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| US10562105B1 |
Automotive wheel CNC (computed numerical control) lathe
The present invention is a novel machine for repairing damaged wheel rims whereby the machine is a combination CNC and manual lathe configured of performing all of the required tasks for repairing damaged wheel rims in a single unit. |
| US10562103B2 |
Method of making iron nitride powder with anisotropic shape
Techniques are disclosed for milling an iron-containing raw material in the presence of a nitrogen source to generate anisotropically shaped particles that include iron nitride and have an aspect ratio of at least 1.4. Techniques for nitridizing an anisotropic particle including iron, and annealing an anisotropic particle including iron nitride to form at least one a″-Fe16N2 phase domain within the anisotropic particle including iron nitride also are disclosed. In addition, techniques for aligning and joining anisotropic particles to form a bulk material including iron nitride, such as a bulk permanent magnet including at least one a″-Fe16N2 phase domain, are described. Milling apparatuses utilizing elongated bars, an electric field, and a magnetic field also are disclosed. |
| US10562099B2 |
Gradient material control and programming of additive manufacturing processes
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to. In one example, a method of controlling an additive manufacturing machine includes: determining a material transition between a first machine control code and a second machine control code in a set of machine control codes; determining a material transition time for the determined material transition between the first machine control code and the second machine control code; determining a motion time from the first machine control code and the second machine control code; comparing the material transition time to the motion time; and manipulating the set of machine control codes based on the comparison. |
| US10562092B2 |
Tool for hot stamping and method for making the tool
A tool for hot stamping metal sheets, formed least partially of a base block and a functional layer, is proposed. The functional layer comprises cooling channels and multiple functional layers, which building upon each other create the connection to the base block. The cooling channels are designed as a cooling channel array and are produced in a laser sintering method. |
| US10562085B2 |
Equipment line for manufacturing heavy-walled steel products
An equipment line for manufacturing heavy-walled steel products having excellent low-temperature toughness, the equipment line including a heating device, a cooling device, and a hot working device in this order. The working device includes plurality of hot working devices, and the cooling device is arranged on an entrance side of at least one of the plurality of hot working devices. Furthermore, a thermostat equipment is arranged on an exit side of the hot working device. The equipment line provides a steel product with a finer microstructure with a relatively small amount of working. |
| US10562082B2 |
Method for contamination prevention in fluid storage tank requiring temperature control, and device therefor
A method is disclosed herein for detecting cracks of a fluid storage tank due to breakage of a wall of the fluid storage tank. In an example embodiment, the method includes positioning an enclosed pressure-resistant jacket around an outer wall of the fluid storage tank, controlling a temperature of the fluid in the fluid storage tank by allowing a liquid cooling or heating medium to flow in the enclosed pressure-resistant jacket at a pressure lower than a pressure x applied within the fluid storage tank, maintaining the pressure in the pressure-resistant jacket lower than the pressure x, sampling the cooling or heating medium from an air pool provided in a passage of the cooling or heating medium, and analyzing components of the cooling or heating medium, while preventing contamination of the fluid in the fluid storage tank with the liquid cooling or heating medium. |
| US10562079B2 |
Supercritical-state cleaning system and methods
Disclosed is a supercritical-state cleaning system, comprising a cleaning chamber (4), a gas booster apparatus (11), a first heating apparatus (5), and a carbon dioxide supply apparatus. The cleaning chamber (4) is separately connected to the first heating apparatus (5) and the carbon dioxide supply apparatus. A vacuum pump set (1) is connected to the cleaning chamber (4). Compared with the prior art, in the Invention, air introduced when a workpiece enters a cleaning chamber is completely removed, so as to prevent mixing of CO2 and air, thereby improving a cleaning effect. |
| US10562077B2 |
System comprising a portable switching device for use with a portable electronic device
A lens and/or a view screen of an electronic device having at least one case can be cleaned by wiping the view screen with a cleaning component wherein the cleaning component is configured to selectively couple to the at least one case or some other substrate using a magnetic attractive force. The cleaning devices may have secondary applications such as securing fly fishing lures, activating or deactivating a device having a magnetic switch, or preventing sunglasses from sinking. They may also be manufactured without a cleaning component for use with the secondary applications. |
| US10562073B2 |
Apparatus for measuring the stiffness of mailpieces
Apparatus for measuring the stiffness of mail articles on the principle of measuring deflection of a beam in bending comprises a rectilinear conveying portion for conveying the mail articles, a deflection roller disposed in a staggered offset manner between two wheels having deformable rims in such a manner as to form a substantially triangular peak on the rectilinear conveying portion, and an inlet ramp that is disposed upstream from the peak and that follows the upward slope of the peak. |
| US10562071B2 |
System for structural health monitoring and/or non-invasive tank fluid level measurement including cryogenic and zero G environments
A system includes a first transducer configured as an actuator. The first transducer is in communication with a surface of a structure. A second transducer is configured as a sensor. The second transducer is in communication with the surface. A third transducer is configured as a sensor. The third transducer is in communication with the surface and separated from the second transduce by an area. A digitizing unit receives signals from the second transducer and the third transducer. The digitizing unit communicates a plurality of frequency signals for the first transducer. A computing unit communicates the plurality of frequency signals to the digitizing unit, receives digitized signals from the digitizing unit, and calculates a Frequency Response Function from the digitized signals. Changes to the Frequency Response Function indicate a change to physical properties of the structure. |
| US10562060B2 |
Compact nebulizer for freshening the air
Nebulization systems to generate a mist of microdroplets of a liquid for the purpose of refreshing the atmosphere. Such nebulization systems are sized for mounting on a sales display for humidifying and refreshing fresh products displayed for sale. |
| US10562059B2 |
Devices and methods for the controlled formation and dispension of small drops of highly viscous and/or non-newtonian liquids
A controlled-volume spray deposition system has a fluid feed system including a pair of bi-directional, counter-rotating rollers to dispense fluid as a first surface, the rollers operable to rotate in a first direction to dispense the fluid, a second surface positioned to receive the fluid when the rollers rotate in the first direction, and the rollers operable to rotate in a second direction to retract the fluid to cause the fluid to stretch and form a filament until it breaks to form a spray. A method of generating a controlled-volume spray includes feeding fluid between two counter-rotating rollers as a first surface as they rotate in a first direction until the fluid contacts a second surface, reversing the counter-rotating rollers such that they pull the fluid to form a fluid filament, and causing the filament to break into a spray. |
| US10562055B2 |
Selective step coverage for micro-fabricated structures
A shadow mask having two or more levels of openings enables selective step coverage of micro-fabricated structures within a micro-optical bench device. The shadow mask includes a first opening within a top surface of the shadow mask and a second opening within the bottom surface of the shadow mask. The second opening is aligned with the first opening and has a second width less than a first width of the first opening. An overlap between the first opening and the second opening forms a hole within the shadow mask through which selective coating of micro-fabricated structures within the micro-optical bench device may occur. |
| US10562051B2 |
Powder hopper for difficult-to-flow powders for use in thermal spraying and method making and using the same
A hopper assembly includes a hopper configured to contain a feedstock material. A vibration imparting device is arranged inside the hopper and a vibration source coupled to the vibration imparting device. Embodiments of the instant invention are believed to provide various improvements in feeding uniformity by providing various hopper configurations that ensure a more consistently uniform filling of the metering device for a variety of difficult-to-feed materials and not-so-difficult-to-feed materials. One, more or all of these embodiments are also believed to improve accuracy and add precision to control, and, in addition, offer more simplified hopper construction—which is less costly to manufacture and maintain. |
| US10562049B2 |
Foam generating device for a high-pressure water gun
A foam generating device for a high-pressure water gun has a supporting body (14) defining part of a conduit (2), which extends along an axis (3) and has a mixing chamber (7) communicating with a lower inlet, and subject, in use, to a vacuum to aspirate a liquid from said lower inlet; the device has a first sleeve (17) which is fitted around one end of the supporting body (14), is axially fixed, is rotatable and is provided with an end portion carrying a nozzle (40); such a nozzle (40) defines the outlet (5) of the conduit and is adjustable so as to vary the outgoing flow type between a fan-like jet and a solid stream jet; the device has, in addition, a second sleeve (44) which is coupled to the first sleeve (17) in a fixed axial position and in a rotatable manner and is provided with cams (49) to adjust the nozzle (40) in response to a rotation of the second sleeve (44) with respect to the first sleeve (41). |
| US10562048B2 |
Electrohydrodynamic atomization nozzle emitting a liquid sheet
Embodiments for producing un-agglomerated, monodisperse droplets using a liquid sheet are provided. Nozzles with exit slit openings shape a spray liquid into a thin liquid sheet as the spray liquid exits from the slit opening. Stable multi-jet operation is achieved by including notches along the edge of the slit. The notches separate the liquid sheet into multiple jets to provide anchoring and stable multi jet operation. In some embodiments, the liquid sheet electrospray techniques and nozzles described herein provide high mass throughput and versatile multiplexing spray systems while reducing the engineering effort and high manufacturing cost. |
| US10562039B2 |
Automatic analysis device and separation and washing method
An automatic analysis device and method having a BF separation process, wherein the width in a container conveyance direction of a surface facing a reaction container of a magnet for preliminary magnetic collection of a first magnetic generation part (32p) is set to have a length including a region for housing a liquid sample of the reaction container conveyed to a magnetic collection position of the first magnetic generation part. An end in the container conveyance direction of a surface facing the reaction container of a magnet for regular magnetic collection of a second magnetic generation part (32m) is designed to be close to the center of the region for housing the liquid sample of the reaction container conveyed to a magnetic collection position of the second magnetic generation part. |
| US10562034B2 |
Roller mill and method for manufacturing roller mill
Provided is a roller mill that is provided with: a rotary table; a raw coal adding tube that supplies solid fuel to the rotary table; and a roller that rotates about a rotating shaft by being pressed against a grinding surface of the rotary table and grinds solid fuel along with rotation of the rotary table. In such a roller mill, a position where an outer peripheral surface of the roller and the grinding surface of the rotary table come into contact with each other and a circumferential velocity of the outer peripheral surface equals a circumferential velocity of the grinding surface is located further to an inner circumferential side of the rotary table than a position where the outer peripheral surface and the grinding surface come into contact with each other at a center position in a width direction of the roller. |
| US10562033B2 |
Smoking accessory assembly
A smoking accessory assembly facilitates storing and transporting accessories for grinding smoking matter and rolling the smoking matter for smoking. The assembly includes a housing having a plurality of compartments. A grinder has a plurality of grinder teeth and a peripheral wall enclosing the grinder teeth. A plurality of cap teeth is coupled to and extends from a top cap. The grinder is insertable into the top cap for grinding plant matter. A funnel tapers away to a tube section extending from a base of the funnel. Openings extend through the grinder for passing ground plant matter through the funnel and into the tube section. The tube section is open for passing the ground plant matter into a rolling paper wrapped around the tube section. |
| US10562031B2 |
Pipette tip trays
Provided are pipette tip trays for use in biotechnology applications. In certain embodiments, provided are pipette tip trays having one or more of the following features: (i) lacking an external hinge between the lid and the rack, and (ii) having snap plate fasteners configured to releasably secure a snap plate to a base. |
| US10562012B2 |
Process for the preparation of a catalyst and a process for producing glycols using the catalyst
A process for the preparation of a catalyst composition for catalysing hydrogenation and hydrogenolysis reactions wherein, (a) a carbon support is contacted with a catalyst precursor solution comprising at least one element from groups 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 of 5 the periodic table to form a metal impregnated carbon; (b) the metal impregnated carbon is dried at a temperature of no greater than 400° C. and placed in a reactor vessel; (c) the reactor vessel is sealed; and (d) the metal impregnated carbon is treated in the reactor 10 vessel in an atmosphere comprising hydrogen at a temperature of from 25° C. to 350 ° C. |
| US10562010B2 |
Stratified charge combustion engine
The invention relates to an at least partly stratified (such as at least partly dual stratified) charge combustion engine, especially CAI (combustion assisted ignition), HCC, HCSI and HCCI engine, in which the combustion of a hydrocarbon containing fuel generating a flame emitting photon is operated in a chamber with a wall provided with a cerium oxide-carbon containing coating, said coating further comprising at least comprising oxides of the followings elements Pr, Nd, La and at least Y and/or Zr. The engine of the invention enables a catalytic reduction of NOx exhaust rate. |
| US10562007B2 |
Separation matrix
The present invention relates to a separation matrix, which comprises a support; extenders coupled to an outer part of said support; and ligands coupled to said extenders, wherein the part of the support to which the extenders are coupled constitutes less than 50% of the volume of the separation matrix. The invention also embraces a method of preparing such a separation matrix, as well as a process wherein the separation media is used. |
| US10562004B2 |
Method of fabricating cell arrays and uses thereof
The present disclosure provides a fabrication process that results in creating large arrays of living cells, such as stem cells, which are subsequently exposed to nanoliter quantities of compounds to test the efficacy on cellular metabolism. |
| US10562001B2 |
Adjustable lift engager
A lift engager for providing a stream of fluidized catalyst particles with an adjustable conduit and process using the lift engager. The lift engager includes a vessel with an inlet configured to receive catalyst from a reaction zone. A first conduit, within the vessel, is configured to supply lift gas into the lift engager. The first conduit includes a fixed member and a movable member secured to the fixed member and is configured to adjust a length of the first conduit within the vessel. A second conduit inside the first conduit and configured to provide fluidized catalyst to a regeneration zone. |
| US10561997B2 |
Mixing unit for mixing fluids
A mixing unit (100) for mixing of fluids is disclosed. The mixing unit (100) includes a mixing chamber (102) for holding one or more fluids and a driving assembly (104) operatively engaged to the mixing chamber (102). The driving assembly (104) is configured to oscillate the mixing chamber (102) for mixing the one or more fluids. The mixing chamber (102) of the mixing unit (100) enables better mixing of fluids in a convenient manner. Further less amount of cleaning fluids may be only required for cleaning the mixing chamber (102) after the mixing process. The mixing unit (100) can be used for mixing amino acids with different fluids however this unit can be used for mixing other fluids as well. |
| US10561992B2 |
Porous membrane and method of production thereof
The invention provides a porous membrane comprising polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and at least one inorganic filler embedded in the porous membrane wherein the inorganic filler comprises sulfuric acid precipitated silica. The invention further provides a process for the production of said porous membrane. |
| US10561991B2 |
Homogeneous anion-exchange composite membrane having excellent chemical resistance and method for producing the same
The present invention provides a anion-exchange composite membrane comprising a copolymer containing a vinylbenzyl trialkylammonium salt repeating unit, a styrene repeating unit and a divinylbenzene derived repeating unit; an olefin additive; a plasticizer; and a polyvinyl halide polymer. The anion-exchange composite membrane comprising a copolymer containing a vinylbenzyl trialkylammonium salt repeating unit, a styrene repeating unit and a divinylbenzene derived repeating unit; an olefin additive; a plasticizer; and polyvinylidene fluoride of the present invention not only displays low electrical resistance, excellent ion exchange capability, excellent ionic conductivity, excellent mechanical properties, excellent chemical properties, and processability, but also is easy to regulate its ion exchange capacity and ionic conductivity. Also, the composite membrane of the invention is easier to produce and cheaper to manufacture than the conventional anion-exchange composite membrane. |
| US10561982B2 |
Ammonia-based desulfurization process and apparatus
Apparatus and methods for desulfurization of a sulfur-oxide containing gas by treatment with ammonia containing liquids. The apparatus and methods may utilize two distinct circuits of two different ammonia containing liquids which are applied in two distinct chambers. The gas may be cooled prior to entry into the circuits. There may be fluid communication between the two circulation circuits. |
| US10561981B2 |
Wet desulfurization apparatus capable of improving desulfurization efficiency and wet desulfurization method using the same
A wet desulfurization apparatus includes a chamber enclosing a space for passing flue gas and including a first barrier partitioning the space into first and second chamber regions, a flue gas inlet to introduce raw flue gas into the first chamber region, and a flue gas outlet to discharge desulfurized flue gas from the second chamber region; a second barrier partitioning a slurry reservoir into a first reservoir part to store a first pH alkaline slurry and a second reservoir part to store a second pH alkaline slurry; a first sprayer to spray the alkaline slurry from the first reservoir part into the first chamber region to remove sulfur from the flue gas in the first chamber region; and a second sprayer to spray the alkaline slurry from the second reservoir part into the second chamber region to remove sulfur from the flue gas in the second chamber region. |
| US10561976B2 |
Carbon dioxide collecting apparatus and method using independent power generation means
A carbon dioxide capturing apparatus and process uses a self-generating power means that uses carbon dioxide in combustion exhaust gas through the convergence of a carbon dioxide absorption tower. The capturing apparatus and process also relies on ionic generator associated technology using a concentration difference between seawater and freshwater. The capturing apparatus and process result in increased production efficiency for electric energy and reduced costs for a carbon dioxide capturing process by increasing a concentration difference using an absorbent liquid for absorbing carbon dioxide and, at the same time, electricity is obtained through carbon dioxide which is a greenhouse gas. |
| US10561973B2 |
Element assembly and filter
A filter (10) has a port block (13) provided with: an inflow port (11) to which compressed air is supplied; and an outflow port (12) from which purified compressed air flows out. A filter container (14) is attached to the port block (13), and an element assembly (30) is disposed inside the filter element (31). The element assembly (30) has: a filter element (31); and an air guide member (41) provided inside the filter element (31). The compressed air filtered through the filter element (31) is guided to an inner surface of the air guide member (41) through a slit (46). |
| US10561971B2 |
Solid-liquid separator
A solid-liquid separator for separating a solid phase from a liquid phase in a solid-liquid mixture is provided. The solid-liquid separator includes a basket and filter assembly housed coaxially within a tank such that when the basket and filter assembly rotates the liquid phase moves through the filter of the basket and filter assembly into the tank and is discharged from the solid-liquid separator. The solid phase is retained on the filter of the basket and filter assembly and travels vertically up the filter of the basket and filter assembly where it is discharged from the solid-liquid separator. |
| US10561970B2 |
Filtration device
A filtration device has a primary conveyer tank which is equipped with a first conveyer, a primary drum filter which rotates inside the primary conveyer tank, a secondary conveyer tank which is equipped with a second conveyer and a secondary drum filter which rotates inside the secondary conveyer tank. Liquid in the primary conveyer tank passes through a first opening to flow into the secondary conveyer tank. Clean liquid flowing into a first clean tank is supplied to a low-pressure-side supply system by a first pump. Super-clean liquid having been filtered by the secondary drum filter passes through a second opening to flow into a second clean tank, and then is supplied to a high-pressure-side supply system by a second pump. |
| US10561969B2 |
Filter element having supporting elements, filter having a filter element, and filter housing of a filter
A filter element is provided with a filter bellows that has an inflow side and an outflow side for a fluid to be filtered, wherein the filter bellows is made of a zigzag-folded filter medium with folds with fold edges. The inflow side is defined by the fold edges of the folds of the zigzag-folded filter medium at the inflow side and the outflow side is defined by the fold edges of the folds of the zigzag-folded filter medium at the outflow side. At least one filter element holding device is provided that holds the filter element in a filter housing. The at least one filter element holding device is connected directly or indirectly with the filter bellows. At least one supporting element supports the filter element in the filter housing; the at least one supporting element is separate from the at least one filter element holding device. |
| US10561961B2 |
Fluid dispersion unit with directional component vector
A valve-tray assembly and method for lighter fluid heavier fluid contact towers. The active area of the tray is constructed with valves having multiple lighter fluid discharge areas facilitating improved mass transfer efficiency. The valves include first and second support legs oriented in line with the heavier fluid flow with both legs and the valve top constructed with apertures wherein the heavier fluid may flow into engagement with the lighter fluid passing from beneath the tray up, through and out of the valve. |
| US10561960B2 |
Method and apparatus for purifying water, potable spirits and essential oils
A distillation apparatus and method of more rapidly purifying water, potable spirits and essential oils and more specifically to a unique heat distribution device referred to herein as the flame flow that provides for the contents of the apparatus to reach evaporation temperatures more quickly and maintain temperature to provide better control and more evenly heat the contents of a distillation apparatus. |
| US10561959B1 |
Building block system
A building block system includes a block body having four side faces offset 90 degrees from an adjacent side face and having a side edge intermediate adjacent side faces. The block body includes a top face perpendicular to the side faces and a bottom face opposite and parallel to the top face that is perpendicular to the four side faces, the top and bottom faces having a plurality of upper and lower edges, respectively, intermediate the four side faces, respectively. The system includes a plurality of receiver members, a single receiver member being positioned on a respective the side edge and on a respective the upper edge and on a respective the bottom edge. The system includes a plurality of connector members positioned intermediate the plurality of receiver members, respectively. Each receiver member has a configuration operable to receive a respective connector member in a locking engagement. |
| US10561954B1 |
Methods for dynamic show-length variation
Methods for dynamic show-length variation are disclosed herein. Such methods can include: a track extending from a starting position to a termination position; a first simulation vehicle that can move along the track from the starting position to the termination position; and a content presentation feature. Such methods can further include a processor. The processor can: determine a departure of the simulation vehicle from the starting position; provide content having a beginning, an end, and a plurality of scenes to the content presentation feature while the simulation vehicle is en route between the starting position and the termination position; and customize the length of the provided content so the content reaches the end as the simulation vehicle reaches the termination position. |
| US10561951B2 |
Method and device for fantasy sport player recommendations
A method and device are for fantasy sport applications including receiving a plurality of ranking values associated with a sport player; assigning a corresponding weight value to each ranking value; determining a score value as a function of the ranking value and the corresponding weight value; determining a final ranking value as a function of the score values for the sport player; and generating a recommendation for the sport player as a function of the final ranking value. |
| US10561949B2 |
Systems and methods for ordered array processing
The present disclosure is directed to methods and systems for processing replacements to a target array according to an ordered list. A system may provide automatic and intuitive identification of selectable tokens by iteratively identifying all selectable tokens for processing or replacement in an array, and, for each selectable token, determining a unique vector or angle to the selectable token from a predetermined position. The selectable tokens may be placed in a list ordered by the vector or angle. A user interface may indicate a candidate selectable token and allow the user to either select the token for processing or replacement, or navigate through the ordered list to a different candidate selectable token. In one such implementation, the user may modify the vector or angle, and the user interface may highlight another candidate selectable token corresponding to the modified vector or angle. |
| US10561947B1 |
Online trivia game system
An online trivia game system is provided, and more particularly systems and methods of providing a trivia game system for end-users to construct trivia games using an online database of trivia questions and answers in order to host live on-site trivia games. |
| US10561945B2 |
Methods and systems for incentivizing team cooperation in multiplayer gaming environments
Computer-implemented methods and systems for simulating a multiplayer game environment to allow players of different skill levels to concurrently play the same level of a gaming session, to encourage and incentivize cooperative team behavior, to match players based on subjective variables, such as likeability and a general fun factor, and to tailor gaming content based on the social group itself. |
| US10561943B2 |
Digital imaging method and apparatus
An apparatus and method for electronically creating combined digital images of a person and incorporating them into a series of background images or film clips making it appear as if the user were actually a part of the original imaging sequence. The camera can move to take the images from different angles and in an alternative embodiment there are multiple cameras situated such that they sequentially capture and store a series of images to be incorporated into the product. An alternative housing apparatus is in a booth for automatically producing an imaging sequence of a self-portrait of the user integrated into a stored background or film clip, including a cash or credit card receiving device, a computer triggered by cash or credit received in the device, a movable digital camera or video camera to view the user, a video monitor for self-viewing, and the possibility of one located outside the booth for advertising or amusement purposes. A series of stored digital imaging movie clips for selective withdrawal by the user where the captured sequence of the user is automatically integrated into stock stored movie clips and can be either output in an e-mail message posted to a board with a link to user's choice of e-mail friends' addresses for retrieval or a direct link to friend's and family's e-mail addresses or an output device with hard copy of personalized sequence to CD ROM or Video or hard copy print of a still image. |
| US10561941B2 |
Video game processing program and video game processing system
The present invention allows a processing load for carrying out matching of a plurality of users who satisfy a predetermined condition with each other to be reduced. The user is arranged for every attribute to carry out the matching. The plurality of users thus matched is allowed to play content together. Users with different attributes may alternately stand in a line in which the users are arranged. Further, the users are arranged by inputting a play request for content. Only selection of a condition of the content may be sufficient for the play request. |
| US10561938B2 |
Server, method of controlling a server, and program
Provided are a server, a method of controlling a server, and a program that can increase the variations on methods for acquiring an item or the like and enhance interest in a game. Included are receiving, from a user, an item change request for changing first item data; displaying, to the user, a selection screen to display a plurality of options after receiving the item change request; and providing the user with second item data when a selected option on the selection screen is a correct answer. |
| US10561935B2 |
Thumbstick for user input device
A thumbstick for a user input device comprises a tiltable post operable to output a control signal based on its position, with the post comprising external threads and a post anchor feature. An adjustable tensioning mechanism is configured to modify a tilt tension of the post. A cap comprises a cylindrical stem that defines a cavity. A base is moveable with the post and comprises a first cylindrical portion extending into the cavity, and a second cylindrical portion comprising internal threads and a base anchor feature. The internal threads mate with the external threads of the post to fasten the post to the base, and the base anchor feature abuts the post anchor feature to prevent displacement of the base toward the proximal end of the post. |
| US10561927B2 |
Dual axle skateboard and truck with outboard secondary wheels and method
Improved skateboards and methods of obtaining or providing skateboards with improved trucks. Trucks have two axles or axes, two primary wheels, and two secondary wheels, and skateboards have eight wheels, four in front and four at the rear portion of the skateboard. The four primary wheels support most or all of the weight of the skateboard when the skateboard is on a flat surface, and the two secondary wheels support the weight of one portion of the skateboard (e.g., front or rear) when the primary wheels cross a crack (e.g., a sidewalk contraction joint). In various embodiments, the secondary wheels are located outboard of the primary wheels. Further, in a number of embodiments, the axis of rotation or axle of the primary wheels remains parallel to that of the secondary wheels, whether the skateboard is going straight or turning. |
| US10561922B2 |
Impact indication and data tracking devices, systems, and methods
Devices and methods are generally provided for indicating the location of a most recent strike on a face of a golf club. One exemplary embodiment of an impact indication device can include a patch that can be attached to the face of a golf club and can display the impact location of a most recent strike without displaying impact locations of previous strikes. The impact locations of previous strikes can be removed from the patch without the user having to do anything more than take another swing. In some embodiments, the device includes a yield-stress material that assist in displaying impact a most recent impact location without displaying previous impact locations. Other features that can allow patches to work in this fashion, as well as methods related to the same, are also provided. Further, disclosures pertaining to a mobile impact recorder are also provided. |
| US10561919B1 |
Mobile trainer sled with shifting section striking pad
A portable athletic trainer sled having a strike pad capable of movements in multiple planes for teaching and practicing footwork, striking points, head placement and directional maneuvering techniques for contact sports, minimizing risk of concussion. The sled is light in weight, adjustable, and easily assembled and disassembled. |
| US10561911B2 |
Golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads
Examples of golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads are generally described herein. In one example, a golf club head may include a body portion with a toe portion, a heel portion, a rear portion, a front portion with a strike face, a sole portion, and a top portion with a plurality of weight ports. The body portion may define a periphery of the golf club head. The golf club head may also include a plurality of weight portions with each weight portion disposed in one weight port of the plurality of weight ports. Other examples and examples may be described and claimed. |
| US10561908B2 |
Golf club head
A golf club head including a face portion having an improved restitution factor is provided. The golf club head has a hollow structure and includes a face portion, a crown portion, a sole portion, and a side portion. The crown portion includes a first region that spreads out forward of a boundary line that extends from a heel side to a toe side, and a second region that spreads out rearward of the boundary line and is thinner than the first region. The crown portion further includes a protruding portion formed at position that is in a vicinity of the boundary line, is on the second region, and is rearward of the boundary line via a gap. |
| US10561907B2 |
Racket frame
Provided is a racket frame on which design change can be easily performed by simple processing. The racket frame includes a head formed in a ring shape along a face. On the head, a gut groove in which a base portion for connecting grommets is to be inserted is formed in a radially outer region of the head so as to be recessed toward a radially inner side, and a deformation promotion groove is formed in the radially outer region of the head so as to be recessed toward the radially inner side. |
| US10561900B2 |
System and method for range of motion analysis and balance training while exercising
A system and method for range of motion analysis while exercising, including methods for constructing user movement profiles based on repeated and typical user movements during exercises as are typical for an adult of a user's age, weight, etc., and capable of warning a user of unhealthy, unsafe, or anomalous movement patterns during exercise, using a balance trainer, range of motion analyzer, and a plurality of sensors in conjunction with an exercise device, in an effort to reduce health risks to users during exercise with an enhanced or mixed reality exercise device. |
| US10561898B1 |
Gait assistive device
A system for gait training which includes a slidable assembly for attaching to the foot with or without a shoe, on the affected side of a subject. When the subject shifts his or her body weight away from the affected side, the slidable assembly is capable of forward and backward movement to follow the swinging movement of the leg. When the subject shifts their body weight to the affected side and thereby applies weight to his or her swinging leg and the slidable assembly, a passive braking system is automatically actuated arrests any further movement of the affected limb. |
| US10561896B2 |
Exercise machine with multiple platforms
An exercise machine with multiple platforms for an exerciser to perform a variety of exercises generally includes an elongated frame structure supporting stationary first and second end platforms, a longitudinal rail extending between the end platforms and having an upper surface comprising a central platform, and a slideable carriage platform that reciprocates on the rail over the central platform and between the end platforms. The platforms provide multiple support surfaces at multiple elevations on which exercisers can position parts of their bodies during exercise. The platforms may be provided with positioning indices and provide continuous support surfaces over substantially the entire length of the exercise machine. The central platform may be provided with finger grips for exercisers to grasp. One or more mounting platforms may be provided to facilitate mounting and dismounting of the exercise machine. |
| US10561894B2 |
Treadmill with removable supports
A treadmill includes a platform where the platform includes a first side panel and a second side panel spaced apart at a distance from the first side panel, and a gap defined between the first side panel and the second side panel. The treadmill also includes a running deck contained within the platform and exposed within the gap, a first pulley connected to the running deck, a second pulley connected to the running deck opposite the first pulley, a tread belt surrounding the first pulley and the second pulley, a first post removably connected to the platform, a second post removably connected to the platform, and a first rail transversely connected to the first post and the second post. |
| US10561888B2 |
Plank assist device
A plank assist device is presented comprising a base and a strap. The base has a first portion for supporting a human palm and a second portion for supporting a portion of a human thumb. The first portion comprises a first portion top surface, a first portion bottom surface, a first portion rear end and a first portion front end. The second portion comprises a second portion top surface, a second portion bottom surface, a second portion rear end and a second portion front end. The second portion is shorter in length and narrower in width than the first portion. In addition, the first portion rear end may be higher in height than the first portion front end, and the second portion rear end may be higher in height than the second portion front end. |
| US10561887B2 |
Vehicle seat assembly for physical exercise
A vehicle seat assembly includes a seat base, a seat back rotatably connected to the seat base, a seat bottom mounted on the seat base, and at least one of the following mounted to one of the seat base, seat back, and seat bottom: a resistance mechanism structured to exert a biasing force on at least one exercise arm operatively connected to the resistance mechanism; a bicycle seat receptacle structured for detachably mounting a bicycle seat to the seat base; and a docking mechanism structured for detachably mounting a pedal mechanism to the seat base. |
| US10561886B2 |
Sand training bag
Described is a sand training bag for sand training. It includes a set of bag walls which includes a training surface wall and a perimeter wall. The sand training bag is transitionable between a closed bag configuration in which the set of bag walls defines a bag chamber to an open pit configuration in which the set of bag walls forms a sand training pit with the training surface wall forming a floor of the sand training pit and the perimeter wall forming a perimeter side wall of the sand training pit, the sand training pit being provided to receive and hold a quantity of sand. |
| US10561885B1 |
Weighted exercise bag apparatus and methods of use
An exercise bag apparatus, comprising: a cover comprising a first re-sealable opening; an inner sleeve placed within the cover when the exercise bag apparatus is fully assembled, the inner sleeve comprising a second re-sealable opening and an inner cavity configured for holding a weighty substance therein; and at least one user interface disposed on the cover. |
| US10561874B2 |
Fluid control assemblies for sprinkler systems
Automatic fluid control assemblies and methods for fire protection include an arrangement of electrically operated control points, a valve body and a controller to operate the fluid control assembly. The automatic fluid control assembly has an inlet, an outlet and a valve body to control flow between the inlet and the outlet. An electric latch includes a first electrically operated control point and a second electrically operated control point in fluid communication with a control line to control the flow of fluid from the inlet to the valve body and outlet. The methods of fluid control include controlling a plurality of electrically operated control points to perform any one of: a leak test, a trip test, a flow test, a water delivery test, and a validation test of a non-trip condition and a trip condition. |
| US10561873B2 |
Angled bracket for a fire sprinkler support assembly
A fire sprinkler support assembly is provided. In some approaches, the fire sprinkler support assembly may include a bracket bar extending transverse to a beam, and a bracket assembly coupled to the bracket bar. The bracket assembly may include an upper wall and a set of plates extending from the upper wall, wherein the set of plates have a first end coupled to the bracket bar. An interior angle between the set of plates and the bracket bar is less than 90 degrees (e.g., 80-85°). The bracket assembly may further include a seating frame extending from a second end of the set of plates, the seating frame including a first member and a second member disposed on opposite sides of the beam. The fire sprinkler support assembly may further include a fastener extending through an opening of the upper wall to couple the set of plates to the bracket bar. |
| US10561870B2 |
Bracket interlock systems
A method of operating safety mechanism includes extending a safety pin to block a poppet from opening a flow path from a pressure vessel in the event of the pressure vessel being unmounted from a bracket or in the event of the bracket being unmounted from a support structure. The method includes retracting the safety pin to allow free movement of the poppet for opening the flow path only in the event of the pressure vessel being mounted to the bracket and the bracket being mounted to a support structure. |
| US10561864B2 |
Coupling device for a breathing apparatus
A coupling device for a breathing apparatus, characterized in that a connecting device is inseparably connected to the regulator hose, and can be coupled with at least two couplers, each having a flow check valve, for connection to a breathing gas source. Other aspects are described and claimed. |
| US10561861B2 |
Videographic display of real-time medical treatment
Systems and methods for creation of a videographic representation of a real-time medical treatment by a processor operating in conjunction with a treatment device and an imaging device are described. The representation may include real-time imaging data, a representation of real-time treatment data and contours of relevant anatomy among other things. Related systems and techniques are also described. |
| US10561858B2 |
Method and apparatus pertaining to radiation-treatment plan optimization
A radiation-treatment plan that comprises a plurality of dose-delivery fractions can be optimized by using fraction dose objectives and at least one other, different dose objective. This use of fraction dose objectives can comprise accumulating doses delivered in previous dose-delivery fractions. The other, different dose objective can comprise a remaining total dose objective, a predictive dose objective, or some other dose objective of choice. An existing radiation-treatment plan having a corresponding resultant quality and that is defined, at least in part, by at least one delivery parameter can be re-optimized by specifying at least one constraint as regards that delivery parameter as a function, at least in part, of that resultant quality and then applying that constraint when re-optimizing the existing radiation-treatment plan. |
| US10561851B2 |
Interconnection of conductor to feedthrough
A method of interconnecting a conductor and a hermetic feedthrough of an implantable medical device includes welding a lead to a pad on a feedthrough. The feedthrough includes a ceramic insulator and a via hermetically bonded to the insulator. The via includes platinum. The pad is bonded to the insulator and electrically connected to the via, includes platinum, and has a thickness of at least 50 μm. The lead includes at least one of niobium, platinum, titanium, tantalum, palladium, gold, nickel, tungsten, and oxides and alloys thereof. |
| US10561849B2 |
Facilitating integrity of telemetry connectivity between an implantable device and a remote device
Systems, apparatus, methods and computer-readable storage media that facilitate monitoring the integrity of telemetry connectivity between an implantable device and an external device are provided. In one embodiment, an implantable device includes a monitoring component that monitors advertisement signal information identifying an amount of advertisement signals transmitted to the external device within a defined time period, and telemetry session information identifying an amount of the telemetry sessions that are established between the external device and the implantable device within the defined time period. A connectivity assessment component of the implantable device further determines whether a telemetry connectivity problem exists between the external device and the implantable device based on a degree of miscorrelation between the advertisement signal information and the telemetry session information. |
| US10561846B2 |
Inhibition of inflammatory cytokine production by cholinergic agonists and vagus nerve stimulation
A method of inhibiting the release of a proinflammatory cytokine in a cell is disclosed. The method comprises treating the cell with a cholinergic agonist. The method is useful in patients at risk for, or suffering from, a condition mediated by an inflammatory cytokine cascade, for example endotoxic shock. The cholinergic agonist treatment can be effected by stimulation of an efferent vagus nerve fiber, or the entire vagus nerve. |
| US10561845B2 |
Therapy adjustment based on patient event indication
An indication that a patient event occurred may be used to evaluate the efficacy of at least one therapy program and/or adjust therapy delivery to the patient. In some examples, the patient event indication includes patient input that may be received via an event indication button of a programming device. In some examples, therapy delivery may be adjusted by adjusting at least one therapy parameter value, switching therapy programs or therapy program groups or restarting a therapy cycle of a medical device. |
| US10561844B2 |
Diaphragm pacing systems and methods of use
Diaphragm pacing systems and methods are disclosed for providing respiratory therapy to a patient. The diaphragm pacing systems can provide rapid insertion and deployment of pacing electrodes in critically ill patients who require intubation and invasive Positive Pressure Mechanical Ventilation (PPMV) in order to support the physiological requirements of the human ventilatory system. The systems and methods make best use of the contractile properties of the diaphragm muscle and prevent muscle disuse and muscle atrophy. This can be carried out by engaging the phrenic nerves using patterned functional electrical stimulation. The diaphragm pacing systems can be designed to seamlessly interface with any commercially available positive-pressure ventilatory assistance/support equipment such as is commonly in use in hospital intensive care units (ICU) for treating critically ill patients with breathing insufficiencies, pain, trauma, sepsis or neurological diseases or deficits. |
| US10561843B2 |
Transvascular nerve stimulation apparatus and methods
Electrode structures for transvascular nerve stimulation combine electrodes with an electrically-insulating backing layer. The backing layer increases the electrical impedance of electrical paths through blood in a lumen of a blood vessel and consequently increases the flow of electrical current through surrounding tissues. The electrode structures may be applied to stimulate nerves such as the phrenic, vagus, trigeminal, obturator or other nerves. |
| US10561842B2 |
Layered midfield transmitter with dielectric tuning
Systems, devices, and methods are discussed herein for wirelessly transmitting power and/or data to an implanted device, such as an implanted electrostimulator device. In an example, the subject matter includes a layered transmitter device with multiple conductive planes and excitation features. The transmitter device can be tuned to identify and apply device parameters for efficient wireless communication with a deeply implanted device. The transmitter is generally configured for midfield powering applications by providing signals that give rise to propagating signals inside of body tissue. |
| US10561841B2 |
Retina prosthesis
The invention provides a retinal prosthetic method and device that mimics the responses of the retina to a broad range of stimuli, including natural stimuli. Ganglion cell firing patterns are generated in response to a stimulus using a set of encoders, interfaces, and transducers, where each transducer targets a single cell or a small number of cells. The conversion occurs on the same time scale as that carried out by the normal retina. In addition, aspects of the invention may be used with robotic or other mechanical devices, where processing of visual information is required. The encoders may be adjusted over time with aging or the progression of a disease. |
| US10561840B2 |
Method and device for enhancing memory consolidation
The present invention relates to methods and devices to consolidate memory and/or cognitive functions by monitoring brain rhythms and delivering a stimulus at an appropriate stage of sleep cycle. |
| US10561839B2 |
Systems for peripheral nerve stimulation
A peripheral nerve stimulator can be used to stimulate a peripheral nerve to treat essential tremor, Parkinsonian tremor, and other forms of tremor. The stimulator can have electrodes that are placed circumferentially around the patient's wrist or arm. Specific nerves in the wrist or arm can be targeted by appropriate spacing of the electrodes. Positioning the electrodes on generally opposing sides of the target nerve can result in improved stimulation of the nerve. The stimulation pattern may alternate between the nerves. Improved stimulation algorithms can incorporate tremor feedback, external data, predictive adaptation, and long-term monitoring data. |
| US10561835B2 |
Implantable medical lead with threaded fixation
The disclosure is directed to securing electrodes of a medical lead adjacent to a target tissue site. The medical lead may include one or more threaded fixation structures disposed circumferentially about the outer surface of the lead body, or elongated member, that resembles a “screw” or “auger.” During implantation, a clinician may rotate the entire lead to “screw” the lead into the tissue of the patient until electrodes of the lead reside adjacent to a target tissue. In this manner, the threaded fixation structure secures the lead within the patient to resist lead migration and improper therapy and provide a fine adjustment for depth of placement. The threaded fixation structure may be disposed on a portion of the lead proximal to or distal to the electrodes of the lead or over the portion of the lead that includes the electrodes. |
| US10561834B2 |
Apparatus for electrically mediated delivery of therapeutic agents
Apparatus for the delivery of an electrical field which facilitates the intracellular delivery of a therapeutic agent to a predetermined site within the tissue of a patient. The apparatus will comprise a plurality of penetrating electrodes arranged in a predetermined spatial relationship, each electrode with a cross sectional area contributing to the total cross sectional area of all electrodes, and structural means incorporating an inanimate source of energy operatively connected to the plurality of electrodes for deploying the electrodes, wherein the source of energy is sufficient to impart a force of at least 1000 pounds per square inch (0.7 kilogram per square millimeter) of total cross sectional area of all electrodes at the initiation of the deployment of the electrodes. The apparatus will also comprise means for generating an electrical field which facilitates the intracellular delivery of a therapeutic agent, which means is operatively connected to said electrodes at least in their deployed state. |
| US10561831B2 |
Transdermal administration device packaged body
A transdermal administration device packaged body includes a transdermal administration device including an administration member housed in a container, the administration member having at least one projection protruding from a first surface of a substrate, and an outer package which houses the transdermal administration device and has a bag form including a front component and a rear component. The front component is positioned on a first surface side of the substrate, the rear component is positioned on a second surface side opposite to the first surface side of the substrate, and the front component has an opening member configured to be pulled open to open the outer package. |
| US10561830B2 |
Cell impregnated sleeve for paracrine and other factor production
Certain embodiments according to the present invention provide sleeve devices suitable for a wide range of therapeutic uses. In accordance with certain embodiments, the therapeutic sleeve device includes a nanofiber fabric assembly, which defines a plurality of pores, and at least one layer of cells embedded in the nanofiber fabric assembly. |
| US10561829B2 |
Method and articles for treating the sinus system
A method of treating a sinus cavity of a subject includes advancing a distal portion of a light source through a drainage pathway of a sinus cavity and into the sinus cavity and visually observing a transdermal light emitted from the light source. A distal portion of a substantially rigid inner guide member of a balloon dilation catheter is advanced into the drainage pathway, the balloon dilation catheter including a movable shaft including a balloon that is slidably mounted on the substantially rigid inner guide member. The movable shaft and balloon are advanced distally over the substantially rigid inner guide member to place a portion of the balloon in the drainage pathway whereby the balloon is inflated. |
| US10561827B2 |
Disrupting fibrin sheath from a host blood vessel and visualization thereof
A percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) catheter may be configured to perform vein expansion and occlusion. A infusion port (132) located proximal to the occlusion feature (162) can be used to inject contract enhancement agent as well as other substances. The catheter can be used especially advantageously in vascular regions associated with hemodialysis access. |
| US10561818B2 |
Pre-curved steerable catheter with pull-wires for dexterous deflection control
A pre-curved steerable catheter includes a catheter body (102) having a distal end portion. The distal end portion includes a permanently curved flexible end portion (110). A pull wire (108) is disposed in a pull wire lumen within the catheter body. The pull wire extends from the distal end portion to a proximal end portion of the catheter body wherein the pull wire, when tensioned, provides a change in an angle of the curved flexible end portion of the catheter body. |
| US10561809B2 |
Breath actuated dry powder inhaler
A breath actuated dry powder inhaler with a single air circulation chamber for de-agglomeration of entrained powdered medicament using the energy of the inspiratory air stream. The chamber has a substantially polygonal sidewall, a plurality of air supply channels entering the chamber substantially tangentially to its sidewall. A powder channel extends through a powder dose supply region of the inhaler tangentially into the chamber. An air outlet axially extends from a discharge and connects to a discharge channel that extends to a mouthpiece. The polygonal sidewall comprises at least six straight line segments, each straight line segments being spaced at the same first distance from an adjacent one forming the plurality of air supply channels. The air supply channels have the same width. The powder channel is defined by two straight line segments which are spaced from each other at a second distance which is larger than the first distance. |
| US10561808B2 |
Dose counter for inhaler having an anti-reverse rotation actuator
A dose counter for an inhaler includes a counter display arranged to indicate dosage information, and a drive system arranged to move the counter display incrementally in a first direction from a first station to a second station in response to actuation input. A regulator is provided which is arranged to act upon the counter display at the first station to regulate motion of the counter display at the first station to incremental movements. |
| US10561806B2 |
Mouthpiece cover for an inhaler
A mouthpiece cover for an inhaler is described. The mouthpiece cover is designed for use with a dry powder inhaler and is provided with structural features to prevent a patient from inhaling the cover. |
| US10561803B2 |
Ultrasonic atomizer and electronic cigarette
The present invention discloses an ultrasonic atomizer and electronic cigarette. The ultrasonic atomizer includes an atomization piece and a liquid guide structure, which guides liquid onto an upper surface of the atomization piece; the liquid guide structure communicates with a liquid storage cavity; the upper surface of the atomization piece communicates with an airflow passage; and the atomization piece comprises a piezoelectric ceramic layer and an electric conductor, which drives vibration of the piezoelectric ceramic layer. No micropore needs to be provided in the atomization piece of the present invention to eject the atomized gas, thereby being free of the situation that the micropore is blocked by larger atomized gas particles, resulting in that the atomized gas cannot be ejected, and meanwhile the situation of liquid leakage of the atomizer can be better prevented. |
| US10561795B2 |
Convertible plungers, film coated plungers and related syringe assemblies
A convertible plunger is provided comprising an internal portion and a generally cylindrical exterior surface. At least a portion of the exterior surface is maintained in an initial expanded state by a property of the internal portion. The expanded state is reducible to a constricted state by an operation that is applied to the internal portion of the plunger to alter the property. A film coating may also be applied to a sidewall of the sleeve to reduce a sliding friction between the sleeve and barrel. A film coating may also be applied to a nose cone of the plunger to provide a barrier between the plunger and product in the barrel. |
| US10561787B2 |
Syringe pump and related method
A syringe pump includes a lead screw, a motor, and a sliding block assembly. The lead screw has threads and the motor is coupled to the lead screw to rotate it. The half-nut housing has a half nut and a barrel cam. The half nut is disposed within the half-nut housing. The half nut has half-nut threads at an end adjacent to the lead screw void. The half nut engages or disengages with the threads of the lead screw. The half nut includes a half-nut cam-follower surface and a half nut slot. The barrel cam is disposed within the half-nut housing and engages with the half-nut cam-follower surface. The barrel cam includes a pin to fit within the half nut slot such that the barrel cam rotates between a first position and a second position to actuate the half nut between the engagement position and the disengagement position, respectively. |
| US10561786B2 |
Port-flushing control valve
A valve is disclosed that has a body with an inlet, an outlet, and a needleless access port coupled to the body. The access port has an interior space and is configured to be actuated by a needleless connector. The inlet is selectively coupled to the outlet through the interior space such that fluid entering the inlet entirely flows through the interior space to the outlet. |
| US10561785B2 |
Method and/or system for closed-loop control of glucose to a treatment range
Subject matter disclosed herein relates to monitoring and/or controlling blood glucose levels in patients. In particular, one or more substances may be delivered to a patient at a particular infusion rate while the patient's estimated glucose level is within a predetermined range. A different insulin infusion rate may then be applied if the patient's estimated blood glucose level deviates outside of the predetermined range. |
| US10561781B2 |
Blood filtering device
A blood filtering device has a filtration section with filter medium separating raw side and clean side. A first communication path connects raw side and a first variable blood reservoir volume; a second communication path connects raw side and a second variable blood reservoir volume coupled to a receptacle. When varying the first variable blood reservoir volume, blood contained therein flows through first communication path to raw side, plasma/serum passes through the filter medium from raw side to clean side, and residual blood flows from raw side through second communication path into the second variable blood reservoir volume. When varying the second variable blood reservoir volume, blood contained therein flows through second communication path to raw side, plasma/serum passes through the filter medium from raw side to clean side, and residual blood flows from raw side through first communication path into first variable blood reservoir volume. |
| US10561780B2 |
Dialysis system having inventory management including online dextrose mixing
An automated peritoneal dialysis system and machine configured to perform dextrose mixing are disclosed. An example dialysis machine includes at least one pump, a first dialysate having a first dextrose level placed in fluid communication with the at least one pump, and a second dialysate having a second dextrose level placed in fluid communication with the at least one pump. The example dialysis machine also includes first and second valves placed between the first and second dialysates and the at least one pump. The example dialysis machine further includes a logic implementer programmed to operate the at least one pump and the first and second valves to mix the first and second dialysates so as to form a third dextrose level. |
| US10561778B2 |
Split reservoir bags and method of using split reservoir bags to improve the heating and generation of dialysate
The present specification provides a reservoir bag for containing a dialysate during a dialysis treatment. The bag has four walls and a membrane extending from a first wall to a second opposing wall which divides the bag into a first and a second sub-reservoir having changeable volumes. The maximum volume of each sub-reservoir is between 80 to 100% of the entire volume of the bag. The bag further includes at least an inlet and an outlet positioned in at least one of the walls for enabling fluid entry into and exit out of the first sub-reservoir and at least an inlet and an outlet positioned in at least one of the walls for enabling fluid entry into and exit out of the second sub-reservoir. |
| US10561776B2 |
Fluid circuit for delivery of renal replacement therapies
A portable dialysis cabinet for use in dialysis. The portable dialysis cabinet can have a size and weight that facilitates easy movement of the cabinet from one location to another with relative ease. The portable dialysis cabinet can have additional features necessary to facilitate portability, such as wheels and a handle. In general, the portable dialysis cabinet can contain all the necessary components for performing a dialysis session. |
| US10561770B2 |
Breast pump assembly
Systems and methods for pumping milk from a breast, wherein the milk is expressed from the breast under suction and milk is expulsed from the pumping mechanism to a collection container under positive pressure. In one approach, the breast pump assembly includes a breast adapter and a receptacle configured to cup the breast adapter, and the breast adapter is removable from the receptacle. |
| US10561768B2 |
Reduced-pressure wound treatment systems and methods employing microstrain-inducing manifolds
Microstrain-inducing manifolds, systems, and methods are presented that involve microstrain-inducing manifolds that include a plurality of shaped projections for creating microstrain. The shaped projections may be tapered projections. A system may include a sealing member for placing over the tissue site, a microstrain-inducing manifold, and a reduced-pressure subsystem that delivers reduced pressure to the sealing member. The reduced pressure causes the shaped projections to create microstrain at the tissue site. Other methods, apparatuses, and systems are also presented. |
| US10561767B2 |
Medical suction device
Systems and methods for a cartridge which may be included in a medical suction device are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a cartridge may comprise a porous filler material loaded with absorption granules for absorbing liquids, and a hydrophobic liquid barrier which is permeable only to one or more of air and gasses, and positioned within the cartridge so that liquids in the cartridge cannot exit the cartridge. The cartridge may further comprise perforated walls and sealed walls, arranged within the cartridge in an alternating order and orientated parallel to one another and perpendicular to a net flow direction of fluids in the cartridge, and spaced from one another such that passages are formed between the walls. |
| US10561760B2 |
Space modulation apparatus
A space modification apparatus includes a treatment tank configured to generate a gas phase around a rotating center of a rotating flow of a liquid by rotating the liquid, a first electrode of which at least a part is in the treatment tank so as to be in contact with the liquid in the treatment tank, a second electrode in contact with the liquid in the treatment tank, and a power source configured to apply a voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode to generate plasma in the gas phase to generate modification components, the modification components being dissolved and dispersed in the liquid, and a modification liquid being generated and retained in a storage tank. The modification liquid is sprayed or scattered from a nozzle into a treatment target space via a supply pump in the form of mist. |
| US10561755B2 |
Volatile composition dispenser with retractable push button
There is a volatile composition dispenser comprising: a housing comprising a rear frame having a frame opening a push button movably disposed within the frame opening; and a cartridge aligned with the push button, the cartridge comprising a container having an orifice and containing a volatile composition, a rupturable substrate sealably attached to and covering the orifice, and rupture elements adjacent the rupturable substrate; and a resilient member aligned with the push button and the rupture elements wherein upon receiving a pressure on the push button, said resilient member moves the rupture elements into a first position in which the rupture elements engage with the rupturable substrate and wherein upon removing the pressure from the push button, said resilient member exerts a force on the push button and moves the rupture elements into a second position in which the rupture elements are not engaged with the rupturable substrate. |
| US10561754B2 |
Volatile composition dispenser with lockable button
There is a volatile composition dispenser comprising a housing comprising a rear frame having a frame opening, and an inner wall. A push button is movably disposed in the frame opening and the inner wall and is configured to be movable with respect to the inner wall from a first position to a second position wherein the push button is interlocked with the inner wall in the second position. |
| US10561753B2 |
Method of sterilizing medical devices, analyzing biological indicators, and linking medical device sterilization equipment
A biological indicator analyzer includes a plurality of wells, a plurality of organism detector features, and a user input feature such as a touch screen. Each well is configured to receive a respective biological indicator. Each organism detector feature is configured to detect whether a biological indicator disposed in a corresponding well of the plurality of wells contains a living organism. The touch screen is configured to receive user input and provide information to the user indicating a status of biological indicator analysis. The biological indicator analyzer may be used to analyze a biological indicator that was positioned in a sterilization chamber of a sterilizing cabinet along with at least one medical device that is to be sterilized. The analysis may indicate whether the sterilization cycle in the sterilization chamber as successful. |
| US10561748B2 |
Anthranilic acid derivatives
The present invention is directed to a novel compound of Formula 1 wherein the radiolabeled compound of Formula 1 is capable of being used as a radiotracer in PET imaging of a targeted localized tissue and targeted radionuclide therapy of one or more conditions that may be regulated or normalized via inhibition of transporter such as Pgp, BCRP or MRP I. The novel compounds of Formula 1 can also be used as substrates for binding with one or more ABC transporters. In particular, the present invention aids in diagnosis and therapeutic treatment of MDR disorders in all forms of cancers and neurological disorders of the central nervous system. The present invention further provides methods of preparation of compounds of Formula 1 and novel intermediates used in the preparation of compounds of Formula 1. |
| US10561747B1 |
Multifunctional cancer targeting nanoparticles
Multifunctional cancer targeting nanoparticles include a magnetic central core including gold coated iron oxide, an outer layer including trimethyl chitosan microspheres and folic acid and a linker between the central core and the outer layer, the linker including cysteamine. An anti-cancer drug can be supported by the outer layer. The multifunctional cancer targeting nanoparticle can provide simultaneous cancer cell diagnosis and therapy. An amount of heat and an amount of the anti-cancer drug released by the nanoparticle can be controlled by application of a magnetic field. |
| US10561745B2 |
Stimuli-responsive magneto-plasmonic nanocarrier
Materials and methods for synthesizing magnetic core/gold shell nanoparticles and magneto-plasmonic nanostars are provided. Formulations comprising nanoparticles optionally bound to or co-loaded with a therapeutic agent encapsulated within liposomes are provided. A method for treating diseases (e.g., brain diseases) in a subject by administering to the subject a formulation comprising the nanoparticle formulation is also provided. Further, a method is provided for imaging a target site of a subject following the administering of the nanoparticle formulations. |
| US10561744B2 |
Multi-encapsulated formulations made with oxidized cellulose
A microsphere and method for forming the same are disclosed. The microsphere includes modified cellulose and at least one of a visualization agent, a magnetic material, or a radioactive material. |
| US10561739B2 |
Targeted pyrrolobenzodiazapine conjugates
Provided are Conjugate comprising PBDs conjugated to a targeting agent and methods of using such PBDs. |
| US10561737B2 |
Bispecific anti-hapten/anti-blood brain barrier receptor antibodies, complexes thereof and their use as blood brain barrier shuttles
Herein is reported a bispecific antibody comprising a first binding specificity that specifically binds to a haptenylated payload and a second binding specificity that specifically binds to a blood brain barrier receptor. |
| US10561735B2 |
Solid formulations of liquid biologically active agents
The instant invention relates to a solid product comprising a liquid biologically active agent which is intimately associated to a stabilizing agent; particularly a solid product that can be reconstituted to a clear, stable, stabilized nanodispersion or loaded micelles comprising a polymer as a stabilizing agent and a liquid, preferably water immiscible, biologically active agent. The instant invention is further directed toward a process for the production of the above solid product; particularly to micelles or nanodispersions produced by hydration of a cake or powder of the solid product, produced via an effective treatment of a stabilized solution comprising for example a polymer as a stabilizing agent, such as an amphiphilic block copolymer or a small molecular weight surfactant, loaded with a liquid biologically active agent, such as propofol, an optional additive, and a suitable solvent. |
| US10561733B2 |
Process for producing nanoparticles laden with active ingredient
The present invention relates to a novel process for the production of nanoparticles laden with active compounds and to the use thereof as medicaments. The process for the production of nanoparticles comprises the steps (a) dissolution of at least one active compound and at least one polymer in an organic solvent, (b) mixing of the solution prepared in step (a) with an aqueous phase, (c) evaporation of the organic solvent, (d) purification of the nanoparticles laden with active compound obtained in step (c) by means of dialysis against aqueous dialysis solution comprising the same active compound. |
| US10561726B2 |
Methods of treating cancer using compositions of antibodies and carrier proteins with antibody pretreatment
Described herein are methods, formulations and kits for treating a patient with cancer with anti-VEGF antibodies and albumin-bound chemotherapeutic/anti-VEGF antibody nanoparticle complexes. |
| US10561725B2 |
Method of inducing the production of protective anti-HIV-1 antibodies
The present invention relates, in general, to an immunogen for HIV vaccination and, in particular, to a method of inducing the production of protective anti-HIV antibodies by targeting B cell germline and clone intermediates using a combination of HIV envelope and non-HIV immunogens. The invention also relates to compositions suitable for use in such a method. |
| US10561723B2 |
Treatment and prevention of anal conditions
The invention relates to methods, compositions, and kits for treating a condition with an immune response modifier and a human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine. Conditions treatable with the methods, kits and compositions include but are not limited to neoplasia, anal intraepithelial neoplasia, high-grade squamous intraepithelial neoplasia, dysplasia, anal dysplasia, dysplastic lesion, high-grade dysplastic lesion, condyloma, anal cancer, anal tumor, HPV infection, and any HPV-induced condition. |
| US10561720B2 |
Pharmaceutical compositions, comprising a combination of select carriers, vitamins, tannins and flavonoids as antigen-specific immuno-modulators
The present invention provides adjuvant compositions that are capable of modulating the immune response in a subject, including enhancing or suppressing the immune response. These adjuvant compositions may also be used to enhance or suppress the immunogenicity of antigens by enhancing or suppressing antigen-presentation activity, enhancing or suppressing innate immune responses through activation or suppression of, e.g., natural killer cells, and/or direct activation of subsets of B and/or T cells. Also provided are methods of making the adjuvant compositions as well as methods of using the adjuvant compositions. In certain embodiments, the compositions comprise combinations of the following: a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, a flavonoid, a tannin and a vitamin. The compositions may further comprise an antigen. |
| US10561711B2 |
Rapid action insulin formulations and pharmaceutical delivery systems
The present invention provides rapid-acting insulin and insulin analogue formulations. The invention further provides delivery devices, particularly infusion sets, which allow for the rapid absorption of insulin and insulin analogues, as well as other active agents. Methods of using the insulin and insulin analogue formulations as well as the insulin delivery devices for treating subjects with diabetes mellitus are also provided. |
| US10561710B2 |
Goblet cell replacement therapy
Described herein is the finding that activators of CXCR3, such as proteins that bind CXCR3 (e.g., IP-9, IP-10 and PF4), enhance the density of goblet cells in the eye. Goblet cells in the conjunctiva are the primary source of tear mucus. Accordingly, the present disclosure describes methods of treating dry eye syndrome by administering an activator of CXCR3. Also described are methods of increasing goblet cells density, such as goblet cell density in the conjunctiva. |
| US10561703B2 |
Method of modulating sex hormone levels using a sex hormone secretion modulator
Provided are a hormone secretion modulator including a peptide derived from telomerase, more particularly, a peptide including an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, an amino acid sequence having a sequence identity of at least 80% with SEQ ID NO: 1, or a fragment thereof, a pharmaceutical composition including the hormone secretion modulator, and a use of the pharmaceutical composition for treatment, alleviation, or prevention of diseases caused by excessive or deficient levels hormones. |
| US10561700B2 |
Use of overground part of Hedychium coronarium Koenig in reducing blood glucose; extracts and compositions of overground part of Hedychium coronarium Koenig and their uses
The present invention is related to the use of an overground part of Hedychium coronarium Koenig in lowering blood glucose, increasing insulin levels and treating and/or preventing diabetes without overly reducing blood glucose in a subject; i.e., not reducing blood glucose in a fasting subject. The present invention also relates to an extract and composition of the overground part of Hedychium coronarium Koenig and its use in lowering blood glucose, increasing insulin levels and treating and/or preventing diabetes. |
| US10561698B2 |
Hand sanitizer composition and method of manufacture
A hand sanitizing composition and a method of manufacture, wherein the composition includes a solvent from about 78% to about 96% by weight sufficient to operate as a carrier and solvent. The composition includes tetrasodium EDTA and/or Sodium Citrate from about 0.01% to about 1% by weight to operate as a buffer, stabilizer and chelating agent. The composition includes a humectant selected from the group of humectants consisting of: Cetyl Alcohol, Ceteryl Alcohol, and Steryl Alchohol from about 1.5% to about 5.5% by weight to emulsify, thicken and lubricate. The composition includes an emollient from about 0.1% to about 3.2% by weight and an antioxidant vitamin from about 0.01% to about 1% by weight. The composition includes a soothing agent in a therapeutically significant amount and a conditioner. |
| US10561695B2 |
Composition having functions of improving kidney yang, enhancing immunity and relieving fatigue, method for producing the same and use thereof
The present disclosure relates to the field of healthcare foods. Disclosed is a composition having functions of improving kidney yang, enhancing immunity and relieving fatigue, which is an aqueous extract of Astragalie radix, Rehmanniae radix, Eucommiae cortex, Morindae officinalis radix, Lycii fructus and Polygonati rhizoma. By using six traditional Chinese herb medicines, Astragalie radix, Rehmanniae radix, Eucommiae cortex, Morindae officinalis radix, Lycii fructus and Polygonati rhizoma for decoction extraction, a composition having functions of improving kidney yang, enhancing immunity and relieving fatigue is obtained. Through synergetic function of each traditional Chinese herb medicine, the composition achieves a better effect comparing with similar products. In addition, the species of traditional Chinese medicine in the composition is relatively fewer, lowering the potential safety hazard, and the method is simple and the cost is low. |
| US10561692B2 |
Allergy-inhibiting sea grape extract, its preparation method and application thereof
Present invention relates to an allergy-inhibiting sea grape extract, its preparation method and thereof. The preparation method includes following steps: the sea grape is blended in distilled water in the weight ratio of 1:1˜20, mix thoroughly, stir at 20˜100° C. for 30˜120 minutes. The fluid obtained after the first filtration is the sea grape extract. The sea grape extract can be subjected to the second filtration by using EW, PW and DK membranes and freeze-dried to give a refined sea grape extract. The invention exhibits superior allergy-inhibiting effect; moreover, the prepared extract does not cause allergy and can be used in cosmetics and food. |
| US10561688B2 |
Method for preparing of endothelial cells by transformation (transdifferentiation) of adult fibroblast, and use thereof
The present invention relates to a method of preparing vascular endothelial cells by transforming (transdifferentiating) adult fibroblasts and a composition, which includes vascular endothelial cells prepared according to the method, for preventing and treating ischemic diseases, the method including a step of transducing adult fibroblasts with a gene. In particular, the present invention confirms that five factors, Foxo1, Er71, Klf2, Tal1, and Lmo2, induce transdifferentiation of adult fibroblasts into induced vascular endothelial cells. Furthermore, the present invention confirms that three factors, Er71, Klf2, and Tal1 induce transdifferentiation of human adult fibroblasts into induced vascular endothelial cells. The resultant induced endothelial cells enable lower limb salvaging by angiogenesis in lower limb ischemic animal models, showing that the induced endothelial cells can be effectively used for prevention or treatment of ischemic diseases. |
| US10561684B2 |
Pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating sensorineural hearing loss or tinnitus including platelet-rich plasma and method using the same
Provided are a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating sensorineural hearing loss or tinnitus including platelet-rich plasma, and a method of preventing or treating sensorineural hearing loss or tinnitus using the same. |
| US10561680B2 |
Topical composition for the treatment of mucosal lesions
Topical composition for the treatment of mucosal lesions It relates to a topical composition comprising specific amounts of: a) a hyaluronic acid or a pharmaceutically or veterinary acceptable salt thereof, b) one or more adhesive agents, and c) a non-absorbable antibiotic; to delivery devices comprising it; and to its uses in medicine, in particular, in the treatment and/or prevention of mucosal lesions; in the prevention of postpolypectomy syndrome; as adjuvant therapy to mechanical treatments in gastrointestinal perforations, and as sealant treatment in surgical anastomoses and leaks or fistulas in gastrointestinal tract. |
| US10561677B2 |
Anti-bacterial applications of poly-N-acetylglucosamine nanofibers
Described herein are compositions comprising shortened fibers of poly-N-acetylglucosamine and/or a derivative thereof (“sNAG nanofibers”) and anti-bacterial applications of such compositions. The sNAG nanofibers may be formulated into compositions for the prevention and/or treatment of bacterial infections and diseases associated with such infections. Regimens employing such compositions are also described. |
| US10561674B2 |
Processes for the preparation of phospholipid-enriched dairy products as neutraceuticals for the formulation of functional foods
The present invention discloses processes for the preparation of phospholipid-enriched dairy products as nutraceuticals for the formulation of functional foods, the processes include the steps of: combining a non-dairy-based PL-containing material, having phosphatidylserine (PS) and/or phosphatidic acid (PA) in the PL-containing material, wherein the PS and/or PA is derived in part from an enzymatically-processed lecithin as a PS-calcium and/or -magnesium salt and/or a PA-calcium and/or-magnesium salt via transphosphatidylation with phospholipase D in the presence of L-serine and a calcium and/or magnesium salt, with water and an oil component to form a paste; removing an excess amount of the water from the paste to form a PL-oil solution; and mixing the PL-oil solution with a dairy component, thereby obtaining a PL-enriched dairy product. Alternatively, the PL-oil solution has a weight-to-weight (w-w) concentration of at least about 0.01% of a residual amount of the water to the PL-containing material. |
| US10561669B2 |
Oral quetiapine suspension formulations with extended shelf life and enhanced bioavailability
A quetiapine fumarate composition for oral administration is provided comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate of quetiapine existing as a suspension in an aqueous carrier agent. The inventive liquid formulation demonstrates high bioavailability consistent with approved dosage forms, low agglomeration, reduced content of excipients commonly used in solid oral dosage forms and extended shelf life stability. Also provided is a method of manufacturing a liquid quetiapine suspension composition for oral administration and methods of administering therapeutically effective dosages of an oral liquid quetiapine suspension composition to patients in need thereof. |
| US10561666B2 |
Amido compounds as RORγt modulators and uses thereof
Amido compounds are disclosed that have a formula represented by the following: and wherein n1, n2, R1a, R1b, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 are as described herein. The compounds may be prepared as pharmaceutical compositions, and may be used for the prevention and treatment of a variety of conditions in mammals including humans, including by way of non-limiting example, inflammatory conditions, autoimmune disorders, cancer, and graft-versus-host disease. |
| US10561662B2 |
4-oxo-3,4-dihydro-1,2,3-benzotriazine modulators of GPR139
The present invention provides a method for treating a disease, disorder or condition associated with GPR139 using compounds of formula 1: which are agonists of GPR139, certain compounds encompassed by formula 1, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, processes for making the compounds, and intermediates thereof. |
| US10561658B2 |
Thieno- and pyrrolopyrimidine analogues as anticancer agents and methods of use thereof
The present invention provides for the design and synthesis of halogenated thieno- and pyrrolopyrimidine compounds that exhibit cancer proliferation inhibitory activity and the use thereof for cancer treatment. |
| US10561656B2 |
Organic compounds
The present invention relates to PDEI inhibitory compounds of Formula I as described herein, processes for their production, their use as pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them. |
| US10561649B2 |
Pharmaceutical combination of opioid and prostaglandin compound
Provided is a method for treating a condition or disease which is one of the indications for opioid use, which comprises administering a combination of: (a) a pharmaceutically effective amount of an opioid, and (b) a pharmaceutically effective amount of a prostaglandin (PG) compound represented by the formula (I): to a patient in need thereof. |
| US10561648B2 |
Inhibition and treatment of bacterial infections by sex-specific GPER targeting
The present invention is directed to the use of compounds which are modulators of the G protein-Coupled Estrogen Receptor (GPER) for the inhibition —and/or treatment of Bacterial infections, especially including metMctHin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment of bacterial pathogens, including MRSA are also described. |
| US10561647B2 |
Use of quinoline derivatives for treating oesophageal cancer and treatment method, pharmaceutical composition and kit thereof
Provided in the present invention are a use of quinoline derivatives for treating oesophageal cancer and a treatment method, a pharmaceutical composition and a kit thereof. The 1-[[[4-(4-fluoro-2-methyl-1H-indole-5-yl)oxy-6-methoxyquinoline-7-yl]oxy]methyl]cyclopropylamine provided by the present invention can effectively treat oesophageal cancer, and reduce the sum of the diameters of patient's target lesions. |
| US10561646B2 |
EGFR inhibitor and pharmaceutically acceptable salt and polymorph thereof, and use thereof
Provided is an EGFR inhibitor and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt and a polymorph thereof, and a use thereof. In particular, provided is a polymorph, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a prodrug of N-(2-(4-(dimethylamino)piperid-1-yl)-5-(5-fluoro-4-(1-methyl-1H-pyrazol-4-yl) pyrimidin-2-ylamino)-4-methoxy phenyl) acrylamide. In addition, also provided is a pharmaceutical composition containing the inhibitor and a use thereof. |
| US10561645B2 |
Pharmaceutical compositions
The present invention relates to the field of methods for providing pharmaceutical compositions comprising poorly water-soluble drugs. In particular the present invention relates to compositions comprising stable, amorphous hybrid nanoparticles, comprising at least one protein kinase inhibitor and at least one polymeric stabilizing and matrix-forming component, useful in pharmaceutical compositions and in therapy. |
| US10561639B2 |
Composition comprising a TNFR agonist and at least one thioredoxin inhibitor for use in the treatment of carcinoma
A composition for the treatment of cancerous cells. The composition including a combination of at least one tumor necrosis factor receptor (TNFR) agonist and at least one thioredoxin inhibitor. This combinatorial approach involves direct inhibition of the thioredoxin molecule (and not the enzyme of Trx reductase). |
| US10561632B1 |
Isothiocyanate functional compounds augmented with secondary antineoplastic medicaments and associated methods for treating neoplasms
A formulation, including: (a) a first medicament, wherein the first medicament includes an isothiocyanate functional compound/surfactant; and (b) a second medicament, wherein the second medicament includes an antineoplastic agent, such as a cytotoxic antineoplastic agent and/or a targeted antineoplastic agent. |
| US10561626B2 |
Method for treating urushiol induced contact dermatitis
A solution for urushiol induced contact dermatitis is provided for in a topical solution. According to the invention, a method is provided for applying a composition of substances to the affected area, working the composition into the affected area, and removing the composition from the affected area. The composition comprises at least one ethoxylate in combination with a supporting agent. It is believed that this combination binds to the available urushiol receptors rendering it inactive. The affinity of the receptors for the ethoxylates also appears to cause a release of the urushiol from its epidermal bonds for bonding to the composition. An inert scrubbing agent, such as polyethylene beads, can also be included to assist in the release of the urushiol. Acetylated lanolin alcohol, EDTA, a foam stabilizer, and water can also be added to the composition without effecting performance. |
| US10561623B2 |
Compositions and methods for treating muscular dystrophy and other disorders
The present invention provides compositions and methods of their use in treating muscular dystrophy and other disorders. |
| US10561620B2 |
Coiled tube emulsification systems
Embodiments of the present technology may include a system for forming an emulsion. The system may include a coiled tube. The coiled tube may have a first end and a second end. The second end may be located at a position higher than the position of the first end. The system may also include a plurality of beads disposed within the coiled tube. The system may further include a first inlet fluidly connected to the coiled tube. The first inlet may be configured to deliver a first fluid to the first end before the second end. In addition, the system may include a second inlet fluidly connected to the coiled tube. The second inlet may be configured to deliver a second fluid to the first end before the second end. |
| US10561619B2 |
Pharmaceutical composition comprising dutasteride and propylene glycol monolaurate and preparation method of the same
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising dutasteride and propylene glycol monolaurate, which improves the stability of dutasteride, which is a poorly soluble drug as a 5-alpha reductase inhibitor, and a process for its preparation. More particularly, the present invention also relates to a capsule formulation which is smaller in size than a commercial dutasteride capsule formulation (AVODART®), but has the equivalent dissolution rate by preparing a pharmaceutical composition comprising propylene glycol monolaurate and dutasteride, which can improve the stability of the dutasteride. A dutasteride formulation having enhanced patient's compliance and improved stability and a method for producing the same are provided. |
| US10561618B2 |
Orally available pharmaceutical formulation suitable for improved management of movement disorders
The present invention provides a pharmaceutical formulation for oral administration comprising an agonist of two or more of the 5-HT1B, 5-HT1D and 5-HT1F receptors, such as a triptan, e.g. zolmitriptan, in a matrix constituent with extended release characteristics, and further comprising a 5-HT1A-R agonist, such as buspirone, in a constituent with immediate-release characteristics. The special formulation is particularly well-suited for use in the treatment of movement disorders by combining the two active ingredients in a manner that achieves synergy from both the combination per se and the special release parameters of the pharmaceutical formulation, allowing for ease of administration and reducing the risk of adverse effects of each of the two active ingredients. |
| US10561616B2 |
Sustained release dosage forms for a JAK1 inhibitor
This invention relates to sustained release dosage forms comprising {1-{1-[3-fluoro-2-(trifluoromethyl)isonicotinoyl]piperidin-4-yl}-3-[4-(7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4-yl)-1H-pyrazol-1-yl]azetidin-3-yl}acetonitrile, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and doses and methods related thereto. |
| US10561609B2 |
Antiviral compositions
The present invention provides a composition and an antiviral drug preparation, each comprising at least one water-insoluble antiviral drug and at least one water-soluble carrier material, wherein the water-insoluble antiviral drug is dispersed through the water-soluble carrier material in nano-disperse form. The present invention further provides processes for preparing the compositions and drug preparations, and also aqueous nano-dispersions obtained by combining water and the compositions. |
| US10561594B2 |
Agent for stabilizing keratin fibers with 5-ring heterocycles
The subject matter of the present disclosure are agents for stabilizing keratin fibers, more particularly human hair, containing in a cosmetic carrier: (a) at least one compound of the formula (I) wherein X denotes oxygen (—O—), sulfur (—S—) or a grouping —NR5—. |
| US10561593B2 |
Hair growth composition and method
The present invention relates to clear compositions for and methods of retarding hair loss or facilitating hair growth comprising a hair growth active, a C8-C24 alcohol ester of a carboxylic acid and a pharmaceutically acceptable topical carrier comprising monohydric and, optionally, dihydric alcohols and water. |
| US10561589B2 |
Anhydrous soft solid composition based on particles encapsulating a beneficial agent
Disclosed is an anhydrous composition comprising particles having a core containing a beneficial agent and an envelope surrounding the core. The envelope comprises a hydrophobically modified polysaccharide and a water-soluble carbohydrate and/or water-soluble polyol. The particles have a poured powder density from 300.0 g/l to 600.0 g/l and an absolute density of greater than 1.0. The composition also comprises a fatty phase comprising a solid fatty substance and an oil. The composition has a hardness measured at 32° C. at a humidity of 40% from 15 kPa to 150 kPa. Also disclosed are uses of the composition for caring for and/or for the hygiene of and/or for conditioning and/or for fragrancing and/or for making up a keratin material. The composition can be used for treating body odor wherein the composition comprises a deodorant active agent and/or antiperspirant active agent in free form and/or in encapsulated form. |
| US10561586B2 |
Sprayable high viscosity cosmetic formulation
The invention relates to an anhydrous cosmetic or dermatological formulation comprising a viscose lipid-containing preparation and propellant gas consisting essentially of one or more substances selected from hydrofluorocarbons, n-butane, isobutane and propane. The formulation permits application to the skin by spraying of an otherwise nonsprayable preparation. The formulation is free from readily volatile solvents, surfactants, and preferably free from silicones. |
| US10561584B2 |
Dental adhesive agent and method of manufacturing thereof
A dental adhesive agent includes a polymerizable monomer; first and second inorganic particles which have been subjected to a surface treatment by a chemical compound, respectively; and a third inorganic particle. The first inorganic particle has a volume median diameter greater than or equal to 0.1 μm and less than or equal to 0.5 μm, the second inorganic particle has a volume median diameter greater than or equal to 0.6 μm and less than or equal to 0.9 μm, and the third inorganic particle has a mean primary-particle diameter greater than or equal to 5 nm and less than or equal to 50 nm. The mass ratio of the third inorganic particle with respect to the gross mass of the first inorganic particle, the second inorganic particle and the third inorganic particle is greater than or equal to 0.001 and less than or equal to 0.05. |
| US10561583B2 |
Dental cement composition
The present invention relates to dental cement composition that is more biocompatible and stimulates quicker healing of the damaged dental tissues. Specifically, the invention relates to dental cement composition comprising a combination of dental repair compounds consisting of nanoparticles of Tri-calcium Silicate (Ca3SiO5), Di-calcium Silicate (Ca2SiO4), Calcium Titanate (CaTiO3) and Hydroxyapatite (Ca10(PO4)6(OH)2). |
| US10561573B2 |
Infant burping assembly
An infant burping assembly for burping an infant includes a harness that may be worn on an infant. A plunger unit is provided and the plunger unit is coupled to the harness. The plunger unit abuts the infant's back when the harness is worn. The plunger unit is actuated to move between an extended position and a retracted position. In this way the plunger unit repeatedly strikes the infant's back thereby facilitating the infant to be burped. |
| US10561571B2 |
Pressure cuff or garment
A pressure cuff or garment for prophylactic treatment of deep vein thrombosis includes a series of three chambers arranged in series and coupled fluidically to one another by bleed tubes or chokes. The chambers are otherwise sealed to the environment, save for the first chamber which also provides an inlet/outlet for coupling to a fluid pump. The chambers are also of curved shape so as to overlap one another. The cuff or garment provides more effective pulsating pressure treatment than prior art structures. |
| US10561569B2 |
Eye massager
An eye massager includes an eyeshade and a head band connected with the eyeshade. The eyeshade is provided with two massage boards, and the two massage boards are arranged symmetrically and move synchronously. The eyeshade includes an eyeshade casing, the two massage boards are located on an outer wall of an inner side of the eyeshade casing, and the eyeshade casing is provided therein with a driving assembly configured to drive the two massage boards. The driving assembly includes a motor, a gear assembly driven by the motor, a transmission shaft driven via the gear assembly, and two eccenter assemblies arranged at two ends of the transmission shaft respectively. The two massage boards are respectively fixed on the two eccenter assemblies, and are enabled to swing when being driven by the eccenter assemblies. |
| US10561568B1 |
Exoskeleton system providing for a load transfer when a user is standing and kneeling
A counterbalance system for an exoskeleton is provided, including a first hip joint to displace an external load experienced by a user above a waist of the user, the first hip joint provides for three degrees of freedom of movement, a tool interface located above the first hip joint to direct load displacement through the first hip joint, and a counterbalance arm having a first end and a second end, the counterbalance arm is secured to the tool interface at the first end, the second end of the counterbalance arm is moveable in an arcuate rotational path ranging from in front of the tool interface to behind the tool interface. Another system and method are also provided. |
| US10561566B2 |
Walking assistance apparatus and walking training method
A walking assistance apparatus includes stimulus applying means for applying a stimulus to a leg part on which a walking assistance apparatus is mounted and state detection means for detecting a supporting leg condition and a lifted leg condition of the leg part on which the walking assistance apparatus is mounted. The stimulus applying means applies a first stimulus to the leg part when the state detection means has detected that the leg part on which the walking assistance apparatus is mounted is in the lifted leg condition, and the stimulus applying means does not apply a stimulus to the leg part or applies a second stimulus that is weaker than the first stimulus when the state detection means has detected that the leg part on which the walking assistance apparatus is mounted is in the supporting leg condition. |
| US10561565B2 |
Assist garment, method for controlling controller of assist garment, and recording medium
An assist garment worn on a part of a human body includes a plurality of garment-fitting actuators that are placed linearly along at least one end portion of a garment body and driven to extend and contract, a plurality of assisting actuators that are placed linearly on the garment body to cross the fitting actuators and driven to extend and contract, and a controller that individually controls the drive of the assisting actuators and the drive of the fitting actuators. |
| US10561563B2 |
Optimal design of a lower limb exoskeleton or orthosis
A link extends between a distal member and a proximal member of a wearable device, such as an exoskeleton, orthosis or prosthesis for a human lower limb. One or other of the distal member and the proximal member includes a crossing member. The link extends from the crossing member of the distal member or the proximal member, to the other of the distal member or the proximal member. Actuation of the link translates to a force at the distal or proximal member that is normal to a major longitudinal axis extending through the distal and proximal members. In one embodiment, a sliding link of a device configured for use with a human joint tracks two degrees of freedom of the joint. |
| US10561560B2 |
Dental laser unit with communication link to assistance center
A medical treatment apparatus includes a power and control (PAC) device. The PAC device provides electrical power through a cable to a laser handpiece assembly to electrically power a laser source within the handpiece assembly. The PAC device controls operation of the handpiece assembly and detects an identification of the handpiece assembly. The PAC device also monitors data relating to operation of the handpiece assembly. The PAC device uploads, through a communication network to a user assistance center remote from the PAC device, the handpiece assembly identification and the monitored data. |
| US10561559B2 |
Surgical patient support system and method for lateral-to-prone support of a patient during spine surgery
According to the present disclosure, a patient support system includes patient support tops for accommodating various body positions of a patient occupying the patient support tops. The patient support system may include various features to accommodate patient body positioning to facilitate surgical access. |
| US10561556B2 |
Apparatus and system for boosting, transferring, turning and positioning a patient
A valve for an inflatable device includes a pocket configured to be located in a cavity of the inflatable device. The pocket includes an entrance opening to receive air from an air source and an exit opening to deliver air to the cavity. The exit opening is spaced apart from the entrance opening, such that airflow passes through the valve by flowing from the entrance opening, through the pocket, and out through the exit opening to enter the cavity. The pocket may include a second exit opening spaced from the entrance opening and the exit opening, and may include a first branch and a second branch extending away from each other, and wherein the exit opening is located on the first branch and the second exit opening is located on the second branch. |
| US10561555B2 |
Patient positioning apparatus and method
A patient positioning element is provided for fitting to a patient support device having a base portion and a patient support deck which may support a mattress with a sheet thereon. The patient positioning element includes at least one fixing element for fixing to a patient support deck, a bar element for holding a sheet in position and at least one connector element transverse to the bar for connecting or coupling the bar to the fixing element. The connector element is adjustable such that the bar may take up a first storage position adjacent or near the fixing element and a second deployed position adjacent or near the upper surface of a mattress. The patient support deck is moveable upwardly and downwardly relative to the base portion. The patient is repositioned by a method comprising: locating the head end of a sheet on the mattress under a bar at the head end of the patient support device and adjacent the head end of the mattress; fixing the head end of the sheet to the head board or head frame; and then lowering the head end of the patient support deck such that the sheet is pulled under the bar and then upwards and away from the head end of the mattress. |
| US10561554B2 |
Head relaxing pillow
The present invention is to provide a head relaxing pillow, which is made of an elastic material and includes a supporting main body having a top for supporting the neck of a user who lies face up and a bottom concavely provided with a recess, two contact portions each having one end connected to one of the two corresponding ends of the supporting main body and the other end corresponding in configuration to one of the user's parietal bones, and a pressing portion extending from one side of the supporting main body and located between the contact portions. The supporting main body is provided with two sunken portions which are adjacent to two corresponding ends thereof respectively. Thus, when the user's neck and head are resting on the supporting main body and the contact portions respectively, the two sunken portions are corresponding in position to the user's temporal bones respectively. |
| US10561551B2 |
Patient support with energy transfer
A patient support including a base; a patient support surface supported by the base; an electrically powered device; a rechargeable power storage device for powering the electrically powered device; and a receiving coil electrically coupled to the rechargeable power supply for inductive coupling with a transmitting coil. The receiving coil is for recharging the rechargeable power supply when the receiving coil is inductively coupled to the transmitting coil. |
| US10561548B1 |
Elevated height wheelchair
Embodiments of the present disclosure include a wheelchair configured to reposition an occupant between a lowered and a raised position. The wheelchair can include a frame, a seat moveable relative to the frame, a drive wheel, and one or more pairs of arm assemblies. The arm assembly includes a wheel configured to move from a first spatial location when the wheel chair is operating on flat, level ground to a second spatial location that is different than the first spatial location. Arm limiters can selectively engage the arm assembly based on at least one of a seat position, position of the arm assembly and surface conditions of ground surface. The arm limiters can limit the range of motion of the arm assembly and sometimes other operational aspects of the chair. |
| US10561545B2 |
Absorbent structure and absorbent article containing said absorbent structure
The present invention relates to an absorbent structure and an absorbent article containing said absorbent structure. The absorbent structure, having a sequence of layers connected together, comprises a first outer absorbent layer made from airlaid material, a second outer absorbent layer made from airlaid material, and a fluid storage layer made from airlaid material arranged between the first and second outer absorbent layers, wherein the airlaid material of the first outer absorbent layer comprises first cellulose fibres, the airlaid material of the second outer absorbent layer comprises second cellulose fibres and the airlaid material of the fluid storage layer comprises third cellulose fibres and super-absorbent components, wherein the first and second cellulose fibres have a lower pH value than the third cellulose fibres and the pH value of the first and second cellulose fibres is less than 5.0. |
| US10561538B2 |
Method for production of disposable absorbent articles
A method for production of disposable hygienic absorbent articles, the method comprising advancing in a first direction a continuous length of a substantially homogeneous elastic laminate web having a maximum elastic extensibility in the first direction of at least 40% under a peak load Fp; maintaining said substantially homogeneous elastic laminate web under a tensioning load Ft in the first direction during the advancing, the tensioning load Ft satisfying the condition: 0.03 Fp≤Ft≤0.25 Fp; attaching individual absorbent cores to the substantially homogeneous elastic laminate web while maintaining said substantially homogeneous elastic laminate web under the tensioning load Ft; and severing the substantially homogenous elastic laminate web into individual disposable hygienic absorbent articles. |
| US10561536B2 |
Conformable drape cover dressing
A conformable wound dressing system that includes a wound dressing and a dressing support layer. The wound dressing includes a backing having two major surfaces and a perimeter that includes first and second lateral edges, an adhesive disposed on one major surface of the backing and the dressing support layer removably mounted on the other major surface. The dressing support layer includes juxtaposed first and second sections that define a gap between them. Each section comprises a medial portion and at least four spokes extending therefrom toward a lateral edge. The at least four spokes include two outer spokes and at least two spaced-apart inner spokes. At least two of the at least four spokes of each section extend beyond the lateral edge to form peripheral support layer tabs. |
| US10561533B2 |
Composition for a wound dressing
The present invention relates to a composition that can be used as or as part of a wound dressing and to wound dressings comprising the same. More specifically, the present invention relates to a composition that disrupts and kills bacteria within a biofilm and also prevents biofilm formation. The composition comprises a first component selected from the group consisting of chitosan, chitin, derivatives of chitosan, derivatives of chitin, and combinations thereof; at least one triprotic acid and at least one solubilising acid. |
| US10561526B2 |
Transatrial patient temperature control catheter
A transatrial intravascular temperature management catheter has a lower heat exchange segment positionable in the inferior vena cava and an upper heat exchange segment positionable in the superior vane cava, with a connecting segment lying between the two and positionable in the right atrium. A temperature sensor on the distal tip of the upper heat exchange segment provides accurate core body temperature signals for feedback purposes since the blood flowing past the sensor has not yet reached the heat exchange segment. |
| US10561525B2 |
Modular prosthesis cooling systems
A modular prosthesis cooling system may comprise a port disposed in the wall of a prosthesis socket, and a plug module removable disposed in the port. The plug module may comprise cooling element, such as a TEC, and a heat-dissipation element, such as a heat sink or fan. A protective heat-dissipating shroud may be disposed about plug module. The prosthesis socket wall may comprise a heat-conductive layer in a heat-exchange relationship with the cooling element. |
| US10561521B2 |
Point of service method of manufacture of custom headwear
A method for fabricating an article of headwear for a subject is provided. The method comprises: generating a three-dimensional digital data file for the subject at a clinic by capturing a three-dimensional data file representative of the head by utilizing apparatus located at the clinic operating to capture three-dimensional data representative of the head; utilizing a processor to process the three-dimensional digital data file to produce a device file comprising the shape for the article of headwear; and manufacturing the article of headwear at the clinic by utilizing an additive manufacture device located at the clinic to operate with the three-dimensional digital data file. |
| US10561518B2 |
Wearable support structure and method of supporting a torso
The invention relates to a wearable support structure for at least partly relieving a human body during leaning forward or bending over. The wearable support structure comprises a frame having at least one stay provided with a chest support for bearing upon a chest area, a lumbar support for bearing upon a lumbar area, and a thigh support for bearing upon a front side of a thigh area. The stay is a flexible stay arranged such that it is in a stretched state corresponding with an upright position of a human body when being unloaded. Further, the stay is arranged to be biased back to said stretched state when being bent into a bent state corresponding with a forward leaning position of a human body. |
| US10561517B2 |
Support dressing
A support dressing comprises a conformable material that is capable of conforming to a body part when secured thereto; an adhesive for releasably securing the dressing to the body part; and at least one resilient component that has greater stiffness than the flexible material. It is particularly useful in preventing or reducing undesired torsion, for example, for the neck. |
| US10561515B2 |
Adaptive arm support systems and methods for use
Systems and methods are provided for supporting an arm of a user using a harness configured to be worn on a body of a user; and an arm support coupled to the harness configured to support an arm of the user, the arm support configured to accommodate movement of the arm while following the movement without substantially interfering with the movement of the user's arm. One or more compensation elements may be coupled to the arm support to apply an offset force to at least partially offset a gravitational force acting on the arm as the user moves and the arm support follows the movement of the user's arm, the one or more compensation elements providing a force profile that varies the offset force based on an orientation of the arm support. |
| US10561513B1 |
Brace with removable aromatherapy pouch
A brace for treating a portion of a human body, the brace including a brace body including at least one fastener adapted for fastening the brace about the portion of the human body, and an aromatherapy heat-treatment pack removably attachable to the brace body, the aromatherapy heat-treatment pack containing at least one temperature maintaining component and at least one aromatherapeutic component, wherein the aromatherapy heat-treatment pack is adapted to maintain a temperature thereof for a predetermined treatment duration. |
| US10561510B2 |
Customizing the elution profile of a stent
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for customizing an elution profile of a stent after manufacture of the stent has been completed. The stent includes a plurality of side ports for eluting a drug formulation within a lumenal space of a hollow strut that forms the stent. An effective diameter of at least one side port of the plurality of side ports of the stent is modified in order to customize an elution profile of the stent. In an embodiment hereof, the plurality of side ports are completely blocked or plugged with a filler material during the manufacture of the stent and at least a portion of the filler material is removed to increase an effective diameter of at least one side port of the plurality of side ports of the stent in order to customize an elution profile of the stent. In another embodiment hereof, the plurality of side ports are open following the manufacture of the stent and at least one side port of the plurality of side ports of the stent is at least partially filled with a filler material to decrease the effective diameter of the at least one side port in order to customize an elution profile of the stent. In another embodiment hereof, the stent is soaked within a liquid to remove at least a portion of the drug formulation from the lumenal space of the hollow strut to thereby customize an elution profile of the stent. |
| US10561504B2 |
Surgical instrument and methods of use thereof
A surgical instrument includes a housing, an outer shaft, an inner shaft, a trial sizer, a rod, and a head. The outer shaft is operatively coupled with the housing such that rotation of the housing causes axial displacement of the outer shaft. The outer shaft includes a keel cutter configured to form a channel in a vertebral body. The inner shaft disposed within the outer shaft. The trial sizer is configured to be received in intervertebral space. The trial sizer includes a pair of wings transitionable between a retracted position and an extended position in which the pair of wings extends transversely outward. The head is connected to the rod, wherein the head is operatively coupled with the pair of wings such that axial displacement of the rod causes transition of the pair of wings between the retracted and extended positions. |
| US10561500B2 |
Bone implant
Provided is an implant receiving apparatus (10) comprising a core (20), the core defining a first end (30) and a second end (40), a wall (50) comprising inner surface (60) and outer surface (70) and a centerline (80) extending centrally of and between the ends (30, 40), the size and shape of the core (20) defining a socket or cavity (90) adapted to receiving an implant engaging member (100), wherein the wall comprises at least one threaded bore (110) for engaging a screw retainer, the bore traversing through the wall from the inner surface to the outer surface. Also provided is an implant engaging member, an implant system comprising both an implant engaging member and implant receiving apparatus as well as kits comprising an implant receiving apparatus. |
| US10561498B2 |
Mitral valve treatment techniques
A method for treating a heart valve of a patient includes inserting into a heart and in contact with a valve surface, an implant including an elongate element and a locking mechanism coupled to the elongate element. The locking mechanism has a resting position that provides a locked state preventing movement of the elongate element with respect to the locking mechanism. The heart valve is treated by facilitating movement of the elongate element with respect to the locking mechanism by maintaining application of a force to the locking mechanism using a tool, and thereby maintaining the locking mechanism in an unlocked state during the facilitating of the movement of the elongate element with respect to the locking mechanism. Subsequently, the locking mechanism is transitioned to the resting position by decoupling the tool from the locking mechanism. |
| US10561497B2 |
Delivery system having a short capsule segment and a cinch mechanism and methods of use thereof
A delivery system including a heart valve prosthesis and a delivery catheter. The delivery catheter includes an outer shaft component, an inner shaft component and a cinch mechanism. The outer shaft component has a capsule segment configured to encircle a first portion of the heart valve prosthesis and to thereby hold the first portion of the heart valve prosthesis in a reduced diameter state for delivery to a treatment site. The cinch mechanism surrounds a second portion of the heart valve prosthesis and is configured to hold the remainder of the heart valve prosthesis in a reduced diameter state for delivery to the treatment site. The capsule segment ends proximal of the cinch mechanism when the delivery catheter is in a delivery configuration. The capsule segment and the cinch mechanism in tandem hold the heart valve prosthesis in the reduced diameter state. |
| US10561488B2 |
Embolic protection catheter and related devices and methods
Embolic material capture catheters and related devices and methods employ a staged deployment of an embolic material capture element. A method of deploying an embolic material capture element in a blood vessel includes advancing the embolic material capture element in an insertion configuration through the blood vessel. A middle portion of the embolic material capture element is expanded via distal advancement of an inner sheath toward a distal end portion of the embolic material capture element constrained by a dilator assembly. The dilator assembly is then reconfigured to release the distal end portion of the embolic material capture element from engagement with the dilator assembly. Upon release, the distal end portion of the embolic material capture element expands to complete deployment of the embolic material capture element in the blood vessel. |
| US10561486B2 |
Dry prosthetic heart valve packaging system
Packaging for prosthetic heart valves including an assembly for stabilizing dry prosthetic tissue implants such as heart valves during storage. The packaging assembly can be used for storing a bioprosthetic heart valve without a liquid preservative solution. The packaging assembly can comprise a holder comprising an engagement structure configured for removably attaching a bioprosthetic heart valve, the holder comprising a shaft. The packaging assembly can also include a storage tray comprising a cavity and an insert sized to provide a cap over the cavity of the storage tray, the insert comprising a slot having a closed central end and an open outer periphery. The shaft of the holder can be non-rotatably retained at the closed central end, wherein the insert defines a flat, generally planar disc comprising at least one of outward projections and flow passages. |
| US10561484B2 |
Hernia mesh and its preparation method
The present application relates to a hernia mesh and its preparation method. A preparation method of hernia mesh comprises selecting and adding a first material particle into a filler tube attached to a 3D printer, and making an external pressure pipe connected; heating the filler tube to a first temperature, and maintaining for a first preset time to remove moisture contained in the first material particle; continuously heating the filler tube to a second temperature, and maintaining for a second preset time to completely melt the first material particle; continuously heating filler tube to a third temperature, and using a designed hernia mesh 3D print file to prepare the hernia mesh by the 3D printer. The hernia mesh prepared has controllable pore size, biocompatibility, tensile strength, and elasticity; the preparation process is convenient and quick, reducing the cost; the patient's foreign body sensation and discomfort can be reduced. |
| US10561483B2 |
Tiltable cart
The invention generally encompasses an animal cart system for safely carrying, transporting and offloading an animal from an examination or surgery area to a recovery area, the cart system comprising a floor cart, the floor cart comprising an upper platform having rails, a lower platform, an actuator secured to the upper platform and the lower platform, and a pivoting connection coupled to the upper platform and the lower platform that tilts the upper platform in response to the actuator, and an examination cart slidably and releaseably coupled to the upper platform. |
| US10561478B2 |
Method of designing and fabricating patient-specific restorations from intra-oral scanning of a digital impression coping
Taking a digital implant or abutment level digital impression by means of intra-oral, computed tomography or other imaging method provides the restorative doctor and laboratory accurate and effective data for determining the implant position, angulation and locking feature orientation without a physical impression. Such data is correlated with a digital library to produce an output which enables design and fabrication of an accurate restorative device such as a prosthetic tooth or crown. In this way the time-consuming, costly and error prone mechanical replication of the relevant dental anatomy is obviated. |
| US10561476B2 |
Generating a dynamic three-dimensional occlusogram
Methods and systems for generating a three-dimensional occlusogram are disclosed. One method includes determining a virtual three dimensional (3D) mesh model object of at least one tooth of a patient and displaying the determined virtual 3D mesh model object of at least one tooth of a patient wherein the 3D mesh model object includes a plurality of data sets associated with a set of occlusal information for the at least one tooth of the patient. |
| US10561475B2 |
Non-circular endodontic instruments
An endodontic instrument includes a cutting portion having upper and lower ends spaced apart along an axis, a cutting surface extending helically along the axis, and a non-contact surface extending helically along the axis. A cross section of the cutting portion in a plane perpendicular to the axis has a non-circular circumference. The cutting surface extends about a first portion of the non-circular circumference, and the non-contact surface forms a linear segment that extends about a second portion of the non-circular circumference. The cutting portion can further include a second cutting surface extending helically along the axis, and a second non-contact surface extending helically along the axis. |
| US10561467B2 |
Interventional apparatus for performing an interventional procedure
The invention relates to an interventional apparatus comprising an interventional device with a handle (6). The handle comprises a) a first guide (20, 51) guiding an optical fiber, which is also guided within the interventional device, from a first proximal opening (14) of the handle to a distal portion (21) of the handle, wherein the first guide only has radii of curvature being larger than 10 mm, and b) a second guide (22) for guiding an elongated interventional instrument from a second proximal opening (13) of the handle to the distal portion of the handle. Since the first guide is relatively straight, the optical fiber is substantially not bent or only slightly bent and the likelihood that the interventional instrument and the optical fiber press against each other can be significantly reduced. This allows for an improved accuracy of determining the position of the interventional device by optical shape sensing. |
| US10561451B2 |
Variable angled locking screw
A variable angle locking screw assembly that includes a plate material, a screw, and a washer at least partially located within the plate material, the washer and screw cooperating to create a wedge locking the screw in one of a plurality of axial and rotational positions, where the locked position may be undone and adjusted by manipulation of at least one of the screw and washer. |
| US10561448B2 |
Power pedicle screwdriver
Disclosed herein are gear shifters to reverse an output shaft rotation and a method for using the same. A gear shifter in accordance with the present invention may include a housing, an input shaft, an output shaft and an idler shaft. The input shaft may have input gears, the output shaft may have output gears and the idler shaft may have idler gears. The output shaft may be slidably coupled with the input shaft and the idler shaft to rotate in a first direction in a first position and in a second opposite direction in a second position. A method of reversing an output shaft direction using a gear shifter may include the steps of pushing the gear shifter in a first direction to rotate the output shaft in a first direction and pushing the gear shifter in a second direction to rotate the output shaft in a second direction. |
| US10561446B2 |
Systems for spinal stabilization
Systems, devices and methods related to spinal stabilization are provided. A system can comprise a plurality of cross-links. Each of the cross-links can include a central rod holder that extends substantially along a mid-line of the spine and a pair of extension members extending from the central rod holder. The extension members can be secured to a vertebral body via a fixation device, such as a spinal screw or a hook member having serrations and/or side-cuts. One or more rod members can be extended across the central rod holders of the cross-links, thereby forming a stable spinal stabilization system providing bilateral stress distribution across different levels of the spine. |
| US10561444B2 |
Pivotal bone anchor assembly with twist-in-place insert having radially offset receiver engaging structures
A pivotal bone anchor assembly includes a shank, a receiver with an open channel in communication with an axial bore, and a pressure insert with an upwardly-facing seating surface for receiving an elongate rod. The axial bore includes a downwardly-facing surface below a closure top mating feature and one or more integral structures protruding inwardly toward a central longitudinal axis. The insert includes one or more notches formed into an outer side surface and an upwardly-facing surface positioned radially outward from the seating surface. Upon installation into the axial bore, the insert is rotatable about the longitudinal axis until the insert upwardly-facing surface is rotated under the receiver downwardly-facing surface to inhibit upward movement of the insert within the axial bore along the longitudinal axis and the receiver inwardly-protruding structures become positioned within the insert outer notches to prevent further rotation of the insert within the axial bore. |
| US10561443B2 |
Image-guided embryo transfer for in vitro fertilization
A method for performing image-guided embryo transfer for in vitro fertilization includes performing a pre-operative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan of a subjects pelvic region to yield a first MRI image dataset. A computer applies a segmentation routine to the first MRI image dataset to yield segment data which is then used by the computer to create an anatomical model of the subjects pelvic region. The computer determines an optimal implant location based on the anatomical model and creates a three-dimensional rendering of the optimal implant location based on the first MRI image dataset. |
| US10561439B2 |
Angioplasty balloon having selectively deployable cutting or scoring element and related methods
Balloon angioplasty catheters having cutting or scoring members that are moveable in at least one direction between a stowed position (away from the angioplasty balloon) and an operative position (on the angioplasty balloon). A balloon catheter of the present invention alternately useable to perform balloon dilation of a body lumen with and without concurrent cutting or scoring. |
| US10561433B2 |
Forceps jaw mechanism
An instrument that includes an outer member, an inner member, and a jaw assembly. The inner member includes a first arm and a second arm. The jaw assembly includes a first jaw and a second jaw. The first jaw is connected to the first arm at a first pivot joint and to the outer member at a second pivot joint. The second jaw is connected to the second arm at a third pivot joint and to the outer member at a fourth pivot joint. The inner member is adapted to be moved distally relative to the outer member so that the first jaw pivots about the second pivot joint towards the second jaw and the second jaw pivots about the fourth pivot joint towards the first jaw thus moving the jaw assembly from the open position towards the closed position. |
| US10561431B2 |
Pre-loaded inverting tractor thrombectomy apparatuses and methods
Mechanical thrombectomy apparatuses including an inverting, rolling conveyor region (“tractor”) at the distal end that are configured to grab and remove thrombus material. In particular, described herein are mechanical thrombectomy apparatuses that are adapted to prevent premature deployment of the tractor, e.g., by including a tractor hold (e.g., a housing, a lock, a clamp, etc.) or the like to secure the outer end of the tractor against and/or relative to the elongate inversion support. |
| US10561429B2 |
Calculus removing device
A calculus removing device includes a cylinder, a screw, and a hand-operated unit. The cylinder includes a storage portion configured to store calculi and broken calculus pieces, and an opening communicating with the storage portion. The screw is helically-shaped, is arranged in the storage portion and is configured to move the calculi to a proximal end of the cylinder while drawing the calculi into the storage portion thereof via the opening in association with the rotation of the cylinder about an axial line along a longitudinal direction of the cylinder. The hand-operated unit includes an operating member for rotating the screw. |
| US10561428B2 |
Lithotripsy angioplasty devices and methods
An example method for treating a blood vessel may include disposing a medical device within the blood vessel at a position adjacent to a lesion. The medical device may include an elongate shaft having a distal end region, a balloon coupled to the distal end region, and an iron-containing fluid disposed within the balloon. The method may also include inflating the balloon to a first pressure, delivering a plurality of electromagnetic pulses to the iron-containing fluid, and inflating the balloon to a second pressure greater than the first pressure. |
| US10561425B2 |
System and method for treating heart tissue
Some embodiments of a system or method for treating heart tissue can include a control system and catheter device operated in a manner to intermittently occlude a heart vessel for controlled periods of time that provide redistribution of blood flow. In particular embodiments, the system can be configured to provide an estimation of the cumulative effects of the treatment. For example, some embodiments of the system or method can treat myocardium that is at risk of infarction by intermittently altering blood flow in a venous system to induce microcirculation within the myocardium, and can output a cumulative dosage value indicative of a measurement of progress of reducing an infarct size. |
| US10561422B2 |
Fastener cartridge comprising deployable tissue engaging members
A fastener cartridge can comprise a cartridge body including a plurality of cavities arranged in longitudinal rows. Some of the cavities can have fasteners removably stored therein. Other cavities can have deployable tissue engaging members stored therein which are movable from an undeployed position to a deployed position to engage tissue. In some instances, the fastener cartridge can include at least one longitudinal row of cavities which each include a deployable tissue engaging member. Such rows of cavities can comprise the outer-most rows of cavities in the fastener cartridge. |
| US10561419B2 |
Powered end effector assembly with pivotable channel
A powered surgical stapling device includes an end effector having a stationary anvil and a cartridge assembly that is supported for pivotal movement in relation to the anvil. In embodiments, the end effector includes a housing that supports an input shaft, an anvil fixedly supported on the housing, and a cartridge assembly pivotally supported in relation to the housing and the anvil. The cartridge assembly includes a channel that is pivotally supported on the housing. A lead screw is positioned within the channel and supports an internally threaded dynamic clamping member. The lead screw is secured to the input shaft by a universal joint such that rotation of the input shaft effects rotation of the lead screw and longitudinal translation of the dynamic clamping member along the lead screw. The universal joint facilitates the translation of the rotatable movement of the input shaft into rotation of the lead screw while allowing pivotal movement of the lead screw in relation to the input shaft. |
| US10561417B2 |
Adapter assembly for interconnecting electromechanical surgical devices and surgical loading units, and surgical systems thereof
The present disclosure relates to adapter assemblies for use with and to electrically and mechanically interconnect electromechanical surgical devices and surgical loading units, and to surgical systems including hand held electromechanical surgical devices and adapter assemblies for connecting surgical loading units to the hand held electromechanical surgical devices. |
| US10561416B2 |
Surgical adapter assemblies for use between surgical handle assembly and surgical end effectors
Adapter assemblies selectively interconnect a surgical end effector that is configured to perform at least a pair of functions and a surgical device that is configured to actuate the end effector. The adapter assembly includes an adapter knob housing configured and adapted for connection with the surgical device and to be in operative communication with each of the at least one rotatable drive shaft of the surgical device. The adapter knob housing defines a lumen extending longitudinally therethrough and a ring gear formed in an inner surface of the lumen of the adapter knob housing. The ring gear defines an internal array of gear teeth which are engaged with a spur gear of a rotatable drive shaft. The adapter knob housing may be a unitary member and may be formed of plastic. |
| US10561415B2 |
Surgical instrument with replaceable loading unit
A surgical stapling device has an elongated body and a removable loading unit and a securing structure for securing the loading unit onto the elongated body. A guiding ramp guides the movement of the loading unit as it is mounted onto the loading portion. The locking structure has a first position for locking movement of the loading unit and enabling firing rod to engage the loading unit. The locking unit has a second position for allowing the loading unit to be disengaged and removed from the device. |
| US10561414B2 |
Package for sutures and needles
A surgical sutures package includes a base having top and bottom surfaces, an outer periphery, and a longitudinal axis. An outer wall extending upwardly from the periphery has inner and outer surfaces and a top, the inner surface including bulges extending from the base top surface. An inner wall extending upwardly from the base top surface has inner and outer surfaces and a top. There is a suture channel cover having top and bottom surfaces and an outer periphery having a profiled surface corresponding to the profiled base outer wall inner surface. A cover outer edge opening forms a suture port having first and second ends. The suture track area to retain suture is formed between the outer wall inner surface and the inner wall outer surface of the base. The cover has a central recessed area having an outer periphery corresponding to the base inner wall inner surface. |
| US10561413B1 |
Suturing needle for injecting gold thread for use of hair loss treatment
A suturing needle is provided for injecting a gold thread. The suturing needle includes a needle body having a sharpened tip part at an upper end thereof. In addition, the suturing needle includes an upper groove provided on the sharpened tip part to hold the gold thread therein, and a lower groove provided near a lower end of the needle body to be opposite to the upper groove. Also, the suturing needle includes a handle part detachably combined with the lower end of the needle body. Various embodiments are possible. |
| US10561410B2 |
Transosteal anchoring methods for tissue repair
Described herein are methods and apparatuses for use in repair of a patient's tissue by connecting the tissue to the bone using a transosteal tunnel and anchor configured to pass through the transosteal tunnel. In particular, described herein are methods of repairing an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and torn meniscal root. These anchoring apparatuses and method of using them are particularly well suited for use with the low-profile suture passers described herein, since these suture passers may allow access to previously inaccessible regions of the knee (or other body regions). |
| US10561409B2 |
System and method for attaching soft tissue to bone
Methods and devices for securing soft tissue to a rigid material such as bone are disclosed herein. A bone anchor is described that comprises a base and a top such that suture material may be compressed between surfaces on the base and top to secure the suture to the anchor. Also described is an inserter that can be used to insert the bone anchor into bone and move the anchor top relative to the anchor base to clamp suture material there between. Also described is a soft-tissue and bone piercing anchor and associated inserter. Methods are described that allow use of the bone anchors to provide multiple lengths of suture material to compress a large area of soft tissue against bone. |
| US10561408B2 |
Ocular device and surgical instrument having an ocular device
An ocular device for a surgical instrument, the surgical instrument having an optical window frame and an optical assembly arranged in an interior space of the surgical instrument, the ocular device including: an ocular window separated from the optical assembly by a space; a holder configured to be connected to the ocular window frame; and at least one elastic element, wherein in a connected state, the at least one elastic element transmits a clamping force from the holder to bias the ocular window towards the space. |
| US10561401B2 |
Systems and methods for selection and displaying of images using an intravascular ultrasound imaging system
A method for real-time displaying of cross-sectional images during an intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) imaging procedure includes, during an intravascular ultrasound imaging procedure, receiving electrical signals from at least one transducer in a catheter as the at least one transducer rotates and moves longitudinally along a lumen of a patient blood vessel; during the intravascular ultrasound imaging procedure, processing the received electrical signals to form a series of cross-sectional images that are longitudinally-offset from one another along a length of the lumen; during the intravascular ultrasound imaging procedure, concurrently displaying i) a most recent image and ii) a previous image that is either a) selected by the operator or b) automatically selected as having a maximum or minimum of a selected image characteristic; and, during the intravascular ultrasound imaging procedure, updating the display of the most recent image as a new image from the series of cross-sectional images is processed. |
| US10561399B2 |
Ultrasonic probe, connection component for array elements and ultrasonic imaging system thereof
A connection component for array elements in an ultrasonic probe comprises a first-layer body and a second-layer body, wherein the second-layer body is connected with the first-layer body, and an area of the second-layer body is smaller than an area of the first-layer body. A region in the first-layer body that extends beyond the second-layer body is provided with at least one first-layer conductive element penetrating through the first-layer body. A lower surface of the second-layer body is provided with at least one second-layer conductive element penetrating through the second-layer body and the first-layer body. A signal transmission line is connected to the array elements by the first-layer conductive elements and the second-layer conductive elements. The connection component for array elements is in a stepped shape. The signal transmission line is connected to an array element assembly through the stepped connection component for array elements to provide sufficient space. |
| US10561398B2 |
Ultrasound transducer and method for wafer level back face attachment
Methods and systems are provided for a single element ultrasound transducer. In one embodiment, the ultrasound transducer comprises a front face, a back face parallel to the front face, a piezoelectric layer having a top surface electrically coupled to the signal pad and a bottom surface electrically coupled to the ground pad. In this way, the transducer can work robustly and may be automatically mounted to an imaging probe. |
| US10561390B2 |
Dose-reduced CT scan using dynamic collimation
A computer tomograph, a method, and a computer program product are disclosed. A computer tomograph is disclosed for scanning an image of at least one examination region of a patient, including a scanning unit which can be rotated about a longitudinal axis. The scanning unit includes an X-ray detector and an X-ray emitter. The extension of an X-ray beam emitted by the X-ray emitter is controlled for scanning purposes along the longitudinal axis using at least one patient-dependent control signal. By controlling the extension of the X-ray beam, the dose applied to the patient is also controlled such that the dose can be used as efficiently as possible. The control further allows the pitch to be matched to the patient-dependent control signal while scanning in the spiral mode. |
| US10561388B2 |
Radiographing system, mobile terminal, radiographing apparatus, radiographing method, and storage medium
A radiographing system includes a mobile terminal configured to store an examination time of a subject that is based on examination-related information about the subject, a radiographing apparatus configured to take a radiation image of the subject based on the examination-related information and to store an imaging time of the radiation image, and an association unit configured to associate the radiation image with the examination-related information based on the imaging time and the examination time. |
| US10561387B2 |
Upright X-ray breast imaging with a CT mode, multiple tomosynthesis modes, and a mammography mode
A multi-mode system and method for imaging a patient's breast with x-rays in one or more of a CT mode, a narrow-angle tomosynthesis mode, a wide angle tomosynthesis mode, and a mammography mode, using essentially the same equipment, on one or more compressions or immobilizations of the breast. |
| US10561385B2 |
X-ray imaging apparatus and control method thereof
An X-ray imaging apparatus includes an X-ray source to generate and irradiate X-rays; an X-ray detector installed in at least one module of one or more modules, to detect the irradiated X-rays; an Identification (ID) resistor included in the module; a port included in the X-ray detector; and a controller to determine a module in which the X-ray detector has been installed, using the ID resistor and the port. The controller may assign a static Information Provider (IP) address to the module, and determine a module in which the X-ray detector has been installed, based on the static IP address. According to the X-ray imaging apparatuses and a control method thereof, it is possible to determine an installation location of the X-ray detector, and to use the X-ray detector in various modules without having to provide separate X-ray detectors for different locations. |
| US10561383B2 |
Imaging system for imaging an elongated region of interest of an object
The invention relates to an imaging system (10) for imaging an elongated region of interest of an object, an imaging method for imaging an elongated region of interest of an object, a computer program element for controlling such system for performing such method and a computer readable medium having stored such computer program element. The imaging system (10) comprises an acquisition unit (11) and a processing unit (13). The acquisition unit (11) is a C-arm acquisition unit and configured to acquire first image data of the object to be imaged with a first imaging parameter. The acquisition unit (11) is further configured to acquire second, different image data of an object to be imaged with a second imaging parameter. The second geometric imaging parameter is defined based on object specific data for the volume data to be aligned with the elongated region of interest of the object to be imaged. The processing unit (13) is configured to combine the first and second image data into volume data. |
| US10561380B2 |
Determining and displaying the 3D location and orientation of a cardiac-ablation balloon
A method for generating and displaying a 3D visualization of a cardiac-ablation balloon with a location marker and central catheter portion in a heart, the method using single-plane fluoroscopic images and comprising: placing, inflating and positioning the balloon; capturing a first burst of images from a first angle; capturing a burst of images from a second (different) angle; selecting an image from each burst to minimize cardio-respiratory phase differences therebetween; identifying the location marker in each image; placing first and second orientation markers in two images where the central catheter portion intersects a projected balloon image farthest from the location marker; associating the second-view location and orientation markers in the selected second-view image with the first-view location orientation markers; determining balloon 3D location and orientation of the balloon using the selected images and associated orientation markers; and inserting a balloon model into the 3D visualization for display. |
| US10561378B2 |
Precision and resolution of quantitative imaging by combining spectral and non-spectral material decomposition
The invention proposes to combine spectral image data with non-spectral image data in order to overcome limitations of the different data taking methods. Results from the methods are preferably combined as functions of spatial frequency so that spectral image data provide high accuracy at low frequencies, whereas the non-spectral image data helps reducing the noise at high frequencies. The invention enables a range of applications in different fields of X-ray imaging such as improved tissue contrast and tissue characterization. |
| US10561373B2 |
Topological evolution of tumor imagery
Topological evolution of a lesion within a time series of medical imagery is provided. In various embodiments, a time series of medical images is read. Each of the images depicts a subject anatomy and a lesion. The lesion has a size and a contour within each of the medical images. At least one anatomical label is read for the subject anatomy within each of the plurality of images. Based upon the contour of the lesion within each of the medical images and based on the at least one anatomical label, a further contour of the lesion is predicted outside of the time series. |
| US10561353B2 |
Biocompatible implantable sensor apparatus and methods
Enzymatic and non-enzymatic detectors and associated membrane apparatus, and methods of use, such as within a fully implantable sensor apparatus. In one embodiment, detector performance is controlled through selective use of membrane configurations and enzyme region shapes, which enable accurate detection of blood glucose level within the solid tissue of the living host for extended periods of time. Isolation between the host's tissue and the underlying enzymes and reaction byproducts used in the detectors is also advantageously maintained in one embodiment via use of a non-enzyme containing permeable membrane formed of e.g., a biocompatible crosslinked protein-based material. Control of response range and/or rate in some embodiments also permits customization of sensor elements. In one variant, heterogeneous detector elements are used to, e.g., accommodate a wider range of blood glucose concentration within the host. Methods of manufacturing the membranes and detectors, including methods to increase reliability, are also disclosed. |
| US10561350B2 |
Endoscope system, processor device of endoscope system, and method of operating endoscope system
Provided is an endoscope system capable of improving luminance and an S/N ratio of a normal observation image that is obtained in a special observation mode.In a special observation mode, after first illumination light is radiated, some of a plurality of pixel rows of an imaging element are reset en bloc. Illumination light is switched to second illumination light, the second illumination light is radiated, and then, a turned-off state is reached. During this turn-off period, signal reading is sequentially performed from all pixel rows. An image processing unit generates a normal observation image on the basis of a first imaging signal without being subjected to resetting. Further, the image processing unit generates an oxygen saturation image on the basis of a second imaging signal read from the pixel row subjected to the resetting and exposed by only the second illumination light, and the first imaging signal. |
| US10561344B2 |
Fall detection device and method
Detection of a fall of a user wearing the device. A processor is configured to time sample and to input multiple values over time of: the acceleration vector, the angular velocity and the point-to-point distance. The processor is configured to determine over time the direction of gravity from the acceleration vector. The processor is configured to integrate over time the angular velocity to produce an orientation angle of the protection device relative to the direction of gravity. The processor, responsive to the point-to-point distance and the orientational angle, is configured to determine heights over time of the distance sensor from the ground. The processor is configured to indicate initiation of a potential fall event by a change in downward acceleration measured by the accelerometer or a rapid decrease in the determined heights of the distance sensor from the ground. The processor is configured, responsive to the point-to-point distance and the orientation angle, to determine at least one height before the initiation of the potential fall event and at least one height after the initiation of the potential fall event of the distance sensor from the ground. |
| US10561338B2 |
Endoscope position identifying apparatus, endoscope position identifying method, and recording medium having an endoscope position identifying program recorded therein
An image obtaining unit obtains actual endoscope images, and a virtual endoscope image generating unit generates virtual endoscope images including a plurality of virtual endoscope branch images. A corresponding virtual endoscope image determining unit obtains a plurality of actual endoscope images which were obtained within a predetermined amount of time before the endoscope reached its current position, compares the plurality of actual endoscope images and the plurality of virtual endoscope branch images, and determines a corresponding virtual endoscope image that corresponds to the branch structure closest to the current position of the endoscope, through which the endoscope has passed. A matching unit performs matching between each of a plurality of actual endoscope path images and a plurality of virtual endoscope path images for each of a plurality of paths. A position identifying unit identifies the current position of a leading end of the endoscope based on the results of matching. |
| US10561335B2 |
Hearing device comprising electrodes for picking up a physiological response
The application relates to a hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid, comprising a first part for being inserted in an ear canal or fully or partially implanted in the head of a user, the first part comprising at least one electrode unit, termed a PR-electrode unit, for making contact to skin or tissue of a user when mounted or implanted in an operational condition, the at least one PR-electrode unit being configured to pick up a physiological response from the user, and wherein the at least one PR-electrode unit comprises an electrically conductive material, e.g. a shape memory alloy. The first part may comprise an implanted part, e.g. in combination with an external part adapted for being located in an ear canal, wherein both parts comprise one or more PR-electrode units. The invention may e.g. be used hearing aids, headsets, ear phones, active ear protection systems, or combinations thereof, e.g. to control processing of the hearing device or to monitor a condition of the user wearing the hearing device. |
| US10561330B2 |
Implantable medical device having a sense channel with performance adjustment
An implantable medical device (IMD) may include a sensor for providing a sensor output signal and a sense channel configured to receive the sensor output signal from the sensor. The sense channel may be configured to process the sensor output signal and output a sense channel output signal. The sense channel may have an adjustable performance level, wherein for a higher performance level the sense channel consumes more power than for a lower performance level. A controller may be configured to adjust the performance level of the sense channel to achieve more performance and more power consumption when a higher degree of sense channel performance is desired and to achieve less performance and less power consumption when a higher degree of performance is not desired. |
| US10561329B2 |
Method and system for ECG based cardiac ischemia detection
An acute ischemia detection device comprises a 12-lead electrocardiograph (ECG) device (12), an electronic data processing device (12), and a display component (22). The electronic data processing device applies 12-lead ECG to vessel-specific lead (VSL) transforms (50) to 12-lead ECG data acquired by the 12-lead ECG device to generate VSL lead data (e.g., LAD, LCX, and RCA vessel-specific lead data), determines ST values for the VSL lead data, and decides whether the 12-lead ECG data acquired by the 12-lead ECG device indicates acute ischemia by comparing the ST values for the VSL lead data with VSL lead ST thresholds (60). The display component may display an acute ischemia alarm or warning if the decision is the 12-lead ECG data acquired by the 12-lead ECG device indicates acute ischemia, and/or may display the generated VSL lead ECG traces. |
| US10561327B2 |
Quantitative heart testing
Heart condition and function can be quantified using repolarization measures and/or repolarization indices derived from a time-frequency transform of an electrocardiogram, e.g., based on points in time associated with the T wave. The electrocardiograms, time-frequency maps derived therefrom, and/or indices obtained by analysis of the time-frequency maps and electrocardiograms may be assembled into a user interface. Further embodiments are described. |
| US10561326B2 |
Monitor recorder optimized for electrocardiographic potential processing
Physiological monitoring can be provided through a lightweight wearable monitor that includes two components, a flexible extended wear electrode patch and a reusable monitor recorder that removably snaps into a receptacle on the electrode patch. The wearable monitor sits centrally (in the midline) on the patient's chest along the sternum oriented top-to-bottom. The placement of the wearable monitor in a location at the sternal midline, with its unique narrow “hourglass”-like shape, significantly improves the ability of the wearable monitor to cutaneously sense cardiac electrical potential signals, particularly the P-wave and, to a lesser extent, the QRS interval signals indicating ventricular activity in the ECG waveforms. Additionally, the monitor recorder includes an ECG sensing circuit that measures raw cutaneous electrical signals and performs signal processing prior to outputting the processed signals for sampling and storage. |
| US10561314B2 |
Device for measuring the speed of blood in a blood vessel of the eye
The invention relates to a device for measuring the speed of blood in a blood vessel of the eye. Said device includes: a light source (5), two detectors provided with input diaphragms (36, 46) for receiving two light beams backscattered by a blood vessel, an optical system including a Dove prism (70) through which the source beam and backscattered beams pass and which is rotatably adjustable about an axis parallel to the source beam passing therethrough, and a focusing system (62) capable of forming the image of a blood vessel on the input diaphragms, a processor capable of processing the signals from the detectors, and an opitcal element (52) that can be inserted during the device adjustment phase so as to convert the light spot, provided by the light source, into a line coplanar with the source beam and the backscattered beams. |
| US10561309B2 |
Methods and apparatus for imaging and 3D shape reconstruction
An otoscope may project a temporal sequence of phase-shifted fringe patterns onto an eardrum, while a camera in the otoscope captures images. A computer may calculate a global component of these images. Based on this global component, the computer may output an image of the middle ear and eardrum. This image may show middle ear structures, such as the stapes and incus. Thus, the otoscope may “see through” the eardrum to visualize the middle ear. The otoscope may project another temporal sequence of phase-shifted fringe patterns onto the eardrum, while the camera captures additional images. The computer may subtract a fraction of the global component from each of these additional images. Based on the resulting direct-component images, the computer may calculate a 3D map of the eardrum. |
| US10561308B2 |
Systems and methods for regulating temperature and illumination intensity at the distal tip of an endoscope
The present specification describes a system and method for computing the temperature of the tip of a multiple viewing elements endoscope based on a measurement of junction temperatures of light emitting diode (LED) illuminators inside the tip. The measurement of temperature is used for taking corrective action if the temperature exceeds a limit. The temperature measurement is used for optimizing image parameters, as the performance of image sensors is affected by changes in ambient temperature. |
| US10561302B2 |
Viewing trocar with integrated prism for use with angled endoscope
Endoscopic light refraction imaging techniques are described for configuring a viewing trocar and/or angled endoscope with a light refracting element, such as glass and/or plastic prism for instance. The light refracting element can be utilized in and/or with the viewing trocar to refract (i.e., bend) light passing into the trocar through the trocar's window. As a result, the angled endoscope's field of view can be substantially aligned with the field of view of the trocar's window, thus allowing the angled endoscope and viewing trocar to be used together to create ports in a patient, including initial ports of endoscopic surgical procedures. |
| US10561300B2 |
Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and image processing program
An image processing apparatus includes a processor to: sequentially acquire plural subject images; select a detection target image from the plural subject images; detect the location of interest in the detection target image; generate spatial information of a superimposed object indicating the location of interest on one of the plural subject images; select a superimposition target image to be superimposed, from the plural subject images; generate inter-image correspondence information between the detection target image and the superimposition target image; correct the spatial information of the superimposed object, based on the inter-image correspondence information; and superimpose the superimposed object on the superimposition target image. The processor is configured to repeatedly execute the selecting the superimposition target image, the generating the inter-image correspondence information, the correcting the spatial information, and the superimposing the superimposed object, until the spatial information of the superimposed object is generated for the detection target image. |
| US10561298B2 |
Position detection system and position detection method
A position detection system includes: a capsule medical device configured to generate a position-detecting magnetic field; a plurality of detection coils arranged outside a subject; and a processor including hardware. The processor is configured to correct a magnetic field component caused by a first magnetic field generation material with respect to each of measurement values of detection signals output from the detection coils, the first magnetic field generation material being arranged inside a space that the position-detecting magnetic field generated by the capsule medical device present inside a detection target region is reachable, the detection target region being a region in which a position of the capsule medical device is detectable, the first magnetic field generation material being configured to generate a magnetic field due to action of the position-detecting magnetic field. |
| US10561296B2 |
Dishwasher with dock detection
A method and a dishwasher utilize a dock detection system to determine when a connector of a spray device is docked to a docking port provided on a manifold of the dishwasher. A dock detector is coupled to the docking port and is electrically coupled to a controller of the dishwasher through electrical conductors that extend along the manifold, thereby enabling a dishwasher controller to detect when spray devices are coupled to the manifold, e.g., to optimize a wash cycle to use a particular spray device docked to the docking port. |
| US10561294B2 |
Cleaning appliance and method for cleaning articles to be cleaned
What is proposed is a cleaning appliance (110) for cleaning articles to be cleaned (116). The cleaning appliance (110) comprises at least one cleaning chamber (114) and at least one nozzle (123) for applying at least one cleaning fluid (118) to the articles to be cleaned (116) within the cleaning chamber (114). The cleaning appliance (110) also comprises at least one temperature sensor (168), which is arranged in at least one desired jet region (166) of the nozzle (123). The cleaning appliance (110) also comprises a control unit (157), which is designed to analyze at least one sensor signal of the temperature sensor (168) and to evaluate a jet behavior of the nozzle (123) on the basis of the sensor signal. |
| US10561292B2 |
Surface cleaning apparatus
A surface cleaning apparatus, such as an extractor, has a separated liquid reservoir wherein the separated liquid reservoir includes a liquid sequestering member. |
| US10561290B2 |
Vacuum cleaner
A vacuum cleaner includes an improved dual-action filter cleaning mechanism using both a rotational flicking action and a vertical shaking action. A debris removal assembly of the vacuum cleaner can include a filter assembly having a first filter and a second filter arranged in a nested configuration, and a filter cleaning mechanism configured to impart a combination of vertical shaking of the first filter and rotational flicking of the second filter. The filter cleaning mechanism can include a camming mechanism configured to simultaneously move the first filter along the axis and rotate the first filter about the axis while the second filter remains stationary. |
| US10561289B2 |
Dust collection box and robot vacuum cleaner
A dust collection box and a robot vacuum cleaner are disclosed. The dust collection box is used in the robot vacuum cleaner. The dust collection box includes a box body, a filter holder arranged in the box body, a dust separation structure configured to block dust, and a filter. The box body defines an air inlet and an air outlet. The filter holder defines an opening in a side surface thereof. The dust separation structure is arranged in the box body and located at an air inlet side of the opening. The filter is arranged to the filter holder and located at an air outlet side of the opening. |
| US10561286B2 |
Configuration of a surface cleaning apparatus
A reconfigurable upright surface cleaning apparatus has a surface cleaning unit removably mounted to the floor cleaning unit. The surface cleaning unit has a rear air inlet and a front air outlet. |
| US10561284B2 |
Hand dryer
A hand dryer includes an air-stream generating device including a device air inlet, an inner housing that accommodates therein the air-stream generating device and has an inner air inlet formed in an intake surface thereof, and an outer housing that accommodates therein the inner housing and the air-stream generating device and has an outer air inlet formed therein. An intake air passage that connects the outer air inlet and the device air inlet to each other is formed inside the outer housing to include the intake surface and an opposing surface as a portion of a wall surface thereof, and a projection is provided on the opposing surface to project from a region that is opposed to the inner air inlet towards the intake surface. The projection has a first surface facing an upstream side in the intake air passage. |
| US10561281B1 |
Convenient control device applied to energy-saving shower device
A convenient control device applied to an energy-saving shower device includes a shower rod, a water diverter, and an operating mechanism. The water diverter is connected to the upper end of the shower rod. The operating mechanism is connected to the lower end of the shower rod. The operating mechanism is linked with a valve core of the water diverter through a linking member located in the shower rod. The operating mechanism can control the water diverter to switch the waterway. It is convenient for users of different heights to switch different spray modes. |
| US10561279B2 |
Utensil rest
A utensil rest has a main body, a handle rest extending outward and away from the main body at an upward angle relative a top plane of the main body, and a retention tab on the perimeter rim of the main body and extending inward toward a center of the main body. A suction cup is attached to the bottom surface of the main body. The main body may be bowl-like or spoon-like. The retention tab is configured to receive the distal end of a utensil with the handle of the utensil resting on the handle rest. The utensil rest can also be configured as a jar opener, measuring device, and removable handle for a plate or other object. |
| US10561278B2 |
Food processing system presenting an integrated weighing arrangement
The present invention refers to a food processing system presenting a recipient adapted for receiving food ingredients, and a driving arrangement adapted for driving a tool support provided inside of the recipient, and at least one weighing arrangement adapted for weighing the food ingredients. In particular, the weighing arrangement has an elongated structural member and at least one weighing member provided as a single piece that can be directly attached to the recipient or to the driving arrangement thereof. |
| US10561271B2 |
Method of preparing a beverage and a device for preparing a beverage
A method of preparing a beverage, wherein the method comprises the step of heating a beverage in a cup by means of injecting steam into the beverage through a wand and the step of measuring the temperature of the beverage in the cup, wherein the step of measuring the temperature of the beverage comprises during the step of heating the step of continuously recording an audio signal from the beverage and the step of deriving the temperature of the beverage from the recorded audio signal. A device for preparing a beverage, said device being provided with a beverage temperature sensor comprising at least one microphone and a controller which is loaded with a computer program for performing the inventive method. |
| US10561270B2 |
Device for producing milk foam
A device for producing milk foam uses Couette flow and a high shear stress that is accordingly applied to a milk-air mixture between two concentrically arranged cylinders. The cylinders are rotated relatively to another. The high shear stress leads to an emulsion of the milk and the air, which is the basis for a foaming effect, once the emulsion flows out of a gap between the two cylinders and expands. The parameters of the device that mainly influence the foaming effect are the width of the gap and the relative rotation speed of the cylinders. |
| US10561264B2 |
Battery-powered tree
Apparatus and associated methods relate to a battery-powered lighted tree formed from an artificial tree trunk adapted to be mechanically supported and electrically connected to a support structure external to the tree, artificial tree branches extending from the trunk, a light source disposed to emit light from a branch and electrically connected to the trunk, and, a base, formed from a battery, and, a structure adapted to mechanically support the trunk and electrically connect the trunk to the battery. In an illustrative example, the light source may be an LED-illuminated optic fiber. In some embodiments, the battery may be charged from a solar cell. Some designs may provide customizable illumination patterns using a programmable controller adapted to control the light source. Various embodiments may advantageously operate from battery for a seasonal display, for example, using lights and battery selected to provide a sufficient period of illumination each display season day. |
| US10561260B2 |
System for holding tableware on a table
The invention provides a supported body having a magnetic or ferromagnetic component to adhere the supported body to a magnetic or ferromagnetic support, such as a table top by magnetic attraction. A reusable adhering component, such as a stretch-releasable pressure sensitive adhesive tape is disposed on a top surface of the supported body to removably attach tableware or dishware to the supported body. The supported body can be in the form of a plate, a coaster, a placemat, or other known configuration. Alternatively, a support body can be releasably secured to a table top or other support surface by a releasable attaching device such as a suction cup and a supported body can be releasably attached to a piece of tableware or dishware by a releasable attaching device such as a suction cup, and the support body and the supported body can be magnetically attached to each other. |
| US10561257B2 |
Bed sheets and related methods
An adjustable bed sheet includes a sheet made of a first material. The sheet spans at least the length and the width of the mattress. A perimeter of the sheet is defined by edges thereof. The bed sheet also includes an elongated strip made of a second material that is more stretchable than the first material. The strip has a first elongated side opposite a second elongated side. The strip is attached, via the first elongated side, to an edge of the sheet such that, when the adjustable bed sheet is applied to the mattress, the strip is positioned, with respect to the mattress, to extend around at least one corner of the mattress from the length side of the mattress to the width side of the mattress. An end flap is attached to and hanging from the second elongated side of the strip. |
| US10561253B2 |
Adaptive sleep system using data analytics and learning techniques to improve individual sleep conditions
A bed integrates sensors and other inputs to detect specific sleep environment conditions including point-specific pressure and/or temperature conditions. The bed includes a controller for commanding actuator or other devices to adjust these conditions. The controller may do so based on reference patterns for conditions and profiles of desired conditions. Information regarding the conditions may be provided to a remote computer, which may analyze the conditions and provide revised profiles of desired conditions. |
| US10561252B2 |
Foldable bed frame
A foldable bed frame includes pivotally connected bedsteads. A bedstead includes an upper frame and a side leg assembly pivotally connected with the upper frame. A bedstead also includes one or more oblique supports each pivotally connected with the upper frame and slidably and rotatably connected with the side leg assembly. A bedstead further includes a “⊏” shaped lower peripheral support and a plurality of links connecting the lower peripheral support with the upper frame and the side leg assembly. The lower peripheral support can be folded and unfolded along with the upper frame and the side leg assembly. |
| US10561250B2 |
Convertible personal multimedia pod
The present disclosure provides personal multimedia pods that convert from an enclosable premium theater system with seating for one or more users to an unenclosed chair and/or to an output audio/video device capable of connecting (e.g., wirelessly connecting) to other audio/visual equipment. |
| US10561249B2 |
Portable chair and cup holder assembly
A portable chair may include a first front leg and a second front leg connected by a front sled and a first back leg and a second back leg connected by a back sled. The front sled may include a first front foot and a second front foot and the back sled may include a first back foot and a second back foot. Each of the feet attached to the front and back sleds may include retention feature holes configured to allow water to drain from the sled/foot interface. The portable chair may further include a seat including a seat frame border including a plurality of protrusions. The seat frame border may be rigidly attached to the seat via an injection molding process. In addition, the portable chair may have a cup holder assembly that can detachably attach to either of the front legs of the chair. The cup holder assembly may have a cup holder portion that can rotate relative to the clamp member to be able to mount to either leg. The cup holder can also rotate around either of the legs without being removed when the chair is in a folded configuration to make it easier to carry the chair. |
| US10561246B2 |
Seat pad
Provided is a seat pad (10) having a placing surface (11), wherein a lateral slit section (15) extending from an outer side toward an inner side of the seat pad (10) is formed in a first lateral direction (B1) along the placing surface (11), and at least a portion of the lateral slit section (15) gradually becomes smaller in a thickness direction (H) perpendicular to the placing surface (11) from the outer side toward the inner side of the seat pad (10) in the first lateral direction (B1). |
| US10561243B2 |
Artificial panel, a method for manufacturing same and furniture articles therefrom
A molded panel resembling a natural wickerwork panel, a furniture article comprising such a panel and a method for its manufacture, the panel comprising a plurality of warp strands and a plurality of weft strands interlacing the warp strands, such that at locations where warp and weft strands intersect they form together an integrated, solid molded material location. |
| US10561240B1 |
Drawer slide with a two-way opening and closing
A drawer slide with a two-way opening and closing structure includes: a main rail, a pivot block pivotally provided on the main rail, a slide rail slidably mounted on the main rail, and a pull lever pivotally disposed on the slide rail. The main rail has a limiting portion disposed along a vertical direction. The pivot block has an offset post movably disposed at the limiting portion along the vertical direction, and a first dislocation block which can be locked with a second dislocation block of the pull lever in a staggered manner. The user can set two sets of identical drawer slides with the two-way opening and closing structure on two sides of the drawer, and the first and second dislocation blocks can be misaligned by the limiting portion, namely, two identical slide rails 40 can be applied to the two opposite sides of the drawer. |
| US10561238B1 |
Interlocking beverage holders
Interlocking, detachable beverage holders each include a block having a central beverage receptacle that is dimensioned and configured to receive and conform to a wine bottle or similar container. The beverage receptacle is defined by a continuous inner wall having a plurality of ribs longitudinally positioned thereon that stabilize a stored container. Each block exterior includes a plurality of protrusions, notches, rims and concave cleats that seamlessly intermesh with those of other blocks allowing multiple blocks to be interconnected like jigsaw puzzle pieces. Each block contains a refrigerant that reaches a frigid temperature when placed within a freezer to chill a beverage stored within the beverage receptacle. |
| US10561233B1 |
Workstation with pneumatic height adjustable desk
A workstation includes a partition unit to form a workspace, in which a desk board, two pneumatic devices and a synchronizing device are provided. Each of the pneumatic devices has a fixed section and a movable section while the fixed section is fixed to the partition unit and the movable section is connected to desk board to lift and lower the desk board. The synchronizing device is connected to the pneumatic devices to synchronize movements of the pneumatic devices. |
| US10561231B1 |
Grout cleaning hand tool
A grout cleaning hand tool includes a grout cleaning head assembly with a removable brush subassembly. An elongate handle extends upwardly from the grout cleaning head assembly and is held by an operator in a standing posture. The elongate handle includes a handle rod held by a first hand of the operator, and an auxiliary T-grip handle held by a second hand of the operator. The brush subassembly includes a long narrow bundle of bristles secured to a base, slidably mounted to a channel of the grout cleaning head assembly. The handle rod and the T-grip handle provide ergonomic positions for the operator to exert downward compression forces on the grout cleaning head assembly to facilitate cleaning grout lines in tiled floors. The brush subassembly may include a brush handle for detail-work grout cleaning while holding the brush subassembly close to the floor when removed from the head assembly. |
| US10561230B2 |
Finger mounted toothbrush with an internal reinforcing skeleton
A finger mounted toothbrush system includes a sheath constructed of a flexible, textured substrate; a rigid, pronged skeleton that fits into the substrate; and a retaining ring that secures the sheath to the skeleton. Prongs of skeleton may be constructed of thermoplastic that can be hardened to fit a user's finger size. |
| US10561227B2 |
Multi-directional self-directing holster and clip device
A clip and holster for holding a canister or similarly dimensioned item, the holster having wave-shaped securing arms with fillet edges that guide the canister into a secured position, and the clip having at least two knobs that support the holster in a number of positions that may be fixed or rotatable. |
| US10561220B2 |
Applicator
An applicator used for evenly spreading a cream from a tube to which the applicator is attached. The applicator has a base unit that fits over the opening in the tube of cream and directs the cream through a hole in applicator unit, which is the upper part of the invention. The applicator unit has a spreader, which evenly distributes the cream onto a non-planar surface. The spreader is made from flexible, resilient material, and has a tip and wings that emanate out from the hole in the top of the spreader. When the applicator is used to spread cream in a crevice, the tip retains any excess cream behind it, and the wings bend back and evenly spread the cream along the sides of the crevice. The wings have side bevels that remove any sharp edges on the wings. |
| US10561214B2 |
Collapsible storage container
A collapsible storage container that is insertable into a handbag and which may be used to retain a camera and one or more camera accessories so as to protect the camera, accessories, or any other such items. The collapsible storage container includes a bottom, a front, a back side and dividers disposed between the front side and the back side. The bottom side piece and the divider pieces have a unidirectional grooved channel disposed along the length of the pieces so that the pieces are folded in half in one direction to permit the storage container to collapse flat, with the dividers being sandwiched between the front and back sides. Optionally, the collapsible storage container may have one or more pockets for other items, and may have a flap-top cover extensible over the top of the collapsible storage container. |
| US10561213B2 |
Containment mat that converts to luggage with secure seal
A containment device that opens to form a mat or work surface that has a raised lip or edge structure that contains items on the mat or work surface. The containment device closes or converts from the mat configuration to create a bag or flexible container for holding the items inside, where the lip is gathered or compacted to form an annular passage. In some embodiments, the containment device may include a cinch cord that runs inside the lip, which can be used to gather or compress the lip and change from the open mat configuration into an essentially or mostly closed bag configuration. In such embodiments, the cinch cord may include a cord lock that may be adjustably deployed to clamp the cinch cord and the lip in a position that maintains the device in the bag configuration. |
| US10561212B2 |
Carrying bag with placement rack
A carrying bag includes a housing having a base wall and an upper wall, and the housing includes a cover panel foldable relative to the upper wall, a base plate is engaged in the housing, a support device is foldably attached to the base plate with a hinge device, and the support device is foldable relative to the base plate and the housing, and a display is attached to the support device and movable relative to the upper wall between an upwardly working position and a downwardly folded storing position. The housing includes a chamber for receiving a mobile device. An attachment is attached to the support device for engaging with and for supporting a mobile member. |
| US10561211B2 |
Protective cover
The invention relates to a protective cover (10) with a base, two side walls (20), a front wall, a rear wall and a lid, wherein the protective cover (10) comprises a blank (12) which is formed integrally and is composed of a plastics material. The blank (12) has a base region (24′), a rear wall region (18′), a front wall region (16′), two side wall regions (20′) and a lid region (22′), and the blank (12) is folded in a cuboidal shape. Furthermore, it is provided that the protective cover (10) has connecting elements (14) with magnetic elements and optionally counter elements, wherein the connecting elements (14) are designed and arranged in such a manner that the edges of the blank (12) that butt against one another in the folded cuboidal shape are held together by the connecting elements (14) which exert magnetic attraction forces on one another.Furthermore, the invention relates to a folding sheet (11) which can be folded to form such a protective cover (10). |
| US10561210B1 |
Umbrella, umbrella peripheral and methods
A peripheral for an umbrella having a shaft, a handle and a canopy includes a power source, a sensor for determining when the canopy is open or closed, a light emitting diode (LED) on the top of the umbrella for outputting light, a MEMS accelerometer for determining physical orientations of the umbrella, and a processor for determining whether the umbrella is upright when the physical orientations of the umbrella are within a range of angles wherein the processor is for determining whether the umbrella is in a down configuration when the physical orientations of the umbrella are outside the range of angles, wherein the processor is for coupling the LED to the power source in response to the umbrella being upright and open, and wherein the processor is for decoupling the LED from the power source in response to the umbrella being in a down configuration and closed. |
| US10561208B2 |
Wearable product belt connection structure
A belt connection structure of a wearable product is provided. A first transmission rack is provided on a side wall of a first elongate hole. A second transmission rack is provided on a side wall of a second elongate hole facing the first transmission rack. A gear is engaged with the first and second transmission racks respectively. A connecting member coaxial with the gear is provided on a side surface of the gear. A sleeve communicating with a slide way is provided on the outer side wall of an outer cover. The inner side wall of the sleeve is provided with teeth extending in the axial direction. At least two annular grooves are formed on the outer side wall of the sleeve. A belt button is mounted on the sleeve, and comprises a pressing portion and a connecting column. The pressing portion and the connecting column are slidable in the axial direction but are not rotatable relative to each other. Position limiting teeth are provided on the outer side surface of the connecting column. The circumferential surface of the connecting column is further provided with a snap-fit flange spaced from the connecting column. The snap-fit flange is engaged with an annular groove. |
| US10561201B1 |
Shoe with detachable sock
A footwear combination that includes a base shoe that may be combined with plural different fitted socks to accommodate plural outfits, depending upon the fitted sock that is combined with the shoe. The fitted socks are detachable from the shoe (e.g., for washing and change of outfitting). Points of attachment between the sock and shoe extend down to the region of the metatarso-phalangeal joints. This allows the dorsal portion of the foot to remain bare and will allow fashionable women's footwear to be at once comfortable and trendy. |
| US10561199B2 |
Footwear including a stabilizing sole
An article of footwear is provided and includes an upper including a footbed, a midsole attached to the upper and including a heel portion, a lateral side and a medial side. An outsole is attached to the midsole to form a shell having a sidewall that extends along the medial side around the heel portion and along at least part of the lateral side, where the sidewall extends along the upper to a point above a top surface of the footbed. The extension of the sidewall above the footbed provides medial and lateral stability to a wearer's foot and also aligns the foot in the article of footwear. |
| US10561195B2 |
Portable shoe cover apparatus
A portable shoe cover apparatus. The portable shoe cover apparatus includes a shoe cover portion and a shoe cover connection portion. The shoe cover portion is attachable and removable for covering a top portion of a shoe but not covering a bottom portion of a sole of the shoe. The shoe cover portion comprises a waterproof or water resistant portion. The shoe cover connection portion is connected to a top end of the shoe cover portion and is attachable and removable to a portion of a person wearing the shoe and comprises an insect repellant portion. The shoe cover apparatus is attachable and removable to the shoe via plural different types of attachment means. |
| US10561192B2 |
Omnidirectional energy management systems and methods
Systems and methods of a safety helmet for protecting the human head against repetitive impacts, moderate impacts and severe impacts so as to significantly reduce the likelihood of both translational and rotational brain injury and concussions may be provided. The helmet may include an outer shell, an outer liner disposed within and coupled to the outer shell, and an inner liner disposed within and coupled in spaced opposition to the outer liner by a damper array. The damper array may allow for omnidirectional movement of the inner liner relative to the outer liner and the outer shell. |
| US10561191B1 |
Helmet having high pressure non-bursting gas cells
A helmet having non-bursting gas cells preferably includes a hard helmet shell, an outside gas cell impact layer and an inside gas cell impact layer. The outside gas cell impact layer preferably includes at least one gas cell layer and an outside layer of sheet material. Each gas cell layer includes a plurality of gas cells created between two plastic sheets. The inside gas cell impact layer includes the at least one gas cell layer. The inside and outside gas cell impact layers may be permanently or removably attached to hard helmet shell. A second embodiment of the helmet having non-bursting gas cells preferably includes the hard helmet shell, the outside gas cell impact layer and an inside gas cell inflatable impact layer. The inside gas cell inflatable impact layer preferably includes at least one inflatable gas cell layer and a check valve. |
| US10561188B2 |
Light-emitting systems for headgear
A light-emitting system is provided which is removably attachable to headgear for personal illumination to enhance visibility of the user to others. The light-emitting system includes a housing that defines a receiving aperture and is configured to surround a portion of the headgear when the light-emitting system is removably attached to the headgear for use. The light-emitting system further includes at least one lens and a plurality of lighting elements coupled to the annular housing which are configured to selectively generate a halo or at least a partial halo of light that radiates outwardly away from the annular housing through the at least one lens to provide enhanced personal illumination. |
| US10561187B1 |
Digital display terminal apparel
This invention generally relates to a system and method for digitally customizable apparel products. The present invention is a unique system and method for the digitalization of user's personal apparel to include graduation cap covers and display buttons. Specifically, this invention relates to a system and method that connects a removably attached digital visual display terminal containing light-emitting diodes (LED) cap covers, a removably attached LED display terminal display buttons, and display enabled computing devices to an encrypted wireless network that contains display-sharing interfaces, mirroring software and other programming systems for a new utility clothing that is functional, attractive, and complimenting to the user's personal style. Similarly, establishing a method for the invention to transmit the same images, media, and files through applications, websites, software programs, and other technological mechanisms. Conducted analysis of the proposed configurations consider the process of manufacturing such an innovative, superior quality, and versatile cap cover and display buttons. |
| US10561186B2 |
Piece of fabric for hand-sewn works and method for making said works with said fabrics
A piece of fabric for manual sewing projects and method of creating said projects with said fabric, consisting of a piece (1) of cloth that incorporates, with identical or different colors, prints and/or textures, the figures (2) for creating a certain patchwork design (3), each figure (2) being marked with a seam line (4) that defines the outline thereof and a cutting line (5) that defines a perimeter border that is optionally pre-perforated. The method only comprises obtaining said piece (1), cutting the figures (2) along the cutting line (5) and sewing them together. Optionally, the patchwork design (3) is selected and the piece (1) is ordered with the desired figures (2) and colors, prints and/or textures. |
| US10561183B1 |
Method and apparatus for creating an image on a fabric
A method and apparatus for creating an image on a fabric includes creating a first layer of fabric having an image printed in a first color and a background printed in a second color; creating shapes printed over a top of the image, the shapes being the second color; creating a second layer of fabric having openings extending therethrough; aligning the second layer over a top of the first layer such that the shapes are positioned underneath the openings; and shifting the first layer relative to the second layer such that the image at least partially shows through the openings due to the shifting of the openings away from the shapes. |
| US10561178B2 |
Sealed cartridge for an aerosol delivery device and related assembly method
The present disclosure relates to an aerosol delivery device. The aerosol delivery device may include a control body and a cartridge. The cartridge may include a base, a flow director, an outer body, a reservoir substrate, an outer body, and a mouthpiece. Heating elements may be molded into the flow director. The flow director may be welded to the base and the outer body, or the base and the flow director may include deformable ribs that engage the outer body. The flow director and the outer body may cooperatively define a reservoir compartment in which the reservoir substrate and the atomizer are received. The flow director and the base may define an electronics compartment in which an electronic control component is received. A related assembly method is also provided. |
| US10561170B2 |
Electronic pipe
An electronic pipe includes a battery, an electronic module, a combustible material reservoir, and a heating element inside the combustible material reservoir. The pipe transmits an electric current from the battery to the heating element and the heating element is design to initiate a combustion reaction in the combustible material reservoir, at least partially combusting the combustible material for inhalation purposes. |
| US10561158B2 |
Machine for making and dispensing liquid or semi-liquid products
A machine for making and dispensing liquid or semi-liquid products including, in combination: at least one batch freezing unit, including: a processing vessel, a stirrer mounted inside the processing vessel to mix the basic product and provided with scrapers acting on the inside walls of the processing vessel, and a dispenser adapted to allow the product to be drawn out of the processing vessel; a first refrigerated compartment adapted to house a plurality of vessels for containing basic products; at least a first door for closing the first refrigerated compartment; at least one pump connected in use to the processing vessel and connectable to one of the vessels for containing basic products in order to transfer the basic product from the vessel for containing basic products to the processing vessel. |
| US10561157B2 |
Rolling compound powders for applying on the surface of chewing gum core materials
The present invention relates to rolling compound powders comprising hydrogenated or non-hydrogenated isomaltulose for applying to the surface of chewing gum core materials, chewing gum products comprising such rolling compound powders, processes for reducing the stickiness of compositions of chewing gum core materials by using hydrogenated or non-hydrogenated isomaltulose-containing rolling compound powders in chewing gum preparation processes as well as the use of hydrogenated or non-hydrogenated isomaltulose in rolling compound powders for applying to the surface of chewing gum core materials. |
| US10561156B2 |
Device for UV-LED liquid monitoring and treatment
A liquid treatment device includes a base with a power source, a UV-LED module for providing UV-B or UV-C light to liquid, an LED for providing visible light, and a processor for selectively powering the UV-LED module and the LED, and having a UV transmissive material above the UV-LED module for allowing the UV-B or UV-C band light from the UV-LED module to be transmitted from the base housing, and a liquid storage housing removably coupled to the base housing with a storage portion configured to hold liquid and having a bottom portion comprising a UV transmissive material for allowing the UV-B or UV-C band light from the UV-LED module to be transmitted into the liquid, and an output coupled for restricting outflow of the liquid from the storage portion. |
| US10561153B2 |
Fowl positioning system and method of positioning fowl
Fowl positioning system, comprising a dosing belt, arranged to receive randomly oriented slaughtered fowl and dose them one by one on a conveyor belt linked to a computer vision system, the belt being arranged to sequentially position the fowl under the computer vision system in order to determine the placement in which each fowl is found on said conveyor belt, and a robotic arm with a gripper on the end, arranged to sequentially grasp each fowl from the conveyor belt and thread them one by one in a predefined position on one of the supports located in a fowl processing line, the robotic arm being linked to the computer vision system such that it determines the position for the gripper to clamp and release the fowl. |
| US10561152B1 |
Product cut from the thigh of a poultry item and a method of producing the same
An article of manufacture, namely a poultry cut food product, and a method of producing the article of manufacture. The article of manufacture includes a portion cut of the thigh of a poultry item or other bird. |
| US10561151B2 |
Offset weighing apparatus
An offset weighing apparatus and method for use with poultry processing equipment includes a weigh assembly to weigh an animal connected to a shackle assembly as the shackle moves in contact with a force sensor along a conveyor line. A diverter assembly laterally displaces a shackle retaining the animal from below the conveyor line into engagement with the force sensor. The bending axis of the force sensor is approximately parallel to the displaced shackle. The angular position of the bending axis and shackle, and relative positions, friction, and forces of the components of the shackle assembly and weigh assembly are analyzed to calculate the weight of the animal connected to the shackle without removing the animal from the shackle or ceasing movement of the conveyor line. |
| US10561150B2 |
Low bitter chicory products
The present invention provides a food product comprising at least 1.5%, 5%, 10%, 20%, 30%, or more, by weight total ingredients of a low bitter chicory plant material or flour. The present invention also provides a method for obtaining a chicory product with reduced bitterness, comprising blanching chicory roots or root chips, drying the blanched chicory root chips, and optionally grinding the dried chicory root chips and incorporating it into flour, dough, or other food products. Also provided is a method for obtaining a chicory taproot with reduced bitterness, comprising cultivating a chicory plant at a soil nitrogen level of 150 lbs per acre or less in the upper 3 feet of the soil. |
| US10561148B2 |
Altering microbial populations and modifying microbiota
The invention relates to methods, uses, systems, arrays, engineered nucleotide sequences and vectors for inhibiting bacterial population growth or for altering the relative ratio of sub-populations of first and second bacteria in a mixed population of bacteria. The invention is particularly useful, for example, for treatment of microbes such as for environmental, medical, food and beverage use. The invention relates inter alia to methods of controlling micro biologically influenced corrosion (MIC) or biofouling of a substrate or fluid in an industrial or domestic system. |
| US10561144B2 |
Methods of identification and use of nematicide compounds
The invention relates, in part, to methods to identify compounds to treat a phytoparasitic nematode infection and/or reduce phytoparasitic nematode contamination, and to methods and compositions to treat phytoparasitic nematode infections and to reduce phytoparasitic nematode contamination of a substrate such as, but not limited to: a plant, agricultural medium, or soil. |
| US10561137B1 |
Weed-e-bug
An apparatus and method deliver fluid treatments to a targeted plant. The apparatus comprises a two-piece protective shell joined on one side by a spring-hinge. When the two piece outer protective shell is open, a fluid treatment is applied to a liquid retaining material within the protective shell. A portion of a targeted plant is placed within the open outer protective shell. The two piece outer protective shell is then closed, creating a sealed containment environment that is immediately protected from environmental disturbance, prevents distribution of fluid treatment to non-treated plant materials, and will retain, store, and prevent leakage of the fluid treatment. The closed outer protective shell also clasps the plant portion, forcing contact of the target plant portion with fluid treatment residing on and within the liquid retaining material. The apparatus remains attached to the targeted plant while the fluid treatment is absorbed through systemic plant processes. |
| US10561134B2 |
Hoof tap device
A hoof tap device is provided. Each hoof tap device has a tap bridge from which a plurality of tap posts transversely extend. Each hoof tap device may be dimensioned and adapted so that a plurality of the hoof tap devices may be spaced apart along and just inward of the hoof wall of a horse hoof so that at least a portion of each back edge protrudes therefrom, enabling traction, preventing excessive wear, and improving the movement of the hoof by allowing it to flex and expand naturally during use. |
| US10561122B2 |
Genetically modified rat derived from rat embryonic stem cell
The present invention provides a rat embryonic stem cell characterized by having the following properties of (a) expressing Oct3/4 gene and Nanog gene, (b) positive for alkaline phosphatase activity, (c) having an embryoid body forming ability, (d) expressing SSEA (Stage-Specific Embryonic Antigen)-1 and SSEA-4, (e) having the same number of chromosomes as does a normal rat cell, (f) capable of being subcultured and holding the undifferentiated state, (g) having in vitro pluripotency, (h) having a potential to differentiate for cells of three embryonic germ lineages, (i) having teratoma formation ability, and (j) having an ability to produce a chimeric rat, a method of establishing the aforementioned rat embryonic stem cell and the like. |
| US10561120B2 |
Corner bracket, a frame assembly using corner brackets and an aquarium utilizing said frame assembly
An aquarium is disclosed. The aquarium includes a front wall, a back wall and a pair of sidewalls all extending upward from a bottom wall and being secured thereto. The front wall is shorter in height than the pair of sidewalls. The aquarium also includes a frame assembly. A pair of doors is slidably mounted within the frame assembly. A cover can be used to close the open top to form an aquarium for amphibians. |
| US10561111B2 |
Cotton variety 16R024
The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 16R024. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 16R024. Also provided by the invention are methods of using cotton variety 16R024 and products derived therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 16R024 with itself or another cotton variety and plants and seeds produced by such methods. |
| US10561110B1 |
Garden bean variety ‘jaguar’
A new variety of garden bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) designated ‘Jaguar’ is provided. Garden bean variety ‘Jaguar’ is characterized by its very dark green leaves and pods, good heat tolerance, and resistance to anthracnose fungus (Colletotrichum lindemuthianum) and bean rust fungus (Uromyces appendiculatus). |
| US10561102B1 |
Soybean variety 01068182
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01068182. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01068182. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01068182 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01068182 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods. |
| US10561099B1 |
Soybean variety 01068352
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01068352. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01068352. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01068352 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01068352 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods. |
| US10561097B1 |
Inbred corn line 7MMSM0019
An inbred corn line, designated 7MMSM0019, the plants and seeds of the inbred corn line 7MMSM0019, methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, produced by crossing the inbred corn line 7MMSM0019 with itself or with another corn plant, and hybrid corn seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred line 7MMSM0019 with another corn line or plant and to methods for producing a corn plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic corn plants produced by that method. This invention also relates to inbred corn lines derived from inbred corn line 7MMSM0019, to methods for producing other inbred corn lines derived from inbred corn line 7MMSM0019 and to the inbred corn lines derived by the use of those methods. |
| US10561095B2 |
Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH379427
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH379427. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH379427, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH379427 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH379427. |
| US10561093B2 |
Lettuce variety NUN 05379 LTL
The disclosure relates to new lettuce variety of NUN 05379 LTL as well as seeds and plants and heads or leaves thereof. |
| US10561092B2 |
Lettuce variety NUN 09131 LTL
The disclosure relates to new lettuce variety of NUN 09131 LTL as well as seeds and plants and heads or leaves thereof. |
| US10561089B1 |
Soybean cultivar 84060345
A soybean cultivar designated 84060345 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 84060345, to the plants of soybean cultivar 84060345, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 84060345, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 84060345. 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 84060345. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 84060345, 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 84060345 with another soybean cultivar. |
| US10561087B2 |
Plants and seeds of corn variety CV665355
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV665355. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV665355, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV665355 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV665355 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV665355. |
| US10561084B2 |
Molecular markers for blackleg resistance gene rlm2 in brassica napus and methods of using the same
This disclosure concerns methods and compositions for identifying canola plants that have a blackleg resistant phenotype. Some embodiments concern molecular markers to identify, select, and/or construct blackleg resistant plants and germplasm, or to identify and counter-select plants that are susceptible or have low resistance to blackleg disease. Some embodiments concern molecular markers to identify, select, and/or construct blackleg resistant plants that carry the rlm2 gene. This disclosure also concerns canola plants comprising a blackleg resistant phenotype that are generated by methods utilizing at least one marker described herein. |
| US10561080B2 |
Plant watering system and method
A plant watering system includes an irrigation mat that can be placed around a plant on top of the soil. The irrigation mat includes a water reservoir that holds water, and a slow-pass water permeable membrane that releases the water in the water reservoir in a slow manner so the soil around the plant is watered at a controlled rate. The irrigation mat may optionally include a threaded port where a container of liquid fertilizer can be placed so the liquid fertilizer is mixed with the water in the reservoir, allowing easily fertilizing the plant as it is watered. The plant watering system may also optionally include a dryness sensor that provides an alert indicating the water reservoir in the irrigation mat needs to be refilled. |
| US10561079B2 |
Irrigation controller with reversible operator controls
An irrigation controller comprises actuable controls, a memory to store the watering program, and one or more displays. The actuable controls and display are incorporated into a removable face pack that is mounted to an interior door of the irrigation controller. The face pack can be easily moved from a first position on the front side of the interior door to a second position on the back side of the interior door and the face pack automatically senses its position. When the face pack is in the first position, the actuable controls and display are configured for operating information. When the face pack is in the second position, the wiring hook up area of the irrigation controller is exposed and the actuable controls and display are configured for diagnostics. |
| US10561073B2 |
Infrared absorbing, heat retaining film
Embodiments of films, for example, infrared absorbing, heat retaining films, comprise at least one polymer selected from: a low density polyethylene (LDPE) having a density range of 0.900 g/cc to 0.930 g/cc and a melt index (I2) of 0.3 g/10 min to 2.0 g/10 min as measured in accordance with ASTM D1238; a linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) having a density range of 0.900 g/cc to 0.930 g/cc and a melt index I2 of 0.3 g/10 min to 2.0 g/10 min; and a ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer having a vinyl acetate content ranging from 3 wt. % to 27 wt. % and a melt index I2 of 0.2 g/10 min to 10 g/10 min. The films also comprise a hybrid filler comprising (i) a layered double hydroxide, and (ii) an inorganic powder complex having a particle size distribution defined by a median diameter (D50) of 1.5 to 20 μm. |
| US10561072B2 |
Plant cultivating container
A plant cultivating container includes an outer cup, an inner cup received in the outer cup, wherein the inner cup is provided for cultivating plant(s). A floating plate is movably disposed between the bottoms of the outer cup and the inner cup and a follower is mounted to the floating plate, wherein the floating plate is reciprocally moved relative to the outer due to a water level in the outer cup. At least one window is defined in the outer cup and the follower is formed with a shutter, wherein a relative action is formed between the shutter and the at least one window for providing a continual visual effect. |
| US10561070B2 |
Current sensing of actuators on a round baler
Monitoring current draw of an actuator associated with a rotating arm on a round baler during a net wrapping cycle is used to determine the position of the rotating arm and actuator, as well as to determine the net tension. The current draw of the actuator may be correlated with the home and insert positions of the rotating arm during the net wrapping cycle; thus by monitoring the current draw, the rotating arm and actuator position is determined and may be provided to aid an operator. The net tension during the net wrapping cycle is a function of the rotating arm and actuator current. A calculation of net tension is determined and provided to an operator, allowing the operator to verify performance issues related to the net tension. |
| US10561069B2 |
Segmented fan housing for cleaning system of combine harvester
A fan assembly for a cleaning system of a combine harvester includes a housing having a plurality of interconnected walls. The interconnected walls include at least two side walls and a lower wall connecting the two side walls, and at least one partition positioned between the side walls. The partition promotes uniform air flow across a width dimension of the fan assembly. The interconnected walls define at least one inlet opening through which air is delivered into the housing and at least one outlet opening through which air is exhausted from the housing. A fan rotor is mounted to the housing and is configured to rotate to distribute air from the inlet opening to the outlet opening. |
| US10561068B2 |
Hay baler with windrow pickup diverter and extendible wheel rake mounting on elongated drawbar
Windrow diverting apparatus and method of controlling same proximate a roll baler pick-up which laterally shifts the windrow relative to the roll bale pick-up during baling. |
| US10561067B2 |
Tubular for processing crops
A tubular for processing crops can include a body having an outer surface and protrusions extending outwardly from the outer surface. The protrusions can be arranged in bands that are spaced apart along the outer surface to define gaps therebetween that form grooves extending around a circumference of the body. Each band of protrusions can be positioned offset with respect to at least one adjacent band of protrusions such that the protrusions form a spiraling configuration around a longitudinal axis of the body. |
| US10561064B2 |
Hydraulically controlled flip up mower deck
A mower frame unit is operatively connected with a tractor device and the mower frame is moveable between a generally horizontal first position and a generally vertical second position. The mower frame is moveable from the first position to the second position via a hydraulic cylinder and piston assembly carried by the mower frame to pivot the mower frame about a transverse axis. The mower frame carries a tensioner assembly that is operatively connected to a lock assembly. The tensioner assembly serves at least two purposes. Namely, to tension a belt operatively connected to mower blade and to maintain a portion of the lock assembly in a locked manner when the tensioner assembly is in a state of tension. |
| US10561062B2 |
Beet crop harvesting machine, corresponding method and use
This root crop harvesting machine (2) is adapted to harvest root crop (4), in particular beet crop, the root crop harvesting machine comprising an uprooting device (14) adapted to uproot the root crop. The root crop harvesting machine comprises an applicator (40) device adapted to apply an agent (52) to the root crop. |
| US10561061B2 |
Device for spreading liquid and/or solid active agents and method for controlling such a device
Disclosed is a device for spreading liquid and/or solid active agents as well as a method for controlling the device. The device comprises a carrier vehicle, at least one boom arranged pivotably about a rotation axis, and at least one sensor arrangement for detecting an angular velocity and/or an angular position of the boom about the rotation axis in relation to a reference plane. A control unit processes output signals of the sensor arrangements to control signals for an actuator for the purpose of pivoting the boom. Two actuators or a double acting actuator provide an actuating connection between the carrier vehicle and the pivotable boom, wherein the actuator has one active actuating side for each of the two pivoting directions of the boom, which active actuating side is electromagnetically or electromotively actuatable. |
| US10561057B2 |
Adjustable clamp on head bracket
A fastening arrangement attaches a row unit to the tool bar of an agricultural implement. The fastening arrangement includes an elongated flat operatively connected to the tool bar. The elongated flat has a leading surface lying in a first plane nonadjacent to a second plane which includes a trailing surface of the tool bar. A head bracket is adapted to receive a row unit. The head bracket has an aperture therethough and is supportable on the elongated flat. A clamping nut and bolt combination is configured to fasten the head bracket to the elongated flat. The clamping nut and bolt combination includes a bolt adapted to pass through the aperture of the head bracket and engage the clamping nut in a mating relationship. |
| US10561053B1 |
Frame assembly and actuator arrangement for agricultural imglements
A tillage implement is configured to be towed behind an agricultural vehicle. An implement frame has a first lengthwise frame member, a second lengthwise frame member, and a lateral frame member connected to and extending between the first and second lengthwise frame members. A tool assembly is pivotally connected to the implement frame and includes a ground engaging member. An actuator has a first portion connected to the implement frame and a second portion connected to the tool assembly. Movement of the actuator adjusts the position of the tool assembly relative to the implement frame. The lateral frame member includes an actuator opening and at least a portion of the actuator extends into the actuator opening and the lateral frame member. |
| US10568251B2 |
Component mounter, nozzle imaging method
A component mounter comprises first and second imaging systems, and a mounting head configured to hold a component by a nozzle. The first and second imaging systems irradiate light of first and second wavelengths, respectively, toward a working position to illuminate the nozzle located at the working position. The nozzle is imaged by the first and second imaging systems, respectively, that receive light having the first and second wavelengths, respectively, transmitted through first and second optical filters, respectively, after being irradiated on the working position. The first and second optical filters thus prevent light having wavelengths different from the first and second wavelengths from reaching the first and second imaging devices. Therefore, the nozzle can be imaged more precisely, since the influence of light different from the illumination light having the first and second wavelengths is suppressed by the first and second optical filters. |
| US10568248B2 |
Suction nozzle and component mounting machine
In a suction nozzle held on a mounting head of a component mounting machine, a nozzle section that sucks a component is swingably provided on a nozzle holder section of the suction nozzle, and an orientation of the nozzle section is changed by 90° to a downward orientation or a lateral orientation by swinging the nozzle section. The component is sucked by the nozzle section from above in a state in which the orientation of the nozzle section of the suction nozzle is downward in a component suction operation, and the component is mounted on an object such as a circuit board in a state in which the orientation of the component sucked by the nozzle section is set to the lateral orientation by the nozzle section the orientation of which is changed by 90° to the lateral orientation by swinging the nozzle section in the component mounting operation. |
| US10568247B2 |
Transferring method of light-emitting diode
A light-emitting diode transfer includes: a stage; a moving portion disposed on the stage and which performs a linear motion on the stage; a linear driving portion disposed on the moving portion and which performs a linear motion on the moving portion; and a head portion rotatably disposed on the linear driving portion and which picks up a light-emitting diode. |
| US10568245B2 |
Electronic-component mounting apparatus
Provided is a flip chip mounting apparatus for mounting chips (400) to a substrate (200), and the apparatus includes at least one sectionalized mounting stage (45) divided into a heating section (452) and a non-heating section (456), the heating section being for heating a substrate (200) fixed to a front surface of the heating section, the non-heating section not heating the substrate (200) suctioned to a front surface of the non-heating section. With this, it is possible to provide an electronic-component mounting apparatus that is simple and capable of efficiently mounting a large number of electronic components. |
| US10568243B2 |
Electronic component supply system
Provided is an electronic component supply system determining the types of electronic components installed on component pallets at a time when the electronic components are installed on the component pallets for installation, which determines the types of the electronic components installed on the component pallets based on planned multiple jobs continuously performed by multiple electronic component mounting machines to which the component pallets are attached and an execution order for the jobs such that the number of the component pallets exchanged during job switching is minimized. |
| US10568242B1 |
Dynamic adjustment of placement parameters for light emitting diodes
Embodiments relate to placing one or more light emitting diodes (LEDs) onto a printed circuit board (PCB). Voltage differences are applied to the PCB such that, if properly placed, the one or more LEDs emit light. A camera records the placement and any light emitted from the one or more LEDs. Based upon the images from the camera, a controller can adjust placement parameters of the LEDs until they emit light. Among other advantages, the placement of the LEDs on the PCB can be adjusted in real time and allows insight into the causes of failed LED placement. |
| US10568239B2 |
Method of venting heated air from electronic equipment enclosure
An electronic equipment enclosure includes a frame structure at least partially enclosed by a plurality of panels defining a compartment in which one or more electronic components are mounted and an exhaust air duct that is adapted to segregate hot air being exhausted from the compartment from cool air entering the compartment, thereby improving thermal management of the enclosure. The exhaust duct includes a lower duct section extending upward from the top panel of the compartment and an upper duct section telescoping upward from an upper end of the lower duct section. Each duct section includes four panels connected together by hinged corner fittings such that the section is collapsible. The upper duct section includes an outwardly flared portion. |
| US10568236B2 |
Space-efficient pressure relief mechanism for immersion cooling of computing elements
A cooling apparatus includes a chamber and a pressure-relief element. The chamber includes a coolant in a liquid phase disposed near a heat-generation object. The coolant in the liquid phase dissipates heat from the heat-generation object and is converted from the liquid phase to a vapor phase upon the coolant in the liquid phase reaching a boiling temperature. The pressure-relief element has a conduit. A first end of the conduit is submerged in the coolant in the liquid phase internal to the chamber and a second end of the conduit is connected to atmosphere external to the chamber. |
| US10568234B1 |
Liquid-immersion cooling device
A liquid-immersion cooling device includes a reservoir, a partition board, and a heat exchanger. The reservoir contains coolant to immerse the electronic device. The partition board and the heat exchanger are mounted within the reservoir. The partition board is arranged parallel to the electronic device. The heat exchanger and the electronic device are respectively arranged on opposite sides of the partition board within the reservoir. The partition board is configured to guide a flow of the coolant within the reservoir. When the coolant flows through the electronic device and carries away heat generated by the electronic device, the coolant carrying the heat is guided by the partition board to flow through the heat exchanger. After exchanging heat with the heat exchanger, the coolant is guided by the partition board to flow through the electronic device. |
| US10568232B2 |
Modular uninterruptible power supply apparatus and methods of operating same
An uninterruptible power supply system includes a plurality of functional modules interconnected to form a power distribution network coupling at least two power sources to a load. Each functional module has at least two ports coupled to at least one other of the functional modules and/or to at least one other external device and includes a control circuit configured to autonomously control at least one function relating to electrical power transfer between the at least two ports. The system further includes a controller module configured to communicate with each of the functional modules over at least one digital communication link to control power flow between the at least two power sources and the load. |
| US10568227B2 |
Expansion module system
A system and approach that may connect communication modules together in a daisy chain fashion as an expansion bus. A communication module may be connected with a data bus and a voltage bus to a baseboard having a controller. The communication module may have a multi-port universal serial bus hub connected to the data bus from the expansion connector, an electronic device connected to the hub and the voltage regulator. Another communication module having a similar structure as the first communication module may be connected to the first communication module via a data bus between the multiport hub of the first expansion module and a universal serial bus hub of the other communication module, and may have a voltage bus connected to the voltage bus of the first communication module. More communication modules may be connected in a daisy chain or serial fashion to a preceding module, and so on. |
| US10568225B2 |
Waterproof structure of cold aisle cabinet
Disclosed is a waterproof structure of a cold aisle cabinet. The waterproof structure of a cold aisle cabinet includes a cabinet group which includes a plurality of cabinets, a first covering plate parallelly defined above the cabinet group, and a support frame defined between the first covering plate and the cabinet group, the support frame being mounted on the cabinet group and abutting against the side of the first covering plate facing the cabinet group; the area of the top surface of the first covering plate is larger than or equal to the area of the top surface of the cabinet group. |
| US10568222B2 |
Cabinet electrification system
One of more panels of the cabinet include at least one conductive region that is optionally covered by an insulative covering. These conductive regions are coupled to an external power source. Shelves, drawers, other cabinet components, electrical devices in a cabinet (including, but not limited to, a motor, lights, outlet, appliance, sensor, processor, etc.), and the like can further conduct or receive electrical energy by electrically coupling to the conductive regions within the panels of the cabinet, for example, through shelf pins that are inserted into holes in the panels. |
| US10568220B2 |
Reciprocator-type quick-releasing mechanism
A reciprocator-type quick-releasing mechanism includes a base, a latching component and an actuating component. The base is disposed inside a first module, and has a first piercing hole and a first opening. The latching component is disposed on the base, and includes a constraining portion and a resilient portion. The constraining portion aligns with the first piercing hole and a second piercing hole on a second module. The resilient portion is connected to the constraining portion. The actuating component is slidably disposed on the base and includes a pushing portion and an actuating portion. The actuating portion is connected to the pushing portion and protrudes from the first opening and a second opening on the second module. The actuating portion moves relative to the second opening to flexibly deform the resilient portion via the pushing portion, so as to remove the constraining portion from the second piercing hole. |
| US10568219B2 |
Electronic control device
The present invention provides an electronic control device including: a housing which has an opening portion formed at one side thereof; printed circuit boards which are inserted into the housing; and a connector unit which includes connector pins coupled to the printed circuit boards and closes the opening portion of the housing, in which the printed circuit boards include a first printed circuit board, and a second printed circuit board which is connected to one side of the first printed circuit board through a substrate connecting portion and provided below the first printed circuit board, the connector unit includes a first connector pin connected to the first printed circuit board and a second connector pin connected to the second printed circuit board, and an outer connector cover of the connector unit is disposed to be directed upward. |
| US10568217B2 |
Display device
The present invention is a display device comprising: a housing providing an inner space; a plate in the housing, the plate dividing the inner space into a front space and a rear space and including an opening communicating the front space with the rear space; a display module in the front space, the display module mounted on the plate and covering the opening; and an inlet and an outlet formed at the housing, the inlet and the outlet communicating the rear space with an outside of the housing. |
| US10568214B2 |
Method for producing multi-level metalization on a ceramic substrate
A method for producing a copper multi-level metallization on a ceramic substrate consisting of AlN or Al2O3. High power regions with metallization having a high current-carrying capacity and low power regions with metallic coatings having a low current-carrying capacity are created on one and the same ceramic substrate. The metallization is printed multiple times in the high power range. |
| US10568211B2 |
Resin composition and uses of the same
A resin composition, comprising: (a) a resin of formula (I): (b) triallyl isocyanurate (TAIC) as a first hardener; and (c) a hardening promoter, which is a metallic salt compound of formula (II): wherein, R1, R2, R3, R4, A1, A2, Ma+, b, and n are as defined in the specification, and wherein the weight ratio of the resin (a) to the first hardener (b) is about 10:1 to about 1:1, and the content of the hardening promoter (c) is about 0.1 wt % to less than 15 wt % based on the total weight of the resin (a) and the first hardener (b), and the weight ratio of the resin (a) to the total amount of the first hardener (b) and BMI is not lower than 1:1. |
| US10568210B2 |
Electronic device with embedded electronic component
An electronic device includes a component carrier with a component carrier body, an electrically conductive layer, and an adhesive structure. The electronic device further includes an electronic component which is arranged within the component carrier body. The adhesive structure is formed between a surface of the electronic component and the electrically conductive layer and covers only a part of the surface of the electronic component. A remaining part of the surface of the electronic component is covered with the component carrier body. |
| US10568208B2 |
Component carrier with a bypass capacitance comprising dielectric film structure
There is provided a component carrier comprising: (a) a stack of at least one electrically conductive layer structure and at least one electrically insulating layer structure; and (b) a bypass capacitance structure formed on an/or within the stack. The bypass capacitance structure comprises an electrically conductive film structure having a rough surface, a dielectric film structure formed on the rough surface, and a further electrically conductive film structure formed on the dielectric film structure. |
| US10568205B2 |
Ceramic and polymer composite, and uses thereof
A ceramic and polymer composite including: a first continuous phase comprising a sintered porous ceramic having a solid volume of from 50 to 85 vol % and a porosity or a porous void space of from 50 to 15 vol %, based on the total volume of the composite; and a second continuous polymer phase situated in the porous void space of the sintered porous ceramic. Also disclosed is a composite article, a method of making the composite, and a method of using the composite. |
| US10568204B2 |
Conformal 3D non-planar multi-layer circuitry
A method for making conformal non-planar multi-layer circuitry is described. The method can include providing a substrate having a non-planar surface and depositing a first conformal dielectric layer on the substrate, the first conformal dielectric layer conforming to the non-planar surface of the substrate and having a non-planar surface. The method can also include applying a first conformal circuitry layer on the first conformal dielectric layer. The method can include depositing a second conformal dielectric layer on the first conformal circuitry layer, the second conformal dielectric layer conforming to a non-planar surface of the first conformal circuitry layer, and applying a second conformal circuitry layer on the second conformal dielectric layer. Successive layers can be sequentially deposited. Microvias may provide electrical connections between circuit layers. |
| US10568202B2 |
Tamper-respondent assembly with interconnect characteristic(s) obscuring circuit layout
Tamper-respondent assemblies and methods of fabrication are provided which include at least one tamper-respondent sensor and a detector. The at least one tamper-respondent sensor includes conductive lines which form, at least in part, at least one tamper-detect network of the tamper-respondent sensor(s). In addition, the tamper-respondent sensor(s) includes at least one interconnect element associated with one or more conductive lines of the conductive lines forming, at least in part, the tamper-detect network(s). The interconnect element(s) includes at least one interconnect characteristic selected to facilitate obscuring a circuit lay of the at least one tamper-detect network. In operation, the detector monitors the tamper-detect network(s) of the tamper-respondent sensor(s) for a tamper event. |
| US10568200B2 |
Printed circuit board and semiconductor package structure
A circuit substrate and a semiconductor package structure are provided. The circuit substrate includes a body and a via hole array. The via hole array includes via hole column units periodically arranged along a first direction. Each via hole column unit includes first to sixth via holes passing through the body and electrically connected to a capacitor. Any two adjacent via holes of the first to sixth via holes transmit power and ground signals. The sixth via hole of one of the via hole column units is adjacent to the first via hole of another one of the via hole column units, which is adjacent to the one of the via hole column units. The sixth via hole of one of the via hole column units and the first via hole of another one of the via hole column units transmit power and ground signals. |
| US10568196B1 |
Compact, high-efficiency accelerators driven by low-voltage solid-state amplifiers
A compact particle accelerator can include two or more cavities disposed along an axis of the particle accelerator, each of which is coupled to two or more drivers. The accelerator can also include a power supply coupled to the two or more drivers such that a particle beam traveling along the axis is accelerated. The power supply can be an interface with a commercial power outlet, battery power, or a combination thereof depending upon the use case. Example configurations of the accelerator include hand held or mobile devices that are capable of delivering up to and greater than a 1 MeV electron beam. |
| US10568195B2 |
System and method for pumping laser sustained plasma with a frequency converted illumination source
A system for generating pump illumination for laser sustained plasma (LSP) is disclosed. In embodiments, the system includes an illumination source configured to output illumination having a first spectral frequency and an optical frequency converter. The optical frequency converter can be configured to receive the illumination having the first spectral frequency from the illumination source and configured to output pump illumination having a second spectral frequency that is different from the first spectral frequency. |
| US10568190B2 |
Remote control, lighting system, and luminaire
A remote control for controlling a luminaire is wirelessly controllable with a terminal device. The remote control includes: a receiver that receives an input from a user; a first communication circuit that communicates wirelessly; and a first controller that generates a control signal and transmits the control signal to the luminaire via the first communication circuit, in which the control signal corresponds to the input received by the receiver and includes identification information unique to the terminal device as a source address. |
| US10568185B1 |
Two-wire dimmer operation
Two-wire dimmer operation includes applying first and second control pulses to a switching circuit controlled between ON and OFF states, the first control pulse beginning at a first starting time and extending for a first duration of time that ends at a first ending time, and the second control pulse beginning at a second starting time, after the first ending time, and extending for a second duration of time that ends at a second ending time, detecting levels of current provided to a lighting load during the first duration of time and during the second duration of time, comparing current levels determined based on applying the first and second control pulses, based on the comparing, ascertaining a load type of the lighting load, and selecting, based on the ascertained load type, parameters that control dimming operation of the dimmer. |
| US10568181B2 |
Surgical light and method for operating a surgical light
A surgical lamp and a method for illuminating a surgical field on a human body by the surgical lamp are provided. The surgical lamp comprises a lamp body (1), a control device (4) and at least one separate function module (6, 7). The lamp body (1) comprises at least one illuminant (3) for illuminating the surgical field and at least one interface having a first fixation device (11), a power supply terminal (12) and/or a data connection device (13). The control device (4) is provided for controlling the at least one illuminant (3) and is connected to the data connection device (13) of the at least one first interface for data transmission. The at least one function module (6, 7) comprises a second interface, having a second fixation device (14), a second power supply terminal (15) and/or a second data connection device (16), being compatible to the first interface and that can be docked thereto. Further, the lamp body (1) comprises a recognition device for recognizing a type of a docked function module (6, 7) and the control device (4) is configured to control the at least one illuminant (3) depending on the type of the docked function module (6, 7). |
| US10568180B2 |
Method and apparatus for controlling a lighting module having a plurality of LED groups
Control apparatus and system for controlling an output of a constant current driver are disclosed. A control apparatus is coupled between a constant current driver and a load, such as a lighting module, in order to add functionality to the overall system. The control apparatus is powered by the constant current driver and may control the dimming of the constant current driver by controlling the 0-10V dim input into the driver. The control apparatus may comprise one or more switching elements between the constant current driver and the load to allow for mixing of groups of LEDs of various colors or color temperatures. The control apparatus may include a buffer load to mitigate negative impacts of turning on the lighting module after a period of deactivation. The control apparatus can also be adapted to operate as a dim-to-warm module within a lighting apparatus. |
| US10568177B2 |
Lighting apparatus and light emitting module
The first set of light emitting diode modules include multiple first type light emitting diode units. The first type fluorescent powder covers on the surface of multiple first type light emitting diode units. The second set of light emitting diode modules include multiple second type light emitting diode units and accessory electronic units. The second type fluorescent powder covers on the surface of multiple second type light emitting diode units. The driver circuit transfers the electricity to the first light emitting diode modules and the second light emitting diode modules to make the first light emitting diode unit and the second light emitting diode unit lighting. Moreover, the accessory electronic unit may affect the relative proportion current between the first set of light emitting diode modules and the second set of light emitting diode modules when the driver circuit supplies the different total current value. |
| US10568176B2 |
Spatial dimming
An illumination source comprises an array of light-emitting elements for emitting illumination to illuminate an environment. A controller is arranged to control the illumination emitted by different ones of the light-emitting elements so as to form a spatial pattern, and to vary the spatial pattern according to a spatial dimming function whereby the spatial pattern is varied so as to emit a different overall intensity level as a function of a received dimming signal. A value is determined of at least one property relating to a manner in which the illumination source is deployed (e.g. the manner in which it is installed), and the spatial dimming function is set in dependence on the value of this property. |
| US10568173B1 |
Dimmer circuit for use in light-emitting diode lighting system
A dimmer circuit is used in an LED lighting system which includes a power supply circuit and a lamp. The power supply circuit is configured to provide an AC voltage. The lamp is coupled to the power supply. The dimmer circuit is configured to adjust the brightness of the lamp according to a dimming signal without the lamp conducting a bleeder current during each cycle of the AC voltage. |
| US10568172B2 |
Dimmable solid-state light emitting devices
A white light emitting device or LED-filament comprises: a solid-state light emitter (LED) operable to generate excitation light; a first phosphor associated with the solid-state light emitter to generate light with a peak emission wavelength in a range 500 nm to 575 nm; and a second phosphor associated with the solid-state light emitter to generate light with a peak emission wavelength in a range 600 nm to 650 nm, wherein a percentage decrease in conversion efficiency corresponding to an increase in excitation light photon density exhibited by the second phosphor is larger than a percentage decrease in conversion efficiency corresponding to the same increase in excitation light photon density exhibited by the first phosphor. |
| US10568169B2 |
Control circuit, control method and LED driver thereof
A method of controlling an LED driver can include: generating a sinusoidal half-wave signal having the same frequency and phase as an AC input voltage by utilizing a phase-locked loop; generating a sampling signal of a peak value of an inductor current in a power stage circuit of the LED driver; generating a loop compensation signal in accordance with the sinusoidal half wave signal and a signal representing an output current of the power stage circuit; and generating a switching control signal for controlling the power stage circuit in accordance with the sampling signal and the loop compensation signal. |
| US10568168B1 |
Lighting system
A lighting system includes a power supply unit, a power conversion unit, a lighting unit, a first switching unit, and a first reset unit. The power supply unit is used to supply a first and a second power signal. The power conversion unit receives and converts the first power signal. According to the first power signal, a first lighting module of the lighting unit emits light. The first switching unit is connected to a first node between the first lighting module and a second lighting module for receiving the second power signal, so that the second lighting module emits light according to the second power signal. The first reset unit receives the second power signal; wherein when the second lighting module changes from lighting to no lighting, the first reset unit causes the power conversion unit to stop operating and then restart. |
| US10568167B2 |
Heat treatment apparatus
A heat treatment apparatus is configured to perform a heat treatment on a workpiece while rotating the workpiece. The heat treatment apparatus includes a rotary shaft configured to support the workpiece and on which a discharge nozzle is provided to spray cooling liquid toward the workpiece, a fixing base having a supply port and a discharge port for the cooling liquid, a coupling section coupling the fixing base and the rotary shaft to each other in a relatively rotatable manner, and a detector configured to detect a flow of the cooling liquid discharged from the discharge port. A supply passage and a discharge passage are formed inside the fixing base, the rotary shaft and the coupling section. The supply passage extends from the supply port and to the discharge nozzle. The discharge passage branches from the supply passage inside the rotary shaft and leads to the discharge port. |
| US10568166B2 |
Induction heating device for metal strip
An induction heating device for a metal strip includes a first induction coil member and a second induction coil member provided in parallel with a metal strip across the metal strip that travels in a longitudinal direction, provided to protrude from the metal strip, and provided so as not to overlap each other in the traveling direction of the metal strip, and a magnetic core member provided between the first induction coil member and the second induction coil member, and provided to cover a large area of an end portion in the sheet width direction of the metal strip on the side of each of the first induction coil member and the second induction coil member, and cover a small area of the end at a center portion between the first induction coil member and the second induction coil member. |
| US10568158B2 |
Neighbor awareness networking datapath
In one set of embodiments, one or more client stations operate to configure Neighbor Awareness Networking (NAN)—direct communication with neighboring client stations, i.e., direct communication between the client stations without utilizing an intermediate access point. Embodiments of the disclosure relate to NAN datapath scheduling and NAN pre-datapath operation setup and scheduling. The NAN datapath embodiments described herein provide a mechanism through which devices can communicate and provide services. Aspects of the datapath development include datapath scheduling, including datapath setup and scheduling attributes, as well as pre-datapath operation triggering and scheduling. Scheduling may include determination of a type of datapath, including paging and synchronized datapaths. NAN data cluster base schedules may be scheduled as equal-sets or subsets of datapath schedules. The datapath model may be implemented for unicast and multicast communication between client stations. |
| US10568153B2 |
System and method for coordinating device-to-device communications
A master user equipment (UE) device may coordinate device-to-device (D2D) communications amongst a plurality of UE devices. For example, a UE device, which has been designated as a master UE device, may coordinate a D2D communication between a first UE device and a second UE device. The master UE device may be a UE device that obtains an indication that it is a master UE device that is to coordinate D2D communications amongst the plurality of UE devices. In some embodiments, the coordinating the D2D communication may be on behalf of a network and/or to facilitate wireless communication between the network and at least one of the plurality of UE devices. |
| US10568152B2 |
Access network query protocol method and apparatus
A method performed by a STA may comprise transmitting a first ANQP message to an AP and receiving a second ANQP message in response. The second ANQP message may comprise a CCC value representing a configuration instance of the AP which is incremented by one upon a configuration change. The CCC value may wrap around once a maximum value is reached. The first ANQP message may comprise the CCC value or may comprise another CCC value which is different than the CCC value. |
| US10568151B2 |
Printer, printer control method, and communication system
A printer includes a printer-side memory that stores first connection setting information for establishing a communication connection with one or a plurality of terminal devices, and in accordance with second connection setting information for establishing a communication connection with an access point received from the terminal device with which a communication connection has been established, a printer-side processor that establishes a communication connection with the access point, wherein when the printer-side processor determines the terminal device having a communication connection to be the terminal device connected by mistake, disconnects the communication connection with the terminal device, and changes the first connection setting information stored in the printer-side memory. |
| US10568148B2 |
Systems and methods for communicating notices within a vehicle using a mobile device
System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to controlling a mobile device to provide notices within a vehicle. In one embodiment, a method includes, in response to an electronic signal indicating an occurrence of an event associated with the vehicle, identifying whether a mobile device is actively in use by a passenger of the vehicle. The method further includes determining a viewing orientation for a display of the mobile device by analyzing state information from the mobile device about a present mode of operation for the display in relation to a relative alignment with the vehicle. The method also includes controlling the mobile device to display the notice according to the viewing orientation by wirelessly instructing the mobile device to render the notice on the display as a function of the viewing orientation to display the notice relative to an alignment between the vehicle and the mobile device. |
| US10568147B2 |
Uplink specific backoff indicator
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for providing an uplink specific backoff indicator in a wireless communication network. |
| US10568146B2 |
Facilitating signaling and transmission protocols for enhanced beam management for initial access
Enhanced beam management for a wireless communication system is provided. In one example, a method comprises: receiving, from a mobile device, a message indicating first beam information for a selected first beam of beams associated with the base station device, wherein the message is a first received message of a random access channel procedure; and receiving, from the mobile device, message indicating second beam information for a selected second beam of the beams associated with the base station device, wherein the selected second beam is an alternative to the selected first beam for transmission of downlink data to the mobile device from the base station device, and wherein the second beam is indicated in the first message of a two-step random access channel procedure. Methods of signaling the second beam and/or transmission diversity approaches employing the first beam and/or the second beam are described. |
| US10568144B2 |
Timing estimation method of random access preamble, random access preamble detection method, and random access preamble detection apparatus
A random access preamble detection method of a base station includes removing a cyclic prefix (CP) from a received signal, detecting a plurality of first symbols corresponding to a plurality of first subcarriers included in an uplink available resource from the received signal with the CP removed, measuring reception power of the first symbol corresponding to each of a plurality of second subcarriers allocated to a random access channel among the plurality of first subcarriers, accumulating reception power with respect to each of the plurality of second subcarriers according to a predetermined frequency hopping pattern, and upon completely accumulating reception power according to the frequency hopping pattern, detecting a preamble sequence using each accumulated value of reception power of each of the plurality of second subcarriers. |
| US10568138B2 |
Bluetooth low energy signal patterns
An example computing device, comprising: a processing resource; and a memory resource storing machine readable instructions to cause the processing resource to: determine when known pattern indicates a pattern of a Bluetooth low energy (BLE) signal in relation to a channel to be occupied by the BLE signal; and adjust a channel for a wireless local area network (WLAN) transmission based on the determination. |
| US10568136B2 |
Method and apparatus for control plane and user plane transmissions in a customized C-RAN
A method for control-plane and user-plane transmissions in a customized C-RAN is disclosed. The method includes providing control-plane (CP) signaling using a first beam in a radio resource, and providing user-plane (UP) content using a second beam in the radio resource based on the CP signaling, wherein the first beam provides wider access coverage than the second beam. The radio resource is a licensed band or an unlicensed band. The first beam and the second beam are millimeter-wave beams. The first beam has an omni-directional beam pattern. The second beam has a directional beam pattern. |
| US10568133B2 |
Data sending method, base station, and terminal device
Embodiments of the present application disclose a random access method, a base station, and a terminal device. The terminal device receives random access configuration information from a base station, and determines a random access channel, a base frequency, and at least two frequency hopping intervals according to the random access configuration information. The terminal device sends, over the random access channel, random access signals to the base station using frequencies determined according to the base frequency and the N frequency hopping intervals. The terminal device may send the random access signals over the random access channel to the base station according to the base frequency the frequency hopping intervals and a frequency hopping pattern. |
| US10568132B2 |
Contention-based random access with receive beamforming in wireless networks
Wireless communication is performed in a wireless network by dividing up a data transmission interval (DTI) within the communication frame into a plurality of time slots based on determining the number of best sector directions from the AP to each STA in the wireless network. Each STA transmits only during this time slot, while the AP uses receiver beamforming and receives only from a single beamforming direction for each of these time slots. A time slot may be used by more than one STA if they are in the same best antenna sector direction from the AP, wherein they contend for access within this time slot. |
| US10568124B2 |
Method for transmitting and receiving scheduling request between terminal and base station in wireless communication system and device for supporting same
Disclosed are a method for transmitting and receiving a scheduling request between a terminal and a base station in a wireless communication system, and a device for supporting same. |
| US10568122B2 |
Method for informing available resource for PDSCH, method for determining available resource for PDSCH, base station and UE
A method for informing available resource for PDSCH, a method for determining available resource for PDSCH, a base station and a user equipment are provided. The method for informing available resource for PDSCH includes: signaling, by a base station to a user equipment, information about the available resource for PDSCH in a scheduling unit according to a reserved resource allocation of the scheduling unit. The reserved resource allocation of the scheduling unit indicates in frequency domain one or more resource sets and indicates in time domain a part of OFDM symbols within the one or more resource sets of the scheduling unit as a reserved resource set, and the information about the available resource for PDSCH in the scheduling unit includes information representing the reserved resource allocation of the scheduling unit. |
| US10568120B2 |
Sequence-based signal processing method and apparatus
A sequence-based signal processing method and apparatus are provided. A sequence meeting a requirement for sending a signal by using a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) is determined, where the sequence is a sequence {fn} consisting of N elements, fn is an element in the sequence {fn}, and the determined sequence {fn} is a sequence meeting a preset condition; then, the N elements in the sequence {fn} are respectively mapped to N subcarriers to generate a first signal; and the first signal is sent. By using the determined sequence, when a signal is sent by using a PUCCH, a low sequence correlation can be maintained, and a relatively small peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) value and cubic metric (CM) value can also be maintained, thereby meeting a requirement of a communication application environment in which a signal is sent by using a PUCCH. |
| US10568115B2 |
Method and apparatus for terminal self-reselecting resource based on priority in wireless communication system
Suggested is a novel condition for a media access control (MAC) entity in user equipment (UE) reselecting a sidelink resource in a wireless communication system. The MAC entity of the UE can reselect a sidelink resource when a configured sidelink grant does not satisfy a latency requirement according to ProSe per-packet priority (PPPP). More particularly, configuration is performed by an upper layer so that the MAC entity transmits on the basis of sensing using a resource pool; the MAC entity selects generation of a configured sidelink grant corresponding to transmission of a plurality of MAC protocol data units (PDU); and when data is available in a sidelink traffic channel (STCH) and the configured sidelink grant does not satisfy the latency requirement according to the PPPP, a sidelink resource is reselected. |
| US10568106B2 |
Estimation of parameters used for determining a signal-to-interference measure at a wireless communication device
A method performed by a node in a wireless communication network of estimating parameters used for determining a signal-to-interference measure at a communication device served by a base station, and a node performing the method. The method comprises acquiring an estimate of channel condition between the communication device and the serving base station, and between the communication device and at least one base station of a neighbouring cell, estimating the signal-to-interference measure using the estimate of the respective channel condition, and acquired output power and Physical Resource Block (PRB) utilization of each of the base stations, and receiving an indication of quality of a channel via which the communication device is served by the base station. The method further comprises determining whether a change in the estimate of the signal-to-interference measure is required based on the indication of channel quality, and updating the estimate of the channel condition. |
| US10568104B2 |
System and method for heterogenous spectrum sharing between commercial cellular operators and legacy incumbent users in wireless networks
Described herein are systems and methods for telecommunications spectrum sharing between multiple heterogeneous users, which leverage a hybrid approach that includes both distributed spectrum sharing, spectrum-sensing, and use of geo-reference databases. |
| US10568103B2 |
Method and apparatus for communicating with a network on cellular internet-of-things carriers
A method and apparatus for configuring cellular internet-of-things (CIoT) is provided. For one embodiment, a method for communicating on a CIoT carrier in a wireless communication system is provided. A user equipment (UE) receives a configuration of a reference carrier and the CIoT carrier, performs synchronization on the reference carrier, and communicates with a network on the CIoT carrier. |
| US10568101B2 |
Base-station control apparatus, base-station apparatus, and control method that determine a number of training packets to be transmitted by a wireless terminal
A base-station control apparatus includes: a number-of-training-packets determining circuit that determines the number of training packets to be transmitted by a wireless terminal, based on the number of first directional beam patterns used by a first base-station apparatus connected to the wireless terminal and the number of second directional beam patterns used by at least one second base-station apparatus not connected to the wireless terminal; and a notification issuing circuit that issues a notification indicating the determined number of training packets to the first base-station apparatus. |
| US10568098B2 |
Base station and reporting method
A base station of a radio communication system supporting carrier aggregation is provided. The base station includes a receiver configured to receive, from a user apparatus, first band combination information that indicates combinations of bands supported by the user apparatus through the carrier aggregation, the first band combination information being generated in a first format; a generator configured to generate, based on the combinations of bands indicated by the first band combination information, second band combination information using a second format; and a transmitter configured to transmit, to another base station or a switching apparatus, the second band combination information generated by the generation unit. |
| US10568091B2 |
Flexible slot structure for cellular communication in unlicensed spectrum
This disclosure relates to performing cellular communication in unlicensed spectrum using a flexible slot structure. A cellular base station may perform a listen-before-talk procedure, and may transmit a reservation frame when the listen-before-talk procedure is successful. The reservation frame may reserve a wireless medium for a transmit opportunity. Transmission slots may be scheduled for communication with one or more wireless devices during the transmit opportunity. The transmission slots may be selected from multiple possible uplink transmission slot types and multiple possible downlink transmission slot types. Indications of the scheduled transmission slots, including indications of slot types of the scheduled transmission slots, may be provided to the wireless devices. Wireless communication may be performed between the cellular base station and the wireless devices according to the scheduled transmission slots. |
| US10568089B2 |
Wireless communication device and wireless communication method
According to one embodiment, a wireless communication device includes a receiver configured to receive from each of a plurality of other wireless communication devices first information specifying at least one communication resource requested to be allocated; and a transmitter configured to transmit second information specifying at least one communication resource allocated to each of the other wireless communication devices based on the first information. The transmitter is configured to transmit signals via the communication resources specified in the second information and the receiver is configured to receive signals via the communication resources specified in the second information. |
| US10568088B2 |
Method for allocating radio resources in a telecommunications system
A method allocates radio resources to a plurality of communications in a broadband telecommunication system, each communication being associated with at least one piece of user equipment, at least one of the communications being associated with a single piece of user equipment, the radio resources being distributed according to time and frequency between blocks of resources. The plurality of communications forms at least one group of communications and at least the same block of resources is allocated to the group of communications in order to transmit the plurality of communications. |
| US10568086B2 |
Method for transmitting and receiving physical downlink shared channel and demodulation reference signal and apparatus therefor
A method for receiving Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) in a user equipment (UE) from a base station (BS) in a wireless communication system. In the method, the UE receives information for at least one control resource set (CORESET) and information for a CORESET not used for the PDSCH among the CORESET. Furthermore, the UE receives the PDSCH in resources other than the CORESET not used for the PDSCH. In other words, the PDSCH is not mapped into the CORESET not used for the PDSCH. In addition, a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) for the PDSCH is received in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol after the at least one CORESET when a region for PDSCH overlaps a region for the at least one CORESET. |
| US10568085B2 |
Handover signaling in wireless networks
A base station and a wireless device may communicate with one another regarding carrier types that may differ based on the presence or absence of certain reference signals. The communication may be, for example, related to a handover decision. |
| US10568084B2 |
User equipment and communication method
A user equipment in a radio communication system supporting D2D communication includes a determination unit that receives a first region in a radio frame, which is commonly used for downlink communication and uplink communication with a base station and includes the first region to which a downlink pilot signal and a downlink control signal are to be mapped and a second region to which downlink user data or uplink data is to be mapped, to determine whether a D2D signal is transmittable using the second region; and a transmission unit that transmits the D2D signal using the second region in the radio frame where a D2D physical control channel and a D2D physical data channel are time-multiplexed when the determination unit determines that the D2D signal is transmittable. |
| US10568082B2 |
Reducing higher layer signaling overhead in multiantenna wireless communication systems
Various embodiments disclosed herein provide for reduced overhead signaling when a user equipment device is being configured with multiple bandwidth parts for downlink transmission. When a user equipment device is being configured with multiple bandwidth parts (channels on an aggregate carrier), the signaling that indicates the codebook subset restriction bit map, rank restriction bit map, and beam restriction bit map needs to be repeated for each bandwidth part. Often however, the restriction bit maps are repeated in the bandwidth parts, and so overhead can be reduced by encoding a confirmation bit in each bandwidth part, such that if the confirmation bit is set to “1”, the user equipment device can know to apply the restriction bit map from the primary bandwidth part to the secondary bandwidth part, without having to encode the secondary bandwidth part restriction bit map. |
| US10568078B2 |
User equipment and base station
A user equipment (UE) and a base station (BS) are provided. The UE receives an uplink transmission configuration message indicating a pre-configured radio resource pool and an uplink control configuration message indicating an uplink control radio resource in the pre-configured radio resource pool from the BS. The UE transmits an uplink control message on the uplink control radio resource and transmits an uplink data signal on an uplink data radio resource in the pre-configured radio resource pool so that the BS receives the uplink data signal according to the uplink control message. |
| US10568073B2 |
Methods and dual SIM dual standby (DSDS) devices for managing data communication
Example embodiments herein provide methods and Dual SIM Dual Standby (DSDS) devices including a first Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) and a second SIM for managing data communication. The methods include establishing, by the DSDS device, a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection over the first SIM and performing data communication with a network entity. Further, the methods include detecting, by the DSDS device, an activity upcoming over the second SIM. Further, the methods include transmitting, by the DSDS device, a connection suspend indication to the network entity to suspend the data communication over the first SIM, wherein the connection suspend indication is transmitted on one of a Layer-1 control signaling channel, a Layer-2 control signaling channel, and a Layer-3 control signaling channel. |
| US10568071B2 |
Method for transmitting and receiving uplink signal for NB-IoT UE and apparatus therefor
Provided are a method and apparatus for transmitting an uplink signal by a Narrow Band Internet of things (IoT) UE. The method may include receiving, from a base station, uplink resource allocation information for transmitting HARQ ACK/NACK for downlink data, configuring a time-axis wireless resource and a frequency-axis wireless resource of an uplink signal including the HARQ ACK/NACK, based on the uplink resource allocation information, and transmitting the uplink signal through the time-axis wireless resource and frequency-axis wireless resource. |
| US10568060B2 |
Using a WLAN interworking gateway (WIG) for offloading UE traffic from cellular network to WLAN
There is provided a method comprising receiving, at a control node associated with a plurality of access points of a first network (e.g. a WLAN Interworking Gateway—WIG), information from an access point of a second network (e.g. an eNB of a LTE network), wherein the received information is useable by the control node to perform at least one association procedure (e.g. AP selection, local IP and MAC address assignment, admission control, authentication) with an access point of the first network (e.g. WLAN) on behalf of a user equipment, said user equipment being associated with the second network, performing said at least one association procedure and providing association procedure information to the access point of the second network. |
| US10568056B2 |
Method of assigning transmission timing to radio terminal, radio network node and radio terminal
The present invention relates to a method of assigning a transmission timing to a radio terminal in a radio network system including at least a radio network node and a radio terminal and employing a time division duplex method dividing a transmission time in an uplink transmission time interval and a downlink transmission time interval for transmission between the radio network node and the radio terminal, comprising the following steps: determining a speed of movement of the radio terminal with respect to the radio network node; assigning to the radio terminal, based on the speed of movement, a transmission timing in the downlink or uplink transmission time interval. The present invention relates further to a radio network node and a radio terminal adapted to assigning a transmission timing according to the above method. |
| US10568053B2 |
System and method for beamformed broadcast and synchronization signals in massive multiple input multiple output communications systems
A method for synchronizing a user equipment (UE) is provided. The method includes determining a first beam identifier associated with a transmission beam conveying a first received beamformed synchronization signal, determining if a first synchronization cycle is complete, and based on the first synchronization cycle not being complete, repeating the determining the first beam identifier, and the determining if the first synchronization cycle is not complete until the first synchronization cycle is complete. |
| US10568052B2 |
Device-to-device (D2D) cross link power control
Device-to-device (D2D) cross link power control systems and methods may be disclosed. For example, a device such as a UE or WTRU may determine whether it may have simultaneous transmissions where at least one of the transmissions may include a cross link transmission. The device may further determine whether a total transmit power of the simultaneous transmissions may exceed a maximum transmit power of the device. If the device may have simultaneous transmissions and such transmissions may exceed the maximum transmit power, the device may reallocate power based on a priority or priority setting. The device may further determine a maximum cross link power, a maximum device power, and a cross link transmit power level such that the device may further control the power for transmissions based thereon. |
| US10568048B2 |
Uplink sounding reference signals configuration and transmission
A method and apparatus for uplink sounding reference signals (SRS) transmissions are disclosed. A WTRU-specific configuration of WTRU-specific SRS subframes for performing SRS transmissions is received. A trigger is received in a subframe from a base station to transmit a first SRS. A first subframe is selected after the subframe in which the trigger is received which is both a WTRU-specific subframe and at least four subframes after the subframe in which the trigger is received. A determination if a maximum power is exceeded in a symbol in the selected first subframe is made. On a condition that the maximum power is not exceeded in the symbol in the selected first subframe, the first SRS is transmitted in the selected first subframe. On a condition that the maximum power is exceeded in the symbol in the selected first subframe and transmission of at least one channel type other than SRS-type at least partially overlaps in the symbol in the selected first subframe, the first SRS is dropped from the selected first subframe and the at least one channel type other than SRS-type is transmitted. On a condition that the maximum power is exceeded in the symbol in the selected first subframe and transmission of at least one other SRS at least partially overlaps in the symbol in the selected first subframe, transmission powers of the first SRS and the at least one other SRS are scaled equally to comply with the maximum power, and the first SRS is transmitted in the selected first subframe in accordance with the scaled transmission powers, and the at least one other SRS is transmitted in accordance with the scaled transmission powers. |
| US10568044B2 |
Communication apparatus and communication method
A communication apparatus includes: signal generation circuitry which, in operation, generates a control signal including a target reception power value regarding a target value of a reception power for the communication apparatus to receive an uplink (UL) response frame transmitted by each of one or more terminal stations, the control signal being a trigger frame that solicits transmission of the UL response frame from each of the one or more terminal stations; and transmission circuitry which, in operation, transmits the generated signal. |
| US10568043B2 |
Communication device and communication method
A communication device, which performs wireless communication according to an adaptive modulation scheme, includes a modulator that modulates data to be transmitted to generate a transmission signal, and a transmission power control unit that controls a transmission power of the transmission signal, wherein, when the modulation level increases according to the adaptive modulation scheme, the transmission power control unit starts control of the transmission power before the modulator increases the modulation level. |
| US10568041B2 |
Power control for multiple uplink transmissions
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for transmission power control. One method includes: receiving first scheduling information for a first uplink transmission having a first transmission period; receiving second scheduling information for a second uplink transmission having a second transmission period, wherein the first transmission period overlaps the second transmission period; determining a first transmission power for the first uplink transmission based on the first scheduling information; transmitting a first portion of the first uplink transmission with the first transmission power during a first time period in which the first transmission period does not overlap with the second transmission period, wherein a first total transmission power during the first time period equals the first transmission power; and transmitting a second portion of the first uplink transmission during a second time period in which the first transmission period overlaps with the second transmission period. |
| US10568040B2 |
Terminal and radio communication method
In order that a user terminal properly performs communication even when a plurality of TTIs with different time lengths is present, a user terminal of the present invention transmits an uplink shared channel in a normal TTI and/or a shortened TTI including the smaller number of symbols than the normal TTI. The user terminal controls transmission power of the uplink shared channel based on an individual parameter individually set according to a TTI length for transmitting the uplink shared channel. |
| US10568038B2 |
Method and device for adjusting transmit power in wireless communication system
A method for adjusting transmit power of a serving base station in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes receiving measurement information indicating channel states of the serving base station and at least one neighbor base station from at least one serving user equipment (UE), receiving first information including information about transmit power of the at least one neighbor base station from the at least one neighbor base station, and determining the transmit power of the serving base station using the measurement information and the first information. |
| US10568035B1 |
Tracking device audio circuit
A tracking device may produce audio signals for a variety of reasons. However, tracking devices typically have a limited power supply and contain additional components that require power, such that directing too much power to produce an audio signal may interfere with the functionality of other components. A tracking device determines an amount of power available to produce an audio signal based on a first amount of power available from a battery or power source and a second amount of power required by other components of the tracking device. |
| US10568031B2 |
System and method for recovering a communications station in sleep mode
A method for communications station sleep mode recovery includes a communications station receiving a first wakeup identifier (WUID) from a first access point (AP), and obtaining a second WUID. The method further includes the communications station entering a sleep mode in which a radio communications module (RCM) of the communications station is in a reduced power state, and in which a wakeup receiver of the communications station is in an active state. The method further includes the wakeup receiver of the communications station detecting one of a first wakeup packet (WUP) including the first WUID or a second WUP including the second WUID, while the RCM is in the reduced power state. The method further includes, in response to the detecting, transitioning the RCM from the reduced power state to the active state. |
| US10568030B2 |
Method for reducing battery power consumption of user equipment (UE) during manual CSG selection
A method for connecting to a Registered Public Land Mobile Network (RPLMN) after receiving an accept message with limited service from a user selected CSG cell, which is associated to a different PLMN than the RPLMN during manual CSG selection mode is disclosed. The method includes connecting to the RPLMN based on the availability of the user selected CSG cell in UTRAN. If the user selected CSG cell is not available in UTRAN, then the method includes connecting to the RPLMN by the UE using the stored duplicate value of the RPLMN. If the user selected CSG cell is available in UTRAN, then the method includes sending an ATTACH request to the user selected CSG cell without disabling the EUTRA capabilities. If the ATTACH request is failed, then the method includes connecting to the RPLMN using the stored duplicate value of the RPLMN. |
| US10568028B2 |
Method and apparatus for applying discontinuous reception mode in wireless communication system
The present disclosure relates to a 5G or pre-5G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate beyond a 4G communication system such as LTE. A method performed by a terminal, according to the present invention, comprises: receiving system information from a base station; when the system information includes first information related to a second DRX operating in a second cycle, transmitting, to a mobility management entity (MME), a request message including second information related to the second DRX; receiving, from the MME, a response message corresponding to the request message; and if the response message includes third information related to the second DRX, performing a second DRX operation on the basis of the third information. |
| US10568024B2 |
Method for internet of things communication and an electronic device thereof
An example method for an electronic device includes determining, while accessing a first network supporting a first Radio Access Technology (RAT), to change a serving RAT to a second RAT, identifying a time interval in which the electronic device maintains an active state to communicate with the first network, scanning the second RAT during a period determined based on a start timing or an end timing of the time interval, and accessing a second network supporting the second RAT based on a result of the scanning. |
| US10568019B2 |
Worker safety system
A network for connecting a plurality of network nodes includes a leader node and a plurality of follower nodes. The leader node transmits a sync message to the plurality of follower nodes indicating a beginning of a network interval, wherein the leader node and the plurality of follower nodes transmit information during a transmission period and do not transmit information during a sleep period of the network interval, and wherein during a predetermined time of the transmission period of the network interval each of the follower nodes that received the sync message transmit a message advertising one or more properties of the leader node. The network nodes are environmental sensing devices that are part of a worker safety system. |
| US10568018B1 |
Methods and systems for preventing message overloading in wireless networks
Systems, methods, and processing nodes are related to preventing message overloading in a wireless network. The method includes establishing, by the access node, the wireless connection with the wireless device. The method also includes forwarding, from the access node to a controller node, a network connection message from the wireless device. The network connection message requests connection to network services of the wireless network. Additionally, the method includes receiving, at the access node from the controller node, a message indicating that the wireless device is denied access to the network services. Also, the method includes terminating, at the access node, the wireless connection with the wireless device in response to receiving the message. The method further includes limiting, at the access node, an establishment of future wireless connections with the wireless device in response to receiving the message. |
| US10568017B2 |
Enabling wireless security measures based on wireless access point attributes
A processor-implemented method including scanning wirelessly by a plurality of mobile devices and selecting a plurality of wireless access points based on the scanning by the plurality of mobile devices. Particular attributes of the plurality of wireless access points are determined, and the particular attributes of the plurality of wireless access points are compared. A particular set of the plurality of wireless access points are grouped based on the comparing of the particular attributes, and a particular geographic location is assigned to the particular set of the plurality of wireless access points. A particular security protocol is assigned to the particular geographic location based on the particular attributes of the particular set of the plurality of wireless access points. A particular mobile device is determined to be positioned within a particular distance of the particular geographic location, and wireless communication of the particular mobile device is restricted. |
| US10568016B2 |
Systems and methods for processing dormant virtual access devices
Embodiments of the invention are directed to ceasing the renewal of a virtual access device that is dormant. Some embodiments may receive a dormancy request from an authorization server, where the dormancy request includes information identifying a virtual access device. Embodiments may determine that the virtual access device is dormant based at least on previous transactions involving the virtual access device and at least one dormancy rule. Certain embodiments may send a dormancy response to the authorization server indicating that the virtual access device is dormant. An authorization server may determine not to renew a virtual access device based at least upon the dormancy response. As such, the authorization server need not provision a mobile device with an updated virtual access device. |
| US10568015B2 |
Method for performing channel access in wireless LAN system and apparatus therefor
According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method by which a station (STA) performs an extended inter-frame space (EIFS) operation in a wireless LAN system supporting multi-user (MU) transmission comprise the steps of: receiving a MU frame including a SIG-A field and a SIG-B field; estimating, by other STAs for receiving the MU frame, an ACK transmission time (ACK Tx Time) required for transmitting ACK information when the MU frame causes the EIFS operation; and delaying channel access during an EIFS time determined on the basis of the estimated ACK transmission time, wherein the step for estimating the ACK transmission time enables the estimation of the ACK transmission time by assuming the lowest MCS level among modulation and coding scheme (MCS) levels used for the transmission of the ACK information, and the minimum resource (RU) among the RUs used for the transmission of the ACK information. |
| US10568012B2 |
Device and method of handling mobility management
A communication device for handling mobility management includes a storage unit for storing instructions and a processing circuit coupled to the storage unit. The processing circuit is configured to execute the instructions stored in the storage unit. The communication device performs attaching to a first network and not having an active Packet Data Network (PDN) connection with the first network; selecting a second network after attaching to the first network; initiating an attach procedure to the second network, if the second network does not support an attach without the PDN connection establishment; and initiating a tracking area update (TAU) procedure to the second network, if the second network supports the attach without the PDN connection establishment. |
| US10568010B2 |
Techniques to support ultra-reliable handover in wireless networks
A technique may include receiving, by a user device in a wireless network, an indication of a set of uplink time-frequency resources to be used for an uplink transmission from the user device to both a master cell and a slave cell, determining, by the user device, a timing advance associated with the master cell, and performing a single transmission, by the user device, of a block of data to both of the master cell and the slave cell via the set of uplink time-frequency resources using the timing advance associated with the master cell. |
| US10568007B2 |
Handover random access
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for wireless communications. Random access procedures may include various types of procedures, such as 4-step or 2-step random access procedures. One or more indicators may be included in one or more messages for a handover to indicate a type of a random access procedure. |
| US10568004B2 |
Layer 2 (L2) mobility for new radio (NR) networks
A UE comprises: a memory comprising instructions; and one or more processors in communication with the memory, wherein the one or more processors execute the instructions to: wirelessly communicate with a source node, perform a handover from the source node to a target node using L2 signaling in response to a handover decision between the source node and the target node, and wirelessly communicate with the target node in response to the handover. A method implemented by a UE comprises: wirelessly communicating with a source node; performing a handover from the source node to a target node using L2 signaling and in response to a handover decision; and wirelessly communicating with the target node in response to the handover. |
| US10567999B2 |
Clustering in unified communication and collaboration services
A method for telecommunications is disclosed herein including a first node receiving a plurality of events. A first state machine in the first node generates a current state of the first state machine by processing the plurality of events. The first node publishes the plurality of events to a persistent event log. A second node subscribes to the persistent event log. A second state machine in the second node generates the current state of the first state machine on the second state machine by processing the plurality of events from the persistent event log. |
| US10567998B2 |
Method and device for activating or deactivating terminal-based traffic steering
Provided are a method of activating or deactivating terminal-based traffic steering by a terminal in a wireless communication system, and a device for supporting the same. The terminal performs terminal-based traffic steering, and transmits WLAN offloading information indicating a RAN/WLAN interworking state to a network, wherein the terminal-based traffic steering may be traffic steering on the basis of a RAN rule or ANDSF. |
| US10567993B2 |
Conditional buffer status reporting
There is provided a method for managing buffer status reporting for a wireless communication device in a wireless communication system. The method comprises checking (S1) condition(s) for suppressing at least one Buffer Status Report, BSR, which is up for transmission, and suppressing (S2) the BSR if the condition(s) is/are fulfilled, wherein the BSR is suppressed when the BSR indicates less than or equal to a first threshold amount of bytes and/or when one or more previous BSRs indicate less than or equal to a second threshold amount of bytes. |
| US10567987B2 |
Method and apparatus for changing coverage enhancement/repetition level used for radio link monitoring in wireless communication system
A method and apparatus for performing radio link monitoring (RLM) in a wireless communication system is provided. A user equipment (UE), which requires coverage enhancement (CE), configures a repetition level for RLM, and performs RLM measurement based on the configured repetition level. The configured repetition level may correspond to a maximum repetition level configured per each UE or per each CE mode. Or, the configured repetition level may correspond to a maximum repetition level supported by a network. |
| US10567983B2 |
Method and apparatus for adaptive network slicing in vehicles
A system includes a processor configured to determine that a first modem, predesignated to provide first communication services, is unable to provide the first communication services. The processor is also configured to determine that the first communication services have priority over second communication services, provided by a second modem predesignated to provide the second communication services. Further, the processor is configured to cease second communication services on the second modem and repurpose the second modem to provide the first communication services, responsive to the priority determination. |
| US10567982B2 |
Method and apparatus for communicating ISM prone frequency information to a base station
A method and an apparatus for handling in-device coexistence interference in a user equipment are provided. The method includes receiving a list of non-serving Long Term Evolution (LTE) frequencies from a base station, configuring the non-serving LTE frequencies so as to perform a measurement on the configured non-serving LTE frequencies, and detecting a likelihood of in-device coexistence interference between at least one of the non-serving LTE frequencies and an Industrial, Scientific and Medical (ISM) frequency when an ISM activity is ongoing on the ISM frequency. |
| US10567981B2 |
Parameterized radio waveform techniques for operating in multiple wireless environments
Techniques for operating a wireless network in a plurality of radio operating environments are disclosed. In some embodiments, an apparatus receives a first parameter value set that is selected from a group of multiple parameter value sets, wherein the first parameter value set is appropriate for a first target radio operating environment that corresponds to one or more of: a first level of mobility of user devices or a first range of wireless transmission. In some embodiments, the apparatus is reconfigured to receive wireless broadcast transmissions from a second broadcast transmitter using a second parameter value set that is appropriate for a second target radio operating environment. The first and second broadcast transmitters may be the same or different. The parameter value sets may include a first parameter based upon which the apparatus is configured to determine subcarrier spacing and a second parameter that indicates a cyclic prefix size. |
| US10567978B2 |
Method and apparatus for setting initial window value in wireless communication system
The present disclosure relates to a 5G or pre-5G communication system to be provided for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G communication system such as an LTE. The present invention relates to a method by which a proxy sets an initial window value in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: splitting a transmission control protocol (TCP) connection between a terminal and a server; extracting the information related to the terminal from the data received from the terminal; and setting the initial window value on the basis of a round trip time (RTT) value and a throughput value for each of terminal groups grouped on the basis of the information related to the terminal. |
| US10567974B2 |
Monitoring non-supported wireless spectrum within coverage areas of distributed antenna systems (DASS)
Monitoring non-supported wireless spectrum within a coverage area of a distributed antenna system (DAS) in which a listening module connected to a remote unit of the DAS monitors non-supported wireless frequencies (i.e., frequencies that are outside the frequency ranges supported by the downlink and uplink signals of the DAS), via one or more antennas. The listening module also transmits the wireless frequencies to a monitoring module connected to head-end equipment (HEE) of the DAS. In that manner, a monitoring module can use an existing DAS infrastructure to monitor non-supported portions of the wireless spectrum at remote locations. In addition to avoiding the need to run a parallel DAS infrastructure, the disclosed arrangements are also useful in shared spectrum environments and other environments where efficient spectrum utilization is desired. |
| US10567970B2 |
Cloud radio access network system and control method thereof
A cloud radio access network system includes remote signal sources, a baseband processing unit pool, an access management server, a software defined network controller and a network signal forwarder. The software defined network controller is electrically connected to the access management server and the network signal forwarder. The network signal forwarder includes at least two network connectors, each of which is configured to be connected to one remote signal source or the baseband processing unit pool. The software defined network controller obtains connection relation between the network connectors and the remote signal sources or the baseband processing unit pool, and provides network resource information to the network signal forwarder according to the connection relation. The network signal forwarder establishes communication between one remote signal source and the baseband processing unit pool according to the network resource information. |
| US10567969B2 |
Communications network control
A method of operation of a communications network comprises receiving a plurality of dynamic radio traffic requests from wireless communications nodes. The traffic requests comprise requests for backhaul traffic received from radio base stations, and requests for fronthaul traffic to digital units received from remote radio units. The radio traffic requests are translated into corresponding transport layer requirements. Transport network resources are requested for the radio traffic based on the transport layer requirements, which meet the radio traffic requests. |
| US10567968B2 |
Information configuration method, information configuration apparatus and communication system
An information configuration method, an information configuration apparatus and a communication system, wherein the method includes: the base station configures a user equipment (UE) with a mapping relation between configuration information of one or more sets of reference signals and indication information indicating the configuration information according to an antenna port formed by virtualizing a two-dimensional planar antenna array. By configuring the UE with the configuration information by the base station according to the antenna port formed by virtualizing the two-dimensional planar antenna array, the configuration information is adaptive to the two-dimensional planar antenna array, such that the user end accurately acquires the configuration information of the array. |
| US10567964B2 |
Security for proxied devices
A method includes establishing, by a mobile device in a wireless network, an indirect connection of a first device to a node of the wireless network using the mobile device as an intermediate node for wireless transport and transferring, by the mobile device, data over the indirect connection via a first wireless link comprising a direct device connection between the first device and the mobile device and a second wireless link comprising a direct 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project) connection between the mobile device and the wireless network. The indirect connection supports security protection of communications between the node of the wireless network and the first device based at least in part on an active security context maintained within the wireless network for communication via at least one messaging protocol layer with at least the first device. |
| US10567963B2 |
System for authorizing access to resources and distributing resource provider devices
Embodiments of the invention are directed to identifying information about a resource provider for a future transaction of a resource, when the provider is unaware and/or does not provide the information. The information can identify a unique resource provider code from a plurality of resource provider codes that helps allow the resource provider to settle the future transaction for the resource using the resource provider code. |
| US10567957B1 |
Dual connectivity mode of operation of a user equipment in a wireless communication network
A system and method provide a security aspect for a UE in dual connectivity mode of operation in wireless communication networks. The system and method provide secure simultaneous transmission and reception in a secure manner between a User Equipment (UE) and one or more eNodeBs (eNBs) configured in an inter-eNB carrier aggregation scenario. The system establishes of a security context between the UE and the Secondary eNB (SeNB) using the RRC signaling between the UE and the Master eNB (MeNB), when a plurality of SCells within SeNB are added simultaneously. The system also detects the intruder in the user data radio bearers, while a UE is operating in dual connectivity mode of operation. |
| US10567953B1 |
System and method for updating a status information of a non-active SIM
Embodiments of the present disclosure may relate to a system and method for updating a status information of a first SIM [112A] and a second SIM [112B] of a user equipment [110] at a network entity [140]. In a preferred embodiment, the system [100] comprising: the network entity [140] configured to receive and/or initiate a first voice call from the first SIM [112A]; and the user equipment [110] configured to allocate a radio resource to the second SIM [112B] for transmitting the status information to the network entity [140]; allocate the radio resource to the first SIM [112A] for availing the first voice call; and re-allocate the radio resource to the second SIM [112B] for transmitting the status information (indicating availability of the second SIM [112B]) to the network entity [140] the user equipment [110] in an event the voice connection on the first SIM [102A] is disconnected. |
| US10567951B1 |
Dynamic identities in a mobile device
A mobile device (1) is configured to receive a plurality of identity profiles from a server system (11), store the plurality of identity profiles in a storage means (7), select a first identity profile from the plurality of identity profiles, and transmit authentication information to a mobile communication network (21,22,25) in order to use the mobile communication network. The authentication information comprises an identifier from the first identity profile. The mobile device is further configured to detect an identity change event, select a second identity profile from the plurality of identity profiles upon detecting the identity change event, and transmit further authentication information to the mobile communication network or to a further mobile communication network (23,26). The further authentication information comprises an identifier from the second identity profile. |
| US10567945B2 |
Emergency services delivery
A cell broadcast emergency services delivery mechanism for vehicular Internet of Things (IoT) communication is provided. A method can comprise receiving, from a federal emergency management agency device, first data representing federal management emergency event data, aggregating second data representing an emergency event associated with a vehicle with the first data to form third data, based on the emergency event data and the third data, determining a commonality between the first data and the second data, in response to determining the commonality between the first data and the second data, generating metadata, and broadcasting the metadata to the vehicle. |
| US10567944B2 |
System for managing organizational emergencies and coordinating emergency responses
An emergency response system includes remote computing devices programmed via executable code instructions to broadcast an emergency alert to recipients, responsive to instructions received from administrators or emergency responders, the emergency alert including a response request permitting recipients to provide a binary positive or negative user status response, receive the responses from the recipients along with location information, send a map showing known recipient locations coded by corresponding response status to the administrators/responders, provide chat functionality between users during an emergency alert, provide social media functions including message exchange between users, and override the social media functions during an emergency alert so that social media messages cannot be exchanged. |
| US10567940B2 |
System for measuring parameters associated with motor vehicle wheels
Disclosed is a method of locating a plurality of electronic measuring modules mounted in the wheels of a motor vehicle. The method includes the steps of determination (E1) by each electronic measuring module of a set of proximity scores with respect to the other modules, sending (E2) by each module of the set of proximity scores to the electronic control unit, reception (E3) by an electronic control unit of the sets of proximity scores sent, and location (E4) of each module from the sets of proximity scores received. |
| US10567938B2 |
Plugin-pod for electronic control unit
A ruggedized engine control module (ECU) system includes a plugin-pod, a connector configured to connect the plugin-pod to a connector of an ECU, and signal processing circuitry. The ruggedized ECU system further includes a ruggedized enclosure for the connector and the signal processing circuitry. The ruggedized enclosure is configured to mount the plugin-pod to the ECU. The connection circuit includes signal processing circuitry configured to receive signals from at least one of the connectors, process the signals, and output the processed signals. The ruggedized ECU is configured to dissipate heat from the signal processing circuitry. |
| US10567937B2 |
Mobile information processing
An application deployment manager 8 associated with an associated Mobile Edge Computing server receives a notification (step 222) of a newly-attached terminal, and queries a database 60 (step 223) to identify any computing applications the terminal is associated with, and interrogates an application platform 12 and an update record 72 to determine whether the current version of each required service is currently hosted on the platform 12 (steps 225, 250). The application deployment manager 8 then retrieves any programme data not already hosted on the application management system (step 227) for installation ready for use by the terminal 2. |
| US10567930B2 |
System and method for enabling call originations using SMS and hotline capabilities
A method for handling call originations is provided. The method includes sending origination information from a mobile device to an application server in an enterprise network using Short Message Service (SMS) and determining whether a hotline feature is present in a subscriber profile associated with the mobile device. Data is then routed from the mobile device to a predetermined destination based on the hotline feature. |
| US10567928B2 |
Methods and arrangements for sensors
Generally, smart sensors, logic to process messages from smart sensors, and smart sensor systems are described herein. Embodiments may comprise logic such as hardware and/or code to communicate events as messages via a messaging system to post the messages to a messaging account. The messaging system may be a texting service like Twitter™ that captures the messages and then re-broadcasts the messages, e.g., immediately as a tweet or a cellular text message. In some embodiments, the smart sensor comprises a communications module with a Twitter™ application program interface (API) on a communications platform with a software/hardware framework to interconnect with one or more pluggable monitors with sensors. In other embodiments, the communications module may be integrated with one or more monitors. Further embodiments comprise a smart-device, which can provide status updates and event notifications to a user. |
| US10567924B2 |
Communication method, wireless base station, server, and wireless distribution system
A communication method includes generating a packet including the data regarding which the priority has been set beforehand, acquiring channel-used time, calculating channel-usable time based on the channel-used time, calculating a first channel usage estimated time, calculating a wireless transmission rate to be applied when the wireless base station transmits the packet to the first wireless terminal and the second wireless terminal, based on the priority of the data included in the packet, to where the first channel usage estimated time is within the channel-usable time, and transmitting the packet, and information indicating the wireless transmission rate, to the wireless base station. |
| US10567919B2 |
Detecting device movement and/or device usage within a vehicle
Systems and methods are disclosed for receiving and transmitting accelerometer data and/or usage data, and analyzing the data to detect movement or usage of the device within a vehicle. A device, such as a mobile device, may detect a device movement event or a device usage event associated with the device. Based on the detection of the device movement event or the device usage event, a time associated with the event may be stored. The device may determine whether another event associated with the device occurs within a threshold amount of time from the time associated with the event. Based on a determination of whether the other event occurs within the threshold amount of time, the device may determine an event session associated with the device. The event session may comprise an instantaneous event or a continuous event. Data indicative of the event session may be transmitted to a server. |
| US10567918B2 |
Radio-location method for locating a target device contained within a region of space
A radio-location method of locating a target device that is contained within a region of space, comprising obtaining a first set of detected signals by detecting, at a plurality of points in space, a beacon signal from the target device, or by detecting at the target device, beacon signals sent from one or more radio transmitters in the region of space; determining a current estimate of the target device's location; obtaining successive sets of detected signals, for each successive set of detected signals: determining one or more candidate locations for the target device; comparing the candidate locations with a radio map of the region of space, identifying one or more feasible candidate locations that are consistent with the radio map; determining a new estimate of the target device's location based on the one or more feasible candidate locations; and setting the new estimate as the current estimate of the target device's location. |
| US10567917B2 |
System and method for indicating drones flying overhead
A system and method for tracking and alerting a drone flying overhead are provided herein. The method includes acquiring a first data associated with a user device position; detecting a path corresponding to movement of the user device; receiving, from a server at the user device, drone data associated with a plurality of drones; filtering the drone data to obtain a second data associated with a drone position and a respective drone route which intersects with the path; predicting an intersection area; determining a distance between the user device position and the drone position based on the first data and the second data; determining whether a determined distance is equal to or less than a preset distance; and instructing a user to change the path or the speed of travel down a path when the determined distance is equal to or less than the preset distance. |
| US10567912B2 |
System for tracking physical objects
Described in detail herein are systems and methods for determining in situ locations of physical objects using mobile devices within a facility. Multiple mobile devices may scan different identifiers of different physical objects disposed in a facility. The mobile devices may transmit the identifiers to a distributed computing system. The distributed computing system may query a database to determine the in situ location of the physical objects associated with the identifiers. In response to not being able to retrieve a in situ location of a physical object, the distributed computing system may determine a path of the mobile device which transmitted the identifier associated with the physical object with the unknown in situ location. The distributed computing system may determine the in situ location of the physical object for which the in situ location was unknown based on the path and the known locations of the other physical objects. |
| US10567909B2 |
Wireless dissemination of environment aware information
The method and system disclosed herein enables non-spamming dissemination of environment and proximity aware information and advertisements to a user of a mobile device. The method disclosed herein provides a client application on the mobile device. The client application detects the presence of base station sensor devices in proximity to the user. Service offerings information of vendors is then transferred to the client application. The client application categorizes the service offerings information into multiple categories. The client application communicates with the base station sensor devices to receive business information and advertisements of the vendors based on categories selected by the user. Environmental sensors capture environmental data of a region surrounding the base station sensor devices. The business information and advertisements are correlated with the environmental data and local time data. The correlated information and advertisements are then transferred to the client application. |
| US10567903B2 |
Audio processing apparatus and method, and program
The present technology relates to an audio processing apparatus and method and a program that make it possible to obtain sound of higher quality.An acquisition unit acquires an audio signal and metadata of an object. A vector calculation unit calculates, based on a horizontal direction angle and a vertical direction angle included in the metadata of the object and indicative of an extent of a sound image, a spread vector indicative of a position in a region indicative of the extent of the sound image. A gain calculation unit calculates, based on the spread vector, a VBAP gain of the audio signal in regard to each speaker by VBAP. The present technology can be applied to an audio processing apparatus. |
| US10567902B2 |
User interface for user selection of sound objects for rendering
A method comprising: rendering a user interface for user selection of sound objects for rendering, each sound object being associated with a location in a three-dimensional sound space, wherein the user interface maps sound objects onto at least one shape and identifies sound objects on the shape at a collection of locations on the shape that differs from the associated locations of the identified sound objects; and in response to a user actuation selecting a sound object, rendering at least the selected sound object in the three-dimensional sound space at its associated location. |
| US10567899B2 |
Method and device for applying dynamic range compression to a higher order ambisonics signal
A method for performing DRC on a HOA signal comprises transforming the HOA signal to the spatial domain, analyzing the transformed HOA signal, and obtaining, from results of said analyzing, gain factors that are usable for dynamic compression. The gain factors can be transmitted together with the HOA signal. When applying the DRC, the HOA signal is transformed to the spatial domain, the gain factors are extracted and multiplied with the transformed HOA signal in the spatial domain, wherein a gain compensated transformed HOA signal is obtained. The gain compensated transformed HOA signal is transformed back into the HOA domain, wherein a gain compensated HOA signal is obtained. The DRC may be applied in the QMF-filter bank domain. |
| US10567897B2 |
Assembly aid for miniature transducer
An electroacoustic transducer comprises a sleeve extending along a longitudinal axis; a diaphragm coupled to the sleeve at a first end of the sleeve; a subassembly in the sleeve; and an alignment element extending from the subassembly in a direction substantially away from the diaphragm. |
| US10567895B2 |
Thermal model based estimator
Embodiments described herein provide a method in a thermal model based estimator and a thermal model based estimator for estimating a temperature of a transducer. The method comprises receiving a first signal wherein the first signal is representative of an impedance across the transducer; receiving an indication of a current across the transducer; determining an estimated thermal power based on the indication of the current and an estimated temperature signal, determining, based on the estimated thermal power, the estimated temperature signal using a thermal model of the transducer comprising states defined by a thermal state vector; comparing the first signal with a second signal derived from the estimated temperature signal; updating the thermal state vector of the thermal model based on the comparison; and; outputting the estimated temperature signal. |
| US10567890B2 |
Audio accessory for auditory prosthesis system that includes body-worn sound processor apparatus
An exemplary auditory prosthesis system for a patient includes a body-worn sound processor apparatus configured to control an operation of a cochlear implant, a headpiece configured to facilitate wireless coupling of the body-worn sound processor apparatus to the cochlear implant, an audio accessory that includes a microphone configured to receive incoming audio and convert the incoming audio into an audio signal, a first communication port configured to connect directly to a communication port of the body-worn sound processor apparatus by way of a first cable, a second communication port configured to connect directly to a communication port of the headpiece by way of a second cable, and a control module communicatively coupled to the microphone and the first and second communication ports and that is configured to provide the audio signal to the body-worn sound processor apparatus by way of the first cable. |
| US10567885B2 |
Electroacoustic transducer, and associated assembly and system
Disclosed is an acoustic transducer for converting a sound signal into an electric signal, including a mobile element movable under the effect of the sound signal, a fixed element opposite the mobile element, a recess, and a dissipative element between the mobile and fixed elements. The coupled system has a natural frequency corresponding to a resonance frequency of the transducer set at maximum sensitivity. The mobile element, the fixed element, the dissipative element and the recess are configured so the quality factor of the acoustic transducer>2. The recess has a straight prismatic, cylindrical, or frustoconical shape, the mobile element forming a first base of the prism, cylinder, or frustum, the fixed element being inside the prism, cylinder or frustum, over the second base of the prism, cylinder or frustum. Such a transducer also incorporates an analogue filtering function for filtering the signal around the natural frequency of same. |
| US10567879B2 |
Combined near-field and far-field audio rendering and playback
Some disclosed methods may involve receiving audio reproduction data and determining, based on the audio reproduction data, a sound source location at which a sound is to be rendered. A near-field gain and a far-field gain may be based, at least in part, on a sound source distance between the sound source location and a reproduction environment location. Room speaker feed signals may be based, at least in part, on room speaker positions, the sound source location and the far-field gain. Near-field speaker feed signals may be based, at least in part, on the near-field gain, the sound source location and a position of near-field speakers. |
| US10567878B2 |
Center protection dynamic range control
Circuitry can separate a multi-channel input signal into a center signal and a residual signal, apply time-varying center and residual gains to the center and residual signals, and combine the gain-adjusted center and residual signals to form a multi-channel audio signal. The center and residual gains are automatically determined in response to the center and residual signals so as to prevent each channel of the multi-channel audio signal from exceeding a target volume. During first times, the center and residual gains can vary synchronously so as to ensure that amplitude and phase relationships among channels in the multi-channel input signal are retained into the multi-channel audio signal. During second times, the center and residual gains can vary independently so as to reduce the energy of the residual signal compared to the center signal in the multi-channel audio signal. |
| US10567877B2 |
Method and electronic device for playing audio data using dual speaker
An electronic device, method, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium are provided. Electronic device includes first speaker and second speaker arranged in electronic device, processor operatively connected with first speaker and second speaker, and memory operatively connected to the processor, wherein the memory is configured to store instructions executed to enable the processor to detect an orientation or attitude of the electronic device while playing first channel audio data and second channel audio data via the first speaker and the second speaker, and based on at least part of the detected orientation or attitude of the electronic device, keep outputting a first frequency component of the first channel audio data and a second frequency component of the second channel audio data via the first speaker and the second speaker and switch a second frequency component of the first channel audio data and a first frequency component of the second channel audio data. |
| US10567876B2 |
Microphone unit and audio apparatus
A microphone unit includes: a case having an interior space; a unidirectional microphone held in the interior space of the case; a first opening provided in the case; and a second opening provided in the case, wherein the first opening and the second opening are arranged opposite to each other across the microphone and are arranged in a straight line parallel to an axis of sensitivity of the microphone. |
| US10567872B2 |
Locally silenced sound field forming apparatus and method
The present technology relates to a locally silenced sound field forming apparatus and method capable of controlling a silenced area in a depth direction. The locally silenced sound field forming apparatus includes a first speaker array that outputs a sound on the basis of a first speaker drive signal to form a predetermined sound field, and a second speaker array arranged at a position different from the position of the first speaker array and that outputs a sound on the basis of a second speaker drive signal to form a sound field that cancels the predetermined sound field. The present technology can be applied to a locally silenced sound field forming apparatus. |
| US10567868B2 |
Sound generator
A sound generator includes a housing with an acoustic cavity and including a mounting base and a separation plate extending from the mounting base to the outside of the housing; a speaker unit accommodated in the acoustic cavity and being mounted on the mounting base; a front cavity and a back cavity formed by acoustic cavity divided by the mounting base, the speaker unit and the separation plate; and at least one cavity extending from the mounting base and/or the separation plate. The cavity has at least a first through-hole for communicating the cavity with the front cavity and at least a second through-hole for communicating the cavity with the back cavity. |
| US10567863B2 |
System and method for configuring audio signals to compensate for acoustic changes of the ear
Personal speaker systems including headset and earbud systems may be configured to capture audio data using an in-ear microphone while a speaker outputs known audio signals into the ear canal. The system may generate an acoustic model of the compressed ear canal and ear drum of the listener and utilize the acoustic model to provide noise cancellation at the eardrum, modification to the audio to result in a more natural sound at the eardrum, and/or to measure leakage of the personal speaker system. |
| US10567861B2 |
Wireless earphone
A housing has a bud portion abutting an elongated stem portion. The bud portion is to fit within an ear. The bud portion has a primary sound outlet at its far end that is to be inserted into an outer ear canal, and abuts the stem portion at its near end. A speaker driver is inside the bud portion. Electronic circuitry inside the housing includes a wireless communications interface to receive audio content over-the-air and in response provides an audio signal to the speaker driver. A rechargeable battery as a power source for the electronic circuitry is located inside a cavity of the stem portion. Other embodiments are also described and claimed. |
| US10567860B2 |
Open-close type earphone structure
An open-close type earphone structure, comprising a headwear rack, a pair of ear cover sets and a positioning module. The pair of ear cover sets are respectively disposed on two opposite ends of the headwear rack, and each of the ear cover sets includes a first earphone body, a second earphone body and an external frame; the first and the second earphone bodies are opposingly connected and assembled and are correspondingly disposed to the headwear rack; a shell correspondingly covers the external frame, and the shell and the external frame collectively define an accommodation space for accommodating a speaker unit. The positioning module is correspondingly disposed to the ear cover sets, and the positioning module has at least one connection unit and at least one positioning unit, so as to enable the shell and the external frame to be opened and closed with respect to the first earphone body. |
| US10567856B2 |
Multipoint, contentionless wavelength selective switch (WSS)
An optical device includes a plurality of optical input ports, a plurality of optical output ports, a wavelength dispersion arrangement and at least one optical beam steering arrangement. The plurality of optical input ports is configured to receive optical beams each having a plurality of wavelength components. The wavelength dispersion arrangement receives the optical beams and spatially separates each of the optical beams into a plurality of wavelengths components. The optical beam steering arrangement has a first region onto which the spatially separated wavelength components are directed and a second region onto which any subset of the plurality of wavelength components of each of the optical beams is selectively directed after the wavelength components in each of the subsets are spatially recombined with one another. The optical beam steering arrangement selectively directs each of subset of the plurality of wavelength components to a different one of the optical output ports. |
| US10567851B2 |
Broadcast signal transmitting method, broadcast signal receiving method, broadcast signal transmitting apparatus, and broadcast signal receiving apparatus
Provided is a method for transmitting a broadcast signal. The method includes generating a plurality of input packets including broadcast data, generating at least one link layer packet using the input packets, wherein a header of the link layer packet includes packet type information and packet configuration information, the packet type information indicates a type of an input packet included in a payload of the link layer packet, and the packet configuration information indicates a payload configuration of the link layer packet, generating a broadcast signal using the link layer packet, and transmitting the broadcast signal. |
| US10567849B2 |
Systems, methods, and apparatus to identify linear and nonlinear media presentations
Systems, methods, and apparatus to identify linear and non-linear media presentations are disclosed. An example method to determine whether a media presentation is a linear or a non-linear media presentation comprises generating a reference log comprising a first media identifier of first media and a time at which the first media was presented, accessing a media presentation log comprising a second media identifier of second media and a time at which the second media was presented, and determining whether the second media correspond to a linear media presentation or a non-linear media presentation by comparing the media presentation log to the reference log. |
| US10567847B2 |
Systems and methods for transporting and retaining video header information for video content
There is provided a device comprising a non-transitory memory storing an executable code, a hardware processor executing the executable code to receive Internet protocol (IP) packets encapsulating a video content, the IP packets including a frame having a header storing header information relating to the video content, retrieve at least one portion of the header information relating to the video content from the header, retrieve the video content from the IP packets, prepare the retrieved video content for transmission using serial digital interface (SDI) protocol, insert the at least one portion of the header information into at least one of a vertical ancillary (VANC) data space and a horizontal ancillary (HANC) data space of the prepared video content using the SDI protocol, and transmit the prepared video content using the SDI protocol, including the at least one portion of the header information in the VANC space. |
| US10567846B2 |
Dynamic adjustment of electronic program guide displays based on viewer preferences for minimizing navigation in VOD program selection
Items of video content offered for viewing on a video-on-demand (VOD) platform of a digital TV service provider are each assigned a respective title and hierarchical address corresponding to hierarchically-arranged categories and subcategories within which the title for the video content is to be categorized. The title is listed in a location of an electronic program guide (EPG) using the same categories and subcategories as its hierarchical address. Any TV subscriber can access the EPG and navigate through its categories and subcategories to find a title for viewing on the TV. The EPG dynamically adjust its display listings of each level of categories, subcategories, and titles in order to minimize the number of remote control keypresses needed for a viewer to navigate to a title of interest. In one basic form, the EPG display is reordered by listing more frequently visited categories or subcategories first, and other less frequently visited categories or subcategories lower on the listing or out-of-sight on another page of the display. |
| US10567841B2 |
Information interception processing method, terminal, and computer storage medium
An information interception method, a terminal, and a computer storage medium are disclosed. The method includes: starting a first application, extracting an application list of applications that need to be intercepted, and separately configuring an interception policy for each to-be-intercepted application in the application list; obtaining a network request sent by a to-be-intercepted application, and monitoring, when the first application enters an interception mode, according to the configured interception policy, the network request sent by the to-be-intercepted application, to obtain, through matching, communication information that conforms to the interception policy, where the communication information is associated with the network request; and matching the communication information with a preset policy, when the communication information is specified target information corresponding to the preset policy, intercepting the network request and locating and tracing the to-be-intercepted application that sends the network request. |
| US10567838B2 |
Digital content consumption analysis
Content consumption session progress is predicted based on historical observations of how users have interacted with a repository of digital content. This is approached as a matrix completion problem. Information extracted from tracking logs maintained by one or more content providers is used to estimate the extent to which various content items are consumed. The extracted session progress data is used to populate a session progress matrix in which each matrix element represents a session progress for a particular user consuming a particular content item. This matrix, which in principle will be highly (≳95%) sparse, can be completed using a collaborative filtering matrix completion technique. The values obtained as a result of completing the session progress matrix represent predictions with respect to how much of a given content item will be consumed by a given user. |
| US10567836B2 |
Media channel identification with multi-match detection and disambiguation based on single-match
Disclosed herein are methods and systems to help disambiguate channel identification in a scenario where fingerprint data of media content matches multiple reference fingerprints corresponding respectively with multiple different channels. Upon detecting such a multi-match, a server or other entity will perform disambiguation based on a determination that a segment of the fingerprint data matches a reference fingerprint corresponding with just a single channel, such as a reference fingerprint representing commercial or news programming content specific to just the single channel. The server or other entity will thereby determine the channel on which the media content being rendered by the media presentation device is arriving, so as to facilitate taking channel-specific action. |
| US10567835B2 |
Media channel identification with multi-match detection and disambiguation based on single-match
Disclosed herein are methods and systems to help disambiguate channel identification in a scenario where fingerprint data of media content matches multiple reference fingerprints corresponding respectively with multiple different channels. Upon detecting such a multi-match, a server or other entity will perform disambiguation based on a determination that a segment of the fingerprint data matches a reference fingerprint corresponding with just a single channel, such as a reference fingerprint representing commercial or news programming content specific to just the single channel. The server or other entity will thereby determine the channel on which the media content being rendered by the media presentation device is arriving, so as to facilitate taking channel-specific action. |
| US10567832B2 |
Communication device, communication control data transmitting method, and communication control data receiving method
Transmission frequency information in units of component, the component being a data element contained in one broadcast delivery service and allowed for independent delivery, is supplied to a user terminal to execute reception setting in units of component. A data transmission device transmits, to the user terminal, metadata recording transmission frequency information in units of component that is constituent data of a broadcast delivery service and corresponds to a data element allowed for independent delivery to the user terminal, such as units of component of image data having a particular resolution, audio data or subtitle data in a particular language, or other types of data. The user terminal corresponding to a receiving device executes a setting process for setting a reception frequency allowing reception of a component to be received based on transmission frequency information recorded in units of component in the metadata received from the data transmission device. |
| US10567829B2 |
Dynamically adjustable electronic program guide
A processing device receives metadata for media content items and displays cells for the media content items in an overview area in an electronic program guide (EPG). The cells include subsets of metadata for the media content items. The processing device receives a selection a media content item and moves a cell, which includes a subset of metadata for the selected media content item, from the overview area to a focus area in the EPG. In response to determining that a scheduled duration for the selected media content item does not satisfy a condition pertaining to a maximum time interval of the focus area, the processing device adjusts a timeline of the focus area based on the scheduled duration of the selected media content, and replaces the subset of metadata in the cell in the focus area with expanded metadata for the selected media content item. |
| US10567821B2 |
Creation of channel to support legacy video-on-demand systems
A television playout system provided in a broadcast provider system receives a playout schedule, which corresponds to a live video feed of a channel broadcasted to one or more multichannel video program distributors (MVPDs), from a playout schedule source, and generates a new channel comprising one or more video on demand (VOD) content assets, based on one or more scheduling rules of the playout schedule, to be transmitted to a plurality of MVPDs at a time specified in the received playout schedule. The received live video feed of the channel is sanitized by removal of a lower third graphical content overlay from the live video feed for the generation of the new channel. A discontinuity is inserted between program segments to allow dynamic ad insertion (DAI) within the program segments of the live video feed for the new channel. |
| US10567820B2 |
Systems and methods for sell-side TV ad-optimization
Systems and methods are disclosed for targeting of advertising content for a consumer product, by obtaining consumer demographic data, the consumer demographic data including a plurality of demographic attributes for each person; identifying a plurality of media slots; and obtaining program information for a respective identified program aired in each media slot among the plurality of media slots, the program information including viewing data of a plurality of viewing persons viewing the program and each viewing person being among the plurality of persons. The methods also include enriching the viewing data with the consumer demographic data; identifying a plurality of advertiser industries; enriching the product purchaser data with the consumer demographic data; calculating a relevance of each advertiser industry among the plurality of advertiser industries for each identified program based on demographic attributes of the product purchasers in each advertiser industry and demographic attributes of the viewing persons. |
| US10567817B2 |
Creation of a marked media module
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for the presentation and marking of media modules. In different aspects, the systems and methods may allow a user to present and consume a media module, particularly a media module containing data that is typically presented in a serial manner such as audio, visual, or video media, and to create a marked media module for quickly and easily returning to a marked point of interest in the media module at a later time or on a different device. |
| US10567815B2 |
Broadcast signal transmitting apparatus, broadcast signal receiving apparatus, method for transmitting broadcast signal, and method for receiving broadcast signal
An apparatus for receiving service guide fragments is discussed. The apparatus includes a receiver to receive service guide fragments, the service guide fragments including a content fragment describing content data in broadcast services, the content fragment including a content element, the content element including an identification attribute of the content fragment, and a version attribute of the content fragment, the content fragment further including a PrivateExt element which is used for content level extensions, the PrivateExt element including a component element describing components in the content data, the component element including an audio component element, a video component element, and a closed caption component element, the audio component element describing a role of an audio component in the content data, the video component element describing a role of a video component in the content data, and the closed caption component element describing a role of a closed caption component in the content data; and a decoder to decode the service guide fragments, and a displayer to display service guide information on a screen. Further, the service guide information is represented based on timeline information, channel information for the broadcast services, and program information for the content data, and the channel information is displayed with capability information. |
| US10567813B2 |
System and method for data stream fragmentation
A method of data conditioning is disclosed that in one aspect includes receiving a data stream and encoding into the data stream information representing a boundary of a content fragment, wherein the boundary is independent of a group of pictures structure of the data stream. |
| US10567807B1 |
Adjustable per-symbol entropy coding probability updating for image and video coding
Decoding encoded image data using adjustable per-symbol entropy coding probability updating may include identifying a probability update indicator indicating whether per-symbol entropy coding probability updating is enabled, identifying current entropy coding probabilities, identifying a current entropy coded representation of a current symbol, generating the current symbol by entropy decoding the current entropy coded representation of the current symbol based on the current entropy coding probabilities, in response to a determination that the probability update indicator indicates that per-symbol entropy coding probability updating is enabled for the current portion, generating updated entropy coding probabilities based on the current symbol and the current entropy coding probabilities, generating a decoded current portion using the current symbol, including the decoded current portion in the decoded image data, and outputting the decoded image data. |
| US10567806B2 |
Method of block-based adaptive loop filtering
A method of adaptive loop filtering for reconstructed video to improve the performance is disclosed. In one embodiment, a loop filter is selected from one or more candidate filters including a circular symmetrical filter candidate. The candidate filters also may include a ½-symmetry filter candidate and a flag is used to select between different symmetries. In another embodiment, a priority-based block filter merge is disclosed. A filter merge list consisting of no more than a first number of filter candidates selected from corresponding filters used by corresponding set members in the neighboring block set is generated according to a priority order of the set members in the neighboring block set. In yet another embodiment, the loop filter is shared by reconstructed video in multiple image units of a same group. The filter merge groups are identified by differences of consecutive group indices. |
| US10567802B2 |
Method for optimising the transmission of video data streams in a wireless network
The invention relates to a method for improving the reliability and the reception quality of video data streams over a wireless network controlled by Wi-Fi communication protocols, the video data stream being encoded in the form of packets Q each including K first data blocks and H redundancy blocks for forward error correction (FEC), said stream comprising a series of packets G each including K+N blocks which are transmitted by at least one transmitting device multicasting same to client viewing devices such as smartphones. Said method includes the following steps, implemented by the client device for each of the data packets G received from the one or more transmitting devices: a/ monitoring the correct reception of the K first data blocks, decoding and viewing the video stream if the result is positive; b/ if all of the K first data blocks are not received, decoding if possible by means of a forward error correction (FEC) algorithm; c/ if the total number X of K+N blocks received is lower than K or if a positive result is not obtained from the preceding decoding step, sending a message regarding the one or more lost blocks; d/ if a statistical algorithm of the transmitting device organizes the resending of the missing data, checking the reception of data according to a/ and b/, decoding and viewing the video stream if the result is positive. |
| US10567801B2 |
Method and apparatus for video coding with primary and secondary transforms
Aspects of the disclosure provide method and apparatus for video coding. In some examples, an apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry determines an intra prediction mode for generating a prediction image of a current block, determines one or more primary transforms according to signaling information that is extracted from a coded video bitstream, and determines a secondary transform according to the determined intra prediction mode and the determined one or more primary transforms. The processing circuitry also reconstructs a residue image of the current block based on one or more coefficients of an input block extracted from the coded video bitstream, the determined one or more primary transforms, and the determined secondary transform. The processing circuitry then reconstructs an image of the current block based on the prediction image and the residue image of the current block. |
| US10567799B2 |
Simplified sub-prediction unit (sub-PU) motion parameter inheritance (MPI)
This disclosure describes techniques for simplifying depth inter mode coding in a three-dimensional (3D) video coding process, such as 3D-HEVC. The techniques include generating a motion parameter candidate list, e.g., merging candidate list, for a current depth prediction unit (PU). In some examples, the described techniques include determining that a sub-PU motion parameter inheritance (MPI) motion parameter candidate is unavailable for inclusion in the motion parameter candidate list for the current depth PU if motion parameters of a co-located texture block to a representative block of the current depth PU are unavailable. In some examples, the described techniques include deriving a sub-PU MPI candidate for inclusion in the motion parameter candidate list for the current depth PU only if a partition mode of the current depth PU is 2N×2N. |
| US10567797B2 |
Spatial prediction method, image decoding method, and image coding method
A spatial prediction method capable of reducing the complexity of spatial prediction includes: detecting an edge (E) overlapping the current block by obtaining a horizontal gradient (Gy) and a vertical gradient (Gx) between pixels within a block adjacent to the current block; calculating an integer slope of the edge; determining, for each pixel position within the current block, a sub-pel position being an intersection between (i) a line that has the integer slope and passes through the pixel position and (ii) a boundary of the adjacent block; and predicting, for each pixel position, a pixel value at the pixel position based on a pixel value interpolated in the sub-pel position, wherein the boundary of the adjacent block is a row or a column that is the closest to the current block, among rows or columns of pixels included in the adjacent block. |
| US10567794B2 |
Moving image prediction encoding/decoding system
A moving image encoding/decoding system may include a video predictive encoding device, which may include: an encoding device which encodes each of a plurality of input pictures to generate compressed picture data including a random access picture, and encodes data about display order information of each picture; a restoration device which decodes the compressed picture data to restore a reproduced picture; a picture storage device which stores the reproduced picture as a reference picture; and a memory management device which controls the picture storage device. Following completion of an encoding process of generating the random access picture, the memory management device refreshes the picture storage device by setting every reference picture in the picture storage device, except for the random access picture, as unnecessary immediately before or immediately after encoding a picture with display order information larger than the display order information of the random access picture. |
| US10567791B2 |
Video coding / decoding with sub-block transform sizes and adaptive deblock filtering
Techniques and tools for video coding/decoding with motion resolution switching and sub-block transform coding/decoding are described. For example, a video encoder adaptively switches the resolution of motion estimation and compensation between quarter-pixel and half-pixel resolutions; a corresponding video decoder adaptively switches the resolution of motion compensation between quarter-pixel and half-pixel resolutions. For sub-block transform sizes, for example, a video encoder adaptively switches between 8×8, 8×4, and 4×8 DCTs when encoding 8×8 prediction residual blocks; a corresponding video decoder switches between 8×8, 8×4, and 4×8 inverse DCTs during decoding. |
| US10567787B1 |
Autofocusing images using motion detection
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to autofocusing of images using motion vectors generated by an image signal processor of a device. An image being processed may include one or more motion detection windows associated with a motion vector as well as one or more autofocus windows. An autofocus window that follows a motion detection window by at least a threshold vertical distance may be selected, for example, to account for a period of time or latency for determining a motion vector of the motion detection window. The device may perform autofocusing by shifting location of the selected autofocus window. |
| US10567780B2 |
System and method for encoding 360° immersive video
A system and method for effectuating optimized 360° immersive video viewing experience. A media input stream is coded into a plurality of phase-encoded bitstreams in multiple bitrate representations with varying video qualities. Each phase-encoded bitstream that belongs to a particular bitrate representation includes a number (N) of frames with a specific GOP structure having a GOP size (p), wherein the plurality of phase-encoded bitstreams equals the GOP size. For each pth phase-encoded bitstream, N frames are encoded as follows: at least a first frame is encoded as an I-frame; and a frame at a frame position i, for 2≤i≤N, that satisfies {i Mod (GOP size)}=p is encoded as an X-frame that has a slice header of a P-frame and includes blocks of only intra-coded data, otherwise, that frame is encoded as a P-frame having blocks of predictive-coded data (P-blocks) with a P-slice header. |
| US10567779B2 |
Method and apparatus for transcoding
A method and an apparatus for transcoding are disclosed. The method includes obtaining an initial resolution of a media file; determining a first definition level and a second definition level corresponding to the media file; determining a first resolution corresponding to the first definition level and a second resolution corresponding to the second definition level; pre-coding the media file using a first preset rule to obtain a first pre-coding rate corresponding to the first definition level and a second pre-coding rate corresponding to the second definition level based on the first resolution and the second resolution; adjusting the first resolution and the second resolution if the first pre-coding rate is greater than the preset coding threshold; and transcoding the media file using the first preset rule based on the adjusted first resolution and the adjusted second resolution. |
| US10567778B2 |
Image encoding apparatus, image encoding method, recording medium and program, image decoding apparatus, image decoding method, and recording medium and program
The present invention relates to specification of a tile capable of being independently processed to process a certain area at high speed in encoding and decoding of tiles resulting from division of an image in hierarchical coding of the image. An image encoding apparatus that performs the hierarchical coding of an input image with multiple layers includes an acquiring unit and an encoding unit. The acquiring unit acquires a first image generated from the input image and a second image having resolution different from that of the first image. In the encoding of a first area in the first image acquired by the acquiring unit, the encoding unit performs the encoding using a second area existing at the relatively same position as that of the first area in the first image in the second image as a reference image. |
| US10567777B2 |
Contrast optimization and local adaptation approach for high dynamic range compression
An apparatus is described herein. The apparatus comprises a controller, a logarithmic tone-reproduction operator, a processor, and a compressor. The controller is to calculate a regularization term and a contrast preservation term of an objective function. The logarithmic tone-reproduction operator is to produce a reference image. The processor is to obtain a compressed luminance from the objective function as applied to the reference image. The compressor is to compress a high dynamic range (HDR) image by applying a gain term to the HDR image based on the compressed luminance. |
| US10567776B2 |
Adaptive partition coding
Although wedgelet-based partitioning seems to represent a better tradeoff between side information rate on the one hand and achievable variety in partitioning possibilities on the other hand, compared to contour partitioning, the ability to alleviate the constraints of the partitioning to the extent that the partitions have to be wedgelet partitions, enables applying relatively uncomplex statistical analysis onto overlaid spatially sampled texture information in order to derive a good predictor for the bi-segmentation in a depth/disparity map. Thus, in accordance with a first aspect it is exactly the increase of the freedom which alleviates the signaling overhead provided that co-located texture information in form of a picture is present. Another aspect pertains the possibility to save side information rate involved with signaling a respective coding mode supporting irregular partitioning. |
| US10567773B2 |
Inter-layer video decoding method for performing subblock-based prediction and apparatus therefor, and inter-layer video encoding method for performing subblock-based prediction and apparatus therefor
Provided is an inter-layer video decoding method including: obtaining subblock size information of a second layer image, which indicates a size of a subblock within a range less than or equal to a maximum size of a coding unit; determining a size of a subblock from a range equal to or greater than a minimum size of the coding unit and less than or equal to the maximum size of the coding unit by using the size information; determining a candidate block that corresponds to a current block included in the second layer image and is included in a first layer image different from the second layer image; obtaining motion information of a subblock of the first layer image corresponding to a subblock of the second layer image, when at least one subblock of the second layer image determined by using the size of the subblock is obtained from the current block; obtaining or predicting motion information of the current block by using the motion information of the subblock of the first layer image, and decoding the current block by using the obtained or predicted motion information of the current block, wherein the subblock of the first layer image is determined to be located in a region inside the candidate block. |
| US10567769B2 |
Adjusting quantization/scaling and inverse quantization/scaling when switching color spaces
Innovations in adaptive encoding and decoding for units of a video sequence can improve coding efficiency when switching between color spaces during encoding and decoding. For example, some of the innovations relate to adjustment of quantization or scaling when an encoder switches color spaces between units within a video sequence during encoding. Other innovations relate to adjustment of inverse quantization or scaling when a decoder switches color spaces between units within a video sequence during decoding. |
| US10567766B2 |
Image pickup apparatus, method of controlling imaging apparatus, program, and storage medium, using different compression processes for imaging and non-imaging pixel data
An imaging element includes a pixel unit configured to receive incident light and include a photoelectric conversion unit performing photoelectric conversion. The imaging element performs a compression process on a first signal which is an imaging signal output from the pixel unit. The imaging element performs a different process from the compression process on a second signal with a different use from the first signal output from the pixel unit so that the second signal does not deteriorate. |
| US10567761B2 |
Method and device for encoding at least one image unit, and method and device for decoding a stream representative of at least one image unit
A method for encoding at least one image unit is disclosed. The method includes encoding at least one image unit, reconstructing the at least one image unit into a reconstructed image unit and applying an offset filter to the at least one reconstructed image unit. Applying the offset filter to the at least one reconstructed image unit includes determining at least one current category in a set of categories for at least one pixel of the reconstructed image unit, encoding an offset value for at least one category of the set of categories, applying a pre-filter to the at least one pixel of the reconstructed image unit assigned to the category only in the case where the current category is equal to the category having an encoded offset value and adding the encoded offset value to the at least one pixel of the reconstructed image unit. |
| US10567758B2 |
Moving picture coding method, moving picture decoding method, moving picture coding apparatus, moving picture decoding apparatus, and moving picture coding and decoding apparatus
A moving picture coding method includes: performing context adaptive binary arithmetic coding in which a variable probability value is used, on first information among multiple types of sample adaptive offset (SAO) information used for SAO that is a process of assigning an offset value to a pixel value of a pixel included in an image generated by coding the input image; and continuously performing bypass arithmetic coding in which a fixed probability value is used, on second information and third information among the multiple types of the SAO information, wherein the coded second and third information are placed after the coded first information in the bit stream. |
| US10567756B2 |
Slice level reference picture reconstruction
A method for encoding a video stream, including encoding, by a processor, a first slice of a first picture of the video stream; receiving, from a decoder, a feedback message indicative of having received the first slice of the first picture; and in response to receiving the feedback message indicative of having received the first slice of the first picture, setting the first slice of the first picture as a reference slice for encoding a second picture of the video stream, wherein the second picture is encoded after receiving the feedback message. |
| US10567751B2 |
Method of filter-unit based in-loop filtering
In one embodiment, a method receives a video bitstream corresponding to compressed video, wherein Filter Unit (FU) based in-loop filtering is allowed in a reconstruction loop associated with the compressed video. The method then derives reconstructed video from the video bitstream, wherein the reconstructed video is partitioned into FUs and derives a merge flag from the video bitstream for each of the FUs, wherein the merge flag indicates whether said each of the FUs is merged with a neighboring FU. The method further receives a merge index from the video bitstream if the merge flag indicates that said each of the FUs is merged, and receives the filter parameters from the video bitstream if the merge flag indicates that said each of the FUs is not merged. Finally, the method applies the in-loop filtering to said each of the FUs using the filter parameters. |
| US10567750B2 |
Signal source for electromagnetic interference test of display devices
A signal source for electromagnetic interference test of display devices, comprising: a housing capable of attenuating an electromagnetic signal; a parameter receiving module located within the housing and configured to receive related parameters of a signal required for testing a display device; a signal generating module located within the housing and configured to generate a signal required for testing the display device in accordance with the parameters received by the parameter receiving module; and an output interface located on the housing and configured to output the signal generated by the signal generating module. Adopting this signal source to perform EMI test on display devices can eliminate the influence of the signal source, thus reduce the complexity of the test, and make the test become simple and efficient. |
| US10567749B1 |
Modulation transfer function evaluation for red/clear filtered optical devices
Systems and methods are provided for evaluating a modulation transfer function (MTF) of a device under test comprising a red/clear color filter. A pattern source provides a pattern. The device under test images the pattern to provide an image comprising a plurality of filtered pixels and a plurality of unfiltered pixels, each having an associated brightness value. An image analysis system determines, for each filtered pixel, an axis, of a plurality of axes, having a lowest curvature. A first axis of the plurality of axes is not orthogonal to a second axis. An interpolated image is generated having a new brightness value for each of the plurality of filtered pixels as a function of respective brightness values for a set of unfiltered pixels selected from a first-order Moore neighborhood of the pixel along the axis having the lowest curvature. The modulation transfer function is determined from the interpolated image. |
| US10567747B2 |
Imaging device, imaging system, and mobile apparatus
Provided is an imaging device including a pixel array including a plurality of pixels arranged to form a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, each of the plurality of pixels generates signals in accordance with an incident light; a first output line and a second output line that are arranged corresponding to each of the plurality of columns of the pixel array and transmit signals output from the pixels arranged on a corresponding column; a scanning unit that drives the pixel array so as to output signals from at least two of the pixels arranged on different rows of a single column respectively to the first output line and the second output line; and an output line control unit that provide potentials that are different from each other to the first output line and the second output line, respectively, in a test mode. |
| US10567746B2 |
Calibration jig
A calibration jig for calibrating an image capturing device mounted on a machine is provided. A second rope is connected to a first rope at a first connection point. A third rope is connected to the first rope and the second rope at a second connection point and a third connection point respectively. The first, second, and third ropes, when taut, define the calibration triangle with the first, second, and the third connection points as vertices of the calibration triangle. A center rope is connected to the first connection point with a first anchor point associated with the machine. A first tether rope is connected to the second connection point of the calibration triangle with a second anchor point associated with the machine. A second tether rope is connected to the third connection point of the calibration triangle with a third anchor point associated with the machine. |
| US10567745B2 |
Head mount display with automatic inter-pupillary distance adjustment
A head mount display for use with a virtual reality system allows for an automatic adjustment of an inter-lens distance based on a particular user's inter-pupillary distance (IPD). The IPD for the user is measured, for example by taking an image of the user in a controlled environment and calculating the distance between the user's pupils within the image. Once the IPD is known, a desired inter-lens distance for the particular user may be defined based on user IPD. A computing device in communication with a head mount display unit may automatically adjust the inter-lens distance to match the desired inter-lens distance. A user's IPD and desired inter-lens distance may be stored for the user in a user account. As such, whenever the user participates in the virtual reality system, a head mount display used by the user may be configured with the user's desired inter-lens distance. |