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US10532424B2	Device for welding components by means of ultrasound A device (10′) for welding components by ultrasound. The device (10′) comprises a sonotrode (11′) having a sonotrode head (12′), which can be excited by a vibration generator to produce torsion vibrations with respect to a torsion axis (T). At least one welding surface (14′) is arranged on the peripheral side on the sonotrode head (12′) with respect to the torsion axis (T). The device (10′) also comprises a support device (15′) which supports the sonotrode head (11′) in a support area (16′), which contains a vibration node of the sonotrode head (12′). The support area (16′) and the welding surface (14′) at least partially extend along a common plane (E) which extends perpendicular to the torsion axis (T). A device (10′) for welding components by ultrasound by using a temperature control device are also disclosed.
US10532423B2	Battery pack and method for manufacturing the same Provided is a battery pack. The battery pack includes a plurality of battery cells, each of which is provided with an electrode tab, an electrode lead including first and second lead parts respectively connected to the electrode tabs of the adjacent battery cells and a connection part connecting the first and second lead parts to each other, and a bus bar to which the first and second lead parts are coupled and connecting the plurality of battery cells to each other in series or parallel.
US10532421B2	UAM resistance spot weld joint transition for multimaterial automotive structures A vehicle body assembly is described herein, including a first structural component and a second structural component. The first structural component may be a roof component or a side panel, and include a first part including a first metal and a second part including a second metal different than the first metal. The second part is formed on a peripheral edge portion of the first part and defines a mounting flange for the first structural component. The second part is joined to the first part via an ultrasonic additive manufacturing (UAM) interface. The second structural component is including the second metal and is joined to the second part at the mounting flange via a resistance spot weld (RSW) joint.
US10532413B2	Fastening structure, head, and shank Provided is a fastening structure having a wide application range and a high degree of freedom of design. A fastening structure includes: a head including a first end surface and a first screw part formed on the first end surface; and a shank including a second end surface and a second screw part formed on the second end surface and threadedly engaging with the first screw part. The first end surface includes a first principal surface oriented in an axial direction of the first screw part and a first step surface oriented in a rotational direction of the first screw part. The second end surface includes a second principal surface oriented in an axial direction of the second screw part and a second step surface oriented in a rotational direction of the second screw part. The first and second principal surfaces face each other and the first and second step surfaces face each other when the first screw part threadedly engages with the second screw part.
US10532408B2	Pipe end machining device A pipe end machining device configured to machine an end of a pipe includes an outer housing, a spindle rotatably mounted within the outer housing and configured to carry tool supports and cutting tools, a mounting assembly configured to be attached to the pipe, a stem extending from the mounting assembly and connected to the spindle by an interengagement which allows the spindle to move linearly relative to the stem, but prevents rotational movement of the spindle relative to the stem, and a locking assembly attached to the stem and configured to fix the vertical position of the outer housing and the spindle relative to the mounting assembly.
US10532405B2	Support posts for improved flexural strength in 3D-printed objects Techniques for improving flexural strength in 3D-printed object. The techniques generally include identifying a portion of a 3D model corresponding to the 3D-printed object to which one or more support posts should be added and adding support post descriptors to the 3D model within such a portion. The support post descriptor defines a position and at least one dimension of a support post cavity and a position and at least one dimension of a support post, both having a height corresponding to at least two layers of 3D-printable material. The model, including the support post descriptors are transmitted to a 3D printer to print the 3D model, which includes a support post cavity and a support post having a height of at least two layers.
US10532404B2	Powder material packing method In molding a compact having portions of an equal thickness on opposite sides of a through-hole, an advancing speed of a holder holding a powder material is adjusted before the holder is advanced and retracted over a die cavity of a die. Specifically, a first preparation of determining in advance a relation between the advancing speed of the holder and a packing density of the powder material packed in the die cavity at each of the portions to be of an equal thickness of the compact on opposite sides of the through-hole is made; and, based on the relation determined in the first preparation, the advancing speed of the holder is adjusted to a speed at which the packing density becomes uniform. Thus, the packing density of the powder material packed in the die cavity can be uniformized, so that the dimensional accuracy of the molded compact can be improved.
US10532399B2	Machine for continuous casting of a lead alloy for forming a continuous strip of grids for plates of electric storage batteries Machine for continuous casting of a lead alloy for forming grids for plates of electric storage batteries, which comprises a rotary drum having an external peripheral surface with a plurality of grooves obtained according to the grid design to be made and a sliding block coupled in sliding relation with the external surface of the rotary drum and with a distribution duct obtained in order to insert the molten lead in the plurality of grooves. The plurality of grooves comprises circumferential notches and transverse notches that meet in respective vertices. At the vertices and within the circumferential notches, a plurality of studs are placed that are intended to shape corresponding corners of smoothed form of the grids.
US10532398B2	Enclosure having a sealing device for a casting installation An enclosure having a sealing device, for a casting installation, having a first body and a second body that is removably joined to the first body along a bearing axis, the first and second bodies together delimiting an internal chamber. The sealing device comprises: at least one compression member, at least one seal having a lateral contact face extending substantially parallel to the bearing axis; the compression member and the seal being arranged with respect to one another such that the compression member is in contact with the lateral contact face of the seal and exerts a compression force thereon that is oriented orthogonally to the bearing axis.
US10532397B2	Method and system for producing sand moulds The method for the stepwise production and advancing of sand mold parts in a mold-string foundry plant comprising a station (1) for making mold parts, a pouring station (3) and a conveyor (2) for stepwise advancing of mold parts (101-109) from said station (1) for making mold parts towards said pouring station (3), includes the step of double indexing the mold parts using a first, moveable, part (21) of the conveyor. By double indexing the mold string, the time during which pouring into the molds has to be interrupted can be reduced.
US10532386B2	Continuous-cast slab, method and apparatus of manufacturing the same, and method and apparatus of manufacturing thick steel plate A continuous-cast slab is provided where central porosity is reduced by surly crushing the slab. A method and apparatus of manufacturing the slab is also provided. The continuous-cast slab having horizontally symmetrical granular equiaxed crystals at least in the center in the thickness direction includes a first reduction dent and a second reduction dent that further dents from the bottom surface of the first reduction dent and is narrower than the first reduction dent at least on one long side surface. Such a configuration can makes it possible to achieve the continuous-cast slab of no more than 2.5×10−4 cm3/g in a maximum porosity volume while segregation is reduced.
US10532385B2	Disposal of medicaments Composition to aid in the sequestration and/or disposal of unused human or animal pharmaceutical drug or medication. The composition comprises a disposal composition material that contains a gelling or massing agent and optionally other components, and can be in the form of pellets, beads, beadlets, granules, or the like. The disposal composition material can be incorporated into a sachet or other disposal container or its cap to prevent the use of the medicament or the removal/extraction of active agent(s) from a pharmaceutical dosage form intended for disposal, to an appreciable extent and/or rate. With in the disposal agent, or fill material there may also be additional ingredients to promote mixing, sequestration or destruction of the active agent. The disposal composition is contained in a sachet and dispensed with a medicament for use when the patient has finished with the medication and there is material left over for disposal. In addition, the sachet could be made available for use with non-prescription drugs and other materials.
US10532384B2	Shutdown system for metal-air batteries and methods of use thereof This invention provides systems and methods for treating electrodes used in batteries and electrochemical cells upon battery/cell shutdown and prior to battery standby mode. Systems and methods of this invention are directed toward the use of aerosol to treat the electrode and to protect the electrode and/or the environment from undesired reactions.
US10532383B2	Method of producing three-dimensional object and removing liquid to be used in the production method Provided is a method of producing a three-dimensional object, including: a first step of placing and laminating a water-insoluble structural material and a support material each containing a water-soluble material and a fiber material to form a material layer; and a second step of bringing a portion of the shaped object including the support material into contact with a liquid containing water and a bipolar surfactant to remove the portion.
US10532380B2	Making an ore separation wheel A method of making a circular ore separation wheel, for concentration critical stategic rare earths, and preciouse metals, such as gold. The method comprising: 1) forming a base section of the circular ore separation wheel using 3D printing; 2) forming a central hole in the base section being centrally located in the circular ore separation wheel; 3) forming a plurality of teeth, using 3D printing, upon the base section, having a inner end proximate to the central hole and extending therefrom in a circularly radiating direction and having an outer end opposite the inner end with different sizes on the same length of tooth, 4) forming a plurality of micro grooves from about 4.5-0.001 mm partially along outer surfaces of the plurality of teeth extending in a direction from the inner end to the outer end of the plurality of teeth, wherein the plurality of micro grooves are formed by the 3D printing process leaving a small gap located between subsequent extruded layers at the outer surface of the plurality of teeth; and 5) forming a circumferential wall around the ore separation wheel that is proximate to the outer end of the plurality of teeth, and is proximate to the base section. And potentially manufacturing the circular ore separation wheel inside of a pre-made support section with the desired internal concave contours.
US10532377B2	Mask assembly for thin film deposition A mask assembly for thin film deposition includes: a mask frame including an opening, the mask frame disposed surrounding the opening; and a mask unit including: first masks mounted on the mask frame, the first masks extending in a first direction; a second mask disposed on the first masks, the second mask including: one open hole; and at least one foreign substance discharge hole; and a third mask disposed on the second mask, the third mask extending in a second direction and including deposition holes, wherein the second direction crosses the first direction, and wherein a substrate is disposed on the third mask.
US10532374B2	Thin film production method and organic el device production method A thin film production method according to one embodiment includes: a coating film forming step of forming a coating film by discharging a coating liquid on a support from first to M-th line heads (M is 2 or larger and N or smaller) while allowing the support to pass through N line heads once; and a drying step of obtaining a thin film by drying the coating film. A thin film forming nozzle hole 28 of the m-th line head (m is 2 or larger and M or smaller) is arranged to be positioned between adjacent thin film forming nozzle holes in an (m−1)-th thin film forming nozzle hole array Qm-1. Every time the first line head discharges the coating liquid, the m-th line head applies the coating liquid onto the support at a predetermined delay time with respect to a discharge time of the first line head. The first to M-th line heads discharge the coating liquid from the film forming nozzle hole selected in accordance with a shape of a thin film formation region onto the support.
US10532371B2	Dispensing assemblies and related methods A dispensing assembly for dispensing fluid generally includes a container having a handle located toward an upper portion of the container, and a sprayer having arms extending away from the sprayer. The arms of the sprayer define a channel configured to receive at least part of the handle of the container within the channel to thereby couple the sprayer to the container. Such a dispensing assembly can be made by forming the container with a handle located toward an upper portion of the container, and forming the sprayer with the arms such that the arms can be used to couple the sprayer to the handle of the container, where the arms extend away from the sprayer and define the channel for receiving at least part of the handle of the container into the channel.
US10532364B1	Electrostatic precipitator module and desulfurization system including the same An electrostatic precipitator module and a desulfurization system are capable of easily discharging wash water from a wet electrostatic precipitator module. The electrostatic precipitator module includes an arrangement of discharge electrodes and collecting electrodes alternately disposed and spaced apart from each other, the discharge electrodes configured to be charged to a predetermined voltage for generating a corona discharge between the discharge electrodes and the collecting electrodes; and tie rods for fixing the discharge electrodes and the collecting electrodes. Each collecting electrode has a lower edge inclined downward with respect to the ground. The lower edge of each collecting electrode includes separate lower edge portions respectively inclined downward from opposite side ends of the collecting electrode and a lowermost point at which wash water is concentrated and discharged to a discharge guide installed directly under the lowermost points. The discharge guide has a width substantially smaller than the collecting electrode.
US10532362B2	Static plant for preparing feed mixes for ruminant livestock Static plant for preparing feed mixes for ruminant livestock, having a conveyor unit for conveying the feed mix ingredients, chain and/or screw feeders, feeders with weight sensors and supplementary conveyor belt, silos of solid ingredients, and silos of liquid ingredients, independently supplying via the conveyor unit, with dual flow, two or more high-capacity mixers.
US10532354B2	Multicompartment layered and stackable microfluidic bioreactors and applications of same In certain aspects of the invention, a stackable device includes multiple elements stacked sequentially. A chamber is formed in each of the elements or between adjacent two of the elements, and each chamber is in fluid communication with an input channel and an output channel. The chambers are aligned with each other, and adjacent two chambers are separated from each other by a membrane. In certain aspects of the invention, a system includes at least one stackable device, each stackable device having multiple chambers; and at least one of a perfusion controller, a microformulator, and a microclinical analyzer in fluid communication with the at least one stackable device. In other aspects of the invention, the use of four microformulators, electrodes and an impedance analyzer can measure the impedance spectrum of each barrier in a multi-transwell plate.
US10532352B2	Sample analysis system An integrated sample analysis system is disclosed. The sample analysis system contains (1) a sample preparation/analysis module having sample purification device comprising a monolith that binds specifically to nucleic acids and a sample analysis device comprising a microarray enclosed in a reaction chamber having a hydrophilic interior surface; (2) a temperature control module comprising a thermocycler having a thermally conductive temperature-control bladder; and (3) an imaging device capable of capturing an image of the microarray in the reaction chamber.
US10532346B2	Method for producing a metal-supported catalyst and catalyst substrate The present invention relates to methods for producing metal-supported thin layer skeletal catalyst structures, to methods for producing catalyst support structures without separately applying an intermediate washcoat layer, and to novel catalyst compositions produced by these methods. Catalyst precursors may be interdiffused with the underlying metal support then activated to create catalytically active skeletal alloy surfaces. The resulting metal-anchored skeletal layers provide increased conversion per geometric area compared to conversions from other types of supported alloy catalysts of similar bulk compositions, and provide resistance to activity loss when used under severe on-stream conditions. Particular compositions of the metal-supported skeletal catalyst alloy structures can be used for conventional steam methane reforming to produce syngas from natural gas and steam, for hydrodeoxygenation of pyrolysis bio-oils, and for other metal-catalyzed reactions inter alia.
US10532341B2	Particulate water absorbing agent A particulate water absorbing agent having a polyacrylic acid (salt)-based water-absorbing resin as a main component, being surface-crosslinked and satisfying physical properties (1) to (3) below: (1) a proportion of particles with a particle diameter of not less than 150 μm and less than 850 μm is not less than 90% by weight; (2) an elastic modulus index (EMI) of particles with a particle diameter of not less than 500 μm and less than 600 μm is not less than 5500; and (3) a recovery rate defined as Rec.CRC/CRC is 1.05 to 1.20, the particulate water absorbing agent being particularly useful for absorbent articles.
US10532339B2	Compositions and methods for calcining diatomaceous earth with reduced cristobalite and/or reduced beer soluble iron A method for calcining diatomaceous earth may include adding at least one lattice interfering agent to the diatomaceous earth to form a composite material. The method may further include heating the composite material at a temperature of at least about 800° C. for at least about 15 minutes to form an at least partially calcined composite material. The at least one lattice interfering agent may include at least one cation of at least one of aluminum and titanium. A diatomaceous earth product may include the at least partially calcined composite material formed from the above-noted method for calcining diatomaceous earth. A filter aid may include the diatomaceous earth product.
US10532338B2	Shell and tube oxidation reactor with improved resistance to fouling The present disclosure relates to a single shell open interstage reactor (“SSOI”). The SSOI comprises a first reaction stage, an interstage heat exchanger, an open interstage region, and a second reaction stage. The SSOI may be configured for upflow or downflow operation. Further, the open interstage region of the SSOI may comprise a supplemental oxidant feed. When the open interstage region comprises a supplemental oxidant feed, the SSOI may further comprise a supplemental oxidant mixing assembly. Processes for producing acrylic acid through the oxidation of propylene are also disclosed.
US10532336B2	System for analysis and reuse of waste liquids A system for measurement of quantity (density) of particles/solid materials in wastewater, and dilution of particle quantity based on the intended application. Currently enabling quick and serial measurement of particle quantity in laboratory environment, this system is placed inside the desired step of the process of an industrial facility. This way, the system yields quick results and in turn reduces the analysis and evaluation costs.
US10532335B1	Hair colorant dispensing system There is disclosed a system for enabling dynamic mixture of hair colorant for individuals within a local retail establishment or salon. The system utilizes a dynamically-updatable database of hair colorant mixtures, based upon input data regarding natural hair color and current state to generate a suitable mixture. The same system and database can be used for subsequent refill orders from a remote manufacturing site. The remote manufacturing system operates in much the same way, but at a larger scale, and can be used for subsequent refill orders submitted online. Whichever system is used, the same user and colorant mixtures will be generated, and any updates or changes to the colorant mixture will appear on any system reliant upon the same database of colorant combinate instructions.
US10532328B2	Polyaniline-based chlorine resistant hydrophilic filtration membranes In one aspect, the invention relates to chlorine-resistant filtration membranes comprising n-alkyl substituted polyaniline derivatives for use in, for example, water purification, and methods for making and using same. 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.
US10532325B2	Capillary pressure re-set mechanism and applications Many hand-held diagnostics are limited in their functionality due to the challenging physics associated with small dimensional systems. An example of this is capillary forces in hydrophilic systems, such as the tight retention of liquid passing through a small pore filtration membrane, or capillary force driven microfluidics where, to keep liquid flowing the dimensions of the system become so small that the flow rates are too low to be useful, or the manufacturing of such devices becomes uneconomical. This disclosure details methods to ‘reset’ the capillary force condition to avoid the requirement of transient pressure spikes associated with the breakthrough pressure of small pore membranes, and avoid the necessity of extremely small microfluidic channels, which can be useful in applications such as filtration of whole blood to plasma using only suction pressure or passive capillary pressure.
US10532324B1	Instruments, modules, and methods for improved detection of edited sequences in live cells The present disclosure provides instruments, modules and methods for improved detection of edited cells following nucleic acid-guided nuclease genome editing. The disclosure provides improved automated instruments that perform methods—including high throughput methods—for screening cells that have been subjected to editing and identifying cells that have been properly edited.
US10532318B2	Method and system for applying superimposed time-varying frequency electromagnetic wave for marine ballast water bio-fouling control The disclosure relates to a method and system for treating ballast water and ballast water treatment systems in order for treatment effects to be carried out, such as controlling the transportation of undesirable and invasive marine organisms. In particular, the disclosure relates to methods and systems for applying a superimposed time-varying frequency electromagnetic wave comprising both AC and DC components in a pulsating manner to ballast water within a ballast water treatment system.
US10532317B2	Removal of metals from CO2 capture solvents Corrosion in a CO2 removal system is reduced or even entirely avoided by use of a metal ion chelator unit that removes metal ions, and especially iron ions from an amine solvent to a level of equal or less than 1 mg/l without substantially binding heat stable salts.
US10532313B2	Activation of a material containing alkaline-earth metal carbonate and alkaline-earth metal hydroxide for the dry scrubbing of flue gas The invention relates to a method for increasing the absorbency of a material containing alkaline-earth carbonate and alkaline-earth hydroxide with regard to sulfur oxides and/or other pollutants, in particular in flue gas, wherein the material containing alkaline-earth carbonate and alkaline-earth hydroxide is activated by heating said material to approximately 250° C. to approximately 750° C. for a time period of 1 minute to 12 hours.
US10532312B2	Exhaust gas processing system and processing method An exhaust gas processing system having excellent durability and good desulfurization and denitration efficiency is provided to efficiently recover carbon dioxide with high purity and reduced processing costs. The exhaust gas processing system has: a desulfurization unit removing sulfur oxides from the exhaust gas by the limestone-gypsum method; a denitration unit arranged downstream of the desulfurization unit to remove nitrogen oxides from the exhaust gas; a carbon dioxide recovery arranged downstream of the denitration unit to recover carbon dioxide from the exhaust gas; and an oxygen supply unit supplying to the desulfurization unit with a faction of the recovered gas from the carbon dioxide recovery unit as oxygen source. An analyzer is used to monitor the purity and recovery ratio of the carbon dioxide recovered, and the supplied ratio of recovered gas is adjusted, based on the monitored purity and recovery ratio.
US10532306B2	Frame-type air purifier with changeable imaging sheet A frame-type air purifier includes a purifier housing, a main frame and an image board. The purifier housing has a back plate and a front plate configured opposite to each other. The back plate has a wall positioner configured thereon. The front plate includes a first quick-demounting member configured thereon. The main frame has a central hollow and a second quick-demounting member configured thereon. The image board includes a baseboard and an imaging sheet configured on the baseboard, wherein the baseboard has a third quick-demounting member configured thereon. The first quick-demounting member of the purifier housing selectively assembles with the second quick-demounting member of the main frame correspondingly, or selectively assembles with the third quick-demounting member of the image board correspondingly.
US10532298B2	Method for separating solid particles from a waterbody The present disclosure relates to a method for separation of solid particles from a waterbody. Preferably, the present disclosure relates to a method, wherein a combination of chemicals including coagulant(s) and flocculant(s) are employed for said separation of solid particles, wherein suitable examples of solid particles are living organisms and non-living matter, wherein living organisms include autotrophs such as phototrophs, which are either microscopic or macroscopic in nature (algae). The disclosure thus particularly relates to method of chemical coagulation and flocculation for separating solid particles, preferably either algae or bacteria or both from a waterbody. The present disclosure also provides for an alternate method, wherein the aforesaid method of coagulation and flocculation is combined with electro-coagulation and/or pH modulation strategies for separation of said solid particles in any sequence.
US10532292B2	Thin-film treatment apparatus A thin-film treatment apparatus for treating viscous material, including a housing, having a heatable and/or coolable housing casing, which encloses a rotationally symmetric treatment chamber extending in the axial direction, an inlet port, arranged in an inlet region of the housing, for feeding the material to be treated into the treatment chamber, an outlet port, arranged in an outlet region of the housings, for discharging the material from the treatment chamber, and a coaxially extending, drivable rotor shaft, arranged in the treatment chamber, for producing a material film on the inner face of the housing casing and for conveying the material in the direction from the inlet region toward the outlet region, the rotor shaft including a central rotor shaft body and rotor blades arranged on the circumference thereof, the radially outermost end of which rotor blades is distanced from the inner face of the housing casing.
US10532285B2	Communication system, method for controlling communication system, and program In a communication system including a server and a plurality of communication terminals capable of communication with the server, based on a variety of parameters indicating the status of a space formed within a game playable by the user of each communication terminal over the communication system, the server transmits advisory information, which suggests the next action for the space, to the communication terminal. The communication terminal displays a screen including the received advisory information.
US10532280B2	Game system, and storage medium Provided is a game system that is capable of suppressing time needed to share or exchange opinions between users in a game. This game system provides a quiz game that is played by eight users simultaneously. Furthermore, in a information share phase of the quiz game, the game system gives, via a game screen for selecting a region, a selection opportunity that is shared by the eight users such that eight selected regions corresponding to the eight users are selected individually by them from three region images of an enemy character image, and provides, in there, selection status information relating to the eight selected regions. Then, in a battle phase which follows the information share phase, the game system gives, based on the selection result in the information share phase, changes corresponding to the eight selected regions to the quiz game such that user characters attack the selected regions.
US10532277B2	Hand-held controllers with light-emitting diodes synchronized to an external camera A hand-held controller for a virtual-reality system includes an antenna, a grip, a cage coupled to the grip, and a plurality of LEDs on an outer surface of the cage. Wireless signals are received from a remote camera via the antenna. The plurality of LEDs is duty-cycled, which includes turning on the plurality of LEDs at times determined using the wireless signals. The times when the plurality of LEDs is turned on correspond to times when the remote camera captures images of the hand-held controller.
US10532271B2	Data processing method for reactive augmented reality card game and reactive augmented reality card game play device, by checking collision between virtual objects The present invention relates to a data processing method for a reactive augmented reality card game and a reactive augmented reality card game play device and, more particularly, to a data processing method for a reactive augmented reality card game and a reactive augmented reality card game play device, by checking collision between virtual objects, in which preconfigured animation data is processed and reproduced by checking collision between virtual objects.
US10532268B2	Smart device An Internet of Thing (IoT) device includes a camera coupled to a processor; and a wireless transceiver coupled to the processor. Blockchain smart contracts can be used with the device to facilitate secure operation.
US10532266B2	Electronic wearable interactive sports play communication system Embodiments disclosed herein include methods and systems for communicating plays or other messages between a coach or other non-player user and a player user during a live sporting event or training session. The system includes a set of wearable devices that are worn by players during a sporting event and a computing node that can be used by the coach to select plays or actions. The plays or other actions selected by the coach can be disseminated to the set of wearable devices enabling one or more players to quickly and accurately determine the play or action to perform.
US10532265B2	System for sensor-based objective determination The present disclosure is directed to a system for sensor-based objective determination. In general, sensor data may be used to render objective determinations that were not previously possible due to the unavoidable subjectivity of human-based officiating systems. For example, at least one device may be configured to make objective determinations during the course of a sporting event. Data collection circuitry may receive data from sensor devices coupled to players, equipment, playing surfaces, etc. Data analysis circuitry may categorize the data and input the data into a model to determine if an infraction occurred. For example, categorization may involve determining a type of infraction that may have occurred based on the sensor data. The model may then be selected based on the type of infraction, the model being developed utilizing prior sensor data, rules for the sporting event, etc. Output circuitry may generate a notification based on the infraction determination.
US10532262B2	Telescoping football holder A compact device for assisting place kicking a football is disclosed, including a module connecting telescoping legs and football tip telescoping holding arm, with the legs connecting the module for pivoting the legs from a ground engaging position to a transport position beneath and parallel to the arm.
US10532256B2	Golf club head A golf club head comprises a sole, a recessed sole port in the sole; and a rotatably adjustable sole piece adapted to be at least partially received within the sole port and comprising a central body having a plurality of contact surfaces adapted to contact the sole port and being offset from each other along a central axis extending through the central body of the sole piece. The sole piece can be positioned at least partially within the sole port at five or more rotational and axial positions with respect to the central axis, wherein at each rotational position, at least one of said contact surfaces of the central body contacts the sole port to set the axial position of the sole piece. The sole port and/or the sole piece can be generally pentagonal in shape.
US10532252B2	Dimple patterns for golf balls The present invention provides a method for arranging dimples on a golf ball surface in which the dimples are arranged in a pattern derived from at least one irregular domain generated from a regular or non-regular polyhedron. The method includes choosing control points of a polyhedron, generating an irregular domain based on those control points, packing the irregular domain with dimples, and tessellating the irregular domain to cover the surface of the golf ball. The control points include the center of a polyhedral face, a vertex of the polyhedron, a midpoint or other point on an edge of the polyhedron and others. The method ensures that the symmetry of the underlying polyhedron is preserved while minimizing or eliminating great circles due to parting lines.
US10532250B2	Curvilinear golf ball dimples and methods of making same The present invention is directed to golf balls having surface textures with unique appearances and improved aerodynamic characteristics due, at least in part, to the use of curvilinear dimple plan shapes. In particular, the present invention is directed to a golf ball that includes at least a portion of its dimples having a plan shape defined by a number of convex or concave arcs that are derived from the vertices of a regular n-sided polygon, for example, an equilateral triangle or square.
US10532247B2	Exercise device An exercise device. The exercise device includes a housing having a pair of sidewalls, wherein a rear end of the pair of sidewalls has a greater height than a front end thereof, such that the housing includes an angled upper side. A belt is disposed within the housing and is connected to a motor such that the belt can rotate within the housing. A plurality of steps are affixed to the belt such that the plurality of steps extend through the angled upper side of the housing to create a staircase effect. A pair of rails extend from an upper end of each of the pair of sidewalls to form handrails for gripping purposes. An arm is pivotably connected to one of the rails such that the arm is dampened by pneumatic pressure about the pivot point.
US10532240B2	Resistance training device and method A method for use with a physical training device is provided. The device including an elastic resistance strap having first and second handles. The method includes pulling at least one of the first and second handles to generate force on a target muscle group through resistance training. The method also includes pulling the at least one of the first and second handles to generate anaerobic and aerobic muscle activity within the target muscle group through cardiovascular interval training.
US10532239B1	Apparatus for exercising An apparatus for exercising having a frame assembly defining a triangular prism shape, which has a frame top bar that has connected a first set of frame lateral bars and a second set of frame lateral bars. The frame assembly further has first and second frame base bars and first and second frame lateral base bars. First and second clamp assemblies are mounted onto the frame top bar. The apparatus for exercising further has first and second band assemblies, a strap assembly, first and second upper handle assemblies, and a board assembly, which are removable from the frame assembly. The frame assembly is used for exercising alone and/or in conjunction with the first and second band assemblies, the strap assembly, the first and second upper handle assemblies, and the board assembly.
US10532236B2	Method of fire protection for storage occupancies utilizing a plurality of pendent control mode specific application extended coverage fire protection sprinklers A fire protection method includes providing a plurality of pendent control mode specific application extended coverage fire protection sprinklers as components of a fire protection sprinkler system for a storage area defined by a storage height of at least 25 feet and a building height of at least 30 feet. Each sprinkler has a thermally responsive element, a deflector, and a K-factor of at least 25.2 gpm/(psi)1/2, and is connected to a piping network at a height greater than the storage height. When each sprinkler is activated, a fluid is supplied to the sprinkler from the piping network at a pressure of at least 30 pounds per square inch, and is delivered to a coverage area of greater than 110 and up to and including 196 square feet per sprinkler. A design operating area of the sprinkler system is up to six sprinklers or 1200 square feet.
US10532235B2	Grid mesh anchor The present invention concerns an anchor assembly for providing a secure point of attachment at a grid mesh platform. The anchor assembly comprises a housing in the form of an elongated case with a central hollow channel, generally rectangular in shape with a flat base and roof. The base includes openings in the form of access slots to provide access from the channel to the exterior of the base. The anchor assembly also comprises a suspension member located within the channel. In operation the anchor assembly spans adjacent structural members underlying the mesh grid. A coupling member in the form of a sling having an end loop is engaged by the suspension member which passes through the end loop of the sling. The sling also passes through one of the slots in the base of the elongated case. An opposite end of the sling provides an anchor point.
US10532233B2	Head simulator for testing respirators A head simulator, for testing respirators, has a head simulator body (2) with a simulated oral aperture (6) and with a simulated oral cavity (4), which is located behind the simulated oral aperture (6) in the head simulator body. A loudspeaker (8) is arranged in the simulated oral cavity (4). An audio unit (20) is connected to the loudspeaker (8) for reproducing speech via the loudspeaker (8). The head simulator includes a simulated trachea (10), which is in connection with the simulated oral cavity (4) and opens into the simulated oral aperture (6). An air delivery device (30) is provided, which can be operated to allow air to flow through the simulated trachea (10) and the simulated oral aperture (6).
US10532231B2	Hair care composition comprised of bio-modified natural surfactants and cationic molecular network Natural haircare ingredient composition and haircare compositions containing such natural haircare ingredient compositions are provided. In one novel aspect, the natural hair ingredient composition is provided which comprises candida Krusei mediated bio-modification of marine organism and plants including bio-modified natural marine surfactants, three-dimensional molecular framework, and natural mineral salts. In one embodiment, the natural surfactants are produced from natural marine organisms such as brown algae, sea kelp, sponge, brown seaweeds, and red seaweeds by candida Krusei mediated bio-modification. In another novel aspect, a haircare composition comprises about 10% of the natural haircare ingredient composition, by weight of the haircare composition. In one novel aspect, Candida Krusei bio-modification process is used. Natural polymeric compounds in the marine plants are modified during the process resulting in three-dimensional molecular framework.
US10532230B2	Methods for face and neck lifts Methods for treating skin and subcutaneous tissue with energy such as ultrasound energy are disclosed. In various embodiments, ultrasound energy is applied at a region of interest to affect tissue by cutting, ablating, micro-ablating, coagulating, or otherwise affecting the subcutaneous tissue to conduct numerous procedures that are traditionally done invasively in a non-invasive manner. Methods of lifting sagging tissue on a face and/or neck are described.
US10532228B2	Multi-color charged particle detector apparatus and method of use thereof The invention comprises a method and apparatus for using a multi-layer multi-color scintillation based detector element to image a tumor of a patient using a process of determining residual energies of positively charged particles after passing through the patient, the process comprising the steps of: (1) transmitting the positively charged particles at known energies through the patient and into a multi-layer detector element; (2) detecting first and second secondary photons, resultant from passage of the positively charged particles, respectively from a first layer of a first scintillation material and a second layer of a second scintillation material at two respective layer depths, where the first wavelength range differs from the second wavelength range; (4) determining residual energies of the positively charged particles, using output from the step of detecting; and (5) relating the residual energies to body densities to generate an image.
US10532225B2	Tumor surface dose enhancing radiotherapy apparatus using magnetic field Disclosed is a tumor surface dose enhancing radiotherapy apparatus using a magnetic field, including a radiation beam generating unit that irradiates a radiation beam towards a tumor of a patient, a magnetic field generating unit that forms a magnetic field that is parallel to the radiation beam between the radiation beam generating unit and the tumor of the patient, and a control unit that controls a surface dose of the tumor by adjusting an intensity and an effective area of the magnetic field of the magnetic field generating unit.
US10532223B2	Monochromatic X-ray imaging systems and methods According to some aspects, a carrier configured for use with a broadband x-ray source comprising an electron source and a primary target arranged to receive electrons from the electron source to produce broadband x-ray radiation in response to electrons impinging on the primary target is provided. The carrier comprising a housing configured to be removeably coupled to the broadband x-ray source and configured to accommodate a secondary target capable of producing monochromatic x-ray radiation in response to incident broadband x-ray radiation, the housing comprising a transmissive portion configured to allow broadband x-ray radiation to be transmitted to the secondary target when present, and a blocking portion configured to absorb broadband x-ray radiation.
US10532221B2	Method of noninvasive treatment of diabetic retinopathy A method for noninvasive treatment of diabetic retinopathy helps prevent and reverses diabetic retinopathy and other vascular retinopathies, such as diabetic macular edema for a patient. The method comprises administering at least 80 percent pure oxygen to a patient in an oxygen chamber or nasal cannula. The oxygen chamber includes light emitting diodes that emit a light having a wavelength between 630-700 nm wavelengths on the patient. The method also includes administering an anti-inflammatory agent; an anti-oxidant; at least one of the following: an amino acid, arginine, and citrulline; and an omega-3 fatty acids to the patient. In extreme cases of diabetic retinopathy, a cold laser therapy is also administered to the patient with a wavelength between 570 nanometers and 1000 nanometers. The combination of all the aforementioned treatment modalities and compositions that work to synergistically to achieve unexpected clinical results for prevention and reversal of diabetic retinopathy.
US10532219B2	Apparatus for treatment of wounds and skin medical conditions at a predetermined skin area of a human body An apparatus for treatment of fungal infections and/or other foot skin disorders, comprises a shoe-type housing having a substantially hollow interior forming a treatment chamber, a supporting platform disposed within the hollow chamber; so that a foot of a patient positioned within the treatment chamber is supported by the platform, so that nails are disposed at the lower level of the front part of the chamber, whereas the heel of the foot is being elevated a rear part thereof. A delivery and control assembly for the aqueous solution is provided. At least one light delivery arrangement is disposed within or in the vicinity of the treatment chamber.
US10532215B2	Implantable neurostimulator having power control and thermal regulation and methods of use Leadless, implantable microstimulators for treating chronic inflammation. These devices can include a static magnetic field detector (e.g., non-Hall effect sensors/detectors, including those based on a Wiegand effect or generating pulses at a predetermined frequency range and using a detection circuit to determine the decay rate of the pulses), to trigger an emergency shut off of the microstimulator. Also described are methods and apparatuses for regulating the temperature of an implant based applied power from a charger (e.g., voltage across the charger when unloaded and when loaded by the implant) to yield a power control loop correlated with the power drawn by the implant to determine temperature of the implant. A negotiation protocol can exchange data between the charger and the implant (e.g., type of charger, type of implant, nature of the coupling between the two, etc.) to set target power control loop parameters to estimate and regulate implant temperature.
US10532214B2	Implantable device header and method Systems and methods for implantable medical devices and headers are described. In an example, an implantable medical device includes a device container including an electronic module within the device container. A modular header core includes a header core module including at least one bore hole configured to receive a lead, an antenna attachment module coupled to the header core, and an antenna engaged with the antenna attachment module. The antenna attachment module is configured to locate the antenna in a selected position with respect to the header core module.
US10532212B2	Atrial tracking in an intracardiac ventricular pacemaker An intracardiac ventricular pacemaker is configured to detect a ventricular diastolic event from a motion signal received by a pacemaker control circuit from a motion sensor. The control circuit starts an atrial refractory period having an expiration time set based on a time of the detection of the ventricular diastolic event. The control circuit detects an atrial systolic event from the motion signal after expiration of the atrial refractory period and controls a pulse generator of the pacemaker to deliver a pacing pulse to a ventricle of a patient's heart at a first atrioventricular pacing time interval after the atrial systolic event detection.
US10532208B2	Miniature implantable neurostimulator system for sciatic nerves and their branches This application describes a miniature implantable neurostimulator system for sciatic nerves and their branches. The implanted miniature neurostimulator is implanted in the leg and stimulates these nerves for the treatment of urinary or bowel incontinence. The miniature implantable neurostimulator has a low duty cycle permitting a small size with medically-acceptable longevity. The system includes a wireless programmer and patient-activated key fob.
US10532205B2	Lead fixation accessory, lead stabilization tool, and related procedures A lead fixation accessory configured to be positioned over a skull hole and to transition between an opened state and a closed state during a lead implant procedure protects against lead migration by providing a mechanism for securing the lead in place at the skull hole while a stylet is removed from the lead. The lead fixation accessory remains in place after the implant procedure to provide chronic lead stability. A lead stabilization tool configured to access and grip a lead through a slotted cannula during the lead implant procedure also protects against lead migration by providing a mechanism for securing the lead in place at a point where the lead exits the skull hole while the slotted cannula is removed from the skull hole and peeled away from the lead.
US10532204B2	Electrical treatment of hydrocephalus A method for treating hydrocephalus is provided, including disposing midplane treatment electrodes over a superior sagittal sinus of a brain, outside and in electrical contact with a skull of a head of a subject identified as suffering from hydrocephalus, and disposing lateral treatment electrodes between 1 and 12 cm of a sagittal midplane of the skull. The subject is treated by electroosmotically driving cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) out of a ventricular system of the brain via a subarachnoid space of the brain to the superior sagittal sinus, by activating control circuitry to apply one or more treatment currents between (a) one or more of the midplane treatment electrodes and (b) one or more of the lateral treatment electrodes. Other embodiments are also described.
US10532202B2	Methods and devices for cellular activation An apparatus includes multiple first reservoirs and multiple second reservoirs joined with a substrate. Selected ones of the multiple first reservoirs include a reducing agent, and first reservoir surfaces of selected ones of the multiple first reservoirs are proximate to a first substrate surface. Selected ones of the multiple second reservoirs include an oxidizing agent, and second reservoir surfaces of selected ones of the multiple second reservoirs are proximate to the first substrate surface.
US10532201B2	Drug administration device, and manufacturing method for drug administration device A drug administration device includes a substrate having a first surface, a projection extending from the first surface, and a solid drug. One direction that intersects with the first surface is a first direction, and one direction that extends along the first surface is a second direction. A groove serving as a receiving section is formed in the projection. The groove defines a cavity recessed in the first direction toward the substrate and extends in the second direction to open to a section of the peripheral surface of the projection. The drug is received in the groove.
US10532200B2	Micropenetrator device for penetrating a biological barrier A device that may be placed on a biological barrier can be used to perforate the biological barrier for a variety of purposes such as cosmetic, scar treatment or for the delivery of active agents. A flexible substrate has a first side and a second opposing side and a plurality of micro-penetrator arrangements each comprising a head and a first and second projection, for penetrating a biological barrier, extending from the head. The first and second projection at least partially extend through the flexible substrate towards the first side. The head comprises an elongate arm for spacing apart the first and second projections. A force is applied to the second side causing flexing of the flexible substrate and pushing the projections into communication with a biological barrier.
US10532198B2	Methods for making precision applicators A method for forming an applicator comprises steps of: creating a digital geometric representation of the structure, the target structure having a flatness ratio; forming the applicator using the digital geometric representation of the target structure, the applicator having a target structure contacting surface; and disposing an active agent upon the target structure contacting surface of the applicator.
US10532196B2	Stent trimming devices and methods Devices and methods for trimming a stent to a desired length with an outer tube and an inner tube having a distal end and a diameter configured to receive a portion of the stent in excess of the desired length. The inner tube may move within the outer tube and the distal end may include an end effector configured to trim the portion from the stent while the device and stent are within a patient.
US10532195B2	Systems and methods for the conditioning of cerebrospinal fluid Systems and methods for treating biologic fluids are disclosed. Some disclosed embodiments may be used to filter cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from a human or animal subject, heat CSF to a target temperature, cool CSF to a target temperature, apply light treatment to CSF, separate cells via their dielectric properties, apply spiral and/or centrifugal separation, introduce additives to target particles, and/or apply combinations thereof. The method may include the steps of withdrawing fluid comprising CSF, treating the fluid, and returning a portion of the treated fluid to the subject. During operation of the system, various parameters may be modified, such as flow rate.
US10532194B2	Inline storage pouches for use with body fluids Inline storage pouches and systems for receiving and retaining body fluids from an animal are presented. The inline storage pouch include a flexible pouch body has an interior portion with a fluid storage material disposed within the interior portion. In addition to receiving body fluids, the inline storage pouch may fluidly couple a pressure sensing conduit between a first port and a second port using a first bypass conduit. The first port may be a patient-port interface. The second port may be a device-port interface. Multiple sensors and bypass conduits may be included and associated with a microprocessor that is configured to locate blockages or determine when the inline storage pouch is full. Another inline storage pouch has two chambers and receives and discharges fluids from a pouch connector. Other pouches, systems, and methods are presented herein.
US10532192B2	Regional anesthesia catheter with anchor Embodiments of the invention provide a system and method for accessing an internal body region using a catheter. The catheter includes a catheter body and a medication lumen positioned within the catheter body for delivering medication to the internal body region. An inflation lumen is positioned within the catheter body. A balloon is in fluid communication with the inflation lumen, and the balloon is configured to move between a collapsed position and an expanded position as fluid enters the balloon through the inflation lumen. An anchor covers at least a portion of the balloon on an outer surface of the catheter body and includes a movable section with a first retracted position and a second deployed position. Upon inflation of the balloon, the movable section of the anchor moves radially outward from the first contracted position to the second deployed position to secure the catheter in the internal body region.
US10532191B2	Catheter A catheter includes a balloon that has an inner layer and an outer layer having elastic stretching properties, having tubular shapes, and being able to be inflated and deflated in response to a change of internal pressure; and a tubular net-shaped reinforcement member that is disposed between the inner layer and the outer layer such that at least a part thereof is movable with respect to the balloon. The reinforcement member has a first sleeve, and second sleeves which respectively surround both end portions of the first sleeve in an axial direction. A maximally inflated diameter of the second sleeve is set so as to be smaller than a maximally inflated diameter of the first sleeve.
US10532188B2	Anchoring an intravenous cannula Some embodiments of a medical system include a subcutaneous anchor device that extends outwardly from side wall of an intravenous cannula so as to secure the intravenous cannula in a position relative to a skin penetration point.
US10532181B2	Wearable apparatus A wearable apparatus capable of altering a physiological parameter such as the heart rate of a user to provide a relaxing or stimulating effect on the user is provided. The apparatus comprises a device capable of engaging the patient's skin to provide a rhythmic tactile stimulus to the user that can alter the user's heart rate and an arrangement for securing the device to the user such that the device can apply the stimulus to the user. The apparatus may be part of a system enabling the device to be controlled remotely. The apparatus may also be configured to provide additional tactile stimuli.
US10532178B2	Water out alarm The present invention provides for an improved method of determining a water out condition in a humidified gases supply apparatus. The method includes a two step process including a primary determination of a water out condition and a secondary determination of a water out condition. This primary determination is made during observation of the normal operation of the apparatus. During the secondary determination the method takes temporary control over the humidifying part of the apparatus. The secondary determination confirms or contradicts the primary determination.
US10532177B2	Components for medical circuits Breathable medical circuit components and materials and methods for forming these components incorporate breathable foamed materials that are permeable to water vapor and substantially impermeable to liquid water and the bulk flow of gases. The materials and methods can be incorporated into a variety of components, including tubes, Y-connectors, catheter mounts, and patient interfaces and are suitable for use in a variety of medical circuits, including insufflation, anesthesia, and breathing circuits.
US10532171B2	Tracheostomy or endotracheal tube adapter for speech A speaking valve adapter is disclosed for assisting with speech or language expression during the respiratory recovery of a human. The speaking valve adapter including a speaking valve port, the port being orthogonal to a first interface port, the first interface port adapted to support tracheostomy or endotracheal tubing, a second interface port adapted to support at least one of a suction tubing and a bronchoscopy tubing, and a third interface port adapted to support a connection to a ventilator. The speaking valve adapter may be used by the patient for introduction of at least one of sounds and words while connected to the ventilator. A corresponding respiratory management system which implements the speaking valve adapter and configurable ventilator settings adapted for assisting with more effective speech or language expression during patient recovery or use is also disclosed.
US10532169B2	Small, low-noise side channel compressor, in particular for devices in ventilation therapy The invention relates to a small, low-noise side channel compressor for producing a defined volumetric flow, such as is needed in particular for devices for ventilation therapy. This is achieved by means of a new type of shape of the blade chambers (24) in the impeller (12) and the blade chamber walls (29), which separate the blade chambers and become thicker toward the circumference of the impeller, supported by a high-speed drive and a large number of blade chambers (24) at a small impeller diameter.
US10532164B2	Retractable needle assemblies A retractable needle assembly (1) is disclosed comprising a body portion (10); a needle (50) having a forward end (52) and being movable between an operable orientation in which the forward end projects forwardly from the body portion, and a safe orientation in which said forward end (52) is retracted into the body portion (50). The needle assembly further comprises a deflector (70) mounted in the body portion (50), which is moveable between a first position and a second position, wherein the movement of the deflector (70) between its first and second position urges the needle into its safe orientation, the deflector being biased towards the second position; a latching mechanism which holds the deflector in the first position; and an actuator (90), operable to release the latching mechanism.
US10532160B2	Pen-type drug injection device and optical dose value decoding system with additional sensor to distinguish between dose dialling and dose delivery mode An optical decoding system comprising: a first optical sensor configured to be directed at a first rotatable component of a drug delivery device; a second optical sensor configured to be directed at a second rotatable component of a drug delivery device; and a processor configured to: receive signals from the first optical sensor, wherein the signals from the first optical sensor represent encoded dosage values present on the first rotatable component; receive signals from the second optical sensor, wherein the signals from the second optical sensor represent whether the second rotatable component is rotating or not; and to determine from the received signals whether the drug delivery device is in a drug dose dialling mode or a drug dose delivery mode.
US10532157B2	Ampule autoinjector systems and methods An autoinjector is described that includes an outer body, a first trigger, an output needle, and a first compartment. The first compartment is positioned within the outer body and includes (i) a main body, (ii) a first biasing member coupled to the first trigger, and (iii) a protrusion positioned at a distal end of the main body. The autoinjector further includes a second compartment positioned in the outer body and in fluid communication with the first compartment and the output needle. The autoinjector also includes a second biasing member coupled to a second trigger. The first biasing member is configured to, upon application of force to the first trigger, automatically move an ampule in a distal direction relative to the main body to force the ampule against the protrusion, so as to break the ampule and allow a medicament to flow from the ampule to the second compartment.
US10532151B2	Medication infusion device A wearable infusion device for delivering medication into body of a user, the infusion device comprising a medication container containing a volume of medication to be dispensed; an infusion needle that is fully enclosed in a sterile environment until the infusion needle is inserted into underlying tissue; an infusion needle insertion mechanism associated with the infusion needle, powered by one or more mechanical springs, that when activated, inserts the infusion needle through the skin into underlying tissue; means for delivering medication out of the medication container and into underlying tissue via the infusion needle; and a housing associated with the medication container, the infusion needle, the infusion needle insertion mechanism and the means for delivering medication.
US10532147B2	Method of flushing an extracorporeal blood circuit The invention relates to a method of flushing an extracorporeal blood circuit, preferably an extracorporeal blood circuit of a dialysis machine, with a flushing liquid, wherein the flushing liquid contains an anticoagulant agent, preferably heparin. The invention further relates to an extracorporeal blood treatment unit, preferably to a dialysis machine, having an extracorporeal blood circuit and a control unit, wherein the control unit is configured to carry out a flushing method in accordance with one of the preceding claims before the start of the treatment and/or intermittently during the treatment.
US10532144B2	Method for removing fluid from a blood filter after completing a blood treatment session by means of flow increase and treatment device for carrying out said method The present invention relates to a method for removing fluid from a blood filter (19) for the blood treatment of a patient and/or for removing blood from the flood filter (19) after completing the blood treatment session. It further relates to a control and/or regulating device (29), a medical treatment apparatus having a control and/or regulating device (29) with which the method according to the present invention is executable, a digital storage medium, a computer program product as well as a computer program.
US10532143B2	Installation member and peristaltic pump An installation member and a peristaltic pump are provided that allow work of attachment and work of detachment of a flexible tube to be peristaltic to and from a stator to be performed more easily and smoothly. An installation member that is to be detachably attached to a peristaltic pump including: a stator including an attachment recessed portion, in which a flexible tube to be peristaltic, is attached; a rotor that is rotatably driven in the attachment recessed portion; and a roller that causes the fluid to flow by imparting peristaltic motion to the flexible tube to be peristaltic attached to the attachment recessed portion in a longitudinal direction in association with rotation of the rotor while compressing the flexible tube to be peristaltic in a radial direction. The installation member including: a main body that is attachable to a predetermined portion of the stator, and that is formed integrally with a downstream-side fixing portion of the flexible tube to be peristaltic; and a notch portion that allows an upstream-side fixing portion of the flexible tube to be peristaltic to be positioned.
US10532142B2	Sorbent cartridge to measure solute concentrations A sorbent based monitoring system for measuring the solute concentration of at least one component of a fluid. The system has a sorbent regeneration system for regeneration of the fluid and has a sorbent cartridge that has at least one material layer. The fluid is conveyed through the sorbent cartridge and contacts at least one sensor after having contacted at least one material layer.
US10532136B2	Noise-suppressing, suction probe apparatus and method A suction tool having a hollow handle and a probe extending from the handle near one end of the handle to define a lumen in fluid communication with the hollow handle and a fitting, formed to extend near the other end of the handle and shaped to receive a vacuum source drawing fluids through the probe, handle, and fitting. The handle also includes an aperture extending at an acute angle with respect to the axis of the handle.
US10532135B2	Drainage system with O-ring A drainage system according to certain aspects of the present disclosure may include a container having an interior and a mouth, where the mouth has an outer surface and an opening. The drainage system may further include a frangible seal covering the opening and a cap, where the cap is secured to the mouth and is in fluid communication with a drainage line, and where the cap has an inner surface configured to engage with the outer surface of the mouth. An O-ring may be located at least partially between the outer surface of the mouth and the inner surface of the cap to form a fluid seal between a space defined by the cap and the space located externally of the drainage system.
US10532133B2	Hydrophilic coating for intravascular devices The present disclosure relates to a coating for medical devices. The lubricious coating includes a primer layer and a top coating layer as well as methods of making and using the same. The primer layer includes a reaction cured product of a multifunctional acrylate and an acid functionalized monoacrylate. The top coating layer includes a reaction cured product of a mixture that includes a hydrophilic polymer comprising polyvinylpyrrolidone, an acid functionalized monoacrylate, and a hydrophilic monomer. The lubricious coating may be coated onto medical devices to form a sensing guide wire, an ultrasound imaging device, and an intravascular imaging device. Associated devices and methods are also provided.
US10532130B2	Soft tissue mimetics and thermoplastic elastomer hydrogels Provided herein is a soft tissue mimetic formed from a block copolymer hydrogel and methods of making such. The hydrogel comprises a glass formed from a dry blend of polystyrene-poly(ethylene oxide) diblock copolymer (SO) and polystyrene-poly(ethylene oxide)-polystyrene triblock copolymer (SOS) in a molar ratio from between 95:5 and 1:99 SO/SOS and a liquid medium at a concentration between about 32:1 and about 2:1 liquid medium/SO-SOS by weight. The soft tissue mimetic has a fatigue resistance to at least 500,000 compression cycles.
US10532127B2	Methods to produce perforated collagen coated surgical meshes Methods to produce perforated collagen coated meshes for use as implants have been developed. The method involves positioning needles through the pores of the mesh, coating the mesh with a collagen solution, freezing the coated mesh, removing the needles from the frozen coated mesh, drying the collagen coated mesh, and optionally cross-linking the coated mesh. The method allows perforated collagen coated meshes to be prepared with variable thickness, and without damage to the surface of the mesh. The perforations of the collagen coated meshes may be designed to prevent the formation of fluid pockets when the coated meshes are implanted, and to permit rapid incorporation into host tissue. The perforated collagen coated meshes may be used for soft tissue repair, regeneration or remodeling including, for example, hernia repair, mastopexy, treatment of urinary incontinence, pelvic floor reconstruction, and ligament and tendon repair.
US10532120B2	Scent dispenser with illuminating arrangement A scent dispenser includes a main body, a liquid tank unit, a diffusing member for diffusing the liquid from the main body, a control module supported in the main body, an audio speaker unit provided in the main body and electrically connected to the control module, and an illuminating arrangement. The illuminating arrangement includes a supporting frame supported by the main body, and a plurality of illuminating units embedded in the supporting frame and electrically connected to the control module, the illuminating units and the audio speaker unit being driven by the control module to deliver an optimal mix of lighting and sound effect respectively while the liquid is diffused and dispensed from the main body.
US10532111B2	Recombinant adeno-associated virus capsids resistant to pre-existing human neutralizing antibodies The present invention relates to variant AAV capsid polypeptides, wherein the variant capsid polypeptides exhibit an enhanced neutralization profile, increased transduction and/or tropism in human liver tissue or hepatocyte cells (i.e., human hepatocyte cells), or both, as compared non-variant parent capsid polypeptides.
US10532110B2	AAV vectors targeted to the central nervous system The invention relates to chimeric AAV capsids targeted to the central nervous system, virus vectors comprising the same, and methods of using the vectors to target the central nervous system. The invention further relates to chimeric AAV capsids targeted to oligodendrocytes, virus vectors comprising the same, and methods of using the vectors to target oligodendrocytes.
US10532102B2	Pharmaceutical composition and methods of uses The present invention provides compositions or formulations comprising the combination of a compound of 5-[3-(4-benzyloxyphenylthio)-fur-2-yl]-imidazolidin-2,4-dione or a salt thereof or hydrate of the foregoing, and a cyclodextrin; or in further combination with an excipient comprising L-Arginine or other additives, wherein the compositions or formulations increases water solubility and oral bioavailability of 5-[3-(4-benzyloxyphenylthio)-fur-2-yl]-imidazolidin-2,4-dione and its related compounds. The method of making or using the compositions or formulations is also disclosed. Such compositions or formulations may be used in treatment of certain diseases including asthma through inhibition of matrix metalloproteinase-12.
US10532095B2	Viral vectors and their use in therapeutic methods The invention provides viral vectors (e.g., herpes viral vectors) and methods of using these vectors to treat disease.
US10532093B2	Thermostable freeze dried rotavirus vaccine formulation and process to prepare thereof The present invention relates to a thermostable freeze dried rotavirus vaccine formulation and the process of preparing the same. More specifically the present invention discloses multivalent thermostable liquid, powder or cake based rotavirus vaccine formulation prepared using the freeze drying process, such that the said vaccine formulation possess improved heat-stability, easy to use and transport and highly affordable thereby meeting the requirements of developing and low income country's vaccination program. The said freeze dried rotavirus vaccine formulation along with reconstitution buffer is so engineered to be suitable for filling in appropriate packaging containers/ closures so designed such that they reduce the logistics requirement for storage.
US10532089B2	Iterative discovery of neoepitopes and adaptive immunotherapy and methods therefor Contemplated cancer treatments comprise recursive analysis of patient-, cancer-, and location-specific neoepitopes from various biopsy sites of a patient after treatment or between successive rounds of immunotherapy and/or chemotherapy to inform further immunotherapy. Recursive analysis preferably includes various neoepitope attributes to so identify treatment relevant neoepitopes.
US10532088B2	Adoptive cellular therapy using an agonist of retinoic acid receptor-related orphan receptor gamma and related therapeutic methods The invention relates to medical therapy using an agonist of the retinoic acid receptor-related orphan receptor gamma (RORγ) and provides adoptive cellular therapies using an agonist of RORγ, populations of lymphocyte cells that have been exposed to an agonist of RORγ, populations of dendritic cells that have been exposed to an agonist of RORγ, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods for enhancing therapeutic effects of lymphocyte cells and/or dendritic cells in a patient by administering an agonist of RORγ to a patient.
US10532081B2	Method of ameliorating or preventing the worsening or the progression of symptoms of BPH The embodiments include methods of ameliorating or preventing the worsening or progression and/or ameliorating or preventing the worsening or lack of improvement of symptoms of BPH in mammals, using compositions containing compounds based on small peptides and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The method includes, but is not limited to, administering the compounds intramuscularly, orally, intravenously, intraprostatically, intrathecally, intratumorally, intranasally, topically, transdermally, etc., either alone or conjugated to a carrier to a mammal in need thereof.
US10532070B2	Antiviral composition and applications of iron-doped apatite nanoparticles Iron-doped apatite nanoparticles (IDANPs) are useful for the prevention, treatment, or alleviation of signs or symptoms associated with viral activation or infection. IDANPs have demonstrated a significant influence over herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) infection of two mammalian cell lines. Specifically, IDANPs decreased HSV-1 infection of African Green Monkey kidney epithelial (Vero) cells by 84% and HSV-1 infection of human lung bronchus (BEAS-2B) cells by 71%. IDANPs consist of hydroxyapatite (HA) doped with iron. HA is a mineral known to be biocompatible and analogous to the inorganic constituent of mammalian bone and teeth and has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for many applications in medicine and dentistry. Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) and XTT (2,3-Bis 2-methoxy-4-nitro-5-sulfophenyl-2H-tetrazolium-5-carboxanilide inner salt) cytotoxicity assays revealed that IDANPs are largely non-toxic to Vero, BEAS-2B, and human cervical cancer (HeLa) cells lines. HSV-1 afflicted individuals in the United States have been estimated as high as ⅔ the population. Because IDANPs dramatically decrease HSV-1 infection and are largely non-toxic, their application as an antiviral agent is evident. Further, although iron(III) alone has been shown to diminish replication of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)- and ribonucleic acid (RNA)-containing viruses, IDANP cytotoxicity studies indicate that encasement and delivery of iron within an apatite unit cell structure diminishes significantly, and in some cases eliminates, cytotoxicity posed by the introduction of iron(III) alone.
US10532069B2	Compositions and methods for treating joints Compositions and methods are disclosed for the treatment of osteoarthritis. The compositions comprising combinations of hyaluronic acid, glucosamine, and chondroitin sulfate, can be useful for any synovial joint, including the knee, shoulder, hip, ankle, hands, spinal facet, or temporomandibular joint, both for the relief of pain and for slowing disease progression.
US10532068B2	Dual molecular delivery of oligonucleotides and peptide containing conjugates Disclosed herein is a method for inhibiting expression of a gene of a subject comprising administering (1) a composition comprising R-(L)a-(G)b; wherein R is an oligonucleotide selected from the group consisting of DNA, RNA, siRNA, and microRNA; L is a linker and each occurrence of L is independently selected from Table 3; G is a targeting ligand and each occurrence of G is independently selected from Table 4; each of a and b is independently 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4; and (2) a composition comprising (P)c-(L)d-(G)e; wherein P is a peptide and each occurrence of P is independently selected from Table 2; L is a linker and each occurrence of L is independently selected from Table 3; G is a targeting ligand and each occurrence of G is independently selected from Table 4; d is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6; and each of c and e is independently 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6. Compositions in (1) and (2) can be co-administered or sequentially administered.
US10532064B2	Biophosphonate compounds and gamma delta T cell-mediated therapy for treating epstein-barr virus-associated disorders Aminobisphosphonate pamidronate (PAM) can control Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) associated disorders in humanized mice through a Vγ9Vδ2-T-cell dependent mechanism. This suggests a strong potential for a therapeutic approach using PAM to boost human Vγ9Vδ2-T-cell immunity against EBV associated disorders, such as the lymphoproliferative disease (LPD), posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PLPD), Hodgkin's disease, Burkitt's lymphoma, and nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC).
US10532063B2	Method for making bismuth containing liquid pharmaceutical suspensions A method of producing a liquid pharmaceutical suspension by mixing magnesium aluminum silicate, gellan gum, bismuth subsalicylate, and methyl cellulose.
US10532061B2	Farnesoid X receptor modulators The present invention provides a compound of formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, or amino acid conjugate thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 are as described herein. The present invention relates generally to selective FXR agonists and to methods of making and using them.
US10532056B2	Therapeutic compositions, combinations, and methods of use This invention relates to methods comprising administering a FAK inhibitor and an immunotherapeutic agent such as anti-PD-1 or anti-PD-L1; that are useful in the treatment of abnormal cell growth, such as cancer, in mammals, especially humans.
US10532050B2	Formulations of oxabicycloheptanes and oxabicycloheptenes The invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) inhibitor and monosodium glutamate.
US10532048B2	Tetrahydroisoquinolin-1-one derivative or salt thereof To provide a pharmaceutical, in particular a compound which can be used as a therapeutic agent for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). It was found that a tetrahydroisoquinolin-1-one derivative having an amide group at the 4-position or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof has an excellent bombesin 2 (BB2) receptor antagonistic action. It is also found that the tetrahydroisoquinolin-1-one derivative is highly effective on bowel movement disorders. From the above, the tetrahydroisoquinolin-1-one derivative of the present invention is useful as a therapeutic agent for diseases associated with a BB2 receptor, in particular IBS.
US10532047B2	Solid forms of ((S)-5-((1-(6-chloro-2-oxo-1,2-dihydroquinolin-3-yl)ethyl)amino)-1-methyl-6-oxo-1,6-dihydropyridine-2-carbonitrile The present disclosure reports solid forms of ((S)-5-((1-(6-chloro-2-oxo-1,2-dihydroquinolin-3-yl)ethyl)amino)-1-methyl-6-oxo-1,6-dihydropyridine-2-carbonitrile.
US10532041B2	Formulation comprising glycopyrrolate, method and apparatus A method is disclosed for making a pharmaceutical composition for pulmonary administration comprising co-jet milling glycopyrrolate and magnesium stearate, wherein the co-jet milled glycopyrrolate and magnesium stearate is then subjected to a conditioning step which includes exposure of the co-jet milled glycopyrrolate and magnesium stearate to humidity. A composition made by this method is also disclosed.
US10532040B2	Methods of treating cancer with herbacetin The invention provides methods, uses and compounds for treating cancers. For example, certain embodiments provide a method for treating cancer in a mammal comprising administering to the mammal an effective amount of 3,5,7,8,4′-Pentahydroxyflavone, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Certain other embodiments of the invention provide methods for inactivating ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) in a cell comprising contacting the cell in vitro or in vivo with an effective amount of 3,5,7,8,4′-Pentahydroxyflavone, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The invention also provides a dermal product comprising 3,5,7,8,4′-Pentahydroxyflavone, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the product prophylactically or therapeutically treats sunburn or other sun exposure and/or skin cancer in a mammal.
US10532038B2	Beta-3 adrenoceptor agonists for the treatment of pulmonary hypertension The invention relates to the use of selective agonists of beta-3 adrenergic receptors for the treatment and/or prevention of pulmonary hypertension.
US10532037B2	Oral combination drug formulation comprising a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug and a complementary low dose of tranexamic acid for the treatment of menstrual pain accompanied with excessive menstrual blood loss A method for relieving menstrual pain and reducing menstrual blood loss in a female is provided. The method comprises administering to the female an oral combination drug formulation comprising a first therapeutically effective dose of a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) and a second complementary low dose of tranexamic acid, wherein the NSAID is formulated to relieve the menstrual pain and to reduce a volume of menstrual blood loss of the female, wherein the dose of tranexamic acid ranges from 50 mg to 425 mg per oral combination drug formulation.
US10532036B2	Combination composition A combination pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of pain including about 125 mg to about 150 mg ibuprofen and about 475 mg to about 500 mg paracetamol.
US10532035B2	Methods for improvement of visual function and compositions used therein Methods herein are described for improvement in visual function by administering macular carotenoid compositions containing an effective daily dose, to a subject in need thereof. More particularly, methods herein are described and include use of the compositions herein by identifying a subject in need thereof, administering a daily dose of lutein and/or zeaxanthin isomers, comprised of meso-zeaxanthin and R,R zeaxanthin, alone or in combination thereof, the composition also including at least one food grade excipient, and evaluating visual performance. The subject is exposed to light of variable wavelengths and intensity and is suffering from visual fatigue. The composition improves contrast sensitivity, glare performance, photo stress recovery, and/or macular pigment optical density, and thus alleviates visual fatigue. The composition is safe for human and other animals for consumption and can be used for improvement in visual health in the subject, when administered in an effective amount.
US10532034B2	Inhibition of glutaminase C The present invention relates to a method of reducing the production of glutamate from glutamine by glutaminase C in a cell or tissue. The method involves inhibiting glutaminase C activity in the cell or tissue under conditions effective to reduce production of glutamate from glutamine. Compounds for carrying out this method are also disclosed and include those of formula (III): wherein B, R1c, R2c, m, and n are defined herein.
US10532033B2	Microreservoir system based on polysiloxanes and ambiphilic solvents The invention relates to a transdermal therapeutic system on the basis of polysiloxane which contains microreservoirs filled with an active substance and one ambiphilic solvent.
US10532032B2	Rolled collagen carrier The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a rolled compressed collagen carrier and a process for un-rolling said rolled compressed collagen carrier. Said rolled compressed collagen carrier is ready for use in minimally invasive surgery. The invention also relates to a rolled compressed collagen carrier for use in the prevention or treatment of injury associated with performing minimally invasive surgery.
US10532031B2	Controlled release dosage form with enhanced pharmacokinetics The present invention provides a simple and improved dosage form that is capable of providing a controlled release of GABAB receptor agonist contained in the core thereof. The invention also provides methods of administering the dosage form and of treating conditions that are therapeutically responsive to GABAB receptor agonist.
US10532023B2	Camellia japonica extract and cosmetic compositions containing same Disclosed is a Japanese camellia extract, obtained by extracting Camellia japonica flowers by way of a fatty substance or fatty substance mixture, and to a cosmetic composition including one such extract that has, in particular, a skin-moisturizing effect.
US10532015B2	Oral care compositions An oral care composition comprising zinc phosphate, stannous fluoride, arginine or lysine and an organic acid buffer system, as well as methods of using the same.
US10532012B2	Core shell silica and methods for the same Methods for preparing high loading core shell silica (CSS) particles, or CSS particles having a relatively greater amount of surface active silicate groups than CSS particles prepared according to conventional methods is provided. The method may include contacting silica particles with a base having a first metal ion to produce core shell silica particles. Each of the core shell silica particles may include a silica core and a silicate of the first metal ion etched on a surface of the silica core. The method may also include contacting each of the core shell silica particles having the silicate of the first metal ion with an acidic aqueous solution including a metal salt having a second metal ion to produce core shell silica particles including the silica core and a silicate of the second metal ion on the surface of the silica core.
US10532004B2	Synchronization of repetitive therapeutic interventions A medical device of the type used for assisting a user in manually delivering repetitive therapy to a patient (e.g., chest compressions or ventilations in cardiac resuscitation), the device comprising a feedback device configured to generate feedback cues to assist the user in timing the delivery of the repetitive therapy, at least one sensor or circuit element configured to detect actual delivery times, at which the user actually delivers the repetitive therapy, and a processor, memory, and associated circuitry configured to compare the actual delivery times to information representative of desired delivery times to determine cue times at which the feedback cues are generated by the feedback device.
US10531999B2	Device for massaging a user A device for massaging a user having an elongate body and one or more ribs extending therefrom, the one or more ribs forming an undulation, whereby urging the one or more ribs against a body of the user and rolling the elongate body there along massages the user.
US10531998B2	Patient positioning support structure with trunk translator A patient support structure includes a pair of independently height-adjustable supports, each connected to a patient support. The supports may be independently raised, lowered, rolled or tilted about a longitudinal axis, laterally shifted and angled upwardly or downwardly. Position sensors are provided to sense all of the foregoing movements. The sensors communicate data to a computer for coordinated adjustment and maintenance of the inboard ends of the patient supports in an approximated position during such movements. A longitudinal translator provides for compensation in the length of the structure when the supports are angled upwardly or downwardly. A patient trunk translator provides coordinated translational movement of the patient's upper body along the respective patient support in a caudad or cephalad direction as the patient supports are angled upwardly or downwardly for maintaining proper spinal biomechanics and avoiding undue spinal traction or compression.
US10531996B2	Supporting surface with programmable supports and method to reduce pressure on selected areas of a body A system and method to reduce pressure on selected areas on a body include an array of programmable supports and at least one sensor to detect a physical property of the body. Each programmable support of the array of programmable supports includes an adjustable member and a mechanism to adjust the length of the adjustable member based on the detected physical property of the body.
US10531995B2	Patient support plate including accessory part The invention provides a patient supporting plate (2) consisting of at least one first and one second patient supporting components (3, 4) and an accessory part (7). The first or the second patient supporting component (3, 4) is provided with a hinge (5) having a swivel axis (6). The hinge (5) has a drive element (11) for swiveling the patient supporting components (3, 4), as well as at least one coupling element (8) for coupling the first patient supporting component to the second patient supporting component (3, 4). The drive element (11) and the coupling element (8) are arranged juxtaposed in the direction of the swivel axis (6) and can be fastened to one another by means of at least one first detachable fastening element (17). The accessory part (7) can be fastened to the coupling element (8) by means of the first detachable fastening element (17) or a second detachable fastening element (24), by providing a first through opening (14) running in the direction of the swivel axis (6) in the drive element (11) and a second through opening (15) in the coupling element (8) for the first or second fastening element (17, 24) and also an aligned receptacle (16) in the accessory part (7), so that the fastening element (17, 24) can be inserted into the first opening (14) from the drive element (11) side located opposite the coupling element (8) and connected to the accessory part (7).
US10531992B2	Absorbent article having a one-piece chassis and integral side portions An absorbent article which has a one-piece chassis and integral side portions. The one-piece chassis can be a bi-laminate material and can have a liquid permeable layer and a liquid impermeable layer bonded together. The side portions can be integrally formed from the one-piece chassis.
US10531990B2	Absorbent article with 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. 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, and the leg gasketing system further including a leg gasketing system pocket with an opening on an inboard longitudinal edge of the leg gasketing system pocket. The disposable absorbent article also includes at least one channel in the absorbent core.
US10531989B2	Method for fabricating absorbent articles The present invention relates to a method for fabricating absorbent article having multiple layers, and deformed zones of targeted performance, and colored regions, the method comprising the steps of forming discrete features on at least one layer, printing colored regions on at least one layer, integrating multiple layers to form an absorbent assembly, and cutting the absorbent assembly into individual absorbent articles, wherein the steps are carried out continuously.
US10531981B2	Device for non-surgical cold treatment of disorders A device for non-surgical cold treatment of disorders, like warts includes a container containing a refrigerant having an outlet and a valve communicating with the outlet. An applicator is mounted to the container, said applicator having an outer wall and forming a chamber at least when connected to the container, a heat exchanger within the chamber in fluid communication with the outlet of the container and receiving refrigerant when the valve of the container is opened. A closed contact member is in heat exchange contact with the heat exchanger and is exposed to an outer side of the applicator. The heat exchanger includes a porous member made of a material having a high thermal conductivity and adapted to conduct fluid refrigerant from the outlet of the container to the chamber while the refrigerant extracts heat from the heat exchanger and the contact member.
US10531980B2	Portable electronic moxibustion therapy device Disclosed is a portable electronic moxibustion therapy device which can be conveniently carried after being charged by a user to provide the effects of conventional moxibustion treatment anywhere and anytime, and which can maximize the effects of moxibustion treatment by directly applying heat stimulation while being near but not in direct contact with an acupuncture point to be treated and simultaneously providing an indirect thermal effect continuously to the surrounding area and the area around the acupuncture point to be treated. The portable electronic moxibustion therapy device according to the present invention comprises: an upper main body including a battery and a control circuit unit provided therein, and separate the skin from the bottom end of the funnel portion.
US10531978B2	System for the production of a medical product, as well as method for operation of such a system A system for the production of a medical product, above all in the form of an ostomy bag, as well as a method for operation of such a system, uses a highly flexible modular system concept, in which individual feed lines for semi-finished products are provided. The feed lines can transfer semi-finished products to a main line in pre-assembled manner. In the main line, ultimate processing of the semi-finished products to produce the finished product or a further semi-finished product takes place, with the greatest possible work precision, in contrast to conventional systems that guide different film systems in different planes at a distance from one another, to allow pre-processing steps, before bringing the films together in one plane and welded to one another.
US10531973B2	Apparatus for treating and supporting extremities or a portion of a body A support device comprising at least one skeleton structure and at least two coupling articles, wherein each of the two coupling articles are connected to an end section of the skeleton structure, such that the support device includes at least four degrees of freedom.
US10531967B2	Walking assistance apparatus and operation method of the same A walking assistance apparatus may include a driver configured to assist movements of a first joint related to a right leg of a user and a second joint related to a left leg of the user, a sensor configured to measure a first joint angle corresponding to the first joint and a second joint angle corresponding to the second joint, and a controller configured to generate a walking assist profile based on a previous step of the user, modify the walking assist profile based on the first joint angle and the second joint angle, and control the driver based on the modified walking assist profile.
US10531961B2	Anchoring device and system for an intervertebral implant, intervertebral implant and implantation instrument Anchoring devices, anchoring systems for intervertebral implants, intervertebral implants, and instruments and methods for implanting implants are disclosed. In preferred configurations, these various objects share the feature of comprising or cooperating with an anchoring device having a body comprising at least one curved plate elongated along a longitudinal axis, designed to be inserted through a passage crossing at least a part of implant, in order to penetrate into at least one vertebral endplate and attach implant onto this vertebral endplate by means of at least one stop retaining the implant, characterized in that the body comprises at least one longitudinal rib on at least a part of at least one of its faces, said rib being designed to cooperate with a groove made in passage of implant. In some preferred configurations, anchoring device comprises withdrawal stops or latches, and/or means for withdrawing the anchor from an inserted position.
US10531957B2	Modified demineralized cortical bone fibers Surgical implants (or grafts) for the repair of bone defects, more particularly, surgical implants that include demineralized bone fibers, are disclosed. The surgical implants have a wettability time of less than 5 minutes and a residual moisture content of less than 6% by weight, and they remain cohesive and retain their shape upon complete rehydration. Methods for making such implants and for increasing their wettability and ensuring uniform density are also disclosed.
US10531953B2	Stent-valve, delivery apparatus and method of use A delivery apparatus for delivering a stent-valve for implantation within the body, the delivery apparatus configured for introduction into the body through an arterial introducer of a type having a stem insertable into the body and a mouth section that remains outside the body, the mouth section including a haemostasis valve, and wherein the delivery apparatus comprises: a first constraining sheath at a stent-valve accommodation region of the apparatus at a distal end of the apparatus, and configured for constraining at least a portion of a stent-valve at the accommodation region in a radially collapsed configuration; a delivery introducer captive on the delivery apparatus, and slidable between a first position surrounding at least a portion of the stent-valve accommodation region, and a second position in which the delivery introducer slides proximally of the stent-valve accommodation region; wherein the delivery introducer is insertable at least partly into the mouth of a said arterial introducer, the delivery introducer configured for introducing the stent-accommodation region through the haemostasis valve.
US10531951B2	Transcatheter prosthetic heart valve and delivery system A prosthetic heart valve for an endoprosthesis used in the treatment of a stenotic heart valve and/or a heart valve insufficiency. The prosthetic heart valve comprises a plurality of leaflets (3,4,5) which are able to switch between their open and close position in response to the blood flow through the heart. The leaflets are attached into a collapsible wire valve frame involving a stent part (1) and a wire mesh part (2) that complement each other in many ways. The prosthetic valve comprises additional elements (6) for its correct positioning and stabilization.
US10531950B2	Intraocular lens having an extended depth of focus An intraocular lens, comprising an optic having an anterior surface and a posterior surface, providing a refractive base power, at least one of the anterior surface and the posterior surface having disposed thereon a profile comprising steps having heights determined by combining three constituent diffractive profiles. The diffractive profiles correspond to powers p1, p2 and p3, the powers being different than one another and each power being a positive power less than about 1D or about 1.25D. Each of the diffractive profiles having step heights causing a phase delay, relative to aqueous fluid, of 0.6 to 1.2 times 2π for 546 nm light. The combined profile defined by the function: z=max (diffractive profile (p1), diffractive profile (p2), diffractive profile (p3)), where p3>p2>p1.
US10531946B2	Devices and methods for assisting valve function, replacing venous valves, and predicting valve treatment success Devices and methods for assisting valve function, replacing venous valves, and predicting valve treatment successes. In an exemplary embodiment of an endograft body configured for expansion within a luminal organ, the endograft body comprises (a) a first portion having a proximal end defining a proximal end aperture and a distal end defining a distal end aperture, the first portion configured to increase a velocity of fluid flowing therethrough, (b) a second portion having a second portion proximal end defining a second portion proximal end aperture and a second portion distal end defining a second portion distal end aperture, wherein the distal end of the first portion is adjacent to the second portion proximal end, and (c) a valve portion positioned at or near the second portion proximal end, the valve portion configured to receive the fluid flowing through the distal end aperture of the first portion.
US10531945B2	Methods and devices for minimally invasive transcatheter coronary artery bypass grafting Systems and methods for performing transcatheter coronary artery bypass grafting procedures are provided. The methods generally involve passing the graft from the aorta to the coronary artery through the pericardial space. The systems include poke-out wires, a coring device, and devices for forming anastomoses at the proximal and distal ends of a vascular graft.
US10531944B2	System for controlling an implantable device on the basis of commands issued by a user The invention relates to a system for controlling a device implanted in a human or animal body on the basis of voluntary commands issued by a user without the use of any external peripheral. The user issues a voluntary command to the implanted device by applying a specific and predetermined code, consisting of at least one mechanical action and of at least one additional piece of information. Each mechanical action and each additional piece of information are measured by at least one sensor. The output signal(s) of the sensor(s) are processed and used to validate the predetermined code by means of the identification of at least one mechanical action executed by the user and combined with at least one piece of additional information, and the comparison thereof with a corresponding reference model. The invention further relates to a method for detecting an actuation control of an implantable device.
US10531935B2	Orthodontic archwire An orthodontic archwire is configured to be inserted into an archwire slot of an orthodontic bracket and is configured to be elastically compressed in a plane that is generally parallel to the plane of the arch form of the archwire. The archwire may include a first exterior surface, a second exterior surface spaced from the first exterior surface, and a resilient element disposed between the first and second exterior surfaces, wherein the resilient element is elastically deformable such that a distance between the first and second exterior surfaces may be decreased upon application of a compressive force on the archwire.
US10531933B2	Illuminated telescoping cannula An illumination system includes a surgical tool and an attachable cannula comprising a transparent or semi-transparent material capable of carrying light from the proximal end to the distal end of the cannula, thereby illuminating the surgical field through components that do not occupy space that may otherwise be used for optics of the tool. The illumination system further comprises one or more illumination sources disposed at the proximal end. The illumination source may be optically coupled with the cannula at the hub or other appropriate location. The cannula comprises a sterilizable polymer which functions as a waveguide. A waveguide is a material medium that confines and guides light. When in use, the light source connected to the hub provides light which may be guided to the distal end of the cannula or any other suitable location. Thus, the sheath provides structure-guided illumination resulting in the illumination of the surgical site.
US10531930B2	Robotic system A robot system comprises a base (2), a robot arm (1) connected to the base, a camera (10), at least one objective lens in the camera (10) being movable with the robot arm (1), and a screen (16). A control unit (15) is configured to detect a change in the distance between an object (21) detected by the camera (10) and the objective lens, and to vary the zoom factor of a zoom function of the camera (10) according to the change in distance.
US10531928B2	Drive mechanisms for robot arms A robot arm comprising a joint mechanism for articulating one limb of the arm relative to another limb of the arm about two non-parallel rotation axes, the mechanism comprising: an intermediate carrier attached to a first one of the limbs by a first revolute joint having a first rotation axis and to a second one of the limbs by a second revolute joint having a second rotation axis; a first drive gear disposed about the first rotation axis, the first drive gear being fast with the carrier; a second drive gear disposed about the second rotation axis, the second drive gear being fast with the second one of the limbs; a first drive shaft for driving the first drive gear to rotate about the first rotation axis, the first drive shaft extending along the first one of the limbs and having a first shaft gear thereon, the first shaft gear being arranged to engage the first drive gear; a second drive shaft for driving the second drive gear to rotate about the second rotation axis, the second drive shaft extending along the first one of the limbs on a first side of a plane containing the second rotation axis and extending through that plane to the second side of that plane; and an intermediate linkage that meshes with the second drive shaft on the second side of the plane and that couples the second shaft gear to the second drive gear.
US10531923B2	Method and system for image processing to determine blood flow Embodiments include a system for determining cardiovascular information for a patient. The system may include at least one computer system configured to receive patient-specific data regarding a geometry of the patient's heart, and create a three-dimensional model representing at least a portion of the patient's heart based on the patient-specific data. The at least one computer system may be further configured to create a physics-based model relating to a blood flow characteristic of the patient's heart and determine a fractional flow reserve within the patient's heart based on the three-dimensional model and the physics-based model.
US10531919B2	Device and method for the treatment of the vaginal canal and relevant equipment A device and method for the treatment of the vaginal canal by a laser beam, includes a vaginal canal wall retractor, associated to a system for directing the laser beam towards a wall of the vaginal canal.
US10531916B2	Microwave-irradiating instrument Microwave-irradiating surgical instruments for endoscopic forceps or scope-assisted surgery forceps that have long lead wires often generate heat even during microwave transmission and a water supply device for cooling is necessary. Accordingly, conventional surgical instruments that irradiated energy such as microwaves had a separate passage for passing water (a water supply device) inside the forceps or endoscope. Due to the space occupied by said water supply device, the image cable or work hole diameter could not be enlarged. Moreover, the presence of the water supply device made surgery difficult. The present invention was completed by the discovery that a microwave-irradiating instrument wherein the central conductor is hollow and forms a channel and said channel is used as a water supply tube, etc. solves the above problems without affecting microwave irradiation efficiency.
US10531908B2	Method for heat treating biological tissues using pulsed energy sources A method for heat treating biological tissues includes providing a pulsed energy source having energy parameters selected so as to raise a target temperature to a level to achieve a therapeutic effect, while the average temperature rise of the tissue over a prolonged period of time is maintained at or below a predetermined level so as not to permanently damage the target tissue. Application of the pulsed energy source to the target tissue induces a heat shock response and stimulates heat shock protein activation in the target tissue so as to therapeutically treat the target tissue.
US10531906B2	Medical vapor generator A medical vapor system and method is provided. The medical vapor system can include a fluid conduit having an inlet, an outlet and a heating section, the inlet being adapted and configured to be connected to a source of liquid water, a resistance heater disposed and configured to generate heat and conduct the heat to the heating section of the fluid conduit to vaporize liquid water flowing through the heating section, a power supply operatively connected to the heater, and a controller adapted to control production of water vapor by the system. Methods of use are also provided.
US10531903B2	Orthopedic break-off screws, tools for inserting such screws, and related systems and methods A system for inserting an anchor member into bone includes a receiving member and an anchor member receivable within the receiving member. The receiving member is elongate along a longitudinal axis and has a proximal end and a distal end spaced from the proximal end along the longitudinal axis. The receiving member has an internal surface that defines a transmission element. The anchor member includes an engagement element configured to rotatably engage the transmission element such that the transmission element is configured to drive the anchor member in a distal direction relative to the transmission element so as to rotatably decouple the engagement element from the transmission element. The distal direction extends from the proximal end to the distal end of the receiving member and is parallel with the longitudinal axis.
US10531892B2	Surgical needle The disclosure provides examples of a surgical needle for entering a joint space through tissue, such as the hip joint. The surgical needle includes a stylet movable within a hollow body. The hollow body has at one end, a tip of a bevel for cutting tissue and at another end, a feedback member providing a surgeon with tactile feedback. The stylet has at one end, a resistance reducing member that when positioned a preset distance from the bevel reduces the resistance of the surgical needle through tissue. At the other end of the stylet is a stylet hub. In some examples of the surgical needle, the stylet hub includes a proximal stop, stylet locking member and/or locking member. The surgical needle advantageously provides tactile feedback, reduces resistance, and minimizes or prevents damage to delicate structures.
US10531891B2	Tissue slitting methods and systems Methods and systems for separating an object, such as a lead, from formed tissue are provided. Specifically, a tissue slitting device is configured to engage patient formed tissue at a slitting engagement point. While the object is subjected to a first traction force, the tissue slitting device is caused to move further into the engaged tissue and slit the tissue past the point of engagement. The slitting device causes the tissue to separate along an axial direction of the length of the formed tissue and releases at least some of the force containing the object. The methods and systems are well suited for use in cardiac pacing or defibrillator lead explant procedures.
US10531889B2	Scissor mounted blood spray shield A releasably attached surgical scissor spray shield is mounted immediately proximate to the scissor blade. The shield controls the spray at the source thus shielding not only the user, but all personnel in the vicinity when an umbilical cord or the like is cut. The mounting mechanisms for the shield releasably, yet securely attaches the spray shield to the scissors so the shield remains immediately proximate to the scissor blades and umbilical cord yet does not restrict the opening of the scissor shear blades. The shield is mounted in close proximity to the cutting operation of the scissors to thereby deflect blood spray immediately adjacent to the source of the spray. The shield does not restrict the operational movement of the scissor blades and arms during the cutting operation.
US10531888B2	Methods for efficiently reducing the appearance of cellulite A dermatological skin treatment device is provided. The device comprises a handpiece and a cutting tool, wherein the tool is inserted through the conduit and percutaneously inserted into a tissue disposed within a recessed area of the handpiece. The device and method cut the fibrous structures under the skin that cause cellulite at an angle substantially parallel to the surface of the skin and replace these structures with a non-cellulite forming structure by deploying a highly fibrous mesh through a single needle hole to create a highly fibrous layer directly or through wound healing processes.
US10531887B2	Powered surgical instrument including speed display A surgical instrument comprising an end effector configured to grasp tissue. The end effector comprises at least one sensor configured to measure a parameter corresponding to a thickness of the grasped tissue. The surgical instrument further includes a firing member movable during a firing stroke to cause a motion at the end effector and a motor configured to drive the firing member. A feedback indicator or display is configured to display the speed of the firing member according to one of a plurality of zones of speed, such as the relative speed of the firing member.
US10531883B1	Aspiration thrombectomy system and methods for thrombus removal with aspiration catheter A thrombectomy removal system includes a catheter having a distal end and defining a lumen filled with a liquid column having a proximal portion and a distal portion, a vacuum source, a vent liquid source, and a vacuum and vent control system configured to cyclically connect or disconnect the vacuum source and the vent liquid source to change a level of vacuum at the distal end and substantially prevent forward flow. The vacuum source and the vent source are respectively fluidically connected to the vacuum and vent valves. A manifold connects the proximal portion to the vacuum and vent sources through the valves. Control of the valves prevents forward flow of the distal portion out from the distal end during each cycle. Each cycle can have states including vacuum-only, first double-closed, vent-only, and second double-closed. A time of the double-closed states can be no greater than 30 ms.
US10531881B2	Target apparatus for aligning a surgical drilling instrument A target apparatus for aligning a surgical drilling instrument that includes a pointer mechanism for arranging at a location on a bone where a drilled hole that is to be formed is intended to emerge, a guide mechanism for guiding the surgical drilling instrument, and an adjustable connection mechanism with a first end, which is connected to the guide mechanism, and a second end, which is connected to the pointer mechanism. The adjustable connection mechanism comprises a first component, a second component and a locking mechanism. The second component is movable relative to the first component along a predetermined path. The first component is elastically deformable by the locking mechanism such that the second component can be locked relative to the first component by clamping.
US10531877B2	Interlocking loop coupling/decoupling system for deploying vascular implant devices In a system and method for deployment of an implant device, the implant device includes a first loop at its proximal end, and a deployment tool has a second loop attached at its distal end. A release wire slidably disposed within the deployment tool has a distal end extending through the first and second loops to releasably couple the implant device to the deployment tool, and a proximal portion extending from a proximal end of the deployment tool, which is held in a retraction device. The retraction device is operable to hold the proximal end of the deployment tool and to pull the release wire proximally through the deployment tool until the distal end of the release wire is withdrawn from the first and second loops to decouple the implant device from the deployment tool.
US10531876B2	Systems and methods for delivering intravascular implants Systems and methods are provided for delivering and mechanically detaching embolic coils. The systems disclosed herein comprise a mechanical detachment mechanism to intravascularly release an embolic coil. The methods disclosed herein comprise a various triggering mechanisms to detach embolic coils.
US10531868B2	Apparatus and methods for accessing and closing multiple penetrations on a blood vessel Multiple vascular wall penetrations are formed and sealed in a single blood vessel, typically a vein, for performing cardiac and other catheter-based procedures. Access sheaths are placed in two or more tissue tracts each having a vascular wall penetration at a distal end and into a lumen of the blood vessel. A catheter is advanced though each of the access sheaths to perform a therapeutic or diagnostic procedure. A vascular closure device is introduced through each access sheath, typically sequentially, and an occlusion element at a distal end of the device is deployed against an inner wall of the blood vessel in a manner so that the adjacent access sheath does not interfere or overlap with the deployed occlusion element. The vascular penetration at the distal end in that tissue tract may then be sealed prior to using another vascular closure device to seal a caudally adjacent vascular wall penetration.
US10531867B2	Sinus venosus atrial septal defect treatment device The sinus venosus atrial septal defect (“ASD”) treatment device includes has a generally tubular or funnel shaped configuration. A first end of the device can have a diameter that is less than a diameter of a second end of the device. The device can be inserted in the right upper right pulmonary vein PV. The second end of the device is configured to expand in a skirt-like configuration once the device is positioned in the right upper right pulmonary vein PV. In this manner, the device closes the upper sinus venosus hole and diverts anomalous pulmonary venous drainage into the left atrium.
US10531866B2	Techniques for providing a replacement valve and transseptal communication A method is provided, comprising: (1) making a transapical puncture into a left ventricle of the heart; (2) making a transseptal fenestration in the heart; (3) delivering a prosthetic valve via the transapical puncture and implanting the prosthetic valve at a mitral valve of the heart; and (4) subsequently to delivering the prosthetic valve and making the transseptal fenestration, closing the transapical puncture. Other embodiments are also described.
US10531863B2	Quick disconnect assembly and method of use A quick disconnect assembly including a tubular housing. The housing includes a cam pin secured to the housing and a nut positioned within the housing cannulation. The nut has a first threaded channel adapted to engage a threaded shaft, a second, non-threaded channel extending at an angle to the first channel, and an arcuate groove formed on an outer surface of the nut. When the cam pin of the housing engages the groove at about a distal end of the nut, the nut is positioned in a loading position where the second channel extends approximately parallel to the longitudinal axis of the housing. When the cam pin engages the groove at about a proximal end of the nut, the nut is positioned in a locking position where the first channel extends approximately parallel to the longitudinal axis of the housing.
US10531858B2	Methods and systems for guiding the acquisition of ultrasound images A method of presenting a suggested path for an ultrasound probe along a patient's surface includes obtaining a three-dimensional, non-ultrasound image of the patient and an ultrasound image of the patient. A treatment area is defined within the within the three-dimensional, non-ultrasound image, and using the images, defining a scanning site contour of an anatomical structure of interest within the patient and an external contour of the patient's surface. A preferred path of the ultrasound scan is projected onto the external contour such that an operator can reproduce the ultrasound scan without knowledge of the anatomical structure of interest.
US10531853B2	Medical imaging apparatus program installable in medical imaging apparatus and medical imaging method A medical imaging apparatus includes a cardiac lumen region identifying unit, a myocardium identifying unit, and a generating unit. The cardiac lumen region identifying unit is configured to identify a cardiac lumen region from a medical image including a heart region. The myocardium identifying unit is configured to identify a face of a myocardium region obtained by extending a face of the cardiac lumen region, identified by the cardiac lumen region identifying unit, by a certain distance toward a myocardium side. The generating unit is configured to generate a color-coded image in which the face of the myocardium region, identified by the myocardium identifying unit, is colored in colors according to signal values of the medical image corresponding to positions on the face of the myocardium region.
US10531851B2	Dual energy x-ray coronary calcium grading Methods and apparatus for grading coronary calcium, including an example apparatus that includes a set of logics and a memory that stores a set of radiographic images. The set of logics includes an image acquisition logic that acquires a set of radiographic images of a region of tissue, the set of radiographic images including a low-energy reference x-ray image and a higher-energy floating x-ray image, a registration logic that produces a set of registered images from a plurality of members of the set of radiographic images, an enhancement logic that produces a set of calcium-enhanced images from the set of registered images, a post-enhancement logic that produces a bone image from the set of calcium-enhanced images, and a grading logic that computes a coronary heart disease prediction score based, at least in part, on the bone image and a set of features extracted from the bone image.
US10531847B2	X-ray detector and X-ray imaging apparatus having the same Disclosed is an X-ray detector having impact resistance and an X-ray imaging apparatus having the X-ray detector. The X-ray imaging apparatus comprises an X-ray source for generating and irradiating X-rays and an X-ray detector for detecting the X-rays irradiated from the X-ray source. The X-ray detector comprises a main body having a bottom plate including a joining groove, a detector panel arranged inside the main body for converting X-rays irradiated from the X-ray source into electric signals, and a middle block arranged inside the main body to support the detector panel. The middle block has a boss configured to protrude toward the bottom plate of the main body. The boss is inserted into the joining groove. A buffer member is arranged in at least part of the joining groove to prevent the boss from coming into contact with the joining groove.
US10531845B2	Systems and methods for image correction in an X-ray device A method for image correction in a mobile X-ray device includes obtaining an X-ray image corresponding to a region of interest, where the X-ray image includes a projection of the region of interest by an X-ray beam on a detector plane. The method further includes receiving a tilt parameter corresponding to the detector plane. Moreover, the method includes generating a corrected X-ray image based on the X-ray image and the tilt parameter using a perspective projection technique, where the corrected X-ray image corresponds to a projection of the region of interest on a corrected detector plane.
US10531843B2	Couch device, X-ray CT apparatus, and medical image diagnostic apparatus A couch device according to an embodiment includes a couchtop, shape control members, and driving circuitry. The couchtop includes a movable base couchtop and a transformable couchtop mounted above the movable base couchtop and capable of bending a part thereof from a flat shape. The shape control members control the shape of the transformable couchtop. The driving circuitry moves the couchtop to an opening of a gantry device that collects data for taking medical images. The transformable couchtop includes divided couchtops, and transformation support members for fixing the transformable couchtop to the movable base couchtop are fitted to divided sections. Each of the shape control members adjusts a position of a specific transformation support member so that an installation location thereof is a fixed point of the movable base couchtop.
US10531839B2	System and method of marking cardiac time intervals from the heart valve signals A system for marking cardiac time intervals from heart valve signals includes a non-invasive sensor unit for capturing electrical signals and composite vibration objects, a memory containing computer instructions, and one or more processors coupled to the memory. The one or more processors causes the one or more processors to perform operations including separating a plurality of individual heart vibration events into heart valve signals from the composite vibration objects, and marking cardiac time interval from the heart valve signals by detecting individual heartbeats and processing cumulative energy within the individual heartbeat to set a threshold to set a marking point.
US10531832B2	Systems, apparatus, and methods for detection and monitoring of chronic sleep disorders An apparatus for monitoring a sleep parameter of a user includes an adhesive pad configured to conform to a surface of the user and a flexible element coupled to the adhesive pad. The flexible element includes a conductive fabric, and exhibits a modified electrical property in response to an applied force. The apparatus also includes a power source electrically coupled to the flexible element, and an electrical circuit electrically coupled to the power source and the flexible conductive element. The electrical circuit is configured to detect, during use, a change in an electrical property of the flexible element.
US10531831B2	Non-rigid wearable devices Systems, devices, and methods are provided for a non-rigid wearable device comprising electrical circuitry and a support structure supporting the electrical circuitry. The support structure having rigid sections that rigidly support components of the electrical circuitry to protect components and/or solder joints from stress due to deflection and having non-rigid or flexible sections where there are no solder connections present on the electrical circuitry and/or where there are interconnecting traces present on the electrical circuitry that can tolerate stress due to deflection.
US10531825B2	Thresholding methods for lesion segmentation in dermoscopy images Systems and methods facilitate segmenting a dermoscopy image of a lesion to facilitate classification of the lesion. A dermoscopy image is received from an image source; pre-processed; and segmented. Segmenting the pre-processed dermoscopy image includes applying a thresholding algorithm to the dermoscopy image. The thresholding algorithm includes at least one of a Huang auto-thresholding algorithm, a Li auto-thresholding algorithm, a Shanbhag auto-thresholding algorithm, an Otsu auto-thresholding algorithm, or an Isodata thresholding algorithm. A weighted border error metric is provided to allow prediction of whether segmentation is likely to avoid excluding portions of the lesion. A test is provided for determination of whether image inversion is needed for the methods to provide optimal borders. An iterative expansion algorithm is provided to for determine whether expansion is needed for the methods to provide optimal borders and to determine the degree of expansion needed for more inclusive segmentation.
US10531815B2	User-steered on-the-fly path planning A method, system, and program product are provided for user-steered, on-the fly path planning in an image-guided endoscopic procedure, comprising: presenting, on a display, a 2D sectional image showing a region of interest from a preoperative CT scan; defining a control point on the 2D sectional image within a patient's body lumen responsive to a first user input; centering the control point; adjusting a viewing angle about the control point to show a longitudinal section of the body lumen responsive to a second user input; identifying a second point on a planned path within the body lumen responsive to a third user input; extending a planned path connecting the control point and the second point; redefining the second point as a new control point; and repeating the presenting adjusting, identifying, extending, and the redefining steps until the planned path reaches a procedure starting point within the patient's body.
US10531810B2	Detection of atrial fibrillation causes This document provides devices and methods for the treatment of heart conditions. For example, this document provides devices and methods for detecting heart rotors such that effectively targeted cardiac fibrillation treatments can be provided.
US10531805B2	Biophysical sensing systems and methods using non-contact electric field detectors Aspects are generally directed to systems and methods that integrate contactless electric field detectors to measure biophysical signals generated by a body. In one example, a biophysical sensing system includes a sensing assembly including an array of contactless electric field detectors, each of the contactless electric field detectors being configured to sense a corresponding component of an electric field generated by a body, a control system to receive sensor data indicative of the components of the electric field sensed by each of the contactless electric field detectors, the control system being configured to generate an estimate of the electric field based on the sensor data, and a feedback system coupled to at least the control system, the feedback system including at least one feedback interface, the feedback system being configured to operate the feedback interface to provide feedback based on the estimate of the electric field.
US10531802B2	Vital sign monitoring apparatuses and methods of using same A system for vital sign measuring of a patient, comprising: a first sensor removably attachable with a first body portion of the patient and configured to measure, when in operable position, a vital sign of the patient; at least one additional sensor removably attachable with a second body portion of the patient and configured to measure, when in operable position, a vital sign of the patient; and a processor configured to provide data descriptive of a level of correspondence between measurements of the vital signs provided by the first sensor and the at least one additional sensor.
US10531799B2	Intravenous access device detecting intravenous infiltration and in-vein placement Aspects of the invention relates to systems and methods for monitoring an intravenous (IV) line functionality of an IV device. In one embodiment, the system includes an IV catheter to be inserted into the vein of the living subject, at least one pressure sensor in fluid communication with the IV catheter to acquire peripheral venous signals; and a processing device. The processing device receives the peripheral venous signals from the pressure sensor, performs a spectral analysis on the peripheral venous signals to obtain a peripheral venous pressure frequency spectrum, and then performs a statistical analysis on amplitudes of peaks of the peripheral venous pressure frequency spectrum to determine an IV line functionality of the IV catheter in real time. When the IV line functionality indicates IV infiltration, the processing device may control the fluid controlling device to stop the fluid flow from the fluid source to the IV catheter.
US10531796B2	Method and system for wirelessly and passively measuring temperature and devices forming the system The present disclosure provides a method and a system for wirelessly and passively measuring temperature and devices forming the system. The method includes: receiving an energy feedback radio frequency (RF) signal by a temperature measuring end; converting the energy feedback RF signal into electric energy and storing the electric energy; and starting the temperature measuring end after obtaining the electric energy, and transmitting a RF signal under the current temperature to a terminal, and calculating the current temperature through the terminal. The method, the system and the devices forming the system provided in the present disclosure are capable of activating the crystal oscillator or the ceramic oscillator wirelessly and passively, therefore, the method, the system and the devices can be used to wirelessly and passively measure temperature, which is convenient.
US10531794B1	Photorefractive flash device and system The current invention is a Photorefractive Flash Device and System. It is a device that can be clipped to any portable computing device to illuminate the pupil in a way, that allows a proper pupillary reflex. On the backside of the device is a photoreceptor, on the frontside—facing the persons eyes are LEDs, centered around an opening where the lens of the camera looks through. A smartphone-app triggers the flashlight of the camera. The photoreceptor of the device senses this flash and triggers the six LEDs to flash sequentially within 200 milliseconds. 200 milliseconds is the time, the pupil needs to react. By staying under this 200 milliseconds, it can achieve high-quality pictures of the pupillary reflection, before the pupil contracts.
US10531792B2	Intubation device An intubation device for use in an endotracheal intubation procedure, the intubation device including: a laryngoscope blade having a tip and a base; a handle attached to the base of the blade for allowing the intubation device to be held in a hand of a user; a channel for receiving an endotracheal tube, the channel including a blade channel portion extending along the blade substantially from the tip to the base and including an outlet proximate to the tip for allowing a distal end of the endotracheal tube to be advanced from the outlet and a handle channel portion extending partially along the handle from the blade channel portion; and a tube movement mechanism in the handle for moving the endotracheal tube through the channel to thereby advance the endotracheal tube, the tube movement mechanism including a thumb interface for allowing the user to operate the tube movement mechanism using a thumb of the hand that is holding the intubation device, to thereby allow the user to hold the intubation device and advance the endotracheal tube in an endotracheal intubation procedure using a single hand.
US10531789B2	Light-source device A light-source device includes: two long-wavelength light sources that emit red long-wavelength light beams (LWLs); a broadband light source that emits a green broadband light beam (BL); and a multiplexing portion that multiplexes a wavelength region greater than a first predetermined wavelength λ1 of one of the LWLs having a longer peak wavelength and a wavelength region equal to or less than λ1 of the other LWL having a shorter peak wavelength, and that multiplexes a wavelength region greater than a second predetermined wavelength λ2 of the other LWL and a wavelength region equal to or less than λ2 of the BL, wherein intensities of the LWLs at λ1 are equal to or greater than 10% of the peak intensities thereof and intensities of the other LWL and the BL at λ2 are equal to or greater than 10% of the peak intensities thereof.
US10531786B2	In vivo capsule device with electrodes A capsule endoscopic device with movement control is disclosed. The capsule endoscopic device comprises a capsule housing, one or more electrodes disposed fixedly through the capsule housing, a signal generation/signal driver unit, an interface circuit and a switch module. The electrodes apply electrical stimulus to living body tissue in a patient's gastrointestinal track. The signal generation/signal driver unit generates the electrical stimulus for the electrodes. The switch module is coupled to the electrodes, the signal generation/signal driver unit and the interface circuit. Furthermore, the switch module is configured to connect the electrodes to the signal generation/signal driver unit or the interface circuit depending on an operation mode. The switch module, the signal generation/signal driver unit and the interface circuit are inside the capsule housing.
US10531783B1	Movable cutlery basket A dishwasher rack includes a frame and a support rail disposed along sides of the frame. A plurality of cutlery baskets are coupled to the rail. Each cutlery basket is movable from a respective first location on the rail to a respective second location on the rail. The cutlery baskets may be removable to enable a user to adjust a ratio of cutlery storage area to crockery storage area as desired. Also, the cutlery baskets may be arranged to revolve along a perimeter of the rack so that a user can load empty baskets at the same location.
US10531781B2	Dishwasher with discretely directable tubular spray elements A method and dishwasher utilize one or more tubular spray elements that are both rotatable about longitudinal axes thereof and discretely directable by one or more tubular spray element drives between a plurality of rotational positions about the longitudinal axes thereof. Thus, through the provision of discretely directable tubular spray elements, fluid such as wash fluid and/or pressurized air may be focused in a wash tub, in many cases providing more efficient resource usage in the dishwasher.
US10531778B2	Vacuum cleaner A vacuum cleaner includes a cleaner body; a suction unit connected with the cleaner body, sucking dust and air, guiding the sucked dust and air to the cleaner body, and having a handle; a moving unit including a wheel and a motor for driving the wheel to automatically move the cleaner body; and a clutch unit connecting the motor and the wheel or releasing the connection of the motor and the wheel according to an operational state of the cleaner body. The clutch unit includes a sun gear connected with the motor, a ring gear connected with the wheel, a plurality of fixed planetary gears disposed to be spaced apart each other between the sun gear and the ring gear, and a moving planetary gear which may transmit a rotational force transmitted to the sun gear to one gear of the plurality of fixed planetary gears.
US10531773B2	Hand-held vacuum cleaner A hand-held vacuum cleaner (100) is provides, including a housing (1) and a floor brush (200), the housing (1) is provided with an air inlet (111) and an air blowing vent (121), the air blowing vent (121) is disposed adjacent to the air inlet (111); the floor brush (200) is provided with a floor brush inlet (201), a floor brush outlet (203) and a floor brush opening (202), the floor brush inlet (201) is in communication with the air blowing vent (121), the floor brush outlet (203) is in communication with the air inlet (111), the floor brush opening (202) is located at a side of the floor brush (200) away from the housing (1), and an airflow blowing from the air blowing vent (121) first flows to the floor brush opening (202) through the floor brush inlet (201), and then flows to the air inlet (111) through the floor brush outlet (203).
US10531768B1	Food chopper A food chopper having a handle, a first side cutting blade, a second side cutting blade and a central cutting blade. The first side cutting blade is attached to the handle. The second side cutting blade is attached to the handle in a spaced-apart relationship with respect to the first side cutting blade. The central cutting blade is operably attached to the handle intermediate the first side cutting blade and the second side cutting blade for movement between an extended configuration and a retracted configuration. The central cutting blade is biased to the extended configuration. At least one of the first side cutting blade and the second side cutting blade is curved.
US10531765B2	Kamado style cooker A cast iron kamado style cooker includes a cast iron frustoconical pot and a semi-spherical cast iron lid. Both the lid and the pot are configured with integrally-formed circumferential band surrounding areas of each that comprise the greatest diameter and are pivotally connected to each other so that the lid may be rotated away from the pot. The cooker also includes a lift assist mechanism operative to impart a force to contribute to raising the cast iron lid.
US10531764B2	Insulated serving dish An insulated serving dish. The insulated serving dish includes a housing having an interior volume and a container disposed within the housing interior volume such that a channel is formed between the housing sidewalls and container sidewalls. The container receives ice therein for maintaining food at a cold temperature during serving. A support tray is removably received by the container volume above the ice stored therein. A plurality of food trays are then supported by the support tray, such that the interior volume of the food tray is positioned within the interior volume of the container. A lid that selectively encloses the container volume has a lower edge that occupies that channel between the container sidewall and housing sidewalls. The lid may be pivotally affixed to the housing and container such that it may be rotated between a closed position and an open position.
US10531755B1	Drink holder mounting structure for attaching to various tubular objects A clamp body includes a first clamping member and a clamping seat that are integrally formed together, a pivot hole formed in the clamping seat, and a second clamping member pivotally connected to the pivot hole. Also included are an elongated through hole formed in the first clamping member, a circular arc wall extending from the elongated through hole and gradually shallowing from a depth, a position-limiting axle between inside wall surfaces of the second clamping member, a tightness adjusting assembly including a rounded-head pushing rod, and a rotation assembly for coupling the clamp body and the holder. As such, the clamp body that has one arm to fix and one arm to move could improve stability of clamping. The arrangement of the elongated through hole and the circular arc wall gradually shallowing from a depth is used to reduce a size of the tightness adjusting assembly projecting to outside.
US10531754B2	Modified folding disposable coffee cup sleeve A disposable insulator for a cup having a sleeve including an insulating material to provide thermal insulation to the exterior of the cup, the sleeve having at least one finger pad made of the insulating material having a bottom edge, the finger pad being separable from the remainder of the sleeve and moveable from a first position to a second position, in the first position, the bottom edge of the finger pad being proximate to the bottom edge of the sleeve, and, in the second position the finger pad being foldable relative to the sleeve with the bottom edge of the finger pad positionable proximate to the top edge of the sleeve.
US10531752B2	Method for attachment of decorative pieces to glassware especially wineglasses A method of producing a wine glass (W) to which a decorative piece (J) is mounted and permanently held in place. The method includes first selecting a decorative piece from a plurality of decorative pieces, then cleaning a portion of the glass to which the decorative piece is to be attached. Next, a glue is applied to a backside of the decorative piece, the backside being fitted against an outer surface of the glassware, and the glue including a resin sensitive to ultraviolet (UV) light. Finally, the wine glass and decorative piece are radiated with an ultraviolet light having a defined wavelength for a predetermined period of time for the light to cure the resin and permanently affix the decorative piece to the wine glass.
US10531751B2	Intelligent picture frame, and method for switching an image acquistion device therein Embodiments of the disclosure disclose an intelligent picture frame, and a method for switching an image acquisition device in the intelligent picture frame. In this solution, there are a plurality of presentation states of the intelligent picture frame, where a plurality of image acquisition devices for finding a view in the respective presentation states are arranged on frame edges of the intelligent picture frame. An image acquisition device for finding a view is arranged separately on a frame edge of the intelligent picture frame in each presentation state, and when the intelligent picture frame in use transitions to whichever presentation state, switching can be made to the corresponding image acquisition device, so that there is a dedicated image acquisition device to find a view for the intelligent picture frame in whichever presentation state.
US10531747B1	Movement limiting system for baby walkers Movement limiting system for a walker that limits movement of the walker includes an elongate, adjustable length armature having first and second opposite end regions and a coupler that couples the first end region of the armature to the walker. When the second end region of the armature is coupled to an object, the walker is limited in its movement relative to the object by the armature. The second end region of the armature includes attachment structure that couples the armature to the object. The armature preferably includes multiple sections that telescope relative to one another to provide the armature with its adjustable length.
US10531743B2	Active chair with posture feedback An active chair system incorporates a tilt sensor to detect and measure the tilt of the seat above a pivot point and displays data about that tilt to the user to enable posture corrections to address subtle posture issues that a user might not otherwise recognize.
US10531742B2	Versatile, portable foldable chair A portable, folding chair. Two front leg supports are pivotally connected to a seat frame and extend downward from the seat frame. Two rear leg supports are also pivotally connected to the seat frame. A majority of the length of each rear leg support is positioned above the seat frame. Two individually adjustable front legs extend downward from the front leg supports and two individually adjustable rear legs extend downward from the rear leg support. A front foldable leg brace is connected between the two front leg supports and a rear foldable leg brace is connected between the two rear leg supports. In preferred embodiments, the chair may be utilized in a variety of seating arrangements, such as: bleacher seating, concrete stadium seating, slope seating, flat surface seating and uneven surface seating.
US10531734B1	Mobile tray for use with a bed or chair The mobile tray for a bed or a chair is adapted for use with a furniture item selected from the group consisting of a bed or a chair. The mobile tray for a bed or a chair mounts on a wheeled base. The mobile tray for a bed or a chair is a table that mounts on a vertically telescopic stanchion such that the vertical span of the table from a supporting surface is adjustable. The table pivots for storage. The support of the mobile tray for a bed or a chair is designed to fit underneath the furniture item while the table is accessible from the item of furniture.
US10531733B1	Adjustable clamp having movable follower An adjustable clamp includes a carrier member to be supported on a table plate, a fastener is rotatably engaged in a compartment of the carrier member, a follower is slidably engaged in the carrier member and includes a screw hole for engaging with the fastener, and an anchoring element includes an upper limb for engaging with the follower, and a middle limb arranged between the upper limb and a lower limb for allowing the table plate to be engaged between the upper limb and the lower limb, and for allowing the lower limb to be forced to engage with the table plate when the follower is moved relative to the carrier member with the fastener.
US10531730B2	Utility cart portable plans table A portable plans table configured to be used with a utility cart. The table top can be a non-fold table top, a mono-fold table top, or bi-fold table top that is large enough to support building plans, blueprints and the like. Each table top comprises leg members. The leg members can be panel leg members, a rotatable leg assembly, separate legs, or tubular folding legs. The embodiments of the plans table comprise various combinations of the different table tops and leg members. Each plans table embodiment can easily fold and be carried from one site to another.
US10531729B1	Brush head for a personal grooming device A removable brush head for a personal groom device, the removable brush head having a stationary portion, wherein the stationary portion is annular and includes a plurality of outwardly-extending brush bristles. The removable brush head also includes a movable portion positioned within the stationary portion, wherein the movable portion is configured to at least partially rotate relative to the stationary portion, and further wherein the movable portion includes a plurality of outwardly-extending brush bristles. Additionally, the removable brush head includes a locking collar, wherein the locking collar is slidably couplable to the stationary portion so as to axially retain the movable portion within the stationary portion while allowing the movable portion to at least partially rotate relative to the stationary portion.
US10531727B2	Methods of manufacturing a hair brush and hair brushes made therefrom There is provided a method of manufacture of a hair brush. The method has the steps, in the sequence of, i) forming a base layer in the form of a mesh by way of a first molding step, the base layer defining an upper surface and a lower surface opposite the upper surface, made of a first material selected from a group consisting of polypropylene (PP), nylon, polyoxymethylene (POM) and thermoplastic elastomer (TPE), and including a plurality of recesses with apertures at the upper surface, ii) forming a substrate layer for supporting bristles of the hair brush by a second molding step of overmoulding a finishing layer over the base layer, the finishing layer made of a second material; iii) installing the bristles to the substrate layer at the recesses through the apertures; and iv) assembling the substrate layer installed with the bristles to a casing of the hair brush.
US10531723B2	Portable electronic device retaining system A portable electronic device retaining system is provided. The portable electronic device retaining system embodies a tray-holder assembly for securing the electronic device and a jacket-case adapted to operatively associate with the tray-holder assembly for easy transport and storage thereof. The tray-holder assembly provides side handles and bottom feet for stably securing the tray-holder assembly by hand and on a supporting surface. The jacket-case is adapted to encase the tray-holder assembly in a closed and locked mode for transport or storage, yet the jacket-case allows the handles and feet of the tray-holder assembly to operatively protrude therethrough.
US10531722B2	Adjustable applicator An adjustable applicator including an application member and an actuator. The application member comprises a flexible support and a plurality of application elements on its surface. The application member has one free end and one fixed end. The fixed end is fixedly connected to a stem. The free end of the application member is connected to a distal end of the transmission member. The actuator is actuated for moving the transmission member along a longitudinal axis of the adjustable applicator to cause progressive modification in shape of the application member.
US10531720B2	Container, container component, and product range comprising such products The invention relates to a container comprising: a receptacle with an outer wall visible from outside the container the peripheral outer wall is provided with a translucent layer, a housing that defines an inner space, an electronic circuit that comprises a central light source that emits light in a main emission direction. The light source is offset relative to the translucent layer. The electronic circuit is arranged within the inner space. A wave guide is arranged opposite the light source such as to guide a light wave emitted by the light source into the translucent layer.
US10531706B2	Shoe heel cover and kit A shoe heel and heel cover system including a shoe post and a heel cover. The shoe post includes a polygonal main body, a ball, and a spring. The polygonal main body has a top and a bottom. The ball is located on the polygonal main body. The spring is positioned within the polygonal main body and behind the ball. The heel cover has an opening configured to matingly engage the ball and a polygonal void is formed through the heel cover. The heel cover slidably engages the shoe post.
US10531703B2	Ski boot shell with spoiler The disclosure relates to a ski boot shell having a notch in the rear upper portion thereof, a rear bearing element movably connected relative to the shell, the rear bearing element has a first position in which it abuts against at least one surface of the shell to at least partially close the notch when skiing, and a second position withdrawn backward to allow the leg of a skier to be straightened when walking.
US10531702B2	Article of footwear with inner and outer midsole layers An article of footwear includes an outsole that has a bottom portion and a medial arch portion extending upward from the bottom portion. The medial arch portion of the outsole has a base and a plurality of protrusions extending outward from the base. The plurality of protrusions are arranged in vertical alignments. In each one of the vertical alignments, at least one protrusion of the plurality of protrusions is closer to the bottom portion and has a larger effective diameter than at least one other protrusion of the plurality of protrusions that is further from the bottom portion.
US10531697B2	Sealing sleeve for waterproof garments A waterproof garment is provided that includes a waterproof garment textile defining a garment opening, and a sealing sleeve joined at the garment opening. The sealing sleeve includes a substantially waterproof textile composite in the form of a tube extending between (i) a first end having a first opening and configured to fit tightly around a wearers body part and (ii) an opposing second end having a second opening and joined to the waterproof garment textile by a seam around the garment opening. The textile composite includes a stretchable textile with a substantially waterproof coating layer applied to the stretchable textile.
US10531694B2	Tamper-proof locking mechanisms and electronic cigarettes having the same Certain aspects of present invention relate to an electronic cigarette having tamper-proof locking mechanisms. In certain embodiments, the electronic cigarette may include: an electronic cigarette body, a tamper-proof mouthpiece connector locking mechanism threadedly connected to electronic cigarette body, and a tamper-proof power connector locking mechanism threadedly connected to electronic cigarette body. When a user pushes tamper-proof mouthpiece connector locking mechanism towards electronic cigarette body, tamper-proof mouthpiece connector locking mechanism is locked such that the user is able to remove a mouthpiece connector from electronic cigarette body to refill e-liquid for the electronic cigarette. When user pushes tamper-proof power connector locking mechanism towards electronic cigarette body, tamper-proof power connector locking mechanism is locked such that user is able to remove a power connector from electronic cigarette body to replace a vaporizer, a heater for the vaporizer, and e-liquid storage medium of the electronic cigarette.
US10531690B2	Electronic smoking article with improved storage of aerosol precursor compositions The present disclosure relates to electronic smoking articles exhibiting improved moisture control of a reservoir contained therein. The reservoir can be formed of fibrous materials, such as cellulose acetate fiber, thermoplastic fiber, non-thermoplastic fiber, or a combination thereof. The disclosure further provides methods for forming electronic smoking articles and methods of packaging electronic smoking articles (including cartridges thereof) so as to improve moisture control of the reservoir.
US10531687B2	Ultrasonic atomizer and electronic cigarette Embodiments of the present invention disclose an ultrasonic atomizer and electronic cigarette. The ultrasonic atomizer comprises a liquid storage cavity and a piezoelectric ceramic piece both are provided in an outer sleeve the plane where the piezoelectric ceramic piece is located is parallel to the axial line of the outer sleeve; at least one surface of the piezoelectric ceramic piece is in contact with a liquid storage body; the liquid storage body communicates with the liquid storage cavity; and an atomization surface of the piezoelectric ceramic piece communicates with an air passage.
US10531685B2	Product portion enrobing process and apparatus, and resulting products A method of enrobing a product portion in polymer strands includes mounting at least one product portion on a holding device and passing the at least one product portion through a polymer enrobing zone. The polymer enrobing zone can include a flow of polymeric fibers produced by a polymer spray head. The polymer fibers can wraparound the at least one product portion to produce an enrobed product portion. The holding device can hold the at least one product portion by passing at least partially through the body of the product portion. At least a portion of the holding device is removed from the enrobed product portion. In some cases, the at least one product portion includes smokeless tobacco.
US10531684B2	Powder containing ferric pyrophosphate and method for producing same Provided is a powder containing ferric pyrophosphate that affords high iron absorbability, as a main component of an oral iron preparation. The present invention relates to a composite powder containing ferric pyrophosphate, which is a powder containing ferric pyrophosphate and a sodium component, wherein (1) the content of ferric pyrophosphate is 95 wt % or higher, and (2) a (Fe+Na)/P molar ratio is 0.8 to 1.0.
US10531683B2	Process for manufacturing a sweetener and use thereof Highly purified Stevioside, Rebaudioside A and a purified sweet steviol glycoside mixture were prepared from sweet glycoside extracts obtained from Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni leaves. The resulting sweeteners are suitable as non-calorie, non-cariogenic, non-bitter, non-lingering sweeteners, which may be advantageously applied in foods, beverages, and milk products.
US10531682B2	Frozen liquid egg whites, method for producing same, and liquid egg whites resulting from defrosting frozen liquid egg whites The present invention relates to frozen liquid egg whites in which are admixed 0.01-0.4 parts of egg yolks for every 100 parts of egg whites, wherein 0.1-2 parts inclusive of α-cyclodextrin are added for every 100 parts of liquid egg whites, and the turbidity H1 (degrees) calculated by means of the belowmentioned formula (1) is 18 or more: H1=H2−H3 . . . (1). Here, H2 indicates the turbidity (degrees) of the frozen liquid egg whites measured immediately after being defrosted, and H3 indicates the egg-derived turbidity y (degrees) calculated by means of the belowmentioned approximation formula (2): y=−380.75x2+272.42x+17.257 . . . (2). Here, x indicates the admixed amount (parts) of egg yolks for every 100 parts of liquid egg whites.
US10531669B2	Food product cabinet system and method for antimicrobial treatment of food products Apparatuses and methods for applying an antimicrobial agent to food products include methods and systems for limiting the escape of antimicrobial agent to the environment during antimicrobial treatment of the food product. In one embodiment, a series of cabinet panels moves in line with the passing food product and forms an enclosure around the food product by means of panels closing ahead of and behind the food product. In another embodiment, the direction and spray pattern of positively charged aerosolized antimicrobial particles is controlled by attracting the particles to preselected negatively charged regions within a treatment volume.
US10531667B2	Apparatus for applying particulate matter to a substrate A particulate duster system includes a duster used to apply particulate matter to a food product moving along a conveyor positioned beneath the duster. The duster is used to uniformly dispense particulate matter onto a moving product conveyor for carrying a food product to be dusted.
US10531666B2	Compositions and methods to reduce the population of wheat-stem sawfly and hessian fly Novel strains of Beauveria pseudobassiana, B. amorpha, B. bassiana, Metarhizium pemphigi, and M. anisopliae have been isolated from wheat stem sawfly and demonstrated to endophytically colonize wheat and kill wheat stem sawfly and Hessian fly larvae diapausing in the stems of the wheat. Biocontrol compositions containing at least one of these fungal strains in an effective amount to kill wheat stem sawfly and Hessian fly larvae are generated. One can apply at least of these fungal strains or a biocontrol composition containing at least one of these fungal strains to a grain crop field or land where wheat stem sawfly and Hessian fly larvae live in order to kill the larvae and to reduce the population of the diapausing wheat stem sawfly and Hessian fly larvae.
US10531664B2	Water stable antimicrobial silanol quaternary ammonium compounds A method of stabilizing aqueous solutions of antimicrobial silanol quaternary ammonium compounds (SQACs) from premature polymerization where the stabilizing agent is selected from a list of antimicrobial, naturally occurring, renewable, volatile, liquid phytochemical essential oils that easily form crystal clear microemulsions when water is added to the concentrated SQAC/essential oil mixture. These non-foaming oil-in-water microemulsions have excellent long term storage stability, remain very low in viscosity and do not phase or precipitate for many months. Many essential oils found to be useful in this process are non-toxic food additives having pleasant scents, have low flammability yet are volatile enough to evaporate upon cure down of the SQAC, resulting in a higher concentration of SQAC in the cured, antimicrobial film. Economically shippable concentrations of stabilized SQACs can be further diluted with water to application concentrations without losing any stabilizing properties and remain storage stable at these lower concentrations indefinitely.
US10531661B2	Coated agrochemical granule The present invention provides an agrochemical granule comprising: an oil-non-absorbing carrier; and a layer that coats the oil-non-absorbing carrier, wherein the layer comprises a synthetic pyrethroid compound, an organic solvent whose vapor pressure at 25° C. is equal to or lower than 1.0 Pa, an oil-absorbing carrier, a binding agent, a nonionic surfactant and a dodecylbenzenesulfonate, and having an excellent control efficacy against pest.
US10531659B2	Dispersible herbicidal compositions and methods of use Herbicidal dispersible concentrates include an herbicide and substantially water miscible amide-based solvents. Such concentrates may be diluted in water and used in methods to control weeds.
US10531658B2	Nonaqueous pesticide suspension comprising a water soluble solvent, an inorganic thickener, and an alkoxylate A liquid nonaqueous composition is disclosed. The composition includes: a pesticide in form of suspended particles, a water soluble solvent, an inorganic thickener, and an alkoxylate. A method for the preparation of the composition is also disclosed. The method includes contacting the pesticide with the water soluble solvent, the inorganic thickener, and the alkoxylate. The method may further include contact with a block polymer surfactant and/or a nonionic cosurfactant. A method for controlling phytopathogenic fungi and/or undesired plant growth and/or undesired attack by insects or mites and/or for regulating the growth of plants, wherein the composition is allowed to act on a particular pest, their habitat or plants to be protected from the particular pest, on soil and/or on undesired plants and/or useful plants and/or their habitat.
US10531653B2	Pest trap monitor Disclosed are various embodiments for a trap monitor. The trap monitor can detect when a trap is triggered using a magnetic interlock attached to the trap and a magnetic flux sensor. The trap monitors may forward trap events and other information to a central hub for communication to a server. The trap monitors and hub can be configured using infrared transmissions from a mobile device.
US10531651B1	Illuminating striking fish alert device An illuminated striking fish alert device includes a fishing reel affixed to a plate, a power source secured to the plate, and illumination source secured to the power source. Fishing line from the reel is in mechanical communication with motion capturing rods which in turn are in electrical communication with the illumination source and power source. The intensity and rate of illumination of the illumination source is configured to correlate directly with the speed and motion of the fishing line.
US10531649B2	Spinnerbait fishing lure A spinnerbait fishing lure having an ellipsoidal weighted body with a molded-in hook, transverse spinner assembly, and V-shaped vertical spinner assembly. The eye of the hook protrudes from the top front part of the body. The longitudinal axis of the body is perpendicular to the shank of the hook. The transverse spinner assembly has a horizontal crossbar that passes through and is rigidly attached to the eye and that is oriented perpendicular to a plane formed by the bend of the hook. First and second side spinner blades are connected to the crossbar to form rotatable connections between the blades and the crossbar. The V-shaped vertical spinner assembly has a lower leg that is molded into and extends from the front of the body, an upper leg, and an attachment loop that is formed into a vertex of a V-shaped bend between the lower leg and the upper leg.
US10531648B2	Conditional rodent Acvr1 mutant gene A genetically modified mouse is provided that comprises a conditional Acvr1 allele that comprises a mutated exon that, upon induction, converts to a mutant exon phenotype, wherein the mutant exon phenotype includes ectopic bone formation. Mice comprising a mutant Acvr1 exon 5 in antisense orientation, flanked by site-specific recombinase recognition sites, are provided, wherein the mice further comprise a site-specific recombinase that recognizes the site-specific recombinase recognitions sites, wherein the recombinase is induced upon exposure of the mouse to tamoxifen. Upon exposure to tamoxifen, the recombinase is expressed and acts on the RRS-flanked mutant exon 5 and places the mutant exon 5 in sense orientation and deletes the wild-type exon.
US10531643B1	Bird feeder with image capturing A bird feeder has a perch that is configured to enable a bird of a particular size to perch thereon and feed from the bottom of an enclosure. The offset distance between the perch and the bottom of the feeder enables birds of only a particular size to effectively pull seed from the access ports in the bottom of the enclosure. A camera is located to take images, still or moving, of birds as the feed from the feeder and theses images may be wirelessly transmitted to a remote electronic device, such as a cell phone. A motion detector may detect when a bird lands on the perch and the control system may then initiate the capture of images by the camera. The offset distance between the perch and the bottom of the feeder may be adjusted to enable birds of a desired size to feed from the feeder.
US10531640B2	Teat opening protection patch for livestock A teat opening protection patch is stuck to portions inclusive of the teat openings of livestock, and includes a laminate 1 of an elastic sheet 2 and an adhesive layer 3 laminated on one surface of the elastic sheet 2, the laminate 1 having a double-stretched tensile stress in a range of 0.1 to 5 N.
US10531637B2	Platform for caring and attending pets The invention relates to a platform specifically designed for caring for and attending to pets, mainly dogs, said platform comprising a device consisting of a front horizontal body and a rear vertical body which define at the intersection thereof a cavity wherein a waste-grinding spiral arranged on a grille extends transversely. The front body includes a belt for transporting stools and waste towards the area of the grinding spiral, and the rear body is hollow on the inside, the space being divided up into compartments with rear windows for accessing a feeding area and a drinking area, a compartment for holding feed, a compartment for objects for the care of the animal, a receptacle with a store of liquid disinfectant, a compartment with pumping means, and a control unit that can be accessed by the user. The device includes means for detecting waste and nozzles for spraying water towards the ground waste.
US10531635B2	Method and device for cleaning cubicles The invention relates to a method of cleaning at least a part of a cubicle from a row of individual cubicles in a stable, each cubicle having lateral partitions extending in the longitudinal direction on each side of the cubicle, the method comprising the steps of providing an animal presence sensor for detecting the presence of an animal in a cubicle, and providing an autonomous unmanned vehicle, the vehicle comprising a control system for controlling the operation of the vehicle and cubicle floor cleaning means, and the method further comprising the steps of detecting by an animal presence sensor a first of the cubicles free of an animal, detecting whether an animal is present in a second of the cubicles neighboring next to the first cubicle, and controlling the autonomous vehicle to clean the first cubicle in a first cleaning mode that is dependent on the presence of an animal in said second neighboring cubicle. The invention also relates to an autonomous unmanned vehicle for cleaning cubicles.
US10531634B1	Animal hoof cleaning system and a method of cleaning an animals hoofs An animal hoof cleaning system that includes an automatic milking station, an automatic spraying device configured to clean at least one hoof of an animal housed in the automatic milking station by spraying a fluid towards the at least one hoof, a control unit that controls the operation of the automatic spraying device, and detecting means that detects a milking state wherein all the teats of the animal are enclosed in respective teat cups, where the control unit is configured to control the operation of the automatic spraying device on basis of information from the detecting means such that the automatic spraying device sprays on the hoof of the animal only when the detecting means detects the milking state.
US10531632B2	Alfalfa variety 410A179 The invention relates to the alfalfa variety designated 410A179. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the alfalfa variety 410A179. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the alfalfa variety 410A179 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing alfalfa plants by crossing the alfalfa variety 410A179 with itself or another alfalfa variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10531630B2	Alfalfa variety 410A176 The invention relates to the alfalfa variety designated 410A176. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the alfalfa variety 410A176. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the alfalfa variety 410A176 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing alfalfa plants by crossing the alfalfa variety 410A176 with itself or another alfalfa variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10531629B1	Soybean variety 01072223 The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01072223. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01072223. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01072223 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01072223 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10531626B1	Soybean cultivar 72470422 A soybean cultivar designated 72470422 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 72470422, to the plants of soybean cultivar 72470422, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 72470422, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 72470422. 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 72470422. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 72470422, 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 72470422 with another soybean cultivar.
US10531625B1	Soybean cultivar 67090835 A soybean cultivar designated 67090835 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 67090835, to the plants of soybean cultivar 67090835, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 67090835, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 67090835. 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 67090835. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 67090835, 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 67090835 with another soybean cultivar.
US10531624B1	Soybean cultivar S170115 A soybean cultivar designated S170115 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S170115, to the plants of soybean cultivar S170115, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar S170115, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar S170115. 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 S170115. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S170115, 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 S170115 with another soybean cultivar.
US10531620B1	Soybean cultivar 70140849 A soybean cultivar designated 70140849 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 70140849, to the plants of soybean cultivar 70140849, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 70140849, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 70140849. 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 70140849. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 70140849, 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 70140849 with another soybean cultivar.
US10531618B2	Plant incubator apparatus and method of growing plants under controlled conditions A plant incubator apparatus and method of growing plants includes a sloped lower plant housing. The lower plant housing has multiple lower depressions and a lower locking periphery. An upper plant housing is coplanar to the lower plant housing, and has multiple upper depressions that receive a plant growing medium. The depressions are in communication to enable flow of liquid and air. An upper locking periphery detachably mates with the lower locking periphery to form a slot for air circulation. A light guard fits over the upper plant housing to block light from striking a plant from at least one direction. A valve assembly is at the drainage end of the lower plant housing. The valve assembly is in communication with the upper depressions of the upper plant housing to indicate liquid levels and drain excess liquid. A liquid regulation device having a timer automatically controls drainage of liquid.
US10531617B2	Cognitive watering system with plant-initiated triggering of watering Plant-initiated, cognitive watering is provided, which includes ascertaining tensile stress on a root wall of a plant, and determining whether the tensile stress on the root wall of the plant reaches a specified threshold. Based on determining that the tensile stress on the root wall of the plant reaches the specified threshold, the method includes facilitating increasing water content in soil around the plant. In one or more implementations, the method may be implemented via a cognitive watering system, which controls the increasing of water content in soil around the plant based, for instance, on data analytics.
US10531615B2	Modular container and modular irrigation system A modular container or irrigation module, as well as a modular irrigation system obtained by arranging at least two of said modules. The proposed modular irrigation system comprises at least two irrigation modules of the invention, and by stacking the modules vertically, the system can be used to form a continuous-flow irrigation system in which excess irrigation water is recirculated and evaporation losses can be minimized. Similarly, the module and the system of the invention can be used to form a sustainable construction system in which multiple irrigation systems are arranged to form various architectural elements, such as green walls, green columns, vertical gardens and the like.
US10531613B2	Method and a container for effecting at least one non-lethal change in inherent properties of a non-human biological system under the influence of zero gravity A container for effecting at least one non-lethal change in inherent properties of a non-human biological system, such as a plant or a fungus, under the influence of zero gravity, comprising a carrier plate configured to receive two capacitor plates of a plate capacitor, wherein the plates are situated parallel to one another and in each case perpendicularly on the carrier plate, at least one sample container arranged horizontally on the carrier plate, adjacent to each of the two capacitor plates and configured to receive the biological system, and an electromagnet arranged substantially half way between the capacitor plates and, when seen from the carrier plate, arranged horizontally above the at least one sample container. Additionally, a European modular cultivation system for use in the International Space Station comprises a centrifuge, wherein the container is received in the centrifuge.
US10531611B2	Adjustable chopping assembly outlet for an agricultural combine A chopping assembly is configured to receive crop plants processed by an agricultural combine harvester. The chopping assembly includes an inlet and a plurality of blades rotatable about an axis. The plurality of blades is positioned downstream of the inlet. The chopping assembly also includes an outlet positioned downstream of the plurality of blades. The outlet is partially defined by a first wall and a second wall. The chopping assembly further includes an actuator coupled to the second wall. The actuator is configured to move the second wall relative to the first wall. A control processor is in communication with the actuator. The control processor is configured to receive a first signal corresponding to a condition representative of a characteristic of the crop plants. The control processor is also configured to generate a second signal operable to control the actuator based on the condition.
US10531609B2	Spring biased receptacle for rotary head assembly An apparatus including a rotary head assembly, which is configured to allow replacement of at least one cutting member. The rotary head assembly includes at least one spring biased cutting member receptacle sized and configured to receive at least one cutting member.
US10531608B2	Knife drive assembly for an agricultural harvester A knife drive assembly for use with a header of an agricultural harvester is provided. The knife drive assembly includes a housing, a rotatable driver having at least one curved channel or sloped lateral side, at least one wobble arm engaging the curved channel and a at least one mounting bar that engages the wobble arm and a cutter bar such that when the rotatable driver is rotated, the cutter bar engages in substantially linear oscillating motion.
US10531604B2	Toolbar system for an agricultural implement An agricultural implement includes a toolbar system having a toolbar frame, an elevator assembly, and a first wing on one side of the toolbar frame. The first wing may be coupled to the elevator and pivotable about a first vertical axis of rotation between an extended and a folded position. Tools may be coupled to the first wing and rotatable relative to a longitudinal axis of the first wing from an operating position below the first wing to a transport/shipping position above the first wing. Further, the first wing may be adapted to be moveable to position the first wing higher than a wheel of the agricultural implement on the same side of the toolbar frame in the folded position. Subsequently, the tools may be circularly rotated and the middle wing and tools pushed down to reduce the overall width and height of the implement for transporting or shipping.
US10531602B2	Implements for displacing ground material Implement apparatus configured to displace ground material is disclosed herein. For example, an implement includes an extension member coupled to a roller apparatus. The roller apparatus includes a cylindrical portion and a plurality of ground displacing elements. The ground displacing elements is configured to extend into a ground surface to disperse ground material when the roller apparatus is engaged with the ground surface as the vehicle traverses the ground surface.
US10537048B2	Systems and methods for preventing leakage of electromagnetic waves from electronic devices Systems and methods for preventing leakage of electromagnetic waves from electronic devices, or for preventing unwanted RF fields from entering an electronic device. According to an aspect, a system includes a body and a cover positioned to define an enclosed interior space for placement of an electronic device. The system also includes a gasket attached to or integrated one of the body and cover to seal the interior space from outside the electronic device enclosure. Further, the system includes an electromagnetic wave absorptive material attached to a portion of the gasket for absorbing electromagnetic waves generated within or outside of the electronic device enclosure.
US10537039B2	Inductance-based user interface elements Mechanisms for providing inductance-based user interface elements are provided. Some implementations of such inductance-based devices may feature very small gaps between the housing and the inductive coil, as well as various features to aid in improving sensor sensitivity and reducing the possibility of false button-push events.
US10537038B2	Electrical panel enclosure including baffle to inhibit water ingress An electrical panel enclosure includes a baffle secured to an enclosure body. The baffle is between a first door gasket and a first side door flange of the first door to impede liquid flow toward the first door gasket when the first door is in the closed position. The baffle is also between a second door gasket and a second side door flange of a second door to impede liquid flow toward the second door gasket when the second door is in the closed position.
US10537037B2	Electronic device An electronic device including a display module, a circuit module and a housing is provided. The housing accommodates the display module and the circuit module and includes a transparent cover, a multi-layer stacked structure and a tinted layer. At least a part of the transparent cover presents a curve. The multi-layer stacked structure is disposed on an inner surface of the transparent cover and has a plurality of optical layers stacked in sequence. The tinted layer is disposed on the multi-layer stacked structure. Through the disposition of the multi-layer stacked structure, the housing has variable visual effects.
US10537030B2	Voiding control using solid solder preforms embedded in solder paste Methods are provided for controlling voiding caused by gasses in solder joints of electronic assemblies. In various embodiments, a preform can be embedded into the solder paste prior to the component placement. The solder preform can be configured with a geometry such that it creates a standoff, or gap, between the components to be mounted in the solder paste. The method includes receiving a printed circuit board comprising a plurality of contact pads; depositing a volume of solder paste onto each of the plurality of contact pads; depositing a solder preform into each volume of solder paste; placing electronic components onto the printed circuit board such that contacts of the electronic components are aligned with corresponding contact pads of the printed circuit board; and reflow soldering the electronic components to the printed circuit board.
US10537026B2	Electronic device An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes a housing, a roller positioned inside the housing, a display panel rollable on the roller, and a guide roller positioned at an edge inside the housing. A state of the display panel with respect to the roller includes a first state in which the display panel is rolled on the roller and a second state in which the display panel is unrolled from the roller. The roller includes an outer frame which rotates when the display panel is rolled on or unrolled from the roller, and an inner frame positioned inside the outer frame and fixed to an inside of the housing regardless of rolling and unrolling the display panel.
US10537021B2	Three-dimensional wiring board production method, three-dimensional wiring board, and substrate for three-dimensional wiring board A three-dimensional wiring board production method is provided that includes: a preparation step of preparing a resin film (1) having a breaking elongation of 50% or more; a first metal film formation step of forming a first metal film (3) on a surface of the resin film; a pattern formation step of performing patterning on the first metal film to form a desired pattern; a three-dimensional molding step of performing three-dimensional molding by heating and pressurizing the resin film; and a second metal film formation step of forming a second metal film (21) on the first metal film having a pattern formed thereon. In the first metal film formation step, metal is deposited in a particle state to form the first metal film in a porous state.
US10537016B2	High-current PCB traces The present disclosure relates to systems and methods using thermal vias to increase the current-carrying capacity of conductive traces on a multilayered printed circuit board (PCB). In various embodiments, parameters associated with vias may be selected to control various electrical and thermal properties of the conductive trace. Such parameters include the via diameter, a plating thickness, a number of vias, a placement of the vias, an amount of conductive material to be added or removed from the conductive trace, a change in the resistance of the conductive trace, a change in a fusing measurement of the conductive trace, and the like.
US10537012B2	System and method of illuminating livestock A system and method for illuminating livestock within an agricultural dwelling. The system has a plurality of lighting assemblies that are electrically connected to a dimming device. The lighting assemblies are dimmed from a white color to predetermined wavelength to result in a predetermined behavior of the livestock. The predetermined wavelength and behavior includes a red wavelength that is undetected by the livestock thus resulting in the predetermined behavior of the livestock sleeping while workers can continue to work or function within the agricultural dwelling.
US10537011B1	Modular coordinated lighting system A modular coordinated lighting system comprising one or more wireless lighting devices that can communicate over a network and coordinate their operation to provide illumination to an area is provided. Wireless control present in one wireless lighting device can be used to propagate the wireless control of that wireless lighting device to an entire of group of lights in a lighting system. In this manner, a user can easily install wireless lighting devices that work in coordination to illuminate an area as if they are one lighting device. A networked wireless lighting device may also be configured through the user input method to operate different groups of wireless lighting modules such that lighting groups may be created. Multiple lighting groups allow a user to configure lighting provided by the modular coordinated lighting system based on their preference.
US10537010B2	Coded light modulation arangement The invention describes a coded light modulation arrangement (1), adapted to be connected between a driver (31) and a LED (3), which coded light modulation arrangement (1) comprises input terminals (10) adapted to connect to the driver (31) and to receive a drive current (IDRIVE), an energy storage arrangement comprising a number of energy storage devices (E1, E2); a data input interface (12) realized to receive a data stream (D), said data stream (D) comprises a sequence of binary symbols comprising a logic high and a logic low; a switch arrangement comprising a number of switches (S1, S2) arranged to connect the energy storage devices (E1, E2) of the energy storage arrangement and to modulate the drive current such that, in a charging switch configuration corresponding to the logic low, a negative modulation current (INEG) is diverted from a drive current (IDRIVE) of the LED (3) to the energy storage arrangement; and, in a discharging switch configuration corresponding to the logic high, a positive modulation current (IPOS) is drawn from the energy storage arrangement and added to the drive current (IDRIVE) of the LED (3); and output terminals (11) adapted to connect to the LED (3) and to provide the modulated drive current directly to the LED (3) to emit the low and high radiant flux level as coded light (Lcoded) to be received by a photosensor of a coded light receiver device. The invention further describes a method of performing coded light modulation for light emitted by a LED (3); a luminaire; and a coded light communication arrangement (5).
US10537005B2	Light emitting diode activation control A system and method may include receiving, at a first node of a circuit electrically coupled to a light emitting diode, a pulsed electrical signal that includes signal current pulses. The system and method may also include enabling discontinuous discharging of a capacitor electrically coupled to the first node during a particular time period between two particular signal current pulses of the pulsed electrical signal.
US10537004B2	Light emitting diode activation control A system and method may include receiving, at a first node of a circuit electrically coupled to a light emitting diode, a pulsed electrical signal that includes signal current pulses. The system and method may also include enabling discharging of a capacitor electrically coupled to the first node at an enable time that is during a particular time period between two particular signal current pulses of the pulsed electrical signal.
US10537003B2	Methods of operation of smart lighting systems A method of operating a smart lighting system comprising a first mobile device, a lighting control device and first through nth (n being a positive integer) lighting devices, includes establishing, by the first mobile device, a first wireless connection with the lighting control device; performing, by the lighting control device, a first time synchronization with the first mobile device; providing, by the first mobile device, the lighting control device with a scheduling information representing operation of each of the first through nth lighting devices according to lapse of time; and controlling, by the lighting control device, operation of each of the first through nth lighting devices based on a current time and the scheduling information, wherein the current time is determined based on the time synchronization.
US10536999B2	Apparatus, dimmable light emitting diode driver and control method An apparatus can include: a linear drive circuit configured to control a drive current flowing through an LED load; a control circuit configured to acquire a conduction angle signal of a silicon-controlled rectifier dimmer and control the linear drive circuit; and the control circuit being configured to control the drive current to be decreased to reduce a current ripple and to maintain the silicon-controlled rectifier dimmer in a turn-on state when the conduction angle signal is less than a predetermined value.
US10536997B2	Device fed via ballast for producing light Devices (1) for producing light comprise inputs (11) for receiving feeding signals via ballasts (2) designed for fluorescent tubes to be replaced by non-fluorescent tubes, drivers (12) for driving light circuits (13), first receivers (14) for receiving definition signals defining features of the ballasts (2), and controllers (15) for, in response to receptions of the definition signals, adapting functions of the devices (1). The functions may comprise reporting functions, whereby apparatuses (3) are informed by the devices (1) about amounts of consumed power of the devices (1) and amounts of consumed power of the ballasts (2). Then, for example in dimming situations, overviews of total amounts of consumed power are realized. The functions may comprise driving functions whereby the light circuits (13) are driven in accordance with requirement data of the ballasts (2). Then, for example in dimming situations, first dimming levels may be forbidden and second dimming levels may be allowed.
US10536995B2	Induction heating arrangement and induction hob An induction heating arrangement (1000) including four coils of a smaller diameter (1100, . . . , 1400) and a coil having a larger diameter (1500) is provided. The coils are arranged on a first plane (2100) and on a second plane (2200). In order to adapt a cooking area (1600) to the size of a pot, either the larger coil (1500) or one or more of the smaller coils (1100, 1400) are operated. A power supply circuitry (2400) is shared between the coils of the two planes. A selector (2300) disconnects a respective coil of the plane of coils that is not operated in order to avoid coupling, interference and loss of energy. Guiding elements of the magnetic flux (1110, 1115, 1540) confine the magnetic field in the area of the pot. A method of operating the induction heating arrangement is also provided.
US10536992B2	Resistance method The resistance method is a process for conditioning of an electric current and subjecting it to manipulated resistance levels to cause an effect on a substance as the current passes through. The method has two basic functions. One is to condition the electric current. This takes place during the series of steps that manipulate the frequency, voltage, and amps to provide a combination suitable for a predetermined threshold or action. The other is to manipulate the resistance of a substance. This is done by manipulating the atmospheric pressure, pH, salinity, and temperature of the substance, all of which takes place in a reactor. The reactor provides an isolated, enclosed environment for the manipulation to take place. The method also utilizes an electronic control system. The electronic control system simultaneously measures and manipulates the variables of the process, thereby creating an environment within the reactor that either increases or decreases the amount of resistance to which the electric current is subjected.
US10536988B2	Channel access method and apparatus A channel access process method in a wireless local area network is provided. The method includes: generating, by a station, a backoff counter value; then performing, by the station, a backoff operation after receiving a first trigger frame, where the backoff operation includes: deducting, from the backoff counter value, a quantity N of subchannels for random access, to obtain a new backoff counter value; and when the new backoff counter value is 0 or a negative number, randomly selecting, by the station, one subchannel from the subchannels for random access, and then accessing the subchannel to send an uplink frame. The present application further provides a corresponding channel access apparatus. Applying the method and the apparatus of the embodiments of the present application improves system access efficiency and avoids a waste of system resources.
US10536986B2	Control method for supporting multiple connections in mobile communication system and apparatus for supporting multiple connections Disclosed are a control method for supporting multiple connections in a mobile communication system and an apparatus for supporting multiple connections. In the method for supporting the multiple connections to be performed in first and second base stations, a first base station receives the measured results for multiple connections from a terminal, determines whether the plurality of connections are set on the basis of the measured results, transmits the information for setting the multiple connections to the second base station when setting the multiple results, and the second base station generates the control information for setting the multiple connections of the terminal on the basis of the information for setting the multiple connections received from the first base station. Thus, the multiple connections can be easily supported and the performance of the mobile communication system can be improved therethrough.
US10536983B2	Enterprise access control and accounting allocation for access networks Enterprise and consumer billing allocation for wireless communication device service usage activities is provided. In some embodiments, enterprise and consumer billing allocation for wireless communication device service usage activities includes monitoring a service usage activity of a wireless communication device, and determining an enterprise and consumer billing allocation for the monitored service usage activity. In some embodiments, enterprise and consumer billing allocation for wireless communication device service usage activities includes monitoring a service usage activity of a wireless communication device, and reporting the monitored service usage activity to a network element, in which the network element determines an enterprise and consumer billing allocation for the monitored service usage activity. In some embodiments, enterprise and consumer billing allocation for wireless communication device service usage activities includes providing a service design center for configuring an enterprise and consumer billing allocation of monitored service usage activities for a plurality of wireless communication devices associated with an enterprise account, and implementing the configured enterprise and consumer billing allocation for monitored service usage activities for the plurality of wireless communication devices associated with the enterprise account.
US10536982B2	Method and apparatus for configuring cell in wireless communication system A method and apparatus for configuring a cell in a wireless communication system is provided. A user equipment (UE) receives a radio resource control (RRC) message which includes a configuration for a secondary cell (SCell) and an indication of an initial state of the SCell. The initial state of the SCell is set to either one of an activated state and deactivated state. The UE configures the SCell based on the configuration and the initial state of the SCell.
US10536981B2	Long-term evolution assisted new radio initial access and mobility for 5G or other next generation networks Long-term evolution assisted new radio initial access and mobility for 5G or other next generation networks are provided herein. A method can include transmitting, by a first network device of a wireless network and comprising a processor, a first timing synchronization signal and first acquisition information of the first network device to a mobile device. In response to the transmitting and based on a transmission received from the mobile device, a connection between the mobile device and a radio resource control of the wireless network can be facilitated. In addition, in response to the mobile device determining the location of the second timing synchronization signal based on the data indicative of the location of the second timing synchronization signal, the second network device can transmit, to the mobile device, the second timing synchronization signal and second acquisition information of the second network device.
US10536980B2	Method, device and system for interacting link information A method, device and system for interacting link information, which are used for solving the problem that at present there is no solution for a network side to learn the link information about a terminal supporting D2D communications and how to distinguish D2D link information from D2N link information. A link information reporting method in the embodiments of the present invention comprises: a terminal supporting D2D communications determining link information which is required to be reported to a network side, wherein the link information comprises D2D link information and/or D2N link information; and the terminal sending the determined link information to the network side on a D2N link, and indicating a link corresponding to the link information to the network side. Using the method in the embodiments of the present invention enables the network side to learn the link information about the terminal supporting the D2D communications and to distinguish whether the received link information is for the D2D link or the D2N link, so that the network side can more accurately manage and schedule the D2D link and the D2N link.
US10536978B2	Classification of non-standard user equipment in wireless communication network A wireless communication device determines its class, and identifies a logical channel identifier (LCID) value that is associated with the determined class within a radio access node. The device then generates a radio resource control (RRC) message including the identified LCID value, and transmits the generated RRC message to the radio access node. Upon receiving the LCID value, the radio access node determines whether the received LCID value is associated with a non-standard class of wireless communication device, and in response to determining that the received LCID value is associated with the non-standard class of wireless communication device, identifying the wireless communication device as belonging to the non-standard class of wireless communication device, and transmitting information to the wireless communication device based on the non-standard class identification.
US10536977B1	Contention based random access Contention-based random access operations are enhanced by enabling wireless devices to transmit a plurality of orthogonal preambles simultaneously to an access node, thereby increasing the probability of at least one preamble being heard by the access node, and minimizing the risk of preamble collision with another wireless device. Different classes of devices may be configured to transmit different numbers of preambles, depending on a priority level for that class, for purposes such as emergency communications, real-time applications, etc. Parameters including relationships between specific priority levels, device classes, application classes, quality of service, and number of preambles permitted, may be broadcast or otherwise communicated to wireless devices by the wireless network.
US10536971B2	Data transmission method and electronic device, and device having base station function A data transmission method, an electronic device and a device having a base station function, wherein, a channel sensing sub-frame is arranged in a frame structure used only for downlink transmission frequency division duplexing; within any period, downlink data is sent via a downlink sub-frame in the frame structure when the channel sensing sub-frame senses that the downlink channel is in an idle state, or otherwise downlink data is not sent. Therefore, on the premise that normal operation of the LTE system by means of the supplemental downlink mode in the unlicensed frequency band can be ensured, the LTE system is prevented from generating significant interference with regard to other systems when operating in the unlicensed frequency band.
US10536969B2	Partial port hybrid CSI feedback for MIMO wireless communication systems The method comprises receiving periodic CSI feedback configuration information including a periodicity value and an offset value corresponding to a first CSI report, and at least one periodicity value and at least one offset value corresponding to a second CSI report, measuring a first CSI reference signal (CSI-RS) and a second CSI-RS configured for a periodic CSI reporting based on at least two different enhanced MIMO types (eMIMO-Types), generating the first CSI report and the second CSI report for the first eMIMO-Type and the second eMIMO-Type, respectively, determining a periodic reporting interval for each of the first CSI report and the second CSI report, and reporting the first and second CSI reports based on the determined periodic reporting intervals using a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) format 2 or a PUCCH format 3 or a combination of the PUCCH format 2 and the PUCCH format 3.
US10536968B2	Service provider identity indication method and device, user equipment and access device The present disclosure provides an SP-ID indication method, an SP-ID indication device, a UE and an access device. The SP-ID indication method includes: transmitting, by a UE, an access request message to an access device through a PRACH, the access request message being at least used to indicate the quantity of PSP-IDs to be transmitted by the UE; and receiving, by the UE, resource information about uplink resources from the access device, the uplink resources being selected by the access device in accordance with the quantity of the PSP-IDs to be transmitted by the UE and used to transmit the PSP-IDs to be transmitted by the UE.
US10536961B2	Methods and devices for multi-connection transmission A method in a terminal device for transmission to at least a first network device and a second network device over bundled Transmission Time Intervals (TTIs). The method comprises determining that a first TTI for transmission to the first network device overlaps a second TTI for transmission to the second network device based on a first Timing Advance (TA) value associated with the first network device and a second TA value associated with the second network device; and blanking a portion of the first TTI, such that the rest of the first TTI does not overlap the second TTI.
US10536958B2	Resource selection method for V2X operation of terminal in wireless communication system, and terminal using method Provided are a resource selection method for a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) operation of a terminal in a wireless communication system, and a terminal using the method. The method comprises: monitoring physical sidelink control channels (PSCCHs) for other terminals in a first subframe; and transmitting, in a second subframe, a V2X message by using a resource which is not overlapped with a resource scheduled by the PSCCH for another terminal.
US10536940B2	Discovery signal block mapping Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for signal block mapping are provided. One method includes configuring, by a network node (e.g., base station or eNB), a group of discovery signaling blocks. The method may then include mapping the discovery signaling blocks of the group onto a subframe structure, including the group information into each of the discovery signaling blocks, and transmitting the discovery signaling blocks in the subframe structure.
US10536939B2	Apparatus and method of cooperating with multiple base stations in wireless communication system A method and an apparatus of cooperating with a plurality of base stations in a wireless communication system. A cloud cell is configured with a plurality of base stations that cooperate with each other for a mobile station and synchronizes user contexts for serving the mobile station among the plurality of base stations included in the cloud cell, and the plurality of base stations cooperate with each other to provide a communication service to the mobile station. The present disclosure reduces generation of a handover when the mobile station moves between base stations, and increases the data yield of the mobile station by transmitting and receiving data in cooperation with base stations in a cloud cell at a shaded area or a cell border.
US10536936B2	Control information transmission method and apparatus for use in mobile communication system A method of control information transmission for a terminal in a mobile communication system, and an apparatus therefor are provided. In the method of control information transmission, the terminal acquires unlicensed frequency channel occupancy information based on the control information received from a base station and transmits the unlicensed frequency channel occupancy information to other terminals operating on the same unlicensed frequency. The method of control information transmission includes receiving a first control information from a base station using a first radio communication protocol, acquiring channel occupancy information based on the first control information, and transmitting a second control information including the channel occupancy information to another terminal using a second radio communication protocol.
US10536934B2	EPDCCH search space design Techniques for supporting both localized and frequency-distributed control channel messages in the same enhanced control channel region are disclosed. An example method begins with receiving (2010) a downlink signal comprising an enhanced control region consisting of at least two sets of physical resource block (PRB) pairs. The method continues with the forming (2020) of one or more distributed enhanced control-channel elements (eCCEs) from a first set of PRB pairs by aggregating physical layer building blocks from multiple PRB pairs to form each distributed eCCE. One or more localized eCCEs are formed (2030) from a second set of PRB pairs by aggregating physical layer building blocks such that each of the localized eCCEs is formed from physical layer building blocks from within a single PRB pair of the second set. Control channel message candidates are formed (2050) from the distributed eCCEs and localized eCCEs, respectively, and decoded (2060).
US10536931B2	Base station apparatus and terminal device In an LTE-A system, there is a problem that it is difficult to perform stable communication in a case where there is a time when another system occupies an unlicensed band being used. There is provided a base station apparatus that communicates with a terminal device in a second frequency band different from a first frequency band capable of being used as a dedicated frequency band. The base station apparatus includes: a wireless transmission unit that transmits data or control information to the terminal device; and a wireless reception unit that receives data or control information transmitted from the terminal device. The wireless transmission unit transmits data to the terminal device, and the wireless reception unit performs a process of receiving ACK/NACK transmitted from the terminal device in a subframe of an initial uplink after communication of another system is ended in a case where the other system performs the communication in the second frequency band at a reception timing of the ACK/NACK of the data transmission.
US10536928B2	Resource conflict reducing method and UE A resource conflict reducing method, including determining, by a first user equipment (UE), N available resources from S resources detected at the UE, where S is a quantity of resources that are indicated by resource configuration information obtained by the first UE, and where S is an integer greater than or equal to 1, determining, by the first UE, M resources according to the N available resources, and sending, by the first UE, data to at least one second UE by using the M resources, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to S, and wherein M is an integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to N.
US10536927B2	Methods and apparatuses for processing scheduling of aperiodic information transmission Embodiments of the present invention disclose triggering methods and apparatuses of aperiodic channel state information CSI and an aperiodic sounding reference signal SRS for a carrier aggregation system. The method comprises: (1) pre-assigning a corresponding relationship between bits of the CSI request field in an uplink grant and multiple downlink component carriers DL CCs of user equipment, wherein the number of bits of the CSI request field is greater than 1 and less than the maximum allowed number of DL CCs in the system; (2) determining the DL CC for which aperiodic CSI reporting is to be triggered; and (3) mapping the CSI request field in the uplink grant according to the pre-assigned corresponding relationship to mark the value of the bit corresponding to the determined DL CC as “trigger”.
US10536925B2	Paging for massive MTC Systems and methods relating to scheduling Paging Occasions (POs) are disclosed. Embodiments of a method of operation of a network node are disclosed. In some embodiments, the method of operation of a network nodes comprises assigning POs to a plurality of User Equipments (UEs) in accordance with one or more anti-affinity groups such that, for a defined time interval, POs within the defined time interval are assigned to UEs in a same anti-affinity group. The method further comprises notifying the plurality of UEs of the POs assigned to the UEs. In this manner, the expected maximum number of pages within the defined time interval is substantially reduced.
US10536924B2	Apparatus and method for positioning terminal 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). A method for operating of a terminal in a wireless communication system according to an exemplary embodiment includes: receiving signals from other terminals; selecting another terminal which has proximity to the terminal from among the other terminals based on reception powers of the signals and information related to the signals; and determining a location of the terminal based on location information of the other terminals.
US10536922B2	Terminal device, electronic device and control method for determining the position of searching object device A controlling method of an electronic device is provided. The method includes receiving a search request for a searching object device from a terminal device, broadcasting a pre-defined search signal in response to the search request, in response to a response signal being received from an external device in response to the pre-defined search signal, analyzing a pattern of the received response signal and determining whether the external device is the searching object device, and in response to the external device being determined as the searching object device, transmitting intensity information of the received response signal to the terminal device to determine a position of the external device which is determined as the searching object device.
US10536920B1	System for location finding A system for location finding of devices and personnel for in-building applications is described. A group of sensors are distributed throughout a region or building of interest where each sensor contains an RF transceiver and an antenna system, with the antenna system capable of generating multiple radiation patterns or modes. The assets to be tracked by the sensors can have RF transceivers associated with each asset, and these transceivers can have antenna systems capable of generating multiple radiation patterns or modes. A system controller containing a processor is integrated into the system and is used to control the sensors and assets.
US10536915B2	Static delay compensation in a telecommunications system Certain features relate to compensating for a roundtrip delay caused by a distributed antenna system. A delay unit communicatively coupled to a base station can intercept the delay compensation signaling communicated between the digital baseband unit of the base station and the radio transmitter unit of the base station. The delay unit can adjust the delay compensation signaling by adding to the delay compensation signaling the pre-determined fiber delay caused by the DAS. In some aspects, the delay unit can delay the control words for a base station operating under the Common Public Radio Interface standard. In other aspects, the delay unit can delay the round-trip time measurement message for a base station operating under the Open Base Station Architecture Initiative standard.
US10536905B2	Uplink transmissions for dual connectivity Methods and apparatus are provided for a User Equipment (UE) configured by a Master enhanced NodeB (MeNB) for operation with dual connectivity to a Secondary eNB (SeNB) to determine a power for transmission to the MeNB and a power for transmission to the SeNB in a subframe when a total power the UE determines according to power control processes for transmission to the MeNB and for transmission to the SeNB exceeds a maximum transmission power in the subframe. Methods and apparatus are also provided for the MeNB to select one or more antenna ports the UE uses to transmit to the MeNB and inform the selected antenna ports to the UE.
US10536901B2	Systems and methods for providing communications within wireless sensor networks based on a periodic beacon signal In one embodiment, a system includes a hub having one or more processing units and RF circuitry for transmitting and receiving communications in a wireless network architecture. The system includes a plurality of sensor nodes each having a wireless device with a transmitter and a receiver to enable bi-directional communications with the hub in the wireless network architecture. The one or more processing units of the hub are configured to execute instructions to determine a first scheduled timing of causing the transmitter to be operable to transmit and causing the receiver to be operable to receive for each wireless device based on a periodic beacon signal of the hub.
US10536900B2	Heartbeat adjustment method, apparatus, and terminal Embodiments of the present invention disclose a heartbeat adjustment method, an apparatus, and a terminal. The method includes: acquiring a network holding time period of an application program; acquiring an initial heartbeat of the application program, and acquiring a to-be-adjusted heartbeat of the application program according to the network holding time period and the initial heartbeat; and acquiring at least one preset unified heartbeat, and adjusting the to-be-adjusted heartbeat according to the at least one preset unified heartbeat to obtain an adjusted heartbeat, where the adjusted heartbeat coincides with a unified heartbeat in the at least one unified heartbeat. The embodiments of the present invention can flexibly adjust a heartbeat of an application program according to a service requirement of the application program, to improve user experience and reduce power consumption.
US10536897B2	Energy efficient operation of radio network nodes and wireless communication devices in NB-IoT A radio network node may operate in a normal or restricted operating state. In the restricted operating state, the radio network node may have just enough activity to enable UEs to detect the cell. The radio access node may transition to the normal operating state in response to messaging from a wireless communication device, such as reception of a random access preamble.
US10536888B2	Communication method, user terminal and processor In a communication method, a user equipment receives system information broadcast from a current serving cell of the user equipment and indicating frequencies different from a frequency of the current serving cell, the user equipment receives a paging signal from the current serving cell that is different from the system information and includes a request message requesting the user equipment to perform frequency redistribution in which the user equipment selects a target frequency, and performs the frequency redistribution in response to receiving the paging signal including the request message. Performing the frequency redistribution comprises the user equipment measuring quality of the frequencies included in the system information received from the current serving cell in response to receiving the paging signal including the request message, and selecting the target frequency based on a result of the measuring. The user equipment reselects a serving cell on the selected target frequency.
US10536887B2	Method and system for performing handover (HO) in a long-range land-to-sea (LRLS) wireless network The present disclosure relates to a method and system for performing Handover (HO) in a Long-Range Land-To-Sea (LRLS) wireless network. The Customer-Premises Equipment (CPE) comprises an Antenna Array (AA). The HO management system scans one or more inactive AAs of CPE based on configuration parameters. Further, one of Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR) and Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS) throughput values are retrieved on uplink and downlink. Thereafter, one of SNR and MCS throughput values on uplink and downlink are processed for determining a target AA. Further, system performs inter-network HO to Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) network when cell edge is detected on target AA or inter-AA HO to target AA otherwise. Lastly, a network re-entry is initiated to target AA from the VSAT when network re-entry is detected on target AA based on processing one of the SNR or the MCS throughput values in uplink and downlink.
US10536884B2	Connected mode pruning enhancements Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for supporting a connected mode enhanced pruning procedure. A UE may select, while operating in connected mode with a first radio access technology (RAT), measurement candidates for a potential handover based on one or more criteria, maintain an active list including the selected measurement candidates, perform at least one measurement based, at least in part, on the active list, and take one or more actions based, at least in part, on the at least one measurement.
US10536879B2	Redundancy version indication in fifth generation (5G) or other next generation communication systems An adaptive downlink control channel structure is utilized for control channel transmission for 5G and other next generation wireless systems. Moreover, the adaptive downlink control channel structure can utilize a reduced length/size to decrease signaling overhead for each transport block. In an aspect, a first downlink control channel structure for a data transmission can be utilized to implicitly indicate redundancy version (RV) and a second downlink control channel structure for a subsequent data transmission can be utilized to explicitly indicate the RV. In another aspect, the RV can be indicative via an adaptive bit load. Further, in yet another aspect, the RV can be indicated based on a joint encoding of RV and new data indicator (NDI) information.
US10536877B1	Dynamic communication channel switching in a wireless access point A wireless access point (WAP) determines whether to switch from one or more first communication channels to one or more second communication channels when the one or more first communication channels are experiencing congestion. The WAP determines an amount of congestion the one or more first communication channels are experiencing. When the one or more first communication channels are experiencing congestion, the WAP determines whether one or more communication devices can support, or reliably support, a channel switching announcement signal using the one or more first communication channels. If a sufficient number of communication devices from among the one or more communication devices can support, or reliably support, the channel switching announcement signal, the WAP broadcasts the channel switching announcement signal to the one or more communication devices to announce its intention to switch from the one or more first communication channels to the one or more second communication channels.
US10536875B2	System and method for seamless TCP connection handoff A system for optimizing network traffic is described. The system includes a primary appliance having a first handoff engine in an active state. The primary appliance is configured to receive from a first switch one of first data or a copy of first data to be provided to a second switch. The system also includes a secondary appliance having a second handoff engine in a passive state, where the secondary appliance is configured to receive from the first switch the other of the first data or the copy of the first data. The second handoff engine is configured to monitor state data provided by the first handoff engine, determine a condition of the first handoff engine using the state data and the other of the first data or the copy of first data, and based on the determination, provide instructions for the secondary appliance to provide the other of the first data or the copy of the first data to the second switch.
US10536864B2	Method for managing a neighbor table and communication apparatus adapted for managing a neighbor table The present invention is a method of managing a neighbor table in a communication apparatus. The method includes the steps of the communication apparatus maintaining a neighbor table comprising a plurality of neighboring table entries corresponding to respective neighboring nodes being communication nodes in communication range of the communication apparatus. Upon determination that the neighbor table capacity has reached a threshold, replacing a first neighbor table entry corresponding to a first neighboring node from the neighbor table by a new neighbor table entry corresponding to a new neighboring node based on the determination that the new neighboring node is a communication partner. A communication node is defined as a communication partner if at least one the following conditions is met: a message including the communication partner as source address has been received by the communication apparatus, or a message including the communication partner as destination address has been transmitted by the communication apparatus.
US10536863B2	Optimizing mobile network bandwidth A gateway turns encrypted PS data traffic on the Iub interface into clear IP packets so that WAN stream de-duplication and other optimization can be performed to eliminate the transfer of repetitive data across the Iub interface, thereby increasing the throughput between the NodeB and the RNC of the WCDMA network. The gateway pulls PS data traffic out from Iub without disturbing the signaling and CS traffic. The bifurcated PS data traffic is redirected to the GTP I/O port of the gateway where the stream de-duplication is applied. Deployment of the gateway is transparent to the WCDMA network. No network reconfiguration is required to deploy the gateway on the Iub interface.
US10536860B2	Multi-hop wireless network planning In one embodiment, a method includes accessing a point cloud comprising several points, wherein each point corresponds to a location on a surface of an object located in three-dimensional space; determining whether each point in the point cloud is part of a linear structure, a planar structure, or a volumetric structure; identifying a plurality of point clusters, wherein each point cluster comprises one or more points that are located within a grid segment on a two-dimensional grid derived from the three-dimensional space; determining, for each point cluster, whether the point cluster represents a vertical-linear structure or a portion of a vertical-linear structure; identifying one or more point-cluster pairs, wherein each point-cluster pair includes two point clusters corresponding to one or more vertical-linear structures within a threshold distance in the three-dimensional space; and determining, for each point-cluster pair, whether a line-of-sight exists between each point-cluster in the point-cluster pair.
US10536859B2	Methods and apparatus for dynamic control and utilization of quasi-licensed wireless spectrum Methods and apparatus for providing quasi-licensed spectrum access within an area or venue. In one embodiment, the quasi-licensed spectrum utilizes 3.5 GHz CBRS (Citizens Broadband Radio Service) spectrum allocated by a Federal or commercial SAS (Spectrum Access System) to a managed content delivery network that includes one or more wireless access nodes (e.g., CBSDs and APs) in data communication with a controller. In one variant, the controller dynamically allocates (i) spectrum within the area or venue within CBRS bands, and (ii) MSO users or subscribers to CBRS bands or WLAN (e.g., public ISM) bands in to manage interference between the coexisting networks, and maximize user experience. In another variant, the controller cooperates with a provisioning server to implement a client device application program or “app” on MSO user or subscriber client devices which enables inter-RAT access.
US10536852B2	Electronic apparatus, method for authenticating the same, and recording medium A sleep detector is configured to detect sleep. At least one processor is configured to perform a first user authentication when the sleep detector does not detect the sleep, and perform a second user authentication when the sleep detector detects the sleep, the second user authentication being different from the first user authentication.
US10536848B2	Anti-takeover systems and methods for network attached peripherals Methods, systems, and devices are described for the prevention of network peripheral takeover activity. In some embodiments, peripheral devices may implement an anti-takeover mechanism encrypting messages and transmitting unencrypted decryption keys for a limited period of time. Anti-takeover peripheral devices may transition from a plain operational mode, to a decryption key transmission mode, to a secure mode based on pre-defined triggering events, commands, or timers. Random decryption key values may be generated by peripheral devices and transmitted to listening devices for later storage and retrieval by the listening device. Decryption keys may be stored in remote data stores for later retrieval by anti-takeover aware controller devices.
US10536841B2	Method for reporting capability information and dual mode user equipment adapted thereto A system and a method that reports capability information regarding a dual mode User Equipment (UE) are provided. The UE supports Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) and Time Division Duplex (TDD). The UE capability transmitting method includes receiving a message requesting UE capability information from an evolved Node B (eNB), generating first capability information and second capability information according to the UE capability information requesting message, and transmitting UE capability information including the first and second capability information to the eNB. The first capability information comprises FDD capability information applicable to an FDD mode or TDD capability information applicable to a TDD mode. The second capability information comprises capability information applicable to both the FDD mode and the TDD mode. The system and method can allow a dual mode UE to efficiently report its capability information.
US10536838B2	System, method and apparatus for node selection of a sensor network A system, method and apparatus for node selection of a sensor network. Multiple sensor networks can operate in or around a monitored location. Nodes can be organized amongst the multiple sensor networks using remote configuration updates that are provided by a host system to a sensor network node.
US10536837B2	Mobile terminal and method for near field communication Disclosed herein is a mobile phone with the Near Field Communication (NFC) technology and method of operating the mobile phone. The mobile phone includes a display; a baseband chip; a near field communication (NFC) module comprising an RF antenna, an NFC tag circuit and an NFC main chip; and the RF antenna configured to receive incoming RF signals.
US10536834B2	Method and apparatus for performing D2D operation in wireless communication system A method and apparatus for performing a device-to-device (D2D) operation in a wireless communication system is provided. In one embodiment, a user equipment (UE) receives a configuration of a reference timing for a cell of first carrier, based on a timing of a primary cell (PCell) of a second carrier, and performs D2D operation with another UE on the cell of the first carrier according to the reference timing. In another embodiment, a UE allocates a D2D transmission power based on an uplink (UL) transmission power for dual connectivity, and performs D2D operation with another UE according to the D2D transmission power.
US10536832B2	Network detection for content synchronization and reporting The present invention utilizes an application which is loaded onto the mobile devices of attendees who will be attending festivals, concerts, etc, where the large crowds attending the event will create wireless and mobile network congestion. The application will be preloaded with a plurality of presentations which the presenter will utilize during the event to enhance the experience for the attendee. Each presentation will have a triggering mechanism encoded in the app which will initiate the presentation to begin and will synchronize the presentation on the phone with event. In addition to displaying preloaded presentations to the attendees at crowded events, the application can also track the activities of the attendees at the event to see what portions of the events they attended and when, and display real time text messages on the screen of the phone.
US10536828B1	Keeping radio resource control activity after SMS wakeup A vehicle includes a gateway and a telematics controller. The controller is programmed to generate a signal to transition the gateway from sleep to powered state responsive to receipt of a wakeup message over a network; initialize a gateway cloud connector and a timer to periodically send ping messages to keep radio resource control alive; and responsive to inactivity over the network for a predefined period, discontinue the timer and transition the gateway from powered to sleep state.
US10536826B2	Method for selecting resource to be used for performing V2X communication within range satisfying latency requirement in wireless communication system, and terminal using same The present invention provides a vehicle-to-X (V2X) operation method performed by a V2X terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: selecting a resource to be used for performing a V2X communication within a range satisfying a latency requirement; and performing a V2X communication on the basis of the selected resource.
US10536824B2	Band usage information generating and reporting method, charging method, eNodeB, and MME The present disclosure provides a band usage information generating and reporting method, a charging method, an eNB, a ON, a MME and a UE. The eNB and the UE can generate band usage information for charging, and report the band usage information to the CN, wherein the band usage information involves band usage of at least a first band and a second band, and traffic is assigned to respective bands by the eNB. The Counting entity at the eNB or UE can count the data volume of each band or ratio of data volume via different bands as the band usage information based on the scheduling information of the data. The Charging system located in the CN can process the charging and generate a bill according to the reported band usage information.
US10536823B1	Determining device quality score The present invention is a method and system for scoring the reliability of a predictive determination regarding the assigning of a geographic location, such as a work or home location, to the owner or user of a mobile device. Mobile devices such as smart phones, tablets, internet computers, and other hand-held mobile devices may be preferentially targeted for ads based upon the geographic location of the owner or user of the mobile device. The home or work location is determined based upon startup events associated with the mobile device as tracked by startup activations of the mobile device, beacon activations, tile activations, or any other Bluetooth or near field communication device activation, during either day time or night time hours. Reliability scoring of the determination is affected through extraction and normalization of discrete features of a device.
US10536822B1	Identifying purpose and context of a line of people A method, system, and computer program product is disclosed for identifying the purpose and context of a line of people using mobile devices. A message is generated for transmitting to one or more mobile devices, and the message identifies a purpose of a line of people. The message is transmittable using a beacon at a starting point of the line. The message includes the purpose of the line to a first mobile device of a first person in the line. The message transmitted by the beacon is receivable by at least the first mobile device. In sequence, the message is transmitted, to each of a plurality of mobile devices belonging to people in the line, from the first mobile device to a next mobile device of the plurality of mobile devices, thereby relaying the message including the purpose of the line to multiple mobile devices, respectively.
US10536819B2	Missed telephone call management for a portable multifunction device In one aspect of the invention, a computer-implemented method is disclosed for use in conjunction with a portable electronic device with a touch screen display. A list of items comprising missed telephone calls is displayed. Upon detecting user selection of an item in the list, contact information is displayed for a respective caller corresponding to the user selected item. The displayed contact information includes a plurality of contact objects that include a first contact object, comprising a telephone number object having a first telephone number associated with the missed telephone call, and a second contact object. Upon detecting user selection of the second contact object, a communication with the respective caller is initiated via a modality corresponding to the second contact object.
US10536815B2	Tracking a wireless device using a seamless handoff between a vehicle and a mobile device Method and apparatus are disclosed for tracking a wireless device using a seamless handoff between a vehicle and a mobile device. An example vehicle includes internal and external antennas, a sensor, and an infotainment head unit with a display. The infotainment head unit tracks, using the external antenna, a wireless-enabled object exterior to the vehicle. The infotainment head unit also determines a location of the mobile device associated with the vehicle based on the sensor and the internal and external antennas. Additionally, when the mobile device exits the vehicle, the infotainment head unit automatically transitions tracking information to the mobile device.
US10536813B2	Electronic identification, location tracking, communication and notification system with beacon clustering A system and method for identifying a customer's location at a business and provide notification to a company representative upon arrival of the customer at the business location. Real-time location determinations for the customer and customer location tracking can be provided. One or more wireless beacons communicate with the customer's electronic device. The beacons provide the system with real-time data about the customer's whereabouts, allowing for the confirmation and tracking of the customer at the location. A first non-limiting example of use, include a company that provides food and beverage allowing the customer to place an order for food and beverages on their electronic device and having the order delivered to the person at their current location as determined by the system. Another non-limiting example includes a company using the notification system to have assigned staff members notified of the customer's arrival.
US10536810B2	Electronic apparatus, control method, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium An electronic apparatus comprises an accelerometer, an air-pressure sensor, a communication unit, and an at least one processor. The at least one processor performs determination processing of determining whether probability that the user will move on a road at the intersection after the user approaches the intersection is high based on change in the air-pressure value if the at least one processor detects approach of the user to the intersection when the user is moving in a predetermined movement manner. The at least one processor sends a notification that the user will move on the intersection to a roadside unit if the probability that the user will move on a road at the intersection is high. The at least one processor does not send a notification that the user will move on the intersection to a roadside unit if the probability is not high.
US10536806B1	Intelligent location-based puzzle Disclosed herein are systems and methods for dynamic generation of an intelligent and location-based puzzle. The method comprises locating a mobile device within a proximity zone associated with an establishment and generating a user dataset comprising a counter representing how many times the user has been identified within the proximity zone. The method further comprises querying, receiving, and displaying a first media element associated with a puzzle. Upon locating the mobile device within the proximity zone for the second time, the method comprises adjusting the counter value and querying, receiving, and displaying a second media element associated with the puzzle.
US10536804B2	Mobile localized communication for on-the-go users Mobile localization of communications allows users to communicate anonymously with other users who share a location that is mobile. The systems and methods provided herein distinguish users who are co-mobile from users who are merely co-located to enable mobile conversations to travel with co-mobile users without a dedicated communications connection being established beforehand between the users. The conversations travel with the co-mobile users and are not tied to a physical location, allowing for localized and anonymous communications for user who are travelling together.
US10536801B2	Tracking device operation in safety-classified zone Tracking devices can be associated with safe zones, smart zones, and high risk zones. Safe zones correspond to regions where a likelihood that a tracking device is lost within the safe zone is lower than outside the safe zone. High risk zones correspond to regions where a likelihood that a tracking device is lost within the high risk zone is higher than outside the high risk zone. Smart zones correspond to an expected tracking device, mobile device, or user behavior. Home areas are geographic regions in which a user resides, and travel areas are geographic regions in which a user does not reside. A tracking device can be configured to operate in a mode selected based on a presence of the tracking device within a safe zone, a smart zone, a high risk zone, a home area, or a travel area.
US10536798B2	Tracking device location identification A last known location of a tracking device can be determined by using location information received at a tracking system. A disconnection event is received at the tracking system indicating that a tracking device has disconnected from a mobile device. In response, the tracking system can generate a last known location for the tracking device. Other relevant location updates, such as recent locations of the mobile device or locations of other mobile devices that connect to the tracking device are collected and associated with the disconnection event. Based on the location updates, a last known location of the tracking device can be computed and stored.
US10536795B2	Vehicle audio system with reverberant content presentation Various implementations include vehicle audio systems and related control methods. In some particular implementations, an audio system is configured to present audio content to a vehicle occupant to modify the perceived size of the vehicle cabin relative to its actual physical size.
US10536792B2	Electronic device charging via an audio jack An electronic device may comprise audio processing circuitry and a first connector having a first contact and a second contact. In a first mode of operation, the audio processing circuitry is configured to output one or more audio signals carrying music and/or voice via the first contact and the second contact. In a second mode of operation, the audio processing circuitry is configured to output a signal for delivering supply current via the first contact and the second contact. While the electronic device is in the first mode of operation, a gain and/or volume limit of the audio processing circuitry may be set to a first level, and while the electronic device is in the second mode of operation, the gain and/or volume limit of the audio processing circuitry may be set to a second level that is higher than the first level.
US10536790B2	Location based services audio system An audio system comprising a plurality of speaker devices allows seamless transitioning of playing audio between speakers in different locations. A mobile device may be used to determine a location for which the associated speakers should be used for playback. The speaker devices at the different locations may be synchronized to a common clock in order to allow the audio playback to be transitioned seamlessly from one location to another.
US10536785B2	Hearing device and method with intelligent steering A method of operating a hearing device and a hearing device are disclosed. The method comprises obtaining a first microphone signal and a second microphone signal. The method comprises obtaining a first beamform signal based on the first microphone signal and the second microphone signal. The method may comprise obtaining a second beamform signal based on the first microphone signal and the second microphone signal. The method comprises determining a first parameter based on the first beamform signal. The method may comprise combining the first beamform signal and the second beamform signal based on the first parameter for provision of an output beamform signal. The method comprises providing the output beamform signal for further processing including hearing loss compensation.
US10536783B2	Technique for directing audio in augmented reality system A hearing aid comprises a sensor configured for detecting a focus of an end user on a real sound source, a microphone assembly configured for converting sounds into electrical signals, a speaker configured for converting the electrical signals into sounds, and a control subsystem configured for modifying the direction and/or distance of a greatest sensitivity of the microphone assembly based on detected focus. A virtual image generation system comprises memory storing a three-dimensional scene, a sensor configured for detecting a focus of the end user on a sound source, a speaker configured for conveying sounds to the end user, and a control subsystem configured for causing the speaker to preferentially convey a sound originating from the sound source in response to detection of the focus, and for rendering image frames of the scene, and a display subsystem configured for sequentially displaying the image frames to the end user.
US10536780B2	Piezoelectric transducer A piezoelectric transducer including a substrate, a piezoelectric layer and a stiffening structure is provided. The substrate has a chamber. The piezoelectric layer has a displacement zone, a plurality of sensing zones, a plurality of gaps, a plurality of top electrodes, and a plurality of bottom electrodes. The displacement zone is located over the chamber. The sensing zones are surroundingly connected to an outer edge of the displacement zone and are located over the chamber. The gaps are each formed between any adjacent two of the plurality of sensing zones, and each of the gaps communicates with the chamber. The top electrodes are each disposed on a top surface of each of the sensing zones. The bottom electrodes are each disposed on a bottom surface of each of the sensing zones. The stiffening structure is disposed on a bottom of the displacement zone.
US10536779B2	Electroacoustic transducer An electroacoustic transducer includes an ultrasonic element that includes a diaphragm and a support frame, a case body that accommodates the ultrasonic element, and fixing portions that join the support frame portion to a bottom plate portion of the case body. First and second main surfaces of the diaphragm face top and bottom plate portions of the case body, respectively, and a sound hole is provided in the case body. The fixing portions are partially provided along the circumferential direction of the support frame such that a space between the second main surface and the bottom plate portion communicates with a space around the ultrasonic element, and an acoustic path connecting the first main surface and the second main surface and the sound hole is provided in the case body. The fixing portions are defined by a die bonding agent including spherical spacers.
US10536774B2	Constrained nonlinear parameter estimation for robust nonlinear loudspeaker modeling for the purpose of smart limiting A thermal model system for estimating a voice coil temperature of a loudspeaker that has frequency dependent parameters to model thermal behavior of the loudspeaker may include a loudspeaker having a voice coil and a magnet, and a thermal model configured to have multiple frequency dependent thermal circuits including the voice coil and the magnet that determine a voice coil temperature which is used to limit input to the loudspeaker to prevent thermal overload of the loudspeaker.
US10536771B2	Dynamic receiver with resonance protector for earphone A dynamic receiver for an earphone is provided. The dynamic receiver has a Helmholtz resonance space provided on a protector. The dynamic receiver includes: a frame; a magnetic circuit disposed in the frame; a vibration system disposed in the frame and configured to generate sound by a mutual electromagnetic force with the magnetic circuit; and a protector coupled to the frame and configured to protect components disposed in the frame. The protector includes a sound emitting hole passing through the protector and emitting sound generated in the frame to the outside, and a resonance space defined on a top surface of the protector.
US10536765B2	Earphone case An earphone case includes a shell, a rotating drum received in the shell, a driving assembly coupled to the rotating drum and configured for rotating the rotating drum, and a back cover latchable with the shell and receiving the driving assembly in a receiving space defined therein. The rotating drum is driven by the driving assembly to rotate to wind a wire of at least one pair of earphones.
US10536763B2	Headphone ventilation Technology presented herein improves the comfort of over ear headphones by reducing over ear heat and therefore sweat via an active ventilation mechanism. Headphones include two or more one-way valves: one valve at the bottom of the cup allowing air to flow in, and another valve at the top of the earcup allowing air to flow out of the earcup. In the audible frequency range the valves have high acoustic impedance in both directions to prevent the sound from escaping from the earcup into the environment. In the inaudible frequency range the valves operate as an upward pump because the upward direction has low impedance and the downward direction has high impedance. The pumping action is further aided by the natural tendency of warm air to rise, and by the speaker creating positive and negative pressure within the earcup and therefore expelling or sucking in air, respectively.
US10536759B2	Point-to-point fiber insertion Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing point-to-point fiber insertion within a passive optical network (“PON”) communications system. The PON communications system, associated with a first service provider or a first service, might include an F1 line(s) routed from a central office or DSLAM to a fiber distribution hub (“FDH”) located within a block or neighborhood of customer premises, via at least an apical conduit source slot, an F2 line(s) routed via various apical conduit components to a network access point (“NAP”) servicing customer premises, and an F3 line(s) distributed, at the NAP and from the F2 Line(s), to a network interface device or optical network terminal at each customer premises via various apical conduit components (e.g., in roadway surfaces). Point-to-point fiber insertion of another F1 line(s), associated with a second service provider or a second service, at either the NAP or the FDH (or outside these devices).
US10536752B2	Acquiring and storing play progress for a multimedia file Disclosed is an information processing method and an electronic device capable of playing a multimedia file. The method includes when detecting a first operation of adjusting a play time of a multimedia file from a first time to a second time different from the first time in the process of playing the multimedia file, acquiring and storing a play progress of the multimedia file corresponding to the first time; and when detecting a second operation of a user, retrieving the play progress of the multimedia file corresponding to the first time and playing the multimedia file from the play progress corresponding to the first time in response to the second operation. With the method and electronic device, a video can accurately return to a play progress corresponding to a previous play time after a fast forward or rewind is performed in the process of playing the video.
US10536748B2	Behavior modeling based on content genre Disclosed are systems and methods for behavioral modeling based on content genre and utilizing results for content recommendation and other network handling and storage of the content. Viewing events with respect to a content item are aggregated. An affinity is calculated based on the viewing events. Additional viewing events occurring during the delivery of the content item and associated with other content items are also selected. A sampling bonus is added to the affinity if these additional viewing events have a duration below a threshold and the other content items share a same genre as the content item.
US10536745B2	Method for audio detection and corresponding device A method, arrangement and device comprising the arrangement enabling to determine if audio data is present in a digital audio/video stream. If presence of audio data is determined and audio is muted and/or below a determined level, a visual indication is generated which indicates the presence of audio data in the digital audio/video stream.
US10536741B1	Synchronizing internet (“over the top”) video streams for simultaneous feedback Techniques are described for synchronizing internet (“over the top”) video streams for simultaneous playback. In particular, techniques are described to improve the performance and accuracy of stream synchronization among participant media player applications playing a same video content item, for example, as part of a “watch party.” The techniques can be further augmented to allow interaction between the users watching the presentation, e.g., by sending messages to other users or by annotating the video presentation with comments, and can be further used to enable “cross device control,” a feature that enables multiple users, or a single user with multiple devices, to control a shared video playback session on another device. For example, two users watching a streaming video on a set-top box connected to a TV in their living room could each use an app on their respective smart phones to pause/play/seek the playback session, providing a more collaborative experience.
US10536740B2	Zone signal targeting and analytics Systems and methods for targeting advertisements to particular zones within a content distribution region are disclosed. One or more zone signals may be generated and distributed by combining media content with a respective advertisement corresponding to each of the zones within the distribution region. In some example cases, the media content may be received from a broadcaster. The systems and methods may further include the capability to determine zone based and/or advertisement based viewing metrics for one or more of the zones within the content distribution region by polling client devices within the one or more zones.
US10536739B2	Display apparatus and control method thereof A display apparatus and a method. The display apparatus may include a display, an interface configured to be connected with an output terminal of a source device, a main processor configured to control an operation of the display apparatus and a sub-processor configured to identify whether the output terminal of the source device is connected with the interface. The main processor may identify whether the source device is turned on if the display apparatus is in a first state, and the sub-processor may identify whether the source device is turned on if the display apparatus is in a second state. The main processor may control the display to display a UI based on one or more of whether the interface is connected to the output terminal of the source device and whether the source device is turned on.
US10536736B2	System and method for surveying broadcasting ratings A system and method in which a TV signal reception device (e.g., set top box) receives a broadcast signal, sends the broadcast signal to a TV, and sends an event signal to a rating statistics information server or associated user terminal when a predetermined condition occurs, to ultimately cause an associated user terminal to generate fingerprint data of audio from the TV and to provide the fingerprint data to the server so as to facilitate channel identification and generation of ratings statistics.
US10536719B2	Golomb-rice/eg coding technique for CABAC in HEVC A system utilizing a high throughput coding mode for CABAC in HEVC is described. The system may include an electronic device configured to obtain a block of data to be encoded using an arithmetic based encoder; to generate a sequence of syntax elements using the obtained block; to compare an Absolute-3 value of the sequence or a parameter associated with the Absolute-3 value to a preset value; and to convert the Absolute-3 value to a codeword using a first code or a second code that is different than the first code, according to a result of the comparison.
US10536718B2	Method and device for encoding and decoding a light field based image, and corresponding computer program product A method for encoding a current focal stack is disclosed that comprises a set of images focused at a different focalization distance from one image to another. According to present disclosure, the method comprises: —encoding (31) information representing an image of the current focal stack, the image being selected in said current focal stack according to an image sharpness criterion, and reconstructing the image into a reconstructed image; —encoding (32) at least another image of the current focal stack by prediction from at least the reconstructed image.
US10536714B2	Method for coding and an apparatus The invention relates to a method for encoding, a method for decoding, an apparatus, computer program products, an encoder and a decoder for video information. The motion vector for a block in a video image is predicted from a set of motion vector prediction candidates determined based on previously-coded motion vectors. A motion vector prediction candidate is included in the set based on the location of the block associated with the first spatial motion vector prediction candidate and in comparison with motion vector prediction candidates already in the set.
US10536710B2	Cross-layer cross-channel residual prediction Systems, apparatus and methods are described including operations for video coding including cross-layer cross-channel residual prediction.
US10536708B2	Efficient frame loss recovery and reconstruction in dyadic hierarchy based coding A method for efficient frame loss recovery and reconstruction (EFLRR) in a dyadic hierarchy is described herein. The method includes obtaining a current frame of a group of pictures. The method also includes calculating a Dyadic Hierarchy Picture Index difference based on a layer information in response to a prior frame missing in the group of pictures. Finally, the method includes decoding the current frame in response to a determined frame continuity based on the Dyadic Hierarchy Picture Index difference.
US10536707B2	Power aware video decoding and streaming Methods and systems are disclosed for a mobile device to decode video based on available power and/or energy. For example, the mobile device may receive a media description file (MDF) from for a video stream from a video server. The MDF may include complexity information associated with a plurality of video segments. The complexity information may be related to the amount of processing power to be utilized for decoding the segment at the mobile device. The mobile device may determine at least one power metric for the mobile device. The mobile device may determine a first complexity level to be requested for a first video segment based on the complexity information from the MDF and the power metric. The mobile device may dynamically alter the decoding process to save energy based on the detected power/energy level.
US10536706B2	Method and device for sharing a candidate list The present invention relates to a method and device for sharing a candidate list. A method of generating a merging candidate list for a predictive block may include: producing, on the basis of a coding block including a predictive block on which a parallel merging process is performed, at least one of a spatial merging candidate and a temporal merging candidate of the predictive block; and generating a single merging candidate list for the coding block on the basis of the produced merging candidate. Thus, it is possible to increase processing speeds for coding and decoding by performing inter-picture prediction in parallel on a plurality of predictive blocks.
US10536701B2	Video coding using adaptive motion vector resolution In one example, a device for coding video data includes a video coder configured to configured to code information representative of whether an absolute value of an x-component of a motion vector difference value for a current block of video data is greater than zero, code information representative of whether an absolute value of a y-component of the motion vector difference value is greater than zero, when the absolute value of the x-component is greater than zero, code information representative of the absolute value of the x-component, when the absolute value of the y-component is greater than zero, code information representative of the absolute value of the y-component, when the absolute value of the x-component is greater than zero, code a sign of the x-component, and when the absolute value of the y-component is greater than zero, code a sign of the y-component.
US10536698B2	Chroma quantization parameter extension The quantization parameters (QP) for Chroma are extended up to and more preferably to the same range as Luma QP (e.g., 0 to 51). Previous, values of Chroma QP only extended up to 39. Techniques are provided for determining extended Chroma QP values (e.g., for Cr and Cb) based on the Luma QP and picture level chroma offsets. In one preferred embodiment, slice level offsets are added making the method particularly well-suited for slice level parallel processing. The extension of Chroma QP enhances functionality, flexibility and friendliness of the High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) standard for various applications.
US10536696B2	Image encoding device and image encoding method To reduce the occurrence of an excessive encoding amount or an insufficient encoding amount and reduce the fluctuation range of the bit rate even when there is a change in the area of a region-of-interest or the properties of an image. An image encoding device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a block-of-interest determining unit configured to determine whether or not a block is a block-of-interest including a pixel-of-interest; a region-of-interest area-ratio calculator configured to calculate a region-of-interest area ratio based on a determination result obtained by the block-of-interest determining unit; a rate controller configured to decide a region-of-interest quantization parameter and a non-region-of-interest quantization parameter based on at least a bit rate of compression data and the region-of-interest area ratio; and a compressor configured to compress an image input in accordance with a predetermined encoding method by using the block-of-interest, the region-of-interest quantization parameter, and the non-region-of-interest quantization parameter.
US10536691B2	Controls and interfaces for user interactions in virtual spaces In one embodiment, a method includes sending information configured to render a virtual space on a display device; receiving a first input from a first controller device, wherein the first controller device is associated with a first location on a body of a user; sending information configured to render a user interface comprising a menu of items, the menu of items comprising one or more interactive elements; receiving a second input from a second controller device, wherein the second controller device is associated with a second location on the body of the user, and wherein the second input indicates a selection of a particular interactive element; and sending information configured to render a response to the selection of the particular interactive element on a display device associated with the user.
US10536690B2	Display for three-dimensional image Apparatuses and methods for displaying a 3-D representation of an object are described. Apparatuses can include a rotatable structure, motor, and multiple light field sub-displays disposed on the rotatable structure. The apparatuses can store a light field image to be displayed, the light field image providing multiple different views of the object at different viewing directions. A processor can drive the motor to rotate the rotatable structure and map the light field image to each of the light field sub-displays based in part on the rotation angle, and illuminate the light field sub-displays based in part on the mapped light field image. The apparatuses can include a display panel configured to be viewed from a fiducial viewing direction, where the display panel is curved out of a plane that is perpendicular to the fiducial viewing direction, and a plurality of light field sub-displays disposed on the display panel.
US10536688B2	Directional pixel for multiple view display The present disclosure relates to a directional pixel for a high-angular resolution, wide field of view, multiple view display. The design teaches a directional pixel comprising a substrate, one or more pixel driving circuits, one or more nano- or micro-scale subpixels, and one or more directional optical guiding surfaces, wherein each of said one or more subpixels is comprised of a light emitting device emitting a light beam and an optical microcavity housing said light emitting device. The optical microcavity is comprised of a plurality of reflective surfaces to specifically manipulate and tune said light beam, wherein one or more of said reflective surfaces is a light propagating reflective surface which propagates said light beam out of said microcavity, and said light propagating reflective surface is connected to said one or more directional optical guiding surfaces to direct said light beam at a specific angle. A high-angular resolution, multiple-view light-field display is created by deploying a plurality of directional pixels into a directional pixel array system.
US10536686B1	Exoscope with enhanced depth of field imaging An exoscope with enhanced depth of field imaging is provided. The exoscope includes first and second sets of optical devices, the first set having a fixed image plane, the second set having a variable image plane adjacent the fixed image plane of the first set. The second set includes at least one variable device configured to change the position of the variable image plane. A beamsplitter splits light from a combined optical path of the first and second set to respective image devices of the first and second set of optical devices. A controller controls the at least one variable device to change the position of the variable image plane relative to the fixed image plane, combines images acquired by the respective image devices, and controls a display device to render a combined image.
US10536685B2	Method and apparatus for generating lens-related metadata A method and an apparatus for generating lens-related metadata for a light field imaging device. An image renderer generates a display image from a light field capture using a lens model. A metadata assembler then outputs parameters of the lens model used for generating the display image as lens-related metadata for the light field imaging device.
US10536683B2	System and method for presenting and viewing a spherical video segment Systems and methods for marking an event of interest within a spherical video segment are provided. The spherical video segment may define visual content viewable from a point of view. User input may designate an event of interest within the visual content. The user input may indicate a moment in time in the spherical video segment and a viewing angle of the event of interest. Tag information associated with the event of interest may be generated. The tag information may identify the moment in time and the viewing angle such that a subsequent presentation of the spherical video segment, proximate to the moment in time, includes an alert notification that the event of interest is outside a display field of view based on the viewing angle being outside the display field of view.
US10536681B2	Sound processing system and sound processing method that emphasize sound from position designated in displayed video image A sound and video processing system includes: a display that displays a video image captured by the camera; a sound collector that collects sound; an input device that receives designation of at least one designated location in the video image displayed on the display. A processor generates emphasized audio data, in which sound is emphasized in at least one direction from a position of the sound collector toward at least one position corresponding to the at least one designated location. The processor displays at least one identification shape at the at least one designated location. In response to receiving re-designation of one of the at least one designated location by the input device, the processor outputs audio data in which emphasis of sound stops in a direction from the position of the sound collector toward the position corresponding to the re-designated location.
US10536680B2	Imaging device An imaging device includes an imaging sensor that outputs an imaging signal representing a sequence of frame images of a photographic subject. A buffer memory temporarily stores data of the sequence of frame images from the imaging signal. A release switch is actuated by a user to output an image-taking signal. A controller, upon receipt of the image-taking signal from the release switch: (i) generates moving image data from at least some of the plurality of frame images stored in the buffer memory, (ii) generates at least one piece of still image data based on at least one frame image of the plurality of frame images stored in the buffer memory, and (iii) associates the moving image data with the still image data and records the moving image data and the still image data in a recording medium.
US10536679B2	Imaging apparatus and image processing system having stacked structure An imaging apparatus includes an image sensor, a control unit, a first image processing unit, and a second image processing unit. The image sensor includes a plurality of pixels, each of which includes a photoelectric conversion unit which converts light into an electric charge. The control unit makes a first control line output a signal based on the electric charge of the photoelectric conversion unit to a first signal line, and makes a second control line output a signal based on the electric charge of the photoelectric conversion unit to a second signal line. The first image processing unit performs first image processing for the signal output to the second signal line. The second image processing unit performs second image processing for the signal output to the first signal line based on a result of the first image processing in the first image processing unit.
US10536673B2	Smart city closed camera photocell and street lamp device The invention provides a photocell system for controlling a street lamp comprising a photocell configured to switch on and off the street light and a Closed Camera Photo Cell configured to collect image data and transmit the data to a remote location.
US10536671B1	Apparatus, system and method for tracking subject with still or video camera An apparatus, method, and system for controlling camera aiming and operation through a convenient and intuitive interface using correlative touch and feel, which allows a camera operator to primarily pay attention to a game or event, while simultaneously controlling a still or video camera in three control dimensions, with a high degree of accuracy or quality.
US10536670B2	Video copy prevention systems with interaction and compression Disclosed are systems and methods for providing video content while inhibiting the copying of that content for later viewing. Video images may be made difficult to copy for presentation at later times by the omission or addition of content developed in relation to the particular initial viewing. For instance, video information may be customized by omitting information that is not likely to be substantially perceived by the initial viewer but that is substantially likely to be perceived as missing by at least some other viewers. As another example, video information may be customized for a particular viewing instance so that it contains modified, selected or injected information that is likely to be perceived as non-disruptive or unnoticeable by the original viewer but that would be perceived as substantially noticeable and/or disruptive by some other viewers, including when parts of more than one such video information are combined in an effort to remove customization related to their respective original viewings. Various means and methods for accomplishing the forgoing in a variety of settings are disclosed including also for providing privacy related to what is viewed. In some examples higher-resolution images are provided for the region near the viewer's point-of-regard and lower resolution images are provided elsewhere, which also has the effect of reducing the bandwidth required. For interactive content rendered from digital models, a model for a central foveal region may be provide greater detail and have greater computational requirements than a model for a peripheral view, providing both economy/performance in rendering and protection against copying.
US10536665B2	Device for transmitting broadcast signal, device for receiving broadcast signal, method for transmitting broadcast signal, and method for receiving broadcast signal Provided in the present invention is a method for transmitting a broadcast signal. The method for transmitting a broadcast signal, according to the present invention, provides a system capable of supporting a next-generation broadcast service in an environment supporting a next-generation hybrid broadcast which uses a terrestrial broadcast network and an Internet network. Also provided is an efficient way of signaling encompassing the terrestrial broadcast network and the Internet network in the environment supporting the next-generation hybrid broadcast.
US10536664B2	Audio routing for audio-video recording Systems and methods for routing audio for audio-video recordings allow a user to record desired audio with captured video at the time the video is being captured. Audio from one or more sources may be routed to the video capture application and recorded with the video. In one or more examples, audio may be routed from another application, e.g., an audio playback application, running on the same device as the video capture application. In another example, audio may be received from a remote device through a wireless connection. Multiple streams of audio content may be mixed together prior to storing with video. The audio, upon reception, may then be routed to the video capture application for recordation. An audio progression bar may also be provided to indicate duration and elapsed time information associated with the audio being recorded.
US10536662B2	Method for zapping contents and display apparatus for implementing the same A content zapping method for accessing multimedia contents rapidly and easily by accessing the multimedia contents on a browser basis, includes receiving a screen change command for at least one broadcast channel or at least one content; and changing a screen to a browser which provides the at least one broadcast channel or the at least one content corresponding to the received screen change command, in an order of a pre-stored list.
US10536661B2	Tracking object of interest in an omnidirectional video A device is presented. The device comprises: at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, a display element coupled to the processor, and a user input element coupled to the processor. The computer program code and the at least one memory are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the device to: play an omnidirectional video comprising a series of image frames, display a portion of the image frames of the played omnidirectional video on the display element, receive a user input from the user input element, the user input comprising selection of an object of interest in the displayed portion of at least one image frame of the played omnidirectional video, identify the object of interest in at least one image frame of the played omnidirectional video based on the user input, track the selected object of interest in consequent image frames of the played omnidirectional video, and adjust the displayed portion of the consequent image frames of the played omnidirectional video so that the tracked object of interest remains in the displayed portion. A method and method are also presented.
US10536659B2	Solid-state image capturing element, manufacturing method therefor, and electronic device The present disclosure relates to a solid-state image capturing element, a manufacturing method therefor, and an electronic device, which are capable of controlling a thickness of a depletion layer. The solid-state image capturing element includes pixels each in which a photoelectric conversion film configured to perform photoelectric conversion on incident light and a fixed charge film configured to have a predetermined fixed charge are stacked on a semiconductor substrate. The technology of the present disclosure can be applied to, for example, back surface irradiation type solid-state image capturing elements, image capturing devices such as digital still cameras or video cameras, mobile terminal devices having an image capturing function, and electronic devices using a solid-state image capturing element as an image capturing unit.
US10536654B2	Signal processing apparatus, control method, image pickup element, and electronic device The present technology relates to a signal processing apparatus, a control method, an image pickup element, and an electronic device which make it possible to suppress RTS noise. The signal processing apparatus of the present technology may include an amplifying transistor and a short-circuit unit. The amplifying transistor amplifies a signal input to a gate, and the short-circuit unit is capable of short-circuiting the gate of the amplifying transistor to a potential which reduces a gate-to-source voltage of the amplifying transistor. For example, it is determined whether the amplifying transistor is in a period of a non-operating state, and when the amplifying transistor is determined to be in the period of a non-operating state, the gate of the amplifying transistor may be short-circuited. The present technology can be applied, for example, to an image pickup element and an electronic device.
US10536653B2	Solid-state imaging device and imaging system with a plurality of electrodes sequentially becoming a lowest potential relative to charges of the plurality of electrodes A solid-state imaging device includes a photoelectric converter including a photoelectric conversion film, a first electrode arranged on one surface side of the photoelectric conversion film, and a plurality of second electrodes arranged on the other surface side of the photoelectric conversion film, a plurality of charge accumulation portions each connected to corresponding one of the plurality of second electrodes, an output unit that outputs a plurality of signals each corresponding to an amount of charges accumulated in each of the plurality of charge accumulation portions, and a control unit that individually controls a drive voltage applied to each of the plurality of second electrodes. The control unit controls the drive voltage applied to each of the second electrodes such that, in an accumulation period of charges of one frame, each of the second electrodes sequentially becomes the lowest potential relative to the charges of the second electrodes.
US10536652B2	Image sensors with split photodiodes An imaging device may have an array of image sensor pixels. Each image sensor pixel of the array of image sensor pixels may have split photodiodes that are symmetric about a shared floating diffusion region. The floating diffusion region may be coupled to each of the photodiodes. Each of the split photodiodes and the floating diffusion region may generate charge in response to light incident on the image sensor pixel. The split photodiodes and the floating diffusion region may be covered by a microlens. The charge generated by the photodiodes and the floating diffusion region may be compared and utilized by the imaging device in phase detection applications. The image sensor pixel may also include a dual conversion gain capacitor and a gain select transistor to produce high dynamic range (HDR) images.
US10536647B2	Using a display as a light source In general, the subject matter can be embodied in methods, systems, and program products for using a display of a computing device as a light source. The computing device receives a first image that was captured by a camera of the computing device, determines a brightness of at least part of the first image, selects an intensity of a light source that is to be presented by the display of the computing device, the intensity of the light source being selected based on the determined brightness of the at least part of the image, presents the light source by the display of the computing device, the presented light source having the selected intensity, and receives a second image that is captured by the camera of the computing device while the computing device is presenting the light source on the display using the selected intensity.
US10536640B2	Imaging device, operation method, image processing device, and image processing method The imaging device includes an imaging optical system, imaging unit having an imaging element and for capturing a video by imaging a subject image through the imaging optical system, a camera shake detection unit configured to detect camera shake, an optical correction unit configured to optically correct the camera shake detected by the camera shake detection unit by changing a position of the imaging optical system or the imaging element in a case where the optical correction unit is turned on and to stop the correction in a case where the optical correction unit is turned off, and a reset determination unit for determining whether or not to reset the position of the imaging optical system or the imaging element. The optical correction unit resets the position of the imaging optical system or the imaging element in a case where the reset determination unit determines to reset the position of the imaging optical system or the imaging element. The imaging device further includes an electronic correction unit configured to electronically correct a change of a position of a subject, based on an operation of the reset by the optical correction unit, in an image captured by the imaging unit in a case where the reset by the optical correction unit is started.
US10536637B2	Method for controlling camera system, electronic device, and storage medium A method for operating an electronic device is provided. The method includes performing initialization of a camera system of the electronic device, controlling the camera system to operate in a sleep mode upon completion of the initialization, controlling the camera system to switch to a normal mode from the sleep mode, and displaying an image output from the camera system in the normal mode on a display of the electronic device.
US10536634B2	Multiple lens system and portable electronic device employing the same A multiple lens system includes at least one lens unit, at least one reflecting unit, a first image sensing element, a second image sensing element, and a processing unit. The processing unit is electrically connected to the first image sensing element and the second image sensing element. The processing unit controls at least one angle of the at least one reflection unit according to a capturing mode, changes at least one optical path of the at least one reflection unit, and selects at least one lens of the at least one lens unit. At least one image beam obtained by the selected at least one lens is reflected or projected to at least one of the first image sensing element and the second image sensing element through the at least one optical path.
US10536629B2	Photographing method and mobile terminal Embodiments of the present invention disclose a photographing method. The method includes: detecting a first operation performed on the mobile terminal; determining whether the first operation meets a first preset condition; supplying electrical power to hardware components of the mobile terminal that are involved in performing the photographing operation when the first operation meets the first preset condition, and pre-allocating an application resource for the photographing operation; detecting a second operation performed on the mobile terminal; determining whether the second operation meets a second preset condition; and performing the photographing operation when the second operation meets the second preset condition.
US10536628B2	Providing camera settings from at least one image/video hosting service Camera settings are provided by retrieving, based on current metadata defining a current position of a camera (5) and from a storage, metadata defining respective positions of other cameras and camera settings used by the other cameras when taking photos or videos that are uploaded on an image/video hosting service. Information representative of camera settings used when taking a photo/video selected among the photos/videos available on the image/video hosting service is provided for transmission to the camera (5).
US10536627B2	Display apparatus, method of controlling display apparatus, document camera, and method of controlling document camera A projector includes: an image I/F unit that communicates with a document camera; a projection unit that displays an image based on photographic image data received from the document camera via the image I/F unit on a screen; a position detection unit that detects a position of an indicator with respect to the screen; and an instruction information transmission unit that transmits a control command for causing the document camera to perform a process based on a function related to an icon via the image I/F unit in a case in which it is detected that a region corresponding to the icon of the screen is operated with the indicator based on a detection result of the position detection unit.
US10536625B2	Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium When a first frame included in a moving image satisfies a predetermined condition about a predetermined feature quantity, a second frame is analyzed and a candidate frame is selected from the first frame and the second frame as a candidate of an output target based on a result of analysis of the first frame and a result of analysis of the second frame.
US10536621B2	Image capturing apparatus, storage medium and controlling method for correcting a second image by correcting a pixel value of the second image corresponding to a detected defective pixel To perform high-accurate correction while securing high-speed process, an image capturing apparatus comprises: an image capturing element having plural unit pixels; a first obtainer obtaining a pixel value of a first image generated by a first method, based on an output signal of the image capturing element; a second obtainer obtaining a pixel value of a second image for autofocus generated by a second method different from the first method, based on the output signal of the image capturing element; a first detector detecting a defective pixel based on the pixel value of the first image; a second detector detecting a defective pixel based on information of the defective pixel detected by the first detector and the pixel value of the second image; and a corrector correcting the second image, by correcting the pixel value of the second image corresponding to the defective pixel detected by the second detector.
US10536620B2	Lens barrel, camera system, and imaging device A lens barrel of the invention includes: an imaging optical system including a focus adjustment lens; a driver that drives the focus adjustment lens in a direction of an optical axis; a transceiver that transmits and receives a signal to and from a camera body; and a controller that controls the transceiver to repeatedly transmit a first image plane transfer coefficient which is determined in correspondence with a position of the focus adjustment lens included in the imaging optical system and a second image plane transfer coefficient which does not depend on the position of the focus adjustment lens to the camera body at a predetermined interval, and, when the controller repeatedly transmits the second image plane transfer coefficient to the camera body, the controller varies the second image plane transfer coefficient over time.
US10536619B2	Integrated substrate for anti-shake apparatus An integrated substrate for an anti-shake apparatus defined with an optical axis includes: a substrate, a lens module, an anti-shake apparatus and an image-sensing module. The substrate includes a frame having, a predetermined thickness. The frame includes a first surface, a second surface, a first circuit layout, and a second circuit layout. The lens module is located above the substrate on the optical axis. The anti-shake apparatus is furnished between the lens module and the substrate. The image-sensing module has an active side and an inactive side, and the inactive side is furnished onto the second surface. The active side is located on the optical axis in a manner of facing the lens module. The anti-shake apparatus is coupled to the first circuit layout, while the image-sensing module is coupled to the second circuit layout. The first and second circuit layouts comprise a plurality of first and second metal leads, respectively.
US10536612B2	Color matching across multiple sensors in an optical system Matching color information in an optical system can include splitting an image forming beam into a bright intensity beam and a dark intensity beam, detecting, using multiple sensors, a color value for a light component from the bright intensity beam and the dark intensity beam, determining color values for the remaining light components associated with the bright intensity beam and the dark intensity beam, and transforming the color values associated with the dark intensity beam to calibrate the color values of the dark intensity beam against the color values of the light intensity beam, the color values of the light intensity beam including color inaccuracies.
US10536609B2	Method of compensating for printing substrate deformation in multicolor duplex printing A method for compensating for printing substrate deformation in a multicolor duplex printing operation by way of a computer. The substrate deformation that arises when individual color separations are printed onto the first and second sides of the printing substrate in the printing units is established and compensated for in the course of an automated register correction process. The computer calculates a forecast of the substrate deformation on a basis of the established first side deformation parameters of the printing substrate. When further color separations are printed onto the second side the forecast is used as an input parameter for a compensation of the substrate deformation of the second side.
US10536606B2	Server system and non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-readable instructions for server system A server system may, in a case where first identification information for identifying a first apparatus is inputted to a first terminal device, receive the first identification information from the first terminal device, in a case where the first identification information is received from the first terminal device, store the first identification information in a first memory, after the first identification information has been stored in the first memory, receive second identification information for identifying a second apparatus from the second apparatus, in a case where it is determined that the second identification information is identical to the first identification information due to the second apparatus being identical to the first apparatus, register service information in a specific memory, the service information including information for a user of the first apparatus identified by the first identification information to receive provision of the specific service from the server system.
US10536600B2	Printing apparatus capable of holding received print job and control method of printing apparatus A printing apparatus includes a printer unit that prints an image on a sheet, a network controller that instructs the printer unit to execute a preparation operation according to receipt of print data, and a controller that instructs the printer unit to execute the preparation operation according to input of an execution instruction in a case where a reservation function for reserving printing based on the print data received by the network controller until receipt of the execution instruction is received is enabled.
US10536599B2	Original reading apparatus A reader CPU stops a lead motor in a case in which a discharge sensor cannot detect reaching of a leading edge part of an original D even though the original is conveyed by a first amount (LP3+LM1) or a second amount (LP3+LM2) which is smaller than the first amount from when a lead sensor detects the original, when a reader image processing portion (leading edge detection portion) cannot detect the leading edge part of the original from image data of a first face of the original.
US10536597B2	Printing apparatus and control method There is provided a printing apparatus including a printing mechanism that feeds paper from a plurality of paper feeding ports and performs printing on the fed paper; and a control unit that controls the printing mechanism, in which the control unit determines whether or not printing of a second job is to be performed on unprinted fed paper which is fed from the paper feeding port and is not yet printed, based on a setting of the paper feeding port in the second job following the first job, when a cancellation instruction is received during printing the first job and causes the printing mechanism to perform printing of the second job on the unprinted fed paper in a case of determining that printing is to be performed.
US10536595B2	Image forming apparatus Provided is an image forming apparatus that includes an input unit to which given function selection and information are input, a display unit that displays a plurality of display items each including a function selection item, a language selection unit that selects a user selection language understandable to a user and a manager selection language understandable to a manager, and a display switching unit that switches a language of the display items displayed on the display unit through selection input to the input unit. Two-language simultaneous display, in which each of the display items displayed on the display unit is displayed by using both languages of the user selection language and the manager selection language, and single-language display, in which each of the display items is displayed by using only the user selection language, are switchable.
US10536588B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a sensor, an operation section, and a controller. The sensor detects a sensor target. The operation section receives an operation instruction. The controller executes a setting process for controlling the sensor. The setting process is a process to adjust a sensitivity of the sensor according to detection precision. The detection precision is a relationship in a first unit period between the number of times the sensor detects the sensor target and the number of times of the operation section receives the operation instruction.
US10536587B2	Document scanning apparatus composed of an automatic document feeding device and an image capturing device and scanning method thereof The present invention relates to a document scanning apparatus which is composed of an automatic document feeding device and an image capturing device. The document scanning apparatus establishes a private area network between the automatic document feeding device and the image capturing device, and causes the automatic document feeding device to send a message to the image capturing device. When the message is received, said image capturing device performs corresponding operations in response to the message. Said operations may comprise, for example adjusting the relative position between the image capturing device and the automatic document feeding device or doing multi-documents scan.
US10536583B2	Method and apparatus of secure charging for device-to-device service A method of secure charging for a device-to-device service may comprise: recording charging information of a device-to-device service between a first user equipment and a second user equipment, wherein the charging information is associated at least with the first user equipment; generating a first report comprising the charging information, wherein the first report is protected by a security key of the first user equipment; and sending the first report to a network node by the first user equipment, wherein the first report is used for charging for the device-to-device service together with a second report generated at the second user equipment, and wherein the second report comprises charging information associated at least with the device-to-device service of the second user equipment and is protected by a security key of the second user equipment.
US10536582B2	Systems and methods for producing build calls Techniques are disclosed for making an automated telephone call more interactive and intelligent by saving responses gathered from a previous call and using that information to build more personal and engaging subsequent interactions. An initial telephone call can be designed with data needs in mind. Relevant responses from the initial calls can be captured and stored and a follow-up call can be created that includes dialogs that reference specific information from the previous interactions with the system. Such build call techniques can be utilized on outbound, as well as inbound calls, and can simulate a human being's ability to listen, remember and refer to past conversations, making the automated telephone calls more interactive and effective.
US10536577B2	Method and apparatus for data channel augmented voice telephony systems A computerized method of terminating audio telephone calls that provides the other party with more information as to why the telephone call was terminated. This method, which is particularly useful for computerized smartphones equipped with voice and data channel communications methods, automatically provides the user with a variety of different informative text messages that can be selected by the user and sent to the other party at the time that a voice call is terminated.
US10536576B1	Load coil measurement in a network using a pseudorandom binary sequence (PRBS) based technique A test device for measuring load coils in a network using a pseudorandom binary sequence (PRBS) based technique is disclosed. The test device may comprise a transmitter to transmit a plurality of test signals at a test point in a network. The test device may comprise a receiver to receive a plurality of response signals at the test point. The test device may also comprise a processor to analyze the plurality of response signals and perform at least one load coil measurement. The processor may achieve this by applying a transformation calculation to generate a plurality of terms of the transformation calculation simultaneously, converting the plurality of terms of the transformation calculation into a plurality of impedances, converting the plurality of impedances into polynomials using a conversion technique, analyzing the polynomials for poles and zeros, and estimating at least one load coil measurement based on the poles and zeros of the polynomials.
US10536574B2	Method, system and application for improved authentication for mobile device users Present invention provides a method, system and application for providing authentication of a mobile device user, based on the measurement of electromagnetic fields modified by a pre-established movement of a specific magnetic token associated to the user. This univocal process will be able to obtain new authentication factors, including something that the user owns (i.e., the token), something that the user knows (i.e., the interaction between the token and the device), and somewhere that the user is (i.e., where the interaction takes place).
US10536567B2	Terminal device and electronic device A terminal device includes a main body and a flexible touch panel. The main body includes a substrate, an earphone assembly, and a microphone assembly. The earphone assembly and the microphone assembly are respectively set on two opposite ends of the substrate. The flexible touch panel is on the substrate. The flexible touch panel is between the earphone assembly and the microphone assembly. The flexible touch panel is set on the substrate, to realize the touch and control function during using by a user. The whole substrate is thin, and the earphone assembly and the microphone assembly are set respectively on both ends of the substrate, communication may be realized simultaneously, the whole structural compactness of the terminal device may also be improved, and the whole thickness of the terminal device may be reduced.
US10536563B2	Packet handling based on virtual network configuration information in software-defined networking (SDN) environments Example methods are provided for packet handling based on virtual network configuration information in a software-defined networking (SDN) environment. An example comprises a first host obtaining virtual network configuration information that specifies a first virtual object identifier (ID) and a first address associated with a first virtualized computing instance, and a second virtual object ID and a second address associated with a second virtualized computing instance. In response to detecting an egress packet with an inner header that is addressed from the first address to the second address, the first host may generate an encapsulated packet by encapsulating the egress packet with an outer header that specifies the second virtual object ID; and send the encapsulated packet to the second host to cause the second host to decapsulate the outer header and, based on the second virtual object ID, send the egress packet to the second virtualized computing instance.
US10536561B2	Data stream pipelining and replication at a delivery node of a content delivery network A content delivery node receives data packets carrying content from an upstream source of content, and writes segments of the received content directly to a memory buffer of a memory using direct memory access (DMA) data transfers. The node derives, for each segment, respective segment-specific metadata based on contents of the segment, and stores the respective segment-specific metadata in the memory. The node receives from multiple downstream client devices respective requests for the same content. Each request includes client-specific information. Responsive to the requests, the node: identifies one or more segments that satisfy the requests; generates, for each client device, client-specific metadata using the client-specific information and the segment-specific metadata for the one or more segments; constructs, for each client, a client-specific data packet that includes the one or more segments and the client-specific metadata; and transmits the client-specific data packets to the downstream client devices.
US10536558B2	Platform agnostic modular framework Data systems and processes are disclosed that are capable of providing a modular framework for accessing and manipulating information across multiple device platforms synchronously. The system includes a server-side module repository including at least one module, a subscription service configured to be implemented through a client graphical user interface (GUI) of the multiple device platforms that provides access to interact and navigate the at least one module, and an architecture that allows the at least one module to delegate at least part of a computing task to the server side.
US10536557B2	Method, apparatus, and computer program product for implementing customizable caching strategy based on traffic pattern to optimize memory footprint and reduce latency A method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided to implement a customized caching strategy which optimizes the implementation based on usage patterns. In the context of a method a client request for a service is intercepted and an authentication check is performed for the client request based on cached data. In an instance in which the authentication check succeeds, the method performs an authorization check for the client request based on the cached data. In an instance in which the authorization check succeeds, the method forwards the client request for the service to the service. A corresponding apparatus and a computer program product are also provided.
US10536553B1	Method and system to transfer data between components of an emulation system An emulation system comprises an outband traffic generating device comprising at least one field programmable gate array coupled to a host system. The outband traffic generating device is configured to transfer one or more bits via an outband channel to a register of an inband traffic generating device. The inband traffic generating device comprises at least one field programmable gate array coupled to a target system. The inband traffic generating device is configured to transfer the one or more bits via an inband channel to the outband traffic generating device.
US10536551B2	Context and social distance aware fast live people cards Context and social distance aware fast live people cards are described. A user context and/or a relevant person context may be determined in response to detecting a user interest in viewing contact information. The user context may include user's attributes such as organizational position, preferences, location, working hours, which application the user is employing, etc. Relevant person context may include context information (similar to the user's) for people within a predefined social distance such as the user's peers, supervisor(s), close friends, etc. Information associated with one or more persons of interest to the user may then be selected and retrieved from a cache storage at a server a productivity service to be provided to a client application for display to the user. Information to be stored in server cache for rapid retrieval may also be selected based on user and relevant person context using observed user behavior.
US10536549B2	Method and apparatus to accelerate session creation using historical session cache A method and apparatus receive packets, wherein the packets comprise headers, and the headers comprise session parameter values, route the packets in response to the session parameter values matching an active traffic session entry of the active traffic session entries in an active traffic session cache memory, match the session parameter values against historical session entries in an historical session cache memory in response to the session parameter values not matching any active traffic session entry of the active traffic session entries in the active traffic session cache memory, wherein the historical session entries for traffic sessions in the historical session cache memory persist after the traffic sessions are no longer active, and, in response to the session parameter values not matching any historical session entry of the historical session entries in the historical session cache memory, performing a packet security check on the packets.
US10536547B2	Reducing redirects Methods, systems, and computer readable medium for reducing redirects of a client device are disclosed. A method for directing a user to a destination page includes detecting, by one or more servers, interaction with a digital component at a client device, identifying, by the one or more servers, a different server to which the one or more servers are to redirect the client device and a destination page being requested through the interaction with the digital component, redirecting, by the one or more servers, the client device to a destination page without redirecting the client device to the different server, and pinging, by the one or more servers, the different server with a request that includes interaction data corresponding to the interaction with the digital component.
US10536545B2	Cloud database connection multiplexing Techniques are described herein for routing requests for database cloud services. In an embodiment, a different Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) is assigned to each respective database schema of a plurality of database schemas in one or more databases. For each respective database schema, mapping data is stored that maps at least a portion of the URI to the respective database schema. In response to receiving a first request that includes a URI and a set of one or more database commands, a target database schema in a target database is identified based on the mapping data and the URI. A connection is established for accessing the target database schema in the target database. The set of one or more database commands is sent over the connection to access the target database schema in the target database.
US10536544B2	Guided workflows for establishing a web presence Methods and systems related to guided workflows for establishing a web presence include a customer user interface with a guided workflow layer based on a knowledge base about the customer, wherein the customer interface allows a customer to manage a customer's web presence based on operation of a logic engine that accesses information about what a customer has done and who the customer is (e.g. type of business), wherein the user interface presents a guided workflow of tasks associated with a recommended area of improvement for the customer.
US10536543B2	Methods and apparatus to share online media impressions data Methods and apparatus to share online media impression data are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a communications interface; and a processor to generate instructions to be included in a web site and to cause the communications interface to provide the instructions to a web server associated with the web site, the instructions to cause a client, upon execution of the instructions, to initiate a process including sending a first request to an audience measurement entity; and sending a second request to cause a database proprietor to send to the audience measurement entity a cookie mapping of an audience measurement entity cookie to a database proprietor cookie corresponding to the client.
US10536541B2	Systems and methods for analyzing traffic across multiple media channels via encoded links A system and method of analyzing traffic across multiple media channels via encoded links is disclosed herein. The method may include receiving, by a server of a media channel analysis system, identification of a plurality of media channels for which to generate encoded links to a resource, generating, by the server, different links encoded by the server and linked to the resource, assigning, by the server, a respective encoded link of the generated encoded links to each of the identified media channels, determining, by the server, for each of the identified media channels, statistics related to traffic corresponding to the respective encoded link and providing, by the server, an output comprising at least a portion of the statistics.
US10536537B1	Multi-source deterministic oracle management A master oracle may receive an oracle network identifier for an oracle network. The master oracle may receive a plurality of data messages respectively generated by the oracles. The master oracle may verify, based on respective public keys for the oracles, that each of the data messages are digitally signed by a different corresponding one of the oracles. The master oracle may aggregate the data messages into an aggregated data message. The master oracle may digitally sign the aggregated data message with a private key and public key pair. The master oracle may transmit the aggregated data message to a participant node of a distributed ledger network. A smart contract stored on a blockchain may verify the aggregated data. After receiving and verifying the aggregated data message the smart contract may execute to perform operations based on the aggregated data message.
US10536535B2	Management system for internet protocol address of baseboard management controller, management terminal, and management method A system to manage internet protocol address (IP) of baseboard management controller (BMC) includes switches, servers, and a management terminal. Each switch transmits to servers link layer discovery protocol in information packets, giving information of itself and a port of itself. Each server transmits obtained information of the switch and the port of the switch and a BMC IP of that server. The management terminal determines whether the BMC IP transmitted from each server is consistent with an assigning BMC IP corresponding to the port of the switch transmitted from the sever according to a relationship between each port of each switch, identification information of each server and assigning BMC IP of each server and displays the identification information of the server in the event that incorrect BMC IP is transmitted to enable a correction to be made. A method for managing BMC IP is also disclosed.
US10536533B2	Optimization of packetized data transmission in TCP-based networks A method for optimization of a standard TCP connection. The optimization is based on load distributions by a system kernel. A proposed architecture includes an application running a proxy-process. The application is connected locally to an assigned port (e.g., port 9000). A number of connections N (for example 4) is established to a proxy server located on the cloud storage. Thus, the application is not directly connected to a front end server. Instead, it is connected to the proxy process via a local port. The proxy process transfers redistributed data streams to the proxy server on the cloud, which combines N data streams into one and passes it to the front end server residing on the cloud.
US10536531B2	Printer and data processing method A system in which a terminal device communicates with a server and processes data enables the terminal device to continue processing data even when a communication fault occurs.A data processing device has a data storage unit storing data processing device-side master data, connects through a server communication path to a server, updates the data processing device-side master data stored in the data storage unit based on server-side master data stored by the server, connects to a tablet through a process communication path, responds based on the data processing device-side master data stored by the data storage unit to a master data transmission request sent by the tablet, and receives the process information sent by the tablet.
US10536530B2	Networked gate machines gaging the condition of unmanned platforms A system for gaging the condition of unmanned platforms is provided. The system can include a plurality of gate machines having a processor and a memory. The system further includes a plurality of sensors for receiving operational data for the unmanned platforms and sending the operational data to the plurality of gate machines. The plurality of gate machines can include computer-readable instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the plurality of gate machines, cause the plurality of gate machines to perform various steps. One of the steps can include converting the raw signals from the plurality of sensors to normalized values. Another step can include executing a set of obligations if a gate trigger is valid. Finally, another step can include testing one or more subsequent gates of the plurality of gate machines if the gate closure condition is valid.
US10536527B2	Method and system for data logging in a transport refrigeration system that includes a human-machine interface Methods and systems for controlling the collection and storage of data are described. In general, the system includes a human-machine interface (HMI), and the HMI includes an interface that is configured to receive and connect with an external device. Generally, the methods and systems involve the use of an external storage device that can store, for example, collected data and/or analyzed data.
US10536516B2	Accurate generation of multiple dimensions of computer load A utilization test generates the multiple dimensions of resource load on the first computer, the multiple dimensions including at least two of: a processor utilization dimension, a main memory utilization dimension, a mass storage utilization dimension, and a network utilization dimension. The utilization test performs iterations of attempts to generate said each dimension of the resource load on the first computer, in an amount equal to a changeable target utilization of said each dimension of the resource load on the first computer. The utilization test adjusts the adjusted utilization to attempt to correct for inequality between (i) the actual utilization of a particular one of the multiple dimensions of the resource load on the first computer, and (ii) the changeable target utilization of the particular one of the multiple dimensions of the resource load on the first computer.
US10536515B2	Method and program product for robot communications A method and program product includes communicating with a mobile edge computing server as a client. The mobile edge computing server is configured to be in control of a heterogeneous domain. A request to join the heterogeneous domain of the mobile edge computing server is made. The mobile edge computing server is configured for determining an on-board cache size of the requesting client, determining a download size for the requesting client, and transmitting a download to the requesting client. The download includes an application, an operating database, and a size determined by the download size. The download is received. At least one task determined by the download is executed.
US10536514B2	Method and apparatus of processing retransmission request in distributed computing A method and an apparatus for processing a retransmission request in distributed computing are disclosed. The method includes obtaining a retransmission request to be processed in distributed computing; determining a target copy partition corresponding to the retransmission request based on respective partition response time information of individual copy partitions; sending the retransmission request to the target copy partition. Compared with existing technologies, the present disclosure distinguishes each partition with one another based on a partition response time of the respective copy partition to determine a target copy partition corresponding to a retransmission request, thus selecting a copy with a better response time during retransmission, reducing a response time for the retransmission request and reducing an overall load of an associated cluster.
US10536511B2	Feed modeling incorporating explicit feedback A machine may be configured to generate a digital content feed based on at least explicit feedback from a member of a Social Networking Service (SNS). For example, the machine generates explicit input data describing digital content preferences of a member of the SNS based on a communication including explicit feedback data. The communication is received from a client device associated with the member. The machine accesses feature data pertaining to one or more items of digital content determined to be relevant to the member. The feature data describes one or more characteristics associated with the one or more items. The machine generates a feed of items of digital content for the member based on the explicit input data and the feature data. The machine causes a presentation of the feed of the items of digital content in a user interface of the client device associated with the user.
US10536507B2	Cognitive event based file sharing system for social software An embodiment may be a cognitive event based file sharing system. The embodiment may include receiving a file share request by a user, wherein the file share request comprises a file selected for access by intended file recipients. The embodiment may include determining a storage capacity of a computing device of the user. The embodiment may include determining a storage capacity of computing devices of the intended file recipients. The embodiment may include allocating the file based on the storage capacity of the computing device of the user, the storage capacity of the computing devices of the intended file recipients, and a file management policy. The embodiment may include providing access to the file to the intended file recipients. The embodiment may include removing a portion of the file from at least one of the computing devices of the intended file recipients based on the occurrence of a specified event.
US10536505B2	Intelligent data transmission by network device agent In one aspect, a system for intelligent monitoring of a network device in a monitored environment includes a processor; a memory; and one or more modules stored in the memory and executable by a processor to perform operations including: capture network device application data for monitored application, capture network device resource data, generate model for transmitting performance data with minimum overhead based on captured network device resource data, and transmit data based on the model.
US10536501B2	Automated compression of data The application relates to a system comprising at least two processing nodes (1), wherein the nodes (1) comprise an execution environment (2) and a processing component (3), wherein each execution environment (2) includes an establisher configured to establish a communication channel (4) between an outgoing port of the processing component (3) and an inbound port of a different processing component (3), and wherein the system is configured to determine whether the communication channel (4) traverses a boundary of a node (1), and to determine whether an encoding/decoding of data to be transferred through the communication channel (4) is required.
US10536500B2	Adaptive bit rate media streaming based on network conditions received via a network monitor A method includes receiving, at a device from a content source, a portion of a particular chunk of media content a particular quality level during adaptive bit rate media streaming of the media content. The method includes receiving, at the device, network data related to network conditions associated with the device in response to receipt of the portion. The method also includes, in response to a determination to download the particular chunk at a first quality level different than the particular quality level, the determination based on the particular quality level and the network data: sending a request from the device for the particular chunk at the first quality level to the content source, and replacing the portion with the particular chunk at the first quality level.
US10536499B2	Redundant media packet streams This invention concerns the transmitting and receiving of digital media packets, such as audio and video channels and lighting instructions. In particular, the invention concerns the transmitting and receiving of redundant media packet streams. Samples are extracted from a first and second media packet stream. The extracted samples are written to a buffer based on the output time of each sample. Extracted samples having the same output time are written to the same location in the buffer. Both media packet streams are simply processed all the way to the buffer without any particular knowledge that one of the packet streams is actually redundant. This simplifies the management of the redundant packet streams, such as eliminating the need for a “fail-over” switch and the concept of an “active stream”, The location is the storage space allocated to store one sample. The extracted sample written to the location may be written over another extracted sample from a different packet stream previously written to the location. These extracted samples written to the same location may be identical.
US10536497B2	Systems and methods for communication using a transport channel with improved multimedia content distribution in a network of moving things Communication network architectures, systems, and methods for supporting a network of mobile nodes are disclosed. As a non-limiting example, various aspects of this disclosure provide communication network architectures, systems, and methods for supporting a dynamically configurable communication network comprising a complex array of both static and moving communication nodes (e.g., the Internet of moving things), where the network may involve autonomous and/or non-autonomous vehicles.
US10536494B2	Establishing a social application layer A virtual space may be presented within a plurality of virtual environments provided by different platforms without requiring idiosyncratic APIs associated with the virtual space for each different platform. An API adaptor module may be configured to facilitate interfacing between a single virtual space API and platform APIs associated with two or more different platforms. A space module may be configured to execute an instance of a virtual space, and to implement the instance of the virtual space to determine view information defining views of the instance of the virtual space for presentation via two or more virtual environments provided by the two or more platforms. Facilitating user interactivity with the virtual space via a given virtual environment provided by a given platform may include interfacing between the virtual space API and a platform API associated with the given platform.
US10536493B2	Establishing communication sessions A method and a system for establishing a communication session between a first communication device in a main communication network and a second communication device in a local communication network comprising a wireless network, the second communication device being located in the vicinity of a mobile device, the first communication device contacting an external phone number, wherein the external phone number is assigned to a unique identifier of the mobile device. The method comprises (i) the mobile device sending the unique identifier detectable on the wireless network; (ii) providing the unique identifier of the mobile device) and a local communication identifier to a service provider adapter; (iii) determining the location of the mobile device, associating the mobile device to the second communication device in dependence of its location.
US10536489B2	Method for setting up a WebRTC session Some embodiments relate to a method implemented by a first terminal for setting up a session with a second terminal. An identifier of a session server is obtained at least from a subscriber device in the first terminal which comprises a subscriber identifier and an operator identifier. A session request and an identifier of the second terminal are sent to the server. At least one instruction is received from the server and a message comprising a first set, relative to the first terminal, of at least one characteristic parameter of the requested session is generated in accordance with at least one instruction received and sent to the server. A message is received from the server comprising a second set of at least one characteristic parameter of the requested session, the second set relating to the second terminal and having a non-zero overlap with the first set.
US10536487B2	End user controlled multi-service device priority setting A communication network allows an end user to dynamically select a user device among user devices associated with the user's subscription as the primary user device by defining a primary capability tag or attribute. Selection of a user device sets the primary capability tag of the selected user device, which is published towards an application server. The application server notifies all other user devices in the group of devices. If a previous user device in the group of user devices was set as the primary user device, then, in response to the notification, the previous user device performs a re-registration with the network removing the previous user device as the primary user device for the services associated with the user subscription. The selected user device also performs a re-registration/registration with the network so all incoming requests for services associated with the user subscription are sent to the selected user device.
US10536475B1	Threat assessment based on coordinated monitoring of local communication clients Embodiments are directed to managing communication over a network. A co-located assessment agent may monitor communication traffic and determine assets and interactions with communication clients associated with one or more remote services. Asset groups associated with the assets may be determined based on characteristics of the assets. Representative assets from each asset group may be determined. Risk scores associated with each asset in a same asset group as the representative assets may be determined based on the remote services associated with the representative assets and the interactions with the communication clients such that a first risk score is initially generated based on a catalog local to a communication client and a succeeding risk score may be generated remotely based on an assessment model. The assets may be modified based on the first risk score or the succeeding risk score and provided to communication clients for display to a user.
US10536473B2	System and method for detecting anomalies associated with network traffic to cloud applications An anomaly detection system is provided and includes a processor, a memory, and a security application that is stored in the memory and includes instructions. The instructions are configured to collect information of behavior data for the users of an organization accessing cloud applications via a distributed network. The behavior data includes one or more parameters tracked over time for the users. The instructions are further configured to: establish baselines for each of the users and for each of the cloud applications or types of cloud applications of the organization; detect anomalies based on the baselines; provide aggregated anomaly data by aggregating anomalies corresponding to two or more of the baselines and a same behavior or corresponding to multiple users of a same cloud application during a same period of time; determine a risk value based on the aggregated anomaly data; and perform a countermeasure based on the risk value.
US10536472B2	Cognitive analysis of security data with signal flow-based graph exploration This disclosure provides for a signal flow analysis-based exploration of security knowledge represented in a graph structure comprising nodes and edges. “Conductance” values are associated to each of a set of edges. Each node has an associated “toxicity” value representing a degree of maliciousness associated with the node. The conductance value associated with an edge is a function of at least the toxicity values of the nodes to which the edge is incident. A signal flow analysis is conducted with respect to an input node representing an observable associated with an offense. The flow analysis seeks to identify a subset of the nodes that, based on their conductance values, are reached by flow of a signal representing a threat, wherein signal flow over a path in the graph continues until a signal threshold is met. Based on the analysis, nodes within the subset are designated as hypothesis nodes for further examination.
US10536471B1	Malware detection in virtual machines A system, computer program product, and computer-executable method of detecting malware in a virtual machine (VM), the computer-executable method comprising periodically creating snapshots of the VM, analyzing each of the snapshots in comparison to one or more previous snapshots to determine whether anomalies exist, and based on a threshold amount of anomalies detected, scanning the VM to determine whether malware is detected.
US10536470B2	Securing services in a networked computing environment A computer-implemented method includes: detecting, by a user device, an event that indicates a potential security compromise of the user device; determining, by the user device, a service accessible on the user device; sending, by the user device, a breach notification to a service provider corresponding to the service accessible on the user device; receiving, by the user device, a security profile from the service provider; and restricting, by the user device, access to the service provider by a client of the service provider on the user device until the security profile is satisfied by a user completing a security challenge defined in the security profile.
US10536465B2	Security for accessing stored resources The present disclosure relates to a server system or other computer equipment for storing data of a first party and determining whether a second party is permitted access to that data based on metadata associated with the data. The disclosure provides a variety of techniques for reducing latency in a security check operation which involves reading this metadata to determine whether the second party is permitted access.
US10536462B1	Single use identifier values for network accessible devices Apparatus and method for providing unique device identification values for a network accessible device. In accordance with some embodiments, a unique device identifier value is generated in response to a data exchange operation with a network accessible device. The identifier value is subsequently transmitted by the device as a unique device identifier value in conjunction with the transmitting of a request for a subsequent data exchange operation with the device.
US10536459B2	Document management systems and methods A system for managing files over a network comprises a first computer hosting managed folders and files and one or more second computers. The first computer comprises database management software, server software such as server pipe software, and a first unique token. The second computer comprises a software module adapted and configured to be integrated into application software, client software such as client pipe software, and a second unique token. The computers communicate in part using the server and client software to establish a secure session for file access and transfer between the first and second computers.
US10536452B2	Chat bot-based authentication of chat bots A method for authentication of chat bots includes determining that a first chat bot is authenticated, by a server, for first session communication at a first chat session with a first chat application instance. The first chat session is hosted by a first chat service. The method includes determining authentication intent to authenticate, with the server, a second chat bot for a second session communication at a second chat session with a second chat application instance. The second chat session is hosted by a second chat service, where the first chat bot and the second chat bot simulate respective chat application instances. The method also includes providing authentication credentials, via the first chat session, to authenticate the second chat bot with the server for the second session communication.
US10536447B2	Single sign-on for managed mobile devices Disclosed are various examples for single-sign on by way of managed mobile devices. For example, an identity provider service can receive a request for an identity assertion from an application executed in a client device. The identity provider service can then detect a platform associated with the client device. A response to the request can be sent based at least in part on the platform, where the response requests authentication by a management credential. Data generated by the management credential is received from the client device, and the management credential is determined to be valid for the identity assertion. The identity assertion is then sent to the client device in response to determining that the management credential is valid for the identity assertion.
US10536445B1	Discrete blockchain and blockchain communications An access control system with devices that securitize one or more blockchains using three sets of rules including authentication, validation, and access is provided. The system also can include protection of signals between one or more secure DASA databases and/or one or more blockchains for various user devices. The DASA databases may exist external to, along with, or within the blockchains. Specific methods and devices for securing (primarily digital and normally two-way) communications using applications offering the combination of securing communications from user devices with reader devices, are also provided. This disclosure also provides for the securitization and/or encryption of blockchain(s) for ensuring communication signals transmitted from and data residing within databases and/or the blockchain itself are not corruptible or compromised. In addition, communication processors for monitoring statistics regarding data at rest and data on the move associated with creating these securitized blockchains are included.
US10536442B2	Method, apparatus, and device for managing authentication data of STA A method, an apparatus, and a device for managing authentication data of a station (STA), where the method includes determining, by a first wireless local area network (WLAN) controller, that a first access point (AP) is an edge AP when a first STA associates with the first AP, where the edge AP is an AP neighboring to another AP, and the other AP and the edge AP are respectively managed by different WLAN controllers, and sending, by the first WLAN controller, authentication data of the first STA to at least one WLAN controller in order to resolve a problem that system performance is affected because relatively much signaling is required by processing when a WLAN controller synchronizes authentication data of a STA when the STA associates with an AP.
US10536440B2	User account access management A user account access management system includes a computing platform having a hardware processor and a system memory storing a user account access software code. The hardware processor executes the user account access software code to receive, from a first user device, a secondary account profile data for generating a secondary account associated with a primary user account registered with a web based service, and to receive, from a second user device, a sign up request for using the web based service. The hardware processor further executes the user account access software code to transmit an authentication token to one of the first user device and the second user device, receive the authentication token from the other of the first user device and the second user device, and link the secondary account with the second user device based on receiving the authentication code.
US10536438B2	Secure provision of inputs to a display transmitter device Embodiments include apparatuses, methods, and systems including a wireless display system with a secure back channel to transmit an input from an input device coupled to a display receiver device to a display transmitter device. An input from an input device may be captured by a display receiver device in a secure execution environment. Furthermore, the captured input may be transmitted through a back channel to a display transmitter device in a secured form based on one or more secure parameters negotiated with the display transmitter device. The display transmitter device may receive the input in the secured form, decrypt the input in the secured form based on the one or more secure parameters to obtain the input, and further supply the input to an operating system or an application to operate on the display transmitter device. Other embodiments may also be described and claimed.
US10536433B2	Deidentified access of content Generally, embodiments of the invention are directed to methods, computer readable medium, servers, and systems for deidentified access of data. The deidentified access is permitted with the use of an identifier that uniquely indicates an outcome, the coding of the identifier obscures unaided human interpretation of the outcome, and the identifier uniquely identifies data for remediating performance associated with future outcomes.
US10536431B2	On-node DHCP implementation for virtual machines A DHCP server implementation includes transmission of a DHCP packet from a virtual machine executing on a server node to a node agent executing on the server node, generation, by the node agent, of a DHCP response packet based on the DHCP packet and on DHCP information previously stored in a local memory of the server node, and transmission of the DHCP response packet from the node agent to the virtual machine. Neither the DHCP packet transmitted by the virtual machine nor the DHCP response packet are transmitted out of the server node.
US10536430B2	IP address acquisition method and apparatus A request message requesting a service is received from a terminal device. Computer code is transmitted to the terminal device, and a communication connection request is received from the terminal device in response to running the computer code on the terminal device. In response to receiving the communication connection request, a communication connection is established to the terminal device. A first IP address associated with the terminal device is determined based on one or more communications transmitted through the communication connection.
US10536429B2	Conveying information in hostname in a content delivery network (CDN) A computer-implemented method, in a content delivery (CD) network. The method includes: receiving a request regarding a first hostname including at least one tag and an encoding of the at least one address; removing the tag and the encoding of the address to form a second hostname; resolving the second hostname to obtain a set of one or more addresses, wherein the set does not include the at least one address; and returning the address set. On a client, the method includes: making a request for resolution of a first hostname; receiving one or more addresses; attempting to connect to at least one of the addresses; generating a modified hostname including at least one tag and an encoding of the at least one address; and requesting resolution of the modified hostname.
US10536427B2	De-anonymizing an anonymous IP address by aggregating events into mappings where each of the mappings associates an IP address shared by the events with an account Mapping anonymous Internet entities to known accounts. In an embodiment, events, representing online activity and comprising IP addresses, are received from a plurality of sources. Subsets of the events are aggregated into mappings that associate the IP address, shared by the subset, with an account. Each mapping is associated with statistics regarding the events. A confidence value is calculated for each mapping based on the statistics, and a final subset of the mappings is selected based on the confidence values. Subsequently, when a request with an IP address is received, the final subset of mappings is searched for the requested IP address, and an indication of the account associated with the requested IP address is returned in response to the request.
US10536426B2	System and method for automatic configuration of domain names by third parties Systems and methods for creating custom domain name links are provided. At least one server communicatively coupled to a network receives a request to create a custom domain name link to a third party service. The request identifies a custom domain name. The at least one server retrieves, from a third party service link database, an entry for the third party service specifying how to create the custom domain name link for the third party service and he at least one server creates the custom domain name link in accordance with the entry retrieved from the third party service link database.
US10536422B1	Messaging threads and user posts organized in channels, stories, and social networks Once multiple message threads are created a user may selectively share information with targeted recipients that may be in various different groups. A user may selectively post to multiple channels and groups dynamically in one single action. This processing of selecting different content postings from different channels may be determined by the likes on a posting, an editorial account, a recommendation system, or an automated algorithm that look for curated postings. These postings may be collated into a story based on time of posting, likes, location, users who posted them, high follower posters, low follower posters and other factors. The content may be posted in a story format which aggregates multiple content pieces in a sequential manner for the user, such as their activities over the past 24 hours, or content that was posted to a specific place such as work or a museum over the past 24 hours.
US10536420B2	Information processing method, client, server, and computer storage medium An information processing method is performed at a server that is communicatively connected to a client device. The method includes: receiving a first request from a first user account of a social application running on the client device; establishing a communications session between the client device and the server after the first request is authenticated; pushing, via the communications session, to the first user account information associated with a social group including the first user account and at least one second user account; and pushing, via the communications session, to the first user account second multi-media information propagated by a third user account of the social application and interaction information by the at least one second user account in the social group on the second multi-media information that satisfy a preset policy.
US10536418B2	Systems and methods for providing content Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can group a set of live content items based at least in part on the live content items satisfying at least one relatedness criteria, the live content items being broadcasted through the content provider system. The set of live content items is ranked. An interface that includes a content feed through which the ranked set of live content items are accessible is generated.
US10536416B2	Intelligent message queue management Aspects include managing distribution of messages from a message queue to a plurality of consumers for processing by maintaining a processing history for the messages in the message queue. The processing history identifies each message in the message queue by a message identifier and consumers having previously failed to successfully process a message in the message queue having the message identifier. Aspects also include considering the suitability of a particular consumer to receive a next message to be processed from the message queue by determining the message identifier of the next message and the consumer identifier of the particular consumer. Aspects further include distributing the next message to be processed to the particular consumer if the consumer identifier of the particular consumer is not present in the checked set of consumer identifiers.
US10536410B2	Device and method for switching between message threads A device and method for switching between message threads is provided. The device includes: a communication interface; a display device; and, a controller. The controller is configured to: generate, at the display device, a first message thread of a plurality of message threads, each message thread comprising groups of associated messages transmitted and received by the communication interface; identify a message portion in the first message thread as being associated with one or more other message threads of the plurality of message threads, based on one or more of: respective content and respective metadata of the one or more other message threads; and, generate, at the display device, a link to the one or more other message threads.
US10536409B2	Relaying an interpersonal communication For relaying interpersonal communication, a processor detects an interpersonal communication from an originator. The processor further identifies a target person of the interpersonal communication. In addition, the processor determines whether the interpersonal communication was heard by the target person. In response to determining the interpersonal communication was not heard by the target person, the processor relays the interpersonal communication through a second electronic device.
US10536406B2	Data transmission method and apparatus, and in-vehicle terminal Embodiments of the present invention disclose a data transmission method and apparatus, and an in-vehicle terminal. The data transmission method includes: obtaining, by a first terminal, transmission data by using a first application, the transmission data being data corresponding to a to-be-played file; obtaining, by the first terminal, an address of a first server by using the first application, the first server being a server configured to provide an online play service to a second terminal; and according to the address of the first server, sending, by the first terminal using the first application, the transmission data to the first server by using a second server, the second server being a server of the first application.
US10536403B2	Systems and methods for controlling secure persistent electronic communication account servicing with an intelligent assistant The disclosed technology includes systems and methods for controlling enrollment and secure persistent SMS texting account servicing communications. A method is provided that includes receiving, at an enrollment web portal, enrollment data including: enrollment credentials identifying a user for authentication, a phone number of a mobile device associated with the user, and consent by the user to persistently interact with an account servicing system via SMS texting. The method includes: processing the received enrollment data, authenticating the user responsive to processing the received enrollment data, storing the phone number of the mobile device associated with the user in a phone number data storage, and generating, responsive to the authenticating, a revocable token for persistent access to a natural dialogue module via a SMS texting gateway for the mobile device identified by the phone number.
US10536397B2	Packet count-based object locking protocol Methods and system are disclosed that manage access to a logical object in software defined networks. In one aspect, managing access to the logical objects may include determining whether to retain or release a lock object on a corresponding logical object in the software defined network. The software defined network may receive multiple requests to access applications or logical objects. In response, a front-end engine may be instantiated. The front-end engine may communicate with a back-end engine to determine an availability of TCP communication ports, lock objects, etc., to access the requested logical objects. A network monitoring engine working in cooperation with the front-end engine and the back-end engine may receive the above information on the TCP communication ports, the lock objects, etc., and may determine whether to retain a lock object on a corresponding logical object or to release the lock object and the corresponding logical object.
US10536393B2	Mail obtaining method, terminal, and system A method resolves a problem of a slow mail downloading speed caused by a fact that an existing dual-mode dual-pass terminal cannot effectively utilize a network resource. The method includes obtaining a first transmission rate of a first network connection and a second transmission rate of a second network connection, obtaining a new mail list from a mail server, where the new mail list includes identifiers (IDs) of N mails and a data size of each mail in the N mails, creating a first download task and a second download task according to a preset rule, the first transmission rate, the second transmission rate, and the new mail list such that download time of the N mails is the shortest, downloading a mail indicated by the first download task using the first network connection, and downloading a mail indicated by the second download task using the second network connection.
US10536391B1	Systems and methods for intelligently directing a service request to a preferred place of execution System and methods for intelligently directing a service request to a preferred place of execution. The services, which are executed by a unified client-server system, may be microservices associated with a microservice architecture, or other services in which a first entity sends a request to another entity to execute a certain service needed by the first entity. The unified client-server system may decide which services to execute on which of a plurality of different kinds of devices located in a variety of places. The decision may affect service request latency, network bandwidth, power consumption, and may optimize the task of transporting associated data components between the different entities in the system. The unified client-server system may be abstracted via a certain interface, such that the actual execution place of each of the services is controlled by the system and not necessarily by the requesting entity.
US10536390B1	Requesting embedded hypermedia resources in data interchange format documents A technology is described for embedding hypermedia resources in data interchange format documents. An example method may include receiving an instruction to request a first hypermedia resource from an API (Application Program Interface) server. A second hypermedia resource related to the first hypermedia resource may be identified. A probability that the second hypermedia resource may be requested may be calculated and a determination based in part on the probability that the second hypermedia resource will be requested may be made. Thereafter, an API request for the first hypermedia resource that includes hint data that identifies the second hypermedia resource may be generated.
US10536388B2	Apparatus for scheduling contention-based data transfer and method thereof Provided are an apparatus and a method for scheduling contention-based data transmission in a network system including an access point (AP) and a plurality of terminals. The method includes determining a contention window (CW) size based on the number of terminals connected to the access point, and transmitting information about the contention window size to any one of the plurality of terminals. The apparatus includes a processor and an RF unit. Here, the processor is configured to determine a contention window (CW) size based on the number of terminals connected to the access point, and transmit information on the contention window size to any one of the plurality of terminals through the RF unit.
US10536384B2	Enhancing capacity of a direct communication link Capacity enhancement of a direct communication link using a variable redundancy delivery network. An estimated information rate between a source node and a terminal node may be partitioned into a first information rate provided via the direct communication link and a second information rate to be provided via the variable redundancy delivery network. One or more parameters of the variable redundancy delivery network may be calculated to provide the second information rate based on a non-uniform probability density of messages requested by the terminal node. Capacity and reliability of storage media devices in the variable redundancy delivery network may be traded off to provide the second information rate. The variable redundancy delivery network may implement various coding schemes and per-message coding rates that may be determined based on the non-uniform probability distribution of the source message library.
US10536380B2	Method and system for intelligent link load balancing This disclosure relates to method and system for intelligent link load balancing. In one embodiment, a method for performing intelligent link load balancing in a computer network including a number of network service providers (NSPs) is disclosed. The method includes monitoring ongoing network traffic transaction data of the computer network, predicting a current network latency level for the ongoing network traffic transaction data for each of the NSPs based on a relationship between a network latency level and network traffic transaction data for each of the NSPs, determining an optimal NSP to route ongoing network traffic based on an analysis of the current network latency level of each of the NSPs, and effecting routing of the ongoing network traffic through the optimal NSP. The relationship is learnt based on an analysis of historical network latency level and historical network traffic transaction data for each of the NSPs.
US10536379B2	System and method for control traffic reduction between SDN controller and switch A novel technique is shown for throttling control traffic in a Software Defined Network (SDN) between a controller and network switches when the controller and/or one or more control channels are congested. In this technique, the controller's processing power and the limited control channel bandwidth are more efficiently managed by drastically cutting down the control traffic during times of congestion.
US10536378B2	Method and device for detecting congestion on a transmission link Detection of the congestion on a link based on an exchange of messages between a sender and a receiver, one sender and several receivers or several senders and one receiver. This equipment is connected to the ends of a transmission channel. One of the items of equipment is designated as the master and the others slaves. These exchanges are aimed at enabling the master to calculate and compare the rate of the data send and the rate of the data received. A divergence in the rates calculated reveals a congestion on the link. All these exchanges are made in the application layer and therefore do not involve the underlying layers.
US10536374B2	System and method for supporting SMA level abstractions at router ports for inter-subnet exchange of management information in a high performance computing environment Systems and methods for supporting SMA level abstractions at router ports for inter-subnet exchange of management information in a high performance computing environment. In accordance with an embodiment, a subnet manager in a local subnet is responsible for establishing and configuring a remote attribute a switch having a switch port configured as a router port. This remote attribute can comprise certain information about the local subnet, including connectivity information and port status information. On receiving a query from a remote subnet manager, via a SMP (or a vendor specific SMP), information contained in the remote attribute can be communicated back to the remote subnet manager.
US10536372B2	Communication path selection for content delivery Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and software for modifying a communication path based on latency. In one example, a method of operating a content node to alter a communication path includes identifying latency data for a plurality of end user devices communicating with the content node, and identifying that the one or more end user devices in the plurality of end user devices exceed a latency threshold based on the latency data. The method further includes, in response to identifying that the one or more end user devices in the plurality of end user devices exceed the latency threshold, modifying the communication path between the content node and the one or more end user devices by modifying a domain name system (DNS) configuration for the content node.
US10536369B2	Systems and methods for performing layer one link aggregation over wireless links A first layer one link aggregation master comprises a first port coupled to receive customer traffic; a first channel; a second channel; an aggregation engine coupled to the first and second channels; a first switch circuit coupled to the first port and to the first channel, and configured to communicate the customer traffic from the first port over the first channel to the aggregation engine, the aggregation engine including a splitter circuit configured to use layer one information to segment at least a portion of the customer traffic into a first virtual container and a second virtual container, the aggregation engine further including an encapsulation circuit configured to encapsulate the second virtual container using Ethernet standards for transport over the second channel; a radio access card configured to generate an air frame based on the first virtual container for wireless transmission over a first wireless link of a link aggregation group to the receiver; and a second switch circuit coupled to the second channel, and configured to communicate the Ethernet-encapsulated second virtual container over an Ethernet cable to a slave for wireless transmission over a second wireless link of the link aggregation group to the receiver.
US10536362B2	Configuring traffic flow monitoring in virtualized computing environments Example methods are provided for configuring traffic flow monitoring in a virtualized computing environment. The method may comprise identifying a first logical entity and a second logical entity for which traffic flow monitoring is required and determining a span associated with the first logical entity and the second logical entity. The span may include a first host supporting the first logical entity and a second host supporting the second logical entity. The method may also comprise, based on the span, configuring the first host to monitor a first traffic flow travelling through the first logical entity at the first host, and the second host to monitor a second traffic flow travelling through the second logical entity at the second host.
US10536361B2	Method and apparatus for monitoring and processing sensor data from an electrical outlet A load-monitoring interfacing device obtains and processes sensor data from an electrical load. The interfacing device can include at least one power outlet to provide power to a corresponding electrical load. During operation, the interfacing device can obtain sensor data from a local power outlet coupled to an electrical load, such that the sensor data can indicate an electrical measurement associated with the electrical load. The interfacing device selects a rule to process based on the obtained sensor data, and processes the rule to determine whether to perform an action. If the rule's condition is satisfied, the interfacing device proceeds to processing the rule's action description to perform the action, such as to enable or disable a power outlet, or to perform any other pre-defined action.
US10536359B2	Optimized performance data collection at client nodes Techniques for optimized performance data collection at client nodes are disclosed. In one embodiment, a client node in a client-server environment may include at least one processing resource and a computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code embodied therewith. The computer-readable program code being configured to obtain resource utilization data associated with a plurality of processes running on the client node, determine a list of processes having resource utilization greater than a threshold based on the resource utilization data, organize the list of processes based on predetermined criteria and the resource utilization data, generate a report including a predefined number of processes from the organized list, and transmit the report to a management node for performance monitoring.
US10536351B2	Analytics for edge devices Disclosed is a technique that can be performed by an electronic device. The technique can include generating timestamped events, where the timestamped events include raw data generated by electronic device. The technique can further include obtaining results by performing a operation on the timestamped events, in accordance with instructions. The technique can further include sending the results or indicia thereof over a network to a server computer system, and receiving back new instructions generated by the server computer system based on the sent results. Lastly, the technique can include performing a new operation on timestamped events including raw data generated based by the electronic device, where the new operation can be performed in accordance with the new instructions to obtain new results.
US10536348B2	Operational micro-services design, development, deployment Components may provide functionality which separate operation functions in a separate entity, isolate the functions as reusable, and connect them in a control loop in an SDN environment.
US10536346B2	Data processing method and device Embodiments of this application disclose a data processing method and a device, so that a controller can also participate in a procedure of electing an active switch, thereby avoiding a problem in the prior art caused by a registration failure when an active switch determined by means of switch election registers with a controller, and improving active switch election efficiency. The method in the embodiments of this application includes: receiving, by a controller, registration requests of multiple switches in a same stack system, where the multiple switches include a target switch; and if the controller determines that the target switch meets a registration success condition, sending, by the controller, a registration success message to the target switch, and selecting the target switch as an active switch.
US10536342B2	Network estimation This disclosure relates to systems and methods for searching names using name clusters. A method includes training a supervised machine learning system to learn a connection strength between a member and peers of the member; clustering the member with the peers in response to a threshold number of profile similarities between the member and the peers and the connection strength between the member and the peers being above a connection strength threshold value; and applying an unsupervised machine learning system using output from the supervised machine learning system and the clustering to generate a connection between the member and at least one of the peers.
US10536340B1	Spread placement groups A provider network determines which servers to use to host a group of virtual machines for a customer. A placement manager within the provider network employs a placement technique which prioritizes spreading virtual machines for the customer across different “subzones.” A subzone is a logical division of a provider network's hardware and/or software denoting risk boundaries. By placing virtual machines in separate subzones, the customer's virtual machines and thus the task collectively performed by the virtual machines are less impacted by a failure within one of the subzones.
US10536338B2	Networking connection resolution assistant Embodiments for automated accommodation of network configuration settings by a processor. A network connection request is detected. A learned, preexisting network configuration setting corresponding to the network connection request is matched to the network connection request. The network connection is established via the preexisting network configuration setting.
US10536337B2	Validation of layer 2 interface and VLAN in a networked environment Disclosed are systems, methods, and computer-readable media for assuring tenant forwarding in a network environment. Network assurance can be determined in layer 1, layer 2 and layer 3 of the networked environment including, internal-internal (e.g., inter-fabric) forwarding and internal-external (e.g., outside the fabric) forwarding in the networked environment. The network assurance can be performed using logical configurations, software configurations and/or hardware configurations.
US10536336B2	Remotely configured media device Improved techniques for controlling operation of a portable electronic device are disclosed. Portable electronic devices which interact with a host electronic device can have their operational settings (e.g., configurations or preferences) remotely controlled. As a result, a host electronic device can offer a more sophisticated user interface and portable electronic devices need less local user interface features because these operational settings can be remotely controlled. The remotely-controlled (i.e., host controlled) operational settings are transferred to the portable electronic devices, whereby the portable electronic devices can thereafter operate in accordance with such settings.
US10536335B2	Method for managing configuration of a network element and a network element A network element includes control entities (102, 103) and controllable entities (104-105) such as line interface units. The control entities configure the controllable entities to enable the network element to operate in a data transfer network. Each control entity maintains a configuration data-set in accordance with configuration information based on data received from the data transfer network and transmits the configuration data-set to one or more controllable entities. The control entity applies a configuration rule on the configuration information and updates the configuration data-set on the basis of the result of the configuration rule. The configuration rule is stateless so that its result is independent of earlier results of the configuration rule and of earlier configuration information. The control entities are enabled to keep their configuration data-sets nearly congruent with each other because they use the same configuration information and the same stateless configuration rule.
US10536333B2	Radio node, wireless device, and methods therein for configuring the wireless device Method in a radio node for configuring a wireless device. The radio node and the wireless device operate in a wireless communications network. The radio node configures the wireless device with a plurality of Physical Uplink Control Channel, PUCCH, resource units. The plurality of PUCCH resource units is associated with a number of downlink, DL, aggregated carriers.
US10536332B1	Configuration invocation management A system for managing configuration of multiple computing systems associated with a customer in a cloud computing environment. A command associated with the desired configuration is identified for execution on a total quantity of instances associated with the customer system to be configured. An invocation rate parameter selected by the customer system is used to control a rate in which the configuration command is invoked on the targeted instances. Based on the invocation rate parameter, the system invokes the configuration command on identified portions or sets of the targeted instances during different stages of the configuration invocation.
US10536331B2	Method and apparatus for configuration uplink and downlink carriers Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and an apparatus for configuring uplink and downlink carriers. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the UE determines according to received uplink and downlink carrier configuration signaling, the pairing between the uplink and downlink carriers, and/or a timing reference downlink carrier for the uplink, and/or a pathloss reference cell for the uplink. Thus, the uplink and downlink carriers may be configured more flexibly. Further, through the configuration of the reference downlink carrier for the uplink timing and the uplink power control, the carrier aggregation performance and that on the unlicensed band may be supported more effectively, so as to improve the performance of the LTE system.
US10536322B2	Resource management for services A service control manager manages one or more services on a computing device, such as creating processes that host the services, stopping the processes that host the services, and so forth. The service control manager also provides a request to a resource manager to reserve, monitor, and/or place limitations on resources for each of the one or more services. For example, the service control manager can request to be notified when resource usage by a service exceeds a resource usage threshold value. These resources are various resources of the computing device, such as a processor (CPU), memory, storage device input/output (I/O), network usage, and so forth. If the usage of a resource by a service satisfies the resource usage threshold value for that resource for that service, then the resource manager notifies the service control manager so the service control manager can take an appropriate remedial action.
US10536317B2	Automatic frequency controllers for adjusting digital loop filter gain based on wireless channel classification, wireless communication devices including the same, automatic frequency control methods. and wireless communication methods Automatic frequency controllers, automatic frequency control methods, wireless communication devices, and/or wireless communication methods are provided. The automatic frequency controllers for correcting a frequency offset between a base station and a terminal includes at least one processor communicatively coupled to a memory and configured to execute computer-readable instructions stored in the memory to obtain a phase estimate from a reference signal received from the base station; classify a downlink channel as a High Speed Train (HST) channel or a non-HST channel based on the phase estimate; adjust a loop gain according to the classified downlink channel; calculate a phase error based on the phase estimate and the loop gain; correct the frequency offset using the phase error; and communicate with the base station after correcting the frequency offset.
US10536316B2	NB-IoT receiver operating at minimum sampling rate The solution presented herein discloses a method of reducing inter-symbol jitter caused while processing each of a plurality of OFDM symbols in a received signal. For each of the plurality of OFDM symbols, the method comprises receiving a plurality of radio samples produced by a sampling of an OFDM symbol at a reduced sampling rate, where the reduced sampling rate causes inter-symbol jitter between the plurality of OFDM symbols. The method further comprises determining a sample offset corresponding to a symbol number for the OFDM symbol, transforming the samples of the OFDM symbol into a plurality of frequency-domain resource elements, and determining a phase offset for each of the resource elements using the sample offset. The method then reduces the inter-symbol jitter by rotating each resource element using the corresponding phase offset to generate phase-rotated resource elements. Corresponding narrow-band wireless receiver, narrow-band wireless receiver apparatus, jitter compensation circuit and computer program product are also disclosed.
US10536315B2	Methods and procedures to improve physical layer efficiency using unique word (UW) discrete fourier transform spread orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (DFT-S-OFDM) Methods, devices, and systems for transmitting information using a unique word (UW) with discrete Fourier transform spread orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (DFT-s-OFDM) are described herein. In an example, a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may generate a reference sequence. Further, the WTRU may generate a DMRS sequence based on upsampling of the reference sequence. In an example, the DMRS sequence may include a plurality of repeating sequences. Further, in an example, each repeating sequence may include a head sequence, a reference sequences and a tail sequence. Also, a UW sequence within the DMRS may include one of the repeated head sequences and one of the repeated tail sequences. In addition, the WTRU may generate a DMRS signal based on a waveform operation on the DMRS sequence. The WTRU may then transmit the DMRS signal as a reference signal.

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