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| US10394874B2 |
Syntactic profiling of alphanumeric strings
A computing device includes a storage machine holding instructions executable by a logic machine to generate multi-string clusters, each containing alphanumeric strings of a dataset. Further multi-string clusters are generated via iterative performance of a combination operation in which a hierarchically-superior cluster is generated from a set of multi-string clusters. The combination operation includes, for candidate pairs of multi-string clusters, generating syntactic profiles describing an alphanumeric string from each multi-string cluster of the candidate pair. For each of the candidate pairs, a cost factor is determined for at least one of its syntactic profiles. Based on the cost factors determined for the syntactic profiles, one of the candidate pairs is selected. The multi-string clusters from the selected candidate pair are combined to generate the hierarchically-superior cluster including all of the alphanumeric strings from the selected candidate pair of multi-string clusters. |
| US10394867B2 |
Functional summarization of non-textual content based on a meta-algorithmic pattern
Functional summarization of non-textual content based on a meta-algorithmic pattern is disclosed. One example is a system including a converter, a plurality of summarization engines and/or meta-algorithmic patterns, an extractor, and an evaluator. The converter converts the non-textual content into a plurality of tokens. Combinations of summarization engines and/or meta-algorithm patterns are applied to the plurality of tokens to provide a meta-summary. The extractor extracts at least one summarization term from the meta-summary, and at least one class term for each given class of a plurality of classes of non-textual content. The evaluator determines similarity values of the non-textual content over each given class, each similarity value indicative of a similarity between the at least one summarization term and the at least one class term for each given class. The selector selects a class of the plurality of classes, the selecting based on the determined similarity values. |
| US10394866B2 |
System and method for asynchronous client server session communication
The invention provides a session-based bi-directional multi-tier client-server asynchronous information database search and retrieval system for sending a character-by-character string of data to an intelligent server that can be configured to immediately analyze the lengthening string character-by-character and return to the client increasingly appropriate database information as the client sends the string. |
| US10394864B2 |
Method and server for extracting topic and evaluating suitability of the extracted topic
A method and a server for extracting a topic and evaluating suitability of the extracted topic are disclosed. The topic extraction server includes a text preprocessing unit configured to extract noun from a document group and remove stopword from the extracted noun, a keyword extraction unit configured to calculate a weight of a noun and extracting a keyword representing the document group, a seed selection unit configured to calculate a weight of the extracted keyword and select a seed, an initial clustering unit configured to generate one cluster including the selected seed and a keyword shown by several times in a sentence including the selected seed, and a cluster combination unit configured to extract a topic group. |
| US10394862B2 |
Method and system for semantically querying a database by a machine-to-machine application
A method semantically queries a database by a machine-to-machine application. The database comprises hierarchically structured resources, and semantic information is annotated to at least one resource. The method includes issuing a semantic query for the database. A semantic engine analyzes the semantic query. The semantic engine translates the analyzed semantic query into one or more queries satisfying a communication protocol of the hierarchical resource structure of the database. The translated queries are provided to the database as a query result. |
| US10394860B1 |
Zero knowledge search engine
A document manager facilitates indexing of a plurality of documents stored in a document repository by obtaining a document of the plurality of documents stored in the document repository, where the document comprises a plurality of morphemes. The document manager encodes a morpheme of the plurality of morphemes using an encryption passphrase associated with the client device to generate an encoded morpheme, encodes a location array using the encryption passphrase to generate an encoded location array, where the location array comprises each location of the morpheme within the document, and encodes a unique identifier associated with a location of the document in the document repository using the encryption passphrase to generate an encoded document identifier. The document manager then sends the encoded morpheme, the encoded location array, and the encoded document identifier to a server device to be stored in a search index. |
| US10394859B1 |
Systems and methods for processing and displaying time-related geospatial data
System and method for processing time-related geospatial data from one or more data sources. For example, a system includes an application server; and a storage. The application server is configured to: receive data including temporal information and geospatial information for each data object of one or more data objects, send the data to a client device to display the data on a map, and generate one or more first multi-dimensional tiles based at least in part on the temporal information and the geospatial information. The one or more first multi-dimensional tiles correspond to a temporal dimension associated with a first temporal width. The application server is further configured to send the one or more first multi-dimensional tiles to store in the storage for retrieval by the client device. |
| US10394856B2 |
Interpersonal spacetime interaction system
The present innovation provides a method of establishing a connection between two individuals using an interpersonal spacetime interaction system, including enabling a first user to specify a spacetime event and to provide annotations for the spacetime event, maintaining a spacetime database comprising data objects, each data object corresponding to a spacetime event, querying a spacetime database, using a query that includes at least a specification of a desired spacetime event, said query being initiated by a second user, retrieving information from those data objects in the spacetime database whose corresponding spacetime events are proximate to the desired spacetime event, and providing the retrieved information to the second user. |
| US10394854B2 |
Inferring entity attribute values
Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media are provided for inferring missing or ambiguous attribute values for entities based on partial information about such entities and/or information about other similar entities as extracted from multiple information sources for generating Web ranking signals for online search. A plurality of heterogeneous input data sources are ingested and combined to produce output data having information content that is more than the sum of its parts. A generic platform is provided where multiple data sources having information content related to entity attributes can be plugged-in without additional changes being necessary to the platform. This generic plugin model for extracting and inferring entity attribute values makes it easy to leverage new data sources as they become available to improve the final inferred attribute data. |
| US10394853B2 |
Providing a self-maintaining automated chat response generator
The present disclosure is directed toward systems and methods for providing a self-maintaining automated chat response generator. In particular, the systems and methods described herein analyze a corpus of digital content to identify content topics and generate a language model for categorizing a chat question. Additionally, the systems and methods described herein analyze a chat question to assign the chat question to a content topic based on keywords identified within the chat question. The systems and methods also generate a response to provide to the chat question. |
| US10394849B2 |
Cascaded discovery of information environment
Discovering environment objects for information management in a networked environment. Information management provides services such as data protection, backup, retention, compliance, etc., by classifying the objects and/or infrastructure of an entity according to its value to the entity. Information management begins by discovering the data in a network and by discovering the servers and services operating in a network. The servers and services are discovered using adapters that can collect information regarding the environment objects. Objects can be discovered using cascaded discovery, where the information collected by one adapter is used to drive the collection of additional information by other adapters. This information can then by used by information management systems to assign or orchestrate various services. |
| US10394840B2 |
Social network content analysis
A method includes receiving one or more updates in a social networking system corresponding to one or more topics, determining one or more constraints corresponding to the received one or more updates, updating a threshold value associated with each of the one or more determined user constraints, calculating a constraint score corresponding to each constraint of the one or more constraints, determining whether each constraint score meets a selected threshold value, and presenting the update responsive to determining that each constraint score meets a selected threshold value. A computer program product and computer system corresponding to the method are also disclosed. |
| US10394838B2 |
App store searching
Methods and systems for searching for applications in an app store use, in one embodiment, distribution data to create an association between a first application and a first set of other applications in the app store, and the association is used to provide search results in response to a navigational search query that specifies the first application by name so that the search results include the first application and the first set of other applications. The distribution data indicates the number of downloads for applications in the app store that resulted from each search query in a set of search queries. |
| US10394835B1 |
Rapid access information database (RAID) system and method for generalized data aggregation for a plethora of data types and users
A method and system for providing a rapid access data aggregation information source having a contact portal for rapidly connecting to single or multiple information resources, e.g., databases or retrieval portals, in order to provide owner approved access to various types of remotely readable, addressable, and/or interaction-capable information resources. A focal intention of the data aggregation system is to provide rapid response support through a contact point for locating and contacting a specific database, potentially among a multitude of databases, which holds specific information, located mainly by its type, characteristics, or generic category such as but not limited to medical/health coverage details, medical records, legal documents, estate details, etc. |
| US10394832B2 |
Ranking search results documents
Methods and apparatus related to using document feature(s) of a document that is responsive to a query, and optionally query feature(s) of the query, to determine a presentation characteristic for presenting a search result that corresponds to the document. In some implementations, measures associated with the document feature(s) and/or query feature(s) may be used to determine the presentation characteristic. The measures may be based on past interactions, by corresponding users, with other documents that share one or more of the document features with the document, where a plurality of the other documents are different from the document (and optionally each different from one another). In some implementations, the document and/or the other documents include, or are restricted to, documents that are access restricted. |
| US10394830B1 |
Sentiment detection as a ranking signal for reviewable entities
A method, a system and a computer program product for ranking reviewable entities based on sentiment expressed about the entities. A plurality of review texts are identified wherein each review text references an entity. A plurality of sentiment scores associated with the plurality of review texts are generated, wherein each sentiment score for a review text indicates a sentiment directed to the entity referenced by the review text. A plurality of ranking scores for the plurality of entities are generated wherein each ranking score is based at least in part on one or more sentiment scores associated with one or more review texts referencing the entity. A plurality of search results associated with the plurality of entities are displayed based at least in part on the ranking scores. |
| US10394823B2 |
Detection and utilization of attributes
A method and system of improving the detection and utilization of attributes of a user. A query is sent to a device operated by a user. The query includes a query database having a plurality of query tags corresponding to expected attributes of a target user and a numerical value associated with each of the plurality of query tags. A plurality of attributes of the user of the device is detected. Data corresponding to the detected plurality of attributes of the user and a response from the user related to the query is received. The numerical value associated with each of the plurality of query tags that corresponds with each of the detected plurality of attributes and creating a new query tags is incremented. |
| US10394819B2 |
Controlling mirroring of tables based on access prediction
A system for managing a plurality of storage devices that are configured to store a database. The system includes an access instruction acquiring unit configured for acquiring an access instruction to access the database. The system also includes a predicting unit configured for predicting a table to be accessed in response to the acquired access instruction. The system further includes a relocation unit configured for mirroring the table predicted by the predicting unit, the mirroring between the plurality of storage devices. |
| US10394818B2 |
System and method for dynamic database split generation in a massively parallel or distributed database environment
A system and method is described for database split generation in a massively parallel or other distributed database environment including a plurality of databases and a data warehouse layer providing data summarization and querying functionality. A database table accessor of the system obtains, from an associated client application, a query for data in a table of the data warehouse layer, wherein the query includes a user preference. The system obtains table data representative of properties of the table, and determines a splits generator in accordance with one or more of the user preference or the properties of the table. The system generates, by the selected splits generator, table splits dividing the user query into a plurality of query splits, and outputs the plurality of query splits to an associated plurality of mappers for execution by the associated plurality of mappers of each of the plurality of query splits against the table. |
| US10394816B2 |
Detecting product lines within product search queries
Systems and methods can determine product lines product searches. One or more computing devices can receive a product query of search terms. The product query may be classified to identify a product category. A brand may be identified for the product query. The brand may be selected from a list of known brands for the product category. One or more unknown product line terms may be identified within the product query. A metric may be computed to indicate how well the unknown product line terms correspond to an actual product line within the brand. The metric may be compared to a specified threshold. The unknown product line terms may be designated as a new product line of the brand if the metric favorably compares to the specified threshold. A product search may be performed on the product query. Product search results may be returned according to the product search. |
| US10394814B2 |
Storing nested complex data structures in a data store
A data processing method provides an improvement in speed of obtaining, in response to a computer search query from one or more computing devices, a particular compressed data chunk that may include a particular data value that is digitally stored in a large data file. The method comprises creating and digitally storing a digital data file comprising a first set of uncompressed metadata chunks; a second set of uncompressed metadata chunks; and a set of compressed data chunks; each chunk of the first and second sets of uncompressed metadata chunks comprising a set of bits; the set of compressed data chunks comprising a first compressed data chunk; the first compressed data chunk comprising a first set of values; the first set of uncompressed metadata chunks spaced evenly across the data file; the second set of uncompressed metadata chunks spaced evenly between a first metadata chunk of the first set of uncompressed metadata chunks and a second metadata chunk of the first set of uncompressed metadata chunks; the first metadata chunk comprising a first set of bits. The method further comprises setting a first subset of bits of the first set of bits to indicate a minimum value of the first set of values, setting a second subset of bits of the first set of bits to indicate a maximum value of the first set of values, and setting a third subset of bits of the first set of bits to indicate a first portion of the data file separating the first metadata chunk and the second metadata chunk. The method also comprises receiving the search query specifying the particular data value, reading the first metadata chunk, and, in response to determining that the particular data value is equal to or greater than the minimum value and equal to or less than the maximum value, sending the first compressed data chunk to the one or more computing devices. |
| US10394811B2 |
Tail-based top-N query evaluation
Techniques are described for executing a query with a top-N clause to select a first N-number of rows in a data source arranged at least according to a first key and a second key of the data source using a first sort order respectively specified for the first key and a second sort order respectively specified for the second key by the query. The data source may include one or more tiles that include at least a portion of the first key and the second key. To execute the query, in an embodiment, a DBMS determines, in a first vector of first key values that are in a first tile, row identifiers identifying entries of the first vector that contain values equal to a tail value that follows a particular top number of the first key values. The DBMS may select, from a second vector of values of the second key in the first tile, second key values identified based on the determined row identifiers of the first vector. In an embodiment, the DBMS generates a result set of the query that includes at least a value from the second key values selected from the second vector based on the determined first row identifiers. |
| US10394810B1 |
Iterative Z-score calculation for big data using components
The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computing system program products for iteratively calculating a Z-score for Big Data. Embodiments of the invention include iteratively calculating one or more components of a Z-score for a modified computation subset based on the one or more components of a Z-score calculated for a previous computation subset and then calculating a Z-score for a selected data element in the modified computation subset based on one or more of the iteratively calculated components. Iteratively calculating a Z-score avoids visiting all data elements in the modified computation subset and performing redundant computations thereby increasing calculation efficiency, saving computing resources and reducing computing system's power consumption. |
| US10394805B2 |
Database management for mobile devices
Storing a subset of a database on a mobile device. The subset of the database stored on the mobile device being based on privilege information associated with the mobile device and/or a user of the mobile device. One of more mobile applications can access the subset of the database stored on the mobile device when the mobile device is offline and unconnected to a database management system associated with the database. A set of queries can be performed on the subset of the database stored on the mobile device. |
| US10394804B1 |
Method and system for increasing internet traffic to a question and answer customer support system
A method and system increases Internet traffic to a question and answer customer support system, according to one embodiment. The method and system receive a question, and determine a search engine popularity or searchability of the question, according to one embodiment. If the search engine popularity or searchability of the question is less than a threshold, the question is provided to customer support personnel for reformation, according to one embodiment. The question and answer customer support personnel provide question reformation suggests to the customer support personnel, according to one embodiment. |
| US10394788B2 |
Schema-free in-graph indexing
Methods, systems, and computer program products for schema-free in-graph indexing are provided herein. A computer-implemented method includes creating multiple indexes directed to data within a knowledge graph; correlating two or more of the created indexes, thereby generating one or more multi-dimensional indexes; determining, based on a received query, one or more traversal paths within the data of the knowledge graph and the generated multi-dimensional indexes, wherein the traversal paths facilitate processing of the query; and outputting a response to the query based on the determined traversal paths. |
| US10394787B2 |
Indexing methods and systems for spatial data objects
The present application provides indexing methods and systems for indexing spatial data objects of a data space, and methods and systems for performing an operation on an index of spatial data. One of the methods includes: associating each spatial data object with one of a plurality of separations according to a size of the respective spatial data object; and mapping each spatial data object to an index key based on the separation with which the spatial data object is associated. The methods and systems for performing an operation on an index of spatial data can facilitate efficient selection or manipulation of the spatial data objects. |
| US10394782B2 |
Chord distributed hash table-based map-reduce system and method
A chord distributed hash table based MapReduce system includes multiple servers and a job scheduler. The multiple servers include file systems and in-memory caches storing data based on a chord distributed hash table. The job scheduler manages the data stored in the file systems and the in-memory caches in a double-layered ring structure, when receiving a data access request for a specific file from an outside. The job scheduler allocates MapReduce tasks to the servers that store the file for which the data access request has been received among the multiple servers, and outputs a result value obtained by performing the MapReduce tasks in response to the data access request. |
| US10394781B2 |
Synchronization of offline data
A method includes initiating, at backend server, a process for synchronization of a data record stored locally on a client computing device with a corresponding data record stored in a backend database. The synchronization process includes comparing the hash value of the data record stored locally on the client computing device and the hash value of the corresponding data record stored in the backend database, and based on the comparing, sending information about the corresponding data record stored in the backend database to the client computing device, if needed for updating the data record stored locally on the client computing device. |
| US10394780B2 |
Detecting interesting decision rules in tree ensembles
Mechanisms are provided for detecting interesting decision rules from a set of decision rules in a tree ensemble. Each tree in the tree ensemble is traversed in order to assign each individual data record from a set of data records to an identified leaf node in each tree. Predicted values are determined for the tree ensemble based on predictions provided by each leaf node to which each individual data record is assigned. Interesting sub-indices for decision rules from the set of decision rules are determined and, for each decision rule corresponding to the leaf nodes in the tree ensemble, the sub-indices are combined into interestingness index It. The decision rules are ranked corresponding to the leaf nodes in the tree ensemble according to the associated value of the interestingness index It and a subset of the decision rules corresponding to the leaf nodes in the tree ensemble are reported. |
| US10394771B2 |
Use of search templates to identify slow information server search patterns
Statistical information related to performing information searches based on search templates may be automatically generated and stored in statistical records. The statistical records may be automatically updated. The statistical records may be sorted to indicate which information searches are most efficient. |
| US10394770B2 |
Methods and systems for implementing a data reconciliation framework
Some aspects are directed to data reconciliation frameworks. An example framework is configured to receive core data, the system model comprising a plurality of data records associated with at least two assets, receive a system model, the system model comprising context data indicating, execute a configuration operation of a data validation process based on the system model, execute the data validation process to identify at least one inconsistent or incomplete record among the plurality of data records, determine at least one data reconciliation technique from a plurality of data reconciliation techniques based on the system model, and apply the at least one data reconciliation technique to the core data to reconcile the at least one inconsistent or incomplete record. |
| US10394768B2 |
Selective data migration on schema breaking changes
This disclosure describes converting data from a current data schema to an updated data schema in response to an application being updated. More specifically, this disclosure describes how data stored on computing device can be converted from any previous data schema version to an updated data schema version using a single conversion operation. Additionally, any data and/or content that has already been downloaded and stored on the computing device may be salvaged and associated with the newly converted data. As such, previously downloaded content does not need to be downloaded again when a data schema associated with an application has been updated. |
| US10394767B2 |
Computing network node adjustments
A method of computing relative rankings for multiple course trajectories may include accessing a data structure. The data structure may include a first node that may represent a first course and a plurality of nodes that may represent courses that are available after completing the first course. Each of the plurality of nodes may be associated with a weight, and the plurality of nodes may include a second node representing a second course. The method may also include receiving a first grade for a student for the first course and receiving a second grade for the student for the second course. The method may additionally include adjusting the weight associated with the second node using the first grade and the second grade. The method may further include providing a ranking of the plurality of courses using the weights of the plurality of courses. |
| US10394765B2 |
Saving files from third-party systems directly to a cloud storage system
A method for saving a file stored on a third-party system to a cloud storage system includes receiving, at a cloud storage server of the cloud storage system, a save request from the third party system. The save request is generated in response to a user selecting, via a user interface presented on a client computer, the file from a plurality of files stored on the third-party system, the file to be saved to the cloud storage server. The save request comprises a file identifier of the file and information identifying the user. The information identifying the user allows access to a user account of the user on the cloud storage system without use of the client computer as intermediary service, and the third-party system stores the file associated with the file identifier. The method further includes authenticating the save request, based at least in part on the information identifying the user, creating a copy of the file at the cloud storage server, and associating the copy of the file with the user. |
| US10394759B2 |
System and method to configure distributed measuring devices and treat measurement data
A method to configure a measuring device is provided. In other aspects, a server and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium are provided. The method includes receiving a configuration request that specifies configuration criteria for configuring a measuring device to perform a test, wherein the configuration criteria includes configuration instructions, analysis instructions, and visualization instructions, and configuring the measuring device to perform measurements and output measurement data in accordance with the configuration instructions. The method further includes receiving the measurement data output by the measuring device, storing the measurement data received, processing the measurement data stored based on the analysis instructions, and outputting visualization data corresponding to the processed measurement data to a display device based on the visualization instructions. |
| US10394758B2 |
File deletion detection in key value databases for virtual backups
A method, article of manufacture, and apparatus for protecting data. In some embodiments, this includes receiving a changed block, reading a previous backup to get a file list in change block tracking, checking a file in a modified master file table list for a reference flag, wherein the modified master file table list is based on the changed block, and modifying a database entry based on the reference flag. |
| US10394755B2 |
Information presentation method and apparatus
An information presentation method and apparatus. The method comprises: monitoring a designated operation for a DOI; and when it is detected that the designated operation is executed for the DOI, presenting profile information corresponding to the DOI. In the method, when a DOI is presented in an interface, a user only needs to perform a designated operation for the DOI, and profile information corresponding to the DOI is displayed on the interface; and the profile information corresponding to the DOI is generated based on all information contained in the DOI itself, and can accurately reflect the information in the DOI, so that the user can intuitively learn the information contained in the DOI without using other devices to scan and decode the DOI, thereby effectively improving the identification degree of the DOI and simplifying the operation process. |
| US10394745B2 |
Adapter selection based on a queue time factor
A method, system, and computer program product are described for a machine selecting a selected adapter among two or more adapters that perform a same function. The method includes generating a request, at the machine, for the function, and calculating a time indicator associated with each of the two or more adapters based on a respective adapter queue time factor (QTF) associated with each of the two or more adapters, the adapter QTF associated with each of the two or more adapters being a computed value. The method also includes selecting the selected adapter and submitting one or more requests to the selected adapter of the two or more adapters to perform the function based on a comparison of the time indicator associated with each of the two or more adapters. |
| US10394737B1 |
Multichip package with protocol-configurable data paths
Integrated circuit packages with multiple integrated circuit dies are provided. A multichip package may include a substrate, a main die that is mounted on the substrate, and multiple transceiver daughter dies that are mounted on the substrate and that are coupled to the main die via corresponding Embedded Multi-die Interconnect Bridge (EMIB) interconnects formed in the substrate. Each of the main die and the daughter dies may include configurable adapter circuitry for interfacing with the EMIB interconnects. The adapter circuitry may include FIFO buffer circuits operable in a 1x mode or 2x mode and configurable in a phase-compensation mode, a clock-compensation mode, an elastic mode, and a register bypass mode to help support a variety of communications protocols with different data width and clocking requirements. The adapter circuitry may also include boundary alignment circuitry for reconstructing (de)compressed data streams. |
| US10394735B2 |
Comparative forwarding circuit providing first datum and second datum to one of first circuit and second circuit according to target address
A circuitry includes a source circuit; a first circuit; a second circuit; and a data-distributing circuit including: a receiving circuit configured to receive a first datum for the first circuit via a first and second front line, and to receive from the source circuit a second datum for the second circuit via a third front line and a fourth front line; and a forwarding circuit configured to receive one of the first datum and the second datum via a first intermediate line and a second intermediate line, to receive a target address associated with the one of the first datum and the second datum via a third intermediate line, and, according to the target address, provide the one of the first datum and the second datum to one of the first circuit and the second circuit. |
| US10394730B2 |
Distributed interrupt scheme in a multi-processor system
Methods and systems are disclosed for routing and distributing interrupts in a multi-processor computer to various processing elements within the computer. A system for distributing the interrupts may include a plurality of logic devices configured in a hierarchical tree structure that distributes incoming interrupts to interrupt redistributors (redistribution devices). The system also includes plural processing elements, where each processing element has an associated bus address. A shared serial bus couples the redistribution devices and processing elements. Each of the redistribution devices is configured to transfer the incoming interrupts to at least one of the processing elements over the common bus, based on the bus address. |
| US10394729B2 |
Speculative and iterative execution of delayed data flow graphs
A system for executing a data flow graph comprises: at least two first actors each comprising means for independently executing a computation of a same data set comprising at least one datum, and producing a quality descriptor of the data set, the execution of the computation by each of at least two first actors being triggered by a synchronization system; a third actor, comprising means for triggering the execution of the computation by each of at least two first actors, and initializing a clock configured to emit an interrupt signal when a duration has elapsed; a fourth actor, comprising means for executing, at the latest at the interrupt signal from the clock: the selection, from the set of at least two first actors having produced a quality descriptor, of the one whose descriptor exhibits the most favorable value; the transfer of the data set computed by the selected actor. |
| US10394728B2 |
Emulated MSI interrupt handling
A processor includes a core and an interrupt controller. The interrupt controller includes logic to read interrupt data from a memory, the interrupt data including a timestamp, an allowable delay value, and at least one interrupt vector. The interrupt controller also includes a delay-comparison circuit to determine a time lapse based on the timestamp and a system clock signal and to compare the time lapse to the allowable delay value. Further, the interrupt controller includes a second logic to determine whether to invoke an interrupt handler based on the comparison of the time lapse to the allowable delay value. |
| US10394725B2 |
System and method for device assembly based on component characteristics stored with the components
A process may involve assembling a device at a device assembler. The process may include receiving a set of components, where each component of the set of components may be associated with a respective memory storing a set of characteristics of the component. The process may include assembling the set of components into the device at the device assembler. The process may also include accessing each respective memory of the components to read the sets of characteristics stored in the respective memories, and determining from the sets of characteristics of the components the characteristics of the device. |
| US10394715B2 |
Unified in-memory cache
A pinned memory space for caching data can be provided in a data node. The data that is cached in the pinned memory space can be prevented from being swapped out. A virtual address can be assigned to the data. The virtual address can be mapped to a memory address of the data in the pinned memory space for accessing the data by an application. A first command can be received from the application for caching the data. The first command can indicate an attribute associated with the caching of the data. Responsive to receiving the first command from the application for caching the data, the data associated with the first command can be cached by storing the attribute in association with the data in the pinned memory space. |
| US10394713B2 |
Selecting resources to make available in local queues for processors to use
Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for selecting resources to make available in local queues for processors to use. Each processor of a plurality of processors maintains a queue of resources for the processor to use when needed for processor operations. One of processors is selected. The selected processor accesses at least one available resource and includes the accessed at least one resource in the queue of the selected processor. |
| US10394710B2 |
Storage class memory (SCM) memory mode cache system
An SCM memory mode NVDIMM-N cache system includes an SCM subsystem, and an NVDIMM-N subsystem having at volatile memory device(s) and non-volatile memory device(s). A memory controller writes data to the volatile memory device(s) and, in response, updates a cache tracking database. The memory controller then writes a subset of the data to the SCM subsystem subsequent to the writing of that data to the volatile memory device(s) and, in response, updates the cache tracking database. The memory controller then receives a shutdown signal and, in response, copies the cache tracking database to the volatile memory device(s) in the NVDIMM-N subsystem. The NVDIMM-N subsystem then copies at least some of the data and the cache tracking database from the volatile memory device(s) to the non-volatile memory device(s) prior to shutdown. The data and the cache tracking database may then be retrieved from non-volatile memory device(s) when the system is restored. |
| US10394709B2 |
Function analysis method and memory device
A function analysis method applied to a memory device includes analyzing the mapping relationship between at least one API function and at least one normal function, analyzing a calling relationship between the at least one normal function through the correspondence relationship, and developing a two-dimensional array to analyze whether there is a loop in the calling relationship or not. When one of the at least one normal function calls another normal function, whether or not the name of the called normal function is the same as the name of the normal function and names of the normal functions which call the normal function is checked. |
| US10394705B2 |
Regression testing of SQL execution plans for SQL statements
A first execution plan for a first version of a structured query language statement can be requested from a database management system. The first execution plan for the first version of the structured query language statement can be loaded into a first directed graph tree structure comprising a plurality of nodes. The first directed graph tree structure can be scanned to determine whether a full table scan for accessing requested data is represented by at least a one of the plurality of nodes of the directed graph tree structure. Responsive to determining that the full table scan for accessing the requested data is represented by the at least one of the plurality of nodes of the directed graph tree structure, a first indicator that indicates a fault condition can be output. |
| US10394701B2 |
Using run time and historical customer profiling and analytics to iteratively design, develop, test, tune, and maintain a customer-like test workload
Aspects of the present invention include a method, system and computer program product. The method includes a processor determining characteristics of one or more customer workloads to be incorporated into a customer-like test workload; determining one or more data points for environment and workload comparisons; collecting customer environment, workload, capacity and performance empirical data; developing a test workload; conducting historical and run-time workload profiling of the one or more customer workloads and the developed test workload; and determining that the developed test workload meets one or more customer workload attainment goals. |
| US10394699B1 |
Method and system for reusing a refinement file in coverage grading
A method for reuse of a refinement file in coverage grading, may include obtaining a refinement file that includes a listing of coverage entities of a first coverage model, for exclusion from a calculation of coverage grading of the first coverage model; obtaining mapping information to map a source path of each of the modules or instances of a module, that include one or more of said coverage entities in the first coverage model to a target path of each of said modules or instances of a module in a second coverage model; and using a processor, based on the refinement file and the mapping information, translating a source path of each of said coverage entities listed in the refinement file to a target path of a coverage entity of the coverage entities in the second coverage model. |
| US10394697B2 |
Focus area integration test heuristics
Techniques are disclosed for identifying an optimal set of test cases of a larger test case bucket to execute on a new software release. The release includes one or more patches modifying development code of a previous release of the software, and each test case includes metadata specifying a history of the test case relative to an execution on the previous release. In each patch, it is determined, based on the metadata, whether at a test case targets the development code modified by the patch. Upon determining that the test case targets the development code, a score associated with the test case is incremented. The test cases are prioritized for execution based on score. |
| US10394696B1 |
Testing an application in a production infrastructure temporarily provided by a cloud computing environment
A device receives test parameters associated with testing an application that utilizes source data, and causes source containers, for the source data, to be temporarily created in a cloud computing environment, based on the test parameters. The device provides the source data to the source containers in the cloud computing environment, and causes other containers, for the application, to be temporarily created in the cloud computing environment, based on the test parameters. The device creates a file for testing the application with the source containers and the other containers, based on the test parameters, and causes the application to be executed with the source containers and the other containers, based on the file. The device receives results associated with executing the application with the source containers and the other containers. |
| US10394692B2 |
Real-time processing of data streams received from instrumented software
An analysis system receives data streams generated by instances of instrumented software executing on external systems. The analysis system evaluates an expression using data values of the data streams over a plurality of time intervals. For example, the analysis system may aggregate data values of data streams for each time interval. The analysis system determines whether or not a data stream is considered for a time interval based on when the data value arrives during the time interval. The analysis system determines a maximum expected delay value for each data stream being processed. The analysis system evaluates the expression using data values that arrive before their maximum expected delay values. The analysis system also determines a failure threshold value for a data stream. If a data value of a data stream fails to arrive before the failure threshold value, the analysis system marks the data stream as dead. |
| US10394691B1 |
Resolution of data flow errors using the lineage of detected error conditions
A method enables users to resolve errors in a data flow. The method displays a user interface (UI) that includes a flow diagram having a plurality of nodes, receives user specification of a validation rule for a first node of the plurality of nodes in the flow diagram, and determines that an intermediate data set violates the validation rule. In response to determining that the first intermediate data set violates the validation rule, the method identifies errors corresponding to rows in the intermediate data set, and displays an error resolution UI that provides information about the errors. The error resolution UI includes a natural language summary region providing a synopsis of the errors, an error profile region graphically depicting the errors, a data flow trace region providing lineage of the errors in the flow, and a data region displaying data for a subset of columns from the intermediate data set. |
| US10394684B1 |
Determining a user habit
Methods and apparatus related to determining one or more user habits for a user. A group of one or more past user activity occurrences of a user may be determined based on similarity between the past user activity occurrences of the group. A user habit may be determined based on the past user activity occurrences of the group. |
| US10394682B2 |
Graphical lock analysis
A system is described for identifying key lock contention issues in computing devices. A computing device is executed and lock contention information relating to operations during execution of the computing device is recorded. The data is parsed and analyzed to determine blocking relationships between operations due to lock contention. Algorithms are implemented to analyze dependencies between operations based on the data and to identify key areas of optimization for performance improvement. Algorithms can be based on the Hyperlink-Induced Topic Search algorithm or the PageRank algorithm. |
| US10394681B2 |
Profiling operating efficiency deviations of a computing system
Profiling operating efficiency deviations of a computing system includes: generating a profile of expected operating efficiency for a computing system in an ideal configuration; for each of a plurality of alternative configurations of the computing system, wherein each of the alternative configurations includes a variation of the ideal configuration that introduces a deviation in operating efficiency of the computing system, said variation comprising a root cause of the deviation: monitoring operating efficiency of the computing system identifying, from the monitored operating efficiency, a deviation of operating efficiency from the expected operating efficiency; and recording, in a data structure, an association of the deviation and the root cause of the deviation. |
| US10394680B2 |
Techniques for tracking graphics processing resource utilization
Examples described herein generally relate to reporting memory resource access by a graphics processing unit (GPU). A list of memory resources allocated for the GPU can be received by a memory tracking application. An indication of memory resource utilization based on the list of memory resources can be displayed on an interface. The memory tracking application can also receive, from the GPU, multiple indications that one or more of the memory resources allocated for the GPU are accessed, and can update the indication of memory resource utilization based at least in part on the multiple indications. |
| US10394675B2 |
Vehicle control device
The present invention provides a vehicle control device with which, even when an abnormality is detected in a core in a multi-core processor, it is possible to reduce the time needed until the core in which the abnormality is detected restarts and re-executes application software. The present invention is characterized by being provided with: a diagnostic means for carrying out a diagnostic process when starting a processor core, the diagnostic process including hardware diagnosis performed by hardware and software diagnosis performed using software after the hardware diagnosis; and a diagnostic process information change processing means for changing the method for executing the diagnostic process when all of the processor cores are started and when one of the processor cores is restarted. |
| US10394673B2 |
Method and system for hardware accelerated copyback
A system and method for performing a copyback operation are provided. The disclosed method includes initiating a copyback process to move data from an online data storage drive to a spare data storage drive by setting an indicator in hardware to divert all write completions on the online data storage drive. The method further includes, while the indicator in hardware is set to divert the write completions, incrementing on a per-strip basis a copy of data from the online data storage drive to the spare data storage drive. The method further includes only after all data from the online data storage drive has been copied to the spare data storage drive, changing the setting of the indicator in hardware so that write requests received for the online data storage drive during the copyback process are re-issued on to the spare data storage drive. |
| US10394671B2 |
Fault-tolerant, serviceable automation system
The invention relates to a fault-tolerant, maintainable automation system comprising two central computers, a process periphery and gateway computers, wherein the central computers and the gateway computers are fail-silent FCUs and represent autonomous exchange units, and the central computers and gateway computers exchange timed status messages via communications channels, and wherein each gateway computer establishes the link to the process periphery associated with the gateway computer and saves the current status of the process periphery associated with the gateway computer, and wherein a central computer assumes the role of an active central computer and another central computer assumes the role of a passive central computer, and wherein the active central computer exerts control over the gateway computers, and wherein the active central computer transmits a sign-of-life message to the passive central computer, preferably periodically, and wherein the passive central computer acknowledges the receipt of a sign-of-life message from the active central computer in a periodic sign-of-life message and monitors it through a time-out, and wherein the passive central computer assumes the role of the active central computer if the sign-of-life messages fail to appear after the time-out, and wherein the faulty, previously active central computer autonomously attempts to restart and, following a successful restart, monitors the communications traffic within a cluster, the cluster containing the central computer, in order to ascertain the current status of the cluster, and wherein the computer assumes the role of the passive central computer and informs the now-active central computer by means of preferably periodic sign-of-life messages that it is performing the role of the passive central computer, and wherein, if the restart is unsuccessful, the faulty central computer indicates the permanent error by means of a display means. |
| US10394661B2 |
Policy driven data updates
A method, executed by at least one processor, includes generating a snapshot for a plurality of data files, receiving an update request for a selected file of the plurality of data files, determining if the selected file is subject to a backup policy, updating the selected file without preserving the snapshot of the selected file if the selected file is not subject to the backup policy, and updating the selected file while preserving the snapshot of the selected file if the selected file is subject to the backup policy. A corresponding computer program product and computer system are also disclosed herein. |
| US10394660B2 |
Snapshot restore workflow
A snap restore technique efficiently restores snapshots of storage containers served by a storage input/output (I/O) stack executing on one or more nodes of a cluster. A Small Computer Systems Interface administration layer interacts with a volume layer of the storage I/O stack to manage and implement a snap restore procedure to restore one or more snapshots of a storage container. The storage container may be a logical unit (LUN) embodied as parent volume (active volume) and the snapshot may be represented as an independent volume embodied as read-only copy of the active volume. The snap restore procedure may be configured to allow restoration to a single snapshot of a LUN or restoration of a plurality of LUNs organized as a consistency group from a group of snapshots. Restoration of the LUN from a snapshot involves (i) creation of another independent volume embodied as a read-write copy (clone) of the snapshot, (ii) replacement of the (old) active volume with the clone, (iii) deletion of the old active volume, and (iv) mapping of the LUN to the clone (i.e., a new active volume). |
| US10394659B2 |
System and method for providing comprehensive backup of modular mobile devices
A system and method for backup and recovery of user mobile device modules, settings and configurations. An example system includes a modular mobile device and a number of interconnected modules that can be connected to the mobile device. The device includes memory that stores configuration and setting parameters associated with each of the modules. In operation, a backup software utility monitors the configuration and setting parameters to detect additions and modifications and the transmits the detected additions and modifications to remote data storage to generate a data backup indicating a current state of the configuration and setting parameters. As a result, the modular mobile device can always return to a previous state for each module if it is replaced or the software is reinstalled, for example. |
| US10394658B1 |
High speed snapshots mechanism
Backup storage is configured to automatically take one or more snapshots of a protected device. After a plurality of snapshots of the protected device have been automatically taken by the backup storage, the backup storage is communicated with in order to catalog metadata associated with the plurality of snapshots. |
| US10394657B2 |
User authorization for file level restoration from image level backups
Embodiments provide systems, methods, and computer program products for enabling user authorization to perform a file level recovery from an image level backup of a virtual machine without the need for access control by an administrator. Specifically, embodiments enable an access control mechanism for controlling access to stored image level backups of a virtual machine. In an embodiment, the virtual machine includes a backup application user interface that can be used to send a restoration request to a backup server. The restoration request can include a machine identifier and a user identifier of the user logged onto the virtual machine. The backup server includes a backup application that determines whether or not the machine identifier contained in the restoration request can be matched to a machine identifier of a virtual machine present in one of the virtual machine backups stored on the backup server. |
| US10394650B2 |
Multiple writes using inter-site storage unit relationship
A method includes utilizing, by a first computing device, a first writing pattern to write a set of encoded data slices to a sharing group of sites. The first writing pattern includes writing a write threshold number of encoded data slices to storage units of a first site and writing a remaining number of encoded data slices to another storage unit(s) in another site(s). The method further includes sending, by storage units of the first site, encoded data slices of up to the write threshold number to other storage units in accordance with an inter-site storage unit relationship. The method further includes, when indicating in the inter-site storage unit relationship, sending, by storage unit(s) of the other site(s), encoded data slices of the remaining number of encoded data slices to other storage units in accordance with the inter-site storage unit relationship. |
| US10394639B2 |
Detecting and surfacing user interactions
Incident information that describes a timing of an incident in a service, is received from a service. User activity information is received from a client system in a tenant. An impact of an incident, on a tenant, is identified by combining the incident information with the user activity information. |
| US10394634B2 |
Drive-based storage scrubbing
Apparatuses, systems and methods are disclosed herein that generally relate to distributed storage, such as for big data, distributed databases, large datasets, artificial intelligence, genomics, or any other data processing environment using that host large data sets or utilize big data hosts using local storage or storage remotely located over a network. More particularly since large scale data requires many storage devices, scrubbing storage for reliability and accuracy requires communication bandwidth and processor resources. Discussed are various ways to use known storage structure, such as LBA, to offload scrubbing overhead to storage by having storage engage in autonomous self-validation. Storage may scrub itself and identify stored data failing data integrity validation, or identify unreadable storage locations, and report errors to a distributed storage system that may reverse-lookup the affected storage location to identify, for example, a data block at that location needing correction. |
| US10394630B2 |
Estimating relative data importance in a dispersed storage network
Methods for use in a dispersed storage network (DSN) to determine relative importance of data objects stored in the DSN for use in making prioritization decisions relating to necessary rebuilding of data. In various examples, relative importance rankings are generated based on heuristic measures and explicit ranking factors. The heuristics measures, which may be updated periodically, may include the frequency of access requests relating to a data object, the number of unique requestors of a data object, the age of a data object, the size of a data object, the amount of other data referenced by a data object, and a predicted amount of other data that would be rendered useless or inaccessible should a data object be lost. The explicit ranking factors may include a storage vault identifier and an importance marker associated with a data object. Higher priority data is preferably rebuilt prior to lower priority data. |
| US10394629B2 |
Managing a plug-in application recipe via an interface
Techniques for managing a plug-in application recipe (“PIAR”) are disclosed. A mapping between (a) a user-selected field, selected via a PIAR creation interface, and (b) a third-party application field, exposed by an application programming interface (“API”) of a third-party application, is stored. The third-party application field is associated with a trigger or action of a PIAR. Managing the PIAR in an active state involves periodically receiving and checking data from the third-party application field against a PIAR condition. During or after managing the PIAR in the active state, information is stored to update the mapping to a different mapping. The different mapping maps the user-selected field to a different third-party application field. Without modifying the PIAR, managing the PIAR in the active state then involves periodically receiving and checking data from the different third-party application field against the PIAR condition. |
| US10394628B1 |
In-line event handlers across domains
Event handler records, for different event handlers in different domains, are stored in an event handler orchestrator service. The event handler records identify event handlers (in various domains) that are to handle events raised in separate domains. When an event is raised, the event handler records are filtered to identify an event handler that has indicated an interest in the raised event, and an end point corresponding to the identified event handler is provided back to the calling process. The calling process then invokes the event handler for which the end point is returned. |
| US10394626B2 |
Event flow system and event flow control method
An event flow system connecting nodes, for which processes are defined, from an upstream side to a downstream side by an event which is generated due to a certain process and is used by another process to realize a process flow is provided. The event flow system includes: a process flow builder configured to build a process flow using a plurality of nodes, one or more events, and a reverse event that sends a predetermined request, from a downstream node to an upstream node disposed further toward an upstream side than the downstream node; and a process flow executer configured to execute a process defined for each of the plurality of nodes according to the event and the reverse event. |
| US10394618B2 |
Thermal and power memory actions
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to managing volatile and non-volatile memory. A set of volatile memory sensor data may be obtained. A set of non-volatile memory sensor data may be obtained. The set of volatile memory sensor data and the set of non-volatile memory sensor data may be analyzed. A memory condition may be determined to exist based on the analysis. In response to determining that the memory condition exists, one or more memory actions may be issued. |
| US10394611B2 |
Scaling computing clusters in a distributed computing system
A currently operating computing cluster that has multiple nodes storing cluster data may be scaled. A cluster scaling request may be received for the current cluster indicating a change in a number or type of nodes in the current cluster. In response to receiving the cluster scaling request, a new cluster may be created as indicated in the cluster scaling request, a copy of the cluster data from the current cluster to the nodes in the new cluster may be initiated, a network endpoint for the current cluster may be moved to the new cluster, and the current cluster may be disabled. The current cluster may, in some embodiments, respond to read access requests during the copy of the cluster data. |
| US10394610B2 |
Managing split packages in a module system
Techniques for managing split packages in a module system are disclosed. A code conflict exists between two packages, in different modules, based at least in part on the packages being named identically and including executable code. No code conflict exists between two other identically-named packages, in different modules, based at least in part on the packages not including any executable code. Managing split packages may be based, at least in part, on module membership records associated with the modules. |
| US10394605B2 |
Mutable chronologies for accommodation of randomly occurring event delays
Causing a computing system to process events from a sequence of events that defines a correct order for said events independent from an order in which those events are received includes: defining a first variable, defining, for the first variable, a chronology of operations on the first variable associated with received events, receiving a first event that pertains to the first variable, executing a first operation on said first variable that results in a first update of the chronology, receiving a delayed event that pertains to the first variable, executing a second operation on said first variable that results in a second update of the chronology, and determining whether the first update is valid or invalid, wherein the delayed event precedes the first event in the sequence, the first update is based on the first event, and the second update is based on the delayed event. |
| US10394604B2 |
Method for using local BMC to allocate shared GPU resources inside NVMe over fabrics system
According to one general aspect, a system may include a non-volatile memory (NVM), a resource arbitration circuit, and a shared resource. The non-volatile memory may be configured to store data and manage the execution of a task. The non-volatile memory may include a network interface configured to receive data and the task, a NVM processor configured to determine if the processor will execute that task or if the task will be assigned to a shared resource within the system, and a local communication interface configured to communicate with at least one other device within the system. The resource arbitration circuit may be configured to receive a request to assign the task to the shared resource, and manage the execution of the task by the shared resource. The shared resource may be configured to execute the task. |
| US10394595B2 |
Method to manage guest address space trusted by virtual machine monitor
A processor comprises a register to store a first reference to a context data structure specifying a virtual machine context, the context data structure comprising a second reference to a target array and an execution unit comprising a logic circuit to execute a virtual machine (VM) based on the virtual machine context, wherein the VM comprises a guest operating system (OS) associated with a page table comprising a first memory address mapping between a guest virtual address (GVA) space and a guest physical address (GPA) space, receive a request by the guest OS to switch from the first memory address mapping to a second memory address mapping, the request comprising an index value and a first root value, retrieve an entry, identified by the index value, from the target array, the entry comprising a second root value, and responsive to determining that the first root value matches the second root value, cause a switch from the first memory address mapping to the second memory address mapping. |
| US10394594B2 |
Management of a virtual machine in a virtualized computing environment based on a concurrency limit
One or more concurrency limits may be checked in connection with the performance of a virtual machine management operation such as a virtual machine deploy, resize or migration operation to enable the virtual machine management operation to be scheduled on a host for which no concurrency limits have been met. |
| US10394593B2 |
Nondisruptive updates in a networked computing environment
As indicated above, aspects of the present invention provide an approach for facilitating nondisruptive virtual machine (VM) maintenance in a networked computing environment. In an embodiment, a request for an update to an active VM is received, and a copy of the active VM is taken to create a snapshot VM. An update is installed on the snapshot VM. While the snapshot VM is being updated, all changes made to the active VM are saved. Once the update is installed on the snapshot VM, the saved changes are applied to the snapshot VM. A switch is made over to the snapshot VM in real time so that the snapshot VM becomes the active VM. The process allows a user to work continuously with the software as a service (SaaS) VM without disruption. |
| US10394592B2 |
Device and method for hardware virtualization support using a virtual timer number
A device for hardware virtualization support. The device includes a hypervisor component configured to launch a virtual machine (VM) and configured to exit and/or to enter a host level, a host system component configured to process a configuration flag (CF) that enables an interrupt delivery mechanism, wherein the host system component is configured to record, if the CF is set, a virtual timer number as a global variable, providing information to the hypervisor component when a virtual timer is expired, and wherein the hypervisor component is configured to process the virtual timer number of the global variable in the host level. |
| US10394584B2 |
Native execution bridge for sandboxed scripting languages
Techniques herein include receiving, at a scripting language component of a native execution bridge, a request to execute one or more scripting language commands, and sending the commands from the scripting language component to a native execution component of the native execution bridge for determination, based at least in part on a security policy, whether to execute the one or more scripting language commands as corresponding native commands outside the scripting language component. In response to determining to execute the commands, the commands are translated into one or more natively executable commands and are executed. In some embodiments, the scripting language component determines, based on a security policy, whether commands are permissible, and only if they are, forwarding those commands to the native execution component for translation and execution. |
| US10394583B2 |
Automated model generation for a software system
Transaction data is accessed that has been generated from monitoring of a plurality of transactions in a system that includes a plurality of software components. The transaction data is assessed to identify that a particular one of the plurality of transactions meets a particular one of a set of conditions based on an attribute of the particular transaction. A portion of the transaction data describing the particular transaction is selected based on the particular transaction meeting the particular condition. A model of a particular one of the software components involved in the particular transaction is generated using the selected portion of the transaction data. The model is used to launch a computer-implemented simulation of the particular software component within subsequent transactions of the system. |
| US10394582B2 |
Method and arrangement for managing persistent rich internet applications
An Application Execution Server and a method for managing a Background Process which is associated with a Rich Internet Application which is accessible via a Web Browser of an Internet Enabled User Device. The Application Execution Server comprises a Background Process Manager which is adapted to create a Background Process, in response to receiving a request for such a process from the Rich Internet Application, the Background Process being adapted to recognize a triggered event associated with said associated rich Internet application and to invoke the Rich Internet Application, irrespective of whether the Web Browser and/or the Rich Internet Application is presently running or not. |
| US10394581B2 |
Optimized user interface rendering
A device identifies one or more functional elements, and one or more device characteristics. The device determines a selection index based on one or more device characteristics. The device determines a first functional element of the one or more functional elements that has a highest priority level. The device determines whether there is an appropriate technology layer for the first functional element based on comparing the selection index to one or more technology layer ranges corresponding to one or more technology layers associated with the first functional element. |
| US10394580B2 |
Dynamic addition and removal of operating system components
Systems, computer program products and computer program products for facilitating the dynamic addition and removal of operating system components on computing devices based on application or user interaction over time are disclosed. Such systems, computer program products and computer program products provide one or more API intercept layers, a rules engine and a hydrate engine that facilitates the ability to dynamically rehydrate or hydrate operating system components. In an embodiment, a minimal (or core) operating system image on a computing device is deployed. Then, required components may be dynamically added (i.e., “streamed” or “rehydrated”) from storage, a server or cloud service as required by an executing application program on the computing device. In another embodiment, a totally complete operating system image is deployed on a computing device. Then, unused components may be dynamically removed (i.e., “dehydrated”) from the computing device over time based on application or user interaction. |
| US10394577B2 |
Method and apparatus for automatic processing of service requests on an electronic device
Embodiments of the present application provides methods and apparatus capable of recording operation/display events on a mobile device used to fulfill a first service request entered via a user interface of the mobile device. A recorded sequence of operation/display events is used to build a script file, which is associated with the service request or a template extracted from the service request. When a second service request that is the same or similar to the first service request is received again on the same or different mobile device, the script file associated with the service request is retrieved and provided to the mobile device, which executes the script file to automatically brings up a series of operation/display events to fulfill the service request. Thus, a user of the mobile device does not need to manually navigate through the sequence of operation/display events again in order to fulfill the service request. |
| US10394576B2 |
Control for the safe control of at least one machine
To enable a fast configuration of a control or of a total plant, a control for the safe control of at least one machine is provided having at least one input unit for receiving input signals from at least one signal generator; having at least one output unit for outputting output signals to the at least one machine; having a control unit for generating the output signals in dependence on the input signals; and having a connection unit having at least one connection socket for connecting an external input device that can be used or configuring the control, wherein the connection unit has at least one connection terminal for connecting the signal generators and/or the machine and is separable from the control and wherein the connection socket can be removed from the connection unit or from the control and comprises a memory with configuration data of the control. |
| US10394575B2 |
Electronic device with automatic mode switching
An automatic hold switch is disclosed. The automatic hold switch provides a means for automatically switching a hold feature on and off. When the hold feature is on, one or more input devices of a portable electronic device are disabled or prevented from providing input signals. When the hold feature is off, one or more input devices of a portable electronic device are enabled or allowed to provide input signals. Because the user no longer has to manually control the hold feature, the number of actions that need to be taken by the user is reduced. In one example, the automatic hold switch is embodied with light sensors that detect when the device is in a dark environment and when the device is in a light environment. A dark environment indicates to the portable electronic device that the user wishes not to input and therefore the hold feature is turned on. A lighted environment indicates to the portable electronic device that the user wishes to input and therefore the hold feature is turned off. |
| US10394570B2 |
Method of generating boot image for fast booting and image forming apparatus for performing the method, and method of performing fast booting and image forming apparatus for performing the method
A method of generating a boot image for fast booting an image forming apparatus. In the method, a boot image is generated to contain information regarding a system state after processes that are not used to execute an operating system and at least one application are terminated. Then, the image forming apparatus is fast booted using the boot image. |
| US10394569B2 |
Exception handling for applications with prefix instructions
Managing exception handling. A plurality of instruction units of an instruction stream are selected to be decoded in parallel by a plurality of instruction decode units of a processor. The plurality of instruction units includes a prefix instruction and a prefixed instruction. The prefixed instruction is an instruction to be modified by the prefix instruction. An exception condition associated with the prefixed instruction is determined. Exception handling is performed for the prefixed instruction, in which the performing includes determining an address at which to restart execution of the instruction stream. The determining the address includes adjusting the address at which to restart execution based on the prefix instruction to be separately decoded by an instruction decode unit. |
| US10394563B2 |
Hardware accelerated conversion system using pattern matching
A method for converting guest instructions into native instructions is disclosed. The method comprises accessing a guest instruction and performing a first level translation of the guest instruction. The performing comprises: (a) comparing the guest instruction to a plurality of group masks and a plurality of tags stored in multi-level conversion tables by pattern matching subfields of the guest instruction in a hierarchical manner, wherein the conversion tables store mappings of guest instruction bit-fields to corresponding native instruction bit-fields; and (b) responsive to a hit in a conversion table, substituting a bit-field in the guest instruction with a corresponding native equivalent of the bit-field. The method further comprises performing a second level translation of the guest instruction using a second level conversion table and outputting a resulting native instruction when the second level translation proceeds to completion. |
| US10394562B2 |
Microprocessor that fuses if-then instructions
A microprocessor performs an If-Then (IT) instruction and an associated IT block by extracting condition information from the IT instruction and for each instruction of the IT block: determining a respective condition for the instruction using the extract condition information, translating the instruction into a microinstruction, and conditionally executing the microinstruction based on the respective condition. For a first instruction, the translating comprises fusing the IT instruction with the first IT block instruction. A hardware instruction translation unit performs the extracting, determining and translating. Execution units conditionally execute the microinstructions. The hardware instruction translation unit and execution units are distinct hardware elements and are coupled together. The hardware translation unit performs the extracting, fusing and for each instruction of the IT block the determining and translating without writing intermediate results to a system memory, without execution of other architectural instructions by the microprocessor, and/or in six clock cycles or less. |
| US10394554B1 |
Source code extraction via monitoring processing of obfuscated byte code
In embodiments, methods and systems for implementing source code extraction are provided. Source code extraction facilitates processing obfuscated byte code and extracting source code representations of original source code of applications. Source code extraction is implemented based on leveraging and monitoring an interpreter (e.g., a software interpreter running on a virtual machine) when portions of obfuscated byte code (i.e., obfuscated compiled version of source code) are loaded or executed using the interpreter. In operation, the obfuscated byte code is accessed at the interpreter. The interpreter, processing the obfuscated byte code, is monitored using a source code extraction manager that supports instrumentation instances associated with functions of the obfuscated byte code. Instruction sequences of functions that the interpreter is processing are recorded using the source code extraction manager. Source code representations are generated based on the instruction sequences that are recorded while monitoring the functions that are processed by the interpreter. |
| US10394550B2 |
System and method for supporting patching in a multitenant application server environment
In accordance with an embodiment, described herein is a system and method for supporting patching in a multi-tenant application server environment. The system can associate one or more partitions with a tenant, for use by that tenant, wherein a partition is a runtime and administrative subdivision or slice of a domain. A patching process can take advantage of high-availability features provided by an application server clustering environment, to apply patches in a controlled, rolling restart, which maintains a domain's ability to operate without interruption, or with zero downtime. The process can be used to automate complex or long running tasks, including preserving an unpatched or prior version of an application server, application, or other software component for possible rollback, or providing automatic reversion in the event of an unrecoverable error. |
| US10394542B1 |
Low-power device recovery using a backup firmware image
Some examples described herein may involve receiving, via a wireless transmission, a firmware code update that is to be installed in a main memory of the electronic device, determining that the firmware code update is not successfully received; determining, based on determining that the firmware code update is not successfully received, that a secondary memory, of the electronic device, includes a firmware image; and installing the backup firmware image, from the secondary memory, in the main memory to provide the set of functionalities to the electronic device. |
| US10394540B1 |
Software incremental loader
A method for provisioning consumer premises equipment includes communicating identification information to a software management system via a network interface, receiving a list of bundles in response to communicating the identification to the software management system via the network interface, determining a location of a repository storing at least one bundle in the list, wherein the software management system includes a plurality of repositories storing a plurality of bundles at different locations, and installing, by the consumer premises equipment, the at least one bundle from the repository having the location. |
| US10394539B2 |
Dynamically configured graphical user interface for a software application
A Graphical User Interface (GUI) Customization System provides users with applications that feature customized GUI configurations by applying one or more configuration parameters to common codebases in the applications without user intervention. Various embodiments of the GUI Customization System can provide different methods of acquiring, customizing, and providing applications and sets of configuration parameters to users. |
| US10394537B2 |
Efficiently transforming a source code file for different coding formats
A source code file is generated in accordance with a first coding format employed by a first user. In response to a request for the generated source code file from a second user employing a different coding format, the generated source code file is transformed to the different coding format employed by the second user, and the transformed source code file is presented to the second user in the different coding format. |
| US10394534B2 |
Framework for flexible logging of development environment deployment
Systems and methods for logging events in the deployment of a development environment are disclosed. An interactive graphical depiction of executable instructions for creating a development environment is generated for display on a display device coupled to a development environment deployment system. An updated status of an executable instruction is received from a virtual machine host coupled to the development environment deployment system. The interactive graphical depiction of the executable instructions is modified in response to the receipt of the updated status. A selection of an executable instruction displayed within the interactive graphical depiction is received from the user. Responsive to the selection, log entry associated with the selected executable instruction is presented for display. |
| US10394532B2 |
System and method for rapid development and deployment of reusable analytic code for use in computerized data modeling and analysis
A system and method for rapid development and deployment of reusable analytic code for use in computerized data modeling and analysis is provided. The system includes a centralized, continually updated environment to capture pre-processing steps used in analyzing big data, such that the complex transformations and calculations become continually fresh and accessible to those investigating business opportunities. The system incorporates deep domain expertise as well as ongoing expertise in data science, big data architecture, and data management processes. In particular, the system allows for rapid development and deployment of analytic code that can easily be re-used in various data analytics applications, and on multiple computer systems. |
| US10394531B2 |
Hyper dynamic Java management extension
In one aspect, a system for exposing application metrics on the fly is disclosed. The system includes a processor; a memory; and one or more modules stored in the memory and executable by a processor to perform various operations. The operations include initialize a Java managed object for Java Management Extension (JMX); attach the initialized Java managed object to a repository for Java managed objects accessible by applications; create a fixed reference to an attributes field in the attached Java managed object; provide the created fixed reference to the repository after initialization of the Java managed object; save the fixed reference; describe an attribute to be created; and create a new attribute in the Java managed object. |
| US10394530B1 |
Computer readable medium for translating protocols with autonomous script writer
The disclosed subject matter presents a method for translating between protocols using an extended scripting language. In one embodiment ECMA-262 scripting language is extended to enable one with ordinary skill in the art to create scripts which may be used to perform diverse data manipulation including, but not limited to: file input/output, database manipulation, data identification, data translation, XML functionality, SMB functionality, email, etc. Additionally provided for is running the extended scripting language alongside a binary to manipulate data such that changes can be implemented without requiring the recoding and/or recompiling of the binary. In other embodiments, the disclosed subject matter enables the transmission of information via a webservice, with information able to be viewed on a variety of GUI's, and/or manipulated by a script wizard, autonomous script writer or a combination thereof. |
| US10394527B2 |
System and method for generating an application structure for an application in a computerized organization
A computerized system and method for generating an application structure for an application in a computerized organization having a plurality of components. An implementation includes generating the application structure for the application by including, in the application structure, applicative components and connections between applicative components identified using a first entry point. In an implementation, the identification of the applicative components and the connections between applicative components includes applying a first set of patterns against a first component associated with the first entry point to identify a first applicative component of the applicative components and a first connection of the connections, the first connection including a second entry point. The applicative components and the connections between applicative components can be recursively identified. |
| US10394525B2 |
Generation of random numbers through the use of quantum-optical effects within a multi-layered birefringent structure
An optical system uses a multi-layered birefringent structure that receives an input beam that may be non-coherent or coherent, and produces a randomization energy from the input beam, by creating birefringent induced beam subdivisions as the beam passes through each birefringent layer, where after the beam has passed through a threshold number of birefringent layers, a randomized energy distribution is created. That randomized energy distribution is read by a photodetector and converted into a random number by a randomization processing device. |
| US10394523B2 |
Method and system for extracting rule specific data from a computer word
The invention provides method and system for extracting rule specific data from a computer word. The method comprises: calculating at least one decimal value based on a rule representation associated with a rule, the rule representation is a byte array, value of each bit of the byte array representing whether a corresponding bit position in the computer word has a data component; identifying at least one result byte array based on the calculated decimal value from a preset look-up table, which includes a plurality of mappings, each between a result byte array and a decimal value, the result byte array indicating a set of reference bit positions for determining a set of bit positions in the computer word in which data components related to the rule are stored, and a last byte of the result byte array representing a bit count value associated with the set of reference bit positions. |
| US10394522B2 |
Display controller
A display controller for a data processing system comprises two sets of display processing units, each set of display processing units comprising an input unit operable to read at least one input surface, a processing unit operable to process one or more input surfaces to generate an output surface, and an output unit operable to provide an output surface for display to a display. The display controller also includes internal data path via which pixel data of a surface may be passed between the sets of display processing units, and a control unit that can selectively activate one or both of the sets of display processing units to process one or more input surfaces to generate one or more output surfaces for display. |
| US10394517B2 |
Control method, controller, and device
A method of controlling a device located in a predetermined space includes: obtaining sleep information of a person present in a first space from a biological sensor disposed in the first space, the sleep information indicating a sleep state of the person and the first space includes a first device; determining, by a processor, a first sound volume to be set for the first device based on a first database indicating a correspondence between the sleep state and a target sound volume of a corresponding device, the target sound volume of the corresponding device being a predetermined sound volume which does not awake a sleeping person at the sleep state and still be heard by an awake person; and transmitting, to the first device, a first command for setting the first sound volume in the first device as a sound volume upper-limit value. |
| US10394513B2 |
Display device and display apparatus
A display device includes a display panel, a transparent plate and at least one compressible transparent member. The display panel has a display surface. The transparent plate is disposed on the display panel and has a light incident surface and a first light emitting surface opposite to each other. The display surface and the light incident surface face each other, and the transparent plate has at least one side surface connected between the light incident surface and the first light emitting surface. The compressible transparent member is disposed on the side surface and has a second light emitting surface, and the second light emitting surface is tilted relative to the first light emitting surface. Moreover, a display apparatus including a plurality of the display devices is also provided. When the display devices are spliced to form the display apparatus, the problem of visible black lines of splicing seams is mitigated. |
| US10394511B2 |
Empathetic image selection
An approach is provided for selecting and displaying image(s). A user and user profile information corresponding to the user are identified. A sentiment of the user is identified by determining that user is in proximity to a digital picture frame in a room, receiving a measurement of ambient lighting of the room from a light sensor coupled to the digital picture frame, and determining an emotional state of the user based on the ambient lighting. Based on the user profile, an association is determined between the sentiment of the user and sentiment(s), which are determined to be conveyed by image(s). Based on the ambient lighting, the association between the sentiment of the user and the sentiment(s), and the image(s) conveying the sentiment(s), the image(s) are selected from multiple images. The selected image(s) are displayed on a display included in the digital picture frame. |
| US10394510B2 |
Method for displaying content and electronic device therefor
A method for displaying content by an electronic device is provided. The method includes generating converted data by encoding a plurality of screen data according to first clocks, restoring the screen data by decoding the converted data based on second clocks separate from the first clocks, and displaying the restored screen data. |
| US10394505B2 |
Image forming apparatus that controls an execution order of jobs, control method thereof, storage medium, and image forming system
An image forming apparatus obtains first print data from an external apparatus, stores, in a storage, identification information representing that image formation based on the first print data is uncompleted, obtains second print data from the external apparatus in a status in which the identification information is not stored in the storage, and inhibits obtaining of the second print data from the external apparatus in a status in which the identification information is stored in the storage. |
| US10394501B2 |
Image processing apparatus including an execution authority setting having a permitted and not a permitted setting
An image processing apparatus includes an executing circuitry, a macro executing circuitry, and a managing circuitry. The executing circuitry executes one or more types of image processing. The macro executing circuitry executes, with the executing circuitry, a first macro to which predetermined one or more types of image processing out of the one or more types of image processing are assigned. The predetermined one or more types of image processing includes a first type of image processing. The managing circuitry manages execution authority setting of the first type of image processing and execution authority setting of the first macro, and temporarily changes the execution authority setting of the first type of image processing on a basis of the execution authority setting of the first macro upon the execution of the first macro by the macro executing circuitry. |
| US10394500B2 |
Information processing system and application installation method
An information processing system includes an information processing apparatus; and an electronic device. The information processing apparatus executes a process including managing configuration information required for installing an application in the electronic device, the configuration information including a list of applications to be installed, license information required for installing the application, and status information of the configuration information, managed in association with each other, the status information indicating a status before execution of the configuration information is reserved or a status in which execution of the configuration information is reserved; and storing the application. The electronic device executes a process including acquiring, from the information processing apparatus, the configuration information for which the status information is indicating the status in which execution of the configuration information is reserved; and installing, in the electronic device, the application acquired from the information processing apparatus according to the acquired configuration information. |
| US10394498B2 |
Print control apparatus, control method and storage medium for controlling encrypted communication and print processing
An apparatus assigns a communication control unit with a first priority as a priority when the communication control unit decrypts an encrypted common key and assigns a print control unit with a second priority higher than the first priority. Resource distribution of the apparatus with respect to the communication control unit and the print control unit is determined according to the priorities. |
| US10394491B2 |
Efficient asynchronous mirror copy of thin-provisioned volumes
A method for copying data from a primary thin-provisioned volume to a secondary thin-provisioned volume includes issuing a query to a primary storage system. The primary storage system hosts a thin-provisioned volume made up of multiple storage elements. The method returns, in response to the query, a reply indicating which storage elements in the thin-provisioned volume are backed by physical storage. In certain embodiments, the reply contains a bitmap having a bit for each storage element in the thin-provisioned volume. In other embodiments, the reply contains a starting address and ending address for each storage area that is backed, or not backed, by physical storage. The method then copies, from the primary storage system to a secondary storage system, data in only those storage elements that are backed by physical storage. A corresponding system and computer program product are also disclosed. |
| US10394487B2 |
Memory system and operating method thereof
A memory system may include: a memory device including memory blocks each memory block including pages, each page including memory cells which are coupled to a word line for storing data; and a controller including a memory, the controller receiving a write command and a read command from a host, storing write data corresponding to the write command in the memory, transmitting and storing the write data stored in the memory to and in at least one first memory device buffer coupled to a first memory block in a page of which the write data are to be stored, reading read data corresponding to the read command from a page of a second memory block, storing the read data in at least one second memory device buffer coupled to the second memory block, and storing the read data stored in the second memory device buffer, in the memory. |
| US10394486B2 |
Methods for garbage collection in a flash memory and apparatuses using the same
The invention introduces a method for GC (Garbage Collection) in a flash memory, performed by a processing unit, including at least the following steps: reading n×m pages of good data from storage sub-units, wherein n indicates the quantity of storage sub-units sharing one channel and m indicates the quantity of pages for programming data into one storage sub-unit; and repeatedly performing a loop for directing each of the storage sub-units to program m pages of good data until all of the storage sub-units are operated in busy states. |
| US10394485B1 |
Storage system with efficient re-synchronization mode for use in replication of data from source to target
A target storage system in one embodiment receives from a source storage system a plurality of content-based signatures of respective data pages of a storage object that is subject to replication from the source storage system to the target storage system. For a given one of the received content-based signatures having a particular logical address, the target storage system compares at least a portion of the received content-based signature with a particular one of a plurality of entries of an address-to-signature table maintained by the target storage system. Responsive to a match between at least a portion of the received content-based signature and the particular one of the entries of the address-to-signature table, the received content-based signature is compared with a full content-based signature corresponding to the particular entry, and responsive to a match between the received content-based signature and the full content-based signature corresponding to the particular entry, an indication of successful re-synchronization is provided to the source storage system for the storage object data page having the received content-based signature. |
| US10394477B2 |
Method and system for memory allocation in a disaggregated memory architecture
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for allocating memory. A computer receives a request for memory to be allocated to a computer node and determines if the allocation request needs to be carried out on a cluster level, a server rack level, or on a server level. The computer retrieves a memory policy associated with the determined level the allocation request needs to be carried out on from a memory policy database and determines how much available memory may be allocated and if there enough available memory to meet the request. The computer reallocates the available memory to address the received the received request based on the retrieved memory policy. |
| US10394476B2 |
Multi-level stage locality selection on a large system
A method for execution by a computing device of a dispersed storage network (DSN). The method begins with obtaining a plurality of write requests. The method continues where for a write request of the plurality of write requests, the computing device generates a vault identification and a generation number. The method continues where the computing device obtains a rounded timestamp and a capacity factor and generates a temporary object number based on the rounded timestamp and the capacity factor. The method continues where the computing device generates a temporary source name based on the vault identification, the generation number, and the temporary object number. The method continues where the computing device identifies a set of storage units of a plurality of sets of storage units of the DSN based on the temporary source name. |
| US10394471B2 |
Adaptive power regulation methods and systems
Adaptive power regulation methods and systems are disclosed. In one aspect, one or more process sensors for memory elements are provided, which report information relating to inherent speed characteristics of sub-elements within the memory elements. Based on this reported information, a controller ascertains an appropriate power level to insure a proper data retention voltage (DRV) is applied on voltage rails by a power management unit (PMU) circuit. By using the proper DRV based on the speed characteristics of the sub-elements within the memory elements, power conservation is achieved. |
| US10394468B2 |
Handling data slice revisions in a dispersed storage network
A method for execution by a storage unit of a dispersed storage network (DSN) includes receiving a data slice for storage. A first bin that includes the data slice is generated and stored in a first location of a memory device of the storage unit, and a bin pointer that includes a reference to the first location is generated. A revision of the data slice is later received, and a second bin that includes the revised data slice is generated and stored in a second location of the memory device. A modified bin pointer is generated by editing the bin pointer to include a reference to the second location. A back pointer that references the first location is generated in response to commencing writing of the revised data slice. The back pointer is deleted in response to determining that the revised data slice has reached a finalized write stage. |
| US10394467B2 |
Flexible deployment and migration of virtual machines
Virtual machines in a computer system cluster, or cloud environment, require access to their assigned storage resources connected to the virtual machines via storage area networks (SAN). Such virtual machines may be independent from associated physical servers in the computer system cluster on which they are deployed. These virtual machines may dynamically migrate among assigned physical servers while maintaining access to their connected storage resources both from the source physical server and the target physical server during the migration. |
| US10394460B1 |
Enhanced data buffer and intelligent NV controller for simultaneous DRAM and flash memory access
Operation of an Enhanced Data Buffer and Intelligent NV Controller for Simultaneous DRAM and Flash Memory Access has been disclosed. In one implementation a host can operate at full DRAM speed to a DIMM having thereon a NV Controller, DRAM, and flash memory. |
| US10394447B2 |
Virtual smart phone
In embodiments of the present invention, a virtual phone is provided which includes a touch screen mounted on an enclosure that includes a processor, memory, wireless communication port, and a power port. The virtual phone further includes a software application executing on the processor to control image display on the touch screen and emulate features of a handheld device presented in the image in response to a user touching a presented feature. The virtual phone further includes a configuration of a user-specific handheld device that is derived from the user-specific handheld device is stored in a memory that is accessible to the processor; wherein the virtual phone presents a visual representation of the user-specific handheld device on the touch screen based on the configuration. |
| US10394443B2 |
Method for viewing message and user terminal
A method for viewing a message is provided. The method includes the following. A first touch operation performed on an icon of a message application of the user terminal is detected. At least one touch parameter of the first touch operation is obtained, where the at least one touch parameter includes a first touch pressure value and a first touch duration. Whether the first touch pressure value exceeds a first preset threshold is determined, and whether the first touch duration exceeds a preset duration is determined. At least one message previewing window is output and at least one first target message is displayed in the at least one message previewing window based on a determination that the first touch pressure value exceeds the first preset threshold and the first touch duration exceeds the preset duration. A user terminal is further provided. |
| US10394441B2 |
Device, method, and graphical user interface for controlling display of application windows
An electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface displays a plurality of windows on the display. The plurality of windows includes a first window for a first application displayed in a frontmost position on the display and a second window displayed in a lower position than the frontmost position. The device detects a first gesture moving in a first direction on the touch sensitive surface, the first direction on the touch sensitive surface corresponding to a first direction on the display; and, in response to detecting the first gesture moving in the first direction on the touch sensitive surface: moves the first window across the display in the first direction on the display until the first window is moved partially or fully off the display; and displays the second window in the frontmost position on the display. |
| US10394439B2 |
Managing user interface elements using gestures
Systems and methods for managing user interface elements using gestures are disclosed. In some implementations, a block representing a plurality of user interface elements is displayed on a touch screen of a device. A first gesture is initiated at a position corresponding to the block representing the plurality of the user interface elements is received via the touch screen. A first path corresponding to the first gesture is stored in a memory. At least a portion of the plurality of user interface elements are displayed on the touch screen in positions along the first path. |
| US10394438B2 |
Scroll bar control
A user interface control for scrolling a display of computer program data during retrieval of computer program data includes a scrollbar that includes a data retrieval progress indicator that indicates a ratio of available scrollable received computer program data to a total amount of the computer program data being retrieved. The data retrieval progress indicator includes a track with a length that indicates the total amount of the computer program data being retrieved, and an extendable scrollbar overlying the track with a variable length that extends within the track as the computer program data is received and indicates the ratio. The scrollbar also includes a thumb button overlying the extendable scrollbar and movable within the variable length of the extendable scrollbar to scroll the available scrollable received computer program data. |
| US10394436B2 |
Manipulation apparatus
A manipulation apparatus includes an image display device for displaying an image containing a command portion, an operation unit manually operable by a user, a pointer display unit for displaying a pointer at a position corresponding to an operation state of an operation unit on the image displayed on the image display unit, a vibration application unit for applying vibration to the operation unit, and a direction determination unit for, based on a positional relationship between the command portion and the pointer or based on contents of the command corresponding to the command portion, determining a direction of a force that is first applied to the operation unit as the vibration by the vibration application unit when the pointer is displayed on the command portion. |
| US10394434B2 |
Apparatus and method for recognizing proximity motion using sensors
An interfacing apparatus may sense an input object and move at least one interface object displayed on a display toward the sensed input object. |
| US10394430B2 |
Relationship quality evaluation and reporting
A system for relationship information evaluation and management. The system incorporates relationship quality parameters that define the contextual parameters of quality, which are mutually validated and are accepted by the respective parties within an existing or prospective relationship. A computer, computing device, written documents or other means are used to capture the perspectives of each person, representative, or entity within the relationship or prospective relationship. This can be done automatically, on a random, periodic, or scheduled basis, or upon manual initiation. The information or data may then be analyzed and coalesced into a meaningful whole (or segments thereof), which may then be archived, printed, reported, and presented to one or both of the parties, or others. The information can be processed and stored based upon certain parameters, attributes, types or classes or relationships, so as to provide history, patterns, trends, alerts, warnings, analyses or comparisons concerning relationship quality. All information collected can be further applied or aggregated within an organization (or beyond, such as in a general locality or marketplace). |
| US10394426B2 |
Display for input selection on a compact information processing device
Embodiments are provided for a system, a computer program product, and/or a method that improves a display of an input selection displayed on a compact screen. To improve this display, embodiments search displayed content for input items, wherein the input items are selections inputted by a user; display different marks, each associated with each of the input items; receive a subsequent input from the user; and change a selection state of each item of the input items corresponding to a mark of the different marks in response to the subsequent input received corresponding to that mark. |
| US10394425B2 |
System for providing motion and voice based bookmark and method therefor
The present invention relates to a system and a method for providing a motion or voice based bookmark on a mobile web page, wherein: a bookmark is set by mapping an inputted bookmarking motion or voice to address information of a corresponding mobile web page when the bookmarking motion or voice is inputted through a bookmark screen in a user terminal; the bookmark is stored in a bookmark database; and a page is converted into the mobile web page of the address information which is mapped and stored in advance with respect to an inputted motion or voice by referring to the bookmark database if the same motion or voice as the bookmarking motion or voice is inputted, thereby increasing convenience of access to the mobile web page. |
| US10394421B2 |
Screen reader improvements
One or more aspects relate to providing a user interface menu in a screen reader reading an application. A graphical user interface (GUI) is screen scraped to determine GUI components and a user option menu is created including user options corresponding to the determined GUI components. A corresponding GUI component is activated when a user option is selected. |
| US10394418B2 |
Method, device, and system for providing indicia on a display
A display of an icon includes creating and displaying an icon that provides indicia regarding information relevant to an application to which the icon is assigned. The indicia provides information to a user and is always in the foreground of a display when the application is running regardless of whether the application is currently actively in use and being interacted with by a user or not. At least one expandable indicia is included within the icon. Input provided by clicking the expandable indicia actuates an expanded window for displaying more detailed information. Indicia is also presentable on the icon to provide real time information to a user who is actively using another application such as whether a connection to a server hosting services for the application is lost. A presence state of the user is displayable via presence indicia located on the icon as well. |
| US10394417B2 |
Surfacing and management of window-specific controls
The functionality traditionally provided by an application program through a window presented as part of a window-based user interface can be accessed while the window remains hidden. A toolbar, or similar collection of user interface elements, can be presented when a user indicates an intention to interact with an application program whose window is hidden. The toolbar can comprise elements associated with functions specific to the hidden window. The user's selection can be communicated to the application program so that it can perform the requested function. If the user no longer indicates an intention to interact with the application program, the toolbar can be removed. In one embodiment, the toolbar can be presented together with a thumbnail of the relevant window in a floating display element. |
| US10394416B2 |
User interface system and method for enabling mark-based interaction for images
Disclosed is a user interface which enables mark based interaction for images. The present disclosure relates to a user interface which enables mark based interaction for images, the images comprising a volume which is a three-dimensional image and slices which are two-dimensional images, each of which represents a cross section of the volume. At least two of the images each include the same visual mark for identifying at least one common region of interest. The user interface comprises: an input unit for receiving a user input associated with the same visual mark included in one of the images; and at least one component for enabling the interaction for the images including the same visual mark associated with the user input. |
| US10394408B1 |
Recommending media based on received signals indicating user interest in a plurality of recommended media items
Systems and methods for recommending media based on received signals indicating user interest in a plurality of recommended media items are presented. In one or more aspects, a system is provided that includes a recommendation component configured to analyze a set of videos and identify a first subset of videos to recommend to a user, wherein respective representations of the videos included in the first subset are presented to a user via a user interface displayed at a client device. The system further includes a selection component configured to receive input regarding user interest in two or more videos included in the first subset of videos. The recommendation component further identifies a first subset of the two or more videos for re-recommending to the user based on the received input. |
| US10394405B2 |
Capacitive touch panel with multi-layer transparent conductive film
Certain example embodiments relate to capacitive touch panels. First and second glass substrates are substantially parallel and spaced apart from one another. At least one multi-layer transparent conductive coating (TCC) is patterned into electrodes and located between the first and second substrates. The TCC(s) include(s) at least one conductive layer including silver, a dielectric layer including zinc oxide under and directly contacting the conductive layer including silver, and a dielectric layer(s) including tin oxide or silicon nitride over the conductive layer including silver. Processing circuitry electrically connects to the electrodes and measures an aspect of the electrodes' capacitance. A laminate material is located between the first and second glass substrates. The TCC(s), when blanket deposited, may have a visible transmission of at least 88%, a sheet resistances of no more than 10 ohms per square, and a haze of no more than 0.5%. Mutual and self-capacitance designs are disclosed. |
| US10394397B2 |
Manufacturing method of touch sensor film
A touch sensor film preventing moire occurring in accordance with deformation of a support is manufactured by performing roll transportation of an elongated transparent support 1 having a thickness smaller than 80 μm using a plurality of pass rollers 4, 5, and 6; performing annealing treatment with respect to the support 1 at a temperature which is equal to or lower than a temperature obtained by adding 35° C. to a dynamic glass transition temperature of the support 1; and forming a mesh pattern formed of thin metal wires 8a on a surface of the support 1 subjected to the annealing treatment. |
| US10394391B2 |
System and method for reducing display artifacts
In an example, a processing system for an integrated display device and capacitive sensing device includes driver circuitry and a driver module. The driver circuitry is configured for coupling to a plurality of source lines and a plurality of sensor electrodes, where each of the plurality of sensor electrodes comprises at least one common electrode configured for display updating and capacitive sensing. The driver module is coupled to the driver circuitry and configured to drive the plurality of sensor electrodes for capacitive sensing during a first non-display update period that occurs between first and second display line update periods of a display frame, where the non-display update period is at least as long as one of the first and second display line update periods. The driver module is further configured to operate each of the plurality of source lines to reduce display artifacts during the non-display update period. |
| US10394385B2 |
Display device
A display device which can achieve compatibility between the simplicity of the configuration or control of electronic equipment and the maintaining of its high operability includes: a display panel and a touch panel arranged on a front surface side of the display panel as viewed from a viewer. The touch panel includes one transparent substrate and a conductive pattern disposed on the substrate. A plurality of detection areas in each of which a touch position can be detected are provided in the touch panel. A non-detection area in which the touch position is not detected is provided between two detection areas next to each other. |
| US10394384B2 |
Multiple correlations in a touch sensor
Embodiments are disclosed that relate to touch input detection in a touch sensor. One example provides a method comprising establishing a first reference sequence, starting with a first set of candidate reference sequences each differing from the first reference sequence, reducing the first set of candidate reference sequences by applying a rule set to the first set to derive a relatively smaller second set of candidate reference sequences, for each candidate reference sequence in the second set of candidate reference sequences, calculating a touch detection performance score of a combined reference sequence, and configuring at least a portion of a receive circuit to correlate signals to at least one of the touch detection conditions by using the first reference sequence in a combined correlation operation with at least a selected candidate reference sequence from the second set of candidate reference sequences. |
| US10394379B2 |
Touch input device
A touch input device includes a first sensor having a first surface to which a touch is input, and a second surface opposing the first surface, and a second sensor connected to the second surface of the first sensor, and spaced apart from the first sensor in a vertical direction, wherein the first sensor measures a first position of the touch input to the first surface, wherein the second sensor measures a force caused by the touch input to the first surface of the first sensor, and calculates a second position by applying the force measured by the second sensor to force and moment equilibrium equations, when a distance between the first position and the second position is greater than or less than a threshold, the touch input to the first surface of the first sensor is determined to be a shear force or a sliding gesture, respectively. |
| US10394376B2 |
Display apparatus with input function
An information display device displays a sub-screen in a main screen and stores display information including the display position of the sub-screen and information on a near-field region. A position input device acquires information on a touched position, stores touch history information including information on a plurality of touched positions acquired, and includes a touched position determination section that determines whether a newly-acquired touched position is present in the near-field region and a display position determination section that, in a case where it has been determined that the newly-acquired touched position is present in the near-field region, utilizes the touch history information to determine a position to which the sub-screen is reduced or moved. In a case where the sub-screen has not been reduced, the sub-screen is reduced to the determined position. In a case where the sub-screen has been reduced, the sub-screen is moved to the determined position. |
| US10394375B2 |
Systems and methods for controlling multiple displays of a motor vehicle
A method includes displaying information via a first display, displaying information via a second display, controlling the information displayed via the first display and the second display with a controller, and receiving a first input from a user through a user interface. The first input includes a command to change a setting of the first display or the second display and/or the information being displayed via the first display or the second display. The method also includes generating a first haptic effect to confirm receipt of the first input. |
| US10394371B2 |
Method for controlling content and electronic device thereof
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display, a sensor and at least one processor configured to display content on the display, detect rotation information of the electronic device upon detecting shape change information of the display through the sensor, determine control information based on the rotation information of the electronic device, generate additional content corresponding to the content based on the control information, and display the content and the additional content on different display areas of the display. |
| US10394369B2 |
Display device
According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display area with pixels, and a detection electrode which includes first conductive lines overlapping the display area. Each of the pixels includes a first subpixel, a second subpixel adjacent to the first subpixel in a first direction, a third subpixel adjacent to the first subpixel in a second direction, and a fourth subpixel adjacent to the third subpixel in the first direction and to the second subpixel in the second direction. The pixels are arranged in the first direction with a first pitch, and the first conductive lines are arranged in the first direction with a second pitch which falls within a range of 2.2 times the first pitch or more and 3.2 times the first pitch or less. |
| US10394368B2 |
Touch-sensitive display device
Embodiments of a touch-sensitive display device are disclosed herein. According to a first aspect, a touch-sensitive display device comprises an electrode matrix including transmit electrodes and receive electrodes; a conductive plane; and a controller configured to cause a transmit electrode driver to drive the transmit electrodes in a mutual capacitance mode. The controller is configured to cause the transmit electrodes, the receive electrodes, and the conductive plane to be connected to a common charging voltage during charge periods of a self-capacitance mode; to, during discharge periods of the self-capacitance mode that alternate with the charge periods, cause the transmit electrodes, the receive electrodes, and the conductive plane to be connected to a common reference voltage; and to, during the discharge periods, cause the transmit electrodes and the receive electrodes to be coupled to receive circuitry configured to measure self-capacitance of the transmit electrodes and the receive electrodes. |
| US10394367B2 |
Liquid crystal display device
In a liquid crystal display device with a touch panel function, a second substrate has detection electrodes of a touch panel, each pixel has a pixel electrode and a counter electrode, the counter electrode is divided into a plurality of blocks, and the counter electrodes of the respective divided blocks are shared to the respective pixels of a plurality of display lines side by side, the counter electrodes of the respective divided blocks is also used as scanning electrodes of the touch panel, and a driver circuit is provided to apply a counter voltage and a touch panel scanning voltage to the counter electrodes of the respective divided blocks, and the driver circuit can adjust a supply start timing of the touch panel scanning voltage to be applied to the counter electrodes of the respective divided blocks. |
| US10394364B2 |
Touch pressure sensitivity correction method and computer-readable recording medium
A touch pressure sensitivity correction method may be provided that includes: defining a plurality of reference points on a touch sensor panel; generating a reference data for a capacitance change amount sensed by applying the same pressure to the plurality of reference points; generating an interpolated data corresponding to a capacitance change amount for a random point present between the plurality of reference points; calculating, on the basis of the reference data and interpolated data, with respect to the reference points and the random point respectively, a correction factor for correcting a sensitivity of a touch input device to a target value; and correcting uniformly for the touch pressure sensitivity of the touch input device by applying the calculated correction factor to each corresponding point. |
| US10394363B2 |
Device for physical interaction between remotely located users
An electronic device for touch translation includes a body and pins extending therefrom and including couplings to facilitate movement of a first portion relative to a second portion. The pins are controllable to move the first portion relative to the second portion and to control force applied by the pins on an external object. Heads are disposed on the pins, which heads are greater in width than the pins and are movable relative to the pins about respective couplings. Sensors cooperating with the pins detect forces applied to the pins and a communication subsystem communicates over a network, with a remote electronic device. A controller, based on detected forces, transmits signals to the remote electronic device to control the remote electronic device, and actuates pins to control the relative movement of the portions based on signals received from the remote electronic device. |
| US10394360B2 |
Touch sensor, display device including the same, and method of fabricating display device
A touch sensor includes sensing electrodes and a sensing line. The sensing line is coupled to the sensing electrodes. Each of the sensing electrodes includes a first region and a second region. The first region has a flat surface. The second region is disposed around a perimeter of the first region. The surface of the second region forms an inclination angle relative to the flat surface of the first region. |
| US10394358B2 |
Method, apparatus and computer-readable media for touch and speech interface
Method, apparatus, and computer-readable media for touch and speech interface includes structure and/or function whereby at least one processor: (i) receives an input from a touch sensitive input device; (ii) establishes a touch speech time window with respect to the received touch input; (iv) receives an input from a speech input device; (v) determines whether the received speech input is present in a global dictionary; (vi) if the received speech input is present in the global dictionary, determines whether the received speech input has been received within the established touch speech time window; and (vii) if the received speech input has been received within the established touch speech time window, activate an action corresponding to both the received touch input and the received speech input. |
| US10394355B2 |
Display device with built-in touch screen and method of fabricating the same
Disclosed is a display device with a built-in touch screen. The display device includes a gate electrode and a pixel electrode on a substrate, an activation layer and a sensing contact portion, a source electrode and a drain electrode, and a gate insulation layer provided between the gate electrode and the activation layer and between the pixel electrode and the sensing contact portion. Thereby, it is possible to reduce the number of data lines arranged in the display panel. Also disclosed is a method of fabricating a display device with a built-in touch screen. The method includes forming a first gate electrode and a pixel electrode according to a first mask process, and forming an activation layer, a source electrode, a drain electrode, and a touch sensing line according to a second mask process. Thereby, it is possible to reduce the number of mask processes. |
| US10394354B2 |
Array substrate, touch display panel and display apparatus
An array substrate, a touch display panel and a display apparatus are provided. The array substrate can include: a substrate, and a plurality of gate lines and data lines defining pixel units. The pixel units can include a first pixel unit, which can include a first insulating layer including at least a first via hole; at least a common electrode and at least a pixel electrode provided at both sides of the first insulating layer, respectively; and at least a first transparent connection block provided in the same layer with the pixel electrodes. Each of the first transparent connection blocks can be connected to the common electrode via the first via hole. The first pixel unit can also include at least a touch metal line provided in the same layer with the pixel electrodes. Each of the touch metal lines can electrically connected to each of the first transparent connection blocks. |
| US10394353B2 |
In-cell touch display structure
An in-cell display touch structure includes an upper substrate, a lower substrate, a display material layer, and a thin film transistor and sensing electrode layer. The thin film transistor and sensing electrode layer has plural conductor lines arranged along a first direction and plural dashed conductor lines arranged along a second direction. Each dashed conductor line is formed by continuing plural conductor segments, and two continued conductor segments are separated from each other. Each conductor segment is arranged in the first direction and close to a gate line in parallel, each conductor line being arranged in the second direction and close to a source line in parallel. A portion of the conductor segments is used to form plural sensing areas and a portion of the conductor lines is used to form plural sensing signal connection lines. |
| US10394352B2 |
Triggering method and wireless handheld device
A triggering method and a wireless handheld device provided in embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of electronic technologies. The touchscreen triggering method includes: detecting an input combination that is of a click frequency and/or click intensity and is received when a touchscreen is in a locked state; and when it is detected that the input combination that is of the click frequency and/or the click intensity and is received when the touchscreen is in the locked state matches a pre-stored input combination of a click frequency and/or click intensity, wherein the pre-stored input combination of the click frequency and/or the click intensity is corresponding to an operation, executing the operation corresponding to the matched pre-stored input combination of the click frequency and/or the click intensity. |
| US10394349B2 |
System and method for improved synchronization between devices
A system and method for synchronizing two devices in communication with each other. When communication between the two devices is to be established, a synchronization process may be invoked. In an embodiment, a first device may initiate sending synchronization signals having rising edge and falling edge pairs. The second device may include a controller configured to receive the synchronization signals. However, noise may inhibit the ability of the controller to correctly receive and/or interpret the synchronization signals. Noise may cause detection components to falsely detect noise as a synchronization signal or may cause detection components to miss detection of an actual synchronization signal. A window generator may be used to generate comparison windows for the controller to detect synchronization signals. Further, the detection window duration and start times may be adjusted based on previously detected (or undetected) synchronization signals in order to compensate for noise overshadowing synchronization signals. |
| US10394347B2 |
Curving mechanism for a portable mouse
Systems and methods are disclosed for coupling portions of portable mouse. A portable mouse includes a main plate. The portable mouse also includes a first side plate and a second side plate coupled to the main plate, wherein the main plate is configured to bend from a flat position to a curved position when the first and second side plates are pulled away from the main plate. |
| US10394344B2 |
Character input error correction
Character input error correction is provided by receiving from a keyboard character input by a user. The character input includes character input errors by the user, the character input errors being input of incorrect characters by the user via the keyboard. The character input errors of the character input are automatically identified and classified into character error classification(s). Each character error classification corresponds to a respective visual transformation of input characters. It is determined that a frequency of the identified and classified character input errors exceeds a predefined threshold confidence level for triggering application of keyboard corrections for user input. Based on the determining, keyboard corrections are applied for user input. The applying keyboard corrections includes applying a correction to character(s) displayed for or input by the user. The applied correction is based on at least one of the classification(s) into which the character input errors are classified. |
| US10394337B2 |
Parameter setting apparatus, audio signal processing apparatus, parameter setting method and storage medium
A parameter setting apparatus includes: a real control adapted to detect value modification operation for modifying a value of a parameter; and a display device adapted to detect touch operation and displaying virtual controls corresponding to a plurality of parameters respectively. In an unlock state, an assigner assigns a parameter corresponding to a touched virtual control to the real control, and in a lock state, the assigner does not change the assignment of the parameter even if detecting a touch operation. In response to the value modification operation of the real control, the parameter setting apparatus modifies the value of the parameter assigned to the real control if the operation is performed during the touch operation, or the value of the parameter corresponding to the touched virtual control if the operation is performed during the touch operation. |
| US10394334B2 |
Gesture-based control system
A method and system for human computer interaction using hand gestures is presented. The system permits a person to precisely control a computer system without wearing an instrumented glove or any other tracking device. In one embodiment, two cameras observe and record images of a user's hands. The hand images are processed by querying a database relating hand image features to the 3D configuration of the hands and fingers (i.e. the 3D hand poses). The 3D hand poses are interpreted as gestures. Each gesture can be interpreted as a command by the computer system. Uses for such a system include, but are not limited to, computer aided design for architecture, mechanical engineering and scientific visualization. Computer-generated 3D virtual objects can be efficiently explored, modeled and assembled using direct 3D manipulation by the user's hands. |
| US10394330B2 |
Devices and methods for facilitating wireless communications based on implicit user cues
Access terminals are adapted to facilitate automated wireless communication interactions based on implicit user cues. According to one example, an access terminal can obtain a plurality of user cues, including user cues from at least two primary sensor inputs, as well as other optional user cues. The access terminal may identify the occurrence of a predefined combination of user cues from among the plurality of user cues. In response to the identification of the predefined combination of user cues, the access terminal may affect a wireless communication link with an access terminal associated with another user. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also included. |
| US10394327B2 |
Integration of auxiliary sensors with point cloud-based haptic rendering and virtual fixtures
Apparatus and methods for generating virtual environment displays based on a group of sensors are provided. A computing device can receive first data about an environment from a first group of one or more sensors. The computing device can model the environment as a virtual environment based on the first data. The computing device can determine whether to obtain additional data to model the environment. After determining to obtain additional data to model the environment, the computing device can: receive second data about the environment, and model the environment as the virtual environment based on at least the second data. The computing device can generate a display of the virtual environment. |
| US10394325B2 |
Input friction mechanism for rotary inputs of electronic devices
Apparatuses and methods for an electronic device to control the application of friction to a rotary input control with a shaft. In one example, the apparatus may include a spring bar member having a first surface and a second surface, the first surface positioned adjacent to the shaft; and a movable tension member positioned to engage the second surface of the spring bar; wherein as the tension member engages the spring bar, the spring bar engages the shaft and applies a frictional force to the shaft. In this manner, the apparatus can controllably apply a friction force of a desired amount to the rotary input control. |
| US10394322B1 |
Light field display, adjusted pixel rendering method therefor, and vision correction system and method using same
Described are various embodiments of a light field display, adjusted pixel rendering method and computer-readable medium therefor, and vision correction system and method using same. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method is provided to automatically adjust user perception of an input image to be rendered on a digital display via a set of pixels thereof, wherein the digital display has a light field shaping layer (LFSL) disposed thereon comprising an array of LFSL elements. |
| US10394321B2 |
Information acquiring method, information acquiring apparatus, and user equipment
An information acquiring apparatus method, an information acquiring apparatus, and a user equipment are provided. A method comprises: acquiring, in response to that an eye of a user in a motion state is in a smooth pursuit eye movement state, information about a change of an angle of a line-of-sight direction of the user relative to a gaze point of the user at a moment, and information about motion of the user relative to the gaze point at the moment; and acquiring, according to the angle change information and the motion information, information about a distance of the gaze point relative to the user at the moment. In this regard, a position of an object of interest of a user in a motion state can be conveniently determined by tracing an eye of the user. |
| US10394319B2 |
Method of displaying an image, and system therefor
A method of displaying a virtual space image on a head-mounted display. The method includes generating a virtual camera space image based on a virtual camera in a virtual space, which has a perspective different from a perspective associated with the user. The method further includes rendering the virtual camera space image into a display object in the virtual space. The method further includes generating a field-of-view image in which the display object is arranged in the virtual space. The method further includes outputting the field-of-view image to the head-mounted display. |
| US10394312B2 |
Method of dynamically scaling a power level of a microprocessor
A power management device includes a workload rate detector configured to adjust a length of a duration period; a power management unit configured to calculate a period workload rate in the duration period; and a voltage-clock provider configured to adjust a power level, based on the period workload rate and/or based on an external command. |
| US10394306B2 |
Recording medium and cradle apparatus
A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium stores a cradle control program for executing steps on a CPU of a cradle apparatus. In an attachment determination step, it is determined whether or not a printer is attached to an attach/detach part. In an information acquisition step, connection identification information of the printer is acquired in the case that it is determined the printer is attached. In a connection establishing step, a communication connection with an operation terminal via the connection part is established after acquiring the connection identification information in the information acquisition step. In an information transmission step, the connection identification information acquired is transmitted to the operation terminal after establishing the communication connection in the connection establishing step. |
| US10394305B2 |
Memory system and method of operating the same
A memory system according to example embodiments of the inventive concept may include a storage device and a memory device. The storage device includes a first interface circuit configured to be connected to a processor and a second interface circuit different from the first interface circuit. The memory device includes a third interface circuit configured to be connected to the processor based on a DRAM interface, a fourth interface circuit configured to be different from the third interface circuit and configured to be connected to the second interface circuit, and a random access memory divided into a first memory area and a second memory area. The first memory area is accessed by the processor through the third interface circuit and the second memory area is accessed by the storage device through the second interface circuit and the fourth interface circuit. |
| US10394304B2 |
Optimized power transitions based on user or platform conditions
Hibernating a computing system. The method includes detecting at least one condition which indicates the availability of time to perform hibernation optimization steps on the computing system. The hibernation optimization steps optimize resume time from hibernate. The method further includes detecting a trigger indicating that the computing system is to be put into a hibernate state. As a result of detecting the at least one condition and the trigger, the method further includes performing hibernation steps to hibernate the computing system in a way that optimizes resume time from hibernate of the computing system. |
| US10394300B2 |
Controlling operating voltage of a processor
In an embodiment, a processor includes a core domain with a plurality of cores and a power controller having a first logic to receive a first request to increase an operating voltage of a first core of the core domain to a second voltage, to instruct a voltage regulator to increase the operating voltage to an interim voltage, and to thereafter instruct the voltage regulator to increase the operating voltage to the second voltage. Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
| US10394296B2 |
Data storage device for a device accessory
An apparatus includes a first interface of an accessory of a wireless device. The first interface is configured to communicate with the wireless device using a wired communication technique. The apparatus includes a second interface of the accessory. The second interface is configured to communicate with the wireless device using a wireless communication technique. The apparatus also includes a data storage device of the accessory. The apparatus further includes a controller of the accessory. The controller is coupled to the first interface, to the second interface, and to the data storage device. The controller is configured to activate the first interface in response to a message received via the second interface. |
| US10394295B2 |
Streamlined physical restart of servers method and apparatus
Apparatuses, methods and storage medium associated with streamlined physical reset are described herein. In embodiments, an apparatus for computing, including streamlined physical reset, may comprise one or more processor cores; memory having a plurality of memory locations; and a basic input/output system (BIOS) to provide basic input/output system services, wherein the BIOS stays within a range of memory locations during each initialization of the BIOS, including an initialization of the BIOS that is part of a physical reset of the apparatus, to streamline the physical reset. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed. |
| US10394292B1 |
Cryogenic computing system with thermal management using a metal preform
Computing systems including heat sinks (e.g., a first and a second heatsink) and metal preforms (e.g., a first and a second metal preform) are provided. The first metal preform is bonded to a portion of the first heat sink, where the first metal preform is configured to conform to the at least a portion of a superconducting component when the superconducting component is pressed against the first metal preform and hold shape even after a first pressure on the first metal preform is relieved. The computing system includes a second metal preform bonded to a portion of the second heat sink, where the second metal preform is configured to conform to the at least the portion of a superconducting component when the superconducting component is pressed against the second metal preform and hold shape even after a second pressure on the second metal preform is relieved. |
| US10394291B2 |
Apparatus, system, and method for dissipating heat from expansion components
An interface adapter may include a printed circuit board that includes an edge connector dimensioned to be inserted into an expansion socket of a computing device. The interface adapter may also include a plurality of modular computing components removably mounted to a top surface of the printed circuit board, where each modular computing component includes a connector dimensioned to be inserted into a socket of the printed circuit board and the connector of each modular computing component includes a pinout that is more compact than a pinout of the edge connector of the printed circuit board. In addition, the interface adapter may include one or more modular heatsinks coupled to a top surface of each modular computing component to facilitate heat dissipation from the top surface of the modular computing component. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed. |
| US10394287B1 |
Notebook computer
This disclosure relates to a notebook computer including a computer host, display device, hinge and an antenna. The computer host includes a keyboard. The hinge includes a pivot part, a middle part and a connect part. The pivot part is connected to the computer host. The middle part is made of plastic and includes a first end and a second end opposite to each other. The first end is connected to the pivot part which is located between the keyboard and the second end in a width direction of the keyboard. The second end extends toward the display device and is connected to the connect part in an angle. The connect part is connected to the display device which is pivotably disposed at the computer host via the hinge. The antenna is located at the inner side of the middle part and is electrically connected to the computer host. |
| US10394284B2 |
Electronic device and method for driving the electronic device
An electronic device usable in a manner similar to reading a book and a novel electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes flexible first to n-th display panels (n is a natural number of 4 or more) and an shaft. The first to n-th display panels each include a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The first and second surfaces are provided with the first and second display portions, respectively. The shaft includes an operating circuit, to which the first to n-th display panels are electrically connected. The first display panel and the second display panel nearest to the first display panel are fixed to the shaft so that an angle formed by straight lines connecting a portion where the first display panel projects from the shaft and the center of the shaft and connecting a portion where the second display panel projects from the shaft and the center of the shaft is (360/n)° in a cross-sectional view along a plane orthogonal to an extending direction of the shaft. |
| US10394282B2 |
Foldable electronic device
A foldable electronic device including: a first body; a second body; a connection part configured to connect the first body to the second body so that the first body and the second body are rotatable to a first state in which the first and second bodies are unfolded and to a second state in which the first and second bodies overlap each other; a flexible display element that passes over the connection part and is supported by the first and second bodies; and a roller that is rotatably installed at an end of the first body and connected to an end of the flexible display element, wherein the flexible display element is located at an outer circumference of the first body, the second body, and the connection part in the second state, and wherein a part of the flexible display element is rolled around the roller in the first state. |
| US10394281B2 |
Display cover panel with insert molding
A display in a portable information handling system may have a narrow or no border. A display panel cover included with the display may be formed with an insert molding that is co-molded with an outer panel for high bonding strength and high stiffness, as well as providing a desired high quality external appearance to information handling system. Additionally, an exterior insert molding may be formed to include an exterior surface of the information handling system. |
| US10394280B2 |
Wearable electronic devices and components thereof
Embodiments of wearable electronic devices, components thereof, and related systems and techniques are disclosed herein. For example, a wearable electronic device may include a wearable support structure having a first surface and a second surface; a first electrode located at the first surface, wherein, when the wearable electronic device is worn by a user on a portion of the user's body, the first electrode is arranged to contact the user's skin in the portion of the user's body; a second electrode located at the second surface, wherein, when the wearable electronic device is worn by a user on the portion of the user's body, the second electrode is arranged to not contact the user's skin in the portion of the user's body; and a resistance switch having first and second input terminals coupled to the first and second electrodes, respectively. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed. |
| US10394277B2 |
Electronic device with multi-angle cradling
Disclosed herein is an electronic device that can be cradled at various angles using a magnetic force and a stopper structure. An electronic device according to various embodiments or the present disclosure may include: a first housing having a first cover disposed in a first direction and a second cover disposed in a second direction opposite the first direction; a second housing having a third cover disposed in a third direction and a fourth cover disposed in a fourth direction opposite the third direction; at least one first magnetic body forming a portion of the first housing; at least one second magnetic body forming a portion of the second housing, and configured to apply a force for maintaining a rotatably connected state of the second housing to the first housing using a magnetic force with the first magnetic body; a first sliding member forming a portion of the first housing, and a second sliding member forming a portion of the second housing to face the first sliding member such that the second housing is configured to be obliquely cradled to the first housing by being in contact with the first sliding member. |
| US10394275B2 |
Electronic device having a member for chassis
A member for chassis capable of achieving high strength is disclosed. The member for chassis is used for a chassis making up a lid of an electronic device in which the lid and the body are coupled with each other openably/closably via a hinge. The member for chassis has a configuration in which a frame formed of thermoplastic resin is joined with at least a part of an outside end face of a laminated plate including an intermediate layer disposed between a pair of fiber-reinforced resin plates, wherein the thermoplastic resin extends to a surface of the laminated plate and a nut serving as a female thread part is provided in the thermoplastic resin extending to the surface of the laminated plate. |
| US10394273B2 |
Circuit device, oscillator, electronic apparatus, and vehicle
A circuit device includes an oscillation circuit, a clock signal output circuit that outputs a clock signal based on an output signal from the oscillation circuit, and an output control circuit. The output control circuit includes a counter circuit that performs a counting process on the basis of the output signal from the oscillation circuit, and a count enable signal generation circuit that outputs a count enable signal for the counter circuit. The counter circuit starts the counting process when the count enable signal becomes active, and outputs an output enable signal for the clock signal to the clock signal output circuit on the basis of a result of the counting process. |
| US10394271B2 |
Force feedback handle device with a degree-of-freedom and working method thereof
A force feedback handle device with a degree-of-freedom includes: a driving part (1), a link part (2) and a frame part (3); wherein the driving part (1) and the link part (2) are both installed on a top board (9), and a rotation axis of the link part (2) coincides with a rotation axis of the driving part (1); the driving part (1), the link part (2) and the frame part (3) are fixed and connected by bolts. A working method of the force feedback handle device includes four steps. The force feedback device of the invention has low inertia and high stiffness performance, which improves overall interaction performance of the force feedback device. The structure is simple and a manufacturing cost is low. |
| US10394267B2 |
Electrical device, network and method of controlling the same
An electrical device including a wireless communication unit structured to wirelessly communicate with other electrical devices and a processor structured to check if the electrical device is part of a network of other electrical devices. The processor is structure to create a new network and add other electrical devices to the new network if the electrical device is not part of the network of other electrical devices and to remain in the network of other electrical devices if the electrical device is part of the network of other electrical devices. The electrical device further includes a function module structured to provide an additional function associated with a type of the electrical device. |
| US10394265B2 |
Programmable power supplies for cellular base stations and related methods of reducing power loss in cellular systems
Methods of powering a radio that is mounted on a tower of a cellular base station are provided in which a direct current (“DC”) power signal is provided to the radio over a power cable and a voltage level of the output of the power supply is adjusted so as to provide a substantially constant voltage at a first end of the power cable that is remote from the power supply. Related cellular base stations and programmable power supplies are also provided. |
| US10394261B2 |
Voltage reference generator and a method for controlling a magnitude of a variation of an output voltage of a voltage reference generator
A voltage reference generator comprises a voltage reference, a variable gain amplifier connected to an output terminal of the voltage reference, a sampling capacitor connected to an output terminal of the voltage reference generator and to an output terminal of the variable gain amplifier via a sampling switch. The switch is adapted to close during a first portion of a switching period, and open during a second portion of the switching period. The voltage reference generator also comprises a ripple monitor adapted to estimate a magnitude of variation of an output voltage of the voltage reference generator resulting from charging and discharging of the sampling capacitor, and based on the estimate, perform one of control of the sampling switch to reduce a switching frequency of the sampling switch to increase a magnitude of the variation of the output voltage, and control of the sampling switch to increase the switching frequency. |
| US10394249B2 |
Cleaning robot and control method thereof
A cleaning robot may include a main body, a driver configured to move the main body, a cleaner configured to clean a cleaning space, and a controller configured to set at least one area among a plurality of areas included in the cleaning space as a cleaning area while the main body moves, and clean the cleaning area when the cleaning area is set. |
| US10394248B2 |
Charging pile, method and device for recognizing the charging pile
A charging pile, a method and device for recognizing the charging pile are provided. The charging pile may include: a pile body having a side surface; a power interface provided on the side surface of the pile body to supply power for the autonomous cleaning device; an identification structure arranged on the side surface of the pile body to enable the autonomous cleaning device to recognize a position of the power interface and comprising a plurality of identification elements, each of the plurality of identification elements comprising at least one convex and at least one concave; wherein a retroreflection coefficient of any one of the at least one convex and the at least one concave is smaller than that of the other one of the at least one convex and the at least one concave and sufficient to form a retroreflected light recognizable by the autonomous cleaning device; and wherein at least one of the plurality of identification elements comprises a convex and a concave having mismatched specifications. |
| US10394243B1 |
Autonomous vehicle technology for facilitating operation according to motion primitives
Various software techniques for managing operation of autonomous vehicles based on sensor data are disclosed herein. A computing system may generate, based on a set of signals descriptive of a current state of an environment in which the autonomous vehicle is operating, a normal path plan separate from a safe path plan, or a hybrid path plan including a normal path plan and a safe path plan. In generating the safe path plan, the computing system may generate and concatenate a set of motion primitives. When a fault condition occurs, the computing device may transition from executing the normal path plan to executing the safe path plan to safely stop the autonomous vehicle. |
| US10394240B1 |
Failover navigation for remotely operated aerial vehicles
The present invention extends to methods, systems, devices, and apparatus for failover navigation for remotely operated aerial vehicles. During flight, a primary guidance system uses a higher resolution map for an area to guide a remotely operated aerial vehicle around obstacles (e.g., buildings) in the area. Failure of the primary guidance system is detected during flight. The remotely operated aerial vehicle switches over to a secondary guidance system in response to detecting the failure. The secondary guidance system formulates a flight path to a safer location based on a lower resolution map of the area. The formulated flight path minimizes crossings between different boundaries represented in the lower resolution map. The formulated flight path is biased towards safety over efficiency. |
| US10394239B2 |
Acoustic monitoring system
Systems and methods for monitoring a monitored space include producing a first audio signal from received acoustic energy. The first audio signal is then processed against a whitelist of acoustic profiles and, based on lack of substantial correspondence with any of the acoustic profiles, a drone is navigated toward an apparent position of an apparent source. While in-flight, additional acoustic energy is received and a second audio signal is produced from the additional acoustic energy. The second audio signal is processed against the whitelist and, based on lack of substantial correspondence with any of the acoustic profiles of the whitelist, an investigate mode of the drone is initiated. The investigate mode includes notifying a remote monitor and supplying the remote monitor with an audiovisual feed. Responsive to a characterization by the remote monitor, an entry of the whitelist may be updated, added or replaced. |
| US10394235B2 |
Driver assistance system
The disclosure relates to a driver assistance system for a motor vehicle. The driver assistance system includes a wrong-way driving detection device that detects underway or imminent wrong-way driving of the motor vehicle. The driver assistance system also includes an output device that outputs a signal to a driver of the motor vehicle indicative of a wrong-way driving detection. The driver assistance system, via the output device, is configured to modify an operating state of the infotainment device according to the wrong-way driving detection. |
| US10394233B2 |
Dual-controlled ride-on vehicle
A ride-on vehicle is provided that has optional remote control capabilities. The ride-on vehicle comprises front and rear wheels, a steering wheel, a steering motor, a drive motor, an accelerator, a parent override switch and a main controller for controlling the drive motor and the steering motor based on input signals. A remote control is also provided to send signals to the main controller. The main controller provides for three modes of operation of the ride-on vehicle, including a child only drive mode, a partial child and partial remote drive mode, and a full remote drive mode, and wherein the main controller switches between the three modes of operation in real time based on signals received from the remote control and the parent override switch. |
| US10394230B2 |
Methods and systems for inverting a simulation process to validate a product design
Embodiments of the present invention relieve the burden on a product designer to setup simulations to validate a product design. These embodiments are directed to computer methods and systems for inverting a simulation process to validate a product design. The methods and systems configure a simulator with analysis methods. The methods and systems then provide product design parameters (operating environment conditions and design targets) that define scenarios likely experienced by a product in terms familiar to the product designer. The methods and systems, via the simulator, automatically determine simulations for validating the product design based on the provided product design parameters. To do so, the methods and systems map each of the design parameters to one or more analysis types, which are used by the simulator to select a sequence of analysis methods to define the simulations. The methods and systems execute the simulations to validate the product design. |
| US10394228B2 |
Component mounting line changeover support system and changeover support method
A combination of batch exchange carts that includes all of the feeders that supply components to be used in the post-changeover production from the multiple batch exchange units prepared in preparation space is decided based on the component information of feeders loaded on batch exchange carts used in the pre-changeover production and setup information of batch exchange carts that can be used for exchange memorized in memory device (component information of feeders loaded on batch exchange carts in preparation space), and then an operator is notified of the decided combination of batch exchange carts by sound or by the display of a mobile terminal or display device of production management computer. |
| US10394227B2 |
Systems and methods for a multi-purpose sensing device for industrial automation equipment
In one embodiment, a multi-purpose sensor may couple to a machine operating in an industrial environment and include numerous sensors disposed within the multi-purpose sensor to acquire sets of data associated with the machine or an environment surrounding the machine. A first portion of the sets of data may include historical sensor measurements over time for each of the sensors, and a second portion of the sets of data may include sensor measurements subsequent to when the first portion is acquired for each of the sensors. A processor of the multi-purpose sensor may determine a baseline collective signature based on the first portion, determine a subsequent collective signature based on the second portion, determine whether the collective signatures vary, and generate signals when a variance exists. The signals may cause a computing device, a cloud-based computing system, and/or a control/monitoring device to perform various actions. |
| US10394225B2 |
Synchronization controller having function of solving shock generated in synchronization start block
In a synchronization operation instruction of a synchronization control of moving a slave axis at a certain ratio with respect to a master axis movement amount, a master axis movement amount before start of change of a synchronization magnification, used in an operation based on a synchronization magnification changing instruction, is determined by referring to a parameter of the synchronization operation instruction so that the operation based on the synchronization magnification changing instruction ends at a set synchronization start master axis position. With such a configuration, the synchronization control is started based on the synchronization operation instruction from the synchronization start master axis position set in the synchronization operation instruction. |
| US10394216B2 |
Method and system for correcting a processing path of a robot-guided tool
A method for correcting the processing path of a robot-guided tool for processing at least one component, wherein: a target position for a plurality of points of a target processing path is specified; from the specified points, points to be corrected are selected; the actual position for the selected points to be corrected is measured or detected on at least one component to be processed; and the processing path corresponding to the measured or detected actual position of the points of the component to be processed is correspondingly corrected. The method is suitable, for example, for welding a component into a borehole using a laser beam, wherein the processing path of the laser beam is corrected so as to correspond to the contour of the component. |
| US10394213B2 |
Method of independent control period allocation of axis in the PLC positioning system
Disclosed embodiments relate to a method of independent control period allocation of axes in a PLC positioning system. In some embodiments, the method includes: dividing the axes into a first axis group including a first control period and a second axis group including a second control period and allocating different control periods for different axes; when position control calculation of the first axis group is requested during position control calculation of the second axis group, performing the position control calculation of the first axis group through task switching by an interrupt; and, after completing the position control calculation of the first axis group, resuming the position control calculation of the second axis group through task switching by an interrupt. |
| US10394211B2 |
Electronic safety switching device
An electronic safety switching device comprising at least a first and a second signal processing channel to which input signals may be supplied for signal processing. The first and second signal processing channels provide processed output signals, wherein the first and the second signal processing channels process the supplied input signals redundantly with respect to one other. The first and the second signal processing channels are each formed as integrated circuits, wherein the first signal processing channel is arranged monolithically on a first semiconductor substrate, and the second signal processing channel is arranged monolithically on a second semiconductor substrate. Furthermore, the first and the second semiconductor substrates are combined into a stack to form a one-piece electronic component. |
| US10394206B2 |
Irrigation controller and system integrating no-watering restrictions and an empirically-derived evapotranspiration local characteristic curve
A convenient, water-saving and labor-saving FROG irrigation controller and system are provided, which determine the appropriate water budget and schedule for the property's landscaping based on evapotranspiration data for the geographic area, regulation data (any mandated and voluntary watering restrictions), and property-specific data, with consideration given to reduction in watering days, increase in soil watering depth, and day of year. Once set, the FROG controller provides incremental adjustments over the course of the year; the homeowner no longer needs to re-set the watering program seasonally to comply with local mandated and voluntary watering restrictions. Compliance is automatic and obligatory, meeting the water saving goals of the local water authority. Optionally presented is a web-based wizard used to determine a customized water budget/schedule that is input into the FROG controller through a data storage unit or wireless input. |
| US10394205B2 |
Systems and methods for real-time control
Systems and methods for real time control are provided. One embodiment includes executing a first control cycle that includes retrieving an input message, where the input message includes an identifier of a network device with an input and an actuator and retrieving a context object that includes a serialized controller data structure from a previous control sample. The first control cycle may additionally include retrieving data related to the input for the network device and bundle the data related to the input with the serialized controller data structure into a run message, de-serializing the serialized controller data structure, and using the controller data structure in conjunction with the data related to the input to determine a new actuator position of the actuator. In some embodiments, the first control cycle includes updating and serializing the controller data structure and causing the actuator to be set to the new actuator position. |
| US10394199B2 |
Collaborative adjustment of resources within a managed environment
A method for adjusting a resource within an area utilizing voting by users. The method includes a computer processor receiving a request from one or more of the users to adjust a resource. The method further includes generating a voting poll for the resource. The method further includes communicating the generated voting poll to a plurality of users, wherein the plurality of users includes the one or more users. The method further includes identifying valid responses to the communicated voting poll based on a first policy related to the resource. The method further includes determining a response to the voting poll, wherein the response is based, at least in part, on the first policy related to the resource and aggregated valid responses of the voting poll. The method further includes applying the determined response to the resource. |
| US10394197B2 |
Model predictive control device, control method of model predictive control device, information processing program and recording medium
A controller (10) corrects a predictive value in a certain predictive error variation cycle by using the predictive error in a predictive error variation cycle prior to the certain predictive error variation cycle, wherein the predictive error variation cycle is a cycle of a time change of an error, i.e., predictive error, between an actually measured value and a predictive value of the controlled quantity. |
| US10394195B2 |
Systems and methods for manufacturing optimization
In one embodiment, a manufacturing process is optimized by enabling a user to specify a product to be manufactured, enabling the user to specify a manufacturing system for manufacturing the product, enabling the user to select parameters for the product and the manufacturing system, and automatically calculating manufacturing metrics for the manufacturing process based upon the user-specified models and user selections. |
| US10394194B2 |
Adaptive control methods for buildings with security
A method controls a first switch terminal of a building occupied by one or more building occupant. A plurality of switch terminals are provided at the building. A first computer system is provided and coupled to the first switch terminal or equivalent of the building at a first location of the building. The first computer system runs on at least one platform. A first plurality of sensors is provided and coupled to the first switch terminal and the first computer system. At least a portion of the sensors provide signal data to the first computer system. The first computer system produces a command or data output that relates to at least one of: a command output for a local control system, a command output for a different system, a data output for a different system, a command output for a non-local device or a data output that is a non-local device, each of an output including learned data from that is based on machine intelligence from previous data collected about patterns of a building occupant. A motion detection sensor is provided. |
| US10394192B2 |
Smart watch, operation control method and apparatus therefor
A smart watch, an operation control method and an apparatus therefor are disclosed. The smart watch includes a watch body and a watchband, wherein the watch body includes a display screen and a system board, and the system board includes at least a microprocessor, a memory and a communication module. The watchband is configured to fix the watch body on a user's wrist. A biosensor is integrated on the surface of the wristband on a side adjacent to the user's wrist. As the watchband can contact directly with wrist side nerves, more accurate test results can be obtained, and operational complexity is simplified. By canceling the bezel design and performing a corresponding operation according to a touch operation detected in a functional region, a size of the smart watch is reduced and comfort and flexibility while wearing the smart watch is improved. |
| US10394183B2 |
Link mechanism and image forming apparatus
A link mechanism includes a rotatable link having a fulcrum pin on which the rotatable link rotates, and a connecting pin provided at a different position from the fulcrum pin; and a supporting member having a guiding groove along which the connecting pin of the rotatable link that is moved between two positions is guided, and a supporting groove in which the fulcrum pin of the rotatable link is rotatably supported. The guiding groove of the supporting member includes a long-side guiding portion shaped with a curvature that is greater than a curvature of a substantially arc shape defined by a radius corresponding to a distance between the fulcrum pin and the connecting pin of the rotatable link. The supporting groove of the supporting member is a substantially oblong groove extending in a direction intersecting a direction in which the long-side guiding portion of the guiding groove extends. |
| US10394176B2 |
Image forming apparatus with adjustment of toner content in developer
An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, a developing device, a toner content detecting portion, a toner supplying device, an image ratio calculating portion, a toner image density detecting portion, an adjusting portion, and a controller. The controller is configured to control an execution frequency of the adjusting portion so that execution by the adjusting portion is carried out after a number of times of image formation after occurrence of a change rate of the image ratio that is greater than a predetermined change rate reaches a first value, and execution by the adjusting portion is carried out after the number of times of image formation after occurrence of a change rate of the image ratio that is less than the predetermined change rate reaches a second value greater than the first value. |
| US10394169B2 |
Fixing device and image forming apparatus
A fixing device includes a tubular rotator and a first heater disposed inside the tubular rotator and extended in a longitudinal direction of the first heater. The first heater heats the tubular rotator. A second heater is disposed inside the tubular rotator and extended in a longitudinal direction of the second heater. The second heater heats the tubular rotator. A heating adjuster is interposed between the first heater and the second heater. The heating adjuster adjusts heat conduction from the first heater to the second heater. A joint combines the heating adjuster with the second heater. |
| US10394160B2 |
Toner cartridge and developing cartridge for image forming apparatus, and image forming apparatus
The present disclosure provides a toner cartridge for an image forming apparatus, a developing cartridge including the toner cartridge, and the image forming apparatus. The toner cartridge includes a housing, the housing includes a toner chamber configured to store toner, and a developing roller is disposed at a rear side of the housing. The toner cartridge also includes a storage member disposed on a lower surface of the housing and configured to store information of the toner cartridge; and with respect to the rear side of the housing for disposing the developing roller, the storage member is located closer to a front side of the housing opposite to the rear side. |
| US10394157B2 |
Image forming apparatus
An image forming apparatus includes: a first photoconductor and a second photoconductor; an image carrier onto which a toner image formed on the first photoconductor and a toner image formed on the second photoconductor are transferred; and a controller that, when the toner image formed on the first photoconductor is transferred onto the image carrier, rotates the second photoconductor while keeping the second photoconductor spaced apart from the image carrier. |
| US10394155B2 |
Image forming apparatus
An image forming apparatus includes a movable photosensitive member, a charging roller, an electrostatic image forming portion, a developing sleeve, a charging voltage source, a charging voltage conducting path, a developing voltage source, a developing voltage conducting path, and a capacitor electrically connected between an output terminal of the charging voltage source and a ground potential or between the charging voltage conducting path and the ground potential. The capacitor satisfies the following relationship: {C1/(C1+C2)}×Vpp≤5 (V), where C1 (pF) is electrostatic capacity formed by the first and second conducting paths, C2 (pF) is electrostatic capacity of the capacitor, and Vpp (V) is a peak-to-peak voltage of the AC component of the developing voltage. |
| US10394154B2 |
Electrophotographic composition
This disclosure relates to an electrophotographic composition comprising toner particles dispersed in a liquid carrier. The toner particles comprise porous carrier particles infused with a fragrance. |
| US10394152B2 |
Toner, toner container, developing unit, and image forming apparatus
A toner includes an external additive particle that is a complex oxide containing a titanium dioxide (TiO2) and a silicon dioxide (SiO2). A detection amount of titanium (Ti) detected through an elementary analysis based on energy-dispersive X-ray spectrometry is equal to or higher than about 0.590 percent by weight and equal to or lower than about 0.967 percent by weight. |
| US10394150B2 |
Positively chargeable toner
A positively chargeable toner includes a plurality of toner particles. The toner particles each include a toner mother particle and an external additive. The toner mother particle includes a toner core containing a binder resin and a shell layer covering a surface of the toner core. The external additive includes a plurality of silica particles. The silica particles are each present on a surface of the shell layer and include a silica base having a surface treated with a surface treatment agent. The surface treatment agent includes a first treatment agent having a carboxyl group in a molecule thereof. The toner core and each of the silica particles is bonded to each other through a specific covalent bond. An amount of ring-unopened oxazoline groups included in 1 g of the positively chargeable toner as measured by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry is at least 0.10 μmol and no greater than 100 μmol. |
| US10394144B2 |
Electrophotographic photosensitive body and image forming apparatus
An electrophotographic photosensitive body includes at least a photosensitive layer and a protective layer sequentially laminated on an electroconductive support, wherein the protective layer has a domain containing perfluoropolyether. |
| US10394140B2 |
Lithographic apparatus
A lithographic apparatus comprises a projection system which is configured to project a patterned radiation beam to form an exposure area on a substrate held on a substrate table. The lithographic apparatus further comprises a heating apparatus comprises one or more radiation sources configured to provide additional radiation beams which illuminate and heat part of the substrate during the exposure. |
| US10394138B2 |
System and method for control of a workpiece and a chuck
An exposure apparatus (10) for transferring one or more features to a workpiece (22) includes an illumination source (44A); (ii) a chuck (40) that retains the workpiece (22); (iii) a chamber housing (28A) that encircles the chuck and the workpiece; and (iv) a temperature controller (32) (34) that adjusts the temperature of at least one of the chuck (40) and the workpiece (22) so that a predetermined temperature differential (309) exists between the chuck (40) and the workpiece (22) before transferring the features to the workpiece (22). |
| US10394137B2 |
Inspection method, lithographic apparatus, mask and substrate
A method and apparatus for obtaining focus information relating to a lithographic process. The method includes illuminating a target, the target having alternating first and second structures, wherein the form of the second structures is focus dependent, while the form of the first structures does not have the same focus dependence as that of the second structures, and detecting radiation redirected by the target to obtain for that target an asymmetry measurement representing an overall asymmetry of the target, wherein the asymmetry measurement is indicative of focus of the beam forming the target. An associated mask for forming such a target, and a substrate having such a target. |
| US10394136B2 |
Metrology method for process window definition
A method involving measuring a first metrology target designed for a first range of values of a process parameter; measuring a second metrology target designed for a second range of values of the same process parameter, the second range different than the first range and the second metrology target having a different physical design than the first metrology target; and deriving process window data from a value of the process parameter in the first range determined from the measuring of the first metrology target, and from a value of the process parameter in the second range determined from the measuring of the second metrology target. |
| US10394135B2 |
Method and apparatus for measuring a parameter of a lithographic process, computer program products for implementing such methods and apparatus
Disclosed is a method of measuring a parameter of interest relating to a structure on a substrate, and associated metrology apparatus. The method comprises determining a correction to compensate for the effect of a measurement condition on a measurement signal from a plurality of measurement signals, wherein each of said measurement signals results from a different measurement of the structure performed under a different variation of said measurement condition. The correction is then used in a reconstruction of a mathematical model of said structure to suppress an influence of variations of said measurement condition on the reconstruction. |
| US10394130B2 |
Quarter wave light splitting
The present disclosure provides a method for producing an image on a substrate. The method includes providing a single beam of light to a multiple DMD assembly, splitting the single beam of light into an s-polarization beam and a p-polarization beam, and reflecting the s-polarization beam and the p-polarization beam through the multiple DMD assembly such that the multiple DMD assembly produces a plurality of superimposed images on the substrate. |
| US10394127B2 |
Pattern forming method and method for manufacturing electronic device
Provide are a pattern forming method including a step (1) of forming a film using an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition including a resin having an acid-decomposable repeating unit capable of decomposing by the action of an acid to generate an acid having a pKa of 3.0 or less, a step (2) of exposing the film using actinic rays or radiation, and a step (3) of carrying out development using a developer including an organic solvent after the exposure to form a negative tone pattern; and a method for manufacturing an electronic device, including the pattern forming method. |
| US10394124B2 |
Resist underlayer film-forming composition containing polymer having arylene group
A resist underlayer film-forming composition for lithography process having characteristics of enabling wafer surface planarization after film formation, excellent planarization performance on substrate with level difference, and good embeddability in fine hole pattern. The resist underlayer film-forming composition including polymer having unit structure of Formula (1) and solvent, wherein each of R1 to R4 is independently hydrogen atom or methyl group, and X1 is divalent organic group having at least one arylene group optionally substituted by alkyl group, amino group, or hydroxyl group, and wherein X1 in Formula (1) is organic group of Formula (2), wherein A1 is phenylene group or naphthylene group, A2 is phenylene group, naphthylene group, or organic group of Formula (3), and dotted line is bond, and wherein each of A3 and A4 is independently phenylene group or naphthylene group, and dotted line is bond. |
| US10394119B2 |
System and method for fabricating miniature structures on a flexible substrate
A system for the fabrication of patterned miniature structures, such integrated circuits, includes a continuous, flexible substrate that is transported by rollers to a series of processing stations. To ensure proper alignment amongst the various stations, the substrate is provided with at least one fiducial that is raised above its top surface a height that maximizes optical contrast when viewed interferometrically. At least one processing station includes an optical device that is capable of both interferometrically identifying the fiducial for alignment purposes and subsequently illuminating the substrate with a modifiable light pattern as part of a photolithographic process. Fiducials can also be used to identify gross geometric variances in the substrate caused by external factors, such as heat and moisture. In turn, a web adjustment element can be used to apply selective heat or tension to the substrate in order to correct such geometric variances. |
| US10394118B2 |
Photomask and methods for manufacturing and correcting photomask
The present invention provides a halftone mask comprising an assist pattern and a manufacturing method of the halftone mask, which uses an ArF excimer laser as an exposing source, is used for a projection exposure by an off axis illumination, does not resolve the assist pattern while keeping the focal depth magnification effect as the assist pattern, and may form a transferred image having high contrast of a main pattern. A photomask is a photomask comprising the main pattern which is transferred to a transfer-target surface by the projection exposure and the assist pattern which is formed nearby the main pattern and not transferred, characterized in that the main pattern and the assist pattern are each constituted from a semi-transparent film made of the same material, a retardation of 180° is generated between the light transmitting through the main pattern and the light transmitting through a transparent region of a transparent substrate, and a predetermined retardation within the scope of 70° to 115° is generated between the light transmitting through the assist pattern and the light transmitting through the transparent region of the transparent substrate. |
| US10394114B2 |
Chromeless phase shift mask structure and process
The present disclosure provides a phase shift mask. The phase shift mask includes a transparent substrate; an etch stop layer disposed on the substrate; and a tunable transparent material layer disposed on the etch stop layer and patterned to have an opening, wherein the tunable transparent material layer is designed to provide phase shift and has a transmittance greater than 90%. |
| US10394113B2 |
Reflective mask blank, reflective mask and method of manufacturing semiconductor device
An object of the present invention is to obtain a reflective mask blank capable of obtaining high contrast at the edges of a phase shift film pattern. Provided is a reflective mask blank comprising a multilayer reflective film and a phase shift film that shifts the phase of EUV light formed in that order on a substrate, wherein root mean square roughness (Rms), obtained by measuring a 1 μm×1 μm region on the surface of the phase shift film with an atomic force microscope, is not more than 0.50 nm, and power spectrum density at a spatial frequency of 10 to 100 μm−1 is not more than 17 nm4. |
| US10394105B2 |
Portable apparatus for providing acoustic and/or weather shielding for audio and/or video recording devices
A portable apparatus for providing acoustic and/or weather shielding for audio and/or video recording devices. The apparatus includes a collapsible housing case having a top panel, two side panels each attached to opposite sides of the top panel, and a rear panel attached to the top panel and a rigid side support attached to each side panel. The apparatus additionally includes a mounting bar that is attachable to each of the rigid side supports and at least one sound absorbing inner liner arranged on an interior side of the top panel, the two side panels and the rear panel. When the apparatus is in an operable configuration, the rear panel is structured and arranged to be moveable from a rear-access covering position to a rear-access non-covering position to provide a selectively openable rear access to an interior of the apparatus. |
| US10394104B2 |
Light amount adjustment apparatus and optical apparatus including the same
A light amount adjustment apparatus includes an aperture unit including a plurality of blade members and a movable member, the movable member for changing a size of an aperture formed by the plurality of blade members, a driving unit including a driving shaft and configured to drive the movable member, and a detection unit including a detection target member and a detection sensor, and configured to detect a driving amount of the driving unit by detecting a driving amount of the detection target member with use of the detection sensor, wherein the aperture unit, the driving unit, and the detection unit overlap one another, as viewed in a direction along a central axis of the aperture, wherein the detection target member is engaged with the driving shaft, and wherein an outer diameter of the detection unit is smaller than an outer diameter of the driving unit. |
| US10394101B2 |
Backlight module, display apparatus and illumination apparatus
The present disclosure provides a backlight module, a display apparatus and an illumination apparatus. The backlight module includes: a light guide plate; a light emitting diode arranged above the light guide plate; an optical film layer arranged above the light emitting diode; a film of material with a polarization orientation arranged above the optical film layer; a liquid crystal cell arranged above the film of material; and a polarizer arranged above the liquid crystal cell. The liquid crystal cell includes an upper electrode and a lower electrode and a liquid crystal layer between the upper electrode and the lower electrode and the liquid crystal layer is capable of changing polarization state of a light passing through the liquid crystal cell, by the control of a voltage applied between the upper electrode and the lower electrode. |
| US10394100B2 |
Liquid crystal panel and array substrate thereof
Disclosed is an array substrate, which includes: a transparent baseplate, wherein the transparent baseplate includes pixel regions on one surface thereof, and the pixel regions each include a white sub-pixel region, a first primary color sub-pixel region, a second primary color sub-pixel region and a third primary color sub-pixel region; a plurality of pixel electrodes that are arranged in the white sub-pixel region, the first primary color sub-pixel region, the second primary color sub-pixel region and the third primary color sub-pixel region respectively; and a plurality of switching elements that are arranged in one-to-one correspondence with the pixel electrodes and configured to switch the corresponding pixel electrodes, wherein the white sub-pixel region is provided with a plurality of switching elements. A colored picture displayed by a liquid crystal display screen using this array substrate or liquid crystal panel can have a low distortion degree and a high optical grade. |
| US10394099B2 |
Liquid crystal display panel with multiple sub-common electrodes and display device
A liquid crystal display panel and a display device are provided, and in the liquid crystal display panel, a common electrode is divided into a plurality of sub-common electrodes (01) arranged side by side in the extending direction of the gate lines; different common electrode signals are applied to the plurality sub-common electrodes (01), and their voltage magnitudes gradually increase in a transmitting direction of gate signals over the gate lines. Therefore, the inconsistency of the offsets ΔVp in the voltages of individual pixel electrodes in the entire liquid crystal display panel caused by the delay due to resistance and capacitance is compensated for by the voltages on the sub-common electrodes (01), so as to improve the picture quality of the liquid crystal display panel. |
| US10394095B2 |
Liquid crystal display
A liquid crystal display according to an exemplary embodiment of the present inventive concept includes a first substrate including a plurality of first color filters, a plurality of second color filters, a plurality of third color filters and a plurality of gate electrodes extending in a first direction;a second substrate facing the first substrate; and a liquid crystal layer formed between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the plurality of first color filters include a plurality of first portions extending in a first direction, and a plurality of second portions extending in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction and crossing the plurality of first portions. |
| US10394093B2 |
Array substrate, manufacturing method thereof, and applied display panel thereof
The present invention relates to an array substrate, a manufacturing method thereof, and an applied display panel thereof. The array substrate comprises: a first substrate; a first conductive layer formed on the first substrate; a conductive cover layer formed on the first substrate and covering the first conductive layer; a second conductive layer formed on the conductive cover layer; a first passivation layer formed on the conductive cover layer and covering the second conductive layer, wherein at least one recession part is formed in the first passivation layer; a common electrode formed on the passivation layer, wherein a part of the common electrode is formed inside the recession part; a second passivation layer formed on the common electrode; and a pixel electrode layer formed on the second passivation layer and inside the recession part. |
| US10394092B2 |
Display substrate and method of manufacturing the same, and display device
The present disclosure provides a display substrate and a method of manufacturing the same, and a display device. The display substrate includes a base substrate and a sensing electrode layer located on one side of the base substrate, the sensing electrode layer comprising a sensing electrode and a dummy pattern that comprises dummy sub-patterns arranged into columns, each dummy sub-pattern having a first border defining the dummy sub-pattern in a column direction, and first borders of the dummy sub-patterns being non-periodically arranged. |
| US10394089B2 |
Display substrate and method of manufacturing the same
A display substrate includes a base substrate, a switching device, and a pixel electrode including a first sub pixel electrode and a second sub pixel electrode. The first sub pixel electrode includes an internal electrode and an external electrode. The internal electrode includes a support electrode portion extending in a second direction, and a horizontal internal branch electrode portion extending in a first direction. The external electrode includes a horizontal external branch electrode portion disposed outside the internal electrode and extending in the first direction, and a vertical external branch electrode portion disposed outside the internal electrode and extending in the second direction. The second sub pixel electrode is adjacent to the first sub pixel electrode and has a shape symmetrical to the first sub pixel electrode. |
| US10394086B2 |
Display device and manufacturing method thereof
The exemplary embodiments relate generally to a display device that may include: a first substrate and a second substrate, each including a transparent encapsulation area; an outer sealant along a side of the transparent encapsulation area; a pattern part disposed on the first substrate and extending in a direction parallel to the outer sealant; and a transparent sealant adjacent to the pattern part and extending in a direction parallel to the pattern part, and a manufacturing method thereof. |
| US10394083B2 |
Oriented film, polymer, and liquid crystal display device
The present invention aims to provide a liquid crystal display device in which image sticking and stains are sufficiently reduced. The present invention relates to an alignment film including: a polymer, wherein the polymer is a polysiloxane or a polyvinyl and contains a silsesquioxane group. The present invention also relates to a polymer for use in the alignment film, the polymer containing a silsesquioxane group. The present invention also relates to a liquid crystal display device including: the alignment film; a pair of substrates; and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the substrates, wherein the alignment film is disposed between at least one of the substrates and the liquid crystal layer. |
| US10394076B2 |
Liquid crystal display
According to the present exemplary aspect, provided is a liquid crystal display including a display panel, an LED package including a plurality of LEDs which emits light, a PCB in which the LED package is mounted, a backlight unit which includes a light guide plate which is disposed on a lower surface of the display panel and has a light entering plane opposite to the LED package and a back cover supporting a lower surface of the light guide plate, a housing in which a side surface is in contact with the PCB and an upper surface is in contact with one area of a lower surface of the back cover, and an upper case which applies force to an upper edge portion of the display panel and a lower edge portion of the housing. According to the present exemplary aspects, the light guide plate and the light source may be easily aligned without using separate equipment when the light guide plate and the display panel are brought into direct contact with each other. |
| US10394074B2 |
Color film substrate and method of manufacturing the same, liquid crystal panel
This invention provides a color filter substrate including a substrate, a blue cut filter disposed on the substrate, and many color filter portions disposed on the blue cut filter. The color filter portions include many blue filter portions. The blue cut filter has different thicknesses in parts respectively corresponding to the blue filter portions. This invention also provides a method for manufacturing a color filter substrate, and a liquid crystal panel. This invention makes the parts of the blue cut filter under the respective blue filter portions different from each other, so that the parts of the blue cut filter corresponding to the respective blue filter portions have different abilities of weakening blue backlight. A color deviation by a viewing angle in the blue filter portion is improved. Each blue filter portion doesn't need a black light-shielding layer, being advantageous for improving an aperture ratio of the blue filter portion. |
| US10394072B2 |
Color filter substrate, method for preparing the same, and display panel
A color filter substrate, a method for preparing the color filter substrate, and a display panel are provided. The color filter substrate is in contact with the spacer on the surface facing the array substrate. At least one layer of the color filter substrate has a hollow structure at the position corresponding to the spacer. |
| US10394071B2 |
Display panel and display device
A display panel includes a plurality of pixel units arranged in an array and each including a light transmitting zone and a light shielding zone arranged on a circumference of the light transmitting zone. The display panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate opposite to each other. The first substrate includes a black matrix and a first common electrode covering the black matrix. The black matrix is arranged in the light shielding zone. The second substrate includes a plurality of main pixel electrodes, which correspond, in a one-to-one manner, to the pixel units and face exactly to the light transmitting zones. In each individual pixel unit, the black matrix has edges facing the light transmitting zone and provided with notches. The first common electrode has a first portion that covers the notches and flush with a second portion thereof located in the light transmitting zone. |
| US10394070B2 |
Light blocking device, method of manufacturing the same, and transparent display device including the same
Disclosed are a light blocking device, a method of manufacturing the same, and a transparent display device including the same, which transmit or block light by using a polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) layer. The light blocking device includes a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other, a first electrode on the first substrate, a second electrode on the second substrate, and a PDLC layer between the first electrode and the second electrode. The PDLC layer includes a droplet including liquid crystals and dichroic dyes, and the liquid crystals and the dichroic dyes are twisted with each other and aligned. |
| US10394065B2 |
Liquid crystal display device comprising a guide mold having first and second protrusions extending toward one another without being directly connected with each other
An LCD includes: a liquid crystal panel; a light guide plate disposed under a liquid crystal panel; a reflection plate under the light guide plate; a light emitting diode (LED) assembly including an LED facing a light incidence surface of the light guide plate and a printed circuit board (PCB) mounted on a lower surface of the LED; and a graphite film configured to surround an upper surface and an outer side surface of the LED assembly and a lower surface of the reflection plate. |
| US10394062B1 |
Foldable display device
Disclosed is a foldable display device. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the foldable display device includes a first body and a second body that are formed in the same shape as a plate and are arranged symmetrically with each other, and a hinge device assembled to connect the first body and the second body to each other, such that the hinge device rotates within an opened state range where the first and second bodies are placed on the same plane and within a closed state range where the first and second bodies overlap each other. |
| US10394060B2 |
Optical testing of FK modulators for silicon photonics applications
An method for characterizing a modulator for fabricating a silicon photonics circuit and an apparatus (e.g., a silicon photonics wafer) made via the method are described. The method includes determining an absorption spectrum of a modulator and determining, based at least on the determined absorption spectrum, an operational bandwidth of the modulator. The method further includes selecting a laser for coupling with the modulator using the operational bandwidth of the modulator. In this way, the laser is selected such that it has an emission bandwidth that corresponds to the operational bandwidth of the modulator. |
| US10394058B1 |
Advanced optical modulation generation by combining orthogonal polarized optical signals via laser with dual output ports
Optical modulators and modulation techniques for advanced optical modulation formats are described. An optical modulator may include two optical modulators in parallel optical paths, and optical powers in the two paths may be unequal. Polarization in the two paths may be orthogonal, and modulated outputs from each path may be combined to produce multilevel modulation formats. |
| US10394056B2 |
Adjustable focus spectacles with non-circular lenses
Adjustable focus spectacles using fluid displacement lens units with bipolar membrane distension and a non-circular periphery. The lens unit includes front and rear mounting rings, front and rear distensible membranes respectively mounted on the two mounting rings, a ring shaped flexible seal disposed between the two mounting rings along their peripheries, and front and rear clamping rings for respectively clamping the flexible seal to the front and rear mounting rings. The sealed space defined by the two distensible membranes and the flexible seal is filled with an optical fluid. The two mounting rings are pivotally coupled together at a pivot located along the periphery of the lens unit. A biasing spring is affixed to the front and rear mounting rings at a second location on their periphery to urge them away from each other. An assembly process for the lens unit is also disclosed. |
| US10394053B2 |
Displayed image-optimized lens
A pair of prescription lenses adapted for use with a near-to-eye display, includes a first lens power region adjusted to a focal distance to focus an image displayed by the near-to-eye display and a second lens power region adjusted to a focal distance substantially the same as the focal distance of the first power region; eyeglasses containing the lens pair; and a method for optimizing the visual acuity of a wearer of prescription eyeglasses when observing an image generated by a near-to-eye display. |
| US10394052B2 |
Method for determining a pair of ophthalmic lenses
A method for determining a pair of ophthalmic lenses adapted to a wearer, the method including: a wearer data providing, during which wearer data including at least an indication of the distortion dominant eye of the wearer and an indication of the prescription of the wearer are provided; an ophthalmic lenses determining, during which a pair of ophthalmic lenses adapted to the wearer is determined based at least on the wearer data. |
| US10394046B2 |
Reflecting module for optical image stabilization and camera module including the same
There are provided a reflecting module for optical image stabilization (OIS) and a camera module including the same. The reflecting module for OIS includes: a housing; a rotation holder supported by a sidewall of the housing through a rotation frame; a reflecting member provided on the rotation holder; a driving part providing driving force to the rotation holder so that the rotation holder is moved relative to the housing; and a pulling yoke provided in the housing so that the rotation holder is supported by the sidewall of the housing by attractive force between the pulling yoke and a magnet of the driving part provided on a lower surface of the rotation holder. |
| US10394044B2 |
Optical image anti-shake device with yoke
An optical image anti-shake device with a yoke is provided. The optical image anti-shake device includes: a casing having a first aperture; a fixing portion having a bottom plate, the bottom plate having a second aperture corresponding in position to the first aperture; and an active portion enclosed by the casing and resiliently clamped between the casing and the bottom plate by the fixing portion, the active portion including: a correcting module for correcting, with a magnetic force, a blur of images caused by a shake of the optical image anti-shake device; a frame having a receiving space; a lens holder disposed in the receiving space of the frame; a lens unit corresponding in position to the first aperture and the second aperture, the lens unit being carried by the lens holder and having an image-capturing optical axis; and a yoke fixed to the frame. |
| US10394043B2 |
Method of adjusting a plurality of optical elements associated with a ROS
Disclosed is a method of adjusting a plurality of optical elements associated with a printing system ROS. According to one exemplary embodiment, sensitivity analysis is performed on a computer model of the ROS system and an optical element alignment sequence is generated to minimize the number of optical element adjustments needed to achieve a predefined ROS performance. |
| US10394041B2 |
Polarizer assembly for spatially separation polarization states of a light beam
The disclosure provides to a birefringent polarizer assembly for spatially separating polarization states of a light beam, in particular in the spectral range below 300 nm. The assembly includes a first prism on the light input side and a further prism on the light output side, which are arranged along a principal light incidence direction. The first prism has a first light entrance surface and a first light exit surface. The further prism has a further light entrance surface, facing the first light exit surface, and a further light exit surface. The prisms in each case have an optical principal crystal axis oriented substantially perpendicularly to the principal light incidence direction. The crystal axes of two adjacent prisms are oriented perpendicularly to one another. A normal to the further light exit surface forms an angle not equal to 0° with the principal light incidence direction. |
| US10394037B2 |
Glasses-free 3D display mobile device, setting method of the same, and using method of the same
Provided are a glasses-free three-dimensional (3D) display device, a setting method of the same, and a using method of the same. The glasses-free 3D display device includes: a display device including a flat panel display; and a 3D viewing cover detachably disposed on the flat panel display, the 3D viewing cover configured to allow images displayed on the flat panel display to be viewed in three dimensions, wherein the display device includes a cover setting program executable by the display device to set setting parameters of the 3D viewing cover. |
| US10394035B2 |
Backlight module and transparent display device comprising the same
The present disclosure relates to a backlight module. The backlight module is configured for use in a transparent display device and comprises: an optical splitter; and a light source arranged at a side of the optical splitter and emitting light towards the optical splitter. The optical splitter is configured to split light emitted from the light source into a first light beam and a second light beam, wherein the first light beam is configured for supplying backlight, and the second light beam is configured for illuminating background behind the optical splitter. The present disclosure also relates to a transparent display device, comprising the above described backlight module; as well as an array substrate and a color film substrate arranged in front of the backlight module. |
| US10394033B2 |
Parallel beam flexure mechanism for interpupillary distance adjustment
A parallel beam flexure mechanism (“PBFM”) for adjusting an interpupillary distance (“IPD”) of an optical device is disclosed. The PBFM includes a plurality of flexures, a mounting platen, an optical payload, and a horizontal translation mechanism. The mounting platen has a first end and a second end, where the mounting platen is attached to a first set of flexures that are in a parallel arrangement to a second set of flexures attached to a frame of an optical device, such as a head mounted display. The optical payload and horizontal translation mechanism are attached to the mounting platen, where the horizontal translation mechanism is configured to translate the mounting platen in a horizontal direction by bending the flexures, thereby adjusting the IPD of the optical device. |
| US10394032B2 |
Optical system and method for transmitting a source image
An optical system for transmitting a source image is provided. Light having a field angle spectrum emanates from the source image. The optical system includes an optical waveguide arrangement, in which light can propagate by total internal reflection. The optical system also includes a diffractive optical input coupling arrangement for coupling the light emanating from the source image into the optical waveguide arrangement. The optical system further includes a diffractive optical output coupling arrangement for coupling the light that has propagated in the optical waveguide arrangement out from the optical waveguide arrangement. The disclosure also provides related methods. |
| US10394030B2 |
System for waveguide projector with wide field of view
A waveguide display disposed in glasses includes a first pupil expander assembly operable to project a first image defined by a first field of view and a second pupil expander assembly disposed adjacent the first pupil expander assembly and operable to project a second image defined by a second field of view different from the first field of view. |
| US10394028B2 |
Virtual image display apparatus
An apparatus has a see-through configuration that guides picture lights by a light guide device and superimposes lights from the outside world and the picture lights for visual recognition. The light guide device has a light guide prevention structure (light transmission prevention structure) provided in a narrow width shape part having a narrower shape than a surrounding part, and thereby, prevents unintended reflection or the like of lights due to the lights from the outside world and suppresses light guide of the lights toward an observer side. |
| US10394027B2 |
Head-up display system
A head-up display system includes an image-forming and projection device, a combiner, a housing, and a lid body. The lid body includes at least a first divided lid body and a second divided lid body which engage with each other at the time of covering an opening of the housing. The first divided lid body includes an optical path regulator that regulates an optical path of projection light of a display image projected from the image-forming and projection device in use of the combiner onto an inner side of the housing, and allows projection light, which is necessary for formation of the virtual image of the display image in the projection light of the display image, to pass through the optical path regulator. The second divided lid body includes a covering member that covers the optical path regulator at the time of covering the opening. |
| US10394018B2 |
Optical scanning device
An optical scanning device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a mirror that has an optical reflection surface; a movable frame that supports the mirror; a pair of drive beams that support the movable frame from both sides; drive sources that are disposed on the drive beams and cause the movable frame to be swung around a predetermined axis that passes through the center of the optical reflection surface; and a fixed frame that supports the drive beams. A movable frame connection part, via which the movable frame and one of the drive beams are connected, is substantially arranged on a side opposite to a side on which a fixed frame connection part, via which the fixed frame and the one of the drive beams are connected, is arranged, with respect to the predetermined axis. |
| US10394015B2 |
Diffractive MEMS device
A diffractive MEMS device has an in-plane binary reflective diffraction pattern formed in an outer surface of a tillable platform. The binary reflective diffraction pattern includes rectangular or trapezoidal ridges and valleys, or grooves, of a same depth. The binary reflective diffractive pattern has a high diffraction efficiency even though the surfaces of the “grooves” or “ridges” are not perpendicular to the incoming optical beam. The diffractive pattern is supported by a pair of torsional hinges and is tiltable by an electrostatic actuator. The electrostatic actuator can include at least one side electrode for linearization of dependence of tilt angle on the voltage applied to the actuator. |
| US10394013B2 |
Optic assembly and light source device for endoscope including the same
Disclosed is an optical assembly including: an upper case which is provided with a first optical path for passing light from a first light source, and a second optical path, which communicates with a side of the first optical path and which introduces the light from a second light source into the first optical path; a lower case coupled with the upper case; and a beam splitter which is disposed in the first optical path, and which maintains a traveling direction with respect to the light from the first light source and changes a direction of the light from the second light source so that the light from the second light source can travel in the same direction as the light from the first light source. |
| US10394007B2 |
Reflective optical configurations with prescribed optical field mappings for back-scanned imagers
Optimal angular field mappings that provide the highest contrast images for back-scanned imaging are given. The mapping can be implemented for back-scanned imaging with afocal optics including an anamorphic field correcting assembly configured to implement a non-rotationally symmetric field mapping between object space and image space to adjust distortion characteristics of the afocal optics to control image wander on a focal plane array. The anamorphic field correcting assembly can include one or more mirrors having non-rotationally symmetric aspherical departures. |
| US10394003B2 |
Camera optical lens
The present invention includes a camera optical lens. The camera optical lens including, in an order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens and a seventh lens. The camera optical lens further satisfies specific conditions. |
| US10393999B2 |
Six-aspheric-surface lens
A six-aspheric-surface lens has six coaxially aligned lenses including, in order, a positive first lens, a negative second lens, a negative third lens, a negative fourth lens, a negative fifth lens, and a plano-gull-wing sixth lens. The six-aspheric-surface lens also includes a first biplanar substrate between the first lens and the second lens, a second biplanar substrate between the third lens and the fourth lens, and a third biplanar substrate between the fifth lens and the sixth lens. The first lens may have an Abbe number exceeding 48, the second lens and the third lens each may have an Abbe number less than 35. The first lens may have a focal length f1 and the second lens may have a focal length f2 such that −0.27 |
| US10393997B2 |
Methods, systems and devices for automatically focusing a microscope on a substrate
Methods, systems and devices for automatically focusing a microscope on a specimen and collecting a focused image of the specimen are provided. Aspects of the methods include detecting the presence of a substrate in a microscope, determining whether the substrate is in a correct orientation for imaging, focusing the microscope on a specimen that is placed on the substrate, and collecting one or more images of the specimen. Systems and devices for carrying out the subject methods are also provided. |
| US10393995B2 |
Mirror driving device
A mirror driving device has a simple configuration and is capable of accelerating and decelerating a mirror during a mirror down operation. The mirror driving device includes a mirror, a mirror box attached to be movable between a first position where the mirror is located in an optical path and a second position where the mirror is retracted from the optical path, a mirror driving member rotatably attached to the mirror box and configured to drive the mirror, and a link member rotatably attached to the mirror driving member. A cam portion is formed in the mirror box. The link member includes a follower portion configured to follow with the cam portion. |
| US10393992B1 |
Auto focus based auto white balance
Methods, devices, and systems for automatic white balance are disclosed. In some aspects, a device includes a memory and a processor coupled to a camera and the memory. The processor may be configured to determine a first number of statistics associated with a first frame, cause the camera to perform a first autofocus operation, determine a second number of statistics associated with a second frame during the first autofocus operation, the second number of statistics being less than the first number of statistics, determine a white balance gain based on the first number of statistics and the second number of statistics, and apply the white balance gain to a third frame. |
| US10393982B2 |
Reversible internet service provider wall box
A telecommunications box includes a base frame, having generally planar outer walls that form an enclosed loop around an interior volume. The outer walls include first and second sidewalls that are parallel to and spaced apart from one another. A flange adjoins front-facing edge sides of the outer walls and extends away from the outer walls in an opposite direction as the interior volume. A first window, which is partially defined by the front-facing edge sides of the outer walls, exposes the interior volume from a front side of the base frame. A second window, which is partially defined by rear-facing edge sides of the outer walls, exposes the interior volume from a rear side of the base frame. The first window occupies the same footprint in a front-facing position that the second window occupies in a rear-facing position that is rotationally reversed from the front-facing position. |
| US10393981B2 |
Two-sided optical fiber management tray and method of use
An arrangement for a fiber optic distribution network includes a fiber management tray having a first major side and an opposite second major side. The arrangement also includes a fiber optic cable including optical fibers. The fiber optic cable has first and second jacketed sections and an unjacketed mid-span access location positioned between the first and second jacketed sections. The unjacketed mid-span access location can be managed by the fiber management tray with drop splicing being performed at the first major side of the tray and the remainder of the fiber management and splicing being performed at the second major side of the tray. |
| US10393980B2 |
Fiber distribution device
A fiber distribution device includes a swing frame chassis pivotally mounted to a support structure. At least a first optical splitter module is mounted to the swing frame chassis. Pigtails having connectorized ends are carried by the swing frame chassis and have portions that are routed generally vertically on the swing frame chassis. An optical termination field includes fiber optic adapters carried by the swing frame chassis. The fiber optic adapters are configured to receive the connectorized ends of the pigtails. |
| US10393979B2 |
Optical fiber ribbon storage
A fiber optic cable splice storage assembly includes a termination box including first and second curve shaped bend controls disposed in an upper half of the termination box. The first and second curve shaped bend controls face each other and are detached from one another. An exterior cable port is disposed at a lower side of the termination box and includes an opening that is dimensioned to allow a terminating end of a fiber optic cable to be fed into the termination box. A splice retention cradle frame is disposed between the first and second curve shaped bend controls in the top half of the termination box. A splice retention cradle has splice retention features that are dimensioned to accommodate a splice covering for fiber optic cable. The splice retention cradle frame is dimensioned such that the splice retention cradle may snap-in securely to the splice retention cradle frame. |
| US10393977B2 |
Optical fiber cable
An optical communication cable is provided. The optical communication cable includes an outer cable layer and a plurality of optical fiber bundles surrounded by the outer cable laver. Each optical fiber bundle includes a bundle jacket surrounding a plurality of optical fiber subunits located within the bundle passage. The plurality of optical subunits are wrapped around each other within the bundle passage forming a wrapped pattern. Each optical fiber subunit includes a subunit jacket surrounding a elongate optical fiber located within the subunit passage. The cable jacket, bundle jacket and subunit jacket may be fire resistant, and strength strands of differing lengths may be located in the bundles and the subunits. |
| US10393975B2 |
Optical cable with retractable modules and a method for producing said modules
An optical cable (1) comprises a sheath (2) surrounding a cavity (3) and a plurality of substantially parallel modules (4) arranged into said cavity (3) with a filling ratio between 20 and 50%; each of said modules (4) comprises: •four to twelve fibers (9), •A tube (5) surrounding the fibers (9) that comprises a mix of polycarbonate and a low friction polymer, chosen from the group of fluorinated polymers and polyamide; said tube (5) having a ratio between its inner di and outer do diameters between 0.45 and 0.55, and comprising an outer low friction polymer layer (6) having a thickness between 0.05 and 0.15 mm, •A filling ratio of said module 4 greater than 55%. |
| US10393974B1 |
4-channel parallel-optical device for monitoring emission power and monitoring method thereof
A 4-channel parallel-optical (SR4) device for monitoring an emission power includes an emission assembly, a receiving assembly, and a monitoring assembly. The emission assembly includes an emission chip, a first planar groove, and a second planner groove. The receiving assembly includes a third planar groove and a receiving chip. The emission chip emits the laser to the first planar groove, the first planar groove transmits a part of the laser to the second planar groove, and the second planar groove total reflects the transmitted laser to an optical fiber. The first planar groove reflects a part of the laser to the monitoring assembly. The monitoring assembly receives the reflected laser and monitors power parameters of the reflected laser, the laser is emitted to the third planar groove through the optical fiber, the third planar groove total reflects the laser to the receiving chip, and the receiving chip receives the laser. |
| US10393968B1 |
Apparatus for optical switching with transmissional and reflective polarization modulators
A wavelength selective switch includes a plurality of optical ports, a polarization conditioning system, a dispersion system, and a switching system. The switching system includes at least one transmissive stage and a reflective polarization modulator. Each transmissive stage has a transmissional polarization modulator and a symmetrical beam polarization separator. The transmissional polarization modulator includes transmissive first cells each being configured to change a polarization orientation of an optical beam passing through the cell. The symmetrical beam polarization separator is configured to redirect the optical beam passing therethrough based upon its polarization. The reflective polarization modulator includes a birefringence section and a reflective section. The birefringence section includes controllable second cells each being configured to convert linear polarization of an optical beam passing therethrough to circular polarization and to independently and selectively convert circular polarization of the optical beam passing through the second cell to linear polarization. |
| US10393965B2 |
Photonic interconnection switches and network integrated in an optoelectronic chip
A photonic interconnection elementary switch is integrated in an optoelectronic chip/The switch includes first and second linear optical waveguides which intersect to form a first intersection. Two first photonic redirect ring resonators are respectively coupled to the first and second optical waveguides. Two second photonic redirect ring resonators are respectively coupled to the first and second optical waveguides. A third linear optical waveguide is coupled to one of the first ring resonators and one of the second ring resonators. A fourth linear optical waveguide is coupled to another of the first resonators and to another of the second ring resonators. A base switch, complex switch, and photonic interconnection network integrated in an optoelectronic chip, include at least two of the photonic interconnection elementary switches. |
| US10393955B2 |
Optical fiber filter of wideband deleterious light and uses thereof
Optical fiber filters and uses thereof are presented. In typical implementations, there is provided a FBG taking deleterious light out of a fiber core without reflecting it into the fiber core. It also allows the unhindered transmission of useful light at a wavelength outside of the spectral band covered by the deleterious light. The filter couples the incoming deleterious light to cladding modes propagating in the opposite direction without coupling the incoming useful light to core or cladding modes propagating in the opposite direction. The filter may for example be useful as a Raman or ASE filter in a laser cavity of other optical devices. |
| US10393954B2 |
Light guiding structure, backlight source and display device
A light guiding structure, a backlight source and a display device are provided. The light guiding structure includes a light guiding plate, wherein at least one side end surface of the light guiding plate is provided with a fixing mechanism configured to fix a light bar. In the above-described light guiding structure, since the fixing mechanism provided on the side end surface of the light guiding plate is fixed to the light bar, the light guiding plate is accurately aligned with the light bar. The operation difficulty of fixing the light guiding plate to the light bar by the fixing mechanism is reduced, thus, it is easy to achieve the accurate alignment between the light guiding plate and the light bar. |
| US10393950B2 |
Backlight module and display device using same
A backlight module having better heat dissipation, includes a backboard, a frame coupled to a peripheral area of the backboard, at least one light source, and a thermally conductive layer located on the backboard. The backboard is made of a thermally conductive material. The at least one light source is embedded in the thermally conductive layer and in direct contact with the thermally conductive layer which removes heat as it is generated by the light source. |
| US10393949B2 |
Light emitting module and display device including light emitting module
A light emitting module includes a light guide, a first light source, and a second light source. The light guide includes a first face, a second face oriented not parallel to the first face, a third face connected between the first face and the second face, and a light-emitting surface larger than each of the first face, the second face, and the third face. The first light source faces the first face. No light source is positioned between the first light source and an edge of the first face. The second light source faces the third face. No light source is positioned between the second light source and an edge of the third face. A distance from the second light source to the edge of the third face is greater than a distance from the first light source to the edge of the first face. |
| US10393947B2 |
Backlight unit, display device and method of fabricating the same
A display device includes a display panel, and a backlight unit including a light guide plate which guides light in an upward direction toward the display panel and including a transmission region and a reflection region; a supporting pattern at the reflection region; a reflection layer on upper and side surfaces of the supporting pattern; and an insulating layer which covers the transmission region and the reflection layer at the reflection region. |
| US10393943B2 |
Display device with directional control of the output, and a back light for such a display device
A display backlight comprises an edge-lit waveguide having an array of light out-coupling structures which for example each comprise a projection into the waveguide. Each projection has a beam redirecting face which is at an angle a to the normal. The angle a and the refractive index of the waveguide as well as outside the waveguide (over the output face) are designed to satisfy various relationships, which ensure that the optical output can be selected to be within a desired angular range in a generally forward direction (and thus not clipped). |
| US10393939B2 |
Display apparatus
A display apparatus includes: a display panel; a light source package configured to supply light; and a light guide plate configured to receive the light supplied by the light source package and guide the light to the display panel. The light source package includes: a light source configured to generate the light; a first reflector disposed around the light source; a light converter disposed between the light source and the light guide plate, the light converter being configured to convert properties of the light directed toward the light guide plate; and a second reflector protruding from the light converter toward the light source, the second reflector being configured to reflect the light generated by the light source toward the first reflector, and to reflect light reflected by the light converter toward the light guide plate. |
| US10393938B2 |
Display apparatus
According to a display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to prevent a quantum dot unit provided in a backlight assembly from being damaged by heat generated from a light source. The display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a display panel that displays an image, a light source that provides light from a rear side of the display panel, a light guide plate that is positioned on the rear side of the display panel and guides light emitted from the light source, and a quantum dot unit that is provided to be spaced apart from the light source and converts a wavelength of the light emitted from the light source. |
| US10393933B2 |
Rapidly tunable, narrow-band infrared filter arrays
Tunable filters can use Fano metasurface designs having extremely narrow transmission bands. The Fano metasurface can comprise dielectric or semiconductor materials and can produce transmission bands with quality factors well in excess of 1000—at least a factor of 50 greater than typical metamaterial-based infrared resonances. Numerical simulations of these metasurfaces show that the spectral position of the passband can be changed by slightly changing the position of a small dielectric perturbation block placed within the near-field of the resonator by using simple electromechanical actuation architectures that allow for such motion. An array of independently tunable narrowband infrared filters can thereby be fabricated that only requires deep-subwavelength motions of perturbing objects in the resonator's near-field. |
| US10393931B2 |
Grating element
A grating device includes an optical material layer; a channel type optical waveguide region provided in the optical material layer; extension regions provided on the outsides of the channel type optical waveguide region, respectively; a Bragg grating provided in the channel type optical waveguide region; and periodic microstructures provided in the extension regions, respectively. The periodic microstructures are provided in 50 percent or larger of a total of areas of the extension regions. |
| US10393930B2 |
Large-field-of-view waveguide supporting red, green, and blue in one plate
An optical device for combining RGB optical signals in a single waveguide. The device includes a plurality of DOEs. A first DOE is configured to receive an optical signal at input propagation angles and to diffract the optical signal based on spectrum such that predominately one spectrum of light is diffracted in a first direction and path and predominately a second spectrum of light is diffracted in a second different direction and path. The first DOE is configured to diffract light into a second DOE. The second DOE is configured to diffract light into a third DOE. The third DOE is configured to diffract light into an eye box keeping output propagation angles substantially parallel to the input propagation angles. A summation of grating vectors for each of the paths is substantially equal to zero. |
| US10393929B1 |
Systems and methods for a projector system with multiple diffractive optical elements
The disclosed system may include (1) a light source, (2) a first diffractive optical element (DOE), optically coupled with the light source, that produces a first diffracted light pattern, (3) at least one additional DOE, optically coupled with the light source in series with the first DOE, that produces at least one additional diffracted light pattern, (4) an actuator that moves, in response to a first actuator control signal, the first DOE in a first plane perpendicular to an optical axis of the system, and (5) a lens, optically coupled with the first DOE and the at least one additional DOE, that projects structured light onto a local area based on the first diffracted light pattern and the at least one additional diffracted light pattern. Various other systems and methods are also disclosed. |
| US10393923B2 |
Method of determining a map of height of liquid hydrocarbon in a reservoir
This invention relates to a method for determining a map of expectation and/or of variance of height of liquid hydrocarbon in a geological model. The method allows analytical resolution of these maps while taking account of the uncertainties in the variables allowing this calculation such as the porosity or oil saturation of the rock and also the uncertainty in the presence of certain types of facies given by the apportionment cubes of architectural elements pAE(c) and proportion cubes for each facies, these proportions then having a triangular distribution defined by the following three values pA,AE,min(c), pA,AE,max(c) and pA,AE,mode(c). In particular, the method comprises the calculation of the sum of the plurality of architectural elements of pAE(c)·⅓(pA,AE,min(c)+pA,AE,max(c)+pA,AE,mode(c)) and the determining of a value of expectation of height of liquid hydrocarbon for said column as a function of the sum determined. |
| US10393922B2 |
Method and device for the controlled determination of channel waves
The present invention relates to a method for the controlled determination of channel waves on the basis of a model comprising at least one minimum limit distance being associated with a representation. The method comprises a determination of a first trajectory and a first dress-up, the latter being tangent internally to a polar form centered on the well and with the said minimum limit distance as radius. A minimum exclusion zone is then determined as a function of said point of minimum tangency and a second trajectory and a second dress-up are determined in such a way that this second dress-up does not cross the minimum exclusion area. The determination of the second trajectory is repeated if the intersection between the representation of the well and the union of the trajectories determined is empty. |
| US10393921B2 |
Method and system for calibrating a distributed vibration sensing system
A method for calibrating a distributed vibration sensing system includes applying a localized calibration event, such as a temperature change, to at least one location along an optical fiber cable. Backscattered light generated the optical fiber while the localized calibration event is applied includes phase information having low frequency components. The center of energy of the low frequency components can be identified in order to generate a reference point along the fiber that can be used to generate a channel-depth calibration scale that can be applied to vibration data acquired from the fiber when used in various applications, such as borehole seismic surveying. |
| US10393916B2 |
Predicting water holdup measurement accuracy of multiphase production logging tools
In one possible implementation, a computer-readable tangible medium includes instructions that direct a processor to access one or more wellbore properties and a plurality of well fluid properties. Instructions are also present that direct the processor to access a distance between a proposed location of an inlet to a multiphase production logging tool and an emulsion generation location in a wellbore. Further instructions instruct the processor to predict a drop size distribution of emulsified water in the well fluid at the proposed location of the inlet to the multiphase production logging tool. Additional instructions instruct the processor to compute an estimated error in water holdup detected by the multiphase production logging tool based on the drop size distribution, and recommend deployment of a pulsed neutron logging tool in the wellbore when the estimated error in the water holdup is above a preset threshold. |
| US10393910B2 |
Apparatus for airborne geophysical prospecting using both natural and controlled source fields and method
A composite electromagnetic (EM) system and method for measuring naturally occurring magnetic fields and controlled magnetic fields. The composite EM system includes a housing, an audio-magnetotelluric (AMT) system attached to the housing and measuring natural magnetic fields generated by earth, a frequency-domain EM (FDEM) system attached to the housing and measuring controlled magnetic fields generated by a controlled source, and a position and orientation (POS) system attached to the housing and configured to calculate an orientation and a position of the AMT system and housing relative to the earth. The housing is configured to be attached to an aircraft for being airborne while measuring the natural magnetic fields and the controlled magnetic fields. |
| US10393906B2 |
Method and device for detecting buried metal using synchronous detection method
To provide a method and device for detecting buried metal, whereby it is possible to radio (wirelessly) transmit a synchronizing signal, and, when the frequency band of the transmission signal is restricted, to problem synchronous detection using a reference signal having a frequency equal to or greater than the frequency band. A method for detecting buried metal using synchronous detection method having a transmitting side device that transmits a transmitting signal (alternating current) to a buried metal for detection and transmits a synchronizing signal for synchronous detection, and a receiving side device for measuring the position and burial depth of the buried metal by detecting a magnetic field generated by the transmitting signal flowing in the buried metal with a magnetic sensor and processing amplitude and phase of the magnetic field, the method including: generating a standard signal of frequency f in the transmitting side device, and n dividing this standard signal to convert it to a transmitting signal of frequency f/n, transmitting this transmitting signal to the buried metal, m dividing the standard signal to convert it to a synchronizing signal of frequency f/m, transmitting this synchronizing signal from the transmitting side device by radio. Receiving the synchronizing signal by the receiving side device, m multiplying this received synchronizing signal to convert it to the standard signal. N dividing this converted standard signal to convert it to a reference signal of frequency f/n. Detecting a magnetic field generated by the transmitting signal flowing in the buried metal and synchronously detecting with the reference signal. |
| US10393904B2 |
Predicting stress-induced anisotropy effect on acoustic tool response
Predicting downhole acoustic tool responses due to stress-induced anisotropy by performing at least the following: receiving a plurality of input data corresponding to at least one well site comprising a wellbore; constructing a three-dimensional geomechanical model based at least in part on the input data; creating at least one near field versus far field stress distribution that corresponds to the wellbore from the three-dimensional geomechanical model; creating, at least one near wellbore versus far-field velocity distribution using the at least one near field versus far field stress distribution; comparing the downhole acoustic tool response property that indicates a downhole acoustic tool's penetration depth for a subsurface geological formation with the near wellbore velocity fields; and flagging, where the downhole acoustic tool response property stays within the near-wellbore velocity field. |
| US10393903B2 |
Acoustic logging tool utilizing fundamental resonance
An acoustic logging tool includes a support structure and a set of acoustic transducers coupled to the support structure. The set of acoustic transducers includes a first acoustic transducer and a second acoustic transducer facing the same direction. Each of the first and second acoustic transducers includes a substrate having a first end, a second end, a first side, and a second side. Each acoustic transduce further includes a first piezoelectric element coupled to the first side of the substrate and a second piezoelectric element coupled to the second side of the substrate. The first and second ends of the substrate extend beyond the first and second piezoelectric elements and are fixed to the support structure. |
| US10393902B2 |
Method and system for acquisition of seismic data
A method may include providing a sensor in a first wellbore segment, providing a sensor in a second wellbore segment, observing upgoing acoustic waves or downgoing acoustic waves with the sensors, and separating the upgoing acoustic waves and/or the downgoing acoustic waves from a total wavefield. The first wellbore segment and the second wellbore segment may be separated by a distance. At least one of the wellbore segments may be non-vertical and/or the first wellbore segment may not be parallel to the second wellbore segment. The first wellbore segment may be part of a first set of wellbores and the second wellbore segment may be part of a second set of wellbores. The separated upgoing and downgoing acoustic waves may be used to generate deghosted data. |
| US10393898B2 |
Underwater node for seismic surveys and method
A method, system and a marine node for recording seismic waves underwater. The node includes a first module configured to house a seismic sensor; bottom and top plates attached to the first module; a second module removably attached to the first module and configured to slide between the bottom and top plates the second module including a first battery and a data storage device; and a third module removably attached to the first module and configured to slide between the bottom and top plates, the third module including a second battery. |
| US10393896B2 |
Real-time in-situ sub-surface imaging
Systems and methods of real-time in-situ sub-surface imaging are described herein. |
| US10393894B2 |
Fast neuron spectroscopy with tensioned metastable fluid detectors
Systems and methods for neutron detection using tensioned metastable fluid detectors, using a single atom spectroscopy approach. |
| US10393892B2 |
X-ray detection circuit for a dental radiology sensor
A circuit (300) for detecting the appearance of x-rays with a view to triggering a radiological image capture, comprising a set (301) of photodiodes that is connected to a ground (GD), an amplifying circuit (302) and a capacitor (C2), the amplifying circuit (302) comprising an amplifier (AMP) and a voltage source (GEN) and being connected, via a first input, to the output of the set (301) of photodiodes, the capacitor (C2) being connected between the ground (GD) and a second input of the amplifier (AMP), the detecting circuit (300) being characterized in that the amplifying circuit (302) is configured to carry out in succession the steps of: Charging the capacitor (C2) with a reference voltage (Vref) generated by the voltage source (GEN); Isolating the second input of the amplifier (AMP) from the voltage source (GEN); and Integrating the current generated by the set (301) of photodiodes. |
| US10393890B2 |
X-ray imaging device
In an X-ray imaging device according to a first embodiment, an X-ray detector has a configuration in which scintillator elements are defined by light-shielding walls in a lattice shape. Among X-rays incident on the X-ray detector, X-rays incident on the light-shielding walls are not converted into scintillator light and are transmitted by the X-ray detector. Accordingly, by causing X-rays to be incident on the X-ray detector in which the scintillator elements are defined by the light-shielding walls in a lattice shape, an area in which X-rays 3a transmitted by a subject M are incident on the X-ray detector can be limited to an arbitrary range. Accordingly, since a detection mask can be omitted in the X-ray imaging device which is used for EI-XPCi, it is possible to reduce a manufacturing cost of the X-ray imaging device. |
| US10393887B2 |
Fluorine resistant, radiation resistant, and radiation detection glass systems
The present invention discloses one or more compounds that oscillate between a first state and a second state due to absorption of high energy, with the oscillations facilitating prevention of solarization of a glass system for reuse while generating scintillations for determining existence of high radiation energy. The generation of scintillations have a duration that is commensurate with a duration of the irradiation of the glass system, and cease when irradiation is ceased without affecting the glass system. |
| US10393884B2 |
System and method for detecting the wearing by a patient of a foot ulcer offloading apparatus
A system and a method for detecting the wearing by a patient of a foot ulcer offloading apparatus are described. The system includes an electronic geolocation device and a data processing equipment item linked to the electronic geolocation device via a communication network, the electronic geolocation device is suitable for being secured to the offloading apparatus and includes electrical power supply means, geolocation data acquisition means and means for transmitting geolocation data over the communication network to the data processing equipment item. The data transmission means is linked to the acquisition means and data processing equipment item is suitable, following the reception of geolocation data transmitted by the electronic geolocation device, for detecting a movement of the foot ulcer offloading apparatus and for deducing therefrom the wearing by the patient of said offloading apparatus. |
| US10393882B2 |
Estimation of inter-frequency bias for ambiguity resolution in global navigation satellite system receivers
Example methods disclosed herein include accessing carrier phase measurements and code measurements obtained for a plurality of satellite signals of a global navigation satellite system. Disclosed example methods also include determining an initial set of floating-point ambiguities based on the measurements, the initial set of floating-point ambiguities including inter-frequency bias (IFB). Disclosed example methods further include performing a least squares search process based on the initial set of floating-point ambiguities to determine a set of integer ambiguities and an estimate of the IFB. In some examples, an additional (e.g., wide-lane) filter is used to realize a combination of carrier phase and code IFB. In some examples, IFB estimation is further realized by determining a median of IFB estimates over a window time. In some examples, the resulting IFB estimate and the set of integer ambiguities are used to estimate a position of a receiver, determine a satellite correction signal, etc. |
| US10393880B2 |
Vehicle control through machine learning
A method is disclosed for managing rules or policies in a vehicle having a controllable unit. The method may include determining, at the start of a driving, an active route of the vehicle, selecting a set of control values from multiple stored sets of control values, where one control value of the set of control values corresponds to one predetermined interval of the determined active route, and controlling the at least one controllable unit based on the selected set of control values. The method may also include recording, during the current driving of the vehicle, a set of control result values, where one control result value corresponds to a predetermined interval of the determined active route which the vehicle has driven and, at the end of the driving based on the set of control result values, determining and storing an updated set of control values for the actually driven route. |
| US10393879B2 |
Global positioning device
A correction data creation unit receives a value of an error used in satellite positioning at a first time interval, and receives a correction value of the error at a second time interval that is a time interval 1/n (n is an integer of two or larger) time interval of the first time interval. The correction data creation unit also corrects the value of the error at the second time interval by using the correction value. |
| US10393878B2 |
Vehicle-to-x-communication module
A vehicle-to-X communication module which is configured to transmit operating data to a satellite navigation module. In this way, supply of operating data to the satellite navigation module can be facilitated and, in particular, in many cases reception of the operating data by Assisted GPS (AGPS) can be dispensed with. |
| US10393875B2 |
Time of flight based sensor
An adjustable security sensor device is described. The device comprises a time of flight sensor, a user input element, and a processor. The time of flight sensor generates a first set of sample distance measurements based on a first position of the time of flight sensor relative to the reflector, in response to receiving the identification of the first position of the device relative to the reflector. The processor associates the identification of the first position with the first set of sample distance measurements. A second set of sample distance measurements is measured based on a second position of the time of flight sensor relative to the reflector. The processor compares a first range of the first set of sample distance measurements with a second range of the second set of sample distance measurements, and identifies a position of the device relative to the reflector based on the comparison. |
| US10393873B2 |
Adaptive mitigation of ultrasonic emission in vehicular object detection systems
Remote object detection in an automotive vehicle includes an ultrasonic sensor for emitting ultrasonic bursts from an ultrasonic transducer at a standard rate. At least one object is tracked which reflects the ultrasonic bursts to the sensor. The transducer is adaptively set to emit ultrasonic bursts at a reduced rate which is less than the standard rate based on a result of the object tracking. In one embodiment, the ultrasonic bursts are set at the reduced rate when the tracked object is maintaining a stable relative position. The stable relative position may be comprised of the tracked object having a relative velocity less than a threshold. In another embodiment, extrinsic ultrasonic bursts originating from the tracked object and subsequent echoes between the automotive vehicle and the tracked object can be used by the vehicle to monitor the tracked object while emission of bursts from the vehicle are switched off. |
| US10393872B2 |
Camera augmented bicycle radar sensor system
A bicycle radar system including a camera is disclosed. The system may include a radar unit and a bicycle computing device that are in communication with one another. The radar unit may transmit radar signals, receive return signals (reflections), and process the returned radar signals to determine a location and velocity of one or more targets located in a sensor field behind a user's bicycle. The radar unit may also include an integrated camera to selectively provide images or video of an area behind the bicycle in the camera's field of view. The radar unit may analyze the returned radar signals and images and/or video to track the location of targets located behind the bicycle. The bicycle computing device or the radar unit may also selectively activate the camera based upon the satisfaction of particular conditions. |
| US10393870B2 |
Determination of spin parameters of a sports ball
A method of determining spin parameters of a sports ball, such as spin axis and rotation velocity of a golf ball. The spin axis is determined solely from the trajectory of the flying ball, and the rotational velocity is determined from a frequency analysis of a signal provided by a radar, which signal comprises spectrum traces positioned equidistantly in frequency, which frequency distance relates to the spin velocity. |
| US10393867B2 |
Photonic hybrid receive antenna
Methods and systems for determining true time delay from each receiving element of an ‘active electronically scanned array’ (AESA) or a phased array antenna. Embodiments of the invention can include electromagnetic EM elements, optical waveguides, and wavelength selective FGBs are collectively configured as a plurality of dual purpose elements that couples an EM field and uses an induced voltage to change an index of refraction of the optical waveguide's electro-optic (EO) material, where the EO material will also function as a dielectric in an antenna element, where the signals comprising optical signals propagate through EM element acting as phase delay elements, where the measuring system compares the reflected signals with a reference signal with no phase delay to determine said signals phase delay. |
| US10393866B1 |
Detecting presence based on wireless signal analysis
In a general aspect, a monitoring system detects presence of an object in a space, e.g., when no motion is detected. Motion of an object in a space is detected by analyzing a first set of signals based on wireless signals transmitted in a first time period. Lack of motion in the space is detected by analyzing a second set of signals based on wireless signals transmitted in a second, subsequent time period. Whether the object was present in the space during the second time period is detected by analyzing the second set of signals. |
| US10393863B2 |
Lidar system noise reduction combining circular polarization laser output with photon sieve optics in the receiver
A lidar system includes an optical transmitter having a laser light source that is configured to generate a beam of light that is azimuthally polarized or has Orbital Angular Momentum (OAM). The lidar system further includes an optical receiver having an optical sensor defining a focal plane. A photon sieve is configured to produce a ring pattern on the focal plane corresponding to a laser return signal. The ring pattern comprises azimuthally polarized or Orbital Angular Momentum (OAM) light that is transmitted by the transmitter and reflected towards the receiver. The photon sieve is also configured to cause stray light that is not polarized to produce a central region at the center of the ring pattern that is distinct from the ring pattern. |
| US10393862B2 |
Trailer estimation with elevation enhanced sensing
A trailer-detection system includes a radar-sensor and a controller. The radar-sensor is used to determine a range, an azimuth-angle, and an elevation-angle of a radar-signal reflected by a trailer towed by a host-vehicle. The controller is in communication with the radar-sensor. The controller is configured to determine a size of the trailer towed by the host-vehicle based on the range, the azimuth-angle, and the elevation-angle of the radar-signal. |
| US10393852B2 |
Method and system of location estimation and navigation of autonomous vehicles
A method is provided, which includes scanning at least one radio frequency identification (RFID) tag to obtain an identifier of the RFID tag; querying a database using the identifier of the at least one RFID tag to collect information about a location of the at least one RFID tag; determining a bias of a vehicle relative to the location of the scanned at least one RFID tag; and calculating a location of the vehicle based on the bias and the location of the at least one RFID tag. |
| US10393851B2 |
Polyhedral sensor arrangement and method for operating a polyhedral sensor arrangement
A sensor arrangement comprises at least a first, a second, and a third light sensor. A three-dimensional framework comprises at least a first, a second, and a third connection means which are connected to the at least first, second, and third light sensor, respectively. The first, the second, and the third connection means are configured to align the at least first, second, and third light sensor along a first, second, and third face of a polyhedron-like volume, respectively, such that the sensor arrangement encloses the polyhedron-like volume. The invention also relates to a method for operating the sensor arrangement. |
| US10393850B2 |
Apparatus, system and method of angle of departure (AOD) estimation
Devices and methods of estimating the AoD of a STA are generally described. The STA receives and stores an association between tone and transmission angle for each tone transmitted by an AP in different angles. The association indicates that, for each angle, a tone transmitted in the angle is unique. The STA detects a symbol transmitted on each tone, determines the strength and timing of the tone and estimates the AoD based on the association and either or both the strength and timing. Each tone may have multiple symbols and/or each angle multiple tones whose characteristics are averaged to determine the appropriate characteristic of the particular tone or angle. The position of the STA is calculated from the AoD of one or more APs. |
| US10393847B2 |
Method and apparatus for recording calibration data for a GRAPPA magnetic resonance imaging algorithm
In a method and magnetic resonance (MR) apparatus for recording calibration data for establishing convolution kernels for GRAPPA algorithms for reconstruction of image data from measurement data recorded using echo planar imaging with simultaneous recording of a number of slices of a slice stack. A slice GRAPPA algorithm is used to reconstruct the image data of the individual slices and an inplane GRAPPA algorithm is used to reconstruct undersampled magnetic resonance data within the slices. In order to record the calibration data to be used for establishing the convolution kernels of the two GRAPPA algorithms, in a predetermined slice order for the slices of the slice stack, for one slice in each case, at least one segment of k-space to be sampled is read out in the readout direction for a completely sampled readout in the phase encoding direction, and at least one such segment extends around the center of k-space in the readout direction, and the segment width is selected so that the phase encoding bandwidth matches that of the recording of the measurement data. |
| US10393838B2 |
Method for correcting phase offsets in quantitative chemical shift encoded magnetic resonance imaging
Systems and methods for correcting phase errors in chemical shift encoded data are described. The technique is self-calibrated, without the need for specialized calibration data, and therefore may enable fat and iron quantification using data from clinical and research sites that do not have specialized pulse sequences. |
| US10393830B2 |
Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus
According to one embodiment, a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes an amplifier, a capacitor bank, and processing circuitry. The amplifier supplies, based on an imaging sequence, an RF pulse to an RF coil which generates a radio frequency magnetic field. The capacitor bank supplies an electric power to the amplifier. The processing circuitry judges whether an imaging by the imaging sequence is able to be executed, based on a condition of the RF pulse in the imaging sequence and an output efficiency of the amplifier. |
| US10393829B2 |
Method and device for position determination in a magnetic resonance tomography unit
A method for determining a position of a mobile device relative to a B0 field magnet along a z-coordinate axis, and a device and a magnetic resonance tomography unit for performing the method are provided. The device includes a magnetic field strength sensor arranged in a fixed relative position. A characteristic magnetic field strength Bref of the B0 field magnet that emerges for a plurality of x-y coordinate pairs with a same reference z-coordinate zref is ascertained. The device is moved along the z-coordinate axis until the magnetic field strength sensor measures the characteristic magnetic field strength Bref. |
| US10393825B2 |
Manufacturing method for gas cell, manufacturing method for magnetic field measurement apparatus, and gas cell
A manufacturing method for a gas cell includes disposing a holding member including a coating material in a reservoir of a cell having a main chamber, the reservoir communicating with the main chamber, and an opening provided in the reservoir, sealing the cell, heating the holding member so as to generate a vapor of the coating material in the cell, and cooling the cell so as to form a film of the coating material on an inner wall of the cell. |
| US10393818B2 |
Systems and methods for characterizing impedance of an energy storage device
A method for characterizing electrical impedance of an energy storage device includes the following steps: (a) controlling a first switching power converter to transfer electric power between a first energy storage device and a load, (b) controlling the first switching power converter to generate a sinusoidal perturbation on electric current flowing through the first energy storage device, (c) determining an alternating current (AC) component of the electric current flowing through the first energy storage device, (d) determining an AC component of voltage across the first energy storage device, and (e) determining a complex impedance of the first energy storage device based at least in part on the AC component of the electric current flowing through the first energy storage device and the AC component of the voltage across the first energy storage device. |
| US10393814B2 |
Secondary battery state detection device and secondary battery state detection method
[Object] To accurately detect states of a variety of types of secondary batteries even in a low-current range.[Solution] A secondary battery state detecting device includes: a current detecting unit (a current sensor (12)) that detects a value of a current flowing in a secondary battery (14); a calculating unit (an equivalent circuit component calculation module (114)) that calculates an equivalent circuit component that constitutes an equivalent circuit of the secondary battery; an estimating unit (a voltage drop value calculation module (116)) that estimates a value of a voltage drop caused by a value of a dark current on the basis of the value of the dark current and the equivalent circuit component, the value of the dark current corresponding to a value of a current detected by the current detecting unit and the dark current flowing in the secondary battery after the vehicle has stopped, and the equivalent circuit component corresponding to the equivalent circuit component calculated by the calculating unit and having an element value varying nonlinearly in accordance with the value of the dark current; and a state detecting unit (an open circuit voltage calculation module (118)) that detects a state of the secondary battery on the basis of the value of the voltage drop estimated by the estimating unit. |
| US10393813B2 |
On-board state of health monitoring of batteries using incremental capacity analysis
A method is provided for determining capacity of a battery. The method includes: defining a model for a battery, where the model relates terminal voltage of the battery to charged capacity of the battery; taking a plurality of voltage measures of the battery, where the voltage measures are taken through a range of states of charge and the range excludes the battery being fully charged and fully discharged; determining the parameters of the model by fitting the plurality of voltage measures to the model; determining an incremental capacity curve for the battery by taking derivative of the model; and quantifying a peak of the incremental capacity curve to thereby determine a capacity of the battery. |
| US10393811B2 |
Quantitative evaluation method for reliability of Markov model switched reluctance motor system
A quantitative evaluation method for the reliability of a Markov model switched reluctance motor system. The method comprises: solving a probability matrix P′T(t) of a switched reluctance motor system being in any survival state at any time t via a state conversion diagram of the switched reluctance motor system; calculating the sum of various elements of the probability matrix P′T(t) of the survival state, so that a reliability function R(t) is obtained; and thus calculating the average working time of the switched reluctance motor system before failure, thereby realizing the quantitative evaluation of the switched reluctance motor system and satisfying the requirements for the reliability analysis of a switched reluctance motor drive system. This disclosure has a good engineering application value. |
| US10393806B2 |
Organic light emitting display device and method of manufacturing the same
Disclosed is an organic light emitting display (OLED) device that may include a thin film transistor on a substrate; a first electrode electrically connected with the thin film transistor; an organic emitting layer on the first electrode, the organic emitting layer separated by a partition; a partition cover on the partition; a second electrode on the organic emitting layer; and an encapsulation layer on the second electrode, wherein a width of an upper surface of the partition cover is smaller than a width of a lower surface of the partition cover. |
| US10393804B2 |
Clock selection circuit and test clock generation circuit for LBIST and ATPG test circuit
A test circuit is operable in ATPG mode and LBIST mode. The test circuit includes a clock selection circuit. The clock selection circuit includes clock logic circuitry to receive an LBIST mode signal and an ATPG mode signal and to generate an indication of whether the test circuit is operating in either the ATPG mode or the LBIST mode, a multiplexing circuit to receive an ATPG clock and a functional clock as input and output a selected one of the ATPG clock and the functional clock, and a clock gate circuit enabled in response to enable signals. The enable signals are an inverse of a selected one of the ATPG clock and the functional clock. The clock gate circuit receives the indication of whether the test circuit is operating in either the ATPG mode or the LBIST mode and generates a test clock as a function of the indication. |
| US10393799B2 |
Electronic device package
Electronic device package technology is disclosed. An electronic device package in accordance with the present disclosure can include a substrate. The electronic device package can also include an electronic component disposed on the substrate and electrically coupled to the substrate. The electronic device package can further include a connector disposed on the substrate and electrically coupled to the substrate for communication with the electronic component. The connector can have a contact to interface with a mating connector and configured to provide a signal and/or power to the electronic component to facilitate testing the electronic component. Additionally, the electronic component can include an encapsulant material disposed on the substrate and at least partially encapsulating the electronic component and/or the connector. The contact can be accessible on a top side of the electronic device package to facilitate coupling the connector to a testing device. Associated systems and methods are also disclosed. |
| US10393789B2 |
Ground fault tester
A ground fault tester (GFT) for monitoring ground fault of DC/Battery Powered Equipment is provided. The ground fault tester (GFT) comprises a signal conditioning unit to receive a raw signal (Vs) for monitoring a ground fault and output a voltage signal (Vr), an adjustable threshold module (TH) to provide a threshold voltage (Vth) and a comparator to compare two voltages (Vr), (Vth) and output a signal indicative of the ground fault. The ground fault tester (GFT) further comprises a controller to receive a test request command and output a GFT output. The controller to control a relay device (K) for flowing a calculated test current (Itest) to a ground (GND). The controller to receive the signal indicative of the ground fault and control the adjustable threshold module (TH) to selectively vary the threshold voltage (Vth) in order to verify whether the signal conditioning unit is functional or not based on a delta output from the signal conditioning unit being proportional or not to a delta stimulus, introduced by engaging a known test resistance (Rt1) and (Rt2) in parallel with an existing ground leak resistance, to the signal conditioning unit. |
| US10393786B2 |
Test system and method for over the air (OTA) measurements based on randomly adjusted measurement points
A test system for over the air (OTA) measurements of transceiver performance metrics of a device under test is provided. The test system comprises a device under test (DUT), at least one positioning device, at least one measurement antenna, and at least one measuring/control processor. The at least one measurement antenna is configured to establish a data link to the DUT and to transmit/receive test data to/from the DUT via the data link. The at least one positioning device is configured to adjust the position of the at least one measurement antenna around the DUT to specific measurement points, wherein the specific measurement points are distributed randomly around the DUT. |
| US10393785B2 |
Optical sensing device for two-dimensional electric field measurement
An optical sensing device applicable to two dimensional electric field, includes sequentially connected input polarization maintaining fibers, a sensing unit, an output single mode fiber, a photodetector and a signal processing unit, the sensing unit includes a lithium niobate substrate; a first Y optical waveguide and two Mach Zehnder structure optical waveguides are arranged on the lithium niobate substrate; the input of the first Y optical waveguide is connected with the output of the laser source, the output is respectively connected to the inputs of the two Mach Zehnder structure optical waveguides; the outputs of the two Mach Zehnder structure optical waveguides are connected to the photodetector; dipole antenna is arranged at any single waveguide arm of each Mach Zehnder structure optical waveguide, the polarization directions of the two dipole antennas are in orthogonality with each other. The invention realizes measurement of two dimensional electric field utilizing one sensing head device, which has the benefits of high sensitivity, high measuring accuracy and easy processing. |
| US10393784B2 |
Analysis of a radio-frequency environment utilizing pulse masking
Radio-frequency (RF) signal analysis includes slow-time signal processing and fast-time signal processing. Incoming RF pulses are captured according to a resource scheduling configuration. The fast-time signal processing is to prioritize the captured RF pulses for slow-time signal processing based on dynamic pulse-grading criteria. The slow-time signal processing is to perform relevance evaluation of the prioritized RF pulses, and to adjust the dynamic pulse-grading criteria and the resource scheduling configuration based on the relevance evaluation. |
| US10393783B2 |
Detection of ultra wide band signal
A device for the detection of an ultra wide band signal, including a signal reception circuit, a signal divider circuit to divide the received signal into several frequency sub-bands, a circuit to determine the amplitude and duration of the received signal in each frequency sub-band, a circuit to compare the amplitude of the signal received in each frequency sub-band with an amplitude threshold, a circuit to compare the duration of the signal received in each frequency sub-band with a time threshold, and a decision circuit that determines that the received signal is of the ultra wide band type if the amplitude of the signal received in each frequency sub-band is higher than the amplitude threshold and if the duration of the signal received in each frequency sub-band is less than the time threshold. |
| US10393781B2 |
Impedance synthesizer
The present invention relates to a system for impedance generation comprising impedance generation means arranged for receiving an input clock signal and for generating at least one parameter at a frequency derived from the input clock signal, impedance tuning means arranged for receiving the at least one parameter, for synthesizing an impedance based on the received at least one parameter and for outputting the synthesized impedance to a device under test. |
| US10393780B2 |
Ultrasonic based load center current measurement system
A method and an apparatus are provided for monitoring the currents in a load center, and ultrasonically reporting currents to a data aggregator. The monitoring is performed by branch circuit current monitors which are inductive. The data aggregator receives the current reports from the branch circuit current monitors. The data aggregator manages collisions and transmission medium distortions to ensure reliable receipt of the current reports and stores in a storage location that which it learns about the currents drawn. |
| US10393779B2 |
Systems and methods for providing statistical dynamic meter data validation
Systems, methods, and other embodiments are disclosed for validating measured meter data. In one embodiment, a graphical user interface is provided that facilitates configuration of a validation algorithm by a user. Historical usage data is accessed during a non-peak time to offload processing from a peak time. The non-peak time corresponds to a time span when the measured meter data is not being received and validated, and the peak time corresponds to a different time span when the measured meter data is being received and validated. Statistical data is generated from the historical usage data during the non-peak time and stored in a memory. The measured meter data is received and the statistical data is accessed during the peak time. The measured meter data is validated by applying the validation algorithm to the statistical data and the measured meter data during the peak time. |
| US10393772B2 |
Wave interface assembly for automatic test equipment for semiconductor testing
Embodiments of the present disclosure utilize customizable waveguide fabrication technologies (e.g., 3D printer technology) and patch antenna arrays to create adaptable wave interfaces that can provide efficient signal routing for an ATE system. In this fashion, embodiments of the present disclosure allow for arbitrary waveguide routing from port to port and create high density port spacing at the PCB level and which specifically eliminates the large flange required of prior art waveguides. Furthermore, embodiments include the ability to integrate different waveguide components, including power splitters, couplers, terminations, etc., into a single structure. Thus, embodiments of the present disclosure can reduce signal path losses and simplify the mechanical construction of ATE systems while eliminating the need for coax cables and minimizing the length of PCB microstrips. |
| US10393770B2 |
Multi-axis accelerometer with reduced stress sensitivity
Implementations of an accelerometer component may include: a first Z proof mass rotatable about a first axis and coupled to an anchor, the first Z proof mass including a first plurality of electrodes. Implementations may include a second Z proof mass rotatable about the first axis and coupled to the anchor, the second Z proof mass including a second plurality of electrodes. An X-axis accelerometer subcomponent may be located within a perimeter of the first Z proof mass, and a Y-axis accelerometer subcomponent may be located within a perimeter of the second Z proof mass. The first plurality of electrodes and the second plurality of electrodes may be symmetrical about each of the first axis, a second axis perpendicular to the first axis, a third axis diagonal to the first axis and second axis, and a fourth axis diagonal to the first axis and second axis. |
| US10393767B2 |
Single sensor systems and methods for detection of reverse rotation
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for detecting a direction of rotation of a rotatable object are disclosed herein. An apparatus includes a sensor having a sensing field and being disposed so that the object is within the sensing field, the sensor being configured to detect variations in measured characteristics of the object as the object rotates, and generate a signal based on the detected variations in measured characteristics. The apparatus also includes a computing system configured to receive the signal from the sensor and to determine a direction of rotation of the object about the axis based on the signal. |
| US10393765B2 |
Measurement apparatus and measurement method
Disclosed is a measurement apparatus including: a support mechanism configured to support a cartridge in which a chamber is formed, the chamber being configured to store a measurement sample that generates light an intensity of which varies depending on an amount of a test substance; a photodetector configured to detect the light generated from the measurement sample stored in the chamber; and a reflection member provided between the photodetector and the cartridge supported by the support mechanism, the reflection member having an inner face, the reflection member being configured to reflect, at the inner face, the light generated from the measurement sample stored in the chamber, and guide the light to the photodetector, wherein the reflection member is configured to have an area surrounded by the inner face, the area decreasing from a side where the cartridge supported by the support mechanism is provided toward a side where the photodetector is provided. |
| US10393759B2 |
Methods of determining a treatment protocol for and/or a prognosis of a patient's recovery from a brain injury
The present invention, in some embodiments, generally relates to methods of determining a treatment protocol for and/or a prognosis of a patient's recovery from a brain injury. In some embodiments, the brain injury results from a hypoxic event. In some embodiments, methods are provided for determining a measure of the concentration of tau protein in a patient sample containing or suspected of containing tau protein. |
| US10393755B2 |
Compositions and methods for treating eye infections and disease
The present invention provides compositions and methods for identifying subjects suffering from dry eye that can be treated by topical administration of a composition comprising lacritin or a bioactive fragment thereof. The application discloses in part that a ˜90 KDa deglycanated form of syndecan-1 is abundant in tears of normal individuals but not individuals suffering from dry eye, whereas a ˜25 kDa syndecan-1 fragment is detectable in dry, but not normal tears. |
| US10393754B2 |
Methods of diagnosing and treating heart failure
This invention relates to novel phosphorylation sites in cardiac Troponin I that are associated with the onset of heart failure. The phosphorylation sites, i.e., serine 5, tyrosine 26, threonine 51, serine 166, threonine 181 and/or serine 199, can be used as biomarkers for (i) identifying subjects at risk for the development of heart failure, (ii) treating subjects having a higher than normal level of the biomarker, and (iii) monitoring therapy of a subject at risk for the development of heart failure. Also described are antibodies, reagents, and kits for carrying out a method of the present invention. |
| US10393747B2 |
Diagnostic method for gastric cancer
This invention relates to a method for gastric cancer diagnosis through the detection of glycan changes, and to a kit for gastric cancer diagnosis. More specifically, based on the fact that in gastric cancer patient-derived haptoglobin, there are changes in N-linked glycosylation of haptoglobin, which are detected through lectin and mass spectrometery, that is, an increase in fucosylation, increases or significant changes in specific glycan structures depending on the classification of antennary structures, or a remarkable decrease in a high mannose structure of the N-glycan as compared to normal persons, N-glycan structures identified using the changes in N-linked glycosylation of haptoglobin may be usefully used as a diagnosis marker in a method for gastric cancer diagnosis using lectin or mass spectrometry, and a kit for gastric cancer diagnosis. |
| US10393746B2 |
Kit for immunological detection of TNF-alpha, sTNFR1 and IL-8 in prostate cancer
The disclosure provides methods of using biomarkers to improve diagnosis of forms of prostate. The method includes testing a biological sample from an individual for a interleukin-8 (IL-8), Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) and soluble tumor necrosis factor-α receptor 1 (sTNFR1), and may further include testing for prostate serum antigen (PSA). Use of these markers in combination provides tests that are more sensitive and specific than PSA in differentiating benign versus malignant prostate disease and/or localized CaP versus metastatic CaP and show that the specificity and sensitivity of a PSA-based CaP diagnosis can be significantly enhanced by measuring IL-8, TNF-α and sTNFR1. |
| US10393745B2 |
Method for the diagnosis and prognosis of cancer
The present invention provides methods and materials for diagnosing cancer in an individual using a tissue, blood or urine sample from the patient. Specifically, the disclosed method comprises determining the level of one or more metabolite selected from the group consisting of creatine riboside, metabolite 561+, Cortisol sulfate and N-acetylneuraminic acid. The present invention also provides a method for determining the prognosis of a cancer patient by determining the level of one or more metabolite selected from the group consisting of creatine riboside, metabolite 561+, Cortisol sulfate and N-acetylneuraminic acid. Also provided are kits for detecting cancer or determining the prognosis of a cancer patient. |
| US10393744B2 |
Peptides for targeting colorectal cancer, and medical use thereof
Provided is a peptide for targeting colorectal cancer, a composition for diagnosing radioresponsiveness-dependent prognosis of colorectal cancer using the peptide, and a drug delivery use of the peptide, wherein a functional peptide capable of targeting cancer has been discovered so as to implement personalized diagnosis and treatment for individual patients having cancer, in consideration of problems occurring during treatment in which treatment cases of respective patients differ due to different therapeutic responses resulting from genetic differences in the individual patients. |
| US10393740B2 |
Methods for identifying modulators of calcium-sensing receptors
Methods for identifying compounds that modulate the activity and/or expression of a calcium-sensing receptor, wherein said compounds can be incorporated into flavor compositions that can be used to modify the kokumi taste and/or palatability of pet food products. |
| US10393735B2 |
Processing of fluids containing interfering particles
The invention relates to a method and a processing device for the processing of a fluid containing interfering particles (C). Magnetic particles (MP) are added to the fluid in a processing chamber and distributed, in part, using a magnetic field to provide a blocking zone (BZ) within the processing chamber to impede or prevent such migration of the interfering particles (C) through the processing chamber. The blocking zone (BZ) hence acts as a filter element by which interfering particles (C) can for example be kept away from a detection region at the surface of the processing chamber. |
| US10393734B2 |
Diagnostic coincubation assay
The present invention relates to a method for the diagnosis of a disease comprising contacting a donor tissue section with a liquid capable of extracting an antibody from said donor tissue section and contacting said liquid with an acceptor material comprising an antigen, followed by detection of a complex comprising the antibody and the antigen, and a diagnostically useful carrier comprising a donor tissue section and an acceptor material comprising an antigen. |
| US10393730B2 |
Energy malnutrition evaluation for liver disease test subject
A method for measuring energy malnutrition in a liver disease test subject, a method for determining whether a liver disease test subject is in an energy malnutrition state, a method for determining the necessity of nutrition therapy for a liver disease test subject having energy malnutrition, a composition usable in these methods, and the like are provided. The method for measuring energy malnutrition in a liver disease test subject includes the steps of collecting expired air containing labeled carbon dioxide that is generated in the body of a liver disease test subject by being converted from a composition containing, as an active ingredient, glucose labeled with at least one isotope C; and determining the ratio of labeled CO2 amount to unlabeled CO2 amount, or the ratio of labeled CO2 amount to total CO2 amount in expired air. |
| US10393722B2 |
Soil quality measurement device
Systems, methods and apparatus are provided for soil testing. In some embodiments, a soil sample quality criterion is determined and associated with the soil sample. In some embodiments a soil characteristic measurement is additionally taken and associated with the soil sample. In some embodiments, the soil sample and its associated data are associated with a container in which the soil sample is placed. |
| US10393710B2 |
Coupled analytical instruments for dual mode FTIR/GC-FTIR
A system and method are disclosed for analyzing samples, which includes a spectrometry system for detecting components of a sample; a gas chromatography column for separating the components of a sample; a first sample unit for receiving a first sample from a sample source; and a second sample unit for receiving a second sample from a sample source. Each sample loop unit allows independent processing of samples in preparation for analysis. |
| US10393709B2 |
Hoisting and holding system for chromatography column
A holding system for holding and hoisting a chromatography column of one or more chromatography columns is disclosed. The holding system includes an upright member and a plurality of holding members movably arranged along the upright member. A first supporting member is positioned at an end portion of the chromatography column, wherein a holding member of the plurality of holding members is configured to be engaged to the first supporting member. A second supporting member is positioned at another end portion of the chromatography column. A holding member of the plurality of holding members is configured to be engaged to the second supporting member. One or more hoist assisting members may be also present. A hoist assisting member is operatively connected to the holding member engaged to the first supporting member. The hoist assisting member is operable to move the holding member connected to the first supporting member for hoisting the chromatography column. |
| US10393708B2 |
Method and apparatus for inspecting a gas sample
An apparatus for detecting a presence of at least one analyte in a gas sample. The apparatus comprises a pump for drawing a gas sample from an ambient air, a passage having first and second ends, a chamber connected to the first end and containing a concentrating element for collecting at least one analyte from the gas sample, a chromatographic separator connected to a second end of the passage, and a gas source for streaming a carrier gas via the chamber to transfer the at least one analyte toward at least one chemical detector, via the chromatographic separator, in a first direction. The pump draws the gas sample via the chamber in a second direction and the first and second directions are substantially opposing to one another. |
| US10393707B2 |
Method for estimating a variation in preload applied to linear guideway
A method for estimating a variation in a preload applied to a linear guideway of a machine tool includes steps of: a) obtaining, via each of vibration sensors, first and second vibration signals that are generated according to detection of vibration of a table disposed on the linear guideway respectively at first and second time instants; b) determining, via the computation module, first and second natural frequencies based on a theoretical mode shape and respectively on the first and second vibration signals; and c) determining, via the computation module, the variation in the preload based on the first and second natural frequencies. |
| US10393704B2 |
Multi-frequency BAW mixing and sensing system and method
A sensing system utilizes a channel, a BAW resonator structure including piezoelectric material with a c-axis having an inclined orientation, at least one functionalization material arranged over an active region of the BAW resonator structure, and a driving circuit configured to apply AC signals at different frequencies to cause the piezoelectric material to selectively exhibit a dominant shear response or a dominant longitudinal response. Driving the piezoelectric material in longitudinal mode induces localized fluid mixing proximate to the active region, whereas driving in shear mode permits detection of analyte bound to the at least one functionalization material in a liquid environment. Recesses may be defined in a surface of a top side electrode to enhance longitudinal mode mixing. |
| US10393701B2 |
Microfluidic methods of assaying molecule switching and devices for practicing the same
Microfluidic methods of assaying molecule switching are provided. Aspects of the methods include microfluidically separating a sample containing the molecule of interest and then employing the resultant separation pattern to determine a switching characteristic of the molecule. Also provided are microfluidic devices, as well as systems and kits that include the devices, which find use in practicing embodiments of the methods. The methods, devices, systems and kits find use in a variety of different applications, such as analytical and diagnostic assays. |
| US10393699B2 |
Microfluidic analysis device and method
The present invention relates to a microfluidic analysis device (1) including: a substrate (20) wherein a separation channel (10) is arranged, in which an electrolyte flows, a portion of the separation channel (10) being covered with a polarizable surface (11); two longitudinal field electrodes (8a, 8b) arranged on either side of the separation channel (10); at least one control electrode (6a, 6b) positioned in the separation channel (10), the control electrode (6a, 6b) being suitable for polarizing the polarizable surface (11) so as to control the speed of the electro-osmotic flow in the separation channel (10); the microfluidic analysis device (1) being characterised in that the polarizable surface (11) includes an insulating sub-layer (12) made of amorphous silicon carbide (SiC) and an upper polarizable layer (13) in direct contact with the electrolyte, the control electrodes (6a, 6b) being positioned between the insulating sub-layer (12) and the upper polarizable layer (13). |
| US10393697B2 |
Apparatus for analyzing ion kinetics in dielectrics
An apparatus for analyzing ion kinetics in a dielectric probe structure includes an ion reservoir abutting the dielectric probe structure and configured to supply mobile ions to the dielectric probe structure, a capacitor structure configured to generate an electric field in the dielectric probe structure along a vertical direction, and an electrode structure configured to generate an electrophoretic force on mobile ions in the dielectric probe structure along a lateral direction. A method for analyzing ion kinetics in the dielectric probe structure of the apparatus is also provided. |
| US10393692B2 |
Integrated electronic device for monitoring humidity and/or corrosion
An integrated electronic device, for detecting for detecting changes in an environmental parameter indicative of an environment surrounding the device, includes: a first conductive element and a second conductive element; a measurement circuit including a first measurement terminal and a second measurement terminal respectively coupled to the first conductive element and the second conductive element. The measurement circuit is configured to provide an electrical potential difference between the first conductive element and the second conductive element is configured to determine a change in an impedance of an electromagnetic circuit including the first conductive element and the second conductive element and formed between the first measurement terminal and the second measurement terminal. The device determines that an increase in a presence of water within the environment has occurred in response to a decrease in a real part of the impedance of the electromagnetic circuit. |
| US10393687B1 |
Multi-directional water sensor
A multi-directional water sensor comprises a housing having multiple conductive pads on the outer surface of the housing at locations spaced around the periphery of the housing, an electrical power source coupled to the conductive pads, and multiple electrical conductors located inside the housing and connecting multiple pairs of the contacts so that electrical current can flow between different pairs of the contacts when they are connected by water. The housing may have a generally rectangular shape, with the contacts located at the corners of the housing. The multiple electrical conductors are connected to an alarm that is energized when electrical current flows between any pair of the contacts. |
| US10393686B2 |
Conductivity meter for measuring an electric conductivity of a liquid medium
A conductivity meter for measuring an electrical conductivity of a liquid medium having a housing, a conductive first measuring cell and a control device for controlling the first measuring cell, wherein the first measuring cell has a first conductivity measuring range, a first electrode and a second electrode, and wherein the first measuring cell and the control device are arranged at the housing. To provide a conductivity meter for measuring an electrical conductivity of a liquid medium, whose conductivity measuring range is increased, the conductivity meter has a second measuring cell with a second conductivity measuring range, that the second measuring cell is arranged at the housing, and that the control device is designed for controlling the second measuring cell. |
| US10393680B2 |
X-ray sidescatter inspection of laminates
Systems and methods are provided for detecting gaps in composite parts. One method includes radiating a beam of x-rays in a firing direction towards surface of a multi-layer Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) part, acquiring data indicating intensity of sidescatter radiation received at an x-ray detector that extends along the CFRP part in the firing direction, and examining the acquired data for gaps at the CFRP part based on differences in intensity indicated by the data. |
| US10393678B2 |
X-ray device and manufacturing method of structure
Provided is a device capable of suppressing a drop in detection accuracy, and a manufacturing method of a structure. A detection device is a device that irradiates a subject with X-rays and detects the X-rays transmitting through the subject, and includes an X-ray source that emits X-rays, a table that holds the subject, a detector that detects at least a portion of the transmitted X-rays emitted from the X-ray source and transmitted through the subject, and a first guide device and a second guide device that guide movement of the table in a direction parallel to an optical axis of the X-ray source while supporting the table. In this detection device, a guide plane, which is parallel to the optical axis and is a plane to which the movement of the table is regulated, passes through the inside of a detection region of the transmitted X-rays of the detector. |
| US10393677B2 |
Method and X-ray apparatus for generating a projective X-ray representation of an examination object
A method and an X-ray apparatus generate a projective X-ray representation of an examination object. Two projective images obtained from a phase contrast measurement are adapted to each other in respect of their representation format and a result image is generated by combining the adapted images. The result image allows extensive separation of different structures in the examination object that is used. |
| US10393674B1 |
Infrared-based apparatus for detecting gaps in mosquito netting
Systems and methods for detecting gaps in netting include constructing a depth map from electromagnetic signals associated with netting surrounding an area, the depth map including measurements of distance of each strand of the netting along an axis perpendicular to a plane formed by the netting relative to the detector. Each segment of netting is identified including each strand of the netting in a side of the netting facing the detector. Locations of gaps in the netting are identified according to the depth map. A user is alerted to the presence and locations of gaps by sending a communication to a computing device. |
| US10393671B2 |
Intra-die defect detection
Methods and systems for detecting defects on a specimen are provided. One system includes one or more computer subsystems configured for acquiring images generated by an imaging subsystem at multiple instances of a pattern of interest (POI) within a die formed on the specimen. The multiple instances include two or more instances that are located at aperiodic locations within the die. The computer subsystem(s) are also configured for generating a POI reference image from two or more of the images generated at the multiple instances of the POI within the die. The computer subsystem(s) are further configured for comparing the images generated at the multiple instances of the POI within the die to the POI reference image and detecting defects in the multiple instances of the POI based on results of the comparing. |
| US10393669B2 |
Colour measurement of gemstones
The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for measuring a color parameter of a gemstone. The apparatus comprises a support structure for supporting the gemstone at a measurement location, an illumination system for illuminating the gemstone at the measurement location, an imaging device directed towards the measurement location for obtaining an image of the gemstone, and an image processor for analyzing the image of the gemstone. The image processor is configured to identify a set of stone pixels corresponding to the gemstone in the image and identify luminance and chrominance values for each stone pixel. A color vector is calculated from an expression of the chrominance values of the stone pixels in chrominance space, the color vector extending in chrominance space from stone pixels having a relatively high luminance value to stone pixels having a relatively low luminance value. This color vector is used in the determination of the color parameter. |
| US10393668B2 |
Product inspection device
Provided is an article inspection apparatus which does not arrange the LED mounting body by mistake at the time of mounting or replacing or the like and does not cause unevenness of irradiation light. The article inspection apparatus 1 includes a conveying device 2 that places an article on a translucent conveyor belt 16 and moves the article, a support base 3 that supports the conveying device 2, an irradiation device 4 that irradiates the conveyor belt 16 from below by disposing the LED mounting body 53 on which a semiconductor light emitting element is mounted and fixed on a printed circuit board 57, and a control device 5 that operates and controls the conveyor belt 16 and controls light emission of the semiconductor light emitting element. In the LED mounting body 53, the white chip 58 and the RGB chip 59 are arranged in parallel on the printed circuit board 57 at predetermined intervals, and the wiring coupler 60 is disposed between the opposing white chip 58 and the RGB chip 59. |
| US10393666B2 |
Methods, devices, systems, and compositions for detecting gases
A method of monitoring a respiratory stream can be provided by monitoring color change of a color change material to determine a CO2 level of the respiratory stream in contact with the color change material by emitting visible light onto the color change material. Related devices, systems, and compositions are also disclosed. |
| US10393665B2 |
Systems and methods for detecting an optical change indicating the presence of an analyte
One aspect of the present disclosure relates to an analyte sensor device. The analyte sensor device can include an optode layer that undergoes an optical change in the presence of an analyte. The analyte sensor device can also include a selectively-permeable membrane encapsulating the optode layer to form a stable membrane that that minimizes fouling of the analyte sensor device. The analyte sensor device can also include a plurality of microparticles that suppress a background physical interference on a detection of the optical change of the optode layer. |
| US10393659B2 |
Instrument and method for detecting analytes
The present disclosure provides an instrument and methods for detecting an analyte, comprising a light source capable of generating excitation light for exciting a plurality of luminescence labels, an excitation beam path extending between said light source and said analyte, a detector capable of detecting light emitted from said luminescence label, an emission beam path extending between said analyte and said detector, a filter carrier carrying two or more pairs of filter portions, each pair being related to one luminescence label and comprising a first filter portion for transmitting excitation light and a second filter portion for transmitting emitted light, wherein said first filter portion of one pair is said second filter portion of another pair, and wherein said filter portions are arranged in a manner that a respective one of said pairs can be brought in an operative condition in which said first filter portion is in said excitation beam path and said second filter portion is in said emission beam path, and wherein said filter carrier and said beam paths are movable with respect to each other by at least one moving mechanism so as to bring a respective one of said pairs in said operative condition. |
| US10393651B2 |
Attachment for liquid sample measurement, refractive index measuring device and refractive index measuring method
Provided are an attachment for liquid sample measurement which is capable of effectively reducing a consumption amount of a liquid sample, a refractive index measuring device and a refractive index measuring method. An attachment (100) is disposed on a V-block prism (1) formed on a V-shaped groove (11) for keeping a sample so as to enter the groove (11). A body (110) of the attachment (100) forms an enclosing space (107) for enclosing the liquid sample between the body and a surface of the groove (11) formed on the V-block prism (1), and makes the liquid sample enclosed in the enclosing space (107) contact directly with the surface of the groove (11). |
| US10393649B2 |
THz bolometer detector
A THz bolometer detector includes a directional antenna 1 that receives a THz wave having a wavelength λ and radiates the received THz wave, a reception antenna 2 that is provided so as to face the directional antenna 1, and a bolometer 4 that detects heat generation due to a current flowing in the reception antenna 2. The directional antenna 1 overlaps the reception antenna 2 in plan view, and a longitudinal length of the directional antenna 1 is set to be less than a longitudinal length of the reception antenna 2. |
| US10393646B2 |
Method of measuring an adhesive force of interlayer adhesive layer in tensile mode for stacked semiconductor device and apparatus for measuring the same
A method includes providing a device under test, which includes a lower test layer and an upper test layer that is stacked on the lower test layer and includes an overhang protruding past an edge of the lower test layer by a predetermined length, fixing the lower test layer onto a mounting stage, and measuring adhesive force of an interlayer adhesive layer in a tensile mode by applying a load to a bottom surface of the overhang of the upper test layer in a first direction. An apparatus includes a mounting stage fixing the device under test, a load applying tip applying the load to the bottom surface of the overhang, a location adjuster adjusting a distance between the device under test and the load carrying tip, a load cell detecting a magnitude of the applied load, and a controller controlling the location adjuster and the load cell. |
| US10393643B2 |
Optical vortex coronagraph scatterometer
An optical vortex coronagraph scatterometer including a light source of wavelength λ, a scattering cell in optical communication with the light source, a circular aperture having a radius R at a distance d from the scattering cell in optical communication with the light source, a pivot point between the circular aperture and the scattering cell allowing relative movement of the light source and the scattering cell with respect to the circular aperture, a first lens at a focal length f1 between the circular aperture and an optical vortex element, and a second lens at a focal length f2 between the optical vortex element and a detector; and method for determining a scattering spectra at low and zero angles is disclosed. |
| US10393641B2 |
Methods of determining cementation exponent and saturation exponent in porous media from dielectric dispersion data
Methods are provided for determining values of a pore cementation exponent m and/or a saturation exponent n for locations in a formation having similar petrophysical properties. Formation porosity, formation water saturation, and an apparent cementation exponent mn are obtained for the locations and their values are utilized to find the exponents. In one embodiment, the apparent cementation exponent and the formation water saturation are obtained from a dielectric logging tool. |
| US10393640B2 |
Method and system for exhaust particulate matter sensing
Methods and systems are provided for sensing particulate matter by a particulate matter (PM) sensor positioned upstream, or downstream, of a diesel particulate filter in an exhaust system. The PM sensor may include first and second conductive matrixes each having a three dimensional shape. The first matrix functions as a positive electrode, and the second functions as a negative electrode. Each matrix defines extensions and/or passages passing respectively through, and/or near, each other to form multiple soot capturing gaps. A first of the multiple soot capturing gaps is oriented orthogonal to a second of the multiple soot capturing gaps. |
| US10393639B2 |
Method and system for simultaneously measuring fine particle concentrations PM1, PM2.5 and PM10—particulate matter
A method for measuring, in particular simultaneously measuring, different particle concentrations, in particular particulate matter concentrations, preferably in a flow, using a particle measuring system, in particular a particulate matter measuring system, comprising a photometric scattered light unit (1) with a measurement volume (16), wherein the scattered light unit (1) consists of at least one light transmitter (7) which emits (13) light signals, in particular pulsed light signals, and of at least one light-sensitive receiver system (8), which is arranged at at least one angle (15) and which receives the scattered light (14) from the particles (12) forming the particle concentration, characterized in that the scattered light unit (1) with measurement volume (16) is hermetically sealed with the exception of at least one fluid inlet (1a) and/or at least one fluid outlet (1b), which are provided with blocking devices (2, 3), wherein a sample of the fluid to be examined is applied to the scattered light unit (1) with measurement volume (16) and a predeterminable first number of measurement values is recorded. |
| US10393635B2 |
Semiconductor manufactured nano-structures for microbe or virus trapping or destruction
A device for isolating a microbe or a virion includes a semiconductor substrate; and a trench formed in the semiconductor substrate and extending from a surface of the semiconductor substrate to a region within the semiconductor substrate; wherein the trench has dimensions such that the microbe or the virion is trapped within the trench. |
| US10393629B2 |
Fuel consumption estimation
This invention generally relates to a system for estimating fuel consumption of a boiler in a building and to a method of estimating fuel consumption, in particular for estimating gas consumption. A system is disclosed for estimating fuel consumption of a boiler in a building, the system comprising at least boiler operating model configured to perform said estimating on the basis of at least one ON time of the boiler. |
| US10393628B2 |
Track vehicle collision testing device and track vehicle collision testing method
A rail vehicle collision test rig used for a collision test on a tested vehicle is provided, and includes: a track configured to support and guide the tested vehicle; a small vehicle configured to push the tested vehicle; a drive motor configured to drive the small vehicle to advance and arranged at a first end of the track; a first rotating hub arranged at the first end of the track and connected to the drive motor; a brake motor configured to brake the small vehicle; a second rotating hub arranged at the second end of the track and connected to the brake motor; a connecting rope wound on the first rotating hub and the second rotating hub; a detector configured to detect a velocity and a position of the tested vehicle; and a controller connected to the detector and is allowed to be in communication with the detector. |
| US10393619B2 |
One-piece test apparatus for steel furrings and accessories for building
A one-piece test apparatus for steel furrings and accessories for building comprises support legs, a rectangular frame on the support legs, and a first hoisting motor, a load-carrying hoisting motor, a second and a third hoisting motor sequentially arranged above the rectangular frame. The overall frame is raised by means of the cooperation of long support legs with the frame, and motors are used for hoisting a wall furring and impact sand bags, so that a tester can mount a dial indicator conveniently and does not need to perform operation and reading by lying on the floor. |
| US10393616B2 |
Hydrostatic and vibration test method for a blowout preventer
A method and apparatus for testing blowout preventers for leaks involves maintaining a constant pressure in the portion of the blowout preventer to be tested. A sensor is connected to a controller for maintaining a constant pressure within the blowout preventer. Any amount of fluid introduced into or removed from the blowout preventer in order to maintain constant pressure is measured and is an indication of the leak rate in the blowout preventer. Additionally vibration instrumentation may be used to detect the location and amplitude of vibrations emitted by the test fluid passing from a high pressure regime to the low pressure regime across a leak path. |
| US10393608B2 |
Pressure change measuring apparatus and pressure change measuring method
An arithmetic processing unit included in a pressure change measuring apparatus includes a differential pressure calculation unit configured to obtain a pressure difference between an inner pressure of a cavity and a pressure to be measured based on an output signal of a differential pressure measuring cantilever. A pressure-to-be-measured calculating unit calculates the pressure to be measured based on a set inner pressure of the cavity and the differential pressure calculated by the differential pressure calculation unit. A flow rate calculating unit calculates a flowing quantity of a pressure transmission medium flowing into and out of the cavity for every unit of a predetermined time period based on the differential pressure calculated by the differential pressure calculation unit. An inner pressure updating unit calculates the inner pressure of the cavity after the predetermined time period based on the flowing quantity calculated by the flow rate calculating unit and a volume of the cavity, and updates, to the calculated inner pressure, a set value of the inner pressure of the cavity to be used by the pressure-to-be-measured calculating unit. |
| US10393604B2 |
Method and a device for determining the propulsion torque
In a test run, in order to easily provide a high-quality propulsion torque of a torque generator based on the partially low-quality measured variables available on the test bench, it is foreseen that an inner torque (Mi) of the torque generator (D) is measured and based on the measured inner torque (Mi), from an equation of motion, including the measured inner torque (Mi), a dynamic torque (Mdyn) and a shaft torque (Mw) measured on the output shaft of the torque generator (D), a correction torque ({circumflex over (M)}cor) is estimated, and from the estimated correction torque ({circumflex over (M)}cor) and the measured inner torque (Mi), the propulsion torque (Mv) according to the relation Mv={circumflex over (M)}cor+Mi is computed. |
| US10393599B2 |
Deformable apparatus and method
An apparatus and method wherein the apparatus comprises: a deformable substrate; a curved support structure; at least one support configured to space the curved support structure from the substrate so that when the deformable substrate is deformed the curved support structure is not deformed in the same way; and a capacitive sensor comprising a protruding electrode capacitively coupled to an overlaying electrode; wherein the protruding electrode protrudes from a side of the curved support structure. |
| US10393598B1 |
Heat flux gage
Metal interconnect layers on a top surface connected through holes to interconnect layers of the same or interconnect layers of a thermoelectrically different material on a bottom surface material on the bottom surface. Through hole connection provided by a material of the same or similar thermoelectric material as interconnects. A second metal of a thermoelectrically different material than the first interconnect layer is connected through a second hole from the top side interconnect to the bottom side interconnect. A second through hole connection provided by a metal of the same or similar thermoelectric material as the interconnect layer on the bottom side. Layers are connected in an alternating fashion to form a differential thermocouple. The pattern is created by printing conductive metallic inks on the surfaces and through holes, or by a combination of plating and etching processes and printing conductive metallic inks on the surfaces and through holes. |
| US10393597B2 |
Over-temperature detector with test mode
A device for over-temperature detection having a test mode is presented. The device includes a temperature detection circuit having first and second transistors. The temperature detection circuit is configured so that when an ambient temperature of the temperature detection circuit is less than a temperature threshold, a voltage at an emitter terminal of the second transistor is less than a voltage at an emitter terminal of the first transistor minus VT*ln(N), and when the ambient temperature of the temperature detection circuit is greater than the temperature threshold, the voltage at the emitter terminal of the second transistor is greater than a voltage at the emitter terminal of the first transistor minus VT*ln(N). The device includes a measurement circuit configured to generate an output voltage that is proportional to a difference between the temperature threshold of the temperature detection circuit and the ambient temperature of the temperature detection circuit. |
| US10393592B2 |
Systems and methods for measuring surface temperature
Disclosed is a system for measuring a surface temperature. The system may comprise a printed circuit board, an insulator block, a conductive probe, a plurality of temperature sensors, and a plurality of compressive contact pins. The conductive probe may have a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The conductive probe may be coupled to the insulator block. The plurality of temperature sensors may be coupled to the insulator block and translatable in a first direction within the insulator block. Translation of the plurality of temperature sensors in the first direction may cause each of the plurality of temperature sensors to contact the first surface of the conductive probe. The plurality of compressive contact pins may each be electrically couple a corresponding temperature sensor to the printed circuit board. |
| US10393583B2 |
Calibration target for hyperspectral image sensor
A calibration target for a hyperspectral image sensor can include a panel with a predetermined length and width. The calibration target can also include a dispersive fabric overlaying a surface of the panel that refracts and disperses light illuminated from an illumination source to provide light on a plurality of different spectral bands corresponding to spectral bands detectable by the hyperspectral image sensor. |
| US10393581B2 |
Spectroscope
A spectroscope includes a light receiving element and a wavelength selection filter unit. The light receiving element includes a pixel region where a plurality of pixels are disposed. The wavelength selection filter unit is disposed on the pixel region and includes a plurality of wavelength selection filters. The plurality of wavelength selection filters have transmission wavelength characteristics which are different from each other, and split incident light for each wavelength or each wavelength band. The light receiving element generates a light receiving signal by photoelectrically converting light which is split by the wavelength selection filter and is incident on the pixel region, for each pixel. |
| US10393577B2 |
Light sensor system for correcting or equalizing color signals by removing infrared componet from color signals and method for processing light sensor signals
Color light sensors are used to sense colored light and a full spectrum light in order to generate at least three color channel signals and a clear channel signal. An infrared component IR is calculated by summing up the color channel signals with individual weighting factors and subtracting a weighted clear channel signal. |
| US10393574B2 |
Method and apparatus for optical sensing
Apparatus and methods for fast quantitative measurement of perturbation of optical fields transmitted, reflected and/or scattered along a length of an optical fiber can be used for point sensors as well as distributed sensors or the combination of both. In particular, this technique can be applied to distributed sensors while extending dramatically the speed and sensitivity to allow the detection of acoustic perturbations anywhere along a length of an optical fiber while achieving fine spatial resolution. Advantages of this technique include a broad range of acoustic sensing and imaging applications. Typical uses are for monitoring oil and gas wells such as for distributed flow metering and/or imaging, seismic imaging, monitoring long cables and pipelines, imaging within large vessel as well as for security applications. |
| US10393569B2 |
Weighing apparatus with proximity sensor
A weighing apparatus includes —a sample holder (20), —a protective housing (14, 16, 18) with an access port (181) and a closure element (26), —a reflection sensor (34) with a radiation emitter (37) emitting sensor radiation (38) reflected by a reflecting object (39) and with a radiation receiver (42) receiving a sensor radiation component (40), reflected by the object and —a control unit (32), connected to a motorized drive (30) of the closure element and to the reflection sensor, and which controls the motorized drive with a reflection sensor signal, for transferring the closure element between closed and open positions. A differentiating element subjects a sensor primary signal (52) of the reflection sensor to a differentiation. The primary signal depends on a reflection intensity of the reflected radiation component and generates a sensor secondary signal (60). The control unit controls the motorized drive based on the sign of the secondary signal. |
| US10393568B2 |
Ultrasonic meter employing two or more dissimilar chordal multipath integration methods in one body
A system and method to detect and quantify integration errors in a transit time ultrasonic flow meter uses dissimilar integration methods or schemes employed simultaneously. In a preferred embodiment, a number of chordal paths are arranged in a single meter body such that at least two dissimilar chordal integration schemes can be used to determine the flow rate. At least one of the chordal paths is common to both integration schemes. The total number of chordal paths needed in any chordal measurement plane is less than the sum of the chordal paths used in each of the integration schemes (as is the sum of the planes), thereby reducing hardware requirements. |
| US10393566B2 |
Centering device for waveguide
According to at least one aspect of the present disclosure, a centering device includes a body including a first part and a second part connected by a hinge, the hinge structured to enable the first part and the second part to pivot relatively each other about the hinge to form a center channel extending through the body and defining a center axis. The body further includes a clasp, structured to reversibly hold the first part adjacent the second part in an assembled state, and a plurality of members extending radially from the body where, in the assembled state, the center channel and the clasp structured to reversibly attach to a body passing through the center channel. |
| US10393564B1 |
Extendable measuring cup
The extendable measuring cup is constructed of a plurality of measuring cups that are successively arranged in size. The plurality of measuring cups vary in size from one another such that all of the measuring cups are able to nest within one another. The plurality of measuring cups is further defined with a topmost cup that includes internal threading. The topmost cup is able to connect with a threaded container via the internal threading. The topmost cup includes a disc member that is able to pivot with respect to a slot provided on the topmost cup. The disc member is able to rotate from outside of the topmost cup to inside of the topmost cup. In use, the disc member is able to enclose an interior formed with the plurality of measuring cups. |
| US10393562B2 |
Method and control device for determining a gas consumption of a gas-powered engine
A method for determining a gas consumption of a gas-powered gas engine or a gas-powered dual-fuel engine. The engine is operated under actual operating conditions, and the actual gas consumption of the engine is acquired under the actual operating conditions. A target gas consumption of the engine to be anticipated under target operating conditions is calculated depending on the actual gas consumption and depending on discrepancies between the actual operating conditions and the target operating conditions. |
| US10393557B2 |
Thermal fluid flow sensor
Degradation of reliability of a thermal fluid flow sensor, caused by generation of a crack in an insulating film is prevented in the thermal fluid flow sensor including a detection section and a circuit section formed on the same substrate when stress adjustment is performed by forming a deep concave portion in an interlayer insulating film in the detection section and forming the insulating film having a tensile stress thereon. As a means thereof, stair-like step is provided in a side wall of a concave portion, formed in the interlayer insulating film on a diaphragm. Accordingly, each depth of a first concave portion and a second concave portion, which form the concave portion, is reduced, and coatability of the insulating film for the stress adjustment, which covers a side wall and a bottom face of the concave portion, is improved. |
| US10393550B2 |
Encoder and apparatus having the same
An encoder includes a scale, a detector, and a processor. The processor executes a second process while executing a first process, calculates a first relative position of one of the scale and the detector to the other of the scale and the detector when a calculation of a relative position between them starts, and then calculates a second relative position of the one to the other based on a relative displacement amount between them and the first relative position. |
| US10393547B2 |
Position detection system, position detection method, image generation unit and image projection apparatus
A position detection system includes a magnetic field generation unit to generate a magnetic field, a magnetic field detection unit to detect a magnetic flux density of the magnetic field effecting from the magnetic field generation unit, and to output a detection voltage corresponding to the detected magnetic flux density, and circuitry to amplify the detection voltage, set a reference voltage for amplifying the detection voltage, and an amplification level of the detection voltage based on at least one of a voltage input to the magnetic field detection unit and a gain value set for the amplification of the detection voltage or both of the voltage input to the magnetic field detection unit and the gain value set for the amplification of the detection voltage, and change the reference voltage to switch a region used for detecting a position of a movable member. |
| US10393546B2 |
Device and method for determining the attitude of a satellite, and satellite carrying such a device
A device for determining the attitude or variation in attitude of a satellite fitted with an attitude control system comprising at least one inertial actuator. The inertial actuator comprises a rotary element mounted to rotate about an axis of rotation. The rotation of the rotary element is controlled to generate a torque to control controlling the attitude of the satellite. The angular sensor of the device measures the angular rotation of the rotary element about its axis of rotation. The computation unit determines the attitude or variation in attitude of the satellite induced by the rotation of the rotary element as a function of the measurements of angular rotation of the rotary element by the angular sensor. A satellite carrying such a device and a method for determining the attitude or variation in attitude. |
| US10393542B2 |
Methods for improved heading estimation
Methods for calibrating a body-worn magnetic sensor by spinning the magnetic sensor 360 degrees to capture magnetic data; if the spin failed to produce a circle contained in an x-y plane fit a sphere to the captured data; determining offsets based on the center of the sphere; and removing the offsets that are in the z-direction. Computing a magnetic heading reliability of a magnetic sensor by determining an orientation of the sensor at one location; transforming the orientation between two reference frames; measuring a first vector associated with the magnetic field of Earth at the location; processing the first vector to generate a virtual vector when a second location is detected; measuring a second vector associated with the magnetic field of Earth at the second location; and calculating the magnetic heading reliability at the second location based on a comparison of the virtual vector and the second vector. |
| US10393539B2 |
API for obtaining geographic location data
Provided are systems and methods for obtaining geographic location data. In one embodiment, an example method includes identifying, by the first software application running on one or more computing devices, one or more location parameters indicative of a geographic point of interest based at least in part on an application programming interface invoked by the first software application. The method includes generating, by the first software application running on the one or more computing devices, a query string including the one or more location parameters and a parameter that is indicative of the application programming interface. The method includes requesting, by the first software application, location data associated with the geographic point of interest based at least in part on the query string. The method includes providing for display, on at least one display device, the location data associated with the geographic point of interest. |
| US10393537B2 |
Systems and methods for automatically generating service vehicle assignments
A system is disclosed for managing waste services by a service vehicle. The system may have a locating device configured to generate a location signal indicative of a location of the service vehicle, a sensor configured to generate a service signal indicative of a waste service being performed by the service vehicle, an input device, and a processing unit in communication with the locating device, the sensor, and the input device. The processing unit may be configured to make a determination that the service vehicle has made a plurality of service stops based on the location and service signals, and to automatically generate at least one service route including the plurality of service stops. The processing unit may also be configured to display the at least one service route and the plurality of service stops on a map in at least one graphical user interface on the input device. |
| US10393536B2 |
Probe information processing system, method for processing probe information, and tangible non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing computer program
A probe information storing unit is provided to store therein probe information items of a vehicle, and a voxel storing unit is provided to store therein voxels, which are defined and later described, in association with position information of the respective voxels. The voxels are defined in a three-dimensional space based on map data. The voxel storing unit and the probe information storing unit are referred to, and the probe information items are given, as votes, to the voxels that correspond to position information of the respective probe information items. A statistical process is executed to the probe information items given to each of the voxels, and the process results are associated with the respective voxels. |
| US10393535B2 |
Computer-implemented method for recommending booths-to-visit
Disclosed is a computer-implemented method for recommending booths-to-visit to a user, comprising the following steps: accessing a user record, wherein the user record includes data indicative of booths which a user corresponding to the user record has visited in an exhibition; determining similarity level between records in a history database and the user record, the records in the history database including data indicative of the booths visited by previous visitors in the exhibition; selecting one of the records according to the determined similarity level; determining the booths in the selected record not yet visited by the user; obtaining the user's current location in the exhibition; determining a target booth, from the booths not yet visited by the user, by referring to the current location and a map database; and sending to the user a message indicative of the target booth. |
| US10393531B2 |
Method for providing an item of localization information for localizing a vehicle at a localization location, and method for providing at least one item of information for the localizing of a vehicle by another vehicle
A method for providing an item of localization information for the localization of a further vehicle at a localization location. An item of precision information is read in that represents a degree of localization precision achieved in the localization of another vehicle at the localization location. In a further step, the item of localization information is outputted to an interface at the further vehicle, using the item of precision information. |
| US10393526B2 |
Integrated MEMS inertial sensing device
An integrated MEMS inertial sensing device can include a MEMS inertial sensor with a drive loop configuration overlying a CMOS IC substrate. The CMOS IC substrate can include an AGC loop circuit coupled to the MEMS inertial sensor. The AGC loop acts in a way such that generated desired signal amplitude out of the drive signal maintains MEMS resonator velocity at a desired frequency and amplitude. A benefit of the AGC loop is that the charge pump of the HV driver inherently includes a ‘time constant’ for charging up of its output voltage. This incorporates the Low pass functionality in to the AGC loop without requiring additional circuitry. |
| US10393521B2 |
Laser line generating device
A laser beam generating device includes a housing a first laser diode which generates a visible first output beam which projects outside of the housing onto a surface and a second laser diode which generates a visible second output beam which projects outside of the housing onto the surface. The laser beam generating device has a first mode in which the first laser diode and the second laser diode are both on. In the first mode, the first laser diode is operated at a first duty cycle the second laser diode is operated at a second duty cycle. The first duty cycle and the second duty cycle are staggered. |
| US10393518B2 |
Apparatus for detecting floor-to-floor height of building, method for controlling the same, and storage medium
An apparatus includes a height information acquisition unit configured to acquire information corresponding to a height at which the apparatus is present, a state specification unit configured to specify at least that the apparatus is in a first state where the apparatus starts moving up or down, and that the apparatus is in a second state where the apparatus finishes moving up or down, a detection unit configured to detect, based on a transition of the specified state of the apparatus, that the apparatus performs moving up or down corresponding to one floor in a building having one or more floors, and an estimation unit configured to estimate, based on the information acquired during the moving up or down corresponding to the one floor, a floor-to-floor height of the building having the one or more floors where the apparatus is present. |
| US10393516B2 |
Flexible display and method for measuring angle of the same
There is provided a flexible display capable of improving an angle-measuring accuracy using different kinds of sensors and a method of measuring an angle thereof. The flexible display includes a first sensor unit disposed in a first region and including different kinds of sensors, a second sensor unit disposed in a second region adjacent to the first region and including different kinds of sensors, and an angle-measuring unit measuring a folding angle between the first region and the second region in response to sensing signals outputted from the first sensor unit and the second sensor unit. |
| US10393513B2 |
Laser scanner and method for surveying an object
A laser scanner is designed to include a GPS signal-independent navigation unit. |
| US10393509B2 |
Pattern height measurement device and charged particle beam device
A pattern height measurement device capable of high-precision measurement of the dimensions of a fine pattern, and a charged particle beam device are provided. The pattern height measurement device includes a calculation device that determines dimensions of a sample, in the height direction, based on first reflected light information obtained by dispersing light reflected from a sample. The calculation device determines second reflected light information based on a formula for the relationship between the value for the dimension in the sample surface direction of a pattern formed upon the sample, obtained by irradiation of a charged particle beam on the sample, the value for the dimension in the height direction of the sample, and reflected light information; compares a second reflected light intensity and the first reflected light information; and outputs the value for the dimension in the height direction of the sample in the second reflected light information. |
| US10393508B2 |
Handheld dimensioning system with measurement-conformance feedback
A system and method for obtaining a dimension measurement that conforms to a conformance criteria is disclosed. The dimensioning system provides either (i) feedback to confirm that the measurement complies with the criteria or (ii) information on how the measurement geometry could be adjusted in order to provide a compliant measurement in a subsequent dimension measurement. |
| US10393502B2 |
Real time FPGA resampling for swept source optical coherence tomography
Real-time swept source OCT data is most often sampled using a specially cut hardware k-clock. The present invention involves mathematically resampling signals within an FPGA-based data acquisition board based on data sampled from a wide free spectral range reference interferometer. The FPGA can then multiply up the reference clock rate to achieve greater imaging depth. The Nyquist fold-over depth can thus be programmed from a standard reference to an arbitrary depth, much as PLL frequency synthesizer can produce many frequencies from a standard stable reference. The system is also capable of real-time performance. |
| US10393501B2 |
Device for determining a 3D structure of an object
A device for determining a 3D structure of an object having first and second laser emitters which generate laser radiation with first and second different wavelengths, respectively. A first beam splitter splits the laser radiation of each laser emitter into reference and illuminating radiation. The illuminating radiation is adapted to impinge on the object to be measured, be reflected by the object as object radiation, and interfere with the reference radiation to form interference patterns. A detector receives the interference patterns. A selection hologram deflects object radiation which impinges on it within a predefined incidence angle range and passes object radiation which impinges on it outside of the incidence angle range undiffracted. The undiffracted radiation either passes by the determination area of the detector or impinges on the determination area at an angle outside the determination angle range. |
| US10393500B2 |
Interference observation device and interference observation method
An interference observation apparatus includes a light source which outputs incoherent light, a beam splitter, a sample holding table, an objective lens, a reference mirror, a lens, an aberration correction plate, a piezo element, a tube lens, a beam splitter, an imaging unit, a photodetector, an image acquisition unit, and a control unit. The control unit obtains an interference intensity of combined light on the basis of a detection signal output from the photodetector, and adjusts an interference optical system to increase the interference intensity. |
| US10393497B2 |
Length measuring device
A length measuring device is provided, which includes a case, a first rotating part configured to rotate while a portion of a circumference thereof exposed outside the case is in contact with a measured object, a rotation interfering part configured to interfere with an inertial rotation of the first rotating part, and a control part configured to calculate a length measurement using an amount of rotation of the first rotating part. |
| US10393495B2 |
Measuring probe
A measuring probe includes: a stylus having a contact part to be brought into contact with an object to be measured; a probe housing capable of supporting the stylus on an axial center; and a detection element capable of detecting a movement of the contact part. The measuring probe further includes: two supporting members disposed in an axial direction of the probe housing, the supporting member allowing for an attitude change of the stylus; and a coupling shaft for coupling the two supporting members together. The detection element is disposed in one of the two supporting members that is farthest away from a rotational center position of rotation generated in the stylus when a measuring force is applied to the contact part from a direction perpendicular to the axial direction, to detect a strain amount of the one of the two supporting members. |
| US10393492B2 |
Digital wireless feeler gauge
A feeler gauge includes multiple feeler blades and an optical sensor. Each of the multiple feeler blades rotates about an axis between a measuring position and a non-measuring position. Each of the multiple feeler blades includes a measurement portion configured to be inserted into a gap to be measured and a proximal end having an indication of thickness of the respective feeler blade thereon. The optical sensor optically determines one or more of the multiple feeler blades that are deployed in the measuring position from the respective indications of thickness of each of the one or more feeler blades. |
| US10393485B1 |
Mechanical broadhead
Provided is a mechanical broadhead for an arrow shaft includes a ferrule attachable to the arrow shaft and having a body with a longitudinal centerline that is substantially coaxial with the arrow shaft when attached. The ferrule body has a longitudinal slot and at least one blade is pivotally mounted to the ferrule, at least partially within the longitudinal slot. The blade is movable about a pivot between folded and deployed positions and extends generally in a forward direction from the pivot when in the folded position. The blade is pivotable from the folded position in a first direction and the pivot is positioned on the ferrule opposite the blade's first pivot direction at a point beyond the longitudinal centerline. |
| US10393484B2 |
Method and apparatus for aligning arrow nocks
An arrow nock may have at least two distinct string guides each designed to receive a bowstring to fire an arrow from a bow. When the nock is connected to and aligned with the arrow, each distinct string guide may be designed, when receiving the bowstring, to rotate the arrow about its longitudinal axis with respect to the bow into one of a limited number of alignment orientations. |
| US10393472B1 |
Shooting device of toy gun
A shooting device (1) of a toy gun is provided. The gun body (10) has an air cylinder (11), a chamber base (12), a barrel (13), and a magazine (14). The chamber base (12) has an air chamber (120). The barrel (13) has a bullet passage (130). The magazine (14) is disposed at a side of the barrel (13). The triggering structure (20) has a slide assembly (21), a latch (22), and a trigger linkage (23). The slide assembly (21) pushes the bullets (2); the trigger (30) pushes against the trigger linkage (23) by an external force to move the next bullet back to the magazine (14) and seal the magazine (14). Therefore, the shooting device satisfying the users' requirements is provided. |
| US10393469B2 |
Archery bow
An archery bow having a vertically positioned handle and an elongated center block affixed to the handle in a perpendicular configuration is provided. A pair of limbs are affixed to the center block and having a pair of cams (or pulleys) are rotatably attached to the limbs. A bowstring is formed between the first and second cams. The handle, center block, limbs, and bowstring are configured to discharge an arrow from a plane substantially perpendicular to a shooter. An arm stabilizer may also be provided to engage the forearm of the shooter and provide stabilization when the archery bow is aimed or fired. |
| US10393466B1 |
Device and method for firearm stabilizing training
A device for stabilizing a firearm or practice weapon while a user practices firing includes a movement sensor, a sensitivity adjuster and a feedback device to emit an audio or visual feedback responsive to the movement when the movement sensed exceeds a threshold level determined by the sensitivity level. The audio or visual feedback may have a feedback characteristic that corresponds to a pattern of the movement. |
| US10393461B2 |
Trigger group for semi-automatic firearms
Trigger groups for semi-automatic firearms have a hammer, a trigger element, a sear, a selector, and a disconnector assembly, the disconnector assembly operable when the selector is in a first position to retain the hammer in the cocked position in response to release of the trigger element to the rest position subsequent to discharge of the firearm by pulling the trigger element, and the disconnector assembly operable when the selector is in a second position to release the hammer to the striking position in response to release of the trigger element to the rest position subsequent to discharge of the firearm by pulling the trigger element, such that the firearm discharges once per cycle of the trigger element when the selector is in the first position, and fires once for each forward or rearward motion of the trigger element when the selector is in the second position. |
| US10393460B2 |
Sear mechanism for a firearm
A sear mechanism for a firearm includes a trigger element having one or more contact surfaces on which one or more movable or pivotable components of the sear mechanism selectively contacts or slides. In some embodiments, the trigger element is made by producing an intermediate workpiece of the trigger element by a manufacturing process, and electric discharge machining the intermediate workpiece of the trigger element to provide the contact surfaces. |
| US10393459B2 |
Modular receiver system for firearms and an adjustable and tool-less removable trigger assembly
A firearm comprising a frame defining a trigger assembly receptacle between opposed sidewalls. A trigger assembly received in the trigger assembly receptacle and including pivot pins, with the sidewalls defining pin apertures adapted to receive pivot pins. The pin apertures being oversized with respect to standard pin apertures. The trigger assembly having a pivoting safety selector and having a safety selector detent adapted to engage the safety selector in a stable rotational position. The sidewalls defining a safety selector aperture adapted to receive the safety selector. The safety selector aperture being oversized with respect to standard safety selector apertures, such that the frame is incompatible with standard trigger assemblies. |
| US10393458B2 |
Axially relieved bolt face for blowback bolt firearms
A blowback bolt for a firearm has a distal bolt face having an axially relieved lower lip closest to the ammunition magazine. The axial relieved lip strips the lead cartridge from the magazine by contacting the rim of the cartridge and scoops it into the counterbore seat on the distal bolt face while maintaining contact with the rim. Chamfered lateral guides at the angular extremities of an arcuate upper guidewall restrict lateral movement of the rim during the scooping. |
| US10393454B2 |
Valve system
A valve system comprises a plurality of motors and a plurality of valves. The plurality of motors is formed from a printed circuit board. The plurality of valves is actuated by the plurality of motors. |
| US10393452B2 |
Heat exchanger
A heat exchanger includes a fin having a plate shape and including a first region where a plurality of cutout portions are formed with intervals in a longitudinal direction that is a gravity direction, and a second region where the plurality of cutout portions are not formed in the longitudinal direction, and flat tubes attached to the plurality of cutout portions and intersecting the fin. Protruding portions protruding from a planar portion of the fin are formed on the fin, and the protruding portions each have a shape in which a first end is located in the first region and a second end is located in the second region and below the first end. |
| US10393450B2 |
Collector plate for a heat exchanger manifold
A heat exchanger of a type with a collector plate which has a wall in which are formed rim holes which can receive the ends of tubes of a bundle, wherein the wall of the collector plate is designed such that, for the purpose of a soldered or welded connection to the tubes, it forms collars around the rim holes, and wherein the wall has a front side facing toward the tube bundle and a rear side facing toward the collecting tank. Each collar extends in the direction of the collecting tank from a straight base plane on the rear side of the wall. |
| US10393444B2 |
Aircraft heat exchanger
An aircraft including an airframe, a propulsion system, and a heat exchanger is presented. The heat exchanger of the aircraft may include (i) a structural body including a plurality of hollow channels, (ii) a first fluid positioned within the plurality of hollow channels of the structural body, (iii) a plurality of openings positioned on a first side of the structural body and in fluid communication with the plurality of hollow channels, (iv) a wick structure positioned on the first side of the structural body, and further positioned adjacent to an exterior of the plurality of hollow channels and in fluid communication with the plurality of openings, (v) an inlet to the structural body operable to provide a second fluid from an aircraft system, and (vi) an outlet from the structural body operable to receive the second fluid after receiving heat from the first fluid. |
| US10393442B2 |
Ventilation and noise reduction system for centralized cooling tower
A ventilation and noise reduction system for centralized cooling towers includes a wind outlet sound-reduction structure, a wind inlet sound-reduction channel, a rainwater collection system, and an arrestor device; wherein the integrated sound-absorbing and sound-insulation shed includes a loading-bearing installation structure for a lifting ring, a concrete foundation, a bearing support structure, a ceiling installation structure, a sound-insulation structure and a lighting and sound-insulation structure. |
| US10393440B2 |
Molten metal temperature control method
A molten metal temperature control method includes: with respect to relations among a spheroidization distance traveled by a molten metal of an alloy from a nozzle tip to a position where the molten metal turns into droplets, the temperature of the molten metal inside the crucible, and a pressure acting on the molten metal inside the crucible, obtaining a relation between the temperature and the spheroidization distance at a predetermined pressure, and setting a predetermined temperature range of the temperature; measuring a spheroidization distance when discharging the molten metal from the crucible at the predetermined pressure, and specifying a temperature corresponding to the measured spheroidization distance; and comparing the specified temperature and the predetermined temperature range, and when the specified temperature is outside the predetermined temperature range, controlling the specified temperature so as to be within the predetermined temperature range by adjusting the temperature inside the crucible. |
| US10393438B2 |
Cantilevered cooler shelf for refractory brick furnaces
At least one row of fixed copper coolers are arranged in a furnace in a cantilevered horizontal shelf inside and fastened to an external steel ring support and the steel containment shell. These shelves redirect and take all the weight of refractory brick and floating cooling blocks that are stacked on above. Each fixed copper cooler in the shelves cantilever shoulder-to-shoulder over any refractory brick and floating cooling blocks that may be stacked beneath to relieve that lower portion of the wall from the weight of the upper wall. When relieved of such weight, the risks of sudden catastrophic failure of the lower walls is reduced. These bricks in the lower walls can also be allowed to wear and thin beyond what would be reasonable in a conventional design without any cantilevered shelving. |
| US10393437B2 |
Melting material supply apparatus
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a melting material supply apparatus which is capable of contributing to improvements in the working environment and the melting efficiency of a metal melting furnace, and which is also capable of making melting work more efficient. This melting material supply apparatus for supplying a melting material to a crucible is provided with: a melting material supply unit for supplying the melting material to the crucible; and a furnace lid for closing an opening provided in the upper part of the crucible. The furnace lid is supported in a horizontal state by a furnace lid-supporter, and is capable of being moved between a position in which the opening is closed, and a standby position located above a hood. When the furnace lid is in the standby position, the opening is open, and the melting material can be supplied into the crucible therefrom. |
| US10393431B2 |
Method for the integration of liquefied natural gas and syngas production
An integrated method for the production of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and syngas is provided. The method can include the steps of: utilizing letdown energy of a high pressure natural gas stream that is withdrawn from a natural gas pipeline to provide a warm temperature cooling; utilizing a refrigeration cycle to provide a cold temperature cooling, wherein the refrigeration cycle comprises a refrigerant recycle compressor that is powered utilizing a steam turbine; and cooling a second high pressure natural gas stream using the warm temperature cooling and the cold temperature cooling to produce an LNG product stream. The second high pressure natural gas stream is withdrawn from the natural gas pipeline, and the steam turbine is powered by high pressure steam that is produced from a syngas production facility. |
| US10393430B2 |
Method and system to control the methane mass flow rate for the production of liquefied methane gas (LMG)
The system is provided for generating a mixed methane gas feed stream using at least one source of biogas and an alternate source of methane gas. The system includes a biogas subsystem, a control device for the methane gas from the at least one alternate source of methane gas, and a vertically-extending gas mixing vessel. A method of controlling a methane gas mass flow rate of a mixed methane gas feed stream is also disclosed. The proposed concept is particularly well adapted for situations where an uninterrupted and relatively constant input of methane gas is required to ensure an optimum operation of, for instance, a LMG production plant. |
| US10393428B2 |
Device and method for cooling and/or low-temperature liquefaction
The invention relates to a device for cooling and/or liquefying, at a low-temperature, a working fluid containing helium or consisting of pure helium. The device includes a working circuit provided with a compressor station and a cold box. The compressor station includes one or more compression stages, each using one or more compressors that include a compressor wheel rigidly connected to an axle that is rotatably mounted on bearings. The axle of each compressor is rotated by an output shaft of a motor via a gear mechanism placed in a mechanical housing including lubricating oil. Said device is characterized in that the inner space of the mechanical housing contains a gaseous atmosphere consisting of a gaseous mixture having a mean molar mass that smaller than the molar mass of the air. |
| US10393425B2 |
Refrigerator and door opening and closing apparatus for refrigerator
A refrigerator includes a cabinet, a main-door, the main-door, a sub-door, a restraint device that protrudes from a rear surface of the sub-door, a latch device located at the main-door and configured to selectively restrict movement of the restraint device, and an operation device located at the sub-door and configured to release the restraint device from the latch device. The latch device includes a latch configured to restrict movement of the restraint device from the latch based on rotation of the latch, a stopper configured to engage a side of the latch and limit movement of the latch, a pusher configured to push the stopper to cause the stopper to rotate, and an elastic member connected to the latch and to the stopper. The latch is configured to, based on rotation of the stopper, rotate and release restraint between the latch and the stopper. |
| US10393423B2 |
Heat insulation door and refrigeration appliance with the heat insulation door
A refrigeration appliance and a heat insulation door thereof are provided. The heat insulation door includes a heat insulation vacuum glass module formed with a first glass plate and the second glass plate that are overlapped and that have a first interval; a third glass plate overlapped on the vacuum glass module and having a second interval with the vacuum glass module; and the second interval is filled with inert gas. The novel door improves the heat insulation of the refrigeration appliance. |
| US10393422B2 |
Air conditioner
An air conditioner including a door installed in order to provide a smooth appearance by hiding an outlet is provided. The air conditioner is installed on a wall and includes a front panel including a first panel part provided with an inlet and a second panel part connected to a lower portion of the first panel part and provided with an outlet; a lower panel connected to the second panel part of the front panel and extended toward the wall; and a door installed on a front surface of the second panel part so as to open and close the outlet while being slid, wherein the door is slid along a curved movement trajectory toward the lower panel, and a curvature of the movement trajectory is changed. A clean and smooth appearance may be formed using a door slid along a curved path and a slim appearance may be formed even in the state in which the door is opened. |
| US10393417B2 |
Heat pump unit control system with enhanced vapor injection capabilities for upstream and downstream liquid extraction
A heat pump unit control system, comprising a heat exchanger, a compressor, a first switching element, a second switching element, an enhanced vapor injection electronic expansion valve, and a main circuit electronic expansion valve. A first end of the compressor is connected to a first port of the heat exchanger by the first switching element and the enhanced vapor injection valve, a second port of the heat exchanger is connected to an injection end of the compressor, the end of the first switching element connected to the compressor is connected to a third port of the heat exchanger, a fourth port of the heat exchanger is connected to a second end of the compressor by the main circuit valve, and the end of the first switching element connected to the enhanced vapor injection valve is connected to the fourth port of the heat exchanger by the second switching element. |
| US10393415B1 |
Solar energy-storage cooler and associated methods
A solar energy-storage cooler includes an insulated housing and a lid movable between a closed position, sealing the opening, and an open position for access to an interior of the housing. A solar power source generates electrical energy for an energy storage component in the housing which is part of an energy storage device. The housing can include a separate secure compartment. A compartment door can close the secure compartment door for locking by a lock mechanism to limit unauthorized access to the secure compartment. The lid and compartment door can share a common hinge. A motion sensor can characterize motion of the housing. An estimate of time can be determined as predictive of a state of charge of the energy storage device. Temperature indications are provided responsive to a temperature sensor. |
| US10393414B2 |
Flexible thermal regulation device
A flexible temperature management device that uses powered thermoelectric elements to transfer thermal energy between a user and the environment to thermally regulate the user. |
| US10393412B2 |
Cryocooler regenerator material, cryogenic regenerator, regenerative cryocooler and system comprising regenerative cryocooler
One embodiment provides a cryogenic regenerator material containing as the main constituent at least one compound (A) containing at least one metallic element M and at least one non-metallic element X selected from O, S, N and F. The compound (A) in the cryogenic regenerator material has a half width of a main peak of 0.2 degrees or more obtained by the powder X-ray diffraction measurement. |
| US10393410B2 |
Cryogenic refrigerator and rotary joint
A cryogenic refrigerator includes a compressor for installation on a stationary component, an expander for installation on a rotating component, and a rotary joint fluidly coupling the compressor with the expander. The rotary joint includes: a rotor fixed to the rotating component and coaxial with its rotational axis; a stator disposed adjacent to the rotor to form a clearance between the rotor and the stator, and fixed to the stationary component; a first high-pressure flowpath and a second high-pressure flowpath, extending between the rotor and stator through the clearance, and a working-gas sealing area dividing the clearance into a first high-pressure section communicating with the first high-pressure flowpath, and into a second high-pressure section communicating with the second high-pressure flowpath. |
| US10393409B2 |
Device and method for temperature control
Materials, components, and methods consistent with the disclosure are directed to the fabrication and use of micro scale channels with a gas, where the micro channel can include a base (110) and a side (120), where the base and the side can be configured to form at least a portion of an inflow opening, and an outflow opening. The micro channel can be configured to accommodate a flow of the gas from the inflow opening to the outflow opening in a first direction substantially perpendicular to a cross section of the micro channel. The side can have a thickness in a range 0.5 μm and 500 μm, where the micro channel with a thickness in a range 0.5 μm and 500 μm is formed, in part, by providing the side on the base. |
| US10393408B2 |
Air conditioner
The outdoor heat exchanger includes, on each of the three or more heat exchange sections, a liquid-side header pipe, a gas-side header pipe, and a plurality of heat exchange pipes, the three or more heat exchange sections are connected in parallel to one another, a plurality of the liquid-side header pipes are connected to a liquid-side collecting pipe through an intermediation of a branch section and at least one flow control section, each of the plurality of the liquid-side header pipes includes a perforated pipe, the refrigeration circuit further includes a bypass pipe for connecting a discharge side of the compressor and the liquid-side collecting pipe, and the bypass pipe includes an on-off valve to be closed during cooling and heating, and to be opened during defrosting. |
| US10393400B2 |
Evaporative cooler and operating method for evaporative cooler
An evaporative cooler which has a main body that has an air supply inlet, an air supply outlet, a bleeding inlet, and a bleeding outlet; and a heat exchange unit. An air supply passage and a bleeding passage are spatially separated from each other to prevent fluid passing through the bleeding passage from being introduced to indoors via the air supply passage. |
| US10393398B2 |
System and method for optimizing use of plug-in air conditioners and portable heaters
Thermostatic HVAC and other energy management controls that are connected to a computer network. For instance, remotely managed load switches incorporating thermostatic controllers inform an energy management system, to provide enhanced efficiency, and to verify demand response with plug-in air conditioners and heaters. At least one load control device at a first location comprises a temperature sensor and a microprocessor. The load control device is configured to connect or disconnect electrical power to the an attached air conditioner or heater, and the microprocessor is configured to communicate over a network. In addition, the load control device is physically separate from an air conditioner or heater but located inside the space conditioned by the air conditioner or heater. |
| US10393396B2 |
Thermal load estimating device and air conditioning control system
According to an embodiment, a thermal load estimating device receives actual power consumption of various types of devices installed in a room, a thermal load pattern of a time-series maximum thermal load of the room, and power consumption of the various types of devices in the room; estimates a thermal load of the room at appropriate time based on the actual power consumption, the thermal load pattern, and the power consumption; and outputs an estimated thermal-load value as a result of estimation. |
| US10393395B1 |
Ice melting louver
A louver assembly includes a heating element configured to provide heat to at least one edge of at least one blade of the louver assembly to prevent or eliminate ice build-up along the edge of the blade. Variations include fixed blades, rotatable blades, power supply lines routed through pivot points or mechanical linkages for moving blades, and different forms of heating elements such as wires that produce heat due to electrical resistance or infrared heating panels. |
| US10393394B2 |
System, method and device to record personal environment, enable preferred personal indoor environment envelope and raise alerts for deviation thereof
The system has number of environmental sensors to sense various environmental parameters of the personal environment envelope surrounding the individual and multiple biological sensors to sense biological and physiological condition of the individual. The system includes a personal environment envelop setting module to define preferred settings based on input from the individual. The system has a processing module to process the environmental parameters sensed by the sensors and the preferred settings to generate alerts. The processing module, also receives information from other sources and is capable of dynamically compute recommendations, map these with the preferences of the individual for enabling the preferred conditions. The system also has a server module configured to receive, store, analyze and machine learn from data of the plurality of environmental parameters sensed by the plurality of sensors and the preferred settings along with ambient environmental data from plurality of persons for epidemiology study. |
| US10393388B2 |
Control unit for a cooking hob
A control unit (10) for a cooking hob has at least one viewing window (24). The control unit (10) is attached or attachable below the viewing window (24) and has a plurality of control elements (12) operable from a top side of the control unit (10). At least one display (14) is arranged on the top side of the control unit (10). A control panel (16) forms an unmovable part of the control unit. A number of elastic elements (30) are for resiliently supporting the display (14) on the control unit (10). The control unit (10) has a display frame (18) for at least partially enclosing the display (14). The display frame (18) includes a sealing lip (28) on its upper side and the elastic elements (30) at its lower side. A cooking hob has at least one control unit (10). |
| US10393385B2 |
Steam based faux fireplace
A steam-based faux fireplace comprising a boiler configured to receive a fluid and generate steam, and a manifold configured to receive the steam from the boiler and emit the steam to generate a steam plume at an output. The manifold has a conduit configured to receive fluid from a reservoir and route the fluid about the manifold to heat the fluid before being routed to the boiler. The manifold is already heated due to the emitted steam. This configuration pre-heats the fluid before being presented to the boiler, allowing a smaller low power boiler to be used because the manifold acts as a fluid pre-heater. A very realistic faux flame with a significant length is generated from the low power boiler. In addition, the manifold includes a deflector configured to receive the impinging steam from the output, causing the steam to lose some energy and billow about the deflector and then illuminated to create a realistically looking flame. |
| US10393383B2 |
Variable port assemblies for wave rotors
A wave rotor combustor for use in a gas turbine engine includes an inlet assembly, a rotor drum, and an outlet assembly. The inlet assembly is arranged to direct a flow of gasses into rotor passages formed in the rotor drum. The rotor drum is arranged to receive the gasses. The outlet assembly is arranged to direct the gasses out of the rotor drum. |
| US10393382B2 |
Multi-point injection mini mixing fuel nozzle assembly
The present disclosure is directed to a fuel injector for a gas turbine engine. The fuel injector includes an end wall, a centerbody, an outer sleeve surrounding the centerbody from the end wall toward the downstream end of the fuel injector, and a thermal management conduit. The centerbody includes an axially extended outer wall and inner wall extended from the end wall toward a downstream end of the fuel injector. The outer wall, the inner wall, and the end wall together define a fluid conduit extended in a first direction toward the downstream end of the fuel injector and in a second direction toward an upstream end of the fuel injector. The outer sleeve and the centerbody define a premix passage radially therebetween and an outlet at the downstream end of the premix passage. The outer sleeve defines a plurality of radially oriented first air inlet ports in circumferential arrangement at a first axial portion of the outer sleeve. The outer sleeve defines a plurality of radially oriented second air inlet ports in circumferential arrangement at a second axial portion of the outer sleeve. The outer sleeve further defines a first fluid passage arranged between each first air inlet port and extended from the end wall. A fluid passage wall extends from the end wall within the first fluid passage to define a second fluid passage extended from the end wall within the first fluid passage. The outer sleeve further defines a first injection port in fluid communication with the first fluid passage and a second injection port in fluid communication with the second fluid passage. The thermal management conduit is defined by the fluid communication of the fluid conduit and the first fluid passage and the thermal communication of the second fluid passage in adjacent arrangement with the first fluid passage. |
| US10393380B2 |
Combustor cassette liner mounting assembly
Disclosed herein are examples of gas turbine engines and assemblies of combustors and turbine nozzles for such gas turbine engines. The combustor wall includes an inner wall, an outer wall, and an upstream dome. The combustor outer wall and/or inner wall may comprise of a plurality of combustor cassettes. A turbine nozzle is defined by an inner nozzle shroud and an outer nozzle shroud. An inner edge of a ring mount is coupled to both of the downstream end of the outer wall and the nozzle upstream end of the outer nozzle shroud, and an outer edge of the ring mount is coupled to the outer casing, such as, for example, by a mounting stake. |
| US10393379B2 |
Remotely-controlled candle
A remotely-controlled candle device, which comprises (a) an enclosure containing combustible material; (b) a wick disposed. within the combustible material, by which the combustible material is drawn upwardly by capillary action; (c) an electric unit in which is housed control and communication equipment and a battery for powering the equipment; (d) an ignition device in heat exchanger relation with an upper end of the wick and controlled by the control equipment, for controllably igniting the upper end and producing a flame; (e) one or more conductive elements connected to both the electric unit and to the ignition device; and (f) an extinguishing device controlled by the control equipment for controllably extinguishing the flame. The electric unit is operable to receive remote commands from a user device for activating the ignition device and the extinguishing device upon demand. The extinguishing operation if performed gradually. |
| US10393378B2 |
Glow plug and method for producing a glow plug
A glow plug is described, having a body, a glow pin which protrudes from a first end of the body, and an inner pole which protrudes from a second end of the body and is electrically connected to the glow pin. A section of the inner pole that protrudes out of the body has an embossed structure for improving the mechanical and electrical connection to a plug connector. A method for producing a glow plug is also disclosed. |
| US10393367B2 |
Multi-angle sludge lance
A sludge lancing system for use in a steam generator including a no tube lane disposed between a first bank of tubes and a second bank of tubes that are transverse to a horizontal reference plane, having a rail that extends through the no tube lane and includes a longitudinal center axis that lies in a first plane that is parallel to the reference plane, and a first lancing head, having a body portion a conduit, a nozzle assembly that is mounted to the body portion and is pivotable with respect to the body portion about an axis of rotation, the nozzle assembly including a manifold defining a conduit that is in fluid communication with the conduit of the body portion, at least a first nozzle that is mounted to the manifold and defines a conduit that generates a lancing fluid jet, wherein the conduit of the first nozzle lies in a first plane that is transverse to the longitudinal center axis of the rail so that the lancing fluid jet of the first nozzle is disposed in the first plane when the manifold is pivoted about the axis of rotation. |
| US10393365B2 |
Wheelchair lighting systems and methods
Systems and methods for providing adequate lighting and illumination for a wheelchair are disclosed. A lighting apparatus that is configured to be integrated with a wheelchair pushrim is also disclosed. The light emitting elements are configured to project light forward and to the rear, as well as to the side of the wheel. Methods of controlling light emitting elements are also disclosed. |
| US10393362B2 |
Illuminated handle system
The present invention provides an illuminated handle system for a cabinet. The illuminated handle system includes at least one handle comprising a gripping member, at least one support member that secures to a cabinet door via a fastener, a light source disposed within the gripping member, wherein the light source is operably connected to a first power source, a microprocessor, and a first transceiver. The microprocessor actuates the light source when a wireless signal is received by the first transceiver. The illuminated handle system further includes a motion sensor comprising a housing having a second power source and a second transceiver, wherein the motion sensor transmits a wireless signal to the handle when motion is detected, such that the light source is actuated. In an alternative embodiment, the light source is operably connected to a temperature activated sensor disposed within the handle that actuates the light source. |
| US10393356B2 |
Surgical lamp with brightness regulation
The invention relates to a surgical lamp for illuminating an operating area, including: a number of individual lamps which, in an activated state, form a light beam bundle generating a light field region in an illumination plane wherein a total light field is formed, a brightness detection device to determine an actual brightness value in the total light field, as well as a control unit which acts on the individual lamps such that the illumination intensity is controlled in accordance with the determined actual brightness value, wherein the brightness detection device and the control unit are designed such that an illumination intensity of a first individual lamp can be set in a targeted manner depending on the actual brightness value and same can be set for brightening or dimming a first light field region independently of an illumination intensity of a second individual light. |
| US10393355B2 |
Lighting pattern optimization for a task performed in a vicinity
A cognitive illumination system is provided. The cognitive illumination system includes a light source communicatively coupled to a servomechanism, wherein the servomechanism is configured to manipulate the light source in space, a tracking assembly configured to capture and track objects in the space and a processor communicatively coupled to the light source, the servomechanism and the tracking assembly. The processor is configured to receive information about the captured and tracked objects from the tracking assembly, determine a task being undertaken in the space therefrom, develop a lighting plan for the task which is executable by the light source and the servomechanism and control the light source and the servomechanism according to the lighting plan. |
| US10393353B2 |
Luminaire and output element coupling mechanism therefor
Described are various embodiments of a luminaire and output element coupling mechanism therefor. In one embodiment, a recessable luminaire comprises two or more luminaire modules, each one of which comprising a recessable housing having opposed side walls. The luminaire further comprises an output element securable along and between these side walls to at least partially define an output of the luminaire, and opposed inwardly biased output coupling structures extending at least partially along respective side walls and adapted to receive and resiliently secure corresponding edges of the output element therein. |
| US10393351B2 |
Illuminant decoration device
The disclosure provides an illuminant decoration device comprising a lampshade, a clamping seat and a light string. The light string comprises a lamp cap assembly and a lead wire interconnecting the lamp cap assemblies, which comprises a lead wire end, an LED bulb, an isolating pillar and a heat shrinkable sleeve. The LED bulb has a positive electrode bulb pin and a negative electrode bulb pin, the lead wire end is electrically connected to the positive electrode bulb pin and the negative electrode bulb pin respectively through the lead wire, the isolating pillar is arranged between the two electrical connection bodies, and the heat shrinkable sleeve is wrapped on the outside of the entirety composed of the lead wire end, the LED bulb and the isolating pillar. |
| US10393350B2 |
Light with integral speed ring
A light with an integral speed ring is disclosed. The light may have a cover that attaches to a support plate. The support plate has at least one metallic plate that the cover may attach to. The support plate also has a plurality of fins and slots, both of which may be used for cooling. An LED plate is located on the support plate. The LED plate has a plurality of LEDs mounted thereon. A ring is provided that may selectively rotate with respect to the support plate. The ring may have a plurality of apertures located in its outer diameter. |
| US10393349B2 |
Optical arrangement, optical system and a method of shaping an optical beam
An optical arrangement, comprises first and second optical elements. The first optical plate is for collimating light from a light source to generate collimated light, which is provided to the second optical element. The second optical element acts an optical integrator homogenizing the light. The second optical element further generates a light output beam which has a spread of output angles which is dependent on the position. This means that the output spread of output angles can be controlled by controlling the light reaching the second optical plate and thus by controlling the illuminated area on the second optical plate. This can be achieved by selection of the relative positions of the source and the optical plates. |
| US10393347B2 |
Thin luminaire
A luminaire includes a mixing chamber having an array of apertures in one wall, a light source to supply light into the mixing chamber, and an array of optics outside the mixing chamber, each positioned to cooperate with a respective one of the apertures to emit light from the mixing chamber as a beam. The shape, size, and/or direction of the output light beam are controllably varied by controlling the shape, size, and/or position of each aperture relative to its associated optic. |
| US10393346B2 |
Light emitting module with concave reflecting structure, display device with light emitting module and method for manufacturing light emitting module with concave reflecting structure
Disclosed herein are a light emitting module, a display device and a method for manufacturing a light emitting module. The light emitting module includes a substrate provided with a concave reflecting structure, a first planarizing layer being arranged on the concave reflecting structure, a first anode being arranged on the first planarizing layer, a light emitting layer being arranged on the first anode, an opening of the concave reflecting structure facing the light emitting layer and a vertical distance from the bottom of the concave reflecting structure to the light emitting layer is a preset distance, a cathode being arranged on the light emitting layer. The method includes: forming a concave reflecting structure on a substrate, forming a first planarizing layer on the concave reflecting structure; forming a first anode on the first planarizing layer; forming a light emitting layer on the first anode; forming a cathode on the light emitting layer. |
| US10393340B1 |
Self-heating anti-ice-snow LED working lamp
A self-heating anti-ice-snow LED working lamp comprising a rear shell, a printed circuit board, a lens/reflector cup, a front cover, a mounting support and a power cord; the rear shell and the front cover are connected in a matched mode; the printed circuit board, the lens/reflector cup and an electric heating glass are sequentially arranged on the inner side of the rear shell from the inside out; a waterproof rubber ring is arranged between the lens/reflector cup and the electric heating glass; a pair of electrodes is symmetrically arranged on the electric heating glass; a temperature controller is arranged on the inner side surface of the electric heating glass; the lamp cover is an electric heating glass with a high transparency. |
| US10393337B2 |
Vehicular headlamp
Provided is a vehicular headlamp including: a first light source that emits a first light serving as a low beam; a second light source that emits a second light serving as a high beam; a projection lens that transmits the first light and the second light; a third light source that emits a third light in response to at least one of an operation of a steering and an operation of a direction indicator; and an optical member that adjusts a light distribution of the third light. The first light source, the second light source, and the third light source share a single heat sink. |
| US10393336B2 |
Lighting apparatus for automobile
Provided is a lighting apparatus for an automobile which improves luminous efficiency. To this end, the lighting apparatus for an automobile according to the embodiment of the present invention includes: a light source which produces light; a reflector which reflects the light produced by the light source; and a light guide which is illuminated with the light produced by the light source while the light passes through an interior of the light guide. |
| US10393335B2 |
Vehicle headlamp
A vehicle headlamp includes a surface light source and a reflector that forms a low beam light distribution pattern having an oblique cut-off line and a horizontal cut-off line. The surface light source is provided in a perpendicular direction with respect to an optical axis of the reflector, and the reflector forms a hot zone of the light distribution pattern by first areas with a great disposition angle and second areas with a small disposition angle where a light source image of the surface light source becomes narrow and small. |
| US10393321B2 |
LED light bulb
An LED light bulb comprises at least one LED light source; a driver arranged in an electrical connection with the LED light source to drive and control the LED light source to emit light; a base electrically connecting the driver to an outside power source; a heat sink provided to dissipate heat generated by the LED light source, having a supporting portion to receive and support the LED light source; a housing joined to the base to accommodate the LED light source, the heat sink and the driver to integrate as a whole. The present disclosure provides an LED light bulb which has an appearance of the traditional incandescent light bulb. |
| US10393320B2 |
Method of forming a component module
A method of forming a component module is disclosed. A base is provided, the base being electrically conductive. An insulative layer is also provided on the base, with a first area being substantially free of the insulative layer. First and second traces are provided on the insulative layer adjacent the first area, with these traces extending therefrom. A die is positioned on the first area and electrically connected to the first and second traces. Finally, a protective layer is provided over the die. |
| US10393317B2 |
Obviating liquid intrusion into a gas supply line
A gas injection device for injecting an expulsion gas into a tank for a liquid. The gas injection device comprises an inlet pipe for receiving the gas and a distributor portion for releasing the gas through a plurality of capillary passages. The inlet pipe has a first end configured to be connected to a gas supply line and a second end located within a chamber in the distributor portion. The capillary passages respectively extend in a direction adapted to a periphery of the chamber. A tank for a liquid is provided, the tank comprising a gas injection device. A spacecraft is provided comprising such a tank. |