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| US10357950B2 |
Method for manufacturing an underlay material, and underlay material
A method for manufacturing an underlay material (8) to be set under parquet or a laminate, the underlay material including a sheet material layer (1) and a flexible cellular plastic material layer (3) bonded under the sheet material layer, and a bottom surface of the cellular plastic layer being processed for providing an air space, whereby the bottom surface of the cellular plastic material layer (3) is processed by melting the cellular plastic material locally for providing an air space (9) and for simultaneously bonding the cellular plastic material layer to the sheet material layer (1). An underlay material manufactured by such a method is also described. |
| US10357949B2 |
Meltblown-spunbonded-meltblown laminated fabric
There is disclosed a laminated, nonwoven fabric and a process for producing such a laminated, nonwoven fabric having desirable fluid holding and fluid release characteristics. The process provides that two sheets of meltblown fiber fabric are produced on forming wire assemblies, cooled at a cooling area, and are then laminated on opposite sides of a sheet of spunbonded fibers using to form the laminated, nonwoven fabric. |
| US10357946B2 |
Fire-rated roofing system
A fire-resistant polymeric membrane includes a polymer layer such as PVC, TPO, or EPDM affixed to a carbon fiber composite. The carbon fiber composite includes one or two layers of non-woven carbon fibers and at least one of an inert fiber mat or a metal foil layer, wherein the metal foil layer has a melting temperature of at least about 660° C. The present invention also provides an underlayment, wherein the underlayment is formed from one or more fibrous carbon layers affixed to at least one of an inert fiber mat or a metal foil having a melting temperature greater than 660° C. |
| US10357945B2 |
Laminated glass article with ceramic phase and method of making the article
A method for forming a laminated glass article with a ceramic phase, such as a beta-spodumene phase, located at least at the junctures between a glass core and directly adjacent glass clad layers, and in some embodiments located throughout the laminated glass article. In some embodiments, a method is disclosed herein for forming a beta-spodumene glass-ceramic sheet, or a laminated glass article having a ceramic phase, or a laminated glass article having a beta-spodumene glass-ceramic, is disclosed. |
| US10357942B2 |
Graphite-silicon composite and production method thereof
A graphite-silicon composite, including: graphite; silicon; and an intermediate layer that is located between the graphite and the silicon, wherein the intermediate layer includes oxygen, carbon and silicon. Furthermore, provided is a method for producing a graphite-silicon composite, including: layering graphite and silicon; and heating the layered graphite and silicon while applying pressure to them, wherein, during heating the layered graphite and silicon while applying pressure to them, an oxygen concentration in the atmosphere is adjusted to 0.2 vol %, the applied pressure is adjusted to 24.5 MPa or higher, and the heating temperature is adjusted to 1260° C. or higher. |
| US10357941B2 |
Systems and methods for reinforced adhesive bonding
The present disclosure relates to a bonding system (100) comprising an adhesive (200), in contact with a first contact surface (115) and a second contact surface (125), and a solder mesh (310) positioned in the adhesive (200) in contact with the first contact surface (115). Also, the present disclosure relates to a bonding method to produce a solder-reinforced adhesive bond joining a first substrate (110) and a second substrate (120), comprising applying, on a first contact surface (115) of the first substrate (110), an adhesive (200), positioning, at least partially into the adhesive (200), a solder mesh (310), such that the solder mesh (310) contacts the first contact surface (115), connecting, to a portion of the adhesive (200) opposite the first contact surface (115), a second contact surface (125) of the second substrate (120), and applying heat to the first contact surface (115) such that at least one portion of the solder mesh (310) reaches a solder-bonding temperature. |
| US10357940B2 |
Multilayer metallized cast film and packaging made therefrom
A multilayer metallized cast film which includes a first layer which comprises an ethylene-based polymer having a density greater than 0.94 g/cc and a melt index less than or equal to 1.3 g/10 min; and a second layer having an interior surface and an exterior surface and which comprises an ethylene-based polymer having a density greater than 0.94 g/cc and a melt index greater than or equal to 2.0 g/10 min, wherein the exterior surface of the second layer faces away from the first layer, wherein the second layer further comprises a metal and/or metal oxide layer deposited on the exterior surface is provided. Also provided is a packaging comprising the multilayer metallized cast film. |
| US10357937B2 |
Fiber laminate, method for manufacturing fiber laminate, and fiber reinforced composite
A fiber laminate W is configured by laminating first to fourth fiber layers. The fiber laminate is provided with a taper section, in which the thickness changes depending on the position in the longitudinal direction. The first to fourth fiber layers are formed by discontinuous fibers and are configured with the orientation angles of the discontinuous fibers aligned in one direction. The orientation angles of the discontinuous fibers in the first to fourth fiber layers are different. In addition, the first to fourth fiber layers are provided with thickness changing sections, in which the thickness changes continuously while the density of fibers is kept constant irrespective of the position in the longitudinal direction. The taper section is configured by stacking the thickness changing sections. The change amount of the thickness of each thickness changing section is the same irrespective of the position in the longitudinal direction. |
| US10357936B1 |
Insulation panel
An insulation panel has a top barrier, a bottom barrier, and an insulation core layer disposed between to the top and bottom barriers. The insulation core layer includes a plurality of discrete hydrated compressed puffed polysaccharide particulates that are mechanically and/or chemically adhered to one another and to the top and bottom barriers. The plurality of discrete particulates defines a plurality of voids within the core layer. |
| US10357935B2 |
Cloth having gas sheet
In one aspect, there is provided a fabric containing gas therein, the fabric comprising a weave between warps and wefts, wherein each warp includes an elongate array of a plurality of individual gas cells, wherein neighboring gas cells are physically coupled to each other via a connection, wherein the connection is monolithic with the gas cells, and each cell contains the gas therein. |
| US10357932B2 |
Binding member, binding device, and image processing apparatus
There is provided a binding member. The binding member includes an upper toothed part having projections and recesses for forming irregularities in a bundle of recording materials; and a lower toothed part having projections and recesses for forming irregularities in the bundle of recording materials and forming a pair with the upper toothed part. In at least one of the upper toothed part and the lower toothed part, in some of parts of inclined surfaces of the toothed part which form the recesses, second curved surfaces having the centers of curvature on the opposite sides of the inclined surfaces to the centers of curvature of first curved surfaces which form the recesses are formed. |
| US10357931B2 |
System and method for manufacturing a wind turbine blade component
A system and method for the manufacture of a wind turbine blade component is described, preferably a shear web component for a wind turbine. The shear web is manufactured by using a forming tool to define a flange-shaped cavity at an end of a web member. A resin is injected into the cavity and cured to form a flange cast onto the web member. The forming tool is subsequently removed from the web member to provide a component having a load-bearing flange formed from a cured resin. |
| US10357930B2 |
Tire vulcanization mold and method of manufacturing thereof
A tire vulcanization mold has a mold main body, and blades having, at proximal end sides thereof, embedded portions that are fixed to the mold main body in embedded states, and, at distal end sides thereof, projecting portions that project-out from the mold main body's inner surface, wherein at least one introducing path extends from a projecting portion side surface toward a blade inner portion is formed at each blade, and, a connecting path, shaped as a closed space and connects the introducing path and a proximal end opening, is formed at each blade's interior, a discharge path, whose one end opening communicates with proximal end opening and whose other end opening communicates with external space, is formed in the mold main body, and, a maximum flow path sectional area at the connecting path less than or equal to an opening surface area of discharge path's one end opening. |
| US10357929B2 |
Device and method for adjusting the height of a mold of a tire curing press, and tire curing press
A device and to a method for adjusting the height of a mold of a tire curing press, and to a tire curing press. The mold has at least two mold parts that can be positioned relative to each other. At least two double-acting fluid cylinders and at least one guide element are used. Positions are secured by at least one locking device. |
| US10357925B2 |
Enhanced volatile removal for composite layup
A composite article lay up comprising a first layer of resin impregnated fiber material and a second layer of resin impregnated fiber material. An open cell material is layered between the first layer and the second layer. The open cell material has no resin during a first stage of a resin cure cycle. The open cell material has passages configured to flow volatiles formed during the first stage of the resin cure cycle. The open cell material is configured to fill with the resin during a second stage of the resin cure cycle. The open cell material is configured to form an integral structure with the first layer and the second layer as part of the composite article at the completion of the resin cure cycle. |
| US10357923B2 |
Method for manufacturing a composite thermoplastic part by vacuum injection-compression-molding, device for the implementation thereof and resulting part
A method for manufacturing a composite part including a fibrous reinforcement and a thermoplastic polymer matrix, which includes the steps of i) depositing the fibrous reinforcement in a two-part mold having a seal compressible by evacuating said mold having no vent, ii) filling the evacuated mold by injecting, in the molten state, a two-component reactive system made of a reactive thermoplastic prepolymer, the injection being carried out using a device having two distinct compartments for each one of the two reactive components mixed in a static mixer, followed by a compression and compaction of the content of the mold, and iii) removing the part from the mold, without any finishing treatment. Further, a device for implementing said method, to the resulting part and to the use of said method in an “in-mold” assembly method. |
| US10357918B2 |
Process and apparatus for fabrication of three dimensional objects
A fabrication process and apparatus for producing three-dimensional objects by depositing a first polymer layer, printing a first ink layer on to the first polymer layer, depositing a second polymer layer on to the first ink layer, and printing a second ink layer on to the second polymer layer. The deposition and printing steps may be repeated until a three-dimensional object is formed. The inks used to form at least one of the first and second ink layers may include dyes or pigments so that the three-dimensional object may be a colored three-dimensional object. |
| US10357915B2 |
Method and machine for producing containers by injecting a liquid inside successive preforms
A method of analyzing preforms for potential bursting during forming and filling by injecting an incompressible liquid to shape the successive heating preforms into containers and fill the containers. The method defines at least one stress parameter correlated to the internal stress of the thermoplastic material of the preform and defines a range of acceptable values for the stress parameter. The method includes analyzing each successive initial preform and each successive heated preform, determining a value of the stress parameter, comparing the determined value to a range of acceptable values, and emitting an output signal when the determined value is outside the acceptable range of values. |
| US10357907B2 |
System and method for applying moldable material to a pipe by injecting moldable material from a movable support
A molding system for applying moldable material to a pipe. An elongate mold has at least one elongate mold member movable relative another elongate mold member between open and closed positions. The mold includes a pipe support that extends generally radially into a mold cavity along a support axis. An inner end of the support is configured to support the pipe in a molding position in which an annular portion of the mold cavity extends circumferentially around the pipe. After moldable material in the annular portion of the mold cavity can support the pipe, the support is withdrawn from the mold cavity by moving outwardly along the support axis. An injector selectively dispenses additional moldable material into a space formed by the support in the existing moldable material. |
| US10357904B2 |
Method of foaming an injection molded precursor
A method of making a foamed article comprises (a) injection molding a molten thermoplastic elastomer to form a precursor; (b) crosslinking the thermoplastic elastomer; (c) heating the thermoplastic elastomer to a first temperature to soften the thermoplastic elastomer; (d) infusing the thermoplastic elastomer with at least one inert gas at a first pressure that is sufficient to cause the at least one inert gas to permeate into the softened thermoplastic elastomer; and (e) while the article is softened, reducing the pressure to a second pressure below the first pressure to at least partially foam the precursor into a foamed article, wherein the foamed article is substantially the same shape as the precursor. |
| US10357899B2 |
Flexible manufacture of polymeric tubing including flow-altering structures
Tubular polymeric structures are formed by creating a convex mold conforming to a fluid pathway design, depositing a coating of polymer over the mold, and in situ removing the mold without drawing it against the polymer. The resulting structures are fabricated with flow-altering features. |
| US10357896B2 |
Manufactured wood products and methods of production
A manufactured wood product in the form of a consolidated monolith comprising a plurality of natural wood pieces adhesively bonded together by a crosslinked thermoplastic adhesive which has been cross linked during processing wherein said manufactured wood product retains its consolidated shape at elevated temperatures and wherein the crosslinked thermoplastic adhesive has a glass transition temperature at or lower than the normal use temperature of the manufactured wood product. |
| US10357894B2 |
Rotary positioning fence
Embodiments provide systems, methods and apparatuses for positioning boards and other wood pieces in preparation for sawing/trimming. In embodiments, a continuous track loop conveys board stops slideably mounted to board stop guides positioned perpendicular to the direction of flow. A horizontal frame member provides a series of positioning guides through which a cam follower coupled to a board stop is diverted, thus adjusting the position of board stops in a direction perpendicular to the direction of flow without the use of braking devices or other added sources of mass, friction or vibration. |
| US10357893B1 |
Adjustable stop assembly
An adjustable stop assembly includes a body, a cam, a lock knob, an adjustable rod, and an adjusting knob. The cam is movable into a locked position in which the hook portion is secured to a rail and an unlocked position in which the hook portion is spaced from the rail. The lock knob is configured to interact with the cam. The adjustable rod extends outward from a first side of the body by a first extension amount and a second side of the body by a second extension amount. The adjusting knob is configured to move the adjustable rod to adjust the first extension amount and the second extension amount. A minor sector portion of the adjusting knob is exposed by an opening in the body while a major sector portion of the adjusting knob is covered by the body at a given instance. |
| US10357883B1 |
End effector having pliable bladder with adjustable rigidity
End effectors and a related method of actuating items are disclosed. The end effector comprises a bladder comprising a pliable body that defines an inner recess in fluid communication with the manifold via a first connection. The pliable body has a sealing surface at its distal end and defines a chamber. The bladder further comprises a material disposed within the chamber. The method comprises contacting an item to conform the sealing surface to a contour of the item, transitioning the bladder to a structural state having greater rigidity, applying a vacuum to the inner recess via the first connection, and actuating the item. |
| US10357880B2 |
Offline programming device and position-parameter correcting method
Provided is an offline programming device that generates, while being offline, a program for operating a robot, wherein, when a coordinate system that serves as a reference for the robot is changed, a position parameter generated on the basis of a coordinate system before the change is automatically corrected on the basis of the coordinate system before the change and a coordinate system after the change so that absolute positions of the position parameter become equal to each other before and after the change. |
| US10357879B2 |
Robot zero-point calibration device and method
A robot zero-point calibration device includes an axial position recording unit configured to record positional data of each axis of a robot in each of a plurality of postures when a first positioning point and a second positioning point are made to coincide with each other, the first positioning point being disposed at a predetermined coordinate on a base coordinate system of the robot, and the second positioning point being disposed at a predetermined coordinate on a flange coordinate system of the robot. The device also includes a positional offset calculating unit configured to calculate an offset amount of a zero point of each axis of the robot from a true zero point of the axis based on a plurality of sets of the positional data stored in the axial position recording unit. |
| US10357874B2 |
Apparatus and method for a storage container with integrated table
A storage container can include a bottom surface and one or more sides that extend up from the bottom surface to define a storage area. The storage container can also include a lid rotatably coupled to at least one of the sides and can be moved from a closed position, preventing or limiting access to the storage area, to an open position, allowing access. The storage container can also include a work surface rotatably coupled to a bottom side of the lid. When the lid is opened, the work surface is rotated into a substantially horizontal position providing a planar top surface to work on. The storage container can also include a leg support assembly that is rotatably coupled to one or more of the side walls of the storage container and can be adjusted into a support position to provide vertical support for a portion of the work surface. |
| US10357873B2 |
Portable, handheld tool having a floor plate
The invention relates to a floor plate, in particular for portable, handheld tools with a combustion engine, an essentially flat surface with an continuous outer edge and at least one first opening with a related edge and a second opening with a related edge, wherein the at least one edge of an opening exhibits an element that projects at an inclined angle, which serves as a baffle plate to divert sparks and particles, and further that at least the continuous edge of the floor plate and/or the edge of at least one opening are at least sectionally beaded or pulled up. |
| US10357869B2 |
Luminescent substrate containing abrasive particles, and method for the production thereof
An abrasive sawing or polishing substrate includes a substrate, a binder C1 covering at least a portion of the substrate, and abrasive particles having an at least partial coating, C2. The abrasive sawing or polishing substrate also includes a coating C3 coating binder C1 and the abrasive particles coated with C2 and at least one light-emitting compound. The abrasive particles coated with C2 are in contact with binder C1 and with coating C3. |
| US10357865B2 |
Method for bevelling an ophthalmic lens
A method for producing an instruction for bevelling an ophthalmic lens, with a view to mounting same in a framework of a spectacle frame into which a bevelled display lens is initially fitted. The method includes the steps of: a) acquiring a correction parameter relative to the play between the framework and the display lens; b) capturing a surface image of the display lens previously removed from the framework; c) determining, on the surface image, an initial contour (C0) of the display lens; d) calculating a corrected contour (C1), by correcting the initial contour according to the correction parameter; and e) deriving the bevelling instruction according to the corrected contour. |
| US10357860B2 |
Twin clamp and method for simultaneously clamping two elongate profile segments
The invention relates to a twin clamp, comprising two receptacles (61, 62), each of which has two movable clamping jaws (611, 612, 621, 622) and by means of each of which an elongate profile segment (71, 72) having a circular cross-section can be clamped in the contact section, each elongate profile segment having a center axis (D71, D72) and an outside diameter, wherein two clamping jaws (611, 612, 621, 622) of different receptacles (61, 62) are coupled to one another via a respective differential gearing (41, 42) and two clamping jaws (611, 612, 621, 622) of the same receptacle (61, 62) are coupled to one another via a synchronous gearing (51, 52) and the position of the center axes (D71, D72) of the clamped elongate profile segments (71, 72) is independent of the size of the outside diameters of the elongate profile segments (71, 72). |
| US10357858B2 |
Actuating device for a steady rest
An actuating device (10) actuates jaws (12) of a steady rest (11). The jaws can be used for clamping or supporting a workpiece (13). The actuating device includes a carrier (18) with a mounting side (20) to which the steady rest (11) can be mounted. An outer end (27b) of an actuating part (27) projects away from the mounting side (20) of the carrier (18) and includes a connecting arrangement (29) as the interface for the connection with an input part (14) of the steady rest (11). An inner end (27 c) of the actuating part (27) is movably coupled with a piston (35) of a pneumatic cylinder (36) via a coupling arrangement (34). The coupling arrangement 34 includes a slide (40) that is immovably connected to the piston (35), said slide having on it at least one slotted gate (44). The slotted gate (44) defines a gate path oriented obliquely to longitudinal direction L and to height direction H, along which gate path the at least one gate element (46) can be guided in a movable manner. The gate element is connected to the inner end (27c) of the actuating part (27). |
| US10357854B2 |
Assembly method for assembled camshaft and device therefor
A combined cam shaft assembling method comprises the following steps: A, grinding the outer diameter of a steel pipe (2) to specified precision, and machining an inner hole of a cam sheet (1) and a signal disc to specified precision; B, pre-installing the cam sheet (1) and the signal disc onto the steel pipe (2) according to a specified sequence, distance and angle; C, utilizing a tension part (3) to penetrate through the steel pipe (2), ensuring the steel pipe (2) to be expanded, so as to fix the cam sheet (1) and the signal disc onto the steel pipe (2) and reach a specified torque. The method is carried out through a combined cam shaft assembling device. By adopting the tension part (3) to expand the steel pipe (2), the steel pipe (2) and the cam sheet (1) can be rapidly combined, the cam sheet (1) and the signal disc can be clamped onto the steel pipe (2) in a more reliable manner, and the strength of the entire cam shaft is relatively high. |
| US10357851B2 |
Wafer producing method
A wafer producing method for producing an SiC wafer from a single crystal SiC ingot. The wafer producing method includes a separation surface forming step of forming a separation surface composed of modified layers, cracks, and connection layers inside the ingot and a wafer separating step of separating a part of the ingot along the separation surface as an interface to thereby produce the wafer. The separation surface forming step includes a modified layer forming step of forming the modified layers and the cracks extending from the modified layers along a c-plane, and a connection layer forming step of forming the connection layers each connecting the cracks formed adjacent to each other in the thickness direction of the ingot. |
| US10357849B2 |
Connecting seam between two thin-walled sheet-metal parts
A connecting seam is formed between two thin-walled sheet-metal parts as a laser weld seam or laser soldered seam as additional material is supplied, respectively. The sheet-metal parts have flange portions for formation of a connecting region. At least one flange portion includes in the region of a joining zone a bead which is at least partially surrounded or filled by solidified melt from seam material after the production of the connecting seam. |
| US10357847B2 |
Interchangeable optics modules for laser processing machines
The invention relates to a interchangeable optics module for a laser processing machine as well as a laser processing machine including the optics module, wherein a beam guide is fixed to a support plate, and the beam guide includes a laser input coupling interface on one end that can be connected to a laser output coupling interface allocated to a laser source, and a processing head on the other end. |
| US10357844B2 |
Method of monitoring of resistance welding quality of nuclear fuel rod
A method of monitoring in real time pressure resistance welding of a cladding tube and an end plug. The method includes: a first step of detecting welding information including voltage, current, and welding force in a process of pressure resistance welding of a cladding tube and an end plug; a second step of comparing static factors obtained by calculating effective values for the welding information with predetermined reference values, respectively; a third step of calculating dynamic factors for the welding information including the gradient of instantaneous welding force, when the reference values are satisfied in the second step; and a fourth step of determining whether there is defect or not in welding quality by comparing the dynamic factors. |
| US10357840B2 |
Method for forming a bonded joint
The invention relates to a method for forming a bonded joint between a structure that is applied to a glass substrate, in particular a printed conductive structure and an electrical connecting component, in particular a solder base by using solder coated or non-solder coated reactive nanometer multilayer foils which are made from at least two exothermally reacting materials. Initially preconfiguring the reactive nanometer multilayer foils according to the opposing joining surfaces of the conductive structure and the electrical closure element is performed. Thereafter arranging a solder preform respectively between the respective joining surface and the nanometer multilayer foil for non-solder coated foils or arranging an additional solder preform for already solder coated nanometer multilayer foils is performed, wherein the solder preform or the additional solder preform includes a larger, in particular double thickness layer compared to another solder preform between the nanometer multilayer foil and the a conductive structure applied to the glass substrate so that a reduction of the temperature introduction into the conductive structure and a leveling of uneven portions is caused. After temporarily applying a pressure force which is applied between the joining surfaces triggering the exothermal reaction of the nanometer multilayer foil is performed by an electrical impulse or a laser impulse. |
| US10357838B2 |
Graphite-copper composite electrode material and electrical discharge machining electrode using the material
An object is to provide a graphite-copper composite electrode material that is capable of reducing electrode wear to a practically usable level and to provide an electrical discharge machining electrode using the material. A graphite-copper composite electrode material includes a substrate comprising a graphite material and having pores, and copper impregnated in the pores of the substrate, the electrode material having an electrical resistivity of 2.5 μΩm or less, preferably 1.5 μΩm or less, more preferably 1.0 μΩm or less. It is desirable that the substrate comprising the graphite material have an anisotropy ratio of 1.2 or less. It is desirable that an impregnation rate φ of the copper in the electrode material is 13% or greater. It is desirable that the substrate comprising the graphite material have a bulk density of from 1.40 Mg/m3 to 1.85 Mg/m3. |
| US10357836B2 |
Compensation device and clamping device for workpieces equipped with a compensation device of this type
The invention relates to a compensation device for the flat-compensated clamping of a workpiece, in particular a toothed workpiece or a workpiece to be toothed, carried out via a clamping device defining a clamping axis, said workpiece having an axis of rotation and abutting a contact surface of the compensation device with a flat side, wherein the workpiece axis of rotation is coaxially centered to the clamping axis when the clamping device is actuated, and any deviations arising therefrom of the abutting flat side from an orthogonality to the workpiece axis of rotation are compensated by a deflection movement carried out at the compensation device, wherein the contact surface has at least three contact areas spaced apart from one another and the deflection movement comprises an axial movement of the contact areas. |
| US10357835B2 |
Shoe accessory for a saw
An angle guide for a band saw having a guide body for coupling to the band saw and a first engaging surface of the body for engaging a workpiece during a cutting operation of the band saw. The first engaging surface defines a first plane. The angle guide also has a second surface of the body defining a second plane. The second plane is substantially non-parallel to the first plane. The angle guide also includes a tool side edge of the body for being positioned adjacent the band saw, the tool side edge defining a third plane. A cut angle is defined by an angle between the first plane and the third plane. |
| US10357834B2 |
Adzer bit with cutting segments
An adzer bit includes a support member that defines a through hole that is configured to receive a fastener. The support member includes a cutting segment cap portion and a base portion. The support member also defines an annular slot that is axially disposed between the cutting segment cap portion and the base portion. A plurality of cutting segments are received and secured in the annular slot. The material of the plurality of cutting segments is harder than the material of the support member. |
| US10357832B2 |
Drill and method for manufacturing machined product using same
A drill is provided with a body having a rod shape configured to rotate about a rotational axis, a cutting edge that is located at a tip portion of the body and extends from an outer periphery of the body toward the rotational axis when viewed from the tip portion, a flank located at the tip portion and disposed along the cutting edge, a covering layer that covers at least the tip portion of the body, and one or more recessed portions disposed on the flank at positions close to the cutting edge. |
| US10357831B2 |
Pocket hole jig
A pocket hole jig includes base with a base plate and first and second lateral side walls extending along the base plate, and a body disposed between the first and second lateral side walls and slidable along the base in a forward direction and a rearward direction. The body includes a drill bit aperture angled downward toward the base plate. The pocket hole jig also includes a fence movable between a raised position and a lowered position and having a contact surface engageable with an end of the workpiece when the fence is in the lowered position to position the base a predetermined distance from the end of the workpiece. The contact surface is in a first position when the fence is in the raised position and a second position when the fence is in the lowered position. The second position is forward of the first position. |
| US10357825B2 |
Surface-coated copper filler, method for producing same and conductive composition
There are provided a surface-coated copper filler having an excellent oxidation resistance for use in a conductive composition, a method for producing the surface-coated copper filler, and a conductive composition containing the surface-coated copper filler. The surface-coated copper filler comprises: a copper particle; a first coating layer containing an amine compound, which is bonded to copper on a surface of the copper particle via a chemical bond and/or a physical bond; and a second coating layer containing an aliphatic monocarboxylic acid having 8 to 20 carbon atoms, which is bonded to the amine compound via a chemical bond. The amine compound is represented by the following formula (1): H2NCH2mNHnCH2mNH2 (1) wherein m is an integer of 0 to 3, n is an integer of 0 to 2, m is 0 to 3 when n is 0, and m is 1 to 3 when n is 1 or 2. |
| US10357820B2 |
Steering-wheel core and casting method therefor
A steering-wheel core and a method for casting the same capable of eliminating the need to perform finishing processing after casting and decreasing manufacturing cost even when the steering-wheel core is cast using a molten metal. The method for casting a steering-wheel core (100) includes: providing a protruding portion (92) in a surface (91) of an inner surface of a casting die (90), with the surface defining a nut seat surface; and causing a molten metal to hit on the protruding portion (92) when the molten metal flows into the casting die (90) such that a change occurs in the flowing direction of the molten metal flowing toward the surface (91) that defines the nut seat surface. |
| US10357819B2 |
Investment casting of hollow components
The invention relates to a method for producing a cast component which has cavity structures, using a 3D pattern of digital geometrical coordinates of the cast component by means of a ceramic mold, said method comprising the use of CNC technology. |
| US10357815B2 |
Press drawing method
A press drawing method includes a first step for moving an upper mold 10e from a top dead center to a fracture position and applying a predetermined strain to a part of a plate material 1 to be drawn, causing the plate material 1 to fracture at a fracture part 4, and a second step for moving the upper mold 10e from the fracture position to a bottom dead center, thus completing the drawing process. |
| US10357810B2 |
Steady flow structure and a ventilation apparatus having said steady flow structure
The present invention provides a steady flow structure and a ventilation apparatus having the steady flow structure. The ventilation apparatus comprises: a hood arranged indoors, an inner chamber of the hood constituting a work chamber; and a front wall of the hood formed with a front opening which opens towards the indoor environment; an air supply duct, which supplies air into the work chamber through air supply outlets provided on the hood and extending in the left and right width direction of the work chamber; and an air exhaust duct, through which the air entering the work chamber through the front opening and the air entering the work chamber through the air supply outlets are exhausted from the work chamber to outside; a steady flow structure is provided in the interior of the air supply duct, supply airflow enters into the steady flow structure in the left-right directions, and then blows out evenly and stably along the air supply outlets located along the sides of the steady flow structure after flowing through the steady flow structure. |
| US10357809B2 |
Decontamination and cleaning process for hydrocarbon contaminated equipment
The present invention relates to a process for removing noxious gases and cleaning hydrocarbon contaminants from equipment at a refinery, plant, or other facility during a turnaround period. The process includes injecting an aromatic solvent into the contaminated equipment with a gas stream, such as steam, and an additive. The combination of the steam and the chemical blend of solvent and additive dissolves harmful hydrocarbon material and removes noxious vapors from the equipment in a manner that is faster, more efficient, and can be performed at a significantly lower cost. |
| US10357808B2 |
Methods and systems for use in washing bulk containers
A method of washing a bulk container is provided. The method includes receiving the bulk container on a support surface and rotating the support surface and at least one washer arm relative to one another. The method further includes spraying a fluid from at least one nozzle disposed on the at least one washer arm. Rotating the support surface and the at least one washer arm relative to one another exposes a plurality of portions of an outer surface of the bulk container to the spray. |
| US10357807B2 |
Intelligent hub cleaning device
Disclosed is a hub cleaning device, including a base (1), a mounting transition plate (2), a nozzle adjusting module (3), hub conveying modules (4) and a work fixture (5), in which the nozzle adjusting module (3) is connected onto the mounting transition plate (2), and the mounting transition plate (2) is fixed on the base (1); the work fixture (5) is arranged at a position parallel to the base (1), so that the nozzle adjusting module (3) can face the front side of a hub (6); and the hub conveying modules (4) are arranged on two sides of the work fixture (5). The device is simple in structure, and one device can complete cleaning of multiple types of hubs, thereby greatly reducing the input of enterprises on cleaning devices and saving a lot of money for the enterprises. |
| US10357802B2 |
Separator lifting apparatus and method
An apparatus includes a vibratory separator having a frame and a screen, a lift housing disposed proximate the vibratory separator, and a lift system disposed in the lift housing and configured to selectively engage a portion of the vibratory separator to lift the portion of the vibratory separator. A method includes actuating an actuator and vertically extending a lifting member, contacting an alignment device coupled to the lifting member with a corresponding alignment device coupled to a portion of a vibratory separator, and raising the portion of the vibratory separator to provide access to a screen of the vibratory separator. |
| US10357800B1 |
Texturizing a wall or ceiling with non-acoustical joint compound
A method of texturing a wall or ceiling with non-acoustical joint compound by providing a collapsible bag having an opening at its top and is adapted to contain non-acoustical joint compound for forming a textured coating on the wall or ceiling and providing a spray nozzle having a low pressure input port, a joint compound suction port attached to the opening at the top of the collapsible bag, and an output port for spraying the non-acoustical joint compound. A low pressure stream of air from an air gun attached to the low pressure input port urges a small quantity of the non-acoustical joint compound to be sprayed out of the spray nozzle when the bottom of the collapsible disposable bag is raised above its top to either allow or force the joint compound to flow into the suction port and into the interior of the spray nozzle. |
| US10357799B2 |
Method for producing a substrate by spraying particles onto a compact film of solid particles on a carrier liquid
A method for producing an assembly of particles bound by a substrate, including: making a compact film of solid particles floating on a carrier liquid, the solid particles potentially holding objects between them; spraying particles onto a face of the compact film opposite to the one immersed in a carrier liquid, to create a substrate-forming-skin adhering to the solid particles; and extracting an obtained assembly outside the carrier liquid. |
| US10357790B1 |
Device for withdrawing and dispensing a viscous product, without taking in air
A device for withdrawing and dispensing a viscous product includes a pumping member and a dip tube that includes an upper end connected to a corresponding portion of the pumping member. The dip tube includes a lower portion having a free lower end, with a circumference of the lower portion opened by at least one longitudinal slot formed parallel to a longitudinal axis of the dip tube, wherein the longitudinal slot forms a gutter with a bottom, the lower portion includes pins arranged inside the gutter and extending transversally to the longitudinal slot and away from the bottom of the gutter, the pins being dispatched along the longitudinal slot. |
| US10357784B2 |
Solid-wall scroll centrifuge with front wall with discharge opening having a weir edge and an energy recovery device defining a discharge pipe on the outside of the front wall and in front of the discharge opening having the weir edge
A solid-bowl screw centrifuge has a centrifuge drum that can rotate about a longitudinal axis during operation. The centrifuge drum has a front wall with at least one discharge opening for discharging clarified product from the centrifuge drum. A weir edge is formed at the discharge opening radially toward the outside. An energy recovery device is provided for recovering energy from the clarified product that is being discharged. The energy recovery device defines a discharge pipe through which the clarified product passes as the clarified product flows out. The energy recovery device is situated on the outside of the front wall and in front of the discharge opening that has the weir edge. |
| US10357780B2 |
Magnetic capture of a target from a fluid
Disclosed herein is an improved method for magnetic capture of target molecules (e.g., microbes) in a fluid. Kits and solid substrates for carrying the method described herein are also provided. In some embodiments, the methods, kits, and solid substrates described herein are optimized for separation and/or detection of microbes and microbe-associated molecular pattern (MAMP) (including, e.g., but not limited to, a cell component of microbes, lipopolysaccharides (LPS), and/or endotoxin). |
| US10357779B2 |
Method for sorting soil
A sorting station is provided with a hopper, at least one conveyor belt, a deck screener, including at least one mesh screen and at least one spray bar, a chute, having a tapering form, a prep screw, a dewatering screen, wherein the deck screener is configured to have vibration applied thereto to separate a matter from a mixture of matters, and where the at least one spray bar is configured to wash the mixture of matter and further separate a selected matter from the mixture of matters. Methods of sorting a particular matter from a mixture of matters, and processes of filtering soil are also provided. |
| US10357773B2 |
Cartridge, kit and method for manipulating liquids having biological samples
A cartridge has a container with at least one well, protrusions distributed on the container base side, and a flat polymer film having a lower surface and a hydrophobic upper surface kept at a distance (d) to the container base side by the protrusions. The container and the film are reversibly attachable to a liquid droplet manipulation instrument so that the lower surface of the film abuts at least one electrode array of the instrument. The container enables displacement of at least one liquid droplet from a well onto the hydrophobic upper surface of the flat polymer film and above the electrode array. The liquid droplet manipulation instrument comprises a control unit with a voltage control and an electrode selector for individually selecting each electrode of the electrode array and for providing the selected electrode with a voltage and thus controlling a guided movement of a liquid droplet on the hydrophobic upper surface of the flat polymer film by electrowetting. Also disclosed are a corresponding kit and method. |
| US10357771B2 |
Method of producing emulsions
Devices, systems, and their methods of use, for generating droplets are provided. One or more geometric parameters of a microfluidic channel can be selected to generate droplets of a desired and predictable droplet size. |
| US10357765B2 |
Carbon-containing metal catalyst particles for carbon nanotube synthesis and method of producing the same, catalyst carrier support, and method of producing carbon nanotubes
The present invention relates to metal catalyst particles for carbon nanotube synthesis, comprising carbon-containing regions on their surfaces. |
| US10357762B2 |
Mixed metal double salt ionic liquids with tunable acidity
Disclosed are double salt ionic liquids that include at least one organic cation and at least two metal halide anions. Methods of making the double salt ionic liquids can include combining two or more metal halide containing salts, wherein the metal halide containing salts include at least one organic cation and at least two metal halide anions. The reaction between the two or more salts at any ratio allows fine tuning, rate of dissolution, solubility, and bioavailability of the double salt ionic liquids. The ionic liquids disclosed herein can be used as a catalyst for catalyzing a chemical reaction. The chemical reaction can be an acid catalyzed chemical reaction such as a Lewis acid catalyzed reaction, a Beckmann rearrangement reaction, a Meyer-Schuster rearrangement reaction, a heterocyclic synthesis, a reaction for biodiesel production, a mercury-catalyzed type reaction, or a hydrogen-fluoride catalyzed type reaction. |
| US10357756B2 |
Flue gas purification system and process using a sorbent polymer composite material
This invention provides a method of removing sulfur oxides, mercury vapor and other contaminants from a flue gas stream and a flue gas treatment device comprising a sorbent polymer composite substrate comprising a high surface area support and a durable halogen source adjacent the sorbent polymer composite substrate. The halogen source comprises a compound with a quaternary ammonium halogen salt that is not washed away. |
| US10357751B2 |
Polymer micelles containing nanoparticles in non-aqueous solution, methods for their preparation and use
The present invention relates to a composition, comprising at least one micelle in non-aqueous solution, wherein the micelle encapsules one or more nanoparticle(s) and wherein the micelle comprises a cross-linked hydrophilic shell.Furthermore, the present invention relates to the use of such a composition and to methods for providing such a composition. |
| US10357746B2 |
Solvent resistant polyamide nanofiltration membranes
The present invention relates to a composite membrane for nanofiltration of a feed stream solution comprising a solvent and dissolved solutes and showing preferential rejection of the solutes. The composite membrane comprises a thin polymeric film formed by interfacial polymerization on a support membrane. The support membrane is further impregnated with a conditioning agent and is stable in polar aprotic solvents. The composite membrane is optionally treated in a quenching medium, where the interfacial polymerization reaction can be quenched and, in certain embodiments, membrane chemistry can be modified. Finally the composite membrane is treated with an activating solvent prior to nanofiltration. |
| US10357745B2 |
Membrane distillation system which is capable of real-time monitoring on membrane wetting
Provided is a membrane distillation system capable of real-time monitoring of membrane wetting, which includes: a raw water storage tank configured to store fluid; a membrane distillation water treatment unit configured to receive raw water stored in the raw water storage tank to generate pure water, the membrane distillation water treatment unit having an inlet water chamber into which an inlet water flows from the raw water storage tank, a membrane for separating the inlet water in the inlet water chamber into a steam and a concentrated water, and a treated water chamber for receiving the steam separated by the membrane and concentrating the steam; and a membrane wetting detection unit to detect a membrane wetting phenomenon and a membrane wetting location of the membrane by measuring a light passing through the membrane in real time. |
| US10357744B2 |
Exhaust gas purification device
An exhaust gas purification device of the present invention is provided with: a substrate of wall flow structure having an inlet cell, an outlet cell and a porous partition wall; an upstream catalyst layer, provided inside the partition wall and disposed in an upstream portion of the substrate including an exhaust gas inflow end section; and a downstream catalyst layer, provided inside the partition wall and disposed in a downstream portion of the substrate including an exhaust gas outflow end section. The upstream catalyst layer and the downstream catalyst layer each contain a carrier and at least one noble metal from among Pt, Pd and Rh, supported on the carrier. The noble metal in the upstream catalyst layer and the noble metal in the downstream catalyst layer are different from each other. |
| US10357739B2 |
Systems and methods for water extraction control
A controller may control a system for extracting liquid water from air comprising a thermal unit, a primary desiccant wheel, and a regeneration fluid path. The controller may comprise a plurality of sensors, a plurality of motors, and a microcontroller coupled to the plurality of sensors and the plurality of motors. The microcontroller may be configured to determine a water extraction efficiency based on at least one signal received from at least one of the plurality of sensors and maximize the water extraction efficiency by adjusting a speed of at least one of the plurality of motors in response to the determined water extraction efficiency. The water extraction efficiency may be a value obtained by multiplying a regeneration fluid flow rate within the regeneration fluid path by an absolute humidity of air on a side of the primary desiccant wheel opposite a side in communication with the thermal unit. |
| US10357733B2 |
Filter retentate removal system and method
A system and method for removing retentate from filters is disclosed, which utilizes pressurized and/or vacuum fluid through localized application. The disclosure describes a cleaning system and sequence of steps for carrying out the cleaning process, whereby, a fluid is directed to flow through a localized region of the filter media, thereby dislodging and removing accumulated retentate from the filter. In addition, the localized application of fluid flow allows for localized monitoring of the cleanliness of the filter with a high degree of spatial resolution. This filter retentate removal system and method is broadly applicable to a wide range of systems and processes ranging to engines and exhaust systems to production plants and equipment. |
| US10357729B2 |
High efficiency and high capacity glass-free fuel filtration media and fuel filters and methods employing the same
High efficiency and high capacity glass-free filtration media include a blend of synthetic non-fibrillated staple fibers and fibrillated cellulosic staple fibers, wherein the fibrillated cellulosic fibers are present in the media in an amount to achieve a multipass dust holding capacity of 10 mg/in2 and greater, and a multipass filtration efficiency at 1.5 microns of greater than 50%. The filtration media is made by forming a wet laid sheet from a fibrous slurry blend of the synthetic non-fibrillated staple fibers and fibrillated cellulosic staple fibers, followed by drying the sheet to obtain the filtration media. Optionally, the filtration media may be provided with a resin binder and may be grooved and/or pleated. |
| US10357728B2 |
Filter having a filter bypass valve, and filter insert therefor
A filter having a filter housing, an inlet for liquid to be filtered and an outlet for filtered liquid. An exchangeable filter insert separates an unfiltered side and a filtered side of the filter. A filter bypass valve has a valve seat and a valve body guided so as to be movable relative to the valve seat and preloaded in the closing direction. The valve seat is fixed to the filter. The valve body is guided in the filter so as to be fixed to the filter. A spring that preloads the valve body in the closing direction is guided in the filter so as to be fixed to the filter. The filter insert has a spring support that, in the state in which the insert is placed into the filter housing, supports and pre-stresses the spring at its end facing away from the valve body. |
| US10357717B2 |
Game system and game program
To improve the user friendliness of switching a map display between the real world and a virtual world while also improving the entertainment value of the game and avoiding the danger arising from using a smartphone while walking. There are provided: a game progress processing unit that progresses a game; a real map storage unit that stores real map information about the real world; a virtual map information generation unit that generates virtual map information including coordination information for an object in virtual geographical information corresponding to geographical information in the real map information; a position information acquisition unit that acquires a user's current position in the real world; a real display data generation unit that generates real display data indicating the user's current position in the user's real map information; a virtual display data generation unit that generates virtual display data in which a character is represented in the virtual map information corresponding to the user's current position on the basis of the user's current position acquired by the position information acquisition unit; and a display control unit that displays the real display data and the virtual display data. |
| US10357716B2 |
Speed-dependent suggested driving lines
In a video game or simulator, suggested speed indicators are computed along a suggested driving line on a path (e.g., a race track) and displayed in a simple, progressive, and user-friendly format. The displayed speed indicators are based on a racer's current speed and target speeds attributed to individual locations along the suggested driving line on the path. The speed indicators provide a dynamic indication of where and how the player should slow down or speed up relative to their current speed as their racer travels along the path. The speed indicators are displayed (e.g., using color to represent different magnitudes of suggested acceleration and deceleration) along the suggested driving line in front of the racer so that the player can anticipate braking and acceleration actions as the path and the racer's speed change. |
| US10357712B2 |
Computer game controller
The subject of the invention is a computer game controller, comprising a base (1) placed on a fixed substrate, with a chassis (2) placed thereupon, of ergonomic shape adapted for resting the user's hand, with a number of function buttons (3) on the top surface, the function buttons (3) enabling programming their functions, the base (1) being connected with the chassis (2) by means of a sliding lever mechanism (4), situated substantially axially along the longitudinal axis of the base (1), providing tilting the chassis (2) relative to the base (1) in two opposite directions, and a sliding movement of the chassis (2) forward and rearward in relation to the base (1), and at least one front switch (5) and a corresponding front resistive element (6), at least one rear switch (5) and a corresponding rear resistive element (6), at least one left-side switch (5) and a corresponding left-side resistive element (6), and at least one right-side switch (5) and a corresponding right-side resistive element (6) so that during the sliding forward movement, the front resistive element (6) presses the front switch (5), during the sliding backward movement, the rear resistive element (6) presses the rear switch (5), on the left tilt, the left-side resistive element (6) presses the left-side switch (5), and during the right tilt, the right-side resistive element (6) presses the right-side switch (5). |
| US10357706B2 |
Four-card poker with variable wager over a network
An online casino game utilizes at least one deck of playing cards. Each player places an initial wager. A first and a second number of cards are dealt to a dealer and to each player, respectively. The first and the second numbers are greater than the number of cards to be used in determining a poker rank hand for the dealer and for each player, respectively. The dealer and each player discard at least one card to form a dealer hand and a player hand, respectively, having an equal number of cards. Each player hand is resolved against the dealer hand according to predetermined game rules. The initial wager must be at least matched with a game wager (play wager), which may be a multiple of the initial wager (e.g., 1× to 5×, at the option of the player), for the player to remain in the game after receiving his cards. |
| US10357704B2 |
Dumbbell with revolving counterweight to provide upright orientation for a logo and weight-number
A dumbbell with revolving counterweight to keep upright a logo and weight-number includes a first side weight, a second side weight, a handle bar, a first spindle weighted assembly, and a second spindle weighted assembly. The first side weight and the second side weight are terminally connected to the handle bar as each side weight comprises a body, an outer surface, and a circular cavity. The circular cavity concentrically traverses into the body from the outer surface so that a rotatable body and a cover plate of the first and second spindle weighted assembly can be concentrically and rotatably mounted to the circular cavity by a shoulder bolt of the first and second spindle weighted assembly. A counter weight of the rotatable body maintains the upright orientation for the cover plate to outwardly display a logo section and a weight-number section that respectively displays the logo and the weight-number. |
| US10357703B2 |
Information-presentation structure having rapid impact-sensitive color change achieved with separate impact-sensing and color-change components
A variable-color region (106) of an information-presentation structure extends to an exposed surface (102) at a surface zone (112), normally appears along it as a principal color, and includes impact-sensitive and color-change components (182 and (184). A segment (192) of the impact-sensitive component responds to an object (104) impacting the zone at an object-contact area (116) by providing an impact effect if the impact meets threshold impact criteria. A segment (194) of the color-change component responds to the effect by causing an impact-dependent portion (138) of the variable-color region to temporarily appear along a print area (118) of the zone as changed color materially different from the principal color. The print area closely matches the object-contact area. The object subsequently leaves the object-contact area. The impact-dependent portion first appears as the changed color no more than 0.2 s after the object leaves the object-contact area. |
| US10357700B2 |
Golf club heads with optimized characteristics and related methods
Embodiments of golf club heads with optimized characteristics presented herein. Other examples and related methods are also disclosed herein. |
| US10357693B2 |
Golf clubs and golf club heads
Golf club heads include a golf club head body, a ball striking face, and a shaft engaging member configured to engage a golf club shaft with the golf club head body. Additionally, the shaft engaging member may be configured to engage the golf club head body and the shaft below a center of gravity of the golf club head, and/or the shaft engaging member may have rotational locking structure that can be locked in a plurality of positions. Further, the golf club head may include a face member and a rear member, where the rear member is configured to transfer energy and/or momentum to the face member, particularly on off-center hits. |
| US10357692B1 |
Lacrosse head with asymmetrical cross-struts
A frame of a lacrosse head includes a ball stop, a scoop, a left sidewall, and a right sidewall. Each of the left and right sidewalls includes a top rail, a bottom rail, a first cross-strut extending between the top and bottom rails thereof, and a second cross-strut extending between the top and bottom rails thereof. The second cross-struts are disposed closer to the ball stop than the first cross-struts. The second cross-strut of the left sidewall is longer than the first cross-strut of the left sidewall and extends from the top rail to the bottom rail in the direction of the scoop to the ball stop. The second cross-strut of the right sidewall is longer than the first cross-strut of the right sidewall and extends from the bottom rail to the top rail in the direction of the scoop to the ball stop. |
| US10357690B2 |
Golf ball
An object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball showing improved controllability on approach shots for less than 40 yards, in particular, on approach shots around the green (about 10 yards to 20 yards) and improved controllability on approach shots from the rough, and showing excellent shot feeling. The present invention provides a golf ball comprising a golf ball body and a paint film covering the golf ball body, wherein a loss tangent tan δ has a peak temperature of 50° C. or less and a peak height of less than 0.8, obtained by measuring dynamic viscoelasticity of the paint film under the following conditions: |
| US10357683B2 |
Hand exercise device for gamers
Conditioning devices for gainers and eSports athletes are presented. The devices includes a wrist rest device, a massage sleeve, a hand exercise bracelet, a knuckle bracelet and a tri-finger exercise device. The wrist rest device is configured to provide appropriate warmth to the forearms while gaming, using a keyboard, or any data input device. The massage sleeve is configured to be wrapped around a person's forearm. It includes multiple elevated geometric shapes that are be built into the fabric of the material to provide appropriate pressure along the musculature of the wrist and forearm. The hand exercise bracelet, the knuckle bracelet and the tri-finger exercise device are configured for increasing the flexion, extension, abduction, adduction and intrinsic muscle strength of fingers, wrists, and forearms especially for individuals who do extensive amounts of keyboarding as well as texting, typing, gaming, and data entry. |
| US10357682B2 |
Flexor and extensor exercise device
An exercise device that exercises both flexor and extensor muscles is provided. The exercise device includes a base having a front end, a rear end, a first side and a second side. Protruding from the rear end of the base is an anchor bar. The anchor bar may be substantially perpendicular to the base. An overhead handle bar may be pivotally connected to the top of the anchor bar by a pivot point. A stationary fulcrum may be secured to opposing sides of the base. A rotating rod is secured to the stationary fulcrum and rotates about a horizontal axis running through the rotating rod and the fulcrum. A slant board is supported by and pivots about the rotating rod. |
| US10357680B2 |
Arm curl exercise apparatus
Apparatus (10) for performing an arm curl exercise comprising: a frame (12), a seat (16), an elbow pad (19) an input arm assembly (24) interconnected to a resistance mechanism (42) and a manually graspable mechanism (30h), the seat (16) being arranged relative to the input arm assembly (24) to position the user in a user start position (USP) that enables the user to manually engage the manually graspable mechanism (30h) with a posterior surface (PSE) of the user's elbow user's elbow (13e) engaged with the engaging surface (ES) of the elbow pad (19), the input arm assembly comprising a first arm (30r) and a second arm (30f) pivotable around a first linear axis (AA). |
| US10357679B1 |
Wall-mountable exercise apparatus
The wall-mountable exercise apparatus is an exercise machine that is particularly well suited for physical therapy and resistance training. It occupies no floor space when not in use, is easily set up, is adjustable for pulling at a wide variety of heights and angles, and supports replaceable resistance bands of various tensions. |
| US10357678B2 |
Magnetic exercise anchor
The Magnetic Exercise Anchor is an exercise device providing an attachment point to anchor resistance bands to a metallic structure, wherein the exercise apparatus includes a series of magnets working as an anchor to serve as an attachment point, which may temporarily affix the device and resistance bands to a metal surface. |
| US10357672B2 |
Apparatus, system and method to prevent fogging of eyewear
An apparatus, system and method to prevent fogging of glasses worn by a wearer has a mask made from a filtration material. The mask has a left side and a right side. A strap extends from the mask to hold the mask in position on the wearer. A vent is positioned on both the left side and the right side of the mask, in one version. An adhesive foam layer extends across the mask and the strap to attach the mask to the glasses. Arms may extend from the glasses toward ears of the wearer. The adhesive foam layer attaches the mask to the arms of the glasses. A flap extends from the foam layer. Pulling the flap removes the adhesive foam layer from the glasses. |
| US10357670B2 |
Speed reducer arrangement for a line retraction device
A speed reducer arrangement (200) for a line retraction device (100), including at least one lug (4) fixed on a surface of a rotatable hub (2) and configured to rotate along with the hub (2); at least one brake shoe (5) having at least one groove (8) extending therethrough and configured to at least partially receive the at least one lug (4), such that, as the hub (2) rotates, the at least one brake shoe (5) is configured to slidably move along the at least one groove (8) from an inactivated position, wherein the at least one brake shoe (5) is located nearest the center of the hub (2) to an activated position, wherein the at least one brake shoe (5) contacts at least one contact surface of the line retraction device (100) to thereby slow the rotation of the hub (2); and at least one biasing member (6) configured to urge the at at least one brake shoe (5) towards the inactivated position. |
| US10357657B2 |
Systems, devices, and methods for electrical stimulation using feedback to adjust stimulation parameters
An electrical stimulation system includes a control module that provides electrical stimulation signals to an electrical stimulation lead coupled to the control module for stimulation of patient tissue. The system also includes a sensor to be disposed on or within the body of the patient and to measure a biosignal; and a processor to communicate with the sensor to receive the biosignal and to generate an adjustment to one or more of the stimulation parameters based on the biosignal. The adjustment can be configured and arranged to steer the electrical stimulation signals to stimulate a region of the patient tissue that is different, at least in part, from a region of the patient tissue stimulated prior to the adjustment. Alternatively or additionally, the biosignal is indicative of a particular patient activity and the adjustment is a pre-determined adjustment selected for the particular patient activity. |
| US10357655B2 |
Frequency-dependent focusing systems and methods for use in a cochlear implant system
An exemplary system includes a processing facility and a control facility. The processing facility is configured to 1) divide an audio signal presented to a cochlear implant patient into a plurality of analysis channels each containing a frequency domain signal, and 2) maintain data representative of a crossover frequency. The control facility is configured to 1) direct a cochlear implant to apply electrical stimulation representative of each frequency domain signal included in a plurality of low frequency analysis channels located below the crossover frequency in accordance with a low frequency stimulation strategy that includes a degree of focusing, and 2) direct the cochlear implant to apply electrical stimulation representative of each frequency domain signal included in a plurality of high frequency analysis channels located above the crossover frequency in accordance with a high frequency stimulation strategy that includes a lesser degree of focusing than the low frequency stimulation strategy. |
| US10357649B2 |
Neural interface system
The neural interface system of the preferred embodiments includes an electrode array having a plurality of electrode sites and a carrier that supports the electrode array. The electrode array is coupled to the carrier such that the electrode sites are arranged both circumferentially around the carrier and axially along the carrier. A group of the electrode sites may be simultaneously activated to create an activation pattern. The system of the preferred embodiment is preferably designed for deep brain stimulation, and, more specifically, for deep brain stimulation with fine electrode site positioning, selectivity, tunability, and precise activation patterning. The system of the preferred embodiments, however, may be alternatively used in any suitable environment (such as the spinal cord, peripheral nerve, muscle, or any other suitable anatomical location) and for any suitable reason. |
| US10357647B2 |
Tunneling tool
A method and device for implanting a medical lead. The device includes an elongate shaft defining a major longitudinal axis and including a proximal end and a distal end. A necked portion coupled to and extending from the distal end is included, the necked portion defines a first thickness and a substantially planar surface, the necked portion being at least resiliently movable in a direction normal to the major longitudinal axis. A tip disposed at the distal end of the necked portion is included, the tip defining a second thickness greater than the first thickness. |
| US10357643B2 |
System for enhanced sealing of coupled medical fluid lines and method
A system for enhanced sealing of coupled medical fluid or vascular access lines includes a male fitting, a female fitting, and an annular collar seal which is affixable to the male fitting. After the annular collar seal is affixed to the male fitting, the female fitting is placed through the collar and connected to the male fitting. |
| US10357638B2 |
Reinforced balloon catheter
A balloon catheter is described, having a reinforced, co-axial, duel lumen design. At least one of the lumens is formed of a multilayer, tubular element in which one of the layers functions, in part, to provide radial reinforcement to the tubular element. |
| US10357635B2 |
Catheter insertion device
A catheter insertion device that allows for single-handed insertion of the catheter within the vasculature of the patient is disclosed. The catheter insertion device includes a handle, a needle cannula partially within the handle, a guidewire partially within the handle and the needle cannula, and a first actuator connected to the handle and the guidewire. The first actuator is movable in a proximal direction relative to the handle to cause the guidewire to move in a distal direction away from the handle, and is movable in a distal direction relative to the handle to cause the guidewire to move in a proximal direction towards the handle. The catheter insertion device can also include a needle support that stabilizes the needle cannula during insertion of the needle cannula into a patient. |
| US10357633B2 |
Steerable catheter with brake assembly
A catheter includes a handle and an elongate member extending from the handle. The catheter may also include steering system coupled to the handle. The steering system may be configured to deflect at least a portion of the elongate member in at least one direction. The catheter may also include a locking mechanism configured to lock the portion of the elongate member in a deflected configuration, and a lever coupled to the handle. The lever may be configured to move from a first position to a second position to engage the locking mechanism. The lever may also be configured to be separably retained at least at one of the first position or the second position to prevent movement therebetween. |
| US10357627B2 |
Patient interfaces with condensation reducing or compensating arrangements
Mask assemblies, breathing circuits and related components include configurations for reducing condensation within the mask and/or inhibiting or preventing condensation from coming into contact with a user of the mask. The mask assemblies can incorporate heating elements (such as heating coils), insulating spaces or barrier layers. |
| US10357624B2 |
Ventilator apparatus and method for operating a ventilator in said ventilator apparatus
The invention comprises a ventilation apparatus and method for operating a ventilator of a ventilator apparatus, wherein in the method at least one duration ratio factor is set in a computing system of the ventilator apparatus; at least one minute volume, at least one functional dead space volume and at least one time constant are determined; a respiration frequency is computed, based on a previously defined lung model, depending on said determined parameters, where said computed respiration frequency is optimized on at least one minimum of a delivered parameter, which is induced to a patient using said ventilator; an inspiratory time and an expiratory time are determined based on said computed respiration frequency and said duration ratio factor; at least one tidal volume based on said previously computed respiration frequency and said determined minute volume is computed; and a delivered respiratory parameter of the ventilator is closed loop controlled. |
| US10357622B2 |
Dry powder inhaler
The present invention relates to a dry powder inhaler for administering a medicament via oral inhalation route to a subject. Particularly, the dry powder inhaler according to present invention is suitable for delivering accurate doses of a medicament in different ranges of inspiratory capacity of the subject. |
| US10357618B2 |
Injection-needle cover
A injection-needle cover includes an injection needle enclosure portion, which has paired base-side wall portions, a cylinder portion, paired tip-end-side wall portions, an injection needle contact portion, a hook portion, and a needle tip end fixing portion. The injection needle contact portion is disposed at a position in a base-side axial space, which is a boundary between the base-side axial space and an intra-cylinder space. The injection needle contact portion has a force receiving portion and a connecting portion. The force receiving portion receives a force from the injection needle when the force receiving portion comes in contact with the injection needle. The force receiving portion has an easy sliding portion, which is disposed in an area adjacent to an injection needle, and slides more easily along the injection needle than a case where an edge slides along the injection needle. |
| US10357615B2 |
Syringe extrusion accessory
Described herein are syringe extrusion accessories comprising: a handle operatively coupled to an attachment portion configured to attach to a syringe; and at least one pawl operatively coupled to the handle and configured to engage with a plunger of the syringe, wherein the syringe extrusion accessory is configured to transfer a substantially perpendicular force applied to the handle to an axial force to push the plunger and extrude a product from the syringe. |
| US10357611B2 |
Closure piece for a powder syringe, and powder syringe
A closure piece for a powder syringe is proposed, having a main body, a sealing element, which is disposed on the main body such that it rests in a sealing manner against a distal opening of a powder syringe, when the closure piece is disposed in the closing position thereof on the powder syringe, and a channel, which passes through the main body and the sealing element and has a proximal and a distal end. The closure piece is characterized by a retaining element, which is configured and/or can be disposed such that, prior to an activation of the powder syringe, any powder from a chamber of the powder syringe is at least substantially, preferably completely, prevented from penetrating the channel, when the closure piece is disposed in the closing position thereof on the powder syringe. |
| US10357602B2 |
Automated intravenous fluid container delivery device and system
An IV product transport device is configured to transport an IV product from one location to another in automated fashion. The transport device may comprise a chassis with one or more ports for IV products. A drive mechanism is configured to move the transport device. In one embodiment, the transport device includes a controller. Information may be provided to the controller about an IV product, such as its intended destination or use. The controller may also exchange information with a delivery device, such as an infusion pump, to verify that the IV product is delivered to the proper destination. The transport device may include a delivery mechanism for off-loading an IV product. The transport device may deliver IV products of various configurations, including one in which the product comprises a flexible bag and a container housing for supporting and protecting the fluid bag. |
| US10357599B2 |
System for identifying a dialyzer apparatus or a component thereof, and sensor device which can be used for this purpose
A system for acquiring or measuring information relating to a state of dialysance, identifying a dialyzer apparatus, or identifying a membrane filter device during the operation of the dialyzer apparatus in a dialysis treatment of a patient. The dialyzer apparatus includes a housing having an internal volume portion and a membrane filter device arranged within the internal volume portion. The housing allows transmission of radiation. A sensor device connected to the housing of the dialyzer apparatus includes a signal receiving device designed to receive a radiation signal from the housing, the signal characteristic of the state or the identification of the dialyzer apparatus or of the membrane filter unit of the dialyzer apparatus. |
| US10357598B2 |
Guidable intravascular blood pump and related methods
An improved intravascular blood pump and related methods involving the broad inventive concept of equipping the intravascular blood pump with guiding features such that the intravascular blood pump can be selectively positioned at a predetermined location within the circulatory system of a patient. |
| US10357597B2 |
Platelet-activated bioadhesive stent coating as an anti-migration mechanism
A stent having an inner surface and an outer surface, the stent comprising a coating composition comprising a platelet-activated adhesive on at least a portion of the outer surface thereof. |
| US10357593B2 |
Malleable demineralized bone composition and method of manufacture
A malleable demineralized bone composition consists of cortical bone made from a first portion and a second portion. The first portion of cortical bone is made from cut pieces freeze dried then ground into particles and demineralized then freeze-dried. The second portion of cortical bone is shaved into shavings. The shavings are long thin strips subjected to freeze-drying. The freeze-dried shavings are ground and demineralized and then freeze-dried. A volume of the second portion is placed in a solution of sterile water to create a mixture, the water volume being twice the second portion, the mixture is autoclaved under heat and pressure to form a gelatin, and the first portion is mixed with the gelatin to form a malleable putty or paste. |
| US10357584B2 |
Cubicle unit, transportation vehicle, and illumination control method
A cubicle unit includes a first illumination apparatus, a second illumination apparatus, a sensor, and a controller. When a brightness sensed by the sensor is a predetermined brightness or less, the controller causes the second illumination apparatus to emit light having a first color temperature lower than a color temperature of light emitted by the first illumination apparatus. When the brightness sensed by the sensor is greater than the predetermined brightness, the controller causes the second illumination apparatus to emit light having a second color temperature lower than the first color temperature. |
| US10357583B2 |
Decontamination method and apparatus
Provided is an apparatus for disinfecting objects of various shapes and sizes. The apparatus includes a housing enclosing a disinfecting chamber, and an ultraviolet light source arranged to emit ultraviolet light into the disinfecting chamber to deactivate at least a portion of a biologically-active contagion present on the object. A peripheral wall of the housing that extends about a portion of the disinfecting chamber comprises an ultraviolet-reflective material so that the ultraviolet light impinging on the peripheral wall is reflected generally away from the peripheral wall and toward an interior of the disinfecting chamber. A door is adjustable between open and closed orientations. A floor at the bottom of the disinfecting chamber includes an ultraviolet-reflective surface that reflects the ultraviolet light impinging on the floor generally away from the floor toward the interior of the disinfecting chamber. |
| US10357579B2 |
Device port cleaner
The present invention includes a device cleaner, and method of use, for cleaning a device port, particularly a medical device port, that may be inserted into the device port cleaner for cleaning and/or disinfecting. |
| US10357578B2 |
Production of 43SC radionuclide and radiopharmaceuticals thereof for use in positron emission tomography
The radionuclide 43Sc is produced at commercially significant yields and at specific activities and radionuclidic purities which are suitable for use in radiodiagnostic agents including imaging agents. In a method, a solid target having an isotopically enriched target layer prepared on an inert substrate is positioned in a specially configured target holder and irradiated with a charged-particle beam of protons or deuterons. The beam is generated using an accelerator such as a biomedical cyclotron at energies ranging from 3 to about 22 MeV. The method includes the use of three different nuclear reactions: a) irradiation of enriched 43Ca targets with protons to generate the radionuclide 43Scin the nuclear reaction 43Ca (p,n)43Sc, b) irradiation of enriched 42Ca targets with deuterons to generate the radionuclide 43Sc in the nuclear reaction 42Ca(d,n)43Sc, and c) irradiation of enriched 46Ti targets with protons to generate the radionuclide 43Sc in the nuclear reaction 46Ti (p,a)43Sc. |
| US10357577B2 |
Bacterial nitroreductase enzymes and methods relating thereto
The invention relates generally to bacterial nitroreductase enzymes and methods of use thereof: more particularly, although not exclusively, the enzymes have use in non-invasive imaging techniques, monitoring of therapeutic cell populations and gene-directed enzyme prodrug therapy. The invention also relates to the use of bacterial nitroreductase enzymes in radioimaging and/or ablation of biological agents and to compositions of use in such methods. |
| US10357576B2 |
18F-labelled folate/antifolate analogues
The present invention is directed towards new 18F-folate/antifolate analog radiopharmaceuticals, wherein the phenyl group within folate structures has been replaced by an 18F-heterocycle, their precursors, a method of their preparation, as well as their use in diagnosis of a cell or population of cells expressing a folate-receptor and monitoring of cancer and inflammatory and autoimmune diseases and therapy thereof. |
| US10357567B1 |
Methods for photodynamic therapy
A method of enhancing penetration of a topical composition of 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) into tissue for photodynamic therapy includes topically applying ALA to a treatment area to be treated with photodynamic therapy. The method further includes, after the ALA is applied to the treatment area, covering the treatment area with a low density polyethylene barrier. The treatment area is covered with the low density polyethylene barrier prior to light treatment to minimize transepidermal water loss from the treatment area. |
| US10357566B2 |
HER3 inhibitor for modulating radiosensitivity
The present invention relates to the use of an inhibitor of HER-3 for the treatment of a hyperproliferative disease in combination with radiation treatment. |
| US10357564B2 |
Virus-PCION complex having enhanced antitumor effect by using electromagnetic field
The present disclosure relates to a composition for transduction of a virus in a cell by using a crosslinked product of PEGylated magnetic nanoparticles and catechol grafted poly-L-lysine by application of an external magnetic field. When the composition is used, a virus may be delivered into cells more rapidly and efficiently than in intracellular uptake of a virus by CAR-mediated endocytosis. |
| US10357562B2 |
Immunoprotective primary mesenchymal stem cells and methods
Immunoprotective primary mesenchymal stems cells (IP-MSC) which episomally express multiple immunoreactive polypeptides that specifically target a pathogen (e.g., an infectious species of virus, bacterium, or parasite) or toxin are described herein. The IP-MSC express two or more (e.g., 2 to about 100) immunoreactive polypeptides (e.g., full antibodies, single-chain antibodies (ScFV), Fab or F(ab)2 antibody fragments, diabodies, tribodies, and the like), and optionally one or more other immunomodulating polypeptides, e.g., a cytokine such as an interleukin (e.g., IL-2, IL-4, IL-6, IL-7, IL-9, and IL-12), an interferon (e.g., IFNα, IFNβ, or IFNω), and the like, which can enhance the effectiveness of the immunoreactive polypeptides. |
| US10357561B2 |
BTNL9 proteins, nucleic acids, and antibodies and uses thereof
The invention provides novel BTNL9 proteins, including multimers, fragments, and variants of a human BTNL9 protein. In addition, antibodies that can bind to BTNL9 proteins and nucleic acids encoding BTNL9 proteins are provided. Uses for BTNL9 proteins, and agonists or antagonists thereof, are described. |
| US10357557B2 |
Isolated polypeptide of the toxin A and toxin B proteins of C. difficile and uses thereof
This present invention provides C-TAB.G5 and C-TAB.G5.1 isolated polypeptides comprising the receptor binding domains of C. difficile toxin A and toxin B as set forth in the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NO: 2 and SEQ ID NO: 4. The C-TAB.G5 and C-TAB.G5.1 isolated polypeptides may be used to neutralize toxic effects of C. difficile toxin A and/or toxin B. |
| US10357556B2 |
Methods and compositions for T cell generation and uses thereof
Among the various aspects of the present disclosure is the provision of a method of treating an inflammatory bowel disease. Another aspect provides the provision of a screening method for therapeutic agents. Another aspect provides a method of detecting Treg cells to determine if a subject has an inflammatory disease. The present disclosure provides for methods of treatment, diagnosis, and screening for drugs for colitis and ileitis. |
| US10357555B2 |
Mycobacterial antigen vaccine
The present invention relates generally to immunogenic combinations comprising at least five antigens of a Mycobacterium species as well as fusion thereof and nucleic acid molecules encoding such combined antigens and fusion. The present invention also relates to nucleic acid molecules, vectors, host cells and compositions comprising or encoding said combinations of mycobacterial antigens and fusion polypeptides as well as to methods for recombinantly producing them. The present invention also relates to methods of using said combinations of mycobacterial antigens, fusion polypeptides, vectors, host cells, compositions particularly for inducing or stimulating an immune response against a Mycobacterium infection or any disease caused by or associated with a Mycobacterium infection. The present invention also concerns antibodies directed to such mycobacterial antigens and fusion polypeptides that can be used in the diagnosis of a Mycobacterium infection and method of detection as well as kits of reagent comprising said combinations of mycobacterial antigens, fusion polypeptides, vectors, host cells, compositions or antibodies. |
| US10357554B2 |
AMA-1 epitopes, antibodies, compositions, and methods of making and using the same
Disclosed are AMA-1 immunogenic peptides and epitopes, nucleotide sequences encoding the peptides and epitopes, compositions, and vaccines including the peptides and/or epitopes. Antibodies that specifically bind to AMA-1 and the AMA-1 epitopes and immunogenic peptides disclosed herein are also provided. The disclosure provides for expression vectors, host cells, and methods for making the polypeptides and antibodies. Also provided are methods of treatment, prevention, vaccination, and/or immunization of a subject against malaria and the clinical indications associated with malaria. |
| US10357545B2 |
Methods of using interleukin-10 for treating solid tumors
Methods of treating subjects having a disease or disorder responsive to IL-10, including methods of administration and dosing regimens associated therewith, are provided. |
| US10357542B2 |
Progranulin (PGRN) and its derivatives for diagnosis and treatment of lysosomal storage diseases
The present invention provides composition and methods for diagnosis and treatment of lysosomal storage diseases and their diagnosis and treatment, including Gaucher's Disease and Tay-Sachs disease, and particularly which utilize progranulin (PGRN), or active PGRN peptides, including atsttrin. The invention also provides animal models of lysosomal storage diseases, including Gaucher's Disease and Tay-Sachs disease, based on or including PGRN mutations including PGRN null mutants and PGRN gene knock outs. |
| US10357540B2 |
Immunotherapy against several tumors including gastrointestinal and gastric cancer
A method of treating a patient who has gastric cancer, gastrointestinal cancer, colorectal cancer, pancreatic cancer, lung cancer, and/or renal cancer includes administering to said patient a composition containing a population of activated T cells that selectively recognize cells in the patient that aberrantly express a peptide. A pharmaceutical composition contains activated T cells that selectively recognize cells in a patient that aberrantly express a peptide, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, in which the T cells bind to the peptide in a complex with an MHC class I molecule, and the composition is for treating the patient who has gastric cancer, gastrointestinal cancer, colorectal cancer, pancreatic cancer, lung cancer, and/or renal cancer. A method of treating a patient who has cancer includes administering to said patient a composition comprising a peptide in the form of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, thereby inducing a T-cell response to the cancer. |
| US10357532B2 |
Method and composition for a protein transduction technology and its applications
A protein transduction method for efficiently delivery of exogenous proteins into mammalian cells is invented, which has the capability of targeting different cellular compartments and protection from degradation of the delivered proteins from cellular proteases. A composition for treat proteins has cation reagents, lipids and enhancers in a carrier. The method can be used in a number of ways including: production of large quantities of properly folded, post-translationally modified proteins using mammalian cell machinery, a in-cell fluorescence spectroscopy and imaging using small molecule fluorophores and a in-cell NMR spectroscopy using living mammalian cells. The method permits cell biology at atomic resolution that is physiologically and pathological relevant and permits protein therapy to treat human diseases. The method can also be used to deliver exogenous protein inside mammalian cells, wherein the exogenous proteins follow a similar secretion pathway as that of the endogenous protein. |
| US10357524B2 |
Method for treating hepatitis B
A method for treating hepatitis B comprises administering a herbal extract to a subject in need thereof to suppress survival of hepatitis B virus. The herbal extract is manufactured by extracting a herbal composition by a 70-95% aqueous ethanol solution at 40-50° C. The herbal composition comprises 40 wt % of a fruit body sample of Antrodia cinnamomea, 40 wt % of a sample of Polygonatum sibiricum and 20 wt % of a sample of Glycyrrhiza uralensis. |
| US10357523B2 |
Animal feed comprising grain and agaricus blazei extract and use of the feed material
The invention relates to the use of feed material comprising grain and Agaricus Blazei, comprising the Agaricus species in an amount between 10 to 50% by weight on dry matter, and the feed material having a moisture content of less than 10% (relative to dry matter), for administration to chicken for improvement of egg laying, preferably for improving shell quality and/or for extending the egg laying period. The invention further relates to a process for making the feed material, and feed for laying hens comprising the feed material. |
| US10357521B2 |
Methods for restoring microbiota of newborns
The invention relates to methods and compositions for restoring normal microbiota in pre-term newborns or newborns delivered by Cesarean section and methods for preventing or ameliorating diseases associated with delivery by Cesarean section or pre-term birth comprising administering to said newborns at the time of birth or shortly thereafter an effective amount of a vaginal microbiota inoculum obtained from the newborn's mother or a donor or an effective amount of a probiotic composition. |
| US10357519B2 |
Conditioned medium of liver progenitor cells
The invention is in the field of regenerative medicine. It has been found that the conditioned medium of non-oval pluripotent liver progenitor cells exerts a tissue regenerating effect. A preparation of the cell free conditioned medium is therefore useful in the treatment of injury and organ failure, preferably liver and/or injury or failure. |
| US10357517B1 |
Methods of treating epilepsy using neural stem cells that express nanog, SSEA-4, OCT-4, MIR-34B, MIR-34C and MIR-592
Provided herein is a method of diagnosing or prognosing an epilepsy or epilepsy-related disorder. Also provided herein is a method of treating an epilepsy or epilepsy-related disorder. Further provided are non-epileptic and epileptic neural stem cells and cell cultures. |
| US10357513B2 |
Dosing regimen for treatment of cognitive and motor impairments with blood plasma and blood plasma products
Methods and compositions for treating and/or preventing aging-related conditions are described. The compositions used in the methods include blood plasma and blood plasma fractions derived from blood plasma with efficacy in treating and/or preventing aging-related conditions such as cognitive disorders. The methods relate to a regimen of pulsed dosing of blood plasma or blood plasma fractions. |
| US10357512B2 |
Method for preparing universal plasma
The present invention relates to an universal plasma, originating from a mixture of plasmas originating from donor individuals of blood groups A, B, AB and/or O and compatible with all the blood groups and the preparation process thereof. |
| US10357508B2 |
APP specific BACE inhibitors (ASBIs) and uses thereof
In certain embodiments APP-specific BACE inhibitors (ASBIs) are provided as well as uses thereof. In certain embodiments methods of preventing or delaying the onset of a pre-Alzheimer's condition and/or cognitive dysfunction, and/or ameliorating one or more symptoms of a pre-Alzheimer's condition and/or cognitive dysfunction, or preventing or delaying the progression of a pre-Alzheimer's condition or cognitive dysfunction to Alzheimer's disease are provided where the method involves administering to a subject in need thereof an APP specific BACE inhibitor (ASBI) in an amount sufficient to prevent or delay the onset of a pre-Alzheimer's cognitive dysfunction, and/or to ameliorate one or more symptoms of a pre-Alzheimer's cognitive dysfunction, and/or to prevent or delay the progression of a pre-Alzheimer's cognitive dysfunction to Alzheimer's disease. In certain embodiments the ASBI is a flavonoid (e.g. galangin) or flavonoid prodrug (e.g., galangin prodrug). |
| US10357505B2 |
Prodrugs of 2,4-pyrimidinediamine compounds and their uses
The present disclosure provides prodrugs of biologically active 2,4-pyrimidinediamine compounds, salts and hydrates of the prodrugs, compositions comprising the prodrugs, intermediates and methods for synthesizing the prodrugs and methods of using the prodrugs in a variety of applications. |
| US10357504B2 |
Thromboxane receptor antagonists
The invention relates to novel chemical entities that act as thromboxane (TX) A2 receptor, or T prostanoid receptor (TP), antagonists and to their use in the treatment of human diseases in which thromboxane (TX) A and of all other agents that act as incidental ligands of TP, including the endoperoxide prostaglandin (PG)G2/PGH2, 20-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid (20-HETE) and the free-radical derived isoprostanes (e.g., 8-iso-prostaglandin (PG)F2α), play a role. Compounds of the invention preferably include a benzenesulfonyl urea in which the benzene is substituted by a substituted biphenylyloxy group (e.g., at the 2 position) and by a nitrile group (e.g., at the 5 position), which compounds show promising results as TP-isoform selective TP antagonists. |
| US10357503B2 |
Formulation for the prevention of cardiovascular disease
This invention relates to a method for the prevention of cardiovascular disease, a formulation for the prevention of cardiovascular disease, the use of specified active principals for the manufacture of such a formulation for use in the method and to a method of preparing said formulation. The formulation of the present invention is a combination of active principals for use in the prevention of cardiovascular disease, notably ischaemic heart disease (including heart attacks) and stroke among the general adult population. |
| US10357497B2 |
Pro-drugs of riluzole and their method of use for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Pharmaceutical compositions of the invention include substituted riluzole pro drugs useful for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and related disorders through the release of riluzole, especially to avoid patient to patient variability in first pass, hepatic metabolism promoted by Cyp 1A2. Pro-drugs of riluzole have enhanced stability to hepatic metabolism and are delivered into systemic circulation by oral administration, and then cleaved to release riluzole in the plasma via either an enzymatic or general biophysical release process. The invention further includes pro-drugs of riluzole useful for the treatment of disease states that can be treated with riluzole through the release of riluzole from a pro-drug agent. |
| US10357496B2 |
Methods, formulations, and kits for rapidly repleting folate levels in women
Disclosed are methods for rapidly repleting folate levels of a woman for whom there is reason to believe that she may be pregnant or of a woman who believes that she may soon become pregnant. One of the methods includes administering to the woman two or more repletion doses of folate, wherein each of the repletion doses comprises no less than about 2.5 micromole of folate, wherein the repletion doses are administered no more than about one day apart, and wherein the total number of repletion doses administered to the woman is 72 or fewer. |
| US10357494B2 |
Combination therapy comprising varlitinib and an anticancer agent
In one aspect the present disclosure provides a method of sensitizing a cancer patient to chemotherapy by administering a combination therapy comprising; a) a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of formula (I) an enantiomer thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable salts of any one of the same, and b) a chemotherapeutic agent or a combination of chemotherapeutic agents. |
| US10357489B2 |
Antiproliferative compounds and methods of use thereof
Provided herein is 4-(4-(4-(((2-(2,6-dioxopiperidin-3-yl)-1-oxoisoindolin-4-yl)oxy)methyl)benzyl)piperazin-1-yl)-3-fluorobenzonitrile, or an enantiomer, a mixture of enantiomers, a tautomer, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and methods for treating, preventing or managing multiple myeloma using such compounds. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, and methods of use of the compositions. |
| US10357488B2 |
Predicting response to alvocidib by mitochondrial profiling
The present disclosure provides diagnostic methods useful for predicting a patient's response to alvocidib and guiding a physician decision to administer alvocidib to the patient. |
| US10357486B2 |
Treatment of cognitive impairment with PDE4 inhibitor
This invention relates to the treatment of varying degrees of cognitive impairment associated with, for example, aging, Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia with low dose administration of a PDE4 inhibitor, specifically roflumilast. |
| US10357479B2 |
Angiotensin II receptor antagonist for the prevention or treatment of systemic diseases in cats
A method is described for the treatment of systemic diseases in cats. A composition is administered to a cat, where the composition includes a therapeutically effective amount of angiotensin II receptor 1 (AT-1) antagonist (sartan). |
| US10357477B2 |
Anticancer compounds
The invention provides compounds having the general formula I: and salts thereof, wherein the variables RA, RB, RC, L1, L2, L3, A, B, C, X, Y, Z, E, m, n, and p have the meaning as described herein, and compositions containing such compounds and methods for using such compounds and compositions. |
| US10357474B2 |
Preparation and use of a composition for prevention and mitigation of the effects of radiation
Plant extracts, compositions, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of making and using the same are provided herein. The compositions comprise γ-tocotrienol (GT3) and δ-tocotrienol (DT3) in ratios wherein the DT3 is predominate. The compositions are useful for radioprotection and radiomitigation in subjects in need thereof. |
| US10357472B2 |
Homogenous antibody drug conjugates via enzymatic methods
The present application in one aspect provide Fc-containing polypeptide conjugates comprising an Fc-containing polypeptide conjugated to a conjugate moiety, wherein the Fc-containing polypeptide comprises an N-glycosylated Fc region comprising an acceptor glutamine residue flanked by an N-glycosylation site and wherein the conjugate moiety is conjugated to the Fc-containing polypeptide via the acceptor glutamine residue. Also provided are methods of making such Fc-containing polypeptide conjugates by using a wildtype or engineered transglutaminases. Further provided are engineered transglutaminases specifically designed for carrying out such reactions. |
| US10357467B2 |
All-natural enteric soft capsules
Described herein are soft capsules and enteric soft capsules comprising cationic Type A gelatin and acid insoluble enteric polymers. In particular, the compositions and methods for manufacturing all-natural enteric soft capsules comprising Type A gelatin and matrix fills are described. In one embodiment, the enteric soft capsules comprise active ingredients such as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). In another embodiment, the enteric soft capsule comprises matrix fills of omega-3 fatty acids. |
| US10357466B2 |
Compositions and methods for combination pharmacological treatments to induce a prolonged, mild decrease in core body temperature
The present invention is directed to combination pharmacological treatments that induce a prolonged, modest decrease in core body temperature, to the range of ˜95° F. to ˜98.5° F. (˜35° C. to ˜36.7° C.) to mitigate and delay the early onset and progression of fatal disease processes associated with premature aging, such as those characteristic of progeria (Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome, HGPS), Wiedemann-Rautenstrauch syndrome (neonatal progeroid syndrome), Werner syndrome, and other rare disorders characterized by premature aging, and to prolong the shortened lifespan of children afflicted with these diseases. Short-term chronic administration of the pharmaceutical treatments to a person suffering from mild concussion may also have value in ameliorating neurological damage/symptoms associated with mild concussion. Chronic administration of the pharmacological treatments may also have value in normal human populations or in high-risk human populations. Similar benefits may be realized in other mammals such as canines, felines and other non-human species. |
| US10357463B2 |
Rivastigmine transdermal compositions and methods of using the same
Rivastigmine transdermal compositions are provided. Aspects of the transdermal compositions include an active agent layer which includes rivastigmine and a solubility modulator, e.g., crosslinked acrylic acid polymer. Also provided are methods of using the transdermal compositions and kits containing the transdermal compositions. |
| US10357461B2 |
Physically dispersed, molecularly dissolved and/or chemically bound drug(s) in an empty, hard capsule shell composition
A hard shell capsule includes a body and a cap cooperatively defining a hollow core hard shell capsule. Each of the body and the cap has a composition that includes a polymer forming a hard polymer structure of the body and of the cap, at least one of the body and the cap composition including a therapeutically effective amount of a drug(s) loaded throughout the body and/or cap. |
| US10357448B2 |
Echogenic vehicle for clinical delivery of plasminogen activator and other fibrin-binding therapeutics to thrombi
We disclose a composition comprising an echogenic liposome (ELIP) having an exterior surface, an interior surface, and at least one bilayer comprising at least one lipid selected from the group consisting of saturated phospholipids, unsaturated phospholipids, mixed phospholipids, and cholesterol, and a thrombolytic compound trapped by the ELIP. We also disclose a method of treating a medical condition in a patient characterized by a thrombus in the patient's vasculature, comprising administering to the patient the composition in an amount effective to reduce the size of the thrombus. |
| US10357447B2 |
Cosmetic compositions comprising sclareolide
Suggested is a cosmetic composition comprising an anti-pollution agent selected from the group consisting of sclareolide, ginger root CO2 extract, E/Z-2-benzylindene-5,6-dimethoxy-3,3-dimethylindan-1-one, purple coneflower pressed juice or mixtures thereof, in a working amount sufficient for (a) reducing or preventing air pollution induced gene expression, and/or (b) reducing or preventing a gene expression induced or inducible by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and/or (c) reducing or preventing air pollution-induced or air pollution-inducible skin damage. |
| US10357441B2 |
Personal care articles
A compliant personal care article, can include: a personal care composition, including i) a surfactant; and ii) from about 3% to about 40%, by weight of the composition, of a water insoluble hygroscopic fiber, fine, or filament; and a first contact substrate adjacent to the composition, wherein the contact substrate is a multiplanar film, includes a surface aberration, and has a surface aberration area of about 45% to about 98%. |
| US10357439B2 |
Cosmetic kit for protecting the skin against UV rays
The present invention relates to a method for protecting the skin against UV rays, using two cosmetic compositions for protecting against UV rays, the sun protection indices of which are different from each other, this method consisting in applying to the skin, before or during exposure to sunlight, a first composition having a certain sun protection index, and then in applying, during exposure to sunlight, onto the residual deposit of the first composition, the second cosmetic composition having a sun protection index lower than that of the first composition. This method advantageously makes it possible to not reapply the first composition, but to use a second product that is much more pleasant to use, while at the same time obtaining the level of protection afforded by the deposit of the initial first composition. The invention also relates to a sun protection kit comprising a first composition for protecting against UV rays having a sun protection index of greater than or equal to 30, and at least a second cosmetic composition for protecting against UV rays, having a sun protection index of less than or equal to 20, the two compositions being packaged separately. |
| US10357437B2 |
Composition for nanoemulsion emulsification, bicontinuous microemulsion, cosmetic, and method for producing same
A nanoemulsion emulsification composition including the following components (A) to (D), in which the mass ratios of the components satisfy the following condition, [(A)+(B)]:(C):(D)=1:4 to 8:0.4 to 0.8; component (A) is a copolymer including a constitutional unit (a1) represented by Formula (1) and a constitutional unit (a2) represented by Formula (2), the molar ratio of the constitutional units (a1):(a2) being 5:95 to 60:40, and the weight average molecular weight being 5,000 to 5,000,000; R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and R3 represents a hydrocarbon group having 12 to 24 carbons; component (B) is a nonionic surfactant having an HLB value of 10 to 14, component (C) is a polyhydric alcohol, and component (D) is water. |
| US10357434B2 |
Dental root canal filling material having improved thermal conductive characteristics
A root canal filling material incorporates heat conductive particles of sub-micron size dispersed in a heat flowable matrix of endodontic filling material. The particle size is 1 micron or less (e.g., 0.5 to 1 micron, or nanoparticles of 100 nm or less). The addition of high heat conductive particles in the heat flowable matrix material improves the overall heat conductivity of the root canal filling material. During root canal treatment procedure, the filling material softens more thoroughly to fill the root canal apex and to form a seal of higher integrity at the root canal apex area, at a significantly lower operating temperature. The inventive filling material may be provided in bulk (e.g., pellet form) for use with an injection tool that heats and injects softened filling material into root canal cavities, or pre-shaped in the form of dental root canal filling cones (or points). |
| US10357433B1 |
Security band for securing and detecting access to a container
A security band for securing a container containing medication, comprising a hub and a strap, the security band is adapted to secure the container by attaching to the container in a securing position where the hub contacts the lid and the strap wraps around the bottom of the container, preventing access to medication contained within the container unless the security band is released or disturbed. The security band further comprises at least one sensor, which may be pressure switch, a first stretch sensor, or a second stretch sensor, and further comprises a control module. The pressure switch and the first and second stretch sensors detect the occurrence of an access event when the security band is released from the container or disturbed from the securing position. The control module wireless transmits an access alert signal to a user client upon the occurrence of the access event. |
| US10357432B2 |
Device for coating particulate material
A particulate material coating device, comprising a vertical central column, a supply conduit for supplying the device with particulate material to be coated and a discharge conduit for discharging coated particulate material, a conveying ramp connected to the central column and a plurality of sprayers for spraying a coating agent. The supply means is arranged at the top of the device and the discharge conduit is arranged at the base of the device. The conveying ramp comprises a plurality of ramp sections arranged one above the other so as to define, between two successive sections, a drop zone for the particulate material to fall between each of the successive sections. The device aims to ensure that the particulate material is transported without areas of accumulation as well as a homogeneous coating. |
| US10357431B2 |
Process for the preparation of a pharmaceutical composition comprising a low soluble pharmaceutically active ingredient
A pharmaceutical composition having a pharmaceutically active ingredient (API) that is poorly soluble in water, the pharmaceutical composition obtained by a process, which generates a dosage form containing the pharmaceutical composition. Use of the generated dosage form for the treatment of hypercholesterolemia. |
| US10357427B1 |
Air massage device for pedicure spa and method
An air pump for dispensing air massage therapy to a basin is provided. It may be used and with a disposal liner. The air pump includes a motor, an air generator, a mounting housing member, a gasket or seal, and an air nozzle. The air pump assembly includes the air pump and the air dispenser. The air pump preferably also includes a printed circuit board (PCB), a PCB cover, an LED light, an infrared light, and a contactless fluid sensor. The present invention is also directed to a pump apparatus that includes an air pump as described, a power source, and/or a control apparatus. |
| US10357426B2 |
Personal massage device and storage for same
A massage device having a body with two end sections attached to a center section. The center section of the body has a motor and a heating unit, and each end section has an eccentric weight that are connected to the motor such that vibrations generated by the motor are transferred to each eccentric weight. The massage device also has a control mechanism configured to adjust the vibration of the massage device, and a microcontroller connected to the control mechanism and the motor to control the operation of the motor. A storage unit for storing a message device is capable of sanitizing, heating, and charging the message device. |
| US10357418B1 |
Stretch/exercise towel system
A central section formed of plural plies has upper and lower edges, first and second side edges, and a centerline parallel with and equally spaced from the upper and lower edges. Left and right straps are formed of plural plies. Each strap has parallel interior and exterior edges and parallel upper and lower edges. Strap stitching extends through the plural plies of each strap perpendicular to the upper and lower edges. Coupling stitching joins the each strap to the central section at a location equally spaced between the upper and lower edges of the central section. |
| US10357416B2 |
Surgical patient positioner apparatus, system and method
A modular surgical patient positioner unit apparatus, system and method for adjustably positioning human joints such as knees for surgical operating procedures having a base plate to support moveably a transformable carriage that can be releasably locked in position and which adjustably supports a boot or other limb holder which can be releasably locked in position by the carriage. The base plate also is configured with a side bar located at a mid-portion of the base plate to secure to an arc clamp configured to secure the positioning system to a side rail of an operating table in a medical procedure on the left or right side of the body. An extension unit also is provided and configured to secure to a lower surface of the base plate to extend the base plate of the system, as needed, for larger limbs of patients, which extension unit is configured with a stud and post locking portions for securing to the base plate and for positioning in a medical procedure on either side of the body. |
| US10357415B2 |
Surgical operation table
A surgical operation table is provided, which is capable of crosswise turning a table without changing a position of a patient as much as possible. In a surgical operation table S including a table 15 for laying a patient thereon, motion mechanism sections 35, 20, 25, 70, 60, 65 and 80 that slide, crosswise turn, lengthwise turn, and elevate the table 15, and a base 2 that supports the table 15 via the motion mechanism sections 35, 20, 25, 70, 60, 65 and 80, position holding device is included, which crosswise turns or lengthwise turns the table 15 without changing the position of a head part of the patient laid on the table 15. |
| US10357413B2 |
Operating table and method for controlling an operating table
An operating table and a method for an operating table are disclosed. The operating table has an adjustable component, a drive device that adjusts the adjustable component, and a first sensor that detects a position of the adjustable component. The operating table also has a second sensor that detects the position of the adjustable component and a controller that controls the drive device. The controller operates in a first operating mode and a second operating mode. In the first operating mode of the controller, the first sensor is activated and the drive device is energized. In the second operating mode of the controller, the second sensor is activated and the drive device is de-energized The controller changes from the second operating mode to the first operating mode when the second sensor detects a change of the position of the adjustable component. |
| US10357412B2 |
Stretcher
A stretcher has a rectangle-shaped subject placement portion on which a subject is placed and a carrying device carrying the subject placement portion, comprising: a switching part switched to any one of at least two states; and a switching device switching a state of the switching part in accordance with a supplied gas pressure. The at least two states include a state in which the switching part prevents movement of the subject placement portion and a state in which the switching part allows the movement. |
| US10357408B2 |
Disposable diaper with lengthwise adhesive region that cross widthwise adhesive regions and method of its production
A disposable diaper includes a crotch section sheet member that is long in one direction, a belly side sheet member, and a back side sheet member. The crotch section sheet member includes first adhesive sections having first adhesive-coated regions coated continuously in the lengthwise direction of the crotch section sheet member, and the belly side sheet member and the back side sheet member include second adhesive sections having second adhesive-coated regions coated continuously in the widthwise direction of the crotch section sheet member, at sections where the crotch section sheet member is to contact with the belly side sheet member and the back side sheet member. The crotch section sheet member is bonded to the belly side sheet member and the back side sheet member with the first adhesive-coated regions and the second adhesive-coated regions crossing each other. |
| US10357403B2 |
Wireless earplug with improved sensitivity and form factor
An improved wireless communications earplug for use with a magnetic field transmitter. The wireless earplug has a receiver made of a coil of wire on a magnetic bobbin, mounted in close proximity or in contact with a magnetic case of a speaker. The magnetic case of the speaker serves to increase the magnetic flux through the receiver and improves the efficiency of the earplug. The speaker is acoustically coupled to an eartip, and the earplug may be molded into a custom earplug body. |
| US10357386B2 |
Stent with a crush-resistant zone
An endoluminal prosthesis system for a branched body lumen comprises a branch vessel prosthesis. The branch vessel prosthesis is deployable within a branch vessel body lumen and comprises a stent having a generally tubular body portion, a flareable proximal end portion, and a coupling portion disposed intermediate the body portion and the flareable portion. The coupling portion is more crush-resistant than the body portion. The flareable proximal end may be disposed within a fenestrated stent graft wit with coupling portion disposed in the fenestration of the fenestrated stent graft. |
| US10357385B2 |
Low bleed implantable prosthesis with a taper
A vascular graft having a sealing layer and a tapered length portion. The sealing layer provides the vascular graft with low bleed characteristics subsequent to a needle puncture such as with a dialysis needle or a suture needle. The sealing layer in the tapered length portion has varying wall thickness along the tapered length portion. |
| US10357382B2 |
Adaptive compression prosthetic socket system and method
An incompressible fluid is used to adjust fit for a prosthetic device, the use of a closed loop control system and force, motion, and position measurement to aid with algorithms controlling the fit of the prosthetic device to a residual limb. Embodiments include automatic actuation, based on triggering of threshold values from sensors, a powered full release feature, use of hydraulic transducers to transfer fluid pressure to force on a limb, and customizable pressure distribution pads and embedded valves in transducers to prevent backflow and allow stabilization of the residual limb. A retrofit system may be used for existing prosthetic sockets. A triggering algorithm utilizes measured force exceeding a threshold or thresholds with a characteristic pulse signature and a triggering of release based on a combination of total motion and measured force below a threshold or thresholds. |
| US10357378B2 |
Devices and methods for trochanteric osteotomy
Templating software can determine and visually depict the location and size of cuts in a trochanteric osteotomy, including an extended trochanteric osteotomy. The software can also calculate the size and area of fixation for a newly implanted prosthesis, based upon which the new prosthesis that will be implanted in a particular patient can be selected. Additionally, an adjustable cut guide can stabilize and guide the cuts during the procedure. |
| US10357375B2 |
Method of spinal treatment
A problem with total disc implant surgery appears to be the positioning of the implant which if not correct may lead to pain and eventually new surgery. The present invention relates to an improved disc implant for total disc replacement, that includes two inter-vertebral elements which are flexibly connected via a coupling mechanism. Following surgery, the relative movability of the two inter-vertebral elements is decreased overtime, as bone ingrowth occurring around the implant and specifically through osseointegrative sections gradually decrease the movability of the elements relative to each other. Following, the relative movability of the implant elements is replaced by fixation of the elements. The fixation has flowingly occurred in a position affected by the movement of the patient, and is thereby more acceptable to the patient. |
| US10357367B2 |
Patient-specific mandible graft cage
A method for treating a mandible including forming an initial digital 3D model of a mesh graft containment device based on dimensions of a target space of a mandible to be filled via the graft containment device, the 3D model of the graft containment device defined via a buccal surface, a lingual surface, a superior surface and an inferior surface, individually adjusting one of the buccal surface and the lingual surface relative to a first midplane, which extends through a longitudinal axis of the graft containment device between the buccal and lingual surfaces, to add or remove bulk along a desired portion of the 3D model of the graft containment device to form an adjusted 3D model, and forming a final graft containment device for placement in the target space of the mandible based on the adjusted 3D model. |
| US10357359B2 |
Methods and apparatus for endovascularly replacing a patient's heart valve
The present invention provides methods and apparatus for endovascularly replacing a patient's heart valve. The apparatus includes a replacement valve and an anchor having an expandable braid. In some embodiments, the expandable braid is fabricated from a single strand of wire. In some embodiments, the expandable braid comprises at least one turn feature. The anchor and the valve preferably are configured for endovascular delivery and deployment. |
| US10357349B2 |
Filler for removing wrinkles
The present invention relates to a filler for removing wrinkles, which comprises: a thin and long tubular main body to be placed so as to penetrate through subcutaneous tissue; and through-holes for guiding tissue cells surrounding the main body into the main body, so as to form fibrous tissue, wherein the through-holes are formed so as to communicate with a hollow portion formed in said main body in the lengthwise direction from the outer surface of said main body. The filler for removing wrinkles according to the present invention is prevented from being deformed or moved by pressure on the skin or by an external force arising after being inserted into the subcutaneous tissue, and can be applied to various body parts having wrinkles, including deep wrinkles. Furthermore, the wrinkle-removing effects of the filler of the present invention may last (semi)permanently. |
| US10357348B2 |
Fluid manifold
A fluid manifold that consistently and reliably delivers fluids to one or more subject interfaces is provided. A branched pattern of bifurcated lumina carrying the fluid from a source to the outlets in each subject interface provides substantially equal amounts of fluid to each subject interface, thereby reducing the risk of over- or under-delivery of the fluid. A fluid-scavenging system is also included. A plurality of exhaust inlets in the interior of the subject interfaces is connected to a source of negative pressure through a channel and exhaust port to collect fluid before it can escape the subject interface, thereby reducing the risk of escaping fluid reaching the atmosphere. |
| US10357346B2 |
Actuator with enhanced magnetic spring function for personal care appliance
An actuator (52) for a personal care appliance (50) comprises a housing (54), a spindle (64), a tangential actuator portion (70), and an axial actuator portion (72). The tangential actuator portion (70) includes first and second magnet and pole assemblies (76,78) that define a tangential spring function of the tangential actuator portion. The axial actuator portion (72) includes third and fourth magnet and pole assemblies (90,92) that define an axial spring function of the axial actuator portion. At least one of (i) the first and second magnet and pole assemblies (76,78) of the tangential actuator portion (70) and (ii) third and fourth magnet and pole assemblies (90,92) of the axial actuator portion are configured to enhance a corresponding spring function of the axial actuator portion or tangential actuator portion, respectively. |
| US10357343B2 |
Lithium disilicate glass-ceramic, method for production thereof and use thereof
The invention relates to glass-ceramics based on the lithium disilicate system which can be mechanically machined easily in an intermediate step of crystallisation and, after complete crystallisation, represent a very strong, highly-translucent and chemically-stable glass-ceramic. Likewise, the invention relates to a method for the production of these glass-ceramics. The glass-ceramics according to the invention are used as dental material. |
| US10357341B2 |
Bony bracket screw
The bony bracket screw has a cross-slot head or a Phillips head and a shank extending from the head, the shank having a smooth upper portion, a threaded lower portion, and a self-tapping or self-drilling tip. The screw has an annual flange defining a stop disposed between the smooth upper shank and the threaded lower shank. The stop may have a larger diameter than the head. The screw has a bracket arm extending from the smooth upper shank at an oblique angle. The free end of the bracket arm has a round retainer, which may be circular or cylindrical and defines a smooth bore adapted for supporting a distractor or other dental appliance. The screw may be made from stainless steel or other noncorrosive, biocompatible material. |
| US10357339B2 |
Safety subantral membrane lift capable of directly adjusting a subantral membrane to safely lift the subantral membrane in a desired direction by a desired distance, and operating method using same
Disclosed is a safety subantral membrane lifter including a bone-fixing unit including a bone-fixing arm mounted on the top of the bone-fixing unit, a bone-fixing unit body arranged at the lower end of the bone-fixing unit, and a bone-fixing unit support arranged at the lower end of the bone-fixing unit body. The bone-fixing unit includes a bone-fixing unit body; a bone-fixing arm arranged at one end of the bone-fixing unit body and which is inclined toward one end thereof, two side blades protruding outwardly from both sides of the bone-fixing unit body and formed in the vertical direction so as to be sharp, and a bone-fixing support arranged at the lower end of the bone-fixing unit. |
| US10357338B2 |
Condensing skeletal implant that facilitate insertions
A dental implant that facilitates insertion includes a body having a coronal end and an apical end opposite the coronal end. An implant-prosthetic interface region is provided adjacent the coronal end. A tapered region is adjacent the apical end. A variable profile helical thread extends along the tapered region. The thread becomes broader in the apical-coronal direction and higher in the coronal-apical direction. The threads include an apical side, a coronal side and a lateral edge connecting them. The variable profile thread includes an expanding length of the lateral edge while the distance of the lateral edge from the base is reduced in the direction of the coronal end. The implant also has a gradual compressing tapered core, a self drilling apical end with a spiral tap, and a coronal end with and inverse tapering. |
| US10357337B2 |
Orthodontic system with variably-sized archwire slot
An orthodontic system having brackets with variably sized slots. |
| US10357333B2 |
Endodontic file system for cleaning and shaping a root canal
An endodontic file system is provided for simultaneously cleaning and shaping multiple root canals, the system includes a drill head having a distal portion and a proximal portion; at least two adjustable couplers on the distal portion of the drill head, each adjustable coupler configured to secure an endodontic file for cleaning a root canal; and a rotary system configured to rotate each adjustable coupler, where at least one endodontic file has an adjustable working distance from the drill head to a root canal of a tooth. In an example, each adjustable coupler can be configured to have a torque control configured to allow for controlling the rotation of the adjustable coupler based on an amount of torque. |
| US10357331B1 |
Non-abrasive cleaning products
The subject invention relates to cleaning products that are highly effective in cleaning articles that are susceptible to scratching, scuffing and/or abrasion. More specifically, the present invention relates to cleaning products that are made with a non-abrasive fabric that is comprised of a multitude of non-woven polyester fibers which are bound together with an ethylene-vinyl chloride copolymer binder into the form of a sheet. These cleaning products are highly effective at removing foreign matter from a substrate surface without scratching or scuffing the surface of the substrate. These cleaning products can be used to clean inanimate articles and in cleaning open lesions on humans and animals. |
| US10357330B2 |
Medical support arm device and medical system
There is provided a medical support arm device including a brake provided in at least one joint of a plurality of joints that define a deployment configuration of a multi-joint arm, and configured to release a rotation shaft of the at least one joint when electricity is supplied to the multi-joint arm and lock the rotation shaft when electricity is not supplied to the multi-joint arm. When electricity is not supplied the brake is configured to exert a brake force that supports a weight of the multi-joint arm to maintain the deployment configuration of the multi-joint arm, but also permits rotation of the rotation shaft by an external manually applied force equal to or larger than a predetermined value. |
| US10357325B2 |
Detection of surgical instruments on surgical tray
The subject matter described herein generally relates to determining whether any surgical instruments are missing on a surgical tray, and, if any instrument is missing, identifying the missing instrument(s). In one aspect, a server can receive, from a camera device, a matrix code and a bitmap of an image of a tray having a first plurality of instruments. The server can detect the tray based on the matrix code. The server can receive, from a database, a list of a second plurality of instruments configured to be stored in the detected tray. The server can detect the first plurality of instruments stored in the tray by using the bitmap. The server can compare the preset list of the second plurality of instruments with the detected first plurality of instruments to generate an output characterizing whether any instruments is missing from the tray and an identification of the missing instrument(s). |
| US10357323B2 |
System and method for minimizing twist for optical shape sensing enabled instruments
A shape sensing system includes a guide tube (304) and an optical shape sensing device (104) including one or more optical fibers and being proximally fixed at a fixation point and being disposed within the guide tube. An interventional instrument (102) is rigidly attached to a handle (212) to prevent rotation of the instrument relative to the handle. The instrument has a lumen configured to receive the guide tube therein such that the optical shape sensing device is unconstrained throughout the instrument and the handle, and the guide tube is free to slip relative to at least rotation of the instrument and the handle without transferring torsional friction to optical shape sensing device. |
| US10357320B2 |
Surgical system for microsurgical techniques
This system is composed by mechanical telemanipulators, with master-slave configurations, working together with suitable solutions for image acquisition and display, which are able to transmit, with optional magnification, images from the surgical area to the surgeon. Therefore, the surgeon's capacities and comfort are increased by enhancing the surgeon's motor and visual skills as well as the ergonomics while doing different surgical tasks through access incisions on the patient body. Aside from offering improved performance during procedures involving microsurgical techniques, this system also brings safety, intuitiveness, and cost-effectiveness advantages over current alternatives. Due to the compatibility with current visualization systems for microsurgery, together with the light weight and the compact configuration of the mechanical telemanipulator, this surgical system can be very easily brought to and removed from the surgical area, which enables its intermittent use on several surgical procedures requiring microsurgical techniques. Therefore, it does not require drastic changes in the workflow and setup of current operating rooms and can be more easily adopted by several surgical teams. |
| US10357315B2 |
Preoperative planning and associated intraoperative registration for a surgical system
Aspects of the disclosure may involve a method of generating resection plane data for use in planning an arthroplasty procedure on a patient bone. The method may include: obtaining patient data associated with at least a portion of the patient bone, the patient data captured using a medical imaging machine; generating a three-dimensional patient bone model from the patient data, the patient bone model including a polygonal surface mesh; identifying a location of a posterior point on the polygonal surface mesh; creating a three-dimensional shape centered at or near the location; identifying a most posterior vertex of all vertices of the polygonal surface mesh that may be enclosed by the three-dimensional shape; using the most posterior vertex as a factor for determining a posterior resection depth; and generating resection data using the posterior resection depth, the resection data configured to be utilized by a navigation system during the arthroplasty procedure. |
| US10357312B2 |
Energy delivery systems and uses thereof
The present invention relates to comprehensive systems, devices and methods for delivering energy to tissue for a wide variety of applications, including medical procedures (e.g., tissue ablation, resection, cautery, vascular thrombosis, treatment of cardiac arrhythmias and dysrhythmias, electrosurgery, tissue harvest, etc.). In certain embodiments, systems, devices, and methods are provided for treating a tissue region (e.g., a tumor) through application of energy. |
| US10357308B2 |
High-frequency surgical appliance
A high-frequency surgical appliance has a peak value detection and control unit, having a current or voltage sensor designed to detect the current strength or the voltage of a high-frequency alternating current output to the load. The control unit has a root-mean-square value former or is connected thereto, connected to the sensor and forms a root-mean-square value of a high-frequency alternating current detected by the sensor. The control unit deactivates the high-frequency generator when, in the steady state of the HF high-voltage circuit, a quantity of an instantaneous peak value of a signal representing an instantaneous value of the high-frequency alternating current detected during operation by the sensor exceeds a quantity of a value derived from the root-mean-square value of the high-frequency alternating current detected during operation by the sensor. The sensor continuously detects the instantaneous value of the current or voltage flowing during operation into the HF high-voltage circuit. |
| US10357307B2 |
Electrosurgical tissue treatment method
Methods of treating spinal tissue of a patient's body are disclosed, some including providing a system including an energy source and first and second probe assemblies, wherein each of the probe assemblies includes an electrically conductive energy delivery device electrically coupled to the energy source; inserting the energy delivery devices of the first and second probe assemblies into spaced-apart treatment sites for the spinal tissue; and delivering energy from the energy source to the spinal tissue through the energy delivery devices. Various options and modifications are possible. For example, energy may be delivered in both a bipolar manner and a monopolar manner, and at least one of the first ad second probe assemblies may be repositioned before again delivering energy. |
| US10357305B2 |
Venous disease treatment
A technique allows for an electrical connection between a thermal abrasion heating catheter and the energy delivery console that utilizes serial communication. Accordingly, the serial communication allows data such as measured temperature, start/stop status, intended treatment area, device identification, device calibration parameters and/or use history to be conveyed along the same wires that deliver power to a heating element. For example, data can be conveyed along a two wire connection and provided at a frequency that is filtered out so that it is not delivered to a heating feature. In this example, one wire provides power to the heating element, one wire provided communication from the energy delivery console, and a third wire provides a common ground which the heating catheter uses to communicate with the energy delivery console. |
| US10357303B2 |
Translatable outer tube for sealing using shielded lap chole dissector
Aspects of the present disclosure are presented for a surgical instrument for cutting and sealing tissue. In some embodiments, the surgical instrument includes a handle assembly, a shaft, and an end effector. The end effector may include: a blade that vibrates at an ultrasonic frequency, a shielded portion enclosing a back edge of the blade, a high-friction surface coupled to the shielded portion and positioned between the shielded portion and the back edge of the blade. A space is defined between the high-friction surface and the back edge of the blade when the end effector is in a cutting configuration. In a sealing configuration, the high-friction surface contacts the back edge of the blade, which generates heat based on ultrasonic vibrations of the blade rubbing against the high-friction surface. The shielded portion can coagulate bleeding tissue based on heat transfer from the high-friction surface to the shielded portion. |
| US10357302B2 |
Renal nerve denervation via the renal pelvis
Apparatus, systems, and methods provide access to the renal pelvis of a kidney to treat renal nerves embedded in tissue surrounding the renal pelvis. Access to the renal pelvis may be via the urinary tract or via minimally invasive incisions through the abdomen and kidney tissue. Treatment is effected by exchanging energy, typically delivering heat or extracting heat through a wall of the renal pelvis, or by delivering active substances. |
| US10357295B1 |
Apparatus and method for connecting opposite ends of a surgical wire wrapped around an internal body structure
Opposite ends o a loop of surgical wire extending around an internal body part are joined by a connector, with the first end being rigidly fastened to the connector and with the second end then being pulled into place within a wire puller having a capstan that is rotated by squeezing a handle, preferably until the second end of the wire breaks, leaving one piece of wire in the wire puller and the other piece of the wire, extending to the loop, fastened within the connector. As the wire is tightened by the wire puller, a locking structure within the connector is deflected by contact with the tip of the wire puller into a shape preventing further movement off the wire within the connector. |
| US10357293B2 |
Bone plate with alternating chamfers
A bone plate has a shaft portion having first and second side surfaces spaced from a centerline of the shaft. A plurality of holes extend from an upwardly facing surface of the shaft to a bone contacting surface. A first hole having a center located closer to the first side of the shaft than the centerline, and a second hole located closer to the second side of the shaft than the centerline. The upwardly facing surface of the shaft having a first tapered area extending from adjacent the first circular hole downwardly towards the second side of the shaft and the upwardly facing surface of the shaft having a second chamfered area extending downwardly from adjacent the second circular hole to the first side of the shaft. The tapered areas having wider and narrower portions with the center of each circular hole located adjacent the wider portion of the tapered area. |
| US10357290B2 |
Apparatus and method for connecting surgical rods
An exemplary apparatus for connecting surgical rods according the principles of the present disclosure includes an elongate first arm, an elongate second arm, and a clamping assembly. The elongate first arm includes a first end that couples with a first rod and a second end with a first engagement portion. The elongate second arm includes a first end that couples with a second rod and a second end terminating in a second engagement portion. The clamping assembly includes a passageway that slidably receives the first engagement portion and that retains the second engagement portion and an adjustment member offset from the passageway that adjusts a clamping force to restrict positioning of the second engagement portion relative to the first engagement portion. |
| US10357288B2 |
Articulating spinal crosslink apparatus
The present invention generally relates to a crosslink for linking a pair of rods in a spinal fusion construct. Specifically, this invention relates to an articulating crosslink that attaches directly to the head of a pedicle screw. |
| US10357280B2 |
Navigating introducer for tissue access system
A surgical access system is disclosed that includes an outer sheath, an introducer, and a navigational stylet. The outer sheath is defined by an open distal end and an open proximal end and includes a hollow body portion therebetween. The obturator is defined by a distal end and a proximal end. The distal end further comprises a tapered distal tip member that terminates in a distal tip. The navigational stylet is configured to be selectively fixed to the obturator and is configured to indicate the location of the obturator within a patient during use. The obturator is configured to be received within the outer sheath such that the tapered distal tip member protrudes from the open distal end of the outer sheath when the obturator is in an introducing configuration. |
| US10357277B2 |
High speed chronic total occlusion crossing devices
An occlusion crossing device includes an outer shaft, an inner shaft, an optical fiber, and a handle attached to the inner shaft and the outer shaft. The inner shaft extends within the outer shaft. The inner shaft includes a drill tip at a distal end thereof. The optical fiber extends within the inner shaft substantially along a central axis of the inner shaft. The distal tip of the optical fiber is attached to the drill tip. The handle is configured to rotate the inner shaft and drill tip at speeds of greater than 500 rpm. |
| US10357275B2 |
Dual-basket self-centering rotational device for treatment of arterial occlusive disease with infinitely adjustable cutting size
An system for treating arterial occlusive disease with rotating cutting baskets whose outer diameter can be infinitely adjusted to adjust by the operator for precise excision of plaque buildup in the body vessel. |
| US10357273B2 |
Medical device and coating material
A coating material and a medical device. The medical device having an end effector and a coating to cover the end effector. The coating having one or more of: a plurality of hollow particles; and projections and depressions. |
| US10357268B2 |
Rotable and pivotable medical instrument
A medical instrument has a shaft, which has a distal end and a proximal end, with a jaw head which is arranged at the distal end and is pivotable out from the longitudinal axis of the shaft, wherein the jaw head has two jaw parts, of which at least one is pivotable, furthermore, with a first actuation element for pivoting the jaw head, and with a second actuation element for pivoting the pivotable jaw part, wherein the actuation elements are received in the shaft, and with control elements which are arranged at the proximal end of the shaft and are used for controlling the movement of the actuation elements. The actuation elements are arranged extending coaxially with respect to each other, and that the actuation elements are received in the shaft so as to be rotatable jointly about the shaft axis and to be rotatable relative to the shaft. |
| US10357261B2 |
Single-use orthopedic surgical instrument
An orthopedic surgical instrument includes from about 40 wt % to about 85 wt % of a base thermoplastic and from about 15 wt % to about 60 wt % of a filler material. The base thermoplastic includes polyetherimide, polycarbonate, modified polyphenylene ether, polyamide, copolymers of these thermoplastics, and combinations thereof. In some aspects all materials in the orthopedic surgical instrument are biocompatible. An orthopedic surgical kit includes an orthopedic surgical instrument and a container suitable for sealing the orthopedic surgical instrument therein. The orthopedic surgical instrument in the kit includes from about 50 wt % to about 90 wt % of a base thermoplastic selected from the group consisting of polyetherimide, polycarbonate, modified polyphenylene ether, polyamide, copolymers of these thermoplastics, and combinations thereof, and from about 10 wt % to about 50 wt % of a filler material. |
| US10357259B2 |
Surgical instrument
A cannulated retrograde reamer that is adjustable to create tunnels of multiple different diameters. The cannulated retrograde reamer substantially reduces the risk of tunnel malposition and/or misalignment, and can be adjusted to create a range of tunnel diameters, thereby allowing inventory levels to be reduced for a surgical case. |
| US10357258B2 |
Systems and methods for creating curved paths through bone
System and methods for channeling a path into bone include a trocar having a proximal end, distal end and a central channel disposed along a central axis of the trocar. The trocar includes a distal opening at or near the distal end of the trocar. The system includes a curved cannula sized to be received in the central channel, and having a curved distal end configured to be extended laterally outward from the distal opening in a curved path extending away from the trocar. The curved cannula has a central passageway having a diameter configured allow a probe to be delivered through the central passageway to a location beyond the curved path. |
| US10357255B2 |
Globalized total knee instrumentation
A varus-valgus alignment instrument includes a body having a bone contact surface for contacting a distal femur and an opening extending through the body and bone contact surface. The opening is sized to receive an elongate shaft therein. An alignment member is moveably attached to the body and has first and second openings therethrough. The first and second openings are sized to receive the elongate shaft and are interchangeably positioned in alignment with the opening of the body. |
| US10357254B2 |
Apparatus and method to stop bleeding
A hemostatic device is provided to stop bleeding at a puncture site on the wrist of a patient, the device comprising a transparent flexible band to be wrapped at the site where the bleeding is to be stopped, a curved frame having an inner peripheral side and possessing a first curved portion in its first half and a second curved portion in its second half, a first balloon provided on the inner peripheral side in the first half of the curved frame and a second balloon provided on the inner peripheral side in the second half of the curved frame. The bleeding from a first artery is stopped by compressing the first artery at the puncture site using inflation of the first balloon and the blood flow in the first artery is increased by compression of a second artery using inflation of the second balloon. |
| US10357250B2 |
Locking cam driver and jaw assembly for clip applier
The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for endoscopic application of surgical clips to body tissue. The apparatus includes a handle portion, an elongated tubular member, one or more surgical clips, a jaw assembly and a locking cam driver. The elongated tubular member extends distally from the handle portion and defines a longitudinal axis. The surgical clips are disposed within the tubular member. The locking cam driver includes a bifurcated distal end portion that has a pair of angled camming surfaces to facilitate closure of the jaw assembly. |
| US10357245B2 |
Tissue fixation devices and assemblies for deploying the same
Tissue fasteners carried on a tissue piercing deployment wire fasten tissue layers of a mammalian body together include a first member, a second member, and a connecting member extending between the first and second members. One of the first and second members has an elongated slot permitting fastener deployment while avoiding excessive tissue compression. |
| US10357244B2 |
Suturing device
A suturing device includes a longitudinal axis member, an operation unit, a grasp portion, a suture needle, a first engaging member, a second engaging member, a first linear member connected to the first engaging member and the operation unit and configured to switch the first engaging member and the engaging portion into an engaged state or a disengaged state, and a second linear member connected to the second engaging member and the operation unit and configured to switch the second engaging member and the engaging portion into an engaged state or a disengaged state, wherein the first and the second linear member intersect a central axis of the longitudinal axis member between the grasp portion and a distal end of the longitudinal axis member and are inserted into an insertion path to be connected to the operation unit. |
| US10357242B2 |
Suture delivery device
A suture-based vessel closure device can perform the dilation of an arteriotomy puncture and does not require previous dilation of the arteriotomy puncture by a separate device or by a procedural sheath dilator. The suture-based vessel closure device can place one or more sutures across the vessel access site such that, when the suture ends are tied off after sheath removal, the stitch or stitches provide hemostasis to the access site. |
| US10357239B2 |
Apparatus and method for enlarging an incision
A retraction system and method are provided for retracting tissues surrounding a surgical site. In one aspect, a method including engaging slide connections between a guide dilator and a plurality of tissue engaging members and sequentially enlarging an incision using the guide dilator and the plurality of tissue engaging members. In another aspect, a method of inserting a plurality of tissue engaging members into an incision including fixing tip portions of the plurality of tissue engaging members in an insertion configuration, advancing the tip portions into an incision, and restricting movement of the tip portions away from the insertion configuration. A guide dilator system comprising an elongate body, a plurality of tissue engaging members, and slide connections between the elongate body and the tissue engaging members is also provided. |
| US10357234B2 |
Trocar cannula assembly and method of manufacture
A cannula assembly having a retention member and a method of manufacture of the cannula assembly is provided. The cannula assembly includes a cannula and a sleeve disposed around the cannula from a proximal end to a distal end. The sleeve can be pre-formed by a stretch blow molding process then advanced over the cannula. The sleeve includes an inflatable balloon and an annular ring distal the inflatable balloon. The cannula includes an annular recess. The annular ring is sized to have an interference fit with the annular recess. |
| US10357232B2 |
Systems for sealing a tissue wall puncture
Embodiments of the invention provide systems, apparatus, device and methods for sealing a puncture in a tissue wall. According to one aspect, the system includes at least one supporting element for insertion into or placement on at least a portion of a tissue wall proximate a puncture to prevent expansion of the puncture; and a closing element adapted for at least partial insertion into the tissue wall and shaped to compress at least a portion of a tissue wall in an inward direction to close the tissue puncture when inserted at least partially into the tissue wall. |
| US10357231B1 |
Powered surgical instrument
A surgical instrument including a housing, an endoscopic portion, a shaft portion, and an end effector is disclosed. The endoscopic portion extends distally from the housing and defines a longitudinal axis. The shaft portion is selectively connectable to a distal end of the endoscopic portion. The end effector is selectively connectable to a distal end of the shaft portion. |
| US10357225B2 |
Ultrasonic transducer electrode assembly
The present disclosure provides a method of fabricating an ultrasound transducer. A substrate having a first side and a second side opposite the first side is provided. A bottom electrode is formed over the first side of the substrate. A piezoelectric element is formed over the bottom electrode. The piezoelectric element has a chamfered sidewall. A top electrode is formed over the piezoelectric element. A step metal element is formed over a portion of the top electrode proximate to the chamfered sidewall of the piezoelectric element. |
| US10357224B2 |
Beamforming techniques for ultrasound microcalcification detection
A medical ultrasound acquisition-data analysis device acquires channel data (144) via ultrasound received on the channels, uses the acquired channel data to estimate data coherence and derive dominance of an eigen-value of a channel covariance matrix and, based on the estimate and dominance, distinguishes microcalcifications (142) from background. Microcalcifications may then be made distinguishable visually on screen via highlighting, coloring, annotation, etc. The channel data operable upon by the estimating may have been subject to beamforming delays and may be summed in a beamforming procedure executed in the estimating. In the estimating and deriving, both field point-by-field point, multiple serial transmits (116, 118) may be used for each field point. In one embodiment results of the estimating and deriving are multiplied point-by-point and submitted to thresholding. |
| US10357220B2 |
Data transfer across a rotating boundary
Among other things, a data communication system wirelessly transmits data between a stator and a movable unit (e.g., a rotor) as part of a computed tomography (CT) imaging modality. The data communication system includes a first magnetic portion including a first magnetic material. The first magnetic portion extends along a first axis. The data communication system includes a first conductive portion including an electrically conductive material. The first conductive portion is at least partially surrounded by the first magnetic portion. The first conductive portion extends along a second axis that is substantially parallel to the first axis. The first conductive portion will at least one of generate an electromagnetic field corresponding to data to be transmitted, or have induced therein a current based upon a received electromagnetic field, where the current is a function of the data to be transmitted. |
| US10357218B2 |
Methods and systems for extracting blood vessel
A method for extracting a blood vessel is provided. An image relating to a blood vessel may be acquired. The image may include multiple slices. A region of interest in the image may be determined. A blood vessel model may be obtained. The blood vessel may be extracted from the region of interest based on the blood vessel model. |
| US10357217B2 |
Method for positron emission tomography (PET) imaging analysis for classifying and diagnosing of neurological diseases
A method of using PET imaging includes using PET images obtained using a radiotracer for the determination of the progressive course of regional brain PET activities for a progressive neurodegenerative disease (e.g., MCI, AD, and CTE). The method may be used for the automatic staging of neurodegenerative disease for a particular patient/subject based on regional intensity and spatial patterns of the brain signals measured by PET imaging. The method may also be used to diagnose or classify the disease of a patient among multiple possibilities based on PET imaging profiles (e.g., for separating or distinguishing CTE from AD). |
| US10357214B2 |
Photon counting CT apparatus, light detection device, radiation detection device, and radiation analysis device
According to an embodiment, a photon counting CT apparatus includes a scintillator, a photodiode array, a holder, a divider, and an image generator. The scintillator is configured to convert X-rays into light. The array includes first and second pixels. The first pixel includes a photodiode in a first range receiving the light emitted from the scintillator. The photodiode outputs an electrical signal based on the light. The second pixel includes a photodiode in a second range different from the first range. The holder is circuitry configured to hold a value of an electrical signal output by the second pixel. The divider circuitry is configured to count the number of photons of light incident on the first pixel by dividing an integrated value of electrical signals output by the first pixel by the held value. The image generator is circuitry configured to reconstruct an image based on the counted number. |
| US10357213B2 |
Positioning and retaining system for intra-oral sensors
A positioning and retaining system for intra-oral sensors includes a holder shaped to hold a curved intra-oral sensor, and a curved or flexible intra-oral sensor configured to be coupled to the holder. |
| US10357205B2 |
Electrocardiogram analysis
A device is described for analyzing electrocardiogram data. The device comprises processing means for comparing at least one parameter derived from a temporal sequence of electrocardiogram data a previously recorded distribution of that parameter obtained from the user under a plurality of different physiological conditions. Based on the comparison, a signal representative of a risk of a myocardial infarction occurring in the body of the user is provided. A corresponding method, device and computer application for installing on a user device are also described. |
| US10357203B2 |
Biological information detection device
A biological information detection device or the like which can determine a mounted state or an unmounted state with high accuracy, or can appropriately present information on the basis of a determination result is to be provided.A biological information detection device includes a pulse wave detection unit 10 that outputs a pulse wave sensor signal and a processing unit 100 that processes the pulse wave sensor signal, in which the processing unit 100 performs a detachment detection process of the biological information detection device on the basis of a DC component change value of the pulse wave sensor signal in a predetermined period. |
| US10357201B2 |
Appendage mountable electronic devices conformable to surfaces
Disclosed are appendage mountable electronic systems and related methods for covering and conforming to an appendage surface. A flexible or stretchable substrate has an inner surface for receiving an appendage, including an appendage having a curved surface, and an opposed outer surface that is accessible to external surfaces. A stretchable or flexible electronic device is supported by the substrate inner and/or outer surface, depending on the application of interest. The electronic device in combination with the substrate provides a net bending stiffness to facilitate conformal contact between the inner surface and a surface of the appendage provided within the enclosure. In an aspect, the system is capable of surface flipping without adversely impacting electronic device functionality, such as electronic devices comprising arrays of sensors, actuators, or both sensors and actuators. |
| US10357199B2 |
Sleep and environment monitor and recommendation engine
In some embodiments, the disclosed subject matter involves identifying environmental factors and user context that affect sleep quality. Embodiments use information about the static sleep environment, as well as dynamic environmental factors, such as sound, light, movement, correlated with user context, such as physical and emotional state, as well, as recent behavior to classify sleep data. The correlated and classified sleep data may be used to provide change recommendations, where implementing the recommended change is believed to improve the user's sleep quality. Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
| US10357197B2 |
System and method for monitoring a person via an analog multi-zone pressure sensitive pad
A pressure sensitive pad, generally planar in shape for placement underneath a mattress or cushion, capable of outputting a spectrum of signals depending on the pressure applied on the pad, comprising a plurality of sensitive zones, each zone being connected to a respective controller, configured to measure the pressure on each zone. The pressure sensitive pad comprising two electrically conductive layers; a variable conductive foam layer between the two conductive layers; and a non-conductive layer comprising a plurality of holes, disposed between a first of the two electrically conductive layers and the conductive foam layer. A system operable with the pad calibrates to detect absence and presence of a person for a range of mattress types and mattress weights and person weights; and determines a relative weight and position of the person while the person is on the mattress. |
| US10357190B1 |
Medical device probe and connector
A sensor probe has a connector and the connector's corresponding receptacle on a console have security mechanisms that ensure that the connector and the receptacle are properly connected and mated. The connector and receptacle can have physical security features that block insertion of the connector into the receptacle if they are not aligned in a proper orientation. The console can also include a software security feature that allows optical measurements from the sensor probe only if the connector of the sensor probe and receptacle on the console are connected properly. An adapter can also be used to convert a conventional receptacle mounted on a console into a receptacle with security features. |
| US10357183B2 |
Retained object tag and detection method
A retained object tag, and a method of detecting the presence of a retained object or the retained object tag in a medical image. The method can include different steps such as identifying one or more potential sites in the medical image where the retained object or retained object tag may be present. The method can also include analyzing one or more features of the identified potential site against one or more predetermined properties of the retained object or the retained object tag. And the method can include determining whether the identified potential site is a retained object or a retained object tag based in part or more upon the analyzed feature. |
| US10357181B2 |
Brain activity analyzing apparatus, brain activity analyzing method and biomarker apparatus
Provided is a method of analyzing brain activities for realizing a biomarker for neurological/mental disorder, based on brain function imaging. From measured data of resting-state functional connectivity MRI of a healthy group and a patient group, correlation matrix (80) of degree of brain activities among prescribed brain regions is derived for each subject. Feature extraction is executed by regularized canonical correlation analysis (82) on the correlation matrix (80) and attributes of the subject including a disease/healthy label of the subject. Based on the result of regularized canonical correlation analysis, by discriminant analysis (86) through sparse logistic regression, a discriminator (88) is generated. |
| US10357176B2 |
Device for measuring impedance of biologic tissues including an alternating current (AC) coupled voltage-to-current converter
A device for measuring impedance of biological tissue may include electrodes and a voltage-to-current converter coupled to the electrodes to drive an alternating current (AC) through the tissue and sense an AC voltage. The converter may include an amplifier having first and second inputs and an output, a first voltage divider coupled to the first input, a second voltage divider coupled to the second input, a filter capacitor coupled between the output and the second voltage divider, a current limiting resistor coupled between the second input the second voltage divider, and a bypass capacitor coupled to the second input of the amplifier and in parallel with the resistor. A single-ended amplitude modulation (AM) demodulator may demodulate the AC voltage and generate a corresponding baseband voltage representing the impedance. The device may also include an output circuit to generate output signals representative of DC and AC components of the baseband voltage. |
| US10357174B1 |
Adjustable leadwire device for patient physiological monitoring and methods for making the same
An adjustable leadwire device for connecting at least one surface electrode to a physiological monitor includes a length of insulated wire between a first attachment end and a second attachment end. The first attachment end includes a first connection means configured to conductively connect to the surface electrode and the second attachment end includes a second connection means configured to conductively connect to the physiological monitor. At least a portion of the length of insulated wire is coiled to form a helix. A sheath surrounds the helix and has a first end opening and a second opening. The sheath is configured such that coiled insulated wire is extendable out of at least one of the first end opening or the second end opening by pulling a respective one of the first attachment and the second attachment end in order to adjust a length of the adjustable leadwire device. |
| US10357167B2 |
Method for confidence level determination of ambulatory HR algorithm based on a three-way rhythm classifier
A method of determining a confidence level in a heart rate obtained from an ECG signal of a patent comprises determining a heart rate from a segment of an ECG signal, the segment having a pre-determined length, and determining a first confidence level in the determined heart rate. If the first confidence level exceeds a predetermined value, the heart rate is output. Otherwise, the method further comprises determining a set of features from the segment of the ECG signal; and classifying the segment of the ECG signal, based on one or more features selected from the determined set of features and the heart rate, into one of at least three classes: noise, an abnormal sinus rhythm and a normal sinus rhythm. |
| US10357164B2 |
Method and device for non-invasive blood pressure measurement
A system for measuring blood pressure of a user that comprises an ElectroCardioGram (ECG) circuit with at least two ECG electrodes configured to obtain an electrical activity of a heart of the user by measuring the electrical signals detected at the at least two ECG electrodes as an electrocardiogram waveform, and a pulse oximeter circuit configured to obtain a pulse waveform corresponding to a blood flow on user's vessels. The system further comprises a processor that is in electrical contact with the electrocardiogram circuit and the pulse oximeter circuit. The processor is configured to simultaneously analyze the electrocardiogram waveform and the pulse waveform. The processor is further configured to identify a “Zero Voltage Crossing” point on the electrocardiogram waveform and to determine time delays from this point to respective different determined points of the pulse waveform; and to use the time delays to compute the blood pressure values. |
| US10357163B1 |
Respiratory rate detection using decomposition of ECG
A method and system for determining a respiratory rate of a user using an electrocardiogram (ECG) segment of the user are disclosed. The method comprises decomposing the ECG segment into a plurality of functions and evaluating the plurality of functions to choose one of the plurality of functions based on a respiratory band power. The method includes determining the respiratory rate using the one of the plurality of functions and a domain detection. |
| US10357162B1 |
Imaging system for screening and diagnosis of breast cancer
This invention provides a non-invasive diagnosis system that is not only capable of producing high-resolution, three-dimensional images of abnormalities of tissue growth inside the body but, it can also detect the type of abnormalities and their location using multispectral imaging techniques. It is possible to provide a portable, non-invasive device that is handheld and with which women may use to screen themselves for early detection of breast cancer without the need to visit a physician. As the present invention uses broadband sources and/or multiple coherent sources, secondary factors such as oxygen metabolism or blood volume associated with the cancer tissues could also be detected to provide further verification of the type. This invention would raise the accuracy of diagnosis and reduce the rate of false positives and false negatives. |
| US10357161B1 |
Infrared otoscope for characterization of effusion
An otoscope uses differential reflected response of optical energy at an absorption range and an adjacent wavelength range to determine the presence of water (where the wavelengths are water absorption wavelength and adjacent non-absorption excitation wavelengths). In another example of the invention, the otoscope utilizes OCT in combination with absorption and non-absorption range for bacteria and water. |
| US10357157B2 |
Method and system for microbiome-derived characterization, diagnostics and therapeutics for conditions associated with functional features
A method for at least one of characterizing, diagnosing, and treating a condition associated with microbiome-derived functional features in at least a subject, the method comprising: receiving an aggregate set of biological samples from a population of subjects; generating at least one of a microbiome composition dataset and a microbiome functional diversity dataset for the population of subjects; generating a characterization of the condition based upon features extracted from at least one of the microbiome composition dataset and the microbiome functional diversity dataset; based upon the characterization, generating a therapy model configured to correct the condition; and at an output device associated with the subject, promoting a therapy to the subject based upon the characterization and the therapy model. |
| US10357154B2 |
Systems and methods for providing astigmatism correction
A method of selecting a toric lens by taking into consideration the magnitude and orientation of the posterior cornea and/or the location of the incision axis is described. The magnitude and orientation of the posterior cornea can be calculated as a function of the measured pre-operative orientation of the steep meridian of the anterior cornea. |
| US10357149B2 |
Medical imaging device using thermally conducting lens cradle
Various embodiments comprise endoscopes (e.g., arthroscopes) for viewing inside a cavity of a body. The endoscopes may include at least one solid state emitter such as a light emitting diode (LED) located at the distal end of the endoscope. The endoscope may comprise a thermally conductive cradle attached to the distal end of the endoscope. The thermally conductive cradle may be configured to dissipate heat generated by the solid state emitter away from the distal end of the endoscope. The thermally conductive cradle may also be electrically conductive. Further, the thermally conductive cradle may also function as a support structure for a plurality of lenses. |
| US10357146B2 |
Sterile headlamp with magnetic mounting portion mountable to headgear with lens assembly comprising a ball pivot aiming mechanism and switch arranged within the ball pivot
A headlight device that can be mounted to a surgical face shield, helmet, or other type of headgear with dual-sided peel and stick adhesive or magnets allowing for various mounting locations. |
| US10357141B2 |
Floor cleaning device
A liquid containing system for a floor cleaning device, the liquid containing system comprising an outlet having a plurality of openings (H) to allow a liquid (W) to be extracted by means of capillary force when a mopping substrate, e.g. a cloth (C), is mounted against the plurality of openings (H), after filling the liquid containing system being substantially closed but for the plurality of openings (H). |
| US10357139B2 |
Traveling floor cleaning machine
A traveling floor cleaning machine is provided, including a chassis, a cleaning tool apparatus which is arranged on the chassis with at least one cleaning tool and a holder for the at least one cleaning tool, and a suction apparatus which includes a suction unit and an aspiration apparatus, wherein the suction unit is arranged on the holder. |
| US10357136B2 |
All in the head surface cleaning apparatus
An all in the head surface cleaning apparatus may include a surface cleaning head and a portable cleaning unit comprising an air treatment member and a suction motor that is removably mounted to the surface cleaning head. An upper portion may be moveably mounted to the surface cleaning head between a storage position and a floor cleaning position, the upper portion comprising a drive handle. |
| US10357134B2 |
Towel replacement notification
Embodiments of a towel notification and dispensing device are provided. Some embodiments include a towel compartment that receives a fresh towel, a compartment door that provides access to the towel compartment, and a sensor that detects when the fresh towel has been removed from the towel compartment. Some embodiments include an output device that, in response to a determination that the fresh towel has been removed from the towel compartment provides an indication that the fresh towel needs to be replaced. |
| US10357133B2 |
Buttocks wiping device
The present invention relates to a buttocks wiping device 1 for wiping the buttocks with paper. The buttocks wiping device 1 includes a wiping arm 4 including a pressing unit 4a configured to press the paper against the buttocks, and a wiping arm drive unit 3 configured to cause the wiping arm 4 to move and perform wiping operation. The wiping arm drive unit 4 wipes, without attaching or inserting the paper to the pressing unit 4a, the buttocks with the paper being placed on the pressing unit 4a. Moreover, the buttocks wiping device 1 of the present invention includes a paper supply unit 17 configured to expose the paper. The wiping arm drive unit 4 drives the wiping arm such that the pressing unit 4a pushes up, from below, the paper exposed by a paper loading guide 17c of the paper supply unit 17. |
| US10357130B2 |
Expandable roasting platform
The problem of evenly cooking a food item so that all sides cook and brown evenly is solved by the use of a roasting platform that raises above rendered substances that can cause a steam and wetness to the surface of a food item. The roasting platform can be foldable or compressed, so that it takes up minimal storage space and can be deployed for use. Drain holes allow rendered substances to be more quickly separated from the surface of a food item. The same drain holes can be used as visual indicators when deploying the roasting platform to show when he folds of a roasting platform are sufficiently separated for maximum usable area and support for a weight placed thereon. |
| US10357126B2 |
Steam generator
A steam generator for generating steam by boiling water, or other hot water heating device, in either case such as for use in a steam cooker or warewasher, includes a tank structure providing a heating chamber for holding water, and at least one heating element associated with the tank structure for heating water. The tank structure includes a main body wall having a U-shaped cross-sectional profile formed by opposed first and second side wall portions of the heating chamber and a curved bottom wall portion of the heating chamber, wherein the curved bottom wall portion is monolithic with the first and second side wall portions, wherein the main body wall is sheet metal material that has been curved. |
| US10357121B2 |
Apparatus for covering and protecting an edible item
An apparatus for covering and protecting an edible item that allows a flexible covering to cover and protect the edible item without damaging or altering a feature on the edible item. The edible item has a top surface with an outer edge. The apparatus provides a plurality of vertical supports, each having a first portion and a second portion. The second portion of each vertical support is inserted the top surface of the edible item adjacent to the outer edge. The first portion of each vertical support at least partially extends beyond the outer edge of the edible item, and the flexible covering can be supported by the plurality of vertical supports. |
| US10357120B2 |
Collapsible bowl with lid convertible to legs
The present invention is directed to a portable feeding apparatus or bowl, more particularly to a travel feeding apparatus for pets having a hinged lid that converts to legs for supporting the bowl in an upright manner. The hinged lid has a lock for locking the lid in a closed position. |
| US10357119B2 |
Display units for product testers
A product display tester unit is provided to allow for the efficient and effective display of goods, such as creams, lotions, and serums. The display tester unit comprises a fluted panel, a ledge and a base. The display tester unit may be used as part of a display system, and its components are reversibly associated within one another. |
| US10357118B2 |
Systems and methods for merchandizing electronic displays
Systems and methods for a merchandizing display related to a continuous display formed by electronic displays embedded along product shelves and on the packages stored on the product shelves. An electronic label device may detect the presence of a consumer and send a trigger to the packages on its product shelf. The electronic label device may also send a trigger to surrounding electronic label devices. A streaming video may then be apportioned among displays on electronic label devices and the packages. Each of the displays may simultaneously output a different portion of the streaming video. |
| US10357116B2 |
Pocketed foam systems and methods
Example embodiments include a padding system that can include a first pocket assembly, the first pocket assembly including a first pocket, where the first pocket at least partially retains a first padding component, and a second pocket assembly, the second pocket assembly including a second pocket, where the second pocket at least partially retains a second padding component, where the first pocket assembly is coupled to the second pocket assembly with a transition portion. |
| US10357114B2 |
Inflatable cushioning device with manifold system
A cushioning device for a body support such as a mattress, seat, sofa, or the like where support is obtained from a fluid in fluid cells having a spring bias. The cushioning device is self-inflating, self-adjusting, and provides a low interface pressure under the entire contact surface of a patient. Shear force scraping damage is prevented by a sleeve apparatus. A support system apparatus provides separately adjustable pressure support zones. For physical therapy, an alternating pressure system provides alternating lifting and lowering pressure zones under a patient. |
| US10357107B2 |
Powered chairs for public venues, assemblies for use in powered chairs, and components for use in assemblies for use in powered chairs
Powered recliner chairs, assemblies for use in the chairs, and components for use in the assemblies are provided. Electrical systems for use in the chairs, and components for use in the electrical systems are provided. Control systems and methods for operating powered recliner chairs are also provided. Any given chair may be locally and/or remotely controlled. |
| US10357105B2 |
Coupling assembly and bracket device thereof
A bracket device includes a bracket, a fastening member, a supporting frame, and a fitting. The fastening member is movable with respect to the bracket. Once the supporting frame is operated and thus displaced with respect to the bracket to a first position, the fastening member is supported by the supporting frame and hence in a particular position. Once the supporting frame is operated and thus displaced with respect to the bracket to a second position, the fastening member is not supported by the supporting frame and therefore no longer in the particular position. When the fitting is at a predetermined position, the supporting frame is prevented from displacement from the first position to the second position. |
| US10357103B2 |
Height adjustable desk
A height-adjustable desk has a base, having a support, a middle portion of a rear side of the support having a column disposed thereon and being upright, a front side of the column having a plurality of slots, the slots being spaced along the column. The desk has a shelf, having a frame, an upper desk top and a lower desk top, the frame disposed on and moveably surrounding the column, the frame having an insert corresponding to the slots, the insert configured to be inserted into one of the slots, the upper desk top located at the frame, the lower desk top located at the frame lower than the upper desk top. |
| US10357096B2 |
Pocket mirror
The present invention is a pocket mirror that may be conveniently used by a person for many applications, including the application of eye shadow and other cosmetics. The pocket mirror comprises a body and a mirror engaged with the body. The pocket mirror further comprises first and second light sources disposed at left and right portions of the mirror, respectively, to emit light from the mirror. The pocket mirror further comprises a ring engaged with the body between a closed position where the ring is disposed substantially within the body and an open position where the ring is disposed substantially outward of said body. The ring comprises an least one opening that so the pocket mirror may be manipulated by a person's finger or fingers. |
| US10357094B1 |
Nail lamp with light emitting diodes powered by power cord or rechargeable battery pack for cordless operation
A compact portable LED nail curing lamp has surface-mounted light emitting diode (SMD LED) lights. The lamp provides fast and consistent results producing high gloss finish and even curing of nail polish (e.g., UV-curable gel polish). The nail lamp has a micro USB port, which can be used to power the lamp using a wall adapter, car charger, laptop USB port, or mobile power bank for ultimate portability. In an implementation, a system includes a compact LED nail curing lamp and a mobile power battery pack. The system also includes a cable to connect the nail lamp and the mobile power battery pack. The battery pack provides portable power to the nail lamp so that the nail lamp can be used portably, such as during travel or on an airplane when a wall outlet is unavailable. |
| US10357082B2 |
Belt buckle
A belt buckle provided includes: a hollow retaining member including an entry end and an opposite exit end; a rotary member pivotally connected to two ears of the exit end and including a recess, a pulling portion protrudes from one side of the recess, an engaging portion is formed at an opposite another side of the recess, and an abutting portion is provided on an outer surface of the rotary member; a pivot disposed in the recess and having two ends inserted through the ears; a spring sleeved onto the pivot and disposed in the recess to push the abutting portion towards the two ears of the exit end; and an engaging member pivotally attached to the two ears of the entry end. |
| US10357080B2 |
Article of footwear comprising a sole member with regional patterns
An article of footwear includes an upper and a sole structure with a sole member. The sole member can be manufactured using a cushioning sole system that provides customized cushioning characteristics to different regions of a sole member. A user's foot morphology and/or preferences may be used to design the sole member. The sole member can include a set of apertures that are formed along various surfaces of the sole member. |
| US10357079B2 |
Footwear with zoned insulation
Footwear and a method of manufacture of footwear are presented. The footwear has different insulation zones and each zone has a different level of insulation. For example, an article of footwear includes a first insulation zone, a second insulation zone, and a third insulation zone. The first, second, and third insulation zones each provide a different level of insulation for a specific part of a wearer's foot. The first insulation zone may be the heel region of the article of footwear, the second insulation zone may be the main part of the foot region of the article of footwear excluding both the heel region and a toe region of the article of footwear, and the third insulation zone may be the toe region of the article of footwear. |
| US10357076B2 |
Visor assembly
Visor assembly (1) comprising an outer shield (2) and an inner shield (6) which is arranged at a distance therefrom and lies within the periphery of the outer shield, wherein a spacer (7) extending along the periphery of the inner shield is provided in order to hold the inner shield at a predetermined distance from the outer shield, wherein mechanical fixing means (10, 12) are arranged between the two shields for mutual fixation thereof, wherein the inner shield is formed at the position of its periphery such that a protrusion (7) from the inner shield is obtained, this protrusion forming the spacer. |
| US10357074B2 |
Flat panel test hardware and technology for assessing ballistic performance of helmet personnel protective equipment
A testing apparatus to assess ballistic performance of helmet personnel protective equipment having a flat helmet analogue with a helmet shell material in flat panel form and at least one helmet suspension pad; head surrogate components including a skull skin surrogate, a skull bone surrogate, and a brain tissue surrogate; a pressure indicating film adjacent to the head surrogate components; and one or more pressure sensors in the brain tissue surrogate. Also disclosed is the related method for assessing ballistic performance of helmet personnel protective equipment. |
| US10357072B2 |
Wearable accessory
A wearable accessory 100 is disclosed herein. In a described embodiment, the wearable accessory 100 is configured in the form of a head protector 102 having at least one connector 150,180 and a plurality of accessory members 104 having respective attachment mechanisms 122. Each attachment mechanism 122 is releasably engageable to the at least one connector 150,180. The wearable accessory 100 may be configured as other types of accessories and a connector for use with the wearable accessory 100 is also disclosed. |
| US10357071B2 |
Combustion-resistant artificial tree
A combustion-resistant branch assembly for an artificial tree, the branch assembly including a first branch portion including a first rod having a main portion intermediate a first end portion and a second end portion; a first group of sub-branches attached to the first branch portion, each sub-branch of the first group of sub-branches including a member having a first end portion; and a first winding, including a combustion-resistant strand, wrapped about the first end portion of the first rod of the first branch portion and the first end portion of each sub-branch of the first group of sub-branches, thereby attaching the first group of sub-branches to the first branch portion. |
| US10357067B2 |
Articles of sports apparel with support elements
Articles of sports apparel may include elongate support elements. Particular examples provided are swimsuits and other sports apparel such as sports apparel for rugby football. An Article of sports apparel may include at least one base portion adapted to be arranged proximate a lower back of a user when worn, and at least three elongate support elements. The at least three elongate support elements may be arranged at the base portion such as to extend outwardly from a region at least partially encompassing the lower back of the user when worn. |
| US10357066B2 |
System and method for apparel identification
System and method for apparel identification using a scannable code. In one embodiment, the method comprises: receiving a purchase order comprising information relating to a unique identity of the apparel; printing a machine-readable code including the information relating to the unique identity onto a tag; disposing an electronic apparatus on the apparel during manufacture; attaching the tag onto a portion of the apparel during the manufacture; performing tests to the functionality of the electronic apparatus; scanning the machine-readable code of the tag during the manufacture; transmitting the information relating to the unique identity to the electronic apparatus; and providing the apparel having the information relating to the unique identity stored at the electronic apparatus to a user based on the purchase order. In one variant, the apparel comprises a shoe and the electronic apparatus comprises a movement sensor. |
| US10357065B2 |
Post surgery brassiere garment
A post-surgery brassiere garment for a wearer comprising a connection means comprising strap means operable to secure the brassiere garment over shoulders of the wearer, and a band region to enclose a portion of the torso of the wearer to secure the brassiere garment to the wearer; a first adjustment means operable to adjustably close the band region of the brassiere garment, and a second adjustment means operable to adjustably connect the strap means to a front region of the band region of the brassiere garment, whereby, the first and second adjustment means are together operable to adjustably compress the torso of the wearer in region of the wearers chest. |
| US10357062B2 |
E-cigarette personal vaporizer
A user-replaceable e-liquid reservoir for dispensing e-liquid, the reservoir being inserted into, or otherwise attached to, a portable, personal e-cigarette device and engaging with an electrical or electronic pump fluid transfer system in the device, the device including: an electrical or electronic pump, being configured to transfer e-liquid from the e-liquid reservoir to an atomizing unit in the device, the pump delivering a pre-defined or variable quantity of e-liquid from the reservoir; and in which the reservoir is not user-refillable. |
| US10357058B1 |
Battery-operated ignition smoking pipe
An battery-operated ignition smoking pipe including a replaceable nichrome wire within an indentation on an inner perimeter of a bowl of the pipe body, a fuel reservoir directly below and adjacent the interior cavity of the bowl, an ignition switch on a stem of a pipe body to selectively activate one of the nichrome wire and an amount of fuel within the fuel reservoir to combust an ignitable smoking substance, such as tobacco, contained within the bowl, and a filter disposed between the stem and the bowl. The present device permits one-handed ignition to combust the smoking substance. |
| US10357056B2 |
Endolysin from bacteriophage against Geobacillus and methods of using
Bacteriophage against Geobacillus are provided, and methods of making and using the bacteriophage also are provided. |
| US10357054B2 |
Smokeless tobacco pastille
A smokeless tobacco pastille configured for insertion into the mouth of a user is provided. The smokeless tobacco pastille can include (i) a tobacco material present in an amount of less than about 40 dry weight percent, based on the total dry weight of the pastille; (ii) at least one natural gum binder present in an amount of at least about 25 dry weight percent; and (iii) a plurality of sugar alcohols present in a total amount of at least about 40 dry weight percent, the predominant component of the plurality of sugar alcohols being isomalt or erythritol, wherein the shape of the smokeless tobacco pastille is moldable in the oral cavity. |
| US10357053B2 |
Apparatus for preparing a moulded food product
An apparatus for preparing a moulded food product, the apparatus comprising a base having first and second ends, with differing first and second moulds being formed with the first and second end respectively. A ring is engageable with either end of the base and has a ring mould portion contiguous with the first and second moulds to create a forming space when in use. A central aperture extends through the ring mould portion and a plunger is dimensioned and configured to pass through the central aperture, the plunger having a forming end and a closing end. |
| US10357050B2 |
System and method for bottom coating food products
A product conveying and coating system includes at least first and second, sequentially arranged conveyor belts, with at least the second conveyor belt being a solid belt. Interposed in a gap between the first and second belts is a dispenser head of a coating manifold. The dispenser head spans the gap between upper surface portions of the first and second conveyor belts, with an elongated side wall outlet portion of the dispenser head being exposed, in a downstream direction of the overall conveyor unit, to the upper surface of the second conveyor belt. The system provides for dispensing of coating material directly onto the second, solid conveyor belt and enrobing at least bottom and partial side portions of food products upon the solid belt. Provisions are made for scraping from the solid belt, removing from the coated food products and recycling excess coating material. |
| US10357048B2 |
Non-alcoholic beer-taste beverage
A beer-taste beverage which is substantially nonalcoholic, containing (A) a collagen peptide having an average molecular weight of from 500 to 8,000, (B) a carbon dioxide gas, (C) an iso-α acid, and (D) an acidulant, wherein a pH is 3 or more and 4 or less, and wherein the content of the collagen peptide is from 280 to 1,800 mg/100 mL, and wherein the content of the iso-α acid is from 1.0×10−3 to 3.0×10−3% by mass. The beer-taste beverage of the present invention has excellent initial tastes of sour taste and bitterness and has beer-like taste, so that the beer-taste beverage can provide a new taste as luxury products. |
| US10357045B1 |
Implement for smoothing icing on the top and side of a cake
A cake-making implement is disclosed for smoothing icing on a top surface and a side surface of a cake and creating a planar top surface. The cake-making implement may include a top smoother connected to a side smoother and configured to move with respect to the side smoother while maintaining an angle between the top and side smoothers. |
| US10357040B2 |
Food with reduced breakage and a method of making the same
The present invention relates to a food comprising a baked foodstuff based on flour and/or starch. The baked foodstuff comprises at least one first region and at least one second region in contact with the first region. The second region comprises a shaping auxiliary component in an amount of 0.5-15 wt % by the total weight of the flour and/or starch of the baked foodstuff. The shaping auxiliary component has a glass-transition temperature of less than 0° C. The second region is present in an amount of at least 1 wt % by the total weight of the food. The addition of the shaping auxiliary component is able to efficiently decrease the breakage of the multi-region food, especially multi-region food based on a baked foodstuff with a crispy texture. |
| US10357036B2 |
Compounds for controlling arthropods
The invention relates inter alia to compounds of the general formula (I). Also described are methods for preparing the compounds of the formula (I). The compounds according to the invention are especially suitable for controlling insects, arachnids and nematodes in agriculture, and ectoparasites in veterinary medicine and also as herbicides. |
| US10357030B2 |
Methods for generating high aspect-ratio polymeric particles comprising an active ingredient
High aspect ratio polymeric particles as seed treatments. |
| US10357029B2 |
Insert for an organ transport device
A device for arranging a harvested heart to be stored in an enclosure before transplantation, whereby the heart is connected to a tube for supply of a medical fluid to the heart. A cylindrical insert intended to be arranged in a enclosure for the heart, comprises a fixture for immobilizing the tube in a central position of the insert. The fixture comprises an arm extending from the periphery of the fixture to the center of the fixture; and a jaw device for gripping the tube and maintaining the tube and the organ hanging in the tube in a predetermined height position. |
| US10357027B2 |
Bait station for pest control
A bait station for pest control is provided that comprises an enclosure. The enclosure defines an access chamber that includes an entry port for entry of a pest therein, and a bait chamber that holds a bait product harmful to a pest. A partition section separates the access chamber and the bait chamber. A closure element is associated with the access port and is moveable between a first position covering the access port, and a second position exposing the access port. A detector arrangement outputs a signal indicative of presence or otherwise of a pest in the access chamber. A controller receives the signal and records a pest activity event. The controller moves the closure element to the second position to open an access port between the access chamber and the bait chamber when a number of recorded pest activity events are at least equal to a predetermined number. |
| US10357026B2 |
Lure with interacting spinners
A fishing lure apparatus includes a lure structure or frame with a hook and a first spinner blade retained on a connector member rotatably connected to the frame for spinning when the lure is drawn through water and a second spinner blade retained on the same connector member whereby the second blade periodically engages the first blade when the lure apparatus is drawn through water to thereby affect spinning motion of the first spinner blade. Engagement of the first and second spinner members may create noise or currents in water, in addition to a visual appearance, to attract fish. |
| US10357018B2 |
Elevated animal waste repository
An elevated animal waste repository is provided. The repository includes a litter box, a base and a ramp. The litter box includes a bottom wall and a sidewall extending from the bottom wall. The sidewall may include an upper rim that forms an opening into the litter box. The base includes a bottom end and a top end. The litter box is secured to the top end of the base. The base supports the litter box in an elevated position when resting on a surface. The elevated position may be waist high level of an individual. The ramp runs from the bottom end of the base to the upper rim of the litter box, allowing a cat to access the inside of the litter box. |
| US10357016B1 |
Fold up knock down animal enclosure
Disclosed herein is an animal housing comprises a base member hingedly attached to a rear wall, side walls hingedly attached to the rear wall, a front wall removably attached to at least a portion of the first side walls or the base member and a top member arranged parallel to the base member, wherein the animal housing has an erect arrangement in which an interior chamber is formed and a collapsed arrangement wherein the sidewalls and the rear wall occupy individual planes located essentially parallel to the plane formed by the base member. |
| US10357013B1 |
Alfalfa variety 412W201
The invention relates to the alfalfa variety designated 412W201. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the alfalfa variety 412W201. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the alfalfa variety 412W201 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing alfalfa plants by crossing the alfalfa variety 412W201 with itself or another alfalfa variety and plants produced by such methods. |
| US10357009B1 |
Soybean variety 5PVAM88
A novel soybean variety, designated 5PVAM88 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PVAM88, cells from soybean variety 5PVAM88, plants of soybean 5PVAM88, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PVAM88. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PVAM88 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PVAM88, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PVAM88, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PVAM88. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PVAM88 are further provided. |
| US10357005B1 |
Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH695466
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH695466. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH695466, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH695466 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH695466. |
| US10357003B2 |
Lettuce variety 79-43 RZ
The present invention relates to a Lactuca sativa seed designated 79-43 RZ. The present invention also relate to Lactuca sativa plant produced by growing the 79-43 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the lettuce cultivar, represented by lettuce variety 79-43 RZ. |
| US10357002B2 |
Celery variety ‘51-7 IPS 1’
A celery cultivar, designated 51-7 IPS 1, is disclosed, the cultivar is, for larger frame size and heavier weight, short core length, savoyed and glossy leaf color, corky root rot resistance, no fringe burn on mature leaves and also yellower heart leaf color with solid midribs. The invention relates to the seeds of celery cultivar 51-7 IPS 1, to the plants of celery cultivar 51-7 IPS land to methods for producing a celery plant by crossing the cultivar 51-7 IPS 1 with itself or another celery cultivar. The invention further relates to methods for producing a celery plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic celery plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid celery seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 51-7 IPS 1 with another celery cultivar. |
| US10357001B1 |
Sorghum inbred PH2873FR
A novel sorghum variety designated PH2873FR and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a plant comprise crossing sorghum variety PH2873FR with another plant. Sorghum seed, plants and plant parts produced by crossing sorghum variety PH2873FR with another plant are described. Methods for producing a plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH2873FR include one or both of backcross conversion and transformation. Hybrid sorghum seed, plants or plant parts produced by crossing the sorghum variety PH2873FR or a locus conversion of PH2873FR with another sorghum variety are disclosed. |
| US10356999B1 |
Maize inbred PH2DPF
A novel maize variety designated PH2DPF and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH2DPF with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH2DPF through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH2DPF or a locus conversion of PH2DPF with another maize variety. |
| US10356989B2 |
Emitter and drip irrigation tube
An emitter (120) forms a flow path that runs to a discharge part (250) from an intake part (220) for receiving an irrigation liquid in a tube. The flow path includes a flow volume control part (240) which includes: an end surface (243) including a concave inclined surface that faces a film (300) for receiving the pressure of the liquid inside the tube; a hole (244) that opens at the center of the flow volume control part (240) and connects to the discharge part (250); and a groove (245) crossing the inclined surface and running to the hole (244). When the film (300) adheres to the inclined surface as a result of the pressure of the irrigation liquid inside the tube, the flow volume of the irrigation liquid inside the emitter (120) is controlled so as to be a volume that can pass through the groove (245). |
| US10356987B2 |
Insert and apparatus for transplanting plants
An insert for growing plants, including a plurality of receptacles, adapted for insertion into a container, wherein each of the receptacles is arranged for receiving a separate plant with a portion of gel for feeding the plant. The receptacles may be arranged to allow communication between the portions of gel in the receptacles to allow the plants to share a common feed reservoir of the gel. |
| US10356986B2 |
Detachable and collapsible pallet box
A planter box configured for housing plantings is disclosed. The pallet box assembly includes a pallet base, two side panels, a front panel, and a rear panel, which are collapsible and reusable. Pallet base has tenon joint parts with locking mechanisms that extend out. Pallet base has an opening extending therethrough for ease of handling by pallet jack or hand truck. The side panels include grooves. Front and rear panels include tenon joint part with locking mechanism. The side panels are identical and interchangeable, the front panel is identical and interchangeable with the rear panel. Each locking mechanism includes a winged bolt threadedly inserted and engaged into the tenon joint part, and a wing which is rotated by about 45 to 135 degrees to engageably and securely attach the corresponding tenon joint part in the corresponding groove, so that the pallet box assembly is securely installed. |
| US10356985B1 |
Plant pot with separable halves
A plant pot with separable halves including a first container half having an upright first interior shell and an upright first exterior shell. A plurality of first aeration openings is disposed within the first interior shell. A second container half has an upright second interior shell, an upright second exterior shell, and a base unit having an upper surface, a lower surface, and a cavity disposed between the upper surface and the lower surface. A plurality of second aeration openings is disposed within the second interior shell. A plurality of dowell pins is disposed on each of a pair of second side portions of the second container half, and a plurality of slots is disposed on each of a pair of first side portions of the first container half. One of the plurality of dowell pins is selectively engageable within one of the plurality of slots. |
| US10356984B2 |
Method and apparatus for growing sprouts
Provided are methods for growing and shipping sprouts and microgreens in the same container, growing while in shipment using moisture provided in a water-absorbent layer, with optional added beneficials, and including methods for producing sprouts and microgreens for consumption, and for pharmaceutical/nutriceutical use, comprising growth of sprouts in retail-ready containers, the container comprising a moisture-retaining layer of agar media or the like providing water for growth and obviating the need for irrigation during sprout growth. In certain aspects, media is supplemented with beneficial organisms or additives such as probiotic microbes, vitamins (e.g., B12), cofactors, nutrients, and other items (e.g., phytochemicals, natural colors, and antioxidants) which promote the growth of the beneficial microbes on the product, and/or which become incorporated into the product. In certain aspects, added beneficial microorganisms are selected to compete antagonize human pathogens such as Listeria, Salmonella, enterohaemorrhagic E. coli, Yersinia, and/or spoilage organisms (e.g., Erwinia, Pseudomonas and Xanthomonas). |
| US10356982B2 |
Modular platform for cutting sugar cane
An agricultural harvesting machine for harvesting sugar cane, which can be coupled to a tractor or any self-propelling machine, by using mechanic power (TDP) converted into hydraulic power (pump) to activate different devices of a set so that it may form a wire cutting front for lanes of plants which are cut and thrown behind over the soil and organized in rows for later collecting and processing. |
| US10356980B2 |
Work vehicle with wheel/track crop swath avoidance
A work vehicle for working a swath of crop has at least one ground-engaging wheel or track mounted to the work vehicle and movable in a travel direction along a tread path. A first redistribution device is mounted to the work vehicle to move crop that is ahead of the at least one ground-engaging wheel or track relative to the travel direction. A second redistribution device is mounted to the work vehicle to move crop that is behind the at least one ground-engaging wheel or track relative to the travel direction. The first redistribution device is configured to open the swath of crop along substantially only the tread path ahead of the at least one ground-engaging wheel or track relative to the travel direction, and the second redistribution device is configured to close the swath of crop along the tread path behind the at least one ground-engaging wheel or track relative to the travel direction. |
| US10356972B2 |
System and method for reducing variations in the penetration depths of ground-engaging tools of an agricultural implement based on monitored tire pressures
In one aspect, a system for reducing variations in the penetration depths between ground-engaging tools of an agricultural implement may include an implement having tires spaced apart from each other. The system may also include pressure sensors provided in operative association with the tires, each pressure sensor being configured for detecting an air pressure within the associated tire. Additionally, the system may include a controller communicatively coupled to the pressure sensors. The controller may be configured to monitor an air pressure differential between a pair of tires based on measurement signals received from the pressure sensors. The air pressure differential may be indicative of variability in the penetration depths of the ground-engaging tools. Furthermore, the controller may be configured initiate a control action associated with reducing the variability in the penetration depths of ground-engaging tools when the air pressure differential exceeds or falls below a predetermined tire pressure differential threshold. |
| US10356971B2 |
Front attachment lift mechanism
A front attachment lift mechanism includes a front hitch weldment connectable to a lawn tractor frame and having a pair of side plates for supporting a front attachment. A hitch arm extends upwardly and rearwardly on each side of the frame. A rear weldment includes a pair of rear brackets connected by support bars to each other. Each rear bracket has an upper portion connectable to one of a pair of lift arms on a lawn tractor, and a forward end extending forwardly and downwardly from the upper portion. A wireform assembly is connected between each of the hitch arms and the forward end of one of the rear brackets. |
| US10362720B2 |
Rotational removal of electronic chips and other components from printed wire boards using liquid heat media
Systems and methods for the removal of electronic chips and other components from PWBs using liquid heat media are generally described. According to certain embodiments, PWBs comprising solder can be positioned within a rotatable housing. The rotatable housing can, in some embodiments, be at least partially immersed within a liquid heat medium. The liquid heat medium can be heated and/or maintained at a temperature sufficiently high to melt the solder. In some embodiments, the rotatable housing can be rotated while it is at least partially immersed in the liquid heat medium. The rotational force can aid, according to some embodiments, in the removal of solder, electronic chips (including those in which an integrated circuit is positioned on a piece of semiconductor material, such as silicon), and/or other electronic components attached to one or more surfaces of the PWB. |
| US10362719B2 |
Component mounting machine
A component mounting machine including a head having two right and left nozzle holders to which suction nozzles are detachably attached, and a nozzle station having multiple sockets for accommodating the suction nozzles. The multiple sockets are arrayed at the same interval as an interval of the right and left nozzle holders. The suction nozzles mounted on the right and left adjacent nozzle holders can be simultaneously returned to right and left empty sockets, and the suction nozzles accommodated in the right and left adjacent sockets can be simultaneously mounted on the right and left nozzle holders. |
| US10362718B2 |
Protective tube and harness
A protective tube that includes an electromagnetic shielding tube, and that allows the electromagnetic shielding tube to be easily engaged with another member, and a harness including the protective tube are provided. The protective tube includes an electromagnetic shielding tube. The electromagnetic shielding tube includes at least a conductive layer and an outer layer that covers the conductive layer. The electromagnetic shielding tube includes a recess that is recessed from an outer surface of the outer layer. |
| US10362717B2 |
Flexible electrically conductive bonding films
Flexible films including an electrically conductive layer being sandwiched by two electrically insulating layers in a layered structure are provided. The layered structure extends continuously from at least one first zone to at least one second zone along a lateral direction of the flexible film, and the at least one first zone is positioned around a periphery of the respective at least one second zone. In the at least one first zone the three layers are at least partially intermixed with each other to provide an electrically conductive surface in the at least one first zone on the side of the first major surface of the layered structure, and in the at least one second zone the first major surface remains electrically non-conductive. |
| US10362716B2 |
Configurable door panels
A configurable door panel cover includes a first face of a first door that is perforated and includes one or more attachment points, which one or more configurable panels may attach to. The configurable door panel cover includes a fastener assembly that includes at least one fastener that attaches to the configurable door panel cover, and a spacing mechanism. The spacing mechanism attaches to the fastener that is attached to the configurable door panel cover and to one of the one or more attachment points on the first face of the first door. The spacing mechanism attaches the first configurable door panel cover at a first orientation that includes a first angle between the configurable door panel cover and the first spacing mechanism. The fastener assembly may be rotated to the configurable door panel cover. |
| US10362714B2 |
Controlling air circulation in a data center
A method of controlling air circulation in a data center system. The data center system includes: a cold aisle; a hot aisle including a floor element and a ceiling element; a server rack comprising a controller and servers separating the cold aisle from the hot aisle; and an air conditioning unit. The method includes: toggling, by the controller, the hot aisle between: (a) a first configuration in which the ceiling element is opened and the floor element is closed and (b) a second configuration in which the ceiling element is closed and the floor element is opened, wherein the first configuration enables circulation of air from the from the hot aisle to the cold aisle via the air conditioning unit, and wherein the second configuration enables circulation of air from the from the hot aisle to the cold aisle without the circulated air passing through the air conditioning unit. |
| US10362712B2 |
Heat receiver, cooling unit, and electronic device
A heat receiver includes a first heat receiving body that includes a first flow path through which a coolant flows; and a second heat receiving body, provided on one side of the first heat receiving body, that includes a second flow path through which the coolant discharged from the first flow path flows. A flow path cross-sectional area of the second flow path is less than a flow path cross-sectional area of the first flow path so that the flow speed of the coolant is higher in the second flow path than in the first flow path, which enhances the cooling efficiency. |
| US10362710B2 |
Below grade enclosure
An enclosure for telecommunications equipment suitable for below grade use with fiber optic equipment or electrical equipment is described. The enclosure incorporates a cam operated latching mechanism and compression plates to seal the door closed and create a water resistant or water tight seal. The enclosure may be used in a variety of applications, including above and below grade. The enclosure may also include a lift assist system to allow it to be easily raised and lowered from a below grade stowed position to an above grade service position. |
| US10362708B2 |
Fan cartridge
Technology is provided for a device sled with a fan cartridge. The device sled includes a sled chassis having a bottom wall and first and second opposed sidewalls. A pair of spaced apart channels are each coupled to the bottom wall and include an associated latch aperture. A fan cartridge is removably inserted between the pair of spaced apart channels. The fan cartridge includes a cartridge frame and one or more fans coupled to the cartridge frame. One or more latches are positioned on the cartridge frame to engage a corresponding latch aperture when the fan cartridge is inserted between the pair of spaced apart channels. |
| US10362704B2 |
Information processing apparatus
An information processing apparatus includes a substrate that includes a first connector and a second connector, a backplane that includes a third connector coupled to the first connector and a fourth connector coupled to the second connector, and a metal plate attached to the backplane, wherein the metal plate has an opening to which the fourth connector is attached, wherein the first connector is arranged near a central part of the substrate on an end side inserted into the backplane and the second connector is arranged on each side of the first connector, and wherein a clearance between the opening of the metal plate and the fourth connector increases as a distance from the third connector to the fourth connector increases. |
| US10362702B2 |
Avionics power management panel and door assembly
An avionics power management panel and door assembly where the panel includes a cabinet including a set of walls at least partially defining an interior with an open face and door assembly includes a central panel a front panel that includes a set of rows with apertures formed between two adjacent rows and where the set of rows have a crimped profile. |
| US10362701B2 |
Electrical device, method for manufacturing electrical device, and electric compressor
An electrical device includes two or more electrical components that configure an electrical circuit, at least one or more mechanical component that supports the two or more electrical components and is fixed to the two or more electrical components, and a position-adjustment structure that adjusts positions of the two or more electrical components relative to the one or more mechanical component with the at least two or more electrical components being united together, before the one or more mechanical component is fixed to the two or more electrical components. |
| US10362694B1 |
Electronic device with anti-detachment structure
An electronic device with anti-detachment structure includes a top cover, a bottom cover defining a sliding slot and a through hole mounted on the bottom cover, a bracket having a block mounted on the top cover, an elastic member mounted between the top cover and the bracket, and an offset member. The block is pushed by the offset member to bring the bracket locked into the sliding slot; when the top cover is separated from the bottom cover, the offset member is separated from the block, and the bracket leaves the sliding slot by an elastic resilience of the elastic member. |
| US10362688B2 |
Assembly structure of operation unit
To provide an art of making a position of an operation section adjustable. An operation unit including an operation section, a supporter that supports the operation unit, and an elastic member that is held between the operation unit and the supporter are included, and the operation unit is brought into pressure contact with the supporter by an elastic force of the elastic member, and thereby the operation unit is slidably assembled to the supporter. |
| US10362687B2 |
Simultaneous and selective wide gap partitioning of via structures using plating resist
A multilayer printed circuit board is provided having a first dielectric layer and a first plating resist selectively positioned in the first dielectric layer. A second plating resist may be selectively positioned in the first dielectric layer or a second dielectric layer, the second plating resist separate from the first plating resist. A through hole extends through the first dielectric layer, the first plating resist, and the second plating resist. An interior surface of the through hole is plated with a conductive material except along a length between the first plating resist and the second plating resist. This forms a partitioned plated through hole having a first via segment electrically isolated from a second via segment. |
| US10362686B2 |
Lead-free solder and electronic component built-in module
First solder is lead-free solder that contains no lead (Pb). The first solder includes a first metal that contains at least Sn; and a second metal that contains at least a Ni—Fe alloy. |
| US10362677B2 |
Capacitor built-in multilayer wiring substrate and manufacturing method thereof
A substrate includes: a signal line via, a ground line via, and a power supply line via; a first group of first conductor layers formed at a first wiring layer level and coupled to the signal line via, the ground line via, and the power supply line via; a second conductor layer formed at a second wiring layer level and coupled to the power supply line via; a second group of third conductor layers formed at a third wiring layer level and coupled to the signal line via, the ground line via, and the power supply line via; a first insulating layer; and a second insulating layer, wherein the second insulating layer has an opening with a third insulating layer, a relative dielectric constant of the second insulating layer is higher than the first insulating layer and the third insulating layer, and the opening reaches a conductor pattern. |
| US10362669B2 |
Circuit board module, electronic device, and method for manufacturing circuit board module
According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes housing, a circuit board in the housing, a semiconductor package, and a support plate on a second surface of the circuit board. The support plate is arranged at a position corresponding to a corner of the first area and includes a main portion, a first projecting portion in contact with the main portion at a first side of the main portion, and a second projecting portion in contact with the main portion at a second side of the main portion. The first projecting portion and the second projecting portion are arranged such that an imaginary line connecting a corner of the first projecting portion and a corner of the second projecting portion is outside the main portion. |
| US10362667B2 |
Circuit board and manufacturing method thereof
A circuit board is disclosed. In addition to insulating layers, the circuit board includes a structure for heat transfer that includes a first layer that is formed of graphite or graphene, a second layer that is formed of metallic material and disposed on one surface of the first layer, and a third layer that is formed of metallic material and disposed on the other surface of the first layer, and at least a portion of the structure for heat transfer is inserted into an insulation layer. Such a circuit board provides improved heat management. Also disclosed is a method of manufacturing the circuit board. |
| US10362658B2 |
Lighting fixtures and methods for automated operation of lighting fixtures via a wireless network having a mesh network topology
In embodiments of the present invention, a method and system is provided for commissioning improved intelligent, LED-based lighting systems. The LED based lighting systems may include fixtures with one or more LED light bars, integrated sensors, onboard intelligence to send and receive signals and control the LED light bars, and network connectivity to other fixtures. |
| US10362657B2 |
Exterior aircraft light unit and aircraft comprising the same
An exterior aircraft light unit includes a support plate, an LED, mounted to the support plate, a near end of life detector for sensing a light output level of the LED, the near end of life detector being mounted to the support plate, and a transparent optical element for shaping an output light intensity distribution of the exterior aircraft light unit, wherein the transparent optical element jointly encases the LED and the near end of life detector, with light from the LED reaching the near end of life detector through the transparent optical element. |
| US10362656B2 |
Load control device having an overcurrent protection circuit
A load control device for controlling power delivered from an alternating-current power source to an electrical load may comprise a controllably conductive device, a control circuit, and an overcurrent protection circuit that is configured to be disabled when the controllably conductive device is non-conductive. The control circuit may be configured to control the controllably conductive device to be non-conductive at the beginning of each half-cycle of the AC power source and to render the controllably conductive device conductive at a firing time during each half-cycle (e.g., using a forward phase-control dimming technique). The overcurrent protection circuit may be configured to render the controllably conductive device non-conductive in the event of an overcurrent condition in the controllably conductive device. The overcurrent protection circuit may be disabled when the controllably conductive device is non-conductive and enabled after the firing time when the controllably conductive device is rendered conductive during each half-cycle. |
| US10362655B2 |
Light emitting diode lighting system and method
A system and method for automating lighting fixtures is provided. The system comprises a gateway adapted to control lighting fixtures. The gateway allows creating, updating, storing and/or deleting lighting programs in real time. The gateway comprises a data source, a control manager and a Digital Multiplexing (DMX) runtime. The DMX runtime is configured to receive a request from the control manager, process the request and to generate signals on at least one DMX channel for control of DMX compatible lighting fixtures. The method comprises receiving request to modify at least one parameter of at least one of a plurality of lighting fixtures; processing the request; comparing the request with the data in a database; and generating each DMX signal over at least one channel at a DMX frequency. |
| US10362653B1 |
Isolated dimming circuit
This disclosure describes methods and apparatuses for controlling an isolated diming circuit. An exemplary circuit may include a voltage input device, a noninverting operational amplifier in electrical communication with a optoelectric coupler, an optoelectric coupler incorporating emitting and receiving photodevices, an inverting operational amplifier in electrical communication with the optoelectric coupler, a voltage output device in electrical communication with the inverting operational amplifier, and a lighting device. |
| US10362652B1 |
Lighting device with dimming reference control method to stabilize low output current
A lighting device, and method of controlling a power stage thereof, is provided to stabilize operation at low output currents. An output current is sensed as a feedback signal and provided to control circuitry, which further defines upper and lower boundaries for a control band about an average sensed input control value. A reference signal corresponds to the average sensed input control value, wherein adjustments to the reference signal are enabled only when an actual sensed input control value extends beyond the control band. The upper and lower boundaries may be linearly or non-linearly approaching the average control value as a function of increases in the average control value, to prevent control adjustments in particular for low output current conditions. Control signals are generated for driving one or more switching elements in the power stage, based at least in part on the feedback signal and the generated reference signal. |
| US10362651B2 |
Micro lighting device
A micro lighting device includes a source line, a drain line, a ground line, an illuminating device, and a switching device. The illuminating device includes a first electrode and a second electrode coupled to the ground line. The switching device includes a first end coupled to the drain line, a second end coupled to the first electrode via the source line, and a control end coupled to the gate line. At least one of the source line, the drain line, the gate line and the ground line includes an adjustable impedance structure for adjusting the current flowing through the illuminating device. |
| US10362650B2 |
Driving circuit and lighting apparatus for light emitting diode
A driving circuit for a light emitting diode connected to a TRIAC dimmer configured to modulate an input AC voltage depending on a selected dimming level including a rectifier configured to full-wave rectify the modulated AC voltage output from the TRIAC dimmer to generate and output a driving voltage, a driving module configured to receive the driving voltage of the rectifier to detect the selected dimming level and drive a plurality of light emitting diode groups depending on the detected dimming level, and a bleeder circuit configured to provide a bleeder current to the TRIAC dimmer, in which the bleeder circuit is configured to provide the bleeder current only for a preset on-duty time. |
| US10362647B2 |
Amplitude dimming power supply for constant-voltage LED lamp group
A amplitude dimming power supply for constant-voltage LED lamp group comprises a maximum current signal conversion module, a DAC module electrically connected with the maximum current signal conversion module, a dimming signal output module, a signal processing module electrically connected with the dimming signal output module and the DAC module, a lamp group current sampling module, and a comparison control input module. The present invention is directed to the constant-voltage LED lamp group amplitude dimming, the dimming current is based on constant-voltage LED lamp group real-time changes. Constant-voltage LED lamp group maximum dimming current determines the duty cycle and the amplitude of the PWM signal output by the maximum current signal conversion module, so that the maximum dimming current of the amplitude dimming power of the constant-voltage LED lamp group is always equal to the total current of the current LED lamp group. The amplitude dimming power supply can work in full scale range and the phenomenon of dead zone doesn't appear. |
| US10362646B2 |
Head lamp lighting system of a vehicle and its control method
A head lamp lighting system of a vehicle includes a DC/DC boost converter configured to provide a common boosted output voltage from a battery voltage, a plurality of DC/DC buck converters, each DC/DC buck converter being configured to provide an adjusted buck output current from the common boosted output voltage, a plurality of strings of Light-Emitting Diodes, each string of Light-Emitting Diodes being electrically connected to only one adjusted buck output current and vice versa, a main controller electrically connected to the DC/DC boost converter and configured to provide a boost switching frequency value to the DC/DC boost converter, a battery voltage supervisor electrically connected to the main controller and electrically connected to the battery voltage, said battery voltage supervisor being configured to provide the battery voltage value to the main controller; the main controller being configured to determine the boost switching frequency value according to the battery voltage value. |
| US10362642B2 |
Light emitting device and light illuminating apparatus comprising the light emitting device
(Problem)To provide technology for easily manufacturing a light illuminating apparatus suitable for the performance of a power device(Problem-solving means)A light emitting device (M) includes a substrate (410) having an anode pattern (310) and a cathode pattern (320), and at least one light emitting element (330) connected to the anode pattern and the cathode pattern. The substrate has a connecting part (350) at each of two ends of the anode pattern extending in a connection direction with other light emitting device that is different from the light emitting device (M) to connect the light emitting device (M) to other light emitting device, and a connecting part (350) at each of two ends of the cathode pattern extending in the connection direction to connect the light emitting device (M) to other light emitting device. |
| US10362641B2 |
Microwave treatment apparatus
A microwave oven includes a waveguide having an E-bend structure with multiple openings disposed on a lateral face of a heating chamber that allow the waveguide to communicate with the heating chamber. The waveguide has a first section for propagating a microwave from a magnetron toward the heating chamber, and a second section having a wide plane that abuts an outer wall of the heating chamber. The openings include at least one circularly-polarized-wave opening for generating a circularly polarized wave. A cross section of the first section orthogonally intersects a tube axis of the first section projects virtually along the tube axis of first section and onto a lateral face of the heating chamber, and the circularly-polarized-wave opening is configured such that its center is located outside the resultant projected region. |
| US10362640B2 |
Heating element powered by alternating current and heat generator accomplished by the heating element
Heating element (1) powered by alternating current and heat generator (43) comprising the heating element (1) and control electronics (9). The heating element has a hollow body housing (3) which is closed or provided with one or more openings, and at least two electrodes (5) which are insulated from said housing (1) and from each other by means of an insulating element (4). The control electronics (9) comprises an AC mains supply unit (10), a central unit (11) and a heavy current switch unit (12). The output (15) of the heavy current switch unit (12) is connected to the heating element (1). The electrodes (5) have a polygonal or a three-dimensional curve cross-section and their longitudinal axes (8) or generating lines each form an exponential curve. A duty factor modulated AC voltage of at most 1000V amplitude, 1000-60 000 Hz is connected to said electrodes (5). |
| US10362639B2 |
Cooktop
The present disclosure describes an induction cooker (100) having an induction element (104) for heating a cooking vessel (106) containing a food substance. The induction cooker (100) also has a temperature sensor (120) for measuring a temperature of the cooking vessel (106) or food substance. A memory is also includes having stored therein a cooking sequence. The cooking sequence includes sequential stages, each stage being defined by a set temperature to be reached by the cooking vessel (106) or food substance, a set maximum power applied to the induction element (104) during heating and a time associated with the stage. A controller is included for retrieving the cooking sequence and controlling the induction element (104) based upon the cooking sequence and the temperature measured. |
| US10362636B2 |
Antennas configured for self-learning algorithms and related methods
A Modal antenna system, control system, and algorithm is described which provides for improved connectivity in a communication system where statistics of previous antenna modes or beam positions for a mobile device operating in conjunction with specific base stations, access points, or other communication terminals are used to make intelligent decisions for current antenna beam state for optimal connectivity. A modal antenna is implemented to provide a variable radiation pattern for improved connectivity and an algorithm is provided that controls current beam position as the mobile device moves through a communication network. |
| US10362630B2 |
Airtime efficiency of virtual cell by optimizing multicast/broadcast transmissions in wireless networks
Airtime efficiency is improved in virtual cell by optimizing multicast and/or broadcast transmissions in wireless networks with an optimal set of access points, as a subset of total access points involved in a traditional transmission. An optimal set comprising singleton access points and a minimum number of non-singleton access points covering the maximum number of stations with the fewest number of access points by including a non-singleton access point covering a highest number of stations not covered by the singleton access points are identified. The remaining access points in the plurality of access points that are not part of the optimal set, are configured to refrain from the inherent virtual cell rule of responding to multicast or broadcast on the Wi-Fi portion of the Wi-Fi data communication network. |
| US10362627B2 |
Paging method and apparatus for communication of M2M/MTC device operating in high power saving reception mode in a mobile communication system, and system thereof
A method is provided for communicating with a User Equipment (UE) supporting a High Power Saving Reception Mode (HPSRM) mode by an evolved Node B (eNB) in a wireless communication system. The method includes receiving Discontinuous Reception (DRX) cycle information from a network entity performing mobility management for the UE by the eNB communicating with the UE over a wireless link; and broadcasting system information including the DRX cycle information. The DRX cycle information is set longer than DRX cycle information of a UE non-supporting the HPSRM mode. By doing so, an efficient paging method for an UE operating in the HPSRM mode may be provided. |
| US10362625B2 |
Apparatus and methods in a wireless communication network
Implementations describe a user equipment, an access node, and to methods for a user equipment and for an access node. The user equipment includes a receiver configured to receive a downlink control signal (CTRLS) over a downlink control channel (PDCCH) from an access node. The user device also includes a processor configured to, when the user equipment is in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connected mode, switch on the receiver at a time point (tstart_symbol) when a symbol comprising the downlink control signal (CTRLS) starts in time domain. The processor is further configured to switch off the receiver at a time point (tend_symbol) when the symbol comprising the downlink control channel (CTRLS) ends in time domain. |
| US10362624B2 |
Communication system
A narrow-bandwidth terminal device performs radio communication at a bandwidth narrower than a system bandwidth. The narrow-bandwidth terminal device in an idle state camps on a cell, and performs discontinuous reception of a signal transmitted from the cell. The terminal device also determines a reception condition of the signal, for example, whether the signal can be received. When it is determined that the signal cannot be received, the narrow-bandwidth terminal device moves out of a coverage area of the cell while continuing to perform the discontinuous reception. When it is determined that a discontinuous reception timer has been completed, the narrow-bandwidth terminal device continues to perform the discontinuous reception. |
| US10362622B2 |
Management and setup of enhanced MAC-e/es resources in cell-FACH state
A method and apparatus are disclosed to manage the enhanced medium access control-e (MAC-e) and enhanced MAC-es resources and respective variables for the enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) in the enhanced Cell_FACH state. Due to the nature of the E-DCH transmission in the uplink (UL) in the Cell_FACH state and the fact that a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) might set up and release the E-DCH resources more frequently, methods to deal with the TSN numbering are described. |
| US10362621B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving data in mobile communication system
The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for transmitting/receiving data, and a method for a user equipment transmitting data, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises: a step of determining conditions for determining whether a condition for transmitting short data is satisfied, when data to be transmitted is generated; and a step of including the data to be transmitted in a radio resource control (RRC) connection setup completion message and transmitting same, when the condition for transmitting the short data is satisfied. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the problem of network overload can be prevented by reducing signaling overhead when processing small packets, which are generated intermittently, in the mobile communication system, and an apparatus and a method for enhancing battery performance in the user equipment can be effectively provided. |
| US10362618B2 |
Communication system, communication device, and method for reconnecting communication system
A communication system includes a plurality of communication devices constituting a network. Each of the communication devices includes a first wireless communication circuit and a second wireless communication circuit. The second wireless communication circuit of a lower-level communication device accesses the first wireless communication circuit of a higher-level communication device, whereby the higher-level communication device and the lower-level communication device are connected so as to constitute the network. Each of the plurality of communication devices stores system information. When any one of the communication devices is disconnected from the higher-level communication device, the disconnected communication device searches for another communication device using the system information and makes reconnection to the communication device detected by the search. |
| US10362616B2 |
Selection of capillary network gateway to a cellular network
The present disclosure relates to the capillary network gateway selection in a capillary network. In particular, the present disclosure relates to a methods and arrangements for selecting a capillary network gateway, CGW, for linking of a machine device, MD, arranged to operate in a capillary network, to a cellular network. The cellular network is arranged to operate according to a radio access technology different from the radio access technology of the capillary network, the capillary network including a plurality of CGWs, each of which CGWs being adapted to forward traffic between the capillary network and a radio base station, RBS, of the cellular network. The method comprises, for at least two CGWs of the plurality of CGWs, to gather (S51) data related to cells of RBSs having a cellular radio connection to the respective CGW in the capillary network, and to control (S52) selection of at least one CGW out of the at least two CGWs based on the gathered data. |
| US10362615B2 |
Method and apparatus for configuring dual connection in mobile communication network
Provided is a method for configuring dual connection with multiple base stations by a terminal. The method includes receiving, from a first base station, a first signal including indication information that indicates configuration of the additional wireless resource through the second base station; attempting the configuration of the additional wireless resource through the second base station and random access to the second base station on the basis of the first signal; and transmitting, to the first base station, a second signal including failure indication information that indicates failure of the configuration of the additional wireless resource when failing to configure the additional wireless resource through the second base station or the random access with the second base station. |
| US10362613B2 |
Pairing management method, recording medium, and terminal apparatus
A pairing management method includes detecting, by a computer, a peripheral device configured to perform short-range wireless communication with the computer; transmitting, by the computer, to a server storing pairing information generated by a pairing process of a management terminal and the peripheral device, an acquisition request for the pairing information of the detected peripheral device; and performing data communication, by the computer, with the detected peripheral device, based on the pairing information, when the pairing information associated with the transmitted acquisition request is received from the server. |
| US10362610B2 |
Method and apparatus for mapping initial access signals in wireless systems
A user equipment (UE) for selecting a cell using a synchronization signal (SS) in a wireless communication network. The UE comprises determining subcarrier spacing based on an operating frequency band, receiving, from a base station (BS), a signal block comprising a primary synchronization signal (PSS), a secondary synchronization signal (SSS), and a broadcasting signal conveyed on a physical broadcasting channel (PBCH), decoding a block index from the signal block, and determining OFDM symbol indices corresponding to the block index, wherein the OFDM symbol indices are determined by a mapping pattern based corresponding to the subcarrier spacing, and wherein the mapping pattern comprises a plurality of bursts each of which includes a set of consecutive OFDM symbols. |
| US10362605B2 |
Systems and methods for multiplexing scheduling requests in unlicensed bands
According to certain embodiments, a method implemented in a wireless device is provided that includes determining that a scheduling request (SR) cannot be transmitted on an uplink during a scheduled SR opportunity. The SR is transmitted in a first transmission opportunity following a partial downlink (DL) subframe from a network node (115). |
| US10362603B2 |
Using RTS/CTS to enhance network performance
In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may be an AP. The AP determines an interference metric of a BSS having a plurality of STAs. The AP is in the BSS. The interference metric indicates a degree of interference in the BSS caused by one or more hidden nodes associated with the plurality of STAs. The AP determines whether the interference metric meets a threshold. The AP transmits, to the plurality of STAs, a frame including an indicator when the interference metric meets the threshold. The indicator indicates to each of the plurality of STAs to enable a medium reserving procedure. The medium reserving procedure reserves a medium for data transmission. |
| US10362600B2 |
Emulating virtual port control of airtime fairness using per station enhanced distributed channel access (EDCA) parameters
A technique for emulating virtual port control of airtime fairness for wireless stations using per station Enhanced Distributed Channel Access (EDCA) parameters. Specific parameters are received for each of a plurality of stations connected to the access point. An EDCA field of a beacon that stores a general EDCA parameter is set to an empty state. The beacon is broadcast to a plurality stations on the wireless communication network and within range of an access point. The beacon comprises a BSSID (Basic Service Set Identifier) for use by the plurality of stations to connect with the access point for access to the wireless communication network. The beacon also comprises an empty EDCA field. In response to broadcasting the empty EDCA parameter, receiving a direct inquiry from each of the plurality of stations for the general EDCA parameter. Each of the plurality of stations is responded to with a direct communication of a specific parameter corresponding to each station. A transmission is received from at least one of the stations complying with the specific parameter. |
| US10362599B2 |
Method for obtaining uplink synchronization and configuring uplink connection
Disclosed are a terminal, which receives a downlink signal from a plurality of RRHs, transmits a random access preamble to any one target RRH in which the intensity of the received downlink signal among the plurality of RRHs is greater than or equal to a threshold value, receives a random access response message indicating that an uplink connection to a selected RRH will be configured on the basis of difference of a reception power of a random access preamble received by the target RRH and a reception power of a random access preamble which is overheard by a neighborhood RRH adjacent to the target RRH, and configures an uplink connection to the selected RRH, and an uplink connection configuration method thereof. |
| US10362596B2 |
Method and wireless device for receiving PDSCH
The present disclosure provides a method for receiving a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), the method being performed by a wireless device. The method may comprise the steps of determining the number of physical resource blocks (PRBs); and determining a transport block size (TBS) within the PDSCH on the basis of the determined number of the PRBs, wherein when the wireless device is an LC device or when the wireless device is set to CE so that the PDSCH is repeatedly received on a plurality of subframes, the number of PRBs used for determining the TBS can be calculated to be the same as the total number of PRBs that have been actually allocated for the PDSCH, regardless of whether the PDSCH is received in a TDD special subframe. |
| US10362592B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting signal in wireless communication system
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. Specifically, the invention relates to a method and an apparatus for the same, the method comprising the steps of: receiving system information indicating a TDD UL-DL configuration; receiving MBSFN SF allocation information; and, on the basis of a TTI configuration of SF #n, processing a signal for the SF #n, wherein if the SF #n is non-MBSFN SF, the SF #n is configured by a single TTI, and if the SF #n is MBSFN SF, the SF #n is configured by multi-TTI. |
| US10362590B2 |
Method for transmitting uplink data and apparatus for same
Provided are a method and an apparatus for transmitting uplink data from a terminal to base stations. In particular, the terminal establishes dual connectivity with a plurality of base station, and the terminal transmits and receives uplink and downlink traffic through multiple carriers by distinguishing paths. More specifically, the method may include receiving upper layer signaling which includes information for establishing dual connectivity with a first base station and a second base station, establishing dual connectivity between the first base station and the second base station, based on the upper layer signaling, and submitting a PDCP PDU for each of one or more wireless bearers, from a PDCP object to an RLC entity, which is a peer to the second station based on the upper layer signaling. |
| US10362588B2 |
Determining a threshold value for determining whether to steer a particular node from associating with one node to another node in a wireless environment
Techniques are disclosed for determining a threshold value for determining whether to steer a particular node (such as, a client device) from one node (such as, an access point ((AP)) to another node (such as, another AP). A particular node associated with a current node in a wireless environment is identified. One or more parameters associated with the particular node, the current node, a candidate node to which the particular node may be steered, and/or the wireless environment is identified. Based on the parameters, a threshold value is determined. The threshold value is the minimum improvement in quality of one or more links if the particular node is steered from the current node to the candidate node. If the improvement in quality is greater than the determined threshold value, then the particular node is steered to associate with the candidate node rather than the current node. |
| US10362587B2 |
Method of dynamically assigning a quality of service
A method of managing communications of a mobile communications device. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a travel route with the mobile communications device and assigning a first quality of service to the mobile communications device in response to receiving the travel route. The method also includes determining a current location of the mobile communications device, determining a positional deviation of the mobile communications device from the travel route based on the current location of the mobile communications device, and assigning a second quality of service to the mobile communications device when the positional deviation of the mobile communications device exceeds a predetermined threshold. The second quality of service being higher than the first quality of service. |
| US10362583B2 |
Telecommunications networks
A mobile telecommunications network includes: a radio access network having radio means (2000) for wireless communication with a plurality of terminals (10) registered with the telecommunications network and control means (700) operable to provide services to the users of the terminals connected thereto, and a core (2030) including a store of policy information (9, 36) for respective ones of the terminals (10), and distribution means operable to provide to the control means associated with one of the terminals the policy information; wherein the control means is operable to store the policy information together with an indicator of the version of the policy information during periods when the terminal is disconnected from the control means, the control means including checking means for checking the currency of the policy using the indicator of the version of the policy and means for applying the stored policy information to the terminal when the terminal re-connects to the control means if the checking means determines that the stored policy is current. |
| US10362579B2 |
256 quadrature amplitude modulation user equipment category handling
According to some embodiments, a method of performing a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) process comprises receiving, by a wireless device executing a HARQ process, a first transport block encoded according to a category type of the wireless device and a first modulation coding scheme; decoding, by the HARQ process, the first transport block using a number of soft bits N; receiving, by the wireless network element, a second transport block encoded according to the equipment type and a second modulation coding scheme different from the first modulation coding scheme; and decoding, by the HARQ process, the second transport block using the number of soft bits N. |
| US10362577B2 |
Method and apparatus for re-arrangement of group resource in wireless communication system
A method for re-arrangement of a group resource of an M2M device arranged according to a hierarchical tree structure is disclosed in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. The method is performed by a first M2M device which owns a first group resource, and the method comprises the steps of: receiving, from a second M2M device, a specific request message for the first group resource; determining whether it is necessary to transfer at least one member of the first group resource as a member of a group resource of another M2M device; determining, in order to transfer the at least one member as a member of the group resource of the another M2M device, whether to use a group resource existing in the another M2M device or whether to generate a new group resource in the another M2M device; and if a new group resource is generated in the another M2M device, adding the at least one member as a member of the new group resource, wherein the first group resource is added as a member of the new group resource if the another M2M device is higher than the first M2M device in the hierarchical tree structure, and the new group resource is added as a member of the first group resource if the another M2M device is lower than the first M2M device in the hierarchical tree structure. |
| US10362576B2 |
Forwarding control method, information transmission method for mobile terminal, and apparatuses thereof
A forwarding control method, an information transmission method for a mobile terminal, and apparatuses thereof, are provided. A method comprises determining uplink transmit power of at least one mobile terminal, and determining, at least according to the uplink transmit power, a forwarding policy of measured data of the mobile terminal corresponding to the uplink transmit power. According to uplink transmit power of a mobile terminal, a forwarding policy of respective information can be determined and forwarding of the information can be selectively triggered, so as to facilitate reducing signaling overhead and delay caused by unnecessary forwarding while improving forwarding efficiency. |
| US10362570B2 |
Multicast communication method and apparatus
Provided are a method and apparatus for performing multicast communication in a communication system based on LTE or LTE-Advanced. The method of a UE includes receiving a Single Cell-Multicast Control CHannel (SC-MCCH) by monitoring a downlink channel based on a preset Downlink Control Information (DCI) format, determining a DCI format for receiving a Single Cell-Multicast Traffic CHannel (SC-MTCH) based on Coverage Enhanced Mode (CEMode) information included in the SC-MCCH, and receiving the SC-MTCH by monitoring the downlink channel based on the determined DCI format for receiving the SC-MTCH. |
| US10362568B2 |
High-speed capture and analysis of downlink data in a telecommunications system
Certain features relate to optimizing the processing of downlink data in a telecommunications system by capturing a downlink data stream and transferring the downlink data to a memory device in parallel. A processing device can capture a first set of downlink data blocks from a base station and store the first set of downlink data blocks to a memory device. Once a sufficient number of downlink data blocks are written to the memory device, the first set of data blocks can be transferred to a digital signal processor. A second set of data blocks can be captured substantially simultaneous to the first set of data blocks being transferred to the digital signal processor. In additional aspects, the second set of data blocks can be processed by the digital signal processor substantially simultaneous to additional data blocks being captured and stored in the memory device. |
| US10362566B2 |
Pucch methods and apparatuses of enhanced CA in UE and base station
The present disclosure discloses an enhanced CA PUCCH method and device. In a first step, a UE receives a first high layer signaling, wherein the first high layer signaling indicates a reserved SR resource on a first serving cell. In a second step, the UE receives determines a target serving cell for transmitting SR indication information on a first sub frame, wherein the target serving cell is one of K candidate serving cells. In a third step, the UE transmits the SR indication information on the first sub frame of the target serving cell. Wherein the first serving cell is one of K candidate serving cells, the reserved SR resource is PUCCH resource, K is a positive integer, and the SR indication information indicates a positive SR or a negative SR. |
| US10362562B2 |
Uplink signal control method and apparatus
An uplink signal control method and apparatus, which are used to resolve a problem that when a UE is not within primary carrier signal coverage of a micro cell, the micro cell cannot control uplink transmission of the UE on a primary carrier. The method includes: determining, by a first network device, uplink control configuration information for user equipment (UE), where the uplink control configuration information includes information about a control channel occupied by control information, which is transmitted by a second network device on a second carrier, for controlling an uplink transmission action of the UE on a first carrier; and notifying, by the first network device, the uplink control configuration information to the second network device, and sending the uplink control configuration information to the UE or instructing the second network device to send the uplink control configuration information to the UE. |
| US10362552B2 |
Terminal device, non-transitory computer readable storage medium, and insurance condition determination device
A terminal device that includes a first execution unit that executes a first application having a navigation function for a user in a vehicle, and a second execution unit that executes a second application having a transmission function and a reception function of a message, and the second execution unit automatically replies to the message in cooperation with the first application in a case where the second execution unit receives the message to the second application while the vehicle is being driven. |
| US10362551B2 |
Calibration method for parallel multi-channel wireless channel measurement and system for the same
The present invention discloses a calibration method for parallel multi-channel wireless channel measurement and a calibration system thereof. The transmitting end and the receiving end are disconnected, and are respectively connected to the calibration receiving channel and the calibration transmitting channel, and the calibration receiving channel/calibration transmitting channel cooperates with a measurement channel in air interface measurement, to calibrate a channel response characteristic of the transmitting end and the receiving end. By means of the present invention, a current channel response characteristic between multiple channels can be online supervised in real time, so as to ensure that a measurement error because of an impact of mutual interference between multiple channels can be avoided in the channel measurement process. |
| US10362550B2 |
Synchronizing media presentation at multiple devices
A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device to perform operations including determining a target playback latency not less than a greater of a first playback latency of a streaming media signal at a first media processor and a second playback latency of the first media signal at a second media processor. The streaming media signal includes a first in-content reference. A coordinated playback time is determined according to the target playback latency. A buffer, when adjusted by a buffer value, causes the first in-content reference to be encountered at a coordinated time during playback by the first media processor, which results in a synchronized playback of the streaming media between the first and second media processors. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US10362547B2 |
Seamless and reliable chain of custody transfer over low power wireless protocol
Apparatuses and methods for providing change of custody signaling in a wireless sensor network are disclosed herein. In embodiments, an apparatus for providing transfer of custody signaling in a wireless sensor network (WSN) may be provided. The apparatus may include communications circuitry to interact with a cloud server to receive an instruction regarding a change of custody for at least one sensor node within a WSN, the at least one sensor node assigned to the apparatus for tracking, and the instruction may identify a second apparatus within the WSN to assume custody of the at least one sensor. The apparatus may further include a control unit coupled to the communications circuitry to signal the second apparatus and the at least one sensor node regarding the transfer of custody, wherein the signaling is over a wireless protocol of the WSN. |
| US10362545B2 |
Method, user equipment and base station for transmitting uplink signals
The present disclosure provides several methods, user equipment (UEs) and base stations for transmitting uplink signals. After receiving uplink synchronization command information, the UE may transmit an uplink signal on at least one idle unlicensed cell. Besides, the UE may try to transmit the uplink signal on multiple uplink signal resources within an uplink signal transmission window. By using the present disclosure, transmission probability of uplink signals may be improved, and time delay of uplink synchronization may be shortened. |
| US10362543B2 |
Multi-carrier power pooling
Novel techniques for pooling the available transmit power of a beam across the subcarriers that are or that are scheduled to be in use (and not across all available subcarriers) are disclosed. The scheduled subcarriers may be located in the same or different carriers of a modulation transmitter modulation system, and the pooled transmit power may be allocated or distributed across the scheduled subcarriers of the beam. Modulation symbols or resource elements may be transmitted in accordance with allocated, per-subcarrier power budgets, thereby maximizing the SNIR of signals that are transmitted in the beam via the scheduled subcarriers. Additionally, the allocation of the pooled transmit power to various subcarriers may continuously and/or dynamically vary over time, e.g., based on traffic demands, interference characteristics, etc., as well as based on subsequent scheduling of subcarriers to transmit subsequent modulation symbols or resource elements. |
| US10362541B2 |
Wireless communication with interference mitigation
In one implementation, a wireless communication terminal includes a primary antenna array and a first controller configured to steer a main beam of the primary antenna array in a desired direction. The wireless communication terminal also includes an auxiliary antenna array and a second controller configured to control complex weights to be applied by at least some antenna elements of the auxiliary antenna array to corresponding variants of a second signal received by the at least some auxiliary antenna elements. Furthermore, the wireless communication terminal includes at least one signal combiner configured to combine variants of the second signal received from auxiliary antenna elements into an interfering signal that models interference from a co-located wireless communication terminal and subtract the interfering signal from variants of the first signal received from antenna elements of the principal antenna array to produce an interference mitigated signal. |
| US10362533B2 |
System and method of locating wireless connection among a plurality of wireless connections
A system and method of locating a wireless connection among a plurality of possible wireless connections. More particularly, a system and method of locating a user preferred wireless connection among a plurality of possible wireless connections. The method includes scanning for available networks and determining whether the available networks satisfy one or more user preferences. The method further includes establishing a secondary network connection with one of the available networks based on one or more user preferences being satisfied. |
| US10362531B2 |
Systems and methods for enhanced subnetwork preference logic
Systems and methods for enhanced subnetwork preference logic are herein provided. In certain implementations, a method for transmitting messages over a datalink communication system includes identifying a location of a first communication unit; and identifying an altitude of the first communication unit. Further, the method includes selecting a sub-network preference for the first communication unit for communicating between the first communication unit and one or more other communication units, wherein the sub-network preference is selected based on the location and the altitude of the first communication unit, wherein the sub-network preference identifies one or more sub-networks in order of preference; and transmitting one or more messages to the one or more other communication units through a sub-network that is a most preferred sub-network as indicated by the selected sub-network preference and available for communications. |
| US10362529B2 |
Method and system for optimizing closed subscriber group (CSG) selection in wireless communication
The various embodiments herein provide a method and system for optimizing Closed Subscriber Group (CSG) selection in wireless communication. The method comprising steps of initiating, by a user equipment (UE), a manual CSG selection, verifying if a manual CSG selection request is new, storing a registered public land mobile network (RPLMN) and a corresponding public land mobile network (PLMN) Selection mode if the CSG selection request is new, changing a PLMN selection mode and the CSG selection mode to MANUAL, registering the UE on to a user selected CSG cell, storing one or more parameters associated with the user selected CSG cell if the registration is successful irrespective of CSG cell belonging to RPLMN or different PLMN and selecting the user selected CSG cell using a stored PLMN ID and a CSG ID combination in the current PLMN selection mode during power off and power on. |
| US10362516B2 |
HO performance indicators for tuning HO parameters which are based on radio channel quality before HO
Known HO performance indicators comprise Retainability Rate and HO Successful Rate. The Retainability Rate is defined as the ratio between abnormal connection releases and the total number of releases, and HO Successful Rate is defined as the ratio of successful HOs and the total number of HO attempts. The application proposes two new HO performance indicators LowCqiRateWhenHo (522) and LowUISinrRateWhenHo (524). These two HO performance indicators are based on radio link conditions before a HO for the DL and UL channels respectively. The indicator LowCqiRateWhenHo is defined as the ratio of low, i.e. below a threshold (514). CQI measurement samples of users (502) just before a HO and is as a measure of DL connection quality during HO. The indicator LowUISinrRateWhen Ho is defined as the ratio of low, i.e. below a threshold (516). SINR measurement samples (506) in UL just before a HO and is as a measure of UL connection quality during HO. The inter-HO performance indicators disclosed herein have been successfully used to optimize iRAT HO parameters in a live network. The proposed indicators may be used as an input of Self-Optimizing Network Optimization Manager SON OM algorithms for tuning iRAT HO parameters and intra-HO parameters. |
| US10362514B2 |
Network node and communication method
A communication system is provided that includes a network node, a first terminal which supports an EVS (Enhanced Voice Service) codec, and a second terminal. The EVS codec supports an AMR-WB (Adaptive Multi Rate Wideband) codec compatible mode and an AMR-WB codec non-compatible mode, the AMR-WB codec having a dedicated payload format, where the AMR-WB codec compatible mode is compatible with an AMR-WB codec and the AMR-WB codec non-compatible mode is non-compatible with the AMR-WB codec. The first terminal and the second terminal negotiate the AMR-WB codec non-compatible mode in a session negotiation to select the AMR-WB codec non-compatible mode to be used for the communication between the first terminal and the second terminal when the communication starts. |
| US10362513B2 |
Method, apparatus, and system for handover to circuit switched domain
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, apparatus, and system for a handover to a circuit switched domain. The method includes: selecting an MSC capable of both CSFB and SRVCC for a UE; and selecting, if a location service of a CS domain triggers an SRVCC procedure for the UE when the UE has a VOIP service in progress, the MSC capable of both CSFB and SRVCC in the SRVCC procedure, so that the UE, after being handed over to the CS domain, accesses the MSC and implements the location service of the CS domain. The apparatus includes: a first selecting module and a second selecting module. The system includes a UE and the apparatus. The embodiments of the present invention enable the UE with the VOIP service in progress to be correctly handed over to the CS domain and implement the location service. |
| US10362506B2 |
Communication aggregation system, control device, processing load control method and non-transitory computer readable medium storing program
A communication aggregation system according to an exemplary embodiment of the invention includes a plurality of devices (3) to (6) that transmit a larger amount of data when an abnormality is found compared with the amount of data transmitted in normal times, a gateway device (1) that communicates with devices included in a first group out of a plurality of devices, a gateway device (2) that communicates with devices included in a second group, and a control device (7) that, when the amount of data transmitted from some device increases due to detection of an abnormality and a difference in processing loads between the gateway devices exceeds a first threshold, changes a group to which at least one device out of the plurality of devices (3) to (6) belongs so that a difference in the processing loads falls below a second threshold. |
| US10362505B2 |
Method and terminal for handling channel state information
Provided in embodiments of the present application are a method and terminal for handling channel state information (CSI). The embodiments use the terminal to measure and report to a base station first CSI, where the first CSI comprises a first rank indicator (RI), a first precoding matrix indicator (PMI), and a first channel quality indicator (CQI), to acquire a second RI and/or a second PMI on the basis of the first CSI. The terminal is able to utilize the second RI to measure and report to the base station the PMI and CQI corresponding to the second RI; or, utilize the second RI and the second PMI to measure and report to the base station the CQI corresponding to the second RI and to the second PMI; or, utilize the second PMI to measure and report to the base station the RI and CQI corresponding to the second PMI. |
| US10362500B2 |
Detecting the status of a mesh node in a wireless mesh network
A method for detecting the status of a mesh node in a wireless mesh network, wherein a gateway is building up a vector over time by combining active detection, passive detection and binary tests on anomaly metrics and wherein the status of the mesh node is regarded as misbehaving when the vector reaches a certain level. |
| US10362496B2 |
Link control node and method, and communications system
Embodiments of the present invention provide a link control node and method, and a system. An MPTCP sublink is identified; and from the MPTCP sublink, a first MPTCP sublink on which link control needs to be performed is determined, and an adjustment manner applicable to the first MPTCP sublink is determined. By adding centralized management and control measures on MPTCP connections, a data transmission process on each MPTCP sublink can be performed on an expected communication link, which adapts to running requirements of a system. Therefore, radio resources can be appropriately allocated, and system performance can be improved. |
| US10362494B2 |
Coordinated beamforming for overlapping BSS (OBSS) in wireless LAN (WLAN)—exchange of identity information
A method and a device for a coordinated beamforming for overlapping BSS (OBSS) in WLAN are shown. In an embodiment the method includes transmitting, by a first access point (AP) of the plurality of APs, to other APs of the plurality of APs a first coordinated beamforming (CB) announcement message, wherein the first CB announcement message includes an identifier (ID) of the first AP, an ID of each station (STA) associated with the first AP, and a beamforming capability information of the first AP and receiving, by the first AP, a second CB announcement message from a second AP of the plurality of APs. |
| US10362487B2 |
Downlink procedures for LTE/LTE-A communication systems with unlicensed spectrum
Long term evolution (LTE)/LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) deployments with unlicensed spectrum leverage more efficient LTE communication aspects over unlicensed spectrum, such as over WIFI radio access technology. In order to accommodate such communications, various downlink procedures may be modified in order to handle communications between licensed and unlicensed spectrum with LTE/LTE-A deployments with unlicensed spectrum. |
| US10362486B2 |
Method of interference avoidance and base station
A method of reducing interference to reception of streams of television content received at a television receiver in which each of the streams of television content are transmitted on one of a plurality of frequency channels in accordance with a channel map which defines on which of the plurality of frequency channels each stream of television content is transmitted and the interference being caused by a base station transmitting data to or receiving data from one or more mobile devices via radio communication signals in a vicinity of the television receiver. The method includes identifying the channel map and adapting a transmission of the radio communication signals between the base station and the one or more of mobile devices in accordance with the identified channel map to reduce interference at the television receiver. |
| US10362485B2 |
Delegated profile and policy management
Identities of mobile communications devices and subscription credentials are maintained by an enterprise server. The subscription credentials are operative to enable access to subscription services of a mobile network operator. Control of the subscription credentials is delegated from the mobile network operator to the enterprise server. The enterprise server determines which of the mobile communications devices are to be provisioned by the subscription credentials. Policies for use of the subscription credentials by the determined mobile communications devices are identified. The subscription credentials and policies are applied to the mobile communications devices. |
| US10362478B2 |
System and method for channel security
A method for user equipment (UE) identification in a wireless network comprising selecting, at the UE, a sequence from a stored pool of possible sequences based on a stored secret value; and transmitting the selected sequence to the wireless network. |
| US10362475B2 |
Subscription management service data feeds
Service data feeds that indicate multiple Embedded Subscriber Identity Module (eSIM) profiles provided by one or more eSIM profile vendor are loaded into one or more profile data stores of a subscription management service may be received from the subscription management service. The profile data stores may include a Subscription Manager Data Preparation (SM-DP) profile data store or a Subscription Manager Data Preparation Plus (SM-DP+) profile data store. A request is then received from an entity to perform an action with respect to a particular eSIM profile that has a specific Integrated Circuit Card identifier (ICCID). The request is forwarded to the subscription management service in response to determining that the specific ICCID matches an ICCID of an eSIM profile that is indicated by a service data feed as being loaded into a profile data store of the subscription management service. Accordingly, the subscription management service may implement the action with respect to the particular eSIM profile. |
| US10362471B1 |
Providing information to a mobile device based on an event at a geographical location
A system, method, and non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions for receiving information about an event from at least one mobile device, the information comprising location information and event type information and identifying the event based on the information, the event being identified by associating the event type information with a specific event and associating the location information with a particular location associated with the specific event. |
| US10362470B2 |
Safe status message delivery
Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The methods computer program products, and systems can include, for instance: obtaining emergency event data and user data of a mobile device user, wherein the user data of the mobile device user includes user biometric data obtained from a mobile device of the mobile device user; examining data of the emergency event data and data of the user data; and responsively to the examining, automatically outputting one or more text based status message. |
| US10362469B2 |
Access to wireless emergency alert information via the spectrum access system
The Spectrum Access System (SAS) may be utilized wireless emergency alert (WEA) information. The SAS may be utilized to retrieve additional WEA information, beyond that which was provided in a WEA message. Spectrum assigned for government purpose use (e.g., radar systems, department of defense use, homeland security use, etc.) may be dynamically allocated to commercial use. |
| US10362468B2 |
Methods, systems and apparatus for selectively distributing urgent public information
Embodiments of the invention provide apparatuses, systems and methods for distributing public information. For example, some embodiments of the invention provide methods for determining an appropriate set of addresses to which to distribute an alert. One such exemplary method comprises maintaining a directory of alert gateways. The directory can comprise a plurality of directory entries, and each directory entry can be associated with a particular alert gateway. Each directory entry can also comprise at least one gateway characteristic associated with that alert gateway. In some cases, a gateway characteristic can include information to enable the alert distribution device to determine whether a given alert should be transmitted to the alert gateway. |
| US10362464B2 |
Over-the-air broadcast bootloader protocol
A system and method of disseminating bootload images through a wireless network are disclosed. The central node, or server, transmits segments of the bootload image using broadcast so that all wireless network devices receive the image at the same time. The server then individually queries each wireless device to determine whether there are any segments of the image that were not received by that particular wireless device. The server then retransmits, using broadcast, any segment that was not received by any wireless device. Once every wireless device has the entire image, the server may initiate the process of installing that image. |
| US10362463B1 |
System and method for providing near-field communication within a vehicle
A communication system for a vehicle that includes a near-field communication (NFC) antenna module mounted to a support structure of the vehicle. The communication system also includes a printed circuit board (PCB) that is disposed within the NFC antenna module. The communication system additionally includes a NFC transceiver that is disposed on the PCB. The communication system further includes a NFC antenna that is operably connected to the NFC transceiver and is disposed on the PCB. |
| US10362457B2 |
Method of sending messages to devices not configured to receive them
A system having a server for receiving a message from a sending device executing a messaging application and for sending a message notification alert to a recipient, the server having a processor and memory, the memory having computer executable code, comprising receiving the message from the sending device executing the messaging application, the message containing recipient address information provided by the sending device, determining, based on recipient address information, that the recipient is not associated with a recipient device having the messaging application, and transmitting the message notification alert to the recipient via an alternate communications method, the message notification alert comprising a link to view the message. |
| US10362453B2 |
PTT communication method and apparatus through multiple PTT channels
The present disclosure proposes a method capable of, when a user simultaneously selects several PTT channels even in an apparatus not supporting a display, identifying the several PTT channels using alarm sounds for the PTT channels to transmit voices and distinguishing through which PTT channel a received voice is received, and a PTT terminal supporting the same. The present disclosure provides a push-to-talk (PTT) communication method, comprising: a step of connecting multiple PTT channels for communications between terminals; a step of storing history information representing received time of voice data through the multiple PTT channels; a step of selecting a PTT channel on the basis of the history information with respect to the multiple PTT channels, if an input of a PTT button is sensed; and a step of transmitting voice data to the selected PTT channel. |
| US10362449B2 |
Method for receiving broadcast/multicast message in wireless communication system and device therefor
A method for a terminal to receive a broadcast/multicast message from a non-serving cell in a wireless communication system according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a step of transmitting reception capability information of a terminal to a serving cell; a step of receiving a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) from the serving cell; and a step of receiving a broadcast/multicast message from a non-serving cell, wherein whether or not the PDSCH and the broadcast/multicast message are transmitted via a same subframe can be determined on the basis of the reception capability of the terminal. |
| US10362448B1 |
Systems and methods for determining texting locations and network coverage
A method for receiving an emergency communication includes receiving a first portion of a first communication. The method also includes receiving a second portion of a second communication. The second communication may be a duplicate of the first communication. The method includes reconstructing the first communication using the first portion and the second portion. |
| US10362446B2 |
System and method for providing information matching a user's stated preferences
A location-based and preference-based system and method for matching media content about persons, places and things with the expressed preferences of mobile users to notify users about and provide users with access to media content about persons, places and things that match the user's expressed preferences. The system thus provides information such as stories or articles that match the user's interests and relate to their location. The system may assign ranks to all of the media content that meets that user's preferences wherein, in one embodiment, it will automatically play them in the assigned order. Comparison of the user's preferences with the various profiles of the media content allows the user only to be informed of the media content for those persons, places or things that the user is likely to be interested in. The system and method thus provides for a mobile real-time point of interest exchange network. |
| US10362444B2 |
Method for requesting transportation services
A method for safely and efficiently requesting transportation services through the use of mobile communications devices capable of geographic location is described. Individual and package transportation may be provided. New customers may be efficiently serviced, and the requester and transportation provider locations may be viewed in real time on the mobile devices. |
| US10362442B2 |
Retrospective path analysis
To determine whether a mobile device has entered a geo-fenced region, a first geo-location of the mobile device at a first time is identified. Also, a second geo-location of the mobile device at a second time is identified. A potential travel path of the mobile device is determined between the first geo-location and the second geo-location. The potential travel path is in at least two dimensions. A determination is made as to whether the potential travel path intersects with the predetermined geo-fenced region. If the potential travel path intersects the predetermined geo-fenced region by an amount that satisfies an intersection requirement, a determination is made that the mobile device entered the predetermined geo-fenced region. |
| US10362441B1 |
Communications based on geo location information
Methods and systems are described for communicating messages using a home automation system. An example computer-implemented method for communicating based on geo location information using an automation and security system includes determining a geo location of a person relative to a property being monitored by the automation and security system, and automatically delivering a message to the person based on the geo location. |
| US10362438B2 |
Portable apparatus and method of controlling location information of portable apparatus
A portable apparatus and a method of controlling location information of the portable apparatus are provided. A portable apparatus and a method of controlling location information of the portable apparatus for enabling location information of the portable apparatus corresponding to a connection termination time to be transmitted to a wearable apparatus when a connection between the portable apparatus and the wearable apparatus is terminated are provided. A portable apparatus and a method of controlling location information of the portable apparatus for enabling the portable apparatus to transmit location information of a termination time at which a first wireless connection is terminated to a wearable apparatus through a second wireless connection when the first wireless connection between the portable apparatus and the wearable apparatus is terminated are provided. |
| US10362436B2 |
Information processing system, information processing apparatus, storage medium having stored therein information processing program, and information processing method
An example of an information processing system includes a plurality of user terminals and a server capable of communicating with each user terminal. The server transmits a content to the user terminal. The user terminal executes a first program for displaying a content, thereby displaying on a display apparatus the content received from the server. The user terminal stores related image information indicating a related image related to the content. When executing a second program, which is a program that is different from the first program and can be executed in the user terminal, the user terminal displays on the display apparatus an image by changing an image based on the second program, using the related image information. |
| US10362434B2 |
Methods and systems for communication management
Methods and systems for communication management are disclosed. Services and/or clients in a system can specify or determine timeout parameters in communication requests. A timeout parameter can be a time allocated to process a request and/or fulfill a task associated with a request. Tasks can be delegated to other devices or services, and the tasks can be sent with additional timeout parameters based on the first timeout parameter. A notification can be sent when a time to process a request or fulfill a task is predicted to exceed one or more of the timeout parameters. |
| US10362433B2 |
Electronic device and control method thereof
An electronic device providing a smart sound mode is provided. The electronic device includes: a user command receiver; an inputter; an outputter; and a processor configured to: in response to a predetermined event occurring, provide a user interface (UI) for guiding setting of a smart sound mode; in response to the smart sound mode being selected according to a user command input through the user command receiver, individually render a first sound signal which is a common component among a plurality of channels forming the sound signal and a second sound signal which is a differential component among the plurality of channels based on whether the first sound signal comprises a voice and whether the second sound signal comprise a sound effect, mix the first and second sound signals which are rendered into a multi-channel sound signal and control the outputter to output the multi-channel sound signal. |
| US10362431B2 |
Headtracking for parametric binaural output system and method
A method of encoding channel or object based input audio for playback, the method including the steps of: (a) initially rendering the channel or object based input audio into an initial output presentation; (b) determining an estimate of the dominant audio component from the channel or object based input audio and determining a series of dominant audio component weighting factors for mapping the initial output presentation into the dominant audio component; (c) determining an estimate of the dominant audio component direction or position; and (d) encoding the initial output presentation, the dominant audio component weighting factors, the dominant audio component direction or position as the encoded signal for playback. |
| US10362428B2 |
Audio apparatus and audio providing method thereof
An audio apparatus and an audio providing method thereof are provided. The audio providing method includes receiving an audio signal including a plurality of channels, applying an audio signal having a channel, from among the plurality of channels, giving a sense of elevation to a filter to generate a plurality of virtual audio signals to be respectively output to a plurality of speakers, applying a combination gain value and a delay value to the plurality of virtual audio signals so that the plurality of virtual audio signals respectively output through the plurality of speakers form a sound field having a plane wave, and respectively outputting the plurality of virtual audio signals, to which the combination gain value and the delay value are applied, through the plurality of speakers. The filter processes the audio signal to have a sense of elevation. |
| US10362427B2 |
Generating metadata for audio object
Example embodiments disclosed herein relate to audio object processing. A method for processing audio content, which includes at least one audio object of a multi-channel format, is disclosed. The method includes generating metadata associated with the audio object, the metadata including at least one of an estimated trajectory of the audio object and an estimated perceptual size of the audio object, the perceptual size being a perceived area of a phantom of the audio object produced by at least two transducers. Corresponding system and computer program product are also disclosed. |
| US10362425B2 |
Translating user interface sounds into 3D audio space
Translating user interface sounds into 3D audio comprises: receiving an audio request call from a process relating to a user interface event; converting the audio request call into a position in 3D audio space representative of the process from which the call has been received; and playing a corresponding sound in a surround sound system in the position in 3D audio space. Each open application in a graphical user interface may be provided with a sound space, in the 3D audio space, from which any event sounds are played. |
| US10362423B2 |
Parametric audio decoding
A stereo parameter conditioner performs a conditioning operation on a first value of a stereo parameter and a second value of the stereo parameter to generate a conditioned value of the stereo parameter. The first value is associated with a first frequency range, and the second value is associated with a second frequency range. The conditioned value is associated with a particular frequency range that is a subset of the first frequency range or a subset of the second frequency range. |
| US10362422B2 |
Audio device
A method and system dynamically adjusts the audio of an audio and video signal to improve its overall sound quality and dialog intelligibility. Some embodiments use gain, equalization, audio signal compression and spatial enhancement (reverb) on individual channels of a multichannel audio signal. |
| US10362419B2 |
Hearing aid with electronics frame and antenna integrated therein
A hearing aid contains a housing and, inserted in the housing, is a frame for receiving electrical or electronic assemblies. The assemblies received in the frame contains a transmitting and/or receiving unit for electro-magnetic waves. The hearing aid moreover has an antenna assigned to the transmitting and/or receiving unit, which antenna is configured as an integral part of the frame, as a stamped/bent part or as inlay part made of metal. The antenna contains two parts which are each configured as open loops with two ends, wherein the two loop-shaped parts of the antenna are electrically shorted to each other by a respective end. |
| US10362417B2 |
Adjustable fixation device having reduced infection
Components and portions of components of a hearing prosthesis encapsulated in a microorganism-barrier membrane. Methods and apparatus are described for implanting hearing prosthesis components in precise locations, and maintaining the locations, with at least some components or portions of components encapsulated in a microorganism-barrier membrane. |
| US10362416B2 |
Binaural level and/or gain estimator and a hearing system comprising a binaural level and/or gain estimator
A binaural hearing system comprises A) left and right hearing devices, each comprising a1) an input unit providing an electric input signal representing sound; and a2) an output unit, B) a binaural level and/or gain estimator comprising b1) left and right level estimators, each comprising respective fast and slow level estimators configured to provide respective fast and slow level estimates of respective electric input signals, b2) a fast binaural level comparison unit receiving the fast level estimates of the respective left and right fast level estimators and providing a fast binaural level comparison estimate; and b3) a fast binaural level and/or gain enhancer providing respective left and right binaural level and/or gain modification estimates, in dependence of said fast binaural level comparison estimate at said left and right ears, respectively, of the user. The binaural hearing system provides that the interaural level cues are either compressed, maintained or enhanced independent of each other. |
| US10362413B2 |
Hearing device with suppression of sound impulses
A hearing device includes: at least one microphone for converting sound received by the at least one microphone into an audio signal; a sound impulse detector configured for detecting a presence of an impulse in the audio signal; and a signal processor configured for processing the audio signal into a processed audio signal in response to the presence of the impulse in the audio signal as detected by the sound impulse detector; and a receiver coupled to the signal processor for converting the processed audio signal into an output sound signal for emission towards an eardrum of a user; wherein the sound impulse detector is configured for operation in a frequency domain for detecting presence of the impulse in the audio signal. |
| US10362412B2 |
Hearing device comprising a dynamic compressive amplification system and a method of operating a hearing device
A hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid, comprises A) an input unit providing an electric input signal with a first dynamic range of levels comprising a target signal and/or a noise signal; B) an output unit providing output stimuli; C) a dynamic compressive amplification system comprising c1) a level detector unit providing a level estimate of the electric input signal; c2) a level post processing unit for providing a modified level estimate in dependence of a first control signal; c3) a level compression unit for providing a compressive amplification gain in dependence of the modified level estimate and a user's hearing data; and c4) a gain post processing unit for providing a modified compressive amplification gain in dependence of a second control signal; D) a control unit configured to provide a classification of said electric input signal, and to provide said first and second control signals based on said classification; and E) a forward gain unit for applying the modified compressive amplification gain to the electric input signal. A method of operating a hearing device is furthermore provided. |
| US10362411B2 |
Hearing device with fixation arrangement
A hearing device comprising a housing configured to be arranged in the ear canal or behind the outer ear of a user, wherein an attachment arrangement is mechanically connected to the housing. The attachment arrangement comprises at least one first attachment part and at least one second attachment part, which is configured to be arranged relative to each other by means of one or more attraction members provided on each of said first and second attachment parts. |
| US10362410B2 |
Hearing aid having combined antennas
A hearing aid having a hearing aid housing, includes: a microphone; a processing unit configured to process an audio signal for compensating a hearing loss of a user; a battery provided closer to a second end of the hearing aid housing than to a first end of the hearing aid housing; one or more wireless communication units for wireless communication; at least a part of a first antenna for electromagnetic field emission and/or electromagnetic field reception, the at least a part of the first antenna being interconnected with one of the one or more wireless communication units; and a second antenna for electromagnetic field emission and/or electromagnetic field reception, the second antenna being interconnected with one of the one or more wireless communication units; wherein the second antenna is between a center axis of the battery and the second end of the hearing aid. |
| US10362406B2 |
MEMS microphone package
A MEMS microphone package includes a substrate including a base layer, a sound hole cut through the base layer, a conduction part arranged on the base layer, a sidewall connected with one end thereof to the top surface of the base layer and having a conducting line electrically connected to the conduction part, a cover plate connected to an opposite end of the sidewall and having a solder pad and a third contact disposed in conduction with the solder pad and electrically connected to the conducting line, an acoustic wave sensor mounted on the top surface of the base layer to face toward the sound hole, a processor chip mounted on the top surface of the base layer and electrically connected to the acoustic wave sensor and the conduction part, and one or multiple electronic components electrically bonded to the cover plate. |
| US10362405B2 |
Fixed electrode and electroacoustic transducer
A fixed electrode configured to face a diaphragm and forming a capacitance with the diaphragm, including a plurality of protrusions formed by plastic deformation on one surface of the fixed electrode that is to face the diaphragm, so as to protrude toward the diaphragm. |
| US10362404B2 |
Speaker apparatus
A frame is coupled to a magnetic circuit. The frame includes a plurality of holes which are formed outside the coupling portion and opened toward the magnetic circuit. A case covers the magnetic circuit and the frame, and is opened on a sound radiation direction side. An outer circumferential portion of the case is located on the sound radiation direction side beyond the plurality of holes and forms a first gap with respect to the frame. The first gap is communicated with an opening of the case. |
| US10362402B2 |
Menu navigation method for user of audio headphones
A method of operating an audio system having first and second sources includes outputting a first audio signal from the first source on first and second speakers. In response to a listener input, the first audio signal and a second audio signal from the second source are output simultaneously on the first and second speakers. The first signal is output from each of the first and second speakers such that the first signal is perceived by a listener to originate from a first direction toward the listener. The second signal is output from each of the first and second speakers such that the second signal is perceived by the listener to originate from a second direction toward the listener. The second direction is offset at least ninety degrees from the first direction. |
| US10362401B2 |
Orientation-aware surround sound playback
Example embodiments disclosed herein relate to orientation-aware surround sound playback. A method for processing audio on an electronic device that includes a plurality of loudspeakers is disclosed, the loudspeakers arranged in more than one dimension of the electronic device. The method includes, responsive to receipt of a plurality of received audio streams, generating a rendering component associated with the plurality of received audio streams, determining an orientation dependent component of the rendering component, processing the rendering component by updating the orientation dependent component according to an orientation of the loudspeakers and dispatching the received audio streams to the plurality of loudspeakers for playback based on the processed rendering component. Corresponding system and computer program products are also disclosed. |
| US10362398B2 |
Monolithic loudspeaker and control method thereof
A monolithic loudspeaker and a method for controlling a monolithic loudspeaker are disclosed. The loudspeaker comprises: a first pair of speakers for a first channel, including a first front speaker and a first rear speaker, wherein the first front speaker and the first rear speaker are arranged along a first axis in a first cross-section of the loudspeaker, and are arranged towards opposite directions; and a second pair of speakers for a second channel, including a second front speaker and a second rear speaker, wherein the second front speaker and the second rear speaker are arranged along a second axis in a second cross-section of the loudspeaker, and are arranged towards opposite directions; wherein the first axis and the second axis are deflected by an angle. According to an embodiment of this invention, a new arrangement for a monolithic loudspeaker is proposed. |
| US10362396B2 |
Phase control signal generation device, phase control signal generation method, and phase control signal generation program
A phase control signal generation device generating a phase control signal for each of frequency bands for an audio signal converted into a frequency domain, the phase control signal generation device comprising: a setting change means that is able to change setting of a propagation delay time for each of predetermined frequency bands; a difference obtaining means that obtains a difference between propagation delay times before and after setting change; an updating means that updates a phase control amount of the frequency band for which the propagation delay time is changed, based on the obtained difference; and a phase control signal generating means that generates a phase control signal of each frequency band by performing a smoothing process for the phase control amount in a frequency domain using the updated phase control amount. |
| US10362393B2 |
Direction detection device for acquiring and processing audible input
Embodiments of the disclosure generally include a method and apparatus for receiving and separating unwanted external noise from an audible input received from an audible source using an audible signal processing system that contains a plurality of audible signal sensing devices that are arranged and configured to detect an audible signal that is received from any position or angle within three dimensional space. The audible signal processing system is configured to analyze the received audible signals using a first signal processing technique that is able to separate unwanted low frequency range noise from the received audible signal and a second signal processing technique that is able to separate unwanted higher frequency range noise from the received audible signal. The audible signal processing system can then combine the signals processed by the first and second signal processing techniques to form a desired audible signal that has a high signal-to-noise ratio throughout the full speech range. |
| US10362392B2 |
Aerial acoustic sensing, acoustic sensing payload and aerial vehicle including the same
An aerial acoustic acquisition system including: an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV); an acoustic sensing payload attached to the UAV including: at least one SOI microphone configured to detect a first audio signal including a signal of interest; and at least one noise detection microphone configured to detect a second audio signal including sound generated by the UAV, and a processing suite including a processor configured to receive first audio data corresponding to the first audio signal and second audio data corresponding to the second audio signal from the acoustic sensing suite, and process the first audio data using the second audio data to extract the signal of interest from the first audio data. |
| US10362391B2 |
Adjusting audio content based on audience
One embodiment provides a method, including but not limited to: identifying, using a data capture device, a listener; determining, using a processor, audio content is inappropriate; and executing, using a processor, an action, wherein the action prevents the inappropriate audio content from being audible. Other aspects are described and claimed. |
| US10362383B2 |
Ear hanging type music player
An ear hanging type music player includes a left ear hanger and a right ear hanger. The left ear hanger includes a first hanging main body and a first ear plug. The first hanging main body includes a first earplug receiving groove, the first ear plug is movably received in the first earplug receiving groove. The right ear hanger includes a second hanging main body and a second ear plug. The second hanging main body has a same structure as the first hanging main body, the second hanging main body includes a second earplug receiving groove, the second ear plug is movably received in the second earplug receiving groove. |
| US10362382B2 |
Earpiece for a mobile device
Various embodiments of an earpiece for a mobile device. The earpiece is detachably mounted to the mobile device and provides sound amplification for a user. |
| US10362381B2 |
Methods and devices for radio frequency (RF) mitigation proximate the ear
Earpieces and methods of forming earpieces for radio frequency (RF) mitigation are provided. An earpiece is configured to be inserted in an ear canal. The earpiece includes an insertion element and a sealing section disposed on the insertion element and configured to conform to the ear canal. The sealing section is configured to substantially mitigate radio frequency (RF) transmission and to substantially isolate the ear canal from an ambient environment. |
| US10362380B2 |
Headphone
The present invention relates to a headphone including a housing defining a back chamber on a back side of a speaker unit. A headphone includes a speaker unit and a housing defining an internal space provided on an acoustic emission side as a back side of the housed speaker unit and an air chamber provided separately from the internal space. The housing includes a first housing member provided with a first hole allowing communication between an exterior and the air chamber, a second housing member attached to the speaker unit and coupled to the first housing member to define the internal space and the air chamber, and a third housing member fixed with the third housing member being sandwiched between the first and second housing members and provided with a second hole allowing communication between the air chamber and the internal space. |
| US10362379B2 |
Wireless microphone and/or in-ear monitoring system and method of controlling a wireless microphone and/or in-ear monitoring system
A wireless microphone and/or in-ear monitoring system having at least one first mobile device for wirelessly transmitting first audio signals. The system also has at least one base station for wirelessly receiving the first audio signals transmitted by the mobile device. The wireless transmission is based on an orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing transmission (OFDM) during a time-division multiple access (TDMA) time slot. Each wireless microphone occupies at least one slot within 2 ms. Each of the TDMA frames has a plurality of slots which respectively have precisely one OFDM symbol. Accordingly, precisely one OFDM symbol is transmitted in each TDMA slot. During a time slot made available in accordance with the TDMA, a transmission is effected on the basis of an OFDM method. The TDMA frame length is so short as a latency of <4 ms is required for professional audio transmission, for example in the case of wireless microphone systems. |
| US10362377B2 |
MEMS microphone package
A MEMS microphone package includes a substrate including a sound hole, a first conduction part and a second conduction part, a sidewall connected with one end thereof to the substrate and having a conducting line electrically connected to the second conduction part, a cover plate connected to an opposite end of the sidewall and defining a chamber therein and having a solder pad and a fifth contact in conduction with the solder pad and electrically connected to the conducting line, a processor chip mounted on the substrate inside the chamber and electrically connected to the first conduction part and the second conduction part, and a acoustic wave sensor mounted on the substrate inside the chamber to face toward the sound hole and electrically connected to the first conduction part using flip-chip technology. |
| US10362375B2 |
Discovering connection of passive cables
In one example in accordance with the present disclosure, a system is provided. The system includes a first subsystem and a second subsystem, connectable to each other via a passive cable, and each connected to a high-level management tool. Each subsystem includes a signal driver/receiver capable of sending and receiving data and signals over the passive cable and a connection discovery engine to access low-level power up/down controls of the signal driver/receiver. The connection discovery engine is to, via physical layer communication, send a local unique identifier (ID) of the particular signal driver/receiver over the passive cable. The connection discovery engine is further to, via physical layer communication, receive, over the passive cable, a remote unique ID of the signal driver/receiver in the other connected subsystem. The connection discovery engine is further to send the local unique ID and the remote unique ID to the high-level management tool. |
| US10362374B2 |
Discovery mechanism for communication in wireless networks
Techniques for discovering a device in a wireless network are described herein. For example, a first device may send a network discovery solicitation message to a second device to solicit a communication relationship (e.g., request connection to a parent). The network discovery solicitation may include one or more information elements that indicate a channel function associated with the first device and a listening window during which the first device will be listening for communications. The second device may use the channel function to frequency hop and send a network discovery message to the first device during the listening window. The network discovery message may include one or more information elements to establish a sampled schedule for the first device moving forward. |
| US10362370B2 |
Device for creating enhanced videos
A device for creating video sequences wherein a certain amount of data is added in order to better interpret and assess the video sequence. A typical use case is the following: a person with a Smartphone (or any other online terminal capable of carrying out a video recording) films a person (or object) that thereon has sensors (accelerometers, gyrometers, etc.) capable of communication. After processing, the data from the communication-capable sensors is transmitted via wireless communication to the Smartphone, that will aggregate same with the created video sequence. This is what is meant by “enhanced video”. |
| US10362368B1 |
Inferring entity information in media content
Relationships and descriptions are inferred for entities that appear in media content, such as movies and television programs. In one embodiment, media content is analyzed to infer relationships among entities that appear in the media content over an entirety of the media content. Relationships between two or more entities may change over time in the media content. A request is received from a client device for entity information regarding one or more entities relative to a particular time in the media content. Relationships that have been inferred via this analysis are then identified based at least in part on the particular time. The entity information presenting the identified relationships is sent to the client device. |
| US10362367B2 |
Systems and methods for automatically detecting users within detection regions of media devices
Systems and methods are presented for detecting users within a range of a media device. A detection region may be defined that is within the range of the media device and smaller than the range. The detection region may be stored. It may be determined whether a user is within the detection region. The media device may be activated and settings associated with the user may be applied when a user is within the detection region. In some embodiments, settings associated with a user may be compared to provided media content when the user is within the detection region. The content may change when the settings conflict with the media content. Reminders may be provided to or directed to a plurality of users within the range of the media device. |
| US10362366B2 |
Techniques for seamless media content switching during fixed-duration breaks
Techniques are disclosed for seamless media content switching during fixed-duration breaks. A user can request that a first media content item played by a client device during a fixed-length break be skipped. A server can determine an amount of time remaining in the break, determine an updated playlist of one or more media content items that together at least partially but not completely consume the entire amount of remaining time, and provide the updated playlist to the client device. The client device can determine a delay duration amount of time that it will continue playing the first media content item before skipping to a media content item from the updated playlist. This delay duration is determined such that the entire break can be filled with media content without any dead air or clipped media content. |
| US10362362B2 |
Multi-dimensional hierarchical content navigation
A device includes a display unit that displays a tile display comprising multiple rows and columns of tiles upon a display unit of a device, wherein each of the tiles represents an item of content or a group of items of content. The device associates multiple different linear axes with the tile display, wherein the multiple different linear axes intersect at a center tile of the tile display and wherein multiple different properties are associated with the center tile. The device receives user input associated with selecting one of the linear axes of the tile display; identifies a search parameter based on the selected one of the linear axes and based on at least one of the multiple different properties associated with the center tile; and causes the tile display to include search results resulting from a search of the content catalog with the identified search parameter. |
| US10362361B2 |
Systems and methods for dynamic inclusion and exclusion of a video from a media guidance interface
Systems and methods are provided herein for dynamically including or excluding a video from a media guidance interface based on indications of user interest. To this end, the systems and methods generate a video for display using user equipment and receive a command from a user to display a media guidance interface while the video is being generated for display, the media guidance interface including a plurality of video identifiers. In response to receiving the command, the systems and methods determine whether the user has interest in the video. In response to determining that the user has interest in the video, the systems and methods generate the media guidance interface for display along with the video. In response to determining that the user has no interest in the video, the systems and methods generate the media guidance interface for display without the video. |
| US10362359B2 |
Video player framework for a media distribution and management platform
An embodiment includes receiving a first request for first video content and a first video player from a client; in response (a) (i) obtaining first source code for the first video player, (a)(ii) obtaining a first configuration file for the first video player, (a)(iii) obtaining a first player module corresponding to the first video player, and (a)(iv) communicating same to the client. The first video player comprises code to play video via a graphical user interface. The first player module comprises code that, in response to the first player module subscribing to a first event bus of a pub/sub system, performs a first routine in response to: (b)(i) a first publication to the first event bus from an additional player module that corresponds to the first video player, and (b) (ii) execution of a first callback function corresponding to the first publication. |
| US10362357B1 |
Systems and methods for resuming media in different modes of playback based on attributes of a physical environment
Systems and methods are described for resuming media in different modes of playback, based on attributes of a physical environment that a user has moved to. For example, a user may access a media asset (e.g., television broadcast of a baseball game) in a first environment (e.g., a living room). A media guidance application may then determine that the user has left the first environment. In response, the media guidance application may identify the user's new environment (e.g., a car) and analyze characteristics of the new environment. Based on the characteristics, the media guidance application may determine a suitable mode of playback (e.g., an audio version featuring play-by-play commentary of the baseball game on the car's radio) that the user can access from the playback position from where the user left off at the first environment. |
| US10362351B2 |
Dynamic tuner allocation
In an embodiment, a first tuner task type is identified from among a plurality of tuner task types, in response to receiving a first tuner request. The first tuner request was made to perform a tuner task of the first tuner task type. A first set of tuner selection rules specifically for the first tuner task type is determined and applied to a set of tuners to determine whether the set of tuners comprises a tuner available to perform the tuner task of the first tuner task type. |
| US10362349B1 |
Detecting channel similarity based on content reuse
A method, system, and computer program instructions detect and score video channels based on content reuse. Matches between two videos occur when one video reuses a segment of video or audio content from another video. A video graph stores information about videos, channels the videos belong to, and their matches with other videos. Channels are given similarity scores based on their similarity to a video, channel, or group of channels. Similarity scores are calculated using information about video matches from the video graph. |
| US10362348B2 |
System and monitoring of video quality adaptation
Systems and method of video quality adaptation include acquiring video data to be streamed. An available bandwidth on a communications network is determined. A determined playback speed is determined based upon a bitrate of the video data to be streamed and the available bandwidth on the communications network. The video data is decoded to produce decoded video data which is encoded at the determined playback speed to produce encoded video data. The encoded video data is streamed across the communications network. |
| US10362347B1 |
In-flight entertainment systems controlling Bluetooth broadcast rates of time messages and timing offsets by video display units to user terminals
An inflight entertainment system includes video display units that communicate with user terminals through Bluetooth signaling and include a network interface communicating with a content server and a satellite network interface and/or a ground network interface. A time reference message is received which contains a master time reference from the satellite network interface and/or the ground network interface. A local time generator is updated based on the master time reference. Rate request messages are received from the user terminals containing indications of time broadcast rates requested by the user terminals. A scheduled time broadcast rate is determined based on the indications of the time broadcast rates requested by the user terminals. The video display unit transmits, through a Bluetooth transceiver at time instances which are determined based on the scheduled time broadcast rate, broadcast time messages that each contain an indication of a present local time of the video display unit. |
| US10362346B2 |
Simultaneous playback for multiple audience members with different visual and audio needs
A method for playing a movie asset in several playback devices. The method receives a request to play a movie asset and synchronizes clocks between a first device and a second device, which is a portable device. The method signals a start of the playback of the asset through the first and second playback devices, where playback on the second device is synchronized with playback on the first device. The method wirelessly transmits an alert message that identifies the asset through the first and second devices and includes a description of an upcoming or future segment of the asset, where a first version of the segment is played back through the first device. In response to receiving the alert message, the second device becomes configured to select a second version of the segment in accordance with i) user settings of the portable device and ii) the description of the segment. |
| US10362343B2 |
Apparatus, method and computer program
An information processing apparatus comprising: receiver circuitry configured to receive content including metadata; storage containing a parameter associated with the metadata; and control circuitry configured to: extract the received metadata; retrieve the parameter associated with the metadata and control the information processing apparatus based on the parameter. |
| US10362342B2 |
Broadcast signal transmission device, broadcast signal reception device, broadcast signal transmission method, and broadcast signal reception method
The present invention provides a broadcast signal transmission/reception method and device for pulled-down signal restoration. The broadcast signal transmission method according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: pulling-down and reconstructing video data; encoding the reconstructed video data; encoding signaling information for the reconstructed video data; generating a broadcast signal including the encoded video data and the encoded signaling information; and transmitting the generated broadcast signal. |
| US10362340B2 |
Techniques for creation of auto-montages for media content
In one embodiment, a montage of media (videos, images, audio, etc.) is created automatically from media submitted by different users and related to a common theme or event. A bubble is created for each theme or event. The users submit the media over the Internet or another network with an indication of a particular bubble the media pertains to. The media in the bubble is examined for objects, audio, engagement metrics, faces, and various other accompanying markers, which are then used to identify media or fragments of media for inclusion in an automatic montage, with music and transition effects. |
| US10362335B2 |
Method for improving the quality of an image subjected to recoding
The invention relates to a method for improving the quality of an image or video sequence subjected to recoding, wherein the image is decoded and subsequently re-encoded. The method involves detecting, following the image decoding, whether the image has undergone any spatial displacement; in the event that it has, compensating for such spatial displacement by arranging the image on an image with a higher resolution such that the spatial position of the blocks of the higher-resolution image coincides with the spatial position of the blocks of the image before decoding; and adding information about the cropping to be applied to the higher-resolution image for a subsequent decoder to recover the image with its original resolution. According to another embodiment of the invention, the method comprises calculating distortions for each displacement of each image of a video sequence; identifying higher-quality images in a GOP structure using the computed distortions; and temporally aligning the beginning of the GOP of a new re-encoding with the identified higher-quality images. |
| US10362333B2 |
Color index coding for palette-based video coding
In palette-based coding, a video coder may form a so-called “palette” as a table of colors representing the video data of a given block. The video coder may code index values for one or more pixels values of a current block of video data, where the index values indicate entries in the palette that represent the pixel values of the current block. A method includes determining a palette for a block of video data, identifying escape pixel(s) not associated with any palette entries, identifying a single quantization parameter (QP) value for all escape pixels of the block for a given color channel using a QP value for non-palette based coding of transform coefficients, dequantizing each escape pixel using the identified QP value, and determining pixel values of the block using the dequantized escape pixels and index values for any pixel(s) associated with any palette entries. |
| US10362331B2 |
Method and apparatus for intraBC mode with fractional-pel block vector resolution in video coding
A method and apparatus of video coding using IntraBC (Intra Block Copy) mode are disclosed. The system derives a block vector pointing from the current block to a reference block within a reconstructed pixel area of the current picture. If the block vector is at the fractional-pel resolution, the block vector is restricted so that neighboring pixels at integer-pel locations around fractional-pel reference pixels of the reference block for generating the fractional-pel reference pixels of the reference block using an interpolation filter are all available within the reconstructed pixel area. In another embodiment, the unavailable reference pixels for interpolation to generate fractional-pel reference pixels are padded. |
| US10362328B2 |
Motion vector coding method and motion vector decoding method
A motion vector coding unit executes processing including a neighboring block specification step of specifying a neighboring block which is located in the neighborhood of a current block; a judgment step of judging whether or not the neighboring block has been coded using a motion vector of another block; a prediction step of deriving a predictive motion vector of the current block using a motion vector calculated from the motion vector of the other block as a motion vector of the neighboring block; and a coding step of coding the motion vector of the current block using the predictive motion vector. |
| US10362326B2 |
Processing a prediction unit of a picture
Motion compensation requires a significant amount of memory bandwidth, especially for smaller prediction unit sizes. The worst case bandwidth requirements can occur when bi-predicted 4×8 or 8×4 PUs are used. To reduce the memory bandwidth requirements for such smaller PUs, methods are provided for restricting inter-coded PUs of small block sizes to be coded only in a uni-predictive mode, i.e., forward prediction or backward prediction. More specifically, PUs of specified restricted sizes in bi-predicted slices (B slices) are forced to be uni-predicted. |
| US10362319B2 |
Techniques for compressing multiple-channel images
Disclosed are techniques for pre-processing an image for compression, e.g., one that includes a plurality of pixels, where each pixel is composed of sub-pixels that include at least an alpha sub-pixel. First, the alpha sub-pixels are separated into a first data stream. Next, invertible transformations are applied to the remaining sub-pixels to produce transformed sub-pixels. Next, for each row of the pixels: (i) identifying a predictive function that yields a smallest prediction differential total for the row, (ii) providing an identifier of the predictive function to a second data stream, and (iii) converting the transformed sub-pixels of the pixels in the row into prediction differentials based on the predictive function. Additionally, the prediction differentials for each of the pixels are encoded into first and second bytes that are provided to third and fourth data streams, respectively. In turn, the various data streams are compressed into a compressed image. |
| US10362313B2 |
Video encoding method and video encoding for signaling SAO parameters
The present disclosure relates to signaling of sample adaptive offset (SAO) parameters determined to minimize an error between an original image and a reconstructed image in video encoding and decoding operations. An SAO decoding method includes obtaining context-encoded leftward SAO merge information and context-encoded upward SAO merge information from a bitstream of a largest coding unit (MCU); obtaining SAO on/off information context-encoded with respect to each color component, from the bitstream; if the SAO on/off information indicates to perform SAO operation, obtaining absolute offset value information for each SAO category bypass-encoded with respect to each color component, from the bitstream; and obtaining one of band position information and edge class information bypass-encoded with respect to each color component, from the bitstream. |
| US10362310B2 |
Entropy coding techniques for display stream compression (DSC) of non-4:4:4 chroma sub-sampling
Provided are systems and methods for entropy encoding video data. Samples of a block of video data are partitioned into one or more groups of samples, based upon a coding mode of the block and a chroma subsampling image format of the samples. Entropy coding is performed on the block via performing a group-wise skip on at least one of the one or more groups in response to all of the samples in the at least one group having a value equal to a predetermined value, the group-wise skip including refraining from encoding the samples associated with the at least one group. |
| US10362303B2 |
Sensor-assisted autofocus calibration
A mobile device includes a camera module, including a lens and an image sensor. An inertial sensor in the mobile device outputs a signal indicative of an orientation of the device. A controller corrects one or more focal properties of the camera module responsively to the orientation indicated by the inertial sensor. |
| US10362301B2 |
Designing content for multi-view display
The specification and drawings present a signage design device (SDD) and a method for using such a device for designing content for a multi-view display (MVD) intended for simultaneously displaying multiple versions of content to multiple corresponding viewing zones. The multi-view display may be a static multi-view signage print (SMVSP) or an electronic multi-view display (EMVD), as described herein. |
| US10362299B1 |
System for introducing physical experiences into virtual reality (VR) worlds
A system for providing a user of a virtual reality (VR) system with physical interactions with an object in the real world or in the surrounding physical space while they are concurrently interacting in the virtual world with a corresponding virtual object. The real world object is dynamic with the system including a physical interaction system that includes a robot with a manipulator for moving, positioning, and/or orienting the real world object so as to move it into contact with the user. For example, the physical object is moved into contact with a tracked body part of the user, such as a hand, a tracked contact surface on the user's body, and so on, at a time that is accurately synchronized with a time of an interaction event occurring in the virtual world being created by the VR system. |
| US10362298B2 |
Shutter glasses, display system and shutter display method
Shutter glasses, used for watching a display device, comprises a first lens, a second lens, a driving circuit and a processor; both the first lens and the second lens are divided into a plurality of sections from top to bottom, and the driving circuit is connected to the plurality of sections of the first lens and the plurality of sections of the second lens to drive the corresponding sections to be opened and transparent; the processor is connected to the driving circuit to determine an updated area of a display image of the display device, which is currently updated and to determine the sections of the first lens and/or the sections of the second lens corresponding to the updated area, and to control the driving circuit to drive the sections of the first lens and/or the sections of the second lens corresponding to the updated area to be opened. |
| US10362294B2 |
3D camera and method of measuring transmittance using the same
Provided are a three-dimensional (3D) camera including a wavelength-variable light source for directly measuring transmittance and a method of measuring the transmittance. The 3D camera includes, as well as a light source, a transmission type shutter, and an image sensor, and a wavelength-variable light source capable of irradiating a light with a variable wavelength without being thermally affected by the light source, the image sensor, and the transmission type shutter. The wavelength-variable light source may directly measure a change in transmittance by irradiating light toward the transmission type shutter while the 3D camera operates. |
| US10362293B2 |
3D track assessment system and method
A 3D track assessment system for identifying and assessing features of a railway track bed based on 3D elevation and intensity data gathered from the railway track bed. |
| US10362290B2 |
Methods and apparatus for processing content based on viewing information and/or communicating content
Methods and apparatus for collecting user feedback information from viewers of content are described. Feedback information is received from viewers of content. The feedback indicates, based on head tracking information in some embodiments, where users are looking in a simulated environment during different times of a content presentation, e.g., different frame times. The feedback information is used to prioritize different portions of an environment represented by the captured image content. Resolution allocation is performed based on the feedback information and the content re-encoded based on the resolution allocation. The resolution allocation may and normally does change as the priority of different portions of the environment change. |
| US10362285B2 |
Color night vision cameras, systems, and methods thereof
Disclosed are improved methods, systems and devices for color night vision that reduce the number of intensifiers and/or decrease noise. In some embodiments, color night vision is provided in system in which multiple spectral bands are maintained, filtered separately, and then recombined in a unique three-lens-filtering setup. An illustrative four-camera night vision system is unique in that its first three cameras separately filter different bands using a subtractive Cyan, Magenta and Yellow (CMY) color filtering-process, while its fourth camera is used to sense either additional IR illuminators or a luminance channel to increase brightness. In some embodiments, the color night vision is implemented to distinguish details of an image in low light. The unique application of the three-lens subtractive CMY filtering allows for better photon scavenging and preservation of important color information. |
| US10362281B2 |
Projection apparatus for projecting at least one frame onto a projection surface and method therefor
A projection apparatus includes a discharge lamp; a control apparatus for controlling a discharge current through the lamp. The apparatus is designed in a first drive mode, to control the discharge current having an amplitude profile; in a second drive mode, to control the discharge current in accordance with the amplitude profile; and to change between the first mode and the second mode. The time difference between two changes is given by a first time interval, and the time difference between the change from the first mode to the second mode and a next instance of leaving the second mode is given by a second time interval. The apparatus further includes a control device to determine a first manipulated variable depending on a control deviation determined by the difference between a target voltage value and a measured voltage value, and to determine the first and/or the second time interval therefrom. |
| US10362274B2 |
Monitoring system, monitoring method and storage medium
A monitoring system can detect and react to abnormal events in real-time is disclosed. The system includes: a receiver that receives the event related data from a plurality of sensors; a coverage analyzer that analyses predetermined data and the event related data from the receiver, the predetermined data including sensor coverage information; and a sensor selector coupled to the coverage analyzer that selects one or more of the plurality of sensors based on the analysis by the coverage analyzer. |
| US10362273B2 |
Systems and methods for managing video data
Described herein are systems and methods for managing video data. Embodiments are described by reference to a Digital Video Management (DVM) system, for example methods for providing a user with access to view live feed from cameras in a DVM system. In overview, a DVM system is configured to provide a user interface for allowing an operator to view a plurality of video display objects, wherein each display object is configured to display live video data captured at a camera of the DVM system. The user interface is further configured to provide access to one or more camera groups, wherein the one or more camera groups are respectively defined by dynamic parameters. The DVM system executes a process for updating the constituent cameras of each camera group responsive to changes in the dynamic parameters. |
| US10362268B2 |
Accessible electronic door entry system
An accessible electronic door entry system that includes an outdoor panel that comprises a capturing microphone, an analog audio interface that digitizes sound, a threshold detector that discriminates the quality of the sound, acoustic models that represent the pronunciation of phonemes, a phoneme generator, contexts that represent the assembly of words and/or phrases and grammatical rules, a recognizer that compares the phonemes, an analyzer of words and/or phrases, a text-to-speech or TTS converter, an analog audio interface that converts the digital signals into analog ones, a communications bus of the electronic door entry system, an electronic door entry system interface that connects the bus and transmits the detected commands to the terminals and establishes the audio and/or video communication, a loudspeaker that plays the audio signals, an agenda, a RAM memory, a Flash memory and a CPU or processor that controls and manages the rest of the elements of said panel. |
| US10362259B2 |
Portable device, display apparatus, display system, and method for controlling power of display apparatus thereof
A portable device, a display apparatus, a display system, and a method for controlling power of a display apparatus thereof are provided. The method includes sensing, while a portable device operates in a standby mode, a movement of the portable device using a motion sensor, converting, using the portable device, the standby mode of the portable device into a normal mode in response to the movement of the portable device being sensed, generating, using the portable device, a pre-power on signal in response to the standby mode being converted into the normal mode, transmitting the pre-power on signal to the display apparatus, and activating, by the display apparatus, some elements of the display apparatus in response to the pre-power on signal being received. |
| US10362256B2 |
Fractional-readout oversampled image sensor
Signals representative of total photocharge integrated within respective image-sensor pixels are read out of the pixels after a first exposure interval that constitutes a first fraction of a frame interval. Signals in excess of a threshold level are read out of the pixels after an ensuing second exposure interval that constitutes a second fraction of the frame interval, leaving residual photocharge within the pixels. After a third exposure interval that constitutes a third fraction of the frame interval, signals representative of a combination of at least the residual photocharge and photocharge integrated within the pixels during the third exposure interval are read out of the pixels. |
| US10362255B2 |
Multi-conversion gain pixel configurations
An image sensor may include an array of image pixels formed in rows and columns. Each image pixel in the array may include a photodiode and multiple signal readout paths connected to the photodiode. Each readout path may include a separate floating diffusion node and source follower transistor. The number of signal readout paths simultaneously enabled during an image capture operation may be determined by the exposure level such that the pixel operates with either high or low conversion gain. Several such image pixels of like color in the pixel array may be connected via a shared photodiode interconnection line such that image signals from interconnected pixels may either be binned and read out on a single readout path or read out individual on separate readout paths. |
| US10362252B2 |
Solid-state image sensor, image capturing apparatus and control method thereof, and storage medium
A solid-state image sensor includes a plurality of pixels arrayed in the row direction and the column direction, the first column signal line to which every other pixel arrayed in one pixel column is connected and the second column signal line to which remaining every other pixel arrayed in the one pixel array is connected, a pair of which are arranged for the one pixel column in the one pixel array; and a driver which drives the plurality of pixels arrayed in the one pixel column to simultaneously connect amplification transistors of a least two pixels to a same first column signal line on the same pixel column and simultaneously connect amplification transistors of at least two pixels to a same second column signal line on the same pixel column. |
| US10362249B2 |
Image capturing device, image capturing method, capable of improving trackability of focus position and focusing accuracy with respect to subject
[Object] To improve both trackability of a focus position and focusing accuracy with respect to a subject. [Solution] An image capturing device includes: an imaging element having a light receiving surface including detection pixels that receive light passed through different regions of an exit pupil of an imaging optical system, and detect a phase difference between two images obtained by splitting the exit pupil; a first detection unit configured to execute at least any of first focus detection based on a phase detection autofocus (AF) method and second focus detection based on a contrast detection AF method; a focusing control unit configured to drive at least one optical member included in the imaging optical system toward a focusing position detected by the focus detection; and a second detection unit configured to detect a change in a subject image. In a case where a state in which a change amount of the subject image is less than a threshold continues for a predetermined period of time or more after the first focus detection, the first detection unit executes the first focus detection or the second focus detection. |
| US10362246B2 |
Solid-state image pickup device, method of driving the same, and electronic apparatus
A solid-state image pickup device according to the present disclosure includes: a pixel array unit, unit pixels being arranged in the pixel array unit, the unit pixels each including a plurality of photoelectric conversion sections; and a driving unit that changes a sensitivity ratio of the plurality of photoelectric conversion sections by performing intermittent driving with respect to storing of signal charges of the plurality of photoelectric conversion sections. That is, the solid-state image pickup device according to the present disclosure changes a sensitivity ratio of the plurality of photoelectric conversion sections by performing intermittent driving with respect to storing of signal charges of the plurality of photoelectric conversion sections. |
| US10362243B2 |
Infrared imaging device, diaphragm control method, and diaphragm control program
An infrared imaging device includes an imaging element including a plurality of infrared detection pixels, a diaphragm, a temperature detection unit that detects the temperature of the diaphragm, a main memory that stores a first signal value corresponding to infrared rays, which are radiated from the diaphragm and are incident on each of the infrared detection pixels of the imaging element, so as to be associated with the F-number and temperature of the diaphragm, and a system control unit that controls the F-number of the diaphragm, based on the first signal value, captured image data obtained by capturing an image of the object using the imaging element in a state in which the F-number of the diaphragm is set to an arbitrary value, the temperature of the diaphragm detected by the temperature detection unit and the arbitrary value. |
| US10362242B2 |
Selective color display of a thermal image
An imaging system includes an array of photodetectors that produce an array of intensity values. Image and display processing components of the imaging system produce an array of display-formatted pixels for display on an imaging system display. The display-formatted pixels include a first plurality of pixels associated with a color lookup table and a second plurality of pixels associated with a grey-scale lookup table. The image and display processing components compare pixel intensity values to temperature criteria and apply the color lookup table to pixels satisfying the temperature criteria and apply the grey-scale lookup table to pixels not satisfying the temperature criteria. |
| US10362240B2 |
Image rotation using software for endoscopic applications
The disclosure extends to endoscopic devices and systems for image correction of a rotating sensor. The disclosure allows for the distal image sensor to rotate as the user rotates the lumen with respect to a fixed handpiece. The system includes an angle sensor located at the junction of the rotating lumen and the fixed handpiece. Periodic measurements of angle are used in the system's image processing chain in order to effect suitable software image rotations, thereby providing a final displayed image or video stream with the desired orientation. |
| US10362236B2 |
Image capturing apparatus, control method thereof and storage medium storing control program therefor
In the image capturing apparatus, the controller controls an optical element, when a motion of the image capturing apparatus follows a motion of the object, by using first motion information obtained from a first detector to detect the motion of the image capturing apparatus and second motion information obtained from a second detector to detect the motion of the object. The calculator calculates prediction information on the motion of the object during an exposure time, by using the second information detected at multiple times before the exposure time. The controller uses the prediction information to control the optical element during the exposure time. |
| US10362235B2 |
Processing apparatus, processing system, image pickup apparatus, processing method, and storage medium
A processing apparatus includes a photographed image obtainer configured to obtain a plurality of photographed images of an object, the images being photographed by sequentially irradiating light onto the object from a plurality of different light source positions, a first shadow map generator configured to generate a first shadow map by determining a shadow area in the plurality of photographed images, a second shadow map generator configured to generate a second shadow map based on the first shadow map, and a normal information obtainer configured to obtain normal information of the object calculated based on the second shadow map and the plurality of photographed images. |
| US10362232B2 |
Remote analyte testing system
A system has a test apparatus comprising a test medium having a machine-readable identifier, the medium enabled to accept an analyte for a specific test, a smart telephone or a pad device having imaging apparatus, a digital memory, input apparatus providing recording of contextual information associated with a specific test, and first coded instructions providing integration of images and contextual information associated with a specific test into a specific data structure, a network-connected server having a processor and coupled to at least one server-side data repository, and second coded instructions executing on the processor of the server from a non-transitory medium. A user applies the analyte, allows the test to proceed to conclusion, and initiates at least one image capture by the imaging apparatus. |
| US10362228B2 |
Fast attitude error correction
An aerial vehicle platform includes an aerial vehicle, a gimbal coupled to the aerial vehicle, and a camera mounted to the gimbal. An attitude sensing system includes an inertial measurement unit to sense attitude and an attitude adjustment module to generate an attitude adjustment for adjusting the sensed attitude to compensate for drift error. |
| US10362227B2 |
Control device, control method, and control system
The present technology relates to a control device, a control method, a program, and a control system capable of more certainly increasing a degree of perfection of a multi-view video content.An obtaining unit obtains information regarding remaining operable time of each of a plurality of devices, and a setting unit sets an operation mode of at least one device out of the plurality of devices on the basis of the information regarding remaining operable time of each of the plurality of devices. The present technology may be applied to a controller which controls a plurality of GPS terminals, a controller which controls a plurality of portable game devices having a communication function and the like in addition to a controller which controls a plurality of cameras which records a multi-view video content, for example. |
| US10362225B2 |
Omnidirectional sensor array system
An omnidirectional sensor array system, for example a panoptic camera, comprising a plurality of sensors arranged on a support of predetermined shape to acquire data, wherein said sensors are directional and wherein each sensor is attached to a processing node which comprises integrated electronics that carries out at least a portion of the signal processing algorithms locally in order to reduce the computational load of a central hardware unit. |
| US10362222B2 |
Imaging apparatus, imaging method, and program
An image processing apparatus including an interface that receives an input identifying a subject, and a processor that generates a panoramic image based on captured image data so that the subject is positioned in a reference position in the panoramic image. |
| US10362221B1 |
Lighting correction for motion detection and temporal filtering
An apparatus includes a processor circuit and a correction circuit. The processor circuit may be configured to receive a sequence of pictures. The correction circuit may be configured to (i) generate multiple smooth first samples by spatially smoothing multiple first samples selected from a first picture of said sequence of pictures, (ii) generate multiple smooth second samples by spatially smoothing multiple second samples selected from a second picture of said sequence of pictures, (iii) generate multiple adjusted first samples by combining said smooth first samples, said first samples and said smooth second samples, and (iv) generate multiple values based on said second samples and said adjusted first samples. The first samples and the second samples may have different levels of a lighting condition. The adjusted first samples and the second samples may have similar levels of the lighting condition. |
| US10362220B2 |
Conversation of pixel data into compression format of pixels
The present technique relates to an image sensor, an data transmission method thereof, an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, an electronic device, and a program with which it is made possible to improve flexibility in compression and to make connectivity between an image sensor and a DSP better.Data Pixel4*N to Pixel4*N+3 in a 12-bit original image data format of four pixels is converted into six-bit compression data and is arranged by two pixels into a 12-bit compression data format including a structure identical to that of a 12-bit original image data format, whereby data Data2*N and Data2*N+1 is configured. Moreover, upper eight bits of each of compression data formats Data2*N and Data2*N+1 are read and arranged into data Byte3*N and Byte3*N+1. Lower four bits of each of the compression data format Data2*N and Data2*N+1 are arranged into data Byte3*N+2. The present technique can be applied to an imaging apparatus. |
| US10362216B2 |
Image pickup apparatus of which display start timing and display quality are selectable, method of controlling the same
An image pickup apparatus of which the display start timing and the display quality are selectable. The image pickup apparatus has a switch which selectively switches display data to be displayed on a display device between the first display data output by the first output circuit, and the second display data output by the second output circuit, and display the first display data or the second display data on the display device, wherein the first display data is generated by the image data output by the image pickup device developed, and the second display data is generated by the image data transferred by a transfer circuit developed. |
| US10362215B2 |
Microscopic three-dimensional measurement system and method based on moving diaphragm
The present invention discloses a microscopic three-dimensional measurement system and method based on a moving diaphragm. The present invention adds the diaphragm into the existing optical microscopic imaging system to limit light irradiation angle during imaging for reducing the diameter of blur circle, which extends the depth of field and the depth measurement range, so as to achieve the three-dimensional measurement of large-size objects to be measured. Through changing the position of the added diaphragm, two images with different light incident directions are obtained, which is similar to binocular stereo vision, and then the disparity map is used to predict the depth, so as to carry out the 3D scene reconstruction. Since the depth of field of the imaging system is enlarged and the imaging model has certain non-linear characteristics, the present invention uses quadratic function to express the non-linearity, which reduces the measurement error. |
| US10362213B2 |
Imaging apparatus and imaging method
An imaging apparatus includes an imaging section, a display section, an image analysis section, and an auxiliary image creating section. The imaging section images an object to acquire image data concerning the object. The display section displays an image based on the image data. The image analysis section analyzes features of the image data. The auxiliary image creating section determines at least one piece of application processing useful for confirmation of a focus state of the object in the image displayed in the display section from the analyzed features of the image data, sets imaging conditions of the imaging section in correspondence with the determined application processing, and then operates the imaging section to create an auxiliary image. |
| US10362209B2 |
Operation input device, image display device, centralized operation apparatus, and imaging system
An operation portion is provided on a first surface of a housing and is operated to remotely operate an imaging device. A signal transmitting and receiving portion is provided on a second surface of the housing connected to the first surface, and is configured to transmit and receive a signal to and from the imaging device. An electrical connection portion is attached to the first surface of the housing or to a surface of the housing facing the same direction as the first surface, and is configured to output a signal, which is received from the imaging device through the signal transmitting and receiving portion, to the outside. Engaging pieces are retractably provided at positions facing each other with the operation portion interposed therebetween, on a third surface and a fourth surface connected to both the first surface and the second surface. |
| US10362208B2 |
Method and apparatus for controlling a device identified from a screen input by a camera
A method of controlling a device is provided including identifying a registered device from a screen input by a camera, receiving a user input for the identified device, and transmitting a control command corresponding to the input to the identified device. |