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| US10363733B2 |
Photosensitive resin composition, planographic printing plate precursor, method for producing planographic printing plate, and polymer compound
Provided are a photosensitive resin composition which enables production of a lithographic printing plate precursor having a non-image portion which has good solubility in an alkali aqueous solution and which enables production of a lithographic printing plate having excellent chemical resistance and excellent printing durability, a lithographic printing plate precursor obtained by using the photosensitive resin composition, a method for producing a lithographic printing plate, and a new polymer compound. The photosensitive resin composition of the present invention contains: a polymer compound which has an amine bond or a quaternary ammonium salt bond, and at least one bond selected from the group consisting of a urea bond, a urethane bond, and a carbonate bond in the main chain and has a sulfonamide group or a phenolic hydroxyl group in the main chain and/or the side chain; and an infrared absorbing material. |
| US10363732B2 |
Systems and methods for generating slice files from native CAD geometries
A system and method for improving the production of objects with fully defined CAD models by generating CAD slice files from the native CAD geometries for use by AM machines. An electronic processing element receives the CAD model having a native and/or neutral format with metadata, determines a desired resolution, slices the CAD model to create the slice files having a slice format (e.g., point, edge, surface, volume) and retaining the metadata, and evaluates the slice files to determine whether the resolution has been achieved. If so, the slice files are sent to the AM machine. If not, a new desired resolution is determined and the CAD model is re-sliced, which may include combining the slice files to regenerate the CAD model. A support structure for the object may be analyzed, and if distortion is predicted, a modified CAD model may be created and sliced to create modified slice files. |
| US10363729B2 |
Coloring of three-dimensional printed objects
A method of printing a three-dimensional (3D) color object, layer-by-layer, comprises: obtaining a 3D CAD specification defining a 3D geometry and a surface color distribution for the color object to be printed, defining regions on a surface of the color object; defining colors for each region based on the CAD specification; determining, using the 3D geometry of the specification, conditions applying at respective regions that are liable to cause color variation, such that using the colors as defined at the respective regions may give rise to a coloration error; selecting color corrections defined for respective determined conditions; correcting the defined colors; and printing the 3D color object with the color corrections. |
| US10363727B1 |
Thermally-bonded multilayer pads formed from wide webs
An in-line method for manufacturing a plurality of multilayer pads, and the resultant pads. Provided are either a web of fusible base-pad-forming material and a web of fusible intermediate barrier-layer-forming material or a bottom fusible web, and a web of fusible handle-forming material. There is no need for handle-forming material to have a width less than the width of pads being manufactured; it can be challenging to maintain the lateral alignment of multiple handle-forming strips. Either one or two thermal bonding stations are employed, with particular bonding patterns, before pads are cut out. The handle has an outer periphery coextensive with the outer periphery of the base pad and handle layers. The pads have either “wings” handles, or “L”-shaped handles. |
| US10363721B2 |
Intermediate film for laminated glass and laminated glass
There is provided an interlayer film for laminated glass with which any of the anti-glare property, light resistance and visibility in a dark place of laminated glass can be enhanced. The interlayer film for laminated glass according to the present invention includes a thermoplastic resin and has a ratio L′s/Ls of the relative scotopic vision luminance L′s to the relative photopic vision luminance Ls to be greater than or equal to 1.0 at the time of preparing laminated glass with two sheets of clear glass in accordance with JIS R3202 (1996), and the interlayer film for laminated glass according to the present invention preferably includes at least one kind of ingredient among a phthalocyanine compound, a naphthalocyanine compound, an anthracyanine compound and an indanthrene compound which have a maximum absorption wavelength greater than or equal to 550 nm and less than or equal to 750 nm. |
| US10363718B2 |
Adhesive sheet and adhesive sheet production method
The present invention relates to a pressure sensitive adhesive sheet containing, laminated in this order, a supporting substrate, a pressure sensitive adhesive layer (X), a continuous void-containing layer including a composition containing fine particles (excepting silica), and a pressure sensitive adhesive layer (Y), the continuous void-containing layer having a mass concentration of the fine particles of from 45 to 100%. |
| US10363716B2 |
Shredding and baling apparatus and method
A shredding and baling apparatus provided includes a shredding assembly operatively connected to a baling assembly via a conveyor. A rotatable drum with cutting teeth spirally arranged along the drum is preferably centered within a lower portion of an intake hopper for cutting through material as it is fed into the hopper. Fixed cutting teeth are preferably arranged in a row or rows along each of the longitudinal sidewalls of the hopper, adjacent the cutting drum. A touch screen display and computer may be used in combination with sensors to monitor and control the shredding and baling operation, and a hydraulic system is used to drive the components. The shredding and baling assembly is preferably designed in an industrial size to handle high volumes of material and may be driven or transported from one location to another. |
| US10363715B2 |
Methods and apparatus for making retreaded tires
Embodiments of the invention include methods for supporting a recessed void during retreading operations. Such methods include the steps of providing a tread having a top side and a bottom side, the tread including a recessed void recessed below the top side of the tread. Such methods also include the step of arranging the tread around an outer circumference of the tire carcass in a desired position to form an assembled retreaded tire. Such methods further include the step of arranging a removable circumferential band around the assembled retreaded tire positioned over top the recessed void and the top side of the tread. Such methods further include the steps of placing a curing membrane around at least a portion of the tire and the circumferential band and curing the retreaded tire with the circumferential band contained within the curing membrane. |
| US10363714B2 |
Method, process and plant for controlling the manufacture of tyres for vehicle wheels
In building tyres, an intermediate portion of a carcass structure is built at a time on a respective forming drum within an intermediate forming line. The forming drum with the intermediate portion of the carcass structure is made available at a first transfer location. The intermediate portion of the carcass structure is completed through n completion locations with n≥1 and then transferred for the subsequent assembling with a crown structure to a second transfer location. At an operating moment in which the first transfer location is occupied by a forming drum coming from the intermediate forming line or intended for the intermediate forming line, from one to n locations selected from the n completion locations and the second transfer location are occupied by respective forming drums. |
| US10363709B2 |
Composite layup tools for aircraft fuselage barrels, methods of assembling the layup tools, and aircraft fuselage barrel sections formed utilizing the layup tools
Composite layup tools for aircraft fuselage barrels, methods of assembling the layup tools, and aircraft fuselage barrels formed utilizing the layup tools are disclosed herein. A method of assembling the layup tools includes aligning an adaptor mating surface of a splice adaptor with a mandrel mating surface of a layup mandrel and initially attaching the splice adaptor to the layup mandrel at an initial attachment point. The methods further include attaching a lower lobe of the splice adaptor to a lower lobe of the layup mandrel. A method of forming a fuselage barrel assembly includes providing two fuselage barrel sections and a splice ring, aligning the two fuselage barrel sections, locating the splice ring within the two fuselage barrel sections, and attaching both fuselage barrel sections to the splice ring. The systems include a layup tool that is formed using the methods. |
| US10363708B2 |
Composition for preparing lightweight transparent composite, method of preparing composite using the same and composite prepared thereby
The present disclosure provides a composition for preparing a lightweight transparent composite, a method of preparing a composite using the same, and a composite prepared by the method. The lightweight transparent composite having excellent impact resistance, scratch resistance, weather resistance, and high hardness can be prepared by thermally curing a mixture of a glass fiber reinforcement having a refractive index of 1.4 to 1.6 and a curable resin having a deviation in refractive index of −0.005 to +0.005 from the glass fiber reinforcement. When the lightweight transparent composite is applied to transparent windows for automobiles, the lightweight transparent composite can be useful in enhancing fuel efficiency, achieving easier handling characteristics due to reduction in vehicle center of gravity, and improving juddering and dimensional stability even during car driving due to excellent hardness. |
| US10363704B2 |
Systems and methods for determining tool paths in three-dimensional printing
The present disclosure provides methods and systems for printing a three-dimensional (3D) object. A method for printing a 3D object may comprise receiving a computer model of the 3D object in computer memory and generating a parametric representation of the computer model of the 3D object. Next, a first edge in a parametric representation of a curved surface of the computer model may be selected, and a 3D tool path may be generated at least in part by: (i) selecting a first set of points on the first edge; and (ii) computing coordinates of a second set of points on a second edge parallel to the first edge in the parametric representation, wherein the first edge and the second edge define the 3D tool path. Printing instructions may then be generated for printing at least a portion of the 3D object along the tool path. |
| US10363701B2 |
Method for producing inorganic substance powder highly-oriented thin film sheet
The problem addressed by the invention lies in providing a method for producing an inorganic substance powder highly-oriented thin film sheet with which it is possible to produce a sheet of uniform thickness while preventing the generation of impurities, improving sheet surface properties, adjusting apparent specific gravity, and the like. The method for producing a thin film sheet comprises a step for preparing a predetermined inorganic substance powder, thermoplastic resin, and auxiliary agent, a step for exposing the starting materials mixed at a predetermined mixture ratio to high shear stress while kneading, a step for feeding the kneaded starting materials to a T die-type extrusion molding device and molding a sheet, and a step for adjusting the apparent gravity as desired by stretching under predetermined conditions. |
| US10363700B2 |
Bioriented polyethylene film
The present invention discloses a process for forming a biaxially oriented film. The process includes first selecting a polyolefin resin wherein said polyolefin resin comprises a linear low density polyethylene resin characterized by having from 9 to 35 weight percent of the total weight of linear low density polyethylene resin eluting from a CEF at a temperature greater than 97.0° C.; and further characterized by having a CDR of from 33 to 80 and a Mw Ratio of from 0.15 to 0.45. Next a film is formed from the polyolefin resin selected in the first step. Finally the film formed in the second step is oriented in a sequential manner. The films produced by this process are characterized by having an ultimate elongation at least 1.5 times greater in the MD as compared to the CD and the 2% secant modulus is a least 1.25 times greater in the CD as compared to the MD. The films are further characterized by having free residual shrinkage of less than 10% in the MD and less than 10% in the CD when exposed to a temperature of 90° C. for 10 minutes. |
| US10363697B2 |
Method for controlling a conveyor for hollow bodies through a heating station and associated conveyor
Disclosed is a method for controlling a conveyor for conveying hollow bodies through a hollow-body heating station including: —a heating tunnel defining a heating path, —a conveyor including at least one travel track and shuttles capable of moving along the track while picking up at least one hollow body, the movement of each shuttle being controlled individually, —a travel-track loading portion on which two consecutive shuttles move at a first predetermined input separation, and a travel-track unloading portion. Two consecutive shuttles moving on this unloading portion are spaced apart by a predetermined output separation that is different from the first input separation. |
| US10363694B2 |
Method of manufacturing plate-integrated gasket
A method has the steps of forming a lot of potting portions made of a rubber-like elastic material at appropriate intervals in respect of an extending direction of the gasket main body in the one side in the thickness direction in the peripheral edge portion of the plate in such a manner as to be positioned in a forming area of the gasket main body, next, pinching a portion constructed by the peripheral edge portion of the plate and the potting portion between inner surfaces of a gasket forming cavity of the metal mold and bringing the other side in the thickness direction of the peripheral edge portion into close contact with the one inner surface of the cavity by positioning and arranging the plate within the metal mold and clamping the mold, and filling a liquid rubber material into the cavity and curing the liquid rubber material. |
| US10363686B2 |
Apparatus and method for melting and dispensing thermoplastic material
An apparatus for melting thermoplastic material is disclosed. The apparatus includes a heated manifold and at least one heating element disposed within the heated manifold. The heated manifold defines a plurality of cavities, a pump supply passage, and a discharge passage. The plurality of cavities are spaced apart from one another, and each receives particles of thermoplastic material from a hopper. The particles of thermoplastic material are melted within the plurality of cavities. The pump supply passage receives molten thermoplastic material from the plurality of cavities and supplies the molten thermoplastic material to a pump. The discharge passage receives pressurized molten thermoplastic material from the pump and is in fluid communication with a dispenser. The heating element transfers heat substantially throughout the heated manifold. |
| US10363685B2 |
Ingot cutting apparatus, and load detecting device used in ingot cutting apparatus
In an ingot cutting apparatus that cuts an ingot using a plurality of stretched wires, load sensors are provided on the new wire side and the old wire side of the ingot, and loads applied to the new wire side and the old wire side of the ingot are measured using the load sensors on the new wire side and the old wire side. When measuring the loads, for example, the center of moment about the X-axis that is the running direction of the wire is calculated. When the deviation from the center of gravity of the ingot is greater than or equal to a reference value, notification for replacement of the wire, control of the conveying speed of the wire, control of the pressing speed of the ingot, and so forth are performed through a control unit. |
| US10363684B2 |
Monitoring discharge pressure on concrete mix load
Disclosed are method and system for treating concrete in mixing drums of delivery vehicles having automated rheology (e.g., slump) monitoring systems programmed to dose fluids into concrete based on the monitored rheology. The present invention takes into account a Revolution-To-Discharge value (“RTD”) which reflects drum rotations needed to move concrete towards and through the mixing drum opening from which concrete is discharged, and also takes into consideration a Volume-Per-Revolution-Upon-Discharge (“VPRUD”) value which reflects the relation between the rate of discharge and rheology (e.g., slump) of concrete upon discharge. The invention is especially useful for reclaiming concrete in the drum after delivery and can confirm rheology based upon peak (maximum) discharge pressure. The present inventors found surprisingly that discharge pressure readings are useful for recalibrating automated rheology monitoring systems as well as for reporting and/or treating the remainder concrete. |
| US10363682B2 |
Power tool
The invention relates to powered cutting apparatus which includes a cutting unit mounted on one or more slide members and provided to perform a cutting action on a workpiece mounted on a base to which the one or more slide members are attacked by support legs. The apparatus includes at least one fence with a contact surface for the workpiece and the fence can be selectively positioned on any of a plurality of guide means provided on the base to aid in the performance of the cutting action. |
| US10363680B2 |
Support removal tool for additive manufacture
Aspects of the disclosure include a machine and system for support removal and a laser-sintered component compatible with same. A laser-sintered component may have a component surface and at least one laser-sintered support extending from the component surface. A press may move a cutting surface along a cutting path adjacent to the component surface. The cutting surface has a shape complementary to the component surface and at least one cutting edge positioned to separate at least one laser-sintered support from the component surface as the cutting surface moves along the cutting path. |
| US10363675B2 |
Knife and sheath
A sheath for a knife includes a main body that includes a top face, a front face and a pair of side faces. The front face is wider than the side faces. The sheath includes a cavity that is defined by the main body. The cavity includes an opening in the top face and is configured to receive at least a portion of the knife. The sheath includes a latch that is disposed in the main body. The latch is spring loaded and has a projection as least partially positionable within the cavity. |
| US10363674B2 |
Razor cartridge guard structure
A novel guard structure of a razor is shown including rows of elongated hard plastic protrusions having rounded (e.g., not sharp or pointed) tips arranged on a tip curved profile. The rounded valleys between the protrusions are also arranged on a curved profile which may be different than that of the tip curved profile. The valleys encompass an inner protrusion volume which increases going back to front end of the guard structure. Preferably, the front end volumes are larger than the back end inner protrusion volumes to assist in trapping and distributing shaving aid. In one embodiment having six protrusions, the inner protrusion volume between a second and third protrusion is the largest, while a volume between first and second protrusion is the second largest volume. The guard structure is disposed in front of the blades formed within the housing and may extend past the front end of the housing. |
| US10363673B2 |
Thinning shears
Afforded are thinning shears optimal for cutting crosswise hair growing along the scalp, as well as crosswise hair disturbing the passing of a comb through hair bundles. The thinning shears, in thinning shears furnished with a comb blade and a bar blade for haircutting, are characterized in that the comb blade is longer than the bar blade, and the tip-edge of the comb blade is corner-rounding processed. Adopting this configuration makes it possible to set the tip-edge portion of the comb blade on a scalp and slide the comb blade heading in the direction that the hair grows, to efficiently thin out crosswise hair such as would disturb combing, without injuring the scalp. |
| US10363672B2 |
Resilient cutlery handle
A cutlery implement having a blade and resilient handle is disclosed. The blade has a proximal end, an opposed distal end, a cutting edge and a spine. The spine is disposed on a top side of the blade portion and generally opposed to the cutting edge. The cutlery implement also includes a handle coupled to the blade proximate the distal end of the blade. The handle includes an upper handle portion and a lower handle portion. The upper handle portion is disposed at or near the spine of the blade, and the lower handle portion is coupled to the upper handle portion. Either the upper handle portion or the lower handle is formed from a resilient polymer material, and the other is formed of a generally rigid material. A cavity containing a gel is defined between the lower handle portion and the upper handle portion. |
| US10363671B2 |
Horizontal multi-joint robot and robot
A horizontal multi-joint robot includes: a first joint capable of swiveling around a first axis; a second joint capable of swiveling around a second axis that is parallel to and spaced apart from the first axis; and a duct connected between the first joint and the second joint. The first joint has a first connecting portion forming a predetermined angle relative to the first axis. The second joint has a second connecting portion forming a predetermined angle relative to the second axis. The duct has a first end and a second end. The first end is connected to the first connecting portion. The second end is connected to the second connecting portion. |
| US10363670B1 |
Devices, systems, and methods for dynamic bending of inflatable structures
Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a system, machine, device, and/or manufacture configured for and/or resulting from, and/or a method for, activities that can comprise and/or relate to, an air beam configured to be dynamically moved, the air beam having an inflatable gas bladder, a first tube substantially surrounding the gas bladder, and one or more axial reinforcements. |
| US10363668B2 |
Systems and methods for post-treatment of dry adhesive microstructures
Provided are systems and methods for the post-treatment of dry adhesive microstructures. The microstructures may be post-treated to comprise mushroom-like flaps at their tips to interface with the contact surface. In some aspects, a change in material composition of the microstructures in a dry adhesive may affect mechanical properties to enhance or diminish overall adhesive performance. For example, conductive additives can be added to the material to improve adhesive performance. In other aspects, microstructures comprising conductive material may allow for pre-load engagement sensing systems to be integrated into the microstructures. |
| US10363665B2 |
Linear robot arm with multiple end effectors
A substrate transport apparatus including a lower linearly driven effector structure with spaced paddles, and an upper linearly driven end effector structure with spaced paddles and no rotating joints above a paddle of the lower end effector structure. A drive subsystem is configured to linearly drive the lower end effector structure and to linearly drive the upper end effector structure independent of the lower end effector structure. |
| US10363664B2 |
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and recording medium
An information processing apparatus acquires an image of multiple objects, acquires positions and orientations of the objects based on the image, and decides the holding order of the objects based on the positions and orientations and a direction that is set. |
| US10363663B2 |
Electronic device and cradle thereof
An electronic device, capable of being placed on a cradle, may include a camera module configured to acquire an image, a sensor module configured to sense information regarding an orientation of the electronic device, a processor configured to determine a target orientation of the electronic device based on the acquired image and a communication module configured to transmit the information regarding the orientation of the electronic device and information regarding the target orientation of the electronic device to the cradle. |
| US10363660B2 |
Robot system controlling method, program, recording medium, robot system, and diagnosis apparatus
A method of controlling a robot system including an articulated robot and a control device is provided. The articulated robot includes links connected by joints, motors configured to drive the joints respectively, and detection devices configured to detect rotation amounts of the joints respectively. The control device controls the motors. The method includes the steps of, by the control device, recording movement information of the joints based on outputs of the detection devices; when detecting an abnormality in the operation of the articulated robot, determining presence or absence of a failure in the articulated robot based on the movement information recorded in at least a period from before detection of the abnormality until detection of the abnormality; and specifying a failure portion of the articulated robot if it is determined that there is a failure in the articulated robot in the step of determining. |
| US10363656B1 |
Multi-robot gradient based adaptive navigation system
Systems and methods for multi-robot gradient-based adaptive navigation are provided. |
| US10363653B2 |
Attachment device for a hand tool
An attachment device for use with a hand tool having a handle portion with a distal end includes a connection member having a connection point, and a receiver coupled to and extending axially from the connection member to define a central channel having an open end. The receiver is configured to receive at least a portion of the handle portion within the central channel via the open end. The receiver is configured to permit the insertion of the handle portion into the central channel while restricting the removal of the handle portion therefrom. |
| US10363652B2 |
Low-noise hydraulic hammer
The present invention relates to a hydraulic hammer, and more specifically, to a low-noise hydraulic hammer, wherein an impact bar that is accommodated inside of a piston is inclined so as not to contact the inside of the piston thereby preventing cracks, and a noise insulating material or a heat sink is installed inside the piston or outside the impact bar, thereby reducing noise and improving heat radiation performance. |
| US10363651B2 |
Hammer assembly
A hammer including a housing and a piston arranged for reciprocating movement within the housing is disclosed. The hammer further includes a head assembled on the housing and defining a chamber for holding a pressurized gas and a wall configured to abut the housing and defining a gas discharge passage extending between the chamber and the housing. A plug is positioned in the gas discharge passage and configured to move or deform under pressure of the pressurized gas in the chamber. |
| US10363648B2 |
Apparatus, components, methods and systems for use in selectively texturing concrete surfaces
Apparatuses, components, methods, and techniques for selectively texturing concrete surfaces are provided. An example method of providing a surface portion of an architectural precast concrete wall panel with an abraded texture is provided. The method includes a step of spraying a surface portion of an architectural precast concrete wall panel with an aqueous-based particulate abrasive mixture under conditions adequate to at least partially abrade the surface portion. An example sprayer system for abrading a concrete surface is also provided. The system includes an aqueous-based particulate abrasive mixture dispenser including a spray nozzle arrangement. The system also includes a material communication assembly in abrasive flow communication with the aqueous-based particulate abrasive mixture dispenser. The system also includes a dispenser positioning arrangement. |
| US10363647B2 |
Grinding tool
The polishing apparatus includes: a holding section that holds a material to be polished; the polishing body that polishes the material to be polished held by the holding section; the head that supports the polishing body via the elastic mechanism; a driving mechanism that causes the head to be moved in a Z coordinate direction; and a control unit that is connected to the driving mechanism and controls the driving mechanism. A load measurement device to measure a load applied to the polishing body is attached to the head, and the load measurement device is connected to the polishing body via the elastic mechanism. |
| US10363646B2 |
Manufacturing fixture system and associated process having a rest pad force sensor with closed loop feedback
A manufacturing fixture process, and associated device for practicing the disclosed process, includes supporting a component during manufacturing by at least one rest pad, and sensing and transmitting a force signal exerted on the rest pad by the component during manufacturing by at least one sensor associated with the at least one rest pad. The process further includes clamping the component onto the rest pad by a clamping component configured to rigidly hold the component, receiving and monitoring the force exerted on the rest pad by a force monitoring system configured to receive and monitor the signal indicating the force exerted on the rest pad, as well as determine whether the force exerted on the rest pad is within a predetermined range, exceeds the predetermined range, and/or is below the predetermined range, and outputting the force exerted on the rest pad with an output device. |
| US10363644B2 |
Numerical-control machine tool
A numerical-control machine tool is provided and includes a load-bearing beam which extends horizontally, has two axial ends resting in sliding manner on two lateral shoulders that rise from a basement and extend horizontally side by side so as to define a longitudinal corridor orthogonal to the longitudinal axis of the beam; a spindle-holding carriage which is movable on the load-bearing beam parallel to the longitudinal axis of the beam; a spindle-holding shaft which is fixed to the spindle-holding carriage in a vertical position, and is movable on the spindle-holding carriage parallel to its longitudinal axis; a front wall and a rear wall that close the two ends of the longitudinal corridor; an upper cover which closes the longitudinal corridor at the top; and an ambient conditioning unit which is adapted to bring and maintain the temperature of the air present inside the machining chamber around a given target value. |
| US10363642B2 |
Locking centering mechanism
A centering mechanism for retaining an object, wherein the centering mechanism has a locking mechanism, having at least a first tangential surface. Furthermore, the centering mechanism can be used in conjunction with a mechanism for retaining an electronic device or an electronic device in a case. The structure of the centering mechanism and the locking mechanism allows for the locking mechanism to further actuate and lock the centering mechanism, such that an object retained therein is secured and aligned. |
| US10363639B2 |
Lifting devices and methods of operating the same
A lifting device for transporting a component from a first position to a second position is provided. The second position is defined relative to a destination datum feature. The lifting device includes a computing device and an arm having a clamp mechanism and a locator mechanism. The arm is selectively movable to engage the component, removably couple the component to the arm using the clamp mechanism, and facilitate transport of the component to the second position. The locator mechanism includes a datum feature that interacts with the destination datum feature to transmit a signal to the computing device to indicate the component is at the second position. |
| US10363636B2 |
Device and method for transmitting a mechanical force for driving a pressing device for press fittings
The invention is based on the technical problem of improving the pressing in of large press fittings, said problem being solved by a device for transmitting a mechanical force for driving a pressing device for press fittings, having a storage container (4) for hydraulic fluid, having a pump cylinder (8), having a working cylinder (12), having a first line (14) for connecting the storage container (4) to the pump cylinder (8), having a second line (16) for connecting the pump cylinder (8) to the working cylinder (12), and having a third line (18) for connecting the working cylinder (12) to the storage container (4), wherein means (20) for preventing a return flow into the storage container (4) are provided in the first line (14), wherein means (22) for preventing a return flow into the pump cylinder (8) are provided in the second line (16), wherein switching means (24) for opening and closing the third line (18) are provided, and wherein the swept volume (VA) of the working cylinder (12) is configured to be greater than the swept volume (VP) of the pump cylinder (8). The invention also relates to a corresponding method. |
| US10363633B2 |
Method for manufacturing at least one metal turbine engine part
A method of fabricating at least one metal part for a turbine engine, the method including the steps of casting a metal alloy by centrifuging into a permanent metal mold for making a blank; obtaining a cast blank of elongate shape and of section that is circular or polygonal; and machining the blank to make the part. |
| US10363630B2 |
Laser processing apparatus and laser processing method for performing laser processing while controlling reflected light
A laser processing method is performed in a laser processing apparatus which outputs a laser beam from a processing head to a workpiece, to perform laser processing while controlling reflected light of the output laser beam to a prescribed value or less. The laser processing method includes the step of, before performing laser processing for the workpiece, increasing laser power stepwise from laser power lower than laser power included in a processing condition of the laser processing, to emit a laser beam from a laser oscillator, and measuring reflected light by a reflected light sensor, and the step of deciding an output condition for decreasing reflected light based on a measured value of the reflected light and the prescribed value, and the step of decreasing reflected light before performing the laser processing by irradiating the workpiece with a laser beam for a predetermined period of time on the decided output condition. |
| US10363626B2 |
Control method for MIG/MAG-welding and welding equipment applying this method
The present invention refers to a control method and welding equipment for MIG/MAG-welding with presence of short-circuiting droplets between an electrode end and a workpiece. The method comprises establishment of a short-circuiting time, establishment of an arc time, and controlling the energy supplied to the electrode. The energy supply is controlled in such a way that the energy supply is increased if a measured short-circuiting time of a total period time, where the period time is the sum of the short-circuiting time and the arc time, exceeds a defined adjustable set value and decreases if said short-circuiting percentage goes below said set value. |
| US10363624B2 |
Active metal braze joint with stress relieving layer
The present disclosure relates to a brazed superabrasive assemblies and method of producing brazed superabrasive assemblies. The brazed superabrasive assemblies may include a plurality of braze alloy layers that are positioned opposite a stress relieving layer. The stress relieving layer may have a solidus temperature that is greater than a solidus temperature of the plurality of braze alloy layers. |
| US10363622B2 |
Electrode for an electro-erosion process and an associated method thereof
Electrode for an electro-erosion process, includes a shaft, a body coupled to the shaft, a plurality of machining-inserts, an insulated layer, and a flushing cover disposed on the body and coupled to the shaft. The shaft includes a channel, a plurality of first openings and second openings, each opening connected to the channel. The body includes a plurality of main-flushing channels, where each channel is connected to a corresponding first opening. The plurality of machining-inserts is spaced apart from each other along a circumferential direction and detachably coupled to a peripheral end portion of the body. Each machining-insert includes at least one third opening connected to a corresponding main-flushing channel. The insulated layer is disposed on top and bottom surfaces of the body. The flushing cover includes a plurality of side-flushing channels and a plurality of fourth openings, where each channel is connected to a corresponding second opening. |
| US10363620B2 |
Saw band including a chip separator tooth
A saw band (1) includes a chamfered tooth (10) including two effective cutting edge portions (7) being arranged in the region of the chamfer (15) between which an ineffective cutting edge portion (8) of the first tooth (10, 11) is formed. In this way, five cutting channel portions (18) are formed by only two geometrically differently designed teeth (10). |
| US10363612B2 |
Powered drill apparatus
A portable power drill (11) is disclosed having a chuck or drill collar (14) at one end and a substantially cylindrical (or frusto-conical) twist throttle handle (25, 125, 225) at the other end. Rotation of the handle in the direction of forward rotation of the chuck decreases the drill speed and, conversely, rotation of the handle in the direction of reverse rotation of the chuck increases the drill speed. Consequently, in the event of an auger locked in the chuck becoming jammed, the reaction forces experienced by the drill unit rotate the drill unit in a direction such that throttle decreases the drill speed. In addition, the drill unit is provided with forward (44) and reverse gears (45) and a forward/reverse selection mechanism (48, 50, 51) which is actuated by a forward force, or a withdrawing force respectively being applied to the drill unit via an operator who holds the handles (20, 25) of the drill unit. |
| US10363605B2 |
Mold halves with metal-matrix composite at feature areas
A mold half, especially for blow molding of thermoplastic articles, has a mold body defined at least in part by a single piece of aluminum or aluminum alloy mold material having a cavity and a pinch-off or other feature area and further having a metal-matrix composite (MMC) layer formed integrally in the mold body at the pinch-off or other feature area. A mold is fabricated from two mated mold halves. A process of producing a mold half involves machining a single piece of mold material to provide a mold body having a cavity and a pinch-off or other feature area, the pinch-off or other feature area being of smaller dimension than required for the mold half, integrally forming a metal-matrix composite layer in the pinch-off or other feature area to build up the pinch-off or other feature area to at least a dimension required for the mold half. The metal-matrix composite comprises an aluminum-nickel alloy matrix (e.g. AI-12Si alloy alloyed with Ni) having WC particles embedded therein or a aluminum matrix (e.g. AI-12Si alloy) having TiC particles embedded therein and has greater wear resistance, greater strength, greater toughness or any combination thereof than the mold material. |
| US10363598B2 |
Method and device for producing a gear together with a clamping means
The invention relates to a method for producing at least one gear, in particular a helically toothed gear, wherein the gear is produced from a gear blank pressed and sintered with an oversize in the region of the set of teeth, wherein the gear blank has two opposite end faces and a circumference. In the method, the gear blank is clamped in a clamping means. The gear blank is compressed in the region of the oversize by means of the engagement of at least one circumferential tool having a set of mating teeth that engages with the set of teeth of the gear blank, wherein the gear blank is radially clamped over the circumference by the clamping means at both end faces during the compression of the gear blank, wherein each individual tooth of the set of teeth of the gear blank is supported by the clamping means substantially over the entire tooth height. In this way, the quality of the set of teeth can be improved. The invention further relates to a device and to a clamping means. |
| US10363597B2 |
R-θ table apparatus and processing apparatus of internal thread
There is provided an R-θ table apparatus which freely movies one table on a plane in the forward-and-rearward and leftward-and-rightward directions and in the rotational direction. The R-θ table apparatus changes a horizontal distance between a center line of a main axis of a driving apparatus and the action point by elevating an elevating base, and a table is moved to an arbitrary position without rotating along a guide member. |
| US10363588B2 |
Extrusion apparatus
An extrusion apparatus includes an extruder, a run-out table that supports an extruded material that has been extruded from the extruder, a feed roller and a pulling roller that are provided at a given interval so as to be able to come in rolling contact with the extruded material that is situated on the run-out table, and a cooling section that cools the extruded material between the feed roller and the pulling roller, wherein the feed roller and the pulling roller apply a tensile force to the extruded material while the extruded material advances from the feed roller to the pulling roller. |
| US10363581B2 |
Automatic distributing equipment
An automatic distributor is disclosed. The automatic distributor comprises a base, a storage device mounted on the base to store a plurality of components with different shapes thereon, a recognition device configured to recognize the components stored on the storage device, and a pickup device configured to pick up the components based on a recognition result of the recognition device. |
| US10363580B2 |
Recovery hopper trough for vibratory separator and method
An apparatus includes a vibratory separator with a top deck, a middle deck, and a bottom deck, and a collection trough coupled to at least one of the top deck, the middle deck, and the bottom deck. The collection trough includes a collection container having an inlet configured to receive a material retained on the at least one of the top deck, the middle deck, and the bottom deck, and a sloped surface configured to guide the material from the inlet to an outlet of the collection container, and a pressure differential generator disposed proximate the outlet of the collection container. |
| US10363572B2 |
Method for producing a multicoat paint system on plastics substrates
The present invention relates to a method for producing a multicoat paint system on a plastics substrate, in which a basecoat film or a plurality of directly successive basecoat films are produced on a plastics substrate, a clearcoat film is produced directly on the one basecoat film or on the topmost of the plurality of basecoat films, and subsequently the one or more basecoat films and the clearcoat film are jointly cured, this method being a method wherein at least one basecoat material used for the production of the basecoat films comprises at least one aqueous polyurethane-polyurea dispersion (PD) comprising polyurethane-polyurea particles, where the polyurethane-polyurea particles present in the dispersion (PD) comprise anionic groups and/or groups which can be converted into anionic groups, and have an average particle size of 40 to 2000 nm and also a gel fraction of at least 50%. |
| US10363570B2 |
Paint baking method and door offset device for vehicle body coating process
A paint baking method includes a process for conveying a vehicle body while exposing the vehicle body to a hot air atmosphere to bake a wet coating film applied to the vehicle body. In the vehicle body, hinges and door offset members are attached between hinge fastening parts of the main shell body and hinge fastening parts of the side doors. The distance between the hinge fastening parts of the main shell body and the hinge fastening parts of the side door in a state in which the hinges and the door offset members are attached is longer than a distance between the hinge fastening parts of the main shell body and the hinge fastening parts of the side door in a finished vehicle state. |
| US10363569B2 |
Applicators and systems for delivering a glutinous substance to a workpiece from an end-effector
An applicator (102) for delivering a glutinous substance (168) to a workpiece (170) from an end-effector (101) is disclosed. The applicator (102) comprises a body (110) and a plunger (186). The plunger (186) comprises a gate (118), movable within an outlet portion (182) of a first channel (115) of the body (110) between, inclusively, an open position, allowing the glutinous substance (168) to flow from an inlet (116) of the first channel (115) to an outlet (117) of the first channel (115) and a closed position, preventing the glutinous substance (168) from flowing from the inlet (116) of the first channel (115) to the outlet (117) of the first channel (115). The applicator (102) further comprises an actuator (131), selectively operable to move the plunger (186) such that the gate (118) moves between, inclusively, the open position and the closed position. |
| US10363568B2 |
Jetting discrete volumes of high viscosity liquid
An adhesive dispensing system and method of dispensing liquid material are disclosed. The adhesive dispensing system includes an adhesive dispensing module receiving hot melt adhesive through the inlet at a low pressure and rapidly developing high pressure at an outlet to thereby jet the hot melt adhesive therefrom. The system also includes a pressure container containing a supply of hot melt adhesive and configured to melt or maintain a heated temperature of the hot melt adhesive. A low pressure liquid passageway communicates between the adhesive dispensing module and the pressure container. The system also includes a pressurized air source in fluid communication with the adhesive dispensing module to operate the adhesive dispensing module by moving a piston to generate high pressure at the outlet of a nozzle for jetting hot melt adhesive as a discrete volume toward a substrate. |
| US10363567B2 |
Apparatuses for applying a glutinous substance
A nozzle for applying a bead of a glutinous substance to a surface of an object comprises a body, a first guide, a gate, a second guide, and a biasing member. The body comprises an inlet opening and an outlet opening, joined by a channel. The first guide is coupled to the body. The gate is translatably coupled to the body. Movement of the gate relative to the body controls flow of the glutinous substance through the outlet opening, and width of the bead. The second guide is coupled to the gate. The biasing member is coupled to the body and to the gate. The biasing member urges the gate toward the first guide. |
| US10363564B2 |
System, method and apparatus for controlling the flow distribution of solid particles
A turret includes a generally frusto-conical shaped body and a plurality of static vanes arranged interior to the body and extending inwardly from an interior sidewall of the body. The vanes are configured to guide a swirling flow of solid particles as they enter the body, and to divide the swirling flow into a plurality of controlled flows that are communicated to a plurality of coal outlet pipes. |
| US10363559B2 |
Apparatus for the separation of plasma
The invention relates to an apparatus for separating blood and at the same time an apparatus (1) for absorbing blood (19) and separating components such as blood plasma, as a sample liquid (2), having a feed device (13) for receiving the blood (2), a separating device (15) for separating blood components as the sample liquid (2), a channel (3) which takes up the sample liquid (2) preferably exclusively by capillary forces and a fill device for filling the channel (3) with sample liquid (2) in an inlet or feed region (18) of the channel (3), wherein the separating device (15), particularly a membrane, is domed, more particularly convexly shaped and projects with the apex of the convex shape into the filling device in the direction of filling. |
| US10363555B2 |
Polymer compound for conductive polymer and method for producing the same
The present invention provides a polymer compound for a conductive polymer, having one or more kinds of repeating units “a” represented by the following general formula (1), the polymer compound for a conductive polymer being synthesized by ion exchange of a lithium salt, a sodium salt, a potassium salt, a sulfonium compound salt, or a nitrogen compound salt of sulfonic acid residue with a weight average molecular weight in the range of 1,000 to 500,000, wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R2 represents a fluorine atom or a trifluoromethyl group, “m” represents an integer of 1 to 4, and “a” satisfies 0 |
| US10363553B2 |
Nanocomposite hollow sphere as a photocatalyst and methods thereof
A photocatalytic nanocomposite hollow sphere comprising a shell surrounding a hollow core, and the shell comprising zirconium dioxide, hydroxyapatite, and platinum, as well as a method for producing the nanocomposite hollow sphere and a method employing the nanocomposite hollow sphere in reducing an aromatic nitro compound to an aromatic amine compound under visible light are disclosed. |
| US10363548B2 |
Aluminum based metallic glass powder for efficient degradation of AZO dye and other toxic organic chemicals
The present invention provides amorphous bi-functional catalytic aluminum metallic glass particles having an aluminum metallic glass core and 2 or more transition metals disposed on the surface of the aluminum metallic glass core to form amorphous bi-functional aluminum metallic glass particles with catalytic activity. |
| US10363546B2 |
Multilayer polymeric membrane
Provided is a novel continuous single-step method of manufacturing a multilayer sorbent polymeric membrane having superior productivity, properties and performance. At least one layer of the polymeric membrane comprises sorbent materials and a plurality of interconnecting pores. The method includes: (a) coextruding layer-forming compositions to form a multilayer coextrudate; (b) casting the coextrudate into a film; (c) extracting the film with an extractant; and (d) removing the extractant from the extracted film to form the multilayer sorbent polymeric membrane. The sorbent membrane of this disclosure can find a wide range of applications for use in filtration, separation and purification of gases and fluids, CO2 and volatile capture, structural support, vehicle emission control, energy harvesting and storage, electrolyte batteries, device, protection, permeation, packaging, printing, and etc. |
| US10363545B2 |
Porous coordination polymer and hydrogen molecule storage method, hydrogen storage device, hydrogen molecule separation method and hydrogen purifier using the same
The present invention provides a porous coordination polymer, wherein the porous coordination polymer is formed of unit lattices; each of the unit lattices has a shape of a cube having eight vertexes and twelve sides; each of the vertexes of the unit lattices consists of a Zn4O cluster; each of the sides of the unit lattices consists of a −OOC—C≡C—COO− group. At least a part of the unit lattices contains at least one hydrogen molecule only, or the inside of at least a part of the unit lattices is empty. The present invention provides a novel porous coordination polymer, especially, a porous coordination polymer suitable for separating hydrogen molecules from a gaseous mixture of the hydrogen molecules and impurity molecules (e.g., nitrogen molecules, oxygen molecules, or carbon dioxide molecules). |
| US10363542B2 |
Multi-stage system for processing hydrocarbon fuels
A method for converting hydrocarbon materials into a product includes receiving a hydrocarbon feedstock in a first reaction chamber, receiving a process gas in the first reaction chamber, and forming a first set of discharge conditions in the presence of energy from a microwave generator, in the first reaction chamber, to convert the hydrocarbon feedstock into an intermediate product for delivery to a second reaction chamber. The method also includes delivering the intermediate product to the second reaction chamber, forming a second set of discharge conditions, and converting the intermediate product into a final product in the second reaction chamber. |
| US10363541B2 |
Systems and methods for interior energy-activation from an exterior source
A method and a system for producing a change in a medium. The method places in a vicinity of the medium at least one energy modulation agent. The method applies an initiation energy to the medium. The initiation energy interacts with the energy modulation agent to directly or indirectly produce the change in the medium. The system includes an initiation energy source configured to apply an initiation energy to the medium to activate the energy modulation agent. |
| US10363539B2 |
System and method for controlled manufacturing of mono-disperse microbubbles
The present invention is related to a system and method for controlled manufacturing of mono-disperse microbubbles. According to the invention, the mono-disperse nature of the collection of generated microbubbles can be improved by releasing the pressurized gaseous medium used in the system using release valve units. This further allows the system to be embodied as a portable system. In turn, the operator of an ultrasound imaging apparatus may use the system according to the invention to generate microbubbles on a patient-by-patient basis. |
| US10363538B2 |
Substrate for biochips and method for producing same
A substrate for biochips, in which carboxyl groups are immobilized on a substrate whose surface at least is composed of carbon; and a method for producing the substrate are disclosed. The substrate for biochips comprises a substrate whose surface at least is composed of carbon; and an acrylic polymer having free carboxyl groups in the molecular structure thereof, which acrylic polymer is immobilized on the surface of the substrate. The method for producing the substrate comprises irradiating the substrate whose surface at least is composed of carbon with ultraviolet light during the acrylic polymer having free carboxyl groups in the molecular structure thereof contacts the substrate. |
| US10363535B1 |
Gas-liquid-solid three-phase slurry bed industrial reactor capable of achieving continuous operation
A gas-liquid-solid three-phase slurry bed industrial reactor capable of achieving continuous operation comprises an inlet gas distribution component composed of a false bottom and inlet gas distribution tubes, one or more layers of heat exchange tube components used for heating/cooling the bed, one or more layers of liquid-solid separator components capable of being cleaned automatically, an outlet gas-liquid-solid entrainment separation component located in the upper portion of the interior of the reactor and used for removing liquid foam and solid entrainments, a plurality of layers of solid concentration uniform distribution devices used for reducing the catalyst concentration gradient and the inlet-outlet temperature difference of the reactor, a flow guiding device located on a component support beam and used for preventing catalyst accumulation, and auxiliary systems including a filter-backflush system and a washing system. Compared with the prior art, the reactor is low in energy consumption and solves the problems of blockage, backflow and dead zones, the temperature and liquid level are well controlled, catalysts can be easily added and discharged online, and stable and continuous operation of the reactor is achieved. The reactor is suitable for being applied to the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis process on an industrial scale. |
| US10363528B2 |
Mixing and thawing device
A mixing and thawing device (1) has a rocker drive (2) and a bag holder (3) for holding a bag (7). The bag holder (3) has a base part (8) and a lid part (9) that enclose a holding space (10) for the bag (7). A heating element (11) is arranged in the base part (8). Thus, the holding space (10) is designed as a heat-insulating closed chamber. Interconnected intermediate spaces (14, 15) are arranged between the bag (7) and the base part (8) and between the bag (7) and the lid part (9). One or more flow generators (16) are provided to generate a circulating fluid flow (17). |
| US10363526B2 |
Entry mixing elements and related static mixers and methods of mixing
An entry mixing element is provided for mixing an incoming fluid flow having first and second unmixed components arranged so as to define a transverse flow cross-section perpendicular to a flow direction. The entry mixing element includes a central axis configured to be aligned with the flow direction of the incoming fluid flow, and an entry dividing wall extending parallel to the central axis and positioned to divide the incoming fluid flow into first and second fluid flow portions, each portion containing an amount of the first component and an amount of the second component. The entry dividing wall is configured to divide the incoming fluid flow into the first and second fluid flow portions in any rotational orientation of the entry mixing element about its central axis relative to the transverse flow cross-section of the incoming fluid flow. Related static mixers and methods of mixing are also provided. |
| US10363519B2 |
Aqueous alkanolamine composition and process for the selective removal of hydrogen sulfide from gaseous mixtures
The present invention relates to an aqueous alkanolamine solution and use therein a process for the selective removal of hydrogen sulfide from gaseous mixtures comprising hydrogen sulfide. The aqueous alkanolamine solution consists of —an amino compound with the formula: R1R2NCH2CH(OH)CH2OH wherein R1 and R2 independently represent methyl, ethyl, propyl or isopropyl groups —and bis(2-hydroxyethyl)methylamine, —optionally one or more of a physical solvent, an antifoaming agent, an antioxidant, a corrosion inhibitor, a film former, a chelating agent or a pH adjuster and —water The process for selectively removing hydrogen sulfide, comprising the step of contacting the gaseous mixture with the aqueous alkanolamine solution, preferably wherein the temperature of the aqueous alkanolamine solution is equal to or greater than 140° F. |
| US10363518B2 |
Systems and methods to debottleneck an integrated oil and gas processing plant with sour gas injection
Disclosed are systems and methods for increasing oil production in an integrated oil and gas production plant including hydrogen sulfide removal and sour-gas injection into an underground formation. Hydrogen sulfide-selective membranes are used to debottleneck known systems and methods by removing hydrogen sulfide from bottlenecked plant process steps including sour gas compression, hydrogen sulfide removal and sour gas injection. A method of retrofitting an integrated plant includes adding a hydrogen sulfide-selective membrane upstream of an amine unit to remove hydrogen sulfide from an associated gas stream and form a permeate stream enriched in hydrogen sulfide and a retentate stream depleted in hydrogen sulfide and enriched in hydrocarbon gases. Less hydrogen sulfide is sent to the amine unit and oil production is higher than in the integrated plant without the hydrogen sulfide-selective membrane. |
| US10363507B2 |
Filter housing
The present invention relates to an air filter housing for supplying air to a space, said air filter housing being configured to be arranged in a ceiling of said space, said housing having a mouth facing downward, said mouth comprising a sealing surface configured to receive a panel type air filter comprising a frame and a filter medium held within said frame, such that a sealing connection between said sealing surface and said frame is achieved, characterized in that said filter housing further comprises at least one resilient member arranged below the sealing surface such that when a panel type air filter is inserted into the mouth, the resilient member will be deformed by the filter frame as the filter passes the resilient member, and resume its original shape once the filter has passed, such that the filter is retained between the sealing surface and the resilient member. The present invention further relates to the use of a filter housing in a cleanroom, and to a method of mounting a panel type air filter in an air filter housing. |
| US10363506B2 |
Filter element and filter arrangement
A filter element (3), which has an oval cross-section in a longitudinal direction (LR) thereof and includes a circumferential sealing device (10) for, in particular, radially sealing the filter element (3) off from a filter holder (2) for the filter element (3), wherein the sealing device (3) has two first curvature sections (35, 36) arranged one facing the other and two second curvature sections (38, 39) arranged one facing the other, wherein the first curvature sections (35, 36) each have a first radius of curvature (R35, R36) and the second curvature sections (38, 39) each have a second radius of curvature (R38, R39), and wherein the first radius of curvature (R35, R36) differs from the second radius of curvature (R38, R39). |
| US10363504B2 |
Filter device for filtering liquids
The invention relates to a filter device (1) for filtering liquids, comprising: a filter element (2) having an interior (3) for accommodating a liquid, and a compensating element (5) made of elastically deformable material for accommodating a liquid volume that increases when the liquid freezes. The compensating element (5) is arranged in the interior (3), and a gap (6), in particular an annular gap, for accommodating the liquid is formed between the compensating element (5) and the filter element (3). |
| US10363500B2 |
Double-action pusher centrifuge and pusher base device
A double-action pusher centrifuge separates a mixture into solid cake and liquid. The pusher centrifuge includes a screen drum rotatable about an axis and in which a pusher base device is arranged to be movable along the axis of rotation. The solid cake is displaced by an outer ring region of the pusher base device. A plurality of axial passage openings are disposed in the outer ring region and connect front and rear regions of the screen drum. A feed unit is arranged at an inflow disk such that the mixture can be introduced via the feed unit and the inflow disk into empty space on the screen drum on displacement of the solid cake. An inflow gap applies the mixture into the empty space, and is between an inflow edge of the inflow disk and a pusher base plate of the pusher base device with an inflow region. |
| US10363492B1 |
Bubble machine for producing vertical bubbles
A bubble machine has a fan assembly that has a fan housing, and a fan coupled to the fan housing. A bubble dispenser is disposed above the fan housing, and has a mounting section that is secured inside the fan housing, and a bubble solution collection section covering the fan below. The housing, the mounting section and the bubble solution collection section define at least one space through which air generated by the fan can flow upwardly. A bubble wand assembly has a plurality of bubble wands that are disposed above the bubble dispenser in a manner such that each of the plurality of bubble wands is rotated over the bubble solution collection section to be coated with bubble solution, and then rotated over the at least one space so that air from below can be blown through the bubble wand to generate bubbles. |
| US10363485B2 |
Opacity method and device therefor
A method of modifying a transparency factor of one or more objects in a computer game. A display of a computer device displays a first object having a transparency factor at a first location, said first object overlying at least one of a plurality of game objects. In response to a trigger event at least one of said transparency factor of the first object, a transparency factor of a game pointer, and a transparency factor of at least one game object are modified and at least one of said first object, said game pointer, and said at least one game object are displayed with said at least one modified transparency factor. |
| US10363484B2 |
Generating game configurations
A system, computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and a computer-implemented method for generating game configurations are presented. For example, a system may receive a game configuration request message from a client device being operated by a player playing a virtual game. The game configuration request message may be sent, for example, in response to the player initiating a new game of the virtual game. The system may then select a game configuration based at least in part on historical performance data associated with the selected game configuration. The historical performance data may accumulate performance data from a group of players that previously played the virtual game using the selected game configuration. The system then communicates the selected game configuration to the client device. The player may play the virtual game using the selected game configuration as the initial game configuration for the virtual game. |
| US10363483B2 |
Methodology for equalizing systemic latencies in television reception in connection with games of skill played in connection with live television programming
A method of and system for handling latency issues encountered in producing real-time entertainment such as games of skill synchronized with live or taped televised events is described herein. There are multiple situations that are dealt with regarding latencies in receiving a television signal with respect to real-time entertainment based on the unfolding games played along with the telecasts. Systemic delays, arbitrarily imposed delays of a broadcast signal and variances in the precise broadcast times of taped television programs have to be equalized so as to provide fair entertainment. |
| US10363482B2 |
Methods and systems for cloud executing mini-games and social tagging
Methods for managing mini-games created and executed in a game cloud system are provided. One method includes providing a plurality of mini-games stored in the game cloud system. Each mini-game is created based on a video recording of a game play for a game title, and is shared in a social network. The method further includes identifying user interactions for each mini-game and ranking the mini-games based on the identified user interactions associated with each mini-game. Then, some or all of the mini-games are displayed on a game site and/or a social network site in an order that is based on the ranking. |
| US10363481B2 |
System for multi-user communications using discrete video game platforms
A multi-user video game with communications capabilities allows players to communicate with one another via simulated mail, leaflets and conversations. Different installations of the game on different discrete video game playing platforms may be unique or different depending upon random or other data available at the platform. For example, different installations may have different subsets of characters, different landscapes, or the like. Player characters from one virtual environment or village may visit another virtual environment or village and return home to his or her resident environment or village. Non-player characters may move from one virtual environment or village to another—thereby providing an ever-changing variety of characters. Communications between different game playing platforms can be provided via portable memory devices, portable game playing devices, or conventional communications means such as networks. |
| US10363480B2 |
Gaming machine with a curved display
A gaming machine that includes a cabinet, a peripheral device coupled to the cabinet, a curved video display, and a processor is provided. The curved video display includes an edge surface of the curved video display that is in contact with the peripheral device. The gaming machine includes a processor that programmed to display, on the curved video display, a graphic adjacent to and associated with the peripheral device. |
| US10363463B2 |
Aerodynamic golf club head
An aerodynamic golf club head with a low center of gravity and producing reduced aerodynamic drag forces. The club head has crown section attributes that impart beneficial aerodynamic properties. |
| US10363462B2 |
Golf balls having foam, hollow, or metal center and plasticized thermoplastic core layer
Multi-layered golf balls containing a dual-core structure are provided. The core structure includes an inner core (center) made from a foam or metal-containing composition, or it has a hollow shell construction, and the outer core layer is made of a thermoplastic composition. Preferably, the thermoplastic composition comprises: a) ethylene acid copolymer, b) plasticizer, and c) cation source. A fatty acid ester such as ethyl oleate is preferably used as the plasticizer. The core assembly preferably has a positive hardness gradient extending across the entire assembly. The core structure and resulting ball have relatively good resiliency at given compressions. |
| US10363457B2 |
Golf balls with aerodynamic subsurfaces
The present invention provides a golf ball having an aerodynamic subsurface for packing dimples. More particularly, the invention relates to a golf ball having an exterior surface and at least a first subsurface containing at least two dimples located solely on the subsurface and lying below the exterior surface of the golf ball. The present invention also describes a method for creating the dimple pattern including providing a spherical section having an exterior surface and at least a first subsurface, arranging at least two dimples located solely on the first subsurface and then tessellating the spherical surfaces around the golf ball. |
| US10363454B2 |
Portable fitness monitoring methods
Portable fitness monitoring methods are disclosed. In an embodiment, a portable fitness monitoring method includes a method for providing audible output to a user during an athletic activity using a portable fitness monitoring device. The method includes the steps of receiving an audio feedback file package that includes a first audio feedback file, updating the audio feedback file package, and processing the updated audio feedback file package to provide audible output to the user through an audio output device during the athletic activity. |
| US10363452B2 |
Elastic exercise device
A chest and arm exercise device provides a chest spanning elastic member including a rubber sheet connected to a pair of elastic arm cuffs. A weight lifter's shirt includes a fabric body covering including an elastic chest spanning member and a pair of elastic sleeves or cuffs. |
| US10363442B2 |
Connecting and anchoring device
A connecting and anchoring device includes a cable element and one or more housings for the cable element. The cable element terminates at opposite ends thereof in respective gate and spine cable termination structures. The one or more housings include a gate housing which houses the cable element proximate the gate cable termination structure. The gate housing includes a manipulable locking element. The gate and spine cable termination structures have complementary shapes or structures and are configured to provide for changing between a first configuration of the connecting and anchoring device in which the gate and spine cable termination structures are locked together so as to inhibit separation thereof, and a second configuration of the connecting and anchoring device in which the gate and spine cable termination structures can be freely separated from one another as a consequence of manipulating the locking element. |
| US10363441B2 |
Respirator mask for CBRN or other protection
A respirator mask wearable by a wearer for protecting the wearer against inhalation of noxious agents (e.g., chemical agents, biological agents, radiological agents, and/or other poisonous or otherwise harmful agents that can cause disease, injury or death), such as a CBRN mask, may be configured to enhance protection of the wearer (e.g., by providing ballistic protection in addition to protecting against noxious agent inhalation) while reducing a burden on the wearer, such as by reducing respiratory resistance, improving visibility, and/or facilitating use of the mask (e.g., connection or disconnection of a filter, conduit, or other air-providing device to or from a breathing interface of the mask). |
| US10363439B2 |
Ion acceleration complex for the treatment of atrial fibrillations
A system (12) is proposed for the acceleration of ions to treat Atrial Fibrillation (AF), arteriovenous malformations (AVMS) and focal epileptic lesions; this system (12) includes a pulsed ion source (1), a pre-accelerator (3) and one or more linear accelerators or linacs (5, 6, 7) operating at frequencies above 1 GHz with a repetition rate between 1 Hz and 500 Hz. The particle beam coming out of the complex (12) can vary (i) in intensity, (ii) in deposition depth and (iii) transversally with respect to the central beam direction. The possibility of adjusting in a few milliseconds and in three orthogonal directions, the location of each energy deposition in the body of the patient makes that system of accelerators (12) perfectly suited to irradiation of a beating heart. |
| US10363429B2 |
Device for the plasma treatment of human, animal or plant surfaces, in particular of skin or mucous membrane areas
The invention relates to a device for the treatment of free-form areas and zones of human or animal skin areas or plant surfaces by means of cold atmospheric-pressure plasma. The core of the device is a specific, preferably gas-permeable, electrode arrangement for generating a dielectrically impeded surface discharge where the earthed electrode is composed of electrically conductive textile material and the high-voltage electrode consists of a thin wire or electrically conductive thread which is sheathed with an insulting layer which has to meet specific requirements. On the basis of the present invention, it is possible to generate, in the area of diseased skin parts of the human body, in direct proximity to the skin surface or to wounds, a flat plasma for the treatment of the diseased areas which is acceptable in respect of the stress on the skin caused by temperature and electric potentials. The advantage of the gas-permeable textile sheet-like structure consists especially in that the arrangement can be placed flexibly onto variously curved surfaces and, in addition, offers the possibility of a gas exchange with the environment and/or the targeted dosing of a specific process gas mixture across the textile material into the active plasma zone. |
| US10363421B2 |
Electrode placement and stimulation based on brown adipose tissue temperature
Systems and methods for spinal cord electrode placement and spinal cord stimulation their use for treatment of conditions such as obesity are disclosed. In one example approach, during placement of a spinal cord stimulating electrode in a target region of the brain of a patient, a temperature of brown adipose tissue may be monitored, e.g., via a supraclavicular temperature sensor implanted in the patient, and used to identify an optimal location of electrode stimulation which causes an increase in BAT temperature. Additionally, BAT temperature measurements may be used to provide regulated closed-loop control to increase efficiency of spinal cord stimulation while reducing energy consumption of the pulse generator. Further, core temperature measurements may be obtained from the electrode in the spinal cord and used to adjust spinal cord stimulation. |
| US10363414B1 |
Combined bladder scanner and (functional) interferential electrical stimulation device
A device for assisting a patient suffering from a condition that inhibits the patient from achieving spontaneous and controlled micturition includes a controller, a stimulation power supply, a sensor providing sensor feedback indicative of a level of fullness of a bladder of the patient and a plurality of electrodes. The electrodes are disposed on an epidermis of the patient and are arranged to supply transcutaneous electrical impulses that cause contraction of the bladder and relaxation of a urinary sphincter of the patient when supplied power by the stimulation power supply. The controller causes the stimulation power supply to supply power to the plurality of electrodes in response to a determination being made that the level of fullness of the bladder has exceeded a threshold level, thereby causing the plurality of electrodes to supply the transcutaneous electrical impulses in order to trigger micturition. |
| US10363412B2 |
System for stimulating bone growth, tissue healing and/or pain control, and method of use
A system to deliver current to an area of interest of a subject is described that includes a power source, a controller electrically coupled to the power source, at least one first electrode electrically coupled to the controller, and at least one second electrode electrically coupled to one of the power source and the controller, with the area of interest positioned between the at least one first electrode and the at least one second electrode. A method of stimulating at least one of bone growth, tissue healing and pain control within an area of interest of a patient is described that includes inserting first and second electrode spaced at a predetermined distance, and further includes directing an electric current between the first and second electrodes so that at least a portion of the electric current passes through the area of interest positioned between the first electrode and the second electrode. |
| US10363411B2 |
Microelectrode and multiple microelectrodes
A medical microelectrode includes an elongate electrode body including a tip section, a main body section and, optionally, a coupling section. The tip section, the main body section and, optionally, the coupling section are embedded in a first electrode matrix element, which is substantially rigid, biocompatible and soluble or biodegradable in a body fluid. Additionally the microelectrode includes a dissolution retarding layer on the first electrode matrix element and/or a second electrode matrix element disposed between the first electrode matrix element and the electrode. Upon dissolution or biodegradation of the first electrode matrix element a drug comprised by the first electrode matrix element or the second electrode matrix element is released into the tissue. Also disclosed are bundles and arrays of the electrodes and their use. |
| US10363400B2 |
Method to make tube-in-tube balloon
A tube-in-tube assembled parison for preparation of an elongated medical device. The parison if formed by assembling in tube-in-tube fashion a first tube of orientable polymer material and a second tube formed of orientable polymer material disposed around the first tube, with an adhesive tie layer disposed between the first and second tubes. The tubes are brought into contact to form a unitary parison. The adhesive may allow movement between the polymer layers during balloon blowing. The first tube, or the second tube, or both, may have been longitudinally pre-stretched after formation thereof but before assembly of the parison. |
| US10363397B2 |
Catheter, catheter manipulation part, and catheter manufacturing method
A catheter of the invention includes an elongated flexible tubular main body; a plurality of manipulation wires inserted through the tubular main body and having tips connected to a distal part of the tubular main body; a manipulation-part main body provided at a base end of the tubular main body; and a bending manipulation part. The bending manipulation part has an engagement part engaging with base ends of the manipulation wires, and individually applies pulling force to the plurality of manipulation wires through pulling operations so as to bend the distal part of the tubular main body. The bending manipulation part is provided so as to be movable with respect to the manipulation-part main body. The path lengths of the plurality of manipulation wires from the tips thereof to the engagement part are simultaneously increased or decreased when the bending manipulation part and the manipulation-part main body move relative to each other. |
| US10363391B2 |
Catheter
A catheter including an outer tube; a first inner tube disposed within the outer tube; a second inner tube disposed within the outer tube and parallel to the first inner tube, and having an insertion opening at its proximal end and a distal end opening at its distal end; and a first core wire and a second core wire disposed between the first inner tube and an outer tube. The second inner tube extends from a medial region of the catheter to a distal end of the catheter. A distal end of the first core wire is located distal to the insertion opening of the second inner tube, and a distal end of the second core wire is located proximal to the insertion opening of the second inner tube. The second core wire can move between the outer tube and the first inner tube. |
| US10363390B2 |
Dual-tip hemodialysis catheter
A dual tip dialysis catheter has a proximal portion with connected lumens and a distal portion with diverging lumens. The lumens may separate at a split junction and diverge in a scissors like manner to reduce or eliminate a crack or gap adjacent to the split junction, thereby reducing clotting. A dual tip dialysis catheter may have forward openings configured to direct flow in opposite directions. |
| US10363389B2 |
Micro-fabricated guidewire devices having varying diameters
A guidewire device comprising an elongated outer member having an outer surface and an interior surface forming a lumen extending from a proximal end to a distal end, wherein an outer diameter of said distal end is larger than an outer diameter of said proximal end; and an inner member disposed within a portion of said lumen, and embodiments thereof. |
| US10363388B2 |
System and method for enhancing sleep slow wave activity based on cardiac characteristics or respiratory characteristics
Systems and methods for providing sensory stimuli induce and/or enhance sleep and/or slow wave neural activity of a subject during sleep. Operation of the systems and methods is based on measured information related to cardiac attributes and/or respiratory attributes of the subject, and corresponding cardiac parameters and/or respiratory parameters based thereon. Attributes may be measured and/or monitored via one or more sensors, e.g. worn on an extremity of the subject and/or placed at a distance from the subject. Sensory stimulation delivered to the subject during specific targeted periods of sleep may enhance slow wave neural activity. |
| US10363386B2 |
Patient interface device
A patient interface device that includes a support member sized and configured to span at least a portion of a patient's face while remaining below the patient's eyes responsive to the patient interface device being donned by such a patient and a sealing assembly operatively coupled to the support member such that the support member is moveable relative to the support member. The support member defines a gas carrying conduit adapted to carry a flow of gas to the sealing assembly. The support member is a single-piece unitary member and includes a conduit coupling portion adapted to be coupled to a patient circuit. |
| US10363383B2 |
Pressure indicator for an oscillating positive expiratory pressure device
A pressure indicator for a respiratory treatment device, the pressure indicator including an instrument for measuring pressures, a conduit configured to transmit a pressure within the respiratory treatment device to the instrument, and a pressure stabilizer orifice positioned within the conduit. |
| US10363380B2 |
Device and methods for lifting patient tissue during laparoscopic surgery
A surgical device that provides a suction force against a patient's body. The device includes a handle and a suction head pivotally attached to the handle. The suction head includes an open-ended suction chamber having a rim positioned to engage the patient's skin. An actuator on the handle operates a pump to draw a negative pressure in the suction chamber, causing the rim to seal against the patient's skin via the suction force. Once the suction force is initiated, the user may lift the handle away from the patient's body to lift tissue. The lifted tissue provides a site for insertion of a trocar or Veress needle for a laparoscopic procedure in some embodiments. A gimbal disposed between the handle and the suction head provides at least two degrees of freedom such that the handle can be rotated and pivoted to optimize the direction of applied lifting force. |
| US10363374B2 |
Multi-dose drug delivery device
A wearable drug delivery device that can deliver a liquid drug stored in a container to a patient is provided. The container can be a prefilled cartridge that can be loaded into the drug delivery device by the patient or that can be preloaded within the drug delivery device when provided to the patient. A sealed end of the container is pierced to couple the stored liquid drug to a needle conduit that is coupled to a needle insertion component that provides access to the patient. A drive system of the drug delivery device can expel the liquid drug from the cartridge to the patient through the needle conduit. The drive system can be controlled to provide the liquid drug to the patient in a single dose or over multiple doses. |
| US10363372B2 |
Plunger for drug delivery device
Plunger systems for expelling a liquid drug from a drug container within a wearable drug delivery device are provided. A rotation system coupled to a plunger rotates the plunger about a central axis of the plunger to overcome a static friction between the plunger and the drug container. After rotating the plunger, a drive system moves the plunger forward into the drug container to expel the liquid drug for delivery to the patient. A collapsible plunger includes a cavity. A radial torsion spring positioned in the cavity can provide an outward radial force on the collapsible plunger. The cavity enables the collapsible plunger to compress radially when entering and passing through a region of a drug container having a relatively narrower width. The radial torsion spring can radially expand the collapsible plunger when entering and passing through a region of the drug container having a relatively wider width. |
| US10363361B2 |
Device for the dosed dispensing of a fluidic medium
A device for the dosed dispensing of a medium (e.g., therapeutic and/or diagnostic agent) for an insulin pump is proposed. The device comprises a transporting and transferring container, a measuring element, and an adjusting element for influencing a dispensing of the medium by way of a connection to an interior space. The transporting and transferring container has a reservoir for receiving the medium. The reservoir is closed by a displaceable element. The displaceable element is movably mounted in relation to the reservoir. A relative positioning of the displaceable element in relation to the reservoir determines the interior space of the reservoir available for receiving the medium. The measuring element senses the relative positioning of the displaceable element in relation to the reservoir. The measuring element and the adjusting element interact so that the dispensing of the medium is influenced by the relative positioning sensed by the measuring element. |
| US10363358B2 |
Infusion catheter with guidewire valving
The present disclosure relates to a PTA (percutaneous transluminal angioplasty) balloon catheter, preferably high pressure type, optionally introducible as an over the wire catheter. The catheter possess the attribute of injecting fluid to the treated site through a dedicated opening proximal to the balloon member, for introduction of fluids such as contrast enhancing material and/or medication. In some embodiments, a single lumen is used, at least in part, both for fluids transfer and dispersion (“infusion”) as well as for guide wire passage. In some such embodiments, a valve mechanism is used to sustain selective operability of the lumen so that fluids will disperse mostly or solely through the proximal dispersion opening rather than the guide wire distal exit opening. |
| US10363356B2 |
Abscess irrigation systems
An irrigator system for delivering a volume of fluid from a fluid source to an abscess or wound. The irrigator system includes a fluid source connector for removably connecting to the fluid source, a fluid receiver for receiving the fluid from the fluid source, a fluid delivery nozzle for delivering the fluid to the abscess or wound, and a shield removably positioned around the fluid delivery nozzle to protect the fluid delivery nozzle. |
| US10363354B2 |
Unitary body systems and devices and methods to use the same for retroperfusion
Unitary body systems and devices and methods to use the same for retroperfusion. In an exemplary device embodiment of the present disclosure, the device comprises a unitary body having a wall and a lumen defined therethrough, a first portion terminating at a first end and configured for at least partial placement within a mammalian artery, a first one-way valve positioned at or near an end of the first portion opposite the first end, a second portion terminating at a second end and configured for at least partial placement within a mammalian vein, and a second one-way valve positioned at or near an end of the second portion opposite the second end. |
| US10363352B2 |
Disposable set and system for dialysis
A disposable set and system for dialysis are disclosed. An example peritoneal dialysis system includes an automated peritoneal dialysis (“APD”) machine comprising a pumping mechanism and a peritoneal dialysis fluid heater. The example peritoneal dialysis system also includes a disposable set comprising a disposable cassette operable with the pumping mechanism and a heater bag operable with the heater. The example peritoneal dialysis system additionally includes a conductivity sensor positioned and arranged to provide feedback to the APD machine. The example APD machine is configured to mix a peritoneal dialysis fluid for treatment in the heater bag using a plurality of peritoneal dialysis constituent fluids. In addition, the example APD machine is configured to use feedback from the conductivity sensor to evaluate the mixed peritoneal dialysis fluid for treatment. |
| US10363350B2 |
Blood pump
Apparatus and methods are described including identifying a subject as suffering from cardiac dysfunction, congestive heart failure, reduced renal blood flow, increased renal vascular resistance, arterial hypertension, and/or kidney dysfunction, and, in response thereto, reducing blood pressure within a renal vein of the subject, by activating at least one impeller to pump blood from the renal vein into a vena cava of the subject, by the impeller rotating. |
| US10363349B2 |
Heart pump providing adjustable outflow
A heart pump is disclosed herein. The heart pump can include a cannula having one or more outlets. An impeller can be positioned in the cannula. The impeller can be configured to pump blood through the outlets along a longitudinal axis when the impeller is rotated at an operational speed. The heart pump can be configured to adjust an effective area of the outlets while the impeller is rotating or to provide relative motion between the cannula and the impeller along the longitudinal axis while the impeller is rotating. |
| US10363346B2 |
Flexible reduced pressure treatment appliance
A wound treatment appliance is provided for treating all or a portion of a wound. In some embodiments, the appliance comprises an impermeable flexible overlay that covers all or a portion of the wound for purposes of applying a reduced pressure to the covered portion of the wound. In other embodiments, the impermeable flexible overlay comprises suction assistance means, such as channels, which assist in the application of reduced pressure to the area of the wound and removal of exudate from the wound. In other embodiments, the wound treatment appliance also includes a vacuum system to supply reduced pressure to the wound in the area under the flexible overlay. In yet other embodiments, the wound treatment appliance also includes wound packing means to prevent overgrowth of the wound or to encourage growth of the wound tissue into an absorbable matrix comprising the wound packing means. In still other embodiments, the appliance may include a suction drain. In other embodiments, the appliance may include a collection chamber to collect and store exudate from the wound. In yet other embodiments, a suction bulb may be used to provide a source of reduced pressure to an impermeable overlay that covers all or a portion of the wound. Finally, methods are provided for using various embodiments of the wound treatment appliance. |
| US10363341B2 |
Composite tissue-engineered intervertebral disc with self-assembled annular alignment
The present invention relates to a tissue-engineered intervertebral disc (IVD) suitable for total disc replacement in a mammal and methods of fabrication. The IVD comprises a nucleus pulposus structure comprising a first population of living cells that secrete a hydrophilic protein and an annulus fibrosis structure surrounding and in contact with the nucleus pulposus structure, the annulus fibrosis structure comprising a second population of living cells and type I collagen. The collagen fibrils in the annulus fibrosis structure are circumferentially aligned around the nucleus pulposus region due to cell-mediated contraction in the annulus fibrosis structure. Also disclosed are methods of fabricating tissue-engineered intervertebral discs. |
| US10363340B2 |
Poly(oligoethylene glycol methacrylate) hydrogel compositions, and methods of use thereof
The present application relates to hydrogel compositions comprising first and second precursor polymers, wherein the precursor polymers are modified poly(oligoethylene glycol methacrylate) copolymers that are crosslinked through electrophile-nucleophile reactions. |
| US10363336B2 |
Methods and systems for treating liquids using switchable solvents
A method of treating a liquid. The method comprises providing a feed liquid comprising at least one solvent and at least one solute to a first side of a membrane. A single-phase draw solution comprising at least one of an aminium salt, an amidinium salt, and a guanidinium salt is provided to a second side of the membrane. The at least one solvent is osmosed across the membrane and into the single-phase draw solution to form a diluted single-phase draw solution. At least one of CO2, CS2, and COS is removed from the diluted single-phase draw solution to form a first multiple-phase solution comprising a first liquid phase comprising the at least one solvent, and a second liquid phase comprising at least one of an amine compound, an amidine compound, and a guanidine compound. A liquid purification system is also described. |
| US10363335B2 |
Disposable gas diffusion device
A disposable gas diffusion device includes a gas supply device, which includes therein a gas inlet device, which includes a coupling section, and a compression element. The coupling section includes therein a gas conveyance hole. A container has an end connected to a diffuser that is provided with a gas entrance passage having an opposite end extending to a bottom of the diffuser. The bottom of the diffuser is provided with a liquid guiding device, which has an opposite end extending to a location adjacent to a bottom of the container. The diffuser has a top end in which an exit opening is formed. The gas supply device is operable to guide a pressurized gas into the container on induce a negative pressure zone inside the container in order to convey a liquid through the liquid guiding device to an atomization hole to be atomized and sprayed out. |
| US10363327B2 |
Luminaire with white light LEDs and UV LEDs for lighting and disinfection
A variety of applications for UV LEDs that are integrated into a system are described, where the UV light is used for disinfection of air or surfaces, or used to detect the scattering light by particles, or used for skin treatment. In one embodiment, a ceiling luminaire includes a sensor for detecting the presence of people in the room. The luminaire contains a first set of LEDs for generating white light, for illumination, and a second set of LEDs for generating UV light for disinfecting the room. When the sensor detects that no people are in the room, the system automatically controls the UV LEDs to turn on to disinfect the room. The white light LEDs may be independently controlled with a dimmer. |
| US10363322B2 |
Non-alcoholic fatty liver regulator 14-3-3 protein
The present invention relates to the 14-3-3 protein which is a non-alcoholic fatty liver regulating factor. According to the present invention, two isoform proteins of 14-3-3, i.e., 14-3-3β and 14-3-3γ, are different regulating factors for regulating the transcriptional activity of PPARγ2. 14-3-3β increases the transcriptional activity of PPARγ2 by binding to PPARγ2, on the other hand, 14-3-3γ plays a role in decreasing the transcriptional activity of PPARγ2. Thus, 14-3-3β and 14-3-3γ, which are PPARγ2 regulating factors, are proteins that play a vital role in lipid metabolism, and may be used as a target for the prevention or treatment of fatty liver. |
| US10363320B2 |
Conjugate comprising oxyntomodulin and an immunoglobulin fragment, and use thereof
The present invention relates to a conjugate comprising oxyntomodulin, an immunoglobulin Fc region, and non-peptidyl polymer wherein the conjugate being obtainable by covalently linking oxyntomodulin to immunoglobulin Fc region via non-peptidyl polymer, and a pharmaceutical composition for the prevention or treatment of obesity comprising the conjugates. The conjugate comprising oxyntomodulin and the immunoglobulin Fc of the present invention reduces food intake, suppresses gastric emptying, and facilitates lipolysis without side-effects, unlike native oxyntomodulin, and also shows excellent receptor-activating effects and long-term sustainability, compared to native oxyntomodulin. Thus, it can be widely used in the treatment of obesity with safety and efficacy. |
| US10363319B2 |
Glycoconjugates and methods for their use
Certain embodiments are directed to method for synthesizing and using glycoconjugates on the immunodominant epitope Galα(1,3)Galβ(3(1,4)GlcNAcα (Galα3LNα). |
| US10363317B2 |
Optimized in vivo delivery system with endosomolytic agents for nucleic acid conjugates
The present invention relates to an optimized in vivo delivery system with endosomolytic agents for nucleic acid of therapeutic interest conjugated to molecules facilitating endocytosis, in particular for use in the treatment of cancer. |
| US10363316B2 |
Pharmaceutical formulation comprising NSAID and cyclodextrin
A liquid throat spray composition for topical application to a sore throat including an aqueous solution of an NSAID and cyclodextrin. |
| US10363315B2 |
Composition for treatment of a detached retina and method of production thereof
The present invention relates to a composition for use in the treatment of a detached retina, comprising an oil and an additive capable of increasing the extensional viscosity of the oil. The present invention also relates to a method and kit of parts for producing the composition. |
| US10363313B2 |
PSMA ligands and uses thereof
Compounds that are PSMA ligands, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, methods for treating and detecting cancers in a subject, methods for identifying cancer cells in a sample are described herein. |
| US10363310B2 |
Proton induced boron capture therapy
The present disclosure provides methods of treating a biological tissue using a proton beam. A method includes the steps of: irradiating a proton beam to a biological tissue containing a reactant. The reactant includes a composite. The composite reacts with at least one proton from the proton beam and releases at least one α particle or γ rays. The α particle or γ rays reacts with the biological tissue. Another method includes the steps of: providing a reactant, the reactant comprising a composite; introducing the reactant into a biological tissue, the reactant being distributed in the biological tissue; and irradiating the biological tissue with the proton beam. The composite reacts with at least one proton from the proton beam to release at least one α particle or γ rays, and the α particle or the γ rays reacts with the biological tissue. |
| US10363309B2 |
Targeted nanoparticle conjugates
A composition for treating a disorder in a subject includes a polyethylene glycolylated (PEGylated) nanoparticle, at least one hydrophobic therapeutic agent coupled to the surface of the nanoparticle; and at least one targeting moiety coupled to polyethylene glycol of the nanoparticle for targeting the composition to a cell associated with disorder. |
| US10363307B2 |
Methods of treating psoriatic arthritis using IL-17 antagonists
The disclosure relates to novel regimens for treating an inflammatory arthritis, e.g., psoriatic arthritis, which employ a therapeutically effective amount of an IL-17 antagonist, e.g., IL-17 binding molecule (e.g., IL-17 antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof, e.g., secukinumab) or IL-17 receptor binding molecule (e.g., IL-17 antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof). |
| US10363304B2 |
Purification of herpes virus
The present disclosure provides a method to prepare purified enveloped viral particle preparations employing ion exchange chromatography and tangential flow filtration. |
| US10363303B2 |
Microneedle compositions and methods of using same
Described herein, are microneedle devices comprising a recombinant alphavirus replicon encoding an exogenous polypeptide, wherein the recombinant alphavirus replicon is coated onto or embedded into a plurality of microneedles. Also described herein are methods of preparing a microneedle device comprising a recombinant alphavirus replicon encoding an exogenous polypeptide. Also disclosed herein are methods of inducing an immune response in an individual comprising contacting the individual with a microneedle device comprising a recombinant alphavirus replicon encoding an exogenous polypeptide. |
| US10363301B2 |
Stabilized influenza hemagglutinin stem region trimers and uses thereof
Vaccines that elicit broadly protective anti-influenza antibodies. Some vaccines comprise nanoparticles that display HA trimers from influenza virus on their surface. The nanoparticles are fusion proteins comprising a monomeric subunit (e.g., ferritin) joined to the stem region of an influenza HA protein. The fusion proteins self-assemble to form the HA-displaying nanoparticles. The vaccines comprise only the stem region of an influenza HA protein joined to a trimerization domain. Also provided are fusion proteins, and nucleic acid molecules encoding such proteins, and assays using nanoparticles of the invention to detect anti-influenza antibodies. |
| US10363298B2 |
Immunomodulatory compounds
The present invention is based on the finding that in addition to interfering with or blocking, preventing and/or inhibiting the interaction between a pathogen and, for example, a sialic acid containing cell surface receptor, certain sialic acid binding molecules have immunomodulatory properties. The invention provides methods and uses which exploit sialic acid binding molecules in the treatment and/or prevention of disease by modulation and/or priming of the host immune response. |
| US10363297B2 |
Immunogenic compositions containing Escherichia coli H7 flagella and methods of use thereof
Immunogenic compositions containing Escherichia coli 0157:H7 flagella including fusion proteins and methods using the immunogenic compositions are disclosed. Inducing an immune response in an animal to Escherichia coli O157:H7 flagella will result in prevention of colonization by Escherichia coli O157:H7 in the animal or a reduction in the amount of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infecting the animal. The immune composition will prevent or reduce the attachment of Escherichia coli 0157:H7 to cells within the animal. |
| US10363290B2 |
Butyrylcholinesterase zwitterionic polymer conjugates
The present invention provides recombinant butyrylcholinesterase fusion proteins, including Fc fusion proteins and multi-armed high MW polymers containing hydrophilic groups conjugated to the fusion proteins, and methods of preparing such polymers. |
| US10363287B2 |
Method of manufacturing an osmotic delivery device
A suspension formulation of an insulinotropic peptide (e.g., glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) or exenatide) is described. The suspension formulation comprises (i) a non-aqueous, single-phase vehicle, comprising one or more polymer and one or more one solvent, wherein the vehicle exhibits viscous fluid characteristics, and (ii) a particle formulation comprising the insulinotropic peptide, wherein the peptide is dispersed in the vehicle. The particle formulation further includes a stabilizing component comprising one or more stabilizers, for example, carbohydrates, antioxidants, amino acids, and buffers. Devices for delivering the suspension formulations and methods of use are also described. |
| US10363286B2 |
Peptide inhibition of CCR3-mediated diseases or conditions
A C—C chemokine receptor 3 (CCR3) peptide analog that exhibits biased antagonism by binding to and inhibiting ligand-mediated signaling and chemotaxis while promoting the internalization and degradation of CCR3 is provided as is a method of using the peptide analog to treat, prevent, or ameliorate one or more symptoms of an eosinophil- or CCR3-mediated disease or condition. |
| US10363282B2 |
Analogs of C5a and methods of using same
Materials and methods for treating an infection or disease, activating an immune cell at a site of infection or disease, and for directly killing microorganisms, using response-selective carboxy-terminal C5a analogs, are provided. |
| US10363280B2 |
Nutraceutical gels
A nutraceutical food product includes a solid matrix and a liquid combined into a gel. The nutraceutical food product may include an immune modulator, such as transfer factor and/or a nanofraction immune modulator. A fruit component may be included in the nutraceutical food product. The fruit component may include at least one oligoproanthocyanidin-containing fruit, such as açai. |
| US10363277B2 |
Synthetic rhinoceros horn analogues
Rhinoceros horn analogs and methods of synthesis thereof. Compounds with medicinal effects can be incorporated into the analogs. Genetic fingerprints can also be incorporated into the analogs. The analogs can be formulated into compositions. |
| US10363274B2 |
Renal cell populations and uses thereof
The present invention concerns enriched heterogeneous mammalian renal cell populations characterized by biomarkers, and methods of making and using the same. |
| US10363270B2 |
Methods for engineering allogeneic and immunosuppressive resistant T cell immunotherapy
Methods for developing engineered T-cells for immunotherapy that are both non-alloreactive and resistant to immunosuppressive drugs. The present invention relates to methods for modifying T-cells by inactivating both genes encoding target for an immunosuppressive agent and T-cell receptor, in particular genes encoding CD52 and TCR. This method involves the use of specific rare cutting endonucleases, in particular TALE-nucleases (TAL effector endonuclease) and polynucleotides encoding such polypeptides, to precisely target a selection of key genes in T-cells, which are available from donors or from culture of primary cells. The invention opens the way to standard and affordable adoptive immunotherapy strategies for treating cancer and viral infections. |
| US10363267B2 |
Diarrhea-preventing nutritional composition
It is an object of the present invention to provide a nutritional composition for preventing diarrhea enabling ingestion or administration of nutritional ingredients while effectively preventing diarrhea, and is capable of stably keeping the viscosity when stored in a liquid form. A nutritional composition that is prepared by selecting a pectin having a degree of esterification of 10 to 30%, a degree of amidation of 0 to 25%, and a degree of free acids of 64% or more and less than 85% among pectins, and mixing the selected pectin with lipid, carbohydrate and protein, enables ingestion or administration of nutritional ingredients while effectively preventing diarrhea, and is capable of stably keeping the viscosity when stored in a liquid form. |
| US10363262B1 |
Composition for treating wound comprising gypenoside LXXV
The present invention relates to a composition for wound healing or skin regeneration comprising gypenoside 75 (gypenoside LXXV) as an active ingredient. |
| US10363260B2 |
Anti-cancer effects of JAK2 inhibitors in combination with thalidomide derivatives and glucocorticoids
The present invention provides methods of treatment for hematological malignancies involving synergistic combination of a JAK2 inhibitor and a glucocorticoid or a JAK2 inhibitor, thalidomide or thalidomide derivative, and a glucocorticoid. The compositions and methods provide an unexpected efficacy in the treatment for hematological disorders. The hematological disorders treated by the current invention include multiple myeloma, and may also include hematological disorders that are refractory to prior cancer treatments, or a relapsed hematologic disorder. |
| US10363258B2 |
Treatment of migraines
Provided herein are prostaglandin F2α analog compositions and methods for treating migraines. |
| US10363256B2 |
Methods for treatment of retinal disease by photoreceptor gene expression modulation
Methods for decreasing rod gene expression in a retina, methods for decreasing the protein products expressed by rod genes in a retina, methods for treating a disease or condition treatable by decreasing rod gene expression or their protein products in a retina, and methods for treating a retinal disease in a subject. |
| US10363254B2 |
Methods for treating cryptosporidiosis using triazolopyridazines
Methods for treating or prophylaxis of a Cryptosporidium infection using compositions comprising a structure disclosed herein. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions and kits for alleviating the symptoms of, for treating, or for preventing the occurrence of Cryptosporidium infection. The kits comprise one or more compounds having a structure disclosed herein, such as in an oral composition, and instructions for use, storage, and the like. |
| US10363253B2 |
Combination products for the treatment of RSV
The present invention is directed to the combination of the RSV inhibiting Compound A, i.e. 3-({5-chloro-1-[3-(methylsulfonyl)propyl]-1H-indol-2-yl}methyl)-1-(2,2,2-trifluoroethyl) 1,3-dihydro-2H-imidazo[4,5-c]pyridin-2-one, and one or more RSV inhibiting Compound B selected from from ribavirin, GS-5806, MDT-637, BTA-9881, BMS-433771, YM-543403, A-60444, TMC-353121, RFI-641, CL-387626, MBX-300, AZ-27, MEDI8897, CR9501, palivizumab, 3-({5-chloro-1-[3-(methylsulfonyl)propyl]-1H-benzimidazol-2-yl}methyl)-1 cyclopropyl-1,3-dihydro-2H-imidazo[4,5-c]pyridin-2-one, 3-[[7-chloro-3-(2 ethyl-sulfonylethyl)imidazo[1,2-a]pyridin-2-yl]methyl]-1-cyclopropyl-imidazo[4,5-c]pyridin-2 one, N-(2-fluoro-6-methylphenyl)-6-(4-(5-methyl-2-(7-oxa-2-azaspiro[3.5]nonan-2 yl)nicotinamido)benzoyl)-5,6-dihydro-4H-benzo[b]thieno[2,3-d]azepine-2-carboxamide, and 4-amino-8-[3-[[2-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)ethyl]amino]propyl]-6,6-dimethyl-2-(4-methyl 3-nitrophenyl)-3H-imidazo[4,5-h]isoquinoline-7,9(6H,8H)-dione, for treating or ameliorating RSV infection. The invention further relates to the combination product of Compound A and one or more Compound B, a pharmaceutical product comprising Compound A and one or more Compound B, the use of the combination of Compound A and one or more of Compound B—or the pharmaceutical product comprising Compound A and one or more Compound B—for the treatment of RSV infection, and a method of treating or ameliorating RSV infection in a subject in need thereof comprising administering the combination of Compound A and one or more Compound B in an effective amount to said subject. |
| US10363249B2 |
Fatty acid synthase inhibitor for use in the treatment of drug resistant cancer
Compounds that are fatty acid synthesis modulators are provided. The compounds may be used in pharmaceutical compositions to treat taxane-resistant cancers. Methods are provided for treating taxane-resistant cancer in a subject. Methods are also provided for increasing the sensitivity of a cancer cell to taxanes (i.e., paclitaxel, Nab-paclitaxel docetaxel, and/or cabazitaxel) treatment. |
| US10363248B2 |
Salts of heterocyclic modulators of HIF activity for treatment of disease
The present disclosure relates to salts of heterocyclic compounds and methods that inhibit HIF pathway activity. The compounds are designed to treat or prevent cancer and other hypoxia-mediated diseases. |
| US10363247B2 |
(S,E)-3-(6-aminopyridin-3-yl)-N-((5-(4-(3-fluoro-3-methylpyrrolidine-1-carbonyl)phenyl-7-(4-fluorophenyl)benzofuran-2-yl)methyl)acrylamide for the treatment of cancer
The invention generally relates to substituted benzofuranyl compounds and, more particularly, to a compound represented by Structural Formula 1a: (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The invention also includes the synthesis and use of the compound of Structural Formula 1a, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or composition thereof, e.g., in the treatment of diseases or disorder selected from cancer (e.g., lymphoma, such as mantle cell lymphoma), a neurodegenerative disease, an inflammatory diseases or an immune system disease (e.g., a T-Cell mediated autoimmune disease) in a subject in need thereof. The method comprises administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of the invention, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a composition comprising a compound of the invention, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. |
| US10363245B2 |
Methods for treating CNS lesions
Provided herein are methods for repairing central nervous system, particularly brain, lesions in a subject comprising orally administering a carbonic anhydrase inhibitor. |
| US10363244B2 |
Compositions comprising metformin and a glucokinase activator
The present invention provides uses of a glucokinase activator in combination with metformin. Uses include treating type 2 diabetes, lowering blood glucose, improving insulin sensitivity, enhancing phosphorylation of glucose, and improving the therapeutic effectiveness of metformin. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions that comprise a GK activator and metformin. The invention also provides a salt formed between metformin and a GK activator. |
| US10363241B2 |
Substituted imidazole derivatives and methods of use thereof
The present invention provides intermediates for methods for synthesizing compounds of Formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. |
| US10363240B2 |
Compositions and methods for treating alopecia
The present invention is directed to a composition for treating alopecia containing minoxidil, cyclosporine A and a compound that binds FK506 binding protein 4 suitable for administration to humans. The present invention is further directed to treating alopecia in humans by administering a composition of the invention. |
| US10363239B2 |
Method for inhibiting growth of cancer cells
A method of inhibiting the growth of cancer cells is disclosed in which cancer cells that contain an enhanced amount relative to non-cancerous cells of one or more of phosphorylated mTOR, Akt1, ERK2 and serine2152-phosphorylated filamin A are contacted with an FLNA-binding effective amount of a compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof that binds to the pentapeptide of filamin A (FLNA) of SEQ ID NO: 1 and exhibits at least about 60 percent of the FITC-labeled naloxone binding amount when present at a 10 μM concentration and using unlabeled naloxone as the control inhibitor at the same concentration. A compound that binds to the FLNA pentapeptide preferably also contains at least four of the six pharmacophores of FIGS. 19-24. |
| US10363237B2 |
Compositions and methods of inhibiting N-acylethanolamine-hydrolyzing acid amidase
Compounds and pharmaceutical compositions are contemplated that inhibit N-acyl-ethanolamine-hydrolyzing acid amidase (NAAA) to so increase the concentration of the substrate of NAAA, palmitoylethanolamide (PEA). NAAA inhibition is contemplated to be effective to alleviate conditions associated with a reduced concentration of PEA. Among other uses, various NAAA inhibitors are especially contemplated as therapeutic agents in the treatment of inflammatory diseases. |
| US10363232B2 |
Compositions and methods for treating severe pain
The present specification discloses pharmaceutical compositions, methods of preparing such pharmaceutical compositions, and methods and uses of treating a chronic inflammation and/or an inflammatory disease in an individual using such pharmaceutical compositions. |
| US10363219B2 |
Method of preparing albumin nanoparticle carrier wrapping taxane drug
The present invention belongs to the field of bio-pharmaceutical material preparation technology, and relates to a preparation method of albumin nanoparticle carrier entrapping taxane-typed drug. This preparation method rapidly forms nanoparticle solution of albumin entrapping taxane-typed drug under room temperature by adding solvent as the medium. Next, by the second time of freeze-drying, stable powder of albumin nanoparticles entrapping taxane-typed drug is obtained. The final freeze-dried powder only includes two components: albumin and taxane-typed drug. The particles are in regular spherical shape, and the diameter of particle is less than 100 nm. The present invention has high drug loading ratio and entrapment efficiency. The experiment of releasing in vitro shows that the present invention has a good slow-release effect. Taxane-typed drug nanoparticles provided by the present invention improves the safety and compliance of this type of reagent. |
| US10363210B2 |
Oral care compositions
Described herein are oral care compositions comprising a crosslinked polyvinylpyrrolidone complexed with hydrogen peroxide, together with particular co-polymers as additional excipients; including some embodiments which further comprise a calcium abrasive. |
| US10363209B2 |
Cosmetic composition
Disclosed is a cosmetic composition comprising particles dispersed in a cosmetically acceptable carrier, wherein the particles comprise redox dye and reducing agent. |
| US10363206B2 |
Oral care compositions
Provided is an oral care composition, e.g., a dentifrice, comprising a calcium abrasive, e.g., calcium carbonate, potassium nitrate (KNO3), and a basic amino acid, in free or salt form, e.g., arginine, in free or salt form, wherein the potassium nitrate is present in an amount of 0.1-1% by weight of the composition and methods of using the same. |
| US10363205B2 |
Delayed release delivery systems and methods
A delayed release delivery system comprises a hydrophilic core particle having surface pores and containing a liquid. The particle is encapsulated in a polymer having a hydrophobic backbone and hydrophilic pendant groups. At least some of the surface pores adjacent the hydrophilic pendant groups are blocked in the presence of water and unblocked in the absence of water. The treated particle contains liquid in a weight ratio of the liquid to the porous core particle of at least 400:1. |
| US10363204B2 |
Zinc oxide which is coated with silicon oxide, method for manufacturing the same, composition which includes the zinc oxide coated with silicon oxide, and cosmetic
Zinc oxide coated with silicon oxide of the present invention is zinc oxide which is coated with silicon oxide wherein surfaces of zinc oxide particles are coated with silicon oxide coatings, and the coated zinc oxide particles comprises at least one element selected from a group consisting of Mg, Ca, and Ba. |
| US10363203B1 |
Method of use, and composition of, first responder wet wipes
A wet wipe useful for removing soot and other potentially dangerous carcinogens from skin surfaces is comprised of a primarily aqueous solution with additional ingredients effective in washing away, rather than embedding, soot and carcinogens in the skin. |
| US10363202B2 |
Dental material including propylbarbituric acid polymerization catalyst
The present invention relates to a polymerization catalyst having storage stability under an oral cavity environment. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a dental material cured by use of the present polymerization catalyst. The polymerization catalyst for use in the dental material is achieved with including 1-cyclohexyl-5-propylbarbituric acid and trioctylmethylammonium chloride. |
| US10363199B2 |
Syringe adapter
A syringe adapter is used for connecting a dosing syringe to a container in order to take up a fluid. The syringe adapter has a fluid delivery channel for creating a flow connection between the inside of the container and the inside of the dosing syringe. At least one ventilation channel of the syringe adapter is used for creating an air connection between the inside of the container and the container surroundings. In at least one of the channels a non-return valve is arranged, which allows the passage of media in an open position and in a closed position closes the channel. This results in a syringe adapter which has improved handing and in particular provides sufficient dosing precision. |
| US10363198B2 |
Hand-pressing headache-relieving device
A headache-relieving device is provided including a device body having a first side, a second side and, preferably, a connecting portion connecting the second side to the first side. A hand space is formed between the first side and the second side allowing a user to insert his or her hand. A pressing element is provided on the second side. The pressing element is configured to apply pressure against a pressure point of a user's hand positioned in the hand space. The device provides an effective, drug-free and risk-free headache relieving device which is easy to carry and store, and can be conveniently and easily turned to in the event of a headache. |
| US10363194B2 |
Oral appliance for administration of electrical stimulation and method for the use thereof
An oral appliance for use with a subject in his/her mouth includes a flexible tube having an input end and an output end and an electrode coupled to the flexible tube adjacent the output end. The flexible tube is adapted to be positioned in the subject's oral cavity with the output end positioned in a posterior region of the oral cavity. The electrode is adapted and configured to administer an electrical stimulation to the posterior region of the oral cavity. An electrode lead is disposed within the flexible tube and connected to the electrode. An electrical stimulation control unit is connected to the electrode lead. A method of administering an electrical stimulation to a posterior region of an oral cavity of a subject is also provided. |
| US10363191B2 |
Multifunctional curved board
A multi-functional curved board used as a support for legs of a user and for general maintenance of muscle strength, the multi-functional curved board having one or more curved bodies (1) including a radius of curvature, a longitudinal axis, and at least one raised foot support. The multi-functional curved board can be bent in the direction transverse to the radius of curvature to enable the multi-functional curved board to rotate around the longitudinal axis. |
| US10363190B2 |
Attachment device for a surgical limb support
A limb support system for an operating table or hospital bed is provided and includes an adjustable member configured to be connected to a limb support associated with an operating table or hospital bed, where, in use, the system is configured to allow the adjustment member and an attached limb support to extend outwardly from the operating table or hospital bed when required, and allow the adjustment member and the limb support to be located under the operating table or hospital bed when not required. |
| US10363187B2 |
Methods and apparatus for moving a patient from a reclining position to an upright sitting position
An apparatus for moving a patient from a reclining position to an upright sitting position, and methods of using same, are described. The apparatus includes an articulating patient support platform with first, second and third panels. The first panel includes opposite first and second ends and the second panel is movably attached to the first panel first end and is upwardly pivotable from a substantially co-planar relationship with the first panel to a substantially orthogonal relationship with the first panel. The third panel is secured to the second panel in spaced-apart, substantially co-planar relationship therewith. A patient is positioned on the patient support platform with the patient's upper body supported by the first and second panels and the patient's legs supported by the third panel. The second panel is caused to pivot upwardly, thereby moving the patient to a generally upright sitting position. |
| US10363184B2 |
Patient support apparatus having urinary drainage bag lockout feature
A patient support apparatus includes an upper frame that is movable to raise and lower relative to a base frame frame. A mattress support deck is coupled to the upper frame and includes a foot deck section. The foot deck section is movable with respect to the rest of the mattress support deck to raise and lower. A drainage bag support is coupled to the foot deck section and is configured to support a drainage bag. Control circuitry controls movement of the upper frame and the foot deck section. The control circuitry has a lockout mode to limit the movement of the upper frame and foot deck section to prevent the drainage bag from touching a floor. |
| US10363183B2 |
Method of patient care device integration with a hospital bed
Catheter monitor integration with patient support systems, such as patient beds, and with other healthcare communication systems including hand hygiene systems is provided. A patient bed that transmits bed data and catheter monitor data is disclosed. When catheter tubing is connected to a catheter monitor integrated into a patient bed, the bed automatically implements a falls prevention protocol. A countdown timer pertaining to removal of catheter tubing from a patient is displayed on one or more display devices. Monitoring for caregiver handwashing compliance in connection with use of a catheter monitor or a catheter kit is also provided. |
| US10363177B2 |
Folding stretcher
A rescue device includes at least two parallel columns defining a core section. The columns are located in a substantially flat plane with each column lying adjacent at least one other column. Each column includes rods, a connection device, and at least one sleeve. Each rod is located within a sleeve and the rods are connectable in series by the connection devices to form a column. The rescue device further includes at least one linking element. Each sleeve is connected to at least one linking element. |
| US10363175B2 |
Carton with a reclosable opening
A reclosable carton being capable and being adapted for accommodating a multiplicity of disposable absorbent articles is provided. The reclosable carton has a substantially parallelepiped-shape. A blank having a substantially folded flat-shape able to be converted in the reclosable carton is also provided. |
| US10363174B2 |
Eye tissue measurements
A compact system for performing laser ophthalmic surgery is disclosed. The systems and methods may be used to measure corneal thickness or other anatomy to prepare a treatment plan for any of numerous treatments, such as LASIK, PRK, intra stromal lenticular lens incisions, cornea replacement, or any other treatment. By using a reduced power femtosecond laser backscatter may be measured to calculate distances such as distances between an interior boundary and an exterior boundary of a cornea or other tissue. |
| US10363172B2 |
Ophthalmic laser treatment apparatus
An ophthalmic laser treatment apparatus includes: an aiming optical system configured to irradiate an aiming beam to a patient's eye; a laser irradiation optical system configured to irradiate a laser beam for treatment to the patient's eye; a shift unit configured to make a shift of a focus shift position corresponding to a focus position of the laser beam to a posterior or anterior position with respect to a focus position of the aiming beam; a selection receiving unit configured to receive an instruction to select any one of a plurality of treatment modes; and a control unit configured to control operations of the ophthalmic laser treatment apparatus. The control unit sets a value of a parameter related to irradiation of the laser beam, the parameter including a parameter related to the shift of the focus shift position, according to the treatment mode selected with the selection receiving unit. |
| US10363169B2 |
System and method for treating an eye
A system and method are presented for use in delivering electromagnetic radiation to a limbal area of an eye, for example for treatment of glaucoma. The system includes an illumination unit, a beam shaping device and a control unit. The illumination unit includes a first source of electromagnetic radiation configured and operable for producing a beam of electromagnetic radiation having first optical properties to be delivered to the limbal area of a patient's eye to interact therewith and produce a desired effect, and a second source of electromagnetic radiation configured and operable for producing a beam of electromagnetic radiation having second optical properties. The beam shaping device when accommodated in an optical path of said first and second beams defines one or more regions along a path substantially aligned with a limbus of the patient's eye. The control unit is configured and operable for operating the illumination unit in first and second illumination modes, such that in the first illumination mode the second beam propagates towards said beam shaping device and upon identifying that the second beam illuminates the limbus, the second illumination mode is activated in which the first beam is directed via said beam shaping device to pass through said one or more regions along said path to thereby interact with the limbus. |
| US10363168B2 |
Ocular implants for delivery into the eye
An ocular implant adapted to reside at least partially in a portion of Schlemm's canal of an eye. The implant includes a spine extending along a longitudinal axis of the implant, a plurality of curved supports extending from the spine, each support comprising a first end extending from a first location on a first side of the spine and a second end extending from a second location on a second side of the spine, the second location being proximal to the first location, so that each support forms a portion of a helix, the spine and supports defining a volume having a maximum width perpendicular to the longitudinal axis between 0.005 inches and 0.04 inches, the ocular implant being configured to bend preferentially in a preferential bending plane. |
| US10363167B2 |
Device for automated capsulotomy
A surgical device is disclosed for cutting tissue, including for performing a capsulotomy of a lens capsule of an eye. This device includes a reversibly collapsible cutting element for cutting a portion of a capsule membrane of the eye. The cutting element includes an outer layer, an inner layer, and a bottom layer that has a higher electrical resistance than the electrical resistance of the outer layer and the inner layer. The bottom layer is configured to conduct an electrical current between the outer layer and the inner layer, which causes a temperature increase in the bottom layer for cutting tissue. |
| US10363166B2 |
System and method for controlling a transverse phacoemulsification system using sensed data
A method and system for use in an ocular surgical procedure is provided. The design includes a handpiece having an ultrasonically vibrating tip operational within a plurality of operating modes including a first operating mode and a sensing device, such as a vacuum pressure sensor. A controller is connected to the handpiece and sensing device and is configured to receive data from the sensing device and adjust at least one operational parameter (time/duty cycle of operation, power during operation) associated with the first operating mode and adjust at least one parameter associated with another operating mode based on the data received from the sensing device. Operational modes may include multiple longitudinal or non-longitudinal modes (torsional, transversal, etc.) or combinations of longitudinal and/or non-longitudinal modes. |
| US10363165B2 |
Independent surgical center
A biological tissue cutting and fluid aspiration system provides a plurality of surgical instruments operable independent of an external control console. In some embodiments, each surgical instrument may include all sensors and controls directly applicable to the surgical instrument, and may be used independently. In some embodiments, instruments communicate status information to each other, and adjust operating parameters based on the communications. |
| US10363163B2 |
Injector apparatus
The devices and methods described herein relate to injector devices for delivering payloads to a tissue. |
| US10363162B2 |
Devices and methods for controlling patient temperature
Relatively non-invasive devices and methods for heating or cooling a patient's body are disclosed. Devices and methods for treating ischemic conditions by inducing therapeutic hypothermia are disclosed. Devices and methods for inducing therapeutic hypothermia through esophageal cooling are disclosed. Devices and methods for operative temperature management are disclosed. |
| US10363158B1 |
Athlete finger guard
A guard for protecting a finger without interfering with athletic performance, having a rigid core that protects the finger from hyperextension and impact injuries. The guard has a proximal segment and a distal segment, each having a top surface, and a hinge assembly attached and extending above the top surfaces of the distal segment and proximal segment. The hinge assembly allows the distal segment to vary in position between a minimum position and a maximum position while remaining out of the way of adjacent fingers. The guard securely engages the finger by a distal strap that secures to a distal part of the finger, and a proximal strap that secures to a proximal part of the finger. The proximal part has sides that extend alongside the finger, and the distal segment only extends along the superior surface of the finger toward but not reaching the fingertip. |
| US10363155B2 |
Stent graft
A stent graft comprises a hollow cylindrical body and a sleeve catheter, wherein the body comprises at least a self-expanding stent and prosthetic material, wherein the body has a circumference in a compressed state which is smaller than a circumference of the body in an expanded state. The sleeve catheter is embodied as a flap-shaped compression element comprising two longitudinal edges, wherein a first longitudinal edge is attached to the body, wherein an extent of the flap-shaped compression element perpendicular to the first longitudinal edge is smaller than the circumference of the body in the expanded state, wherein, for compressing the body, the flap-shaped compression element can be placed around the body and a free second longitudinal edge is detachably fixable to fixation points arranged on the body and/or on the flap-shaped compression element. |
| US10363152B2 |
Helical hybrid stent
An expandable helical stent is provided, wherein the stent may be formed of an amorphous metal alloy or other non-amorphous metal with a securement. The stent is formed from flat or tubular metal in a helical coiled structure which has an undulating pattern. The main stent component may be formed of a single helically coiled component. Alternatively, a plurality of helically coiled ribbons may be used to form a stent heterogeneous in design, material, or other characteristic particular to that stent. The helical tubular structure may be secured with a securement, such as a weld, interlock or a polymer, to maintain the helical coils in a tubular configuration. The helical coils of the main stent component may be spaced apart or nestled to each other-maintain the tubular shape of the helically coiled stent and prevent the polymer layer from sagging at any point between cycles of the coils. |
| US10363148B2 |
Method for preparing a patient's femur in an orthopaedic joint replacement procedure
An orthopedic joint replacement system is shown and described. The system includes a number of prosthetic components configured to be implanted into a patient's knee. The system also includes a number of surgical instruments configured for use in preparing the bones of the patient's knee to receive the implants. A method or technique for using the surgical instruments to prepare the bones is also disclosed. |
| US10363146B2 |
Osteotomy protective cover
A cover for use in protecting a resected surface of a long bone for use in joint arthroplasty includes a body, a plurality of independently moveable members moveably attached to the body, two of the plurality of independently movable members configured to move linearly with respect to the body along a first plane and along a first axis, the body and the plurality of independently moveable members defining a first periphery of the cover along the first plane in one configuration which is smaller than, and encompassed by, a second periphery of the cover along the first plane in a second configuration, and a lip fixedly extending downwardly along an outer radial periphery of one of the body and the plurality of independently moveable members in a direction not co-planar with the first plane. |
| US10363145B2 |
Lateral plate and spinal implant system and method
A lateral plate assembly has an elongated lateral plate for attachment to adjacent vertebrae having a first end portion and a second end portion and a pair of apertures for receiving a first and a second bone screw. The pair of apertures includes a first aperture which is an opening positioned in the first end portion for receiving the first bone screw and a second aperture which is a slotted opening to receive the second bone screw. The second end portion of the lateral plate has an open end with channelled internal sides for receiving and holding a moveable washer on top of the slotted opening. The washer is configured to move along a length of the slotted aperture. The moveable washer has an opening for holding a head of the second bone screw. Movement of the washer relative to the slotted opening increases or decreases the distance between locations of the respective screw heads. |
| US10363142B2 |
Expandable spinal implants
A spinal implant has a proximal region and a distal region, and includes an upper body and a lower body each having inner surfaces disposed in opposed relation relative to each other. A proximal adjustment assembly is disposed between the upper and lower bodies at the proximal region of the spinal implant and is adjustably coupled to the upper and lower bodies, and a distal adjustment assembly is disposed between the upper and lower bodies at the distal region of the spinal implant and is adjustably coupled to the upper and lower bodies. The proximal and distal adjustment assemblies are independently movable with respect to each other to change a vertical height of at least one of the proximal region or the distal region of the spinal implant. |
| US10363137B2 |
Implantation of repair devices in the heart
Apparatuses and devices usable for annuloplasty are provided. These can include a plurality of tissue anchors and an annuloplasty structure for placement on a heart valve annulus. The annuloplasty structure can include a plurality of compressible or adjustable subunits, and a plurality of anchor mounts alternately disposed with respect to the plurality of compressible/adjustable subunits. The anchor mounts are coupleable to the tissue anchors and can define a path for passage therethrough of a respective tissue anchor. The apparatuses and devices can be independently adjustable and can be adjustable for treating various sizes of patient annuli. Other embodiments are also described. |
| US10363132B2 |
Prosthetic heart valve having improved commissure supports
A prosthetic heart valve can comprise a radially collapsible and expandable annular frame and a leaflet structure comprising a plurality of leaflets mounted within the frame. The frame can have commissure attachment portions that are configured to support the commissures of the leaflets in unique ways. For example, commissure attachment portions can include at least two struts defining a gap therebetween. Additionally, angularly-spaced commissure attachment portions can comprise inner struts and outer struts. Adjacent side portions of leaflets can extend through a gap between the inner struts of a corresponding commissure attachment portion. Further features and arrangements are also possible. |
| US10363131B2 |
Aortic insufficiency valve percutaneous valve anchoring
A method of implanting a stented device in a cardiovascular system of a mammalian subject includes guiding a delivery device that has an anchoring device connected to a distal end thereof within the cardiovascular system to a target location. The anchoring device has a body and a mooring feature extending from the body. The anchoring device is anchored at the target location by penetrating tissue at the target location with the mooring feature. The mooring feature is configured to anchor the body to the tissue when penetrated therein. The stented device is then guided through the cardiovascular system to the target location and deployed such that a stent of the stented device engages the anchoring device so as to restrict movement of the stented device within the cardiovascular system. |
| US10363128B2 |
Device and method for prosthetic rehabilitation of the retina
A device for prosthetic vision rehabilitation, which includes a scleral explant with a shape that is suitable for being in contact with at least one portion of the sclera of an eye, and at least one inducer arranged on the scleral explant. |
| US10363122B2 |
Composite material for medical devices and method of manufacturing the same
A composite material for medical devices includes a superelastic shape memory alloy configured or constituting a matrix and a metal oxide which is dispersed in the matrix. |
| US10363120B2 |
Apparatus and methods for cleaning teeth and root canals
Various systems, method, and compositions for treating a tooth are disclosed herein. For example, an apparatus for treating a tooth is disclosed. The apparatus can include a chamber having an access port which places the chamber in fluid communication with a treatment region of the tooth when the chamber is coupled to tooth. A fluid motion generator can be coupled to the chamber. The fluid motion generator can be configured to direct fluid across the access port to generate fluid motion in the chamber. In various embodiments, fluid motion (e.g., vortices, swirl, etc.) can be induced at or near treatment regions of the tooth, such as a root canal or carious region. |
| US10363119B2 |
Dental prosthesis manufacturing aids
Dental prostheses may be manufactured based on electronic models of the prostheses. Manufacturing aids may be used to check manufacturing quality of the dental prosthesis and components thereof. For example, a jig may be used during and after the manufacture of the dental prostheses and systems and methods for using the same. A customized tooth die may be designed and fabricated to fit a dental prosthesis or components thereof in a jig for inspection. A customized jig may be designed and fabricated for inspecting a dental prosthesis or components thereof throughout the manufacturing process. |
| US10363118B2 |
Methods and systems for generating color images
Systems for generating in-focus color images are provided. Related methods and devices are also provided. |
| US10363112B2 |
Skin tear kit, instructional labeling system, and methods therefor
A medical kit (100) includes a package (105) having a housing (501) and a lid (103). One or more medical implements (1001,1101,1201,1301) for treating a skin tear wound are arranged in a stacked configuration within the package. An instructional labeling system (106) is coupled to the lid. The instructional labeling system can include an identification (107) of a skin tear type the one or more medical implements are designed to treat, a description (108) of the skin tear type, printed instructions (110) defining one or more steps (111,112,113,114) instructing when to use each medical implement within the package to treat the skin tear wound, and one or more removable adhesive labels (115,116). |
| US10363107B2 |
Wireless force sensor on a distal portion of a surgical instrument and method
A surgical instrument includes a distal portion. A force sensor is operatively mounted on the distal portion. The force sensor includes a wireless package, which wirelessly provides (1) identification information of the surgical instrument and (2) strain data related to the distal portion. A surgical end effector includes a jaw and the distal portion is on a non-contact portion of the jaw. The wireless package includes a surface acoustic wave strain sensor with identification information. The wireless package also includes a small folded antenna electrically coupled to the surface acoustic wave strain sensor with identification information. The identification information includes an identification of a type of surgical instrument and unique identification of the specific surgical instrument in the type of surgical instrument. |
| US10363102B2 |
Integrated surgery method
A method for conducting a medical procedure in an operating room includes the steps of using a first camera-based 3-D motion sensor mounted in a known position and orientation relative to a global coordinate system of the operating room to generate signals related to the 3-D position of a procedure object in the operating room based upon an outer shape of the procedure object relative to the first camera-based 3-D motion sensor; and automatically monitoring progress of the medical procedure with a controller based at least in part upon one or more positions of the procedure object relative to time as compared with a predetermined operational plan for moving the procedure object over time, the one or more positions based at least in part upon the signals from the first camera-based 3-D motion sensor. |
| US10363100B2 |
Systems and methods for patient-specific modeling of the heart for prediction of targets for catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia in patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators
A system, computer-readable medium and method can include receiving three-dimensional imaging data of a subject's heart, the subject having an ICD, wherein the ICD causes an imaging artifact in the three-dimensional imaging data that includes regions that are free of the artifact and regions that are affected by the artifact; segmenting the regions that are free of the artifact into a plurality of normal tissue regions and remodeled tissue regions for the subject; extrapolating from the regions that are free of the artifact to provide extrapolated three-dimensional imaging data corresponding to the regions that are affected by the artifact; and simulating at least one of electrophysiological or electromechanical activity of the subject's heart using the segmented and extrapolated three-dimensional imaging data, the simulating including providing a preselected alteration of electrophysiological or electromechanical behavior of the subject's heart for a target of said subject-specific cardiac ablation procedure. |
| US10363098B2 |
Microwave energy-delivery device and system
An ablation system including an image database storing a plurality of computed tomography (CT) images of a luminal network and a navigation system enabling, in combination with an endoscope and the CT images, navigation of a locatable guide and an extended working channel to a point of interest. The system further includes one or more fiducial markers, placed in proximity to the point of interest and a percutaneous microwave ablation device for applying energy to the point of interest. |
| US10363093B2 |
System and methods of treatment using electromagnetic illumination
A method of inducing local cell death in patient tissue is provided. The method includes generating first and second radiation, conveying the radiation to a focusing element, and focusing the radiation on a target with the focusing element. A system for inducing local cell death in patient tissue is also provided. The system includes a power source for generating narrowband and/or ultra-wideband radiation, and a focusing element for focusing the radiation on a target. |
| US10363090B2 |
Catheter with flow diverter and force sensor
A catheter probe comprises an insertion tube, and a distal end with a distal electrode, a force sensor to detect force on the distal electrode, and an irrigated electrode mounted on a coupling member of the force sensor, which has a tubular form surrounding a central space occupied by components, including force sensing coils. A fluid diverter that passes fluid to the proximal irrigated electrode is configured as an insert or an integrated projection of the coupling member, which configuration minimizes its space demand within the coupling member. Thus, the diameter of the distal end need not be increased. The fluid diverter has a proximal entry opening and a distal exit opening connected by a fluid passage with at least a radial branch and at least an axial branch. The irrigated electrode is mounted over the distal exit opening to receive fluid from the fluid passage. |
| US10363089B2 |
Systems and methods for treating tissue with radiofrequency energy
A system for controlling operation of a radiofrequency treatment device to apply radiofrequency energy to tissue to treat tissue to create lesions without ablating the tissue. The system includes a first treatment device having a plurality of electrodes. The electrodes are maintained in axial alignment and fixed radial spacing in retracted and extended positions. The device includes a basket having a plurality of arms. The arms are maintained in a fixed radial spacing in the collapsed position of the basket. |
| US10363087B2 |
Tissue resection device
Instruments and methods are provided for performing submucosal medical procedures in a desired area of the digestive tract using endoscopy. The instruments include a mucosal resection device, a tissue grasper and a snare. Systems include a combination of one or more of such instruments. Embodiments of various methods for performing the procedures are also provided. |
| US10363077B2 |
Device and method for establishing an anchorage in tissue
A perforated sheath is anchored in a tissue opening with the aid of a tool, wherein the anchorage is achieved with the aid of mechanical vibration and a material which is liquefiable by the vibration. The tool includes a vibrating element and a counter element. Distal portions of both elements are introduced into the sheath to be in contact with each other at an interface. The vibrating element is connected to a vibration source and the vibrating element and the counter element are held against each other for effecting liquefaction of the liquefiable material at the interface. Under the effect of the force applied to the vibrating and counter element for holding them against each other, the liquefied material flows from the interface through the sheath perforation and penetrates the tissue. |
| US10363075B2 |
Porous bionic internal fixation device for promoting healing of fractured bone
A porous bionic internal fixation device for promoting healing of a fractured bone includes a lag screw in a round rod shape, the lag screw is provided with fixation structures at both ends thereof, and on a body of the lag screw, a plurality of apertures directing laterally or obliquely are provided, and densely distributed micro-holes are provided on the body of the lag screw between the adjacent apertures. When in use, the both ends of the lag screw are respectively located in the bone at opposite sides of the fractured bone, so that the longitudinal direction of the apertures is aligned with the direction of the tensile trabeculae or the compressive trabeculae at the fractured bone, and the position of the apertures corresponds to the fractured bone. |
| US10363070B2 |
Pivotal bone anchor assemblies with pressure inserts and snap on articulating retainers
A polyaxial bone screw assembly includes a threaded shank body having an integral upper portion receivable in a receiver, the receiver having an upper channel for receiving a longitudinal connecting member and a lower cavity cooperating with a lower opening. The shank upper portion expands a retaining member in the receiver cavity to capture the shank upper portion in the receiver. The retaining member and attached shank are pivotable with respect to the receiver until locked in place with respect to the receiver. A pre-assembled receiver, retaining member and compression insert may be popped-on or snapped-on to the shank upper portion prior to or after implantation of the shank into a vertebra. |
| US10363068B2 |
Instrument for percutaneously delivering a percutaneous revision implant
The invention provides improved instruments and related methods for percutaneously delivering a revision implant to a surgical site in a spine of a patient having an existing implant installed therein. In one aspect, a percutaneous delivery instrument is provided with an inner shaft with a threaded portion at its distal end to engage a percutaneous revision implant, an outer sleeve with a hollow cavity, hinges, and features to engage the percutaneous revision implant at its distal end, and a translator in which the outer sleeve is disposed. The percutaneous delivery instrument may be employed to deliver and install a percutaneous revision implant to extend the existing implant such that it spans additional portions of the spine. |
| US10363067B2 |
Skin care methods, systems, and devices
Methods, systems, and devices for skin care are provided. Some embodiments may include a device or system for skin care that may include a skin tool head portion, a skin tool head support that may be coupled with the skin tool head portion, and/or a portable microscope connector that may be configured to couple a portable microscope with the skin tool head support. Some embodiments include a device for skin care that may include a spacer configured to couple with a portable microscope. The spacer includes at least one aperture configured to facilitate the use of a skin tool. Some embodiments include a spacer coupled with a compressible structure configured to preclude a skin tool from contacting a portion of skin when in an uncompressed state and to allow the skin tool to contact the portion of skin when in a compressed state. |
| US10363062B2 |
Atherectomy catheters and non-contact actuation mechanism for catheters
An atherectomy catheter includes a deflectable distal tip, a rotatable cutter proximal to the distal tip, a cutter drive shaft configured to rotate the rotatable cutter, and a pull shaft concentric with the drive shaft and coupled to the distal tip. The pull shaft is configured such that pulling the pull shaft deflects the distal tip, thereby exposing the rotatable cutter. Also disclosed herein is a magnetic drive system configured for non-contact actuation of a catheter. |
| US10363058B2 |
Ultrasonic surgical instrument with transducer slip joint
A surgical instrument for use during a surgical procedure includes an instrument body, an ultrasonic transducer assembly extending along a longitudinal axis, a power cord, and a transducer slip joint. The ultrasonic transducer assembly is rotatably mounted within the instrument body about the longitudinal axis and defines a first outer profile. The power cord projects from the instrument body to provide electrical power to the ultrasonic transducer assembly for operating an acoustic waveguide. The transducer slip joint is positioned between the power cord and the ultrasonic transducer assembly and electrically and mechanically connects the power cord to the ultrasonic transducer assembly. The ultrasonic transducer assembly selectively rotates relative to the power cord for inhibiting the power cord from winding upon rotation of the ultrasonic transducer assembly. The transducer slip joint also defines a second outer profile that fits within the first outer profile of the ultrasonic transducer assembly. |
| US10363057B2 |
System and method for delivering energy to tissue
An ablation system for treating atrial fibrillation in a patient including an elongate shaft having proximal and distal ends, a lumen therebetween and a housing adjacent the distal end of the elongate shaft. An energy source is coupled to the housing and is adapted to deliver energy to a target tissue so as to create a zone of ablation in the target tissue that blocks abnormal electrical activity thereby reducing or eliminating the atrial fibrillation in the patient. A sensor is adjacent the energy source and adapted to detect relative position of the energy source to the target tissue or characteristics of the target tissue. The system also has a reflecting element operably coupled with the energy source and adapted to redirect energy emitted from the energy source in a desired direction or pattern. |
| US10363053B2 |
Custom radiographically designed cutting guides and instruments for use in total ankle replacement surgery
A system comprised of custom radiographically designed tibial and talar cutting guides, a tibial reaming guide and bit, and instrumentalities for use in total ankle replacement surgery and a computer-based system and method for making the custom radiographically designed tibial and talar cutting guides. |
| US10363051B2 |
Method and orthopaedic surgical instrument system for surgically preparing a patient's bone
An orthopedic surgical instrument system for use in preparing a patient's bone is disclosed. The surgical instrument includes a cutting guide block configured to be secured to a surgically-prepared surface of the patient's bone, and a cutting tool to be used in conjunction with the cutting guide block to resect a section of the patient's bone. A method of performing an orthopedic surgery is also disclosed. |
| US10363047B2 |
Glenoid reamer
A bone reamer includes a first member having a first hub and a second member having a second hub. The first hub can extend along a first axis and have a pair of elongated cutting arms that are fixed to the first hub. The elongated cutting arms can extend along a second axis that is generally perpendicular relative to the first axis. The first hub can define a track thereon. The second hub can extend along a third axis. The second member can have a second pair of elongated cutting arms that are fixed to the second hub and extend along a fourth axis that is generally perpendicular to the third axis. The second member can have a track follower extending thereon and that is configured to slidably advance along the track causing the first and second members to move between a collapsed position and an expanded position. |
| US10363046B2 |
Extremity tourniquet with locking buckle
A tourniquet for application to a patient's limb in an emergency situation, and a method for its application. The tourniquet includes a tension-sensing mechanism used to establish a baseline tension in a loop around an injured limb, and a tension-increasing mechanism to reduce the circumference of the loop and tighten the tourniquet as required beyond the baseline tension. The tension-sensing mechanism may be incorporated in a buckle in which when sufficient tension is developed in the loop a pin protrudes to engage and maintain tension in a strap member which is part of the loop. A latch may be incorporated in the buckle to keep it in a condition in which the pin protrudes to engage the strap and maintain the baseline tension. A release tab operable to release the latch is located where it is protected against inadvertent operation. |
| US10363044B2 |
Blood flow reducer for cardiovascular treatment
A blood flow reducing assembly includes a catheter shaft and an expandable occlusion member assembled with the catheter shaft. The expandable occlusion member includes foldable protrusions. One or more manipulation members are connected to the foldable protrusions and operative to move the foldable protrusions closer to or further away from one other. Movement of the foldable protrusions modifies occlusion ability of the foldable protrusions. |
| US10363040B2 |
Anastomosis devices
Implantable medical devices for connecting tissue layers, such as for connecting a gallbladder and a portion of a gastrointestinal tract to create an anastomosis, include a tubular structure having a plurality of apposition portions, a central region, and a covering material. The devices are endoscopically deployable and may include flange members having hinge members or variable properties such as length, angle, shape, material stiffness, and wire diameter. |
| US10363033B2 |
Robotically-controlled surgical instruments
A surgical instrument for use with a robotic surgical system including a drive assembly is disclosed. The surgical instrument comprises a first transmission including a first drive element configured to be driven by the drive assembly to apply a first control motion to an end effector. The surgical instrument also comprises a second transmission including a second drive element configured to be driven by the drive assembly to apply a second control motion to the end effector when the second drive element is in a first position and to apply a third control motion to the end effector when the second drive element is in a second position. The second transmission includes a shifting element that is configured to selectively switch the second drive element between the first position and the second position. The first transmission and the second transmission are operable independent of each other. |
| US10363029B2 |
Needle for delivery of dermal filler threads
Provided herewith is a needle for delivering dermal filler thread to a wrinkle in a patient. The needle can also be used to deliver the thread to a patient for the purposes of facial contouring. The needle comprises a coupler for attaching the thread to the needle and also a trocar to ease delivery through the skin. |
| US10363027B2 |
Suture assembly including a suture attached to a leader
A suture assembly includes a leader attached to a suture. The leader includes a band, a clasp extending from a distal edge of the band, and at least two prongs extending from a proximal edge of the band. The band is curved to provide the leader with an exterior surface that defines an outermost perimeter of the leader and an interior surface opposite of the exterior surface. The clasp is crimped onto the suture such that the suture is captured within the outermost perimeter of the leader. |
| US10363026B2 |
Rotating suture anchor
A top locking rotatable suture anchor device secures one or more sutures with the suture anchor device, installed within a bone at a surgical treatment site, providing rotation of the suture while secured within the suture anchor device and providing adjustment to the tension of the suture during the surgical procedure, the suture anchor device including a delivery tool cooperating with the suture device to conduct the installation of the suture anchor device and tensioning of the suture within suture anchor device. |
| US10363025B2 |
Method and apparatus for re-attaching the labrum to the acetabulum, including the provision and use of a novel suture anchor system
Apparatus for securing an object to bone, the apparatus comprising: an anchor assembly comprising an anchor and an actuation element extending from the anchor, wherein applying a force to the actuation element when the anchor is disposed in a hole formed in a bone secures the anchor to the bone; and an inserter for deploying the anchor assembly in a hole formed in a bone, the inserter comprising: a shaft for releasably engaging the anchor; and a force delivery mechanism mounted to the shaft and connected to the actuation element, the force delivery mechanism being constructed so as to receive an input force from an external source and to selectively apply an output force to the actuation element, with the force delivery mechanism being constructed so that the magnitude of the output force is limited regardless of the magnitude of the input force. |
| US10363020B2 |
Composite plug for arteriotomy closure and method of use
A method for the use of a composite plug for arteriotomy closure which includes an elongate core member and one or more layers disposed at least in part about the elongate core member. The composite plug may include an outer member at least partially surrounding the elongate core member. The method of use of the composite plug results in a progression of radial swelling along the longitudinal axis of the composite plug. |
| US10363016B2 |
Piezoelectric element, ultrasonic probe, ultrasonic measurement device, and manufacturing method of piezoelectric element
A piezoelectric element, in which a piezoelectric body, and a vibrating plate having [111]-oriented single crystal silicon as a vibrating material are laminated is provided. In addition, a manufacturing method of a piezoelectric element including: cutting out a vibrating material to be used in the vibrating plate from a [111]-oriented single crystal silicon wafer; and laminating a piezoelectric body and the vibrating plate is provided. |
| US10363015B2 |
Method and apparatus for determining the location of a medical instrument with respect to ultrasound imaging, and a medical instrument to facilitate such determination
An ultrasound system comprises an ultrasound unit including: an ultrasound probe including a first set of imaging transducer elements and a second set of localisation transducer elements. The first set of imaging transducer elements are configured to: (i) produce ultrasound imaging transmissions into the human body, wherein the ultrasound imaging transmissions are focussed into an image scan plane, and (ii) receive reflections of the ultrasound imaging transmissions for generating a two-dimensional anatomical image corresponding to the image scan plane. The second set of localisation transducer elements are configured to produce ultrasound localisation transmissions into the human body for locating the medical instrument with respect to the anatomical image, wherein the ultrasound localisation transmissions extend outside the image scan plane. |
| US10363012B2 |
Ultrasound system for cerebral blood flow imaging and microbubble-enhanced blood clot lysis
An ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system is described which utilizes one or more transducer arrays affixed to the head of a patient to diagnose and treat stroke victims. The transducer headset produces a two or three dimensional image of the vasculature inside the cranium, preferably assisted by a microbubble contrast agent. A vascular flow map is produced by the system which may be diagnosed for signs of a blood clot. If a blood clot is detected, a therapeutic beam is transmitted while the contrast agent is present to break up the blood clot by the disruption of microbubbles. The headset may also be used in a monitoring application to detect the recurrence of blood clots in a stroke victim. |
| US10363010B2 |
Method for breast screening in fused mammography
A method for use in medical imaging of a patient including, with the patient immobilized with respect to an imaging reference frame, acquiring first digital imaging information including a first region of interest using a first imaging modality; processing the first digital imaging information to identify a feature for analysis; and using a second imaging modality to acquire targeted second imaging information for a second region of interest, the second region of interest corresponding to a subset of the first region of interest, wherein the second region of interest includes the feature for analysis. An apparatus for use in medical imaging comprising structure for immobilizing a patient with respect to an imaging reference frame; a first imaging system for acquiring first digital imaging information including a first region of interest using a first imaging modality; a processor processing the first digital imaging information using a diagnostic tool to identify a feature of interest; and a second imaging system for acquiring second imaging information using a second imaging modality, the second imaging information corresponding to a second region of interest including the feature for analysis. |
| US10363009B2 |
Method and apparatus for correction of a synthetic electron density map
Systems and methods are provided for determining a synthetic electron density map based on at least one MR image dataset and based on at least one soft tissue image structure and one bone image structure determined in the synthetic electron density map. The soft tissue image structure and the bone image structure may be compared with the corresponding structures in the MR image dataset. From a correction of the first soft tissue image structure and/or of the bone image structure is based on the comparison, a corrected synthetic electron density map is determined. |
| US10363005B2 |
Method and x-ray apparatus for interferometric 2D x-ray imaging
A method and an x-ray apparatus for interferometric 2D x-ray imaging, use a Talbot-Lau interferometer having at least one phase grating and an analysis grating for producing 2D images of an object to be examined using a phase stepping method. A stepwise readout of a detector is carried out continuously at a multiplicity of the phase positions of an interference pattern. Time sequences of readout interval data records which overlap in time are extracted from the readout data records, and at least one result image data record is calculated from an absorption image and/or a phase-contrast image and/or a dark-field image from each readout interval data record. |
| US10363003B2 |
X-ray computed tomography imaging apparatus and display apparatus
According to one embodiment, an X-ray computed tomography imaging apparatus includes an X-ray source, an X-ray detector, a gantry, a column, and a display. The display configured to display, on the floor surface, a graphic corresponding to one of a range in which a field of view formed by the X-ray source and the X-ray detector is projected onto the floor surface from a vertical direction of the gantry and a range in which an outer edge of the bore is projected onto the floor surface from the vertical direction of the gantry. |
| US10363001B2 |
Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus
Disclosed herein is a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus. The magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes a table disposed in a cavity which is formed in a bore, a head support having a support hole through which an upper surface of the table is visible to an object disposed on the table, and a display configured to display a graphical user interface (GUI) image, the display being disposed between the table and the head support. |
| US10363000B2 |
Automatic real-time changes to the size of a patients data display
A medical monitoring system includes one or more electronic processors and one or more display devices. The one or more electronic processors are configured to receive vital signs of each a plurality of patients and dynamically configure in real-time a display of the received vital signs which includes for each patient an individually assigned patient sector display sized from available space for the display based on a priority order. The one or more display devices display the configured display of the plurality of patient sector displays. |
| US10362997B2 |
System and method of extraction, identification, marking and display of heart valve signals
A system (100) for monitoring and diagnosing heart conditions includes a sensor array (102) with accelerometers, an electrocardiogram sensor, and a system to synchronously capture and process (103, 105, or 106) composite heart signals. The system performs separation, identification and marking (201-205 or 501-509) of the signals, to extract information in cardiac vibrations. Machine learning, auditory scene analysis, or spare coding approaches can be used to resolve source separation problems. Analysis of the composite signals separates different vibration signals (302, 303, 304, 305), identifies streams for particular valve signal, and marks them with event time information with respect to a synchronous electrocardiogram signal (306). The psychoacoustic analysis mimics human auditory processing to enhance hearing of heart valve sounds by separating valve vibrations from the composite signal, and providing extraction, identification, marking and display of individual valve signals. |
| US10362995B1 |
Outdoor group exercise information administering system
Disclosed is an exercising information administering system in an outdoor environment. A team leader and a plurality of exercising members forms an outdoor exercising group. The team leader is configured with a master controller and each of the exercising members is configured with a member controller. A communication connection device is communicated with a data transmission interface of the master controller for transmitting the outdoor exercising information to a remote data collection center for collection, administration, and analysis. |
| US10362993B2 |
Determining sensor data quality based on bioimpedance information
An exercise feedback system determines sensor data quality of an athletic garment based on bioimpedance data. The athletic garment includes sensors that can generate physiological data and bioimpedance data. An athlete wears the athletic garment while exercising. If the sensors have a stable contact with the skin of the athlete, the sensors generate high quality physiological data. However, if the sensors have unstable or no contact with the skin of the athlete, the sensors generate low quality physiological data. The exercise feedback system uses the magnitude and/or variance of the bioimpedance data to determine whether the physiological data is high or low quality. If the physiological data is high quality, the exercise feedback system may generate and provide feedback based on the physiological data for display to the athlete. The exercise feedback system may also use the bioimpedance data to identify defects in the garment during quality assurance tests. |
| US10362992B2 |
System and method for detection of motion in dynamic medical images
A system and method for detecting motion is presented. The system and method includes identifying a region of interest in the plurality of images corresponding to a subject of interest. Furthermore, the system and method includes determining signal characteristics corresponding to the region of interest. In addition, the system and method includes generating a composite signal, where the composite signal comprises an aggregate of the signal characteristics corresponding to the region of interest. The system and method also includes analyzing the composite signal to detect motion in the region of interest. |
| US10362989B2 |
Sensor system integrated with a glove
Sensor systems are described that are designed to be integrated with gloves for the human hand. An array of sensors detects forces associated with action of a hand in the glove, and associated circuitry generates corresponding control information that may be used to control a wide variety of processes and devices. |
| US10362984B2 |
Measuring and monitoring skin feature colors, form and size
Kits, diagnostic systems and methods are provided, which measure the distribution of colors of skin features by comparison to calibrated colors which are co-imaged with the skin feature. The colors on the calibration template (calibrator) are selected to represent the expected range of feature colors under various illumination and capturing conditions. The calibrator may also comprise features with different forms and size for calibrating geometric parameters of the skin features in the captured images. Measurements may be enhanced by monitoring over time changes in the distribution of colors, by measuring two and three dimensional geometrical parameters of the skin feature and by associating the data with medical diagnostic parameters. Thus, simple means for skin diagnosis and monitoring are provided which simplify and improve current dermatologic diagnostic procedures. |
| US10362981B2 |
Diagnostic methods and systems based on urine analysis
A method for diagnosing a body malfunction is provided. At least one change in urinary parameter values, being indicative of the body malfunction, is monitored and detected. A volumetric urinary output of kidneys is monitored using a urine flow monitoring apparatus having a low flow metering device. It is determined whether a change exists in at least one of a volume value of the volumetric urinary output, and a trend of the corresponding urinary parameter value during a predetermined period. Signals are received from a plurality of electrodes, representing the urinary parameter values. The body malfunction is detected based on the determination of the change in at least one of the volume value and the trend. |
| US10362980B2 |
Method for predicting arousal level and arousal level prediction apparatus
A method for predicting an arousal level used by a computer of an arousal level prediction apparatus that predicts an arousal level of a user includes obtaining current biological information regarding the user detected by a first sensor, calculating a current arousal level of the user on the basis of the current biological information, obtaining current environment information indicating a current environment around the user detected by a second sensor, predicting a future arousal level, which is an arousal level a certain period of time later, on the basis of the current arousal level and the current environment information, and (i) issuing a notification to the user or (ii) controlling another device, on the basis of the future arousal level. |
| US10362979B2 |
Apparatus for recognizing and locating emotions and thoughts by measuring the infrared pulse radiation
FIG. 1 shows the components of the measuring apparatus for recognizing and locating emotions and thoughts by measuring the infrared pulse radiation in the sequence of the measured value pre-processing: localization tube 1, infrared detector 2, amplifier 3, analog/digital conversion 4, analysis program 5 and display 6, wherein the components of the measuring apparatus have the following features: the localization tube 1 receives the infrared pulses, which are produced by changes in the body heat of a creature and emitted by a small surface, and partially reflects said infrared pulses several times at the inner wall and focuses said pulses on the infrared detector 2; the infrared detector 2 which is designed to be able to receive only AC voltage signals and not DC voltage signals converts the infrared beams into electrical signals; the amplifier 3 amplifies these signals; the signals are digitized during the analog/digital conversion 4; the analysis program 5 creates time signals, amount spectra and differential spectra for the total measuring time or for time sections in different mental dispositions of the creature being investigated and creates a characteristic mental spectrum in the pulse frequency range of approximately 0.01 to 10 Hz; the results for the different mental dispositions of the creature being investigated can be seen on the display 6 and can be compared, with the result that different emotions such as joy or sorrow can be recognized, for example. In addition to the measuring apparatus, it is possible to use a transmitter which flashes on a small body surface and whose light pulses contain infrared portions. This has the advantage of amplifying pulse frequencies which have already occurred and of allowing the pulse frequencies which have not yet appeared during mental activity to emerge. |
| US10362972B2 |
Method and system for providing an integrated analyte sensor insertion device and data processing unit
Method and apparatus for providing an integrated analyte sensor and data processing unit assembly is provided. |
| US10362969B2 |
Image-based detection and diagnosis of diastasis recti
A method for diagnosing a condition of a subject includes imaging an abdominal area of the subject to obtain one or more images of the abdominal area. Separation between rectus abdominis muscles in the abdominal area is located from the one or more images. Distance of the separation between the rectus abdominis muscles is quantified. The results of the quantified distance and one or more images are outputted on one or more display units. |
| US10362963B2 |
Correction of shift and drift in impedance-based medical device navigation using magnetic field information
A system and method for navigating a medical device within a body are provided. The system includes an electronic control unit configured to determine operating positions for electrical and magnetic position sensors on the medical device within corresponding first and second coordinate systems. The first and second coordinate systems are defined by an electric field based positioning system and a magnetic field based positioning system, respectively. The magnetic position sensor is disposed proximate the electrical position sensor. The ECU is further configured to apply a mapping function correlating the operating positions which generates a mapped position for the magnetic position sensor in the first coordinate system responsive to the operating position of the magnetic position sensor in the second coordinate system. The ECU determines an adjusted operating position for the electrical position sensor in the first coordinate system responsive to the mapped position of the magnetic position sensor. |
| US10362962B2 |
Accounting for skipped imaging locations during movement of an endoluminal imaging probe
Apparatus and methods are described including, while an endoluminal data-acquisition device is being moved through a lumen of a subject, acquiring a plurality of endoluminal data points of the lumen using the endoluminal data-acquisition device. It is determined that, at least one location, no endoluminal data point was acquired. An output is generated using at least a portion of the plurality of endoluminal data points of the lumen acquired using the endoluminal data-acquisition device, the output including an indication that no endoluminal data point was acquired at the location. Other applications are also described. |
| US10362960B2 |
Multi point treatment probes and methods of using thereof
An embodiment of system for intrabody treatment of a treatment location in a body of a treated patient is disclosed. The system may include deploying at least two transmission points of a multi point probe to a proximity with the treatment location in the body. A transmission pattern may be selected that defines, for each of the transmission points, a respective signal of a plurality of transmission signals. The transmission pattern may form at least one interaction between the respective signals. The interaction may form a hot spot at the treatment location. A plurality of transmission signals may be delivered from the transmission points. |
| US10362958B2 |
Systems, articles, and methods for electromyography sensors
Systems, articles, and methods for surface electromyography (“EMG”) sensors that combine elements from traditional capacitive and resistive EMG sensors are described. For example, capacitive EMG sensors that are adapted to resistively couple to a user's skin are described. Resistive coupling between a sensor electrode and the user's skin is galvanically isolated from the sensor circuitry by a discrete component capacitor included downstream from the sensor electrode. The combination of a resistively coupled electrode and a discrete component capacitor provides the respective benefits of traditional resistive and capacitive (respectively) EMG sensor designs while mitigating respective drawbacks of each approach. A wearable EMG device that provides a component of a human-electronics interface and incorporates such capacitive EMG sensors is also described. |
| US10362956B2 |
System and method for rotor detection in cardiac fibrillation
Various embodiments are described herein for detecting a rotor at a location of a heart that experiences cardiac fibrillation. This generally involves obtaining a plurality of bipolar EGMs for a recording duration using a circular bipolar electrode array positioned at the location of the heart; detecting a dominant periodicity Cycle Length (CL) and identifying periodic activations for each bipolar EGM associated with the dominant periodicity CL; tracking the identified periodic activations across each bipolar EGM to define rotational activations and determining when a path taken by the tracked rotational activations corresponds to a rotational activation pattern of a rotor; and detecting the rotor when a number and completeness of the tracked rotational activations meet predefined rotor criteria. |
| US10362950B2 |
Non-invasive method and system for measuring myocardial ischemia, stenosis identification, localization and fractional flow reserve estimation
The present disclosure facilitates the evaluation of wide-band phase gradient information of the heart tissue to assess, e.g., the presence of heart ischemic heart disease. Notably, the present disclosure provides an improved and efficient method to identify and risk stratify coronary stenosis of the heart using a high resolution and wide-band cardiac gradient obtained from the patient. The patient data are derived from the cardiac gradient waveforms across one or more leads, in some embodiments, resulting in high-dimensional data and long cardiac gradient records that exhibit complex nonlinear variability. Space-time analysis, via numeric wavelet operators, is used to study the morphology of the cardiac gradient data as a phase space dataset by extracting dynamical and geometrical properties from the phase space dataset. |
| US10362945B2 |
Method and device for ascertaining a blood pressure curve
The invention relates to a method and a device for ascertaining a time-dependent blood pressure curve. Time- and volume-dependent blood flow values are detected in a noninvasive manner in a tissue section with a good blood flow as photoplethysmography values P(t) using a photoplethysmography sensor. A data processing unit transforms the photoplethysmography values P(t) into blood pressure values B(t) by carrying out a transformation rule. An output and storage unit at least temporarily stores the transformed blood pressure values B(t) as time-dependent blood pressure values and transfers said values to an external or internal display and/or storage unit arranged downstream. |
| US10362941B2 |
Method and apparatus for performing registration of medical images
A method and apparatus for performing registration of medical images includes mapping a virtual coordinate system used by a first medical apparatus and a virtual coordinate system used by a second medical apparatus to one another. The coordinate systems are associated with a real-time medical image captured by the first medical apparatus and a three-dimensional (3D) medical image previously captured by the second medical apparatus, respectively. The method further includes detecting a position of a probe of the first medical apparatus from a coordinate system used by the second medical apparatus, based on a result of the mapping, determining a volume image corresponding to the detected position of the probe from the previously captured 3D medical image, and extracting from the determined volume image a cross-sectional image corresponding to the real-time medical image, where the real-time medical image changes according to a patient's physical movement. |
| US10362937B2 |
Cornea transplantation
A planning device generating control data for a treatment apparatus for cornea transplantation using a laser device to separate a corneal volume by at least one cut surface in the cornea and to separate a transplant, from a surrounding transplantation material by at least one cut surface, wherein the planning device includes an interface supplying measurement data relating to parameters of the cornea. A computer defines a corneal cut surface which confines the corneal volume to be removed, and determines a transplant cut surface by using the transplantation material data and depending on the defined corneal cut surface. The transplant cut surface confines the transplant, and the computer generates one control data for each cut surface to control the laser, wherein the respective cut surfaces can be produced by the laser to isolate the corneal volume and the transplant and to make them removable. |
| US10362926B2 |
Low-cost instrument for endoscopically guided operative procedures
Installments and methods are described for performing endoscopically guided operative procedures. According to some embodiments, a re-usable portion of the instrument includes a handle, electronics and an integrated display screen while a fluid hub and a cannula which includes a CMOS imaging module and LED lighting, form a single use portion of the instrument. The cannula includes a working channel configured to accept an operative device for performing the operative procedures. |
| US10362922B2 |
Adsorption of particles on a material containing a silicone polymer
A device for the dry cleansing of surfaces to remove particulates contains triboelectrically chargeable component(s) of an organic polymer material containing uniformly distributed finely divided silicone polymer particles. |
| US10362920B2 |
Surface cleaning machine
A surface cleaning machine is provided, including a cleaning roller holder, at least one cleaning roller which is arranged on the cleaning roller holder, a drive device for driving the at least one cleaning roller in rotation, and a sweeping element which is associated with the at least one cleaning roller and which feeds swept material to the at least one cleaning roller, wherein the sweeping element, at least during a cleaning operation, projects with a front region into a jacket of the at least one cleaning roller, wherein a front face end of the sweeping element is arranged on the front region. |
| US10362918B2 |
Self-propelled and self-steering floor cleaner and method for cleaning a floor surface
A self-propelled, self-steering floor cleaner is provided, including a cleaning device with at least one cleaning unit for cleaning a floor surface of a room having at least a section of an obstacle therein that is not in contact with the floor surface, a transmission unit for emitting radiation directed at the obstacle and the floor surface, a detection unit for detecting reflected radiation and providing a detection signal, a control unit coupled to the detection unit, and a chassis for movement on the floor surface including a drive unit coupled to the control unit, it being determinable from the detection signal whether a space and a cleanable floor surface section are present underneath the obstacle, the drive unit being actuatable to move the floor cleaner for cleaning the floor surface section, with at least one cleaning unit. The invention also relates to a method for cleaning a floor surface. |
| US10362917B2 |
Cleaning robot
A cleaning robot includes a main body and a drive unit to move the main body. The drive unit includes a plurality of motors to generate driving force; a plurality of wheels connected to one of the plurality of motors and rotating by driving force received from the one of the plurality of motors; and a driving frame to support the plurality of wheels, receive driving force from another motor among the plurality of motors, and rotate for changing positions of the plurality of wheels. |
| US10362915B2 |
Vacuum cleaner
Provided is a vacuum cleaner including a cleaner body of which a center of gravity is disposed at a rear side further than a rotating center thereof; one pair of moving wheels provided at both side surfaces of the cleaner body and configured to rotatably support the cleaner body and also to be rotated for travelling; and a rear wheel unit provided at a bottom surface of the cleaner body and configured to elastically support the cleaner body at a rear of the pair of moving wheels, wherein the rear wheel unit includes a supporting part rotatably installed at the bottom surface of the cleaner body and rotated in a rotating direction of the cleaner body; an elastic portion configured to extend from one side of the supporting part and to be elastically deformed by being in contact with the bottom surface of the cleaner body when the supporting part is rotated; a rotating member shaft-coupled to the supporting part and installed to be rotatable in a direction intersecting with a rotating direction of the supporting part; and a rear wheel installed at the rotating member and rolled while being in contact with the ground. |
| US10362909B2 |
Paper dispensing device
The paper dispensing device includes a main spindle, an axle, two end pieces, and a cutting member. The main spindle has a compartment. The axle is rotatably supported inside the compartment. The end pieces are positioned adjacent to the two ends of the axle, respectively. Each end piece has an eccentric opening through which an end of the axle is threaded. A ring groove is configured around the eccentric opening along an inner side of each end piece. The cutting member includes a blade, a cutter axle, two arms extended outward slantwise from the cutter axle's two ends, and two guiding elements at the arms' outer ends moveably housed in the ring grooves, respectively. As the main spindle spins, the cutting member rotates along with the main spindle and its blade is extended out or retracted into the compartment as the guiding elements move along the ring grooves. |
| US10362908B1 |
Weighted towel with handles
A weighted towel manufactured from an absorbent material having weights near or at one end which allows a person with limited mobility, dexterity or range of motion to have the ability to dry himself; the weights allow the end to wrap around a body extremity to dry areas of a limb which are difficult to reach or touch, where the weights are heavy material enclosed in a pocket in the towel that allows the weight to conform to the limb, or the foot and toes when pressed against. |
| US10362907B2 |
Solid soap holder
A soap holder 10 comprises a reversible elastic wristband having a dual-sided face 20. A first side of the face 20 has an indentation 30 for receiving a piece of solid soap. A second side of the face is provided with a waterproof watch or other functional device, or a decorative surface. In normal wear, the soap holder 10 is worn on the wrist of a user with the second side facing outwards. When the user wishes to wash, the wristband is reversed so that the first side faces outwards. The face 20 is moved to the palm of the user. A piece of soap is pressed into the indentation 30 and the user is conveniently able to wash themselves. |
| US10362899B2 |
Barbecue grill accessory and method for preparing food
A grilling insert is adapted for use in a barbecue grill having a recessed cooking chamber. The grilling insert comprises a double-wall thermal barrier and a radiant heat chamber. The double-wall thermal barrier is adapted for extending across the recessed cooking chamber of the barbecue grill, and for dividing the cooking chamber into direct-heating and indirect-heating cooking sections. The radiant heat chamber is formed adjacent the double-wall thermal barrier, and is designed for holding loose combustible material within the direct-heating cooking section of the barbecue grill. The cooking temperature in the direct-heating cooking section is relatively high, and is reduced in the indirect-heating cooking section by the double-wall thermal barrier. |
| US10362898B2 |
Apparatus and method for controlling a conveyor oven
A conveyor oven includes a controller configured to change the operation of a first set of burners and a second set of burners from a cooking mode to an energy saving mode based at least in part upon detection of the absence of food in the oven chamber. The first set of burners operating at a first intensity during the cooking mode and are off during the energy saving mode. The second set of burners operating at a first intensity during the cooking mode and being adjustable to a different intensity during the energy saving mode, where the second set of burners produce heat during the different intensity. |
| US10362896B2 |
Beverage dispensing systems
Various beverage preparation systems and methods are shown. The beverage preparation system can include a dispensing unit configured to receive beverage, such as a shot of espresso, from a beverage preparation machine. The dispensing unit can include a dispensing unit with a first end and a second end. The dispensing unit can be rotatable between an upright position and an inverted position. The dispensing unit can be configured to receive the beverage through the second end when the dispensing unit is in the upright position, and can be configured to receive cleansing fluid through the second end when the dispensing unit is in the inverted position. In some embodiments, when the dispensing unit is in an intermediate position between the upright and inverted positions, the dispensing unit is configured to dispense the beverage out of the first end and into a cup or other vessel. |
| US10362893B2 |
Capsule holder for a beverage preparation machine
The present invention is directed to a capsule holder (8) for holding a closed capsule (9) in a beverage preparation machine (1), said capsule containing a beverage precursor ingredient, said machine being able to inject a fluid under pressure through a wall (11) of said capsule inside the latter such that said fluid and said precursor ingredient mix to make a beverage, said capsule holder (8) comprising a cup-shaped body (12) adapted to retain and hold said capsule, a handle (13), and guide means for removably inserting said capsule holder within said machine, wherein said capsule holder (8) further comprises pressure-releasing means (15) for releasing fluid pressure inside said capsule. |
| US10362891B2 |
Pressure-cooking utensil provided with a locking/unlocking control member that operates asymmetrically
The invention relates to a food-cooking utensil including: locking/unlocking means; and a control member (6) for controlling the movement of said locking/unlocking means; the control member (6) and the locking/unlocking means co-operating so that the position of the locking/unlocking means varies as a function of the position of the control member (6) in a first relationship while the control member (6) is being moved from its locking position towards its unlocking position, and so that the position of the locking/unlocking means varies as a function of the position of the control member (6) in a second relationship while the control member (6) is being moved from its unlocking position towards its locking position. Food pressure cooking devices. |
| US10362889B2 |
Receptacle for receiving and securing packages and other items
A parcel receptacle includes a bottom member, an exterior wall that extends upward from the bottom member and that defines an interior space, and a top member that is coupled with the exterior wall and configured to cover an opening of the receptacle to enclose the parcel within the interior space. The parcel receptacle also includes a lock mechanism that is operably coupled with the top member and the exterior wall. The lock mechanism is lockable to prevent user access to the interior space and is unlockable to enable the top member to be opened to allow user access to the interior space. A vertical lip of the top member overlaps at least a portion of the exterior wall so that a seam between the top member and the exterior wall is covered by the vertical lip. |
| US10362888B1 |
Posture improvement pillow
A therapeutic pillow for improving the posture of a person and to add comfort to a person's neck and back when in use. The therapeutic pillow provides a central pouch for storing a heat pack to promote healing or cool pack to reduce swelling. Additional feature of the therapeutic include a unique, ergonomic shape with specifically located curvilinear cutouts within the shape of the pillow to provide benefits to the user. Cutouts within the shape of the pillow provide the user with a location to breath more easily. These same cutouts when the pillow is placed in a different position relative to the user will allow the user's eyes to not be pressed against the pillow when in use. When a user's eyes are not pressed against a pillow, a user's eyes will show less wrinkles commonly known as crow's feet. |
| US10362887B2 |
Apparatuses and methods for placing a covering about a mattress
An apparatus and method for manipulating a covering such as a bed sheet are provided. The apparatus, in one form, includes a proximal grip portion and a distal covering engaging portion including a plurality of spaced-apart protrusions for engaging with corresponding spaced-apart openings in the covering. The apparatus includes end stop portions adjacent to the protrusions for limiting how far the protrusions may extend through the openings in the covering. A tool receiving portion of the covering may take the form of a pocket or spaced-apart openings that are located in at least one corner portion of the cover. The installation tool engages with the openings in the covering to manipulate the cover and reduces the need to bend over or crouch down to reach around or underneath the mattress when placing the sheet about the mattress. |
| US10362886B2 |
Small item overstock storage system
A tiered storage system which sits atop a gondola shelf. The tiered storage system is made of a support structure having gondola shelf connectors, the gondola shelf connectors configured to removeably attach the support structure to the gondola shelf, and two or more tiers mounted on the support structure, each tier including a horizontal plane and a vertical plane, the horizontal plane being substantially perpendicular to the vertical plane. The tiered storage system can be configured with pegs or other organizational tools for helping arrange items such that surplus items being stored on the tiered storage system can be visible to customers or associates in a store aisle. |
| US10362884B1 |
Child-restraining harness and bib
The child-restraining harness and bib is a safety device. The child-restraining harness and bib is further configured for use with a person selected from the group consisting of an infant and a toddler. The child-restraining harness and bib is configured for use with a chair. The child-restraining harness and bib secures the person to the chair. The child-restraining harness and bib comprises the body harness and the bib. The body harness attaches the person to the chair. The bib stores the body harness when the body harness is not in use. The bib is worn by the person to protect the clothing worn by the person when the body harness is in use. |
| US10362883B1 |
Unitary, continuous and linear apparatus having dual functionality for transporting and securing cover to a seating or resting device
A unitary and continuous linear apparatus having dual fastening means for providing hands-free transporting of a cover to a destination having a seating or resting device. The apparatus is also adaptable to be removably mounted on the seating or resting device for securing the cover from being displaced. The continuous liner apparatus is of modular design and can be adapted for providing a securing pad having the advantages of being easily stored, easily clean, and containing storage for personal items. Moreover, the modularity also provides for disassemble for cleaning and storage. |
| US10362882B2 |
Air pocket module and air mattress including same
An air pocket module inserted into an air mattress includes multiple air pockets each having a hollow portion formed therein and configured to inflate due to air inflow or to deflate due to air outflow, and a bottom plate coupled to lower sides of the air pockets and configured to block the hollow portion of each of the air pockets, wherein the air pocket includes: a top surface portion forming a top surface, a side surface portion connected with the top surface portion and forming a side surface, and a contact portion protruding upwardly from a center of the top surface portion. |
| US10362879B2 |
Bed frame assembled by sliding the ends of hollow metal bars into narrow slots cut into other metal bars
A novel bed frame is assembled by sliding the ends of hollow metal bars into narrow slots cut into other hollow metal bars. A first bar has an L-shaped first slot. A second bar has a U-shaped second slot and L-shaped third slot, both spanning two adjacent sides of the second bar. An end of the first bar is inserted into the U-shaped second slot, whose width is less than twice the thickness of the metal from which the first bar is made. A portion of the L-shaped first slot aligns with a portion of the L-shaped third slot when the first bar slides into the U-shaped second slot. The top of the third bar is inserted into the aligned first and third slots. The first bar is a longitudinal bar, and the second bar is a lateral bar of the bed frame. The third bar is a support leg. |
| US10362875B2 |
Easy folding cross brace design
First and second U-shaped cross-members each have legs connected by cross bars and pivotally connected with each other at central portions thereof, and are mutually movable from a generally X-shaped setup condition in which the cross bars are transversely spaced apart, to a generally flat collapsed condition. Right and left frame side assemblies respectively are pivotally connected to the first and second cross-members at terminal ends of their respective front and rear portions and by at least one lost motion linkage. |
| US10362869B2 |
Drawer arrangement
A drawer arrangement includes a drawer side wall to be connected to a drawer rail of a drawer pull-out guide, the drawer side wall having a support portion for supporting a drawer bottom, and a drawer pull-out guide having a carcass rail to be fixed to a furniture carcass, a drawer rail to be connected to the drawer side wall, and a central rail displaceable between the carcass rail and the drawer rail. The central rail has a side limb and a transverse limb connected therewith. In the mounted position, the side limb of the central rail, at least over a region, is arranged laterally besides the support portion for the drawer bottom. The transverse limb of the central rail and the carcass rail in the mounted position protrude at least partially below the support portion for the drawer bottom. |
| US10362862B2 |
Railing supported buffet
A rail-mounted buffet mountable to a railing having a top rail and one or more vertical balusters includes: a main bar buffet section having a flat surface area for supporting items on the main bar buffet section; a U-shaped channel located on an underside of the main bar buffet, the U-shaped channel having a back-side member and a front side member, wherein the back-side member and front side member are movable in relation to one another such that a width of the U-shaped channel is adjustable; a trust support having a first end and a second end, the trust support attached to the underside of the main bar buffet at the first end of the trust support; and a baluster support shaped to engage one of the one or more vertical balusters, the baluster support attached to the second end of the trust support. |
| US10362861B1 |
Leg latching device for a table, and a table incorporating same
A table having a table top, a bracket secured to the table top, a latching device coupled to the bracket, the latching device having a retaining wedge coupled to a draw latch via a cam device, and a table leg. The draw latch is configured to move the retaining wedge between a first position securing the table leg to the bracket and a second position unsecuring the table leg from the bracket. |
| US10362860B2 |
Flat pack end table and coffee table
A flat pack table comprises a first straight bar, a second straight bar, a first U-shaped bar, a second U-shaped bar, and a rectangular table top. The flat pack table is arrangeable into a compact state in which the first U-shaped bar and second U-shaped bar are nested around the table top and the straight bars. The straight bars, the U-shaped bars, and the table top have an identical width. In the compact state, the table is insertable into a packing box having an inner width no greater than the width of the table components. The flat pack table takes up a packing area within the box that is over ninety percent of the total packing area of the box. After removing the table from the box, the table is assemblable into an end table. Compact packing of the table provides for optimal storing, shipping, and transporting of the table. |
| US10362857B2 |
Device for removing object on road surface, guide rail type vehicle, and method for removing object on road surface
A device for removing an object on a road surface includes a brush section which is provided at a vehicle body of a guide rail type vehicle traveling on the road surface extends obliquely downward toward the front side in an advancing direction of the vehicle body, and a lower end of the brush section being capable of coming into contact with the road surface; a brush support section that fixes the brush section; a fixing section fixed to the vehicle body; and a connecting section that is interposed between the brush support section and the fixing section to connect the brush support section to the fixing section. |
| US10362840B1 |
Deployable flag bracelet
A deployable flag bracelet is provided herein. The deployable flag bracelet includes a medial longitudinal flap member, a first longitudinal flap member, and a deployable flag portion. The medial longitudinal flap member includes a first longitudinal edge and an opposing longitudinal edge where the deployable flag portion is coextensive with the first longitudinal edge and the first longitudinal flap member is coextensive with the opposing longitudinal edge. The deployable flap portion is rollable for storage into contact overlying the medial longitudinal flap member and thereat concealable beneath the first longitudinal flap member. A first transverse edge and an opposing transverse edge of the medial longitudinal flap member further includes a first end flap and a second end flap, respectively, for endwise attachment therebetween to form a bracelet. The bracelet is to be worn about a user's wrist for convenient transport of the deployable flag portion for cleaning optical surfaces. |
| US10362839B2 |
Slide fastener
A fastening device includes a first tape portion and a first fastening portion joined thereto, the first fastening portion defining a first side surface and a second side surface opposite thereto, the first fastening portion including a plurality of fastening elements extending from the first side surface, the plurality of fastening elements arranged lengthwise along a lengthwise direction of the fastening device, each adjacent pair of fastening elements offset by a pitch distance and defining a fastening gap therebetween, each of the plurality of fastening elements including an engagement portion extending in a direction parallel to the lengthwise direction, each of the plurality of fastening elements being asymmetric about a protrusional centerline of the fastening element, the fastening device being a first fastening device configured to be joined to a second fastening device comprising a second fastening portion having the same geometry as the first fastening portion. |
| US10362834B2 |
Hydrogel connection
The disclosure relates to articles and components thereof, including outsoles, which can be used in conditions normally conducive to the accumulation of soil. In particular, the disclosure relates to articles and components thereof with a material including a hydrogel, where the hydrogel-containing material defines an external surface or side of an article. The hydrogel-containing material can prevent or reduce the accumulation of soil during use. A portion of the hydrogel-containing material is embedded into a substrate body, or a portion of the hydrogel-containing material is disposed on the outer side surface of the substrate body in a junction. The substrate body can have a lip extending from a shaft such that the shaft and the lip form the junction. Embedding the material in the substrate body, or disposing it in the junction, can minimize or prevent delamination of the hydrogel containing material during normal use. |
| US10362833B2 |
Bladder element formed from three sheets and method of manufacturing a bladder element
A method of manufacturing a bladder element comprises forming at least one of a first, a second, and a third polymeric sheet to have a contoured surface profile. The first, the second, and the third polymeric sheets are stacked so that the second polymeric sheet is between the first polymeric sheet and the third polymeric sheet. The method comprises applying fluid pressure between the first polymeric sheet and second polymeric sheet, between the second polymeric sheet and the third polymeric sheet, or between both, forcing a first surface of the second polymeric sheet into contact with an inner surface of the first polymeric sheet, or a second surface of the second polymeric sheet into contact with an inner surface of the third polymeric sheet, or both. A bladder element is also disclosed. |
| US10362831B2 |
Cycling shoe
A cycling shoe, including a sole as well as an upper that rises from the sole; the surface of the upper includes a plurality of recesses adapted to reduce the form drag of the upper hit by the air during the execution of the pedalling motion. |
| US10362828B2 |
Headband arrangement and welding helmet equipped with the same
The present application provides a headband arrangement for a welding helmet, comprising: a fixed attachment structure; and a helmet mounting structure cooperating with the attachment structure, wherein at least two stopping positions are defined longitudinally between the attachment structure and the helmet mounting structure, the helmet mounting structure is selectively switchable between an unlocking state and a locking state, wherein in the unlocking state, the helmet mounting structure is slidable between the stopping positions relative to the attachment structure, and wherein in the locking state, the helmet mounting structure can be locked to one of the stopping positions relative to the attachment structure and can be kept there by a magnetic force generated between a pair of magnetic parts. |
| US10362822B2 |
Multi-positional, locking artificial tree trunk
A locking artificial tree trunk including a first generally cylindrical, hollow trunk portion including an upper end, the upper end defining a notch, and a second generally cylindrical trunk portion including a body portion, a lower end having an insertable portion, and an upper end. The locking artificial tree trunk also includes a coupling mechanism having a body portion and an upper portion having a tab, and defining a channel for receiving the insertable portion of the lower end of the second trunk portion. The body portion is inserted substantially into the upper end of the first trunk portion with the tab of the upper portion aligned with the notch, thereby preventing rotation of the coupling mechanism within the upper end of the first trunk portion. |
| US10362821B2 |
Openable gift packaging device
A gift packaging device includes a support member, a stem slidably engaged through the support member and moveable up and down relative to the support member, a carrier member disposed on the stem for supporting a gift, a number of flaps pivotally attached to the support member and rotateable relative to the support member between a folded position where the gift is shielded with the flaps, and an opened position where the gift is viewable, and a number of links are coupled between the stem and the flaps for allowing the flaps to be rotated relative to the support member between the folded position and the opened position when the stem is moved relative to the support member of the support device. |
| US10362820B2 |
Cold weather vented garment
The present invention relates to breathable, vented, and insulating cold weather garments. More particularly, the present invention relates to garments with chambers to retain an insulating fill material. Perforations along the seams between the insulating chambers may achieve optimal evaporative moisture transfer from the inside (proximal to the body of a wearer) of the garment to the outside environment. |
| US10362812B2 |
Fabric device
A fabric device includes a fabric and an electronic module. The fabric includes a fabric body configured to contact or to be worn on an object, and has a first surface configured to contact the object, and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The fabric body is internally formed with a passage unit which has a plurality of passages intersecting and communicating with each other. The electronic module is disposed in the fabric body and includes a plurality of electronic components, in the form of strips, extending into the passage unit. |
| US10362810B2 |
Garment with universal fly
A garment is provided from two separate modular, substantially mirror-imaged portions, such that the torso section of a wearer may be selectively exposed, front or back, by grasping an exposed edge of an out one of the modular portions, pulling that edge to access and edge of the other modular portion, which is then pulled in the opposite direction to expose a portion of either the wearer's lower torso or buttocks region. |
| US10362807B2 |
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. |
| US10362805B2 |
Wickless cartomizer
A wickless cartomizer includes an outer shell surrounding an inner shell in a spaced configuration to form chamber for holding vaporizable material between the outer and inner shell. The inner shell includes a channel having an opening at the bottom portion of the outer wall to allow the vaporizable material in the chamber to flow into the channel such that the vaporizable material within the channel is substantially level with the vaporizable material in the chamber. The inner wall of the channel includes a heater to heat the vaporizable material stored within the channel along the length of the inner wall to provide a more even temperature distribution through the vaporizable material. As the vaporizable material heats and becomes vaporized, the vapor rises and passes through a vapor exit opening in a top portion of the inner wall of the channel. |
| US10362797B2 |
Stevia composition
Stevia compositions are prepared from steviol glycosides of Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni. The compositions are able to provide a superior taste profile and can be used as sweetness enhancers, flavor enhancers and sweeteners in foods, beverages, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. |
| US10362792B1 |
Apparatus for stuffing confections
An apparatus for stuffing confection is structured to have a base member and an enclosure connected to the base member and disposed and dimensioned to receive a confection therein. The base member has a plurality of pockets and enables the enclosure to be secured within its dimensions. A cap assembly is structured in a communicating relation with a hollow interior of the enclosure. The removable cap assembly is structured to retain the stuffing material. An injection member has an injection piston movable relative to the cap assembly in a driving relation to the stuffing material. The driving relation of the injection piston with the stuffing material causes the stuffing material to be forced from the cap assembly into the confection retained within the hollow interior of said enclosure. The enclosure has wall members in a surrounding relation to the interior of the enclosure and at least partially defines the interior. |
| US10362785B2 |
Activated hydrogen peroxide biocide composition
The present invention relates to a disinfectant composition comprising hydrogen peroxide in association with at least one quaternary ammonium salt, suitable for disinfecting a room and the objects that may be therein contained. The composition is further characterized by the absence of ions of heavy metals and is particularly suitable for use in a method for the disinfection of a room, which comprises the diffusion of the present disinfectant composition in the form of a dry mist, maintaining contact with the room and with the objects therein contained, so as to obtain the desired degree of disinfection. |
| US10362779B2 |
Fowl decoy movement simulator
A decoy may include a ground support comprising a ground engaging portion and an upstanding post, a powered actuator operably coupled to the decoy and a wireless communications device. The wireless communications device may include a transmitter to transmit signals to a receiver in communication with the powered actuator, wherein the powered actuator selectively raises and lowers the decoy in response to receipt of the signals received by the receiver. |
| US10362777B1 |
Internal ballastable rodent bait station
A rodent bait station has a base with a hinged cover which is lockable to the base to define an interior volume which can receive a ballast weight of three to twenty-four pounds which biases a floor of the base against a support surface. At least one rodent access opening in the bait station allows a rodent to pass into the interior volume. A bait or a rodent trap is positioned within the interior volume such that a rodent can move freely within the interior volume so as to access the bait or rodent trap. |
| US10362776B2 |
Method and apparatus for a spray system
An improvement to a roadside sprayer fixates spray nozzles on a registration plate. The registration plate may include integral tabs depending on the application. Inclination of the tabs is adjustable to place streams and droplets in a desired swath coverage. With the nozzles rigidly mounted onto the plate, the entire plate is nutated. The use of the registration plate in a spray unit creates a uniform nutation among the nozzles, thereby reducing variability in droplet placement, and providing a more predictable spray from the nozzles. In other embodiments, the spray unit is utilized in a spray system adaptable to service vehicles, and may be utilized in conjunction with a vegetation engagement device, such as a cutter to engage multiple zones of a roadway right-of-way. Additionally, an improved spray unit includes an electromagnetic field and an attractor to generate plate motion. |
| US10362771B2 |
Method for knock-in of DNA into target region of mammalian genome, and cell
This invention provides a method for knock-in of a donor DNA into the genome of a cell, comprising introducing at least one artificial nuclease system capable of cleaving target sequence(s) of the cell genome, the donor DNA, and two single-stranded oligonucleotides (ssODNs) into the cell,the artificial nuclease system cleaving the target sequence(s) on the cell genome, the two ssODNs each complementary to one of the ends generated by the target sequence cleavage in the cell genome and to one of the introduction ends of the donor DNA, the donor DNA being knocked-in at the cleavage site via the two ssODNs. |
| US10362770B2 |
Transgenic animal for production of antibodies having minimal CDRs
A transgenic animal is provided. In certain embodiments, the transgenic animal comprises a genome comprising: an immunoglobulin light chain locus comprising: a) a functional immunoglobulin light chain gene comprising a transcribed variable region encoding: i. light chain CDR1, CDR2 and CDR3 regions that are composed of 2 to 5 different amino acids; and ii. a light chain framework; and, operably linked to the functional immunoglobulin light chain gene: b) a plurality of pseudogene light chain variable regions each encoding: i. light chain CDR1, CDR2 and CDR3 regions that are composed of the same 2 to 5 different amino acids as the CDRs of the functional gene; and ii. a light chain framework that is identical in amino acid sequence to the light chain framework of the transcribed variable region. |
| US10362769B1 |
System and method for detection of disease breakouts
Methods are provided for detection of a disease breakout from a mammal population. For example, the method involves continuously receiving, from two or more sensors positioned in a mammal environment, information of a population of mammals, wherein the information received from each of the two or more sensors is in a different data format; comparing the received information of the population of mammals or other animals with known disease symptom information; and in response to determining that the information of the population of mammals exceeds a pre-determined threshold alert level, generating an alert to prevent or control the disease; wherein the steps of the method are performed in accordance with a processor and a memory. |
| US10362768B2 |
Extruded animal litters
The invention provides extruded animal litters and methods of making and using such litters. The animal litters comprise an extruded mixture of from about 10 to about 90% of one or more clays and from about 90 to about 10% of one or more starches. The use of starches to produce the extruded litters result in litters that are less dense than conventional clay-based animal litters and are therefore easier to transport and use. |
| US10362766B2 |
Animal training collar
A modular device for wireless communication between a transmitter and a receiver, the latter being mounted on a fastener to be worn by an animal/a human being or to be in contact therewith, comprising a string of individual separate elements or modules (210, 310), each containing at least either the PCB (213, 313), the battery (214, 314) or one or more contact points (220, 320) of same polarity respectively, said separate individual elements (210, 310) being attached to one another thanks to at least two substantially parallel flexible tubes (31, 32; 331, 332) containing said wires, so that the specific location of the modules (220, 320) containing the contact points and the order or sequence thereof in the string define an extension length for the contact points. |
| US10362758B1 |
Soybean cultivar 64272401
A soybean cultivar designated 64272401 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 64272401, to the plants of soybean cultivar 64272401, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 64272401, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 64272401. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 64272401. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 64272401, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 64272401 with another soybean cultivar. |
| US10362757B1 |
Soybean cultivar S170156
A soybean cultivar designated S170156 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S170156, to the plants of soybean cultivar S170156, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar S170156, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar S170156. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S170156. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S170156, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar S170156 with another soybean cultivar. |
| US10362756B1 |
Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH482861
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH482861. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH482861, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH482861 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 CH482861. |
| US10362755B1 |
Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH475588
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH475588. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH475588, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH475588 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 CH475588. |
| US10362754B1 |
Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH267399
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH267399. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH267399, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH267399 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 CH267399. |
| US10362753B1 |
Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH811229
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH811229. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH811229, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH811229 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 CH811229. |
| US10362752B2 |
Wheat cultivar 01071581
The invention relates to the wheat cultivar designated 01071581. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the wheat cultivar 01071581. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the wheat cultivar 01071581 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing wheat plants by crossing the wheat cultivar 01071581 with itself or another wheat cultivar and plants produced by such methods. |
| US10362747B2 |
Wheat cultivar 01071585
The invention relates to the wheat cultivar designated 01071585. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the wheat cultivar 01071585. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the wheat cultivar 01071585 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing wheat plants by crossing the wheat cultivar 01071585 with itself or another wheat cultivar and plants produced by such methods. |
| US10362745B2 |
Wheat cultivar 01071782
The invention relates to the wheat cultivar designated 01071782. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the wheat cultivar 01071782. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the wheat cultivar 01071782 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing wheat plants by crossing the wheat cultivar 01071782 with itself or another wheat cultivar and plants produced by such methods. |
| US10362743B2 |
Lettuce variety 41-673 RZ
The present invention relates to a Lactuca sativa seed designated 41-673 RZ. The present invention also relates to a Lactuca sativa plant produced by growing the 41-673 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the lettuce cultivar, represented by lettuce variety 41-673 RZ. |
| US10362742B2 |
Melon plants with whitefly resistance
The present invention relates to the field of melon plants having whitefly resistance, in particular to cultivated melon plants comprising an introgression of a whitefly resistance QTL. |
| US10362739B2 |
Methods and systems for irrigation control
A wireless system is provided for monitoring environmental, soil, or climate conditions and/or controlling irrigation or climate control systems at an agricultural or landscape site. In some embodiments, the wireless system includes at least one wireless nodes for monitoring environmental, soil, or climate conditions and/or for controlling one or more irrigation or climate control systems at the site. The wireless system also includes a server computer system located remotely from the site. The server computer system is coupled to the node/s over a communications network for receiving data from and controlling operation of the node/s. The server computer system is also coupled to a device operated by an end-user over a communications network for transmitting the data to and receiving remote control commands or queries from the end-user. |
| US10362736B2 |
Assembly of a plant pot having a wick and a container
The present invention relates to an assembly, comprising a plant pot (258) having a bottom (260) and at least one side wall (264), extending from the bottom up to a top rim and at least one hole (268) which is arranged in or at least near the bottom, at least one wick (30) extending from below the bottom and through the hole and a container (256), dimensioned to accommodate at least a bottom portion of the plant pot comprising the hole through which the wick extends out of the plant pot. The container and the plant pot in an assembled state define a reservoir to accommodate fluid, such as water, for the plant to be drawn up through the wick during at least one of growing, transporting and display for sale of a plant in the plant pot, which is accommodated in the container. An overflow (284) with a controllable valve (288) may function to distinguish between a stationary state of the assembly and transport thereof. |
| US10362734B2 |
Grain yield sensor for an articulated agricultural harvesting combine
A grain harvesting articulated combine includes a forward crop processing power unit (PPU), a rear grain cart, and an articulation joint that connects the PPU with the rear grain cart. The articulation joint includes a grain auger assembly running from the PPU to the rear grain cart for transferring clean grain from the PPU to the rear grain cart and has a forward end at the PPU and a rear end adjacent to the rear grain cart. The grain auger assembly is housed within a tube with a rotating auger housed therein. A grain yield sensor is carried by the rear grain cart and is located adjacent and to and beside the grain auger assembly wherein the auger housed therewithin throws grain against the grain yield sensor. The auger is terminated by a rotating paddle assembly that throws the grain against the grain yield sensor. |
| US10362733B2 |
Agricultural harvester configured to control a biomass harvesting rate based upon soil effects
An agricultural harvester (100) has a control system (166) that is configured to control a biomass harvesting rate based upon electronically calculated soil effects. |
| US10362732B2 |
Combine harvester having a driver assistance system
A combine harvester which regulates spreading of crop flow on the ground, with the crop flow passing through a shredding and/or a spreading device in the rear region of the combine harvester, is disclosed. The combine harvester includes a driver assistance system, which includes a computing unit and a display unit. The computing unit processes information generated by the machine's internal sensor systems, external information and information storable in the computing unit. The driver assistance system stores selectable spreading strategies to regulate the spreading of the crop flow exiting the combine harvester and one or more of the partial strategies assigned to the respective spreading strategy. The driver assistance system uses the selectable spreading strategies and the partial strategies in order to regulate the crop flow spread on the ground. |
| US10362726B2 |
On-the-go soil sensors and control methods for agricultural machines
An on-the-go monitor and control means and method for an agriculture machines includes on-the-go soil sensors that can be used to control tillage and seeding depth. On seeder implements, the sensors provide information that affects uniform plant emergence. |
| US10362725B2 |
Conduit system for a pneumatic distribution system of an agricultural implement
A pneumatic distribution system for an agricultural implement includes an inductor box having output ports and row units configured to receive an agricultural product and airflow from the output ports. A conduit system extends between the output ports of the inductor box and the row units. The conduit system is configured to direct the agricultural product and the airflow from each output port to a respective row unit. The conduit system includes a first conduit assembly extending between a first output port and a first row unit. The conduit system also includes a second conduit assembly extending between a second output port and a second row unit. A first average diameter of the first conduit assembly is smaller than a second average diameter of the second conduit assembly by at least approximately one percent. |
| US10368470B2 |
Reactor unit and fuel cell vehicle including reactor unit
A reactor unit includes reactors; and a cooler. The reactors are disposed in at least one line on a reactor cooling surface that is one of outer surfaces of the cooler. The cooler has a cooling medium flow passage that is in contact with an inner surface on a reverse side of the reactor cooling surface. The cooling medium flows linearly from an inlet portion to an outlet portion of the cooling medium flow passage. A direction in which the cooling medium flows inside the cooling medium flow passage is same as a direction in which the reactors are disposed in the at least one line. Cooling fins are provided on the inner surface on the reverse side of the reactor cooling surface. A longitudinal direction of each cooling fin is same as the direction in which the cooling medium flows inside the cooling medium flow passage. |
| US10368464B2 |
Thermal solution for transceiver module
A heat dissipating apparatus for cooling a transceiver is provided. The apparatus includes a cooling jacket configured to receive the transceiver. The transceiver is secured within the cooling jacket via a connecting structure. The apparatus also includes cooling devices secured to an exterior surface of the cooling jacket, the plurality of cooling devices comprising a highly thermal conductivity material. The apparatus also includes a heat dissipation device connected to a distal end of each of the plurality of cooling devices. |
| US10368463B1 |
Equipment brackets, rack-mounted equipment systems, and related methods
Equipment brackets, rack-mounted equipment systems, and related methods are disclosed. According to one exemplary embodiment, equipment brackets may include at least one front bracket mounted towards a front of an equipment chassis and configured to be fastened to at least one front rail of an equipment cabinet, wherein the at least one front bracket includes an air flow pocket configured to allow air intake to pass through the air flow pocket before being vented through air vents disposed on the equipment chassis, at least one rear bracket mounted behind the at least one front bracket on the equipment chassis, and at least one rear bracket arm including one or more longitudinally extending prongs having at least a first portion recessed within the at least one rear bracket and configured to be fastened to at least one rear rail of the equipment cabinet. |
| US10368460B1 |
Sliding apparatus, server casing, and electronic device using the same
A server casing using a sliding apparatus for easy insertion and removal of blade servers includes a chassis and the sliding apparatus. The chassis includes a blocking member. The sliding apparatus includes a first fastening plate, a second parallel fastening plate being mounted to the first fastening plate. A sliding plate is slidably connected to the second fastening plate. The sliding plate is received between first and second fastening plates and there is a locking member with first and second ends. The first end is rotatably connected to the second fastening plate and includes a locking portion, the second end is connected to the sliding plate. The locking portion can move between a locking position, where the locking member is locked by the blocking member, and an unlocking position, where the locking member is unlocked by the blocking member. |
| US10368457B2 |
Offset control for assembling an electronic device housing
Housings for electronic devices are disclosed. According to one aspect, adjoining surfaces of electronic device housings can be mounted or arranged such that adjoining surfaces are flush to a high degree of precision. The electronic devices can be portable and in some cases handheld. |
| US10368453B2 |
Housing for receiving electrical and/or electronic components, electronic control unit and method for producing same
A housing for receiving electrical and/or electronic components includes a housing base part and a housing cover which covers the housing base part and which is supported on the housing base part and/or fastened to the housing base part at least by a spacer bolt. The housing cover has an opening. The spacer bolt is integrally or substance bonded to an edge of the opening and the spacer bolt closes the opening. An electronic control unit and a method for producing the housing or the control unit are also provided. |
| US10368452B2 |
Foldable display device
A foldable display device that reduces a transfer or distortion phenomenon of a folding part, prevents a display panel from sagging, and exhibits excellent folding characteristics. The foldable display device includes a display panel including a folding part and a non-folding part, a plurality of middle frames disposed at the lower surface of the display panel, and a bottom case for receiving the display panel and the middle frames. Each of the middle frames includes a frame folding part located at a region corresponding to the folding part of the display panel and a plurality of plates located at a region corresponding to the non-folding part of the display panel. |
| US10368450B2 |
Housing assembly for electronic device and electronic device
The present disclosure provides a housing assembly for an electronic device and an electronic device. The housing assembly includes a first housing, a second housing and a reinforcing column. The second housing and the first housing collectively define a receptacle, and at least a part of the reinforcing column is embedded in at least one of the first housing and the second housing. For the housing assembly according to the present disclosure, by embedding the reinforcing column in at least one of the first housing and the second housing, structural strength of the first housing or the second housing can be enhanced, and hence overall structural strength of the housing assembly can be enhanced, thereby improving bending resistance of the housing assembly and facilitating a lightweight and thin design of the electronic device. |
| US10368446B2 |
Method for producing a printed circuit board
A method for producing a printed circuit board is disclosed, In the method, a slot is formed in a substrate having at least three layers with the slot extending through at least two of the layers. The slot has a length and a width with the length being greater than the width. The sidewall of the substrate surrounding the slot is coated with a conductive layer. Then, the conductive layer is separated into at least two segments that are electrically isolated along the side wall of the substrate. |
| US10368445B2 |
Multilayer rigid flexible printed circuit board and method for manufacturing the same
The present invention provides a multilayer rigid flexible printed circuit board including: a flexible region including a flexible film having a circuit pattern formed on one or both surfaces thereof and a laser blocking layer formed on the circuit pattern; and a rigid region formed adjacent to the flexible region and including a plurality of pattern layers on one or both surfaces of extended portions extended to both sides of the flexible film of the flexible region, and a method for manufacturing the same. |
| US10368444B2 |
Fingerprint module, method for manufacturing the fingerprint module, and mobile terminal
A fingerprint module includes a cover plate, a fingerprint chip, an intermediate board, and a circuit board. An assembling region is disposed on the cover plate. The fingerprint chip is fixed in the assembling region. The intermediate board is bonded to one surface of the fingerprint chip opposite to the cover plate to press the fingerprint chip. The circuit board is electrically connected to the fingerprint chip via the intermediate board. |
| US10368440B2 |
Printed wiring board
A printed wiring board includes: a core substrate having a core layer, conductor layers on the core layer, and through-hole conductors; a first build-up layer including an insulating layer on the substrate, an inner side conductor layer on the insulating layer, an outermost insulating layer on the inner side conductor layer, and an outermost conductor layer on the outermost insulating layer; and a second build-up layer including an insulating layer on the substrate, an inner side conductor layer on the insulating layer, an outermost insulating layer on the inner side conductor layer, and an outermost conductor layer on the outermost insulating layer. Each of the conductor layers, inner side conductor layers, and outermost conductor layers has a metal foil, a seed layer and an electrolytic plating film, and that each inner side conductor layer has the smallest thickness among the conductor layers, inner side conductor layers and outermost conductor layers. |
| US10368437B2 |
Cable assembly for an information handling system
A cable assembly includes a printed circuit board having a first surface and a second surface. A first post and a second post extend from one side of the printed circuit board. A first signal pad, a second signal pad, and a first ground pad are each coupled to the first surface. A first cable has a first signal wire at least partially covered by a first insulator and a second signal wire at least partially covered by a second insulator. The first cable further has a first ground shield at least partially covering the first and second insulators. A first end of a first cable is mounted between the first and second posts. A conductive attachment couples the first ground shield to the first ground pad. |
| US10368432B2 |
Circuit assemblies and related methods
In exemplary embodiments, a circuit assembly may be provided on and/or supported by an electrically conductive structure, such as a board level shield, a midplate, a bracket, a precision metal part, etc. For example, a circuit assembly may be provided on and/or supported by an outer top surface of a board level shield. In an exemplary embodiment, an assembly generally includes an electrically conductive structure configured for a first functionality in the electronic device. An electrically nonconductive material is on at least part of the electrically conductive structure. First electrical component(s) are at least partly on the electrically nonconductive layer and configured to define at least a portion of a circuit assembly for electrical connection with one or more second electrical components of the electronic device. The electrically conductive structure may thus be configured for a second functionality in the electronic device. |
| US10368430B2 |
Heat dissipation device
A heat dissipation device includes a heat dissipation piece, heat conduction plates, a rod piece and a switch. The heat conduction plates are connected to the heat dissipation piece and spaced apart from and arranged parallel to each other so as to define accommodating spaces. Each heat conduction plate has a free end away from the heat dissipation piece, and the free end has a through hole. The rod piece has a first end and a second end opposite to each other, the rod piece penetrates through the through holes, and the second end has a limitation portion. The switch has a cam portion pivoted to the first end. When the switch is pivoted with respect to the heat conduction plates, the cam portion drives the rod piece to move among the through holes, making the limitation portion to press against or be separated from the heat conduction plates. |
| US10368428B2 |
Source for intra-pulse multi-energy X-ray cargo inspection
Methods for generating a multiple-energy X-ray pulse. A beam of electrons is generated with an electron gun and modulated prior to injection into an accelerating structure to achieve at least a first and specified beam current amplitude over the course of respective beam current temporal profiles. A radio frequency field is applied to the accelerating structure with a specified RF field amplitude and a specified RF temporal profile. The first and second specified beam current amplitudes are injected serially, each after a specified delay, in such a manner as to achieve at least two distinct endpoint energies of electrons accelerated within the accelerating structure during a course of a single RF-pulse. The beam of electrons is accelerated by the radio frequency field within the accelerating structure to produce accelerated electrons which impinge upon a target for generating Bremsstrahlung X-rays. |
| US10368427B2 |
Plasmas and methods of using them
Plasma devices and methods for using such plasma devices in analytical measurements are disclosed. In certain examples, a low flow plasma may be operative using a total argon gas flow of less than about five liters per minute, and in some embodiments, a plasma argon gas flow of less than about four liter per minute. In other examples, a plasma produced using inductive and capacitive coupling is disclosed. |
| US10368424B2 |
Lighting system, lighting device and lighting system configuration method
A lighting system is disclosed for deploying dynamic lighting effects. The lighting system includes a plurality of lighting devices, each lighting device being adapted to deploy a portion of a dynamic lighting effect, a controller and a network communication module, each lighting device is communicatively coupled in a mesh network to at least one neighboring lighting device and adapted to communicate illumination state information to the at least one neighboring lighting device and a system controller adapted to broadcast a configurable dynamic lighting effect function to the plurality of lighting devices, said configurable dynamic lighting effect function defining the dynamic lighting effect to be deployed by the lighting system, wherein at least some of the plurality of lighting devices' respective controllers are adapted to configure the lighting device by configuring the configurable dynamic lighting effect function based on illumination state information received from at least one of the at least some of the plurality of lighting devices' neighboring lighting devices to facilitate deployment of its portion of the dynamic lighting effect, determining the at least some of the plurality of lighting devices' illumination state information from the configured configurable dynamic lighting effect function and communicating the determined illumination state information to at least one of the at least some of the plurality of lighting devices' neighboring lighting devices. |
| US10368423B2 |
Bus protocol for dynamic lighting application
A method of operating a plurality of driving units for powering electronic units comprises interchanging a data frame including a bit sequence, between a master control unit and at least one of a plurality of driving units at slave nodes. A step of applying an ID field comprises indicating the driving unit address using a first bit sub-string comprising N bits, allowing the master control unit to identify whether data should be received or transmitted, or allowing each addressed driving unit to decode which action is required by the master control unit, using an R/T command bit, performing a length decoding step, for including information in the ID field regarding the type of instructions included in the data frame, using an F function bit, and assigning data bits to different electronic units or indicating in the length of the bit string in the data field, using a second bit sub-string. |
| US10368419B2 |
Solar powered light assembly to produce light of varying colors
A garden light having a body with a post, the lower end of which is provided with a spike. The upper end of the post receives a lens assembly. Secured to the lens assembly is a cap assembly that has three LEDs that are activated to produce a varying color light. |
| US10368418B2 |
Display unit, method of manufacturing the same, and electronic apparatus
A display unit of the present disclosure includes: a plurality of pixels configured to emit emission light different from one another; and an insulating film provided between the plurality of pixels and having a reflective surface with respect to the emission light, in which an angle of the reflective surface of the insulating film is set for each of the pixels. |
| US10368414B2 |
Determining the position of a portable device relative to a luminaire
A system for determining the position of a portable device (501) relative to a luminaire (100, 503) is disclosed. The system comprises at least one luminaire (100, 503) that comprises at least two light emitters (101A, 101B) for emitting light that comprises a light signature identifying the light emitter from which the light is originated. The system further comprises an optical system (102) that creates a position specific distribution (103) of the light emitted by the two light emitters (101A, 101B). This light can be sensed by a portable device (501) comprising a sensor for sensing light, a memory for storing distribution information indicative of the distribution of the light emitted via the optical system (102) and a processor coupled to the light sensor for receiving data on the sensed light and coupled to the memory to get access to the information stored in the memory. The processor is arranged to determine the position of the portable device (501) relative to the luminaire (100, 503) on the basis of light sensed and the distribution information (103). Using the relative position, the absolute position of the portable device (501) in a space can be determined by using information on the position of the luminaire in said space. |
| US10368411B2 |
Ultraviolet light module having output power control mechanism
The invention relates to UV light modules that generate UV light. The UV light module includes: a substrate; a light source mounted on a top surface of the substrate, the light source generates output light; a detector mounted on the top surface of the substrate, the detector detects light incident thereon; and a lens disposed over the light source and the detector. The lens includes a surface on which a portion of the output light is internally reflected and the portion of the output light travels through the lens to the detector. |
| US10368405B2 |
Two stage indicator dimming circuit controlled by PWM backlighting back feed and backlight control
A dimming circuit for an indicator switch has a control input, a dimming state and a non-dimming state. The dimming circuit is responsive to the presence of a backlight PWM signal at the control input of the dimming circuit to switch to the dimming state and responsive to the absence of the backlight PWM signal at the control input of the dimming circuit to switch to the non-dimming state. In the dimming state a high resistance of the dimming circuit is coupled in series with the indicator LED and a LED drive output of the function control module and in the non-dimming state a low resistance of the dimming circuit is coupled in series with the indicator LED and the LED drive output of the function control module. The high resistance has a resistance higher than the low resistance. |
| US10368403B2 |
Heating cooker
Heating cooker (30) of the present disclosure includes convection device (35) that includes fan (14), heater (13), a first air guide, and second air guide, is communicated with heating chamber (2) through a suction port and a discharge port provided in back wall (2d) of heating chamber (2), and supplies hot air to the heating chamber (2). Fan (14) sucks air inside heating chamber (2) from the suction port into convection device (35), and sends out the air from the discharge port into heating chamber (2). Heater (13) is provided in front of fan (14), and heats the sucked air. The first air guide is provided so as to surround heater (13), and guides the heated air to the discharge port. The second air guide is provided so as to surround fan (14) and the first air guide, and guides the heated air to the discharge port. A part of the second air guide is in contact with the first air guide, and another part of the second air guide is isolated from the first air guide. According to the present disclosure, it is possible to more uniformly heat the object to be heated. |
| US10368399B2 |
E-vaping device
Example embodiments relate to a cartomizer including a housing, a fluid reservoir, configured to store an e-fluid, in the housing, a vaporizer configured to vaporize the e-fluid, the vaporizer including a heater having at least one end portion connected to an electrical lead wire, and a sleeve covering the connection between the end portion of the heater and the electrical lead wire. |
| US10368398B2 |
Bimetal thermal element and the manufacturing method thereof
A bimetal thermal element adapted to assembling into a support. The bimetal thermal element includes: a bimetal strip having a first end and a second end opposite to the first end, and a notch formed at the first end; a heater made of a resistant strip including a linear portion and a wound portion, wherein the linear portion is straight and extending from a first position near the second end of the bimetal strip in a direction parallel to the bimetal strip and the wound portion is wound around the bimetal strip and the linear portion; and an insulating device to insulate the bimetal strip from the heater. With this design, there is also no current within the bimetal strip and its support, so the deflection of the bimetal strip is generated only by the temperature-rise coming from the resistant strip, therefore, it can realize a long tripping time. |
| US10368389B2 |
Method and apparatus for selectively enabling reception of downlink signaling channels
In a wireless communication system including a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) and at least one Node-B, a method and apparatus is used to selectively enable reception of at least one downlink (DL) enhanced uplink (EU) signaling channel established between the WTRU and the Node-B(s). During the operation of an enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH), the WTRU monitors at least one DL EU signaling channel established between the WTRU and the Node-B(s) only when it is necessary, based on the WTRU's knowledge of at least one established standard procedure. The WTRU coordinates and consolidates DL signaling channel reception requirements of a plurality of channel allocation and/or data transmission procedures carried out by the WTRU in accordance with the established standard procedure. The WTRU determines whether to enable reception of at least one specific DL signaling channel based on the consolidated DL signaling channel reception requirements. |
| US10368387B2 |
Method for transmitting data in wireless system
A method for transmitting data in a wireless system, wherein the wireless system includes a first server, a second server, a relay device, and at least one appliance. The method includes that the relay device is connected to the first server through a network; determine whether the relay device stores a state information sent from the appliance; if so, send the state information to the first server; otherwise, send a first interactive command to the first server; receive a data sent from the relay device by the first server, and transmit it to the second server for subsequent process; the relay device sends a second interactive command to the first server, and then interrupt a connection with the first server. Whereby, the first server could determine whether the relay device transmits data normally or not by individually communicating with the relay device, ensuring the reliability of data transmission. |
| US10368381B2 |
Method for terminal to establish multi-links in wireless communication system, and apparatus therefor
A method for a terminal out of a coverage to establish multi-links via relay terminals in a wireless communication system, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: sending an RRC connection request to a temporary relay terminal having the most excellent device to device (D2D) signal quality, among relay terminals located nearby the terminal; receiving, from the temporary relay terminal, an RRC connection setup indicative of a first base station to provide a substitution link, from among the base stations to which the relay terminals are connected; establishing the serving link via a first relay terminal by sending an RRC connection completion message to the first relay terminal connected to the first base station, from among the relay terminals; and establishing the substitution link in which unicast data transmission/reception is deactivated, via the second relay terminal connected to the second base station, from among the relay terminals. |
| US10368378B2 |
Controlling electronic devices based on wireless ranging
A wireless communication device may wirelessly control an object, such as a physical device, directly or through interaction with a virtual representation (or placeholder) of the object situated at a predefined physical location. In particular, the wireless communication device may identify an intent gesture performed by a user that indicates intent to control the object. For example, the intent gesture may involve pointing or orienting the wireless communication device toward the object, with or without additional input. Then, the wireless communication device may determine the object associated with the intent gesture using wireless ranging and/or device orientation. Moreover, the wireless communication device may interpret sensor data from one or more sensors associated with the wireless communication device to determine an action gesture corresponding to a command or a command value. The wireless communication device may then transmit the command value to control the object. |
| US10368374B2 |
PRACH-based proximity detection
Improvements to signaling procedures for use in physical random access channel (PRACH)-based proximity detection are disclosed. Signaling and signaling processes from a serving base station may trigger a more efficient and reliable transmission of PRACH from related user equipment (UE). At the dynamic power nodes (DPNs) monitoring for such PRACH-based proximity, features are disclosed which establish neighbor lists for more efficient management of detection and proximity activation. |
| US10368364B2 |
Satellite network service sharing
Methods, systems, and devices are described for providing network access services to mobile users via multi-user network access terminals over a multi-beam satellite system. Quality-of-service (QoS) is controlled for the mobile devices at a per-user level according to user-specific traffic policies Mobile users may be provisioned on the satellite system according to a set of traffic policies based on their service level agreement (SLA). System resources of the satellite may be allocated to mobile users based on the demand of each mobile user and the set of traffic polices associated with each mobile user, regardless of which multi-user network access terminal is used to access the system. Dynamic multiplexing of traffic from fixed terminals and mobile users on the same satellite beam can take advantage of statistical multiplexing of large numbers of users and on different usage patterns between fixed terminals and mobile users. |
| US10368363B2 |
Uplink data transmission method in wireless communication system and device therefor
Disclosed are an uplink data transmission method in a wireless communication system and a device therefor. Particularly, a method for transmitting uplink data in an unlicensed band by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system may comprise the steps of: receiving, from a base station, uplink scheduling information within a cell operating in an unlicensed band; sensing a channel of the cell; transmitting a reservation signal when the channel is sensed to be in an idle state; and transmitting, to the base station, uplink data in a wireless resource allocated on the basis of the uplink scheduling information, wherein the channel is sensed to be in the idle state when energy detected, except for the reservation signal transmitted from another UE that is co-scheduled along with the UE for uplink multi-user multiple input multiple output (UL MU-MIMO) transmission, is smaller than a predetermined threshold value. |
| US10368361B2 |
Adaptive communication resource allocation in a wireless network
Frequency spectrum resources available to a node of a wireless communication network may be allocated for either an uplink or downlink channel by a scheduler module. The scheduler module may schedule a specific frequency spectrum resource based at least in part on whether the frequency spectrum resource has been assigned to a downlink resource pool, an uplink resource pool, or a shared resource pool. Assignment of frequency spectrum resources to the downlink resource pool, the uplink resource pool, or the shared resource pool may be based on suitability of each frequency spectrum resource for uplink channel or downlink channel. |
| US10368358B2 |
Wireless communication device and wireless communication method for providing opportunity of fair transmission to terminals
According to one embodiment, a wireless communication device includes a transmitter configured to transmit a first frame including information to specify a plurality of frequency components; and controlling circuitry configured to determine whether a second frame is received via each of the plurality of frequency components. The transmitter is configured to transmit a third frame including first information concerning a first value range which is used to determine whether to respond to the first frame, the first value range being dependent on a number of frequency components via which the second frame has been received. |
| US10368357B2 |
Mitigating UL-to-DL interference
A method, in a heterogeneous telecommunications network, for mitigating uplink-downlink (UL-DL) interference between a first half-duplex user equipment (UE) operable to communicate using a first frequency resource in an uplink to a first full-duplex node, and a second half duplex UE operable to receive downlink communications from a second full-duplex node, the method including receiving, at the second node, an indication of actual or potential UL-DL interference generated by the first UE, scheduling a pair of UEs, that includes the second UE, for full-duplex UL-DL communication with the second full-duplex node in which DL transmissions to the second UE from the second node use a second frequency resource different from the first frequency resource or in which scheduling is avoided for DL connections to the second UE that fall below a quality of service threshold determined using channel quality measurements obtained by the second UE for the first and second frequency resources. |
| US10368353B2 |
Adaptive subcarrier spacing configuration
Methods and apparatuses for adaptive subcarrier spacing in wireless communication networks are described. For example, the described aspects include transmitting, from the UE to a network entity, a first PRACH transmission with a first subcarrier spacing; determining, by the UE, that the first PRACH transmission to the network entity is not successful; and transmitting, from the UE, a second PRACH transmission with a second subcarrier spacing in response to determining that the first PRACH transmission is not successful, wherein the first subcarrier spacing is different from the second subcarrier spacing. |
| US10368352B2 |
Data transmission method and apparatus by device to device terminal in wireless communication system
According to an embodiment of the present invention, a discovery signal transmission method, by a device to device (D2D) terminal in a wireless communication system, comprises the steps of: determining a subframe pool in a discovery period; and transmitting a discovery signal in a subframe comprised in the subframe pool; wherein a frequency resource index and a time resource index, on which a discovery signal is transmitted in another discovery period which follows the discovery period, are determined by means of next_nf=(f_shift+floor((nf+Nf*nt)/Nt)) mod Nf and next_nt=(t_shift+nf+Nf*nt) mod Nt, respectively, wherein Nf is the number of discovery resources per subframe, Nt is the number of subframes per discovery period, f_shift is a frequency shift, t_shift is a subframe shift, nf is a frequency resource index on which the discovery signal is transmitted, nt is a time resource index on which the discovery signal is transmitted, and the f_shift and the t_shift are determined on the basis of the value that is indicated by means of an upper layer parameter. |
| US10368351B1 |
Methods and apparatus for estimating citizens broadband radio service network coverage
Methods and apparatus for estimating a Citizens Broadband Radio Service Device's (CBSD's) coverage area using user equipment (UE) timing advance and/or power headroom information and allocating resources based on the estimate. In an exemplary method embodiment a Spectrum Access System: (i) receives, from a CBSD, user equipment (UE) information including at least one of timing advance or power headroom information for one or more UEs in communication with the CBSD; (ii) estimates, based on the received first UE information, a first CBSD coverage area; and (iii) makes a first resource allocation to the CBSD based on the estimated CBSD coverage area, the first resource allocation including an allocation of at least one of a frequency bandwidth allocation or transmission power allocation to the CBSD. |
| US10368350B2 |
Concurrent mini-slot based and slot based transmissions to a single device
Concurrent mini-slot based and slot based transmissions to a single device are provided herein. A method can comprise transmitting, by a network device comprising a processor, first data via a first control channel indicating a slot based transmission for a device and second data via a second control channel indicating a mini-slot based transmission for the device. A first length of the slot based transmission can comprise a defined number of symbols and a second length of the mini-slot based transmission can comprise some of the defined number of symbols. The method can also comprise transmitting, by the network device, the slot based transmission and the mini-slot based transmission. The slot based transmission and the mini-slot based transmission can be logically separate transmissions that can be scheduled to be concurrent transmissions for the device. |
| US10368348B2 |
Physical control channel signaling on a shared communication medium
Techniques for control channel signaling on a shared communication medium are disclosed. An access point or an access terminal may communicate over a communication medium in accordance with a Time Division Duplex (TDD) frame structure defining a set of subframes that each span a plurality of time-domain symbol periods. The access point may transmit and the access terminal may receive control information via a short Physical Uplink Control Channel (sPUCCH) on one or more of the subframes in a portion of the subframe configured for uplink signaling. The sPUCCH may comprise one or more pilot symbols and one or more payload symbols that collectively occupy a subset of less than all of the symbol periods in each of the one or more subframes. |
| US10368343B2 |
Systems and methods for downlink scheduling that mitigate PDCCH congestion
Systems and methods are disclosed for improving Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) allocation for improved downlink scheduling. In some embodiments, a method of operation of a network node in a cellular communications network comprises transmitting a downlink assignment to a wireless device, the downlink assignment comprising an indication of whether the downlink assignment applies to a single Transmit Time Interval (TTI) or multiple consecutive TTIs, and transmitting a downlink data transmission to the wireless device during a single TTI or multiple downlink data transmissions to the wireless device during multiple consecutive TTIs according to the downlink assignment. In this manner, the network node does not need to transmit, and the wireless device does not need to receive/decode, a separate downlink assignment in each TTI. This may be beneficial to, e.g., mitigate PDCCH congestion. |
| US10368342B2 |
Uplink control data transmission
Methods and systems for transmitting uplink control information and feedback are disclosed for carrier aggregation systems. A user equipment device may be configured to transmit uplink control information and other feedback for several downlink component carriers using one or more uplink component carriers. The user equipment device may be configured to transmit such data using a physical uplink control channel rather than a physical uplink shared channel. The user equipment device may be configured to determine the uplink control information and feedback data that is to be transmitted, the physical uplink control channel resources to be used to transmit the uplink control information and feedback data, and how the uplink control information and feedback data may be transmitted over the physical uplink control channel. |
| US10368336B2 |
Evolved multimedia broadcast multicast service on enhanced component carriers
Methods, systems, and devices are described for evolved multimedia broadcast multicast service (eMBMS) utilizing enhanced component carriers (eCCs). A wireless system may send unicast data using resources allocated for multicast transmissions (e.g., eMBMS transmissions). The presence of unicast data in a transmission time interval (TTI) scheduled for multicast transmission may be indicated by a control region within the TTI. A UE may monitor the control region to identify the presence of unicast information. A TTI scheduled for multicast transmission may also include reference signals to aid in the demodulation of multicast or unicast data. In some cases, the reference signals may be front-loaded at the beginning or embedded within the TTI. The embedded reference signals may be configured based on the type of data carried by the TTI scheduled for multicast transmission, or by length of the cyclic prefix used by the TTI scheduled for multicast transmission. |
| US10368333B2 |
Dynamically adapting provision of notification output to reduce user distraction and/or mitigate usage of computational resources
Dynamically adapting provision of notification output to reduce distractions and/or to mitigate usage of computational resources. In some implementations, an automated assistant application predicts a level of engagement for a user and determines, based on the predicted level of engagement (and optionally future predicted level(s) of engagement), provisioning (e.g., whether, when, and/or how) of output that is based on a received notification. For example, the automated assistant application can, based on predicted level(s) of engagement, determine whether to provide any output based on a received notification, determine whether to suppress provision of output that is based on the received notification (e.g., until a later time with a decreased predicted level of engagement), determine whether to provide output that is a condensed version of the received notification, determine whether to automatically respond to the notification, and/or select an output modality for providing output that is based on the received notification. |
| US10368331B2 |
Method for registering on voice-over-LTE network, device and terminal, and computer storage medium
A method for registering on a Voice-over-LTE network, a device and terminal, and computer storage medium include: detecting a Voice-over-LTE card so as to obtain the ICCID number of the Voice-over-LTE card; obtaining from the ICCID number a first IIN of the Voice-over-LTE card and a first length of the first IIN; obtaining an MBN list of the terminal so as to acquire a second IIN of each MBN file and a second length of the second IIN; determining whether the first length exceeds a preset value; if so, then sequentially comparing the second IIN to the first IIN until a second IIN having the same first N characters as the first IIN is found, the length of the N characters being the same as the second length; loading an MBN file corresponding to the second IIN so as to register on the Voice-over-LTE network. |
| US10368329B2 |
Synchronization for standalone LTE broadcast
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to wireless communications and, more particularly, to synchronization for standalone long term evolution (LTE) broadcast. In one aspect, a method is provided which may be performed by a wireless device such as a base station (BS). The method generally includes providing unicast coverage to one or more user equipments (UEs) in a unicast coverage area within a larger coverage area, transmitting unicast data in one or more subframes, and transmitting synchronization signals within one or more of the broadcast subframes, wherein the broadcast signals are transmitted as single frequency network (SFN) transmissions synchronized with transmissions from one or more other base stations providing unicast coverage within the larger coverage area. |
| US10368323B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting a power headroom report of a UE in a wireless communication system
A method and an apparatus are provided for transmitting a Power Headroom Report (PHR) to base station by a User Equipment (UE), wherein the UE determines whether a received an uplink resource is a first uplink resource allocated for a new transmission after a Medium Access Control (MAC) reset, and starts a timer for reporting the PHR, if the allocated uplink resource is the first uplink resource allocated for the new transmission after the MAC reset. |
| US10368322B2 |
Signal transmission power adjustment in a wireless device
Methods and apparatuses are described for wireless communications. Cells may be grouped into a plurality of cell groups. A wireless device may be configured to transmit a first signal via a first cell group that may overlap in time with a second signal via a second cell group. The wireless device may adjust a signal transmission power of at least one of the first signal and the second signal. Additionally or alternatively, the wireless device may drop at least one of the first signal and the second signal. Adjusting and/or dropping at least one of the first signal and the second signal may be based on the overlap in time of these signals satisfying a duration threshold and a total power to transmit the first signal and the second signal exceeding a power threshold. |
| US10368319B2 |
Method and apparatus for adjusting transmit power in GSM
A method and an apparatus for adjusting a transmit power in GSM. The method includes: determining that a communications terminal concurrently executes services respectively on a first SIM card and a second SIM card that are supported by the communications terminal, where the service executed on the first SIM card is a first service, and the service executed on the second SIM card is a second service, a modem corresponding to the first SIM card is a first modem, and a modem corresponding to the second SIM card is a second modem; and further, adjusting steady-state transmit powers of modems according to a service type of the first service and a service type of the second service. |
| US10368318B2 |
Wireless operation in very high density environments
Protocols and algorithms for contention-based adaptive modulation networks, typically used in unlicensed bands. A wireless system in which high modulation rate packets are prioritized over low rate packets. The wireless system is configured to process communication signals from plural user portable devices having wireless access points capable of dynamically adjusting access point transmit power on a user-by-user basis to a minimum level required to achieve a target signal-to-noise ratio from each user portable device irrespective of the interference observed on the link is also disclosed. The wireless system is also capable of dynamically adjusting access point transmitter power and receiver sensitivity on a user-by-user basis to a minimum level required to achieve the highest possible modulation rate. |
| US10368316B2 |
Communication method and apparatus
A communication method and an apparatus are provided. The method includes: obtaining, by a base station, power parameters of a first user equipment UE and an adjustment parameter δ1,ue1 for a first transmit power; sending, by the base station, the power parameters of the first UE and the adjustment parameter δ1,ue1 for the first transmit power to the first UE; determining, by the base station, the first transmit power according to the power parameters of the first UE and the adjustment parameter δ1,ue1 for the first transmit power; and sending, by the base station, a signal to the first UE at the first transmit power. |
| US10368314B2 |
Wireless control system
The wireless control system includes a wireless adapter and a household electrical appliance. The wireless adapter includes a wireless module transmitting/receiving wireless signal, a wireless control unit analyzing and converting the wireless signal and controlling the wireless adapter, and a wireless display unit displaying wireless communication state by the wireless signal. The household electrical appliance includes an appliance control unit communicating with the wireless adapter and controlling the household electrical appliance, an appliance storage unit storing wireless setting and wireless state of the wireless communication, an appliance display unit displaying stored content of the appliance storage unit, and an appliance operation unit receiving request for the wireless setting from user by a user operation, and the appliance control unit controls power consumption of the wireless module and the wireless display unit based on the wireless setting stored in the appliance storage unit from startup time of the wireless adapter. |
| US10368313B2 |
System, method and apparatus for battery allocation
A server for allocating a rechargeable battery among a plurality of roles performed by a group of devices removably connectable with the rechargeable battery, receives for each role from a subgroup of devices, data sets corresponding to respective operational periods. Each data set includes an identifier of the rechargeable battery; a measured capacity; and a measured energy consumption during the operational period. The server: determines and stores, based on the measured capacities, a predicted capacity of the rechargeable battery; determines and stores, for each role, a predicted energy consumption per role based on the measured energy consumptions; obtains an allocation defined by the identifier of the rechargeable battery and an identifier of one of the roles; compares the predicted capacity with the predicted energy consumption corresponding to the obtained role; and when the predicted energy consumption corresponding to the one of the roles exceeds the predicted capacity, generates an alert. |
| US10368311B2 |
Communication method for determining channel according to current consumption and electronic device for supporting the same
A communication method is provided. The communication method includes comparing an amount of current consumed by a first communication module which operates a first channel with an amount of current consumed by a second communication module which operates a second channel and determining at least one of the first channel or the second channel as a primary component carrier (PCC) according to the compared result. |
| US10368306B2 |
Communicating method and associated electronic device
A communicating method of a communication device for connecting to a first network and a second network includes: when a rescheduling condition is reached, rescheduling a wake up period of the communication device for the first network at least according to a wake up period of the communication device for the second network; wherein the wake up period of the communication device for the first network is rescheduled by making the communication device a master device in the first network through adjusting a preference parameter of the first network. |
| US10368300B2 |
Apparatus, method and computer program for transceivers of a mobile communication system
An apparatus for a transceiver of a mobile communication system includes an interface configured to obtain receive signal information. The apparatus further includes a control module configured to determine a first cell identifying information of the mobile communication system based on the receive signal information, and configured to estimate an interfering signal information transmitted by a second cell of the mobile communication system based on the receive signal information. The interfering signal comprises control or payload data information of a second transceiver. The control module is further configured to detect a synchronization signal information transmitted for the cell based on the receive signal information and the interfering signal information. The control module is further configured to identify the first cell identifying information based on the synchronization signal information. |
| US10368299B2 |
Method and apparatus for controlling radio frequency integrated chip in wireless communication system
A method and apparatus for controlling a Radio Frequency Integrated Chip (RFIC) in a wireless communication system are provided. The method includes detecting an event for changing a signal receiving cell of the RFIC, determining whether a Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) control command for a target cell is pre-stored based on information of the target cell, and configuring the RFIC based on the pre-stored SPI control command if the SPI control command for the target cell is pre-stored. |
| US10368295B2 |
Unmanned aerial vehicle guidance and communication device with system and method
A communication device of a communication system to guide unmanned aerial vehicles. |
| US10368292B2 |
Pausing functions of an assistant device during an active telephone call
A computer-implemented method includes: monitoring, by a user device, calling activity on the user device; detecting, by the user device and based on the monitoring, that a call has started on the user device; providing, by the user device, a pause instruction to an assistant device based on detecting that the call has started on the user device, causing the assistant device to disable speech response functions; detecting, by the user device and based on the monitoring, that the call has ended on the user device; and providing, by the user device, a resume instruction to the assistant device based on detecting that the call has ended on the user device, causing the assistant device to resume speech response functions. |
| US10368290B2 |
Cooperative communication link mapping and classification
A method of cooperative communication link mapping and classification is provided. Location data are received defining a position of a communication node. Signal data of a communication link are monitored at the communication node with respect to a second communication node and characteristics of the signal data are identified. A location stamp of the position is applied to the characteristics of the signal data. The communication link is classified based on the characteristics of the signal data, and a map is populated classifying the communication link at the position indicated by the location stamp. |
| US10368281B2 |
Telephone with automatic switching between cellular and VoIP networks
A mobile communication device includes, in part, a cellular communication module, a first antenna adapted to receive and transmit data between the mobile communication module and a cellular network, a Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) communication module, a second antenna adapted to receive and transmit data between the Wi-Fi communication module and a VoIP network, a signal monitoring circuit, and a switching circuit adapted to switch an existing communication from the cellular communication module to the Wi-Fi communication module or vice versa. |
| US10368279B2 |
Communication method, radio terminal, and base station
A communication method according to an embodiment includes transmitting first information for causing a user terminal to hold context information of the user terminal from a network to the user terminal in a radio resource control (RRC) connected state. The context information includes a cell-radio network temporary identifier (C-RNTI) allocated to the user terminal. The user terminal holds the context information without discarding the context information, based on the first information, even if the user terminal transitions from the RRC connected state. |
| US10368275B2 |
Method and apparatus for UE mobility in a small cell system
The present application discloses a method for a master eNB (MeNB) handover or a secondary eNB (SeNB) handover in a small cell system, comprising: sending by a source MeNB information of a source secondary cell (Scell) to a target MeNB; sending by the target MeNB a message to the source MeNB, the message notifying the source MeNB to suspend data transmission on a bearer of the SeNB. Until a message of data transmission resuming is received, the data transmission/reception is started to continue. The method for a MeNB handover or a SeNB handover provided in the present application may reduce the reconfiguration of the bearer for the UE, avoid releasing the bearer by error, and improve the system throughput and the data rate of transmission. |
| US10368268B2 |
Methods, systems and devices for supporting local breakout in small cell architecture
The present disclosure discloses methods, systems and devices for supporting local breakout in a small cell architecture. A MME sends information of a local breakout bearer for a UE to a MeNB, and the MeNB determines a local home network to which the local breakout bearer belongs according to the received information. When the MeNB is to switch the local breakout bearer between different eNBs, the MeNB selects an eNB in the local home network to which the local breakout bearer belongs as a target eNB. By the present disclosure, the continuity of local breakout traffic may be ensured when a User Equipment (UE) moves in a small cell scenario, thereby avoiding data loss and improving user experiences. Further, a local breakout bearer may be released timely and reasonably, thereby saving system resources. |
| US10368267B2 |
Adaptive network with interconnected autonomous devices
A computer-implemented method includes determining, by a first base station, that the first base station is overloaded with connections from mobile devices. Responsive to the first base station being overloaded, a status update may be received, by the first base station, from each of a plurality of base stations, where each base station is configured to provide connections to a plurality of mobile devices. Responsive to the first base station being overloaded, a second base station may be selected, by a computer processor of the first base station, from among the plurality of base stations. Responsive to the first base station being overloaded, the second base station may be instructed, by the first base station, to relocate from a first position to a new position closer to the first base station. The plurality of base stations automatically relocate to load-balance connections from the plurality of mobile devices. |
| US10368258B2 |
Interactions among mobile devices in a wireless network
One embodiment of the disclosure sets for an example method to create a network of devices. The method includes requesting location information from a first mobile device within the wireless range covered by a stationary device, receiving the location information of the first mobile device, determining whether the distance between the first mobile device and a second mobile device is less than a value, and sending an instruction to the first mobile device to become a part of a communication network such that the first mobile device can send data directly to the second mobile device without involving the stationary device. |
| US10368257B2 |
Communication control device, communication control method, program, and communication control system
[Object] To make it possible to more stably perform communication.[Solution] There is provided a communication control device including: a communication status grasping unit configured to grasp a communication status of wireless communication of image information between an image shooting device and a surgical site image information acquiring unit on the basis of an operating room image showing a situation of an operating room, the image shooting device capturing an image of a surgical site of a patient, the surgical site image information acquiring unit acquiring information on a surgical site image captured by the image shooting device for display control of the surgical site image; and a communication method deciding unit configured to decide a communication method between the image shooting device and the surgical site image information acquiring unit on the basis of the grasped communication status. |
| US10368256B2 |
Monitoring operational capability of a mobile communication device in a network
A mobile communication device (MCD) in a network uses a land mobile radio (LMR) transceiver to facilitate voice communications through an LMR network to a dispatch center. A broadband cellular network (BCN) wireless modem in communication with the MCD implements a BCN wireless communication protocol for broadband data communications between the MCD and a remote dispatch center. When a BCN access interruption occurs, the MCD will automatically communicate to the remote dispatch center a notification of the BCN access interruption, by using the LMR network, and data otherwise communicated through the BCN is automatically communicated through the LMR network. |
| US10368252B1 |
Electronic device for controlling intelligent antenna module and method for carrying out intelligent fast antenna steering technology (iFAST)
The present invention mainly discloses an electronic device for controlling intelligent antenna module based on intelligent fast antenna steering technology (iFAST), wherein the electronic device is applied in wireless network transceiving device. Particularly, according to the wireless network parameters of wireless signals received by a wireless network transceiving device from wireless stations established connections with the wireless network transceiving device, an iFAST unit in the electronic device would immediately update relative MAC station entry tables in a MAC module, such that the baseband processor module would correspondingly adjust the settings of the intelligent antenna module of the wireless network transceiving device based on relative wireless station entry records been established in the MAC station entry tables contained by the MAC module. As a result, the wireless network transceiving device is ensured to radiate customized wireless network signals to cover the targeted wireless stations. |
| US10368251B1 |
Satellites and satellite-based systems for ground-to-space short-burst data communications
The disclosed system comprises one or more small satellites (e.g., CubeSats), one or more ground transmitters, and one or more downlink receivers to facilitate ground-to-space short-burst data communications. The CubeSats are miniaturized or small-form satellites that orbit the Earth transmitting data to and from the ground transmitters and the downlink receivers in low Earth orbit. To efficiently use its surface area, in various embodiments, the CubeSats are designed with deployable and folding wings such that the zenith-pointing side of the wings comprises solar panels and the nadir-pointing side of the wings comprises an antenna. In various embodiments, to increase the data transmission capacity of the CubeSats, the CubeSats comprise a deployable phased array antenna and a software defined radio. |
| US10368246B2 |
Methods and systems for spectrum management
In the static and exclusive spectrum allocation paradigm, the spectrum-access parameters for a service are chosen to mitigate potential harmful-interference and ensure minimum performance under worst-case conditions. The new dynamic spectrum-sharing paradigm necessitates dynamically defining and enforcing the spectrum-access rights while accommodating the dynamics of the RF environment and the spectrum-access scenarios. To enforce spectrum-access rights, emphasis is placed on capturing the use of spectrum by an individual transceiver. Spectrum-access rights are articulated in terms of the characterization of the spectrum used by an individual transceiver in the space, time, and frequency dimensions. In order to estimate the use of spectrum in real time, an RF-sensor network is employed, the network uses interference-tolerant algorithms to estimate the transceiver spectrum-access parameters and to characterize the propagation environment. |
| US10368245B2 |
Mobile device locking
Systems and methods for securing access to a mobile device are disclosed. A method includes: synchronizing, by a first mobile computer device, with a remote mobile computer device; transmitting, by the first mobile computer device, a tone to a surface of an object; receiving, by the first mobile computer device, a compound resonance frequency from the object based on the transmitted tone; determining, by the first mobile computer device, the received compound resonance frequency conforms to a stored compound resonance frequency; unlocking, by the first mobile computer device, the first computer device based on the determining; and establishing, by the first mobile computer device, a group connection with the remote mobile computer device based on the unlocking. |
| US10368239B2 |
Method and apparatus for providing broadcast channel encryption to enhance cellular network security
A method, computer-readable storage device and apparatus for encrypting a broadcast message of a base station are disclosed. For example, the method selects an encryption key for the broadcast message and encrypts the broadcast message using the encryption key to create an encrypted broadcast message. The method then transmits an identifier of the encryption key and transmits the encrypted broadcast message over a broadcast channel. A method for decrypting a broadcast message that is encrypted is also disclosed. |
| US10368233B2 |
Methods and arrangements for tracking and locating laptops
An arrangement for employing a host of receivers that may already be present in a laptop, to enable the laptop to collect a significant amount of data about its location. Once the system then finds a readily available connection, it can then transmit information about its location as well as other information to help pinpoint the location of the laptop. |
| US10368230B2 |
Data enhancements for eSIM profile operation callbacks
A command is sent for a machine-to-machine (M2M) device to perform an operation on an embedded subscriber identity module (eSIM) profile stored in an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC) of the M2M device. The operation is request by a backend service of a wireless communication carrier. A confirmation message is then received from the M2M device indicating that the operation on the eSIM profile is performed. Accordingly, a callback message is sent to the backend service of the wireless communication carrier indicating that the operation is performed. The callback message includes an eUICC identifier (ID) of the eUICC or an Integrated Circuit Card identifier (ICCID) of the eSIM profile. The eUICC ID or the ICCID is used by the backend service to locate a profile state entry of the eSIM profile in an eSIM profile state database for update with a profile state of the eSIM profile. |
| US10368227B2 |
Access point management and usage in a network environment
A network management application receives input from a subscriber operating a computer device to add a new wireless access point to a network environment. The input specifies a geographical location in which the subscriber requests installation of the new wireless access point in the network environment. The network management application produces a message to include the geographical location as specified by the input. The message indicates that the subscriber requests installation of the new wireless access point at the geographical location. The network management application initiates transmission of the message from the computer device to an aggregator resource at a remote location. A service provider analyzes installation request information produced by the aggregator resource to determine where to install one or more new wireless access points in the network environment. |
| US10368223B2 |
Low energy audio streaming
Systems, methods, software and apparatus enable low energy communication of audio data between an end user device and an associated intermediate communication device. Audio data is transmitted between the end user source device and associated intermediate communication device by cyclical updating and low energy transmission of data values as audio data packet fragments representing the audio data, which are assembled into audio data packets by the associated intermediate communication device. Packaged audio data is transmitted from one intermediate communication device to another intermediate communication device that is associated with an end user sink device. The end user sink device's associated intermediate communication device unpacks and transmits audio data packet fragments to the end user sink device by cyclical updating of and low energy transmission of data values as audio data packet fragments representing the audio data that are converted into acoustic signals. |
| US10368217B2 |
Generating a model for positioning
A method for generating a model of an environment enabling positioning within the environment is disclosed. The method comprises: receiving distance-dependent measurements relating to a distance between a receiving unit position and a source position; receiving information relating to geographic positions, each defining a receiving unit position or a source position; forming a candidate model, which defines candidate source positions and candidate receiving unit positions; iteratively reducing a model error of said candidate model, wherein said model error comprises a weighted contribution from distance-dependent errors, which are based on a difference between a distance-dependent value between a candidate source position and a candidate receiving unit position and the corresponding distance-dependent measurement, and geographic position errors, which are based on a difference between a geographic position and a corresponding candidate position, and outputting, from said iterative reducing, determined locations for said plurality of sources to form said model of the environment. |
| US10368214B1 |
Over the air provisioning of mobile device settings
Techniques and systems for providing services to a mobile device allow settings on the mobile device to be provisioned over the air. In response to a request for mobile service subscription options received from the mobile device, data relating to mobile service subscription options, for selection by a user of the mobile device, may be sent to the mobile device over a wireless communication path. A selection of one or more subscription options may be received from the mobile device over the wireless communication path, and a service corresponding to the selected subscription options may be activated in response to the selection. Settings associated with the selected subscription options may be downloaded over the air to the mobile device, which may store the settings to enable the mobile device to access the subscription. |
| US10368213B1 |
Location-based open social networks
Systems and methods for open social networks configured for a location or a region. The social networks are arranged accessible to all users via an interactive map or a website link. In one aspect, user numbers or post quantities are displayed beside network icons on a map. In another aspect, posts generated by local and remote users are presented in separate windows. In yet another aspect, social networks are searchable via keywords or category in a map setting. In yet another aspect, for a given period of time, a user continuously receives content presented at a social network which has the most users. Moreover, social networks which have popular virtual reality or augmented reality content are selected and presented upon request. |
| US10368212B2 |
Method and apparatus for providing augmented reality services
The present disclosure relates to a communication technique and system for combining 5G communication systems with IoT technologies to achieve a higher data rate beyond 4G systems. The present disclosure can be applied to intelligent services (e.g., smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart or connected cars, healthcare, digital education, retail businesses, and security and safety related services) on the basis of 5G communication technologies and IoT related technologies. The disclosure provides a method for an electronic device to provide an augmented reality service. The method may include receiving content related information for an object; transmitting a request for at least one content among multiple contents related to the object based on filtering information and the content related information, and outputting at least one content received in response to the request in a virtual region. |
| US10368211B2 |
Conversation assistant
Usage data associated with a user of a telephonic device is accessed by a remote learning engine. A service or a product that is likely to be of interest to the user is identified by the remote learning engine based on the accessed usage data. A recommended voice bundle application for the user is determined by the remote learning engine based on the accessed usage data, the recommended voice bundle application being a voice application that, when executed by the telephonic device, results in a simulated multi-step spoken conversation between the telephonic device and the user to enable the user to receive the identified service or the identified product. A recommendation associated with the recommended voice bundle application is transmitted from the remote learning engine to the telephonic device. The recommendation is presented by the telephonic device to the user through voice communications. The user through voice communications has accepted the recommendation determining is determined by the telephonic device. In response to determining that the user has accepted the recommendation, the recommended voice bundle application on the telephonic device is executed by the telephonic device. |
| US10368208B2 |
Layers in messaging applications
A text messaging system that allows messaging apps to send one or more layer identifiers that can specify content for a layer and Z depth of that layer relative to other layers in a text message transcript such as a sent message layer and a received message layer. |
| US10368207B2 |
Closed user groups
An arrangement for providing, on an ad hoc basis, a closed user group (CUG) among a collection of pre-defined IP network users. A set of intelligent access devices, dispersed through the IP network, constantly transmit a set of pings associated with the defines CUGs to discover those devices within its communication range. The discovered IP addresses for each device is thus constantly updated, allowing group members to remain in constant contact (emulating an “always on” connection). The users feels they are always connected with group members and thus have instant access to voice/data/video sessions—much like hot lines or “always on” connections. |
| US10368206B2 |
Map generation system and method
Embodiments of the present application disclose a map generation system and method. By scanning or processing an article in an article shelf, the technical solution of an embodiment of the present application may take as a position of the article a position of a handheld terminal at the time of the scanning or the processing, or take as the position of the article a position of a wireless apparatus corresponding to the scanned or processed article, to generate a navigation map according to the position of each article. The embodiment of the present application realizes the automatic generation of the map and improves the accuracy of drawing the map. |
| US10368204B2 |
Low power wide area network (LPWAN) region awareness method and system
Methods, devices, and systems for tracking an asset are provided. In particular, a device is provided that includes an array of sensors and communications modules configured to detect tracking information, including environmental conditions and physical events, and report the tracking information along with a geographical location of the device to a control server across a wireless network. Upon receiving the tracking information, the control server interprets the information and generates tracking reports for the device configured to be displayed to a graphical user interface of a third-party communication device. |
| US10368197B2 |
Method for sharing content on the basis of location information and server using the same
The present invention presents a location-based content sharing server enabling content corresponding to a site to be mutually shared, when several users are located in the same site, thereby enabling the users to exchange the same or a similar sensibility about the same content. To this end, the present invention relates to a location-based content sharing method comprising the steps of: (a) acquiring, by the location-based content sharing server, content and location information corresponding thereto; and (b) providing or supporting the provision, by the location-based content sharing server, of the content to a visitor terminal, with reference to a condition of a public-number and a time condition, which are preset in the content in a public area range, when it is sensed that the visitor terminal has entered the public area range according to the location information. |
| US10368194B2 |
Locating misplaced mobile computing devices
Locating misplaced mobile computing devices through transmission of location information. Mobile computing devices periodically request information from surrounding mobile computing devices to more accurately identify the location where a mobile computing device was misplaced. |
| US10368192B2 |
Methods and apparatuses for determining a proximity relation
A proximity relation is determined in various example embodiments. A method can comprise: acquiring a proximity relation between devices and at least one visible light source associated with each device of the devices in at least one moment; and determining a proximity relation of the devices according to the proximity relation between the devices and at least one visible light source associated with each device of the devices in at least one moment. A solution is thus provided for determining a proximity relation without acquiring actual geographic locations of the devices, which improves security and protects user privacy. |
| US10368184B2 |
Advertising and profiling user location to unified communication suite in enterprise wireless networks
The present disclosure discloses a method and a network device for advertising and profiling user location to unified communication suite in enterprise wireless environments. Specifically, a network device can determine a location of a first client device corresponding to a user. Based at least on the location of the first client device corresponding to the user, the network device can infer a status for the first user. Further, the network device can display, store and/or transmit the inferred status for the user on an enterprise wireless network. The status has not been explicitly indicated by the user. |
| US10368181B2 |
Loudness adjustment for downmixed audio content
Audio content coded for a reference speaker configuration is downmixed to downmix audio content coded for a specific speaker configuration. One or more gain adjustments are performed on individual portions of the downmix audio content coded for the specific speaker configuration. Loudness measurements are then performed on the individual portions of the downmix audio content. An audio signal that comprises the audio content coded for the reference speaker configuration and downmix loudness metadata is generated. The downmix loudness metadata is created based at least in part on the loudness measurements on the individual portions of the downmix audio content. |
| US10368180B2 |
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. |
| US10368179B1 |
Switching binaural sound
A method provides binaural sound to a person through electronic earphones. The binaural sound localizes to a sound localization point (SLP) in empty space that is away from but proximate to the person. When an event occurs, the binaural sound switches or changes to stereo sound, to mono sound, or to altered binaural sound. |
| US10368178B2 |
Apparatus and methods for monitoring a microphone
This application relates to an apparatus (300) for monitoring an operating temperature condition of a microphone device (100) having an acoustic port (110). The apparatus includes a spectrum peak detect block (301) for receiving a microphone signal (SMIC) and determining, from the microphone signal, a resonance frequency (fH) and a quality factor (QH) of a resonance (202) associated with the acoustic port of the microphone. A condition monitoring block (302) is configured to determine any change in resonance frequency and quality factor with respect to respective reference values of resonance frequency and quality factor and to determine a temperature condition for the air temperature within the acoustic port based on said determined changes. |
| US10368177B2 |
Abnormality detecting device, abnormality detection method, and recording medium storing abnormality detection computer program
An abnormality detecting device includes a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to: detect an envelope of an audio signal indicating a periodic sound emitted by a target object and a periodic sound emitted by another object; execute time-to-frequency conversion on the envelope to calculate a frequency spectrum of the audio signal; and determine whether or not the target object has an abnormality, based on a frequency component included in the frequency spectrum and corresponding to a time interval between time points when the sound is emitted by the target object. |
| US10368176B2 |
Earpiece for coupling a hearing aid to a users's ear canal and a method for manufacturing such an earpiece
This invention relates to an earpiece (1) for coupling a hearing aid (10) to the ear (20) of a hearing aid user, comprising a seal (2) conforming to the shape of the user's ear canal (30) and therein retained; wherein the seal (2) comprises a sound output bore (3) connected to a receiver (11) of the hearing aid (10); and a multiplicity of through openings (4) spaced around the sound output bore (3). The number of the openings (4) is comprised in a range of 50 to 2000; and the openings (4) have diameters in the range of 50 to 250 micrometers. The present invention also relates to a method of manufacturing such an earpiece (1). |
| US10368169B1 |
Power and bandwidth efficient true wireless stereo speakers
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Generally the described techniques provide for establishing, by a first speaker a control communication link with a second speaker over a first piconet, receiving a signal during an extended synchronous connection-oriented (eSCO) window between a wireless device and the second speaker (e.g., one of a null signal, an acknowledgement (ACK) signal, or a negative acknowledgement (NACK) signal) switching from the second piconet to the first piconet based on the received communication, communicating with the second speaker on the first piconet, and closing the eSCO window based at least in part on the communication. |
| US10368168B2 |
Method of dynamically modifying an audio output
The disclosure includes a system and method for sonically customizing an audio reproduction device. The system includes a processor and a memory storing instructions that when executed cause the system to determine an application environment associated with an audio reproduction device associated with a user; determine one or more sound profiles based on the application environment; provide the one or more sound profiles to the user; receive a selection of a first sound profile from the one or more sound profiles; and generate tuning data based on the first sound profile, the tuning data configured to sonically customize the audio reproduction device. |
| US10368165B2 |
Method for eliminating motor vehicle and water craft horn EMC interference and horn
A motor vehicle and/or water craft horn, comprising: at least one capacitor (C2) of about 220-10000 μF connected in parallel at the input terminals of the horn power supply to eliminate electromagnetic interference caused by electromagnetic radiation, conduction, and coupling. Also provided are a method of eliminating motor vehicle and/or water craft horn electromagnetic interference, an electronic device for using on a motor vehicle and/or water craft, and a motor vehicle and/or water craft. The present invention solves the problem of overrun out of limit of conducted emission (CE) and radiated emission (RE) when a motor vehicle or water craft uses a horn for CIRS 25 testing, thus enabling the horn EMC index to meet the standard. |
| US10368162B2 |
Method and apparatus for recreating directional cues in beamformed audio
A method and apparatus are disclosed to recreate directional cues and in a conventional beamformed monophonic audio signal. In an example embodiment, the apparatus captures sound in an environment via the microphone array which includes a left reference and a right reference microphone. A monophonic audio signal is generated using conventional beamforming methods. A conventional monophonic beamformed signal lacks directional cues which may be useful for multiple output channels. By applying the phase offset data of the audio signals at the left and right reference microphones, directional cues may be created for audio signals for the left and right output channels respectively. |
| US10368161B2 |
Amplifier and electronic device using the same
An amplifier and an electronic device using the same are provided. The amplifier includes a first speaker, a second speaker, an acoustic box and at least one partition. The first speaker and the second speaker are disposed on a continuous surface inside the acoustic box. The partition is disposed on the continuous surface and interposed between the first speaker and the second speaker. |
| US10368159B2 |
Water resistant loudspeaker
A water resistant speaker having a water-impermeable spider and an acoustic chamber in air flow communication with the underside of the spider via vents in a spider support and vents in a bottom panel of a basket of the speaker. The acoustic chamber is attached and sealed to the bottom of the basket and is watertight. The acoustic chamber may have a passive radiator. The combination of a water impermeable spider and a water impermeable diaphragm, adjacently attached and sealed to the former, assist in preventing water from reaching the magnet assembly and voice coil. A water impermeable dust cap is attached and sealed to the diaphragm to prevent water from entering around the former. A vent in the pole piece, leading to the acoustic chamber, reduces drag on motion of the former, dust cap, and diaphragm. |
| US10368156B1 |
Configurable earbud retention and stabilization system
A configurable earbud retention and stabilization system is disclosed herein. The configurable earbud retention and stabilization system includes a bendable earloop configured to fit over an ear of a user, the bendable earloop having a first end and a second end oppositely disposed relative to the first end, the bendable earloop defining a clip aperture proximate to the first end, the bendable earloop configured to be deformed into a plurality of different positions so as to provide a customized fit for the user; and an earbud clip, the earbud clip forming a cavity configured to receive an earbud headphone therein, the earbud clip including a connecting member received within the clip aperture of the bendable earloop so as to detachably couple the earbud clip to the bendable earloop. In some embodiments, the bendable earloop includes an inner wire enabling the bendable earloop to be deformed into the different positions. |
| US10368154B2 |
Systems, devices and methods for executing a digital audiogram
A system for providing audio output. The system includes a device, e.g. a mobile phone connectable to one or more earphones. The device includes a computing platform having a processor; an audio unit configured to generate one or more output signals of arbitrary amplitude to the earphone(s); and at least one microphone configured to record the ambient power level during signal output. The user indicates his/her hearing of the output signals whereby a proportionality constant is recorded for each frequency of the output signals. The processor is configured to: analyze the proportionality constant for each frequency of one or more feedback signals from the earphone(s) to yield calibration data; adjust the amplitude or frequency based on the calibration data; generate one or more audiograms resulting from a hearing test; and adjust the device power level according to the received one or more audiograms. |
| US10368151B2 |
Exterior cover with speaker
The present disclosure provides an exterior cover of an electronic device including a cover that protects a display of the electronic device. The cover may include one or more speakers. The cover may be folded one or more times to support the electronic device to be inclined and the speaker may include any one of a film speaker, a vibration speaker, a piezoelectric speaker, and a thin micro speaker. In addition, the exterior cover may include a vibration plate that is arranged thereon and any electronic component may also be arranged on the exterior cover as long as the electronic component is slim. |
| US10368150B1 |
Carrying high capacity bit transparent leased line services over internet protocol/multiprotocol label switching networks
Methods and systems of a leased line appliance (LLA) network switching system that includes using LLAs for leased line circuits (LLCs) to Internet Protocol (IP) transceiving, IP to LLCs transceiving, and an IP switch fabric having multiple parallel paths as a switching/routing network are disclosed. Each of the LLAs at the edge of the IP switch fabric may perform LLC to IP packet assembly procedures, may perform IP packet to LLC re-assembly procedures, and may utilize the protocol fields of the IP packet header of the IP packet for IP packet transport, which may enable the transport of very high speed leased line services to be carried over an IP/MPLS network using the IP switch fabric. |
| US10368145B2 |
Origination and destination based routing
One or more aspects of the disclosure relate to various functions and processes related to routing of calls based on origination and/or destination information. In one aspect, a method may comprise receiving a request for a call session, and the request may include an indicator that may indicate whether to route a call based on origination and/or destination information of the call session. Based on the indicator, a routing element may determine whether the call session should be routed based on origination information and/or destination information. |
| US10368141B2 |
System and method for engagement and distribution of media content
Disclosed is a system and method for distributing media content. The system can include a processor and a memory coupled to the processor. The memory stores executable instructions for causing the processor to present a mall interface on a display of a user system, detect a user selection of the integrated storefront/internet search, and display customized search result storefronts based on the user selection. The mall interface may include a plurality of storefronts and an integrated storefront/internet search, and the integrated storefront/internet search may include a storefront search and an internet search. |
| US10368138B2 |
Systems and methods for managing a status change of a multimedia asset in multimedia delivery systems
Systems and methods are disclosed which detect a change in the status of a multimedia asset in a multimedia delivery system, and take steps to make the multimedia asset available after the status change. The multimedia asset can then be locally recorded on the user's digital video recorder (DVR) before the status changes. Alternatively, the user can be directed to an equivalent asset, for example, video-on-demand (VOD). The user may also receive a notification, which can be displayed on a TV or computer monitor or send to a remote device, for example to a mobile phone as an email or a short message. The user may be able to purchase the asset and/or initiate recording the asset. The status can be, for example, an expiration date of an asset, or a change of the source or format of an asset. |
| US10368136B1 |
Resource management for video playback and chat
Techniques are described for allocation hardware and/or bandwidth resources of a viewer device between a live streaming media content playback of a video player and a concurrently provided live chat. For example, the bandwidth used by the live chat can be adjusted based on the playback of the video player. |
| US10368135B2 |
Method and system for improved interactive television processing
A system and method is disclosed to transmit electronic information to a user of a step-top box. The system includes a database that stores user registration and product information data. A set-top box is also provided that communicates with a remote controller with a touch screen and a server broadcasts the product information data to a plurality of set-top boxes for display on touch screens of remote controller communicating with the set-top boxes, respectively, without the product information being designated for a specific user of one set-top box. The server also transmits updated product information data that replaces a portion of the original product information data. Furthermore, a processor compares data relating to a transaction request from a user of one set-top box with user registration data stored in the database to identify the user, and that generates customized transaction data that is transmitted to the identified user. |
| US10368133B1 |
Media recommendation system and method
A system includes a memory and at least one processor to transmit information associated with a plurality of talents to a client computing device, receive a selection of at least one talent of the plurality of talents from the client computing device associated with a user profile, determine a list of shows featuring the at least one talent, each show in the list of shows having a rating greater than or equal to a particular threshold, transmit the list of shows featuring the at least one talent to the client computing device, receive feedback for each show of the list of shows from the client computing device, and transmit a list of recommended shows available from subscribed media providers to the client computing device based on the feedback. |
| US10368132B2 |
Recommendation system to enhance video content recommendation
An online system provides video recommendations to a target user of the online system as a supplement to videos provided to the target user that were posted by the user's connections in the online system. The recommended videos are selected from publicly available video content and are likely to be of interest to the target user. The online system has video candidate generators that select video candidates based on a variety of selection criteria. The selected video candidates are filtered to identify inappropriate content or videos that the target user has already viewed for elimination from candidacy. The filtered video candidates are ranked based on weights of features of the video candidates. Based on the ranking, the online system selects videos above a threshold as recommendations to the target user. |
| US10368131B2 |
Methods and apparatus for providing audio-video content recommendations based on promotion frequency
A method for providing recommendations for audio/video content is provided. The method obtains, by a computing device, a plurality of promotion frequencies, each of the plurality of promotion frequencies being associated with presentation of promotional advertisements for a respective set of audio/video content; identifies, by the computing device, a subset of the plurality of promotion frequencies indicative of highly-promoted sets of audio/video content; compares, by the computing device, the subset to viewing habits of a user to identify corresponding data; and determines, by the computing device, recommendations for potential viewing by the user, based on the corresponding data. |
| US10368127B2 |
Methods and apparatus to identify and credit media using ratios of media characteristics
Apparatus, systems, articles of manufacture, and methods to identify and credit media using ratios of media characteristics are disclosed herein. An example apparatus to identify media includes a delta calculator to determine a first ratio based on a first time interval and a second time interval of a monitored media signal, and determine a second ratio based on the second time interval and a third time interval of the monitored media signal. The example apparatus also includes a signature generator to generate a monitored media ratio signature based on the first and second ratios. The example signature generator also is to initiate transmission of the monitored media ratio signature to a recipient that is to compare the monitored media ratio signature with a reference ratio signature to identify the media. |
| US10368123B2 |
Information pushing method, terminal and server
An information pushing method and apparatus, and a terminal and server are provided. The method includes: acquiring a key frame of a currently-played video; acquiring an characteristic value of the key frame according to picture information of the key frame; acquiring, according to the characteristic value of the key frame, pushing information corresponding to the characteristic value; and displaying the pushing information in a process of playing the currently-played video. After the key frame of the currently-played video is acquired, the characteristic value of the key frame is acquired according to the picture information of the key frame, and the pushing information corresponding to the characteristic value is acquired according to the characteristic value of the key frame, so as to display the pushing information in the process of playing the currently-played video. |
| US10368122B2 |
Media sharing and communication system
The present invention relates generally to media sharing and communication systems and methods of providing the same. In one exemplary embodiment, the system includes a media content provider configured to disseminate media to a plurality of media receivers. The system further includes a first media receiver in communication with the media content provider, the first media receiver including a first digital recording device configured to record media transmitted by the media content provider. The system further includes a second media receiver in communication with the media content provider, the second media receiver including a second digital recording device configured to record media transmitted by the media content provider. The system further includes a first user interface capable of initiating recording of media through the first digital recording device and transmitting the recorded media to the second media receiver through a communication link. |
| US10368117B1 |
Method and system for addressable and program independent advertising during recorded programs
In one embodiment, a method of a subscriber device inserting at least one targeted advertisement into a video program is disclosed. The subscriber device receives and stores at least one targeted advertisement, and receives and store at least one video program. At least one existing advertising avail within the recorded video program is identified, the at least one advertising avail having a first duration. The subscriber device modifies the at least one advertising avail to create a customized avail within the recorded video program, the customized avail having a duration not equal to the first duration. The stored at least one targeted advertisement is retrieved, and the at least one targeted advertisement is inserted into the customized avail. |
| US10368115B2 |
Transmitting method, receiving method, transmitting device, and receiving device
A transmitting method according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes transmitting a first stream, the first stream including: timing update identification information id1 indicating whether or not a correspondence relationship between a first reference clock and a second reference clock has been updated, the first reference clock being used to transmit and receive the first stream, and the second reference clock being used to transmit and receive a second stream related to another content to be reproduced in synchronization with the content related to the first stream; a first time according to the first reference clock; and a second time according to the second reference clock, the second time being associated with the first time based on the updated correspondence relationship. |
| US10368107B2 |
Intra video coding using a decoupled tree structure
An example device includes a memory and processing circuitry in communication with the memory. The processing circuitry of a device is configured to form a most probable mode (MPM) candidate list for a chroma block of the video data stored to the memory, such that the MPM candidate list includes one or more derived modes (DMs) associated with a luma block of the video data associated with the chroma block, and a plurality of luma prediction modes that can be used for coding luminance components of the video data. The processing circuitry is further configured to select a mode from the MPM candidate list, and to code the chroma block according to the mode selected from the MPM candidate list. |
| US10368106B2 |
Method and device for optimizing encoding/decoding of compensation offsets for a set of reconstructed samples of an image
The present invention provides a method and a device for coding and decoding at least a part of an image comprising a plurality of samples, each sample comprising at least two components, and the encoded image comprising at least one filtering parameter. The filtering comprises using at least one filtering parameter as a common filtering parameter for filtering both the first component and the second component of a reconstructed sample. |
| US10368101B2 |
Method and apparatus for image encoding/decoding
Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for image encoding/decoding. The method for image decoding includes comparing whether a size of a current transform block and a size of a smallest transform block (smallest transform unit (STU)) are the same as each other, and decoding information indicating whether transformation is performed on the current transform block and determining whether to perform inverse transformation on the current transform block based on the decoded information indicating whether the transformation is performed when the size of the current transform block and the size of a smallest transform block are the same as each other. |
| US10368096B2 |
Adaptive streaming systems and methods for performing trick play
Systems and methods for performing trick play functionality using trick play streams during adaptive bitrate streaming in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. One embodiment includes requesting a video container index from a video container file containing a video stream from a plurality of alternative streams of video; requesting at least one portion of the video stream using at least one entry from the video container index; decoding the at least one portion of the video stream; receiving at least one user instruction to perform a visual search of the media; requesting a trick play container index from a trick play container file containing a trick play stream; requesting at least one frame of video from the at least one trick play stream; and decoding and displaying the at least one frame of video from the trick play stream. |
| US10368092B2 |
Encoder-side decisions for block flipping and skip mode in intra block copy prediction
Innovations in the area of encoding blocks using hash-based block matching improve coding efficiency in many situations. For example, some of the innovations relate to encoder-side decisions about when to use block flipping during prediction. Other innovations relate to encoder-side decisions about when to use skip mode for a block predicted using intra block copy (“BC”) prediction. |
| US10368088B2 |
Reference picture signaling
An encoded representation of a picture of a video stream is decoded by retrieving buffer description from the encoded representation. The buffer description information is used to determine at least one picture identifier identifying a respective reference picture as decoding reference for the picture. A decoded picture buffer is updated based on the determined picture identifier. The encoded representation of the picture itself comprises the information needed by a decoder to identify the reference pictures required to decode the encoded representation. |
| US10368086B2 |
Image coding/decoding method, device, and system
The present application discloses an image coding/decoding method, device, and system, where an encoder performs singular vector decomposition on a prediction block corresponding to a to-be-coded image block, to obtain eigenvector matrices U and V of the prediction block; and performs coding processing on residual data according to the eigenvector matrices U and V of the prediction block, where the residual data is a difference between a pixel value of the to-be-coded image block and a pixel value of the corresponding prediction block. This can reduce identifier load of a coded bit stream. |
| US10368085B2 |
Method of performing motion vector prediction, and apparatus thereof
A method of performing motion vector prediction for a current block in a picture is provided which includes: deriving a candidate for a motion vector predictor to code a current motion vector of the current block, from a first motion vector of a first block that is spatially adjacent or temporally adjacent to the current block; adding the derived candidate to a list of candidates; and deriving at least one motion vector predictor based on a selected candidate from the list of candidates, wherein the deriving of the candidate includes determining whether to derive the candidate from the first motion vector, based on a type of a current reference picture and a type of a first reference picture, the current reference picture being referred to from the current block using the current motion vector, the first reference picture being referred to from the first block using the first motion vector. |
| US10368084B2 |
Video signal processing method and device
A method for processing a vide signal, according to the present invention comprises generating a reference picture list based on a current picture reference flag for a current picture, obtaining motion information about a current block in the current picture, and restoring the current block using the motion information of the current block and the reference picture list relating to the current picture. |
| US10368080B2 |
Selective upsampling or refresh of chroma sample values
Approaches to delivering video in a chroma sampling format with a higher chroma sampling rate (such as a YUV 4:4:4 format) using a video encoder and decoder that operate on video in another chroma sampling format with a lower chroma sampling rate (such as YUV 4:2:0) are described. A video decoder can recover stationary content in video at the higher chroma sampling rate, even when the video is encoded and decoded at the lower chroma sampling rate, without significantly increasing bit rate. In some example implementations, the approaches preserve chroma information from pictures in a higher-resolution chroma sampling format, while leveraging commercially available codecs adapted for a lower-resolution chroma sampling format such as YUV 4:2:0, which is widely supported in products. |
| US10368071B2 |
Encoding data arrays
When encoding an array of quantized frequency domain coefficients for the chrominance data values for a block of data elements being encoded, it is determined whether the encoding of the frequency domain coefficients for the luminance data for the block being considered was indicated as to be omitted. If so, it is then determined whether the non-zero coefficients in the array of quantized chrominance data value frequency domain coefficients for the block are few in number and/or small in size. If the number and/or size of the non-zero quantized chrominance value frequency domain coefficients is determined to be sufficiently few and/or small, then the encoding of the quantized frequency domain coefficients for the chrominance data for the block is omitted. |
| US10368070B2 |
Image processing device and image processing method
An image processing device includes a buffer for receiving encoded image data, and a processor to execute instructions that cause the processor to: decode the encoded image data from the buffer to generate quantized transform coefficient data; inversely quantize the quantized transform coefficient data using a 32×32 quantization matrix to generate predicted error data, the 32×32 quantization matrix includes a duplicate of at least one of two elements adjacent to each other from an 8×8 quantization matrix; and combine the predicted error data with a predicted image to generate decoded image data. |
| US10368069B2 |
Coding unit quantization parameters in video coding
A method is provided that includes receiving a coded largest coding unit in a video decoder, wherein the coded largest coding unit includes a coded coding unit structure and a plurality of coded quantization parameters, and decoding the coded largest coding unit based on the coded coding unit structure and the plurality of coded quantization parameters. |
| US10368068B2 |
Encoder and method for video processing
The embodiments relate to an encoder for encoding a bitstream representing a sequence of pictures of a video stream. The encoder is operative to divide the pictures into blocks of different types, such as coding units CUs, prediction units PUs, and transform units TUs, which are associated with each other. Two sizes are possible for the blocks and the possible combinations are restricted to three cases: 1) all blocks are of large size, 2) the CUs and PUs have large size, while associated TUs have small size, 3) all blocks are of small size. The possible combinations are defined for a part of a picture and compared against each other using a decision tree. In this way an advantageous block size configuration for encoding the bitstream is determined at a reduced computational cost. |
| US10368063B2 |
Optical test device for a vehicle camera and testing method
A method of testing a camera for vision system for a vehicle includes providing a camera configured for mounting and use on a vehicle. The camera is operable at selected ones of a plurality of register settings. A test pattern is disposed in the field of view of the camera and at least two frames of image data are captured with the camera using different register settings having noise filtering at a respective one of at least two levels between a maximum noise filtering and a minimum noise filtering. The signal to noise ratio is measured for each of the at least two frames of captured image data. A texture value is measured for each of the at least two frames of captured image data. A compromise is selected between noise reduction and texture preservation. |
| US10368062B2 |
Panoramic camera systems
A camera system captures images from a set of cameras to generate binocular panoramic views of an environment. The cameras are oriented in the camera system to maximize the minimum number of cameras viewing a set of randomized test points. To calibrate the system, matching features between images are identified and used to estimate three-dimensional points external to the camera system. Calibration parameters are modified to improve the three-dimensional point estimates. When images are captured, a pipeline generates a depth map for each camera using reprojected views from adjacent cameras and an image pyramid that includes individual pixel depth refinement and filtering between levels of the pyramid. The images may be used generate views of the environment from different perspectives (relative to the image capture location) by generating depth surfaces corresponding to the depth maps and blending the depth surfaces. |
| US10368061B2 |
Method and apparatus for holographic image projection
An apparatus comprising an electromagnetic radiation source communicably coupled to a control system and a three dimensional (3D) image projector for outputting a plurality of image signals representative of a subject, the control system being configured to cause electromagnetic radiation to be applied to a plurality of sets of selected three-dimensional portions of a gaseous volume so as to heat and/or ionize the gas within selected portions, wherein each set of selected three-dimensional portions of gaseous volume intersects a path of a respective one of image signals, and wherein selected portions of each of set are spatially located together in a substantially unbroken three-dimensional configuration and selectable orientated and configured to simulate an electromagnetic radiation path modifying element for directing a respective image signals incident thereon to a selected location within a viewing region. |
| US10368060B2 |
Head mounted display
A head mounted display includes a first and second light sources, a light turning prism, a field lens group, an image output module, a first and second eyepiece modules. The first and second light sources are respectively configured to emit first and second lights. The image output module is configured to receive the first light and the second light, and to respectively generate a first image light and a second image light with corresponding image information. The light turning prism is optically coupled between the first light source (or the second light source) and the field lens group. The light turning prism is configured to vary a propagating direction of the first light (or the second light) from the first light source (or the second light source) to the image output module. The first/second eyepiece modules are configured to make the second/first image light image to first/second target positions. |
| US10368057B1 |
Synchronizing data streams
This disclosure describes techniques for synchronizing independent data streams. In some instances, a computing device couples to multiple independent sensors, such as cameras, and applies accurate timestamp information to the individual frames of sensor data from the independent sensors. After aligning these data streams by applying these accurate timestamps, the computing device may, in some instances, encode and transmit these timestamped data streams to one or more entities for further processing. In one example, a first camera (e.g., a depth camera configured to generate a depth map) may capture images of an environment, as may a second camera (e.g., an Red-Green-Blue (RGB) camera configured to generate color images). The resulting images may be temporally aligned with one another via the timestamping, and the resulting aligned images from both the depth sensor and the RGB camera may be used to create a three-dimensional (3D) model of the environment. |
| US10368039B2 |
Video monitoring system
An asset tracking system includes a camera adapted to capture images and output signals representative of the images. The camera may include one or more depth sensors that detect distances between the depth sensor and objects positioned within the field of view of the one or more cameras. A computer device processes the image signals and or depth signals from cameras and determines any one or more of the following: (a) whether a patient care protocol has been properly followed; (b) what condition a patient is in; (c) whether an infection control protocol has been properly followed; and (d) whether steps have been taken to reduce the risk of a patient from falling. Alerts may be issued if any conditions of importance are detected. |
| US10368037B2 |
Public safety camera monitoring system and method
A system for determining a travel path, including a network of at least one camera, a communication hub coupled to the network of at least one camera, at least one electronic communication device, and a data processing system coupled to the communication hub, the data processing system comprising one or more processors configured to calculate a travel path based on user-specified criteria including maximum camera coverage. |
| US10368033B2 |
Display device and video communication terminal
A display device and a video communication terminal are provided. The display device includes a transparent display panel configured to display an image, a camera, configured to acquire an image of an object in front of the transparent display panel. According to the display device, the camera shooting component acquires the image of the local user at the front side of the transparent display panel through the transparent display panel. When the users are making a video call, the camera shooting component can acquire a front image of the local user's face through the transparent display panel. |
| US10368032B2 |
Eye contact enabling device for video conferencing
A device and system can physically position a camera lens between the eyes of the image of the person onscreen in a video conference. To position the lens, a mechanical device may position or move the camera lens. The mechanical device can include a movable armature that can move a small camera head (i.e., a lens with or without supporting electronics) from a first position of the computer monitor (e.g., the frame of the monitor) to a second position onscreen. The second position can place the lens near or over the image of the other party, for example, between the eyes of the onscreen image of the other party. |
| US10368023B2 |
Image sensor supporting various operating modes and operating method thereof
Disclosed is an image sensor. The image sensor includes an active pixel sensor array including first to fourth pixel units sequentially arranged in a column direction, and each of the first to fourth pixel units is composed of a plurality of pixels. A first pixel group including the first and second pixel units is connected to a first column line, and a second pixel group including the third pixel unit and the fourth pixel unit is connected to a second column line. The image sensor includes a correlated double sampling circuit including first and second correlated double samplers and configured to convert a first sense voltage sensed from a selected pixel of the first pixel group and a second sense voltage sensed from a selected pixel of the second pixel group into a first correlated double sampling signal and a second correlated double sampling signal, respectively. |
| US10368020B2 |
Image capturing apparatus and control method therefor
In an apparatus, a control unit switches acquisition of a phase difference signal for each area in a sensing device, a correction unit selects defect information associated with a pixel signal acquired from the sensing device and corrects the pixel signal based on the selected defect information, and a memory stores the defect information. The defect information stored in the memory includes at least first defect information and second defect information in the same format as that of the first defect information. The correction unit switches defect information to be used based a change in an area in a frame for which the phase difference signal is to be acquired. |
| US10368018B2 |
Image capturing apparatus, control method therefor, image sensor, and control method therefor
An image capturing apparatus comprises a pixel area having a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix; output circuits that apply preset processing to signals read out in parallel from divided areas obtained by dividing the pixel area in a column direction and output the processed signals in parallel; a controller that performs control to execute first driving for reading out signals for obtaining correction data from the divided areas to the output circuits, and second driving for reading out image signals from the divided areas to the output circuits; and a correction circuit that obtains the correction data from the signals read out through the first driving and corrects the image signals using the correction data. The controller executes the first driving with respect to pixels in a part of rows that includes a row at a border of the divided areas. |
| US10368004B2 |
Light source control method and camera apparatus thereof
A light source control method is applied to a camera apparatus including a device body, a plurality of image capturers movably disposed on the device body, and a plurality of light sources disposed around the device body. The light source control method includes each image capturer capturing an uncompensated image toward a target region respectively when each light source is turned off, turning on the plurality of light sources by turns, each image capturer capturing a practical image toward the target region when each light source is turned on by turns, and comparing image reference values of the practical images captured by the plurality of image capturers when each light source is turned on by turns with image reference values of the corresponding uncompensated images respectively for controlling turning on or off of each light source respectively. |
| US10367999B1 |
Techniques to selectively capture visual media using a single interface element
Techniques to selectively capture media using a single user interface element are described. In one embodiment, an apparatus may comprise a touch controller, a visual media capture component, and a storage component. The touch controller may be operative to receive a haptic engagement signal. The visual media capture component may be operative to be configured in a capture mode based on whether a haptic disengagement signal is received by the touch controller before expiration of a first timer, the capture mode one of a photo capture mode or video capture mode, the first timer started in response to receiving the haptic engagement signal, the first timer configured to expire after a first preset duration. The storage component may be operative to store visual media captured by the visual media capture component in the configured capture mode. Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
| US10367998B2 |
Method for controlling imaging device, and imaging device
A method is for controlling an imaging device that allows switching of an operation mode between a first mode to perform imaging in a first imaging wavelength band and a second mode to perform imaging in a second imaging wavelength band different from the first imaging wavelength band. The method includes: determining whether ambient light includes near-infrared light based on information obtained in the first mode and information obtained in the second mode; and maintaining or changing the operation mode. |
| US10367996B2 |
Calibrating panoramic imaging system in multiple dimensions
Example apparatus and methods produce image correction data for a lens or sensor based on individual images acquired under different operating parameters. Example apparatus and methods then produce strip correction data based on a strip of images pieced together from the individual images. Example apparatus and methods then produce panoramic image correction data based on a panoramic image pieced together from two or more strips of images. The strip of images is produced without using a hemispherical mirror and thus accounts more accurately for issues associated with making a two dimensional representation of a three dimensional spherical volume. Images are acquired using different imaging parameters (e.g., focal length, pan position, tilt position) under different imaging conditions (e.g., temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, pan rate, tilt rate) to account for aberrations that may appear or be exacerbated under operating conditions. Example apparatus and methods then correct images using the correction data. |
| US10367994B2 |
Setting device and camera
There are provided a setting device and a camera that allow a user to easily grasp settable conditions with a compact structure. A display section is provided on the upper surface of a sensitivity dial. Sensitivities are switched according to the rotation of the sensitivity dial. A display on the display section is switched according to the switching of sensitivities. A currently selected sensitivity is displayed on the display section at a set value-display position Po. The maximum value of a settable sensitivity is displayed at a maximum value-display position Pmax, and the minimum value thereof is displayed at a minimum value-display position Pmin. |
| US10367993B2 |
Changing of list views on mobile device
Various embodiments related to a hand-held mobile computing device are disclosed. One disclosed embodiment comprises a hand-held mobile computing device having a touch-sensitive display forming a surface of the hand-held mobile computing device configured to receive touch input. The hand-held mobile computing device further comprises a processor and memory comprising code executable by the processor to display a scrollable list of items in a first content viewing mode having a first set of content for each of the items in the scrollable list, to detect a dynamic multi-touch gesture over the scrollable list of items, and to change the scrollable list of items to a second content viewing mode responsive to detection of the dynamic multi-touch gesture, wherein the second content viewing mode comprises a second set of content for each item in the scrollable list of items. |
| US10367989B2 |
Imaging device and focusing control method
A digital camera includes a focusing-control-unit that calculates a defocus amount using detection signals of phase difference detection pixels and drives a focus lens according to the defocus amount, and a movement-detection-unit that detects whether a movement is present in a captured subject-image. The focusing-control-unit calculates the defocus amount according to an auto-focus instruction, and drives, in a case where the defocus amount exceeds a threshold-value, the focus lens according to the defocus amount and then performs the phase difference AF again to complete auto-focusing. Further, in a case where the defocus amount is equal to or smaller than the threshold-value, the focusing control unit performs the phase difference AF only once to complete the auto-focusing. Further, in a case where a movement is present in the subject-image, the focusing-control-unit sets the threshold to a larger value than in a case where a movement is not present in the subject-image. |
| US10367986B1 |
Feedback for a privacy indicator on a security camera
Features are disclosed for a security camera including automated identification of disabled privacy indicators based on feedback included in monitored data (e.g., images). The features include generating a random number and adjusting light emitted by the privacy indicator to signal the random number. The camera may detect subtle changes (e.g., brightness, color, hue, intensity) in the image, a sequence of images, or portions thereof that can be decoded and compared to the random number. If there is a discrepancy between the random number and decoded value, an indication of tampering with the privacy indicator may be provided. |
| US10367983B2 |
Camera module and array camera module with circuit board unit and photosensitive unit and manufacturing method thereof
A camera module and array camera module with circuit board unit and photosensitive unit and manufacturing method thereof is provided. The array camera module comprises two or more camera lenses and a circuit unit. The circuit unit comprises a circuit board portion for electrically connecting two or more photosensitive sensors of the array camera module, and a conjoined encapsulation portion integrally encapsulated on the circuit board portion. The camera lenses are respectively arranged along the photosensitive paths of the photosensitive sensors. |
| US10367977B2 |
Bidirectional synchronizing camera, camera system including the same and method of operating the camera
In one example embodiment, a camera system includes a plurality of cameras, a camera controller configured to control the plurality of cameras, a control signal line configured to facilitate an exchange of at least one control signal between the camera controller and the plurality of cameras and a synchronization signal line commonly connected to the plurality of cameras, and configured to transmit at least one transmission synchronization signal for synchronizing at least two cameras among the plurality of cameras. |
| US10367976B2 |
Single image haze removal
A system and method for haze removal. The method comprises the steps of receiving, at a memory, an input image having pixels. The method further comprises converting, by a processor, each pixel in each channel of the input image to floating-point values in the range of zero to one [0,1], and brightness-correcting, by the processor, the input image to prevent the de-hazed output image from becoming overly dark. The method also includes estimating, by the processor, the airlight for the brightness-corrected image, calculating a transmission map for each color or intensity channel of the image, and refining the transmission map for each said color or intensity. A reduced-haze image is thereby provided. |
| US10367974B2 |
Image processing apparatus, image processing method, program, and endoscope system
The present disclosure relates to an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, a program, and an endoscope system capable of obtaining an image with high color discrimination. A histogram generation unit generates histograms of pixel values for an input image regarding luminance Y, saturation S, and hue H. A histogram correction unit subtracts components of the saturation, the luminance, and the hue of a portion determined to be a foreign object by a foreign object detection unit from the histograms regarding the saturation, the luminance, and the hue generated by the histogram generation unit and then weights by a value of a standard histogram. The present disclosure may be applied to the endoscope system which performs color conversion on an image input from a camera head through a scope, for example. |
| US10367972B2 |
Information processing apparatus, computer readable medium and information processing method
An information processing apparatus includes: a first control unit which controls a reading device for reading an image from a document so that an image reading manipulation for the reading device is made through a first input device, when a document is set in the reading device; and a second control unit which controls the reading device so that an image reading manipulation for the reading device is made through a second input device, in case a particular manipulation is made after a start of the control by the first control unit. |
| US10367967B2 |
Apparatus and method to facilitate printing of catalog labels
An electronic device is provided. The electronic includes a memory storing a digital catalog. The electronic device also includes at least one processor coupled to the memory. The at least one processor is configured to determine whether a printer is associated with the digital catalog. The at least one processor is also configured to receive a request for an item or part number in the digital catalog. The at least one processor is further configured to transmit a barcode associated with the requested item or part number to the printer. In addition, the at least one processor is configured to transmit a print request to the printer to print the barcode. |
| US10367966B2 |
Image reading device and image data transmission method
An image reading device is configure to generate an initial data name of image data to be transmitted to a plurality of designated external devices. The image reading device transmits a list request, to each of the plurality of external devices, to transmit a list of data names regarding image data stored in respective external devices. It is determined whether the initial data name is included in at least one of the lists. The image reading device changes the initial data name to another data name which is included in none of the lists when it is determined that the initial data name is included in at least one of the lists. Otherwise, the image reading device does not change the initial data name. Thereafter, the image reading device transmits the image data to the first external device and the second external device using the data name determined as above. |
| US10367965B2 |
Image scanning device and sheet feeding method applied therein
An image scanning device includes an upper shell, a feeding shaft pivotally connected to the upper shell, a feeding roller mounted around the feeding shaft, a sensing roller, a motor, a lower shell pivotally covered to the upper shell, a plurality of springs and a contact image sensor. The sensing roller is mounted around the feeding shaft. The motor is connected with the feeding shaft. The motor drives the feeding shaft to rotate in different speeds. The plurality of the springs are mounted to the lower shell. The contact image sensor is mounted to the plurality of the springs. A top surface of the contact image sensor is capable of abutting against lower portions of outer surfaces of the feeding roller and the sensing roller by virtue of the plurality of the springs elastically abutting against a bottom surface of the contact image sensor. |
| US10367962B2 |
Information processing system, information processing apparatus, and information processing method
An information processing system includes a storage storing flow information in association with application identification information, for each application for executing a sequence of processes, the flow information defining program identification information and an execution order of the programs; a storage storing screen information in association with the application identification information for each application; a transmitter for sending, to a device, the screen information associated with the application identification information, when a first request including the application identification information is received from the device; a receiver for receiving a second request including information relating to the electronic data specified by a user in the screen displayed on the device; an acquirer for acquiring the flow information associated with the application identification information; and an executor for executing the programs identified by the program identification information, in the execution order, to execute the sequence of processes. |
| US10367961B2 |
Image forming apparatus, memory management method, and memory management program
An image forming apparatus includes: a storage that stores a plurality of control programs of the image forming apparatus; a cache memory; and a hardware processor that controls the image forming apparatus, wherein the hardware processor: writes, to the cache memory, a control program that is an execution candidate selected from among the plurality of control programs; determines execution priorities of the respective control programs that are the execution candidates; and locks down, as an object to be locked down, a control program, the priority of which is relatively high among the control programs that are the execution candidates, in the cache memory. |