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| US10339192B1 |
Systems and methods for matching buzzwords in a client management system
A method includes providing a server including a memory and a processor coupled to the memory; defining a plurality of databases in the memory, the databases including fields for respective client matters, and the databases including a plurality of notes for respective matters, the notes including text, and the databases including a plurality of buzzwords; associating respective buzzwords with descriptive pages; generating a user interface including a text editing screen area in which a user can type text for a note, the text including a plurality of terms; comparing terms to the buzzwords and, in response to a term matching a buzzword, indicating that the matching term is a buzzword in the user interface; and displaying the descriptive page associated with the typed buzzword in response to the user interacting with the buzzword indicating area of the user interface. |
| US10339190B2 |
Question answering using entity references in unstructured data
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for collective reconciliation. In some implementations, a query is received, wherein the query is associated at least in part with a type of entity. One or more search results are generated based at least in part on the query. Previously generated data is retrieved associated with at least one search result of the one or more of search results, the data comprising one or more entity references in the at least one search result corresponding to the type of entity. The one or more entity references are ranked, and an entity result is selected from the one or more entity references based at least in part on the ranking. An answer to the query is provided based at least in part on the entity result. |
| US10339189B2 |
Identification of people in common
A method for identifying people in common (PIC) between two users on a social networking service includes: receiving a request for a set of people in common between a first user and a second user on a social networking service, determining publicly visible connections of the first user and the second user from the social networking service; determining connections visible only to members of an accessible group of the first user and the second user from the social networking service, access to the connections visible only to members of the accessible group being controlled by security permissions; determining a set of people in common between the first user and the second user using the publicly visible connections, the connections and using security permissions from a perspective of the first user; and providing the set of people in common to the first user. |
| US10339188B2 |
Question distribution method and a question distribution system for a Q and A platform
The present invention provides a question distribution method and a question distribution system for a Q & A platform, wherein the method comprises: obtaining a question entering into a Q & A platform; determining a user suitable for answering the question based on a question distribution model, and distributing the question to a third party platform where the user suitable for answering the question is located, wherein the question distributing model is established with user data collected from the third party platform interfaced with the Q & A platform; obtaining an answer to the question from the third party platform, and providing the answer to the question to a user posing the question. The present invention extends the source of answering a question to a third party platform interfaced with the Q & A platform, which breaks the limitation of the original Q & A platform, so that a user more suitable for answering the question in the third party platform can provide an answer, thereby enhancing the probability of the question being timely answered. |
| US10339183B2 |
Document storage for reuse of content within documents
A system for reuse of content within documents can include storage media on which a document graph is stored, and labeler software that, when executed by a processing system, directs the processing system to at least: aggregate, for a window of time, a plurality of actions carried out by a user on content associated with a document within a productivity application; normalize the plurality of actions into at least one predefined action class; determine a label of the user in relation to the document or a portion of the content associated with the document based on the at least one predefined action class; and store the label associated with the user and the document or the portion of the content in a document graph. A search of the document graph for reusable content can then be directed to related content associated with a user having a particular label. |
| US10339181B1 |
Techniques for visualizing clustered datasets
Various embodiments are generally directed to techniques for visualizing clustered datasets, such as by utilizing multiple colors and multiple color gradients to represent data from different clustered datasets, for instance. Some embodiments are particularly directed to using different colors associated with each cluster of data to visualize which cluster is dominant in each cell of a heat map. Further, in many embodiments, a color gradient may be used among different heat map cells of a common color that correspond to a common cluster to visualize data distributions within each cluster of data represented in the heat map. In multiple embodiments, colors and color gradients may be utilized in conjunction with visualizing clustered datasets to enable identification of useful patterns and relationships among a collection of clustered datasets. In several embodiments, heat maps and/or heat map matrices may be generated and presented via a user interface (UI). |
| US10339178B2 |
Fingerprint recognition method and apparatus
A fingerprint recognition method includes generating an enrollment modified image by modifying a fingerprint image corresponding to a fingerprint to be enrolled; extracting enrollment property information from the fingerprint image; generating mapping information that maps the enrollment modified image to the enrollment property information; and storing the enrollment modified image and the enrollment property information. |
| US10339177B2 |
Method and a system for verifying facial data
A method for verifying facial data and a corresponding system, which comprises retrieving a plurality of source-domain datasets from a first database and a target-domain dataset from a second database different from the first database; determining a latent subspace matching with target-domain dataset best and a posterior distribution for the determined latent subspace from the target-domain dataset and the source-domain datasets; determining information shared between the target-domain data and the source-domain datasets; and establishing a Multi-Task learning model from the posterior distribution P and the shared information M on the target-domain dataset and the source-domain datasets. |
| US10339170B2 |
Defect record classification
An approach to classify different defect records by mapping plain language phrases to a taxonomy. The approach includes a method that includes receiving, by at least one computing device, a defect record associated with a defect. The method further includes receiving, by the least one computing device, a plain language phrase or word. The method further includes mapping, by the least one computing device, the plain language phrase or word to a taxonomy. The method further includes classifying, by the least one computing device, how the defect was at least one of detected and resolved using the taxonomy. |
| US10339164B2 |
Data exchange in a collaborative environment
An apparatus, system, method, and program product are disclosed for data exchange in a collaborative environment. A data module receives first data from a first application that corresponds to second data of a second application. The first data has a structured format readable by the first application, but not readable by the second application. The structured format includes a semantic language format. A conversion module converts the first data from the semantic language format to an intermediate data having a format readable by the second application. A synchronization module synchronizes the intermediate data with the second data such that changes made to the first data by the first application are replicated in the second data of the second application. |
| US10339163B2 |
Dynamic clustering for streaming data
In general, embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods and computer readable media for modeling multi-dimensional, dynamically evolving data using dynamic clustering. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a core group of clusters of objects, each object being represented by a corresponding instance of a multi-dimensional feature vector including a dimension k; receiving a stream of data points representing a group of objects, each data point respectively representing an instance of dimension k describing a feature of an object within the group of objects; and, for each data point, adding an object described by the data point to a first cluster of objects within the core group of clusters; updating properties of the first cluster of objects in response to adding the object; and determining whether to update the core group of clusters using the updated properties of the first cluster of objects. |
| US10339162B2 |
Identifying security-related events derived from machine data that match a particular portion of machine data
Methods and apparatus consistent with the invention provide the ability to organize and build understandings of machine data generated by a variety of information-processing environments. Machine data is a product of information-processing systems (e.g., activity logs, configuration files, messages, database records) and represents the evidence of particular events that have taken place and been recorded in raw data format. In one embodiment, machine data is turned into a machine data web by organizing machine data into events and then linking events together. |
| US10339158B2 |
Generating a mapping rule for converting relational data into RDF format data
A method for generating a mapping rule for converting relational data into RDF format data includes obtaining a first mapping rule for converting relational data in a first relational database into RDF format data, wherein a URI pattern of the first mapping rule expresses features of the relational data in the first relational database; parsing a generated rule for the URI pattern of the first mapping rule; determining that a second relational model of the second relational database and a first relational model of the first relational database conform to pattern matching; and generating a second mapping rule for converting the relational data of the second relational database into RDF format data, based on a mapping relationship between the generated rule and the pattern matching of the first relational model and the second relational model. |
| US10339157B2 |
Hive table links
Some embodiments include a plurality of virtual data warehouses having table link capabilities that are built on top of a data center (e.g., running Apache Hive). Each virtual data warehouse can be modeled as a database and manage data in forms of database tables. The virtual data warehouse can include links which import tables from other virtual data warehouses by reference. Each link may contain partition metadata for the table partitions by dates of the source table and retention metadata to declare the needed retention time period for the partitions of the source table. The links can be dynamic and update when the corresponding source table receives new partitions or drops partitions. When a virtual data warehouse is migrated to another data center, the system can retain necessary table partitions on the current data center based on the partition and retention metadata of the links. |
| US10339156B2 |
Systems and methods to enable users to interact with remotely managed documents with a single interaction using locally stored documents
A system and method that enables editing capabilities of content accessed from a content management server using any type of locally-installed application is provided. In some embodiments, a content management server stores documents in a cache on the user's computer. Documents can thus be accessed and edited using the document in the local file system of the user. For example, users may open, reserve or lock, download, and edit documents with a single user action such as a click. Advantageously, the teachings of embodiments as described can be used in conjunction with content management systems for improving the user experiences involved in editing documents by providing an ‘instant’ and ‘seamless’ editing experience substantially equivalent to editing files on a local hard disk. |
| US10339155B2 |
Method and system for data handling
A method of transferring data between database locations comprising: providing a location reference comprising location values of one or more data collections stored in a database; providing an indicator in association with at least one data collection of the one or more data collections, the indicator being provided in response to initiation of a transfer process of the at least one data collection from a first location of the database to a second location of the database; wherein the indicator is changeable between a first state and a second state, the first state being indicative of the initiation of the transfer process; and as part of the transfer process of the at least one data collection, selectively updating a location value of the at least one data collection in the location reference, in dependence on a determination of whether the indicator is in the first state or the second state. |
| US10339154B2 |
Decentralized image management
Various embodiments of systems and methods for decentralized image management are described herein. The method includes generating, distributing, and retrieving images on peer-to-peer network. Request for generating an image is received. One or more components/layers of a to-be-generated image is identified. A layer is stored as a file. Files corresponding to the layers are packaged as an image file representing the image. The packaged image file and/or files of respective layers are distributed across the network, e.g., across a plurality of available nodes upon receiving a distribution command/request. When a request for retrieving the image is received, the nodes storing the one or more layers of the image are identified. The layers are retrieved from the identified one or more nodes. Using the retrieved one or more layers, the image is recreated/generated. |
| US10339153B2 |
Uniformly accessing federated user registry topologies
An approach for standardizing access to user registries, the approach involving providing a first schema extension to an identity management system and a bridge component to an identity management application wherein the bridge component comprises a second schema extension to the identity management application, receiving a request in a first data format associated with the identity management system, converting the request into a second data format associated with the identity management application and executing the request in the identity management application, receiving a response to the request in the second data format, converting the response into the first data format and returning the response to an end user via the identity management system. |
| US10339148B2 |
Cross-platform computer application query categories
A limited first set of search engine results can be retrieved from running an application query, with the limited first set of results being limited to applications associated with a first set of application platform(s). Categories of applications referenced in the limited first set of results can be identified, and a category stamp can be generated for the query based on applications in the first set of results that are associated with each of multiple categories. A limited second set of search engine results can be retrieved from running the query. The limited second set of results can be limited to applications associated with a second set of application platform(s), with the second set of results being limited to applications in a category corresponding to the category stamp for the query. An application list for the query can be generated using the limited second set of results. |
| US10339147B1 |
Data set scoring
Technology is provided for data set scoring. In one example, a method includes analyzing first and second characteristics of a data set. The first and second characteristics represent a quality of data values in the data set. At least the first characteristic is independent of the data values in the data set. The method further includes assigning a score to the data set based on the first and second characteristics. The data set may be ranked against a plurality of other data sets based on the score. The score of the data set may be provided together with a scoring scale to enable a determination of the quality of the data values based on the score. |
| US10339142B2 |
Window management in a stream computing environment
Disclosed aspects relate to window management in a stream computing environment to process a stream of tuples using a window of the stream computing environment. A set of tuples which corresponds to the window of the stream computing environment may be detected. The set of tuples may have a set of data. A confidence factor related to a set of expected result data for the set of tuples may be determined based on the set of data of the set of tuples. The set of tuples may correspond to the window of the stream computing environment. The window may be configured in the stream computing environment based on the confidence factor. The window may be configured in the stream computing environment to process the stream of tuples. |
| US10339140B2 |
Database search device, database search method, and program
Provided is a database search device that, when searching an external database, efficiently executes any search command even if the usable search commands are restricted. The database search device comprises: a search command separating unit that separates input search commands into a first search command that can be executed in a prescribed database and a second search command that cannot be executed in the prescribed database; and a search command execution unit that provides the search results obtained by executing the second search command on the search results obtained by executing the first search command in the prescribed database, as the search results for the input search command. |
| US10339139B2 |
Computer system and methods for performing data-driven coordination
A computer system and computer implemented method that obtains coordinated results from at least two queries by utilizing context data of each query. Specifically, the computer system and computer implemented method facilitates enhanced querying functionality by matching entangled queries to achieve coordinated results. |
| US10339138B2 |
System and a method for determining an index of an object in a sequence of objects
A computer-implemented method for determining an index of an object in a sequence of objects. It is frequently needed to determine an index of an object in a sequence for example in order to request the next object in the sequence. Typically, databases do not include nested records that reference previous/next records. The method provides an improved process for determining an index of an object in a sequence of objects, which may also, in case of no exact match for requested object, provide an index of the object closest to the requested one. |
| US10339136B1 |
Incremental skewness calculation for big data or streamed data using components
The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computing system program products for incrementally calculating skewness for Big Data or streamed data in real time by incrementally calculating one or more components of skewness. Embodiments of the invention include incrementally calculating one or more components of skewness in a modified computation subset based on the one or more components of the skewness calculated for a previous computation subset and then calculating the skewness based on the incrementally calculated components. Incrementally calculating skewness avoids visiting all data elements in the modified computation subset and performing redundant computations thereby increasing calculation efficiency, saving computing resources and reducing computing system's power consumption. |
| US10339135B2 |
Query handling in search systems
Methods and systems for handling queries include extracting keywords related to a first query from one or more information sources. The keywords are classified according to a plurality of categories defined by a query schema. A plurality of the keywords are combined into a second query according to the query schema. The second query is executed to generate one or more results. |
| US10339131B1 |
Fault prevention
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for identifying a plurality of software components within a cluster of computing nodes, each component operating on one or more respective nodes within the cluster to process a workload; determining, for each identified component, a respective resource usage trend for the component having a respective range of predicted values; comparing, for each identified component, the respective range of predicted values to a respective range of suitable values; and generating, for each component with the respective range of predicted values that is outside of the respective range of suitable values, a respective recommendation for configuring the component to cause the component to generate an updated respective resource usage trend having an updated respective range of predicted values that are inside of the respective range of suitable values. |
| US10339129B2 |
Accuracy of low confidence matches of user identifying information of an online system
An online system receives third party user identifying information. The online system accesses accuracy measures associated with each of a plurality of the user identifying information sets. The online system identifies high accuracy sets of user identifying information that include the one or more types of user identifying information included in the received types of the third party user identifying information. The online system identifies as high confidence matches those local users of the online system having the high accuracy sets of user identifying information that match a corresponding set of third party user identifying information for the plurality of third party users. The online system also identifies as low confidence matches, and identifies as similar matches those of the low confidence matches that have a measure of similarity to one or more of the high confidence matches that is beyond a threshold measure of similarity. |
| US10339126B2 |
Processing log files using a database system
Disclosed are some examples of database systems, methods, and computer program products for processing log files. In some implementations, a server of a database system accesses a log file having a release version. The log file includes data entries identifying system events corresponding to user activity. The server generates or updates, based on the release version of the log file, a metadata file indicating approved entry types and approved data. The server also generates or updates, based on the log file and the metadata file, customer-facing log files. Each customer-facing log file is associated with a corresponding customer entity capable of being serviced by the database system. Each customer-facing log file includes a subset of the entries and a subset of the data items of at least one of the entries. |
| US10339121B2 |
Data compression
Methods and system are disclosed that compress a dataset and optimize the dataset for searching data. In one aspect, based on attributes associated with a unified dataset, the dataset including sensor node identifier data, sensor node timestamp data and sensor measurement data are determined. A suffix tree algorithm may be executed to determine data compression logic to compress the dataset including the sensor node identifier data and sensor node measurement data. A sensor node timestamp data compression model may be executed to compress the dataset associated with the sensor timestamp data. The compressed datasets including the sensor node identifier data, the sensor node timestamp data and the sensor measurement data may be stored in an in-memory data store. |
| US10339112B1 |
Restoring data in deduplicated storage
Various systems and methods for performing a restore operation. For example, one method involves receiving information identifying a set of data objects to restore. The method also involves dividing the set of data objects into first and second subsets of data objects. After the first one of the subsets of data objects is restored from a backup computing system to a source computing system, the method involves determining whether a deduplication operation is performed on the source computing system. The method also involves delaying restoring the second subset until after the deduplication operation is performed on the source computing device. |
| US10339110B2 |
Policy-based selection and configuration of target site resources for data replication
Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems include a source site management server receiving, from first and second potential target site management servers, characteristics of the first and second potential target sites that affect replication of data from the source site to each potential target site. The source site management server receives selection of one or more criteria to be met in the selection of a target site for replication of data. The source site management server determines which potential target site is a better match for the received criteria based upon a comparison of the received criteria with the received characteristics of the target sites. The source site management server configures, automatically in response to the determination, the selected site as the target site for replication of data within the source site. |
| US10339108B2 |
Programmatically choosing preferred storage parameters for files in large-scale distributed storage systems
A method includes receiving trace data representing access information about files stored in a large-scale distributed storage system, identifying file access patterns based on the trace data, receiving metadata information associated with the files stored in the large-scale distributed storage system, and generating a preferred storage parameter for each file based on the received metadata information and the identified file access patterns. The method also includes receiving, file reliability or accessibility information of a new file, determining whether the received file reliability or accessibility information of the new file matches information of a file group of the files in the large-scale distributed storage system, and when the file reliability or accessibility information of the new file matches the information of the file group, storing the new file in the large-scale distributed storage system using the preferred storage parameter associated with the file group. |
| US10339107B2 |
Multi-level colocation and processing of spatial data on MapReduce
Methods, systems, and computer program products for multi-level colocation and analytical processing of spatial data on MapReduce are provided herein. A method includes correlating multiple items of spatial data and multiple items of attribute data within a file system to generate multiple blocks of correlated data; colocating each of the multiple blocks of correlated data on a given node within the file system based on a data block placement policy; and clustering multiple replicas generated for each of the multiple data blocks at multiple levels of spatial granularity within the file system. |
| US10339104B2 |
Information processing apparatus, file management method, and computer-readable recording medium having stored therein file management program
An information processing apparatus which manages a file which holds information including a plurality of items, includes a processor, the processor configured to: search for a file satisfying a requested search condition based on item information obtained by associating the items and the number of files including the items, and file information indicating whether or not each of the files includes each item, and upon receipt of a deletion request of a file, update the number of files of items included in the file of a deletion target in the item information, and, when the number of files becomes 0, deletes an item whose number of files becomes 0 and the number of files including the item from the item information. |
| US10339102B2 |
Automating script creation for a log file
In a computer-implemented method for automating script creation for a log file, a log file for a component is displayed. A selection of a string within the log file is received. At least one operation to be performed on the log file using the string is received. The at least one operation is performed on the log file using the string. A script based on the operation and the string is automatically created. The script is stored such that it is accessible for use in other log files. |
| US10339101B1 |
Distributed write journals that support fast snapshotting for a distributed file system
Embodiments presented herein disclose techniques for capturing a snapshot of a file system object (e.g., a file or a directory) that is associated with a write journal having outstanding data. A bridge process in a storage server receives a request to capture a snapshot of a file system object. The snapshot is a backup of a state of the file system object in a given point in time. Upon determining that the file system object has one or more outstanding updates recorded in a write journal, the bridge process generates a copy of the write journal. The bridge process captures the snapshot of the file system object. The bridge process also associates the copy of the write journal with the snapshot of the file system object. |
| US10339100B2 |
File management method and file system
A file management method and a file system are applied to the field of data processing technologies. The file system monitors input/output (IO) access information for operating a file, then determines an IO access mode of the file, determines a corresponding file management policy according to the IO access mode, and finally, when the obtained file management policy is inconsistent with a current management manner of the file, adjusts, according to the determined file management policy, the current management manner of the file, for example, a storage medium and a file management granularity, so as to dynamically adjust the storage medium and the file management granularity of the file according to the IO access mode of the file. |
| US10339099B2 |
Techniques for leveraging a backup data set for eDiscovery data storage
Techniques for facilitating electronic discovery (eDiscovery) data storage in a backup environment are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the technique(s) may be realized as a method of operating a computing system to facilitate electronic discovery (eDiscovery) data storage in a backup environment. The method may comprise storing, using electronic storage, a backup data set associated with an organization, processing, using at least one computer processor, the backup data set to extract metadata associated with data items in the backup data set, processing the metadata to identify a subset of the data items that are associated with eDiscovery, and generating an index of the metadata that identifies the subset of the data items in the electronic storage that are associated with the eDiscovery. |
| US10339098B2 |
Container-level array storage
An apparatus and associated methodology contemplating a processor-based storage controller and a nontransient, tangible computer memory configured to store a plurality of data files. Computer instructions are stored in the computer memory defining container-level array storage logic that is configured to be executed by the controller to sequentially containerize the data files to a plurality of virtual storage containers, and to flush the virtual storage containers by migrating each storage container's contents to a respective physical storage device. |
| US10339095B2 |
Vector processor configured to operate on variable length vectors using digital signal processing instructions
A computer processor is disclosed. The computer processor comprises a vector unit comprising a vector register file comprising one or more registers to hold a varying number of elements. The computer processor further comprises processing logic configured to operate on the varying number of elements in the vector register file using one or more digital signal processing instructions. The computer processor may be implemented as a monolithic integrated circuit. |
| US10339094B2 |
Vector processor configured to operate on variable length vectors with asymmetric multi-threading
A computer processor is disclosed. The computer processor comprises one or more processor resources. The computer processor further comprises a plurality of hardware thread units coupled to the one or more processor resources. The computer processor may be configured to permit simultaneous access to the one or more processor resources by only a subset of hardware thread units of the plurality of hardware thread units. The number of hardware threads in the subset may be less than the total number of hardware threads of the plurality of hardware thread units. |
| US10339092B2 |
Wireless gigabit alliance (WIGIG) accessories
Example implementations relate to wireless gigabit alliance (WiGig) enabled computing systems including WiGig accessories. In one example, a WiGig accessory includes a connector to couple the WiGig accessory to a universal serial bus (USB) port of a computing device that is separate and distinct from the WiGig accessory, and a WiGig component to form a WiGig enabled communication system having a wireless peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) communication capability when coupled to the computing device. |
| US10339091B2 |
Packet data processing method, apparatus, and system
A packet data processing method, apparatus, and system. The method is executed by a first processing apparatus, and includes: acquiring packet data that needs to be processed, where the packet data that needs to be processed includes first packet data information and second packet data, and the first packet data information includes a header of the packet data that needs to be processed and a storage address of the packet data that needs to be processed in the first processing apparatus; sending the first packet data information to a second processing apparatus; and receiving first packet data information (includes an updated header after being processed and the storage address) processed by the second processing apparatus, and generating finished packet data using the first packet data information processed by the second processing apparatus and the second packet data. |
| US10339090B2 |
System for implementing MXM on a PCI card
A video card is disclosed. The video card includes a PCI card, an MXM connector and a LAN converter. The mobile PCI express module (“MXM”) connector is mounted on the PCI card and adapted to physically receive an MXM card having a GPU and to electronically receive a video signal from the GPU. The local area network video converter is mounted on the PCI card for receiving the video signal from the MXM connector and for converting the video signal to a signal suitable for transmission on a local area network (“LAN”) cable. |
| US10339084B2 |
Communication system, management apparatus, and controlling apparatus
A communication system includes a communication apparatus comprising a plurality of first connectors; a controlling apparatus that comprises a plurality of second connectors; a first gathering unit that gathers first identifiers for the respective communication cables coupled to the plurality of first connectors of the communication apparatus; a second gathering unit that gathers second identifiers for the respective communication cables coupled to the plurality of second connectors of the controlling apparatus; and a connection normality determining unit that determines whether or not the communication cables that connect between the controlling apparatus and the communication apparatus are connected properly, by comparing the first identifiers with the second identifiers. |
| US10339083B2 |
Host device, slave device, and removable system
In a removable system formed from a host device and a slave device detachable from the host device, when the slave device sequentially detects a signal of a first voltage level and a signal of a second voltage level from the connected host device, the signal of the first voltage level is transmitted by a second signal line. Subsequently, when the host device detects that the second signal line is at the first voltage level, the host device interrupts drive of a first signal line, and executes initialization. |
| US10339079B2 |
System and method of interleaving data retrieved from first and second buffers
A host interface communicates with a non-volatile memory (NVM) device over a bus. The host interface includes a first buffer, a second buffer and a scatter/gather list (SGL). The first buffer stores blocks of application data to be communicated to the storage device. The second buffer stores blocks of protection data added by the host interface with respect to the blocks of application data stored in the first buffer. The SGL utilizes a first descriptor type that includes a first buffer address, a first buffer interleave burst length, and a burst count, and a second descriptor type that includes a second buffer address, and a second buffer interleave burst length, wherein only a first descriptor and a second descriptor is required to interleave application data from the first buffer with protection data from the second buffer. |
| US10339073B2 |
Systems and methods for reducing write latency
A computer system having reduced write latency and methods for use in computer systems for reducing write latency are provided. Processing circuitry of the computer system is configured to execute a volume filter driver (VFD) that can be switched between a fast termination (FT) mode of operations and a normal, or quiescent, mode of operations. When the processing circuitry receives input/output (IO) write requests to write data to memory while the VFD is in the FT mode of operations, the VFD causes metadata associated with received IO write requests to be written to a volume of memory while preventing actual data associated with received IO write requests from being written to the volume, thereby resulting in extremely fast FT mode operation. After the file has been written to the volume, the VFD enters the quiescent mode of operations during which the VFD passes all IO write requests to the volume. |
| US10339071B2 |
System and method for individual addressing
In one embodiment, a system includes a bus interface including a first processor, an indirect address storage storing a number of indirect addresses, and a direct address storage storing a number of direct addresses. The system also includes a number of devices connected to the bus interface and configured to analyze data. Each device of the number of devices includes a state machine engine. The bus interface is configured to receive a command from a second processor and to transmit an address for loading into the state machine engine of at least one device of the number of devices. The address includes a first address from the number of indirect addresses or a second address from the number of direct addresses. |
| US10339069B2 |
Caching large objects in a computer system with mixed data warehousing and online transaction processing workload
Techniques are provided for managing cached data objects in a mixed workload environment. In an embodiment, a database system receives request to access a target data object. The database system determines whether the request to access the target data object is associated with a first type of workload or a second type of workload. In response to determining that the request is associated with the first type of workload, the target data object replaces a least recently used data object in a cache. In response to determining that the request is associated with the second type of workload, the target data object is cached based on an associated access-level value. |
| US10339066B2 |
Open-addressing probing barrier
An open address probing barrier is utilized in association with a memory container. A starting memory slot is calculated for an item to be found in the memory container. Responsive to the item failing to occupy the starting memory slot, a first predetermined number of memory slots immediately following the starting memory slot are probed. Responsive to the item occupying one of those memory slots, the item is returned to the application. Responsive to the item failing to occupy one of those memory slots, a determination is made as to whether a barrier bit has been set in association with the last of the first predetermined number of memory slots. If so, at least a portion of the memory container is probed for the item and, if found, the item is returned to the application. If the barrier bit is not set, a notification is returned to the application. |
| US10339065B2 |
Optimizing memory mapping(s) associated with network nodes
Various aspects provide for optimizing memory mappings associated with network nodes. For example, a system can include a first network node and a second network node. The first network node generates a memory page request in response to an invalid memory access associated with a virtual central processing unit of the first network node. The second network node receives the memory page request in response to a determination that the second network node comprises a memory space associated with the memory page request. The first network node also maps a memory page associated with the memory page request based on a set of memory page mappings stored by the first network node. |
| US10339064B2 |
Hot cache line arbitration
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to hot cache line arbitration. An example of a computer-implemented method for hot cache line arbitration includes detecting, by a processing device, a hot cache line scenario. The computer-implemented method further includes tracking, by the processing device, hot cache line requests from requesters to determine subsequent satisfaction of the requests. The computer-implemented method further includes facilitating, by the processing device, servicing of the requests according to hierarchy of the requestors. |
| US10339059B1 |
Global socket to socket cache coherence architecture
A flexible, scalable server is described. The server includes plural server nodes each server node including processor cores and switching circuitry configured to couple the processor to a network among the cores with the plurality of cores implementing networking functions within the compute nodes wherein the plurality of cores networking capabilities allow the cores to connect to each other, and to offer a single interface to a network coupled to the server. |
| US10339057B2 |
Streaming engine with flexible streaming engine template supporting differing number of nested loops with corresponding loop counts and loop offsets
A streaming engine employed in a digital data processor specifies a fixed read only data stream defined by plural nested loops. An address generator produces address of data elements for the nested loops. A steam head register stores data elements next to be supplied to functional units for use as operands. A stream template specifies loop count and loop dimension for each nested loop. A format definition field in the stream template specifies the number of loops and the stream template bits devoted to the loop counts and loop dimensions. This permits the same bits of the stream template to be interpreted differently enabling trade off between the number of loops supported and the size of the loop counts and loop dimensions. |
| US10339054B2 |
Instruction ordering for in-progress operations
Execution of the memory instructions is managed using memory management circuitry including a first cache that stores a plurality of the mappings in the page table, and a second cache that stores entries based on virtual addresses. The memory management circuitry executes operations from the one or more modules, including, in response to a first operation that invalidates at least a first virtual address, selectively ordering each of a plurality of in progress operations that were in progress when the first operation was received by the memory management circuitry, wherein a position in the ordering of a particular in progress operation depends on either or both of: (1) which of one or more modules initiated the particular in progress operation, or (2) whether or not the particular in progress operation provides results to the first cache or second cache. |
| US10339053B2 |
Variable cache flushing
Examples disclosed herein relate to variable cache flushing. Some examples disclosed herein a storage controller may detect a cache flush failure and, in response, may execute a first reattempt of the cache flush after a first time period has elapsed. The storage controller may adjust durations of time periods between subsequent reattempts of the cache flush based on various factors. |
| US10339051B2 |
Configurable computer memory
A method for configuring a computer system memory, includes powering on the computer system; retrieving options for initializing the computer system; assigning to a first segment of the memory a first pre-defined setting; assigning to a second segment of the memory a second pre-defined setting; and booting the computer system. |
| US10339048B2 |
Endurance enhancement scheme using memory re-evaluation
An apparatus, according to one embodiment, includes non-volatile memory configured to store data, and a controller and logic integrated with and/or executable by the controller, the logic being configured to: determine, by the controller, that at least one block of the non-volatile memory and/or portion of a block of the non-volatile memory meets a retirement condition, re-evaluate, by the controller, the at least one block and/or the portion of a block to determine whether to retire the at least one block and/or the portion of a block, indicate, by the controller, that the at least one block and/or the portion of a block remains usable when a result of the re-evaluation is not to retire the block, and indicate, by the controller, that the at least one block and/or the portion of a block is retired when the result of the re-evaluation is to retire the block. |
| US10339046B1 |
Data moving method and storage controller
A data moving method and a storage controller are provided. The method includes: when obtained valid data is sequential data, transmitting a first read command to read a first data and a second data from a first plane and a second plane of a first die, transmitting a second read command to read a third data and a fourth data from a first plane and a second plane of a second die, and transmitting the first data, the third data, the second data and the fourth data to a buffer memory in an order; and transmitting a first programming command to program the first data and the second data to a first plane and a second plane of a third die, and transmitting a second programming command to program the third data and the fourth data to a first plane and a second plane of a fourth die. |
| US10339044B2 |
Method and system for blending data reclamation and data integrity garbage collection
The various implementations described herein include systems, methods and/or devices used for garbage collection in memory system. The method includes: (1) determining occurrences of triggering events including data reclamation events, urgent data integrity recycling events, and scheduled data integrity recycling events, and (2) recycling, in response to each of a plurality of triggering events, data in a predefined quantity of memory units from a source memory portion to a target memory portion of the memory system. A respective data reclamation event corresponds to the occurrence of host data write operations in accordance with a target reclamation to host write ratio. A respective urgent data integrity recycling event occurs when a memory portion satisfies predefined urgent read disturb criteria. A respective scheduled data integrity recycling event occurs at a rate corresponding to a projected quantity of memory units to be recycled by the memory system over a period of time. |
| US10339041B2 |
Shared memory architecture for a neural simulator
Aspects of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatus for allocating memory in an artificial nervous system simulator implemented in hardware. According to certain aspects, memory resource requirements for one or more components of an artificial nervous system being simulated may be determined and portions of a shared memory pool (which may include on-chip and/or off-chip RAM) may be allocated to the components based on the determination. |
| US10339040B2 |
Core data services test double framework automation tool
Computer-implemented methods for evaluating integrity of data models with improved efficiency by providing an automation tool for core data services test double framework. A package is selected where a semantic and reusable data model is expressed in data definition language. Subsequently, a class is selected to create local test classes. Local test class templates are generated for the package based on a class name and a package name. Then integrity of the data model is determined by comparing an actual result for the data model and an expected result for the data model. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described. |
| US10339039B2 |
Virtual service interface
A virtualization request is identified to initiate a virtualized transaction involving a first software component and a virtual service simulating a second software component. A reference within the first software component to the second software component is determined, using a plugin installed on the first software component, that is to be used by the first software component to determine a first network location of the second software component. A second network location of a system to host the virtual service is determined and the reference is changed, using the plugin, to direct communications of the first software component to the second network location instead of the first network location responsive to the virtualization request. |
| US10339031B2 |
Efficient method data recording
According to one general aspect, a method may include monitoring the execution of at least a portion of a software application. The method may also include collecting subroutine call information regarding a plurality of subroutine calls included by the portion of the software application, wherein one or more of the subroutine calls is selected for detailed data recording. The method may further include pruning, as the software application is being executed, a subroutine call tree to include only the subroutine calls selected for detailed data recording and one or more parent subroutine calls of each subroutine calls selected for detailed data recording. |
| US10339026B2 |
Technologies for predictive monitoring of a characteristic of a system
Technologies for monitoring a characteristic of a monitored system include determining a measured value of the primary characteristic of the monitored system sensed by a primary sensor and a measured value of the secondary characteristic of the monitored system sensed by a secondary sensor, and predicating a predicted value of the primary characteristic based on the measured value of the secondary characteristic. The measured and predicted values of the primary characteristic are used to determine whether the primary sensor is properly functioning. |
| US10339025B1 |
Status monitoring system and method
A signal generation subsystem is configured to receive a plurality of status signals from a plurality of monitored subcomponents within a system being monitored and generate a cumulatively-encoded status signal based, at least in part, upon the plurality of binary status signals, which is indicative of the overall health of the system being monitored. |
| US10339020B2 |
Object storage system, controller and storage medium
According to one embodiment, an object storage system is configured to store a key and a value in association with each other. The object storage system includes a first storage region, a second storage region and a controller. The controller is configured to control the first storage region and the second storage region. The controller is configured to store the value in the first storage region, and to store first information and second information in the second storage region. The first information is used for managing an association between the key and a storage position of the value. The second information is used for managing a position of a defective storage area in the first storage region. |
| US10339017B2 |
Methods and systems for using a write cache in a storage system
Methods and systems for storing data at a storage device of a storage system are provided. The data is first temporarily stored at a first write cache and an input/output request for a persistence storage device used as a second write cache is generated, when an I/O request size including the received data has reached a threshold value. The data from the first cache is transferred to the persistence storage device and a recovery control block with a location of the data stored at the persistence storage device is updated. An entry is added to a linked list that is used to track valid data stored at the persistence storage device and then the data is transferred from the persistence storage device to the storage device of the storage system. |
| US10339014B2 |
Query optimized distributed ledger system
Disclosed herein are distributed ledger systems and methods for efficiently creating and updating a query optimized distributed ledger. In particular, the present disclosure introduces methods and apparatuses for efficiently updating indexes when new blocks are added to the distributed ledger by using snapshots of data and appending new snapshot tables and indexes to previous snapshot tables and indexes. |
| US10339010B1 |
Systems and methods for synchronization of backup copies
A method involves synchronization of one or more secondary backup copies with a primary backup copy. The synchronization does not require additional reading of the original data, as the primary backup copy serves as a source of data. The synchronization process identifies difference between the primary backup copy and the secondary backup copy, so that only differential data is transferred and stored during the synchronization, eliminating the need to repeatedly transfer an entire copy to a secondary location. The method can leverage data compression and de-duplication for more efficient resource utilization. |
| US10339006B2 |
Proxying slice access requests during a data evacuation
A method begins by a processing module receiving a checked write slice request from a requesting entity. The method continues by determining that locally stored encoded data slices do not include the requested encoded data slice. The method continues by identifying an alternate location for the requested encoded data slice. The method continues by determining whether the alternate location is associated with storage of the encoded data slice. The method continues when the alternate location is associated with the storage of the encoded data slice, by issuing a favorable checked write slice response to a requesting entity. The method can include facilitating transfer of the requested encoded data slice from the alternate location to the storage unit for storage. |
| US10339004B2 |
Controller and operation method thereof
A controller including: an initialization unit initializing values and states of variable nodes and initializing values of check nodes; a variable node update unit updating the values and states of the variable nodes; a check node update unit updating the values of the check nodes based on the updated values and states of the variable nodes; and a syndrome check unit deciding iteration of the operation of the variable node update unit and the check node update unit when the values of the check nodes are not all in a satisfied state, the variable node update unit calculates reliability values of the variable nodes and a reference flip value based on a result of a previous iteration, and the variable node update unit updates the values and states of the variable nodes based on the reference flip value and the reliability values and states of the variable nodes. |
| US10339003B2 |
Processing data access transactions in a dispersed storage network using source revision indicators
A method by a dispersed storage (DS) processing unit of a dispersed storage network (DSN) begins by sending a set of data access requests regarding a data access transaction to a set of storage units of the DSN. The method continues by receiving from each of at least some storage units, a storage-revision indicator which includes a content-revision field, a delete-counter field, and a contest-counter field. The method continues by generating an anticipated storage-revision indicator based on a current revision level of the set of encoded data slices and based on a data access type of the data access transaction. The method continues by comparing the anticipated storage-revision indicator with the storage-revision indicators. When a threshold number of the storage-revision indicators received from the at least some storage units substantially match the anticipated storage-revision indicator, the method continues by executing the data access transaction. |
| US10338997B2 |
Apparatuses and methods for fixing a logic level of an internal signal line
An apparatus includes a first external terminal, a first circuit, a signal line and a second circuit. The first external terminal receives at least one of data mask information and data bus inversion information. The first circuit performs one of an error check operation and a data bus inversion operation. The signal line is coupled between the first external terminal and the first circuit. The second circuit is coupled to the signal line and first a voltage level of the signal line at a substantially constant level responsive to a first control signal. |
| US10338993B1 |
Analysis of failures in combinatorial test suite
The computing device generates a test suite that provides test cases for testing a system. A test condition in the test suite comprises one of different levels representing different options assigned to a categorical factor for the system. The computing device receives input weights for one or more levels of the test suite. The computing device receives a failure indication indicating a test conducted according to the test cases failed. The computing device determines a plurality of cause indicators based on the input weights and any commonalities between test conditions of any failed test cases of the test suite that resulted in a respective failed test outcome. The computing device identifies, based on comparing the plurality of cause indicators, a most likely potential cause for a potential failure of the system. The computing device outputs an indication of the most likely potential cause for the potential failure of the system. |
| US10338990B2 |
Culprit module detection and signature back trace generation
In a crash analysis system, a method for analyzing a core dump corresponding to a crash of a computer system is disclosed. A core dump is received wherein the core dump corresponds to a crash of a computer system. A culprit module responsible for the crash of the computer system is determined. A signature back trace, which pertains to a symptom of the crash of the computer system is generated. |
| US10338989B2 |
Data tuple testing and routing for a streaming application
A tuple testing and routing operator in a streaming application routes data tuples to multiple parallel test operators that test in parallel the data tuples, receives feedback from the multiple parallel test operators regarding the results of testing the data tuples, routes a data tuple to a first operator when the data tuple passes the multiple parallel test operators according to a specified pass threshold, and optionally routes the data tuple to a second operator when the data tuple does not pass the multiple parallel test operators according to the specified pass threshold. The pass threshold allows testing to be done in a way that does not require all tests to be performed for all data tuples, thereby enhancing performance. |
| US10338988B1 |
Status monitoring system and method
A user-configurable decoder circuit is associated with a controlled subcomponent and is configured to receive a cumulatively-encoded status signal and compare the cumulatively-encoded status signal to a user-definable threshold that defines a subcomponent policy for the controlled subcomponent. |
| US10338984B2 |
Storage control apparatus, storage apparatus, and storage control method
Detecting a defective cell in a memory in consideration of an error property difference depending on the storage state. A determination unit determines whether there is a possibility of defect for each of unit-of-storages on a memory cell formed with a non-volatile memory. The non-volatile memory undergoes either a reset operation that transitions a state from a low resistive state (LRS) to a high resistive state (HRS) or a set operation that transitions the state from the high resistive state to the low resistive state. The determination unit determines a unit-of-storage in which the number of errors in predetermined one of the reset operation and the set operation has exceeded a predetermined standard, as a unit-of-storage suspected of having a defect. |
| US10338981B2 |
Systems and methods to facilitate infrastructure installation checks and corrections in a distributed environment
Methods and apparatus to facilitate infrastructure installation checks and corrections in a distributed environment are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a virtual appliance including a management endpoint. The example apparatus includes a component server including a management agent to communicate with the management endpoint. The virtual appliance is to assign a role to the component server and to determine a subset of prerequisites associated with the role based on an applicability to the role. Each of the subset of prerequisites is associated with an error correction script. The component server is to determine whether the component server satisfies the subset of prerequisites associated with the role. The component server is to address an error when the component server is determined not to satisfy at least one of the subset of prerequisites by executing the error correction script associated with the at least one of the subset of prerequisites. |
| US10338980B2 |
Binding smart objects
A method for binding a first and second devices is disclosed. The method is implemented using the architectural principles of REST, which allows a binding initiator to directly contact the first device and instruct the device of actions to be taken. Specifically, the binding initiator may contact the first device by providing a first REST request to the device, the request specifying that the first device is to monitor a state of a particular REST resource identified by the request and is to trigger the second device to perform a specified action when the state of that REST resource satisfies a particular condition. Using REST further allows the first device to directly contact the second device and instruct the second device to perform the specified action. Since the first device is now able to directly contact the second device, these two devices may be considered to be bound. |
| US10338979B2 |
Message pattern detection and processing suspension
A transaction suspension system rapidly determines whether messages received by a data transaction processing system correspond to a stored message pattern. Stored message patterns may relate to a transaction type associated with each message, which sources transmitted the messages, and when messages were received by the data transaction processing system. The transaction suspension system may prevent the processing of messages, e.g., messages from a specific source, even if the messages would have otherwise qualified for processing or execution. |
| US10338978B2 |
Electronic device test system and method thereof
An electronic device test system and method detects a memory serial number of an electronic device. The electronic device test system includes a Macintosh system computer, configured to execute a serial number detection program to detect the memory serial number of the electronic device; and a Windows system computer, configured to execute a serial number comparison program to compare whether the memory serial number of the electronic device satisfies a coding rule. The Macintosh system computer transmits the memory serial number to the Windows system computer by means of an RS232 interface for printing. |
| US10338977B2 |
Cluster-based processing of unstructured log messages
Some embodiments relate to assigning individual log messages to clusters. An initial cluster assignment may be performed by applying a hash function to one or more non-variable components of the message to generate an initial cluster identifier. Subsequently, clustering may be further refined (e.g., by determining whether to merge clusters based on similarity values). An interface can present a representative message of each cluster and indicate which portions of the message correspond to a variable component. Particular inputs detected at the input corresponding to one of these components can cause other values for the component to be presented. For a given cluster, timestamps of assigned messages can be used to generate a time series, which can facilitate grouping of clusters (with similar or complementary shapes) and/or triggering alerts (with a condition corresponding to a temporal aspect). |
| US10338972B1 |
Prefix based partitioned data storage
A computing resource service provider may store user data in a distributed data storage system. The distributed data storage system may contain one or more storage partitions configured to store based at least in part on prefixes of keys contained in a key-value store, where the size of the keys may vary. The one or more storage partitions may track requests to access data where the requests include a key such that the data may be located by the service provider based at least in part on the key. When a request is received a counter associated with the prefix included in the request may be incremented, the counter may be configured to decay over time. If the counter exceeds a threshold the service provider may split the prefix associated with the counter and generate new partitions responsible for the split prefix. |
| US10338969B2 |
Managing a virtualized application workspace on a managed computing device
Methods and systems for providing load balancing are provided. Example embodiments provide a Application Workspace System “AWS” which enables users to access remote server-based applications using the same interface that they use to access local applications, without needing to know where the application is being accessed. In one embodiment, a load balancing message bus is provided that performs load balancing and resource discovery within the AWS. For example, the AWS may use a broadcast message-bus based load balancing to determine which servers to use to launch remote application access requests or to perform session management. This abstract is provided to comply with rules requiring an abstract, and it is submitted with the intention that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. |
| US10338966B2 |
Instantiating containers with a unified data volume
Instantiating containers with a unified data volume is disclosed. For example, a host includes a first memory, and an orchestrator requests a persistent storage to be provisioned in a second memory located across a network from the host based an image file and/or metadata associated with the image file. The persistent storage is mounted to the host. The image file is copied to the first memory as a lower system layer of an isolated guest based on the image file, where the lower system layer is write protected. An upper system layer is constructed in the first persistent storage based on the image file. A baseline snapshot of the persistent storage is captured, including the upper system layer after the upper system layer is constructed. The isolated guest is launched while attached to the lower system layer and the upper system layer. |
| US10338964B1 |
Computing node job assignment for distribution of scheduling operations
A computing node may receive, from a set of computing nodes including the computing node, a corresponding set of heartbeat messages related to selecting a scheduler computing node for scheduling one or more jobs for the set of computing nodes. The computing node may determine, based on the set of heartbeat messages, whether the computing node is to be selected as the scheduler computing node based on: whether the computing node has been selected as the scheduler computing node a fewest number of times as compared to other computing nodes included in the set of computing nodes, and whether the scheduler is being executed by any computing node included in the set of computing nodes. The computing node may selectively schedule the one or more jobs for the set of computing nodes based on determining whether the computing node is to be selected as the scheduler computing node. |
| US10338963B2 |
System and method of schedule validation and optimization of machine learning flows for cloud computing
A distributed machine learning engine is proposed that allows for optimization and parallel execution of the machine learning tasks. The system allows for a graphical representation of the underlying parallel execution and allows the user the ability to select additional execution configurations that will allow the system to either take advantage of processing capability or to limit the available computing power. The engine is able to run from a single machine to a heterogeneous cloud of computing devices. The engine is capable of being aware of the machine learning task, its parallel execution constraints and the underlying heterogeneous infrastructure to allow for optimal execution based on speed or reduced execution to comply with other constraints such as allowable time, costs, or other miscellaneous parameters. |
| US10338957B2 |
Provisioning keys for virtual machine secure enclaves
A secure migration enclave is provided to identify a launch of a particular virtual machine on a host computing system, where the particular virtual machine is launched to include a secure quoting enclave to perform an attestation of one or more aspects of the virtual machine. A root key for the particular virtual machine is generated using the secure migration enclave hosted on the host computing system for use in association with provisioning the secure quoting enclave with an attestation key to be used in the attestation. The migration enclave registers the root key with a virtual machine registration service. |
| US10338956B2 |
Application profiling job management system, program, and method
An application profiling system, initiating profiling a software application; including: apparatus to receive user input information of a software application profiling target and execution requirements, to store profiler specifications; to determine which profiler satisfies the execution requirements, based on the specifications, and to generate needed profiling tasks, each task specifying an application profiler; to select hardware resources the tasks; and to initiate execution of the tasks. |
| US10338955B1 |
Systems and methods that effectuate transmission of workflow between computing platforms
A first command may be received from a client computing platform. The first command may include proxy visual content. The proxy visual content may represent visual content stored on the client computing platform. An identifier may be associated with the proxy visual content. The identifier may be transmitted to the client computing platform. The identifier may be associated with the visual content stored on the client computing platform. Edits to the visual content based upon the proxy visual content may be determined at a remote computing platform. Instructions may be transmitted from the remote computing platform to the client computing platform. The instructions may include the identifier. The instructions may be configured to cause the client computing platform to process the edits on the visual content. |
| US10338947B2 |
Extent virtualization
Files can be segmented into distinct groups and allocated storage units such as blocks. Files associated with parent and child files can be segmented into separate groups, for instance. Further, a group associated with parent files can be extended to include additional blocks reserved for subsequent update. Additionally, metadata can be merged across groups to provide a unified view of the distinct groups. |
| US10338945B2 |
Heterogeneous field devices control management system based on industrial internet operating system
Disclosed is a heterogeneous field devices control management system based on an industrial internet operating system. In order to solve the problems that it is difficult to add new heterogeneous field devices to an existing system, as well as that the system has low security and a real-time performance, on one hand, according to embodiments of the present disclosure, on the basis of the differences of real-time requirements of services operated by heterogeneous field devices, a real-time virtual machine processes a real-time service and a non-real-time virtual machine processes a non-real-time service, thus different operating environments could be customized for a real-time service and a non-real-time service, avoiding the situation that when a system upgrade is made for a non-real-time service or a non-real-time virtual service fails, a real-time service is also affected, service isolation is realized, and, stability and reliability of industrial field control are enhanced. |
| US10338943B1 |
Techniques for emulating microprocessor instructions
Computer-implemented systems, methods, and media are provided for emulating microprocessor instructions. The computer-implemented systems, methods, and media may, for example, identify an instruction of a first software application using a second software application that emulates instructions of a type of microprocessor, add an additional bit to a length of an operation code of the instruction to create an extended operation code, wherein the extended operation code is represented in an operation code table of the second software application, and emulate execution of the instruction using the second software application and the extended operation code. |
| US10338936B2 |
Method for controlling schedule of executing application in terminal device and terminal device implementing the method
A method may include associating, with a timer-B, a second application in a terminal device; setting the terminal device in a standby mode; and executing the second application when a processor in the terminal device wakes up after the timer-B measures a second amount of elapsed time. The timer-B may not initiate wake-up of the processor. The method may further include determining whether the second application is associated with the timer-B or a timer-A when the terminal device receives a command of setting the terminal device in the standby mode; and when the second application is determined as being associated with the timer-A, unassociating the second application with the timer-A. The timer-A may initiate wake-up of the processor when the timer-A measures another second amount of elapsed time while the terminal device is the standby mode. A timer associated with a first application may initiate wakeup of the processor. |
| US10338924B2 |
Configurable event selection for microcontroller timer/counter unit control
An apparatus and method for dynamically controlling functional aspects of an MCU. In one embodiment an MCU includes a central processing unit (CPU), a memory for storing instructions executable by the CPU, and a T/C channel coupled to receive control values generated by CPU and M event signals, wherein M is an integer greater than 1. The T/C channel is configured to select one or more of the M event signals based on the one or more of the control values. The T/C channel is configured to generate a control signal as a function of the selected one or more of the M event signals. A function of the T/C channel can be controlled by the control signal. |
| US10338913B2 |
Active adaptation of networked compute devices using vetted reusable software components
A method includes receiving a text description of a system capability request, and converting the text description into a normalized description of the system capability request. A repository is then queried, based on the normalized description and using a search algorithm, to identify multiple candidate application software units (ASUs). The candidate ASUs are displayed to a user for selection. The user-selected ASU is then deployed, either locally or to at least one remote compute device, in response to receiving the user selection. Deployment can include the user-selected candidate ASU being integrated into a local or remote software package, thus defining a modified software package that is configured to provide the system capability. |
| US10338911B2 |
Method and device for downloading software version, and storage medium
A method and device for downloading a software version and a storage medium, including that: n partitions to be downloaded of a software version to be sent are determined, n≥1 (S101); a mobile terminal is indicated to format a mapping partition corresponding to an mth partition to be downloaded in the n partitions to be downloaded in the mobile terminal, n≥m≥1 (S102); and when it is determined that formatting of the mapping partition corresponding to the mth partition to be downloaded is completed and succeeds, data of the mth partition to be downloaded is packed into an all-0 data packet or a non-0 data packet, and the all-0 data packet or the non-0 data packet is sent (S103). |
| US10338907B2 |
Cloud service framework for toolkit deployment
Described is a system, method, and computer-implemented apparatus for deploying and updating toolkits in hybrid cloud-local development platforms. In one embodiment, a cloud based software development environment is connected with a local development environment, enabling the cloud based software development environment (cloud environment) to inquire into the toolkit versions installed on the local machine. Once missing or incompatible versions of toolkits are identified, the cloud environment uses the connector module to instruct the local machine to download and install the appropriate toolkit version. The connector may use any types of bi-directional communication channels, such as a browser plugin, a web server hosted on the local machine, web services, or the like. |
| US10338902B1 |
Method and system for a compiler and decompiler
A method, system, and computer-readable medium including operations for optimizing computer code is disclosed. A block of mixed intermediate representation (MIR) code is received. A partially-decompiled block of computer code is generated from the MIR code. For each instruction in the block of MIR code, in reverse order, a native expression vector for the instruction is computed. A set of pattern-matching operations is repeated until no transformations occur. A fully-decompiled block of computer code is generated from the partially-decompiled block of computer code, the fully-decompiled block of computer code having a semantic level that is raised. The fully-decompiled block of computer code is provided for deployment on an architecture, the deployment including lowering the semantic of the computer code to a level that corresponds to a CPU or GPU supported by the architecture. |
| US10338901B2 |
Translation of a visual representation into an executable information extraction program
One embodiment provides a method including: receiving input indicating at least one concept from at least one document of an input document collection; generating a validated data model for each of a plurality of concepts, wherein each of the concepts is represented as a visual data structure comprising semantics; generating at least one intermediate model object by parsing the validated data model, wherein each of the intermediate model objects comprises a concept object and the at least one intermediate model object identifies concept dependencies; translating the at least one intermediate model object into executable source code by importing at least one pre-built extractor and translating at least one rule identified from the visual data structure; and generating an executable information extraction program from the executable source code, wherein the generating comprises generating at least one rule for the executable information extraction program based on the identified concept dependencies. |
| US10338899B2 |
Dynamically compiled artifact sharing on PaaS clouds
Embodiments disclose systems, methods and computer program products to perform an operation for sharing artifacts between instances of an application deployed in a cloud computing environment. The operation generally includes upon determining, during staging of the application, that a set of artifacts are not available for instances of the application to share in the cloud computing environment, generating the set of artifacts via a first application instance, storing the set of artifacts, and requesting a re-staging of the application. The operation also includes during the re-staging of the application, generating a file for deploying scaled instances of the application and packing the stored set of artifacts into the generated file via a second application instance. The operation further includes executing an instance scale out of the application with the generated file comprising the stored set of artifacts. |
| US10338898B2 |
State-specific external functionality for software developers
A system includes a user interface presented to a developer. The developer selects a first function to supplement functionality of a first application with external functionality available from third party applications. A code generation module provides a software object to the developer for incorporation into a first state of the first application. The first state includes a user interface element associated with an entity. User selection of the user interface element initiates preparation of a query wrapper including a combination of the entity's name and a predefined text string corresponding to the first function. The query wrapper is transmitted to a search system and a result set is received and displayed. A first item of the result set includes an access mechanism for a specified state of a target application. User selection of the first item causes the access mechanism to open the target application to the specified state. |
| US10338892B2 |
Dynamic provisioning of a set of tools based on project specifications
A device may receive project information that identifies a set of tools to be provisioned on multiple devices. The multiple devices may be used during a project. The device may process the project information to identify the set of tools based on receiving the project information. The set of tools may include different tools associated with different roles related to the project. The device may provide tool information related to installing or configuring the set of tools on the multiple devices based on processing the project information. The tool information provided to a first device of the multiple devices may relate to the first device and not to a second device of the multiple devices. |
| US10338891B2 |
Migration between model elements of different types in a modeling environment
Migration between model elements of different model element types in a model provided within a modeling environment is described herein. A model element of a first model element type is identified to be migrated to a model element of a second model element type. The model element of the first model element type is then migrated to the model element of the second model element type. The migrating migrates one or more relationships that exist between the model element of the first model element type and a related model element to one or more relationships between the model element of the second model element type and the related model element. The migrating also preserves properties of diagrammatic representations of the model element being migrated in diagrams of the model. |
| US10338889B2 |
Apparatus and method for controlling rounding when performing a floating point operation
An apparatus and method are provided for controlling rounding when performing a floating point operation. The apparatus has argument reduction circuitry to perform an argument reduction operation, and in addition provides reduce and round circuitry that generates from a supplied floating point value a modified floating point value to be input to the argument reduction circuitry. The reduce and round circuitry is arranged to modify a significand of the supplied floating point value, based on a specified value N, in order to produce a truncated significand with a specified rounding applied, the truncated significand being N bits shorter than the significand of the supplied floating point value, and then being used as a significand for the modified floating point value. The specified value N is chosen such that the argument reduction operation performed using the modified floating point value will inhibit roundoff error in a result of the argument reduction operation. By enabling roundoff error to be inhibited in such a way, it is possible to use such argument reduction circuitry in the computation of a number of floating point operations while enabling the correct rounded result to be obtained. |
| US10338887B2 |
Method for selective calibration of vehicle safety systems in response to vehicle alignment changes
A vehicle service system configured to modify an ongoing vehicle service procedure in response to changes in vehicle wheel alignment angles which alter the vehicle tracking, thrust line, or thrust angle, in a manner which will affect the operation of an onboard vehicle safety system sensor which is aligned or calibrated relative to a selected characteristic of the vehicle. |
| US10338886B2 |
Information output system and information output method
An information output system includes an output unit (25) configured to output information, an information recognizing unit (212) configured to recognize first information according to designation operation by a user, and an output control unit (211) configured to cause, on condition that a present OFF period of a moving body (3) is started, the output unit (25) to output, in a form recognizable by the user, an interface for requesting an input of second information that should be associated with the first information recognized after a start of a present ON period of the moving body (3) and information indicating one or both of the location and the time point. |
| US10338884B2 |
Computing device with force-triggered non-visual responses
In one example, a method includes receiving, by a computing device, an indication of a detected force applied to the computing device. The method further comprises determining, by the computing device, that the detected force matches a corresponding input that the computing device associates with a corresponding function that is executable by the computing device. The method further comprises generating, by the computing device and in response to determining that the detected force matches the corresponding input and, a non-visual output based on the corresponding function. |
| US10338883B2 |
Adaptive receiver
A nonlinear control system and a speaker protection system are disclosed. In particular, a control system for adapting an audio output from a speaker in the proximity of an object is disclosed. The controller is configured to accept one or more input signals, and one or more estimated states produced by the model to produce one or more control signals. A speaker protection system and a quality control system are disclosed. More particularly, a system for clamping the input to a speaker dependent upon an estimate of the proximity, acoustic volume, and/or acoustic coupling of the speaker to a nearby object is disclosed. |
| US10338881B2 |
Audio content auditioning by playback device
A processor and memory comprising instructions stored therein executable by the processor to display a first media item available for playback, wherein the first media item is associated at least with a preview option, a playback option, and a queue option. A first input associated with the first media item is received. The first input is determined to correspond only to the preview option. Responsive to determining that the first input corresponds only to the preview option, causing at least a portion of the first media item to be played. |
| US10338878B2 |
Digital device and method of processing data the same
A digital device and a method of processing data in a digital device are disclosed. The digital device includes a user interface (UI) for receiving a signal for executing an application and a signal for requesting to provide a keyboard during execution of the application, a controller for transmitting a first control command for requesting the external device for keyboard input data, if it is paired with an external device having a high priority related to providing a keyboard more than the digital device, outputting keyboard input data received from the external device in response to the first control command, controlling an operation based on the output keyboard input data, and controlling the keyboard input termination, and an output unit for outputting text data corresponding to an application execution image and text data corresponding to the received keyboard input data. |
| US10338877B2 |
Electronic device and communication system having the same
An electronic device including a wireless communication processor configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one other electronic device; a display; and a controller configured to execute a web application of a web browser installed on the electronic device, display an execution screen of the web application on the display, extract a web code of the web application associated with the execution screen, and transmit the extracted web code to the at least one other electronic device through the wireless communication unit such that screen information related to the execution screen is displayed on a display of the at least one other electronic device using the web code without executing a corresponding web application on the at least one other electronic device. |
| US10338873B2 |
Waveguides in a computing device
Examples disclosed herein relate to a computing device. In one aspect, the computing device may include a housing including a first point and a second point spatially separated from each other, a first and second wireless communications modules, and a controller. A first waveguide may couple the first point to an input of the first wireless communications module, where an output of the first wireless communications module may be coupled to an input of the controller. A second waveguide may couple the second point to an output of the second communications module, where an input of the second communications module may be coupled to an output of the controller. |
| US10338870B2 |
Electronic device suitable for writing information to wireless tag
Provided is an electronic device capable of effectively using a wireless tag. A second communication-control unit controls communication with a wireless tag. The second system-control unit reads management information that manages the data write area of the wireless tag via the second communication-control unit. There is empty area in the management information, the second system-control unit writes setup information that has status information indicating the setup state in the empty area. |
| US10338867B2 |
Non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing computer-readable instructions for causing information processing device to execute image process, and information processing device
An information processing device may read, from a shared storing area, first identification information indicating K pieces of first applications that are already installed. The information processing device may display first screen on the display. The information processing device may cause an operating system to display the K pieces of first images in the first screen. Each of K pieces of link information may be associated with a corresponding one of the K pieces of first images. When any one of the K pieces of first images receives an input operation, the operating system may activate the corresponding first application indicated by the link information associated with the first image that receives the input operation. |
| US10338864B2 |
Remote communication system that improves security of remote session between image forming apparatus and connection terminal, and session management system
A remote communication system includes an image forming apparatus, an electronic device, a session relay system, and a session management system. The session relay system notifies a first session ID and a second session ID to the session management system. The session management system executes a notification of the first session ID to the electronic device and a notification of the second session ID to the image forming apparatus. The electronic device establishes a connection with the session relay system. The connection uses the first session ID. The image forming apparatus establishes a connection with the session relay system. The connection uses the second session ID. The session relay system relays the session by associating the connection established with the electronic device with the connection established with the image forming apparatus using the first session ID and the second session ID. |
| US10338860B2 |
Communication apparatus that corrects the radio field intensity of a received packet, and method of controlling the same
A communication apparatus specifies a radio field intensity of a received packet, and executes processing using the radio field intensity. The apparatus receives a packet transmitted from an external apparatus, and determines a correction value of a radio field intensity of the packet based on model information of the external apparatus. Then, the radio field intensity of the packet is corrected using the determined correction value. |
| US10338858B2 |
Non-transitory recording medium storing scanner profile correcting program, scanner profile correcting method, and printer
Provided are a non-transitory recording medium, a scanner profile correcting method and a printer. A printer outputs a color chart including color patches for correcting a scanner profile. A hardware processor of the printer or a device in a printing system obtains measured RGB values and measured colorimetric values of the color patches. The hardware processor calculates, for each K component value, two kinds of correlation of each of R, G and B component values with lightness component values, by using a scanner profile, and the measured RGB values and colorimetric values. The hardware processor calculates, for each K component value, a difference in each of R, G and B components between RGB values given from the first correlations and the second correlations, both correlated with each of lightness component values, and creates correction tables for R, G and B components, to be used for correcting the scanner profile. |
| US10338857B2 |
Information processing apparatus, information processing system, and information processing method
An information processing apparatus for executing a printer driver that requests an image processing apparatus to perform image processing, the information processing apparatus including a processor, in communication with a memory, executing a process including executing, by a plurality of process executors, a process in response to a request from the printer driver, the process corresponding to at least one extended function to be executed on print data; storing, in a storage area, process information relating to the plurality of process executors; accepting a request for a printing process; acquiring, by the printer driver, the process information from the storage area, upon accepting the request for the printing process; and requesting, by the printer driver, at least one of the plurality of process executors to execute the process on the print data, based on the acquired process information. |
| US10338855B2 |
Optimized reading of multiple objects from tape
A method for restoring multiple objects from tape (1) generates a list of objects to be restored from tape; (2) identifies a starting location of a first object on the tape; and reads, into a buffer from the tape, an entire buffer of data from the starting location. The method then (4) determines a length of the first object; (5) restores the first object; and (6) finds a start of a next object in the buffer using a length of the previous object. The method (7) determines a length of the next object by analyzing metadata of the next object and (8) restores the next object if the next object is in the list. The method (9) repeats steps (6), (7), and (8) until the end of the buffer is reached or all objects in the list have been restored. A corresponding system and computer program product are also disclosed. |
| US10338851B1 |
Storage system with consistent termination of data replication across multiple distributed processing modules
A first storage system in one illustrative embodiment is configured to participate in a replication process with a second storage system. A first processing module of a distributed storage controller of the first storage system detects a replication failure condition for a given write request received from a host device, and provides a corresponding notification to a second processing module of the distributed storage controller. The second processing module, responsive to receipt of the notification, instructs the first processing module and a plurality of additional processing modules of a same type as the first processing module to suspend generation of replication acknowledgments for write requests received from the host device. Responsive to receipt of confirmation from the first and additional processing modules of their suspended generation of replication acknowledgements, the second processing module instructs the first and additional processing modules to terminate the replication process. |
| US10338849B2 |
Method and device for processing I/O request in network file system
A method and device for processing an input/output (I/O) request in a network file system (NFS) includes sending, by a NFS server, a request for parsing the unidentifiable NFS FH to a centralized controller when a NFS file handle (NFS FH) in an I/O request cannot be identified, receiving, by the NFS server, a file identifier that corresponds to the unidentifiable NFS FH from the centralized controller according to the parsing request, where the file identifier is determined according to a pre-stored correspondence between NFS FHs and file identifiers, and processing, by the NFS server, the I/O request according to the file identifier. |
| US10338846B2 |
Method for reducing read buffer size requirements in NVMe based solid state drives
Embodiments herein provide a method for managing a read buffer queue in a data storage system to reduce the read buffer size requirements. The method includes receiving a read command from a NVMe host to fetch data from a flash of a NVMe device. Further, the method includes placing a portion of the data fetched from a flash in a read buffer queue in the NVMe device controller. The read buffer queue includes a plurality of segments to accommodate individual portion of the data fetched from the flash. Furthermore, the method includes indicating presence of each portion of data in the plurality of segments of the read buffer queue to the NVMe host. |
| US10338844B2 |
Storage control apparatus, control method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium
A storage control apparatus including a memory that stores information that indicates an amount of data that have been written to a storage device, the storage device being coupled to a backup storage device for the storage device, and a processor coupled to the memory and the processor configured to determine an execution period of a verification process to verify a performance of the backup storage device based on the information stored in the memory and a total data capacity written to the storage device in a guarantee period of the storage device. |
| US10338841B2 |
Block management for data streams
Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to SSD management of non-volatile memory blocks for writing multiple data streams. The SSD may include a non-volatile memory organized into a number of superblocks. Each superblock includes a number of streamblocks. In one embodiment, a method of operating the SSD includes receiving a data stream, identifying an open superblock, identifying an available streamblock from the open superblock, and assigning the data stream to the available streamblock from the open streamblock. In another embodiment, a method of operating the SSD includes receiving a first data stream and a second data stream, writing the first data stream to the first streamblock and writing the second data stream to the second streamblock, and calculating a combined XOR parity information for the first streamblock and the second streamblock. |
| US10338829B2 |
Managing multipath configuraton in data center using remote access controller
A remote access controller (RAC) service module performs a method of configuring an information handling system (IHS) to adaptively access a multipath storage area network (SAN). A RAC of the RAC service module receives an out-of-band communication containing a multipath solution from a management console. The RAC stores the multipath solution in persistent memory accessible to the RAC. The RAC, via a RAC service manager operating with an operating system of a host processor subsystem of the IHS, accesses system dependent multipath configuration (SDMC) file(s) in host system storage. The RAC creates system independent multipath configuration (SIMC) file(s) based on the multipath solution and the SDMC file(s). The RAC causes the RAC service manager to store the SIMC file(s) in system storage. The method includes triggering a system dependent multipath agent of the host operating system to configure multipath access to the SAN according to the SDMC and SIMC files. |
| US10338826B2 |
Managed-NAND with embedded random-access non-volatile memory
Systems and methods embed a random-access non-volatile memory array in a managed-NAND system to execute the boot code or other time-sensitive applications. By embedding this random-access non-volatile memory in the managed-NAND system, either on the memory controller chip or as a separate chip within the managed-NAND system package, an application may be read with fast initial access time, alleviating the slow access time limitations of NAND Flash technology. Depending on the size of the application, the system may be configured to read the whole application content or only a time-critical portion from this embedded random-access non-volatile memory array. |
| US10338822B2 |
Systems and methods for non-uniform memory access aligned I/O for virtual machines
Systems and methods described herein align various types of hypervisor threads with a non-uniform memory access (NUMA) client of a virtual machine (VM) that is driving I/O transactions from an application so that no remote memory access is required and the I/O transactions can be completed with local accesses to CPUs, caches, and the I/O devices of a same NUMA node of a hardware NUMA system. First, hypervisor of the VM detects whether the VM runs on a single or multiple NUMA nodes. If the VM runs on multiple NUMA nodes, a NUMA client on which the application is executing the I/O transactions is identified and knowledge of resource sharing between the NUMA client and its related hypervisor threads is established. Such knowledge is then utilized to schedule the NUMA client and its related hypervisor threads to the same NUMA node of the NUMA system. |
| US10338815B2 |
Multi-channel nonvolatile memory power loss management
A nonvolatile queue manager queues entries of host data from one or more host channels to one or more write buffers for storage in one or more nonvolatile memory devices of a nonvolatile memory array. The nonvolatile queue manager compares a number of the entries queued to one or more nonvolatile memory holdup power write thresholds based on detecting a power loss event. The nonvolatile queue manager tracks one or more locations in the nonvolatile memory array targeted by one or more of the entries extending beyond the one or more nonvolatile memory holdup power write thresholds. The nonvolatile queue manager initiates a mitigation action on a subsequent restoration of power to handle the one or more locations in the nonvolatile memory array targeted by one or more of the entries extending beyond the one or more nonvolatile memory holdup power write thresholds. |
| US10338814B1 |
Mechanism for virtual tape libraries non-disruptive configuration
A mechanism for non-disruptive virtual tape libraries configuration. Specifically, the introduction of various additional computer processes permit the configuration of a virtual tape library without requiring the shutdown and re-initialization of the host application on which the virtual tape library resides. |
| US10338811B2 |
User interface for three-dimensional modelling
Providing a user interface for three-dimensional (3D) modelling, via an apparatus with a touch surface includes displaying a 3D model of a virtual object having an elementary shape. A virtual mesh is displayed over or aside at least a portion of the virtual object. Regions of the virtual mesh are mapped onto regions located on the touch surface. Select of a type and/or a shape of a modification to be performed on the 3D model of the virtual object is detected together with a force applied by the user on a region of the touch surface. A region of the virtual mesh corresponding to the at least one region of the touch surface is determined. The elementary shape of the virtual object is modified corresponding to the region of the virtual mesh, based upon the user's selection. The modified 3D model of the virtual object is displayed. |
| US10338807B2 |
Adaptive ink prediction
A facility for adapting the prediction of ink is described. In some examples, the facility receives information about a spatial movement by a user. On the basis of the received information, the facility predicts future spatial movement by the user, and generates an ink stroke that reflects both the spatial movement described by the received information and at least a portion of the predicted future spatial movement. The facility enforces against the generated ink stroke a limit that has the effect of controlling the area of a portion of the ink stroke corresponding to the at least a portion of the predicted future spatial movement, and causes the generated ink stroke, subject to the enforcement of the limit, to be displayed. |
| US10338799B1 |
System and method for providing an adaptive seek bar for use with an electronic device
In accordance with an embodiment, described herein is a system and method for providing an adaptive seek bar, for use with a displayed user interface of an electronic device, for example a tablet computer, smartphone, or wearable mobile device, that can be used as a media device for playing of music, video, or other forms of media content. A media application is configured to display a seek bar that is adaptable to the shape of a parent user interface, for example by being displayed along the perimeter of the parent user interface. The adaptive seek bar can be associated with a greater usable length, and occupy less central space than other types of seek bar. User interaction with the seek bar can be used to access or otherwise control the playing of media content that is stored locally at the electronic device, or is streamed from a media server. |
| US10338795B2 |
Intravascular data visualization and interface systems and methods
In part, the disclosure relates to intravascular data collection systems and the software-based visualization and display of intravascular data relating to detected side branches and detected stent struts. Levels of stent malapposition can be defined using a user interface such as a slider, toggle, button, field, or other interface to specify how indicia are displayed relative to detected stent struts. In addition, the disclosure relates to methods to automatically provide a two or three-dimensional visualization suitable for assessing side branch and/or guide wire location during stenting. The method can use one or more a computed side branch location, a branch takeoff angle, one or more stent strut locations, and one or more lumen contours. |
| US10338794B2 |
Playback of media streams in dependence of a time of a day
This disclosure concerns the providing of media, and more particularly to the streaming of media. In accordance with an example embodiment: a portion of a day is determined; a first data message is sent to a computer server system. The first data message comprises instructions to the computer server system to return media content associated with the determined portion of the day. A second data message is received from the computer server system, the second data message comprising media content associated with the determined portion of the day. In response thereto is playback performed of the media content at the user interface of the electronic device in dependence of the determined portion of the day. While performing playback is a visual appearance parameter of the user interface adjusted according the determined portion of the day. |
| US10338793B2 |
Messaging with drawn graphic input
Messaging applications are enhanced with drawn images or words that appear on a communication device screen alongside messages. Users can express themselves more creatively as well as visually reference previously sent or received messages, such as by drawing an arrow to them or circling them. Graphic inputs are also operable to alter a sent message so as to convey additional or corrective meaning. By extending the drawing field outside the individual messages, this combination of messages and graphic inputs creates a third communication functionality not present in either messaging or drawing alone. |
| US10338791B2 |
Interface for navigating imagery
A user interface for rotating imagery among a plurality of canonical views of a geographic area of interest is disclosed. The interface includes at least one rotation control icon for rotating the imagery among a plurality of canonical views of the geographic area, and a direction indicating portion that indicates a compass direction associated with the canonical view presented on the display device. In particular implementations, the interface can be configured to come into view over the imagery whenever a user navigates to a particular view of the imagery where a plurality of canonical views is available. The motion of the navigation control interface appearing into the imagery is intended to draw attention to the control interface to inform the user that additional canonical views are available. |
| US10338782B2 |
Specifying control and data connections in graph-based programs
A first component of a graph-based program specification includes an output control port. A second component includes an input control port and an input data port. A third component includes an output data port. The output control port is connected to the input control port, and the output data port is connected to the input data port. The first component includes control code that when executed causes the output control port to provide, to the input control port, at least one of suppression information or invocation information. The second component includes control code that when executed causes a computing system configured by the graph-based program specification to begin processing data received at the input data port in response to the invocation information if no suppression information is received at the input control port before the invocation information is received at the input control port. |
| US10338781B2 |
Navigating a media menu using a touch-sensitive remote control device
Techniques and systems for centralized access to multimedia content stored on or available to a computing device are disclosed. The centralized access can be provided by a media control interface that receives user inputs and interacts with media programs resident on the computing device to produce graphical user interfaces that can be presented on a display device. |
| US10338775B2 |
Displaying a calendar view
Systems, methods, and software can be used to populate contact information. In some aspect, a starting time and an ending time for a calendar event on a first day is determined. A calendar view for a plurality of days is displayed on an electronic device. The plurality of days comprise the first day. The calendar view comprises a first graphic user interface object representing the first day and a second graphic user interface object representing the calendar event on the first day. The second graphic user interface object indicates the starting time and the ending time of the calendar event. |
| US10338771B2 |
Control device for injection molding machine and screen display method
Provided is a control device for an injection molding machine, capable of reducing the load on a user when re-displaying a previously displayed screen. The control device (20) for the injection molding machine (1) controls the display of display images on a display unit (29). This control device (20) divides the display unit (29) into a first display area (31) and a second display area (32) and, if an instruction to scroll in the vertical direction is received when a first display image (P1) is displayed in the first display area (31) and a second display image (P2) is displayed in the second display area (32), synchronously scrolls the first display image (P1) and the second display image (P2) whilst maintaining the relative positions of the first display image (P1) and the second display image (P2). |
| US10338763B2 |
Mobile terminal and control method thereof for displaying home screen background images and video
A mobile terminal allowing for a touch input and a control method thereof are provided. The mobile terminal includes a display unit configured to output a first home screen page among at least one home screen page, and a controller configured to output a first image corresponding to video data, as a background image of the first home screen page, wherein in response to a sensed touch input for switching the first home screen page to a second home screen page different from the first home screen page, the controller controls the display unit to play an image corresponding to the video data while the first home screen page is being switched to the second home screen page. |
| US10338762B2 |
Environmental pertinence interface
An environmental pertinence interface generated by an example apparatus, method, and computer program product is provided. The apparatus receives an interface request from a mobile device and location data relating to the mobile device. The apparatus queries a database to identify environmental objects that satisfy a proximity threshold. The apparatus identifies environmental pertinence digital content items when the proximity threshold is satisfied. The apparatus applies user permissions rules to determine a user-permitted environmental pertinence digital content item set and generates an environmental pertinence interface for display by the mobile device. |
| US10338761B1 |
Variable de-emphasis of displayed content based on relevance score
User interface display layouts are provided that draw a user's attention to a specific element or elements by de-emphasizing the surrounding content, but without removing the de-emphasized content from the interface. This ability to maintain the whole presentable layout with visibility layers and without layout changes provides a useful navigation experience for the user as it is clear where the user's attention should go and yet the surrounding content is still subtly there, constantly reminding the user of the other available content. De-emphasis of certain content items is achieved by modifying display characteristics of those content items relative to a base display level, for example by lowering saturation, lowering opacity, and/or de-focusing (as if the user is looking through a camera) and modification can be done variably. Driven by a relevancy score, each content item in a display layout can be de-emphasized more or less depending on which content is more meaningful to the user's filtering actions. |
| US10338759B1 |
Sense electrode design
A touch sensitive device includes a plurality of sense electrodes arranged in a pattern to receive charge from drive electrodes. The pattern of sense electrodes has extreme portions having worst case charge transfer times, wherein the worst case charge transfer time at multiple extreme portions is substantially equal. |
| US10338758B2 |
Touch sensing electrode structure and touch sensor including the same
A touch sensing electrode structure includes an electrode line and connecting electrodes. The electrode line extends in a first direction as a zigzag line shape, and a plurality of the electrode lines are arranged along a second direction that crosses the first direction. The connecting electrodes extend in the second direction and connect neighboring ones of the electrode lines to form a plurality of concave polygonal patterns. |
| US10338754B2 |
Edge-effect mitigation for capacitive sensors
An input device for capacitive sensing includes: a plurality of sensor electrodes, the plurality of sensor electrodes comprising a plurality of transmitter electrodes and a plurality of receiver electrodes, wherein the plurality of transmitter electrodes is configured to be driven by sensing signals and the plurality of receiver electrodes is configured to receive detected signals corresponding to respective sensing signals driven onto the plurality of transmitter electrodes; a plurality of transmitter electrode vias, wherein each transmitter electrode via corresponds to a respective transmitter electrode of the plurality of transmitter electrodes; and conductive shielding, configured to mitigate effects of the plurality of transmitter electrode vias on the detected signals received on one or more receiver electrodes of the plurality of receiver electrodes, wherein the conductive shielding comprises: a first portion disposed above the plurality of transmitter electrode vias; and a second portion disposed outside the plurality of transmitter electrode vias. |
| US10338747B2 |
Touch sensor and method of driving the same
In an embodiment, a touch sensor may include a sensor part including a first electrode and a second electrode, a signal receiving part, an amplifier circuit part connected between the second electrode and the signal receiving part, an analog-to-digital converter part configured to output a digital signal corresponding to a voltage difference between input terminals, and a processor configured to detect a touch input from the sensor part in response to the digital signal when operating in a first mode, and to output a gain control signal for calibrating a gain value of the amplifier circuit part in response to the digital signal when operating in a second mode. |
| US10338741B2 |
Failure detection device and failure detection method for input interface device
A failure detection device according to the present disclosure is a failure detection device that detects a failure of an input interface device detecting a position on a screen, the position being selected by an input operation. The failure detection device includes a memory, and a controller connectable to the input interface device. The controller acquires position information of a predetermined selected region on a screen, calculates a counted number of determinations that the predetermined selected region is not present on a selected position on the screen, and determines that an input interface device is in an abnormal state in a case where the counted number satisfies a predetermined condition. |
| US10338740B2 |
Reducing background capacitance associated with a touch surface
A processing system for reducing background capacitance associated with a touch surface. The processing system includes: transmitter circuitry that drives a transmitter electrode of the touch surface with a waveform; receiver circuitry that detects input in a sensing region of the touch surface based on a resulting signal from a receiver electrode of the touch surface; and offset reduction circuitry connected to the receiver circuitry that: subtracts, prior to completion of an integration period of the waveform, a first plurality of charge associated with background capacitance from the resulting signal using a capacitor; executes a first reload of the capacitor prior to completion of the integration period of the waveform; and subtracts, prior to completion of the integration period of the waveform, a second plurality of charge associated with background capacitance from the resulting signal using the capacitor after the first reload. |
| US10338738B2 |
Touch display device and method for driving the same
The present disclosure provides a touch display device and a method for driving the touch display device. The touch display device includes an array substrate and a color film substrate arranged opposite to the array substrate; a touch electrode array disposed on the array substrate, and a plurality of touch sensing electrodes arranged along a first direction and disposed on the color film substrate. The touch electrode array includes M×N touch electrodes. The touch electrodes are insulated from each other. The touch sensing electrodes extend along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and the touch sensing electrodes are insulated from each other. An orthographic projection of each of the touch electrodes to a plane where the touch sensing electrodes are located at least partially overlaps with one of the touch sensing electrodes. |
| US10338736B1 |
Devices, methods, and graphical user interfaces for manipulating user interface objects with visual and/or haptic feedback
In accordance with some embodiments, a method is performed at an electronic device. The device displays a first user interface including a background with a first appearance and foreground objects. While displaying the first user interface, the device detects a first input at a location in the first user interface that corresponds to the background of the first user interface. In response, if the contact has a characteristic intensity above a first intensity threshold, the device dynamically changes the background without changing the foreground objects, wherein the dynamic change in the background is based on the characteristic intensity of the contact. While dynamically changing the background, detecting termination of the first input; and, in response, the device reverts the background back to the first appearance of the background. |
| US10338735B2 |
Touch display panel and driving method thereof
A touch display panel includes a first substrate and a drive layer on the first substrate. The drive layer includes a plurality of gate lines. The touch display panel defines at least two blocks; each block includes at least two gate lines. A driving circuit system includes a gate driver coupled to the gate lines. The touch display panel includes a plurality of drive cycles. The driving circuit system drives the blocks in sequence during each drive cycle. Each block includes at least one display scanning period Ta and a touch scanning period Tb during each drive cycle. The gate driver is configured to scan the gate lines in sequence during each Ta. For each block, the gate lines are scanned from an initial gate line to an interrupted gate line in sequence, then the Tb starts. For one block, the interrupted gate lines in different drive cycles are different. |
| US10338733B2 |
Interactive tough system and control terminal
An interactive touch system comprising: a touchpad, an electronic assembly linked electronically to the touchpad and comprising communication means able to receive data to be displayed on a screen of the touchpad and program updates, a card for converting control signals of the touchpad, linked to the touchpad, being linked to an electrical generator and also linked and driven by the electronic assembly, an electronic card able to control the lighting up of the back lighting system, being linked to the electrical generator and also linked and driven by the electronic assembly, a touch controller linked to the touchpad connected to the electronic assembly. The electronic system, the control card for the lighting up of the backlighting system, the card for converting the video signals and the touch controller are incorporated in the back of said touchpad and are linked by an action facility. |
| US10338731B2 |
Fingerprint sensor integrated type touchscreen device
A fingerprint sensor integrated type touchscreen device comprises a sensor array comprising a touch sensor area with sensors, a fingerprint and touch sensor area with sensors, sensor lines connected to the sensors in the touch sensor area, and sensors lines connected to the sensors in the fingerprint and touch sensor area. At least some of the sensor lines connected to the sensors in the fingerprint and touch sensor area are separated from the sensor lines connected to the sensors in the touch sensor area. |
| US10338728B2 |
Method, computer, and stamp system
A ticket image (trigger information), an imprint image, and special information (related information) are preliminarily stored in a computer including a touch panel. First, the ticket image is displayed on the touch panel. Then, when a stamp device is placed on the touch panel, the imprint image is displayed on the ticket image in an overlapped manner. Therefore, an intrinsic purpose of the stamp device is achieved. From this state, an icon is further displayed in the imprint image. When the icon is selected, the special information is outputted. As described, pressing a stamp with the stamp device is a necessary condition for outputting the special information, thus a “key” function for providing information is added to the stamp device. |
| US10338727B2 |
Display device and method for driving same
Present invention is related to a display device and a driving method thereof, and particularly, to a display device and a driving method thereof, which control an output timing of a scan signal output to gate lines by using two or more external start signals having different timings. |
| US10338726B2 |
Mobile device and method of distinguishing between different touch forces
The present disclosure provides a mobile device and a method of distinguishing between different touch forces. The method includes steps of: preloading an area of a maximum touch region with a maximum force, presetting a relationship among a current force, an area of a current touch region, the maximum force and the area of the maximum touch region, and presetting at least two force levels, wherein each of the at least two force levels corresponds to a respective range of a ratio of the current force to the maximum force; detecting and calculating the area of the current touch region of the touch component when touched; according to the relationship, calculating the ratio of the current force to the maximum force by using the area of the current touch region, so as to determine a corresponding one of the at least two force levels. |
| US10338725B2 |
Wet ink predictor
Systems and methods are provided for improving the latency for display of ink during user creation of ink content with an object, such as a stylus, mouse, finger (or other touch input), or other drawing device. In order to reduce or minimize the time for display of ink content created by a user, aspects of the technology described herein generate predictive wet ink that can be displayed with actual wet ink. The predictive wet ink is calculated by extending an active ink segment a predictive distance. The predictive distance is intended to be a distance between a termination ink point for an active wet ink segment and a tip of the writing object. In one aspect, the predictive distance is calculated by determining the current latency period on a touch device and the velocity of the writing object. |
| US10338721B2 |
Display substrate and display panel
A display substrate comprises a display region and a non-display region surrounding the display region and including at least one display signal line, at least one pressure sensor with two pressure signal output terminals, a first and a second pressure signal output lines electrically connected to two pressure signal output terminals of the corresponding pressure sensor. The first pressure signal output line includes at least one first and at least one second line sections, electrically connected by a first connecting section. The second pressure signal output line includes at least one third and at least one fourth line sections, electrically connected by a second connecting section. All line sections are in parallel to the display signal line. A first distance from the first and third line sections to the display signal line is greater than a second distance from the second and fourth line sections to the display signal line. |
| US10338718B2 |
Likelihood detection of pressing finger in two-finger touch
A processing system for a force sensing device, including: sensor circuitry that receives resulting signals from force sensors; and processing circuitry that: determines a first location of a first input object and a second location of a second input object on a surface; determines force values for the force sensors based on the resulting signals; obtains a first plurality of expected force values for the force sensors based on the first location and a second plurality of expected force values for the force sensors based on the second location; executes a first comparison of the first plurality of expected force values to the force values; executes a second comparison of the second plurality of expected force values to the force values; and determines, based on the first comparison and the second comparison, that the first input object is applying an input force to the surface. |
| US10338711B2 |
Display device, method of driving the same, and driving circuit thereof
A display device, a method of driving the same, and a driving circuit of the display device are discussed. The display device includes a display panel including a pixel array, in which touch sensors are embedded, a timing generator that determines a normal driving mode and a low-speed driving mode based on a mode control signal and generates a first touch sync signal in the low-speed driving mode, a display driver writing pixel data to the pixel array in response to the first touch sync signal only in the display periods of the data write frames in the low-speed driving mode, and a touch driver driving the touch sensors in response to the first touch sync signal in the touch periods of the data write frames and at least a portion of the data hold frame in the low-speed driving mode. |
| US10338709B2 |
Touch display device with inconspicuous transparent electrodes and electronic apparatus
The present invention discloses a touch display device and an electronic apparatus. The touch display device includes a display unit and a touch unit. The touch unit include a transparent electrode, and a pattern of the transparent electrode includes a plurality of first touch electrodes and a plurality of dummy electrodes; and each of the dummy electrodes includes at least two columns of dummy sub-electrodes, each of the columns of dummy sub-electrodes includes a plurality of dummy sub-electrodes arranged in the first direction with each of the dummy sub-electrodes extending in the first direction, there is a sub-slit formed between every two adjacent dummy sub-electrodes in each of the columns of dummy sub-electrodes, and at least a part of the sub-slits of at least two adjacent ones of the columns of dummy sub-electrodes are arranged staggeredly in the first direction. The electronic apparatus includes the touch display device. |
| US10338707B2 |
Integrated front light assembly, manufacturing method thereof, and reflective display device
An integrated front light assembly, a manufacturing method thereof and a reflective display device are disclosed. The integrated front light assembly includes a protective substrate; a touch-control layer disposed on the protective substrate; a light guide layer disposed on the touch-control layer; and a light source disposed on at least one side of the light guide layer. The reflective display device comprises a display panel and the integrated front light assembly. In this way, a thickness of the reflective display device can be reduced and a display effect of the reflective display device can be improved. |
| US10338705B2 |
Method and apparatus of controlling user interface using touch screen
A method and an apparatus of controlling a User Interfaces (UIs) using a touch screen are provided. The method includes displaying a menu item in a basic setting menu that is preset in a user device, the menu item being used to select rearrangement of UIs arranged in a display area of the touch screen in a user-touchable partial area, and displaying a rearranged screen displaying the UIs rearranged in the user-touchable partial area, upon sensing of a user touch input selecting the rearrangement of the UIs. |
| US10338702B2 |
Low-power and low-frequency data transmission for stylus and associated signal processing
In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a timer, a signal generator, a signal activator input, and a controller. The controller includes one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying logic that is operable when executed to initiate a coupling, in response to an actuation of the signal activator input, of a power source to the signal generator to thereby cause the signal generator to generate a signal. The logic is further operable to initiate a coupling, in response to the actuation of the signal activator input, of the power source to the timer to thereby activate the timer. |
| US10338698B2 |
Interactive input controls in a simulated three-dimensional (3D) environment
A virtual reality (VR) system supports improved interactive control processes/services. These interactive control processes/services include detecting movement of a controller associated with a virtual reality (VR) environment, determining an angle of rotation based on the movement, determining a magnitude of force associated with the movement, determining a path in the VR environment that corresponds to the angle of rotation and the magnitude of force, and projecting the path in the VR environment. |
| US10338697B2 |
Position detector and position pointer
A position detector includes a position pointer having an AC signal generation circuit that is disposed in a housing and that transmits an AC signal, and a sensor that receives the AC signal. The position detector detects the position pointed to by the position pointer on the sensor. The position pointer includes at least three electrodes electrically isolated from each other, and a control circuit that controls so that the AC signal is selectively supplied to the electrodes, and so that identification information identifying the electrode to which the AC signal is selectively supplied is generated and transmitted to the sensor. The position detector further includes a position detection circuit that detects the position based on the AC signal, and an angular information calculation circuit that calculates the rotation angle and/or the tilt angle of the position pointer based on the AC signal and the identification information. |
| US10338695B1 |
Augmented reality edugaming interaction method
An augmented reality edugaming interaction method includes the steps of: creating at least one database in a processing device and at least one target value in the database and linking the target value with different data values; defining plural interactive object images and at least one controllable object image by the processing device; setting plural interaction statuses for the interactive object image and at least one interactive instruction for the controllable object image, and selecting one of the target values, so that its data value depends on the interactive object image; setting at least one color recognition value for the processing device; defining the image with the range of the color block as a characteristic area, if the image captured by the image capturing device has a color block corresponding to the color recognition value, and letting the controllable object image depend on and be controlled in the characteristic area. |
| US10338694B2 |
Multiple focus control
An embodiment of the present invention includes a technique to provide multiple focus controls. First and second focus managers manage first and second focus owners, respectively. The first and second focus owners correspond to components of media planes displayable on at least one of a plurality of output display devices. The first and second focus managers associate first and second key events generated by first and second input devices, respectively, to the respective first and second focus owners. A router has a routing table that stores information of association between first and second connections and the first and second focus managers, respectively. The router routes one of the first and second key events originating from the respective connection to a corresponding focus manager using the routing table. |
| US10338691B2 |
Gesture identification
Various methods and systems are provided to allow a user to perform finger gesture motions, such as making typing, swiping, tapping, or other types of finger motions to provide device input, such as typing, clicking, or selecting data into a webpage, application, operating system, or toolbar, that was normally performed by the user having to use a keyboard, mouse, stylus, microphone, touchscreen, or another input device. |
| US10338688B2 |
Electronic device and method of controlling the same
The disclosure relates to a method of controlling an electronic device, the method includes, based on a magnetic field generated by a source, obtaining a coordinate of a user's hand; and reflecting the obtained coordinate of the user's hand in a virtual reality environment based on a change of a location of the source due to a movement of the user. |
| US10338684B2 |
Mechanism to enhance user experience of mobile devices through complex inputs from external displays
A method of mapping user movements captured by a capture device external to a computing device, to inputs events on the computing device, may comprise executing an application on the computing device, using at least one processor of the computing device. The computing device may transmit video data of the application to a receiver device. The computing device may receive gesture data associated with the application, the gesture data based on movements of a user captured from a capture device communicatively coupled to the receiver device. The gesture data may be mapped to an input event on the computing device and data simulating the input event may be provided to a sensor on the computing device. |
| US10338683B2 |
Systems and methods for visual processing of spectrograms to generate haptic effects
Systems and methods for visual processing of spectrograms to generate haptic effects are disclosed. In one embodiment, a signal comprising at least an audio signal is received. One or more spectrograms may be generated based at least in part on the received signal. One or more haptic effects may be determined based at least in part on the spectrogram. For example, a generated spectrogram may be a two-dimensional image and this image can be analyzed to determine one or more haptic effects. Once a haptic effect has been determined, one or more haptic output signals can be generated. A generated haptic output signal may be output to one or more haptic output devices. |
| US10338682B2 |
Method and apparatus for providing multi-point haptic feedback texture systems
A method and apparatus for generating haptic surface texture with a deformable surface layer are disclosed. The haptic device includes a flexible surface layer, a haptic substrate, and a deforming mechanism. The flexible surface layer is made of elastic materials and is capable of reconfiguring its surface characteristics. The haptic substrate, in one embodiment, provides a first pattern in response to a first activating signal. Alternatively, the haptic substrate is capable of providing a second pattern in accordance with a second activating signal. The deforming mechanism is configured to change the flexible surface from a first surface characteristic to a second surface characteristic in accordance with the first pattern. |
| US10338681B2 |
Systems and methods for multi-output electrostatic haptic effects
One illustrative system disclosed herein includes a processor configured to determine a haptic effect, wherein the haptic effect includes a static ESF effect or a confirmation ESF effect; and transmit a haptic signal associated with the haptic effect. The illustrative system also includes an ESF controller in communication with the processor, the ESF controller configured to receive the haptic signal, determine an ESF signal based at least in part on the haptic signal, and transmit the ESF signal. The illustrative system further includes an ESF device in communication with the ESF controller, the ESF device including an ESF cell and configured to receive the ESF signal and output the haptic effect. |
| US10338678B2 |
Methods and apparatus for recognition of start and/or stop portions of a gesture using an auxiliary sensor
Described are apparatus and methods for reconstructing a gesture by aggregating various data from various sensors, including data for recognition of start and/or stop portions of the gesture using an auxiliary sensor, such as a capacitive touch sensor or a MEMS sensor. In a specific embodiment, power savings features are included to preserve the energy stored on the battery of a sensing device. |
| US10338674B2 |
Information processing method, information processing apparatus, and user equipment
Embodiments of the present application disclose an information processing method, an information processing apparatus, and a user equipment. The method comprises: obtaining object information of an external object in an environment in which a user is located, wherein the object information comprises function information and location information of the external object; determining at least one virtual object in virtual presented content at least according to the function information, wherein the at least one virtual object has a virtual attribute that matches at least one function corresponding to the function information; and determining a presentation attribute of the at least one virtual object at least according to the location information. According to the technical solution in the embodiments of the present application, sense experience brought by a virtual presentation device to the user can be consistent with other sense experience brought by the external object, and better immersive virtual reality experience is brought to the user. |
| US10338671B2 |
Power supply circuit and power supply system
A power supply system for a motherboard includes a switching power source, a control circuit, and a switch circuit. The control circuit includes a photocoupler and a comparator. The photocoupler is electrically connected to the switching power source and the comparator. The switch circuit is electrically connected to the comparator and a motherboard. The switch circuit is turned off when the motherboard is in a normal state and turned on when the motherboard is in a standby state. The switching power source outputs a voltage through the control circuit when the switch circuit is turned off. When the switch circuit is turned on, the comparator outputs a first state signal to the photocoupler. The photocoupler thus outputs a first driving signal to the switching power source. The first driving signal causes the switching power source to reduce the voltage. |
| US10338670B2 |
Input voltage reduction for processing devices
Voltage adjustment techniques for computing systems and processing devices are presented herein. In one example, a method of determining operating voltages for a processing device includes executing a voltage adjustment process to determine at least one input voltage for the processing device lower than a manufacturer specified operating voltage. During the voltage adjustment process, the method includes applying incrementally adjusted input voltages to the processing device, operating the processing device according to a functional test that exercises the processing device in context with associated system elements of a computing assembly, and monitoring for operational failures of at least the processing device during application of each of the incrementally adjusted input voltages. Responsive to the operational failures, the method includes determining corresponding values of the incrementally adjusted input voltages and establishing an input voltage based at least in part on the corresponding values of the incrementally adjusted input voltages. |
| US10338669B2 |
Current sense accuracy improvement for MOSFET RDS (on) sense based voltage regulator by adaptive temperature compensation
An information handling system (IHS) includes temperature-compensated power control by a voltage regulation (VR) module to: (i) receive a monitored current (Imon) value from a current sensor integrated into the VR module; (ii) receive a temperature value from the temperature sensor also integrated into the VR module; (iii) determine a temperature-compensated Imon value based at least in part on the Imon value, the temperature value, and an empirically-derived temperature coefficient defined at the Imon value and the temperature value; and (iv) control the voltage-regulated power at least in part based on the temperature-compensated Imon value. The empirically-derived temperature coefficient adjusts for nonlinear portions of temperature coupling relationship between a portion of an integrated circuit (IC) die that can include the current sensor and the temperature sensor and a temperature experienced by by active portion of VR module. |
| US10338667B2 |
Apparatus for driving a touch pad and a portable terminal having the same
An apparatus for driving a touchpad of a portable terminal including a second control unit controlling the touchpad in an active mode is provided. The apparatus includes a sensor unit for generating interrupt signals when pressure on the touchpad is sensed, a first control unit for outputting activating signals to activate the second control unit when the interrupt signals are input and a switching unit for transmitting the interrupt signals generated from the sensor unit to the first control unit when the second control unit is in an inactive mode. Accordingly, even though the multimedia processor embedded in the portable terminal is in an inactive mode, the multimedia processor is activated when a user presses the touchpad, thereby making it possible to process signals input by touching the touchpad, particularly, to keep the user interface. Furthermore, the multimedia processor embedded in the portable terminal can reduce the consumption of battery power required to maintain the user interface, as compared with multimedia processors maintaining operating in a conventional polling method. |
| US10338664B2 |
Control module for data retention and method of operating control module
A control module used with a peripheral unit having configuration information through a system bus includes a storage unit, a state machine unit and an event detector. The storage unit is configured to store a program. The state machine unit is configured to operate under the program. The event detector is configured to receive a hardware interrupt signal from the peripheral unit via an additional wire, wherein the event detector triggers the state machine to perform one of storing and retrieving the configuration information respectively to and from the storage unit via the system bus. |
| US10338658B2 |
Power supply unit having an extended hold-up time
A power supply for an information handling system includes a rectifier circuit that is coupled to a power factor correction circuit. The power factor correction circuit includes a bulk capacitor. An extended hold-up capacitor is coupled in parallel to the bulk capacitor, via an electronic switch. The electronic switch has a first terminal coupled to the bulk capacitor and a second terminal coupled to the extended hold-up capacitor. A control circuit is coupled to a third terminal of the electronic switch and controls the operation of the electronic switch. An extended hold-up circuit is coupled to the extended hold-up capacitor and an output terminal of the power factor correction circuit. A digital signal controller is coupled to the extended hold-up circuit. The digital signal controller controls the operation of the extended hold-up circuit, and a DC to DC converter is coupled to the extended hold-up circuit. |
| US10338645B2 |
Information processing apparatus, image projection control method, and program
An object of the present invention is to suppress wasted power consumption while improving user friendliness for an on/off operation of an image projection device. An information processing apparatus includes: an orientation detection unit configured to detect the orientation of a lens of an image projection device; and a control unit configured to turn off the image projection unit or perform control not to turn on the image projection device when the lens of the image projection device is in an exposed state and when an angle between the orientation of the lens detected by the orientation detection unit and the vertical direction falls within a preset angular range. |
| US10338643B2 |
Magnetic electronic device
A magnetic electronic device includes a first body and a second body. The first body includes a first case and a magnetic member inside the first case. The second body includes a second case and includes a magnetic sensor, a magnetism guiding member and a switch control component inside the second case. The second case is connected to the first body to be movable relative to the first body. The magnetic sensor is disposed on the magnetism guiding member, and the switch control component is electrically connected to the magnetic sensor. The magnetism guiding member guides the magnetic field caused by the magnetic member, and the magnetic sensor detects the magnetic flux caused by the magnetic member. When the magnetic flux is larger than a first value, the switch control component switches a component's switch. |
| US10338642B2 |
Hall switch with adaptive threshold
An electronic device incorporating a magnet and a Hall-effect sensor to determine a location of a portion of the electronic device. The electronic device comprises a magnet mechanically coupled to a first portion of the electronic device and a Hall-effect sensor coupled to a second portion of the electronic device where the first portion and the second portion are moveable with reference to each other and where the Hall-effect sensor receives a magnetic field of the magnet. The device further comprises an electronic stage that outputs a comparison threshold signal based on peak detecting an output of the Hall-effect sensor using a long term adjustment and resetting the long term adjustment to a current output of the Hall-effect sensor in response to a short term adjustment and a switch electronic stage that switches in response to the output of the Hall-effect sensor exceeding the comparison threshold output. |
| US10338640B2 |
Head mounted display
There is provided a head mounted display comprising: an interface unit configured to be connected with a cartridge; a determinator configured to determine whether the head mounted display is inside a specific area or not when the cartridge is connected to the interface unit; and at least one controller configured to execute, when the determinator determines that the head mounted display is inside the specific area, an application based on first data that is acquired from the cartridge, and to execute, when the determinator determines that the head mounted display is not inside the specific area, another application based on second data that is acquired from the cartridge. |
| US10338638B2 |
Wearable smart device
Disclosed is a wearable smart device which a user can conveniently and comfortably wear. The present application may provide a wearable smart device comprising: a flexible display unit; a first frame which supports the flexible display unit and is restorably deformed to have a first curvature to allow the wearable smart device to be worn on a user's body; and a second frame which is restorably deformed to have a second curvature larger than the first curvature and is movably coupled to the first frame to allow the second frame to move relatively with the respect to the first frame while the second frame is deformed, wherein the second frame is configured to adjust the amount of deformation of the wearable smart device. |
| US10338634B2 |
Semiconductor storage device having a support member for a memory controller
A semiconductor storage device includes a substrate having first, second, third, and fourth lateral sides and a connector interface on the first lateral side, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory disposed on a surface of the substrate between the first lateral side and the second lateral side, which is opposite to the first lateral side, a memory controller disposed on a surface of the substrate between the first lateral side and the second lateral side, and a support for the memory controller disposed on a surface of the substrate to support at least one side of the memory controller. |
| US10338631B1 |
System for automated water sample jar testing
A portable digital optical camera-based system and method can be used to test water and coagulant samples in a chamber. The chamber has a substantially square shaped horizontal cross section and a least one see-through wall. The system and method can comprise a light source and a contrast plate that are configured to be manually placed, at least partially, into the water and coagulant samples through an aperture at the top of the chamber. The camera is configured to be located outside the chamber and to view an illuminated region in the chamber though the see-through wall. The system and method further comprise a mixing paddle that can be programmed to operate at different speeds during different time segments. The system and method can measure, store, and display time-series data of floc particle count, floc volume concentration, equivalent average spherical floc particle diameter, and computed average floc particle volume of the water and coagulant samples. |
| US10338629B2 |
Optimizing neurosynaptic networks
Reduction in the number of neurons and axons in a neurosynaptic network while maintaining its functionality is provided. A neural network description describing a neural network is read. One or more functional unit of the neural network is identified. The one or more functional unit of the neural network is optimized. An optimized neural network description is written based on the optimized functional unit. |
| US10338623B2 |
Power and control device for medium voltage applications
A power and control device (1) for medium voltage applications characterized in that it comprises a power and control unit (2) having a first feeding port (21) electrically coupleable with electric power supply means (60), a first control device (3) operatively coupled to said first feeding port, said first control device being adapted to prevent the electrical feeding of said power and control unit through said first feeding port, when the operating temperature of said power and control device is lower than a first threshold value (TH1) indicative of a minimum operating temperature provided for said power and control unit. |
| US10338620B2 |
Feedback circuit for regulation loops
In some examples, a device includes an amplifier circuit configured to receive a reference voltage signal at a first input, receive a feedback signal at a second input, and generate an output signal based on the reference voltage signal and the feedback signal. In some examples, the device also includes a feedback circuit including a soft-shaper circuit that is electrically connected to the second input of the amplifier circuit. In some examples, the feedback circuit is configured to sense a voltage step in the reference voltage signal, generate a voltage step across the soft-shaper circuit approximately equal to the voltage step in the reference voltage signal in response to sensing the voltage step in the reference voltage signal, and ramp a voltage level across the soft-shaper circuit to zero after generating the voltage step across the soft-shaper circuit. |
| US10338618B2 |
Low dropout regulator circuit and method for controlling a voltage of a low dropout regulator circuit
An LDO circuit comprises a pass element, and input stage, a current sink, a comparator and a control circuit. The pass element is configured to generate an output voltage depending on a gate signal and on an input voltage. The input stage is configured to generate a steering signal based on a deviation between a first reference signal and a feedback signal, the feedback signal being based on the output voltage. The current sink is controlled by a steering signal and connected between the gate control terminal and a reference terminal. The comparator is configured to compare the steering signal to a second reference signal and to generate a switch signal based on the comparison. The control circuit comprises a first current path and is configured to suspend, in particular temporarily suspend, the first current path depending on the switch signal. |
| US10338600B2 |
Autonomous driving control apparatus, vehicle having the same, and method for controlling the same
A vehicle according to the present disclosure includes a vehicle body, an image acquirer provided in the vehicle body and configured to acquire an image of a road and a surrounding of the road, and an autonomous driving control apparatus. The driving control apparatus is configured to receive a first image and a second image in real time from the image acquirer, detect a moving object in each of the first image and the second image, compare the first image from which the moving object is removed with the second image from which the moving object is removed to recognize a change in position of the vehicle body, and control driving of the vehicle based on the recognized change in position of the vehicle body. |
| US10338599B2 |
Pool cleaning system and method to automatically clean surfaces of a pool using images from a camera
A pool cleaning system for cleaning debris from a submerged surface of a swimming pool includes a self-propelled pool cleaner having rotatably-mounted supports for supporting and guiding the cleaner on the pool surface; an electric motor for enabling the rotation of the rotatably-mounted supports on the pool surface; at least one camera to capture imagery of the pool surface; a controller, in electronic communication with the at least one camera, to determine a cleanliness characteristic of the pool surface on which the cleaner has passed based on the camera imagery and generate a control signal to direct movement of the cleaner based on the cleanliness characteristic of the pool surface, and a portable electronic device configured to present a graphic on a display, the graphic depicting the submerged surface of the pool and those portions of the surface that remain uncleaned as the cleaner traverses the pool surface. |
| US10338597B2 |
Self-traveling articulated robot
A self-traveling articulated robot for working in a production factory is provided, which includes a carriage having at least two operation shafts driven by servomotors, respectively, and self-travelable in a two-dimensional plane, a robotic arm supported by the carriage and having at least one operation shaft driven by a servomotor and constituting a joint, an end effector provided to a tip portion of the robotic arm, and a control unit provided in the carriage and for controlling the operation shaft of the robotic arm and the operation shafts of the carriage to operate in cooperation with each other so that a control point defined in one of the robotic arm and the end effector reaches a target position. |
| US10338592B2 |
High accuracy remote coordinate machine
A method of calibrating a structure is provided. The method includes securing a first end of a tether to a device at a fixed location on an external surface of the structure, attaching an unmanned aerial vehicle to the second end of the tether, moving the unmanned aerial vehicle in a trajectory around the structure while tethered to the fixed device, scanning the external surface of the structure over a course of the trajectory using the unmanned aerial vehicle to obtain a mapping of the external surface of the structure, determining a position of the unmanned aerial vehicle with respect to the fixed device; and calibrating the structure based on i) the determined position of the unmanned aerial vehicle with respect to the fixed device, and ii) the mapping of external surface of the structure. |
| US10338591B2 |
Methods for autonomously navigating across uncontrolled and controlled intersections
One variation of a method for autonomously navigating along a crosswalk includes: at a first time, navigating autonomously along a sidewalk toward a crosswalk coinciding with a navigation route assigned to the autonomous vehicle; recording optical data of a scene proximal the autonomous vehicle via an optical sensor integrated into the autonomous vehicle; aligning an anteroposterior axis of the autonomous vehicle to the crosswalk detected in the optical data; identifying a pedestrian proximal the crosswalk in the optical data; in response to the pedestrian entering the crosswalk at a second time succeeding the first time, predicting right of way of the autonomous vehicle to enter the crosswalk; and, in response to predicting right of the autonomous vehicle to enter the crosswalk, autonomously navigating from the sidewalk into the crosswalk and autonomously navigating along the crosswalk to an opposing sidewalk according to the navigation route. |
| US10338590B2 |
Trajectory planning method for ascertaining a control profile for a motor vehicle
A trajectory planning method ascertains a control profile for a motor vehicle, in particular for a self-driving motor vehicle. The method includes the acts of: providing a first position set and a second position set, the first position set having at least one piece of information relating to a starting condition at a trajectory start and the second position set having at least one piece of information relating to an end condition at a trajectory end; providing a first and a second control set, the first control set having at least one piece of information relating to a first control state of the motor vehicle at the trajectory start and the second control set having at least one piece of information relating to a second control state of the motor vehicle at the trajectory end; providing a vehicle movement modeling function which has a kinematic movement model of the motor vehicle; providing a solver; ascertaining a control profile information set, which has two profile information values that are indicative of the trajectory, by using the solver on the vehicle movement modeling function dependent on the first and second position set and the first and second control set; and determining a control profile for the motor vehicle dependent on the control profile information set. |
| US10338589B2 |
Controller, driving control method, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program
A controller that controls driving of an autonomously moving vehicle includes a first sensor that detects an obstacle and a direction of travel of the vehicle, and a processor that sets a virtual region surrounding the vehicle. Processor stops the vehicle when the obstacle is detected therein, determines whether the obstacle is present in the direction of travel, determines whether the vehicle has been stopped for a predetermined amount of time when the obstacle is present, reduces a length of the virtual region in the direction of travel to provide an adjusted virtual region when the vehicle is determined to have been stopped for the predetermined amount of time, causes the vehicle to drive when the obstacle is not detected within the adjusted virtual region, and stops the vehicle when the obstacle is detected within the adjusted virtual region. |
| US10338588B2 |
Controlling access to compartments of a cargo transportation unit
In some examples, a controller directs transport of a cargo transportation unit (CTU) to a plurality of pickup locations or a plurality of destination locations in response to requests of a plurality of requesters. The controller controls access to a plurality of compartments in the CTU, wherein controlling the access comprises selecting respective compartments of the plurality of compartments in which to place cargo items for the requests, the selecting based on characteristics of the cargo items and characteristics of the respective compartments. |
| US10338566B2 |
Variable slicing for 3D modeling
Varying a slicing thickness for 3D modeling may include: receiving 3D modeling data from a user device; slicing the 3D modeling data, in accordance with a first thickness, into multiple cross-sections; calculating a complexity of one or more of the multiple cross-sections; and determining a slicing thickness of the 3D modeling data based on the complexity of the one or more of the multiple cross-sections. |
| US10338564B2 |
Remote material yield optimization for leather and other heterogeneous material
A system for processing a work-piece including a sheet of material into pieces includes a production environment configured for collecting data characterizing the work-piece and for subsequently cutting the work-piece into a plurality of products; and a development environment separate from the production environment, the development environment configured for receiving characterization data from the production environment, developing a nesting strategy for cutting the work-piece and providing the nesting strategy. |
| US10338563B2 |
Numerical control device
A numerical control device comprises a command position calculation section that calculates command position information based on a machining program; a command path calculation section that calculates command path information based on the command position information; an estimated actual position calculation section that calculates estimated actual position information based on the command position information and transmission characteristic information; an estimated actual path calculation section that calculates estimated actual path information based on the estimated actual position information; a path error calculation section that calculates path error based on the command path information and the estimated actual path information; a machining time calculation section that calculates a machining time based on the estimated actual path information; a jerk calculation section that calculates jerk based on the estimated actual position information; and an evaluation position calculation section that calculates evaluation values based on the path error, machining time and jerk. |
| US10338562B2 |
Numerical controller, control system, control method, and control program
To provide a numerical controller, a control system, a control method, and a control program that can realize proper adjustment of a method of machining by each machine tool in a machining step. A numerical controller comprises: a ROM that stores multiple combinations of machining programs and parameters together with a first cycle time required for machining; a receiving unit that receives a second cycle time of a bottleneck step; and a selection unit that selects a combination from the multiple combinations of the machining programs and the parameters. The selected combination is to extend the first cycle time to a range not exceeding the second cycle time. |
| US10338561B2 |
Data generating device that generates drawing data representing index pattern to be drawn on workpiece by laser beam for measuring deformation of workpiece
A data generating device includes a memory; and a controller. The memory is configured to store a plurality of sets of drawing information about an index pattern and a laser beam used for drawing the index pattern on a surface of a workpiece in association with respective ones of a plurality of sets of machining contents individually. The index pattern is represented by drawing data. Each of the plurality of machining contents indicates a machining process to be performed on the workpiece to measure deformation of the workpiece. The controller is configured to perform: receiving a generation instruction instructing to start generating the drawing data; designating one set of machining contents from the plurality of sets of machining contents; and generating the drawing data according to designated one set of machining contents and corresponding one of the plurality of sets of drawing information. |
| US10338560B2 |
Two-way architecture with redundant CCDL's
A flight control system of an aircraft including a first processing unit, a second processing unit, communication means configured to establish a first two-way digital link and as second two-way digital link between the first processing unit and the second processing unit. The second link is redundant with the first link, and the first link and second link are likely to be active concomitantly. The system further includes backup communication means enabling data exchanges between the first processing unit and the second processing unit in the case of a failure in the first link and second link. The backup communication means includes an array of sensors or actuators and/or a secure onboard network for the avionics. |
| US10338557B2 |
Systems and methods for safety input devices
A system includes a safety controller that, in operation, interrupts power to industrial automation devices or puts the system into a safe state upon command of a human operator. The system also includes an emergency stop switch circuit actuatable by a human operator and a human machine interface in data communication with the safety controller and the emergency stop switch circuit. The human machine interface includes integrated safety circuitry that, in operation, detects a change of state of the emergency stop switch circuit and provides a signal to the safety controller to interrupt power to the industrial automation devices or put the system into a safe state. |
| US10338555B2 |
Methods and systems for the industrial internet of things
The system generally includes a crosspoint switch in the local data collection system having multiple inputs and multiple outputs including a first input connected to the first sensor and a second input connected to the second sensor. The multiple outputs include a first and second output configured to be switchable between a condition in which the first output is configured to switch between delivery of the first sensor signal and the second sensor signal and a condition in which there is simultaneous delivery of the first sensor signal from the first output and the second sensor signal from the second output. Each of multiple inputs is configured to be individually assigned to any of the multiple outputs. Unassigned outputs are configured to be switched off producing a high-impedance state. The local data collection system is configured to manage data collection bands. The local data collection system includes a neural net expert system using intelligent management of the data collection bands. |
| US10338553B2 |
Methods and systems for the industrial internet of things
The system generally includes a crosspoint switch in the local data collection system having multiple inputs and multiple outputs including a first input connected to the first sensor and a second input connected to the second sensor. The multiple outputs include a first output and a second output configured to be switchable between a condition in which the first output is configured to switch between delivery of the first sensor signal and the second sensor signal and a condition in which there is simultaneous delivery of the first sensor signal from the first output and the second sensor signal from the second output. Each of multiple inputs is configured to be individually assigned to any of the multiple outputs. Unassigned outputs are configured to be switched off producing a high-impedance state. The crosspoint switch includes a third input that is configured with a continuously monitored alarm having a pre-determined trigger condition when the third input is unassigned to any of the multiple outputs. The local data collection system is configured to manage data collection bands. |
| US10338550B2 |
Multisite version and upgrade management system
A multisite version and upgrade management system for controllers. The system may have a supervisor and one or more site controllers managed by the supervisor. The site controllers may be subject to commissioning for another version, an upgrade of software or an upgrade of a configuration for a site controller. The commissioning and upgrades may be implemented by the supervisor for a large number of site controllers in a much shorter period of time in contrast to a previous approach implementing the same items in a one by one approach. With the present approach, a significant number of site controllers may be selected for implementation of the commissioning and upgrades according to groups and categories. The implementation for the number of site controllers may be executed as a job. Licensing needed for the implementation may be procured by the present system. |
| US10338543B2 |
Integrated model predictive control and advanced process control
Controlling and optimizing industrial processes by integrating MPC-based approaches and expert system approaches. At least two different control variables with identical models are used. An expert system adjusts at least one of the control variables to change a setpoint or range or the like while standard MPC techniques change another control variable to address appropriate classes of control problems. |
| US10338542B2 |
Method for computer-aided installation control optimization using a simulation module
An interactive assistance system and method for computer-aided control optimization for a technical system is provided. For example, a gas or wind turbine, in particular for optimizing the action sequence or the control variables of the plant (e.g. gas supply, compression), wherein an input terminal is provided for reading at least one status parameter providing a first system status of the technical system, and at least one setting parameter for adapting a reward function. A simulation module having a pre-trained neuronal network, simulating the plant, serves to simulate an action sequence on the technical system, starting from the first system status and to the prediction of the resulting statuses of the technical system. |
| US10338541B2 |
Machine learning to establish optimal filter for removing external noise without degrading responsivity
A machine learning apparatus, which learns a condition associated with a filter unit for filtering an analog input signal, includes a state observer for observing a state variable that includes at least one of a noise component and noise amount of an output signal from the filter unit and a responsivity to the input signal; and a learner for learning the condition associated with the filter unit in accordance with a training data set that includes the state variable. |
| US10338538B2 |
Watch type terminal
There is disclosed a watch type terminal including a frame in which electronic components are mounted, a case configured to cover a lateral area of the frame, a display unit located in a front side of the case, a metal ring arranged in an edge area of a front side of the display unit, a window provided in a front side of the metal ring and configured to cover the display unit, a clock hand installed between the window and the display unit, a driving unit provided in a back side of the display unit, connected to one end of the clock hand through the display unit, and configured to vary the position of the clock hand, and a controller implemented to control the display unit, so that the user may see and tells the time even in case the display unit is turned off and the external design is improved. Even when the display unit is deactivated, the user may be provided with time information. |
| US10338537B2 |
Indicators for external variables consisting of singular and multiple depletion cells
Electrochemical indicators are configured to indicate a variable such as time and/or a temperature excursion. In some embodiments, the electrochemical indicators comprise an anode layer and a cathode layer which contact an electrolyte to activate each indicator. In some embodiments, the electrochemical indicator comprises an electrically isolated RFID chip and an RFID antenna which are placed in electrical communication in response to the external variable. The completed RFID tag may then be read by an RFID reader. A completed RFID tag may also be incorporated within the electrochemical indicators comprising an anode layer and a cathode layer and where the RFID tag is unshielded and becomes readable as the indicator expires. |
| US10338535B2 |
Method for unlocking a function using a timepiece
The present embodiments provide a method for unlocking a function of a device using a timepiece including a display device including display elements and a control device driving the display elements in a predefined animation sequence. The method including that the timepiece is placed in front of a detection device, the control device is actuated to drive the display elements in the predefined animation sequence, the predefined animation sequence is detected by the detection device, the detected animation sequence is compared to a reference animation sequence, and if the detected animation sequence is identical to the reference animation sequence, then the function is unlocked. |
| US10338533B2 |
Wristwatch comprising a dial with luminous indices
A wristwatch including a watch case, a bezel mounted to rotate on the watch case, and a dial including at least one luminous index. The luminous index is illuminated through the dial by at least one light source disposed underneath the dial and powered by an electrical energy source. An activation component for activating the light source is housed inside the rotating dial and cooperates with a detection element housed inside the watch case. The activation component, in a determined position of the rotating bezel, detects presence of the activation component by the detection element. The detection element then emits an electrical signal addressed to a microprocessor circuit housed inside the watch case. The microprocessor circuit emits in response to reception of the electrical signal emitted by the detection element an electrical signal that activates lighting of the light source for a determined period of time. |
| US10338532B2 |
Trigonometric display and method thereof
A trigonometric function display clock includes a clock face that has a center aligned with a central axis, axial markings aligned with an x-axis and a y-axis, and a secondary circle having a diameter equal to a radius of the axial markings. A first point on the secondary circle is aligned at the center of the central axis, and the secondary circle is configured to be rotatable about the first point. The secondary circle is configured to overlap and align with at least a portion of the axial markings as the secondary circle rotates about the first point. |
| US10338531B2 |
Analog electronic watch
An analog electronic watch includes a hand and a control unit. The hand is configured to be rotatable. The control unit fast-forwards the hand to perform a fast-forward operation in different ways according to whether a type of a display object after switching is a time type or a period type, in a case where display contents are switched by using the hand. |
| US10338529B2 |
Fastening part for a hairspring
A fastening stud (1) for one end of a hairspring, the stud having a first portion (10) designed to come into contact with the hairspring, the first portion being formed such as to have a first surface (10b) and a second bearing surface (10c) with the hairspring. |
| US10338527B2 |
Self-winding watch
A self-winding watch includes a movement connected to a winding device of a barrel spring including an oscillating weight pivoting around an axis A, a reduction wheel train cooperating with the oscillating weight to transmit the torque to the barrel, a storage unit for electrical energy, a photovoltaic cell arranged to receive the ambient light and charge the electrical energy storage unit, a control circuit connected to the terminals of the electrical energy storage unit and a driver connected to the circuit and coupled to the oscillating weight to displace it. The electrical energy storage unit, the control circuit an d the driver are integrated to the oscillating weight. |
| US10338526B2 |
Devices and methods for holographic 3D imaging
A device, system and method for holographic 3D imaging. The device includes a laser light source that delivers a laser beam; an aperture disc including at least two pinholes, the laser beam being filtered by the pinholes so that a reference wave and an object wave are generated; a sample having a first area containing an object to be imaged and a second area without any object, in which the first area and the second area are illuminated by the object wave and the reference wave respectively; and an image sensor that captures an off-axis hologram for reconstructing an image of the object, in which the reference wave and the object wave are interfered on the image sensor and the hologram is captured based on an interference pattern of the reference wave and the object wave. |
| US10338525B2 |
Holographic display apparatus having steerable viewing
A holographic display apparatus capable of steering a location of a viewing window according to a location of an observer is disclosed. The holographic display apparatus includes a light source; a spatial light modulator configured to modulate incident light and thereby reproduce the holographic image; a spatial filter configured to transmit only the holographic image; an eye tracker configured to track a pupil location of an observer; and a controller configured to adjust locations of the light source and the spatial filter in response to a change in the pupil location of the observer received from the eye tracker. The controller is configured to move the light source and the spatial filter simultaneously in the same direction by the same distance. |
| US10338520B2 |
Drum cartridge and developing cartridge capable of suppressing variation in position of electrical contact surface
A drum cartridge includes: a drum frame to which a developing cartridge including a storage medium having an electrical contact surface is detachably attachable; a photosensitive drum; a transfer roller; and a conveying roller. The drum is rotatable about a first axis extending in a first direction and positioned at one end portion of the frame in a second direction. The transfer roller is rotatable about a second axis extending in the first direction and in contact with the drum. The conveying roller is rotatable about a third axis extending in the first direction and separated from the transfer roller in the second direction. A first opening of the frame is positioned between the transfer roller and the conveying roller in the second direction. The electrical contact surface is exposed to an outside through the first opening in a case where the developing cartridge is attached to the frame. |
| US10338515B2 |
Image forming apparatus
An image forming apparatus has a main body, a belt unit configured to accommodate a belt, a belt cleaning member and an accommodating unit. The belt cleaning unit is configured to remove waste toner adhered on the belt. The accommodating unit is configured to accommodate the toner removed by the belt cleaning unit. The apparatus further includes a drum unit having a drum cleaning member, and a waste toner conveying mechanism configured to convey the waste toner to the collecting unit. The conveying mechanism has a drum-side conveying unit configured to be connected with the drum cleaning member. Communication between the drum-side conveying unit and the collecting unit is enabled in association with movement of the drum unit from the outside position to the inside position, and disabled in association with movement of the drum unit from the inside position to the outside position. |
| US10338513B1 |
Process cartridge
The invention discloses a process cartridge detachably installed in an imaging device with a driving head along an installation direction, the process cartridge including: a housing, a driving force receiving member capable of receiving a rotation driving force of the driving head, a rotatable component rotatably supported by the housing and capable of receiving a force of the driving force receiving member to rotate, and a force receiving part arranged on the housing. When the process cartridge is installed in the imaging device and the driving force receiving member generates interference with the driving head in the installation direction, the driving force receiving member is movable and engageable with the driving head as the driving head rotates. The technical problem that the driving force receiving member in the process cartridge cannot be normally disengaged from the driving head in the imaging device in the prior art is solved. |
| US10338512B2 |
Image forming system and image forming method
An image forming system includes: an image former that performs an image forming process on a paper sheet, the image forming process including foil pressing, and a controller that controls the image former to perform the image forming process by selectively setting one of a first test print mode and a second test print mode when a test print mode is set, an amount of foil consumption at the image former being normal in the first test print mode, an amount of foil consumption at the image former being reduced in the second test print mode. |
| US10338510B2 |
Image forming apparatus with heat accumulator
An image forming apparatus includes: a fixing device that forms a fixing nip by bringing a pressure member into pressure contact with a peripheral surface of a heating rotator and fixes an unfixed toner image; an acceptor that accepts a specified laminate processing mode for performing laminate processing by feeding a laminate; and a hardware processor that controls a heating rotator to idle for a predetermined time and then controls to perform the laminate processing, wherein a heat accumulating member provided to be capable of contacting with and separating from an outer peripheral surface of the pressure member and a pressure contact/separation mechanism are further included, and the hardware processor performs control to idle the heating rotator for a predetermined time in a state where the heat accumulating member is brought into pressure contact with the pressure member to accumulate heat in the heat accumulating member. |
| US10338503B2 |
Fixing device including rotary member to suppress vaporized component escape
A fixing apparatus including a rotary member in which a generatrix direction thereof is substantially parallel to a generatrix direction of a film, the rotary member being provided between the film and a cover member such that a gap is formed between the film and the rotary member. |
| US10338500B2 |
Powder detection device and development device
A powder detection device includes a detection unit, a cleaning unit, and a drive unit. The detection unit includes detection surfaces provided in a storage container and enables detection of powder through the detection surfaces. The cleaning unit removes the powder from the detection surfaces by sliding along the detection surfaces. The drive unit reciprocates the cleaning unit along a path extending through the detection surfaces and differentiates a speed at which the cleaning unit is moved in a first direction along the path from a speed at which the cleaning unit is moved in a second direction opposite to the first direction. |
| US10338498B2 |
Developer container and image forming device
A developer container includes a casing having a developer accommodating chamber and a waste-developer accommodating chamber, conveying member, a conveying-member accommodating unit, and a supporting member. The conveying member conveys waste developer in a longitudinal direction of the waste-developer accommodating chamber. The conveying-member accommodating unit accommodates the conveying member therein and has a first opening and a second opening. The first opening is provided in an upstream end portion and allows the waste developer to move from outside of the conveying-member accommodating unit to the inside of the conveying-member accommodating unit. The second opening allows the waste-developer to move from the inside of the conveying-member accommodating unit to the waste-developer accommodating chamber. The supporting member is provided on the casing. The supporting member supports the conveying-member accommodating unit such that the conveying-member accommodating unit is movable in directions perpendicular to the longitudinal direction relative to the casing. |
| US10338496B2 |
System and methods for adjusting toner density in an imaging device
An electrophotographic imaging device having a method of printing which includes determining whether a duty cycle state in the imaging device has changed; selecting one of a full toner density calibration and a partial toner density calibration based on the determining; performing the one of the full toner density calibration and the partial toner density calibration; identifying a toner density to be applied during printing as a result of the performing; developing a toned image having a toner density equal to the toner density identified; and printing the toned image on a media sheet, wherein the full toner density calibration is skipped upon at least a determination that the duty cycle state has remained the same. |
| US10338494B2 |
Developing apparatus and image forming apparatus having developer movement apparatus
A developing apparatus includes a developer carrier that carries a developer, and a developer casing that contains the developer to be supplied to the developer carrier. An opening/closing part is capable of controlling a moving amount of the developer between a first region on one side in an axial direction of the developer carrier and a second region on the other side in the axial direction of the developer carrier by opening or closing the first region and the second region. A hardware processor controls an open/closed state of the opening/closing part in accordance with the state of the developer in the first region and the second region. |
| US10338492B2 |
Image forming apparatus having electrostatic capacity detection
An image forming apparatus includes a rotatable image bearing member, a developing device including a developing carrying member and configured to develop an electrostatic image formed on the image bearing member with developer, an electrostatic capacity detecting portion configured to detect information on electrostatic capacity between the developer carrying member and the image bearing member, and a toner content detecting portion configured to detect information on a toner content of the developer accommodated in a developing container. On the basis of the detected electrostatic capacity and the detected toner content, a controller controls a driving speed at which the developer carrying member is rotationally driven. |
| US10338491B2 |
Optical scanning apparatus and optical scanning apparatus system
An optical scanning apparatus according to the present invention includes a light source, and a substrate including an electric circuit for causing the light source to emit light. The number of holes in the substrate into which terminals in the light source are respectively inserted is larger than the number of the terminals, so that the substrate can also be used for another light source including a different number of terminals. |
| US10338488B2 |
Image forming apparatus
An image forming apparatus includes an image holding member, a charging device, an electrostatic charge image forming device, a developing device having a toner, a transfer device, and a fixing device, wherein the fixing device includes a fixing belt, a rotational member, and a heater; the toner contains an amorphous polyester resin as a binder resin; and the toner has a weight average molecular weight Mw and a number average molecular weight Mn, Mw is from 25000 to 60000, and Mw/Mn is from 5 to 10, and has an infrared absorption spectrometry, the ratio of absorbance for a wavelength of 1500 cm−1 to absorbance for a wavelength of 720 cm−1 is 0.6 or less, and the ratio of absorbance for a wavelength of 820 cm−1 to absorbance for a wavelength of 720 cm−1 is 0.4 or less. |
| US10338486B2 |
Electrophotographic photosensitive member and electrophotographic apparatus
An average value of a hydrogen content ratio of a surface layer made of hydrogenated amorphous carbon is set to be 0.40 or less and a maximum value of an sp2 bonding ratio in an outermost surface region of the surface layer made of the hydrogenated amorphous carbon is set to be 0.50 or less. |
| US10338480B2 |
Lithography system, simulation apparatus, and pattern forming method
A simulation apparatus has: a first processing part configured to obtain a value of a parameter in a first set relating to the forming of the pattern; a second processing part configured to obtain a value of a parameter in a second set that is at least partially same as the parameter in the first set and relating to the forming of the pattern; and an integration processing part configured to evaluate, based on the value of the parameter in the first set and the value of the parameter in the second set, a state of the pattern formed on the substrate and a forming condition when the pattern is formed, and to determine based on the result of the evaluation whether or not to make at least one of the first processing part and the second processing part recalculate the value of the parameter in the corresponding set. |
| US10338479B2 |
Spatial light modulator, method of driving same, and exposure method and apparatus
A method of driving a spatial light modulator includes: setting, in an array of mirror elements, mirror elements in a first state for turning incident light into reflected light with the same phase as that of the incident light or with a phase different by a first phase from that of the incident light and mirror elements in a second state for turning incident light into reflected light with a phase different approximately 180° from the first phase to an arrangement with a first phase distribution; and setting, in the array of mirror elements, the first mirror elements and the second mirror elements to an arrangement with a second phase distribution which is an inversion of the first phase distribution. |
| US10338473B2 |
Method and system for forming a patterned structure on a substrate
The present disclosure concerns a method and system for providing a patterned structure (3p) on an acceptor substrate 4). The method comprises providing a donor substrate (10) arranged between a light source (5) and an acceptor substrate (4). A mask (7) is arranged between the light source (5) and the donor substrate (10). The mask (7) comprises a mask pattern (7p) for patterning light (6). The patterned light (6p) impinging the donor substrate (10) causes the donor material (3) to be released from the donor substrate (10) and transfer to the acceptor substrate (4) to form the patterned structure (3p) thereon. The patterned light (6p) is divided by the mask pattern (7p) into a plurality of separate homogeneously sized beams (6b) simultaneously impinging the donor substrate (10) for causing the donor material (3) to be released from the donor substrate (10) in the form of separate homogeneously sized droplets (3d). |
| US10338469B2 |
Photosensitive resin composition, lithographic printing plate precursor and method for producing lithographic printing plate
A photosensitive resin composition contains a polymer compound having a constitutional unit represented by the following Formula A-1 as a constitutional unit A and at least one constitutional unit among constitutional units represented by the following Formulas B-1 to B-6 as a constitutional unit B in the main chain, and an infrared absorbing material. |
| US10338461B2 |
Light-emitting device and related light source system
A light-emitting device (1) and a related light source system. The light-emitting device (1) comprises a laser light source (11, 21, 31) and a light collecting system (12, 22). The laser light source (11, 21, 31) comprises a first laser array (111, 211, 311) and a second laser array (112, 212, 312) for respectively generating a first light and a second light with different wavelength ranges. The light collecting system (12, 22) is used for collecting the light emitted from the laser light source arrays. The ratio of the divergence angle of the collected second light to that of the first light is less than or equal to a predetermined value. The predetermined value is 0.7. The light-emitting device (1) is capable of generating two kinds of light beams with different etendues. |
| US10338460B2 |
Projection apparatus
A projection apparatus includes an image projection module, a lens module and a light emitting module. The image projection module has a first optical axis and forms a projection area on a bearing surface. A projection of the first optical axis on an X-Z plane is perpendicular to an X-Y plane on which the projection area is formed. The lens module comprises N cameras, each having a corresponding second optical axis and being for forming a shooting area. The N second axes are tilted to the first optical axis and have an angle with respect to the X-Z plane. The light emitting module includes M light emitting components, each having a corresponding third optical axis and being for forming a sensing area. The projection area, the N shooting areas and the M sensing areas are at least partially overlapped with each other to form a rectangular shooting sensing area. |
| US10338454B2 |
Optical clock generator
An optical clock generator includes a nonlinear cavity unit, a cross-waveguide logic gate unit and a delayer unit; and is of a six-port photonic crystal structure including two reference-light signal-input ports, a feedback-signal-input port, a system-signal and feedback-signal output port and two idle ports; the output port of the cross-waveguide logic gate unit is connected with the input port of the nonlinear cavity unit whose system-signal output port is connected with the input port of said delayer unit whose output port is connected with the input port of the cross-waveguide logic gate unit, the system-signal output port is connected with a two-branch waveguide one of which is used as the system-signal output port, and another is used as the feedback-signal output port and connected to an input port of said delayer unit, the delayer unit performs time delay on an input signal and outputs the signal to the feedback-signal-input port. |
| US10338453B2 |
Photonic crystal all-optical multistep-delay self-AND-transformation logic gate
A PhC all-optical multistep-delay self-AND-transformation logic gate comprising PhC structure unit, an optical switch unit, a memory or delayer, a wave absorbing load, a D-type flip-flop unit and a NOT logic gate; an logic-signal is connected with the input port of a two-branch waveguide whose two output ports are respectively connected with the memory input port and the logic-signal input port of the optical switch unit; two intermediate-signal output port of the optical switch unit are respectively connected with the intermediate-signal input port of the PhC structure unit and said wave absorbing load; a clock-signal CP is connected with the input port of a three-branch waveguide whose three output ports are respectively connected with the NOT logic-gate input port, the first clock-signal input port of the PhC structure unit, and the second clock-signal input port of the optical switch unit. |
| US10338449B2 |
Display apparatus and method of manufacturing the same
A display apparatus includes: a substrate; a pixel electrode above the substrate; a first low reflection layer spaced apart from the pixel electrode at a same layer as the pixel electrode and comprising a lower layer having conductivity and an upper layer above the lower layer; a pixel-defining layer above the first low reflection layer and having an opening exposing at least a part of the pixel electrode; an intermediate layer above the pixel electrode and comprising an organic emission layer; and an opposite electrode above the intermediate layer. |
| US10338448B1 |
Transparent structure with controllable lighting
Aspects of the present disclosure involve a transparent structure. The structure may include at least one light source, a transparent light-carrying guide layer optically coupled with the at least one light source. The structure may include refractive layers where a light absorbing feature is operably associated with the light-carrying guide layer to absorb any light not internally reflected in the light guide layer, at least adjacent the light source. |
| US10338441B2 |
Display device
According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first polarizing element, a second polarizing element, and a light-modulating layer located between the first polarizing element and the second polarizing element, each of the first polarizing element and the second polarizing element includes a guest-host liquid crystal layer and a control electrode in an active area including at least one sub-area, the guest-host liquid crystal layer including dye having anisotropy in absorptive power for visible light, the control electrode controlling an alignment direction of the dye in the sub-area. |
| US10338435B2 |
Liquid crystal display device having upper and lower alignment layers
An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a liquid crystal display including a first insulation substrate. A pixel electrode is disposed on the first insulation substrate. A first alignment layer is disposed on the pixel electrode. A second insulation substrate faces the first insulation substrate. A common electrode is disposed on a surface of the second insulation substrate, which the surface of the second insulation substrate faces the first insulation substrate. A second alignment layer is disposed on a surface of the common electrode, which the surface of the common electrode faces the first insulation substrate. A liquid crystal layer is disposed between the first alignment layer and the second alignment layer. The liquid crystal layer includes liquid crystal molecules. Liquid crystal molecules adjacent to at least one of the first alignment layer and the second alignment layer have a pre-tilt angle. At least one of the first alignment layer and the second alignment layer has an ion inductor. |
| US10338434B2 |
Back-light module with interassembled set of frames and height adjustable back frame forming light-mixing chamber
A back-light module includes a back board. The back board includes a substrate and a plurality of frame monomers. Each frame monomer comprises four lateral ribs, every two adjacent lateral ribs are perpendicularly connected with each other. The frame monomers are detachably assembled to each other to form a height adjustable back frame, and the height adjustable back frame is assembled with the substrate to form a height adjustable light-mixing chamber. |
| US10338433B2 |
Light-emitting apparatus and display apparatus
A light-emitting apparatus includes: a light-source unit configured to emit light of a first color; a sheet member containing a conversion member configured to emit light of the first color and light of a second color, according to incidence of the light emitted from the light-source unit; a bottom-surface member; a side-surface member; and an upper-surface member, wherein the sheet member emits the light of the second color by a light amount corresponding to a length of a path where the incident light of the first color passes through the sheet member, a space including the light-source unit and the conversion member is formed by the bottom-surface member, the side-surface member, and the upper-surface member, and a first opening connecting an inside and an outside of the space is provided at a position, on the upper-surface member, which does not face the light-source unit. |
| US10338428B2 |
Quantum dot display apparatus and manufacturing method thereof
The present disclosure provides a quantum dot display apparatus. By adding quantum dot display technology of the present disclosure can provide sophisticated quantum dot patterns in the color filter layer and have higher resolution, color saturation and color gamut of the display apparatus, the well structure and manufacture is simple. The disclosure also provides a manufacturing method of a quantum dot display apparatus, the methods includes exposure, coating, developing process of the existing color filter to contain the surface modified red and green quantum dot resin composition with more sophisticated patterns, and making high resolution, color saturation and color gamut quantum dot display apparatus, the material preparation and fabrication process of this manufacturing method is simple, less waste of materials, low production cost, suitable for mass production. |
| US10338424B2 |
Curved display apparatus
There is provided a curved display apparatus. The curved display apparatus with transistors of respective pixels arranged in a matrix form on a bendable display screen comprises a gate drive circuit to sequentially provide a gate signal for simultaneously turning on each of a plurality of transistors aligned in the column direction of the matrix to a plurality of gate lines and a source drive circuit to provide a pixel data signal to each of a plurality of source lines, the each pixel data signal representing a gradation of a pixel for each of a plurality of transistors aligned in the row direction of the matrix. The source drive circuit is provided on a first bendable edge of the display screen, the first bendable edge having a first curvature, and the gate drive circuit is provided on a second bendable edge of the display screen, the second bendable edge having a second curvature larger than the first curvature. |
| US10338423B2 |
Display device
A display device is disclosed. The display device comprises: a display panel; an optical layer positioned at a rear of the display panel, the optical layer providing the display panel with light; a side frame including: a side frame body covering an edge of the optical layer; and a side frame extension extended from the side frame body, the side frame extension positioned between the optical layer and the display panel; and a light guide module positioned between the display panel and the side frame extension, the light guide module elongated along the edge of the optical layer, wherein a gap is formed between the light guide module and the display panel. |
| US10338420B2 |
Fingerprint identification component and display apparatus
The present disclosure relates to a fingerprint identification component and a display apparatus, which belongs to the field of fingerprint identification. The fingerprint identification component includes: a thin film transistor TFT array and a photovoltaic device array, the TFT array including a plurality of TFTs, the photovoltaic device array including a plurality of photovoltaic devices, the plurality of TFTs in the TFT array and the plurality of optoelectronic devices in the photovoltaic device array correspond to each other one by one, and each TFT in the TFT array is electrically connected to a corresponding photovoltaic device; and SG lines of any adjacent two TFTs in the TFT array do not coincide with each other, the SG line is a line where a center of a source electrode and a center of a drain electrode of the any one TFT are located. |
| US10338418B2 |
Light emitting module and display device including the same
A light emission module includes: a light guide including emission sides disposed facing each other, a first and second side connecting the emission sides, a third side connecting the first and second side; a light source unit including a first and second light source corresponding to the first and third side respectively, and a light source substrate supporting the first and second light source and including a first and second portion supporting the first and second light source respectively, the second portion inclined at a first angle with respect to the first portion, the second light source emits a light incident on the third side comprising a first and second orientation angle edge light, the former inclined at a second angle and refracted to propagate in a path adjacent to the second side, and then refracted adjacent to the second side, the first angle smaller than the third angle. |
| US10338416B2 |
Coupling-modulated optical resonator
Coupling modulation of an optical resonator employs a variable modal index to provide modulation of optical signal coupling. A coupling-modulated optical resonator includes an optical resonator having a coupled portion and a bus waveguide having a modulation section adjacent to and coextensive with and separated by a gap from the coupled portion. The modulation section is to modulate coupling of an optical signal between the optical resonator and the bus waveguide according to a variable difference between a modal index of the bus waveguide modulation section and a modal index of the optical resonator coupled portion. |
| US10338413B2 |
Process for making a temple for an eyeglass frame and temple for an eyeglass frame obtained by means of such process
Process for making a temple for an eyeglass frame, which comprises: a step of arranging an elongated body made of plastic material; a first heating step, in which the elongated body is heated up to its softening temperature; a step of housing the elongated body in a shaped concavity of a mold; a second step of heating a metallic core; a step of inserting the metallic core in the elongated body. In addition, the housing step is preceded by a step of positioning an ornamental element in a seat provided within the shaped concavity of the mold, in which the ornamental element is retained by means of shape coupling. |
| US10338411B2 |
Accommodating soft contact lens
An accommodating contact lens comprises a variable focus optical module, which comprises an optical chamber and one or more eyelid engaging chambers coupled to the optical chamber with one or more extensions comprising channels extending between the optical chamber and the more eyelid engaging chambers. The module may comprise a self-supporting module capable of supporting itself prior to placement in a contact lens to facilitate placement prior to encapsulation in the contact lens. The module may comprise one or more optically transmissive materials, provides improved optical correction, and can be combined with soft contact lens materials such as hydrogels. In many embodiments, the module comprises a support structure extending between an upper membrane and a lower membrane in order to provide variable optical power accurately with decreased amounts distortion and improved responsiveness to eyelid induced pressure. |
| US10338410B1 |
Eyeglass prescription correction for optics blocks in head-mounted displays
A method for modifying focal length of lenses of a HMD in accordance with a user's eyeglass prescription data and without the user having access to the eyeglass prescription data is disclosed. The method includes receiving an identifier that uniquely represents the user viewing content on the HMD. The method also includes obtaining eyeglass prescription data corresponding to the unique identifier that includes data for correcting eye defects of the user. The data is then applied by modifying optical properties such as focal length of the lenses to provide corrected vision to the user while the user views content on the HMD without the user having to wear prescription eyeglasses or contact lenses. |
| US10338404B2 |
Lens moving apparatus
An embodiment includes a bobbin provided at an outer circumferential surface thereof with a first coil, a first position sensor disposed on the outer circumferential surface of the bobbin and spaced apart from the first coil, a first magnet disposed so as to be opposite to the first position sensor, a second magnet disposed so as to be opposite to the first coil, the second magnet being configured to move the bobbin in a direction parallel to an optical axis via electromagnetic interaction with the first coil, a housing configured to support the first magnet and the second magnet; and upper and lower elastic members coupled to the bobbin and the housing, wherein the first position sensor is moved along with the bobbin. |
| US10338402B2 |
Despeckling stability
An apparatus and method that improves the stability of despeckling using stimulated Raman scattering in an optical fiber. Optical modes in the fiber are scrambled by physical movement of the optical fiber, focusing assembly, or laser beam. The improvement in stability may include a reduction in flicker or reduction in long-term drift. |
| US10338399B2 |
Method and system for shaped glasses and viewing 3D images
Shaped glasses have curved surface lenses and spectrally complementary filters disposed on the curved surface lenses configured to compensate for wavelength shifts occurring due to viewing angles and other sources. The spectrally complementary filters include guard bands to prevent crosstalk between spectrally complementary portions of a 3D image viewed through the shaped glasses. In one embodiment, the spectrally complementary filters are disposed on the curved lenses with increasing layer thickness towards edges of the lenses. The projected complementary images may also be pre-shifted to compensate for subsequent wavelength shifts occurring while viewing the images. |
| US10338395B2 |
Augmented reality system eye relief adjustment mechanism
A head mounted display (HMD) may comprise an adjustable crown band, a crown band circumference adjusting mechanism coupled to the adjustable crown band and configured to adjust a crown band circumference to releasably secure the crown band to the user's crown, an armature including left and right arms, each of the left and right arms mounted at a respective proximal end to corresponding left and right HMD attachment structures, a display mounted at left and right sides to respective distal ends of the left and right arms, and an eye relief distance adjustment mechanism configured to move the left and right arms in a timed manner toward and away from the crown band along a substantially linear path, to thereby adjust an eye relief distance from the display to an eye of a the user when the crown band is fitted on the crown of the user. |
| US10338394B2 |
Wearable electronic apparatus
A wearable electronic apparatus is provided. The wearable electronic apparatus includes: a head-mounted headphone having two sound generators and an elastic headband connected to the two sound generators; a display assembly having two end parts and a central part located between the two end parts; and two connecting mechanisms. Each of the two connecting mechanisms is connected to one of the two sound generators corresponding to the connecting mechanism and connected to one of the two end parts of the display assembly corresponding to the connecting mechanism, so that the end part of the display assembly is configured to deflect with respect to the sound generator. |
| US10338391B2 |
Virtual/augmented reality system having reverse angle diffraction grating
A display subsystem for a virtual image generation system comprises a planar waveguide apparatus, an optical fiber, at least one light source configured for emitting light from a distal end of the optical fiber, and a mechanical drive assembly to which the optical fiber is mounted as a fixed-free flexible cantilever. The drive assembly is configured for displacing a distal end of the optical fiber about a fulcrum in accordance with a scan pattern, such that the emitted light diverges from a longitudinal axis coincident with the fulcrum. The display subsystem further comprises an optical modulation apparatus configured for converging the light from the optical fiber towards the longitudinal axis, and an optical waveguide input apparatus configured for directing the light from the optical modulation apparatus down the planar waveguide apparatus, such that the planar waveguide apparatus displays one or more image frames to an end user. |
| US10338388B2 |
Light guide unit, image display device, and display apparatus
There is provided an image display device that comprises an image forming unit and a light guide unit.The light guide unit includes a light guide plate configured to guide light of an image formed in the image forming unit, and a support member. The light guide plate is supported by one or more buffer members at, at least, a plurality of portions of the support member. |
| US10338386B2 |
Vehicle and head-up displaying system and projector therefor
A vehicle, a head-up displaying system and a projector are provided, the projector including a displaying component (1) configured to project an image, and a three-mirror optical device positioned in an optical path of an emergent light of the displaying component (1), configured to reflect the image projected by the displaying component (1) onto a front windshield (5) such that the front windshield (5) reflects the image to eyes of a driver and including: a zoom lens assembly (2) having a zoom lens (21) for zooming in/out the image projected by the displaying component (1), and a first curvature adjusting component configured to adjust a curvature of the zoom lens (21); an image quality compensation lens assembly (3) having an image quality compensation lens (31) configured to compensate for an image quality distortion caused during a change of the curvature of the zoom lens (21), and a second curvature adjusting component configured to adjust a curvature of the image quality compensation lens (31); and a front windshield compensation lens assembly (4) configured to compensate for an image distortion caused by the front windshield (5). |
| US10338384B2 |
Spatially separated exit pupils in a head mounted display
Disclosed herein are devices and methods to provide multiple eyeboxes from multiple input pupils. In particular, a projection system can direct light from multiple input pupils to a holographic optical element. The light of each of the input pupils having light beams of different wavelengths. The holographic optical element reflects at least part of the light of the multiple input pupils to form an array of exit pupils. |
| US10338378B2 |
Mirror group, in particular for a picoprojector, comprising micromirrors made using the MEMS technology
The mirror group is formed by a monolithic frame bent along a bending line and including a first and a second supporting portions carrying, respectively, a first and a second chips forming two micromirrors made using MEMS technology. The first and second supporting portions are arranged on opposite sides of the bending line of the frame, angularly inclined with respect to each other. The mirror group is obtained by separating a shaped metal tape carrying a plurality of frames, having flexible electric connection elements. After attaching the chips, the frames are precut, bent along the bending line, and separated. |
| US10338373B2 |
Electrowetting element with ridge
An electrowetting element comprising a first fluid and a second fluid immiscible with the first fluid. A first support plate comprises: a first support plate surface in contact with at least one of the first fluid or the second fluid, a substrate having a substrate surface, an electrode and a ridge. The ridge comprises a substantially parallel ridge surface substantially parallel to the substrate surface and a sloping ridge surface angled relative to the substantially parallel ridge surface. A wall is located at least partly on the substantially parallel ridge surface. The ridge is configured to reduce a flow of the first fluid along an inner surface of the wall. |
| US10338371B1 |
Space telescope with beam steering objective
Disclosed is an entirely reflective space telescope featuring a segmented primary objective, simulating a refractive Fresnel lens, providing high optical efficiency over a wide spectral range. Each nonfocusing objective segment is all-reflective, having v-shaped mirrored elements for steering a portion of the incident light beam to a secondary focusing module, where an unobstructed wide angle secondary mirror focuses each segment's beam onto a dedicated mirror segment of an optical path corrector. This corrects path length errors, steers and focuses the beams, equally timed and in phase, to an image sensor. A sparsely segmented objective gives larger apertures. For greater apertures, a sparse primary objective and fully tiled secondary relay objective are combined with fully tiled and sparse optical path correctors. A flotilla of fully tiled segmented telescopes can support either amplitude-phase or intensity interferometry. Coronagraphs and starshade occluders can be included to reduce diffraction noise from bright sources. |
| US10338370B2 |
Clock signal generators and substrate inspecting apparatuses having the same
A clock signal generator includes an optic mirror rotatable to scan an incident light beam in a first direction, a grid plate including a plurality of grid arrays arranged in a second direction different from the first direction, wherein light reflected from the optic mirror is selectively passed through when the light beam is scanned on the grid plate in the first direction, the grid array being offset in the first direction by a particular distance with respect to an adjacent grid array, a light detector configured to detect a light passing through the grid arrays, and a pixel clock generator configured to generate a clock signal based on detection signals received from the light detector. |
| US10338368B2 |
Phase contrast imaging
An object is illuminated from at least one illuminating direction. For each illuminating direction, an intensity image of the object is captured during the illumination. On the basis of the at least one intensity image, a phase contrast image of the object is generated. |
| US10338366B2 |
Confocal scanner, confocal microscope, and illumination method
A confocal scanner into which light from a light source is introduced via a multimode optical fiber includes: a disk unit that includes a rotary disk; and an optical system that irradiates the rotary disk with light from an emission end face of the optical fiber. The optical system includes an element that changes a size in which the emission end face of the optical fiber is projected onto the rotary disk. |
| US10338363B1 |
Environmentally-sealed refractive lighting optic
An environmentally-sealed refractive lighting optic includes a single light-emitting diode (LED) printed circuit card that includes a plurality of LED components and a single, refractive optic element retained directly to the LED printed circuit card in a self-sealing manner without mechanical fasteners. The refractive optic element is configured to environmentally seal the LED components on the LED printed circuit card. Further, the refractive optic element may include a liquid silicone rubber material or an optically-clear low-pressure molded room temperature vulcanizing (RTV) silicone material. |
| US10338357B2 |
Variable-power optical system, optical device, and method for manufacturing variable-power optical system
Composing, in order from an object side along the optical axis, a first lens group having positive refractive power, and at least one lens group; upon varying magnification, an interval between the first lens group and a lens group at an image side of the first lens group and adjacent thereto being varied, said first lens group comprising a focusing lens group which is moved along the optical axis for focusing and a vibration reducing lens group that is movable to include a component in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis, thereby providing a an excellent optical performance upon focusing. |
| US10338349B2 |
Imaging lens
An imaging lens includes a first lens group and a second lens group, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The first lens group includes a first lens, a second lens, and a third lens. The second lens group includes a fourth lens, a fifth lens having negative refractive power, and a sixth lens having positive refractive power. The first lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the object side and a surface thereof on the image plane side have positive curvature radii. The sixth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the object side and a surface thereof on the image plane side are aspheric. The sixth lens has a specific Abbe's number. |
| US10338348B2 |
Optical image capturing lens system
This disclosure provides an optical image capturing lens system comprising: a positive first lens element having a convex object-side surface, a negative second lens element, a positive third lens element having a convex image-side surface, a fourth lens element having a concave object-side surface and a convex image-side surface; and a positive fifth lens element having a convex object-side surface at a paraxial region thereof, both of the object-side and image-side surfaces being aspheric, and at least one inflection point is positioned on at least one of the object-side and image-side surfaces thereof. When particular relations are satisfied, the angle at which light projects onto the image plane can be efficiently controlled for increasing the relative illumination and preventing the occurrence of vignetting. |
| US10338347B2 |
Optical image capturing system
An optical image capturing system includes, along the optical axis in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens. At least one lens among the first to the fifth lenses has positive refractive force. The fifth lens can have negative refractive force, wherein both surfaces thereof are aspheric, and at least one surface thereof has an inflection point. The lenses in the optical image capturing system which have refractive power include the first to the fifth lenses. The optical image capturing system can increase aperture value and improve the imaging quality for use in compact cameras. |
| US10338343B2 |
Imaging lens
An imaging lens includes a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens; a third lens; a fourth lens; a fifth lens; and a sixth lens, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The fourth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side is convex on an optical axis thereof. The sixth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side is concave toward the image plane side near an optical axis thereof. The fifth lens has a specific Abbe's number and the third lens has a specific focal length. |
| US10338340B2 |
Visual camera bearing structure capable of supporting barrel lens of a large area
A visual camera bearing structure includes: a shaft body, having a top end portion and bottom end portion; a through hole, configured inside the shaft body, one end of the through hole being in communication with the bottom end portion of the shaft body, another end thereof the top end portion of the shaft body, and the top end portion formed with a lens barrel accommodation opening; and a barrel lens support having a larger diameter, configured on an outer peripheral wall of the top end portion of the shaft body. Whereby, the barrel lens support is allowed to support the lens accommodation portion having a large area stably, thereby overcoming the condition of conventional visual cameras being difficult to be configured with a barrel lens having a large area. |
| US10338330B2 |
Optical transceiver and optical transceiver insertion/ejection mechanism
The optical transceiver includes a case that has a second engagement portion engaging with a first engagement portion provided in the cage to prevent the optical transceiver from being ejected from the cage, a slider that moves relative to the case in the first direction with respect to the case, and a pusher that is oscillatably supported by the case via an oscillation shaft extending in a second direction and disengages the first engagement portion and the second engagement portion from each other by pushing the first engagement portion in a third direction while being interlocked with a movement of the slider. The oscillation shaft is positioned in an ejecting direction with respect to an interlocking part of the slider and the pusher. |
| US10338327B2 |
Device for incoupling and/or outcoupling optical signals
A device for coupling optical signals into at least one waveguide having at least one electro-optical converter, which sends out the optical signals in the direction of the axis or of the core of the waveguide, in such a way that active alignment of the waveguide is not necessary. The electro-optical converter is incorporated, in particular embedded, in at least one send-site optical subassembly, the send-site optical subassembly has at least one guiding channel for aligning the waveguide with respect to the electro-optical converter, in particular relative to the output port or to the active surface of the electro-optical converter, and at least one extension is assigned to the send-site optical subassembly, in particular to the guiding channel, the extension being provided for aligning the waveguide with respect to the guiding channel. Also, a device for decoupling optical signals from at least one waveguide having the features noted above. |
| US10338326B2 |
Multi-channel optical subassembly structure comprising an alignment jig and method of packaging the structure
Provided are a multi-channel optical subassembly structure allowing an optical unit including a light source photodetector chip to be fixed through an alignment jig after active alignment is performed on an individual or single light source photodetector chip by using the alignment jig capable of electrical coupling and one electrode pad and the other electrode pad of a thermoelectric element, which are wire-bonded, capable of performing active alignment for each light source photodetector chip, that is, for each channel, capable of replacing the optical unit and the alignment jig when a problem occurs in some or all channels, capable of improving optical coupling efficiency for each channel, and capable of addressing a time-consuming and economically expensive work in which an optical subassembly is discarded when some channels fail, and a method of packaging the structure. |
| US10338325B1 |
Nanofiller in an optical interface
Systems and methods for nanofiller in an optical interface are provided. One system includes a fiber-optic interface for one or more optical fibers that includes a body including one or more grooves defined therein. At least one groove in the one or more grooves is configured to receive a corresponding optical fiber of the one or more optical fibers. The at least one groove of the one or more grooves is further configured to receive an adhesive to attach the body to a portion of the corresponding optical fiber. Further, fiber-optic interface includes a suspended structure associated with the at least one groove configured to couple light between the suspended structure and the corresponding optical fiber. Also, the adhesive comprises nanofiller configured to support an alignment of the suspended structure with the corresponding optical fiber within the at least one groove. |
| US10338324B2 |
Optical connector
An optical connector includes: a housing that houses a ferrule; a mounting member that movably attaches the housing to a board in a direction perpendicular to connector insertion and removal directions; and a first elastic member arranged between the mounting member and the housing. The housing is held in the mounting member via the elastic member and a space is maintained between a peripheral surface of the housing and the mounting member. |
| US10338323B2 |
Hardened fiber optic connector
The present disclosure relates to a fiber optic connector for use with a fiber optic adapter. The fiber optic connector includes a connector housing having an end defining a plug portion. A ferrule assembly is mounted at least partially within the connector housing. The ferrule assembly includes a ferrule located at the plug portion of the connector housing. A sealing member is mounted about an exterior of the connector housing for providing a seal between the connector housing and the adapter. The fiber optic connector further includes first and second separate retaining mechanism for retaining the fiber optic connector within the fiber optic adapter. |
| US10338322B2 |
Cleaning tool
A cleaning tool includes: a tool body; and an insertion part provided projecting from the tool body, the insertion part being configured to be movable in a predetermined direction with respect to the tool body, the insertion part including a head unit, the head unit being configured to press a cleaning element against a cleaning target with a pressing surface, wherein by relatively moving the tool body and the insertion part, the cleaning element is supplied and recovered, and the head unit is rotated in a rotation direction with the predetermined direction as an axis, the head unit includes a head member and a tubular member, the head member including the pressing surface, the head member being inserted into the tubular member with the pressing surface in a projected state, the cleaning element is stretched around the pressing surface. |
| US10338321B2 |
Large scale steerable coherent optical switched arrays
Aspects of the present disclosure describe large scale steerable optical switched arrays that may be fabricated on a common substrate including many thousands or more emitters that may be arranged in a curved pattern at the focal plane of a lens thereby allowing the directional control of emitted light and selective reception of reflected light suitable for use in imaging, ranging, and sensing applications including accident avoidance. |
| US10338319B2 |
Phase shifting by mechanical movement
A modified directional coupler structure is used to provide a controllable time delay or phase shift for radiation propagating through the structure. A longitudinal displacement of the interaction region of the directional coupler relative to one or both of the waveguides of the directional coupler provides this effect. Double flexure arrangements can be used to provide longitudinal displacement with substantially no corresponding lateral displacement (or vice versa). In some embodiments, lateral and longitudinal displacement of the waveguides of the directional coupler are independently adjustable to provide full control of the power splitting and phase shift/time delay of the directional coupler. |
| US10338316B2 |
Polarization dispersion adder and optical receiver
In order to provide a configuration for suppressing deterioration in the transmission quality of a signal light due to a nonlinear phenomenon in an optical fiber, a polarization dispersion adder is provided with: a polarization rotation unit which, with respect to each pulse of signal light generated by modulating a light carrier, rotates and outputs the polarization of the pulse during a period from a pulse rise start time (T0) to a pulse fall completion time (T1); and a delay addition unit which adds a delay of an amount corresponding to the rotation amount of the polarization added by the polarization rotation unit to the pulse outputted from the polarization rotation unit. |
| US10338303B2 |
Segmented backlight for dynamic contrast
Systems and methods for increasing dynamic contrast in a liquid crystal display (LCD) may include a segmented backlight that may include one or more segments and one or more sets of light emitting diodes (LEDs). Each set of LEDs may be configured to illuminate a corresponding segment and each segment may include a notch(es) configured as a light barrier to reduce light leakage to non-adjacent segments. The notch(es) may be of variable length, depth, and width and may be three-dimensional, having a width the varies along the depth and length of the notch and a depth that varies along the width and length of the notch. In some embodiments, the notch(es) may be reflective, some degree of opaque, and/or blackened. |
| US10338300B2 |
Backlight assembly including optical member guiding light and converting wavelength of light and display device having the same
A backlight assembly includes a light source which generates and emits light, and an optical member which is between the light source and a display panel of a display device and adjusts a path of the light emitted from the light source. The optical member includes a first base film, a second base film which faces the first base film and is closer to the display panel than the first base film, an optical pattern which is provided in plural spaced apart from each other and disposed between the first and second base films, a reflecting layer which is disposed on the optical patterns and reflects light incident to the optical member, and a wavelength conversion pattern between the first and second base films and alternately disposed with the optical patterns. The wavelength conversion pattern converts a source wavelength of the light emitted from the light source. |
| US10338298B2 |
Backlight unit and display device comprising the same
A backlight unit, a display device including the backlight unit, and a method of manufacturing the backlight unit are provided. The backlight unit may include a light guide plate configured to provide light for a two-dimensional (2D) image and light for a three-dimensional (3D) image to a display panel, and the light guide plate may include a first output pattern formed on an upper surface of the light guide plate and configured to output the first light provided from the first light source to a display panel and a second output pattern formed on a lower surface of the light guide plate and configured to output the second light provided from the second light source to the display panel. |
| US10338297B2 |
Lighting device using line shaped beam
Provided is a lighting device capable of implementing optical images having desired shapes through a pattern design, the lighting device including: a light source portion having light sources; a light guide portion having a larger thickness than a height of a light emitting surface of the respective light sources and irradiating an incident beam from a side; a three-dimensional forming portion provided inside the light guide portion, on a first surface or on a second surface; and a reflective portion on the light guide portion or the three-dimensional effect forming portion, wherein the three-dimensional effect forming portion includes multiple patterns sequentially arranged and having respective inclined surfaces with inclination angles with respect to the first surface, wherein the multiple patterns guide light passing along the light guide portion into a first surface direction or a second surface direction, thereby implementing line shaped beams of a first path. |
| US10338289B2 |
Optical member and image display device including optical member
Provided is an optical member including: a substrate; and a dot that is in contact with a surface of the substrate, in which the dot is formed of a liquid crystal material having a cholesteric structure, four or more dots form one recognition effective region as an aggregate, and a shortest inter-end distance between one arbitrary dot and at least two other dots in the recognition effective region is 10 μm or less. in the optical member, even when a dot pattern is observed in an oblique direction, retroreflection properties are exhibited and the intensity of reflected light is high. By using the optical member according to the present invention, an image display device having a high data input sensitivity can be provided. |
| US10338275B1 |
Flexible nanophotonic meta-optics
Systems and methods are described that relate to a nanophotonic optical system. The nanophotonic optical system may be configured to transmit light in a range of wavelengths. The nanophotonic optical system includes at least one nanophotonic element, which includes a two-dimensional arrangement of sub-wavelength regions of a first material interspersed within a second material, the first and second materials having different indices of refraction. The at least one nanophotonic element includes a surface having a curvature and an optical phase transfer function dependent on the curvature of the surface. The nanophotonic optical system includes an actuator configured to modify the curvature of the surface and a controller. The controller is configured to determine a threshold optical phase transfer function and cause the actuator to modify the curvature of the surface to provide the threshold optical phase transfer function. |
| US10338264B1 |
EMU impulse antenna with controlled directionality and improved impedance matching
An electromagnetic energy source for emitting pulses of electromagnetic energy includes a sonde assembly and an energy storage capacitor. The energy storage capacitor has an electrode mounted in the sonde assembly and operable to generate an electric field, and a capacitive charge storage medium surrounding the electrode. A communication cable extends through a tubular member to the electrode. A fast-closing switch is positioned such that when the fast-closing switch is in a closed position, a circuit is formed that discharges the electrode. |
| US10338263B2 |
Signal processing for a cable locating instrument
In accordance with some embodiments, a method and apparatus for providing both a low-pass filter value and a high-pass filter value is presented. The combined filter receives an input value into a half-band finite impulse response (FIR) filter with an odd number of taps labeled 0 through N with corresponding filter coefficients labeled 0 through N where odd numbered filter coefficients are zero, the FIR filter providing a filter value. The median value from the FIR filter is digitally shifted to provide a half median value. The half median value is added to the filter value to provide the low-pass filter value and is subtracted from the filter value to provide the high-pass filter value. |
| US10338257B2 |
Method and system for simultaneous seismic data acquisition of multiple source lines
Systems and methods for reducing survey time while enhancing acquired seismic data quality are provided. Data corresponding to plural source lines are acquired simultaneously, using sources at cross-line distance at least equal to their illumination width, with at least one source being towed above a streamer spread. |
| US10338254B2 |
Systems and methods for multi-volume directional de-noising
Systems and methods are provided for directional de-noising on seismic data recorded byseismic receivers. A method includes: receiving a seismic dataset, wherein the seismic dataset includes a model dataset and an input dataset to filter; decomposing the model dataset into a plurality of model directions, identifying which of the model directions to keep; and mapping the input dataset along the identified model directions resulting in a filtered output. |
| US10338252B1 |
Systems and processes for building multiple equiprobable coherent geometrical models of the subsurface
A method, apparatus and system for, in a computing system, perturbing an initial three-dimensional (3D) geological model using a 3D vector field. A coherent 3D vector field including 3D vectors may be generated where each 3D vector of the 3D vector field is associated with a node of the initial 3D geological model and has a magnitude within a range of uncertainty of the node of the initial 3D geological model associated therewith. The coherent 3D vector field may be applied to the initial 3D geological model associated therewith to generate an perturbed 3D model. The perturbed 3D model may differ from the initial 3D geological model by a displacement defined by the 3D vector field associated with nodes having uncertain values. The perturbed 3D model may be displayed. |
| US10338246B1 |
Method and system for microseismic event wavefront estimation
In the field of seismic data analysis, the problem of estimating features of a microseismic event waveform, detected at the sensors of a geophone array in the presence of background seismic energy and sensor noise, is considered. Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and system for estimating wavefront arrival times and polarizations across the sensors of an array, while simultaneously extracting the associated event sensor waveforms from the seismic background. The resulting waveform estimates are estimated in such a way that estimation errors are expected to be noise-like, and free of any systematic changes in the magnitude or phase of the arriving wavefronts. |
| US10338237B2 |
Inductive radiation detector
A radiation detector includes a block of a material capable of interacting with ionizing radiation to produce charge carriers, an inductor positioned adjacent to the block and having an inductance that depends on a number of the charge carriers in the block, and a sensing circuit coupled to sense a change in the inductance and detect the ionizing radiation base on the change. The sensing circuit may particularly contain an RF synthesizer that drives the inductance, e.g., an LC circuit containing the inductance, and an analyzer that detects changes in the response of the inductance. |
| US10338236B2 |
Radiation detection apparatus and method, data processing method and processor
This disclosure provides a radiation detection apparatus and a method, a data processing method and a processor, which relates to the field of radiation detection technology. Wherein, the radiation detection apparatus of this disclosure comprises: a radiation detector which generates an electrical signal by interacting with X-rays; an Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) which is coupled to the radiation detector and transmits the electrical signal to a waveform data; and a data processor which receives the waveform data from the ADC, determines the number of single photon signals according to the waveform data, and determines whether an integral signal and/or a count signal of the waveform data will be used for imaging according to the number of the single photon signals. |
| US10338234B2 |
Radiographic image capturing device
A radiographic image capturing device includes: a sensor substrate having one surface on which a plurality of light-receiving elements are two-dimensionally arranged; and a scintillator substrate that is arranged on the side of the light-receiving elements of the sensor substrate, wherein a region having no interface between insulating layers that differ in refractive index is formed between the scintillator substrate and incident planes of the light-receiving elements of the sensor substrate. |
| US10338230B2 |
Multipath error correction
In one or more embodiments, techniques and systems for multipath error correction are provided herein. A global positioning system (GPS) component or unit determines a position of a vehicle at different times. When the vehicle enters a tunnel, for example, the GPS unit may not provide accurate readings. In this scenario, an image capture component or lane keeping assist system can monitor for a change of lane associated with the vehicle. An error correction component can calculate an updated position for the vehicle by using the change of lane information to confirm or correct the GPS position of the vehicle, such as when the vehicle is exiting the tunnel. |
| US10338229B2 |
Method and apparatus for providing secure timing and position synchronization from GNSS
A securing interface apparatus to be inserted between a GNSS antenna and a first, unsecured, GNSS receiver fed by the antenna, for providing immunity against spoofing or jamming or interrupting of the timing provided by the first unsecured GNSS receiver. The securing interface apparatus comprises (a) a second GNSS receiver, fed by the antenna and including a local oscillator and being immune against spoofing or jamming of timing, for outputting trusted timing and the last GNSS data, the second GNSS receiver including a detection module which is adapted to analyze raw RF signals received from GNSS satellites and verify the signals integrity and authenticity (b) a GNSS Simulator, fed by the trusted timing and GNSS data, the GNSS Simulator is adapted to: as long as the received GNSS data is found authentic, allowing the received GNSS data to reach the input of the first, unsecured, GNSS receiver; upon detecting that the received GNSS data is not authentic, produce, using the output of the local oscillator and at least a portion of the last GNSS data, redundant simulated RF GNSS signals mimicking raw RF signals received from GNSS satellites; and transmit the redundant simulated RF GNSS to the input of the first unsecured GNSS receiver. |
| US10338226B2 |
System and methods for countering satellite-navigated munitions
A defense system that receives information regarding an incoming object(s), then automatically coordinates spoofing or jamming of SATNAV signals potentially used by the incoming object(s) while also informing friendly systems of the spoofing or jamming of SATNAV signal. |
| US10338225B2 |
Dynamic LIDAR sensor controller
A laser imaging, detection and ranging (LIDAR) system for an autonomous vehicle (AV) includes a LIDAR sensor comprising a plurality of configurable parameters, and a sensor controller. The sensor controller can execute sensor configuration logic to adjust one or more of the plurality of configurable parameters of the LIDAR sensor in response to AV feedback from a control system of the AV. |
| US10338221B2 |
Device for extracting depth information and method thereof
A device for extracting depth information according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a light outputting unit for outputting IR (InfraRed) light; a light inputting unit for inputting light reflected from an object after outputting from the light outputting unit; a light adjusting unit for adjusting the angle of the light so as to radiate the light into a first area including the object, and then for adjusting the angle of the light so as to radiate the light into a second area; and a controlling unit for estimating the motion of the object by using at least one of the lights between the light inputted to the first area and the light inputted to the second area. |
| US10338220B1 |
Integrated lighting and LIDAR system
The present disclosure provides a mobile machine including a laser diode based lighting system having an integrated package holding at least a gallium and nitrogen containing laser diode and a wavelength conversion member. The gallium and nitrogen containing laser diode is configured to emit a first laser beam with a first peak wavelength. The wavelength conversion member is configured to receive at least partially the first laser beam with the first peak wavelength to excite an emission with a second peak wavelength that is longer than the first peak wavelength and to generate the white light mixed with the second peak wavelength and the first peak wavelength. The mobile machine further includes a light detection and ranging (LIDAR) system configured to generate a second laser beam and manipulate the second laser beam to sense a spatial map of target objects in a remote distance. |
| US10338219B2 |
Measuring apparatus comprising an interferometer and an absorption medium defining a dense line spectrum
A measuring apparatus comprising a tunable laser diode for generating a mono mode measurement radiation, said laser diode being designed as a laser beam source in such a way that an emission wavelength of the measurement radiation is variable within a wavelength range by means of the variation of a tuning parameter, comprising an absorption medium defining absorption lines within the wavelength range, comprising a memory having a line atlas for the absorption medium, comprising a detector for determining an absorptivity and comprising a control and evaluation unit for regulating the emission wavelength by means of the at least one tuning parameter in a manner dependent on the absorptivity determined in such a way that the emission wavelength remains stable. |
| US10338217B2 |
Wideband sonar receiver and sonar signal processing algorithms
A wideband sonar receiver is provided that includes: a selectable bandpass filter adapted to filter a received sonar signal to produce a filtered signal and a correlator adapted to correlate the baseband samples with baseband replica samples to provide a correlated signal. In addition, the wideband sonar receiver may include a shaping filter to shape unshaped received pulses. Finally, a variety of sonar processing algorithms are described with regard to reducing clutter and interference, target detection, and bottom detection. |
| US10338212B2 |
Golf swing analysis apparatus and method
An apparatus for analyzing a golf swing according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a signal detecting unit including a Doppler radar sensor which radiates a transmission wave to a golf club and a golf ball and detects a reflected wave, in which a first reflected wave of the golf club and a second reflected wave of the golf ball are mixed, and detects a frequency deviation between the transmission wave and the mixed reflected wave and generates an output signal; and a swing analysis information calculating unit configured to calculate a speed of the golf club and a speed of the golf ball by using the output signal. |
| US10338211B2 |
Apparatus for measuring distance
The distance measuring device detects parallax between right and left captured images where a front object is present ahead of the own vehicle, and calculate a parallax distance between the front object and the own vehicle. The radar device detects a radar detected distance therebetween. The distance measuring device calculates a parallax error based on the difference between the parallax calculated distance and the radar detected distance. A correction region is set in the right captured image and divided into correction divided regions. The distance measuring device sets an individual correction parallax for every correction divided regions, based on the parallax error and the identified correction divided regions. |
| US10338205B2 |
Backscatter communication among commodity WiFi radios
A backscatter tag communicate device includes, in part, a receiver configured to receive a WiFi packet conforming to a communication protocol defining a multitude of codewords, a mapper configured to map at least a first subset of the multitude of codewords disposed in the packet to a second multitude of codewords defined by the protocol, and a frequency shifter configured to shift a frequency of the second multitude of codewords such that the frequency shifted codewords are characterized by a single sideband spectrum. The communication protocol may be the 802.11b communication protocol. The mapper may optionally map the first subset of the multitude of codewords by changing phases of the first subset of the multitude of codewords. |
| US10338192B2 |
Radio frequency communication system
A system and method for recovering from a failure during the position tracking of an RF-transmitting device includes tracking the position of the radio frequency (RF) transmitting device based on RF signals emitted by the RF-transmitting device. If the tracking loses the position of the RF-transmitting device, new phase difference data are calculated from the RF signals transmitted by the RF-transmitting device and received at four or more antennas. A subset of candidate position solutions for evaluation is identified based on the new phase difference data. One or more of the candidate position solutions in the subset is evaluated to find an acceptable position solution. The tracking of the position of the RF-transmitting device resumes using the acceptable position solution. |
| US10338191B2 |
Sensor mesh and signal transmission architectures for electromagnetic signature analysis
Systems and methods can support a sensor mesh and signal transmission architecture for electromagnetic signature analysis and threat detection. Sensor antennas may be deployed within an electromagnetic environment. A configurable antenna feed network can couple radio frequency signals from the antennas to both software-defined radio receivers and hardware-defined radio receivers. A raw signal analysis engine associated with the software-defined radio receiver can receive digital samples of the radio frequency signals, identify signal features within the digital samples, and generate signal feature vectors from the identified signal features. A signal feature network can receive the signal feature. A signal aggregation and analysis engine can receive the signal feature vectors from the signal feature network, aggregate the signal feature vectors, process the signal feature vectors, and identify wireless attacks according to the signal features within the signal feature vectors. One or more updatable analysis databases can support the signal processing operations. |
| US10338189B2 |
Metadata-based emitter localization
A method includes obtaining signal information corresponding to a plurality of radio signals received at two or more sensing devices from a candidate location, determining a plurality of reconstructed signals based on the signal information, determining time-estimates and frequency-estimates based on a correlation between the plurality of radio signals and the plurality of reconstructed signals, determining metadata corresponding to the plurality of radio signals based on the signal information, the time-estimates, or the frequency-estimates, transmitting at least a portion of the metadata to an information combining node, obtaining the portion of the metadata from the information combining node, determining a relationship between the metadata, and determining the candidate location based on the metadata and the relationship between the metadata. Transmission of the plurality of radio signals to the information combining node is restricted based on a bandwidth of the two or more sensing devices or the information combining node. |
| US10338185B2 |
Method for self calibration of measurement nonlinearity
A method for calibrating a test instrument having an initial output voltage level and an open output relay can include programming the test instrument for a certain current level, starting a timer, and stopping the timer (responsive to the test instrument entering compliance) to determine a time interval. The method can also include determining whether the time interval is within a desired range. |
| US10338184B2 |
Monitoring methods and systems for processing biomass
Systems and methods for monitoring and improving the treatment of biomass are described. |
| US10338177B2 |
Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus, magnetic resonance imaging method and magnetic resonance imaging system
A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes a sequence control unit, an image generating unit, and a deriving unit. The sequence control unit executes first imaging scan for acquiring data of a range including a target internal organ and second imaging scan for acquiring data for a diagnostic image by controlling execution of a pulse sequence. The image generating unit generates an image by using data acquired by the first imaging scan. The deriving unit derives an imaging scan area in which data for the diagnostic image are acquired in the second imaging scan and a related area set associated with the imaging scan area in the second imaging scan, based on image processing using the image. |
| US10338173B2 |
Device for cancellation of large magnetic susceptibility artifacts in magnetic resonance imaging of patients with pacemakers and implantable cardiac defibrillators
The present invention is directed to a system and method for reducing large magnetic artifact susceptibility in magnetic resonance imaging. The present invention is used to maximize cancellation of the magnetic field distortion cremated when objects with high variations in magnetic susceptibility are placed in a uniform magnetic field. Particularly, the present invention reduces the magnetic resonance imaging artifact produced by pacemakers and internal cardiac defibrillators in order to maximize the diagnostic image quality in the region surrounding these devices. |
| US10338172B2 |
Power device and method for driving a load
Embodiments of the invention provide a power device. The power device comprises a switch mode power conversion circuit with power semiconductors for driving a load in response to a control signal, a controller coupled to the switch mode power conversion circuit to generate the control signal based on a predetermined current profile to be provided to the load and a maximum junction temperature of the power semiconductors, and a current injector coupled to the switch mode power conversion circuit and the controller for generating an offset current. The switch mode power conversion circuit is controlled to output the predetermined current profile or an adjusted current profile in response to the control signal, and the adjusted current profile has an offset with respect to the predetermined current profile. The offset current is equal to the offset between the adjusted current profile and the predetermined current profile and further summed with the adjusted current profile to generate the predetermined current profile to flow through the load if the control signal controls the switch mode power conversion circuit to output the adjusted current profile. |
| US10338170B2 |
Pre-amplifier for magnetic resonance imaging radio-frequency coil
A pre-amplifier for a magnetic resonance imaging radio-frequency coil. The pre-amplifier comprises an input matching circuit (1), an amplification circuit (2), an output matching circuit (3) and a narrow band filter (4) for filtering a magnetic resonance signal amplified through the amplification circuit (2). The present invention has the technical effect that the pre-amplifier for a magnetic resonance imaging radio-frequency coil generates a gain required by magnetic resonance imaging within a very small range near a magnetic resonance signal frequency point, but only generates a very small gain or has no amplification function completely at other frequency points, thereby significantly reducing the possibility of oscillation of the magnetic resonance imaging radio-frequency coil. |
| US10338167B2 |
Method and magnetic resonance imaging apparatus for determination of a scan protocol
In a magnetic resonance apparatus, a check is performed as to whether coordinate-transformed first values of system parameters of a scan protocol for a magnetic resonance scan sequence each comply with a corresponding limit value. The check is used as the basis for the adaptation of first values of scan parameters of the scan protocol in order to obtain second values of the scan parameters. The second values of the scan parameters are used as the basis for the adaptation of the coordinate-transformed first values of the system parameters in order to obtain second values of the system parameters. |
| US10338164B2 |
Vacancy center material with highly efficient RF excitation
A system for magnetic detection includes a magneto-optical defect center material comprising a plurality of magneto-optical defect centers, an optical light source , an optical detector, and a radio frequency (RF) excitation source. The optical light source is configured to provide optical excitation to the magneto-optical defect center material. The optical detector is configured to receive an optical signal emitted by the magneto-optical defect center material. The RF excitation source is configured to provide RF excitation to the magneto-optical defect center material. The RF excitation source includes an RF feed connector, and a metallic material coated on the magneto-optical defect center material and electrically connected to the RF feed connecter. |
| US10338161B2 |
Method for magnetic particle imaging having unlimited axial field of view
The invention relates to a method and an MPIS scanner for tomographic imaging of an object with magnetic particles distributed in the interior of the object, comprising the steps of generating a selection magnetic field with a predetermined magnetic field gradient in at least one field-free point (FFP) in a predetermined scanning plane, generating a time-dependent, periodic excitation magnetic field with a predetermined maximum frequency, repeatedly displacing the at least one FFP along a predetermined closed trajectory with a predetermined repetition time in the scanning plane, moving the object through the scanning plane along a predetermined advance direction with a predetermined advance speed, detecting the change in the magnetization state of the magnetic particles at the points in the object interior through which the at least one FFP passes, reconstructing the local particle concentrations at the points through which the at least one FFP passes in respect of an object coordinate system, interpolating the reconstructed particle concentration to the points in the object interior not passed through by at least one FFP, generating a display of the particle concentration distribution in the object interior, characterized by interpolating the particle concentrations reconstructed at path section end points of path sections along the advance direction to path section intermediate points taking into account the advance speed. |
| US10338158B2 |
Bias magnetic field sensor
A bias magnetic field sensor is disclosed. In an embodiment, a bias magnetic field sensor includes a magnetic field sensor package having a magnetic body attached to only a single side of the sensor package, wherein the magnetic body is configured to provide a magnetic field, and wherein the sensor package is configured to measure a modulation of the magnetic field by a generator object. |
| US10338156B2 |
Apparatus and system for an ultra sensitivity magneto-optic sensor for high sensitivity magnetic field detection and measurements
An ultra-sensitivity optical-fiber magneto-optic field sensor includes an input fiber passing optical power from an optical source into the sensor; a polarizer optically coupled to and downstream of the input fiber; an analyzer optically coupled to and downstream of the polarizer; an output fiber passing optical power out of the sensor to a photoreceiver; and a magneto-optic crystal element optically coupled between the polarizer and the analyzer. The ultra-sensitivity optical-fiber magneto-optic field sensor has an optical axis extending between the input and output fibers along which a beam of optical power is transmitted. |
| US10338152B2 |
Internal condition estimating system and estimating method
A method of estimating, as the charging rate of an electricity storage system, the internal condition of the electricity storage system including plural batteries, and an internal condition estimating system utilizing that method are provided. A voltage measuring unit 3 measures voltages of all batteries 1 configuring an electricity storage system block 2. A system cell voltage determining unit 5 determines a system cell voltage that will be a reference for an estimation of the SOC value of the electricity storage system block 2 based on the voltage value of the plural batteries 1 measured by the voltage measuring unit 3. The system cell voltage determining unit 5 obtains the system cell voltage by giving a weighting to the voltage value in accordance with the pre-calculated SOC value of the electricity storage system block 2. The system SOC estimating unit 6 estimates the SOC value of the electricity storage system block 2 based on the current flowing through the battery 1 and the system cell voltage. |
| US10338150B2 |
Systems and methods for estimating battery system energy capability
System and methods for determining battery system energy capability in a vehicle are presented. A voltage offset of a battery system may be determined based on comparison of an open circuit voltage of the battery system and a measured voltage. An estimated remaining pack energy may be determined based, at least in part, on the voltage offset. Similarly, an estimated total pack energy may be determined based, at least in part, on the voltage offset. An energy capability of the battery system may be determined based on the estimated remaining pack energy and the estimated total pack energy. |
| US10338147B2 |
Methods and apparatus for determining a relative state of charge of a battery
Various embodiments of the present technology may comprise methods and apparatus for determining a relative state of charge of battery. According to various embodiments, the methods and apparatus may operate to establish continuity between the RSOC values that are computed before and after a change in the charge mode of the battery. During a constant voltage charge mode, the methods and apparatus further estimate the RSOC value according to a linear relationship between the charging current and the RSOC. |
| US10338145B2 |
Voltage monitoring system
A voltage monitoring system having a microcontroller with an analog-to-digital converter with a first channel, and a memory device is provided. The microcontroller includes a monitoring application and a hardware abstraction layer. The monitoring application sends a first encoded channel number to the hardware abstraction layer. The hardware abstraction layer determines a first channel number based on the first encoded channel number, and obtains a measured voltage value associated with the first channel number. The hardware abstraction layer sends a second encoded channel number and the measured voltage value therein to the monitoring application. If the first encoded channel number is equal to the second encoded channel number, then the monitoring application stores the measured voltage value in the memory device. |
| US10338143B2 |
Method and apparatus for diagnosing a fault condition in an electric machine
A fault condition is diagnosed in an electric machine that includes a rotor and a plurality of permanent magnets. To do so, the rotor is rotated so that each of the plurality of permanent magnets passes a magnetic flux density sensor, and the values of magnetic flux density are measured using the magnetic flux density sensor at a plurality of positions of the rotor. The measured values of magnetic flux density are analyzed and a magnitude of a peak amplitude is compared in a time or frequency domain with a reference value. If the peak amplitude is below the reference value, the electric machine is determined to have a fault condition. |
| US10338139B1 |
Method and apparatus for scan chain reordering and optimization in physical implementation of digital integrated circuits with on-chip test compression
According to one general aspect, in a large digital integrated circuit with on-chip scan test compression hardware, an apparatus may include a digital circuit receiver circuit and a scan chain reorder circuit. The digital circuit receiver circuit configured to: receive a circuit model file that includes logic circuits that are represented by respective cells, wherein a plurality of cells are arranged in an ordered scan chain, and insert, in to the circuit model file, a dummy cell as an end cell at an end of the ordered scan chain. The scan chain reorder circuit configured to reorder the ordered scan chain to a reordered scan chain based, wherein the scan-chain reorder circuit is configured to maintain a start cell and an end cell of the ordered scan chain as a start cell and an end cell of the reordered scan chain. |
| US10338132B2 |
Wear-out monitor device
The disclosed technology generally relates to integrated circuit devices with wear out monitoring. An integrated circuit device includes a core circuit and a wear-out monitor device. The wear-out monitor device configured to adjust an indication of wear out of the core circuit regardless of whether the core circuit is activated The integrated circuit further includes a sensing circuit coupled to the wear-out monitor device and configured to detect an electrical property of the wear-out monitor device that is indicative of a wear-out level of the core-circuit. |
| US10338125B2 |
Test point adapter for coaxial cable connections
A test point adaptor for coaxial cables includes a main body, a test body, and a cap. The main body has a first longitudinal axis and includes a first end comprising a first interface, a second end comprising a second interface, and a first center conductor extending at least from the first interface to the second interface. The test body has a second longitudinal axis arranged transversely to the main body and includes an outer conductive sleeve, a test body end comprising a third interface, an electrically conductive contact member in electrical contact with the first center conductor, and a gripping arrangement electrically coupled with the electrically conductive contact member. The third interface includes a conical contact surface of the outer conductive sleeve. The cap includes a sleeve configured to matingly engage an outer surface of the outer conductive sleeve. The outer conductive sleeve includes a conical contact surface configured to engage the conical contact surface of the outer conductive sleeve when the cap is matingly engaged with the outer sleeve. The cap includes a terminator configured to be aligned with and received by the gripping arrangement, which electrically couples the terminator to the electrically conductive contact member. |
| US10338118B1 |
System and methods for detecting and characterizing electromagnetic emissions
A system and method for detecting and identifying emitted electromagnetic signals, comprising wideband radio frequency sensors, at least one wide band radio frequency receiving antenna and accompanying electronics, a platform for hosting multiple antennas and sensor mounts, and processing algorithms for detection and identification of electromagnetic (EM) signals. Various algorithms and implementations are employed to detect and identify, over a wide frequency range, narrow or wide bandwidth EM signals having low signal levels, time-varying, and/or time-intermittent characteristics. |
| US10338117B2 |
Induced field determination using diffuse field reciprocity
Methods and systems are provided for determining the surface electromagnetic impedance of a conductive element and applying the diffuse field reciprocity principle using that surface electromagnetic impedance to determine electric fields induced in the conductive element. An exemplary method involves determining a surface electromagnetic impedance matrix for the conductive element based on its physical dimensions and an excitation frequency for an incident electromagnetic wavefield, applying diffuse field reciprocity to determine a metric indicative of an induced field based on the surface electromagnetic impedance matrix and an energy metric for the incident electromagnetic wavefield, and displaying a graphical representation of the metric on a display device. |
| US10338113B2 |
Authentication, authorization, and/or accounting of power-consuming devices
Systems and methods for authenticating, authorizing, and/or accounting for a power-consuming device to access a power source are described. A power access controller can manage the power source and authenticate and/or authorize the power-consuming device to access the power source based on, for example, a power profile of the power-consuming device. The power profile can indicate categories of devices for the power-consuming device, the manufacturer of the power-consuming device, and/or the device's expected power consumption. Accounting of an amount of power consumed by the power-consuming device can also be performed. |
| US10338112B2 |
Communication of historical and real-time information about devices in a building
Electrical usage of devices in a building may be monitored to provide information about the operation of the devices to a user. The information communicated to a user may include historical information that is retrieved from a server and real-time information that is received from a power monitoring device. The historical information may be transmitted to the user device over a first network connection where the historical information is retrieved using an identifier received from the user device. The real-time information may be received from a power monitoring device and transmitted to the user device over a second network connection. |
| US10338111B2 |
Method of monitoring operation of an electric power system and monitoring system
In a method, operation of an electric power system which has a power utility automation system (1981-1984, 1991-1994) is monitored. The power utility automation system (1981-1984, 1991-1994) comprises a plurality of intelligent electronic devices (IEDs) (1981-1984, 1991-1994) communicating via a communication network. During operation of the electric power system, properties of the electric power system are monitored, the monitored properties comprising monitored data messages which are transmitted by the plurality of IEDs (1981-1984, 1991-1994) over the communication network. The monitored data messages are evaluated based on configuration information for the power utility automation system (1981-1984, 1991-1994) to detect a critical event. An alert signal is generated in response to detection of the critical event. |
| US10338107B1 |
System and method for detecting a contact between an aerial device and an electrical power source
Embodiments of the invention provide for a circuit that detects a contact between a high-voltage power source and an electrically-conductive non-grounded device. A probe may conduct an electric potential from the electrically-conductive device to the circuit. A first leg of the circuit may shift the phase of the electric potential of the first leg relative to a phase of the electric potential of a second leg of the circuit. A voltage indicative of the phase difference of the electric potential between the first leg and the second leg may be measured. The detected voltage may be indicative of the contact between the high-voltage power source and the electrically-conductive device. |
| US10338104B2 |
Leakage current detection device for conducting wires
This current detection device is configured from: an annular magnetic material core that forms a closed magnetic path around a pair of conducting wires in which conduction currents flow; an excitation coil wound on the magnetic material core; an oscillation circuit unit that applies a rectangular wave output voltage to the excitation coil; a power supply unit that supplies power to an operation amplifier that generates the rectangular wave output voltage in the oscillation circuit unit; and a difference current calculation unit, which detects a power supply current flowing from the power supply unit to the operation amplifier, and which calculates a difference current between the conduction currents flowing in the pair of conducting wires. Consequently, excellent noise resistance is achieved, and the configuration of the current detection device is simplified. |
| US10338098B2 |
Thermal probe for a near-field thermal microscope and method for generating a thermal map
A thermal probe and method for generating a thermal map (M) of a sample interface (1). A scanning thermal microscope (100) is provided having at least one or more probe tips (11,12). The probe tips (11,12) are scanned at a near-field distance (D1) over the sample interface (1). Heat flux data (H) is recorded as a function of a relative position (X,Y) of the probe tip (11) over the sample interface (1). The thermal map (M) is calculated from the recorded heat flux data (H) based on a spatially resolved heat flux profile (P) of the probe tip (11) at the sample interface (1). The heat flux profile (P) has a local maximum at a lateral distance (R) across the sample interface (1) with respect to an apex (11a) of the probe tip (11). |
| US10338091B2 |
Concussion detection and communication system
A concussion detection and communication system is described. In some examples a concussion data module may be worn by one or more subjects. Each concussion data module may include multiple accelerometers and may communicate data signals wirelessly to a base unit. Upon determining that the base unit is not within effective communication range, a concussion data module may relay signals to the base unit through another concussion data module. |
| US10338089B2 |
System and method for determining speed of a vehicle based on GPS speed
A method and system for determining a speed of a vehicle based on a GPS speed captured from a Global Positioning System (GPS). A capturing module captures GPS speed Vx and a horizontal accuracy value corresponding to a time stamp Tx. A speed modification module modifies the GPS speed Vx corresponding to the time stamp Tx. A speed correcting module corrects the GPS speed Vx corresponding to the time stamp Tx. The GPS speed may be corrected by filtering an error in the GPS speed by using a Slope dependent averaging (SDA) filter in order to obtain a first corrected speed Vx′. Further, the first corrected speed is corrected by selecting one of a center weight (CW) filter and an edge weight (EW) filter, based upon a pre-defined condition, in order to obtain a second corrected speed Vx″ indicating the speed of the vehicle. |
| US10338086B2 |
Supplying consumable items to an automated sample analyzer
A method for supplying consumable items to an automated sample analyzer is presented. The automated analyzer comprises a consumable repository including two or more storage areas. Each area is configured to store a plurality of consumable items. The method comprises receiving one or more orders for analytical tests to be carried out by the analyzer, reserving consumable items corresponding to one or more sets of consumable items required for the analytical tests in a first area, switching to a second area for reserving consumable items in response to determining that a predetermined consumable item in the first area has been reserved, supplying the reserved consumable items for use in the one or more analytical tests and indicating that the first area can be replenished in response to determining that a particular consumable item of the first storage area has been used. |
| US10338082B2 |
Methods for in vitro investigating mitochondrial replication dysfunction in a biological sample, kits and uses thereof, therapeutic methods against progeroid-like syndromes or symptomes and screening method for identifying particular protease inhibitor(s) and/or nitroso-redox stress scavenger compound(s)
The invention relates to a method for in vitro investigating mitochondrial replication dysfunction in a biological sample removed from a subject susceptible of suffering from physiological ageing or physiopathological conditions related to physiological ageing, or physiopathological ageing or associated symptoms or conditions, in particular premature ageing or accelerated ageing, or of a progeroid syndrome, such as Cockayne syndrome (CS), or neurodegenerative disorders or symptoms thereof, in which the levels of at least one species selected in the group of: POLG1 protein, POLG1 RNA, POLG2 protein, protease(s) which have POLG as a target, in particular serine protease(s) such as HTRA3 protein, HTRA2 protein and, HTRA3 RNA or HTRA2 RNA, or any combination of these species, are investigated. The invention also relates to kits and uses thereof, therapeutic methods against progeroid-like syndromes or symptoms and screening method for identifying particular protease inhibitor(s) and/or nitroso-redox stress scavenger compound(s) having relevance for the symptoms discussed herein. |
| US10338075B2 |
Lung cancer markers and uses thereof
Methods and compositions are provided for assessing (e.g., diagnosing), treating, and preventing diseases, especially cancer, and particular lung cancer, using lung cancer markers (LCM). Individual LCM and panels comprising multiple LCM are provided for these and other uses. Methods and compositions are also provided for determining or predicting the effectiveness of a treatment or for selecting a treatment using LCM. Methods and compositions are further provided for modulating cell function using LCM. Also provided are compositions that modulate LCM (e.g., antagonists or agonists), such as antibodies, proteins, small molecule compounds, and nucleic acid agents (e.g., RNAi and antisense agents), as well as pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Further provided are methods of screening for agents that modulate LCM, and agents identified by these screening methods. |
| US10338071B2 |
Compositions, methods and microfluidics device for telomerase based in vitro diagnostic assays for detecting circulating tumor cells (CTC)
A repeatable method for detecting circulating tumor cells in vitro is provided. The method involves combining a test sample from a patient suspected of having circulating tumor cells, and a non-lytic adenoviral system, and culture media for the cells. The adenoviral system utilizes (i) a first replication-defective adenoviral particle in which an expression cassette is packaged, said expression cassette comprising an adenoviral 5′ and 3′ ITRs and a tumor-specific promoter; and (ii) a coding sequence for a reporter protein which is expressed in the presence of circulating tumor cells, and an adenoviral 3′ ITR. The test sample and the non-lytic adenoviral system are incubated for a sufficient time to permit expression of the reporter protein, and measuring reporter protein expression in the test samples, whereby presence of reporter expression indicates the presence of circulating tumor cells in the sample. Because the system is non-lytic, the testing can be repeated on the cells which remain viable in culture. Also provided is a method for enriching test samples having circulating tumor cells and a microfluidics device suitable for CTC-specification identification and enumeration. |
| US10338070B2 |
Cell-free assay device and methods of use
Provided herein is a cell-free assay device, sometimes comprising a lipid bilayer and an endopeptidase assay component, for characterizing a pore forming protein. In some embodiments provided herein is an apparatus comprising a pressure system for characterizing an interaction. Also, provided herein are methods for using a cell-free assay device to characterize a pore forming protein and/or a test substance. |
| US10338065B2 |
Detection of amniotic fluid in vaginal secretions of pregnant women due to premature rupture of fetal membranes
A method is taught for the accurate determination of the premature rupture of membranes (PROM), defined as spontaneous rupture of membranes before the onset of uterine contractions. More specifically, a lateral flow assay strip tests for at least two antigens to greatly limit or eliminate the possibility of false negatives. A built-in timer in the cassette holding the lateral flow assay further increases the accuracy of the test. A collection buffer vial with self-contained shipping and dropper caps and built-in stand is also taught. |
| US10338064B2 |
Fully-automatic immunofluorescence quantitative analysis apparatus and detection method
A fully-automatic immunofluorescence quantitative analyzing apparatus and detection method belong to the field of quantitative immunofluorescence analysis and detection. The immunity quantitative analyzing apparatus includes a support baseplate, a reagent strip storage and automatic loading module, a cuvette ring module, a detection module, a sample module, a sample dispensing module, a washing module and a control system, the reagent strip storage and automatic loading module, the cuvette ring module, the detection module, the sample module, the sample dispensing module, the washing module being sequentially arranged on the support baseplate. The reagent strip storage and automatic loading module provides a reagent strip for the cuvette ring module, and the sample dispensing module dispenses the sample on the sample module to the cuvette ring module and performs a reaction, and the sample enters the detection module to complete the detection after the reaction is complete. |
| US10338060B2 |
Methods for monitoring physiological status of a body organ
The present invention provides method for monitoring physiological status of an organ in a subject by monitoring morphological changes over time in transplanted tissue on an eye of the subject. |
| US10338055B2 |
Spectrographic material analysis based on inductive sensing
A multi-frequency inductive sensing system can be used for spectrographic material analysis of a conductive target material (such as tissue) based on electrical impedance spectroscopy. An inductive senor can be driven with an excitation current at multiple sensor excitation frequencies (ω) to project a time-varying magnetic field into a sensing area on the surface of the target material, inducing eddy currents within the target material. The inductive sensor can be characterized by a sensor impedance Z(ω) as a function of the sensor excitation frequency (ω), and the resulting induced eddy currents. Multiple sensor impedance Zs(ω) measurements, at the multiple sensor excitation frequencies (ω), can be determined, which represent electromagnetic properties of the target material (such as permittivity ε, permeability μ, and resistivity ρ), based on the induced eddy currents. The multiple sensor excitation frequencies (ω), and corresponding multiple sensor impedance Zs(ω) measurements, can be selected for particular target penetration depths. |
| US10338053B2 |
Curing-drying model and its applications
The invention encompasses methods to control the curing of a CO2 Composite Material (CCM) and processes that use such equipment to cure the CCM. The method provides a way to compute the expected water distribution in an uncured porous concrete product based on a set of environmental conditions on. |
| US10338048B2 |
Food freshness indicator ink and method for the manufacture of a food freshness indicator ink
Food freshness indicator ink and method for the manufacture of a food freshness indicator ink. It comprises a varnish that constitutes between 90-98% of the total, the varnish comprising between 5-25% of the total amount of the varnish of at least one film-forming resin or at least one vinylic resin or a mixture thereof, between 10-25% of the amount of the resin of a plasticizer additive and between 50-75% of the total amount of the varnish of solvents, and between 2-10% of the total of metallic salts. |
| US10338047B2 |
Air-pollution anomaly location mechanism
A mechanism is provided for detecting air-pollution anomalies. A historical air-pollution pattern is identified for each of a plurality of air-pollution monitoring stations. For each of the plurality of air-pollution monitoring stations, responsive to receiving real-time data from a particular air-pollution monitoring station, the real-time data is compared to the historical air-pollution pattern associated with the particular air-pollution monitoring station. A density difference value is generated based on the comparison of the real-time data to the historical air-pollution pattern associated with the particular air-pollution monitoring station and a determination is made as to whether the density difference value is greater than a predetermined confidence threshold. For each of a subset of the plurality of air-pollution monitoring stations whose associated density difference value is greater than the predetermined confidence threshold, an indication of an anomaly in detected air-pollution levels is identified to an administrator. |
| US10338046B2 |
Artificial olfactory sensing system
An object of the present invention is to provide an artificial olfactory sensing system capable of sniffing out various odors highly sensitively.The artificial olfactory sensing system includes: plural sensor cells on a lipid membrane of each of which olfactory receptors have developed; and plural ion-sensitive field-effect transistors (ISFETs) that correspondingly exist to the sensor cells on a one-on-one basis. A response signal showing that each of the olfactory receptors of each of the sensor cells has recognized an odor molecule is converted into an electric signal by an ISFET corresponding to each of the sensor cells. |
| US10338041B2 |
Derivatization apparatus and method
A derivatization apparatus and method for coating a sample carrier with a reagent solution. The derivatization apparatus consists of a closed system in which a small quantity of reagent solution is sprayed into a closed container via a spray nozzle. A sample carrier is located in the closed container and is coated as homogeneously as possible with the reagent solution. |
| US10338040B2 |
Vacuum ultraviolet absorption spectroscopy system and method
An efficient absorption spectroscopy system is provided. The spectroscopy system may be configured to measure solid, liquid or gaseous samples. Vacuum ultra-violet wavelengths may be utilized. Some of the disclosed techniques can be used for detecting the presence of trace concentrations of gaseous species. A preferable gas flow cell is disclosed. Some of the disclosed techniques may be used with a gas chromatography system so as to detect and identify species eluted from the column. Some of the disclosed techniques may be used in conjunction with an electrospray interface and a liquid chromatography system so as to detect and identify gas phase ions of macromolecules produced from solution. Some of the disclosed techniques may be used to characterize chemical reactions. Some of the disclosed techniques may be used in conjunction with an ultra short-path length sample cell to measure liquids. |
| US10338036B2 |
Method and apparatus for scanning a test object and correcting for gain
An apparatus for scanning a test object scans a reference object to build a gain correction map including gain values for scanning points on a surface of the reference object. The test object is also scanned to obtain measurements for scanning points on a surface of the test object. Amplitudes of the measurements obtained for the scanning points on the surface of the test object are normalized using the gain values of the gain correction map. The apparatus has a probe mounted on a mechanical scanner, and a controller controlling the scanning and normalizing operations. The apparatus can be used to create an image of the test object for non-destructive testing. |
| US10338035B2 |
Imaging method and device based on guided wave scattering of omni-directional magneto-acoustic transducers
An imaging method based on guided wave scattering of omni-directional EMATs includes: selecting an nth omni-directional EMAT from N omni-directional EMATs uniformly arranged in a detection region of a metal plate to be detected as an excitation EMAT; selecting m omni-directional EMATs as omni-directionally receiving EMATs to omni-directionally receive an ultrasonic guided wave signal, and calculating a travel time and intensity of the ultrasonic guided wave signal; judging whether the excitation EMAT and the omni-directionally receiving EMATs form a scattering group, if yes, calculating a position of a scattering point; judging whether the position of the scattering point is within a preset scattering region, if yes, determining the position of the scattering point as an effective scattering point; repeating the above steps until all N omni-directional EMATs have excited omni-directional ultrasonic guided waves, and performing curve fitting on all effective scattering points to obtain a defect profile image. |
| US10338033B2 |
Typing and imaging of biological and non-biological materials using quantitative ultrasound
An ultrasonic material-evaluation or classification method using spectral and envelope-statistics variables from backscattered ultrasound echo signals using an adaptive-bandwidth and combined with global variables. This classification method can be applied to any organ or tissue among biological materials and any non-biological material that produces backscattered signals as a result of microscopic internal in homogeneities such as a crystalline structure. |
| US10338032B2 |
Automated quality determination of joints
An assembly includes a sensor configured to obtain a data scan of a joint. A controller is operatively connected to the sensor. The controller includes a processor and tangible, non-transitory memory on which is recorded instructions for executing a method for automated quality assessment of the joint. Execution of the instructions by the processor causes the controller to: obtain the data scan of the joint (via the sensor) and generate a first image based on the data scan. The first image is divided into a plurality of pixels having respective numeric values. The controller is programmed to identify a region of interest as the plurality of pixels from the first image with a respective numeric value greater than a threshold value (I0). The controller is programmed to assess joint quality based on a porosity factor (PF) determined at least partially from the data scan. |
| US10338031B2 |
Component-embedded substrate and substrate flaw detecting method
A component-embedded substrate includes a multilayer body including a plurality of insulating layers stacked in a stacking direction, an embedded component embedded in the multilayer body, and planar conductors disposed on both sides of the embedded component in the stacking direction, the planar conductors overlapping the embedded component. The planar conductors each include a plurality of openings that overlap the embedded component over substantially the entire region occupied by the embedded component, as seen in the stacking direction. |
| US10338024B2 |
Using in situ capacitance measurements to monitor the stability of interface materials in complex PCB assemblies and other structures
An electric potential is applied to first and second electrodes on opposite sides of a gap between an electronic component and a heat spreader. At least one of a thermal interface material in the gap, the electronic component and the heat spreader is subjected to a changing physical condition. The capacitance is monitored. Such a method can be practiced using an array of components sharing a common heat spreader. An assembly for testing thermal interfaces includes a printed circuit board, a plurality of electronic components mounted to and operatively associated with the printed circuit board, a heat spreader positioned for absorbing heat generated by the electronic components, a first electrode associated with the heat spreader, a plurality of second electrodes associated, respectively, with the electronic component, and a device for monitoring electrical capacitances. The technique may be employed for monitoring physical changes in electronic devices. |
| US10338021B2 |
Method and sensor system for measuring gas concentrations
A method for measuring the concentration of at least one gas from a gas sample by a sensor system (10) which has a measuring area (12) with at least one gas sensor (14), wherein the inlet of the measuring area (12) being closed by a gas-permeable structure (13) such that the volume of the measuring area (12) is initially heated up, the heating is then switched off and the change in resistance of the at least one gas sensor (14) is measured. |
| US10338020B2 |
Method for measuring metal ion permeability of polymer film and device for measuring metal ion permeability of polymer film
The present invention relates to a method for measuring metal ion permeability of a polymer film, comprising the steps of: applying a voltage to the polymer film at a temperature of 5° C. to 250° C., while one side of the polymer film is brought into contact with an electrolyte comprising metal ions, an organic solvent and an aqueous solvent; and measuring the change rate of resistance or change rate of current of the polymer film according to time, after the voltage is applied, and a device for measuring metal ion permeability of a polymer film used therefor. |
| US10338017B2 |
Electric grid high impedance condition detection
Techniques for detecting high impedance conditions in an electrical grid are described herein. In one example, impedance is calculated for each of a plurality of locations within the electrical grid, such as at electrical meters. The impedances may be calculated as a change in voltage divided by a change in current, such as between sequential voltage/current measurements. Statistics may be maintained, including the calculated impedances. In three examples, statistics may be used to identify growth in impedance over multiple days, to identify growth in impedance over multiple hours, and to identify a meter for which impedance is higher than impedance for other meters attached to a single transformer. In a further example, instances of impedance over a threshold value may be identified, from among the maintained statistics. The instances of high impedance may be reported for reasons including cost and safety. |
| US10338012B2 |
Photon counting detector and X-ray computed tomography (CT) apparatus
A photon counting detector of an embodiment includes X-ray detection elements, a capacitor, and generating circuitry. The X-ray detection elements detect an X-ray and generate an electrical signal. The capacitor is provided for each of the X-ray detection element, and accumulates an electrical signal generated in each of the X-ray detection element. The generating circuitry has low sensitivity to radiation, and generates a digital signal by using an accumulation result of the electrical signal in the capacitors, and reference information that is stored in advance. |
| US10338010B2 |
Methods and apparatuses for analysing fluid samples
A method and apparatus for analyzing a fluid sample that includes loading the sample in a sample space in a sensor with an input and an output, applying an electromagnetic input signal to the input, measuring at the output a response signal that includes an output signal produced by the sensor while the sensor is contacted by the sample and the electromagnetic input signal is applied to the input, comparing the response signal against the electromagnetic input signal to generate a comparison, and matching the comparison against a set of comparisons for known substances. |
| US10338009B2 |
Method and apparatus to detect defects in transparent solids
A method and apparatus to measure specular reflection intensity, specular reflection angle, near specular scattered radiation, and large angle scattered radiation and determine the location and type of defect present in a first and a second transparent solid that have abutting surfaces. The types of defects include a top surface particle, an interface particle, a bottom surface particle, an interface bubble, a top surface pit, and a stain. The four measurements are conducted at multiple locations along the surface of the transparent solid and the measured information is stored in a memory device. The difference between an event peak and a local average of measurements for each type of measurement is used to detect changes in the measurements. Information stored in the memory device is processed to generate a work piece defect mapping indicating the type of defect and the defect location of each defect found. |
| US10338005B2 |
Apparatus for inspecting back surface of epitaxial wafer and method of inspecting back surface of epitaxial wafer using the same
Provided is an apparatus for inspecting the back surface of an epitaxial wafer, capable of detecting defects in the back surface of an epitaxial wafer. An epitaxial wafer back surface inspection apparatus has an optical system including an annular fiber optic illuminator and an imaging unit which are placed perpendicular to the back surface of an epitaxial wafer; and a scanning unit operating the optical system in parallel with the back surface to scan the back surface. A light source of the annular fiber optic illuminator is composed of either blue LEDs or red LEDs. |
| US10338002B1 |
Methods and systems for selecting recipe for defect inspection
Methods and systems for selecting optical modes suitable for defect inspection are disclosed. A method may include: scanning a full-stack wafer of the particular type utilizing a set of optical modes to obtain a set of full-stack wafer images; and de-processing the full-stack wafer to produce a de-processed wafer based on a location of a potential defect of interest indicated by the set of full-stack wafer images to facilitate selection of optical modes suitable for defect inspection of wafers of the particular type. |
| US10337998B2 |
Plasma generator assembly for mass spectroscopy
A plasma unit for a mass spectroscopy machine generates plasma using a microwave coupled dielectric ring held within a microwave cavity employing part of the mass spectrometer structure to define the microwave cavity, thereby permitting improved proximity of the plasma and plasma ionized sample material to the mass spectrometer aperture. |
| US10337990B2 |
Identifying presence of substances
A method for identifying the presence of at least one adulterant substance in a sample. The method comprises receiving sets of sample spectral data, reference spectral data, validation spectral data each set for a respective validation example, and adulterant substance spectral data for said at least one adulterant substance. From these residue data which is representative of a residue which would remain after performing a least squares fitting process between the sample spectral data and the reference spectral data is determined and modified sample residue data which is representative of a residue which would remain after performing a least squares fitting process between the sample spectral data, the reference spectral data and the adulterant substance spectral data is determined. The corresponding two residue data sets are also determined for each validation example. The method then includes performing at least one comparison amongst the sample residue data, the modified sample residue data, the validation residue data, and the modified validation residue data; and determining a likelihood value for the presence of said at least one adulterant substance in said sample in dependence on said at least one comparison; and outputting said likelihood value. |
| US10337987B2 |
Radial-line scanning spectrometer with two-dimensional sensor
An apparatus for spectrally encoded endoscopy (SEE) comprising an illumination element, a detection light guiding element, a rotary element, and a two-dimensional sensor. The illumination element is configured to direct an illumination light beam towards a sample. The detection light guiding element is configured to collect a reflected light beam from the sample. At least one of the illumination element and the detection light guiding element is configured to spectrally dispersed the illumination light beam or the reflected light beam, respectively. The rotary element is configured to rotate or oscillate the reflected light beam. The reflected light beam is guided from the rotary element to the two-dimensional sensor. |
| US10337986B2 |
Method for optimisation of detection wavelengths for multi-gas detection
A method for optimizing values of n detection wavelengths of an optical gas sensor configured to detect n different gases is provided, including: a) calculating a value of a determinant of an absorptivity matrix ε whose coefficients represent spectral absorptivity of each of the n different gases at the n detection wavelengths, the calculating being repeated several times, each time modifying at least one of said n detection wavelengths so the values of said n detection wavelengths are comprised within a range of values for which the spectral absorptivity of at least one of the n different gases is non-zero; and b) determining the values of said n detection wavelengths for which the calculated value of the determinant of the absorptivity matrix ε corresponds to a maximum calculated value amongst a set of values calculated in step a). |
| US10337984B2 |
Spectroscopic measurements with parallel array detector
A measurement apparatus comprises optical components arranged to provide parallel measurements of a biological sample. The parallel sample measurements provide improved accuracy with lower detection limit thresholds. The parallel measurements may comprise one or more of Raman spectroscopy measurements or infrared spectroscopy measurements. The parallel measurements can be combined with a light source. In many embodiments, the light source comprises one or more wavelengths corresponding to resonance frequencies of one or more molecules of the sample, such as wavelengths of ultraviolet light. The wavelengths of light corresponding to resonance frequencies can provide an increased signal to noise ratio. The parallel array optical configuration can be combined with wavelengths of light corresponding to resonance frequencies in order to provide increased measurement accuracy and detection of metabolites. |
| US10337979B1 |
Device for holding a coupon and collecting a sample of a fluid
A device for holding a coupon and collecting a sample of a fluid. The device is for use in a pipeline. The device reduces solids that contact the coupon. The device has a filter housing having a filter screen operatively located thereon, wherein the coupon is located within the filter housing, and wherein a screen is operatively disposed about the coupon. |
| US10337974B2 |
Particulate matter detection sensor
A particulate matter detection sensor has an element part for detecting an amount of PM contained in exhaust gas emitted from an internal combustion engine. A deposition part and at least a pair of detection electrodes are formed on an end surface of the element part. Some of particles of PM is deposited on the deposition part. The pair of detection electrodes are arranged on the deposition part. The particulate matter detection sensor changes its output electrical signal according to variation of electrical properties between the pair of the detection electrodes due to deposition of PM on the deposition part. A concave collection part is formed on the deposition part. The concave collection part has a concaved shape when viewed from the edge surface of the element part. |
| US10337972B2 |
High-speed rheometer
A high-speed rheometer includes a base, a driving device disposed on the base, a lower sample assembly connected with the driving device, an upper sample assembly disposed above the lower sample assembly, a torsion bar disposed on the upper sample assembly and being torsional upon the rotation of the upper sample assembly, and an optical torque measuring assembly. The lower sample assembly is rotatable under the driving of the driving device, and the upper sample assembly is rotatable under the driving of the fluid. The optical torque measuring assembly is used to measure a torsion angle of the torsion bar so as to obtain a torque generated during shearing the fluid to be tested. |
| US10337970B2 |
Apparatus and method for in-situ testing impact strength of micro-structure
An apparatus and a method for in-situ testing impact strength of a micro-structure are provided. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes: a flexible beam, one end of which being fixed; an impact mass block disposed at the other end of the flexible beam and being for exerting an impact on the micro-structure; and a locking member including a beam arm and a plurality of locking teeth. The beam arm is perpendicular to the flexible beam and one end of the beam arm is fixed, and the plurality of locking teeth are distributed at intervals along the beam arm, such that the other end of the flexible beam is engaged to one of the plurality of locking teeth when the flexible beam is loaded. |
| US10337968B2 |
Automatic reduction apparatus for pre-treating sample for radiocarbon dating
Provided is an automatic reduction apparatus for pre-treating a sample for radiocarbon dating, and more particularly, an automatic reduction apparatus for pre-treating a sample for radiocarbon dating capable of preventing peripheral devices of a liquid nitrogen container from being cooled due to scattering of liquid nitrogen supplied to the liquid nitrogen container of a carbon dioxide collector and preventing the peripheral devices from being heated by heat of a reaction furnace at the time of heating the reaction furnace of a reduction reactor. |
| US10337965B2 |
FT diagram creation assistance device and FT diagram creation assistance method
An event is classified as a fault of hardware or a fault of a system or a control system. When the event is classified as the fault of the hardware, the event is expanded into lower events, physical quantities of the event and the lower events are acquired, and it is examined whether the event is expanded properly or not based on relationship between the physical quantity of the event and the physical quantities of the lower events. When the event is classified as the fault of the system or the control system, a block diagram of the system or the control system is created, and the event is expanded into the lower events based on input/output relationship in the block diagram of the system or the control system. |
| US10337963B2 |
Apparatuses and methods for determining performance parameters of a flexible surface
A method is provided for determining a characteristic of a flexible surface and determining a performance parameter of the flexible surface is disclosed. The method comprises providing a test device and pressing the test device into a flexible surface, measuring the pressures at the sensing points, and determining an envelopment parameter of the surface based on the pressures. The test device comprises a plurality of sensing points extending from a bottom of the test device upwardly along a side of the test device. A test indentor comprising a shell, wherein a least a portion of the shell is generally round in shape and has an exterior, with sensing points extending along the side of the shell, each sensing point is capable of detecting pressure at its location and an elastomeric material is on the exterior of the shell and adjacent the sensing points. |
| US10337961B2 |
Method of analyzing radial force variation in a tire/wheel assembly
A method of controlling a assembly includes measuring a first amplitude of a selected harmonic order of the radial force variation of the assembly, and locating a first angular location of the selected order of the radial force variation of the assembly. A second angular location of a tire is located, which indicates a phase of the selected order of a radial force variation of the tire, having a second amplitude. A third angular location of a wheel is located, which indicates a phase of the selected order of a runout value of the wheel, and has a third amplitude. A remaining force metric may be calculated using the pairs of the first amplitude and the first angular location, the second amplitude and the second angular location, and the third amplitude and the third angular location. |
| US10337960B2 |
Method and system for fast inspecting vehicle based on measured lengths
A method and a system for fast inspecting a vehicle based on a length measuring device, including: when a subject vehicle enters an inspection region, measuring a first length and a second length of the subject vehicle; determining whether the first length and the second length is respectively larger than or equal to a preset second length threshold; if so, determining whether a gap portion of the subject vehicle between a first portion and a second portion of the subject vehicle appears in a beam emitting region formed by a beam of radiation rays emitted by the system for fast inspecting a vehicle; and when the gap portion appears in the beam emitting region, emitting a beam of radiation rays of a first radiation dose to the subject vehicle according to the gap portion, wherein the subject vehicle moves with respect to the system for fast inspecting a vehicle. |
| US10337959B2 |
System, method and apparatus for making evident diesel exhaust fluid contamination
A system, method and apparatus for making evident, diesel exhaust fuel (DEF) contamination is provided. The system, for use with a diesel exhaust fluid system, includes a container having an opening to receive a diesel exhaust fluid. A reactive device is located near the opening and reactive upon exposure to one or more predetermined components potentially present in a fluid pourable into the container through the opening. The reactive device is not reactive to the diesel exhaust fluid. |
| US10337957B2 |
Apparatus and method for analysing the condition of a machine having a rotating part
An apparatus for analyzing the condition of a machine having a rotating part, includes: a first sensor for generating an analogue electric measurement signal; an analogue-to-digital converter for sampling the analogue electric measurement signal at an initial sampling frequency to generate a digital measurement data signal in response to the received analogue electric measurement signal; a device for generating a position signal having a sequence of position signal values for indicating momentary rotational positions of the rotating part; and a speed value generator for recording a time sequence of the position signal values such that there are angular distances and corresponding durations between at least three consecutive position signals, wherein the speed value generator establishes at least two momentary speed values based on the angular distances and corresponding durations, and further momentary speed values for the rotating part are established by interpolation between the two momentary speed values. |
| US10337955B2 |
Method for characterizing mode group properties of multimodal light traveling through optical components
The invention concerns a method for characterizing mode group properties of multimodal light traveling through an optical component, comprising: providing a Mode Group Separating optical fiber in an optical path between a light source and said optical component; launching reference pulses of light with a wavelength λt from said light source through said Mode Group Separating optical fiber into said optical component at discrete intervals between a core center and a core radius of said fiber. The Mode Group Separating optical fiber is a multimode fiber with an α-profile graded index core with an α-value chosen such that said fiber satisfies the following criterion at the wavelength λt: Δτ · L Δ T REF > 4 where: Δτ is a time delay difference between consecutive mode groups; L is a length of said fiber; ΔTREF is a Full Width at Quarter Maximum of said reference pulses. |
| US10337954B2 |
Vehicle headlamp with laser for alignment of projected beam pattern, and method
A vehicle headlamp includes a housing, at least one lamp located in the housing, at least one beam alignment light source positioned in the housing and configured to project an image to aid in alignment of the at least one lamp, and at least one beam alignment mechanism operably coupled to the housing and configured to adjust the direction of light from the at least one lamp based on an image projected by the beam alignment light source. |
| US10337952B2 |
Systems and methods for icing flight tests
Systems and methods for the manufacture and use of artificial ice shapes for aircraft certification, including methods of manufacturing artificial ice shapes, artificial ice component systems for attachment to aircraft, methods of flight testing aircraft having artificial ice sections attached thereto, and artificial ice testing systems. |
| US10337950B2 |
Coolant leak detection based on a nanosensor resistance measurement
Examples herein relate to detecting a coolant leak. For example, a system includes a nanosensor coupled to an airflow channel in a server. The nanosensor provides a resistance measurement to a controller. The system includes the controller coupled to the nanosensor. The controller detects the coolant leak based on the resistance measurement from the nanosensor. |
| US10337945B2 |
Method for detecting a fuel leak in a fuel system of an aircraft having at least two engines
A method for detecting a fuel leak in a fuel system of an aircraft having at least two engines, where both a first engine and a second engine are each assigned a tank device and each at least one sensor device connected to a control and evaluation device. By means of the at least one sensor device, values for the assigned engine are determined from a group of defined parameters. The control and evaluation device compares the values determined by the sensor devices, corresponding with one another, and detects a fuel leak of the fuel system when there is a divergence in the values of a parameter that exceeds a predetermined threshold value. |
| US10337944B2 |
Method and apparatus for turbine engine rotor automatic self balancing
An online real time steam or gas turbine engine rotor balancing system is incorporated in a rotor balance plane. A selectively displaceable balancing weight is coupled to the rotor and is selectively displaced by a motor that is coupled to the balancing weight. The motor selectively displaces the balancing weight along a displacement path that is in the balance plane. A turbine engine rotor vibration monitoring system monitors rotor vibration in real-time. A control system is coupled to rotor vibration monitoring system and the motor, for determining in real time a desired balance weight displacement position to counteract the monitored rotor vibration. The controller selectively causes the motor to displace the balancing weight to the desired displacement position. The motor power source is an inductive power source or a permanent magnet generator. |
| US10337942B2 |
Pressure sensor temperature coefficient offset adjustment
Embodiments relate generally to systems and methods for adjusting a temperature coefficient of the offset voltage (TCO) for a pressure sensor, the method comprising assembling the pressure sensor, wherein the sensor comprises a plurality of resistive elements; determining the TCO distribution for the sensor; increasing the resistance of one of a stress induced resistor or a leadout resistor of a first resistor; and decreasing the resistance of one of the stress induced resistor or the leadout resistor of the first resistor to adjust the TCO of the sensor. |
| US10337939B2 |
Waterproof member, manufacturing method of waterproof member, pressure sensor, and electronic module
A waterproof member includes a laminated body including a second silicon layer and a second silicon oxide layer, and a through hole that is provided in the laminated body, prevents passing of liquid, and allows passing of gas, the through hole includes a first through hole that passes through the second silicon layer, and a second through hole passing through the second silicon oxide layer and communicating with the first through hole, and a width of the second through hole is smaller than a width of the first through hole. |
| US10337937B1 |
Detection device for digital torque adapter
A detection device for a digital torque adapter includes a case having an operation area and a display area located on the outside thereof. A torque strain axle extends through the case. A recess is defined in one end of the torque strain axle. A circuit board having a receiving unit and a setting unit is electrically connected to the operation area and the display area. The case has a torque strain gauge located on the outer surface of the torque strain axle. An angle sensor is located in the case and detects the angle of the case and the torque strain axle relative to a horizontal plane. An accumulator is electrically connected to the circuit board and accumulates the angle detected by the angle sensor of each time that the wrench rotates, until the sum meets a pre-set value of angle of the setting unit. |
| US10337930B2 |
Online IGBT junction temperature estimation without the use of a dedicated temperature estimation or measurement device
A number of variations may include a method which may include determining a temperature rise in an IGBT junction without the use of a temperature estimation or measurement device because determination may be made by first determining the power loss due to the conduction losses of the IGBT and power loss associated with switching the IGBT where these losses may be determined by utilizing the saturation voltage of the IGBT, IGBT PWM duty cycle, IGBT switching frequency, fundamental frequency along with a lookup table for the switching energies and the phase current going through the IGBT. The determined power loss may be multiplied by a measured, sensed or obtained thermal impedance from the IGBT junction. Finally, the determined temperature rise of the IGBT junction may be added to a measured, sensed or obtained temperature of the coolant in order to determine the absolute temperature of the IGBT junction. |
| US10337929B2 |
Remote cooking reminder system
A remote cooking reminder system for reminding a user of a heating apparatus condition while the user is in another room of a building. The remote cooking reminder system preferably comprises at least one sensor configured to activate at least one relay when a heating apparatus is energized, a transmitter electrically connected to the at least one relay where the transmitter is configured to send a signal when the at least one relay is activated, and at least one remote receiver configured to receive the signal and provide a reminder. The at least one remote receiver is preferably located in at least one room separate from the heating apparatus. |
| US10337927B1 |
Germanium tin oxide thin films for uncooled infrared detectors
Microbolometer is a class of infrared detector whose resistance changes when the temperature changes. In this work, we deposited and characterized Germanium Oxide thin films mixed with Sn (Ge—Sn—O) for uncooled infrared detection. Ge—Sn—O were deposited by co-sputtering of Sn and Ge targets in the Ar+O environment using a radio frequency sputtering system. Optical characterization shows that the absorption in Ge—Sn—O was most sensitive in the wavelength ranges between 1.0-3.0 μm. The transmission data was further used to determine the optical energy band gap (0.678 eV) of the thin-film using Tauc's equation. We also found the variations of absorption coefficient (1.4802×105 m-1-1.0097×107 m−1), refractive index (1.242-1.350), and the extinction coefficient (0.3255-8.010) for the wavelength ranges between 1.0-3.0 μm. The thin film's resistivity measured by the four point probe was found to be 4.55 Ω-cm and TCR was in the range of −2.56-−2.25 (%/K) in the temperature range 292-312K. In light of these results it can be shown that this thin film is in keeping with the current standards while also being more cost and time effective. |
| US10337924B2 |
Integrated antenna system and related component management
Various arrangements for detecting an object using a passive infrared (PIR) sensor module of a sensor device. A PIR data stream may be received from the PIR sensor module indicative of measurements performed by the PIR sensor module. An indication may be received from a transceiver that identifies a beginning of the data transmission. A portion of the PIR data stream may be blanked in response to receiving the indication of the beginning of the data transmission, the portion of the PIR data stream corresponding to a defined time duration. A presence of an object may be determined using the PIR data stream, excluding the blanked portion. |
| US10337918B1 |
Spectrometer with fiber bragg grating
An optical spectrometer with a tilted or brazed optical grating is useful to identify material composition, estimate physical characteristics, and measure physical conditions. Light from a sample or a space reflects to the grating; and stray light from the grating directed on an optical sensor (which can be a single sensor) and converted into an electrical signal, to obtain information about the sample or space. Examples of scanning include altering an angle the light strays from the optical grating by applying a strain to the optical grating, moving the optical sensor, and installing a mirror in the path of the stray light that reciprocatingly pivots over an angular range. In an example, the optical grating is formed on a light transmission medium that mounts to a piezoelectric element, that expands when energized to apply strain to the grating. In an example, the diffraction grating is a Fiber Bragg Grating. |
| US10337911B2 |
Method for measuring vibration displacement using state variation principle
The present invention is aimed at providing measurement method for vibration displacement using state variation principle which achieves real time implementation through super high-speed DSP or FPGA as well as improves precision as much as picometer level and at the same time saves memory capacity compared to conventional invention. |
| US10337909B2 |
Load measuring apparatus for a working machine
The load measuring apparatus for a working machine includes a front load acquisition unit that acquires a front load applied to front suspension cylinders 18Al, 18Ar, a rear load acquisition unit that acquires a rear load applied to rear suspension cylinders 18Bl, 18Br, a surface resistance detection unit 320 that detects a surface resistance of a travel road for a dump truck 1, an adder 313 that based on the front load acquired by the front load acquisition unit and the rear load acquired by the rear load acquisition unit, computes a total load acting on the suspension cylinders 18Al, 18Ar, 18Bl, 18Br to determine the load of a cargo 14A, and a total load correction unit 321 that corrects the total load, which has been computed by the adder 313, according to the surface resistance detected by the surface resistance detection unit 320. |
| US10337901B2 |
Method for operating a Coriolis mass flowmeter
A method for operating a Coriolis mass flowmeter that has at least one measuring tube with medium flowing through it involves exciting the measuring tube excited to oscillation, detecting the oscillations of the measuring tube and determining the density of the medium. Detection of the state and a change in the state of a Coriolis mass flowmeter is achieved by determining a calibration temperature and a calibration density sensitivity of the Coriolis mass flowmeter using the detected oscillations, at a temperature differing from the calibration temperature, and a density sensitivity of the flowmeter determined using the detected oscillations. A measurement rate of change of the density sensitivity is determined and a forecast rate of change of the density sensitivity is calculated using a forecast algorithm, and at a given deviation of the measurement rate of change from the forecast rate of change rp, a deviation signal is generated. |
| US10337899B2 |
Thermal flow meter with thin resin portion sealing temperature detection element
To obtain a thermal flow meter capable of providing thermal insulation without degrading responsiveness of a temperature detection element. A thermal flow meter 300 of the present invention includes an air flow sensing portion 602 that detects a flow rate by performing heat transfer with a measurement target gas passing through the main passage 124 using a heat transfer surface, a temperature detection element 518 that detects a temperature of the measurement target gas, a circuit package 400 obtained by connecting a processing unit 604 that processes signals of the air flow sensing portion 602 and the temperature detection element 518 to a lead and sealing the processing unit 604 using a first molding resin through a first molding process, and a housing 302 where the circuit package 400 is fixed using a second molding resin through a second molding process, wherein, in the circuit package 400, a thickness of a temperature detecting portion 452 for sealing the temperature detection element 518 is thinner than that of a package body portion 426 for sealing the processing unit 604. |
| US10337898B2 |
Sensor unit for measuring a mass flow rate of a liquid hot-melt adhesive
A sensor unit for measuring a mass flow rate of a liquid hot-melt adhesive is disclosed. The sensor unit includes a flow channel for the hot-melt adhesive, a first temperature measurement device positioned at a first position in the flow channel, a second temperature measurement device positioned at a second position in the flow channel and a heating device assigned to the second temperature measurement device, and a control unit for controlling the heating device and for measuring the mass flow rate. The controller is configured to adjust the temperature of the heating device assigned to the second temperature measurement device to a value, to determine the heating power for heating the heating device assigned to the second temperature measurement device, and to calculate the mass flow rate in the flow channel. The first and second temperature measurement devices are arranged substantially parallel to each other in the flow channel. |
| US10337894B2 |
Sensor for a fingerboard latch assembly
A sensor assembly is provided for a fingerboard latch assembly that comprises: a latch bracket; bolts for mounting the latch bracket to a fingerboard; a latch; and a bracket pin rotatably supporting the latch on the latch bracket to allow rotation of the latch between an open position and a closed position. The sensor assembly has a mounting arrangement that mounts to the bolts, holding a closed-position proximity sensor probe facing downwardly for sensing proximity of a crank portion of the latch and/or the piston head in the closed position, and also holding an open-position proximity sensor probe facing forwardly for sensing proximity of an arm of the latch in the open position. |
| US10337893B2 |
Optically powered sensor calibration data storage module
An aircraft measurement system includes an interrogator and an optical sensor assembly. The optical sensor assembly includes an optical sensor connected along a sensor path to the interrogator, a data storage device, and a control circuit connected along a power path to the interrogator. The sensor assembly also includes an opto-electric device for converting an optical signal to an electric current, connected along the power path between the interrogator and the control circuit, to power the data storage component through the control circuit, and a transmitter operationally connected to the control circuit and connected along a data path to the interrogator, to provide operational data along the data path to the interrogator. The data storage component provides operational data to the interrogator across the data path, and the interrogator is configured to receive sensor data from the sensor across the sensor path. |
| US10337892B2 |
Sensor and method of manufacturing sensor
A sensor including: a generating unit; a detecting unit that detects the object to be detected generated by the generating unit; and a substrate at which the generating unit and the detecting unit are provided. The substrate is a flexible substrate that includes a first portion provided with the generating unit and a second portion provided with the detecting unit, the first portion and the second portion being integrated, and that takes a curved shape or a bent shape in which a surface of the first portion at which the generating unit is provided and a surface of the second portion at which the detecting unit is provided face each other. A plate support member is attached to a back-side surface of at least one of the surface of the first portion and the surface of the second portion. |
| US10337890B2 |
Integrated micro actuator and LVDT for high precision position measurements
A single housing with a non-ferromagnetic piezo-driven flexure has primary and secondary coil forms of different diameters, one coaxially inside the other, integrated in the flexure. The cylinders defining the planes of the primary and secondaries do not spatially overlap. The secondary coil forms may be wound in opposite directions and wired to provide a transformer device. Movement of the primary relative to the secondaries in the direction of the central axis of the coils can be differentially detected with high precision. |
| US10337889B2 |
Inductive position determination
A device for inductive position determination comprises a coil, a positional element, a scanning device for determining an inductance of the coil and an evaluation device for determining a position of the positional element in relation to the coil, based on the inductance determined. In certain embodiments, the positional element comprises a ferromagnetic and electrically insulated material. |
| US10337881B2 |
Navigation device, vehicle, and method for controlling the vehicle
Disclosed are provided a navigation device or a method for overlaying a travel route, in which the position of other vehicles located on the travel route is considered, on an image obtained from a front-view camera, wherein a navigation device includes: a display device configured to display an image acquired from a front-view camera of a vehicle, to overlay a travel route on the displayed image, and to display the overlaid resultant image; and a processor configured to determine a travel route starting from a position of the vehicle acting as an ego vehicle, when a peripheral vehicle is located at the determined travel route, to determine a travel route along which the ego vehicle dodges or follows the peripheral vehicle on the basis of the position of the peripheral vehicle, and to display the determined travel route on the display unit. |
| US10337880B2 |
Burden estimation device and burden estimation method
A burden estimation device includes a state space configuration unit, a history learning unit acquiring from the user and storing in a storage unit data related to the burden on the user when the user travels to the destination along the travel route, an individual burden estimation unit evaluating a total travel burden and estimating an individual burden that is the burden on the user in correspondence with each of the states included in the state space through reinforcement learning that sets the total travel burden as a reward, and a total travel burden estimation unit estimating the total travel burden corresponding to an unknown travel route based on the estimated individual burden if the unknown travel route is set and the individual burden has already been estimated for at least some of the states defined in correspondence with the unknown travel route. |
| US10337879B2 |
Travel assistance
Apparatus, systems, and/or methods may provide travel assistance. For example, a determination may be made that a user is to begin driving in the near future. In addition, a determination may be made of one or more predicted destinations when the user is to begin driving in the near future. Thus, travel assistance may be provided to the user based on the one or more predicted destinations when the user is to begin driving in the near future. |
| US10337878B2 |
Search system
An in-vehicle terminal sends a spoken voice as a voice signal to a relay server, and the relay server includes a voice recognition unit which converts the received voice signal into a string, and a control unit which searches for information stored in a main database or a temporary storage database by using the string and sends a search result to the in-vehicle terminal, and, upon searching for information stored in the main database, stores the search result in the temporary storage database. Upon receiving a voice signal, when the search result is stored in the temporary storage database, the control unit searches for information stored in the temporary storage database by using the string converted from the received voice signal, and, when the search result is not stored in the temporary storage database, the control unit searches for information stored in the main database by using the string. |
| US10337876B2 |
Constrained-transportation directions
Constrained-transportation directions are described herein. In one or more implementations, navigation assistance is provided for a user that is traveling on constrained transportation. As part of computing the directions, a determination is initially made that the user is traveling on constrained transportation, which may be restricted to traveling along designated routes and stopping at predetermined stops. Based on this determination, parameters indicative of restrictions to the route the user is traveling onboard the constrained transportation are ascertained, such as parameters describing a “line” of a current vehicle, a schedule of the vehicle, and a current location of the user along the vehicle's known route. Using these parameters, rather than merely a location of the user when the directions are requested, directions to a desired location are computed. In this way, users can be presented directions that account for being on a constrained-route vehicle at the time a route is requested. |
| US10337872B2 |
Vehicle control system, vehicle control method, and vehicle control program
A vehicle control system includes: an automated driving controller configured to execute automated driving which autonomously controls at least one of speed control and steering control to allow a vehicle to travel along a route to a destination; and a factor acquisition section configured to acquire a factor which is independent of travel requirements for the vehicle to travel by autonomously driving along the route to the destination. The automated driving controller changes the plan of the automated driving based on the factor acquired by the factor acquisition section. |
| US10337866B2 |
Systems and methods for magnetic interference compensation of an embedded magnetometer
A method and apparatus for magnetic interference compensation of an embedded magnetometer. One embodiment provides a method for operating a mobile communications device that includes an electronic processor, a memory, and a magnetometer. In one exemplary embodiment, the method includes determining, by the electronic processor, an operational mode for the mobile communication device. The method further includes retrieving, from the memory and based on the operational mode, at least one predetermined calibration parameter. The method further includes obtaining, from the magnetometer, a magnetic field reading, and determining, by the electronic processor, a calibrated magnetic field value based on the magnetic field reading and the at least one predetermined calibration parameter. |
| US10337864B2 |
Method for calculating the distance to a ground target from an aerial vehicle
The present invention relates to a system and a method for measuring and determining the depth, offset and translation in relation to one or several features in the field of view of an image sensor equipped UAV. The UAV comprises at least an autopilot system capable of estimating rotation and translation, processing means, height measuring means and one or more imaging sensor means. Given the estimated translation provided by the autopilot system, the objective of the present invention is achieved by the following method; capturing an image, initiating a change in altitude, capturing a second image, comparing the images and the change in height provided by the sensor to produce a scale factor or depth. If depth is estimated, then calculating the scale factor from the depth, and calculating the actual translation with the resulting scale factor. |
| US10337863B2 |
Survey system
A survey system includes a camera provided on a UAV and taking a plurality of images for photogrammetry. A surveying portion tracking the camera and continuously determining a position of the camera and a relative photographing position calculation portion calculates a relative photographing position of each image based on the plurality of images taken by the camera, and a traveling path calculation portion calculates a traveling path of the UAV from a survey result obtained by the surveying portion. A photogrammetry analysis portion associating a point group of the relative photographing positions calculated by the relative photographing position calculation portion with a flight path calculated by the flight path calculation portion, and generating data for photogrammetry. |
| US10337861B2 |
Image generating device for generating depth map with phase detection pixel
An image generating device for generating a depth map is provided. The image generating device includes an image sensor including phase detection pixels, a lens driver adjusting a position of a lens to adjust a distance between the lens and an object, a phase difference calculator calculating first phase differences based on first phase signals generated when the lens is placed in a first position and calculating second phase differences based on second phase signals generated when the lens is placed in a second position being different from the first position, and a depth map generator generating first and second depth data associated with a distance between the phase detection pixels and the object based on the first and second phase differences and generating a depth map based on the first and second depth data. |
| US10337856B2 |
Position detection apparatus, position detection method, imprint apparatus, and method of manufacturing article
The present invention provides a position detection apparatus including a detection unit configured to detect moire caused by overlap between a first diffraction grating including patterns arrayed in a first direction and a second diffraction grating including patterns arrayed in the first direction, and a processing unit configured to obtain a relative position of the first diffraction grating and the second diffraction grating based on the moire, wherein a width of an end pattern of patterns included in at least one of the first diffraction grating and the second diffraction grating in the first direction is smaller than widths of remaining patterns of the at least one diffraction grating in the first direction. |
| US10337853B2 |
Articulating measuring arm with laser scanner
A coordinate measurement device comprises an articulated arm having a first end, a second end, and a plurality of jointed arm segments therebetween. Each arm segment defines at least one axis of rotation. A laser scanner assembly is coupled to the second end of the arm and is rotatable about a last axis of rotation of the articulated arm. The laser scanner assembly comprises a laser and an image sensor. The laser is positioned on an opposite side of the last axis of rotation from the image sensor. |
| US10337851B2 |
Fast phase processing of off-axis interferograms
Techniques for extracting phase data of off-axis interferogram images are disclosed. At least one sample-related interferogram image associated with a sample is spectrally decomposed to obtain a set of frequency components thereof, and a portion of the set of frequency components is used to generate at least one complex image having a reduced size being smaller in size than the sample-related interferogram image and being indicative of the phase data of the at least one sample-related interferogram image. The reduced size complex image is then used to generate a phase image of the least one sample-related interferogram image. |
| US10337847B2 |
Chemical ordnance containment and transport bag
A chemical ordnance containment and transport bag is described. The bag may comprise a flexible body, an end portion, a zipper bisecting the flexible body along two longitudinal sides and a lateral side and terminating at the end portion, and a plurality of straps which extend widthwise across the flexible body from each longitudinal portion of the zipper. The flexible body may comprise one or more layers of activated carbon cloth comprising at least one layer of knitted activated carbon cloth and at least one layer of woven activated carbon cloth. Embodiments may also include a method of securing chemical ordnance, comprising providing a chemical ordnance containment and transport bag, placing a chemical ordnance item inside the bag, and closing the zipper and adjusting the straps to secure the chemical ordnance item inside the bag. |
| US10337845B2 |
Supporting device for dividable parachute grenade
A dividable parachute grenade is provided including a grenade casing, a nose cone, a detonating fuse, a dividing charge, a payload, a parachute device, a grenade bottom, and a supporting device, wherein the supporting device is annular and includes pretensioned sector elements fixed to a fixing ring in the recess on the inner side of the grenade casing, the sector elements are pretensioned with a tension ring arranged around the annular supporting device via recessed grooves in the sector elements, whereof the supporting device is arranged extensibly in the radial direction in a recess on the inner side of the grenade casing behind the payload and supports the payload in the extended position during the acceleration phase of the grenade, and stays in the grenade after the separation of the payload from the grenade. |
| US10337843B1 |
Broadhead with rotating blades
A broadhead assembly for use with an arrow shaft includes a main body, a blade assembly, and an attachment member. The main body has a central axis and a mating surface for coupling to the arrow shaft. The blade assembly rotatably couples to the main body, and is oriented so as to rotate radially to the central axis. The blade assembly has a blade axis of rotation. The attachment member is coupled to the main body and configured to secure the blade assembly in a closed orientation. Rotation of the blades within the blade assembly is such that they rotate about the blade axis and the blade axis is parallel to the central axis. |
| US10337842B2 |
Fireworks aerial display shell with multiple breaks and a method involving same
A fireworks aerial display shell is provided with multiple casings of cylindrical configuration that are joined together in end-to-end relationship. Each casing defines an interior volume in which an effects charge is packed. A plug is positioned between the effects charges and has an opening through which an ignition source passes to ignite one of the effects charges as a result of burning of another of the effects charges. An outer casing may surround at least parts of the multiple cylindrical casings and includes multiple partially ball-shaped segments. |
| US10337841B2 |
Directed energy weapon
A directed energy weapon includes a number of laser units, each including a fiber laser generating an output beam with a power of at least 1 kW from a fiber, an objective lens arrangement for focusing the output beam into a focused beam directed towards a target, and a fine adjustment mechanism for adjusting a direction of the focused beam. A beam deflector arrangement is deployed to deflect a portion of the focused beam from each laser unit as a deflected beam in a direction in predefined relation to a direction of the focused beam. An angle sensing unit generates an output indicative of a current direction of said deflected beam for each of said laser units. A controller actuates the fine adjustment mechanisms based on the output from the angle sensing unit to maintain a desired relative alignment between directions of the focused beams. |
| US10337840B2 |
Wirelessly conducted electronic weapon
An electroshock system wirelessly delivers a shock to a subject. The electroshock system may include a launcher, a wireless projectile, a power source, and a wireless power transmitter. The launcher is configured to be grasped by a user. The wireless projectile is configured to detach from the launcher and adhere to a subject. The power source contributes power for the administration of a shock to the subject. The wireless power transmitter delivers said contributed power to the wireless projectile while the wireless projectile is detached from the launcher. The power source and the wireless transmitter may be co-located with the launcher, or may be separate (such as secured to a person or within a vehicle). |
| US10337839B2 |
Formable armors using ceramic components
A formable armor that resists penetration by impacting projectiles. The instant formable armor features a plurality of cylindrical ceramic barrels each having flat ends that fay with the flat surfaces of adjacent ceramic barrels. Rows of faying cylindrical barrels are disposed parallel to one another. The substantially parallel rows of cylindrical ceramic barrels are affixed to a backing layer that maintains continuous contact between adjacent cylindrical barrels. |
| US10337837B2 |
Flip sight systems for firearms
Flip sight systems having multiple configurations for use with firearms in accordance with various embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiment, a flip sight system is provided, comprising: a front sight assembly comprising: a front base, a front pivot joint; and a front sight; a rear sight assembly comprising: a rear base, a rear pivot joint, and a rear sight; wherein the flip sight system includes a first deployed configuration where the front sight and the rear sight are offset to the attached optics such that the flip sight system operates as primary sights for close range targets, a second deployed configuration where the front sight and the rear sight are in-line with the attached optics such that the flip sight system operates as co-witness or backup sights to the attached optics, a first collapsed configuration for storage, and a second collapsed configuration for storage. |
| US10337834B2 |
Networked battle system or firearm
A firearm includes one or more rails to which accessories may be mounted. The rails provide a communication path over which data may be transferred between the accessories and a processor located in the rails or in the firearm. The processor may cause the data to be sent to another location and may receive other data from other locations to provide a network of intercommunicating firearms that may deployed in a battlefield environment. |
| US10337833B2 |
Method and system for the acquisition of high-accuracy coordinate information without the use of directed electromagnetic radiation
A method for providing highly accurate coordinates and elevation of a remote terrestrial-based location is described. The method also provides for the determination of a number of high-accuracy values including the location and elevation of the point of observation, and the distance and bearing from the point of observation to the remote location. Also described is a method for compensating for unknown effects of the associated atmospheric refractivity, and errors in input data. |
| US10337831B2 |
Sight and compensating mechanism thereof
A compensating mechanism includes a base, an adjusting unit, an adjusting cap and a stop unit. The adjusting unit is disposed on the base. The adjusting cap is configured to move the adjusting unit with respect to the base so as to form a first circumferential movement range. The stop unit includes a sliding element and a limiting element, wherein the limiting element includes a movement region, and the adjusting cap is configured to move the sliding element along the movement region so as to form a second circumferential movement range. A sum of a first central angle corresponding to the first circumferential movement range and a second central angle corresponding to the second circumferential movement range is a fixed value. The invention also provides a sight, wherein the sight includes a main body, an objective unit, an ocular unit, an inner lens barrel and the compensating mechanism. |
| US10337829B2 |
Battlefield illumination module, handgun with a battlefield illumination module and holster for a handgun with battlefield illumination module
A battlefield illumination module having a light source for a handgun, a handgun with an appropriate battlefield illumination module and a holster for accommodating an appropriate handgun, wherein the light source includes a primary light source which is designed to be extendable from a rest position to a working position. |
| US10337825B2 |
Firearm grip with zones of different textures
A grip for a weapon has a front strap, side panels and a back strap, and the grip includes zones having different textures. |
| US10337824B2 |
Airgun with selective bypass from high pressure reservoir to firing pressure reservoir
An airgun has a high pressure reservoir for providing a pressurized motive gas to a breech to fire a projectile. A regulator is intermediate the high pressure reservoir and a downstream firing pressure reservoir for providing a consistent regulated pressure of the motive gas in the firing pressure reservoir. The airgun includes a bypass line for selectively connecting the high pressure reservoir to the firing pressure reservoir, independently of the regulator. Thus, an operator can select a firing of the airgun with either a regulated gas pressure in the firing reservoir or the pressure of the high pressure reservoir. |
| US10337823B2 |
Break barrel airgun having active interlock
An active interlock for a break barrel airgun includes exposing at least one of a detent pin and a securing pin to a portion of the motive gas for projecting a projectile, wherein the portion of the motive gas urges the one of a detent pin and a securing pin to a locking position inhibiting rotation of a receiver and a barrel of the airgun. |
| US10337811B1 |
Overmold firearm charging handle
In some embodiments, an apparatus comprises an overmold charging handle having dimensions including a total length and a total width, wherein the overmold charging handle comprises: a shaft assembly including a first end to insert into a receiver of a firearm and a second end opposite the first end, the second end of the shaft assembly including a head, wherein a width of the head is less than the total width of the overmold charging handle; a latch to prevent movement of the shaft assembly away from the receiver when in a closed position; and a first material-cored handle fastened to the second end of the shaft assembly, the first material-cored handle comprising: an exterior of a second different material, the exterior exposing a section of a recessed core of the first material-cored handle. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed. |
| US10337808B2 |
Condenser
A condenser has a core part having tubes, a first modulator tank and a second modulator tank. The first modulator tank is provided along a side portion of a header tank. The second modulator tank communicates with an interior of the first modulator tank and is provided along a lower edge of the core part in a gravity direction. An interior of the header tank is provided with a communicating space that communicates with the interior of the first modulator tank and an interior of the second modulator tank. The header tank has an introduction passage that guides liquid-phase refrigerant in the communicating space to a supercooling portion of the core part. A first connection part between the communicating space and the introduction passage is disposed on a lower side, in the gravity direction, of a second connection part between the communicating space and the second modulator tank. |
| US10337806B2 |
Fin plate, frame comprising at least one such plate and heat exchanger comprising said frame
A finned plate 20 comprises a base 22 and a plurality of heat exchange fins 30 extending from said base, said fins 30 being arranged in mutually parallel strips 34 of fins. According to the invention, two adjacent strips 34 of fins are spaced apart in a direction perpendicular to the direction of said strips of fins by at least one flat strip not having any fins 32. Two finned plates 20 of this type can be assembled together to form a frame, in particular a frame that is suitable for being incorporated in a heat exchanger. |
| US10337802B2 |
Evaporation cooling devices and systems and methods of removing heat from hot spots
Capillary trap-vapor pumps, systems, methods of heat management, and the like, are disclosed. |
| US10337800B2 |
Modular plate and shell heat exchanger
A modular plate and shell heat exchanger in which welded pairs of heat transfer plates are tandemly spaced and coupled in parallel between an inlet and outlet conduit to form a heat transfer assembly. The heat transfer assembly is placed in the shell in order to transfer heat from a secondary to a primary fluid. Modules of one or more of the heat transfer plates are removably connected using gaskets at the inlet and outlet conduits which are connected to a primary fluid inlet and a primary fluid outlet nozzle. The heat transfer assembly is supported by a structure which rests on an internal track which is attached to the shell and facilitates removal of the heat transfer plates. The modular plate and shell heat exchanger has a removable head integral to the shell for removal of the heat transfer assembly for inspection, maintenance and replacement. |
| US10337798B2 |
Injection lance shield for metal production furnace
A shield for injection lances in metal production furnaces facilitates the adjustment of the contents of the melt in the metal production furnace. The shield has an outer shell joined to an inner shell by a face plate. The outer shell and inner shell define a fluid chamber between them and the face plate has an inlet aperture and an exit aperture for coolant flow through the fluid chamber. The shield is sized and shaped to fit into or around an aperture in the wall of the furnace. The shield has apertures through it to facilitate introduction of additives to the melt in the metal production furnace. |
| US10337795B2 |
Drying machine for pasty and/or granular substances and spacer for rollers of conveyor belts for such drying machine
A drying machine for pasty and/or granular substances, which comprises a supporting frame for a plurality of superimposed conveyor belts, the frame being provided with lateral openings for the passage of air, each conveyor belt being supported by a plurality of spaced rollers which are pivoted to the frame, the rollers being surrounded by spacers which are adapted to define, between the rollers and the belt, air passage spaces to optimize the drying of the conveyed substances, each roller being surrounded by a single helical body with spaced turns that define the air passage space between the roller and the belt. |
| US10337794B2 |
Food dehydrator
Apparatus and related methods for adding increased functionality to a food dehydrator through the use of stackable drying trays that define a circulation plenum during operation and then nest within one another during disassembly so as to reduce an overall storage size of the food dehydrator. The food dehydrator can further include a base portion having a removable splash guard to prevent the introduction of liquids or solids into a mechanical space within the base portion. |
| US10337791B2 |
Process and apparatus for the separation by cryogenic distillation of a mixture of methane, carbon dioxide and hydrogen
In a process for the cryogenic separation of a feed mixture of at least carbon monoxide, hydrogen and methane, the feed mixture is separated in a methane wash column fed by a liquid methane stream at the top of the methane wash column to produce a gas enriched in hydrogen, a liquid stream from the bottom of the methane wash column is treated to produce a mixture of carbon monoxide and methane, the mixture of carbon monoxide and methane is separated in a separation column to produce a gas enriched in carbon monoxide and a liquid methane flow at least part of which forms a purge stream, the purge stream being varied to take account of load variations. |
| US10337787B2 |
Vacuum insulation panel, method of manufacturing vacuum insulation panel, and refrigerator including vacuum insulation panel
Disclosed is a refrigerator including a vacuum insulation panel. The vacuum insulation panel includes a core material, a covering material disposed outside the core material to form an accommodation space in which the core material is accommodated and a first adsorbent disposed in the accommodation space to be activated at a temperature higher than room temperature and to remove at least one of gases and water present in the accommodation space. |
| US10337784B2 |
Phase change material (PCM) belts
A container assembly for controlling the thermal condition of cargo includes an insulated container having a cover and a pair of belt assemblies having a plurality of pouches. The container may comprise handles and/or a detachable and/or adjustable shoulder strap. The container assembly further includes a plurality of phase-changing material packs configured to provide for the control of the temperature of cargo contained within the container. The phase-changing material packs are positioned within the belt assemblies and are thermally conditioned prior to use. The belt assemblies may be made of a durable material and may be configured to provide for the expedient exchange of thermal energy between the phase-changing material packs and an exterior of the belt assemblies. The belt assemblies may comprise features that provide for the efficient orienting of the belt assemblies within the container and/or the appropriate selection of phase-changing material packs for a respective belt assembly. |
| US10337783B2 |
Carry bag with insulated medicine compartment and related methods
A system may include a mobile wireless device and a carry bag. The carry bag may include a pouch having an opening therein, at least one divider within the pouch defining a medical container compartment and a storage compartment, insulation lining the medical container compartment, a temperature sensor carried by the pouch and configured to monitor temperature within the medical container compartment, a wireless transceiver carried by the pouch, and a processor carried by the pouch and cooperating with the temperature sensor and the wireless transceiver to send temperature data to the mobile wireless device. The mobile wireless communications device may be configured to generate an alert when the temperature within the medical container compartment is outside of safe storage temperature range. |
| US10337782B2 |
Lightweight, portable, external nucleation fan gun
Disclosed is a fan gun snowmaker that utilizes an external nucleation device to create atomized water mist that is broken apart and frozen by a transverse air jet to create frozen nuclei, or snow seed. Further, flat spray nozzles that are normally used for spray washing and power washing are used that create a flat fan spray at the opening of the fan gun, rather than typical cone-shaped sprayers. The fan spray better disperses the water molecules into the cold, ambient air, which then combine with the frozen nuclei to create snowflakes. The fan gun is portable and lightweight and has anchors at each end that also function as jacks. |
| US10337779B2 |
Gas recovery system, compressor system, and refrigeration cycle system
A gas recovery system separates a mixed gas including a process gas and an inert gas. The gas recovery system includes a cooling section for cooling and liquefying the process gas contained in the mixed gas by cooling the mixed gas at a temperature higher than a condensation temperature of the inert gas and lower than a condensation temperature of the process gas, a separating section for separating the cooled mixed gas into the process gas in a liquid state and the inert gas in a gas state, and a process gas recovery line that is connected to the separating section which circulates and gasifies the liquid-state process gas and then supplies the process gas into the a compressor. The mixed gas is formed by mixing the process gas, which is compressed by the compressor, and the inert gas, which is supplied to a seal portion of the compressor. |
| US10337772B2 |
Hybrid solar heat absorption cooling system
Provided is an hybrid solar heat absorption cooling system comprising: an absorption refrigerator; a solar heat steam generator configured to generate steam using solar heat; a daytime steam supplying unit configured to supply steam generated by the solar heat steam generator during the day as a heat source for the absorption refrigerator; a daytime hot water storage tank configured to store hot water discharged from the absorption refrigerator during the day; a nighttime hot water supplying unit configured to supply hot water stored in the daytime hot water storage tank during the night as a heat source for the absorption refrigerator; a nighttime hot water storage tank configured to store hot water discharged from the absorption refrigerator during the night; and a daytime hot water supplying unit configured to supply hot water stored in the nighttime hot water storage tank during the day to the solar heat steam generator. |
| US10337771B2 |
Closed loop solar refrigeration system
A solar-thermal refrigerant compression system employing refrigerants, such as R410a and R500, and a method of employing the system in refrigeration and air-conditioning units. The system includes a refrigerant storage tank, an evaporator, a mixing chamber, a condenser and an isochoric thermal compressor comprising a condensate heat exchanger and a heating coil connected to a solar collector field. |
| US10337770B2 |
Thermoelectric-based thermal management of electrical devices
Disclosed embodiments include thermoelectric-based thermal management systems and methods configured to heat and/or cool an electrical device. Thermal management systems can include at least one electrical conductor in electrical and thermal communication with a temperature-sensitive region of the electrical device and at least one thermoelectric device in thermal communication with the at least one electrical conductor. Electric power can be directed to the thermoelectric device by the same electrical conductor or an external power supply, causing the thermoelectric device to provide controlled heating and/or cooling to the electrical device via the at least one electrical conductor. |
| US10337769B2 |
Air conditioner
When a refrigerant amount balance control is executed, in indoor units where the refrigerant supercooling degree is lower than an average refrigerant supercooling degree, the refrigerant pressure on a downstream side of indoor expansion valves decreases since the degrees of opening of the valves are decreased. On the other hand, in an indoor unit where the refrigerant supercooling degree is higher than the average refrigerant supercooling degree, although the degrees of opening of the valves are made high, the refrigerant pressure on the downstream side of the valves decreases and this decreases the refrigerant pressure on the downstream side of the indoor expansion valve, so that the difference in pressure between on the upstream side and on the downstream side of the indoor expansion valve increases and the liquid refrigerant staying at an indoor heat exchanger of the indoor unit consequently flows out into a liquid pipe. |
| US10337766B2 |
Two-stage compression refrigeration cycle
A two-stage pressurizing refrigeration cycle is provide with a suction-side guiding portion in a part of a low-stage side suction pipe that leads from a bypass branch portion, at which a bypass pipe is branched, to a refrigerant suction side of a low-stage compressor. The suction-side guiding portion guides a lubricating oil from the refrigerant suction side of the low-stage side compressor to a side of the bypass branch portion. The suction-side guiding portion is located at a position in a vertical direction that is equal to or higher than apposition in the vertical direction of the bypass branch portion, and a part of the suction-side guiding portion on the refrigerant suction side of the low-stage side compressor is located at a higher position in the vertical direction than a part of the suction-side guiding portion on the side of the bypass branch portion. |
| US10337765B2 |
Solar cell module
Provided is a solar cell module having improved weatherability. A frame body has a groove. A module main body is inserted into the groove. An adhesive material is disposed in the groove. The adhesive material is provided at least on a part of a frame body portion excluding frame body corner portions. Through holes communicating with the groove are provided at the corner portions of the frame body. |
| US10337762B2 |
Heat exchanger and heat source device
A heat exchanger for hot water supply (21) is comprised of: a first heat exchanging unit (21) a that heats the water, which is supplied from a second communication section x1 to the hollow portions of hollow plates P1 to P5 and reaches a first communication section y, by a combustion exhaust gas that circulates through the gaps among the hollow plates P1 to P5; and a second heat exchanging unit (21b) that heats the water, which is supplied from the first communication section y to the hollow portions of the hollow plates P6 to P8 below the hollow plates P1 to P5 and reaches a third communication section x2, by a heat medium that circulates through the gaps among the hollow plates P6 to P8. |
| US10337758B2 |
Heat exchanger ventilator
Supply air conduit (7) along which air is sent from outdoors to indoors by the air supply fan (9), exhaust air conduit (8) along which air is sent from indoors to outdoors by the air exhaust fan (10), and heat exchange element (6) provided at a position where supply air conduit (7) and exhaust air conduit (8) intersect, for exchanging heat between indoor air and outdoor air for ventilation are included. In addition, in exhaust air conduit (8), humidity detection unit (14) is provided at a position upstream of heat exchange element (6), and, in supply air conduit (7), temperature detection unit (13) is provided at a position upstream of heat exchange element (6). In addition, controller (11) reduces, when a temperature detected by temperature detection unit (13) and humidity detected by humidity detection unit (14) are predetermined values, speed of an air supply motor and an air exhaust motor so that air flow rates at which moisture neither condenses nor freezes are attained. |
| US10337755B2 |
Method and apparatus for reheat dehumidification with variable air volume
The HVAC system includes an evaporator coil and a metering device fluidly coupled to the evaporator coil via a distribution line. The HVAC system includes a variable-speed circulation fan for circulating air around the evaporator coil. A temperature sensor is thermally exposed to the distribution line. At least one controller is operatively coupled to the temperature sensor and to the variable-speed circulation fan. The at least one controller adjusts a speed of the variable-speed circulation fan to increase latent capacity of the HVAC system responsive to a determination that a temperature of fluid in the distribution line exceeds an optimal distribution line temperature. |
| US10337753B2 |
Adaptive modeling method and system for MPC-based building energy control
A method for controlling a temperature of a building using a building thermal model of the building in a model predictive control (MPC) system includes measuring the temperature and a rate of change of temperature for at least one zone that is included in the building thermal model so as to determine an error from a temperature and rate of change of temperature that is predicted by the MPC system. Possible causes of the error and a probability of each of the possible causes of error occurring are determined. An impact of each of the possible causes is evaluated so as to identify at least one of the possible causes which would reduce the error. The building thermal model is adapted based on the at least one identified possible cause and the temperature of the building is controlled using the adapted building thermal model in an MPC controller. |
| US10337752B2 |
Ventilation system and method for air-conditioning an interior using at least one such ventilation system
A ventilation system comprising a conveying unit for conveying a supply airstream into an interior space through at least one air outlet channel, and at least one exhaust air opening which may have an adjustable opening width. The at least one air outlet channel arranged at a distance from the at least one exhaust air opening, such that an airstream is established during operation therebetween in the interior space. The ventilation system is paired with a humidifying device to supply humidity into the interior space, said humidifying device comprising a generator for generating an aerosol from a liquid with droplets sized to be carried by the airstream, and at least one aerosol outlet channel arranged in the interior space such that the aerosol is captured by the airstream. A method for conditioning an interior space using at least one or more such ventilation systems is further described. |
| US10337750B2 |
Shade apparatus for broiler poultry house
A shade apparatus for use in broiler poultry houses can include a plurality of contoured vanes positioned in vertical alignment. Each vane can have first and second opposed lateral sides and is contoured upwardly such that the first lateral side resides below the second lateral side. The vanes are connected by a first plurality of spacers attached to the vanes proximate the first lateral side of the vanes, and a second plurality of spacers attached to the vanes proximate the second lateral side of the vanes. A portion of each vane extends over a horizontal axis defined by the first lateral side of a vane positioned immediately above. The apparatus can include brackets that facilitate mounting of the apparatus over a fan vent of a broiler poultry house and maintain the vanes a predetermined optimal distance from the fan vent. |
| US10337742B2 |
Cooking appliance
A cooking appliance (1) includes a cooking chamber (4) heatable by a heating device (3), a cooking chamber opening (5), a cooking chamber door (6) closing off the cooking chamber opening (5), and a control device (7) for controlling the heating device (3). The cooking chamber door (6) has a multi-pane construction having a first pane (8) and a second pane (9). A detector device (10) operatively connected to the control device (7) is actuated by the cooking chamber door (6). In addition, a locking device (11) between the first (8) and the second pane (9) includes a locking element (12), which is held preloaded in an initial state (13) between the first (8) and the second pane (9), and if the first pane (8) is defective, the locking element (12) is automatically displaced to a locking position (14), thereby preventing a complete closure of the cooking chamber door (6). |
| US10337741B2 |
Illumination system of a cooking appliance
Provided is an illumination system of a cooking appliance that includes at least one burner and an associated knob. The system comprises an electric circuit associated with the knob, with a display device in a second electrical branch that lights up when an electric current with a minimum value circulates through the second electrical branch. Activation means in a first electrical branch is operated by means of turning the knob. Both the first and second electrical branches are connected in parallel. Acting on the knob causes a change in voltage drop in the first and second electrical branches, and the illumination system is configured to control the electric current circulating through the display device depending on said voltage drop. |
| US10337739B2 |
Combustion bypass passive valve system for a gas turbine
A combustor for a gas turbine, including: a combustor chamber; a casing enclosing the combustor chamber and defining an area therebetween for passing compressor discharge air into the combustor chamber for use in combustion; and at least one passive bypass valve for selectively extracting a portion of the compressor discharge air from the area between the combustor chamber and the casing to adjust a temperature in the combustor. |
| US10337737B2 |
Combustor tile
A gas turbine engine includes a combustor having a combustor tile assembly with improved cooling air flow channels and enhanced cooling efficiency. A method of manufacturing same is provided which increases production capabilities and the geometric configurations of the exit ports which in turn improve the hot side operating temperature of the tiles in the combustion chamber. |
| US10337736B2 |
Gas turbine engine combustor and method of forming same
A gas turbine engine combustor is described which includes outer and inner annular combustor liners formed of sheet metal. The exit duct circumscribes an annular combustor exit and defines a combustion gas path. The exit duct includes a large exit duct having an annular forged metal section which is butt welded at an upstream end to the outer combustor liner to form a first annular joint. The annular forged metal section is fixed at a downstream end to an annular sheet metal wall to form a second annular joint. Methods of forming and of repairing a gas turbine engine combustor are also disclosed. |
| US10337724B2 |
Machine for extracorporeal blood treatment comprising light-emitting unit
A machine for extracorporeal blood treatment including a housing for accommodating operational components of the machine for extracorporeal blood treatment and a light-emitting unit having no diffusion disk for displaying an operating and/or therapy condition of the machine according to the principle of ambient light. The light-emitting unit is arranged in a predetermined sequence and/or with predetermined shaping on at least one portion of the housing. The light-emitting unit is a flexible light conductor having at least one end-face light coupling surface at a first end and at least one end-face light output surface at a second end or alternatively a self-luminous flat and/or flexible OLED unit. |
| US10337721B2 |
Illuminated cable combs
There is disclosed an illuminated cable comb including a body incorporating at least two openings for removably retaining a corresponding at least two cables in a fixed position relative to the body. The comb further includes a light source within the body, and conductive material within the body capable of transmitting power to the at least one light such that the at least one light illuminates the body when power is supplied. |
| US10337720B2 |
Lamp safe system
An embodiment can include a lamp safe system that includes an inner casing and an outer casing, lampshade or lamp body, which can be removably attached to an outer casing though a outer body attachment device. An inner casing can include a first wall, second wall, and third wall that can be removably attached to a safe door. An inner casing can have a male flange. A inner casing can have a door with a lock removably attached. An outer casing can substantially surround an inner casing. An outer casing can have a female flange. An outer casing can have an air spring attached to it through a clevis, which can be attached to an inner casing. A inner casing can slide on alignment track which can be attached to both an inner casing's first wall and third wall, and outer casing inner surface. An electrical system can provide a user with information on a lamp safe system. |
| US10337719B2 |
USB charger device having additional functions
Desktop USB Charge device has a built-in or added-on decorative or-and functional unit. The decorative or-and function unit is one of (1) compartment product has medium and miniature-items within the medium including decorative, reflective, glitter, or-and heater to cause inner items moved, or (2) stationary organizer, or (3) moving, shaking, vibration, rotating, spin product, or (4) Physic-products, or (5) compartment assembly to put items within, or (6) music or smell device, or (7) magnetic reaction products. The desktop USB charger device has USB charger-unit not only supplied power to other external product but also has additional (a) USB can delivery digital-signal or digital-data to other computer or communication related products including external consumer electric device, or communication device, printer, scanner, hard-disc, storage device, camera, video camera. The USB charger device may further include additional devices such as an AC outlets(s), sensor, motion sensor, remote control, timer, LEDs, power fail circuitry, audio, video, or smell devices, or other electric or electronic devices to provide one or more additional functions in addition to the charging function to let people has safety and convenience to operate all computer and communication products for charging and digital-data operation only at Desktop with addition decorative or-and functional unit for multiple functions. It also can offer LED light illumination. |
| US10337718B2 |
Light emitting diode lighting device and assembly method thereof
A light emitting diode (LED) lighting device and assembly method thereof. The LED lighting device includes: a base having a mounting surface; an LED element disposed on the mounting surface of the base; a lens component disposed at a side of the mounting surface of the base; a gasket disposed between the base and the lens component, such that the LED element is located within an area surrounded by the gasket; a fastener comprising a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first component is disposed at the side of the lens component opposite to the base and facing a portion of the lens component, the second portion extends from the first portion and is connected to the base, and the first portion of the fastener applies a pressure on the lens component towards the base. |
| US10337716B2 |
Combination LED lighting and fan apparatus
A combination axial fan and LED lighting system configured to fit into the footprint of a standard ceiling tile. The system includes a housing container and an axial fan. The fan has a fan cavity including air diversion mechanism to direct air from the fan cavity toward the lighting and fan components. The invention includes an airflow surface to direct air existing the fan cavity along an LED light fixture. |
| US10337715B2 |
Lighting box and monitoring method therefor
This application provides a lighting box and a monitoring method therefor. The lighting box includes; a power management module, including a monitoring power supply module. The monitoring power supply module includes; a monitoring sensing module; a door opening sensing module; a heat dissipation device, configured to reduce the temperature of the lighting box; and an alarm apparatus, configured to send an alarm signal. The power management module further includes a lighting box power supply module including a light source module. The power management module controls the monitoring power supply module and the lighting box power supply module. |
| US10337711B1 |
Dual-voltage lighted artificial tree
An artificial tree having a first tree section including a trunk and a trunk electrical connector, the trunk electrical connector including a first pair of electric terminals and a second pair of electrical terminals; and a second tree section including a trunk, a trunk electrical connector, and a light string, the trunk electrical connector in electrical connection with the light string and including a first pair of electric terminals and a second pair of electrical terminals. The first tree section is configured to electrically connect to the second tree section, such that the first pairs of electrical terminals of the first and second tree sections conduct power of a first type and the second pairs of electrical connectors of the first and second tree sections conduct power of a second type. |
| US10337708B2 |
Length alteration tool for lighting
A system for accessing industrial lighting fixtures is described. The system may include a telescoping light pole having a light fixture at one end, a base support at an opposite end for securing the light fixture, and an electrical passage through tubular supports of the pole for providing power to the light fixture. The telescoping function of the light fixture may be supported by a biasing member inside the tubular supports. A tool for assisting in the extension and retraction of the fixture is also provided, as well as a mating device for mating the electrical passage with a port of an electrical enclosure. |
| US10337703B1 |
Quick-disconnect flashlight
Embodiments are described that provide a flashlight including a head, a lamp and at least one head electrical lead, a first body that is removably connected to the head, the first body including a battery compartment and a first body electrical contact to connect with the head electrical lead, and wherein the head and the first body are removably connected to each other with quick-disconnect coupling means. The flashlight may also include inductive charging coils disposed in the first body to permit the battery to be inductively recharged without being removed from the first body. The flashlight may include a rotatable annular ring for adjusting the flashlight between spot, flood and spot/flood modes utilizing Hall Effect sensors to facilitate the shifting between the modes. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. |
| US10337699B2 |
Light
A light has a light base body and lighting segments, which can be inserted into the light base body. Each of the lighting segments here emits light in a directional manner and has a predefined emission characteristic. Moreover, the emission characteristics of the lighting segments comprise at least two different emission characteristics. |
| US10337697B2 |
Indoor light source and illumination apparatus
An indoor light source emits light having an emission spectrum including a first peak in a wavelength region of 440 to 460 nm, a second peak in a wavelength region of 540 to 560 nm, and a third peak in a wavelength region of 610 to 630 nm. When the highest one of intensities at the first peak, the second peak, and the third peak is 1 in terms of relative intensity, the emission spectrum includes a lowest light intensity of 0.7 or higher in terms of relative intensity in λ1 to λ2 in nm, and a lowest light intensity of 0.8 or higher in terms of relative intensity in λ2 to λ3 in nm, where λ1 is a peak wavelength at the first peak in nm, λ2 is a peak wavelength at the second peak in nm, and λ3 is a peak wavelength at the third peak in nm. |
| US10337692B2 |
System and method for preventing light spill
Described is a light engine comprised of an array of light engine modules which are compartmentalized to minimize light spill from one light engine module to other light engine modules. |
| US10337689B2 |
Light emitting apparatus and lighting module
The present invention provides a light emitting apparatus and a lighting module, comprising: a circuit substrate, a plurality of optical sources and an optical element; the optical element comprises a translucent element and an interference element; the plurality of light sources are arranged on the circuit substrate for lighting the optical element; the optical element is arranged above the plurality of light sources; and the interference element is arranged on the translucent element, which is used to make light emitted from each of the light sources offset interference in a first polarization direction, enhance interference in a second polarization direction, and emit through the translucent element. The light emitting apparatus and the lighting module of the present invention are employed to provide a more diversified optical pattern to the user and improve the user experience. |
| US10337687B2 |
Metal PCB assembly for vehicle lamp and manufacturing method thereof
The present invention relates to a manufacturing method of a metal PCB assembly for a vehicle lamp and the metal PCB assembly made by the method. The manufacturing method of a metal PCB assembly for a vehicle lamp comprises a step S100 in which a material of a metal PCB 14 is prepared, a step S110 in which a circuit pattern 22 and a plurality of unit patterns 16 are formed and cut from the material of a metal PCB 14 to form a metal PCB 14, a step S120 in which a bending groove 24 is formed on a bottom surface of the metal PCB 14, a step S130 in which each of the unit patterns 16 is protruded forward around the bending groove 24 of the metal PCB 14 such that each of the unit patterns 16 is bent to be inclined from the metal PCB 14, and a step S140 in which a stepwise injection molded products 12 is coupled with the metal PCB 14 while the unit pattern 16 is protruded. |