronization signal, at each of a plurality of time offsets, and identifies which of the plurality of time offsets results in a largest correlation result. In response to determining (240) that the largest correlation result does not meet a predetermined reliability criterion, the wireless device correlates (250) the obtained sequence of samples with a second reference sequence, at each of a plurality of time and frequency offsets, and identifies which combination of time offset and frequency offset results in a largest correlation result. The first reference sequence comprises a differentially decoded version of the second reference sequence.
US10326630B2	Extracting sub-bands from signals in a frequency domain A unit includes circuitry configured to: receive a downlink signal; sub-divide the downlink signal into a sub-divided downlink signal having downlink signal components in a time domain, each downlink signal component corresponding to a respective sub-band; determine that at least one downlink signal component corresponds to at least one sub-band having data to be transmitted via a distributed antenna system; generate a transformed downlink signal representing the downlink signal in a frequency domain by performing a frequency transform on the downlink signal; determine that the at least one sub-band of the transformed downlink signal includes the data to be transmitted; extract the at least one sub-band from the transformed downlink signal at least in part by providing data for at least one portion of the transformed downlink signal in the frequency domain that corresponds to the at least one sub-band to the at least one remote antenna unit.
US10326629B2	System and method for encoding and decoding data A method for encoding K bits of data, wherein K is a multiple of N is provided. The method includes a first step of mapping N consecutive bits of the K bits of data, starting from either its least significant bit or its most significant bit, to a point within a quadrant out of 2N quadrants of an N-dimensional space. The method includes a second step of mapping the subsequent contiguous N consecutive bits of the K bits of data, to a point within a sub-quadrant out of 2N quadrants of the N dimensional space within the previous quadrant. The method includes repeating the second step until all K bits of data have been mapped. The method includes a third step of obtaining N coordinate values of N consecutive bits of the data mapped last, wherein the N coordinate values represent the encoded code word for the K bits of data.
US10326626B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device of an embodiment includes first and second couplers, an encoding circuit, and a demodulating circuit. The encoding circuit executes differential Manchester encoding on digital data based on a clock inputted thereto via the first coupler and outputs an encoded data. The demodulating circuit includes a first sampling circuit which samples the encoded data inputted via the second coupler based on a sampling frequency set to be two times higher than that of the encoded data and which outputs first sample data, a second sampling circuit which samples the encoded data at a timing earlier than that in the first sampling circuit and which outputs second sample data, a determination circuit which determines whether or not the first and the second sample data match each other, and a selection circuit which selects first phase data or second phase data from the first sample data.
US10326625B1	System and method for reference noise compensation for single-ended serial links A single-ended signal transmission system recovers a noise signal associated with a data input signal and uses the recovered noise signal to compensate for noise on the data input signal. The noise signal may be recovered from a noise reference signal line, or clock signal line, or a data signal line associated with a DC-balanced data input signal. The recovered noise signal may be represented as an analog signal or a digital signal. The recovered noise signal may be processed to compensate for DC offset and nonlinearities associated with one or more different input buffers. In one embodiment, the recovered noise signal includes frequency content substantially below a fundamental frequency for data transmission through the data input signal.
US10326619B2	Terminal device A cell where an Unlicensed spectrum or shared spectrum is used is efficiently controlled. A terminal device includes a measurement unit configured to measure Channel State Information (CSI) based on a valid downlink subframe based on a Serving cell. A subframe is considered to be the valid downlink subframe in a case that a condition is met, the condition includes that a configured CSI Reference Signal (CSI-RS) resource associated with a Channel State Information process exists in the subframe, and the Serving cell is a Licensed-Assisted Access (LAA) Secondary cell.

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