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| US10449229B2 |
Compositions and methods for cartilage defect repair using a RHAMM-mimetic peptide
Provided are methods and compositions for cartilage repair. The method involves performing a surgical procedure at the site of a cartilage defect and administering a composition comprising a receptor for hyaluronan mediated motility (RHAMM)-mimetic peptide, and a high molecular weight hyaluronan. |
| US10449227B2 |
Conjugates for immunotherapy
The current invention pertains to a molecular conjugate comprising an antagonist of a cell surface receptor specific to a target cell and an immune effector, such as a T cell modulator, conjugated to the antagonist. The target cell can be a cell responsible for development of a disease in a subject, for example, a cancer cell. In certain embodiments, the immune effector is an immune effector protein or an immune effector fragment thereof. The current invention also pertains to a method of treating a disease in a subject, the method comprising administering to the subject a pharmaceutically effective amount of the molecular conjugates of the current invention to the subject. The methods of the current invention can be used to treat cancer, such as breast cancer, ovarian cancer, prostate cancer, lung cancer, pancreatic cancer, or melanoma. |
| US10449226B2 |
Combination
The present invention relates to a method of treating cancer in a human and to pharmaceutical combinations useful in such treatment. In particular, the method relates to a cancer treatment method that includes administering a proteasome inhibiting compound, and N-{(1S)-2-amino-1-[(3-fluorophenyl)methyl]ethyl}-5-chloro-4-(4-chloro-1-methyl-1H-pyrazol-5-yl)-2-thiophenecarboxamide, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and optional additional antineoplastic agents, to a human in need thereof. |
| US10449224B2 |
Flaxseed lignan complex, methods of using and compositions thereof
This invention relates to methods and compositions for treating pathological lung conditions using whole-grain flaxseed or flaxseed lignans (isolated in form of the lignan precursor Secoisolariciresinol diglucoside (SDG) directly from whole-grain flaxseed or chemically synthesized directly into the mammalian, readily metabolizable forms, Enterodiol (ED) or Enterolactone (EL). Such pathological condition result from oxidative lung injury such as ischemia-reperfusion injury (related to lung transplantation), radiation fibrosis and cancer. Specifically, the invention is directed to the use of flaxseed lignans in the treatment of acute and chronic lung injury as well as cancer. |
| US10449223B2 |
Use of dehydroeburicoic acid from Antrodia camphorata in the treatment or prevention of diabetes and hyperlipidemia
The present invention provides a method for treating type 1 diabetes, hyperlipidemia or hepatic lipid accumulation by using dehydroeburicoic acid, as well as a method for decreasing levels of blood glucose, plasma total cholesterol, and triglyceride, and increasing insulin levels; and a method for decreasing hepatic balloon degeneration; and increasing expression levels of membrane GLUT4 and phospho-Akt in myotubes; and enhancing expression levels of membrane glucose transporter 4 (GLUT4) in skeletal muscle, and phospho-AMPK in both skeletal muscle and liver tissue using dehydroeburicoic acid. |
| US10449218B2 |
System for treating a sebaceous gland
One aspect of the invention provides a system of treating a sebaceous gland in human skin with light energy to reduce acne symptoms. The system includes: a composition comprising a metallic nanoparticle dispersed within a carrier; means to vibrate at least a portion of the skin surface to which the composition is applied; means to selectively remove at least some of the composition from the skin surface after application of the means to vibrate, while leaving the metallic nanoparticles in proximity to or within the sebaceous gland; and means to optically irradiate the skin to which the composition was applied with light energy after removal of at least some of the composition from the skin surface. |
| US10449217B2 |
Gold-based nanocrystals for medical treatments and electrochemical manufacturing processes therefor
The present invention relates to novel gold nanocrystals and nanocrystal shape distributions that have surfaces that are substantially free from organic impurities or films. Specifically, the surfaces are “clean” relative to the surfaces of gold nanoparticles made using chemical reduction processes that require organic reductants and/or surfactants to grow gold nanoparticles from gold ions in solution.The invention includes novel electrochemical manufacturing apparatuses and techniques for making the gold-based nanocrystals. The invention further includes pharmaceutical compositions thereof and the use of the gold nanocrystals or suspensions or colloids thereof for the treatment or prevention of diseases or conditions for which gold therapy is already known and more generally for conditions resulting from pathological cellular activation, such as inflammatory (including chronic inflammatory) conditions, autoimmune conditions, hypersensitivity reactions and/or cancerous diseases or conditions. In one embodiment, the condition is mediated by MIF (macrophage migration inhibiting factor). |
| US10449216B2 |
Modulating drug effects against metabotropic glutamate receptor with extracellular calcium
Disclosed are methods for modulating the activity of an orthosteric or allosteric drug on a group I metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluR) by increasing or decreasing the levels of extracellular Ca2+. |
| US10449215B2 |
NO containing compositions
Disclosed are metal organic framework materials (MOFs), comprising an extra-framework NO releasing compound within the internal pores and/or channels of the MOF, the NO-releasing compounds and their preparation and uses. The MOFs and NO-releasing compounds are capable of releasing NO on application of an external stimulus and may provide materials with multiple modes of antibacterial and/or drug action. |
| US10449212B2 |
Immunostimulating oligonucleotide complex
Provided is an immunostimulating oligonucleotide that is suitable for industrial production and has an excellent type-I IFN inducing activity even when not modified to become a phosphorothioate. This linear double-stranded oligonucleotide contains 10-100 base pairs, wherein the single-stranded oligonucleotides constituting the double-stranded oligonucleotide each contain 2-20 phosphodiester-mediated cytosine-guanine (CpG) sequences, and at least 90% of the internucleotide bonds in each single-stranded oligonucleotide are phosphodiester bonds. |
| US10449210B2 |
Prodrug compounds and their uses
Provided herein are prodrug compounds, their preparation and their uses, such as treating liver diseases or nonliver diseases via intervening in molecular pathways in the liver. Novel prodrug compounds of acid/alcohol derivatives such as phosphates, phosphonates, phosphonamidates, phosphoramidates, carboxylates, phenolates, and alkoxylates, their preparation and their uses are described. Some of the novel prodrug compounds described herein do not generate a vinyl keto reactive intermediate in the activation process. Another aspect includes the use of prodrugs to treat diseases that benefit from enhanced drug distribution to the liver and like tissues and cells. |
| US10449202B2 |
Rationale-based design of a targeted therapy for cancer
The methods, compositions, and kits of the invention are related to the discovery that lestaurtinib reduces levels and pathway activity of an SPOP substrate. Accordingly, described herein are methods and compositions for the use of lestaurtinib in downregulating one or more SPOP substrates or signaling pathway activities thereof in a subject in need thereof. |
| US10449201B2 |
Transdermal and/or topical delivery system comprising clobazam
A Transdermal Drug Delivery System (TDDS) of the reservoir or plaster type for administrating clobazam for the treatment of various types of anxiety and epilepsy, for 1 day, 2 day, 3 day, 4 day, 5 day, 6 day and/or 7-day continuous application. |
| US10449199B2 |
Compositions and methods for sensitizing a neoplastic cell to radiation
The invention provides for the use of radiation sensitizing agents in combination with radiation for the treatment of neoplasia, methods for the identification of genotype-specific radiation sensitizing agents, and methods of identifying patients who could benefit from therapy with a genotype-specific radiation sensitizing agent. |
| US10449195B2 |
Pharmaceutical formulation of palbociclib and a preparation method thereof
The present invention belongs to the pharmaceutical field, and in particular, it relates to a pharmaceutical formulation of palbociclib and a preparation method thereof. The pharmaceutical formulation comprises palbociclib, an acidic auxiliary material, and optionally a hydrophilic high-molecular weight material, which has better solubility and in vitro dissolution property as compared with the conventional formulation and can be used for enhancing in vivo absorption and bioavailability of palbociclib. |
| US10449193B2 |
Protective effect of DMPC, DMPG, DMPC/DMPG, lysoPG and lysoPC against drugs that cause channelopathies
The present invention includes compositions and methods for preventing one or more cardiac channelopathies or conditions resulting from irregularities or alterations in cardiac patterns caused by an active agent or a drug in a human or animal subject comprising: an amount of a lysophosphatidylglycerol adapted for oral administration effective to reduce or prevent one or more cardiac channelopathies or conditions resulting from irregularities or alterations in cardiac patterns caused by the active agent or drug. |
| US10449192B2 |
Phthalazinone derivatives
Compounds of the formula (I): wherein A and B together represent an optionally substituted, fused aromatic ring; X can be NRX or CRXRY; if X═NRX then n is 1 or 2 and if X═CRXRY then n is 1; RX is selected from the group consisting of H, optionally substituted C1-20 alkyl, C5-20 aryl, C3-20 heterocyclyl, amido, thioamido, ester, acyl, and sulfonyl groups; RY is selected from H, hydroxy, amino; or RX and RY may together form a spiro-C3-7 cycloalkyl or heterocyclyl group; RC1 and RC2 are both hydrogen, or when X is CRXRY, RC1, RC2, RX and RY, together with the carbon atoms to which they are attached, may form an optionally substituted fused aromatic ring; and R1 is selected from H and halo. |
| US10449186B2 |
Phenylethynyl-substituted benzenes and heterocycles for the treatment of cancer
Halogenated phenylethynyl-substituted heterocycles that possess either an N-alkylamino or N,N-dialkylamino group attached to the heterocycle or halogenated phenylethynyl-substituted benzenes that a nitrogen-containing heterocycle attached to the benzene inhibit the proliferation cancer cells and are useful antineoplastic agents. |
| US10449182B2 |
Sorafenib derivatives as p21 inhibitors
The present invention provides sorafenib analogs for use in a method of treating a disease mediated by p21, said method comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of formula I. The present invention also provides methods of inhibiting p21 in a cell comprising contacting the cell with an effective amount of a compound of formula I. |
| US10449172B2 |
Stable pharmaceutical composition and methods of using same
The present invention relates to, inter alia, pharmaceutical compositions comprising a polyunsaturated fatty acid and to methods of using the same to treat or prevent cardiovascular-related diseases. |
| US10449170B2 |
Compositions for diagnosis and treatment of type 2 diabetes
Compositions including an odd chain fatty acid, and salts and derivatives thereof, and methods for metabolic syndrome treatment and prophylaxis are provided, including compositions and methods for treating diabetes, obesity, hyperferritinemia, elevated insulin, glucose intolerance, dyslipidemia and related conditions. Methods for the diagnosis and monitoring of metabolic syndrome are also provided. |
| US10449166B2 |
S-enantiomerically enriched compositions of beta blockers for treating amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
The present invention relates to S-enantiomerically enriched compositions of beta blockers and uses thereof, including uses of the beta blocker compositions for treating amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The beta blocker compositions can also be used for preventing loss of lean mass, preventing body weight loss in subjects, improving quality of life in subjects, and prolonging survival in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients. The beta blocker can be oxprenolol or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. |
| US10449165B2 |
Foods, systems, methods, and kits for providing electrolyte replacement
Described herein are methods, compositions, systems, and kits that effectively deliver a laxative to a patient along with effective electrolyte replenishment by delivering both a laxative and electrolytes via a food item. The food item is prepared by either combining, mixing, or integrating the ingredients that form the food item together with one of or both of a laxative and electrolytes so that the ingredients in the food item either eliminate or significantly reduce the poor taste associated with either the electrolytes or the laxative. Eliminating or reducing the poor taste associated with either electrolytes or laxative, greatly improves patient satisfaction and compliance with ingesting these substances in order to, for example, prepare the GI tract of the patient for a medical or surgical procedure. |
| US10449161B2 |
Pharmaceutical compositions for inhalation
The invention provides microparticles for use in a pharmaceutical composition for pulmonary administration, each microparticle comprising a particle of an active substance having, on its surface, particles of a hydrophobic material suitable for delaying the dissolution of the active substance. The invention also provides a method for making the microparticles. |
| US10449158B2 |
Pharmaceutical activated carbon composition
The invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising activated carbon particles, for oral administration. The pharmaceutical composition may be for (use in) the treatment of gastrointestinal fistula. |
| US10449157B2 |
Process for producing microcapsules comprising an active component encapsulated, protected and stabilised within a protein shell
A process for producing microencapsulates comprising an active component such as creatine encapsulated within a polymerized hydrolyzed whey protein matrix is described. The method comprises the steps of providing a suspension of hydrolyzed whey protein and an active component in a carboxylic ester, treating the suspension to generate droplets of the suspension, and immediately curing the droplets by immersion in a basic curing solution, wherein the ester in the suspension reacts with the basic curing solution to release a salt that polymerizes the hydrolyzed whey protein encapsulating the active component in the presence of black pepper extract, glycerol, phosphate and optionally, astaxanthin and alpha lipoic acid. |
| US10449156B2 |
Controlled release system including a gas or volatile encapsulated in a polymeric support and a matrix system, a method of preparing the system, and their use
A controlled release system includes a polymeric support, wherein the polymeric support is biodegradable; a polymeric matrix, wherein the polymeric matrix includes polyhydroalkanoate; and encapsulated gases or volatiles; and a controlled release system includes a polymeric support; a polymeric matrix, wherein the polymeric matrix includes (poly-3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) and poly (ε-caprolactone); and encapsulated gases or volatiles. |
| US10449154B2 |
Treatment of NASH with Gemcabene
Methods and formulations to reduce elevated levels of lipids and apolipoprotein B in subjects having type IIb hyperlipidemia. Methods for preventing, delaying or regressing complications of lipid disorders, including; type IIb hyperlipidemia, NAFLD, and NASH. Methods for preventing or delaying primary and secondary cardiovascular events. Kits useful for such methods. Methods for reducing hepatic fibrosis. Methods for reducing plasma fibrinogen levels. |
| US10449153B2 |
Process for producing a preparation in powder form containing at least one carotenoid
A process for producing a preparation in powder form containing at least one carotenoid. The process contains the following steps: i) suspending one or more carotenoids a) in an aqueous molecular dispersed or colloidal solution of at least one modified starch b) and sucrose c), ii) comminuting the suspended particles, and iii) subsequently converting the suspension optionally in the presence of a coating material into a dry powder; where the suspension contains in process step ii), based on the dry matter of the aqueous suspension, from 1 to 25% by weight of at least one carotenoid, and the ratio of carotenoid a) to sucrose c) is from 1:2 to 1:80 by weight. |
| US10449152B2 |
Drug loaded microspheres for post-operative chronic pain
A microsphere is claimed which includes at least one biodegradable polymer and at least one local anesthetic, wherein about 75% of the at least one local anesthetic is released by about 72 hours and from about 80% to about 90% of the at least one local anesthetic is released by about 120 hours, thereby relieving chronic pain for at least 28 days. |
| US10449148B2 |
Dietary supplement for improving brain health
Compositions that can be used to improve human health, and in particular brain health are provided. In some embodiments the composition comprises Inositol, N-Acetyl L-Tyrosine, pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ), Choline bitartrate, L-Theanine and Acetyl-L-Carnitine. The compositions may be administered to a subject, for example in the form of a liquid drink, to improve brain health. |
| US10449145B2 |
Two-layer ocular implant
The present disclosure generally relates to local therapies for the eye and, more particularly, to shaped controlled-release ocular implant devices, including methods for making and using such devices, for delivery of therapeutic agents to the eye. A molded two-layer ocular implant comprises a therapeutic agent for treatment or prevention of a disorder of the eye. The implant comprises a polymer layer and a silicone adhesive layer with a therapeutic agent interspersed therein and joined to the polymer layer. This implant is for placement in the sub-Tenon's space of the eye and provides sustained release of the therapeutic agent during the treatment or prevention of the disorder of the eye. |
| US10449143B2 |
Aloe vera extract for personal care compositions
The invention relates to a specific fraction of Aloe vera extract for enhancing tight junction in skin cells. The invention more particularly relates to use of such a fraction in skin, oral and hair care compositions. The inventive extract of Aloe vera comprises 60 to 95% by weight of polysaccharides having a molecular weight in the range of 2 to 3 kDa, and less than 5% polyphenols, wherein the polysaccharides are hydrolysed by trifiuoroacetic acid. |
| US10449141B2 |
Gel nail polish and its manufacturing and using method
A gel nail polish composition includes a gel nail polish mixture and a color agent mixing therewith for forming a gel nail polish layer on a nail of a user. The gel nail polish mixture includes first through fourth chemical elements, wherein the first through fourth chemical elements are aliphatic urethane acrylate, polymer acrylate oligomer, propoxylated neopentyl glycol diacrylate, and trimethylbenzoyl diphenylphosphine oxide. The wipe off base coat layer, the gel nail polish layer, and the top coat layer are dried under an exposure of one of LED light, UV light, and sunlight that no wet sticky colloid is formed after the top coat layer is dried. The gel nail polish layer is adapted for being removed by directly wiping off the gel nail polish layer on the nail by using a rag, cotton, or tissue paper with the nail polish remover. |
| US10449137B2 |
Antimicrobial composition
The present invention provides an antimicrobial composition comprising a) Thymol; b) Terpineol; c) Niacinamide or its derivatives thereof; and d) a cosmetically acceptable base. |
| US10449135B2 |
Solublizing agents for UV filters in cosmetic formulations
Disclosed is the use of the compounds (A) corresponding to formula wherein R1 represents C6-C24alkyl; R2 is hydrogen; or C1-C4alkyl; R3 is a radical of formula (1a) *—(CH2)n1—R4 R4 is a heterocyclic or aromatic radical comprising 4 to 6 carbon atoms which can contain from 1 to 3 nitrogen and/or oxygen atoms; n1 is a number from 0 to 5; or R2 and R3 together with the linking nitrogen atom form a heterocyclic radical comprising 4 to 6 carbon atoms which can contain one or more oxygen or nitrogen atoms; as solubilizing agent for organic UV filters (B) selected from (B1) benzophenone derivatives, (B2) hydroxyphenyl triazine derivatives; and (B3) trianilino-s-triazine derivatives. |
| US10449133B1 |
Cosmetic compositions comprising acetyl trifluoromethylphenyl valylglycine
The present disclosure relates to cosmetic compositions including surprisingly high amounts of trifluoromethylphenyl valylglycine, which provides a variety of beneficial properties to skin. The cosmetic compositions include: (a) about 1 wt. % to about 25 wt. % of acetyl trifluoromethylphenyl valylglycine; (b) about 2 to about 30 wt. % of two or more solubilizing solvents selected from ethoxydiglycol, dimethyl isosorbide, triethyl citrate, isopropyl lauryl sarcosinate, and propylene glycol; and (c) optionally, water; wherein all weight percentages are based on the total weight of the cosmetic composition. |
| US10449124B2 |
Polymerizable composition for dental use
A polymerizable composition for dental use including a (meth)acrylate monomer that is able to cyclopolymerize is provided. |
| US10449111B1 |
Thrust bumper and system and method of sexual intercourse
A thrust bumper device, system and method for sexual intercourse using a thrust bumper device and optional extension wherein a thrust bumper comprises a distal part; an inner part; a proximal part; and, a penile port; wherein: a phallus is inserted in the penile port on the distal part by a penetrating party; the tip of the phallus penetrates through the thrust bumper and is inserted into an orifice of a receiving party, and the thrust bumper and/or its optional extension buffer increases comfort and pleasure during sexual intercourse. |
| US10449109B1 |
Adjustable knober system and method of use
An adjustable knober system includes an elongated structure; a knober adjustably engaged with the elongated structure; an adjuster secured to the knober and configured to adjust a position of the knober relative to the elongated structure; and a mount secured to a back surface of the elongated structure, the mount is configured to secure the elongated structure of a support structure. |
| US10449107B2 |
Gait training apparatus
A gait training apparatus includes a wire configured to directly or indirectly pull a trainee's leg fitted with a gait assist device from a position above the trainee's head; a control unit configured to control a motor that applies a pulling force to the wire, thereby adjusting the pulling force; and a housing mechanism configured to retract or release the wire in response to a motion of the leg. The control unit controls the motor such that the pulling force is adjusted to a predetermined pulling force that is independent of the speed, when a speed at which the housing mechanism retracts or releases the wire is within a prescribed range defined in advance and including zero. The control unit controls the motor such that the pulling force is adjusted to a pulling force calculated based on the speed, when the speed is out of the prescribed range. |
| US10449095B2 |
Wearable article having elastic belt
Disclosed is a wearable article 20 comprising a main body 38 and a ring-like elastic belt 40 comprising a front belt and a back belt each formed by an inner sheet, an outer sheet, and a plurality of elastic bodies sandwiched therebetween and running in the transverse direction substantially parallel to each other, and at least a portion of the elasticity of at least some of the elastic bodies are removed of its elasticity, the transverse width of the elastic body having the longest length removed of its elasticity defined as a maximum elastic cut window; wherein the length of the article along the longitudinal axis is from 300 mm to 440 mm; and the maximum elastic cut window is less than 100 mm. |
| US10449093B2 |
Fingertip cleaning apparatus
Described herein is a fingertip cleaning apparatus comprising a fingertip receiving portion including a conical wall defining a cavity having an open end configured to allow a fingertip of a user to be inserted into the cavity, the conical wall extending along and surrounding a cone axis, the conical wall forming a cone angle with the cone axis, a gripping portion comprising a flap that extends from the conical wall of the e fingertip receiving portion along a grip axis that forms a grip angle with the cone axis; and the grip angle being greater than the once angle. |
| US10449092B2 |
Utility device for removing earwax
A utility device is provided for insertion into an ear. The utility device comprises a first tip portion. The first tip portion can include a first end, a base, a plurality of first ridges extending between the first end and the base, and a plurality of second ridges extending between each of the plurality of first ridges. The utility device can include an intermediate region and a central portion. The intermediate portion can connect the central portion to the first tip portion. The central portion can allow a user to grip and/or hold the utility device. |
| US10449082B2 |
Moldable adhesive wafers
Disclosed herein are methods and devices for coupling and securing a medical device appliance. In particular, one piece moldable adhesive structures are disclosed which allow customization of an attachment wafer to the size and shape of, for example, a stoma, while allowing flexibility and security for attaching a medical device, such as an ostomy pouch or other device to the subject. |
| US10449074B2 |
Striped sheaths for medical devices
A sheath used to protect a medical device has one or more strips formed over a portion thereof. The medical device is a scaffold crimped to a balloon and mounted to a catheter. The sheath is two-piece, including a protecting and constraining sheath part. The strips facilitate removal of the constraining sheath from the scaffold in manner that reduces instances of damage caused by improper removal of the sheath from the medical device. |
| US10449073B1 |
Rotary handle stent delivery system and method
A delivery device according to principles described herein includes a catheter having three concentric shafts including an inner core, an outer sheath over the inner core and an outer support shaft at least partially extending over the inner core and the outer sheath. A timing belt having a plurality of belt teeth on a surface of the timing belt is coupled to an outer sheath over a medical device or stent on the inner core such that movement of the timing belt link causes movement of the outer sheath from its position over the medical device or stent. The delivery device is actuated by rotation of a thumbwheel a thumbwheel coupled to a barrel having a plurality of teeth such that rotation of the thumbwheel causes movement of the barrel such that the barrel teeth engage the belt teeth to cause movement of the timing belt causing movement of the outer sheath. |
| US10449072B2 |
Stent device delivery system with an outer sheath polymeric reinforcement layer
A stent device delivery system and method of making. The stent device delivery system includes a stent device and an outer sheath overlaying the stent device in a radially compact, delivery configuration of the stent device. The outer sheath may include a first layer of polymeric material and a reinforcement layer of polymeric material that are laminated together. |
| US10449070B2 |
Nanoparticles and nanoparticle composition, and method for producing nanoparticles and nanoparticle composition
The present invention relates to a nanoparticle composition which is prepared by a process which is characterized by dissolving a poorly water-soluble compound or the like under a high temperature and a high pressure, and milling a suspension or the like containing a uniform crystal obtained by cooling the obtained solution. |
| US10449069B2 |
Stent
A stent includes a stent body defining a longitudinal axis and proximal and distal ends. The stent body is expandable from a compressed configuration to an expanded configuration and includes a plurality of stent segments including first and second end segments on opposite ends of the stent body and at least one intermediate segment disposed between the first end segment and the second end segment. Each stent segment defines a plurality of cells. The first end segment defines a plurality of peaks and valleys. The distance between a peak and an adjacent valley of the first end segment is substantially equal to a first length. The at least one intermediate segment defines a plurality of peaks and valleys. The distance between a peak and an adjacent valley of the at least one intermediate segment is substantially equal to a second length that is longer than the second length. |
| US10449061B2 |
Instrument for manipulating an implant
An instrument (10) for manipulating a prosthetic implant (2) the instrument comprising: an attachment element (20), operable to engage the Implant; an actuation rod (SO), a distal end (50a) of which is connected to the attachment element; and a stem (14), the actuation rod being at least partially moveably received within the stem, wherein the attachment element is bendable between a first position in which the attachment element does not engage the implant and a second position in which the attachment element engages the Implant, the actuation rod being configured so as to selectively bend the attachment element between the first and second positions upon movement of the actuation rod. |
| US10449060B2 |
Spinal fusion implant
An implant including a housing having a peripheral frame including an inner edge defining central opening in a central portion of the implant. The implant may also include a blade located within the central opening, the blade having a retracted position in the housing and an extended position where the blade extends outwardly from the housing. In addition, the implant may include a blade actuating component comprising a driven shaft portion and a blade engaging portion. The blade actuating component may be configured to be translated to move the blade between the retracted position and the extended position. Also, the inner edge of the peripheral frame may include a posterior edge configured to support the blade in two locations. |
| US10449057B2 |
Lateral spondylolisthesis reduction cage
An intervertebral fusion device comprising inferior and superior fusion cage devices that provide an ability to correct spondylolisthesis via in-situ adjustment. |
| US10449055B2 |
Systems and methods for treatment of intervertebral disc derangements
Various embodiments provide systems and methods for repairing or replacing intervertebral discs as a treatment for derangements. Systems and methods may comprise an intervertebral disc implant for deployment into an intervertebral disc space wherein the nucleus has been at least partially evacuated from the deranged intervertebral disc. The intervertebral disc implant may be intraoperatively and postoperatively filled and/or re-filled with a growth matrix. The intervertebral disc implant may be differentially permeable to the growth matrix to provide directional growth and/or diffusion of the growth matrix to restore height to the intervertebral disc space. Systems and methods may further comprise an implant delivery device for deploying the intervertebral disc implant into the intervertebral disc space. |
| US10449048B2 |
Mitral valve annuloplasty device with twisted anchor
The present invention relates to a tissue shaping device adapted to be disposed in a vessel near a patient's heart to reshape the patient's heart. The device comprises a first anchor and a second anchor adapted to be deployed by a catheter to engage a vessel wall while the first anchor is adapted to resist the compression of a first part of the first anchor and resist the expansion of a second part of the first anchor in response to a compressive force on the first part. |
| US10449047B2 |
Prosthetic heart valve with compressible frames
A tubular portion of a valve frame circumscribes a longitudinal axis, and defines a lumen along the axis and a plurality of valve-frame coupling elements disposed circumferentially around the axis. An outer frame: (a) comprises a ring defined by a pattern of alternating peaks and troughs, the pattern having an amplitude, (b) comprises a plurality of legs, coupled to the ring at respective troughs, and (c) is shaped to define a plurality of outer-frame coupling elements, each coupled to the ring, and fixed with respect to a respective valve-frame coupling element. Compression of the tubular portion from an expanded state toward a compressed state reduces a circumferential distance between each of the outer-frame coupling elements and its adjacent outer-frame coupling elements, and increases the amplitude of the pattern of the ring. |
| US10449043B2 |
Displacement based lock and release mechanism
A medical device system may include a valve replacement implant including an anchor member reversibly actuatable between a delivery configuration and a deployed configuration, wherein the implant includes at least one locking element configured to lock the anchor member in the deployed configuration, and at least one actuator element configured to engage the at least one locking element and actuate the anchor member between the delivery configuration and the deployed configuration. The at least one actuator element may include a self-biased cam mechanism configured to extend into and engage a first locking portion of the at least one locking element. |
| US10449042B2 |
Transcatheter mitral valve prosthesis
A prosthetic cardiac valve comprises an anchor having an atrial skirt, an annular region, and a ventricular skirt. The prosthetic valve also has a plurality of prosthetic valve leaflets each having a first end and a free end. The first end is coupled with the anchor and the free end is opposite the first end. The prosthetic cardiac valve has an open configuration in which the free ends of the prosthetic valve leaflets are disposed away from one another to allow antegrade blood flow therepast, and a closed configuration in which the free ends of the prosthetic valve leaflets engage one another and substantially prevent retrograde blood flow therepast. The anchor has a collapsed configuration for delivery to the heart and an expanded configuration for anchoring the prosthetic cardiac valve to a patient's heart. |
| US10449039B2 |
Systems and methods for heart valve therapy
Prosthetic mitral valves described herein can be deployed using a transcatheter mitral valve delivery system and technique to interface and anchor in cooperation with the anatomical structures of a native mitral valve. This document describes prosthetic heart valve designs and techniques to manage blood flow through the left ventricular outflow tract. For example, this document describes prosthetic heart valve designs and techniques that reduce or prevent obstructions of the left ventricular outflow tract that may otherwise result from systolic anterior motion of an anterior leaflet of the native mitral valve. |
| US10449038B2 |
Intra-laryngeal prosthesis comprising a sealing skirt
The invention relates to an intra-laryngeal prosthesis (PIL) for insertion into a larynx, said prosthesis PIL having an upper portion (PH) comprising: a tubular inner wall (1) with a first end, referred to as upper end (2), and a second end, referred to as lower end (3); a tubular outer wall (4) with a first end, referred to as upper end (2) and a second end, referred to as lower end (3), said outer wall (4) surrounding at least a portion of the inner wall (1); a plurality of ribs (5) extending in the direction of the main axis (X) of the prosthesis and connecting the inner wall (1) with the outer wall (4) such that a plurality of cells (6) are formed between the inner wall (1) and the outer wall (4). |
| US10449037B1 |
Flexible transparent conductors for electrowetting lenses
A flexible intraocular lens including a flexible, transparent conductor disposed on a sidewall is disclosed herein. An example flexible intraocular lens includes an annular body and a transparent and flexible conductor. The annular body having at least one inner surface, where the annular body is formed from a flexible biocompatible material amenable to implantation into an eye. The transparent and flexible conductor formed on the at least one inner surface, the transparent and flexible conductor being one of a conductive polymer or a conductive nanowire-based mesh. |
| US10449036B2 |
Masked intraocular implants and lenses
Intraocular implants and methods of making intraocular implants are provided. The intraocular implants can improve the vision of a patient, such as by increasing the depth of focus of an eye of a patient. In particular, the intraocular implants can include a mask having an annular portion with a relatively low visible light transmission surrounding a relatively high transmission central portion such as a clear lens or aperture. This construct is adapted to provide an annular mask with a small aperture for light to pass through to the retina to increase depth of focus. The intraocular implant may have an optical power for refractive correction. The intraocular implant may be implanted in any location along the optical pathway in the eye, e.g., as an implant in the anterior or posterior chamber. |
| US10449033B2 |
Apparatus for automated differential hair transplant
The present invention relates to an apparatus for automated hair transplantation through the well-known extraction technique of capillary units or FUE, comprising the morphological analysis of hair follicles in real-time by means of artificial vision, mapping of points for extraction and implant, simulation of the final result, a system of local anaesthesia, global, simultaneous or in sequential phases, at least one articulated mechanical arm associated with a tool for differentially extracting and implanting hair follicles.The present invention is useful to reduce the time and cost associated with the intervention, improve the quality of the operation and the final result, in terms of capillary density, contemplating the study of cell differentiation of follicles with the required estimate of time required regarding the growth. Minimizes the positional discomfort of the patient, the pain associated with the administration of anaesthesia, among other inconveniences usually experienced by the patient in this type of intervention. The present invention is useful for diagnosis, treatment and hair transplantation procedures. |
| US10449030B2 |
Self-supporting laminated films, structural materials and medical devices manufactured therefrom and methods of making same
Metal foils, wires, and seamless tubes with increased mechanical strength are provided. As opposed to wrought materials that are made of a single metal or alloy, these materials are made of two or more layers forming a laminate structure. Laminate structures are known to increase mechanical strength of sheet materials such as wood and paper products and are used in the area of thin films to increase film hardness, as well as toughness. Laminate metal foils have not been used or developed because the standard metal forming technologies, such as rolling and extrusion, for example, do not lend themselves to the production of laminate structures. |
| US10449029B2 |
Retrieval catheter
A retrieval catheter operable by a single clinician that will neither displace a deployed stent nor cause undue trauma to the vascular lumen or lesion. The retrieval catheter may be sized to accommodate both a guidewire and a balloon wire. The retrieval catheter is easy to navigate through tortuous passageways and will cross a previously deployed stent or stent-graft easily with minimal risk of snagging on the deployed stent or stent graft. The sheath and dilator are adapted to allow a guidewire or balloon wire to pass through the walls of both and to allow the sheath and dilator to move axially with respect to each other. |
| US10449027B2 |
Deployment device for a soft tissue repair prosthesis
A deployment device for positioning a soft tissue repair prosthesis includes a self-expanding support body releasably attachable to the prosthesis. The support body may be removably insertable into a pocket of the prosthesis. A handle coupled to the support body facilitates positioning the patch and/or removal of the support body from the pocket. The support body may substantially occupy the pocket in an expanded configuration. The handle may be arranged to direct a pulling force to the outer peripheral edge of the support body and/or cause a portion thereof to be pulled downward and below the body during withdrawal of the deployment device from the prosthesis. The support body may include support segments pivotally coupled together and foldable to collapse the support body for insertion into and removal from the pocket. One or more resilient support members may be provided for collapsing and expanding the support body and the prosthesis. |
| US10449023B2 |
Oral cleansing device with energy conservation
A brushing device including a motor having an eccentric drive shaft, an output shaft operably connected to the motor, and a power train assembly coupled between the eccentric drive shaft and the output shaft. The power train converts rotation of the eccentric drive shaft into an oscillating movement of the output shaft. The power train includes one or more conservation features that absorb energy when the output shaft rotates in a first direction and reapply energy to the output shaft when it rotates in a second direction. |
| US10449018B2 |
Gingival ovate pontic and methods of using the same
A pontic device for preserving soft tissue in a tooth-extraction site includes a generally curved apical end. The apical end has a first perimeter and is configured to rest in a tooth extraction socket and substantially conform to soft tissue of a tooth-extraction site immediately after a tooth has been extracted. The pontic device further includes an opposing, generally concave coronal end. The coronal end has a second perimeter that is configured to substantially correspond to and form a seal with gingival tissue surrounding the tooth-extraction site. The coronal end is configured to receive a tooth-shaped coronal pontic portion to form a final restoration. |
| US10449017B2 |
Subperiosteal jaw implant
In a jaw implant for oral, subperiosteal placement over the alveolar ridge of the maxilla or of the mandible, the implant forms a body which in cross-section, in the condition in which it has been placed on the alveolar ridge transverse to the alveolar ridge, has been formed concave towards the alveolar ridge, wherein in or near a first portion forming the base of the body, in particular forming the base of the J, L or U, the body has been provided with one or more supporting areas for support members, such as pillars, for extending through the gingiva, the support members forming a support for an exo-prosthesis, wherein the supporting areas have been connected to the rest of the body via relatively weakened areas of the body, in particular have been connected to the rest of the body via those relatively weakened areas of the body only. |
| US10449010B2 |
Steerable tube
A steerable tube (100), comprising a hollow elongate tubular member (1) having a proximal end (2), distal end (3), a wall surface disposed between said proximal (2) and distal end (4), a bend-resistive zone (6) flanked by a proximal bendable zone (4) that forms a controller and a distal bendable zone (5) that forms an effector that moves responsive to movements of the controller, whereby the wall of the tubular member (1) in the bend-resistive zone (6) comprises a structure that is a plurality of longitudinal slits (7), forming a plurality of longitudinal strips (8, 8′), the wall of the tubular member (1) in the proximal bendable zone (4) and the distal bendable zone (5) comprises a structure that is a plurality of longitudinal wires (9, 9′, 10, 10′), at least one strip (8) is in connection with a wire (9) in the proximal bendable zone (4) and a wire (10) in the distal bendable zone (5), such that translation by said wire (9) in the controller is transmitted via the strip (8) to said wire (10) in the effector, a proximal annular region (11) of the tubular member (1), proximal to the proximal bendable zone (4) to which the proximal wires (9) are anchored, a distal annular region (12) of the tubular member (1) distal to the distal bendable zone (5) to which the distal wires (10) are anchored. |
| US10449009B2 |
Medical system
A medical system includes: a treatment tool including a treatment portion configured to treat a living body, a joint portion configured to move the treatment portion, a first indicator portion provided to correspond to a position of the joint portion, a sheath portion connected to the joint portion, and a driving portion connected to the sheath portion and configured to displace the joint portion; an overtube including a flexible tube portion having a distal end and a proximal end and holding the treatment tool such that the treatment portion is capable of protruding from the distal end, and a second indicator portion provided at the flexible tube portion to identify a predefined space where calibration of the treatment tool is performed; and a calibration mechanism configured to calibrate the treatment tool when the first and second indicator portions have a predetermined positional relationship. |
| US10449006B2 |
Surgical instrument and method
A surgical instrument comprises a member connected with a spinal implant defining an axis. A first image guide is connected with the member and oriented relative to a sensor to communicate a signal representative of a position of the member. A second image guide is connected with the member and oriented to represent an angle measuring a second orientation of the axis relative to a first orientation. Systems, implants and methods are disclosed. |
| US10449000B2 |
Arch shaped laser catheter
Devices, methods and systems for removing unwanted tissue from within a patient's vasculature system are provided. Specifically, a laser ablation catheter having a tip with an open, arched-shaped cross section is described. The cross section of the tip enhances the catheter's ability to ablate, separate, and/or dilate the various layers within a patient's vasculature, thereby facilitating the removal undesirable lesions and fibrous tissue within a patient's vasculature. |
| US10448996B2 |
Electrosurgical ablation apparatus
An electrosurgical ablation apparatus for generating and emitting electromagnetic radiation energy for ablating biological tissue is disclosed. The apparatus comprises an operating unit (1), a handheld applicator unit (3) with an applicator antenna (4) and a cable connection (2) between both. The applicator antenna (4) is a dual or multi-resonant ablation antenna (41a, . . . 41d) for transmitting microwave ablation energy at at least two different frequencies which are selected especially according to the electrical properties and dimensions of the tissue to be ablated. |
| US10448991B2 |
Surgical instrument having point contacts in coupling area
A surgical instrument includes a female branch defining in a coupling area a hollow volume including inwardly facing inner coupling surfaces and including a male branch which can be pivoted relative to the female branch at least partly inside the hollow volume about a pivot axis, the male branch defining in the coupling area a guide portion having outwardly facing outer coupling surfaces in which outer coupling recesses are arranged, wherein on the inner coupling surfaces, inner coupling recesses are arranged which extend relative to a longitudinal axis of the surgical instrument in a direction other than that of the outer coupling recesses. |
| US10448990B2 |
Electrosurgical device and methods
An electrosurgical probe with internal cooling for use in systems and methods for lesioning in bone and other tissue is disclosed. The probe includes a distal electrical insulator, a proximal electrical insulator, a distal electrical conductor defining a distal electrode with a closed distal end and a proximal electrical conductor defining a proximal electrode, the distal electrode longitudinally spaced apart and electrically isolated from the proximal electrode by the distal electrical insulator. The distal electrode has a closed proximal end formed by a distal face of the distal electrical insulator to thereby define a closed distal inner lumen for circulating the cooling fluid. The proximal electrode has a closed distal end formed by a proximal face of the distal electrical insulator and a closed proximal end formed by a distal face of the proximal electrical insulator to thereby define a closed proximal inner lumen for circulating the cooling fluid. |
| US10448984B2 |
Humeral head fixation device for osteoporotic bone
A device includes an elongated body configured to be coupled to a bone stabilization implant so that, when the bone stabilization implant is mounted to a target bone, the body extends away from the bone stabilization implant at an angle selected so that the elongated body passes into a target portion of bone. The body defines a lumen therein extending to an opening in a distal end of the body. The device also includes a deploying member housed within the lumen of body for movement between a first position and a second position. In addition, the device includes a plurality of wires coupled to the deploying member so that movement of the deploying member through the lumen moves the wires between an insertion position and a deployed position in which the distal ends of the wires penetrate a portion of bone adjacent to the distal end of the body. |
| US10448982B2 |
Reinforced cannulated screw assembly systems and methods
A reinforced cannulated screw assembly includes a cannulated screw and a reinforcing rod coupled to the cannulated screw. The cannulated screw includes a channel formed therethrough that is defined by an inner wall having at least one set of grooves formed therein. The reinforcing rod is configured for insertion into the channel. The reinforcing rod includes a set of protrusions configured to engage the at least one set of grooves. |
| US10448981B2 |
Fixed bone plate for rotational and translational first metatarsal osteotomy procedures
An internal fixed bone plates provided for load bearing and non-load bearing fixation for a rotational or translational osteotomy procedure for hallux valgus correction in the first metatarsal bone of the foot. The example include a set design plate having screw holes for attachment of the fixed bone plate to the first metatarsal bone of the foot. Screw holes are located on the plate, including screw holes on top or sides of the plate and screw holes at the ends of the plate. A temporary small holding wire hole may be located in the plate to hold the plate to the bone temporarily. This plate allows both angled screw fixation of various movable, rotational and translational osteotomy and locking screw hole capability to ensure stability when fixating the preferred rotational and translational osteotomy procedure. |
| US10448980B2 |
Variable angle locking implant
A variable angle locking implant includes a bone plate having a lower surface, an upper surface, and at least one opening extending from the lower surface to the upper surface along an axis. The opening has a plurality of fins oriented along a plane. The axis is non-perpendicular to a tangent of a projection of the lower surface across the opening, the tangent defined at the intersection between the axis and the projected lower surface, and/or the plane is non-parallel to the tangent. The implant includes at least one fastener, and the plurality of fins are deflectable relative to a head portion of the fastener such that the fastener can be inserted and retained at any one of a plurality of angles. |
| US10448976B2 |
Bone anchoring device
A polyaxial bone anchoring device includes a bone anchoring element having a head and a shaft, a receiving part having a head receiving portion, a rod receiving portion, and a bore having a bore axis, and a pressure member movable in the bore and having a first surface for engaging the head, wherein the pressure member is movable to a first position where friction between the first surface and the head generates a preload on the head to maintain the shaft at a temporary angular position relative to the receiving part, and wherein the pressure member is configured to engage the receiving part to generate a holding force for holding the pressure member at the first position without a positive lock, and wherein the pressure member is movable in and out of the first position by applying an axial force on the pressure member greater than the holding force. |
| US10448971B2 |
Apparatus for forming a passageway in tissue and associated interventional medical systems
An apparatus for forming a passageway through tissue includes a dilator mounted to a shaft, wherein the dilator includes a first portion, which has an increasing taper from a first outer diameter to a larger second outer diameter, and a second portion, which has a decreasing taper from the first portion to a distal end of the dilator, and which includes an external non-cutting thread formed along the decreasing taper. Lumens of the dilator and shaft provide a conduit for means to pierce through the tissue, for example, an elongate wire that includes a piercing tip. In some cases, the dilator first portion is expandable to, and contractible from, the larger second outer diameter, wherein the apparatus may include a spreading member configured to slide between the shaft and the first portion. The apparatus may be included in a system with an introducer sheath. |
| US10448970B2 |
Alternative use for hydrogel intrasaccular occlusion device with telescoping central support element
The present disclosure relates to the field of endovascular treatment. More particularly, the present invention uses a modified hydrogel intrasaccular occlusion device designed to implement an endovascular treatment to ameliorating or eliminating aneurysm recurrence, which hydrogel may optionally be impregnated with pharmaceutical compounds. The present invention also teaches the use of thin hydrogel coatings to ameliorate endovascular treatment related difficulties. |
| US10448969B2 |
Clot removal device for blood vessels
The invention being disclosed describes a medical device for removal of a thrombus or clot in a vascular setting by using a rotational, expandable basket structure in combination with drug infusion, blood/particle aspiration and clot isolation by distal and proximal occlusion. |
| US10448966B2 |
Fluid jet tissue resection and cold coagulation methods
An apparatus is configured to provide hemostasis with tissue removal in order to inhibit one or more of blood loss or tissue drainage. In many embodiments, a nozzle releases a liquid jet in a liquid medium in order to provide cavitation and a plurality of shedding pulses. The liquid jet, its cavitation and the plurality of shedding pulses can affect vascular tissue in order to promote clotting in order to inhibit bleeding. In many embodiments, vessels of the vascular tissue are affected at a distance from a region where cavitation of the water jet contacts the tissue. In many embodiments, the cavitation and plurality of shedding pules are related to a pulsatile shear wave propagating along the blood vessel that is related to clot promoting changes of the blood vessel. |
| US10448964B2 |
Surgical device with articulation and wrist rotation
A surgical instrument comprising a handle assembly, an elongated shaft, an end effector, a rotation mechanism, and an articulation mechanism is disclosed. The rotation mechanism is disposed in mechanical cooperation with the handle assembly and effects rotation of the end effector about the second longitudinal axis. The articulation mechanism is disposed in mechanical cooperation with the handle assembly and effects movement of the end effector from a first position where the first longitudinal axis is substantially aligned with the second longitudinal axis to a second position where the second longitudinal axis is displaced from the first longitudinal axis. The articulation mechanism comprises a first articulation control disposed in mechanical cooperation with the handle assembly, a first cable and a second cable. Actuation of the first articulation control in a first direction causes the first cable to move distally and causes the second cable to move proximally. |
| US10448963B2 |
Devices, systems and methods for tissue repair
Devices, systems and methods are disclosed for repairing soft tissue. The surgical system allows for the creation of tissue repair by grasping, aligning and sewing or fixing tissue. For example, this system may be used for clipping together excessive capsular tissue and reducing the overall capsular volume. The deployment device includes a central grasping mechanism and an outer clip delivery system. The clip embodiments may be single or multi-component (penetration and locking base components) that penetrate tissue layers and deploy or lock to clip the tissue together. An example of the system is used to reduce the joint capsule tissue laxity and reduces the potential for subluxation or dislocation of the joint by either restricting inferior laxity (anterior or posterior) and resolving or eliminating pathologic anterior or posterior translation. |
| US10448961B2 |
Apparatus and method for fragmenting and aspirating materials from a body lumen
A device for insertion into a body lumen includes an operator unit which may be hand held by an operator. A cannula is operatively associated with the operator unit and the cannula includes two parallel lumens. At least one of two lumens terminates at its distal end before the distal end of the other lumen and wherein one of the two lumens is contained at most partially within the other lumen. |
| US10448958B2 |
Method of enhancing interdigitation of bone cement to bone for attachment of prosthesis to bone during arthroplasty
A method of attaching prosthetic implants to bone, applicable to tibia, patella, acetabulum, glenoid, or femur, includes trimming an articular surface of the bone, leaving a trimmed surface. Holes are punched or drilled into the surface in a predetermined array before polymethyl methacrylate bone cement is used to attach the surface to the implant. In an embodiment, the holes are punched by placing a punch-plate with sharpened punch spikes on the surface, and striking the punch plate to drive punches into the trimmed surface. In another embodiment, holes are drilled using a drilling template with predrilled guidance holes placed on the surface of the bone. In another embodiment, holes are drilled by positioning a robotic drill over the trimmed surface; adjusting a drilling pattern of the robotic drill according to the trimmed surface; and using the robotic drill to drill holes of predetermined depth according to the drilling pattern. |
| US10448957B2 |
Adjustable cut block and sizer instrument for arthroplasty planning
An integrated instrument for arthroplasty planning comprises a cutting block having an adjustable distance between an anterior cut guide and a posterior cut guide, and a sizer mounted to the cutting block, the sizer comprising medial and lateral posterior feet having an adjustable distance from one of the cut guides and an adjustable angular position relative to the one of the cut guides. |
| US10448953B2 |
Methods, systems and devices for treating cardiac arrhythmias
Provided is a method of treating cardiac arrhythmia in a patient. The method comprises selecting a patient suffering from a cardiac arrhythmia and creating a flow pathway between a first vascular location and a second vascular location. The first vascular location comprises a source of arterial blood and the second vascular location comprises a source of venous blood. Systems and devices for creating a flow pathway are also provided. |
| US10448949B2 |
Surgical stapler having locking articulation joint
A laparoscopic surgical stapler can include an articulation joint between an elongate shaft and a jaw assembly. The articulation joint can include a latch mechanism allowing a user to selectively allow the jaw assembly to be freely pivotable with respect to the elongate shaft in an unlatched configuration and positionable in an aligned position or one of several predetermined articulated positions in a latched configuration. The latch mechanism of the articulation joint is biased to the latched configuration and is operable in a ‘push-to-release’ manner. |
| US10448947B2 |
Swaging systems for attaching surgical needles to sutures having on-press testing of suture attachment strength
A swaging system for attaching surgical needles to sutures and testing the attachment strength includes a frame, a bottom swaging die mounted on the frame, and a top swaging die mounted on the frame and being moveable up and down along a swaging axis that is aligned with the bottom swaging die. The bottom swaging die includes a hinge mechanism with a bottom plate mounted to the frame and a top plate overlying the bottom plate. The top and bottom plates are pivotally connected for enabling the top plate to pivot relative to the bottom plate. The bottom swaging die includes a swaging tool that extends toward the top swaging die along the swaging axis, and a load cell disposed between the top and bottom plates for monitoring load. The system includes a control system having one or more pull test programs stored therein for evaluating pull tests on armed surgical needles to determine if the armed surgical needles are acceptable or unacceptable. |
| US10448946B2 |
Endoscopic suture cinch
A suture cinch, cinch applicator, and cinch loader for loading the cinch into the applicator are provided and permit re-use of the applicator with multiple cinches during an endoscopic procedure. The applicator can be loaded with a first cinch, apply the first cinch onto a portion of suture to fix the portion of suture relative to anatomical tissue, reloaded with a second cinch optionally using the loader, and subsequently used to apply the second cinch to fix another portion of suture to fix the other portion of suture relative to anatomical tissue. The cinch is a unitary tubular member through which the suture can be advanced when the cinch is loaded within the applicator. The cinch defines multiple ribs and a cutter in a wall thereof. Operation of the applicator deforms the ribs inward to retain the cinch on the suture and displaces the cutter to sever the suture. |
| US10448945B2 |
Surgical fixation systems and methods
This disclosure relates to surgical fixation systems and methods. A surgical fixation system can include a fixation device, a loop connected to the fixation device, a graft carried by the loop, and a reinforcement material. Surgical fixation systems can be used in various tissue reconstruction procedures, including but not limited to, ACL and PCL reconstructions. The graft and the reinforcement material may be tensioned independently of one another to avoid stress shielding the graft. |
| US10448944B2 |
Filamentary fixation device
One embodiment of the present invention includes a filamentary fixation system including a sleeve formed of filamentary material including an interior and an exterior surface along a length defined between a first end and a second end, the sleeve having a coating adapted to allow for tissue ingrowth, and a filament formed of filamentary material including a first free end and a second free end, and a length therebetween, at least a portion of the filament positioned within the interior of the sleeve. |
| US10448943B2 |
Methods of making reinforced soft tissue grafts with suture loop/needle constructs
A method of reinforcing a biological construct according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, attaching a suture loop/needle construct to a reinforcement material and stitching the reinforcement material to a biological construct to form a reinforced biological construct. The reinforcement material is attached to the suture loop/needle construct prior to approximating the reinforcement material to the biological construct. |
| US10448937B2 |
Vascular closure device
A vascular closure device includes a release component, a delivery component, a sealing device and at least one actuator. The release component is elongate along a longitudinal direction, and defines a distal end and a proximal end. The delivery component extends along the release component such that at least the release component is movable relative to the delivery component. The delivery component includes a delivery tube body and defines a delivery tube channel. The sealing device has a toggle that is at least partially disposed within the release tube, a suture that is attached to the toggle and extends through the delivery tube channel, and a plug that is attached to the suture proximal to the toggle. The actuator is coupled to the release component and is in communication with the suture such that actuation of the actuator causes (i) the release component to move the proximal direction relative to the delivery component so as to release the toggle from the release component, and (ii) the suture to be pulled in a proximal direction to thereby place the filament in tension and urge the toggle against a distal end of the delivery component such that the toggle is oriented in a sealing position. |
| US10448934B2 |
Sampling device and method for preparing the same
The present invention relates to a sampling device for sampling a body cavity, in particular for sampling the vagina and/or cervix. The sampling device comprises a tube having two open ends, a sample-collecting member and a plunger. The plunger is inserted in the tube, with the distal plunger end protruding from the distal tube end, and carries the sample-collecting member at the proximal tube end. The plunger is displaceable in the proximal direction in the tube from a retracted introduction position into an extended sampling position. In the introduction position, the sampling member is situated inside the tube and protrudes from the tube in the sampling position. |
| US10448932B2 |
Biopsy device with sterile sleeve
A sterile cover assembly is for a biopsy device. The biopsy device includes a reusable holster including a housing and driving mechanism. The driving mechanism is for driving a cutter in a needle of a probe. The housing is adapted to releasably couple to the probe. The sterile cover assembly includes a sleeve and a flexible sterile cover. The sleeve is configured to receive at least a portion of the housing of the reusable holster. The sterile cover is coupled to the sleeve and is configured to cover the housing of the holster. |
| US10448929B2 |
Systems, methods, and devices for assessing microbiota of skin
Devices, systems, and methods for assessing microbiota of skin are described, including: a skin-covering material including an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface substantially conforming to a topography of a skin surface of an individual and including a plurality of signal-generating complexes, one or more of the plurality of signal-generating complexes configured to emit one or more signals in response to at least one type of microbe; an image capture device to capture an image of the inner surface of the skin-covering material, the image including one or more signals emitted from the plurality of signal-generating complexes, and to transform the image into a digital output; and a computing device including circuitry configured to receive the digital output, compare the properties of the imaged one or more signals with a database of reference signal-generating complexes, and generate a digital spatial profile of microbes on the skin-covering material. |
| US10448927B2 |
System and method for identifying cancerous tissue
A system and method for identifying a characteristic of a region of a subject, such as whether a region is cancerous, which includes an ultrasonic imaging device that acquires a first and second set of time series data from a region of a subject during a first and second time period. The system includes a comparison device (120) that receives first and second sets of time series data (116, 118) and computes differential data (119) therebetween at one or more features. A processing device (130) receives the differential data and inputs the differential data into a classifier (132) trained with reference differential data concerning the one or more features as well as an identification of the ground truth concerning the region. A determination device (136) is configured to determine whether the region contains the characteristic based on an output from the classifier. |
| US10448926B2 |
Transverse oscillation vector estimation in ultrasound imaging
Continuously transmitting, with a transducer array, an ultrasound signal in one direction beamforming, with a beamformer, an echo signal received by the transducer array using on a predetermined apodization function, wherein the echo signal is generated in response to an interaction of the ultrasound signal with flowing structure estimating, with a velocity processor, a vector velocity of the flow, including velocity components, as a function of depth and time from the beamformed echo signals using transverse oscillation vector velocity estimation, generating, with a measurement processor, a quantitative measurement from the velocity components, and visually displaying, with a display monitor, the quantitative measurement. |
| US10448920B2 |
Cough detecting methods and devices for detecting coughs
Examples of the present invention utilize principal component analysis (PCA) to detect cough sounds in an audio stream. Comparison of all or portions of the audio stream with a cough model may be conducted. The cough model may include a number of basis vectors may be based on initial portions of known coughs. The initial portions may be non-user specific, and accordingly the cough model may be used to detect coughs across individuals. Moreover, examples of the present invention may reconstruct the cough sounds from stored features such that the cough sounds are reconstructed but the reconstruction techniques used may be insufficient to reconstruct speech sounds that may also have been recorded, which may increase user privacy. |
| US10448917B2 |
Mammography apparatus, control device, mammography apparatus control method, and mammography apparatus control program
A mammography apparatus includes: a compression plate that compresses a breast; a moving unit that moves the compression plate in a compression direction in which the breast is compressed and a decompression direction in which the breast is decompressed; a radiation source that emits radiation; and a control unit that controls the moving unit such that the compression plate is moved to a first position in the compression direction, is moved to a second position where the position of the compression plate is changed from the first position by a predetermined variation or more in the decompression direction, and is stopped and performs control such that the radiation is emitted from the radiation source to the breast. |
| US10448912B2 |
Image processing apparatus
An image processing apparatus comprises processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to acquire a first image in which each pixel is expressed with a first gradation. And the processing circuitry is configured to specify a partial region in the first image. And the processing circuitry is configured to convert, based on correspondence information that associates each level of the first gradation with a display pattern of a plurality of pixels in a display, the level in the first gradation of each pixel included in the partial region in the first image into the corresponding display pattern, the display displaying the display pattern with a second gradation having fewer levels than the first gradation. And the processing circuitry is configured to generate a second image that expresses a plurality of pixels included in the partial region of the first image as the converted display patterns. |
| US10448911B2 |
Method and device for displaying medical images
Medical images are acquired in a tomosynthesis process. Processed 3D volume data representing a target acquired from scanning may be viewed from a set of forward projection directions, in which one or more forward projections through the processed 3D volume data is oblique relative to a central acquisition direction of the scanning process. The first set of forward projections is then displayed as a set of synthetic mammograms. Therefore, a medical practitioner can more easily identify abnormalities within a target volume, because the relative displacement of abnormalities at different depths in the target volume will change at different rates dependent on the viewing angle as the viewing position is moved around the target. |
| US10448905B2 |
Frameless pre-positioning for radiosurgery
The presently described method is directed to determining a way of positioning a patient before execution of a medical procedure involving irradiating the patient with ionizing treatment radiation based on comparing medical images of the patient with a pre-acquired medical image. The planning computed tomography is searched for an image of the reference structure in order to determine the position of the patient relative to a patient support device. A retroreflective marker device, having a known and advantageously fixed position relative to the base plate, is detected by a navigation system operatively coupled to a motor of the support device. Based on the detected position of the marker device, the motor of the support device is activated to drive the patient into a desired position relative to beam direction along which the treatment radiation is to be issued towards the patient to execute the medical procedure. |
| US10448904B2 |
Decomposition method and apparatus based on basis material combination
The present disclosure provides a decomposition method based on basis material combination. In the present disclosure, a scanned object is divided into a plurality of regions, the basis material combinations used in each of the divided regions are different each other, and the scanned object is re-divided according to the re-determined equivalent atomic number of its each point until the change on decomposition coefficient meets certain conditions. Thereby, a decomposition method based on dynamic basis material combinations is realized, which reduces a decomposition error caused by improper selection of the basis material combination and improves the accuracy of the decomposition and substance identification of the multi-energy CT. |
| US10448903B2 |
Methods and systems for retrospective internal gating
The present invention, in one form, is a method for deriving respiratory gated PET image reconstruction from raw PET data. In reconstructing the respiratory gated images in accordance with the present invention, respiratory motion information derived from individual voxel signal fluctuations, is used in combination to create usable respiratory phase information. Employing this method allows the respiratory gated PET images to be reconstructed from PET data with out the use of external hardware, and in a fully automated manner. |
| US10448902B2 |
Method and apparatus for acquiring panoramic and CBCT volumetric radiographies
Method and apparatus for acquiring volumetric CBCT radiographies in an apparatus having a rotary supporting arm, at the ends of which at least an X-ray source and at least an X-ray sensor are positioned, the supporting arm rotating the at least one source and the at least one sensor around a patient. The method includes the steps of positioning a patient on the positioning device, and acquiring a CBCT image through a trajectory having an angular extension lower than 360°, wherein the rotation center of the trajectory of the X-ray sensor is never on the median sagittal plane defined by the patient positioned inside the apparatus and the trajectory is not symmetric to any of the possible sagittal planes of the patient. |
| US10448901B2 |
Methods for evaluating regional cardiac function and dyssynchrony from a dynamic imaging modality using endocardial motion
An embodiment in accordance with the present invention provides a method and system for evaluating regional cardiac function and dyssynchrony from an imaging modality using the motion of endocardial features of the heart. In the method and system, an imaging modality such as a CT scanner is used to obtain an image sequence that is then processed using a computer program. The computer program is configured to create an endocardial mesh formed from triangular components that represents at least the region of interest of the subject's heart. From tracking the motion of conserved topological features on this endocardial mesh at least two time points a displacement map can be modeled. The displacement map can be further analyzed to determine metrics of regional cardiac function such as SQUEEZ, myocardial strain, torsion etc., and the displacement map can also be used to create visual representations of the function of the subject's heart. |
| US10448898B2 |
Methods and systems for predicting a health condition of a human subject
Disclosed are embodiments of methods and systems for predicting a health condition of a first human subject. The method comprises extracting a historical data including physiological parameters of second human subjects. Thereafter, a first distribution of a first physiological parameter is determined based on a marginal cumulative distribution of a rank transformed historical data. Further, a second distribution of a second physiological parameter is determined based on the first distribution and a first conditional cumulative distribution of the rank transformed historical data. Further, a latent variable is determined based on the first and the second distributions. Thereafter, one or more parameters of at least one bivariate distribution, corresponding to a D-vine copula, are estimated based on the latent variable. Further, a classifier is trained based on the D-vine copula. The classifier is utilizable to predict the health condition of the first human subject based on his/her physiological parameters. |
| US10448897B2 |
Heart activity measurement
A method includes: obtaining, by an apparatus, instantaneous images from an optical heart activity sensor, wherein the instantaneous images characterize a heart activity data of a user; obtaining information about spatial shifts of a measuring area of the optical heart activity sensor in relation to a body tissue of the user; determining effect of the spatial shifts in the instantaneous images based on the information about the spatial shifts; enhancing the instantaneous images by decreasing the effect of the spatial shifts in the instantaneous images; and processing the enhanced instantaneous images into the heart activity data of the user. |
| US10448895B2 |
Sensor systems
A sensor sheath for a catheter. The sensor sheath includes a substrate having at least one sensor associated therewith; and an electronics unit in communication with at the at least one sensor, wherein the substrate is configured to attach to a catheter. |
| US10448892B2 |
Compass-sensor embedded footwear system and operation method thereof
A compass-sensor embedded footwear system and an operation method thereof are provided. The compass-sensor embedded footwear system includes: a footwear including: a footwear sole; two pressure sensors embedded in the footwear sole; a compass sensor configured in a fixed orientation with respect to the footwear sole; and a control-communication unit connecting to each of the two pressure sensors and compass sensor. |
| US10448890B2 |
Apparatus and method for measuring biologic parameters
Support structures for positioning sensors on a physiologic tunnel for measuring physical, chemical and biological parameters of the body and to produce an action according to the measured value of the parameters. The support structure includes a sensor fitted on the support structures using a special geometry for acquiring continuous and undisturbed data on the physiology of the body. Signals are transmitted to a remote station by wireless transmission such as by electromagnetic waves, radio waves, infrared, sound and the like or by being reported locally by audio or visual transmission. The physical and chemical parameters include brain function, metabolic function, hydrodynamic function, hydration status, levels of chemical compounds in the blood, and the like. The support structure includes patches, clips, eyeglasses, head mounted gear and the like, containing passive or active sensors positioned at the end of the tunnel with sensing systems positioned on and accessing a physiologic tunnel. |
| US10448884B2 |
Methods of reducing duty cycle during neurostimulation treatment
A device includes a handle, an expandable structure including a plurality of splines extending from a proximal hub to a distal hub, a first electrode on a first spline of the plurality of splines, an outer tube extending from the handle to the proximal hub, and a shaft extending through the outer tube from the handle to the distal hub. The expandable structure has a collapsed state and a self-expanded state. The handle is configured to retract the shaft. Retracting the shaft may expand the expandable structure outward of the self-expanded state. |
| US10448882B2 |
Determining a sedentary state of a subject
Various embodiments relate to methods, devices, and systems for ascertaining a sedentary body posture of a subject including: determining if the subject is in a sedentary state when the subject is sedentary for a pre-determined time; receiving a heart rate signal for least one heart rate feature when the subject is in the sedentary state; deriving at least one heart rate feature value when the subject is in the sedentary state further including filtering an arousal value from the received heart rate signal, so as to reduce an influence of the arousal on the determination of the sedentary posture; and determining the sedentary body posture of the subject based on a comparison between the derived at least one heart rate feature value and a pre-determined range associated with the corresponding at least one heart rate feature, wherein for each sedentary body posture, a pre-determined range is stored. |
| US10448880B2 |
Method for measuring flushing and use for assessing treatments
A method is described that makes it possible to measure flushing, particularly in the context of the study of rosacea, and to distinguish normal flushing from pathological flushing. Also described, is the use of said method to study the effect of drug candidates, particularly against rosacea. The method can include: a) subjecting the subject to a flushing inducing stimulus; b) measuring the inflow of blood in the face of the subject during a time period covering the flushing; and c) calculating entropy of the inflow of blood. |
| US10448879B2 |
Skin condition detection method and electronic device
A skin condition detection method and an electronic device are provided. The method includes: acquiring a first image; performing at least one skin condition detection on the first image to acquire at least one first characteristic value; acquiring at least one second characteristic value acquired through the skin condition detection in the second image; determining whether a skin condition in the first image has changed with respect to a skin condition in the second image according to the first characteristic value and the second characteristic value; and if the skin condition in the first image has changed with respect to the skin condition in the second image, outputting notification information to indicate that the skin condition in the first image has changed with respect to the skin condition in the second image. The invention makes it possible to effectively and clearly determine change of the skin condition. |
| US10448877B2 |
Methods for prediction and early detection of neurological events
Several methods for prediction and detection of neurological events are proposed based on spatiotemporal patterns in recorded neural signals. The methods are illustrated with examples from neural data recorded from human and non-human primates. |
| US10448876B2 |
Hyperspectral imaging systems and related methods
Systems and methods for analyzing sublingual microcirculation perfusion and identifying particular nerve tracts. In exemplary embodiments, a digital micro-mirror device is configured to direct a reflected light to a subject area and a controller is configured to alter a parameter of the reflected light. |
| US10448875B2 |
Capacitive measurement device with integrated electrical and mechanical shielding
A substance measurement device includes: a container portion configured to receive a substance; a sensing device configured to measure a property of the substance related to at least one of a flow rate of the substance into the container portion, a level of the substance within the container portion, and a volume of the substance within the container portion; and at least one shield positioned within the container portion and configured to provide at least one of: a mechanical buffer between the substance entering the container portion and the sensing device; and an electrical shield between the substance entering the container portion and the sensing device. |
| US10448874B2 |
Visit duration control system and method
A visit duration control system comprises a sensor (10) for sensing one or more physiological parameters of a person over time allowing the quantification of stress load of said person, a visit detector (20) for indicating the start of a third party's visit to said person, a processor (30) for determining said person's stress load from said one or more physiological parameters during said third party's visit and a signaling unit (40) for issuing a warning signal if said stress load exceeds a predetermined level. |
| US10448873B2 |
Advanced analyte sensor calibration and error detection
Systems and methods for processing sensor data and self-calibration are provided. In some embodiments, systems and methods are provided which are capable of calibrating a continuous analyte sensor based on an initial sensitivity, and then continuously performing self-calibration without using, or with reduced use of, reference measurements. In certain embodiments, a sensitivity of the analyte sensor is determined by applying an estimative algorithm that is a function of certain parameters. Also described herein are systems and methods for determining a property of an analyte sensor using a stimulus signal. The sensor property can be used to compensate sensor data for sensitivity drift, or determine another property associated with the sensor, such as temperature, sensor membrane damage, moisture ingress in sensor electronics, and scaling factors. |
| US10448872B2 |
Analyte sensor apparatuses having improved electrode configurations and methods for making and using them
Embodiments of the invention provide analyte sensors having optimized elements and/or configurations of elements as well as methods for making and using such sensors. Typical embodiments of the invention include glucose sensors used in the management of diabetes. |
| US10448871B2 |
Advanced pulse oximetry sensor
A non-invasive, optical-based physiological monitoring system is disclosed. One embodiment includes an emitter configured to emit light. A diffuser is configured to receive and spread the emitted light, and to emit the spread light at a tissue measurement site. The system further includes a concentrator configured to receive the spread light after it has been attenuated by or reflected from the tissue measurement site. The concentrator is also configured to collect and concentrate the received light and to emit the concentrated light to a detector. The detector is configured to detect the concentrated light and to transmit a signal representative of the detected light. A processor is configured to receive the transmitted signal and to determine a physiological parameter, such as, for example, arterial oxygen saturation, in the tissue measurement site. |
| US10448870B2 |
Pulse oximeter sensor
The invention provides a pulse oximetry sensor for attachment to the lower half of the palm or the ulnar edge of the palm. The sensor may be portable, untethered and in some instances, disposable. The features of the sensor make it effective in stable, chronic or emergency medical settings. |
| US10448869B2 |
User-defined structured testing for use in diabetes care
A method is provided for constructing a structured test having user-defined adherence criteria. The method includes: presenting a patient with a plurality of contextual criterion for a structured test; receiving selection of one or more contextual criterion from the plurality of contextual criterion; and constructing a structured test that includes the contextual criterion selected by the patient. During administration of the structured test, each of the contextual criteria selected by the patient is evaluated. Sample data acquired during the structured test is reported as compliant when each of the context criterion selected by the patient was met during the administration of the structured test or tagged as non-compliant when at least one contextual criterion was not met during the administration of the structured test. |
| US10448860B2 |
System and method for bioelectric localization and navigation of interventional medical devices
A system and method for tracking a position of an interventional medical device configured to be deployed into a subject during a medical procedure. An anatomical dataset of the subject is acquired while at least one electrical sensor is disposed along the interventional medical device. A feedback signal is generated from the electrical sensor and is processed and analyzed to identify positional information of the interventional medical device. A position of the interventional medical device with respect to the anatomical dataset is identified and the position of the interventional medical device with respect to the anatomical dataset is shown on a display. |
| US10448859B2 |
Mounting assembly for a magnetic field generator
The present disclosure provides a mounting assembly for attaching medical equipment to a patient table. In one particular embodiment, the present disclosure provides a mounting assembly for attaching a magnetic field generator to a patient table. The mounting assembly allows for the secure attachment of the magnetic field generator to the patient table while also allowing for easy adjustment of the positioning and location of the magnetic field generator, even after the patient is on the table. In many embodiments the mounting assembly is comprised of a mounting apparatus that attaches directly to the patient table and first and second side rails that attach to the magnetic field generator and are configured to slidably attach to the mounting apparatus. In some embodiments, the mounting apparatus and side rails are constructed of a material that provides little or no interference with the magnetic field generator. |
| US10448858B2 |
Indwelling radio frequency coils for intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging
Radio frequency (“RF”) coil assemblies for use in local magnetic resonance imaging (“MRI”) of tissues in a subject or patient in an intraoperative setting are provided. One or more RF coils are coupled to an absorbent member. A connecting element is coupled to the RF coil(s) or the absorbent member. When connected to the RF coil(s), the connecting element includes a wired connector that communicates signals between the RF coil(s) and an RF controller. The RF coil assemblies can be made to be disposable. |
| US10448852B2 |
System and method for non-invasive autonomic nerve activity monitoring
A system and method for monitoring nerve activity in a subject. The system includes a plurality of electrodes placed in proximity to skin of the subject, an amplifier electrically connected to the electrodes and configured to generate a plurality of amplified signals corresponding to electrical signals received from the subject through the electrodes, and a signal processor. The signal processor applies a high-pass filter to the amplified signals to generate filtered signals from the amplified signals, identifies autonomic nerve activity in the plurality of filtered signals; and generates an output signal corresponding to the filtered signals. The high-pass filter attenuates a plurality of the amplified signals having frequencies that correspond to heart muscle activity during a heartbeat. |
| US10448849B2 |
Contextual heart rate monitoring
A method and system for contextual heart rate monitoring are disclosed. In a first aspect, the method comprises calculating a heart rate using a detected ECG signal and detecting an activity level. In a second aspect, the system comprises a wireless sensor device coupled to a user via at least one electrode, wherein the wireless sensor device includes a processor and a memory device coupled to the processor, wherein the memory device stores an application which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to calculate a heart rate using a detected ECG signal and to detect an activity level. |
| US10448847B2 |
System and method for camera-based heart rate tracking
A system and method for camera-based heart rate tracking. The method includes: determining bit values from a set of bitplanes in a captured image sequence that represent the HC changes; determining a facial blood flow data signal for each of a plurality of predetermined regions of interest (ROIs) of the subject captured by the images based on the HC changes; applying a band-pass filter of a passband approximating the heart rate to each of the blood flow data signals; applying a Hilbert transform to each of the blood flow data signals; adjusting the blood flow data signals from revolving phase-angles into linear phase segments; determining an instantaneous heart rate for each the blood flow data signals; applying a weighting to each of the instantaneous heart rates; and averaging the weighted instantaneous heart rates. |
| US10448845B2 |
Strain sensing element, having a first and second magnetic layer and a third layer that is antiferrimagnetic
According to one embodiment, a strain sensing element provided on a deformable substrate includes: a first magnetic layer; a second magnetic layer; a spacer layer; and a bias layer. Magnetization of the second magnetic layer changes according to deformation of the substrate. The spacer layer is provided between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer. The second magnetic layer is provided between the spacer layer and the bias layer. The bias layer is configured to apply a bias to the second magnetic layer. |
| US10448843B1 |
Flow detection
Methods and systems are provided for measuring the flow of fluid (e.g., blood) in vasculature of a human by heating the fluid in a portion of the vasculature and detecting the temperature of fluid in and/or tissue proximate to a downstream portion of the vasculature. The blood is heated by emitting energy through an external body surface into the portion of vasculature. The temperature of the downstream portion of vasculature is detected by an infrared sensor receiving infrared light from the body and/or a temperature sensor in thermally conductive contact with the body. The flow of fluid in the portion of vasculature can be determined by determining a latency between a change in the detected temperature relative to a change in the emitted energy, by determining a difference between the detected temperature and a detected temperature of another portion of the body, or by some other method. |
| US10448841B2 |
Method and system for monitoring hemodynamics
A system for monitoring hemodynamics of a subject is disclosed. The system comprises: a signal generating system configured for providing at least an output electric signal and transmitting the output signal to an organ of the subject. The system also comprises a demodulation system configured for receiving an input electrical signal sensed from the organ responsively to the output electric signal, and for modulating the input signal using the output signal to provide an in-phase component and a quadrature component of the input signal. The system also comprises a processing system configured for monitoring the hemodynamics based on the in-phase and the quadrature components. |
| US10448835B2 |
Contactless system and method for assessing tissue viability and other hemodynamic parameters
A contactless system for assessing tissue viability and other hemodynamic parameters includes one or more light sources configured to emit lights at a predetermined wavelength sensitive to hemoglobin concentration associated with spontaneous hemodynamic oscillations at tissue in a predetermined area of a human subject. One or more polarizers are each coupled to one or more of the one or more light sources and are configured to polarize the light to a polarized state such that the polarized light in the polarized state diffuses into the tissue in the predetermined area at a predetermined depth and the polarized light is maintained in the polarized state at the predetermined depth. One or more detectors each including a detector polarizer coupled thereto are configured to discriminate the light maintained in the polarized state and at the predetermined depth and are configured to generate a plurality of frames of the tissue in the predetermined area at the predetermined depth. A controller is coupled to the one or more light sources and the one or more detectors. The controller is configured to: acquire the plurality of frames, select a region of interest having the same coordinates for each of the plurality of frames, average the number of pixels within each region of interest to create a raw reference signal, detrend the raw reference signal to create a detrended raw reference signal, perform frequency domain analysis of the detrended raw reference signal, identify a frequency band of interest associated with the spontaneous hemodynamic oscillations, and perform an inverse fast Fourier transform within the frequency band of interest to generate a reference signal indicative of blood volume oscillations at a selected spontaneous hemodynamic oscillation. For each sample of the reference signal at a predetermined point in time, the controller multiplies the sample by each pixel of a frame at the same predetermined point in time to generate a three-dimensional coordinate matrix including a plurality of correlation matrix frames at each predetermined point in time. The controller adds the plurality of correlation matrix frames at each predetermined point in time to generate a two-dimensional hemodynamic map indicative of the strength of the spontaneous hemodynamic oscillation to assess the viability of the tissue in the predetermined area. |
| US10448831B2 |
Wearable sensor
A wearable health sensor and methods of operating the same are herein described, the wearable health sensor and methods of operation having a variety of clinical and non-clinical uses. |
| US10448827B2 |
Ophthalmologic imaging apparatus
An ophthalmologic imaging apparatus that includes a first optical system, a first driver, and a first focus controller. The first optical system includes a first focus lens and a diopter correction lens, and guides light from a subject's eye to a first light receiving element. The first focus lens is movable along the optical axis of a first optical path. The diopter correction lens is insertable into and removable from the first optical path. The first driver moves the first focus lens. The first focus controller executes mutually different focus control of the first driver in a removed state in which the first diopter correction lens is removed from the first optical path and in an inserted state in which the diopter correction lens is inserted into the first optical path. |
| US10448819B2 |
Method for designing, evaluating and optimizing ophthalmic lenses and laser vision correction
The present invention relates generally to lens design and, more particularly, to a method for designing, evaluating and optimizing ophthalmic lenses and laser vision correction in order to optimally manage issues resulting from, or related to, halos. |
| US10448817B2 |
Endoscopic device incorporating diode laser for PDD, PDT, and AF applications
Endoscopic device incorporating diode lasers for use in PDD, PDT and AF applications. Devices according to the invention do not require an external light source, bulb lamp, or light delivery cables. Multiple laser diodes and multiple wavelengths can be employed in continuous or pulsed applications for simultaneous multi-mode diagnostic readout or simultaneous diagnostic readout and treatment. |
| US10448812B2 |
Surgical trocars and image acquisition method using the same
Surgical trocars, and image acquisition method using the same, include a body having a passage configured to receive at least one surgical instrument, and at least one camera movably coupled to an outer wall of the body. |
| US10448811B2 |
Medical device introduction and imaging system, and associated method
A medical device introduction system is adapted to be at least partially insertable into an interior body region of a patient. The system includes a medical imager including a body member having a handle, an elongate member extending from the handle, an imaging device carried at a distal portion of the elongate member, and an introducer enclosing the elongate member. A manipulator is configured for imparting displacement of the introducer to form an angled end portion to define a line of sight extending from the angled end portion. The manipulator is further configured for altering the line of sight to increase a viewing angle of the imaging device. |
| US10448809B2 |
Protective sheath for an endoscope
A protective sheath for an endoscope includes an elongated shaft with a longitudinal bore extending from a proximal opening at the shaft proximal end to a distal opening at the shaft distal end. The longitudinal bore is sized for receiving an endoscope tube inserted axially into the bore. The shaft distal end includes a shovel-shaped portion comprising a bowl, a bowl rim having a flange portion, and a distal cutting edge for dividing soft tissue a surgical procedure. The surfaces of the shovel-shaped portion are adapted for retracting soft tissue during such a procedure. |
| US10448806B2 |
Endoscope designs and methods of manufacture
Various embodiments of the present invention comprise endoscopes for viewing inside a cavity of a body such as a vessel like a vein or artery. These endoscopes may include at least one solid state emitter such as a light emitting diode (LED) that is inserted into the body cavity to provide illumination therein. Certain embodiments of the invention comprise disposable endoscopes that can be fabricated relatively inexpensively such that discarding these endoscopes after a single use is cost-effective. The endoscope may comprise a lens holder on a distal end of the endoscope for collection of light reflected from surfaces within the body in which the endoscope is inserted. This lens holder may have an inner cavity through which light passes along an optical path. Reflective surfaces on sidewalls of the inner cavity may direct light along this optical path. The endoscope may further comprise an elongated support structure for supporting a plurality of lenses disposed along the optical path. This optical path may lead to a detector onto which images are formed. |
| US10448804B2 |
Video laryngoscope and video laryngoscope insertion section
A video laryngoscope and elongate laryngoscope insertion section for a video laryngoscope, comprising a viewing port through which an imaging device within the insertion section can obtain images of a larynx, the insertion section extending between a distal end for insertion into a subject and an opposite proximal end, and having an inferior surface and an opposed superior surface, wherein the insertion section comprises a proximal region where the insertion section extends through a subject's teeth in use, a distal region extending to the distal end and an intermediate region therebetween, wherein the inferior surface of the insertion section comprises or consists of a curved region which extends from the proximal region through the intermediate region to the distal region, wherein the curved region of the inferior surface is continuously longitudinally curved along the length of the longitudinally curved region and wherein the longitudinal curvature of the curved region of the inferior surface varies in the intermediate region. Markings on an elongate laryngoscope insertion can be used to monitor depth of insertion and to indicate a path by which an endotracheal tube should be inserted. |
| US10448803B2 |
Endoscopic surgery device
An endoscopic surgery device that can easily acquire an image desired by a surgeon, and that has high operability. The endoscopic surgery device includes: an outer tube body that penetrates through a body wall to be inserted into a body cavity; an endoscope insertion path that is provided inside the outer tube body; a treatment tool insertion path that is provided inside the outer tube body; an endoscope drive unit that has a non-operating area where an endoscope insertion part inserted into the endoscope insertion path is not moved, and an operating area where the endoscope insertion part is moved; a position sensor that detects a movement amount of treatment tool insertion part with respect to the outer tube body; and a control unit that controls the endoscope drive unit in accordance with the movement amount of the treatment tool insertion part, detected by the position sensor. |
| US10448799B2 |
Sponge having an open cavity
The present invention relates to a sponge (20) including at least one cavity (22), distinct from the pores of the sponge 5 (20), capable of allowing the introduction of a liquid inside the sponge (20) to impregnate the sponge (20), the cavity (22) preferably having a bottom (24) inside the sponge (20), and emerging on the other hand on a surface (26) of the sponge (20) while forming an opening (28) such that the maximum distance between two points of the contour of the opening (28) is comprised between 3, preferably 5, still more preferably 8, and 25, preferably 20, still more preferably 15 mm or still more preferably 12 mm. |
| US10448798B2 |
Floor brush assembly for upright vacuum cleaner and upright vacuum cleaner with the same
A floor brush assembly for an upright vacuum cleaner (1) and an upright vacuum cleaner (1) with the same are disclosed. The floor brush includes a brushroll (11); a motor (22) driving the brushroll (11) to roll via a drive belt (13) that is winded upon a motor shaft (221) of the motor (22) and a central part of the brushroll (11); and a brushroll casing (12) provided outside the brushroll (11), having a dust suction port and defining a brushroll air-suction channel (122) and a drive-belt mounting chamber (123) for mounting the drive belt, in which the brushroll air-suction channel (122) comprises a first air-suction channel (1221) and a second air-suction channel (1222) located at both sides of the drive-belt mounting chamber (123). |
| US10448792B2 |
Hand hygiene
A system, method, and apparatus for preventing one with dirty hands from entering or exiting an area without first using a hand washing system. Typical uses would be in hospitals, where patients are endangered by health care workers who may propagate microorganisms and thus illness from patient to patient. The subject technology seeks to stop one from passing by having a barrier block passage. Overrides for bypass system on an emergency basis or when hands are otherwise necessarily occupied, such as in carrying a tray or other objects. Sensors detect presence of obstructions in the movement of the barrier. Further, the barrier may be broken should an emergency arise. Current implementation presumes that one's hands are dirty, and thus entry or exit is initially denied. Once hand washing has occurred, then entry or exit is allowed. |
| US10448789B2 |
Foldable bottom wiper
A foldable bottom wiper. The foldable bottom wiper includes a wiper head having a paper contact surface extending from a base, and a handle extending from the head. The paper contact surface has a recess into which toilet paper can be tucked. In use, toilet paper can be placed over the contact surface and secured thereto by tucking part of the paper into the recess whereby the papers are secured to the head while paper on the head is wiped over part of a bottom to be cleaned with the contact surface of the head facing generally upwards, and the soiled paper being removed by facing the head generally downwards and allowing the papers to fall off under gravity. |
| US10448788B1 |
Cutting board with removable, repositionable, retaining sides
A new cutting and chopping board assembly has edges with attachments and removable and repositionable sides with complementary attachments on or in the sides for attaching the sides to the edges of the cutting and chopping board. The sides trap cut and chopped pieces within the sides on the cutting and chopping board. The sides are selectively slidable and repositionable along the edges of the cutting and chopping board. Grooves in edges of the board hold magnets or magnetically attractable material such as stainless steel. The sides hold complementary attachments of magnetically attractable material such as stainless steel or magnets. The attachments and complementary attachments may both be magnets. A tongue and groove embodiment employs grooves in edges of the cutting and chopping board and tongues extending from the sides that extend into the grooves. One or more sides may be removed or slid rearward for cutter or chopper access. |
| US10448780B2 |
Beverage brewing unit particularly for machines for preparing beverages from capsules
A beverage brewing unit such as for machines for preparing beverages from capsules is disclosed and includes a casing and capsule enclosing and insertion assemblies. Methods of producing and using same are also disclosed. |
| US10448778B2 |
Beverage apparatus and method
A beverage apparatus, system and methods for use are provided. The apparatus includes a pressure vessel configured to receive a flexible bag for containing a beverage. A pressure release valve is connected to the bag, and a pressure source connected to the pressure vessel. A temperature adjustment device is also provided to adjust temperature within the pressure vessel. A controller controls the temperature adjustment device and the pressure source to achieve a desired temperature and pressure within the pressure vessel according to a current mode of the apparatus, where the current mode is selected from a plurality of modes. |
| US10448775B2 |
Juice extractor
The present invention relates to a juice extractor. The juice extractor includes: a main body; a housing; a cover; a mesh drum; and a feed screw, wherein a rotary cutting member is provided below the feed screw so that the rotary cutting member is rotated together with the rotation of the feed screw, whereby when the rotary cutting member is rotated, the lower end surface of the rotary cutting member grazes the upper end surface of the draff descending hole while intersecting the upper end surface of the draff descending hole so as to perform a cutting operation. |
| US10448772B1 |
Mailbox protector
A mailbox protection device is provided. The device may include an angular deflection surface. The angular deflection surface may include a first planar deflection panel and a second planar deflection panel contiguous along a linear vertex. The linear vertex may be directed toward, for example, oncoming traffic to deflect impacting snow away from a mailbox. The impacting snow may come from passing snowplows, for instance. The device may also include a receiving channel. The receiving channel can be defined in the linear vertex extending through the device from an opening at a top end of the linear vertex to an opening at a bottom end of the linear vertex. The receiving channel may receivably cooperate with a known fence post to anchor the device in the ground. |
| US10448766B2 |
Tablecloth
A tablecloth. The tablecloth includes a flexible base having a perimeter edge, wherein the perimeter edge includes a securement member therein for removably securing the base to a table surface, such that a lower surface of the base rests flush against the table surface. The base further includes a plurality of inserts embedded within the base at intervals, wherein the inserts conform to an edge of the table to further secure and align the base with the table surface. |
| US10448757B2 |
Accordion folding display hutch
A multiple shelf display hutch is provided that can be made from a single die cut blank. The blank comprises three or more vertical panels separated by vertical fold lines, the number of vertical panels equaling the number of sides of the hutch. The hutch may have three sides, four sides, six sides or any suitable number of sides. The layers/shelves may be vertically arranged so that their sides align vertically or may be offset from each other (rotated horizontally with respect to each other) in what may be referred to as “twisted” configuration. |
| US10448753B2 |
Insulated glass unit
An insulated glass unit (20) is described and includes at least first and second glass pane (22, 32) and an optional third glass pane (42). Any one or more of the glass panes (22, 32, 42) may have a thickness of less than or equal to about 0.7 mm. In some instances, any one or more of the glass panes may form part of an electronic display. The insulated glass unit (20) has a lower mass and an improved thermal performance compared to a conventional triple pane insulated glass unit, and is particularly suited for use in a display cooler door. |
| US10448744B2 |
Chair
A folding chair may include a frame that is configured to transition the folding chair between use and storage positions. A seat base may be pivotally coupled thereto at a first particular length from a front end and a receiving portion may be disposed in an upper surface. The receiving portion may include left and right lateral edges, front and rear longitudinal edges, and a depth. The padding material may be disposed in the receiving portion and may have a lateral dimension related to a distance between the front and the rear longitudinal edges, a longitudinal dimension related to a distance between the front and the rear longitudinal edges, and a thickness related to the depth. The padding layer may cover a majority of a top surface of the padding material and of the upper surface. The cover may retain the padding material and the padding layer relative to the seat base. |
| US10448743B2 |
Crip and cord
A clip has an engagement portion including: a first arm with a first claw at the top end side; a second arm with a second claw at the top end side; and a bottom provided at the respective base end sides of the first arm and the second arm. Projections of the first claw and the second claw defines a left-right width of a mouth. A third claw projects into the retaining space at a position closer to the base end of the first arm, and a fourth claw is provided which projects into the retaining space at a position closer to the base end of the second arm. The third claw is narrower than the first claw in their widths along a front-back direction orthogonal to the depth direction of the retaining space extending from the mouth to the bottom and the left-right width direction of the mouth. |
| US10448737B2 |
Locking device and enclosure using the same
A locking device includes a first side plate and a first driven screw. The first side plate includes a first moving track with a first driving member extending along the first moving track and a first driven screw includes a first threaded rod; and a first follower mounted to an end of the first threaded rod and coupling with the first driving member. When the first driven screw moves along the first moving track, the first follower is driven to rotate by the first driving member, thereby driving the first threaded rod to rotate along a locking direction or an unlocking direction. An enclosure is further disclosed. |
| US10448734B2 |
Table and lectern furniture system
A table assembly comprising a table including a top member and at least a first leg support member, the top member forming a substantially flat top surface and circumscribed by an outer edge, the at least one leg support member supporting the top member in a substantially horizontal position, a table dock secured to the top member and forming an elongated channel having a dock length dimension and at least a first display panel circumscribed by a panel edge and having at least one straight edge having a panel length dimension, the dock length dimension less than panel length dimension, wherein at least a portion of the straight edge of the panel is receivable within the dock channel with the panel extending out the open first and second ends of the channel to support the panel in a substantially upright orientation with at least a portion of the display panel extending to a height above the flat top surface. |
| US10448729B2 |
Oral care device having a pump-free fluid delivery system
A powered oral care apparatus (2) has a pump-free fluid delivery system for delivering one or more fluids to the oral cavity of a user. The oral care apparatus may employ an oral care assembly (30) that has a capsule member (38) for delivering fluid through a number of openings (31, 46) in response to movement of a head (4) of the oral care apparatus. The oral care apparatus may also employ an oral care assembly (62) having a diaphragm member (84) and a mass member (88) coupled thereto wherein, in response to motion being imparted to the brushhead, the mass member and diaphragm member generate a pumping force to cause fluid to be delivered out of the oral care assembly. |
| US10448728B1 |
Wearable item carrier
An item carrier includes a body having a front side defining an item storage area capable of removably holding an item to be stored and a belt fastener member. The belt fastener member is attached to the body and is configured to fasten to a belt in such a way that the belt fastener member forms a loop around the belt and adheres to the belt. |
| US10448727B2 |
Cosmetic facial mask
A cosmetic facial mask is described, having high fitting properties onto skin, an excellent skin tightening effect, and an excellent lift-up effect on a flaccid cheek or face line. The cosmetic facial mask includes a laminate in which a non-elastomeric fiber layer and an elastomer layer are integrated through lamination, and has stretchability in a vertical direction of a face. |
| US10448724B1 |
Back cream applicator
The back cream applicator is configured for use with a therapeutic liquid such as a lotion or cream. The back cream applicator applies the therapeutic liquid to a person. The back cream applicator is configured for self-application of the therapeutic liquid. The back cream applicator is configured to extend the reach of the person such that the therapeutic liquid can be applied to locations that are otherwise difficult to reach. The back cream applicator comprises a telescopic handle, a cleansing head, a pump, and a refillable reservoir. The cleansing head applies the therapeutic liquid to the person. The refillable reservoir contains a stock of the therapeutic liquid for use by the cleansing head. The pump is a mechanical device that transports the therapeutic liquid to the cleansing head. The telescopic handle is an extension apparatus that extends the reach of the person. |
| US10448723B1 |
Polish curing assembly
A polish curing assembly for curing and hardening nail polish includes a stand is that may be rolled along a support surface. A light emitting unit is coupled to the stand and the light emitting unit is positionable above a person's hand whose nails have been polished. The light emitting unit emits electromagnetic radiation when the light emitting unit is turned on to cure polish on the nails. |
| US10448721B1 |
Hairstyling cap
A hairstyling cap devised to achieve a beach wave hairstyle without the use of a curling iron or flat iron or the application of a permanent wave solution to the hair by providing a flexible cap body and flexible spiral hairstyling rods insertable within the cap body and interconnected by drawstrings disposed through a longitudinal conduit of each hairstyling rod. As the drawstrings are pulled away from the cap body through respective apertures in a casing and are secured together, the hairstyling rods, attached to the wearer's hair strands, collapse condition to “scrunch” the wearer's hair for a beach wave hairstyle. |
| US10448715B2 |
Modular umbrella
A modular umbrella includes a fixed hub device mounted on a top end of a post and a runner device slideably mounted to the post. The fixed hub device is detachably coupled with four, six, or eight rib seats for coupling with a corresponding number of ribs. A corresponding number of stretchers is detachably mounted between the ribs and the rib seats. Thus, the modular umbrella can be assembled to include four, six, or eight ribs and can be arranged to support a square or rectangular canopy. |
| US10448712B2 |
Size-adjustable fashion accessory
A size-adjustable fashion accessory includes an elongated strap having a plurality of catch features, such as raised or depressed features, disposed at spaced locations along a length of the elongated strap. A retainer is disposed at a first end section of the elongated strap that is configured to receive an opposing second end section of the elongated strap to form a loop configuration. The retainer includes an engagement element that resiliently deforms against at least one of the plurality of catch features upon insertion or removal of the second end section, providing a tactile engagement, such as a click or snap, when adjusting the size of the loop configuration. The size-adjustable fashion accessory may include a decorative charm accessory or the like that may be adapted to engage the elongated strap at various locations along its length or at the retainer. |
| US10448711B2 |
Accessory contacts
A first connector assembly may be connectable to a second connector assembly using a sliding attachment process, in which a front portion of the first connector assembly is inserted into an end of a slot in the second connector assembly and slides laterally along the slot until electrical contacts on the two connector assemblies are aligned. Electrical contacts of the first connector assembly may be biased proud to make contact with recessed electrical contacts in the second connector assembly. A retraction mechanism may be provided to retract the electrical contacts of the first connector assembly during lateral sliding. An interlock mechanism may be provided to prevent unwanted operation of the retraction mechanism. |
| US10448709B2 |
Side release buckle device
A side release buckle device that has a male member and a female member. The female member has a housing, a catch assembly and at least one contact point. The male member is capable of interlocking with the female member and has an arm assembly, a catch assembly and at least one contact point. At least one switch is formed by the contact between the contact point of the male member and the contact point of the female member. An electrical circuit traverses the female and male member, such that when the members are “locked” together the switch is closed and when the members are apart the switch is open. The electrical circuit has a series of wires, a source of electrical energy, a currently limiting resistor, at least one switch and an electrical element (e.g. light source). |
| US10448704B2 |
Plate with foam for footwear
A sole structure for an article of footwear having an upper includes an outsole, a plate disposed between the outsole and the upper, and a first cushioning layer. The plate includes an anterior-most point disposed in a forefoot region of the sole structure, a posterior-most point disposed closer to a heel region of the sole structure than the anterior-most point, and a concave portion extending between the anterior-most point and the posterior-most point. The concave portion includes a constant radius of curvature from the anterior-most point to a metarsophalangeal (MTP) point of the sole structure. The MTP point opposes the MTP joint of a foot during use. The first cushioning layer is disposed between the concave portion and the upper. |
| US10448703B2 |
Footwear sole structure with compliant membrane
A sole structure for an article of footwear includes an outsole and a membrane layer. The outsole has a plurality of protrusions that extend from a base layer. The membrane layer extends between the plurality of protrusions and includes at least a portion that is separated from the base layer by a distance. The membrane layer forms an outer surface of the article of footwear, and is configured to elastically deform toward the base layer in response to an applied force. |
| US10448702B2 |
Sole structure with progressively adaptive stiffness
A sole structure for an article of footwear comprises a sole plate including a foot support portion with a foot-facing surface and a ground-facing surface. An opening extends through the foot support portion from the foot-facing surface to the ground-facing surface. The sole plate includes a bridge portion underlying the opening and secured to the foot support portion fore and aft of the opening. The sole structure includes a piston that has a body and a support arm extending transversely from the body. The body extends through the opening. The support arm is supported on the bridge portion, trapped below the ground-facing surface by the foot support portion, and extends under the ground-facing surface at medial and lateral sides of the opening. |
| US10448696B2 |
Decorative slipper with changeable animal faces
The decorative slipper 10 includes a pocket opening 70 for reception of a person's foot therein. Pocket 70 is comprised of two toe receiving sections, a first section 70a and a second section 70b. The flap 20 is movable to the first position 50 wherein the flap 20 covers the first face 12 and body of the slipper while exposing the second face 16, and the flap opening 40 is aligned with pocket opening 70. In order to align the wearer's foot with the second face 16, the wearer places his toe section in the second section 70b of pocket 70. The flap 20 is also movable to a second position 60 wherein, the flap 20 covers the second face 16 and body of the slipper while exposing the first face 12, and the flap opening 40 is aligned with pocket opening 70. In order to align the wearer's foot with the first face 12, the wearer places his toe section in the first section 70a of pocket 70. In this manner, the pocket 70 allows the wearer to use the same pocket 70 to walk in two different directions depending on whether animal face 12 is uncovered or animal face 16 is uncovered by movable flap 20. |
| US10448692B2 |
Sensor assisted head mounted displays for welding
Sensor assisted head mounted displays for welding are disclosed. Disclosed example head mounted devices include an optical sensor, an augmented reality controller, a graphics processing unit, and a semi-transparent display. The optical sensor collects an image of a weld environment. The augmented reality controller determines a simulated object to be presented in a field of view, a position in the field of view, and a perspective of the simulated object in the field of view. The graphics processing unit renders the simulated object based on the perspective to represent the simulated object being present in the field of view and in the weld environment. The display presents the rendered simulated object within the field of view based on the position. At least a portion of the weld environment is observable through the display and the lens when the display is presenting the rendered simulated object. |
| US10448691B2 |
Football helmet with movable flexible section
A protective helmet comprises a shell comprising a non-linear slit at least partially surrounding and defining a flexible section movable relative to the shell. The helmet further comprises an energy absorbing layer contacting an inner surface of the shell and an inner surface of the flexible section. Internal padding is operably coupled to the energy absorbing layer. The shell has a perimeter, and the non-linear slit does not extend to the perimeter of the shell. The flexible section moves relative to the shell upon the helmet receiving an impact energy to dampen the impact energy. |
| US10448690B2 |
Systems for flexible facemask structures
A protective facemask for a helmet includes one or more compression portions. In one aspect, a facemask of a plurality of arcuately curved bars includes a frame portion and lateral bars configured to extend across the frontal opening of the helmet and join to the frame portion at terminal ends. The lateral bars include one or more compression portions which are more compliant to a given force than other portions of the plurality of arcuately curved bars. A compression portion may include a first material that is less rigid than a second material forming the other portions of the arcuately curved bars. A compression portion may further include first and second zones, with the first zone being more compliant to the given force than the second zone. Such compression portions may be positioned within the lateral bars near the point of joining with the frame. |
| US10448685B2 |
Protective apparel and support apparatus and method of use
A protective apparel support system is disclosed comprising a support frame configured to rest on the shoulders of a wearer, the support having a first shoulder member, a second shoulder member and a shield engagement portion. A shield is selectively coupleable to the support and protective apparel is coupled to the shield. |
| US10448669B2 |
Non-tobacco product having polyurethane structural fibers
A smokeless tobacco product includes smokeless tobacco and structural fibers. The structural fibers forming a network in which the smokeless tobacco is entangled. The structural fibers have a composition different from the smokeless tobacco. The tobacco-entangled fabric can have an overall oven volatiles content of at least 10 weight percent. In some embodiments, the structural fibers form a nonwoven network. In some embodiments, fibrous structures of the smokeless tobacco are entangled with the structural fibers. |
| US10448663B2 |
Coffee roaster
The present invention relates to a coffee roaster having a housing, a supporting plate located within the housing, a drum chamber located at one side of the supporting plate within the housing, a first support for supporting the drum chamber, and a second support for supporting the drum chamber. The supporting plate may include a heater. The first support may be adjacent to the outer circumferential surface of the drum chamber. The second support may be adjacent to the outer circumferential surface of the drum chamber and be spaced apart from the first support by a predetermined distance. As the drum chamber rotates by receiving a driving force for rotation from the first supporting unit, the drum chamber can be rotated without being obstructed by the heater. |
| US10448656B2 |
Frozen food product dispensing machines having removable spigots
A frozen food product dispensing machine includes a housing, a freezer barrel, a cover extending over the opening of the freezer barrel, wherein the cover defines a passage fluidly coupled to a food product volume, a spigot disposed within the passage and translatable along a longitudinal axis between a first position and a second position, the spigot including an actuator interface, and an actuator selectively coupled to the spigot by the actuator interface, wherein the spigot prevents a flow of food product through the passage when in the first position and allows the flow of food product through the passage when in the second position, wherein the actuator is configured to selectively move the spigot between the first position and the second position in response to a user input, and wherein the spigot is configured to be selectively decoupled from the actuator by rotating the spigot about the longitudinal axis. |
| US10448646B2 |
Attracting tool
The present invention provides an attracting tool that is convenient, inexpensive, and useful for hunting. The present invention provides an attracting tool comprising an exothermic composition and an attractant, the exothermic composition containing an oxidation accelerator having an iodine adsorption number of not more than 700 g/kg, an oxidizable metal powder, and water, wherein at least the exothermic composition is housed in an air-permeable container bag. |
| US10448644B2 |
Fungicide composition for natural fibers and natural fiber components
A method for producing a natural fiber part may comprise applying an aqueous solution of an inorganic aluminum salt to the natural fiber part and drying the natural fiber part applied with the aqueous solution. The aqueous solution may contain the aluminum salt in a concentration of 2 to 40% by weight. The aluminum salt may include an alum compound. At least one of an inorganic thickening agent or an inorganic stabilizing agent may be added to the aqueous solution. |
| US10448642B2 |
Composition for preparing emulsion or microemulsion
A composition for preparing an emulsion or microemulsion, the composition including the following components (A) to (D): component (A): an active ingredient having a solubility in water at 20° C. of 200 ppm or less; component (B): a water-insoluble solvent having no alcohol group; component (C): at least one nonionic surfactant selected from the group consisting of a polyoxyalkylene alkyl ether, a polyoxyalkylene alkenyl ether, a polyoxyalkylene alkyl amino ether, and a polyoxyalkylene alkenyl amino ether; and component (D): a monohydric alcohol having 8 to 12 carbon atoms. |
| US10448639B2 |
Fungicidal pyrazoles
Disclosed are compounds of Formula 1, including all geometric and stereoisomers, N-oxides, and salts thereof, wherein Q1 is a phenyl ring, naphthalenyl ring system, a 5- to 6-membered fully unsaturated heterocyclic ring or an 8- to 10-membered heteroaromatic bicyclic ring system, each as described with optional substituents as defined in the disclosure; Q2 is a phenyl ring, a naphthalenyl ring system, a 5- to 6-membered saturated, partially unsaturated or fully unsaturated heterocyclic ring, or an 8- to 10-membered heteroaromatic bicyclic ring system, each as described with optional substituents as defined in the disclosure; X is O, S(O)m, NR4, CR15R16, C(═O) or C(═S); and R1, R1a, R2, R4, R15, R16 and m are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are compositions containing the compounds of Formula 1 and methods for controlling plant disease caused by a fungal pathogen comprising applying an effective amount of a compound or a composition of the invention. Also disclosed are compounds of Formula 2, including all geometric and stereoisomers, and salts thereof, wherein X is NH; and Q1, Q2 and R2 are as defined for Formula 1; which are useful as intermediates for preparing compounds of Formula 1. |
| US10448637B2 |
Inhibitors of GRB2-associated binding protein 1 (GAB1) and methods of treating cancer using the same
Identification and evaluation of a set of first-in-class potent inhibitors targeting a new cancer target, Grb2-associated binder˜1 (GAB1), which integrates signals from different signaling pathways and is frequently over-expressed in cancer ceils. Intensive computational modeling is utilized to understand the structure of the GAB1 pleckstrin homology (PH) domain and screened five million compounds. Upon biological evaluation, several inhibitors were found that induced large conformational changes of the target structure exhibited strong selective binding to GAB1 PH domain. Particularly, these inhibitors demonstrated potent and tumor-specific cytotoxicity in breast cancer cells. This targeting GAB1 signaling may be used for cancer therapy, especially for triple negative breast cancer patients. |
| US10448632B2 |
Control of plant stress tolerance, water use efficiency and gene expression using novel ABA receptor synthetic agonists
The present invention provides methods of regulating plant stress tolerance. |
| US10448630B2 |
Tree stand blind
A tree stand hunting blind is comprised of two sides connected by a lower center portion. The blind does not have a roof and does not have a complete front wall. This allows a user to stand up and shoot a firearm or bow in any direction, including directly under the blind or directly above the blind. The bottom platform of a tree stand and the bottom portion of the blind function as a “floor” that helps hide the user from game animals below the blind. The sides of the blind break up the user's silhouette and help hide the user and the tree stand from game animals that are not directly under the blind. Each side of the blind incorporates a window with a moveable shade mechanism that allows them to be fully or partially opened or closed as needed by the user. |
| US10448626B2 |
Fishing rod holder with a top mount receptacle for receiving a device mount
A fishing rod holder includes a mounting arrangement configured to either be received by a mounting apparatus or to mount to a surface. A rod retainer is coupled to the mounting arrangement. The rod retainer includes at least one retaining wall having an outer surface and defining an inner cavity configured to receive and hold a portion of a fishing rod. A top mount receptacle is configured to receive a device mount. The top mount receptacle includes a base disposed on the outer surface of the rod retainer. The base includes a mounting surface configured for receiving a portion of the device mount. |
| US10448622B2 |
Human artificial chromosome containing human antibody lambda light chain gene and non-human animal containing the human artificial chromosome capable of genetic transmission
The present invention relates to a human artificial chromosome which is genetically transmissible to the next generation with high efficiency and the method for using the same. More specifically, the present invention relates to: a human artificial chromosome in which an about 3.5 Mb to about 1 Mb region containing an antibody λ light chain gene derived from human chromosome 22 is bound to a chromosome fragment which is transmissible to a progeny through a germ line of a non-human animal, said chromosome fragment is derived from another human chromosome; a non-human animal carrying the human artificial chromosome and an offspring thereof; a method for producing the non-human animal; a method for producing a human antibody using the nonhuman animal or an offspring thereof; and a human antibody-producing mouse carrying the human artificial chromosome. |
| US10448614B1 |
Animal feeder with removable storage wells
An animal feeder formed of a molded plastic base and a horizontally extending deck for receiving two or more water and food bowls, and legs or sidewalls secured to the deck for retaining same in an elevated position. Recesses are defined in the deck to receive a separate, molded storage container. The storage container forms wells store limited quantities of dry food, or treats, below each recess so that the food may be accessed by removing the bowl. The instant abstract is neither intended to define the invention disclosed in this specification nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way. |
| US10448612B2 |
Process for replacing a cage in a rodentcontainment system for animal husbandry
Provided are animal containment systems and components, including single-use animal containment cages and modular rack units. Also provided are methods for assembling and using components of the animal containment systems. |
| US10448607B1 |
Soybean cultivar 70311028
A soybean cultivar designated 70311028 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 70311028, to the plants of soybean cultivar 70311028, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 70311028, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 70311028. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 70311028. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 70311028, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 70311028 with another soybean cultivar. |
| US10448602B1 |
Soybean variety 5PRZQ77
A novel soybean variety, designated 5PRZQ77 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PRZQ77, cells from soybean variety 5PRZQ77, plants of soybean 5PRZQ77, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PRZQ77. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PRZQ77 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PRZQ77, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PRZQ77, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PRZQ77. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PRZQ77 are further provided. |
| US10448592B2 |
Cucumber variety NUN 52010 CUP
The invention provides a new and distinct hybrid variety of Cucumber, NUN 52010 CUP as well as seeds and plants and fruits thereof. |
| US10448585B2 |
Irrigation management via intelligent image analysis
Various arrangements for visual control of a network-enabled irrigation system are presented. In some embodiments, a video stream of an outdoor location that can include a lawn may be captured. The video stream of the outdoor location may be transmitted to a cloud-based irrigation management server system. The lawn may be monitored for a period of time using the video stream. Based on monitoring the lawn for the period of time, a visual change in a state of the lawn may be identified. Based on the visual change in the state of the lawn, an adjustment of an irrigation program of the network-enabled irrigation system may be determined. An irrigation control message may be transmitted to the network-enabled irrigation system that alters an irrigation schedule for the lawn. |
| US10448582B2 |
Method and system for agriculture field clustering and ecological forecasting
A method and system is provided for agriculture field clustering and ecological forecasting. The present application provides a method and system for agriculture field clustering and ecological forecasting based on the clustered agriculture fields, comprises capturing an absolute ground data representing a plurality of field measurements of the agriculture fields; capturing a plurality of weather conditions of the agriculture fields; generating a feature set comprising of said absolute ground data and weather data of the agriculture fields; adaptively clustering the plurality of agriculture fields based on the feature set to generate a cluster; generating a generic forecasting model for ecological forecasting comprising of common features of the feature set in said cluster; selecting at least one feature out of the feature set for generating a plurality of adaptive forecasting model based for ecological forecasting and recommending control measures to a user. |
| US10448581B2 |
Binding machine for gardening
A binding machine for gardening includes a main handle to draw out a tape, a clincher arm rotatably attached to the main handle, and a tape gripping device attached to the clincher arm to grip the tape. The tape gripping device includes a support portion, a gripping member, a gripping member urging unit, a lock member and a lock member urging unit. The support portion is provided along a drawing direction of the tape. The gripping member is provided to face the support portion. The gripping member urging unit urges the gripping member toward the support portion. The lock member is engaged with the gripping member to hold the gripping member against an urging force of the gripping member urging unit. The lock member urging unit urges the lock member in an engaging direction with the gripping member. The lock member is rotatably attached to the clincher arm. |
| US10448578B2 |
Selective automated blossom thinning
The invention relates to an end-effector device and automated selective thinning system. The system includes vision acquisition hardware, kinematic targeting and heuristic programming, a robotic arm, and a pomologically designed end-effector. The system is utilized to improve efficiency for the fruit-thinning process in a tree orchard, such as peach thinning By automating the mechanical process of fruit thinning, selective fruit-thinners can eliminate manual labor inputs and further enhance favorable blossom removal. Automation used in conjunction with a heuristic approach provides improvements to the system. The system may also be configured as a robotic arm or as a handheld system by including a battery and switching microcontroller with handle or wrist straps. Handheld thinning devices that are mechanical in nature may also be part of the system. |
| US10448574B2 |
Compression roll housing
A compression roll housing for an agricultural machine, having a side panel provided with at least one elongated aperture for receiving a shaft of a compression roll and allowing movement of the shaft within the aperture. The housing is provided with a cover plate which rotates about an axis parallel to the shaft and is provided with an indentation to partially surround the shaft. Movement of the shaft, such as along a longitudinal axis of the aperture, causes the plate to rotate to provide a cover across the aperture to prevent the escape of any material from the housing. |
| US10448563B2 |
Trash deflector
An attachment assembly for the disc of a mobile agricultural device, including a washer configured to attach to a disc of the mobile agricultural device. The washer may be attached to a center location of the disc. The washer is operatively connected to a deflector bar. The deflector bar substantially prevents debris from accumulating between the disc and a fertilizer assembly attached to the disc, as the disc rotates. The deflector bar in other embodiments, may be directly connected to a fertilizer assembly, rather than to the washer. |
| US10448562B2 |
Agricultural air cart apparatus
An agricultural air cart assembly includes individually controlled product distribution lines which allows for balanced pressures and even dispersal of air through different distribution lines of different lengths running to different sections or row units of a seeder or drill. Rotatable fans are operatively connected to corresponding first and second distribution lines and are configured to generate optimized air flows in the first and second distribution lines which entrain and carry the product downstream toward corresponding row units at balances pressures. A controller is operable to adjust the pressures of the air flows outputted by the first and second fans by adjusting the position of corresponding fan shrouds over the intakes of the first and second fans. |
| US10448561B2 |
Pneumatic seed delivery system
A pneumatic seed delivery system is provided for use with planter for row-crop planting an agricultural field in which the pneumatic seed delivery system may use high pressure air to accelerate seeds that are singulated from a seed meter to match ground speed when planting. The pneumatic seed delivery system includes an air accelerator arranged downstream of a release location of the seed meter. The air accelerator may define a pneumatic device such as an air conveyor or air amplifier that merges a primary airflow with a controllable supplemental airflow to provide a correspondingly controllable combined airflow that carries and accelerates the singulated seeds so that the seeds can be released with a rearward horizontal seed velocity component that approximates a forward ground speed of the planter to reduce seed tumble. |
| US10448556B2 |
Arrangement and method for monitoring and/or controlling the driving state of a self-propelled agricultural working machine
An arrangement for monitoring and or controlling the driving state of a self-propelled agricultural working machine comprising a variable-position interface for attaching an implement that is provided with a control device. Vehicle-specific data, a position signal regarding the position of the interface, and implement data regarding physical properties of an implement mounted on the interface can be supplied to the control device. The control device is operated to evaluate at least one the driving state of the working machine, taking into consideration the above-mentioned signals and data to control the working machine. |
| US10448555B2 |
System and method for scouting vehicle mapping
A system includes a scouting vehicle. The scouting vehicle includes a spatial location system configured to derive a geographic position of the scouting vehicle. The scouting vehicle further includes a computing device communicatively coupled to the spatial location system and to a communication system, the computing device comprising a processor configured to create a shape on a map based on a drive of the scouting vehicle. The scouting vehicle also includes the communication system configured to transmit the geographic position, a recording of the drive, the shape, or a combination thereof, to a base station. |
| US10455751B2 |
Maintenance fixture for printed circuit board assembly
A maintenance fixture for PCB′A and an operating method thereof are disclosed to mitigate the problems that the PCB′A may be scrapped upon removing a conductive adhesive. The maintenance fixture includes a cover plate and a support baseplate which is configured to support a PCB′A and provided with a stopper unit; the cover plate is movably connected to the support baseplate at a first end to be rotatable towards and away from the support baseplate, and is provided with a barrier layer at a first side which is perpendicular to the rotation direction and close to the support baseplate; the barrier layer is configured to be contacted with the PCB′A upon the cover plate being rotated towards the support baseplate to cover an electronic component zone and expose an electrode zone of the PCB′A. |
| US10455747B2 |
Additively manufactured protrusions
A computing component is described. The computing component includes a cosmetic prefabricated sheet of material. In some embodiments, the cosmetic prefabricated sheet of material may have a cosmetic surface and a protrusion surface. The computing component includes a protrusion extending from the protrusion surface of the cosmetic prefabricated sheet of material. In some embodiments, the cosmetic surface of the cosmetic prefabricated sheet of material is uniform in appearance to the naked eye. In some embodiments, the protrusion may have a base and an end. The base may have a cross-sectional width and the end may have a cross-sectional width. A difference in the cross-sectional width of the base and the cross-sectional width of the end may be less than 250 microns. |
| US10455745B2 |
Power conversion device
Disclosed is a power conversion device comprising: a case; a switching unit comprising a plurality of switches which are disposed on one side of the case; a transformer disposed on one side of the case; and a clip for fixing the plurality of switches. The clip comprises: a body part which is fixed to the case; and elastic parts which extend from the body part and are for pressing the plurality of switches to the case. The body part comprises a plurality of first through holes into which screws are coupled. And the first through holes are disposed between two adjacent elastic parts. |
| US10455741B2 |
Rack enclosure with perforations for cooling
The present examples include a rack enclosure with perforations formed within vertical rack columns. Front vertical rack columns may include front perforations formed therein. The front perforations may draw air into the rack enclosure and further into a chassis. Side plenums along the side surface of the chassis may consume less space with the use of the front perforations. The space not consumed by the side plenums may be available to accommodate a chassis of a substantial volume. The chassis may expand a substantial width of the rack enclosure to house an enlarged or a maximum number of computing components within the rack enclosure. |
| US10455740B1 |
Electronic chassis with heat exchanger
Aspects of the disclosure generally relate to at least one device for heat transfer or dissipation. The at least one device for heat transfer or dissipation can include an air-to-air heat exchanger. The air-to-air heat exchanger can include an air flow inlet and various slots to establish a flow-through air path. |
| US10455739B2 |
High-frequency connecting device with enhanced cooling efficiency of optical module
A high-frequency connecting device includes a housing, a sandwiched member, an inner heat sink, a rear heat sink, a heat pipe, a upper heat sink and a connector. The inner heat sink is disposed inside the sandwiched member. The top and the bottom of the inner heat sink respectively have a first contact portion and a second contact portion. The upper heat sink has a third contact portion. A fourth contact portion is elastically disposed on the lower cover. The first and the second optical modules are respectively inserted into the upper and the lower spaces. The top and the bottom of the first optical module are in direct contact respectively with the third contact portion and the first contact portion, while the top and the bottom of the second optical module are in direct contact respectively with the second contact portion and the fourth contact portion. |
| US10455728B2 |
Systems and methods for thermoelectrically cooling inductive charging stations
In some embodiments, a cooling system for an induction charger includes a thermal conditioning module in fluid communication with an induction charging assembly, which includes a dock and an induction charging module. The dock can be configured to receive a portable electronic device, such as a cell phone, that is configured to accept inductive charging from the induction charging module. The thermal conditioning module can include a fan or other fluid encouraging assembly, ducting, and a thermoelectric device (e.g., a Peltier device). A fluid, such as air, can flow from the fan and across and/or through the thermoelectric device, thereby conditioning the fluid. The conditioned fluid can be provided to the dock to at least partially offset the heat generated by the inductive charging and/or the portable electronic device. |
| US10455727B1 |
Apparatus, system, and method for cooling network devices via unused power supply slots
The disclosed apparatus may include may include (1) an active power supply blank that (A) fits within a power supply slot of a network device that forwards network traffic and (B) generates airflow that cools the network device and (2) a power interface that electrically couples the active power supply blank to the network device, wherein the power interface enables the active power supply blank to (A) draw electrical power from the network device and (B) generate the airflow that cools the network device using the electrical power drawn from the network device. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed. |
| US10455726B2 |
Modular cooling
A connection assembly is provided herein. The connection assembly includes a liquid connection and an air connection. The liquid connection is positioned in a first location to receive a liquid cooling system. The air connection is positioned in a second location to receive an air cooling system. The liquid connection and the air connection to provide the interface between an electronic system and the liquid cooling system and the electronic system and the air cooling system, wherein the interface is independent of the liquid cooling system and the air cooling system. |
| US10455725B1 |
Securing device for slide rail of servo cabinet
A securing device for slide rails of a servo cabinet includes a slide rail assembly and an end unit is connected to a distal end of the rail assembly. A hook unit is connected to the inside of the rail assembly and includes a hook which is pivotably connected to the rail assembly and extends through a slit of the end unit to hook to a rack post. An operation unit includes a block movably located in a groove formed on the inside of the rail assembly and biased by a spring. A tail end of the hook contacts either a top face or an inclined face defined in the top of the block so as to be positioned to hook to different shapes of holes of the rack post. The hook is released from the holes of the rack post when the block is pushed toward the end unit. |
| US10455723B2 |
Server casing
A server casing including a casing box and a partition structure is provided. The casing box includes first, second, third and fourth lateral walls connected sequentially and collectively form an accommodating space. The partition structure is detachably disposed in the casing box so as to divide the accommodating space to a plurality of areas. The partition structure includes a main partition and two main fixing sheet sets vertically extending from two opposite edges of the main partition towards opposite directions, and the two main fixing sheet sets are detachably fixed to the first and the third lateral walls of the casing box. |
| US10455722B1 |
Externally-mounted power supply containment unit
An external power supply containment unit includes a chassis configured to mount to a structure external to a rack. The external power supply containment unit further includes one or more discrete power supplies mounted in the chassis and one or more electrical connectors that are configured to couple and decouple with a power distribution system of a rack positioned adjacent to the external power supply containment unit. The electrical connectors are configured such that racks of electrical devices, such as computers, can be replaced while the external power supply containment unit remains mounted to the external structure. Additionally, discrete power supply units included in the external power supply containment unit may be re-used to provide power to electrical devices included in a replacement rack when a rack of electrical devices coupled with the external power supply containment unit is replaced. |
| US10455720B2 |
Fixing apparatus for holding circuit board in place
A fixing apparatus for holding a circuit board in place includes a cover plate, a base for supporting the circuit board thereon, a connecting assembly for hinge-coupling a first end of the cover plate to the base, and a latching assembly for latching a second end of the cover plate to the base. The circuit board is held in place between the base and the cover plate. |
| US10455711B2 |
Display device having a support leg
A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels configured to display an image, and further including a light blocking member on the pixels to define a display area and a non-display area, the light blocking member having a curvature part, and a supporting leg connected to a first surface of the display panel to support the display panel, wherein the plurality of pixels include a first pixel that does not overlap with the curvature part from a plan view, and a second pixel partial overlapping with the curvature part, wherein the first and second pixels are configured to display the image on a second surface of the display panel opposite to the first surface. |
| US10455710B2 |
Display device including a winder
A display device including: a display panel configured to display an image; and a winder configured to fix a first end portion of the display panel thereinto, wherein the winder includes a first fixing portion including a first external surface which is curved, and a second fixing portion that includes a second external surface which is curved and that faces the first external surface, wherein the first end portion of the display panel may be interposed between the first external surface and the second external surface. |
| US10455707B1 |
Connection pad for embedded components in PCB packaging
Described herein are printed circuit boards (PCBs), PCB assemblies, and methods of manufacture thereof, which allow free placement of electrical components. The PCBs may have electrical pads that may couple to components through via-based connections and without the use of solder. The electrical components may be physically attached to the PCBs through tight fitting, lamination, and/or the use of adhesives. The distance between adjacent vias may be reduced, as accidental short-circuit risks due to solder bridging and similar effects are mitigated when the soldering process is bypassed. The PCB design and component placement may be flexible as to allow the use of electrical components with custom shape and/or customized terminal placement. |
| US10455705B2 |
Apparatus, method and device for making products incorporating an RFid
A device configured for making a wire aerial of an element of radio frequency identification (RFID), which device comprises: a main body, extending along a longitudinal direction and having a longitudinal seat adapted to house a wire; a putting-wire head arranged at one end of the main body and constrained to the main body, the putting-wire head comprising: a guide element adapted to engage the wire and to deposit it onto a substrate, and which guide wire has a translational degree of freedom along the longitudinal direction with respect to the main body; and a wire-restraining element adapted to selectively abut on the guide element, wherein the putting-wire head is adapted to assume a first rest configuration, wherein the restraining element is abutted onto the guide element and the wire is retained between the restraining element and the guide element, and a second operative configuration. |
| US10455703B2 |
Method for producing a printed circuit board with an embedded sensor chip, and printed circuit board
A method for producing a printed circuit board (10) having at least one embedded sensor chip (3), in which at least one sensor face (5) and terminals (4) are arranged on a face of the chip, said method comprising the following steps: a) providing an adhesive film (1), b) printing a conductor structure (2) formed from a conductive paste onto a surface of the adhesive film, c) placing the at least one sensor chip (3) with the face comprising the at least one sensor face (5) and the terminals (4) onto the conductor structure (2) formed from a conductive paste, in an indexed manner, d) curing the conductive paste, e) applying an insulation layer (6) having a conductor layer (7) arranged thereabove to the surface of the structure, created in the previous steps, comprising the chip (3), f) laminating the structure created in the previous steps, g) structuring the conductor layer (7) and forming vias (9) from the conductor layer to conductive tracks (7b, 7c) of the conductor structure on the surface of the adhesive film, and h) removing the adhesive film (1). |
| US10455702B2 |
Method for manufacturing a multilayer structure for hosting electronics
A method for manufacturing a multilayer structure includes obtaining a first substrate film for accommodating electronics, providing circuitry on at least the second side of the first substrate film, forming the first substrate film to at least locally or more widely exhibit a selected non-planar three-dimensional shape subsequent to providing at least a portion of the circuitry on the at least the second side of the first substrate film, and melding plastic material on the first side of the first substrate film so as to at least partially cover the first side of the first substrate film. |
| US10455699B2 |
Multilayer ceramic substrate and method for manufacturing same
A multilayer ceramic substrate includes: a plurality of ceramic layers 300a, 300b stacked together; a via hole 400a, 400b provided in each of the plurality of ceramic layers, the via holes of the plurality of ceramic layers being connected together in a layer stacking direction of the plurality of ceramic layers; a via wire 406a, 406b including an electrical conductor filled into each of the via holes; a first conductor 404a, 404b provided on an upper surface of at least one of the plurality of ceramic layers, the first conductor having an annular or partially annular shape surrounding the via wire; and a second conductor 403a, 403b including a first portion and a second portion, the first portion being located outside the first conductor on the upper surface of the at least one ceramic layer, the second portion overlying the first conductor, and an inner rim of the second portion being located outside an inner rim of the first conductor, wherein a thickness of the first conductor 404a, 404b is greater than a thickness of the second conductor 403a, 403b. |
| US10455698B2 |
Load reduced memory module
The embodiments described herein describe technologies for memory systems. One implementation of a memory system includes a motherboard substrate with multiple module sockets, at least one of which is populated with a memory module. A first set of data lines is disposed on the motherboard substrate and coupled to the module sockets. The first set of data lines includes a first subset of point-to-point data lines coupled between a memory controller and a first socket and a second subset of point-to-point data lines coupled between the memory controller and a second socket. A second set of data lines is disposed on the motherboard substrate and coupled between the first socket and the second socket. The first and second sets of data lines can make up a memory channel. |
| US10455690B1 |
Grid array pattern for crosstalk reduction
A printed circuit board (PCB) assembly may include a component capable of sending or receiving high-speed differential signal pairs, a package that is connected to the component, and a PCB connected to the package. The PCB assembly may be used to support a first high-speed differential signal pair that includes a first differential signal and a second differential signal. The first differential signal may be capable of causing crosstalk onto a particular differential signal, of a second high-speed differential signal pair, while propagating through the PCB assembly. A set of interconnects may be used to intelligently route the first differential signal pair within the package and/or within the PCB. The set of interconnects may include a first interconnect to route the first differential signal away from the particular differential signal and a second interconnect to route the second differential signal toward the particular differential signal. |
| US10455688B2 |
Board level shields with virtual grounding capability
According to various aspects, exemplary embodiments are disclosed of board level shields with virtual grounding capability. In an exemplary embodiment, a board level shield includes one or more resonators configured to be operable for virtually connecting the board level shield to a ground plane or a shielding surface. Also disclosed are exemplary embodiments of methods relating to making board level shields having virtual grounding capability. Additionally, exemplary embodiments are disclosed of methods relating to providing shielding for one or more components on a substrate by using a board level shield having virtual grounding capability. Further exemplary embodiments are disclosed of methods relating to making system in package (SiP) or system on chip (SoC) shielded modules and methods relating to providing shielding for one or more components of SiP or SoC module. |
| US10455686B2 |
Clamping spring design to apply clamping force to SMT power amplifier device
A power amplifier arrangement for a motor vehicle includes a printed circuit board disposed between a housing on a first side of the printed circuit board and a heat sink on a second side of the printed circuit board. A power amplifier is mounted on the second side of the printed circuit board. A bracket is supported by the housing. A clamping spring is supported by the bracket such that the clamping spring is in biased engagement with the first side of the printed circuit board, and such that the power amplifier is pressed into engagement with the heat sink. |
| US10455678B2 |
Systems and methods for X-ray imaging
A system and method for generating X-rays are disclosed. The method may include emitting an electron beam from a cathode to a focal track of a rotating target. The method may further include deflecting the electron beam onto a first region of the focal track at a first time, and deflecting the electron beam onto a second region of the focal track at a second time. The first region of the focal track may be separated from the second region of the focal track. The method may further include generating X-rays in response to the electron beam deflected onto the first region of the focal track or onto the second region of the focal track. |
| US10455676B2 |
Transformer unit and method for operating a transformer unit
A transformer unit includes a primary side including a primary coil wound around a transformer core and a secondary side including a secondary coil wound around the core. During operation, a secondary-side actual voltage is established upon application of a primary voltage to the primary coil. The transformer unit includes a first measuring coil, wound around the transformer core, to determine a first measuring voltage; a measuring element, arranged and designed on the primary side to determine a second measuring voltage, the second measuring voltage being correlatable with the additional secondary-side voltage drop; and a controller to control operation of the transformer unit, the controller being designed to adjust the primary voltage so as to induce a secondary desired voltage in the secondary coil, and adjust the primary voltage as a function of the first measuring voltage and the second measuring voltage. |
| US10455671B2 |
System and method for decreasing energy usage of a transparent display case
An apparatus for controlling the illumination of a display case containing a plurality of products includes a housing and an access panel. The access panel hold a transparent display which is illuminated by an illumination device. A sensor is positioned to determine whether access panel is in an opened or a closed position. A processor measures the amount of time that has passed since the access panel was closed and drives the illumination device at a reduced power level accordingly. |
| US10455669B1 |
Automatic targeted illumination based on aggregate illumination from multiple light sources
Systems and methods for automatic targeted illumination based on aggregate illumination from multiple light sources are disclosed. In embodiments, a method includes: determining, by a computing device, a localized area of a defined physical location based on received location information; determining, by the computing device, a desired level of brightness for the localized area; calculating, by the computing device, an illumination level at the localized area based on current illumination levels of lighting devices within the defined physical location and locations of the lighting devices within the defined physical location; generating, by the computing device, instructions to effect a change in one or more of the lighting devices, wherein the change in the one or more lighting devices results in the desired level of brightness for the localized area; and sending, by the computing device, the instructions to at least one controller of the one or more lighting devices. |
| US10455667B2 |
Lighting control systems
A lighting controller that may be utilized with aquariums is provided. The light controller provides easy control over various lighting fixtures comprising various light sources. A user may program various lighting characteristics and effects such as the turn on or turn off date and time, the color, the brightness, the power supplied to the lighting fixtures via different user interfaces. The user programmed lighting characteristics may be wirelessly delivered to the controller over a wireless access point. |
| US10455661B2 |
Illumination apparatus and illumination control system
An illumination apparatus includes: a light emitter which emits first illumination light that is illumination light for illuminating a display, wherein the first illumination light has a correlated color temperature in a range from 4000 K to 5800 K, and u′v′ chromaticity coordinates in an XYZ colorimetric system in a range which satisfies 0.7125u′+0.3284 |
| US10455657B2 |
Systems and methods for dimming control using TRIAC dimmers
System and method for dimming control of one or more light emitting diodes. An example system includes one or more signal processing components configured to receive a first signal associated with a TRIAC dimmer, process information associated with the first signal, determine whether the TRIAC dimmer is in a first condition or a second condition, generate a second signal based on at least information associated with the first signal, and send the second signal to a switch. The one or more signal processing components are further configured to, if the TRIAC dimmer is determined to be in the first condition, generate the second signal to cause the switch to be opened and closed corresponding to a modulation frequency. |
| US10455653B1 |
LED driving circuits
An LED driving circuit for illuminating a first LED unit is provided. The LED driving circuit includes: a data latch circuit, a current source, and a PWM circuit. The data latch circuit latches a data signal according to a first latch signal to generate a first control signal. The current source generates a constant current. The PWM circuit periodically passes the constant current through the first LED unit according to the first control signal and an enable signal. |
| US10455647B2 |
Cooking apparatus and method for controlling the same
A cooking apparatus and a method for controlling the cooking apparatus are provided. The cooking apparatus includes induction heating coils that include a high power burner in which a first heating coil and a second heating coil are concentric. The cooking apparatus includes a low power burner that includes a third heating coil and a fourth heating coil, a power supply unit that includes a first AC power supply unit and a second AC power supply unit which have a different phase from each other, and a coil driving unit that provides power supplied by the first AC power supply unit to the first heating coil, and provides power supplied by the second AC power supply unit to at least one of the second heating coil, the third heating coil, and the fourth heating coil. |
| US10455640B2 |
IoT networking extension with bi-directional packet relay
An Internet of Things (IoT) device includes a transceiver to transmit and receive data packets. The IoT device also includes a controller to alternate between upstream and downstream relaying of data packets via the transceiver. |
| US10455635B2 |
Method for activating/deactivating cell in wireless communication system and device therefor
A cell activation/deactivation method in a wireless communication system and an apparatus therefor are disclosed. Specifically, a method for activating/deactivating a secondary cell (SCell) by a UE in a wireless communication system supporting carrier aggregation includes: receiving an SCell addition related message from an eNB; partially activating one or more first SCell when a partial activation related message for the first SCell from among a plurality of SCells added according to the SCell addition related message is received from the eNB; and fully activating one or more second SCell when a full activation related message for the second SCell from among the plurality of SCells added according to the SCell addition related message is received from the eNB, wherein normal SCell operations are applied to the second SCell and only some of the normal SCell operations are applied to the first SCell. |
| US10455630B2 |
Communication apparatus that communicates with another communication apparatus, control method thereof, and storage medium
An image forming apparatus 100 that can prevent an unnecessary deterioration of data transmission performance. The image forming apparatus 100 has a MTU value input screen 600 including options representing different MTU values each of which can be selected. When it is determined that a present communication mode is a second communication mode realized without directly connecting the image forming apparatus 100 and the external apparatus, the selected MTU value is set as an acceptable amount of the data to be transmitted in a communication between the image forming apparatus 100 and the external apparatus. When it is determined that the present communication mode is a first communication mode realized by directly connecting the image forming apparatus 100 and the external apparatus, a maximum transmittable amount of the data in the first communication mode is set as the acceptable amount of the data to be transmitted. |
| US10455629B2 |
Gateway, network assignment method of gateway, MME, network assignment method of MME, terminal, and network connection method of terminal in wireless communication system
A network assignment method of a gateway in a wireless communication system including a first communication network and a second communication network is provided. The method includes receiving, when a terminal is connected to the first communication network, a create session request message from a second mobility management entity associated with a second base station operating the second communication network, allocating second attach information for establishing a bearer between the gateway and the second base station based on first attach information generated for connection to the first communication network, and transmitting a create session response message including the second attach information to the second mobility management entity in response to the create session request message. |
| US10455625B2 |
Configuration of connectivity before getting into a vehicle
The configuration of a wireless communication link between a mobile device and a vehicle including authentication of the mobile device, automatic adjustment of a configuration of the mobile device for the wireless communication link on the basis of the authentication, and automatic adjustment of a configuration of the vehicle. |
| US10455624B2 |
Ordered physical random access channel resource management
Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communications and more specifically to transmission resource management for ordered physical random access channel (PRACH) signals. An example method performed by a base station generally includes providing an indication of a set of transmission resources, within a narrowband region of a wider system bandwidth, for transmitting scheduled physical random access channel (PRACH) signals by a first user equipment (UE) and transmitting a command to the first UE to transmit a scheduled PRACH. |
| US10455621B2 |
Apparatus and method for signaling system information
The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-generation (4G) system with a technology for internet of things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method for receiving system information (SI) by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes receiving, from a base station (BS), first type SI associated with SI which is essential for communication with the BS, transmitting, to the BS, a physical random access channel (PRACH) preamble based on the first type SI, receiving, from the BS, a random access response (RAR) message, and receiving, from the BS, second type SI associated with at least one SI which the UE needs. |
| US10455619B2 |
Collision mitigation of reference signals and a direct current subcarrier in wireless communication systems
The present disclosure relates to mitigating collision between reference signals and direct current subcarriers both occupying at least a same resource element of a resource block. Specifically, a UE may at least adjust a DMRS pattern within the resource block based on determining an upcoming occurrence of the collision between the DMRS and the DC subcarrier. Further, a network entity may determine that the UE should transmit the DMRS according to an adjusted DMRS pattern and transmit the adjusted DMRS pattern to the UE on a downlink communication channel. |
| US10455618B2 |
Synchronized-contention window full-duplex MAC protocol for enabling full-duplex communication in wireless local area network
An S-CW FD system includes a method of operating a local area network accessible by a plurality of local area network communication nodes, each station including transceiver means adapted to operate on a wireless electromagnetic wave transmission channel. The system includes a synchronized contention window (S-CW) full duplex (FD) protocol enabling full duplex communication in wireless local area networks (WLAN) by means of a medium access control (MAC) protocol. |
| US10455613B1 |
Reducing audio delay for mixed mode delivery of audio transmissions
Systems and methods for reducing audio delay for mixed mode delivery of audio transmissions. One example system includes a communication interface communicatively coupled to a communication network, and an electronic processor. The electronic processor is coupled to the communication interface, and configured to receive, via the communication interface, a group call request for a talkgroup. The electronic processor is configured to transmit, in response to receiving the group call request, a call grant message to a plurality of subscriber units affiliated with the talkgroup. The electronic processor is configured to determine, using a machine learning algorithm, a subset of the plurality of subscriber units based on a call grant response time, and, while a transmission hold-off timer has not expired, when a call grant response has been received from each of the subscriber units of the subset, forward an audio transmission to the subset based on the group call request. |
| US10455610B2 |
Method and apparatus for communications with carrier aggregation
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method at a base station for performing data transmission to a user equipment in a communications system supporting carrier aggregation of at least one first carrier on which a short TTI is applied and at least one second carrier on which a long TTI is applied. The method comprises transmitting at least one DL scheduling grant corresponding to data transmission to the user equipment in a DL control region of at least one of a short TTI on a first carrier and a long TTI on a second carrier and performing DL data transmission towards the user equipment in a data transmission region of a short TTI on the first carrier and in the data transmission region of a long TTI on the second carrier as indicated by the at least one DL scheduling grant. There are also provided a method for performing data transmission at a user equipment and a method for transmitting HARQ feedback at a base station or a user equipment. |
| US10455608B2 |
Control channel design for many-antenna MU-MIMO systems
Disclosed embodiments include methods for control channel design in many-antenna multi-user (MU) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) wireless systems. A beacon comprising an identifier of a many-antenna base station is encoded into a base sequence. A plurality of synchronization sequences is generated based on the encoded base sequence and a set of orthogonal beam sequences. The many-antenna base-station transmits, using a plurality of antennas, the plurality of synchronization sequences in a plurality of beam directions associated with the set of orthogonal beam sequences for synchronization and associated with users without knowledge of channel state information (CSI). |
| US10455607B2 |
Communication methods and apparatus employing rateless codes
A wireless terminal and a node employed in a wireless communications system comprise an outer coding unit configured to use a code with properties akin to Raptor codes as outer erasure codes; and an inner coding unit configured to use an LDPC code as pre-code. The wireless terminal and the node use a code with properties akin to Raptor codes as outer erasure codes, and use the LDPC code as a pre-code. |
| US10455604B2 |
Regret benefit ratio link scheduler for wireless backhaul with directional antennas
A wireless system can include a plurality of directional antennas and a scheduler scheduling multiple links between the plurality of directional antennas. The scheduler can schedule the multiple links concurrently in the same time slot based on Regret Benefit Ratio (RBR). The RBR is a single indicator combining contention for one of the directional antennas and Quality of Service (QoS). The scheduler can introduce a contention graph for the directional antennas that capture a global knowledge of interference. |
| US10455589B2 |
Apparatus and method for random access in wireless communication system
The present disclosure relates to a 5th generation (5G) or pre-5G communication system for supporting a high data transmission rate beyond a 4th generation communication system such as long term evolution (LTE). An operation method of a base station in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: receiving at least one random access preamble from at least one terminal; and transmitting at least one message including a plurality of random access responses corresponding to the at least one random access preamble. |
| US10455588B2 |
Devices and methods for resource selection in wireless communications
Devices and methods configured to receive a first information from a cell, the first information comprising boundaries of a plurality of zones of the cell, wherein each of the plurality of zones is allocated a respective set of resources; select a first zone of the plurality of zones based on a position calculated from a second information; select a second zone of the plurality of zones based on a deviation value of at least one of the position or the first information; compare a contention in resources of the first zone to a contention in resources of the second zone; and transmit a message based on the comparison. |
| US10455584B2 |
Network node and method for identifying a node in transmissions between neighbouring nodes of a network
A network node for a wireless network comprises a processor, a memory and an antenna. The network node is operable to generate a random or pseudo-random number and to assign said number as an address for identifying said node to other nodes in said network. |
| US10455582B1 |
Signaling of frequency domain resource assignment
Embodiments include a method for receiving, by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication network, an assignment of frequency-domain resources of a communication channel shared with other UEs. Such embodiments include receiving an indication of an active carrier bandwidth part (BWP) usable for communicating via the shared channel Such embodiments include selecting one or more frequency-domain resource blocks (RBs), within the active BWP, to be assigned to the UE. Such embodiments include receiving an indication of one or more assigned RBs within the active BWP, wherein the indication is encoded using a plurality of available bits that are insufficient to encode all assignable combinations of RBs within the active BWP. Such embodiments include decoding the indication to obtain the assigned RBs within the active BWP. Embodiments also include complementary methods performed by a network node, as well as network nodes and UEs configured and/or arranged to perform various methods. |
| US10455578B2 |
Apparatus, method, and computer program for frequency band selection
Apparatuses, a method, and a computer program for influencing the selection of a frequency band for wireless communication with a mobile station. Disclosed is an apparatus, method, and computer program for controlling a frequency band selection for wireless communication with a mobile station in a wireless local area network—WLAN—, wherein at least a first and a second frequency band are selectable, the first and second frequency bands each having multiple transmission channels; and having a transmission circuit for transmitting at least one command to the mobile station that asks the mobile station to change from the first to the second frequency band, or vice versa. |
| US10455573B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting and receving downlink control channel
A method of receiving a downlink control channel at a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method includes receiving information on a resource element group (REG) bundle size and information on a size of a matrix for interleaving a plurality of REGs configuring at least one control channel element (CCE) through a higher layer, determining the matrix for interleaving the plurality of REGs based on the information on the size of the matrix and the information on the REG bundle size, interleaving the plurality of REGs bundled into one or more REG bundles according to the REG bundle size using the matrix, and receiving the downlink control channel based on the plurality of interleaved REGs. |
| US10455566B2 |
Methods and apparatus for transmitting/receiving channels in mobile communication system supporting massive MIMO
A channel transmission/reception method and an apparatus for transmitting/receiving channels between a base station and a mobile terminal efficiently in a mobile communication supporting massive Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) transmission are provided. The method includes determining a resource to which a Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS) addressed to a terminal is mapped within a resource block, the DMRS resource being positioned in at least one of a first resource set capable of being allocated for DMRS and a second resource set symmetric with the first resource set on a time axis, and transmitting the DMRS and DMRS allocation information to the terminal. |
| US10455564B2 |
Simultaneous channel switching within a mesh network
A computer-implemented method for channel switching in a mesh network is described. In one embodiment, a beacon is sent. The beacon includes a channel change request in both proprietary and standard formats. The channel change request includes an instruction to change to a particular channel and a timing synchronization function identifying when the change to the particular channel should occur. The timing synchronization function is used to determine that the time has arrived to change to the particular channel. The particular channel is changed to synchronously with all other access points in a mesh network. |
| US10455563B2 |
Method, device, and apparatus for determining downlink parameter
Embodiments disclose a method, a device, and an apparatus for determining a downlink parameter. The method may include: receiving category information and modulation information that are reported by UE, where the category information includes a UE category of the UE, and the modulation information includes a highest order modulation scheme supported by the UE; and determining, as a downlink parameter of the UE, a downlink parameter that corresponds to the UE category of the UE and the highest order modulation scheme supported by the UE, where the downlink parameter of the UE is determined according to a correspondence from a UE category of the UE and a highest order modulation scheme supported by the UE to a downlink parameter of the UE as well as the UE category of the UE and the highest order modulation scheme supported by the UE. |
| US10455561B2 |
Mobile station apparatus and base station apparatus
A mobile station apparatus transmits capability information including at least indicator selected from a plurality of indicators that each define at least a combination of first information associated with an aggregated frequency bandwidth of one or more component carriers and second information associated with the quantity of component carriers included in the one or more component carriers. A base station apparatus includes a controller that allocates to a mobile station apparatus one or a plurality of component carriers to be used for communication based on a radio resource control (RRC) message received from the mobile station apparatus. The RRC message includes mobile station apparatus capability information including at least one indicator selected from the plurality of indicators. |
| US10455558B2 |
Handling for interruption due to carrier switching and carrier switching capability indication
Aspects of the present disclosure provide procedures for handling interruption due to carrier switching for sounding reference signal transmission and for a carrier switching capability indication. A method by a user equipment (UE) is provided, generally including interrupting communication on a first component carrier (CC) to switch between the first CC and a second CC to transmit an uplink reference signal on the second CC and adjusting one or more parameters of an uplink transmission on the first component carrier to account for the interrupting communication on the second CC. In aspects, another method is provided in which, a UE receives a query from a base station for switching capability information of the UE for one or more carrier aggregation (CA) configurations and, in response to the query, provides an indication to the BS of the switching capability information of the UE for the one or more CA configurations. |
| US10455540B2 |
Technologies for predictive alignment of antenna array of a vehicle
Technologies for aligning an antenna array of a vehicle by a compute device are disclosed. A compute device may control an antenna array to connect to a base station. The compute device may determine one or more movement parameters of the vehicle, such as an indication that the vehicle is going to take a U-turn. The compute device may then control the antenna array to track the base station during the U-turn by physically rotating the antenna array. |
| US10455535B2 |
Method and system for link synchronization in an LTE-TDD architecture
A method of detecting a synchronization switching pulse using a power detector in a time division duplexing (TDD) system includes receiving an input signal, detecting a power level associated with the input signal using a digital power meter, and determining a configuration associated with the input signal. The method also includes determining that a pulse width associated with the input signal is greater than a threshold, determining an offset associated with a special subframe configuration, and generating an estimated sync pulse. The method further includes forming a regenerated sync pulse, determining an error between the estimated sync pulse and the regenerated sync pulse, determining that the error is less than a threshold, and providing a lock detect. |
| US10455534B2 |
Frequency offset compensation for WiFi ranging
Timestamps associated with when transmissions are sent and received between a pair of communication devices are used to determine a distance between the pair of communication devices. The communication devices operate according to a wireless communication protocol, which specifies that a requester of a ranging measurement session is to compensate for a clock frequency offset between the pair of communication device and that a responder is not to compensate for the clock frequency offset. As part of the ranging measurement session, the responder sends feedback to the requester, where the feedback includes timestamps recorded by the responder. The timestamps in the feedback are not compensated for the clock frequency offset by the responder. After receiving the feedback, the requester compensates the timestamps in the feedback for the clock frequency offset before using the timestamps to calculate the distance between the pair of communication devices. |
| US10455533B2 |
Wireless network synchronization of cells and client devices on a network
A system and method for wireless synchronization on a network are disclosed. In one embodiment, the wireless device includes a wireless transceiver and processing circuitry. The wireless transceiver wirelessly receives synchronization information including a superframe from a first wireless, reader device, and wirelessly transmits the synchronization information to a second wireless, reader device and a portable wireless device, and to wirelessly detect a presence of a portable wireless device. The processing circuitry communicates synchronization information to the second wireless, reader device and portable wireless device. The superframe is used to synchronize a wireless data exchange between the third wireless, reader device and the portable wireless device. |
| US10455525B2 |
Method for transmitting control information, and apparatus therefor
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. Specifically, the present invention relates to a method comprising: configuring a first cell group consisting of a PCell and zero or more SCells, and a second cell group consisting of SCell(s); determining transmit power of a first PUCCH to be transmitted through the PCell; and determining transmit power of a second PUCCH to be transmitted through a predetermined SCell in the second cell group, wherein the transmit powers of the first PUCCH and the second PUCCH are adjusted so that the total sum of transmit power of a terminal is not greater than the maximum transmit power of the terminal, considering a minimum guaranteed power which is assigned to each cell group according to protection priorities between cell groups, and the minimum guaranteed power assigned to each cell group is selectively applied to a specific UCI among a plurality of UCIs. |
| US10455515B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting uplink signals in wireless communication system
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for a terminal controlling uplink power in a carrier aggregation-based wireless communication system, comprising the steps of: configuring a first cell and a second cell; transmitting a first PUCCH signal from subframe #n in the first cell; and transmitting a second PUCCH signal from subframe #n in the second cell, wherein when the sum of transmit power of the first PUCCH signal and transmit power of the second PUCCHJ signal exceeds a predetermined maximum transmit power configured to the terminal, the transmit power of the PUCCH signal having a lower priority from among the first UCCH signal and the second PUCCH signal is reduced or the transmission is dropped. |
| US10455514B2 |
Method and device for transmitting signal in wireless communication system
Disclosed are a communication technique for merging, with IoT technology, a 5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G system, and a system therefor. The disclosed technique and system can be applied to intelligent services (for example, smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retailing, security and safety related services, and the like) on the basis of 5G communication technology and IoT related technology. A method for controlling uplink transmission power of a terminal in a wireless communication system comprises the steps of: initializing a power control adjustment value when a repetition level for a coverage enhancement mode is changed; updating the power control adjustment value according to a transmission power control (TPC) command received from a base station; calculating uplink transmission power on the basis of the updated power control adjustment value and the repetition level; and transmitting uplink data or control information by the calculated uplink transmission power. |
| US10455512B1 |
Techniques and apparatuses for configuring a power saving mode of a modem module using an external real-time clock
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may determine, using a real-time clock (RTC) included in a microcontroller, that a modem module is to exit a power saving mode; instruct a load switch to connect the modem module to a battery of the UE based at least in part on the determination; and instruct the modem module to exit the power saving mode based at least in part on the determination. Numerous other aspects are provided. |
| US10455511B2 |
Wireless circuitry with scalable accuracy
Described herein are architectures, platforms and methods for implementing scalable power in a wireless device. Multiple radio access technology architectures running different operating clock frequencies are supported by providing a scaled static clock frequency and dynamic clock frequencies by dynamically switching parallel paths of processing resources. |
| US10455505B2 |
Paging enhancement for extended DRX in cellular systems
Technology described herein relates to systems, methods, and computer readable media to implement extended Discontinuous Reception (eDRX) for user equipments (UEs). A Mobility Management Entity (MME) can be aware of the starting time and length of an eDRX cycle of a UE so that the MME can send a paging message for the UE to an evolved Node B (eNB) shortly ahead of a Paging Occasion (PO). In some examples, more than one PO can be included within an eDRX cycle. An eDRX timer can be used to control the duration of waking times and, if desired, to maintain legacy compatibility. Additional examples provide a way for the MME to update calculations regarding the starting time and length of eDRX cycle of the UE such that the MME will continue to be apprised of when the UE will be reachable when the UE moves between cells. |
| US10455501B2 |
Power optimization mechanisms for framers by serializing frame alignment processes for multiple lanes
System and method of frame alignment at a receiver with power optimization mechanisms. A framer at the receiver is configured to process data streams from multiple physical lanes and/or multiple channels serially. The receiver may include multiple framers that process different sets of data streams in parallel. A framer may enter a power reduction mode after all the channels associated therewith have achieved frame alignment. The framer can be restarted to perform frame alignment processes on a particular channel responsive to an indication that the channel transitions to an out-of-frame state. The “out-of-frame” indication may be generated by a forward error correction (FEC) decoder when it detects an excessive number of uncorrectable errors in the channel. |
| US10455497B2 |
Selective activation of communications services on power-up of a remote unit(s) in a wireless communication system (WCS) based on power consumption
Selective activation of communications services on power-up of a remote unit(s) in a wireless communication system (WCS) based on power consumption is disclosed. To avoid a remote unit drawing more power than is allowed and risking shutting down all of its communications services, after a remote unit in the WCS is powered-up to start its operations, the remote unit selectively activates its different communications services. The remote unit selectively activates communications services based on the power consumption of the remote unit to avoid the remote unit drawing more power than is allowed. If activating a next communications service would cause the remote unit to draw more power than is allowed, the remote unit discontinues activating additional communications services. In this manner, the already activated communications services in the remote unit can remain operational without risking powering down of the remote unit and discontinuing all of its communications services. |
| US10455494B2 |
Methods and systems relating to ultra wideband broadcasting
Within many applications impulse radio based ultra-wideband (IR-UWB) transmission offers significant benefits for very short range high data rate communications when compared with existing standards and protocols. In many of these applications the main design goals are very low power consumption and very low complexity design for easy integration and cost reduction. Digitally programmable IR-UWB transmitters using an on-off keying modulation scheme on a 0.13 microns CMOS process operating on 1.2V supply and yielding power consumption as low as 0.9 mW at a 10 Mbps data rate with dynamic power control are enabled. The IR-UWB transmitters support new frequency hopping techniques providing more efficient spectrum usage and dynamic allocation of the spectrum when transmitting in highly congested frequency bands. Biphasic scrambling is also introduced for spectral line reduction. Additionally, an energy detection receiver for IR-UWB is presented to similarly meet these design goals while being adaptable to address IR-UWB transmitter specificity. |
| US10455493B2 |
Modifiable network operations in a streetlight control node
An intelligent streetlight may include a modem capable of communicating on a mobile communications network. The intelligent streetlight may be communicate with a network operations center (“NOC”) via the mobile communications network. In some aspects, the intelligent streetlight configures the modem to transmit on the mobile network based on multiple types of network provisioning data. For example, the modem may have a network configuration, such as a low-bandwidth mobile data plan, based on stored provisioning data. The modem may reconfigure the modem based on additional provisioning data for an additional network configuration, such as a high-bandwidth mobile data plan. In some cases, the additional provisioning data is requested by the streetlight from the NOC. In some cases, the NOC may provide the additional provisioning data to multiple intelligent streetlights, such that the multiple streetlights are each reconfigured in a short period of time. |
| US10455488B1 |
Discontinuous access to unlicensed spectrum in a new radio environment
Various embodiments disclosed herein provide for facilitating a discontinuous access to unlicensed spectrum in a new radio access environment. According an embodiment, a system can comprise performing a scanning procedure that determines whether a first subband and a second subband is available for transmission. The system can further facilitate determining whether the first subband and the second subband are adjacent, wherein a first channel formed at the first subband comprising a first guard band and a second channel formed at the second subband comprising a second guard band that is adjacent to the first guard band. The system can further facilitate in response to determining that the first subband and the second subband are adjacent and available for transmission, eliminating the first guard band and the second guard band. |
| US10455484B2 |
Methods and systems for access point clustering
Distributed MIMO communication utilizes multiple access points within a cluster. Methods and systems for access point discovery provide for formation of a cluster to support the distributed MIMO communication. In one aspect, a method includes generating, by a first access point, a first message indicating the first access point has distributed MIMO capability and transmitting, by the first access point, the first message on a wireless network. The method further includes receiving, by the first access point, a second message from a second access point, the second message identifying a cluster and determining, by the first access point, to participate in the identified cluster in response to the second message. |
| US10455483B2 |
Method and apparatus for performing access control for network sharing in wireless communication system
A method and apparatus for transmitting barring information in a wireless communication system is provided. A lower layer of a user equipment, i.e. a radio resource control (RRC) layer of the UE, receives system information including barring information for a plurality of public land mobile networks (PLMNs) from an evolved NodeB (eNB), and forwards barring information for a specific PLMN, among the barring information for the plurality of PLMNs, to an upper layer of the UE, i.e. an application layer of the UE. |
| US10455480B2 |
Customization of data session retry mechanism in a wireless packet data service network
In one embodiment, a method is provided for customization of a mobile communications device's data session retry mechanism in a wireless packet data service network. The mobile communication device requests activation of a data session with a node via the wireless network and receives a reject message via the wireless network in response to the request for activation of the data session, the reject message including a cause code. If the cause code corresponds to a no-retry behavior of the data session retry mechanism of the mobile communication device, the mobile communications device no longer requesting activation of a data session with the node. |
| US10455478B2 |
Vehicle-mounted millimeter-wave communication device and communication method
A vehicle-mounted millimeter-wave communication device includes: an acquisition unit for acquiring a relay request that requests relay of communication from a first communication partner, a detection unit for detecting directions of the first communication partner and a second communication partner that are viewed from the vehicle, and a communication control unit for performing control such that, in the case where the relay request is received from the first communication partner and it is possible to communicate with the second communication partner, communication, in which a communication time longer than a communication time set for another direction is set for each of the directions of the first communication partner and the second communication partner, is performed, and communication between the first communication partner and the second communication partner is relayed. |
| US10455468B2 |
Mobility enhancements for high speed scenarios
Techniques are provided for adaptively changing a periodicity of measuring signal characteristics for a UE in a relatively high speed environment based on one or more signal characteristics being outside of a threshold. Periodicity of measuring signal characteristics may be made directly by changing an interval at which measurements are taken. In certain examples, periodicity of measuring signal characteristics may be made indirectly by changing the length of a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle. Some techniques provide one or more radio link monitoring (RLM) parameters may be modified based on a determination that a UE is in a high speed environment or measured signal characteristics are outside of a threshold. |
| US10455465B2 |
Method for performing handover, user equipment, and radio communication system
A mobile station in a wireless communication network. The mobile station includes a radio communication that transmits an access request message to a base station via a first communication resource, and receives a timing adjustment in response to the access request message from the base station. The mobile station also includes an adjustment value storage unit that stores the timing adjustment, and a control unit that adjusts access timing corresponding to a second communication resource based on the timing adjustment value stored in the adjustment value storage unit. The radio communication unit then communicates with the base station via the first communication resource and the second communication resource. |
| US10455463B2 |
Handover supporting scheme in cellular mobile communication system
The present disclosure proposes a method for supporting a handover by a base station controller in a cellular mobile communication system including a terminal for performing a handover from a serving cell base station to a target cell base station, the method comprising the steps of: determining handover performance of the terminal; checking whether a resource of the same frequency and time slot as a frequency and time slot of a resource in use by the serving cell base station is usable in the target cell base station; and allocating a resource of the same frequency and time slot to the target cell base station, and transmitting a message indicating channel activation of the allocated resource to the target cell base station. |
| US10455461B2 |
Sleep-state for mobile terminal and service initiation for mobile terminals in sleep-state
The invention relates to the initiation of a service to a mobile terminal capable of communicating via at least a first and second access network. Further, the invention relates to a reduction of power consumption of mobile terminals supporting connectivity to at least two access networks. The invention also relates to mobile communication systems and in particular to mobile communications through heterogeneous access networks. In order to prove improved method for initiating services to mobile terminals and/or to reduce power consumption of mobile terminals, the invention introduces of a sleep state that can be entered by the terminal for an access system if same is not used. Upon requesting a service from/to the mobile terminal, the mobile terminal starts service initiation through a second access system and transits back to active state for the first access system for service provision. |
| US10455460B2 |
Method for processing loss of access in a wireless communication system, and device therefor
Disclosed are a method for processing a loss of access wherein a first network entity of a first network determines, from a measurement report of a terminal operating by SCM or TSCM, a loss of access of the terminal to the first network, and notifies a second network entity of the loss of access, and a method for processing a loss of access wherein, when the loss of access of the terminal is received, the second network entity processes the loss of access according to whether a condition for dropping a loss of access is satisfied. |
| US10455458B2 |
Control method and control system for controlling access points in a wireless network
A control method includes obtaining from each access point of a plurality of access points at least one traffic parameter, the at least one traffic parameter being representative for a traffic load of the respective access point; identifying from the plurality of access points a target access point having a highest traffic load, based on said obtained at least one traffic parameter; defining for each access point of the plurality of access points a corresponding interference threshold; setting a transmit power of the target access point to a target transmit power and assigning to the target access point a target communication channel from among a plurality of communication channels, such that an interference at any one access point of the plurality of access points is lower than the corresponding interference threshold of the any one access point. |
| US10455454B2 |
Device category in 3GPP communications
A user equipment (UE) device may communicate according to a new device category satisfying specified QoS (quality of service) requirements while also satisfying specified link budget requirements, and/or additional optimization requirements. The UE device may communicate with a cellular base station according to a first mode of operation associated with the new device category, and may switch to communicating with the cellular base station according to a second mode of operation associated with a second (pre-existing) device category in response to the link budget requirements exceeding a specified value and the quality of service requirements not being sensitive. The UE device may also switch to communicating with the cellular base station according to a third mode of operation associated with a third (pre-existing) device type in response to the link budget requirement not exceeding the specified value, or the QoS requirements being sensitive and a downlink throughput requirement exceeding a specified throughput value. |
| US10455453B2 |
Service enablement based on access network
In some examples, an anchoring network system (e.g., PCSCF) of a telecommunications network can receive first data requesting a network service (e.g., eSRVCC) from a network terminal (e.g., UE). The anchoring system can determine that the network service is not supported in an access network to which the terminal is connected. The anchoring system can determine second data that does not request the predetermined network service, and transmit the second data to a core network system (e.g., SCSCF). In some examples, an application server can retrieve location information (e.g., LAC) of the terminal and determine that the service is not supported based on the location information. In some examples, an anchoring network system can remove a network-service system (e.g., ATCF or SCCAS) from a signaling chain associated with the terminal. In some examples, the terminal can determine whether SRVCC is supported based on an attach result. |
| US10455448B2 |
Random access signalling resending method and apparatus
Provided are a random access signalling resending method and apparatus. In the method, in the case where a first condition is satisfied, a second-type node is adopted to resend random access signalling Msg1, thereby solving the problem that the access quality of a user terminal accessing an LTE/LTE-A system is not high and improving the access quality of the user terminal accessing the LTE/LTE-A system. |
| US10455447B2 |
Methods and devices for content delivery control
To control content delivery to plural clients (6) of a mobile communication network (1), a network entity (5) of the mobile communication network (1) collects geo information of the plural clients (6) and evaluates the collected geo information of the plural clients (6) based on a rule to determine whether the content delivery is to be adapted. The network entity (5) identifies a region for which the content delivery is to be adapted. The network entity (5) selectively outputs a message (9) to a controlling entity (10) if it is determined that the content delivery is to be adapted. The controlling entity (10) controls the content delivery in response to receiving the message (9), to adapt the content delivery for clients located in the identified region. |
| US10455445B2 |
Performance optimization for avionic wireless sensor networks
A data aggregator includes a traffic characterization module, a rate estimator, a data regulator, and a sensor data transmission interface. The traffic characterization module is operable to generate a predicted quality of service for a plurality of sensors having one or more data rates and a plurality of priorities. The rate estimator is operable to generate a plurality of required data rates to maintain a target quality of service for one or more data consumers of an avionic communication network based on the predicted quality of service. The data regulator is operable to hold and release a plurality of sensor data from the sensors in one or more queues at the required data rates as a regulated data flow. The sensor data transmission interface is operable transmit the regulated data flow to the one or more data consumers. |
| US10455441B2 |
Wireless sensor network having autonomous and inter-connected sensor nodes
A system and method of determining a data collection routing protocol include the steps of perceiving a broadcast beacon message from an i-th sensor node located at an i-th sensor level by one or MOW sensor nodes at one or more other sensor levels of a divided WSN, wherein the i-th sensor level does not include a first sensor level of a sink sensor node; resetting the respective sensor level of the one or more sensor nodes to an (i+1)th sensor level; attempting to connect the i-th sensor node at the i-th sensor level to another sensor node located at an (i−1)th sensor level; and connecting the i-th sensor node to a parent sensor node at the i-th sensor level when certain conditions are met. These conditions are determined and analyzed locally at each sensor node. |
| US10455439B2 |
Roaming and probe responses with remote radio heads
The present disclosure discloses a central controller controlling multiple radio heads (RHs) in a network. The central controller generates network information for the radio heads based on a probe request transmitted from a network device and received by one or more of the radio heads. The central controller calculates a respective metric value for each of the radio heads based on the network information. The metric value indicates a capability of a radio head to serve the network device. The central controller selects a subset of radio heads from the multiple radio heads to send a probe response to the network device based on the metric values. |
| US10455436B2 |
SDN-based channel estimation for multiplexing between LOS mmWaves, NLOS sub-6 GHz and FSO
A system for providing small cell backhaul communication comprises a small cell backhaul network includes a plurality of small cell network nodes. At least one transceiver at each of the plurality of small cell network nodes establishes communication links with other small cell network nodes within the small cell backhaul network. A fast failover group table is located at each of the plurality of small cell network nodes. A software defined network controller controls communication link configuration by the at least one transceiver. The software defined network controller calculates for each of the communications links within the small cell backhaul network a primary link and at least one back-up link. The software defined network controller stores the calculated primary link and at least one back-up link in the fast failover group table of each of the plurality of small cell network nodes. Each of the plurality of small cell network nodes locally determining to establish the at least one back-up link responsive to a determination that the primary link is down and the stored at least one back-up link for an associated small cell network node. |
| US10455434B2 |
Systems and methods for providing services
Systems and methods for providing services are disclosed. One method can comprise receiving data having a first format and transmitting the data to a first device. The method may also comprise detecting a second device, automatically recognizing a supported second format of the detected second device, converting the data to the second format, and transmitting the converted data to the second device via wireless communication. |
| US10455432B2 |
Concentric cells in a wireless communication system
Aspects described herein relate to a base station for providing air-to-ground wireless communication over various altitudes. The base station includes a first antenna array comprising one or more antennas configured to form a first cell coverage area extending substantially from a horizon up to a first elevation angle away from the first antenna array to a predetermined distance from the first antenna array. The base station further includes a second antenna array configured at an uptilt elevation angle to form a second cell coverage area extending at least from the first elevation angle to a second elevation away from the second antenna array, wherein the first cell coverage area and the second cell coverage area are concentric to define the ATG cell at least to the predetermined distance and up to a predetermined elevation. |
| US10455428B2 |
System and method for managing utilization of un-licensed frequency spectrum resources for secondary systems, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium
A system and method for managing utilization of un-licensed frequency spectrum resources for secondary systems, a system and a method for the system, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium including computer-readable instructions. The system for managing utilization of un-licensed frequency spectrum resources for secondary systems includes: circuitry, configured to assign a first un-licensed frequency spectrum resource in an availability time period to a first secondary system and reassign at least part of the first un-licensed frequency spectrum resource during the availability time period based on current resource utilization, wherein the circuitry is configured to assign and reassign the first un-licensed frequency spectrum resource under protection of a primary system which is licensed with the un-licensed frequency spectrum resources. |
| US10455421B2 |
Enabling emergency access to secure wireless communications networks
Embodiments include a system, method, and computer program product for improving public safety communications and real-time information sharing to enable a public safety user to access available, secure private wireless communications (PWC) networks within a vicinity of an emergency for communications and data-sharing purposes. In an embodiment, a universal encryption key (UEK) is stored on a public safety access device. The public safety access device is providing access to a secure PWC network. The UEK is a key established by a certificate authority that enables public safety personnel to access the secure PWC network. Then, a public safety encryption key (PSKey) is received by the public safety access device from a user communication device. The public safety access device enables access for the user communication to access the secure PWC network upon a determination that the received PSKey is associated with the UEK. |
| US10455420B2 |
Physically secured authorization for utility applications
To provide overall security to a utility management system, critical command and control messages that are issued to components of the system are explicitly approved by a secure authority. The explicit approval authenticates the requested action and authorizes the performance of the specific action indicated in a message. Key components of the utility management and control system that are associated with access control are placed in a physical bunker. With this approach, it only becomes necessary to bunker those subsystems that are responsible for approving network actions. Other management modules can remain outside the bunker, thereby avoiding the need to partition them into bunkered and non-bunkered components. Access to critical components of each of the non-bunkered subsystems is controlled through the bunkered approval system. |
| US10455419B2 |
System and method for mobile identity protection for online user authentication
An automated system and method for authenticating entities or individuals attempting to access a computer application, network, system or device using a wireless device is provided. The system employs one or more short-range wireless interfaces (e.g. BLUETOOTH or Wi-Fi) or long-range wireless interfaces (e.g. cellular or WiMAX) to detect the presence or location of the wireless device and it's proximity to the secure system to be accessed. The wireless device incorporates a unique identifier and secure authentication key information associated with the user of the wireless device. An authentication result is generated and may be used for a variety of applications. The application may process the result and determine the degree of access for which the entity or individual is allowed. |
| US10455415B2 |
Method for securing discovery information and device therefor
The present invention relates to a method and a system for securing discovery information being transmitted through a direct radio signal in a wireless communication system which supports a device-to-device service, and a device-to-device communication method of a transmission terminal, according to one embodiment of the present invention, can comprise the steps of: synchronizing with a discovery resource cycle number; determining discovery channel logical timing information of a discovery physical channel through which discovery information is to be transmitted; generating security information by using a security key, the determined discovery channel logical timing information and the discovery information to be transmitted; and transmitting the discovery information including the security information through the discovery physical channel. According to one embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to prevent discovery information of a terminal to be wrongly transmitted due to a case where another rogue terminal receives and changes the discovery information of the terminal, or the like. |
| US10455408B2 |
Network use method using virtual SIM and apparatus therefor
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a processor configured to execute a roaming application, a communication circuit configured to enable a first subscriber identity module (SIM) and to communicate with a network based on the first SIM, and a memory configured to store data associated with the roaming application. The processor is further configured to, when a roaming service product is selected in the roaming application, download a second SIM corresponding to the roaming service product from a server and enable an activation menu of the roaming service product included in the roaming application, based on location information of the electronic device. |
| US10455403B2 |
Virtual mobility anchor for network sharing
Embodiments are directed to a virtual mobility anchor network element to receive, from a packet gateway (PGW) node, a request for an internet protocol (IP) address for a mobile device, establish an IP address for the mobile device; and provide the IP address to the PGW node in response to the request for the IP address for the mobile device. The virtual mobility anchor network element is configured to receive IP traffic from a network location; determine a target destination for the IP traffic based on a destination IP address, the destination IP address comprising the second IP address; and forward the IP traffic to the PGW node associated with the destination IP address. The virtual mobility anchor network element is also configured to receive IP traffic from the PGW node; determine a target destination for the IP traffic; and route the IP traffic to the target destination. |
| US10455397B1 |
Context aware subscriber service
One example method of operation provides receiving, at a server, event data generated by a user device indicating an emergency event, initiating an emergency application on the user device, processing the event data to identify whether the event data exceeds an emergency status threshold, transmitting a notification to the user device, and based on a response from the user device, notifying third party services of the emergency event. |
| US10455395B2 |
Shading object, intelligent umbrella and intelligent shading charging security system and method of operation
An intelligent umbrella includes an array of solar panels/cells for capturing sunlight and converting into electrical energy, a solar panel charging assembly to receive power from one or more solar assemblies, a rechargeable battery to receive power generated from the solar panel charging assembly, and a processor and a memory, the processor and the memory to receive power from the rechargeable battery; and a wireless transceiver to receive power from the rechargeable battery, the wireless transceiver to communicate messages and/or signals when no external power source is connected to and/or available for the intelligent umbrella. The intelligent umbrella may further comprise a cellular transceiver to receive power from the rechargeable battery, the cellular transceiver to communicate messages and/or signals when no external power source is connected to and/or available to supply power for the intelligent umbrella. |
| US10455394B1 |
Bifurcation of PAN functionality
Personal area network (PAN) functionality is partitioned between a pod cluster controller (PCC) and one or more separately housed “pods” with which it communicates. A pod includes a transceiver, providing the PAN to some area. The PCC communicates audio and control data with its pods, which together form a cluster, and may provide power to them. The structure of a pod can be simple, because the PCC can handle various services on behalf of its pods—for example, the PCC can interface with external analog audio devices (e.g., audio speaker, microphone); digital devices; peripherals; or the Internet. The PCC may encode/decode and multiplex/mix audio data. The partitioning can mitigate various PAN issues such as line-of-sight and metal interference, and can extend a pod cluster to have arbitrarily large PAN spatial coverage. |
| US10455392B2 |
Adaptive matching with antenna detuning detection
An electronic device includes a transmitter configured to generate a signal. The electronic device also includes tuning circuitry coupled to the transmitter, wherein the tuning circuitry comprises a variable capacitance element and at least one fixed capacitance element having a fixed capacitance, wherein the variable capacitance element is configured to provide a dynamic capacitance based upon a voltage value related to a determined phase difference between the signal and a second signal, wherein the tuning circuitry is configured to adjust a frequency of the first signal to generate a tuned signal based upon a total capacitance comprising the fixed capacitance and the dynamic capacitance. The electronic device further includes an antenna coupled to the tuning circuitry and configured to generate an electromagnetic field based on the tuned signal. |
| US10455387B2 |
Network-based Machine-to-Machine (M2M) private networking system
An architecture for the creation of a private network for a customer, suitable for use for machine to machine communications and the Internet of Things, is disclosed. The system includes a private networking system, which includes routers for connection to a carrier core network, and VPN servers, capable of securely connecting to a customer's enterprise network. The private networking system also includes security appliances and a controller to configure and operate the system. Through use of this private networking system, customers may easily create private networks for their enterprises. |
| US10455385B2 |
Provisioning a network subscription
Provisioning a subscriber in a network is provided by: receiving an initialisation request for access to a network on behalf of a subscriber, at an admission platform of a network operator associated with the subscriber, and assigning the subscriber limited access rights to the network, the limited access rights being configured for communication between the subscriber and a subscription manager, for reconfiguration of identity information associated with the subscriber. |
| US10455383B2 |
Method and unit used to determine useable services
In one aspect, a method used to determine services in a network is provided. For a plurality of devices, information pertaining to a location of the respective device is stored in a location information item. A location information item providing a location of a user is generated. At least one of the plurality of devices to be used by the user based on the generated location information item and to the stored location information items is automatically selecting; a status report is transmitted to a device used by the user, with the user being offered the use a service via the status report, the offered service effected by the selected device. |
| US10455379B1 |
Message processing and delivery
A device receives data containing short message service (SMS) messages to be delivered to target recipients, information regarding the target recipients, and a message delivery hours constraint. The device stores the data in records, determines that an SMS message, that is included in a record, is to be processed for delivery, and processes the SMS message to generate a parsed SMS message. The device assigns the parsed SMS message to a time-zone-based job queue based on a time zone identified for the target recipient, determines whether the message delivery hours constraint, relative to the time zone, is satisfied, and performs one or more actions to cause the parsed SMS message to be provided to a messaging platform for delivery to the target recipient based on determining that the message delivery hours constraint, relative to the time zone, is satisfied. |
| US10455378B2 |
System and method for generating analytics for conversations within applications
A system and method for generating analytics based on creating interactions in the form of conversations for launch within applications are described. The analytics are further based on the data received by users of the applications in response to the conversations. Application developers can be supported in creating the conversations using software development tools to create one or more conversations and to configure the conversations for launch to one or more applications. Application users can respond to the conversations and the responses can be assessed by the processors associated with the software development tools to produce analytics to the application developers, as well as third-party platforms. |
| US10455374B2 |
Mobile messaging platform
A method for providing mobile messages includes generating a message based on received content. A first functional bind to an aggregator is identified. A second functional bind to the aggregator is also identified. The first functional bind and the second functional bind are distinct communication connections to the aggregator. First message recipients are associated with the first functional bind, and second message recipients are associated with the second functional bind. The message is provided in parallel to the aggregator for the first message recipients through the first functional bind and for the second message recipients through the second functional bind. |
| US10455366B1 |
Card locating tool
A memory stores a list of identifiers. A processor receives a notification from a card user indicating that the card user is missing a card. The card includes a transmitter configured to broadcast a transmission including a card identifier. The processor adds the card identifier to the list of identifiers. The processor receives messages from mobile devices that received the transmission, including the card identifier from the transmission and locations of the mobile devices. In response to receiving the messages, the processor determines that the list of identifiers contains the card identifier. The processor further determines, based on the locations of the mobile devices, a location of the card and sends the location of the card to a mobile device of the card user. |
| US10455358B2 |
Prose information transmission method, terminal, and communications device
The present disclosure provides a ProSe information transmission method, a terminal, and a communications device. The method includes: acquiring, by a second terminal, a fourth code word broadcast by a first terminal, where the fourth code word is a code word that is allocated to the first terminal by a first ProSe entity; sending, by the second terminal, a first message to a second ProSe entity when the fourth code word matches a prestored code word, where the first message carries the fourth code word and a first application identity; receiving, by the second terminal, a second message sent by the second ProSe entity, where the second message carries a second identity; and discovering, by the second terminal, a first application user according to the second identity. The present disclosure is applicable to the communications field. |
| US10455356B2 |
Network services dependent upon geographical constraints
A method and system arc disclosed for determining the geographic location of a user communicating on a communications network such as the Internet. In one embodiment, a provider of a product or service: (a) receives the user's phone number (or other identification for contacting the user's station), and (b) supplies the user's station with a distinctive identifier. The provider then supplies a location determining service with the user's phone number (or other identification). A phone call is made to the phone number by the location determining service for retrieving the distinctive identifier from the network station having the phone number. If the distinctive identifier is retrieved and the location determining service determines that the user's station is within an appropriate geographical area (or not within an inappropriate area), then the provider can provide the requested product or service to the user. |
| US10455353B2 |
Device, method, and system for electronically detecting an out-of-boundary condition for a criminal origanization
A process for electronically detecting a criminal organization out-of-boundary condition includes first maintaining a stored first geofence definition defining a geographic area associated with a first criminal organization. One or more audio and/or video streams or RF identifiers from recording devices located outside of the first geofence definition are received. An out-of-boundary condition is then detected in the streams or identifiers in which an individual determined to be associated with the first criminal organization is detected outside of the first geofence definition. Responsive to detecting the out-of-boundary condition, causing an electronic notification of the out-of-boundary condition to be one of output and transmitted to another computing device notifying the another computing device of the out-of-boundary condition. |
| US10455351B1 |
Sharing geo-located information
Examples are disclosed that relate to devices and methods for sharing geo-located information between different devices. In one example, a method comprises receiving the geo-located information from a first user device having a first data type compatible with a first output component of the device, receiving first sensor data from the first device, determining a location of the geo-located information within a coordinate system in a physical environment, determining that a second user device is located in the physical environment, determining that the second device does not comprise an output component that is compatible with the first data type, transforming the geo-located information into a second data type compatible with a second output component of the second device, determining that the second device is proximate to the location of the geo-located information, and sending the geo-located information to the second device for output by the second output component. |
| US10455350B2 |
Method and system for radiolocation asset tracking via a mesh network
A method of determining a reference clock in a mesh network includes receiving multiple signals, correlating the multiple signals with a local signal generated by the first node to determine a coarse set of time differences, refining the coarse set of time differences using a phase of a carrier signal of the multiple signals to produce a refined set of time differences, and using the refined set of time differences to define a reference clock. |
| US10455349B2 |
Contextual filtering in a historian system
Contextually filtering a state indicator corresponding to a data source in an industrial process historian system. By persisting a unique identifier with state indicators, the state indicators are filtered based on corresponding unique identifiers received by a remote device from a beacon associated with the data source. |
| US10455346B2 |
Method and device for audio signal processing
The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for processing a signal, which are used for effectively reproducing an audio signal, and more particularly, to a method and an apparatus for processing a signal, which are used for implementing binaural rendering for reproducing multi-channel or multi-object audio signals in stereo with a low calculation amount.To this end, provided are a method for processing an audio signal including: receiving multi-audio signals including multi-channel or multi-object signals, each of the multi-audio signals including a plurality of subband signals, and the plurality of subband signals including a signal of a first subband group having low frequencies and a signal of a second subband group having high frequencies based on a predetermined frequency band; receiving at least one parameter corresponding to each subband signal of the second subband group, the at least one parameter being extracted from binaural room impulse response (BRIR) subband filter coefficients corresponding to each subband signal of the second subband group; and performing tap-delay line filtering of the subband signal of the second subband group by using the received parameter and an apparatus for processing an audio signal using the same. |
| US10455342B2 |
Sound event detecting apparatus and operation method thereof
Provided is a method of operating an acoustic event detecting apparatus including: receiving an acoustic input; extracting frequency characteristics of the acoustic input; determining whether a first acoustic event has occurred by analyzing the extracted frequency characteristics; and in response to determining that the first acoustic event has occurred, acquiring data about at least one of a sound, an image, and a video from an environment outside of the acoustic event detecting apparatus and transmitting the data to a first device. |
| US10455338B2 |
Method and apparatus for removing dust in sound outlet hole of loudspeaker and terminal device
A method and an apparatus for removing dust in a sound outlet hole of a loudspeaker and a terminal device are disclosed. The method includes reading a prestored audio frequency for removing dust; and playing the audio file for removing dust. When the loudspeaker plays the audio file for removing dust, a wind speed in the sound outlet hole is at a maximum. |
| US10455331B2 |
MEMS transducer amplifiers
An amplifier circuit has a transducer biasing node for outputting a transducer bias voltage for biasing the capacitive transducer and a signal node for receiving the input signal. An amplifier arrangement comprising a feedback resistor network provides an amplified output signal. A voltage buffer provides a buffered bias voltage at a buffer node which is connected to a terminal of the feedback resistor network, to at least partly define the quiescent level of the output signal. The buffer node is electrically coupled to the transducer biasing node via a capacitance which may form part of a bias filter. |
| US10455325B2 |
Direction of arrival estimation for multiple audio content streams
A method for estimating directions of arrival of audio signals based on categories is disclosed herein. The method includes receiving an audio signal; generating a plurality of filters based on the audio signal, each of the filters corresponding to one of a plurality of sound content categories; separating the audio signal into a plurality of content-based audio signals by applying the filters to the audio signal, each of the content-based audio signals contains a content of a corresponding sound content category among the plurality of sound content categories; for each of the content-based audio signals, generating a direction of arrival (DOA) for a sound source of the content-based audio signal. |
| US10455321B2 |
Microphone configurations
A microphone device includes a microphone array configured to capture one or more audio objects associated with a three-dimensional sound field. The microphone array includes clusters of two or more microphone elements. Each cluster includes one or more acoustic port openings and two or more microphone elements coupled to the one or more acoustic port openings via corresponding acoustic ports. The microphone device also includes a processor coupled to the microphone array. |
| US10455320B2 |
System, method and apparatus for translating, converting and/or transforming audio energy into haptic and/or visual representation
A device can be worn by a user and can include a microphone to analyze music and other sound in the surrounding environment. In one embodiment, the device can translate audio into a haptic and/or light of the sound's or music's bassline, in real-time. In one embodiment, no music is recorded by the device. The haptic or vibrational representation of the music can be generated by a motor. In some examples, the light representation of the music can be generated via a red/green/blue light emitting diode. |
| US10455318B2 |
Earmuff with electroacoustic shock absorber
A hearing protection earmuff may be configured to dampen vibrations at an interface. Generally, the hearing protection earmuff may comprise two ear cups, a headband attached to and connecting the ear cups, one or more sensors, a processor, an electroacoustic shock absorber, and an electromagnetic controller. Typically, the electromagnetic controller may be associated with an electroacoustic shock absorber and may be configured to control the dampening of the electroacoustic shock absorber. The dampening of the electroacoustic shock absorber may occur as a smart fluid changes viscosity in response to a signal received from the electromagnetic controller. In some embodiments, the clamping force between the headband and the ear cup may be varied by the electroacoustic shock absorber to minimize the vibrational impact on the user's ears. In some embodiments, the electroacoustic shock absorber may control the compressibility of the seal cushion located on each ear cup. |
| US10455316B2 |
Earphone with earphone housing and speaker housing
Disclosed is an earphone for a hearing device, wherein the earphone is configured to be worn at the ear of a user, the earphone comprising: a speaker housing comprising an output transducer for reproduction of audio signals, wherein the speaker housing has a first side configured to face towards the ear of the user when the earphone is worn by the user, and a second side opposite the first side; an earphone housing configured to retain the speaker housing such that the second side of the speaker housing faces a first side of the earphone housing, wherein the earphone housing has as a second side opposite the first side; a battery compartment for accommodating a replaceable battery, such that the replaceable battery is located at least partly between the second side of the speaker housing and at least a portion of the earphone housing; wherein the earphone comprises a retaining mechanism configured to retain the speaker housing and the earphone housing in a mechanical relationship with each other; wherein the earphone comprises a locking mechanism for locking and unlocking of the retaining mechanism, wherein the locking mechanism is configured to maintain the retaining mechanism in an operation configuration when locked and to allow the user to manipulate the retaining mechanism into a service configuration by repositioning the speaker housing relative to the earphone housing when unlocked; wherein the earphone is configured such that the battery compartment is inaccessible for replacement of the battery, when the retaining mechanism is in the operation configuration, and such that the battery compartment is accessible for replacement of the battery, when the retaining mechanism is in the service configuration; wherein the retaining mechanism further is configured to allow the speaker housing and the earphone housing to move relative to each other, when the retaining mechanism is in the operation configuration. |
| US10455304B2 |
Method and apparatus for authentication in passive optical network
A method and apparatus for authentication in a passive optical network are disclosed. In the disclosure, a first terminal serial number of an ONU and a first logic registration code are transmitted from the ONU to an OLT; if the OLT determines that the first terminal serial number does not match a second terminal serial number stored on the OLT, the OLT judges whether the first logic registration code received from the ONU matches a second logic registration code stored on the OLT; the OLT stores the first terminal serial number received from the ONU on the OLT if the first logic registration code matches the second logic registration code. |
| US10455302B2 |
Method and apparatus for adjusting wavelength for optical line terminal or optical network unit
The disclosure provides a method and apparatus for adjusting wavelength for an Optical Line Terminal/Optical Network Unit (OLT/ONU). The method for adjusting wavelength for an OLT includes that: a source OLT sends an adjustment notification message to a target OLT, wherein the adjustment notification message is used for indicating that an ONU is to be adjusted into a Time-Wavelength Division Multiplexing Channel (TWDM CH) of the target OLT; and the source OLT receives an adjustment acknowledgement message provided by the target OLT, wherein the adjustment acknowledgement message is used for indicating that an adjustment process of the ONU has been completed. By means of the technical solution provided in the disclosure, an ONU of a source OLT can still work normally after being switched to a channel of a target OLT, thereby achieving the effect that the continuity of a service between the OLT and the ONU may be maintained. |
| US10455299B2 |
Optimized smart meter reporting schedule
The invention relates to a method for determining, by a scheduler, at least one transmission parameter for each of a plurality of smart meters which each transmit, via power line communication, a measurement report to a control entity. The at least one transmission parameter allows a reporting time for a corresponding smart meter to be determined. The method comprises the following steps: At least one status parameter is collected for each of the plurality of smart meters, the at least one status parameter influencing a success rate of the transmission of the corresponding measurement report to the control entity. For each of the plurality of smart meters, the at least one transmission parameter allowing the reporting time for the corresponding smart meter to be determined, is determined based on the collected at least one status parameter. |
| US10455298B2 |
Systems and methods of fast wireless output device activation in a mesh network system
Systems and methods of fast wireless output device activation in a mesh network system are provided. Methods can include a parent device receiving data from a child device, the parent device determining if the data received from the child device requires an output, and if so, the parent device activating an output device associated with the parent device. In some methods, the parent device need not wait for instructions from a control panel or gateway before activating the output device. Accordingly, the latency time to activate the output device can be reduced. |
| US10455296B2 |
Intelligent title cache system
Embodiments of the invention relate to an intelligent title cache system and more particularly to an automated graphical system for replacing potentially lengthy graphics rendering from a wide range of graphics generating systems with very fast assembly of 2D pre-rendered images into a complete video frame. This ensures minimum latency and consistent, predictable processing overheard, regardless of how complicated the render itself may be. Moreover, the intelligent title cache system is configured to prepare the majority of cached images ahead of time for all frequently used values. |
| US10455293B2 |
Methods and apparatus to provide messages to television users
Methods and apparatus to provide messages to consumer electronics devices are disclosed. An example method includes determining an identifier associated with a consumer electronics device from which a request has been received. The method also includes querying a database to determine first and second account identifiers associated with the identifier of the consumer electronics device. When the request is for messaging information stored with a first message provider, a first command is sent to cause the first message provider to forward the messaging information. When the request is for messaging information stored with a second message provider, a second command is sent to cause the second message provider to forward the messaging information. The messaging information received from at least one of the first message provider and the second message provider is sent to the consumer electronics device. |
| US10455291B2 |
Live video stream sharing
Systems and methods provide live broadcasts with real-time feedback from viewers using mobile computing devices. An example method includes providing a live feed broadcast from a source mobile device to a plurality of viewing devices, receiving, during the live feed broadcast, an engagement from one of the plurality of viewing devices, and associating the engagement with a particular time in the live feed broadcast. The method also includes providing an indication of the engagement to the source mobile device, wherein the source mobile device displays a graphic representation of the engagement during the live feed broadcast and adding the indication of the engagement to the live feed so that a graphic representation is displayed during the live feed at the particular time to users of the plurality of viewing devices. The viewing user may each have a graph relationship with a user of the source mobile device. |
| US10455288B2 |
Systems and methods for adjusting the priority of media assets scheduled to be recorded
Systems and methods are described herein for adjusting the priority of media assets scheduled to be recorded to reflect the current behavior and interests of the user. For example, a household with young children may have scheduled recordings for the DVR with a wide variety of television shows of different genres (e.g., Children's Shows, Sports Games, and Crime Procedurals) and as the children grow up, the preference may gradually shift towards other types of shows. As this shift of interest happens over time, it can be difficult or impossible for the user to change the priority of each of the media assets of the scheduled recordings each time the interests of the user changes an incremental amount. |
| US10455279B2 |
System and method for selecting media to be preloaded for adjacent channels
An electronic device with one or more processors, memory and a display receives a first request to display a first video stream that corresponds to a first channel. In response to receiving the first request, the device starts to download the first video stream from a content source for the first video stream. After starting to download the first video stream, the device displays the first video stream and starts to preload one or more video streams including a second video stream that corresponds to a second channel that is adjacent to the first channel. While displaying the first video stream, the device receives a second request to display the second video stream. In response to receiving the second request, the device displays at least a portion of the second video stream using a preloaded portion of the second video stream. |
| US10455278B2 |
Zone group control
Method and systems are provided for detecting and handling, by a controller device, a loss of control of a playback queue of a zone group of a media playback system. Detection of loss of control of the playback queue of the zone group may involve one or more of determining (i) that the zone group no longer exists, (ii) that a queue identifier is no longer assigned to a playback queue of the zone group, and (iii) that the controller device is no longer in communication with the media playback system, among others. Handling of the loss of control may involve one or more of (i) unsubscribing from messages relating to the zone group, (ii) ceasing to send commands to the zone group, and (iii) updating a user interface to indicate that the controller device no longer has control of the playback queue of the zone group, among others. |
| US10455277B2 |
Linking devices
There is disclosed a method of establishing a communication link between first and second devices, the method comprising: receiving a link request from a first device with a first unique identifier; allocating a media content from multiple media content to the first unique identifier; sending the media content to the first device; receiving a media identifier from a second device with a second unique identifier; comparing the media identifier and the media content, and in dependence on identifying a match, transmitting the first unique identifier to the second device and the second unique identifier to the first device, whereby the first and second device can establish a communication link based on the exchanged first and second unique identifiers. |
| US10455276B2 |
Methods and apparatus for controlling unauthorized streaming of content
The present invention relates to methods and apparatus relating to content streaming, e.g., in a home network, in a manner that reduces the chance of streaming of content to a device which is not authorized to receive the content. In an exemplary method of controlling content streaming on a home network in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, the method involves receiving at a home network gateway a first video on demand service request message from a first device coupled to the home network, storing a portion of said first video on demand service request message in memory, receiving at said home network gateway a second message, and determining based on a portion of said second message and a portion of said stored first video on demand service request message whether to provide the requested video on demand service. |
| US10455274B2 |
Methods, systems, and products for control of devices
Methods, systems, and products control external devices during presentation of multimedia content. When a description of the multimedia content is received, the description may include control data for controlling a device. The control data may thus be executed to alter a presentation of the multimedia content. |
| US10455273B2 |
Signal processing device, signal processing method, and image transmission system
Provided is a signal processing device including a control information acquiring unit configured to acquire image control information regarding control of an image, an image receiver configured to selectively receive one or more images transmitted using multicast based on the image control information, one or more image processing units configured to perform an image process on an image received by the image receiver based on the image control information, and an image sender configured to transmit an image subjected to the image process by the image processing unit based on the image control information, the image being transmitted using multicast. |
| US10455271B1 |
Voice control component installation
A method for voice control component installation is described. In one embodiment, a speech recognizable input spoken by an installer is identified, the speech recognizable input relating to installation of a system component. The system component is in communication with a control panel. An installation task for the system component is performed according to the speech recognizable input. |
| US10455268B2 |
Method and system for targeted commerce in network broadcasting
A system and a method for using the system for targeted commerce in network broadcasting are provided. The system includes an interface device configured to receive a multimedia stream from a network, wherein the multimedia stream includes a close captioning string and wherein the interface device is further configured to process the multimedia stream by providing advertisements in the multimedia stream according to a correlation between the close captioning string and a plurality of vendor keywords; and a viewing device configured to receive the processed multimedia stream and display to a viewer. |
| US10455264B2 |
Bulk data extraction system
Techniques are disclosed relating to bulk data extraction systems. In some embodiments, a streaming server system may receive a first request, from a data storage system, that is sent prior to initiation of a bulk data extraction for a first group of users. In response to the first request, the streaming server system may receive, from the data storage system, a first notification message that includes a particular event identifier for a most recent data event generated at the data storage system. The streaming server system may receive, from the data storage system, those messages associated with the bulk data extraction for the first group. Subsequent to completion of the bulk data extraction, the streaming server system may send, to the data storage system, a request to subscribe to notification messages for data events associated with the first group. |
| US10455246B2 |
Image coding method and image decoding method
An image coding method for improving coding efficiency by using more appropriate probability information is provided. The image coding method includes: a first coding step of coding a first set of blocks included in a first region sequentially based on first probability information; and a second coding step of coding a second set of blocks included in a second region sequentially based on second probability information. In the first coding step, the first probability information is updated depending on data of a target block to be coded, after coding the target block and before coding a next target block. In the second coding step, the second probability information is updated depending on the first probability information updated in the first coding step, before coding the first target block. |
| US10455242B2 |
Signaling output indications in codec-hybrid multi-layer video coding
Techniques are described for sending output indications in codec-hybrid multi-layer video coding, in which a base layer of video data is provided by an external system and conforms to a different video codec standard than one or more enhancement layers of the video data. An enhancement layer video decoder receives an enhancement layer bitstream that includes at least one enhancement layer to be decoded, an indication that the base layer is provided externally, and an indication of which layers are target output layers to be output for display. The external system does not receive a target output layer indication in a base layer bitstream. The disclosed techniques enable the enhancement layer video decoder, when the base layer is provided by the external system, to send an output indication to the external system indicating whether the base layer or specific base layer decoded pictures need to be output for display. |
| US10455239B2 |
Information display processing device and control program for information display processing device
In an information display processing device 1 for displaying a predetermined process result on a screen 14 of a display unit, the present device includes an encoding section 34 for creating a code image by encoding a piece of information held in the device and a display control section 35 for displaying, on the screen, the code image created by the encoding section 34 and a single identification header in a predetermined positional relationship to the code image, whereby the device reduces the processing load on a computer caused by an image search in a system which assists user operations through an image recognition process on a software basis. |
| US10455238B2 |
Method and apparatus of HEVC de-blocking filter
A method of de-blocking filtering a processed video is provided. The processed video includes a plurality of blocks and each block includes a plurality of sub-blocks. A current block of the plurality of blocks includes vertical edges and horizontal edges. The processed video further includes a set of control parameters and reconstructed pixels corresponding to the current block. A boundary strength index is estimated at the vertical edges and at the horizontal edges of the current block. The set of control parameters, the reconstructed pixels corresponding to the current block and partially filtered pixels corresponding to a set of adjacent sub-blocks are loaded. The vertical edges and the horizontal edges of the current block are filtered based on the boundary strength index and the set of control parameters such that a vertical edge of the current block is filtered before filtering at least one horizontal edge of the current block. |
| US10455233B2 |
Method and device for encoding/decoding image
A method and a device for encoding/decoding an image are disclosed. The method for decoding an image comprises the steps of: decoding information on a quantization matrix; and restoring the quantization matrix on the basis of the information on the quantization matrix, wherein the information on the quantization matrix includes information indicating a DC value of the quantization matrix and/or information indicating differential values of quantization matrix coefficients. |
| US10455222B2 |
Technologies for autonomous three-dimensional modeling
An autonomous object modeler includes a modeling table, a controllable arm, a depth camera attached to the controllable arm, and a controller to control operation of the modeling table, the controllable arm, and the depth camera. The modeling table may be movable and includes a mass sensor to produce mass sensor data indicative of a mass of an object positioned on the modeling table. The controllable arm includes a force-torque sensor to produce force-torque sensor data indicative of an inertia of the object while the object is moved by the controllable arm. The controller is configured to control operation of the controllable arm to reposition the object on the modeling table to generate three-dimensional models of the object. The three-dimensional models include the mass data and the inertia data. |
| US10455220B2 |
Image processing device, method of controlling image processing device and program causing computer to execute method
There is provided an image processing device including an image acquisition part acquiring an image; a depth acquisition part acquiring a depth associated with a pixel in the image; a depth conversion part converting the depth in accordance with a function having a characteristic to nonlinearly approach a predetermined value with an increase in the depth; and a storage part storing the converted depth in association with the image. |
| US10455219B2 |
Stereo correspondence and depth sensors
Stereo correspondence and depth sensor techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a depth map generated by a depth sensor is leveraged as part of processing of stereo images to assist in identifying which parts of stereo images correspond to each other. The depth map, for instance, may be utilized to assist in identifying depth discontinuities in the stereo images. Additionally, techniques may be employed to align the depth discontinuities identified from the depth map to image edges identified from the stereo images. Techniques may also be employed to suppress image edges that do not correspond to the depth discontinuities of the depth map in comparison with image edges that do correspond to the depth discontinuities as part of the identification. |
| US10455217B2 |
Electronic apparatus and method of generating depth map
An electronic apparatus and a method of generating a depth map are provided. The electronic apparatus includes a projection device, a first camera, a second camera, and a processing device. The projection device projects patterned invisible light on a scene. The first camera captures visible light information to generate a first image. The second camera captures visible light information and invisible light information to generate a second image. The processing device receives the first image and the second image. A first depth information unit in the processing device compares visible light images of the first image and the second image to obtain first depth information, and a second depth information unit in the processing device identifies an invisible light image in the second image to obtain second depth information. The processing device generates a depth map of the scene from the first depth information and the second depth information selectively. |
| US10455216B2 |
Three-dimensional imager
A three-dimensional (3D) measuring device includes a cooling fan and an enclosure attached to a projector and a camera. The camera images a pattern of light projected by the projector onto an object to determine 3D coordinates points on the object. A fan draws air through an opening in the front of the enclosure, across a plurality of components in the enclosure and out a second opening in the enclosure. |
| US10455213B2 |
Device having a 2D image sensor and depth sensor
A three dimensional (3D) device is formed from a first level and a second level that are attached together. The first level includes a backside illuminated two dimensional (2D) image sensor including an array of first pixels sensitive to visible light. The second level includes a frontside illuminated depth sensor including an array of second pixels sensitive to near infrared light. The first and second levels are attached in a manner such that radiation, in particular the near infrared light, received at the backside of the first level passes through the first level to reach the depth sensor in the second level. |
| US10455211B2 |
Method and apparatus of image processing
A method and apparatus of precomputing includes capturing a first image by a first image capturing device. An image space for the first image is defined and pixels in the image space are analyzed for validity. Valid pixels are stored as valid pixel groups and the valid pixel groups are processed. |
| US10455207B2 |
Method, computing device and nonvolatile computer readable storage medium for processing white balance
Provided is a method and device for processing white balance. The method includes: acquiring a first image frame with a face image at a first acquisition time point, and a second image frame without a face image at a second acquisition time point different from the first acquisition time point; performing a white balance processing for the first image frame based on a first gain value; performing a white balance processing for the second image frame based on a second gain value; determining a transitional gain value for a transitional image frame acquired between the first acquisition time point and the second acquisition time point, based on a transition strategy for transition between the first image frame and the second image frame; and performing a white balance processing for the transitional image frame based on the transitional gain value. A computing device and a nonvolatile computer readable storage medium are also disclosed. |
| US10455203B2 |
Methods and apparatus for controlled shadow casting to increase the perceptual quality of projected content
Methods and apparatus for controlled shadow casting to increase the perceptual quality of projected content are disclosed. In some examples, an apparatus is to increase a perceptual quality of content projected onto a projection surface. In some examples, the apparatus includes a processor and memory. In some examples, the memory includes computer readable instructions. In some examples, the instructions, when executed, cause the processor to determine a target shutter position for a shutter based on a location of a light source and a location of a projection surface. In some examples, the instructions, when executed, further cause the processor to move the shutter to the target shutter position to cast a shadow onto the projection surface around a portion of content projected onto the projection surface. |
| US10455201B2 |
Imaging device, manufacturing method thereof, and medical imaging system
An imaging device includes a light separator that separates light into light bands, and imaging elements that each receives one of the light bands and generates a corresponding signal. Each of the imaging elements has a pixel size of at most 2.5 μm by 2.5 μm. A registration error among the imaging elements is equal to or less than a threshold determined according to the pixel size. |
| US10455194B1 |
Robust handling of sudden changes of bandwidth in selective forwarding unit conferences
Techniques for handling sudden changes in available bandwidth in videoconferences implemented with media servers employing SFUs. The techniques involve detecting a sudden drop in available egress network bandwidth from a media server to a video receiver, sending a request to a video sender currently sending a video stream to the media server for forwarding to the video receiver to reduce its transmission bitrate, determining whether to reset the forwarding of the video stream to the video receiver, and, having determined to reset the forwarding of the video stream to the video receiver, stopping the forwarding of the video stream to the video receiver, sending a request for an I-frame to the video sender for use in restarting the forwarding of the video stream to the video receiver, and, having received the requested I-frame, restarting the forwarding of the video stream from the video sender to the video receiver. |
| US10455191B2 |
Systems and methods for conference calling using personal URL
Systems and methods are disclosed for managing conference calling using a URL assigned to a conference call organizer. One method includes receiving, from a conference call organizer, a request to be placed into a conference call associated with a URL assigned to the organizer; and receiving, from a prospective conference call participant, a request to be placed into the conference call associated with the URL. Another method includes receiving, from a first user, through a web page of a URL assigned to the first user, a first phone number at which the first user can be called; receiving, from a second user, through the web page of the URL, a second phone number at which the second user can be called; and initiating phone calls to the first user at the first number and the second user at the second number. |
| US10455190B2 |
Camera system, video processing apparatus, and camera apparatus
Disclosed herein is a camera system including, a camera apparatus having, an image sensor, a correction section, a first transmission processing section, and a synchronization processing section, and a video processing apparatus having a second transmission processing section and a conversion section, wherein the video processing apparatus outputs the video data obtained by the conversion by the conversion section. |
| US10455187B2 |
360° Camera system
A 360° camera system that eliminates problems associated with capturing real-time encounters between first responders, i.e., law enforcement personnel (such as police officers) and civilians such that all individuals involved in the encounter can be held accountable for their actions, wherein multiple cameras are provided, e.g., two to three cameras, consisting of cameras that acquire images in a 360° range, as opposed to conventional cameras that shoot up to a range of 170°, such that questions about sequence of events and their circumstances are eliminated. |
| US10455185B2 |
Detecting anomalous events to trigger the uploading of video to a video storage server
A computer-implemented method includes: monitoring, by a computing device, video or image data captured by a plurality of cameras implemented within a vehicle; monitoring, by the computing device, vehicle information associated with the vehicle, wherein the vehicle information includes sensor information reported by tire pressure sensors or impact sensors of the vehicle, or vehicle diagnostic information; detecting, by the computing device, satisfaction of particular video upload event criteria for which video should be uploaded for secure storage and future analysis, wherein the detecting the satisfaction of the video upload criteria is based on the monitoring the video or image data and the vehicle information; and uploading, by the computing device, video captured by a subset of the plurality of cameras to a video storage server, wherein the subset of the plurality of cameras include cameras capture the video or image data used to detect the satisfaction of the video upload event criteria or are associated with the vehicle information used to detect the satisfaction of the video upload event criteria. |
| US10455184B2 |
Display device and information processing terminal device
Provided is a display device configured to display a video, and an information processing terminal device configured to control transmission of a video to the display device.When a video-reproducing device detects a jumping movement of a user, the video-reproducing device determines that an instruction is given to move a viewpoint position to a place on which a target mark is displayed, and transmits a request for stopping transmission to a video-providing device as a transmission source of a currently displayed video, and transmits a request for starting transmission to a video-providing device as a moving destination. When transmission of a video from the video-providing device as the moving destination is started, the movement in viewpoint is achieved, and a video captured from a new viewpoint position is allowed to be viewed on the video-reproducing device. |
| US10455175B2 |
Solid state imaging device and imaging apparatus including clipping sections clipping the voltage of vertical signal line to a predetermined value
A voltage limiting unit of a solid state imaging device limits a voltage of a signal line so as not to become a predetermined value or less. A signal processing unit to which a pixel signal is input via a signal line. A controlling unit is disposed between the voltage limiting unit and the signal processing unit on the signal line. Further, the controlling unit causes the voltage limiting unit and the signal processing unit to be non-conductive in a period in which a transfer unit of a pixel transfers the electric charge converted by a photoelectric conversion unit of the pixel to a floating diffusion region of the pixel. |
| US10455167B2 |
System for optical detection of parameters
This invention relates to a parameter detection system, an infrared band pass filter, and a glass substrate for the infrared band pass filter as well as a method for detecting parameters. The system, filter and substrate of this invention may be used in a number of devices, including smart phones, portable computers, computer watches, tablet computers, gaming devices, TV sets, personal computers, intercommunication systems, home automation systems, automotive security systems, 3D imaging systems, gesture control systems, touch sensors, fingerprint sensors, diagnostic systems, gaming devices, interactive displays, 3D sensing systems, home appliances, display devices, iris recognition systems and others. The system, filter and substrate of this invention may be used for a number of purposes including but not limited to iris recognition, 3D scanning, interactive display, biometric detection or measurement of biometric data, gesture control, gaming, fingerprint detection. |
| US10455166B2 |
Thermal imaging sensor which connects to base units and makes thermal temperature data available over industrial protocols to monitoring systems
A Thermal Imaging Sensor for providing a new innovative way for monitoring temperature in critical facilities. The thermal imaging sensor(s) connect to base units using wired or wireless connectivity. The thermal image data is transformed into numeric temperature data either by the sensor or the base unit. This image into numeric temperature data conversion allows for thermal data integration with monitoring, management and or automation applications using SNMP, Modbus, Bacnet, XML, JSON, HTTP, Serial over IP, any other IP based protocol or serial protocol so that the sensor can be used by monitoring and/or automation systems. With the present invention, a thermal imaging sensor is automatically recognized by applications as any other temperature sensor while having all the benefits from thermal imaging compared to traditional temperature sensors. It also connects to a base unit like any other regular sensor. The thermal imaging sensor in the present invention is not a standalone unit. |
| US10455165B2 |
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for using a video capture device to alleviate motion sickness via an augmented display for a passenger
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for using a video capture device to alleviate motion sickness via an augmented display for a passenger. One method includes receiving, from a video capture device of a vehicle, video data of a view outside of the vehicle while the vehicle is in motion; displaying, on a display device for a passenger of the vehicle, a request for a mode of display of the video data, the mode of displaying including a passive video mode and an active video mode; receiving a selection of the mode of display; displaying a request for a video display type when the passive video mode is selected; and displaying the video data including a menu, the menu including a plurality of selectable icons to interact with the video data when the active video mode is selected. |
| US10455161B2 |
Information communication method
A method includes setting an exposure time of an image sensor included in a terminal device so that a bright line corresponding to each of a plurality of exposure lines included in the image sensor appears according to a change in luminance of each of the plurality of subjects. The method also includes obtaining a bright line image including a plurality of bright lines corresponding to each of the plurality of subjects, and obtaining a plurality of identification information from the plurality of subjects. The method further includes specifying locations of the plurality of subjects, determining directions of arrival of lights from the plurality of subjects, calculating distances between the terminal device and each of the plurality of subjects using each of the directions of the arrival of lights, and calculating a location of the terminal device using the locations of the plurality of the subjects and the distances. |
| US10455160B2 |
Detecting apparatus, detecting method, computer-readable medium storing a program, lithography apparatus, and article manufacturing method that control imaging device to perform imaging at particular time period
A detecting apparatus that detects a mark includes: an imaging device configured to perform imaging of the mark; and a controller configured to control the imaging device. The controller is configured to control the imaging device such that only a period in which a position of an object with the mark is within a tolerance is a period of the imaging before the position converges within the tolerance. |
| US10455159B2 |
Imaging setting changing apparatus, imaging system, and imaging setting changing method
Provided are an imaging setting changing apparatus, an imaging system, and an imaging setting changing method that are capable of improving visibility of a combined image around a movable body. An imaging setting changing apparatus includes an image acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of images capturing around a movable body in a partially overlapping manner generated by a plurality of imaging units, and a controller configured to change imaging setting of at least one of two imaging units in such a manner as to reduce at least one of a brightness difference and a color difference of the overlapping area in the images taken by the two imaging units configured to commonly image the overlapping area. |
| US10455156B2 |
Using unidirectional and omnidirectional antennas to determine whether object image is in camera viewfinder
A technique includes sensing energy emitted from an object using an omnidirectional antenna of electronic device and sensing the energy using a unidirectional antenna of the electronic device. The technique includes, based at least in part on the sensing of energy using the omnidirectional antenna and the sensing of the energy using the unidirectional antenna, determining whether an image of the object is displayed in a camera viewfinder of the electronic device. The technique includes selectively causing the electronic device to generate an output based at least in part on the determination. |
| US10455153B2 |
Depth sensing techniques for virtual, augmented, and mixed reality systems
A system and method for operating a sensor which has at least two modes of operation. The sensor may be provided with a sequence of common operation steps which are included in both a first sequence of operation steps which define a first mode of operation and a second sequence of operation steps which define a second mode of operation. The sensor may also be provided with one or more dummy operation steps which relate to the difference between the first mode of operation and the second mode of operation. The sensor can be operated in the first mode of operation by causing it to execute at least the common operation steps and it can be operated in the second mode of operation by causing it to execute the common operation steps and at least one dummy operation step. |
| US10455149B2 |
Image processing apparatus, image processing apparatus control method, image pickup apparatus, and image pickup apparatus control method
An image processing apparatus including an acquiring unit configured to acquire an image signal of a plurality of images obtained by picking up an object image that is formed by a photographing optical system; a determining unit configured to determine a defocus amount of the object image by using the image signal of the plurality of images; and a conversion unit configured to perform, on the defocus amount, gradation conversion that has at least one conversion characteristic out of a plurality of different conversion characteristics, and to output information that is based on the defocus amount converted by the gradation conversion. |
| US10455144B2 |
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, system, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium
A first control amount of an image capturing device is estimated based on a region of an object detected from a captured image by the image capturing device. A second control amount of the image capturing device instructed in accordance with a user operation is acquired. A parameter required for the estimating is updated based on a difference between the first control amount and the second control amount. |
| US10455138B2 |
Camera calibration with lenticular arrays
The present disclosure is directed to an approach to solve camera calibration from a single picture of a simply structured light field created by viewing a carefully designed lenticular sheet. The lenticular sheet has different colors visible at different relative orientations and gives linear constraints on the K-1?R matrix which can be decomposed to give the rotation and calibration. The method uses geometric cues from hue measurements and does not require a correspondence between a point in the image and a point on the calibration pattern. |
| US10455136B2 |
Information processing to indicate focusable areas in an image
There is provided an information processing system comprising: circuitry configured to acquire information indicating whether at least one of plurality of areas included in a captured image captured by a capturing device are focusable; and to issue a signal to control a display to display first information indicating whether each of the plurality of areas are focusable. |
| US10455134B2 |
Temporal processes for aggregating multi dimensional data from discrete and distributed collectors to provide enhanced space-time perspective
At a central controlling system, a composite map is constructed based on a previous dataset that includes (A) images of a target obtained by imaging devices at a first time, and (B) respective meta data associated with the images. Imaging devices collect image data during a second time after the first time. In accordance with the composite map, the imaging devices obtain images of the target and associate meta data with the images. The images and respective meta data are communicated to the central controlling system. The positions and orientations of the imaging devices when the respective images were obtained, and when the images were obtained, are used to index the images against the target, thereby aggregating multi-dimensional data for the target. Temporal information about a characteristic of the target over time is then extracted from the aggregated multi-dimensional data. |
| US10455132B2 |
Communication apparatus, control method thereof, image capturing apparatus, image capturing system, and storage medium
A communication apparatus comprises: a communication unit for communication with an image capturing apparatus including a display unit; an input unit configured to input a setting change request to the image capturing apparatus; and a control unit configured to control the communication unit to transmit, to the image capturing apparatus, second information to be highlighted together with first information indicating contents of the setting change request so as to highlight a display element related to the setting change request when displayed in the display unit of the image capturing apparatus in a case where the contents of the setting change request meet a predetermined condition, and control the communication unit to transmit the first information to the image capturing apparatus without transmitting the second information in a case where the contents of the setting change request do not meet the predetermined condition. |
| US10455130B2 |
Method, transmission unit, system and computer program for wireless communication between a camera and at least one remote flash device
The present invention generally relates to the field of communication between electronic devices used for photography. In particular, the invention relates to a method, transmission unit, system and computer program for wireless communication between a camera and at least one remote flash device, such as photoflash units and related equipment. More in particular, the invention provides a way of controlling a plurality of flash devices from an intermediate radio transmission unit mountable on the camera, and utilized a delay a sequence flash control sequence so as to synchronize the function of the camera and the remote flash devices during image acquisition. |
| US10455128B2 |
User feedback for real-time checking and improving quality of scanned image
A smartphone may be freely moved in three dimensions as it captures a stream of images of an object. Multiple image frames may be captured in different orientations and distances from the object and combined into a composite image representing an image of the object. The image frames may be formed into the composite image based on representing features of each image frame as a set of points in a three dimensional point cloud. Inconsistencies between the image frames may be adjusted when projecting respective points in the point cloud into the composite image. Quality of the image frames may be improved by processing the image frames to correct errors. Reflections and shadows may be detected and removed. Further, optical character recognition may be applied. As the scan progresses, a direction for capturing subsequent image frames is provided to a user as a real-time feedback. |
| US10455127B2 |
Movement detection device
A movement detection device, including a multi-element photodiode, the multi-element photodiode comprising a plurality of pixels, referred to as megapixels, and, for at least one megapixel of the multi-element photodiode, a mask partially obscuring a sensitive zone of said megapixel, the mask consisting of a plurality of zones including at least one opaque zone and at least one transparent zone, an opaque zone being able to prevent a light beam from fully reaching portions of the sensitive zone of the megapixel corresponding to the opaque zone, a transparent zone being able to allow a light beam to reach a portion of the sensitive surface of the megapixel corresponding to the transparent zone, each opaque zone having at least one adjacent transparent zone so as to obtain an alternation of opaque zones and transparent zones in the mask. |
| US10455125B2 |
Image processing method and device
An image processing method includes obtaining color information of each of a plurality of pixels included in an input image signal; determining whether a color value of each of the plurality of pixels corresponds to a gamut boundary of the input image signal based on the obtained color information; determining a gain value for allowing the color value of at least one of the plurality of pixels to correspond to the gamut boundary, based on a result of the determining; and converting the color value of the at least one pixel based on the determined gain value. |
| US10455124B2 |
Image forming apparatus, image forming system, management apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium that stores program
An image forming apparatus used for an image forming system that outputs a job in a plurality of image forming apparatuses in a distributed manner, the image forming apparatus including: a communication unit that communicates with other image forming apparatuses; and a control unit that controls the communication and a distributed output of the job and includes state information on the plurality of the image forming apparatuses. The control unit determines, according to the states of each of the image forming apparatuses, the image forming apparatus for printing of a reference test chart on a transfer medium, the test chart being used as a reference for an image formation adjustment in each of the image forming apparatuses. |
| US10455122B2 |
Profile adjustment method, profile adjustment apparatus, and profile adjustment system
Device-independent coordinate values at an adjustment point are converted into second coordinate values in accordance with a B2A table of an output profile, and the second coordinate values are converted into adjustment target PCS values, which are the device-independent coordinate values, in accordance with an A2B table of the output profile. When values obtained by adding relative values of an adjustment target using PCS coordinates as a reference, are assumed as target PCS values, in an optimization step, an optimization process is carried out to obtain an optimal solution of adjustment color values. The optimization process includes an element for bringing provisional PCS values, obtained by converting, in accordance with the A2B table, provisional color values obtained by adding adjustment color values to the adjustment target color values, closer to the target PCS values. |
| US10455119B2 |
Display device, image processing apparatus, control methods thereof, and display system
Provided is a display device that illuminates a printed material taking into consideration the characteristics of the printed material. The display device obtains an image for illuminating the printed material, and information pertaining to the optical characteristics, such as light reflectance or transmission, of the printed material. Then, on the basis of metadata pertaining to a luminance or color of the obtained image and the obtained information, the display device controls a light source illuminating the printed material. Through this, the display device enhances the dynamic range or the color gamut of the printed material. |
| US10455118B2 |
Generation method, storage medium, and image forming apparatus that generate a threshold matrix by using determined thresholds
An information processing apparatus, in accordance with rising density in an extreme density range, determines a threshold for setting each pixel of a threshold matrix so as to consecutively grow an isolated dot corresponding to a halftone dot in a low density range to a first dot size for each submatrix, sets, when the size of isolated dots in a predetermined number of submatrices is grown to the first dot size, an intermediate position between the isolated dots in the predetermined number of submatrices; and determines, for each of one or more submatrices including a set intermediate position, a threshold to set for each pixel of the threshold matrix so that an isolated dot is consecutively grown until a second dot size smaller than the first dot size. |
| US10455117B2 |
Image processing apparatus, method, and storage medium
A binary image of an input image is generated, and a character region within the binary image and a region surrounding each character are acquired as character segmentation rectangle information. A thinning process is executed on a region within the binary image which is identified based on the character segmentation rectangle information to acquire a thinned image. An edge detected image of the region identified based on the character segmentation rectangle information is acquired. Whether each character identified based on the character segmentation rectangle information is a character to be separated from a background by the binarization process or not is determined based on a result of a logical AND of the thinned image and the edge detected image. |
| US10455113B1 |
Document classification utilizing fluorescent or ultraviolet inking
Systems and methods are provided for document classification and digitization. One or more physical documents may have a classification code applied thereon. The classification code may be a unique identifier for the document and/or page of the document. The classification code may utilize ink outside the visible spectrum for the purpose of being machine readable. A digital version of the physical document may be created. The digital version may include a visible reproduction of the document without showing the classification code. |
| US10455112B2 |
Optimizing optical scanners for digital watermark detection
The present disclosure relates generally to digital watermarking for retail product packaging. A digital watermark can be carried in different color channels, and at with different signal polarities. Detection can utilize different illumination sources or image sensors with various filters to highlight signal in one or more of the channels. |
| US10455108B2 |
Image reading apparatus, control method, and control program
An image reading apparatus, a control method, and a control program accurately determining a position of a foreign object are provided. The image reading apparatus includes an image capturing device, provided in a first unit or a second unit, for capturing a first image and a second image, a reference member provided in the first unit or the second unit, a driving device for moving the second unit, a foreign object determining module for determining whether or not a foreign object appears in the first image, and a position determining module for determining whether the foreign object exists on the image capturing device side or on the reference member side, based on an absolute value of a difference between a gradation value in a region where the foreign object appears within the first image and a gradation value in a region corresponding to the region where the foreign object appears, within the second image when the foreign object appears in the first image, wherein the first image is an image of the reference member captured when the second unit is provided at one of the first position or the second position, and the second image is an image of the reference member captured when the second unit is provided at the other of the first position or the second position. |
| US10455107B2 |
Scanner having a merging mark and white reference to correct output of the sensor chip
Provided is a scanner having sixteen or fewer sensor chips capable of scanning an A4 document; an optical unit that reduces and focuses an image of an A4 document on the sensor chips; and a generator that synthesizes images of the A4 document read by the sensor chips, and generates image data. |
| US10455104B2 |
Information processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, and non-transitory computer readable medium with communication of printer layout information in response to image processing and reading speed
An information processing apparatus includes: a print data acquisition unit that acquires print data; a layout information acquisition unit that acquires layout information concerning plural image forming parts that are aligned from an upstream side toward a downstream side in a moving direction of a transfer target that moves and form images of respective different colors on the transfer target; and an image information generation unit that generates pieces of image information for the respective colors used by the plural image forming parts from the print data during a generation period and generates image information used by an image forming part located on an upstream side in the moving direction more in a former half of the generation period than in a latter half of the generation period. |
| US10455103B2 |
Power control method of printing apparatus
A printing apparatus includes a printer to form an image on a printing medium by using a color material and to output the printing medium on which the image is formed, a printing controller to control the printer and to store data relating to the printer, a power controller to control supply of power to the printer and the printing controller, and a main controller connected with the printing controller so as to be capable of communication. In accordance with a predetermined request, the power controller performs control so as to suspend supply of power to the printer, the main controller starts acquisition of the data stored by the printing controller, and the power controller performs control so as to suspend supply of power to the printing controller after the main controller completes acquisition of the data. |
| US10455101B2 |
Server, image processing unit, and non-transitory recording medium for displaying error screen
A server connected to an image processing device over a network, executes: running an application that operates in cooperation with the image processing device; obtaining screen information to use the application from the application based on a request from an external device; outputting the screen information to the external device; detecting an error on the image processing device with which the application operates in cooperation; and adding error information to access an error screen constructed by the image processing device to the screen information when the error on the image processing device is detected. The server outputs the screen information with added the error information to the external device when the error information is added to the screen information. |
| US10455099B2 |
Printing apparatus with pull scan function, method of controlling printing apparatus, and storage medium
Regarding a Pull Scan function, a printing apparatus allows a user to select either employing a method for displaying a specific screen in using the Pull Scan function, or employing a method for permitting the use of the Pull Scan function even without displaying the specific screen. |
| US10455097B2 |
System and method for sending, delivery or receiving of faxes, over a computer based network according to security or other protocols
Embodiments of systems and methods for the sending, delivery and receiving of faxes according to particular protocols are disclosed. Certain embodiments may receive a fax from a sender and determine if the ability exists to send the fax over a computer based network according to a particular protocol. If there is no destination associated with the fax number for the protocol the fax may be sent according to the fax number. If, however, there is a destination for the protocol associated with the fax number an attempt is made to send the fax to the destination according to the protocol. |
| US10455094B2 |
Telephony web event system and method
An embodiment of the system for publishing events of a telephony application to a client includes a call router that generates events from the telephony application and an event router that manages the publication of events generated by the call router and that manages the subscription to events by clients. The system can be used with a telephony application that interfaces with a telephony device and an application server. |
| US10455092B1 |
Systems and methods for intercepting communications
Tangible, non-transitory, machine-readable media include instructions that cause a processor to receive a first indication that a user is attempting to communicate with a provider, and intercept communication between the user and the provider based on the first indication being received. The instructions also cause the processor to send user information to a provider application server based on the first indication being received, and display a visual interface that establishes communication with the relevant provider department or performs a transaction based on the first indication being received. The instructions further cause the processor to receive a second indication associated with performing the action associated with the provider via the visual interface; and performing the action based on the second indication being received. |
| US10455091B1 |
User input driven short message service (SMS) applications
At least one inquiry message is received from a user device in the form or a text message, email or other communication message format. The message may be received and processed to identify the content of the inquiry message to determine whether the inquiry message should be transferred to a live agent queue or whether the inquiry message should be responded to with an automated response stored in a database. In the case of the automated message failing to address the user's inquiry or if the automated responses do not appear to be relevant based on the comparison of the message content to automated response content then transmitting the inquiry message to the live agent queue. |
| US10455087B2 |
Information retrieval using natural language dialogue
Methods and systems which perform information retrieval using natural language dialog for navigating an inventory of items are described. One example provides an information retrieval system to a user using natural language dialog. The system comprises a user input receiving device, an output device, a database comprising an inventory of items, and a processor. The processor is configured to retrieve one or more items from the inventory of items using an iterative process by: in response to receiving from the user input receiving device a user input, identifying a subset of the inventory based on the user input. The processor is configured to automatically process the subset of items to determine a classification for distinguishing between items of the subset, to generate an enquiry for a user using the classification and to transmit the enquiry to the output device. The user input and/or the enquiry may use natural language. |
| US10455085B1 |
Systems and methods for real-time scam protection on phones
The disclosed computer-implemented method for using electronic text information to automatically determine untrustworthy voice calls, at least a portion of the method being performed by a computing device comprising at least one processor, may include (1) during a voice call, receiving, by the computing device, text information representing contents of the voice call, (2) analyzing, by the computing device, the text information representing the contents of the voice call, (3) determining, by the computing device, that the voice call is untrustworthy based on the analysis of the text information, and (4) during the voice call, advising a recipient of the voice call of the determination that the voice call is untrustworthy. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed. |
| US10455083B2 |
Method and system for providing additional information to called parties
A system for providing additional information to called parties, the system comprises a base unit device for sending additional information to called parties, the base unit comprises a microprocessor, at least one Ethernet port, at least one telephone port, a first transceiver, and a first wireless antenna; and a display unit for receiving the additional information from the base unit device and displaying the additional information to the called parties, the display unit comprises a second transceiver, a liquid crystal display, a second wireless antenna, and a set of keys. |
| US10455082B2 |
Copper impairment testing and remediation in digital subscriber line (DSL) service
A test instrument connectable to a network to provide copper impairment testing and remediation in a digital subscriber line (DSL) service is provided. The test instrument may comprise a port connectable to a test point in a network. The test instrument may also comprise a processing circuit to perform tests in the following categories: (i) shorts, grounds, and opens, (ii) true length, (iii) balance, and (iv) series fault, wherein the combination of these tests may determine copper impairment. Once tests are conducted, one or more remediation recommendations may be provided based at least in part on failure in one of the test categories. The test results and remediation recommendations may then be presented at an output, such as a display at a test instrument or user device. |
| US10455081B2 |
Network recording and speech analytics system and method
A system and method for network recording and speech analytics wherein a recording system receives media exchanged between first and second communication devices during a telephony call. The media is received by the recording system over a wide area network. The recording system bridges a media path between the first and second communication devices, and replicates media exchanged in the media path for storing the replicated media in a mass storage device. The recording system further captures metadata associated with the call, and stores the captured metadata in association with the stored media. The stored media and metadata may then be provided to a requesting device over the wide area network. The recording system may also be configured to analyze the call recording along with the associated metadata for detecting key words or phrases and/or triggering actionable events. |
| US10455080B2 |
Methods and devices for improvements relating to voice quality estimation
This disclosure falls into the field of voice communication systems, more specifically it is related to the field of voice quality estimation in a packet based voice communication system. In particular the disclosure provides a method and device for 5 reducing a prediction error of the voice quality estimation by considering the content of lost packets. Furthermore, this disclosure provides a method and device which uses a voice quality estimating algorithm to calculate the voice quality estimate based on an input which is switchable between a first and a second input mode. |
| US10455072B2 |
Systems and methods for enabling optical transmission of data between a sensor and a smart device
A system is herein provided for enabling optical transmission of data between a sensor and a smart device, including a computing device running testing related code in a materials testing Application, wherein the device has a screen and a camera in proximity to the screen; a materials testing adaptor including a light source and a light receiver, wherein the adaptor is adapted to be placed at least partially over the computer device screen, and at least partially over the computer device camera; wherein the computer device communicates data optically to the testing adaptor using at least a part of the screen, and the testing adaptor communicates data optically to the computer device using the light source; and wherein the computer device receives data optically from the testing adaptor using the camera, and the testing adaptor receives data optically from the computer device using the light receiver. |
| US10455069B2 |
Method, system, and device for process triggering
A process triggering method is disclosed. The method may be implemented by a processor. The method may comprise receiving an input operation on an unlock interface of a terminal device, determining input operation information corresponding to the input operation, determining triggering operation information matching with the determined input operation information, determining a process corresponding to the input operation according to a predetermined corresponding relationship between the triggering operation information and the process, and triggering the process. |
| US10455068B2 |
Electronic device and method for controlling display using piezoelectric element
An electronic device includes a display, a vibration element positioned under the display, a microphone, and a processor electrically connected to the display, the vibration element, and the microphone. The processor is configured to allow the vibration element to vibrate the display such that the display outputs a first signal having a first waveform. The electronic device obtains a second signal having a second waveform through the microphone in response to the output of the first signal. In addition, the processor controls the display based on a result of comparing the first waveform and the second waveform. |
| US10455063B2 |
Packet flow classification
Technologies for packet flow classification on a computing device include a hash table including a plurality of hash table buckets in which each hash table bucket maps a plurality of keys to corresponding traffic flows. The computing device performs packet flow classification on received data packets, where the packet flow classification includes a plurality of sequential classification stages and fetch classification operations and non-fetch classification operations are performed in each classification stage. The fetch classification operations include to prefetch a key of a first received data packet based on a set of packet fields of the first received data packet for use during a subsequent classification stage, prefetch a hash table bucket from the hash table based on a key signature of the prefetched key for use during another subsequent classification stage, and prefetch a traffic flow to be applied to the first received data packet based on the prefetched hash table bucket and the prefetched key. The computing device handles processing of received data packets such that a fetch classification operation is performed by the flow classification module on the first received data packet while a non-fetch classification operation is performed by the flow classification module on a second received data packet. |
| US10455059B2 |
Sending messages to mobile devices
A device may receive a request for a mobile device to obtain an application. The request may include a mobile device identifier for the mobile device. The device may send, to the mobile device, a link to a web page. The device may receive, from the mobile device, a request for the web page. The device may send, to the mobile device, a redirect to a software distribution platform to obtain the application from the software distribution platform. The device may receive a registration identifier for the mobile device after the mobile device obtains the application from the software distribution platform. The device may send, to a message server, a request for a message to be sent to the mobile device. The request may be based on the registration identifier and the application. |
| US10455058B2 |
Custom digital components
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for processing requests for digital components. A method includes receiving a request from a client device for a digital component generated by a first SDK installed at a client device, examining data fields of the request by servers, generating real-time requests by the servers, and transmitting each real-time request to a third-party digital component provider by the servers. The method further includes receiving responses to the real-time requests from the third party digital component provider by the servers, selecting a particular response to transmit to the client device responsive to the request for the digital component by the servers, and transmitting the particular response to the first SDK with instructions specifying which SDK installed at the client device is required to render a digital component included in the particular response by the servers. |
| US10455057B2 |
System and method for Lightweight-Machine-to-Machine device registration and assignment
A method assigns a bootstrap server for wireless devices in a machine-to-machine environment. The method includes receiving, by a network device in a wireless access network and from a wireless device, a first request for a bootstrap server identifier. The method also includes providing, to the wireless device, a response including an address for a carrier-specific bootstrap server device. The method also includes receiving, by the carrier-specific bootstrap server device, a request for management server connection information. The request is submitted by the wireless device using the bootstrap server identifier. The method further includes assigning, by the carrier-specific bootstrap server device, the wireless device to a management server of a group of management servers and sending connection information for the management server to the wireless device. |
| US10455056B2 |
Cloud-based storage and interchange mechanism for design elements
Techniques for sharing design elements between different applications and/or devices are provided. A design element is received from a first application as multiple representations, each of the multiple representations corresponding to a complementary storage format for the design element based on a design element type. The design element is stored as the multiple representations in a centrally stored library, the centrally stored library being shared among a plurality of applications. An indication to use the design element in a second application may be received. At least one of the multiple representations may be returned, as determined by the second application. |
| US10455051B2 |
Managing interactions in a network communications environment
A network communications environment has advanced interaction management functionality that enables the opportunities for users to interact with one another to be expanded beyond the opportunities that exist with closed interaction management approaches while still providing reasonable privacy and security protections that are not available with open interaction management approaches. The advanced interaction management functionality also encourages the proliferation of trust-based interactions. |
| US10455049B2 |
Presenting content to an online system user based on content presented by a scrollable content unit
An online system presents a feed of content including content items and one or more scrollable content units to a user of the online system. A scrollable content unit includes an ordered set of content items and a display area presenting fewer than all of the content items of the ordered set at a time. The user navigates through the ordered set of content items in the display area by interacting with the scrollable content unit. If the user navigates through fewer than all of the content items in the ordered set, the online system modifies the ordered set. If the scrollable content unit is again provided to the user, the scrollable content unit presents content items based the modified ordered set. For example, the modified ordered set prioritizes presentation of content items from the ordered set that were not previously presented to the user. |
| US10455047B2 |
Methods and systems for application controlled pre-fetch
Methods and systems for application controlled pre-fetch are described. The system receives pre-fetch information, over a network, at a first load balancer. The pre-fetch information is received from a first application server and includes a plurality of element identifiers that respectively identify a plurality of interface elements included in an interface. The system identifies a first element identifier from the plurality of element identifiers in the pre-fetch information. The first element identifier identifies a first interface element. The system retrieves the first interface element by communication of a request to a second application server. The request includes the first element identifier. |
| US10455045B2 |
Automatic data replica manager in distributed caching and data processing systems
A method of data storage includes determining a latency distance from a primary node to each of two or more replica nodes, choosing a preferred replica node of the two or more replica nodes based on the determined latency distances, and write-caching data into the preferred replica node. |
| US10455044B2 |
Systems and methods for identifying and characterizing client devices
The teachings herein generally relate to client-server communications and the delivery of content over computer networks to clients, and provide improved methods, systems, and apparatus for identifying and/or characterizing client devices that are requesting content from a server. For example, based on information sent in a client device's request for content, a web server modified in accordance with the teachings hereof can identify a set of characteristics associated with that client device. Such characteristics might include the model name of the client device, the screen dimensions of the client device, information about the particular operating system or browser name/version it is running, content formats it is capable of consuming, and so on. The web server can use this information to modify and customize its response for the given client device. |
| US10455038B2 |
Indirect integration of network connected devices into service function chains
A gateway device is configured to operate as a network function in a service function chain and is connected to a plurality of network connected devices. The gateway device receives a service function chain packet that includes a request to obtain data from one or more of the plurality of network connected devices. The gateway device obtains the data from the one or more network connected devices and modifies the service function chain packet to include the data obtained from the one or more network connected devices. The gateway device sends the service function chain packet that has been modified to include that data obtained from the one or more network connected devices along the service function chain. |
| US10455034B2 |
Analyzing tracking requests generated by client devices interacting with a website
An online system receives tracking requests from client devices interacting with a website to analyze user interactions with the website. The website provides instructions with web pages sent to a client device that cause the client device to send tracking instructions to the online system. The online system sends requests for web pages to the website, receives a plurality of web pages from the website, and determines a count of distinct web pages provided by the website. The online system determines a score for the website indicating a quality of tracking instructions of the website based on various factors, including an aggregate value based on the distinct webpages of the website that include tracking instructions and the count of distinct web pages provided by the website. Based on this score, the online system generates a report describing a quality of the tracking instructions of the website. |
| US10455030B2 |
Content delivery system and method using anycast or unicast address
Aspects of the present disclosure involve a CDN utilizing a Direct Server Return (DSR) request command to create a tunnel from one content server to another content server of the CDN. Through the DSR tunnel, a request for content may be served from a content server that is more advantageous for the CDN for any number of reasons, such as from a content server that is logically closer to the content server. In determining when a DSR tunnel is created to provide the content, the CDN may access a database storing various information concerning the CDN, such as the location of egress gateways of the CDN in relation to one or more content servers, connecting network location information, the capabilities of one or more content servers, and/or load information of available content servers. |
| US10455028B2 |
Allocating edge services with large-scale processing framework clusters
Systems, methods, and software described herein enhance the generation of large-scale processing framework clusters and corresponding edge services. In one implementation, a method includes identifying a request for a large-scale processing cluster, and identifying one or more edge services based on the type and version of the large-scale processing cluster. The method further provides generating a user interface that indicates the one or more edge services available, receiving a selection of at least one edge service in the one or more edge services, and initiating execution of the large-scale processing framework cluster and the at least one edge service, wherein the at least one edge service is provided with configuration information for the large-scale processing framework cluster. |
| US10455025B2 |
Multi-factor authentication
An authenticated session with a remote system is established and identified through an authentication token for the session. During that session, a resource is accessed requiring additional authentication beyond what the authentication token was originally authorized for. Out-of-band processing from the existing session performs the additional authentication and permission from the authentication token are upgraded to include permissions for accessing the resource during the session. The resource is accessed during the session with the authentication token having the upgraded permissions. |
| US10455024B2 |
Systems, methods and apparatus for managing machine-to-machine (M2M) entities
Systems, methods and apparatus for managing machine-to-machine (M2M) entities are disclosed. Included herein is a method that may include implementing one or more management layers for managing M2M entities in an M2M environment. The method may also include using a plurality of management layers to manage a M2M area network, wherein the M2M area network may include one or more M2M end devices. The M2M end devices may include, for example, an M2M gateway and/or an M2M device. The management layers may include any of an application management layer, service management layer, network management layer and a device management layer. The management layers may provide any of configuration management, fault management, and performance management of the M2M entities. |
| US10455023B2 |
System and method for remotely accessing a computing device
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to remotely accessing at least one computing device [e.g. 102A, 102B, 102C] by an operating device [104]. In a preferred embodiment, a method comprises steps of establishing a wireless connection with an operating device [104] and the at least one computing device [e.g. 102A, 102B, 102C] by a network entity [202]; receiving an access request from the operating device [104] for remotely accessing the at least one computing device [e.g. 102A, 102B, 102C]. Subsequently, the network entity [202] grants an access to the operating device [104] for remotely accessing the at least one computing device [e.g. 102A, 102B, 102C] pursuant to the accomplishment of the reconfiguration/prerequisites such as obtaining a port detail. |
| US10455022B2 |
Cloud system for controlling outdoor grill with mobile application
Embodiments are directed to communicating with and controlling operation of electronically-controlled appliances. In one scenario, a computer system receives a first input from a computing system indicating that an electronically-controlled appliance is permitted to communicate with a cloud computing platform. The computer system generates a notification that is to be sent to a software application, where the software application is configured to control functions of the electronically-controlled appliance. The computer system transmits the generated notification to the software application, where the generated notification indicates that the cloud computing platform is communicably connected to the electronically-controlled appliance. The computer system then receives a second input from the software application indicating that specified functions are to be performed on the electronically-controlled appliance, and transmits instructions to the electronically-controlled appliance to perform the specified functions. These functions are then interpreted and carried out by a hardware controller on the electronically-controlled appliance. |
| US10455018B2 |
Distributed processing of shared content
The present disclosure relates to technology broadcasting shared information in a network. When a user broadcasting the information is distributing to a limited number of users, the system will selectively distribute the information to the limited number of users using a direct iterative or parallelized mechanism. When the user broadcasting the information is distributing to a large number of users, the system will selectively distribute the information using a distributed and parallel processing mechanism. The distributed and parallel processing mechanism includes multiple processing nodes, formed of multiple processing sub-nodes, with varying depths or hierarchal levels which allow for the propagation of the information in an efficient manner without exhausting computing resources. |
| US10455010B2 |
Information processing apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium
An information processing apparatus includes a memory, an acquisition unit, a storing unit, and a controller. The memory stores information concerning communication states between plural destination storage locations and plural areas. The acquisition unit acquires information on a request source area in which a user has submitted a request to acquire content among the plural areas. The storing unit stores the content in a destination storage location in response to receipt of the request. The storing unit changes a destination storage location of the content in accordance with a communication state between the request source area and each of the plural destination storage locations. The controller performs control to transmit, to the user, information for accessing a destination storage location in which the content is stored. |
| US10455008B2 |
Individualized connectivity based request handling
Individualized connectivity based request handling is disclosed. For example, a content source is accessed by a client device and a load balancer executes on a processor to receive a first request based on the client device accessing the content source. A first session variable is set to a first value in a first session and a first latency to the client device is measured. A first plurality of target nodes is selected based on the first session variable. A first plurality of messages is sent to the first plurality of target nodes. A second request is received from the client device after the first session expires, starting a second session. The first session variable is set to a different second value in the second session. A second plurality of messages is sent to a second plurality of target nodes different from the first plurality of target nodes. |
| US10455002B2 |
Apparatus and method for generating customizable software based networking platforms
The present invention is directed to a system and apparatus for generating a computer network for accessing and transmitting data of and between multiple users. In a particular implementation, the system comprises a computer network generator having at least one processor and configured by code executing therein to generate an updatable core network package and select from an array of network feature modules, a plurality of ancillary features and customizations for incorporation into the computer network. |
| US10455001B2 |
Support device
A design support device of the present invention is a design support device that is connected to a network to which both an input/output device where input/output regarding designing is performed and a design data accumulation device for storing design data regarding the designing are connected, the design support device including a network monitoring unit that monitors the network, detecting input/output data that is input/output between the network and the input/output device and outputting a monitoring log, and a design process list creation unit that extracts design processes based on a relationship between information regarding the input data and information regarding the output data included in the monitoring log, and creating and outputting a design process list by arranging the extracted design processes in a list. |
| US10455000B2 |
Method for executing remote application in local device
In the present disclosure, a remote device is connected to a local device in a vehicle so as to be communicable with each other. Information of a remote app installed in the remote device is transmitted from the remote device to the local device. The information of the remote app received from the remote device is displayed together with information on a local app installed in the local device on a screen of a user interface (UI) via a display device of the local device. When a user executes the remote app, using the information of the remote app displayed in the display device of the local device, the remote app is executed on the remote device, and an execution screen of the remote app transmitted from the remote device to the local device is simultaneously displayed via the display device of the local device. |
| US10454999B2 |
Coordination of inter-operable infrastructure as a service (IAAS) and platform as a service (PAAS)
A system and a method are disclosed for coordinating an inter-operable Platform as a Service (PaaS) layer and an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) layer. In one example, the method includes receiving, by a processing device associated with a PaaS layer, a message indicating a resource status associated with a plurality of resources of an IaaS layer, determining, by the processing device, a resource among the plurality of resources in the IaaS layer to instantiate a platform service of the PaaS layer, the determining is based on the message indicating the resource status associated with the plurality of resources of the IaaS layer; and transmitting, by the processing device, a message directing the IaaS layer to instantiate the platform service on the determined resource in the IaaS layer. |
| US10454995B2 |
System and method for obtaining and sharing content associated with geographic information
A system and method are provided that allow the obtaining, categorization, discovery, and navigation of content, in particular video content. The system may be operable for a user, for a set of people authorized by the user, or for anyone with an Internet connection. The system employs a desktop software application, an Internet file sharing service, or a combination of both. The system includes an integrated content detector, such as a video camera, with an upload component and a geographic location detector. In use, for example, a user may view a map indicating the locations where video clips were recorded by the user's camera. Any video can then be watched, for example, in a window overlaid on the map, by selecting the same. In one example, a trip may be reconstructed on a map and videos of different locations can be viewed by interacting with the map and map overlays. |
| US10454992B2 |
Automated RSS feed curator
An approach is provided in which an information handling system crawls a first document corresponding to an existing curated RSS feed list and discovers a new RSS feed embedded in the first document. The information handling system analyzes a second document corresponding to the new RSS feed and generates a feed compatibility score based on the analysis. In turn, the information handling system adds the new RSS feed to the curated RSS feed list when the feed compatibility score reaches a feed compatibility threshold. |
| US10454988B2 |
Communication apparatus, communication system, and method for controlling data communication
A communication apparatus includes a receiver and circuitry. The receiver receives image data from a transmission apparatus. The circuitry identifies an image data type of the image data received by the receiver, and determines a transmission data capacity to be used for transmission of the image data at the transmission apparatus based on the identified image data type. The circuitry further sends a notification to the transmission apparatus, the notification requesting the transmission apparatus to transmit the image data based on the determined transmission data capacity, and outputs the image data that the transmission apparatus transmits based on the notified transmission data capacity. |
| US10454981B2 |
Shared applications including shared applications that permit retrieval, presentation and traversal of information resources
Techniques are described to support shared applications, including a shared application that permits retrieval, presentation and traversal of information resources. The innovative techniques enable multiple participants at different locations to both see and interact with assets such as a web-based content. The innovative techniques centralize the functionality of an application that is to be shared. A shared application is executed, during a collaboration, at a centralized location in a manner that does not require any local resources to create an application instance. |
| US10454974B2 |
Systems and methods for flexible, extensible authentication subsystem that enabled enhance security for applications
The present disclosure is directed towards systems and methods of authenticating a client. A device intermediary to clients servers that provide one or more resources can receive a request from a client to access a resource of the one or more resources. The device can select a login schema associated with the request that includes a definition of a login form. The login schema may correspond to an authentication protocol. The device can generate the login form responsive to the request. The login form can be constructed according to the definition provided by the selected login schema. The device can provide the login form for display via the client. The device can receive information inputted into the login form via the client. The device can establish access to the resource responsive to authentication of the client based on the information and the authentication protocol. |
| US10454973B2 |
Data processing systems for data-transfer risk identification, cross-border visualization generation, and related methods
In particular embodiments, a Cross-Border Visualization Generation System is configured to analyze one or more data systems (e.g. data assets), identify data transfers between/among those systems, determine whether any particular regulations apply to the identified data transfers, and generate a visual representation of physical locations of the one or more data systems and the one or more data transfers between them. The system may, for example, color-code one or more lines or indicators showing a transfer of data between a first and second data system The one or more indicators may convey, for example: (1) whether the data transfer is secure; (2) a type or level of security that is applied to the transfers; (3) one or more regulations that apply to the transfer, and/or (4) any other suitable information related to the transfer of particular data between the first and second data system. |
| US10454970B2 |
Authorization of access to a data resource in addition to specific actions to be performed on the data resource based on an authorized context enforced by a use policy
Disclosed is a method, a device, and/or a system of authorization of access to a data resource in addition to specific actions to be performed on the data resource based on an authorized context enforced by a use policy. A computer-implemented method includes receiving a use request from a device to use a protected resource. The method extracts from a security node a use policy comprising defining an authorized context for use the protected resource. First, access to the protected resource is authorized when the use request conforms to the authorized context. Use keys are generated and returned to the device for redemption. Second, after the protected resource is streamed to the device, a process of the device monitors use of and enforce ephemerality of the protected resource by maintaining an active use ledger. A use policy update may generate new use terms that are pushed to the device, terminating use. |
| US10454969B2 |
Automatic generation of low-interaction honeypots
Various embodiments of systems, computer program products, and methods to automatically generate low-interaction honeypots to protect application landscapes through are described herein. In an aspect, representative applications associated with resources in a network are identified. The low-interaction honeypots are automatically generated for the identified representative applications. Further, the representative applications are probed to retrieve responses corresponding to different requests. Templates are generated corresponding to request-response pairs by parsing the responses and the requests. During operation, new requests for accessing the resources are responded based on the generated templates. The new requests and corresponding responses are recorded. |
| US10454968B1 |
Regular expression based cyber fuzzing attack preventer
Testing a system against fuzzing attacks includes negating all regular expressions used in the corresponding language, and applying those negated regular expressions to a system interface. Only expressions definitively outside the scope of protocol specification implicate vulnerabilities to fuzzing attacks. The system detects fuzzing attacks by continuously monitoring packets of data and only passing through packets that conform to regular expressions of the language. |
| US10454964B2 |
Systems and methods for data visualization
The disclosed computer-implemented method for data visualization may include (i) identifying a data set that includes data entities and relationships between the data entities, (ii) dividing the data entities into groups, (iii) responding to a request to display the data set within a graphical user interface by portraying the data set as concentric rings, each given ring portraying a corresponding group and portraying data entities within the corresponding group as arcs of the given ring, (iv) receiving an input within the graphical user interface to select a data entity within a group by selecting an arc corresponding to the selected data entity of a ring corresponding to the group, and (v) determining that a subset of data entities within an additional group are related to the selected data entity and highlighting the subset of data entities within an additional ring. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed. |
| US10454955B2 |
Real-time contextual monitoring intrusion detection and prevention
A configuration is received for an agent associated with an application to monitor application transactions. The agent monitors incoming and outgoing application transactions using the agent and transmits monitored transaction data to a monitoring server for anomalous transaction detection. The agent receives instructions from the monitoring server to perform an action based on the transmitted monitored transaction data and reports the status of the performed action to the monitoring server. |
| US10454953B1 |
System and method for separated packet processing and static analysis
According to one embodiment, a system features a network security device and a cloud computing service. The network security device is configured to determine whether an object includes one or more characteristics associated with a malicious attack. The cloud computing service, communicatively coupled to and remotely located from the network security device, includes virtual execution logic that, upon execution by a processing unit deployed as part of the cloud computing service and after the network security device determining that the object includes the one or more characteristics associated with the malicious attack, processes the object and monitors for behaviors of at least the object suggesting the object is associated with a malicious attack. |
| US10454952B2 |
Threat protection in documents
A threat protection system provides for detecting links in a document and analyzing whether one of the detected links is a malicious link that may direct a user of the document to a malicious universal resource locator (URL). In one implementation of the described technology, when a user selects a link in a document, a link activation module calls a threat protection client module that performs a reputation check for the link. If the selected link is malicious, the threat protection client module sends a URL of a warning page to the link activation module. |
| US10454951B2 |
Cell control device that controls manufacturing cell in response to command from production management device
A cell control device able to prevent unauthorized communication in which a third party makes an unauthorized access to the apparatus. The cell control device includes a communication section that communicates with a production management device or plural machines, a communication controller that executes communication by the communication section, and a communication determination section that monitors an actual communication traffic and compares the actual communication traffic with a planned communication traffic of a communication planned to be executed by the communication controller to determine whether the actual communication traffic is more than the planned communication traffic. |
| US10454950B1 |
Centralized aggregation technique for detecting lateral movement of stealthy cyber-attacks
A centralized aggregation technique detects lateral movement of a stealthy (i.e., covert) cyber-attack in an enterprise network. A data center security (DCS) appliance may be located at a data center of the enterprise network, while a malware detection system (MDS) appliance may be located at a periphery of the network, an endpoint may be internally located within the enterprise network and an attack analyzer may be centrally located in the network. The appliances and endpoint may provide results of heuristics to an attack analyzer, wherein the heuristic results may be used to detect one or more tools downloaded to the endpoint, as well as resulting actions of the endpoint to determine whether the tools and actions manifest observable behaviors of the lateral movement of the SC-attack. The observable behaviors may include (i) unauthorized use of legitimate credentials obtained at the endpoint, as well as (ii) unusual access patterns via actions originated at the endpoint to acquire sensitive information stored on one or more servers on the network. The attack analyzer may then collect and analyze information related to the observable behaviors provided by the appliances and endpoint to create a holistic view of the lateral movement of the SC-attack. |
| US10454947B2 |
Mechanism for monitoring data using watchlist items
Embodiments of the present invention provide a mechanism for monitoring data using a watchlist item and a watchlist item definition that includes a set of parameters for identifying a set of data items for user action and criteria for recommending or requiring user action for the set of data items to be identified. |
| US10454946B2 |
Real-Time adaptive receive side scaling key selection
Selecting a receive side scaling (RSS) key is provided. It is determined whether a defined time interval expired. In response to determining that the defined time interval has expired, it is determined whether one or more keys in a set of randomly generated candidate RSS keys have a higher packet distribution score than an active RSS key. In response to determining that one or more keys in the set of randomly generated candidate RSS keys have a higher packet distribution score than the active RSS key, an RSS key having a highest packet distribution score is selected from the one or more keys in the set of randomly generated candidate RSS keys that have a higher packet distribution score than the active RSS key. The RSS key having the highest packet distribution score is used to distribute incoming network packets across a plurality of processors. |
| US10454943B2 |
Augmented and virtual reality based process oversight
The present disclosure involves systems and computer implemented methods for generating a virtual or augmented reality-based oversight system of business processes at a location remote from where the business process is executed. In one example, system operations include identifying a process-based operation performed at a physical first location, where the operation is associated with a request for oversight from a remote second location. A current state of the operation at the first location is identified, and at least one input source at the first location is identified. A simulation of the current state of the operation at the first location incorporating input from the input source(s) is generated for presentation at the second location. An action performed at the first location in the current state of the operation is identified, and the second location is then transmitted a request to authorize the identified action. |
| US10454942B2 |
Managed clone applications
Disclosed are various embodiments relating to managed clones of applications. In one embodiment, an application is received. If it is determined that the application should be managed, a managed clone of the application is generated. The managed clone of the application is configured for coexistence along with the application upon a client device under management. The managed clone of the application may then be deployed to the client device under management. |
| US10454940B2 |
Identity cloud service authorization model
A system for authorizing access to a resource receives a request for an access token that corresponds to the resource, where the request includes user information and application information. The user information includes a role of the user and the application information includes a role of the application. The system evaluates the request by computing scopes for the access token, including determining an intersection between the user information and the application information. The system then provides the access token that includes the computed scopes, the scopes being based at least on the role of the user and the role of the application. |
| US10454937B2 |
Technology for generating a multi-user response in a network
In a computer system implemented method for generating an authorized response to a message in a network, the computer system detects a message sent by an originator via a network. The computer system selects a group of users to contribute to the authorized response to the message based on the computer system analyzing the message. Users selected by the computer system are notified that they are selected to contribute to the authorized response. The computer system receives input data for the authorized response from respective ones of the users of the group and generates the authorized response based on the input data. The computer system sends the authorized response to the originator via the network. |
| US10454936B2 |
Access manager session management strategy
Techniques are disclosed for managing session information stored by an access management system. Certain techniques are disclosed for updating session information based characteristics of the session information to be updated. The disclose techniques disclose how session information is updated and the frequency in which the session information is updated. Certain embodiments may enable a decrease in computing performance overhead and/or memory usage overhead caused by managing session information (e.g., performing authentication or determining authorization to access a resource) for a session. |
| US10454927B2 |
Systems and methods for managing relationships among digital identities
Methods and apparatus for performing access control for a first entity. The method comprises using a pointer associated with a second entity to access, from a distributed ledger system, at least one attestation for at least one attribute of the second entity, wherein the at least one attestation is movable between at least two states in the distributed ledger system, the at least two states comprising a VERIFIED state and allowing the second entity to access the first entity in response to determining that the at least one attestation is in the VERIFIED state, that the third entity is to be trusted for verifying the at least one attestation, that the cryptographic proof is a valid proof of the at least one privilege label, and that the one or more access rules are satisfied. |
| US10454926B2 |
System and method for connectivity contextual services local online experience
A connectivity contextual services ecosystem management system may comprise a connectivity contextual services connectivity system, one or more user devices, and one or more merchant devices. The connectivity contextual services connectivity system may deliver different connectivity contextual services to a user device and/or a merchant device in response to a context environment, in order to provide a user with a customized experience, such as allowing that user to enter into conversations with merchants, view inventory of merchants, and search for merchants with relevant products without entering a physical store. |
| US10454924B1 |
Systems and methods for providing credentialless login using a random one-time passcode
A system includes one or more memory devices storing instructions, and one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to perform the steps of a method for providing a credentialless login for a user. The system may receive a request for credentialless login from a user of a mobile computing device. The system may then receive an authentication of a user accessing a software application running on a mobile computing device. Responsive to the receipt of the authentication, the system may generate a random one-time passcode associated with an account of the authenticated user and transmit the passcode to the mobile computing device for display to the user. The system may then receive the passcode from a second computing device and responsive to verifying the validity of the access code, grant the second computing device access to the account of the user. |
| US10454914B2 |
System and method for verifying user supplied items asserted about the user for searching
A system and method validates user supplied photographs and/or characteristics using a video, audio or series of images of the user responding to instructions, and uses such validation in searching and/or matching. |
| US10454910B2 |
Management apparatus, computer program product, system, device, method, information processing apparatus, and server
According to an embodiment, a management apparatus manages pieces of information held by a plurality of devices. The apparatus includes storage, one or more processors, and a transmitter. The storage stores therein the pieces of information held by the devices. The processors generate a list of inspection values indicating the pieces of information stored in the storage. The processors generate determination information for determining, in a state where the list is concealed, whether a provided value is included in the list. The transmitter transmits the determination information to the respective devices. |
| US10454908B1 |
Storing call session information in a telephony system
In an example of this disclosure, a method may include storing, by a first database server, first call session information in a data structure in a memory of the first database server. The first call session information may correspond to a unique identifier that corresponds to a caller. The method may include replicating the first call session information stored in the data structure in the memory of the first database server to a data structure in a memory of a second database server. |
| US10454906B1 |
Systems and methods for encryption and authentication
Systems and methods for encryption and authentication are disclosed. A system receives a document request over a network from a first computer system, the document comprising a plurality of fields configured to receive input data. The document is transmitted to the first computer system. Context data and the document, including field input data, are received from the first computer system. An encryption key is generated and used to encrypt the document field input data and the context data. A payload is generated including the encrypted document field input data, the encrypted context data, and a non-encrypted identifier linked to the key. The payload and an image of the document are provided to a second computer system. The document image is viewable using a portable document format viewer. A decryption key request including the identifier linked to the key is received. The decryption key is provided to the second computer system to decrypt the encrypted field input data and the encrypted context data. |
| US10454902B2 |
Techniques for secure data extraction in a virtual or cloud environment
Techniques for secure data extraction in a virtual or cloud environment are presented. Desired data from a Virtual Machine (VM) or an entire VM is extracted and encrypted with a key. This key is sealed to a machine or a group of machines. The encrypted data is then migrated and successfully used on startup for instances of the VM by having the ability to access the sealed key (and unsealing it) to decrypt the encrypted data. |
| US10454899B1 |
Controlling firewall ports in virtualized environments through public key cryptography
A system and method for client authentication wherein a client computing system is authenticated by at least performing, at an authentication system different than a target computing system, a set of validation operations on authorization information addressed to a destination port of the target computing system, and, as a result of the client computing system being authenticated by the set of validation operations, switching to a mode wherein a port of the target computing system is opened and data from the client computing system is communicated to the port of the target computing system. |
| US10454895B2 |
Method and apparatus for application awareness in a network
A method for enforcing a network policy is described herein. In the method, a network socket event request from an application executing in a first context is intercepted by an agent prior to the request reaching a transport layer in the first context. A context refers to virtualization software, a physical computer, or a combination of virtualization software and physical computer. In response to the interception of the request, the agent requests a decision on whether to allow or deny the network socket event request to be communicated to a security server executing in a second context that is distinct from the first context. The request for a decision includes an identification of the application. The agent then receives from the security server either an allowance or a denial of the network socket event request, the allowance or denial being based at least in part on the identification of the application and a security policy. The agent blocks the network socket event from reaching the transport layer when the denial is received from the security server. In one embodiment, the method is implemented using a machine readable medium embodying software instructions executable by a computer. |
| US10454888B2 |
Method and device for processing data message
Provided are a method and device for processing a data message. The method may include that: an Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) transition strategy used for executing an IPv6 transition technology is received from a Service function chain (SFC) controller; and a received data message is processed according to the received IPv6 transition strategy. By the technical solution, the problems of incapability of a network system in effective running during fusion with an IPv6 transition technology and incapability in effective implementation of unified deployment of the IPv6 transition technology in the related technology are solved, and the effects of effectively reducing performance pressure on an existing network and greatly alleviating channel congestion between equipment and equipment are further achieved. |
| US10454887B2 |
Allocation of local MAC addresses to client devices
At a network device configured to control access to a network, a client device authentication request is received from a client device. The request includes identity credentials and a temporary media access control (MAC) address of the client device. The client device is successfully authenticated based on the identity credentials. After authentication, a new MAC address is established in the client device. A data frame is received from at the network device. It is determined whether the client device is using the new MAC address based on the received data frame. If it is determined that the client device is using the new MAC address, the client device is permitted access the network. |
| US10454884B2 |
Terminal and multicast address distribution server
A terminal includes a unit configured to send, to a multicast address distribution server, an assignment request including attribute information of the terminal, so as to request assignment of a multicast address enabling identification of a terminal group; and a unit configured to set, in response to the assignment of the multicast address, the multicast address in the terminal and make the terminal to participate in the terminal group corresponding to the multicast address. When a change in the attribute information is detected, the terminal reissues a second assignment request including the attribute information after change, so as to request the multicast address distribution server for a new multicast address and change terminal group for participation according to change in the attribute information. |
| US10454882B2 |
DHCP in layer-3 overlay with anycast address support and network address transparency
Address support and network address transparency may be provided. First, a border device may receive a processed network configuration parameter request having an address of a subnet to which a client device is associated and information data in an information field of the network configuration parameter request. The information data may comprise an address of a network device and an identifier of the subnet to which the client device is associated. Next, the border device may encapsulate the processed network configuration parameter request with the information data extracted from the processed network configuration parameter request. The border device may then forward the encapsulated network configuration parameter response to the network device. |
| US10454881B2 |
Systems and methods for configuring an IPv4 process without associating the IPv4 process with an IP loopback address
Systems and methods configuring a process that uses IPv4 communication without associating the IPv4 process with an IP loopback address are disclosed. Embodiments may include receiving a message to configure an IPv4 process. Embodiments may also include determining if a configuration parameter associated with the received message is set to indicate that one or more default IP loopback addresses are to be used as IP loopback addresses to associate with the IPv4 process. Embodiments may further include completing the configuration of the IPv4 process without associating an IP loopback address with the IPv4 process when the configuration parameter is determined to not be set to indicate that one or more default IP loopback addresses are to be used as IP loopback addresses to associate with the IPv4 process. |
| US10454879B2 |
Methods and systems for processing a DNS request
A method and system for processing Domain Name Services (DNS) request in a gateway. The gateway receives a DNS request from a host from its local area network. The gateway then selects DNS server(s) and transmits a new DNS request to at least one DNS server(s). DNS server(s) may or may not be accessible through a first tunnel. The contents of the new DNS request are the same as the content of the received DNS request. Further, when the gateway receives a DNS response corresponding to the DNS request, it determines a decision whether to transfer data to the host whose IP address is specified in the DNS response through a second tunnel. The decision may be based on a geographical location of an IP address. |
| US10454876B2 |
Systems and methods for asynchronous communication
A system may receive a first message transmitted over a network from a first device. A first invitation to join a text-based communication channel may be transmitted to the first device in response to the first message. A second invitation may be transmitted to a second device to join the text-based communication channel with the server configured to retain context of the text-based communication channel. The system may receive a second message transmitted from the second device and may transmit a third invitation to the first device to join the text-based communication channel in response to the second message. |
| US10454874B1 |
Method and apparatus of organizing and delivering data to intended recipients
Disclosed are an apparatus and method of transmitting a message to a plurality of data recipients subscribed to receive information from a leader. An example method of operation may include transmitting a message intended for the plurality of data recipients, analyzing content of the message to determine a category corresponding to the content and matching the message with the category. The method may also include determining that only a subset of the plurality of data recipients are configured to receive the message based on the determined category, and transmitting the message to the subset of the plurality of data recipients. |
| US10454872B2 |
Group email management
Systems and methods for providing an enhanced managed email service are provided. According to the disclosed subject matter, the enhanced managed email service maintains a group folder for each defined email group. Rather than delivering a received email to the email folder of each member of an email group, upon receiving an email for distribution to a defined email group, the enhanced managed email service stores the email in a group folder corresponding to the email group for the entire email group. Email specifically identifying one or more recipients (in addition to group membership) is delivered to the specifically identified recipient(s). The enhanced managed email service maintains user access status with regard to the email in the group folder for each of the members of the email group. Email group members may access the email via the group folder. |
| US10454870B2 |
Location-based notification
Location-based notification includes establishment of a rally point and subsequent notification of a user when another user enters the rally point. Senders may set up rally points at various physical locations and specify one or more target recipients that are to be notified when the sender enters the rally point. Target recipients may specify communication settings that dictate whether and/or how they wish to receive notifications under a variety of circumstances. When a sender having a computing device enters a rally point location, a notification is sent from the computing device to a location-based notification service, which notifies each of the target recipients in a manner that complies with the target recipient's individual communication settings. |
| US10454862B2 |
Media appliance
A media appliance comprising: video apparatus for outputting signals to a screen; a control device allowing a user to control the output of signals from the video apparatus to the screen, thereby selecting a viewing activity; a network interface for accessing a packet-based network; a memory storing a communication client application; and processing apparatus, coupled to the memory, network interface and video apparatus, and arranged to execute the communication client application; wherein the client application is configured so as when executed to allow the user to conduct bidirectional communications with other users via the packet-based network, and output notifications to the user of incoming communication events received from other users over the packet-based network; and wherein the client application is further configured to defer one or more of said notifications of incoming communication events received during said viewing activity, determine a delineation in the viewing activity, and automatically output the one or more notifications to the user following said delineation. |
| US10454860B2 |
Automatically converting messages into a collaboration content item
Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for automatically converting messages into a collaboration content item in a content management system. For example, a message conversion module on a computing system can receive a message or message thread addressed to one or more recipients. The message conversion module can generate a collaboration content item, which can be stored in the content management system. The collaboration content item can include the content of the message or message thread. The message conversion module can cause the content management system to share the collaboration content item with collaborators of the message or message thread such that one or more of the collaborators can access the collaboration content item and receive updates when the collaboration content item is modified. |
| US10454858B2 |
Unified computing device interface for assembly of a plurality of types of digital content for transmission to a plurality of target destinations
Presented are a method, a system, and a computer program product for a unified graphical user interface for computing devices, enabling assembly of digital content for transmission to a plurality of network-based target destinations. The process may be initiated using content newly created or stored on the device, or using content accessible to the device by network connection. Destinations may be any communications services or upload destinations to which the device has access, and for some types of communication may be customized for singular recipients or groups of recipients. Icons representing content and one or more destinations are associated by user actions in the interface to establish the transmission to be executed. The interface also enables launching of applications installed on the device that are represented by the target destination icons. Embodiments described include those suited to both cursor-controlled devices and touchscreen-controlled devices. |
| US10454857B1 |
Customized digital avatar accessories
Among other things, embodiments of the present disclosure improve the functionality of electronic messaging software and systems by generating customized images with avatars of different users within electronic messages. For example, users of different mobile computing devices can exchange electronic communications with images generated to include avatars representing themselves as well as their friends, colleagues, and other acquaintances. |
| US10454856B2 |
Instant message processing method, apparatus, and system
An instant message processing method includes: acquiring, by a first terminal by using a first application program, an instant message input by a user, generating a first processing request according to the instant message, and sending the first processing request to a server; processing, by the server, the first processing request, and sending the instant message to the second terminal according to a second identity; and displaying, by the second terminal, the received instant message by using a second application program, or displaying, by the second terminal, the received instant message by using the first application program and the second application program. Besides, the present disclosure further provides an instant message processing apparatus and system. With the instant message processing method, apparatus, and system, an instant message can be transferred between different application programs, thereby improving the efficiency of instant message processing. |
| US10454855B2 |
System and method for predicting availability status changes of instant messenger users
A method for predicting availability status changes includes: retrieving, via a provider computing device, present availability status information for a user of an instant messenger (IM) application managed by the provider computing device, wherein the present availability status information includes at least a present availability status and a timestamp useable to identify a present date and time the present availability status was retrieved; identifying, by the provider computing device, a behavioral pattern of a plurality of behavioral patterns for the user as a function of the present availability status; determining, by the provider computing device, a predicted availability status change event; and creating, by the provider computing device, a predicted availability status string based on the identified behavioral pattern. |
| US10454851B2 |
Optimized link failure convergence for resilient ethernet protocol networks
Embodiments provide techniques for optimizing link failure convergence for Resilient Ethernet Protocol (REP) networks. Embodiments include monitoring for link failure events within the REP environment. Additionally, upon determining, at a first network switch within the REP environment, that a link failure event has occurred within the REP environment, embodiments include transmitting a Hardware Flood Layer (HFL) notification data packet specifying a Time-to-Live (TTL) value of 2 to a second network switch within the REP environment and purging contents of a Media Access Control (MAC) table on the first network switch. |
| US10454849B2 |
Methods and apparatus related to a flexible data center security architecture
In one embodiment, edge devices can be configured to be coupled to a multi-stage switch fabric and peripheral processing devices. The edge devices and the multi-stage switch fabric can collectively define a single logical entity. A first edge device from the edge devices can be configured to be coupled to a first peripheral processing device from the peripheral processing devices. The second edge device from the edge devices can be configured to be coupled to a second peripheral processing device from the peripheral processing devices. The first edge device can be configured such that virtual resources including a first virtual resource can be defined at the first peripheral processing device. A network management module coupled to the edge devices and configured to provision the virtual resources such that the first virtual resource can be migrated from the first peripheral processing device to the second peripheral processing device. |
| US10454845B2 |
Object memory management unit
Techniques to facilitate enhanced addressing of local and network resources from a computing system are provided herein. In one implementation, a method of operating an object-based memory management unit on a computing system to unify addressing of local and network resources includes maintaining a mapping of virtual addresses to local addresses and network addresses, and identifying resource requests that use the virtual addresses. The method further provides handling the resource requests per the mapping, and wherein a given request of the resource requests implicates a network resource, accessing the network resource associated with the given request over at least the network. |
| US10454844B2 |
Dynamic capacity planning for application delivery platform across multiple cloud deployment
A method for dynamic allocating of a resource capacity in a cloud computing deployment is disclosed. According to the method, a resource capacity allocation of a network instance is determined and a resource capacity demand of the network instance is monitored. If the resource capacity demand exceeds a first threshold value, the resource capacity allocation of the network instance is increased by allocating additional resource capacity of a shared pool of network instances. However, if the resource capacity demand falls below a second threshold value, the resource capacity allocation of the network instance is decreased by deallocating the additional resource capacity back to the shared pool of network instances. |
| US10454843B2 |
Extensible mechanisms for workload shaping and anomaly mitigation
Techniques and mechanisms for servicing requests for utilization of resources within a computing environment. A request is received from a remote electronic computing device with a regulator agent. The regulator functions to determine whether to regulate a request or to allow the request to be delivered without regulation. Regulating the request includes causing the request to be rejected, re-routed, isolated or delayed. Selectively regulating the request with the regulator based at least on application-level resources to be utilized by the application server in response to the request. Sending the request to a regulation server or to a computing device to provide an application server communicatively coupled with the regulator server depending on the regulation to be performed, if any. |
| US10454842B2 |
Method and apparatus for issuing and getting access token of device
A method for issuing an access token of a device by a control point is provided. The method includes transmitting a search request message to the device, receiving, from the device, a search response message including first information indicating a type of the device, requesting access token issuance to the device using first information and second information, the second information including additional information about the device, and receiving the access token from the device. The second information may include model information about the device. |
| US10454841B2 |
Time interleaver, time deinterleaver, time interleaving method, and time deinterleaving method
A convolutional interleaver included in a time interleaver, which performs convolutional interleaving includes: a first switch that switches a connection destination of an input of the convolutional interleaver to one end of one of a plurality of branches; a FIFO memories provided in some of the plurality of branches except one branch, wherein a number of FIFO memories is different among the plurality of branches; and a second switch that switches a connection destination of an output of the convolutional interleaver to another end of one of the plurality of branches. The first and second switches switch the connection destination when the plurality of cells as many as the codewords per frame have passed, by switching a corresponding branch of the connection destination sequentially and repeatedly among the plurality of branches. |