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| US10783295B1 |
Netlist partitioning for designs targeting a data processing engine array
An example method for compiling includes, by a processor-based system: obtaining a netlist of an application, the netlist containing program nodes and respective edges between the program nodes, the application to be implemented on a device comprising an array of data processing engines; partitioning the netlist into a plurality of partitions; for each of the plurality of partitions: generating a global mapping of the program nodes based on a representation of the array of data processing engines and using an integer linear programming (ILP) algorithm; generating a detailed mapping of the program nodes based on the global mapping; and translating the detailed mapping for each of the plurality of partitions to a file. |
| US10783294B2 |
System, method, and non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing a program recorded thereon for supporting a design of a circuit including a stochastic operation element
A circuit design support system, a circuit design support method, a circuit design support program, and a recording medium having the program recorded thereon are provided by which a design can be performed in consideration of the stochastic operation of the stochastic operation element and the influence caused by the stochastic operation of the stochastic operation element on the operation reliability of the circuit can be evaluated. |
| US10783292B1 |
Automated analog layout
An automated analog layout tool creates not just one, but many electrically correct layouts from an input schematic. Designers can explore multiple layout options in a fraction of the time needed to produce just a single layout by hand. Because the tool produces layout results so quickly, parasitics are available for simulation early in the design process, further speeding the entire design cycle. The tool considers place and route concurrently. |
| US10783286B1 |
Network on-chip topology generation
The present disclosure provides a computer-based method and system for synthesizing a NoC. Physical data, device data, bridge data and traffic data are determined based on an input specification for the NoC. A virtual channel (VC) is assigned to each traffic flow. A head of line (HoL) conflict graph (HCG) is constructed based on the traffic data and the VC assignments. A color is assigned to each HCG node to minimize HoL conflicts. A traffic graph (TG) is constructed for each color based on the physical data, the bridge data, the traffic data and the HCG, and a candidate topology is generated for each color based on the respective TG. The candidate topology for each color is merged to create a merged candidate topology, and the routers within the merged candidate topology are merged to generate a final topology for the NoC. |
| US10783285B2 |
System for obtaining and classifying energy characteristics
An approach and system for receiving data from a thermostat in a building, treating the data as representative of a thermal response model or system, and determining a relationship between a rate of building internal temperature change and change in outdoor temperature to provide an indication of how well a building is insulated versus a thermal mass of the building. |
| US10783277B2 |
Blockchain-type data storage
This disclosure relates to blockchain-type data storage. In one aspect, a method includes receiving, by a database server, multiple second data records. Each second data record includes a first data record having a user identifier and a digital signature of the first data record. Hash values of the second data records are determined. In response to a blockchain-type block generation condition being satisfied, the database server determines two or more second data records to be written in a data block. An Nth data block that includes a hash value and a block height is generated. N is a sequence number of the Nth data block in a sequence of data blocks. When N>1, generating the Nth data block includes determining the hash value for the Nth data block based on the hash values of the two or more second data records and a hash value of a (N−1)th data block. |
| US10783276B2 |
Systems and methods for multiple photo feed stories
Techniques to allow for ease of navigation within a photo browsing interface of a social networking system. In one embodiment, a designation of a first image for sharing is received from within at least one of a single-image view and a camera view. Based on the designation, the first image is added to a communication. The designation may be based on a user selection of an option provided by an interface of a mobile device. The first image may be received from within a social networking application or from within a dedicated camera application. In another embodiment, the privacy level of the communication and the designated images is based on the privacy setting of a user. The communication and the designated images may contain tag data identifying one or more people on a social networking system. In an alternative embodiment, the privacy level of the communication and designated images is adjusted according to the one or more people identified in the tag data. |
| US10783275B1 |
Electronic alerts for confidential content disclosures
A method may include receiving content included in a social media post of a user; analyzing the content included in the social media post to determine a likelihood that the social media post contains security information associated with the user; transmitting an alert to a computing device of the user, based on the analyzing, that the content includes the security information associated with the user; and presenting an option to change the security information. |
| US10783274B2 |
Anonymized data sharing for multitenant document editing engine
A method for anonymized data sharing for a multitenant document editing engine is provided. The method may include retrieving, by at least querying a local data store of a first tenant in a multitenant environment, data including a first content from a first document associated with the first tenant. The data may be anonymized. The anonymization of the data may include generating a second content by at least replacing a first information included in the first content with a second information. A recommendation to include and/or exclude the second content from a second document associated with the second tenant may be provided to a first client associated with a second tenant in the multitenant environment. Related systems and articles of manufacture, including computer program products, are also provided. |
| US10783273B2 |
Personal content control on media device using mobile user device
A method for controlling personal content on a media device includes establishing, at the media device, a wireless connection with a mobile user device using a wireless communication circuit of the media device; receiving, from the mobile user device, account information for an account associated with personal content, the personal content of the account accessible by the media device from a server computer over a communication network or from a memory of the media device; receiving, from the mobile user device, a usage term for accessing or using the personal content of the account; and controlling access to or usage of the personal content of the account by the media device based on the received account information and the usage term. |
| US10783272B2 |
Method and system of preserving privacy for usage of lightweight blockchain clients
A method of preserving privacy for usage of a lightweight blockchain client in a blockchain network includes using, in a full blockchain node of the blockchain network, a secure software guard extensions (SGX) enclave. A request is received from the lightweight blockchain client for a setup of a secure network connection. A client unique ID is received from the lightweight blockchain client, and is acknowledged following a successful attestation by the lightweight blockchain client. A request is received from the lightweight blockchain client for transaction(s)/address(es) of the lightweight blockchain client. The SGX enclave loads and searches unspent transaction outputs (UTXO) from a memory of the full blockchain node and sends a response to the request from the lightweight blockchain client for the transaction(s)/address(es) based on a match from the searching the UTXO. The secure communication is then terminated with the lightweight blockchain client. |
| US10783267B2 |
Centralized throttling service
A method and system are provided that may centralize the management of applications that access the data of social networks via API calls. A central service may generate tokens at a generation rate that permit an application to access an API. The tokens may be distributed to queues associated with certain content types. The relative distribution of tokens to each queue may be determined by rules. A queue may release tokens to applications that function to access the content type associated with the queue. The token generation rate and rules may be selected to prevent violation of the rate limits for the API. |
| US10783266B2 |
Systems and methods for access control and data management
A system and method includes: ingesting the computing resource ingestion group at a remote access control service by generating a replica computing resource ingestion group, wherein ingesting the computing resource ingestion group includes replicating each of the plurality of computing resources of the computer network to a remote storage of the remote access control service; applying different permissioning indicia to disparate subsets of the plurality of computing resources of the replica computing resource ingestion group; generating permissioning nexus between each of the one or more accessor groups and the disparate subsets of the plurality of computing resources of the replica computing resource ingestion group, wherein generating the one or more permissioning nexus includes applying one of the different permissioning indicia to each of the one or more accessor groups; disabling access to the computing resource ingestion group at the computer network based on generating the permissioning nexus. |
| US10783261B1 |
Systems and methods for preventing sensitive information exposure based on a surrounding audience
The disclosed computer-implemented method for preventing sensitive information exposure based on a surrounding audience may include (1) detecting, from one or more communication devices, surrounding audience data associated with an audience presentation on a presentation device, the audience presentation including sensitive information and non-sensitive information, (2) determining an audience profile based on the surrounding audience data, the audience profile identifying one or more unintended audience members in the surrounding audience, (3) assigning an information exposure policy to the audience presentation based on the audience profile, and (4) performing a security action to enforce the information exposure policy on the presentation device such that the sensitive information is prevented from being exposed to the surrounding audience during the audience presentation. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed. |
| US10783255B2 |
Trust agents
Systems and techniques are provided for trust agents. Trust agents may be enabled. A state determination may be received from each of the enabled trust agents. The state determination may indicate either a trusted state or an untrusted state. The received state determinations may be combined to determine a security state. A security measure may be enabled or disabled based on the determined security state. |
| US10783254B2 |
Systems and methods for risk rating framework for mobile applications
Systems, methods and computer readable medium for training a risk rating system for assessing a risk of a mobile application are disclosed. One or more features representing operational characteristics of mobile applications and malware are extracted. A first learning classifier and a second learning classifier are trained using the extracted features. A machine learning risk rating model is generated, based on the combination of the first learning classifier and the second learning classifier to calculate a risk rating based on the features and a correlation of the features. Systems, methods, and computer readable medium for assessing a risk for a mobile application are also disclosed. One or more features of a mobile application are extracted. A learning classifier is applied to the extracted features. A risk rating is determined based on the result of the classifier. |
| US10783250B2 |
Secured master-mediated transactions between slave devices using bus monitoring
A secured device includes an interface and a processor. The interface is configured to connect to a bus, to which a host and a second device are coupled. At least the second device operates over the bus in a slave mode, and the host operates on the bus as a bus master that initiates transactions on the bus, at least on behalf of the secured device. The processor is configured to request the host to initiate, for the secured device, a transaction that accesses the second device over the bus, to monitor one or more signals on the bus, at least within a period during which the host accesses the second device over the bus in performing the requested transaction, and to identify, based on the monitored signals, whether a security violation occurred in performing the requested transaction. |
| US10783249B2 |
Root virus removal method and apparatus, and electronic device
Embodiments of the present application provide a method and apparatus for removing a root-privileged virus and an electronic device. The method includes: scanning the smart device to find a root-privileged virus file; obtaining a root-privileged removing process according to the virus file; and removing the root-privileged virus file according to a preset removing strategy by using the root-privileged removing process. As a root-privileged process is directly obtained in this embodiment by using a found virus file, the smart device can obtain the root privileges more quickly, improving the speed of killing the root-privileged virus. |
| US10783244B2 |
Information processing system, information processing method, and program
An information processing system may be configured to count the number of one or more first time periods being included in a target time period. Each of the one or more first time periods has a plurality of communications each of which satisfies at least a condition. The plurality of communications includes two communications which are more distant from each other than a second time period which is shorter than the first time period. |
| US10783242B2 |
Method and semiconductor circuit for protecting an operating system of a security system of a vehicle
The disclosure relates to a method for protecting an operating system of a security system, which is stored in a working memory of a control device of a vehicle, against irregular modification. |
| US10783241B2 |
System and methods for sandboxed malware analysis and automated patch development, deployment and validation
A system and methods for sandboxed malware analysis and automated patch development, deployment and validation, that uses a business operating system, vulnerability scoring engine, binary translation engine, sandbox simulation engine, at least one network endpoint, at least one database, a network, and a combination of machine learning and vulnerability probing techniques, to analyze software, locate any vulnerabilities or malicious behavior, and attempt to patch and prevent undesired behavior from occurring, autonomously. |
| US10783238B2 |
Automating password change management
A password management service provides automated password management. In one embodiment, a method for automating password changes begins in response to a determination that automated password changes are authorized. In response, a data mining session is initiated. Within the data mining session, a set of third party applications or sites are identified. Then, and responsive to receipt of a password reset flow authorization, a password reset flow to one or more of the third party applications or sites is initiated by the service. Thereafter, and still within the data mining session, and for each of the one or more third party applications or sites, a determination is made whether a password reset confirmation link has been received by the service. In response to a determination that a password reset confirmation link has been received for a given third party application or site, the service uses the password reset confirmation link to perform an automated password reset and thereby obtain a new user password for the application or site. |
| US10783236B2 |
Non-repudiation of broadcast messaging
A method performed by a computing system includes receiving from a publishing entity a message and a first piece of evidence that the message was sent by the publishing entity, time-stamping the first piece of evidence, storing the time-stamped first piece of evidence, sending the message to a first subscribing entity, receiving from the first subscribing entity a second piece of evidence that the message was received by the first subscribing entity, time-stamping the second piece of evidence, and storing the time-stamped second piece of evidence. |
| US10783234B2 |
Systems for enabling tokenized wearable devices
A method for authenticating a wearable device is disclosed. The method includes: receiving, a signal representing an indication that the wearable device is in active use; in response to receiving the signal, updating a device database to associate a first status with the wearable device; receiving, from a tokenization service provider (TSP), a signal representing a first code derived by the TSP from decrypting a security token previously provisioned in the wearable device, wherein the security token was received at a terminal from the wearable device and transmitted to the TSP; obtaining, based on the received first code, a device identifier of the wearable device and an identifier of an account; querying the device database to verify that the wearable device is associated with the first status; verifying that the account is enabled for an operation initiated using the wearable device; and transmitting an authorization message to the terminal, the authorization message authorizing the operation. |
| US10783229B2 |
Robotic process automation using controller execution model
Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for implementing a robotic process automation using controller execution model. The present invention is configured to receive electronically, from a user computing device, a request to establish a communication link with a hosted virtual desktop (HVD) bot; determine a controller hosted virtual desktop (CHVD) hub associated with the HVD bot, wherein the CHVD hub comprises one or more HVD bots connected to the CHVD hub in a hub-and-spoke configuration, wherein the HVD bot is accessible only via the CHVD hub; receive one or more authentication credentials associated with the CHVD from an encrypted credential repository; validate the one or more authentication credentials associated with the CHVD, wherein validating further comprises authorizing the user computing device to access to the CHVD hub; and establish a communication link between the user computing device and the HVD bot, via the CHVD. |
| US10783223B2 |
Hybrid signal processing circuit for implantable medical devices and methods
An implantable medical device and method are provided for comprising a sensing circuit that is configured to sense and output physiologic data indicative of a physiologic characteristic of a patient and at least one processor. A memory is coupled to the at least one processor. The memory stores program instructions and processed data. The program instructions are executable by the at least one processor to execute general operational functions within the IMD. A hybrid signal processing (HSP) circuit is coupled to the at least one processor and the sensing circuit. The HSP circuit is adapted to filter the physiologic data. The HSP circuit comprises a plurality of first order filters, a plurality of higher order filters, and a switch matrix that is configured to interconnect a combination of the first and higher order filters to form a hybrid digital filter having a select composite frequency response that utilizes no more than a select power demand. |
| US10783219B2 |
Distributed equipment abnormality detection system for monitoring physical amounts of equipments and detecting abnormality of each equipment
A distributed equipment abnormality detection system is provided for monitoring physical amounts of equipments of identical type and detecting an abnormality of each equipment. The distributed equipment abnormality detection system includes equipment management apparatuses that manage the equipments; and a management server apparatus for communicating the equipment management apparatuses. Each equipment management apparatus includes a communication unit that communicates with the management server apparatus; a measurement unit that repeatedly measures the physical amount of the equipment; a distribution information generation unit that calculates distribution information from the measured physical amount; a distribution comparison unit that calculates a difference between the distribution information generated by the distribution information generation unit, and integrated distribution information on the entire equipments delivered from the management server apparatus; and an abnormality determination unit that determines whether or not the equipment is abnormal based on the calculated difference. |
| US10783217B2 |
Inverse transformation using pruning for video coding
A method for decoding an encoded video bit stream in a video decoder is provided that includes determining a scan pattern type for a transform block to be decoded, decoding a column position X and a row position Y of a last non-zero coefficient in the transform block from the encoded video bit stream, selecting a column-row inverse transform order when the scan pattern type is a first type, selecting a row-column inverse transform order when the scan pattern type is a second type, and performing one dimensional (1D) inverse discrete cosine transformation (IDCT) computations according to the selected transform order to inversely transform the transform block to generate a residual block. |
| US10783216B2 |
Methods and apparatus for in-place fast Fourier transform
Various embodiments of the present technology may comprise a method and apparatus for in-place fast Fourier transform (FFT). According to various embodiments, the apparatus comprises a RAM, having a single address space, divided into a plurality of sub-memory spaces, where the number of sub-memory spaces is a function of a length of the FFT such that the two inputs are always from different sub-memories, as are the two outputs. According to various embodiments, the apparatus may further comprise a division circuit configured to perform a “bitwise” division operation in order to convert addresses from the aforementioned single address space to the particular sub-memories and addresses within them. According to various embodiments, the apparatus may further comprise a butterfly processor capable of performing a butterfly operation. |
| US10783215B2 |
Digital image and content display systems and methods
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for displaying images and contextually relevant content on a digital content platform, such as a web page. In one embodiment, for example, the systems and methods include receiving a request for content call from an end-user device, identifying content that is contextually relevant to the image, delivering the content to the end-user device, and delivering a computer-readable instruction that causes the end-user device to perform an animation that displays the content in a spatial relationship with respect to the image as originally published. The spatial relationship is defined such that the content appears to be displayed on a backside of the image. |
| US10783206B2 |
Method and system for recommending text content, and storage medium
A method for information recommendation is described. Processing circuitry obtains a first text content associated with which a recommendation is to be provided, segments the first text content into multiple words, and predicts a distribution of the first text content in a multi-dimensional topic space based on the multiple words. Further, the processing circuitry calculates a correlation between the first text content and a second text content in an information pool according to the distribution of the first text content in the multi-dimensional topic space. Then, the processing circuitry determines whether to output the second text content as the recommendation associated with the first text content according to the correlation. |
| US10783205B2 |
Mobile device having cognitive contacts
A method of dynamically rendering cognitive contacts that includes: identifying transitory contacts of interest to a user of a mobile device in various contexts; identifying various contexts applicable to the user; sorting the transitory contacts of interest into transitory contact types; mapping the various contexts to the transitory contact types into a mapping table; deriving a present context pertaining to a user of the mobile device; querying the mapping table for transitory contact types applicable to the present context; dynamically rendering the applicable transitory contact types to the user in a transitory contacts screen on the mobile device; and responsive to the user selecting one of the applicable transitory contact types, displaying the transitory contacts of interest in the transitory contacts screen on the mobile device corresponding to the transitory contact type. |
| US10783202B2 |
Analyzing concepts over time
A method and apparatus are provided for automatically generating and processing first and second concept vector sets extracted, respectively, from a first set of concept sequences and from a second, temporally separated, concept sequences by performing a natural language processing (NLP) analysis of the first concept vector set and second concept vector set to detect changes in the corpus over time by identifying changes for one or more concepts included in the first and/or second set of concept sequences. |
| US10783200B2 |
Systems and methods of de-duplicating similar news feed items
The technology disclosed relates to de-duplicating contextually similar news feed items. In particular, it relates to assembling a set of news feed items from a plurality of electronic sources and preprocessing the set to generate normalized news feed items that share common company-name mentions and token occurrences. The normalized news feed items are used to calculate one or more resemblance measures based on a sequence alignment score and/or a hyperlink score. The sequence alignment score determines contextual similarity between news feed item pairs, arranged as sequences, based on a number of matching elements in the news feed item sequences and a number of edit operations, such as insertion, deletion, and substitution, required to match the news feed item sequences. The hyperlink score determines contextual similarity between news feed item pairs by comparing the respective search results retrieved in response to supplying the news feed item pairs to a search engine. |
| US10783193B2 |
Program, method, and system for execution of software services
A software service execution system includes: a software library storing software services, each obtaining and processing input data from a specified input URI (uniform resource identifier) and outputting the result to a specified output URI; a metadata graph representing the software services, each being identifiable by a predicate defining a relationship between a subject vertex and an object vertex, the subject vertex storing the specified input URI and being linked by a directed edge labelled with the predicate to the object vertex storing the specified output URI; a metadata graph query interface receiving a query requesting a queried vertex, linked by a defined traversal path along one or more edges to a source vertex; a software service execution controller controlling the execution of the software services identified by specified predicates labelling edges on the defined traversal path, in an order determined by the defined traversal path. |
| US10783191B1 |
Computer data distribution architecture for efficient distribution and synchronization of plotting processing and data
Described are methods, systems and computer readable media for computer data distribution architecture for efficient distribution and synchronization of plotting processing and data. |
| US10783190B2 |
Blockchain-based smart contract invocation method and apparatus, and electronic device
Techniques for invocating a smart contract are described. One example method includes receiving a target transaction that is used to initiate an invocation of a smart contract, wherein the target transaction comprises invocation data, and wherein the invocation data comprises a data digest associated with target data stored in a third-party storage system interconnected with a blockchain; querying the target data from the third-party storage system; receiving a query result returned by the third-party storage system, wherein the query result comprises encrypted target data; obtaining a key to decrypt the encrypted target data to generate decrypted target data; performing a content verification on the decrypted target data; determining that the content verification succeeds; invoking the smart contract to perform a smart contract computation on the invocation data; and storing a computation result in a distributed database associated with the blockchain after the smart contract computation is completed. |
| US10783182B2 |
Method for providing advertisement using keyword of music content
A method for providing an advertisement using a keyword of music content. The method includes storing information on musicians, and one or more tags corresponding to each of the musicians in a first database, storing information on music pieces, and one or more tags corresponding to each of the music pieces in a second database, storing information on music contents in a third database, acquiring tags corresponding to a musician and music piece corresponding to each of the music contents stored in the third database from the first database and the second database, storing the acquired tags in the third database, searching for the music contents stored in the third database using a first keyword as matching one of the one or more tags keywords stored in the third database, allocating the advertisement to the selected music contents. |
| US10783180B2 |
Tool for mining chat sessions
A method comprises counting, in a transcript of a chat session between a first user and a second user, for each theme of a plurality of themes, a number of occurrences of each keyword of a plurality of keywords assigned to a theme of a plurality of themes. The method further comprising identifying one or more themes of the chat session based on the number of occurrences of each keyword, counting the number of occurrences of a word of a first set of words and a word of a second set of words in the transcript, and assigning the transcript into a first group or a second group based on the one or more identified themes and the number of occurrences of first words and second words. |
| US10783176B2 |
Enhanced item development using automated knowledgebase search
Systems and methods of the present invention provide for: selecting a word pair and a category, concept, or sample response from a data store; performing a data extraction on a first knowledge base, including an article or content associated with a word in the word pair or a list of articles linking to the category, concept, or sample response; inserting words generated from the data extraction into a data store; defining a difficulty level for each of the words according to a crawl of difficulty data in a second knowledge base; and rendering a GUI displaying the words and the difficulty level for each of the words. |
| US10783174B1 |
Systems and methods for collection, management, and distribution of data using a crowdsourced knowledge database
Systems and methods for collection, management, and distribution of data with a crowdsourced knowledge data base are disclosed. The systems and methods may be configured for: storing information in a standardized format in one or more network-based databases having a collection of records stored thereon; providing remote access to users over a network so any one of the users can update the information about a record in the collection of records in real time through a graphical user interface, wherein the one of the users provides the updated information in a non-standardized format; converting the updated information into the standardized format; storing the standardized updated information in the database in the standardized format; generating a message containing the updated information whenever one has been stored; and transmitting the message to all of the users over the network in real time, so that each user has immediate access to up-to-date information. |
| US10783173B2 |
Methods and systems for selecting and analyzing geospatial data on a discrete global grid system
Various embodiments are described herein for systems and methods for allowing user at a client terminal to interacts with a graphical user interface having a DGGS globe to perform spatial analysis on DGGS spatial data based on a spatial query on unified spatial data that may be obtained from distributed geospatial data sources having different data formats. The spatial analysis results can include a resulting collection of cells that can be displayed on the DGGS globe and/or aggregated spatial statistics that can be displayed in a DGGS legend at the graphical user interface. In one aspect, the spatial analysis can be iteratively performed to obtain a refined resulting collection of cells and aggregated spatial statistics. In another aspect, the resulting cells and/or aggregated spatial statistics can be added to a geospatial data source that can be accessed by another client terminal that is performing other geospatial analysis. |
| US10783166B2 |
List accumulation and reminder triggering
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for list accumulation and reminder triggering. In one aspect, a method includes receiving, at a data processing apparatus, a first input comprising a plurality of terms; determining, by the data processing apparatus, that one or more of the terms in the first input specify an item that belongs to a reminder category, the reminder category being associated with a collection of items that belong to the category and for which reminders may be generated; and in response to the determination, storing data that associates a reminder type with the item specified by the one or more terms. |
| US10783165B2 |
Synchronizing multiple devices
An apparatus, and computer program product for synchronously starting programs on multiple devices connected to a server is provided. A synchronous point of a program to be synchronously started for each of the multiple devices is identified. A wait function is dynamically injected into the synchronous point for each of the multiple devices. A start time from the server is received in response to the multiple devices entering a waiting state. The programs are synchronously started in response to the start time arriving for each of the multiple devices. |
| US10783160B2 |
System and method for scalable distributed real-time data warehouse
A computation system-on-a-chip (CSoC) includes a first scalable distributed real-time Data Warehousing (sdrDW) engine and a network interface coupled to the first sdrDW engine, where the network interface is coupled to an interconnect, and where the CSoC is configured to transmit a task request over the interconnect to a first networked bulk storage controller (NBSC) requesting that a task be performed on a bulk storage medium. |
| US10783159B2 |
Question answering with entailment analysis
Techniques for question answering involve receiving, from a user, a text input expressing a question in natural language. In response to the question, a text output expressing an answer to the question may be generated. A plurality of documents comprising natural language text may be analyzed, involving mapping the question to one or more hypotheses, analyzing at least one passage of text in at least one of the documents to determine whether the passage entails at least one of the hypotheses, and in response to determining that the passage entails at least one of the hypotheses, identifying the passage as providing supporting evidence for the answer to the question. The answer and the at least one passage identified as providing supporting evidence for the answer may be presented to the user in response to the text input. |
| US10783154B2 |
Transposing of ranking models
Aspects of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for transposing ranking models. The method includes computer processors determining an initial ranking modeling framework for a record based on analyzing data from a plurality of sources. The record includes a plurality of objects and an object includes at least one feature. The method further includes computer processors determining a mapping of relationships between features included in the record. The method further includes computer processors identifying a user selection of a feature. The method further includes computer processors determining a transposition path between the user selected feature and a set of features having a determined mapped relationship to the user selected feature. The method further includes computer processors modifying ranking information associated with features included in the determined transposition path. The method further includes computer processors reordering the record based on the modified ranking information. |
| US10783152B2 |
Information processing apparatus and data comparison method
A storage unit stores hyperplane information indicating a first hyperplane, and second and third hyperplanes parallel to the first hyperplane. A computing unit generates a first binary value based on whether the position of a first feature vector is in the direction of a normal vector relative to the second hyperplane, a second binary value based on whether the position of the first feature vector is in the direction of the normal vector relative to the third hyperplane, and a third binary value based on whether the position of a second feature vector is in the direction of the normal vector relative to the first hyperplane, and determines a degree of similarity between the pieces of comparison data, based on a result of multiplying the exclusive OR result of the first and third binary values and the exclusive OR result of the second and third binary values. |
| US10783149B2 |
Dynamic productivity content rendering based upon user interaction patterns
An efficient blend of home/personal and work/productivity related content based on a user's intent is provided, wherein the user's intent can be determined based on context information, learned user interaction patterns, and historical work and home characteristics and patterns. The system is individualized to the user and operative to generate a user experience that provides a blend of relevant home/personal and work/productivity related information to the user based on the user's current work and life characteristics. From determined user intent, various aspects provide personalized computing experiences tailored to the user and, in some examples, incorporation of the user's patterns into an efficient blend of personal and productivity workflows. In further examples, the blend of home/personal and work/productivity related content and workflows are selectively displayed to the user such that screen resources are efficiently and advantageously allocated based on a determined relevance to the user's current work and life characteristics. |
| US10783143B2 |
Computing columnar information during join enumeration
Techniques are described herein for computing columnar information during join enumeration in a database system. The computation occurs in two phases: the first phase involves a pre-computational phase that is only run once per query block to initialize and prepare a set of data structures. The second phase is an incremental approach that takes place for every query sub-plan. Upon completion of the second phase, the generated projected attributes of a query sub-plan are associated as columnar information associated with the query sub-plan, and used to compute the query execution cost. Subsequently, based on the computed query execution cost, the query sub-plan may be executed as part of the query execution plan. |
| US10783136B1 |
Management of garbage data in distributed systems
Method for writing objects into an object storage. Performing, on a protocol end point: receiving a client request for inserting an object into the object storage, wherein the object has a name and object data; generating a unique ID (UID) for the object; sending, to a name server (NS), a request for creating a guard entry (GE). The GE has a lifetime that defines when the name-object pair is inserted into the object storage. A request to an object server (OS) atomically creates a Garbage Collection Entry and assigns space for the object data. The GCE has a lifetime that defines when the object data is inserted into the object storage; sending, to the OS, object data for writing to storage; sending, to the NS, a request for writing the name; and sending response to the client, to report success after requests to the NS and the OS are successful. |
| US10783128B2 |
Rule based data processing
A computer-implemented method and a computer system are proposed. According to the method, content and a rule are obtained. The rule specifies a condition associated with the content and an action to be performed if the condition is satisfied. A profile, instructions and chain code are determined at least based on the rule. The profile is used for recording a result of the action. The instructions are used for monitoring whether the condition is satisfied and for updating the profile. The chain code is used for operating a blockchain. In response to the condition being satisfied, the profile is updated and the updated profile is stored in association with the content and the rule into the blockchain by the chain code. |
| US10783127B2 |
Componentized data storage
There are provided computer systems and methods for performing componentized data storage. Such a system includes a hardware processor, a system memory, and a data componentization unit including a data resolution module and a data archiving module stored in the system memory. The hardware processor is configured to execute the data componentization unit to receive a data file including multiple data types, and to transform the data file into data components corresponding respectively to the multiple data types. The hardware processor is further configured to execute the data componentization unit to generate database entries each including one of the data components, and to store each of the database entries in one of multiple databases based on the data type corresponding to the data component included in the database entry. |
| US10783125B2 |
Automatic data purging in a database management system
A computer-implemented method for managing a database space includes writing, via a processor, a purge rule to a database management system (DBMS). When the purge rule is executed by the DBMS they automatically purge data in one or more databases at regular intervals. The method includes executing, via a DBMS processor, the purge rule. The purge rule is configured to define, via the DBMS processor, a purge object having purge object attributes without user intervention, and purge, via the DBMS processor, the data based on the purge rule at intervals defined by the purge rule attributes and without user intervention. |
| US10783124B2 |
Data migration in a networked computer environment
Data structures stored on a source database are migrated to a destination database in which the data are structured in a different format than that of the source database. Dictionaries are stored that are based on representations of the data structures stored on the source database that are formatted in other than the structural format used on the source database for the data structures. One of the data structures and a corresponding one of the dictionaries are transferred from the source database to a destination database. The transferred data structure is loaded onto the destination database in accordance with the transferred dictionary. |
| US10783123B1 |
Generating configuration files
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for generating configuration files. One of the methods includes presenting a plurality of configuration types to a user, each configuration type associated with a schema. The methods include the actions of receiving a selection of a configuration type. The method includes presenting a user interface to the user, the user interface including a plurality of fields, at least some of the fields corresponding attributes of the schema. The method includes receiving a plurality of values. The method includes generating a configuration file based on the plurality of values and the schema. |
| US10783122B2 |
Method and apparatus for recording and managing data object relationship data
The invention relates to a method and apparatus for recording and maintaining stored information system object relationship information. Information contained within a stored information system (including system catalogs, referential constraints, triggers, table hierarchies, column references, indexes, stored program packages, system catalogs, stored procedures, stored queries, log/trace files of dynamically executed code, etc.) are searched to identify dependency relationships between objects. This object relationship information is stored and maintained in an information base. Information within the information based may be organized based upon subsets of objects that support a common application, service, or capability. Object relationship data is used to facilitate stored information system administration activities such as generating/restoring from archives, physically/logically segmenting data objects, replicating data objects; optimizing the distribution of data in distributed data system; and estimating operational capacity. |
| US10783113B2 |
Data retention framework
Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with a data retention framework that enforces archive eligibility criteria beyond a simple retention period are described. In one embodiment, a method includes identifying a record that has been stored in a primary data store for at least a retention period prescribed for the record and evaluating the record to determine if archive eligibility criteria for the record are met. When the archive eligibility criteria is met, the record is marked as eligible for archiving. When the archive eligibility criteria is not met, the record is marked as not eligible for archiving. |
| US10783110B2 |
Providing access from outside a multicore processor SoC to individually configure voltages
Apparatuses, methods and storage medium for providing access from outside a multicore processor System on Chip (SoC) are disclosed herein. In embodiments, an SoC may include a memory to store a plurality of embedded values correspondingly associated with a plurality of architecturally identical cores. Each embedded value may indicate a default voltage for a respective one of the plurality of architecturally identical cores. In embodiments, an apparatus may include one or more processors, devices, and/or circuitry to provide access from outside the multicore processor SoC to individually configure voltages of the plurality of architecturally identical cores to values that are different than the values of the default voltages. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed. |
| US10783108B2 |
Memory management process in a set of information processing devices
The present invention provides a mechanism whereby active servers are able to extend their RAM by using memory available in standby servers. This can be achieved, without having to take the servers out of their standby mode, by implementing a memory manager operating in at least one active server and configured to directly access the memory of the servers in standby mode, without requiring the processor of these servers in standby mode to be active. In these servers in standby mode, at least their memory, their network card and their communication means are active, whereas at least their processor is in standby mode. |
| US10783106B2 |
USB autorun device
A portable, application-specific USB autorun device, following connection to a computer terminal, automatically initialises or presents itself as a known type of device and then automatically sends to the terminal a sequence of data complying with a standard protocol, that sequence of data automatically causing content to be accessed or a task to be initiated. The device (i) includes a standardised USB module that includes a USB microcontroller, the standardised module being designed to be attached to or embedded in multiple types of different, application specific packages but (ii) excludes mass memory storage for applications or end-user data. |
| US10783101B1 |
Methods and system for communication between a host device and slave devices
Various embodiments of the present technology may provide methods and system for communication between a host device and slave devices. The system may provide a plurality of integrated circuits (i.e., slave devices) connected to and configured to communicate with a host device (i.e., a master device). Each integrated circuit may provide a register to store a unique slave address, a global slave address, and an order number. The host device may communicate with each slave device individually using the unique slave address and communicate with all slave devices simultaneously using the global slave address and the order number. |
| US10783095B2 |
Semiconductor memory device and continuous reading method for the same
A semiconductor memory device is provided. The semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array, a page-reading portion which selects a page of the memory cell array, reads data of the selected page, and transmits the read data to a data-holding portion, and a control portion which controls continuous reading of pages. When a command related to termination of the continuous reading is input, the control portion terminates the continuous reading. When the command related to the termination of the continuous reading is not input, the continuous reading terminates. During a period in which the continuous reading is performed continuously, even if a chip selection signal is toggled, the continuous reading can be performed continuously without inputting a page-data read command. |
| US10783093B2 |
Driver-to-driver communication
An example system for driver-to-driver communication can include a first driver located on a first network device and including a transmit data mover (XDM) to send a preformatted message over a fabric interconnect to a second driver located on a second network device. The example system can also include the second driver located on the second network device and including a receive data mover (RDM) to receive the preformatted message, generate an interrupt responsive to receipt of the preformatted message, and route the interrupt to the second driver. The second driver can read the preformatted message responsive to receipt of the interrupt. |
| US10783089B2 |
Securing data direct I/O for a secure accelerator interface
The present disclosure includes systems and methods for securing data direct I/O (DDIO) for a secure accelerator interface, in accordance with various embodiments. Historically, DDIO has enabled performance advantages that have outweighed its security risks. DDIO circuitry may be configured to secure DDIO data by using encryption circuitry that is manufactured for use in communications with main memory along the direct memory access (DMA) path. DDIO circuitry may be configured to secure DDIO data by using DDIO encryption circuitry manufactured for use by or manufactured within the DDIO circuitry. Enabling encryption and decryption in the DDIO path by the DDIO circuitry has the potential to close a security gap in modern data central processor units (CPUs). |
| US10783084B2 |
Sector cache for compression
In an example, an apparatus comprises a plurality of execution units, and a cache memory communicatively coupled to the plurality of execution units, wherein the cache memory is structured into a plurality of sectors, wherein each sector in the plurality of sectors comprises at least two cache lines. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed. |
| US10783076B1 |
Revising cache expiration
Methods, systems, and computer-readable and executable medium embodiments for revising cache expiration are described herein. One method for revising cache expiration includes tracking attributes of a number of queries of a database; identifying a storage database is outside a database threshold in response to a write operation against the database and based on the tracked attributes; and revising a cache expiration date for at least one query of the number of queries to bring the storage database to within the database threshold. |
| US10783073B2 |
Chronologically ordered out-of-place update key-value storage system
One embodiment provides a method including storing a key-value store in a memory. Out-of-place operations are performed to maintain chronological ordering of the operations by enforcing ordering of the operations on a storage layer in presence of a garbage collection transaction without an explicit secondary index. |
| US10783071B2 |
Data storage device and operating method thereof, wherein mapping table for valid data of source block that has not been copied to destination block has a higher priority than mapping information collected by reverse scanning from end of the destination block
A data storage device with a non-volatile memory on which a garbage collection operation is segmented to be accomplished at separate time intervals. Host commands are inserted to be executed between the separate time intervals. A data swap stage or/and an F2H table update stage or/and an H2F table update stage for a garbage collection operation may be segmented to be performed at separate time intervals. |
| US10783070B2 |
Memory system having first and second correspondence tables and method of controlling memory system
A memory system comprises a first memory including physical blocks, a second memory storing a first correspondence table in which a logical cluster address corresponding to an address assigned to data received from a host is correlated with a logical group number corresponding to a block group and a logical cluster number corresponding to a location within the block group, and a second correspondence table in which first physical block numbers corresponding to first physical blocks are correlated with a first logical group number and second physical block numbers corresponding to second physical blocks are correlated with a second logical group number, and a controller circuit that updates the first correspondence table when new data is written to the first physical blocks, and the second correspondence table, without changing the first corresponding table, when data is moved from the first to the second physical blocks. |
| US10783069B2 |
Data storage device and data storage method for detecting currently-used logical pages using leaping linear search with decreasing step
A data storage device utilized for storing a plurality of data, wherein the data storage device includes a memory and a controller. The memory includes a plurality of blocks, and each of the blocks includes a plurality of physical pages. The controller is coupled to the memory and maps the logical pages to the physical pages of the memory, and it performs a leaping linear search for the logical pages. The controller searches the Nth logical page of the logical pages according to a predetermined value N. N is a positive integer greater than 1. When the Nth logical page is a currently-used logical page, the controller incrementally decreases the predetermined value N to keep searching the logical pages until a non-currently-used logical page is detected. |
| US10783067B2 |
Software quality determination apparatus, software quality determination method, and software quality determination program
A software quality determination apparatus includes a bug convergence determination unit and a display unit. The bug convergence determination unit determines, for each component and for each test viewpoint, the convergence of the bug generated in the test of the component and the test viewpoint after a test execution amount of the component and the test viewpoint has reached an execution reference amount, which serves as a reference of the execution amount of the component and the test viewpoint. The display unit displays, for the each component and the each test viewpoint, the result of the determination of the convergence of the bug generated in the test of the component and the test viewpoint. The execution amount and the execution reference amount for the each component and the each test viewpoint are weighted in accordance with an index value that indicates a scale of the component. |
| US10783065B2 |
Unified test automation system
An automated testing framework to coordinate functions among code management, build management, automated test, resource reservation, artifact repositories and team communication subsystems. In one embodiment specific to software development, software developers check new code into a code management subsystem, a development project tracking system, or other tools that automatically generate a build. Test suites are then automatically selected and executed based on a scope of the project or code that was built. This scope can include such attributes as what portion of the software was built, the purpose (objective) of the build, the maturity of developing that build, and so forth. In one implementation, label directives may be used to associate build scope to test suites. During or after the automated tests, other actions may then be automatically triggered, to store test results, inform the development team, stored data integrated with test definition and results, or update an artifact respository. |
| US10783063B2 |
Systems and methods for testing a customer environment
A graphical programming test generation system and method are provided. The system, for example, may include, but is not limited to a graphical programming test generator comprising a processor and a memory, the processor configured to generate a graphical programming test generator interface to generate an application, including, but not limited to, a canvas, a plurality of tools, each of the plurality of tools, when added to the canvas, generating a customizable node, wherein one of the plurality of tools is a test node, which when added to the canvas marks the application as a test application and defines a trigger event for executing the test application, wherein the processor is configured to generate the test application based upon one or more customizable nodes added to the canvas, monitor a customer environment for events, and execute the test application upon detection of the trigger event defined for the test application. |
| US10783058B2 |
Extensible device driver verification
Interaction between operating system components and device drivers via device driver function call addresses is monitored. Each device driver is configured to interface with at least one hardware component of a computing system. One or more verification functions of an extended device driver verification component are registered for at least one of the device driver function call addresses, each defining a predetermined verification condition. A device driver function call to one of the device driver function call addresses is intercepted and evaluated against the predetermined verification condition of the verification function registered for the device driver function call address of the intercepted device driver function. A result of executing the intercepted device driver function, responsive to satisfaction of the predetermined verification condition or terminated, responsive failure to satisfy the predetermined verification condition of the verification function registered for the device driver function call address of the intercepted device driver function. |
| US10783056B2 |
Time travel source code debugger incorporating point in time links
A novel and useful system and method of time traveling source code debugging including several advanced capabilities that significantly improve the source code debugging process. Upon hitting a breakpoint or opening a dump file, the debugger travels to the future which can be altered by a user by modifying code on the fly (live coding) and receiving immediate feedback to validate bug fixes. Visual annotations including values of variables and expressions are provided as a heads up display effectively flattening time and space. A pivoting capability allows a user to switch the execution context of the code at any time. Point in time links that store the state of the debugging session can be created and activated. An asynchronous collaboration and messaging system enables multiple participants to share a debugging session. An optional redaction capability is also provided for obscuring or replacing sensitive private information. |
| US10783054B2 |
Method, apparatus, and device for storing operation record based on trusted execution environment
In an implementation, operation instructions indicating application data to be used for performing one or more operations sent by a first client device are received. The application data is determined based on the operation instructions. One or more second client devices associated with the application data are determined. Operation codes in a trusted execution environment (TEE) associated with the application data to be executed are determined. That the operation codes has been executed for K times based on an indicator is determined. The operation codes are executed in the TEE based on the application data to generate an operation log. An indicator indicating a number of times the operation codes are executed is updated. The operation log and the indicator are sent as an operation record to a database server, the first client device, and the one or more second client devices to be stored. |
| US10783049B2 |
Virtual storage drive management in a data storage system
In one embodiment, virtual storage drives are allocated to RAID arrays so that no two virtual storage drives of a RAID array are mapped to the same physical storage drive. In another aspect, error handling routines are limited to virtual storage drives impacted by an error in a physical storage drive so that virtual storage drives of the physical storage drive not impacted by the error are bypassed. In yet another aspect, cache operations to a target virtual storage drive may be throttled as a function of both a limit imposed on cache operations directed to the RAID array to which the virtual storage drive is allocated, and a separate limit on cache operations directed to a group of virtual storage drives which are mapped to the same physical storage drive as the target virtual storage drive. Other features and aspects may be realized, depending upon the particular application. |
| US10783048B2 |
High performance persistent memory
Embodiments are generally directed to high capacity energy backed memory with off device storage. A memory device includes a circuit board; multiple memory chips that are installed on the circuit board; a controller to provide for backing up contents of the memory chips when a power loss condition is detected; a connection to a backup energy source; and a connection to a backup data storage that is separate from the memory device. |
| US10783047B2 |
Forming a consistency group comprised of volumes maintained by one or more storage controllers
Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for forming a consistency group comprised of volumes maintained by one or more storage controllers. At least one storage controller is caused to perform reservation operations for point-in-time copies of storage units to allocate storage resources and a data structure for a point-in-time copy. Upon successfully completing the reservation operations for all the point-in-time copies, Input/Output (I/O) operations to the storage units of the point-in-time copies are suspended. If I/O operations were successfully suspended at the storage units for all of the point-in-time copies, then suspension of I/O operations is ended I/O operations are allowed to continue at the storage units of the point-in-time copies. The point-in-time copies at the storage units are formed at which the suspension of I/O operations was ended after being successfully suspended. The point-in-time copies are consistent as of a same point-in-time. |
| US10783040B2 |
Apparatus, system and method for data collection, import and modeling
A method for data analysis of a backup system, including interrogating a plurality of computer systems to generate for each computer system at least one dump file, each dump file including configuration and state information; extracting predetermined configuration and state information from the respective dump files; and storing the extracted configuration and state information in a database in a normalized format. |
| US10783039B2 |
Intelligent backup and restore system
A system allows smart backup and restore of databases. The system identifies a database affected by a database operation recorded by a database event record, identifies a database operation time recorded by the database event record, and requests to restore the database to a version backed up prior to the database operation time. |
| US10783038B2 |
Distributed generation of random data in a storage system
A storage system comprises a plurality of storage nodes each comprising one or more storage devices. At least a given one of the storage nodes is configured to generate data blocks for prefilling of at least a subset of the storage devices, to maintain a first portion of the generated data blocks in a pool of data blocks available in the given storage node for prefilling one or more of the storage devices of the given storage node, and to send a second portion of the generated data blocks from the given storage node to one or more other ones of the storage nodes for prefilling one or more other ones of the storage devices of the one or more other storage nodes. Each of the other storage nodes can similarly maintain a separate pool of generated data blocks for prefilling its corresponding storage devices. |
| US10783032B2 |
Non-volatile memory apparatus and reading method thereof
A non-volatile memory apparatus includes an error checking and correcting (ECC) decoding circuit, a main buffer circuit, a multiplexer, and an interface circuit. The ECC decoding circuit decodes an original codeword to obtain a decoded codeword. The main buffer circuit is coupled to the ECC decoding circuit for receiving and storing a first data portion of the decoded codeword. The multiplexer's first input end is coupled to the output end of the main buffer circuit. The second input end of the multiplexer is coupled to the output end of the ECC decoding circuit. The interface circuit is coupled to the output end of the multiplexer and receives the first data portion from the multiplexer to provide the first data portion to a host. |
| US10783029B2 |
Data replication in a storage system
A storage system periodically replicates data to another storage system for data backup and protection. The storage system is configured to detect an irregularity potentially causing a fault in the storage system. Such a detected irregularity may a component failure in a storage device, a temperature change in a storage device, etc. In response to the detected irregularity, the storage system increases a replication rate of data to the backup storage system. |
| US10783027B2 |
Preemptive crash data capture
Techniques for implementing preemptive crash data capture are provided. According to one set of embodiments, a computer system can determine that a failure has occurred with respect to an application running on the computer system and, in response to the failure, collect context information pertaining to the application's state at the time of the failure. If the failure subsequently causes the application to crash, the computer system can generate a crash dump that includes the collected context information. |
| US10783022B2 |
Immediate replication for dedicated data blocks
The systems and methods disclosed herein relate to immediate replication for protected dedicated chunk. In one embodiment, a method comprises generating an encoded portion of data of a dedicated chunk in a node device of a first group of node devices in a first zone of a distributed storage system. The method further comprises, in immediate response to the generating, transferring the encoded portion of data of the dedicated chunk from the node device of the first group of node devices in the first zone of the distributed storage system to a second zone of the distributed storage system. The method further comprises dividing, by the system, the encoded portion of data in the second zone across second node devices. |
| US10783019B1 |
Single page application content injection
A method by a web application layer proxy communicatively coupled between a web application client and a web application server for injecting content into a web page provided by the web application server. The method includes intercepting the web page, inserting scripting language code into the web page that allows the web application client to process web application layer responses to be sent by the web application layer proxy to the web application client, sending the web page with the scripting language code inserted to the web application client, and responsive to receiving a web application layer request from the web application client, generating and sending, without involvement of the web application server, a web application layer response to the web application client that is to be processed by the web application client using the inserted scripting language code. |
| US10783015B2 |
Apparatus and method for providing long-term function execution in serverless environment
Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for providing long-term function execution in a serverless environment. The method for providing long-term function execution in a serverless environment is performed by an apparatus for providing long-term function execution in a serverless environment, and includes registering a long-term function execution proxy when a long-term execution request is received from a client, allocating a long-term function executor corresponding to the long-term execution request, executing, by the long-term function execution proxy, a long-term function using the allocated long-term function executor, and storing execution results of the long-term function. |
| US10783014B2 |
Data statement monitoring and control
Techniques are presented for performing enhanced real-time data statement monitoring and control without requiring modifications to data analysis client applications or data storage environments. A data statement processing layer is implemented between the data analysis client applications and the data storage environments. A data statement management agent interacts with an event bus in the data statement processing layer. The data statement management agent accesses event objects on the event bus that are generated during the processing of data statements. Rules are applied to select particular event objects. The selected event objects are transformed into event messages that are delivered to the client applications to monitor the processing of the data statements. Control commands received from the client application are transformed into event objects that are issued to the event bus to control the processing of the data statement. |
| US10783012B2 |
Systems and methods for efficient inter-device data exchange
Various of the disclosed embodiments provide systems and methods for efficiently recalling data on a single device and for efficiently transitioning data between devices. Users may use graphical user interfaces on one or more client devices to manage “buckets” of data. These data collections may be stored locally on the client devices and on a server storage system. In some embodiments, the system may synchronize bucket collections between client devices. Bucket data may also be cached locally on the client device to facilitate ready user access and efficient workflow. Various embodiments may be used, for example, in collaborative work environments to readily store and exchange data assets between team members. |
| US10783004B1 |
Method, apparatus, and electronic device for improving parallel performance of CPU
Implementations of the present specification provide a method, an apparatus, and an electronic device for improving parallel performance of a CPU. The method includes: attempting to acquire data requests that are of a same type and that are allocated to the CPU core; determining a number of requests that are specified by the acquired one or more data requests; and in response to determining that the number of requests is greater than or equal to a maximum degree of parallelism: executing executable codes corresponding to the maximum degree of parallelism, wherein the maximum degree of parallelism is a maximum number of parallel threads executable by the CPU, and wherein the executable codes comprise code programs that are compiled and linked based on the maximum degree of parallelism at a time that is prior to a time of the executing. |
| US10782998B2 |
Blockchain-based transaction processing method and apparatus
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for transaction processing are provided. One of the methods includes: receiving a transaction request for a target transaction; loading a transaction template matching a transaction type of the target transaction; processing the target transaction according to the transaction template to obtain transaction information; and writing the transaction information into a blockchain. |
| US10782995B2 |
Flexible physical function and virtual function mapping
Techniques and mechanisms provide a flexible mapping for physical functions and virtual functions in an environment including virtual machines. |
| US10782993B2 |
Systems and methods for secure runtime dynamic resizing of memory namespaces
In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, an information handling system may include a memory subsystem and a processor subsystem communicatively coupled to the memory subsystem and configured to execute a hypervisor, wherein the hypervisor is configured to host a plurality of virtual machines and host an interface to the memory subsystem, wherein the interface is configured to dynamically modify sizes of namespaces instantiated within the memory subsystem by maintaining super metadata associated with each of a plurality of memory modules of the memory subsystem, wherein the super metadata for a particular memory module of the memory subsystem includes one or more entries for the particular memory module, each entry defining a namespace of the particular memory module and recording an offset of the latest written data in the namespace. |
| US10782992B2 |
Hypervisor conversion
In one embodiment, a system for managing communication connections in a virtualization environment includes (1) a first host machine implementing a virtualization environment based on a first platform, wherein the first host machine includes a first hypervisor, at least one virtual machine, and one or more virtual infrastructure elements and (2) a virtual disk including a plurality of storage devices. A management module for the system may perform steps to convert the first host machine to a second platform by installing (on the first host machine) a second hypervisor associated with the second platform, disabling the first hypervisor, capturing a configuration describing elements of a virtual infrastructure associated with the first hypervisor, registering the captured configuration with the second hypervisor, creating elements of the captured configuration in the context of the second platform and in association with the second hypervisor, and then enabling the second hypervisor. |
| US10782988B2 |
Operating system for distributed enterprise artificial intelligence programs on data centers and the clouds
A system including a master machine and a plurality of worker machines is disclosed. The master machine includes, for example, an API server configured to receive a job description; a resource allocation module configured to determine a number of virtual machines required to perform a job based on the job description; a container scheduling module configured to create a container containing the number of virtual machines required to perform the job, wherein at least two of the virtual machines in the container resides on different worker machines, and wherein each of the virtual machines is configured to run a same application to perform the job. |
| US10782979B2 |
Restoring saved architected registers and suppressing verification of registers to be restored
A reload multiple instruction is used to restore a set of architected registers saved by a spill multiple instruction. The reload multiple instruction is executed, and the executing includes determining the set of architected registers to be restored, which is specified by the reload multiple instruction. The set of architected registers is restored from a selected snapshot that maps architected registers to physical registers. The restoring replaces one or more physical registers currently assigned to one or more architected registers of the set of architected registers with one or more physical registers of the selected snapshot corresponding to the set of architected registers. |
| US10782977B2 |
Fault detecting and fault tolerant multi-threaded processors
Fault tolerant and fault detecting multi-threaded processors are described. Instructions from a program are executed by both a master thread and a slave thread and execution of the master thread is prioritized. If the master thread stalls or reaches a memory write after having executed a sequence of instructions, the slave thread executes a corresponding sequence of instructions, where at least the first and last instructions in the sequence are the same as the sequence executed by the master thread. When the slave thread reaches the point at which execution of the master thread stopped, the contents of register banks for both the threads are compared, and if they are the same, execution by the master thread is allowed to continue, and any buffered speculative writes are committed to the memory system. |
| US10782972B2 |
Vector predication instruction
An apparatus comprises processing circuitry (4) and an instruction decoder (6) which supports vector instructions for which multiple lanes of processing are performed on respective data elements of a vector value. In response to a vector predication instruction, the instruction decoder (6) controls the processing circuitry (4) to set control information based on the outcome of a number of element comparison operations each for determining whether a corresponding element passes or fails a test condition. The control information controls processing of a predetermined number of subsequent vector instructions after the vector predication instruction. The predetermined number is hard-wired or identified by the vector predication instruction. For one of the subsequent vector instructions, an operation for a given portion of a given lane of vector processing is masked based on the outcome indicated by the control information for a corresponding data element. |
| US10782969B2 |
Vector cache line write back processors, methods, systems, and instructions
A processor of an aspect includes a plurality of packed data registers, and a decode unit to decode a vector cache line write back instruction. The vector cache line write back instruction is to indicate a source packed memory indices operand that is to include a plurality of memory indices. The processor also includes a cache coherency system coupled with the packed data registers and the decode unit. The cache coherency system, in response to the vector cache line write back instruction, to cause, any dirty cache lines, in any caches in a coherency domain, which are to have stored therein data for any of a plurality of memory addresses that are to be indicated by any of the memory indices of the source packed memory indices operand, to be written back toward one or more memories. Other processors, methods, and systems are also disclosed. |
| US10782968B2 |
Rapid substring detection within a data element string
A substring can be detected within a string of data elements through a method that includes partitioning and distributing the string of data elements to an ordered list of segments having equal lengths greater than or equal to the length of the substring. A substring match within a segment of the ordered list of segments can be detected by sequentially comparing the substring with each segment of the ordered list of segments. A carry vector that includes the substring match can be created, in response to detecting the substring match that is a partial match. It can be determined that a carry vector exists by comparing the substring with the segment of the ordered list of segments, and it can be subsequently determined that a full match exists between the carry vector and the segment of the ordered list of segments. |
| US10782965B2 |
Monitoring of media displayed by third-party components
System, method and products for monitoring media displayed by third-party components. A runtime component monitors execution of a program on the user device. The runtime component identifies an attempt by a third-party component that is integrated with the program to display media. The runtime component obtains obtain data associated with the media, determines a fingerprint of the media and transmits to a server the data and the fingerprint. In response to a request received from the server or lack thereof, the runtime component determines whether to drop the media or transmit the media to the server. The server is provided with aggregated data about different medias displayed by third-party components by different instances of the program executed by different user devices. |
| US10782959B1 |
Storing a file list for a public file repository as a file to avoid rate limits on file list requests
A technique for use by a first system of computers sharing a common IP address, the technique including the following operations: (i) transferring a first software bundle of files to a public repository (PR); (ii) requesting a current version of the first file list from the PR; (iii) receiving the current version of the first file list from the PR; (iv) generating a current version file list file (CVFLF) based on the current version of the first file list; and (v) storing the CVFLF at a first storage location from which the CVFLF can be downloaded. |
| US10782952B1 |
Generating machine images from software packages
Technologies are disclosed for generating a machine image from a software package. A machine image build service receives a request to create a machine image, such as by way of a network services application programming interface (API). The request can include the software package and a selection of an operating system. The machine image build service utilizes a workflow service to execute a workflow for generating the machine image. The workflow causes a virtual machine instance that utilizes the specified operating system to be instantiated by an on-demand computing service. The software package is installed in the virtual machine instance. A snapshot is taken of the virtual machine to create the requested machine image. The machine image can be scanned by a network service for compliance with one or more requirements for execution in a service provider network. The machine image can also be submitted to a machine image marketplace. |
| US10782947B2 |
Systems and methods of diagram transformation
A system including a processor; and a memory having stored thereon computer program code that, when executed by the processor, controls the processor to: receive data indicative of a plurality of sequence diagrams; for each of the plurality of sequence diagrams, generate a corresponding architecture diagram by: identifying a plurality of participants within the sequence diagram, transforming each of the plurality of participants into a plurality of nodes, identifying a plurality of messages identifying at least one message participant, and transforming the identified plurality of messages by establishing a single edge between respective nodes of the plurality of nodes corresponding to message participants identified by one or more messages of the plurality of messages; and merge the corresponding architecture diagrams of each of the plurality of sequence diagrams to generate a master architecture diagram. |
| US10782945B1 |
Escape analysis supporting on-stack replacement
An enhanced object allocation optimization selectively traverses an intermediate representation detecting on-stack replacement transitions, which when found are analyzed to determine whether a control flow-edge from a first block to a second block that is marked as an OSR resumption block exists. Responding to when the second block is marked, a pseudo call including arguments of all live local variables holding pointers to objects is inserted into the intermediate representation while optimization opportunities exist and executing a modified escape analysis on a modified intermediate representation examining each pseudo call as an escape point for all object references received by the pseudo call as arguments; ignoring uses of local variables dominated by these pseudo calls; and stack allocating objects to handle the non-local control flow due to on-stack replacement control flow using the pseudo call. Responsive to when no further optimization opportunities exist, removing respective inserted pseudo calls needing removal. |
| US10782939B2 |
Program predictor
A computer program predictor is described which has a processor configured to access a program attribute predictor; and a memory storing a search component configured to search a space of possible programs, to find a program which, given an input data instance and an output data instance, will compute the output data instance from the input data instance, the search being guided by attributes predicted by the attribute predictor given the input data instance and the output data instance. |
| US10782936B1 |
Programming migration system and methods
A computer-implemented method for migrating a monolithic legacy software system to a well-defined modular target software architecture includes selecting a method, based on predefined patterns, for transforming the software legacy software system; creating an abstract syntax tree from the legacy software system's source code; from the abstract syntax tree, determining a flow of the source code and any coding violations and coding smells in the legacy software system's source code; using the flow and the coding violations, identifying architecture issues in the legacy software system; scheduling tasks for transforming the legacy software system into the target software architecture; automatically generating new source code according to the target software architecture; and automatically and autonomously refactoring the new source code. |
| US10782935B2 |
Method and system to provide a generalized framework for dynamic creation of module analytic applications
A method and apparatus for generating an application flow logic are disclosed which include performing an initialization process based on storage of at least one software toolbox in a toolbox list of a computer memory device; parsing an application description into a series of module descriptors; creating a module primitive defined in a dictionary as a data string representing a name of a tool in the software toolbox, and a data string for least one of: an input, an output, or a data string; producing a module for each module primitive, an input to each tool being produced as an output of another tool; assembling an application flow logic as a combination of produced modules; and providing access to the application flow logic for execution as a combination of calls to the produced modules stored in the computer memory device. |
| US10782934B1 |
Migrating computer programs to virtual compute services using annotations
Techniques for migrating source code to a virtual compute service are described. The migration of source code is assisted by metadata that identifies portions of the source code—for example, one or more classes, methods, functions, subroutines, and so forth—desired to be replicated by one or more virtual compute service functions executing in the virtual compute service. One or more virtual compute service functions are created at the virtual compute service that implement the functionality of the identified portions of source code. The identified source code can be refactored to invoke the corresponding virtual compute service function(s) in the virtual compute service using, for example, application programming interface (API) calls sent over a network to the service provider system. In this manner, the external functional behavior of the source code can remain the same while internally taking advantage of the benefits offered by a virtual compute service. |
| US10782930B2 |
Interactive voice response interface for webpage navigation
There is provided systems and method for interactive voice response interface for webpage navigation. An existing webpage may be altered so that the webpage and corresponding forms offer Interactive Voice Response (IVR) to a user. A JavaScript library of other software component corresponding to the IVR interface may be downloaded to the user's system and/or browser when the user accesses the webpage. The webpage includes HTML tags corresponding to elements or a separate file/database may include links to the elements. The HTML tags and/or file/database correspond to an IVR flow of information. The JavaScript library is built to interpret the HTML tags and/or file/database so the IVR flow of information may be presented to the user. Thus, when a user engages the interactive mode, the JavaScript library may present the IVR flow to the user, interpret input from the user, and send the input to the underlying webpage. |
| US10782926B2 |
Double-screen display device and switch method for controlling the same
The present invention provides a double-screen display device, including a front screen having at least a first display area for displaying information required by a user; and a rear screen having at least a second display area, a fingerprint sensor, a sensor group, a camera module and a microphone. The fingerprint sensor is located on a bottom of the second display area. The sensor group, the camera module and the microphone are located on a top of the second display area. The front screen and the rear screen are controlled and switched according to a switching condition by a central processor unit in the double-screen display device. |
| US10782925B2 |
Method and apparatus for displaying schedule on wearable device
A method of displaying a schedule on a wearable additional device is provided. The method includes connecting a portable electronic device which can synchronize a schedule, receiving a user input for displaying the schedule on a display screen of the wearable additional device, and displaying the schedule received from the portable electronic device on the display screen of the wearable additional device in response to the user input, wherein the schedule is displayed in a form of sector areas corresponding to a plurality of schedule items, and each of the sector areas has an area proportional to a time of a corresponding schedule item from among a total time of schedule data which can be displayed on the display screen of the wearable additional device. |
| US10782918B2 |
Near-memory data-dependent gather and packing
Methods, systems, and devices for near-memory data-dependent gathering and packing of data stored in a memory. A processing device extracts a function, a memory source address, and a memory destination address from a near-memory data-dependent gathering and packing primitive. A signal to perform gathering and packing operations based on the primitive is sent to near-memory processing circuitry of a memory device. The near-memory processing circuitry receives the signal, gathers data from the memory device based on the function and the memory source address, and packs the gathered data into the memory device based on the memory destination address. |
| US10782915B2 |
Device controller that schedules memory access to a host memory, and storage device including the same
A device controller included in a storage device includes a host controller connected to a host memory, a memory controller connected to a plurality of nonvolatile memory devices, a protocol controller configured to control data transfer between the host controller and the plurality of nonvolatile memory devices, and to perform data memory access to a data region of the host memory and non-data memory access to a non-data region of the host memory through the host controller, and a scheduler configured to re-order the data memory access and the non-data memory access such that the non-data memory access to the non-data region is performed after the data memory access to a data chunk has completed, the data chunk being successive data that is allocated within the data region by a physical region page (PRP). |
| US10782913B2 |
Apparatus, method, and program product for data integrity during asynchronous remote copy
A system, method, and program product are disclosed for asynchronous remote copy. One method includes transmitting a write request to a remote primary storage cluster for an asynchronous remote copy operation. The method also includes creating an entry in a write record stored in the local memory, the entry comprising a data consistency value, and removing the entry from the write record in response to receiving an acknowledgement from a remote secondary storage cluster that the asynchronous remote copy operation is completed. |
| US10782911B2 |
Data migration dynamic random access memory
Apparatuses and methods for performing data migration operations are disclosed. An apparatus may include at least two interfaces, a first interface supporting data migration operations and a second interface supporting access operations associated with a host device. In some cases, the access operations may be a signal or protocol according to an industry standard or specification (e.g., a DRAM interface specification). The second interface may facilitate supporting industry standard applications, while the first interface supporting data migration operations may provide improved bandwidth for migrating data within the apparatus. The apparatus may include a buffer coupled with the interface and a bank cluster including two or more banks of memory cells. When a host device addresses a bank of the bank cluster, the apparatus may perform one or more data migration operations using the buffer and a different bank of the bank cluster. |
| US10782907B2 |
Method and system for reconfigurable parallel lookups using multiple shared memories
Embodiments of the present invention relate to multiple parallel lookups using a pool of shared memories by proper configuration of interconnection networks. The number of shared memories reserved for each lookup is reconfigurable based on the memory capacity needed by that lookup. The shared memories are grouped into homogeneous tiles. Each lookup is allocated a set of tiles based on the memory capacity needed by that lookup. The tiles allocated for each lookup do not overlap with other lookups such that all lookups can be performed in parallel without collision. Each lookup is reconfigurable to be either hash-based or direct-access. The interconnection networks are programmed based on how the tiles are allocated for each lookup. |
| US10782906B1 |
Memory subsystem interface to relate data and to retrieve related data
A memory subsystem obtains commands from a host system to relate data items. Relationship data stored in a memory of the memory subsystem is updated to include relations between data items stored in a media of the memory subsystem. The memory subsystem obtains commands from the host system to read data items related to a specified data item. Based on the relationship data, the memory subsystem determines or identifies data items related to the specified data item and locates the related data items based on mapping data stored in the memory that includes physical addresses of the related data items on the media. The memory subsystem sends the related data items to the host system. |
| US10782904B2 |
Host computing arrangement, remote server arrangement, storage system and methods thereof
A host computing arrangement is provided, which may include a host processor having a host operating system and host kernel associated therewith. The host processor may be configured to host a guest operating system, mirror a filesystem of the guest operating system via the host kernel, and generate caching criteria by scanning the mirrored filesystem. The host computing arrangement may further include a cache engine. The cache engine may be configured to process an I/O request from the guest operating system based on the caching criteria generated by the host processor. |
| US10782903B2 |
Memory system and method for controlling nonvolatile memory
According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a nonvolatile memory including a plurality of nonvolatile memory dies, and a controller. The controller classifies the nonvolatile memory dies into a plurality of physical sets such that each of the nonvolatile memory dies belongs to only one physical set. The controller creates a plurality of storage regions which share each of the physical sets and each of which spans the physical sets. The controller sets one of the physical sets to a first mode for permitting a write operation and a read operation, and sets each of the other physical sets to a second mode for permitting a read operation and inhibiting a write operation. |
| US10782901B2 |
Method for performing initialization in a memory device, associated memory device and controller thereof, and associated electronic device
A method for performing initialization in a memory device, the associated memory device and the controller thereof, and an associated electronic device are provided. The method may include: after a non-volatile (NV) memory within the memory device is powered on, searching for an empty-memory indicator in the NV memory, wherein the empty-memory indicator is applicable to determining whether the NV memory is empty; and according to whether the empty-memory indicator is found or not, selectively skipping or performing a program code search in the NV memory, to complete an initialization process, wherein the initialization process includes at least one initial setting of the memory device, and if the empty-memory indicator is found, the program code search is skipped, otherwise, the program code search is performed. |
| US10782895B2 |
Management method of metadata for preventing data loss and memory device using the same
A metadata management method for a memory device includes generating a virtual address layer in a memory space of a non-volatile memory of the memory device; establishing a mapping table in the virtual address layer to store at least one metadata corresponding to at least one storing block, wherein the at least one storing block comprises at least one physical address and the at least one physical address is related to the memory space; when writing at least one datum to the memory device, writing the at least one datum to at least one memory block of the memory space according to the at least one physical address; and updating the at least one metadata of the at least one storing block when finishing writing the at least one datum. |
| US10782894B1 |
Reducing overlap through shuffle and keeping relationship balance on mapped RAID system and method
A method, computer program product, and computer system for reducing, by a computing device, overlap in a RAID extent group by moving a first disk extent in an extent pool from a source disk to a target disk in a Mapped RAID group. A neighborhood matrix for the Mapped RAID group may be balanced by moving a second disk extent in the extent pool from the source disk to the target disk in the Mapped RAID group. |
| US10782893B2 |
Inhibiting tracks within a volume of a storage system
A computer-implemented method according to one embodiment includes receiving a first command to inhibit one or more tracks within a volume of a storage system, in response to the first command, identifying the one or more tracks within the volume of the storage system, utilizing the first command or a previous command, and inhibiting the one or more tracks within the volume of the storage system, receiving a second command to copy data to the one or more tracks within the volume of the storage system, identifying the one or more tracks within the volume of the storage system as inhibited, and rejecting the second command, in response to the identifying. |
| US10782891B1 |
Aggregated host-array performance tiering
Non-volatile cache in a host computer provides a storage tier in a system that includes at least one other tier of storage in a storage array. Selected data of a host device that represents a storage array production volume is stored in non-volatile cache. An MPIO driver in the host computer accesses the non-volatile cache or the storage array in response to an IO from a host application to the host device. A tiering engine in either the host computer or the storage array uses data access statistics to calculate which data should be promoted or demoted to non-volatile cache. Data access statistics indicative of access to non-volatile cache may be provided to the storage array by the host computer. Data changes may be aggregated by the host computer and asynchronously destaged to the storage array. Data changes or dirty data discard messages may be exchanged by peer host computer synchronously with a write operation. |
| US10782886B2 |
Semiconductor device, data processing system, data reading method, and data reading program
To provide a semiconductor device which suppresses a delay in processing. The semiconductor device is equipped with a plurality of read units which read data stored across a plurality of banks in a memory having the banks, and an access method managing section which, when one of the read units reads the data, determines a read start bank number being a bank number to start reading according to operation situations of the read units excepting the one read unit, and instructs the determined read start bank number to the one read unit. |
| US10782883B1 |
Cloud-based ad-hoc impact analysis of data saving potentials
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for the assessing of data reduction potential of a source repository of a source module, by a central module, the generation of data savings potential statistics of the source repository by the central module, and the subsequent generation of visual representation of the statistics, and displaying of the visual representation of data reduction potential information. |
| US10782876B2 |
Electronic device for providing character input function and method for controlling thereof
The disclosure relates generally to an electronic device for providing a character input function and a method for controlling thereof. The electronic device includes: a display; and a processor configured to output a character input screen through the display, to change a configuration of the character input screen by magnifying at least part of a first area of the character input screen and reducing at least part of a second area of the character input screen based on a first input on the character input screen, and to select a character based on a second input on the changed character input screen. Various example embodiments are possible. |
| US10782874B2 |
User interface and method for operating a system
The simple gesture control of the user interface can be used by visually impaired or blind people in order to enter telephone numbers or account numbers for example. The user interface and the method constitute a shift from the current paradigm of guiding a user on touchscreens, which has precisely the advantage of the handeye coordination allowed by the touchscreen, wherein a user touches the exact location on the touchscreen where a corresponding selection surface is visualized. Instead, a swiping gesture is supported which can be carried out in any region on the touch-sensitive surface and shifts the focus from one selection surface or virtual button to the next. The swiping gesture can be carried out not just in the horizontal and vertical direction but also in a diagonal direction. Diagonal swiping gestures allow a particularly quick selection of the corresponding virtual buttons. |
| US10782872B2 |
Electronic device with touch processing unit
An electronic device is provided in disclosure. The electronic device includes a processor and a plurality of touch displays. The touch display is electrically connected to the processor, the touch display including: a touch detection unit and a touch processing unit. The touch detection unit is configured to detect a touch operation and generate a touch signal, and the touch processing unit is electrically connected to the touch detection unit for receiving the touch signal. The touch detection unit is configured to transmit the touch signal to the touch processing unit or the processor. The electronic device reduces a burden of the processor and enhances efficiency of the processor. |
| US10782866B2 |
Controlling method and device for slider control, and slider selector
An instruction associated with a first sliding control is received, where the first sliding control is located on a first side of a second sliding control, and where the received instruction instructs the first sliding control to be slid to a second side of the second sliding control. The first sliding control is slid to the second side of the second sliding control in response to receiving the instruction. |
| US10782860B2 |
Systems and methods for dynamic scaling in graphical user interfaces
Systems and methods for dynamic scaling in graphical user interfaces are described herein. According to some embodiments, an example method includes receiving input data to be graphically displayed on a graphical user interface, generating an interface that includes a control icon that can be translated within a grid so as to define an easing curve and to select at least two easing function parameters for a parameterizable easing function, and generating, in real-time as the least two easing function parameters are received, the graphical user interface which includes output representations of the input data which have one or more styling parameters that are selected based on the parameterizable easing function such that monotonicity is maintained between the input data and the output representations. |
| US10782854B2 |
Display control device, storage medium, and display control method
A display control device includes a display section and a display controller. The display section displays, as a list screen, an image including a plurality of listing images, a scroll bar, and a slider. The display controller controls a displayed form of the listing images and a displayed shape of the slider. The display controller modifies the displayed form of the listing images and the displayed shape of the slider based on a total number of listing images displayable within the list screen or the displayed shape of the slider. |
| US10782850B2 |
User interface and a method for searching a model
A method that may include receiving or generating a first search result that comprises a first set of representations of three dimensional objects; wherein multiple representations of the first set are virtually segmented to parts; receiving a search query that identifies a given part of one of the representations of the set; and generating, in response to the given part, a second search result. |
| US10782848B2 |
Method and apparatus for a three dimensional interface
A method, system, apparatus, and/or device for interacting with a three dimensional interface. The method, system, apparatus, and/or device may include: generating a zone associated with a virtual object, wherein the zone includes a first space approximate to at least a portion of the object that is distinct from a second space occupied by the object; determine an uncertainty level of a sensor to identify an input in the zone; in response to the uncertainty level exceeding a first level, increasing a size of the zone, wherein the increased size of the zone increases a precision level of the sensor; and in response to the uncertainty level being below a second level, decreasing the size of the zone, wherein the decreased size of the zone decreases the precision level of the sensor. |
| US10782846B2 |
Method and apparatus for intuitive multitasking
A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for intuitive multitasking. An indication may be received at a first device, of an incoming request for electronic communication received at a second device. A user may utilize a user interface of the first device to accept or decline the request for electronic communication received at the second device. The communication may be a phone call, short message service message, email, and/or the like. A first user interface area may be associated with a first device, and a second user interface area may be associated with the second device. The first and second interfaces areas may be provided concurrently on the first device to enable the user to interact with the second device using the user interface of the first device. |
| US10782841B2 |
Display panel and display device
Provided are a touch display panel and a display device. The touch display panel includes a first touch electrode, a second touch electrode, a shielding signal line, and a driving chip. The first touch electrode and the driving chip are electrically connected by a first electrode line. The first electrode line includes at least one part located in a first non-display region of the touch display panel. The second touch electrode includes a first touch sub-electrode and a second touch sub-electrode, which are connected by a first connection line. The first connection line includes at least one part located in the first non-display region. The shielding signal line includes at least one part located in the first non-display region. In the first non-display region, the first electrode line and the first connection line are isolated by the shielding signal line. |
| US10782833B2 |
Pressure sensitive display device
A display device includes a display panel configured to display an image. A window laces the display panel and includes a transparent display area configured to transmit the image displayed on the display panel therethrough. A non-display area at least partially surrounds the display area. A light-blocking pattern layer is disposed on the non-display area of the window. A touch member is disposed between the display panel and the window and includes a voltage line. A pressure sensing wiring is disposed between the touch member and the window and at least partially overlaps the voltage line. The voltage line and the pressure sensing wiring overlap the light-blocking pattern layer. |
| US10782831B2 |
Self-capacitive touch panel and display device
Disclosed are a self-capacitive touch panel and a display device. The self-capacitive touch panel includes a display area including a plurality of data lines, touch electrodes and common electrodes, wherein orthographic projections of the touch electrodes and the data liens onto the self-capacitive touch panel are not overlapped with each other; the common electrodes are arranged at a layer same as a layer on which the touch electrodes are and insulated from the touch electrodes, and orthographic projections of the common electrodes and the data lines onto the self-capacitive touch panel are overlapped with each other. |
| US10782827B2 |
Proximity sensor and method for sensing proximity thereof
Disclosed are a proximity sensor and a proximity detection method for the proximity sensor. The proximity sensor includes: a reception circuit configured to receive a first electrical signal which is generated based on proximity of the conductor; a first signal processing circuit configured to determine whether or not the conductor is in close proximity to the electronic device by using the first electrical signal, a first baseline value, and a threshold value; a temperature detection circuit configured to detect the temperature of the proximity sensor independently of the first electrical signal; and a second signal processing circuit configured to, when the conductor is in close proximity to the electronic device and also a temperature variation equal to or larger than a reference value is detected by the temperature detection circuit, generate a second baseline value by adding a temporary compensation value to the first baseline value. |
| US10782825B2 |
Distinguishing non-input contact
A method for distinguishing non-input contact with a touch-sensitive user input device includes converting an input frame from the touch-sensitive user input device to an input luminance frame; and filtering the input luminance frame, based on a base luminance frame, using a Wronskian function, the Wronskian function producing a filtered luminance frame, the filtered luminance frame distinguishing input contact from non-input contact with the touch-sensitive user input device. |
| US10782823B2 |
Touch detection device and touch detection method thereof
Embodiments of the present disclosure include a touch detection method and a touch detection device. The touch detection method includes: performing, by a touch detector, a touch scan detection at a first detection frequency; and switching, by the touch detector to perform the touch scan detection at a second detection frequency in response to a touch point that is detected by the touch detector, wherein the second detection frequency is higher than the first detection frequency. |
| US10782821B2 |
Method of classifying a finger touch in respect of finger pressure and fingerprint sensing system
A method of classifying a finger touch in respect of a finger pressure on a surface of a fingerprint sensor, comprising the steps of: receiving, on the surface of the fingerprint sensor, a finger having a fingerprint topography; acquiring a first time-sequence of fingerprint images; determining a reference value of at least one image-related parameter indicative of a compression of the fingerprint topography, based on at least one fingerprint image in the first time-sequence of fingerprint images; acquiring a second time-sequence of fingerprint images; determining a test value of the at least one image-related parameter based on at least one fingerprint image in the second time-sequence of fingerprint images; and classifying the finger touch based on a relation between the test value and the reference value. |
| US10782818B2 |
Load cell array for detection of force input to an electronic device enclosure
A force input sensor includes a load cell to adapt a compressive force applied to the force input sensor into a strain experienced by a strain sensor in the load cell. In particular, the load cell includes two compression plates separated from one another by a gap so as to define a volume between them. A flexible substrate (a “diaphragm”)—includes a strain sensor and is disposed and supported within the volume. One of the two compression plates includes a feature (a “loading feature”) that extends toward a central region of the flexible substrate. As a result of this construction, when the compression plates receive a compressive force, the loading feature induces a bending moment in the flexible substrate, thereby straining the strain sensor. |
| US10782815B1 |
Electronic panel
An electronic panel including a base substrate including a plurality of unit detection areas; a first detection electrode including a first connection pattern disposed in each of the unit detection areas and extending along a first direction, and a plurality of first main patterns connected to one side and the other side of the first connection pattern, respectively; a second connection pattern including a second connection pattern disposed in each of the unit detection areas and extending along a second direction intersecting the first direction, and a plurality of second main patterns connected to one side and the other side of the second connection pattern; respectively, and a plurality of coordinate patterns arranged in the unit detection areas, respectively. |
| US10782809B2 |
Display and detection system
A display and detection system including an image sensor, a display screen and an antireflection system covering the display screen and the image sensor, such an antireflection system including an electrically-controllable rectilinear polarizer. |
| US10782806B2 |
Touch display device and method for driving thereof
The present exemplary embodiments relate to a touch display device and a driving method thereof. A touch sensing time period is divided into a period when the touch is sensed by a self capacitive sensing manner and a period when the touch is sensed by a mutual capacitive sensing manner and a ground signal modulated to be the same as the touch driving signal is output to the display panel during the time period when the touch is sensed by the self capacitive sensing manner. By doing this, the parasitic capacitance in the display panel is reduced, sensitivity of touch sensing is improved, and various touch functions are provided. |
| US10782804B2 |
Method of forming a composite conductive film
A method of fabricating a composite conductive film is provided. The method includes providing, as a matrix, a layer of cross-linkable polymer while the cross-linkable polymer is in a substantially noncross-linked state. The method further includes introducing a plurality of inorganic nanowires onto a surface of the layer of cross-linkable polymer and embedding at least some of the plurality of inorganic nanowires into the layer of cross-linkable polymer to form an inorganic mesh within the layer of cross-linkable polymer, thereby forming the composite conductive film. The method further includes cross-linking the cross-linkable polymer within at least a surface portion of the composite conductive film, wherein following the cross-linking, the cross-linkable polymer within at least the surface portion of the composite conductive film is in a cross-linked state. |
| US10782800B2 |
Dynamic interaction adaptation of a digital inking device
A digital inking device can automatically adapt its interaction modality to provide contextually relevant status information and contextually relevant user interface control elements based on a user's activity. An interaction model of a digital inking device can automatically adapt the display of particular control user interface control elements and particular status indicators based on one or more factors. For example, a digital inking device can select an interaction model from a number of interaction models based on a way a digital inking device is held by a user, a fingerprint of a user, an angle and/or distance of a digital inking device with respect to a paired computer, a particular grip a user has on a digital inking device, an amount of pressure that is used to hold a digital inking device, a contact pressure between a digital inking device and a paired computer, and/or one more gestures performed by a user. |
| US10782799B2 |
Smart pen pairing and connection
An embodiment provides a method, including: communicating data from a smart pen to a device using a pen input data channel having a first bandwidth; said data including short range wireless connection data; establishing, using said data, a short range wireless connection between the smart pen and the device; and communicating, in a connected condition, higher bandwidth data between the smart pen and the device using the short range wireless connection. Other aspects are described and claimed. |
| US10782796B2 |
Mixed reality system with reduced power rendering
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for implementing a mixed reality system with less power. In some examples, a passive state of the mixed reality system can have a GPU render predictable content that does not need to be processed by a CPU. In such examples, the predictable content can be identified and rendered by the GPU while the CPU is in a low-power mode. Accordingly, embodiments of the present disclosure provide benefits not available with conventional techniques because a CPU may consume more power than a corresponding GPU. In some examples, the passive state can take advantage of the fact that predictable content can be identified and rendered without the use of the CPU. In such examples, the passive state can render predictable content that does not need to be processed by the CPU. |
| US10782795B2 |
Mechanical button that activates a computer touch screen without causing damage to the touch screen
A mechanical button that is adjacent to a touch screen that allows for the forceful activation of a computer touch screen by a user without such force of activation of the disclosed button by the user causing damage to the touch screen. This disclosed button is comprised of at least 2 sections that can be caused to compress relative to one another along their common linier axis and the disclosed button is supported by a structure other than the face of the touch screen. The disclosed button, unlike a lighted area on a flat touch screen, provides the user with tactile feedback when the button is activated and the disclosed button further creates a three dimensional visual target that facilitates the user's ability to see the button in their peripheral field of vision, rather than seeing only a lighted area on a flat touch screen. |
| US10782794B2 |
Haptic operating element for a household appliance
A haptic operating element for a household appliance includes a display field which is at least partially configured as a touch-sensitive screen. The household appliance includes at least one haptic operating element and an additional screen fixed relative to the device. The household appliance has, in particular, a control device for operating the display field of the operating element and the screen fixed relative to the device. The haptic operating element can be particularly advantageously used in cooking devices. |
| US10782793B2 |
Context-sensitive hand interaction
Systems and methods for context-sensitive hand interaction with an immersive environment are provided. An example method includes determining a contextual factor for a user and selecting an interaction mode based on the contextual factor. The example method may also include monitoring a hand of the user to determine a hand property and determining an interaction with an immersive environment based on the interaction mode and the hand property. |
| US10782788B2 |
Gesture controlled communication
A processing device, server, and method are provided. According to some illustrative embodiments, the device and method are implemented by detecting a face region of an image, setting at least one action region according to the position of the face region, comparing image data corresponding to the at least one action region to detection information for purposes of determining whether or not a predetermined action has been performed, and executing predetermined processing based on cooperation control information when it is determined that the predetermined action has been performed and the cooperation control information is received. |
| US10782785B2 |
Vibro-haptic design and automatic evaluation of haptic stimuli
A method for quantifying fidelity of a haptic signal may include receiving a response signal indicative of a vibrational response of a vibrational transducer to a haptic playback waveform driven to the vibrational transducer, perceptually filtering the response signal to obtain human haptic-perceptible components of the response signal, and quantifying fidelity of the haptic playback waveform based on at least one quantitative characteristic of the human haptic-perceptible components of the response signal. |
| US10782784B2 |
Magnetic tactile feedback actuator having one or more electropermanent magnets and method of operating same
There is described a tactile feedback actuator generally having a hammer path having a length extending between two opposite ends, a coil element fixedly mounted relative to the hammer path, a magnetic hammer guidingly mounted for movement along the hammer path. The magnetic hammer is electromagnetically engageable by a magnetic field emitted upon activation of the coil element so as to be longitudinally slid along the hammer path in any one of two opposite directions depending on a polarity of activation of the coil element. The tactile feedback actuator has at least one electropermanent magnet at at least one of the opposite ends of the hammer path, the electropermanent magnet having a magnetization direction aligned with the length of the hammer path, and at least one state toggling device configured for toggling a state of the electropermanent magnet between a magnetized state and an unmagnetized state. |
| US10782782B1 |
Devices, systems, and methods for radar-based artificial reality tracking
The disclosed apparatus may include at least one radar device that transmits a frequency-modulated radar signal to a plurality of transponders located on a wearable device worn by a user. The apparatus may also include a processing device that (1) directs at least one of the plurality of transponders to be in an active state that enables the transponder to receive and transmit signals, (2) detects, while the transponder is in the active state, a signal returned to the radar device from the transponder in response to the frequency-modulated radar signal, (3) calculates, based at least in part on the returned signal, a distance between the transponder and the radar device, and (4) determines, based at least in part on the distance between the transponder and the radar device, a current physical location of at least a portion of the user. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed. |
| US10782778B2 |
Gaze initiated interaction technique
A gaze initiated interaction technique for facilitating interaction between wearers of head-mountable devices. Methods are shown which allow users to interact with each other following an event of interlocking gaze. Methods are also shown which allows the operator of a personal point-of-interest beacon to control and limit interaction from the public thus ensuring a greater degree of privacy. Methods are also introduced which allow a mode of interaction to be determined by a remote service after mutual authorization of each interacting user. This disclosure also introduces a system of a head-mountable device which comprises a directional beacon transceiver system using beams in the infrared light spectrum enabling the detection of a gaze interlock event. |
| US10782774B2 |
Facilitating dynamic non-visual markers for augmented reality on computing devices
A mechanism is described for facilitating dynamic rendering of non-visual marker-based augmented reality experiences on computing devices according to one embodiment. A method of embodiments, as described herein, includes detecting non-visual data. The non-visual data may be captured via one or more capturing/sensing components of a computing device. The method may further include mapping the non-visual data with one or more augmented reality items to generate a first augmented reality experience, wherein the non-visual data is converted into one or more non-visual markers based on the one or more augmented reality items and one or more contexts, and rendering the first augmented reality experience based on the one or more non-visual markers. |
| US10782763B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes a voltage sensor which samples a power supply voltage at a speed faster than fluctuations in the power supply voltage and encodes the power supply voltage into a voltage code value. A voltage drop determination circuit detects a voltage drop based on the voltage code value, and a clock control circuit generates a clock. The clock control circuit stops the clock when the voltage drop determination circuit detects the voltage drop. The voltage drop determination circuit includes a prediction computation circuit which looks ahead a voltage value from a history of the voltage code value and predicts a variation value, and the prediction computation circuit includes a circuit for masking a prediction value if a differential value of the prediction value is continuously negative for a predetermined cycle. |
| US10782762B2 |
Electronic device, apparatus and method for power supplying therefor
An electronic device may include a semiconductor memory device, a central processing device that controls an operation of the semiconductor memory device, and a power supply that supplies power to the semiconductor memory device and the central processing device, and the power supply may include a power controller that receives external power and generates an internal voltage and a charge voltage, an auxiliary power unit that is charged by the charge voltage in a normal mode and provides charged power when sudden power loss occurs, and a charge voltage conversion unit that supplies the auxiliary power unit with the charge voltage at a first level in the normal mode, and converts the first level of the charge voltage to a second level higher than the first level and supplies the charge voltage to the auxiliary power unit in a test mode. |
| US10782759B1 |
Systems and methods for integrating batteries with stacked integrated circuit die elements
A system comprises an integrated circuit die substrate; volatile memory electrically coupled to the integrated circuit die substrate; a first integrated circuit die element electrically coupled to the integrated circuit die substrate, the first integrated circuit die element comprising a first field programmable gate array (FPGA), and the first integrated circuit die element disposed adjacent to the volatile memory; a battery charger operable to receive power from a main power supply, the main power supply having an on state and an off state, wherein the main power supply is supplying power in the on state and not supplying power in the off state; and a battery module disposed on a top portion of the first integrated circuit die element, the battery module operable to receive power from the battery charger, and the battery module operable to supply power to the volatile memory at least when the main power supply is in the off state. |
| US10782757B2 |
Rack level power control
In some examples, a method includes acquiring status information of at least one resource of a data center, estimating, based on the status information, whether load on a power supply will exceed a threshold value at a time subsequent a time of the estimating, and in response to estimating that load on the power supply will exceed the threshold value at the time subsequent the time of the estimating, transmitting a command signal to a server rack that is coupled to the power supply to configure equipment of the server rack to operate at a reduced power supply level that is reduced from a power supply level at the time of the estimating and that is based on a service level agreement associated with the server rack. |
| US10782756B2 |
Printing apparatus, method, and non-transitory storage medium for controlling power shifting based on whether search packet is serviceable
An apparatus determines, when receiving a packet transited via a network in a power saving mode, whether or not the packet is a packet according to a predetermined protocol. If the packet is determined to be the packet according to a predetermined protocol, the apparatus analyzes the data of a succeeding packet described in a data description language, and instructs the apparatus to return from the power saving mode to a normal power mode depending on an analysis result. |
| US10782751B1 |
Cooling a computer processing unit
Computer processing systems are cooled and the otherwise wasted heat is extracted for space heating by providing a cooling dielectric liquid in a tank which passes from a manifold at the bottom of the tank through an array of tubular housings each having open top and bottom ends and containing row of the circuit boards. The housings sit on a divider sheet which has arrays of openings aligned with the housings allowing the liquid to pass from the manifold under little or no pressure so that the liquid flows through the housings by convection and stratifies to generate a layer of heated liquid above the open tops of the housings which can be tapped off to a heat exchanger. The liquid around the housings is not fed from the manifold and the power supplies for the circuit boards sit in this body of liquid and are cooled thereby. |
| US10782746B2 |
Overlay for an electronic device
An apparatus including an overlay with a top side and a bottom side. The apparatus also can include an adhesive component with a top side and a bottom side. The top side of the adhesive component can be adhered to the bottom side of the overlay. The adhesive component can be configured to adhere the bottom side of the overlay to a screen of an electronic device in a single-use application of the overlay by adhering the bottom side of the adhesive component to the screen of the electronic device. The apparatus can be configured such that, when the overlay is removed from being adhered to the screen of the electronic device after the single-use application of the overlay, at least a portion of the adhesive component is detached from at least a portion of the overlay. Other embodiments are provided. |
| US10782738B2 |
Electronic device and control method therefor
An electronic device and a control method therefor are provided. The electronic device comprises: a housing including a roll; a touch display which is wound on a roll, is capable of changing the size of a display area according to the rotation of the roll, and detects a touch of a user; a sensing part for sensing the size of the display area; and a processor which is electrically connected to the display and the sensing part, wherein if the size of the display area increases by the rotation of the roll while a user touch is detected in one area of the touch display while an execution screen of an application is being provided in the display area, the processor may control the touch display so as to provide new information to the display area. |
| US10782736B2 |
Edge-to-edge display devices and related methods
Disclosed herein are example edge-to-edge display devices and related methods. An example display device includes a display screen and a backlight including a light guide frame defining a cavity therein. The example display device includes an integrated circuit coupled to the display screen. The example display device includes a flexible printed circuit in communication with the integrated circuit and including an electrical component coupled thereto. The electrical component is at least partially disposed in the cavity of the light guide frame. |
| US10782731B1 |
Modal frequency shifting for loudspeaker devices
A system includes a chassis. The system also includes a panel extending in a plane, the panel having a first edge and a second edge opposite the first edge. The system further includes an actuator coupled to the panel at a first location, the actuator being adapted to cause vibration of the panel to generate sound waves. The system further includes a coupling assembly mechanically coupling the chassis to the panel at the second edge of the panel. The panel is fixedly connected to the chassis at the first edge to limit displacement of the panel from the chassis at the first edge during vibration of the panel by the actuator, and the coupling assembly allows displacement of the panel from the chassis at the second edge during the vibration of the panel by the actuator. |
| US10782728B2 |
Adaptive voltage converter
An adaptive voltage converter adapted to compensate for the exponential sensitivities of sub-threshold and near-threshold circuits. The converter can change its power/performance characteristics between different energy modes. The converter may comprise two or more voltage converters/regulators. A multiplexing circuit selects between the outputs of the several converters/regulators depending on the state of a control signal generated by a control facility. The converter is specially adapted to change the output of each converter/regulator based on a number of variables, including, for example, process corner, temperature and input voltage. |
| US10782723B1 |
Reference generator using fet devices with different gate work functions
A reference signal generator circuit can be configured to provide a temperature-compensated voltage reference signal at an output node. The reference signal generator can include a diode-connected first FET device coupled between a supply node and the output node, and a flipped-gate transistor coupled between the output node and a reference node. The reference signal generator can include a bias current source configured to provide a bias current to the output node to adjust a current density in the flipped-gate transistor relative to a current density in the first transistor. |
| US10782722B2 |
System and method for interactive demand response for controlling and routing power to one or more irrigation systems
The present invention provides an interactive demand response system for controlling and routing power to one or more irrigation systems. According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a system is provided which includes a power station load control CPU and a terminal interface module to allow growers to sign up for and selectively override load control events via any web-connected computer, tablet, or smartphone. Further, the present invention preferably generates automated text and email alerts for upcoming load control events including the start and end times for each event. Further, the present invention may provide for displays of current system demand within groups of load control devices before, during, and after load control events. Further the system of the present invention preferably includes the creation and transmission of messages and reports which provide a recap for the power company and/or the growers and which detail the level of participation, power usage, timing of load control events, and the selection of overrides. |
| US10782721B2 |
Method and apparatus for balancing power on a per phase basis in multi-phase electrical load facilities using an energy storage system
Embodiments of the present invention may include control methods employed in multiphase distributed energy storage systems that are located behind utility meters typically located at, but not limited to, medium and large commercial and industrial locations. These multiphase distributed energy storage systems can operate semi-autonomously, but may be in frequent contact with a cloud-based optimization engine that is configured to develop energy control solutions based on various data inputs and to communicate these energy control solutions to one or more of the distributed energy storage systems. Due to characteristics of the electric load location and/or the use of on-site power generation, imbalances in the power draw per phase can be created within the electric load location. Therefore, embodiments of the invention may include systems and methods that are used to control and/or limit the imbalance in power flowing through one phase versus other phases at the electric load location. |
| US10782720B2 |
Programmable power supplies for cellular base stations and related methods of reducing power loss in cellular systems
Methods of powering a radio that is mounted on a tower of a cellular base station are provided in which a direct current (“DC”) power signal is provided to the radio over a power cable and a voltage level of the output of the power supply is adjusted so as to provide a substantially constant voltage at a first end of the power cable that is remote from the power supply. Related cellular base stations and programmable power supplies are also provided. |
| US10782719B2 |
Capacitor-less voltage regulator, semiconductor device including the same and method of generating power supply voltage
A voltage regulator includes a voltage converter is configured to generate an output power supply voltage based on an input power supply voltage and an input reference voltage and provide the output power supply voltage to an external functional circuit, the voltage converter including an output terminal configured to output the output power supply voltage; and a sinker connected to the output terminal, the sinker configured to generate a sink current in response to a sink enable signal while the external functional circuit is not driven and configured to block generation of the sink current in response to an operating enable signal while the external functional circuit is driven, wherein the sink current corresponds to a load current that is to be consumed while the external functional circuit is driven. |
| US10782716B2 |
Switching control apparatus
The present disclosure intends to simplify the wiring structure of a switching circuit included in a power conversion apparatus. A feedback signal acquisitor acquires a power supply feedback signal corresponding to electric power transmitted from a power supply switching unit to a load switching unit, via coupling conductive elements, from the power supply switching unit. Alternatively, the feedback signal acquisitor acquires a load feedback signal corresponding to the electric power, via coupling conductive elements, from the load switching unit. A command signal generator generates a power supply switching command signal and a load switching command signal. A command signal transmitter transmits the power supply switching command signal to the power supply switching unit via the coupling conductive elements, and transmits the load switching command signal to the load switching unit via the coupling conductive elements. |
| US10782712B2 |
Unit for the regulation or control of a fluid pressure
A unit (10) for the regulation or control of a fluid pressure, having at least one housing section (13, 14) and a switching film (22) connected to the at least one housing section (13, 14) for switching at pressure differentials relative to an ambient pressure acting on the switching film (22), and for the regulation, release or blocking of a flow of the fluid between an inlet (28) and a discharge (30) for the fluid. The switching film (22) is made out of a polymer material having fluorine and carbon, in particular a thermoplastic having fluorine and carbon. In this arrangement, a hole cross-section (40) of the at least one housing section (13, 14) is closed off by the switching film (22). |
| US10782710B2 |
Flow control system, method, and apparatus
A mass flow control apparatus having a monolithic base. The monolithic base has a gas inlet, a gas outlet, a first flow component mounting region, a second flow component mounting region, and a third flow component mounting region. The first flow component mounting region has a first inlet port and a first outlet port, the first inlet port being fluidly coupled to the gas inlet of the monolithic base. The second flow component mounting region has a second inlet port, a second outlet port, and a first auxiliary port. |
| US10782708B2 |
Automatic shutoff continuous positive air pressure system
Provided is an automatic shutoff continuous positive air pressure (CPAP) system. The automatic shutoff CPAP system includes an air pump and a processor operably connected to a sensor disposed in headgear. The processor monitors data generated from the sensor. The processor compares the generated data from the sensor to a shutoff threshold. The processor determines that the headgear has been pulled away from a face of a user when the generated data satisfies the shutoff threshold. The processor deactivates the air pump of the CPAP system in response to determining the air mask has been pulled away from the face of the user. |
| US10782707B2 |
Maintaining a stable phase difference between multiple tethered vehicles lifting a payload
A system to maintain a phase difference is disclosed. Two or more aircraft fly in a continuous periodic trajectory. The system maintains a phase difference between the two or more aircraft. Telemetry information for a reference aircraft moving in a first periodic trajectory is received. A phase difference between a primary aircraft and the reference aircraft with respect to the first periodic trajectory is determined. A variance in the phase difference between the primary aircraft and the reference aircraft from the target phase difference is determined. A new trajectory for the primary aircraft that decreases the variance in the phase difference with respect to the new periodic trajectory is determined, and the primary aircraft is maneuvered to follow the new trajectory. |
| US10782705B2 |
Obstacle detection for a robotic working tool
A robotic work tool system (200) comprising a robotic work tool (100) and a beacon marker (280), said robotic work tool (100) comprising a beacon sensor (175) configured to sense a signal being transmitted by the beacon marker (280), said beacon marker (280) marking an area (270) around an obstacle (260) in a work area (205) in which said robotic work tool (100) is arranged to operate, wherein said robotic work tool is configured to determine a proximity to a beacon marker (280) and to adapt its operation accordingly. |
| US10782697B2 |
Method and apparatus for monitoring a state of an electronic circuit unit of a vehicle
A monitoring method includes: performing, by a first arithmetic and logic unit of an electronic circuit unit, a first processing rule to obtain a first processing result, performing, by a second arithmetic and logic unit of an electronic circuit unit, a second processing rule to obtain a second processing result, and, using a protection module of a safety area of the electronic circuit unit, identifying an error-free state of the electronic circuit unit in response to the first and second results having a predefined relationship to each other and/or the first and second results having a predefined relationship to a predefined criterion, where the protection module is configured to ensure that algorithms are carried out in a manner that is better protected from an incorrect execution than the first and second arithmetic and logic units. |
| US10782693B2 |
Prediction-based system and method for trajectory planning of autonomous vehicles
A prediction-based system and method for trajectory planning of autonomous vehicles are disclosed. A particular embodiment is configured to: receive training data and ground truth data from a training data collection system, the training data including perception data and context data corresponding to human driving behaviors; perform a training phase for training a trajectory prediction module using the training data; receive perception data associated with a host vehicle; and perform an operational phase for extracting host vehicle feature data and proximate vehicle context data from the perception data, using the trained trajectory prediction module to generate predicted trajectories for each of one or more proximate vehicles near the host vehicle, generating a proposed trajectory for the host vehicle, determining if the proposed trajectory for the host vehicle will conflict with any of the predicted trajectories of the proximate vehicles, and modifying the proposed trajectory for the host vehicle until conflicts are eliminated. |
| US10782689B2 |
Systems and methods for selectively capturing sensor data of an autonomous vehicle using a sensor guide rail
Obtaining one or more parameters of an autonomous vehicle, the parameters including any of a position, path, and/or speed of the autonomous vehicle. A region of interest from a plurality of regions surrounding the autonomous vehicle is identified based on the one or more parameters. One or more sensors mounted on a sensor guide rail are controlled, based on the region of interest, to move the sensor(s) along at least a portion of the autonomous vehicle, and to capture sensor data of the region of interest and not capture sensor data from the one or more other regions of the plurality of regions surrounding the autonomous vehicle, the sensor guide rail being mounted on a surface of the autonomous vehicle. The captured sensor data is provided to a processor capable of facilitating, based on the captured sensor data of the region of interest, one or more autonomous vehicle driving actions. |
| US10782688B2 |
Method, control apparatus, and system for tracking and shooting target
The present invention relates to the field of electronic photographing technologies, and provides a method, a control apparatus and a system for tracking and shooting a target. The method includes: in a tracking and shooting process, controlling, by a control apparatus, a photographing apparatus on an unmanned aerial vehicle to collect an image, and obtaining the collected image; selecting a tracked target in the image; calculating a movement speed, a movement direction and a location on the current image that are of the tracked target according to comparison between consecutive neighboring frame images; and controlling, according to the calculated movement speed, movement direction and location on the current image, the unmanned aerial vehicle to track the tracked target, so that the tracked target is always located on the image collected by the photographing apparatus. According to the present invention, tracking and shooting can be automatically performed on a target in an aerial shooting process, without a need to manually remotely control the unmanned aerial vehicle to track a moving target. Therefore, locating precision is high, the moving target can be tracked and shot, and a high-quality video or photo can be obtained. |
| US10782687B2 |
Driving control apparatus, driving control method, and program
The present disclosure relates to a driving control apparatus, a driving control method, and a program that can resolve a conflict between a deliberate action and a reflex action during determination of a next action in autonomous driving.During autonomous driving, a reflex action is determined as a simplified action on the basis of detection results detected by a variety of sensors provided in a vehicle, and a deliberate action ranked higher than a reflex action is determined through elaborate processing. A plurality of resolution modes are made available to deal with a possible conflict between the reflex action and the deliberate action, and by which of the resolution modes the conflict is resolved is specified in advance so that the conflict is resolved by the specified resolution mode. The present disclosure is applicable to motor vehicles that drive autonomously. |
| US10782684B2 |
Secure communication between vehicle components via bus guardians
In one embodiment, a computing system of an autonomous vehicle may receive a first set of data packets on one or more networks. The computing system may analyze the data packets to determine, for each packet, one or more of an authenticity, a validity, or a correctness of the data packet. The computing system may perform a first action for the first set of data packets based on the analysis. The first action may include signaling a safety driver of the autonomous vehicle to take over manual control of the vehicle in response to the data packets failing to satisfy the one or more of the authenticity, the validity, or the correctness criteria. |
| US10782681B1 |
Pet security monitoring
An electronic monitoring system is described that receives data indicating a location of a wireless beacon device that has been detected by a beacon monitoring device, and an identifier that is associated with the wireless beacon device, wherein the identifier corresponds to a mobile asset associated with a property. A location of the wireless beacon device is determined to be outside of an area that defines permissible locations of the mobile asset. Based on the determination, the electronic monitoring system determines to dispatch a robotic device to the location of the wireless beacon device. A particular robotic device to dispatch is identified based on the determination to dispatch a robotic device to the location of the wireless beacon device. A command is transmitted to the particular robotic device that instructs the particular robotic device to navigate to the location of the wireless beacon device. |
| US10782670B2 |
Robotic task system
A method for implementing machining tasks for an object. The method identifies location coordinates for a plurality of holes. A task file contains the machining tasks. The robotic devices use the task files to perform the machining tasks. A minimum number of positioning stations is determined where a portion of the machining tasks will be performed by the robotic devices. An ordered sequence for performing the machining tasks is calculated and path a path with the near-minimum distance is determined. Robotic control files are created that cause the robotic devices to perform the machining tasks. The robotic control files are output to the robotic devices to perform the machining tasks to form the plurality of holes. |
| US10782668B2 |
Development of control applications in augmented reality environment
A system and method is disclosed for development of a control application for a controller of an automation system. The controller receives sensor signals associated with perception of a first real component during an execution of the control application program. Activity of a virtual component, including interaction with the real first component, is simulated, the virtual component being a digital twin of a second real component designed for the work environment and absent in the work environment. Virtual data is produced in response to the simulated activity of the virtual component. A control application module determines parameters for development of the control application program using the sensor signals for the first real component and the virtual data. An AR display signal for the work environment is rendered and displayed based on a digital representation of the virtual data during an execution of the control application program. |
| US10782667B2 |
Real-time environment and programmable logic controller
In a real-time environment at least one task is executed with a pre-defined task run-time, wherein at least one auxiliary function with indeterminate function run-time is to be processed within the specified task run-time by means of a time monitoring function. The time monitoring function, which defines a termination time for the auxiliary function within the pre-defined task run-time, is started. Then the auxiliary function is executed, wherein the time monitoring function monitors the function run-time and a function abort is initiated if the pre-defined abort time point is exceeded. Finally, the time monitoring function is terminated. |
| US10782666B2 |
Dynamically adaptive personalized smart energy profiles
A facility employing systems, methods, and/or techniques for dynamically and adaptively configuring configurable energy consuming and producing devices (e.g., smart energy devices) based on user profiles and user presence information is disclosed. In some embodiments, the facility periodically detects the presence of users, and retrieves preference information for those users. For each of one or more configurable energy devices in the area, the facility generates a combined setting based on the preferences of each user present and adjusts the devices based on the combined settings. For example, if User A, User B, and User C are present in a room and User A's preferred temperature setting is 75° F., User B's preferred temperature setting is 68° F., and User C's preferred temperature setting is 70° F., the facility may generate a combined setting for a thermostat by taking the average value of the users in the room. |
| US10782664B2 |
Production system that sets determination value of variable relating to abnormality of product
A production system includes a cell control apparatus that is connected to a machine control apparatus and an inspection control apparatus. The cell control apparatus includes a storage part that stores data on a state of the manufacturing machine, data on an environment state, and data on an inspection result of a product. The cell control apparatus includes a correlation analysis part that selects a variable relating to an abnormality based on a correlation between the inspection result of the product, and the data on the state of the manufacturing machine and the data on the environment state when the abnormality occurs in the inspection result, and a determination value setting part that sets a determination value of the variable relating to the abnormality. |
| US10782663B2 |
Control of a water supply network
A water supply network includes node components and edge components, wherein the edge components transport water between the node components. The edge components is controllable in relation to its flow behavior for water. A method for controlling the water supply network includes the steps of determining a planning horizon, which includes a number of time slices; determining upper and lower limits for feeds and prospective withdrawals of water in the time slices; determining possible operating configurations of the at least one edge component; determining energy costs for an activation of the edge component in the time slices; determining permissible states of node components; determining current states (initial states) of edge or node components; and determining a control plan for the at least one edge component on the basis of the determined information in such a manner that a predetermined water balance is maintained in each time slice averaged over time. |
| US10782659B2 |
Occupancy based control of energy consumption
An apparatus for controlling facility resource consumption includes devices, a network operations center (NOC), and control nodes. The devices each consume a portion of the resource and perform a function. The NOC generates schedules which coordinate run times for the devices to control the consumption of the resource and adjusts the schedules based upon occupancy components and occupancy levels that are generated based on the consumption of the resource and outside temperature only. The control nodes are coupled to a corresponding one of the devices, and are coupled together via an energy management network that is operatively coupled to the NOC, The control nodes transmit sensor data and device status to the NOC for generation of the plurality of run time schedules, and where the control nodes execute selected ones of the run time schedules to cycle the devices on and off. |
| US10782656B2 |
Method and device for influencing a vehicle behavior
A method for parameterizing a functional software of a vehicle, including: receiving information about a vehicle state, transmitting the information about the vehicle state via a communication interface addressed to a remote processing unit outside the vehicle, and receiving, at the local processing unit in the vehicle, information about at least one parameter for influencing the vehicle behavior, which was transmitted by the remote processing unit outside the vehicle, via the communication interface. |
| US10782655B2 |
Composable time-series observability in sensor data fusion
A sensor data fusion system includes a processor coupled to a plurality of sensors. The system is initialized by providing access to a data store storing at least one time series of sensor data; a semantic store storing semantic data including system variables, and relations between the system variables; and a mapping therebetween. A registration of a set of one or more variables of interest for which appropriate data is not available is obtained. An initially empty inference model is extended with the set of variables, to obtain an extended model. A request to observe a given one of the set of variables at a given timestamp is obtained. Responsive thereto, time series data for the set of registered variables is retrieved. The extended model is run with the retrieved data to obtain an estimate of the given one of the variables at the given timestamp. |
| US10782652B2 |
Device for controlling an electric motor
A control device for controlling an electric motor, the device comprising an inverter and a control module implementing a current servo-control loop for the electric motor; an excitation module producing an excitation signal; a synchro-transmitter comprising two coupling windings, an excitation winding constrained to rotate with a rotor of the electric motor, and three measurement windings, the excitation signal being applied to the excitation winding via the two coupling windings; three first synchronous demodulators, each connected to a respective one of the three measurement windings of the synchro-transmitter and to the excitation signal I, and each generating a current setpoint for the current servo-control loop for use by the control module; and three other synchronous demodulators, each connected to a respective one of the three measurement windings of the synchro-transmitter and to the excitation signal Q, and generating a signal providing information about the angular speed of the rotor of the motor for use by the control module. |
| US10782645B2 |
Recording apparatus
A recording apparatus includes a lower unit including a recording unit that performs recording on a medium, and an upper unit including a reading unit that reads a document image, the upper unit being disposed above the lower unit and being configured to open and close with respect to the lower unit. The upper unit includes an arm that maintains an open state of the upper unit by being supported by the lower unit. The lower unit has a cam groove that receives a protrusion disposed on the arm and that has a route along which the protrusion moves in a certain direction when the upper unit opens or closes. A recess that the protrusion enters and that supports the protrusion from below is disposed in the cam groove and the open state of the upper unit is maintained by the protrusion entering the recess. |
| US10782643B2 |
Toner cartridge having positioning features
A toner cartridge according to one example embodiment includes a housing having a reservoir for holding toner. A first latch-receiving shelf is positioned on a first longitudinal end of the housing and a second latch-receiving shelf is positioned on a second longitudinal end of the housing. Contact surfaces on top portions of the first and second latch-receiving shelves are positioned to contact corresponding first and second latches in an image forming device. The contact surface of the first latch-receiving shelf is positioned lower than a first rotational axis of a first drive coupler of the toner cartridge and higher than a second drive coupler of the toner cartridge. The contact surface of the second latch-receiving shelf is positioned lower than at least a portion of a first electrical contact of the toner cartridge and higher than at least a portion of a second electrical contact of the toner cartridge. |
| US10782641B2 |
Image forming apparatus and image forming method which use a position detection image and a density detection image
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming device, an image position detector, and an image density detector. The image forming device forms an image on a surface of a recording medium. The image position detector detects a position of the image. The image density detector detects a density of the image. The image forming device forms a position detection image on a surface of a first recording medium. The image position detector detects a position of the position detection image on the surface of the first recording medium. The image forming device forms a density detection image on a second recording medium. The image density detector detects a density of the density detection image on the surface of the second recording medium. |
| US10782632B1 |
Image forming apparatus, developer container, developer use management system
According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a memory and a controller. The memory stores identification information for identifying an installed developer container and first information associated with the identification information. The controller refers to association information which is stored in a server connected for communication to at least one image forming apparatus and includes information associated with the identification information for identifying the developer container used in the image forming apparatus and second information associated with the identification information. The controller performs control related to use of developer based on a comparison result between the first information associated with the identification information and the second information associated with identification information when the same identification information as the identification information stored in the memory is included in the association information. |
| US10782631B2 |
Image forming apparatus
Provided is an image forming apparatus capable of preventing or suppressing occurrence of density unevenness even when a shearing force is applied between an image face on paper and a fixing belt. The image forming apparatus includes an image former, a fixer, and a controller. The image former forms a toner image constituted by a plurality of dots each containing a toner on paper. The fixer includes a fixing member moving at a first velocity and a pressure member forming a fixing nip portion with the fixing member and moving at a second velocity, and fixes the toner image on the paper at the fixing nip portion. When the first velocity and the second velocity at the fixing nip portion are different, the controller determines a toner amount to be attached to paper so as to make a toner amount distribution different in each of the dots before fixing. |
| US10782629B2 |
Image forming apparatus and method for controlling the same
An example shutter unit includes a motor including a driving shaft to rotate in a first rotation direction and to rotate in a second rotation direction opposed to the first rotation direction, a first shutter part to selectively expose a light window by receiving a driving force transferred from the driving shaft when the driving shaft rotates in the first rotation direction or the second rotation direction, and a second shutter part to selectively expose a sensor by receiving the driving force transferred from the driving shaft when the driving shaft rotates in the second rotation direction. |
| US10782628B2 |
Optical scanner and image forming apparatus including optical scanner
An optical scanner includes a multi beam light source, a scanning optical system, and a controller. The controller specifies selected beams, and changes light quantities of the respective selected beams at the same change timing based on the same profile data at respective positions in the main scanning direction which are fixedly determined as light quantity change positions. When the position of a center region in an arrangement width of the plurality of selected beams is moved in the main scanning direction in response to a selected mode of the beams, in the profile data, the controller derives a shift light quantity at a position shifted in the main scanning direction by an amount corresponding to the movement of the position of the center region, and the light quantity is modified so that the shift light quantity is used at the light quantity change position. |
| US10782626B2 |
Image forming apparatus and image forming method
An image forming apparatus includes a transfer belt, a plurality of endless rotational bodies, an image forming device, a pattern sensor, and processing circuitry. The image forming device forms correction patterns including a first pattern as a straight line pattern orthogonal to a conveyance direction of the correction patterns and a second pattern as one of a straight line pattern orthogonal to and an oblique line pattern inclined with respect to the conveyance direction. The processing circuitry causes the image forming device to form the correction patterns using a correction value such that the second pattern included in one correction pattern on the transfer belt is same in color and shape as the second pattern included in at least one correction pattern of a preceding correction pattern and a following correction pattern in the conveyance direction with respect to the one correction pattern. |
| US10782624B2 |
Binder resin composition for electrostatic image developing toners
The present invention relates to a binder resin composition for toners for development of electrostatic images capable of giving a toner excellent in fusing properties on PP films, a toner for development of electrostatic images containing the binder resin composition, a printing method using the toner, and a printed material. [1] A binder resin composition for toners for development of electrostatic images, including a polyester-based resin and polyolefin particles, wherein the polyolefin particles contain a polymer having a polymer skeleton of olefin having 2 or more and 3 or less carbon atoms, the volume median diameter (D50) of a small particle size component, as measured according to a dynamic light scattering method using a dispersion S of a small particle size component obtainable according to Methods 1 and 2, is 20 nm or more and 400 nm or less, the content of a large particle size component obtainable according to Method 2 is 0% by mass or more and 30% by mass or less relative to the total amount of the large particle size component and the small particle size component, and the content of the small particle size component is 70% by mass or more and 100% by mass or less relative to the total amount of the large particle size component and the small particle size component, and the melting endothermic energy amount of the small particle size component is 3 J/g or more and 10 J/g or less; [2] a toner for development of electrostatic images including the binder resin composition for toners for development of electrostatic images according to the above [1] in an amount of 20% by mass or more and 100% by mass or less in the binder resin therein, and including a releasing agent having a melting point of 60° C. or higher and 100° C. or lower in an amount of 1 part by mass or more and 10 parts by mass or less relative to 100 parts by mass of the binder resin; [3] a printing method including printing on a plastic film according to an electrophotographic method with the toner for development of electrostatic images according to the above [2]; and [4] a printed material obtainable according to the method of the above [3]. |
| US10782621B2 |
Imprint method, imprint apparatus, and template
According to one embodiment, an imprint method is provided. In the imprint method, a template including a mechanoluminescent material is brought into contact with a resist on a substrate. The posture of the template is adjusted on the basis of the intensity of mechanoluminescence from the template. Light is emitted to the resist to harden the resist. The template is separated from the resist. |
| US10782618B2 |
Lithography apparatus and a method of manufacturing a device
An immersion lithography apparatus having a controller configured to control a positioner to move a support table relative to an immersion space between the support table and a projection system to follow a route having a series of motions, the controller adapted to: predict a speed of an edge of the immersion space relative to an edge of an object on the support table when the edge of the immersion space passes over the edge of the object during at least one motion of the series of motions of the route; compare the speed to a predetermined parameter and to predict liquid loss from the immersion space during the at least one motion if the speed is greater than the predetermined parameter; and if liquid loss from the immersion space is predicted, modify one or more parameters of the route during the at least one motion accordingly. |
| US10782617B2 |
Method and apparatus to determine a patterning process parameter
A method, including: measuring a first plurality of instances of a metrology target on a substrate processed using a patterning process to determine values of at least one parameter of the patterning process using a first metrology recipe for applying radiation to, and detecting radiation from, instances of the metrology target; and measuring a second different plurality of instances of the metrology target on the same substrate to determine values of the at least one parameter of the patterning process using a second metrology recipe for applying radiation to, and detecting radiation from, instances of the metrology target, wherein the second metrology recipe differs from the first metrology recipe in at least one characteristic of the applying radiation to, and detecting radiation from, instances of the metrology target. |
| US10782615B2 |
Silicon wafer processing device and method
Disclosed is a silicon wafer processing device; a pre-aligned optical assembly and an edge exposure assembly are provided on a synchronous bi-directional motion module, reducing the occupied space of the device and saving the installation cost; and furthermore, a synchronous bi-directional motion module, a rotation unit and a position compensation unit on a bottom plate are controlled by means of a control assembly, so as to reduce the operational complexity; and moreover, the synchronous bi-directional motion module is controlled to drive the pre-aligned optical assembly and the edge exposure assembly to simultaneously move, so that the operations of pre-aligning and edge exposure can be performed on silicon wafers of different sizes, thereby saving the switching time and increasing the work efficiency. Further disclosed is a method for processing a silicon wafer using a silicon wafer processing device. |
| US10782610B2 |
Radiation based patterning methods
Stabilized precursor solutions can be used to form radiation inorganic coating materials. The precursor solutions generally comprise metal suboxide cations, peroxide-based ligands and polyatomic anions. Design of the precursor solutions can be performed to achieve a high level of stability of the precursor solutions. The resulting coating materials can be designed for patterning with a selected radiation, such as ultraviolet light, x-ray radiation or electron beam radiation. The radiation patterned coating material can have a high contrast with respect to material properties, such that development of a latent image can be successful to form lines with very low line-width roughness and adjacent structures with a very small pitch. |
| US10782605B2 |
Light tunnels and methods for making same
Light tunnels, methods for forming a light tunnel, and apparatuses including light tunnels are disclosed herein. A light tunnel includes a plurality of reflectors cooperatively engaging with one another by a series of notches therein. The inner edges of the reflectors are chamfered to improve ease of assembly and decrease chipping of the edges during assembly. An adhesive can be applied at junctions between the reflectors on their outer surfaces. This construction eliminates or retards light leakage and adhesive leakage. |
| US10782602B2 |
Projection display device
A projection display device includes a light source part including a first light source part that emits first color light and a second light source part that emits second color light having an emission intensity distribution different from that of the first color light, an image generator that generates an image on a basis of light emitted from the light source part, and a projection lens that projects the light outputted from the image generator onto a projection surface and has a projection optical axis that is shifted from a reference optical axis of the device as a whole. An emission optical axis of the first light source part is shifted to a direction opposite to a direction of the projection optical axis having been shifted. |
| US10782599B1 |
LED light blending assembly
Disclosed is a lighting assembly including a plurality of Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) for providing a projection of a substantially uniform light at a working distance from the lighting assembly by oscillating the included plurality of LEDs. |
| US10782592B2 |
Imaging device
To improve usability. An annular mounting portion to which an accessory is attachable, an imaging element that receives object light taken through an opening, a barrier moved between a closing position for closing the opening and an opening position for opening the opening, a portion to be acted that moves the barrier with an attaching action of the accessory to the mounting portion, and an operation portion that moves the barrier regardless of the attaching action of the accessory to the mounting portion are provided, and the operation portion is located inside the mounting portion or at a front portion of the mounting portion. |
| US10782582B2 |
Variable-focus virtual image devices based on polarization conversion
Example display devices include a waveguide configured to propagate visible light under total internal reflection in a direction parallel to a major surface of the waveguide. The waveguide has formed thereon an outcoupling element configured to outcouple a portion of the visible light in a direction normal to the major surface of the waveguide. The example display devices additionally include a polarization-selective notch reflector disposed on a first side of the waveguide and configured to reflect visible light having a first polarization while transmitting the portion of the visible light having a second polarization. The example display devices further include a polarization-independent notch reflector disposed on a second side of the waveguide and configured to reflect visible light having the first polarization and the second polarization, where the polarization-independent notch reflector is configured to convert a polarization of visible light reflecting therefrom. |
| US10782578B2 |
Method for forming wire portion of liquid crystal chromic device and liquid crystal chromic device
A method for forming a wire portion of a liquid crystal chromic device. The method includes: a) preparing a liquid crystal chromic device by forming a transparent electrode on a substrate, and forming an alignment film on the transparent electrode; b) forming two or more etching lines spaced apart by a constant interval by irradiating the alignment film with a laser; and c) applying a conductive paste to a valley region of each of the two or more etching lines. The liquid crystal chromic device includes: a substrate; a transparent electrode provided on the substrate; an alignment film provided on the transparent electrode; and two or more etching lines provided on the alignment film. The two or more etching lines are spaced apart by a constant interval, and a valley region of each of the two or more etching lines is coated with a conductive paste. |
| US10782575B2 |
Array substrate and display panel, and fabrication methods thereof
Array substrate and display panel, and their fabrication methods are provided. The array substrate includes a first base substrate; a pixel electrode over the first base substrate; a first common electrode between the first base substrate and the pixel electrode; and a storage capacitor electrode, between the pixel electrode and the first common electrode and coupled with one of the pixel electrode and the first common electrode. Projections of the first common electrode and the pixel electrode on the first base substrate at least partially overlap with each other. |
| US10782574B2 |
Image display device
An image display device includes a first liquid crystal panel, a second liquid crystal panel which faces a rear surface of the first liquid crystal panel, and a backlight which irradiates a rear surface of the second liquid crystal panel with light. The first liquid crystal panel includes a first front polarizer on a front surface of the first liquid crystal panel, a first rear polarizer on the rear surface of the first liquid crystal panel, and a first liquid crystal cell between the first front and rear polarizers. The second liquid crystal panel includes a second front polarizer on a front surface of the second liquid crystal panel, a second rear polarizer disposed on the rear surface of the second liquid crystal pane, and smaller than the first rear polarizer in top view, and a second liquid crystal cell between the second front and rear polarizers. |
| US10782573B2 |
Display device
A display device includes a substrate, conductive pads arranged on the substrate over a plurality of rows, and a drive circuit chip including bumps arranged over a plurality of rows to be electrically connected with the conductive pads, and the conductive pads arranged in a same row are arranged in parallel, and the bumps arranged in a same row are arranged in a zigzag form so as to be partially shifted. |
| US10782569B2 |
Display panel and a display device
The present disclosure provides a display panel and a display device, the display panel includes a frame glue, an alignment mark, and a blocking wall, and the blocking wall is defined between the alignment mark and the frame glue. |
| US10782566B2 |
Liquid crystal display device
The subject is to provide liquid crystal display device having a short response time, a large voltage holding ratio, a low threshold voltage, a large contrast ratio, a long service life and a small flicker rate.The liquid crystal display device having a liquid crystal alignment film formed on the opposing surfaces of a pair of substrates, and a liquid crystal composition therebetween, wherein the liquid crystal alignment film includes a polymer derived from a polyamic acid having a photodegradable group, and the liquid crystal composition includes at least one compound represented by formula (1) as a first component: R1 is alkyl having 1 to 12 carbons or the like; ring A is 1,4-cyclohexylene, 1,4-phenylene or the like; Z1 is a single bond or the like; X1 and X2 are hydrogen or fluorine; Y1 is fluorine or the like; and a is 1, 2, 3 or 4. |
| US10782565B2 |
Display device comprising first and second semiconductor films wherein an entire region of each of the first and second semiconductor films overlaps with a scan line
A display device with less light leakage and excellent contrast is provided. A display device having a high aperture ratio and including a large-capacitance capacitor is provided. A display device in which wiring delay due to parasitic capacitance is reduced is provided. A display device includes a transistor over a substrate, a pixel electrode connected to the transistor, a signal line electrically connected to the transistor, a scan line electrically connected to the transistor and intersecting with the signal line, and a common electrode overlapping with the pixel electrode and the signal line with an insulating film provided therebetween. The common electrode includes stripe regions extending in a direction intersecting with the signal line. |
| US10782564B2 |
Liquid crystal display
A liquid crystal display includes a lower panel electrode including a lower panel unit electrode, an upper panel electrode including an upper panel unit electrode facing the lower panel unit electrode, and a liquid crystal layer between the lower panel electrode and the upper panel electrode and including liquid crystal molecules, where the lower panel unit electrode includes a center electrode disposed at a center thereof, minute branches which extends from an edge side of the center electrode to an outside, and a first cutout is defined in the center of the center electrode, and the a second cutout is defined in the upper panel unit electrode between the minute branches and the first cutout, and a third cutout is connected to the second cutout and defines a boundary between subregions together with the first cutout. |
| US10782562B1 |
Light emitting assembly, backlight source, display panel and light emitting diode
A light emitting assembly, a backlight source and a display panel are provided. The light emitting assembly includes: a circuit board, at least one LED on the circuit board; the at least one LED has a main light emitting face substantially parallel to the circuit board and An oblique side light emitting face, the side light emitting face being located between the main light emitting face and the side light emitting face; a reflective film between the circuit board and the at least one LED; an acute angle is formed between the main light emitting face and the side light emitting face, and the side light emitting face is configured such that light emitted by the side light emitting face is directed away from the LED and is directed toward the circuit board, the reflective film being configured to reflect light emitted by the side light emitting face. |
| US10782555B2 |
Liquid crystal panel
A liquid crystal panel is switched between a transmission state and a reflection state. The liquid crystal panel includes an absorption type polarizing plate on one side of a liquid crystal element, and a reflection type polarizing plate on the other side thereof. In the reflection state, light incident from the absorption type polarizing plate and transmitted through the liquid crystal element has a polarization axis along the reflection axis of the reflection type polarizing plate, and is reflected by the reflection type polarizing plate. In the transmission state, the light incident from the absorption type polarizing plate and transmitted through the liquid crystal element has a polarization axis along the transmission axis orthogonal to the reflection axis, and is transmitted through the reflection type polarizing plate. The absorption type polarizing plate has an average polarization degree of 60-80% inclusive at wavelengths of 450-650 nm. |
| US10782549B2 |
Display apparatus
A display apparatus including a display panel having a display surface on which an image is displayed, and a light condensing member disposed on an upper portion of the display surface. The light condensing member includes a lower condensing layer having a plurality of protrusions protruding upward, and an upper condensing layer having a higher refractive index than the lower condensing layer and disposed on an upper portion of the lower condensing layer to cover the top surface of the lower condensing layer. The protrusions include an upper surface having a planar shape, and a side surface extending downward from an edge of the upper surface and having a curved shape. |
| US10782547B2 |
Display device including test connection terminals
A second substrate has detection electrodes of a touch panel, each of pixels has a pixel electrode and a counter electrode, the counter electrode is divided into a plurality of blocks, the counter electrodes of the respective divided blocks are commonly provided for the respective pixels of the plurality of display lines in series, and the counter electrodes also serve as scanning electrodes of the touch panel, and a counter electrode selector circuit that selects the counter electrodes. The counter electrode selector circuit includes an address decoder circuit that selects the counter electrodes of the respective blocks for a given period, and a selector circuit that applies a touch panel scanning voltage to the counter electrode of the block selected by the address decoder circuit, and applies a counter voltage to the counter electrodes of the blocks not selected by the address decoder circuit. |
| US10782543B2 |
Method and system for a distributed mach-zehnder interferometer with integrated feed forward equalizer
Methods and systems for a distributed Mach-Zehnder Interferometer (MZI) with an integrated feed forward equalizer (FFE) may include a photonic chip comprising an optical modulator having diode drivers, local voltage domain splitters, and delay elements, where each is distributed along a length of the optical modulator. Outputs of the delay elements may be coupled to inputs of the local domain splitters, and outputs of the local voltage domain splitters may be coupled to inputs of the diode drivers. A feed forward equalization (FFE) module comprising a configurable delay element with inverted outputs coupled to one of the delay elements along the length of the modulator, may be coupled to a local voltage domain splitter. An input electrical signal may be received and delayed using the delay elements and coupled to the local domain splitters, and input electrical signals for the diode drivers may be generated using the local domain splitters. |
| US10782532B2 |
Compact head-mounted display system protected by a hyperfine structure
There is provided an optical system, including a light-transmitting substrate (20) having at least two external major surfaces and edges, an optical element for coupling light waves into the substrate (20) by internal reflection, at least one partially reflecting surface located in the substrate (20), for coupling light waves out of the substrate (20), at least one transparent air gap film (110) including a base (112) and a hyperfine structure (111) defining a relief formation, constructed on the base, wherein the air gap film is attached to one of the major surfaces of the substrate (20), with the relief formation facing the substrate (20) defining an interface plane (58), so that the light waves coupled inside the substrate (20) are substantially totally reflected from the interface plane (58). |
| US10782530B2 |
Information transfer mechanism for processing apparatus for displaying notice information to an operator
An information transfer mechanism includes processing apparatus and a head-mounted display, and transfers information of the processing apparatus to an operator. The processing apparatus has an information transmitter for transmitting positional information of the processing apparatus, individual identification information of the processing apparatus, and notice information to be notified to the operator. The head-mounted display receives the notice information of the processing apparatus which have entered a visual field thereof and displays the received notice information in overlapping relation to the scene of peripheral processing apparatus. |
| US10782529B2 |
Display device and head mount display device
A display device includes a display panel including a substrate and a plurality of display elements disposed on the substrate, and a diffraction panel including a plurality of diffraction patterns disposed on a path of light emitted from the plurality of display elements. The plurality of diffraction patterns are disposed in a first direction to have a first period, each of the plurality of diffraction patterns includes a first refractive layer, a second refractive layer disposed on the first refractive layer, and a third refractive layer disposed on the second refractive layer, and a refractive index of the second refractive layer is higher than a refractive index of the first refractive layer and a refractive index of the third refractive layer. |
| US10782526B2 |
Dynamic focusing head mounted display
A conventional head-mounted display (HMDs) can display a virtual image at a fixed focus (e.g., infinite focus). If the user looks at an object that appears closer than the virtual image, then accommodation by the user's eyes will cause the virtual image to appear blurry. The HMDs disclosed herein include a dynamic electro-active focusing element that changes the focus of the virtual image to account for accommodation by the user. This dynamic electro-active focusing element may include a curved layer of electro-active material, such as nematic or bi-stable (e.g., cholesteric) liquid crystal, disposed between a static concave mirror and a convex surface on a beam splitter or other optical element. Changing the refractive index of the electro-active material causes the focus of the dynamic electro-active focusing element, making it possible to shift the virtual image's focus in as the user's eyes change focus. |
| US10782525B2 |
Coordination of water-related experiences with virtual reality content
The present invention is directed to devices, systems and methods for coordinating water-related experiences with virtual reality content. In one aspect of the present invention, a method of providing a virtual reality experience to a rider moving along the surface of water is provided. The method includes the following steps: providing a headset to the rider, wherein the headset is placed over the rider's eyes; providing a surface of water along which the rider can travel; collecting data on the rider's acceleration, velocity or orientation through interaction of the headset with signals generated next to the surface of the water along which the rider travels; using the data to calculate one or more values that are used to coordinate virtual reality content with the rider's position along the water surface; presenting the virtual reality content to the rider through the headset, thereby providing a virtual reality experience to the rider. |
| US10782522B2 |
Display device, in particular a head-mounted display, based on temporal and spatial multiplexing of hologram tiles
The invention relates to a display device, in particular a head-mounted display or hocular, having a spatial light modulator and a controllable light-deflecting device for generating a multiple image of the spatial light modulator, which consists of segments, the multiple image being produced at least with a predefinable number of segments which determines the size of a visible area within which a 3D-scene holographically encoded in the spatial light modulator can be reconstructed for observation by an eye of an observer. |
| US10782520B2 |
Cleaning system for vehicle sensor
A cleaning system includes an actuator and an arm rotatable by the actuator. The actuator includes a housing and a rotatable barrier in the housing defining a first chamber and a second chamber. The rotatable barrier is rotatable by relative pressures of the chambers. The arm includes a first nozzle fluidly connected to the first chamber and a second nozzle fluidly connected to the second chamber. |
| US10782518B2 |
Embeddable module for high output LED
In one aspect, a light module is disclosed, which includes a housing providing a hollow chamber extending from a proximal end to a distal end, and a lens positioned in the hollow chamber, where the lens has a lens body comprising an input surface for receiving light from a light source and an output surface through which light exits the lens body, said lens further comprising a collar at least partially encircling said lens body. The light module further includes at least one shoulder on which the lens collar can be seated for positioning the lens within the housing. A light source, e.g., an LED, is coupled to the hollow chamber, e.g., at its proximal end, for providing light to the lens. In some embodiments, an optical window is disposed in the hollow chamber and is optically coupled to the output surface of the lens such that the light exiting the lens passes through the optical window before exiting the light module. In some embodiments, the shoulder can be formed as part of the housing. In other embodiments, the shoulder can be provided by a sleeve disposed in the module's housing. |
| US10782517B2 |
Virtual displaying device for telescopic sight
A virtual displaying device used on a telescopic sight includes a sleeve sleeved around an eyepiece portion of the telescopic sight, a virtual assembly and a fixing portion for fixing the sleeve and the virtual assembly to the eyepiece portion. The virtual assembly includes a housing, a virtual member and a displaying screen both received in the housing. Light emitted from the displaying screen passes through the virtual member to be zoomed, shifted and then projected, together with light of the eyepiece, near distance of eye relief of the telescopic sight so that a shooter can simultaneously and clearly see both the target inside the eyepiece and contents displayed on the displaying screen. The present structure above can allow the shooter to obtain important shooting information while aiming at a target and greatly improve the efficiency of the telescopic sight. |
| US10782513B2 |
Total internal reflection aperture stop imaging
In some example embodiments, there is provided an apparatus comprising a lens comprising a first medium having a first index of refraction and a second medium having a second index of refraction, wherein the first index of refraction is greater than the second index of refraction; wherein an interface between the first medium and the second medium is convex, and wherein total internal reflection from the first medium to the second medium forms an aperture on light transmission with edges dependent on the angle of light incidence. Related system, methods, and the like are also disclosed. |
| US10782508B2 |
Imaging apparatus including an optical assembly for refracting ambient lights to bypass shielding members in display panel and method for producing the same and mobile terminal device
An imaging apparatus and a method for producing the same are provided. The imaging apparatus includes a display panel, including a first face and a second face arranged opposite to each other; an imaging device on the second face of the display panel; and an optical assembly in an optical path where ambient lights pass through the first face and the second face in sequence and enter the imaging device, the optical assembly being configured to refract at least part of the ambient lights so that the refracted lights bypass shielding members in the display panel and are incident on the imaging device. |
| US10782506B2 |
Optical imaging lens assembly, image capturing unit and electronic device
An optical imaging lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side: a first, a second, a third, a fourth, a fifth and a sixth lens elements. The first lens element has negative refractive power. The second lens element has an object-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. The third lens element has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. The fifth lens element with negative refractive power has an object-side surface being concave and an image-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. The sixth lens element has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. At least one of an object-side surface and the image-side surface of the sixth lens element has at least one critical point in an off-axis region thereof, wherein both the surfaces of the sixth lens element are aspheric. |
| US10782501B2 |
Medical observation device
A medical observation device includes an imaging unit configured to photograph an image of an operation site, and a holding unit configured to be connected with the imaging unit and have rotary shafts which are operable with at least six degrees of freedom. Among the rotary shafts, at least two shafts are active shafts whose driving is controlled based on states of the rotary shafts, and at least one shaft is a passive shaft which is rotated according to direct external manipulation accompanying contact. |
| US10782499B2 |
Cable storage arrangement
Example telecommunications wall outlets (200) include a base structure (220) and a stationary spool structure (237) extending from the base structure (220). The spool structure (237) includes a hub portion (248) extending between a first wall (238) and a second wall (250). A length of fiber optic cable (190) is coiled about the hub portion (248) between the first and second walls (238, 250). A cover (260) is also provided which covers at least a portion of the spool structure (237). The cover (260) includes a port (266) aligned over the hub portion (248) through which the length of cable can be dispensed from the spool structure (237) by unwinding the cable (190) about the spool structure (237) such that the port (266) revolves around the spool structure (237). Additional embodiments are disclosed. |
| US10782497B2 |
Telecommunications connection cabinet
A telecommunications cabinet includes a cabinet housing; a fiber optic splitter; a plurality of spools disposed on a cable management surface; a panel oriented at a fixed angle relative to the access opening so that the panel extends laterally and rearwardly between the access opening and the cable management surface; and a plurality of adapters disposed on the panel. |
| US10782496B1 |
Optical cables with lubricated optical fibers and methods of formation thereof
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an apparatus and method for manufacturing of optical cable buffer tubes using an emulsion lubricant. In an embodiment, an optical cable includes a plurality of buffer tubes. Each buffer tube includes a bundle of optical fibers comprising an outer surface area, a swellable-thread comprising a hydrophilic base material comprising water, and a layer of silicone contacting at least a part of the outer surface area. |
| US10782489B2 |
Fiber optic connector
A fiber optic connector comprising a fusion assembly for strengthening a splice point. The fusion assembly comprises an elongate mechanical support positioned adjacent the splice point and snugly encased by a flexible tube. In one embodiment, a meltable adhesive in the form of a hollow tube is positioned over the splice point and the flexible tube comprises a heat shrinkable material. In another embodiment, the mechanical support is an elongate plate having a concave surface positioned adjacent the splice point and a C shaped cross section. |
| US10782487B2 |
Multi-fiber fiber optic connector
A fiber optic cable assembly includes a fiber optic cable and a fiber optic connector. The cable includes a jacket having an elongated transverse cross-sectional profile that defines a major axis and a minor axis. Strength components of the cable are anchored to the connector. The fiber optic connector includes a multi-fiber ferrule defining a major axis that is generally perpendicular to the major axis of the jacket and a minor axis that is generally perpendicular to the minor axis of the jacket. Certain types of connectors include a connector body defining a side opening that extends along a length of the connector body; a multi-fiber ferrule configured for lateral insertion into the connector body through the side opening; and a cover that mounts over the side opening after the multi-fiber ferrule has been inserted into the connector body through the side opening. |
| US10782486B2 |
Fiber optic connector
A fiber optic connector includes a plug-in unit, a connecting unit, and a sleeving unit. The plug-in unit includes a switch member that is operable to move between a locking position and an adjusting position. The connecting unit includes a surrounding body that is formed with two through grooves. When the switch member is at the adjusting position, the switch member is moved away from of the through grooves and the connecting unit is operable to be separated from the plug-in unit. When the switch member is at the locking position, the switch member is moved into one of the through grooves to prevent separation of the connecting unit from the plug-in unit. |
| US10782484B2 |
Ferrule-less fiber optic connector
The present disclosure relates to a fiber optic cable and connector assembly including a fiber optic cable and a ferrule-less fiber optic connector. The ferrule-less fiber optic connector includes a main connector body including a distal end and a proximal end. The fiber optic connector also includes a fiber fixation component that mounts within the main connector body and that axially fixes a portion of an optical fiber of the fiber optic cable within the main connector body. The optical fiber includes a bare fiber portion that extends distally beyond the fiber fixation component and includes a free-end portion located at the distal end of the main connector body. The free-end portion is not supported by a ferrule. The optical fiber is anchored relative to the fiber fixation component before the fiber fixation component is mounted within the main connector body. |
| US10782481B1 |
Optical fasteners having heads with lenses
A fastener includes a head that is configured to be engaged by a tool, and a shaft extending from the head. The shaft includes a distal end that is opposite from the head. At least one optical component is coupled to one or both of the head or the shaft. The optical component(s) is configured to allow light to pass through the fastener. A window system includes a panel that includes an exterior surface and an interior surface, and the fastener extending between the exterior surface and the interior surface of the panel. A screen is coupled to the interior surface. The screen receives light from the optical component(s) of the fastener. |
| US10782478B2 |
Inter-mode loss difference compensator and optical amplifier
A differential mode attenuation compensator includes a first multi-mode optical fiber and a third multi-mode optical fiber in which a plurality of propagation modes propagate in a wavelength of a propagating optical signal; and a second multi-mode optical fiber including a core and a clad and arranged with a central axis aligned between the first multi-mode optical fiber and the third multi-mode optical fiber, in which each loss in the plurality of propagation modes is different in the first multi-mode optical fiber and the third multi-mode optical fiber. |
| US10782473B2 |
Optical fibre assembly and method of making an optical fibre assembly
A method of forming an optical fibre assembly, comprises providing a planar substrate made of a first material; positioning an optical fibre with an outer layer of a first glass material on a surface of the substrate to form a pre-assembly; depositing a further glass material such as silica soot onto the pre-assembly, over at least a part of the optical fibre and adjacent parts of the substrate surface; and heating the pre-assembly to consolidate the further glass material into an amorphous volume in contact with at least parts of the surface of the substrate and the outer layer of the optical fibre, thereby bonding the optical fibre to the substrate to create the optical fibre assembly. |
| US10782467B2 |
Light guide device and its manufacturing method, backlight module and display device
The present disclosure has disclosed a light guide device, comprising an optical waveguide layer (100), and a reflection layer (110) one surface of which is connected with the optical waveguide layer, said one surface including a plurality of protrusions (113), each protrusion including a first surface (114) forming a first angle (θ1) with respect to a surface of the optical waveguide layer, and a first intersection line (116) between a plane in which the surface of the optical waveguide layer is located and a plane in which the first surface is located being perpendicular to a light guiding direction of the optical waveguide layer. The present disclosure has disclosed a manufacturing method of a light guide device as well as a backlight module and display device including the light guide device at the same time. |
| US10782464B1 |
Generating a lattice of optical spin-orbit beams
In a general aspect, optical beams are manipulated. In some cases, an optical device includes an inlet to receive a first beam, and one or more prism pairs. Each prism pair includes one or more birefringent gradients configured to transform the first beam into a second beam. The second beam is associated with a lattice of cells, where each cell includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is associated with a first orbital angular momentum (OAM) mode and a first polarization, and the second portion is associated with a second OAM mode and a second polarization. |
| US10782463B2 |
Display panel with polarizing plates and display apparatus including the same
A display panel and a display apparatus including the display panel are provided. The display apparatus includes: a display panel; and a backlight unit configured to supply light to the display panel, wherein the display panel includes: a liquid crystal layer; a first polarizing plate disposed between the backlight unit and the liquid crystal layer; and a second polarizing plate facing the first polarizing plate with the liquid crystal layer disposed therebetween, and containing a light absorbing agent for absorbing light of a specific wavelength band, wherein the first polarizing plate includes: a first polarizing layer including a plurality of refracting layers having different refractive indexes; and at least one second polarizing layer disposed on the first polarizing layer. |
| US10782460B2 |
Multispectral filter
An optical filter may include a substrate. The optical filter may include a first mirror and a second mirror. Each of the first mirror and the second mirror may include a plurality of quarterwave stacks. The plurality of quarterwave stacks may include a plurality of layers comprising a first material, a second material, and a third material. The optical filter may include a spacer disposed between the first mirror and the second mirror. |
| US10782455B2 |
Optical system using camera and light source of handheld device
The present invention relates to an optical system for imaging using a camera and a light source of a handheld device, wherein the optical system comprises a transparent optic defining an optical volume, the transparent optic comprising a first main face adapted for positioning an object to be imaged, the transparent optic adapted to admit into the optical volume a light emitted by the light source for illuminating the object and wherein the transparent optic is adapted to admit the light having interacted with the object into the optical volume and turn the light inside the optical volume such that the light is internally reflected within the optical volume and exit the optical volume to be incident onto the camera. |
| US10782453B2 |
Display devices with reflectors
A display device has a display, operable to generate a real image, and an optical system. In the optical system are at least two free-form reflective surfaces, S I and S2. At least one of the reflective surfaces is convex in one direction at substantially all points of its optically active area. Light rays from the display are reflected on SI before they are reflected on S2. The reflective surfaces SI and S2 are arranged to generate a virtual image from the real image on the display, by projecting light from the display to an eye position. The field of view occupied by the virtual image as seen from the eye position is greater than 50 degrees in at least one direction, preferably the direction linking the two eyes of an intended user. |
| US10782451B2 |
Method for producing a reflection-reducing layer system
A method for producing a reflection-reducing layer system is disclosed. In an embodiment, a method includes depositing an organic layer on the substrate, generating a nanostructure in the organic layer by a plasma etching process, applying a cover layer to the nanostructure, wherein the organic layer, the nanostructure and the cover layer together form a reflection-reducing structure, wherein the cover layer comprises an inorganic material or an organosilicon compound, and wherein the cover layer is at least 5 nm thick and performing a post-treatment after applying the cover layer, wherein a material of the organic layer is at least partially removed, decomposed or chemically converted, and wherein an effective refractive index neff,2 of the reflection-reducing structure after the post-treatment is smaller than an effective refractive index neff,1 of the reflection-reducing structure before the post-treatment. |
| US10782447B2 |
Sea fog monitoring method based on multi-source satellite remote sensing data
The present invention discloses a sea fog monitoring method based on multi-source satellite remote sensing data. A fog and low cloud mixed region is preliminarily identified using visible light and infrared satellite remote sensing data. A temperature and humidity vertically-layered structure in the fog and low cloud mixed region is obtained using satellite microwave remote sensing data. Due to different heights of fog and low cloud high-humidity regions, the heights of the high-humidity regions can be extracted by a humidity layered structure, so that fog and low clouds are distinguished, and the monitoring accuracy of fog is effectively improved. |
| US10782446B2 |
Environmental logging system
An environmental logging system that includes a housing and an electronic logging circuit sealed within the housing. The logging circuit includes an energy source, transducer, charging circuit, trigger circuit, electronic control unit (ECU), and transmitter. The energy source is charged by the charging circuit using electricity from the transducer in response to external energy applied to the transducer. Commands may also be received by the circuit via the transducer. The ECU includes a processor, memory, and one or more sensors, and it operates under power from the energy source to store data from the sensor(s). The transmitter is coupled to the ECU and transmits the data via electromagnetic radiation outside the housing. The trigger circuit supplies operating power to the processor only when the voltage level of the energy source is above a minimum threshold. The housing may be a tubular shell filled with a polymeric material. |
| US10782444B2 |
Multiple-optical-axis photoelectric sensor
A light projector and a light receiver each includes a case body, a light transmission plate closing an opening in a front face of the case body, and a pair of caps closing openings in end faces of the case body. The case body includes first supports supporting side edges of the light transmission plate, the caps respectively include second supports supporting ends of the light transmission plate, the light transmission plate is supported by the first supports and the second supports with an elastic member interposed between the light transmission plate and the first and second supports, and the cap is fixed to the case body while the seal member abutting on the end face of the case body is interposed between the cap and the case body. A cured liquid sealing agent is interposed between leading ends of the seal member and the elastic member. |
| US10782441B2 |
Multiple three-dimensional (3-D) inspection renderings
An X-ray inspection system includes at least one display monitor and a console. The console includes at least two different visualization algorithms and a processor. The processor is configured to process volumetric image data with a first of the at least two different visualization algorithms and produce a first processed volumetric image. The processor is further configured to process the volumetric image data with a second of the at least two different visualization algorithms and produce a second processed volumetric image. The processor is further configured to concurrently display the first and second processed volumetric image data via the display monitor. The volumetric image data is indicative of a scanned object and items therein. |
| US10782435B2 |
Detection device
A detection device includes a spiral structure, a proximity sensor, a via element, an electrostatic-field enhancement element, and a nonconductive substrate. The spiral element has a first end and a second end. The proximity sensor is coupled to the first end of the spiral element. The electrostatic-field enhancement element is disposed adjacent to the spiral structure. The first end of the spiral structure is coupled through the via element to the electrostatic-field enhancement element. The second end of the spiral structure is an open end. The electrostatic-field enhancement element is configured to increase the directivity of the detection device. The nonconductive substrate is disposed between the spiral structure and the electrostatic-field enhancement element. The via element penetrates the nonconductive substrate. |
| US10782432B2 |
Monopole acoustic logging while drilling instrument used together with bottom hole assembly, method for measuring shear wave velocity of slow formations
A monopole acoustic logging while drilling instrument used together with a bottom hole assembly and a method for measuring a shear wave velocity of slow formations, wherein the bottom hole assembly includes a drill collar and a drill bit, wherein the monopole acoustic logging while drilling instrument is installed on the drill collar. The monopole acoustic logging while drilling instrument comprises: an acoustic receiver array installed on the drill collar; a monopole acoustic source arranged at the drill collar, wherein the monopole acoustic source is configured to emit acoustic waves with a frequency in a preset frequency range, and the ratio of the outer diameter D1 of the drill collar to the outer diameter D2 of the drill bit is d, and 0.75 |
| US10782426B2 |
Radiation detector
According to one embodiment, a radiation detector includes detection parts detecting radiation directly or in cooperation with a scintillator, a controller reading out a signal charge from each detection part, a memory part storing an upper limit and a lower limit of a normal pixel value in a dark image preliminarily obtained and data about a temperature dependence of the upper and lower limits, and a temperature sensor measuring a temperature of the radiation detector. The controller reads out the signal charge from each detection part in a state of no intended radiation irradiation and images the dark image, acquires a temperature when the dark image measured by the temperature sensor is imaged, extracts the upper and lower limits corresponding to the acquired temperature from the memory part, and inspects a pixel value in the imaged dark image by using the extracted upper limit and the lower limit. |
| US10782425B2 |
PSD sensors for head and neck
A radio-opaque plastic scintillator detector (PSD) for use in various head and neck radiation applications is described. Bite plates, nose cones and ear cones are provided for use therewith, each having hollow tubes into which PSD cables can be inserted for real time measurement of radiation during treatment. |
| US10782423B2 |
Mechanical linkage system of PET and CT/MRI and linkage scanning method thereof
A mechanical linkage system of PET and CT/MRI and a linkage scanning method thereof are disclosed. According to an example of the disclosure, the mechanical linkage system includes a PET host, a CT/MRI host, a scanning bed, and a moving system. The PET host includes a PET detector installed in a PET detector fixing plate and configured to form a positron emission computed tomography image. The CT/MRI host has a larger aperture than the PET detector. A front end of the PET host and a front end of the CT/MRI host are oppositely disposed. The scanning bed is located to an end of the CT/MRI host. The moving system is connected with at least one of the PET host or the CT/MRI host and configured to move the PET detector into or out of a scanning field of view of the CT/MRI host. |
| US10782422B2 |
Dose rate measurement systems and methods
Techniques are disclosed for systems and methods to detect radiation accurately, and particularly in a highly radioactive environment. A system includes a detector module for a radiation detector and a parallel signal analyzer configured to receive radiation detection event signals from the detector module and provide a spectroscopy output and a dose rate output. The parallel signal analyzer may be configured to analyze the radiation detection event signals in parallel in first and second analysis channels according to respective first and second measurement times and determine the spectroscopy output and the dose rate output based on radiation detection event energies determined according to the respective first and second measurement times. |
| US10782420B2 |
Range-extended dosimeter
An embodiment of a dosimeter apparatus is described that comprises a first radiation sensor configured to measure high energy photons from a radiation field; a second radiation sensor configured to measure accumulated photons from the radiation field over a time interval; an interface; and a processor comprising executable code stored thereon, wherein the executable code: computes a high dose value for the high energy photons measured by the first radiation sensor; computes an event dose value of the photons accumulated over the time interval; determines a total dose value for the time interval that comprises the greater of the high dose value or the event dose value; and communicates the total dose value for the time interval to a user via the interface. |
| US10782419B2 |
Method to determine clearance of an obstacle
A method of determining when a first train has cleared an intersection a distance to permit travel of a second train through the intersection without risk of collision or contact includes: (a) sampling first GPS data corresponding to a location of a lead vehicle of the first train travelling on a first track when the lead vehicle passes proximate a marker; (b) sampling second GPS data corresponding to a location of a last vehicle of the first train moving on the first track; (c) comparing the second GPS data and the first GPS data: (d) repeating steps (b)-(c) until the location corresponding to the first GPS data and the location corresponding to the second GPS data are within a predetermined distance of each other, and (e) generating a signal when the locations are within the predetermined distance. |
| US10782417B2 |
Mobile reference station for GNSS positioning
Methods for determining corrected positions of a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) rover using a GNSS base station and one or more GNSS reference stations include determining a statistical representation of position measurements from the GNSS reference stations and an instantaneous position measurement from the GNSS reference stations. A position correction is determined based on the statistical representation and the instantaneous position measurement. A corrected position of the GNSS rover is determined based on a position of the GNSS rover and the position correction. |
| US10782416B2 |
Power management in wireless tracking device operating with restricted power source
A wireless tracking device operating in at least two modes to reduce power consumption and extend the operable period of the wireless tracking device. In an active mode, the wireless tracking device samples sensor signals at a higher resolution and may also actively communicate with a remote device via wireless connection. In a hibernation mode, most of the components or modules in the wireless tracking device are shut down to reduce power consumption. The wireless tracking device may switch to the active mode when a predetermine event is detected. |
| US10782412B2 |
Sensor apparatus with cooling structure
A sensor apparatus includes an upper chamber, a lower chamber adjacent the upper chamber, a sensor contacting and below the lower chamber, and a valve in communication with the upper and lower chambers and openable in response to a temperature at the valve being above a threshold. The upper chamber may include a dome-shaped upper panel. |
| US10782411B2 |
Vehicle pose system
Various examples are directed to systems and methods for determining a pose of a vehicle. A first localizer may generate a first pose estimate for the vehicle based at least in part on a comparison of first remote sensor data to a first reference data. A second localizer may generate a second pose estimate for the vehicle based at least in part on a comparison of second remote sensor data to a second reference data. A pose state estimator may generate a vehicle pose for the vehicle based at least in part on a first previous pose of the vehicle, the first pose estimate, and the second pose estimate. |
| US10782410B2 |
Method and apparatus for constructing reflectance map
In a specific implementation of the method a reflectance map is constructed based on a position and an Euler angle, obtained through a global optimization and used for constructing a reflectance map, of a center of a laser radar corresponding to each frame laser point cloud used for constructing the reflectance map collected in each collection region. This implementation implements the level-by-level pose optimization of laser point clouds used for constructing a reflectance map that are collected in each collection region in an excessively large region, to obtain an accurate position and Euler angle, used for constructing the reflectance map, of a laser radar center corresponding to each frame laser point cloud used for constructing the reflectance map. |
| US10782395B2 |
True velocity vector estimation using V2X
Embodiments are provided herein for a radar system and a method for determining true velocity, which includes: obtaining a radial velocity component that corresponds to a target object, based on sensor data detected by a radar sensor on a vehicle; obtaining a true velocity magnitude of the target object from a communication protocol; and calculating a true velocity angle of direction of the target object based on a trigonometric relationship established between the radial velocity component and the true velocity vector. |
| US10782390B2 |
Full-duplex operation for radar sensing using wireless communication chipset
Techniques and apparatuses are described that enable full-duplex operation for radar sensing using a wireless communication chipset. A controller initializes or controls connections between one or more transceivers and antennas in the wireless communication chipset. This enables the wireless communication chipset to be used as a continuous-wave radar or a pulse-Doppler radar. By utilizing these techniques, the wireless communication chipset can be re-purposed or used for wireless communication or radar sensing. |
| US10782389B2 |
Linear, synthesized radar receiver array between and extending from ICS
A device includes a circuit board having thereon, a controlling component, a first radar chip and a second radar chip. The first radar chip includes a first radar transmission antenna, a second radar transmission antenna and a first radar receiver antenna array. The second radar chip includes a second radar receiver antenna array. The controlling component can control the first radar chip and the second radar chip. The first radar transmission antenna can transmit a first radar transmission signal. The second radar transmission antenna can transmit a second radar transmission signal. The second radar chip is spaced from the first radar chip so as to create a virtual receiver antenna array between the first radar receiver antenna array and the second radar receiver antenna array. |
| US10782386B2 |
Method, computer-readable medium, and system for generating reference data for determining a position of objects relative to a vehicle
A method is provided for generating reference data for determining a position of objects relative to a vehicle. The method includes: determining a measured value of a radio signal for each position of an object from a predetermined number of positions of the object in at least two spatial zones of the vehicle; determining focal points for the determined measured values in each spatial zone of the vehicle, wherein each focal point represents a group of determined measured values in one of the defined spatial zones of the vehicle; and storing the focal points as reference data for determination of the position of objects in the vehicle. |
| US10782385B2 |
Apparatus and method for high accuracy distance and orientation measurement
Described is an machine-readable storage media having instruction stored thereon, that when executed, cause one or more processors to perform an operation comprising: sequentially transmit, in a first mode, at least two first probe request messages in at least two beam steering directions, respectively, towards a device; and receive, from the device, at least two first probe response messages in response to transmitting the at least two first probe request messages. |
| US10782379B2 |
Method, apparatus, and device for magnetic resonance chemical shift encoding imaging
A method, an apparatus, and a device for magnetic resonance chemical shift encoding imaging are provided. The method includes in a phasor-error spectrum established based on a simplified multi-point magnetic resonance signal model, determining a pixel point having a unique phase factor value and causing the phasor-error spectrum to reach a local minimum value as an initial seed point; estimating a phase factor value of a pixel point to be estimated according to the initial seed point to obtain a field map; mapping and merging the field maps at the highest resolution to obtain a reconstructed field map; determining a reconstructed seed point from the reconstructed field map, and estimating the reconstructed seed point to obtain a phase factor value of a reconstructed pixel point to be estimated. |
| US10782378B2 |
Deep learning reconstruction of free breathing perfusion
A method for reducing artifacts in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data includes acquiring a k-space dataset of an anatomical subject using a MRI scanner. An iterative compressed sensing reconstruction method is used to generate a reconstructed image based on the k-space dataset. This iterative compressed sensing reconstruction method uses (a) L1-norm based total variation constraints applied the temporal and spatial dimensions of the k-space dataset and (b) a low rank constraint. After the reconstructed image is generated, a deep learning network is used to generate an artifact image depicting motion artifacts present in the reconstructed image. The reconstructed image is subtracted from the artifact image to yield a final image with the motion artifacts removed. |
| US10782376B2 |
Diffusion-weighted MRI using multiple b-values and constant echo time
Methods and apparatus for acquiring diffusion-weighted images. The method comprises selecting a plurality of diffusion gradient vectors, wherein at least two of the plurality of diffusion gradient vectors correspond to different non-zero b-values. The method further comprises determining a gradient strength for each of the plurality of diffusion gradient vectors such that an echo image time (TE) remains constant when gradients corresponding to each of the plurality of diffusion gradient vectors are applied. The method further comprises acquiring the diffusion-weighted images using a gradient encoding scheme including the gradients corresponding to each of the plurality of gradient vectors. |
| US10782374B2 |
Method for providing a selection of at least one protocol parameter from a plurality of protocol parameters and a magnetic resonance device therefor
In a method for providing a selection of at least one protocol parameter from a plurality of protocol parameters for a user-defined protocol parameter setting of at least one magnetic resonance protocol for a magnetic resonance examination on a patient using a magnetic resonance device, a selection mode and a setting mode can be performed. In the selection mode, stored user-dependent parameter information can be provided and a selection of the at least one protocol parameter for a protocol parameter setting can be determined based on the stored user-dependent parameter information. In the setting mode, the determined selection of the at least one protocol parameter can be provided to the user via a user interface. |
| US10782372B2 |
Magnetic resonance imaging system radio frequency subsystem and coil decoupling apparatus and methods used therein
A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system radio frequency (RF) subsystem and a coil decoupling apparatus and method used therein. The MRI system RF subsystem comprises a body coil and a surface coil for receiving MR signals, and also comprises a preamplifier for amplifying the MR signals received by the body coil; the coil decoupling apparatus comprises a phase shifter, which is connected between the preamplifier and the body coil, and used for receiving an external voltage regulation signal to regulate an operation voltage thereof, wherein the voltage regulation signal is determined according to a current patient's weight. |
| US10782371B2 |
NMR apparatus with permanent magnets, magnetic field sensors, and magnetic coils
A nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) apparatus includes a pair of permanent magnets spaced apart from each other and defining a sample space, the permanent magnets providing a magnetic field in the sample space, an array of magnetic field sensors arranged relative to the sample space to provide, during operation, information about a homogeneity of the magnetic field, an array of magnetic coils arranged relative to the sample space so that each magnetic coil, during operation, generates a magnetic field that changes the magnetic field in the sample space, and an electronic controller programmed to receive information about the magnetic field from the array of magnetic field sensors and to variably energize the magnetic coils in the array of magnetic coils so that the magnetic fields generated by the array of magnetic coils reduces inhomogeneities of the magnetic field. |
| US10782369B2 |
Transport apparatus for temperature-controlled NMR test samples having a double tube system
Transport apparatus pneumatically conveying NMR test samples (2) from or to an NMR spectrometer (1) through a tubular transport channel (3) includes a device (4) generating positive pressure in the end of the transport channel that is remote from the spectrometer. The transport channel has a tube system which has a gas-tight outer tube (5) having an outer diameter Da and an inner diameter da and an inner tube (6), arranged coaxially with respect to the outer tube, having an outer diameter Di |
| US10782357B1 |
Automatic insulation resistance testers with heater
The present invention relates to improvements to automatic permanently installed insulation resistance test equipment. More particularly, the present invention relates to improvements to insulation test equipment for testing low voltage, medium voltage, and high voltage electrical equipment on the order of the rated voltage level while limiting the maximum output current to a safe level. The preferred test output voltage of the insulation test equipment would have a maximum test output of 5000 VDC, due to design considerations, but the AIRT test output could be made to be higher, up to a maximum of 15,000 VDC. After installation of the insulation test equipment in the control cabinet of the electrical equipment there will be no requirement to open the control cabinet to operate the insulation test equipment. The improvements will also allow personnel to perform an insulation test on electrical equipment without having to manually isolate the electrical equipment from the power source to perform the testing. |
| US10782350B2 |
Apparatus and method for diagnosing failure of switch element
Disclosed are an apparatus and method of diagnosing a failure of a switch element used to switch on or off external connection of a battery. The apparatus according to the present disclosure is an apparatus for diagnosing a failure of a switch element provided on a first line between a first electrode of a battery and a first external terminal, the apparatus including a current measuring unit configured to measure a current flowing through a second line between a second electrode of the battery and a second external terminal, a diagnosis resistor and a diagnosis switch provided on a third line to connect an outer node of the switch element and an outer node of the current measuring unit, and connected to each other in series, and a controller configured to apply a control signal for turning on or off the switch element, to the switch element, to turn on the diagnosis switch after the control signal is applied and then receive a measured current value from the current measuring unit, to determine a level of the current flowing through the second line, by using the measured current value, and to diagnose a failure of the switch element by comparing the current level to a reference current level. |
| US10782348B2 |
Automatic device detection and connection verification
Disclosed is a test and measurement instrument including a plurality of ports. The ports are configured to source a test signal into a device under test (DUT), and receive a signal response from the DUT. The test and measurement instrument also includes a measurement unit configured to measure the signal response. The test and measurement instrument further includes a processor configured to compare the signal response to a data structure. The processor also determines a classification of, and/or connections to, at least one DUT component coupled to at least one of the ports based on results of the comparison. |
| US10782347B2 |
Method for identifying a fault at a device output and system therefor
A method includes receiving a first signal at an input of a device driver included at an electronic device, the first signal representing first information. A second signal representing the first information is provided at an output of the device driver. The output of the device driver, under normal operating conditions, is coupled to an output terminal of the electronic device. A third signal at the output terminal is received at feedback circuitry of the electronic device. The feedback circuitry identifies a fault at the output terminal based on the third signal and the first signal. |
| US10782346B2 |
Enhanced fault detection of latched data
In described examples, a latch includes active feedback circuitry for latching input information. A comparison of logic states between input and output states at selected times can determine whether, for example, the latch has correctly retained latch data. The latch can optionally be included within a scan chain, provide asynchronous latch error notifications, and/or synchronous notifications indicating where in the scan chain a latch error occurred. |
| US10782343B2 |
Digital tests with radiation induced upsets
Digital testing is performed on an integrated circuit while radiation upsets are induced at locations of the integrated circuit. For each digital test, a determination is made as to whether there is a variation in the output of the digital test from an expected output of the digital test. If there is variation, a time of the variation is indicated. In one example, a location of a defect in the digital circuit can be determined from the times of the variations. In other embodiments, a mapping of the digital circuit can be made from the times. |
| US10782342B2 |
Integrated optical probe card and system for batch testing of optical MEMS structures with in-plane optical axis using micro-optical bench components
Aspects relate to an integrated optical probe card and a system for performing wafer testing of optical micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) structures with an in-plane optical axis. On-wafer optical screening of optical MEMS structures may be performed utilizing one or more micro-optical bench components to redirect light between an out-of-plane direction that is perpendicular to the in-plane optical axis to an in-plane direction that is parallel to the in-plane optical axis to enable testing of the optical MEMS structures with vertical injection of the light. |
| US10782340B2 |
Dynamic response analysis prober device
The present invention relates to a prober device that shapes an input waveform of a dynamic electric signal to be input to one of probes, and observes an output waveform of the dynamic electric signal output through a sample, or preferably shapes the input waveform such that the output waveform of the dynamic electric signal output through the sample becomes approximately a pulse shape, when a response analysis of a dynamic signal is performed with respect to a fine-Structured device. With this, the response analysis of a high-speed dynamic signal equal to or greater than a megahertz level can be performed with respect to the fine-Structured device such as a minute transistor configuring an LSI. |
| US10782337B2 |
Synchronized noise measurement system
Embodiments of apparatuses of a synchronized noise measurement system and methods for using the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of performing noise measurement includes setting up a plurality of device under tests (DUTs), performing noise measurement of the plurality of DUTs synchronously using programmable testing parameters to generate a noise measurement data, collecting the noise measurement data from the plurality of DUTs in parallel, and analyzing the noise measurement data collected to identify deviations in noise performance caused by manufacturing process variations or environmental variations for the plurality of DUTs. |
| US10782332B2 |
Transverse electromagnetic (TEM) system and method of manufacture
An assembly is provided for a transverse electromagnetic (TEM) system. The assembly includes a support frame and at least one resistive sheet. The support frame includes an upper plate and a lower plate. The upper plate defines a first inner surface and an opposed first outer surface. The lower plate defines a second inner surface and an opposed second outer surface. The at least one resistive sheet is coupled to at least one of the upper plate or the lower plate, and extends parallel to the upper plate and lower plate from an exterior of the support frame. The resistive sheet has an inner end disposed proximate the at least one of the upper plate or lower plate and an outer end disposed opposite the inner end, and has a variable resistance that is greater at the outer end than at the inner end. |
| US10782331B2 |
Power measurement apparatus
A test setup for power measurement of a fast switching active antenna array with a beam switching time lower than one microsecond is described. The test setup includes at least two detector modules for detecting a signal transmitted by the fast switching active antenna array and a power sensor module for measuring the power of at least one signal received. The power sensor module has an analog-to-digital converter circuit for converting an analog signal into a digital signal. Each of the detector modules includes at least one antenna via which at least one signal transmitted by the fast switching active antenna array is received. The at least two detector modules are positioned in at least two predefined main radiation directions of the fast switching active antenna array. Each of the detector modules has a rise time, the rise time being lower than the beam switching time of the fast switching active antenna array. |
| US10782329B2 |
Phase analysis circuit
A parallel phase shift circuit is configured to perform a phase shift process in parallel on an input signal pair including a first I signal orthogonal to a first Q signal, in accordance with a phase difference among a set of n multi-phase separation frequency signal pairs including a set of second I signals orthogonal to a set of second Q signals, to generate a set of n phase-shifted orthogonal signal pairs including a set of third I signals orthogonal to a set of third Q signals; and a phase discrete continuous measurement circuit configured to, based on the n phase-shifted orthogonal signal pairs from the parallel phase shift circuit, generate a set of discrete signals being n discrete values and generate a set of continuous tangent signals being a set of a desired number of signals interpolating the set of discrete signals. |
| US10782328B2 |
Configuration of testing modes in substation devices
A single point to modify a behavior of intelligent electronic devices (IEDs) between active and testing modes is disclosed herein. The IED may include a variety of logical nodes, each with a behavior object related to the active or testing mode behavior of the IED. A single testing mode selection point of the IED is used to modify each of the logical nodes to change between active and testing modes. The testing mode selection point may be a logical input. The testing mode selection point may be a physical switch on the IED. |
| US10782325B2 |
Emulating a constant power load using a constant current load
A method, computer program product, and system for emulating a constant power (CP) electronic load (e-load) from a constant current (CC) e-load are disclosed. Testing metrics may be obtained for a power source to be tested, including one or more power thresholds. Further, an initial current level for a CC e-load may be obtained. The power-draw of the CC e-load connected to the power source may be determined. The determined power-draw may be compared to at least one of the one or more of the power thresholds. In response to the power-draw not satisfying the at least one power threshold, the current level of the CC e-load may be adjusted based on the power-draw and the at least one power threshold. |
| US10782323B2 |
Wideband contactless magnetoresistive-rogowski current sensing
Various examples are provided for contactless wideband current sensing. A combination of magnetoresistive (MR) sensor and Rogowski coil outputs can be combined to provide current sensing from DC to 10 MHZ or more. In one example, a system includes a MR sensor that can provide an MR output voltage corresponding to a magnitude of the current through a trace; a Rogowski coil sensor that can provide a Rogowski output voltage corresponding to a magnitude of the current; and processing circuitry configured to generate an output current signal by aggregating the MR and Rogowski output voltages. In another example, a method includes conditioning an output from a MR sensor disposed adjacent to a trace carrying a current; conditioning an output from a Rogowski coil disposed adjacent to the trace; and aggregating the first and second conditioned signals to provide an output current signal corresponding to the current passing through the trace. |
| US10782321B2 |
Excitation core, sensor head, and current sensor
An excitation core includes an annular strip-shaped magnetic substance, in which both ends of the strip-shaped magnetic substance are overlapped in a thickness direction and are in contact with one another. A sensor head includes: this excitation core and a magnetism collecting body. The magnetism collecting body includes a strip-shaped first magnetism collector and a strip-shaped second magnetism collector, the first magnetism collector having both ends thereof in contact with both ends of the second magnetism collector to form the annular magnetism collecting body, the magnetism collecting body being disposed on an inside or an outside of the reinforcing body. |
| US10782318B2 |
Test probing structure
A testing probe structure for wafer level testing semiconductor IC packaged devices under test (DUT). The structure includes a substrate, through substrate vias, a bump array formed on a first surface of the substrate for engaging a probe card, and at least one probing unit on a second surface of the substrate. The probing unit includes a conductive probe pad formed on one surface of the substrate and at least one microbump interconnected to the pad. The pads are electrically coupled to the bump array through the vias. Some embodiments include a plurality of microbumps associated with the pad which are configured to engage a mating array of microbumps on the DUT. In some embodiments, the DUT may be probed by applying test signals from a probe card through the bump and microbump arrays without direct probing of the DUT microbumps. |
| US10782316B2 |
Socket side thermal system
An integrated circuit device testing system includes a socket configured to receive an integrated circuit device, wherein the socket comprises at least one conductive trace made of a material with a resistivity that is a function of temperature, and wherein the socket is configured such that, when the integrated circuit device is located in the socket, the at least one conductive trace extends along a surface of the integrated circuit device. The integrated circuit device testing system further includes a controller or active circuit configured to determine a temperature at the surface of the integrated circuit device based on a measured resistance of the at least one conductive trace. |
| US10782314B2 |
Probe assembly and testing device
A probe assembly is provided, which is applied to an electrical testing device. The probe assembly includes a probe body, which includes a testing end configured to contact with a to-be-tested device and a connection end opposite to the testing end; an elastic connection structure configured to be deformed when the probe body is subjected to a pressure; and a fixing base. The connection end is fixedly connected to the fixing base via the elastic connection structure. A testing device is further provided. |
| US10782313B2 |
Method of fabricating nano-scale structures on the edge and nano-scale structures fabricated on the edge using the method
A fabrication method for the fabrication of special nano-scale structures, such as AFM probe tip(s) at the edge of a silicon and/or silicon nitride platform, called the cantilever. An array of these special AFM probes with the AFM tip structure located at the edge is fabricated from an array of regular AFM probes where the AFM tip structure may not originally have been located at the edge of the cantilever. A hard mask is formed on the probe's tip from a hard material, such as a metal mask, where more than one side of the tip could be uncovered. The non-covered side(s) of the probe tip structure(s) are subsequently etched to remove substrate materials, so that a sharp shaft (tip) is formed on the edge of the cantilever, when the process is done in a batch manner it results in an array of such AFM probe tips. |
| US10782311B2 |
Rainbow particle imaging velocimetry for dense 3D fluid velocity imaging
Imaging of complex, non-stationary three dimensional (3D) flow velocities is achieved by encoding depth into color. A flow volume 22 is illuminated with a continuum 40 of light planes 42 whereby each depth corresponds to a respective light plane 14 having a specific wavelength of light. A diffractive component 46 in the camera 24 optics, which records the trajectories of illuminated particles 20 within the flow volume 22, ensures that all light planes 42 are in focus simultaneously. The setup permits a user to track 3D trajectories of particles 20 within the flow volume 22 by combining two dimensional (2D) spatial and one dimensional (1D) color information. For reconstruction, an image formation model for recovering stationary 3D particle positions is provided. 3D velocity estimation is achieved with a variant of a 3D optical flow approach that accounts for both physical constraints as well as the color (rainbow) image formation model. |
| US10782309B2 |
Reflex testing of samples using residual materials from a prior test
Embodiments disclosed herein relate to methods and systems for performing automated assays, and particularly to performing sequential assays on a sample on an automated instrument. |
| US10782305B2 |
C peptide detection by mass spectrometry
Methods are described for measuring the amount of C peptide in a sample. More specifically, mass spectrometric methods are described for detecting and quantifying C peptide in a sample utilizing on-line extraction methods coupled with tandem mass spectrometric or high resolution/high accuracy mass spectrometric techniques. |
| US10782304B2 |
Methods for detecting protein-protein interactions
The present invention relates to methods and kits for detection protein-protein interactions. In particular, the present invention relates to a method for detecting the binding between a first polypeptide (A) and a second polypeptide (B) in a cell comprising i) providing a cell that expresses (a) a polypeptide (GFP1-9) comprising an amino acid sequence having at least 90% of identity with the amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 1-4 (b) a first fusion protein wherein the polypeptide (A) is fused to a polypeptide (GFP10) having an amino an amino acid sequence having at least 90% of identity with the amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:5-7 (c) a second fusion protein wherein the polypeptide (B) is fused to a polypeptide (GFP11) having an amino an amino acid sequence having at least 90% of identity with the amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 8-9 and (d) an intrabody specific for the complex formed by the self-assembly of the first, second and third polypeptides (a), (b) and (c) ii) detecting the fluorescence wherein when the fluorescence is detected it is concluded that the polypeptide (A) binds to polypeptide (B) and wherein the fluorescence is not detected it is concluded that the polypeptides (A) does not bind to polypeptide (B). |
| US10782300B2 |
GPC3-targeting drug which is administered to patient responsive to GPC3-targeting drug therapy
The present invention discloses a method for determining the efficacy of GPC3-targeting drug therapy for cancer in a patient before the start of GPC3-targeting drug therapy or a patient or determining the continuation of GPC3-targeting drug therapy for a patient, including monitoring a concentration of free GPC3 in a biological sample isolated from the patient before the start of GPC3-targeting drug therapy and/or the patient treated with the GPC3-targeting drug therapy, wherein when the concentration of free GPC3 is a predetermined value, the efficacy of the GPC3-targeting drug therapy is determined or the continuation of the GPC3-targeting drug therapy is determined. The present invention also discloses a GPC3-targeting drug or a preparation which is to be further administered to a patient for which the efficacy of the GPC3-targeting drug therapy has been determined or the continuation of the GPC3-targeting drug therapy has been determined. |
| US10782295B2 |
Cysteine-reactive ligand discovery in proteomes
Cells produce electrophilic products with the potential to modify and affect the function of proteins. Chemoproteomic methods have provided a means to qualitatively inventory proteins targeted by endogenous electrophiles; however, ascertaining the potency and specificity of these reactions to identify the most sensitive sites in the proteome to electrophilic modification requires more quantitative methods. Here, we describe a competitive activity-based profiling method for quantifying the reactivity of electrophilic compounds against 1000+ cysteines in parallel in the human proteome. Using this approach, we identify a select set of proteins that constitute hot spots for modification by various lipid-derived electrophiles, including the oxidative stress product 4-hydroxnonenal (HNE). We show that one of these proteins, ZAK kinase, is labeled by HNE on a conserved, active site-proximal cysteine, resulting in enzyme inhibition to create a negative feedback mechanism that can suppress the activation of JNK pathways by oxidative stress. |
| US10782292B2 |
Antibiotic susceptibility testing via plasmonic imaging and tracking
A rapid antibiotic susceptibility test (AST) based on the detection and quantification of the movement of single bacterial cells with a plasmonic imaging and tracking (PIT) technology. The PIT-based AST detects changes in the metabolic activity of the bacterial cells long before cell replication, and allows rapid AST for both cultivable and non-cultivable strains. PIT tracks 3D movement with sub-nanometer resolution and millisecond temporal resolution. PIT also allows simultaneous measurement of the binding kinetic constants of antibiotics and bacterial metabolic state after the introduction of antibiotics. |
| US10782288B2 |
Multi-unit for conducting biochemical test and immunological test and testing method thereof
A multi-unit for performing a biochemical test and immunological response test and a test method using the same comprising an upper strip composed of a plurality of first strip wells including an indicator for the biochemical test; a lower strip composed of a plurality of second strip wells including DNA fragments or antibodies for the immunological response test; and plasma which reacts with the indicator, DNA fragments, or antibodies, and the strip enclosure composed of a plurality of third strip wells in which the upper strip and the lower strip are sequentially inserted and coupled. The bottom surface of the first strip well and the bottom surface of the second strip well are spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance. |
| US10782279B2 |
Method for detecting oil on tobacco products and packaging
A process for detecting oil or lubricant contamination in a manufactured product, the process comprising adding at least two fluorescent taggants to oils or lubricants contained in processing machinery for said product, irradiating said product, causing at least one of said taggants to fluoresce and detecting radiation emitted by said fluorescing taggant in an oil-contaminated product. |
| US10782276B2 |
System and method for detecting gas recirculation or airway occlusion
A display assembly which detects gas recirculation or airway occlusion includes an electronic display located within a housing, and an open loop pathway through said housing. Fans along the open loop pathway ingest, circulate, and exhaust ambient air while sensors take measurements. A processor takes data from the sensors and compares it to weather data gathered for the location of the display assembly, as determined by a location detection device. An alert is generated if the measured characteristics of the ambient air are not within a margin of error of the gathered weather conditions. Operations of the display assembly may also be adjusted. |
| US10782275B2 |
Semiconductor hydrogen sensor and manufacturing method thereof
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor hydrogen sensor and a manufacturing method thereof. The semiconductor hydrogen sensor comprises: a substrate; a gas-sensitive material pattern and a metal electrode pattern arranged in a same layer and distributed alternatingly on a side of the substrate; and a two-dimensional material filter layer arranged on a side surface of the gas-sensitive material pattern and the metal electrode pattern facing away from the substrate. |
| US10782267B1 |
Mobile non-destructive testing inspection system
The mobile non-destructive testing inspection system includes a mobile platform, a robotic arm mounted on the mobile platform, and an end effector for the robotic arm. The end effector includes a non-destructive testing (NDT) probe. As a non-limiting example, the NDT probe may be an eddy current testing probe. The mobile platform may be a robotic mobile platform under external control by a remote operator. The robotic arm is mounted on the mobile platform using a mounting plate, which is secured to an upper surface of the mobile platform, and includes a bracket or the like for attachment to a base of the robotic arm. The end effector is connected to an end connector of the robotic arm. The NDT probe of the end effector may be mounted on a support member, which may be selectively rotatable with respect to the end connector of the robotic arm. |
| US10782266B1 |
Non-destructive evaluation of internal damage in fiber reinforced composite materials by delivery of a two-part magnetic nanoparticle chemistry
A method of making a fiber reinforced composite material having a two-part liquid solution forming magnetic nanoparticles. The method includes the steps of preparing a fiber reinforced composite having dispersed fibers and a polymer matrix and having a plurality of vascular channels therethrough. A first liquid solution is incorporated in at least one of the vascular channels and a second liquid solution is incorporated in at least one other of the vascular channels. When the liquid solutions are joined together because of damage or cracking to the composite, the liquids form a ferrous magnetic material. Non-destructive evaluation of internal damage to the fiber reinforced composite material may be accomplished by magnetic field disturbance detection, thermal detection, or visual detection. |
| US10782259B2 |
Determining a physical quantity with a native component carrier
A method and a sensor arrangement for determining a physical quantity are illustrated and described. The described method includes stimulating a capacitor device within a native component carrier; measuring a capacitance value of the capacitor device; and determining the physical quantity based on the measured capacitance value. Further described is a method for using a native component carrier as a transducer for detecting a value of a physical quantity. |
| US10782257B2 |
Composite FID-CPMG process for fast relaxing media determination
An apparatus, method and computer program for characterising samples using NMR. The apparatus includes a pulse sequence generator; and a response detector. The apparatus is configured to generate transverse and refocusing pulses and to record the decay response of a sample following a transverse pulse and echo response at least once after at least one refocusing pulse in order to enable determination of at least one relaxation time of the sample. In this way, sample or sample components with short relaxation times may be characterized. |
| US10782256B2 |
NMR method for detecting and quantifying individual analytes in liquid analyte mixtures
A method for detection and quantification of individual analytes in liquid analyte mixtures, by means of NMR spectrometry, in which method a sample of the analyte mixture has a high-frequency pulse applied to it in an NMR spectrometer, and the resulting NMR spectrum is evaluated, is to be developed further in such a manner that it allows a precise analysis of liquid analyte mixtures even when using low-field NMR spectrometers. For this purpose, the sample of the analyte mixture is placed into a low-field NMR spectrometer, and at least one high-frequency pulse that excites only one specific analyte is applied to it. |
| US10782255B2 |
NMR multi-dimensional method for measuring coupling constants within several coupling networks
This invention provides a NMR multi-dimensional method for measuring coupling constants within several coupling networks. At first, a 90° hard pulse was performed to flip the magnetization from the Z axis to the XY plane. After t1/2, a selective 180° pulse is implemented with a simultaneous Z-direction gradient, thus reversing different protons at different slices. Then the PSYCHE element is implemented. After another t1/2, the gradient G1 and Gp are implemented. At last, the EPSI readout is used to simultaneously record both the chemical-shift and the spatial information. As a result, from different specific slices, we can extract the scalar couplings between the proton reversed at this slice and other protons. These couplings lead to splittings in the indirect dimension, from which relevant coupling constants can be measured. |
| US10782251B2 |
Radiation imaging apparatus, driving method therefor, and imaging system
A radiation imaging apparatus includes a pixel array in which a plurality of pixels are arrayed and a processing unit configured to process pixel signals non-destructively read out from the respective pixels. The processing unit performs a first process of obtaining image data of a plurality of frames by repeatedly reading out image data while the pixel array is irradiated with radiation, with a group of pixel signals from the plurality of pixels corresponding to image data of one frame, and a second process of generating data for a radiation image based on data differences between the image data of the plurality of frames. |
| US10782247B2 |
Apparatus and method for measuring particle on surface of wafer
An embodiment provides a method for measuring particles on a wafer surface, the method including: disposing and rotating a wafer on a stage; irradiating a laser in a first region of a center of a surface of the rotating wafer, a second region between the first region and a third region, and the third region at an edge thereof; and measuring a laser reflected from the first to third regions of the wafer, wherein a second output of the laser irradiated in the second region is larger than a first output of the laser irradiated in the first region and a third output of the laser irradiated in the third region is larger than the second output of the laser irradiated in the second region. |
| US10782246B2 |
Movable ray inspection system and ray inspection method for a container
A movable ray inspection system used to be mounted in a container yard to inspect an object within a container is provided. The movable ray inspection system includes: a ray generator device configured to emit a ray, a ray receiving device configured to receive the ray, and at least one chamber for receiving the ray generator device and the ray receiving device therein. Each of the at least one chamber is configured to be a standard container or a chamber which has a same shape, a same size and a same structure as a standard container such that the movable ray inspection system is adapted to be stacked in the container yard. |
| US10782243B2 |
Apparatus for inspecting welding tips of spot welding guns
Description according to the present disclosure relates to an apparatus for inspecting a welding tip of a spot welding gun, and more particularly, to an apparatus for inspecting a welding tip of a spot welding gun, the apparatus enabling a user to replace a camera module swiftly and conveniently. |
| US10782242B2 |
Inspection method for semiconductor substrates using slope data and inspection apparatus
An inspection method for semiconductor substrates using slope data and corresponding inspection apparatus are provided. The inspection method includes recording, by using an inspection apparatus, first data from measuring points in an inspection area of a main surface of a semiconductor substrate. The inspection area winds around a center point of the main surface. The first data includes information about a slope of the main surface at the measuring points along a first direction that deviates from a direction tangential to a circle that contains the measuring point and that has its center in the center point by not more than ±60°. A data processing apparatus analyzes the first data to obtain position data of locations on the main surface, at which the first data fulfills predetermined criteria. The position data is output through a data interface unit. |
| US10782241B2 |
Method of determining residual flocculant in effluent of an industrial clarification process
A method of detecting free flocculant polymer having a net charge present in an aqueous phase of a multi-phase substance is provided. The multi-phase substance comprises a solid phase, an organic phase, and the aqueous phase. The method comprises separating the solid phase from the multi-phase substance to form a dual phase top liquid comprising the organic phase and the aqueous phase; separating the organic phase from the dual phase top liquid, leaving the aqueous phase; combining the free flocculant polymer in the aqueous phase and a dye having an opposite net charge than that of the free flocculant polymer, thereby causing a spectroscopically observable change in the aqueous phase; and analyzing the aqueous phase via spectrometry to determine the concentration of the free flocculant polymer in the multi-phase substance. |
| US10782234B2 |
Composition for detecting bloodstain
A composition for detecting a bloodstain includes: 3-aminophthalhydrazide; glycine; sodium hydroxide; and sodium phosphate dibasic heptahydrate. |
| US10782231B2 |
Optical immersion refractometer
The present invention provides a device for measuring the absolute value of the refractive index of a liquid by immersion uses the optical properties of a cylindrical waveguide with a solid core and normal angle of incidence of the light source. |
| US10782229B1 |
Detecting metal contamination in polymer sheets
A sheet material measurement system includes an optical system for identifying at least a first area of a moving sheet material suspected of including at least one defect. A terahertz (THz) system includes a THz generator for generating a THz beam and a THz detector and a scanner including a scanner head for positioning the THz system over the first area. A computing device is coupled to receive signals sensed by the THz detector after interacting with the first area. The computing device determines whether the first area is a metal-contaminated area including metal particles. |
| US10782225B2 |
Optical measurement cell and particle properties measuring instrument using the same
The present invention is one that makes it possible to facilitate the assembly of an optical measurement cell, as well as shorten optical path length without taking account of handling of a spacer, and an optical measurement cell 2 including a pair of light transmitting plates 21 and 22 respectively having opposite surfaces 21a and 22a facing each other and containing test liquid X between the pair of opposite surfaces 21a and 22a of the pair of light transmitting plates 21 and 22. In addition, one 21a of the opposite surfaces 21a and 22a is formed with a spacer film 25 that contacts with the other opposite surface 22a to define the distance between the pair of opposite surfaces 21a and 22a. |
| US10782224B2 |
Spectrum analysis apparatus, fine particle measurement apparatus, and method and program for spectrum analysis or spectrum chart display
Provided is a spectrum analysis apparatus including a processing unit configured to generate analysis data using an analysis function in which a linear function and a logarithmic function are included as function elements and an intensity value is set as a variable from measurement data including the intensity value of light acquired by detecting the light from a measurement target object using a plurality of light-receiving elements having different detection wavelength bands. |
| US10782222B2 |
Diesel particulate sensor
A soot particulate sensor has a ceramic support made from an aluminum silicate, which is provided with a conductor path made of an intermetallic compound. |
| US10782220B1 |
Cross-scale wide-spectrum particle size plugging formula granularity analysis method
A cross-scale wide-spectrum particle size plugging formula granularity analysis method includes: performing a size classification on a plugging material of a plugging formula; obtaining a particle size distribution of the plugging material by performing procession on each particle plugging material via a laser granularity analysis method and an imaging granularity analysis method, according to difference sizes thereof; obtaining the particle size distribution of the plugging formula by a weighted summation way, according to a granularity interval and an addition of each particle plugging material. The present disclosure can solve a problem that the particle size distribution of the plugging formula across multiple-scale ranges can't be effectively obtained, and perform granularity analysis on wide-spectrum particle size plugging formula spanning a micron-grade size, a millimeter-grade size, a centimeter-grade size and above, so as to effectively evaluate sealing ability of the plugging formula and provide reference for researchers to optimize the plugging formula. |
| US10782219B2 |
Particle counting method and device
A particle counting method comprises obtaining first particle information related to the gas to be measured by a first particle counter with a first particle size detection range, obtaining second particle information related to the gas to be measured by a second particle counter with a second particle size detection range, and generating particle size distribution information according to the first and second particle information. The first particle information includes a plurality of particle size ranges and a plurality of particle quantities wherein each of the plurality of particle size ranges corresponds to a respective one of the plurality of particle quantities, the second particle information includes the quantity of particles of which the size values are in the second particle size range, and the lower limit of the second particle size range is lower than that of the first particle size range. |
| US10782217B2 |
System and method for applying force to a device
A system and method for applying force to at least one device at least one force actuator including a processor accessing at least one description of the at least one device, the processor creating command information based at least on the at least one description, and a controller accessing the command information, the controller creating at least one motion command based on the command information, the controller issuing the at least one motion command, the motion command enabling the testing of the at least one device by controlling the at least one force actuator based on the at least one motion command. |
| US10782215B2 |
Real-time video extensometer
This disclosure relates to a real-time video extensometer. Typically, the apparatus of the disclosure combines the image source, data processing and electrical output on to a single processing board in order to achieve high frequency images and low latency times on data flow. Further, the video processing engine processes the image on a pixel basis and updating the output the intermediate extension/strain result so that after receipt of the final image pixel, a final extension/strain value is achieved and immediately output for evaluation. |
| US10782214B2 |
Methods of analyzing carbon nanostructures, methods of preparation of analytes from carbon nanostructures, and systems for analyzing carbon nanostructures
Provided herein is a method determining the concentration of impurities in a carbon material, comprising: mixing a flux and a carbon material to form a mixture, wherein the carbon material is selected from the group consisting of graphene, carbon nanotubes, fullerene, carbon onions, graphite, carbon fibers, and a combination thereof; heating the mixture using microwave energy to form fused materials; dissolution of the fused materials in an acid mixture; and measuring the concentration of one or more impurities. |
| US10782213B2 |
Fluidic system
A fluidic system that includes at least one channel for the transport of a liquid, the channel being formed of an absorbent material; and at least one switchable polymer gel that functions as a storage reservoir and/or valve for the liquid and is in contact with the absorbent material of the channel. |
| US10782212B2 |
Particulate matter sampler
A sampler apparatus is disclosed. The sampler apparatus comprises an impactor assembly comprising a nozzle plate, an impaction plate, and a filter unit. The nozzle plate comprises a plurality of nozzles for channelling an air stream through the sampler apparatus. The impaction plate is adapted to collect particulate matter having size equal to or greater than a threshold size. The filter unit is adapted to collect particulate matter having size less than or equal to the threshold size. The sampler apparatus further comprises a control assembly coupled with the impactor assembly. The control assembly comprises one or more flow control devices to maintain a predetermined air-flow rate of the air stream within the sampler apparatus. |
| US10782211B2 |
Gathering and sampling device and inspection apparatus
A sampling device and an inspection apparatus are disclosed. In one aspect, an example gathering and sampling device includes a cylindrical outer housing and an inner housing disposed within the cylindrical outer housing, a cyclone chamber is formed between the cylindrical outer housing and the inner housing to generate a cyclone by injecting a gas flow into the cyclone chamber. The gathering and sampling device further includes an outer chamber body, and a plurality of gas injection orifices formed in the first inner housing end opening of the inner housing and configured to inject a gas towards a substantial center of a circular region defined by an end face of the first outer housing end opening of the cylindrical outer housing. |
| US10782206B2 |
Encircled flux compliant test apparatus
Encircled flux compliant test apparatus are provided. A test apparatus includes an optical connector, and a light source, the light source operable to emit encircled flux compliant light. The test apparatus further includes a first collimator, and a beam splitter optically aligned with the first collimator. The test apparatus further includes a first optical fiber pigtail connected to the light source, and a second optical fiber pigtail connected between the optical connector and the first collimator. A first portion of the light emitted by the light source is transmitted from the first optical fiber pigtail by the beam splitter and first collimator to the second optical fiber pigtail, and from the second optical fiber pigtail to the optical connector. |
| US10782202B2 |
Load moment indicator system and method
A method for determining stability of a vehicle having a load suspended from the vehicle is provided. The method can include obtaining measurements from a plurality of sensors positioned on the vehicle, obtaining a measurement from a vehicle accelerometer operative to determine an inclination of the vehicle, determining a position of the load suspended from the vehicle, determining a slung load of the load suspended from the vehicle, using the determined slung load and the determined position of the load suspended from the vehicle, determining tipping moments acting on the vehicle, determining righting moments acting on the vehicle and determining a tipping stability based on the determined tipping moments and determined righting moments. |
| US10782199B2 |
Pressure sensor and sensor system comprising one or more pressure sensors
The present document relates to a pressure sensor comprising a structural element, the structural element comprising a first and second structural part. The sensor further comprises a first cavity being in fluid connection with an exterior of the sensor for establishing a first pressure which is dependent on an external pressure in the first cavity and a second cavity configured to be at a second pressure in use. A deformable structure is deformable dependent on a pressure difference between the first pressure and the second pressure. The sensor comprises a fiber including an intrinsic fiber optic sensor fixed to the structural element and to the deformable structure for providing an optical sensor signal dependent on said pressure difference. |
| US10782198B2 |
Pulley assembly with gauge device and communication environment for messaging
A system and method include a gauge device and one or more of a communication device or a pulling assembly. The gauge device may be configured to send a message to display on one or more of the communication device or pulling assembly. Additionally or alternatively, the gauge device may be configured to send the message to be processed by pulling assembly to determine and perform a pull action. Additionally or alternatively, the gauge device may be configured to send the message to be executed by the pulling assembly to perform a pull action. |
| US10782191B2 |
Method to isolate individual channels in a multi-channel fiber optic event detection system
A system configured to monitor temperature in a plurality of zones of an aircraft includes an optical fiber with first and second ends, first and second connectors, and a first interrogator. The optical fiber includes a plurality of fiber Bragg gratings disposed in the optical fiber. The first connector is disposed on the first end of the optical fiber and the second connector is disposed on the second end of the optical fiber. The first interrogator is connected to the first connector and includes an optical switch. The optical switch is in optical communication with the first connector of the optical fiber and is configured to selectively block transmission of the optical signal to the optical fiber. |
| US10782187B2 |
Infrared temperature measurement and stabilization thereof
Infrared (IR) temperature measurement and stabilization systems, and methods related thereto are provided. One or more embodiments passively stabilizes temperatures of objects in proximity and within the path between an infrared (IR) sensor and target object. An overmolded sensor assembly may include an IR sensor, which may include a sensing element or IR element and a circuit or signal processor. The IR element may be thermally bonded with a frame or conductive top hat. |
| US10782186B2 |
Monochromator
A monochromator 100 includes: a diffraction grating 2 placed within a housing 1 so as to receive light from an entrance 11 and disperse the light into a spectrum from which a component of light having a set wavelength is to be extracted through an exit 12; an optical filter 92 to be removably inserted between the grating and the exit to remove light within a specific wavelength band which is out of the set wavelength; a rotary drive 5 for rotating the grating using a stepping motor; a wavelength-movement information setter 73 which sets wavelength-movement information to be used for rotating the grating from an original position to a rotational position corresponding to the set wavelength; and a wavelength-movement controller 71 which controls the rotary drive to initially rotate the grating to the original position and subsequently rotate it to the aforementioned rotational position based on the wavelength-movement information. |
| US10782185B2 |
Light sensor and terminal device
A light sensor is provided. The light sensor includes at least one light sensor submodule, and each light sensor submodule includes a first light detector, a second light detector, a first linear polarizer, a second linear polarizer, a first phase delay film, and a second phase delay film. The first light detector is configured to obtain light intensity of first hybrid light resulting when hybrid light has passed through the first phase delay film and the first linear polarizer, and the second light detector is configured to obtain light intensity of second hybrid light resulting when the hybrid light has passed through the second phase delay film and the second linear polarizer, the hybrid light includes first light and second light, and after the hybrid light passes through the second linear polarizer, the first light is filtered out. |
| US10782184B2 |
Optical device and method of manufacturing the same
The present disclosure relates to an optical device. The optical device comprises an electronic component, a plurality of light conducting pillars and an opaque layer. The electronic component includes a plurality of pixels. Each of the light conducting pillars is disposed over a corresponding pixel of the plurality of pixels of the electronic component. The opaque layer covers a lateral surface of each of the light conducting pillars. |
| US10782183B2 |
Adaptive filtering of a load cell of a point-of-sale (POS) device
A Point-Of-Sale (POS) device detects vibrations produced from equipment in its operational environment. The vibrations are identified and one or more filters produced to remove the vibrations when the POS device is used to improve the accuracy of the POS device. |
| US10782178B2 |
Load transfer mechanism for weigh in motion
A load transfer mechanism includes an elongated beam and a sensing package. The beam includes a plate with a load-bearing surface, a tube portion, and a neck. The tube portion includes a base wall and a cover and defines a cavity between the base wall and the cover. The base wall laterally extends from a first edge to a second edge that is opposite the first edge. The cover is joined to the base wall at or proximate to the first and second edges. The neck extends between and joins the plate to the cover of the tube portion. The sensing package is disposed within the cavity of the beam and is under pre-load in engagement with the cover and the base wall. The sensing package is configured to measure forces exerted on the load-bearing surface of the plate. |
| US10782175B2 |
Method for determining the fill level and fill level meter
A method for determining the fill level of a process medium arranged in a container using a TDR fill level meter having at least one signal line for guiding an electromagnetic signal, a signal line head and an electronics unit, the signal line extending into the process medium, the method having at least the steps of generating a pulsed transmitter signal with the electronics unit, wherein the transmission signal propagates along the signal line as measuring signal with changing amplitude, detecting and evaluating at least one reflection signal with the electronics unit, wherein the reflection signal is a reflection of the measuring signal on an interface between a first and a second medium having different impedances, the relative permittivity of the second medium is determined at least in dependence on the amplitude of the measuring signal transmitted through the first medium and the amplitude of the reflection signal. |
| US10782172B2 |
Dosing device
A dosing device is provided and comprises: a dosing chamber having an inlet through which product can enter from a container; an outlet into which product flows from the chamber and through which product flows out of the device; a siphon member located around the outlet; a vent opening in the chamber; a container-side vent which opens into the container, in which: the siphon member terminates at a level L1 with respect to the outlet; the outlet opens into the chamber at a level L2; such that in use product flows into the chamber through the inlet/s and fills the chamber until L2 is reached and then product is siphoned from the chamber into the outlet by the siphon member, the siphoning continuing until product in the chamber reaches L1, whereupon: air entering the vent opening interrupts the siphoning; and air vents into the container through the container-side vent such that thereafter recharging of the chamber repeats, in which a chicane is provided for preventing leakage of product through the vent opening. |
| US10782167B2 |
Detection device and detection method, and fluid control system
There is provided a fluid detection device that detects a flow velocity or a flow rate of a fluid flowing through a piping, the fluid detection device including: a sound detection unit that detects a sound from the piping, and outputs a frequency signal; a signal processing unit that calculates a strength ratio of the frequency signal on the basis of the frequency signal and a predetermined reference frequency signal; and a data conversion unit that obtains the flow velocity or the flow rate on the basis of the strength ratio of the frequency signal and a predetermined fluid characteristic function. |
| US10782166B2 |
Flow sensor system with absorber
A flow sensor sub-assembly for sensing flow of a fluidic medicament includes a flow tube having a flow tube inlet and a flow tube outlet, and an acoustical transmission rate. The medicament flows through the flow tube. A first piezo element is arranged at an upstream position of the flow tube and a second piezo element is arranged at a downstream position of the flow tube, such that the first piezo element and the second piezo element are mounted apart a pre-selected distance from each other. An absorber sheath encircles the flow tube. The absorber sheath has an upstream end and a downstream end. The absorber sheath is comprised of a material with an acoustical transmission rate different than the flow tube. |
| US10782162B1 |
Instrument cluster pointer
A pointer for an instrument panel. The pointer includes a base. A shaft extends from the base. A blade extends from the base to reference indications on the instrument cluster. A diffuser is attached to the base over the shaft. The diffuser is configured to scatter light along a length of the blade and to a panel arranged over the base to illuminate the panel. |
| US10782161B2 |
Ultrasonic transducer mounting apparatus for attaching a transducer block to a pipeline
A transducer mounting apparatus can be used to remotely monitor the integrity of pipes or pipelines, which ordinarily are difficult to access due to environmental factors. The transducer mounting apparatus can include one or more transducer blocks, each adapted for receiving a transducer. A UT couplant and threaded transducer are positioned in an opening in the transducer block. A gear wheel adjusts the transducer up and down against the UT couplant to optimize the positioning relative to the pipe being monitored. A series of transducer blocks are connected by a tension block and or more wire ropes extending through the tension block and the transducer blocks. The length of the wire rope is adjusted with a set screw extending from the tension block to a transducer block, thereby allowing the transducer block assembly to accommodate different pipe diameters or mechanical structures of varying dimensions that are not necessarily round. |
| US10782160B2 |
Encoder scale, method for manufacturing encoder scale, encoder, robot, and printer
An encoder scale includes a plate-shaped base mount and an optical pattern that is provided on one surface of the base mount and has alternately arranged first regions and second regions. The first regions are each primarily formed of a first surface a normal to which extends in the thickness direction of the base mount, and the second regions are each primarily formed of a second surface that inclines with respect to the first surface. |
| US10782159B2 |
Detection device and detection method
A detection device includes: a movement detector that includes light emitters and light receivers, wherein in accordance with movement of a moving body among moving bodies, each corresponding to a different combination of a light emitter and a light receiver, a light reception level of the light receiver in a combination corresponding to the moving body changes; and a processor coupled to a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, configure the processor to: cause each of the light emitters to sequentially emit light in each light emission period by providing a driving signal, and cause a signal level of the driving signal to differ between unit periods within the light emission period; and select, for each light emission period, a light reception level in one of the unit periods within the light emission period as a detected value for each of the light receivers. |
| US10782158B1 |
Contactless encoder
A contactless encoder is disclosed. The encoder comprises a selector configured to select one of a plurality of states associated with the encoder. The encoder furthermore comprises an integrated circuit comprising a finite state machine configured to detect a currently selected state by the selector and generate an output signal corresponding to the detected currently selected state, wherein the currently selected state is detected based on a capacitive coupling between the selector and a portion of the encoder associated with the currently selected state. |
| US10782157B2 |
Analog signal conditioning with diagnostics for capacitive sensor elements
A system includes multiple capacitive sensors, a multiplexer, a programmable gain amplifier, an oscillator, a switch, and a controller. The sensors are coupled to the multiplexer, the multiplexer is coupled to the switch, and the switch is coupled to the amplifier and the oscillator. The controller may control the multiplexer to select each of the sensors. The controller may control the switch to activate the amplifier or the oscillator. The controller may measure voltage output by the amplifier or frequency output by the oscillator. The system may be included in an occupant support such as a vehicle seat. |
| US10782155B2 |
Angle detection apparatus and integrated circuit
An angle detection apparatus includes a first integrated circuit and a second integrated circuit. The first integrated circuit generates and outputs an excitation signal to a first resolver for detecting a rotation angle of a first rotating apparatus, generates a first detection sync signal for performing synchronous detection synchronized with the excitation signal for an output signal of the first resolver, and performs the synchronous detection based on the first detection sync signal to output a first angle signal of the first rotating apparatus. The second integrated circuit receives the excitation signal, generates a second detection sync signal for performing the synchronous detection synchronized with the received excitation signal, for an output signal from a second resolver for detecting a rotation angle of a second rotating apparatus, and performs the synchronous detection based on the second detection sync signal to output a second angle signal of the second rotating apparatus. |
| US10782153B2 |
Multiturn sensor arrangement and readout
A system includes a multiturn counter that can store a magnetic state associated with a number of accumulated turns of a magnetic field. The multiturn counter includes a plurality of magnetoresistive elements electrically coupled in series with each other. A matrix of electrical connections is arranged to connect magnetoresistive elements of the plurality of magnetoresistive elements to other magnetoresistive elements of the plurality of magnetoresistive elements. |
| US10782149B2 |
Sensor module and motor comprising same
Disclosed is a sensor module, comprising: a protrusion part of a polygonal shape formed at one side; a sensing plate including a first insertion hole, formed in the protrusion part, to which a rotational shaft is coupled; and a sensing magnet including a second insertion hole, formed to correspond to the polygonal shape, in which the protrusion part is inserted and fixed. |
| US10782147B2 |
Gyroscope in-field prognostics
A method for determining an operational characteristic of a vibrating structure gyroscope having a movable mass includes: driving the mass to oscillate along a first, predefined path; rotating the vibrating structure gyroscope so as to oscillate the mass along a second path, wherein the second path is different to the first, predefined path; sensing the oscillation of the mass along the second path so as to generate a sensing signal; converting the sensing signal into an in-phase signal and an out-of-phase signal using a demodulator, wherein the in-phase signal is in phase with the oscillation of the mass along the first path, and the out-of-phase signal is out of phase with the in-phase signal. |
| US10782146B2 |
System and method for angle of attack indication with no dedicated sensors and aircraft information
A system for and method of indicating an angle of attack of an aircraft is provided. The system utilizes measurements from existing aircraft sensors so that a dedicated angle of attack sensor is not required. The system enables and benefits from a unique method that includes performing standard flight operations during a calibration flight. The system does not need any aerodynamic model of the aircraft because it utilizes information from the calibration flight to develop an estimated aerodynamic model of the specific airplane. The system utilizes the aerodynamic model and other information to estimate an angle of attack of the aircraft during flight. Finally, the system utilizes additional information to indicate the estimated angle of attack of the aircraft relative to an optimum angle of attack for the aircraft and/or a critical angle of attack of the aircraft. The system further enables recalibration, so as to accommodate aircraft aerodynamic modifications. |
| US10782145B2 |
Devices and methods for determining a distance travelled
Vehicles, systems, and methods for determining a distance travelled are provided. In an exemplary embodiment, a vehicle includes an electric motor with a motor rotor shaft. A motor resolver is positioned adjacent to the motor rotor shaft, where the motor resolver is configured to determine a motor position of the electric motor based on revolutions of the motor rotor shaft. A controller is in communication with the motor resolver, where the controller is configured to determine a distance travelled from a change in the electric motor position. |
| US10782141B2 |
Route planning system, route planning method, article-arrangement planning system, article-arrangement planning method, decision-making support system, computer program, and storage medium
To provide a route planning system including a route-status-data acquisition unit that acquires route status data indicating a status of a basic route for moving a support facility from a standby position to a predetermined position in case of emergency of an existing facility, and a generation unit that generates alternative route data indicating an alternative route for moving the support facility to the predetermined position based on the route status data. |
| US10782137B2 |
Methods, apparatus, and systems for localization and mapping
A VSLAM method includes receiving an image obtained by a visual sensor. The method also includes retrieving a key frame from a pre-established key frame database, and after the key frame is retrieved, matching the image with the retrieved key frame. The method also includes computing relevant information of a visual relative pose based on the image and the key frame. The visual relative pose is computed based on two-dimensional coordinates of matching feature points between the image and the key frame that have been successfully matched. The method further includes updating an absolute pose and a map of a mobile device based on the relevant information of the visual relative pose and relevant information of a dead reckoning based relative pose, if the relevant information of the visual relative pose is obtained. |
| US10782136B2 |
Modifying map elements associated with map data
Techniques are discussed for modifying map elements associated with map data. Map data can include three-dimensional data (e.g., LIDAR data) representing an environment, while map elements can be associated with the map data to identify locations and semantic information associated with an environment, such as regions that correspond to driving lanes or crosswalks. A trajectory associated with the map data can be updated, such as when aligning one or more trajectories in response to a loop closure, updated calibration, etc. The transformation between a trajectory and an updated trajectory can be applied to map elements to warp the map elements so that they correspond to the updated map data, thereby providing automatic and accurate techniques for updating map elements associated with map data. |
| US10782132B2 |
Division map creation system and method for creating division maps
A division map creation system includes circuitry and a memory. The circuitry is configured to acquire work field information including a shape of a work field and a position of the work field and to acquire travel routes based on the work field information. Each of work vehicles is configured to travel along each of the travel routes in the work field. The circuitry is configured to divide the work field into a plurality of sections in order to create division maps based on a travel direction in which each of the work vehicles travels along each of the travel routes and based on a work width within which each of the work vehicles works while travelling in the work field. The memory is to store the division maps such that each of the division maps corresponds to each of the work vehicles. |
| US10782127B2 |
Magnetic position sensors, systems and methods
Magnetic position sensors, systems and methods are disclosed. In an embodiment, a position sensing system includes a magnetic field source; and a sensor module spaced apart from the magnetic field source, at least one of the magnetic field source or the sensor module configured to move relative to the other along a path, the sensor module configured to determine a position of the magnetic field source relative to the sensor module from a nonlinear function of a ratio of a first component of a magnetic field of the magnetic field source to a second component of the magnetic field of the magnetic field source. |
| US10782125B2 |
Interference fringe projection optical system and shape measurement apparatus
An interference fringe generating optical system generates an interference fringe, and a magnifying optical system magnifies the interference fringe and projects the interference fringe on an object surface. The magnifying optical system includes an incident-side lens group on the side where a light beam forming the interference fringe is incident and an exit-side lens group on the side where the light beam is emitted and the interference fringe is projected towards the object surface. The expression f1/f2>3 holds, where f1 is the focal length of the incident-side lens group, and f2 is the focal length of the exit-side lens group. The incident-side and exit-side lens groups each have a positive refractive power. The expression xd/(f1+f2)<2 is satisfied, where xd is the distance from the exit-side principal point of the incident-side lens group to the incident-side principal point of the exit-side lens group. |
| US10782124B2 |
Method and device for measuring the shape, dimensions and flexibility of shoes
The invention relates to measurement technology and is intended for measuring the shape, the internal dimensions and the flexibility of shoes. The proposed measurement method consists in using probes with indicators, which create tension on the measured surface. A camera and a flat marking band are used for tracing the shape of the internal surface of a shoe. On the basis of the sum of the images, a three-dimensional model of the internal surface of the tested shoe is made, and the flexibility properties are determined by scanning the object with different forces. A device comprises a body, a camera mounted therein, two or more probes with indicators, and a flat marking band. The invention makes it possible to increase accuracy and to reduce the labor intensiveness and time of measurements. |
| US10782122B2 |
Three-dimensional measurement device
A three-dimensional measurement device includes: an optical system that splits incident light into two lights, radiates one of the two lights as measurement light to a measurement object and the other as reference light to a reference surface, and recombines the two lights to emit combined light; a first irradiation unit that emits first light entering the optical system; a second irradiation unit that emits second light entering the optical system; a first imaging unit into which output light that is obtained from the first light and is emitted from the optical system enters; a second imaging unit into which output light that is obtained from the second light and is emitted from the optical system enters; and an image processor that executes three-dimensional measurement of the measurement object, based on interference fringe images taken by the first imaging unit and the second imaging unit. |
| US10782121B2 |
Methods and apparatus for OFDR interrogator monitoring and optimization
Example embodiments add an optical amplifier to an multi-channel, continuously swept OFDR measurement system, adjust amplified swept laser output power between rising and falling laser sweeps, and/or utilize portions of a laser sweep in which OFDR measurements are not typically performed to enhance the integrity of the OFDR measurement system, improve the performance and quality of OFDR measurements, and perform additional measurements and tests. |
| US10782107B1 |
Lightweight cartridge case and weapon system
The rifle system comprises a rifle and an ammunition round for operation with the rifle. The high pressure ammunition round further comprises a cartridge case having an outer wall wherein prior to firing of the ammunition round, the outer wall geometry of the cartridge case is devoid of features configured for interfacing with a mechanical extractor. The rifle further comprising a barrel chamber which fully supports a chambered cartridge case and a rear extraction mechanism for extracting a spent cartridge case through the rear of the barrel chamber. |
| US10782106B2 |
Shaped charge
A shaped charge including an explosive load positioned in a casing, a liner applied on the load, and means ensuring the securing of the casing and the load bearing the liner. These securing means include a ring having a stop surface for the liner and at least two shims each covering an angular sector and moving radially by the action of a tightening means, to be pressed against an inner bearing surface of the casing. According to the invention, the tapped hole of the tightening screw(s) has its axis parallel to the axis of the casing and the shim is positioned axially relative to the ring by at least one radial pin authorizing sliding thereof. |
| US10782098B1 |
Dynamic weapon to target assignment using a control based methodology
The system and method of dynamic weapon to target assignment (DWTA) using a control based methodology to dynamically assign each projectile to a target in a multiple target engagement situation. In some cases, closest proximity is used in a real-time, to accomplish the DWTA functional requirement and performance criteria. In some cases, g pulling acceleration and projectile fin deflection motion are also used to assess the best matched pair for each projectile and each target with an end goal of intercepting the target or guiding the projectile to an acceptable error basket for target destruction via detonation. For the closest distance criterion for projectile/target pairing, a cutoff time is used to ensure the pairing is conducted within an acceptable duration while still being able to intercept the target or meet a required miss distance basket (e.g., <3 m). |
| US10782095B2 |
Automatic target point tracing method for electro-optical sighting system
An automatic target point tracing method, marking a target object in an image acquired by the sighting system to obtain a target point, performing feature extraction and feature description on the image with the target point, and establishing a ridge regression classifier and performing learning training on the classifier according to the extracted features; calculating a regression score of the features of the real-time acquired image in the trained ridge regression classifier, determining that the target point is automatically recognized when the regression score reaches a requirement, and displaying an orientation of the target point in a display unit area; and determining that the target object disappears when the regress core does not reach the requirement, and performing searching near a position where the target object disappears. |
| US10782094B2 |
Holster mount with adjustable drop and cant
A holster support assembly for use by a user wearing a belt may be adjustable for both drop and cant. The assembly includes a belt support that engages and is supported by the user's belt, the belt support defining a plurality of drop positions spaced apart along the track to enable the user to set the drop position of the holster. The assembly also includes a holster mount supported on the belt support for sliding movement relative to the belt support, the holster mount configured for supporting a holster. The holster mount has a first condition in which the holster mount is engaged with the belt support thereby blocking rotation of the holster mount relative to the belt support, and is selectively movable into a second condition in which the holster mount is rotatable relative to the belt support about an axis to enable the user to set the cant position of the holster relative to the belt support. The assembly may include a pull member for helping the user to move the holster mount relative to the belt support, and blocking insert for blocking movement of the holster support into the second condition. |
| US10782088B2 |
Bow fishing reel with reduced friction payout
A reel suitable for bow fishing and the like provides a cowling covering a reel with a wide opening to reduce frictional restraint on high-speed paying out of the line with the flight of the arrow. An optional guide arm may be used to minimize line diversion and hence friction during line payout while absorbing forces when the line is retracted permitting use of a lighter cowling design without loss of strength. A high torque bevel gear transmission and safety lighting is further provided. |
| US10782087B2 |
Archery vibration damper
Systems described here include assemblies used for damping vibration. Some embodiments include an exo-skeleton with two openings, two inner cores mounted inside the exo-skeleton, two independent fasteners, each with an attachment end and a flange end. In some embodiments, the two independent fastener flange ends are mounted inside the exo-skeleton, each in one of the inner cores, and the two independent fastener attachment ends extending out of their respective opening of the exo-skeleton. |
| US10782086B1 |
Firearm rotation limited and method
A method and apparatus for limiting the amount of rotation of a upper assembly in relation to a sub-assembly is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a pin corresponding to a pinhole of a sub-assembly of a firearm. A bumper is coupled to the pin by a connector. When the pin is placed in the pinhole, the bumper will prevent full rotation of the upper in relation to the sub-assembly while allowing some separation. The method comprises replacing a front pin of a firearm with a pin such that bumper abuts the upper and the sub-assembly when the upper is rotated about the pin. When the upper is rotated, the magazine is removed. |
| US10782085B2 |
Recoil-reducing firearm shooting rest having tank
A shooting rest, components thereof, and associated methods. The shooting rest includes a frame, a forward firearm support connected to the frame, and a rear firearm support connected to the frame. The rear firearm support includes a stop configured to limit rearward movement of the firearm with respect to the frame when the firearm is fired. A liquid tank is supported by the frame and is configured to hold liquid to increase the effective mass of the shooting rest to reduce recoil felt by a shooter when the firearm is fired. |
| US10782084B2 |
Bipod for projectile weapons
A bipod for supporting a projectile weapon is provided. The bipod comprises, for example, a bracket attachable to the projectile weapon, a first leg and a second leg pivotally attached to opposing ends of the bracket respectively, and a base attachable to the projectile weapon and pivotally couplable to the bracket at a joint located between the opposing ends of the bracket, the base having a fiction element at a surface of the base, the friction element frictionally engageable with the bracket so as to provide a friction lock between the base and the bipod retaining the projectile weapon in a desired orientation relative to the bipod. |
| US10782083B2 |
Muzzle device
A muzzle device for simultaneously reducing recoil, muzzle rise and muzzle flash is disclosed. The muzzle device generally comprises a body including a cylindrical wall, wherein the body has a proximal end configured for attachment to a firearm muzzle and a distal end. The muzzle device further includes a projectile opening extending from the proximal end to the distal end. A plurality of uniquely designed radial baffles and vent openings are arranged through the body of the disclosed muzzle device. |
| US10782082B2 |
Bolt assembly for blowback type firearms
A bolt assembly for firearms utilizing a blowback type operating system. The bolt assembly comprises a non-rotatable bolt slideably disposed in the receiver for forward and rearward movement and a dead blow weight assembly slideably coupled to the bolt. The dead blow weight assembly may be two-piece comprising a dead blow weight and dead blow top member. These parts are separate components movable independently of each other, but functionally interacting and cooperating under recoil after discharging the firearm to eject a spent cartridge casing and chamber a new cartridge as the action is reset. When the firearm discharged, a two-stage felt recoil force is generated by this mechanism, thereby advantageously producing peak forces which are less in magnitude than the single strong felt recoil force experienced by users with conventional one-piece bolt used in many blowback type firearms. |
| US10782076B2 |
Heat pipe
A heat pipe has a heat receiving portion that is to be thermally connected to a heat generating member so as to absorb heat from the heat generating member. The heat pipe includes a sealed flat container; a wick structure housed inside the flat container; and a working fluid sealed inside the flat container. In at least one cross section of the flat container, the wick structure includes a first wick member and a second wick member disposed vertically, the wick structure also has a first wick part and a second wick part respectively disposed in the lengthwise direction of the flat container, the second wick part having a maximum width that is wider than a maximum width of the first wick part. The second wick part is disposed in the heat receiving portion of the heat pipe. |
| US10782074B2 |
Heat exchanger with a cooling medium bar
A heat exchanger includes one or more hot medium flow regions and one or more cooling medium flow regions. Hot medium bars border the one or more hot medium flow regions and cooling medium bars border the one or more cooling medium flow regions. At least one cooling medium bar of the cooling medium bars is joined to a pair of partition sheets. The at least one cooling medium bar includes a base, a first leg, and a second leg. The first leg and the second leg each extend from the base. A cavity is provided between the first leg and the second leg. The cavity is in fluid communication with a first cooling medium flow region of the one or more cooling medium flow regions via an opening provided between the first leg and the second leg. |
| US10782071B2 |
Tubular array heat exchanger
A tubular array heat exchanger and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The heat exchanger includes a plurality of tubes extending between a tube inlet and a tube outlet. An inlet manifold includes an inner wall and an outer wall defining an inlet plenum and one or more baffles extending between the inner wall and the outer wall to divide the inlet plenum into a plurality of fluid passageways, each of the plurality of fluid passageways extending between the inlet plenum and a respective one of the tube inlets. The tubes, the inlet manifold, and an outlet manifold identical to the inlet manifold are manufactured as a single monolithic component. |
| US10782068B2 |
Apparatus and method for treating fabric
The apparatus (100) comprises several stations for treating fabric (10). For example, a cleaning station (20) is provided that is arranged to remove loose debris from the fabric and move the fabric in a continuous motion through the cleaning station. A treatment station (40) is then arranged to receive the fabric from the cleaning station and to transfer treatment fluid to the fabric in a treatment zone. Finally, a drying station (50) is arranged to receive the fabric from the treatment station and to dry the fabric in a drying zone. Advantageously, the treatment station is arranged to transfer the treatment fluid by spraying the treatment fluid under pressure onto a side of the fabric. |
| US10782065B2 |
Domestic appliance device
A domestic appliance device, particularly a domestic refrigerator device, has at least one appliance body with at least one a rear wall, at least one shelf unit, and at least one retainer unit provided for retaining the shelf unit. In order to improve properties with respect to advantageous shelf unit retention, the retainer unit has at least one retainer element whose main extension direction extends, in at least one operating state, at least substantially parallel to the rear wall and at least substantially in a horizontal direction. |
| US10782064B2 |
Refrigerator
In a refrigerator including a sliding door configured to open and close a storage chamber, a storage basket provided on a rear portion of the sliding door, and a support frame configured to support the sliding door and the storage basket, sidewalls of the storage basket may be formed so as to protrude outwardly except a lower portion in which the support frame is disposed between an inner case and the sidewalls, thereby increasing a storage space of the storage basket. In addition, a front protrusion, an auxiliary protrusion, and a rear protrusion are formed in an upper portion of the storage basket, and therefore a relative position of an auxiliary basket to the storage basket may be limited, and the auxiliary basket may be drawn into and out in conjunction with drawn-in and-out movements of the storage basket. |
| US10782063B2 |
Refrigerator
Provided is a refrigerator having only a second door opened/closed or having both of a first door and a second door opened/closed using one handing by allowing a latch device to fix the second door to the first door or release the second door from being fixed to the first door. The refrigerator includes a main body having a storage compartment, a first door that is rotatably disposed in front of the main body and has an opening formed therein, a second door that is rotatably disposed in front of the first door to open/close the opening, a handle coupled to a front side of the second door to open/close the first door and the second door, and a latch device allowing the second door to be fixed and released to/from the first door. |
| US10782059B2 |
Sealed sublimator porous plates
According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a porous plate is provided. The porous plate includes a body having an upper surface, a lower surface opposite the upper surface and sidewalls extending between respective entireties of the upper surface and the lower surface, the body being formed of porous material, and a metallic coating, which is thermally deposited onto an entirety of the sidewalls to form a high-strength mechanical bond with the entirety of the sidewalls. |
| US10782054B2 |
Cooling recharge system
A cooling system may include a cooling pump, a cooling source, a thermal energy storage, a mixing valve, a recharge valve, a recharge pump. The mixing valve may be in fluid communication with a thermal load. A first input of the mixing valve may be in fluid communication with the thermal energy storage. A second input of the mixing valve may be in fluid communication with the recharge pump. Operation of the recharge pump may cause heated cooling fluid output from the thermal load to bypass the cooling pump and flow to the second input of the mixing valve. The recharge valve may be in fluid communication with the thermal energy storage and the cooling pump. The recharge valve may regulate a recharge fluid flow comprising cooling fluid received from the thermal energy storage. |
| US10782051B2 |
Magneto-caloric thermal diode assembly
A magneto-caloric thermal diode assembly includes a magneto-caloric regenerator with a plurality of magneto-caloric stages. Each of the plurality of magneto-caloric stages has a respective Curie temperature. Each of the plurality of magneto-caloric stages also has a stack of magneto-caloric material blocks and metal foil layers distributed sequentially along an axial direction in the order of magneto-caloric material block then metal foil layer. |
| US10782049B1 |
Providing single servings of cooled foods and drinks
Systems and methods have demonstrated the capability of rapidly cooling the contents of pods containing the ingredients for food and drinks. |
| US10782046B2 |
Methods, materials, and equipment to form improved fit duct liner insulation for round and oval HVAC duct systems
The embodiments described herein relate generally to improved fit duct liner insulation for curvilinear ducts in HVAC, exhaust, or other similar gas flow systems. A duct liner insulation for a curvilinear duct may include an insulation board having a first major surface and a second major surface. The duct liner insulation further includes a plurality of rows of kerfs in the first major surface of the insulation board configured to allow the insulation board to flex in a direction of the width of the insulation board such that insulation board is foldable into a curvilinear configuration. Each of the kerfs has a v-shaped cross section with sidewalls extending from a kerf base portion at or near the second major surface of the insulation board to the first major surface of the insulation board. The sidewalls extending at an angle from 10 degrees to 20 degrees relative to each other. |
| US10782045B2 |
Systems and methods for managing conditions in enclosed space
An example system is configured to control conditions in an enclosed space. The system includes scavenger and process plenums, a liquid-to-air membrane energy exchanger (LAMEE), a first liquid-to-air heat exchanger (LAHX), a second LAHX, and a fluid circuit The scavenger plenum is configured to direct scavenger air from a scavenger inlet to a scavenger outlet. The process plenum is sealed from the scavenger plenum and is configured to direct process air from a process inlet to a process outlet The process inlet receives heated air from the space and the process outlet supplies cooled air to the space. The LAMEE is arranged inside the scavenger plenum. The LAMEE is configured to use the scavenger air to evaporatively cool a first fluid flowing through the LAMEE. The temperature of the first fluid at a LAMEE outlet is lower than the temperature of the first fluid at a LAMEE inlet. The first LAHX is arranged inside the process plenum. The first LAHX is configured to directly and sensibly cool the heated air from the space to a supply air temperature using a second fluid flowing through the first LAHX. The second LAHX is arranged inside the scavenger plenum downstream of the LAMEE. The second LAHX is configured to receive and cool the second fluid heated by the first LAHX using the scavenger air. The fluid circuit transports the first and second fluids among the LAMEE, the first LAHX, and the second LAHX. |
| US10782040B2 |
Heat pump system with fault detection
A system for transferring heat via a refrigerant between an indoor heat exchange coil and an outdoor heat exchange coil of an HVAC system of a building includes an expansion valve and a compressor. The system includes a compressor discharge refrigerant temperature sensor, an outdoor air temperature source, a controller operatively coupled to the compressor discharge refrigerant temperature sensor and the outdoor air temperature source. The controller identifies a difference between the temperatures indicative of the temperature of the compressed refrigerant at or near the output of the compressor and the measure of outdoor air temperature source, identifies a change in the identified difference over time, and reports a fault when the change in the difference exceeds a threshold. |
| US10782030B2 |
Cooktops with integrated hoods
A cooktop, defining top and bottom surfaces, may include: cooking zones and a cavity in the top surface; and a device for operating and controlling the cooktop and for permitting downward exhaust of cooking vapors. The device may include, in order from the top surface, an apparatus holding elements that heat the cooking zones and control and monitor electronics for the cooktop, a first cooking vapor intake chamber in fluid communication with the cavity, a fan housing for a radial fan, and a second cooking vapor intake chamber in fluid communication with the cavity. The fan housing may be in fluid communication with the first and second intake chambers. The first intake chamber may be configured to divide the cooking vapors into a first portion, to be conveyed downward into the fan housing, and a second portion, to be conveyed upward into the fan housing through the second intake chamber. |
| US10782029B2 |
Home appliance
A home appliance is provided. The home appliance includes a main body having an opening, a door disposed on one side of the main body, the door being configured to open or close the opening, and a damping assembly configured to be operated by the door. The damping assembly includes a first lever installed in the main body, the first lever being configured to be movable when the door is pressed, a second lever connected to the first lever, and a cylinder connected to the second lever, the cylinder being configured to be movable in a direction that is parallel to a movement path of the first lever. |
| US10782026B2 |
Appparatus and method for positioning a cooking instrument
The present invention discloses an apparatus and method for flagging a location on an object with a light image so that when a line of sight of the object is later obstructed, the light flagged location is known available to be utilized. A light is projected onto a cooktop to flag a burner location in order to use that location for centering of a pot over on burner when the pot being placed on the burner obstructs the line of sight of the cook to the burner. |
| US10782025B2 |
Combustor pipe, combustor, and gas turbine
A combustor pipe is linked to a vane shroud in which a vane is provided, and includes an inlet, an outlet, an inner pipe of which an inner space is a flow path for passing a combustion gas, a first cooling flow path through which a cooling medium passes being formed inside a wall that forms the flow path; and an outer pipe on an outer circumference of the inner pipe and secured to the inner pipe. A second cooling flow path through which a cooling medium passes and which is connected to the first cooling flow path near the outlet of the combustor pipe is formed between an outer circumferential surface of the inner pipe and an inner circumferential surface of the outer pipe, and a cooling promoting structure is formed on the outer pipe, inside the second cooling flow path near the first cooling flow path. |
| US10782023B2 |
Flame scanner with photodiode coupled to a signal conditioner to generate an output signal emulating an output signal of an ultraviolet tube flame scanner
A flame scanner (10) includes terminals (32) for connection to a controller (50) The flame scanner includes a photodiode (14) to generate a detection signal; and a signal conditioner (20) coupled to the photodiode, the signal conditioner to generate an output signal across the terminals, the output signal emulating an output of an ultraviolet tube flame scanner. |
| US10782021B2 |
Ash sintering gasifier
A method is provided for thermally converting non-radioactive combustible wastes to a substantially non-hazardous, non-leachable, sintered particulate carbon-less ash by-product in a kiln having a plurality of reaction zones. The kiln including first and second ends and a body provided between the first and second ends that defines a cavity having a refractory lining that provides resistance to heat conduction. A processor and flow rate controllers are provided that control a flow rate through the body of waste that enters at the first end of the kiln and the flow rate of oxidant gas that enters at the second end of the kiln, the second end being opposite to the first end. The body may be positioned substantially horizontal and may include a length-to-diameter ratio and a resistance to heat conduction that provides a temperature gradient within the cavity to forms separate reaction zones during operation. |
| US10782020B1 |
Waste oil burner improved preheater design
An improved oil preheater assembly for a waste oil burner that significantly reduces the labor time required to perform routine maintenance. This is accomplished by incorporating a removable cover to directly access the heated oil passages for cleaning thereby providing a simplified method of access to the areas most often requiring routine maintenance. Additionally this design provides an improved electrical control system which significantly reduces electrical energy consumption and the formation of oil carbonization when oil burner heat output is not required. Additionally this design incorporates a nozzle cleaning system for a low pressure siphoning type of discharge nozzle which can remove carbonization and other nozzle contamination and obstructions without the disassembly of components. |
| US10782017B2 |
Wing vaned flame shaper
This disclosure relates to flame shapers for use in gas burners, gas burner systems, and methods for operating gas burner systems. Flame shaper embodiments include an opening having an unobstructed center, and turning vanes that extend from the perimeter of the opening towards its center. The turning vanes are configured to induce swirling in an ignited flame. Burner systems include an ignition source, the flame shaper, and a heat exchanger. In method embodiments, a flame is formed by igniting fuel and air, the flame is directed through the flame shaper, and the flame is then directed into a heat exchanger. |
| US10782015B2 |
Method and apparatus for commissioning power plants
An apparatus and method for commissioning steam turbine generator power plants to advance the cleanliness of the complete steam cycle by the conditioned discharge of steam to the plant surface condenser. |
| US10782014B2 |
Plasmonic energy conversion device for vapor generation
The present invention is related to using a plasmonic energy conversion device comprised of a non-permeable substrate and of a plurality of nanorods, either free standing or embedded in aluminum matrix, that utilizes plasmons to generate vapor from a fluid as a result of being exposed to radiation. Methods of manufacturing the plasmonic energy converter device are described. |
| US10782012B2 |
Illuminated mirror
An illuminated mirror includes a mirror defining a front surface and a rear surface, the mirror includes a reflective mirror portion and a translucent portion through which light can pass. A first light support surface is positioned on a rear surface side of the mirror, a second light support surface is positioned on the rear surface side of the mirror, and a gap extends between the first light support surface and the second light support surface. A light source extends from the first light support surface to the second light support surface across the gap. The light source is supported by the first light support surface and the second light support surface, and is unsupported along the gap. |
| US10782008B1 |
Lightening mouse pad with multiple light sources
A lightening mouse pad with multiple light sources comprises: a mouse pad body; a plurality of lightening boxes, each of the lightening boxes is respectively arranged on each corner of the mouse pad body; a plurality of light guiding bars, each of the light guiding bars is arranged around the mouse pad body and is arranged between two adjacent lightening boxes; each of the lightening boxes therein comprises: a printed circuit board which is provided with a control circuit; and two light emitting diodes which are respectively arranged on two surfaces of the printed circuit board, the control circuit supplies a power source to the two light emitting diode. |
| US10782007B2 |
Modular system
A modular system may include a plurality of magnets that may be provided to self-align a casing with an accessory. Self-alignment of the casing and the accessory may provide a secure connection of the casing with the accessory. At least one detent and at least one locking arm may mate and lock the casing against the accessory in a mounted position. The at least one detent and the at least one locking arm may unlock in an insertion position. Self-alignment may occur when a first set of magnets attracts a second set of magnets in which opposite polarities attract and automatically initiate movement of the casing towards the accessory. |
| US10782002B2 |
LED optical components
A light-emitting diode (LED) optical component comprises a component substrate and an disposed on the component substrate. The LED emits light when provided with electrical power. An optical element is disposed at least partly in contact with the component substrate such that at least a portion of the emitted light is incident on the optical element. A second optical element can optionally be disposed between the LED and the component substrate or on a side of the component substrate opposite the LED. An LED optical system includes a system substrate on which one or more LED optical components are disposed. The system substrate can be or include one or more optical elements. |
| US10781999B2 |
Luminous systems
A luminous system comprising one or more illumination sources, a multilayer structure, and one or more diffuse reflection layers being optically decoupled from the multilayer structure, wherein the emission and the reflection of the luminous system produce a first observed visible color when the one or more illumination sources are powered and a second observed visible color when the one or more illumination sources are non-powered is disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of creating the inventive luminous system. |
| US10781998B1 |
Lens device
A lens device includes at least one optical lens which includes rear and front lens segments. The rear lens segment has a first refractive surface, a second refractive surface, and a reflective surface. The front lens segment has a convex lens front which defines a rear focal region. When light beams enter the optical lens through the second refractive surface and then are reflected by the reflective surface to form a plurality of reflected light beams, a plurality of second imaginary lines, extending rearwardly and respectively from the reflected light beams, converge at a second focal region overlapping with the rear focal region. |
| US10781988B2 |
Vehicular lamp
A vehicular lamp includes a two-dimensional image forming device configured to form a contrast image from light emitted by a light source; and a projection optical system configured to project the contrast image forward. The two-dimensional image forming device includes an image-forming performance decreasing portion configured to decrease image-forming performance of forming a part of the projected contrast image. |
| US10781986B2 |
Low-glare automotive headlight
Methods for reducing road surface glare from an automotive headlight for an observer not viewing through a polarizing filter are described. The use of a reflective polarizer for reducing road surface glare from an automotive headlight for an observer not viewing through a polarizing filter are also described. A low-beam headlight including a light source, a housing, and a reflective polarizer is also described. The reflective polarizer has a pass axis and the pass axis forms an angle with a road surface between 45 degrees and 135 degrees. |
| US10781984B2 |
Skylight Fixture
A lighting fixture appears as a skylight and is referred to as a skylight fixture. The skylight fixture has a sky-resembling assembly and a plurality of sun-resembling assemblies. The sky-resembling assembly has a sky-resembling optical assembly and a sky-specific light source, wherein light from the sky-specific light source exits a planar interior surface of the sky-resembling light optical assembly as skylight light. The plurality of sun-resembling assemblies are arranged adjacent one another and extend downward from a periphery of the sky-resembling assembly. Each of the plurality of sun-resembling assemblies has a sun-resembling optical assembly and a sun-specific light source, wherein light from the sun-specific light source exits a planar interior surface of the sun-resembling optical assembly as sunlight light. |
| US10781980B2 |
LED module housing
A light-emitting diode (LED) display module including a back panel substantially formed of a material having a thermal expansion that is less than plastic used in injection molding, a housing that frames the back panel comprised of one or more plastic molded parts, and a front face having a louver is disclosed. |
| US10781974B2 |
Corrosion sensor for storage tank
Embodiments of disclosure generally relate to corrosion sensors for storage tank applications, using corrosion responsive members and sensors to monitor corrosion in storage tanks, and methods for monitoring corrosion in a storage tank using the corrosion sensors. In one embodiment, a corrosion sensor for a storage tank comprises one or more sensors located on a non-process side of the storage tank and one or more corrosion responsive members located internal to the one or more sensors. The one or more sensors are configured to monitor a change in one or more physical properties of the one or more corrosion responsive members. Data from the corrosion sensor may be monitored locally or transmitted over a network and monitored remotely. |
| US10781971B2 |
Autofill shutoff valve
An autofill shutoff valve includes a valve body mounted to a lubricant reservoir and secured to a fill tube extending into the reservoir. The autofill shutoff valve has a valve stem extending through the valve body and into the lubricant reservoir. The valve stem is actuated by a plate disposed within the reservoir from a first position, wherein lubricant flows from a lubricant inlet to a lubricant outlet through the valve body, to a second position, wherein the valve stem blocks the flow of lubricant through the valve body. The autofill shutoff valve provides lubricant directly to the reservoir, thereby eliminating external plumbing and the autofill shutoff valve also prevents overfill of the reservoir by cutting off the flow when the reservoir is full. |
| US10781969B2 |
Method and system for controlling a gimbal
A method for controlling a gimbal includes detecting a motion state of a motion of the gimbal, comparing the motion state to a preset threshold, and controlling the gimbal to move along a moving direction of the motion or to move in an opposite direction to the moving direction oldie motion based on the comparison. |
| US10781965B2 |
Portable storage assembly
The present invention is directed to a portable storage assembly including a plurality of poles, a support attachable to each of the poles and a storage container mountable to the support; wherein in use the poles are positioned to intersect forming an apex in an upper section and a wide base in a lower section, the storage container is positionable within the space defined by the poles in the lower section. |
| US10781956B2 |
Connection apparatus for telescopic joint
Various connection devices and assemblies, such as telescoping riser joints, can include at least one of the present connection devices. Some of the present connection devices, for example, include a housing having a bore therethrough; a locking ring rotatably movable relative to the housing between a first position and a second position; and an engagement member laterally moveable relative to the bore of the housing between a retracted position and an extended position. In some such connection devices, the locking ring is configured such that movement from the first position to the second position causes the engagement member to move from the retracted position to the extended position. |
| US10781954B2 |
Fastening system
A system for selectably fastening a female member with a male member adapted to fit inside the female member, the female member having one or more inward-facing recesses and the male member having one or more outward-facing recess, the recesses being of similar cross-sectional dimensions, includes one or more moveable, ferromagnetic locking elements housed within the inward-facing recesses of the female member; and a locking magnet mounted onto the male member, in magnetic proximity to the one or more outward-facing recesses, wherein, in the presence of a magnetic force applied by the locking magnet, mating of the male and female members bringing the outward-facing and inwardly-facing recesses into mutual registration causes the locking elements to move inwardly into the outward-facing recesses so as to extend across both of the inward- and outward-facing recesses, thereby to lock the male and female members together. |
| US10781950B2 |
Device for connecting tubular pipe elements
A device for connecting two tubular pipe elements, including a hollow cylindrical coupling device (4) with a hollow cylindrical first coupling device part (5) arranged on a first pipe element (2), and a hollow cylindrical second coupling device part (6) arranged on the second pipe element (3) that is axially connected to the first pipe element (2), wherein at least one first positive-locking element (7) is arranged on the first coupling device part (5) and at least one second positive-locking element (8) is arranged on the second coupling device part (6). The at least one first positive-locking element (7) arranged on the first coupling device part (5) and the at least one second positive-locking element (6) arranged on the second coupling device part (6) are designed to engage in a positive-locking manner, forming an axial connection of the first coupling device part (5) with the second coupling device part (6). |
| US10781947B2 |
Hose assembly for bulkhead of marine vessel
An improved hose assembly for a marine vessel bulkhead comprises a hose having a first end with a first hose fitting and a second end with a second hose fitting. There is a base plate having an opening which receives the hose. The base plate is positioned on the hose between the first hose fitting and the second hose fitting. There is a bend restrictor releasably coupled to the base plate. The bend restrictor has coils which wrap around the hose. The base plate clamps onto the bend restrictor and the bend restrictor clamps onto the hose, thereby restricting relative axial and rotational movement of the hose. |
| US10781946B1 |
All rubber low sulfur and extraction PED hose
A hose includes a bisphenol A curable rubber tube layer, an optional nitrile rubber friction layer disposed over the tube layer, a reinforcement layer disposed over the tube layer or optional friction layer, the reinforcement layer comprising braided steel wire, and a cover layer disposed over the reinforcing layer, where the cover layer may comprise chlorinated polyethylene. The tube layer defines a lumen in the hose, and a vapor return line may further be disposed within the lumen of the hose. Hose embodiments of the disclosure may be useful in fueling applications for vehicles using fuels such as gasoline, gasohol, diesel, biodiesel, avgas or jet fuel. |
| US10781944B2 |
Pipe clamp
Example aspects of a pipe clamp and a method for attaching a pipe clamp to a pipe are disclosed. The pipe clamp can comprise a first clamp segment defining a first semi-cylindrical wall; a second clamp segment defining a second semi-cylindrical wall, the first semi-cylindrical wall and second semi-cylindrical wall defining a void therebetween; a first projection monolithically formed with the first clamp segment, the first projection extending from the first semi-cylindrical wall; and a fastener coupling the first clamp segment to the second clamp segment. |
| US10781940B2 |
Assembly and methods for coupling sections of conduit
A system and method for coupling sections of pipe is disclosed, wherein the system preferably comprises a frame, a carriage and a controller. In embodiments, the frame comprises a pipe frame, which preferably extends substantially the entire length of the system and may be secured via a chain. The system in a preferred embodiment may be secured to a piece of machinery, such as an excavator bucket, back hoe or equivalent machinery for moving a first section of pipe to a location where a second section of pipe resides for coupling the first and second sections of pipe. Methods of use are also disclosed herein. |
| US10781939B2 |
Device for controlling a gaseous flow and systems and methods employing the device
Disclosed are devices, systems and methods for gas sampling, for controlling and measuring a gaseous flow, and for controlling a pressure gradient. An exemplary device 1 for controlling a gaseous flow comprises a gaseous flow adjusting interface 2, configured to inhibit or allow a flow of gas through the device 1 in a controlled manner, and control means 3, 4 of the adjusting interface. The adjusting interface 2 comprises a plurality of nano-holes 20. Each of the nano-holes has sub-micrometric dimensions and is suitable to be opened or closed in a controlled manner. The control means 3,4, in turn, comprise actuating means 3, suitable to open or close these nano-holes, and electronic processing means 4, configured to activate the actuation means to open or close individually or collectively the nano-holes 20 in a controlled manner. |
| US10781934B2 |
Valve solenoid tube having a two chamber configuration
An example solenoid tube of a solenoid actuator for a valve includes: (i) a cylindrical body includes: a first threaded region formed on an exterior peripheral surface of the cylindrical body, and a second threaded region formed on an interior peripheral surface of the cylindrical body; and (ii) a pole piece formed as a protrusion from the interior peripheral surface of the cylindrical body and configured to divide a hollow interior of the cylindrical body into a first chamber and a second chamber, where the pole piece defines a channel therethrough, such that the channel fluidly couples the first chamber to the second chamber, where the first chamber is configured to receive an armature of the solenoid actuator therein, and where the second chamber is configured to a component such as a sensor or a manual actuator therein. |
| US10781932B2 |
Valve drive device
There is provided a valve drive device comprising: a motor including a stator with a core member and a drive coil, and a rotor provided with a drive magnet; a drive gear configured to rotate together with the rotor, a driven gear configured to rotate a valve element; and a power transmission switching unit configured to switch between a power transmission state where the drive gear and the driven gear mesh with each other and a power non-transmission state where a meshing state between the drive gear and the driven gear is released. The power transmission switching unit includes a plurality of convex units formed on the drive gear, and a rotation restriction unit provided in the driven gear and configured to engage with each of the convex units to perform switching of the power transmission. |
| US10781931B2 |
Actuator and method for valve type recognition
A method for valve type recognition of a valve connected to an actuator, said valve being one of a first valve type and a second or further valve type. The actuator includes an actuator spindle which can be operatively connected to a valve rod. If the maximum allowable stroke of the actuator spindle is the same, or smaller than, a reference value then it is determined that the valve connected to the actuator is of the first valve type. If the maximum allowable stroke is larger than said reference value, the valve is determined to be of the second valve type. An actuator is provided for use in such a method. |
| US10781925B2 |
Butterfly valve seat ring and butterfly valve provided with same
A seat ring for a butterfly valve is mounted on an inner peripheral surface of an internal flow passage extending along the flow passage axis in a valve body of the butterfly valve, so that an outer peripheral edge surface of a valve element supported to be rotatable in the internal flow passage by a valve stem supported by the valve body abuts on the seat ring. The seat ring includes a ring body having a cylindrical shape and extending in the center axis direction, and the ring body is formed at positions opposite to each other in a radial direction of the ring body with a pair of through-holes for allowing the valve stem to pass through. On an outer peripheral surface of the ring body, arcuate projections extending in a circumferential direction are formed apart from the pair of through-holes. |
| US10781922B2 |
Device for actuating a parking lock of an automatic transmission, and parking lock apparatus for such an automatic transmission
A device for actuating a parking lock of an automatic transmission for a motor vehicle. A piston, which a hydraulic medium can be applied from a reservoir by a valve apparatus in order to actuate the parking lock by a valve apparatus, which has a first valve and a second valve, which is arranged downstream of the first valve and upstream of the piston in the flow direction of the hydraulic medium from the reservoir to the piston and which has at least one device connection, by way of which the hydraulic medium can be applied to the piston, the second valve having at least two switching states, and a working chamber, which is bounded by the housing element and by the piston and into which the hydraulic medium can be introduced from the reservoir by the valve apparatus in order to apply the hydraulic medium to the piston. |
| US10781920B2 |
Drive systems including transmissions and magnetic coupling devices for electric and hybrid electric vehicles
Drive systems or powertrains including transmissions for electric and hybrid electric vehicles are provided. 3-position linear motor, 2-way clutches (i.e. CMDs) are included in the transmissions. An electric 3-speed AMT having a magnetic coupling device such as a magnetic torque converter is provided to magnetically transfer a portion of rotating mechanical energy of an electric powerplant or motor to a transmission output shaft in response to an electrical signal to synchronize angular velocities of the transmission output shaft and an output shaft of the electric powerplant during a change in state of one of the CMDs. Torque is transferred to the transmission output shaft during the change in state. |
| US10781919B2 |
Method for controlling continuously variable transmission and continuously variable transmission system
A method for controlling a continuously variable transmission including a primary oil chamber, a secondary oil chamber, an oil pump provided in an oil passage between the primary oil chamber and a secondary oil chamber. The method including determining whether a required downshift speed is faster than an allowable value; setting a target piston position of the primary oil chamber; setting a target oil pressure of the primary oil chamber; and increasing priority of a position feedback control based on the target piston position in the setting of the target piston position when it is determined that the downshift speed is slower than the allowable value and increasing priority of a hydraulic feedback control based on the target oil pressure in the setting of the target oil pressure when it is determined that the downshift speed is faster than the allowable value. |
| US10781916B2 |
System and method for controlling engine braking
A method for controlling engine braking includes determining an amount of brake pressure being applied by a vehicle traveling on a road. The method includes determining a current velocity of the vehicle, wherein a transmission of the vehicle is operating using a first gear of a plurality of gears. The method includes, according to the amount of brake pressure and the current velocity of the vehicle, determining a road grade threshold for a second gear of the plurality of gears. The method includes determining a grade of the road. The method includes determining that the determined grade of the road satisfies the road grade threshold for the second gear of the vehicle. The method includes, in response to the determination, causing the transmission of the vehicle to operate in the second gear of the plurality of gears. |
| US10781915B2 |
Method for controlling a gear shift in a transmission arrangement
A method is provided for controlling a gear shift from a forward gear to a reverse gear in a transmission arrangement, the method including the steps of: positioning a first locking mechanism and a first connecting mechanism at least in a partially engaged state for reducing a rotational speed of a planet carrier of a second planetary gear set; and positioning a second locking mechanism in an engaged state when a rotational speed of the planet carrier of the second planetary gear set is below a predetermined threshold limit. |
| US10781913B2 |
Method for controlling a positive gearshift unit
A method for controlling a positive gearshift unit includes, in an engagement procedure, a coupling element, which is connected to a first coupling half and which has a beveled coupling toothing, is brought into engagement with a blocking element, which has a blocking toothing and which is connected to a second coupling half, and is brought into engagement with a catch element, which is connected to the second coupling half, which has a beveled catch toothing, and which is able to move circumferentially with respect to the blocking element. In the engagement procedure, a touch-point is set which comes after a crossing of a synchronous rotational speed in a rotational speed difference profile. |
| US10781909B2 |
Windage tray for advanced lubrication and enhanced performance
A gear box and method of providing oil through the same is provided. The gear box includes a windage tray that includes a tray having a bleed hole therein, and another tray having another second bleed hole therein. Oil is provided through the bleed holes to respective gears situated in the trays. The windage tray may also include a magnet positioned within a magnet slot of the windage tray, for removing debris from the oil. A tube may also be attached to the windage tray, which tube can include a bleed hole therein, for spraying the oil out of the tube and towards a differential, for example. The windage tray and tube can be made from molded plastic, and can be made using the same mold. The gear box housing may further define a drain in an inner side wall to provide oil to a differential bearing, for example. |
| US10781902B2 |
Lock control device of drive gear and lock control device of actuator
For a gear train GL including a drive gear 33 and an idler gear 34 engaged with each other and a lock gear 35, provided are a first drive means 3A configured to linearly drive the lock gear 35 in forward and backward directions, a second drive means 3B configured to rotationally drive the drive gear 33 in normal and reverse directions, and a controller C configured to control the both drive means 3A and 3B. The controller C starts driving the lock gear 35 at the time of an unlocking operation, from an engagement position toward the disengagement position through the first drive means 3A, and when the drive is started, the controller C drives the drive gear 33 into one of normal and reverse directions and into the other direction through the second drive means 3B with a polarity reversal in a predetermined cycles T1 and T2. |
| US10781901B2 |
Machine generating centrifugal forces from eccentrics with variable radius
A generator (100) and/or machine (110) generating mechanical energy and functioning on the principle of exploitation of an energy allowing the existence of centrifugal forces (Fc) on masses (M) being displaced in rotation along an eccentric trajectory (150) within a system (130, 132, 166, 170, 190, 210) driving a progressive or sudden variation of their radius of rotation, principle of a generator of centrifugal forces from an eccentric with variable radius (100). |
| US10781898B2 |
Motorized positioning apparatus for a seating unit
A motorized positioning apparatus for a seating unit includes a motor assembly that is configured to move a linkage assembly though a series of positions that arrange the seating unit in a closed position, open position, or extended position. The motor assembly attaches directly to a footrest drive link by way of a mounting tube. In addition, the motor assembly may attach either to a base rail of the seating unit or to a rear pivot link by way of a rear mounting tube. |
| US10781892B2 |
Press-fit check valve for a hydraulic tensioner reservoir with metered backflow
A press-fit check valve for a hydraulic tensioner includes a retainer, a seat, a ball, and a spring. The seat of the check valve is press-fit against the wall of the check valve counterbore of the hydraulic tensioner body. In some embodiments, the seat is cup-shaped to provide a predetermined level of press force retention of the press-fit check valve. In some embodiments, the seat includes a plurality of legs separated by leg openings. In some embodiments, a backflow path is provided past the press-fit check valve by a combination of the leg openings and at least one backflow slot through a flange of the retainer. In some embodiments, a lip at the outer end of the check valve counterbore prevents the seat from backing out of the check valve counterbore. |
| US10781889B2 |
Power transmission apparatus of a hybrid electric vehicle
A power transmission apparatus of a hybrid electric vehicle may include an input shaft receiving an engine torque, an output shaft disposed at a same axis with the input shaft and outputting a shifted torque, first and second motor/generators, a first shifting section including a compound planetary gear set formed as a combination of first and second planetary gear sets, forming an adjusted torque from the engine torque received through two paths and torques of the first and second motor/generators, and outputting the adjusted torque, and a second shifting section including a third planetary gear set and outputting a shifted torque of two stages from a torque received from the first shifting section to the output shaft. |
| US10781888B2 |
Planetary gear train of automatic transmission for vehicle
A planetary gear train includes an input shaft, an output gear, first to third planetary gear sets respectively having first to third, fourth to sixth, and seventh to ninth rotation elements, a first shaft fixedly connected to the second rotation element and the input shaft, a second shaft fixedly connected to the sixth and eighth rotation elements and the output gear, a third shaft fixedly connected to the first rotation element and a transmission housing, a fourth shaft fixedly connected to the third rotation element, a fifth shaft fixedly connected to the fourth and seventh rotation elements, a sixth shaft fixedly connected to the fifth rotation element, and a seventh shaft fixedly connected to the ninth rotation element. |
| US10781885B2 |
Rope connection system, devices, and methods
A device configured to join two ropes includes a device body that extends from a first end to a second end along a central axis, the device body including an inner surface defining a through hole that extends through both the first end and the second end, the device body defining an inner dimension. The device defines an unassembled configuration in which the first and second ropes are positioned outside the through hole and the inner dimension is smaller than both the first outer diameter and the second outer diameter. The device defines an assembled configured in which a portion of each of the first and second ropes are positioned in the through hole, and the inner dimension is greater than both the first outer diameter and the second outer diameter. |
| US10781884B2 |
Power transmission device
A power transmission device is disclosed. The power transmission device includes an input member, an output member, a dynamic vibration absorbing device, a rotation fluctuation detecting unit, and a control unit. The input member is rotatably disposed and configured to receive the torque inputted from a drive source. The output member is configured to output the torque, inputted to the input member, to a drive wheel. The dynamic vibration absorbing device is disposed in a power transmission path including the input member and the output member. The rotation fluctuation detecting unit is configured to detect information regarding a rotational fluctuation in at least one of the input member and the output member. The control unit is programmed to perform active control of the dynamic vibration absorbing device so as to reduce the rotational fluctuation based on the information regarding the rotational fluctuation detected by the rotational fluctuation detecting unit. |
| US10781879B2 |
Bypass for a suspension damper
A vehicle suspension damper comprises a cylinder and a piston assembly including a damping piston along with working fluid within the cylinder. A bypass permits fluid to avoid dampening resistance of the damping piston. A fluid path through the bypass is controlled by a valve that is shifted by a piston surface when the contents of at least one predetermined volume is injected against the piston surface which acts upon the valve. In one embodiment, the bypass is remotely operable. |
| US10781871B2 |
Disc brake caliper body
A disc brake caliper body, having a second elongated element on a side opposed to a wheel has at least two portions each defining a connecting seat adapted for the connection of the caliper body to a support element for supporting the caliper to a vehicle. At least one thrust device seat faces freely in an axial direction so that the at least one thrust device seat can be accessed entirely along straight directions parallel to the axial direction avoiding to interfere with the caliper body. |
| US10781864B2 |
Drive wheel clutch system
A drive wheel clutch system for manually disengaging one or more drive wheels from their driveshafts. The drive wheel clutch system generally includes a driveshaft, a flange at one end of the driveshaft, and a flange-engaging member. The flange-engaging member and the flange may be generally disc shaped. The flange-engaging member is spring loaded and includes locking members that can extend through apertures in the flange to engage with locking apertures in the hub of a drive wheel. An operator can pull against spring bias and rotate a handle connected to the flange-engaging member to disengage the locking members from the flange and the hub, allowing the wheel to turn freely while the driveshaft remains stationary. |
| US10781861B2 |
Protective cover having sensor holder part, bearing device including the protective cover, and method for manufacturing the protective cover having the sensor holder part
A protective cover includes: a synthetic resin disc part having formed therein a separation wall which is thinner than other parts of the disc part and separates a magnetic encoder and a magnetic sensor from each other; and a synthetic resin sensor holder part protruding inward from the disc part. A gate mark caused by the injection molding is present n an outer peripheral surface of the disc part or an outer peripheral surface of a cylindrical part continuous with the disc part, in the radially outer side of the separation wall. Since the gate is at the radially outer side, of the separation wall, which is near the separation wall, no charging end weld is generated on the separation wall when a molten synthetic resin material is injected from the gate into the cavity of the injection mold die and solidified in an injection molding step. |
| US10781860B2 |
Self-aligning roller bearing having improved lubricant discharge, preferably for an aircraft turbojet engine speed reducer
The invention relates to a self-aligning roller bearing, comprising a rotary outer ring exhibiting a spherical raceway, the bearing comprising first and second annular rows of rollers respectively associated with first and second rotary cages that hold the rollers in place. According to the invention, the first cage has an exterior surface equipped with at least one deflector for discharging lubricant towards a first side of the bearing, in a first axial direction extending from the second cage towards the first cage, this deflector extending, in a second axial direction that is the opposite of the first direction, beyond the rollers associated with the first cage and also beyond the first cage so as to cover part of the second cage. |
| US10781859B2 |
Rolling-element bearing assembly
A rolling-element bearing assembly includes a rolling-element bearing and an oil conditioning system for conditioning oil used to lubricate the bearing. The bearing has an inner ring and an outer ring and a plurality of rolling elements rotatably disposed between the inner ring and the outer ring. The bearing includes openings for discharging oil from the bearing and for introducing oil into the bearing, and the openings are connected to the oil conditioning system. A raceway of the inner ring and/or a raceway of the outer ring is coated with a first coating, and the rolling elements are at least partially coated with a second coating that is different from the first coating. |
| US10781858B2 |
Unit including a one-piece retaining element, and a bearing unit, retaining element, and method
A retaining element configured to retain an outer ring of a bearing in a housing, the retaining element having a body having a first side and a second side and a substantially circular through-hole extending from the first side to the second side and an axial thickness from the first side to the second side. A boundary of the through-hole includes two or fewer recesses. The retaining element is configured to hold an attachment element in the two or fewer recesses, the attachment element being configured to engage a groove in a bearing to hold the bearing in the retaining element. |
| US10781852B1 |
Modular labyrinth bearing assembly
A bearing assembly includes a first race member with a first annular body with a first inner diameter and a first outer diameter. The first race member has a first attachment feature and a first protuberance extending inboard of the first attachment feature. A second race member has a second annular body with a second inner diameter and a second outer diameter. The second race member has a second attachment feature and a second protuberance extending inboard of the second attachment feature. The first attachment feature is coupled to the second attachment feature such that the first protuberance is spaced axially from the second protuberance with a channel defined therebetween. The channel extends obliquely relative to a central axis of the first race member and the second race member. A ring member has an annular frustoconical body disposed in the channel which extends obliquely relative to the central axis. |
| US10781849B2 |
Indexing and synchronizing clip
An exemplary clip assembly for adjusting a length of a cable includes a base including a tab and a first stop member, a cover rotatably coupled to the base, and a barrel assembly nesting within the base and the cover. The base and the cover define a first passage extending longitudinally through the cover and the base. The barrel assembly includes a first barrel member having a first interaction surface and a first threaded channel, and a second barrel member includes a second interaction surface and a second threaded channel. The first and second interaction surfaces form a barrel interaction surface and the first and second channels define a second passage through the barrel assembly. The first and second passages have a common longitudinal axis and rotation of the barrel interaction surface results in longitudinal translation of the cable through the second passage of the barrel assembly. |
| US10781848B2 |
Devices formed of interconnected components
In the disclosed devices formed from interconnected components, each includes a yoke component, a boss component and an axle bolt. The yoke component includes: a carabiner body with a back, an opening, and a yoke formation. The yoke formation includes a U-shaped section open to the outside of the body, defining a space between two legs, the legs having bearing surfaces through each of which a respective axle bore is formed. The back extends from the yoke formation. A spur extends from the yoke formation. A gate on the body pivots between closed and open positions. The boss component has flat, parallel external bearing surfaces, an axle bore extending through the boss component, the axle bore opening at each bearing surface. The axle bolt passes through the axle bores in the yoke and boss component. |
| US10781837B2 |
Joint structure and method of manufacturing joint structure
A joint structure comprises a light-absorbable member having at least one opening portion and a light-permeable member superposed on the light-absorbable member so as to cover the opening portion, wherein an annular weld part is formed so as to enclose the opening portion and join the light-absorbable member and the light-permeable member, and the light-permeable member is formed into a thin sheet adhering to the light-absorbable member by deforming at a depressurized state of an interior of the opening portion before the formation of the annular weld part. |
| US10781836B2 |
Joint structure and method of manufacturing joint structure
A joint structure comprises a light-absorbable member having at least one opening portion and a light-permeable member superposed on the light-absorbable member so as to cover the opening portion, wherein a first annular weld part is formed so as to enclose the opening portion and join the light-absorbable member and the light-permeable member, and a second dot-like weld part(s) joining the light-absorbable member and the light-permeable member is/are formed in a position adjacent to the first weld part. |
| US10781832B2 |
Milking robot with cylinder system
A milking robot for the fully automatic milking of dairy animals includes at least one moving component and a cylinder configured to support a movement of the component. The cylinder has a cylinder wall having an aeration opening, as well as a cylinder rod slidable into and out of the cylinder. The cylinder wall surrounds at least one variable volume part, which volume part is free from pressure fluid connections for displacement of the cylinder rod. The cylinder is configured to remain, via the opening, substantially in pressure equilibrium with an environment of the cylinder. To the cylinder wall around the aeration opening is connected a gas collecting device which has a changeable volume and which, together with the variable volume part, forms an airtight gas volume. In addition, the gas collecting device has a minimum volume greater than zero. |
| US10781828B2 |
Centrifugal pump with noise dampening rubber isolation impeller bushing
A rotary assembly for a centrifugal pump includes a housing, an impeller, a first opening formed in one of the housing or the impeller, a first bushing disposed in the first opening, and a first shaft projection projecting axially from one of the housing or the impeller. The first bushing extends annularly around a central opening thereof and is formed from an elastomeric material. The first shaft projection is received within the central opening of the first bushing. One of the first shaft projection or the first bushing is configured to rotate relative to the other of the first shaft projection or the first bushing during operation of the centrifugal pump. |
| US10781826B2 |
Axial fan and refrigerator
An axial fan includes an impeller, a motor, and a housing. The impeller is configured to rotate about a rotation axis extending in a vertical direction; a motor configured to rotationally drive the impeller. The housing is disposed radially outside the impeller and the motor. An inner wall surface of the housing includes a groove recessed radially outward and extending in the vertical direction. At least a first end of the groove in the vertical direction extends to one end of the housing in the vertical direction. |
| US10781822B2 |
Fan impeller with metallic blades and method for manufacturing the same
A fan impeller has a fan hub, an outer circular frame surrounding the fan hub, and metallic blades independent from one another. Two ends of each of the metallic blades are a root and a distal end respectively, at least a portion of the root is embedded in the fan hub, and at least a portion of the distal end is embedded in the outer circular frame. The metallic blades, the plastic fan hub and the plastic outer circular frame are connected by means of insert molding, so that the number of the blades can be increased to provide increased air output. |
| US10781821B2 |
Fan motor and vehicle comprising same
Provided herein is a fan motor including a columnar portion including a first accommodating portion, a second accommodating portion, and a third accommodating portion, wherein the first accommodating portion and the second accommodating portion are disposed at an upper portion and a lower portion, respectively, and have an inner diameter larger than an inner diameter of an inner circumferential surface of the columnar portion, the third accommodating portion is disposed between the first accommodating portion and the second accommodating portion, an inner diameter of the third accommodating portion is smaller than a diameter of the inner circumferential surface of the columnar portion, and the inner diameter of the first accommodating portion and the inner diameter of the second accommodating portion are larger than the diameter of the inner circumferential surface of the columnar portion. |
| US10781819B2 |
Fan device with impeller having circular plate opening, sidewall opening and groove connecting the circular plate opening with the sidewall opening for efficiently cooling motor
An impeller includes: a cylinder that includes a circular plate-shaped circular plate and a peripheral wall that extends from an outer peripheral edge of the circular plate along a rotation shaft of the impeller; and a blade mounted to an outer peripheral surface of the peripheral wall, the blade being configured to send air. The circular plate has a circular plate opening at a center, the circular plate opening penetrating the circular plate along the rotation shaft, and a sidewall opening is formed at the peripheral wall, the sidewall opening penetrating the peripheral wall along a direction different from a direction parallel to the rotation shaft. |
| US10781817B2 |
Compressor having centrifugation and differential pressure structure for oil supplying
A scroll compressor is provided capable of supplying oil stored in an oil storage chamber upward through a rotary shaft to supply the oil to a compression device and to lubricate a bearing portion. The scroll compressor may include a casing, a drive motor, a rotary shaft, a main frame, a fixed scroll, and an orbiting scroll. A medium pressure chamber may be formed in or at a middle of the main frame, the fixed scroll, and the orbiting scroll. A pocket groove configured to guide oil discharged through the oil hole to the medium pressure chamber may be formed in an upper surface of the orbiting scroll, and a differential pressure path configured to guide the oil guided to the medium pressure chamber to the compression chamber may be provided in the fixed scroll. |
| US10781812B2 |
Compressor provided with safety relief valve assembly
A compressor of the present invention has a blocking portion for preventing a refrigerant containing an inflammable component such as lubricating oil ejected from an ejection port of a safety relief valve from being ejected to a specific direction where a drive belt, an electromagnetic clutch, an exhaust manifold, and placed. The blocking portion is not separately attached but is integrally formed with a housing member by using the same material as that thereof, and is disposed on a line in an ejection direction of the ejection port. The present invention can provide a compressor excellent in productivity, durability, and safety without increasing the number of manufacturing processes or causing, for example, rotation failure of the drive belt and a pulley for driving the compressor and its auxiliaries and an occurrence of white smoke due to a contact between the exhaust manifold at high temperatures and the refrigerant. |
| US10781811B2 |
Volumetric compensator for electric submersible pump
A volumetric compensator assembly for use in the seal section of a pumping system includes an envelope bladder that in turn includes a flexible top sheet and a bottom sheet connected to the top sheet along a pair of side seams and an end seam. The top sheet and bottom sheet together define a bladder interior that has a variable capacity. The volumetric compensator assembly also has a bladder support tube and the envelope bladder is coiled around the bag support tube. |
| US10781808B2 |
Valve, fluid control device, and sphygmomanometer
A sphygmomanometer device includes a piezoelectric pump, a valve, and a cuff. The valve includes a first valve housing, a diaphragm, and a second valve housing. The diaphragm is fixed to the second valve housing and first valve housing such that it is separated from a valve seat and the periphery of an opening portion in the diaphragm is in contact with a valve seat while providing a pressure thereto. Thus, the diaphragm defines a lower valve chamber communicating with a first vent hole, an upper valve chamber communicating with a second vent hole, a lower valve chamber communicating with a first vent hole, and an upper valve chamber communicating with the upper valve chamber, together with the second valve housing and first valve housing. |
| US10781803B2 |
Reciprocating pump
A reciprocating pump includes a frame for a power end, a skid support structure integrally formed at a base of the power end frame to provide proper support and rigidity for the pump power end, where the integral skid support structure has a plurality of struts forming a series of chambers. |
| US10781799B2 |
System, method, and apparatus for installing and operating a linear actuator
An actuator, comprising an actuation member positionable into a first retracted position and a second extended position, and a retaining member structured to maintain the actuation member in the first retracted position, and to selectively release the actuation member from the first retracted position in response to an extension force. |
| US10781798B2 |
Nacelle component for a wind turbine and method for mounting a nacelle component
A nacelle component for a nacelle of a wind turbine, comprising a mainframe module and a power electronics module. The mainframe module and the power electronics module in each case have a length greater than a width. In the assembled state of the nacelle component, the mainframe module is oriented with its longitudinal axis parallel to a vertical plane which extends through the axis of a rotor shaft. The longitudinal axis of the power electronics module intersects the vertical plane which extends through the axis of the rotor shaft. A method for mounting such a nacelle component is also disclosed. |
| US10781797B2 |
Wind turbine comprising a yaw bearing system
The invention relates to a wind turbine comprising a plurality of individual yaw bearing units and a method of replacing a pad of such a yaw bearing unit. The yaw bearing unit comprises a caliper structure divided into an upper portion and a lower portion, wherein the lower portion can be dismounted without also dismounting the upper portion. An upper pad is provided between a flange providing support for a nacelle and a mainframe of the nacelle. A radial pad is arranged on a radial surface of the upper portion and contacts a stop element located at either ends of the upper portion. An adjustable lower pad is arranged in a through hole in the lower portion and can be replaced via a lower opening in the lower portion. The radial pad can be replaced in a sideward direction by removing one of the stop elements or replacing it in an axial direction by removing the lower portion. |
| US10781796B2 |
Clamping apparatus for positioning a main bearing of a wind turbine during an installation and/or repair procedure
A clamping apparatus for positioning a main bearing of a wind turbine includes a push component arranged between a main flange of a main shaft of the wind turbine and a cover of the main bearing. Further, the clamping apparatus includes a spacer plate located within a gap between the cover and the main bearing. As such, the push component is configured to apply a force to the cover so as to push the spacer plate against the main bearing such that the main bearing is pushed into and secured in place. |
| US10781794B2 |
Installing blades in a wind turbine and wind turbine lifting systems
An apparatus for lifting a wind turbine blade to a rotor hub includes a blade holder configured to receive and support the wind turbine blade. A connection element is configured on the blade holder and is adapted to attach directly to a mounting surface of a wind turbine rotor hub. A lifting equipment attachment is configured on the blade holder to attach to the blade holder to lifting equipment. A first steering mechanism is operably connected between the blade holder and the lifting equipment attachment to control an orientation of the blade held by the blade holder with respect to the lifting equipment attachment. |
| US10781788B2 |
Wind turbine blade
A wind turbine blade is described having a serrated trailing edge. Flow straightening vanes are provided on the serrations, to prevent a lateral or side flow over the edges of the serrations, which are preferably provided at incidence to the flow over the wind turbine blade. The vanes can be formed integrally with the serrations, or attached to existing serrations as a retrofit solution. The serrations with the vanes can be provided as a trailing edge panel for attachment to the trailing edge of an existing wind turbine blade. |
| US10781787B2 |
Apparatus and method for generation of electricity with pressurized water and air flow media
A facility for generating electricity that includes a water source, at least one water inlet valve for delivering water to a pressure vessel under pressure, a plurality of pressure vessel water outlet valves in flow communication with the pressure vessel and a turbine-powered electrical generator for delivery of water under pressure from the pressure vessel water outlet valves according to a predetermined sequence, and an electrical distribution system for selectively delivering electricity generated by the electrical generator to an external source for use or to an air compressor operatively connected to the water source for pressurizing the water being delivered to the pressure vessel. |
| US10781786B2 |
Microwave enhanced combustion with feedback frequency control for dynamic impedance matching
A system and method for generating microwaves for microwave enhanced combustion (MEC) input to an MEC antenna of an internal combustion engine. The system uses a directional coupler to deliver the MEC input signal to the MEC antenna and to receive a reflected power signal from the MEC antenna. A feedback path determines a desired frequency, based on the reflected power and using an impedance-matching controller that matches the reflected power to a desired frequency value. Additional inputs, such as various engine conditions, can also be used to determine the desired frequency. |
| US10781782B1 |
Engine pre-overheat sensors and warning system
A pre-overheat system for minimizing engine damage due to overheating includes a temperature sensor and a warning system that alerts the vehicle's operator (using light, sound, vibration, etc.) if temperatures exceed steady-state temperatures and/or reach higher pre-overheat temperatures. Steady-state temperatures are measurable when the vehicle is functioning normally (especially its cooling system) and is running in normal environmental conditions, but is lower than a redzone overheat temperature for the particular vehicle. When the redzone overheat temperature is reached, the vehicle has gotten too hot and is likely to sustain irreparable damage. The operator can reduce or prevent damage to the vehicle by taking corrective action (such as stopping and checking coolant level and clearing debris from clogged vents and screens) before the vehicle is overheated. A shutdown mechanism can shut off the vehicle before the redzone overheat temperatures are reached. |
| US10781779B2 |
Fuel injection devices
An improved fuel injection device for internal combustion engines comprising a slidable (pilot) valve instead of a needle valve principle. The valve does not comprise a seat, so, even in the case of a spring-loaded embodiment of the valve there is no risk of hammering of the valve on a seat with the pertaining generation of noise.The improved fuel injector allows a larger nozzle diameter and, therefore, a larger number of nozzle holes, if required or deemed useful.For rotating embodiments of the fuel injector, the valve or at least its spring, in the case of a spring-loaded embodiment of the valve, can be located in the static section of the rotating fuel injector, thus eliminating the balancing problem of prior art rotating fuel injectors which comprise a spring in the rotating section. |
| US10781775B2 |
Calibration-free mass airflow sensor
In some examples, a mass airflow sensor apparatus includes a housing having a tubular bore for passage of air, with an airflow sensor disposed at least partially within the tubular bore. The airflow sensor may be configured to measure a flow rate of air flowing past the airflow sensor. A focus component may be disposed upstream of the mass airflow sensor, the focus component including a cylindrical tubular focus member suspended within the bore. Further, a nozzle may be disposed upstream of the focus component. The nozzle may include a conical inner surface angled toward a center of the bore. In addition, a grid component may be disposed upstream of the focus component. The grid component may include a mesh grid including a plurality of openings for smoothing a flow of air flowing toward the airflow sensor. |
| US10781774B2 |
Twist-interlocking engine housing and air filter and method
A Twist-interlocking Engine Housing and Air Filter System and Method is disclosed. The filter assembly provides unequaled ease of installation and removal, as well as superior sealing between the housing and the filter assembly. For installation, the user needs only to insert the filter into the housing and then give the filter assembly a one-quarter turn or less to lock the filter assembly into the housing. There are features within the filter base that snap-locks the filter in place to resist inadvertent loosening. Finally, the housing and filter are designed so that the outer flange of the filter base is recessed into the side of the housing in order to prevent the intrusion of unwanted grime and/or fluids. |
| US10781772B2 |
Integrated heat exchangers for low fan pressure ratio geared turbofan
An oil cooling system and method are provided for use with respect to a lubricated mechanical system within a bypass configured gas turbine engine. A surface cooler is fluidly linked to the lubricated mechanical system to receive oil from the lubricated mechanical system for cooling and reuse. In an embodiment, the surface cooler is mounted on an existing surface within the bypass airflow path of the bypass configured gas turbine engine to provide effective cooling while avoiding the introduction of additional aerodynamic disturbances in the bypass path. In an embodiment, the surface cooler is mounted on the fan casing or on a fan exit guide vane. |
| US10781771B1 |
Automatic cooling system for combustion engine
The present invention discloses an automatic cooling system based on stirling engine for combustion engine. The system is configured to utilize thermal energy from the temperature difference between the engine and a radiator to feed the stirling engine. The stirling engine drives a coolant pump to circulate a coolant between the engine and the radiator. If the temperature difference between the combustion engine and the radiator is high, the stirling engine automatically drives the coolant pump and circulates the coolant at high speed. If the temperature difference between the combustion engine and the radiator is low, the stirling engine automatically drives the coolant pump and circulates the coolant at low speed, until the temperature difference between the engine and radiator within a threshold point. Therefore, there is no need for a thermostat and a water pump coupled with the engine. |
| US10781770B2 |
Cylinder system with relative motion occupying structure
Implementations are disclosed herein that relate to a cylinder occupying structure. An example provides a cylinder system comprising a mechanical cylinder including an internal space in which a fluid is introduced, and a piston configured for reciprocating motion in the internal space, and a cylinder occupying structure including an insertion rod acting as a second piston, wherein the insertion rod is variably inserted into, and retracted from, the internal space of the cylinder in correspondence with the reciprocating motion of the piston and where parts of the insertion rod and the piston may surround the combustion space. |