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| US10525223B2 |
Bag-valve-mask
A respiratory assisting device comprising of an expandable bag which has a bilayer that can be inflated in order to give the bag a rigid and predetermined shape. The bag can then be compressed in order to displace inspiratory gas that is in the inner cavity and deliver it to the patient. The bag includes a one-way valve that passes through the bilayer allowing the inner cavity of the bag to fill with ambient air when the air within the cavity has been expended. The bag portion is connected to an air-tight hollow wall prism shape enclosure via a T-connector piece. This t-shaped connecting piece allows the air to pass through two manifold chambers that attach to another t-shaped connecting piece. |
| US10525215B2 |
System for efficiently generating and inhaling vapors of herbs and incense
A system for generating and inhaling vapor of herbs includes a container, a base, a mouth, and an upper surface. An aperture in the surface displaced from a lip of the mouth. The container shown partially filled with water, and a diffuser positioned upon the water. The region within the container above the diffuser defines a vapor chamber. A diagonally-oriented tube includes upper and lower end secured within the aperture. Herbs are placed in an upper end of an herb-burning bowl and a lower end of the bowl having a filter limiting debris from entering the water. An inhalation cylinder having upper end attachable within an open mouth. A vacuum pump includes vacuum input from cylinder and positive pressure output about a level of the vacuum input. The pump providing pressure from bottom to top of the inhalation cylinder and the water surface diffuser to the mouth. |
| US10525214B2 |
Preservative-free single dose inhaler system
An aerosolization system includes a container that is configured to deliver a unit dosage of a liquid when squeezed a single time. The system also includes an aerosolizer that is constructed of a housing defining a mouthpiece, and an aerosol generator disposed in the housing. The aerosol generator includes a vibratable membrane having a front face and a rear face, and a vibratable element used to vibrate the membrane. Further, the housing includes an opening that is adapted to receive a unit dosage of the liquid from the container. The opening provides a liquid path to the rear face of the vibratable membrane. |
| US10525213B2 |
Medicament delivery device
The present invention relates to a medicament delivery device comprising a housing (10, 20, 24, 30), a biased medicament delivery member guard (64) arranged movable in relation to the housing from a proximally extended position to a retracted position, a power pack (87) comprising a plunger rod (88) and a force element (118) arranged to act on said plunger rod (88), which power pack (87) is actuated by a release clip (96) movable in relation to the housing and arranged to said plunger rod (88) for releasibly holding said plunger rod (88) with the force element (118) in a tensioned state; a rotator (82) rotatably arranged inside said housing, which rotator (82) is arranged with a guide element (80) and a medicament delivery member guard lock element (84, 86) on its outer surface, wherein said medicament delivery member guard (64) is arranged with release clip activation elements (112) operably arranged to act on said release clip (96) for releasing said plunger rod, and wherein said medicament delivery member guard (64) is further arranged with a rotator activator element (78) arranged to cooperate with said guide element (80) for turning said rotator (82), upon movement of said medicament delivery member guard (64) to the retracted position, and wherein, upon movement of said medicament delivery member guard (64) back to the extended position, said rotator activator element (78) will engage said medicament delivery member guard lock element (84, 86) and lock said medicament delivery member guard (64) in a shielding position after removal of said medicament delivery device from a medicament delivery site. |
| US10525211B2 |
Infusion pump and method for improved filling of a fluidic system
An infusion pump device and method for filling a fluidic system of the infusion pump with liquid medicament prior to infusion operation is presented. A control unit causes the infusion pump to: (a) bring a pump to an initial state; (b) switch a valve to a first state connecting a secondary reservoir to a first conduit and a primary reservoir; (c) retrieve medicament from the primary reservoir; (d) switch the valve to a second state connecting the secondary reservoir to a second downstream conduit; (e) expel the secondary reservoir contents into the second downstream conduit; (f) switch the valve to the first state; (g) retrieve the primary reservoir medicament; (h) switch the valve to the second state; and (i) expel the secondary reservoir contents into the second downstream conduit by shifting a piston to the initial position. |
| US10525210B2 |
Module for a sharps retraction device
A fluid extraction device is provided for extracting fluid from a syringe assembly including a syringe port and a sleeve. The device includes a body with first and second ends, the first end defining a fluid entry port, and the second end defining a fluid exit port. A channel through the body connects the fluid entry and fluid exit ports. At least one push member extends radially from the body and is configured to contact the sleeve of the syringe assembly in use such to push it from a first position in which the sleeve closes the syringe port to a second position in which the sleeve exposes the syringe port. |
| US10525208B2 |
Needle protection assembly
The application relates to a needle protection assembly (1) comprising: —a supporting element (18) and a needle shield (8), —one locking element (20) located within said needle protection assembly (1) and not accessible to the user, —urging means (24) for displacing said needle shield (8), —a peg (19) located on said supporting element (18) or on said needle shield (8), and a cam (9) located on said needle shield (8) or on said supporting element (18), and—said locking element (20) is not formed by said peg (19) and cam (9). The respective longitudinal axis of the needle shield (8) and of the locking element (20) are merged when said needle shield (8) is in its before use or in use positions, and they form an angle (a) when said needle shield (8) is in its after use position. |
| US10525207B2 |
Dual chamber syringe with retractable needle
Embodiments of a retractable syringe assembly are provided that include a dual syringe barrel configuration. One or more embodiments include reuse prevention features and features that prevent premature activation of the retraction mechanism. Methods for aspirating and expelling liquid from medical devices are also provided. |
| US10525203B2 |
Autoinjector
An autoinjector comprising a body (1, 2), and a reservoir (S) containing fluid and including a piston (P) and a needle (A), such as a pre-filled syringe, said autoinjector further comprising a piston rod (5) that is suitable for co-operating with the piston (P) of said reservoir (S), said piston rod (5) being movable between a rest position and an injection position in which said piston rod (5) has moved the piston (P) of the reservoir (S) so as to inject the fluid through the needle (A), an actuator spring (6) being provided so as to urge said piston rod (5) towards its injection position, the autoinjector further comprising a force-adjustment system (7, 8) that exerts a force (F2) on said piston rod (5), said force (F2) adding to the force exerted by said actuator spring (6) on said piston rod (5) at the beginning of injection, so as to amplify the force exerted on said piston (P) by said piston rod (5) at the beginning of injection. |
| US10525199B2 |
Method and control device for controlling the administration of insulin to a patient
In a method for controlling the administration of insulin to a patient, a target glucose level is set and a controller computes a recommended infusion rate based on the target glucose level and a measured glucose level of a patient for administering insulin to the patient. The controller uses a controller gain for computing the recommended infusion rate. Herein, an insulin sensitivity of the patient is determined using a mathematical model taking into account the measured glucose level and an actual infusion rate of insulin administered to the patient and, based on the insulin sensitivity, the controller gain of the controller is determined. In this way a method for controlling the administration of insulin to a patient is provided which in a reliable, computationally efficient manner allows for maintaining a patient's blood glucose level at or around a desired target glucose level. |
| US10525198B2 |
Flow meter for intravenous liquids
A flow meter for intravenous liquids comprising a vertical inlet passage (2), a parallel indicating chamber (9), a ‘U’ shaped flow-resistant liquid passage (6), and an exit chamber (11). Liquid to be dispensed enters the inlet passage (2) via inlet (5) and moves down the passage to a junction with both the ‘U’ shaped flow-resistant passage (6), and the indicator passage. From the junction, the liquid rises up the indicator passage to a height proportional to the flow rate set by an external flow meter, and also through the flow resistant passage, which has an outlet (8) that delivers the liquid to the exit chamber (11) and from there to a patient through an outlet (12). The meter may be formed by an assembly of two injection molded components, thus reducing manufacturing costs. |
| US10525197B2 |
Needle guard
A needle guard assembly having a resilient arm extending from a base situated to slide along the shaft of a needle. In one implementation the needle guard has an elongate containment member that rides with the resilient arm and is co-operable with the resilient arm to effectuate a covering of the entire distal tip of the needle upon the needle being retracted into the needle guard. |
| US10525196B2 |
Securement device
A securement device, comprising a first tape having a first top surface and a first bottom surface, a second tape having a second top surface and a second bottom surface, the second bottom surface at least partially connected to the first bottom surface, a first adhesive pad secured to the first top surface at a first location, and a second adhesive pad at least partially secured to the first top surface at a second location. |
| US10525195B1 |
Injection device
A device for dispensing a controlled amount of a fluid from a syringe, the syringe having a plunger extending along a linear axis through a syringe flange and into a syringe barrel. The device includes a housing to accommodate at least a portion of the syringe, and a drive wheel attached to the housing to contact a side of the plunger, the housing to press the drive wheel into the side of the plunger between the syringe flange and an end of the plunger. |
| US10525194B2 |
Hydraulically actuated pump for fluid administration
A fluid delivery device comprises a hydraulic pump chamber having a hydraulic fluid. A fluid reservoir is coupled to the hydraulic pump chamber and is configured to contain a fluid deliverable to a patient. A first actuator is coupled to the hydraulic pump chamber and is configured to pressurize the hydraulic pump chamber and configured to transfer energy through the hydraulic pump chamber to the fluid reservoir. A second actuator is coupled to the hydraulic pump chamber and is configured to pressurize the hydraulic pump chamber and configured to transfer energy through the hydraulic pump chamber to the fluid reservoir. |
| US10525192B2 |
Insert for catheter system
An insert for a catheter system can include an insert housing which defines a portion of a fluid pathway of the catheter system, a cartridge positioned within the insert housing in a manner to allow fluid flow along the fluid pathway such that fluid contacts the insert during the fluid flow, and an active agent associated with the cartridge. The active agent and the cartridge can be adapted to release active agent from the cartridge during the fluid flow. |
| US10525187B2 |
Apparatus for removing protein-bound toxins from blood plasma
The invention relates to an apparatus for extracorporeal removal of protein-bound toxins from blood plasma comprising a first line device, a second line device, a third line device and a fourth line device, a dialyzer or hemofilter arranged between the first line device and the second line device and/or an adsorber, means for generating a field, at least partially surrounding the first line device and/or the dialyzer or hemofilter and/or the adsorber, a controllable fluid conveyance device arranged in the first line device and/or the second line device, and at least one controllable body fluid conveyance unit arranged in the third line device and/or the fourth line device, a filter, wherein the permeate side of the filter is connected to the first line device and the second line device, and the side of the filter to be dialyzed is connected at its inlet to the third line device, which can be connected to a patient and is connected at its outlet to the fourth line device which can be connected to the patient, wherein a controllable flow of fluid through the line devices and the dialyzer or hemofilter and/or the adsorber can be generated by means of the fluid conveyance devices. |
| US10525186B2 |
Methods of regional citrate anticoagulation dialysis
A method of performing regional citrate anticoagulant dialysis of a patient's blood includes flowing blood from and back to the patient through an extracorporeal circuit including a dialyzer having semi-permeable dialysis membranes and a dialysate chamber surrounding the membranes. The method further includes flowing a dialysate containing calcium and citrate through the dialysate chamber of the dialyzer and introducing citrate into the patient's blood upstream of the dialyzer, whereby the patient's blood is dialyzed. The method can further include predicting the concentration of systemic ionized calcium in the blood of the patient at any point in the dialysis treatment or post-dialysis, such as by a mathematical model. The method can further include statistically correcting the preliminary predicted post-dialysis concentration of systemic ionized calcium in the patient's blood to provide a final predicted post-dialysis systemic ionized calcium concentration. The method can further include statistically correcting the preliminary predicted systemic ionized calcium concentration for any time point during the dialysis treatment to provide a final predicted systemic ionized calcium concentration for that time point. |
| US10525185B2 |
Method of determining a system compressibility value of a medical membrane pump drive
A method of determining a system compressibility value of a medical membrane pump drive is provided which includes moving to a first and second pressure level and detecting a first and second operating parameter value of the membrane pump drive. The system compressibility value is determined on the basis of the detected operating parameter values and the membrane of the membrane pump drive is supported at a rigid surface during the determination of the system compressibility value. |
| US10525181B2 |
Resonant power transfer system and method of estimating system state
Systems for tuning a wireless power transfer system are provided, which may include any number of features. In one embodiment, a wireless power transfer system can include a transmit controller connected to the transmitter resonator and configured to measure an impedance on the transmitter resonator. The transmit controller can be configured to determine a load resistance of the receiver resonator and a coupling coefficient between the transmitter and receiver resonators based on the measured impedance on the transmitter resonator. The transmit controller can be further configured to adjust a power transmission parameter of the transmitter resonator based on the determined load resistance and the coupling coefficient to achieve a controlled voltage at a load of the receiver. Methods of use are also provided. |
| US10525180B2 |
Integrated sensors for intraventricular VAD
A ventricular assist device includes a pump including a housing having an inlet, an outlet and a moveable element disposed in the housing for urging blood from the inlet to the outlet. An outflow cannula having a proximal end attached to the pump housing, a distal end remote from the pump housing, an interior bore in communication with the outlet of the pump housing, and at least one outlet aperture communicating with the interior bore remote from the pump housing is included. At least one sensor mounted to the outflow cannula and configured to detect a parameter of blood flowing at least one from the group consisting of through the outflow cannula and about an exterior of the outflow cannula is included. |
| US10525179B2 |
Crenellated inflow cannula
A blood pump including a housing defining a fluid flow path, an upstream end, a downstream end, and an outlet at the downstream end. A rotor is disposed within the housing and within the fluid flow path, the rotor being rotatable independent of the housing in a first direction and configured to pump blood downstream toward the outlet. The housing defines an inflow cannula at the upstream end, the inflow cannula defining a proximal end proximate the rotor and an opposite distal end. The inflow cannula defines a major longitudinal axis and minor longitudinal axis, the distal end of inflow cannula defines a plurality of slots radially disposed about the distal end, the plurality of slots being at least one from the group consisting of sloped in the first direction with respect to the major longitudinal axis and angled in the first direction with respect to the minor longitudinal axis. |
| US10525175B2 |
System for clearing surgical chest drainage tube blockages
This device is used to clear clots and blockages from chest drainage tubes. This invention relates to patient safety after open-heart surgical procedures, wherein postoperative drainage from the surgical site is a critical component of care. Blocked drainage tubes can cause dangerous retained blood complications, most notably, cardiac tamponade, which essentially smothers the heart. |
| US10525173B2 |
Hybrid implant system and manufacturing method therefor
The present disclosure discloses a hybrid implant system for fixing and repairing orthopedic fracture and a manufacturing method therefor. The hybrid implant system comprises an implant body having holes on both ends and a locking part configured for attaching the implant body to a broken bone through the holes. The hybrid implant system further comprises a healing assembly made from a material promoting healing of the bone. The implant body has at least one window on a side, the at least one window is aligned with a broken location of the bone, and the healing assembly is inserted into the window in a self-locking manner towards an interior of the implant body. |
| US10525169B2 |
Method and apparatus for treating bone fractures, and/or for fortifying and/or augmenting bone, including the provision and use of composite implants, and novel composite structures which may be used for medical and non-medical applications
A composite comprising: a barrier, said barrier being configured to selectively pass water, and said barrier being degradable in the presence of water; a matrix material for disposition within said barrier, wherein said matrix material has a flowable state and a set state, and wherein said matrix material is degradable in the presence of water; and at least one reinforcing element for disposition within said barrier and integration with said matrix material, wherein said at least one reinforcing element is degradable in the presence of water, and further wherein, upon the degradation of said at least one reinforcing element in the presence of water, provides an agent for modulating the degradation rate of said matrix material in the presence of water. |
| US10525166B2 |
Selenium-doped hydroxyapatite and preparation method thereof
The invention relates to a selenium-doped hydroxyapatite and a preparation method thereof. The selenium-doped hydroxyapatite provided is a single crystal comprising a rod-like structure, a uniform morphology, and a good dispersibility. The preparation method comprises adding a mixed solution of a phosphate and a selenite dropwise to a mixed solution of a calcium salt and a dispersing agent, and reacting for 1.5-2.5 hrs at a controlled temperature of 80-90° C., to obtain a solution of a calcium phosphate amorphous precursor, followed by performing a hydrothermal reaction at 190-210° C., to obtain a selenium-doped hydroxyapatite comprising a rod-like structure. Compared with selenium-doped hydroxyapatite with severe agglomeration, the selenium-doped hydroxyapatite provided in the present invention comprises good dispersibility and able to have better prevention of clogging problem in human body when in use, thus having a good prospect using as a multi-functional new material for bone repair in patients as a repair material for bone defects, an anti-tumor, etc. |
| US10525165B2 |
Dental barrier membrane using cocoon and method for manufacturing same
Disclosed herein are a cocoon-based, dental barrier membrane for guided bone regeneration and a method for manufacturing the same. The cocoon-based, dental barrier membrane is manufactured by dividing a cocoon into two or more fragments in a predetermined form, the cocoon having a shell having a first thickness. The dental barrier membrane is biocompatible, has excellent tensile strength and porosity, and promotes osteogenesis in a bone defect. |
| US10525164B2 |
Vascular grafts derived from acellular tissue matrices
A vascular graft for treatment of diseased or damaged blood vessels is disclosed. The graft comprises a sheet of acellular tissue matrix with an intact basement membrane. The graft is formed by wrapping the sheet into a tube and securing the edges of the sheet together. The acellular tissue matrix facilitates tissue ingrowth and remodeling of the graft with host cells. |
| US10525163B2 |
Collagen biomaterials
This invention relates to methods of producing collagen biomaterials by admixing (i) a solution of monomeric collagen, (ii) a solution of polymeric collagen, (ii) cargo particles, and (iv) a non-collagen blocking polymer, to produce a collagen solution. The collagen solution is then allowed to solidify to produce a collagen hydrogel. This may be useful in improving the stiffness of collagen hydrogel constructs and increasing the entrapment and retention of cargo particles. |
| US10525160B2 |
Multi-putty adhesive and cement compositions for tissue hemostasis, repair and reconstruction
The disclosure relates to polyurethane and polyureaurethane based putty compositions which harden into a fully cured solid form at room temperature and body temperature and are suitable for use as a bone cement, bone substitute, hard tissue adhesive, or bone hemostatic agent. |
| US10525159B2 |
Liquid preparation for contact lenses comprising hydrolyzed hyaluronic acid derivative and cationic bactericide
The present invention relates to a liquid preparation for soft contact lenses, particularly hydrogel contact lenses or silicone hydrogel contact lenses. The liquid preparation for contact lenses according to the present invention contains a hydrolyzed hyaluronic acid derivative having a monoether of a linear or branched alkyl group or alkenyl group having 6 or more and 20 or less carbon atoms and glycerol in a side chain. The liquid preparation for soft contact lenses according to the present invention may contain at least one cationic bactericide selected from the group consisting of an alexidine salt, a chlorhexidine salt, a polyhexamethylene biguanide salt and a quaternary ammonium salt. The liquid preparation for soft contact lenses according to the present invention is capable of suppressing adsorption of a cationic bactericide to soft contact lenses, and suppressing occurrence of corneal staining in a wearer. |
| US10525149B2 |
Compositions and methods for assessing eye vasculature
Compositions and methods for assessing blood vessels and organs of the body are disclosed herein, specifically methods for assessing the vasculature of the eye. |
| US10525147B2 |
Bionanocomposite synthesis for would healing
A method for treating a burn, lesion, lacuna, or wound comprising contacting the burn, lesion, or wound with a chitosan-functionalized silica sphere (“CHI-HSS”). Chitosan-functionalized silica spheres and pharmaceutical compositions containing them. |
| US10525146B2 |
Metal oxide nanoparticle for cell lysis
A nanostructure comprises a MOX NP and a bidentate ligand on a surface of the MOX NP. A cancer recognition molecule is covalent coupled to the surface of the MOX NP via the bidentate ligand. A biocatalyst is also coupled to the surface of the MOX nanoparticle via the bidentate ligand. The cancer recognition molecule includes a structure configured to selectively recognize a corresponding antigen on a surface of a cancer cell and bind to the antigen. The biocatalyst is structured to selectively catalyze the oxidation of a light emitting compound to produce photons. The photons transform the MOX NPs into an excited state such that the MOX NPs generate reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the vicinity of the cancer cells in the excited state. The reactive oxygen species lyse or cause apoptosis in the cancer cells in situ. The biocatalyst includes luciferase and the light emitting compound includes luciferin. |
| US10525144B2 |
Selective targeting of an anti-inflammatory receptor in human mitochondria and preservation of mitochondrial functions
The present invention provides compounds and a method for the targeted delivery of Mitochondrial Angiotensin Receptor Blockers (MARBs) to the Mitochondrial Angiotensin System (MAS) for the treatment of diseases caused by angiotensin-related mitochondrial dysfunction. The compounds include a mitochondrial targeting signal, a residue of a drug molecule, a functional moiety, and a scaffold moiety. |
| US10525143B2 |
Conjugate of polyethylene glycol and anesthetic, and preparation method thereof
A conjugate represented by general formula (I), wherein R0 is a C1-6 alkyl, B is an anesthetic, and A is a linking group, and a quaternary ammonium salt is formed at the linking position between B and R0. The conjugate has a prolonged analgesic effect, and can be used in postoperative analgesia or treatment for chronic pain. |
| US10525142B2 |
Methods of treatment with arginine deiminase
The present invention relates generally to methods of treating cancer with arginine deiminase, and in particular pegylated arginine deiminase. |
| US10525128B2 |
Compositions of vaccines and adjuvants and methods for the treatment of urinary tract infections
This invention describes novel adjuvant compositions and formulations with excellent stability at refrigerated and room temperatures and up to and about 37° C. that can be produced at remarkably low costs. This invention describes novel vaccine compositions and formulations to treat and prevent urinary tract infections caused by gram-negative bacteria including Escherichia coli and multi-drug resistant E. coli. This invention also describes methods of administration of said novel vaccine compositions and formulations and methods of treatment to prevent and treat urinary tract infections caused by gram-negative bacteria including E. coli and multi-drug resistant E. coli. |
| US10525125B2 |
Mixed allergen compositions and methods for using the same
Mixed allergen compositions of one, two or more different allergens are provided. In some instances, the mixed allergen compositions include: a nut allergen; an animal allergen; and at least one of: a non-nut plant allergen; a biotic agent; and a vitamin. Also provided are methods of administering the mixed allergen compositions to a subject. The mixed allergen compositions find use in a variety of applications, including health maintenance, immune balance, gut balance, immune support, health improvement and therapeutic applications. |
| US10525122B2 |
Vaccine containing virus-like particles
The present invention provides a vaccine containing virus-like particles derived from virus particles having an envelope, in which a lipid-component content of the virus-like particles is reduced relative to a lipid-component content of the virus particles. |
| US10525115B2 |
Immunotherapy against several tumors of the blood, such as acute myeloid leukemia (AML)
The present invention relates to peptides, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated cytotoxic T cell (CTL) peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses. The present invention relates to several novel peptide sequences and their variants derived from HLA class I and HLA class II molecules of human tumor cells that can be used in vaccine compositions for eliciting anti-tumor immune responses. |
| US10525112B2 |
Methods of treating abnormalities of the first metatarsophalangeal joint of the foot
A method for treating an abnormality of the first metatarsophalangeal joint of the foot of a mammal includes electrically stimulating a site on each of the extensor hallucis brevis and adductor hallucis muscles of a foot of the mammal affected by the abnormality, and visually confirming that the stimulated muscles responds to the stimulation by contracting. An amount of botulinum toxin effective to treat the abnormality is then injected to the confirmed sites on the extensor hallucis brevis and the adductor hallucis muscles of the affected foot. |
| US10525110B2 |
Methods for inducing partial apoptosis using caspase polypeptides
The technology relates in part to methods for inducing partial apoptosis of cells that express an inducible caspase polypeptide. The technology further relates in part to methods for inducing partial apoptosis of cells that express an inducible modified caspase polypeptide, having a modified dose response curve to the multimeric ligand inducer. The technology also relates in part to methods for cell therapy using cells that express the inducible caspase polypeptide or the inducible modified caspase polypeptide, where the proportion of caspase polypeptide-expressing cells eliminated by apoptosis is related to the administered amount of the multimeric ligand inducer. |
| US10525102B2 |
Compositions and methods for adjoining type I and type II extracellular domains as heterologous chimeric proteins
The present invention relates to, inter alia, compositions and methods, including chimeric proteins that find use in the treatment of disease, such as immunotherapies for cancer and autoimmunity. In part, the invention provides, in various embodiments, fusions of extracellular domains of transmembrane proteins that can have stimulatory or inhibitory effects. |
| US10525101B2 |
Methods of treating inflammatory or autoimmune disorders with compounds that bind macrophage migration inhibitory factor
Recombinant polypeptides, pharmaceutical compositions comprising recombinant polypeptides, and methods of treating autoimmune and/or inflammatory diseases using the pharmaceutical compositions are disclosed. The polypeptides are based upon the trimerization and/or MIF binding domains of CD74. |
| US10525099B2 |
Orally disintegrating solid pharmaceutical dosage unit containing a partus control substance
The present invention provides an orally disintegrating solid pharmaceutical dosage unit having a weight between 50 and 1,000 mg, said dosage unit consisting of: 1-100 wt. % of particles consisting of: 0.01-10 wt. % of a partus control substance selected from oxytocin, carbetocin, atosiban and combinations thereof; 5-70 wt. % of buffering agent; 20-94 wt. % of branched glucan; 0-70 wt. % of other pharmaceutically acceptable ingredients; 0-95 wt. % of one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipients; the solid dosage unit comprising at least 5 μg of the partus control substance and having a pH buffer range of 3.5-5.7. The solid dosage unit of the present invention is easy to manufacture and perfectly suited for sublingual, buccal or sublabial administration. Furthermore, the dosage unit does not need to be stored and distributed under temperature controlled conditions. |
| US10525098B2 |
Methods for the regulation of matrix metalloproteinase expression
The disclosure provides methods of reducing MMP-9 expression and/or MMP-9 activity in a mammalian subject. The disclosure also provides methods of increasing TIMP-1 expression and/or TIMP-1 activity in a mammalian subject. The methods comprise administering a therapeutically effective amount of an aromatic-cationic peptide to a subject in need thereof. |
| US10525096B2 |
Immunotherapy for angiogenic disease
The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition containing a cancer antigen peptide for treatment and prevention of angiogenic diseases. |
| US10525093B2 |
Cannabinoid formulations and method of making the same
A composition comprising cannabis extract and melatonin is provided, along with formulations for delivering the composition to a subject. The composition can include a base ingredient such as polyethylene glycol, gelatin, tapioca and/or pectin; natural sweeteners; and oils of peppermint, lavender, ginger, citrus, mango, etc. The formulation can include tablets, capsules, lozenges, troches, suppositories, tinctures, a transdermal patch, a vaporizer, a metered dose inhaler, etc. The formulation avoids harmful preservatives (e.g., BHT, BHA), heavy metals and stabilizers while addressing sub-therapeutic dosing and optimizing the synergistic qualities of the ratios of the individual cannabinoids (both acidic and neutral forms), terpenes and flavonoids. |
| US10525091B2 |
Use of parvovirus for eliminating cancer stem cells (CSCs)
Described is the use of a parvovirus, preferably H-1PV, for the therapeutical elimination of cancer stem cells (CSCs), preferably neuroblastoma stem cells and glioblastoma stem cells. |
| US10525083B2 |
Nucleic acid molecules encoding chimeric antigen receptors comprising a CD20 binding domain
The invention provides compositions and methods for treating diseases associated with expression of CD20 or CD22. The invention also relates to chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) specific to CD20 or CD22, vectors encoding the same, and recombinant T or natural killer (NK) cells comprising the CD20 CAR or CD22 CAR. The invention also includes methods of administering a genetically modified T cell or NK cell expressing a CAR that comprises a CD20 or CD22 binding domain. |
| US10525079B2 |
Pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating breast cancer including crystalline polymorph of tetraarsenic hexoxide, and method for producing same
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating breast cancer which includes tetraarsenic hexoxide in which a crystalline polymorph a(As4O6-a), of tetraarsenic hexoxide is 99% or higher, and to a method for producing the same. The composition of the present invention exhibits excellent effects of inhibiting the proliferation and metastasis of cancer cells, and thus can be usefully used as an anticancer agent. |
| US10525078B2 |
Solid dialysis A agent containing alkali metal diacetate, and two-part type low-acetate dialysis agent using same
A solid dialysis A agent is provided, which is to be used in preparing a bicarbonate dialysis fluid, wherein: the solid dialysis A agent contains glucose, acetic acid and an acetate salt; at least a part of a mixture of the acetic acid with the acetate salt is an alkali metal diacetate; and the acetic acid/acetate salt molar ratio is adjusted to 1/0.5 to 1/2. This solid dialysis A agent makes it possible to prepare a bicarbonate dialysis fluid which has a total acetate ion concentration of 2 to less than 6 mEq/L. Further, the dialysis A agent exhibits excellent stability of ingredients and a reduced acetic acid odor. |
| US10525077B2 |
Oligodeoxy nucleotide for preparing drugs for inhibiting tumor growth and application thereof
The present invention provides an oligodeoxy nucleotide for preparing drugs for inhibiting tumor growth and an application thereof. The core sequence of the oligodeoxy nucleotide is TTYSGGAAWT, wherein Y is C or T; S is C or G; and W is A or T. The oligodeoxy nucleotide above further comprises an antisense strand and a modified type thereof. The oligodeoxy nucleotide according to the present invention plays a role of inhibiting the tumor growth in vitro and vivo, and is expected to be used for preparing drugs for inhibiting tumor growth, with high specificity and high inhibition ratio. |
| US10525076B2 |
Antisense compounds targeting genes associated with cystic fibrosis
The present disclosure relates generally to compounds comprising oligonucleotides complementary to a cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) RNA transcript. Certain such compounds are useful for hybridizing to a CFTR RNA transcript, including but not limited to a CFTR RNA transcript in a cell. In certain embodiments, such hybridization results in modulation of splicing of the CFTR transcript. In certain embodiments, such compounds are used to treat one or more symptoms associated with Cystic Fibrosis. |
| US10525071B2 |
Compositions containing PUFA and methods of use thereof
This invention provides methods of increasing or enhancing the synthesis and levels of phospholipids, synapses, synaptic proteins, and synaptic membranes by a neural cell or brain cell; methods of treating a subject with a memory disorder, memory impairment, neurological disorder, or brain disease or disorder, comprising administering to the subject a composition comprising an omega-3 fatty acid, an omega-6 fatty acid, uridine, a metabolic precursor thereof, or a combination thereof. |
| US10525066B2 |
System and method for the detection and treatment of infection by a microbial agent associated with HIV infection
A method of treating a patient, comprising administering at least one antibiotic, e.g., doxycycline and ciprofloxacin, sufficient to substantially treat an intracellular bacterial organism present in at least erythrocytes, e.g., over a course of at least two weeks; and subsequently administering at least one immunostimulant, e.g., which directly or indirectly increases levels of immunostimulatory cytokines in the patient, and at least one antioxidant, e.g., glutathione, to effectively treat a concurrent infection of the patient with a virus. The intracellular bacterial organism may be a rickettsiales-like organism, and the virus may be HIV. |
| US10525065B2 |
Methods and compositions for treating psoriasis
Method and composition for treating psoriasis and other skin disorders. |
| US10525064B2 |
Anticancer adjuvant containing panaxadiol ginsenocide compound
The present invention relates to an anticancer adjuvant containing, as an active ingredient, protopanaxadiol (PPD) or a compound-K, which are types of panaxadiol ginsenoside compounds, and a pharmaceutical composition for treating cancer containing the anticancer adjuvant and an anticancer agent having mitochondria-mediated anticancer activity. The anticancer adjuvant containing the PPD or compound-K provided in the present invention as an active ingredient damages mitochondria in cancer cells, thereby aiding mitochondria-mediated anticancer activity, and thus can be widely used in safer treatment or alleviation of cancer using anticancer agents that exhibit mitochondria-mediated anticancer activity. |
| US10525063B2 |
Methods of reducing mammographic breast density and/or breast cancer risk
The present disclosure is directed to generally methods and/or compositions for treating mammographic breast density and/or breast stiffness in a patient in need thereof, such as a pre-menopausal, a peri-menopausal or a post-menopausal patient, comprising the administration of an effective amount of androgenic agent and an effective amount of an aromatase inhibitor. The present disclosure is also directed to methods and/or compositions for reducing breast pain. The present disclosure is also directed to method and/or compositions for reducing elasticity and/or decreasing mechano-transduction on the genome of breast cells. The present disclosure is also directed to methods and/or compositions for stabilizing and/or increasing the levels of androgen receptor expression in breast tissue. |
| US10525061B2 |
Methods of synthesis and/or purification of diaminophenothiazinium compounds
Disclosed are methods of synthesis and/or purification of certain 3,7-diamino-phenothiazin-5-ium compounds (“diaminophenothiazinium compounds”) including Methylthioninium Chloride (MTC) (Methylene Blue), and the resulting high purity characterized by a purity greater than 98%, and very low levels of heavy metals and organic impurities Azure A, B, C and MVB. Also disclosed are methods of treatment of a tauopathy or methemoglobinemia in a patient in need thereof, comprising administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of the high-purity diaminophenothiazinium compound. |
| US10525059B2 |
Pharmaceutical compositions comprising Afatinib
The present invention relates to a tablet comprising Afatinib or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the tablet is obtained by direct compression. The present invention further relates to a process for manufacturing a tablet of the invention as well as the use of the tablet of the invention. |
| US10525058B2 |
Urea derivative or pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof
The present invention provides a urea derivative or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof that has a formyl peptide receptor like 1 (hereinafter may be abbreviated as FPRL1) agonist effect, a pharmaceutical composition containing the urea derivative or the pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof, and a pharmaceutical use thereof. It has been found that a urea derivative represented by the general formula (I) below or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof has a superior FPRL1 agonist effect. Compound (I) or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof is highly useful for treatment, prevention, or suppression of inflammatory diseases, chronic airway diseases, cancers, septicemia, allergic symptoms, HIV retrovirus infection, circulatory disorders, neuroinflammation, nervous disorders, pains, prion diseases, amyloidosis, immune disorders and the like. |
| US10525057B2 |
Method of providing aripiprazole to patients having impaired CYP2D6 or CYP3A4 enzyme function
The disclosed embodiments relate to methods of initiating aripiprazole treatment in a patient who is a CYP2D6 poor metabolizer or a CYP3A4 poor metabolizer, or both. |
| US10525053B2 |
Abuse-deterrent pharmaceutical compositions of opioids and other drugs
An abuse-deterrent pharmaceutical composition has been developed to reduce the likelihood of improper administration of drugs, especially drugs such as opioids. In a preferred embodiment, a drug is modified to increase its lipophilicity. In some embodiments the modified drug is homogeneously dispersed within spherical microparticles composed of a material that is either slowly soluble or not soluble in water. In some embodiments the drug containing microparticles or drug particles are coated with one or more coating layers, where at least one coating is water insoluble and/or organic solvent insoluble. The abuse-deterrent composition retards the release of drug, even if the physical integrity of the formulation is compromised (for example, by chopping with a blade or crushing) and the resulting material is placed in water, snorted, or swallowed. However, when administered as directed, the drug is slowly released from the composition as the composition is passes through the GI tract. |
| US10525052B2 |
Abuse-deterrent drug formulations
An abuse-deterrent pharmaceutical composition has been developed to reduce the likelihood of improper administration of drugs, especially drugs such as opiods. In the preferred embodiment, the drug is modified to increase its lipophilicity by forming a salt between the drug and one or more fatty acids wherein the concentration of the one or more fatty acids is one to 15 times the molar amount of the active agent, preferably two to ten times the molar amount of the active agent. In one embodiment the modified drug is homogeneously dispersed within microparticles composed of a material that is either slowly soluble or not soluble in water. In some embodiments the drug containing microparticles or drug particles are coated with one or more coating layers, where at least one coating is water insoluble and preferably organic solvent insoluble. The abuse-deterrent composition prevents the immediate release of a substantial portion of drug, even if the physical integrity of the formulation is compromised (for example, by chopping with a blade or crushing) and the resulting material is placed in water, snorted, or swallowed. However, when administered as directed, the drug is slowly released from the composition as the composition is broken down or dissolved gradually within the GI tract by a combination of enzymatic degradation, surfactant action of bile acids, and mechanical erosion. |
| US10525048B2 |
Methods and compositions of inhibiting DCN1-UBC12 interaction
In one aspect, the invention relates to substituted 1-phenyl-3-(piperidin-4-yl)urea analogs, derivatives thereof, and related compounds, which are useful as inhibitors of the DCN1-UBC12 interaction inhibitors of DCN1-mediated cullin-RING ligase activity, methods of making same, pharmaceutical compositions comprising same, methods of treating disorders using the disclosed compounds and compositions, methods of treating disorders associated with a DCN1-UBC12 interaction dysfunction, methods of treating disorders associated with a DCN1-mediated cullin-RING ligase activity dysfunction, methods of male contraception comprising the disclosed compounds and compositions, and kits comprising the disclosed compounds and compositions. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention. |
| US10525047B2 |
PIM kinase inhibitors in combination with RNA splicing modulators/inhibitors for treatment of cancers
The present invention provides for a method of treating cancer and/or reducing proliferation of cancer cells, the method comprising administering to a subject in need of such treatment a composition comprising a PIM kinase inhibitor that exhibits changes of mRNA splicing in combination with a compound that modulates/inhibits activity of an RNA splicing factor protein. Further, changes in splicing of mRNAs and phosphorylation of RNA splicing factors can be used as biomarkers for patient responsiveness to anti-PIM treatment and also suggest effective combinatorial therapies, including synergistic combination. |
| US10525043B2 |
Compositions comprising antibacterial agent and tazobactam
A pharmaceutical composition comprising antibacterial agent and tazobactam, wherein the ratio of tazobactam to the antibacterial agent in the composition is in the range of from about 0.5 to about 2 gram of tazobactam per gram of the antibacterial agent, are disclosed. |
| US10525040B2 |
Compositions and methods of Rit1 inhibition
Various compounds, compositions, and methods for inhibition of Rit1 are presented. In especially preferred aspects, contemplated compounds and compositions are suitable for treatment of cancers and other diseases associated with Rit1 signaling. |
| US10525030B2 |
Phenyl carbamate compound and a composition for neuroprotection comprising the same
The present invention relates to a composition for neuroprotection comprising a phenyl carbamate compound and a method for providing neuroprotection therewith. The present invention ensures the enhancement of neuroprotection, such that it is promising for preventing or treating various diseases associated with neurological injury. |
| US10525024B2 |
Methods for rescuing phenobarbital-resistance of seizures by ANA-12 or ANA-12 in combination with CLP290
The present invention relates to the field of seizures. More specifically, the present invention provides compositions and methods for treating refractory seizures in neonates. In one embodiment, the method comprises the steps of (a) administering to the patient an amount of a KCC2 agonist and/or trkB antagonist effective to restore KCC2 expression to normal physiological levels; and (b) administering to the patient an effective amount of an anti-seizure medication. |
| US10525022B2 |
Pharmaceutical composition for treating cancer, containing lactate metal salt
The present invention relates to: a pharmaceutical composition for treating cancer containing, as an active ingredient, a metal lactate salt, which can be dissociated, in cancer cells, into lactate capable of effectively inhibiting actions such as proliferation, invasion, and metastasis of cancer cells by disturbing the metabolic processes of cancer cells; a pharmaceutical composition for inhibiting cancer metastasis; a food composition for alleviating cancer; and a method for treating cancer and a method for inhibiting cancer metastasis, both methods comprising a step of administering the lactate metal salt. The metal lactate salts of the present invention inhibits the growth of cancer cells and induces the death of cancer cells by disturbing the metabolic processes in the main energy production pathways of cancer, and inhibits the expression of factors inducing resistance against radiation exposure, while having no side effects. Therefore, the lactate metal salt can be widely utilized in a more effective anti-cancer therapy. |
| US10525021B2 |
Mitochondrial uncouplers for treatment of metabolic diseases and cancer
2-hydroxy-benzoic anilide compounds and derivatives, compositions thereof, and methods for treating metabolic diseases and cancer through uncoupling mitochondria. |
| US10525017B2 |
Composition containing meso-2,3-butanediol
The present invention relates to a composition which can effectively control bacteria by containing meso-2,3-butanediol, which is an isomer of 2,3-butane diol, and has excellent antiseptic power even without containing a chemical antiseptic agent. |
| US10525016B2 |
Nutritional compositions containing an elevated level of inositol and uses thereof
A method for enhancing neurological health and development in a subject involving administering to the subject a nutritional composition including no greater than about 7 g/100 kcal of a fat or lipid source; no greater than about 7 g/100 kcal of a protein or protein equivalent source; at least about 5 g/100 kcal of a carbohydrate; and at least about 9 mg/100 kcal of inositol, wherein the ratio of exogenous inositol to inherent inositol is at least 50:50. |
| US10525015B2 |
Nalfurafine-containing percutaneous absorption patch
The present invention relates to a nalfurafine-containing percutaneous absorption patch having a support, a drug layer and a control layer which are laminated successively, wherein the drug layer contains at least one kind of a drug selected from the group consisting of nalfurafine and a salt thereof, and capable of maintaining a given level of drug skin permeation amount without permeation of an excess amount of the drug through the skin in a short time even when applied to the skin in which the horny cell layer and the like are damaged and the skin barrier is insufficient. |
| US10525013B2 |
Cationic materials and formulations for drug delivery
Cationic polymers are provided for delivering anionic active agents, preferably in the form or nanoparticles and other nanostructures. The polymer can be a polycation homopolymer or a copolymer containing a polycation block. The polycations and polycation containing polymers can contain dicarboxylic acid ester units and units of (α-amino acid)-α,ω-alkylene diester units. The nanoparticles can contain high loadings of anionic active agents, with sustained release of the active agents. Methods of making the polycations and polycation containing polymers are provided. Methods of making the nanoparticles and formulating them for administration to an individual in need thereof are also provided. |
| US10525007B2 |
Tea composition for oral administration
This invention concerns an enhanced green tea based product for oral use whereby the nutritional and health benefits of green tea, and additives which shall include some combination of flavoring, preservatives, caffeine, humectants, and water, can be ingested and absorbed by the user. |
| US10525006B2 |
Pharmaceutical solution formulations for pressurised metered dose inhalers
The invention relates to the prevention and/or treatment of a severe broncho-pulmonary disease by administering a solution formulation from a pressurized metered dose inhaler capable of providing therapeutical doses of two or more active drug substances to the lung, wherein all the active drug substances are fully dissolved in the formulation as well as the two or more active drug substances are delivered with substantially the same particle size distribution. |
| US10525004B2 |
Epithelial delivery
The present invention relates to composition comprising vesicles and associated with the vesicles, a chemical agent, for use in a method of treatment by therapy wherein the chemical agent is delivered trans- and/or intra-epithelially to a human or animal body, wherein the constructs comprise an amphiphilic block copolymer having a hydrophilic and a hydrophobic block.Methods for forming the composition are also provided. |
| US10525001B2 |
Product and method for the temporary shaping of keratin-containing fibers
The invention relates to a cosmetic composition for the temporary shaping of hair, comprising a combination of two specific anionic acrylate copolymers. The cosmetic composition provides an extremely good moisture resistance. |
| US10525000B2 |
Composition
A solid cosmetic composition includes (i) a natural colourant, (ii) starch, and (iii) mica. |
| US10524997B2 |
Topical sanitizing formulations and uses thereof
Several embodiments disclosed herein relate to formulations having antimicrobial and/or sanitizing effects, and uses of the same. In particular, the formulations and methods of using same provide, in several embodiments, an immediate and a persistent antimicrobial effect against a broad spectrum of microorganisms. |
| US10524996B2 |
Hair dyeing process using at least one dye, a titanium salt and an anionic thickening polymer
The present invention relates to a process for dyeing keratin fibres, in particular human keratin fibres such as the hair, in which said fibres are treated using one or more cosmetic compositions comprising a) one or more dye(s), b) one or more titanium salts and b1) optionally at least one carboxylic acid, and c) one or more anionic thickening polymers derived from the polymerization of at least one monomer bearing an organic monoacid function, and d) optionally one or more chemical oxidizing agents such as hydrogen peroxide or one or more hydrogen peroxide-generating systems. |
| US10524995B2 |
Zinc amino acid halide mouthwashes
Disclosed herein are mouthwashes comprising a complex of a zinc ion source and an amino acid. Methods of making and using the compositions are also provided. |
| US10524993B2 |
Mouthwash composition
A non-alcohol mouthwash composition includes: a sweetener, a dispersing agent, a surfactant, an antimicrobial agent, a calcium ion source including calcium lactate, a phosphate ion source including monobasic sodium phosphate, a flavoring agent, a fluoride source, and water. The non-alcohol mouthwash composition includes about 0.001 weight percent of the calcium lactate and about 0.10 weight percent of the monobasic sodium phosphate, based on total weight percent of the non-alcohol mouthwash composition, and the composition has a pH greater than about 5.5. According to embodiments, the non-alcohol mouthwash composition exhibits desirable advantages of being alcohol free, being sodium laural sulfate free, being gluten free, and being substantially 100% natural, as well as alleviating Xerostomia (dry mouth) by stimulating salivary flow, combatting enamel erosion by providing a means of remineralization, providing anticariogenic activity by acting as an antimicrobial agent, and/or providing anti-inflammatory activity, among other benefits. |
| US10524987B1 |
Smart baby bottle to prevent tooth decay in infants
There is provided a smart baby bottle for preventing tooth decay in infants, including a first compartment containing a first liquid (such as milk), a second compartment containing a second liquid (such as water), and an electrical two-way solenoid valve for controlling a flow of the second liquid from the second compartment into the first compartment. The baby bottle also includes a pacifier which can be mounted interchangeably to both compartments as needed. The solenoid valve receives electrical signals from a plurality of electrical sensors. The electrical two-way solenoid valve automatically opens and allows flow of water from the second compartment into the first compartment, when milk contained in the first compartment is completely finished by an infant. Hence, the infant's teeth are rinsed with the water subsequent to milk—thereby reducing tooth decay in infants considering that there will be reduced exposure to liquids containing sugar. |
| US10524985B2 |
Discrete object singulation
A vibratory tablet feeder includes a reservoir for storing a supply of tablets with a pathway that leads to an exit opening for discharging tablets therefrom. Vibration of the reservoir moves tablets as a flow of tablets along the pathway to the exit opening. The feeder can include a wiper spaced vertically from the pathway. The wiper has a wiping surface that is configured to guide at least one vertically-bunched tablet in the flow of tablets away from the exit opening for return to the reservoir in order to provide singulated flow of tablets at the exit opening. A portion of the pathway may define a chamfered edge that is configured to guide at least one horizontally-bunched tablet in the flow of tablets away from the exit opening for return to the reservoir in order to provide singulated flow of tablets at the exit opening. |
| US10524978B2 |
Vibration and heat generation apparatus for use with compression wrap
A system applies compression, vibration and heat to a body part of a person. The system includes a portable vibration and heat generation apparatus having a flexible support platform and a bag-like enclosure extending from the support platform. A cylindrical control unit is mounted to the support platform and extends perpendicularly from the support platform. The control unit has a diameter of between 50 millimeters and 100 millimeters. The control unit houses electronic circuitry and at least one battery. Four vibration pods extend from the support platform into the bag-like structure. The bag-like structure also houses a heat generation unit. The control unit extends through a circular bore in a compression wrap. The compression wrap is securable to a body part with a distal wall of the bag-like enclosure against the body part. The system selectively applies vibration, heat or a combination of vibration and heat to the body part. |
| US10524976B2 |
Intelligent compression wrap
An intelligent compression device for controllable compression. The compression device includes a compressible body and a microprocessor. The compressible body encircles a limb of a user and includes an elastomer layer and an activation layer. The elastomer layer includes voxelated liquid crystal elastomers that contract in response to a stimulus. The activation element, which is positioned proximate to the elastomer layer, supplies the stimulus. The microprocessor actuates at least a portion of the activation element layer. |
| US10524975B2 |
Air vest
An air vest for supplying successive percussive forces to a patient during a therapy session is described. The air vest includes an air bladder and at least one belt for securing the vest to a patient, with the vest adapted to engage at least a portion of the thoracic region of the patient. The vest may define an inner surface, an outer surface, and one or more extension portions for controlling movement of the inner and outer surfaces relative to each other along at least a portion of the vest. Securement and fitting of the vest to the patient may be achieved with a plurality of releasable straps. |
| US10524971B2 |
Lift chair control device
A lift chair comprising: a lift that transitions the lift chair between a resting position and a standing position; a user interface that receives one or more user inputs indicating a request to transition the lift chair between the resting position and the standing position; a controller circuit communicatively coupled to the lift and to the user interface, the controller circuit configured to cause the lift to transition the lift chair from the resting position to the standing position, in response to a single user input, at a first speed over a first time period followed by a second speed over a second time period, the first speed being slower than the second speed. |
| US10524970B2 |
Folding wheelchair
A folding wheelchair includes two side frames, which are connected to each other via a cross-strut. A fabric is stretched between the side frames in order to form a seating area of a seat. The side frames are formed identically and include an outer tube and an inner tube. The outer tubes have a slot extending in a longitudinal direction (L), which opens at least into an outer tube end. The inner tubes each include a slot extending in the longitudinal direction (L), which opens at least into an inner tube end. A tensioning rod is accommodated in one of the outer tubes and opens into the associated inner tube. The fabric is led to the outside through the slots of the inner tube and outer tube. The inner tube, the fabric and the tensioning rod are connected to one another. |
| US10524967B2 |
Orthopedic cast removal apparatus
An orthopedic cast removal apparatus comprises a housing having a portion that can be gripped by an operator during use. A motor is located inside the housing. A blade is operatively connected to and driven by the motor via a drive mechanism, the blade defining a cutting edge having cutting teeth located thereon. The drive mechanism according to this aspect has a driven element with an axis of rotation substantially parallel to a surface of an orthopedic cast when it is cut. The blade is connected to the driven element at a connection point that moves periodically around the axis of rotation. As a result, the cutting edge of the blade engages material of the orthopedic cast in a galloping fashion. |
| US10524964B2 |
Absorbent article with waistband
A disposable absorbent article is disclosed that includes a first waist region, a second waist region, a crotch region disposed between the first waist region and second waist region, a waist edge in the first waist region, at least one waistband in the first waist region adjacent the waist edge, at least one fastener in the second waist region, and a waist assembly in the first waist region, wherein the waist assembly has a Corrugation Regularity greater than about 75%. |
| US10524963B2 |
Absorbent article with waist gasketing element and leg cuffs
A disposable absorbent article may include a chassis that includes a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet; and a leg gasketing system and a waist gasketing element. The leg gasketing system may include an inner cuff and an outer cuff; the inner cuff may include an inner cuff folded edge and an inner cuff material edge and the outer cuff may include an outer cuff folded edge and an outer cuff material edge such that the web of material is folded laterally inward to form the outer cuff folded edge and folded laterally outward to form the inner cuff folded edge. When tested by the Blowout Method Test as described herein, the disposable absorbent article has a Blowout Percent Leakage of less than about 9.0%. |
| US10524958B2 |
Method and apparatus for reducing intraocular pressure
An apparatus for reducing intraocular pressure is provided. A tube extends from an inlet end in fluid communication with an anterior chamber of the eye, to direct an aqueous humor flow from the anterior chamber to an outlet end in fluid communication with a cavity, defined by a housing, for receiving the aqueous humor. A proximal end of an elongate tubular member defining a longitudinally-extending channel is engaged with the housing such that the channel is in fluid communication with the cavity and such that a distal end of the tubular member is spaced apart from the housing, wherein the channel is configured to receive the aqueous humor from the cavity and to direct the aqueous humor through the distal end to a drainage site disposed distally to the anterior chamber and to the housing. An associated method is also provided. |
| US10524956B2 |
Temperature-dependent adhesion between applicator and skin during cooling of tissue
A method and apparatus in accordance with a particular embodiment of the present invention includes applying adhesive onto skin of a human subject. An applicator is then brought into contact with the adhesive such the adhesive is disposed between the applicator and the subject's skin. The applicator is activated to cool a tissue region via the subject's skin, via the heat-transfer surface of the applicator, and via the adhesive. While the tissue region cools, the adhesive also cools, thereby reversibly strengthening adhesion between the subject's skin and the heat-transfer surface and forming a strong bond therebetween. The strengthened adhesion inhibits any movement of the applicator relative to the skin. After cooling the tissue region, the adhesive is warmed, thereby weakening the adhesion which allows the heat-transfer surface of the applicator to be easily separated from the skin. |
| US10524953B2 |
Compact ostomy appliance
Ostomy appliance components providing low profile containment of waste from a surgical stoma. Waste collection pouch configuration, positioning, and positioning structure relate to potential advantages in manufacturing and operation of components. |
| US10524952B2 |
Devices and methods for pressure-responsive reshaping of blood vessels
A device for controlling blood flow through a vein is provided. The device includes a device body configured for implantation in or around the vein. The device body is capable of reducing flow through the vein in response to an increase in tissue pressure around the vein. |
| US10524950B2 |
Modular semi-active joint exoskeleton
Systems, methods, and apparatus provide an artificial knee. Such artificial knees may include a thigh link configured to move in unison with a thigh of the person, a shank link configured to be rotatably coupled to the thigh link, and a compression spring rotatably coupled to the thigh link at a first end and coupled to the shank link at a second end. The compression spring is configured to provide an extension torque between the thigh link and the shank link during a first range of motion of the thigh link and the shank link relative to each other. The compression spring is configured to provide a flexion torque between the thigh link and the shank link during a second range of motion of the thigh link and the shank link relative to each other. |
| US10524949B2 |
Knee brace with adjustable strut length and dynamic strut lengthening
A knee brace incorporates an upper attachment assembly having an upper cuff with medial and lateral struts extending therefrom and a lower attachment assembly having a lower cuff with lower medial and lateral struts extending therefrom. The upper and lower medial struts are connected proximate a user's knee by a medial hinge assembly and the upper and lower lateral struts are connected proximate the user's knee by a lateral hinge assembly. At least one of the struts includes a mechanism dynamically extending the strut with respect to a rotation point of that strut in the associated hinge upon flexion of the upper and lower attachment assemblies between a flexed position and an extended position. |
| US10524946B2 |
Methods, devices, and systems for obesity treatment
In one aspect, a gastric balloon structure includes multiple isolated non-concentric inflatable chambers and a valve system for introducing fluid into each chamber, where the structure assumes, upon inflating, a curved shape conforming to a natural three-dimensional kidney shape of the gastric cavity. |
| US10524945B2 |
Stents twisted prior to deployment and untwisted during deployment
Stents can become twisted during deployment within tortuous vessels such that proper expansion against the vessel wall is inhibited. Stents can be twisted prior to deployment in a direction opposite the direction of twisting during deployment to facilitate full expansion of the stent against the vessel wall along the stent's entire length. |
| US10524944B1 |
Delivery systems and methods of endoluminal delivery of branched vascular endoprosthetic devices
A catheter assembly for delivery of an expandable implant having at least one branch portal, which utilizes a secondary sleeve for releasably constraining a middle portion of the expandable implant after releasing a primary constraining sleeve used for constraining the expandable implant toward a delivery configuration for endoluminal delivery; and methods of using the same. |
| US10524943B2 |
Method and apparatus for ultrasound-guided delivery of vascular devices
Delivery devices and vascular devices are described for addressing a target site within a body lumen. The delivery device includes one or more ultrasound transducers positioned to transmit and receive ultrasound signals so as to provide an image of an interior of the patient's blood vessel within which the vascular device is disposed in real time, as the procedure is taking place. Using the images provided by the ultrasound transducers, the longitudinal and rotational position of the delivery device (and the vascular device constrained therein) may be adjusted to align the vascular device with the patient's vasculature. In some examples, the vascular device being delivered includes fenestrations, whereas in others the vascular device integral branch grafts. |
| US10524940B2 |
Stent
Provided is a stent having a novel structure, the stem simultaneously having both the stability of shape against the action of external force, such as compression force, tensile force, or torsional force, and high flexibility in the direction of twisting of the stem. Connection groups are provided at three or more positions set at circumferentially equally-spaced intervals, the connection groups each including connection sections which are disposed circumferentially close to each other between axially adjacent tubular divided bodies. The connection groups on both sides axially of each of the tubular divided bodies are provided at positions circumferentially offset from each other while at least one turning portion is present between the connection groups. |
| US10524938B2 |
Production method for medical linear member
A production method for a medical linear member is provided which is not abraded upon production and which includes a flat shape in a cross section.The method includes the steps of: forming a first spiral body (1) of an oval shape in a horizontal section by spirally winding a base body (3), in which a plurality of wires (2) formed of a shape-memory alloy is arrayed, around a winding core (4); subjecting the first spiral body (1) to first shape-memory treatment; cutting the first spiral body (1) into a first predetermined length; forming a second spiral body (5) of a flat shape in a horizontal section by compressing the first spiral body (1) in a direction along a short diameter; subjecting the second spiral body (5) to second shape-memory treatment; and removing the winding core (4) from the second spiral body (5). |
| US10524937B2 |
Post-operative support apparatus for a patients residual limb
A post-operative support apparatus for a patient's residual limb includes: a planar, stretchable and flexible wrap panel sized to wrap around an outer circumference of a patient's residual limb, along a length of the patient's residual limb, where the wrap panel includes one or more fasteners (such as hook & loop fastener components) for maintaining the wrap panel in place around the patient's residual limb; a pair of substantially rigid, elongated side support panels to respectively apply to the medial and lateral sides of the patient's residual limb, over the wrap panel; a distal cushion to apply against a distal end of the patient's residual limb; and a retainer maintaining the distal cushion against the patient's residual limb. |
| US10524935B2 |
Surgical instrumentation assembly for positioning an ankle prosthesis
In order to position an ankle prosthesis including a tibial implant and a talus implant provided with a talo-calcaneal anchoring keel, the invention proposes a surgical instrumentation assembly including: a tibial phantom (60) of the tibial implant, adapted so as to be attached to the tibia (T) of a patient, and an aiming guide (80) adapted for setting into place an instrumentation element (90) through the talus (A) and the calcaneus (C) of the patient, along an axis (Z-Z) for implanting the talo-calcaneal anchoring keel, the tibial phantom and the aiming guide mechanically cooperating with each other to restrict movement of the tibial phantom and the aiming guide relative to each other along vertical and medio-lateral directions, wherein the aiming guide is configured to guide placement of the instrumentation element. |
| US10524933B2 |
Version protractor
An apparatus and method for measuring a version angle of a restored neck of a femur during a hip replacement procedure. The apparatus includes a broach. The broach has a distal end that is insertable into a medullary canal of the neck of the femur. The broach also has a proximal end that extends along a neck axis of the broach. The apparatus also includes a protractor. The protractor includes a rod which is attachable to the proximal end of the broach to extend away from the neck axis of the broach for measuring the version angle of the restored neck of the femur relative to a vertical direction. The method includes inserting the broach, flexing the knee at approximately ninety degrees, orienting the tibia vertically, attaching the protractor to the proximal end of the broach and using it to measure the version angle. |
| US10524926B2 |
Intervertebral spinal implant
An intervertebral implant for implantation in an intervertebral space between vertebrae. The implant includes a body extending from an upper surface to a lower surface. The body has a front end, a rear end and a pair of spaced apart first and second side walls extending between the front and rear walls such that an interior chamber is defined within the front and rear ends and the first and second walls. The body defines an outer perimeter and an inner perimeter extending about the internal chamber. At least one of the side walls is defined by a solid support structure and an integral porous structure, the porous structure extending from the outer perimeter to the inner perimeter. The porous structure embeds or encapsulates at least a portion of the solid support structure. |
| US10524924B2 |
Expandable intervertebral implant
An implant for therapeutically separating bones of a joint has two endplates each having an opening through the endplate, and at least one ramped surface on a side opposite a bone engaging side. A frame is slideably connected to the endplates to enable the endplates to move relative to each other at an angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the implant, in sliding connection with the frame. An actuator screw is rotatably connected to the frame. A carriage forms an open area aligned with the openings in the endplates. The openings in the endplates pass through the carriage to form an unimpeded passage from bone to bone of the joint. The carriage has ramps which mate with the ramped surfaces of the endplates, wherein when the carriage is moved by rotation of the actuator screw, the endplates move closer or farther apart. |
| US10524922B2 |
Glenoid implant anchor post
A prosthesis that mechanically couples with both cancellous bone and cortical bone of a glenoid includes a head portion comprising a rear surface and an articular surface, an anchor member, and a plurality of deformable fins extending radially outward from the anchor member. The anchor member includes a distal end and a proximal end connected to the rear surface of the head portion. The plurality of deformable fins extend radially outward from the anchor member and includes at least a first proximal fin adjacent to the rear surface of the head portion positioned to engage with the cortical bone. The anchor member may also include at least one distal fin located proximate the distal end of the anchor member positioned to engage with the cancellous bone. |
| US10524921B2 |
Universal joint implant for shoulder
Universal joint implant includes an artificial glenohumeral component having articulating surfaces. The artificial glenohumeral component can include a first portion for articulation against an artificial glenoid surface or natural glenoid of the patient, and second portion(s) for articulation against an artificial humeral surface or resected, natural humerus; and a universal joint connection. The connection includes a yoke to provide for a center of movement generally within or adjacent a volume defined by an upper head of a normal humerus, which otherwise would be resected; and a substantially spheroidal body, at least in part, dissected, yet connected to provide the yoke; a body pivotable with respect to the yoke for providing motion in a first direction; a rotatable glenoid fixing member, rotatably fixable about the artificial glenoid surface or natural or resected glenoid; and a rotatable humeral fixing member, rotatably fixable about the artificial humeral surface or resected humerus. |
| US10524919B2 |
System and method for fracture replacement of comminuted bone fractures or portions thereof adjacent bone joints
The system and method serves in facilitating replacement of comminuted bone fractures or portions thereof adjacent bone joints. The system and method employs a prosthesis to replace at least a portion of the comminuted bone fractures. The prosthesis serves in reproducing the articular surface of the portion or portions of the comminuted bone fractures that are replaced. In doing so, the prosthesis serves in restoring joint viability and corresponding articulation thereof. |
| US10524915B2 |
Three-dimensional pre-vascularized scaffold for bone regeneration
The present invention provides scaffolds comprising dual structural organization for bone and regeneration. Methods for fabricating and using the scaffold are also disclosed. |
| US10524912B2 |
Tissue fixation devices and methods
The present disclosure describes tissue gripping devices, systems, and methods for gripping mitral valve tissue during treatment of a mitral valve and while a tissue fixation device is implanted in the mitral valve. The tissue gripping device includes a flexible member and one or more tissue gripping members coupled to one or more arms of the flexible member. The flexible member is formed from a shape-memory material, such as nitinol, and the tissue gripping member(s) are formed from a material that is more rigid than the shape-memory material. The tissue gripping member(s) are attached to the flexible member by threading or looping suture lines around and/or through the tissue gripping member(s) and the flexible member and/or by applying a cover material to the tissue gripping device to hold the tissue gripping member(s) against the flexible member. |
| US10524909B2 |
Retaining cage to permit resheathing of a tavi aortic-first transapical system
A delivery device for an implantable medical device includes an inner shaft extending in a longitudinal direction and an outer shaft surrounding at least a longitudinal portion of the inner shaft. The outer shaft is slidable relative to the inner shaft in the longitudinal direction. A sheath surrounds a longitudinal portion of the outer shaft, the sheath having an outer diameter and being slidable in the longitudinal direction between a first position enclosing the medical device and a second position exposing the medical device to permit full functionality of the medical device. A retaining cage is coupled to the outer shaft, the retaining cage being configured and arrange to collapse the medical device during resheathing. |
| US10524906B2 |
Expandable sheath for introducing an endovascular delivery device into a body
Embodiments of an expandable sheath can be used in conjunction with a catheter assembly to introduce a prosthetic device, such as a heart valve, into a patient. Such embodiments can minimize trauma to the vessel by allowing for temporary expansion of a portion of the introducer sheath to accommodate the delivery apparatus, followed by a return to the original diameter once the prosthetic device passes through. Some embodiments can include a sheath with inner and outer layers, where a folded portion of the inner layer extends through a slit in the outer layer and a portion of the outer layer overlaps the folded portion of the inner layer. Some embodiments include an elastic outer cover positioned outside the outer layer. Embodiments of the present expandable sheath can avoid the need for multiple insertions for the dilation of the vessel, thus offering advantages over prior art introducer sheaths. |
| US10524903B2 |
Prosthetic valve with aligned inner and outer frames
Prosthetic valves and methods of use of prosthetic valves may be provided. In one implementation, an expandable prosthetic valve may be configured for implantation within a native heart valve. The prosthetic valve may include an expandable outer frame formed at least partially of outer frame struts. The prosthetic valve may also include an inner frame with tissue anchors extending therefrom, the inner frame being formed at least partially of inner frame struts. The struts along the downstream ends of the outer and inner frames may be arranged in undulating configurations to extend between peaks and troughs. A trough of the outer frame may be configured to be situated downstream from a peak of the inner frame. |
| US10524898B2 |
Self-centering phakic refractive lenses with parachute design
An improved self-centering phakic refractive lens is disclosed. The lens floats freely in the posterior chamber of the eye and corrects vision of the patient but also prevents buildup of intraocular pressure, cataract induction and iris pigment dispersion. The lens comprises an optical body, haptic members which extend outward from the optical body, and a small hole in the approximate center of the optical body for the purpose of allowing aqueous humor to flow through that hole. The lens is designed such that its posterior surface conforms to the shape of the anterior surface of the patient's natural crystalline lens. |
| US10524897B2 |
Lighter weight implant
A breast implant is provided which includes a filling, or core having a lower overall density relative to silicone gel-filled or saline-filled implant. The core may be a composite including flexible, bodies, for example, air-containing, or gas-containing, bodies, and a gel medium between or around the bodies. |
| US10524896B2 |
Implantable prosthesis for reconstruction of an anatomical feature
An implantable prosthesis is provided for reconstructing an anatomical feature, such as a breast nipple. The prosthesis may be formed from a biologic and/or synthetic material. The prosthesis may include a body with a shape that is suitable for reconstructing the anatomical feature. A base may be located at an end of the body to facilitate anchoring the prosthesis in position. The prosthesis may be provided with openings that allow fluid flow therethrough, tissue ingrowth, revascularization, neovascularization and/or fat or stem cell deposition. The prosthesis may include a plurality of layers of biocompatible material arranged in a stacked configuration. The layers may be in spaced relation relative to each other and secured or fixed in position to maintain the spacing therebetween. Each layer may have one or more openings extending therethrough. The spaced layer arrangement may provide a desired tactile response and/or natural movement for the prosthesis. |
| US10524894B1 |
Methods for effecting retroperfusion in a body passage
A device includes a first end portion, a second end portion, an intermediate portion, and a graft material. The first end portion has a first end diameter. The second end portion has a second end diameter smaller than the first end diameter. The first end portion comprises a first material. The second end portion comprises a second material different than the first material. The intermediate portion is between the first end portion and the second end portion. The intermediate portion tapers between the first end portion and the second end portion. The graft material is coupled to at least the intermediate portion. |
| US10524890B2 |
Force sensor providing continuous feedback for a resonant drive toothbrush using a hall sensor
The power toothbrush includes a handle portion which includes a power drive assembly and a brushhead assembly (32) which includes a brushhead arm (36) and a brush element (38) at a distal end thereof. A V-spring assembly (14) converts the action of the power drive assembly to drive the brushhead assembly in a back-and-forth action. A mounting member (55) at the rear end of the V-spring assembly provides a base for a magnet (56). The V-spring assembly and the brushhead assembly comprises a unit which moves about a pivot point at the forward end of the V-spring assembly, so that the back end of the V-spring assembly is displaced in accordance with pressure applied to the brush member. A Hall effect sensor (58) is mounted within the changing magnetic field produced by the magnet as the rear end of the V-spring assembly is displaced due to pressure on the brushhead. A processor (65) is responsive to the output from the Hall sensor and stored information to produce a signal indicative of the pressure on the brushhead and to provide an indication of when the pressure exceeds a threshold value. |
| US10524885B2 |
Methods and apparatus for digital imaging of dental models
A dental method and associated apparatus is disclosed in which a navigation body, comprising a plurality of navigation elements, is scanned using a scanner. Relative locations of the navigation elements are determined and, based on the relative locations, a scanner coordinate system is determined. A dental model is also scanned using the scanner to obtain three-dimensional virtual image data of the dental model and the scanner coordinate system is associated with the image data. A three-dimensional virtual image of the dental model is positioned, based on the three-dimensional virtual image data, within a three-dimensional virtual scene. The virtual scene is associated with a virtual articulator coordinate system, and the positioning of the virtual image within the virtual scene comprises positioning and orienting the virtual image relative to the virtual articulator coordinate system based on a transformation of the virtual image data from the scanner coordinate system to the virtual articulator coordinate system. |
| US10524884B2 |
Conical connection for a dental implant
A dental device having an abutment body including a substantially radial mark on its external part, the abutment body adapted, to be connected, to an implant by a connecting member, such that the substantially radial mark is distinguishable from the abutment body in an image taken by an imaging device when the implant and abutment are installed. |
| US10524882B2 |
Removable lingual-vestibular dental alignment device and method for production thereof
The invention relates to a removable lingual-vestibular dental alignment device comprising an assembly of independent caps (12). The inner part of each cover (12) includes a fissure (14) for coupling to a fixing element (21, 24, and 27) adhered to the tooth (20) and outer elements (13) facilitating the passage of the dental arch (16) having a circular, square or rectangular section. The invention also relates to a method for the production of the caps (12) that includes scanning the mold of the denture and working on a virtual mold in order to include the corrective elements. The caps (12, 35) are produced after printing the result of the denture (9) with the different elements and subsequent stamping method or from the printing of a file corresponding to a virtual cap produced on the virtual denture (8) that includes the virtual cuboids (4) and virtual half-spheres (5). |
| US10524881B2 |
Patterned dental positioning appliance
Embodiments are provided for a patterned dental positioning appliance. One method embodiment includes receiving a dental mold of a patient's dentition, applying a pattern to a portion of the dental mold, and applying a material to the dental mold to form the removable dental positioning appliance that includes either the pattern on the portion of the dental mold or an inverse thereof. |
| US10524878B2 |
Matrix band shaping device
A dental device for shaping matrix bands. The device has a first arm pivotally connected to a second arm. A male head component having a curved, convex inner sidewall with a flattened surface centrally disposed thereon is connected to a bar portion of the first arm. A female head component having a curved, concave inner sidewall with a flattened surface centrally disposed thereon is connected to a bar portion of the second arm. When a handle portion of the first arm is pivoted towards a handle portion of the second arm, the first bar portion pivots toward the second bar portion. The male head component mates with the female head component such that the inner sidewall of the male head component interfaces with the inner sidewall of the female head component, and the flattened surface of the male head component interfaces with the flattened surface of the female head component. |
| US10524873B2 |
Device for handling medical waste products
The present invention relates to a device for receiving and handling specific medical waste products to be stored in a safe container (10; 100), comprising a receiving mechanism (14; 126) arranged with a compartment (48; 131) for receiving a medicament container, which compartment (48; 131) is operably arranged to be moved from a first position wherein a medical waste product may be entered into said compartment to a second position wherein the medical waste product is entered into the safe container (10; 100), at least one first locking element (25; 118) operably arranged to releasably lock said compartment (48; 131) from being moved to said second position, said at least one first locking element (25; 118) being configured such that a medical waste product placed in said compartment (48; 131) constitutes a keying element for unlocking said compartment (48), and a monitoring unit (60; 200) comprising a detection mechanism (64; 150, 170) capable of detecting that said compartment (48; 131) has been moved from said first position to said second position. |
| US10524872B2 |
Closed feedback control for electrosurgical device
A robotic surgical system including a control circuit configured to: (i) generate an energy control signal to deliver an electrosurgical energy signal to a first electrode and a second electrode, (ii) measure a current supplied and a voltage applied to the first and second electrodes, (iii) calculate impedance based on the measured current and voltage, (iv) compare the calculated impedance to a predetermined impedance level, (v) generate a subsequent energy control signal to deliver a subsequent electrosurgical energy signal to the first and second electrodes, when the calculated impedance is less than the predetermined impedance level, by adjusting at least one energy signal characteristic between the delivered electrosurgical energy signal and the subsequent electrosurgical energy signal based on the calculated impedance, and (vi) generate a drive control signal to activate a blade when the calculated impedance is greater than or equal to the predetermined impedance level. |
| US10524871B2 |
Master-to-slave orientation mapping when misaligned
A controller stores the orientations of a master tool grip and a slave surgical instrument tip upon completion of a master-slave alignment process, and enters following. During following each commanded movement of the slave surgical instrument tip from the master tool grip is processed by the controller to compensate for any alignment error between the master tool grip and the slave surgical instrument tip before following was entered. The result of this processing is that the motion of the slave surgical instrument tip intuitively corresponds to the motion of the master tool grip despite an initial swooping orientation misalignment between the master tool grip and the slave surgical instrument tip. |
| US10524865B2 |
Combination of 3D ultrasound and computed tomography for guidance in interventional medical procedures
In the present invention, an imaging system and method is provided to obtain a fusion image of a patient anatomy used as a navigational 3D roadmap to guide an interventional device into the anatomy. The fusion image fuses in real-time, fluoroscopy images taken during the interventional procedure with pre-operative CTA images, so that the operator can see the anatomy in the fluoroscopy image without having to inject contrast agent. To correct for the deformation in the anatomy from the pre-op CTA images form the insertion of interventional devices during the procedure, a 3D ultrasound image is obtained after the insertion of the devices. The 3D ultrasound images are then utilized to correct the pre-op CTA images and provide the current vascular anatomy of the patient. This updated CTA image is fused with the intra-op fluoro images to provide an accurate 3D roadmap image that matches the deformed anatomy. |
| US10524862B2 |
Energy delivery systems and uses thereof
The present invention relates to comprehensive systems, devices and methods for delivering energy to tissue for a wide variety of applications, including medical procedures (e.g., tissue ablation, resection, cautery, vascular thrombosis, treatment of cardiac arrhythmias and dysrhythmias, electrosurgery, tissue harvest, etc.). In certain embodiments, systems, devices, and methods are provided for delivering energy to difficult to access tissue regions (e.g. peripheral lung tissues), and/or reducing the amount of undesired heat given off during energy delivery. |
| US10524858B2 |
Dual node multiray electrode catheter
This disclosure is directed to a catheter having a dual node multiray electrode assembly at the distal end of the catheter body. The dual node multiray electrode assembly includes a proximal multiray array with a plurality of spines connected at one end, each spine having at least one ablation electrode, and a distal node. The dual node multiray electrode assembly may have an expanded configuration and a collapsed configuration wherein the spines are arranged generally along a longitudinal axis of the catheter body. The distal node may be configured to be deployed within a vessel and the proximal multiray array may be configured to engage tissue forming an ostium of the vessel with the ablation electrodes. In some embodiments, the relative distance between the proximal multiray array and the distal node is adjustable. |
| US10524856B2 |
Electrosurgical device with disposable shaft having modular subassembly
An apparatus comprises an end effector, a shaft assembly, and an interface assembly. The end effector is operable to manipulate tissue, the shaft assembly is in communication with the end effector and a portion of the shaft assembly extends proximally from the end effector. The interface assembly is in communication with the shaft assembly. The interface assembly comprises a housing portion, a shaft cartridge, and a base portion. The housing portion can engage the shaft cartridge. The shaft cartridge is able to rotate and articulate the end effector, and the shaft assembly extends from the shaft cartridge. The base portion and the housing portion are able to enclose the shaft cartridge. |
| US10524854B2 |
Surgical instrument
A surgical instrument can comprise a first jaw and second jaw, wherein the first jaw is movable relative to the second jaw to capture tissue having a tissue thickness. A tissue cutting force monitor is configured to determine the tissue thickness of the captured tissue and communicate the tissue thickness to a controller, wherein the controller is configured to adjust the speed of a tissue-cutting element during a cutting portion of a firing stroke based on the tissue thickness communicated from the tissue cutting force monitor. The controller is configured to reduce the speed of the tissue-cutting element when the tissue cutting force monitor communicates a thicker tissue thickness to the controller. The controller is configured to increase the speed of the tissue-cutting element when the tissue cutting force monitor communicates a thinner tissue thickness to the controller. |
| US10524851B2 |
Fingerswitch circuitry to reduce RF leakage current
An electrosurgical unit having detection circuitry for reducing radiofrequency leakage current in an electrosurgical unit. The electrosurgical unit includes a radiofrequency generator configured to generate electrosurgical energy, the radiofrequency generator including a detection circuit having a resistor ladder and an isolation transformer in electrical communication with the resistor ladder. The detection circuit is configured to detect a change in impedance across the isolation transformer and correlate the change in impedance to one of a plurality of predetermined energy thresholds. |
| US10524845B2 |
Charco-resis implant, alignment instrument, system and method of use
An implant system, alignment guide, bone fusion system and surgical method for correction of a flat foot or rocker-bottom deformity, such as a Charcot foot. The implant system includes a bone implant and an elongate member. The bone implant includes a proximal end, a distal end, a hole along a longitudinal axis, and at least one opening intersecting the hole. The elongate member includes a first end with a head portion, a second end with a coupling mechanism, and an opening along a longitudinal axis. The coupling mechanism of the elongate member engages the at least one opening to couple the bone implant to the elongate member. |
| US10524840B2 |
Variable angle bone anchor assembly having biased bushing press fitment
A spinal screw assembly providing an adjustable securement of a fixation rod across at least two vertebrae. The assembly includes a pedicle screw having a spherical head portion, a threaded shaft portion and a tool engagement surface in the head portion for use in driving the screw into a vertebrae. The head portion of the screw is positioned in a body member adjacent a curvilinear surface disposed about an aperture in the end of the body member such that the shaft portion of the screw extends therethrough and the curvilinear inner surface abuts and mates with the head portion of the screw so as to define a ball joint therewith. The body member additionally defines a pair of opposed parallel slots therein adapted to receive a portion of the fixation rod and a locking cap bears against the fixation rod to releasably secure the rod within the assembly. |
| US10524837B2 |
Three dimensional spacer fabric to increase the holding power of screws
A method of increasing a pullout force of a threaded fastener in osteoporotic bone includes drilling a hole in the bone. The spacer fabric is impregnated with a bone growth agent. A tube of the spacer fabric is sized to the hole in the bone. The tube of the spacer fabric is inserted in the hole of the bone. The spacer fabric is made from Nitinol wire. A threaded fastener is inserted into a central lumen of the tube of the spacer fabric to provide a rigid structure. The bone is grown into the spacer fabric. |
| US10524832B2 |
Positioning methods for intravascular electrode arrays for neuromodulation
A method for positioning an electrode array of a neuromodulation catheter at a target circumferential position along a posterior wall of a superior vena cava includes advancing the catheter to a target longitudinal position within the superior vena cava, and orienting a marker on the extracorporeal portion of the catheter in a circumferential orientation known to position the array at the target circumferential position along the posterior wall. A method of positioning the array at a target longitudinal position includes advancing the catheter into the superior vena cava and using features of the catheter to detect the location of right atrial tissue, such as by sensing for a P-wave using an electrogram captured using an electrode carried at a distal end of the catheter, or by using such electrodes to capture the atrium using atrial pacing pulses. Once the location of the right atria is determined, the electrode array may be deployed in a position known to be proximal to the atrium. |
| US10524831B2 |
MIS access port and methods of using
An access port for minimally invasive surgery includes an elongate, tubular main body portion, a connector configured to fix at least a portion of the access port to a stationary object; and a slot extending over a length of the main body portion in a lengthwise direction, wherein the slot extends through a wall of the main body portion, from an outside surface of the main body portion to an inside surface of the main body portion. |
| US10524821B2 |
System and method for morcellation of tissue
A device for selectively grasping and cutting tissue includes an outer tube having a longitudinal axis and an open proximal end and an open distal end; also an inner tube within the outer tube, the inner tube having a longitudinal axis and an open distal end and an open proximal end; as well as a cup-shaped cutting member mounted to the distal end of the outer tube, the cutting member being larger in diameter than the diameter of the outer tube, the cutting member including one or more cutting surfaces around the lip of the cup-shaped cutting member, the one or more cutting surfaces facing in a distal direction; also, a cylindrical cup-shaped cutting member mounted to the distal end of the inner tube; the cutting member including one or more cutting surfaces mounted around the lip of the cylindrical cup-shaped cutting member facing in a proximal direction; and, the inner tube is of a diameter to be slidably movable within the outer tube; whereby moving the inner tube alternately in distal and proximal directions along the longitudinal axis causes the one or more cutting surfaces of the inner tube to approach and distance themselves from the one or more cutting surfaces of the outer tube, and, whereby tissue situated between the inner tube and the outer tube is grasped and cut. |
| US10524819B2 |
Posterior to lateral interbody fusion approach with associated instrumentation and implants
Methods for accessing a disc space of a patient as a part of an interbody fusion, as well as the tools employed therewith. An exemplary method may include inserting a leading end of an tool into the patient's back at a location on the posterior surface that is laterally offset from a patient's spinous process and disc. The tool's initial entry into the patient may be from a posterior approach. As the tool is advanced along its designated path, it begins to deviate from the posterior approach towards a lateral approach. When the leading end reaches the disc, it may access the disc from a lateral or substantially lateral location. The tool may be used to access the disc location, to remove disc material, to deliver a cutting tool for removing the disc material, and other steps associated with the spinal interbody fusion procedure. |
| US10524814B2 |
Guide system with suction
A guide catheter for use in treating sinuses, the catheter including a catheter shaft configured to provide suction about a balloon catheter and a distal portion shaped for navigating body anatomy. In one embodiment, the guide catheter includes a valve for sealing the balloon catheter and a vent for controlling suction. |
| US10524811B2 |
Intravascular treatment of vascular occlusion and associated devices, systems, and methods
Systems and methods for treating thrombosis and or emboli in a peripheral vasculature of a patient are disclosed herein. The method can include providing a thrombus extraction device including a proximal self-expanding coring portion formed of a unitary fenestrated structure and a distal expandable tubular portion formed of a braided filament mesh structure; advancing a catheter constraining the thrombus extraction device through a vascular thrombus in a vessel; deploying the thrombus extraction device from the catheter from a constrained configuration to an expanded configuration; retracting the thrombus extraction device proximally so that the coring portion cores and separates a portion of the vascular thrombus from the venous vessel wall while the mesh structure captures the vascular thrombus portion; and withdrawing the thrombus extraction device from the patient to remove the vascular thrombus portion from the vessel. |
| US10524806B2 |
Void filling joint prosthesis and associated instruments
A distal femoral joint replacement system includes a femoral component having condylar articular surfaces, a stem extending from the femoral component, and a void filler for filling a bone void within a femur. The void filler includes a body and a plurality of legs extending from the body. The body has a sidewall defining an opening for receipt of the stem which extends along a length of the body and extends through the sidewall so as to form a side-slot in the sidewall that extends along an entire length of the sidewall. The plurality of legs each have a first end connected to the body and a second end remote from the body. The legs each have an outer surface that tapers between the first and second ends and is configured to register with a corresponding inner surface of a bone void when implanted in an end of the femur. |
| US10524805B2 |
Flexible bone tool
A flexible bone tool including a plurality of links pivotly coupled to each other and collectively define a substantially tubular, bendable body coupled (a) at a proximal end to a holding portion and (b) at a distal end to a bone tissue removing element. The plurality of links includes one or more proximal links having an engaging portion, a wall of which comprising a first aperture and one or more distal links comprising a receiving portion, a wall of which comprising one or more second apertures, the receiving portion being sized and fitted to receive the engaging portion such that the first and second apertures are aligned and at least one pin sized and fitted to be received by the aligned first and second apertures and pivotly couple said proximal and distal links. |
| US10524804B2 |
Hand-held spring tool
A hand-held spring-driven impact device (e.g., spring tool) configured with removable and replaceable tips. The spring tool may include a helical spring that is coupled to a first anvil at one end and a second anvil at the other end. The spring tool may include a locking mechanism on the first anvil and/or the second anvil. The locking mechanism may be configured to securely fasten a tip to the spring tool. The tip may include a single-sided tip or a double-sided tip. The spring tool may include an ergonomically curved gripping surface and/or a friction component to assist in holding the spring tool. In some examples, the spring tool may include a ball bearing situated between the first anvil and the second anvil to transfer impact force when applied at an angle. Additionally, the spring tool may include a cover to protect the spring during use. |
| US10524803B1 |
Surgical saw blade and method for wedge osteotomies
A surgical blade and method for performing a one-pass wedge osteotomy. The blade includes a body portion, having a cutting tip on a first end for initially cutting into the bone; a cutting slope comprising multiple rows of cutting teeth at multiple planes to resect bone as it enters, leaving a wedge osteotomy; a shaft of a predetermined length and width for supporting the cutting slope; and a saw attachment base on a second end of the blade for engaging a base of a saw to cause the blade to oscillate and perform the wedge osteotomy. |
| US10524799B2 |
Deploying embolic coils
An embolic coil delivery system includes a catheter and an embolic coil disposed within the catheter, the embolic coil including a coil wire and a fiber bundle. A method of producing an embolic coil delivery system includes: advancing a delivery sheath over a distal end of an embolic coil while applying tension to the embolic coil via a retaining device that is attached to the distal end of the embolic coil. |
| US10524796B2 |
Apparatus for irrigating the vas deferens
An apparatus for irrigating the vas deferens in connection with a vasectomy reversal is described. The apparatus comprises a fluid delivery device having a first portion that connects to the vas deferens, the fluid delivery device connecting such that a catheter tip inserts into the vas deferens and is held in stable position relative thereto and such that fluid enters the vas deferens through the catheter tip. |
| US10524795B2 |
Surgical instrument comprising systems for permitting the optional transection of tissue
A surgical instrument is disclosed which comprises a staple firing system and a tissue cutting system. The surgical instrument is configured to permit a surgeon to elect whether to actuate the tissue cutting system after the staple firing system has been actuated. |
| US10524794B2 |
Multi-fire fastener delivery system and method
A prosthesis fastener applier includes a handle, a plurality of input controls, and a fastener delivery shaft. The handle contains a motor and a control circuit. The input controls are connected to the handle and communicatively connected to the control circuit. The fastener delivery shaft includes a fastener cartridge and a driver shaft. The fastener cartridge includes a plurality of internal threads configured to receive a plurality of helical fasteners in stacked relationship. The driver shaft is operatively connected to the motor, disposed within the fastener cartridge, and configured to pass through respective inner diameters of the helical fasteners. The control circuit is configured to control the motor in response to signals from one or more of the input controls to rotate the driver shaft to cause one or more of the helical fasteners to be advanced axially relative to the fastener cartridge. |
| US10524792B2 |
Percutaneous clip for repairing a heart valve
A leaflet clip has an elongated member including a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, and first and second clipping arms movable between an open position and a closed position. The clipping arms include respective proximal end portions coupled to the proximal end portion of the elongated member, and respective distal end portions extending distally and radially outward relative to the elongated member. The leaflet clip further includes a tubular member coaxially disposed about the elongated member. Axial motion of the tubular member with respect to the elongated member or axial motion of the elongated member with respect to the tubular member causes corresponding movement of the clipping arms between the open and closed positions. |
| US10524791B2 |
Left atrial appendage devices and methods
Devices and methods for clamping tissue and/or moving two tissue structures together by moving two plates or arm together. The pressure or force applied to the tissue may be used to bring the tissue together, to seal an opening or to cut through and remove a portion of the tissue. In one procedure disclosed, a clip applier may be used to apply one or more clips to the left atrial appendage of the heart to prevent clots from the left atrial appendage from embolizing and causing harm to the patient, such as a stroke. |
| US10524788B2 |
Compressible adjunct with attachment regions
A compressible adjunct is used with a surgical instrument including a staple cartridge deck. The compressible adjunct includes a first biocompatible material, a second biocompatible material with a lower melting temperature than the first biocompatible material, and a body including a face positionable against a length of the staple cartridge deck. The face includes a plurality of attachment regions spaced apart from one another, wherein the plurality of attachment regions include the second biocompatible material, wherein the face is selectively attachable to the staple cartridge deck at said plurality of attachment regions, and a plurality of non-attachment regions extending between the plurality of attachment regions, wherein the second biocompatible material is selectively disposed outside said non-attachment regions. |
| US10524781B2 |
Needle instrument for eye-bag relocating operation
The present invention relates to a needle instrument for an eye-bag relocating operation. The needle instrument includes a body unit having a rectangular cross-section and grabbed by a needle holder during the operation; a needle unit having one needle side and the other needle side on both sides of the body unit to be tapered and having round tips, wherein one needle side is formed to be duller than the other needle side; and a thread pressing and coupling unit provided on one end of the body unit and formed at a position that corresponds to ⅕ to ⅙ of an entire length from an end of the needle instrument and is spaced apart from the end of the body unit by 0.5 to 1 mm. |
| US10524767B2 |
Ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and ultrasound imaging method
An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes an acquisition unit acquiring pieces of ultrasound image data at different deflection angles; a calculation unit calculating coefficients corresponding to respective positions in ultrasound image data corresponding to a certain deflection angle based on signal or pixel values corresponding to the respective positions in at least one piece of ultrasound image data corresponding to a deflection angle other than the certain deflection angle; a multiplication unit multiplying, by the coefficients, signal or pixel values corresponding to the respective positions in the piece of ultrasound image data corresponding to the certain deflection angle, or signal or pixel values corresponding to the respective positions in image data obtained by compounding ultrasound image data corresponding to respective deflection angles including the certain deflection angle; and a control unit causing a display unit to display an image based on the signal or pixel values multiplied by the coefficients. |
| US10524765B2 |
Refinement of an anatomical model using ultrasound
A method of refining an anatomical model includes acquiring a two-dimensional echocardiogram that has a variable intensity, relating the two-dimensional echocardiogram to a plurality of mapping points that exist in three-dimensional space, and determining a confidence value for each of two or more mapping points that corresponds to an intensity at a point on the two-dimensional echocardiogram. |
| US10524763B2 |
Ultrasound inspection device, ultrasound image data generation method, and recording medium
The present invention provides an ultrasound inspection device, an ultrasound image data generation method, and a computer-readable recording medium in which is stored a program, which determine for each of data calculation points whether or not the distance to a transmission focal point is with a predetermined range, and when the distance from the data calculation point to the transmission focal point is outside the predetermined range, superimposition of a plurality of first element data is carried out assuming an ultrasonic beam to be a convergent wave, and when the distance from the data calculation point to the transmission focal point is within the predetermined range, the superimposition of the plurality of first element data is carried out assuming an ultrasonic beam to be a planar wave to thereby generate second element data corresponding to the data calculation points. |
| US10524756B2 |
Methods and systems for image artifacts reduction
One example method to reduce image artifacts, which may include obtaining measured projection data acquired using an imaging system. The measured projection data is associated with a target object and an artifact source within a radiation field of the imaging system. The method may also include generating virtual projection data associated with the artifact source by forward projecting a model representing one or more physical properties of the artifact source. The method may further include generating corrected projection data based on the measured projection data and the virtual projection data; and reconstructing the corrected projection data into reconstructed volume image data to reduce image artifacts caused by the artifact source. |
| US10524753B2 |
X-ray computed tomography apparatus and image processing apparatus
The disclosure relates to an X-ray computed tomography apparatus that includes an X-ray tube, an X-ray detector, preprocessing circuitry, a reconstruction processor, and control circuitry. The X-ray detector is configured to detect X-rays generated from the X-ray tube. The preprocessing circuitry is configured to generate projection data by executing preprocessing for data acquired by the X-ray detector based on a preprocessing condition. The reconstruction processor is configured to generate image data by executing reconstruction processing for the projection data based on a reconstruction condition. The control circuitry is configured to cause a storage to store the projection data in association with the preprocessing condition, and to read out the projection data based on a designated preprocessing condition. |
| US10524750B2 |
Scanning system
A scanning system includes a first base, a bed panel, a bed board, a second base and an X-ray mechanism. The bed panel, movably located on the first base, includes a first image-receiving module. The bed board is movably located on the bed panel. The second base, located aside to the first base, includes a second image-receiving module. The X-ray mechanism, connected with the first base, includes an X-ray tube. While the bed panel and the bed board are moved away from the second base, and the X-ray mechanism is moved toward the second base; then, the X-ray tube would undergo a vertical movement to a position aside to a lateral side of the first base by facing the second base. |
| US10524738B2 |
Noninvasive sensor system with visual infographic display
A sensor system for obtaining and displaying information relating to physiological parameters, such as Total Hemoglobin and Pulse rate for use by a user such as an athlete. The system can present the measured physiological parameters to the user in a useful way. For example the system can display a visual multi quadrant infographic display, which can present the total hemoglobin values measured by the system in a particular season. The system can also display a visual elevation infographic display, which can present a comparison of the total hemoglobin values measured by the system over a period of time and/or at various altitudes. The system can also display a visual yin-yang infographic display, which can present a comparison of one or more metrics calculated by the system or one or more parameters measured by the system. The system can provide useful information about the user's health and/or well-being and allow the user to quickly and easily view and interpret relevant information. |
| US10524729B2 |
Exercise feedback provision apparatus and method
An exercise feedback provision apparatus includes an acquirer configured to acquire exercise intensity information including either one or both of user biometric information and user movement information, and a controller configured to verify whether the exercise intensity information is in a predetermined range, and generate a control signal based on a result of the verifying. The apparatus further includes a feedback provider configured to output a tactile feedback based on a pattern corresponding to the control signal. |
| US10524726B2 |
Medication adherence and/or counterfeit detection wearable electronic device
A system to determine medication adherence may include a chemical marker sensor, a verification sensor, and a processor. The chemical marker sensor may be configured to detect one or more markers in sweat vapor of a user. The verification sensor may be configured to detect whether the system is in use. The processor may be communicatively coupled to the chemical marker sensor and the verification sensor and may be configured to determine whether the user has taken a therapeutic agent that includes the one or more markers based on signals generated by the chemical marker sensor and the verification sensor. |
| US10524722B2 |
Method and system for determining whether a caregiver takes appropriate measures to prevent patient bedsores
Systems and methods allow caregivers, central monitoring, and/or other persons to monitor whether a patient has moved or changed positions sufficient to prevent the patient from developing bedsores or at least reduce the chance of bedsores from developing. The systems and methods work by detecting when a caregiver has entered within a predefined patient or bed zone. The systems and methods detect whether the caregiver remained within the zone for a predetermined time period. If the caregiver fails to remain within the zone for the predetermined time period, an alert is generated as this could indicate that the caregiver was not present long enough with the patient for the patient to sufficiently move or change positions. |
| US10524721B2 |
Methods and systems for monitoring a patient to reduce the incidence of pressure ulcers
Systems, methods, and apparatus are provided for preventing and treating pressure ulcers in bedfast patients. The invention includes monitoring a bedfast patient using a sensor array disposed between a patient and a support surface, the sensor array adapted to transmit signals indicative of interfacial pressure and blood oxygen saturation levels; and a processor coupled to the sensor array and adapted to receive the signals from the sensor array to determine if an undesirable condition exists. Numerous additional aspects are disclosed. |
| US10524720B2 |
System and method for detecting a health condition using an optical sensor
A biosensor includes an optical sensor circuit that emits light directed at skin tissue of a patient at a plurality of wavelengths. A first and second spectral response of light reflected from the tissue is obtained around a first wavelength in a UV range and a second wavelength in an IR range. A measurement of a substance in blood flow is then determined from the spectral responses. A risk of a health condition is obtained using the measurement. The health condition may include one or more of hyperglycemia, diabetes or hypoglycemia. |
| US10524717B2 |
Detection device and fatigue detection system
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a detection device. The detection device includes: a fixed member fixedly mounted to a target position; a first movable member arranged to face towards and in parallel with the fixed member, and movably connected to the fixed member by a first elastic member; at least one first electrode, having one end being fixed to the fixed member and the other end extending towards the first movable member along a first direction; and at least one second electrode, having one end being fixed to the first movable member and the other end extending towards the fixed member in a second direction, the second direction being parallel to the first direction. Embodiments of the present disclosure also provide a fatigue detection system. |
| US10524716B2 |
System for monitoring vehicle operator compliance with safe operating conditions
A system for monitoring vehicle operator mirror check procedure includes a wearable electronic device configured to be worn on the head of a vehicle operator. The wearable device includes a motion sensor. A processor that receives motion data from the motion sensor, analyzes the motion data to detect a pattern of motion, and compares the detected pattern of motion to the mirror check procedure to determine whether the pattern of motion complies with the mirror check procedure. If the pattern of motion does not comply with the mirror check procedure, the system will generate an alert. |
| US10524709B2 |
Lancet magazine and method for the production thereof
A lancet magazine is disclosed which includes a housing and a plurality of lancets each of which is enclosed in a sterile chamber of the housing, wherein the chambers each have a puncturing opening which is closed with a foil, wherein the lancets include a sample receiving device for receiving body fluid and the chambers each include a further opening which is closed with a membrane that is permeable to gas and fluid and includes a lower side that faces the lancet and serves to receive body fluid from the sample receiving device and an upper side that serves to transfer body fluid to a test field arranged on the membrane. |
| US10524707B2 |
System and method for photoluminescence detection
In one aspect, the present disclosure provides a system A system, including a light source, a detector, and a controller in electrical communication with the light source and the detector. The controller is configured to execute a program stored in the controller to trigger the light source to emit a first pulse of light having a first pulse duration for illumination of a target, actuate the detector after a first delay time following emission of the first pulse of light to begin detecting a first signal from the target for a first detection time, and repeat the steps of triggering the light source and actuating the detector at least once, varying for each repetition at least one of the first pulse duration, the first delay time, and the first detection time. |
| US10524706B2 |
Pulse oximetry system with electrical decoupling circuitry
A pulse oximetry system for reducing the risk of electric shock to a medical patient can include physiological sensors, at least one of which has a light emitter that can impinge light on body tissue of a living patient and a detector responsive to the light after attenuation by the body tissue. The detector can generate a signal indicative of a physiological characteristic of the living patient. The pulse oximetry system may also include a splitter cable that can connect the physiological sensors to a physiological monitor. The splitter cable may have a plurality of cable sections each including one or more electrical conductors that can interface with one of the physiological sensors. One or more decoupling circuits may be disposed in the splitter cable, which can be in communication with selected ones of the electrical conductors. The one or more decoupling circuits can electrically decouple the physiological sensors. |
| US10524694B2 |
Devices, systems and methods for using and monitoring tubes in body passageways
Tubes (e.g., catheters, endotracheal or chest tubes and bypass grafts) are provided, comprising a catheter and a plurality of sensors. Briefly stated, a wide variety of tubes (e.g., catheters, endotracheal or chest tubes, bypass grafts, balloon catheters, urinary catheters, central lines and dialysis catheters), as well as related delivery devices (e.g., guidewires) are provided with a number of sensors to monitor the integrity, patency and efficaciousness of the device. |
| US10524693B2 |
Registration device, system, kit and method for a patient registration
A registration device for patient registration comprises at least one reference marker adapted to be sensed by an imaging system and/or at least one position element adapted to be localized by a position sensing system, and fixation element for positioning the registration device in a patient's body cavity at a location comprising soft tissue. The registration device is adapted to be introduced into and positioned in the patient's body cavity, particularly in the viscerocranium such as the nasal cavity, the nasopharynx, the ear canal(s) and/or the neurocranium such as a cerebral ventricle. |
| US10524692B2 |
Respiratory effect reduction in catheter position sensing
A method, including positioning body-electrodes in galvanic contact with a body of a patient and locating a probe in the body of the patient. The method further includes tracking positions of the probe during respiration of the patient and determining indications related to impedances between the body-electrodes during the respiration. The method also includes calculating a function relating the positions of the probe to the indications, and applying the function to identify end-expirium points of the respiration based on subsequent indications related to the impedances. |
| US10524691B2 |
Needle assembly including an aligned magnetic element
A guidance system for assisting with the insertion of a needle into a patient body is disclosed. The guidance system utilizes ultrasound imaging or other suitable imaging technology. In one embodiment, the guidance system comprises an imaging device including a probe for producing an image of an internal body portion target, such as a vessel. One or more sensors are included with the probe. The sensors sense a detectable characteristic related to the needle, such as a magnetic field of a magnet included with the needle. The system includes a processor that uses data relating to the sensed characteristic to determine a 3-D position of the needle. The system includes a display for depicting the position of the needle. A needle assembly including a hub, cannula, and magnetic element is also disclosed, wherein a magnetic axis of the magnetic element is configured to be coaxially aligned with the needle cannula. |
| US10524690B2 |
Installable RF coil assembly
A maneuverable RF coil assembly, useful for being maneuvered at both positions: (i) over at least a portion of a neonate immobilized within a cradle at time of MR imaging; and (ii) below or aside the cradle when it is not required for imaging. The maneuverable RF coil assembly comprises at least one RF coil and maneuvering mechanism. The maneuvering mechanism comprises both: (i) a linear reciprocating mechanism for approaching or otherwise drawing away at least one coil to and from the neonate; and (ii) tilting mechanism for placing at least one coil away from the neonate. |
| US10524689B2 |
Self-gated interleaved radial MRI for abdominothoracic imaging
The present disclosure provides, in part, methods for high spatiotemporal resolution self-sorted 4D MRI. These methods can be used to improve resolution of abdominothoracic MRI during breathing by facilitating the sorting of information corresponding to individual MRI pulse sequences according to phase within the respiratory cycle. An image of the anatomy for a particular phase within the respiratory cycle is then determined using both information corresponding to the particular phase and high-frequency MR imaging information corresponding to other respiratory phases. This method provides an increase in image resolution by sharing information at high frequencies in k-space, which may be less thoroughly sampled during any particular respiratory phase, between different respiratory phases. Methods herein also permit use of DC information from individual MRI pulse sequences to determine respiratory tissue motion and to use this tissue motion information to sort the individual MRI pulse sequences according to respiratory cycle phase. |
| US10524687B2 |
Rapid quantitative evaluations of heart function with strain measurements from MRI
Rapid quantitative evaluations of heart function are carried out with strain measurements from Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) images using a circuit at least partially onboard or in communication with an MRI Scanner and in communication with the at least one display, the circuit including at least one processor that: obtains a plurality of series of MRI images of long and short axis planes of a heart of a patient, with each series of the MRI images is taken over a different single beat of the heart of the patient during an image session that is five minutes or less of active scan time and with the patient in a bore of the MRI Scanner; measures strain of myocardial heart tissue of the heart of the patient based on the plurality of series of MRI images of the heart of the patient; and generates longitudinal and circumferential heart models with a plurality of adjacent compartments, wherein the compartments are color-coded based on the measured strain. |
| US10524686B2 |
Diffusion reproducibility evaluation and measurement (DREAM)-MRI imaging methods
Methods for quickly estimating apparent diffusion coefficient probability density functions (ADC PDFs) for each image voxel are provided using a “diffusion reproducibility evaluation and measurement” (DREAM) magnetic resonance sequence. Non-diffusion-weighted (reference) images collected simultaneously have blood oxygenation level dependent (BOLD) sensitivity that can be used for resting-state fMRI data to measure functional connectivity, an unbiased parameter reflecting neurological integrity. ADC coefficient of variation (ADC CV) measurements can be used to isolate and label regions of non-enhancing tumor and predict future enhancement independent of FLAIR, T2, or average ADC maps. Functional diffusion mapping (fDMs) using voxel-wise changes in ADC PDFs can be used to spatially visualize and statistically quantify response to treatment. Additionally, the temporal (time-resolved) diffusivity information can be used for real-time MR thermometry, which is useful for cancer treatment monitoring, and for microperfusion quantification, and tumor/tissue characterization. |
| US10524684B2 |
Tissue diagnosis and treatment using mini-electrodes
Medical devices and methods for making and using medical devices are disclosed. An example electrophysiology medical device may include a catheter shaft including a distal end portion and a sensing assembly having three or more terminals. The sensing assembly includes one or more current-carrying electrodes and one or more sensing electrodes. The one or more current-carrying electrodes, the one or more sensing electrodes, or both includes a mini-electrode. The mini-electrode is disposed on one of the other electrodes. The medical device may also include a controller coupled to the sensing assembly. |
| US10524681B2 |
Lead and a system for medical applications
In one example, a medical device system for at least one of delivery of electrical stimulation pulses or sensing of physiological signals, the system including an elongated carrier; and a thin film wound around the elongated carrier, wherein the thin film includes a plurality of electrical contacts, a plurality of electrodes located distal to the plurality of electrical contacts, and a plurality of conducting tracks, each of the plurality of conducting tracks providing an electrical connection between at least one of the plurality of electrodes and one of the plurality of electrical contacts, and wherein the thin film is wound around the elongated carrier from the distal end of the elongated film to the proximal end of the elongated thin film. |
| US10524679B2 |
System and method for determining electrogram morphology recurrence patterns and rates during atrial fibrillation
At least one location of interest for perpetuation or persistence of arrhythmia or atrial fibrillation is identified by determining a repeatability of electrogram morphologies from electrical recordings within at least one atrium. |
| US10524678B2 |
Physiological signal receiving apparatus and manufacturing method thereof
A physiological signal receiving apparatus and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The physiological signal receiving apparatus includes an electrode layer, a protective layer and a conductive structure electrically connected to the electrode layer. The electrode layer is disposed on a substrate. The electrode layer includes a porous gel and a plurality of conductive particles distributed therein. The protective layer is disposed on the substrate and the electrode layer. The protective layer has an opening exposing a portion of the electrode layer. The porous gel is expanded after absorbing liquid, such that a surface of the electrode layer exposed by the opening is higher than a surface of the protective layer. |
| US10524674B2 |
System and method for cardiorespiratory sleep stage classification
The present disclosure pertains to a system configured to determine one or more parameters based on cardiorespiratory information from a subject and determine sleep stage classifications based on a discriminative undirected probabilistic graphical model such as Conditional Random Fields using the determined parameters. The system is advantageous because sleep is a structured process in which parameters determined for individual epochs are not independent over time and the system determines the sleep stage classifications based on parameters determined for a current epoch, determined relationships between parameters, sleep stage classifications determined for previous epochs, and/or other information. The system does not assume that determined parameters are discriminative during an entire sleep stage, but maybe indicative of a sleep stage transition alone. In some embodiments, the system comprises one or more sensors, one or more physical computer processors, electronic storage, and a user interface. |
| US10524672B2 |
Diastolic blood pressure measurement calibration
Various embodiments include methods and devices for measuring blood pressure. Various embodiments may include receiving, from one or more arterial measurement sensors, a pulse waveform representing arterial pressure as a function of time for each pulse of a series of blood pressure pulses. The series of blood pressure pulses may be correlated to arterial distension at a measurement location of the arterial measurement sensors on a subject's body. One or more elevations of the measurement location may be received from one or more elevation sensors. At least one pulse in the series of pulses may be identified that represents a transitional pulse based on one or more characteristics of the at least one pulse. A diastolic blood pressure may be determined based on the at least one identified transitional pulse and elevation measurements that correspond to the one identified pulse. |
| US10524666B2 |
White excitation light generating device and white excitation light generating method
In general aspect, a white excitation light generating device can include a fluorescent excitation light source that generates fluorescent excitation light, a first light source that generates first monochromatic light of a first wavelength different from a wavelength of the fluorescent excitation light, a second light source that generates second monochromatic light of a second wavelength different from the wavelength of the fluorescent excitation light and the first wavelength, a spectrophoto sensor that measures tristimulus values of at least one of the fluorescent excitation light, the first monochromatic light, and the second monochromatic light, and a controller that adjusts an output of at least one of the fluorescent excitation light source, the first light source, and the second light source on the basis of the measured tristimulus values. |
| US10524665B2 |
Handheld molecular imaging navigation system
A handheld molecular imaging navigation system comprises a multi-spectral light source module configured to provide light in a plurality of different spectrum bands in a time division control manner according to a control signal sequence to irradiate an inspected object; a time division control module configured to generate the control signal sequence; an optical signal acquisition module configured to acquire a near-infrared fluorescence image and a visible light image of the inspected object in a time division control manner according to the control signal sequence provided by the time division control module; and a processing module configured to perform image processing on the acquired near-infrared fluorescence image and visible light image according to the control signal sequence to fuse the visible light image and the fluorescence image and output the fused image, and output a feedback signal according to the acquired near-infrared fluorescence image and visible light image. |
| US10524662B2 |
Method of producing an electromagnetic (EM) probe
An electromagnetic (EM) probe for monitoring one or more biological tissues. The EM probe comprises a cup shaped cavity having an opening and an interior volume, a circumferential flange formed substantially around the cup shaped cavity, in proximity to the opening, at least one layer of a material, for absorbing electromagnetic radiation, applied over at least one of a portion of the circumferential flange and a portion of the outer surface of the cup shaped cavity, and at least one EM radiation element which performs at least one of emitting and capturing EM radiation via the interior volume. |
| US10524660B2 |
Remotely powered sensor with antenna location independent of sensing site
A system and method for detecting the amount or concentration of an analyte in a medium in living organism. The system may include an analyte sensor module and a transmitter module, which may be separate and distinct components. The analyte sensor module and transmitter module may be at different locations but connected by one or more transmission elements. The analyte sensor may include indicator elements configured to exhibit a detectable property based on the amount or concentration of the analyte in proximity to the indicator elements. The analyte sensor may include sensor elements configured to generate a data signal based on the detectable property exhibited by the indicator elements. The transmission elements may be configured to convey data signals generated by the sensor elements from the analyte sensor module to the transmitter module. The transmitter module may include an antenna. |
| US10524659B2 |
Electronic apparatus, method for controlling the same, and computer-readable recording medium
An electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus includes a communicator configured to receive a plurality of biometric (bio) signals of a user from an external device; and a processor configured to determine a body condition of the user according to whether each of the received plurality of bio signals is in a normal range, wherein the processor, is further configured to control the communicator to transmit information about the determined body condition to an external device corresponding to the determined body condition among a plurality of external devices, and wherein the determination of a body condition varies as a function of the user having either a symptom or a disease. |
| US10524653B2 |
Retinal image capturing
An apparatus for producing a fundus image includes: a processor and a memory; an illumination component including a light source and operatively coupled to the processor; a camera including a lens and operatively coupled to the processor, wherein the memory stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to: execute an automated script for capture of the fundus image; and allow for manual capture of the fundus image. |
| US10524650B2 |
Scanable tray for producing a dental prosthesis
A method for taking an impression for producing a dental prosthesis involves: A) generating an impression of regions of the upper jaw and lower jaw of a patient using an at least two-part tray, whereby the tray is inserted into the oral cavity of the patient; B) fixing the at least two tray parts to each other or against each other; C) determining the position and orientation of the at least two tray parts with respect to each other; and D) taking the tray parts out of the oral cavity of the patient. Also disclosed is the tray for implementing the method, whereby at least one marking is arranged on the surface of each tray part, and a device for intra-oral determination of the orientation and position of the marking and, thus, the at least two tray parts, is provided, whereby the device comprises a computer and a recording facility. |
| US10524649B2 |
Video endoscope
A video endoscope including: a shank; an image-recording device arranged in a distal region of the shank; a flexible circuit board electrically connected to an image-recording device; and a cooling element; wherein the flexible circuit board rests on the cooling element and at least portions of an exterior of the cooling element fit an inner contour of the shank in a stress-free manner. |
| US10524647B2 |
Smartphone endoscope system
A smartphone endoscope system includes a smartphone with first and second imaging sensors, and an imaging optics attachment. The imaging optics attachment includes a first and second imaging apparatus, the first imaging apparatus including a first light source, a beam splitter, an objective lens, and a fiber optic imaging bundle, wherein the fiber optic imaging bundle delivers excitation light to a target which emits a fluorescence emission and a reflectance emission both collected by the fiber optic imaging bundle and transmitted to the first imaging sensor. The second imaging apparatus includes a second light source, a DRS source fiber delivering broadband light to the target which produces a diffuse reflectance emission, a DRS detection fiber, a collimator, a slit, and a transmission grating wherein the transmission grating diffracts diffuse reflectance emission and creates diffracted light which is transmitted to a second imaging sensor. |
| US10524646B2 |
Light source apparatus
A light source apparatus includes: a light source; a light source driving section; a light detection section; a temperature detection section; and a control section being configured to, when determining that detected brightness is outside a range of brightness set for detecting abnormality in the light source or the light detection section and detected temperature is within a range of temperature set for detecting the abnormality in the light source or the light detection section, cause the light source driving section to perform driving of the light source for a case of abnormality in the light detection section, and when determining that the detected brightness is outside the range of brightness and the detected temperature is outside the range of temperature, cause the light source driving section to perform driving of the light source for a case of abnormality in the light source. |
| US10524644B2 |
Augmented visualization for a surgical robot using a captured visible image combined with a fluorescence image and a captured visible image
An endoscope with an optical channel is held and positioned by a robotic surgical system. A capture unit captures (1) a visible first image at a first time and (2) a visible second image combined with a fluorescence image at a second time. An image processing system receives (1) the visible first image and (2) the visible second image combined with the fluorescence image and generates at least one fluorescence image. A display system outputs an output image including an artificial fluorescence image. |
| US10524643B2 |
Image sensor module with turning prism
An image sensor module includes a circuit board, an image sensor, and a turning prism. The circuit board has first and second side sections each extending in a respective plane transverse to a plane of a center section to define a module interior volume. The image sensor has a bottom plane mounted on an inner face of the circuit board within the module interior volume. The turning prism has a mounting surface secured to a top plane of the image sensor. An electronic component arrangement is operatively mounted on the inner face of the circuit board between the image sensor and a circuit board rearward end. A number of wires providing power and data connections to the circuit board are operatively connected to contacts located on the circuit board in the interior volume between the electronic component arrangement and the circuit board rearward end. |
| US10524642B2 |
Bending operation device and endoscope
A bending operation device includes a bending lever that is tiltably supported with an angle to a longitudinal direction of an operation section of an endoscope, a wire pulling member that includes a plurality of arm portions that are displaced according to tilting motion of the bending lever, a plurality of operation wires that are connected to the plurality of arm portions and that bend a bending portion provided in an insertion section of the endoscope according to displacement of the wire pulling member, and a plurality of pulleys that guide the plurality of operation wires to the plurality of arm portions, with the plurality of operation wires being substantially parallel to one another, when the bending lever is in a neutral position at which the bending portion is substantially straight. |
| US10524641B2 |
Method and system for assisting an operator in endoscopic navigation
Navigation guidance is provided to an operator of an endoscope by determining a current position and shape of the endoscope relative to a reference frame, generating an endoscope computer model according to the determined position and shape, and displaying the endoscope computer model along with a patient computer model referenced to the reference frame so as to be viewable by the operator while steering the endoscope within the patient. |
| US10524635B2 |
Endoscope, reception device, wireless endoscope system, image transmission method, image reception method, and non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing program
An endoscope includes an imaging unit configured to image a subject and output image data, a moving-image generation unit configured to generate moving-image data from the image data output from the imaging unit, a still-image generation unit configured to generate still-image data from the image data output from the imaging unit, a release instruction unit configured to receive an image-recording instruction from a user, a first wireless communication unit configured to sequentially change a wireless channel to transmit test data and transmit the still-image data to the reception device when the release instruction unit receives the image-recording instruction, a second wireless communication unit configured to transmit the moving-image data to the reception device using a wireless channel different from the wireless channel currently used by the first wireless communication unit, and a first setting unit configured to set a wireless channel determined from communication quality information. |
| US10524633B2 |
Dishwasher and method of controlling the same
The present invention relates to a dishwasher that can save wash water for cleaning and a method of controlling the dishwasher. A method of controlling a dishwasher according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is a method of controlling a dishwasher having a circulation channel through which wash water is supplied to wash a plurality of arms by a wash pump after collecting the wash water, sprayed in to a tub from the plurality of wash arms, in a sump, and the method includes: performing a first water-supplying for supplying a predetermined amount of wash water into the dishwasher by opening a water supply valve; performing a first washing where the plurality of wash arms spray the wash water into the tub to be circulated by operating the wash pump; performing a first draining for saving recycling wash water as much as the volume of the circulation channel and draining the rest of the wash water to the outside of the dishwasher by operating the wash pump and the drain pump; and performing a second water-supplying for supplying the amount of wash water except the amount of the recycling wash water from a predetermined amount of wash water into the dishwasher by opening the water supply valve. |
| US10524629B2 |
Modular Robot
A coverage robot including a chassis, multiple drive wheel assemblies disposed on the chassis, and a cleaning assembly carried by the chassis. Each drive wheel assembly including a drive wheel assembly housing, a wheel rotatably coupled to the housing, and a wheel drive motor carried by the drive wheel assembly housing and operable to drive the wheel. The cleaning assembly including a cleaning assembly housing, a cleaning head rotatably coupled to the cleaning assembly housing, and a cleaning drive motor carried by cleaning assembly housing and operable to drive the cleaning head. The wheel assemblies and the cleaning assembly are each separately and independently removable from respective receptacles of the chassis as complete units. |
| US10524628B2 |
Autonomous cleaner
A robot cleaner comprising: a cleaner body including a wheel unit for autonomous traveling and a suction unit sucking air containing dust; a sensing unit disposed at one side of the cleaner body; a dust container accommodated in a dust container accommodation part formed at the other side of the cleaner body, the dust container collecting dust filtered from sucked air; and a dust container cover disposed to cover a top surface of the dust container, wherein an upper end of the sensing unit is formed at a position protruding upward from a top surface of the cleaner body and a top surface of the dust container cover. |
| US10524626B2 |
Motor noise reduction structure for dust collector, and dust collector
A motor noise reduction structure for a dust collector, and the dust collector are provided. The noise reduction structure includes: a mounting portion, used for mounting a motor on a dust collector; and elastic components, used for applying tension to the motor. One end of each elastic component is connected to the mounting portion, and the other end of the elastic component is connected to the motor. The tension can counteract the gravity of the motor. The number of the elastic components is at least two. The elastic components are uniformly distributed at the circumference of the motor. An included angle of 10 to 85 degrees is formed between the direction of the tension and the horizontal plane. By means of the motor noise reduction structure for a dust collector and the dust collector, a good motor noise reduction effect can be obtained. |
| US10524624B2 |
Self-contained cabinet urinal systems
A portable urine disposal cabinet system. The system is a cabinet enclosure with privacy side wings which open as doors to allow the user to urinate in the cup with a sufficient level of privacy. The unit is self-contained and designed to provide a private and efficient means by which an individual (man or woman) can urinate in a cup. Once the cup is filled with urine a media mixture is manually dispensed via mechanical action into the cup of urine to remove the odor and gel/absorb the urine such that the filled cup can be disposed of in a garbage. The cabinet also has a holder for storing unused cups and lids and funnels. |
| US10524622B2 |
Partitionable paper towel
The present disclosure is directed to a paper towel product that will capably separate from the paper towel roll as a full sheet, a half sheet or a quarter sheet. A method of making a paper towel with machine direction perforations is also disclosed. |
| US10524617B2 |
Foaming device
The invention refers to a foaming device (100) for foaming and/or heating a fluid inside a container (20), the device further comprising a processing element (10), a driving unit (30) and a distinct heating unit (40) such that the processing element (10) is mechanically decoupled from both the heating unit (40) and the driving unit (30), the processing element (10) being movable inside the container (20) in response to a magnetic field generated by the driving unit (30), the processing element (10) further being inductively heatable by an oscillating magnetic field provided by the heating unit (40). |
| US10524613B2 |
Technologies for sanitizing beverage makers
Technologies (e.g., devices, systems and methods) for sanitizing hot beverage makers are described. In some embodiments, the technologies include a sanitization gas system that is configured to be install into a cover, onto a wall or cover and between a the top rim of the reservoir and the cover of the reservoir. The sanitization gas system may provide a sanitizing gas to the reservoir for sanitizing the reservoir, sidewalls, bottom tray and cover. |
| US10524603B2 |
Platform for food service and preparation
A platform for food service and preparation is provided. The platform includes a base member that is supportable on a cooking vessel and a stabilizing member that supports the base member in a fixed orientation relative to the cooking vessel when the base member is supported on the cooking vessel. |
| US10524599B1 |
Flexible straw and system and method of manufacturing the same
A corrugating machine for forming a flexible paper drinking straw by forming annular corrugations in a tube, including a plurality of corrugating elements and means for moving the tube against the corrugating elements. Each of the corrugating elements is spaced apart from each other in both a lateral direction and a forward direction. The corrugating machine includes an assembly spool and a drum mounted to a side of the assembly spool for rotation about a common axis. A mandrel is mounted to the drum for reciprocation into and out of the spool assembly, to carry the tube against the corrugating elements mounted in an arc defined about the common axis. |
| US10524598B2 |
Easily cleanable drinking assembly
An easily cleanable drinking assembly having a receptacle, a lid, and a coating with hydrophobic, oleophobic, and antimicrobial properties. The receptacle has an inner curved surface having a geometry with no edges, corners, or distinctly angled connections between sections, preventing any fluid or particles from remaining in these areas. The receptacle further has a wider opening and narrower end, allowing for ease of cleaning, so that a cleaning instrument can easily be inserted and easily reach all parts of the interior of the receptacle. Both the interior of the receptacle and the lid are coated with a coating with hydrophobic, oleophobic, and antimicrobial properties, repelling common fluids and particles, maintaining the cleanliness of the interior surfaces and improving the ease of cleaning. |
| US10524589B2 |
Ship flat hutch with auto bottom
The present invention provides a fold flat assembly capable of being erected into a display hutch having a shell and a tray assembly attached to an inner surface of the shell. The shell has opposed side walls spaced from one another and each having a front edge and a rear edge. A back panel connects the rear edges and a plurality slats connect portions of the front edges of the opposing side walls and are spaced from one another defining gaps between adjacent slats. The shell is moveable between a flat position and an erect position. The tray assembly has a peripheral wall and a bottom wall. The peripheral wall is connected to the back panel, the opposed side walls and one of the slats of the plurality of slats. The bottom wall is connected by a first hinge to a segment of the peripheral wall. The tray assembly folds flat within the shell and a portion of the bottom wall extends into one of the gaps when the shell is in the flat position, and the bottom wall forms a shelf, spanning from the one slat to the back panel, when the shell is in the erect position. |
| US10524587B2 |
Cabinet with telescoping trays for fastener bins
A fastener storage and display cabinet includes a housing defining an internal space, with a plurality of tray units positioned within the internal space. Each tray unit is movable between a closed position primarily within the internal space and an extended position in which a majority of the tray unit is cantilevered forward of the housing. At least one tray unit is formed as a telescoping tray assembly comprising an upper tray component and a lower tray component, wherein the upper tray component fits within the lower tray component and is movable with respect to the lower tray component between a first position nested within the lower tray component and a second position cantilevered forwardly from the lower tray component. |
| US10524586B2 |
Refrigerator
A refrigerator includes a cabinet, a control unit provided in the cabinet and controlling an operation of the refrigerator, a main door that opens or closes the cabinet and has an opening formed therein, a main hinge that couples the cabinet to the main door and allows the main door to be pivotably mounted, a sub-door that is formed on a front surface of the refrigerator and opens or closes the opening, a sub-hinge that couples the main door to the sub-door and allows the sub-door to be pivotably mounted, a sub-hinge cover that simultaneously shield a main hinge shaft of the main hinge and a sub-hinge shaft of the sub-hinge, and a wire disposed to extend from an inside of the sub-door, to be connected with the control unit, and to sequentially pass through the sub-hinge shaft and the main hinge shaft along an inside of the sub-hinge cover. |
| US10524583B2 |
Mattress protector with improved moisture management and bed bug containment
A mattress protector completely encloses a mattress to preclude bed bugs from escaping. All of the interior surfaces of the protector are coated or laminated with a film laminate that is resistant to bed bug bites. A zipper extends partially around the circumference of the mattress protector so that when the zipper is opened an opening is provided allowing a mattress to be slid into the protector. The zipper is located next to the intersection between side walls and the bottom wall. A closure flap extends perpendicularly to the direction of extension of the zipper. The outer surface of the top wall is provided with a coating that renders the top surface waterproof while also providing anti-microbial properties and unique temperature regulation. |
| US10524580B1 |
Seating devices, methods, and assemblies
A seating arrangement may include a rear panel, a back panel adjoining the rear panel, a base box mating with the back panel, a seat supported by the base box, at least one removable back panel segment; and a top cap covering and/or securing the at least one back panel. The seating arrangement may also include a cleat system for adjoining the back panel segments to the back panel. |
| US10524577B2 |
Detachable swivel seat
A detachable seat includes an elongate support bar having first and second brackets with opposed open sides to receive an rigid elongate member in the brackets from opposite directions, a seat support frame including a first support member extending parallel to the support bar and a second support member affixed to the first support member, a hinge connecting the first elongate support member to the support bar, a seat mounted on the second support member, the seat support frame pivoting around the elongate support on the hinge and a retaining arm affixed to and extending from the elongate support bar adjacent the first bracket including a plurality of alignment apertures, the second support member having a mating aperture formed therethough, the mating aperture aligning with a plurality of the alignment apertures upon pivotal movement of the second support member around the hinge to receive a locking pin through the mating aperture and one of the alignment apertures to secure the seat in a selected pivotal position. |
| US10524573B2 |
Stools, chairs, and methods using the same
An apparatus that supports a user in a variety of positions to comfortably perform tasks, such as applying one or more tattoos to skin of a subject is herein disclosed. The apparatus can be reconfigured to optimally position and support the arms and/or chest of the user. A method for using a stool can involve rotating armrests of the apparatus from a stowed position to a deployed position. The armrests can support the user's forearms while supporting the user's chest such that the user can comfortably perform tasks in front of a chest support of the stool. |
| US10524571B1 |
Heavy duty bracket for multi-level cantilever shelves
A wall mounted shelf wherein a diagonal bracket can support an upper shelf, bar or beam several inches above the vertical wall bearing plate. A lower shelf, bar or beam can be hung from the upper shelf. A triangular platform comprises the diagonal bracket, the wall and a top shelf. The diagonal bracket transmits a large force vector into the vertical wall bearing plate as opposed to traditional knee braces that transmit a pivoting vector on the vertical wall bearing plate away from the wall. The result is a cost saving heavy duty shelving system using traditional lumber. An optional variable length diagonal bracket is disclosed. Another embodiment uses the same diagonal pair of brackets to store tires or other objects against the wall and eliminates the shelves and provides a chin up bar. Another embodiment replaces the lower shelf with a chin up bar between two diagonal brackets. Other embodiments include a tire storage mode, a lower bar used for hanging storage which replaces the lower shelf, and a (partially) removed lower shelf for hanging storage such as a bike rack. |
| US10524570B2 |
Console drawer assembly with dampening mechanism
A console drawer assembly is provided for a vehicle that includes, in one example: a housing having a recess formed therein. The housing is configured to fit between a driver seat and a passenger seat of the vehicle. The console drawer assembly also includes a drawer that is oriented to open into a floor area associated with back seats of the vehicle; the drawer is configured to slidably move within the recess, the drawer being movable between an open position and a closed position. In addition, the console drawer assembly includes a first spring dampening mechanism mounted to the housing, the first spring dampening mechanism extends into the recess, and is oriented to make contact with an exterior surface of the drawer in a first pre-identified stress region, and to absorb vertical stress therefrom. |
| US10524565B2 |
Height adjustable desktop work surface
In one example, a height adjustable desktop system is described that can include a work surface, a foot assembly and a linkage assembly that adjustably connects the work surface to the foot assembly allowing vertical adjustment of the work surface. The linkage assembly can include a pair of adjustment assemblies, each having a transverse linkage that maintains the work surface in a horizontal orientation as the work surface is elevated or lowered. A biasing mechanism, such as an extension spring or a torsion spring, biases the work surface toward the elevated position. |
| US10524555B1 |
Refillable cosmetic container
Disclosed is a refillable cosmetic container which includes a container main body including a container body having upper and lower openings and a cosmetic discharging member provided at the lower side of the container body and provided as a discharge passage of cosmetics, a main body cap detachably coupled to the container main body in a region where the cosmetic discharging member is provided, a refill container portion detachably coupled to the container main body and storing cosmetics therein, and an insertion guide portion provided on the other side of the container body to guide the insertion of the refill container portion. |
| US10524554B2 |
Exchangeable-battery photocuring device, an exchangeable-battery photocuring device with a slidable lid, and a portable battery photocuring device with a slidable lid
The present invention provides an exchangeable-battery photocuring device, comprising a supporting frame, having a plurality of walls, wherein the plurality of walls constitutes a chamber having at least one opening; a UV LED module, disposed on the supporting frame; a outer housing, having an external opening corresponding to the opening of the supporting frame; a control module; an exchangeable battery module, disposed on the supporting frame, wherein the exchangeable battery module comprises a battery holder and a battery, and the exchangeable battery module is electrically connected to the control module, and a handle. The present invention applying an exchangeable battery module achieves that the photocuring device is used without being constrained by location and space. Furthermore, the present invention also provides an exchangeable-battery photocuring device with a slidable lid and a portable battery photocuring device with a slidable lid. |
| US10524550B2 |
Umbrella
This application provides an umbrella including an umbrella frame, supporting members, rotating shafts, fixing members, and umbrella surfaces. The umbrella surfaces are installed at the umbrella frame through connections of the supporting members and the fixing members so as to form a layered structure with a beautiful appearance and good breathability and ventilation. Each of the supporting members has installation arms which can be directly installed at the umbrella rib through the rotating shaft. Each of the supporting members has a first supporting surface and a second supporting surface cooperating with the umbrella rib to achieve limitation, which can limit a rotation range of the supporting members and reduce members such as a bracket, a spring and so on. The structure is simpler, and the assembly is very convenient. |
| US10524549B2 |
Wearable device
A wearable device comprises a main body and at least one belt. The main body comprises a casing, and the casing comprises at least one first engaging member and at least one first positioning member. The at least one belt comprises a connecting portion and an adapter. The adapter is connected to the connection portion of the at least one belt, and comprises at least one second engaging member and at least one second positioning member. The at least one first positioning member is connected to the at least one second positioning member correspondingly for positioning the belt on the main body. The at least one first engaging member is engaged with the at least one second engaging member correspondingly, so that the belt is fixed to the main body. Consequently, the main body and the belt connect to each other firmly and are easy to be assembled and disassembled. |
| US10524547B2 |
Molded surface fastener and molded surface fastener manufacturing method
A molded surface fastener has engagement regions in which engaging elements are disposed in an erect manner and space regions with no engaging elements, the engagement regions and the space regions alternating in the longitudinal direction. Each space region has a pair of left and right vertical wall portions that are disposed on a substrate portion in an erect manner and a convex rib portion that protrudes from the center of the substrate portion in the width direction, and the convex rib portion is integrally connected to a main lateral wall portion disposed in the width direction of the engagement region. By implementing a simple cutting process, this molded surface fastener can be easily adapted to usages in which the fastener has to be in a curved shape bending in the width direction. |
| US10524545B2 |
Tongue for seatbelt device
At a present tongue, a vertical rib is provided between a first elastic piece and a second elastic piece of a cover. When a guide bar is displaced toward a vehicle rear side, and the guide bar abuts the first elastic piece and the second elastic piece, the guide bar abuts the vertical rib. Due thereto, imparting of load to the first elastic piece and the second elastic piece by the guide bar can be suppressed, and elastic deformation of the first elastic piece and the second elastic piece can be suppressed. |
| US10524543B2 |
Article of footwear with self-cleaning cleats
An article of footwear with self-cleaning cleats and a method of making an article of footwear. The article of footwear may include a sole plate having cleats associated with resilient members. The resilient members may be disposed on the cleats. The resilient members may prevent mud from accumulating on the cleats and/or a bottom surface of the sole plate by compressing against a surface of the ground and then springing back, preventing mud from sticking to the resilient member. |
| US10524536B2 |
Footwear sole assembly with insert plate and nonlinear bending stiffness
A sole assembly for an article of footwear comprises a sole plate with a foot-facing surface with a recess disposed in the foot-facing surface. An insert plate is disposed in the recess. A length of the insert plate between anterior and posterior ends of the insert plate is less than a length of the recess. The insert plate flexes free of compressive loading by the sole plate when a forefoot portion of the sole assembly is dorsiflexed in a first portion of a flexion range, and operatively engages with the sole plate when the forefoot portion is dorsiflexed in a second portion of the flexion range that includes flex angles greater than in the first portion of the flexion range. The sole assembly is dorsiflexed, for example, when the forefoot portion is flexed in accordance with toes bending toward the top of the foot. |
| US10524534B2 |
Castless stance corrected prostetic and method of forming same
A method of forming a castless orthotic for a patient's foot in need thereof. The method comprises preparing an orthotic template for the foot wherein the template extends between a heel end and a toe end. In preparing the template the steps of attaching a three-quarter length or full length upper thermoplastic material to a or three-quarter length lower thermoplastic material, or providing a thermoplastic material having a variable thickness such that said thickness decreases from said heel end to said toe end is provided. Then attaching an outer lower layer to the lower thermoplastic material and attaching an outer upper layer to the upper thermoplastic material, or attaching an outer layer to each face of the variable thickness thermoplastic material and heating the prepared orthotic template for a predetermined period of time at a predetermined temperature to soften the orthotic template. A wrap is then placed on top of the foot foam and the foot of the patient is placed on top of the wrap and foot foam. The patient's foot is lifted and the heated orthotic template is placed on top of the wrap and then placing the patient's foot on top of the heated orthotic template. The wrap is placed about the longitudinal axis of the foot to retain the heated orthotic template intermediate the sole of the foot and the foot foam whereby the sides of the orthotic template are particularly supported by the wrap. The method further includes ensuring the foot is positioned over a cuboid support and a medial longitudinal arch support wherein the cuboid support is disposed on the outside of the bottom of the foot and the cuboid support is moved to push the foot upwardly until a resistance is felt, and where the foot is also positioned over the medial longitudinal arch support which is then pushed and pulled upwardly until the foot is moved into a neutral position or if it is unable to be translated or rotated due to until it reaches its end range of motion. At this time, the heel of the patient's foot is lifted to place their weight substantially on the front of their foot and a coolant is applied to at least the heel end of the orthotic template. |
| US10524530B2 |
Upper for an article of footwear with at least one molded thermoplastic polymer element
The present disclosure relates to uppers for articles of footwear. The uppers may be formed by knitting one or more yarns together. After formation of the upper, the one or more yarns may be manipulated to change a property of the knitted upper. For example, one or more of the yarns may be at least partially melted and subsequently cooled to form a molded thermoplastic polymer element. |
| US10524520B2 |
Suit pattern and measuring device for suit pattern
A suit pattern contains: setting, as left and right shoulder rear virtual base points, points specified by moving forward from the center line of the back region by a length that is one-half the circumference of the chest multiplied by 0.177±0.005, and then moving upward perpendicularly from that point approximately one-fourth of the length of the movement length; setting as left and right shoulder front-rear virtual base points, points specified according to the intersection of a line perpendicular to a position that is 0.56±0.05 times the length from the front body front-end edge to the front-end edge of the sleeve hole, and absolute horizontal line from the left or right shoulder front-rear base point; setting as left and right front-rear virtual base points and the cut-off front-rear end section of the sleeve hole at a fixed adjustment angle; and stitching each of the front-rear shoulder ridge lines together. |
| US10524518B1 |
Dual coil vaporizer inhalation cartridge for high viscosity oil or resin
Dual coil vaporizer inhalation cartridge for high viscosity oil or resin is a specially designed vapor cartridge that includes a second independent heating coil in the oil tank or tank chamber that heats the inhalation oil or resin to reduce its viscosity prior to entering the vaporization chamber where it is vaporized for inhalation. Dual coil vaporizer inhalation cartridge for high viscosity oil or resin uses special electronics to power and control the tank heating coil with the battery and battery switch on a standard battery module for a vaporizer inhalation device, which also powers and controls the vaporization heating coil. The tank heating coil functions to heat and melt the oil/resin or otherwise lower its viscosity to allow the oil/resin to become more thin and runny so that the material may flow more easily through the wick and its capillary action to be successfully transferred to the atomizer heating coil for vaporization. |
| US10524517B2 |
Atomizer and electronic cigarette
An atomizer includes a storage member and a cigarette holder. An inductive chamber and an airflow passage are positioned in the storage member. An air suction port is defined on the cigarette holder. The cigarette holder is movably sleeved on an end of the storage member. The cigarette holder can be in a locked state or in an unlocked state with respect to the storage member by moving the cigarette holder. When the cigarette holder is in the locked state, at least one of the inductive chamber and the airflow passage is closed by the cigarette holder. When the cigarette holder is in the unlocked state, the air suction port communicates with both the inductive chamber and the airflow passage. |
| US10524515B2 |
Flexible aerosol-generating devices
An aerosol-generating device may include a housing having flexible portion along its length. The flexible portion is configured to transition between a relaxed or unloaded configuration and a flexed or deflected configuration. A flexible heating element and mouthpiece may also be disposed in the housing. When the housing is in a relaxed or unloaded configuration, the flexible heating element and the mouthpiece are at least partially longitudinally aligned with the flexible portion of the housing. |
| US10524514B2 |
Electronic pipe with modified heat source
An electronic pipe includes a pipe section comprising an outer shell with a coil placed around and along the inside surface of the shell. The pipe section also may include a connector element coupled to a connector element on a battery section, with both connector elements structured to transmit an electric current from the battery to the coil. A material container is insertable into the pipe section such that the coil is disposed between the inside surface of the outer shell and the material container. The coil is capable of initiating a combustion reaction inside the material container. |
| US10524507B2 |
Device for trying electronic cigarette liquids
The invention relates to a device that can be used to try electronic cigarette liquids, intended for the retail sale of electronic cigarettes, providing a system that allows the end client to try different electronic cigarettes without having to put together a complete assembly for each type of liquid, said device taking the form of a block provided internally with a set of clearomizers and vacuum pumps that convey the aroma into a single tube to the exterior. Alternatively, it can be assembled with a single vacuum pump or without any vacuum pump, using instead direction aspiration, or manual selection prior to the selected test or aspiration. |
| US10524501B2 |
Filters for smoking articles having high additive(s) loadings
The present invention relates to improvements in filters, for use in smoking articles, comprising randomly oriented discrete fibres, wherein a loss of particulate additives can be reduced by adding a liquid with a viscosity of at least 2000 m Pa*s at 20° C. and normal pressure. |
| US10524499B2 |
Cigarette tip
A backing with corrugations on a first surface. The corrugations are parallel and each has an airspace along an entire longitudinal length. A second surface of the backing includes perforations or scores oriented perpendicularly or parallel to the corrugations. The corrugations or scores are fold lines or frangible tear lines. The airspaces may also include a filter material. The second surface of the backing may be adhered to a corner of a rolling paper on the surface but opposite edge as a gum strip. The corrugations are parallel to the gum strip. |
| US10524498B2 |
Apparatus for detecting a substance in a rod shaped article of the tobacco industry
An apparatus (1) for detecting a substance in a rod shaped article of the tobacco industry (2), the apparatus (1) including one or more sources (10,11) of electromagnetic radiation, one or more detectors (26, 27) and a processor (32). The one or more sources (10, 11) are configured to generate electromagnetic radiation at first and second wavelengths (λ1, λ2). The one or more detectors (26, 27) are configured to detect the first and second wavelengths (λ1, λ2) after propagation in the rod shaped article (2), lo and to generate signals (A, B) based on the amount of radiation received at each wavelength (λ1, λ2). The processor (32) is configured to process the signals (A, B) to determine information relating to the presence of the substance, based on the relative amount of radiation received at the first and second wavelengths. |
| US10524494B2 |
Method and a machine for producing puree, or juice, from food products with high production capacity
A machine for extracting puree, or fruit juice, from a product of animal or vegetable origin, provides a hollow body having a longitudinal axis. In the hollow body a sieve is mounted having a plurality of holes, in order to result co-axial to the hollow body same. The machine also includes a rotor mounted coaxially in the sieve and having a plurality of blades arranged to cause a centrifugal force to the product to treat, in order to separate it into a main product that crosses the sieve and that is discharged through a first outlet and into a waste material that, instead, cannot cross the sieve and is discharged through a second outlet. |
| US10524492B2 |
Thermal-reversible gelling starch
A thermal-reversible gelling agent derived from the modified starch of a waxy corn variant having an endosperm genotype with one or two doses of the recessive amylose-extender gene (ae). The starch may be modified enzymatically, physically, or by acid hydrolysis. Such gelling agents exhibit properties that may be useful in thickening or providing otherwise unique textures to foods. |
| US10524490B2 |
Process and method for optimizing production of food and feed
A process includes microbially degrading harvested polyculture plant material to form a concentrated microbial biomass and providing the concentrated microbial biomass to an intermediary animal for consumption. The process may also be directed to producing a product animal which includes providing a growth area having an outlet for waste and providing a harvested plant material collection area having an outlet for degradation products. The process may also include providing a microbial growth system for producing a bacterial biomass and directing at least some waste from the outlet of the product animal growth area to the harvested plant material collection area. The process may also include directing at least some degradation products to the microbial growth system, directing some of the microbial biomass produced in the microbial growth system to an intermediary animal for consumption, and directing the intermediary animal to a product animal growth area. |
| US10524489B2 |
Method and composition to control rumen release of cobalt to rumen bacteria for making vitamin B12
A method and composition which is a unique source of cobalt for enhanced production of Vitamin B12 in the rumen. It has the advantage of a slow release source of cobalt combined with a fast release source of cobalt. The fast cobalt ion release source which is a soluble source of cobalt is turned over faster in the rumen than the insoluble cobalt sources are turned over. |
| US10524487B2 |
Animal feed stock using microbial enhancement
In one aspect, a method for feeding animals includes selecting a plurality of strains of sporulated living microbes and form a microbial solution; and applying the microbial solution to a carrier. In another aspect during use, the method includes feeding animals with the microbial infused carrier to deliver microbes to a gastrointestinal tract alive; and germinating the microbes in the digestive tract and stimulating local intestinal immunity with the microbes. |
| US10524485B2 |
Food products containing a modified waxy cassava starch
A food product composition containing a dairy ingredient and having an aqueous phase comprised of a waxy cassava acetyl-substituted inhibited starch in an amount effective to thicken said aqueous phase, such as a yogurt, is provided. A method of making such a food product is also provided. |
| US10524484B2 |
Refrigeration appliance which supports the curing process of refrigerated goods, in particular of meat
A refrigeration appliance includes a storage area for refrigerated goods and a control facility or unit for controlling a storage climate in the storage area by using storage climate parameters. One storage climate parameter is a temperature in the storage area. Another storage climate parameter relates to an air speed in the storage area. The refrigeration appliance is used in particular for the dry curing of meat. |
| US10524480B2 |
Method and system for humanely dispatching wounded game
A method, system, and apparatus for humanely dispatching wounded game in the field comprises a shank with a connecting end, a curved region, and a pointed end connected to a grip formed at the connecting end of the shank, and a finger loop. The grip can further comprise a series or flattened portions configured to engage the gaps in a choke tube in order to remove the choke tube. |
| US10524475B2 |
Selective herbicides based on substituted thien-3-yl-sulphonylamino(thio)carbonyltriazolin(thi)ones and safeners
The invention relates to selective herbicidal compositions that comprise an effective amount of an active compound combination comprising(a) one or more compounds of the formula (I) in which Q1, Q2, R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined in the disclosure—and salts of the compounds of the formula (I)— and (b) at least one of the crop-plant-compatibility-improving compounds listed in the disclosure. The invention further relates to the use of these compositions for controlling undesirable vegetation and to a process for preparing the compositions according to the invention. |
| US10524472B2 |
Elicitor peptides having disrupted hypersensitive response box and use thereof
Disclosed are peptides that induce an active plant response, but not a hypersensitive response, when applied to plant tissue. These peptides also preferably exhibit improved solubility, stability, resistance to chemical degradation, or a combination of these properties. Use of these peptides or fusion polypeptides, or DNA constructs encoding the same, for modulating plant biochemical signaling, imparting disease resistance to plants, enhancing plant growth, imparting tolerance to biotic stress, imparting tolerance and resistance to abiotic stress, imparting desiccation resistance to cuttings removed from ornamental plants, imparting post-harvest disease or post-harvest desiccation resistance to a fruit or vegetable, or enhancing the longevity of fruit or vegetable ripeness are also disclosed. |
| US10524471B2 |
Compositions and methods for increasing salt tolerance in plants
Methods and compositions for increasing tolerance to abiotic stresses in plants are provided. One embodiment provides a method for increasing salt tolerance in a plant by treating the plant with an amount of 2-keto-4-methylthiobutyric acid (KMBA) effective to increase salt tolerance in the plant relative to an untreated plant. Typically KMBA is in an aqueous solution used to irrigate the plant, seed, or seedling. In a preferred embodiment, the aqueous solution is a salt solution, including but not limited to seawater. The KMBA is typically present in the aqueous solution at 1.0 to 250 nM, preferably at least 100 nM. |
| US10524469B2 |
Acetate derived compounds from geranylorcinol. synthesis process for obtaining said compounds and use of said compounds as antifungal against Botrytis cinerea
The present invention discloses a synthesis process for obtaining linear derivative compounds from geranylorcinoles, said linear derivative compounds from geraniylorcinol, the acetylated derivatives compounds therefrom, the method for encapsulating the compounds in a polymer matrix and the use of said encapsulated compounds as antifungal against Botrytis cinerea. |
| US10524468B2 |
Microcapsule suspension
The present invention relates to a microcapsule suspension containing (1) an oil core compound having a pesticide active agent dispersed in an oil compound, (2) an aqueous solution containing a polycationic colloid and a polyanionic colloid in a ratio that the polycationic colloid is from 0.02 to 1% by weight and the polyanionic colloid is from 0.02 to 2% by weight, and (3) a pH adjuster. |
| US10524466B2 |
Optical fiber cable protected from animal bite
Apparatuses and methods for providing voltage to a metal layer of an optical cable are provided. The metal layer may be configured to provide an electric shock to an animal upon contact. |
| US10524461B1 |
Pest detector to identify a type of pest using machine learning
In some implementations, a detector may include one or more sensors, one or more external indicators, one or more processors, and one or more non-transitory computer readable media storing instructions that are executable by the one or more processors to perform various operations. The operations may include detecting, by a motion sensor, movement associated with the pest and capturing, by a sensor (e.g., an imaging sensor) of the detector, sensor data (e.g., a digital image) of the pest. The operations may include determining, by a machine learning algorithm, that the sensor data indicates a presence of a pest, and sending a notification message to a computing device. The notification message may include at least a portion of the sensor data. The operations may include visually indicating, using a pest indicator of the one or more external indicators, that the pest was detected. |
| US10524460B1 |
Ice fishing indicator device
The present invention relates to an ice fishing indicator device and in particular to an ice fishing indicator device having an improved trigger and or jigging mechanisms. The device has a housing that holds a can for a candle or heat source. A heat shield protects a power box. The jigging mechanism has a motor, a rotating arm, an offset weight and a jigging arm, wherein a wiggle is produced during operation. A reel assembly has a trigger. The trigger can be mechanical via direct contact or contactless. A reel lug can contact a trigger or pass near a contactless sensor. The trigger can cause a flag to deploy via an electrically controlled flag release. The trigger can also cause a communication device to send a signal. The communication device can be held in a communication box on the interior of the housing. |
| US10524458B2 |
Humanized C3 animals
Non-human animals comprising a human or humanized C3 and/or C5 nucleic acid sequence are provided as well as methods for using the same to identify compounds capable of modulating the complement system. Non-human animals that comprise a replacement of the endogenous C5 gene and/or C3 gene with a human or humanized C5 gene and/or C3 gene, and methods for making and using the non-human animals, are described. Non-human animals comprising a human or humanized C5 gene under control of non-human C5 regulatory elements is also provided, including non-human animals that have a replacement of non-human C5-encoding sequence with human C5-encoding sequence at an endogenous non-human C5 locus. Non-human animals comprising a human or humanized C3 gene under control of non-human C3 regulatory elements is also provided, including non-human animals that have a replacement of non-human C3 protein-encoding sequence with human or humanized C3 protein-encoding sequence at an endogenous non-human C3 locus. Non-human animals comprising human or humanized C3 and/or C5 sequences, wherein the non-human animals are rodents, e.g., mice or rats, are provided. |
| US10524457B2 |
Fish stringer assembly
A stringer assembly for the safe storage of fish caught by a fisherman includes a stringer line having a needle, a floatation device, and a holder. The stringer assembly is configured to prevent the pushing of slack in the line in a manner to dislodge the stringer line. Additionally, the stringer line is secured without clamping or tying of the stringer line. The holder is releasably coupled to a water vessel through an attachment device configured to prevent twisting of the stringer line. The needle is inserted into a portion of the holder and the stringer line is routed under a flange of the holder in a manner that binds or wedges the stringer line to the holder and prevents removal of the needle from within the holder. Because no fasteners are needed, a fisherman is capable of operating the assembly with a single hand. |
| US10524455B2 |
Methods and compositions for inducing hygienic behavior in honey bees
The presently disclosed subject matter provides tritriacontene compositions for inducing hygienic behavior in honey bees; mite-infested brood extract compositions for inducing hygienic behavior in honey bees; methods of inducing hygienic behavior in honey bees; methods of selecting one or more honey bee(s) exhibiting hygienic behavior, and methods for assessing the degree of hygienic behavior within a honey bee colony. |
| US10524448B2 |
Cattle squeeze chute door opening assembly
A cattle squeeze chute door opening assembly includes a cattle squeeze chute including a lateral wall that has an open end for having an animal extending therethrough. A door frame is attached to the cattle squeeze chute adjacent to the open end. The door frame includes a door support post spaced from the lateral wall. A space between the lateral wall and the door support post defines an access portal. The door frame including an upper frame member and a lower frame member. A gate is pivotally couple to door support post and is positionable in an open position or in a closed position. The gate has a lower edge positioned adjacent to the lower frame member. A foot actuator is mounted on the door frame. The gate is lifted upwardly and moved from a closed position to an open position when the foot actuator is actuated. |
| US10524447B1 |
Spillage-of-contents-resistant foldable tray
A nestable foldable disposable tray is disclosed which features a cavity comprising a base and an outwardly slanted continuous wall. A set of fold lines in the base and the surrounding wall causes the tray to collapse inwardly when closed and gives the contents of the tray a lateral displacement which makes the tray resistant to spillage of its contents while it is being folded. |
| US10524445B1 |
Soybean cultivar 75052534
A soybean cultivar designated 75052534 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 75052534, to the plants of soybean cultivar 75052534, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 75052534, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 75052534. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 75052534. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 75052534, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 75052534 with another soybean cultivar. |
| US10524440B1 |
Hybrid corn variety 13921291
The invention provides seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated 13921291. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety 13921291, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety 13921291 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety 13921291. |
| US10524436B2 |
Hybrid seed potato breeding
The present invention relates to diploid, fertile, self-compatible and essentially homozygous potato lines, wherein said lines comprise an agronomically desirable trait such as vigour. The invention further relates to methods for producing such plants and to hybrid seeds obtained by crossing such homozygous potato lines and to potato plants grown from said seed. |
| US10524434B2 |
Hyrdoponics
The invention relates to a planter forming part of a hydroponic system. The planter includes a longitudinal body defining at least two longitudinally extending liquid channels and at least two plant holders defined in the body, the plant holders spaced on the outer circumference of the longitudinal body, each one of the at least two plant holders in fluid flow communication with one of the at least two longitudinally extending liquid channels. |
| US10524433B2 |
Automated vertical plant cultivation system
An automated plant cultivation system is provided having multi-tiered vertically arranged horizontal magazine structures each employing seed or plant capsules with a fluid circulation and illumination and communication network controlled by an on-board processor. Particularly, the system includes a magazine structure having seed/plant capsules within seed/plant reservoirs alternately arranged between at least one of a light source substantially concealed from direct viewing. A fluid channel extends across a long axis of the magazine structure, wherein the magazine structure is adapted for use of seed/plant capsules with nutrient composite plant growth cultivation, hydroponic plant growth cultivation, aeroponic plant growth cultivation methods or combinations thereof. |
| US10524432B2 |
Systems and methods for cultivating and distributing aquatic organisms
System and methods for monitoring the growth of an aquatic plant culture and detecting real-time characteristics associated with the aquatic plant culture aquatic plants. The systems and methods may include a control unit configured to perform an analysis of at least one image of an aquatic plant culture. The analysis may include processing at least one collected image to determine at least one physical characteristic or state of an aquatic plant culture. Systems and methods for distributing aquatic plant cultures are also provided. The distribution systems and methods may track and control the distribution of an aquatic plant culture based on information received from various sources. Systems and methods for growing and harvesting aquatic plants in a controlled and compact environment are also provided. The systems may include a bioreactor having a plurality of vertically stacked modules designed to contain the aquatic plants and a liquid growth medium. |
| US10524426B2 |
Light sources adapted to spectral sensitivity of plant
A method of stimulating plant growth in a controlled environment that includes providing a lighting assembly having a network of lighting elements such as light emitting diodes (LEDs) that provide light at a color tailored for an individual plant. The lighting assembly is positioned adjacent a plant such that the light produced is received by the plant. The lighting assembly additionally has a control assembly that includes driving circuitry that modulates the lighting elements to controllably provide predetermined periods of light and dark to stimulate continuous growth of the plant. |
| US10524423B1 |
Plant processing system
A plant processing system may include a plant stripping apparatus with a frame and a plurality of stripping fingers including at least two groups of the stripping fingers being movable relative to each other. Each group of fingers may extend from a respective working surface, and the working surfaces may be oriented in substantial opposition to each other with a gap being formed between the first and second working surfaces to provide a pathway for movement of plant materials between an input and an output of the stripping apparatus. |
| US10524422B2 |
Harvesting head constant force assembly
An agricultural harvesting head for an agricultural harvester has a constant force assembly that changes the mechanical advantage of a spring applied to the mainframe of the agricultural harvesting head. As the mainframe of the agricultural harvesting head moves up and down on the front of the combine feederhouse, compressing and decompressing the spring, the constant force assembly changes the mechanical advantage of the spring such that the spring provides a relatively constant lifting force to the mainframe of the harvesting head as the mainframe moves up and down. |
| US10524421B2 |
Methods and apparatus to sense the weight of grain in a grain elevator
Methods and apparatus to sense the weight of grain in a grain elevator are disclosed. A disclosed example grain elevator includes a grain transport member to transport grain, a driving member to move the grain transport member, a first tension sensor to sense a first tension in the driving member, and a weight determiner to estimate a weight of the grain based on the first tension. |
| US10524418B1 |
Mower cutting deck having multiple discharge modes
A multi-blade lawnmower includes a cutting deck with generally adjacent cutting chambers. The cutting chambers each include a cutting blade. The cutting chambers have at least one of the following: (a) a side discharge opening and (b) a rear discharge opening. Each side discharge opening either communicates with the next cutting chamber or, as in the case of the last cutting chamber, discharges grass from side of the cutting deck. When a side discharge opening is present, a side discharge baffle plate is available for either blocking the side discharge opening or being stored in a non-blocking inactive position inside the cutting deck. When a rear discharge opening is present, a rear discharge baffle plate is available for either blocking the rear discharge opening or being stored within the cutting deck in non-blocking inactive position inside the cutting chamber. |
| US10524411B2 |
High-speed transplanting mechanism
Described is a high-speed transplanting mechanism that includes an angle-adjusting device about an angle of a duckbill entering soil, the mechanism comprising a rear arm, a front arm, a restoring spring, a control wire, a control wire sleeve and a control adjuster. The front arm is hinged on the mounting base of the planting device, the rear arm is hinged on the duckbill planting device, and the another end of the rear arm and the front arm are axial sliding connection. The control adjuster comprises an adjuster body and a handle fixed on the adjuster body. The restoring spring is positioned between the first limit plate on the rear arm and the second limit plate on the front arm. The end of the control wire is fixed on the second limit plate and, in turn, the other end of the control wire passes through the first limit plate, the restoring spring, the second limit plate and the control wire sleeve, and finally fixed to the adjuster body. The angle of the duckbill into the soil can be adjusted by tightening or loosening the control wire. The pot seedling can be supported and pushed upright by the forward inertia force as the wheel turns the soil, breaking through the theory of zero-velocity seedling transplanting. The planting pot seedling speed of the disclosed mechanism is more than 60 seedlings per minute, and the quality and efficiency of planting pot seedlings are improved. |
| US10524408B2 |
Independently controlled meter rollers and air conveyance components system and method
The present disclosure includes an agricultural system having first and second product meters configured to meter product to first and second lines, respectively. First and second motors are coupled to the first and second product meters and configured to drive them at first and second metering rates, respectively. An air source is configured to provide first and second airflows to the first and second lines, respectively. A controller electrically coupled to the first and second motors is configured to receive first and second inputs indicative of first and second numbers of first and second outlets fluidly coupled to the first and second lines, respectively. The controller is configured to instruct the first and second motors to drive the first and second product meters at the first and second metering rates, respectively, based on the first and second inputs, and to instruct the air source to provide the first and second airflows with first and second dynamic pressures or first and second velocities. |
| US10524406B2 |
Agricultural hitch with a system for management and guidance of operations and a method thereof
An agricultural hitch with a system for management and guidance of maneuvers and a method employed by the hitch is provided. The hitch includes a tractor, an agricultural machine hitched by an articulated linkage, and a system for management and guidance of maneuvers, provided with a computing and control unit. The computing and control unit or of the hitched agricultural machine constitutes the master unit of the system for management and guidance of maneuvers, and is adapted to compute a set path for a maneuver to come, by employing an algorithm for prediction of paths and an algorithm for optimization of path settings, and to automatically execute the maneuver or of assisting in semiautomatic execution of the maneuver by steering the tractor and by recording, during maneuvering, the differences between the predefined set path and the real or currently estimated path. |
| US10524404B2 |
Plow with resettable plow bottom
A plow bottom is configured to be easily reset when striking a rock while plowing. The plow operator may set the force required for the plow bottom to disengage using the adjustment switch. Once the shank strikes an object, the plow bottom will disengage. The plow operator then lifts the plow assembly using the tractor to raise the plow bottoms out of the ground. A spring then forces the disengaged plow bottom to reengage. Once the plow bottom is reengaged, the plow operator lowers the plow assembly and continues plowing the land. |
| US10531599B2 |
Electromagnetic interference shielding structure
An electromagnetic interference shielding structure is provided. The electromagnetic interference shielding structure includes a shield pad and a shield can. The shield pad is configured to surround at least one circuit element mounted on a printed circuit board, and to be grounded to a ground pad formed on a printed circuit board. The shield can include an upper plate, and a sidewall extending from the upper plate and partly embedded in the shield pad. |
| US10531588B2 |
Information processing apparatus
An information processing apparatus includes a case body, a container that has a first holder that accommodates a first electronic part and a pulling-out space into which the first electronic part is pulled out from the first holder, and that is accommodated in the case body, and a second holder that accommodates a second electronic part, that is coupled to the container via a rotation shaft, and that is shifted between an accommodated state in which the second holder is accommodated in the pulling-out space and a developed state in which the second holder is outside the pulling-out space in accordance with rotation with respect to the container. |
| US10531586B2 |
Electronic device including water repellent structure
An electronic device and method are disclosed. The electronic device includes a housing comprising at least one electronic component disposed within the electronic device, a first separation member configured to separate a first cavity at least partially exposed to an exterior of the electronic device through the housing from a second cavity in which the at least one electronic component is disposed; and a driver disposed in a third cavity spatially coupled with the second cavity in an interior of the housing, the driver configured to generate an air pressure differential between the second cavity and the first cavity. The method operates the device responsive to detecting a water immersion condition by outputting a sound by a speaker device, detecting the outputted sound through a microphone device, determining whether the detected sound matches a predetermined reference value and if so, operating a driver device to discharge the residual water. |
| US10531583B2 |
Light-emitting device
A light-emitting device can be folded in such a manner that a flexible light-emitting panel is supported by a plurality of housings which are provided spaced from each other and the light-emitting panel is bent so that surfaces of adjacent housings are in contact with each other. Furthermore, in the light-emitting device, in which part or the whole of the housings have magnetism, the two adjacent housings can be fixed to each other by a magnetic force when the light-emitting device is used in a folded state. |
| US10531580B2 |
Electronic device including display equipped with force sensor
An electronic device includes a housing that includes a first surface facing a first direction, a second surface facing a second direction that is opposite the first direction, and a transparent member forming at least part of the first surface, a display that is interposed between the first surface and the second surface of the housing and is exposed through the transparent member, and a force sensor that is interposed between the display and the second surface of the housing. |
| US10531579B2 |
Display apparatus, backplane and mold for making backplane bracket
The present application discloses a display device, a backplane and the mold for manufacturing the backplane bracket. The mold is used to imprint molding the sheet raw material; the mold has an elongated imprint mold structure; the two ends of the imprint mold structure have a male and female interworking mold structures; by placing the raw material with different lengths in a plurality of predetermined positions in the imprint mold structure can form a plurality of brackets for combining to a backplane. The present application provides a backplane and the simplified mold structures for manufacturing the backplane bracket, the process to manufacturing the backplane is simplified. By adapting a set of mold can manufacture a plurality of the needed bracket to form a backplane, which greatly reduces the cost of production. |
| US10531577B1 |
Forming through holes through exposed dielectric material of component carrier
A method of manufacturing a component carrier is provided. The method includes forming a through hole between a first main surface and a second main surface of an electrically insulating layer structure by removing material from at least one of the main surfaces of the electrically insulating layer structure, in particular by irradiating at least one of the main surfaces of the electrically insulating layer structure with at least one laser shot, wherein the at least one main surface from which material is removed, in particular which is to be irradiated, is not covered by an electrically conductive layer structure at least in a surface region in which the through hole is to be formed, and subsequently at least partially filling the through hole and at least partially covering the main surfaces of the electrically insulating layer structure by an electrically conductive filling medium. |
| US10531576B2 |
Implementing backdrilling elimination utilizing via plug during electroplating
A method and structure are provided for implementing enhanced via creation without creating a via barrel stub. The need to backdrill during printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturing is eliminated. After the vias have been drilled, but before plating, a via plug with a specialized geometry and including a capillary is inserted into each via to allow electroplating on only preferred wall surfaces of the vias. Then a board plating process of the PCB manufacturing is performed. |
| US10531574B2 |
Contact structures with porous networks for solder connections, and methods of fabricating same
A contact pad includes a solder-wettable porous network (310) which wicks the molten solder (130) and thus restricts the lateral spread of the solder, thus preventing solder bridging between adjacent contact pads. |
| US10531571B2 |
Method for positioning at least one electronic component on a circuit board
A method for positioning at least one electronic component (3) on a circuit board (1) provided for installation in a vehicle headlamp, wherein the circuit board (1) comprises at least one position mark and the at least one electronic component (3) is positioned relative to the at least one position mark on the circuit board (1), wherein the at least one position mark is detected optically and is used for positioning, wherein the at least one position mark used is at least one alignment mark (5, 6, 7, 8, 8′, 8″) of the circuit board (1) which, in the vehicle headlamp, when the circuit board (1) is installed, interacts mechanically with a positioning means (9, 15) of the vehicle headlamp that is complementary to the alignment mark (5, 6, 7, 8,8′, 8′). |
| US10531570B2 |
Processing machine
A processing machine can include motors; at least one heater; first and second processing enclosures separated by a gap; an upper level conveyor that passes circuit assemblies through the first and second processing enclosures and the gap; a lower level conveyor that passes the circuit assemblies through the first and second processing enclosures and the gap; an elevator that transports the circuit assemblies between the upper level conveyor and the lower level conveyor; and a controller that includes circuitry operatively coupled to the motors and to the at least one heater. |
| US10531569B2 |
Printed circuit board and method of fabricating the same
A printed circuit board includes: an insulating layer; a plating seed layer disposed on the insulating layer; a circuit pattern layer disposed on the plating seed layer and formed of copper (Cu); and a surface treatment layer disposed on the circuit pattern layer and formed of gold (Au), wherein the circuit pattern layer includes a corner portion of an upper portion which has a curvature, and wherein the corner portion of the circuit pattern layer is a boundary surface between the top surface and a side surface of the circuit pattern layer, and the boundary surface has a concavely curved surface. |
| US10531567B2 |
Entry sheet for drilling
The present invention provides an entry sheet for drilling which provides higher hole position accuracy than that of a conventional entry sheet for drilling. The present invention provides an entry sheet for drilling, including a metal foil, and a layer including a resin composition and formed on at least one surface of the metal foil, wherein the resin composition includes a resin and tungsten disulfide as a solid lubricant, and the content of the tungsten disulfide included in the resin composition is 10 parts by mass to 200 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the resin included in the resin composition. |
| US10531561B2 |
Enclosure-to-board interface with tamper-detect circuit(s)
Tamper-respondent assemblies and fabrication methods are provided which incorporate enclosure-to-circuit board protection. The tamper-respondent assemblies include a circuit board, and an enclosure mounted to the circuit board along an enclosure-to-board interface. The enclosure facilitates enclosing at least one electronic component coupled to the circuit board within a secure volume. A tamper-respondent electronic circuit structure facilitates defining the secure volume, and includes one or more tamper-detect circuits including at least one conductive trace disposed, at least in part, within the enclosure-to-board interface. The conductive trace(s) includes stress rise regions to facilitate tamper-detection at the enclosure-to-board interface. An adhesive is provided to secure the enclosure to the circuit board. The adhesive contacts, at least in part, the conductive trace(s) of the tamper-detect circuit(s) at the enclosure-to-board interface, including at the stress rise regions of the conductive trace(s). |
| US10531559B2 |
Electronic device
According to one embodiment, provided are an electronic device and an electronic component protection substrate in which an electronic component is prevented from entering an irregular state. According to the electronic device of the present embodiment, an electronic component is soldered onto a pattern line of a printed circuit substrate, and a surface of the printed circuit substrate where the electronic component is disposed is formed as a recess such that the thickness of the printed circuit substrate in the recess part is thinned. |
| US10531558B2 |
Electronic module having electromagnetic shielding structure and manufacturing method thereof
An electronic module having an electromagnetic shielding structure and its manufacturing method are provided. At first, a first substrate and a second substrate are separately provided. At least one electronic element and at least one connection pad are formed on a surface of the first substrate. The second substrate includes a conductive film and at least one conductive bump is formed on a surface of the conductive film. The first substrate and the second substrate are laminated together wherein the conductive bump is aligned with and connected to the connection pad to obtain the electronic module. |
| US10531557B2 |
Wireless module, RFID system, and wireless power supply device
A wireless module includes a substrate that includes a first portion, a second portion, and a first flexible portion connecting the first portion and the second portion to each other. The first portion includes a circuit element that is mounted on the first main surface and a circuit including at least the circuit element. The second portion includes a first coil connected to the circuit. The first portion and the second portion face each other. A magnetic sheet is disposed on a second main surface of the second portion, and a battery is disposed between the second main surface of the first portion and the magnetic layer. |
| US10531554B2 |
Grating magneto optical trap
A three-dimensional magneto-optical trap (3D GMOT) configured to trap a cold-atom cloud is disclosed. The 3D GMOT includes a single input light beam having its direction along a first axis, an area along a second and third axis that are both normal to the first axis, and a substantially flat input light beam intensity profile extending across its area. The 3D GMOT may also include a circular, diffraction-grating surface positioned normal to the first axis and having closely adjacent grooves arranged concentrically around a gap formed in its center. The circular, diffraction-grating surface is configured to diffract first-order light beams that intersect within an intersection region that lies directly above the gap and suppresses reflections and diffractions of all other orders. The 3D GMOT may further include a quadrupole magnetic field with its magnitude being zero within the intersection region. |
| US10531553B2 |
Scalable multi-role surface-wave plasma generator
Systems and methods are described herein for generating surface-wave plasmas capable of simultaneously achieving high density with low temperature and planar scalability. A key feature of the invention is reduced damage to objects in contact with the plasma due to the lack of an RF bias; allowing for damage free processing. The preferred embodiment is an all-in-one processing reactor suitable for photovoltaic cell manufacturing, performing saw-damage removal, oxide stripping, deposition, doping and formation of hetero structures. The invention is scalable for atomic-layer deposition, etching, and other surface interaction processes. |
| US10531551B2 |
Extreme ultraviolet light generating apparatus
The extreme ultraviolet light generating apparatus includes a target supply unit to output a target, a driver laser to output a driver laser beam with which the target is irradiated, a guide laser to output a guide laser beam, a beam combiner to have optical paths of the driver laser beam and the guide laser beam substantially coincide with each other and output these beams, a first optical element including a first actuator to adjust an optical path of the driver laser beam to be incident on the beam combiner, a second optical element including a second actuator to adjust an optical path of the guide laser beam to be incident on the beam combiner, a sensor to detect the guide laser beam outputted from the beam combiner to output detected data, and a controller to receive the detected data, control the second actuator based on the detected data, and control the first actuator based on an amount of controlling of the second actuator. |
| US10531550B2 |
Extreme ultraviolet light generation device
An extreme ultraviolet light generation device may include: a chamber in which extreme ultraviolet light is generated from plasma generated by irradiating a target with laser light output by a laser device, in a generation region therein; a target supply unit configured to output the target as a droplet toward the generation region; a droplet detector configured to detect the droplet in a detection region; and a controller. The droplet detector may transmit, to the controller, a pass timing signal indicating a timing when the droplet passes through the detection region. The controller may include a noise compensation unit configured to compensate for noise of the pass timing signal caused by an electromagnetic wave from the plasma, and transmit a trigger signal that gives a trigger to output the laser light to the laser device based on the pass timing signal in which the noise is compensated for. |
| US10531543B2 |
Configuration of lighting systems
A configurable lighting system includes a coordinator device and a first lighting device that wirelessly communicates with the coordinator device. The system further includes a user device having a display interface that displays representations of multiple lighting devices including a representation of the first lighting device. The user device is configured to indicate the representation of the first lighting device in the display interface in response to a first user input received at the first lighting device. In response to a second user input received at the user device, the second user input associating the representation of the first lighting device with a zone of a physical area, the coordinator device associates the first lighting device with a second lighting device associated with the zone of the physical area. |
| US10531542B2 |
Systems and methods for connecting and controlling configurable lighting units
In some embodiments, a configurable lighting device, connectors, controllers, and methods for layout detection are provided. The configurable lighting devices, suitably connected, form an assembly of configurable lighting devices that can be removably connected with one another and re-arranged. Connectors are provided that form mechanical and electrical connections between configurable lighting devices such that a flow of electricity and control signals may be propagated without the need for direct connection between every configurable lighting device and a controller. The controller or devices connected to the controller are configured to perform layout detection such that pleasing visualizations may be rendered across the assembly that are rendered using at least the detected layout. When the configuration of the configurable lighting devices changes, the layout detection is automatically updated. |
| US10531539B2 |
Method for characterizing illumination of a target surface
A method (300) for measuring illumination by a lighting unit (10) of a target surface (50) within a lighting environment (100) includes the steps of: illuminating (320), with a light source (12) of the lighting unit, the target surface; detecting (330), with a light sensor (32), a light intensity for a plurality of locations of the target surface; detecting (340) parameter of the lighting environment; selecting (350), by a controller of the lighting unit, a subset of the plurality of light intensities based on the detected parameter of the lighting environment; and estimating (360), using the selected subset of light intensities, a lux of the target surface. |
| US10531538B2 |
Apparatus and method for remote control of lighting equipments
An apparatus (11) for the remote control of lighting apparatuses, in particular emergency lighting apparatuses (12), comprising a transmitter apparatus provided with at least one white light source having controlled activation, a receiver device used as a receiver of digital optical signals (16), which integrates a control, programming and management system managed by a software program (14), and a lighting apparatus (12), which incorporates a receiving circuit comprising a receiver photosensor (13); the transmitter apparatus is constituted by a smartphone (11), which actuates optical commands directed at the lighting apparatus (12), in a form of encoded luminous messages or intensity- and duration-controlled sequences of light variations according to a specific optical code and at different levels of luminosity, by means of a modulating process of the switching-on and the switching-off of the light source integrated in said smartphone (11). |
| US10531532B1 |
Setting current error reduction for light-emitting diode driver circuits
A light fixture can include a lighting circuit comprising at least one light source and at least one discrete component. The light fixture can also include a power supply coupled to the lighting circuit, where the power supply provides a setting current to the at least one light source. The light fixture can further include a sensor that measures the setting current flowing to the at least one light source. The light fixture can also include a controller coupled to the power supply and the sensor, where the controller provides, in real time, a setting current correction signal to the power supply to adjust the setting current delivered to the at least one light source. The setting current correction signal can be calibrated to an actual value of the at least one discrete component of the lighting circuit. |
| US10531528B2 |
LED drive circuit with a programmable input for LED lighting
An LED drive circuit includes a controller, generating a switching signal to switch a magnetic device that receives an input voltage derived from an input of the LED drive circuit, for generating an output current to drive at least a LED. The controller includes an input circuit receiving a programmable signal correlated to the input of the LED drive circuit to generate a programmable current, the programmable current modulating a current input signal correlated to a switching current of the magnetic device to form a modulated current input signal, and a comparison circuit comparing a signal sourced from an oscillator and a voltage potential generated in response to the modulated current input signal for generating a current control signal. The switching signal is controlled in response to the current control signal for regulating the output current, and a level of the output current is correlated to the current control signal. |
| US10531520B2 |
Molding apparatus
A molding apparatus capable of improving the quality of a molded article is provided. A control section controls a blowing mechanism to expand and mold a metal pipe material by supplying gas into the metal pipe material held between an upper mold and a lower mold by a pipe holding mechanism. The control section controls a driving section to mold a flange portion by crushing a second molded portion of the expanded metal pipe material in a sub-cavity portion between the upper mold and the lower mold. In a molding apparatus, the control section changes movement speed of a slide during the molding of the flange portion by controlling a servomotor. Accordingly, it becomes possible to control an operation of pressing at an appropriate movement speed according to the shape or the like of the flange portion. Accordingly, it is possible to improve the quality of a molded article. |
| US10531516B2 |
Self organizing system to implement emerging topologies
An indication of an application-related objective is received at a first agent associated with a first device. One or more meta-language based descriptions comprising device data stored in a data store are used to identify a second device from a plurality of devices to help the first device to achieve the application-related objective. At least in part by exchanging with a second agent associated with the second device one or more programmatically determined bids and responses to bids, a mutually compatible set of configurations for the first device and the second device to cooperate with each other are determined to help achieve the application-related objective. The mutually compatible set of configurations comprising parameters are agreed upon by the first device and the second device. The first device and the second device are configured based at least in part on the mutually compatible set of configurations. |
| US10531514B2 |
Techniques for paging in extended discontinuous reception
Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques that may be used wireless network communication devices to support devices operating with extended discontinuous reception (eDRX). An exemplary method, performed by a BS, generally includes determining at least one paging hyper-frame for paging a user equipment (UE) based on an identification (ID) of the UE, the paging hyper-frame determined from a set of periodically occurring hyper-frames that each span a number of radio frames, receiving a request to page the UE, and transmitting a paging signal to the UE in at least one subframe within a radio frame of the paging hyper-frame. Another exemplary method, performed by a UE, generally includes determining at least one paging hyper-frame for monitoring for a paging signal from a base station (BS) based on an identification (ID) of the UE, the paging hyper-frame determined from a set of periodically occurring hyper-frames that each span a number of radio frames, and monitoring for the paging signal in at least one subframe within a radio frame of the paging hyper-frame. |
| US10531506B2 |
Collaborative operation of software defined radios
A device includes circuitry configured to implement one or more PHY communications protocols to simultaneously communicate with one or more stations via communication links on one or more wireless networks, communicate with additional devices via a backhaul network, and exchange collaboration data, including at least one of protocol data or collaborative beamforming data, with the additional devices via the backhaul network to maintain signal parameters of communications signals with the one or more stations. |
| US10531505B2 |
Communicating with unmanned aerial vehicles and air traffic control
The present disclosure includes devices, systems, and methods for communicating with unmanned aerial vehicles. In one embodiment, the present disclosure includes a server including a communication interface, a memory, and an electronic processor communicatively connected to the memory. The electronic processor is configured to communicate with one or more unmanned aerial vehicles via the communication interface and a satellite network, communicate with the one or more unmanned aerial vehicles via the communication interface and a terrestrial network, and communicate with the one or more unmanned aerial vehicles via the communication interface and a combination of the satellite network and the terrestrial network. |
| US10531498B2 |
Method and apparatus for handling measurement gaps in wireless networks
In a wireless communication system, user equipment (UE) has autonomy provided by one or more set of rules to handle processing during a measurement gap. UE can ignore or use only a portion of the whole measurement gap if not needed. Thereby, an urgent need for remaining tuned to source carrier frequency can be supported, such as utilizing Random Access Channel (RACH) procedure. UE can also choose to tune to a target carrier frequency supporting timely handovers. Depending on the type of processing required (download shared channel (DL-SCH, UL-SCH, TTI bundling, RACH or SR), the UE may store requests and process the measurements during the gap or ignore the gap measurement as if there were no gaps. |
| US10531494B2 |
Reference signal scrambling for random access
An embodiment method at a network device for scrambling a downlink reference signal for a UE for demodulation of a downlink random access message during a random access procedure to the network includes scrambling the downlink reference signal using one of a temporary UE ID provided to the UE during the random access procedure, a random access ID generated during the random access procedure, or a dedicated UE ID assigned by the network. |
| US10531489B2 |
Method and device for transmitting/receiving wireless signal in wireless communication system
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, and specifically, to a method and a device for the method which comprises the steps of: aggregating a LCell and a UCell in order to communicate with a base station; and transmitting a slotted uplink physical channel via only one slot among a plurality of slots of a subframe #m of the UCell, wherein the transmission of the slotted uplink physical channel includes performing a first CCA procedure X-time prior to a reference time point of the first slot of the subframe #m, and if the first CCA procedure fails, performing a second CCA procedure Y-time (Y>X) prior to a reference time point of the second slot of the subframe #m. |
| US10531484B2 |
Method and apparatus for allocating resource in communication system
The present disclosure relates 5G or pre-5G communication systems for supporting higher data transmission rate than those by LTE or other post-4G communication systems. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method for allocating a resource in a communication system includes determining a beam to be used for data communication between a UE and the base station based on beam feedback information from the UE. The method also includes releasing resource allocation for a beam used previously depending on whether the determined beam is changed from the previously used beam, allocating a resource for the determined beam, and transmitting information related to the resource allocation for the determined beam to the UE. |
| US10531481B2 |
Uplink channel transmission method, UE, and base station
The present disclosure provides an uplink channel transmission method, a user equipment (UE), and a base station in the communications field. The method includes: determining, by the UE, n first channels and m second channels; allocating transmit power to L uplink channels according to a maximum uplink transmission time difference between the n first channels and the m second channels, where the L uplink channels include at least k second channels among the m second channels; and transmitting the L uplink channels. The first channel is an uplink channel corresponding to a first cell on a first time unit numbered i, and the first time unit has a first transmission time interval (TTI). The second channel is an uplink channel corresponding to a second cell on a second time unit numbered j, and the second time unit has a second TTI. The second TTI is shorter than the first TTI. |
| US10531480B2 |
Method and device for narrow band communication in UE and base station
The present disclosure discloses a scheduling method and device. AUE receives a first signaling firstly and transmits a wireless signal on a target time frequency resource. The first signaling indicates a first time frequency resource, and the first time frequency resource includes a second time frequency resource. The target time frequency resource includes a time frequency resource of the first time frequency resource except the second time frequency resource. The target and the second time frequency resources are orthogonal. The first time frequency resource includes T1 sub frames in a time domain, and includes P1 sub carriers in a frequency domain. The second time frequency resource includes T2 sub frames of T1 sub frames and P1 sub carriers in a time domain. T1 and P1 are a positive integer, T2 is smaller than T1. A position of the second time frequency resource in the first time frequency resource is fixed. |
| US10531477B2 |
Interference free scheduling for multi-controller multi-control-loop control systems over wireless communication networks
Devices and methods for determining a schedule of unicast transmissions between wireless transceivers using a principal controller. A receiver receives information of a set of transmissions between the transceivers for a period of time, a priority of each transmission, and a topology of a network of transceivers, i.e. neighborhood nodes having controllers and devices. A processor sequentially partitions the transmissions based on priority and the topology of the network, groups of concurrent transmissions that do not interfere with each other, beginning with a highest priority group, and ending, with a lowest ending priority group. Apply a predetermined optimization assignment, comparing all transactions according to the priority optimization assignment, to determine a prioritized order of transmission for each transmission in each group. Assign each transmission a respective time slot within a sequence of time slots of the time period via priority optimization assignment order of transmissions, to obtain the transmission schedule. |
| US10531475B2 |
Communication method on basis of semi-persistent scheduling in wireless communication system
The present invention relates to a 5G or pre-5G communication system for supporting higher data transmission rates than 4G communication systems such as LTE. The present invention provides a communication method of a terminal which communicates with a base station in a wireless communication system, the communication method comprising the motions of: transmitting, to the base station, a first random access request message comprising identification information of the terminal; receiving, as a response to the first random access request message, a response message comprising semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) terminal identity (ID) and uplink (UL) resource allocation information; and periodically transmitting, using the SPS terminal ID, UL data from a resource that is indicated by the UL resource allocation information, wherein the identification information of the terminal is information that indicates that the terminal will be appointed as an SPS terminal. |
| US10531473B2 |
Blind detection and reporting of interference in unlicensed spectrum
The disclosure provides for detecting interference in wireless communications. A wireless devices may receive an interfering signal on a portion of unlicensed spectrum. The wireless device may perform cyclic autocorrelation on the interfering signal to determine one or both of a cyclic prefix length and a symbol period. The wireless device may determine a radio access technology of the interfering signal based on one or both of the cyclic prefix length and the symbol period. In an aspect, the wireless device may further transmit an interference report including information regarding the interfering signal including the cyclic prefix length, symbol period, identified radio access technology, or packet length. |
| US10531471B2 |
Power control for secondary communication system based on guard width and distance from primary communication system
Provided is a communication control device including an information acquisition unit acquiring first information concerning a position a guard area for a first wireless communication system and second information concerning a position of a master node of a second wireless communication system which is secondarily operated using a frequency channel used by the first wireless communication system, a determination unit determining, using the first information and the second information acquired by the information acquisition unit, whether or not an interval between a reference point of the first wireless communication system and the master node meets a condition which depends on a width of the guard area and a communication distance assumed for the second wireless communication system, and a control unit causing the second wireless communication system to be operated with a given transmission power if the determination unit determines the interval meets the condition. |
| US10531469B2 |
Apparatus and method for supporting mixed numerology in wireless communication system
The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates beyond 4th-generation (4G) communication system such as long term evolution (LTE). Disclosed is a method for operating a BS for supporting mixed numerology in a wireless communication system. The method includes: generating a first signal for a first group and a second signal for a second group according to different configurations; and transmitting the first signal through a first channel allocated for the first group and the second signal through a second channel allocated for the second group. |
| US10531467B2 |
Method and apparatus for a wireless communication system for facilitating an initial access communication between a mobile device and a network cell that supports multiple numerologies
Techniques for gaining initial access of a cell by a mobile device by using multiple numerologies associated with the orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) are disclosed. The multiple numerologies are selected from numerologies that are both offered by the cell and which can be processed by the mobile device that is trying to gain the initial access. For example, one numerology can be used for the synchronization portion of the initial access and a different numerology can be use for the system information gathering and random access portions of the initial access. Also, upon gaining the initial access, the mobile device can be configured to use more numerologies for data communication, either simultaneously or one numerology at a time. |
| US10531466B2 |
Communication apparatus, control method, and computer-readable storage medium
A communication apparatus that communicates with another communication apparatus detects a signal from the other communication apparatus, specifies an amount of a resource used to communicate a predetermined amount of data from the other communication apparatus to the communication apparatus, and transmits, to the other communication apparatus, one predetermined signal corresponding to the specified amount of the resource from a plurality of predetermined signals that are known in the communication apparatus and the other communication apparatus and respectively correspond to different amounts of a resource including at least one of a frequency and time used to communicate the predetermined amount of data. |
| US10531464B2 |
Band assignment for user equipment on multiband advanced wireless communications networks
Systems, methods, and devices for assigning user equipment to frequency bands on multiband advanced wireless communication networks. The system may include a multiband controller configured to obtain signal quality indicators from user equipment devices for signals received by the user equipment devices from a first remote radio head for a first frequency band having a maximum frequency greater than 24 GHz and a second remote radio head having a minimum frequency at least 2 GHz greater than the maximum frequency, and in response to the signal quality indicators, issue a command to a user equipment device included in the user equipment devices and operating in the first frequency band to switch to operating in the second frequency band. |
| US10531460B2 |
Method and apparatus for transreceiving messages from V2X terminal in wireless communication system
One embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for UE receiving data in a wireless communication system, the method for receiving data comprising the steps of: receiving control information through a channel through which the control information is delivered; and confirming an information bit which is included in the control information and is related to reserving a resource, wherein the information bit simultaneously indicates whether UE which has transmitted the control information reserves the resource, and if the resource is reserved by the UE, the location of the resource. |
| US10531457B1 |
Wireless access point control over Carrier Aggregation (CA) through a wireless repeater chain
A wireless access point to control Carrier Aggregation (CA) over a wireless repeater chain. The wireless access point wirelessly exchanges network signaling with User Equipment (UE) over the wireless repeater chain using a number of repeater hops. The wireless access point processes the number of repeater hops to select a radio frequency for a CA Primary Component Carrier (PCC) and to select an amount of CA Secondary Component Carriers (SCCs) for the UE. The wireless access point wirelessly exchanges user data with the UE over the wireless repeater chain using the selected radio frequency for the CA PCC and using the selected amount of the CA SCCs. |
| US10531455B2 |
Apparatus and method for determining D2D data resource for D2D communication
A method and apparatus for supporting a device-to-device (D2D) communication between user equipments (UEs) are provided. The method includes: receiving, at a UE, configuration information associated with a D2D data transmission resource, the configuration information including information of a D2D data allocation period and being transmitted from an evolved NodeB (eNB); determining, at the UE, a D2D data transmission resource offset and a period associated with a D2D data transmission resource bitmap in each D2D data allocation period, the D2D data transmission resource bitmap including at least one bit corresponding to bit value “1”; and determining a pool of subframes corresponding to the bit value “1” of the D2D data transmission resource bitmap, the period associated with the D2D data transmission resource bitmap including the pool of subframes, the pool of subframes corresponding to D2D data transmission resources through which a D2D data transmission is capable. |
| US10531454B2 |
Multiband scheduling for wake up radio
Methods and systems for waking up a wireless receiving stations having wake-up radio (WUR) circuits. A method of providing a wake-up signal in a communications channel for a plurality of receiving stations, comprising: generating a plurality of series of waveform coded symbols, each series being incorporated into a respective wake-up-radio (WUR) frame that is intended for a respective receiving station and has a respective predefined bandwidth; combining the respective WUR frames into a multiband WUR data unit having a bandwidth that is greater than a sum of the predefined bandwidths of the wake-up radio frames; transmitting a wake-up signal including the multiband WUR data unit in the communications channel. |
| US10531453B2 |
Resource management for low latency wireless communications
Described techniques provide for low latency transmission time interval (TTI) transmissions that may have reduced likelihood of experiencing interference from one or more neighboring transmitters. A base station may configure two or more sets of resources for two or more sets of wireless transmissions, in which low latency transmissions may be transmitted in a set of wireless transmissions using all or a portion of one of the sets of resources. The set of resources available for the low latency transmissions may be associated with a set of power parameters that provide reduced transmission powers relative to one or more of the other sets of resources. The two or more sets of resources may include one or more sub-bands of available frequency resources, one or more subsets of time resources, or combinations thereof. In some cases, neighboring base stations may coordinate sets of resources that have reduced power parameters. |
| US10531450B2 |
Communication processing device, and wireless communication method
According to one embodiment, a communication processing device mounted in a wireless communication device which uses a first channel and a second channel, includes controlling circuitry. The circuitry is configured to control to transmit, through the first channel, a first announcement signal including channel information of the second channel and control to transmit, through the second channel, a second announcement signal when slot allocation of a target communication device in the second channel is determined to be changed, the second announcement signal including a notification of the change in the slot allocation of the target communication device. |
| US10531444B2 |
Method and apparatus of operating multiple time alignment timers in mobile communication system supporting carrier aggregation
A method of operating multiple time alignment timers (TimeAlignmentTimer) is provided for facilitating communication between and evolved Node B (eNB) and a User Equipment (UE) in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system supporting multiple carriers. The method includes starting a first TAT of a first group including the primary cell, starting a second TAT when Timing Advance (TA) information on a second group not including the primary cell is received; and determining transmission of at least one of a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request Acknowledgement/Negative-acknowledgement (HARQ ACK/NACK), a physical uplink control channel, and a sounding reference signal according to a start and an expiration of at least one of the first and second TATs. |
| US10531439B2 |
Communication method and communications device
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a communication method and a communications device. The method includes: generating, by a first communications device, a MAC PDU data packet, where the MAC PDU data packet includes at least one first-type MAC CE, each first-type MAC CE is used to carry information about multiple secondary serving cells, and the first communications device determines a location of the first-type MAC CE in the MAC PDU data packet according to a secondary serving cell corresponding to the first-type MAC CE; and sending, by the first communications device, the MAC PDU data packet to a second communications device, so that the second communications device obtains the first-type MAC CE, and determines, according to the location of the first-type MAC CE in the MAC PDU data packet, the secondary serving cell corresponding to the first-type MAC CE. |
| US10531436B1 |
Multiple network connections to increase data throughput of mobile device
In one aspect, the present disclosure relates to a method for method for efficient allocation of bandwidth in a wireless network. The method can include: identifying a plurality of network interfaces on a first user device; initializing a virtual network resource associated with the plurality of network interfaces; receiving, at the virtual network resource, data packets from an app executing on the first user device, the data packets destined for a remote device; sending a first portion of the data packets to the remote device via a first one of the plurality of network interfaces; and sending a second portion of the data packets to the remote device via a second one of the plurality of network interfaces. An aggregation platform can be configured to receive and reconstitute the first and second portions of the data packets, and to transmit the reconstituted data packets to the remote device. |
| US10531434B2 |
Method and user equipment for transmitting uplink signal and user equipment for receiving uplink signal
The present invention provides a method and device for configuring an uplink operating frequency band for user equipment from among all the uplink system bands. The user equipment transmits an uplink control channel on the uplink frequency band. The uplink operating frequency band includes six resource blocks in a frequency domain. The uplink control channel is transmitted using the lowest frequency resource block and the highest frequency resource block from among the six resource blocks within the uplink operating frequency band. |
| US10531433B2 |
Methods and apparatus for multiple user uplink access
Methods and apparatus for multiple user uplink are provided. In one aspect, a method includes receiving, at a wireless device, a trigger message allocating one or more wireless transmission resources, each resource allocated to a plurality of stations. The method further includes determining whether to transmit over the allocated resources based on a contention procedure. The method further includes selectively transmitting over the allocated resources based on said determining. |
| US10531431B2 |
Apparatus and method for allocating resources in device-to-device communication in wireless network
A method for allocating resources in Device-to-Device (D2D) communication in a wireless network is provided. The method includes requesting, by a device, resource allocation from an enhanced Node B (eNB) and causing the device to be allocated, from the eNB, a Resource Block (RB) for transmitting one of D2D discovery and communication data and control information. The RB includes information about a location of the resource-allocated time or frequency. |
| US10531428B2 |
Paging method, apparatus, and system
Embodiments of the present invention provide a paging method, apparatus, and system, so as to implement paging of UE in an area with relatively poor signal coverage. UE includes: a receiving unit, configured to receive a broadcast message sent by a base station; and a determining unit, configured to determine whether the UE is first UE where the determining unit is further configured to: in a case in which it is determined that the UE is the first UE, determine a start PF and a start PO according to the first radio frame parameter; the determining unit is further configured to determine a first subframe set according to the start PF and the start PO; and the receiving unit is further configured to receive, according to the start PF, the start PO, and the first subframe set, a paging message sent by the base station. |
| US10531425B2 |
Methods and apparatus for locating mobile devices using wireless signals in mixed mode
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for locating mobile devices using wireless signals in mixed mode. A disclosed method includes generating an access point signal matrix based on signal strength values based on first signal data collected at a mobile device corresponding to first signals received from a plurality of access points for a first period of time, and based on second signal data collected at the plurality of access points corresponding to second signals received from the mobile device and the plurality of access points for a second period of time, determining a first group of contour perimeters corresponding to first ones of the signal strength values in the access point signal matrix that satisfy a first threshold, the first group of contour perimeters including an obstructed contour perimeter corresponding to second ones of the signal strength values in the access point signal matrix that do not satisfy the first threshold, determining a second group of contour perimeters by replacing the obstructed contour perimeter with a corrected contour perimeter, and determining a location of the mobile device based on the second group of contour perimeters including the corrected contour perimeter. |
| US10531424B1 |
Angle of arrival and departure using standard bluetooth low energy packets
Methods and systems for determining the location of a Bluetooth device using a standard broadcast packet containing known data. Multiple antennas are used to take measurements of the packet are converted into in-phase and quadrature components, then a low-pass filter is applied. The known data presents an in-phase and quadrature spectrum that is a continuous wave-tone representation of the packet signal in the passband of the low-pass filter. Multiple measurements are used to determine the phase difference of the filtered measurements at the different antenna locations. Phase difference is used to determine the location of the device. |
| US10531420B2 |
Systems and methods for application-friendly protocol data unit (PDU) session management
Methods by which User Plane (UP) management information is exchanged between an Application Function (AF) supporting one or more applications and a Slice Management Function (SMF) configured to manage traffic flows in a given slice of the network. The exchange of UP management information may be initiated from either the AF or the SMF. In the case of AF-initiated information exchange, the UP management information provided by the AF may comprise traffic requirements of applications supported by the AF. In the case of SMF-initiated information exchange, the UP management information provided by the SM may comprise operator policy information or events, and the AF may respond with information of traffic requirements of applications supported by the AF. |
| US10531419B2 |
Communication system for providing IP multimedia subsystem centralized services
This invention provides a network node for IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) Centralized Services (ICS), comprising: a memory storing instructions; and at least one processor configured to process the instructions to: receive an Update Location Request with an IMSI (International Mobility Subscriber Identity) and an MSRN (Mobile Station Routing Number) from a MSC (Mobile Switching Centre) Server, retrieve a subscription profile and service settings from a HSS (Home Subscriber Server), map the subscription profile with service settings into a CS (Circuit-Switched) profile with CS settings, and send an Insert Subscriber Data message including the mapped CS profile and CS settings, to the MSC Server. |
| US10531411B2 |
Improving or enabling radio coverage for a user equipment with respect to a mobile communication network
A method is provided for improving or enabling radio coverage for a user equipment enabled to use a device to device communication mode (D2D mode) but out of direct radio coverage of a base station entity of a mobile communication network. In a first step, the user equipment transmits a first discovery signal to a relay user equipment, the first discovery signal comprising at least one of a time limitation with respect to a discovery time interval and a synchronization indication. In a second step, the relay user equipment applies, upon reception of the first discovery signal from the user equipment, reception capabilities during a first reception time interval, the first reception time interval comprising and exceeding the discovery time interval in time, wherein the first reception time interval is dependent on at least one of the time limitation and the synchronization indication of the first discovery signal. |
| US10531405B2 |
Method for triggering power headroom reporting in a dual connectivity system and a device therefor
A method for a User Equipment, UE, operating in a wireless communication system, includes triggering power headroom reports (PHRs), in a first Medium Access Control (MAC), entity and a second MAC entity when a first type event occurs in the second MAC entity, wherein the UE is configured with the first MAC entity corresponding to a first base station and the second MAC entity corresponding to a second base station for a radio bearer; triggering a PHR in the second MAC entity only, when a second type event occurs in the second MAC entity, wherein the first type event includes: there are uplink resources allocated for transmission on any cell of the second MAC entity and a required power backoff for the any cell of the second MAC entity has changed more than a threshold, or wherein the first type event includes: there is uplink transmission on any cell of the second MAC entity and a required power backoff for the any cell of the second MAC entity has changed more than a threshold. |
| US10531398B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting uplink signals in wireless communication system
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for a terminal controlling uplink power in the wireless communication system, comprising the steps of: configuring an uplink subframe (UL SF) of a first set and a UL SF of a second set; receiving a downlink control information (DCI) format including a bitmap for indicating transmit power control (TPC) for a plurality of terminals; and controlling transmit power of an uplink channel by using TPC information on the terminals from the bitmap, wherein the TPC information is used for controlling transmit power of an uplink channel transmitted from the UL SF of the first set when the DCI format comprises a first identifier, and the TPC information is used for controlling transmit power of an uplink channel transmitted from the UL SF of the second set when the DCI format comprises a second identifier. |
| US10531395B2 |
Uplink power control method and apparatus
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an uplink power control method, includes: determining, by a base station, power control information, where the power control information is used to control a power of a UE; sending, by the base station, hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) acknowledgment feedback information to X UEs, where the HARQ acknowledgment feedback information carries the power control information of at least one of the X UEs, the X UEs contend for use of a same transmission resource, and X is an integer greater than or equal to 1; receiving, by the UE, acknowledgment feedback information sent by the base station to the X UEs; and parsing the HARQ acknowledgment feedback information; and if it is determined that the HARQ acknowledgment feedback information includes the power control information of the UE, performing power control on the user equipment based on the power control information of the UE. |
| US10531394B2 |
Mobile terminal and controlling method thereof
A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which a touch sensitivity of a display unit can be improved. The present invention includes a display unit, a touch sensor configured to detect a touch input applied to the display unit by periodically waking up while the display unit is turned off, and a controller, if a preset user input is received, controlling a wakeup period of the touch sensor distributed in at least one partial region of the display unit to be decreased. |
| US10531393B2 |
Power source hot swap mode
A method for power management of a mobile device includes detecting whether a removable power source has been removed from the mobile device. In response to detecting that the power source has been removed, entering a hot swap mode for a first time period by deactivating a first component of the mobile device and maintaining, via a backup power source in the mobile device, a powered state of a second component of the mobile device and an application state of the mobile device. The method further includes, after the first time period, entering a suspend mode for a second time period by deactivating the second component and continuing to maintain the application state of the mobile device for the second time period. |
| US10531390B2 |
Energy efficient location tracking on smart phones
A GPS-enabled cellular electronic device is operated in an indoor mode. An increase in strength of a cellular signal is detected at the GPS-enabled cellular electronic device. Responsive at least to the increase in cellular signal strength, the GPS-enabled cellular electronic device is transitioned to an outdoor testing mode. Detecting is carried out to determine whether movement of the GPS-enabled cellular electronic device occurs during the outdoor testing mode. If so, the GPS-enabled cellular electronic device is transitioned to an outdoor mode. |
| US10531388B2 |
Data transmission in inactive state
Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for optimizing delivery of a data to and/or from a UE in a connected but inactive state. |
| US10531387B2 |
Communication apparatus for controlling interval of signal in communication with external apparatus, control method for the communication apparatus, and recording medium
A communication apparatus includes a communication unit that transmits a signal at a predetermined interval and a control unit that includes a first state and a second state in which power consumption is lower than in the first state. When the control unit shifts from the first state to the second state, the communication unit changes a transmission interval of the signal from a first interval to a second interval, which is longer than the first interval. In a case where a predetermined time has elapsed after the control unit shifts from the first state to the second state, the communication unit changes the transmission interval of the signal to a third interval, which is longer than the second interval. |
| US10531386B2 |
Base station, apparatus and communication method for retransmitting paging message addressed to radio terminal
A base station according to one embodiment comprises a transmitter configured to transmit a downlink control channel for a radio terminal to receive, in an idle mode, a paging message; and a controller configured to retransmit a paging message addressed to the radio terminal, if an extended DRX using a second DRX cycle longer than a first DRX cycle is configured to the radio terminal. |
| US10531382B2 |
Offloading MAC/link layer functions
A wireless device having processor circuitry; and a hardware circuit configured to implement, during an active steady-state of a Medium Access Control/Link Layer (MAC/LL) with scheduled channel access, a MAC/LL function without processor circuitry intervention, wherein the steady-state is a state that is control packet transmission free for managed connections in connection oriented communications or a continuous broadcast or scan operation in connectionless communications. |
| US10531381B2 |
Device and method of providing grant frame for bandwidth scheduling
Devices and methods of limiting wideband STA communication are generally described. The STA receives, over a primary channel, a wakeup frame containing an indication of a SP or CBAP to acquire a wideband TXOP over a wide bandwidth channel including the primary channel and a secondary channel and a control trailer having an indication of the wide bandwidth channel. Prior to the SP/CBAP, the STA opens reception from the primary channel to the wide bandwidth channel. The STA then communicates with another STA over the wide bandwidth channel and subsequently reduces reception from the wide bandwidth channel to the primary channel. The wakeup frame originates from an AP/PCP or the other STA, and contains fields indicating the wakeup frame length and SP or a sensing time length prior to the CBAP. |
| US10531379B2 |
Inter-RAT coverage determination for energy saving management
Embodiments of systems and techniques are described for determining inter-radio access technology (inter-RAT) coverage for energy saving management (ESM). In some embodiments, a network management (NM) apparatus may determine that a source cell of a network of a first RAT is triggered to activate an energy saving state and that the source cell is partially overlapped by each of a plurality of cells of one or more networks of one or more RATs different from the first RAT. The NM apparatus may instruct the source cell to activate the energy saving state when a combination of the plurality of cells provides coverage of the source cell. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. |
| US10531370B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting data in wireless communication system
The present specification relates to a method for transmitting data by a first neighbor awareness networking (NAN) device in a wireless communication system. The method for transmitting data may comprise the steps of: performing a service discovery for a first service with a second NAN device through a service discovery frame (SDF); and exchanging data for the first service with the second NAN device on the basis of the performed service discovery. Here, when at least one of authentication and association is required in transmitting the data for the first service, attribute information which is required for the data transmission among information on authentication attributes and information on association attributes may be included in the service discovery frame. |
| US10531369B2 |
Radio network node, user equipment and methods for enabling access to a radio network
Embodiments herein relate to a method in a radio network node (1) for enabling a user equipment (10) to access a radio communications network. The user equipment (10) is located in an area of the radio communications network. The radio network node (1) retrieves a system signature. The system signature is indicating a set of system information to be used by the user equipment (10) to access the radio network node (1). The radio network node (1) then transmits the system signature within the area. This enables the user equipment (10) to access the radio communications network. |
| US10531362B2 |
Method and apparatus for preforming initial access based on the ACDC category in a wireless access system
The present invention provides methods and apparatus for performing initial access based on the Application specific Congestion control for Data Communication (ACDC) category mapping scheme. One of methods for performing initial access based on an Application specific Congestion control for Data Communication (ACDC) category in a wireless access system, the method performed by a user equipment (UE) and comprising: receiving, from a home network, ACDC configuration information representing ACDC categories supported by the home network; receiving, from a serving network, ACDC category access parameters including barring information of the serving network; and performing the initial access based on the ACDC configuration information and the ACDC category access parameters when an application packet to be transmitted is generated, wherein the barring information includes barring time value and barring factor value representing a probability of denied or deferred of the initial access according to ACDC category of the serving network. |
| US10531359B2 |
Device and method for handling a packet data convergence protocol operation
A first communication device for handling a PDCP operation comprises at least one storage device for storing instructions and at least one processing circuit coupled to the at least one storage device. The at least one processing circuit is configured to execute the instructions stored in the at least one storage device. The instructions comprise receiving a first plurality of PDCP Data PDUs associated to a radio bearer (RB), from a second communication device; processing the first plurality of PDCP Data PDUs according to a RX_NEXT, a RX_DELIV and a RX_REORD; updating the RX_NEXT, the RX_DELIV and the RX_REORD; performing a PDCP reestablishment; setting the RX_NEXT, the RX_DELIV and the RX_REORD to a plurality of initial values; receiving a second PDCP Data PDU associated to the RB, from the second communication device; and processing the second PDCP Data PDU according to the RX_NEXT, the RX_DELIV and the RX_REORD. |
| US10531349B2 |
Method and apparatus for controlling inter-PLMN handover to CSG cell
A method and apparatus for controlling inter-PLMN handover based on CSG lists of equivalent PLMNs is provided. A method for receiving subscriber information of a terminal at a Mobility Management Entity (MME) includes transmitting an update location request message for the terminal to a Home Subscriber Server (HSS), and receiving an update location acknowledgement message with the subscriber information of the terminal from the HSS, wherein the update location request message comprises a list of equivalent Public Land Mobile Networks (PLMNs) among which the MME supports inter-PLMN handover of the terminal. The method and apparatus for controlling inter-plan handover to a CSG cell according to the present invention is characterized in that a control apparatus of a core network acquires the allowed CSG lists for determining a User Equipments (UEs) capability of access to a CSG cell and determines whether to permit inter-PLMN handover based on the allowed CSG lists. |
| US10531341B1 |
eCall Plus to eCall Only transition and recovery path
Responsive to detecting transition from an eCall Plus mode to an eCall Only mode, and to acknowledgement from a service delivery network (SDN) of an alert of the transition sent to the SDN by a telematics controller, the telematics controller reattaches to a network in eCall Only mode. Responsive to transition from eCall Only mode to eCall Plus mode, the controller reattaches to the network in eCall Plus mode. |
| US10531333B1 |
Structure of MAC sub-header for supporting next generation mobile communication system and method and apparatus using the same
A communication technique of fusing a fifth generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data transmission rate beyond a fourth generation (4G) system with an Internet of things (IoT) technology and a system thereof are provided. The communication technique may be used for an intelligent service (for example, a smart home, a smart building, a smart city, a smart car or a connected car, health care, digital education, a retail business, a security and safety related service, or the like) based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT related technology. A method for defining media access control (MAC) sub-header structures suitable for a next generation mobile communication system and applying the MAC sub-header structures to provide a high data transmission rate and a low latency in the next generation mobile communication system is provided. |
| US10531329B2 |
Method and apparatus for controlling relay traffic in wireless communication system supporting D2D communication
The present disclosure relates to a 5G or pre-5G communication system for supporting a higher data rate beyond a 4G communication system such as LTE. A method for controlling relay traffic by a base station in a wireless communication system supporting device to device (D2D) communication according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises checking whether received traffic is relay traffic; if the received traffic is the relay traffic, identifying a port number in each cluster of the relay traffic; determining the priority of the relay traffic according to the port number; and transmitting, to a relay terminal, a packet based on the determined priority. |
| US10531327B2 |
Device and a method for measuring a channel quality of a secondary cell in an on/off state
[Object] To make it possible to perform measurement reporting suitable for an environment in which the on/off state of a cell is switched.[Solution] There is provided a device including: an acquiring unit configured to acquire information indicating that a serving cell is scheduled to be in an off state; and a control unit configured to perform measurement reporting before the serving cell is in the off state. |
| US10531326B2 |
Methods of controlling measurement process in RRC idle mode and apparatuses thereof
Provided are a method and apparatus for efficiently controlling carrier aggregation of a terminal in a network using LTE or a next generation radio access technology. The method of the terminal may include receiving IDLE mode measurement configuration information for measuring a channel state in an RRC IDLE mode from a base station, performing at least one of storing and applying the IDLE mode measurement configuration information, and transmitting IDLE mode measurement result information measured in the RRC IDLE mode based on the IDLE mode measurement configuration information to the base station. |
| US10531323B2 |
Systems, methods, and devices having databases and automated reports for electronic spectrum management
Systems and methods are disclosed for providing at least one report relating to a wireless communications spectrum. At least one device is operable for wideband scan; to detect and measure at least one signal transmitted from at least one signal emitting device autonomously, thereby creating signal data; to analyze the signal data in near real-time, thereby creating analyzed data; generate the at least one report in near real-time; and to communicate at least a portion of the at least one report over a network to at least one remote device. |
| US10531321B2 |
Technique for monitoring a radio communication
Methods and devices for monitoring a radio link control, RLC, communication path for transmitting/receiving data units, DUs are disclosed. The methods/devices comprising or triggering determining a decline of the RLC communication path based on a timer for one or more unacknowledged/outstanding DUs transmitted/received on the RLC communication path. |
| US10531320B2 |
Method for performing uplink packet measurements in a wireless communication system and a device therefor
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for performing UL packet measurements in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving configuration information for a plurality of logical channels from an eNB, wherein each of the plurality of logical channels is associated with one of a plurality of logical channel priorities, determining a packet delay for a logical channel priority among the plurality of logical channel priorities by calculating packet delays for PDCP SDUs belonging to a set of logical channels having the logical channel priority, and transmitting a report including the logical channel priority and the packet delay for the logical channel priority to the eNB. |
| US10531318B1 |
Mobile data scheduling based on signal strength and user availability
In an approach to determining and scheduling future data transfers, one or more computer processors determine one or more future data transfers. The one or more computer processors identify an intended travel path of a user over a time interval. The one or more computer processors predict a network signal strength of a user device for the intended travel path over the time interval. The one or more computer processors schedule the one or more future data transfers during the time interval based on the predicted network signal strength. |
| US10531308B1 |
Dynamically assigning priority for shared spectrum communication systems
Systems and methods for dynamically assigning priority for shared spectrum communication systems. One method includes receiving, via a communication interface of a base station, a call request from a first communication device identifying a second communication device and a first spectrum priority level for the first communication device. The method includes establishing a call, having the first priority level, between the first and second communication devices. The method includes determining a second spectrum priority level for the second communication device, and, when the second priority level is lower than the first priority level, transmitting, to a spectrum manager, a priority assignment request to assign the first priority level to the second communication device after the call is terminated. The method includes, when a priority expiration threshold has been met, transmitting a second priority assignment request to the spectrum manager to assign the second priority level to the second communication device. |
| US10531307B2 |
Mechanisms for LAA/LTE-U detection to mitigate impact on Wi-Fi performance
A wireless communication device may conduct first wireless communications over a first frequency band according to a first radio access technology (RAT), and may detect second wireless communications conducted over the first frequency band according to a second RAT while the wireless communication device is conducting the first wireless communications. The wireless communication device may then adjust characteristics and/or parameters associated with the first wireless communications based on the detected second wireless communications. In a specific example, a wireless communication device conducting Wi-Fi communications in the 5 GHz band may detect cellular communications (e.g. LAA/LTE-U communications) also conducted in the 5 GHz band while the wireless communication device is conducting the Wi Fi communications. The wireless communication device may then adjust characteristics and/or parameters associated with its Wi-Fi communications based on the detected signals/frequencies of the cellular (LAA/LTE-U) communications. |
| US10531305B1 |
Service-based security per subscription and/or equipment identifiers in mobile networks
Techniques for providing service-based security per subscription and/or equipment identifiers in mobile networks (e.g., service provider networks for mobile subscribers) are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system/process/computer program product for service-based security per subscription and/or equipment identifiers in mobile networks in accordance with some embodiments includes monitoring network traffic on a service provider network at a security platform to identify a new session, wherein the service provider network includes a 5G network or a converged 5G network; extracting subscription and/or equipment identifier information for user traffic associated with the new session at the security platform; and determining a security policy to apply at the security platform to the new session based on the subscription and/or equipment identifier information. |
| US10531303B2 |
Detecting and warning of base stations with a security risk
Systems, methods, and software can be used to share content. In some aspect, an electronic device selects a base station to camp on. A first message is sent from the electronic device to the base station. The first message is addressed to a server and requests the server to send a second message to the electronic device. Whether the electronic device receives the second message from the base station within a threshold time period after the first message is sent is determined. The electronic device determines that the base station has a security risk based at least in part on whether the second message is received within the threshold time period. |
| US10531301B2 |
Network access method, apparatus, and system
The present disclosure discloses a network access method performed at a computer server in connection with a social networking platform, comprising: receiving a network access request from a first social networking account at a first terminal to a second social networking account at a second terminal, the network access request for accessing a wireless network bound to the second social networking account, the first and second social networking account both being associated with the social networking platform; forwarding the network access request to the second social networking account, the network access request including the first social networking account and an identifier of the wireless network; receiving a feedback instruction sent by the second social networking account; and sending authorization information of the wireless network to the first social networking account when the feedback instruction is an access authorization instruction, the authorization information including verification information used for accessing the wireless network. |
| US10531297B2 |
Authentication method and server, and computer storage medium
An authentication method includes: receiving, by an authentication server, a second request from a terminal requesting to access a redirection address. The second request carries hardware information of the terminal, and the redirection address is obtained by the terminal from a proxy server in response to the terminal initiating a first request to a to-be-accessed address. The authentication server generates a first identification parameter according to the hardware information, and sends the first identification parameter to the terminal. The terminal initiates a third request used for authentication to the proxy server according to the first identification parameter. The authentication server receives a fourth request from the proxy server to verify validity of the first identification parameter, and informs the proxy server that the authentication request is approved when verification of the first identification parameter succeeds. The proxy server facilitates the terminal to visit the to-be-accessed address. |
| US10531294B2 |
Modify voice calls with a moving driver to reduce distractions
A system for reducing traffic accidents caused by distraction from a mobile telecom device. The system detects when the device is near a driver's seat of a moving vehicle. While the system is carrying a voice call between a remote voice device and the mobile device, the system modifies voice signal transmission between the devices by periodically playing a beep or other signal to remind the parties that one of them is driving and suspends voice signal transmission from the remote device to the mobile device when the system detects that circumstances affecting level of attention required for driving merit the driver paying greater attention. |
| US10531293B2 |
Social and proximity based access control for mobile applications
Systems for proximity-based access control include a proximity module configured to determine whether a distance from a first mobile device to each of one or more safe mobile devices falls below a threshold distance; a policy engine comprising a processor configured to determine whether a number of safe mobile devices within the threshold distance exceeds a safe gathering threshold; and a security module configured to activate a safe gathering policy in accordance with the safe gathering threshold that decreases a security level in the first mobile device. |
| US10531292B2 |
Security context handling in 5G during idle mode
The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatus for flexible, security context management during AMF changes. One aspect of the disclosure is a mechanism for achieving backward security during AMF changes in idle mode. Instead of passing the current NAS key to the target AMF, the source AMF derives a new NAS key, provides the new NAS key to the target AMF, along with a key change indication indicating that the NAS key has changed. The target AMF sends the key change indication to the user equipment. |
| US10531291B2 |
Apparatus and method for generating secure key
The present disclosure relates to a 5G or pre-5G communication system for supporting a higher data transfer rate beyond a 4G communication system such as LTD. A method of a terminal connected to another base station (BS) for a second communication system in a wireless environment, the method comprising receiving, via the another BS from a BS for the first communication system, a radio resource control (RRC) connection reconfiguration message comprising information regarding a first key, generating a secure key for a security of the first communication system based on the first key, an identifier (ID) for indicating an algorithm for applying to the first key, a distinguisher for indicating a function of the algorithm indicated by the ID, and transmitting, to the BS, a signal based on the generated secure key. |
| US10531289B2 |
Secure data transmission apparatus and method
A secure data transmission apparatus includes: a dedicated communication signal processor, configured to send a first security interrupt to an application processor; and the application processor, configured to execute rich execution environment (REE) software, execute trusted execution environment (TEE) software under a trigger of the first security interrupt, and obtain first information from a shared memory of the dedicated communication signal processor and the application processor based on the first security interrupt. The dedicated communication signal processor is further configured to receive a second security interrupt sent by the application processor, and obtain second information from the shared memory. The application processor is further configured to send the second security interrupt to the dedicated communication signal processor. |
| US10531287B2 |
Plausible obfuscation of user location trajectories
Aspects of the invention include receiving, using a processing system, an actual user location trajectory that includes a plurality of geographic locations of places visited by a user. It is determined that at least one of the plurality of places visited by the user has been identified as a sensitive place. An obfuscated user location trajectory is created that preserves the privacy of the sensitive places that is consistent with the actual user location trajectory that conforms to a valid street route on a map, preserves spatiotemporal correlation between geographic locations, and is consistent with geographic locations visited by the user in the past. Contents of the obfuscated user location trajectory are output to an application in place of contents of the actual user location trajectory. |
| US10531285B2 |
Method of changing profile using identification module and electronic device implementing same
A method of changing a profile by using an identification module and an electronic device for implementing the same are provided. The electronic device may enable a profile stored in an embedded identification module to receive a wireless communication network service corresponding to the enabled profile. The method includes identifying a network selected by a user, determining whether a profile, which can use the network, is included in the identification module in accordance with the identified network, downloading the profile corresponding to the network and enabling the downloaded profile when the profile is not included in the identification module, enabling the profile when the profile is included in the identification module, and making a connection to the network based on the enabled profile. |
| US10531283B2 |
Methods and devices for resolving conflicts between identifiers for communication devices
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, identifying an international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) for a first mobile device, wherein the IMSI comprises fifteen digits. Further embodiments can include generating a first integrated circuit card identifier (ICCID). In addition, embodiments can include determining a match between the first ICCID and a second ICCID for a second mobile device and adjusting the first ICCID responsive to determining the match. Also, the embodiments can include transmitting the adjusted first ICCID. Transmitting the adjusted first ICCID facilitates a SIM manufacturer to provision a SIM with the first ICCID to a first mobile device to provide communication services. Other embodiments are described in the subject disclosure. |
| US10531274B2 |
Data processing method and device
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a data processing method and a device. The method includes: determining, by a controller, a data packet filtering rule and a data forwarding path; sending, by the controller, the data packet filtering rule and configuration information carrying the data forwarding path to a first node, where the filtering rule is used to match configuration information corresponding to a data packet of the first node, the configuration information includes routing information corresponding to each node in the data forwarding path, routing information includes a queue identifier which is used to identify a transmission queue to which the data packet belongs; forwarding, by the first node and a remaining node, the data packet. |
| US10531272B2 |
PLMN specific supplementary services consistency in home and visited network
A mechanism for consistent public land mobile network (PLMN) specific supplementary services across different PLMNs or different service areas/regions of a PLMN is provided. A visited PLMN in which a subscriber unit is receiving or is attempting to receive service may be identified. Home PLMN specific supplementary services provisioned for the subscriber unit may be mapped to visited PLMN specific supplementary service codes set forth in the visited PLMN. These visited PLMN specific supplementary service codes may be used to replace the home PLMN specific supplementary service codes and transmitted to the visited PLMN using outgoing Mobile Application Part messages. |
| US10531268B2 |
Method and apparatus for transceiving a warning message in a wireless communication system
Disclosed herein is a method for receiving a warning message in a wireless communication system.The method performed by a terminal comprises receiving, from a base station, first control information indicating whether or not a use of a pre-defined string (PDS) set including one or more PDSs used for a Public Warning System (PWS) is enabled; receiving, from the base station, second control information associated with a configuration of the PDS set; receiving, from the base station, the warning message; and outputting an alarm information based on the received warning message. |
| US10531264B2 |
Method and apparatus for efficiently controlling access for system load adjustment in mobile communication systems
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for efficiently controlling access for system load adjustment in mobile communication systems. In a wireless communication system according to one embodiment, the method for transmitting and receiving data by a terminal including a user equipment (UE) non access stratum (NAS) and a UE access stratum (AS) includes the steps of: receiving by the UE AE, information including emergency call-related information which includes barring information by type for the emergency call, from a base station; transmitting, by the UE NAS, a service request for the emergency call to the UE AS; and determining, by the UE AS, whether to bar the service request on the basis of emergency call-related information. According to one embodiment, during the emergency call transmission, network congestion can be easily controlled by enabling various types of emergency calls to be transmitted, and enabling access to be barred information according to the situation of a communication network and types of emergency calls. Also, even when a specific type of emergency call is barred from access, the terminal can change to another type of emergency call and try for access. Therefore, it is effective in that an emergency call can be transmitted in various schemes even in a state where the network is congested. |
| US10531262B2 |
Mobile terminal
A mobile terminal includes: a display unit; a camera configured to acquire an image of a peripheral device; a short-range communication module configured to perform wireless communication with the peripheral device; and a controller configured to control the display unit, the camera, and the short-range communication module. The controller identifies the peripheral device based on at least one of a marker included in the acquired image of the peripheral device and a shape of the peripheral device, performs pairing with the identified peripheral device, and displays the image of the paired peripheral device and information on the paired peripheral device on the display unit. |
| US10531261B2 |
Airtime card for the sale and activation of wireless services for a wireless device
An airtime card and associated methods of using the airtime card for the sale and/or authorization of wireless services is disclosed. The methods and airtime card include the use of an airtime card with a near field communication tag with a unique identifier code used to improve a user's experience and ease of authorization/provisioning of services for the wireless device. In some aspects, the unique identifier may be protected by a security code programmed at the point-of-sale of the airtime card. The services to be purchased and authorized may include at least one of the following: out of the box activation, device upgrades, device reactivations, wireless number changes, wireless number porting, and the addition or purchasing of services including airtime, data, and/or SMS enrollments or data content. |
| US10531259B2 |
Shipping controller in a network of moving things, for example including a network of autonomous vehicles
Systems and methods for shipping management in a network of moving things. As non-limiting examples, various aspects of this disclosure provide systems and methods for integrating sensors, mobile access points, and/or the network of moving things with shipping container management systems (e.g., port management systems, train management systems, trucking management systems, etc.). |
| US10531258B2 |
Location detection apparatus and method in communication system supporting device-to-device scheme
The present invention relates not only to a fourth-generation (4G) communication system, such as long-term evolution (LTE), but also to a fifth-generation (5G) or pre-5G communication system to be provided to support a higher data transfer rate. The present invention provides a method for a first device in a communication system supporting a device-to-device (D2D) scheme, the method comprising the steps of: when existence of a second D2D device, of which the location information needs to be detected, has been detected, transmitting a discovery request message which requests activation of at least one of an urgent discovery operation and a location measurement operation; receiving a discovery response message to the discovery request message from at least one device including the second device; and transmitting, to the second device, information related to execution of the location measurement operation. |
| US10531256B2 |
Elevator wireless communication and power transfer system
An elevator system includes an elevator car disposed in and arranged to move along a hoistway. A linear propulsion system of the elevator system is constructed and arranged to propel the elevator car, and includes a plurality of primary coils engaged to and distributed along the hoistway generally defined by a stationary structure. A wireless power transfer system of the elevator system is configured to inductively transfer power to the elevator car. The wireless power transfer system includes a secondary coil mounted to the elevator car and is configured to be induced with electromotive forces by the primary coils and output power for use by the elevator car. A communication system of the elevator system is configured to utilize the secondary coil and the plurality of primary coils to exchange a communication data signal. |
| US10531255B2 |
Method and system for over-the-air provisioning of wireless HART (highway addressable remote transducer) devices
Methods, systems and devices for OTAP (Over the Air Provisioning) of WirelessHART (Highway Addressable Remote Transducer) devices. A unique system level setting can be provided for enabling over the air provisioning of WirelessHART devices in a WirelessHART network having one or more field device access points. Each field device access point can be configured to be enabled/disabled to advertise in a specific WirelessHART network ID in association with a target WirelessHART network ID with respect to the WirelessHART network. A join key is provided in association with a new WirelessHART network ID to which at least one field device access point among the plurality of field device access points needs to be advertised along with a time limit, thereby enabling provisioning of the WirelessHART devices to a target wireless network, wherein the target WirelessHART network ID and the join key are written with respect to a new WirelessHART device. The new WirelessHART device can be then restarted. The WirelessHART network can be then disabled after provisioning is complete. |
| US10531251B2 |
Detecting and processing anomalous parameter data points by a mobile wireless data network forecasting system
A computer-automated method is described for identifying and remediating anomalous data points for acquired performance parameter (e.g., KPI) values for components of a mobile wireless data network—such as PDSNs. The remediated data point sets is thereafter used as input to a forecasting model rendering a forecast for a mobile wireless network performance indicator/parameter. Data point sequence seasonality is exploited to improve the detection of anomalous data points. Furthermore, correcting data point sets is reiterated until changes between two iterations of the correction process are within a threshold magnitude for terminating the iterative data point sequence correction process. |
| US10531249B2 |
Downlink offloading and converging method, uplink offloading and converging method, and device
The present embodiments relate to a cellular radio access device sends, by using a non-cellular radio access device, a data frame to the UE served by the cellular radio access device, where the data frame includes a data packet that the cellular radio access device needs to send to the UE, and indication information used to indicate that the data packet is a cellular network data packet. The indication information is used by the UE to process the data packet by using a cellular network protocol according to the indication information. |
| US10531248B2 |
Method of forwarding communication service based on vehicle and system thereof, and terminal supporting the same
An electronic device for forwarding a communication service is provided. The electronic device includes a communication module configured to receive a communication service request from an external electronic device; a display; and a processor configured to detect that the communication module receives the communication service request from the external electronic device, transmit a request signal of transmitting information of electronic devices registered in a vehicle electronic system to the vehicle electronic system, in response to receiving information of electronic devices, control the display to display a list of electronic devices registered in the vehicle electronic system, in response to receiving a user input for selecting one of the electronic devices registered in the vehicle electronic system, forward the received communication service request to the selected electronic device. |
| US10531243B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting signals having temporal correlation
A method for transmitting data in a mobile device includes transmitting, to a reception device, a connection request message comprising information indicating whether the transmission device supports message transmission having temporal correlation; receiving, from the reception device, a connection response message comprising information indicating whether the reception device supports the message transmission in response to the connection request message; and if both the transmission device and the reception device support the message transmission, transmitting, to the reception device, at least two of messages having temporal correlation, the at least two of messages comprising identification information, wherein the identification information indicates that the at least two of messages have temporal correlation. |
| US10531238B2 |
Companion determining device, companion determining system, companion determining method and computer-readable medium
A companion determining device determines presence of a companion of a tracked user. The device includes a receiver, a receipt determiner and a presence determiner. The receiver receives a user identifier from an external device via a near-field wireless communication link. The receipt determiner determines whether the receiver has received the user identifier sent from the external device. The presence determiner determines presence of a companion acting with the tracked user based on determination by the receipt determiner. |
| US10531237B2 |
Wirelessly receiving information related to a mobile device at which another mobile device is pointed
Techniques for wirelessly receiving, at a mobile device, information related to another mobile device determined to be in a line of sight relative to the mobile device, are presented. In an aspect, a method includes, determining by a first mobile device, a location of a mobile object determined to be in a line of sight relative to the first mobile device, and wirelessly receiving descriptive information associated with a second mobile device having a location substantially corresponding to the location of the mobile object. |
| US10531230B2 |
Blockchain systems and methods for confirming presence
Systems and methods for confirming the presence of a person or asset for a given purpose, and recording this information in a distributed ledger. The distributed ledger records and confirms presence indicia in connection with a transaction said facilitates remote and/or automated signatures. The systems and methods detect the presence of one or more humans and/or computing devices at a specific location at the time of a transaction, and contemporaneously recording information concerning the transaction in a distributed ledger. Presence can be determined using network presence sensing (NPS), other types of sensors, or the combination of NPS with other sensors. |
| US10531228B2 |
Approaching user detection, user authentication and location registration method and apparatus based on RF fingerprint
The present invention relates to an RF (radio frequency) fingerprint-based user authentication method, an approaching user detection method, a location registration method, and an apparatus for the same wherein there may be excellent effects in preventing a lost child, a missing elderly, a companion dog, etc. by utilizing the RF fingerprint, greater effects may be achieved in terms of security and safety compared to conventional fingerprint-based user authentication methods, and more accurate location registration of the wireless communications device for each store may be realized. |
| US10531225B2 |
Method and apparatus for verifying entity information
This specification describes techniques for verifying location information. One example method includes identifying location information associated with a particular entity; determining, based on the location information, a candidate entity set including a plurality of candidate entities, wherein each candidate entity is different than the particular entity, and wherein the candidate entity set includes a correct set including candidate entities that satisfy candidate location criteria; sending the candidate entity set and the candidate location criteria to the particular entity; receiving a selected entity set including one or more of the candidate entities; determining that the selected entity set includes a number of candidate entities from the correct set satisfies a location verification threshold; and in response determining that the selected entity set includes the number of candidate entities from the correct set that exceeds the location verification threshold, determining that the location information of the particular entity is verified. |
| US10531218B2 |
System and method for creating crosstalk canceled zones in audio playback
A system of crosstalk cancelled zone creation in audio playback comprising: main transducers emitting stereo soundwaves of an audio playback; a local system comprising at least two or more close-proximity-transducers (CPTs), each is arranged proximal to one of left and right-side ear canals of a listener. Each of the CPTs comprises: a position tracking device for tracking the relative positions of the main transducers to the CPT and the other CPTs; a control unit for receiving the relative position data from the position tracking device and generating control signal according to the relative position data for the generation of crosstalk cancellation (XTC) soundwaves. Each of the CPTs is configured to generate XTC soundwaves corresponding to the stereo soundwaves arriving at the corresponding ear of the listener. The generated XTC soundwaves are synchronized with the audio playback and with respect to the relative positions. |
| US10531215B2 |
3D sound reproducing method and apparatus
Provided are a three-dimensional (3D) sound reproducing method and apparatus. The method includes transmitting sound signals through a head related transfer function (HRTF) corresponding to a first elevation, generating a plurality of sound signals by replicating the filtered sound signals, amplifying or attenuating each of the replicated sound signals based on a gain value corresponding to each of speakers, through which the replicated sound signals will be output, and outputting the amplified or attenuated sound signals through the corresponding speakers. |
| US10531206B2 |
Sliding bias and peak limiting for optical hearing devices
A processor comprises instructions to adjust a bias of an input signal in order to decrease a duty cycle of a pulse modulated optical signal. The bias can be increased, decreased, or maintained in response to one or more measured values of the signal. In many embodiments, a gain of the signal is adjusted with the bias in order to inhibit distortion. The bias can be adjusted slowly in order to inhibit audible noise, and the gain can be adjusted faster than the bias in order to inhibit clipping of the signal. In many embodiments, one or more of the bias or the gain is adjusted in response to a value of the signal traversing a threshold amount. The value may comprise a trough of the signal traversing the threshold. |
| US10531203B2 |
Acoustic apparatus and associated methods
An apparatus comprising a piezoelectric diaphragm positioned between opposing first and second electrodes, the piezoelectric diaphragm comprising a stack of graphene oxide layers between respective electrode-engaging layers of reduced graphene oxide, wherein the apparatus is configured to have one or more of a sound output mode and a sound input mode such that: in the sound output mode, the first and second electrodes are configured to apply a voltage to the reduced graphene oxide layers to generate an electric field across the graphene oxide stack, the generated electric field causing vibration of the piezoelectric diaphragm to produce a sound output wave corresponding to the applied voltage, and in the sound input mode, the reduced graphene oxide layers are configured to collect electrical charge which is induced in the graphene oxide layers by vibration of the piezoelectric diaphragm in response to a sound input wave, the collected electrical charge creating a voltage between the first and second electrodes corresponding to the sound input wave. |
| US10531198B2 |
Apparatus and method for decomposing an input signal using a downmixer
An apparatus for decomposing a signal having an number of at least three channels includes an analyzer for analyzing a similarity between two channels of an analysis signal related to the signal having at least two analysis channels, wherein the analyzer is configured for using a pre-calculated frequency dependent similarity curve as a reference curve to determine the analysis result. The signal processor processes the analysis signal or a signal derived from the analysis signal or a signal, from which the analysis signal is derived using the analysis result to obtain a decomposed signal. |
| US10531197B1 |
Wireless headsets for audio broadcasts
A wireless audio headset is presented. The wireless audio headset has a wireless receiver for receiving wireless audio transmissions. The wireless audio headset also has a volume control panel for controlling the volume of the received audio transmission. The volume control panel may have other controls such as a recording control for recording received audio. |
| US10531195B2 |
Multi-zone audio system with integrated cross-zone and zone-specific tuning
The technology described in this document can be embodied in a method that includes receiving information indicative of a volume setting corresponding to each listening zone of a plurality of listening zones. The method also includes generating a zone-specific adjustment signal for each of the plurality of listening zones, wherein the zone-specific adjustment signal for a given listening zone accounts for a cross-zone effect associated with a volume setting corresponding to another listening zone, and is configured to adjust an output of corresponding zone-specific circuitry. The method further includes generating an additional adjustment signal configured to adjust an output of a cross-zone equalization filter. The output of the cross-zone equalization filter is configured to generate a target acoustic distribution across multiple listening zones. The method also includes generating an output of an acoustic transducer of the multi-zone audio system based on the zone-specific adjustment signals and the additional adjustment signal. |
| US10531194B2 |
Vehicle speaker arrangement
An audio system for a vehicle is provided with a woofer speaker having a front side for producing a required bass-range acoustic output in a passenger compartment of the vehicle and a back side having an infinite baffle. The audio system includes a bass-compatible speaker disposed in the passenger compartment of the vehicle. A controller is in communication with the woofer and the bass-compatible speaker and is programmed to distribute the required bass-range sound output to the woofer and the bass-compatible speaker based on at least one of a vehicle speed and a sound output level of the audio system. |
| US10531190B2 |
Portable electronic device directed audio system and method
A computationally implemented system and method that is designed to, but is not limited to: electronically providing audio output information to one or more portions of a portable electronic device to be outputted from said portable electronic device via one or more acoustic ultrasonic signals; and electronically outputting, said one or more acoustic ultrasonic signals to be demodulated into one or more acoustic audio signals containing one or more portions of said audio output information at one or more locations spaced from said portable electronic device based at least in part according to said one or more acoustic ultrasonic signals and based at least in part according to one or more portable electronic device ultrasonic emitter arrangements. In addition to the foregoing, other method aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure. |
| US10531187B2 |
Systems and methods for audio detection using audio beams
An audio beam forming and signal processing system includes at least one image capture device, an array of audio sensors, and a controller. The at least one image capture device is configured to capture images of a monitored zone. The array of audio sensors is configured to detect audio signals from one or more audio sources within the monitored zone. The controller is configured to: analyze at least one image captured by the image capture device to identify an audio source within the monitored zone; determine two or fewer audio source location parameters indicative of the location of the audio source in the monitored zone; and cause the array of audio sensors to form an audio beam directed at the audio source based on the two or fewer audio source location parameters. |
| US10531185B1 |
Stackable acoustic horn, an array of stackable acoustic horns and a method of use thereof
A stackable horn configured such that a plurality of substantially identical horns can be stacked to form an array. Each horn diminishes in interior area from a mouth to a throat thereof and is vertically taller and longitudinally deeper than it is wide. The horn or array may be secured to a support. In the array, the horns are similar or identical and are arranged side-by-side with a space in between or in abutting contact. An aperture is defined in the throat of each horn and a microphone is positioned within the throat of each horn in the array. The arrangement of horns in the array permits beamforming and as a result allows simultaneous detection, tracking, and identification of multiple targets. Listening distance is greatly increased by utilizing the horn or the array of horns. |
| US10531184B2 |
Shallow profile compression driver
A compression driver includes a phasing plug including a base portion having a first side and an opposed second side, the first side including a central hub portion extending outwardly from the first side, the base portion including one or more apertures that extend therethrough from the first side to the second side. A diaphragm is disposed adjacent the phasing plug second side, and a compression chamber defined between the diaphragm and the phasing plug. In one embodiment, a front plate is attached to the phasing plug first side, the front plate having a central aperture generally aligned with the hub portion and base portion apertures. A horn may be attached to the front plate or directly to the phasing plug first side. |
| US10531180B2 |
Feed-forward, filter-based, acoustic control system
An electronic device, method, and computer program product provide acoustic limiting of an audio output using a feed-forward, filter-based, acoustic control system. An audio signal is received that has more than one acoustic frequency spectra intended for conversion to an acoustic output by transducers of an electronic device. A determination is made of an expected acoustic magnitude respectively for each acoustic frequency spectrum of the more than one acoustic frequency spectra. A determination is made whether the expected acoustic magnitude of any acoustic frequency spectra will exceed an acoustic output threshold. The acoustic control system attenuates the first acoustic frequency spectrum to generate a filtered audio signal with an attenuated acoustic frequency spectrum that is less than or equal to the acoustic output threshold. The filtered audio signal is transmitted to the at least one transducer to the produce the audio output that does not exceed. |
| US10531171B2 |
Sound generator and display apparatus
Disclosed is a display apparatus including a display panel configured to emit light, a rear structure disposed on a rear surface of the display panel, a sound generating device fixed to the rear structure and configured to vibrate the display panel, and an insulation member disposed between the display panel and the sound generating device. |
| US10531170B2 |
Loudspeaker device and movable-body apparatus equipped with same
A loudspeaker device includes a loudspeaker, a box, and a lid. The box is provided with an opening and accommodates the loudspeaker. The lid covers the opening of the box. The lid includes a grille with one or more hexagonal holes each having an opening area equal to the area of a circle with a diameter in a range from 6.0 mm to 9.0 mm, inclusive. |
| US10531166B2 |
Metal ceramic composite for electromagnetic signal transparent materials
A system of a machine includes a network of a plurality of sensing/control/identification devices distributed throughout the machine. Each of the sensing/control/identification devices is associated with at least one sub-system component of the machine and operable to communicate through a plurality of electromagnetic signals. Shielding surrounds at least one of the sensing/control/identification devices to contain the electromagnetic signals proximate to the at least one sub-system component. A communication path is integrally formed in a component of the machine to route a portion of the electromagnetic signals through the component. The communication path comprises a material transparent to the electromagnetic signals. The system also includes a remote processing unit operable to communicate with the network of the sensing/control/identification devices through the electromagnetic signals. |
| US10531164B1 |
Cinematographic method and methods for presentation and distribution of cinematographic works
The present disclosure describes specific technical approaches to implementing an arrangement in which two or more individual stories share a common feature or “knot” so as to combine to form a larger overall story, and where the individual stories are presented in different orders to different audiences, with the order of presentation affecting the audience perception of the larger overall story. |
| US10531163B2 |
Planning and executing a strategic advertising campaign
Systems and methods are disclosed for planning, executing, reviewing, and reporting the results of an advertising campaign to be run on TV. A demand-side platform receives ad slot opportunities from TV programming sources, and analyzes the ad slots to produce a prioritized list of placement opportunities for the advertising campaign to be presented to advertiser/clients. Each ad slot is analyzed with respect to past viewership data and with respect to desired targeting characteristics that may include conventional age and gender targeting, or additionally strategic targeting characteristics. Scores are established for each ad slot with respect to numbers of projected on-target impressions and/or a cost for projected on-target impressions. The scores are sorted to produce the prioritized list. Projected results can be viewed with respect to any or all of network, day, and daypart. After a campaign has completed, viewership data representing actual results is acquired, processed, and reported. |
| US10531161B2 |
Apparatus and methods for delivery of multicast and unicast content in a content delivery network
Methods and apparatus for providing delivery of content to client devices of a network via both multicast and unicast mechanisms. In one embodiment, a system for use in a managed content delivery network is described to bridge multicast to unicast, so that the total network bandwidth consumption is significantly lower than a corresponding unicast-only delivery solution, yet which still provides improved quality of service and user viewing experience as compared to a multicast-only delivery solution. In addition, various exemplary aspects of the present disclosure are readily adapted for real-time multicast to unicast streaming of audio and data to, among other things, minimize network bandwidth usage, while maintaining the guaranteed delivery of unicast streams with little or no modification to the existing client device logic. |
| US10531160B2 |
Content transmission apparatus, content delivery system, and content transmission method
A content delivery system includes a content transmission apparatus that includes at least one processor configured to implement stored instructions and execute a plurality of tasks. The plurality of tasks include a compression task, a transmission task, and a reception task. The compression task performs compression of content dividing thereof into a fundamental component and an extended component. The transmission task transmits content to a client apparatus. The reception task receives a retransmission request for the content. The transmission task determines, depending on a communication condition, whether to transmit the fundamental component of the content or both the fundamental component and the extended component of the content together. The transmission task, upon the reception task receiving the retransmission request, retransmits only the fundamental component of the content that corresponds to the retransmission request. |
| US10531159B2 |
Systems and methods for presenting user selected scenes
Systems and methods are described herein for presenting user selected scenes. A media guidance application may generate for display a listing for a media asset, wherein a play length of the media asset includes a non-selectable play length portion and a selectable play length portion. The media guidance application may generate for display a first scene option corresponding to a first scene and a second scene option corresponding to a second scene. The media guidance application may receive a user selection of the first or second scene option and incorporate the selected scene into the selectable play length portion of the media asset. The media guidance application may generate for display the media asset with the selected scene incorporated into the selectable play length portion. |
| US10531158B2 |
Multi-source video navigation
A method of multi-source video navigation, comprising: receiving an image sequence, each image of said sequence comprising a plurality of image parts, the image parts of said plurality comprising image data arising from synchronized images of respective video streams, each video stream arising from a corresponding source, receiving a selection parameter value arising from a user interface, said value corresponding to one at least of said video streams, and instructing the displaying of the at least one image part, from among the image parts of this plurality, corresponding to the value of the selection parameter received. |
| US10531157B1 |
Presentation and management of audio and visual content across devices
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for systems and methods of presentation and management of audio and visual content across devices. Example methods may include causing presentation of first audio content at a speaker device, causing presentation of a first audio notification indicative of visual content available for presentation, causing presentation of second audio content after the first audio notification, and sending first visual content to a first display device for presentation during presentation of the second audio content. |
| US10531156B2 |
Reception apparatus, reception method, program, and information processing system
Disclosed herein is a reception apparatus including: a reception portion configured to receive audio video content; a trigger extraction portion configured to extract trigger information for operating an application program transmitted along with the audio video content and executed in interlocked relation to the audio video content; a table acquisition portion configured to acquire a correspondence table for associating the trigger information with commands for controlling the operation of the application program; a command determination portion configured such that, based on the acquired correspondence table, the command determination portion determines the commands associated with the extracted trigger information; and a control portion configured to control the operation of the application program in response to the determined commands. |
| US10531155B2 |
Time shifting of advertisements in digital content delivery services
Advertisements included in a stored digital video program are identified and indexed. A user can time shift the advertisements to play out at a different time position in the program or not play the advertisement at all. A user may incur an advertisement debt for skipping or fast forwarding an advertisement. The advertisement debt can be offset by viewing ads, trading the debt with other users or by paying for the debt in another form. |
| US10531152B2 |
Tracking and responding to distracting events
A distraction monitoring system may monitor a user's consumption of content, such as video content, and identify times at which the user is distracted from the content. The identified times may then be presented with a timeline for the video program, and the user may be permitted to view the distractions that occurred during the viewing of the video program. The user may select a distraction, and the video content may be played back from a corresponding playback point. |
| US10531151B2 |
Bidirectional amplifier or node supporting out-of-band signaling
An apparatus comprising a bidirectional amplifier or node supporting out-of-band signaling may be provided. The apparatus may comprise a first diplexer, a second diplexer, an upstream reverse amplifier, and a downstream Out-of-Band (OOB) amplifier. The first diplexer may comprise a first diplexer band-stop filter and a first diplexer band-pass filter. The first diplexer band-stop filter may be connected between a first diplexer first port and a first diplexer second port. The first diplexer band-pass filter may be connected between the first diplexer first port and a first diplexer third port. The second diplexer may comprise a second diplexer band-stop filter and a second diplexer band-pass filter. The second diplexer band-stop filter may be connected between a second diplexer first port and a second diplexer second port. The second diplexer band-pass filter may be connected between the second diplexer first port and a second diplexer third port. |
| US10531150B2 |
Method and system for detecting and responding to changing of media channel
A computing system receives from a media presentation device a query fingerprint stream representing media content being presented by the media presentation device, where the query fingerprint stream has been determined to represent a first channel. The computing system then detects that a threshold mismatch exists between the received query fingerprint stream and a reference fingerprint stream representing the first channel, thus indicating a likelihood that the media presentation device has transitioned from presenting the first channel to presenting a second channel. Responsive to detecting the threshold mismatch, the system thus discontinues channel-specific action with respect to the first channel. For instance, the system could discontinue superimposing of first-channel-specific content on the presented media content and perhaps start superimposing of second-channel-specific content instead. |
| US10531148B2 |
Methods and apparatus to detect audio engineering problems using identification of isolated watermarks
Example methods and apparatus to detect audio engineering problems using identification of isolated watermarks are disclosed herein. Disclosed example methods include identifying, by executing an instruction with a processor, isolated watermarks in a first set of detected watermarks obtained from first media monitored at a first site. Disclosed example methods further include determining, by executing an instruction with the processor, a problem has been detected with the first media associated with the first set of detected watermarks in response to a first number of isolated watermarks identified in the first set of detected watermarks satisfying a first threshold. |
| US10531140B2 |
Geographical position information-based interaction method, cloud server, playback device and system
This invention discloses one interaction method, cloud server, broadcast device and system based on geographic position information. Said interaction method comprises: the cloud server generates the corresponding multiple interactive texts for the various geographic position coordinates, selects all the interactive texts that have the first relevancy with the geographic position coordinates of the broadcast device; the broadcast device selects the interactive texts in the same quantity as the identified interactive content; the cloud server checks the presence of any interactive text that is the same as the interactive text in the interactive text input information in the interactive text that has the second relevancy with the geographic position coordinate of the terminal; if it is present, it will transmit the terminal's communication address and interactive text input information to the corresponding broadcast device according to the ID of the broadcast device having the third relevancy with said same interactive text. |
| US10531137B1 |
Athletic telemetry system
Systems and methods are described for collecting various types of data relating to a sporting event and processing the collected data to improve a broadcast of the sporting event to remote devices. A performance measuring device may be integrated, constructed, weaved or placed, for example, in or on the clothes of athletes that participate in the sporting event. The performance measuring device then monitors real-time motion data and positional information of each athlete within an area associated with the sporting event. |
| US10531135B2 |
Network recording apparatus
There is provided a method in a network recording apparatus, the method comprising: receiving a video; determining how many clients the video is being distributed to; and encoding and storing of the video dependent upon how many clients the video is being distributed to. |
| US10531134B2 |
Determining a time budget for transcoding of video
This document describes systems, methods, and apparatus for determining a time budget for transcoding a video. By calculating and/or monitoring the time budget in accordance with the teachings hereof, a transcoder can assess the effect its transcode duration will have on a client buffer. As a result the transcoder may adjust its processing of the video. The teachings hereof are applicable, without limitation, to the transcoding of live video. |
| US10531128B2 |
Compression and decompression of video data
A method for compressing a data block including sets of homologous components may include selecting a designated component from the data block, and compressing non-designated components with a measurable loss less than or equal to a threshold. The method may further include compressing the designated component based upon at least a selection of values from among the values of the homologous designated components associated with the data of the block. |
| US10531127B2 |
Processes systems and methods for improving virtual and augmented reality applications
The present invention provides for systems and methods of transmitting and converting a landscape image to a portrait image for use in a virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) environment at a very high speed with negligible latency thus providing a seamless video feed to enhance the VR or AR environment to meet the demands of VR and AR head mounted displays. The present invention further provides for systems and methods for compositing and communicating video, audio, user data, and commands for VR and AR applications with stationary and moving participants. The present invention overcomes the unmet needs of the art by providing a wireless video processing which includes equipment that has a low power consumption, while providing a reliable and seamless virtual or simulated environment. The present invention further overcomes the unmet need by providing systems and methods to reduce the latency caused by image rotation. |
| US10531126B2 |
Method for encoding and decoding image information
The present invention relates to a method for encoding and decoding image information and to an apparatus using same, and the method for encoding the image information, according to the present invention, comprises the steps of: generating a recovery block; applying a deblocking filter to the recovery block; applying a sample adaptive offset (SAO) to the recovery block to which the deblocking filter is applied; and transmitting the image information including information on the SAO which is applied, wherein in the step of transmitting, information for specifying bands that cover a scope of a pixel value, to which a band off set is applied, is transmitted when the band offset is applied during the step of applying the SAO. |
| US10531125B2 |
Video compression method and video compressor
A video compression method and a video compressor are provided to solve problems of huge resource consumption and high costs caused by performing both H.264 compression and HEVC compression. The method specifically includes: reading video signal data by using a sliding window to generate bitstream data, where bitstream data generated by reading the video signal data according to a first format is first bitstream data, and bitstream data generated by reading the video signal data according to a second format is second bitstream data; and coding the bitstream data to generate a bitstream, where a bitstream generated by coding the first bitstream data is a first bitstream, and a bitstream generated by coding the second bitstream data is a second bitstream, where the second format is a format preset according to the first format. The present invention is applied to video signal compression. |
| US10531123B2 |
Image encoding and decoding method based on low-complexity transformation, and apparatus using same
An image decoding method based on a low-complexity transformation is provided. The method comprises: executing a transformation with respect to a residual block based on a first transformation kernel, and executing a transformation with respect to the transformed residual block based on a second transformation kernel having low-complexity, wherein the first transformation kernel is derived based on a prediction block or an encoding unit block. |
| US10531122B2 |
Method and apparatus for coded block flag coding in high efficiency video coding
A method includes receiving the video bitstream from a media or a processor, recovering a first coded block flag (cbf) from the video bitstream based on a context-based adaptive binary arithmetic coding (CABAC) decoding process according to a first context formation, wherein the first cbf is associated with a first transform unit (TU) of a first color component, and the first cbf indicates whether the first TU of the first color component has at least one non-zero transform coefficient, and recovering a second cbf from the video bitstream based on the CABAC decoding process according to a second context formation, wherein the second cbf is associated with a second TU of a second color component, and the second cbf indicates whether the second TU of the second color component has at least one non-zero transform coefficient. |
| US10531119B2 |
Method and apparatus for palette coding with cross block prediction
A method and apparatus for color index coding of a block of video data using index prediction based on reconstructed neighboring pixels are disclosed. In one embodiment, color index encoding or decoding is applied to the current pixel indices by deriving index prediction from neighboring pixel indices of the reconstructed neighboring pixels. The reconstructed neighboring pixel values are first transformed into the neighboring pixel indices according to a quantization table to map between major color indices and major color values of the current block. The quantization table can be based on a major color table for the current block or can also be derived at a decoder side. The decoding process may reconstruct the current pixels by converting decoded current pixel indices to reconstructed current pixel values according to the quantization table or by directly copying the reconstructed neighboring pixel values indicated by decoded current pixel indices. |
| US10531115B2 |
Method for encoding/decoding images, and apparatus using same
According to the present invention, an image decoding method for supporting a plurality of layers includes the steps of: receiving and parsing layer-dependent information for reference layers that can be referenced by a current layer in an entire bitstream; when interlayer prediction is used in decoding a current picture in the current layer, receiving and parsing layer information for a reference layer referenced by the current picture among the reference layers; and decoding the current picture on the basis of the layer information. |
| US10531106B2 |
Method for signaling a step-wise temporal sub-layer access sample
An electronic device for encoding a picture is described. The electronic device includes a processor and instructions stored in memory that are in electronic communication with the processor. The instructions are executable to encode a step-wise temporal sub-layer access (STSA) sample grouping. The instructions are further executable to send and/or store the STSA sample grouping. |
| US10531102B2 |
Encoding device, decoding device, and encoding and decoding method thereof
An encoding device for encoding a bit stream including an image frame may include an encoder configured to determine a position of a pixel having a last non-zero coefficient in a conversion coefficient block constituting the image frame with reference to a predetermined pixel of the conversion coefficient block, identify a sub-block including the last non-zero coefficient, among a plurality of sub-blocks constituting the conversion coefficient block, convert a position of the last non-zero coefficient determined with reference to the predetermined pixel of the conversion coefficient block into a position with reference to a predetermined pixel of the identified sub-block, and encode the sub-block including the last non-zero coefficient and the converted position of the last non-zero coefficient. |
| US10531101B2 |
Method, apparatus and system for encoding and decoding the significance map for residual coefficients of a transform unit
Disclosed is a method of decoding residual coefficients of a transform unit from a bitstream of video data. The method receives the transform unit (1500) from the bitstream of video data in which the transform unit has upper (1503) and lower (1502) level square layers. The upper level layer represents a square arrangement of at most four significant coefficient group flags with each of the significant coefficient group flags representing a non-overlapping region of the lower level layer. The method determines determining the significant coefficient group flags of the square upper level layer for the received transform unit, and determines values of residual coefficients of the square lower layer according to the determined significant coefficient group flags to decode the transform unit of the bitstream of video data. Corresponding encoding methods are also disclosed. |
| US10531098B2 |
Video camera with rate control video compression
Embodiments provide a video camera that can be configured to compress video data in a manner that achieves a targeted output size in a computationally efficient manner. The video compression systems and methods can be used with DCT-based compression standards to include a rate control aspect. The rate controlled video compression methods can be configured to compress video data in real time and/or using a single pass. During compression of video data, the video compression systems and methods can modify compression parameters to achieve a targeted file size while maintaining relatively high visual quality of the compressed images. |
| US10531097B2 |
Picture coding device, picture coding method, and picture coding program
There is provided a picture coding device that performs intra prediction coding of a picture signal including a luma signal and a chroma signal in units of blocks and codes information relating to an intra prediction mode. When the intra prediction of a picture signal is made in units of coding blocks, in a case where a chroma format is 4:2:2, in a mode for setting a chroma intra prediction mode in accordance with the luma intra prediction mode, an intra prediction unit sets the chroma intra prediction mode based on the luma intra prediction mode and the chroma format and makes an intra prediction of the chroma signal. |
| US10531096B2 |
Decoder, method and system for decoding multimedia streams
Decoder, system and method for decoding multimedia data at the level of a terminal by managing the energy available for decoding comprising a decoder of the multimedia data, characterized in that said decoder comprises at least one low-consumption decoding chain comprising an activation module suitable for activating a first low-consumption decoding chain or loop filter and a low-consumption interpolation chain as a function of at least one parameter representative of constraints of user energy and/or of the mobile terminal and of one or more metadata Md associated with a decoding complexity and/or with a decoding energy. |
| US10531094B2 |
Image processing device and moving image transmission method
Provided is an image processing device which performs scaling and applies super-resolution in accordance with the complexity of the image. On the compression side, a complexity calculation unit calculates the transmission image complexity, which indicates the complexity of the input image, multiplexes and outputs it to an encoded stream, and a control unit configures the cutoff frequency of a low pass filter and the scaling coefficient of an image reduction unit in accordance with the transmission image complexity. On the decompression side, a complexity calculation unit calculates the decoded image complexity indicating the complexity of a decoded and expanded image, a complexity comparison unit compares the transmission image complexity and the decoded image complexity and outputs the difference or ratio, and, on the basis of output, a parameter calculation unit optimizes and configures the scaling coefficient of an image enlargement unit and the folding frequency of a super-resolution processing unit. |
| US10531093B2 |
Method and system for video frame interpolation based on optical flow method
A method and system for video frame interpolation based on an optical flow method is disclosed. The process includes calculating bidirectional motion vectors between two adjacent frames in a frame sequence of input video by using the optical flow method, judging reliabilities of the bidirectional motion vectors between the two adjacent frames, and processing a jagged problem and a noise problem in the optical flow method; marking “shielding” and “exposure” regions in the two adjacent frames, and updating an unreliable motion vector; with regard to the two adjacent frames, according to marking information about the “shielding” and “exposure” regions and the bidirectional motion vector field, mapping front and back frames to an interpolated frame to obtain a forward interpolated frame and a backward interpolated frame; synthesizing the forward interpolated frame and the backward interpolated frame into the interpolated frame; repairing a hole point in the interpolated frame to obtain a final interpolated frame. Since the optical flow method is based on pixels, disclosed method and system are more accurate and do not have blocking effect and other problems. |
| US10531089B2 |
Image processing device and image processing method
An image processing device including an acquiring section configured to acquire quantization matrix parameters from an encoded stream in which the quantization matrix parameters defining a quantization matrix are set within a parameter set which is different from a sequence parameter set and a picture parameter set, a setting section configured to set, based on the quantization matrix parameters acquired by the acquiring section, a quantization matrix which is used when inversely quantizing data decoded from the encoded stream, and an inverse quantization section configured to inversely quantize the data decoded from the encoded stream using the quantization matrix set by the setting section. |
| US10531085B2 |
Coding chroma samples in video compression
A decoder and a method to process chroma blocks by the decoder are described. The method includes receiving a coding block from an encoder; partitioning the coding block into a plurality chroma blocks; merging at least two chroma blocks among the plurality chroma blocks into a merged block, where a width or height of a chroma block among the at least two chroma blocks is less than a threshold, and a width or height of the merged block is no less than the threshold; deriving prediction information for the merged block; generating prediction samples according to the derived prediction information; and obtaining reconstructed chroma samples according to the generated prediction samples. By merging the at least two chroma blocks, whose width or height is less than a threshold, into the merged block, hardware complexity can be reduced. |
| US10531084B2 |
Intra prediction mode based image processing method, and apparatus therefor
Disclosed are an intra prediction mode based image processing method, and an apparatus therefor. In particular, a method for processing an image on the basis of an intra prediction mode comprises the steps of: inputting, in most probable mode (MPM) candidates, intra prediction modes of a plurality of neighboring blocks which neighbor a current block, and then deriving the MPM candidates by inputting, in the MPM candidates, intra prediction modes within substitute modes consisting of a plurality of intra prediction modes, to which priorities are given, according to the priorities until the total number of MPM candidates is satisfied; deriving, from the MPM candidates, an intra prediction mode applied to the current block using an MPM index indicating a specific intra prediction mode; and generating a prediction block of the current block by applying the derived intra prediction mode. |
| US10531080B2 |
Measurement method for measuring display panel and apparatus thereof
This application relates to a measurement method for measuring a display panel and an apparatus thereof. The measurement method for measuring a display panel includes: correcting a measurement picture of a display panel; obtaining, by using a measurement apparatus, a picture to be measured; setting a shooting instrument to complete a shooting parameter under a measurement environment; shooting and correcting system measurement data by using the shooting parameter; replacing a display panel to be measured; measuring a gamma curve; and outputting a gamma curve, where the display panel needs to be corrected only once, and a gamma curve of a next display panel continues to be measured. |
| US10531079B2 |
Display system for calibrating a displayed image by using a calibration device
A display system includes a monitor device and a calibration device. The monitor device is used for generating an optical signal and receiving an optical characteristic signal. The calibration device is coupled to the monitor device. The calibration device includes a sensor for sensing the optical signal and generating the optical characteristic signal accordingly. The monitor device calibrates an image displayed on the monitor device by using a color calibration signal according to the optical characteristic signal. |
| US10531076B2 |
Device, system and method for stereoscopic display
A device for stereoscopic display includes: a first display source for providing a first eye image; a first optical element on a light path of an emitted light ray of the first display source for reflecting the emitted light ray to enable the reflected light ray to reach a first position point; a second display source for providing a second eye image; and a second optical element on a light path of an emitted light ray of the second display source for reflecting the emitted light ray of the second display source to enable the reflected light ray to reach the first position point. Virtual images of the first eye image viewed at the first position point and the second eye image viewed at the first position point coincide, and the first eye image and the second eye image are a left eye image and a right eye image, respectively. |
| US10531075B1 |
Synchronization controller unit for sensor node
A vehicular synchronization system includes an image sensor of a vehicle. The image sensor captures image data for an image sensor field of view. The vehicular synchronization system also includes a light sensor having a radial view. The light sensor captures light data from around the vehicle in a full rotation. The vehicular synchronization system includes a synchronization control unit having a data receiving module, a trigger time determination module, a timer module, and a sensor trigger module. The data receiving module receives a data packet from the light sensor. The trigger time determination module determines a trigger time when a desired light sensor orientation overlaps with the image sensor field of view. The timer module sets a timer to elapse at the trigger time. The sensor trigger module controls the image sensor to capture image data at the trigger time when the timer elapses. |
| US10531070B2 |
Dual function display and multi-view imaging system
A system is preferably in the form of a wearable system combined with a double-function image display and image capturing screen. The system is intended to be used to display projected images on the screen and capture the 3D ambient using the image formations from the screen by means of a camera. The system more particularly relates to a display and imaging system comprising an image capturing device, a projector assembly and a passive screen, said image capturing device capturing at least one view being formed by the said passive screen in optical communication therewith. |
| US10531068B2 |
Information processing device, information processing method, and three-dimensional image data transmission method
An information processing device and an information processing method that perform a mapping process on a whole-sky video are provided.A required data reduction amount and a required storage state of an image quality are determined on the basis of a circumstance of a video providing device side that captures the whole-sky video, a circumstance of a video reproducing device side that views the whole-sky video, a circumstance of a space that serves as a subject, a circumstance of a case in which a plurality of delivery destinations are present, a circumstance of a channel, and the like, a mapping method is adaptively switched over to a mapping method that matches the requirements, and the whole-sky video is transmitted. Furthermore, the whole-sky video is transmitted in a transmission format containing information that indicates the mapping method so that a receiving side can decode the original whole-sky video. |
| US10531065B2 |
Coarse relocalization using signal fingerprints
A computing device and method are provided for accelerating the coarse relocalization process of the computing device by generating a current fingerprint using signal data detected by sensors, statistically analyzing the current fingerprint for proximity to candidate fingerprints in fingerprint data to generate a ranked list, and subsequently retrieving map data corresponding to the closest matching fingerprints in the ranked list. The computing device may comprise a processor, a memory operatively coupled to the processor, and a fingerprint program stored in the memory and executed by the processor. |
| US10531060B2 |
Method, apparatus, computer-readable storage medium, and terminal for calibrating automatic white balance
A method, apparatus, computer-readable storage medium, and terminal for calibrating automatic white balance is provided including: obtaining a first white point acquired by a device under calibration capturing a neutral color under a calibration light source, and obtaining a second white point acquired by a predetermined golden set capturing a neutral color under the calibration light source; if either or both a first difference value between a first red deviation value and a second red deviation value is greater than a first predetermined threshold value and a second difference value between a first blue deviation value and a second blue deviation value is greater than a second predetermined threshold value, performing one or more of adjusting the second red deviation value so that the first difference value becomes smaller and adjusting the second blue deviation value so that the second difference value becomes smaller; and calibrating the device under calibration by using one or more of the adjusted second red deviation value and the adjusted second blue deviation value as a first golden value and a second golden value, respectively. |
| US10531058B2 |
Method for enhancing color images, and an assembly performing such method
A method and assembly produce color images of a scene captured by an image sensor exposed to visible light as well as IR radiation. A first image is captured with a first proportion of an iris aperture covered by an IR-cut filter. A first amount of radiation captured in the first image is determined and a second image captured with a second proportion of the iris covered by the IR-cut filter. A second amount of radiation captured in the second image is determined and a proportion of IR radiation is calculated in the scene based on the first amount of light, the second amount of light, the first IR-cut filter proportion, and the second IR-cut filter proportion. An IR contribution is removed from an image by using the calculated proportion of IR radiation. |
| US10531054B2 |
Display device
A display device includes: a display panel having a first curved portion and a second curved portion; a window on one surface of the display panel; and a circuit board connected to the display panel, wherein the display panel includes a front display portion and a side display portion which are separated by the first curved portion, and wherein the second curved portion includes a pad portion connected to the circuit board. |
| US10531049B2 |
Methods and systems for scheduling of sensing platform nodes
A method for observing a predetermined monitoring area, wherein one or more sensing platform nodes are employed to observe a predetermined number of sub-areas of the monitoring area, includes observing the sub-areas of the monitoring area using the sensing platform nodes so as to collect measuring data for the sub-areas. A prediction model is provided for analyzing predictability of measuring data for the sub-areas based on the collected measuring data. Future measuring data is calculated for the sub-areas and uncertainty of the future measuring data over time is calculated using the prediction model. The sensing platform nodes are scheduled for observation of the sub-areas according to a scheduling mechanism. The scheduling of the sensing platform nodes is dependent on the calculated uncertainty of the future measuring data predicted for the sub-areas. |
| US10531047B2 |
Multiway audio-video conferencing with multiple communication channels per device
A device implementing a system for multiway audio-video conferencing includes a processor configured to receive, from a first device, indication of a first channel and a second channel for communicating content for an audio-video conference session. The first channel and the second channel correspond to different types of communication interfaces. The processor is further configured to receive, from the first device, a first request to subscribe to a first content stream for the audio-video conference session via the first channel, and to subscribe to a second content stream for the audio-video conference session via the second channel, and in response to receiving the first request, forward, to the first device, the first content stream via the first channel. |
| US10531044B2 |
Intelligent virtual assistant system and method
An intelligent virtual assistant is provided for respectively customizable interactive audio/video content to each of a plurality of computing devices during a networked communication session. Input is received from at least one device, and is determined via information provided in or with the input, that the input is at least one of speech input, facial input, gesture input and textual input. The input is processed and machine-based learning occurs using at least some of the processed input. The intelligent virtual assistant is provided for the respectively customizable interactive audio/video content as a function of the machine-based learning process via at least one of the plurality of computing devices. |
| US10531043B2 |
Reputation based collaboration session
A method and computer system for determining a reputation threshold requirement for participating in a collaboration session. A determination is made whether a reputation of a user satisfies the reputation threshold requirement for the collaboration session. Access to the collaboration session is enabled if the reputation of the user satisfies the reputation threshold requirement for the collaboration session. Access to the collaboration session is disabled if the reputation of the user fails to satisfy the reputation threshold requirement for the collaboration session. |
| US10531042B2 |
Terminal and server for providing video call service
There is provided an application stored in a computer-readable storage medium and enabling a first terminal to perform a method of providing a video call service, the method includes: establishing a video call session between the first terminal and a second terminal; displaying an exposure control area for controlling an exposure area of an image of a first user displayed on the second terminal; receiving an input of the first user for controlling the exposure control area; and transmitting a signal for controlling the exposure area to the second terminal in response to the input of the first user. |
| US10531035B1 |
Image sensors with predictive pre-charging circuitry
An imaging device may have an array of image sensor pixels and image readout circuitry coupled to the array of image sensor pixels. Predictive pre-charge circuitry may be coupled to the array of image sensor pixels and the image readout circuitry. The predictive pre-charge circuitry and the image readout circuitry may perform correlated double sampling operations during charge readout, comparing the charge generated by the array of image pixels to a known reset value. The predictive pre-charge circuitry may pre-charge output lines from the array of image pixels, thereby reducing the time needed for the circuitry to read out the charge after being reset. The output lines may be pre-charged prior to reading out the charge of a row of image sensor pixels based on a voltage associated with the charge generated by at least one previous row of image sensor pixels of the array of image sensor pixels. |
| US10531032B2 |
Image sensor chip that feeds back voltage and temperature information, and an image processing system having the same
An image sensor chip includes an internal voltage generator for generating internal voltages using an external voltage received at a first terminal of the image sensor chip, a temperature sensor for generating a temperature voltage, a selection circuit for outputting one of the external voltage, the internal voltages, and the temperature voltage, a digital code generation circuit for generating a digital code using an output voltage of the selection circuit, and a second terminal for outputting the digital code from the image sensor chip. |
| US10531026B2 |
Endoscope system
An endoscope system includes: an image pickup device for picking up an object image; a drive control circuit for initializing and driving the image pickup device; and a monitoring portion for detecting abnormality of an image pickup signal from the image pickup device and outputting an initialization start signal to the drive control circuit. The monitoring portion compares a synchronization code, an optical black pixel value and an effective pixel value of the image pickup signal with respective thresholds indicating a normal range and a stipulated number of times or a stipulated number of pieces, and in a case of detecting abnormality of one of the synchronization code, the optical black pixel value and the effective pixel value, outputs the initialization start signal to the drive control circuit, and the drive control circuit initializes the image pickup device in a case of receiving the initialization start signal the monitoring portion. |
| US10531023B2 |
Imaging apparatus and driving method for the imaging apparatus
A first exposure time is determined on a basis of an image generated by an imaging element, a horizontal scanning period is determined on a basis of the first exposure time, a second exposure time which is an integer multiple of the horizontal scanning period is determined, and an image is generated by an electronic shutter of the second exposure time of the imaging element. Thus, high speed electronic shutter image capturing with a suitable exposure time can be performed. |
| US10531021B2 |
Image generating apparatus, image generating method, and recording medium for controlling image sensor having two types of cells
An object is to extract the motion tracks of other vehicles from an image taken from a target vehicle. An image generating apparatus includes: a determiner circuit that determines whether surroundings of the target vehicle are in a dark place; and a control circuit that causes an image sensor including a high-sensitivity cell and a highly-saturated cell to create a highly-saturated frame by multiple exposures through the highly-saturated cell, the highly-saturated cell having lower sensitivity and larger charge storage capacity than the high-sensitivity cell, when the determiner circuit determines that the surroundings of the target vehicle are in the dark place. |
| US10531018B2 |
Image sensor for suppressing readout time of image signal and focus detection signal, control method therefor, and image capturing apparatus
An image sensor comprises: a pixel array having a plurality of photoelectric conversion portions provided for each of a plurality of microlenses arranged in matrix; a plurality of signal output lines provided for each column of the pixel array; signal readout circuits each provided for each column of the pixel array; and a control circuit that controls to output a signal of a selected row to one of the plurality of signal output lines and controls to process the signal by the corresponding signal readout circuit. The control circuit performs control such that while a signal of a first row output to one of the plurality of signal output lines is processed by the corresponding signal readout circuit, a signal from a second row is output to another of the plurality of signal output lines. |
| US10531016B2 |
On-vehicle display control device, on-vehicle display system, on-vehicle display control method, and non-transitory storage medium
An on-vehicle display control device includes a rear video data acquiring unit configured to acquire first video data from a rear camera on a rear part of a vehicle to image a rear view; a rear side video data acquiring unit configured to acquire second video data from rear side cameras on right and left parts of the vehicle to image rear side views, a clipping unit configured to clip a first area that is a part of the first video data and second areas located on right and left sides of the first area, and a display controller configured to display video data clipped as the first area on a rearview monitor to display rear video, display the second video data on side monitors to display rear side video, and display video data clipped as the second area on the side monitors under a predetermined condition. |
| US10531015B2 |
Imaging apparatus including light source, reflective encoding device, and image sensor
An imaging apparatus includes a light source that emits pulsed light, a reflective encoding device, and an image sensor. The reflective encoding device includes first and second films each having light-transmitting property and light-reflecting property and a modulator disposed between the first and second films. The modulator includes modulation regions arrayed in one plane intersecting an optical path of the pulsed light and each modulating at least one of a degree of polarization, a phase, and an intensity of incident light. The image sensor receives light from a target and outputs one or more electric signals representing an image of the target on the basis of the light from the target. The reflective encoding device allows the pulsed light to undergo multiple reflection between the first and second films and allows a portion of the pulsed light to be emitted through the second film in multiple instances. |
| US10531014B2 |
Method and system for managing video of camera setup having multiple cameras
Disclosed are a system and a method for managing a set of videos originating from a camera setup having a plurality of cameras. The system and method provides a mesh of graphical elements superposed with an active video at a display of a user device. The graphical elements are arranged on a virtual surface representing positions of the cameras in a co-ordinate system. The active video originates from the at least one camera, which at least one camera is associated with the graphical element located in the middle portion of the display. In addition, the present disclosure enables correlating relative position, recording direction and order of the multiple cameras for providing multiple viewing positions, for example, on a user interface. |
| US10531013B2 |
Image processing apparatus and method for controlling image processing apparatus
In an image processing apparatus that performs interval moving image capturing, interval image capturing and lighten compositing are sequentially performed, whereby an effective interval moving image can be obtained without advance techniques and cumbersome procedure that have been required for providing special effects to moving images. |
| US10531011B2 |
Dynamic range enhancement systems and methods for use in welding applications
Dynamic range enhancement methods and systems for display for use welding applications are disclosed. An example display system in a dynamic range enhancement system includes: a first filter disposed in a first path; a second filter disposed in a second path, wherein the second filter has a lower density than the first filter, at least one of the first filter or the second filter configured to provide variable lens shading; a first image sensor disposed in the first path and configured to receive filtered electromagnetic waves from the first filter; a second image sensor disposed in the second path and configured to receive filtered electromagnetic waves from the second filter; and a graphical circuit configured to combine signals from the first image sensor and the second image sensor. |
| US10531010B2 |
Information communication method
An information communication method obtains information from a subject using a terminal device that includes an image sensor. The method includes setting an exposure time of the image sensor having a plurality of exposure lines so that a bright line corresponding to each of the plurality of exposure lines included in the image sensor appears according to a change in luminance of the subject. The method also includes obtaining a bright line image including a plurality of bright lines, and obtaining identification information of the subject. In the obtaining of the bright line image, an exposure time of each of the plurality of exposure lines partially overlaps with an exposure time of an adjacent one of the plurality of exposure lines. During asynchronous communication, a minimum width of the stripe pattern corresponds to at least two bright lines in the obtained bright line image. |
| US10531009B2 |
Information communication method
An information communication method selectively obtains a location of a terminal device. Determining the location of the terminal device by wireless communication with a wireless access point includes receiving a radio signal including a first identification information to identify a location of the wireless access point, and calculating the location of the terminal device using the identified location of the wireless access point, which is identified by the first identification information. Determining the location of the terminal device by visible light communication with a subject provides higher accuracy and includes setting an exposure time of an image sensor having a plurality to exposure lines so that a bright line corresponding to each of the plurality of exposure lines included in the image sensor appears according to a change in luminance of the subject, obtaining a bright line image by capturing the subject, and demodulating data from the bright line image. |
| US10531004B2 |
Lidar to camera calibration for generating high definition maps
A system performs calibration of sensors mounted on a vehicle, for example, lidar and camera sensors mounted on a vehicle, for example, an autonomous vehicle. The system receives a lidar scan and camera image of a view and determines a lidar-to-camera transform based on the lidar scan and the camera image. The system may use a pattern, for example, a checkerboard pattern in the view for calibration. The pattern is placed close to the vehicle to determine an approximate lidar-to-camera transform and then placed at a distance from the vehicle to determine an accurate lidar-to-camera transform. Alternatively, the system determines edges in the lidar scan and the camera image and aligns features based on real-world objects in the scene by comparing edges. |
| US10531002B2 |
Image processing device and image processing method
The present disclosure relates to an image processing device and an image processing method capable of generating a high-quality composite image. Exposure time and exposure timing of a basic imaging unit which images a basic image and a plurality of auxiliary imaging units which may image under an imaging condition independent from that of the basic imaging unit are controlled according to a motion amount. The present disclosure is applicable to an image processing device. |
| US10531000B2 |
Image pickup device and image pickup method
An image pickup device includes a camera, a display, and a touch panel detects a user operation including a flick operation in first and second directions. The image pickup device has first, second and third imaging modes, in which the display displays a video image being obtained by the camera. After determining that the user operation is the flick operation, switching to the second imaging mode occurs by a first flick operation in the first direction in the first imaging mode. Switching to the first imaging mode occurs by a second flick operation in the second direction in the second imaging mode. Switching to the third imaging mode occurs by a third flick operation in the second direction in the first imaging mode. Switching to the first imaging mode occurs by a fourth flick operation in the first direction in the third imaging mode. |
| US10530999B2 |
Apparatus and method for photographing object using top and bottom buttons
There are provided an apparatus and method for photographing an object. An apparatus for photographing an object using top and bottom buttons includes: a head part including a camera; a connection part coupled to the head part and extended in a length direction thereof, and having a first button for manipulating the camera on an extension line in the length direction from a formation position of the head part and a second button for manipulating the camera formed on a surface opposite to the first button; and a body part including a power source means coupled to the connection part and supplying power to the camera, and a display means displaying a state of the camera or a power state. |
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Connecting and using building interior data acquired from mobile devices
Automated operations may be performed involving acquiring and analyzing information from an interior of a house, building or other structure, for use in generating and providing a representation of that interior. Such operations may include using a user's mobile device to capture video data from multiple viewing locations (e.g., 360° video at each viewing location) within multiple rooms, and capturing data linking the multiple viewing locations (e.g., by recording video, acceleration and/or other data from the mobile device as the user moves between the two viewing locations), creating a panorama image for each viewing location, analyzing the linking information to model the user's travel path and determine relative positions/directions between at least some viewing locations, creating inter-panorama links in the panoramas to each of one or more other panoramas based on such determined positions/directions, and providing information to display multiple linked panorama images to represent the interior. |
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Electronic device
An electronic device comprising a processing unit and a memory that stores a plurality of program instructions. The processing unit executes the program instructions to perform the following steps: (a) storing pixel data of multiple pixels of a picture in the memory, the number of the pixels being greater than the number of pixels in one horizontal line of the picture; (b) performing an integral image operation on the pixel data to obtain integral image data; (c) storing the integral image data in the memory; (d) using the integral image data to calculate a low-frequency component of a target pixel of the picture; and (e) based on the low-frequency component, selectively performing a temporal noise reduction operation on the target pixel. |
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Global tone mapping
A system accesses an image with each pixel of the image having luminance values each representative of a color component of the pixel. The system generates a first histogram for aggregate luminance values of the image, and accesses a target histogram for the image representative of a desired global image contrast. The system computes a transfer function based on the first histogram and the target histogram such that when the transfer function is applied, a histogram of the modified aggregate luminance values is within a threshold similarity of the target histogram. The system modifies the image by applying the transfer function to the luminance values of the image to produce a tone mapped image, and outputs the modified image. |
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Systems and methods for alignment of check during mobile deposit
An alignment guide may be provided in the field of view of a camera associated with a mobile device used to capture an image of a check. When the image of the check is within the alignment guide in the field of view, an image may be taken by the camera and provided from the mobile device to a financial institution. The alignment guide may be adjustable at the mobile device. The image capture may be performed automatically by the camera or the mobile device as soon as the image of the check is determined to be within the alignment guide. The check may be deposited in a user's bank account based on the image. Any technique for sending the image to the financial institution may be used. |
| US10530990B2 |
Method for controlling a video-surveillance and corresponding video-surveillance system
Embodiments relate to a method for controlling a video-surveillance system processing a plurality of video streams. A set of video streams is processed based on a first configuration. Upon reception of a request for processing a new video stream with requested characteristics, the available resources (network and/or processing resources) are determined. For a requested new video stream that cannot be processed with the available resources, temporary characteristics are determined based on the available resources, the temporary characteristics making it possible to process the new video stream with the available resources. A second configuration for processing the set of video streams including the requested new video stream with the requested characteristics is then determined, and the set of video streams and the new video stream with are processed with the second configuration. Embodiments also relate to a videos surveillance system comprising a processing module configured to process such a method. |
| US10530989B2 |
Electronic apparatus and method for controlling the same
An electronic apparatus determines that only a first touch operation moved by a predetermined movement amount in a predetermined time period is a valid operation, and determines that another touch operation is an invalid operation, when a user captures an image while looking into a finder. Then, even when a movement amount by which the touch determined to be the valid operation once is moved in the predetermined time period falls below the predetermined movement amount, the electronic apparatus continuously determines that this touch is the valid operation. Even when a Touch-Up is performed regarding the touch determined to be the valid operation, the electronic apparatus continuously determines that the touch determined to be the invalid operation is the invalid operation. |
| US10530987B2 |
Control apparatus, image capturing apparatus, control method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium
A control apparatus (105) includes a normalizer (400, 401) that performs normalization processing on a first signal and a second signal by using normalization coefficients related to the first signal and the second signal, respectively, a correlation calculator (402) that performs correlation calculation with respect to the normalized first and second signals, and a corrector (403, 800, 801) that corrects correlation data to cancel the normalization processing, and the correlation data is based on an output signal from the correlation calculator. |
| US10530985B2 |
Image capturing apparatus, image capturing system, method of controlling image capturing apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium
An image capturing apparatus (1) includes a focus detector (21) that performs focus detection based on a plurality of parallax image signals obtained via a second image capturer (110) with an angle of field that is wider than an angle of field of a first image capturer (100), and a controller (30, 41) that performs focus control of the first image capturer (100) based on an output signal from the focus detector (21). |
| US10530983B2 |
Wearable camera, in-vehicle communication device, charging device, and communication system
A wearable camera images a subject in front of the user, executes a first communication setting process for communicating with an in-vehicle communication device, mounted in a vehicle on which the user rides, stores first communication setting information used for communication with the in-vehicle communication device, based on the first communication setting process, in a memory, and transmits a captured image of the subject to the in-vehicle communication device, using the first communication setting information. The wearable camera deletes the first communication setting information from the memory, after a lapse of a certain time from a last communication time. |