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US10452643B1	Bulk file verification Systems and methods for verifying files in bulk in a file system. When files are represented by a segment tree, the levels of the segment trees are walked by level such that that multiple files are verified at the same time in order to identify missing segments. Then, a bottom up scan is performed using the missing segments to identify the files corresponding to the missing segments. The missing files can then be handled by the file system.
US10452641B1	Snapshot conscious internal file data modification for network-attached storage Performing snapshot conscious internal file modification for network-attached storage is presented herein. A file system can comprise a first component configured to modify, during a service request, storage for a subset of data blocks of a file—the service request not being recognized by an external entity as a change of content of the file. Further, the file system can comprise a second component configured to prevent, based on the service request, a copy of the storage from being created for servicing of a snapshot—the snapshot comprising a point-in-time copy of the file system.
US10452636B2	Delayed snapshot isolation for read service at a database A computer implemented method is provided comprising receiving a group of transaction logs from a first database, allocating transaction logs from the group of transaction logs to a first queue and to a second queue, generating an end-of-group transaction log indicative of an end of the group of transaction logs, allocating the end-of-group log to the first queue and the second queue; replaying transaction logs from the first queue including the end-of-group transaction log allocated to the first queue, replaying transaction logs from the second queue including the end-of-group transaction log allocated to the second queue; and changing visibility of one or more transactions in response to replaying the end-of-group transaction log allocated to the first queue and the end-of-group transaction log allocated to the second queue. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.
US10452635B2	Synchronizing files on different computing devices using file anchors Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products are described herein that enable files, such as source code files used in building executable code, to be synchronized between two computing devices in a manner that utilizes file anchors or other time-stamped objects generated by and stored on each computing device. The file anchors can be used to determine which source code files on each computing device have been updated since a prior synchronization with another computing device and also to determine which version of a source code file stored on each computing device is the newer version, even when both computing devices have a different notion of time.
US10452634B2	Provide consumer oriented data service A consumer oriented data service is provided. A data collaboration service initiates operations to provide access to data from multiple sources by managing a data table of aggregate data fields based on a request from a client application. The request includes a consumer identification and data queries. An ownership of the data table is assigned based on the consumer identification. Local data fields identified in the data queries are inserted into the data table and populated with local datasets stored in the queries. External data fields identified in the data queries are inserted into the data table and populated with links to external datasets stored in external data sources.
US10452631B2	Managing large scale association sets using optimized bit map representations Processing a database query for sets of data includes assigning a unique identifier from an integer space to each entity within data and creating one or more sets of entities each pertaining to a corresponding entity within the data. A representation is then generated on disk for each set of entities, wherein each representation encompasses and is suited for a range of the unique identifiers of entities within a corresponding set and indicates a presence of an entity within that corresponding set. Finally, a query is processed based on the representation for each set of entities to retrieve data satisfying the query, wherein the representation provides a constant time for association and dissociation operations that are append-only operations with deferred merge and automatic filtering of deleted and duplicate entities at query time.
US10452626B2	System and methods for live data migration Systems and methods are provided for data migration. The system may comprise one or more processors and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to migrate at least one first table of a first database schema to at least one second table of a second database schema, determine a query for modifying the first table during the migration, modify the second table based at least in part on the query, and update a mutation table to describe the modification, wherein the mutation table at least describes the modification.
US10452620B2	Automatic file version verification within electronic mail A method can include determining metadata for a file responsive to initiating an operation on the file stored within a client system and determining a storage location within a file repository of a master version of the file from the metadata. The method also can include determining, from the storage location, whether the master version of the file is more recent than the file stored within the client system using a processor of the client system.
US10452616B1	Techniques for improving storage space efficiency with variable compression size unit Techniques for data processing a data set may comprise: performing first processing that forms a first compression unit, wherein the first compression unit includes a data chunks including a first data chunk having a first entropy value less than an entropy threshold, the first processing including: receiving a second data chunk; determining, in accordance with criteria, whether to add the second data chunk to the first compression unit; and responsive to determining to add the second data chunk to the first compression unit, adding the second data chunk to the first compression unit; and compressing the first compression unit as a single compressible unit. The second chunk may be added if its entropy value is less than the entropy threshold and if entropy values of the first and second chunks are similar. The second chunk may be added if the resulting compression unit provides sufficient storage/compression benefit.
US10452615B2	Mixing software based compression requests with hardware accelerated requests A computer program product for data compression is provided. The computer program product includes a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith. The program instructions are readable and executable by a processing circuit to cause the processing circuit to execute software compression for first requests for data compression that have respective sizes below a predefined threshold, forward second requests for data compression having respective sizes above the predefined threshold to a hardware accelerator and maintain a persistence of a compression dictionary used for executing the second requests across executions of the first and second requests.
US10452611B1	System and method for managing data on a network In order to manage stale data on a network of computer systems, a file harvester agent may be configured with a list of stale data files to be deleted. The file harvester agent may be deployed to the computer systems of a network. When executed in a computer system, the file harvester agent searches the file system of the computer system to locate any files or data indicated in the file list. Any located data files are deleted. Once the agent has finished processing the file list on a computer system, the agent can copy or replicate itself to other computer systems of the network in accordance with a pre-configured itinerary.
US10452606B1	Continuous metadata formatting Metadata formatting techniques may include: receiving a request to allocate M blocks of a file system; selecting for allocation, using an allocation bitmap, M free blocks of the file system, wherein the M free blocks have corresponding block metadata (BMD) structures included in a BMD group stored in a first block of physical storage; determining whether the BMD group is stored in cache; determining, using the allocation bitmap, whether each BMD structure of the BMD group is unallocated; and responsive to determining the BMD group is not stored in cache and that each BMD structure of the BMD group is unallocated, performing first processing initializing the corresponding BMD structures for the M free blocks to denote the M free blocks are allocated. The first processing may include storing in the cache initialized versions of the corresponding BMD structures for the M free blocks.
US10452601B2	Interface with variable data rate A device includes a transmitter coupled to a node, where the node is to couple to a wired link. The transmitter has a plurality of modes of operation including a calibration mode in which a range of communication data rates over the wired link is determined in accordance with a voltage margin corresponding to the wired link at a predetermined error rate. The range of communication data rates includes a maximum data rate, which can be a non-integer multiple of an initial data rate.
US10452599B2	State detection mechanism An Embedded Universal Serial Bus 2.0 (USB2) device includes a physical layer having a detection mechanism to detect an Single-ended 1 (SE1) valid state and differentiate the SE1 valid state from other USB2 states.
US10452596B2	Memory cells configured in multiple configuration modes Some embodiments include apparatuses and methods having an interface to communicate with a host, memory cells, and a control unit coupled to the interface to associate a portion of the memory cells with a logical address range based on control information provided to the interface from the host. The control unit is configured to cause the portion of the memory cells to operate in a configuration mode indicated by the control information from the host. Each memory cell in the portion of the memory cells is operable to store at most one bit of information if the configuration mode is a first configuration mode and to store more than one bit of information if the configuration mode is a second configuration mode.
US10452595B2	Information processing apparatus and method of controlling the same Provided is an information processing apparatus including a processor and a PCI node connected to the processor via a first PCI bus, the processor obtaining a class code and a subclass code from the PCI node connected to the first PCI bus, determining whether or not the PCI node is a bridge based on the obtained class code and subclass code, searching for a PCI node connected to the PCI node via a second PCI bus based on having determined that the PCI node is a bridge, and searching for another PCI node connected to the first PCI bus based on having determined that the PCI node is not a bridge.
US10452592B1	Message bus-based streaming rules engine A message bus-based streaming rules engine is disclosed. In various embodiments, a data analysis system as disclosed herein includes a communication interface configured to receive log data; and a processor coupled to the communication interface and configured to: parse the log data to generate a data unit comprising a data value; and send the data unit via a message bus to a rule actor configured to apply a rule based at least in part on the data value.
US10452588B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes first input/output circuits for a first channel, first input/output pads corresponding to the first input/output circuits, respectively, wherein the first input/output pads are aligned along and extends in a first direction, second input/output circuits for the first channel, second input/output pads corresponding to the second input/output circuits, respectively, wherein the second input/output pads are aligned along and extends in a second direction, and an input circuit between the first input/output pads and the second input/output pads, and connected to a memory to which the input circuit inputs data from the first input/output circuits and the second input/output circuits. The input circuit is positioned such that a first line extending perpendicular to the first direction from one of the first input/output pads and a second line extending perpendicular to the second direction from one of the second input/output pads intersect a portion of the input circuit.
US10452586B2	Avoid thread switching in cache management Methods and apparatus relating to techniques for avoiding cache lookup for cold cache. In an example, an apparatus comprises logic, at least partially comprising hardware logic, to monitor a thread switching overhead parameter for an application executing in a processing system and in response to a determination that the thread switching overhead parameter exceeds a threshold, to activate a thread management algorithm to reduce thread switching in the processing system. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.
US10452584B2	Multimode audio accessory connector Methods and devices for connecting an accessory device to a connector port of a mobile communication device and automatically detecting an operational mode of the connector port are provided. The method includes implementing a USB Type-C device detection at an electronic processor of the mobile communication device and monitoring a first and second pin of the connector port for pull-up and pull-down signals from a connected accessory. The method also includes interrupting the USB Type-C device detection when a pull-down signal is detected and determining whether an accessory signal is detected at a third pin of the connector port. The method also includes implementing a LMR accessory detection when the accessory signal is detected and completing the USB Type-C device detection when the accessory signal is not detected.
US10452583B2	Data transfer device and data transfer method having a shorter time interval between pieces of final transfer data in a frame image A data transfer device including a buffer unit configured to temporarily store transfer data that is transferred to a common bus, a write control unit configured to write input data as the transfer data to the buffer unit, a read control unit configured to read the transfer data from the buffer unit, an interface unit configured to transfer the transfer data to the common bus according to a predetermined bus protocol, the transfer data being read from the buffer unit by the read control unit, and a band-smoothing unit configured to smooth a band of the common bus by switching between the time intervals between pieces of the transfer data based on a position of the transfer data in a frame image, during a period when the transfer data is transferred to the common bus based on a position of the transfer data in a frame image.
US10452572B2	Automatic system service resource management for virtualizing low-latency workloads that are input/output intensive An approach for providing low-latency and fast response times required by virtual machine (VM) telecommunication (telco) workloads is disclosed. In one embodiment, a kernel scheduler identifies hypervisor system contexts that are outside of traditional virtual central processing unit (CPU) contexts and servicing telco workloads. The scheduler grants each such context exclusive affinity to a respective physical CPU, up to a configurable maximum number of such grants. The scheduler also increases the CPU reservations in a system resource pool for the hypervisor by one CPU, indicating that there is one fewer physical CPU on which VMs may be placed or moved. The exclusive affinities and CPU reservations may be dynamically adjusted as, e.g., new latency-sensitive VMs are powered on with virtual CPUs that need to be granted exclusive affinity to physical CPUs or contexts no longer relevant to telco workloads are demoted to not have exclusive affinity to physical CPUs.
US10452571B2	Microelectronic package communication using radio interfaces connected through waveguides Microelectronic package communications are described that use radio interfaces that are connected through waveguides. One example includes an integrated circuit chip, a package substrate to carry the integrated circuit chip, the package substrate having conductive connectors to connect the integrated circuit chip to external components, and a radio on the package substrate coupled to the radio chip to modulate the data over a carrier and to transmit the modulated data. A waveguide connector is coupled to a dielectric waveguide to receive the transmitted modulated data from the radio and to couple it into the waveguide, the waveguide carries the modulated data to an external component.
US10452569B2	Methods and systems for designing a virtual platform based on user inputs Systems and methods for designing a virtual platform based on user inputs. The system includes a memory that stores instructions for executing processes for designing a virtual platform based on user inputs. The system also includes a processor configured to execute the instructions. The instructions cause the processor to: receive, via an input device, a plurality of user inputs; generate the virtual platform, wherein successful inputs of the virtual platform are based on the plurality of user inputs; and store the virtual platform on a storage device such that a user may utilize the virtual platform on a computing device.
US10452568B2	Peripheral device lists Examples disclosed herein relate to capturing a first machine-readable link via an image capture device, retrieving a first content element associated with the first machine-readable link, determining whether the first content element is related to a second content element associated with a second machine-readable link, and in response to determining that the first content element is related to the second content element associated with a second machine-readable link, retrieving the second content element.
US10452563B1	Cache eviction scheme for acceptable substitutes in online media Among other things, this document describes systems, devices, and methods for improving cache performance when caching multiple versions of an object. In some embodiments, a network cache can execute a cache eviction algorithm that considers the versatility of object versions when making eviction decisions. The techniques described herein can be applied to wide variety of media objects, such as as an original image and a set of derivative images in various formats, sizes, or compression levels. A versatile version is versatile because it can be substituted for one or more other versions requested by a client. Hence, the techniques described herein may prefer, under certain conditions, to evict from a network cache less versatile versions prior to evicting more versatile versions.
US10452559B2	Increasing granularity of dirty bit information in hardware assisted memory management systems In a computer system having virtual machines, one or more unused bits of a guest physical address range are allocated for aliasing so that multiple virtually addressed sub-pages can be mapped to a common memory page. When one bit is allocated for aliasing, dirty bit information can be provided at a granularity that is one-half of a memory page. When M bits are allocated for aliasing, dirty bit information can be provided at a granularity that is 1/(2M)-th of a memory page.
US10452557B2	Storage apparatus, computer system, and method for improved read operation handling The processor provides a host computer with a logical volume based on a physical storage device. Based on a command from the host computer, the control device writes, into a memory, address information that associates a logical address in the logical volume with a device address in the physical storage device. The control device receives a command from the host computer and if it is determined that the command is a read command, identifies a first logical address designated by the command and determines whether or not the first logical address is included in the address information. If the first address is included in the address information, the control device specifies a first device address corresponding to the first logical address, reads read data stored in an area indicated by the first device address, and transmits the read data to the host computer.
US10452552B2	Memory-based dependency tracking and cache pre-fetch hardware for multi-resolution shading Systems, apparatuses and methods may provide a way to track graphics pipeline operations. More particularly, the systems, apparatuses and methods may provide a way to track operation dependencies between graphics pipeline operations for blocks of pixel samples and stall one or more of the pipeline operations based on the operation dependencies. The systems, apparatuses and methods may further provide cache pre-fetch hardware to monitor processing of blocks of pixel samples and fetch a next block of the pixel samples from the memory into a cache before completion of processing a current block of pixel samples based on one or more of the pipeline operations or a surface state of one or more regions of a screen space.
US10452550B2	Cache management in a stream computing environment that uses a set of many-core hardware processors Disclosed aspects relate to cache management in a stream computing environment that uses a set of many-core hardware processors to process a stream of tuples by a plurality of processing elements which operate on the set of many-core hardware processors. The stream of tuples to be processed by the plurality of processing elements which operate on the set of many-core hardware processors may be received. A tuple-processing hardware-route on the set of many-core hardware processors may be determined based on a cache factor associated with the set of many-core hardware processors. The stream of tuples may be routed based on the tuple-processing hardware-route on the set of many-core hardware processors. The stream of tuples may be processed by the plurality of processing elements which operate on the set of many-core hardware processors.
US10452549B2	Method and apparatus for page table management An apparatus and method for page table management. For example, one embodiment of an apparatus comprises: a memory management circuit to perform address translations using a page directory, a base page directory address identifying a location of the page directory in a system memory; a cache to reserve a first cache line containing the base page directory address stored in a modified state; cache snoop circuitry to detect a read to the base page directory address by a processor or graphics processing unit (GPU); and locking circuitry to assert a lock signal to change the state of the first cache line to a locked state, the memory management circuit to refrain from performing a page table walk until the lock signal is de-asserted.
US10452548B2	Preemptive cache writeback with transaction support A method of preemptive cache writeback includes transmitting, from a first cache controller of a first cache to a second cache controller of a second cache, an unused bandwidth message representing an unused bandwidth between the first cache and the second cache during a first cycle. During a second cycle, a cache line containing dirty data is preemptively written back from the second cache to the first cache based on the unused bandwidth message. Further, the cache line in the second cache is written over in response to a cache miss to the second cache.
US10452547B2	Fault-tolerant cache coherence over a lossy network A cache coherence system manages both internode and intranode cache coherence in a cluster of nodes. Each node in the cluster of nodes is either a collection of processors running an intranode coherence protocol between themselves, or a single processor. A node comprises a plurality of coherence ordering units (COUs) that are hardware circuits configured to manage intranode coherence of caches within the node and/or internode coherence with caches on other nodes in the cluster. Each node contains one or more directories which tracks the state of cache line entries managed by the particular node. Each node may also contain one or more scoreboards for managing the status of ongoing transactions. The internode cache coherence protocol implemented in the COUs may be used to detect and resolve communications errors, such as dropped message packets between nodes, late message delivery at a node, or node failure. Additionally, a transport layer manages communication between the nodes in the cluster, and can additionally be used to detect and resolve communications errors.
US10452539B2	Simulator for enterprise-scale simulations on hybrid main memory systems Implementations of the present disclosure include methods, systems, and computer-readable storage mediums for performing actions during simulation of an application interacting with a hybrid memory system, actions including providing a first range of virtual addresses corresponding to a first type of memory in the hybrid memory system, and a second range of virtual addresses corresponding to a second type of memory in the hybrid memory system, receiving a data packet that is to be stored in the hybrid memory system, determining a virtual address assigned to the data packet, the virtual address being provided in cache block metadata associated with the data packet, and storing the data packet in one of the first type of memory and the second type of memory in the hybrid memory system based on the virtual address, the first range of virtual addresses, and the second range of virtual addresses.
US10452534B2	Asynchronous operation query A query an asynchronous operation of an asynchronous function is disclosed. One or more state machine objects of the asynchronous function are identified. The identified objects of the asynchronous function are queried to determine information regarding the current state of the identified objects. For state machines that have not completed, the heap is examined to determine whether the identified object is rooted.
US10452529B1	Techniques and devices for cloud memory sizing Systems, apparatuses, and methods for cloud memory sizing are disclosed. An initial database memory allocation is determined for the provisioning of a database server instance. Periodically, sizes of key database tables of the database server instance are measured and an upper and a lower bound ratio are determined based on the key database table sizes and a buffer pool size. The upper and lower bound ratios are used to determine a desired memory allocation from which a report is generated including an interface for generating an instance move action for re-provisioning the database server instance with the desired memory allocation.
US10452526B2	Machine learning for constrained mutation-based fuzz testing Techniques for constrained mutation-based fuzzing are described. Machine accesses an input file of code for testing. Machine performs multiple runs of a fuzzing algorithm using the input file and the code. Each run includes: performing a mutation of one or more bytes of the input file and determining which parts of the code were executed when the code was run with the mutated input file. Machine stores, for each run, an indication of whether the mutation caused execution of a portion of the code which was not executed prior to the mutation, Machine generates heatmap of the input file based on the stored indications. The heatmap maps each of the bytes in the input file to a value indicating whether the mutation of the byte caused execution of the portion of the code for testing which was not executed prior to the mutation. Machine tailors fuzzing algorithm based on heatmap.
US10452523B1	System and method for state based intelligent test generation A system and method for use with a data management service that provides a finite state machine with machine learning based generation of tests to ensure exhaustive coverage of the compound states of an application undergoing modification. The finite state machine is modified with inputs of feedback from production usage of the application. A continuous virtual test pool utilizes the finite state machine to replicate numerous instances of users simulating the possible states of the application.
US10452520B2	Association between a test case and source code The present invention may be a method, a system, and/or a computer program product. An embodiment of the present invention provides a computer-implemented method for associating one or more test cases with one or more source code parts for a test target, or vice versa. The method comprises the followings: obtaining one or more historical data in which one or more modification histories made in one or more source codes are associated with one or more test operation histories made in the test target after the one or more modifications; for each of the historical data, determining whether the test operation history has one or more parts which are identical or similar with those in one or more test cases; and if the determination is positive, associating the one or more test cases with one or more source code parts in the one or more modification histories which have been associated with the test operation history, or vice versa.
US10452517B2	Framework for testing logic of code based on model elements Various embodiments of systems and methods to provide a testing framework for testing code are described herein. In one aspect, a request to test at least a portion of code is received. A test model composed of model elements representing the portion of the code, code on which the portion of the code depends and one or more preexisting test doubles is generated. An option is provided to define one or more test double elements, in the test model, corresponding to the code on which the portion of the code depends. Further, an option is provided to alter dependencies between the model elements and the defined one or more test double elements in the test model. Furthermore, new one or more code artefacts are generated based on the test model and the generated new one or more code artefacts are executed to test logic of the portion of the code.
US10452516B2	Replaying time-travel traces relying on processor undefined behavior Replaying a trace that relies on processor undefined behavior includes identifying reliance on processor undefined behavior by an instruction executed based on replay of traced program execution from a trace file. Based on the reliance on the processor undefined behavior, the replay includes one or more of: (i) initiating a notification of the reliance on the undefined behavior, (ii) skipping to a key frame in the trace file, and resuming replay at the key frame, (iii) forking replay using two or more potential behaviors, or (iv) continuing replay using a selected behavior that is selected from among the two or more potential behaviors.
US10452509B2	Dynamic component performance monitoring Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for dynamic graph performance monitoring. One of the methods includes receiving input data by the data processing system, the input data provided by an application executing on the data processing system. The method includes determining a characteristic of the input data. The method includes identifying, by the application, a dynamic component from multiple available dynamic components based on the determined characteristic, the multiple available dynamic components being stored in a data storage system. The method includes processing the input data using the identified dynamic component. The method also includes determining one or more performance metrics associated with the processing.
US10452506B2	Drawing processing device, diagnostic test method and program A drawing processing device includes a GPU, a diagnosis circuit which executes divisions of a diagnostic test of the GPU and a control unit which controls execution of the divided diagnostic tests by the diagnosis circuit. The control unit schedules so as to complete execution of drawing processes for one frame in a first time which is a one-frame display time which is defined in accordance with a frame rate and schedules so as to execute the divided diagnostic tests in a third time which is a remaining time obtained by subtracting a second time which is a processing time requested for execution of the drawing processes for one frame from the first time.
US10452504B2	Controller area network (CAN) device and method for emulating classic CAN error management Embodiments of a device and method are disclosed. In an embodiment, a CAN device is disclosed. The CAN device includes a transmit data (TXD) input interface, a TXD output interface, a receive data (RXD) input interface, an RXD output interface and a traffic control system connected between the TXD input and output interfaces and between the RXD input and output interfaces. The traffic control system is configured to detect the presence of classic CAN traffic on the RXD input interface and if the presence of classic CAN traffic is detected on the RXD input interface, emulate an error management protocol of a classic CAN controller in response to signals received on the TXD input interface.
US10452497B2	Restoration of UI state in transactional systems A system restores a user interface (“UI”) state. The system receives an action performed by a user that interacts with a UI, and determines a transaction based on the action, where the transaction is configured to modify a model corresponding to the UI. The system stores a first UI state of the UI and a first model state of the model, and then commits the transaction. The system subsequently determines to undo the transaction based on a first user interaction. The system then restores the UI to the first UI state and the model to the first model state. In one embodiment, the first model state is restored before undoing the transaction, while the first UI state is restored after undoing the transaction.
US10452496B2	System and method for managing storage transaction requests Data storage system and method for managing transaction requests to the data storage system utilizes a write ahead log to write transaction requests received at the data storage system during a current checkpoint generation. After the transaction requests in the write ahead log are applied to a copy-on-write (COW) storage data structure stored in a storage system, one of first and second allocation bitmaps is updated to reflect changes in the COW storage data structure with respect to allocation of storage space in the storage system, and one of first and second super blocks is updated with references to central nodes of the COW storage data structure. After the allocation bitmap and the super block have been updated, an end indicator for the current checkpoint generation is written in the write ahead log to indicate that processing of the transaction requests for the current checkpoint generation has been completed.
US10452491B2	Scalable log partitioning system Embodiments include an improved database logging system where transactions are allocated to multiple different partitions of a database log file and log records for transactions are written to different partitions of a database log. Each partition can store log records for a separate transaction in a separate log cache memory. Writing log records to a page of the database log can be prevented until previous log records modifying that same page have been written to disk. A sequential timestamp that is unique across the plurality of partitions may be assigned to the log records for this purpose, and a log record containing a modification to a page can be flushed after previous modifications to the page have been written to disk. Restore operations can then be performed by copying the log records of the multiple partitions into a priority data structure and ordered into a merged list based on timestamp.
US10452490B2	Data management and backup of distributed storage environment In certain systems disclosed herein, a distributed data monitoring and management system is provided that can replicate a distributed storage environment. The distributed data monitoring and management system can intelligently and automatically configure data access nodes to form a structure that matches the distributed storage environment. By matching the structure of the distributed storage environment, the distributed structure of the data may be maintained, enabling the data to be backed up from and/or restored to the distributed storage environment and/or migrated to another distributed storage environment without altering the distribution of the data. Further, embodiments herein enable the transfer of data from a non-distributed environment to a distributed storage environment. Thus, in some cases, an entity can migrate data from a local storage structure to a network-based distributed storage structure.
US10452489B2	Reconciliation in sync replication A distributed storage system replicates data for a primary logical storage object on a primary node of the storage system to a secondary logical storage object on a secondary node on the distributed storage system. Failures in writing data to the primary logical storage object or failures in the replication of the data to the secondary logical storage object can cause data that should be synchronized to become divergent. In cases where the data may be divergent, reconciliation operations can be performed to resynchronize the data.
US10452487B2	Data processing apparatus and method Operating a data processing and storage apparatus to perform continuous backup monitoring for a collection of stored file system objects. In response to changes respective to a number of the file system objects, a set of Data Management Application Program Interface (DMAPI) events is created. For each of the events, accessory file system object information relative to a file system object subject to the change is determined. The events are grouped into an event group and a unique group identifier and an overall group size count are assigned to each of the events included in the event group. The events are sent together with the respective accessory file system object information, the respective group identifier and the respective group size to a number of backup clients registered as applications. The backup clients are to process the events together with the respective accessory file system object information, the respective group identifier and the respective group size into a number of backup requests.
US10452485B2	System and method for selective compression in a database backup operation Differential or selective elective data transformation, which can include compression and/or encryption, is applied to selected data subsets, such as selected table spaces, of a database during a single database operation. In response to a received backup command, a backup utility of a database management system obtains data from a number of data subsets of a source database that are specified for inclusion in a backup image. At least one of the data subsets is specified for data transformation while subsets are not. The data from the specified data subsets is identified in the obtained data, and transformed prior to writing a single backup image to archive media. The backup image therefore contains both transformed and untransformed data. The selection of data subsets for transformation can be made automatically without requiring user specification according to predefined data characteristics including subset size, data type, compressibility, or encryption.
US10452481B2	Device for controlling the reinitialization of a computer on board an automobile The invention pertains to a control device (1) for a computer (10) for an automotive vehicle, said control device (1) being able to cooperate with the computer (10) to perform a plurality of functions, said control device (1) comprising: a command module (20); a reinitialization module (30), adapted to reinitialize said command module (20) for a duration of reinitialization less than a predetermined maximum duration of reinitialization, and a monitoring module (40), adapted to dispatch a reinitialization signal to said reinitialization module (30) should a malfunction be detected, the control device (1) being noteworthy in that the command module (20) comprises a sub-module of at least one temporarily interruptible function (23), said at least one temporarily interruptible function (23) exhibiting a permitted maximum duration of interruption greater than said predetermined maximum duration of reinitialization.
US10452480B2	Memory device with dynamic processing level calibration A memory device includes a memory array including a plurality of memory cells; and a controller coupled to the memory array, the controller configured to iteratively: determine a first error rate corresponding to a current processing level for processing data corresponding to a subset of the plurality of memory cells, determine a second error rate using an offset processing level for processing the data corresponding to the subset of the plurality of memory cells, wherein the offset processing level is offset from the current processing level by a first offset amount, and generate an updated processing level for the subset of the plurality of memory cells based on a comparison of the first error rate and the second error rate.
US10452478B2	Memory component with error-detect-correct code interface A memory component internally generates and stores the check bits of error detect and correct code (EDC). In a first mode, during a read transaction, the check bits are sent to the memory controller along with the data on the data mask (DM) signal lines. In a second mode, an unmasked write transaction is defined where the check bits are sent to the memory component on the data mask signal lines. In a third mode, a masked write transaction is defined where at least a portion of the check bits are sent from the memory controller on the data signal lines coincident with an asserted data mask signal line. By sending the check bits along with the data, the EDC code can be used to detect and correct errors that occur between the memory component and the memory controller.
US10452477B2	Multiple node repair using high rate minimum storage regeneration erasure code A distributed storage system can use a high rate MSR erasure code to repair multiple nodes when multiple node failures occur. An encoder constructs m r-ary trees to determine the symbol arrays for the parity nodes. These symbol arrays are used to generate the parity data according to parity definitions or parity equations. The m r-ary trees are also used to identify a set of recovery rows across helper nodes for repairing a systematic node. When failed systematic nodes correspond to different ones of the m r-ary trees, a decoder may select additional recovery rows. The decoder selects additional recovery rows when the parity definitions do not provide a sufficient number of independent linear equations to solve the unknown symbols of the failed nodes. The decoder can select recovery rows contiguous to the already identified recovery rows for access efficiency.
US10452474B2	NAND flash memory device According to an embodiment, a semiconductor storage device includes a detection circuit configured to detect an error in data read from a first memory cell array. The read data of a size corresponding to a page unit is subjected to detection of an error for each of a plurality of first units into which the page unit is divided. When performing a first operation of concurrently executing outputting of first data read from the first memory cell array to an outside and reading of second data different from the first data from the first memory array, an interface circuit is configured to output information based on the error detected with respect to the first data to the outside.
US10452473B2	Methods for managing failure of a solid state device in a caching storage Techniques for managing caching use of a solid state device are disclosed. In some embodiments, the techniques may be realized as a method for managing caching use of a solid state device. Management of the caching use may include receiving, at a host device, notification of failure of a solid state device. In response to the notification a cache mode may be set to uncached. In uncached mode input/output (I/O) requests may be directed to uncached storage (e.g., disk).
US10452470B2	In-channel memory mirroring Embodiments of the present invention provide methods, program products, and systems for improving DIMM level memory mirroring. Embodiments of the present invention can be used to configure a first memory module device of a pair memory module devices to receive a set of read and write operations and configure a second memory module device of the pair of memory module devices to receive only write operations of the set of read and write operations. Embodiments of the present invention can, responsive to detecting a failure, reconfiguring the first and the second memory module device to set the first memory module device to receive only write operations of the set of read and write operations and the second memory module device to receive read and write operations of the set of read and write operations.
US10452469B2	Server performance correction using remote server actions Business transactions and the nodes processing the transactions may be monitored. Actions may be applied to one or more nodes when a performance issue is detected. A performance issue may relate to a metric associated with a transaction or node that processes the transaction. If a performance metric does not satisfy a health rule, the policy determines which action should be performed to correct the performance of the node. The corrective action may be applied to a node other than the node at which the performance metric is associated with. For example, if a performance metric for a first node does not satisfy a threshold, the corrective action may be applied to a second node. When a solution applied to a second node is found to correct the problem in first node, the solution may be applied to the other nodes experiencing the same problem.
US10452468B2	Method and system for managing non-volatile memory The subject technology provides for managing a data storage system. A data operation error for a data operation initiated in a first non-volatile memory die of a plurality of non-volatile memory die in the data storage system is detected. An error count for an error type of the data operation error for the first non-volatile memory die is incremented. The incremented error count satisfies a first threshold value for the error type of the data operation error is determined. The first non-volatile memory die is marked for exclusion from subsequent data operations.
US10452465B2	Techniques for managing and analyzing log data In order to provide effective diagnostics and logging of error messages produced during the execution of processes across multiple components, systems and methods are disclosed for the generating, managing, and processing centralized logs containing those error messages. In particular, the components may write error messages to a centralized log instead of writing the error messages to local log files. These error messages may include exception messages and diagnostics messages. These various error messages in the centralized log can be read, identified, and organized. Furthermore, enrichments and/or analytics may be applied to the error messages based on information from a knowledge source or the application of one or more machine learning models. The organized error messages, enrichments, and analytics can be stored in an output log that can be easily retrieved and viewed through a graphical interface. The organized error messages, enrichments, and analytics may work together to allow for more effective diagnosing of execution errors.
US10452464B1	Automatic human configuration error detection for reoccurring events Detection of a cause of an error occurring in a data center is provided. A time period between a failure event in the data center and a previous successful event is determined. A set of devices involved in the failure event is generated using a data protection advisor (DPA). Data collected for the set of devices during the determined time period is scanned to detect at least one configuration change made during the determined time period. Based on a result of the scanned collected data, the at least one configuration change is displayed as a potential root cause of the error.
US10452460B2	Storage server system capable of setting overcurrent protection value according to system configuration A storage server system includes a storage module including at least one storage device for generating at least one present signal, a micro controller coupled to the storage module for generating a setting signal according to the at least one present signal and system information, and a tunable resistor coupled to the micro controller, wherein a resistance of the tunable resistor is corresponding to an over current protection value of the storage server system.
US10452459B2	Device driver telemetry Systems and methods are described for verifying functionality of a computing device. Rules are received that are usable to configure a driver verifier function to capture information associated with a device driver identified by the rules. The configured driver verifier function is run on a computing device. The information is captured in response to driver conditions identified by the rules. The computing device is allowed to continue operation when the driver condition includes an error condition of the identified device driver. A communication is initiated to transmit the captured information to a driver verification analysis service.
US10452446B1	High integrity multi-core processing Transparently executing applications among cores in a multi-processor system includes monitoring elements associated with each processor which align execution of threads within corresponding cores of the processors. Alignment is accomplished by monitoring system resource utilization by each core, comparing process counters associated with corresponding cores, and comparing data sets in and out during application frame switching. In a further aspect, inputs are coordinated by a synchronization element. Likewise, outputs for corresponding cores are compared to ensure no corrupted data is propagated.
US10452445B2	Dynamically configurable storage clusters The techniques disclosed herein provide a dynamically configurable cluster of storage devices. In some configurations, the dynamically configurable cluster is associated with a fault domain. The cluster may include a plurality of computing devices that each include at least a storage device. The plurality of storage devices in the cluster may be configured to support a plurality of workloads coupled to the dynamically configurable cluster. The plurality of storage devices in the dynamically configurable cluster may be allocated to one or more of the plurality of workloads based on metadata identified resiliency requirements, performance requirements, and/or cost factors linked to the one or more of the plurality of workloads.
US10452440B1	Systems and methods of optimized tuning of resources In an embodiment, a method is performed by an agent installed in a computing environment on a computer system. The method includes monitoring the computing environment for optimization triggers. The method also includes, responsive to detection of an optimization trigger, identifying an optimization profile of a plurality of optimization profiles that is applicable to the optimization trigger. In addition, the method includes temporarily modifying the computing environment in accordance with the optimization profile. Further, the method includes, responsive to the temporarily modifying, monitoring the computing environment for optimization exit triggers. Additionally, the method includes, responsive to detection of an optimization exit trigger, automatically reversing the temporarily modifying.
US10452437B2	Temperature-aware task scheduling and proactive power management Systems, apparatuses, and methods for performing temperature-aware task scheduling and proactive power management. A SoC includes a plurality of processing units and a task queue storing pending tasks. The SoC calculates a thermal metric for each pending task to predict an amount of heat the pending task will generate. The SoC also determines a thermal gradient for each processing unit to predict a rate at which the processing unit's temperature will change when executing a task. The SoC also monitors a thermal margin of how far each processing unit is from reaching its thermal limit. The SoC minimizes non-uniform heat generation on the SoC by scheduling pending tasks from the task queue to the processing units based on the thermal metrics for the pending tasks, the thermal gradients of each processing unit, and the thermal margin available on each processing unit.
US10452436B2	System and method for scheduling workload based on a credit-based mechanism Disclosed is a method and system for using a credit-based approach to scheduling workload in a compute environment. The method includes determining server capacity and load of a compute environment and running a first benchmark job to calibrate a resource scheduler. The method includes partitioning, based on the calibration, the compute environment into multiple priority portions (e.g. first portion, second portion etc.) and optionally a reserve portion. Credits are assigned to allocate system capacity or resources per time quanta. The method includes running a benchmark job to calibrate a complexity of supported job types to be run in the compute environment. When a request for capacity is received, the workload is assigned one or more credits and credits are withdrawn from the submitting entity's account for access to the compute environment at a scheduled time.
US10452432B2	Method and apparatus for distributing tasks of AUTOSAR operating system Provided are a method of distributing tasks of an AUTomotive Open System Architecture (AUTOSAR) operating system and managing OsTask using OsAlarm in the AUTOSAR operating system, the method comprises, storing in Counter_BSW a value of a counter at a time when a function for setting an alarm for a basic software (BSW) module is called, storing in Counter_RTE the value of the counter at a time when a function for setting an alarm for an application software (ASW) module is called and correcting an offset value of the alarm for the ASW module using a value of Counter_BSW and a value of Counter_RTE.
US10452431B2	Data processing system and operating method thereof A memory system may include: a memory device; and a controller, wherein the controller includes: a receiving unit suitable for receiving a plurality of tasks from a host; and a task processing unit suitable for re-arranging the plurality of the tasks based on the number of the plurality of the tasks and a priority order, and performing the re-arranged tasks.
US10452424B2	Unique transaction identifier based transaction processing A computer-implemented method for processing a transaction may include, upon receiving a transaction change request, operating a coordinator to generate a unique transaction identifier for the transaction request, send a data change request along with the unique transaction identifier to sources having respective source identifiers, and store the unique transaction identifier along with the respective source identifiers in a transaction status table. The computer-implemented method may further include, upon receiving a query, operating a given source to determine from the transaction status table, any other sources associated with the unique transaction identifier, determine whether the unique transaction identifier is in each of the other sources, and when the unique transaction identifier is in each of the other sources, read data associated with the query from the given source and each of the other sources.
US10452418B2	Location based management of virtual machines in datacenters Embodiments manage physical locations of virtual machines (VMs) in a datacenter. A computing device, such as a cloud management device, aggregates location information for the VMs executing on hosts. The computing device compares the aggregated location information with event data to identify VMs potentially affected by adverse events (e.g., severe weather, scheduled maintenance, natural disasters, etc.). The computing device initiates migration of the affected VMs from their hosts to unaffected hosts. In some embodiments, the location information includes global positioning system (GPS) coordinates obtained by the hosts and shared with the computing device.
US10452411B2	System and method of using emojis for interactive and enhanced data matching capabilities A method for ranking, matching, and recommending end-users wherein end-users respond to plurality of questions using emojis which have the capacity to encompass multiple data-points.
US10452404B2	Optimized UEFI reboot process Systems and methods are disclosed for an initialization process that selectively reloads part or all of the UEFI when called by the operating system. The reload skips platform initialization and enables the selective loading of UEFI modules with tailored dependencies. A special protected region of memory is reserved and is not available for use by the host operating system. Once initialized, the UEFI will use the reserved memory region to execute code that initiates or loads UEFI modules. The host operating system will await the UEFI reload and then re-initialize the functions, structures and variables it receives from the UEFI.
US10452398B2	Methods, apparatus, instructions and logic to provide permute controls with leading zero count functionality Instructions and logic provide SIMD permute controls with leading zero count functionality. Some embodiments include processors with a register with a plurality of data fields, each of the data fields to store a second plurality of bits. A destination register has corresponding data fields, each of these data fields to store a count of the number of most significant contiguous bits set to zero for corresponding data fields. Responsive to decoding a vector leading zero count instruction, execution units count the number of most significant contiguous bits set to zero for each of data fields in the register, and store the counts in corresponding data fields of the first destination register. Vector leading zero count instructions can be used to generate permute controls and completion masks to be used along with the set of permute controls, to resolve dependencies in gather-modify-scatter SIMD operations.
US10452396B2	Combining states of multiple threads in a multi-threaded processor A processor comprising: an execution unit, multiple context register sets, a scheduler arranged to control the execution unit to provide a repeating sequence of temporally interleaved time slots, thereby enabling at least one respective worker thread to be allocated for execution in each respective one of some or all of the time slots, wherein a program state of the respective worker thread currently executing in each time slot is maintained in a respective one of the context register sets; and an exit state register arranged to store an aggregated exit state the worker threads. The instruction set comprises an exit instruction for inclusion in each worker thread, the exit state instruction taking an individual exit state of the respective thread as an operand. The exit instruction terminates the respective worker and also cause the individual exit state specified in the operand to contribute to the aggregated exit state.
US10452394B2	Apparatus and method for complex multiplication An embodiment of the invention is a processor including execution circuitry to calculate, in response to a decoded instruction, a result of a complex multiplication of a first complex number and a second complex number. The calculation includes a first operation to calculate a first term of a real component of the result and a first term of the imaginary component of the result. The calculation also includes a second operation to calculate a second term of the real component of the result and a second term of the imaginary component of the result. The processor also includes a decoder, a first source register, and a second source register. The decoder is to decode an instruction to generate the decoded instruction. The first source register is to provide the first complex number and the second source register is to provide the second complex number.
US10452390B2	Machine-based instruction editing Computer software development has produced many advances within computer science and in most aspects of modern society. Even with modern quality control, bug finding, and other code checking applications, computer software is often less than ideal. A developer may write code that is functionally accurate but lacks security, documentation, speed, storage, reusability, or other element that may make a segment of software code less than ideal. Identifying equivalent code and, when found, replacing it with a vetted equivalent promotes the deployment of software that is more robust, secure, usable and reusable, and/or satisfies performance or other objectives.
US10452387B2	System and method for partition-scoped patching in an application server environment In accordance with an embodiment, described herein are a system and method for partition-scoped patching in an application server environment. A computer environment includes an application server, for example a multitenant application server, that supports the use of one or more partitions, wherein each partition provides an administrative and runtime subdivision of a domain. During a partition-scoped rollout of a patch or update, to a resource group or application within a plurality of servers or clusters of servers, the resource group or application can be updated within a targeted partition, using a patch orchestrator and partition lifecycle runtime interface, without affecting the operation of other partitions at those servers or clusters of servers. One or more session handling flags can be used, to enable sessions and/or requests that are associated with the targeted partition, to be handled by a traffic director, during the patching process.
US10452386B1	Non-destructive update of discrete components of firmware Non-destructive update of discrete firmware components of a firmware is provided. During a boot-up process, the availability of an update for the firmware can be determined prior to execution thereof. To that end, a controller device can be queried for availability of the update and, when the update is available, a processor that executes the firmware as part of the boot-up process can retrieve an updated version of one or more components of the firmware from a virtual drive device provided by the controller device. The processor can retain such component(s) in a main memory device. The processor can then execute the component(s) from the main memory and can execute other non-updated component(s) of the firmware from a non-volatile memory device that retains the firmware. Therefore, the firmware can be updated during the boot-up process, without changing the contents of the non-volatile memory device.
US10452384B2	Device health tickets Disclosed are systems that provide for secure and reliable remote management. Cryptographic health tickets provided by a management server are provided to a protected process executing on a computing device. In some examples, the health tickets reset an authenticated watchdog timer that resets the computing device if the timer expires. In some examples, the computing device may contact the management server prior to loading an operating system to receive instructions, but may omit contacting the management server if a valid health ticket is found.
US10452383B1	Device improvements through adaptive settings The disclosed technology can provide software implemented solutions to problems experienced by a specific device when deployed in an operating environment by detecting problems experienced by the specific device that might not be experienced by other similar devices. Once detected, a firmware update for the specific device can be issued to solve or avoid the detected problem.
US10452382B2	Method for processing an update file of an avionic equipment of an aircraft, a computer program product, related processing electronic device and processing system This method makes it possible to validate an update file of at least one set of computer data of a piece of avionics equipment of an aircraft. The processing method is implemented within a processing system comprising a mobile terminal independent of the aircraft, an update unit integrated into the aircraft, and a database separate from the aircraft and the mobile terminal, and comprises obtaining a computed message digest, the computed message digest resulting from the application, by the update unit, of a cryptographic hash function to the update file, obtaining a reference message digest, the reference message digest being acquired by the mobile terminal by secure access to a database comprising the reference message digest, and processing the update file based on a comparison of the computed message digest with the reference message digest.
US10452376B2	Method for identifying file and mobile terminal A method for identifying a file and a mobile terminal are provided. The method includes the following. An installation file and an end tag position of a file directory of the installation file are acquired. A capacity which the file directory occupies of the installation file is acquired. A start tag position of the file directory is determined by determining a distance of the file directory in relative to a start position of the installation file according to the end tag position of the file directory and the capacity which the file directory occupies of the installation file. Query for a file header identifier in the file directory according to the start tag position of the file directory. A Lib library directory is acquired from the file directory. A file indicated by the file header identifier is identified by analyzing the file header identifier.
US10452372B2	Method and deployment module for managing a container to be deployed on a software platform A method and a deployment module (110) for managing a container to be deployed on a software platform (120) are disclosed. The container provides a first set of functions. The deployment module (110) obtains (203) the container. The deployment module (110) obtains (204) a list specifying a second set of functions for the container. The deployment module (110) associates (205) the container, based on the list, with the second set of functions. The container, when deployed, provides the first and second set of functions when executed on the software platform (120). A corresponding computer program and a carrier therefor are also disclosed.
US10452371B2	Automating enablement state inputs to workflows in z/OSMF Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The methods include, for instance: automatically discovering enablement state variables respectively corresponding to products present in a computer system; processing the enablement state variables and associated values and making a separate file for disabled products; and make available the file for disabled products as inputs to subsequent system administration jobs.
US10452369B2	Code profiling of executable library for pipeline parallelization A method and system. A library method stub is created in a predefined programming language by use of a library method signature associated with an original library call, at least one idiom sentence, and a call invoking the original library call. Creating the library method stub includes composing source code of the library method stub by matching the at least one idiom sentence with idiom-stub mappings predefined for each basic idiom of at least one basic idiom. The original library call appears in sequential code. The library method signature specifies formal arguments of the original library call. The at least one idiom sentence summarizes memory operations performed by the original library call on the formal arguments. The created library method stub is stored in a database.
US10452366B2	Method and tool for engineering software architectures with its various software artifacts of complex cyber-physical systems of different technical domains In order to give architects engineering the software of software architectures with its various software artifacts of complex cyber-physical systems of different technical domains a powerful way to identify and control architecture erosion in codebases of the complex cyber-physical systems, a method or tool is provided that may (i) diagnose and categorize software artifacts dependencies in the software architectures of complex cyber-physical systems triggered by revisions or commits, (ii) relate changes in the diagnosed and categorized dependencies with change events on the software artifacts, e.g., those caused by at least one of enhancing the complex cyber-physical system with new features as required by market demands and fixing defects found in operation and/or raised during maintenance of the complex cyber-physical system, and (iii) represent the diagnosed and categorized dependencies and the related changes in the diagnosed and categorized dependencies.
US10452357B2	Generation of distinctive value based on true random input Aspects of the disclosure are directed to solutions for generating a distinctive value in a computing device. A captured data gathering module is to interface with the plurality of data capture devices and to read data output from each of them. The data output has a randomness characteristic. A captured data aggregation module is to combine the data output from at least two different data capture devices to produce an aggregated output. A transformation module is to compute a transformation of the aggregated output to produce a distinctive value that is based on the randomness characteristic.
US10452343B2	Prioritizing media content requests Examples described herein may include a computing device receiving, from a first playback device, a request for first media content associated with a first playback operation. The computing device sends, to the first playback device, the first media content, and while sending that content, receives, from a second playback device, a request for second media content associated with a second playback operation, this request including information characterizing the second playback operation. Based on that information, the computing device determines whether the second playback operation is higher priority or lower priority than the first playback operation. If the second playback operation is higher priority, then the computing device stops sending the first media content and sends, to the second playback device, the second media content. If the second playback operation is lower priority, then the computing device foregoes sending the second media content and continues sending the first media content.
US10452335B2	Display system, display apparatus and adjustment method A display system includes an arrangement of a plurality of display apparatuses. Each of the plurality of display apparatuses includes a display panel that displays an image, a processor configured to process the image for display, a memory storing the image information for processing by the processor to display on the display panel, and a send and receive hardware interface that at least receives setting information of one of the plurality of display apparatuses. A first display apparatus of the plurality of display apparatuses displaying an arrangement image, the first display apparatus further comprises a coordinate acquiring hardware that acquires a coordinate in the first display apparatus, the coordinate specifies a position of a second display apparatus of the plurality of display apparatuses displayed in the arrangement image, and a first send and receive hardware interface of the first display apparatus receives setting information of the second display apparatus.
US10452333B2	User terminal device providing user interaction and method therefor A user interaction method of a user terminal device including a bent touchscreen includes: establishing a connection between the user terminal device and an external device located external to the user terminal device, such that the user terminal device and the external device are able to communicate with each other; displaying a UI element associated with the external device on a sub-region of the bent touch screen; and performing a function associated with the UI element in response to a user gesture selecting the UI element.
US10452331B2	Image forming apparatus, print system, and print method When a print service is used in a print system, a user terminal transmits, to an image forming apparatus configured to be a sub apparatus, enquiry information to enquire of an Internet protocol (IP) address of an image forming apparatus configured to be a main apparatus. In response to the enquiry information from the user terminal, the sub apparatus transmits to the user terminal the IP address of the main apparatus stored on a memory of the sub apparatus.
US10452329B2	Information processing apparatus that controls display of an erasure mode setting screen based on a type of storage device in the apparatus, and method of controlling the same A CPU of an information processing apparatus (MFP) obtains device information of a secondary storage device installed in the MFP and discriminates, based on the obtained device information, whether the secondary storage device is of a type that supports an erasure command (TRIM command) that provides notification of information indicating data to be erased from the storage device. The CPU controls display of a setting screen for erasure modes by controlling, in accordance with the discrimination result, whether to display erasure modes for executing erasure processing based on an erasure command in a selectable manner.
US10452328B2	Extensible token-based authorization A system and method for granting a user access to one or more resources managed by one or more resource servers may include authenticating a user of an application. An application scope associated with the application may represent resource server(s) and respective resources that the application is configured to access or otherwise consume. A management role associated with the user may represent resource server(s) and respective resources that the user is authorized to access or otherwise consume. An access token may be determined using the application scope and the management role. The access token may represent resource server(s) and respective resources that the user is authorized to access or otherwise consume via the application.
US10452325B2	Information processing apparatus and information processing method An information processing apparatus that transmits a plurality of parameter values of a device to an external apparatus includes a first transmission section that selectively periodically transmits the plurality of parameter values or part of the plurality of parameter values, and a second transmission section that transmits the plurality of parameter values to the external apparatus, in a case where an amount of change in a predetermined parameter value included in the part of the plurality of parameter values satisfies a predetermined condition in a period between a previous periodic transmission and a current periodic transmission, after the predetermined condition is satisfied and before the current periodic transmission is performed.
US10452323B2	Method, printer, and computer-readable medium for printing with user-specified and predefined settings In a printing method, a plurality of predefined print setting groups are stored by a printer. A client device sends a print job to the printer. For the print job, the printer receives user-specified print settings that can be set with a graphic user interface on the client device. The printer also receives a shortcut ID, which the printer associates with one of the predefined print setting groups. The print job is completed using a merged group of settings derived from the user-specified and predefined settings. Advantageously, the predefined settings may be of a type that a user cannot set from the client device, as might be the case when the client device is physically small with a minimal graphic user interface. This can allow the user to access more sophisticated features of the printer. However, conflicts may arise between the user-specified and predefined settings. The printer resolves conflicts by giving priority to user-specified settings or predefined settings.
US10452321B2	Storage system and control method therefor A storage system has a cluster structure in which a node is connected with a different node, the node having a volatile memory for storing first update data from a host and a first non-volatile memory for storing second copy data of second update data from the host to the different node, and having a copy management processing unit for storing first copy data of the first update data into a second non-volatile memory of the different node, and a storage service processing unit for transmitting, to the host, a response with respect to an update request of the first update data in response to the storage of the first copy data of the first update data by the copy management processing unit into the second non-volatile memory of the different node.
US10452313B2	Apparatuses and methods for multiple address registers for a solid state device The present disclosure includes apparatuses, systems, and methods related to multiple address registers for a solid state device (SSD). An example apparatus includes a controller including a plurality of base address registers (BARs) each including same addresses for data storage in a same memory resource and an SSD that includes the same memory resource.
US10452308B2	Encoding tags for metadata entries in a storage system A new snapshot of a storage volume is created by instructing computing nodes to suppress write requests. Once pending write requests from the computing nodes are completed, storage nodes create a new snapshot for the storage volume by allocating a new segment to the new snapshot and finalizes and performs garbage collection with respect to segments allocated to the previous snapshot. The snapshots may be represented by a storage manager in a hierarchy. Deleted snapshots may be flagged as such in the hierarchy and deletion may be implemented only in memory on a storage node, which is then restored from the hierarchy in the event of a crash. A snapshot is removed from the hierarchy when all segments previously are freed by garbage collection. A hybrid storage node may perform both computing and storage services. Data may be written with tags indicating encoding protocols used to encode the data.
US10452304B2	Efficient repository migration and storage A system for efficient repository migration and storage includes an interface and a processor to migrate a repository from a standard repository system in which a standard repository data is replicated in multiple repositories to an efficient repository system in which related repositories are grouped together as a network of repositories and an efficient repository data is stored in a shared network repository.
US10452301B1	Cluster-based storage device buffering Technologies are provided for storing data by alternating the performance of data write operations using multiple clusters of storage devices. Data is written to internal buffers of storage devices in one cluster while data stored in buffers of storage devices in another cluster is transferred to the storage devices' permanent storages. When available buffer capacity in a cluster falls below a specified threshold, data write commands are no longer sent the cluster and the storage devices in the cluster transfer data stored in their buffers to their permanent storages. While the data is being transferred, data write commands are transmitted to other clusters. When the data transfer is complete, the storage devices in the cluster can be scheduled to receive data write commands again. A cluster can be selected for performing a given data write request by matching the attributes of the cluster to parameters of the data write request.
US10452300B2	Storage system, node apparatus, cache control method and program Each node includes a cache to store data of the storage shared by the plurality nodes. Time information when a process accessing to data migrates from one node to another node is recorded. The one node, after migration of the process to the other node, selectively invalidates data held in the cache of the one node with a time of last access thereto by the process on the one node being older than a time of migration of the process from the one node to the other node.
US10452299B2	Storage system having a thin provisioning function Data migration includes copying between normal volumes and thin provisioned volumes. Data in a normal volume can be copied to a thin provisioned volume. Alternatively, data structures can be provided to facilitate converting a normal volume into a thin provisioned volume without actual copying of data. Copying from a thin provisioned volume to a normal volume is also disclosed.
US10452298B2	Portable file-backed virtual storage class memory Reading and copying data as file data in a persistent memory storage device. A method may be practiced in a virtual machine environment. The virtual machine environment includes a persistent memory storage device. The persistent memory storage device has the ability to appear as a memory device having available memory to a virtual machine on a host and as a file to the host. The method includes acts for copying data stored in the persistent memory storage device for a first virtual machine. The method includes the host reading data from the persistent memory storage device as file data. The method further includes the host writing the data from the persistent memory storage device as file data.
US10452293B2	Virtual storage system A virtual storage system according to an aspect of the present invention includes multiple storage systems each including: a storage controller that accepts a read/write request for reading or writing from and to a logical volume; and multiple storage devices. The storage system defines a pool that manages the storage device capable of allocating any of storage areas to the logical volume, and manages the capacity (pool capacity) of the storage areas belonging to the pool, and the capacity (pool available capacity) of unused storage areas in the pool. Furthermore, the storage system calculates the total value of the pool available capacities of the storage systems included in the virtual storage system, and provides the server with the total value as the pool available capacity of the virtual storage system.
US10452287B2	System and method for shared memory ownership using context It is possible to reduce the latency attributable to memory protection in shared memory systems by performing access protection at a central Data Ownership Manager (DOM), rather than at distributed memory management units in the central processing unit (CPU) elements (CEs) responsible for parallel thread processing. In particular, the DOM may monitor read requests communicated over a data plane between the CEs and a memory controller, and perform access protection verification in parallel with the memory controller's generation of the data response. The DOM may be separate and distinct from both the CEs and the memory controller, and therefore may generally be able to make the access determination without interfering with data plane processing/generation of the read requests and data responses exchanged between the memory controller and the CEs.
US10452286B2	Leveraging continuous replication to copy snapshot backup image Systems, methods and devices provide efficient data protection by creating backup images of snapshots using the replication capabilities of the data protection system. The snapshots are point-in-time representation of a data set, where the snapshots allows recoverable states of the data set without having to make a complete copy. A snapshot to be backed up is stored in a primary volume. A virtual volume is created, the virtual volume comprising references, such as pointers, to the snapshot data stored in the primary volume. The snapshot data referenced by the virtual volume is then replicated using the replication capabilities of the data protection system. In this manner, the replication of the snapshot does not burden the primary volume that is hosting the snapshot storage.
US10452284B2	Storage system based host computer monitoring The present invention includes establishing, by a storage system coupled to a first host computer via a storage area network (SAN), metrics indicating a status of the first host computer, and storing the indicated metrics to the storage system. A second host computer, coupled to the storage system via the storage area network, determines an availability of the first host computer based on the metrics.
US10452280B2	Hybrid storage system employing reconfigurable memory A method includes comparing a number of memory blocks in a first pool of free memory blocks in a memory to a threshold. The memory includes memory blocks that are logically divided into the first pool, a second pool, and a third pool of memory blocks. The first pool of free memory blocks is expanded based on determining that the number of memory blocks in the first pool of free memory blocks is less than the threshold. The expanding includes: selecting a first memory block from the second pool of memory blocks, the first memory block comprising active and non-active content; selecting a second memory block from the third pool of memory blocks; copying the active content of the first memory block to the second memory block; erasing the first memory block; and adding the first memory block to the first pool of free memory blocks.
US10452279B1	Architecture for flash storage server A storage server comprises a plurality of solid state drives (SSDs), a plurality of input/output (I/O) controllers, a switch, and a management controller. A first SSD of the plurality of SSDs comprises a plurality of queue pairs. The management controller is to allocate a first subset of the plurality of queue pairs in the first SSD to a first I/O controller, wherein the first I/O controller is to use the first subset of the plurality of queue pairs to read from and write to the first SSD. The management controller is further to allocate a second subset of the plurality of queue pairs in the first SSD to a second I/O controller, wherein the second I/O controller is to use the second subset of the plurality of queue pairs to read from and write to the first SSD.
US10452278B2	System and method for adaptive early completion posting using controller memory buffer Systems and methods for dynamic and adaptive interrupt coalescing are disclosed. NVM Express (NVMe) implements a paired submission queue and completion queue mechanism, with host software on the host device placing commands into the submission queue. The memory device notifies the host device, via an interrupt, of entries on the completion queue. Responsive to receiving the interrupt, the host device access the completion queue to access entries placed by the memory device therein. The host device may take a certain amount of time to service the interrupt resulting in host latency. Given knowledge of the host latency, the memory device time the sending of the interrupt so that, given the host latency, the memory device may post the entry to the completion queue in a timely manner.
US10452277B2	Memory device and operating method thereof The present disclosure relates to a memory device and an operating method thereof. A memory device includes an enable signal generation unit generating an enable signal in response to a command; a storage unit storing product information of the memory device; an information generation unit generating variable information of the memory device; and an output unit combining the product information from the storage unit with the variable information from the information generation unit and outputting the combined information in response to the enable signal.
US10452274B2	Determining lengths of acknowledgment delays for I/O commands Example implementations relate to determining lengths of acknowledgment delays for input/output (I/O) commands. In example implementations, a length of an acknowledgment delay for a respective I/O command may be based on cache availability, and activity level of a drive at which the respective I/O command is directed, after the respective I/O command has been executed. Acknowledgments for respective I/O commands may be transmitted after respective periods of time equal to respective lengths of acknowledgment delays have elapsed.
US10452266B2	Directory storage control for commonly used patterns A system and method are disclosed with the ability to track usage of information and determine commonly used patterns to be stored and updated in a directory. The information includes counter values that represent the frequency of occurrence of a pattern that is committed to the directory. Thus, allows the system to control and reduce the size allocated to storing information in the directory because the size is reduced by limiting address bits. This, in turn, creates additional benefits in speed and power because it allows subsystems to avoid transmitting, storing, and operating upon excessive address information.
US10452265B2	Dispersed storage system with width dispersal control and methods for use therewith A method for execution by one or more processing modules of a dispersed storage network (DSN) includes storing a set of encoded data slices in an original plurality of storage units of the DSN associated as a current generation of a storage vault. The method determines whether to increase a width dispersal parameter of the storage vault. When the width dispersal parameter of the storage vault is to be increased, the original plurality of storage units are updated to include at least one additional storage unit to generate an updated plurality of storage units associated as a next generation of the storage vault. The set of encoded data slices are stored in the updated plurality of storage units of the DSN associated as the next generation of the storage vault.
US10452264B2	Systems and methods for word identification that use button press type error analysis Systems, devices and methods are disclosed for error correction in text input systems that use time-dependent button presses. A frequent error type in time-based text input is errors due to inaccurately timed button presses. The result of mistimed button presses is errant button press types within a button press type sequence. An error correction algorithm identifies possible alternative button press type sequences based on the number of button presses in the sequence. The algorithm converts the alternative button press type sequences to alternative character sequences using the received button press value sequence. The algorithm compares the alternative character sequences and the presumed word with a library of known words to determine the word most likely intended by a user.
US10452263B2	Patient face as touchpad user interface A method of registering a patient face and using it as a touchpad interface is provided. The method includes steps of acquiring a three-dimensional anatomical image of a patient face, identifying multiple anatomical points at the predefined locations on the patient face in a first coordinate system and assigning at least one function to at least one predefined location, receiving multiple positions in a second coordinate system at the respective predefined locations on the patient face, registering the first and second coordinate systems, by correlating between the positions and the respective anatomical points on the patient face, triggering a command corresponding to the at least one assigned function and communicating the command to an electronic device. A system for registering a patient face by the method is described.
US10452258B2	Vehicular input device and method of controlling vehicular input device A vehicular input device includes a position detection unit that is disposed within a vehicle cabin, has an operative input surface on which a user performs an operative input, and detects a position of the operative input performed on the operative input surface; a display unit that is disposed within the vehicle cabin; and an ECU configured to display a selection image in an overlaid manner on an object within the display unit in a position corresponding to the position of the detected operative input when the position detection unit detects the operative input. The selection image is used to select the object within the display unit. The ECU highlights the selection image displayed on the display unit when the position of the operative input is detected by the position detection unit, further than when the position of the operative input is not detected by the position detection unit.
US10452255B2	Logical set operations According to some embodiments, a logical set operator platform may recognize that a user has selected, via a graphical user interface, a sub-set of items from an item set associated with a source application. The logical set operator platform may then receive an indication from the user that a selected logical set operation is to be applied to the item set and to the selected sub-set of items, wherein the selected logical set operation is not implemented by the source application. The selected logical set operation may be applied to create a resulting item set based on the selected sub-set of items, and it then may be arranged for an indication of the resulting item set to be provided to a receiving application.
US10452252B2	Image handling and display in X-ray mammography and tomosynthesis A method and system for acquiring, processing, storing, and displaying x-ray mammograms Mp tomosynthesis images Tr representative of breast slices, and x-ray tomosynthesis projection images Tp taken at different angles to a breast, where the Tr images are reconstructed from Tp images.
US10452248B2	Lock screen media playback control Embodiments are provided for providing on a display of a computing device, playback controls for a particular playback zone of a media playback system, while the computing device is in a locked state. The playback controls may then be selected to control playback of media content in the playback zone, while the computing device remains in the locked state.
US10452247B2	Integrated agent player-client management system and method with automated event trigger initiated communications A system providing a system user integrated player-client management services and functions with enhanced communications between a system user and a player-client defined by the system user having a user resource manager (URM) resident on a computing device of a system user. The URM having player-client profiles with player-client parameters that player-client reporting parameters and player-client action triggers. The URM providing player-client profile page displays, transmitting to a remote device a player-client reporting parameter and in response receiving instant player-client data/updates and updating the player-client profile with the instant player-client data. The URM comparing the received instant player-client data with a player-client action trigger detecting in near real time an occurrence of an resource action event and generating an alert action to the computing device providing the system user an indication on the computing device that the resource action event was detected.
US10452246B2	Customizable user interfaces for software applications based on user-and industry-defined constraints A method, a system, and a computer program product for generating a customized user interface variant of a software application are disclosed. At least one configuration parameter in a plurality of configuration parameters is received. The configuration parameter is used for configuring a user interface of the software application. Based on the configuration parameter, the software application accesses at least one business process to generate the configured user interface. At least one requirement in a plurality of requirements of the business process is linked to the configuration parameter. The configured user interface can be generated based on the configuration parameter and the linking of the requirement of the business process and the configuration parameter.
US10452240B2	User-centric widgets and dashboards User-centric widgets and dashboards are automatically modified to reflect a user's goals and needs.
US10452238B2	Systems and methods for determining a position for placing of a joint prosthesis Systems and methods for virtual implant placement to implement joint gap planning are discussed. For example, a method can include operations for receiving a first implant parameter set based on a surgical plan that was generated while moving the joint through a range of motion. The method can include generating a first set of candidate implant parameter sets that are the result of an incremental change, relative to the first implant parameter set, to at least one parameter of the first parameter set. The method can include calculating a result for at least one candidate implant parameter set and providing a graphical representation of the result according to at least one candidate implant parameter set. The result can be color-coded to correlate to a candidate implant parameter set. The display can include color-coded user interface controls to allow a user to execute incremental changes corresponding to candidate implant parameter sets.
US10452237B2	Jukebox with customizable avatar A digital downloading jukebox system including a mechanism for delivering custom services to a recognized user is provided. For example, information specific to a recognized user may be stored and optionally may include a recognized user avatar representative of the recognized user. The user avatar may be an image, video, and/or animation, which may be displayed on and/or played through the jukebox. The user avatar may be associated with transactions associated with the user. For example, an avatar may be displayed when a playlist of the recognized user is played, when a message is sent, etc. In other examples, the avatar may introduce instances of media by playing an audio and/or video message, and the avatar may sing, dance, etc. while an instance of media is playing.
US10452234B2	Method and dashboard server providing interactive dashboard A method of providing an interactive dashboard of a process for offline analysis by a dashboard server is disclosed. The dashboard server receives selection of a dashboard of the process. The user may export the selected dashboard for offline analysis. The selected dashboard may be exported in at least one of dynamic interactive format and static interactive format. The dashboard server generates dynamic interactive packet for the dynamic interactive format. The dynamic interactive packet includes information for rendering a dynamic interactive dashboard of the selected dashboard. The dashboard server generates static interactive packet for the static interactive format. The static interactive packet includes one or more snapshots corresponding to each of one or more interactions on the selected dashboard. The dashboard server provides an interactive dashboard to the user for the offline analysis using either the static interactive format or the dynamic interactive packet.
US10452233B2	Information interactive platform, system and method System and method for information service platform interaction are disclosed. The method may include obtaining, through a user interface of a mobile device, an input sequence from a user. The method may also include determining at least one business object based on the input sequence. The input sequence may at least partially match an identifier of the at least one business object. The method may also include obtaining user data based on the at least one business object or based on user identification information. The method may further include determining a menu of an information service platform provided by the at least one business object based on the user data. The method may further include displaying the menu according to a designated display mode on a display of the mobile device.
US10452232B2	Method and an electronic device for one-hand user interface An electronic device includes a touch panel configured to receive a user input at a location and a display configured to output at least one object on at least one of a plurality of grid areas. The plurality of grid areas is arranged in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns. A processor is configured to rearrange an output location of the at least one object outputted on the at least one grid area in response to receiving the user input.
US10452218B2	Display device and electronic device A display device with less power consumption. The display device operates in a still image display period and a moving image display period, and includes a receiving circuit having a function of receiving an image signal, a driver circuit having a function of driving a display portion, and the display portion having a function of displaying an image. The display portion displays an image at a frame frequency of less than or equal to 1 Hz in the still image display period. The receiving circuit stops receiving an image signal in the still image display period. Switching from the still image display period to the moving image display period is accurately performed by an external signal.
US10452217B2	Conductive film, touch panel sensor, and touch panel According to the invention, there are provided a conductive film which has a mesh-like metal layer composed of metal thin wires and in which visual recognition of the metal thin wires is suppressed and the metal layer has excellent conductive characteristics, a touch panel sensor, and a touch panel. A conductive film according to the invention includes a substrate; a patterned to-be-plated layer which is disposed on the substrate in a mesh pattern and has a functional group interacting with a plating catalyst or a precursor thereof; and a mesh-like metal layer which is disposed on the patterned to-be-plated layer and has a plurality of metal thin wires intersecting each other, an average thickness of the patterned to-be-plated layer is 0.05 to 100 μm, an average thickness of the metal layer is 0.05 to 0.5 μm, and an average intersection growing rate at an intersection of metal thin wires of the mesh of the metal layer is 1.6 or less.
US10452215B2	Mutual capacitive force sensor and touch display device with force sensing function and force sensing method thereof A touch display device with a force sensing function is provided. The touch display device includes a touch display panel, a backlight circuit and a force sensor. The backlight circuit is disposed on a back surface of the touch display panel. The force sensor includes a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, an insulation layer and a third conductive layer. The first conductive layer is disposed between the touch display panel and the backlight circuit, the second conductive layer is disposed between the first conductive layer and the backlight circuit, and the insulation layer is disposed between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer. The backlight circuit is disposed between the second conductive layer and the third conductive layer. The first conductive layer, the second conductive layer and the third conductive layer are electrically insulated from one another.
US10452209B2	Touch panel member, touch panel, and touch panel display device The object of the present invention is to provide a touch panel member that is excellent in terms of suppression of visibility of a transparent electrode and has low total reflection for visible light, and a touch panel and a touch panel display device having the touch panel member.The touch panel member of the present invention comprises, in order, at least a transparent substrate, a transparent electrode, and a protective layer provided so as to cover the transparent electrode and having a thickness of 0.04 to 10 μm, at least part of the protective layer having a refractive index that decreases continuously from the transparent substrate side toward the side opposite to the transparent substrate, and the protective layer satisfying specific expressions.
US10452204B2	Optical touch control system and optical sensor thereof An optical touch control system and an optical sensor thereof are provided. The optical sensor can be applied to a display having a display surface. The optical sensor includes a connecting frame, a light curtain module and a light emitter. The connecting frame has a first end portion and a second end portion opposite the first end portion. The light curtain module is disposed between the first end portion and the second end portion of the connecting frame. The light curtain module includes a light emitter electrically connected to the display so as to generate an invisible light curtain parallel to the display surface. The optical detection module is disposed on the second end portion of the connecting frame. The optical detection module includes a light detector electrically connected to the display so as to retrieve information about a touch location where an object touches the invisible light curtain.
US10452203B2	Combined surface user interface Techniques for utilizing two or more mobile devices equipped with projectors to generate a combined seamless user interfaces by stitching projection areas generated by the projectors.
US10452199B2	Denoising touch gesture input In one embodiment, a method includes determining a touch gesture that includes two or more data points that each correspond to a particular location on a touch screen and a particular point in time or a particular location; adjusting, for each of one or more of the data points, a time or a position value representing its particular point in time or location with respect to other ones of the data points; and based on the adjusted values, determining a user intent associated with the touch gesture.
US10452197B2	Threshold based coordinate data generation providing tap assist A method for operating a sensor surface includes detecting an initial position of a stylus relative to the sensor surface, determining initial coordinate values based on the detected initial position of the stylus, and communicating the initial coordinate values for further processing. The method further includes determining subsequent coordinate values based on a subsequent position of the stylus detected after detecting the initial position and, based on a characteristic of the initial or subsequent position detection, modifying the subsequent coordinate values to represent a position that is different than the subsequent position of the stylus. The subsequent coordinate values may be modified to be the same as the initial coordinate values that represent the initial position of the stylus. The modified coordinate values are communicated for further processing. Also disclosed are embodiments of a sensor surface and a computer-readable medium having executable code stored thereon that implement the described methods.
US10452196B2	Touch sensing high-low driving scheme for in-cell touch LCD display A capacitive sensing method comprising: driving a first excitation signal onto a sensor electrode, and driving a second excitation signal onto the embedded electrodes. Either the first or the second excitation signal has voltage oscillations of constant first amplitude, while the other has voltage oscillations of varying second amplitude. The second amplitude varies between a high amplitude value that is larger than the first amplitude by an amplitude difference and a low amplitude value that is smaller than the first amplitude by the same amplitude difference. The method further comprises using one or more integrators to integrate an electric current due to combined voltage oscillations of the first and the second excitation signals within an integration cycle, and generate an integrated signal for detecting a capacitive change on the sensor electrode; wherein the integration cycle comprises a plurality of voltage oscillations of the first and the second excitation signals.
US10452195B2	Electronic system with gesture calibration mechanism and method of operation thereof An electronic system includes a display interface configured to display a calibration point; a sensor, coupled to the display interface, and configured to capture a first gesture directed at the calibration point from a first position; capture a second gesture directed at the calibration point from a second position, wherein the second position is different from the first position; and a control unit, coupled to the display interface, and configured to display a position indicator on the display interface based on a directive gesture captured by the sensor, the first gesture, and the second gesture.
US10452194B2	Display device and driving method for display device using the same A display device including a display, a plurality of gripping sensors formed at edges of the display and configured to generate a gripping signal according to a gripping of an edge of the display, a sensing scan driver configured to generate sensing input signals according to a gripping position based on the gripping signal, and a plurality of touch sensors formed on the display and configured to generate a sensing output signal in response to a touch of the display based on the sensing input signals, in which the sensing input signals include a first sensing input signal and a second sensing input signal, the first sensing input signal corresponds to a touched gripping sensor, the second sensing input signal corresponds to a non-touched gripping sensor, and the first sensing input signal has a higher voltage than the second sensing input signal.
US10452192B2	Apparatus and methods for enhancing digit separation and reproduction A handheld controller and a system for modeling movement of fingers about the handheld controller is disclosed. In an embodiment, the handheld controller generates signals for, and acquires touch and infusion data. In an embodiment, a processor creates a heatmap and an infusion map, and combines the information in the maps to determine boundaries between finger positions. In an embodiment, movement of a particular digit on a handheld controller is identified through such boundary constraints. In an embodiment, movement of fingers about a handheld controller is efficiently modeled based on the boundary constraints.
US10452187B2	Pressure sensing module and pressure sensing touch control system using the same A pressure sensing module and a pressure sensing touch control system are provided. The pressure sensing module includes a sensing layer formed on a surface of a substrate. The sensing layer includes at least one pressure sensing unit including four resistors with the same resistance values. The four resistors form a Wheatstone bridge. Pattern shapes of two of the four resistors have the same extending directions, and the two of the four resistors are not disposed adjacent to each other. The pressure sensing touch control system includes a touch control sensing unit. The touch control sensing unit is disposed between the four resistors to achieve pressure sensing and position sensing of pressing action. In the present disclosure, a bridge circuit is disposed on a single surface to prevent the sensing for pressing with a finger from being affected by temperature and other noise.
US10452184B2	Display device having a compact peripheral region According to one embodiment, a display device includes first and second substrate units, a display function layer, and a drive element. The first substrate unit includes a first substrate, a display unit, and a control circuit unit. The first substrate has a first surface including a display region and a peripheral region. The display unit is provided in the display region, and includes first lines, second lines, switch elements, pixel electrodes, and third lines. The control circuit unit is provided in the peripheral region, and includes a first circuit unit including a third line connection line, and a third line switch. The second substrate unit includes a second substrate and fourth lines. The display function layer is provided between the first and second substrate units. The drive element is provided on the peripheral region. The first circuit unit is partially disposed between the drive element and the first substrate.
US10452183B2	Display device with a touch detection function that can restart drive of scanning lines after a scanning line drive operation is temporarily stopped According to one embodiment, a display device equipped with a touch detection function includes scanning lines, and series-connected unit register circuits, wherein a touch detection operation is performed in a scan stop period, each of the unit register circuits is composed of single-channel transistors, holds and outputs a scanning signal when a voltage leak of a held signal is equal to or lower than a predetermined value, a dummy unit register circuit is provided between a previous unit register circuit which drives a last scanning line before start of the scan stop period and a subsequent unit register circuit which drives a first scanning line after end of the scan stop period, and the dummy unit register circuit continues outputting the scanning signal to the subsequent unit register circuit during the scan stop period.
US10452180B2	Driving circuit and sensing unit thereof Provided is a driving circuit included in a touch display device, which is capable of performing display driving, touch sensing, and additional sensing in addition to the touch sensing. The driving circuit includes a common electrode driving controller, a pixel electrode driving controller, and a sending unit. The common electrode driving controller is configured to apply a common voltage to a common electrode during a display-driving period. The pixel electrode driving controller is configured to apply a data voltage to a pixel electrode during the display-driving period. The sensing unit is connected to the common electrode driving controller during a first sensing period and to the pixel electrode driving controller during a second sensing period. The sensing unit is configured to sense a change in capacitance between the common electrode or pixel electrode and an object that is in contact with the display panel.
US10452173B2	Display substrate and display device A display substrate comprises a first structure and a second structure which are provided in a stack, two sides, opposite to each other, of the first structure and the second structure comprise mesh structures having a same periodic arrangement, respectively, wherein a lightness of a color of the mesh structure of the first structure is different from a lightness of a color of the mesh structure of the second structure.
US10452172B2	Touch display panel and method for manufacturing the same A touch display panel includes a lower substrate, an upper substrate opposite to the lower substrate, the upper substrate having a black matrix and a photoresist layer thereon, the black matrix comprising a plurality of transverse light-shielding strips extending along a first direction and a plurality of longitudinal light-shielding strips extending along a second direction, the first direction and the second direction being perpendicular to each other, the plurality of the transverse light-shielding strips and a plurality of the longitudinal light-shielding strips interwoven to form a plurality of opening regions, the photoresist layers located in the opening regions. Wherein one of the transverse light-shielding strip and the longitudinal light-shielding strip includes a first black substrate layer and a first touch electrode layer, and the first black substrate layer being stacked with the first touch electrode layer. A method of manufacturing the touch display panel is also provided here.
US10452170B2	Controlling power distribution to haptic output devices Systems and methods for controlling power and/or current consumption for multiple haptic output devices are provided. Various features of the haptic output device may be described within a data structure. In response to a haptic instruction, a power budget for the haptic output device may be determined in accordance with its operational characteristics. A drive signal may then be applied to the haptic output device to produce the haptic effect in accordance with the calculated power budget. The calculated power budget may be configured to limit the current or power drawn by the haptic output device.
US10452169B2	Stiffness rendering for a pencil According to some embodiments, an accessory device for use with a touch sensitive portion of an electronic device is described. The accessory device can include a housing having walls that carry operational components, where the operational components include a processor coupled to a feedback component arranged to provide feedback and a distal tip coupled to the feedback component. The distal tip is capable of engaging with and transmitting a load applied to the housing to an external surface of the touch sensitive portion. The processor can be further coupled to a sensor in communication with the distal tip, the sensor being capable of (i) detecting a physical change when the distal tip engages with the external surface, and (ii) responding to the physical change by providing a detection signal to the processor, that, in response, instructs the feedback component to provide the feedback to the distal tip.
US10452163B2	Touch system and control method thereof A control method of a touch system is provided. The touch system includes a touch device and an active pen, the touch device comprises a touch display panel, a timing control circuit, and a touch detection circuit electrically connecting to the timing control circuit. The control method comprises steps of: outputting a beacon signal with a frequency from the active pen; detecting the beacon signal by the touch detection circuit; adjusting a refresh frequency of the touch display panel to be equal to a frequency of the beacon signal when the refresh frequency of the touch display panel is different from the frequency of the beacon signal; and transmitting a start trigger signal of a frame of the adjusted refresh frequency by the timing control circuit after a delay time.
US10452159B2	Tilt derivation device and method A tilt derivation device and method for deriving a tilt of a pointer, are discussed. The pointer includes a first electrode at one end of an axis and a second electrode around the axis. The tilt derivation device includes a sensor of a plane shape configured to detect positions of the first and second electrodes; and a control portion including a lookup table in which a correspondence relationship between a tentative value of a slope direction tilt and a compensation value is registered, wherein the slope direction tilt is a tilt of the axis toward a slope direction that the axis is inclined from a normal direction perpendicular to the sensor, a slope direction tilt calculation portion calculating the tentative value based on the positions of the first and second electrodes and inputting the tentative value into the lookup table, and a tilt derivation portion deriving the tilt from the compensation value outputted from the lookup table.
US10452158B2	Information processing device, information processing method, and information processing system To provide a technology capable of calculating a position of an image displayed on a screen more flexibly. Provided is an information processing device including: a first reception unit configured to receive a first signal from a first input device; a second reception unit configured to receive a second signal different from the first signal from a second input device; a calculation unit configured to calculate a position of an image to be displayed on a screen on the basis of the first or second signal; and a display control unit configured to display the image at the position. The calculation unit has a first mode in which the position of the image is calculated on the basis of the first signal and a second mode in which the position of the image is calculated on the basis of the second signal, and switches a mode from the first mode to the second mode when a user manipulation event is detected in the first mode.
US10452157B2	Device and method for orientation and positioning Methods and devices for, among other applications, locating an emitter, comprises an array of receivers configured in different angular positions about the array relative to a corresponding array location axis, to receive a signal from the emitter having at least one burst containing a train of pulses, and at least one processor configured to profile pulse count values at each receiver, from one receiver to another in the array in relation to their respective angular positions, to designate a maximum peak angular position associated with a maximum pulse count value, and to attribute the peak angular position to an angular emitter location.
US10452151B2	Non-tactile interface systems and methods Methods and systems for processing an input are disclosed that detect a portion of a hand and/or other detectable object in a region of space monitored by a 3D sensor. The method further includes determining a zone corresponding to the region of space in which the portion of the hand or other detectable object was detected. Also, the method can include determining from the zone a correct way to interpret inputs made by a position, shape or a motion of the portion of the hand or other detectable object.
US10452149B2	Method for grading spatial painting, apparatus and system for grading spatial painting A method for grading spatial painting, apparatus and system for grading spatial painting are proposed. The method includes: generating a first spatial pattern; recording a moving trace and a plurality of moving parameters of an electronic apparatus and transforming the recorded moving trace into a second spatial pattern; calculating a similarity between the first and the second spatial pattern; and calculating a grade for completing the second spatial pattern according to the moving parameters and the similarity.
US10452148B2	Wearable consumer device According to an embodiment, a wearable device includes a frame, a first circuit board within the frame, and a display over and coupled to the first circuit board. The wearable device further includes a second circuit board electrically coupled to the first circuit board, and a mm-wave gesture sensing system mounted on the second circuit board.
US10452146B2	Electrostatic adhesive based haptic output device A haptic output device includes a substrate, an array of electrodes disposed on the substrate, and a layer of dielectric material disposed on the array of electrodes. The layer of dielectric material has an exposed outer surface comprising a micro-patterned texture configured to increase adhesion between the exposed outer surface and a contact surface in contact with the exposed outer surface. The haptic output device includes a controller configured to direct a voltage potential across the array of electrodes to generate an electrostatic adhesive force between the exposed outer surface and the contact surface as a haptic effect.
US10452145B2	Systems and methods for haptically-enhanced smart home architectures The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for haptically-enhanced smart home architectures. For example, one disclosed method includes determining a building component condition of a building component; determining an interaction with a control device in the building, the control device associated with the component of the building and comprising a haptic output device; determining a haptic effect based on the building component condition; and transmitting a signal to the haptic output device to cause the haptic output device to output the haptic effect.
US10452143B2	Apparatus and method of implantable bidirectional wireless neural recording and stimulation A device and method is described for electronic human prosthetics, and specifically a skull- and/or spine implantable bi-directional neural-communication/brain-machine interface (BBMI) device where the input, output and on-board computing are combined into a single unit to form a compact neuro-prosthetics device. This invention is also directed to a fully implantable wireless spinal electronic recording and stimulation system using the BBMI in a human. The bi-directional devices (BBMIs) communicate with other bi-directional brain-machine interface devices (BBMI) and/or with external controllers wirelessly. The compact implantable stimulator has ultrasonic secondary battery charging system. One or more BBMI can be wirelessly connected so that a closed loop of BBMIs, or a BBMI and an external controller, can wirelessly send trigger pulses to this fully implanted stimulator over the spinal cord.
US10452142B1	Back of hand switching structure The back of hand switching structure is a hand-worn switching apparatus. The back of hand switching structure wirelessly communicates with the external device. The back of hand switching structure is worn over the palm. The back of hand switching structure presents a plurality of switches to the thumb. The thumb operates the plurality of switches such that when a switch selected from the plurality of switches is actuated, the back of hand switching structure wirelessly sends an activation signal to the external device. Upon receipt of the activation signal, the external device initiate a previously determined series of actions. In a second potential embodiment of the disclosure, the back of hand switching structure further comprises a sensor structure that senses the environment for data relevant to the operation of the external device. The back of hand switching structure transmits this environmental data to the external device.
US10452140B2	Generation of graphical feedback in a computer system The present invention relates to control of a computer system, which includes a data processing unit, a display and an eye tracker adapted to register a user's gaze point with respect to the display. The data processing unit is adapted to present graphical information on the display, which includes feedback data reflecting the user's commands entered into the unit. The data processing unit is adapted to present the feedback data such that during an initial phase, the feedback data is generated based on an absolute position of the gaze point. An imaging device of the system is also adapted to register image data representing movements of a body part of the user and to forward a representation of the image data to the data processing unit. Hence, during a phase subsequent to the initial phase, the data is instead generated based on the image data.
US10452129B2	Dynamic augmented reality media creation A technique for dynamic augmented reality media creation includes an analysis of received reality data. Augmentation data is identified based on the analysis of the reality data, and then augmented reality content is generated and displayed to the user. A capture module determines whether the reality data meets stored capture event criteria and, if the criteria is met, image content of the augmented reality content is captured.
US10452127B1	Redundant flexible datacenter workload scheduling Systems include one or more critical datacenter connected to behind-the-meter flexible datacenters. The critical datacenter is powered by grid power and not necessarily collocated with the flexible datacenters, which are powered “behind the meter.” When a computational operation to be performed at the critical datacenter is identified and determined that it can be performed more efficiently or advantageously at a flexible datacenter, the computational operation is instead obtained by the flexible datacenters for performance. The critical datacenter and flexible datacenters preferably share a dedicated communication pathway to enable high-bandwidth, low-latency, secure data transmissions. In some situations, a computational operation is supported by multiple datacenters in a redundant arrangement, such as multiple flexible datacenters.
US10452126B2	Method for fair off-loading of computational tasks for efficient energy management in mobile devices like smart phones A system and process for off-loading computational tasks of mobile devices participating in a network that selects a leader from a set of mobile devices interconnected in a network and allows the leader to receive a broadcast of data about the computational power and battery level of each device in the network. Proposed tasks for off-loading are then fairly distributed among the participating devices by maximizing the minimal well-being of the participating devices, such as by considering the battery level for the i-est mobile device after t seconds have passed, the original battery level for the i-est mobile device, and the battery level discharge for the i-est mobile device, processing n tasks in t seconds. The tasks are completed by the assigned mobile device and the results reported to the mobile device that proposed the task.
US10452121B2	Method for detecting touch input and touch input device therefor A method for detecting a touch input can include: scanning at least one function touch button of the touch input device and at least one comparison touch button of the touch input device; determining whether an expected touch input corresponds to an intention of a user or to a first environmental change causing the change in capacitance generated by the at least one function touch button; comparing the change in capacitance generated by the at least one function touch button with the change in capacitance generated by the at least one comparison touch button; and determining whether the expected touch input is a determined touch input corresponding to the intention of the user or a touch input corresponding to a second environmental change based on the comparison.
US10452119B2	Control device and control method for controlling communication apparatus A control device for controlling a communication apparatus having a first operation mode in which power with which a network communication function is operable is supplied, and a second operation mode in which power with which an operation of at least part of the network communication function is restricted is supplied, the control device includes a first determination unit configured to determine whether a packet received in the second operation mode is a packet for use in generating an Internet Protocol (IP) address, and a control unit configured to, in a case where the first determination unit determines that the received packet is not a packet for use in generating an IP address, control the communication apparatus not to shift from the second operation mode to the first operation mode.
US10452117B1	Processor energy management system In some embodiments, a system includes a plurality of processor cores connected to an energy source. The system further includes one or more budget creation circuits configured to determine respective portions of a total credit budget of the energy source. The system further includes a plurality of credit distribution circuits configured to distribute the respective portions of the total credit budget to respective subsets of the processor cores. The credit distribution circuits share energy credits in response to determining that at least some energy credits will be unused. As a result, energy credits are more likely to be used by the processor cores, as compared to a system where the energy credits are not shared.
US10452113B2	Power supply switch with programmable switching decision A programmable-threshold power supply selector has two power-supply inputs VDD1 and VDD2. The higher of these two voltages is pre-selected as a common supply that powers all transistors and circuitry in the programmable-threshold power supply selector, including substrates under transistors. An open-loop decision circuit is very stable since it uses no feedback. A tunable voltage divider divides VDD1 by a programmable divisor. The divided VDD1 is compared to a reference voltage to generate switch-control signals. The switch-control signals drive the gates of p-channel switch transistors that connect either VDD1 or VDD2 to an output supply voltage. The different programmable divisor values effectively cause VDD1 to be compared to a programmable threshold voltage VTH. The switch transistors switch the output supply voltage to VDD2 only when VDD1 falls below VTH. The output supply voltage remains at VDD1 even when VDD1 falls below VDD2, eliminating unnecessary power switching.
US10452099B2	Handling-noise based gesture control for electronic devices Embodiments are generally directed to handling-noise based gesture control for electronic devices. An embodiment of an apparatus includes a cover; multiple noise detection elements, the noise detection elements to detect handling-noise including noise generated by a command gesture performed on a surface of the cover of the apparatus, the plurality of noise detection elements including at least a first noise detection element in a first location and a second noise detection element in a second location; and a processor, the processor to process noise data generated by the plurality of noise detection elements to detect and identify the command gesture.
US10452092B2	Supply circuit A supply circuit is provided including a supply generation circuit coupled to a supply terminal. A voltage deviation detection circuit is adapted to detect a voltage deviation in an internal supply voltage. A current limiter arrangement is adapted to limit a current through the supply generation circuit to a predefined value.
US10452091B2	Control method of a virtual generator A method for controlling a virtual generator including at least one renewable power source, an accumulation system including a power and/or energy reserve, an inverter and a control law, the virtual generator delivering an active P/reactive Q electrical power of voltage V and of current I to a microgrid, the voltage V and current I having a frequency f, the active P/reactive Q electrical power controlling, via droop control, the frequency f and the RMS voltage Vrms of the voltage V, respectively, the method including control of the virtual generator via the control law for which it carries out an adjustment of the active P/reactive Q power delivered to the microgrid, the adjustment being capable of compensating for a variation in the active/reactive power consumed by the microgrid.
US10452086B2	Digital regulator having reference-voltage-based initialization phase and method for controlling the same A digital regulator includes a voltage comparison circuit, a counter, a decoder and a switch circuit. At an initialization phase, the voltage comparison circuit is configured to compare the reference voltage signal and a first signal to output a first level signal, and the counter is configured to initialize and output an initialization signal as a control signal according to the first level signal. At an operation phase, the voltage comparison circuit is configured to compare the reference voltage signal and an output terminal of the switch circuit to output a second level signal, and the counter is configured to count according to the second level signal and output the control signal. The decoder is configured to turn on the plurality of switch units according to the control signal from the counter.
US10452085B2	Field device with a switching converter circuit A field device (1) having a switching converter circuit (2) and a measuring circuit (3) for determining at least one measuring variable. The switching converter circuit (2) is supplied with electric power on the input side and the switching converter circuit (2) is connected to the measuring circuit (3) on the output side and the switching converter circuit (2) supplies the measuring circuit (3) with electric power.The problems associated with changing interfering signals due to the switching converter circuit are reduced in that a load circuit (5) is actuated by a load control circuit (6) so that the output-side electric load at the switching converter circuit (2) does not fall below a minimum electric load.
US10452080B1	Self-actuating device for facilitating preventing product tip over A self-actuating device and method for facilitating preventing product tip over are provided. The self-actuating device includes an anti-tip mechanism associated with a product to facilitate preventing tip over of the product when in an extended state. Further, the self-actuating device includes an actuator associated with the product. The actuator is configured and operatively coupled to automatically switch the anti-tip mechanism from a retracted state to the extended state based on the actuator detecting a tilt of a specified tilt angle.
US10452079B2	Autonomous vehicle convoy communications In one embodiment, a method includes receiving sensor data from one or more sensors of each of one or more vehicles, processing a combination of the sensor data to generate an assessment of an area surrounding the one or more vehicles based on one or more points-of-view of the area, the one or more points-of-view of the area generated based on synchronizing the combination of the sensor data, and detecting an occurrence of an event based on the assessment of the area. The method further includes identifying one or more instructions corresponding to the event, the instructions associated with a particular vehicle and sending one or more executable instructions based on the instructions to the particular vehicle.
US10452074B2	Method and system for controlling autonomous driving vehicle reentering autonomous driving mode When an ADV is detected to transition from a manual driving mode to an autonomous driving mode, a first pedal value corresponding to a speed of the ADV at a previous command cycle during which the ADV was operating in the manual driving mode is determined. A second pedal value is determined based on a target speed of the ADV at a current command cycle during which the ADV is operating in an autonomous driving mode. A pedal value represents a pedal percentage of a maximum pedal pressure or maximum pedal pressed distance of a throttle pedal or brake pedal from a neutral position. A speed command is generated and issued to the ADV based on the first pedal value and the second pedal value, such that the ADV runs in a similar acceleration before and after switching from the manual driving mode to the autonomous driving mode.
US10452067B2	System and method for detecting improper sensor installation within a vehicle to mitigate hazards associated with object detection A system according to the principles of the present disclosure includes a current object position module, an expected position module, and an object position comparison module. The current object position module can determine a first position of an object with respect to a position of a vehicle based upon sensor data generated by a first object detection sensor within the vehicle and determines a second position of the object with respect to the position of the vehicle based upon sensor data generated by a second object detection sensor. The expected object position module can determine an expected position of the object with respect to the position of the vehicle based upon the first position of the object. The object position comparison module can determine whether at least one object detection sensor is improperly installed within the vehicle based upon comparing the second position of the object with the expected position.
US10452061B2	Smart HVAC manifold system The smart HVAC manifold system for servicing air conditioning systems is designed to dynamically manage the data acquisition process and to measure and calculate the performance indicators and output as the load conditions and or equipment operation change taking into account variables in the installation that can impact performance. Both visually and by a very specific data set the performance of the equipment and the installation can quickly be assessed and specific problems identified along with suggestions of typical faults or problems that may need addressed by the technician.The smart HVAC manifold system provides a means of quickly and electronically handling the manual data acquisition process which would include component and or system model and serial numbers, equipment location (GPS tagging), customer name, environmental conditions that effect performance and performance measurement (weather data and elevation), and supports photo, voice and text documentation. These features streamline data acquisition, allow remote support, and minimizing transcription errors and preventing data-gaming when servicing equipment, commissioning or retro commissioning the system.
US10452052B2	Method and system for processing machine data before completion of machining Systems and method relating to machining parts include a CNC system, and a computer including a processor and a computer-readable medium, wherein the computer-readable medium encodes instructions including receiving, at the computer program, output data from a CNC machine that receives instructions of a Numerical Control (NC) program at a computer of the CNC machine, the instructions causing the CNC machine to i) manufacture a part, and ii) output the output data, parsing, by the computer program, the output data before completion of the manufacturing of the part by the CNC machine in accordance with the instructions of the NC program, selecting, by the computer program and based on one or more predetermined parameters, a set of data from the parsed output data; and providing, by the computer program to a remote system, the set of data for processing to facilitate machining using the CNC machine.
US10452051B2	Numerical control device A numerical control device that controls a servomotor on the basis of a machining program. The machining program determines whether or not to perform correction on reversal of a moving direction of a mechanical system driven in a movement axis direction by the servomotor. This is done on the basis of the machining program including an instruction that causes the reversal of the moving direction of the mechanical system and another instruction to be executed later than the instruction.
US10452049B2	Servomotor control device, and servomotor control system A servomotor control device includes: a servomotor; a driven body that is driven by way of the servomotor; a connection mechanism that connects the servomotor and the driven body to transmit power of the servomotor to the driven body; and a motor control unit that controls the servomotor, in which the motor control unit includes: a force acquisition section that acquires a drive force acting on the driven body at a connection part between the connection mechanism and the driven body; and a rigidity estimation section that estimates a magnitude of rigidity of the connection mechanism, based on position information of the servomotor and a drive force acquired by the force acquisition section when causing the servomotor to rotate in a state mechanically fixing the driven body.
US10452048B2	Control system and control device A control system includes a control device that repeatedly performs a series of pieces of processing including I/O refresh processing and program execution processing. The control system includes: a first obtainment unit that obtains a first sample value group collected by repeatedly performing the I/O refresh processing in a first control period; a second obtainment unit that obtains a second sample value group collected by repeatedly performing the I/O refresh processing in a second control period longer than the first control period; a determination unit that determines whether a first frequency component in the first sample value group and a second frequency component in the second sample value group are substantially identical to each other; and a change unit that changes the first control period to the second control period under a condition that the first frequency component and the second frequency component are substantially identical to each other.
US10452047B2	Mobile assist device and mobile assist method According to one embodiment described herein aim to provide a mobile assist device capable of comprehensively determining (or judging) data output from various sensors, thereby determining (or judging) an item which should be controlled next. The mobile assist device includes a movable body, a sensors mounted on the movable body, and a control module which determines the brightness of the surroundings from an output of the sensor, and also outputs a control signal for controlling the operation of the other instrument based on a result of the determination.
US10452045B1	Controlling ongoing battery system usage while repeatedly reducing power dissipation Techniques are described for implementing automated control systems that repeatedly perform automated modifications to control system actuator components' ongoing operations to improve functionality for target battery systems, such as to reduce power dissipation while performing other battery power use activities to maximize battery life. Controlling a battery's usage may include using a DC-to-DC amplifier, and the repeated automated modifications may include modifying the state of the DC-to-DC amplifier actuator to adjust a level of resistance and/or an amount of time during which power is supplied. The repeated automated modifications may be performed to repeatedly reduce the distance between the current battery performance and an idealized version of the battery performance (e.g., a version with no power dissipation).
US10452044B2	Operating system and method for identifying and displaying operator accesses to process objects and operator system Operator System and method for identifying and displaying operator accesses to process objects within the scope of process management and process monitoring such that an efficient coordination of operator accesses is achieved.
US10452043B2	Building management system with nested stream generation A building management system (BMS) includes building equipment configured to provide samples of one or more data points in the building management system and a timeseries service. The timeseries service is configured to identify a first timeseries processing workflow that uses an input timeseries as an input and defines processing operations to be applied to the samples of the input timeseries, perform the processing operations defined by the first timeseries processing workflow to generate a first derived timeseries comprising a first set of derived timeseries samples, identify a second timeseries processing workflow that uses the first derived timeseries as an input and defines processing operations to be applied to the samples of the first derived timeseries, and perform the processing operations defined by the second timeseries processing workflow to generate a second derived timeseries comprising a second set of derived timeseries samples.
US10452042B2	Systems for controlling venetian blinds The present disclosure concerns a system for driving a Venetian blind comprising a blind assembly which comprises a Venetian blind, an electric motor for actuating the movement of said Venetian blind and first electronic means configured to generate a drive signal for driving said electric motor; a control unit having drive means for driving the movement of said Venetian blind, a power source for generating a current signal to power said electric motor and second electronic means that are in signal communication with said drive means and with said power source for controlling said electric motor; a two-wire power line disposed between said control unit and said blind assembly to power said electric motor with said current signal and the first electronic means are in signal communication with said second electronic means via said two-wire power line. The system is characterized in that the first electronic means are configured to generate a first data signal identifying the state of said electric motor and to detect a current signal in said two-wire power line identifying the current value absorbed by said electric motor; said second electronic means are configured to receive said first data signal and to detect said current signal, said second electronic means are configured to condition said first data signal and said current signal to thereby generate a second data signal; said first electronic means are configured to receive said second data signal and to condition said second data signal and said current signal, said drive signal being generated as a function of said second data signal.
US10452039B2	Integrated controller solution for monitoring and controlling manufacturing equipment Methods and apparatus for controlling manufacturing equipment are provided herein. In some embodiments, a manufacturing system may include an integrated controller having one or more inputs to receive input values corresponding to operating information of at least one of a process tool, a mass flow controller or at least one sub-fab auxiliary system, wherein the integrated controller is configured to receive the input values, determine that an error condition is matched based on the received input values, and control the at least one sub-fab auxiliary system to operate at a fail-safe operating mode responsive to the determined error condition.
US10452034B2	Central plant control system with building energy load estimation Predictor variables that affect a building energy load are sampled at a plurality of times within a time period and aggregated to generate an aggregated value for each predictor variable over the time period. A model is generated which estimates the building energy load in terms of the predictor variables. A regression process is performed to generate values for a plurality of regression coefficients in the model based on a cumulative building energy load for the time period and the aggregated values. The sampled values of the predictor variables are then applied as inputs to the model to estimate building energy loads at each of the plurality of times. The estimated building energy loads may be used as inputs to a controller that optimizes operation of a central plant.
US10452031B2	Authentication system and method thereof A haptic-based identification, authentication, authorization, and context aware authorization system usable with a touch-enabled device having a touch screen haptic interface, touch-enabled device receiving a plurality of inputs during interaction with a user which includes a storage space to store a first plurality of inputs corresponding to an authenticated user and a central processing unit (CPU) in communication with the storage space and the touch-enabled device to compare the first plurality of inputs with a second plurality of inputs inputted by the user, wherein the CPU authenticates the user to the touch-enabled device when the inputted second plurality of inputs is determined to be similar to the first plurality of inputs.
US10452030B2	Automatic time zone detection in devices Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided for enabling devices to determine the time zone in which they are located. A mobile device may receive location information from one or more sources. Based thereon, the current location of the mobile device may be determined in terms of latitude and longitude. The indication of the current location may be converted to an index value according to a Hilbert curve (or other space-filling curve), and the index value applied to a time zone index file to determine the local time zone. A time zone setting of the mobile device may be updated accordingly. Furthermore, “geofencing” may be used by the mobile device to detect movement towards and through a time zone boundary, leading to a new time zone determination being initiated.
US10452028B2	Timepiece assembly A timepiece, such as a watch, having a case, movement having an axis located within the case, gears connected to the movement, and one or more hands which may be driven by one or more gears. The gears are rotatably connected to a gear plane and are driven by the movement driving an axis extending through the gear plane. The gear plane has several connection points, such as perforations, indentations and/or protrusions, for the connection with the gears and with the hands. The gears drive the hands of the timepiece, which also include gears. The gears over the gear plane may be placed in one or more configurations to drive the hands.
US10452027B2	Shock-absorber device, in particular for a micromechanical clockwork component A shock-absorber and/or vibration-absorber device is proposed, comprising at least one flexible element able to deform under the effect of a stress; said device being remarkable in that it includes at least one so-called dissipative layer made from a material having a shear modulus lower than the shear modulus of the flexible element, a shock-absorbing factor greater than the shock-absorbing factor of said flexible element, and at least partially secured to said flexible element such that a flexion of the flexible element, under the effect of a stress, provides shearing of the dissipative layer making it possible to dissipate at least part of the energy from said stress. A method for manufacturing said shock-absorber device is also disclosed.
US10452026B2	Transparent flat-panel holographic display A flat-panel holographic video display includes a control layer and waveguide elements. Each waveguide element has a light-guiding substrate and an array of transducers configured to produce a diffraction grating comprising surface acoustic waves. The grating causes the waveguide to outcouple light, focusing it to, or producing wavefront curvatures consistent with it having emanated from, one or more points, in order to form a holographic image. The transducer array may include a large number of densely packed, vertically-adjacent transducers for each hogel for full parallax or may include a small number of vertically-adjacent transducers and a cylindrical optical element for each hogel. A spatial filter may be used to block noise. The display may be edge-illuminated by a collinear multicolor source. The substrate exit face may have nanopatterned areas alternated with flat areas in order to create regions of optimal internal reflection next to regions of low reflection.
US10452021B2	Process cartridge and electrophotographic image forming apparatus A process cartridge configured to be detachably attachable to a main body of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, in which an occurrence of an image failure is suppressed, wherein the process cartridge includes an electrophotographic photosensitive member and a cleaning member arranged in contact with the electrophotographic photosensitive member, wherein an elastic deformation modulus of a surface layer of the electrophotographic photosensitive member is 35% or larger, and the cleaning member is formed of a urethane foam, wherein a density of the urethane foam is 200 to 500 kg/cm3, and a 25% compressive load of the urethane foam is 0.3 MPa or smaller.
US10452020B2	Toner cartridge supporting apparatus, image forming apparatus using the same, and toner cartridge supporting method A toner cartridge supporting apparatus includes a storage portion, an insertion port, an opening/closing cover, a detecting portion for detecting a toner remaining amount, a control portion for controlling toner supply, a judging portion to judge whether or not a toner in a toner cartridge is exhausted, a message generating portion for generating a replacement message, a display portion for displaying the message, a toner cartridge replacement icon, and a toner cartridge moving portion, wherein a toner cartridge replacement message display function and a toner cartridge movement instruction function are provided as the control portion.
US10452017B2	Developing cartridge including developing roller at one end of developing frame and terminal at another end of developing frame, and memory electrically connected to terminal A developer cartridge according to one aspect described herein is attachable to a photoconductor unit that comprises a photoconductive drum. The developer cartridge may comprise a main body having an opening, the main body comprising an electric circuit, a front cover configured to move to an opening position in which the opening of the main body is exposed and to a closing position in which the opening of the main body is closed, a first terminal electrically connected to the electric circuit, a photosensitive drum, and a developer cartridge comprising a developing roller, developing frame having a pressed portion, memory unit and second terminal. The front cover may include a pressing portion configured to press the pressed portion of the developing frame in a direction from the developing roller toward the photosensitive drum, and wherein the second terminal faces to the front cover when the front cover is in the closed position.
US10452015B2	Method of controlling target speed of rotating member used in image forming apparatus When a mechanism enters a first state, an intermediate transfer member separates from a second photosensitive member. When the mechanism enters a second state, the intermediate transfer member contacts the second photosensitive member. When a first monochrome image is formed on a sheet of a first type by using toner of a first color, the mechanism enters the first state. When a second monochrome image is formed on a sheet of a second type by using toner of the first color, the mechanism enters the second state. A rotation speed of the second photosensitive member for forming the second monochrome image on the sheet of the second type is controlled to a predetermined rotation speed. The predetermined rotation speed is slower than a rotation speed of the second photosensitive member for forming the second image.
US10452011B2	Fixing device and image forming apparatus including the same Provided is a fixing device for preventing an increase in torque when a fixing belt starts to be driven. The fixing device may include a fixing belt that is rotatable; a pressure roller configured to pressure-contact an outer circumferential surface of the fixing belt and to form a fixing nip portion between the pressure roller and the fixing belt. A contact member is located inside the fixing belt and includes a contact portion that contacts an inner circumferential surface of the fixing belt. The contact portion includes a surface having a plate shape that faces the pressure roller and a plurality of protrusions that protrude from the surface toward the pressure roller.
US10452010B2	Fuser temperature control in an imaging device A fuser assembly includes a heated member and a backup member defining a fusing nip. Toner fuses to media in the nip at a fusing temperature and process speed during an imaging operation. Upon receipt of a command to commence imaging, a controller operates a heater to heat the fuser assembly to a first temperature less than the fusing temperature and operates a motor to rotate the fuser assembly at a speed lower than the process speed to prevent overheating the heated and backup members. Before a first media reaches the fusing nip, a speed of the motor is increased to the process speed to properly advance the media through the nip at the process speed. Upon the first media arriving at the fusing nip, the controller increases the temperature of the heater to a second temperature greater than the first temperature to prevent cold offset.
US10452009B2	Fixing apparatus including cable restriction portion A heater holder includes a restriction portion and a recessed portion. The restriction portion determines the position of a cable in the longitudinal direction of the heater. The recessed portion, against which a bare conductive portion of the cable is to be positioned, is provided at a position that is different from the position of the restriction portion as viewed in a direction intersecting with the longitudinal direction. A wire is joined to the bare conductive portion somewhere between the restriction portion and the recessed portion.
US10452007B2	Image forming apparatus which executes different modes depending on temperature of heating member An image forming apparatus includes: a roller; a heating member heating a sheet conveyed by the roller; a temperature sensor outputting a signal depending on a temperature of an end region of the heating member; and a controller. The controller selectively executes a first mode and a second mode. In the first mode, the roller conveys the first sheet, and then conveys the second sheet at a first interval. In the second mode, the roller conveys the first sheet, and then conveys the second sheet at a second interval longer than the first interval. When the controller has determined that a first time has elapsed after starting continuous printing in the first mode, and when the controller has determined that the temperature of the end region of the heating member is higher than a first temperature, the controller changes the mode from the first mode to the second mode.
US10452006B2	Fixing device and image forming apparatus that restore a guiding member from a retracted position to a guiding position when a cover closes A fixing device includes a first unit including a first rotatable member, a second unit including a second rotatable member forming a nip with the first rotatable member, for fixing a toner image on a recording material, and a frame supporting the second unit. A guiding member is movable between a guiding position for guiding the recording material toward the nip, and a retracted position in which the guiding member is retracted from a space permitting demounting of the second unit from the frame. A cover member is openable to an open position for exposing the space, and is configured to move to a closed position, and an interrelating mechanism is configured to restore the guiding member, in the retracted position when the cover member is in the open position, to the guiding position in interrelation with movement of the cover member from the open position to the closed position.
US10452002B2	Developing device A developing device includes a rotatable developer bearing member, a regulation member configured to regulate a thickness of the developer borne on the surface of the developer bearing member, a frame configured to support the developer bearing member, the frame including a recess in an opposed surface opposed to the regulation member, the recess being recessed in a direction away from the regulation member and extending from a center portion toward both end portions in the rotation axis direction, a width, in the orthogonal direction, of the recess in both the end portions increasing gradually as distance from the center portion in the rotation axis direction increases, and a sealing member provided in the recess to seal a gap between the regulation member and the frame, the sealing member being formed by ejecting thermally molted resin into the recess.
US10452000B2	Remanufactured toner cartridge and method A remanufactured toner cartridge and related method includes a modified driven gear that is associated with an internal seal removal mechanism. The driven gear is modified so that driving rotational force from a printer is not transmitted to the seal removal mechanism during a post test of the remanufactured cartridge. When the post test is complete a fixing member, which may include a pin, is used to return the modified driven gear to an operational configuration so that when the cartridge is subsequently installed in a printer, driving rotational force from the printer is transmitted to the removal mechanism to remove the internal toner seal, thereby permitting cartridge operation.
US10451996B2	Developing blade, developing device, and cartridge A developing device includes a developer bearing member, a developer container, a regulating blade including a plate-like elastic portion, and an elastic seal sealing, and a pressing member pressing the elastic seal, wherein the plate-like elastic portion includes a metal plate, a second projection projecting from a second surface of the metal plate facing the developer bearing member, and a first projection projecting from a first surface opposite to the second surface of the metal plate, and wherein a projecting amount of the first projection is greater than a projecting amount of the second projection, wherein a top surface of the second projection contacts the surface of the developer bearing member, and an end surface of the first projection contacts an end surface of the elastic seal in the rotation axis direction.
US10451995B2	Image forming apparatus and process cartridge The image forming apparatus includes a drum cartridge having a photosensitive drum and a drum drive input member; a developing cartridge configured to be movably mounted to the drum cartridge, the developing cartridge comprising a developing roller disposed so as to face the photosensitive drum and a developing drive input member; a drum drive transmission member configured to engage with the drum drive input member and configured to transmit drum driving force to the drum drive input member while permitting a positional gap of the drum drive input member within a predetermined range; and a developing drive transmission member configured to engage with the developing drive input member and configured to transmit developing driving force to the developing drive input member while permitting a positional gap of the developing drive input member within a predetermined range.
US10451991B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion configured to form an image with a liquid developer containing a toner and a carrier liquid, a separating device configured to separate the toner and the carrier liquid from the liquid developer collected at the image forming portion, a first carrier supplying device supplies a first carrier liquid separated by the separating device, and a second carrier supplying device including a second carrier container to accommodate a second carrier liquid in which a ratio of the first substance to the second substance is smaller than that in the first carrier liquid separated by the separating device or no first substance is contained. An accommodating portion accommodates the liquid developer including the first carrier liquid, the second carrier liquid, and the toner, wherein the liquid developer accommodated in the accommodating portion is supplied to the image forming portion.
US10451990B2	Toner and method for producing toner A toner comprising a toner particle including a resin component, wherein the resin component includes an olefin copolymer including ester group having specific structures Y1 and Y2 and an olefin copolymer including acid group having an acid value of from 50 mg KOH/g to 300 mg KOH/g, the amount of the olefin copolymer including ester group is 50% by mass or more, the toner particle has a surface layer including the olefin copolymer including acid group which has formed a salt with a metal, the metal is at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr, Al, and Zn, and the total amount of the metal in the toner is from 25 ppm to 500 ppm.
US10451989B2	Toner, toner stored unit, and image forming apparatus Provided is a toner including toner base particles and an external additive, wherein each of the toner base particles includes a binder resin, a release agent, and silica, an average abundance ratio (Xsurf) of the silica on a region adjacent to a surface of the toner base particle is from 70% through 90%, and a projected area average value S(180) per particle of the toner when the toner is heated to 180° C. and a projected area average value S(30) per particle of the toner when the toner is 30° C. satisfy Formula (1) below, 1.4≤S(180)/S(30)≤1.7 Formula (1).
US10451987B2	Toner, image forming apparatus, image forming method, and toner accommodating unit A toner includes a europium complex represented by the following Chemical formula where A represents 2-naphthyl group, 2-naphthyl group having a substitution group selected from the group consisting of an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, and a halogen, R represents a fluoroalkyl group having one to three carbon atoms or a methyl group, and R1, R2, R3, and R4 each, independently represent hydrogen atoms, alkyl groups, or aryl groups, wherein the toner has a hydroxyl value of from 20 to 40 mgKOH/g.
US10451986B2	Toner According to the present invention, in a toner including a toner particle containing a binder resin and a low molecular aromatic hydrocarbon, the binder resin contains a polyester resin, at least one kind of a unit derived from an aromatic monocarboxylic acid and a unit derived from an aromatic monoalcohol is contained, and the low molecular aromatic hydrocarbon has 1 or more and 4 or less benzene rings, and has a melting point of 60° C. or more and 120° C. or less.
US10451985B2	Toner A toner comprising a toner particle, and strontium titanate, wherein the strontium titanate has a specific number average particle diameter, the strontium titanate has a maximum peak (a) at a diffraction angle (2θ) of 32.00 deg to 32.40 deg in CuKα characteristic X-ray diffraction, the half width of the maximum peak (a) is 0.23 deg to 0.50 deg, an intensity (Ia) of the maximum peak (a) and a maximum peak intensity (Ix) in a range of a diffraction angle (2θ) of 24.00 deg to 28.00 deg satisfy a specific relationship, the content of strontium oxide and titanium oxide in the strontium titanate is at least 98.0% by mass, and a sum total Et of a rotational torque and a vertical load in powder flowability analysis of the toner is 100 mJ to 2000 mJ.
US10451981B2	Measurement substrate, a measurement method and a measurement system A method of measuring wear of a substrate holder that is configured to hold a production substrate, the method includes: clamping a measurement substrate to the substrate holder; and measuring strain in the measurement substrate to generate a measurement result. The measurement substrate may have a body having dimensions similar to that of the production substrate; and a strain sensor in the body configured to measure strain in a peripheral portion of the measurement substrate.
US10451974B2	Rinse composition, a method for forming resist patterns and a method for making semiconductor devices The present invention relates to a new rinse composition, the forming of resist patterns using the rinse composition, and a semiconductor device manufacturing method using the rinse composition in a photolithography method.
US10451968B2	Resist composition and method of forming resist pattern A resist composition which generates acid upon exposure and exhibits changed solubility in a developing solution under action of acid, and which includes a base component (A) which exhibits changed solubility in a developing solution under action of acid and a fluorine additive component (F) which exhibits decomposability to an alkali developing solution, the fluorine additive component (F) including a fluorine resin component (F1) having a structural unit (f1) containing a base dissociable group and a structural unit (f2) containing a group represented by general formula (f2-r-1) shown below in which each Rf21 independently represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, a hydroxy group, a hydroxyalkyl group or a cyano group; n″ represents an integer of 0 to 2; and * represents a valence bond.
US10451962B2	Projection optical system and projection display device A projection optical system forms an intermediate image at a position conjugate to a reduction side imaging surface, and forms a final image conjugate to the intermediate image on a magnification side imaging surface. The projection optical system includes a convex mirror disposed to be closer to the magnification side than the intermediate image and at least one lens that has a positive or negative refractive power and is disposed in an optical path so as to be closer to the magnification side than the convex mirror.
US10451959B2	Light source device and projector A light source device includes a light emitting element adapted to emit light having a first polarization direction and a first wavelength, a polarization separation element adapted to transmit either one of the light having the first polarization direction and the first wavelength and light having a second polarization direction and the first wavelength, and reflect the other, and transmit or reflect light having a second wavelength to emit the light having the second wavelength toward a same direction as a direction in which the light having the second polarization direction and the first wavelength is emitted, a wavelength conversion element adapted to convert the light having the first wavelength into the light having the second wavelength, and a diffusion optical system disposed on a light path between the polarization separation element and the wavelength conversion element. The diffusion optical system includes a diffusion section and a light separation section.
US10451957B2	Imaging apparatus, control method for the imaging apparatus, and storage medium An imaging apparatus includes a controller configured to control a motor and an image sensor. The controller rotates the motor in a first direction as reading of a signal corresponding to first imaging starts for one frame using the image sensor, and charges the first urging member and the blade member. The controller rotates the motor in a second direction reverse to the first direction after a charge of the blade member by the first urging member is completed, completes reading the signal corresponding to the first imaging before opening the exposure opening, and stops rotating the motor in the second direction.
US10451956B2	Lens driving device, camera module, and camera-equipped device A lens driving device is provided with: a driving part including a movable part and a fixing part, a base member having a rectangular shape in plan view, wherein a shield cover is attached at a peripheral portion of the base member, and a side surface of the peripheral portion and a lower inner peripheral surface of the shield cover are bonded to each other, and a ground terminal part disposed in the base member. The base member includes at a first side of the peripheral portion a plurality of terminal housing parts recessed from the side surface. The ground terminal part includes a first ground terminal part integrally attached to the first side, and the first ground terminal part includes a plurality of ground terminals having different lengths, the ground terminals being respectively disposed in the plurality of terminal housing parts to be separated from the side surface.
US10451954B1	Component shifting apparatus with shape memory alloy actuators Systems and methods for shifting a position of one or more optical elements are disclosed. In an embodiment, a system may include a housing having a chamber formed therein, at least one non-linear crystal disposed in the chamber, the non-linear crystal configured to receive at least one incident signal and to convert a wavelength of at least a portion of the incident signal, and at least one shape memory alloy element disposed such that thermal or electrical energy applied to the shape memory alloy causes movement of the non-linear crystal.
US10451953B2	Acousto-optic deflector with multiple output beams Optical apparatus includes an acousto-optic medium and an array of multiple piezoelectric transducers attached to the acousto-optic medium. A drive circuit is coupled to apply to the piezoelectric transducers respective drive signals including at least first and second frequency components at different, respective first and second frequencies and with different, respective phase offsets for the first and second frequency components at each of the multiple piezoelectric transducers.
US10451952B2	Systems and methods to transform events and/or mood associated with playing media into lighting effects Example systems and methods to transform events and/or mood associated with playing media into lighting effects are disclosed herein. An example apparatus includes a content identifier to identify a first event occurring during presentation of media content at a first time. The example apparatus includes a content driven analyzer to determine a first lighting effect to be produced by a light-producing device based on the first event and instruct the light-producing device to produce the first lighting effect based on the first event during presentation of the media content. The content identifier is to identify a second media event occurring during presentation of the media content at a second time after the first time. The content driven analyzer is to instruct the light-producing device to one of maintain the first lighting effect based on the second event or produce a second lighting effect based on the second event during presentation of the media content.
US10451951B1	Push-pull photonic modulator A photonic modulator includes a first electro-optical waveguide, the first electro-optical waveguide having a first electro-optical waveguide side and a second electro-optical waveguide side opposite the first electro-optical waveguide side, a second electro-optical waveguide, the second electro-optical waveguide having a third electro-optical waveguide side and a fourth electro-optical waveguide side opposite the third electro-optical waveguide side, a first driven radio frequency electrode coupled to the first electro-optical waveguide side, a second driven radio frequency electrode coupled to the third electro-optical waveguide side, and a floating electrode coupled to the second electro-optical waveguide side and coupled to the fourth electro-optical waveguide side. The second electro-optical waveguide side and the third electro-optical waveguide side face each other and are spaced apart from one another.
US10451949B2	Polarized window assembly A window assembly includes an electro-optic element which has a first substantially transparent substrate defining first and second surfaces. The second surface includes a first electrically conductive layer. A second substantially transparent substrate defines third and fourth surfaces. The third surface includes a second electrically conductive layer. A primary seal is disposed between the first and second substrates. The seal and the first and second substrates define a cavity therebetween. An electro-optic medium is disposed in the cavity. The electro-optic medium is switchable such that the electro-optic element is operable between substantially clear and darkened states. An absorptive layer is positioned on the fourth surface of the electro-optic element and a reflective layer is positioned on the absorptive layer.
US10451943B2	Method for manufacturing active matrix array device, and active matrix array device manufactured thereby Active matrix array devices are constituted by devices that have a function such as those of a display/light emitting device, a sensor, a memory or an actuator, and are arranged in a matrix array shape, and the expansion of usage in various fields and applications is expected. However, there is little similarity and compatibility in the forming process and materials between a device such as a display/light emitting device, a sensor, a memory, or an actuator, and a circuit portion that controls such a device in the matrix element, and therefore the device and the circuit portion are mutually restricting factors. This results in an increase in the manufacturing cost and limitation of the function.A conventional active matrix array device is manufactured by performing various process steps on the same substrate. Control circuit portions each including a transistor are formed in some of the process steps. In contrast, the problem described above is solved by forming the control circuit portions of an active matrix array device on a substrate different from that of other portions, and the control circuit portions are respectively mounted on matrix elements in a middle step of the manufacturing process of the matrix array body or after a final step thereof.
US10451941B2	Liquid crystal display and method of manufacturing the same A liquid crystal display and a method of making it are provided. The liquid crystal display includes: a substrate; a thin film transistor disposed on the substrate; a pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor; a roof layer disposed to be spaced from the pixel electrode; a liquid crystal layer between the pixel electrode and the roof layer; and a plurality of columns arranged along a gate line connected to the thin film transistor and supporting the roof layer, wherein the plurality of columns are formed of the same material as the roof layer.
US10451928B2	Display panel and display device The present disclosure provides a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes: at least one pressure sensor; a first substrate on which a plurality of supporting spacers are disposed; and a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate, wherein a plurality of protrusions are disposed on the second substrate, the protrusions correspond to and contact the supporting spacers, respectively, a surface of the protrusion close to the corresponding supporting spacer is defined as a first contact surface, the second substrate further comprises a protrusion-free region surrounding the protrusion, and a roughness of the first contact surface is greater than a roughness of the surface of the protrusion-free region.
US10451914B2	Display device A display device includes: a thin film transistor array panel through which an incident light passes; and a color conversion display panel from which wavelength-converted incident light is emitted to display an image, the color conversion display panel including: a substrate facing the thin film transistor array panel; and between the second substrate and the thin film transistor array panel: color conversion patterns which each wavelength-converts the incident light passed through the thin film transistor array panel, and a transmission pattern which transmits the incident light passed through the thin film transistor array panel; a polarization layer disposed respectively between the thin film transistor array panel, and each of the color conversion and transmission pattern; and an imprint resin layer disposed respectively between the polarization layer, and each of the color conversion and transmission pattern, the imprint resin layer defining an uneven surface thereof facing the polarization layer.
US10451913B2	Liquid crystal display panel The liquid crystal display panel according to the present invention is a liquid crystal display panel LCD wherein a CF substrate S1 on which color filters are formed and a TFT substrate S2 on which thin film transistor circuits are formed are layered on top of each other with liquid crystal being sealed between the two substrates, characterized in that a black light blocking region BM is formed in a frame portion of the CF substrate S1, and an identification mark M drawn as a negative pattern is provided to a part of the light blocking region, and a metal film MT1 is provided to the TFT substrate S2 in such a location as to block light that transmits through the identification mark.
US10451908B2	Display device A problem to be solved is, in a thin type display panel with few bezel sections, improving strength in a curved part or adhesion between substrates. A display panel includes a first substrate having flexibility, a second substrate having flexibility, a sealant for adhering the first substrate and the second substrate, and an adhesion section for adhering the first substrate and the second substrate arranged on the inner side or outer side of the sealant, wherein a curved part is arranged on the inner side of the sealant, and the adhesion section is arranged in the curved part or in the vicinity of the curved part.
US10451907B2	Frame structure for a display device frame The present invention discloses a frame structure for a display device including a metallic back panel having a lateral edge extended from a side of the metallic back panel and a plastic outer frame having two clip parts. The lateral edge is having two side surfaces. The lateral edge is formed integrally with the metallic back panel. An included angle is formed between an inner side of the metallic back panel and an inner side of the lateral edge. A bended corner is formed between an outer side of the metallic back panel and an outer side of the lateral edge. The bended corner is in a shape of an arc. The two clip parts are in a clipping state to clip the two side surfaces of the lateral edge. The plastic outer frame completely encloses the two side surfaces, the included angle and the bended corner by injection molding.
US10451905B2	Optical transmission module, optical transceiver, and optical communication system including same An embodiment includes an optical transmission module, an optical transceiver, and an optical communication system including the same, the optical transmission module comprising: a light emitting diode; and an optical modulator for modulating first light emitted from the light emitting diode, wherein the light emitting diode and the optical modulator include GaN, and the optical modulator transmits the first light therethrough when a voltage is applied.
US10451898B1	Clip-in prescription eyewear An adjustable clip-in lens insert assembly for wrap around style frames used in industrial, construction, recreational activities and in the medical arts. The clip-in prescription lens insert assembly has a curved frame structure with a brow bar structure and clip or hook members to fix the prescription lens insert into wrap around style frames. The brow bar and clip member structures are formed of a polymeric material such as nylon or the like to provide a tensioned fit of the clip-in lens insert assembly into the wrap around style frames.
US10451894B2	Method for comparing a first ophthalmic lens with a second ophthalmic lens Disclosed is a method for comparing first and second ophthalmic lenses, including: a first optical function providing step, during which a first optical function of a first ophthalmic lens LI is provided, the first optical function including at least a first set of values of an optical parameter Gj, the values of the first set of values corresponding to the values of the optical parameter of the first ophthalmic lens in a set of gaze directions, a similar second optical function providing step directed to a second ophthalmic lens L2, a subsets determining step, during which at least a first and a second subset of gaze directions are selected, a comparison step for each subset of gaze directions, an assignment step, during which a subset status is assigned to each subset of gaze directions, the subset status being selected among at least three levels.
US10451891B2	Lens moving apparatus A lens moving apparatus includes a bobbin on which a first coil is disposed, a first magnet disposed around the bobbin to face the first coil, and a housing, which is disposed to surround at least a portion of the bobbin and has a first magnet mounting seat, which receives the first magnet, wherein the housing is provided with an adhesive inlet, which allows a side portion of the first magnet mounting seat to communicate with an outside surface of the housing.
US10451883B2	Apparatus for optical see-through head mounted display with mutual occlusion and opaqueness control capability The present invention comprises a compact optical see-through head-mounted display capable of combining, a see-through image path with a virtual image path such that the opaqueness of the see-through image path can be modulated and the virtual image occludes parts of the see-through image and vice versa.
US10451877B2	Methods and systems for diagnosing and treating presbyopia Configurations are disclosed for a health system to be used in various healthcare applications, e.g., for patient diagnostics, monitoring, and/or therapy. The health system may comprise a light generation module to transmit light or an image to a user, one or more sensors to detect a physiological parameter of the user's body, including their eyes, and processing circuitry to analyze an input received in response to the presented images to determine one or more health conditions or defects.
US10451874B2	Image display device, method of controlling image display device, computer program, and image display system An image display device includes a generating unit configured to generate an integrated image including first display regions where at least a part of a plurality of identification images for distinguishing a plurality of external devices connected to the image display device from one another are displayed as a list and a second display region where a display image, which is an image displayed by one external device selected out of the plurality of external devices, is displayed and an image display unit configured to cause a user of the image display device to visually recognize the integrated image.
US10451873B2	Combiner-positioning apparatus for vehicular head-up display and vehicle including the same A combiner-positioning apparatus for a vehicular head-up display is provided. The combiner-positioning apparatus includes a drive unit for supplying a driving force, a combiner assembly including a combiner, the combiner being projected and exposed to an outside or retracted or hidden into a slot formed in a dashboard by the driving force, a guide unit for guiding sliding movement of the combiner assembly in a vertical direction, and a power transmitter for transmitting the driving force to the combiner assembly.
US10451870B2	Optical scanning apparatus and image forming apparatus An optical scanning apparatus includes: a casing having a bottom face; a cylindrical portion having a first opening through which a laser beam from a light source passes; a light-transmitting member arranged between the cylindrical portion and a rotary polygon mirror; a plate spring fixing the light-transmitting member; and a sealing member between the cylindrical portion and the plate spring, wherein a width of the first opening narrows progressively in a insertion direction of the plate spring, the sealing member comes into contact with the cylindrical portion in a first region when the plate spring is inserted, and in a second region closer to the bottom face than the first region, a region, in which the sealing member comes into contact with the cylindrical portion, expands toward a center part from two end portions of a leading end portion of the sealing member as the plate spring is inserted further.
US10451865B2	Multiple laser cavity apparatus A multiple cavity laser system includes: a controller configured to operate the system as well as a plurality of laser cavities, each of the laser cavities having an output end wherein, when activated by the controller, an output laser beam is emitted from the output end of each of the laser cavities. The output laser beams when activated are directed, either directly or indirectly, to a rotating mirror. The rotating mirror is operatively connected to the controller and a servo motor. The servo motor, under direction of the controller, redirects the output laser beams along a common optical axis and the output laser beams of the plurality of laser cavities are combined along the common optical axis.
US10451861B2	Medical observation device and medical observation system There is provided a medical observation device including: a microscope unit that includes an image sensor and images an operative site; and a holding unit that holds the microscope unit on a front end side. The holding unit includes a first rotation axis unit that supports the microscope unit to allow rotation about a first rotation axis substantially aligned with an optical axis of the microscope unit. From the microscope unit, a cable group including at least a signal cable that transmits a signal related to the image sensor and a light guide that guides illuminating light for imaging is run towards an outside through an interior of a housing of the first rotation axis unit.
US10451857B2	Projection zoom lens Disclosed is a projection zoom lens used in an image display device configured to project an image onto a target projection surface and display a magnified image of the image, in which the projection zoom lens has a five-lens-group configuration in which first to fifth lens groups G1 to G5 are arranged from the magnification side toward the reduction side, and each of the constituent lens groups or lenses included in the lens groups has a combination of negative and positive refractive powers, and in the lens configuration, focal lengths of the constituent lens groups, relative travel distances, lens distances to the image display element, and constituent lens shapes are properly selected.
US10451848B2	Camera optical lens The present disclosure discloses a camera optical lens. The camera optical lens including, in an order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens and a seventh lens. The camera optical lens further satisfies specific conditions.
US10451844B2	Camera optical lens The present disclosure discloses a camera optical lens. The camera optical lens including, in an order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, and a sixth lens. The camera optical lens further satisfies specific conditions.
US10451836B2	Lens moving apparatus with a bobbin comprising a groove and elastic members and camera module including the same A lens moving apparatus, including a bobbin; a first coil mounted at an outer circumference of the bobbin; a first magnet moving the bobbin in a first direction parallel to an optical axis by interaction with the first coil; a housing supporting the first magnet; an upper elastic member disposed at a top surface of the bobbin and at a top surface of the housing; a lower elastic member disposed at a bottom surface of the bobbin and at a bottom surface of the housing; and first and second winding protrusions disposed with being opposite to each other, the first coil being wound on the first and second winding protrusions.
US10451833B2	Ultrasonic motor, drive control system, optical apparatus, and vibrator A vibrator and an ultrasonic motor can exhibit a sufficient drive speed even when using lead-free piezoelectric ceramics. The ultrasonic motor includes an annular vibrator and an annular moving member arranged so as to be brought into pressure-contact with the vibrator. The vibrator includes an annular vibrating plate and an annular piezoelectric element. The piezoelectric element includes an annular piezoelectric ceramic piece, a common electrode arranged on one surface of the piezoelectric ceramic piece, and a plurality of electrodes arranged on the other surface of the piezoelectric ceramic piece. The piezoelectric ceramic piece contains lead in a content of less than 1,000 ppm. The plurality of electrodes include two drive phase electrodes, at least one non-drive phase electrode, and at least one detection phase electrode.
US10451822B2	Optical module manufacturing method, optical module receptacle and optical module Disclosed is manufacturing method of an optical module including an optical/electrical converter, a receptacle, and a substrate, the method including: the receptacle that has a guide portion that aligns an optical connector ferrule that holds an end portion of an optical fiber and that has a device accommodating portion that matches with a profile of the optical/electrical converter; a process of accommodating the optical/electrical converter in the device accommodating portion; a process of securing the optical/electrical converter to the receptacle; and a process of electrically connecting to the substrate that electrically connects to the optical/electrical converter the optical/electrical converter secured to the receptacle.
US10451819B2	Latch fit, de-latching mechanism and optical module including the same The present disclosure relates to a latch fitting, a de-latching mechanism and an optical module using the same. The latch fitting includes a tapered end, a latch body and a latch tail in serial connection. The latch body includes a spindle. The latch body can rotate around the spindle. The latch tail comprises a first de-latching portion configured to de-latch the optical module by sliding movement. The present latch fitting, de-latching mechanism and optical module provide multiple de-latching methods with an easy and simple operation. Also, the present latch fitting and de-latching mechanism provide an improved solution for preventing optical modules from being damaged relative to conventional de-latching methods.
US10451815B2	Methods for processing ferrules and/or optical fibers The present disclosure relates generally to methods for processing ferrules of fiber optic connectors such that the amount of polishing that is required is eliminated or at least reduced. In one example, an energy source is used to remove excess adhesive from the end face of the fiber and likely from an end face of the ferrule.
US10451814B2	Fiber optic connector sub-assemblies including a bonding agent, along with related methods A fiber optic connector sub-assembly includes a ferrule having a front end, a rear end, and a ferrule bore extending between the front and rear ends along a longitudinal axis. The fiber optic connector sub-assembly also includes a bonding agent disposed in the ferrule bore and having first and second ends along the longitudinal axis. The bonding agent has been melted and solidified at the first and second ends.
US10451808B2	MEMS devices for smart lighting applications The invention provides a device comprising a movable micromirror adapted to receive light from one or more light source(s) and manipulate the reflected light. The micromirror can be actuated electrothermally. In particular, the micromirror is adapted to do at least one of: (a) tipping along a first axis; (b) tilting along a second axis; (c) changing focal length (i.e., varifocal mode); and (d) elevating (i.e., piston mode). The invention also provides a system comprising at least one device comprising a movable micromirror and at least one light source. The invention can be used in smart lighting applications.
US10451804B2	Integrated polarization splitter and rotator including a third region for tuning the polarization dependent loss of output transverse electric signals An integrated polarization splitter and rotator (PSR) employs the TE0 and TE1 modes of propagating light, rather than the TE0 and TM0 modes used in conventional prior art PSR. The integrated PSR exhibits appreciably flatter wavelength response because it does not require a directional coupler to de-multiplex incoming polarizations. The PSR allows tuning of the TM0 loss to reduce polarization dependent loss (PDL). This integrated polarization splitter and rotator is applicable to all integrated platforms including Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI) and III-V semiconductor compound systems. The PSR may be very compact (12×2 μm2), and provides low loss (<0.3 dB across the C-band) and ultra-broadband operation. The PSR also affords better control of polarization dependent losses.
US10451802B2	Junction region between two waveguides and associated method of production A photonic integrated device includes a first waveguide and a second waveguide. The first and second waveguides are mutually coupled at a junction region which includes a bulge region. The bulge region is defined two successive etching operations using two distinct etch masks, where the first etching operation is a partial etch and the second etching operation is a complete etch.
US10451799B2	Eyepiece for virtual, augmented, or mixed reality systems An eyepiece waveguide for an augmented reality. The eyepiece waveguide can include a transparent substrate with an input coupler region, first and second orthogonal pupil expander (OPE) regions, and an exit pupil expander (EPE) region. The input coupler region can be positioned between the first and second OPE regions and can divide and re-direct an input light beam that is externally incident on the input coupler region into first and second guided light beams that propagate inside the substrate, with the first guided beam being directed toward the first OPE region and the second guided beam being directed toward the second OPE region. The first and second OPE regions can respectively divide the first and second guided beams into a plurality of replicated, spaced-apart beams. The EPE region can re-direct the replicated beams from both the first and second OPE regions such that they exit the substrate.
US10451791B2	Display device and manufacturing method thereof A display device includes a light source which generates light, a light guide member which guides the light, and a light collecting member disposed on the light guide member to collect the light provided from the light guide member. The light collecting member includes a plurality of central areas, a plurality of ring areas respectively surrounding the plurality of central areas, and a peripheral area surrounding the plurality of ring areas.
US10451787B2	Optical fiber and light source device Provided are an optical fiber that has a short zero-dispersion wavelength, has high nonlinearity, and can cause broadband supercontinuum light to be generated with high efficiency, and a light source device that can output broadband supercontinuum light by using the optical fiber. A light source device includes a seed light source that outputs light with a central wavelength 1000 nm or more and 1650 nm or less and an optical fiber that receives the light output from the seed light source, allows the light to propagate therethrough, causes broadband light with an expanded band to be generated in accordance with a nonlinear optical phenomenon while the light propagates therethrough, and outputs the broadband light. The optical fiber is composed of silica glass, has a zero-dispersion wavelength of 1290 nm to 1350 nm, and has an effective area of 14 μm2 or smaller at a wavelength of 1550 nm.
US10451786B2	Method for design and manufacturing of optics for holographic sight A method for design and fabrication of holographic optical elements for a compact holographic sight is proposed. The method includes use of ray-trace software to design holographic elements having optical power using an intermediate hologram with parameters obtained through minimization of the merit function defining image quality.
US10451780B2	Retroreflective article Provided is a retroreflective article comprising a fibrous material and a perforated retroreflective material attached to said fibrous material. Embodiments of the article achieve desirable values under the ASTM F2731-11 Transmitted and Stored Energy Test, the E96/E96M-12 Moisture Vapor Transmission Rate Test, and ASTM E810-03 (2013) Standard Test Method for Coefficient of Retroreflection of Retroreflective Sheeting Utilizing the Coplanar Geometry.
US10451778B2	Diffuser plate and method for producing diffuser plate The present invention provides a diffuser plate and a method for producing a diffuser plate that can improve variations in luminance of transmitted light or reflected light in a simple structure and that enable easy design and production. The diffuser plate according to the present invention is a diffuser plate where a plurality of microlenses are placed on a principal surface, wherein a phase difference generation part is inserted between the plurality of microlenses and the principal surface, the plurality of microlenses have two or more types of lens shapes, and the number of microlenses having the two or more types of lens shapes is determined so that a quantity ratio of the two or more types of lens shapes is a specific value, each of the lens shape types is selected corresponding to each of coordinates on the principal surface in which centers of undersurfaces of the plurality of microlenses are placed, and an angle range in which the diffuse light intensity is substantially uniform is in a range of +10% to −10% of a desired angle range.
US10451774B2	Substrate for display device The present invention relates to a substrate for a display device and, more particularly, to a substrate for a display device which has excellent durability and also can minimize generation of color shift when being applied to a display device. To this end, the present invention provides a substrate for a display device comprising: a base material; a first coating film formed on the base material; a second coating film which is formed on the first coating film and is formed of a material having a relatively lower refractive index than the first coating film; a third coating film which is formed on the second coating film and is formed of a material having a relatively higher refractive index than the second coating film; a forth coating film which is formed on the third coating film and is formed of a material having a relatively lower refractive index than the third coating film; and a hard coating film which is formed on the fourth coating film and is formed of AlON having a relatively higher refractive index than the forth coating film.
US10451773B2	High light transmission and scratch-resistant anti-reflective articles Embodiments of articles with optical coatings are described herein. According to one embodiment, an article may comprise a substrate having a major surface, and an optical coating disposed on the major surface and forming an anti-reflective surface, the optical coating comprising an anti-reflective coating. The article may exhibit a maximum hardness of about 12 GPa or greater as measured on the anti-reflective surface by a Berkovich Indenter Hardness Test along an indentation depth of about 100 nm or greater. The article may exhibit a single side average light reflectance measured at the anti-reflective surface of about 8% or less over an optical wavelength regime in the range from about 400 nm to about 800 nm. The article may exhibit an average light transmission of about 90% or greater over an optical wavelength regime in the range from about 400 nm to about 800 nm.
US10451771B2	Antireflection member, transfer member, and method for producing antireflection member An antireflection member, including a resin base member; and a particle layer having mesoporous-silica nanoparticles directly fixed to a surface of the resin base member, wherein the nanoparticles are at least partially embedded in the surface of the resin base member, and the nanoparticles are arranged in a mono-particle layer to form the particle layer.
US10451763B2	Evaluation of formation utilizing wideband electromagnetic measurements Methods and systems are provided for investigating a rock sample, in which wideband electromagnetic response data are obtained and processed by inversion in order to determine values for a plurality of parameters of the rock sample. The wideband electromagnetic response data is derived from electromagnetic measurements of the rock sample at frequencies that fall within a wideband of frequencies, wherein the wideband of frequencies includes a low frequency sub-band that is sensitive to conductivity of the rock sample and a high frequency sub-band that is sensitive to the permittivity of the rock sample. In one embodiment, the inversion can employ a wideband model that accounts for two different polarization mechanisms. The wideband model can be used to describe predicted electromagnetic response of the rock sample at frequencies that fall within the wideband of frequencies.
US10451760B2	Subsea equipment acoustic monitoring system Systems and methods for monitoring subsea equipment are described herein. In one embodiment, such a system can include a plurality of acoustic sensor arrays that each include at least two acoustic sensors, wherein at least a first acoustic sensor array is mounted on an outer surface of subsea equipment being monitored and at least a second acoustic sensor array is positioned remote from the subsea equipment. The system can also include a digital data processor in communication with the plurality of acoustic sensor arrays, the digital data processor can be configured to process data from selected sensors of the plurality of acoustic sensor arrays to both selectively focus on a portion of the subsea equipment and to determine a point of origin of an acoustic signal. The system can be particularly useful in detecting leaks and other events in subsea drilling equipment.
US10451756B2	Apparatus and method for calculating efficient 3D traveltime by using coarse-grid mesh for shallow depth source The present invention relates generally to an apparatus and method for calculating efficient 3-dimensional (3D) traveltime by using coarse-grid mesh for a shallow depth source. More particularly, the present invention relates to an efficient 3D traveltime calculation method for a shallow depth source by combining a suppressed wave equation estimation of traveltime (SWEET) algorithm and an equivalent source distribution (ESD) algorithm, wherein the SWEET algorithm is a traveltime calculation algorithm using an damped wave equation and the ESD algorithm is for equivalently distributed sources; and to an apparatus and method for calculating efficient 3D traveltime by using coarse-grid mesh for a shallow depth source which may need less calculation time compared with that of a conventional SWEET algorithm.
US10451753B2	MEMS-based rotation sensor for seismic applications and sensor units having same The present disclosure is directed to a MEMS-based rotation sensor for use in seismic data acquisition and sensor units having same. The MEMS-based rotation sensor includes a substrate, an anchor disposed on the substrate and a proof mass coupled to the anchor via a plurality of flexural springs. The proof mass has a first electrode coupled to and extending therefrom. A second electrode is fixed to the substrate, and one of the first and second electrodes is configured to receive an actuation signal, and another of the first and second electrodes is configured to generate an electrical signal having an amplitude corresponding with a degree of angular movement of the first electrode relative to the second electrode. The MEMS-based rotation sensor further includes closed loop circuitry configured to receive the electrical signal and provide the actuation signal. Related methods for using the MEMS-based rotation sensor in seismic data acquisition are also described.
US10451752B2	Long distance simulated radiation detector A system, method, and apparatus for simulating the detection of radiation comprise at least one simulated radioactive source, a simulated radiation detector, and an emulating module configured to simulate a detection level for the at least one simulated radioactive source according to a radiation level associated with the simulated radioactive source, wherein the simulated detection level is provided on the simulated radiation detector.
US10451751B2	Charge generating devices and methods of making and use thereof Provided herein are charge generating devices and methods of making and use thereof. The charge generating devices comprise a substrate having a top surface; a plurality of spaced-apart three-dimensional elements disposed on the top surface of the substrate; and a plurality of cavities formed by the plurality of spaced-apart three-dimensional elements, the plurality of cavities being the area between the plurality of spaced-apart three-dimensional elements. The charge generating devices can further comprise a radioactive layer disposed on at least a portion of the plurality of spaced-apart three-dimensional elements and the top surface such that the plurality of cavities and the top surface are substantially coated by the radioactive layer. In some examples, the charge generating devices can comprise a radiation material and/or a scintillating material disposed within at least a portion of the plurality of cavities.
US10451748B1	Readout circuit for a silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) array using charge sharing and anger logic A method and an apparatus are provided for using a capacitor chain to perform charge sharing and Anger logic to determine, for charge pulses arising from gamma-ray detection, a row position along an array of scintillation-based gamma-ray detectors. Further, high-pass filters configured at the ends of the capacitor chain perform pulse shaping to preserve timing information. To determine the column position for charge pulses, a two-stage summing amplifier configuration is used with weighting amplifiers controlling the relative gain of the second-stage amplifier with respect to respective columns in the array. Each detector element in the array is a silicon photomultiplier (e.g., Geiger-mode avalanched photodiodes biased above breakdown voltage). Position information can be generated by Anger logic on four outputs from the second-stage amplifiers. Energy and timing information can be generated as a sum of the four outputs from the second-stage amplifiers.
US10451747B2	Radiation detector module systems and methods Techniques are disclosed for systems and methods to provide a radiation detector module for a radiation detector. A radiation detector module an enclosure, a radiation sensor separated from the enclosure by one or more damping inserts, readout electronics configured to provide radiation detection event signals corresponding to incident ionizing radiation in the radiation sensor, and a cap comprising an internal interface configured to couple to the readout electronics and an external interface configured to couple to a radiation detector, wherein the cap is configured to hermetically seal the radiation sensor within the enclosure. Plated edges of the cap can be soldered to the enclosure to hermetically seal the radiation sensor within the enclosure.
US10451744B2	Detecting user activity based on location data The disclosed embodiments are directed to detecting a user activity based on patterns in location data. In an embodiment, a method comprises: obtaining, by a processor of a computing device, location data; detecting, by the processor, a pattern in the location data; determining, by the processor and based on the detected pattern, an activity associated with a mobile device; and adjusting, by the processor, one or more parameters of a location data filter configured to process the location data.
US10451742B2	Holographic LIDAR system There is provided a lighting device arranged to produce a controllable light beam for illuminating a scene. The device comprises an addressable spatial light modulator arranged to provide a selectable phase delay distribution to a beam of incident light. The device further comprises Fourier optics arranged to receive phase-modulated light from the spatial light modulator and form a light distribution. The device further comprises projection optics arranged to project the light distribution to form a pattern of illumination as said controllable light beam.
US10451741B2	Time of flight camera A continuous wave time of flight (CW-TOF) camera operable to determine distances to features in a scene that are corrected for light that the camera transmits that is back scattered to a photosensor in the camera by structural features of the camera.
US10451738B2	Laser processing device and laser processing system An object is to provide a laser processing device and a laser processing system capable of measuring a distance between a work and a processing head accurately and simply and capable of checking the quality of processing in real time during the processing. Provided are: a photodetector that detects the intensity of a processing laser beam split by optical path splitting means, and outputs a detection signal having a signal intensity responsive to the detected intensity together with a time of detection of the intensity; a signal intensity comparing unit that compares the signal intensities of multiple detection signals received from the photodetector; and a detection time comparing unit that compares times of detection of multiple intensities. The signal intensity comparing unit measures a processing quality by comparing the signal intensity of a detection signal received from the photodetector responsive to an incident beam on a work and the signal intensity of a detection signal received from the photodetector responsive to a reflected beam from the work. The detection time comparing unit measures a distance between a laser processing device and the work by comparing times of detection of the intensities.
US10451735B2	Information processing device, information processing method, and vehicle An information processing device includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry obtain target information that indicates at least one of a distance to a target object or a position of the target object. The processing circuitry generate, based on the target information, map information of a space including a plurality of areas, the map information indicating presence or absence of the target object in a first area included in the plurality of areas, and a detailed position of the target object in the first area.
US10451733B2	Two-dimensional ultrasound imaging transducer array with a non-rectangular active sensing region An ultrasound imaging system (102) includes a transducer array (108) with a two-dimensional array of rows (110) of transducer elements (114). The transducer elements of each row extend along a long axis (116). The rows are parallel to each other. The transducer array includes a non-rectangular set of active transducer elements. The ultrasound imaging system further includes transmit circuitry (118) that actuates the transducer elements to transmit an ultrasound signal. The ultrasound imaging system further includes receive circuitry (120) that receives echoes produced in response to an interaction between the ultrasound signal and a structure and received by the transducer elements. The ultrasound imaging system further includes a beamformer that processes the echoes and generates one or more scan lines indicative of the structure.
US10451732B2	Event triggering using sonar data Various implementations described herein are directed to a non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a computer, may cause the computer to receive sonar data from a transducer after deployment of the transducer in a body of water. The computer may process the sonar data to detect a bottom of the body of water based on the sonar data received from the transducer. The computer may automatically trigger at least one event upon detecting the bottom of the body of water.
US10451728B2	Apparatus and method for attenuating close-range radar signals with balancing for dual-frequency difference in radar signals in an automotive radar sensor A radar signal transmitter transmits first and second radar signals at different first and second frequencies. A radar receiver receives reflected radar signals and generates receive signals indicative of the reflected radar signals. A first receive signal is indicative of a first reflected radar signal generated by reflection of the first transmitted radar signal, and a second receive signal is indicative of a second reflected radar signal generated by reflection of the second transmitted radar signal. A processor receives the first and second receive signals and computes a difference between the first and second receive signals to generate a difference signal. The processor processes the difference signal to provide radar information for the region, the processor adjusting at least one of amplitude and phase of at least one of the first and second receive signals such that the difference is optimized at a preselected range from the receiver.
US10451726B1	Precise infrastructure mapping using full-waveform inversion of ground penetrating radar signals A new system and method for FWI of common-offset GPR data, particularly targeting the dimensions and infilling material of buried objects. The method is useful in situations where clear isolated diffraction hyperbolas indicate the presence of an underground object, but the object's dimensions and filling may be unknown. The present invention acquires GPR data and applies advanced numerical methods to get the depth and size of the underground object in a very accurate manner. An embodiment of the invention includes five main steps: GPR data processing, ray-based analysis to set a good initial model, 3D to 2D transformation of data, effective SW estimation, and FWI.
US10451724B2	Radar apparatus In a radar apparatus, a determining unit compares a ratio (−Vr/Vn) of a relative velocity (Vr) to a radar-apparatus-installed vehicle velocity (Vn) with a determination value (α) that is a cosine (cos θc) of the detection limit angle (±θc) or the cosine (cos θc) plus a correction value including a measurement error. When a determination is made that the ratio (−Vr/Vn) exceeds the determination value (α), a target is determined to be a real target of a crossing object, such as a crossing pedestrian, or a stationary object, whereas when a determination is made that the target is not a real target, the target is determined to be a ghost of a crossing object or a stationary object. Thus, a real target of a crossing object or a stationary object can be distinguished from a ghost of the object, and hence a ghost is not falsely determined to be a real target, preventing inappropriate brake control.
US10451721B2	Radar device and signal processing method There is provided a radar device. An extracting unit is configured to extract peak signals from a frequency difference between a transmission signal and a reception signal, in a first range of each of a first period and a second period. An estimating unit is configured to estimate a current peak signal on the basis of a previous peak signal extracted by the extracting unit. A first setting unit is configured to set the first range on the basis of the estimation result. A second setting unit is configured to set a second range different from the first range, if the peak signal is extracted in the first range of the second period and the peak signal cannot be extracted in the first range of the first period. A re-extracting unit is configured to extract the peak signal in the second range of the first period.
US10451719B2	System and method to indicate relative location of nodes in a group A portable communication device implements a position indication method to determine and convey the relative locations of other portable communication devices in a group. In one embodiment, the portable communication devices are equipped with a GPS sensor and the position indication method determines relative locations of devices using GPS location data. In another embodiment, the portable communication devices determine relative locations of devices using the strength of the received signal as a proxy for distance. In some embodiments, the relative location information is conveyed to each portable communication device by modifying the audio signal playback. For example, a 3D audio playback may be used to convey the relative location information. In other embodiments, other non-audible location indication may be provided on each portable communication device.
US10451718B2	Ultrasound signal analog beamformer / beamforming An apparatus (402) includes an analog beamformer (414) that receives a set of analog RF signals. The set of analog RF signals are generated by a corresponding set of transducer elements (406) receiving ultrasound echo signals. The analog beamformer includes a delay network (416) with a set of phase shifting networks (506). Each phase shifting network of the set of phase shifting networks processes a different one of the analog RF signals of the set of analog RF signals. Each phase shifting network of the set of phase shifting networks adds a delay to the corresponding analog RF signal, producing a set of delayed analog RF signals that are aligned in time. The set of phase shifting networks does not use an inductive element to determine or add the delays. The analog beamformer further includes a summer (504) that sums the delayed analog RF signals, producing an analog beam sum.
US10451717B2	Ultrasound transducer assembly An ultrasound transducer assembly is disclosed, comprising: a plurality of ultrasound transducer elements for receiving ultrasound waves and for providing transducer signals corresponding to the respectively received ultrasound waves. The assembly comprises a plurality of signal combiners for providing different output signals on the basis of the transducer signals, and a plurality of timing elements for providing different time shifts to the transducer signals. Each of the ultrasound transducer elements is connected to a plurality of the signal combiners for providing the transducer signals including the different time shifts to different of the signal combiners.
US10451713B2	Interference handling in time-of-flight depth sensing Aspects of the embodiments are directed to methods and imaging systems. The imaging systems can be configured to sense, by an light sensor of the imaging system, light received during a time period, process the light received by the light sensor, identify an available measurement period for the imaging system within the time period based on the processed light, and transmit and receive light during a corresponding measurement period in one or more subsequent time periods.
US10451712B1	Radar data collection and labeling for machine learning Systems and methods for labeling radar tracks for machine learning are disclosed. According to some aspects, a machine accesses data from radar unit(s), the data from the radar unit(s) comprising radar tracks, each radar track comprising one or more of the following: Doppler and micro-Doppler measurement(s), range measurement(s), and angle measurement(s). The machine accesses data from computer vision device(s), the data from the computer vision device(s) comprising image(s), the data from the computer vision device(s) being associated with a common geographic region and a common time period with the data from the radar unit(s). The machine labels, using an image recognition module, objects in the image(s). The machine determines, based on the common geographic region and the common time period, that labeled object(s) in the image(s) map to radar track(s). The machine labels the radar track(s) based on labels of the labeled objects.
US10451707B1	Millimeter wave hand tracking A system includes a locatable glove and a pose determination device. The locatable glove includes a glove body worn over a hand of a user, and a plurality of positioning transponders. The positioning transponders are coupled to the glove body at various positions on the glove body, and each re-radiates a received signal, the re-radiated signal unique to the positioning transponder. The pose determination device includes a plurality of antennas and a controller. The antennas are each configured to receive the unique signals re-radiated by the positioning transponders. The antennas are physically separated from each other. The controller is communicatively coupled to the plurality of antennas, and is configured to determine, for each of the received unique signals, a location of the position on the locatable glove of the positioning transponder corresponding to the unique signal.
US10451703B2	Method of interfacing a LC sensor and related system A method of interfacing a LC sensor with a control unit is provided. The control unit may include first and second contacts, where the LC sensor is connected between the first and the second contact. A capacitor is connected between the first contact and a ground. To start the oscillation of the LC sensor, the method may include during a first phase, connecting the first contact to a supply voltage and placing the second contact in a high impedance state such that the capacitor is charged through the supply voltage. During a second phase, the first contact may be placed in a high impedance state, and the second contact connected to the ground such that the capacitor transfers charge towards the LC sensor. During a third phase, the first contact and the second contact may be placed in a high impedance state so the LC sensor is able to oscillate.
US10451702B1	Calibration method for high gamma combo tuner An RF electronic impedance tuner uses multiple PIN diodes, Varactors or MOSFETs, mounted in a low loss slab-line, between the bottom surface of the center conductor and ground, are DC controlled individually and spaced appropriately along the slab-line in order to generate maximum Gamma and bandwidth. The electronic tuner is combined with a slide screw tuner, using the same slab-line in various configurations, before, after or sharing the same slab-line section, mounted on top of each-other. Calibration on a VNA allows high Gamma and harmonic tuning.
US10451693B2	System and method for electromagnet coil construction A method of manufacturing electromagnet coils for use in a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system is provided. The electromagnet coils are located in a non-homogeneous external magnetic field. The method comprises forming a coil representation of a coil surface for the electromagnet coils; setting limits for performance metrics for the electromagnet coils including a magnetic field-shape metric and at least one of an external torque metric and an external force metric, the external torque metric and the external force metric based, respectively, at least in part on a torque and a force exerted on the electromagnet coil by the non-homogeneous external magnetic field; forming a performance functional, based on the coil representation and the performance metrics, for generating a current density pattern over the coil surface; optimizing the performance functional and generating a current density pattern based on the optimized performance functional; and obtaining coil windings.
US10451689B2	Specific absorption rate adjustment of scan parameters A method is provided to prevent a permissible specific absorption rate being exceeded during a magnetic resonance examination and to an evaluation unit. The method includes a first provisioning unit providing a permissible SAR to an evaluation unit. A second provisioning unit, which may be identical to the first provisioning unit, provides a scan protocol for the magnetic resonance examination to the evaluation unit. The evaluation unit checks the scan protocol for the permissible SAR. If this check reveals that the permissible SAR is not adhered to, the scan protocol is modified. In this case, the modification of the scan protocol entails the amendment of at least one scan parameter of the scan protocol. The amendment of the at least one scan parameter is performed in dependence on at least one preference parameter.
US10451686B2	Dummy battery device and method for testing electronic devices A dummy battery device for testing an electronic device having a battery cavity, which includes a connector, comprises: a main structure shaped and dimensioned so as to fit in the battery cavity of the electronic device; and a head structure configured to be detachably and moveably connected to the main structure, the head structure having contacts for electrically connecting the connector of the battery cavity once the main structure is received in the battery cavity of the of the electronic device, and cables extending therefrom, the cables being electrically connected to the contacts of the head structure.
US10451683B2	Secondary battery state detection device and secondary battery state detection method To accurately determine whether an engine can be started while accurately detecting a degree of deterioration of a secondary battery, in a secondary battery state detecting device detecting a state of a secondary battery mounted on a vehicle, a measurement unit measures a value of an internal resistance of the secondary battery at an engine stop time. An estimation unit estimates a value of a diffusion resistance resulting from diffusion of an ion generated at an electrolytic solution of the secondary battery by supplying electric power to a starter motor at a starting time of the engine. A calculation unit calculates a starting voltage being a voltage for the starting of the engine from a resistance value obtained by adding the value of the diffusion resistance estimated by the estimation unit to the value of the internal resistance measured by the measurement unit.
US10451681B2	Method and apparatus for testing battery conditions Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and apparatus for testing a condition of a battery. In one embodiment, a testing instruction for the battery is received from a controller of a device. In response to reception of the instruction, the battery is caused in a testing mode in which the battery and a power supply of the device concurrently provide power to the device, a first voltage provided by the battery being greater than a second voltage provided by the power supply. A condition of the battery is determined by monitoring an output current of the battery. Through the method and apparatus of the embodiments of the present disclosure, consumption for battery test may be reduced without a need of interrupting operations of the apparatus.
US10451680B2	Semiconductor device, battery monitoring system, and semiconductor device diagnosing method A semiconductor device including a power supply input section to which a first voltage from a battery cell is input; a boosting section including one end to which the first voltage from the power supply input section is input, and another end that, based on a control signal from a controller, outputs the first voltage or a second voltage boosted from the first voltage from as a power supply voltage; and a comparison section including an output section, a first input section connected to the power supply input section and the one end of the boosting section, and a second input section connected to the another end of the boosting section, the comparison section outputting a voltage from the output section that corresponds to a difference between voltages input to the first input section and the second input section.
US10451677B2	Battery state sensing device and manufacturing method therefor A battery state detecting device (100) includes a shunt resistor (5), a post connection terminal (1), a harness connection terminal (2), a circuit board (6), and a connector (3). The post connection terminal (1) is electrically connected to a battery post (91) of a battery (90). The harness connection terminal (2) is electrically connected to a harness (80). The circuit board (6) detects current flowing in the shunt resistor (5). The connector (3) outputs a result of the detection made by the circuit board (6). The post connection terminal (1) is arranged next to the circuit board (6) in a thickness direction of the circuit board (6). On one side of the circuit board (6) in the thickness direction thereof, at least part of a post connecting portion (11), which is a part of the post connection terminal (1) connected to the battery post (91), is arranged within a space between the harness connection terminal (2) and the connector (3).
US10451674B2	Apparatus and method for at-speed scan test Described is an apparatus which comprises: a circuitry to selectively switch between a functional clock or a scan clock; a first plurality of circuitries to generate a plurality of pulses according to the scan or functional clocks; and a second plurality of circuitries to generate a plurality of clocks according to the plurality of pulses, wherein the plurality of clocks are for testing one or more circuitries.
US10451670B2	Method and device for monitoring a critical path of an integrated circuit A device for monitoring a critical path of an integrated circuit includes a replica of the critical path formed by sequential elements mutually separated by delay circuits that are programmable though a corresponding main multiplexer. A control circuit controls delay selections made by each main multiplexer. A sequencing module operates to sequence each sequential element using a main clock signal by delivering, in response to a main clock signal, respectively to the sequential elements, secondary clock signals that are mutually time shifted in such a manner as to take into account the propagation time inherent to the main multiplexer.
US10451666B2	Methodology for early detection of TS to PC short issue Methods for enabling in-line detection of TS-PC short defects at the TS-CMP processing stage are provided. Embodiments include providing a semiconductor substrate, the substrate having a plurality of partially formed MOSFET devices; performing a first defect inspection on the substrate, the first inspection including ACC; identifying one or more BVC candidates on the substrate based on the first inspection; performing a second defect inspection on the one or more BVC candidates, the second inspection performed without ACC; and detecting one or more BVC defects on the substrate based on the one or more BVC candidates appearing during both the first and second inspections.
US10451656B2	Current sensor and measuring apparatus There is provided a ring-shaped magnetic core that forms a closed magnetic circuit that encloses a measured electrical path, a magneto-electric converter that detects magnetic flux inside the magnetic core and outputs an electrical signal with an amplitude in keeping with a quantity of the magnetic flux, a coil that is formed on the magnetic core and is supplied with a negative feedback current generated based on the electrical signal, and an internal shield member disposed at least in a vicinity of the magneto-electric converter and the coil. A first gap that increases a magnetoresistance of a closed magnetic circuit, which is a closed magnetic circuit for leakage flux that leaks from the magnetic core and includes the internal shield member, a part of the magnetic core where the coil is formed, and the magneto-electric converter, is formed in the internal shield member.
US10451655B2	Communication system, harness, and detection apparatus Provided are a communication system and a harness configured to detect a connection of an unauthorized apparatus to a communication line. In a communication system in which a plurality of communication apparatuses perform communication via communication lines, a communication line includes conductive wires for transferring signals and a cover portion that covers the conductive wires. The communication system includes a detection unit for detecting whether or not the cover portion has been removed. If removal of the cover portion of the communication line is detected by the detection unit, it can be determined that an unauthorized apparatus is connected to the communication line.
US10451648B2	Sensor control switch A method and apparatus for governing sensor data readings from a plurality of input sensors onboard a communications device. An inventory of available input sensors is generated, and a set of requested input sensors from an application running on the communications device is received. The requested input sensors that are absent from the inventory of available input sensors is identified, and based upon received measured values from the available input sensors, equivalent values for those absent input sensors are derived. The accuracy and precision of the measured and equivalent sensor values are estimated, and those measurements not meeting certain thresholds are filtered. The measured values and the derived equivalent values meeting the predetermined thresholds for accuracy and precision, and the filtered measured values and the filtered derived equivalent values are output to the application.
US10451647B2	Method and device for measuring speed of permanent magnet synchronous motor A method for measuring speed of a permanent magnet synchronous motor includes: acquiring a number K of pulse signals received in a current measuring period and outputted by an incremental encoder; acquiring a first duration Sn-1 between a time point when a pulse is last received in a previous measuring period and a time point when the previous measuring period ends, and a second duration Sn between a time point when a pulse is last received in the current measuring period and a time point when the current measuring period ends; calculating a third duration T0, measured between the time point when the pulse is last received in the previous measuring period and the time point when the pulse is last received in the current measuring period, according to the length T of the current, measuring period, the first duration Sn-1 and the second duration Sn; and calculating a motor speed v according to formula: v = K K 0 × 1 T ⁢ ⁢ 0 .
US10451644B2	Liquid dispenser with manifold mount for modular independently-actuated pipette channels Automated pipetting systems and methods are disclosed for aspirating and dispensing fluids, particularly biological samples. In one aspect, a liquid dispenser includes a manifold and one or more pipette channels. The manifold includes a vacuum channel, a pressure channel, and a plurality of lanes. Each lane includes an electrical connector, a port to the pressure channel, and a port to the vacuum channel. The pipette channels can be modular. Each pipette channel includes a single dispense head and can be selectively and independently coupled to any one lane of the plurality of lanes. In some aspects, a valve in the pipette channel is in simultaneous fluid communication with a pressure port and a vacuum port of the manifold. The valve selectively diverts gas under pressure and gas under vacuum to the dispense head in response to control signals received through the electrical connector of the manifold.
US10451638B2	Blood based Plasmodium infection analyzer Disclosed is a blood analyzer that includes: a sample preparation unit configured to mix a blood specimen and a fluorescent dye for staining nucleic acid to prepare a measurement sample; a light receiver configured to receive fluorescence and scattered light that are generated by light being applied to the measurement sample prepared by the sample preparation unit; and a controller programmed to determine whether or not infection with Plasmodium has occurred, on the basis of a value representing variation of a distribution of first particles in a range where single-ring form of red blood cells appear, the range where single-ring form of red blood cells appear being identified according to fluorescence intensities and scattered light intensities obtained by processing of signals from the light receiver.
US10451636B2	Protein biomarkers for immune assessment and prediction of transplant rejection The invention provides a method for screening for and detection of solid organ graft rejection in a subject that comprises assaying a patient sample of plasma, serum or blood from the subject for a protein marker identified herein. An elevated or reduced amount of marker present in the patient sample compared to a control sample is indicative of rejection, and identifies subjects in need of biopsy or modified treatment. The method can be used to screen for patients in danger of transplant rejection without having to undergo more costly, risky and invasive biopsy procedures.
US10451626B2	Method for detecting a solid tumor cancer A method for indicating a presence or non-presence of a predefined solid tumor cancer in an individual, comprising the steps of: A. Providing at least one biological sample originating from said individual at a first point in time; B. Providing at least one biological sample originating from said individual at a second point in time; C. In said at least two biological samples, measuring a presence or concentration of at least one biomarker related to said predefined solid tumor cancer; D. Combining data regarding the presence or concentration of the at least one biomarker to form a kinetic composite value that reflects the change of biomarker presence or concentration; E. Correlating the kinetic composite value to the presence or non-presence of said predefined solid tumor cancer in said individual by comparing the kinetic composite value to a pre-determined cut-off value established with control samples of known predefined solid tumor cancer and benign disease diagnosis; wherein the time period between the first point in time and the second point in time is in the range from 0.5% to 25%, or more preferably in the range from 0.1% to 15%, of a typical tumor volume doubling time of said predefined solid tumor cancer; and the at least one biomarker determined is the same biomarker in each of the biological samples.
US10451621B2	Highly sensitive cell-based assay to detect the presence of active botulinum neurotoxin serotype-A The present specification discloses methods for detecting extremely low amounts of botulinum neurotoxin serotype A in samples, including complex matrices like blood, plasma, and serum.
US10451618B2	Resonator sensor module system and method A resonator sensor module is disclosed. The resonator sensor module includes one or more sensing resonators that includes binding sites for an analyte material; one or more reference resonators that lacks any binding sites for the analyte material; a module interface; and one or more switches each including a first position that operatively couples at least one of the one or more sensing resonators and the module interface and a second position that operatively couples at least one of the one or more reference resonators and the module interface.
US10451617B2	Method for capturing, method for detecting and kit for capturing a molecule in a sample A method for capturing a molecule in a sample, comprising mixing the sample with magnetic particles. Each of the particles being coupled with an element capable of binding selectively to the molecule for capture, so as to form at least one complex comprising a magnetic particle. The element and the molecule bound to the element, immobilizing the at least one complex on a support comprising ordered magnetic field microsources.
US10451615B2	Methods and devices for performing high dynamic range immunoassays A method for performing a high dynamic range immunoassay includes (a) measuring a first signal from a sandwich immunoassay to detect a target analyte in a fluidic sample in a fluidic channel and a second signal from a competitive immunoassay associated with the target analyte in the same fluidic sample in the fluidic channel, and (b) determining ratio of the first signal to the second signal to provide a measure of concentration of the target analyte in the fluidic sample, wherein the measure is applicable to a high dynamic range of concentrations of the target analyte.
US10451614B2	Methods of assessing protein interactions between cells Provided are methods of detecting and quantitatively measuring protein-protein interactions between proteins present on the surface of different cells using a sensitive antibody based assay. Antibodies specific for each target protein are either directly labeled, or are detected by labeled secondary antibodies. The antibodies are labeled with detectable tags that are releasable when the target proteins are within proximity to each other. Also provided are methods for facilitating diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of cancer using this assay to detect protein-protein interactions between target proteins of interest. Methods of screening test agents that impact the protein-protein interaction are also provided.
US10451611B2	Compositions and methods for in vitro assays of fibrin activity The present invention provides compositions exhibiting in vivo activity of fibrin in an in vitro setting, in vitro assays comprising such compositions, methods of producing such compositions, and methods of using such compositions and assays. The compositions of the invention include molecules with the biochemical properties of 1) high affinity binding to fibrin receptors and 2) activation of cell-signaling systems comparable to that observed in vivo by fibrin. The fibrin compositions of the invention are compatible both in biochemical assays and cell-based assays, and thus useful for in vitro assays for screening of test agents that modulate cell activation and/or signaling pathways mediated by fibrin or associated with fibrin activity.
US10451610B2	Prediction of response to PARP inhibitors and combinational therapy targeting C-MET and PARP1 Provided herein are methods for identifying and treating cancers that are resistant to PARP inhibition. Methods for sensitizing cancers to a PARP inhibitor therapy are also provided. In some aspects. PARP inhibitor cancers are treated with a PARP inhibitor therapy in combination with a c-Met inhibitor therapy.
US10451608B2	Cell line, system and method for optical-based screening of ion-channel modulators A variety of applications, systems, methods and constructs are implemented for use in connection with screening of ion-channel modulators. Consistent with one such system, drug candidates are screened to identify their effects on cell membrane ion channels and pumps. The system includes screening cells having light responsive membrane ion switches, voltage-gated ion switches and fluorescence producing voltage sensors. A chemical delivery device introduces the drug candidates to be screened. An optical delivery device activates the light responsive ion switches. An optical sensor monitors fluorescence produced by the voltage sensors. A processor processes data received from the optical sensor. A memory stores the data received from the optical sensor.
US10451604B2	Methods of measuring hydrogen sulfide concentrations in reservoir fluids A chemical probe composition comprising a base fluid and a chemical probe, wherein the chemical probe is capable of reacting with hydrogen sulfide to form a fluorophore and associated methods and systems.
US10451600B2	Soil sampling apparatus, system and method A soil sampling apparatus, system and method for creating soil shavings. As the continuous soil shaving chain or other means of creating soil shavings penetrates the soil, soil shavings are discharged through a discharge opening for collection in a canister for analysis of the soil characteristics. In an alternative embodiment, a sensor is positioned to detect soil characteristics as the soil shavings are discharged.
US10451599B2	Methods of isolating and detecting metal ions from proteins A method of detecting a metal ion in a protein-containing sample includes adding a protein degrading enzyme to the protein-containing sample to form an enzyme degradation product, adding an acid to the enzyme degradation product to provide a mixture, filtering the mixture to provide a supernatant, extracting the supernatant with an organic solvent to remove organic solvent soluble byproducts to provide a washed aqueous layer, and detecting the metal ion in the washed aqueous layer. The method is amenable to the detection of heavy metal ions in complex products such as milk. A kit includes reagents for performing the method.
US10451598B2	Devices for detecting airborne contaminants, and associated methods A device for detecting an airborne contaminant includes (a) a reactive polymer film having affinity for binding with the airborne contaminant, (b) an electrically conductive polymer film in contact with the reactive polymer film and having electrical property sensitive to binding of the airborne contaminant to the reactive polymer film, and (c) two electrodes in electrical contact with the electrically conductive polymer film for measuring the electrical property to detect the binding of the airborne contaminant to the reactive polymer film. Another device for detecting an airborne contaminant includes (a) a polymer film molecularly imprinted with the airborne contaminant, and (b) color reporting molecules having color sensitive to binding of the airborne contaminant to the polymer film. A method for manufacturing a device for detecting an airborne contaminant includes depositing, using one or more inkjet print heads, a polymer film and at least two electrodes onto a substrate.
US10451595B2	Indicating devices based on lateral diffusion of a mobile phase through a non-porous stationary phase This invention relates to indicating devices, such as time-temperature indicators based on lateral diffusion of a vapor of a solid and/or liquid mobile phase (e.g., a sublimeable dye or an activator) through a non-porous stationary phase, such as a thin layer of a polymeric material. The lateral diffusion of the mobile phase creates a noticeable boundary in the stationary phase whose movement depends upon processes, such as time and temperature.
US10451591B1	Remotely actuated valve for a biological liquid treatment system The invention relates to valve system for controlling a process fluid within a liquid processing system. The valve system comprises a valve arrangement, a pneumatic or hydraulic control system, and a connector unit. When the valve arrangement is connected to the connector unit, two or more valves are formed, such that the pneumatic or hydraulic control system controls an open/close or pressure control mode of the valves. A pump diaphragm system is disclosed, as well as a system for purifying a biological material that comprises the valve system or the pump diaphragm system. Also discloses are methods of using the valve system or the pump diaphragm system in a process for the purification of a biological material.
US10451589B2	Acoustic wave detector An acoustic wave detector may include: an exterior housing with an exterior housing wall, a gas chamber located within the exterior housing and configured to receive a gas therein. The exterior housing wall may include an aperture providing a gas passage between the gas chamber and the exterior of the acoustic wave detector. The acoustic wave detector may further include an excitation element configured to selectively excite gas molecules of a specific type in the gas received in the gas chamber in a time-varying fashion, thereby generating acoustic waves in the gas, and an acoustic wave sensor configured to detect the acoustic waves generated in the gas and acoustic waves generated outside of the acoustic wave detector. The acoustic wave sensor may have an acoustic port overlapping with the aperture in the exterior housing wall. The acoustic wave sensor may include a mechanical structure displaceable by the acoustic waves to be detected, wherein a displacement of the mechanical structure is indicative of characteristics of the acoustic waves to be detected.
US10451588B2	Magneto-mechanical resonator sensor with mass distribution channel Magneto-Mechanical Resonator Sensor with Mass Distribution Channel Some aspects of the present disclosure feature a sensing device (e.g. for temperature, moisture or detection of substances) comprising a magnetic bias layer, a resonator, a spacer, and an environmental change receptor. The spacer is disposed between the magnetic bias layer and the resonator. At least one of the resonator surfaces has a predefined channel. The environmental change receptor is disposed proximate to the predefined channel. In response to a change in environment, the environmental change receptor distributes along a part of the channel.
US10451587B2	Methods, systems and computer program products for estimating shear wave speed using statistical inference Methods, systems and computer program products for determining a mechanical parameter for a sample having a target region, include determining a prior probability density function that characterizes at least one physical property of the target region; generating a displacement of the sample in the target region to form a shear wave that propagates orthogonal to a direction of the displacement; transmitting tracking pulses in the target region; receiving corresponding echo signals for the tracking pulses in the target region at a plurality of lateral positions; estimating a propagation parameter of the shear wave in response to the echo signals and the prior probability density function using statistical inference; and determining at least one mechanical parameter of the target region based on the estimated propagation parameter.
US10451584B2	Biomolecule measuring device Provided is a biomolecule measuring device capable of effectively reducing measurement noise occurring when measuring a biomolecule sample using a semiconductor sensor. This biomolecule measuring device generates a trigger to react a sample with a reagent after starting to send the reagent onto the semiconductor sensor that detects ion concentration (see FIG. 7).
US10451572B2	Medical fluid cartridge with related systems This disclosure relates to medical fluid sensors and related systems and methods. In some aspects, a medical fluid cartridge includes a body including a first portion defining a first fluid passageway and a second portion defining a second fluid passageway in fluid communication with the first fluid passageway. The first portion of the body can be disposed in a radio frequency device while the second portion of the body remains outside the radio frequency device.
US10451568B2	Photon counting X-ray CT apparatus A photon counting X-ray CT apparatus according to an embodiment includes: data acquiring circuitry, and processing circuitry. The data acquiring circuitry is configured to allocate energy measured by signals output from a photon counting detector in response to incidence of X-ray photons to any of a plurality of first energy bins so as to acquire a first data group as count data of each of the first energy bins. The processing circuitry is configured to determine a plurality of second energy bins obtained by grouping the first energy bins in accordance with a decomposition target material that is a material to be decomposed in a imaging region, allocate the first data group to any of the second energy bins so as to generate a second data group, and use the second data group to generate an image representing a distribution of the decomposition target material.
US10451563B2	Inspection of photomasks by comparing two photomasks Disclosed are methods and systems for inspecting photolithographic reticles. A first and second reticle that were fabricated with a same design are obtained. A first and second reticle image of the first and second reticles are also obtained. The first reticle image is compared to the second reticle image to output a difference image having a plurality of difference events corresponding to candidate defects on either the first or second reticle. An inspection report of the candidate defects is then generated.
US10451562B2	Machine vision method and system The invention relates to a method, comprising capturing an image of an object to be monitored at a first image capturing frequency by an image sensor of a machine vision system, transmitting said captured image data to an image data processing device and analyzing said received image data by said image data processing device, and wherein if the image data is detected to comprise a deviation, a trigger signal is transmitted for triggering an image sensor for reconfiguring it to capture an image burst and for transmitting the captured image burst data to said image data processing device for further analysis. The invention further relates to a machine vision system and a computer program product performing the method.
US10451561B2	Inspection system An inspection system makes image inspection on an inspection target. The inspection system includes: an image capture device that captures an image of the inspection target; a blower with a blow nozzle from which clean gas is blown out to the inspection target; a robot with an arm tip to which the image capture device and the blow nozzle, or the inspection target is attached; and as inspection device that makes image inspection on the inspection target based on an image captured by the image capture device. The inspection device generates an operation program for a robot based on the position of the image capture device and that of the blow nozzle relative to each other so as to move the blow nozzle ahead of the image capture device relative to the inspection target.
US10451559B2	Illumination source for an inspection apparatus, inspection apparatus and inspection method Disclosed is an inspection apparatus and associated method for measuring a target structure on a substrate. The inspection apparatus comprises an illumination source for generating measurement radiation; an optical arrangement for focusing the measurement radiation onto said target structure; and a compensatory optical device. The compensatory optical device may comprise an SLM operable to spatially modulate the wavefront of the measurement radiation so as to compensate for a non-uniform manufacturing defect in said optical arrangement. In alternative embodiments, the compensatory optical device may be located in the beam of measurement radiation, or in the beam of pump radiation used to generate high harmonic radiation in a HHG source. Where located in the beam of pump radiation, the compensatory optical device may be used to correct pointing errors, or impart a desired profile or varying illumination pattern in a beam of the measurement radiation.
US10451555B2	Surface plasmon resonance fluorescence analysis device and surface plasmon resonance fluorescence analysis method A surface plasmon fluorescence analysis device that has a chip holder, a light source, an angle adjustment unit, a light sensor, a filter holder, an excitation light cut filter, a scattered light transmission unit, a transmission adjustment unit, and a control unit. As seen in plan view, the area occupied by the scattered light transmission unit is arranged on the excitation light cut filter or on the filter holder and is smaller than the area of a fluorescence transmission region as seen in plan view.
US10451548B2	Active hyperspectral imaging system A system for generating reflectance values for a target that includes a plurality of electromagnetic radiation sources for irradiating the target, an imager for generating a plurality of digital representations of the target that includes an array of filter elements for filtering electromagnetic radiation reflected by the target through an array of filter elements, and a detector for detecting the filtered electromagnetic radiation at an array of detection elements. The system includes processors for determining a set of reflectance values for a portion of the target based on a first digital representation of the target generated in response to irradiation of the target with radiation of a first wavelength band and a second digital representation of the target generated in response to irradiation of the target with radiation of a second wavelength band.
US10451546B2	Devices and methods for coherent detection using chirped laser pulses We present here systems and methods for generating a heterodyne signal using the naturally occurring chirp of a pulsed single-mode laser. The electrical square-wave pulse used to drive the laser heats the laser cavity, causing the laser frequency to change or chirp during the emission of the optical pulse. This chirped optical pulse can be split into a chirped signal pulse that interacts with a sample and a chirped reference pulse that interferes with the chirped signal pulse on a detector to produce a heterodyne modulation whose instantaneous phase and amplitude depend on the sample's dispersion and absorption, respectively. The chirp is reproducible, so the heterodyne modulation, instantaneous phase, and/or instantaneous amplitude can be average over many measurements, either with multiple pulses from the same laser or multiple pulses from different lasers, each emitting at a different wavelength.
US10451544B2	Methods of characterizing a urine sample This disclosure relates to methods of characterizing a urine sample from a subject.
US10451543B2	Integrated photo-acoustic gas sensor module A photo-acoustic gas sensor is disclosed. The photo-acoustic gas sensor includes a substrate, a light emitter unit supported by the substrate, the light emitter unit including a light emitter configured to emit a beam of light pulses with a predetermined repetition frequency and wavelength corresponding to an absorption band of a gas to be sensed, and a detector unit supported by the substrate, the detector unit including a microphone, wherein the beam of light pulses traverses an area intended to accommodate the gas and the microphone can receive a signal oscillating with the repetition frequency.
US10451539B2	Microscale sensors for direct metrology of additively manufactured features This invention relates to a microelectromechanical device for mechanical characterization of a specimen. In one embodiment the device may incorporate a substrate, at least one first flexure bearing and at least one second flexure bearing, both being supported on the substrate. First and second movable shuttles may be used which are supported above the substrate by the flexure bearings so that each is free to move linearly relative to the substrate. Ends of the movable shuttles are separated by a gap. A thermal actuator may be connected to one end of the first movable shuttle, and operates to cause the first movable shuttle to move in a direction parallel to the surface of the substrate in response to a signal applied to the thermal actuator. A first capacitive sensor may be formed between the first movable shuttle and the substrate, and a second capacitive sensor formed between the second movable shuttle and the substrate.
US10451538B2	Parallel flow cytometer using radiofrequency multiplexing An imaging flow cytometry apparatus and method which allows registering multiple locations across a cell, and/or across multiple flow channels, in parallel using radio-frequency-tagged emission (FIRE) coupled with a parallel optical detection scheme toward increasing analysis throughput. An optical source is modulated by multiple RF frequencies to produce an optical interrogation beam having a spatially distributed beat frequency. This beam is directed to one or more focused streams of cells whose responsive fluorescence, in different frequencies, is registered in parallel by an optical detector.
US10451533B2	Device for measuring drying, curing, film formation, and rheological properties of liquids and films Provided is an apparatus and technique for monitoring the drying, cure, film formation, and viscoelastic properties of liquids, solidifiable liquid films, and the insitu measurement of viscoelastic properties of solidified films.
US10451523B2	Misfire detection with crankshaft vibrations Methods and systems are provided for engine misfire detection. In one example, a method may include sampling crankshaft fluctuations with a first and a second sampling window, wherein the first and second windows overlapping each other; and identify misfire based on the sampled signals. The method may further comprise adjusting engine operation responsive to the misfire indication via a control unit.
US10451521B2	Systems and methods for inspecting blades or vanes in turbomachinery A scanner for inspecting a component is disclosed. The scanner may include a main body having a clamp attachable to the component, a first arm moveably attached to the main body, a first probe attached to the first arm, a first axial actuator in mechanical communication with the first arm, a second arm moveably attached to the main body, a second probe attached to the second arm, a second axial actuator in mechanical communication with the second arm, and a radial actuator in mechanical communication with the first arm and the second arm.
US10451518B2	All fiber temperature and air density sensor Air property measurement (e.g., air temperature, air density, etc.) sensors may take the form of an all-fiber-optic device employing Rotational Raman light detection and ranging technology. Not only do the fiber optic devices described herein require no moving parts, but also these devices may be compact in design and require less power to operate as compared to conventional apparatus. As a result, embodiments may be used in applications in which physical space and power demands may be limited, such as in aircraft.
US10451513B2	Torque calibrating system A torque calibrating system that includes a power tong, a load cell assembly, and a torque arm having first and second ends, wherein the first end is adapted to impose a load on the load cell assembly when the power tong is actuated to impose a torque on the second end. The system also includes a hydraulic system that is adapted to actuate the power tong, wherein the hydraulic system includes a pressure gage that is adapted to measure a hydraulic pressure in the hydraulic system when the power tong is actuated, the measured hydraulic pressure corresponding to the load imposed on the load cell assembly and to the torque imposed on the second end of the torque arm.
US10451511B2	Header assembly for a pressure sensor A header assembly for a pressure sensor and methods for manufacturing and using the same are provided. In one example embodiment, a header insert may include a base; a hollow protrusion coupled to the base and having a metalized inner surface and a metalized outer surface, wherein the metalized outer surface of the hollow protrusion is used to couple to a header and the metalized inner surface of the hollow protrusion is used to couple to a header pin; and wherein a seal is formed between the header, the header insert and the header pin.
US10451502B2	Method for monitoring an electromechanical actuator system The invention relates to a method of monitoring an electromechanical actuator system, the method comprising the steps of estimating the voltage drop in the power supply to the motor associated with defects of the inverter by means of a Kalman filter, estimating (300) at least the electromagnetic torque coefficient of the motor by taking account of the estimated voltage drop, and calculating (400) the electromagnetic torque of the motor from the electromagnetic torque coefficient of the motor.
US10451492B2	Zero-strain soil pressure sensor A zero-strain soil pressure sensor includes a shell provided with a hydraulic oil cavity and a cavity located below the hydraulic oil cavity, a processor, an outer elastic film arranged at the upper end of the hydraulic oil cavity, an inner elastic film arranged between the hydraulic oil cavity and the cavity, an outer strain bridge circuit connected with the outer elastic film, an inner strain bridge circuit connected with the inner elastic film, a piston communicated with the hydraulic oil cavity, and a driving mechanism connected with the piston. The outer strain bridge circuit, the inner strain bridge circuit and the driving mechanism are electrically connected with the processor. The invention has the beneficial effect that the piston is driven by the driving mechanism to control the oil pressure in the hydraulic oil cavity, external soil pressure is balanced through the oil pressure to keep the outer elastic film in an non-deforming state all the time, and only the inner elastic film is deformed, so that the soil arch effect and soil displacement are avoided, and thus the liquid pressure measured by the inner elastic film is the soil pressure, and the measurement result is more accurate.
US10451487B1	Per-pixel dark reference bolometer Microbolometer arrays incorporating per-pixel dark reference structures for non-uniformity correction. In one example a thermal imager includes a device substrate, a microbolometer array disposed on the device substrate and including a plurality of detector elements arranged in a two-dimensional array, each detector element including an imaging microbolometer and a reference microbolometer, the imaging microbolometer being configured to receive electromagnetic radiation from a viewed scene and to produce an image signal in response to receiving the electromagnetic radiation, the image signal including a component produced due to thermal noise in the respective detector element, and the reference microbolometer being shielded from receiving the electromagnetic radiation and configured to produce a reference signal indicative of the thermal noise, wherein the thermal imaging device is configured to produce an image of the viewed scene based on a combination of the image signals and the reference signals from the plurality of detector elements.
US10451485B2	Image display device An image display device acquires data representing a status of a temperature distribution of a machining machine based on information on machining and generates a temperature distribution image from the acquired data. Further, a three-dimensional machining simulation representing a status of machining is performed to generate a three-dimensional simulation animation and a projection image is generated from the three-dimensional simulation animation. Then, an image obtained by synthesizing the temperature distribution image and the projection image is generated and displayed.
US10451475B2	Gauge length optimization in distributed vibration sensing A technique facilitates the use and application of a distributed vibration sensing system in, for example, a well application. The technique enables selection of a desired gauge length to achieve an optimum trade-off between the spatial resolution of a distributed vibration sensing/distributed acoustic sensing system and signal-to-noise ratio. The optimum gauge length can vary according to specific factors, e.g. depth within a well, and the present technique can be used to account for such factors in selecting an optimal gauge length which facilitates accurate collection of data on dynamic strain.
US10451473B2	Physiological assessment scale Physiological assessment scale systems and methods are implemented using a variety of approaches. According to one implementation, a scale measures the physiological data of a user engaging sensor circuitry on a platform region of the scale. In a physiological assessment mode, physiological data of the user is detected at respective states of physical exertion. The physiological data is then processed by user-targeted circuitry to determine physiological parameters of the user pertaining to the respective physical exertion states, such as may pertain to an increase in exertion or a reduction in exertion. These physiological parameters may, for example, be used to provide an indication of the physical health and fitness of the user. Such parameters may then be associated with the user and saved to a data-access circuit, and also forwarded to a display which communicates the physiological parameters among other information to the user through the platform region.
US10451470B2	Flow rate measurement device A flow rate measurement device of the present invention includes a flow rate signal detection unit for detecting a flow rate signal of a fluid to be measured flowing through flow path, flow rate calculation unit for calculating a flow rate from the flow rate signal detected by the flow rate signal detection unit, and oscillation circuit for generating a reference clock. Furthermore, the flow rate measurement device includes temperature calculation unit for calculating a temperature from a frequency change resulting from a temperature change of oscillation circuit, and flow rate correction unit for correcting the flow rate calculated by the flow rate calculation unit by obtaining an offset flow rate at a desired temperature based on the temperature calculated by temperature calculation unit. Thus, accuracy of flow rate measurement can be improved.
US10451469B2	Fuel level sensor having dual fluorescent plastic optical fibers An airplane fuel level optical sensor using one side-emitting plastic optical fiber (SPOF) and two fluorescent plastic optical fibers (FPOFs) to detect the airplane fuel level without using any electrically conductive component or element placed inside the fuel tank. This dual-FPOF sensor is capable of achieving high resolution and high accuracy with a one-time calibration in the actual airplane's fuel tank environment. One embodiment of the dual-FPOF sensor uses one SPOF and two FPOFs to detect fuel level change based on the optical signal output from the two FPOFs. The sensor design uses large-diameter (core and cladding), lightweight, low-cost and high-durability plastic optical fiber, which is very desirable for airplane installation.
US10451465B2	Gas meter A gas meter includes meter body that has internal space, meter inlet into which a fluid flows, meter outlet from which the fluid flows out, and shielding plate that is located with a predetermined distance from an opening portion of meter inlet. In addition, the gas meter includes flow rate measurer that measures a flow rate of the fluid, and connection member that connects outlet of flow rate measurer and meter outlet to each other. Furthermore, meter inlet, shielding plate, flow rate measurer, connection member, and meter outlet are linearly located in this order.
US10451464B1	Capacitive sensor for a flow control valve A flow sensor for use downstream from a particulate media dispensing device is provided having an inlet to receive particulate media and an outlet to dispense the media. The flow sensor has an inlet portion with a funnel to direct particulate media towards a central axis. An axially mounted flow director is located downstream from the funnel to direct the media outwards towards a sensor portion. A capacitive sensor located in the sensor portion surrounds the flow director to create an annular flow path to measure the amount of media that passes through sensor rings in the sensor.
US10451463B2	Device for determining properties of a medium comprising a damping element and/or open guide element It is provided an apparatus for determining at least one of physical, chemical and biological properties of a medium, comprising an acoustic waveguide, which has a conduction element with an inner side that faces the medium and an outer side that lies opposite this inner side. The inner side facing the medium is curved in concave fashion and the outer side is curved in convex fashion and the waveguide with the conduction element curved in that way is configured such that a second surface wave coupling-in at the concave inner side propagates along a propagation direction to the receiver. At least one damping element lies downstream of the receiver in the propagation direction of the second surface wave, said damping element being arranged and configured to prevent surface waves propagating counter to the propagation direction of the at least one second surface wave from reaching the receiver.
US10451462B2	Optical fiber cable Embodiments of the present invention provide a cable for optical fiber sensing applications formed from fiber wound around a cable core. A protective layer is then preferably placed over the top of the wound fiber, to protect the fiber, and to help keep it in place on the cable core. The cable core is preferably of a diameter to allow bend-insensitive fiber to be wound thereon with low bending losses. The effect of winding the fiber onto the cable core means that the longitudinal sensing resolution of the resulting cable is higher than simple straight fiber, when the cable is used with an optical fiber sensing system such as a DAS or DTS system. The achieved resolution for the resulting cable is a function of the fiber winding diameter and pitch, with a larger diameter and reduced winding pitch giving a higher longitudinal sensing resolution.
US10451461B2	Venturi air flow sensor and control system A Venturi air flow sensor and control system includes a Venturi housing comprising with an inlet section, an outlet section, and a reduced diameter horn shaped center section connecting the inlet section to the outlet section with a damper. A high pressure sensor tube with downstream openings extends across the inlet section on the outlet section and a low pressure sensor tube with downstream openings extends across the reduced diameter horn shaped section. The pressure from the low pressure sensor tube and the pressure from the high pressure sensor tube are connected to a controller. From the high pressure and the low pressure the controller determines the air flow and based on air flow operates the damper.
US10451459B2	Apparatus for inhaler testing There is disclosed inhaler testing apparatus, in which at least one flow regulation valve, such as a needle valve, is located within a conduit. The flow regulation valve divides the conduit into inlet and outlet sides of the valve. The inlet side is arranged for connection to an inhaler and the outlet side for connection to a vacuum source. An electric motor provides variable adjustment of a flow opening through the valve. At least one sensor senses pressure or flow rate in the inlet side and a controller automatically adjusts the flow opening through the valve in response to readings from the at least one sensor. The apparatus may also comprise a shut off valve, such as a solenoid valve.
US10451457B2	Water deluge system testing apparatus and method The invention provides a method and apparatus for of performing a test on a deluge system. The method comprises providing a gas source in fluid communication with a deluge system. A plurality of fluid sensors is installed at a plurality of locations (e.g. nozzles) in the deluge system. The gas source is activated to cause gas to flow through the deluge system during a gas test period, and using the plurality of sensors, at least one fluid parameter during the gas test period is measured to provide a gas test data set. The first gas test data set is stored, transmitted and/or processed to derive information about the condition of the deluge system.
US10451454B2	Method and apparatus for driving a multi-oscillator system Various embodiments mitigate the risk of frequency-lock in systems having multiple resonators by dynamically changing the frequency at which at least one of the resonators is driven. More particularly, the drive frequency of at least one of the resonators is changed often enough that the multiple resonators do not have time to achieve frequency lock. Changes in the oscillation of the resonators may be analyzed to determine, for example, acceleration of such systems. Some embodiments implement self-test by assessing expected performance of a system with toggling drive frequencies. More particularly, some embodiments implement self-test by artificially inducing displacement of a movable member of a system.
US10451453B2	System and method for calibrating a measuring arrangement and characterizing a measurement mount A method and a system for calibrating a measuring arrangement on the basis of a 16-term error model determines a matrix (A) with measured scattering parameters (Sm) from different calibration standards (3) and with associated actual scattering parameters (Sa) of the calibration standards (3) and determines linear-in-T system errors (Ti) for the calibration of a network analyzer (1) by solving a linear equation system with the determined matrix (A). To solve the linear equation system, a first and a second linear-in-T system error (k, p) are freely selected in each case. With use of reciprocal calibration standards, the determined linear-in-T system errors are weighted with the freely selected first linear-in-T system error (Ti) or with a correct second linear-in-T system error pkor(k)) dependent upon the first linear-in-T system error (k).
US10451452B2	Display apparatus having indicator needle A display apparatus includes a display panel, a needle module on the display panel, the needle module including an indicator needle rotatable with respect to a rotation axis, and a driving module to rotate the indicator needle via magnetic force.
US10451449B2	Optical sensor device, sensor apparatus, cable and method of manufacturing The invention is directed at an optical sensor device, comprising a sensing element for receiving an input action, an optical fiber comprising an intrinsic fiber optic sensor, and a transmission structure arranged for exerting a sensing action on the optical fiber in response to the input action received by the sensing element, wherein the optical fiber in a first connecting part thereof is connected to a reference body and wherein the optical fiber in a second connecting part thereof is to the transmission structure for receiving the sensing action, the first connecting part and the second connecting part of the optical fiber being located on either side of the intrinsic fiber optic sensor, wherein the transmission structure comprises a bi-stable spring having a first and a second stable deflection position and a negative stiffness range around an unstable equilibrium position between the first and second stable deflection position, and wherein the optical fiber between the transmission structure and the reference body is pre-stressed such as to be tensed, said optical fiber thereby acting as a spring having a first spring constant of positive value, wherein the optical fiber thereby counteracts a spring action of the bi-stable spring such as to operate the bi-stable spring in a deflection position range within the negative stiffness range, the deflection position range not including the unstable equilibrium position of the bi-stable spring.
US10451448B2	Tailor distributed amplification for fiber sensing A method of providing in-line Raman amplification in an optical fiber sensing system, including the procedures of generating a probe light having a probe wavelength, transmitting the probe light into an optical fiber, generating at least one Raman pump light at a respective pump wavelength, the pump wavelength being shorter than the probe wavelength, generating at least one Raman seed light at a respective seed wavelength, the seed wavelength being between the pump and probe wavelengths, transmitting the Raman pump light into the optical fiber, transmitting the Raman seed light into the optical fiber and propagating the Raman pump light, the Raman seed light and the probe light along the optical fiber to achieve distributed Raman amplification of signal light produced by the probe light as it propagates along the optical fiber.
US10451444B2	Encoder having function of adjusting threshold value of comparator and method for controlling encoder An encoder according to an embodiment of this disclosure includes a voltage generation circuit connected to a power supply through a diode and having a variable resistor, the voltage generation circuit outputting a voltage corresponding to a current flowing through the diode and a resistance value of the variable resistor, as a threshold value; a comparator for performing a comparison between an analog signal inputted from a detector for detecting rotation of a motor and the threshold value inputted from the voltage generation circuit, and outputting a comparison result as a comparator output; a resistance value variation circuit for varying the resistance value of the variable resistor; and a threshold value determination circuit for determining the threshold value based on a relationship between the resistance value and the comparator output.
US10451442B2	Stator structure and resolver A stator structure includes a stator core including a plurality of tooth sections, coils wound around the respective plurality of tooth sections via an insulator, and a first coil cover and a second coil cover that cover the coils from both sides in an axial direction of the stator core. The first coil cover and the second coil cover being coupled via the insulator.
US10451441B2	Magnet device for position sensor, magnet assembly and sensing system including the magnet assembly Provided is a magnet device for use with a position sensor. The magnet device has a magnetizing direction and has magnetic field intensity components in the magnetizing direction. The magnet device is formed with a groove recessed in the magnetizing direction, so that the magnetic field intensity components are substantially equal in the transverse direction of the magnetizing direction. The present invention further discloses a magnet assembly including the magnet device for use with a position sensor and a sensing system including the magnet assembly, particularly a neutral position sensor. The axial measuring length of a transmission shaft is prolonged with the length of the magnet device remains unchanged to meet the requirements of different customers, and the reliability of the sensing system is improved.
US10451438B2	Systems and methods for in-motion gyroscope calibration Systems and methods to calibrate a gyroscope based on a motion of a predetermined characteristic. Data representing gyro sensor signals during a period of time is stored. A portion of the time period is identified, during which portion the gyroscope is subjected to a motion of the predetermined characteristic. Using the stored data the gyro signals are integrated with respect to time to calculate orientation of the gyroscope as a function of time. Deviation of a characteristic of the orientation of the gyroscope as the function of time during the portion of time period for the motion of the predetermined characteristic is determined to identify a component of bias in the gyro signals. The bias component is removed from the data to re-calculate the gyroscope orientation, and possible to further calculate the deviation in the re-calculated orientation and to identify a further bias component in the gyro signals.
US10451436B2	Generating routes using events A map application is provided that receives calendars from one or more sources. Each calendar may include events, and each event may be associated with a location and a time period. The events may be a temporary event that may impact traffic around the location of the event for the time period associated with the event. When a request for a route for a future trip is received by the map application, the map application may generate a route in response to the request. The map application may determine if any of the events associated with a calendar impact the route. An event may impact the route if the route passes near the location associated with the event during the time period associated with the event. If the route is impacted by an event, an alternative route is generated or a new time is recommended for the future trip.
US10451419B2	Detection system having wheel rotation sensors for navigation A detection apparatus includes a first sensor for detecting rotation information of a wheel of a moving object; a second sensor for detecting angular velocity information of a rotation in a yaw axis of the wheel or angular information as yaw rotation information; and a storage unit for storing the rotation information and the yaw rotation information to be output to a processing unit for obtaining positional information of the moving object based on the rotation information and the yaw rotation information.
US10451418B2	MEMS gyroscope amplitude control via quadrature A system and/or method for utilizing quadrature signals, for example in a MEMS gyroscope, to control drive signal characteristics (e.g., amplitude, etc.). As a non-limiting example, a quadrature signal in a MEMS gyroscope may be isolated and/or processed to generate a drive signal that is used to drive a proof mass. Such a quadrature signal may, for example, be obtained passively as part of general Coriolis signal processing. Also for example, such a quadrature signal may be actively created and/or obtained through the use of electrical and/or mechanical features.
US10451415B2	Device and method for inspecting cylindrical member Provided are a device and a method for inspecting a cylindrical member. During inspection of a cylindrical member, a degree of widthwise misalignment of a strip-shaped member wound around a molding drum is calculated by a control unit on the basis of detection data from a position sensor and position data of drum-widthwise end faces that are perpendicular to a drum axial center of the molding drum, and the widthwise misalignment of the strip-shaped member is determined to be inside or outside an allowable range on the basis of the calculation result.
US10451412B2	Apparatus and methods for detecting overlay errors using scatterometry Disclosed is a method for determining an overlay error between at least two layers in a multiple layer sample. An imaging optical system is used to measure multiple measured optical signals from multiple periodic targets on the sample, and the targets each have a first structure in a first layer and a second structure in a second layer. There are predefined offsets between the first and second structures A scatterometry overlay technique is used to analyze the measured optical signals of the periodic targets and the predefined offsets of the first and second structures of the periodic targets to thereby determine an overlay error between the first and second structures of the periodic targets. The scatterometry overlay technique is a phase based technique, and the imaging optical system is configured to have an illumination and/or collection numerical aperture (NA) and/or spectral band selected so that a specific diffraction order is collected and measured for the plurality of measured optical signals. In one aspect, the number of periodic targets equals half the number of unknown parameters.
US10451409B2	Insertion system An insertion system includes an insertion apparatus including an insertion section, a fiber sensor configured to detect a bend shape of the insertion section, an attitude detector, and an attitude shape calculator. The attitude detector is configured to detect at least one of a first rotational change quantity related to a change quantity of rotation about a longitudinal direction of the insertion apparatus, and a first directional change quantity related to a change quantity of the longitudinal direction. The attitude shape calculator is configured to calculate attitude shape information including at least one of a change quantity of rotation of the bend shape and a change quantity of a direction of the bend shape, based on the bend shape and the at least one of the first rotational change quantity and first directional change quantity.
US10451397B2	Linear guide for a coordinate measuring machine, and a coordinate measuring machine A linear guide for a coordinate measuring machine. The linear guide comprises at least one plate-shaped main body and at least one guide rail. The plate-shaped main body has a material with a first coefficient of thermal expansion. The at least one guide rail has a material with a second coefficient of thermal expansion, which differs from the first coefficient of thermal expansion. The guide rail is connected to the plate-shaped main body, and arranged in a neutral axis of the plate-shaped main body.
US10451389B2	Portable target system A target system includes a lower rod configured to be removably inserted, at a lower end, into the ground; and an upper rod assembly. The upper rod assembly includes an upper rod configured to be coupled, at a lower end, to an upper end of the lower rod. The upper rod assembly also includes a mounting assembly coupled to an upper end of the upper rod and configured to hold a target.
US10451388B1	High power microwave weapon This invention allows combining broadband GW(10+9 Watt), peak power to achieve MV/m(10+6 Volt/meter), and GV/m(10+9 Volt/meter), radiated E-fields, in the range of air or vacuum breakdown in the entire electromagnetic spectrum, including optical frequencies and beyond. Use of many antennas and independently triggered generators allows achieving GV/m field, while by preventing the E-field induced breakdown it provides control of peak power and energy content at targets. The achieved broadband MV/m E-field levels and energy density significantly exceed levels required for destruction of distant electronic targets; therefore this invention radically improves the effectiveness of the electromagnetic weapons. Furthermore, collimating multiplicity of MV/m beams allows reaching GV/m E-field that exceeds by orders of magnitude the air or vacuum breakdown needed for broadband plasma excitation at resonance plasma frequencies in the 300 GHz range, permitting energy efficient plasma research leading to fusion.
US10451387B2	Systems and methods for calibrating a conducted electrical weapon Systems and methods for calibrating a conducted electrical weapon (“CEW”) to provide a predetermined amount of current for each pulse of the stimulus signal. Providing the predetermined amount of current, close thereto, increases the effectiveness of the stimulus signal in impeding locomotion of a human or animal target. The calibration process enables a CEW to calibrate the amount of charge in a pulse of the stimulus signal in the environmental conditions where the tester operates and also in the field where the environmental conditions may be different from the environmental conditions during calibration.
US10451386B2	Systems and methods for calibrating a conducted electrical weapon Systems and methods for calibrating a conducted electrical weapon (“CEW”) to provide a predetermined amount of current for each pulse of the stimulus signal. Providing the predetermined amount of current, close thereto, increases the effectiveness of the stimulus signal in impeding locomotion of a human or animal target. The calibration process enables a CEW to calibrate the amount of charge in a pulse of the stimulus signal in the environmental conditions where the tester operates and also in the field where the environmental conditions may be different from the environmental conditions during calibration.
US10451382B2	Holster with rotatable locking element A locking holster having an at least partially locking element having at least one helix or helical protrusion that extends from at least a portion of the surface of the locking element. Alternatively, the locking element includes a helix or helical recess formed in at least a portion of the surface of the locking element.
US10451379B2	Air gun with adjustable trigger mechanism Techniques and componentry are disclosed for an air gun with an adjustable trigger mechanism. The air gun includes a cylinder attached to a barrel and a trigger mechanism. The trigger mechanism includes a sear operatively coupled to a trigger bar and configured to release a piston disposed within the cylinder in response to operating the trigger mechanism. Operatively coupled to the trigger bar is a trigger blade that includes a trigger stage bracket. The trigger stage bracket provides a second pull stage that operates with more resistance than a first pull stage during trigger blade movement. An adjustment screw is disposed within the trigger blade and is in contact with the trigger stage bracket. The adjustment screw positions the trigger stage bracket relative to the trigger blade to adjust a distance at which the trigger blade transitions from the first pull stage to the second pull stage.
US10451378B2	Reverse velocity jet tamper disrupter enhancer Provided herein are fluid jet enhancement adapters for use with a propellant driven disrupter. The adapter may comprise: a first end operably connected to a muzzle end of a propellant driven disrupter barrel and a second end, wherein a longitudinal region extends between the first end and the second end. The longitudinal region has: a longitudinal region inner surface that defines a longitudinal region lumen; a longitudinal region outer surface opposably facing the longitudinal region inner surface, with a longitudinal region wall having a wall thickness that separates the longitudinal region inner surface from the longitudinal region outer surface. The longitudinal region lumen has a first end inner diameter that is substantially equivalent to a muzzle inner diameter. The longitudinal region wall forms a continuous surface that radially isolates the longitudinal region lumen from a surrounding environment.
US10451377B1	Auxiliary catapult device of grenade An auxiliary catapult device of a grenade contains: a throwing tube, a launch unit, and a trigger unit. The throwing tube includes an outlet, a shoulder, a throwing object, two slots, a through orifice, and a first connection portion, wherein the throwing object has a safety lever. The launch unit includes a piston, a first spring, a piston rod, and a pull bar, wherein the piston has a passing orifice, and the piston rod has a receiving orifice and an engagement portion. The trigger unit includes a seat, a button, two retainers, and two second springs, wherein the seat has an accommodating space, an opening, and a second connection portion. The second connection portion of the seat is connected with the first connection portion of the throwing tube. The button has a notch, and each retainer has a hook and a tilted contact portion.
US10451372B2	Firearm cartridge conversion sleeve A firearm conversion sleeve is disclosed. The firearm conversion sleeve may include a main body with a distal end, a body portion, and a proximate end. The firearm conversion sleeve may include a bore extending through the main body from the distal end to the proximate end. The firearm conversion sleeve may also include a collar on the distal end of the main body. The bore may be configured to receive a bullet cartridge.
US10451369B1	Smooth operating, low effort ambidextrous charging handle An ambidextrous charging handle for a semi-automatic rifle comprises left and right handles, a mechanism for securing the charging handle to the rifle when not in use, and at least one roller bearing positioned to facilitate smooth operation of the securing mechanism. Friction-reducing features may be provided to improve the sliding operation of the charging handle. Construction using aluminum or titanium permits the use of anodizing to improve surface toughness.
US10451368B2	Device and method for generating steam comprising a container for collecting scale flakes The invention relates to a device (1) for generating steam. The device (1) comprises a first plate (2) being inclined at a positive first angle (A0) compared to the horizontal direction (H) to define a first upper end (2a) and a first lower end (2b), a heating element (3) to heat the first plate (2) to a predetermined temperature being at least above water evaporation temperature, a water inlet arrangement (4) for dispensing water onto the first plate (2), a second plate (5) being inclined at a negative second angle (B0) compared to the horizontal direction (H) to define a second upper end (5a) and a second lower end (5b), the second upper end (5a) adjoining the first lower end (2b), and a container (6) extending at least below said first lower end (2b), said container (6) being arranged for collecting scale flakes falling from the first plate (2). This solution allows creating a larger volume for the collection of scale, thus increasing the operating life of the device (1).
US10451366B2	Heat-exchanging and mixing device and solution transport and cooling unit Provided is a heat-exchanging and mixing device and a solution transport and cooling unit which are capable of efficiently performing heat transfer with respect to a heat-exchange target, while stirring and mixing the heat-exchange target, to obtain an advantageous effect of being able to significantly hinder accumulation of a solid content in the solution transport and cooling unit. The heat-exchanging and mixing device comprises a heat exchanger tube and a spiral mixing member having a width approximately equal to an inner diameter of the heat exchanger tube and disposed inside the heat exchanger tube. The spiral mixing member is comprised of a strip-shaped member having an inter-slit region.
US10451364B2	Collector box for a heat exchanger, in particular for a motor vehicle, cover for said box, and heat exchanger including such a box The invention relates to a collector box for a heat exchanger, in particular for a motor vehicle, including a collector plate (5), a cover (6), and a seal (7) for providing a seal between said collector plate (5) and said cover (6), said seal (7) including an attachment portion (22) configured so as to engage with at least one tube for circulating fluid of the heat exchanger, said attachment portion (22) having a projection (24) for grasping said seal, said cover having at least one recess (30) for accommodating said grasping projection (24). The invention also relates to a cover for said collector box and to a heat exchanger including such a collector box.
US10451360B2	Heat exchanger with integral anti-icing A heat exchanger includes a plurality of first and second fluid passages. The first fluid passages are defined by a pair of opposing first fluid passage walls and a plurality of first fluid diverters disposed between the first fluid passages walls. The second fluid passages are defined by a pair of opposing second fluid passage walls and a plurality of second fluid diverters disposed between the second fluid passage walls. The second fluid diverters include a body portion and a leading edge portion. The first fluid passage walls form a first fluid leading edge that extends upstream of the leading edge portion of the second fluid diverters. The second fluid passages extend in a direction perpendicular to the direction of the first fluid passages.
US10451356B2	Lost wax cast vapor chamber device A lost wax cast vapor chamber device is provided. Once a mesh is produced, a meltable core is formed from a meltable core material with the mesh positioned at least partially inside the core. Over the meltable core a metallic layer is formed, at least partially surrounding the meltable core. A chamber formed by the metallic layer is exposed by melting the meltable core to cause it to be removed from an internal void of the chamber, the internal void encapsulating the mesh. The melted material from the meltable core flows out an opening on at least one surface of the chamber. Subsequently, the internal void is filled at least partially with a working fluid and the opening is closed. The mesh supports the surfaces of the chamber against deformation under the vacuum of the internal void. Movement of working fluid by capillary action is facilitated by the mesh.
US10451355B2	Heat dissipation element A heat dissipation element includes a first and a second housing, and a first and a second working fluid. The first housing has a first inner space. At least one pipe is formed on one side of the first housing and has a second inner space. The first and the second inner space are communicable and together define a first chamber. The second housing has a second chamber. A first and a second working fluid is, respectively, provided in the first and the second chamber. One side of the second housing is fixedly connected to one end of the pipe. The first and the second chamber are incommunicable. With these arrangements, the heat dissipation element not only can provide better heat spreading and heat transfer effect, but also can be produced at largely lower manufacturing costs.
US10451352B2	Micro-channel heat exchanger The present invention discloses a novel micro-channel heat exchanger, comprising header pipes, a plurality of first flat pipes and fins, and further comprising a bending region formed by bending the header pipes, wherein second flat pipes and a bending assembly are provided in the bending region, the second flat pipes are connected between adjacent header pipes, the bending assembly is distributed between adjacent second flat pipes, and air is capable of passing through the bending assembly to circulate. On the premise that the performance of the heat exchanger is guaranteed, the present invention well solves the problem of fin deformation caused when the heat exchanger is bent along a length direction of the header pipes.
US10451349B2	Metallurgical container A metallurgical container (1) includes an outer wall (2), at least one connection element (4) for an electrode which is to be connected and/or a support element which is to be connected, and at least one transponder (3) which is surrounded by a protective housing (6) and can be read wirelessly. The transponder (3) is at a distance from the outer wall (2) on the container (1).
US10451348B2	Smelting process and apparatus A smelting vessel (4) for producing molten metal includes a refractory lined hearth that in use is in contact with molten slag or molten metal in the smelting vessel, and the hearth includes a plurality of heat pipes (2.1) positioned in a refractory lining of at least a part of the hearth for cooling the refractory lining.
US10451347B2	Condensation-controlling insulation system and method A condensation-controlling insulation system includes an interior insulation layer for application to a cold surface. The system may further include an exterior absorption layer adapted to retain condensation during a first environmental condition and to release the condensation as a vapor during a second environmental condition.
US10451345B2	Heating device for rotary drum freeze-dryer A heating device (124) for heating particles to be freeze-dried in a rotary drum (102) of a freeze-dryer (100) is provided, the device comprising at least one radiation emitter (202) for applying radiation heat to the particles, and a tube-shaped separator (204) for separating the particles from the at least one emitter (202). The separator (202) being integrally closed at one end and separating an emitter volume (206) encompassing the at least one emitter (202) from a drum process volume (126) inside the drum (102), wherein the heating device (124) protrudes into the drum process volume (126) such that said integrally closed end of the separator (204) is arranged inside the drum (102) as a free end.
US10451343B2	Ice thermal storage tank and water cooler having the same There are provided an ice thermal storage tank having excellent cold water generation efficiency and having a considerably reduced size, and a water cooler having the same. The ice thermal storage tank includes: a tank body accommodating an ice storage liquid cooled according to an ice thermal storage scheme; a cold water generation unit heat-exchanging introduced water with the cooled ice storage liquid to generate cold water; and a circulation unit extracting the ice storage liquid accommodated in the tank body to circulate it within the tank body. The water cooler includes: the thermal storage tank cooling water supplied from the outside; and a water dispensing unit dispensing cooled water from the ice thermal storage tank. Since an ice storage liquid is circulated without using a stirrer, the size of an ice thermal storage tank can be remarkably reduced, and thus, a water cooler is reduced in size.
US10451341B2	Computer-implemented method of monitoring the operation of a cargo shipping reefer container Techniques for remotely monitoring the operation of a cargo shipping reefer container configured with a refrigeration system that has installed therewith a control computer coupled with sensors monitoring the operation of the refrigeration system include: collecting a first and second set of observation data comprising a respective first and second sequence of measurement values measured by sensors coupled to the control computer; running a simulation model that receives the first set of observation data as input and outputs simulated values; the simulation model is configured to output the simulated values as estimates of the second set of the observations; computing an indicator value as a function of residual values computed from the difference between the values of the second set of observations and the simulated values; and evaluating the indicator value against a predefined criterion and issuing an alarm signal in case the predefined criterion is exceeded.
US10451336B2	Adjustable refrigerator compartment and door assembly A refrigerator includes a cabinet with an adjustable wall partitioning the cabinet between first and second storage compartments. An adjustment mechanism is coupled to the adjustable wall and includes a mounting portion that is slideably coupled to an underside of the adjustable wall between fore and aft positions. A retaining mechanism is operably coupled to the mounting portion and includes a plurality of engagement features that engage like engagement features disposed on the underside of the adjustable wall. The retaining mechanism is moved to the disengaged position to allow movement of the adjustment mechanism between the fore and aft positions. The adjustment mechanism further includes support guides downwardly extending from opposite sides of the mounting portion. The support guides are slideably received in inclined channels disposed on opposite sidewalls of the cabinet between raised and lowered positions as the adjustment mechanism moves between the fore and aft positions.
US10451334B2	Left-right door opening mechanism and refrigerator A left-right door opening mechanism comprises a hinge module arranged on a door body and a transmission module arranged on a cabinet body. The transmission module comprises a transmission bottom plate, two first gears oppositely arranged on the transmission bottom plate, a transmission rack which is in transmission through the first gears, and second gears which are in transmission with the first gears respectively. The transmission rack is guided and limited by the second gears. The hinge module comprises a hinge bottom plate and two hinges oppositely arranged on the hinge bottom plate. The hinges are in transmission with the first gears. When the two hinges are respectively meshed with the first gears, the door body is locked. When the hinge on one side is disengaged from the first gear but the hinge on the other side is still meshed with the other first gear, the door body is opened.
US10451330B2	Automatic vending machine Automatic vending machine which cools products for sale. Sale of products not in an appropriate temperature state is prevented. A cooling device executes a partial cooling operation for cooling the product located on a lower side of the plurality of products stored in a product storage chamber when lower space temperature T1 inside the chamber becomes higher than upper-limit value TSu of set temperature range (S1→S2). Then, when the lower space temperature T1 is decreased to a lower-limit value TSL of the set temperature range, the automatic vending machine executes an entire cooling operation for cooling all the plurality of products (S3→S4). Furthermore, when the lower space temperature T1 becomes higher than upper-limit value TSu of the set temperature range during execution of the entire cooling operation, the automatic vending machine stops the entire cooling operation to execute the partial cooling operation (S5→S6).
US10451320B2	Refrigerator appliance with water condensing features A refrigerator appliance includes a cabinet that defines a chilled chamber. The cabinet has a duct with an inlet and an outlet. The inlet and outlet of the duct is contiguous with the chilled chamber of the cabinet such that air within the chilled chamber is flowable into the duct at the inlet of the duct and air within the duct is flowable into the chilled chamber at the outlet of the duct. A heat pump system is operable to cool the chilled chamber of the cabinet. The heat pump system includes a cold side heat exchanger in thermal communication with the air within the duct. The heat pump system also includes features for condensing water vapor from the air within the duct prior to the cold side heat exchanger.
US10451319B2	One-piece part including a magnetocaloric material including an alloy including iron and silicon and at least one lanthanide, and method for manufacturing said one-piece part A one-piece part based on magnetocaloric material comprising an alloy comprising iron and silicon and a lanthanide, comprises a base in a first plane defined by a first and second direction and N unitary blades secured to the base; the blades having a first and second dimension in the first and second direction, respectively, and a third dimension in a third direction at right angles to the first and second dimensions; an ith blade being separated from an (i+1)th blade by an ith distance; the ratio between the second dimension and first dimension being at least 10; the ratio between the third dimension and first dimension being at least 6; the first dimension being the same order of magnitude as the distance separating an ith blade from an (i+1)th blade. The magnetocaloric material can be rare-earth alloy or a composite material based on polymer binder and rare-earth alloy.
US10451313B2	Efficient solar energy collector The invention relates to a solar conversion system, comprising solar focusing means for focusing solar energy incident thereon into a solar beam, said solar beam at its smallest cross section having a cross section less than about ten percent of the cross section of the solar focusing means, container means to retain a fluid to be heated by solar energy, said container means having an opening approximately the size of the smallest cross section of the solar beam, positioning means operable for positioning said focusing means so that the smallest cross section of said solar beam is located at the opening so that substantially all of the solar beam enters into said container, dispersing means positioned in said container in the path of said solar beam operable to disperse the solar beam in said container, thereby reducing the amount of reflected solar beam exiting the opening.
US10451311B2	Gas heating device The gas heating device comprises: a heat exchange tube (20); a gas chamber (30) provided with a pressurized gas inlet (31) and with gas injection nozzles (40) turned and open to an inlet end (21) of the heat exchange tube (20). Each gas injection nozzle (40) has only one inlet (41) open to the gas chamber (30), and one outlet (42) with its axis (Y) lying on a vertical plane (P) containing the horizontal axis (X) of the heat exchange tube (20), each gas injection nozzle (40) being associated with a deflector (50) affixed to the gas inlet chamber (30) and having an inclined deflecting plate (52) sectioned by the axis (Y) of the outlet (42) of the respective gas injection nozzle (40), said deflector (50) of one gas injection nozzle (40) being disposed on a side of the vertical plane (P) opposite to the side on which is provided the deflector (50) of an adjacent gas injection nozzle (40), an outlet end (22) of the heat exchange tube (20) being partially blocked by a deflecting cover (60).
US10451309B2	Heater and a heat exchanger installation A heater comprises an inlet for a medium to be heated, an outlet for the medium, and at least two cassettes. Each cassette comprising a first plate comprising a first main surface and a second plate comprising a second main surface. The first and second plates are attached to each other and enclose a respective flow channel for the medium. The cassettes are arranged beside each other with a space between the cassettes for an electric heating element. The electric heating element abuts the first main surface of one of the cassettes and the second main surface of the adjacent cassette. The heater comprises two distance members extending between the one cassette and the adjacent cassette. The distance members define the space.
US10451306B2	Air-conditioning apparatus An air-conditioning apparatus, including an outdoor unit including a compressor and an outdoor heat exchanger, a plurality of indoor units each including an indoor heat exchanger, and a relay unit configured to distribute refrigerant supplied from the outdoor unit to the plurality of indoor units, the relay unit including a first branch unit in which liquid-side pipes connected to the plurality of indoor units join together, and a refrigerant shutoff valve, which is configured to control bidirectional flow of the refrigerant, and is provided to the first branch unit, the number of the refrigerant shut off valve being smaller than a number of the plurality of indoor units.
US10451303B1	Electronic detection of vent blockage and blower malfunction in temperature control systems A temperature control system includes a blower impeller assembly that has a blower impeller, a motor coupled to and configured to drive the blower impeller, and a sensor that is coupled to the motor and configured to measure current drawn by the motor to maintain the blower impeller at a set angular speed. Further, the temperature control system includes a controller that is communicatively coupled to the sensor. The controller electronically detects at least one of a blockage in a vent coupled to the temperature control system and a malfunction of the blower impeller based on an amount of the current drawn by the motor to maintain the blower impeller at the set angular speed.
US10451283B2	Sequential combustor arrangement with a mixer A sequential combustor arrangement and method are disclosed which can include a first burner, a first combustion chamber, a mixer for admixing a dilution gas to the hot gases leaving the first combustion chamber during operation, a second burner, and a second combustion chamber arranged sequentially in a fluid flow connection. The mixer can include at least one injection opening in the mixer wall for admixing the dilution gas to cool the hot flue gases leaving the first combustion chamber. Further, the mixer can include a damper with a damper volume and a neck connecting the damper volume to the mixer, for modulating and damping pressure pulsations inside the mixer.
US10451280B2	Combustor panel having material transition region A combustor thermal shield is provided. The combustor thermal shield may have a combustor panel that may protect a surface of a combustor from heat and/or flame. The combustor thermal shield may be mounted to the combustor by an attachment stud formed as a unitary body with the combustor panel. The combustor panel and the attachment stud may be made of different materials. A transition region may be disposed between the attachment stud and the combustor thermal shield and formed as a unitary body with the combustor panel and the attachment stud. The transition region may be made of a mixture of the different materials. The mixture may vary according to a gradient as a function of proximity to the combustor panel and the attachment stud.
US10451274B2	Method and system for effluent combustion Methods and systems of burning a multi-phase hydrocarbon fluid include determining a water content of the multi-phase hydrocarbon fluid, communicating the multiphase hydrocarbon fluid to a fuel port of a burner in a primary fuel flow, initiating a flame at the burner to combust the multi-phase hydrocarbon fluid, communicating an auxiliary fuel source to the burner fuel port in an auxiliary fuel flow, and controlling the primary and auxiliary fuel flows based on the water content of the multi-phase hydrocarbon fluid.
US10451269B2	System and method for supporting a boiler load A support system for a boiler includes a plurality of support assemblies arranged intermediate a ground surface and the boiler. Each of the support assemblies include a first support leg having a lower end operatively connected to the ground surface and an upper end operatively connected to the boiler, a second support leg having a lower end operatively connected to the ground surface and an upper end operatively connected to the boiler, and at least one spring operatively connected to the first support leg and the second support leg and extending generally horizontally between the first support leg and the second support leg.
US10451265B2	Book with a support for a light source A book including a bracket for maintaining a light source at a predetermined position such that, in use, the light source, or mobile phone, illuminates at least one pop-up slide included in the book and casts its shadow, and/or projects an image after the light passes through it, onto an adjacent surface, or wall, for viewing thereof.
US10451259B2	Headlight, vehicle with headlight and method for monitoring a headlight A headlight featuring a laser light source and a converter for converting a short-wave laser beam generated by the laser light source into white light. The headlight also includes a light-forming element for creating a beam path using the white light of the laser light source, as well as an IR sensor for measuring the IR radiation generated by the converter.
US10451250B2	Light-emitting devices providing asymmetrical propagation of light A variety of light-emitting devices for general illumination utilizing solid state light sources (e.g., light emitting diodes) are disclosed. In general, the devices include a scattering element in combination with an extractor element. The scattering element, which may include elastic and/or inelastic scattering centers, is spaced apart from the light source element. Opposite sides of the scattering element have asymmetric optical interfaces, there being a larger refractive index mismatch at the interface facing the light emitting element than the interface between the scattering element and the extractor element. Such a structure favors forward scattering of light from the scattering element. In other words, the system favors scattering out of the scattering element into the extractor element over backscattering light towards the light source element. The extractor element, in turn, is sized and shaped to reduce reflection of light exiting the light-emitting device at the devices interface with the ambient environment.
US10451248B2	Arrangement of a lamp on a reflector of a lighting device for a vehicle An illumination device for a vehicle includes a reflector having a rear-side lamp opening and a protective collar formed around the lamp opening. The protective collar has an inner diameter and has a cut-out of a peripheral segment. A lamp has a lamp axis and is configured to be received in the lamp opening by an introduction movement in a direction of the lamp axis and a rotary movement about the lamp axis. The rotary movement of the lamp about the lamp axis defines a rotational space of the lamp. An electrical contact plug element is configured to connect to the lamp. The inner diameter is slightly larger than the rotational space defined by the lamp. The cut-out of the protective collar is configured to receive the plug element such that the plug element is disposed through the cutout peripheral segment when connected to the lamp.
US10451246B2	Microlens arrangement and illumination device for uniform illumination with microlens arrangement The invention relates to a microlens arrangement (12) and an illumination device (10) for uniformly illuminating of an area (F), with a light source (11) and a microlens arrangement (12). In order to illuminate the area (F) to be illuminated as homogeneously as possible, the at least one microlens (1) of the microlens arrangement (12) has an entrance face (2) which is shaped such that monochromatic light incident on the microlens (1) and propagating parallel to the optical axis (O) is refracted by the entrance face (2) such that back focal lengths (S1, S2, S3) of the light with the optical axis (O) increase with the height of incidence (E1, E2, E3).
US10451244B2	Cooling air duct for motor vehicle headlamp A headlamp, notably for a motor vehicle, comprising several light modules and an air cooling duct for the light modules with at least one air inlet for one or more fans, several air outlets to the light modules, and a passage connecting the one or more inlets with the outlets. The duct comprises at least one attached separating wall of the passage.
US10451240B2	Rotary lighting module A lighting module for a motor vehicle including at least one light source designed to emit light rays, optical deviation elements mounted movably in rotation about a first axis of rotation and arranged so as to deviate the light rays to form a light beam, and an actuator designed to rotate the optical element. According to the invention, the module is also designed to be movable in rotation about a second of rotation.
US10451239B2	Headlight module and headlight device A headlight module includes: a light source for emitting light; a condensing optical element for concentrating the light; and an optical element including an incident surface for receiving the concentrated light, a reflecting surface for reflecting the received light, and an emitting surface for emitting the reflected light. The condensing optical element changes a divergence angle of the light to form a light distribution pattern. The reflected light and light that enters the optical element and is not reflected by the reflecting surface are superposed on a plane including a point located at a focal position of the emitting surface in a direction of an optical axis of the emitting surface and being perpendicular to the optical axis, thereby forming a high luminous intensity region in the light distribution pattern on the plane. The emitting surface has positive refractive power and projects the light distribution pattern formed on the plane.
US10451238B2	Vehicle light module compatible with driving on the left and driving on the right The invention relates to a light module for a motor vehicle comprising an optical element intended to generate a beam with a partly oblique cut-off, the optical element comprising at least one optical portion having an optical axis, and at least one light source configured to cooperate with said portion intended to generate at least the part of the beam comprising the oblique cut-off. The optical module comprises at least two distinct positions for arranging the light source, the light source occupying one of the two positions, each of the positions being defined on either side of the optical axis of the optical portion so as to generate a beam with oblique cut-off to the right in the first position and a beam with oblique cut-off to the left in the second position.
US10451237B1	Lighting device of a motor vehicle headlight A lighting device (1) comprising: a first light source arrangement (2), a light-shaping device (3) arranged after the first light source arrangement (2), a first reflector (4,4′) having a first focal point (f1) and a second reflector (5, 5′) having a second focal point (f2), an additional second light source arrangement (6), which is arranged outside on the second reflector (5, 5′), wherein a recess is provided for this purpose on the second reflector (5, 5′), and a termination plate (8) positioned in the exit opening of the second reflector (5, 5′), wherein the light emitted from the light source arrangement (2) is directed by means of the light-shaping device (3) onto the first reflector (4, 4′), wherein the first reflector (4, 4′) deflects the light beams onto the second reflector (5, 5′), and the light beams reflected by the second reflector (5, 5′) are cast out in a desired exit direction by the termination plate (8) in the form of a defined light distribution, wherein the second light source arrangement (6) casts out an additional light output in the desired exit direction.
US10451236B2	Lamp for vehicle and vehicle having the same A lamp for a vehicle includes a light generation unit configured to generate light, and a lens configured to change an optical path of light generated by the light generation unit. The light generation unit includes a plurality of array modules arranged in a stacked configuration in which each array module includes a plurality of micro Light Emitting Diode (LED) devices.
US10451234B2	Electronic candle An electronic candle is provided, wherein the electronic candle includes at least one lamp bead having at least two light emitting elements provided therein; the at least two light emitting elements change lights emitted therefrom to form a flickering effect. Using the electronic candle of this type, space utilization in the electronic candle is improved, and production cost is reduced.
US10451231B2	Optical device and lighting device comprising the optical device The present invention discloses an optical device (100) and a lighting device for illuminating two intersecting surfaces (S1, S2). The optical device (100) comprises a first light guiding structure (120) for redirecting light from a light source (200) into a first direction and a second light guiding structure (130) for redirecting light from the light source (200) into a second direction different from the first direction, wherein the optical device (100) is arranged to prevent light from the light source (200) from being redirected in a direction between the first and second directions. By positioning the lighting device (100) at the intersection of two surfaces (S1, S2) such as can be found in a step, or at a corner of a wall, or at a corner inside a closet, or on the intersection area of ceilings, the two intersecting surfaces can be illuminated at the same time with comfortable light distribution, using a simple structure that can be easily installed.
US10451225B2	Lighting module and lighting apparatus A lighting module includes a mounting board; a plurality of first light sources located on the mounting board; and one or more second light sources located on the mounting board. A wavelength range and/or a correlated color temperature of the plurality of first light sources is different from a wavelength range and/or a correlated color temperature of the one or more second light sources. A quantity of the first light sources is greater than a quantity of the one or more second light sources. A light distribution angle of each of the one or more second light sources is greater than a light distribution angle of each of the plurality of first light sources.
US10451221B2	Interchangeable dosing arm device, system and method A doser for dispensing a cryogenic fluid includes a doser body configured to receive the cryogenic fluid. The dosing arm has a proximal end and a distal end and a central passage extending between the proximal and distal ends. Furthermore, the dosing arm is configured to receive cryogenic fluid from the doser body. A bayonet connection removably connects the proximal end of the dosing arm to the doser body. A dosing head is mounted to the distal end of the dosing arm and is configured to receive cryogenic fluid from the central passage of the dosing arm and to dispense the cryogenic fluid.
US10451220B2	Fuel gas tank filling system and method In at least some implementations, a device for filling a fuel gas storage tank includes a nozzle body having an inflow passage arranged to communicate a fuel gas source with the storage tank and an outflow passage arranged to receive an outflow of fuel gas from the storage tank. The inflow passage may be communicated with an inlet passage to admit fuel gas into the storage tank and the outflow passage may be communicated with an outlet passage through which fuel gas exits the storage tank. The outflow passage may be communicated with a downstream component for treatment of the outflow fuel gas, such as filtering, drying, and/or cooling. The outflow fuel gas may be rerouted into the fuel gas storage tank through the inflow passage and inlet passage, if desired. The disclosure also relates to a fitting for a storage tank and a method of filling a storage tank.
US10451218B2	Bracketed support for a double walled cryogenic storage vessel Unconstrained rotational movement of an inner vessel with respect to an outer vessel at one end of a cryogenic storage vessel increases stress in supports at an opposite end. A storage vessel for holding a cryogenic fluid comprises an inner vessel defining a cryogen space and having a longitudinal axis, and an outer vessel spaced apart from and surrounding the inner vessel, defining a thermally insulating space between the inner and outer vessels. A structure for supporting the inner vessel within the outer vessel at one end comprises an inner vessel support bracket connected with the inner vessel, an outer vessel support bracket connected with the outer vessel, and an elongated support extending between and mutually engaging the inner and outer support brackets to constrain radial and rotational movement of the inner vessel with respect to the outer vessel and to allow axial movement of the inner vessel with respect to the outer vessel along the longitudinal axis.
US10451217B2	Medical suspension device comprising an offset arm A suspension device making it possible to suspend items of equipment (7, 7′) under a support structure comprises an anchor bracket (2) designed to be anchored axially to the support structure, two distribution arms (9, 10, 9′, 10′) that are adjustable up and down and that are designed to carry the items of equipment (7, 7′), and that are connected to the anchor bracket (2) via pivot articulations (11, 11′), each of which is offset from the anchor bracket (2) via a stationary offsetting arm (8, 8′; 8″).
US10451213B2	Supporting stand A supporting stand includes a base and a bracket. The base has a sliding rail structure, and the sliding rail structure includes a first rail and a second rail. The bracket is slidably disposed on the sliding rail structure and adapted to slide along the first rail and the second rail. When the bracket slides along the first rail, the bracket moves upward or downward, and when the bracket slides along the second rail, a tilting angle of the bracket relative to the base is changed.
US10451212B2	Device and method for attaching an optical unit A device for fixing an optical device is disclosed. The device has a housing, an actuating device having an adjustable actuating element, an expansion sleeve having a plurality of expansion segments, which can be displaced in a plane perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the expansion sleeve between a closed state and an expanded state, and a first adjusting device, which converts a movement of the actuating device into a radial movement of the expansion segments in the plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the expansion sleeve. The expansion segments can be inserted into the receiving opening of the optical device in the closed state of the expansion sleeve and, in the expanded state, form a force-fitting or form-fitting connection with the receiving opening of the optical device.
US10451211B2	Radical-neutralizing coating for a lubricant system A method may comprise preparing a radical-neutralizing composition comprising a cerium compound and a carrier; applying the radical-neutralizing composition to a passageway surface of a lubricant passageway in a lubricant system component; and/or drying the radical-neutralizing composition to form a radical-neutralizing coating on the passageway surface comprising cerium oxide.
US10451197B2	System for guiding a plurality of adjacently arranged conduits System for guiding a plurality of adjacently arranged conduits (1), which system comprises a frame configuration (2) which is configured to guide the conduits and to form a connection with an attachment surface or attachment points, wherein the system further comprises locking elements (3), which extend transversely to the conduits, wherein the locking elements are able to provide a releasable connection with the frame configuration, and wherein the system further comprises spiral locking springs (4), which extend transversely to the conduits, wherein the spiral locking springs are configured to secure the arrangement of the adjacently arranged conduits, in cooperation with the locking elements. For example, the frame configuration is a ladder-shaped frame or comprises one or more frame sections (5, 5′). The locking elements may extend on the inner side or the outer side of the spiral locking springs.
US10451194B2	Valve shutter and valve including said shutter Valve shutter (1) comprising a main portion (2) made of a non-deformable material and a secondary portion (3) made of a deformable and resilient material as to be able to deform progressively in the transition between the open configuration and the closed configuration of a valve (100), and vice versa. The secondary portion (3) includes at least an inner chamber (6) enclosed between the main portion (2) and the secondary portion (3), having at least a through hole (7) suitable for putting the inner chamber (6) in fluid communication with a chamber (102) of a valve body (101) of the valve (100). The inner chamber (6) is configured to be progressively filled, at least partially, by a fluid during the transition between the closed configuration and the open configuration, and to be progressively emptied during the transition between the open configuration and the closed configuration.
US10451191B2	Solenoid valve device for a motor vehicle A solenoid valve device for a motor vehicle includes a solenoid valve having an electromagnet, and a fastening device configured to fasten the solenoid valve to a motor vehicle body of the motor vehicle. The fastening device has a carrier element for attachment of the solenoid valve, and holding arms extending from the carrier element for mounting the carrier element to the motor vehicle body. The holding arms support the solenoid valve, at least in part, between them and are made elastic in a pulling direction of the electromagnet of the solenoid valve.
US10451185B2	Seal ring Provided is a seal ring causing less friction and having a low oil leakage property even under a state in which a shaft rotation frequency or a housing rotation frequency is high, and being capable of reducing a shaft rotation torque. A level difference portion that forms a second width smaller than a first width is formed on a longitudinal sectional shape of the seal ring as viewed in a circumferential direction from a seal ring outer peripheral surface side toward a seal ring inner peripheral surface side. The level difference portion is formed so that a center line of the second width in the circumferential direction of the seal ring in which a sealed fluid flows draws a trajectory of extending along the circumferential direction and shifting from an abutment joint end surface on an inner periphery side of a seal ring abutment joint portion at one end toward an abutment joint end surface on the inner periphery side of the seal ring abutment joint portion at another end so as to be closer to the seal ring contact surface.
US10451183B2	Transmission control system A transmission which includes input and output shafts and first and second step-down devices for producing various step-down ratios. The first and second step-down devices are associated with first and second controllable clutches, respectively, in order to connect, in a torque-transmitting manner, the respective step-down device between the input shaft and the output shaft. A first gear of the transmission is obtained by actuating the first clutch and a second gear by actuating the second clutch. A method of controlling a gearshift, from the first gear to the second gear, includes the steps of determining operating condition parameters of the transmission; and determining optimized degrees of actuation of the clutches by a search process related to a transmission model that determines the degrees of actuation on the basis of operating condition parameters in relation to a predetermined optimization criterion. The transmission model is based on slip.
US10451180B2	Control device A control device that includes an electronic control unit that is configured to: detect an actual current value flowing through the solenoid valve; receive a current command value and the actual current value detected and generate a primary command voltage value while feeding back the current command value on the basis of the actual current value; calculate a dither command voltage value to cause a periodic voltage oscillation; filter the actual current value detected to remove a frequency corresponding to a period of the dither command voltage value and output the filtered actual current value; generate a secondary command voltage value by superimposing the dither command voltage value generated on the primary command voltage value generated; convert the secondary command voltage value generated into a PWM signal; and generate, on the basis of the PWM signal generated, an application voltage to be applied to the solenoid valve.
US10451178B2	Engine-off auxiliary hydraulic pressurization system and method for a transmission An auxiliary hydraulic pressurization system for use with a vehicle including a transmission having a hydraulic reservoir, a hydraulic circuit, and a main pump may include an auxiliary pump and a controller. The auxiliary pump has a low side adapted to be coupled to the hydraulic reservoir and a high side adapted to be coupled to the hydraulic circuit. The controller is electrically connectable to the auxiliary pump and is configured to turn on the auxiliary pump in response to receipt of a signal indicating that the vehicle is in a stop condition to maintain hydraulic pressurization of the hydraulic circuit of the transmission when the vehicle is in the stop condition.
US10451173B2	Control device for dual-clutch transmission Provided is a shifting control device having a shifting control unit configured to, in a case where, when upshifting which involves switching of a clutch and changing of a shift main gear is performed, a number of revolutions of an input shaft connected to a to-be-engaged clutch is higher than a number of revolutions of the engine, or a case where, when downshifting which involves the switching of the clutch and the changing of the shift main gear is performed, the number of revolutions of the input shaft connected to the to-be-engaged clutch is lower than the number of revolutions of the engine, increase an amount of an hydraulic oil to a maximum lubrication amount during a period of time from when gear disconnecting is completed until the number of revolutions of the input shaft becomes equal to the number of revolutions of the engine.
US10451171B1	Fluid expansion tank A hydraulic fluid expansion tank is located inside a housing of a drive device. The expansion tank comprises a siphon tube in communication with a sump located within the drive device and also comprises a vent opening in communication with a vent of the drive device that is in communication with atmospheric pressure. The fluid expansion tank is positioned and restrained within the drive device without the use of fasteners.
US10451169B2	Dual splined shaft The present disclosure provides a lubricating system for a dual splined hollow shaft. A fluid dam is formed circumferentially within the hollow shaft to control the lubrication of the dual splines. The fluid dam includes a pair of sidewalls extending radially inward from the inner wall of the hollow shaft to a height defined by a top wait. A channel formed through the pair of sidewalls permits the movement of lubricant between splines of the hollow shaft. An egress port extends from the top wall of the dam through the outer wall of the hollow shaft to permit lubricant to exit the hollow shaft.
US10451168B2	Fluid condition monitoring device A fluid condition monitoring device includes a sensing assembly including a sensor and a transducer, the sensor to sense a property of the fluid and the transducer to apply a test signal to the fluid and receive a return signal from the fluid; a control assembly coupled to the sensing assembly, the control assembly including a controller and an input/output interface, the controller interfacing with the transducer to generate fluid condition information in response to the return signal; and an interface assembly coupled to the control assembly, the interface assembly including a connection to the input/output interface to transmit the fluid condition information to an external system.
US10451159B2	Switchable one-way clutch A switchable one-way clutch is able to switch between operating as a one-way clutch and a clutch that locks in both directions. The clutch includes an inner race, and an outer race that includes an inner surface with a plurality of ramped profiles. A control plate is located radially outward from the inner race and moveable in an axial direction relative to the outer race. A plurality of rollers are contactable with the outer and inner races. A roller cage is configured to position and contain the plurality of rollers. A hydraulic piston is coupled to an actuator arm, such that movement of the piston along the axis moves the actuator arm along the axis. To switch and engage the clutch such that rotation is locked in both directions, the piston and actuator arm move axially to hold the control plate and attached roller cage against rotation.
US10451158B2	Torque converter configured for cross-flow to pressure chambers A torque converter, including: a cover; a lock-up clutch with a piston plate; an output hub; a first hub including a through-bore; a chamber bounded by the turbine; an apply chamber bounded by the piston plate; a release chamber bounded by the cover, the first hub, and the piston plate; a first flow path; a through-bore through the first hub; and a second flow path. The second flow path: is sealed from the first chamber; passes through the through-bore; and includes a portion circumferentially aligned with the first flow path. A line in an axial direction passes through the through-bore without intersecting the first hub. For a lock-up mode, pressurized fluid in the apply chamber displaces the piston plate in a first axial direction. For a torque converter mode, pressurized fluid in the release chamber displaces the piston plate in a second axial direction.
US10451157B2	Lock-up device for torque converter A lock-up device includes a clutch portion, an intermediate member, a driven plate, a damper portion and a dynamic damper device. The clutch portion is a portion into which a torque is inputted from a front cover. The intermediate member is a member into which the torque is inputted from the clutch portion. The driven plate is rotatable relatively to the intermediate member and is coupled to a turbine hub. The damper portion elastically couples the intermediate member and the driven plate in a rotational direction. The dynamic damper device is mounted to an outer peripheral part of the driven plate and attenuates fluctuation in a rotational speed.
US10451153B2	Chain tensioner Provided is a chain tensioner. The chain tensioner includes a guide member, a support member spaced apart from the guide member, and at least one first coil spring disposed between the guide member and the support member to elastically support the guide member.
US10451152B2	Power transmission apparatus for vehicle A power transmission apparatus for a vehicle includes a first input shaft selectively connected with an engine output shaft through a first clutch; a second input shaft selectively connected to the engine output shaft through a second clutch; a third input shaft selectively connected to the engine output shaft through a third clutch; a power transmission shaft disposed about the external circumference of the second input shaft; first and second center shafts selectively connected with each other through a fourth clutch; an idle shaft disposed in parallel with the first input shaft; a fixed transmission for selectively shifting torque input to various shafts and outputting the torque through the second center shaft and the power transmission shaft; a composite transmission configured to complementarily composite shift and output input torque; and an output shaft outputting the torque transmitted from the composite transmission to a final reduction gear.
US10451151B2	Planetary gear train of automatic transmission for vehicle A planetary gear train may include first to third gear sets having three elements, respectively, the first and second gear sets mounted on input shaft, the third gear set mounted on output shaft, first shaft fixed to the first element and selectively connectable to the input shaft and housing, second shaft fixed to the second and sixth elements and selectively connectable to the input shaft and the housing, third shaft fixed to the third and fifth elements, fourth shaft fixed to the fourth element and selectively connectable to the housing, fifth shaft fixed to the seventh element and engaged with the third shaft, sixth shaft fixed to the eighth element and selectively connectable to the input shaft, seventh shaft fixed to the ninth element and the output shaft and selectively connectable to the fifth shaft, and two transfer gears each engaged between corresponding pair of shafts.
US10451146B2	Two-speed transmission having two clutches for electric vehicle A two-speed transmission having two clutches for an electric vehicle includes an electric motor, a middle shaft, a first clutch, a second clutch, a first gear assembly and a second gear assembly. The electric motor includes a spindle. The first and second clutches are furnished on the middle shaft coaxially. The first gear assembly is furnished on the spindle and the first clutch respectively to generate a first gear ratio. The second gear assembly is furnished on the spindle and the first clutch respectively to generate a second gear ratio different from the first gear ratio. When the first clutch is activated to connect with the middle shaft, the second clutch separates from the middle shaft, and the electric motor outputs a first torque corresponding to the first gear ratio to the middle shaft. Similarly, the electric motor outputs a second torque corresponding to the second gear ratio.
US10451140B2	Damping support device A mounting device, in particular to the mounting of an internal combustion engine on a chassis of a motor vehicle, which is provided with a fluid working chamber that is fluidically connected via at least one fluid channel to a fluid equalization chamber via at least one fluid channel in a housing. At the same time, a fluid damping chamber is provided, which is separated by an elastic membrane from the fluid working chamber and which is connected with fluidic connection via a throttling channel to an outer environment of the mounting device. The throttling channel is formed by a replaceable throttling element separately from the housing.
US10451134B2	Electromagnetic actuator and active vibration-damping device An electromagnetic actuator including: an outer housing member wherein outer peripheral edges of lid members are fixed respectively to opposite axial sides of the outer tubular member; an inner axial member elastically-connected to the outer housing member by plate springs at opposite axial sides thereof such that central portions of the plate springs are attached to the inner axial member, while outer peripheral edges of the plate springs are clamped and fixed between the outer tubular member and the respective lid members; a stator and a mover having electromagnetic oscillation force between them securely-assembled to the outer housing member and the inner axial member; and integrally-formed seal rubber and stopper rubber provided at inner faces of the lid members to seal a fixation part to the outer tubular member and to cushion strike of the inner axial member against the lid members, respectively.
US10451130B2	Residual braking torque indication devices, systems, and methods Various residual braking torque indication devices, systems, and methods are described. The devices, systems, and methods can include a sensorized brake pad. An output signal of the sensorized brake pad can be processed to provide an indication of a residual braking torque. The residual braking torque indicator can be calibrated to reference data to provide an actual measurement of the residual braking torque.
US10451126B2	Control device of vehicle power transmission device A control device of a vehicle power transmission device including a first power transmission path transmitting power by engaging a first clutch, a sub-clutch and a second power transmission path transmitting power by engaging a second clutch each disposed between an engine and drive wheels and parallel to each other, the device including a fail-safe valve for preventing simultaneous engagement of the first and second clutches, the fail-safe valve configured to be switched to a fail-safe spool position preventing simultaneous engagement of the first and second clutches by a hydraulic pressure of a hydraulic fluid supplied to the first clutch or an output pressure of a first electromagnetic valve controlling the hydraulic pressure and the hydraulic pressure of the hydraulic fluid supplied to the second clutch or an output pressure of a second electromagnetic valve controlling the hydraulic pressure, the second electromagnetic valve configured to increase the output pressure.
US10451123B2	Method for reversing a direction of travel of a working machine comprising a power split transmission A reversing method for reversing a travel direction of a working machine with a power-split transmission in which control signals are emitted by a control unit such that a reversing clutch, for the current travel direction, is disengaged and a reversing clutch for the new travel direction is engaged. The reversing clutches are controlled by control variables. If there is a difference between a reference control magnitude and a target control variable, the control variable is adapted. An adapted control signal is emitted, with which the reversing clutches are actuated, and for determining the target control variables for the disengaging and engaging of the reversing clutches, in addition to a translational factor and a rotational factor a load-dependent factor is determined and processed.
US10451117B2	Connection for transmitting torque and axial forces A connection for connecting a first member with a second member. The connection includes a torque transmitting connection between the first member and the second member and an axial force transmitting connection between the first member and the second member. The axial force transmitting connection includes a first exterior shoulder on the first member, a second exterior shoulder on the second member, a first collar having a first interior shoulder for engaging with the first exterior shoulder, a second collar having a second interior shoulder for engaging with the second exterior shoulder, and a collar connection between the first collar and the second collar for transmitting an axial force between the first collar and the second collar.
US10451115B2	Magnetic fluid sealing device and magnetic fluid sealed bearing One object is to provide a magnetic fluid sealing device in which a magnetic fluid retained between a polar plate and a drive portion can be effectively prevented from spilling, so as to retain waterproofness for a long period. A magnetic fluid sealing device of the present invention includes a ring-shaped polar plate encircling a drive portion and retaining a magnet; and a magnetic fluid retained in a gap between the drive portion and the polar plate by a magnetic force of the magnet. The polar plate has a spill preventing portion provided thereon, the spill preventing portion having a projecting wall that is disposed distant from an end surface of the polar plate retaining the magnetic fluid, so as to prevent spill of the magnetic fluid.
US10451114B1	Inner ring for a bearing and method for proportioning lubricant to a bearing An inner ring for a bearing comprises a ring body including outer and inner surfaces each extending in a circumferential direction about a longitudinal axis. The outer surface is disposed radially outside the inner surface and includes (a) a raceway for supporting circumferentially arranged rolling elements, (b) a forward separator land, and (c) an aft separator land, where the raceway is axially situated between the forward and aft separator lands. The inner surface includes an annular groove for containing a lubricant under centrifugal forces. Flow passages for distributing the lubricant extend through the ring body from the inner surface to the outer surface, including a set of first flow passages extending from the annular groove to the raceway, a set of second flow passages extending from the annular groove to the forward separator land, and a set of third flow passages extending from the annular groove to the aft separator land.
US10451112B2	Ball bearing cage Cages for ball bearings are disclosed. In one example, a ball bearing cage includes two side rings interconnected by webs. Rolling element pockets, each of which may have a square basic shape with rounded corners, may be formed in a circumferential direction between the webs. The side rings, together with the webs, may form a guide contour of each rolling element pocket. The pockets may have four convex side contours between the corners thereof, and the side contours may point in a direction opposite to rounded portions in the corners.
US10451111B2	Thermosetting resin composition, sliding member and method for producing sliding member A thermosetting resin composition includes an epoxy compound having an isocyanuric acid ring represented by the following formula (1), and a solid lubricant.
US10451109B1	Linear guide bearing and associated quick-change system A linear guide bearing and an associated quick-connect system are provided. The linear guide bearing includes a carriage that moves linearly along a guide rail. The carriage includes an upper surface having a groove defined therein, and a depression formed in the groove. A tool is configured to connect to the carriage in a quick-connect fashion. To do so, the tool has a spring-loaded plunger biased downward toward the carriage. As the tool is slid along the groove of the carriage, the tip of the plunger is biased to depress into the depression in the groove. To release the tool from the carriage, a force can be applied sufficient to overcome the spring-bias force to allow the tool to lift off from the carriage.
US10451106B2	Rotary bearing A rotary bearing, in particular a large open-centered ring bearing, having two concentric bearing races, of which one bearing race has a groove which is open toward the other bearing race, and the other bearing race has a lug ring that engages in the aforementioned groove. The lug ring can be supported against the groove in the axial and radial directions of the rotary bearing with a plurality of bearing assemblies that include at least two axial bearings mounted on opposite lug ring end faces, and at least one radial bearing that is mounted on an outer surface of the lug ring. The plurality of bearing assemblies have at least one sliding bearing and at least one rolling bearing situated between the lug ring and the groove.
US10451105B2	Journal bearing and rotary machine A journal bearing includes a carrier ring, a plurality of bearing pads disposed on a radially inner side of a lower-half region of the carrier ring and configured to support a rotor shaft from below, and a pair of side plates disposed on both sides of the plurality of bearing pads with respect to an axial direction of the rotor shaft. Each of the side plates includes a first region including a circumferential range upstream of a first bearing pad positioned furthest upstream among the plurality of bearing pads, and a second region positioned upstream of the first region and has a larger distance between an inner peripheral surface of the side plate and an outer peripheral surface of the rotor shaft than that of the first region.
US10451100B2	Reusable fastening clip assembly A fastening clip assembly is configured to be selectively connected and disconnected from a component. The fastening clip assembly may include a main body including a pin having a nose and at least one clip extending from a portion of the pin. A retaining sleeve receives and removably retains the pin. The retaining sleeve may include a tube defining a channel that receives the nose, and at least one wing having a locking head. The wing(s) inwardly deflects when the fastening clip assembly is inserted into an attachment hole of the component. The wing(s) is inwardly deflected by the clip(s) when the fastening clip assembly is removed from the attachment hole of the component.
US10451098B2	Toggle fixing A toggle fixing for fixing an article to a thin-walled building component. The toggle fixing includes a crosspiece and a strip which is connected to the crosspiece and serves for holding the crosspiece during mounting. An opening for receiving a screw is formed centrally on the crosspiece, the opening extending along an opening longitudinal axis (LÖ). In order that screws of which the external diameter (DA) is smaller than the internal diameter (DK) of the opening can also be fixed to the crosspiece it is proposed that there be arranged on the crosspiece at least one counterbearing element having a spacing (AW) from the opening longitudinal axis (LÖ) that is less than half the internal diameter (DK) of the opening.
US10451095B2	Control system for a control valve Apparatus and methods for controlling a hydraulic cylinder with a control valve in a control system. The control system comprises a voltage level shifter that produces a shift reference voltage (SHRv) substantially equal to the fraction value of a valve power supply voltage (VPSv). A controller produces a control system output voltage (CNTo) with a positive value, a negative value, or a zero value in response to a control input voltage (CNTi) and the VPSv. A voltage converter receives the SHRv and CNTo, and provides a control signal input voltage (CSi) to the control valve. The CSi is greater than the fraction value of the VPSv when the CNTo is the positive value, less than the fraction value of the VPSv when the CNTo is the negative value, and substantially equal to the fraction value of the VPSv when the CNTo is the zero value.
US10451080B2	Centrifugal fan having combined sealing and vibration isolation The invention relates to a centrifugal fan having a fan housing with an electric motor which is provided outside on the fan housing and is supported by a motor mounting, said motor mounting being sealed relative to the fan housing by means of a seal which is at the same time the vibration-isolating element between the electric motor and the fan wheel provided in the fan housing.
US10451073B2	Electric motor driven liquid pump, in particular for the forced lubrication of a manual transmission for motor vehicles An electric motor driven fluid pump for forced lubrication of a manual transmission of a motor vehicle, includes a housing having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, and an electronically commutated electric motor incorporated therein. The electric motor has a substantially cup-shaped magnetic rotor rotatable around a rotational axis, shaped for conveying fluid, an annular stator having a motor winding which at least partially encloses the rotor in a coaxial arrangement with respect to the rotational axis when viewed along the rotational axis, and a magnetic field sensor for detecting the position of the rotor. The housing includes a stator housing section which holds the stator, separates same from a liquid chamber in which the rotor is arranged, and extends into the rotor by a housing offset formed for receiving the magnetic field sensor.
US10451071B2	Fluid pump for dispensing a fluid to a setting or work environment A fluid pump for dispensing a fluid to a setting or work environment is disclosed. A fluid pump having a contactless, fluid sensor and for use with a liner is also disclosed. The pump includes a jet assembly, a motor assembly, and a contactless, fluid sensor. The pump may further include a mounting housing member, a gasket or seal, and a liner when a liner is not already present. The jet assembly is coupled to or secured about the motor assembly. The jet assembly includes a jet assembly housing, and preferably also includes a printed circuit board (PCB), a PCB cover, a shaft assembly, and an impeller. The jet assembly housing includes a base, a top cover, an impeller-receiving chamber, at least one inlet aperture, and at least one outlet aperture. A pump apparatus that includes a pump as described, a power source, and/or a control apparatus is further disclosed.
US10451065B2	Pair of co-operating screw rotors A pair of co-operating screw rotors including a male rotor and a female rotor. The male rotor and the female rotor have helically extending lobes and intermediate grooves configured to intermesh with one another. Each groove of the female rotor has a first flank including at least three concave sections. A first section includes or is disposed immediately adjacent the radially innermost point of the groove. A second section is shaped as a circular arc with a radius having its center located outside the pitch circle. A third section is shaped as a circular arc with a radius having its center located outside the pitch circle. The radius of the third section is greater than the radius of the second section, which is greater than the radial distance between a pitch circle of the female rotor and the radially innermost point of the groove.
US10451063B2	Vane pump including back pressure grooves A vane pump sucks the hydraulic fluid from a first inlet port and discharges it into a first outlet port and, at the same time, sucks the hydraulic fluid from a second inlet port and discharges it into a second outlet port, as a rotor having a plurality of slits housing vanes and extending in a radial manner rotates. The vane pump has a first back-pressure groove that is communicated with some of the slits to supply a back pressure from the first outlet port to the corresponding vanes and a second back-pressure groove that is communicated with other of the slits to supply a back pressure from the second outlet port to the corresponding vanes. The vanes to which the back pressure is supplied from the first back-pressure groove include the vanes in pump chambers into which the hydraulic fluid is sucked from the second inlet port.
US10451061B2	Compressor having non-contact and contact seals A compression system is disclosed having a compressor and a seal package including a non-contact seal and one or more radial shaft seals. In one form the non-contact seal is placed in proximity to a high pressure portion of the compressor. The offset of the non-contact seal from a shaft used to drive the compressor allows some amount of pressure reduced leakage air to pass. A radial shaft seal is coupled to the shaft axial aft of the non-contact seal on the other side of the compressor and oriented to discourage further passage of the leakage air past the radial shaft seal. A vent conveys leakage air to return to the compressor. A backup radial shaft seal can be used axially aft of the first radial shaft seal. A further radial shaft seal is disposed adjacent to the backup seal and oriented in the other direction to seal lubricant for a bearing.
US10451058B2	Pump insert A pump insert without a dedicated housing includes a first pressure plate, a cam ring, a rotor, a second pressure plate, and radially displaceable vanes arranged in slots of the rotor and which run with a vane upper edge thereof engaging a contour of the cam ring during rotation of the rotor. The cam ring includes stagnation point protrusions which are configured as separate, moveable components fastened to the cam ring.
US10451056B2	Gerotor pump having an inner gear, a rotor, and an outer gear, with inclined lubrication surface on teeth of face wall of rotor adjacent to pressure kidney and suction kidney A gerotor pump includes a rotor wherein only on the face wall of the rotor that lies adjacent to a pressure kidney and a suction kidney, a lubrication surface inclined in the direction of rotation of the rotor, relative to the surface plane of the face wall of the rotor, is disposed on each tooth, in each instance, over its tooth height, either starting directly in the center tooth plane or starting “offset” ahead of the center tooth plane in the direction of rotation of the rotor, which surface is formed from a level surface or multiple, always level partial surfaces that follow one another, which enclose an angle of inclination relative to the surface plane of the face wall of the rotor, in each instance, which angle lies in the range from 0.2° to 7°, in each instance.
US10451054B2	Pump assembly A pump assembly. The pump assembly may comprise a motor portion for driving a fluid pumping portion via a piston. The motor portion may comprise: a spool and a spool housing assembly having a spool chamber. The spool may be disposed within the spool chamber. The spool may comprise an upper portion and a lower portion, wherein the diameter of the lower portion is larger than the diameter of the upper portion. The spool may also comprise: (1) two support groove portions for cradling two slide valves and (2) two spool bores, which are in fluid communication with the two slide valves. The piston of the pump assembly may comprise a valve stem having a valve stem bore and valve stem openings. The valve stem openings may be funnel-shaped or may inwardly slope into the valve stem bore to prevent or minimize cutting or shredding of a blown seal.
US10451052B2	Load/unload control method for compressor system The present disclosure describes a load/unload control method for a compressor system with a rotating compressor connected to a pressure vessel. In the method, the present operating state can be monitored on the basis of a monitored/estimated electrical quantity of the compressor system. The method comprises an identification phase and an operational phase. In the identification phase, the compressor is operated at a constant rotational speed to generate two known pressures to the pressure vessel. At least one electrical quantity is monitored, and values of the electrical quantity corresponding to the pressure limits are stored. In the operational phase, reaching of a pressure limit may then be detected by comparing the present value of the monitored electrical quantity to the stored values.
US10451050B2	Cord management system for a portable air compressor A portable air compressor including an air tank configured to store compressed air. The portable air compressor further includes a compressor unit coupled to the air tank including compressor components for compressing air, and a housing having a base disposed generally between the compressor components and the air tank. The base has a concave recess extending at least partially around a circumference of the compressor unit. The portable air compressor further includes a power cord for supplying power to the compressor components. The power cord is receivable around the circumference of the compressor unit in the recess for storage.
US10451048B2	Electrical control valve for an air conditioning compressor A control valve for an air conditioning compressor is disclosed. The control valve comprises a control piston, an electric motor, a sensor, and a control unit. The control piston connects a refrigerant flow between a high-pressure area and a crankcase pressure area of the air conditioning compressor in a first position. The control piston further connects the refrigerant flow between the crankcase pressure area and a low-pressure area of the air conditioning compressor in a second position. The electric motor moves the control piston between the first position and the second position. The sensor determines the position of the control piston. The control unit is connected to the sensor and the electric motor. The control unit controls the electric motor to move the control piston and control the refrigerant flow based on the position of the control piston determined by the sensor.
US10451044B1	Wind turbine array The wind turbine array includes a plurality of wind turbines, a supporting frame, and a bollard. The plurality of wind turbines mount in the supporting frame. The bollard: 1) raises the supporting frame above a supporting surface; 2) transfers the load path of the supporting frame and the plurality of wind turbines to the supporting surface; and, 3) adjusts the azimuth of the supporting frame to optimize the orientation of the plurality of turbines relative to the direction of the wind. The plurality of wind turbines use the wind to generate electricity that is subsequently fed into an electric load.
US10451042B2	Joint structure and wind power generation device A joint structure includes a clutch unit interposed between a shaft joint and a shaft body which is one of an output shaft of a speed increaser and an input shaft of a power generator. The clutch unit includes: a shaft coupling portion rotating integrally with the shaft body; a joint coupling portion rotating integrally with the shaft joint; and a one-way clutch provided between the shaft coupling portion and the joint coupling portion. The one-way clutch makes a connection integrally rotatably between the shaft coupling portion and the joint coupling portion in a state in which a rotation speed of the output shaft is higher than that of the input shaft, and releases the connection between the shaft coupling portion and the joint coupling portion in a state in which the rotation speed of the output shaft is lower than that of the input shaft.
US10451041B2	Wind power generation device [Problem] To provide a wind power generation device that, by using a structure that easily receives drag, improves the certainty of starting up on activation and is capable of increasing the amount of electric power generated from natural energy by the entire device.[Solution] A wind power generation device having a vertical rotary shaft (2) that imparts a rotating force to a wind power generation motor (7), multiple support arms (3) that extend from this vertical rotary shaft (2) and are radially arranged at equal intervals, and wind paddles (4) that are connected to the tips of the respective support arms (3), wherein each wind paddle (4) is provided with a concave panel part (41) wherein the outer surface side is curved or bent into a concave shape in a plan view and a front edge airflow reservoir part (42); that protrudes toward the outer surface side along the front edge part (45) of this concave panel part (41) in the rotating direction with the front end part thereof being curved or bent toward the trailing edge side.
US10451035B2	System and method for reducing wind turbine rotor blade loads The present disclosure is directed to a method for reducing loads of one or more rotor blades of a wind turbine. The method includes monitoring a load of a first rotor blade. If the load of the first rotor blade exceeds a first load threshold, the method also includes designating a rotor plane sector in which the first rotor blade is located as a high load rotor plane sector. The method further includes adjusting, via a pitch drive mechanism, a pitch angle of a second rotor blade toward a first position before the second rotor blade enters the high load rotor plane sector.
US10451034B2	Methods and systems for alleviating loads in off-shore wind turbines Control methods and systems of a wind turbine belonging to an off-shore wind park that use, in case of malfunction of the load measuring system, one of the following pitch vectors for the calculation of the individual pitch command of each blade: the pitch vector being applied at the same time in one wind turbine of the wind park where the load measuring system works properly a mean value of the pitch vectors being applied at the same time in a group of wind turbines of the wind park where the load measuring system works properly; the pitch vector resulting from a control law, obtained from historic records of the wind turbine when the load measuring system worked properly, defining the pitch vector as a function of at least the wind speed V, if the former pitch vectors are not available.
US10451033B2	Noise reducer for a wind turbine blade A noise reducing wind turbine blade is disclosed. The wind turbine blade includes a blade body having a leading edge, a trailing edge, a suction side, and a pressure side. The wind turbine blade further includes a noise reducer disposed on a portion of the blade body extending partially upstream from the trailing edge for modifying airflow over the blade body effective to reduce acoustic emission.
US10451031B2	Wind turbine rotor blade A rotor blade for addressing the deflection of rotor blades of a wind turbine. The rotor blade includes a plurality of exterior surfaces defining a blade body having a pressure side, a suction side, a leading edge and a trailing edge. The blade body extending between a blade tip and a blade root. The blade body including a breakaway tip portion defined by a predetermined breaking point. The breakaway tip portion is configured to break away from the remaining portion of the blade body when subject to a predetermined tower strike load. A wind turbine including the rotor blade configuration is further disclosed.
US10451025B2	Systems and methods for learned diesel engine start operation Systems and methods of optimizing cranking times of a diesel engine are provided. Factors such as cold weather, diesel fuel quality, and others may negatively impact cranking times of a diesel engine. Glow plugs used to heat combustion chambers of the diesel engine are controlled using pre-glow durations during which the glow plugs are pre-heated prior to cranking the diesel engine. Based on learned operating vehicle conditions or external conditions, the pre-glow durations can be adjusted to counteract the factors that have a negative impact on the cranking time of the diesel engine, and ultimately reduce cranking time of the diesel engine.
US10451021B2	Information providing method for vehicle and information providing device for vehicle In an information providing method and device for a vehicle, an engine of the vehicle is stopped automatically when a predetermined permission condition is satisfied in a state in which the vehicle is stopped by a brake operation executed by a driver. The driver is notified of support information for satisfying the permission condition when the permission condition is not satisfied in the state in which the vehicle is stopped by the brake operation. A vehicle stop keeping control generates a braking force capable of maintaining a vehicle stopped state even when the brake operation decreases. The notification of the support information is stopped when it is determined that the driver does not wish to automatically stop the engine in a state in which the support information is being notified and the vehicle stop keeping control is in operation.
US10451019B2	Starter device for a prime mover A starter device for a work machine may include a ring switch surrounding a housing. The ring switch may be rotatable between a first ring position and a second ring position. A push button may be surrounded by the housing and may be operatively engageable between a first button position and a second button position within the housing. A controller may be in communication with the ring switch and the push button. The controller may be configured to start a prime mover of the work machine when the ring switch is in the second ring position and the push button is operatively engaged from the first button position to the second button position. The controller may be configured to stop the prime mover using delayed shutdown when the ring switch is rotated from the second ring position to the first ring position.
US10451018B2	Method of controlling a belt drive of an engine of a motor vehicle Systems and methods for a vehicle comprising a stop-start system and in particular to a motor vehicle having a belt driven integrated starter-generator (BISG) drivingly connected to an accessory drive belt of an engine of the motor vehicle are provided. The BISG may be used during an engine stop event to preposition the crank at an angle from which it facilitates rapid restart of the engine and during engine running the BISG may be used as a power generator.
US10451017B2	Starter device for an internal combustion engine and backpack power tool with an internal combustion engine and with a starter device for the internal combustion engine A starter device for an internal combustion engine has a rope pulley and a starter rope wound onto the rope pulley. A starter handle is fastened to the starter rope. A rope guide with a first deflection roller is provided. A rope outlet opening is arranged along a circumferential section of the first deflection roller and extends along the circumferential section of the first deflection roller about a peripheral angle of the first deflection roller of at least 60°. The rope guide guides the starter rope from the guide pulley to the rope outlet opening of the starter device. A guide element is arranged at rope outlet opening and holds the starter rope in the rope outlet opening. The starter handle can be positioned relative to the rope outlet opening at different orientations and enables ergonomic starting of the internal combustion engine of a backpack power tool.
US10451016B2	Method for producing an improved filter for injectors of fuel, oils, solutions, additives and fluids in general, and filter thus produced Method for producing a filter for injectors of fuel, oil, solutions, additives and fluids in general, for example for braking and transmission systems. The filter including an element of plastic material and having a tubular shape, open at opposite ends, internally hollow and having on one wall of its internal cavity a plurality of projections spaced apart from one another. These projections interacting with portions of a filter element of the pleated type associated with this tubular element and capable of filtering the fluid circulating through the tubular element. The filter element and the tubular element to form a single filter body by being co-moulded, the filter element being incorporated and completely positioned within the tubular element, but having portions of filter surface area free of this tubular element to allow passage and filtration of circulating fluid.
US10451015B2	Diesel engine A diesel engine including: a cam shaft driven by a crankshaft, a fuel injection pump driving cam provided on the cam shaft and configured to drive a fuel injection pump, and an intake cam provided on the cam shaft and configured to drive an intake valve. The fuel injection pump driving cam has a maximum radius portion, a minimum radius portion, an intermediate portion having a radius smaller than that of the maximum radius portion and larger than that of the minimum radius portion, and a slant portion where the intermediate portion shifts to the minimum radius portion in a reverse rotation direction of the driving cam. The position where the intermediate portion shifts to the slant portion begins after the intake valve is opened to an extent corresponding to at least half of a maximum lift of the intake valve.
US10451013B2	Method for operating a dual lift pump system Methods and systems are described for a fuel system in an engine comprising two lift pumps. One example method comprises deactivating one of a first lift pump and a second lift pump if fuel fill level in a common reservoir decreases below a threshold fill level, wherein the first lift pump and the second lift pump are positioned in the common reservoir. By deactivating one of the two lift pumps, the two lift pumps may be protected from degradation due to fuel starvation.
US10451009B2	Method for knock control of an internal combustion engine A method for knock control of an internal combustion engine capable of being operated using a water injection system, in which at least one parameter of the knock control is determined as a function of a variable connected to the water injection system, in particular the water content.
US10451006B2	Propulsion chamber with reinforcing fiber belts and a method of fabricating the propulsion chamber A propulsion chamber for a liquid propellant rocket engine is provided. The propulsion chamber includes an inside wall made of metal, an outside covering made of organic matrix composite material, and a cooling circuit arranged between the outside covering and the inside wall. The propulsion chamber further includes at least a first axial endpiece secured to the metal inside wall and presenting at least one radial protrusion received in a concave recess in an inside face of the outside covering. The concave recess is situated axially between first and second belts of reinforcing fibers oriented substantially circumferentially in the outside covering in such a manner as to take up forces associated with inside pressure and thrust.

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