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| US10682863B2 |
Liquid ejecting apparatus and control method
In a configuration having a circulation flow path in association with an ejection element, a liquid ejecting apparatus is capable of circulating liquid suitably and maintaining stable ejection operation while reducing liquid vaporization, a power supply capacity, and the effect of noise. For this purpose, in a configuration in which liquid delivery mechanisms that facilitate a flow in a flow path are prepared in association with pressure chambers, the liquid delivery mechanisms are divided into a plurality of blocks and the liquid delivery mechanisms included in each of the blocks are driven at different timings. |
| US10682862B2 |
Ink refill container, ink refill system, and ink refill adapter
An ink refill container 63 includes a container main body 64 including an ink storage chamber 76, an ink outlet-forming portion 66 provided on an end portion of the container main body forming an ink outlet 65 that allows the ink to flow out from the ink storage chamber, and a valve 74 provided in the ink outlet-forming portion configured to openably seal the ink outlet, in which the ink outlet-forming portion includes a positioning portion 73 on an outer side of the ink outlet-forming portion. in which the positioning portion 73 is closer to the container main body than the valve 74 is to the container main body in a central axis direction of the ink outlet, and in which the positioning portion partially abuts against an ink tank 41-45 when the valve is opened for refilling the ink to the ink tank, to thereby position the valve relative to the ink tank. |
| US10682858B2 |
Liquid ejecting apparatus
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head which ejects a liquid from a plurality of nozzles disposed on a nozzle surface; an absorbing member which makes contact with the nozzle surface and can absorb a liquid which is adhered to the nozzle surface; and a pressing member which causes the ink absorbing member to contact the nozzle surface by pressing the absorbing member from a side which opposes a side which contacts the nozzle surface. In the liquid ejecting apparatus, a pressure applied to a nozzle peripheral region within the nozzle surface due to the absorbing member which is pressed by the pressing member making contact with the nozzle surface is smaller than a pressure applied to a region other than the nozzle peripheral region within the nozzle surface. |
| US10682857B2 |
Adaptive ink flushing of a printer
Systems and methods are provided for adaptive ink flushing of a printer. One embodiment is an apparatus that includes an adaptive ink flushing controller configured to obtain nozzle firing data for a nozzle of a printhead, to analyze the nozzle firing data to determine an inactive firing span of the nozzle, and, in response to determining that the inactive firing span of the nozzle exceeds a threshold, to transmit a firing instruction for ejecting ink. |
| US10682854B2 |
Liquid ejecting head, liquid ejecting apparatus, piezoelectric device, and method of manufacturing liquid ejecting head
A liquid ejecting head including a flow path forming substrate on which a pressure generation chamber and a first liquid supply chamber communicating with the pressure generation chamber are formed, a vibration plate that is formed on one surface side of the flow path forming substrate, a piezoelectric element that is provided on the vibration plate at a position corresponding to the first pressure generation chamber, a first filter that is provided on the one surface side of the flow path forming substrate and in which a plurality of first liquid supply ports communicating with the first liquid supply chamber are formed, and a second filter that is provided on an upstream side of the first filter and provided with a plurality of second liquid supply ports, in which an inner diameter of the second liquid supply port is an inner diameter or larger of the first liquid supply port. |
| US10682850B2 |
Machine arrangement for sequential processing of sheet-type substrates
A machine arrangement, for sequentially processing sheet-type substrates, includes a plurality of different processing stations, one of which includes a non-impact printing device that prints the substrates. The processing station, including the non-impact printing device, also includes a printing cylinder, on the circumference of which, the non-impact printing device that prints the substrates is arranged. On the circumferential surface of the printing cylinder, four substrates are or can be placed behind each other in the circumferential direction. Each of the substrates that are to be conveyed are retained in one of a force-locking and a form-fitting manner on the circumferential surface of the printing cylinder by at least one retaining element. |
| US10682848B2 |
Workpiece processing system and method
A workpiece processing system and method, the workpiece processing system comprising at least one workpiece processing module (3), each workpiece processing module comprising: a workpiece processing unit (11) for processing workpieces (W); and a feed unit (37) which is operable to transfer workpieces to and from the workpiece processing unit, wherein the feed unit comprises input and output feed assemblies (38, 39) which are operable to transfer workpieces to and from the workpiece processing unit and a processing zone feed assembly (40) which interconnects the input and output feed assemblies and is operable to transfer workpieces from the input feed assembly (38) to the workpiece processing unit and from the workpiece processing unit to the output feed assembly (39). |
| US10682846B2 |
Point of service manufacturing method for custom cranial remodeling device
A method for fabricating a custom cranial remodeling device 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 of the infant by utilizing apparatus operating to capture three-dimensional data representative of the head. The apparatus is located at the clinic. The method further comprises utilizing a processor to process the three-dimensional digital data file to produce a device file comprising the shape for the custom cranial remodeling device and manufacturing the custom cranial remodeling device at the clinic by utilizing an additive manufacture device located at the clinic to operate with the three-dimensional digital data file. |
| US10682841B2 |
Optical bonding machine having cure in place and visual feedback
An optical bonding machine is provided, including a transparent datum located within the optical bonding machine, wherein the transparent datum supports a first substrate, a robotic placement head configured to pick up a second substrate and place the second substrate into contact with the first substrate, on the transparent datum, a camera disposed proximate the transparent datum, the camera capturing a video of a flow of an optically clear adhesive between the first substrate and the second substrate, and a curing source disposed proximate the transparent datum, the curing source emitting UV rays that pass through the transparent datum and the first substrate to cure an optically clear adhesive between a bonded substrate comprising the first substrate, the optically clear adhesive, and the second substrate. An associated method is also provided. |
| US10682832B2 |
Fire-rated roofing system
A fire-resistant polymeric membrane includes a polymer layer such as PVC, TPO, or EPDM affixed to a carbon fiber composite. The carbon fiber composite includes one or two layers of non-woven carbon fibers and at least one of an inert fiber mat or a metal foil layer, wherein the metal foil layer has a melting temperature of at least about 660° C. The present invention also provides an underlayment, wherein the underlayment is formed from one or more fibrous carbon layers affixed to at least one of an inert fiber mat or a metal foil having a melting temperature greater than 660° C. |
| US10682829B2 |
Substrates comprising nano-patterning surfaces and methods of preparing thereof
Substrates comprising a functionalizable layer, a polymer layer comprising a plurality of micro-scale or nano-scale patterns, or combinations thereof, and a backing layer and the preparation thereof by using room-temperature UV nano-embossing processes are disclosed. The substrates can be prepared by a roll-to-roll continuous process. The substrates can be used as flow cells, nanofluidic or microfluidic devices for biological molecules analysis. |
| US10682822B2 |
Materials and methods for nucleating aligned thermoplastic crystals while fabricating thermoplastic carbon fiber reinforced polymer structures
The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for making thermoplastic resin materials and composite resin systems and materials made from the thermoplastic resins, by seeding one melted thermoplastic material with a second thermoplastic material in a crystalline state that comprises an amount of ferromagnetic material. |
| US10682821B2 |
Flexible tooling system and method for manufacturing of composite structures
A system and method is provided for manufacturing a composite structure. In an exemplary aspect, the system includes multiple flexible tooling plates that are interlocked to each other to form a tooling surface for forming a composite structure to be manufactured. Moreover, the system includes an actuator array connected to the flexible plates and that can move the flexible plates relative to each other to adjust a contour of the tooling surface to correspond to a design contour of the composite structure to be manufactured. |
| US10682819B2 |
Fibrous preforms with elongated slot perforations for use in making composite parts
The present invention concerns preforms made with a new intermediate material composed of a unidirectional layer of carbon fibers with a weight of 100 to 280 g/m2, associated on each of its faces, with a web of thermoplastic fibers having a thickness of 0.5 to 50 microns, preferably 3 to 35 microns, the intermediate material having a total thickness of 80 to 380 microns, preferably from 90 to 320 microns, and a process for manufacturing composite parts from such preforms and the resulting composite parts. |
| US10682818B2 |
Method of manufacturing a composite material
Method of manufacturing a structural member includes moving fibers (130) along an assembly line (100), applying binder to spaced apart fibers (130) extending across a first area, and applying a traction agent (178) to at least one of the fibers and the binder. A tapered die (180) has a first portion (195) with a first greater diameter positioned to receive the fibers and a second portion with a second lesser diameter positioned downstream of the first portion. Guiding the fibers along the die and decreasing a distance between the plurality of fibers with the die. After decreasing the distance between the plurality of fibers, the fibers extend across a second area that is smaller than the first area, and the plurality of fibers are shaped with a shaping station. Traction agent increases friction between at least one of the fibers and either an adjacent fiber or the die during shaping. |
| US10682817B2 |
Method and system for printing 3d object
The present invention provides a method and system for printing a 3D object. The method for printing a 3D object includes the following steps: a. performing conversion based on layered image data DM of a target object to obtain printing data PMN, where DM consists of a value set XMN of NM pixel points, M represents the number of layers of a layered image, and N represents the number of pixel points; b. performing layer-by-layer printing based on the printing data PMN, where when PMN is 0, a first printing material is used for printing, and when the printing data PMN is 1, a second printing material is used for printing; and c. superposing results of the layer-by-layer printing in step b to form a 3D object. |
| US10682813B2 |
Three-dimensional formation platform
A three-dimensional formation platform includes: a base (100), formed with a pair of guide slots (110); a carrier (200), stacked on the base (100) and clamped between the pair of guide slots (110); an elastic stopping unit (300) and an elastic pushing unit (400), disposed at two ends of the pair of guide slots (110) and abutted against the carrier (200). The elastic stopping unit (300) can be compressed for releasing the carrier (200), the elastic pushing unit (400) can provide an elastic force towards the elastic stopping unit (300), so that the carrier (200) can be displaced in a direction opposite to an installing direction (IN) for being released from the guide slot (110), a flange (210) corresponding to the guide slot (110) is extended from a portion defined at a lateral edge (203/204) of the carrier (200), and the flange (210) is received in the guide slot (110). |
| US10682811B2 |
Techniques for surface preparation during additive fabrication and related systems and methods
According to some aspects, an additive fabrication device is provided configured to form layers of material on a build platform, each layer of material being formed so as to contact a container in addition to the build platform and/or a previously formed layer of material. The additive fabrication device may comprise a container and a wiper, wherein the wiper comprises a wiper arm and a wiper blade coupled to said wiper arm using a pivoting coupling. |
| US10682810B2 |
Three-dimensional (3D) printing
In an example of a three-dimensional printing method, a polymeric build material is applied. A fusing agent is selectively applied on at least a portion of the polymeric build material. The fusing agent includes cesium tungsten oxide nanoparticles, a zwitterionic stabilizer, and an aqueous vehicle. The polymeric build material is exposed to electromagnetic radiation to fuse the portion of the polymeric build material in contact with the fusing agent to form a layer. |
| US10682805B2 |
Formation of pattern replicating tools
Systems, methods, and apparatus are disclosed for making patterning tools from one or more discrete elements. Such tools can have one or more “seams” or joints where the individual elements abut which can limit the tools' performance and utility in roll-to-roll manufacturing. Methods are described herein for producing “near-seamless” tools, that is, tools having seams that exhibit minimum disruption of the tool pattern and thus improved material produced by such tools. The patterning tools can be cylindrical and/or closed in shape. |
| US10682803B2 |
Method and apparatus for producing a liner hose for pipes
Method and apparatus for producing a liner hose (30) for lining channels and pipes, comprising a circumferentially closed inner film hose (32) and at least on fibrous strip (34) wound onto the inner film hose (32) and impregnated with a curable reaction resin, wherein the inner film hose (32) is drawn in a winding apparatus (40) onto a support tube (8) which is mounted on one side and arranged substantially horizontally, at the free end (10) of which a winding mandrel (12) is arranged having a transport apparatus (16) which, during the circumferential winding of the fiber strips (34), transports the inner film hose (32) in a feed direction (36) to a stationary supporting surface (18) which is arranged at the free end (10) of the winding mandrel (12) and over which the liner hose (30) is conveyed further, wherein the inner film hose (32) is drawn over the free end (13) of the winding mandrel (12) onto the support tube (8) against the feed direction (36). |
| US10682801B2 |
Mold carrier for receiving a mold for forming hollow articles from parisons
A device including a drive mechanism and a mold carrier that is divided into a first part (3a) and a second part (3b) which are configured to hold a respective section (2a, 2b) of a mold for forming a hollow container from a parison through the introduction of a gaseous or liquid pressurized medium under pressure into the parison. The first part (3a) is connected to the drive mechanism (6) by a first part connection region (7a) and is rotatable by the drive mechanism about an axis of rotation (A) such that the first part and the second part are transitionable between an open position and a closed position relative to each other. The first part connection region passes through a protective wall (8) that is arranged between and separates the mold carrier from the drive mechanism and thereby protects the drive mechanism against contamination on the mold carrier side. |
| US10682798B2 |
Molding apparatus
A molding apparatus includes: a die provided with a die recessed portion; a core being relatively movable toward a first side and a second side in an axial direction of the die, and forming a flow passage for molten resin between the core and the die; a slider housed in the die recessed portion, having a gap in the die radial direction between the slider and the die recessed portion, the slider being slidable in the die axial direction; and a wall portion forming part of an inner wall in the die radial direction of the die recessed portion, positioned to oppose the core, and extending in such a way that a thickness of the wall portion gradually decreases heading from the first side toward the second side; wherein the wall portion is elastically flexible outward in the die radial direction in a case in which the wall portion is pushed by the molten resin. |
| US10682797B2 |
Methods for gel reduction in polyolefins
Methods for extrusion of polyolefins (112) that control specific energy input to the extruder (102) for gel reduction. Disclosed herein is an example method for forming plastic products (120, 208) with reduced gels, comprising: melting a polyolefin resin (112) in extruder (102) to form a melt; adjusting specific energy input in the extruder (102) to reduce gels in the melt; and forming the melt into a polyolefin product (120, 208). Disclosed herein is also an example method for forming plastic products (120, 20) with reduced gels, comprising: melting a polyolefin resin in extruder (102) to form a melt; selecting a throttle valve (104) position for gel reduction; setting the throttle valve (104) at the selected throttle valve (104) position to restrict flow of the melt out of the extruder (102); and forming the melt into a polyolefin product (120, 208). |
| US10682791B2 |
Modified resin systems suitable for liquid resin infusion
A curable composition for liquid resin infusion (LRI) and a manufacturing process for producing a molded article. The curable composition includes: a) no more than 5.0 wt % of a thermoplastic polymer; b) no more than 5.0 wt % of nano-sized core-shell particles; c) no more than 5.0 wt % of nano-sized inorganic particles; d) an epoxy resin component; and e) one or more amine curing agent(s), wherein the initial viscosity of said curable composition is no more than 5 Poise at a temperature within the temperature range of from about 80° C. to about 130° C. |
| US10682789B2 |
Epoxy mold making and micromilling for microfluidics
A method for efficiently manufacturing and fabricating microfluidic chips, where a base mold is formed to have positive-relief features used to cast an intermediary template chip with negative-relief features having dimensions of a scale in the micron range. The intermediary template chip is used to case a production mold, which is formed of a reinforced epoxy resin that, once hardened into a solid epoxy member, can withstand the structural pressures of a CNC machining system. The production mold can be refined by a CNC machining, where the refined production mold is then used to cast production chips to be used as microfluidic chips. |
| US10682785B1 |
Method for producing a negative cast for a brace with corrective forces to control PLC deficiencies
A casting method for a brace having corrective forces is disclosed. The foot is externally rotated during casting and corrective forces are applied at the lateral knee and anteromedial ankle. With the knee flexed at between about 70° to 90°, the cast is fully extended, which places the knee in a position which will reduce the pressures on the medial knee. This is the position desired during the casting process with the knee flexed and then held while extending the knee. The result is control of the posterior lateral rotation, therefore controlling the posterior subluxation of the tibial plateau to achieve the motion and alignment that the screw home motion produces. |
| US10682782B2 |
Apparatus and method for stripping away/pushing out a punched grid/internally formed part and ejecting a blanked part in a precision blanking press
In an apparatus and a method for stripping/pushing out a punched grid and for ejecting a blanked part from a die in a precision blanking press, the force of stripping/pushing out and ejection can be adjusted independent of the knife-edged ring force and the counterstay counteracting force while reducing the mass of the knife-edged ring and counterstay pistons, increasing the stripping/pushing and ejection speeds, and at the same time simplifying the hydraulic circuit. |
| US10682776B1 |
Method of customization and assembly of the prefitted knife
A knife with a hidden tang, and a computerized method selecting the pre-fitted knife parts and assembling them into a customized knife product, based on the consumer's selections including use of a natural material for the knife handle, but without the need for grinding, polishing or processing the pre-fitted parts after assembly.A knife assembly utilizing a rounded filet surface and a hidden tang for the precise fitting and connection of a butt of a knife tang, handles and a cylindrical back surface of a generally cylindrical blade bolster. A method of assembly of a knife with a hidden tang, using a larger diameter channel in the handle and providing specific geometric requirements for the components in order to accomplish a more precise fit of the pre-ordered components. |
| US10682775B2 |
Bidirectional device for changing a handling glove and method for replacing said glove by translation
The invention relates to a bidirectional device for changing a handling glove from the inside towards the outside and from the outside towards the inside of a glove box under containment. The device is intended for replacing a used glove (60) with a new glove. The device comprises a cuff (6) sealingly connected to a cuff sleeve (20) and a glove (60) made of a flexible material sealingly connected to a glove sleeve (40). The glove sleeve comprises snap-fitting studs on the outside and the cuff sleeve comprises axial ramps (30). The snap-fitting studs of the glove sleeve slide in the axial ramps of the cuff sleeve until the glove sleeve is locked, forming, once assembled, a sealed assembly referred to as cuff port (10). |
| US10682774B2 |
Sensorized robotic gripping device
A robotic gripping device is provided. The robotic gripping device includes a palm and a plurality of digits coupled to the palm. The robotic gripping device also includes a time-of-flight sensor arranged on the palm such that the time-of-flight sensor is configured to generate time-of-flight distance data in a direction between the plurality of digits. The robotic gripping device additionally includes an infrared camera, including an infrared illumination source, where the infrared camera is arranged on the palm such that the infrared camera is configured to generate grayscale image data in the direction between the plurality of digits. |
| US10682772B2 |
Reversible mechanical arm gravitational torque balancing device
The present invention belongs to the field of medical rehabilitation training equipment, and particularly discloses a reversible mechanical arm gravitational torque balancing device, comprising a counterweight guide groove module, a counterweight, a mechanical arm joint, a rope, a guide pulley block, a counterweight disc, a mechanical arm joint link and a rack. The counterweight guide groove module is mounted on the rack; the counterweight has a lower end mounted on the counterweight guide groove module and an upper end connected to the rope, and the rope is wound on the counterweight disc after passing through the guide pulley block mounted on the rack; the mechanical arm joint is mounted on the rack and internally provided with a motor; the counterweight disc is mounted on an output shaft of the motor of the mechanical arm joint; and the mechanical arm joint link is also mounted on the output shaft of the motor of the mechanical arm joint and the gravity of the mechanical arm joint link produces a gravitational torque on the mechanical arm joint. The present invention can change the direction of the provided balance torque when the mechanical arm performs the morphological transformation, and features simple, rapid and labor-saving operation as well as reliable structure. |
| US10682769B2 |
Closing apparatus for use with a multi-piece, hinged, hydroponic tower
A tower closing apparatus is provided that is configured to simplify the closing of a multi-piece, hinged hydroponic tower. The hydroponic tower closing apparatus utilizes a collection of static and continuously moving components (e.g., motor driven drive rollers, alignment rollers, tower body alignment rollers, face plate manipulation rollers, face closing rollers, etc.) to close a hydroponic tower as it passes through the apparatus. In particular, as the tower is driven through the closing apparatus, a series of face plate manipulation rollers gradually rotate the face plate(s) relative to the tower body, moving the face plate(s) from a fully open position to a partially closed position. Next a series of face closing rollers continue to rotate the face plate(s) from the partially closed position to the fully closed position, forcing the fasteners to latch the face plate(s) into position. |
| US10682767B2 |
Methods for operating medical imaging devices and medical imaging devices
Methods for operating medical imaging devices and medical imaging devices are disclosed herein. In one example, the medical imaging device includes a user interface device for displaying information relevant to an imaging process to a user and/or receiving user input relevant to an imaging process and at least one component controllable according to a user command entered using the user interface device, wherein the user interface device includes at least one pair of mixed reality smart glasses, whereby a virtual assistance line indicating the direction of view of a wearer of the smart glasses is projected into the field of view of the smart glasses, wherein upon reception of at least one user command at least one component is controlled based on the user command and the direction defined by the assistance line. |
| US10682764B2 |
3D segmentation for robotic applications
A robotic system includes a robot having an associated workspace; a vision sensor constructed to obtain a 3D image of a robot scene including a workpiece located in the workspace; and a control system communicatively coupled to the vision sensor and to the robot. The control system is configured to execute program instructions to filter the image by segmenting the image into a first image portion containing substantially only a region of interest within the robot scene, and a second image portion containing the balance of the robot scene outside the region of interest; and by storing image data associated with the first image portion. The control system is operative to control movement of the robot to perform work, on the workpiece based on the image data associated with the first image portion. |
| US10682763B2 |
Robot system that operates through a network firewall
A remote controlled robot system that includes a robot and a remote control station that communicate through a communication network. Communication with the robot is limited by a firewall coupled to the communication network. A communication server establishes communication between the robot and the remote control station so that the station can send commands to the robot through the firewall. |
| US10682761B2 |
System and method for detecting and fixing robotic process automation failures
A system and method for detecting and fixing robotic process automation failures, including collecting tasks from at least one client computerized device, processing the tasks via robotic process automation, collecting tasks that failed to complete per task type, recording successful execution steps per each of the failed tasks, evaluating the recorded successful execution steps with respect to the failed task types, and providing selected execution steps that best fix the failed tasks, thereby fixing the robotic process automation failures. |
| US10682759B1 |
Human-robot interaction function allocation analysis
Typical inventive practice allocates functions between human and robot, interacting in an unmanned system. Analyses are performed of: mission system; function allocation; and, human-robot interaction automation allocation. Mission system analysis includes: identification of mission system needs, mission system integration parameters, and mission capability configuration; and, mission system report creation (at least partially based on these identifications). Function allocation analysis includes: mission activity analysis; functional allocation report creation (at least partially based on the mission activity analysis); unmanned system safety analysis; and, unmanned system safety report creation (at least partially based on the unmanned system safety analysis). Human-robot interaction automation allocation analysis includes: identification of unmanned system capabilities, unmanned system mission safety considerations, and human-robot interaction configuration; human-robot interaction test-and-evaluation plan creation (at least partially based on these identifications); human-robot interaction performance evaluation; and, human-robot interaction configuration final report creation (at least partially based on the human-robot interaction performance evaluation). |
| US10682758B2 |
Numerical method for obtaining the inverse kinematics of six-degree-of-freedom serial robot with an offset wrist
Disclosed is a method for obtaining the inverse kinematics of a six-degree-of-freedom serial robot with an offset wrist. The method uses the analytical solution of the inverse kinematics of the six-degree-of-freedom serial robot with a non-offset wrist as an approximate solution of the inverse kinematics of the six-degree-of-freedom serial robot with an offset wrist and an initial point for iteration, and obtains a numerical solution of the inverse kinematics of the six-degree-of-freedom serial robot with an offset wrist meeting the accuracy through continuously iterative approaching. The present disclosure has faster convergence and less calculation amount relative to the traditional calculation method, reduces the computation burden for a robot controller, and improves the real-time performance. |
| US10682757B2 |
Controller for a commissioning device
A controller for a commissioning device for storing piece goods such as medicinal packages is provided. The controller includes a delivery table that extends in a first direction, two elongated clamping jaws disposed above the delivery table, the jaws having clamping surfaces that face one another, and a clamping jaw guide apparatus with a frame structure, at least one first and one second guide which are separated from one another in the first direction and extend in a second direction, and at least four clamping jaw carriages which are coupled to the guides and driven in the second direction. Two clamping jaw carriages each are associated with a guide and at least two clamping jaw carriages separated from one another in the first direction are coupled to one clamping jaw, respectively. |
| US10682756B1 |
Driving assembly and robotic hand having the same
A driving assembly of a robotic hand includes an actuator, a fixed member, an elastic member having an end connected to the actuator, two phalanxes rotatably connected to each other through a first revolute joint, one of which is rotatably connected to the fixed member through a second revolute joint, torsion springs mounted to the first revolute joint and the second revolute joint, a first pulling member having two opposite ends that are respectively fixed to the fixed member and the first revolute joint, a second pulling member having two opposite ends that are respectively fixed to the first revolute joint and the second revolute joint, and a third pulling member having two opposite ends that are respectively fixed to the actuator and the second one of the at least two phalanxes. |
| US10682754B2 |
Apparatus for use with power tools
An apparatus is provided for use with at least one module comprising a base with, or for the receipt of, a power tool. The module base is received in a recess, aperture or slot defined in a frame. Engagement means are provided to allow the module to be releasably engaged in position, and guide means to allow the accurate introduction and removal of the module from the frame is provided. A plurality of support legs is also provided, movable between a first extended position holding a top surface of the frame at a first distance from a support surface on which the legs are located, and a second position in which at least a portion of the legs are folded or retracted such that the top surface is positioned with a gap at a reduced distance from the support surface. |
| US10682750B2 |
Hand-held power tool and operating method thereof
The present invention provides a handheld power tool and an operation method thereof. The handheld power tool comprises a housing, a handle, a switch, a motor, an output shaft and a working component; the working component comprises at least two working chucks; the at least two working chucks respectively comprise a working shaft, the handheld power tool further comprises a control mechanism locking the working component relative to the position of the housing, the control mechanism comprises a control part adjacent to the switch and movably disposed relative to the housing, and the control part operably removes the position locking of the working component and controls the output shaft to be dis-matched and disconnected with one of the working shafts; and the position conversion of the working chucks can be finished by means of other body parts of an operator through one hand, and the operation is convenient and reliable. |
| US10682744B2 |
Ratchet wrench providing combined functions of ordinary ratchet wrenches
A ratchet wrench includes a first and a second drive members 21, 21′ rotatably mounted in a first and a second heads 16, 16′ extended from a first and a second ends of a handle 10. The first drive member 21 includes a square inner periphery 35 adapted to slidably retain a drive shaft 36 including a ½″ drive fitting 45 and a ⅜″ drive fitting 46, and the second drive member 21′ includes a ¼″ drive hexagonal bit holder 53 and ¼″ drive fitting 54, for providing combined functions of ordinary ratchet wrenches for turning fasteners. A first and a second ratcheting mechanisms are mounted in the first and the second ends of the handle 10 for turning the first and the second drive members 21, 21′, by the handle 10. |
| US10682741B2 |
Device for clamping a workpiece on a tool
A device for clamping a workpiece on tool includes a ram and a clamp, the ram being selectively actuated by a pressurized fluid. The ram includes a body which, when in use, is secured to the tool and a slide mounted such that it can slide with respect to the body. The clamp is hinged with the slide about a pivot axis. The body includes a front face beyond which the clamp projects when it is in a clamping position in order to clamp the workpiece. In addition, the clamp has a release position which it reaches at least partially by pivoting about the pivot axis. The slide includes a piston and a rod that are assembled to one another. The pivot axis is offset by a predetermined distance with respect to the axis of the rod in the direction of the front face. |
| US10682740B2 |
Clamping device and method
A clamping device is disclosed. The clamping device includes a body having a first end and a second end; a first clamping portion secured to the first end of the body; and a second clamping portion operable to move in a bore of the body relative to the first clamping portion between an open position and a clamped position, the second clamping portion cooperating with the first clamping portion to clamp a cable between the first clamping portion and the second clamping portion. |
| US10682739B2 |
Electrical hand-held tool with protective dust cover
The invention relates to an electric hand-held tool with a tool mount, a motor for driving a tool fastened in the tool mount, and a housing which includes a handle area, a motor area for accommodating the motor, and in which vent openings are configured for the ventilation of the motor. At least in the area of the vent openings, the housing is provided with at least one cover with a closed surface, said cover sitting flush against the housing with an edge area facing the tool mount, being arranged at a distance from the housing in an area above the vent openings, and leaving a gap between the cover and the housing in the area of its edge area facing away from the tool mount. |
| US10682735B2 |
Method and apparatus for applying a uniform texture to a substantially vertical surface
A surfacing apparatus supported adjacent a substantially vertical surface of a structure for applying an even and uniform texture to the surface of the structure using a selectively adjustable force exerted on a texturing means to engage the surface of the structure. The surfacing apparatus is suited for horizontal and vertical movement in controlled prescribed paths under controlled and prescribed pressure from the adjustable tensioning means. The surfacing apparatus can include a texturing head that can be configured to conform to the contour of a curved work surface to apply an even and uniform texture thereon. |
| US10682734B2 |
Internal cavity support methodology for ultrasonic additive manufacturing
A manifold structure and method of forming a manifold structure includes using an ultrasonic additive manufacturing (UAM) process to build up a solid structure, machining the solid structure to form a cavity and free-standing support pillars within the cavity, and using a UAM process to build up a finstock layer over the cavity. The support pillars formed by machining have yield strengths high enough to support UAM of the finstock layer over the cavity. A plurality of finstock layers are built up within the cavity to segment the cavity into a plurality of cavities. UAM of the finstock layers enables the finstock layers to be stacked in a direction normal to a direction of flow through the cavity for efficiently transferring heat through the manifold structure. |
| US10682731B2 |
Process for making a boric acid free flux
The invention described herein pertains generally to a process for making boric acid free flux compositions in which boric acid and/or borax is substituted with a molar equivalent amount of potassium tetraborate tetrahydrate. In some embodiments, a phthalocyanine pigment is used to affect a color change at activation temperature. |
| US10682730B2 |
Aluminum alloy brazing sheet
An aluminum alloy brazing sheet used for brazing aluminum, without using a flux, in an inert gas atmosphere or vacuum is formed by arranging a brazing material on one side or both sides of a core material made of pure aluminum or aluminum alloy, the brazing material including 6% to 13% by mass of Si and the balance being Al and inevitable impurities, and performing cladding with an intermediate material interposed between the core material and the brazing material, the intermediate material including 0.01% to 1.5% by mass of Bi, 1.5% to 13% by mass of Si, and the balance being Al and inevitable impurities, the intermediate material having a thickness of 2% to 35% of a thickness of the brazing material, wherein one or both of the intermediate material and the core material includes 0.4% to 6% by mass of Mg. |
| US10682729B2 |
System for automated in-process inspection of welds
A system and method detect weld defects in real time. Cameras capture images of a weld pool as well as ripple shape and fillet geometry. A processor receives the images and communicates with a database that stores correlated potential weld defects with images of a mock weld molten pool and images of a mock weld ripple shape and fillet geometry. The processor computes an aggregate probability that a weld position corresponding to the images captured by the cameras contains a defect based on the potential defects correlated in the database. |
| US10682726B2 |
Beam modification structures and methods of modifying optical beam characteristics using the beam modification structures
An optical beam delivery device. The device comprises a first length of fiber comprising a first RIP formed to enable the adjusting of one or more beam characteristics of an optical beam by a perturbation device. The optical beam delivery device further comprises a second length of fiber having a proximal end for receiving the optical beam from the first length of fiber and a distal end. The proximal end is coupled to the first length of fiber. The second length of fiber comprises a second RIP formed to confine at least a portion of the optical beam within one or more confinement regions. A beam modification structure is disposed at, or a distance from, the distal end of the second length of fiber. The beam modification structure is configured to modify at least one property of the optical beam chosen from beam divergence properties, beam spatial properties and beam directional characteristics. |
| US10682723B2 |
Resistance spot welding steel and aluminum workpieces with electrode having insert
A method of resistance spot welding a steel workpiece and an aluminum or aluminum alloy workpiece, and a welding electrode used therein. In one step of the method a workpiece stack-up is provided. The workpiece stack-up includes a steel workpiece and an aluminum or aluminum alloy workpiece. Another step of the method involves contacting the aluminum or aluminum alloy workpiece with a weld face of the welding electrode. The welding electrode has a body and an insert. The insert is composed of a material having an electrical resistivity that is greater than an electrical resistivity of the material of the body. The weld face has a first section defined by a surface of the insert and has a second section defined by a surface of the body. Both the first and second sections make surface-to-surface contact with the aluminum or aluminum alloy workpiece amid resistance spot welding. |
| US10682721B2 |
Method and system for welding with temperature detector
The invention described herein generally pertains to a system and method related to a semi-automatic or a manual welding operation and detecting a base material (e.g., workpiece) temperature, communicating the base material temperature, and adjusting the welding operation based on the detected base material temperature. A temperature sensor can detect temperature at a location that is a distance from the arc and, for instance, parallel to a direction of travel of the welding torch and such detected temperature can be communicated to the user performing the weld or the user controlling the semi-automatic welding system. The user can be informed if the detected temperature is within a tolerance or approved range or if the detected temperature is outside the tolerance or approved range for the type of base material and/or pre-defined temperature. |
| US10682720B2 |
Welding systems and devices having a configurable personal computer user interface
A welding system includes a welding power source having a user interface disposed thereon and a weld controller disposed therein and being adapted to generate a welding power output for use in a welding operation. The welding system also includes a personal computer having control circuitry disposed therein and being removably interfaced with the welding power source via a docking mechanism. When the personal computer is docked within the docking mechanism, the personal computer is enabled for receiving operator input, and the control circuitry communicates with the weld controller to coordinate control of a welding operation in accordance with the operator input. |
| US10682717B2 |
Systems and methods providing location feedback for additive manufacturing
A system and method to correct for height error during a robotic welding additive manufacturing process. One or both of a welding output current and a wire feed speed are sampled during a robotic welding additive manufacturing process when creating a current weld layer. A plurality of instantaneous contact tip-to-work distances (CTWD's) are determined based on at least one or both of the welding output current and the wire feed speed. An average CTWD is determined based on the plurality of instantaneous CTWD's. A correction factor is generated, based on at least the average CTWD, which is used to compensate for any error in height of the current weld layer. |
| US10682713B2 |
Indexable single-sided cutting insert with means for preventing improper mounting of the insert, and cutting tool including such an insert
A cutting insert includes a rake end surface having four corners and, in a center thereof, a central surface portion. A supporting end surface has four corners and, in a center thereof, a central supporting surface portion. A peripheral side surface extends between the rake end surface and the supporting end surface. The peripheral side surface includes two opposing major side surfaces. A hole extends through the cutting insert from one of the major side surfaces to the other of the major side surfaces, wherein the central surface portion is disposed at a greater distance from a central axis (A) of the hole than is the central supporting surface portion. The single-sided cutting insert has a corner radii or cutting edge radii that extend over at least a quarter of a width of the cutting insert. |
| US10682706B2 |
End fitting and method of manufacture
A method, a component part of an end fitting and a preformed member for manufacturing a component part of an end fitting are disclosed. The method comprises the steps of, via an additive process, providing a near net shape (NNS) precursor corresponding to a component part of an end fitting layer-by-layer and subsequently performing at least one post NNS processing operation on the NNS precursor to provide the component part. |
| US10682703B2 |
Systems and methods for delivering materials for printing three dimensional (3D) objects
A delivery system for delivering a plurality of layers of a powder to a three dimensional (3D) printing system for printing at least one 3D object, the delivery system comprising: a rotatable drum having a rounded photosensitive outer surface, a hopper unit comprising a container for storing the powder, wherein the hopper unit is configured to dispense the powder on the photosensitive outer surface of the rotatable drum. The delivery system further comprises a delivery unit comprising a movable delivery plate having a conductive outer surface, an engine for moving the delivery plate to a working chamber of the 3D printing system, one or more charging electrodes configured to charge the rotatable drum, a charging unit configured to charge the delivery plate. The movable delivery unit is further configured to: electrically and successively attract the dispensed plurality of layers from the rotatable drum outer surface to its conductive outer surface; and transfer the attracted plurality of layers to the working chamber by electrically rejecting the attracted plurality of layers into the working chamber. |
| US10682702B2 |
Reutilization of additive manufacturing supporting platforms
A method for using a build plate including a reusable supporting platform for additive manufacturing of a component is disclosed. The method may include additive manufacturing the reusable supporting platform on a top surface of a base of the build plate, and additive manufacturing a first component on the second surface of the reusable supporting platform. The method may also include separating the first component from the build plate at the second surface of the reusable supporting platform, thereby exposing a new surface of the body of the reusable supporting platform. Additionally, the method may include additive manufacturing at least a second component on the new surface of the reusable supporting platform. The reusable supporting platform may include a body including a first surface coupled to the top surface of the base of the build plate, and a second surface configured to support a component to be formed by additive manufacturing and for separation of the component from the build plate. |
| US10682694B2 |
Feedback-assisted rapid discharge heating and forming of metallic glasses
The disclosure is directed to an apparatus comprising feedback-assisted control of the heating process in rapid discharge heating and forming of metallic glass articles. |
| US10682691B2 |
Oxidation resistant shot sleeve for high temperature die casting and method of making
Shot sleeves for high temperature die casting include a low modulus single crystal nickel-based alloy having less than 1 ppm sulfur, a low modulus single crystal nickel-based alloy doped with a sulfur active element, a low modulus single crystal nickel-based alloy having a protective oxide coating, or a combination of two or more of the foregoing. |
| US10682689B2 |
Continuous casting nozzle deflector
A continuous casting nozzle includes a deflector at a bottom portion of the nozzle having a bore extending through the deflector from an open end to a closed end along a longitudinal axis and a pair of ports extending through the deflector from the bore to an outer surface of the deflector. A diameter of the bore substantially rapidly decreases along the longitudinal axis above the pair of ports such that a portion of a flow of fluid through the deflector becomes detached from a surface of the bore to thereby redirect the flow of fluid toward the longitudinal axis prior to exiting through the pair of ports. |
| US10682687B2 |
Turbomachine blade cooling circuit
The present disclosure is generally directed to a core configured for the manufacturing of a turbine engine blade by lost-wax casting. The core includes a first convex curved outer face and a second concave curved outer face. The first and second faces have a plurality of recesses, each recess including a spherical portion. |
| US10682686B2 |
Eco-mold apparatus for manufacturing piston, mold apparatus for manufacturing piston, and piston manufacturing method
The present invention relates to an eco-mold apparatus for manufacturing a piston, a mold apparatus for manufacturing a piston, and a piston manufacturing method, which mold each part of a piston while decreasing the weight of the piston, and the apparatus may comprise: a first eco-mold part which may move forward or backward in a first direction to shape a portion of an eco-part of a piston; a second eco-mold part which may shape-match with the first eco-mold part to mold another portion of the eco-part of the piston; and a piston pickup part which picks up the piston over the second eco-mold part, so that the piston pickup part can separate the piston from the second eco-mold part. |
| US10682683B2 |
Method and apparatus for forging heterogeneous material
Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for forging dissimilar materials. The apparatus includes a press, a tray plate supply unit that supplies a tray plate by one pitch from one side to an opposite side, punching parts that continuously form material passing/fixing parts in the tray plate, a material plate supply unit that supplies a material plate to the upper sides of the material passing/fixing parts by one pitch, cutting/pressing parts that repeatedly cut the material plate introduced to upper sides of the material passing/fixing parts and fix the cut materials to the material passing/fixing parts after pressing the materials, pressing parts that press the moved materials, and extraction parts that separate and extract the formed materials. |
| US10682680B2 |
In-situ chemical oxidation high pressure injection optimization remediation method for soil and groundwater
An in-situ chemical oxidation high pressure injection optimization remediation method for soil and groundwater. A field test determines the diffusion radius of the injection agent in a typical formation, the maximum single-hole grouting amount per linear meter and the injectability parameter. Density-increased supplementary investigation, soil and groundwater data analysis, is divided by spatial distribution into four concentration main partitions, eight concentration sub-partitions. By optimizing the single-hole grouting amount per linear meter, the preparation concentration of the oxidant, and the parameters of the formulation of each partition, the optimization of the dosing ratio of remediation agent of each partition is achieved. The specific construction performance is to adjust the lifting speed of the high pressure injection drill pipe during the injection process for finally achieve the purpose of reducing the dosing ratio parameters of the agent in the remediation plot. |
| US10682678B2 |
Devices and techniques relating to landfill gas extraction
Devices and techniques related to landfill gas extraction are disclosed. A technique for controlling extraction of landfill gas from a landfill through a gas extraction system is described. The method may include measuring a plurality of values indicating conditions associated with the landfill; computing, based at least in part on the plurality of values and on a model of the landfill, a predicted future state of the landfill; determining, based at least in part on the predicted future state of the landfill, one or more control parameters for one or more respective control devices configured to control operation of the gas extraction system; applying the one or more control parameters to the one or more respective control, and with the one or more control devices, controlling extraction of the landfill gas from the landfill based, at least in part, on the one or more respective control parameters. |
| US10682675B2 |
Ultrasonic lens cleaning system with impedance monitoring to detect faults or degradation
Lens cleaning systems, drivers and methods to detect faults or degradation in a lens cleaning system, including a controller to control a lens transducer drive signal frequency to vibrate the lens in a frequency range of interest and measure frequency response values according to driver feedback signals, and to compare the measured frequency response values to baseline frequency response values for a healthy system, and to selectively determine the existence of a fault or degradation in the lens cleaning system according to dissimilarities between the measured frequency response values and the baseline frequency response values. |
| US10682674B2 |
Apparatus and method for treating substrate
Embodiments of the inventive concept relate to an apparatus and a method for removing a liquid residing on a substrate. The substrate treating apparatus includes a substrate support unit configured to support the substrate, a liquid supply unit configured to supply a liquid onto the substrate supported by the substrate support unit, and a heating unit configured to heat the substrate supported by the substrate support unit, wherein the substrate support unit includes a support plate having a seating surface, on which the substrate is seated, and having a suction hole on the seating surface, a rotary shaft configured to rotate the support plate, and a vacuum member configured to reduce a pressure of the suction hole such that the substrate seated on the seating surface is vacuum-suctioned on the support plate. Accordingly, the drying efficiency of the substrate may be increased. |
| US10682666B2 |
Cartridge type fluid dispensing apparatus and methods
A dispensing apparatus having various features is described. The dispensing apparatus can receive a cartridge having a movable plunger configured to direct the fluid through a dispensing valve. The plunger can be movable under a force applied by air pressure. The cartridge can be inserted in the dispensing apparatus using a clamping and sealing mechanism and can be released using a cartridge ejector. The dispensing apparatus can include a ball valve having a ball defining an internal passageway that selectively aligns with a second internal passageway outside of the ball, a brush mounted via an elongating mechanism, and/or a gear train transmitting power from the elongating mechanism. |
| US10682665B2 |
Methods of applying glutinous substances
A method of delivering a glutinous substance from a cartridge to a brush comprises receiving the cartridge inside a sleeve through an inlet of the sleeve while a pressure cap, located proximate the inlet of the sleeve, is in an open position. The method also comprises moving the pressure cap, located proximate the inlet of the sleeve, into a closed position to sealingly couple the pressure cap with a trailing end of the cartridge and to sealingly couple a valve with a leading end of the cartridge. The method further comprises applying pressure to the glutinous substance in the cartridge through a pressure input of the pressure cap to urge the glutinous substance from the cartridge to the valve. The method additionally comprises rotating the brush and opening the valve to enable the glutinous substance to flow from the valve to the brush at least when the brush is rotating. |
| US10682664B2 |
Microvolume-liquid application method and microvolume-liquid dispenser
In a microvolume-liquid dispenser, there is performed an application operation for dispensing a microvolume liquid present in an amount measured in nanoliters or picoliters from a nozzle tip-end opening and applying the microvolume liquid to an application surface. When the application operation has not been performed over a time interval longer than a set time interval ta, a tip-end liquid surface of an application liquid in the nozzle tip-end opening is caused to vibrate at a high amplitude that includes the position of a liquid surface height from immediately before application in the case of application at equal time intervals. The subsequently performed application operation is performed at a point in time when the liquid surface height has returned to the liquid surface height. The operation for applying the microvolume application liquid can be precisely performed in the same manner as when application is performed at equal time intervals. |
| US10682661B2 |
Masking device
A masking tape may be used for covering a masking area. The masking tape includes a plurality of masking devices coupled together. Each masking device includes a perimeter and an adhesive layer. Each masking device is coupled to at least two laterally adjacent masking devices at given connection points along the perimeter. Each connection point is weak relative to the masking devices. The adhesive layer couples each masking device to a lower adjacent masking device. |
| US10682656B2 |
Wash hood for abatement equipment and method of washing
Wash hood for washing contaminants from heat exchange media, and a method of washing media. The wash hood may include a housing containing a flow distributor such as a perforated member that facilitates uniform dispersing of fluid from the wash hood. The wash hood may include a fluid inlet for connection to a fluid source, such as water under pressure, and an outlet for dispersing or spraying the water towards the media to be cleaned. |
| US10682654B2 |
Water discharging device
A water discharging device includes a body including a first water channel connected to a water supply source, and a second water channel connected to the first water channel and to an external entity; and an opening and closing portion including a first opening and closing member opening and closing a first opening and closing hole formed in the first water channel, and a second opening and closing member opening and closing a second opening and closing hole formed in the second water channel. The first opening and closing member moves along the first water channel to open and close the first opening and closing hole as the second opening and closing member moves in the second water channel to open and close the second opening and closing hole. |
| US10682650B2 |
Mincing machine for mincing a product
A mincing machine for mincing a product, in particular for mincing meat, includes at least one stationary hole plate and at least one rotating hole plate which interact to mince the product. The mincing machine has a rotating cutter head mounted on a shaft wherein said cutter head is arranged upstream of the interacting hole plates in the conveying direction of the product to be minced in order to interact with a stationary hole plate to mince the product. |
| US10682649B2 |
Discharge grates for reduction mills
Discharge grates and grate components of reducing equipment have reduced amounts of material to provide lower costs, lower weight, and less scrap while still providing adequate resistance to bending, deflection, and/or warping and suitable material discharge. |
| US10682648B2 |
Plug-integrating container
The plug-integrating container includes a container body having an opening part having external threads formed on its outer circumferential surface, a plug having a locking groove for connection to a socket, and a cap having formed on its inner circumferential surface internal threads fastened to the external threads. In the plug-integrating container, the container body has an open end formed at an axis directional end of the opening part, the plug has an annular part formed at an axis directional end and having the same diameter as that of the open end, the open end and the annular part are joined together by welding as they are butted against each other, and the opening part and the plug are accommodated inside the cap when the external threads and the internal threads are fastened together. |
| US10682640B2 |
Anionic exchange-hydrophobic mixed mode
Solid supports and ligands are provided for purification of biomolecules by mixed-mode anion exchange-hydrophobic chromatography. Compositions can have the formula Support-(X)—N(R1, R2)-R3-L-Ar, or a salt thereof, wherein: Support is a chromatographic solid support; X is a spacer or absent; R1 and R2 are each selected from hydrogen and an alkyl comprising 1-6 carbons; R3 is an alkyl comprising 1-6 carbons or a cyclo alkyl comprising 1-6 carbons; L is NR4, O, or S; wherein R4 is hydrogen or an alkyl comprising 1-6 carbons; and Ar is an aryl. Methods are also provided for using solid supports and ligands to purify biomolecules such as monomeric antibodies. |
| US10682636B2 |
Immobilized ruthenium-triphos catalysts for selective hydrogenolysis of amides
A compound represented by the structure of formula (I): The compound is useful as a ligand for ruthenium to form an organometallic complex. The complex may be immobilized on an oxidic support to form an active, heterogeneous catalyst for the hydrogenolysis of amides to form amines and optionally alcohols. |
| US10682635B2 |
Zeolite synthesis with a fluoride source
Provided are a novel synthesis technique for producing pure phase aluminosilicate zeolite and a catalyst comprising the phase pure zeolite in combination with a metal, and methods of using the same. |
| US10682630B2 |
Photocatalytic composition comprising metallic particles and two semiconductors, one of which is composed of cerium oxide
The invention relates to a composition that contains a first semiconductor SC1, particles that comprise one or more element(s) M in the metal state selected from among an element of groups IVB, VB, VIB, VIIB, VIIIB, IB, IIB, IIIA, IVA and VA of the periodic table, and a second semiconductor SC2 that comprises cerium oxide, with said first semiconductor SC1 being in direct contact with said particles that comprise one or more element(s) M in the metal state, with said particles being in direct contact with said second semiconductor SC2 that comprises cerium oxide in such a way that the second semiconductor SC2 covers at least 50% of the surfaces of the particles that comprise one or more element(s) M in the metal state. The invention also relates to its preparation method as well as its application of photocatalysis. |
| US10682629B2 |
Process for regenerating a catalyst for the selective conversion of hydrocarbons
A catalyst for a selective conversion of hydrocarbons. The catalyst includes a first component selected from the group consisting of Group VIII noble metals and mixtures thereof, a second component selected from the group consisting of alkali metals or alkaline-earth metals and mixtures thereof, and a third component selected from the group consisting of tin, germanium, lead, indium, gallium, thallium and mixtures thereof. The catalyst is a support formed as a spherical catalyst particle with an average pore diameter between 200 to 350 Angstroms, a porosity of at least 75% and an apparent bulk density between 0.60 and 0.3 g/cc. Also, a process of using such a catalyst for a selective hydrocarbon conversion reaction and a process for regenerating such a catalyst by removing coke from same. |
| US10682627B2 |
Extruded titania-based material comprising zirconium oxide
Porous, extruded titania-based materials further comprising zirconium oxide and/or prepared using ammonium zirconium carbonate, Fischer-tropsch catalysts comprising them, uses of the foregoing, processes for making and using the same and products obtained from such processes. |
| US10682626B2 |
Method for producing a crystalline film of zeolite and/or zeolite like crystals on a porous substrate
The invention concerns a method for producing a crystalline film comprising zeolite and/or zeolite-like crystals on a porous substrate The method includes the steps of: a) providing a porous substrate, b) rendering at least a part of said porous substrate hydrophobic by treatment with a composition comprising one or more hydrophobic agent(s), d) subjecting said treated porous substrate to a composition comprising zeolite and/or zeolite-like crystals thereby depositing and attaching zeolite and/or zeolite-like crystals on said treated porous substrate, and e) growing a crystalline film comprising zeolite and/or zeolite-like crystals on said treated porous substrate obtained in step d). Crystalline films find use in a variety of fields such as in the production of membranes, catalysts etc. |
| US10682625B2 |
Absorbent resin composition and method for producing same
Provided is an absorbent resin composition which has both improved absorbency under load and improved liquid permeability between swollen gels, which is free from blocking or discoloration during storage, and which does not generate any odors. The present invention is an absorbent resin composition containing: a crosslinked polymer (A) including, as an essential structural units, a crosslinking agent (b) and a water-soluble vinyl monomer (a1) and/or a vinyl monomer (a2) which produces the water-soluble vinyl monomer (a1) through hydrolysis; and a cationic organic polymer (c) having a number average molecular weight of 1,000,000 or higher, or a cationic organic polymer (B) that has a cationic group and that is obtained through polymerization of a monomer composition including, as essential components, a cationic monomer having an amino group (am) and/or a cationic monomer having a salt of an amino group (am). |
| US10682624B2 |
Plasmonic assisted systems and methods for interior energy-activation from an exterior source
A method and a system for producing a change in a medium disposed in an artificial container. The method places in a vicinity of the medium at least one of a plasmonics agent and an energy modulation agent. The method applies an initiation energy through the artificial container to the medium. The initiation energy interacts with the plasmonics agent or the energy modulation agent to directly or indirectly produce the change in the medium. The system includes an initiation energy source configured to apply an initiation energy to the medium to activate the plasmonics agent or the energy modulation agent. |
| US10682623B2 |
Array for processing materials
Materials (e.g., plant biomass, animal biomass, and municipal waste biomass) are processed to produce useful intermediates and products, such as energy, fuels, foods or materials. For example, systems equipment, and methods are described that can be used to treat feedstock materials, such as cellulosic and/or lignocellulosic materials, using an array of vaults. |
| US10682622B1 |
Micro-fluid reactor with in-plane micro-lenses
A micro-fluidic reactor may comprise a photosensitive glass substrate with a plurality of features produced by etching. The features may include micro-channels, micro-lenses, and slots for receiving optical fibers. During operation of the micro-fluidic reactor, the optical fibers may transmit optical signals for measuring characteristics of fluid reagents and reactions taking place. The micro-lenses may focus optical signals from the optical fibers to create an approximately collimated optical path for the optical signals, reducing optical spread and enhancing fiber-to-fiber optical power coupling. |
| US10682617B2 |
Stirrer for a stirrer vessel
A stirrer (2) for a stirrer vessel (20), which stirrer (2) comprises a stirrer head (1), a drive unit (4) and a magnetic coupling (3), wherein the magnetic coupling (3) has drive magnets (5) connected to the drive unit (4) and stirrer head magnets (6) connected to the stirrer head (1), wherein the stirrer head (1) has stirrer blades (7) and a bearing assembly (8) and wherein the stirrer blades (7) are connected to the stirrer head magnets (6) and the bearing assembly (8), wherein the bearing assembly (8) rotatably supports the stirrer head (1) and the bearing assembly (8) comprises a first rotational bearing (9), wherein the bearing assembly (8) comprises a second rotational bearing (10), which is arranged spaced apart from the first rotational bearing (9) in the stirrer head (1). |
| US10682616B2 |
Centrifuge with exchangeable rotors
A dual centrifuge (10) embodies the following: a driveshaft (16), a rotor (20), which is mounted on the driveshaft (16) and which can be removed axially in a removal direction (E), for a dual centrifuge, having at least one rotational unit (30); an opening (18) in the rotor (20), wherein an end region (16a) of the driveshaft (16) at least engages into said opening; and an additional drive mechanism (32) for the rotational unit or the rotational units (30). The dual centrifuge additionally has a design for operating various additional types of rotors; however, only one rotor (20, 40, 50) can be arranged on the driveshaft (16) at all times. The various rotor types (40, 50) are also adapted to the additional drive mechanism (32) for the rotational units (30) such that the function is not adversely affected. A design for operating at least one angular head rotor (40) and a swing-out rotor (50). For this purpose, the driveshaft (16) and the various rotor types (40, 50) are adapted to each other. The bearing (16), the driveshaft (16), and the various rotor types (40, 50) are adapted to one another such that each non-dual rotor (40, 50) has a geometry that is measured such that when the rotor (40, 50) is mounted, a drive device (32a) of the additional drive mechanism (32) for the rotational units (30) is arranged so as to not contact the mounted rotor (40, 50). |
| US10682608B2 |
Base material-integrated nanocrystalline metal oxide composite-containing catalyst, method for manufacturing the same, and catalyst component
A catalyst includes: a base material; and a nanocrystalline metal oxide composite having a plurality of accumulated flake-like nanocrystalline pieces in a connected state on the surface of the base material, the flake-like nanocrystalline pieces containing a metal oxide to accumulate, wherein the nanocrystalline metal oxide composite is configured such that an end surface of at least one of the nanocrystalline pieces is connected; the nanocrystalline pieces include a plurality of stacked surfaces stacked in a direction in which a main surface becomes an uppermost stacked surface; and when metal atoms or oxygen atoms forming the metal oxide are regarded as main constituent atoms, a proportion by number of the main constituent atoms to the metal atoms and the oxygen atoms forming the metal oxide existing on each stacked surface is 80% or more, and the main constituent atoms have a specific crystal orientation which changes in each stack. |
| US10682601B2 |
Rotating coalescing element with directed liquid drainage and gas outlet
A rotating coalescer having an ejected coalesced liquid separating device is described. The separating device prevents re-entrainment of liquid into a stream of filtered gas. The rotating coalescer includes a rotating filter element or coalescing cone stack positioned within a rotating coalescer housing. The outer surface of the rotating filter element or the outlet of the coalescing cone stack is displaced from the inner surface of the rotating coalescer housing. The gap between the rotating filter element or the coalescing cone stack and the rotating coalescer housing allows for ejected coalesced liquid, such as oil, to accumulate on the inner surface of the rotating coalescer housing for drainage and allows for filtered gas, such as air, to exit through a clean gas outlet of the rotating coalescer housing. |
| US10682599B2 |
Filter medium for liquid filter and method for manufacturing same
Provided are filter media for liquid filters and a method of manufacturing the same, in which a thin filter layer is formed and the content of nanofibers weighs light, by laminating a low weight nanofiber web on a porous nonwoven fabric, and thus a less differential pressure is applied before and after filtering, to thereby increase a pass flow rate. The filter medium includes: a porous support that plays a strength support role; and a nanofiber web that is laminated on one side of the porous support and is made of nanofibers of a polymer material, in which the nanofiber web comprises fine pores of a three-dimensional structure, through which a liquid to be treated passes, wherein content of the nanofibers is less than 5 gsm. |
| US10682597B2 |
Filter system
A filter system and filters and housing components for use in the filter system are provided. The filter system includes at least one filter received within a housing having a cover and a housing body. The filter includes at least one latch tab engaged by the cover to secure the cover. First and second seals seal the system. The latch tab extends axially beyond a catch of the housing body. A filter system is also provided that includes a pre-cleaner through which fluid moves in a first direction different than a second direction as the fluid flows through the filters thereof. Methods of servicing the filter system are also provided. |
| US10682596B2 |
Apparatuses, systems and methods for providing filter recognition
The application generally relates to digital Engine Integrity Protection (EIP) systems for filters for internal combustion engines and methods of using the digital EIP systems. A pre-programmed digital chip is integrated in filtration hardware such that the Engine Control Unit (ECU) or another controller installed on the engine or vehicle can read encrypted digital signal from the chip when electrically connected with the filter hardware. Based on the read information from the chip, the ECU or controller can determine whether the filter associated with the chip is a genuine filter or a non-genuine filter. |
| US10682595B2 |
Filter media suitable for hydraulic applications
Filter media, including those suitable for hydraulic applications, and related components, systems, and methods associated therewith are provided. The filter media described herein may include two or more layers, at least one of the layers having a relatively high percentage of microglass fibers. Additionally, the filter media may be designed such that the ratio of average fiber diameters between two layers is relatively small, which can lead to a relatively low resistance ratio between the layers. In some embodiments, at least one layer of the filter media comprises synthetic polymer fibers. Certain filter media described herein may have desirable properties including high dirt holding capacity and a low resistance to fluid flow. The media may be incorporated into a variety of filter element products including hydraulic filters. |
| US10682593B2 |
Water filter cartridge with slanted nozzles
A water filter cartridge has an end cap with inlet and outlet nozzles extending from the end cap. A lateral support extends laterally from at least one of the nozzles. A projection extends from the lateral support toward a receiving manifold to cooperate with the manifold during use. The lateral support is offset from the end cap so the projection is vertically offset from an end of the cartridge and laterally offset from and supported from the nozzles. |
| US10682587B2 |
Fuel dehydration system and method
A system for removing moisture from a hydrocarbon-based fluid is described. The system comprises a sealable and vacuum rated chamber disposed within a separator vessel. An open cell reticulated foam media is packed inside the chamber. The hydrocarbon-based fluid may fill the vacuum rated chamber. A vacuum may be applied to the chamber causing undesirable moisture in the fluid to boil under differential vacuum. The reticulated foam media increases the efficacy of the boiling process. Described also is a method for dehydrating a hydrocarbon-based fluid. |
| US10682585B2 |
High-efficiency sludge dehydrator using an adaptive mechanical vapor re-compression process
A unique adaptive method of Mechanical Vapor Re-compression (MVR) to dehydrate abrasive sludge to a dry, sterile state that is nearly moisture free while maintaining extremely high process efficiencies by adaptively tuning the system parameters related to the varying specific plus latent heats of the input feedstream. This Adaptive MVR (AMVR) process is supported by the effective use of a unique method and apparatus for the optimization of the conductive heating process as applied to a range of sludge consistencies. |
| US10682579B2 |
Manipulable multi-piece toy
A manipulable multi-piece toy having a spherical body that is removably captured between a base and an attachment member is provided. The base and the attachment member are configured to have portions of a coupling element associated therewith. The base also has a depression with curvature for receiving and securely retaining a first portion of the spherical body in its assembled configuration. In some configurations, the depression comprises a seat with geometry that mates with geometry of the spherical body. By one approach, the base includes a vehicular or figure body. In another aspect, the attachment member includes, for example, a helmet, a hat, a headdress, hair, horns, ears, and/or a mask. |
| US10682574B2 |
Immersive gaming
Various systems and methods for providing immersive gaming are provided herein. A portable computing system for providing an immersive experience comprises a display; a graphics unit to present the immersive experience to a user on the display; a communication subsystem to determine a resource level of a resource coupled to the portable computing system; wherein the graphics unit is to present a representation of the resource level to the user in the immersive experience; wherein the communication subsystem is to: detect that the resource was replaced with a replacement resource, the replacement caused by a real-world interaction with the resource by the user; and determine a replacement resource level of the replacement resource; and wherein the graphics unit is to present a representation of the replacement resource level in the immersive experience on the display. |
| US10682572B2 |
Video game reticle
Disclosed herein are methods for controlling a simulated object in a video game using a rotatable reticle, which allows a player to control the precise angle of an action and to select from a variety of actions, and then adjusts the effectiveness of the selected action based on the quality of the player's use of the reticle. The Video Game Reticle invention comprises a method of generating a symbol comprising a pivot point and a directional pointer, wherein the symbol acts as a dial with directional keys. A left rotational direction control key causes the dial to swing left, and a right rotational direction control key causes the dial to swing right. One or more action keys allow a player to activate an action, once the player decides on the angle of the action; wherein the relative effectiveness of the action is determined by the angle selected by the player. |
| US10682570B2 |
Program, information processing device, and control method
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium configured to operate a game program. The program may cause an information processing device to execute a step of storing information relating to a game part, a step of displaying a screen including a first interface capable of detecting a first user operation, a determination step of (if the first user operation is detected) determining a mode of the game part to be one of a first mode or a second mode, a change step of changing a part of the screen according to the mode of the game part determined in the determination step, and an execution step of executing the game part in the mode determined in the determination step. |
| US10682560B1 |
Strike exerciser structure
A strike exerciser structure includes: a first rubber pad, defined with a swing space; a second rubber pad, in movable connection with one side of the first rubber pad and positioned inside the swing space, the second rubber pad including a swing portion and connection portion, the connection portion in connection with the first rubber pad, and the swing portion extended from one side of the connection portion; a rod, one end thereof in connection with the swing portion; and a placement portion, configured on one end of the rod away from the swing portion, allowing a placement of a ball. Whereby, if a user uses a bat to hit the rod or drive the rod to move with a swing force upon a strike exercise, the swing portion will be oscillated with the connection portion as a fulcrum and spring back to its original position, thereby increasing service life. |
| US10682558B2 |
Training apparatus, system and method for contact sports
A training apparatus, system and method for teaching proper athletic technique in contact sports. A first strap portion may be attached to a football helmet, and a second strap portion attached to shoulder pads. The apparatus provides feedback on the user's technique as tension is applied to the first and second strap portions, for example when the user attempts to lower their head during tackling or blocking, and causing detachment upon exceeding a threshold detachment force. |
| US10682557B2 |
Golf putter grip and golf putter incorporating same
A golf putter grip comprises a main body extending at least 7 inches, more preferably about 14 inches, from a top to a bottom end, a flat front surface has a width less than 1.75 inches, generally about 1.60 to 1.65 inches, and a shaft receiving bore within the grip extending substantially to the top end, wherein the bore is centered between lateral sides of the grip and the bore is angled relative to the main body's longitudinal centerline extending away from the front surface in the direction toward the bottom end. A putter incorporating this grip yields a better tempo and motion, will neutralize the dominant hand and forearm throughout the stroke, will stabilizes the hands and allow for a quieter grip to aid in reducing the yips, and will reduce the wrist angle at address to relieve arm tension. |
| US10682552B2 |
Low compression golf balls having layers made from plasticized thermoplastic materials
Low compression, multi-piece golf balls containing a solid core and two or three-layered cover assemblies are provided. Preferably, the ball has a compression of less than 60 and more preferably less than 50. At least one cover layer is made of a plasticized thermoplastic composition. For example, two-layered and three-layered covers may be made. Preferably, the plasticized thermoplastic composition comprises: a) ethylene acid copolymer, b) plasticizer, and c) cation source. A fatty acid ester such as ethyl oleate or butyl oleate is preferably used as the plasticizer. The cover assembly has good impact durability and helps provide the ball with relatively high resiliency at given compressions. |
| US10682550B2 |
Physical therapy assistance device
A physical therapy assistance device includes a base having a non-slip portion, a spring extending between a first end and a second end and having a first height in a fully expanded condition and a partially compressed condition, the spring being coupled to the base at the first end, and a cone extending between a first end having a first diameter, and a second end having a second diameter, the cone having a cone height, and at least partially housing the spring therein so that in the fully expanded condition of the spring, the first height of the spring is larger than the cone height. |
| US10682548B2 |
Motion analysis device, motion analysis method, program, and motion analysis system
A motion analysis device analyzing a swing using an exercise apparatus, includes an acquisition section that acquires outputs from an inertial sensor, and a detection section that detects collision of the exercise apparatus with the ground by using at least an acceleration output among the outputs from the inertial sensor. |
| US10682546B2 |
Proper rowing technique
The present invention relates to systems and devices for improving of a rower's technique. In particular, the invention provides one or more clamps that can be used in conjunction with a rowing machine to provide external cues that the rower can use to monitor and correct his or her catch technique without the assistance of a coach or other person. |
| US10682545B2 |
Front leaning rest platforms and use thereof
A device configured to assist the performance of upper body exercises by a subject includes a base, the base comprising a cut-out having a shape complementary with a portion of a support member and a platform, couplable to the base, wherein the platform has a cut-out having a shape complementary with a portion of the support member. When the platform is coupled to the base, the cut-out on the platform aligns with the cut-out on the base. |
| US10682543B1 |
Systems and methods for passive, active, and resistance range of motion and stretching apparatus
The present invention includes a rehabilitation apparatus that can assist a patient that has been impaired, injured/traumatized, or subject to degenerative conditions in his or her lower limbs. The apparatus may be designed to exercise the extension and flexion movements for a patient's leg after knee surgery. A thigh support link may be connected to an upper leg link, which is connected to a lower leg link for supporting the patient's leg during the extension and flexion range of movements. A foot plate with wheels may be connected to the lower leg link, and the wheels enable the foot plate to slide along a base as the patient moves in both directions. A sled or connector provides a flexible connection between the thigh support link and the base, which allows the thigh support link to travel along the base in conjunction with the foot plate wheels. The present invention provides adjustable, constant resistance as the extension and flexion exercises are done. In some embodiments, the resistance may be different for the extension and flexion ranges of motion. The resistance may be applied through the connection of the sled or connector to the base. This can be done with direct or magnetic resistance mechanisms. In one embodiment, one or more b-motors or magnetic clutches are used to provide magnetic resistance. |
| US10682540B2 |
Exercise equipment and method
Exercise equipment for at least pulling and pushing exercises comprises an elastic tubular band covered by a flexible material covering, for example, of nylon which is threaded through an O-ring grommet and holes in first and second straps threaded through first and second handles proximate to one another when gripped by a user. The exercise equipment may be used with a safety door attachment that comprises a safety loop for looping around a door handle or knob. The safety loop is stitched to a loop threaded through a plastic spindle of a foam door stop used on one side of a closed door. A further loop extends from the plastic spindle to the other closed side of the door and is adapted to receive the exercise equipment through the further loop. A series of isometric pulling and pushing exercises, trunk rotation among other exercises are disclosed and various accessories which may be used for warm up, relieving pain and for exercise including a D-ring embodiment for use with known exercise equipment. |
| US10682538B2 |
Roping harness
The roping harness comprises: a belt provided with a first strap and with at least first and second comfort parts arranged between the first strap and the user, a pair of thigh straps, a connecting element connected to the pair of thigh straps, a first adjustment device configured to adjust the length of the first strap and to define the circumference of the belt. The first comfort pad and second comfort pad are fitted movable in translation with respect to one another. The first comfort pad is fitted movable in translation with respect to the first strap along the first strap. The belt comprises at least a first blocking stop configured to prevent movement of the first comfort pad with respect to the second comfort pad beyond a threshold value, the first adjustment device forming a second blocking stop of the first comfort pad. |
| US10682534B2 |
Cosmetic preparations containing creatine and/or creatinine and organic thickeners
A combination comprising creatine and/or creatinine and/or a derivative thereof and one or more hydrocolloids. This Abstract is not intended to define the invention disclosed in the specification, nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way. |
| US10682531B2 |
Hair care compositions
A cationic hair care emulsion is providing including: a cationic surfactant; water, wherein the water forms a continuous phase; and an internal phase, wherein the internal phase comprises: a cosmetically acceptable hydrocarbon oil; and a polyolefin blend, comprising: a high density polyolefin having a density >0.90 g/cm3; and a low density polyolefin having a density of ≤0.90 g/cm3; wherein the polyolefin blend has an average melt index of >7 as measured according to ASTM D 1238. |
| US10682524B1 |
Aesthetic method of biological structure treatment by magnetic field
Combined methods for treating a patient using time-varying magnetic field are described. The treatment methods combine various approaches for aesthetic treatment. The methods are focused on enhancing a visual appearance of the patient. |
| US10682522B2 |
Implantable medical device including eddy current reducing battery
An implantable device, such as a pacer, defibrillator, or other cardiac rhythm management device, can include one or more MRI Safe components. In an example, the implantable device includes a battery including a first electrode and a second electrode separate from the first electrode. The second electrode includes a first surface and a second surface. The second electrode includes a slot through the second electrode from the first surface toward the second surface. The slot extends from a perimeter of the second electrode to an interior of the second electrode. The slot is configured to at least partially segment a surface area of the second electrode to reduce a radial current loop size in the second electrode. |
| US10682518B2 |
Methods and systems for managing, controlling and monitoring medical devices via one or more software applications functioning in a secure environment
Systems and methods that include configurations of a medical device, user device and service platform are described. Embodiments may include a secure network to run medical applications that control and/or monitor the medical device. An online store may be provided for storing and distributing medical applications to the user device and medical device. A secure environment may be provided within the user device and medical device that protects the integrity of medical applications running on those devices. A service platform may provide a service that enables a medical authority to certify and monitor the medical applications. In some implementations, various third parties and the user of the user device may be allowed to manage and monitor the medical device. |
| US10682517B2 |
Systems, apparatus, methods and computer-readable storage media facilitating authorized telemetry with an implantable device
Techniques for facilitating authorized telemetry with an implantable device are provided. In one embodiment, for example, a method includes comparing, by a first device having a processor, first electronic information with second electronic information. The first electronic information is indicative of a first motion of a second device external to a body in which the implantable device is located, and the second electronic information is indicative of a second motion of the implantable device. The method also includes determining whether a defined level of correlation exists between the first electronic information and the second electronic information, and initiating a telemetry session between the second device and the implantable device based on a determination that the defined level of correlation exists between the first electronic information and the second electronic information. |
| US10682516B1 |
Systems and methods for deploying patient therapy devices
Methods for identifying responders to paresthesia-free stimulation therapy, and associated systems are disclosed. A representative method comprises implanting a pair of spinal cord signal delivery devices and connecting an external signal generator thereto. A plurality of the electrical contacts are simultaneously activated with a high frequency signal without causing paresthesia in the patient, wherein the electrical contacts would cause paresthesia in the patient if activated with a low frequency signal. The high frequency signal is in a range of from about 3 kHz to about 20 kHz and an amplitude of less than 4 mA. If the patient responds favorably, a signal generator is implanted in the patient. A second high frequency signal is then applied to fewer than the plurality of electrical contacts. |
| US10682515B2 |
Contingent cardio-protection for epilepsy patients
Disclosed are methods and systems for treating epilepsy by stimulating a main trunk of a vagus nerve, or a left vagus nerve, when the patient has had no seizure or a seizure that is not characterized by cardiac changes such as an increase in heart rate, and stimulating a cardiac branch of a vagus nerve, or a right vagus nerve, when the patient has had a seizure characterized by cardiac changes such as a heart rate increase. |
| US10682513B2 |
Hearing assistance device comprising an implanted part for measuring and processing electrically evoked nerve responses
The application relates to a hearing assistance device comprising an implanted part and to a method of its operation. The disclosure aims at improving the identification and processing of recorded nerve response data in an implanted part. The implanted part comprises a) A multitude of electrodes; b) Stimulation circuitry electrically coupled to a stimulation electrode during a stimulation time period; c) Measurement circuitry electrically coupled to a recording electrode during a measurement time period; d) A control unit configured to control the timing of the application of the stimulation signal in the stimulation time period and to control the measurement time period relative to the stimulation time period; and e) A processing unit configured to record the measured signal in the measurement time period and to identify a response from the auditory nerve based on said measured signal. The invention may e.g. be used for cochlear implant type hearing aids. |
| US10682512B1 |
System and method employing interferential electrical stimulation following surgery
An interferential current therapy kit for treatment of a patient following an orthopedic surgery, includes, within a container for facilitating the distribution and transport of the kit, one or multiple control units including a stimulation power supply and a plurality of electrodes configured to be in electrical communication with the stimulation power supply. The plurality of electrodes are configured to be disposed on an epidermis of the patient and arranged to supply transcutaneous electrical impulses to a therapeutic target area when supplied power by the stimulation power supply employing an interferential current therapy technique. The kit also includes an electrode placement aid adapted to assist the health care provider and team, and the patient with placement of the plurality of electrodes with respect to the site of the previous orthopedic surgery, thereby increasing a likelihood of efficacious and safe placement of the plurality of electrodes. |
| US10682507B2 |
Catheter extension with integrated circumferentially sealing securement dressing
Devices and methods are provided for sealing a catheter insertion site to maintain sterility. In one aspect of the invention, mounting handle/dressing assemblies and kits are disclosed for creating a sterile sealed environment around a catheter insertion site. For example the dressings of the present invention can be pre-disposed around a mounting handle and connector. The connector is joined to the proximal end of the catheter and then the dressing can be slid along the mounting handle until it surrounds the insertion site. Once the dressing is adhesively applied to the skin and locked into place by an annular fitting between the dressing and the connector, the handle can be removed and discarded, leaving only the dressing, and catheter connector in place. The catheter connector preferably has a needle-free connector port at its proximal end for connection to IV lines or other infusion devices. |
| US10682506B2 |
Connecting structure for medical use
A connecting structure for medical use includes a male assembly (1) and a female connector (2) having a cylindrical configuration. The male assembly (1) includes a male connector (10) having a cylindrical configuration and a threadedly engageable cylinder (20) rotatably coupled to the male connector (10). A male luer portion (11) of the male connector (10) and a female luer portion (2a) of the female connector (2) are joined by turning the threadedly engageable cylinder (20) in a tightening direction when a female screw (21a) of the threadedly engageable cylinder (20) and an engageable protrusion (2c) of the female connector (2) are threadedly engaged with each other. The connecting structure for medical use further includes a loosening prevention mechanism (30) that prohibits rotation of the threadedly engageable cylinder (20) in a loosening direction with respect to the male connector (10) when the male luer portion (11) and the female luer portion (2a) are joined. The loosening prevention mechanism (30) includes ratchet teeth (31) formed in an inner periphery of the threadedly engageable cylinder (20), an elastic projection (32) formed in the male connector (10) and an engageable claw (33) protruded from a free end of the elastic projection (32) and engageable with the ratchet teeth. |
| US10682504B2 |
Microneedle and method for manufacturing microneedle
A microneedle includes a substrate, and projections which extend from a surface of the substrate. Each of the projections includes layers separated from each other in a direction in which the projection extends. The layers include a first layer which contains a polymer which is soluble in water and poorly soluble in oil and a second layer which contains a polymer that is soluble in oil. The first layer and the second layer are adjacent to each other and are formed in the order of the first layer and the second layer from the projection to the substrate. |
| US10682503B2 |
Sinus ostia dilation system
A system for dilating the sinus ostia with a device including a series of elongated members, each having a central channel and increasing outer diameters where the members are positioned one over the other such that the members are advanced to incrementally dilate the sinus ostia. The central channels of each member allow for various procedures to be performed including, for example, the application of wireless energy (e.g., ultrasonic, RF, etc.) to the sinus ostia, the introduction of an irrigating fluid and aspiration from the sinus ostia, and the introduction of a drug to the sinus ostia. |
| US10682502B2 |
Method and devices for passing a chronic total occlusion and re-entry into a true lumen
Methods and devices are disclosed for passing Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO) from subintimal location and re-entry into a true-lumen of the patient using transient fenestration approach. The transient fenestration is induced by balloon dilatation within the CTO, and a guidewire quickly trails into a true lumen. |
| US10682501B2 |
System and method for traversing an arterial occlusion
A system for traversing an arterial occlusion in an artery includes a housing sized to fit in a palm of a user, an elongate drive tube configured to be rotated by the housing, the drive tube including an axially extending passage, a cylindrical member, configured to be rotationally coupled to the drive tube, such that a distal tip of the cylindrical member may be delivered to a location adjacent the arterial occlusion when the cylindrical member is coupled to the drive tube, and wherein grasping and activating the housing such that the drive tube is rotated, thereby causes the distal tip of the cylindrical member to be rotated, the rotation of the distal tip including at least a component of linear oscillation. |
| US10682499B2 |
Safety intravenous catheter with friction-based retention and disabling feature
A catheter and introducer needle assembly, including a flexible catheter and a catheter hub having an outer surface portion. The assembly includes an introducer needle disposed in the catheter, a needle shield having a resilient clip adapted to flex between first and second positions. The resilient clip includes a cantilevered arm with a pawl. In the resilient clip's first position, the cantilevered arm is flexed so that the pawl frictionally contacts the catheter hub's outer surface portion to retain the needle shield with the catheter hub. In the second position, the pawl no longer frictionally contacts the hub's outer surface, thereby permitting needle shield displacement relative to the catheter hub. |
| US10682495B2 |
Needle devices with adjustable grips and related methods
A needle device, such as a catheter assembly, includes a catheter tube attached to a catheter hub, a needle attached to a needle hub, and an optional needle guard for covering the needle tip in a protective position. Different markets can utilize the same needle device by separately forming an extension clip having a gripping member or gripping pad for attaching to the needle device for those markets that require the gripping member or pad. |
| US10682494B2 |
Guide extension catheter
Medical devices and methods for making and using medical devices are disclosed. An example medical device may include a guide extension catheter. The guide extension catheter may include a proximal member having a proximal end, a distal end, and a proximal diameter. The guide extension catheter may additionally include a collar member attached to the distal end of the proximal member, the collar member comprising a base portion and one or more ribs connected to the base portion and extending distally away from the base portion. In still some additional embodiments, the guide extension catheter may further include a distal sheath member attached to the collar member, the distal sheath member having a distal diameter larger than the proximal diameter. |
| US10682493B2 |
Intravascular treatment site access
A device and its method of use eliminates or reduces the gap between a catheter and guide wire that can otherwise contribute to a catheter getting stuck within the vasculature. The device is maintained at or near the distal end of the catheter while being advanced through the vessels of a patient. The reduced gap size prevents the catheter from otherwise “catching” on various structures of a vessel, such as a bifurcation. |
| US10682491B2 |
Earphones for measuring and entraining respiration
An earphone includes a loudspeaker, a microphone, a housing supporting the loudspeaker and microphone, and ear tip surrounding the housing and configured to acoustically couple both the loudspeaker and the microphone to an ear canal of a user, and to acoustically close the entrance to the user's ear canal. A processor provides output audio signals to the loudspeaker, receives input audio signals from the microphone, extracts a rate of respiration from the input audio signals, adjusts the output audio signals based on the extracted rate of respiration, and provides the adjusted output audio signals to the loudspeaker. |
| US10682488B2 |
Humidification device, humidifier and ventilator
The present disclosure discloses a humidification device, a humidifier and a ventilator, overcoming the deficiency that when the structure of a water tank of a current ventilator causes the water tank to tilt or sway, it is easy for a large amount of water to enter a heating portion. The humidification device comprises a heating portion and a liquid inlet structure adding liquid to the heating portion. The heating portion comprises an accommodating chamber and a transition chamber limiting the amount of liquid in the accommodating chamber, and the liquid inlet structure is communicated with the transition chamber and allows the liquid to enter the transition chamber. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, a large amount of stored water may be prevented from entering the heating portion and thus affecting the heating efficiency when a water tank or a similar humidification device tilts. |
| US10682485B2 |
Anesthetic dispensing device
An anesthetic dispensing device (1), to which a carrier gas stream is fed for enriching with anesthetic, has the gas stream split into two partial gas streams, one of which flows through a bypass channel (7) unchanged and the other of which is fed to an evaporation chamber (9), where the partial gas stream is saturated with anesthetic. In a mixing point (6), both partial gas streams are mixed to form an anesthetic gas stream, which leaves the anesthetic dispensing device through the anesthetic gas outlet (4). A control unit (2) is provided that is configured to generate a control signal for an electric motor drive (14) for adjusting the valve opening of the valve element (15) on the basis of a concentration of the anesthetic in the anesthetic gas needed at the anesthetic gas outlet (4) and at least one temperature-specific correction factor. |
| US10682484B2 |
Components for medical circuits
An expiratory limb is provided that is configured to remove humidified gases from a patient and configured to provide improved drying performance by providing a tailored temperature profile along the limb. Limbs for providing humidified gases to and/or removing humidified gases from a patient are also provided, the limbs having improved gas residence time at constant volumetric flow rate. The improved residence time can be achieved by providing a limb comprising multiple lumens. |
| US10682482B2 |
Fresh air and anti-asphyxiation assembly
An interface device comprises a cushion and a shell coupled thereto which together define an interior space with the face of a user. The shell includes an inlet port structured to have a conduit carrying a flow of treatment gas to the interior space selectively coupled thereto and a first aperture structured to allow the passage of ambient air into the interior space. A first sealing member is operatively coupled to the shell and is positioned such that the first sealing member is movable between a first state in which the first sealing member substantially seals the first aperture, and a second state wherein the sealing member does not substantially seal the first aperture. The first sealing member moves between the first state and the second state responsive to breathing of the patient. |
| US10682481B2 |
Attachment for a tracheal device
A tracheal tube attachment for a tracheal device is disclosed. The tracheal tube attachment includes a tube and a plate. The tube includes a bend provided to prevent water from entering into the tracheal tube attachment and tracheal tube. The tube includes a proximal section having an open proximal end for attaching to a tracheal device, and a distal section having an open distal end. |
| US10682480B2 |
Shaped evaluation port for a multi-lumen tracheal tube
The present disclosure describes systems and methods that utilize a tracheal tube with a shaped evacuation port. An evacuation port coupled to a suction lumen may be shaped to reduce air channel formation within the suction lumen, which in turn may improve the suctioning force and efficiency. The shaped evacuation ports may be generally oval or may be shaped to minimize a height dimension while maintaining a suitable cross-sectional area. In particular embodiments, the shaped evacuation ports may have cross-sectional areas that correspond to a cross-sectional area of the suction lumen. |
| US10682476B2 |
Powder inhaler, system and methods
A dry powder inhaler includes a powder storage element configured to hold a powdered medicament and an inlet channel receives powdered medicament from the powder storage element that is entrained in an airflow. The inlet channel has a first diameter and defines an opening. The inhaler includes a dispersion chamber that receives the airflow and the powdered medicament from the opening. The dispersion chamber has a second diameter. The inhaler includes an actuator housed within the dispersion chamber. The actuator oscillates within the dispersion chamber when exposed to the airflow to deaggregate the powdered medicament entrained by the airflow passing through the dispersion chamber. A ratio between the first diameter and the second diameter is between about 0.40 and 0.60 such that an audible sound is produced as the actuator oscillates. The inhaler includes an outlet channel through which the airflow and powdered medicament exit the inhaler. |
| US10682473B2 |
Medical puncture needle and method for manufacturing puncture needle
A medical puncture needle includes a rod-shaped main body portion; and a blade surface formed at a distal end portion of the main body portion. The blade surface includes a first blade surface portion and a second blade surface portion that intersect to form a blade edge. A needle tip is formed at a location at which a distal end of the blade edge intersects a first ridge line at an outer edge of the first blade surface and a second ridge line at an outer edge of the second blade surface. At least one of the blade surface portions is planar, and, in a central axis direction of the main body portion, said at least one blade surface portion extends to a location proximal of a middle position of a blade surface region in which the blade surface is formed. |
| US10682472B2 |
Safety device for prefilled syringes, comprising an anti-triggering mechanism
Disclosed is a method for assembling a safety device and mounting the safety device on a syringe member before the syringe member is filled, said method comprising the steps of: providing a sleeve, a spring element and a mounting element; introducing the spring element into the sleeve along a mounting direction; introducing the mounting element into the sleeve along the mounting direction; obtaining the safety device; before the syringe body is filled, mounting the safety device on the syringe body by connecting the mounting element to the syringe body. |
| US10682471B2 |
Multi-part safety device for a syringe
The invention relates to a safety device for a syringe for avoiding stab wounds, said syringe to having a syringe body and a piercing means arranged on the distal end of the syringe body. The safety device comprises a sleeve element (6) that extends along an axial direction (X) and encloses at least partly the piercing means and the syringe body, said sleeve element being rotatably mounted on a distal end region of the syringe body. The safety device is characterized by comprising a contact element (7) which contacts the skin of a patient when the syringe is used, said contact element being arranged on the distal end of the sleeve element and being rotatable independent of the sleeve element. |
| US10682469B2 |
Drug delivery system with magnetic ring and sensors arranged in a ring pattern
A drug delivery system comprises an indicator element and a sensor system. The indicator element is arranged to rotate relative to a reference component and corresponding to a reference axis and comprises a magnetic ring. The sensor system comprises a plurality of magnetometers arranged non-rotational relative to the reference component and adapted to determine continuous magnetic field values from the plurality of dipole magnets, as well as processor means configured to determine on the basis of measured values from the plurality of magnetometers a rotational position and/or a rotational movement of the indicator element. |
| US10682466B2 |
Drug injection device with cartridge holder automatically operating clutch allowing reset of drive mechanism and drive spring re-loading upon cartridge exchange
The present disclosure relates to an injection device for setting and dispensing of a dose of a medicament, the device comprising: an elongated main housing to accommodate a cartridge filled with the medicament and defining an axial direction, a piston rod arranged inside the main housing and extending in axial direction along a first axis to operably engage with a piston of the cartridge, a reset member axially displaceable inside the main housing between a proximal operating position and a distal reset position along a second axis radially offset from the first axis to switch the device between a reset mode and an operating mode, a cartridge holder releasably attachable to a distal end of the main housing on the first axis to accommodate a distal end of the cartridge, wherein the cartridge holder comprises a sidewall portion with a radially outwardly protruding lock member to axially engage with the reset member located radially adjacent the cartridge holder. |
| US10682464B2 |
Drive mechanism of an injection device
A drive mechanism of an injection device for setting and dispensing of a dose of a medicament includes a body accommodating a cartridge filled with a medicament, an insert axially displaceable inside the body between a proximal operating position and a distal reset position, a piston rod to operably engage with a piston of the cartridge, a drive sleeve rotationally coupled with the piston rod and is rotationally lockable to the body for setting of a dose and rotationally releasable from the body for dispensing of a dose, respectively. The drive sleeve is axially displaceable relative to the body from a proximal operating position into a distal reset position through an axial connection of the insert and the drive sleeve, where the drive sleeve is rotationally released from the body when in the distal reset position. |
| US10682463B2 |
Patch-sized fluid delivery systems and methods
A patch-sized fluid delivery device may include a reusable portion and a disposable portion. The disposable portion may include components that come into contact with the fluid, while the reusable portion may include only components that do not come into contact with the fluid. Redundant systems, such as redundant controllers, power sources, motor actuators, and alarms, may be provided. Alternatively or additionally, certain components can be multi-functional, such a microphones and loudspeakers that may be used for both acoustic volume sensing and for other functions and a coil that may be used as both an inductive coupler for a battery recharger and an antenna for a wireless transceiver. Various types of network interfaces may be provided in order to allow for remote control and monitoring of the device. |
| US10682462B2 |
Separatable infusion set with cleanable interface and straight line attachment
Infusion sets for insertion into an insertion site for preventing misalignment of the base and cap or fluid connector by providing one or more alignment features between each, and in alternative embodiments, provide one or more features to secure the cap or fluid connector to the base in anyone of a number of rotational positions and having release features to allow the cap or fluid connector to be rotatable with respect to the base portion of the infusion set, and yet easily removed and inserted. Further embodiments provide infusion sets wherein the user can easily see the insertion site of the catheter and the skin, to determine if infections have occurred at an earlier stage than was possible using prior art infusion sets and with substantially less difficulty. |
| US10682458B2 |
Flow pathway subassembly
a flow pathway subassembly (264, 278) including medicament flow pathway components of a medical device, and a holder (270, 280) configured for holding the components so that a center of gravity of the subassembly is disposed substantially on a central longitudinal axis of the subassembly. |
| US10682457B2 |
Device for transferring a fluid
A device for transferring a fluid has a main channel, at least one secondary channel leading at an opening into the main channel, and a flexible closing element for closing the secondary channel. The opening of the secondary channel can be closed in a fluid-tight manner by the flexible closing element, by pressing the closing element with an external force onto or into the opening. In order to prevent that, in the case of a negative pressure in the main channel, the flexible closing element closes the secondary channel even without application of an external force, at least one projection is associated with the or each secondary channel and arranged in the main channel in the area of the opening of the respective secondary channel, and protrudes over the opening or over a lowest level of the opening. |
| US10682452B2 |
Apparatus for exchanging material between blood and a gas/gas mixture
The invention relates to an apparatus for exchanging material between blood and a gas/gas mixture, comprising a chamber (1) through which blood can flow and in which a plurality of material-permeable fiber tubes is provided, the gas/gas mixture being flowable through the fiber tubes, blood being flowable around the fiber tubes. At least one deformable element (9) is provided in the chamber (1) in addition to the fiber tubes, through which the gas/gas mixture can flow, this deformable element being deformable and restorable, in particular compressible out of a relaxed shape and restorable to a relaxed shape by pressure fluctuations acting on the at least one element (9) externally, in particular pressure fluctuations transmitted by the blood in the chamber (1). |
| US10682450B2 |
Blood treatment systems and methods
Dialysis systems comprising actuators that cooperate to perform dialysis functions and sensors that cooperate to monitor dialysis functions are disclosed. According to one aspect, such a hemodialysis system comprises a user interface model layer, a therapy layer, below the user interface model layer, and a machine layer below the therapy layer. The user interface model layer is configured to manage the state of a graphical user interface and receive inputs from a graphical user interface. The therapy layer is configured to run state machines that generate therapy commands based at least in part on the inputs from the graphical user interface. The machine layer is configured to provide commands for the actuators based on the therapy commands. |
| US10682445B2 |
Immobilizer preform, immobilizer device, and method of forming the same
Aspects of the invention include preforms used to be formed into an immobilizer for use with a patient. The preform includes a preform member that is formed from a thermoplastic material and a filler material. The preform member is relatively rigid at a first temperature and formable at an elevated second temperature. The preform member is opaque at the first and second temperatures. The preform also includes at least one indicator associated with the preform member. The at least one indicator is formed from a thermoplastic material and is opaque at the first temperature and translucent at the second temperature. The at least one indicator can provide a visual indication of readiness to form the preform into the immobilizer upon heating the preform member to the second temperature at which the indicator is translucent. |
| US10682441B2 |
Self-assembling peptides comprising non-ionic polar amino acids
Compositions, peptide solutions and macroscopic scaffolds of self-assembling peptides consisting essentially of non-ionic, polar amino acids are provided. Particular peptides include those comprising or consisting essentially of serine, threonine, tyrosine, cysteine, glutamine, asparagine, methionine, tryptophan, hydroxy-proline, and combinations thereof. Methods of sterilizing the self-assembling peptides, and scaffolds comprising the peptides are also provided. |
| US10682440B2 |
Fenestrated bone wrap graft
The present invention relates to a fenestrated bone wrap graft and a method of preparing cortical bone in thin sheets then fully demineralizing it to give it formed flexibility and then creating fenestrations in the cortical bone in a fashion similar to, but not identical to, skin grafts. |
| US10682439B2 |
Three-dimensional porous polyurethane scaffold for repairing central nerve injuries and preparation method thereof
A three-dimensional porous polyurethane scaffold for repairing central nerve injuries and a preparation method are disclosed. The scaffold includes three-dimensional porous polyurethane, wherein the compression modulus of the three-dimensional porous polyurethane is 0.001-10.0 MPa and the pore diameter is 10-200 μm. The three-dimensional porous polyurethane scaffold has an efficient central nerve repair function without additionally inoculating functional cells or factors and can partially restore the original nerve function of tested animals, the preparation method is simple and it has a great prospect of application. |
| US10682437B2 |
Molybdenum alloys for medical devices
A medical device having improved surface hardness and wear resistance properties. The medical device has a body that includes a molybdenum and rhenium alloy. The outer surface of the body has a nitride surface layer that includes nitrogen, molybdenum and rhenium. |
| US10682435B2 |
Method for producing water-absorbing polymer particles by suspension polymerization
A process for producing water-absorbing polymer particles by suspension polymerization, wherein the polymerization is conducted in the presence of dissolved oxygen. |
| US10682434B2 |
Wound dressing
The invention provides a wound dressing, which includes a 1 to 12 mm thick layer of absorbent non-woven fibre material between 150 and 1200 grams per square meter, which layer includes a mixture of viscose fibres and polyester fibres which more viscose than polyester, and of which the fines of the viscose is between 1.5 and 3 dtex and the fines of the polyester is between 2 and 3 dtex. |
| US10682430B2 |
Alpha-emitting complexes
The present invention provides a tissue-targeting complex comprising a tissue targeting moiety, an octadentate hydroxypyridinone-containing ligand and the ion of an alpha-emitting thorium radionuclide. The invention additionally provides therapeutic methods employing such complexes, methods of their production and use, and kits and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such complexes. |
| US10682429B2 |
Targeted gas-filled microvesicles formulation
Suspension of gas-filled microvesicles comprising a targeting ligand for binding to KDR or VEGF/KDR complex. The suspension is obtained by reconstituting a freeze-dried residue with a carbohydrate-containing solution in the presence of a physiologically acceptable gas and is stabilized by the presence of histidine. |
| US10682426B2 |
Rabies vaccine
The present invention relates to an mRNA sequence, comprising a coding region, encoding at least one antigenic peptide or protein of Rabies virus or a fragment, variant or derivative thereof. Additionally the present invention relates to a composition comprising a plurality of mRNA sequences comprising a coding region, encoding at least one antigenic peptide or protein of Rabies virus or a fragment, variant or derivative thereof.Furthermore it also discloses the use of the mRNA sequence or the composition comprising a plurality of mRNA sequences for the preparation of a pharmaceutical composition, especially a vaccine, e.g. for use in the prophylaxis or treatment of Rabies virus infections. The present invention further describes a method of treatment or prophylaxis of rabies using the mRNA sequence. |
| US10682423B2 |
Inhibiting or downregulating glycogen synthase by creating premature stop codons using antisense oligonucleotides
The present disclosure relates to antisense oligonucleotides (AONs) for modulating the expression of glycogen synthase. AONs of the present disclosure may be useful in treating diseases associated with the modulation of the expression of the enzyme glycogen synthase, such as Pompe disease. Also provided by the present disclosure are compositions comprising AONs, as well as methods of down regulating mRNA coding for glycogen synthase, methods for reducing glycogen synthase in skeletal and cardiac muscle, and methods for treating Pompe disease. |
| US10682419B2 |
Prodrugs of peptide epoxy ketone protease inhibitors
This disclosure features compounds that are useful as pro-drugs of epoxy ketone protease inhibitors. |
| US10682416B2 |
Epicardial-derived paracrine factors for repairing cardiac tissue
Provided herein, inter alia, are compositions and kits comprising epicardial-derived paracrine factors (such as, hypoglycosylated follistatin-like 1 (FSTL1)) for treating and repairing damage to cardiac tissue caused by cardiovascular disease, myocardial infarction (MI), other ischemic events, or cardiac-growth deficiency, as well as methods for using the same. |
| US10682406B2 |
Nucleic acid comprising or coding for a histone stem-loop and a poly(A) sequence or a polyadenylation signal for increasing the expression of an encoded pathogenic antigen
The present invention relates to a nucleic acid sequence, comprising or coding for a coding region, encoding at least one peptide or protein comprising a pathogenic antigen or a fragment, variant or derivative thereof, at least one histone stem-loop and a poly(A) sequence or a polyadenylation signal. Furthermore the present invention provides the use of the nucleic acid for increasing the expression of said encoded peptide or protein. It also discloses its use for the preparation of a pharmaceutical composition, especially a vaccine, e.g. for use in the treatment of infectious diseases. The present invention further describes a method for increasing the expression of a peptide or protein comprising a pathogenic antigen or a fragment, variant or derivative thereof, using the nucleic acid comprising or coding for a histone stem-loop and a poly(A) sequence or a polyadenylation signal. |
| US10682404B2 |
Targets of Acinetobacter baumannii
The present invention provides antigenic polypeptides expressed during an infection by a pathogenic organism, such as Acinetobacter and compositions comprising these polypeptides. The invention further provides compositions for use in treating, preventing or detecting a bacterial infection, in particular vaccine compositions using the antigenic polypeptides. The invention further provides antibodies directed to said antigenic polypeptides. |
| US10682403B2 |
Multi-epitope DNA vaccine for heartwater
Nucleic acids include sequences encoding Ehrlichia ruminantium epitopes which induce a CD4 immune response, and sequences encoding Ehrlichia ruminantium epitopes which induce a CD8 immune response. Multi-epitope DNA vaccines include the nucleic acids and polypeptides are encoded by the nucleic acids. Methods of eliciting an immune response against heartwater disease in a subject make use of the nucleic acids, multi-epitope DNA vaccines and polypeptides. |
| US10682400B2 |
Combination vaccine devices and methods of killing cancer cells
The present invention comprises compositions, methods, and devices for enhancing an endogenous immune response against a cancer. Devices and methods provide therapeutic immunity to subjects against cancer. |
| US10682399B2 |
Target peptides for colorectal cancer therapy and diagnostics
A set of target peptides are presented by HLA A*0201, B*0301, B*0702 and B*2705 on the surface of disease cells. They are envisioned to, among other things, stimulate an immune response to the proliferative disease, e.g., colorectal cancer, to function as immunotherapeutics in adoptive T cell therapy or as a vaccine, facilitate antibody recognition of tumor boundaries in surgical pathology samples, act as biomarkers for early detection and/or diagnosis of the disease, and/or act as targets in the generation antibody-like molecules which recognize the target-peptide/MHC complex. |
| US10682397B2 |
Methods of treating fragile X syndrome and related disorders
Disclosed herein are novel methodologies of treating fragile X syndrome and related disorders by inhibiting mGlu5-relevant signaling pathways via the reduction of β-arrestin2 protein levels or the diminution of mGlu5 and β-arrestin2 protein interactions. |
| US10682395B2 |
Dry growth hormone composition transiently linked to a polymer carrier
The present invention relates to dry compositions of rhGH polymer prodrug containing a lyoprotectant and, optionally, one or more than one excipient. Such compositions are stable for at least 1 year, when stored at 2-8° C. The invention further relates to methods of manufacturing said compositions, containers comprising such composition as well as a kit of parts. |
| US10682392B2 |
Methods for treating pulmonary hypertension with a TGF-beta type II receptor-FC fusion protein
In some aspects, the invention teaches pharmaceutical compositions that include a TGF-beta ligand trap, and methods of using a TGF-beta ligand trap to treat, prevent, or reduce the progression rate of pulmonary hypertension (PH). The invention also provides methods of using a TGF-beta ligand trap to treat, prevent, or reduce the progression rate of a variety of conditions including, but not limited to, pulmonary vascular remodeling, pulmonary fibrosis, right ventricular hypertrophy, diseases associated with excessive TGF-beta signaling, diseases associated with excessive GDF15 signaling, and diseases associated with excessive PAI-1 signaling. The invention further provides methods of using a TGF-beta ligand trap to reduce right ventricular systolic pressure in a subject. |
| US10682389B2 |
Pharmaceutical and food compositions for inducing satiation and prolonging satiety in subjects in need thereof
The present invention relates to pharmaceutical and food compositions for inducing satiation and prolonging satiety in subjects in need thereof. In particular, the present invention relates to a method of inducing satiation in a subject in need thereof comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of a ClpB protein or an effective amount of a bacterium that expresses the ClpB protein. |
| US10682381B2 |
Botanical formulations
Disclosed is a topical skin composition, and methods for its use, that includes Arctium lappa root extract, Epilobium angustifolium extract, and Cystoseira amentacea/Caespitosa Brachycarpa extract. |
| US10682379B2 |
Use of gram negative species to treat atopic dermatitis
Pharmaceutical compositions are disclosed that includes a therapeutically effective amount of a purified viable gram negative bacteria and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The pharmaceutical compositions are formulated for topical administration. Methods of treating atopic dermatitis using these pharmaceutical compositions are also disclosed. |
| US10682372B2 |
Intracellular ATP enhancer
A problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a substance having an effect of increasing intracellular ATP and, particularly, a potent ATP enhancer far surpassing the increasing effect of inosine or febuxostat alone.A human or animal intracellular ATP enhancer comprising a combination of A) and B): A) a xanthine oxidase/xanthine dehydrogenase inhibitor or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; and B) any one or more compounds selected from inosine, inosinic acid, hypoxanthine, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. |
| US10682370B2 |
Topical antiviral composition containing a local anesthetic and method of making the same
The present invention provides a novel pharmaceutical composition and method of making the same. The composition comprises an effective amount of an antiviral agent and a local anesthetic. The antiviral drug can be sorivudine. The local anesthetic can be lidocaine or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt. Herpes virus infections in humans can be caused by different human herpes viruses, the most common being herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2 (HSV1 and HSV2) and varicella-zoster virus (VZV). |
| US10682369B2 |
4′-fluoro-2′-methyl substituted nucleoside derivatives as inhibitors of HCV RNA replication
Cytidine nucleoside analogues of Formula I, wherein the variables are as described herein, in combination with uridine nucleoside analogues of Formula II, wherein the variables are as described herein, produce a synergistic effect on the inhibition of HCV polymerase. |
| US10682367B2 |
Antitumor arylnaphthalene ligand glycosides
Described are arylnaphthalene lactone derivatives. Also disclosed herein are methods of use of the arylnaphthalene lactone derivatives as anticancer agents. |
| US10682366B2 |
Method for enhancing immunity using ginsenoside F1 as an active ingredient
The present invention relates to compositions for enhancing innate immunity, comprising ginsenoside F1 as an active ingredient. Specifically, the composition according to the present invention promotes degranulation activity and cell-killing activity of natural killer cells, and increases expressions of cell-killing factors, thereby being effectively used as an innate immunity enhancer. |
| US10682365B2 |
Combination tumor immunotherapy
Provided are methods for treating cancer using local administration of certain CpG oligonucleotides (CpG ODN) and systemic administration of a checkpoint inhibitor such as an anti-PD-1 antibody, an anti-PD-L1 antibody, and/or an anti-CTLA-4 antibody. In preferred embodiments, the CpG ODN are selected based on their propensity to induce high amounts of interferon alpha (IFN-α) and T-cell activation relative to interleukin-10 (IL-10) and B-cell activation. In certain embodiments, the methods further include pretreatment with radiotherapy, to potentiate the combination immunotherapy. |
| US10682364B2 |
Pharmaceutical spray composition comprising a vitamind D analogue and a corticosteroid
A Pharmaceutical Spray Composition Comprising a Vitamin D Analogue and a CorticosteroidThe present invention relates to a topical spray composition comprising a biologically active vitamin D derivative or analogue and a corticosteroid, and its use in the treatment of dermal diseases and conditions. |
| US10682358B2 |
Substituted 2, 3-dihydro-1H-inden-1-one retinoic acid-related orphan nuclear receptor antagonists for treating multiple sclerosis
The present invention is directed to compounds, their synthesis, and their use as antagonists, inverse agonists, modulators and or inhibitors of the Retinoic acid-related orphan nuclear receptor γt (RORγt)/RORγ. The compounds of the present invention are useful for modulating RORγt)/RORγ activity and for treating diseases or conditions mediated by RORγt)/RORγ such as for example, disease states associated with immunopathology of human autoimmune diseases such as Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), Inflammatory Colitis, Psoriasis, COPD, Pain, Obesity, Diabetes, Dyslipidemia, Osteoporosis, Asthma, Neurodegenerative diseases and Cancer. |
| US10682355B2 |
Uses
The subject matter generally relates to methods of treatment and/or prophylaxis of CNS diseases, disorders, and/or injuries. In one aspect, the subject matter relates to inhibitors of phosphodiesterase 1 (PDE1) as neuroprotective agents and/or neural regenerative agents. In a further aspect, the subject matter relates to individuals that are at risk for the development of CNS disease or disorder. |
| US10682352B2 |
Compound having mutant IDH inhibitory activity, preparation method and use thereof
Provided in the present invention are a compound having the effects of preventing and treating diseases related to IDH mutation, and a preparation method and use thereof. In particular, provided in the present invention are the compound as shown in formula (I), a stereoisomer, a racemic body or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and the use thereof in preparing drugs for preventing and treating diseases related to IDH mutation |
| US10682351B2 |
Methods of administering elagolix
The present disclosure relates to the use of GnRH receptor antagonists used in the treatment of endometriosis or uterine fibroids. In particular, the present disclosure describes a method of treating endometriosis or uterine fibroids, where the method involves the administration of elagolix, and where the method may further involve the co-administration of rifampin or ketoconazole. |
| US10682346B2 |
Use of hexokinase 2/mitochondria-detaching compounds for activating immune responses
The present invention provides methods of use of hexokinase 2 (HK2)/mitochondria-detaching compounds, including jasmonate derivatives and piperazine derivatives and pharmaceutical compositions including such compounds for inducing immune responses in a subject, including potentiating the immune response to hyperproliferative disorders such as cancer and potentiating the immune response to infectious diseases. |
| US10682341B2 |
Method for treating obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular and kidney diseases by regulating GPR30/GPER activity
The current invention is in the field of molecular biology/pharmacology and provides methods of using compounds that modulate the effects of GPR30/GPER for treating obesity and diabetes (preferably agonists) as well as disease states and/or conditions that result from excessive formation of reactive oxygen species (preferably antagonists). These compounds may function as agonists and/or antagonists of the disclosed estrogen receptor and/or modulate the expression/upregulation of nox and nox-associated reactive oxygen species (ROS). |
| US10682335B2 |
Use of butylidenephthalide (Bdph), method of using the same, and method for preparing pharmaceutical composition containing the same
The present invention discloses use of butylidenephthalide (Bdph), a method of using the same, and a method for preparing a pharmaceutical composition containing the same. Because Bdph has the capability of promoting the hair growth and reducing the β-amyloid protein (Aβ) level in nerve cells, the efficacy of improving the health and appearance of a subject can be achieved by administrating an effective amount of Bdph to the subject. Specifically, the Bdph has the efficacy of preventing or treating neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease caused by excessive build up of Aβ in the cells, and as an active ingredient in a topical composition, the Bdph is effective in promoting the hair growth at the site where the Bdph is administered. Furthermore, the method for preparing a pharmaceutical composition containing Bdph comprises preparing the pharmaceutical composition through an organic synthesis reaction, wherein the Bdph is coated with a polymeric material such as F127 by covalent bonding of the polymeric material with the Bdph, thereby achieving the effect of reducing the cytotoxicity of the pharmaceutical composition for an organism. |
| US10682332B2 |
Method for treating melanoma
Disclosed is a method of inhibiting growth of a melanoma cancer cell. The method includes contacting the melanoma cancer cell with an effective amount of a composition and the composition contains polymethoxyflavone. The polymethoxyflavone can be applied in an amount of 0.1 μmol/L-1000 μmol/L. A method of treating a subject having melanoma with the above discussed composition is also included. |
| US10682331B2 |
Nasal drug delivery and method of making same
A drug delivery device capable of forming a medicated mist that reaches the nasal and paranasal sinus cavities contains a puncturing element within its canister. The puncturing element is used in combination with a compartment that contains a filling. The compartment is optionally detachable from an interior of the device or entirely separate from the device. The puncturing element punctures the compartment, releasing the filling into the reservoir of the device to provide a medicated liquid. The device may store any form of medication so long as the medication remains stable. When dry powder forms are desired, the reservoir and/or compartment may be filled with a solution or diluent so as to form the medicated liquid, which may then be dispensed as a mist through the device following the puncturing. |
| US10682320B2 |
Method for inhibiting osteoclast development
This invention provides a composition comprising Formula I, or salt thereof, wherein X is either chlorine or bromine, Y is either hydrogen or an alkyl group having a carbon chain length from 1 to 5 carbon atoms, and R is an alkyl group having a carbon chain length from 1 to 5 carbon atoms, except that X is not chlorine when Y is hydrogen and R is an ethyl group. A method of preventing bone erosion in a patient and a method of reducing inflammation in a patient using the compositions of Formula I are disclosed. |
| US10682318B2 |
Materials and methods for controlling infections
The subject invention provides materials methods for reducing infections in subjects. The materials methods utilize chlorhexidine, which has been found to be surprisingly non-toxic. The lack of toxicity facilitates the use of chlorhexidine in contexts that were not previously thought to be possible. |
| US10682314B2 |
Nanoparticle based vaccine strategy against swine influenza virus
Disclosed herein are methods and compositions for treating or preventing swine influenza in a subject. |
| US10682310B2 |
Therapeutic compounds and formulations for intranasal delivery
Certain embodiments of the invention provide a formulation suitable for nasal administration comprising water, a prodrug of a therapeutic agent, and an enzyme that is suitable for intranasal conversion of the prodrug to the therapeutic agent, as well as methods of use thereof. |
| US10682307B2 |
Gastric retention active delivery systems
The present invention relates to a gastric retention active delivery system in the form of a coated capsule, which, in contrast to prior art delivery systems exhibiting relatively poor floating-properties, and thus requiring size expansion capability in order to securely delay passage through the pylorus, reliably stay afloat for several hours. This is achieved by combining pore forming components and flexible polymer components in the coating in suitable proportions. The present invention, further, relates to the use of gastric retention active delivery systems of the invention for the delivery of one or more water soluble active components A to a mammal. |
| US10682306B1 |
Compositions and methods for treating skin
The present disclosure is directed to a composition and method of enhancing skin health and appearance, as well as treating compromised skin, by applying onto the skin a composition containing a moisturizing/hydrating-effective amount of a mixture of at least: (a) an oil infusion of Calendula officinalis extract; (b) an oil infusion of Helichrysum italicum extract; (c) an oil infusion of Symphytum officinale extract; (d) an aqueous infusion of Viola tricolor extract; and (e) an aqueous infusion of at least one Mallow extract chosen from Malva sylvestris extract and Althea officinalis extract; and an emulsifying-effective amount of a dermatologically-acceptable emulsifier, wherein the composition is natural and free of a skin sensitizing-effective amount of an essential oil. |
| US10682303B2 |
Cosmetic composition including a mineral wax, a fatty acid, a mineral oil, a surfactant, a fatty acid and/or fatty alcohol ester, and a fixing polymer
The present invention relates to a cosmetic composition comprising (i) at least one mineral wax in a content ranging from 12% to 40% by weight relative to the total weight of the composition, (ii) at least one fatty acid, (iii) at least one mineral oil, (iv) at least one surfactant, (v) at least one ester of fatty acid and/or of fatty alcohol and (vi) at least one fixing polymer. |
| US10682302B2 |
Cosmetic compositions
Disclosed are compositions and methods for their use that can be used individually or in combination. The compositions have the ability to treat a wide range of skin and skin conditions, and particularly men's skin. |
| US10682300B2 |
Aqueous oral care fluoride treatment compositions, and methods
An aqueous oral care fluoride treatment composition, a method of providing fluoride to a patient's tooth surface, and a method of reducing the incidence of dental caries, wherein the composition includes: 0.1 wt-% to 3.0 wt-% of a crosslinked poly acid having carboxylic acid side groups; a pharmaceutically acceptable buffer; 1.0 wt-% to 2.5 wt-% of sodium fluoride; 0.025 wt-% to 1.75 wt-% of a multivalent cation salt; and at least 60 wt-% water; wherein the weight percentages are based on the total weight of the aqueous composition. |
| US10682294B2 |
Controlling zinc oxide particle size for sunscreen applications
Zinc oxide compositions and methods for controlling zinc oxide particle size for sunscreen applications are provided herein. A method includes manipulating the size of multiple zinc oxide particles to be below a maximum threshold; selecting one or more media to be used in a sunscreen composition, wherein said selecting is based on the refractive index of each of the media; and integrating the manipulated zinc oxide particles into the selected media to create the sunscreen composition. A composition includes multiple zinc oxide particles, wherein each of the zinc oxide particles is (i) coated with an optical coating material and (ii) of a size that is below a maximum threshold; and a medium layer within which the zinc oxide particles are suspended, wherein the medium layer comprises a mixture of one or more media, and wherein each of the media has a refractive index below a predetermined threshold. |
| US10682292B2 |
Applied films for smoothing wrinkles and skin texture imperfections
A skin smoothing film made from a skin smoothing composition that comprises sodium silicate, polyvalent silicate and water. Moreover, the film may be made from a composition that has a contraction value of from about 30% to about 160%. The film thickness is from about 5 microns to about 50 microns, preferably from about 10 microns to about 40 microns, when applied. The standard deviation of the film over the area covered is less than about 30, preferably less than about 25. |
| US10682288B1 |
Systems and methods for treatment of a patient by automated patient care
A computer-implemented method of treating a patient's and automated enteral feeding, comprising: monitoring a plurality of reflux-related parameters and at least one reflux event while the patient is automatically enterally fed by an enteral feeding controller according to a baseline feeding profile including a target nutritional goal, training a classifier component of a model for predicting likelihood of a future reflux event according to an input of scheduled and/or predicted plurality of reflux-related parameters, the classifier trained according to computed correlations between the plurality of reflux-related parameters and the at least one reflux event, feeding scheduled and/or predicted reflux-related parameters into the trained classifier component of the model for outputting risk of likelihood of a future reflux event, and computing, by the model, an adjustment to the baseline feeding profile for reducing likelihood of the future reflux event and for meeting the target nutritional goal. |
| US10682281B2 |
Massage apparatus, systems and methods
A massage system includes a massage head configured to contact a treatment region of a patient during a massage treatment procedure, a body having a handle, a connector having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is releasable secured to the body and the second end is coupled to the massage head, a motor positioned within the body and configured to drive movement of the massage head relative to the body, and a platform configured to be placed against the patient during a massage treatment procedure. The platform defines an opening. The platform is positioned so that the massage head extends at least partially through the opening during movement of the massage head relative to the body, and the platform surrounds the massage head in at least one dimension during movement of the massage head relative to the body. |
| US10682280B2 |
Dermal applicator device
A dermal applicator device may include a housing having a retainer configured to hold and engage a spherical surface. A reservoir, containing a liquid, is contained within a shell that is at least partially spherical but at least has curved surfaces supporting rotation. The shell may be engaged within the retainer to permit relative rotation of the shell with respect to the housing. The liquid may be selected to have a freezing point below 0° C. and/or a specific latent heat of fusion higher than water. The shell may further include an outwardly protruding lug extending from its surface, and the housing may be configured to form an orbital chamber between an inner surface thereof and the shell when the shell is retained in the retainer. The protruding lug is constrained within the orbital chamber such that rotation of the shell relative to the housing is restricted. |
| US10682279B2 |
Skin beauty device having multi-filter type housing
There is provided a skin beauty device having a multi-filter type housing, wherein even if a fluid remaining on a skin is sucked from the skin beauty device, the sucked fluid is stored in an inner space of the housing and blocked from being transmitted to a suction motor side, and even if some fluid is transmitted to the suction motor side, the housing includes a plurality of filters to prevent the suction motor from being damaged by the suction of the fluid. |
| US10682276B2 |
Training device and method for correcting force component signals
Provided is a training device capable of executing a plurality of operation modes, in which an operation rod is appropriately operated according to an operation mode. The training device includes the operation rod, a plurality of motors, a plurality of force detection units, and a plurality of first command calculation units. The operation rod allows a limb to move. The plurality of motors operate the operation rod in the direction of degree of freedom in which the operation rod can move. Each of the force detection units detects a corresponding force component and outputs a force component signal. The first command calculation units are connected to the corresponding force detection units. Each of the first command calculation units calculates a first motor control command on the basis of the corresponding force component signal. |
| US10682272B2 |
Adjustable slatted bed base
An adjustable slatted bed base with an outer frame and a lying surface with at least two sections, which is arranged on the outer frame, wherein at least one section is formed as a pivotable section which is pivotable relative to the outer frame, from a flat position into at least one angled position, by an adjusting unit, and the pivotable section has a support device for providing support relative to the outer frame. In order to provide an adjustable slatted bed base, which has a pivotable section which allows easy access to an area beneath the slatted bed base in any operating position, and can be returned to an operational condition quickly and easily, the support device is formed such that it can be disengaged from the outer frame in order to adjust the pivotable section from any set position into a folded-back position, and, when pivoting back into the set position, automatically engages with the outer frame in a supportive manner. |
| US10682270B2 |
Seat, motion control method thereof and motion control system thereof
A seat, a motion control method thereof and a motion control system thereof. The motion control method for the seat includes: acquiring images of around the seat, and tracking a current caregiver via image recognition; determining a relative position between the current caregiver and the seat; and controlling a motion of the seat based on the relative position. |
| US10682269B2 |
Patient transport apparatus with controllable auxiliary wheel assembly
A patient transport apparatus transports a patient over a surface. The patient transport apparatus comprises a base and support wheels coupled to the base. An auxiliary wheel assembly is coupled to the base to influence motion of the patient transport apparatus over the surface to assist caregivers. The auxiliary wheel assembly comprises auxiliary wheels and an actuator operably coupled to the auxiliary wheels. A controller adjusts the actuator based on input from a sensing system so that frictional forces acting between the auxiliary wheels and the surface are sufficient for steering and maneuvering of the patient transport apparatus, without sacrificing stability of the patient transport apparatus. |
| US10682267B2 |
Method and apparatus for producing an absorbent structure
A method for producing an absorbent structure for absorbent sanitary articles, comprising the steps of: advancing a first non-woven layer at a first speed, with a first surface of said first non-woven layer facing a suction chamber, distributing superabsorbent granular material on a second surface of said first non-woven layer opposite to said first surface, volumizing said first non-woven layer by means of a toothed portion that penetrates into said first non-woven layer through said second surface and movable with respect to said first non-woven layer with a speed difference. |
| US10682260B2 |
Quick-release adhesive tapes
Methods and compositions for securing to and removing adhesive tapes from substrates, e.g., delicate substrates such as skin, are described. The methods include providing an adhesive tape comprising an adhesive layer and a support layer in contact with the adhesive layer. A first adhesion level between the adhesive layer and the support layer is, or can be controlled to be, less than a second adhesion level between the adhesive layer and the substrate. The methods further include applying the adhesive tape to the substrate by contacting the adhesive layer to the substrate while the support layer remains in contact with the adhesive layer; and removing the support layer from the substrate by separating the support layer from the adhesive layer. |
| US10682259B2 |
Abdominal wound dressing
An abdominal wound dressing and methods of use are described that enable the application of negative pressure to the wound site in a healing manner while also limiting the formation of adhesions that would prevent the removal of the dressing. The dressing comprises a layer of porous foam material enclosed by sheets of elastomeric material punctuated by a number of appropriately placed holes. Multiple layers of porous foam may also be used. A suction tube connector is provided on an upper surface of a layer of foam for connection to a negative pressure source. At least one layer of foam is enclosed in elastomeric material and is placed in direct contact with the tissue within the open wound. Fluids are drawn by negative pressure through the holes positioned in the elastomeric envelope and through the foam. |
| US10682254B2 |
Intraocular device for dual incisions
A microsurgical device and methods of its use can be used for treatment of various conditions including eye diseases, such as glaucoma, using minimally invasive surgical techniques. A dual-blade device can be used for cutting the trabecular meshwork (“TM”) in the eye. The device tip provides entry into the Schlemm's canal via its size (i.e., for example, 0.2-0.3 mm width) and configuration where a ramp elevates the TM away from the outer wall of the Schlemm's canal and guides the TM to first and second lateral elements for creating first and second incisions through the TM. The dimensions and configuration of the blade is such that an entire strip of TM is removed without leaving TM leaflets behind and without causing collateral damage to adjacent tissues. |
| US10682246B2 |
Handle mechanism for actuating delivery catheter
A handle for delivering, from a distal end of a catheter, a stent positioned within a sheath. The handle comprises an upper rack fixed to the handle and an upper distal block moveable along the upper rack and defining a pawl configured to permit only proximal movement in relation to the upper rack, further including an upper proximal block moveable along the upper rack and defining a pawl configured to permit only proximal movement in relation to the upper rack. The handle includes a lower rack configured to slide proximally and, alternatingly, distally in relation to the handle. |
| US10682241B2 |
Expandable fusion device and method of installation thereof
The present invention provides an expandable fusion device capable of being installed inside an intervertebral disc space to maintain normal disc spacing and restore spinal stability, thereby facilitating an intervertebral fusion. In an exemplary embodiment, the present invention provides an intervertebral implant. The intervertebral implant may be configured to transition from a collapsed configuration having a first height and a first width to an expanded configuration having a second height and a second width. |
| US10682237B2 |
Prosthesis for replacing joint in a human hand or foot
A prosthesis for replacing a joint between a first bone and a second bone in a human hand or foot includes first and second rigid blocks (110, 120) interconnected by a flexible bridging structure (130). In certain embodiments, the flexible bridging structure employs a helical spring oriented with its central axis aligned with a central axis of a bone anchor portion of the first rigid block. One or more shear-limiting element (101, 140) is deployed within an internal volume of the helical spring (130) to limit an extent of shear deformation applied to the helical spring. Other aspects of the invention relate to adjustable bone-abutment flanges, an alternative bridging structure employing a helically-twisted leaf spring, and a structure and method for bridging between the first metacarpal and the scaphoid in case of removal of the trapezium from the hand. |
| US10682234B2 |
Medical device and a method for treating a hip joint
A medical device for treating hip joint osteoarthritis by providing at least one hip joint surface for a human patient is provided, wherein said medical device has a largest diameter or a largest cross-sectional distance, and an opening, and wherein said largest diameter or cross sectional distance is adapted to be changed during an operation. Furthermore, a method of treating a hip joint of a human patient by providing said the medical device is provided. The hip joint comprising a caput femur and an acetabulum, the method comprises the steps of: cutting the skin of the patient, dissecting an area of the pelvic bone on the opposite side from the acetabulum, creating a hole in said dissected area, said hole passing through said pelvic bone and into the hip joint of the patient, and providing said medical device to the hip joint, through said hole in the pelvic bone of the patient. |
| US10682231B2 |
Heart valve treatment device and method
A heart valve therapeutic device (1) has an elongate anchor (7) wherein the anchor has a stiffness to hold its shape and location to support the valve element. The anchor may have a stylet or a shaped or stiff collar (70) arranged to provide a desired shape to the anchor (7) and it may be lockable. A prosthetic valve element (15) has leaflets (17) and is supported on the anchor by coupler (16, 50) at a desired location. There is an actuator for changing relative axial position of the proximal and distal couplers (16, 50) on the anchor. The anchor stiffness may be sufficient to provide sufficient support to resist axial forces from the ventricle in use without necessarily having a fixing element engaging heart tissue. The prosthetic leaflets (240) may extend proximally and radially outwardly, so that there is excellent co-apting of the native leaflets (NL) against the prosthetic leaflets (240). |
| US10682227B2 |
Prosthetic valve with pivoting tissue anchor portions
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to prosthetic valves and methods of use thereof. In one implementation, an annular valve body may include a plurality of atrial anchoring arms and ventricular anchoring legs configured to extend therefrom. The anchoring arms and anchoring legs may be configured to assume a delivery configuration in which they are substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the valve body, and a deployed configuration, in which they may deflect radially outward. The anchoring arms may include a pivoting portion configured to extend in a non-ventricular direction when the arm is in the delivery configuration and in a ventricular direction when the arm is in the deployed configuration. The entire length of each leg may be configured to extend in a non-ventricular direction when the legs are in both the delivery and deployed configurations. |
| US10682226B2 |
Heart valve prosthesis
A heart valve prosthesis (1), including: a stent framework (2), which can be transferred from a collapsed state into an expanded state, in which the stent framework (2) extends along an axis (A′), wherein the stent framework (2) has a plurality of struts (20, 24), which form a plurality of cells (21a, 21b, 25) connected to one another; and a heart valve (3), which is fixed to the stent framework (2). In accordance with the invention, the thickness (d′) of the struts varies in the peripheral direction (U) of the expanded stent framework (2). |
| US10682220B2 |
Esophageal stent including an inner liner
An example medical device is disclosed as an expandable stent. The stent includes a tubular scaffold having an inner surface, an outer surface, and a lumen extending therein. The expandable stent also includes a liner disposed within the lumen of the tubular scaffold. Further, the liner is radially spaced from a medial region of the tubular scaffold to define a tissue ingrowth region along an uncovered portion of the medial region. Additionally, the liner extending along the tissue ingrowth region is configured to limit the amount of tissue ingrowth along the medial region of the scaffold. |
| US10682211B1 |
Mixing system and a method of preparing an oral care composition
A mixing system adapted for installation within an oral care appliance and a method of preparing an oral care composition to be delivered to a mouthpiece of the oral care appliance are disclosed. Some of the disclosed systems and methods allow for the generation of an on-demand oral care composition for use in dental cleaning. |
| US10682208B2 |
Abutment assembly and manufacturing method thereof
An abutment assembly includes an abutment, an adjustable buffer member and an adhesive. There is an angle between an extending direction of the abutment and a Z-axis direction, and the angle is greater than or equal to 0 degrees and smaller than or equal to 30 degrees. The adjustable buffer member is closely connected to the abutment having a positioning structure. The adjustable buffer member includes an engaging structure, an inner side wall, a base portion and a grinding portion. The engaging structure is engaged with the positioning structure. The inner side wall has at least one inner annular groove corresponding to the engaging structure. The base portion has a base thickness which is smaller than or equal to 4 mm. The adhesive is connected between the abutment and the adjustable buffer member, and contained in the inner annular groove. The grinding portion is manufactured by the instrument. |
| US10682207B2 |
Self ligating orthodontic bracket having a rotatable member
The present disclosure is directed, at least in part, to a self ligating orthodontic bracket having a rotatable member for securing an archwire within a slot of the bracket. Embodiments of the orthodontic bracket disclosed herein include a bracket body containing the archwire slot as well as tie wings for attaching various orthodontic devices (e.g., elastomeric bands) to the bracket. The rotatable member is rotatable in a first direction (e.g., counter clockwise) relative to a body of the bracket for securing or locking the archwire within the slot, and for rotating in an opposite direction (e.g., a clockwise direction) relative to the bracket body for unsecuring or unlocking the archwire so that it is substantially unrestrained from exiting the slot. |
| US10682204B2 |
Method of producing an elongate implant containing a structurally encoded pin through electrical discharge machining
An implant and method for manufacturing an implant comprising an implant body defining a longitudinal axis and a structurally encoded pin contained within the implant body and aligned substantially along the longitudinal axis, the structurally encoded pin having a shape or surface characteristics discernable by an imaging modality such as x-ray, fluoroscopy, computed tomography, electromagnetic radiation, ultrasound, visible light, UV light, magnetic resonance imaging, positron emission tomography and neutron imaging, from outside the implant body, the shape or surface characteristics representing structurally encoded data. The structurally encoded pin is encoded via an electric discharge machining process. |
| US10682201B2 |
Apparatus for inking a surgical instrument
An apparatus for inking a surgical instrument includes an inking capsule, which comprises a base and a vertical wall extending from the base to define a cavity. The inking capsule has a first opening opposite the base, an ink reservoir disposed within the cavity, where the ink reservoir has ink disposed therein. The ink reservoir comprises a second opening proximate a top portion of the ink reservoir, and a penetrable seal covering the second opening to seal the ink in the ink reservoir when the seal is in an unbroken state. |
| US10682198B2 |
Method and system for fluorescent imaging with background surgical image composed of selective illumination spectra
A surgical site is simultaneously illuminated by less than all the visible color components that make up visible white light, and a fluorescence excitation illumination component by an illuminator in a minimally invasive surgical system. An image capture system acquires an image for each of the visible color components illuminating the surgical site and a fluorescence image, which is excited by the fluorescence excitation component from the illuminator. The minimally invasive surgical system uses the acquired images to generate a background black and white image of the surgical site. The acquired fluorescence image is superimposed on the background black and white image, and is highlighted in a selected color, e.g., green. The background black and white image with the superimposed highlighted fluorescence image is displayed for a user of the system. The highlighted fluorescence image identifies tissue of clinical interest. |
| US10682192B2 |
Variable-length guide apparatus for delivery of a flexible instrument and methods of use
Described herein is an apparatus for guiding an elongated flexible instrument, the apparatus comprising a variable-length support assembly adapted to maintain a length of the elongated flexible instrument in a fixed configuration relative to the variable-length support assembly as the variable-length support assembly is moved along a longitudinal axis. The variable-length support assembly includes a plurality of linkages connected in series along the longitudinal axis, and the variable-length support assembly has a compact configuration and an expanded configuration. |
| US10682191B2 |
Systems and methods for commanded reconfiguration of a surgical manipulator using the null-space
Devices, systems, and methods for reconfiguring a surgical manipulator by moving the manipulator within a null-space of a kinematic Jacobian of the manipulator arm. In one aspect, in response to receiving a reconfiguration command, the system drives a first set of joints and calculates velocities of the plurality of joints to be within a null-space. The joints are driven according to the reconfiguration command and the calculated movement so as to maintain a desired state of the end effector or a remote center about which an instrument shaft pivots. In another aspect, the joints are also driven according to a calculated end effector or remote center displacing velocities within a null-perpendicular-space of the Jacobian so as to effect the desired reconfiguration concurrently with a desired movement of the end effector or remote center. |
| US10682190B2 |
System and method for monitoring control points during reactive motion
A system and method of monitoring control points during reactive motion includes a computer-assisted medical device. The computer-assisted medical device includes one or more articulated arms each having a control point and a control unit coupled to the one or more articulated arms. The one or more articulated arms and corresponding control points are configured to track movement of a surgical table. The control unit monitors a spatial configuration of the one or more control points by determining an expected spatial configuration of the one or more control points during the movement of the surgical table, determining an actual spatial configuration of the one or more control points during the movement of the surgical table, and determining a difference between the expected spatial configuration and the actual spatial configuration. |
| US10682185B2 |
Devices, systems and methods for natural feature tracking of surgical tools and other objects
Systems, methods and devices for use in tracking are described, using optical modalities to detect spatial attributes or natural features of objects, such as, tools and patient anatomy. Spatial attributes or natural features may be known or may be detected by the tracking system. The system, methods and devices can further be used to verify a calibration of a tool either by a computing unit or by a user. Further, the disclosure relates to detection of spatial attributes, including depth information, of the anatomy for purposes of registration or to create a 3D surface profile of the anatomy. |
| US10682183B2 |
Systems and methods for correction of artificial deformation in anatomic modeling
Systems and methods are disclosed for correcting for artificial deformations in anatomical modeling. One method includes obtaining an anatomic model; obtaining information indicating a presence of an artificial deformation of the anatomic model; identifying a portion of the anatomic model associated with the artificial deformation; estimating a non-deformed local area corresponding to the portion of the anatomic model; and modifying the portion of the anatomic model associated with the artificial deformation, based on the estimated non-deformed local area. |
| US10682180B2 |
Method and system for patient-specific modeling of blood flow
Embodiments include a system for determining cardiovascular information for a patient. The system may include at least one computer system configured to receive patient-specific data regarding a geometry of the patients heart, and create a three-dimensional model representing at least a portion of the patient's heart based on the patient-specific data. The at least one computer system may be further configured to create a physics-based model relating to a blood flow characteristic of the patient's heart and determine a fractional flow reserve within the patient's heart based on the three-dimensional model and the physics-based model. |
| US10682179B2 |
Systems and methods for determining tissue type
Ablation and visualization systems and methods to access quality of contact between a catheter and tissue are provided. In some embodiments, a method for monitoring tissue ablation of the present disclosure comprises advancing a distal tip of an ablation catheter to a tissue in need of ablation; illuminating the tissue with UV light to excite NADH in the tissue, wherein the tissue is illuminated in a radial direction, an axial direction, or both; determining from a level of NADH fluorescence in the illuminated tissue when the distal tip of the catheter is in contact with the tissue; and delivering ablation energy to the tissue to form a lesion in the tissue. |
| US10682175B2 |
Using catheter position and temperature measurement to detect movement from ablation point
Ablation is carried out by bringing a probe into contact with a target tissue. The probe has a plurality of temperature sensors and an ablation electrode on its distal portion. The temperature sensors are distributed circumferentially about the longitudinal axis such that the probe has an omnidirectional temperature sensitivity. After verifying that contact exists between the probe and the target tissue, and while applying energy through the ablation electrode data from the temperature sensors is repetitively recorded. Thereafter, responsively to detection of a drop in temperature with respect to the baseline temperature level, it is concluded that a loss of contact between the probe and the target tissue has occurred. The operator is thereupon alerted. |
| US10682174B2 |
Device for resecting an organ in a cavity of a body
Disclosed is a device for resecting an organ in a cavity of a living body. The device includes a guide with a tube and a tube, both cylindrical, the tube being mounted in the first tube; an electrical conductor surrounded by an electrically insulating sheath, the tube being a cylinder of revolution with an inner radius of value R1, the tube including a part which is a cylinder of revolution with an outer radius of value R2 |
| US10682173B2 |
System and method for testing electrosurgical generators
A system is provided. The system includes an electrosurgical generator configured to measure, collect and record data pertaining to a characteristic of tissue as the tissue is being electrosurgically treated. A tuner configured to couple to the electrosurgical generator includes a tuning circuit providing a load having a variable complex impedance for the electrosurgical generator when the electrosurgical generator is connected thereto. A controller including stored data pertaining to impedance values is in operable communication with the electrosurgical generator for retrieving the recorded data pertaining to the characteristic of tissue. The controller is in operable communication with the tuner for varying a complex impedance of the load. The controller configured to compare the recorded data pertaining to the at least one characteristic of tissue with the stored data pertaining to the plurality of impedance values and to adjust the tuner to one of the plurality of impedance values. |
| US10682168B2 |
Intramedullary implant with proximal plate and method for its use
An orthopedic implant is specifically configured for use in osteotomies, in which part of the implant extends into an intramedullary portion of a first bone segment and a plate portion is external to the cortical surface of an adjacent bone segment to fix the segments to allow them to fuse. The body of the implant has a first end and a second end where the end which is inserted into the bone has a chamfer and a through hole having a hole axis optionally at an oblique angle to the longitudinal axis of the implant, and which can receive a screw, peg or pin. The second end of the implant includes a plate portion with at least two offset screws. |
| US10682164B2 |
Bone plate system and related methods
A bone plate system for use in an “open door” laminoplasty procedure, including a bone plate, a first fixation element, and at least one second fixation element. The bone plate is elongated and has a generally curved shape such that the plate has an associated radius of curvature. The plate is sized and dimensioned to span a gap between a pair of bony segments, for example a pair of bony segments constituting a divided lamina. The first and second fixation elements are each configured to securely attach the bone plate to the bony segments. The bone plate has a first end including a generally U-shaped slot extending therein such that the open end of the slot comprises a first terminal end of the plate. |
| US10682161B2 |
Inner fixation device for the treatment of a limb, in particular the femur distal portion or tibia proximal portion
The invention concerns an inner fixation device for the correction of axial deformities of a limb, for example a long limb, of the type comprising at least one plate (2, 2′) for epiphysiodesis with at least a pair of lobes (3,4) each provided with a through hole (7) to be laterally fixed to a bone portion or to a long bone head. Advantageously, the device (1) comprises one second plate (12, 12′) placed on the opposite side of the bone portion with respect to said at least one plate (2, 2′) and connected to that by at least one rod (15) passing through the bone portion. The rod (15) is extended through the bone in parallel to an epiphyseal plate and it has opposite extremities (16,17) connected to the plates (2,2′; 2,12′) to keep them close to the bone and to stop the bone growth in one central portion of the bone. |
| US10682159B2 |
Abrasive body
The invention relates to an abrasive body (6) for a grinding tool with an abrasive layer (8), which has at least one binding agent (12) and abrasive grains (13), characterised in that thermochromic colouring agents are provided in the abrasive layer (8).The invention relates further to a grinding tool (1) with an abrasive body (6) according to the invention and elements (5) for connecting the grinding tool (1) to a driving device for rotatingly driving the abrasive body (6).The invention relates further to a use of the abrasive body (6) according to the invention or of the grinding tool (1) according to the invention for treating human body parts. |
| US10682157B2 |
Vascular access device
An access device for placing a medical article within a body space includes a needle, a dilator, and a sheath. The dilator can be coaxially and slideably disposed about the needle, and the sheath can be coaxially and slideably disposed about the dilator. The access device can further include a inner member coaxially disposed between the needle and dilator. The needle can include a fenestration in fluid communication with a space between the needle and inner member. When the needle punctures a blood vessel, the fenestration allows blood to flow into the space between the needle and inner member to provide a visual indicator to a physician or healthcare professional that the needle is in a vessel. |
| US10682156B2 |
Angle-guidance device and method for CT guided drainage and biopsy procedures
An angle guidance device includes a base, which can be flexible and self-adhesive; a connector piece, including a rotatable connection, which is tiltable to a left or right side, and right and left connector plates, each including center and protractor cutouts; and a guidance piece, including an insert or protractor piece, and v-shaped needle guide, such that the v-shaped needle guide can be adjusted to a predetermined device inclination angle relative to the base. Optionally included are longitudinal and lateral level components, a bullseye level, a laser pointer, a screen, and an angle-guidance control unit, including a processor, a non-transitory memory, an input/output, a CT controller, an angle sensor, an angle viewer, a 3-axis accelerometer, and a data bus. Also disclosed is an angle-guidance method, including obtaining CT images, measuring angle and depth, setting biopsy angle, marking entry point, positioning angle-guidance device, marking position, inserting procedure needle. |
| US10682152B2 |
Devices and methods for removal of acute blockages from blood vessels
A rapid exchange (RX) catheter may provide a proximal seal against a guide catheter inner lumen so that aspiration may be applied through a guide catheter. The catheter may include an exit port that defines a transfer port for aspiration and may enable minimal frictional engagement with the guide catheter proximal of the exit port. Aspiration can be applied to the lumen of the guide catheter and may be directed to and effective at the tip of the RX aspiration catheter. A tip of the RX catheter may facilitate aspiration and retrieval of the clot by expanding under load and can also partially or fully occlude the vessel. |
| US10682151B2 |
Ultrasound catheter devices and methods
A method of operating an ultrasound catheter includes providing an elongate catheter body having at least a first lumen; providing a housing coupled with a proximal end of the elongate catheter body, the housing having an inner cavity; providing a fluid inlet in fluid communication with at least one of the first lumen and the inner cavity; providing a sonic connector coupled to a proximal portion of an ultrasound transmission member; providing vibration absorption O-rings disposed in the inner cavity around at least a portion of the ultrasound transmission member, the plurality of vibration absorption O-rings being located distal to the sonic connector; and delivering fluid to the fluid inlet to supply the fluid at least distally into the first lumen of the elongate catheter body to dissipate heat received from the ultrasound transmission member in the first lumen of the elongate catheter body. |
| US10682141B2 |
Surgical device including a control system
A surgical device comprising a staple cartridge, a clamping mechanism configured to clamp patient tissue, a firing member, a manual bailout, an electric motor, a power source, and a control unit is disclosed. The clamping mechanism comprises a first iaw and a second iaw. The firing member configured to engage the first jaw and the second jaw during a closure stroke. The second jaw is moved to the closed position during the closure stroke and the firing member is further configured to eject staples from the staple cartridge during a firing stroke. The manual bailout is configured to retract the firing member through a retraction stroke. The electric motor is configured to drive the firing member. The control unit is configured to monitor a parameter of the electric motor and control the amount of current supplied to the electric motor based on the parameter. |
| US10682140B2 |
Staple line reinforcement for anvil and cartridge
A surgical buttress for use in a surgical stapling apparatus is provided and includes an elongate rectangular body portion defining a width; a neck portion integrally formed with and extending from a distal end of the body portion, the neck portion defining a width; a head portion integrally formed with and connected to a distal end of the neck portion, the head portion defining a width; and a tail portion integrally formed with and extending from a proximal end of the body portion, the tail portion defining a width. The width of the tail portion is less than the width of the body portion. |
| US10682139B2 |
Device and method for assisting selection of surgical staple height
A compression gauge cartridge for use mounted in a cartridge bay of a cartridge jaw member comprising an end effector of a surgical stapler instrument to compress a tissue consistently to a predetermined thickness and measure a reactionary load therefrom comprises: a cartridge body having a proximal end and a distal end, and a tissue supporting surface, wherein the cartridge body is configured to be releasably mounted in the cartridge bay; a force gauge assembly comprising a force transducer and a compression head having a tissue compression face, wherein the force gauge assembly is supported by the cartridge body positioned between the proximal end and the distal end thereof, and wherein the compression head is configured and disposed so that the tissue compression face thereof lies substantially closer to the tissue contacting surface of the anvil jaw member than the tissue supporting surface of the cartridge body; and a spacer member extending from the tissue supporting surface of the cartridge body, wherein the force gauge assembly is positioned distally with respect to the spacer member. |
| US10682138B2 |
Bilaterally asymmetric staple forming pocket pairs
In various embodiments, a stapling assembly is disclosed. The stapling assembly comprises, among other things, an anvil configured to deform staples. The anvil comprises a tissue-engaging surface and a pair of forming pockets defined in the tissue-engaging surface, wherein the pair of forming pockets are configured to deform corresponding legs of a staple. The pair of forming pockets comprises a longitudinal pocket axis, an intermediate axis comprising a center point, a proximal forming pocket, and a distal forming pocket, wherein the pair of forming pockets are bilaterally asymmetric with respect to the longitudinal pocket axis and the intermediate axis, and wherein the pair of forming pockets are rotationally asymmetric with respect to the center point. |
| US10682135B2 |
Endoscopic surgical clip applier
An apparatus for application of surgical clips to body tissue is provided and includes a handle assembly; a shaft assembly including a housing extending distally from the handle assembly and defining a longitudinal axis; a plurality of surgical clips disposed within the shaft assembly; a jaw mounted adjacent a distal end portion of the shaft assembly, the jaw being movable between an open spaced-apart condition and a closed approximated condition; and a pusher bar reciprocally disposed within the housing of the shaft assembly and being detachably connectable to the housing of the shaft assembly, the pusher bar being configured to load a distal-most surgical clip into the jaws during distal movement and remain connected to the housing of the shaft assembly and in a distally advanced position during an approximation of the jaws. |
| US10682133B2 |
Suture passer and grasper instrument and method
Disclosed herein is a combination suture passer and grasper instrument having a needle which can deliver a suture to a repair site, and then use deformable wire arms to capture the suture and drag it into a hollow interior of the needle, thus eliminating the need for two separate instruments. |
| US10682129B2 |
Robotic end effector with adjustable inner diameter
An end effector for a robotic-assisted surgical system having an adjustable inner diameter. In embodiments, the end effector includes a main body having an opening extending through the main body, one or more members located within the main body that extend into and retract from the opening to vary a diameter of the opening through which a tool may be inserted, and an adjustment mechanism on the end effector and coupled to the one or more members for varying the diameter of the opening. |
| US10682125B2 |
Dampened biopsy device and methods of use
An impact biopsy device is disclosed. The impact biopsy device may be configured to displace various cutting elements, such as an outer tubular member and cutting element and a cannula to sever a tissue sample from a patient. The impact biopsy device may comprise an actuation system configured to transfer displacement or force to the cutting elements by the impact of an element on another element. |
| US10682119B2 |
Shape sensing for flexible ultrasound transducers
A transducer device includes a transducer array (300) configured on a substrate (312). The substrate is configured to flex in accordance with a surface. The transducer array includes elements for transmitting and/or receiving acoustic energy. A shape sensing optical fiber (314) is disposed within the array and configured to shape sense a position of the elements in the array. Stiffeners (308) are connected to the array and configured to flex in accordance with the surface and provide a limit to an amount of flexure. |
| US10682118B2 |
Ultrasound system and method for analyzing cardiac periodicity
A method and system for analyzing cardiac periodicity includes a processor, a display device, and a probe. The method and system includes acquiring ultrasound data from cardiac tissue with the probe, generating an m-mode image from the ultrasound data with the processor, displaying the m-mode image on the display device, selecting a portion of the m-mode image exhibiting periodic motion, analyzing the portion of the m-mode image with the processor to determine a cardiac periodicity, and displaying a graphical representation of the cardiac periodicity on the display device. |
| US10682117B2 |
Stethoscope apparatus and a method of processing breathing sounds produced by a subject
According to an aspect, there is provided a stethoscope apparatus stethoscope apparatus, the stethoscope apparatus comprising a sound sensor for measuring sounds produced by the breathing of a subject and for outputting a sound signal representing the measured breathing sounds; an antenna for receiving a modulated electromagnetic signal from the body, wherein the modulated electromagnetic signal is modulated by movement of air, fluid and/or tissue in the body; a processing unit that is configured to receive the sound signal from the sound sensor and the modulated electromagnetic signal from the antenna; and normalise the sound signal using the modulated electromagnetic signal. |
| US10682113B2 |
Self-calibrating device for X-ray imaging scanners
A position sensor has one or more fiducials formed of radio-opaque material and mounted along a surface of a radio-translucent body. A sensor element is coupled to the radio-translucent body and is spaced apart from the one or more fiducials and is energizable to acquire image content during receipt of exposure energy from an X-ray source to the position sensor. The sensor element is in signal communication with a processor and is energizable to generate data that is indicative of a relative position of the X-ray source. A radio-opaque covering is coupled against an outer surface of the radio-translucent body. |
| US10682104B2 |
Computed tomography recording with different sets of energy thresholds
A method is for recording a region of interest of an examination object with a computed tomography system including an energy-selective X-ray detector with a number of energy threshold values that can be set by way of an energy threshold values. In an embodiment, the method includes first recording of first projection scan data with a first set of energy thresholds; setting a second set of energy thresholds different from the first set of energy thresholds, based on a temporally variable parameter; and second recording of second projection scan data different from the first projection scan data with the second set of energy thresholds. |
| US10682099B2 |
Training of an electroencephalography based control system
A system including an electroencephalography (EEG) device configured to be positioned on a head of a user and process detected EEG signals. The system also includes a processor in communication with the EEG device, a memory accessible by the processor and instructions stored in the memory for execution by the processor to generate, based on a control instruction, a control data signal, for control of an operation of a controllable device configured to provide a premises related service in an area of a premises. In the training phase, execution of the instructions configures the processor to determine whether or not that the control operation of the control data signal is consistent with the detected EEG signals based on a trusted input from the user, and upon determination that the control operation is consistent with the detected EEG signals, store, in the memory, recognition data characterizing the detected EEG signals as a predetermined set of signals in association with the control instruction. |
| US10682095B2 |
Finger ring electrocardiogram monitor trigger systems and associated methods
A method of monitoring a health status of a patient using a monitoring system comprising a pair of finger ring electrocardiogram (ECG) monitors. Each finger ring monitor comprises an inner ring member and an outer ring member positioned radially outward from and operably connected to the inner ring member. The inner ring member of each monitor features a conductor characterized by at least one physiological-type sensor, and an annular bladder that defines an adjustable aperture sized to receive a left-hand finger of a patient and a right-hand finger of the patient, respectively. Upon triggering by positioning the pair of finger ring ECG monitors substantially together, the conductors of each of the finger ring ECG monitors are configured to receive biopotential signals from skin on the fingers of the patient. |
| US10682094B2 |
Watch type terminal
A mobile terminal of the present invention comprises: a front case having a display unit disposed on a front surface thereof; a rear case coupled to the front case at the rear of the front case to form an inner space; a main board located in the inner space and comprising mounted components coupled to a surface thereof; a shielding sheet laminated on a back surface of the main board; and a wireless charging coil located in the inner space, wherein the shielding sheet has empty spaces at positions where the wireless charging coil and the mounted components overlap with each other. Accordingly, the main body of the mobile terminal can be prevented from becoming thick by forming the shielding sheet for enhancing the performance of the wireless charging coil in a shape that does not overlap with the wireless charging coil and the mounted components at the same time. |
| US10682091B2 |
System and methods for dynamic bone structure interaction
A method of determining a condition of bone structure in a living organism includes impacting a bone to induce vibration in multiple modes having a resonance frequency in a range of about 400 Hz to about 1000 Hz, detecting at least one modal vibration response of the bone for the at least one mode of vibration, and analyzing the at least one modal vibration response to determine a modal vibration characteristic of the bone. A system for determining a condition of bone structure in a living organism includes a force input device configured to impact a bone to induce vibration having a resonance frequency of about 400 Hz to about 1000 Hz, at least one sensor configured to sense at least one modal vibration response, and a computer configured to collect modal vibration response data and analyze the modal vibration response data to determine a vibration characteristic of the bone. |
| US10682089B2 |
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program
The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of checking a plurality of types of analysis results regarding one skin condition item intuitively and easily.The information processing apparatus according to one aspect of the present technology includes an acquisition unit configured to obtain information representing a plurality of types of analysis results on skin conditions obtained by analyzing an image of a skin at a same position, and a presentation unit configured to simultaneously display, on a same image, a plurality of types of visualized information obtained from visual representation of the plurality of types of analysis results. The present technology is applicable to a mobile terminal used together with a skin measurement instrument that photographs a skin image. |
| US10682088B2 |
Method and apparatus for monitoring the ingestion of food and/or drink by a subject
There is provided an apparatus for monitoring the ingestion of food and/or drink by a subject, the apparatus comprising a control unit that comprises a first obtaining module configured to obtain measurements of one or more physiological characteristics of the subject; a second obtaining module configured to obtain measurements of eddy currents generated in the body of the subject by an externally-applied magnetic field; a setting module configured to set a respective cut-off frequency for one or more filtering stages based on a respective frequency for each of said one or more physiological characteristics; a filtering module configured to filter the measurements of eddy currents using the one or more filtering stages to remove signal components due to the one or more physiological characteristics; and a processing module configured to process the filtered measurements to determine whether food and/or drink is present in the stomach of the subject. |
| US10682086B2 |
Delivery of a digital therapeutic method and system
Disclosed herein is a system and method for delivering a digital therapeutic, specific to a user emotional or mental state (EMS). This entails recognizing at least one EMS selected by the user from a plurality of EMS, said selected EMS indicating at least one of a feeling, sensation, type of discomfort, mood, mental state, emotional condition, or physical status of the user. Pushing at least a primary-level message personalized to the user based on at least one stored message coupled to the selected EMS; wherein the at least primary-level messages contain at least one of a text, image, sound, video, art asset, suggested action or recommended behavior. The actions suggested or behaviors recommended are supported by at least one independent source of peer-reviewed research, as verified by a credentialed EMS expert. |
| US10682082B2 |
Sensor system and method which makes use of multiple PPG sensors
A sensor system comprises first and second PPG sensors. A monitoring system monitors detection by at least one of the first and second detectors an optical calibration signals, for performing time calibration between the first and second PPG sensors. This system makes use of two PPG sensors. To enable these sensors to be independent units, rather than being fully integrated into a combined system, a calibration system is provided. Based on detected optical signals, the behavior over time of each PPG sensor can be monitored and thus calibration can take place. |
| US10682079B2 |
Long-term implantable monitoring system and methods of use
Methods and systems include a long-term implantable ultra-filtrate monitoring system that uses micro-porous membranes to produce an ultra-filtrate of tissue interstitial fluid or blood plasma. The ultra-filtrate is transported through a sensor to detect a level of analyte in the ultra-filtrate. The long-term implantable fluid monitoring system thus includes a first porous catheter, a second porous catheter, a sensor configured to measure an amount of analyte in fluid, and a pump configured to move fluid through the first porous catheter to the sensor and from the sensor through the second porous catheter. |
| US10682078B2 |
Apparatus and methods for matching of tinnitus
Apparatuses and methods for matching the tinnitus of a subject are provided. A plurality of sounds are applied to a subject. The plurality of sounds includes a plurality of first sounds and further includes a plurality of second sounds. A first likeness score associated with the plurality of the sounds is received. Each first likeness score is representative of the similarity of the sound associated therewith to the tinnitus of the subject. At least one third sound is generated based on at least one of the plurality of first sounds and based on at least one of the plurality of second sounds. The at least one third sound is generated based on the first likeness scores associated with the plurality of sounds. A fourth sound is determined based on the at least one third sound. The fourth sound matches the tinnitus of the subject. |
| US10682076B2 |
Systems and methods for monitoring the attachment and/or positioning of a wearable of a sensor device
A system for monitoring medical conditions including pressure ulcers, pressure-induced ischemia and related medical conditions comprises at least one sensor adapted to detect one or more patient characteristic including at least position, orientation, temperature, acceleration, moisture, resistance, stress, heart rate, respiration rate, and blood oxygenation, a host for processing the data received from the sensors together with historical patient data to develop an assessment of patient condition and suggested course of treatment. In some embodiments, the system can further include a support surface having one or more sensors incorporated therein either in addition to sensors affixed to the patient or as an alternative thereof. The support surface is, in some embodiments, capable of responding to commands from the host for assisting in implementing a course of action for patient treatment. The sensor can include bi-axial or tri-axial accelerometers, as well as resistive, inductive, capactive, magnetic and other sensing devices, depending on whether the sensor is located on the patient or the support surface, and for what purpose. |
| US10682070B2 |
Electromagnetic sensor with probe and guide sensing elements
A medical system comprises a probe comprising a terminal distal end. The system further comprises a first coil in the probe and comprises a guide instrument including a terminal distal end and defining a lumen sized to guide the probe. The probe can be inserted through the lumen to reach a worksite. At the worksite, the terminal distal end of the probe is configured to reach at least the terminal distal end of the guide instrument. The system further comprises a sensor embedded in a wall of the guide instrument and comprises processing hardware configured to receive a first induced signal from the first coil and to receive from the sensor an indication of a pointing direction of the guide instrument. The processing hardware is configured to use the first induced signal and the indication of the pointing direction to determine a roll angle of the probe. |
| US10682069B2 |
User preference and user hierarchy in an electroencephalography based control system
A system including an electroencephalography (EEG) device configured to be positioned on a head of a user. The system also includes a processor in communication with the EEG device, a memory accessible by the processor and instructions stored in the memory for execution by the processor to, in configuration phase, for each respective location among a plurality of locations at a respective time among a plurality of times, obtain an identification (ID) associated with the respective premises at the respective time, determine a control instruction associated with the EEG signals detected from among a plurality of control instructions; store the determined control instruction in association with the obtained premises ID, as a user preference data relative to the respective location; and at a later time, during an operational phase at the respective location, utilize the stored user preference data to communicate a control data signal corresponding to the determined control instruction to a controllable device at the respective premises. |
| US10682066B2 |
System and methods for assessing heart function
Systems and methods can be used to provide an indication of heart function, such as an indication of mechanical function or hemodynamics of the heart, based on electrical data. For example, a method for assessing a function of the heart can include determining a time-based electrical characteristic for a plurality of points distributed across a spatial region of the heart. The plurality of points can be grouped into at least two subsets of points based on at least one of a spatial location for the plurality of points or the time-based electrical characteristics for the plurality of points. An indication of synchrony for the heart can be quantified based on relative analysis of the determined time-based electrical characteristic for each of the at least two subsets of points. |
| US10682060B2 |
Photoacoustic apparatus and image processing method
A photoacoustic apparatus is used which includes: a receiving element receiving acoustic wave from an object; a processor generating image data inside of the object; a changer changing irradiation positions of light on the object; and a wide-area image acquirer of the object, wherein the processor generates, for the irradiation positions, a local-area image of the object corresponding to the irradiation position, and based on a comparison between a plurality of local-area images obtained for the irradiation positions and a comparison between the plurality of local-area images and the wide-area image, integrates the plurality of local-area images. |
| US10682054B2 |
Apparatus for angiographic optical coherence tomography in retina or choroid, and method for diagnosing diseases by using same
The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for angiographic optical coherence tomography in the retina or the choroid, and a method for diagnosing diseases by using the same and, more specifically, to: an apparatus for angiographic optical coherence tomography in the retina and the choroid, capable of diagnosing, at an early stage, shock states or diseases such as those of sepsis by quickly and objectively recognizing the low perfusion of tissue; and a diagnostic method using the same. |
| US10682052B2 |
Method and device for exposing at least one sectional face inside a light scattering object
The invention relates to an interferometric method, in which the light scattered by an object is imaged onto an electronic camera, wherein a sample light component is assigned to scattering sites on a sectional face in the interior of the object. This sample light component can be separated from the contributions of the other sample light components by processing of the camera image and leads to a sectional image. A particular advantage of the invention lies in the fact that multiple parallel sectional faces can be exposed sequentially at predetermined intervals from each other in the interior of the object. Such a sequence of sectional images can be used to calculate a solid model of the object. |
| US10682047B2 |
Tracheal tube
Provided is a tracheal tube that can be easily inserted into the inside of a subject and enables real-time observation of a state after tracheal intubation. The tracheal tube (1) includes a hollow tube body (2), a lumen (2a), and a scope unit (3), wherein the tube body (2) is inserted into the subject, the lumen (2a) is mounted to the tube body (2), and the scope unit (3) includes a cable portion (4) inserted in the lumen (2a) and an imaging optical system mounted to the distal end of the cable portion (4), the imaging optical system including an imaging device configured to image the inside of the subject. |
| US10682046B2 |
Surgical system with hermetically sealed endoscope
In one embodiment, a minimally invasive surgical system includes a patient side manipulator, a hermetically sealed endoscopic camera instrument, a vision cart, and a monitor. The patient side manipulator has a robotic arm. The endoscopic camera instrument has a housing at a proximal end to couple to the robotic arm. The endoscopic camera instrument further has a hermetically sealed camera sensor at a distal end, a shaft coupled to the housing, and a wristed joint coupled between the shaft and the camera sensor. The vision cart has a camera control unit coupled in communication with the hermetically sealed camera sensor to capture the images of the surgical site. The monitor is coupled in communication with the camera control unit to display the captured images of the surgical site. |
| US10682044B2 |
Spectrally encoded forward view and spectrally encoded multi-view endoscope using back-reflected light between reflective surfaces
A Spectrally Encoded Forward View or Multi-View Endoscope, Probe, and Imaging Apparatus and system, and methods and storage mediums for use therewith, are provided herein. At least one apparatus or system may comprise a first waveguide; an optical system; and a diffraction grating. The first waveguide may be for guiding light from a light source to an output port of the first waveguide. The optical system may comprise at least a first reflecting surface and a second reflecting surface. The first reflecting surface may be arranged to reflect light from the output port of the first waveguide to the second reflecting surface. The second reflecting surface may be arranged to reflect light from the first reflecting surface back through the first reflecting surface to the diffraction grating. The diffraction grating may diffract light from the second reflecting surface in several lights/colors of non-zero diffraction orders in a first direction. |
| US10682042B2 |
Wireless viewing system and method
One embodiment provides a device, method, and wireless viewing system. The wireless viewing system includes a light emitter integrated in a first portion. The wireless viewing system also includes a lens positioned proximate the light emitter in the first portion. The light emitter and the lens are inserted into a body. The first portion is interchangeable. The wireless viewing system further includes a connector physically securing the first portion to the second portion. The second portion is not inserted into the body. The wireless viewing system further includes a camera capturing video content received through the lens. The wireless viewing system further includes a wireless transmitter transmits the video content to a receiver associated with a displaying device. |
| US10682041B2 |
Extendible flexible sheath
A sheath for a medical instrument includes an elongate body extending from a proximal end to a distal face. The elongate body may be configured to axially extend from a first length to a second length greater than the first length. The sheath may include a first hollow lumen extending from a first end proximate the proximal end to a second end proximate the distal face, and a second hollow lumen extending from the proximal end to the distal face. The second lumen may be open at the distal face. The sheath may also include a transparent window positioned at the second end of the first lumen to seal the first lumen at the second end. The transparent window may be configured to transmit light therethrough. |
| US10682037B2 |
Dishwasher with a spray arm system having a bearing assembly
A spray arm assembly for a dishwasher having a spray arm having a spray arm inlet, a bearing assembly having a bearing body defining a through passage with a bearing inlet and a bearing outlet fluidly coupled to the spray arm inlet; and a liquid supply conduit having a supply outlet fluidly coupled to the bearing inlet. |
| US10682036B2 |
Cleaning device
The invention relates to a cleaning device for spreading a cleaning or disinfection fluid over an area, including a storage container (2) for storing the cleaning or disinfection fluid, including a dispensing member (4) which (4) is interposed in an outlet line (3) connected to the storage container (2) and which can be actuated via a handle (5), as well as having a tubular shaft (6) on which the handle (5) can be moveably guided or retained, which handle (5) is connected in a controllable manner to the discharge member (4) via a connecting rod (7) provided inside the tubular shaft (6). According to the invention, the cleaning device is characterized in that, inter alia, the shaft (6) of the cleaning device (1) has at least two tubular shaft sections (8, 9; 9, 10) that can be connected to one another, and a respective associated rod section (11, 12) of the connecting rod (7) is provided inside said tubular shaft sections. |
| US10682034B2 |
Cleaning device having fluid reservoir handle with integral refill/reservoir receiver
A mop or like cleaning implement with a fluid reservoir and dispensing handle and with an integral refill/add-on reservoir receiver which embraces the handle. A refill/add on reservoir fluid container is inserted into the receiver to supplement and/or replenish the volume of liquid contained in the fluid reservoir handle. The refill fluid container can be removed and replaced when empty. The reservoir and dispensing handle can be filled and refilled independently of the refill fluid container, or can be refilled using the refill container. Either way, a refill container can be inserted into the refill receiver to supplement the volume of fluid in the reservoir handle. |
| US10682033B2 |
All surface cleanroom mop
A cleanroom mop for cleaning all critical surfaces within a cleanroom. The cleanroom mop includes a mop head frame with at least one hollow area within the mop head frame that is accessible by at least one opening located on the top of the mop head frame, a handle attached to the mop head frame, and a mop head that is attachable to the mop head frame which has opposing sides and at least one snap fastener on each of the opposing sides where the snap fasteners can be snapped together to connect the opposing sides of the mop head. |
| US10682029B2 |
Vacuum cleaner
A vacuum cleaner that includes: a cleaner body; a wheel; a dust container; a cover member that is configured to (i) rotate, about an axis that is outside of a plane of the cover member, between a first position and a second position and (ii) cover, based on the cover member being located at the first position or the second position, the first opening of the cleaner body and a portion of the dust container; a cover member coupling portion that couples the cover member to the cleaner body and that is configured to rotate about the second axis with the cover member; a suction nozzle that is coupled to the dust container and that is configured to guide dust into the dust container; and a display that is coupled to the cover member and that is configured to display operating information of the vacuum cleaner is disclosed. |
| US10682026B2 |
Toilet seat
A toilet seat includes a bottom plate, a top plate, and a bonding member. The top plate includes a sidewall part and a seating part. The sidewall part is provided on the bottom plate along a vertical direction. The seating part is supported by the sidewall part. The bonding member bonds the bottom plate and the sidewall part. The bonding member has an exposed surface exposed externally. The exposed surface is positioned below a central plane of the bottom plate and positioned outward of a central plane of the sidewall part. |
| US10682015B1 |
Molding apparatus for frying taco shells
An improved taco shell mold apparatus includes at least two portions or assemblies that may be selectively moved between an open configuration and a closed configuration. The two portions or assemblies include rigid surfaces that, when in the closed configuration, are spaced apart by a gap of predefined dimensions defining the boundaries of a cavity that contains and confines the tortilla during frying. This internal cavity between the two portions or assemblies of the taco mold apparatus has a predetermined width. |
| US10682013B2 |
Grate stacker
A grate stacker includes a bottom clamp assembly, and an upper clamp assembly, coupled by an intermediate support shaft assembly extending from the middle of the top of the bottom clamp assembly to the bottom of the upper clamp assembly. The support shaft assembly allows pivoting rotation of the upper clamp assembly relative to the bottom clamp assembly. Each clamp assembly attaches to a grate of a barbecue to support the grates in stacked relationship, while enabling pivoting motion of the upper grate relative to the lower grate. An optional anchor prevents the bottom grate from tipping. |
| US10682011B2 |
Cooking device and components thereof
Disclosed herein is a cooking system for cooking food, the system including a housing defining a hollow chamber configured to receive a food container. The housing has an upper portion defining an opening to the hollow chamber. A lid is attachable about the upper portion of the housing and is configured to extend across the opening to the hollow chamber. At least one heating element is associated with at least one of said housing and said lid. The cooking system is operable in a plurality of modes including a pressure cooking mode and a dry cooking mode. In the pressure cooking mode, the cooking system is operable as a pressure cooker and in the dry cooking mode, the cooking system is operable as a dry cooker. |
| US10682009B2 |
Apparatus for extracting coffee and method for preheating heater thereof
Disclosed is an apparatus for extracting coffee that includes an input part which receives a command for controlling an operation of the apparatus for extracting coffee; a heater which heats water supplied to a coffee flow path for extracting coffee; a temperature sensor which measures the temperature of the heater; an input voltage acquisition part which acquires an input voltage value applied to the apparatus for extracting coffee; and a control part which determines the possibility of coffee extraction by detecting the operation of the apparatus for extracting coffee, and if it is determined that there is a high possibility of coffee extraction, controls a preheating operation of the heater on the basis of the input voltage value acquired by the input voltage acquisition part and the temperature of the heater measured by the temperature sensor. |
| US10682005B2 |
Beverage dispenser
A beverage dispenser, in which a filter is arranged between the lower end of a brewing chamber and the upper end of a fluid receptacle, and a beverage brewed by supplying a raw material and water to the chamber and filtered by the filter is received in the fluid receptacle, and is thereafter delivered to a cup along a beverage path. The beverage dispenser includes a pump arranged partway along the beverage path, and that reduces a pressure in the fluid receptacle to draw the beverage from the chamber, and delivers it to the cup. A predetermined quantity of the raw material and a first quantity of water are supplied to the chamber, and thereafter, during the delivering of beverage, a second quantity of water is supplied to the chamber, so that without interruption, the beverage is delivered to and served in the cup C. |
| US10682004B2 |
Beverage machine with a cover for an ingredient inlet
A machine (1) for preparing a beverage from at least one ingredient (2) comprises: an ingredient processing module (3); an ingredient passage (4) having an ingredient mouth (41) for inserting along an insertion direction (42) an ingredient from outside such machine (1) into the ingredient processing module; and a cover (5) pivotable between a position covering the ingredient passage and a position uncovering the ingredient passage, The cover (5) is pivotable about a pivoting axis (51) that is generally parallel to the insertion direction (42) and/or that is generally perpendicular to the mouth (41) of the passage (4). |
| US10681994B2 |
Modular presentation system for the display and support of goods and build-up method therefor
The invention pertains to a modular presentation system for the display and support of goods and a build-up method therefor. The system comprises floor tiles, blocks, and cover plates. Two floor tiles can be interconnected by placing the two floor tiles adjacent and subsequently mounting a connection piece in connection recesses provided in the two floor tiles. Floor tiles, blocks, and cover plates are configured to clamp on top of floor tiles and blocks. The present invention allows to quickly and efficiently build up the modular presentation system. |
| US10681991B1 |
Metal stays for bunk beds
Method and apparatus for metal bed stays designed primarily for usage on bunk beds, but which could be used on any type bed wherein the metal bed stay includes a horizontal portion upon which the mattress or a supporting Bunkie board would rest having opposing ends wherein each end is fastened to an opposite left and right bed side rail. The bed rail includes a horizontal cross piece which could be of any shape, but may be round, having opposing ends having an upward vertical leg on each end including a 90 degree bend portion with a thickened portion above the bend along with a transition area which transitions to a flattened portion which is wider so as to receive a plurality of apertures therein through which fasteners pass in order to attach the vertical leg portion to the inside surface of the opposing left and right bed side rails. |
| US10681987B2 |
Console unit having a door compartment
A console unit having a compartment door operatively incorporated therein, and within the upper part of the compartment or door, there is provided a storage receptacle for holding various different items, such as, for example, a book, a magazine, remote control devices, a wireless charging pad, a dock, or alternatively, the storage receptacle comprises at least one cup holder for holding a beverage container, and wherein further a motorized mechanism is provided within the console for moving the component, compartment, or door of the console unit between a first position at which the component, compartment, or door is CLOSED such that the storage receptacle or at least one cup holder is hidden within a forward section of the console unit, and a second position at which the component, compartment, or door is OPENED and projects forwardly and outwardly from the console unit such that the storage receptacle or the at least one cup holder is exposed and may in fact be utilized to hold various items, such as, for example, the aforenoted book, magazine, remote control devices, or a beverage when the storage receptacle comprises a cup holder. The console unit may comprise a stand-alone unit which is adapted to be disposed alongside a lounger chair or interposed between a pair of lounger chairs, or alternatively, the console unit may be integrally incorporated within at least one side wall portion of the lounger chair. |
| US10681985B2 |
Folding chair
A folding chair comprises two front tubular legs, two rear tubular legs and a seat cushion board, with the front tubular legs intersecting the rear tubular legs. Two washers are arranged at an intersection of the front and rear tubular legs, such that each washer is located between a front tubular leg and a rear tubular leg. A pin passes through the front tubular leg, the washer and the rear tubular leg successively. The washer includes a curved base and a bowl-shaped support which is located in a central area of the curved base, and a through hole is formed at the center of the bowl-shaped support. The curved base is fixedly connected to the front tubular legs. |
| US10681982B2 |
Patient support apparatus
A patient support apparatus including a seat section, a backrest section that is movable relative to the seat section, and an arm supported relative to the seat section. The arm is adapted to move between a first position adjacent the seat section for use as an arm rest for a person sitting on the patient support apparatus to a raised second position adjacent the backrest section. The arm and the backrest section are coupled together when the arm is in the raised second position wherein the arm moves with the backrest section. |
| US10681976B2 |
Brush with fluid delivery
A toothbrush includes a handle, a head at a distal end of the handle comprising a bristle plate, a hole extending through the bristle plate, a plurality of bristles at least partially disposed in the hole and extending from the hole in a direction away from the head, and a reservoir in fluid communication with the hole. Fluid in the reservoir enters the tuft holes and is wicked out of the head of the toothbrushes by capillaries formed between the bristles. |
| US10681967B2 |
Systems and methods for converting wearable ornaments to displays
A backing for an ornamental pin including a tab extended backwards at an angle. Said tab allows ornamental pin to become a display, and vice versa. Includes at least one hole configured to receive at least one type of pin back, including but not limited to needle style pins and locking pin mechanisms. Backing is substantially rigid to allow for standing function. Tab may be adjustable, but still fixable at an angle. Tab may be rigidly fixed at a particular angle. May include grip section for ease of use. Grip section may also enable the pin to lay more uniformly against a user's clothing when ornamental pin is used as such. |
| US10681963B1 |
Belt buckle system with set screw system
Clothing belt adjustment systems are configured for wearing around a user's body such as around the waist. The belt adjustment system includes a belt and a buckle wherein the belt can be looped and secured to the buckle to secure the belt around a user's waist or other portion of the body. The buckle has a body with a thin side profile that is not overly bulky such that it can comfortably fit over the button region of a wearer's pants. The buckle advantageously includes one or more threaded retainer members, such as threaded screws, that secure one portion of the buckle to another portion of the buckle. The buckle includes at least one set screw that further secures the belt member to the buckle. |
| US10681955B2 |
Interchangeable sole system
An item of footwear having an interchangeable sole system, midsoles for such an item of footwear, and related methods for making such midsoles, including a receptacle incorporated in the midsole wherein a portion of the receptacle is configured to complement an engageable element of a sole unit so that a bidirectional stop is provided that helps secure the sole unit to the midsole, and wherein a material property of the receptacle differs from a material property of the midsole so that the midsole provides cushioning to the item of footwear, and the receptacle allows for engagement and disengagement of the engageable element of the sole unit to the midsole without the need for an outsole frame. |
| US10681937B2 |
Fibrous filtration material for electronic smoking article
The present disclosure relates to aerosol delivery devices, methods of forming such devices, and elements of such devices. For example, some aerosol delivery devices of the current disclosure include a reservoir having a liquid aerosol precursor composition, an electrical heater in fluid communication with the reservoir and configured to vaporize the liquid aerosol precursor composition to form an aerosol, and a filter operatively arranged relative to the electrical heater such that at least a portion of the formed aerosol passes therethrough, the filter being configured to selectively bind one or more undesirable impurities. |
| US10681933B2 |
Apparatus for cleaning items from a conveying apparatus
A roller brush bed and a fluid delivery system are provided. The fluid deliver system includes a fluid source, a fluid supply tube connected to the fluid source, a movable fluid delivery bar in fluid communication with the fluid supply tube and a drive system attached to the movable fluid delivery bar and configured to move the movable fluid delivery bar relative to the at least one roller brush and along the roller brush bed, wherein the movable fluid delivery bar is configured to spray fluid toward the at least one roller brush as the movable fluid delivery bar is moved along the roller brush bed. |
| US10681930B2 |
Equol-containing extract, method for production thereof, method for extraction of equol, and equol-containing food
The present invention relates to an extract obtained by extracting useful components containing equal from an equol-containing fermented soybean hypocotyl, and to a method for producing the same. The present invention makes it possible to efficiently obtain useful components containing equol from the fermented soybean hypocotyl by subjecting an equol-containing fermented soybean hypocotyl to extraction using an ethanol aqueous solution as an extractant. The present invention reduces the content of saponin, which causes an unpleasant taste, by sequentially subjecting the equal-containing fermented soybean hypocotyl to extraction using an ethanol aqueous solution and ethanol, while efficiently extracting equol and glycitein. |
| US10681926B2 |
High protein flakes derived from protein pellets
The present invention relates to methods for preparing high protein flakes comprising forming a protein into a protein pellet and introducing the protein pellet and a food component into a cooker. The protein pellet and the food component are cooked in the cooker to give a cooked food product. The food product is then formed into a high protein flake. |
| US10681920B2 |
Coffee composition
The present invention provides a process of producing grains of coated coffee grounds, the process comprising: heating a mixture of a coating composition and coffee grounds to a temperature below the melting point of the coating composition and at which the coating composition forms a coating on at least some of the coffee grounds; and cooling the mixture to provide grains comprising coffee grounds having a coating of the coating composition formed on at least some of the surface of the coffee grounds. The present invention also provides coated ground coffee compositions that may be produced by this method. |
| US10681918B2 |
Loading system for bone-in limb meat
A loading system for bone-in limb meat according to an embodiment is a loading system for loading a bone-in limb meat to a processing portion, the loading system includes: an image capturing portion for capturing an image of the bone-in limb meat before being loaded to the processing portion; an image processing portion capable of acquiring orientation information of the bone-in thigh meat from the image of the bone-in limb meat captured by the image capturing portion; an openable/closable pair of clamp pieces for holding the bone-in limb meat; an arm supporting the pair of clamp pieces, and capable of controlling a position and orientation of the pair of clamp pieces; and a control portion controlling, based on the orientation information acquired by the image processing portion, an operation of the arm and thereby holding the bone-in limb meat, and loading the bone-in limb meat to the processing portion. |
| US10681917B2 |
Fish slaughter device and trigger device configured for same
Fish slaughter device includes fish positioning device with fish head abutment, against which the fish head abuts temporary stop position by controllable fish slaughter tool. Fish head abutment element is a trigger releasable by a trigger sensor of a controllable trigger controllable to move the fish head abutment into different trigger positions. device includes a first control actuator with a first actuator, a coupling device, connecting the fish head abutment to the first actuator for adjusting movement into the trigger positions, and an additional second control actuator with a second actuator controllably placeable in at least two fixed trigger adjustment positions. The two actuators are coupled so an adjusting movement of the first actuator is stopped by a coupling impact against the second actuator in a fixed trigger adjustment positions, which brings about an associated trigger position of the fish head abutment. |
| US10681915B2 |
Baking pan assembly
A baking pan assembly includes a baking pan including a bottom, a pair of opposing end walls extending upward from the bottom in a vertical direction, and a pair of opposing side walls extending upward from the bottom in the vertical direction, where each of the opposing side walls define an engagement portion having a retaining slot extending downward into the engagement portions and an insert configured to be inserted within the retaining slots of the baking pan. |
| US10681913B2 |
Foliar applications of low-concentration phytotoxic micronutrient compounds for selective control of invasive plant species
This invention provides low-dose, low-concentration formulations of phytotoxic trace inorganic compounds for use in methods and systems for selectively and effectively controlling invasive plants. |
| US10681911B2 |
Anthelminthic composition
The present invention relates generally to combinations comprising an alkaline compound and an ammonium compound that are useful for reducing the number of free living parasitic helminths on various surfaces, to methods of using such combinations, and to the use of such combinations for killing helminths, particularly nematodes. |
| US10681908B2 |
Molecules having pesticidal utility, and intermediates, compositions, and processes, related thereto
This disclosure relates to the field of molecules having pesticidal utility against pests in Phyla Arthropoda, Mollusca, and Nematoda, processes to produce such molecules, intermediates used in such processes, compositions containing such molecules, and processes of using such molecules and compositions against such pests. These molecules and compositions may be used, for example, as acaricides, insecticides, miticides, molluscicides, and nematicides. This document discloses molecules having the following formula (“Formula One”). |
| US10681900B1 |
Silicone chew toy
A chew toy product is made of multiple layers of silicone. Liquid silicone layers are vulcanized to a solid silicone layer to form a unitary solid silicone chew toy. Each of the layers can include a silicone colorant, so the chew toy can have multiple colors. |
| US10681898B2 |
Collapsible bowl with lid convertible to legs
The present invention is directed to a portable feeding apparatus or bowl, more particularly to a travel feeding apparatus for pets having a hinged lid that converts to legs for supporting the bowl in an upright manner. The hinged lid has a lock for locking the lid in a closed position. |
| US10681897B2 |
Robotic arm with brush tool
An apparatus includes a carriage, platform, extension member, brush tool member, brush tool, and controller. The carriage is coupled to and moves along a track. The platform has a length orthogonal to and greater than its width and transverse to the lateral direction when in an operational state. The platform pivots such that its front and back ends move vertically in opposite directions. The extension member is movably coupled to the platform and its longitudinal axis is parallel to the platform's length. The back end of the brush tool member is coupled to the front end of the extension member. The brush tool is coupled to the front end of the brush tool member. The controller configured moves the extension member towards the front end of the platform such that a portion of the brush tool extends beyond the front end of the platform. |
| US10681891B1 |
Soybean variety BR33576499
A novel soybean variety, designated BR33576499 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety BR33576499, cells from soybean variety BR33576499, plants of soybean BR33576499, and plant parts of soybean variety BR33576499. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety BR33576499 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety BR33576499, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety BR33576499, and methods of characterizing soybean variety BR33576499. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety BR33576499 are further provided. |
| US10681889B1 |
Maize inbred PH47KB
A novel maize variety designated PH47KB and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH47KB with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH47KB through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH47KB or a locus conversion of PH47KB with another maize variety. |
| US10681888B1 |
Maize inbred PH47K2
A novel maize variety designated PH47K2 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH47K2 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH47K2 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH47K2 or a locus conversion of PH47K2 with another maize variety. |
| US10681886B2 |
Variety corn line FX6278
The present invention provides an inbred corn line designated FX6278, methods for producing a corn plant by crossing plants of the inbred line FX6278 with plants of another corn plant. The invention further encompasses all parts of inbred corn line FX6278, including culturable cells. Additionally provided herein are methods for introducing transgenes into inbred corn line FX6278, and plants produced according to these methods. |
| US10681884B2 |
Lettuce variety 81-296 RZ
The present invention relates to a Lactuca sativa seed designated 81-296 RZ. The present invention also relates to a Lactuca sativa plant produced by growing the 81-296 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the lettuce cultivar, represented by lettuce variety 81-296 RZ. |
| US10681883B2 |
Compositions and methods for minimizing nornicotine synthesis in tobacco
Compositions and methods for reducing the level of nornicotine and N′-nitrosonornicotine (NNN) in tobacco plants and plant parts thereof are provided. The compositions comprise isolated polynucleotides and polypeptides for a root-specific nicotine demethylases, CYP82E10, and variants thereof, that are involved in the metabolic conversion of nicotine to nornicotine in these plants. Compositions of the invention also include tobacco plants, or plant parts thereof, comprising a mutation in a gene encoding a CYP82E10 nicotine demethylase, wherein the mutation results in reduced expression or function of the CYP82E10 nicotine demethylase. Seed of these tobacco plants, or progeny thereof, and tobacco products prepared from the tobacco plants of the invention, or from plant parts or progeny thereof, are also provided. Methods for reducing the level of nornicotine, or reducing the rate of conversion of nicotine to nornicotine, in a tobacco plant, or plant part thereof are also provided. The methods comprise introducing into the genome of a tobacco plant a mutation within at least one allele of each of at least three nicotine demethylase genes, wherein the mutation reduces expression of the nicotine demethylase gene, and wherein a first of these nicotine demethylase genes encodes a root-specific nicotine demethylase involved in the metabolic conversion of nicotine to nornicotine in a tobacco plant or a plant part thereof. The methods find use in the production of tobacco products that have reduced levels of nornicotine and its carcinogenic metabolite, NNN, and thus reduced carcinogenic potential for individuals consuming these tobacco products or exposed to secondary smoke derived from these products. |
| US10681880B2 |
Systems and methods for using water as a ballast in an assembly line grow pod
A method for controlling a balanced state of an assembly line grow pod is provided. A group of sensors including a pressure sensor and a weight sensor is arranged at a plurality of different locations of an assembly line grow pod. A first set of data indicative of weight of fluid supplied to plants supported in an assembly line grow pod is generated. A second set of data indicative of weight of plants grown is generated. Based on the first set of data and the second set of data, a weight disparity at a selected location of the assembly line grow pod is determined. Upon determination that the weight disparity exceeds a predetermined threshold, the balanced state of the assembly line grow pod is maintained by moving ballast water to reduce the weight disparity. |
| US10681879B2 |
System, apparatus and method for growing marijuana
Systems, apparatuses and methods for growing marijuana plants, particularly for regulated purposes, for example medical purposes or in some jurisdictions recreational purposes, have automated subsystems with sensors to provide feedback information about system, apparatus and plant growth parameters to one or more controllers so that the one or more controllers can alter one or more parameters to provide optimal conditions for the growing and harvesting of the marijuana plants. In particular aspects, the systems, apparatuses and methods provide for control of odors produced during the growing of marijuana, root management of the marijuana plants and control over important levels of chemicals provided to the plants, for example enzymes and flavor additives. |
| US10681876B2 |
Above-ground farming module in which the roots of the plants are fed by a nutritional mist, set of modules and associated method
The invention relates mainly to an above-ground farming module which includes an element for supporting plants defining a root chamber for the aerial portion of the plants, and which includes means for forming a mist of nutritional solution (9) and means (25, 26) for circulating said mist of nutritional solution (30) located in the root chamber (4). The means for forming the mist of nutritional solution (9) advantageously include an ultrasound mister (10) located in the bottom of a misting cell (9) on which at least one opening for propagating the nutritional mist (20) in the root chamber (4) is arranged, and the means (25, 26) for circulating the mist of nutritional solution (30) are located next to said opening (20). |
| US10681875B2 |
Hydroponic tower compatible gutter assembly
A gutter assembly is provided that is configured to collect water passing through a plurality of vertical hydroponic towers, the assembly minimizing leakage while simplifying gutter maintenance. The gutter assembly includes a gutter pipe from which an upper portion has been removed to form a pair of mounting ledges. The gutter assembly also includes a gutter cap that is attached to the gutter pipe via the mounting ledges using a snap fit system. |
| US10681871B1 |
Loading assembly of a bale wagon
A loading assembly of a bale wagon includes a lift actuator configured to drive a clamp assembly to rotate about a local lateral axis and a rotation actuator configured to drive the clamp assembly to rotate about a vertical axis. The loading assembly also includes a controller communicatively coupled to the lift actuator and to the rotation actuator, in which the controller includes a memory and a processor. The controller is configured to selectively control the lift actuator to rotate the clamp assembly about the local lateral axis between a collection position and a longitudinal delivery position, and control the lift actuator and the rotation actuator to rotate the clamp assembly about the local lateral axis and about the vertical axis between the collection position and a lateral delivery position. |
| US10681869B1 |
Blade threading device for a grain header
A blade replacement tool for use in replacing a combine cutting saw knife. The blade replacement tool includes a cable that is operatively connected to a connection link that is used for transferring pulling force to a connected combine cutting saw knife. A pull handle is fastened to the cable. The pull handle receives a pulling force that is transferred via the cable and via the connection link to a connected combine cutting saw knife. The cable is strong, thin and flexible. The pull handle is at least two feet (2 ft.) long. The connection link includes an attachment bracket having first and second apertures for attaching to a cutting saw knife (sickle) via mating apertures in a cutting saw knife (sickle). |
| US10681866B2 |
Lock proving system for an agricultural machine attachment
A lock proving system provides a positive indication when a locking mechanism has correctly latched a removable attachment to an agricultural machine, the attachment being a header for a combine harvester for example. The locking mechanism includes a locking element that is shiftable into a locking position in which, provided the attachment is mounted to the machine with the correct alignment, the locking element acts upon a lock proving mechanism that is mounted to the attachment. The lock proving mechanism delivers mechanical feedback to the machine, the action of which is detected by a sensing device mounted upon the machine. |
| US10681865B2 |
Crop machine with an electronically controlled hydraulic cylinder flotation system
A header is supported by a pair of hydraulic float cylinders, where a float pressure to the cylinders is directly controlled by an electronic control supplying a variable control signal to a PPRR valve arrangement to maintain the float pressure at a predetermined value. At the set pressure a predetermined lifting force is provided to the header. A position sensor is used to generate an indication of movement and/or acceleration and/or velocity. The electronic control is arranged, in response to changes in the sensor signal, to temporarily change the control signal to vary the lifting force and thus change the dynamic response of the hydraulic float cylinder. A lift force greater than that required to lift the header can be provided by a lift cylinder and can be opposed in a controlled manner to apply a controlled downforce by the back of the same cylinder or by a separate component. |
| US10681864B2 |
Charging station with a data connection for a ground working system
A ground working system has at least one self-driving ground working device with a drive, a control unit and an in-device battery for supplying energy to the ground working device. An operating region (A), within which the ground working device travels automatically along a traveling path (W), is determined by an edge boundary. At least one charging station for charging the battery of the ground working device via an electrical energy-transferring charging connection is provided. The charging connection is also configured as a data connection for the transmission of data packets. |
| US10681863B2 |
Autonomous mobile green area maintenance robot
A autonomous mobile green area maintenance robot, includes: a first motor-driven treatment tool, a second motor-driven treatment tool differing from the first treatment tool, and an open protective housing with a lateral rim. The first treatment tool defines a first treatment zone and is arranged within the protective housing such that the first treatment zone is located in a safety zone of the protective housing. The safety zone has a safety distance to the lateral rim. The second treatment tool defines a second treatment zone, wherein the second treatment zone is located at least partially beyond the safety zone. The autonomous mobile green area maintenance robot has an autonomous operation mode, wherein in the autonomous operation mode, a maximum kinetic energy of the second motor-driven treatment tool is smaller than a maximum kinetic energy of the first motor-driven treatment tool. |
| US10681854B2 |
Dynamic supplemental downforce control system for planter row units
A dynamic supplemental downforce control system for a planter row unit. The system includes closed-loop feedback circuit that cooperates with a downforce actuator to dynamically control fluid flow to the downforce actuator to maintain balance between the actual gauge wheel downforce and a desired gauge wheel downforce during planting operations. |
| US10687450B2 |
Component chuck device and component mounting device
A component chuck device moves a pusher member downward when negative pressure is supplied, and holds a posture of a component by causing the pusher member to abut with an upper face of the component that is gripped in a gripping mechanism. Then, the component chuck device releases gripping of the component when supply of negative pressure is stopped, and a lead of the component is inserted into a hole of a substrate while holding the posture of the component by moving the pusher member downward while remaining abutted with the upper face of the component. |
| US10687447B2 |
Methods of applying thermal interface materials to board level shields
Disclosed are exemplary embodiments of board level shields including thermal interface materials. Also disclosed are methods of applying thermal interface materials to board level shields. |
| US10687445B2 |
Organic EL display apparatus
A display apparatus is provided that includes a display panel, a plate-shaped base disposed on a rear surface side of the display panel, and a flexible wiring substrate. The display apparatus also includes a circuit substrate, an electronic component attached to at least one of the wiring substrate and the circuit substrate, and a heat conductive member attached to a rear surface of the electronic component. The display apparatus further includes a rear structural member disposed to cover the heat conductive member, and a connecting member that connects the base and the rear structural member and generates a compressive force that compresses the heat conductive member being sandwiched by the electronic component and the rear structural member. |
| US10687443B2 |
Control unit
The invention relates to a control unit (10; 10a to 10d), particularly for vehicle navigation, having a housing (13) that consists of at least two housing elements (11, 12; 61, 65, 72; 75), having at least one circuit carrier (16; 16a; 64; 81) on which at least one heat-generating component (1) is arranged, having a thermal transfer element (30; 61), made of metal, for dissipating the heat generated by the at least one heat-generating component (1), having at least one sensor element (40, 41) that is connected at least indirectly to the at least one circuit carrier (16; 16a; 64; 81), having at least one plug connection body (35), made of plastic, having connection elements (36) for making electrical contact with the at least one circuit carrier (16; 16a; 64; 81), wherein the plug connection body (35) is formed in the region of a frame-like or cover-like housing element (12; 65;75), made of plastic, so as to be integral therewith or as a component that is separate from the housing element (12; 65; 75). |
| US10687442B2 |
Fan module assembly
Example implementations relate to a fan module assembly. One example fan module assembly includes a basepan housed in a chassis of a computing device. The basepan includes a distal end. The fan module assembly also includes a plurality of pins extending from the basepan. The plurality of pins includes a first pin and a second pin. The first pin and the second pin are staggered with respect to a plane defined by the distal end. The fan module assembly further includes a fan module attached to the basepan via the first pin and the second pin. |
| US10687441B2 |
Vacuum-based thermal management system
A thermal management system and method are presented for cooling an entity. The system comprises: a closed loop fluid flow line for flow of a coolant while being transferred in between its liquid and gas phases; at least one cooling zone located within the flow line and comprising at least one cooling interface; a vacuum generator unit operable for creating and maintaining vacuum condition at the cooling zone to thereby reduce evaporation temperature of the coolant located in the cooling zone; and a condensation zone spaced apart from the cooling interface downstream thereof with respect to a direction of the coolant flow from the cooling zone along the closed loop path wherein the coolant is condensed to liquid phase. |
| US10687435B2 |
Apparatus, system, and method for enabling multiple storage-system configurations
A configurable storage-system drawer may include (1) a chassis, (2) a slide assembly coupled to a side of the chassis that is configured to enable the chassis to be temporarily pulled out of a data-center rack, and (3) a passive drive-plane board housed within the chassis and configured to enable storage-system modules that differ between two or more storage-system configurations of the storage-system drawer to be interchanged. In some examples, the passive drive-plane board may include (1) storage-drive connectors that are each configured to detachably mate with a storage drive, (2) a storage-system-module connector configured to detachably mate with a storage-system module that includes one or more components necessary for one of the two or more storage-system configurations, and (3) electrical interconnects that electrically couple the storage-drive connectors to the storage-system-module connector. Various other apparatus, systems, and methods for enabling multiple storage-system configurations are also disclosed. |
| US10687434B2 |
Mechanisms for SAS-free cabling in rack scale design
Mechanisms for SAS-free cabling in Rack Scale Design (RSD) environments and associated methods, apparatus, and systems. Pooled compute drawers containing multiple compute nodes are coupled to pooled storage drawers using fabric infrastructure, such as Ethernet links and switches. The pooled storage drawers includes a storage distributor that is coupled to a plurality of storage devices and includes one or more fabric ports and a PCIe switch with multiple PCIe ports. Under one configuration, the PCIe ports are connected to one or more IO hubs including a PCIe switch coupled to multiple storage device interfaces that are coupled to the storage devices. In another configuration, the PCIe ports are connected directly to PCIe storage devices. The storage distributor implements a NVMe-oF server driver that interacts with an NVMe-oF client driver running on compute nodes or a fabric switch. The drivers logically couple the storage devices over the fabric infrastructure to the compute nodes in a manner that appears the storage devices are local devices. |
| US10687432B2 |
Receptacle cover
A cover for an electrical receptacle including a faceplate. The cover also includes a first transmission tab configured to be electrically connected to a first power line of the electrical receptacle and a second transmission tab configured to be electrically connected to a second power line of the electrical receptacle. Additionally, the cover includes a device (such as a light source, circuit, port, or sensor) in communication with the first transmission tab and the second transmission tab. |
| US10687429B2 |
Switch and display device
The present invention provides a switch capable of reducing the length in the height direction. According to the present invention, there is provided a switch comprising a switch portion having an operating surface and a circuit board having an electrode, wherein the electrode is configured to be capable of detecting an operation on the switch portion, a component mounting surface of the circuit board is arranged nonparallel to the operating surface and the thickness of the circuit board does not exceed the height of the switch portion. |
| US10687426B2 |
Method of producing an electrical through connection between opposite surfaces of a flexible substrate
A method of producing an electrical through connection. A cut extending from a first surface to a second surface and separating the area into a first part and a second part is provided on an area of the flexible substrate. At least one of the first and second part is raised from a first plane of the first surface. A first wet conductive layer is printed on the first surface on and around the cut. The first wet layer is solidified into a first dried conductive layer. At least one of the first part and the second part is raised from a second plane of the second surface. A second wet conductive layer is printed on the second surface on and around the cut. The second wet conductive layer is solidified into a second dried conductive layer, which creates an electrical through connection with the first dried conductive layer. |
| US10687424B2 |
Configurable, encapsulated sensor module and method for making same
A fingerprint sensor module includes a fingerprint sensor assembly with a circuit element attached. The fingerprint sensor assembly is electrically connected to a printed circuit board (PCB) substrate with a cutout to accommodate the circuit element. The entire fingerprint sensor assembly and at least part of the PCB are encapsulated in a encapsulating material to produce a structurally robust fingerprint sensor module suitable for integration into an electronics device such as a smartphone or other “Internet of Things” (IOT) electronic device. |
| US10687422B2 |
Dual-sided FPC assembly and related systems and methods for hotbar soldering FPC assemblies
A flexible printed circuit assembly may include a flexible circuit body having a first side and an opposed second side. The circuit body may define first and second soldering areas along the first and second sides of the flexible circuit body, respectively. The first soldering area may include a first set of solder pads and the second soldering area may include a second set of solder pads. The assembly may also include a first stiffening member secured to the second side of the circuit body and a second stiffening member secured to the first side of the circuit body. The first stiffening member may be laterally aligned with the first set of solder pads defined on the first side of the circuit body and the second stiffening member may be laterally aligned with the second set of solder pads defined on the second side of the circuit body. |
| US10687418B2 |
Rollable display device and electronic device including the same
A rollable display device includes a rollable structure including a plurality of unit structures, the rollable structure being configured to be rolled and unrolled based on the unit structures, and a display panel structure attached to the rollable structure, wherein respective widths of the unit structures increase in a first direction from a first side of the rollable structure to an opposite second side of the rollable structure. |
| US10687416B2 |
Power supply device having multiple power modules physically connected with each other and electronic device comprising the same
A power supply device includes a first power module including a first printed circuit board in which a first protrusion part is formed along a first side surface of the first printed circuit board facing a first direction, a second power module including a second printed circuit board in which a first groove is formed along a second side surface of the printed circuit board facing the first side surface of the first printed circuit board in a second direction, and a third power module including a third printed circuit board electrically connecting the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board. The first protrusion part is inserted into the first groove to physically connect the first printed circuit board to the second printed circuit board. |
| US10687415B2 |
Flexible printed circuit board
A flexible printed circuit board is disclosed, which includes a pad portion, wherein the pad portion includes a pair of first signal pads formed in a first conductor layer and respectively connected with a pair of signal wires, a pair of second signal pads formed in a second conductor layer and electrically separated from a grounding layer; a pair of first grounding pads formed in the first conductor layer and electrically separated from the pair of signal wires, wherein: the pair of first signal pads is sandwiched between the pair of first grounding pads, and a pair of second grounding pads formed in the second conductor layer and connected with the grounding layer, wherein the pair of second signal pads are sandwiched between the pair of second grounding pads. A width of the first and the second signal pads is larger than that of the signal wires. |
| US10687413B2 |
Motor driving device
A motor driving device includes a control circuit board provided with a control circuit configured to output a control signal of a secondary voltage and a power circuit board provided with power circuitry to which a primary voltage higher than the secondary voltage is applied. The power circuit board includes a first substrate provided with a primary voltage component group to which only the primary voltage is applied, and a second substrate provided with a converter component group configured to convert the primary voltage into the secondary voltage and convert the secondary voltage into the primary voltage. |
| US10687412B1 |
Photonic-crystal-fiber-delivered laser-triggered high-voltage gas switch
A photonic-crystal-fiber-delivered laser-triggered high-voltage gas switch can deliver a peak irradiance of greater than 5.1×1011 W/cm2 to the AK gap for a laser having a wavelength of 1064 nm. The switch is capable of operating at pressures up to 2200 psi; voltages across the gap of greater than 200 kV; operation at less than 70% self-break voltage; shot-to-shot jitter of less than 3 ns; AK gap distances of 3 mm or smaller; and triggering via a fiber-delivered laser pulse energy of as low as 500 μJ. |
| US10687408B2 |
Methods, devices and a system for taking over a light effect between lighting devices, wherein each device covers a different coverage area
A method of controlling a lighting device of a lighting system comprising a plurality of lighting devices, wherein the lighting device is controlled in such a way that a light effect is effectively handed over between the lighting devices such that a moving light effect can be rendered within the coverage area of the lighting system. |
| US10687401B2 |
Linear constant current drive circuit
A linear constant current drive circuit, including a first end of an LED string is connected to one output end of a rectifier bridge, a second end of the LED string is connected to one end of an energy storage capacitor by using a first switch subcircuit, and the other end of the energy storage capacitor is connected to the other output end of the rectifier bridge; one end of a second switch subcircuit is connected to a junction between the first switch subcircuit and the energy storage capacitor, and the other end of the second switch subcircuit is connected to a tap end of the LED string; and one end of a third switch subcircuit is connected to the second end of the LED string, and the other end of the third switch subcircuit is connected to a junction between the rectifier bridge and the energy storage capacitor. |
| US10687400B2 |
AC light emitting diode and AC LED drive methods and apparatus
An LED device for use with an AC voltage power source configured such that at least one LED emits light during a positive phase of power provided from an AC power supply and at least one LED emits light during the negative phase of power provided from an AC power supply. The LED device includes a first power connection lead and a second power connection lead, both leads capable of being connected to and receiving power from an AC power supply. |
| US10687398B2 |
Method and device for all-directional induction stepless dimming of LED lamp
The invention provides a method and device for all-directional induction stepless dimming of an LED lamp. The device comprises an LED lamp power supply main circuit internally provided with a dimming control unit and a primary side main control unit and a human body induction unit used to introduce human body induction signals into a control chip. A PWM duty cycle signal is output by the control chip and is finally transmitted to a source of a field effect transistor Q6 to drive an oscillation transformer T1 to generate an alternating voltage, and a driving voltage is output to an LED lamp after rectification filter. Compared with the prior art, people approaching in two very opposite directions can be monitored at the same time, the brightness of the lamp is adjusted by adjusting the PWM duty cycle on the primary side of a power supply. |
| US10687395B2 |
Device for controlling energy
An apparatus for irradiating a load with UHF or microwave radiation includes a cavity for accepting a load, at least one energy feed for transmitting energy into the cavity at a plurality of UHF or microwave frequencies to irradiate the load, and a controller. The controller sets transmission durations, by setting for each of a plurality of frequencies, a respective transmission duration, repeatedly causes energy to be transmitted into the cavity at the plurality of UHF or microwave frequencies according to a duty cycle, and switches ON or OFF transmission of the energy at different frequencies in different repetitions of the duty cycle, which defines an allotted transmission time for each of the plurality of UHF or microwave frequencies. Over a plurality of repetitions of the duty cycle the energy is transmitted at each of the plurality of frequencies for the respective transmission duration. |
| US10687389B2 |
Wireless industrial remote controller for industrial process control and automation systems or other systems
An apparatus includes a wireless controller having at least one processor and a radio frequency (RF) module. The at least one processor is configured to execute control logic in order to determine how to adjust at least one actuator based on data from at least one sensor. The RF module is configured to communicate wirelessly with the sensor(s) and/or actuator(s) over one or more wireless networks. The at least one processor is also configured to function as a gateway for each wireless network. The RF module is also configured to function as an access point for each wireless network. The at least one processor could be configured to execute multiple protocol stacks to function as the gateway for the multiple wireless networks, and the RF module could be associated with multiple access point protocol stacks to function as the access point for the multiple wireless networks. |
| US10687381B2 |
Method and apparatus for configuring prohibit timer for prose transmission in wireless communication system
A method and apparatus for configuring a prohibit timer for a sidelink transmission in a wireless communication system is provided. A user equipment (UE) configures a prohibit timer for the sidelink transmission for a specific channel, starts the prohibit timer when a number of data units transmitted via the specific channel reaches to a specific number, and prohibits the sidelink transmission while the prohibit timer is running. |
| US10687380B2 |
PDN connection management method and network entity
A disclosure of the present specification provides a packet data network (PDN) connection management method performed by packet data network gateway (P-GW). The method may comprise the steps of: establishing a first type PDN connection with a user equipment (UE); recognizing that an error has occurred in the first type PDN connection, after establishing the first type-PDN connection; and transmitting a delete bearer request message to a mobility management entity (MME) in order to perform a bearer de-activation procedure according to the recognition of the error occurrence. The delete bearer request message may include information indirectly indicating that an error has occurred in the first type PDN connection. |
| US10687378B2 |
Method for communicating in multi-connection based mobile communication system and apparatus for the same
An operation method of a transmitting apparatus in a multi-connection based mobile communication system includes generating combined data by combining data and an extended information element (IE), when the data received from a serving gate way (SGW) or a core network is determined to be transmitted to a receiving apparatus; transmitting the combined data to the receiving apparatus; and receiving, from the receiving apparatus, feedback information indicating whether or not the receiving apparatus normally receives the combined data. |
| US10687375B2 |
Initial access and radio resource management for integrated access and backhaul (IAB) wireless networks
Establishment of integrated links comprising integrated wireless backhaul communications links and access communications links is facilitated by transmitting multiplexed sync signals to enable synchronization between the relay transmission point devices, and using a random access channel procedure to complete the establishment. The integrated wireless backhaul communications links and access communications links can be maintained by measuring channel characteristics of the backhaul communications links using a measurement reference signal. |
| US10687374B1 |
Peer-to-peer attribution in internet of things environment
Techniques for peer-to-peer attribution including receiving, at a server and from a first user profile of a P2P application executing on a first user device, an image of an item, a plurality of radio-frequency identifiers, and a plurality of other user profiles respectively executing on a plurality of other user devices communicatively coupled to the first user device by a wireless personal area network (WPAN). The techniques further include performing object recognition on the image, retrieving a first product, transmitting inventory information for the first product from a third-party server to the first user device, receiving an order confirmation for the first product, executing a smart contract between the first user profile, a second user profile, and the third-party, and adding the first product to a first inventory of the first user profile. |
| US10687373B2 |
Optimizations for voice handovers over wireless data access
Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media are disclosed which provide improved performance for packet switched (PS)-to-PS handovers. Embodiments provide for improved handover operations by utilizing registration refreshing techniques to reduce the time required to complete signaling and registration of a UE over a target access in connection with a handover of a communication session from a serving access to the target access. Embodiments further provide improved handover operations that eliminate the exchange of signaling information with a remote UE in connection with a handover of a communication session from a serving access to the target access. Further, handover operations are processed by a network node that is closer to the UE requesting the handover (e.g., the network node may be an Access-SBC/P-CSCF that operates between a core network and the UE). |
| US10687372B2 |
Method and apparatus of improving quality of calls in mobile communication system
A method and apparatus is provided that improves the quality of voice calls in a mobile communication network. The method of performing transmission/reception of signals in an evolved Node B (eNB) of a mobile communication system includes: receiving a first message including service request information from user equipment (UE); transmitting a second message including the service request information to an Mobility Management Entity (MME); receiving a third message including context information for the UE from the MME; and determining an inactivity timer value for the UE based on the context information. The method and apparatus can maintain, when a voice call is created, connection with calling UE from when the called UE answers the call until the call is set up, thereby preventing part of a caller's voice data from being lost. |
| US10687369B2 |
Method for initiating a random access procedure in a carrier aggregation system and a device therefor
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for initiating a random access procedure in a carrier aggregation system, the method comprising: receiving, from a network, a Radio Resource Control (RRC) signal which configures a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) resource for an cell in a Timing Advance Group (TAG); initiating a dedicated random access procedure on the cell with the PUCCH resource to be configured by the RRC signal if the RRC signal includes a dedicated random access preamble information for the cell. |
| US10687361B2 |
Flexible time masks for listen-before-talk based channel access
Systems and methods for providing flexible time masks for transmission in a wireless communication system are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method of operation of a node in a wireless communication system comprises providing, to a wireless device, an indication of a position of a transient period during a time mask, where the position of the transient period is adapted to a clear channel assessment period at the wireless device or the position of the transient period is such that the transient period occurs at least partially during a clear channel assessment period. The time mask defines an OFF period during which a transmitter of the wireless device is to be off, an ON period during which the transmitter of the wireless device is to be on, and the transient period. The transient period is a period during which the transmitter of the wireless device is to ramp-up or ramp-down. |
| US10687359B2 |
System acquisition in a shared radio frequency spectrum band
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some wireless systems utilizing shared radio frequency spectrum bands, base stations may operate in different listen before talk (LBT) modes. For example, a base station may operate in an LBT enabled mode or a non-LBT enabled mode. A UE may perform system acquisition with the base station based on receiving acquisition signals (e.g., synchronization signals and physical broadcast channel (PBCH) signals) from the base station. These acquisition signals may depend on the LBT mode of the base station. For example, the frame timing and number of subframes for the acquisition signals may be based on the LBT mode of the base station. In some cases, a base station may adaptively switch LBT modes, and the UE may re-synchronize with the base station based on an LBT configuration period or a paging message from the base station. |
| US10687352B2 |
Multiplexing clustered control information and data
Methods, systems, and devices are described for wireless communications. A wireless communication device may switch between a distributed and a clustered transmission scheme for control information transmissions. In some cases, the base station may indicate to a UE that a clustered control information transmission scheme will be used and may also indicate a monitoring pattern informing the UE how to identify its own control information in a control information set. For instance, a base station may indicate to the UE that a preferred beam of the UE is correlated with a symbol position of the UE's control information in the control information set. In some cases, the base station may indicate to a UE that a distributed control information transmission scheme will be used. |
| US10687349B2 |
Method and apparatus for requesting scheduling in wireless communication system
A method and apparatus for requesting scheduling in a wireless communication system is provided. The method requests scheduling for transmitting uplink data in a wireless communication system and may include transmitting, by user equipment (UE), a Scheduling Request (SR) of an SR type selected from multiple SR types to an eNB, receiving, by the UE, an uplink grant determined according to the selected SR type from the eNB, and transmitting, by the UE, uplink data to the eNB through a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) resource allocated by the uplink grant. |
| US10687341B2 |
Systems, methods, and media for scheduling traffic of a communication session between an application on a WiFi network and another device
Scheduling traffic of a communication session between an application on WiFi and another device, by: receiving traffic of a first session; determining that the traffic belongs to a first classification; determining that a time allocated to the first classification times a second classification airtime is less than or equal to a time allocated to the second classification times a first classification airtime; selecting a counter associated with the first session as being the largest of multiple counters each associated with a different communication session of multiple communication sessions (which include the first session); determining that the traffic of the first session is to be scheduled for transmission to the application over WiFi in response to the counter being determined to be the largest of the plurality of counters; and based on the traffic being determined to be scheduled, increasing the airtime associated with the first classification and decreases the counter. |
| US10687340B2 |
Wireless sensor network
One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for automatically forming a wireless sensor network, implementing power management for the wireless sensor network, and/or self-healing within the wireless sensor network. For example, hub devices, configured to forward messages through the wireless sensor network to a gateway device having access to a network, may automatically join and configure into the wireless sensor network by locating and connecting to master devices using signal frequencies representing numbers of hops to the gateway device. A hub device may be configured to transition between a low power sleep state for power conservation and an awakened normal operational state for transmitting timing signals according to a duty cycle, and thus the hub device may be capable of operating from a battery. If a hub device determines that a master device has become inoperable, the hub device may automatically search for a new master device. |
| US10687339B2 |
Communications based on wireless device capabilities
A wireless device transmits one or more capability messages to a base station indicating that the wireless device supports a first number of channel state information processes per bandwidth part of a cell. One or more second messages are received that comprise: first configuration parameters of a first plurality of bandwidth parts of a first cell where the first plurality of bandwidth parts comprising a first bandwidth part; second configuration parameters indicating a plurality of channel state information reference signal resources; and third configuration parameters of a second number of channel state information processes for the first bandwidth part where the second number is smaller than or equal to the first number. First reference signals received via the plurality of channel state information reference signal resources are measured. Channel state information for the second number of channel state information processes are transmitted based on the measuring. |
| US10687336B2 |
Transmitter and communication system
A transmitter of the present disclosure includes: an output terminal; a driver that performs transition of a voltage of the output terminal among a plurality of voltages; and a controller that controls the driver to cause transition start timing in one voltage transition in voltage transition among the plurality of voltages to be later than transition start timing in another voltage transition. |
| US10687335B2 |
Informing base station regarding user equipment's reception of beam change instruction
In a process of beam change, the base station transmits a beam change instruction to a user equipment to confirm a change from a current beam to another beam. The base station determines to change from a first beam to a second beam. The base station generates a beam change instruction to indicate the determination to change from the first beam to the second beam. The base station transmits, to a UE, the beam change instruction in a downlink control information (DCI). The base station determines whether or not the beam change instruction is detected by the UE. |
| US10687333B2 |
Data distribution by proxy
A communication device communicates with an originating device during an originating session and receives originating data from the originating device over a wireless communication link and then communicates with a receiving device during a receiving session and sends the originating data to the receiving device over a wireless communication link, such that the originating session and the receiving session occur at different times, and at least one of the sessions is an ad hoc communication session. |
| US10687332B2 |
Information transmission method, user equipment, and base station
Embodiments of the present application provide a method for acquiring information of access resources, a terminal device, and a base station. A terminal device detects a synchronization signal of a cell to be accessed by the terminal device. The terminal device further receives a broadcast channel of the cell on a broadcast channel resource. The terminal device then determines a resource on which the cell is located according to resource indication information carried in the broadcast channel. The broadcast channel resource corresponds to an actual access resource, and the synchronization signal is detected on the actual access resource. The actual access resource is one of a plurality of candidate access resources of the cell. The resource indication information indicates a location relationship between the actual access resource and the resource on which the cell is located. |
| US10687328B2 |
Method and apparatus for channel estimation
To facilitate sending a reference signal in a wireless communication environment, a transmitter sends a reference signal in a first time-frequency resource to a user equipment (UE); the transmitter sends data information in a first portion of a second time-frequency resource different from the first time-frequency resource to the UE; and the transmitter excludes data information from being sent in a second portion of the second time-frequency resource. The second portion of the second time-frequency resource is designated for use by another transmitter for sending another reference signal to the UE. |
| US10687327B2 |
Receiver device, transmitter device, reception method, and transmission method
Provided is a receiver device that can switch between transmission methods, while minimizing increase in the number of blind decryption iterations and the amount of signaling needed for acknowledgement. In this device, a receiver part (201) receives a signal mapped to any of a plurality of mapping candidates; and according to application levels established for each of the plurality of mapping candidates, a control signal processor (205) performs blind decryption of the plurality of mapping candidates, employing either a first transmission method using a single antenna port to carry out precoding based on feedback information from the receiver device, or a second transmission method involving transmission diversity employing multiple antenna ports. |
| US10687314B2 |
Data transmission method and device in wireless communication system
A data transmission method of a station (STA) device in a wireless LAN system is disclosed. The data transmission method of an STA device, according to the present invention, comprises: a receiving step of receiving an uplink data frame from a first STA, wherein the uplink data frame includes first receiving operating mode information indicating a receiving operating mode to be changed by the first STA; and a transmitting step of transmitting an ACK frame for the uplink data frame, wherein the ACK frame includes mode change acceptance information indicating whether to accept or reject the change in the receiving operating mode according to the receiving operating mode information. |
| US10687310B2 |
Method for controlling communication, user equipment, and base station
The present invention provides a method for controlling communication, user equipment, and a base station. The method includes: obtaining, by user equipment from a base station when needing to perform first communication, a first communication resource required for the first communication, where the obtaining, by user equipment from a base station, a first communication resource required for the first communication includes: obtaining, if the user equipment is in an RRC idle state, the first communication resource by receiving a SIB broadcast by the base station; or entering an RRC connected state if the user equipment is in an RRC idle state, and sending a first communication resource request to the base station; or sending a first communication resource request to the base station if the user equipment is in an RRC connected state. |
| US10687309B2 |
Enhanced broadcast transmission in unslotted channel hopping medium access control
A method of operating a mesh network is disclosed. The method includes joining a network as a child of a parent node and receiving a downlink broadcast channel from the parent node. The method further includes setting the downlink broadcast channel as an uplink broadcast channel in response to the step of receiving. |
| US10687307B2 |
Core network node and methods for determining reachability of wireless devices in extended discontinuous receive (eDRX) operation
A core network node (e.g., Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN)) and various methods are described herein for determining reachability of wireless devices operating with extended discontinuous reception (eDRX). |
| US10687304B2 |
Terminal device, wireless communication device, wireless communication method, and computer program
[Object] To provide a wireless communication device which enables paging to be effectively performed with respect to a terminal device that is a target of paging in a system in which another terminal device acts like a cell.[Solution] Provided is a terminal device including: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a paging message from a base station; and a control unit configured to execute paging with respect to one or more other terminal devices that perform wireless communication with the base station via the terminal device on the basis of the paging message acquired by the acquisition unit. |
| US10687303B2 |
User equipment localization in a mobile communication network based on delays and path strengths
A receiver has a plurality of antennas and receives a plurality of radio signals from a plurality of transmitters of different cells of a wireless communication network. Each radio signal has a position reference signal sequence and is transmitted to the receiver via a radio channel including a plurality of path components. The receiver processes the radio signal to estimate for a path component the time of arrival of the PRS sequence and to determine for a path component a path strength value of the PRS sequence. A position of the receiver is estimated using the ToAs and the PS values. |
| US10687302B2 |
Event tagging for mobile networks
Improved network event tagging for mobile communications is described herein. By way of example, a mobile network can be configured to take periodic geographic positions of a mobile terminal operating within the mobile network. Network events occurring between the periodic geographic positions, otherwise partially unknown in position, can be estimated by referencing topographical information and estimating a route of travel of the mobile device. Estimated speed of the mobile device can be utilized to place the mobile device on a road network, cycling route, pedestrian walkway, or the like, and refine the estimated position of the mobile device at the time of the network event. Such estimates can be refined from traffic information or other real-time travel data. An estimated position of the mobile device can be output as an approximation of the network event to facilitate event modeling for the mobile network. |
| US10687300B2 |
De-registration method in wireless communication system and device therefor
An aspect of the present invention relates to a UE-initiated de-registration method by an AMF in a wireless communication system, and comprises the steps of: receiving, from UE, a de-registration request message that requests de-registration, wherein the de-registration request message includes de-registration type information and first access type information indicating a target access to which the de-registration is to be applied; requesting, when the UE has an established protocol data unit (PDU) session through the target access, an SMF to release the established PDU session; and transmitting a de-registration accept message to the UE depending on the de-registration type. |
| US10687299B2 |
Mobility signaling load reduction
Methods, systems, and devices may assist in reducing signaling load that occur based on paging and handover. Methods, systems, and devices may be based on UE states, a radio access network registration area (RRA) or tracking/paging area with different architectural approaches (e.g., hierarchical or distributed), dynamic RRA management, radio access network based paging, and radio access network based user equipment (UE) mobility management. |
| US10687293B2 |
Wirelessly synchronized clock networks
A system includes a first device comprising a first clock generating circuit and a transmitter circuit, and a plurality of second devices, each comprising a respective receiver circuit and a respective second clock generating circuit. The first clock generating circuit may be configured to generate a first clock signal, which may provide internal clocking for the first device. The transmitter circuit may be configured to generate a synchronization signal in response to the first clock signal and wirelessly transmit a broadcast signal communicating only the synchronization signal. The respective receiver circuit may be configured to receive the broadcast signal and present a recovered synchronization signal to the respective second clock generating circuit. The respective second clock generating circuit may be configured to generate a respective intermediate clock signal, synchronize the respective intermediate clock signal with the recovered synchronization signal, and generate a respective second clock signal that provides internal clocking for the second device. |
| US10687290B2 |
Method to receive multiple signals using multiple beams
A UE may identify a first indication associated with a first signaling to be received in a time interval and identify a second indication associated with a second signaling to be received in the time interval. The UE may select to receive and receive, in the time interval, at least one of the first signaling or the second signaling based on at least one of the first or second indications. One or more of the first and second indications may be received from a BS or determined by the UE via predefined or other means. A BS may convey indications of the first and/or second signaling. The first and second indications may be transmitted sufficiently before the signaling in an effort to allow the UE to select and tune its receiver beam in the direction of the signaling to be received. |
| US10687287B2 |
Dynamic power sharing for dual connectivity
A cellular communication device is configured to use Non-Standalone Architecture (NSA) dual connectivity for communicating with a cellular communication network, using simultaneous 4th-Generation (4G) Long-Term Evolution (LTE) and 5th-Generation (5G) New Radio (NR) radio access technologies. When implementing NSA dual connectivity, the device may receive separate transmit power control commands for LTE uplink transmissions and NR uplink transmissions, respectively. In order to keep total transmitted power of the device below a regulatory maximum transmit power, LTE transmit power is limited to a value that is less than regulatory maximum transmit power, thereby reserving at least a reserved transmit power for NR transmissions. This allows NR acknowledgements to be sent from the device to avoid NR downlink failure. |
| US10687286B2 |
Methods to indicate transmit power envelope restrictions for wireless local area network (WLAN) operation in unlicensed spectrum
Embodiments of a high efficiency (HE) access point (HE AP) and HE station (HE STA) are generally described herein. The HE AP may transmit a frame that includes a transmit power envelope element to indicate local maximum transmit power constraints for an operating bandwidth of the HE AP on a per-segment basis. The operating bandwidth may be configurable for division into segments of a configurable segment size. The transmit power envelope element may include: a transmit power information field that includes: a local maximum transmit power count subfield that indicates the operating bandwidth, and a segment size subfield that indicates the segment size; and for each of the segments, a local maximum transmit power per segment field that indicates a local maximum transmit power for the segment. |
| US10687285B2 |
Control channel and data channel power allocation among multiple user equipment
A transmitting method, a transmitter, a receiver and an associated scheduling method for control signal and data signal are provided. The transmitting method includes following steps. Firstly, a first control power and a first data power are respectively allocated to a first control signal and a first data signal which are to be transmitted with a first sub-carrier in a first time duration. The first control power and the first data power are different. The first control signal and the first data signal are multiplexed by superimposing the first control power and the first data power before the multiplexed first control signal and the multiplexed first data signal are transmitted. |
| US10687281B2 |
Wireless communication method and wireless communication terminal, which use discontinuous channel
The present invention relates to a wireless communication method and a wireless communication terminal using a non-contiguous channel. To this end, provided are a wireless communication terminal including a processor and a transceiver, wherein the processor receives a wireless packet through the communication unit, obtains total bandwidth information indicated via a bandwidth field of HE-SIG-A of the received packet, obtains information of an unassigned resource unit via at least one of the bandwidth field of the HE-SIG-A and a subfield of HE-SIG-B of the received packet, and decodes the received packet based on the total bandwidth information and the information of the unassigned resource unit and a wireless communication method using the same. |
| US10687280B2 |
Low battery indication in Wi-Fi enabled device or sensor
A system of saving battery power in a battery powered Wi-Fi device. The system includes a battery powered Wi-Fi device configured to transmit a customized beacon frame from the battery powered Wi-Fi device to a Wi-Fi enabled device. The customized beacon frame includes battery status information. In another form, a method of saving battery power in a battery powered Wi-Fi device. The method includes transmitting a customized beacon frame from the battery powered Wi-Fi device to a Wi-Fi enabled device. The customized beacon frame includes battery status information. In another form, a system for saving sensor battery power includes a battery powered sensor configured to transmit a customized beacon frame from the battery powered sensor to a Wi-Fi enabled device. The customized beacon frame includes sensor data. Customized beacon frame may be sent from the Wi-Fi enabled device to a wireless network. |
| US10687279B2 |
System and method of optimizing user equipment reachability notifications
An improved method and system of optimizing handling and sending of reachability notifications for a UE is disclosed. Solutions and implementations disclosed provide an efficient mechanism for determining the timing and duration of reachability periods for a UE and as a result predicting future reachability periods. This enables sending of one notification with sufficient information to inform the network of the time periods during which the UE is reachable instead of sending a notification each time the device becomes reachable. |
| US10687276B2 |
System and method for authorizing access to an IP-based wireless telecommunications service
A system for providing an IP-based wireless telecommunications device with access to an IP-based wireless telecommunications service provided by a carrier network includes an access point that sets up a radio link with the IP-based wireless telecommunications device and couples the IP-based wireless telecommunications device to the network. The system also includes a network controller in communication with the carrier network and the access point. The network controller is configured to receive data packets corresponding to the IP-based wireless telecommunications device at the access point. The network controller is also configured to accept/reject the provision of the IP-based wireless telecommunications service to the IP-based wireless telecommunications device based on an IP address or other unique identifier associated with the access point. In other examples, the system further includes a data store that associates IP addresses of access points (or other identifiers) with an indicator of a black or whitelisted status. Other features and systems are also disclosed. |
| US10687273B1 |
Provisioning services based on geolocation data and activity recognition
An apparatus that matches one or more affiliates to a user includes a memory, a geofencing engine, an artificial intelligence engine, and processing circuitry communicatively coupled to each. The geofencing engine determines a current geofenced area of a mobile device of the user. The artificial intelligence engine determines anticipated needs of the user. The processing circuitry determines, using the affiliate database, a list of candidate affiliates for the current geofenced area, and transmits a query to an affiliate feed for the list of candidate affiliates, where the query is based at least in part on the anticipated need of the user. The processing circuitry determines a first affiliate and a second affiliate based on the query and receives query results for the first affiliate and the second affiliate from the affiliate feed. The results are transmitted to the mobile device for presentation in a user interface. |
| US10687269B2 |
Architecture for wireless network access
An architecture for wireless network access is described. In one example, a network entity comprises processing circuitry to define a downlink control channel comprising a synchronization signal, a physical broadcast channel (PBCH), and at least one slot for contention resolution or device-to-device (D2D) discovery and link setup, and broadcast a synchronization signal comprising the control channel from a plurality of remote radio heads (RRH). Other examples are also disclosed and claimed. |
| US10687263B2 |
Enhanced make-before-break handover
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment concurrently communicates with a source base station (BS) and a target BS on a connection with the source BS and a connection with the target BS as part of a make-before-break (MBB) handover procedure; and performs a common packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) function for the connection with the source BS and the connection with the target BS before the connection with the source BS is released as part of the MBB handover procedure. Numerous other aspects are provided. |
| US10687258B2 |
Electronic device in wireless communication system and wireless communication method
An electronic device in a wireless communication system and a wireless communication method, including plural cells including current cells and at least one neighbouring cell. The electronic device includes: a transceiver; a first trigger circuit configured to enable the transceiver to conduct a first measurement report, to assist in starting a relay process for enabling the electronic device to communicate with a current cell via a relay user equipment; a second trigger circuit configured to enable the transceiver to conduct a second measurement report, to assist in starting a handover process for enabling the electronic device to be switched from the current cell to the neighbouring cell; and one or more processing circuits configured to control the first and second trigger circuits, to enable the transceiver to conduct the first measurement report before conducting the second measurement report. |
| US10687254B2 |
Dynamic quality of service in wireless networks
Techniques for dynamically determining a Quality of Service (QoS) for wireless communications, and in particular, for 5G wireless communications, are discussed herein. For example, a user equipment (UE) can send a resource request to a base station associated with a radio access network (RAN). In some instances, the resource request can include identity information, such as an IMEI or an IMSI. The RAN can send a profile request to a user profile database, which can provide profile information to a policy control function (PCF) and/or the RAN. The profile information can be used to select a QoS for a communication associated with the UE based at least in part on the user profile information, a communication type, and/or a state of the network. The RAN can exchange data with the UE in accordance with the selected QoS to ensure various service levels associated with the communication. |
| US10687253B2 |
Resource reservation on networks comprising wireless and wired segments
Described in an example embodiment is an end-to-end admission control system that allows any rich media application to secure admission control in an environment where there are mixed wireless and wired segments in the network. In particular embodiments, the system includes the integration of Add Traffic Stream (ADDTS) and Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP) admission control mechanisms, the mapping of parameters between these two mechanisms, the admission control policies, and failure handling for the end-to-end resource control. |
| US10687252B2 |
Bandwidth group (BWG) for enhanced channel and interference mitigation in 5G new radio
A method at a scheduling entity might include determining that interference is present from a neighboring scheduling entity, which implements a second subcarrier spacing that is different from a first subcarrier spacing of the scheduling entity. The scheduling entity might request the neighboring scheduling entity to negotiate a bandwidth group (BWG), where the BWG is a bandwidth occupied by downlink subcarriers within which a transmission parameter is maintained. The method might include negotiating a bandwidth of the bandwidth group and transmitting, if negotiating is successful, downlink data to a scheduled entity served by the scheduling entity according to the negotiated bandwidth. The transmission parameter might be a precoder, rank, modulation order, power inside each BWG, or numerology. The numerology might be scalable and might be a combination of subcarrier spacing and cyclic prefix (CP) overhead, The subcarrier spacing might be scaled while keeping constant the CP overhead as a percentage of a symbol duration. |
| US10687251B2 |
Service flow with robust header compression (ROHC) in a WiMAX wireless network
A robust header compression (ROHC) controller provides for service flow processing of a ROHC channel in a WiMAX wireless communication system. The ROHC controller controls the negotiations of the MS ROHC capabilities during its registration and the negotiations of the ROHC channel parameters during ROHC enabled service flow setup; the MS ROHC capabilities including ROHC compression and decompression capabilities and ROHC channel and feedback strategies; the channel parameter negotiation covers the ROHC profile set and feedback channel information in addition to the 16e/12D standard. The ROHC controller receives a service flow request for a ROHC enabled service flow, wherein the request includes a QoS profile. |
| US10687248B2 |
Packet duplication activation and deactivation
A wireless device may receive one or more messages comprising a duplication configuration parameter for a bearer. A transport block may be received. The transport block may comprise a control element indicating activation of the duplication for the bearer. In response to receiving the control element, a cell with an uplink control channel may be interrupted. During the interrupting, a hybrid automatic repeat request feedback corresponding to the transport block may be transmitted via the cell. |
| US10687247B2 |
Hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledge resource allocation for enhanced physical downlink control channel
A method and apparatus of wireless communication between a base station and at least one user equipment. The method includes: transmitting an enhanced physical downlink control channel from the base station to the at least one user equipment using a demodulation reference signal antenna port; transmitting message from the base station to the at least one user equipment which is scheduled by the enhanced physical downlink control channel; receiving the message at the at least one user equipment; determining at the at least one user equipment whether the message was correctly received; and transmitting an ACK/NAK signal on an ACK/NAK resource determined from the enhanced physical downlink control channel from the at least one user equipment to the base station indicating whether the message was correctly received by the at least one user. |
| US10687246B2 |
Methods for compression and decompression of headers of internet protocol packets, devices, computer programs and computer program products
A method (30) performed in a device (4a, 4b) for compression of headers of Internet Protocol, IP, packets, is described. The method (30) comprises aggregating (31) a first IP packet (13; 25) and a reference IP packet (12; 24) into a single transmission unit (16); identifying (32) header information elements in the first IP packet (13; 25) to be redundant or non-redundant; indicating (33) the header information elements to be redundant or non-redundant by a bitmap; and compressing (34) the header of the first IP packet (13; 25) according to the bitmap. A corresponding method for decompressing is also provided, and devices, computer programs and computer program products. |
| US10687238B2 |
Method for transmitting an uplink packet delay measurement report in a wireless communication system and a device therefor
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for transmitting an UL packet delay measurement report in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving a measurement configuration including a measurement period and a plurality of sample thresholds configured for each QCI from an eNB, performing an UL packet delay measurement for a QCI based on queuing delays of a plurality of PDCP SDUs from radio bearers associated with the QCI during the measurement period, checking whether a number of the plurality of PDCP SDUs is larger than a sample threshold configured for the QCI among the plurality of sample thresholds, and transmitting an UL packet delay measurement report for the QCI including the QCI and a result of the UL packet delay measurement for the QCI to the eNB, if the number of the plurality of PDCP SDUs is larger than the sample threshold configured for the QCI. |
| US10687236B2 |
User equipment, network device, and logged minimization of drive tests measurement method
A user equipment is configured to receive logged minimization of drive tests (MDT) configuration information and to determine, according to the received logged MDT configuration information, a Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS) set used for triggering logged MDT measurement and a measurement parameter used for performing the logged MDT measurement. The user equipment is also configured to perform the logged MDT measurement based on the measurement parameter when determining that an MBMS used for triggering the logged MDT measurement is being received, where the MBMS used for triggering the logged MDT measurement belongs to the MBMS set used for triggering the logged MDT measurement, thereby implementing the logged MDT measurement. |
| US10687234B2 |
Method and apparatus for allocating PTRS in next generation communication system
The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services.The present disclosure discloses a method and an apparatus for allocating a PTRS in a next-generation communication system. |
| US10687233B2 |
Vehicle, devices, method and computer programs for monitoring data traffic and a data transmission to vehicle component
A vehicle device for monitoring data traffic with components of a motor vehicle in a motor vehicle includes one or more interfaces to communicate with at least one transceiver of a first radio system and at least one transceiver of a second radio system. The device includes a monitoring module to receive information about a data transmission via the one or more interfaces and the first radio system and to transmit data via the one or more transceivers and via the second radio system. The network device for a network component for monitoring a data transmission to at least one component of a motor vehicle includes at least one interface to communicate with at least one other network component and a monitoring module to receive information about a request for a data transmission and to transmit information about the request via a radio system to the motor vehicle. |
| US10687232B2 |
Control apparatus and method for inter-terminal direct communication
A control apparatus (5) is adapted to allocate a dedicated radio resource to a plurality of radio terminals (1, 2) for Proximity Service (ProSe) communication (103) performed within a terminal group including the plurality of radio terminals (1, 2), and allocate a shared radio resource to the plurality of radio terminal (1, 2) for ProSe communication performed between a radio terminal (1, 2) belonging to the terminal group and a radio terminal that does not belong to the terminal group. This contributes, for example, to facilitating inter-terminal direct communication. |
| US10687231B1 |
System, method and apparatus for presentation of sensor information to a building control system
A system, method and apparatus for presentation of sensor information to a building control system. Nodes in the sensor network can be configured to emulate a monitoring device in presenting sensor information to a data collection device such as a building control system. |
| US10687226B2 |
System and method for access point coordination
A coordinated multiple-AP system and method for alleviating AP overloading, sticky clients, and RF interference for use in a non-WLAN Controller (WLC) communication environment, such as a home network. In the present system and method AP periodically measure the communication environment and share the measured data with other APs in the same communication environment. The shared communication environment data is utilized to collaboratively determine best data transmission scenarios for supported clients. Best data transmission scenarios include but are not limited to optimized Client Link Management and Radio Resource Management. |
| US10687225B2 |
System and method for providing interference characteristics for interference mitigation
According to certain embodiments, a method for providing interference characterization data by a network node includes providing telecommunications services for a first wireless device located associated with the network node. The network node identifies characteristic data associated with at least one characteristic of an interfering signal associated with a second wireless device. The characteristic data associated with the interfering signal associated with the second wireless device is transmitted to the first wireless device. The at least one characteristic may identify at least one power characteristic associated with the interfering signal. |
| US10687223B2 |
First communication device, second communication device and methods performed thereby for managing a wireless service
A method performed by a first communication device operating in a wireless communications network is described herein. The first communication device receives, via an interface of the first communication device, a first indication from a user of the first communication device. The first indication explicitly indicates a desired location to receive a wireless service. The first communication device provides, based on the received first indication, a second indication to a second communication device operating in the wireless communications network. The second indication indicates that a space corresponding to the indicated desired location, is a desired space to receive the wireless service from the wireless communications network. The first communication device also initiates obtaining the wireless service from the second communication device whenever the first communication device is located in the space. |
| US10687218B2 |
Power metric optimization and uplink DM-RS design for LTE/LTE-A uplink transmissions in unlicensed spectrum
Methods and apparatus for wireless communication are described. A method may include receiving at a user equipment (UE) a number of allocated interlaces for an uplink transmission over a shared spectrum, each of which may include a plurality of non-contiguous resource blocks (RB) of the shared spectrum. In some cases, the number of allocated interlaces is unsupported by joint interlace precoding hardware of the UE and the allocated interlaces may be partitioned into subsets of interlaces which may be a size supported by the joint interlace precoding hardware. Reference signals may be generated for the RBs of the allocated interlaces according to a reference signal sequence based on an ordering of the RBs for the allocated interlaces within the shared spectrum. |
| US10687217B2 |
Spectrum management apparatus and method, apparatus and method for base station side and user device side
The present disclosure provides a spectrum management apparatus and method, as well as an apparatus and method for base station side and user device side of a wireless communication system. The spectrum management apparatus includes: an acquiring unit, configured to acquire spectrum utilization information of at least one wireless communication system on a predetermined frequency band; a determining unit, configured to determine, according to the spectrum utilization information, spectrum utilization efficiency of a corresponding wireless communication system; and an adjusting unit, configured to adjust, based on the spectrum utilization efficiency, spectrum sensing parameters of the corresponding wireless communication system on the predetermined frequency band. |
| US10687213B2 |
Secure establishment method, system and device of wireless local area network
The embodiments of the present invention provide a secure establishment method, system and device of a wireless local area network. The method includes: acquiring, by a UE, a first key; the first key is a shared key of the UE and a network element equipment in a mobile communication network accessed by the UE when implementing air interface security, or is derived according to the shared key; deriving, by the UE, according to the first key and a derivation parameter to acquire a derivation key; establishing, by the UE, according to the derivation key, a secure connection with a WLAN node acquiring a derivation key, wherein the derivation key acquired by the WLAN node is the same as the derivation key acquired by the UE. |
| US10687212B2 |
Mobile network core component for managing security keys
A security keys broker residing on a core mobile communication network may manage security keys associated with network-enabled devices, such as Internet-of-Things devices. The security keys broker may authenticate, encrypt, or decrypt communications with the network-enabled devices using the associated security keys. Characteristics of the communications with the network-enabled devices may be determined, and the security keys broker may determine insecure communications based on the characteristics. Responsive to determining that an insecure communication has occurred, the security keys broker may update one or more of the security keys. |
| US10687209B2 |
UE capability constraint indications for high order modulation
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described that provide for a user equipment (UE) capability indication that indicates one or more constraints associated with a supported modulation order. In some cases, the UE capability indication may indicate that the UE supports a particular modulation order, but has a capacity constraint such that an associated data rate is limited to a data rate associated with a lower modulation order. In some cases, one or more frequency bands may be mapped to a UE constraint. |
| US10687207B2 |
Method for data migration and terminal
A method for data migration is provided. The method includes the following. A first terminal obtains attribute information of a second terminal by scanning a two-dimensional code of the second terminal. The first terminal determines a first application compatible with the second terminal according to the attribute information of the second terminal. The first terminal obtains a first data set by performing data backup on the first application and transmits the first data set to the second terminal. A terminal is further provided. |
| US10687206B2 |
Response messages including information elements not indicated as requested
In some examples, a system includes a storage to store a repository of user information, and a processor to receive, from a requester device, a request for a first information element relating to a user entity, and in response to a determination that the requester device supports a feature that enables the requester device to request multiple different information elements relating to the user entity in one request, send, in a response message that is responsive to the received request, the first information element and a second information element, the second information element not indicated as being requested by the received request. |
| US10687201B2 |
Apparatus and method for delivering short message service efficiently in wireless communication system
A method and an apparatus for controlling Short Message Service (SMS) delivery to a User Equipment (UE) over a Packet-Switched (PS) network without involvement of any Circuit Switched (CS) network node are provided. The method includes receiving subscriber information of a terminal from a Home Subscriber Server (HSS), determining whether the MME supports short message delivery over a Packet-Switched (PS) network, and transmitting, when the MME supports the short message delivery over the PS network, a registration request message including information for routing the short message to the MME to the HSS. The SMS delivery method and apparatus is capable of delivering the SMS message to the UE over the PS network without involvement of the CS network nodes, thereby negating the necessity of CS network nodes for supporting SMS service, resulting in reduction of maintenance and management costs. |
| US10687200B2 |
Method for automatic connection of a master device to a slave device
A method for connecting a master device with a slave device chosen from among several slave devices. The method includes: receiving advertising messages arising from several slave devices, the messages including respective selection data; comparing the selection data received; and connecting with at least one slave device as a function of a result of the comparing. |
| US10687198B2 |
Relay communication method of communication UE and communication UE thereof
The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). According to various embodiments, a relay terminal comprises at least one transicever and at least one processor operativley coupeld to the at least one transicever. The at least one processor is configured to broadcast a search message, receive information for indicating at least one relay terminal of a plurality of relay terminals having transmitted search messages to the remote UE, identify a second relay terminal among the at least one relay terminal, and transmit identification information for the identified second relay terminal to the remote terminal. |
| US10687197B2 |
Terminal discovery at a gateway node
In some example embodiments, there is provided a method. The method may include determining whether a communication terminal is within range of a wireless gateway to enable connection establishment between the wireless gateway and the communication terminal; and establishing at least one connection between the wireless gateway and the communication terminal, when the communication terminal is determined to be within range. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also described. |
| US10687191B1 |
Bluetooth gateway
A Bluetooth gateway communicating with a plurality of electronic devices includes a first Bluetooth module including a first communication sequence, and a second Bluetooth module being electrically connected to the first Bluetooth module and including a second communication sequence. The first Bluetooth module and the second Bluetooth module determine whether to communicate with one of the electronic devices based on the first communication sequence and the second communication sequence, and current connection states of the first Bluetooth module and the second Bluetooth module. |
| US10687189B2 |
Emergency vehicle locator
A low-cost system for simultaneously displaying the locations of all nearby emergency vehicles onto the same moving map as the current location of another vehicle is described. Each emergency vehicle receives location data from a OPS receiver and broadcasts the location data using a Bluetooth or other transmitter directly to associated receivers in other vehicles. Other vehicles receive location data corresponding to their own locations using their own OPS receivers and each displays their own location onto their own moving map display in the usual manner. Additionally, the other vehicles also have Bluetooth or other receivers which directly receive the local broadcasts containing emergency vehicle locations and display the locations of all emergency vehicles simultaneously with their own location. The operator of the vehicle benefits by knowing the relative locations of the emergency vehicles when they cannot be seen. Some emergency vehicle operators may optionally choose to not broadcast their location data under certain circumstances. |
| US10687184B2 |
Systems, methods, and devices for utilizing radar-based touch interfaces
The various embodiments described herein include methods, devices, and systems for implementing radar-based touch interfaces. In one aspect, a computing device includes: (1) a casing; (2) a radar transceiver configured to detect one or more objects in the vicinity of the computing device; and (3) one or more controllers coupled to the radar transceiver, the one or more controllers configured to, for each detected object in the one or more detected objects: (a) determine whether the detected object is in contact with the casing based on data received from the radar transceiver; (b) in accordance with a determination that the detected object is in contact with the casing, identifying an input command based on at least one of: a location of the detected object, and a movement of the detected object; and (c) adjust operation of the computing device based on the input command. |
| US10687180B2 |
System and method for dynamically managing communication groups
The present disclosure relates to a method and system for dynamically managing one or more communication groups. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the method comprises the steps of, determining one or more parameters associated with a user profile of a user subscribed to the dedicated networking platform, determining one or more pre-defined objectives associated with the one or more communication groups, evaluating the user to determine relevance with the one or more pre-defined objectives associated with the one or more communication groups, wherein evaluating comprises generating a relevancy score and recommending the one or more communication groups to the user based on the relevancy score. |
| US10687178B2 |
Phone-less member of group communication constellations
Systems and methods are described for intelligent grouping between group communication devices. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving, at a remote management platform, a recorded audio message from a first communication device that device includes a cellular networking component capable of connecting the first communication device to a cellular network. The first communication device may have a default grouping with a set of additional communication devices. In some embodiments, the default grouping can be created at a factory when the communication devices are manufactured. In other embodiments, the first communication device and the set of additional communications devices can be automatically paired upon initialization via a local communication network. A linking request can be automatically sent to the remote management platform to create the default grouping (e.g., by creating an entry in a routing table at the remote management platform). |
| US10687176B2 |
Transceiver circuit employing shared digital signal processing circuitry for communicating radio frequency (RF) analog communications signals received by a remote unit in a wireless distribution system (WDS)
Embodiments of the disclosure relate to a transceiver circuit employing shared digital signal processing circuitry for communicating radio frequency (RF) analog communications signals received by a remote unit in a wireless distribution system (WDS). A transceiver circuit includes downlink digital signal processing circuitry that receives and processes a downlink digital communications signal(s) having a first downlink digital baseband signal and a second downlink digital baseband signal. A first downlink analog signal path and a second downlink analog signal path share the downlink digital signal processing circuitry. The first downlink analog signal path generates a first downlink analog RF communications signal. The second downlink analog signal path generates a second downlink analog RF communications signal. By sharing the downlink digital signal processing circuitry, it is not necessary to add additional downlink digital signal processing circuitry, thus helping reduce digital component costs of the transceiver circuit. |
| US10687174B1 |
Systems and methods for using spatial and temporal analysis to associate data sources with mobile devices
Various embodiments of the present technology generally relate to data delivery. More specifically, some embodiments of the present technology relate to systems and methods for using spatial and temporal analysis to associate data sources with mobile devices. The delivery of data to support a wide variety of services for and about mobile devices that are based on data stored in corporate, commercial, and government databases which is not currently linked to individual mobile devices. Some embodiments allow advertisers to better target their ads to relevant target audiences with greater accuracy. |
| US10687157B2 |
Head direction hearing assist switching
A body-worn hearing assist device such as a hearing aid allows at least two audio inputs, such as through a wireless chipset and from an onboard microphone. The hearing aid has a directional sensor, preferably a combination magnetic sensor/accelerometer, which allows the hearing aid to determine which direction the user is facing. A directional reference associated with a “remote” sound source, i.e., the direction the user would naturally face to best hear the wirelessly transmitted audio, is stored in memory. When the user faces in the direction of the “remote” sound source, such as watching a screen of an audio-visual program having a wireless audio streamer or looking at someone using a wireless microphone, the wirelessly received audio is coupled as the primary input of the hearing aid. When the user turns and faces a different direction, the hearing aid automatically switches the primary input source to the onboard microphone. |
| US10687152B2 |
Feedback detector and a hearing device comprising a feedback detector
A hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid, comprises an input transducer for providing an electric input signal representative of a sound in the environment of the hearing device, an output transducer for providing an output sound representative of said electric input signal, a signal processor operationally connected to the input and output transducers, and forming part of an electric forward path for processing said electric input signal and providing a processed electric output signal, and a feedback detector for providing first and second indications of current feedback in an external—acoustic and/or mechanical—feedback path from said output transducer to said input transducer. The feedback detector is configured to determine the first and second indications of current feedback, respectively, based on said electric input signal or a processed version thereof and—optionally—on a current open loop magnitude of a feedback loop defined by said forward path and said external feedback path. The first and second indications of current feedback are generated with first and second time constants, respectively, where the first time constant is larger than the second time constant. The application further relates to a method of estimating feedback in a hearing device. |
| US10687146B2 |
Speaker with flex circuit acoustic radiator
A speaker assembly including a frame and a magnet assembly positioned within the frame. The magnet assembly may include a magnet and a top plate. The assembly further including a sound radiating surface suspended over the magnet assembly. The sound radiating surface includes a flexible circuit. A suspension suspending the sound radiating surface over the magnet assembly is further provided. The suspension may be over molded to the sound radiating surface and the frame. A voice coil extends from a bottom side of the sound radiating surface and electrically connects to the flexible circuit. |
| US10687138B2 |
Conformable headset earloop for stability and comfort
Methods and apparatuses for earloops are described. In one example, an earloop for wearing on an ear of a user head is described. The earloop includes a capsule connector segment for coupling to a headset capsule, and an apex segment having an adaptive apex curvature arranged to rest on an apex of the ear. The earloop further includes a behind-the-ear segment having an adaptive behind-the-ear curvature arranged to curve behind the ear and exert a resilient gripping tension behind the ear, wherein the capsule connector segment is located along the x-axis at a different location than the behind-the-ear segment in both a static non-worn state and a static worn state, and wherein the apex segment is between the capsule connector segment and the behind-the-ear segment. |
| US10687136B2 |
System and method of user interface for audio device
The disclosure provides for an audio accessory that includes earbuds or earphones, an input device, and a processor. The input device includes a first button and optionally includes additional buttons or touch sensors. The processor is configured to initiate an action when a first input is received at the first button, provide audio updates when a second input is received at the first button, and prepare the input device to receive audio input when a third input is received at the first button. Also, the processor is configured to silence a currently playing audio message and initiate playing a next audio message when a fourth input is received at one of the buttons or the touch sensors, and silence and mark the currently playing audio message for no further playback when a fifth input is received at one of the buttons or the touch sensors. |
| US10687135B1 |
Audio streaming charging case
The present disclosure relates to audio systems for streaming audio data to wireless audio devices from a portable charging case. The portable charging case is arranged to wirelessly charge first and second wireless audio devices as well as stream audio data to the first and second wireless audio devices. The portable charging case can store audio files/audio data within an internal memory, or receive audio data from an external source, e.g., a cable arranged to transmit digital or analog audio data. The portable charging case is further arranged to automatically start streaming audio data to the first and/or second wireless audio devices when a cable is connected to the portable charging case. |
| US10687133B2 |
Headphone
A headphone is provided that includes a driver unit securely fixed to the baffle plate with a simple structure and has desirable frequency characteristics in a high frequency range and a low frequency range. A headphone includes a baffle plate, a driver unit fixed to the baffle plate, and a fixing member fixing the driver unit to the baffle plate. The fixing member includes a contact part having a shape of a plate in contact with the outer edge of the driver unit. |
| US10687126B2 |
Optical switch fabric with bias control
Methods and systems for bias control in an optical switch fabric include monitoring optical power at outputs of a plurality of switch elements in an N×N switch fabric that has N inputs, N outputs, and M≥2 stages, each switch element having a respective unique radio frequency tone. A bias control of each of the plurality of switch elements is adjusted. It is determined whether the optical power at the outputs of each respective switch element after bias control adjustment conform more closely to a predetermined criterion relative to the monitored optical power at the outputs of the respective switch element prior to adjustment. |
| US10687123B2 |
Transmission apapratus, transmission method, reception apparatus, reception method, program, and broadcasting system
Disclosed herein is a transmission apparatus for transmitting AV (Audio/Video) content, including: an acquirer configured to acquire an estimated number of audience terminals indicative of an estimated number of reception apparatuses receiving the AV content; a computer configured, in conjugation with the AV content, to compute, on the basis of the estimated number of audience terminals, a validity probability of trigger information associated with control of an application program to be executed in the reception apparatus; a generator configured to generate the trigger signal including the computed validity probability; and a transmitter configured to transmit the generated trigger information with the AV content. |
| US10687116B2 |
System and method to identify an item depicted when media content is displayed
A method includes receiving, at a media device, media content from a media content server. A portion of the media content includes a first item concurrently depicted with a second item. The method includes receiving an input indicating a selection of the second item within the media content. The method includes, in response to the input, sending an identification request for information corresponding to the second item to an identification server in response to the input. The identification request includes data relating to a depiction of the second item. The method also includes receiving the information from the identification server in response to the identification request. |
| US10687113B2 |
Recommender control system, apparatus, method and related aspects
User interaction data is heuristically processed to determine its usefulness to a remote recommender system. The data is ranked according it its likely ability to indicate a user preference towards a particular content item. The amount of data sent to the recommender system can then be limited to data records falling in a predetermined range of usefulness. A controller may be provided to determine what range is necessary so that the minimum amount of training data is provided to the recommender system to drive the recommender system's performance towards a set level. |
| US10687107B2 |
Premises monitoring system
This invention relates generally to computer systems, and more specifically, to a premise monitoring system. In one embodiment, the invention includes operations of receiving one or more signals containing a device identifier and a device condition from one or more remote alarm monitoring systems; retrieving enhanced information based on the device identifier and/or the device condition; determining one or more communication methods and/or communication destinations based on the device identifier and/or the device condition; and dispatching the enhanced information to the one or more communication destinations using the one or more communication methods. |
| US10687106B2 |
System and method for distributed control of segmented media
A control server in communication with one or more a content delivery network (CDN) node and a client device may include a client controller configured to receive a plurality of manifests from the one or more CDN defining a plurality of content segments of a master content available at the CDN, and receive client information from the client device. The control server may generate, based on the client information, synchronized manifests for each of a plurality of client device media players of the client device to control synchronous display at the client device of a plurality of programs selected at the client device. |
| US10687105B1 |
Weighted expansion of a custom audience by an online system
An online system defines a new group of users of the online system for a content provider to use as an audience for its content. The online system generates the audience by first allowing the content provider to specify a subset of the users of the online system, along with a weight for each specified user. The online system then performs a lookalike expansion on the specified subset to obtain a larger group of users of the online system who are similar to the specified subset. This lookalike expansion is weighted using the weights provided for each of the members of the specified subset. Once the resulting expanded audience is generated, the online system performs a content selection process for content to present to users of the online system, where membership in the cluster group is used as an eligibility criteria in the content selection process. |
| US10687104B2 |
Push video on demand schedule simulator
In one embodiment, a method selects a first asset in a first ordering of assets and simulates a playout of the first asset based on bandwidth values at a set of times. The playout takes a time period to playout based on the set of bandwidth values. A new ordering of the assets is received based on the simulated playout of the first asset and the time period. The method continues to select a new asset in the new ordering of the assets, simulate the playout of the new asset, and receive a new ordering of the assets until a schedule of asset delivery is generated. Then, the schedule of asset delivery is output where the schedule of asset delivery is used by a receiver to determine when to power up to receive a scheduled delivery of an asset and power down when no asset is scheduled for delivery. |
| US10687103B2 |
Allowing presentation control of immediate content interrupting digital television channel programming
A channel programming associated with a channel can be selected. The channel can be associated with a programming broadcasting system. The channel programming can be displayed upon a presentation device. An immediate content from a content delivery entity interrupting the presentation of the channel programming can be received. The channel programming and the immediate content can be simultaneously presented on the presentation device. |
| US10687102B2 |
Information processing device, information processing method, and control device
To transmit link information regarding a content in accordance with the current time to a terminal device of a user in which information that identifies a predetermined event has been registered in advance, an information processing device includes: an extraction unit configured to extract, from a link schedule table in which link information regarding a plurality of contents has been associated with individual identification information that identifies a predetermined event together with a time axis, the link information regarding a content in accordance with a current time; and a transmission control unit configured to transmit the link information regarding the content having been extracted to a terminal device in which the individual identification information has been registered. |
| US10687101B2 |
Method and apparatus for biometric identification of a user in a broadcast communication receiver
In a method for identifying a user in a network of broadcast communication receivers, a physical characteristic of a user is analyzed in association with the user accessing a first of the receivers. First biometric information based on the characteristic as analyzed in association with the user accessing the first receiver is generated. Data associated with use of the first receiver by the user is also generated and associated with the first biometric information. The physical characteristic of the user is then analyzed in association with the user accessing a second receiver. Second biometric information based on the physical characteristic as analyzed in association with the user accessing the second receiver is generated. The first and second biometric information are then compared. If the first and second biometric information indicate the physical characteristic of the same user, the data is employed in conjunction with the user accessing the second receiver. |
| US10687099B2 |
Methods and systems for assisted content delivery
Systems, devices, and methods for streaming media content over a network are provided. One exemplary method of assisted streaming of media content over a network involves detecting, by a media player at a client device coupled to the network, a first condition with respect to streaming the media content, and in response to the first condition, requesting, by the media player, a first portion of the media content from a first content delivery source on the network. After requesting the first portion of the media content, the method further comprises detecting, by the media player, a second condition with respect to streaming the media content, and in response to detecting the second condition, requesting, by the media player, a subsequent portion of the media content from a second content delivery source on the network. The first content delivery source transmits the media content using a modified transport layer protocol. |
| US10687093B2 |
Social-media-based TV show production, distribution, and broadcast system
Disclosed are systems and techniques for producing, distribution and broadcasting a live social-media-based TV show (“social-media show”), such as live social media reality show, based on one or multiple live video streams produced by one or multiple social media influencers who serve as show hosts for the live show. The disclosed systems and techniques provide a unique social-media-show production pipeline that allows for a real-time collaborative production of a “TV-like” reality show between multiple social media influencers (or “SMIs”) and live broadcast/distribution of the produced social-media show based on a disclosed production format of social-media show(s). In various embodiments, the live broadcast of a produced social-media show can be simultaneously distributed through multiple SMIs' existing social media accounts/channels associated with multiple social media platforms, and viewed by the followers of these influencers through the private social media accounts of the multiple social media platforms of the followers. |
| US10687092B1 |
Automatic content recognition (ACR) fingerprinting and video encoding
A processing device and method are disclosed to generate automatic content recognition (ACR) fingerprints. A device can include a processing device to execute a capture daemon. The capture daemon may include a capturer to receive media content from a content feed and to generate content frames of the media content. The capture daemon can also include ACR fingerprinter to generate ACR fingerprint information for the content frames. The ACR fingerprinter may communicate the ACR fingerprint information to an ACR server via a first communication channel. The processing device may determine when the ACR fingerprinter fails; cease communicating the ACR fingerprint information to the ACR server; and restart the ACR fingerprinter. |
| US10687090B2 |
Television with interactive portal and system and method for use of same
A television with an interactive portal and system and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment of the television, the television is deployed to provide an interactive portal in a hospitality establishment having multiple rooms, such as a hotel. The television is associated with a room and includes a processor, memory, tuner, panel, and audio drive disposed in an interconnected busing architecture. The television generates a default interactive portal as well as a guest-specific interactive portal, which is generated from a guest configuration profile having information including guest identification, a guest channel preference presentation, and a guest service preference presentation with guest account information. The guest configuration profile may also enable the creation of a local area wireless network with substantially the same behavior as the guest's home wireless network. |
| US10687087B2 |
Coding of a spatial sampling of a two-dimensional information signal using sub-division
Coding schemes for coding a spatially sampled information signal using sub-division and coding schemes for coding a sub-division or a multitree structure are described, wherein representative embodiments relate to picture and/or video coding applications. |
| US10687081B2 |
Method, apparatus and medium for decoding or encoding
A method of utilizing an 8-bit primary transform core matrix to decode compressed video or image data or encode uncompressed video or image data. The method may include determining whether to use a first transform core matrix that is of a first size type or a second transform core matrix that is of a second size type that is smaller than the first size type. When a result of the determination is to use the first transform core matrix, encoding or decoding the target file using the 8-bit primary transform core matrix that has the size that is 64-point or larger. If not, the method may include extracting the second transform core matrix of the second size type from the first transform matrix and encoding or decoding the target file using the extracted second transform core matrix. |
| US10687076B2 |
Refining motion vectors in video motion estimation
In video motion estimation an initial candidate motion vector is generated for each block and a vector error is determined as for example a DFD. Spatial gradients of pixel values are calculated and used to refine the initial candidate motion vector. The relative contribution of the spatial gradients to the refinement process depends on the vector error. |
| US10687072B2 |
Image coding method, image decoding method, image coding apparatus, and image decoding apparatus
According to an embodiment, an image coding method is for coding an image including a luminance component and color difference components. The method includes acquiring a reference image; and generating a predicted image by interpolating the luminance component and the color difference components in the reference image according to a motion vector. If a size of a block, which is designated as a unit of the interpolation, is equal to or smaller than a predetermined first threshold value, the generating includes inhibiting a bi-directional prediction, and performing only a uni-directional prediction to generate the predicted image according to the motion vector. |
| US10687071B2 |
Method and apparatus for video coding
Aspects of the disclosure provide method and apparatus for video coding. In some examples, an apparatus includes processing circuitry for video decoding. The processing circuitry locates luma units of a luma coding unit that are co-located with chroma units of a chroma coding unit, and then determines a popularity of an intra block copy mode in the luma units. Further, the processing circuitry determines a block vector for a chroma unit in the chroma coding unit when the popularity meets a requirement, and reconstructs at least one sample of the chroma unit according to the block vector. |
| US10687070B2 |
Hierarchical inter-layer prediction in multi-loop scalable video coding
A method for encoding a video sequence in a scalable video encoder to generate a scalable bitstream is provided that includes encoding the video sequence in a first layer encoder of the scalable video encoder to generate a first sub-bitstream, encoding the video sequence in a second layer encoder of the scalable video encoder to generate a second sub-bitstream, wherein portions of the video sequence being encoded in the second layer encoder are predicted using reference portions of the video sequence encoded in the first layer encoder, combining the first sub-bitstream and the second sub-bitstream in the scalable bitstream, and signaling an indication of a highest temporal level of the first sub-bitstream comprising at least one of the reference portions in the scalable bitstream. |
| US10687069B2 |
Adjustments to encoding and decoding when switching color spaces
Innovations in encoding or decoding when switching color spaces are presented. For example, some of the innovations relate to signaling of control information for adaptive color space transformation (“ACT”). Other innovations relate to ACT operations. These innovations can improve coding efficiency when switching between color spaces during encoding and decoding. |
| US10687067B2 |
Transmitter, transmission method, and communication system
There is provided a transmitter including: a transmission unit configured to transmit a parity packet obtained by performing FEC encoding on a plurality of frames in image data for each of the plurality of frames; and a number-of-frames specifying unit configured to specify the number of frames of the plurality of frames to be subjected to the FEC encoding on the basis of a network transmission delay time. |
| US10687063B2 |
Method for signaling image information, and method for decoding image information using same
The present invention relates to a method offor signaling information on a prediction mode and to a method of for decoding image information using same. A According to the present invention, the method offor signaling prediction mode information, serving according to the present invention, as a method offor signaling image information, includes performing performing prediction on a current block and signaling the prediction-type information applied to the current block. The signaling of the information includes joint-coding and components of signaling information components constituting the prediction-type information. According to the present invention, overhead may be reduced when information on a prediction is signaled. |
| US10687062B1 |
Compression across multiple images
A method for compression across multiple images is provided. The method includes receiving a plurality of images at a storage device. For each image of the plurality of images, the method includes generating codewords using lossy compression, each codeword defined as a bit string. The method further includes generating an entropy coding table based on the codewords generated for each image of the plurality of images and entropy encoding the plurality of images using the generated entropy coding table. |
| US10687055B2 |
Coding MCTS-EIS SEI messages of an access unit
An example device for processing video data includes a memory configured to store video data; and one or more processors implemented in circuitry and configured to determine whether an access unit of the video data includes a temporal motion constrained tile sets (MCTS) supplemental enhancement information (SEI) message; and decode an MCTS extraction information set (MCTS-EIS) SEI message of the access unit only when the access unit includes the temporal MCTS SEI message. |
| US10687054B2 |
Decoupled prediction and coding structure for video encoding
Techniques related to video encoding that provide for a decoupled prediction and coding structure for improved performance are discussed. Such techniques include determining final partitioning decisions for blocks of a picture by evaluating intra modes for candidate partitions by comparing the candidate partitions to intra predicted partitions generated using only original pixel samples and evaluating inter modes for the candidate partitions by comparing the candidate partitions to search partitions including original pixel samples and encoding using the final partitioning decision. |
| US10687047B2 |
Three dimensional depth mapping using dynamic structured light
Apparatus for generating a dynamic structured light pattern for optical tracking in three-dimensional space, comprises an array of lasers, such as a VCSEL laser array, to project light in a pattern into a three-dimensional space; and an optical element or elements arranged in cells. The cells are aligned with subsets of the laser array, and each cell individually applies a modulation, in particular an intensity modulation, to light from the laser or lasers of the subset, to provide a distinguishable and separately controllable part of the dynamic structured light pattern. A method of generating a structured light pattern is disclosed, in which light is provided from an array of lasers, and light is individually projected from subsets of the array of lasers to provide differentiated parts of the structured light pattern. |
| US10687044B2 |
Method and arrangement for calibration of cameras
A method and arrangement for calibrating stereo cameras. A first image from a first camera is received, and a second image is received from a second camera, the first image and the second image comprise an overlap. One or more candidate points of the first image and of the second image are determined in the overlap. The candidate points of the first image are matched with the candidate points of the second image and pairs of corresponding candidate points are determined. A homography of the first camera is calculated based on the pairs of corresponding candidate points and a homography of the second camera is calculated based on the pairs of corresponding candidate points. The first camera and the second camera are calibrated by adjusting an intrinsic parameter or an extrinsic parameter of each respective camera, based on the calculated homography of each respective camera. |
| US10687039B1 |
Systems and methods for identifying viewing directions for video content
Video information and sensor information may be obtained. The video information may define spherical video content having a progress length. The spherical video content may define visual content viewable from a point a view as a function of progress through the progress length of the spherical video content. The spherical video content may be captured by one or more image capture devices. The sensor information may characterize capture of the spherical video content. A viewing direction for the spherical video content may be determined based on the sensor information and/or other information. The viewing direction may define a direction of view for the spherical video content from the point of view as the function of progress through the progress length of the spherical video content. The spherical video content may be presented on a display based on the viewing direction. |
| US10687030B2 |
Vehicle video recording system with driver privacy
Methods and devices for controlling a camera on a vehicle may include determining a duty status of a driver of the vehicle. The methods and devices may also include controlling a recording status of at least one camera of a camera system on the vehicle based on the duty status. |
| US10687028B2 |
Video delivery systems using wireless cameras
Systems, apparatuses, and techniques for video delivery can include one or more of the following: a wireless camera arranged in a wearable form factor comprising a battery to provide energy, and configured to generate a video feed, and a base station in wireless communication with the wireless camera and configured to receive the video feed from the wireless camera and process the video feed, and a video portal device communicatively coupled with the base station and configured to receive the processed video feed from the base station and deliver at least a portion of the processed video feed to one or more remote clients. A base station can reserve a wireless channel for the wireless camera for a video transmission. |
| US10687024B2 |
Systems and methods for coordinated collection of street-level image data
The disclosed computer-implemented method may include (i) identifying, by a server computer system, a provider computing device for use in capturing street-level image data, where the provider computing device controls a camera positioned to capture street-level imagery outside the vehicle, (ii) determining, by the server computer system, a configuration that controls use of the provider computing device to provide street-level image data captured by the camera to the server computer system, (iii) sending, by the server computer system, the configuration to the computing device, and (iv) receiving, from the computing device, street-level image data captured by the computing device using the camera responsive to the configuration. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed. |
| US10687012B2 |
Remote control activation based on predicted events
Systems and methods for predicting trigger events, such as an advertisement during a video program, and activating a remote control device in response to the prediction are described. By activating the remote control device at a particular time, the remote control device may save energy when listening for data from one or more terminal devices. The time to activate the remote control may be based on one or more factors, including the current presentation position and/or presentation speed of the video program. A remote control device may take additional actions the next time it listens for data, including illuminating backlights, turning on a display, displaying content on the display, interacting with other devices, etc. |
| US10687001B2 |
Dual lens system having a light splitter
A system includes an optical element configured to separate light into a first light beam and a second light beam, a first lens module configured to focus the first light beam, a second lens module configured to focus the second light beam, a first sensor configured to capture a first image from the first light beam focused by the first lens module onto the first sensor, a second sensor configured to capture a second image from the second light beam focused by the second lens module onto the second sensor, and one or more processors configured to generate a combined image based on the first image and the second image. The first image has a first field of view and the second image has a second field of view different from the first field of view. |
| US10686998B2 |
Systems and methods for changing operation modes of the optical filter of an imaging device
A system includes a storage device storing a set of instructions and at least one processor in communication with the storage device. When executing the instructions, the at least one processor is configured to cause the system to obtain a first operation mode of the optical filter and determine a brightness value of visible light of ambient light. The at least one processor may also cause the system to obtain a brightness threshold related to the first operation mode, compare the brightness value of the visible light of the ambient light with the brightness threshold, and determine whether a switching condition is satisfied based on the comparison result. Upon the determination that the switching condition is satisfied, the at least one processor may further cause the system to switch the first operation mode of the optical filter to a second operation mode. |
| US10686994B2 |
Imaging device, and solid-state imaging element used for same
An imaging device includes: a light source that applies light at a timing according to a light emission control signal; a light receiver that performs exposure to reflected light from an object at different timings according to an exposure control signal, and outputs exposure signals generated as a result of the exposure; a calculator that calculates a distance to the object; and a controller that outputs the light emission control signal and the exposure control signal for any of: modulating a length of a light emission period and an exposure period by increasing or decreasing the number of pulses of each of the light emission control signal and the exposure control signal; and modulating a repetition sequence of the light emission period and the exposure period while maintaining a phase relationship between the light emission control signal and the exposure control signal, randomly or in conformity with a specific rule. |
| US10686993B2 |
Correcting method for optical mechanism
A correction method for an optical mechanism having an optical member and a fixed portion is provided, including: an external apparatus measures the angle between the optical axis of the optical member and a reference surface of the fixed portion; the result of measuring the angle between the optical axis and the reference surface is compiled into data; the data is input into a control module; the control module transmits a signal to a driving module according to the data; and the driving module drives the optical member to rotate or move relative to the fixed portion upon receiving the signal. The optical mechanism does not include a sensor to detect the angle between the optical axis and the reference surface. |
| US10686991B2 |
Techniques for improving photograph quality for fouled lens or sensor situations
A photograph is processed using signal processing or image comparison to determine whether a smudge or speck of dust on the lens or sensor appears in the photograph. If it does, an alert is generated on the imaging device so that the user is made aware and can take immediate corrective action, e.g. clean the lens or sensor, and/or allow the camera to remove the effects of the smudge or dust automatically. |
| US10686990B2 |
Mobile terminal and method of controlling the same
The present invention relates to a mobile terminal and a method of controlling the same. More specifically, the present invention provides a mobile terminal including: a sensing unit; a camera; a display; and a controller, wherein the controller is configured: to execute a camera application; to executed a grid mode in the camera application, the grid mode being a mode of displaying a preview image region and a grid region including at least one cell on the display; to display a first preview image being photographed through the camera in the preview image region; and to capture the first preview image and display the captured first preview image on a first cell of the grid region. |
| US10686986B2 |
Image display apparatus and method of displaying image
An image display apparatus and a method of displaying an image are provided. The image display apparatus includes: a display; a graphics processing unit (GPU); and a processor configured to: determine a copy region of a planar-format image based on information regarding a current viewpoint, control the GPU to generate a sphere-format image by mapping an image corresponding to the copy region to a sphere and to generate an output image by rendering the sphere-format image, and control the display to display the output image. |
| US10686985B2 |
Moving picture reproducing device, moving picture reproducing method, moving picture reproducing program, moving picture reproducing system, and moving picture transmission device
In order to improve entertainment of panoramic images, a moving picture reproducing device includes: a storing means configured to store a plurality of panoramic image data photographed at an identical time by associating with predetermined time information; a reproduction control means configured to set selected one of the plurality of panoramic image data as a reproduction target, set a clipped part of the reproduction target as a presentation image, and display the presentation image on a display device; and a switching control means configured to, when the reproduction target is reproduced at a predetermined reproduction timing, switch the reproduction target to another panoramic image data at the reproduction timing on the basis of the time information in response to a user's switching request. |
| US10686978B2 |
Image sensor and module configuration notification method for image sensor
An image sensor includes an imaging system configured by combining of modularized components; and a processing part executing a process using an image acquired by the imaging system. Each of the components includes a memory storing information specifying the component. The image sensor further includes: a collection part collecting the information specifying the component from the memory; a storage part storing information representing a combination of the components of the image sensor and data to be used when the image sensor having the components indicated by the combination executes the process; a comparison part comparing a combination of its components with the combination of the components of the image sensor represented by the information stored in the storage part; and a notification part sending a notification based on a result of comparison. |
| US10686976B2 |
System and method for modifying onboard event detection and/or image capture strategy using external source data
A system for use on a vehicle comprising a tractor and a trailer comprises a communications device that effects communications between the system and a remote system. The communications device is configured to receive data from the remote system. An event detector is configured to generate a trigger signal in response to detecting occurrence of predetermined events. An onboard computer is coupled to the communications device, the event detector, a media recorder, and a computer of the vehicle. One or more image capture devices at the vehicle are communicatively coupled to one or both of the onboard computer and the media recorder. The onboard computer is configured to adjust one or more parameters of the image capture devices and/or modify one or more parameters of the event detector based at least in part on the data received from the remote system. |
| US10686971B1 |
Electronic device including a camera capable of being a front camera and a rear camera and an operating method thereof
An electronic device includes housing, and a display, where at least part of the display is accommodated in the housing. The electronic device also includes a slide portion and a camera module unit. The slide portion includes an opening exposed to an outside and sliding with respect to the housing. The camera module unit is disposed at the opening and rotating with respect to the slide portion. The slide portion is configured to overlap with the display, in a first state, extend from the display by a first stroke, in a second state, and extend more than the first stroke by a second stroke, in a third state. The camera module unit is configured to face a first direction in the first state and the second state and to rotate toward a second direction different from the first direction, by the second stroke, when switching to the third state. |
| US10686970B2 |
IP camera having cover for blocking entrance path to memory card receiving slot
An IP camera including a camera body and a cover is provided. The camera body includes an engaging face arranged on a side contoured surface surrounding the camera body and has a receiving slot being concave inwards the camera body from the engaging face for insertion of a memory card. The cover has an opening and an internal surface surrounding the opening. The internal surface of the cover is configured to surround and engage with the engaging face of the camera body. The cover is configured to block an entrance path to the receiving slot when the internal surface of the cover surrounds and engages with the engaging face of the camera body. |
| US10686963B1 |
Encoding and decoding digital signals in conductive ink structures
Digital encoding methods are used to encode digital payloads in image and conductive ink carriers. These carriers are applied to objects by various printing technologies, together in one or more ink formulations or in separate ink layers on an object. The image payload is extracted from an image sensed with image sensor, while the conductive ink payload is extracted from an image sensed with a capacitive or resistive sensor or like device for sensing the modulation in conductivity of the printed conductive ink elements. |
| US10686960B2 |
Image forming apparatus and program for determining an output mode
The present disclosure pertains to an image forming apparatus that may include a hardware processor that may: receive a print job; acquire position information of a user; determine an output mode of a printed matter on the basis of the acquired position information; and execute the print job and output the printed matter in the determined output mode. |
| US10686950B2 |
System for distributing image scanning tasks to networked devices
A scanning network includes a central server configured to distribute a scan task. The scan task is associated with a scanning of an identified document. The scanning network further includes a plurality of imaging devices configured to receive and execute a scan task and a storage database configured to receive a document image created from execution of a scan task. |
| US10686945B2 |
Diagnosis system, diagnosis method and storage medium
A diagnosis system includes circuitry configured to form an image to be used for diagnosing the image forming apparatus, receive designation of a first diagnosis condition for detecting abnormality of the image formed by using the image forming apparatus, scan the image formed by the image forming apparatus, using a scanner, extract feature information representing the abnormality from the scanned image in accordance with the designated first diagnosis condition, diagnose the abnormality of the image forming apparatus based on the extracted feature information in accordance with the designated first diagnosis condition, and determine, in response to receiving designation of a second diagnosis condition different from the first diagnosis condition after performing a diagnosis under the first diagnosis condition, whether the feature information extracted for the diagnosis under the first diagnosis condition is usable for a diagnosis under the second diagnosis condition. |
| US10686944B2 |
Systems and methods of split billing
A method includes receiving input during execution of a first application at an electronic device. The input indicates that data usage of the electronic device is to be billed to a first data usage account of a plurality of data usage accounts associated with the electronic device. The method further includes generating a request during execution of a second application at the electronic device. The method also includes, based on the input, encapsulating, by the electronic device, the request to generate an encapsulated request that identifies a destination endpoint provisioned for the first data usage account. The method further includes transmitting the encapsulated request from the electronic device to a network element. |
| US10686941B2 |
Link adjustment method, server, and storage medium
A method and apparatus are provided. The method includes obtaining call information of first users currently in network calls in a network call system. Direct link quality and relay link quality corresponding to each first user are obtained according to the call information. Call link are configured for plural second users, where the plural second users are users whose relay link quality is higher than the corresponding direct link quality among the first users. |
| US10686936B2 |
System and method for determining and communicating presence information
A system and method for communicating presence information that can include at a first server of a communication platform, receiving an authorization token of a first client application; verifying at least one permission associated with the authorization token; registering a presence status of the first client application upon verifying the at least one permission of the authorization token; at a second server of the communication platform, accepting an incoming communication request; retrieving communication instructions according to the incoming communication request; identifying an instruction to communicate with a communication destination of the first client application; accessing the presence status resource of the first client application; establishing communication with the first client application according to the accessed presence status resource. |