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| US10709693B2 |
Therapeutic use of tromethamine salt of L-ampicilline in hematopoiesis, immuno-oncology therapy, and regulation of lipoprotein and apolipoprotein levels
A method for increasing the number of CD4+ T-lymphocytes in the serum of a subject in need of such treatment comprising administering to the subject a pharmaceutical composition comprising an amount of an L-isomer of β-lactam effective to increase the number of CD4+ T-lymphocytes in said patient's serum. |
| US10709692B2 |
Isoxazolidine derived inhibitors of receptor interacting protein kinase 1 (RIPK1)
The present disclosure relates generally to methods and compositions for preventing or arresting cell death and/or inflammation. |
| US10709690B2 |
Combination therapy with nitrated lipids and inhibitors of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system
The present technology provides compositions and methods for treating chronic kidney disease, end-stage renal disease, or diabetic nephropathy. The compositions comprise a nitrated lipid and an inhibitor of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system. The methods comprise administering a nitrated lipid in combination with an inhibitor of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system to a subject in need thereof, in an amount effective to treat diabetic nephropathy, chronic kidney disease, and/or end-stage renal disease. The use of a nitrated lipid with an inhibitor of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system exhibits a synergistic effect in treating chronic kidney disease and diabetic nephropathy. |
| US10709686B2 |
Methods for treating pulmonary fibrosis
The present invention is related to a method of treating idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis comprising administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of a composition containing a compound that binds FK506 binding protein 4. |
| US10709685B2 |
Use of methadone metabolites for treatment of anxiety and depression
Disclosed are methods of treating anxiety or depression, comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a compound selected from the group consisting of 2-ethyl-5-methyl-3,3-diphenyl-1-pyrroline (EMDP), 2-ethylidene-1,5-dimethyl-3,3-diphenylpyrrolidine (EDDP), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. |
| US10709684B2 |
SGLT-2 inhibitors for treating metabolic disorders in patients with renal impairment or chronic kidney disease
The present invention relates to certain SGLT-2 inhibitors, such as ertugliflozin or a co-crystal or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for treating and/or preventing metabolic disorders, such as type 1 or type 2 diabetes mellitus or pre-diabetes, in patients with renal impairment or chronic kidney disease (CKD). The present invention also relates to methods for preventing neuronal damage following the incidence of ischemic stroke and close-head traumatic brain injury in animals comprising the step of administering to an animal, in need of such treatment, a therapeutically effective amount of ertugliflozin or a co-crystal or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. |
| US10709680B2 |
Methods for treating dry eye
This invention relates to methods for improving the quality of the meibum composition of the meibomian glands to enhance or improve the lipid layer of the tear and increase tear breakup time by way of elevating the omega-3 index in patients suffering from symptoms of dry eye, posterior blepharitis, and/or meibomian gland dysfunction. The methods comprise administering a supplementation of omega-3 fatty acids to a patient having an inflamed meibomian gland so as to facilitate an increase in the amount of omega-3's acting as an anti-inflammatory and, respectively, decrease the amount of omega-6's (arachidonic acid) acting as an inflammatory in the composition of the meibum, thereby normalizing the lipid layer of the tear and effectively reducing the associated symptoms. In certain embodiments, the supplementation of omega-3's comprises the esterified or re-esterified triglyceride form. |
| US10709679B2 |
Oral combination drug formulation comprising a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug and a complementary low dose of tranexamic acid for the treatment of menstrual pain accompanied with excessive menstrual blood loss
A method for relieving menstrual pain and reducing menstrual blood loss in a female is provided. The method comprises administering to the female an oral combination drug formulation comprising a first therapeutically effective dose of a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) and a second complementary low dose of tranexamic acid, wherein the NSAID is formulated to relieve the menstrual pain and to reduce a volume of menstrual blood loss of the female, wherein the dose of tranexamic acid ranges from 50 mg to 425 mg per oral combination drug formulation. |
| US10709678B2 |
Methods of reducing risk of cardiovascular disease
Methods of lowering the plasma LDL-C levels in a patient on a stable dose of statin where the patient has an LDL-C level above treatment goal. Methods of decreasing a patient's risk for developing coronary heart disease, having a recurrent cardiovascular event or reducing the severity of a secondary cardiovascular event, wherein the patient is on a stable dose of statin and the patient has an LDL-C level above treatment goal. |
| US10709676B2 |
Applications of spermine and derivatives thereof
Provided are applications of spermine and derivatives thereof. On the basis of existing protein structure data and small molecule structure data, calculations and analysis are performed using software to screen and obtain compounds capable of effectively interfering with PAICS activity, reducing SAICAR synthesis, and ultimately reducing SAICAR accumulation, in order to achieve the goal of treating or reducing ADSL deficiency. A better effect in the treatment or improvement of ADSL deficiency is expected from the joint use of at least two of the described compounds. |
| US10709671B2 |
Use of cannabinoids in the treatment of epilepsy
The present invention relates to the use of cannabidiol (CBD) in the treatment of focal seizures. In one embodiment the patients suffering from focal seizures are children and young adults. CBD appears particularly effective in reducing focal seizures in patients suffering with etiologies that include: Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome; Tuberous Sclerosis Complex; Dravet Syndrome; CDKL5; Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses (NCL); febrile infection related epilepsy syndrome (FIRES); Aicardi syndrome and brain abnormalities in comparison to other seizure types. Significantly CBD additionally is very effective in the reduction of a sub-type of focal seizures, focal seizures with impairment. |
| US10709670B2 |
Myrcene-containing complex mixtures targeting TRPV1
Provided herein are pharmaceutical compositions that comprise myrcene, optionally in admixture with cannabinoids and other terpenes, typically substantially free of THC and THCA, for targeting TRPV1 receptors. Also provided are methods of using the pharmaceutical compositions to desensitize TRPV1 receptors in order to treat pain, cardiovascular diseases such as cardiac hypertrophy, overactive bladder, and chronic cough. |
| US10709667B2 |
Hydrogel encapsulated cells and anti-inflammatory drugs
A composition containing biocompatible hydrogel encapsulating mammalian cells and anti-inflammatory drugs is disclosed. The encapsulated cells have reduced fibrotic overgrowth after implantation in a subject. The compositions contain a biocompatible hydrogel having encapsulated therein mammalian cells and anti-inflammatory drugs or polymeric particles loaded with anti-inflammatory drugs. The anti-inflammatory drugs are released from the composition after transplantation in an amount effective to inhibit fibrosis of the composition for at least ten days. Methods for identifying and selecting suitable anti-inflammatory drug-loaded particles to prevent fibrosis of encapsulated cells are also described. Methods of treating a disease in a subject are also disclosed that involve administering a therapeutically effective amount of the disclosed encapsulated cells to the subject. |
| US10709666B2 |
Carrier particles for dry powder formulations for inhalation
Carrier particles in the form of granules described herein are suitable for use in dry powder formulations for inhalation, and preferably administering high-strength dose active ingredients. |
| US10709661B2 |
Oral particulate composition
A particulate composition suitable for oral consumption comprising: a carrier phase which is a free flowing particulate phase comprising a poor or bitter tasting agent and a first particulate agent; and a retained phase comprising a second particulate agent, wherein the second particulate agent is or comprises a flavour agent and/or a taste-masking agent, and wherein the residence time in the mouth of the retained phase (R90: retained) is greater than the residence time in the mouth of the carrier phase (R90: carrier). |
| US10709659B1 |
Composition and methods for hair regrowth
The invention provides compositions and methods for promoting hair growth and reducing hair loss using bioactive extracts of curcumin, Withania somnifera, and saw palmetto. Tocotrienols, tocopherols, piperine extract, low molecular weight collagen, and hyaluronic acid are optionally included in the compositions and methods. |
| US10709658B2 |
Compositions and methods for treating hair
Disclosed are hair styling compositions comprising at least two latex polymers, wherein at least one latex polymer is a film-forming polymer. The composition is capable of forming a film having certain properties on a substrate. Methods of styling the hair are also disclosed. |
| US10709657B2 |
Hair-styling compositions comprising a combination of latex film-forming polymers
The instant disclosure relates to hair styling compositions and products comprising the hair styling compositions. The hair styling compositions include: one or more soft latex film-forming polymers having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of less than 35° C. or less; one or more hard latex film-forming polymers having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 35° C. or more; less than 15 wt. % of water; and at least 80 wt. % of one or more organic solvents, wherein the composition has a shear viscosity of up to about 70 cP at 23° C. The compositions may further comprise one or more propellants, and are useful in products such as aerosol hair sprays, pump hair sprays, hair mousses, hair foams, hair gels, etc. The disclosure further relates to methods for styling the hair using the compositions and products. |
| US10709653B2 |
Cosmetic compositions comprising spiculisporic acid and at least one sulfate and/or sulfonate surfactant
The invention relates to a cosmetic composition comprising, in a physiologically acceptable medium: an aqueous phase; spiculisporic acid; at least one sulfate and/or sulfonate surfactant; and at least one organic base; wherein the ratio R of the number of moles of organic base over the number of moles of spiculisporic acid is strictly greater than 1. |
| US10709651B2 |
Cosmetic composition containing acyl basic amino acid derivative and inorganic powder
The present invention provides a composition containing component (A): a compound represented by the formula (1) wherein each symbol is as described in the DESCRIPTION, or a salt thereof, and component (B): at least one kind of inorganic powder. The composition can be produced conveniently, shows good dispersibility, and is superior in the sense of use such as moist feeling, feeling of close adhesion and affinity, and a coated film formed from the composition has good condition and is also superior in durability. |
| US10709649B2 |
Topical sunscreen emulsions
The invention relates to topical sunscreen emulsion comprising an oil phase and a water phase, wherein said emulsion comprises a phosphate ester emulsifier, phytantriol and an amount of at least 1 wt.-% based on the total weight of the topical sunscreen emulsion of at least one UV-filter substance. Furthermore, the invention relates to the use of phytantriol for improving the water resistance of such topical sunscreen emulsions. |
| US10709646B2 |
Oral care whitening compositions
Described herein are oral care whitening compositions comprising a non-aqueous phase comprising a peroxysulfate whitening agent, a hydrophobic base and at least one hydrophilic polymer, and optionally an aqueous phase comprising at least one hydrophilic polymer. Methods of making and using these compositions are also described herein. |
| US10709644B2 |
Oral care products and methods of use and manufacture therof
This invention relates to a dual phase mouthwash comprising a hydrophilic phase, a hydrophobic phase, and a hydrotrope, wherein the hydrophobic phase comprises coconut oil, as well as to methods of using and of making such compositions. |
| US10709643B2 |
Tamper-proof pill dispensing system and methods of use
A pill dispensing system and associated methods are configured for managing the distribution of pills to a patient. In at least one embodiment, an at least one tamper-proof pill storage container provides an at least one pill magazine positioned within a housing of the pill storage container and configured for storing and selectively dispensing a plurality of pills through a pill outlet provided by the housing. A patient application, residing in memory on an at least one patient device under the control of the patient, is in selective communication with the at least one pill storage container. An at least one monitoring device is in selective communication with the patient application, the at least one monitoring device configured for assisting the patient application with monitoring an at least one vital of the patient. |
| US10709642B2 |
Smart pack system for medicines
Disclosed is a blister pack smart dispensing package that has an overlay with conductors located over blister pack pockets that are broken when a user retrieves a solid medication, such as a pill, from the blister pack. The date and time that the user retrieved the solid medication from the smart pack is recorded by an electronics and communications package on the smart pack. A local communications device then receives this adherence data and transmits this data to a server, which generates a data structure containing adherence data. A blister pack overlay can be used which changes colors to indicate that the medication is about to expire, or has expired. |
| US10709640B2 |
Tamperproof oral dosage form
A tamperproof dosage form article comprising: a core, wherein the core comprises a first end and a second end; a first shell on at least a portion of the first end of the core; a second shell on at least a portion of the second end of the core; wherein the first and second shells comprise one or more locking protrusions extending along at least a portion of the circumference and inner surface of the shells, and the core comprises one or more locking recesses, and wherein at least a portion of the shells proximal to the locking protrusions is elastically deformable and arranged such that each one locking protrusion is snapped into each one of the locking recesses once inserted over a predetermined portion of the core to provide a locking force between the core and the shells. |
| US10709638B2 |
Protecting body for a flexible pouch, system for containing a biopharmaceutical fluid and methods for using such a system
The protecting body for a flexible pouch is specially designed to contain a biopharmaceutical fluid. It includes two substantially planar plates which respectively form a lower surface and an upper surface and which are fixed to each other. The two plates are able to sandwich the flexible pouch for constraining the flexible pouch such that the protecting body is substantially planar, and includes, on a peripheral side, at least one opening able to receive at least one port of the flexible pouch. |
| US10709636B2 |
System for gastrointestinal engineering to restore normal youthful bodily functions
The system improves performance of selected internal organs by stimulating the organs through vibrating action to restore their normal youthful functions. The system includes a probe which is introduced through the rectum and has a vibrating element at the end of or along a flexible shaft having a length sufficient to reach the ileocecal valve in the intestinal tract. |
| US10709631B2 |
Compression garment for neurological and circulatory disorders
A compression garment for a neurological disorder includes a body portion and a pad. The body portion may be operable to wrap around a foot and the pad can attach to an inner surface of the body portion. The pad can include an outward protrusion and/or an inward recess. A guide sleeve may be dimensioned to wrap together with the body portion around the foot, the pad being disposable between the body portion and the guide sleeve. A first tensioning band may be attached onto to first and second locations of the body portion and be operable to secure opposing first and second portions of the inner surface of the body portion to secure the outward protrusion and/or recess of the pad against the abductor hallucis and flexor hallucis brevis muscles of the foot. The outward protrusion can include a receiver for the metatarsal head. |
| US10709627B2 |
Use of high pressure low volume air conversion to low pressure high volume air to power patient transport devices
Systems for patient support, imaging, or transport include a modality with a support surface configured to support a patient thereon, a converter associated with the modality, the converter being configured to receive relatively low-volume high-pressure air from a source of the relatively low-volume high-pressure air and to convert the relatively low-volume high-pressure air into relatively high-volume low-pressure air, and an air flow device configured to receive the relatively high-volume low-pressure air from the converter and provide an air flow function to the modality using the relatively high-volume low-pressure air. |
| US10709625B2 |
Foot end alert display for hospital bed
A patient support apparatus, such as a hospital bed, includes an alert light assembly or an alert light module having separate zones that are individually illuminated to convey information regarding respective alert conditions. The zones each have indicia related to a particular condition of the patient support apparatus. The illuminated zones are each sufficiently large so as to be seen from afar, such as on the order of ten feet or more. Alternatively or additionally, a GUI of the patient support apparatus displays alert indicia as part of a screen saver. Further alternatively or additionally, the patient support apparatus illuminates an alert light in a manner indicating an optimal time for taking a patient's vital signs. |
| US10709617B2 |
Absorbent article with fusion bonded side seams
A pull-on diaper 50B of the invention includes an outer cover assembly 3 defining the exterior surface of the diaper. A front body portion F and a rear body portion R of the outer cover assembly 3 are connected to each other along their laterally opposite side edges to form a pair of side seams 4, a waist opening 8, and a pair of leg openings 9. Each side seam 4 has a sealed edge portion 41 where the front body portion side edge 3F and the rear body portion side edge 3R of the outer cover assembly 3 are bonded to each other at a continuous linear fusion bond extending in the longitudinal direction of the side seam and, in part, a non-sealed portion 42 where the front body portion side edge 3F and the rear body portion side edge 3R of the outer cover assembly face to each other in a non-bonded relationship. |
| US10709616B2 |
Contactless magnetic probe sensing and impedance imaging of liquid and solid excrement in diapers and other underclothing
A system, apparatus, and method for detecting the presence and amount of liquid and/or solid excrement in diapers or other undergarments, using a miniature ultra-low power near-field electromagnetic probe, applicable circuitry, and additional sensor types, that is hand-held or attached to the outside of said garments |
| US10709612B2 |
Odor control article
Odor control articles (10) including hydrophobic polymers of intrinsic porosity (HPIM) and their use in personal care products and hygienic products is disclosed. The odor control article (10) includes a HPIM and a colorant. The odor control article (10) may be applied to a substrate (11), and more specifically to a liquid absorbent member (30), to form an odor-absorbing member (20). The substrate (11) may absorb liquid. The odor-absorbing member (20) may be placed in such products as diapers (200), incontinence pads (60) and refrigerator pads. A method of making an odor control suspension with HPIMs including the use of surfactants is also disclosed. The odor control suspension may also be applied to a substrate (11). |
| US10709611B2 |
Systems and methods for lenticular laser incision
Embodiments of this invention generally relate to ophthalmic laser procedures and, more particularly, to systems and methods for lenticular laser incision. In an embodiment, an ophthalmic surgical laser system comprises a laser delivery system for delivering a pulsed laser beam to a target in a subject's eye, an XY-scan device to deflect the pulsed laser beam, a Z-scan device to modify a depth of a focus of the pulsed laser beam, and a controller configured to form a top lenticular incision and a bottom lenticular incision of a lens in the subject's eye, where each of the top and bottom lenticular incision includes a center spherical portion and an edge transition portion that is not located on the same spherical surface as the spherical portion but has a steeper shape. |
| US10709610B2 |
Laser methods and systems for addressing conditions of the lens
Systems and methods for performing laser cataract surgery, for using a biometric system to determine a material property of a structure of the eye, laser pulses in a laser shot pattern having different powers. A therapeutic laser, and laser delivery system having the capability to vary the power of the laser beam. |
| US10709608B2 |
System and process for prevention of myopia
A process for preventing or treating myopia includes applying a pulsed energy, such as a pulsed light beam, to tissue of an eye having myopia or a risk of having myopia. The source of pulsed energy has energy parameters including wavelength or frequency, duty cycle and pulse train duration, which are selected so as to raise an eye tissue temperature to achieve therapeutic or prophylactic effect, such as stimulating heat shock protein activation in the eye tissue. The average temperature rise of the eye tissue over several minutes is maintained at or below a predetermined level so as not to permanently damage the eye tissue. |
| US10709605B1 |
Eye monitoring and pressurization systems
Assemblies and methods for modifying an intraocular pressure of a patient's one or both eyes are disclosed. The assemblies and methods can be used to treat, inhibit, or prevent ocular conditions such as glaucoma, high intraocular pressure, optic disc edema, idiopathic intracranial hypertension, zero-gravity induced papilledema, and other optic pressure related conditions. An assembly can include a goggle including at least one cavity, a pump in fluid communication with the at least one cavity, and a control mechanism. The control mechanism can be operatively coupled to the pump and can maintain a target pressure or target pressure range in the at least one cavity, which, when the assembly is worn by a patient, is the area between a patient's eye(s) and wall surfaces of the goggle. Controlling the pressure over the outer surfaces of the patient's eye(s) can drive a desired change in the intraocular pressure of the eye(s). |
| US10709602B2 |
Device for the application of electrical stimulation in combination with manual therapy
A device and method for the treatment of a patient by means of manual therapy through a hand held device along with simultaneous thermal treatment and electrical stimulation. The device is comprised of a handle with a finger grip, a shaft with removable applicator tips that can be heated or cooled as necessary. An electrical connection on the device handle allows for the incorporation of commercially available transcutaneous electrical stimulation units with the device to provide electrical stimulation in combination with manual and thermal therapy. |
| US10709598B2 |
Apparatuses and methods for mandibular protrusion
Embodiments of methods and mandibular protruders and positioning devices, comprising, for example: an upper mounting bracket having an upper dental appliance; a lower mounting bracket having a lower dental appliance; and a rail system configured to couple the upper mounting bracket to the lower mounting bracket. Some embodiments comprise a drive motor and/or an initial position adjustment mechanism. |
| US10709596B2 |
Method and apparatus for restraining a patient's leg during leg surgical and interventional procedures
An improved method and apparatus for restraining a patient's leg during knee surgery or similar procedure features and improved restraining member that is attachable to an operating room table. The restraining member has a lower concave portion that engages the upper portion and sides of the patient's leg. The restraining member has an upper convex portion that is reinforced with a plurality of ridges. The concave portion can be fitted with an inflatable bladder. The concave portion in other embodiments is fitted with a belt arrangement that enables different degrees of constriction to be imparted to the leg. |
| US10709593B2 |
Knee pain treatment apparatus and method of use
The knee pain treatment apparatus includes an upper member constructed to encircle a leg above a knee. The upper member includes an outer surface, an inner surface, an opening for exposing a front of the knee and a tensioning member integral with the upper member and depending downwardly therefrom. A patella biasing device is secured on the inner surface of the upper member and is arranged and constructed to border the opening. The apparatus further includes a flexible lower member arranged and constructed to encircle the leg below the knee and at least one tensioning member fastening system. The tensioning member fastening system is arranged and constructed for connecting the upper member and the lower member. When the upper member and lower member are mounted on the leg and connected, the at least one tensioning member is stretched creating a downward biasing of the patella. |
| US10709585B2 |
Degradeable nasal ostial stent
A polymeric stent having a length, an outer surface and a cross-section. A lumen passes through the entire length, the lumen having a surface forming an equivalent diameter in the polymeric stent. The polymeric stent includes a first aqueous-swellable, biocompatible and biodegradable composition (e.g., polymer) having a thickness. The aqueous-swellable and biodegradable polymer retaining structural integrity for at least 1 hours up to thirty days when swollen to between 15% and 500% of its dry diameter and kept moist by a moist aqueous environment. Barrier layers of biodegradable polymer(s) may be used to prevent migration of liquids into the lumen. |
| US10709581B2 |
Thermally securing Morse taper
An articular ball impactor having a heat resistant material used during “heat shrink fit” process for providing secure fixation of Morse taper components in modular orthopedic implants. The female Morse component of the articular ball is heated by electromagnetic unit providing thermal expansion. Subsequently, itis impacted over the male Morse taper component and then cooled by commonly used sterile irrigation fluid allowing the female Morse component to shrink thus providing considerable compression, fit and significant reduction of micromotion that has been so widely responsible of fretting and mechanical corrosion. |
| US10709580B2 |
Ball and cup impactors for implanting a hip prosthesis
New surgical instruments and methods used to implant elements of a reverse hip prosthesis in a patient are described. The instruments are impactors which are struck with a hammer at their proximal ends after the instrument has been used to position the implant element in the patient. An acetabular cup impactor has inclination and anteversion rods which are used to position the acetabular cup optimally in the acetabulum. An acetabular ball impactor affixes the acetabular ball in the acetabular cup by means of a Morse taper. And a femoral cup impactor affixes the femoral cup in the femoral stem by means of a Morse taper. |
| US10709579B2 |
Bone graft dispensing device
The present disclosure provides a device and method for applying a bone graft material to the body. The device includes a cylinder into which bone graft material is loaded. Specifically, the bone graft material is loaded into the cylinder through a funnel at a proximal end of the cylinder and dispensed through a tip at a distal end of the cylinder. After the bone graft material is loaded, a sleeve within the cylinder can be removed in order to create a channel within the bone graft material. Water or other hydrating fluid may be inserted into the channel through a port adjacent the proximal end of the cylinder in order to hydrate the bone graft material. |
| US10709578B2 |
Surgical biologics delivery system and related methods
A system and methods for a safe and efficient distributing of bone graft material into an intervertebral disc space are provided. Systems are provided for receiving, removing, and replacing of preloaded load cartridges in a rapid and repeating manner. The systems can also be designed for rapidly delivering the biologics from a single load cartridge and, to even further facilitate a rapid and repeating delivery of biologics, the load cartridge and cartridge tamp can be adapted so that the cartridge tamp can capture and remove the load cartridge after delivery of fusion promoting material in the load cartridge. |
| US10709577B2 |
Graft material injector system and method
A graft material injector device and method are disclosed. The injector device includes an elongated injector tube and a side loading aperture for receiving graft material. A graft material loader and a cover for the side loading aperture may optionally be included. |
| US10709575B2 |
Expandable intervertebral cage assemblies
An expandable assembly for insertion into an intervertebral space is presented. The assembly, in particular aspects, includes an elongate body comprising an upper portion and a lower portion. The assembly may include an expander that is sized and shaped for insertion between the upper portion and lower portion, thereby selectively expanding the upper portion away from the lower portion. The elongate body may also include one or more bone graft windows. |
| US10709573B2 |
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 one embodiment, the fusion device includes a central ramp, a first endplate, and a second endplate, the central ramp capable of being moved in a first direction to move the first and second endplates outwardly and into an expanded configuration. The fusion device is capable of being deployed down an endoscopic tube. |
| US10709572B2 |
Intervertebral implant device with independent distal-proximal expansion
An expandable interbody fusion implant device has a frame, two ramp assemblies and two overlying base plates driven by two independent drive shafts. The two ramp assemblies include a distal ramp assembly and a proximal ramp assembly. Each ramp assembly has a translating ramp, a first pivoting hinged ramp and a second pivoting hinged ramp. The two overlying base plates include a first base plate overlying a second base plate. Each base plate is hinged to the distal ramp assembly and the proximal ramp assembly at an end of one of said pivoting hinged ramps of each ramp assembly. The two independently driven drive shafts include a first drive shaft for translating the distal ramp assembly and a second drive shaft for translating the proximal ramp assembly to independently expand the implant proximally or distally or both. |
| US10709571B2 |
Expandable vertebral implant
A joint spacer therapeutically maintains separation of bones of a joint. A carriage is slideably retained within the frame and has at least one ramped surface. An actuator screw is threadably engaged with the frame, and rotatably connected to the carriage, to cause the carriage to slideably move within the frame when the actuator screw is rotated. First and second endplates engage the bones of the joint, and each has at least one ramped surface that is mateable with the ramped surface of the carriage, whereby when the carriage is slideably moved by rotation of the actuator screw, the endplates ramped surface slides against the carriage ramped surface to cause the endplates to move along an axis transverse to the longitudinal axis of the frame, to increase the height of the spacer. Piercing elements are connected to the carriage to pierce bone of the joint when the carriage is moved. |
| US10709567B2 |
Poly-faced bone fusion implant
A bone fusion implant is provided for treating conditions of Proximal Interphalangeal (PIP), Distal interphalangeal (DIP), and metatarsophalangeal (MTP) foot joints. The bone fusion implant may be a cortical bone allograft sized to fuse the foot joint to be treated. A proximal portion of the implant may be pressed into a hole drilled in a proximal bone portion of the foot joint, and a distal portion of the implant may be pressed into a hole drilled in a distal bone portion of the foot joint. Ramps on the proximal and distal portions facilitate press-fitting the implant into the holes in the bone portions. Side ramps ensure that the bone fusion implant remains substantially aligned with the foot joint while the distal portion is pressed into the hole into the distal bone portion. Grooves on the ramps alleviate pressure and ease inserting the implant into the holes in the bone portions. |
| US10709566B2 |
Implant and method for ankle syndesmosis treatment
An implant includes a curved first plate section having a curvature about a longitudinal axis extending in a longitudinal direction. The first plate section has a first hole and a second hole. The first hole and the second hole are positioned to receive respective bone screws for attaching the implant to a first curved surface of a bone having a syndesmosis. A second plate section extends continuously from the first plate section. The second plate section has at least a third hole that is positioned to be offset from the first hole and the second hole in a direction that is anterior or posterior from the first hole and the second hole in a case where the longitudinal axis is aligned along a superior-inferior direction. The third hole is configured to receive at least one screw or at least one button for holding a suture at a position offset from the first line segment hole and the second hole in the anterior or posterior direction, for reducing the syndesmosis. |
| US10709565B2 |
Directional locking reverse shoulder prostheses and systems
The present disclosure relates to prosthesis systems having trays and liners having an asymmetrical locking mechanism to bias the strength of the liner to resist loading forces and associated methods. The tray has a lateral groove disposed in an inner surface of a lateral circumferential portion of the tray and a medial groove disposed in an inner surface of a medial circumferential portion of the tray. The liner has an upper segment and a lower segment. The liner has a locking portion for lockingly engaging the tray that includes the lower segment. The locking portion has a lateral toe positioned generally diametrically opposite a plurality of resiliently deformable medial fingers defined therein. The liner and the tray are engageable in a lateral-to-medial direction so that the plurality of medial fingers can resiliently deform to engage the medial groove subsequent to engagement of the lateral toe within the lateral groove. |
| US10709563B2 |
Femoral neck support structure, system, and method of use
A device for reinforcing a femoral neck bone, the femoral neck bone including a cortical bone region and a cancellous bone region, the device including a support structure having an outer surface and including a portion having one or more bores, the one or more bores adapted to allow filler material to be released therefrom to enter directly into the cancellous bone. |
| US10709562B2 |
Devices, apparatuses, kits, and methods for anchoring a suture to a bone
Embodiments of devices, apparatuses, kits, and methods for repairing a human joint by suturing biological tissue to the articular surface of a bone at the joint (e.g., repairing defects in the humerus at the glenoid joint after an anterior shoulder dislocation) are described herein. Biological tissue may include hard tissue such as bone or a joint socket or soft tissue such as cartilage, ligaments, tendons, or muscle tissue. |
| US10709561B2 |
Externally fed graft containment cage/scaffold
A bone graft containment device includes a body extending longitudinally from a first end to a second end. The body includes a channel extending longitudinally therethrough. The device also includes a fluid delivery structure received within the channel. The fluid delivery structure includes a central tubular member extending along a length of the channel and a laterally extending tubular member extending laterally from the central tubular member to a fluid receiving opening. The central tubular member includes a plurality of openings extending laterally through a wall thereof, so that, when the fluid receiving opening is connected to an external fluid source, fluid is passed through the laterally extending tubular member and the central tubular member to be dispersed to a graft material packed within the channel via the plurality of openings. |
| US10709560B2 |
Naturally designed mitral prosthesis
A prosthetic mitral valve designed to resemble a patient's nat-ural mitral valve is provided. The prosthetic mitral valve includes an asym-metrical, flexible ring dimensioned to match a native mitral annulus of a pa-tient, two leaflets suspended from the flexible ring, and at least two sets of cords attached to the leaflets and merging into two bundles to be fabricated using pre-operative three-dimensional imaging technologies. |
| US10709558B2 |
Device and methods for self-centering a guide catheter
This document provides devices and methods for the treatment of heart conditions such as valvular stenosis. For example, this document provides devices and methods by which a guide catheter can align itself with a blood flow stream to thereby help direct a guidewire or other elongate device transmitted from the guide catheter through an orifice of a heart valve. |
| US10709551B2 |
Accommodating intraocular lens assembly
An accommodating intraocular lens assembly can include a first lens, a first plurality of stanchions, a second lens, and a second plurality of stanchions. A central optic axis can extend through centers of the first and second lenses. The first plurality of stanchions can each extend a first distance between a first base end and a first distal end. The first lens can be connected with the first distal ends. The second plurality of stanchions can each extend a second distance between a second base end and a second distal end. The second lens can be connected with the second distal ends. Compression at the peripheries of the stanchions induces movement of the lenses apart from one other. |
| US10709550B2 |
Progressive power intraocular lens, and methods of use and manufacture
Apparatuses, systems and methods for providing improved intraocular lenses (IOLs), include features for reducing side effects, such as halos, glare and best focus shifts, in multifocal refractive lenses and extended depth of focus lenses. Exemplary ophthalmic lenses can include a continuous, power progressive aspheric surface based on two or more merged optical zones, the aspheric surface being defined by a single aspheric equation. Continuous power progressive intraocular lenses can mitigate optical side effects that typically result from abrupt optical steps. Aspheric power progressive and aspheric extended depth of focus lenses can be combined with diffractive lens profiles to further enhance visual performance while minimizing dysphotopsia effects. The combination can provide an increased depth of focus that is greater than an individual depth of focus of either the refractive profile or the diffractive profile. |
| US10709549B2 |
Hydrophilic AIOL with bonding
An accommodating intraocular lens comprises a first lens component, a second lens component, and an adhesive between portions of the two lens components. The cured adhesive bonds the lens components to form a fluid chamber. The lens components are bonded to one another along a seam which extends circumferentially along at least a portion of the lens components. The lens components may comprise the same polymer material. The cured adhesive also comprises the polymer or a prepolymer of the polymer to provide increased strength. The polymer is hydratable such that the lens components and the cured adhesive therebetween can swell together to inhibit stresses between the lens components and the cured adhesive. |
| US10709544B2 |
Non-cylindrical variable pitch mesh top stent
A stent is provided having a plurality of intersecting elongated members arranged to form a plurality of cells, which define an elongated tube with a lumen. The elongated tube has first and second sections, the first section having a substantially constant first diameter, the second section having a substantially constant second diameter that is larger than the first diameter. The elongated tube also has a transition section between the first and second sections, the transition section having a concave curvature extending proximally from the first section and a convex curvature extending proximally from the concave curvature to the second portion. A proximal end of the second section has a plurality of rounded ends formed by the plurality of intersecting elongated members. Each of the plurality of cells within the first section have a pitch that is tighter than each of the plurality of cells within the second section. |
| US10709543B2 |
Non-cylindrical mesh top stent with twisted sections
A stent is provided having a plurality of intersecting elongated members arranged to form a plurality of cells, the plurality of cells defining an elongated tube with a lumen running therethrough. The elongated tube has first, second, and third sections, the first section having a substantially first diameter and the third section having a substantially constant second diameter that is larger than the substantially constant first diameter of the first section, wherein the diameter of the second section transitions from the first diameter to the second diameter. Each of the plurality of cells within the first section have a pitch that is tighter than each of the plurality of cells within the second and third sections. In the second section, the plurality of intersecting elongated members includes a plurality of pairs of elongated members, wherein each pair of elongated members includes two adjacent elongated members twisted axially around each other. |
| US10709539B2 |
Three-dimensional polymeric medical implants
The invention relates to a three-dimensional medical implant, comprising a first thin porous component, and a first load-bearing and volume-creating component, which is connected to the first thin porous component; wherein the load-bearing and volume-creating component comprises an organized structure. |
| US10709535B2 |
Treatment installation for straws for packaging animal semen, comprising a supply and positioning device for said straws
The installation (1) comprises a treatment machine (12) and a supply and positioning device (16) configured to receive the straws (2) and dispose them one by one in a predetermined orientation for their treatment by said machine. The device (16) comprises a curved ramp (52) having a reception portion (64) for the straws (2) and an ejection portion (65) for the straws, the ramp being configured to convey, to the ejection portion (65), a straw (2) received on the reception portion (64) and sliding on the ramp (52), the ramp having a concave profile such that said profile has an orientation closer to the vertical in the reception portion (64) than in the ejection portion (65), such that a straw received on the reception portion (64) is accelerated to the ejection portion (65) at which the straw is guided and ejected with a predetermined orientation. |
| US10709533B2 |
Oral care implement and handle and refill head thereof
An oral care implement handle or a refill head therefor. The refill head may include a sleeve portion extending from a proximal end to a distal end, the sleeve portion having an inner surface that defines an internal cavity. The internal cavity may extend along a sleeve axis from an open bottom end at the proximal end of the sleeve portion to a closed top end, the internal cavity being configured to receive an attachment portion of a stem of an oral care implement handle. The internal cavity may have a proximal section adjacent the open bottom end and a distal section adjacent the closed top end. The distal section of the internal cavity may include a central portion located on the sleeve axis and at least one slot portion radially extending from the central portion. |
| US10709530B2 |
Photocurable composition, denture base, and plate denture
The present invention provides a photocurable composition which is used for the production by stereolithography of a dental prosthesis or the like. This photocurable composition contains a (meth)acrylic monomer component and a photopolymerization initiator; and the (meth)acrylic monomer component contains: an acrylic monomer (X) containing, within one molecule, two aromatic rings and two acryloyloxy groups, and having a Mw of from 400 to 580; and at least one of: a (meth)acrylic monomer (A) containing, within one molecule, one or more ether bonds and two (meth)acryloyloxy groups, and having a Mw of from 200 to 400; a (meth)acrylic monomer (B) not containing, within one molecule, a ring structure other than an aromatic ring and one (meth)acryloyloxy group, and having a Mw of from 130 to 240; or a (meth)acrylic monomer (C) containing, within one molecule, a hydrocarbon skeleton and two (meth)acryloyloxy groups, and having a Mw of from 190 to 280. |
| US10709529B2 |
Kit of parts containing dental mill blank colouring solution
The present invention relates to a kit of parts comprising a dental mill blank comprising a porous zirconia material and a colouring solution for colouring the porous zirconia material. The porous zirconia material comprises Zr oxide calculated as ZrO2: from 80 to 97 wt.-%, Al oxide calculated as Al2O3: from 0 to 0.15 wt.-%, Y oxide calculated as Y2O3: from 1 to 10 wt.-%, Bi oxide calculated as Bi2O3: from 0.01 to 0.2 wt.-%, the porous zirconia material not comprising Fe calculated as Fe2O3 in an amount of more than 0.01 wt.-%, wt.-% with respect to the weight of the porous zirconia material. The colouring solution comprises solvent(s), colouring agent(s) comprising metal ions selected from Tb, Er, Pr, Mn or combinations thereof, the solution not comprising Fe ions in an amount of more than 0.01 wt.-%, the solution not comprising Bi ions in an amount of more than 0.01 wt.-%, wt.-% with respect to the weight of the colouring solution. The invention also relates to a process of producing a dental restoration, the process comprising the steps: providing a dental mill blank comprising a porous zirconia material as described in any of the preceding claims, machining an article out of the porous zirconia material, the article having the shape of a dental restoration with an outer and inner surface, providing a colouring solution as described in any of the preceding claims, applying the colouring solution to at least portions of the surface of the article having the shape of a dental restoration. |
| US10709525B2 |
Methods for taking an oral scan without requiring removal of a temporary healing abutment
A method of taking a scan of a patient's oral cavity may include providing an anatomical healing cap that can be received within a subgingival void of a given tooth position. The method may also include taking a first scan (e.g., an extraoral scan) of the anatomical healing cap before seating the anatomical healing cap into the subgingival void of the given tooth position, where the anatomical healing cap is coupled to an implant disposed adjacent the anatomical healing cap. Further, the method can involve taking a second scan (e.g., an intraoral scan) of the anatomical healing cap and surrounding surfaces, and then integrating the two scans into an overall oral cavity scan. Reference points from the first scan may be used to align the second scan with the first scan, integrating the two together. |
| US10709521B2 |
Method and apparatus to account for transponder tagged objects used during clinical procedures, employing a shielded receptacle
Medical procedure related objects (e.g., instruments, supplies) tagged with transponders (e.g., RFID transponders, dumb transponders) are accounted for in a medical or clinical environment via an accounting system using a number of antennas and interrogators/readers. A first set of antennas and RFID interrogator(s) interrogate portions of the environment for RFID tagged objects, for example proximate a start and an end of a procedure. Shielded packaging and/or shielded receptacles shield tagged objects, preventing interrogation except for those objects in unshielded portions of the environment. A shielded receptacle may include an antenna to interrogate the contents thereof in a relatively noise-free environment. A data store may maintain information including a current status or count of each instrument or supply, for instance as checked in or checked out. A handheld antenna and/or second set of antennas interrogates a body of a patient for retained instruments or supplies tagged with dumb transponders. |
| US10709520B2 |
End effector for a positioning device
An end effector is provided for connecting to a positioning arm of a positioning device of a medical navigation system. The end effector comprises a mating component for connecting to an output flange of the positioning arm, a handle portion having a first end and a second end, the first end extending from the mating component, the handle portion including a cable cut-out at the first end, and a camera mount connected to the second end of the handle portion. |
| US10709511B2 |
Control of jaw or clamp arm closure in concert with advancement of device
A robotic surgical system including a control system that controls the movement of a robotic arm is described. The robotic arm can be coupled to a tool assembly that includes an end effector positioned at a distal end of a shaft. The tool assembly can include one or more sensors that measure a variety of forces or velocities associated with either the robotic arm or end effector. The control system can collect and monitor such sensed forces and velocities to determine and control one or more appropriate movement parameters associated with the robotic arm thereby controlling the cutting of tissue and preventing unwanted cutting of tissue. Furthermore, movement parameters associated with more than one robotic arm can be controlled by the control system. |
| US10709510B2 |
System and method for controlling a motor in a catheter procedure system
A catheter procedure system includes a bedside system having a percutaneous device, at least one drive mechanism coupled to the percutaneous device and at least one motor coupled to the at least one drive mechanism. The system also includes a workstation that is coupled to the bedside system and includes a user interface and a controller coupled to the bedside system and the user interface. The controller is programmed to receive at last one parameter of the motor, determine a quadrature current of the motor based on at least the at least one parameter, determine a load torque on the motor based on at least the quadrature current, an angular velocity and an angular acceleration and control the operation of the motor based on the load torque, wherein the operation of the motor causes the drive mechanism to move the percutaneous device. |
| US10709503B2 |
Protective sleeve for a dermatological treatment device
Disclosed is a protective sleeve (1) for a dermatological treatment device comprising a laser head for firing a laser beam. The sleeve (1) comprises: a rigid shell (2) which is shaped such that it can be placed over the laser head and has a window (4) that can be positioned opposite the laser beam; a contact wall (5) arranged around the window (4) for contacting an area around a target area; and a means for attachment to the device, the attachment means being positioned as close as possible to the contact wall (5). |
| US10709497B2 |
Electrosurgical tissue sealing device with non-stick coating
An electrosurgical instrument includes a jaw member having an electrically conductive tissue sealing plate configured to operably couple to a source of electrosurgical energy for treating tissue. A polydimethylsiloxane coating having a thickness in the range of from about 35 nm to about 85 nm is disposed on the tissue sealing plate. |
| US10709494B2 |
Compact jaw including split pivot pin
An end effector assembly for use with a forceps includes a pair of jaw members, a knife assembly, and one or more cam assemblies. One or more of the jaw members are moveable relative to the other about a pivot between open and closed positions. One or more of the jaw members include a knife channel. The pivot includes first and second sections defining a passage therebetween. The knife assembly includes a knife blade and an actuation shaft. The knife blade is disposed distally relative to the pivot. The actuation shaft is configured for slidable translation through the passage to allow selective advancement of the knife blade through the knife channel. The one or more cam assemblies are operably coupled to the one or more moveable jaw members and are actuatable to move the one or more jaw members between the open and closed positions for grasping tissue therebetween. |
| US10709487B2 |
Method of fastening a tissue or a corresponding prosthetic element in an opening provided in a human or animal bone and fastener suitable for the method
A graft or prosthetic element suitable e.g. for replacing a tendon or ligament is fastened in a bone tunnel or blind opening with the aid of a fastener. In a first step, the graft or prosthetic element is press-fitted in the tunnel or opening by forcing the fastener into the opening or by positioning the fastener in the opening and then expanding it, wherein the fastener is in contact with the graft or prosthetic element and with the bone wall of the tunnel or blind opening. In a second step, the fastener is anchored in the bone wall of the tunnel or blind opening with the aid of a liquefiable material which is liquefied in the vicinity of the bone wall where it is in contact with the fastener and by making the liquefied material penetrate into the bone wall. |
| US10709485B2 |
Neutralization plate and related methods
A neutralization plate includes a main body, a pair of upper arms extending upwards from the main body, and a pair of lower arms extending downward from the main body to form a generally X-shape with the pair of upper arms. In addition, the neutralization plate includes a horizontal channel formed across a rear side of a midsection of the main body, an aperture formed in the main body between the pair of lower arms and contiguous to a bottom edge of the horizontal channel, and a lower chute formed between the aperture and a lower edge of the horizontal channel. The lower chute is configured for ends of a suture looped through a fractured bone to be passed through the aperture and down the lower chute to a front side of the main body to be anchored separately from the fractured bone. |
| US10709484B2 |
Control instrument
A control instrument 100 for a guidewire comprising a first component moveable from a first position, in which the guidewire can move axially relative to the first component, to a second position in which the guidewire is fixed relative to the first component and a second, rotatable, component, wherein rotation of the second component causes the first component to move axially, only when the first component is in its second position, thereby moving the guidewire move axially. |
| US10709476B2 |
Introducer sheath having a multi-layer hub
An introducer assembly includes an elongate sheath sized for insertion into a blood vessel of a patient and a hub. The hub can be coupled to a proximal portion of the sheath and can include a first hub portion and a second hub portion. The hub can include various features to facilitate breaking apart or separating the introducer assembly from a patient. For example, the first hub portion can have a first notch which can facilitate breaking, splitting, or fracturing the hub. The second hub portion can partially surround the first hub portion and can include two wings and an opening disposed above the first notch. The first hub portion can be formed from a first material and second hub portion can be formed from a second material. In some embodiments, the second material can be stiffer than the first material to facilitate fracturing the hub. |
| US10709473B2 |
Trocar obturator with detachable rotary tissue fastener
A surgical instrument includes a shaft and a tissue fastener. The tissue fastener is releasably attached to the distal end portion of the shaft. The shaft is operable to rotatably drive the tissue fastener about a longitudinal axis of the shaft. The tissue fastener includes a base, first and second arms, and barbs. The first and second arms extend laterally and longitudinally from the base and are configured to be received within a first and second tissue portion, respectively. The first and second arms are configured to draw the first tissue portion against the second tissue portion. The barbs extend from the first and second arms and are configured to anchor the first and second arms within the first and second tissue portions. The shaft is configured to release the tissue fastener thereby securing the first tissue portion against the second tissue portion with the tissue fastener anchored therein. |
| US10709470B2 |
Features to couple acoustic drivetrain components in ultrasonic surgical instrument
An ultrasonic surgical instrument includes a body, an ultrasonic transducer rotatably supported within the body and having a threaded distal end, a shaft extending from the body, a waveguide extending through the shaft and having a threaded proximal end configured to threadedly engage the threaded distal end to define a threaded coupling, and an end effector at a distal end of the shaft. An integrated torque wrench mechanism is arranged within the body and includes a first torque wrench member rotationally coupled with a proximal end of the transducer, and a second torque wrench member arranged proximally of the first torque wrench member. The torque wrench members are configured to selectively couple together and frictionally engage one another to facilitate application of a predetermined maximum torque to the threaded coupling. The torque wrench members are configured to automatically decouple upon application of the predetermined maximum torque to the threaded coupling. |
| US10709464B2 |
Retrieval of material from vessel lumens
Devices for removing clot material from a blood vessel lumen and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. A clot retrieving device may include, for example, an elongated shaft, a capture structure having a proximal portion and a distal portion, and a cover having a first portion coupled to the elongated shaft and a second portion extending from the first portion. The cover may have an inverted configuration in which the capture structure is at least partially ensheathed within the first portion of the cover and the second portion of the cover extends distally from the first portion. In the inverted configuration, the second portion may have (a) a first region distal to a distal terminus of the capture structure, the first region tapering radially inwardly in a distal direction, and (b) a second region extending distally and radially outwardly from the first region. |
| US10709461B2 |
Subcutaneous wound debridement
Disclosed herein are devices and methods of percutaneously treating an ulcerated wound using ultrasonic energy. Some methods include delivering ultrasonic energy to a target tissue located at a position subcutaneous to the ulcerated wound. In some methods, the ultrasonic energy is delivered using an ultrasonic energy delivery device. |
| US10709460B2 |
Centering guide system for arthroplasty
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for identifying the proper implant for use in an arthroplasty procedure and preparing a bone surface for the placement of such implant. In one embodiment, a centering guide system includes a cannulated post and a translucent surface trial where the cannulated post includes a slit defining legs that flex to engage the post when inserted in a hole of the surface trial. The system is used to confirm a suitable implant size and place a pilot wire in preparation for implant placement. The cannulated post and the translucent surface trial provide comprehensive visibility of the glenoid surface. When inserted into the surface trial, an extension of the cannulated post beyond an articulating surface of the surface trial is minimal or nonexistent. In this way, the congruence of a reamed glenoid surface can be evaluated prior to implantation of the implant. |
| US10709458B1 |
Surgical tools and method for kinematic alignment
Tools and methods are used for aligned total knee arthroplasty (TKA) of anatomically or kinematically aligned knee. A block tool system references a distal femoral cut to provide a guide for the tibial cut. The block tool system can be used with the leg in full extension or in flexion. The block tools system includes a femur positioning block, an alignment arm coupled to the femur block, a femural cutting block, a tibial positioning block and a tibial cutting block. |
| US10709457B2 |
High tibial osteotomy guide
A cutting block for use in a bone osteotomy procedure is disclosed, and includes a first cutting guide surface, a second cutting guide surface, and a third cutting guide surface. The first, second, and third cutting guide surfaces are adapted to be temporarily affixed to a bone having a first side and a second side such that the first cutting guide surface is disposed on the first side of the bone, and such that the second cutting guide surface and third cutting guide surface are disposed on the second side of the bone forming an angle therebetween. |
| US10709456B2 |
Compression device and pressure sensor for treatment of abnormal upper esophageal sphincter functionality
A compression device is used to increase intra-luminal pressure within the upper esophageal sphincter of a patient in order relieve an impact of an abnormal or defective upper esophageal sphincter anatomy, physiology, or functionality. In one implementation, the compression device is used in conjunction with an external pressure sensing device to determine the external pressure that is to be applied to the cricoid for a specific patient. The compression device can be a means for the management and/or treatment of abnormal upper esophageal sphincter functionality, or a means for strengthening an esophageal sphincter of a subject, or a means for curing esophageal reflux disease of a subject, or a means for improving vocal function in a subject, or a means for managing lung aspiration, or a means for applying cricoid pressure during anesthesia intubation, or a means for stabilizing body structures such as during medical imaging or radiation treatment. |
| US10709453B2 |
In vivo indwelling member and method for producing same
A method for producing an in vivo indwelling member having a secondary coil in which a secondary shape is given to a linear primary coil with a primary shape given to a linear material, includes: a first three-dimensional body formation step of forming a first three-dimensional body by aligning in a loop a plurality of segments, each of the segments being formed by winding the primary coil at least once, so that a part of the primary coil is spatially arranged; a second three-dimensional body formation step of forming a second three-dimensional body by aligning in a loop a plurality of segments, each of the segments being formed by winding the primary coil at least once, so that at least a part of the rest of the primary coil is spatially arranged after the formation of the first three-dimensional body; and an inside arrangement step of arranging one of the first and second three-dimensional bodies inside a loop part formed of the plurality of segments aligned in a loop of the other three-dimensional body. |
| US10709450B2 |
Blood vessel connecting apparatus
A blood vessel connecting apparatus connects a first blood vessel to a second blood vessel. The blood vessel connecting apparatus includes an elastic connection part and a fixing part. The elastic connection part has an elastic restoring force, is inserted in an end of the second blood vessel and extends along an extending direction of the second blood vessel. The fixing part fixes the elastic connection part to an inside of the second blood vessel. |
| US10709448B2 |
Linear cutter stapler
A linear cutter stapler includes an anvil jaw and a staple cartridge jaw. A post which projects from the anvil toward the staple cartridge includes a rounded crown dimensioned to self-seat in the cartridge. An abutment stop of the post abuts the cartridge to fix the spacing between the anvil and the cartridge when the jaws are closed. Alignment flanges, which project from the sides of the anvil, are received in notches formed in the sides of the cartridge jaw to stabilize the closed jaws. Both the post and the alignment flanges assure registration of staple shaping depressions formed in the anvil with the staples carried in the cartridge. |
| US10709447B2 |
Jaw members and methods of manufacture
A jaw member for use on a surgical stapling instrument includes a cartridge assembly and a cartridge housing each having an arcuate configuration. The cartridge assembly includes a surface configured to engage tissue and a plurality of rows of fastener retaining slots extending along a length of the cartridge assembly. The cartridge housing defines a channel configured for receipt of the cartridge assembly. The cartridge housing includes a base portion and a plurality of tabs. The base portion has a concave inner edge and a convex outer edge. The tabs extend from the concave inner edge and the convex outer edge. The tabs are spaced from one another along a length of the cartridge housing. |
| US10709445B2 |
Loading unit including shipping assembly
A loading unit including a shipping assembly is provided. The shipping assembly is operably received adjacent the cartridge assembly to retain staples with the cartridge assembly. The shipping assembly includes a shipping member selectively secured to loading unit and a locking member slidably disposed within the shipping member. The locking member is movable between a proximal position wherein the shipping member is secured to the housing and a distal position wherein the shipping member is removable from the housing. |
| US10709437B2 |
Suturing instrument with motorized needle drive
A surgical instrument includes a body, at least one user input feature, an elongate shaft, a needle applier, and a motor. The needle applier includes a needle and a drive assembly coupled to the needle. The drive assembly is configured to drive the needle along an orbital path about a rotation axis that is transverse to the longitudinal axis of the shaft, in response to an actuation of the user input feature. The motor is configured provide motion to the needle applier to thereby actuate the drive assembly. |
| US10709432B2 |
Method and device for left atrial appendage closure
A left atrial appendage (LAA) closure device that includes an anchor portion having a first segment and a second segment that are connected in spaced-apart manner by a first connector, a sealing portion, and a second connector that connects the anchor portion and the second segment sealing portion. The first segment is adapted to be positioned outside the LAA and in the pericardial sac after deployment of the closure device, and the second segment is positioned between the first segment and the sealing portion inside the LAA. |
| US10709431B2 |
Laparoscopic devices and related methods
A laparoscopic device includes an elongate shaft, an end effector coupled to a distal end of the elongate shaft, a rounded housing coupled to a proximal end of the elongate shaft and having a center point positioned along the central axis of the elongate shaft, and first and second cables extending from the end effector to the rounded housing respectively along first and second sides of the elongate shaft. The laparoscopic device also includes a handle that is adjustable between an expanded configuration and a compressed configuration. In the expanded configuration, the rounded housing can be rotated to further rotate a single shaft assembly with respect to the central axis of the elongate shaft, and the rounded housing can be pivoted to bend the end effector. In the compressed configuration, the rounded housing is fixed with respect to the handle. |
| US10709429B2 |
Biopsy device handle
A biopsy device handle having a biased firing mechanism activated by side and rear triggers. The firing mechanism has a longitudinally sliding deflecting portion including a post. The post is disposed within a channel and retained by a catch. The deflecting portion deflects transversely when transverse force is applied to a transverse face by the side trigger or when a longitudinal force is applied to an inclined face by the rear trigger to release the post from the catch. |
| US10709417B2 |
Systems and methods for detecting neurological conditions
According to various embodiments, there is provided a device including a processor configured to control a robotic system to autonomously position a transducer at a plurality of locations adjacent a subject's skull and to autonomously locate a window on the subject's skull within which an artery can be located, from which artery a signal can be returned to the transducer, the signal having an energy level exceeding a predefined threshold. |
| US10709416B2 |
Obstetrical imaging at the point of care for untrained or minimally trained operators
A specialized ultrasound machine tailored for use by traditional birth attendants provides an ultrasound transducer configuration adapted to work with the traditional sweeping motion of the attendant's hands over the patient's abdomen. Automatic analysis of various obstetrical conditions is performed without the need for the user to view or interpret standard ultrasound images. This machine analysis is used to provide real-time guidance in the acquisition of data by the user greatly reducing the required operator skill. |
| US10709412B2 |
System and method for replacing a rotational axis decoder in a scanning system
A method for determining the position and/or orientation of at least one sensor system relative to the base structure of a scanning system during scanning of an object includes obtaining one or more tracking images using one or more cameras, where the cameras are in a fixed position with respect to the sensor system; and determining from the one or more tracking images the position and/or orientation of the sensor system relative to the base structure at a given time. |
| US10709405B2 |
X-ray CT scanning apparatus and scanning method thereof
Disclosed is an X-ray CT radiographing apparatus capable of selecting various FOVs, simplifying radiographing motion, and reducing X-ray exposure dose, and a method thereof. An X-ray CT radiographing apparatus according to the present invention includes a rotation supporter rotating by a rotation driver, a generating unit including an X-ray generator emitting X-rays and a collimator so as to radiate a collimated X-ray beam, a sensing unit including a small width X-ray sensor moving in a tangential direction of a rotation trajectory, and a controller controlling operations of the rotation driver, the generating unit, and the sensing unit when performing X-ray radiographing, and configuring movement trajectories of an X-ray beam for radiographing FOVs different from each other to be the same, and controlling the generating unit to turn OFF the X-ray beam in sections different from each other of the movement trajectory of the X-ray beam according to the FOV. |
| US10709403B2 |
Processing of interventional radiology images by ECG analysis
A method of processing images for interventional imaging, wherein a region of interest is visualized, is provided. The method comprises acquiring a series of 2D images of the region of interest in a patient during at least one respiratory phase, acquiring an electrocardiographic signal which is synchronized with the acquisition of the series of 2D images, processing the electrocardiographic signal to estimate at least one deformation phase of the region of interest induced by the patient's respiratory movement, and registering the different successive 2D images in relation to the estimated deformation phase. |
| US10709401B2 |
Radiography system, radiography method, radiography program, and body thickness estimation apparatus
Provided are a radiography system, a radiography method, a radiography program, and a body thickness estimation apparatus that can estimate the body thickness of a subject using each of radiographic images generated by irradiation with radiations having different energy levels.A radiography system includes a radiography apparatus including two radiation detectors and a console including an estimation unit that estimates the body thickness of a subject on the basis of the ratio of pixel values in a region, which corresponds to a soft tissue of the subject and is a corresponding region of radiographic images generated by the two radiation detectors irradiated with radiations having different energy levels, and correspondence relationship information in which the ratio and the body thickness are associated with each other. |
| US10709399B2 |
Methods and devices for performing three-dimensional blood vessel reconstruction using angiographic images
The disclosure provides a method and device for performing three-dimensional blood vessel reconstruction using angiographic images. The method includes an acquisition step that acquires a first two-dimensional image of the blood vessel in the first projection direction and a corresponding reconstructed three-dimensional model of the blood vessel. The method further includes a simulated light path length determining step that determines simulated optical path length within the blood vessel at a position thereof in the first projection direction based on the three-dimensional model of the blood vessel, and a three-dimensional reconstruction adjustment step that adjusts reconstruction parameters of the three-dimensional model of the blood vessel, based on the simulated optical path length within the blood vessel at the position in the first projection direction, intensity value at the corresponding position of the blood vessel in the first two-dimensional image and a relationship between intensity values at each position of a blood vessel in a two-dimensional image and optical path length at the corresponding position. This method considers the intensity values of two-dimensional images and can calibrate the three-dimensional model of blood vessels to improve the accuracy of three-dimensional models of blood vessels. |
| US10709396B2 |
Filter set of computed tomography scanning device and control method thereof
A filter set of a CT scanning device and control method thereof are provided. An example of the CT scanning device includes a gantry, an X-ray generator, a filter set, a detector, and a drive motor. The filter set includes a disc, a filter disposed on the disc and having a substantially annular groove structure, and a drive shaft connected to the disc. A body thickness of the annular groove structure varies in a circumferential direction and a radial direction. A shaft axis of the drive shaft is parallel to a radiation direction of X-ray. As the drive shaft is driven by the drive motor, the disc rotates around the shaft axis, such that a region of the filter is aligned with the radiation direction of the X-ray, and a body thickness of the region corresponds to a respective X-ray attenuation for an examination region of a subject. |
| US10709395B2 |
Radiation system
A radiation system (50), comprising a patient support platform (3). An X-ray radiation source (2a, 2b, 2c) is positioned beneath the patient support platform and enclosed by fixed radiation shielding. An X-ray radiation detector (22) is positioned above the patient support platform. A detector X-ray radiation shield (1, 11) comprising shield extension (7) is arranged on either side of the patient support platform, which extend from the X-ray radiation 5 detector to the fixed radiation shielding. The shield extensions are able to be moved relative to the source radiation shield to allow access to a patient on the support platform. |
| US10709392B2 |
Sensor fault detection using analyte sensor data pattern comparison
Analyte sensor faults are detected. Datasets of glucose values sensor electronics are coupled to a glucose sensor in fluid contact with interstitial fluid under a skin surface. Baseline median glucose value and glucose variability values are computed, based on the first dataset. A baseline data point is stored. Evaluation median glucose value and variability are computed, based on the second dataset of glucose values. An evaluation data point is stored. A magnitude of a vector that extends between the baseline data point and the evaluation data point is computed. A component of the magnitude of the vector that is parallel to a hypoglycemia risk contour line is computed and compared to a predefined threshold value. An indication that a sensor fault has been detected if the component is greater than a threshold is displayed. |
| US10709390B2 |
Deep learning algorithms for heartbeats detection
A system that detects heartbeats includes a sensor or a transducer and algorithms based on deep learning. The algorithms employ techniques of artificial intelligence that enable the system to extract heartbeat features under low signal-to-noise-ratio (SNR) conditions when a user is exercising. The algorithms can be applied to various technologies for heart rate monitoring such as ultrasound Doppler, photoplethysmogram (PPG), electrocardiogram (EKG), acoustic, pressure/force sensing and laser/RF Doppler, among other types of sensing methods. |
| US10709384B2 |
Wearable heat flux devices and methods of use
Wearable heat flux devices are disclosed that can detect heat flux based on evaporative cooling for determining a core body temperature of a user, and that can heat or cool a surface of a user for reaching a steady-state heat flux to determine the core body temperature of the user. Exemplary heat flux devices can include a heat flux sensor and a wicking layer. The heat flux sensor can be configured to detect heat flux at a location on a user. The wicking layer can be configured to absorb moisture at the location and to transport the moisture above the heat flux sensor. The heat flux subsequently detected by the heat flux sensor includes the evaporative cooling from the evaporation of the moisture. |
| US10709383B2 |
Wrist-worn pulse transit time sensor
A wrist-worn device heart-monitoring device is presented. The wrist-worn heart-monitoring device includes a radial tonometer configured to output a pressure signal indicating a pulse pressure wave at a user's wrist, two or more electrodes configured to output an electrical signal indicating a user's heart has been commanded to contract, and a microphone configured to output an audio signal indicating a closing of a user's aortic valve. The wrist-worn heart-monitoring device further includes a pulse transit time monitor configured to calculate a pre-ejection period of the user's heart based on at least the pressure, electrical, and audio signals, and calculate a pulse transit time based on at least the pre-ejection period, the pressure signal, and the electrical signal. |
| US10709382B2 |
Computing user's physiological state related to physical exercises
A method, apparatus, and computer program for estimating user's physiological state from gait measurements carried out during a physical exercise are disclosed. The physiological state is computed from at least one of step interval variability and stride interval variability acquired from the gait measurements. |
| US10709380B2 |
Method and apparatus for pulse signal analyzing
A method and an apparatus for pulse signal analyzing are provided. The method includes: receiving a pulse signal; decomposing the pulse signal into a plurality of characteristics signal; generating a spectrum for each of the plurality of characteristics signal by using a spectrum projection; obtaining a plurality of quantized data for each of the plurality of characteristics signal by quantizing the spectrum corresponding to each of the plurality of characteristics signal; and determining a physiological condition corresponding to the pulse signal according to the plurality of quantized data of the plurality of characteristics signal. |
| US10709378B2 |
Closed loop neural activity triggered rehabilitation device and method
A closed loop, neural activity triggered rehabilitation device and method are provided for facilitating recovery of a patient from the effects of a sensory motor disability. The device includes a sensor system positionable adjacent the brain of the patient. The sensor system detects neural signals. A functional stimulation component is operatively connectable to at least one body part, such as a muscle or a nerve. The functional stimulation component stimulates the at least one body part in response to the neural signals detected. A sensory stimulation module is operatively connected to the patient to provide sensory feedback thereto. |
| US10709377B2 |
System and methods for monitoring an orthopedic implant and rehabilitation
A system for monitoring a joint of a patient includes multiple sensors to be disposed near a joint and to measure or observe actions or physical quantities associated with the joint; and at least one communications module coupled to the sensors to receive data from the sensors and to transmit sensor information to an external device. In some embodiments, the sensors are implantable near the joint. In other embodiments, the sensors are disposed in a sensor module that is positioned adjacent the skin of the patient near the joint. |
| US10709376B2 |
System for supporting an elderly, frail and/or diseased person
The present invention relates to a system (10) for supporting an elderly, frail and/or diseased person (12), in particular a person suffering from Parkinson's disease, wherein the system (10) comprises: a detection unit (14) including (i) a brain activity sensor (20) for detecting a brain activity signal relating to the brain activity of the person (12) and (ii) a motion detection unit (22) for detecting a motion signal relating to a motion of one or more body parts of the person (12); an analysis unit (16) for determining, based on the detected brain activity signal and motion signal, an activity level of the person (12) which is indicative of the motoric and cognitive activity of the person (12); and a feedback unit (18) for providing a feedback to the person (12) if the activity level of the person (12) exceeds a predetermined threshold. |
| US10709372B2 |
System for monitoring incontinence
According to one aspect of the inventive concept there is provided a system for monitoring incontinence comprising: a urine sensitive circuit arranged to present a changed electrical characteristic when exposed to urine; a measurement circuit arranged to perform a measurement on a urine bladder of a wearer to determine at least one parameter which varies with a fill level of the urine bladder; a sensor arranged to determine an orientation and/or a movement of the sensor; and a processing circuit arranged to: determine whether the urine sensitive circuit has been exposed to urine; estimate an amount of urine released on to the urine sensitive circuit; and in response to determining that the urine sensitive circuit has been exposed to urine, record data representing said at least one parameter determined by the measurement circuit, an estimated movement and/or posture of the wearer based on an orientation and/or a movement determined by the sensor, and an estimate of the amount of urine released on to the urine sensitive circuit. |
| US10709366B1 |
Multi-stream data collection system for noninvasive measurement of blood constituents
The present disclosure relates to noninvasive methods, devices, and systems for measuring various blood constituents or analytes, such as glucose. In an embodiment, a light source comprises LEDs and super-luminescent LEDs. The light source emits light at at least wavelengths of about 1610 nm, about 1640 nm, and about 1665 nm. In an embodiment, the detector comprises a plurality of photodetectors arranged in a special geometry comprising one of a substantially linear substantially equal spaced geometry, a substantially linear substantially non-equal spaced geometry, and a substantially grid geometry. |
| US10709362B2 |
Analyte sensor
The present invention relates generally to systems and methods for measuring an analyte in a host. More particularly, the present invention relates to systems and methods for transcutaneous measurement of glucose in a host. |
| US10709360B2 |
Medical device with integrated biosensor
The disclosure concerns medical devices configured to utilize nitric oxide (NO) donor materials to release NO gas upon contact with moisture in order to mitigate bacterial proliferation, coagulation, or a combination thereof, at a site of a biosensor integrated within the medical device. A novel multi-lumen medical device is described, the device having a first lumen for containing the NO donor material and producing the NO gas, and having a second lumen for housing biosensor componentry. A channel between the first and second lumens serves to communicate NO gas from the first lumen to a sensor-volume of the biosensor. |
| US10709356B2 |
Apparatuses and methods for extracting chemicals from bodily cavities and breath
A chemical extraction apparatus has absorbent material for absorbing or adsorbing volatile chemicals from a breath of a user. The chemical extraction apparatus is positioned within such that breaths from the user flow over the absorbent material thereby causing volatile chemicals in the breaths to absorb or adsorb into the absorbent material. The absorbent material is then analyzed to determine the amount of chemicals absorbed or adsorbed into the absorbent material. Based on such analysis, various diseases or conditions can be detected or diagnosed. |
| US10709347B1 |
Heart graphic display system
A system is provided for displaying heart graphic information relating to sources and source locations of a heart disorder to assist in evaluation of the heart disorder. A heart graphic display system provides an intra-cardiogram similarity (“ICS”) graphic and a source location (“SL”) graphic. The ICS graphic includes a grid with the x-axis and y-axis representing patient cycles of a patient cardiogram with the intersections of the patient cycle identifiers indicating similarity between the patient cycles. The SL graphic provides a representation of a heart with source locations indicated. The source locations are identified based on similarity of a patient cycle to library cycles of a library cardiogram of a library of cardiograms. |
| US10709344B2 |
Measurement apparatus
A measurement apparatus includes a housing, a display disposed on the front face of the housing, a contact interface, to be contacted by a test site, disposed on a different surface than the front face of the housing, a laser light source that emits laser light from the contact interface, a light receiver that receives scattered laser light from the test site, a biological information generator that generates biological information based on output from the light receiver, and a controller that controls emission of laser light in the laser light source. |
| US10709342B2 |
System and method for spatial cardiovascular monitoring
There is disclosed a system and method for measuring arterial and venous blood pulse waveforms (BPWs) of a subject utilizing photoplethysmography (PPG). In an embodiment, the system and method comprises: providing a plurality of virtual sensors positioned to cover a desired field-of-view of the subject, each virtual sensor adapted to detect and measure a BPW signal from an area of the subject's body and provide a BPW signal output; processing the BPW signal outputs of the plurality of virtual sensors to compare the BPWs at multiple areas of the subject's body to perform spatial perfusion analysis; and displaying at least one aggregate output based on the spatial perfusion analysis. At least one aggregate output may include a visualization of one or more perfusion patterns overlaid on a photographic image of the subject, and aggregate statistics including subject heart rate and breathing rate. The system and method may use a signal from one of the virtual sensors as a reference waveform for cardiovascular monitoring in the generation of parametric maps for assessing BPW characteristics at various parts of the body simultaneously. The system and method may also include a contact photoplethysmography (PPG) sensor, which is connected to the DSP and provides a BPW as a reference waveform for improved cardiovascular monitoring in the generation of parametric maps for assessing BPW characteristics at various parts of the body simultaneously. |
| US10709338B2 |
Useful information presentation device
A useful information presentation device includes a facial skin temperature acquisition unit and/or a blood circulation volume acquisition unit, a brain activity estimation unit, and a useful information presentation unit. The facial skin temperature acquisition unit acquires facial skin temperature data in time-series. The blood circulation volume acquisition unit acquires photographic image data by imaging the facial surface in time-series. The brain activity estimation unit decomposes the facial skin temperature data and/or the facial blood circulation volume data into a plurality of components by singular value decomposition, principal component analysis, or independent component analysis, and the brain activity estimation unit estimating brain activity of the subject based on the plurality of components. The useful information presentation unit presents, to the subject, useful information related to an emotional or physical state based on the brain activity of the subject estimated by the brain activity estimation unit. |
| US10709335B2 |
Infant monitoring system with observation-based system control and feedback loops
A method of optimizing sleep of a subject using smart-home devices may include operating a smart-home system that is configured to operate in a normal mode and a sleep mode. The method may also include determining that the smart-home system should transition into the sleep mode. The smart-home devices may use a set of default parameters when operating in the sleep mode. The method may additionally include monitoring, while in the sleep mode, a sleep cycle of the subject using the smart-home devices. The method may further include detecting behavior of the subject that indicates that the sleep cycle of the subject is being interrupted or about to be interrupted, determining an environmental control that corresponds with the behavior of the subject, and adjusting the environmental control using the smart-home devices to prevent or stop the sleep cycle of the subject from being interrupted. |
| US10709331B2 |
Automatic transfer and identification of monitored data with hierarchical key management infrastructure
A measurement device (14) includes a measuring unit (42) for obtaining health related parameters of a patient (12), and a body-coupled communication unit (40) for sending at least measurement results. An identification device (20), associated with the patient, includes a body-coupled communication unit (26) for receiving and sending out the measurement results. A gateway device (72) includes a body-coupled communication unit (78) for receiving patient's measurement results. Additionally, a hierarchical relational deployment model (100) facilitates grouping wireless devices in a healthcare environment into subgroups based on relationships between the devices, and a hierarchical key pre-distribution scheme (110) permits distribution of unique keying material for security domains of respective groups of devices, prior to deploying the devices in a healthcare network. Devices can then execute a handshake protocol by which they identify their deepest common node in the deployment model (100), and employ keying material assigned to that nodes group in the pre-distribution scheme (110) to facilitate granular communication security. |
| US10709330B2 |
Ambulatory medical telemetry device having an audio indicator
An ambulatory medical telemetry device (10) is provided. This device includes at least one sensor (18) for detecting at least one physiological parameter of a patient and a housing that is securable to the patient. A circuit (50) is located in the housing for receiving and processing a signal representative of the physiological parameter from the sensor to generate recordable physiological data. An audible indicator (16) is located in the housing and operationally coupled to the circuit for generating an audio signal indicating at least one operational state of the device. |
| US10709327B2 |
Thin film analysis apparatus and method for a curved surface
A thin film analysis apparatus and method for a curved surface is disclosed. The apparatus includes an illuminator, a sample, an imaging group, one or more beamsplitters, optional focusing groups, polarization analyzers, detectors and optional display and analysis systems. The image series are recorded, preferably substantially synchronously. The system can be calibrated by as few as one reference phantom that has the same or substantially similar geometry as the sample under test. Based on calibration, a lookup table of the effective reflectance can be created, which is proportional to the portion of the light that reaches the detectors, or the mutual subtraction of the effective reflectance values of all possible combinations of the unknown optical parameters within certain search ranges of the sample. The experimentally measured results are compared with the lookup table, and optical properties, for example, the thicknesses and refractive indices of the thin film can be determined. |
| US10709326B2 |
Method for the optimized prediction of the postoperative anatomical position of an intraocular lens implanted in a pseudophakic eye
Postoperative lens position is predicted on the basis of known measured values, such as the corneal thickness, the depth of the anterior chamber, the eye length, and the distances of the capsular bag equator and/or of the lens haptic from the anterior surface of the lens. In addition, the calculation also takes into account the attitude of the intraocular lens, for which purpose additional parameters of the pseudophakic eye are used that have not previously been taken into consideration. The proposed method is suitable for a more exact prediction of the strength and nature of an intraocular lens to be implanted in a pseudophakic eye in the context of cataract surgery or of a refractive intervention. The method is based on the use of suitable calculation methods, e.g. geometric optical formulae, or of ray tracing. |
| US10709316B2 |
Method and apparatus for a rotating sleeve for endoscopic propulsion with mitigation of colonoscopic perforation
The present invention discloses an endoscopic sleeve apparatus for mitigating propulsion-related epithelial tearing, said apparatus comprising: an elastomeric, pliable, and rotatable sleeve for encasing an elongated shaft member of an endoscope; any one of a right-turn or left-turn helical threading disposed on the outer surface of the sleeve from a proximal base of the endoscope and radially extending to a distal tip of the endoscope; a distal tip port opening configured for allowing at least one channel and, or lumen axially disposed within the elongated shaft member of the endoscope to be engaged to the distal tip port opening for release and, or capture of any agent; a proximal end housing comprising at least one motor coupled to at least one actuator gear, whereby said actuator is in operable communication to the rotatable sleeve via a sleeve-actuator junction seal; a finger-led control disposed on a surface of the proximal end housing and operably coupled to the motor and, or actuator gear for triggering rotational force; and wherein the rotational force caused by the motor and, or actuator gear drives axial rotation of the rotatable sleeve over the elongated shaft member of the endoscope via the sleeve-actuator junction seal, and thereby allowing for forward propulsion of the endoscope with epithelial tearing risk mitigation. |
| US10709314B2 |
Endoscope tool position holder
An apparatus including a first end configured to connect to a control of an endoscope object removal tool; a second end having a connector configured to removably connect to a handle of an endoscope; and a spine connecting the first end to the second end. The spine comprises a plurality of serially interconnected members which are rotatable relative to each other. Connections of the members to one another comprise friction locks. The friction locks are configured to be temporarily unlocked by overcoming friction forces at the friction locks such that the spine is semi-flexible. |
| US10709313B2 |
Surgical instrument inspection system
An inspection system for inspecting a surgical instrument lumen at a cleaning station. The system includes a waterproof housing and a waterproof borescope assembly. The housing carries an image processor electronically connected to a display screen, and provides an imaging port. The borescope assembly includes a borescope, an image sensor and a connector assembly. The connector assembly is configured to selectively connect with the imaging port. When connected, signals from the image sensor are delivered to the image processor. A cleaning implement (e.g., wipe) is optionally provided with the borescope. During a cleaning operation, the inspection system is located in close proximity to cleaning liquid, affording the operator the ability to inspect lumen(s) of the surgical instrument throughout the cleaning operation without fear of damaging the inspection system. The borescope assembly can be disconnected from the housing and repeatedly sterilized or disinfected. |
| US10709312B2 |
Transitional region having cuts and a skive for an imaging catheter
An imaging device for imaging a portion of a patient's vasculature with an imaging element may include a proximal portion having a relatively higher stiffness that provides rigidity for pushing the imaging device through a patient's vasculature, and may include a distal portion having a relatively lower stiffness that enables threading through a curved vasculature of the patient. The imaging device also may include a transition region disposed between the proximal portion and the distal portion. |
| US10709311B2 |
Video laryngoscope with monitor stabilization
A laryngoscope device with an elongate handle includes a video laryngoscope blade with a camera mounted transversely on a first end of the handle and one or more pivot assemblies coupling a display monitor on an opposing second end of the handle. Each pivot assembly includes a pivot coupling defining a respective axis of rotation of the display monitor relative to the handle and a motor for controlling angular position of the display monitor relative to the handle about the respective axis. A sensor device is arranged to detect movement of the display monitor away from a target orientation such that a controller having the target orientation stored thereon can be adapted to operate the motor to return the display monitor to the target orientation. |
| US10709309B2 |
Dishwasher comprising a drying unit
A dishwasher includes a wash container for cleaning dishes, glasses, flatware or similar items to be washed during a program sequence which includes a drying phase or another process phase. The wash container has an inlet opening for inflow of a volume flow of air. The volume flow of air entering the wash container through the inlet opening varies a number of times over the drying phase or the other process phase. |
| US10709308B2 |
Supply and/or disposal system for autonomous deep cleaner
A system for refilling, emptying and/or recharging of an autonomous floor cleaner includes a docking station adapted to be coupled with a household plumbing infrastructure. The docking station can be provided on a household appliance, which may be a toilet, a dishwasher, or another appliance coupled with the plumbing infrastructure. |
| US10709306B2 |
Cleaner and control method thereof
Provided are a cleaner having a circulation system of collecting water used in damp cloth, filtering the same, and supplying the filtered water to the cloth, and a control method thereof. The cleaner includes a storage unit storing water, a collecting unit intaking water used in a cloth and introducing intaken water to an upper side of the storage unit, a filter unit filtering water collected by the collecting unit, a water supply unit allowing water within the storage unit to flow out from a lower portion of the storage unit so as to be supplied to the cloth, a vacuum motor operated to cause water to be intaken to the storage unit through the collecting unit, and a pump operate to allow water to be transferred through the water supply unit. |
| US10709305B2 |
Vacuum cleaning system including an electrical connection interface
A vacuum cleaning system includes an upright vacuum cleaner operable in a cordless mode and a corded mode. The upright vacuum cleaner includes a cleaning head for removing debris from a floor, a debris tube connected to the cleaning head for receiving the debris, and an electrical connection interface. The vacuum cleaning system also includes a battery and a power cord adapted for connection to the electrical connection interface. The upright vacuum cleaner operates in the cordless mode when the battery is connected to the electrical connection interface. The vacuum cleaner operates in the corded mode when the power cord is connected to the electrical connection interface. |
| US10709302B2 |
Sanitary wipe apparatus for use on a beverage can
An improved sanitary wipe apparatus, a sterile, naturally sanitizing wipe adapted to be stored within a dispenser box and removed one-by-one for use by a person to remove anti-microbial agents from a top drinking surface of a beverage can before drinking therefrom. |
| US10709298B2 |
Failsafe water saving shower head apparatus and method
A fail-safe water saving shower enclosure system includes a showerhead, shower faucet, power adapter, an active infrared sensor, electromagnetic activated fluid valve and shower walls. The infrared sensor installed on one shower wall aims at the opposite shower wall that has the showerhead. The enclosure is electronically partitioned into a restrictive flow zone and free flow zones. When a bather is not present within the restrictive flow zone, the showerhead flows at a free flow rate set at the shower faucet. When the bather does not need water, he simply moves towards the restrictive flow zone. The sensor signals the normally open electromagnetic valve to shut off water from reaching the showerhead. The free flow of water resumes when the bather moves towards the showerhead. The showerhead always receives a full flow of water without the presence of a bather, despite a failure of the disclosed components or power loss. |
| US10709295B2 |
Drying storage unit
A drying storage unit is disclosed to enable a user to properly dry a high-use item in a convenient location. The dry storage unit comprising at a cabinet-style storage and the cabinet style storage compartment comprises a top side, a left side, a right side, a bottom side, at least one door open outwardly that is hingedly attached to left side and right side, an inner compartment and a plurality of able shelving brackets disposed along the right, left, and rear walls of the inner compartment. The dry storage unit further comprises more than one adjustable drying rack and a plurality of pole racks. |
| US10709294B2 |
Dosing device for a filter holder of an espresso coffee machine and dosing method implemented with such a device
A dosing device dispenses predetermined doses of ground coffee into a filter holder of an espresso coffee machine. The dosing device includes a carousel body formed by plural compartments sized to hold respective p doses of ground coffee. Each compartment includes a top opening and a bottom provided with members for opening and closing thereof. The carousel body can be displaced between a first position, in which the top of one of the compartments is at a discharge conduit of ground coffee and a second position in which the bottom of the compartment is positioned above the filter holder. The dosing device disclosure can arrange doses of ground coffee, different from each other, preparing different types of beverage, within respective containment compartments, select the dose for the beverage, select the compartment that contains it, move the compartment to the filter holder, and supply the selected dose to the filter holder. |
| US10709291B2 |
Tiltable cooking device for making waffles and the like
A cooking device includes a lower grill unit having a lower grill surface, and an upper grill unit cooperating with the lower grill surface to define a cooking space. A support member includes a pivoting end portion pivotally connected to the lower grill unit, and a supporting end portion opposite to the pivoting end portion. The support member is operable to move between a folded state, where the supporting end portion is received in the lower grill unit so that the latter can be horizontally placed on a flat surface, and an unfolded state, where the supporting end portion is pivoted downwardly and forwardly relative to and cooperating with the lower grill unit to obliquely support the cooking device on the flat surface. |
| US10709290B2 |
Container for cooking food and method for its realisation
A container for cooking food includes a first substantially concave element, made from a first metal material, and a second element, made from a second metal material, preferably ferromagnetic, externally fixed with respect to an area of the first element corresponding to the bottom of the container, the container moreover includes a third element internally fixed with respect to the area, made from the second metal material, or from a third metal material in which the first element, in its unrefined state, includes a supplementary annular portion constituting a continuous solid part of the first element, positioned near to the perimeter of the second element, and foreseen for flowing and moving near to the perimeter of the third element under the action of a punch and of a matrix; also a method for making the container is presented. |
| US10709288B2 |
Self-cleaning coffee machine
A coffee machine has a body, a dispensing unit, a conduit, a supply and heating device, a filter holder, fast coupling/uncoupling means to couple the filter holder under the conduit, a control unit, a presence sensor to detect the presence of the filter holder under the conduit, and a switch to enable the passage of electrical current towards the supply and heating device and towards the dispensing unit when the presence sensor detects that the filter holder is uncoupled from the fast coupling/uncoupling means. The control unit has a timer to manage the opening/closing of the switch. |
| US10709287B2 |
Beverage-producing machine with single slide actuator for locking hopper and opening ingredient aperture therein
A beverage-producing machine includes a housing, a beverage producing unit arranged in the housing and a container for at least one beverage ingredient. The container is lockable to the housing and unlockable therefrom. The container includes a bottom aperture configured to dispense the ingredient contained therein and a shutter configured to selectively close and open the aperture. Furthermore, an actuating member is provided in the housing. The actuating member acts upon the shutter for selectively opening and closing the bottom aperture of the container while respectively locking the container to the housing and unlocking the container from the housing. |
| US10709276B2 |
Collapsible delivery storage assmebly
A collapsible delivery storage assembly includes a panel that is mounted to an exterior wall of a building and the panel has a recess therein. A storage unit is movably coupled to the panel and the storage unit is positionable in a collapsed position having the storage unit being positioned in the recess. The storage unit is positionable in a deployed position such that the storage unit defines a box for receiving a package delivery. A door is hingedly coupled to the storage unit to close the box. A combination lock is coupled to the door and the combination lock releasably engages the storage unit when the door closes the box. Thus, the combination lock restricts access to the package in the box. |
| US10709272B2 |
Food storage and serving holder
A holder for storing, warming and serving flat food items such as tortillas and flatbreads includes two or more round shelves spaced apart in a food storage area within a generally cylindrical housing. The holder is suitable for use in the refrigerator, microwave and dishwasher. The holder may also include a top cover or lid and a moveable door to enclose the food items on the shelves. |
| US10709262B2 |
Child carrying system
A dual-wrap child carrying system is configured to be worn by a person for carrying a child. The system includes a dual-wrap garment and a child support configured to releasably attach to the dual-wrap garment. The dual-wrap garment includes a primary wrap, a number of stays positioned in a back segment of the primary wrap for flexible support, and a secondary wrap. The primary wrap is configured to encircle the person and secure at a front side of the person. The secondary wrap includes a stretchable textile having a higher elasticity than a material of the primary wrap and is configured to encircle the person over the primary wrap and secure at the front side of the person. |
| US10709261B2 |
Baby carrier
An improved baby carrier is disclosed that includes a support frame coupled to a seating assembly though a suspension mechanism to provide weight support for a baby or toddler. The baby carrier includes an attachment harness worn by an adult to provide non-slip coupling between the baby carrier and the adult. The baby carrier also includes a semi-rigid coupling between the seat and harness assembly, a seat height adjustment capability, a sturdy support frame configuration, and a braking system. The baby carrier is a structurally stable device, and during use, significantly reduces the load of carrying the baby or toddler on the adult. Further, the baby carrier can have a compact size in a “stowed mode” for mobility, and can be used to meet a variety of user needs and carrying scenarios. |
| US10709256B2 |
Efficient mattress having low pressure and alignment
A mattress that efficiently provides low pressure and alignment to achieve restful and less fragmented sleep. The mattress supports a recumbent body. The mattress comprises a composite and a cover encapsulating the composite. The composite includes a performance layer and a core layer. The performance layer includes a shoulder section, a thoracic section and a hip section for location at different longitudinal positions corresponding to the shoulder region, the thoracic region and the hip region of the recumbent body. The shoulder section, the thoracic section and the hip section have different displacement parameters to match the body displacements in the shoulder region, the thoracic region, and the hip region for alignment of the body with low body pressure. A core layer supports the performance layer. |
| US10709254B2 |
Bedding/seating product with locked corners
A bedding or seating product comprises a connector assembly and a stabilizer assembly at each corner of the product for joining perpendicular first and second upholstered trusses. Each stabilizer assembly comprises a first bracket secured to the first truss, a second bracket secured to the second truss and a leg assembly comprising a leg and a threaded rod. One of the first and second brackets has a threaded boss and the other of the first and second brackets has an opening aligned with the threaded boss. The threaded rod extends through the aligned threaded boss and opening of the first and second brackets and the leg abuts the first and second trusses to assist supporting the product above the ground. |
| US10709249B2 |
Upper sliding arm portion of a lounger chair, and a motorized mechanism for moving the upper sliding arm portion forwardly so as to cover a storage receptacle defined within a lower fixed arm portion of the chair, and for moving the upper sliding arm portion rearwardly so as to uncover the storage receptacle
The present invention relates generally to furniture, and more particularly to a chair, particularly a lounger chair, wherein at least one side arm portion of the chair is provided with a lower fixed arm segment, and an upper slidably movable arm segment. A storage receptacle for holding various devices, such as, for example, a book, magazine, remote control devices, a wireless charging pad, a dock, is fixedly secured within the lower fixed arm segment. Alternatively, the storage receptacle can comprise at least one cup holder for holding a beverage. The upper slidably movable arm segment is fixably mounted upon a slidable rail member, and a motorized mechanism is operatively connected to the slidable rail member for moving the slidable rail member and the upper arm segment fixedly secured thereto between a first forward position at which the upper arm segment is CLOSED so as to cover the storage receptacle or cup holder such that, for example, the storage receptacle or at least one cup holder is hidden from view, and a second rearward position at which the upper arm segment is OPEN so as to uncover the storage receptacle or cup holder such that access to the storage receptacle or at least one cup holder is permitted. |
| US10709245B2 |
Article falling prevention device
Providing a new article falling prevention device capable of preventing an article placed on a mounting plate from falling due to vibration such as an earthquake without using any electrically operating member as a component at all. A left end of a load support member is connected to a left rotating rod 15 pivotally supported rotatably by a left support shaft 13 disposed at a front end side middle portion or a rear end side middle portion, a right end of the load support member is connected to a right rotating rod 16 pivotally supported rotatably by a right support shaft 14 disposed at a front end side middle portion or a rear end side middle portion, and the load support member 17 supports all or part of the load of an article W. In a case where the load support member 17 supports the load of the article W, a falling prevention member 45 moves down or rotates when the left rotating rod 15 and the right rotating rod 16 rotate, the falling prevention member 45 is provided on the front side of the article W when the falling prevention member 45 is most lowered, and when the falling prevention member 45 is most lowered or rotate, an insertion space into which an article lifting unit is inserted from the front side is formed below the falling prevention member 45. |
| US10709242B2 |
Appliance with a base wall having a contact surface including at least three internal leveling extension platforms and method of use
An apparatus and method for easily and permanently leveling an appliance is described. The apparatus involves a modification to the appliance to support shims, and preferably the two-part adjustable leveling shims. Alternatively, a template for affixing two-part adjustable leveling shims is used between the appliance and the mounting surface. |
| US10709238B1 |
Shelf system improvements
An improved shelf system often has differently configured shelves, at least some of which may receive attachments along a perimeter portions thereof. Those or others can provide bins for storing material as well internal to the shelves or along the perimeter portions. |
| US10709237B2 |
Cantilever shelving system
A cantilever shelving system is disclosed and can include a frame structure, a cantilever shelf support structure, and a plurality of load-bearing shelves that can be supported by the cantilever shelf support structure and the frame structure. The shelves can be positioned laterally adjacent to cantilever support arms of the cantilever shelf support structure, and the shelf support surfaces can be coplanar with upper walls of the cantilever support arms. Ends of laterally adjacent shelves do not overlap with a front side of a vertical support member to which the cantilever support arm is mounted. The cantilever shelving system can accommodate various user requirements and can be operably integrated with standard commercial and/or industrial equipment or machinery. |
| US10709235B1 |
Foldable table
Foldable tables capable of being locked in place when positioned in a raised position and having a substantially narrow profile when in a folded position. The tables may be locked in place and folded via a support structure, and may have integrated beverage holders. The tables may also be mounted or coupled to furniture, exterior and/or interior walls, etc. such that the table is flush with the same when in the folded position. The support structure may also be mounted on an existing table. |
| US10709234B1 |
Expandable table
An expandable table comprises first and second table surfaces connected by a first hinge at their adjoining short sides. First and second legs are fixed to an underside of the first table surface to support the first table surface. A third leg is fixed to an end of a slidable bar or mechanism wherein the slidable bar or mechanism is installed on an underside of the first table surface, wherein the slidable bar or mechanism is configured to be slid out from under the first table surface wherein the third leg provides support for the second table surface when the second table surface is unfolded and wherein the slidable bar or mechanism is configured to be slid under the first table surface wherein the third leg rests adjacent to the first leg when the second table surface is folded to lie on top of the first table surface. |
| US10709231B2 |
Rotary scrubber
A rotary scrubber apparatus, the apparatus includes a tube member having a helical slot, an attachment end portion, a holding end portion, and an internal cavity extending therethrough. A biasing element is contained within the internal cavity of the tube member. A following pin extends through the helical slot. The following pin has an external portion that engages a handle, and an internal portion that engages the biasing element. A scrubbing element is coupled with the attachment end of the tube member and rotationally fixed therewith. When the handle is pressed towards the attachment end and the handle is prevented from rotating about the tube member, the tube member rotates to rotate the scrubber element. The apparatus thereby provides rotational movement of the scrubber to be generated from only linear movement of the handle provided by a user. |
| US10709223B1 |
Cosmetic container
Provided is a cosmetic container including: a storage container for storing a cosmetic content therein; a pump coupled to a top of the storage container and configured to move the cosmetic content stored in the storage container upward; a pressurizing plate coupled to a top of the pump and having a discharge hole to discharge the cosmetic content moved from the pump upward; and a distribution plate disposed on a top of the pressurizing plate and distributing the cosmetic content discharged from the discharge hole outward, wherein the distribution plate includes at least one incised piece incisedly defined from an edge toward a central area thereof, each of the at least one incised piece disposed spaced apart from each other along the edge, and wherein distribution paths are defined by spaces apart from each other, the spaces disposed around the respective incised piece, and the distribution paths distribute the cosmetic content through the spaces. |
| US10709216B2 |
Philsring health aid
A jewelry product the form of an annular copper ring having a receiving passage through-hole. The annular copper ring shank includes a through-bore extending from an outer circumferential surface to an inner circumferential surface in a radial direction of the copper ring. The annular copper ring shank has a flattened area on the outer circumferential surface to facilitate engagement with an inner surface of the head of an ornament. The ornament includes a threaded shaft extending from the inner surface of the head. The threaded shaft engages the through-bore and terminates at a flanged end to make a secured connection between the screw and the inner circumferential surface of the ring shank. The flanged end is flush with the inner circumferential surface of the ring shank to provide a continuous, smooth transition between the inner circumferential surface and the flange. |
| US10709214B2 |
Lock mechanism for accessories
A lock mechanism includes a chain component and a lock connector component. The chain component has a head portion at one end. The lock connector component has a button portion, an accommodating space, and an opening disposed on a side adjacent to the button portion, wherein the opening space connects to the accommodating space. When the button portion is operated in a pressed state, the button portion is configured to block the head portion from entering or exiting the accommodating space via the opening. When the button portion is operated in a depressed state, the button portion is configured to allow the head portion to enter or exit the accommodating space via the opening. |
| US10709212B1 |
Magnetic closures
An item may be provided with a body that forms an enclosure. The body may have a body portion that opens and closes along a seam. An elongated magnetic fastener may run along the seam. The magnetic fastener may have first and second strips of elastomeric material on opposing sides of the seam. Magnetic interlocking elements may be partially embedded in the first and second elastomeric strips. The fastener may be formed by injecting uncured elastomeric material having unmagnetized magnetic particles into a mold. While in the mold, a magnetic field may be applied to magnetize the magnetic particles and to align the magnetic particles into magnetized structures. After forming the magnetized structures within the elastomeric material, the elastomeric material may be cured. Once removed from the mold, portions of the elastomeric material may be removed to expose the magnetized structures, which may subsequently be shaped into interlocking fastener elements. |
| US10709211B2 |
Interlocking means and bag with interlocking means
An interlocking means including a first interlocking member for which a male interlocking part is provided in a longitudinal direction of a band-shaped first base and a second interlocking member for which a female interlocking part is provided in a longitudinal direction of a band-shaped second base, and in which multiple sections whose heights are low are formed at the female interlocking part at intervals in a longitudinal direction of the female interlocking part, and the male interlocking part and the female interlocking part are interlocked in the low sections in the same manner as in the non-low sections; and a hag with an interlocking means in which the interlocking means is provided. |
| US10709209B2 |
Closure device
A closure device for closing and locking a restraint system, such as a restraint system for an amusement vehicle, includes a blocking device, and a locking device having a first connecting member and a second connecting member. The locking device and the blocking device interact in such a way that, in at least a first position of the locking device relative to the blocking device, the first connecting member is releasable coupled to the second connecting member. Furthermore, in at least a second position of the locking device relative to the blocking device, the blocking device prevents release of the first connecting member from the second connecting member. In some examples, the second position includes the locking device being inserted at least partially into the blocking device. |
| US10709201B2 |
Pin array adaptive wedge
An article of footwear is provided and includes an upper, an outsole, and a midsole. The outsole includes a ground-engaging surface and an inner surface. The midsole has a footbed, a bottom surface, and a series of channels extending therethrough. The bottom surface opposes the inner surface to define a cavity therebetween. The article of footwear also includes a series of pins each having a post extending through corresponding ones of the series of channels between a first end and a second end. The first end extends into the cavity outward from the bottom surface of the midsole and the second end extends into the interior void outward from the footbed of the midsole. The article of footwear also includes a resilient member that engages the first end of each of the series of pins and biases the series of pins toward the interior void. |
| US10709196B2 |
Ground-engaging structures for article foot footwear
Ground-engaging components for articles of footwear include: (a) an outer perimeter boundary rim that at least partially defines an outer perimeter of the ground-engaging component; (b) an inner perimeter boundary rim that at least partially defines an inner perimeter of the ground-engaging component, wherein a first open space is defined between the outer perimeter boundary rim and the inner perimeter boundary rim, and wherein a second open space is defined between a lateral side portion of the inner perimeter boundary rim and a medial side portion of the inner perimeter boundary rim; and (c) a support structure extending from the outer perimeter boundary rim to the inner perimeter boundary rim and across the first open space. |
| US10709194B2 |
Powered air respirator kit
A powered air respirator kit comprising visor (9) removably attachable to a front edge of a safety helmet (4), a drive unit (1) removably attachable to said safety helmet (4), at least one filter module removably attachable to said safety helmet such that, in use, a fluid flow path is defined through said filter module to a space defined between a user's face and an inner surface of said visor, the kit further comprising a power module (10) removably attachable to said safety helmet and, in use, electrically connectable to said drive unit (1). |
| US10709186B2 |
Multispectral cooling fabric
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally to a base fabric for body gear and other goods having designed performance characteristics, and in particular to technical gear, such as garments, that utilize multispectral cooling elements coupled to the exterior facing surface of a base fabric. |
| US10709185B2 |
Garment with rewritable areas
A garment having an outer surface not designed for writing has at least one rewritable area comprising a layer of rewritable material deposited directly onto a selected region of the outer surface. One or more permanent artworks may be deposited onto the garment prior to deposit of the rewritable layer, which may be contiguous or non-contiguous. A stencil is provided for allowing a user to write on rewritable areas while protecting adjacent areas of the garment. In one method for forming the rewritable area, a first portion of a permanent artwork and a second portion of the permanent artwork are successively deposited on the garment, followed by curing the permanent artwork and depositing a rewritable area on the garment. |
| US10709184B2 |
Hydration scarf for conveniently containing, carrying, and consuming a beverage
A hydration scarf is provided to contain a beverage, and to be worn around the neck so as to make consumption of the beverage very convenient. The hydration scarf can be disposable, and can be sold pre-filled. The hydration scarf can have an included drinking straw assembly, or can have a fluid port for receiving a re-usable drinking straw assembly. The hydration scarf includes a U-shaped container portion including: a first hanging portion, a curved portion, a second hanging portion, and a fluid port. The drinking straw assembly includes: a drinking straw, and a port connector for removably connecting the second end of the straw to the fluid port. Also included is an internal tube assembly including: a first uptake tube, a second uptake tube, and a three-way connector in fluid communication with the fluid port, and directly connected to the first uptake tube and the second uptake tube. |
| US10709183B2 |
Method of manufacturing multipurpose safety glove and multipurpose safety glove manufactured thereby
The present disclosure relates to a method of manufacturing a multipurpose safety glove and a multipurpose safety glove manufactured thereby, and, more particularly, the present disclosure relates to a method of manufacturing a multipurpose safety glove and a multipurpose safety glove manufactured thereby in which a breakaway portion is not easily broken when general work is performed, so that a worker may be able to easily perform work tasks while wearing the safety glove. At the same time, safety requirements for the glove to be easily broken away from the hand in the case of danger are met, whereby a worker's body can be protected while maintaining working efficiency. |
| US10709180B2 |
Protection system and method
This disclosure provides a protective gear and system for cushioning an object against falling. The protective gear includes a housing conforming to a portion of the object, an airbag disposed in the housing, a detector configured to detect a motion of the object; and a controller configured to generate an actuating signal to deploy the airbag if the motion is over a threshold. The protection system includes a primary protective gear and at least one secondary protective gear. |
| US10709177B2 |
Women's easy-on one-piece bathing suit
A women's one-piece bathing suit garment includes a bodice panel and an underwear portion. The bodice panel has a vertically placed connection mechanism which forms the torso of the garment. The underwear portion includes a plurality of waistband panels, a front panel, and a primary panel. The front of the bodice panel extends below waist-level to form the plurality of waistband panels. The primary panel forms the rear of the underwear portion of the garment. The primary panel is connected to the plurality of waistband panels via continuous pieces of material forming the leg openings of the garment. The primary panel is connected to the front panel to form a crotch of the garment. The front panel connects to the plurality of waistband panels via a connection mechanism, which upon connecting, the front panel forms the front for the underwear portion of the bathing suit garment. |
| US10709169B1 |
Conical paper fabricator
An apparatus for rolling papers into a non-cylindrical orientation is provided. The apparatus includes a rotatable non-cylindrical workpiece having a plurality of openings provided therein, a surface comprising a receiving indentation configured to receive and fit the rotatable non-cylindrical workpiece, a suction producing arrangement connected to the rotatable non-cylindrical workpiece, and a rolling paper. The suction producing arrangement draws air through the plurality of openings while the rotatable non-cylindrical workpiece rotates such that the drawn air draws the rolling paper toward and around the rotatable non-cylindrical workpiece, the rotation causing the rolling paper and a quantity of adhesive applied to the rolling paper to form a completed non-cylindrical rolling paper product. |
| US10709168B2 |
Hopper for rod shaped articles and method for distributing rod shaped articles
The invention relates to a hopper (10) for rod shaped articles (100) defining a longitudinal axis, the hopper (10) including: a chamber (20) to hold the rod shaped articles (100); a distributor device (30) to align the rod shaped articles (100) with substantially parallel longitudinal axes, the distributor device (30) including a plurality of walls (50) defining adjacent channels (40), at least one of said walls (50) including a stationary part (51) and a movable part (52) connected to the stationary part (51); and a vibrating device (70) adapted to oscillate the movable part (52) with respect to the stationary part (51). |
| US10709163B2 |
Method for the preparation of a cast sheet of homogenized tobacco material
The present invention relates to a method for the preparation of a cast sheet of homogenized tobacco material, said method comprising: •pulping (108) cellulose fibres (5) with water (6); •grinding (102, 106) a blend of tobacco of one or more tobacco types to tobacco particles (10); •combining (107) the pulped cellulose fibres with the tobacco particles and with a binder (8) to form a slurry; •homogenizing the slurry; •casting (110) the slurry to form a cast sheet of homogenized tobacco material from the slurry; •discarding (112) undesired portions of the cast sheet; and •introducing (113) the discarded undesired portions (9) of the cast sheet into the slurry. |
| US10709161B2 |
Rotary screw blancher
A food processing apparatus includes a tank defining an inner compartment having an inlet end for receiving food product and an outlet end for discharging food product, an open-top screen mounted within the compartment and positioned relative to the tank in a first position, and a rotatable auger mounted such that at least a portion of the auger is within the screen for advancing food product within the tank from the inlet end of the tank toward the outlet end. |
| US10709160B2 |
Soluble calcium stabilised in an anionic-cationic polymer and fructans
The present invention provides processes that promote the solvation of calcium ions in macromolecular matrices. Processes in which the relationship, concentration, physicochemical conditions at each stage and preparation methods allow to obtain a stabilized soluble product, based on calcium salts and polymers. The present invention does not result in the deposition of crystals of the salts used, and exceeds the commercial calcium formulations so they are of great utility for their application in the food, pharmaceutical and/or cosmetic industry. |
| US10709155B2 |
Herbaceous selenium-enriched SOD non-antibiotic feed additive and method of use thereof
A non-antibiotic feed additive including various ingredients, including selenium and superoxide dismutase (SOD). Also provided is a feed including the feed additive. |
| US10709151B2 |
Low fiber pennycress meal and methods of making
Pennycress seed, seed lots, and seed meal having reduced fiber content and improved suitability for use in producing animal feed are provided. |
| US10709140B2 |
Methods and products for reducing the population size of Papilio demoleus L. (papilionidae)
The methods, kits, and products for controlling a target insect population are disclosed in which a non-host plant containing a toxin and a chemical attractant known to attract the target insect is treated with chemical attractant from a plant of interest. The chemical attractant induces the target insect to lay eggs on the non-host plant. The resulting offspring die of starvation from refusing to feed on the non-host plant. The non-host plant and plant of interest contain at least one common chemical. The methods, kits, and products for controlling a target insect population using an extract from a non-host plant are also disclosed. The non-host plant extract is applied to the plant of interest, and when ingested or applied directly to the target insect, kills the target insect or causes it to develop with deformities. |
| US10709137B2 |
Mold remover and sealer with optional tracer and method
The present invention provides a formula and a method for treating mold residue on surfaces. A liquid mold remover comprises a first formula and a second formula, wherein the first formula comprises water, a surfactant, and one or more alcohols, and wherein the second formula comprises water and sodium hypochlorite. The liquid mold remover is evenly applied to the surface affected with mold, and after drying, a liquid mold sealer is evenly applied to the treated surface. The liquid mold sealer comprising water, a surfactant, a suspension of metal particles and an optical tracer. |
| US10709133B2 |
Condensed heterocyclic compound
A condensed heterocyclic compound represented by formula (II), in which Q represents a group represented by formula Q-1 or a group represented by formula Q-2, has an excellent control effect on arthropod pests (wherein, Z represents a nitrogen atom or CX2, X1 and X2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a C1-C6 chain hydrocarbon group optionally having one or more substituent selected from group B, a phenyl group optionally having one or more substituent selected from group C, or the like, A1 represents NH, NCH3, or the like, A2 represents a nitrogen atom or CH, A3 represents a nitrogen atom or CR4, R1 represents a C1-C5 perfluoroalkyl group or the like, and n, p, q, and r each independently represent 0, 1, or 2). |
| US10709132B2 |
Microbicidal composition
A synergistic microbicidal composition comprising: (a) 4,4-dimethyloxazolidine; and (b) pine oil. |
| US10709130B2 |
Clickable antimicrobial molecules and polymers
In one aspect, the present disclosure relates to click-functional antimicrobial molecules (including small molecules or, in some cases, macromolecules) and the construction of antimicrobial polymers such as polyurethanes, polyesters, and polyacrylates, including through the use of such molecules. In some cases, the antimicrobial click-functional molecules are based on 1,2-benzisothiazolin-3-one (BIT), trimethylguanidine or tetramethylguanidine (TMG), polyhexamethylene guanidine (PHMG), fluorine-containing molecules, or a combination thereof. For example, 1,2-benzisothiazolin-3-one (BIT) functionalized with an alkyne (BIT-Al), trimethylguanidine or tetramethylguanidine (TMG) functioned with an alkyne (TMG-Al) or dual alkynes (TMG-dAl), and/or polyhexamethylene guanidine (PHMG) functionalized with an alkyne (PHMG-Al) are described herein. Clickable antimicrobial polymers can be used to form coatings or films. |
| US10709128B2 |
Method and apparatus for bird control
A bird trapping system including one or more mist nets configured to be positioned in a building, a multi projection laser system positioned in an angled location or a vertical location relative to the one or more mist nets, the system designed to safely capture birds for removal and release from a building or structure. |
| US10709124B2 |
Pole minder
The Pole Minder is a multi-purpose fishing pole holder for use on a boat or dock with a specially designed twist over other rod holders. 1. When used on a boat, the Pole Minder can a. Hold a fishing rod upright for travel b. Hold a fishing rod angled upward over the side of the boat for trolling c. Hold a fishing rod angled upward for the perfect strike indication angle 2. When used on a dock, or mounted to a stake by your favorite river or lake, the Pole Minder can a. Hold your fishing pole upright while you rig your bait or tie on your next rig b. Hold your fishing pole at the perfect strike indication angle 3. When used at the beach, the Pole Minder can act as a surf fishing pole holder, when mounted to a long stake or tube This multi-purpose need, the unique design the Pole Minder encompasses, was encountered by its creators on many of their fishing trips. Unable to find an adequate solution on the market, the Pole Minder was born. |
| US10709122B1 |
Spinning reel
A spinning reel includes a reel body, a rotor, a bail arm and a bail reversing mechanism. The rotor is rotatable relative to the rotor body. The bail arm is pivotable with respect to the rotor. The bail reversing mechanism has a pressing part configured to be capable of pressing the bail arm to swing the bail arm, a biasing part configured to bias the pressing part, a housing part disposed in the rotor and housing the biasing part, and a guide part housed in the housing part and configured to guide the biasing part between the pressing part and the housing part. |
| US10709117B2 |
Aquaculture systems and methods
An aquaculture system can include stacked growth trays. Animals, such as shrimp, can be transferred between the growth trays for different stages of growth. Waste water can be removed from the growth trays and can be processed by a water treatment system. Treated water can be returned to the growth trays. A valve in a first configuration can permit water to circulate through the growth tray, while impeding the animals from exiting the growth tray. In a second configuration, the valve can permit the animals to exit the growth tray, such as for transition to a subsequent growth tray. A sweeper system can be used for cleaning and/or mixing the water in the growth tray, and/or for pushing the animals out of the growth tray during a transition. |
| US10709114B2 |
Photon modulation management system for stimulation of a desired response in birds
Embodiments described herein provide systems for stimulating a desired response, such as ovulation and egg laying, hunger, growth, mood and sexual maturity in birds, such as chickens, turkeys, ducks, quail and ostrich, by controlling the duty cycle, wavelength band and frequency of photon bursts to a bird, through the high frequency modulation of photons in an individual color spectrum to the bird and duty cycle, where the photon modulation and duty cycle is based upon the specific needs of the bird. |
| US10709112B1 |
Pet waste collecting device
A pet waste collecting device including a telescopic shaft assembly, a dispensing assembly, a scooping assembly and a handle assembly is disclosed. The telescopic shaft assembly can be retracted or expanded for easy use by users of all heights. The dispensing assembly is mounted onto the telescopic shaft assembly and is adapted to hold a granular material therein. When necessary, the granular material held therein is released to cover the pet waste for easier collecting thereof. The dispensing assembly is adapted to expand or retract along with the telescopic shaft assembly. Importantly, the handle assembly is mounted on a distal end of the telescopic shaft assembly. On an opposite distal end of the telescopic shaft assembly the scooping assembly is mounted thereon. Upon usage of the handle assembly the scooping assembly is controlled in order to open or close the scooping assembly to collect and later dispose of pet waste. |
| US10709110B2 |
Animal exercise wheel
An animal exercise device is described in the form a rotating wheel, generally cylindrical in form, open on one face for an animal to enter and exit, and solidly closed on the other face, which also provides a bearing for rotation. The wall and closed face are solid to avoid injury to an animal. The wheel's axis of rotation is at an angle from horizontal. The inside surface of the wall comprises spaced ridges for gripping by the animal's toes or feet. A contrasting marking on the outside surface of the wall aids vision-based rotation measurement. Embodiments are supported solely through the bearing and have no rotation drive other than use by an animal. Methods of use include automated measurement, using equipment external to the cage, of animal health and use in a multihoused cage where unique animal ID is associated with wheel use. |
| US10709109B2 |
Furniture protecting scratching device
A furniture protecting scratching post device. The device includes a base having a pair of sidewalls extending upwardly therefrom wherein the sidewalls are oriented perpendicularly to each other. A top portion is disposed on the upper ends of the sidewalls such that the top portion and the pair of sidewalls define an interior channel. The interior channel is sized to receive the front and side portions of a chair or couch, such that the top portion of the device rests on a front portion of the armrest. A carpeting material is disposed on the base, sidewalls, and top portion. The carpeting material is embedded with catnip to encourage cats to scratch the device rather than the furniture which it is secured to. In this way, the furniture protecting scratching device is adapted to protect an object such as a chair or couch from a cat's scratches. |
| US10709107B2 |
Elevated pet feeder with slow feed bowl
A pet feeder for slowing food consumption with a height adjustable stand. The elevated pet feeder includes a bowl having an inner surface, an outer surface, a sidewall extending from a base of the bowl, and a cavity with an open upper end for receiving contents. The sidewall includes spaced markings each designating a different volume within the cavity. Further, an impediment extends from the center of the base of the bowl with a propeller removably secured to the impediment, such that the impediment and propeller in combination can slow food consumption. The elevated pet feeder includes a receptacle that receives the bowl. A stand extends from the receptacle and can adjust the height of the receptacle. |
| US10709106B2 |
Pet vestibule
A pet vestibule configured for being attached to a door and to swing open with the door. Vestibule provides a protected shelter area for pets and animals to come and go into a structure without the need for human assistance, while also inhibiting rain, snow, and other inclement weather from entering the structure through the pet door. |
| US10709105B1 |
Animal enclosure
A portable animal enclosure apparatus includes a kennel body including an upper housing member and a lower housing member. The upper and lower housing members each include a double-walled construction including an inner wall forming a portion of the enclosure shaped to house the animal and an outer wall at least partially surrounding the inner wall, with a gap defined between the inner and outer wall. A door opening is defined at a first end of the kennel body between the upper and lower housing members, and a rear wall is defined at a second end of the kennel body opposite the door opening. A door frame is disposed on the kennel body at the door opening. A door is disposed on the door frame, and the door is pivotally attached to the door frame and is moveable between a closed position and an open position. |
| US10709101B2 |
Garden bean variety greenback
The present invention provides novel garden bean cultivar Greenback and plant parts, seed, and tissue culture therefrom. The invention also provides methods for producing a bean plant by crossing the bean plants of the invention with themselves or another bean plant. The invention also provides bean plants produced from such a crossing as well as plant parts, seed, and tissue culture therefrom. |
| US10709100B1 |
Maize inbred PH41YN
A novel maize variety designated PH41YN and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH41YN with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH41YN 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 PH41YN or a locus conversion of PH41YN with another maize variety. |
| US10709097B1 |
Maize inbred PH48G8
A novel maize variety designated PH48G8 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH48G8 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH48G8 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 PH48G8 or a locus conversion of PH48G8 with another maize variety. |
| US10709086B2 |
Canola germplasm exhibiting seed compositional attributes that deliver enhanced canola meal nutritional value
The present invention concerns a canola germplasm comprising at least 45% crude protein and not more than 18% acid detergent fiber content on an oil-free, dry matter basis. Certain embodiments further comprise one or more traits selected from the group consisting of reduced polyphenolic content and increased phosphorous content. In particular embodiments, the invention concerns canola plants comprising such germplasm and plant commodity products (e.g., seeds) produced therefrom. Canola plants comprising a germplasm of the invention may exhibit favorable seed composition characteristics that make them particularly valuable as a source for canola meal, and for methods of introducing at least one trait selected from the group consisting of high protein content, low fiber content, reduced polyphenolic content and increased phosphorous content into a canola variety in a seed coat color-independent manner. |
| US10709085B2 |
Lettuce variety ‘80020-0911-007’
Provided herein is a lettuce variety, ‘80020-09I1-007’, including seeds thereof and methods of generating additional lettuce varieties using variety ‘80020-09I1-007’. Lettuce variety ‘80020-09I1-007’ is characterized by its size, long leaf stalk, color, and resistance to Bremia lactucae. |
| US10709084B1 |
Maize inbred PH2T8W
A novel maize variety designated PH2T8W and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH2T8W with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH2T8W 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 PH2T8W or a locus conversion of PH2T8W with another maize variety. |
| US10709083B1 |
Maize inbred PH48J7
A novel maize variety designated PH48J7 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH48J7 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH48J7 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 PH48J7 or a locus conversion of PH48J7 with another maize variety. |
| US10709081B1 |
Maize inbred PH48MF
A novel maize variety designated PH48MF and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH48MF with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH48MF 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 PH48MF or a locus conversion of PH48MF with another maize variety. |
| US10709077B2 |
Macroalgae biomass production
The present invention relates to systems and methods for the cultivation and processing of high quality macroalgae, particularly for the cultivation of edible seaweed on a commercial scale. |
| US10709076B2 |
Smart cabinet for home gardening
A smart home gardening cabinet is disclosed that includes a plurality of plant growing drawers each having a vertical lift door and an automatic precision weather system to grow a specific type of plants, each automatic precision weather system includes an array of lights for photosynthesis, an air circulation system, and a water circulation system that provides nutrient water to the specific plants in each plant growing drawer; each plant growing drawers having a plant growing tray that includes an array of growing holes filled with a sponge materials to absorb and retain nutrients which are misted to the roots of the plants, excess nutrient water being returned to the water circulation system to save water. |
| US10709075B2 |
Plant collars
Hydroponics plant collars including a body defining a thickness, a center, and a periphery, a slot extending from the periphery and generally toward the center, a terminus of the slot and a surface thereof, and two opposing slot surfaces which define smooth plant contact portions thereof and which are spaced apart from one another whereby the body distributes forces acting on the hydroponics plant collar and on a plant to be in the slot, and metallic nanospheres dispersed throughout the body. |
| US10709071B2 |
Luminous flux control member, light-emitting device, and illumination apparatus
An illumination apparatus (300) has: a surface (310) to be irradiated; and light-emitting devices (200) that are each obliquely arranged directly above the surface (310). The light-emitting devices (200) each have a light-emitting element (210) and a luminous flux control member (100). The luminous flux control member (100) distributes light emitted from the light-emitting element (210) in directions above and below the optical axis (OA) of the light-emitting element (210). The absolute value of the angle (θ1) formed between the optical axis (OA) and the optical axis of the light directed upward is smaller than the absolute value of the angle (θ2) formed between the optical axis (OA) and the optical axis of the light directed downward. |
| US10709070B1 |
Apparatus for separating plant flower from stalk and method of separating flower from stalk
An apparatus and method for separating plant flowers from stalks by means of a lateral rotating tube having a plurality of flexible, elongated members affixed to and extending radially outward from the tube. The apparatus may include a platform and a frame supporting the tube above the platform to accommodate plants held between the platform and the tube so that when the tube is rotating, the elongated members affixed thereto brush against the plants and cause the flowers to brush off at and separate from the stalks. The frame further supports a housing to form a contained space, including a back wall, side walls and a hood to direct the flow of flowers after separation from the stalks. The hood extends above and over the tube, having a front wall extending about or below a central axis of the tube. A power system provides rotational power to the tube. |
| US10709069B2 |
Silo for grain
According to one aspect of the invention there is provided a method of drying a body of grain, comprising storing the body of grain in an elongate bag silo 10, providing at least a first outlet 22 intermediate a first end 16 and a second end 18 of the bag and at least a first and a second inlet (26, 28), situated intermediate the outlet 22 and the first end 16 of the bag. The second inlet 28 is spaced longitudinally further away from the first outlet 22 than the first inlet 26 and the first outlet 22 is the closest outlet to the second inlet 28 in a direction towards the second end 18 of the bag 10. The method further comprises providing a flow of air, between the inlets and the outlet such that a pressure differential between any of the inlets is maintained within a predetermined threshold. |
| US10709064B2 |
Propulsion control lockout and ground working vehicle incorporating same
A control system for a ground working vehicle. The control system may include a handle assembly including a handle member extending upwardly and rearwardly from a chassis of the vehicle. The control system may also include a speed control apparatus including a control grip operably connected to, and translatable along, the handle member. Translation of the control grip may activate a transmission to move the chassis in the forward direction when the control grip is translated downwardly along the handle member towards the chassis. Further, the control system may include a lockout apparatus movably attached to a handle member. The lockout apparatus may be adapted to selectively and physically restrict movement of the control grip relative to the handle member. |
| US10709063B2 |
Battery-powered working machine
Provided is a battery-powered working machine including a protective bracket which is able to be secured to a casing while being in engagement with a battery pack, which is capable of preventing theft of the battery pack, and which separates a casing-side connection terminal from a battery-side connection terminal at a distance to keep the casing-side and battery-side connection terminals and out of contact with each other. |
| US10709058B2 |
Flow control system for an agricultural metering system
A flow control system for an agricultural metering system includes a control system configured to be communicatively coupled to at least one clutch. The control system is configured to output a respective pulse-width modulation (PWM) signal to the at least one clutch, the PWM signal is configured to induce the at least one clutch to alternately engage to establish a rotatable connection between a respective drive input and a respective rotatable metering device and to disengage to interrupt the rotatable connection between the respective drive input and the respective rotatable metering device, and the control system is configured to adjust a duty cycle of the respective PWM signal to control a rotation rate of the respective rotatable metering device. |
| US10709054B2 |
Pressure supply system for commodity meter of work vehicle
A work vehicle includes a frame structure and a plurality of row units with a row unit support structure attached to the frame structure. The row units also include a meter housing with a housing member and a removable cover. The housing member is attached to the row unit support structure and houses a metering element. The metering element is configured to singulate a commodity and meter the commodity from the meter housing. The row unit further includes an air pressure device configured to generate an air pressure differential across the metering element to retain the commodity on the metering element. The air pressure device is fixed relative to the row unit support structure. The air pressure device is configured to remain fixed relative to the row unit support structure as the cover is removed and reattached. |
| US10709053B2 |
Precision seed-dispensing system
A precision seed-distribution system of the type applied on planters with a machine element that touches the soil, a row unit chassis that supports a seed meter, and a seed tube extending downward from the seed meter. The system may also include a damper system positioned between the seed tube and the row unit chassis. |
| US10716245B2 |
Provisioning cooling elements for chillerless data centers
Systems and methods for cooling include one or more computing structures, a heat rejection system configured to cool coolant, and one or more heat exchangers configured to selectively transfer heat from coolant in the intra-structure cooling system to coolant in the heat rejection system. Each computing structure includes one or more cooled servers and an intra-structure cooling system configured to selectively provide coolant to the one or more cooled servers. A controller is configured to adjust cooling of the coolant in accordance with ambient temperature information, to decrease cooling of the coolant if the coolant temperature falls below a first coolant threshold temperature by disengaging one or more heat exchangers, and to turn on additional servers if the coolant temperature is below the first cool and threshold and all heat exchangers have been disengaged. |
| US10716243B2 |
Use of Stirling engines for information processing system
An information processing system (TS) includes: a set of information processing devices forming a plurality of electrical circuits (C1, C2, C3 . . . Cn) supplied with power via a power supply source (S), cooling elements (MR) being placed near at least part of the electrical circuits; at least one Stirling engine, the cooling elements (MR) of which form a hot source and produce a mechanical movement (Mvt) on the basis of a temperature differential (ΔT) between the hot source and a cold source (SF); and a generator (G) providing an electric current (iG) on the basis of the mechanical movement. |
| US10716242B2 |
Data center modular systems
A modular data center system includes an upper module including a roller assembly attached to a frame of the upper module, the roller assembly configured to engage at least a portion of a rail assembly attached to a structure of a data center building; and a lower module attachable to the upper module and configured to suspend above a floor of a human-occupiable workspace of the data center that supports a plurality of racks including a plurality of heat-generating electronic devices, the lower module including a power support assembly configured to provide electrical power to the plurality of heat-generating electronic devices. |
| US10716240B2 |
Deflection of heated air from a posterior electrical component
Examples herein disclose a multi-channel apparatus include a first channel and a second channel. The first channel receives heated air from an electrical component. The first channel deflects the heated air from a posterior electrical component. The deflection of the heated air is caused by a curvature of an internal partition. The second channel, which is segmented from the first channel via the internal partition, provides cool air to the posterior electrical component. |
| US10716239B2 |
Energy efficient data center liquid cooling with geothermal enhancement
A data center cooling system is operated in a first mode, has an indoor portion wherein heat is absorbed from components in the data center by a heat transfer fluid, and has an outdoor heat exchanger portion and a geothermal heat exchanger portion. The first mode includes ambient air cooling of the heat transfer fluid in the outdoor heat exchanger portion and/or geothermal cooling of the heat transfer fluid in the geothermal heat exchanger portion. Based on an appropriate metric, a determination is made that a switch should be made from the first mode to a second, different, mode; and, responsive thereto, the data center cooling system is switched to the second mode. The second mode includes at least another of ambient air cooling of the heat transfer fluid in the outdoor heat exchanger portion and geothermal cooling of the heat transfer fluid in the geothermal heat exchanger portion. |
| US10716233B2 |
Server
According to an example, a server may include a housing including a bottom portion, a first node defined by first and second printed circuit assemblies, and a second node defined by third and fourth printed circuit assemblies. |
| US10716231B2 |
Pin count socket having reduced pin count and pattern transformation
An interposer and method of providing spatial and arrangement transformation are described. An electronic system has an electronic package, a motherboard and an interposer between the package and the motherboard. The interposer has signal and ground contacts on opposing surfaces that are respectively connected. The contacts opposing the package has a higher signal to ground contact ratio than the contacts opposing the motherboard, as well as different arrangements. Ground shielding vias in the interposer, which are connected to a ground plane, electrically isolate the signals through the interposer. The package may be mounted on a shielded socket such that signal and ground pins are mounted respectively in signal and ground socket mountings, ground shielding vias are between the signal socket mountings, and the ground socket mountings contain plated socket housings. |
| US10716230B2 |
Waterproof electronic device and production method of waterproof electronic device
The first annular sealing material is filled and applied between a first sealing surface provided on an outer peripheral part of the case and a second sealing surface provided on an outer peripheral part of the cover, a second annular sealing material is filled and applied between a first fitting member provided at the opening of the sealed housing and a second fitting member provided at the outer periphery of the body of the connector housing, a terminal part sealing material is applied to a connection surface which is an inner surface of the wall for partitioning inside and outside of the connector housing and is connected to the circuit substrate, the case and the cover are fastened together by a fastening member, the hermetically sealed housing is provided with a sealable ventilation passage that communicates the inside of the hermetically sealed housing with outside air. |
| US10716229B2 |
Wireport assembly
An electrified wire containing a plurality of integrated hubs populated along the wire's span providing mechanical and electrical and data connectivity to an array of removable device platforms with IoT device assemblies whereas the devices assemblies operate in real time, are either networked or stand-alone, and can be placed where and when needed. |
| US10716228B2 |
Support mechanism and mobile terminal
A support mechanism and a mobile terminal are provided. The support mechanism comprises: a first support plate, a second support plate, and a transmission mechanism for connecting the first support plate with the second support plate. When the support mechanism is in a support state, the first support plate and the second support plate are in a first relative position with respect to each other to form a support surface. The mobile terminal includes a first body, a second body connected to the first body, a support mechanism and a display screen. The display screen comprises: fixed portions fixed to at least one of the first body or the second body, and a deformable portion. The support mechanism is arranged on the second body. |
| US10716223B2 |
Frame assembly for an electronic device display
A display assembly includes an electronic display that comprises a collection of substrate layers and that has a first outline. The display assembly also includes a cover lens that: (i) is affixed to the electronic display, (ii) has a second outline that is larger than the first outline, and (iii) forms a stepped area at an overlap between the first and second outlines. The display assembly further includes a frame that: (a) supports a portion of the electronic display on at least two opposing sides of the electronic display, (b) attaches to the cover lens such that a substantial portion of the stepped area is covered by a portion of the frame, and (c) connects to a housing of an electronic device such that the display assembly is supported by the housing of the electronic device via the frame being connected to the housing of the electronic device. |
| US10716221B2 |
Method of manufacturing electronic device
Provided is a method for manufacturing an electronic device. The method includes providing a panel to a stage, providing a circuit board, aligning the circuit board so that first pads of the circuit board face a first pad area of the panel and second pads of the circuit board face a second pad area of the panel, and compressing a first portion of the circuit board on which the first pads are arranged to the first pad area of the panel. The aligning of the circuit board occurs via by external contact on one surface of the first portion of the circuit board and one surface of the second portion of the circuit board. |
| US10716215B2 |
Display device
A display device includes a display substrate with a display area, a first peripheral area, and a second peripheral area, the display area having first and second sides extending in directions crossing each other, the first peripheral area adjacent to the first side, and the second peripheral area adjacent to the second side, a first driving substrate attached to the first peripheral area, the first driving substrate including a first driving circuit portion and a first link wire connected to the first driving circuit portion, a second driving substrate attached to the second peripheral area, the second driving substrate including a second driving circuit portion and a second link wire connected to the second driving circuit portion, and a flexible circuit board attached to the first driving substrate, the flexible circuit board including a third link wire connected to the first and second link wires. |
| US10716212B2 |
LC device and method of manufacturing LC device
An inductor having an excellent Q values is provided with a configuration in which an inductor and a capacitor are integrally formed in a single element. Specifically, an LC device is provided that includes an element, an inductor, a capacitor, and a magnetic body portion. The element has a planar shape, and includes an insulating resin layer at at least part of the element. The inductor includes a loop-shaped conductor pattern and is formed inside the element. The capacitor is a mounting-type element, and is disposed in an opening of the loop-shaped conductor pattern and inside the element with at least a mounting surface of the capacitor being in contact with the resin layer. The magnetic body portion forms part of the element and is disposed between the conductor pattern and the capacitor over substantially an entire length of the loop-shaped conductor pattern. |
| US10716204B2 |
Keyboard
The present application discloses a keyboard, which includes a base plate and a thin film circuit board. The base plate includes a first part, a second part and an inclined part. The first part has a first limiting portion and a second limiting portion, the second part has a third limiting portion. The thin film circuit board includes a first region, a second region and at least one connecting portion. The first region is located on the first part, and the first region has at least one opening. The first limiting portion and the second limiting portion are disposed in said opening. The second region is located on the second part, and the second region has at least one opening. The connecting portion is located on the inclined part, and the third limiting portion is passed through the opening of the second part and propped against the connecting portion. |
| US10716198B2 |
Extreme ultraviolet light generation apparatus
An extreme ultraviolet light generation apparatus includes: a chamber; an optical unit; a chamber reference member including a housing space in which the optical unit is housed; a height positioning mechanism configured to position, at a predetermined installation position in the housing space, the optical unit to a predetermined installation height while contacting a first part of the optical unit; and a movement mechanism configured to linearly move the optical unit in the horizontal direction in the housing space while keeping the optical unit at a guide height, and including a guide member and a retraction part, wherein the guide height of the optical unit while being guided to move toward the installation position by the guide surface is substantially equal to the installation height. |
| US10716196B2 |
Contactor
Provided is a contactor disposed on a conductor coming into contact with a user of an electronic device and an internal circuit. The contactor includes a contact part and an electric shock prevention part, which are disposed to face each other, and, of which at least portions respectively come into contact with the conductor and the internal circuit, wherein the electric shock prevention part includes a laminate in which a plurality of insulation sheets are vertically laminated between the internal circuit and the conductor and an external electrode disposed on a side surface of the laminate, and at least one portion of the external electrode extends to one surface of the laminate and is connected to a ground terminal or the conductor, and at least the other portion extends to the other surface of the laminate to come into contact with the contact part. |
| US10716195B2 |
Lighting system for controlling an LED array
A lighting system (100) for controlling an LED array (102) is disclosed. The lighting system (100) comprises the LED array (102) comprising a plurality of individually addressable light sources L1-L15 each having an individual address, a processor (104) configured to divide the plurality of individually addressable light sources L1-L15 into a plurality of segments (110, 112, 114) of light sources by assigning segment addresses to the segments (110, 112, 114) of light sources, wherein each segment comprises a unique set of one or more light sources, wherein the LED array (102) further comprises a receiver (106) configured to receive a plurality of lighting control signals via a network (150), wherein each lighting control signal is addressed to one of the segment addresses, and wherein the LED array (102) further comprises a controller (108) configured to control at least one of the individually addressable light sources of each segment according to the lighting control signal addressed to the respective segment. |
| US10716188B2 |
Adaptive optical distribution system
A luminaire may include a plurality of different light engines. Light engines having different light distributions can be included in a single luminaire and a subset of the light engines selectively driven to dynamically change the light distribution of the luminaire. In this way, a single luminaire is capable of illuminating an area with a variety of different light distributions. |
| US10716178B2 |
Habitat control system
The present invention consolidates and centrally organizes, among other things, the control of and communication with equipment and sensors placed in or adjacent to the habitat. In an embodiment of the invention, a system for controlling and recognizing habitat components comprises: a main controller comprising an integrated circuit (IC chip) containing information and programming for associated habitat components and a communication component for transferring updated programming and data to associated component via cable, WiFi, Bluetooth, or infrared; and a habitat component having an integrated circuit (IC) chip which contains operating data and acts as an identifier of the component, allowing an application on a smartphone or the main controller to automatically recognize the device and control programs. |
| US10716177B2 |
Method and apparatus for control of mobile automation apparatus light emitters
A method of controlling light emitters of a mobile automation apparatus includes: controlling a depth sensor to capture a plurality of depth measurements corresponding to an area containing a support structure; obtaining a support structure plane definition; selecting a subset of the depth measurements; determining, based on the subset of depth measurements and the support structure plane, whether the subset of the depth measurements indicates the presence of a sensitive receptor; when the determination is affirmative, disabling the light emitters; and when the determination is negative, controlling (i) the light emitters to illuminate the support structure and (ii) a camera to capture an image of the support structure simultaneously with the illumination. |
| US10716172B2 |
Method for depositing a busbar on vehicle plastic panes with a heating function
A method for producing a vehicle plastic pane having a heating function is presented. The method includes: the provisioning of a one- or two-component, semi-transparent, polymeric pane base body; the coating of the pane base body with a protective coating; the embedding of heating wires for direct electrical contact with busbars that are deposited; the usage of a fine powder coating (FPC) plasma process at atmospheric pressure to deposit the busbars; and the mounting a connection element on and/or in each of the busbars. |
| US10716168B2 |
Data transmissions without connections
An example system includes a transceiver. The system also includes a controller communicatively coupled to the transceiver. The controller is to detect an access point. The controller also is to determine the access point forwards data received from unconnected devices. The controller is to instruct the transceiver to transmit data to the access point without connecting to the access point. |
| US10716165B2 |
Methods and apparatus for releasing a sidelink radio bearer for D2D communication system
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for releasing a sidelink radio bearer for D2D communication system, the method comprising: receiving configuration information including a targetID, a sourceID, and an LCID from a peer UE, wherein the UE receives data from the peer UE over the sidelink radio bearer; configuring a sidelink radio bearer identified by the targetID, the sourceID, and the LCID; establishing a RLC and a PDCP entities for the sidelink radio bearer based on the configuration information received from the peer UE; starting a timer for the sidelink radio bearer; and releasing the sidelink radio bearer when the timer expires. |
| US10716164B2 |
Methods, systems, and media for managing network connections
Methods, systems, and media for controlling network connections are provided. In some implementations, a method for controlling network connections is provided, the method comprising: determining, by a user device connection to an access point by a first network connection, that a second network connection is available; determining that the user device is in an idle state; while the user device is in the idle state, switching from the first network connection to the second network connection; monitoring network activity using the second network connection; switching back to the first network connection; generating a profile for the second network connection based at least in part on the monitored network activity; comparing the profile for the second network connection to a profile for the first network connection; selecting the second network connection based on the comparison; and in response to selecting the second network connection, switching to the second network connection. |
| US10716160B2 |
Dual mode transmission in a controlled environment
A dual-mode mobile device and a method for coordinating calls for the dual-mode mobile device over a first and second connection within a controlled environment is disclosed. The method includes communications between a monitoring server and the dual-mode mobile device over the first connection while the dual-mode mobile device conducts the call over the second connection. The monitoring server transmits control messages to the dual-mode mobile device to control operations of the dual-mode mobile device and establishment of the call and also monitors operations of the dual-mode mobile device as well as the communications transmitted and received by the dual-mode mobile device during the call. |
| US10716159B2 |
Method and user equipment for connecting by means of plurality of accesses in next generation network
A method for a user equipment (UE) connecting to a network includes: if second connection is to be executed by means of a second access, determining whether or not first connection has been previously executed by means of a first access; and, if the first connection by means of the first access has been executed and the second connection by means of the second access is determined to be an addition, transmitting a connection request message comprising identification information of a control plane (CP) function node. The identification information of the control plane (CP) function node could have been obtained during the first connection by means of the first access. Both the first connection by means of the first access and the second connection by means of the second access can be managed by means of the control plane (CP) function node. |
| US10716157B2 |
5G/LTE dual connectivity
Apparatuses, systems, and methods to perform attachment of a wireless device to substantially concurrent connections with a next generation network node and a legacy network node. The wireless device may be configured to transmit a request to attach to a first network node operating according to the first RAT and transmit an indication that the wireless device is capable of maintaining substantially concurrent connections with the first network node and a second network node that operates according to the second RAT. The wireless device may also be configured transmit a request to attach to the second network node. The request may include an indication that the wireless device is capable of maintaining substantially concurrent connections with the first and second network nodes. Further, the wireless device may be configured to receive an indication that dual connectivity with the first and second network nodes has been established. |
| US10716155B2 |
Radio terminal
A radio terminal according to one embodiment comprises a controller configured to be capable of relaying traffic between another radio terminal and a network by a proximity service. The controller performs a control for transmitting first information and second information, in a sidelink. The first information is used for identifying a location of a radio resource in which the second information is arranged. The second information is used to identify a location of a radio resource for requesting the relay by the proximity |
| US10716154B2 |
Method for transmitting data via sidelink and terminal
Provided in an embodiment of the present invention is a method for transmitting data via a sidelink. The method comprises: a scheduling terminal sends to a transmitting terminal a first physical control signal, wherein the first physical control signal comprises a first transmission resource used to transmit first-type system information; and the scheduling terminal sends to the transmitting terminal the first-type system information, wherein the first-type system information comprises sidelink resource pool information used for transmission via a sidelink between the transmitting terminal and a receiving terminal. In the embodiment of the present invention, a scheduling terminal can configure a sidelink transmission resource for a transmitting terminal, thereby significantly increasing success rates of D2D and V2V communication, reducing delay, and expanding the capacity of D2D and V2V communication. |
| US10716151B2 |
Method and device for establishing wireless connection
The purpose of the present application is to provide a method and device for establishing a wireless connection. In the present application, based on one or more scanned wireless access points, a user equipment acquires SSID information of a corresponding wireless access point, and requests access information corresponding to the corresponding wireless access point from a network device; the user equipment acquires the access information and displays accessible prompt information in a system wireless access point list of the user equipment; and the user equipment establishes a wireless connection with the corresponding wireless access point by means of the access information. A user preferably selects, based on accessible prompt information, a wireless access point the user requires. |
| US10716145B2 |
System for transmitting data packets according to a multiple access protocol
A system for transmitting data packets includes at least one access point and at least one terminal. The access point receives data packets transmitted by the terminal in compliance with a multiple access protocol including carrier detection, and transmits to the terminal at least the width of the contention window that the terminal is to observe for transmitting a packet. The transmitted packets are coded using an erasure code and the access point is further adapted to decode the received packets. The system may be applied to networks such as WLANs. |
| US10716137B2 |
Apparatus and method for channel access in wireless communication system
The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as long term evolution (LTE). According to various embodiments in the present disclosure, a method of operating a terminal in a wireless communication system comprises receiving information for indicating a pre-listen interval within an allocated channel occupancy time from a base station (BS), transmitting a reporting signal for indicating that occupancy of an unlicensed band by at least one node is not detected during the pre-listen interval, receiving resource allocation information for indicating uplink resources of the unlicensed band allocated based on the reporting signal, and transmitting uplink data through the uplink resources. |
| US10716136B2 |
Methods for managing interruptions with multiple deactivated SCells
A wireless device and a method for a wireless device served by a first network node on a primary cell (PCell) is provided. The wireless device is capable of using at least two secondary serving cells (SCells). A first request to perform a measurement on at least one cell on a first secondary component carrier (SCC) with a deactivated first SCell using at least a first measurement cycle is received. A second request to perform a measurement on at least one cell on a second SCC with a deactivated second SCell using at least a second measurement cycle is received. An effective serving cell interruption probability (Peff) of missed at least one of Acknowledgement and Negative-Acknowledgement signaling in an uplink direction is determined based on at least the first measurement cycle and the second measurement cycle. A serving cell interruption probability is ensured to not exceed the determined Peff. |
| US10716134B2 |
Coexistence between user equipment with shared resource pool
According to one aspect of the disclosure, a first method, a first computer-readable medium, and a first apparatus are provided. The first apparatus may be a UE. The first apparatus may receive, from a base station, a first grant associated with a first set of resource available to the first apparatus for transmission on a first sidelink channel. The first apparatus may determine whether to request, from the base station, a second grant associated with a second set of resources available to the first apparatus for transmission on the first sidelink channel. The first apparatus may send, to the base station, a request for the second grant when determining to request the second grant. Further, the first apparatus may send information on the first sidelink channel based on the first grant when determining not to request the second grant. |
| US10716133B2 |
Enhancement of performance of ultra-reliable low-latency communication
The disclosure describes mechanisms for reliability enhancement on control channel and data channel and mechanisms in URLLC. An apparatus of a RAN node for URLLC includes baseband circuitry to configure at least one DCI for scheduling transmission of at least one PDSCH content having same information. For each DCI, the baseband circuitry determines a CORESET for transmitting the DCI. The disclosure further describes mechanisms for the support of low latency transmission in URLLC. To improve peak data rate and spectrum efficiency in FDD system, the RAN node configures a DCI for scheduling data transmission using blank resources of a self-contained slot structure. Further, CBG-based transmission with separate HARQ-ACK feedback is provided to configure a DCI for scheduling data transmission of a TB and to divide the TB into multiple CBGs, and to configure uplink control data to carry separate HARQ feedback for the CBGs. |
| US10716121B2 |
Receiver, communication system and detecting method
The present disclosure provides a receiver. The receiver comprises an antenna, configured to receive a received signal on a downlink direction, wherein the received signal comprises an interfering downlink signal and a desired downlink signal; and a detecting circuit, coupled to the antenna, configured to perform a multiuser detection operation on the received signal on the downlink direction to generate a detected interfering signal and a detected desired signal; wherein the desired downlink signal is transmitted by a first station, intended for the receiver, and generated according to a first modulation order; wherein the interfering downlink signal is transmitted by a second station, intended for a second receiver other than the receiver, and generated according to a second modulation order. |
| US10716114B2 |
Outage notification and context preservation for energy-harvesting devices
Technology described herein provides systems and technologies that help avoid waste of wireless network resources due to frequent losses of wireless connectivity with energy-harvesting devices (EHDs). An energy-harvesting-indicator communication can be sent from a wireless device to a cellular base station to inform the cellular base station that the wireless device is an EHD. The cellular base station can preserve context information and/or DL data pertaining to a wireless connection with the EHD when a wireless connection is lost due to a temporarily low level of available energy at the EHD. The context information and/or DL data can be preserved by the cellular base station until the period of time elapsed exceeds a threshold time value. Upon receiving a connection-resumption communication from the EHD, the cellular base station can use preserved context information to restore the wireless connection and proceed to send preserved DL data to the EHD. |
| US10716111B2 |
Backhaul radio with adaptive beamforming and sample alignment
A backhaul radio is disclosed that operates in multipath propagation environments such as obstructed LOS conditions with uncoordinated interference sources in the same operating band. Such a backhaul radio may use adaptive beamforming and sample alignment at the transmitter to enhance the link performance. Such backhaul radios may communicate with each other to compute and apply optimal beamforming parameters for a particular propagation environment through a closed-loop feedback mechanism. |
| US10716108B2 |
Cellular network access method and apparatus
The present application discloses a cellular network access method and apparatus. An embodiment of the cellular network access method for a base station comprises: receiving, from a pair of D2D devices, a result of a spectrum detection which indicates a load level of a detected spectrum; selecting a cellular communication mode or a D2D communication mode based on the received result of the spectrum detection; and notifying the pair of D2D devices of the selected mode. Through dynamic switching between the cellular communication mode and the D2D communication mode, it is possible to make full use of the available spectrum, thereby increasing the throughput of the system. |
| US10716107B2 |
Buffer status report transmission in a wireless device
A wireless device receives configuration parameters from a base station. The configuration parameters are for a logical channel of logical channels for data transmission to the base station. The configuration parameters indicate a mapping restriction of the logical channel to one or more radio resource types. The wireless device transmits a buffer status report to the base station based on: data becoming available for the logical channel with the mapping restriction; and a selected set of one or more logical channels, of the logical channels, with the same mapping restriction meeting a first criteria. |
| US10716105B2 |
Method for transmitting and receiving a physical downlink shared channel and a demodulation reference signal and apparatus therefor
A method for receiving a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) in a user equipment (UE) from a base station (BS) in a wireless communication system includes the UE receiving first information related to one or more control resource set (CORESET); receiving second information related to resource region of the PDSCH; receives the PDSCH based on the second information; and receiving a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) for the PDSCH in an orthogonal frequency divisional multiplexing (OFDM) symbol after the one or more CORESET when the one or more CORESET overlaps the resource region of the PDSCH. |
| US10716103B2 |
Communication system
A communication system is presented in which a base station is provided for communicating with a plurality of mobile communication devices in a cellular communication system. The base station operates one of more communication cells and communicates subframes, with each of the plurality of communication devices within the cell(s), each comprising the communication resources of a control region for communicating a control channel and the communication resources of a data region for communicating a respective data channel. The base station communicates a control channel having a first DMRS sequence in a control region of some subframes and a control channel having a second DMRS sequence in a control region of other subframes. The second control channel may be transmitted in a radio beam focussed spatially in a direction of a communication device. The first control channel may be transmitted omnidirectionally throughout the cell(s). |
| US10716100B2 |
Base stations, user equipments, and related communication methods
A method for reporting uplink control information (UCI) by a user equipment (UE) is disclosed. The method includes storing information on whether a simultaneous physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) and physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission is supported. The method also includes, when the simultaneous PUCCH and PUSCH transmission is not supported and in case of a channel collision between a PUCCH and a PUSCH, transmitting, by the UE, the UCI using the PUCCH in an overlapping portion between the PUCCH and the PUSCH, and dropping the overlapping portion of the PUSCH. |
| US10716097B2 |
Disjoint bearer routing
Methods and apparatus for switching bearers between radio access technologies (RATs) are described. According to aspects of the present disclosure, the uplink part of a bearer may be served by one RAT, while the downlink part of the bearer is served by another RAT. A part of a bearer may be served by more than one RAT. Methods and apparatus for communicating via bearer with parts served by differing RATs are also described. |
| US10716095B2 |
Multiple access in wireless telecommunications system for high-mobility applications
A wireless telecommunications system that mitigates infrasymbol interference due to Doppler-shift and multipath and enables multiple access in one radio channel. Embodiments of the present invention are particularly advantageous for wireless telecommunications systems that operate in high-mobility environments, including high-speed trains and airplanes. |
| US10716093B2 |
Method for allocating resources for direct communication between terminals in wireless communication system and device therefor
The present application discloses a method for allocating resources for direct communication between terminals in a wireless communication system. Specifically, the method for allocating resources comprises: a step of configuring a first periodic resource so as to transmit multiple messages via direct communication between the terminals; and a step of transmitting the multiple messages by using the first periodic resource if a coding rate corresponding to the first periodic resource is below a maximum coding rate configured by an upper layer, wherein, if the coding rate is equal to or above the maximum coding rate, the first periodic resource is released and a second periodic resource is configured. |
| US10716088B2 |
Location determination of internet-of-things devices based on access point emulation
Determining a location for a non-access point device based on non-access point device emulation of an access point (AP) device is disclosed. A non-AP device can pass itself off as an actual AP device to piggyback of location reporting by user equipment (UE). Where a UE observes an emulated AP, e.g., a non-AP device masquerading as an AP device, the observance of the emulated AP can be reported, along with UE location information captured at the time of the observance, to a network database. The UE location information can be used to determine a location of the emulated AP. The location of the emulated AP can be retrieved from the database in response to a query identifying the emulated AP. This can enable the non-AP device to query its own location as observed by the UE. This can enable other devices to receive the location of the non-AP device. |
| US10716081B2 |
System for processing signals from an emitter for the purpose of dating the signals and locating the emitter, and associated receiving station
The invention relates to a receiving station (1x) of a system for processing signals originating from an emitter, comprising: a first receiver (3) configured to acquire signals from the emitter; and a second receiver (4) configured to acquire signals from a satellite navigation system. The station is characterised in that the first receiver (3) and the second receiver (4) are synchronised by the same local clock (6) generating a local time base, the acquired signals being dated by said time base. |
| US10716078B2 |
Wireless device, radio-network node, and methods performed therein for managing signaling in a wireless communication network
Embodiments herein relate a method performed by a first radio-network node (12) for managing signaling in a wireless communication network, the first radio-network node provides radio coverage over a first service area in the wireless communication network. The first radio-network node transmits a first beam reference signal, BRS, in the first service area, which first BRS comprises a number of repetitive sequences of samples, of equal length, over an original time-domain representation of the first BRS. |
| US10716071B2 |
Dynamic power adjustment for small cells
A radio node may transmit a signal using a transmit power. Then, the radio node may adjust the transmit power within a range of values. The adjustment may include reducing the transmit power when a spatial received signal strength indication (RSSI) metric of the radio node is greater than a first threshold value and a coverage criterion is met. Note that the spatial RSSI metric of the radio node may correspond to a set of temporal RSSI metrics of the radio node received from neighboring radio nodes. Moreover, the coverage criterion may be that less than a portion of RSSI measurements of the radio node associated with electronic devices, which are communicatively attached with the radio node, is less than a second threshold value. Alternatively, the adjustment may include increasing the transmit power when the spatial RSSI metric is less than the first threshold value. |
| US10716070B2 |
Power scaling of uplink signals in a transmission burst
A wireless device determines a total transmission power for transmission of uplink signals in a subframe of subframes of an uplink transmission burst. A transmission power value of an uplink signal of the uplink signals is scaled, based on a subframe position of the subframe in the subframes of the uplink transmission burst, in response to the total transmission power exceeding a first value so that an updated total transmission power does not exceed the first value. The uplink signal is transmitted in the subframe and with the transmission power value. |
| US10716067B2 |
Systems and methods for transmitting a wake-up radio signal to low power devices in a wireless communication system
Embodiments described herein provide a method for transmitting a wake-up radio signal to low power devices in a wireless local area network. Data for transmission to a wireless device is received at a wireless access point, and a wake-up radio packet is generated. The wake-up signal includes a first preamble, a second preamble, and payload data including a wake-up user identifier assigned to the wireless device. The wake-up radio packet is encoded into an encoded wake-up radio frame including a plurality of encoded data symbols representing modulated payload data. The encoded wake-up radio frame is modulated onto a modulated waveform for transmission. A signal corresponding to the modulated waveform is transmitted to the wireless device. |
| US10716065B2 |
Method for activating a connected object
A method for activating a connected object intended to function in an low power wide area network (“LPWAN”) network. The method includes, when it is implemented by the connected object: detecting a first signal transmitted by an external device; when the first signal has predefined characteristics, making the connected object pass from a standby mode to an active mode, only a module of the connected object intended to detect the first signal being activated in standby mode; receiving a second signal comprising a signature from the external device; checking that the signature is in accordance with a predefined signature and, when the signature is in accordance with a predefined signature, obtaining configuration parameters, configuring the connected object in accordance with the configuration parameters obtained and transmitting a connection request message to said network. |
| US10716060B2 |
Data transfer between computing device and user device at different locations and over session or connection to display one or more routing networks to use
A method, apparatus, computer-readable medium, and/or system may comprise a computing device comprising a processor and memory storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the computing device to receive, from a user device, data indicative of an item. The computing device may be located at a first location, and the user device may be located at a second location, where the first location is different from the second location. The computing device may identify the item based on item recognition using the data indicative of the item. The computing device may determine, based on the identified item, one or more routing networks for the user device to use for the identified item. The computing device may generate, for display via the user device, a notification indicating the one or more routing networks for the user device to use for the identified item. The computing device may transmit, to the user device, and via a secure session connection, the notification indicating the one or more routing networks for the user device to use for the identified item. The user device may be configured to receive, from the computing device, the notification indicating the one or more routing networks for the user device to use for the identified item. The user device may display the notification indicating the one or more routing networks. |
| US10716058B2 |
Method for managing terminal by base station when plurality of networks coexist
Provided is a method for managing terminals by a base station when a plurality of networks coexist. Specifically, in a wireless communication system where a first network coexists with a second network, the terminal management method of a base station of the first network may include: receiving coexistence information from a first network management apparatus managing the base station, and examining the coexistence information; generating time information that is needed by a user equipment attached to the first network to access a third network on the basis of the coexistence information; and sending a message containing the time information to the user equipment. Thereby, it is possible to operate WiMAX and TD-LTE simultaneously while using a CDMA network for a voice service. |
| US10716049B2 |
Non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing computer-readable instructions for communication device, communication device, and method executed by communication device
A communication device may receive a predetermined signal from an external device in a situation where a specific wireless connection not via an access point is being established, determine whether a wireless communication via a first access point is executable with the external device, and supply a first disconnection instruction in a case where it is determined that the wireless communication via the first access point is executable with the external device. The communication device may execute the wireless communication with the external device using the first wireless connection in the case where it is determined that the wireless communication via the first access point is executable with the external device and execute a wireless communication with the external device using the specific wireless connection in the case where it is determined that the wireless communication via the first access point is not executable with the external device. |
| US10716044B2 |
Cell reselection procedure for frequencies without cell-defining synchronization signal blocks
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a master information block (MIB) that includes an indication that there is no cell-defining synchronization signal block (SSB) on a frequency on which the UE is camped; and deprioritize a reselection procedure for one or more cells on the frequency based at least in part on the indication that there is no cell-defining SSB on the frequency. Numerous other aspects are provided. |
| US10716043B2 |
Access point handover method and device
The present disclosure provides an access point handover method and device. The method includes: determining a first access point (AP) set detected by a source AP where a station is located, where the first AP set includes at least one AP; selecting, from the first AP set and according to the first AP set and a pre-stored AP set, a target AP to which the station is to be handed over; and transmitting a handover message to the station. The handover message is used for instructing the station to be handed over from the source AP to the target AP. |
| US10716039B2 |
Handover procedure for a UE with V2X services
A first base station receives at least one RRC message from a wireless device. The RRC message(s) comprise TMGI(s) of (MBMS) service(s) that the wireless device is receiving or interested to receive. The first base station sends a handover request message for the wireless device to a second base station. The handover request message comprises the TMGI(s). The first base station receives a handover request acknowledge message from the second base station. The handover request acknowledge message comprises MBMS configuration parameter(s) of the MBMS service(s) for the wireless device. The MBMS configuration parameter(s) are based on the TMGI(s) and comprise at least one of: a G-RNTI parameter; or MBMS radio resource configuration parameters. The first base station transmits a handover command message to the wireless device. The handover command message comprises the MBMS configuration parameter(s). |
| US10716037B2 |
Assessment of machine learning performance with limited test data
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for accessing a network by one or more client devices via a plurality of access devices of wireless type. An access device receives a hand-over request for performing a hand-over from one of the client devices accessing the network via the access device, the hand-over request comprising an indication of one or more candidate access devices of the other access devices for performing the hand-over. The hand-over between the access device and a target access device of the candidate access devices is negotiate in response to the hand-over request. A further hand-over is negotiate of a further client device accessing the network via a source one of the other access devices between the access device and the source access device. The access device enables the further client device to access the network. |
| US10716032B2 |
Path processing method and apparatus, and terminal
This application discloses a path processing method and apparatus, and a terminal. In the path processing method, user equipment may determine, based on connection parameter information corresponding to at least one existing packet data network (PDN) connection, whether a target PDN connection satisfying a target connection condition exists in the at least one existing PDN connection. When the target PDN connection satisfying the target connection condition exists, the user equipment may transmit a service packet by using the target PDN connection. When the target PDN connection satisfying the target connection condition does not exist, the user equipment may initiate establishment of the target PDN connection, to transmit a service packet by using the established target PDN connection. As can be learned, when transmitting the service packet, the user equipment may transmit the service packet by using the target PDN connection satisfying the target connection condition. |
| US10716031B2 |
Network node configured to provide wireless access with enhanced resource allocation
When a network node providing wireless access and serving plurality of user devices receives information on channel conditions from one or more user devices, the network node determines available resources for traffic to and from the one or more user devices; and, when there is higher priority traffic, the network node uses reliability increasing resource allocation for the higher priority traffic at least as long as there are enough resources available. |
| US10716030B2 |
Method and device for 3GPP-WLAN aggregation
Disclosed are a method and device for 3GPP-WLAN aggregation, including: receiving an aggregation request message transmitted by an access network element; determining an aggregation request result according to a content of the aggregation request message; transmitting the aggregation request result to the access network element. |
| US10716020B2 |
Method and apparatus for measurement reference signal
Methods and apparatuses for reference signal measurement. A user equipment (UE) includes a transceiver and a processor operably connected to the transceiver. The transceiver is configured to receive reference signal (RS) resource configuration information and at least two RSs. The processor is configured to measure at least one of the at least two RSs. A first RS of the at least two RSs is non-UE-specifically configured and a second RS of the at least two RSs is UE-specifically configured. |
| US10716019B1 |
Dual-SIM side-by-side wireless experience comparison
The network communication activity of a dual-subscriber identification module (SIM) user device is monitored as the dual-SIM user device communicates with a default wireless carrier network using a default SIM and a first baseband processor of the user device. A first set of key performance indicators (KPIs) for the network communication activity on the default wireless carrier network is determined. A simulation of the network communication activity on an alternative wireless carrier network is then initiated using an alternative SIM and a second baseband processor of the dual-SIM user device. A second set of KPIs for the simulation of the network communication activity on the alternative wireless carrier network is determined. The first and second set of KPIs are then compared to determine one or more network performance features of the alternative wireless carrier network that are superior to the corresponding network performance features of the default wireless carrier network. |
| US10716018B2 |
Systems and methods for emergency call route failover
A system and method for performing an emergency call route failover between an Emergency Call Session Control Function (E-CSCF) and multi-homed remote end-point functions such as Border Gateway Control Function (BGCF)/Media Gateway Control Function (MGCF) or Interconnection Border Control Function (IBCF) in an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) uses Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) and/or Domain Name System (DNS) methods. The E-CSCF and/or a DNS server monitors the availability of the remote end-points to create a peer list of route options. The E-CSCF or the DNS server selects a route option from the peer list to route an emergency call to an appropriate Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP). In the event that the route option fails, the E-CSCF fails over to the next available route option to route the emergency call. |
| US10716012B2 |
Beamforming to a harvesting device
Described herein are techniques for beamforming a wireless signal to a harvesting device. In an example, a method to increase available energy to a harvesting device is performed by a WiFi transmitting device. The WiFi transmitting device determines a preferred wireless path to the harvesting device using input from a proxy device. The WiFi transmitting device then beamforms a WiFi signal to the harvesting device along the preferred wireless path. |
| US10716010B2 |
Target carrier radio predictions using source carrier measurements
The present invention relates to an improved predicting of target carrier radio conditions in a communication network. The improved prediction is achieved by acquiring, by a first network node, measurement data based on radio signals at a source carrier and a first target carrier. Subsequently, a target carrier radio condition prediction function is identified by the first network node or a second network node. |
| US10716006B2 |
End user device that secures an association of application to service policy with an application certificate check
Network service provisioning is described. Network service provisioning to a device includes a mechanism for ensuring that network services are available based upon one or more of appropriate traffic control, billing, and notification policies. Ensuring that the policies are properly enforced on a device is a focus of this paper. The enforcement policies can be on the device or in the network. |
| US10716005B2 |
Managing applications across multiple management domains
Techniques to manage applications, such as mobile apps, across multiple management domains are disclosed. In various embodiments, a set of one or more application management policies to be enforced with respect to a mobile device is received from a management entity to which a scope of authority to manage applications with respect to the mobile device has been delegated. A management agent on the mobile device is used to enforce the one or more application management policies with respect to applications and application data that are within the scope of authority delegated to the management entity. |
| US10716004B2 |
Device having a SIM card combined with a wireless service card and method of use thereof
A process for authorizing wireless service includes providing a generally flat form factor card having a first surface and opposing second surface, providing at least one removable subscriber identity module (SIM) card arranged in the generally flat form factor card defined by the first surface, where the at least one removable subscriber identity module is releasably attached to the first surface of the generally flat form factor by respective breaking tabs. The process further includes providing an activation code arranged on the first surface, the activation code is associated with the at least one SIM card, wherein the activation code is configured to authorize wireless service associated with the at least one SIM card when provided to a wireless service provider, and provisioning wireless service to a wireless device from a wireless network. An activation card is also disclosed. |
| US10716001B2 |
Self-provisioning of mobile devices in deployable mobile telecommunications networks
Systems and methods for self-provisioning of mobile devices in a deployable telecommunications network are disclosed. A telecommunications network may include an enhanced provisioning server for recording and maintaining user data and authentication information associating users with applications of the network, and for generating secure, transportable user credentials that carry the user data and authentication information on a per-user basis. An enhanced deployable mobile communication system may include local versions of the applications, as well as a local subscriber database and provisioning server. The enhanced deployable mobile system securely import individual user data and authentication information from a user's transportable credentials, and use the imported data to provision the user in the deployable mobile system. Multiple deployable systems may be used, each enabling individual users to self-provision. Each may function as a standalone mobile network even in the absence of connectivity to a core telecommunications network. |
| US10715998B2 |
Method and apparatus for simultaneously providing mobility management and privacy protection
Provided is a method and apparatus for simultaneously providing mobility management and privacy protection. A communication method includes receiving a packet for a terminal and processing at least one of a locator included in the packet and location information of the terminal based on a mobility of the terminal. |
| US10715997B2 |
Method for protecting private information and terminal device
A method for protecting private information includes first displaying, by a terminal device, a first interface after unlocking when detecting an unlock operation, where the first interface is an interface last displayed before the terminal device locks a screen; and when detecting a special unlock operation, first displaying, by the terminal device, a second interface after unlocking, where the special unlock operation includes a combination of the unlock operation and an additional operation, where the second interface is different from the first interface. |
| US10715991B2 |
Method for avoiding collisions between open discovery and cellular resource
A device is configured to perform a method of wireless communication in a wireless communication network. The method includes receiving, from a communications controller, a device-to-device (D2D) subframe configuration to communicate with one or more second wireless devices, the subframe configuration indicating one or more subframes in which to transmit a D2D signal or receive one or more D2D signals. The method also includes receiving, from the communications controller, scheduling information to transmit a first signal to the communications controller on a subframe indicated by the D2D subframe configuration. The method further includes prioritizing the transmission of the first signal over a transmission of the D2D signal or a reception of the one or more D2D signals, and transmitting the first signal. |
| US10715985B2 |
Bluetooth audio communication system and method for acknowledging reception of packets of audio streams at a slave and master devices
A method applied to a wireless Bluetooth audio communication system includes: providing an audio gateway of a first piconet to communicate with a master device in the first piconet and to transmit at least one packet of audio stream to the master device and a slave device; employing a first transceiver as the master device to receive the at least one packet of the audio stream from the audio gateway; and, employing a second transceiver as the slave device to receive the at least one packet of the audio stream from the audio gateway and to acknowledge the first transceiver whether the second transceiver has successfully received the at least one packet of the audio stream from the audio gateway. |
| US10715982B2 |
Method, apparatus, and system for data transmission
A method, apparatus, and system for data transmission, wherein the method comprises: the network-side network element determining the target data transmission mode; the network-side network element sending instruction information to the terminal through the base station transmission in order to instruct the terminal to switch to the target data transmission mode with which to implement data transmission; wherein, the target data transmission mode is NarrowBand IoT (NB-IoT) data transmission or Long-Term Evolution (LTE) data transmission. |
| US10715977B2 |
System and method for ranging-assisted vehicle positioning
Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to device-to-device (D2D) and, more particularly, vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication in which an efficient ranging protocol allows efficient ranging-assisted vehicle positioning. A vehicle transmits a first slot ID in a first control period, to indicate a first time slot for transmitting a first ranging signal in a ranging cycle including a plurality of time slots. The vehicle transmits the first ranging signal in the first time slot in the ranging cycle. From a second vehicle, the first vehicle receives a second ranging signal in a second time slot that is different from the first time slot in the ranging cycle. The first vehicle determines a first time-of-arrival (ToA) of the second ranging signal when received by the first vehicle, and transmits the first ToA in a second control period. |
| US10715976B2 |
Method and system for event detection based on vehicular mobile sensors and MEC system
A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which an event detection service is provided. A network device of a Multi-access Edge Computing network receives sensed data from vehicular devices and metadata. The network device is pre-configured with criteria information to detect events including events pertaining to public safety. The network device also can be remotely triggered to detect customized events. The network device may trigger vehicular devices to capture sensed data. The network device may receive and analyze the sensed data and the metadata, and determine whether the customized event is detected. |
| US10715972B2 |
Multifunctional interactive beacon with mobile device interaction
A system and method for adapting the behavior of an interactive presence based application on a mobile computing device associated with a user; comprising: providing a plurality of multifunctional beacons; wherein the plurality of beacons provide a mesh wireless network; wherein each of the plurality of beacons provides a local wireless connection; providing an OMS backend for management of the plurality of beacons; wherein the OMS backend runs on a server; connecting by the mobile device to one or both of the mesh network and a local network; wherein the plurality of beacons report the connecting to the OMS backend; determining by the OMS backend the proximity of the mobile device to one or more of the plurality of beacons based on the reported connections; and adapting the behavior of the application and/or the beacons based on the determined proximity. |
| US10715969B1 |
Wireless messaging using an enhanced quality-of-service (QoS)
In a wireless communication network, provisioning circuitry transfers a QoS code to a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) in wireless User Equipment (UE). The UE receives a user message, and in response, retrieves the QoS code from the SIM. The UE wirelessly transfers a network message having the user message and the QoS code to messaging circuitry. In response to the QoS code, the messaging circuitry adds a QoS header to the network message. The messaging circuitry handles the network message with the enhanced QoS responsive to the QoS header. The messaging circuitry generates a new network message having the QoS header and the user message. The messaging circuitry handles the new network message with the enhanced QoS. The messaging circuitry transfers the new network message having the QoS header and the user message for delivery to the destination. |
| US10715965B2 |
Report-based control of repeated multicast data transmission
A network node initiates a multicast transmission of a data item via a cellular network to a plurality of devices. Associated with the multicast transmission, the network node provides a request that at least a subgroup of the devices each send a report indicating whether an action on the basis of the data item received by the device was successfully completed by the device. Depending on the reports, the network node adjusts the repeated multicast transmission of the data item. |
| US10715964B1 |
Pre-processing of mobile communication device geolocations according to travel mode in traffic analysis
A geolocating method to determine a traffic flow at a point-of-interest (POI). The method comprises clustering geolocation data associated with a plurality of mobile communication devices by an analysis application executing on a computer system based on different clustering algorithms associated with different travel modes identified by the geolocation data, for each of the plurality of mobile communication devices, determining travel routes traversed by the mobile communication device by the analysis application based on the clustering of the geolocation data and based on a map of travel routes, where each of the travel routes is one of a highway travel route, a light rail travel route, or a footpath travel route, and, for each of a plurality of POIs, determining by the analysis application a number of different mobile communication devices that intersect with the POI based on the travel routes traversed by the mobile communication devices. |
| US10715962B2 |
Systems and methods for predicting lookalike mobile devices
The present disclosure provides methods and systems that utilize mobile device location events and machine learning and generate predicative classification/regression model for lookalike prediction. Location related features, together with other user level information, are extracted, transformed and used as model feature input, and a client specified list of mobile devices or their associated users are used as prediction target. This system makes efficient use of different types of location events and thus offers improved scale and performance. It also enjoys many benefits offered by a machine learning platform, such as automatic adaptation to different lists of seed lists, addition of new features and changes in data statistical properties. |
| US10715961B2 |
Apparatus and methods for enabling location-based services within a premises
Apparatus and methods for enabling location identification and related services in a premises. In one embodiment, location identification services are provided via a gateway device using data extracted from a wireless signal. The data is used to estimate a location of a device (based on comparison to previously gathered and/or reference data). In another embodiment, infrared (IR) or other short range wireless signals are broadcast from the client devices to a set-top-box (STB), and the STB or gateway correlates the signals to a location within the premises. A profiling process is used to establish specific locations within a premises, and associate location-specific services therewith. The location-based services include for example (i) loading particular applications and/or content when the user enters a particular location, (ii) providing information and/or advertisement opportunities when the user is near a particular public or business location, and (iii) content delivery optimization among multiple user devices. |
| US10715959B2 |
Generating a pre-caching schedule based on forecasted content requests
A method includes accessing, at a base station of a wireless communications network, information identifying a plurality of user devices in a coverage area of the base station. The method includes determining a forecasted content request for media content at a particular time for delivery to a first user device of the plurality of user devices based on media consumption data for the first user device. The method includes receiving, from a second user device of the plurality of user devices, a request for the media content at a time before the particular time. The method includes sending an instruction to the first user device that directs the first user device store the media content received via a multicast transmission of the media content. The method also includes sending the media content via the multicast transmission to the first user device and to the second user device responsive to the request. |
| US10715958B2 |
Service discovery with beacons having ranked neighboring services
Embodiments of techniques, apparatuses, systems and computer-readable media for consuming services for a user equipment (UE) apparatus are disclosed. In some embodiments, a first signal at a second signal are received respectively from a first and a second beacon apparatus, the signals indicating a service associated with the respective beacon apparatuses, and a list of neighboring services proximately disposed to the respective beacon apparatuses, a list is generated and displayed at the UE apparatus in accordance with ranking criterion of the lists and the first and second signal strengths of the first and second signals received at the UE. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed. |
| US10715956B2 |
Method for requesting transportation services
A method for safely and efficiently requesting transportation services through the use of mobile communications devices capable of geographic location is described. Individual and package transportation may be provided. New customers may be efficiently serviced, and the requester and transportation provider locations may be viewed in real time on the mobile devices. |
| US10715955B2 |
System and method for generating a recommendation on a mobile device
A system and a method generate a recommendation on a mobile device. The system and the method may use a time, a location, a venue and/or an event to generate the recommendation. Further, the system and the method may use an event database to determine current interests of the user. Still further, the system and the method for generating a recommendation on a mobile device may use a transactional history of the user and/or behavior of other users to generate the recommendation. The system and the method may recommend, for example, digital media, news and event information, editorial content and/or physical or digital merchandise. As a result, the system and the method may generate a recommendation that corresponds to the current interests of the user. |
| US10715952B1 |
System and method for managing emergency vehicle alert geofence
A system, method and storage medium for providing an emergency vehicle (EV) alert includes a server receiving a first location of the EV, the server determining a first geofence based on the first location of the EV, the server transmitting the first geofence to a second device, the second device receiving the first geofence, the second device performing at least one alert action in response to determining that the another vehicle is located within the first geofence, the server receiving a second location of the EV at a second time, the server determining a geofence release zone based on the second location of the EV, the server transmitting the geofence release zone to the second device, the second device receiving the geofence release zone, and the second device stopping performing the at least one alert action in response to determining that the another vehicle is within the geofence release zone. |
| US10715950B1 |
Point of interest (POI) definition tuning framework
A method of tuning a point-of-interest (POI) definition in a mobile communication device location data analysis application. The method comprises configuring a POI group definition into the analysis application, causing by a POI tuning application the analysis application to execute and count intersections of routes of mobile communication devices with a POI group based on the POI group definition, for each POI that is associated with the POI group, assigning the count of intersections with the POI group by the analysis application to a count of intersections of routes of devices with the POI, receiving information about the count of intersections of the routes of devices with the plurality of POIs in the POI group from the analysis application by the POI tuning application, and presenting the information about the count of intersections in a user interface by the POI tuning application, whereby the analysis application is iteratively tuned. |
| US10715949B2 |
Determining timing for determination of applicable geo-fences
Embodiments of the present application relate to a method and apparatus for determining positioning of a device in connection with a geo-fence. The method includes obtaining fence information associated with a plurality of geo-fences from a local storage, determining whether to perform geo-fence determination, and in the event that geo-fence determination is determined to be performed, sequentially determining whether the mobile device is currently located within one of the plurality of geo-fences, wherein a sequence according to which the sequential determination is performed is based at least in part on distances between corresponding ones of at least two of the plurality of geo-fences and a current location of the mobile device, and determining, based at least in part on a location of a geo-fence among the at least two of the plurality of geo-fences that is currently nearest to the mobile device, a determination time for a next geo-fence determination. |
| US10715948B2 |
Information processing apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium storage program
An information processing apparatus includes an acquirer that acquires information indicating a request from a user, and a controller that causes, in response to the request, a provider to provide first information that does not depend on a device or second information that depends on the device. |
| US10715947B2 |
System and method for providing customized point-of-interest information
Systems and methods described herein may be used to provide users personalized point-of-interest (PoI) information. A context server may cause information, describing PoIs in a particular geographic area, to be sent to a device (e.g., a component of a vehicle, a user device, etc.) communicating with a wireless telecommunication network. The device may individually determine which PoIs to display to the user based on factors such as a current location of the device, an operating status or condition of a vehicle associated with the device, and historical behavior information. The PoIs sent to the vehicles may include a personalized PoI that may be displayed to drivers in a highlighted manner. Additionally, the device may collect driving behavior information relative to the PoIs and/or the personalized PoI and provide the driving behavior information to the context server as feedback. |
| US10715945B2 |
Methods and systems for determining and/or using an audio filter based on head-tracking data
Disclosed is a method for determining an audio filter. The method includes obtaining head-tracking data representing a head pose, also referred to as a head position, relative to a torso pose of an intended subject, and selecting a representation of a Head Related Transfer Function, HRTF, from a HRTF database, based on the head-tracking data and information representative of the position and/or direction of a sound source. The method also includes determining the audio filter based on the selected HRTF representation. |
| US10715943B2 |
Apparatus and method for efficient object metadata coding
An apparatus for generating one or more audio channels is provided. The apparatus includes a metadata decoder for receiving one or more compressed metadata signals. Each of the one or more compressed metadata signals includes a plurality of first metadata samples. The metadata decoder is configured to generate one or more reconstructed metadata signals and to generate each of the second metadata samples of each reconstructed metadata signal of the one or more reconstructed metadata signals depending on at least two of the first metadata samples of the reconstructed metadata signal. The apparatus includes an audio channel generator for generating the one or more audio channels depending on the one or more audio object signals and depending on the one or more reconstructed metadata signals. An apparatus for generating encoded audio information including one or more encoded audio signals and one or more compressed metadata signals is provided. |
| US10715941B2 |
Mobile and autonomous audio sensing and analytics system and method
This disclosure relates to a mobile, autonomous audio sensing and analytics system and method for monitoring operating states in one or more environments including manufacturing, commercial, and residential environments. The autonomous audio sensing and analytics system comprises: a plurality of machines configured to listen and collect information; at least one autonomous audio sensing and analytic system configured to capture the listened and collected information; and a visualization system communicatively coupled to at least one or more of machines or the autonomous audio sensing and analytic system, wherein the autonomous audio sensing and analytic system communicatively coupled to more than one machine stores, classifies, estimates, and outputs the information to the visualization system for performing at least one of analysis operation or failure notification. |
| US10715939B2 |
Eardrum transducer with nanoscale membrane
A transducer supported by the eardrum provides a piezoelectric material exchanging energy with the eardrum through a nanoscale membrane, the latter serving to boost the coupling between the piezoelectric material and the eardrum. |
| US10715932B2 |
Active suppression of occlusion effect in hearing aid
A hearing aid for compensating for an occlusion effect while emitting an acoustic useful signal into an auditory canal of a human ear comprises an earbud that can be inserted into the auditory canal, a speaker for emitting a compensation signal into the auditory canal, a microphone for receiving an error signal from the auditory canal, and a control unit for processing a recorded signal to be emitted. The controller is designed by measuring a nominal secondary path between a speaker and the microphone and determining a transmission function that describes behavior of the nominal secondary path, determining a first requirement as a tolerance band about the transmission function, determining a second requirement as a desired sensitivity function of the hearing aid, designing the controller using an optimization method while simultaneously taking the first and second requirements into consideration, and implementing the controller in the control unit. |
| US10715931B2 |
Hearing assistance system with own voice detection
An example of an apparatus configured to be worn by a person who has an ear and an ear canal includes a first microphone adapted to be worn about the ear of the person, and a second microphone adapted to be worn at a different location than the first microphone. The apparatus includes a sound processor adapted to process signals from the first microphone to produce a processed sound signal, a receiver adapted to convert the processed sound signal into an audible signal to the wearer of the hearing assistance device, and a voice detector to detect the voice of the wearer. The voice detector includes an adaptive filter to receive signals from the first microphone and the second microphone. |
| US10715929B2 |
Micro-electro-mechanical acoustic transducer device with improved detection features and corresponding electronic apparatus
Described herein is a MEMS acoustic transducer device provided with a micromechanical detection structure that detects acoustic-pressure waves and supplies a transduced electrical quantity, and with an integrated circuit operatively coupled to the micromechanical detection structure and having a reading module that generates at output an audio signal as a function of the transduced electrical quantity. The integrated circuit is further provided with a recognition module, which recognizes a of sound activity event associated to the transduced electrical quantity. The MEMS acoustic transducer has an output that supplies at output a data signal that carries information regarding recognition of the sound activity event. |
| US10715926B2 |
MEMS component and mobile device comprising the MEMS component
A MEMS component includes a MEMS sound transducer having a membrane structure and an assigned counterelectrode structure, and a circuit unit, which is electrically coupled to the MEMS sound transducer and which in a first operating mode of the MEMS sound transducer in the audio frequency range detects an audio output signal of the MEMS sound transducer on the basis of a deflection of the membrane structure relative to the counterelectrode structure, the deflection being brought about by an acoustic sound pressure change, and in a second operating mode of the MEMS sound transducer in the ultrasonic frequency range to drive and read the MEMS sound transducer as an ultrasonic transceiver. |
| US10715924B2 |
MEMS microphone having diaphragm
A MEMS microphone includes a backplate that has a plurality of open areas, and a diaphragm spaced apart from the backplate. The diaphragm is deformable by sound waves to cause gaps between the backplate and the diaphragm being changed at multiple locations on the diaphragm. The diaphragm includes a plurality of anchor areas, located near a boundary of the diaphragm, which is fixed relative to the backplate. The diaphragm also includes multiple vent valves. Examples of the vent valve include a wing vent valve and a vortex vent valve. |
| US10715923B2 |
Condenser MEMS microphone and electronic apparatus
Disclosed are a condenser MEMS microphone and an electronic apparatus. The condenser MEMS microphone comprises: a substrate; a bottom plate placed on the substrate; and a top plate placed above the bottom plate and spaced from the bottom plate, wherein the top plate is torsional with respect to a first torsional axis and is divided into a first part and a second part by the first torsional axis, the first part and the second part form two condensers with the bottom plate, and a first group of acoustic holes are provided in the first part of the top plate. |
| US10715922B2 |
Piezoelectric mems device for producing a signal indicative of detection of an acoustic stimulus
A device comprising: a sensor; and a first circuit configured to detect when an input stimulus to the sensor satisfies one or more detection criteria, and further configured to produce a signal upon detection that causes adjustment of performance of the device; and a second circuit for processing input following detection, wherein the second circuit is configured to increase its power level following detection, relative to a power level of the second circuit prior to detection. |
| US10715920B2 |
Electronic device
The present disclosure relates to the field of electronic technologies, and discloses an electronic device. The electronic device includes a vibration plate, and a frame for supporting the vibration plate. The frame includes a supporting portion opposite to and parallel to the vibration plate, and a border bent at an edge of the supporting portion and extending along the edge in two opposite directions. The vibration plate is supported by the supporting portion and a gap is reserved between the vibration plate and the border. An actuator is fixed to a surface of the vibration plate facing the supporting portion, and the actuator drives the vibration plate to vibrate and sound. A damper is provided between the vibration plate and the supporting portion. Compared with the prior art, the electronic device provided by the present disclosure can alleviate the vibration of the frame during sounding. |
| US10715913B2 |
Neural network-based loudspeaker modeling with a deconvolution filter
A technique for controlling a loudspeaker system with an artificial neural network includes filtering, with a deconvolution filter, a measured system response of a loudspeaker and a reverberant environment in which the loudspeaker is disposed to generate a filtered response, wherein the measured system response corresponds to an audio input signal applied to the loudspeaker while the loudspeaker is disposed in the reverberant environment. The techniques further include generating, via a neural network model, an initial neural network output based on the audio input signal, comparing the initial neural network output to the filtered response to determine an error value, and generating, via the neural network model, an updated neural network output based on the audio input signal and the error value. |
| US10715909B1 |
Direct path acoustic signal selection using a soft mask
One embodiment of the present application sets forth a computer-implemented method that includes receiving, from a first microphone, a first input acoustic signal, generating a first audio spectrum from at least the first input acoustic signal, where the first audio spectrum includes a set of time-frequency bins, for each time-frequency bin included in the set of time-frequency bins, computing a weighted local space-domain distance (LSDD) spectrum value based on a portion of the first audio spectrum that is included in the time-frequency bin, generating a combined spectrum value based on a set of the weighted LSDD spectrum values computed for the set of time-frequency bins, and determining a first estimated direction of the first input acoustic signal based on the combined spectrum value. |
| US10715907B2 |
Speaker unit, speaker system, and method for adjusting vibration displacement of vibration diaphragm
The present invention discloses a speaker unit, a speaker system, and a method for adjusting a vibration displacement of a vibration diaphragm. The method for adjusting a vibration displacement of a vibration diaphragm comprises: obtaining a vibration displacement of a vibration diaphragm; when the vibration displacement is less than a designed amplitude of the vibration diaphragm, increasing an output voltage output by a smart PA to a vibration voice coil till the vibration displacement is equal to the designed amplitude; when the vibration displacement is equal to the designed amplitude, maintaining the output voltage output by the smart PA to the vibration voice coil to enable the vibration displacement to be equal to the designed amplitude; and when the vibration displacement is greater than the designed amplitude, reducing the output voltage output by the smart PA to the vibration voice coil. |
| US10715902B2 |
Wireless ear bud system with pose detection
Ear buds may have sensors to gather orientation information such as accelerometer measurements during user movements. A host electronic device may communicate wirelessly with the ear buds and may form part of an ear bud system that supplies the user with coaching and feedback while evaluating user performance of a head movement routine or other exercise routine. During operation, the ear buds may gather accelerometer data in a first reference frame such as a reference frame associated with the ear buds and may use a rotation matrix to rotate the data in the first reference frame into a second reference frame such as a neutral reference frame with a fixed orientation to the earth. The data in the neutral reference frame may be analyzed using a user head pose look-up table to categorize measured user head positions as corresponding to respective user head poses. |
| US10715901B2 |
Improving canalphone performance using linear impedance tuning
Audio reproduction devices, including without limitation headphones, universal in-ear monitors and custom in-ear monitors, are improved by electrical design that targets a flat electrical impedance across a predetermined frequency range such as the typical audible range of 20 Hz-20 kHz. Headphones and earphones having a flat or linear electrical impedance characteristic will have more consistent audio performance when driven by different sources. |
| US10715896B2 |
Speaker and speaker mounting structure
A speaker includes a flange portion, a locking member and a connecting portion. The flange portion includes a penetration hole. The locking member is arranged in the penetration hole and includes a locking portion that protrudes from the flange portion and is to be locked in a mounting hole in a prescribed size. The connecting portion connects an end surface facing the penetration hole with the locking member and is to be cut by a hand tool. |
| US10715889B2 |
Wireless communication method and system
A wireless communication method includes sending, by a first device in a wireless network, a poll packet (32, 38, 44) for polling a second device in the wireless network. The poll packet includes an address of the second device. The second device receives and at least partially decodes the poll packet. The second device sends a response packet (36, 40, 46) in response to the poll packet. The sending of at least part of the response packet is substantially simultaneous with the receiving of at least part of the poll packet by the second device. Wireless communication systems, transmitters and receivers using the method are also described. |
| US10715885B2 |
Battery-powered wireless long life temperature and humidity sensor module
An adaptive algorithm based battery-powered long distance wireless temperature and humidity sensor module. The sensor module uses an adaptive algorithm to transmit data on an event basis and/or a reduced basis to extend battery life to more than 10 years. It also uses a low power wireless transmitter which has frequency of sub-1 GHz and an effective transfer distance of up to 250 meters, a low power temperature and humidity sensor, and a long lasting lithium battery which has shelf life of 20 years. |
| US10715883B2 |
Systems and methods for generating summaries of missed portions of media assets
A media guidance application may determine a length of a portion of a media asset that the user has missed and compare the length with a threshold length. If the length is greater than the threshold length, the media guidance application may generate a first summary of the missed portion of the media asset based on segments of the missed portion of the media asset that are of a first importance. If the length is not greater than the threshold length, the media guidance application may generate a second summary of the missed portion of the media asset based on segments of the missed portion of the media asset that are of the first importance and the second importance. The media guidance application may generate for display the summary. |
| US10715881B2 |
Providing interactive elements with a live video presentation
The present disclosure is directed toward systems and methods for providing a call to action in connection with a live video stream. For example, systems and methods described herein enable a broadcaster to configure one or more benefits and one or more calls to action. Systems and methods described herein further provide the one or more calls to action in connection with a live video stream and based on the broadcaster's configurations. In response to a live video stream viewer correctly interacting with a provided call to action, systems and methods described herein provide a benefit to the viewer. |
| US10715874B2 |
Systems and methods for displaying notifications of anticipated dynamic events on a media progress indicator
Systems and methods for tracking the status of an anticipated dynamic event and displaying a corresponding notification icon on a media progress indicator. A media guidance application receives, from an application (e.g., Uber), a notification (e.g., “Driver Found”) during consumption of a media asset (e.g., “Fast and Furious”) and determines that an expected event without a fixed time of occurrence will happen (e.g., arrival of driver at user's location). The media guidance application determines an anticipated time of the expected event and generate a visual icon representing the expected event on the media asset's consumption progress indicator at the anticipated time relative to the consumption (e.g., 56-minute mark of the movie). As updated information (e.g., traffic, driver's route, etc.) is received, the media guidance application recalculates the anticipated time and shift the visual icon based on the new calculation. |
| US10715872B2 |
Media sharing and communication system
A media sharing and communication system, including a recording mechanism that records a desired portion of media upon activation by a first individual user, a first user transmitter/receiver that transmits the portion of media and a voice message generated by the first individual user regarding the portion of media to a second individual user and is capable of transmitting a message to a second individual user during a live program, a confirmation mechanism that confirms that the second individual user is authorized to view the portion of media and a notification mechanism that notifies the first individual user if the second individual user is not authorized to receive the portion of media, and a second user transmitter/receiver that receives the portion of media and voice message upon authorization of the second individual user. A method of sharing portions of media and watching a live program. |
| US10715869B1 |
Deep reinforcement learning for personalized screen content optimization
Systems and methods are described for selecting content item identifiers for display. The system may identify a set of content items that are likely to be requested in the future based on a history of content item requests. The system then selects a first plurality of content categories using a category selection neural net and selects a first set of recommended content items for the first plurality of content categories. The system increases a reward score for the first plurality of content categories based on receiving a request for a content item that is included in the first set of recommended content items. The system also decreases the reward score for the first plurality of content categories based on determining that the requested content item is included in the set of content items that are likely to be requested in the future. The neural net is trained based on the reward score of the first plurality of content categories to reinforce reward score maximization. The trained neural net is the used to select content items for display. |
| US10715867B2 |
Providing media content to content consumers for playback and consumption
Media content items is provided to content consumers for playback and consumption includes plurality of nodes interacting with each other in accordance with defined protocol in communication network. A first node receives a request for playback of a media content from a content consumer. A second node owns the requested media content and provides media content rights to the first participant and/or the content consumer. The first node further provides media content metadata to the consumer device for consumption. A plurality of instances of a distributed media rights transaction ledger, associated with respective node, includes a plurality of media content rights transactions corresponding to an acquisition of the media content rights by the first participant and/or content consumer prior to the consumption of the media content. The plurality of media content rights transactions is categorized, defined, and managed by plurality of nodes in accordance with the defined protocol. |
| US10715861B2 |
Mobile ATSC 3.0 receiver as remote antenna
A method and apparatus for improving signal quality in a relatively fixed ATSC 3.0 device are described including accepting a channel selection, establishing communication with all ATSC 3.0 devices in a premises, polling each portable ATSC 3.0 device to obtain signal quality information, selecting one or more of the portable ATSC 3.0 devices to receive a signal, receiving IP packetized data related to a program on the selected channel from the one or more selected portable ATSC 3.0 devices to improve signal quality at the relatively fixed ATSC 3.0 device and combining the received IP packetized data received from the one or more selected portable ATSC 3.0 devices with a signal of the relatively fixed ATSC 3.0 device to form a combined signal for rendering a program on the selected channel. |
| US10715860B1 |
Video stream with additional content areas
In combination with video content transmitted by a video streaming service, additional content may also be displayed to viewers. The video streaming service may provide a framework that allows the additional content to be provided by third parties. By allowing third parties to develop and provide additional content, the range of interactions and experiences made available through such content may, in some cases, be significantly expanded. The additional content may be displayed inside a respective assigned area, such as an inline frame (Iframe), embedded within a web page or other interface in which the video content is displayed. Additionally, techniques may be provided for controlling focus between a video player that displays the video content and the embedded area that displays the additional content, for example to help ensure that user input is provided to its intended target. |
| US10715858B2 |
Viewing system, broadcast reception device, portable terminal, program recording and viewing method, and viewing method of recording program
When a user inputs an operation of recording a broadcast program into a broadcast reception device, the broadcast reception device outputs, by a display video output unit of the broadcast reception device, a recording setting screen selecting a first recording method of recording program related information and not recording a video content of a broadcast program or a second recording method of recording the program related information and a video content of the broadcast program about a first program. When the first recording method is selected, the program related information is recorded and the video content of the broadcast program is not recorded. When the user inputs an operation of playing back the first program into the broadcast reception device, the broadcast reception device communicates with the server, receives the video content of the first program from the server, and outputs the video content by the display video output unit. |
| US10715854B2 |
Method and apparatus for pushing information
The present disclosure discloses a method and apparatus for pushing information. A specific embodiment of the method comprises: acquiring video information of a video played by a user using a terminal, and analyzing the video information to generate a keyword set; selecting at least one piece of candidate push information to generate a set of push information, based on a matching relationship between the keyword set and each piece of candidate push information; and pushing the set of push information to the terminal. This embodiment improves pertinence of the pushing for the information. |
| US10715851B1 |
Digital rights managed virtual reality content sharing
Methods and systems describe providing digitally rights managed audiovisual content in a virtual reality (VR) viewing experience. Audiovisual content may be requested from a content delivery network upon determining that a user of a VR device is associated with an unexpired ticket to access the audiovisual content. The content delivery network generates a playback manifest, which is used by a digital rights management subsystem of the VR device to locate and download the content. A decrypted version of the audiovisual content plays within a graphical processor unit memory, such that the content is displayed on a virtual screen for the user within a VR viewing experience without the application or third party applications having access to the audiovisual content. |
| US10715847B2 |
Custom data indicating nominal range of samples of media content
A media processing tool adds custom data to an elementary media bitstream or media container. The custom data indicates nominal range of samples of media content, but the meaning of the custom data is not defined in the codec format or media container format. For example, the custom data indicates the nominal range is full range or limited range. For playback, a media processing tool parses the custom data and determines an indication of media content type. A rendering engine performs color conversion operations whose logic changes based at least in part on the media content type. In this way, a codec format or media container format can in effect be extended to support full nominal range media content as well as limited nominal range media content, and hence preserve full or correct color fidelity, while maintaining backward compatibility and conformance with the codec format or media container format. |
| US10715846B1 |
State-based image data stream provisioning
Techniques for state-based provisioning of image data streams are described herein. In some examples, a plurality of image data streams, such as video streams, may be captured from one or more electronically presented content items. Upon being captured, the image data streams may be transmitted to an image data streaming service, such as a video streaming service, for transmission to spectators or other viewers. In addition to the image data, state data associated with the image data streams may also be transmitted to the image data streaming service. The state data may include information that describes the contents of the image data streams. In some examples, the image data streaming service may use the state data to provision the image data streams, for example to determine one or more image data streams that match a viewer's interest and to transmit those streams to the viewer. |
| US10715845B2 |
Broadcast signal transmission/reception device and method
Disclosed is a broadcast signal transmitting method. A broadcast signal transmitting method according to an embodiment of the present invention may comprise: generating low level signaling (LLS) information; processing the LLS information into IP packets; generating link layer packets by link layer processing the IP packets; and generating a broadcast signal by physical layer processing the link layer packets. |
| US10715844B2 |
Method and apparatus for transceiving data for multimedia transmission system
A method and an apparatus for transmitting data in a multimedia transmission system are provided. The method includes receiving, from an encapsulation function layer, a second data unit having one or more first data units, configuring payload header information, the payload header information including a payload type and configuration information, by analyzing header information of the second data unit, configuring one or more payloads from the second data unit based on sizes of the one or more first data units, configuring a multimedia data packet by combining payload header information corresponding to each of the one or more payloads, and transmitting the multimedia data packet to a counterpart entity. Each of the one or more payload includes at least one payload element, the type of which is selected from among a first type, a second type, a third type, a fourth type, and a fifth type. |
| US10715837B2 |
Determination of a service office of a media content distribution system to record a media content item with a network recorder
A method includes receiving, at a network device of a media content distribution system, data indicating a media content item to be recorded and a number of requests to record the media content item received at a first service office of the media content distribution system. The method also includes scheduling, via the network device, recording of the media content item at a first network recorder associated with the first service office when a value associated with recording the media content item with the first network recorder is less than or equal to a cost threshold. |
| US10715831B2 |
Stereoscopic video encoding and decoding methods and apparatus
Methods and apparatus for stereoscopic image encoding and decoding are described. Left and right eye images are encoded following an entropy reduction operation being applied to one of the eye images when there is a difference between the left and right images of an image pair. Information about regions of negative parallax within the entropy reduced image of an image pair is encoded along with the images. Upon decoding a sharpening filter is applied to the image in an image pair which was subjected to the entropy reduction operation. In addition edge enhancement filtering is performed on the regions of the recovered entropy reduced image which are identified in the encoded image data as regions of negative parallax. Interleaving of left and right eye images at the input of the encoder combined with entropy reduction allows for efficient encoding, storage, and transmission of 3D images. |
| US10715829B2 |
Moving image prediction encoding/decoding system
A moving image encoding/decoding system may include a video predictive encoding device, which may include: an encoding device which encodes each of a plurality of input pictures to generate compressed picture data including a random access picture, and encodes data about display order information of each picture; a restoration device which decodes the compressed picture data to restore a reproduced picture; a picture storage device which stores the reproduced picture as a reference picture; and a memory management device which controls the picture storage device. Following completion of an encoding process of generating the random access picture, the memory management device refreshes the picture storage device by setting every reference picture in the picture storage device, except for the random access picture, as unnecessary immediately before or immediately after encoding a picture with display order information larger than the display order information of the random access picture. |
| US10715828B2 |
Image encoding method and image decoding method
According to one embodiment, an image encoding method includes selecting a motion reference block from an already-encoded pixel block. The method includes selecting an available block including different motion information from the motion reference block, and selecting a selection block from the available block. The method includes generating a predicted image of the encoding target block using motion information of the selection block. The method includes encoding a prediction error between the predicted image and an original image. The method includes encoding selection information identifying the selection block by referring to a code table decided according to a number of the available block. |
| US10715825B2 |
Method for encoding and decoding image information and device using same
The present invention relates to the encoding and decoding of image information. According to the present invention, the decoding method comprises the steps of: entropy-decoding received information; performing inter prediction on a current block based on the entropy-decoded information; and restoring images by using the prediction results, wherein, in the inter prediction step, a skip mode or merge mode is applied to the current block and movement information of the current block may be determined based on the movement information of a neighboring block of the current block. |
| US10715822B2 |
Image encoding method and encoder
An image encoding method includes: determining N P-frames from a sequence of images, N being a positive integer; for each P-frame, determining a source refreshing region in the P-frames, the source refreshing region being a portion less than a whole region of the P-frame; obtaining reconstructed images corresponding to the source refreshing regions by performing a first encoding on the source refreshing regions; obtaining updated P-frames by updating the source refreshing regions with the reconstructed images; and performing a second encoding on the updated P-frames. |
| US10715819B2 |
Method and apparatus for reducing flicker
There is provided an image encoding apparatus that divides an image in a video into blocks made up of a plurality of pixels, and encodes the blocks, the image encoding apparatus comprising: A first motion vector computation unit configured to compute a first motion vector of a block to be encoded in an image to be encoded; A motion vector modification unit configured to modify the first motion vector computed in the first motion vector computation unit to generate a second motion vector when a first condition is satisfied; Wherein the first condition is at least one of the following conditions: The absolute value of the first motion vector is greater than a first threshold The absolute value of the difference between the first motion vector and the candidate motion vector for modifying the first motion vector is greater than a second threshold. |
| US10715817B2 |
Apparatus and method for enhancing motion estimation based on user input
A method and apparatus for enhancing motion estimation based on user input are provided. The motion estimation apparatus used for video encoding comprises a receiver operable to receive a user based input and an input analysis module operable to analyzed the user based input. The apparatus also comprises an encoder that is operable to compute displacement coordinates from the analyzed user based input for a current block in a target frame of a video stream and operable to determine a search area in a reference frame to search for a best match for the current block using the displacement coordinates. The encoder can also comprise a block match module operable to find a best match block for the current block in the search area of the reference frame using a block matching procedure. |
| US10715815B2 |
Method and apparatus for real-time SAO parameter estimation
The disclosure provides a sample adaptive offset (SAO) encoder. The SAO encoder includes a statistics collection (SC) block and a rate distortion optimization (RDO) block coupled to the SC block. The SC block receives a set of deblocked pixels and a set of original pixels. The SC block categorizes each deblocked pixel of the set of deblocked pixels in at least one of a plurality of band and edge categories. The SC block estimates an error in each category as difference between a deblocked pixel of the set of deblocked pixels and corresponding original pixel of the set of original pixels. The RDO block determines a set of candidate offsets associated with each category and selects a candidate offset with a minimum RD cost. The minimum RD cost is used by a SAO type block and a decision block to generate final offsets for the SAO encoder. |
| US10715813B2 |
Method and apparatus for performing block prediction search based on restored sample values derived from stored sample values in data buffer
A block prediction search method includes at least following steps: utilizing a data buffer to store bit-depth reduced sample values of a plurality of samples in a first pixel line; detecting occurrence of an edge in the first pixel line according to restored sample values derived from stored sample values in the data buffer; and determining a block prediction vector for a pixel group in a second pixel line different from the first pixel line, wherein the block prediction vector is determined based at least partly on a last edge count value indicative of a number of samples in the first pixel line that have gone by since the edge occurs. |
| US10715812B2 |
Method and apparatus for video coding
Aspects of the disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for video encoding/decoding. For example, processing circuitry decodes prediction information for a block in a current picture from a coded video bitstream. The prediction information is indicative of an inter prediction mode that signals an offset associated with one of base motion vector predictor candidates in a candidate list. The processing circuitry constructs the candidate list with one or more existing base motion vector predictor candidates and adds a new motion vector predictor into the candidate list when the new motion vector predictor satisfies a spacing requirement to the one or more existing base motion vector predictor candidates. The processing circuitry decodes an index of a specific base motion vector predictor candidate in the candidate list and the offset to determine a final motion vector, and reconstructs samples of the block according to the final motion vector. |
| US10715809B2 |
Entropy coding supporting mode switching
A decoder for decoding a data stream into which media data is coded has a mode switch configured to activate a low-complexity mode or a high-efficiency mode depending on the data stream, an entropy decoding engine configured to retrieve each symbol of a sequence of symbols by entropy decoding using a selected one of a plurality of entropy decoding schemes, a desymbolizer configured to desymbolize the sequence of symbols to obtain a sequence of syntax elements, a reconstructor configured to reconstruct the media data based on the sequence of syntax elements, selection depending on the activated low-complexity mode or the high-efficiency mode. In another aspect, a desymbolizer is configured to perform desymbolization such that the control parameter varies in accordance with the data stream at a first rate in case of the high-efficiency mode being activated and the control parameter is constant irrespective of the data stream or changes depending on the data stream, but at a second lower rate in case of the low-complexity mode being activated. |
| US10715808B2 |
Image coding apparatus for coding tile boundaries
Circuity for executing operations is provided. The operations divide a picture into tiles. The tiles are coded to generate pieces of coded data, each of which corresponds to a different one of the tiles. A bitstream is generated to include the pieces of coded data. In this regard, the coding of the tiles includes generating a first code string by: coding a first tile with reference to coding information of an already-coded tile neighboring the first tile when a boundary between the first and already-coded tiles is a first boundary; and coding the first tile without reference to the coding information of the already-coded tile when the boundary between the first and already-coded tiles is a second boundary. The bitstream is generated to include tile boundary independence information, which indicates whether each boundary between the tiles is one of the first and second boundaries. |
| US10715786B2 |
Systems and method for GPU based virtual reality video streaming server
Systems and methods of processing and streaming a virtual reality video using a graphics processing unit (GPU) are provided. A video server is configured to cause a processor to read, from a video data source, source video data including multiple spherical image frame data and store the source video data in a first memory. The video server is further configured to cause the GPU to convert, in response to storing first spherical image frame data in a first frame buffer of a second memory, the first spherical image frame data to first equirectangular image frame data that correspond to a portion of spherical image represented by the first spherical image frame data, encode the converted first equirectangular image frame data and store the encoded first equirectangular image frame data in an encoded frame buffer of the second memory. |
| US10715781B1 |
Multiple kill vehicle (MKV) interceptor with improved pre-ejection acquisition and discrimination
An MKV interceptor includes a carrier vehicle (CV) that supports the deployment of M kill vehicles (KVs) and provides centralized acquisition and discrimination pre-ejection. Pre-ejection each KV acquires and transmits IR imagery, and possibly visible imagery, via an internal communication bus to a central processor on the CV. The central processor spatially registers the IR images from the different KVs, either directly from the IR images themselves or using the visible imagery, and sums the IR (and visible) images to form a registered spatially averaged IR image. This image has the same resolution but higher SNR than any one of the KV IR images. The central processor uses this registered spatially averaged image during pre-ejection acquisition and discrimination modes. The key benefit is the elimination of independent CV “sense capability”, which is large, heavy and expensive, and was required by either the “command guided” or “sharing” concepts. |
| US10715780B2 |
Display controlling apparatus, display controlling method, and storage medium
There is provided a display controlling apparatus which comprises: an obtaining unit configured to obtain virtual camera path information related to a movement path of a virtual viewpoint related to a virtual viewpoint video image generated based on a plurality of shot images obtained by shooting a shooting target area with a plurality of cameras; a generating unit configured to generate a virtual camera path image representing the plurality of movement paths including first and second movement paths of the virtual viewpoint, based on the virtual camera path information obtained by the obtaining unit; and a display controlling unit configured to display the virtual camera path image generated by the generating unit, on a display screen. |
| US10715771B1 |
Wide-gamut-color image formation and projection
Apparatus for capturing a wide-color-gamut image includes a broadband electronic image sensor; optics gathering light from a scene and focusing an image formed by the gathered light along a light path onto the electronic image sensor; a filter interposed in the light path, constructed and arranged so as to allow individual wavelengths of the wide-gamut-color to pass through it in narrow bands of wavelengths having bandwidths narrower than a few tens of nanometers at each point in time; and a processor connected to the image sensor to capture a sequence of images synchronous with each narrow-band wavelength passed by the filter at each point in time, the processor combining the sequence of images into the wide-gamut-color image. Apparatus for projecting a wide-gamut-color image includes a wide-spectrum image source; optics projecting light from the image source to a display surface along a light path; a filter unit interposed in the light path, constructed and arranged so as to allow each individual wavelength of the wide-gamut-color to pass through it one, narrow-band wavelength at each point in time; and a processor connected to the image source to present a sequence of images synchronous with each narrow-band wavelength passed by the filter at each point in time, thus projecting the wide-gamut-color image. |
| US10715766B2 |
Wearable camera system and recording control method
Communication is performed between a wearable camera and a vehicle-mounted recorder, the wearable camera captures an image of a capturing area, and the vehicle-mounted camera captures an image of the capturing area. The vehicle-mounted recorder records first image data of the capturing area captured by the vehicle-mounted camera according to a recording start request from the wearable camera, and transmits a recording start instruction to the wearable camera simultaneously with the recording. The wearable camera starts the recording of second image data of the capturing area captured by the wearable camera after the recording start instruction is received. |
| US10715765B2 |
System and method for dynamically selecting networked cameras in a video conference
Systems and methods are provided for dynamically selecting one or more networked cameras for providing real-time camera feeds to a video conference. The systems and methods may include identifying one or more networked cameras associated with an area of a conference participant. A server may analyze real-time camera feeds from the identified cameras, and select a video feed having a view of the participant. The server may provide the selected feed to the video conference via a conference bridge, and continue monitoring camera feeds of cameras associated with the participant's area for another camera feed having a better view of the participant. Networked cameras may include fixed and mobile cameras owned and operated by individuals that are not associated with the participant, but who have registered their cameras with the server for use in video conferences. |
| US10715756B1 |
Image sensor employing avalanche diode
There is provided an image sensor employing an avalanche diode. The image sensor includes a plurality of pixel circuits arranged in a matrix, a plurality of pulling circuits and a global current source circuit. Each of the plurality of pixel circuits includes a single photon avalanche diode and four P-type or N-type transistors. Each of the plurality of pulling circuits is arranged corresponding to one pixel circuit column. The global current source circuit is used to form a current mirror with each of the plurality of pulling circuits. |
| US10715753B2 |
Solid-state image pickup element and electronic apparatus
The present disclosure relates to a solid-state image pickup element and an electronic apparatus each of which enables a phase difference in an arbitrary direction to be properly detected.A solid-state image pickup element as a first aspect of the present disclosure includes a pixel array, and a plurality of AD conversion portions. The pixel array is partitioned into a plurality of pixel blocks each including a normal pixel and a pixel for phase difference detection. The plurality of AD conversion portions correspond to the respective plurality of pixel blocks, and AD-convert pixel signals based on a plurality of pixels included in the corresponding pixel block. In this case, the pixel for phase difference detection included in one pixel block of the plurality of pixel blocks, and the pixel for phase difference detection included in the other pixel block of the plurality of pixel blocks are arranged in positions corresponding to each other. The present disclosure, for example, can be applied to a CMOS image sensor. |
| US10715750B2 |
Data rate control for event-based vision sensor
In dynamic vision sensor (DVS) or change detection sensors, the chip or sensor is configured to control or modulate the event rate. For example, this control can be used to keep the event rate close to a desired rate or within desired bounds. Adapting the configuration of the sensor to the scene by changing the ON-event and/or the OFF-event thresholds, allows having necessary amount of data, but not much more than necessary, such that the overall system gets as much information about its state as possible. |
| US10715749B2 |
Infrared band pass system for optical detection of parameters
A glass substrate having an average thickness of the glass substrate from 0.01 to 1.2 mm and having a temperature dependence of refractive index at a wave-length of 850 nm in a temperature range from −40° C. to 60° C. of not more than 10×10−6/K. |
| US10715746B2 |
Enhanced telestrator for wearable devices
Enhanced telestrators are presented. Such enhanced telestrators provide visual elements (e.g. annotations and/or visual cues) to a user of a wearable device, such as a head-mounted display device. The visual elements may be superimposed, combined, composited, blended, and/or layered over image data displayed by a display device included in the wearable device. The visual elements may also be projected (by a projection system included in the wearable device), onto physical surfaces of the user's environment. Such projection systems may include lasers and/or light emitting diodes for photon source. The projection systems are enabled to project the visual elements onto surfaces of the environment of the user of the wearable device. More particularly, the various embodiments herein provide annotations and/or visual cues superimposed over image data viewed by the user and/or projected onto (and reflected by) physical surfaces the user's environment, via a photon-emitter. |
| US10715743B2 |
System and method for photographic effects
Disclosed embodiments provide techniques for implementation of a photographic effect. An image is acquired while in a zoom configuration. The image is divided into pixel groups. A distance is determined for each group of pixels. The groups of pixels are based on the detected distance of the group of pixels from the camera. The detected distance can be based on the autofocus module within the camera. The detected distance can be a relative distance or an absolute distance. An expansion factor is determined for each group of pixels based on the corresponding determined distance. Expanded pixel groups are created for each pixel group based on the expansion factor. The expanded pixel groups are composited together to create the processed image. |
| US10715738B1 |
Asymmetrical license plate reading (ALPR) camera system
A system and method is disclosed for capturing images of one or more moving vehicles (i.e., a target vehicle) from another moving vehicle (i.e., subject vehicle). The disclosed system dynamically adjusts illumination power, exposure times, and/or other settings to optimize image capture that takes into account distance and speed. By optimizing for distances and moving vehicles, the disclosed system improves the probability of capturing a legible, usable photographic image. In one example, the disclosed system may be incorporated into an asymmetric license plate reading (ALPR) system. |
| US10715737B2 |
Imaging device, still image capturing method, and still image capturing program
An imaging device includes a MOS type imaging element comprising a plurality of pixels; a mechanical shutter disposed in front of the imaging element; a driving unit that drives the imaging element; an imaging control unit that performs still image exposure control, first readout control and second readout control as defined herein; a display control unit that generates live view image data as defined herein; a first storage unit as defined herein; and an image processing unit as defined herein. |
| US10715735B2 |
Head-mounted display, display control method, and program
There are provided a head-mounted display, a display control method, and a program for changing the position of the image of an object near the optical axis of a camera in an image displayed on a display section. A camera control section controls the direction of the optical axis of the camera capturing an image of what is ahead of the display section disposed in front of the user's eyes. A display control section causes the display section to display a partial image cut out from the image captured by the camera, the partial image constituting a portion corresponding to the optical axis direction of the camera. |
| US10715734B2 |
Bird's-eye view video generation device, bird's-eye view video generation method, and non-transitory storage medium
A bird's-eye view video generation device includes a video data acquisition unit configured to acquire video data from multiple cameras configured to capture videos of surroundings of a vehicle, a bird's-eye view video generator configured to generate a bird's-eye view video from a virtual viewpoint above the vehicle by performing viewpoint conversion processing on the acquired video data to synthesize the viewpoint-converted videos, an obstacle information acquisition unit configured to acquire information from at least one detector configured to detect at least one obstacle around the vehicle and to specify a position thereof, and a display controller configured to display the bird's-eye view video in a display, wherein, when the position of the obstacle overlaps a synthesis boundary between the videos, the bird's-eye view video generator is further configured to generate a bird's-eye view video obtained by changing the position of the virtual viewpoint of the bird's-eye view video. |
| US10715731B1 |
Image stabilization in zoom mode
Methods, systems, and devices for image processing are described. The method includes detecting blurring in one or more images from a stream of images captured by a camera based on monitoring the stream of images, identifying a level of zoom based on detecting the blurring, selecting an autofocus configuration from a set of autofocus configurations based on the identified level of zoom, and performing an autofocus operation using the selected autofocus configuration. |
| US10715725B2 |
Method and system for handling 360 degree image content
An apparatus and method are provided for handling 360 degree image content captured by a 360 degree camera. A method includes obtaining, by an electronic device, a sequence of 360 degree projection format image frames associated with the 360 degree image content and inertial measurement unit (IMU) rotation data associated with the 360 degree image content, computing, by the electronic device, a relative rotation of the 360 degree image content, and applying, by the electronic device, the relative rotation to at least one of the 360 degree projection format image frames to stabilize the 360 degree image content. |
| US10715724B2 |
Vehicle-mounted sensor system that includes cameras and laser measurement systems
A system that facilitates collecting data is described herein. The system includes a digital camera that is configured to capture images in a visible light spectrum and a near-infrared camera that is configured to capture near infrared images, wherein a field of view of the digital camera and the field of view of the near-infrared camera are substantially similar. The system further includes a trigger component that is configured to cause the digital camera and the near-infrared camera to capture images at a substantially similar point in time, and also includes a mounting mechanism that facilitates mounting the digital camera and the near-infrared camera to an automobile. |
| US10715718B2 |
Phase detect auto-focus three dimensional image capture system
Methods and systems for capturing a three dimensional image are described. An image capture process is performed while moving a lens to capture image data across a range of focal depths, and a three dimensional image reconstruction process generates a three dimensional image based on the image data. A two-dimensional image is also rendered including focused image data from across the range of focal depths. The two dimensional image and the three dimensional image are fused to generate a focused three dimensional model. |
| US10715714B2 |
Machine learning-based device placement and configuration service
A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which a machine learning-based device placement and configuration service is provided. The machine learning-based device placement and configuration system uses regression models calculated from installation and performance data. The regression model includes data associated with sites at which video cameras were previously installed and tested for detection accuracy levels possibly associated with a service area. With these generated models, information about the physical space, and desired performance criteria, designers optimize camera number, camera placement, and geo-location camera parameters. The device placement and configuration service may find an optimal camera placement and geo-location camera parameter set which satisfy certain criteria. The geo-location parameters include position, height, heading, pitch, and roll. Subsequent to the installation of the video cameras using the calculated geo-location parameters, the system may verify accuracy of detection of the service area, and update the regression model. |
| US10715713B2 |
Interactive application adapted for use by multiple users via a distributed computer-based system
A processing device causes a selection of a multimedia module to be detected. The processing device renders, during a first mode of operation, a dynamic navigation flow control in association with first multimedia content of the multimedia module, wherein the rendered dynamic navigation flow control indicates a first navigation position. The processing device stores a first result to memory obtained by execution of an interactive event during the first mode of operation. Based at least on the first result, a second mode of operation is entered. During the second mode of operation, the dynamic navigation flow control is re-rendered in association with second multimedia content of the multimedia module, wherein the re-rendered dynamic navigation flow control indicates a second navigation position. |
| US10715712B2 |
Barcode readers and component arrangements thereof
Embodiments of the preset invention include a barcode reader that comprises a housing having a handgrip portion and an upper body portion, a first printed circuit board (PCB) extending into the upper body portion, and an imaging module positioned within the upper body portion. In this instance, the imaging module includes an imaging system having an imager and an imaging lens assembly, the imaging system having a field of view with a central imaging axis passing through a window in the upper body portion and lying on a horizontal plane. The imaging module further includes an aiming light system configured to emit an aiming light pattern, the aiming light system offset from the imaging system along the horizontal plane. Furthermore, the components of the barcode reader are arranged such that the first PCB is positioned at an oblique angle relative to the central imaging axis. |
| US10715711B2 |
Adaptive three-dimensional imaging system and methods and uses thereof
An adaptive 3D imaging system comprising an imaging part and a lens part detachably connected thereto; the imaging part comprising a sensor and a reflector configured to transmit a plurality of captured light field images to the sensor; wherein the lens part comprising a first camera lens positioned at a first end of the lens part, a second camera lens positioned at a second end of the lens part, an entrance pupil plane and matching device positioned between the first camera lens and the second camera lens and being adaptive to different focal lengths of the second camera lens, an internal reflection unit positioned between the first camera lens and the entrance pupil plane and matching device and configured to decompose the captured light field images and refract them into a plurality of multiple secondary images with different angular offsets. Methods and uses involving the 3D imaging system are included. |
| US10715709B2 |
Imaging device, optical device provided with same, electronic device provided with same, and method for producing imaging device
An imaging device has a lens holding member; a base member for holding the lens holding member; and a substrate to which the base member is secured. The lens holding member holds at least one lens. The base member has a contact surface that is perpendicular to an optical axis of the lens, and contacts an end face of the lens holding member in a state wherein the lens holding member is held; and an opening portion through which passes the optical axis of the lens, provided in the contact surface. The substrate has an imaging element on which light that has passed through the lens and through the opening portion of the base member is incident. |
| US10715705B2 |
Characterizing optical characteristics of optical elements
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media may be configured to characterize optical characteristics of optical elements. An optical element mount may be configured to carry an optical element. A calibration display may be configured to display a calibration object. The calibration object may include a known visual pattern. Multiple images of the calibration object may be obtained. The multiple images may be acquired using the optical element carried by the optical element mount. The multiple images may include different perspectives of the calibration object. Optical characteristics of the optical element may be characterized based on the known visual pattern and the different perspectives of the calibration object. |
| US10715704B2 |
Lens bracket assembly and gimbal used therewith
The present disclosure discloses a lens bracket assembly for supporting an imaging device. The imaging device includes a body and a lens connected to the body. The lens bracket assembly includes a supporting plate and a bracket. The supporting plate is used for mounting the imaging device, and the supporting plate includes a first side. The bracket includes a supporting portion of which the shape matches the lens of the imaging device and a fixing portion connected with the supporting portion. The fixing portion is fixedly arranged at the first side. The supporting portion is used for supporting the lens. The present disclosure further relates to a gimbal that uses the lens bracket assembly. |
| US10715697B2 |
Image processing method that determines a number of blocks for embedding information based on a size of an image to be printed, image processing apparatus, and storage medium
An image processing method includes: a first obtaining step of obtaining data of an image; a second obtaining step of obtaining additional information; a third obtaining step of obtaining information related to a printable area of a print medium on which the image based on the data obtained in the first obtaining step is printed; determining step of determining a position where the obtained additional information is embedded in the image on the basis of the information obtained in the third obtaining step; and embedding step of embedding the additional information with reference to the determined position. |
| US10715695B2 |
Image processing apparatus
An image processing apparatus includes: a volatile storage device; a hardware processor that executes an information process using the volatile storage device; and a nonvolatile storage device that stores data to be used for the information process, wherein in response to a condition that makes it impossible to continue the information process being satisfied while the information process is being executed, the hardware processor generates a snapshot of the volatile storage device and stores the snapshot in an area of the nonvolatile storage device having a use other than snapshot storage, and in response to a condition that makes it possible to resume the information process being satisfied, the hardware processor reads the snapshot from the nonvolatile storage device and resumes the information process. |
| US10715690B2 |
Image processing apparatus and image processing method for designating color and monochrome images
An image processing apparatus includes a processor configured to acquire an image and designate whether the image is a color image or a monochrome image based on a comparison of a feature quantity of the image and a threshold value. A storage unit stores the threshold value. A display unit displays whether the image has been designated a color image or a monochrome image by the processor. An input device is configured to receive user input for changing whether the image is designated a color image or a monochrome image. The processor changes the threshold value stored in the storage unit when the user input changes whether the image is designated a color image or a monochrome image. |
| US10715689B2 |
Image processing apparatus, method for controlling image processing apparatus, and recording medium
Image processing apparatuses have a unit for registering settings in applications or a unit for registering application settings on a portal screen, but do not allow these units to function in a coordinated manner. For example, if a user who frequently uses a certain application registers settings of the application, the settings may also be useful to other users. However, users who mainly use their own portal screens cannot invoke the settings. Settings of an application registered as a shared custom button are automatically registered as frequently used settings in the application. Similarly, settings registered as frequently used settings in an application are automatically registered as a shared custom button. |
| US10715688B2 |
Display device capable of notifying display object by voice, image processing apparatus, notifying method, process executing method
A display device includes a display portion, a display processing portion, a detecting portion, and a notification processing portion. The display processing portion displays one or more predetermined display objects on the display portion. The detecting portion detects a shielded area in the display portion shielded by a shielding object. The notification processing portion notifies by voice, among the one or more display objects, a display object that includes an area partially or completely overlapped with the shielded area detected by the detecting portion. |
| US10715687B2 |
Information processing system, information processing apparatus, and information processing method for testing a series of processes of one or more applications
An information processing system includes one or more information processing apparatuses each of which performs a plurality of programs to implement functions. The system includes a memory to store application information associating flow information and application configuration information for each of one or more applications that performs, when executed, a series of processes using electronic data, and circuitry to receive a request including the application configuration information, generate one or more test cases for testing the series of processes based on parameter information defined in the application configuration information in the request, acquires flow information identified with flow identification defined in the application configuration information in the request and executes, according to an order of executing one or more programs defined in the flow information, the one or more programs each of which is identified with program identification defined in the flow information acquired, to test the series of processes. |
| US10715685B2 |
Determining whether session IDs match and taking action accordingly
According to an embodiment of this invention, there is provided a method in which even if, in an environment where an information processing apparatus and an image processing apparatus are connected by USB, communication from the information processing apparatus is terminated midway, processing on the image processing apparatus side is terminated. In this method, an HTTP communication module transmits, to the image processing apparatus, request information including information for identifying communication with the image processing apparatus. If response information, from the image processing apparatus, corresponding to the request information does not match the transmitted request information, the HTTP communication module transmits an instruction to operate the image processing apparatus in a status in which it is possible to transmit the response information. |
| US10715684B2 |
Apparatus, systems and methods for generating 3D model data from a media content event
Three dimension (3D) model generation methods are operable to generate 3D model data corresponding to images of a physical object of interest that are viewed in a presenting media content event. An exemplary embodiment receives a user request that is associated with an interest by the user to obtain a 3D model of a physical object of interest that is being shown in a scene of a currently presenting media content event. A plurality of video image frames are selected from the scene. Then, 3D model data of the physical object of interest is generated based on at least the selected video image frames of the scene. |
| US10715682B2 |
Electronic device, control method and non-transitory storage medium for executing a process related to an incoming call according to a response method
An electronic device comprising: a display; a communication unit; a storage configured to store response method data in which pre-set keywords and response methods corresponding to incoming calls are associated with each other; and a processor configured to, when an incoming call containing a text message comes in, acquire the response method data that is stored in the storage and execute a process relating to the incoming call according to a response method that is defined in the response method data. |
| US10715681B2 |
Network interface for tracking radio resource utilization
A method is provided for performing RAN-usage-based tracking in a wireless core network. The method includes obtaining a plan code for a communication device connecting to a radio access network (RAN); associating, based on the plan code, the communication device with a RAN-usage-based plan; and reporting, after the associating, a tracking instance of RAN usage by the communication device. |
| US10715679B1 |
System and method for detecting instances of missing data records in usage data records generated for wireless services
A computer-implemented method and system for detecting instances of missing data records in Usage Data Records (UDRs) generated for wireless services is disclosed. The system and method comprises recording a sequence of events related to transmission of data through at least one service element, transmitting the sequence of events as usage data records to a server for accounting and using an anomaly detection algorithm to detect instances of missing usage data records in the transmitted usage data records. |
| US10715678B2 |
Mobile terminal, event information display method, non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing event information display program, and intercom system
Provided is a mobile terminal that communicates with a server that performs call control between an intercom disposed in a lobby of an apartment building and an indoor monitor. The server stores event information transmitted from the intercom, the indoor monitor, or a terminal apparatus connected to the server. The mobile terminal includes: a receiver that receives the event information from the server; and a display section that displays the event information in chronological order from an upper side to a lower side of a display apparatus and that scroll displays the event information. |
| US10715672B2 |
Social networking-based teleconferencing system and method
A system and method for creating teleconferences that leverage social networking websites and messaging thereof. The system includes a teleconferencing website hosted on a server for scheduling a teleconference in response to user input, and for generating a message for display on a social networking website. The message includes information about the teleconference and a link to one or more invitees to the teleconference. The system further includes an interactive voice response system for hosting the teleconference to connect at least some of the one or more invitees to the teleconference. The system further includes a client application running on a mobile device associated with each of the at least some of the one or more invitees. The client application receives a notification of the teleconference from the social networking website, and includes a control interface to enable an associated invitee to join the teleconference. |
| US10715665B1 |
Dynamic resource allocation
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for a coordinating callers with customer service representatives is described. One of the methods includes identifying a number of callers. The method also includes dynamically adjusting a number of customer service representatives based on the number of callers. |
| US10715662B2 |
System and method for artificial intelligence on hold call handling
Systems and methods of on hold handling of calls are provided. A call may be received, from a caller, at a public safety access point. An Artificial Intelligence (AI) bot may monitor a context associated with the call. The call may be placed on hold. The AI bot may determine, based on the context associated with the call, that the call should be taken off hold. |
| US10715661B2 |
System and method for scalable and efficient multi-channel communication
A system and method for establishing a communication between a customer and a user of a rep computer in communication with a second computer. The rep computer receives a batch notification identifying a batch of one or more customer records in the rep computer. The one or more customer records is associated with one or more customers that are being communicated with and have met a potential transfer criteria. The rep computer receives a first connection transfer notification identifying a first transferred customer that is being transferred to the user. At least one customer record associated with the first transferred customer is part of the batch. The communication with the customer by the user is via one or more communication modes, and a direction of the communication is an inbound communication initiated by the customer or an outbound communication initiated to the customer. |
| US10715659B2 |
Collaborative phone reputation system
Various systems and methods for a collaborative phone reputation system are described herein. A system for implementing a collaborative phone reputation system includes a compute device comprising: a call handling module to detect, at the compute device, an incoming call for a user of the compute device; a scoring module to determine a local probabilistic score that the incoming call is desirable for the user; and an execution module to perform an action at the compute device based on the local probabilistic score. |
| US10715655B2 |
Standard mobile communication device distraction prevention and safety protocols
Methods and systems for providing standardized mobile device distraction prevention and safety protocols are disclosed. In particular, an embodiment of a method for activating a distraction prevention or safety protocol behavior in a mobile device when the mobile device satisfies a specific condition is disclosed. The method includes discovering one or more protocol activators configured to transmit discovery information associated with a specific condition. The method further includes activating distraction prevention safety protocol behavior in the mobile device based at least in part on the discovery information. In an implementation, the specific condition may be a specified environment itself and or include an event when the mobile device enters a specified environment or a specified sequence of numbers is dialed from the mobile device. |
| US10715649B2 |
Sound input and output device and bone conduction headset system
A headset main body includes a PTT switch, bone conduction speakers, a first connector to be coupled with a microphone, and a second connector to be coupled with a transceiver. A sleeve of the first connector is coupled to a sleeve of the second connector. A ring of the first connector is coupled to a ground. A chip of the first connector is coupled to a ring of the second connector, and the chip of the first connector is further coupled, via the PTT switch, to the ground. |
| US10715648B1 |
User interface for virtual assistant interactions on telephony device
A user interface for virtual assistant interactions on a telephony device may be provided. First, a plurality of lines associated with the telephony device, including a designated line for a user and a shared line for a virtual assistant, may be displayed through the user interface. Next, in response to receiving an incoming call to the designated line, a plurality of features associated with handling the incoming call, including an assistant feature to direct the incoming call to the virtual assistant, may be displayed through the user interface. Then, in response to the incoming call being directed to the virtual assistant, a plurality of features associated with managing a conversation between the virtual assistant and a caller during the incoming call may be displayed through the user interface. After the incoming call has ended, a call history associated with the incoming call may be displayed through the user interface. |
| US10715644B2 |
Common acoustic transducer and indicator lamp port for electronic devices
A port for an electronic device is described that is common to an acoustic transducer and an indicator lamp. On example pertains to an apparatus that includes an external housing, an acoustic port through a surface of the external housing, an acoustic transducer, a tube between the port and the acoustic transducer having a channel to conduct audio from the port to the acoustic transducer, and a lamp to illuminate the channel so that the channel conducts light out the port. |
| US10715641B2 |
System and method for identifying devices behind network address translators based on TCP timestamps
Methods and systems for monitoring activity on a local area networks (LAN). In particular, embodiments described herein provide systems and methods for associating packets with the devices from which they were communicated, despite the obfuscatory behavior of any network address translators (NAT). A processor first receives packets that were collectively communicated, by a plurality of devices, via a NAT-serviced LAN. The processor aggregates the packets into multiple packet aggregations on a per device basis. Fields that are contained in the respective packet headers of the packets are used. The packet aggregations may be grouped. The embodiments use unencrypted lower-level information (including, for example, IPIDs and domain names), such that aggregation and grouping may be successfully performed even if information in the application layer is encrypted. |
| US10715638B2 |
Method and system for server assignment using predicted network metrics
A method for assigning a server to provide a resource to a client in a distributed network includes receiving a request for the resource from the client. A network metric is measured at different points in the network. The network metric measurements are input to a deep learning model. Using the model, the network metric is predicted between the client and each of a plurality candidate servers which have the resource and have not had a prior connection with the client. One of the candidate servers is assigned to provide the resource to the client based on the predictions of the network metric. |
| US10715633B2 |
Maintaining reachability of apps moving between fog and cloud using duplicate endpoint identifiers
Techniques are disclosed for maintaining reachability of an application moving between a central cloud network and a fog network using duplicate endpoint identifiers. Network characteristics of a cloud environment are monitored. The cloud environment includes a central cloud network and a fog network. A server in the central cloud network hosts an application that serves a client device. The application is assigned an endpoint identifier that is mapped to a locator identifier associated with the central cloud network. It is determined that a condition for moving the application to the fog network is satisfied based on the monitored network characteristics. An instance of the application is installed on a server in the fog network. The endpoint identifier is assigned to the application instance and mapped to a locator identifier associated with the fog network. |
| US10715631B2 |
Method and apparatus for handling application triggering events
A system comprises a processor configured to subscribe to a broadcast of vehicle-related state changes. The processor is also configured to detect at least one vehicle-related state change in the broadcast that triggers an application launch and launch an application corresponding to the detected vehicle related state change. |
| US10715622B2 |
Systems and methods for accelerating object stores with distributed caching
An illustrative embodiment disclosed herein is an object store with distributed caching including a distributed cache cluster including a first cache on a first node device and a second cache on a second node device. The object store with distributed caching further includes a gateway server communicatively coupled to the distributed cache cluster. The gateway server receives a request to store an object from a client device, determines whether the object satisfies an object policy, determines whether the request indicates that the object is to be split up into a plurality of shards, and stores a first shard of the plurality of shards in the first cache and a second shard of the plurality of shards in the second cache. |
| US10715620B2 |
Streaming network monitoring caching infrastructure
Systems and methods of network telemetry caching and distribution are provided. The system can receive network telemetry data and store it as a plurality of data nodes. The system can maintain a node pointer map and a node pointer queue. If the system receives an update to a data node having a corresponding node pointer not already present in the node pointer map, the system can add the node pointer to the node pointer queue and to the node pointer map with a count of zero. If the node pointer is already present in the node pointer map, the system can increment the node count for the node pointer in the node pointer map and not add the node pointer to the node pointer queue. The system can transmit data values and node counts to the client device for each node pointer in the node pointer queue. |
| US10715613B2 |
Presence indicators
Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for batching requests for presence information. A client device determines a set of user indicators that are displayed on a display of the client device during a period of time. Each user indicator corresponds to a user of an online service, and is presented on the display as a result of a user of the client device viewing content provided by the online service. At completion of the period of time, the client device determines a set of remaining user indicators displayed on the display of the client device, and transmits, to a server associated with the online service, a batched request for presence information for a set of users corresponding to the set of remaining user indicators. The client device presents presence indicators indicating the status of the users based on the requested presence information. |
| US10715607B2 |
Performing context-rich attribute-based services on a host
Some embodiments provide a novel method for configuring a set of service one or more nodes on a host to perform context-rich, attribute-based services on the host computer, which executes several data compute nodes (DCNs) in addition to the set of service nodes. The method uses a context-filtering node on the host to collect a first set of attributes associated with service rules processed by the set of service nodes on the host computer. The context filter also collects a second set of attributes associated with at least one data message flow of a DCN (e.g., of a virtual machine (VM) or container) executing on the host. After collecting the first and second sets of attributes, the context filtering node on the host compares the first and second sets of attributes to generate a service tag to represent a subset of the first set of attributes associated with the data message flow. The method associates this service tag with the data message flow. This service tag can then be used to identify the subset of attributes associated with the data message flow when a service node needs to process its attribute-based service rules for the data message flow. |
| US10715606B2 |
Application control interworking in network
Various communication systems may benefit from application control interworking in a network to expose certain service capabilities. For example, certain communication systems of the third generation partnership project (3GPP) that provide service capabilities that are exposed to application providers, for example, via open mobile alliance-application programming interface, may benefit from application control interworking in a network. Further, an application programming interface and the 3GPP system can act together to expose 3GPP service capabilities. A method may include receiving parameters of capabilities relating to an application server at a policy and charging rules function. The method may also include creating application detection and control rules based on the parameters received. |
| US10715605B2 |
System and method for limiting active sessions
Systems, methods, and media for limiting concurrent sessions include determining whether concurrent sessions exist on one or more connected nodes when a new session is to be established using a set of valid credentials. When concurrent sessions are to be limited, excess concurrent sessions are terminated in response to the establishment of the new session. |
| US10715604B1 |
Remote system processing based on a previously identified user
Techniques for implementing a “sticky” user ID are described. A system receives first input audio data and determines first speech processing results therefrom. The system also determines a first user ID of a user that spoke an utterance represented in the first input audio data and associates the first user ID with a device, which originated the first input audio data, for a predetermined length of time. The system determines first output data responsive to the first speech processing data and causes the device to present first output content corresponding thereto. The system then receives second input audio data and determines second speech processing results therefrom. The system also determines a time of receipt of the second input audio data is within the predetermined length of time. Based at least in part thereon, the system determined second output data responsive to the second speech processing data using the first user ID. The system then causes the device to present second output content corresponding to the second output data. |
| US10715598B1 |
Implementation of a web-scale data fabric
Methods and systems for processing machine accelerated and augmented customer data using a Web-Scale Data Fabric (WSDF). According to embodiments, the data may be received as data transfer objects from a set of business operations client applications. The data transfer objects may be analyzed using complex event processing (CEP) and, based on the analyzing, rules specific to the business operations client application may be applied. The methods and systems may semantically classify text specific to the business operations client application. A federated database (FD) may archive the receive data transfer objects as well as analysis data specific to the business operations client application. |
| US10715596B2 |
Server system and control method for storage unit
A server system and a control method for a storage unit are provided. The server system includes multiple modular devices and a connection device. The storage unit in the modular devices includes a transmission interface expander. The transmission interface expander detects whether connects a former modular device, and sets the storage unit as a slave device of the former modular device when the transmission interface expander connects the former modular device. When the transmission interface expander does not connect the former modular device, the transmission interface expander is set as a storage node and communicates to the external server, and the latter storage unit connected behind the transmission interface expander becomes a slave device of the transmission interface expander. |
| US10715594B2 |
Systems and methods for update propagation between nodes in a distributed system
Methods and apparatus to propagate an update between nodes in a distributed environment are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a database storing information about a deployment of infrastructure as a service (IaaS) components; and an update manager to: configure a first script to be executed upon boot of the apparatus, the first script to schedule execution of a second script for updating the IaaS components; in response to execution of the first script, schedule a second script for execution; in response to execution of the second script retrieve information about the IaaS components, determine an order for upgrades of the IaaS components, and trigger installation of an update for the IaaS components. |
| US10715590B2 |
Non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, process distribution apparatus and process distribution method
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute a process including acquiring, for each of a plurality of applications executed on a plurality of virtual machines, an amount of traffic of packets transmitted to any of a plurality of CPUs, identifying, for each of the plurality of applications, a CPU to which packets are transmitted, calculating, for each of the plurality of CPUs, a total amount of traffic of packets that are received by the CPU, identifying, among the plurality of CPUs, a specific CPU of which the calculated total amount exceeds a predetermined threshold, identifying, among applications those transmit packets to the specific CPU, a specific application, and identifying, among the plurality of virtual machines, a specific virtual machine, a CPU to which packets are transmitted from the specific application being changed by moving the specific application to the specific virtual machine. |
| US10715582B2 |
Method for managing communication in mission critical data (MCData) communication system
Embodiments herein achieve systems and methods for managing communication in a Mission Critical data (MCData) communication system. The proposed method and system provides file distribution and data streaming in the MCData communication system. The proposed method and system provides a functional model and mechanisms to support mission critical data services. The functional model to support file distribution and data streaming, and associated procedures including one-to-one, one-to-many, and group data communications. Further, the proposed method and system provides mechanisms for optimizing radio resource utilization and backhaul link utilization in the MCData communication system. The proposed method and system provides radio resource utilization of the PC5 interface for the MC service, when multiple group members are under a relay node. Further, the proposed method and system can be used to reduce number of unicast transmissions between the MCData server and the MCData UEs by local routing at the relay node. |
| US10715581B2 |
System and method to download file from common recipient devices in proximity
A computer system and method for transferring a file from a device in proximity, including start downloading a file from a message addressed to a recipient, checking the message for one or more common recipients of the message; downloading the file from a remote server in response to no common recipient devices being in proximity to the recipient device, downloading the file from a remote server in response to the file not being available for transfer from any common recipient devices being in proximity to the recipient device, automatically applying file transfer permissions to the downloaded file for each of the common recipients of the message, checking if a common recipient device in proximity has requested to download the file, and transferring the file to the requesting common recipient device in proximity in response to the common recipient device in proximity being a mapped trusted device of the recipient device. |
| US10715576B2 |
Methods and systems for estimating quality of experience (QoE) parameters of secured transactions
An apparatus is provided for estimating one or more quality of experience (QoE) parameters associated with a specific terminal. The apparatus includes a traffic processor configured to acquire a plurality of transactions for providing multimedia content to a specific terminal. At least one of such transactions is a secured transaction. The apparatus further includes a QoE parameter estimator configured to detect a quality level variation event based on the transactions and the sizes of the transactions, and to estimate one or more QoE parameters based on the detection of the quality level variation event. |
| US10715572B2 |
Electronic devices for capturing media content and transmitting the media content to a network accessible media repository and methods of operating the same
A client device is operated by obtaining a list of contacts, wherein the list of contacts includes contact information of authorized users, recording media content, defining a selected recipient of the media content, and transmitting the media content and contact information of the selected recipient to a media repository system to enable the media repository system to compare an identification of a user requesting access to the media content from the media repository system with the contact information of the selected recipient and to enable a communication device of the user to access the media content from the media repository system responsive to a determination that the contact information of the selected recipient matches the identification of the user. The media content includes audio, video, and/or image content. |
| US10715571B2 |
Self-adaptive streaming medium processing method and apparatus
A media processing method and apparatus for adaptive streaming are provided. In the method, a Media Presentation (MP) timeline alignment event message carried in a media segment is acquired; an aligned media segment is determined according to the MP timeline alignment event message, where the aligned media segment is a media segment of which a Media Presentation Time (MPT) in an MP timeline is aligned to an external timeline; and one or more MPTs of one or more media segments in an MP timeline alignment event after a mapping between the MP timeline and the external timeline has been established are calculated. |
| US10715569B2 |
Delivery control device and delivery control method for content delivery according to ABR delivery method
A delivery control device, which is installed in repeater equipment interposed between a content delivery server device and a client device so as to repeat delivered contents, controls delivery speed for contents by adopting pacing delivery depending on delayed conditions of networks and the operating condition of the client device according to the ABR (Adaptive Bit Rate) delivery method. The delivery control device includes a delivery speed calculation part configured to calculate real delivery speed for sequentially delivering the divided files, which are produced by dividing file data representing contents to be delivered to a client device, in an order of reproducing contents, and a delivery speed determination part configured to determine delivery speed for the divided files based on the real delivery speed calculated by the delivery speed calculation part, the presumed delivery speed determined in advance, and predetermined thresholds relating to intervals of receiving the divided files. |
| US10715565B2 |
System and method for third party monitoring of voice and video calls
A system is described herein that facilitates the monitoring of inmate communications. The system provides a remotely-accessible means for a reviewer to monitor a call between an inmate and another person. The system includes a monitoring server and a monitoring station. The monitoring server is configured to receive a call and call information from a communication center and process the call for monitoring, schedule a review of the call; and store the call, the call information, and scheduling data. The monitoring station is configured to receive the call and the call information from the monitoring server based on the scheduling data, and to display the identifying information and facilitate the review of the call. |
| US10715564B2 |
Dynamic client registration for an identity cloud service
Dynamic client registration for an Identity Cloud Service (IDCS) is provided. A service instance client, associated with a service instance, is created in a first tenancy. A template client is created, based on a security blueprint, in a second tenancy. A registration client is created in the first tenancy. A request for a registration access token is received from an installed client application over a network; the request includes an ID of the template client. A user of the installed client application is authenticated using the template client. The registration access token is sent to the installed client application over the network. A request for a client assertion token is received from the installed client application over the network; the request includes the registration access token. The registration access token is authenticated using the template client. The client assertion token is sent to the installed client application over the network. |
| US10715561B2 |
Reanchoring devices on servers
In one embodiment, a method, system and apparatus are described, the method including receiving an initial request from a client device, being a request to establish a connection, including an initial connection IP address of the client device, recording the initial connection IP address, receiving an additional request at the network interface, the additional request comprising a URL, an actual client IP address of the client device, and a request for streaming content, comparing the initial connection IP address with the actual client IP address, performing one of providing the streaming content in response to the additional request if the initial connection IP address and the actual client IP address are the same, or providing a response to the additional request comprising a redirect instruction if the initial connection IP address and the actual client IP address are different. Related methods, apparatus, and systems are also described. |
| US10715559B2 |
Multimedia session domain selection
A user equipment can have simultaneous peer to peer circuit switched and Internet protocol multimedia subsystem communications that allow content presentation to the user. The communicating user equipment can indicate their packet switched Internet protocol multimedia subsystem combinational service capabilities to each other, and further, monitor the capability of the associated radio access network. Thereafter, when a capability exchange is undertaken, session initiation protocol messages can be exchanged between the communicating user equipments to determine and initialize the appropriate conversational communications medium. |
| US10715557B2 |
Systems and methods for conducting secure VOIP multi-party calls
System and method for establishing secure conference calls. In one example system, a central conference call server establishes point-to-point connections with accessory devices comprising a secure element and connected to corresponding participant devices. The conference call server includes an interface to a plurality of secure elements configured to perform scrambling and unscrambling of media signals communicated to and from the accessory devices. In another example, one of the participant devices operates as the central conference call server. In other examples, participant devices communicate on a conference call via point-to-point connections between all accessory devices connected to the participant devices. The accessory devices include secure elements for decryption and encryption of media signals communicated between the accessory devices. |
| US10715554B2 |
Translating existing security policies enforced in upper layers into new security policies enforced in lower layers
Existing policies enforced at or above an operating system (OS) layer of a device are obtained. Translation rules are stored that include data structure descriptions of conditions, corresponding actions performed when the conditions are satisfied, and attributes specified in the existing policies, and attributes of one or more layers below the OS layer that are relevant to policy enforcement in the one or more layers below the OS layer. The existing policies are parsed using the data structure descriptions to identify the conditions, corresponding actions, and attributes specified in the existing policies. New policies are generated that are consistent with the existing policies. The new policies include the identified attributes specified in the existing policies and the attributes relevant to policy enforcement in the one or more layers below the OS layer. The new policies are enforced in the one or more layers below the OS layer. |
| US10715553B2 |
Inter-domain replication of service information
A federated gateway bridges service definition formatting differences between a first and a second independent enterprise information technology (IT) management domain. A service request is received within the federated gateway from a service consumer application executing within the first independent enterprise IT management domain to a remote service provider application in the second independent enterprise IT management domain. The federated gateway dynamically performs real-time service call translation during transmission of the service request from a local service definition format to a remote service definition format defined respectively within the first and second independent enterprise IT management domains. |
| US10715548B2 |
Detecting device masquerading in application programming interface (API) transactions
This disclosure describes a technique to determine whether a client computing device accessing an API is masquerading its device type (i.e., pretending to be a device that it is not). To this end, and according to this disclosure, the client performs certain processing requested by the server to reveal its actual processing capabilities and thereby its true device type, whereupon—once the server learns the true nature of the client device—it can take appropriate actions to mitigate or prevent further damage. To this end, during the API transaction the server returns information to the client device that causes the client device to perform certain computations or actions. The resulting activity is captured on the client computing and then transmitted back to the server, which then analyzes the data to inform its decision about the true client device type. Thus, when the server detects the true client device type (as opposed to the device type that the device is masquerading to be), it can take appropriate action to defend the site. |
| US10715547B2 |
Detecting “man-in-the-middle” attacks
A method for detecting a man-in-the-middle attack against communications between a client device and a specific remote end point over a network, the method using probe software installed on the client device, the method comprising the probe software sending a connection initiation request from the client device over the network, directed to the remote end point, to at least partially initiate a secure network connection between the remote end point and the client device, receiving at the client device encryption credentials sent to the client device in response to the connection initiation request, the probe software comparing the received encryption credentials with expected encryption credentials for the remote end point, and the probe software determining that a man-in-the-middle attack is present if the received encryption credentials do no match the expected encryption credentials. |
| US10715540B2 |
Protection from malicious and/or harmful content in cloud-based service scenarios
There are provided measures for protection from malicious and/or harmful content in cloud-based service scenarios. Such measures exemplarily include detecting a transmission attempt of a file between a service cloud entity and a remote accessing entity, identifying said file, selecting between a synchronous file scanning and an asynchronous file scanning for said file based on at least one of: a file size, a file type, an extension type and predetermined security policies, and receiving security threat scan result for said file and storing said security threat scan result for said file in the scan result memory. |
| US10715536B2 |
Logical validation of devices against fraud and tampering
Disclosed herein is a method and system to determine whether a payment terminal has been tampered with based on a comparison of attestation data received from the payment terminal, for example in an offline mode when an otherwise secure remote server cannot be reached. If the determination yields that the request has been approved, the terminal generates an attestation ticket having one or more validity conditions, wherein the validity conditions include expiration time that indicates the time after which the attestation ticket becomes invalid. The attestation ticket can be used as long as it is valid or until another trigger causes the ticket to be invalidated or regenerated. |
| US10715533B2 |
Remediation for ransomware attacks on cloud drive folders
A system for detecting by a cloud service a ransomware attack on a client device is provided. The system monitors changes to files of the client device that are stored by the cloud service. The system assesses whether a change to a file appears to be malicious in that the change may be caused by ransomware. When the change to the file appears to be malicious, the system performs a countermeasure to prevent synchronization of files of the client device with other client devices and with the cloud service to prevent the propagating of files from the client device, which is undergoing a ransomware attack. |
| US10715532B2 |
Self-defending smart field device and architecture
An automation system comprises a local threat information server operating within automation plant and a plurality of field devices operating at a control layer of the automation plant. The local threat information server is configured to: receive threat information from one or more external sources, receive plant information from one or more internal sources, set a threat level according to one or more of the threat information and the plant information, and distribute an indication of the threat level to one or more control layer devices. Each respective field device is configured to: receive the indication of the threat level, identify one or more security operations corresponding to the threat level, and execute the one or more security operations. |
| US10715523B2 |
Default to signed-in state
Non-limiting examples of the present disclosure describe generation of a default signed-in state for subsequent authenticated access to a service. Identity provider data for a service is retrieved from any number of identity providers (e.g. a first identity provider and second identity provider). The first and second identity data is evaluated for generation of a default signed-in state to the service. An evaluation determines that at least one of the first identity data and the second identity data comprises data indicating that a user account is signed-in to the service. Data representing the default signed-in state is generated based on a result of the evaluation. The data representing the default signed-in state comprises a selection of one of the first or second identity data that corresponds with the user account that is signed-in to the service. A representation of the service in the default signed-in state may be surfaced. |
| US10715520B2 |
Systems and methods for decentralized biometric enrollment
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media decentralizes biometric enrollment. A server receives a request to enroll a user for biometric authentication in association with a unique ID, generates an activation code corresponding to the unique ID, and sends the activation code to the user. A user device receives and validates the activation code. If the activation code is valid, the user device is enabled to: capture at least one biometric image, and to send the biometric image to the server. The server receives at least one biometric image from the user device in response to the activation code and extracts features from at least one biometric image to generate a biometric template based upon the extracted features to enroll the user for biometric authentication without requiring the user to visit a central location to provide at least one biometric image. |
| US10715518B2 |
Determination of device with which to establish communication based on biometric input
In one aspect, a first device includes a processor, a wireless transceiver accessible to the processor, at least one biometric sensor accessible to the processor, and storage accessible to the processor. The storage bears instructions executable by the processor to receive input from the at least one biometric sensor, identify a user based on input from the at least one biometric sensor, and determine a second device with which the first device is to communicate using the wireless transceiver based at least in part on identification of the user based on input from the at least one biometric sensor. |
| US10715515B2 |
Generating code for a multimedia item
A system, method, and computer-readable medium for challenge-response authentication are provided. A plurality of codes is received over a communication network based on input provided by way of a user interface displaying a plurality of images. An alphanumeric string is generated based on the received plurality of codes and based on a table that associates each one of the plurality of codes with a respective one of the plurality of images and with a respective one of a plurality of alphanumeric characters. A determination is made as to whether to grant authorization based on whether the generated alphanumeric string matches an alphanumeric user identifier stored in a memory device in association with a user. |
| US10715513B2 |
Single sign-on mechanism on a rich client
Methods and systems are provided that enable single sign-on (SSO) mechanisms on rich clients running hosting applications that include documents with one or more embedded web assets. An embedded web asset may be any resource (e.g., document, image, data, etc.) that is accessed via a browser from within a hosting application. In aspects, authentication of a user identity is required to access an embedded web asset. In particular, an identity management module is provided on a rich client. The identity management module is configured to maintain multiple credentials for multiple user identities that are associated with multiple applications, whether the applications are embedded applications or hosting applications. In this way, a user may access multiple applications, including embedded web assets, associated with each user identity—without signing into each application. That is, a user is able to login a single time for each user identity. |
| US10715512B2 |
Controlled token distribution to protect against malicious data and resource access
Techniques are described for controlling data and resource access. For example, methods and systems can facilitate controlled token distribution across systems and token processing in a manner so as to limit access to and to protect data that includes access codes. |
| US10715508B2 |
Server-assisted secure exponentiation
In one embodiment, a method for secure computation, includes receiving in a server, over a communication channel from a device external to the server a request to perform a modular exponentiation operation in which an exponent of the operation comprises a secret value, wherein the secret value is not provided to the server, and at least two parameters that encode the secret value in accordance with a polynomial or matrix homomorphic encryption of the secret value computed by the device, and performing in the server, in response to the request, a homomorphic exponentiation using the at least two parameters received from the device without decrypting the secret value in the server, so as to generate an output that is indicative of a result of the modular exponentiation operation. |
| US10715507B1 |
Privilege revocation for client devices
A privilege management system receives a manifest specifying a first set of privileges implemented on a client device. Based at least in part on a characteristic of the client device, the privilege management system identifies a second set of privileges that are to be implemented on the client device. The privilege management system processes the first set of privileges and the second set of privileges to identify a set of differences and transmits this set of differences to the client device. In response to receiving this set of differences, the client device implements the second set of privileges. |
| US10715494B2 |
Orchestrating work across domains and work streams
Aspects of the present disclosure provide systems and methods for directly transferring tenant data hosted on a source domain to a target domain, wherein the source and target domains are associated with different server farms. Additionally, where the source domain is managed by a source management layer and the target domain is managed by target management layer, which source and target management layers are not in a trust relationship. Aspects describe establishing a secure, direct communication bus between the source and target management layers in order to accomplish a plurality of steps involved in transferring the tenant, wherein tenant data transferred thereon is encrypted. In example aspects, the direct communication bus terminates upon completion of the tenant data transfer. |
| US10715490B2 |
Firewall cluster
A Software Defined Network (SDN) controller monitors load of Virtual FireWall (vFW) nodes in a firewall cluster in real time. When detecting that load of one or more vFW nodes is higher than a predefined first threshold, the SDN controller creates a new vFW node. The SDN controller selects a first flow, which is to be migrated, from flows passing through the monitored vFW nodes, updates a first flow entry corresponding to the first flow, and sends the updated first flow entry to a switch. The updated first flow entry indicates the switch to send the first flow to the new vFW node. |
| US10715486B2 |
Port address translation scalability in stateful network device clustering
A method is performed by a master network device among network devices of a cluster. The master network device receives cluster configuration information including a set of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses and a pool of port blocks associated with the IP addresses. Each port block includes multiple ports, and the pool of the port blocks is to be shared across and used by the network devices for port address translation on network connections with the network devices. The master network device divides the port blocks in the pool into multiple buckets. The master network device first allocates to each network device in the cluster a corresponding one of the buckets, and reserves each bucket that is not allocated for allocation to a potential new network device. When a new network device joins the cluster, the master network device second allocates to the new network device the port blocks from a corresponding one of the reserved buckets. |
| US10715479B2 |
Connection redistribution in load-balanced systems
Methods and apparatus for connection redistribution in load-balanced systems that include multiple load balancers each serving multiple nodes. In the connection redistribution method, each node estimates a connection close rate, which may be based on an estimation of the percentage of the overall client traffic received by the respective load balancer that is being handled by the node. The node generates close requests for connections between the respective load balancer and clients according to the connection close rate. The node sends the close requests to its load balancer, which forwards the close requests to the appropriate clients. Upon receiving a close request, a client may close the connection(s) indicated by the request, obtain a public IP address for a load balancer, and initiate new connection(s) to the respective load balancer via the public IP address. |
| US10715477B2 |
Communication platform for minors
In one embodiment, a method includes a device receiving a request to create a group messaging thread to include at least three users. The device may determine that at least the first user, who is a minor, and the second user are not directly connected within a social graph. The device may instruct the messaging applications of the users to place the group messaging thread in a pending state. One or more approval requests may be sent to one or more recipients, respectively, for connecting the first user and the second user. When the requests are approved, the device may establish a connection between the first and second users in the social graph. Then, the device may determine that the first user is directly connected to both the second and third users, and instruct the messaging applications of the users to place the group messaging thread in an enabled state. |
| US10715471B2 |
System and method for proof-of-work based on hash mining for reducing spam attacks
A method for providing a proof-of-work challenge based on hash mining for reducing spam attacks comprising: receiving an email message from a client device; determining a level of trustworthiness of the client device; generating a challenge message based on the determined trustworthiness of the client device; transmitting the challenge message to the client device; receiving a response to the challenge message from the client device; and forwarding the email to one or more recipients when the response to the challenge message is correct. |
| US10715469B2 |
Poisoned message detection system
A method, apparatus, system, and computer program product for processing messages. A message is received from a producer by a computer system. The message is sent to a consumer by the computer system. The message is sent to a set of consumers in addition to the consumer by the computer system in response to an adverse condition being present for the consumer after sending the message the consumer. A set of actions is performed in response to the adverse condition being present in the set of consumers receiving the message. |
| US10715463B1 |
System and method for controlling access to resources in a multicomputer network
A network resource manager is configured to read in from a deferrable instance a request to transfer program data and/or execution instructions to a computer-based resource of a cloud service provider for execution. If the load on the cloud service provider is high, the manager will transmit a query to the deferrable instance offering to assign an additional deferrable instance to the original deferrable instance if both the original deferrable instance and the additional deferrable instance accept a deferral period during which neither can make requests for resources. |
| US10715460B2 |
Opportunistic resource migration to optimize resource placement
A distributed system may implement opportunistic resource migration to optimize resource placement. Resources may be placed amongst different resource hosts of a distributed system. An evaluation of the current placement may be performed according placement criteria that improve placement of the resources at the distributed system. Based on the evaluation, the prospective migration of resources that exceed an improvement threshold may be identified as candidate resources to migrate. Migration for the candidate resources may be opportunistically performed. In some embodiments, a priority may be assigned to the candidate resources according to which the candidate resources are selected for performing migration. |
| US10715459B2 |
Orchestration in a multi-layer network
Techniques are disclosed relating to creating and managing an information flow within a multi-layer computer network. In various embodiments, a computer system in a first layer within a multi-layer computer network, maintains state information defining an information flow within the multi-layer computer network. In various embodiments, the computer system assigns a particular action (that is included in the information flow) to be performed at a second, different layer of the multi-layer computer network. In various embodiments, the computer system generates program instructions to perform the particular action. The program instructions may be generated using device information accessible to the computer system and indicative of characteristics of a computer system within the second layer. In various embodiments, the computer system in the first layer causes the program instructions to be sent to the computer system in the second layer to perform the particular action as part of the defined information flow. |
| US10715456B2 |
Network device, controller, queue management method, and traffic management chip
This application describes a network device, a controller, a queue management method, and a traffic management chip. The method may be applied to a traffic management chip that uses an HQoS technology, and can include receiving a queue management instruction sent by a controller, where the queue management instruction includes an identifier of a first scheduler and an identifier of a first queue, and the first scheduler is one of multiple first-level schedulers. The method may also include controlling, according to the queue management instruction, scheduling of the first queue by the first scheduler, where a queue scheduled by the first scheduler belongs to a queue resource pool of the TM chip, and the queue resource pool includes at least one to-be-allocated queue. In this application, decoupling between queue allocation and the first-level schedulers is implemented, flexibility of queue allocation is improved, and utilization of queue resources is improved. |
| US10715455B2 |
Packet switching device modifying paths of flows of packets taken within while outputting packets in received intra-flow order but not necessarily inter-flow order
In one embodiment, for each distribution period of time, each packet flow is assigned to a path through a packet switching device (e.g., switch fabric) with all packets of the packet flow being sent in order over the assigned path. For a next distribution period, different paths are assigned for these packet flows, with all packets being sent in order over the new corresponding selected path. In one embodiment, these paths are switched often enough to prevent congestion, yet infrequent enough so as to minimize resources for reordering. In one embodiment, the reordering is done at the egress and only for predefined high bandwidth flows (e.g., elephant flows). A distribution period indication is typically associated with each packet to identify its corresponding distribution period. In one embodiment, each routing and egress switching stage in a switching fabric performs reordering. |
| US10715451B2 |
Efficient transport flow processing on an accelerator
Data processing apparatus includes a host processor and a network interface controller (NIC), which is configured to couple the host processor to a packet data network. A memory holds a flow state table containing context information with respect to computational operations to be performed on multiple packet flows conveyed between the host processor and the network. Acceleration logic is coupled to perform the computational operations on payloads of packets in the multiple packet flows using the context information in the flow state table. |
| US10715450B2 |
Method and apparatus for allocating bandwidth for a network
A method and apparatus for performing traffic engineering, e.g., allocating bandwidth, on a wireless access network are disclosed. For example, the method determines a number of subscriber stations (SSs) that a Base Station (BS) is capable of supporting in accordance with at least one performance objective for voice traffic, wherein the at least one performance objective for voice traffic comprises a type of codec. The method then allocates bandwidth by the base station in accordance with the number of subscriber stations that the base station is capable of supporting. |
| US10715448B2 |
System and/or method for predictive resource management in file transfer servers
Certain example embodiments relate to techniques for addressing resource utilization issues in network components (e.g., file transfer servers running out of memory, for example) by identifying and predicting scenarios that are likely to cause problems, and handling them gracefully, without having to deny service completely. Based on current runtime status information and a prediction of how a given request will impact the server and/or the network, a determination is made regarding whether that request is to be accepted by the server. If the total resource usage of the server exceeds or is likely to exceed a threshold: the speed at which requests being processed are being handled is controlled, such that (a) speeds of all but some of the requests are throttled, (b) throttled requests are neither terminated nor allowed to timeout, (c) as non-throttled requests are completed, requests that are throttled have their speeds increased in a predetermined manner. |
| US10715443B2 |
Effective handling of WCCP reject traffic
Systems, methods, and computer readable storage mediums are disclosed for the management of rejected traffic in a WCCP protocol. A request is received from a switch to redirect traffic from a client device to a cache engine. The cache engine determines that it cannot process traffic from the client device, and in response to the determination, sends a command to the switch to suspend traffic to the cache engine. The command includes instructions for one or more of removing a particular rule regarding routing of the traffic to the cache engine or modifying an access control list rule to exclude the cache engine. |
| US10715439B2 |
Longest prefix matching providing packet processing and/or memory efficiencies in processing of packets
One embodiment performs longest prefix matching operations in one or more different manners that provides packet processing and/or memory efficiencies in the processing of packets. In one embodiment, a packet switching device determines a set of one or more mask lengths of a particular conforming entry of a multibit trie or other data structure that matches a particular address of a packet via a lookup operation in a mask length data structure. A conforming entry refers to an entry which has less than or equal to a maximum number of different prefix lengths, with this maximum number corresponding to the maximum number of prefix lengths which can be searched in parallel in the address space for a longest matching prefix by the implementing hardware. The packet switching device then performs corresponding hash table lookup operation(s) in parallel in determining an overall longest matching prefix for the particular address. |
| US10715436B2 |
Dynamic loop detection and suppression
Systems and methods are described for effectively managing and maintaining a communication network by monitoring communications to detect a loop condition, and effectively route the communication to one or more destinations known to reduce or eliminate the occurrence of a looping condition. In one embodiment one or more computing devices may be configured to detect or assign an identifier to an incoming network communication, retrieve routing information from a routing database identifying one or more destinations to route the communication. The one or more computing devices may be further configured to compare the routing information with the identifier to determine an appropriate destination to route the communication. |
| US10715427B2 |
Determining routing decisions in a software-defined wide area network overlay
Some examples relate to determining routing decisions in a SD-WAN overlay. In an example, a controller in a SD-WAN overlay comprising a plurality of network nodes may receive respective routing and link information from a respective routing agent present on each network node of the plurality of network nodes. The controller may generate a Prefix tree based on the respective routing and link information received from the respective routing agent. The prefix tree may store prefixes along with respective prefix information. The controller may determine, for each prefix in the Prefix tree, a respective routing decision for each network node in the plurality of network nodes. The controller may distribute the respective routing decision to each network node in the plurality of network nodes in the SD-WAN overlay. |
| US10715426B2 |
Processing rule modification method, apparatus and device
A method includes receiving, by a forwarder, rule modification information sent by a controller. The rule modification information includes rule description match information and action instruction modification information. The rule description match information is used to determine a to-be-modified processing rule. Rule description information of the to-be-modified processing rule accords with the rule description match information, and the action instruction modification information is used to instruct to modify an action instruction specified in an instruction set of the to-be-modified processing rule. The method also includes modifying, by the forwarder, when the forwarder determines that rule description information of a first processing rule meets the rule description match information, an action instruction specified in an instruction set of the first processing rule according to the action instruction modification information. |
| US10715425B2 |
Intelligent routing of network packets on telecommunication devices
A telecommunication device configured to select one of a plurality of network connectivities of the telecommunication device to use for transmission of a network packet is described herein. The telecommunication device may select the network connectivity based on user routing criteria, connectivity metrics, or transmission times. The user routing criteria may be dynamically updated during a communication or connection, affecting selection of the network connectivity for further network packets. The network connectivities may be respectively associated with different network operators. Also, the telecommunication device may select a first network connectivity for transmitting a first network packet and a second network connectivity for transmitting a second network packet. Further, the telecommunication device may select a first network connectivity for uplink communications and a second network connectivity for downlink communications. |
| US10715422B2 |
Proactive reform of directed acyclic graph by accelerating parent advertisements
In one embodiment, a parent network device, operating according to a first Trickle operation using a first selected minimum contention interval, responds to detecting a loss of attached child network devices by starting a second Trickle operation using a second selected minimum contention interval. The second Trickle operation includes maintaining the second selected minimum contention interval for subsequent iterations of the second Trickle operation. The parent network device initiates an accelerated transmission rate of the advertisement message that is faster than the first and second Trickle operations (using a third selected minimum contention interval less than the first minimum contention interval) in response to receiving a message from one of the lost child network devices, and resumes the first Trickle operation upon recovery of all the lost child network devices. |
| US10715420B2 |
System, method and apparatus for implementing fast reroute (FRR)
The present disclosure provides system, method and apparatus for implementing fast reroute (FRR). The present disclosure provides a mechanism to associate working LSPs with a FRR LSP to protect against the node/link failures and can switch the traffic immediately upon LSP failure. Further, the present disclosure enables to communicate the status of FRR in use to the PCE so as to have centralized control over the FRR mechanism. |
| US10715417B2 |
Method for configuring stream communication path in network
A method for configuring a communication path comprises: receiving a first frame requesting to configure a communication path through which a stream is transmitted; configuring a table of the first communication node based on information included in the first frame, when a second frame having a same stream identifier as a stream identifier of the first frame is not received; increasing a hop count of the first frame; and transmitting the first frame including the increased hop count. |
| US10715414B2 |
Network communication methods and apparatus
The present invention includes various novel systems and methods for communication in a network. A System Environment Monitor is employed in some embodiments to extract from the network both real-time and historical Network Metrics at the Infrastructure Layer, as well as Application Metadata at the Application Layer. Network analytics facilitate decisions based upon the differing characteristics of Application Components and lower-level hardware components across multiple DTTs. In response, an SDN Controller generates modified sets of SDN Flows, and implements them in real time across a mixed technology (multi-DTT) network in a manner that avoids disrupting existing SDN Flows and other real-time network traffic. |
| US10715410B2 |
Connectivity verification testing and topology discovery
Systems and methods for performing connectivity verification testing and topology discovery in a reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer (ROADM) are provided. The ROADM can include a ROADM block having a plurality of internal ports connected to a fiber shuffle via respective optical fibers. The ROADM block includes a test signal transmitter configured to inject an outgoing test signal having a unique signature into each internal port. The outgoing test signals are out-of-band of optical data signals traversing the ROADM. The ROADM block includes a test signal monitor configured to monitor for incoming test signals at each of the internal ports. The test signal monitor is configured to validate, based on a signature of an incoming test signal received at an internal port of the ROADM block, whether a valid connection exists between the internal port and an internal port of a second ROADM block. |
| US10715408B2 |
Methods and apparatus for capturing and/or using packets to facilitate fault detection
Methods and apparatus for controlling monitoring operations performed by various devices, e.g., access points, in a communications network and for using information obtained by the devices which perform the monitoring are described. The methods are well suited for use in a system with a variety of access points, e.g., wireless and/or wired access points, which can be used to obtain access to the Internet or another network. An access point, which has been configured to monitor in accordance with received monitoring configuration information, e.g. on a per access point interface basis, captures packets, stores captured packets, and monitors to detect communications failures corresponding to communications devices using said access point. In response to detecting a communications failure, the access point generates, an event failure notification indicating the type of detected failure and sends the event failure notification to the network monitoring node along with corresponding captured packets. |
| US10715407B2 |
Dispatcher for adaptive data collection
This disclosure describes systems, methods, and computer-readable media for optimizing data collection in a distributed environment by leveraging real-time and historical data collection performance statistics and server performance data. In some configurations, a computing device can be initially configured for data collection. In such configurations, the initial configuration can include preferred target servers for a particular task. The computing device can request batches of data from the preferred target servers, and process the information through a buffer. Techniques and technologies described herein collect the batches of data from servers as well as corresponding data collection statistics (e.g., server performance per task, server historical performance, etc.) and server performance data (e.g. server status). |
| US10715400B2 |
System and methods utilizing dataset management user interface
A method of remotely controlling a device at a location is provided. A dataset is received from each of a plurality of different locations, comprising at least one data value of at least one monitorable device at the respective location. Based on the dataset, a user interface can be generated, comprising a primary interface element having plurality of matrix positions mapped to a surface of a sphere. In the user interface, an interactive object icon is displayed which is representative of a monitorable device positioned at the respective matrix position. A scale of each interactive object icon is indicative of the data value of the said monitorable device. After receiving a user input at an interactive object icon, a processor retrieves and displays the data value of a monitorable device associated with the interactive object icon, and a device is controlled at the location to perform a physical function. |
| US10715398B2 |
Controlling a user terminal to provide content items selected by a user
Provided is a control apparatus including a control unit configured to control, based on a content list as a list of content items to be provided by providing apparatuses that are connected to a network and capable of providing the content items and on connection relationship information indicating connection relationships between the providing apparatuses and input terminals of output apparatuses that are connected to the network and capable of outputting the content items, a providing apparatus to provide a selected content item that is selected from among the content items in the content list and an output apparatus including an input terminal to which the providing apparatus is connected, as control targets via the network. |
| US10715396B2 |
Support apparatus, non-transitory computer readable recording medium and setting method
A support apparatus includes: an obtaining part, which obtains status information respectively from one or a plurality of safety devices network-connected with a control apparatus; a selecting part, which selects the safety device to which device identification information is to be newly set based on the status information of each safety device; and a setting part, which determines and sets corresponding device identification information in accordance with an instruction from a user based on network identification information set for the network to which each safety device belongs and a network address of each safety device. |
| US10715395B2 |
Methods and apparatus for communication network
In some implementations of this invention, the performance of a network of reinforcement learning agents is maximized by optimizing the communication topology between the agents for the communication of gradients, weights or rewards. For instance, a sparse Erdos-Renyi network may be employed, and network density may be selected in such a way as to maximize reachability and to minimize homogeneity. In some cases, a sparse network topology is employed for massively distributed learning, such as across entire fleets of autonomous vehicles or mobile phones that learn from each other instead of requiring a master to coordinate learning. |
| US10715391B2 |
Cloud zone network analytics platform
A processing system including at least one processor may obtain first network analytics data from a plurality of zones of a telecommunication network, generate a set of policies from the first network analytics data via an apriori algorithm, where each policy in the set of policies comprises a pattern matching rule, and deploy policies of the set of policies to a plurality of edge devices in respective zones of the plurality of zones of the telecommunication network. The processing system may further receive, from at least one of the plurality of edge devices in one of the plurality of zones, a first alert of a first policy trigger of a first policy of the set of policies, and transmit a notification to a software defined network controller of the first policy trigger. |
| US10715389B2 |
Automatic controller configuration system
An automatic controller configuration system includes a chassis having a port. A transceiver connected to the port utilizes a number of lanes. A controller in the chassis is coupled to the port. The number of lanes utilized by the transceiver are identified, and the controller is configured to operate at a first speed utilizing the number of lanes. In response to detecting a signal transmitted by the transceiver and determining that a link provided via the transceiver has not been established with the controller operating at the first speed, the controller is reconfigured to operate at a second speed. In response to detecting the signal transmitted by the transceiver and determining that the link provided via the transceiver has been established with the controller operating at the second speed, the controller provides for communications with at least one device via the transceiver and at the second speed. |
| US10715384B2 |
Automatically modifying computer parameters as an incentive for complying with data policies
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for automatically modifying computer parameters as an incentive for complying with data policies. During operation, the system receives, at a computing system, a data policy definition, wherein the data policy definition comprises: one or more metrics associated with data usage, and one or more desired vectors associated with the one or more metrics. Next, the system receives, at the computing system, usage statistics for data, wherein the usage statistics comprise the one or more metrics for one or more clients. The system then analyzes the usage statistics to determine, at the computing system, a first score indicating how a first client in the one or more clients is performing compared to the one or more desired vectors for the one or more metrics. Finally, the system automatically modifies a parameter of the computing system associated with the first client based on the first score. |
| US10715381B2 |
Intelligent role selection for dual-role devices
Embodiments described herein are directed to mechanisms that enable roles (e.g., host vs. function, power provider vs. power consumer, master vs. slave, server vs. client, source vs. sink, upstream vs. downstream) to be dynamically assigned between two interconnected dual-role devices in an intelligent and deterministic manner based on the available context on each device. |
| US10715378B2 |
Hash-based selection of network packets for packet flow sampling in network communication systems
Systems and methods are disclosed for hash-based selection of network packets for packet flow sampling in network communication systems. Input packets associated with packet flows within a network communication system are received by a hash-based sampler. The hash-based sampler then generates hash values for the input packets based upon fields within the input packets. These fields are selected to identify packet flows for the input packets. The hash values for the input packets are then compared to a mask. The mask is configured to determine a subset of packet flows for which to forward packets. Based upon this comparison, certain input packets are selected to be forwarded for further processing, and non-selected packets are discarded. The further processing can include processing the selected input packets to generate flow statistics data (e.g., IPFIX) for the selected input packets. |
| US10715372B2 |
Method for obtaining information about cyclic prefix in wireless communication system and device for same
The present invention discloses a method for obtaining information for a cyclic prefix (CP) in a wireless communication system by a terminal and a device for the same. Specifically, a method for obtaining information for a cyclic prefix (CP) in a wireless communication system by a terminal includes: detecting a specific synchronization signal received from a base station via a first symbol of a first subframe; detecting the specific synchronization signal received from the base station via a second symbol of a second subframe; and obtaining information for the CP applied to transmission of the specific synchronization signal based on an offset value between an index of the first symbol and an index of the second symbol. |
| US10715371B2 |
Method and apparatus of NR RMSI coreset configuration in MIB
A method of a BS for control information configuration comprises determining a frequency offset including an RB and RE level frequency offset, wherein the frequency offset is determined based on a lowest RE of an SS/PBCH block and a lowest RE of CORESET for RMSI, jointly configuring, using a first field of 4 bits, the RB level frequency offset with a multiplexing pattern of the SS/PBCH block and the CORESET, a BW of the CORESET, and a number of symbols for the CORESET for a combination of a SCS of the SS/PBCH block and a SCS of the CORESET, configuring using a second field of the 4 bits generating an MIB including the RB level frequency offset and the RE level frequency offset; and transmitting, to a UE, the MIB over a PBCH. |
| US10715368B2 |
Generating packets having orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols
A communication device generates a first portion of a physical layer (PHY) preamble of a PHY data unit to include a first plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols. Each OFDM symbol of the first plurality of OFDM symbols is modulated on at most X OFDM subcarriers, where X is a positive integer greater than one. The communication device generates a second portion of the PHY preamble to include a second plurality of OFDM symbols. Each OFDM symbol of the second plurality of OFDM symbols is modulated on at most N*X OFDM subcarriers, where N is a positive integer greater than one. The communication device generates a PHY data portion of the PHY data unit to include one or more third OFDM symbols. Each third OFDM symbol is modulated on at most N*X OFDM subcarriers. The communication device transmits the PHY data unit via the wireless communication channel. |
| US10715367B2 |
Information transmission method and apparatus
An information transmission method related to the field of communications technologies includes: generating an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol, where the OFDM symbol includes a pi/2-BPSK modulated data signal and a pi/2-binary phase shift keying (BPSK) modulated phase tracking reference signal (PTRS); and sending the OFDM symbol. This method may be applied to an uplink single carrier transmission scenario or a downlink single carrier transmission scenario. |
| US10715365B2 |
Determining number of midambles in a packet
A communication device receives a physical layer (PHY) protocol data unit (PPDU). The PPDU includes i) a PHY preamble and ii) PHY data portion that includes one or more PHY midambles, and the PHY preamble includes i) an indication of a length of the PPDU, and ii) an indication of a periodicity of PHY midambles in the PHY data portion. The communication device calculates a number of PHY midambles in the PPDU using i) the indication of the length of the PPDU, and ii) the indication of the periodicity of PHY midambles. The communication device calculates a reception time for the PPDU using the calculated number of PHY midambles, and processes the PPDU using the calculated reception time. |
| US10715364B2 |
Uniformity between levels of a multi-level signal
Methods, systems, and devices for improving uniformity between levels of a multi-level signal are described. Techniques are provided herein to unify peak-to-peak voltage differences between the amplitudes of data transmitted using multi-level signaling. Such multi-level signaling may be configured to increase a data transfer rate without increasing the frequency of data transfer and/or a transmit power of the communicated data. An example of multi-level signaling scheme may be pulse amplitude modulation (PAM). Each unique symbol of the multi-level signal may be configured to represent a plurality of bits of data. |
| US10715358B1 |
Circuit for and method of receiving signals in an integrated circuit device
A circuit for receiving signals in an integrated circuit device. The circuit comprises a first equalizer circuit having a first input for receiving a first input signal and generating an output signal at a first output; a second equalizer circuit having a second input for receiving the output signal generated at the first output of the first equalizer circuit and having a second output; and a control circuit having a control output coupled to the second output of the second equalizer circuit; wherein the control circuit provides an offset cancellation signal or a loopback signal to the second output of the second equalizer circuit. A method of receiving signals in an integrated circuit is also described. |
| US10715353B2 |
Virtual local area network identifiers for service function chaining fault detection and isolation
Systems and methods of Service Function Chaining (SFC) fault detection and fault isolation include injecting a first frame with a first Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) Identifier (ID) tag at an input to the SFC, wherein the first VLAN ID is dedicated to fault detection and a plurality of classifiers in the SFC are configured to pass the first frame with the first VLAN ID through the SFC; detecting the first frame with the first VLAN ID tag at an output of the SFC; and determining connectivity of the SFC based on the detecting. The systems and methods can further include injecting a second frame with a second VLAN ID tag through a plurality of services of the SFC; detecting the second frame at each output of each of the plurality of services; and determining a location of the fault based on the detecting the second frame. |
| US10715352B2 |
Reducing data transmissions in a virtual private network
A source node can append a unique identifier to an outbound client packet, transmit the outbound client packet to a recipient node via a port, and create a transmission record including: the unique identifier, a time stamp of the outbound client packet, and an identifier for the port. The source node can receive an inbound client packet that is appended with the unique identifier and a delta time indicating an amount of elapsed time between the recipient node receiving the outbound client packet and the recipient node transmitting the inbound client packet. The source node can determine a performance level of a VPN tunnel provided by the port based on the time stamp value of the outbound client packet, the delta time, and a time stamp value of the inbound client packet indicating a time at which the inbound client packet was received by the source node. |
| US10715350B2 |
Automatic addressing of networked nodes
A network and method for addressing the network includes a host controller, a communication bus connected to the host controller, and a plurality of nodes connected to the communication bus. Each of the plurality of nodes includes a node controller, a communication input, and a communication output. The node controller is configured to receive an address from the host controller, provide an acknowledgement of receipt of the address to the host controller, and connect the communication input to the communication output upon receipt of the address. |
| US10715347B2 |
Building automation management
A method of building automation control from a computing device is provided and includes a computing device: accessing a building automation network through one or more network connections and identifying automated devices attached to that building automation network; determining a user interface structure for the automated devices and a device user interface for each automated device from device names of the automated devices on the building automation network; providing a user interface comprising the user interface structure and the device user interfaces on the computing device; and controlling one or more of the automated devices over one of the one or more network connections using instructions received over the user interface. |