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| US10792349B2 |
Galectin-3 as immunological target
Compositions for the treatment of cancer include an allogeneic granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF)-secreting tumor cell vaccine and an anti-galectin-3 antibody. Increased titers of anti-galectin-3 antibodies were correlated with clinical outcome. |
| US10792348B2 |
Enhancing T cell activation using altered MHC-peptide ligands
Materials and methods for identifying and using MEW molecule variants for activating self-reactive T cells in a peptide-specific manner, and their use to focus autoimmune cellular responses against diseases such as cancers and persisting viral infections, are described. |
| US10792343B2 |
Compositions and methods for treating MPSI
A vector have an expression cassette containing have a hIDUA gene has a sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 (FIG. 1) or a sequence at least about 95% identical thereto which encodes a functional human alpha-L-iduronidase is provided. The vector may be a production vector or a rAAV8. Also provided are compositions containing these vectors and methods of treating MPSI and the symptoms associated with Hurler, Hurler-Scheie and Scheie syndromes. |
| US10792338B2 |
Erythropoietin and fibronectin compositions for therapeutic and cosmetic applications
A method of promoting wound healing or connective tissue reconstruction and a method of treating ischemia in a subject in need thereof are disclosed. The methods comprising topically administering to the subject about 10-30 mg per cm2 wound tissue of Erythropoietin and about 100-300 mg per cm2 wound tissue of Fibronectin, thereby promoting wound healing or connective tissue reconstruction or treating ischemia in the subject. Unit dosage forms, pharmaceutical compositions, cosmetic compositions and formulations comprising Erythropoietin and/or Fibronectin are also disclosed. |
| US10792336B2 |
Method of treating hemophilia A
There is provided a nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a Factor VIII protein, wherein a B domain portion of the Factor VIII protein is encoded by a nucleotide sequence between 90 and 111 nucleotides in length and has an amino acid sequence that is at least 85% identical to SEQ ID NO: 4 which comprises six asparagine residues. Also provided is a Factor VIII protein, a vector comprising the above nucleic acid molecule, a host cell, a transgenic animal, a method of treating Haemophilia Haemophilia A, and a method for the preparation of a parvoviral gene delivery vector. |
| US10792333B2 |
Peptides derived from actin-like protein 8 (ACTL8)
The present invention relates to novel peptides derived from Actin-like protein 8 (ACTL8), complexes comprising such peptides bound to recombinant MHC molecules, and cells presenting said peptide in complex with MHC molecules. Also provided by the present invention are binding moieties that bind to the peptides and/or complexes of the invention. Such moieties are useful for the development of immunotherapeutic reagents for the treatment of diseases such as cancer. |
| US10792326B2 |
Pharmaceutical formulation for bedwetting and method of use thereof
Methods and compositions for treating bedwetting are disclosed. One method comprises administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising one or more analgesic agents. |
| US10792321B1 |
Massage and sport cream composition systems
A cream composition for massage and sport is disclosed herein. The cream composition includes ricinus communis (castor) seeds oil, sesamum indicum (sesame) seeds oil, deionized water, isopropyl myristate, triticum vulgare (wheat) germ oil, butyrospermum parkii (shea) butter, white iodine, cetostearyl alcohol, a fragrance, sodium laureth sulfate (SLES), bentonite, dmdm hydantoin, sodium chloride, benzyl alcohol, and behydroacetic acid. The composition is administered topically to assist with comforting muscular pain, increasing flexibility, and improving overall skin health. |
| US10792318B2 |
Bioactive concentrates and uses thereof
The present invention relates to concentrates obtained from extraction from Cannabis, preferably cannabinoid and/or terpene concentrates, and formulation of the concentrates, particularly for use for direct vaporization, infusion into edible matrices, in electronic inhalation devices, and as nutraceuticals. |
| US10792313B2 |
Stable dry compositions having no or little sugars
A dry stable composition is provided. The composition comprises one or more viable microorganisms, at least 50% by weight of one or more hydrolyzed proteins and less than 10% by weight of one or more sugars selected from the group consisting of monosaccharides, disaccharides and combinations thereof, each weight percentage based on the total weight of the dry composition. Preferably, the composition comprises no monosaccharide or disaccharide. The composition may further comprise one or more oligosaccharides, one or more polysaccharides, one or more carboxylic acid salts, or a combination thereof. The composition may have viability of at least 1×1010 CFU/g, and a viability loss of less than 1 log unit/g after 84 days at a temperature of 40° C. and a relative humidity of 33%. Also provided are methods for preparing the dry stable composition. |
| US10792310B2 |
Methods for treatment of premature ovarian failure and ovarian aging using regenerative cells
This invention pertains to the field of ovarian aging and premature ovarian failure. Specifically, we herein disclose methods for treating these conditions using endothelial progenitor cells alone or in combination with mesenchymal stem cells. Furthermore, these cell-based therapies can be utilized in combination with estrogen and progesterone receptor ligands to enhance the therapeutic activity of said cells for restoring or maintaining ovarian function and female fertility. |
| US10792308B2 |
Peptides and combination of peptides of non-canonical origin for use in immunotherapy against different types of cancers
The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules. |
| US10792306B2 |
Colonoscopy—preparation
The invention provides a colon cleansing solution comprising: a) 300 to 2000 mmol per litre ascorbate anion provided by ascorbic acid, one or more salts of ascorbic acid, or a mixture thereof; and b) 10 to 200 g per litre polyethylene glycol. The invention also provides methods and kits associated with, or making use of the solutions. The invention also provides a method of cleansing the colon of a subject comprising: —administering to the subject an effect amount of a first cleansing solution; and then after a time interval—administering to the subject an effective amount of a second cleansing solution, wherein the two cleansing solutions are as described in the specification. |
| US10792304B1 |
Hemorheologic approach for reduction/prevention of cancer metastasis formation
Methods and compositions for the treatment, amelioration, or prevention of cancer and/or cancer metastasis by delivery of a hemodynamics altering agent such as a drag reducing polymer (DRP). |
| US10792300B2 |
Dendritic cell immune receptor activator, method for activating dendritic cell immune receptor, osteoclast formation inhibitor, method for inhibiting osteoclast formation, dendritic cell differentiation/proliferation inhibitor, method for inhibiting dendritic cell differentiation/proliferation, cytokine production inhibitor, method for inhibiting cytokine production, therapeutic method and screening method
A dendritic cell immune receptor activator, comprising a compound having a sugar chain as an active ingredient, the sugar chain having a basic structure represented by the following formula: wherein, in the formula, a sialic acid does not exist at two non-reducing terminals, and each of x and y independently represents 3 or 4. |
| US10792296B2 |
Compositions and methods for treating an infection
A dry formulation may include one or more active agents including one or more anti-infective agents such as an anti-bacterial agent, anti-fungal agent, or other anti-active agent. The dry formulation may be prepared for administration by mixing the dry formulation with a diluent. In one example, the diluent is a hydrocortisone and acetic acid solution or a sodium chloride solution. The combined preparation may be administered to the ear or skin to treat or prevent an infection. |
| US10792295B2 |
Compositions for management of Helicobacter pylori infections
Disclosed are compositions containing at least 10% w/w or above of 1-O-galloyl-β-D-glucose (β-glucogallin) which additionally comprising of about 10% w/w to greater than 60% w/w total mucic acid gallates including mucic acid 1,4-lactone 5-O-gallate, mucic acid 2-O-gallate, mucic acid 6-Methyl ester 2-O-gallate, mucic acid 1-Methyl ester 2-O-gallate and ellagic acid, and a probiotic bacteria Bacillus coagulans MTCC 5856, individually or in combination for inhibiting the growth and managing infections of Helicobacter pylori. |
| US10792294B2 |
Methods for enhancing mucosal innate immune responses to and/or detection of pathogens using human milk oligosaccharides
A method for enhancing an individual's mucosal innate immune response to pathogens is disclosed. The method includes a step of administering a nutritional composition to the individual. The nutritional composition includes about 0.05 to about 0.5 mg/mL 2′-fucosyllactose (2′-FL), about 0.05 to about 0.5 mg/mL lacto-N-neotetraose (LNnT), or a combination of both. Also disclosed is a method for enhancing an individual's mucosal innate immune detection of pathogens. The method includes a step of administering a nutritional composition to the individual. The nutritional composition includes a neutral human milk oligosaccharide. |
| US10792293B2 |
Topical nanodrug formulation
A formulation includes a nanostructured lipid carrier (NLC) matrix and spironolactone as an active ingredient loaded within the NLC matrix, forming a spironolactone-loaded NLC (SP-NLC) gel or lotion. |
| US10792292B2 |
Abiraterone prodrugs
Sustained-release abiraterone prodrug formulations, methods, and kits for parenteral administration to a subject having a sex hormone-dependent benign or malignant disorder such as prostate cancer, a syndrome due to androgen excess, and/or a syndrome due to glucocorticoid excess such as hypercortisolemia. |
| US10792291B2 |
Applications for levonorgestrel in preparing anti-ovarian cancer products
This invention discloses uses for levonorgestrel in preparing anti-ovarian cancer products. This invention provides uses for levonorgestrel in the preparation of products to treat ovarian cancer. From carrying out cancer drug repositioning for the FDA- and CFDA-approved drug levonorgestrel, experiments for this invention show, based on screening of non-anti-cancer drugs for various cancer cell lines (tissue types) and mutation sites, that levonorgestrel has a new use as an anti-ovarian cancer medication, thus achieving a new purpose for an old drug. |
| US10792289B2 |
Use of aerosolized levofloxacin for treating cystic fibrosis
Methods for treating cystic fibrosis. The method includes administering to a human in need thereof an aerosol solution comprising levofloxacin or ofloxacin and a divalent or trivalent cation. More particularly, the method includes administering the aerosol solution to a human having a pulmonary infection comprising P. aeruginosa. |
| US10792287B2 |
Methods for treating mitochondrial diseases
The present invention provides pharmaceutical compounds and methods for preventing, ameliorating, or treating a mitochondrial disease by administering such compounds to a subject in need thereof. In some cases, the subject suffers from a mitochondrial disease or is predisposed to having a mitochondrial disease. The mitochondrial disease includes those associated with impairments to mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation that can lead to vision loss or blindness. |
| US10792285B2 |
Stabilized pharmaceutical composition containing pemetrexed or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition with enhanced stability, containing pemetrexed or a salt thereof, and a preparation method therefor. The present invention provides an injection preparation in liquid form containing pemetrexed, capable of ensuring sufficient stability during circulation and storage by selection of an optimum material and setting of an optimum concentration range in order to secure the stability of pemetrexed. The present invention can provide a pemetrexed preparation which is readily commercially prepared, can prevent microbial contamination occurring during lyophilization or reconstitution, and has enhanced convenience of administration and stability. |
| US10792282B2 |
Protein kinase C inhibitors and uses thereof
This disclosure concerns compounds which are useful as inhibitors of protein kinase C (PKC) and are thus useful for treating a variety of diseases and disorders that are mediated or sustained through the activity of PKC. This disclosure also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, methods of using these compounds in the treatment of various diseases and disorders, processes for preparing these compounds and intermediates useful in these processes. |
| US10792281B2 |
Levocetirizine and montelukast in the treatment of inflammation mediated conditions
The embodiments described herein include methods and formulations for treating viruses and diseases that are exacerbated by inflammatory responses in the body. The methods and formulations include, but are not limited to, methods and formulations for delivering effective concentrations of levocetirizine and montelukast to a patient in need. The methods and formulations can comprise conventional and/or modified-release elements, providing for drug delivery to the patient. |
| US10792275B2 |
Inhibiting binding of influenza-virus PB2 subunit to RNA cap
The present invention is a method of inhibiting the replication of an influenza virus by using an antiviral compound to inhibit the binding of an influenza-virus PB2 subunit to an RNA cap. The antiviral compound may be 5-iodo-2-[(3-methyl-4-nitrobenzoyl)amino]benzoic acid; 3,3′-[(4-methylphenyl)methylene]bis(4-hydroxy-2H-chromen-2-one); or 7-(4-hydroxy-2-oxo-2H-chromen-3-yl)-6H,7H,8Hchromeno[3,4′:5,6]pyrano[3,2-c]chromene-6,8-dione. The aforementioned antiviral compounds have successfully inhibited the replication of influenza virus in vitro and in vivo in mouse models. |
| US10792272B2 |
Methods for treatment of Clostridium difficile infections
In this study, we capitalized on the antimicrobial property and low oral bioavailability of known salicylanilide anthelmintics (closantel, rafoxanide, niclosamide, oxyclozanide) to target the gut pathogen. The anthelmintics displayed excellent potency against C. difficile strains 630 and 4118 (with MIC values as low as 0.06-0.13 μg/mL for rafoxanide) via a membrane depolarization mechanism, interestingly, closantel, rafoxanide and compound 8 were bactericidal against logarithmic- and stationary-phase cultures of the BI/NAP1/027 strain 4118. Further evaluation of the salicylanilides showed their preferential activity against Gram-positive over Gram-negative bacteria. Moreover, the salicylanilides were non-hemolytic and were non-toxic to mammalian cell lines HepG2 and HEK 293T/17 within the range of their in vitro MICs and MBCs. The salicylanilide anthelmintics exhibit desirable bactericidal and pharmacokinetic properties and are amenable to repositioning as anti-C. difficile agents. |
| US10792270B2 |
Methods of reducing the risk of a cardiovascular event in a subject at risk for cardiovascular disease
In various embodiments, the present invention provides methods of reducing the risk of a cardiovascular event in a subject on statin therapy and, in particular, a method of reducing the risk of a cardiovascular event in a subject on statin therapy having a fasting baseline triglyceride level of about 135 mg/dL to about 500 mg/dL, and administering to the subject a pharmaceutical composition comprising about 1 g to about 4 g of eicosapentaenoic acid ethyl ester or a derivative thereof. |
| US10792268B2 |
Methods of sustaining dietary ketosis and its effects on lipid profile
The ketogenic diet (KD) has therapeutic implications in many disease states. It was hypothesized ketone precursor supplementation would elevate blood ketone levels to therapeutic ranges (2-7 mM) without need for dietary restriction. The effects of ketogenic agents were tested on blood glucose, ketones, and lipids with a 28-day dose escalation study in male Sprague-Dawley rats: R,S-1,3-Butandiol (BD), acetoacetate ketone ester (KE), and control (H2O) (n≥8). Days 1-28, rats received a daily 5 g/kg intragastric gavage, based on previous toxicology studies. Once weekly, whole blood samples (10 μl) were acquired for analysis of glucose and βHB at 0, 0.5, 1, 4, 8, and 12 hours after test substance administration, or until βHB returned to baseline. At day 1 and 28, 10 μL of whole blood were collected to measure triglycerides, total cholesterol, and HDL concentration. Significant elevation of blood ketone was observed with a significant inverse relationship with blood glucose for the duration of the experiment. There were no significant changes in the lipid panel for any of the substances. There were significant reductions in body weight when animals were treated with either BD or KE as compared to control. |
| US10792267B2 |
Methods of treating mixed dyslipidemia
The present disclosure relates to, inter alia, methods of treating cardiovascular-related disease. |
| US10792265B2 |
Methods of treating or preventing fibrotic lung diseases
The invention includes a method of preventing or treating a fibrotic lung disease in a subject, comprising administering to the subject a thyroid hormone by inhalation and/or aerosolization. The invention further comprises compositions and kits comprising compositions useful within the invention. |
| US10792260B2 |
Retinopathy treatment
A method of preventing degeneration of photoreceptor cells in an eye of a mammalian subject includes the step of administering pharmaceutical composition comprising a sulindac agent to the eye of the subject. |
| US10792254B2 |
Extruded extended release abuse deterrent pill
The present disclosure relates to an oral, extended release pill containing a drug which is homogenously spread throughout a matrix. The pill can be prepared using a hot melt extrusion process and a forming unit. The formed pill meets regulatory guidelines for extended release formulations and can be abuse deterrent to parenteral administration due at least to particle size, viscosity, or purity limitations. |
| US10792252B2 |
Highly concentrated powdered oleoresin composition and process for preparation thereof
The invention disclosed herein is a highly concentrated powdered oleoresin composition comprises oleoresin(s), Mineral hydroxide(s)/oxide(s)/chloride(s)/carbonate(s) and optionally comprises organic/inorganic acid(s); wherein said composition has enhanced stability and increased bioavailability. The invention also disclosed herein a process for preparation of said composition. |
| US10792250B2 |
Methods for forming miniemulsions and use thereof for delivering bioactive agents
The present invention relates to methods of forming miniemulsions and use of the miniemulsions as a delivery system for bioactive agents. In particular, the present invention relates to methods for forming a miniemulsion comprising providing a first phase comprising a hydrophilic surfactant, lipophillic surfactant and water and a second phase comprising a lipid, wherein said miniemulsion comprises emulsified particles having a mean diameter of 1 μm or less. |
| US10792245B2 |
Antimicrobial polymer for use in ophthalmic implants
An antimicrobial polymer for use in an ophthalmic implant, includes at least one antimicrobial monomer; and at least one other monomer selected from an acrylic, silicone, vinyl and collagen monomer. |
| US10792244B2 |
Parenteral sustained-release delivery of carvedilol disperse systems
Carvedilol parenteral sustained release systems by IV infusion, injection, or subcutaneous routes are disclosed. Preparation of carvedilol disperse systems such as liposomes, biodegradable microparticles or nanoparticles, and polymeric microparticles or nanoparticles have been presented in the present invention. Compositions containing carvedilol encapsulated in liposomes showed higher bioavailability and lower clearance rate than that of the free solution after intravenous administration. In vitro release of those liposomes in buffer solutions shows drug extended release over 48 hours, and correspondingly the in vivo animal data shows that parenteral administration of carvedilol encapsulated in liposomal materials has sustained release PK profile. |
| US10792240B2 |
Skincare product and method of preparation thereof
This invention discloses a novel class of skincare products to remove iron in the skin and its preparation method. The core active components, termed as de-ironizing inducers (DII), consist of a reducing agent and a precipitating agent. The reducing agent is selected from vitamin C, vitamin E, glutathione, vitamin A, vitamin D and their derivatives. The precipitating agent is chosen from calcium carbonate, pearl powder, magnesium carbonate, barium carbonate, calcium phosphate, magnesium phosphate, barium phosphate, calcium silicate, magnesium silicate, and barium silicate. Molar ratios of the reducing agent with the precipitating agent range from 1:3-6 and the core components in the skin care product range from 5% to 10% w/w. The PH value of the skincare product is between 6.6 and 7.4. The skin care products can safely and effectively remove iron in the skin, which has been shown to accelerate skin's natural aging and photoaging. |
| US10792238B2 |
Cosmetic composition having high dosage form stability
The present invention relates to a cosmetic composition using a mannosylerythritol lipid, which is a kind of glycolipid, as a stabilizer in order to prevent kojyl methylenedioxycinnamate, which is an active ingredient having various skin effects such as antiaging, whitening and antioxidation, from causing crystallization inside a dosage form. Even if the cosmetic composition according to the present invention contains a high concentration of an active ingredient, crystal precipitation does not occur in various dosage forms, and thus the functionality of the active ingredient is maximized, skin delivery is increased and the texture during use is improved. |
| US10792236B2 |
Dentifrice comprising zinc-amino acid complex
Disclosed herein are dentifrices comprising a zinc amino acid halide, which provide a precipitate of zinc oxide upon use with dilution with water and/or saliva. Methods of making and using the dentifrices are also provided. |
| US10792234B2 |
Cosmetic or dermatological composition comprising a merocyanine and an oily phase comprising at least one polyalkylene glycol
The present invention relates to an in particular cosmetic or dermatological compositions comprising, in a physiologically acceptable support: • a) at least one merocyanine of formula (1) or (2) (1), (2) • b) at least one oily phase comprising at least one polyalkylene glycol of formula (4): (4) and to their use for caring for and/or making up a keratin material. R1—(O—CH2—CH2)x—(O—CH(CH3)—CH2)y—O—R2 (4) |
| US10792232B2 |
Methods to deliver antifibrinolytic drugs for anti-aging results
Antifibrinolytic agents are administered to a human individual to treat fine lines, wrinkles and overall skin tone of the face and body, as well as inflammation and tissue degradation effects. |
| US10792231B2 |
Low water dentifrice compositions
The present disclosure provides low water dentifrice compositions comprising an effective amount of a zinc ion source, a stannous ion source, a polyphosphate and an acid in a calcium pyrophosphate base. The acid lowers the pH of the composition to enable stabilization of the metal ions and extend shelf-life of the composition. |
| US10792229B2 |
Apertured fibrous structures and methods for making same
Apertured fibrous structures and more particularly apertured fibrous structures containing one or more fibrous elements, for example filaments, containing one or more fibrous element-forming materials and one or more active agents that are releasable from the fibrous element when exposed to conditions of intended use, and methods for making same. |
| US10792226B2 |
Refill and dosage management devices and associated systems and methods for use with computerized oral prescription administration devices
Refill and dosage management devices and associated systems and methods for use with computerized oral prescription administration (COPA) devices are provided. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a housing having a structure sized and shaped to receive at least a portion of a mouthpiece of an intended user; and a dispensing unit coupled to the housing, the dispensing unit configured to dispense a substance into a reservoir of the mouthpiece. In another embodiment, a method includes receiving, by a docking station, at least a portion of a mouthpiece of an intended user; and dispensing, by a dispensing unit coupled to the docking station, a substance into a reservoir of the mouthpiece. |
| US10792225B1 |
Secure medication dispenser
The present invention is disclosing a secure medication dispenser. Secure medication dispenser comprises a housing. Housing comprise a timer configured to set time to release a specified dosage of each of a plurality of medications. Housing further comprises an environment control system configured to control one or more physical environmental characteristic for said plurality of medications inside said housing to preserve corresponding potencies. Housing further comprises a plurality of authorization mechanisms configured to lock and seal said plurality of medications inside said housing. Housing further comprises an electronic dispensing system configured to dispense, at a time, a single medication from corresponding plurality of medications to a user upon receiving an ejection command and successful authorization of said user by the plurality of authorization mechanisms. |
| US10792224B2 |
Systems and methods for portable pill dispensers
A portable pill dispenser is disclosed herein. The portable pill dispenser includes a container configured to house at least one pill therein. The container is attachable to a housing, which comprises a dispensing opening. A dispensing mechanism, a ramp, and a control panel are disposed within the housing. The dispensing mechanism is configured to dispense the at least one pill from the container to the dispensing opening. The ramp is configured to direct the at least one pill to the dispensing mechanism. A verification mechanism is disposed about the housing. The verification mechanism is configured to activate the dispensing mechanism. The control panel is in electrical communication with the dispensing mechanism and the verification mechanism. |
| US10792222B2 |
Pill crusher and corresponding methods
A crushing device (100) includes a base (101). A first sidewall (103) and a second sidewall (104) extend distally from the base. A crushing assembly (102) is coupled between the first sidewall and the second sidewall. The crushing assembly can include a first crushing plate (601) pivotally coupled about a first pivot (406) defining a first axis (111) and a second crushing plate (602) pivotally coupled about a second pivot (507) defining a second axis (112). A lever (110) is coupled to the first crushing plate, and is selectively movable between a first position (600) and a second position (700) to rotate the first crushing plate in a first radial direction (703). A cog insert (604), coupled between the first crushing plate and the second crushing plate, causes the second crushing plate to rotate in a second radial direction (704), opposite the first radial direction. |
| US10792220B2 |
Medication dispensing system
Methods and systems for a drug supply with an associated dosing regimen are described. Sachets may to store at least one pharmaceutical drug. A dosing bag holds at least one sachet and stores a specific pharmaceutical dose. Dosing bag assemblies are formed from one or more than one dosing bag and can be connected together to form a package. A book may be formed to include a plurality of drug containing bags or bag assemblies, which may form pages in the booklet. The dosing bags may be removed from the pages to allow the patient to take the specific pharmaceutical dose with them. alternatively, the dosing bag may be opened in the booklet and the specific pharmaceutical dose may be taken. |
| US10792219B2 |
Implantable electroacupuncture system and method
A method comprises generating, by an implantable stimulator, stimulation sessions at a duty cycle that is less than 0.05 and applying, by the implantable stimulator in accordance with the duty cycle, the stimulation sessions to a patient. The duty cycle is a ratio of T3 to T4. Each stimulation session included in the stimulation sessions has a duration of T3 minutes and occurs at a rate of once every T4 minutes. The implantable stimulator is powered by a primary battery located within the implantable stimulator and having an internal impedance greater than 5 ohms. |
| US10792214B2 |
Stimulation devices and methods of use
Stimulation devices and methods of use are described herein. An example stimulation device configured to stimulate a portion of a body of a user comprises a housing that includes a casing and a covering. The casing includes a nozzle, a motor disposed within the casing configured to generate stimulation patterns, a drive shaft connected to the motor, a sensor configured to detect changes in the rotation of the draft shaft, a controller, and a battery. The covering covers a portion of the casing. |
| US10792210B2 |
Movement assistance device
A apparatus includes an a exoskeleton system with a plurality of sensors for generating signals indicating a current motion and a current arrangement of at least the exoskeleton system, a hip segment, and at least one lower limb. The lower limb includes thigh and shank segments for coupling to a lateral surface of a user's leg. The thigh segment includes a first powered joint coupling the thigh segment to the hip segment, a second powered joint coupling the thigh segment to the shank segment, and a controller coupled to the sensors, the first powered joint, and the second powered joint. The controller is configured for determining a current state of the exoskeleton system and a current intent of the user based on the signals and generating control signals for the first and second powered joints based on the current state and the current intent. |
| US10792208B2 |
Cushioning devices with internal shear absorbing layer
Shear-reduction cushioning devices are provided for the prevention of shear related wounds. Cushioning devices include upper and lower cushioning layers that contact each other through at least one internal shear reduction layer provided between the cushioning layers and extending over a shear reduction region, such that dynamic relative translation of the two cushioning layers is permitted within the shear reduction region while absorbing friction and shear internally. The interface between the cushioning layers (where the shear reduction layer is provided) may be angled relative to an external surface of the cushioning device. The cushioning layers may be attached or attachable to one another beyond the shear reduction region, to limit an amount of relative translation of the cushioning layers and to re-center or reset the cushioning layers after use. |
| US10792206B2 |
Medical or organization cart
Disclosed is a medical or organization cart with a cart body which is in particular essentially formed in the shape of a straight prism, and at least one corner post which may at least be indirectly fixed vertically to the cart body. At the corner post, at least one cross strap and/or one adapter, in particular made out of plastic, for attaching accessories at the medical or organization cart may be mounted. The adapter may be mounted both at the corner post and at the cross strap and/or the cross strap at the corner post, without using tools, in particular by clamping, and may be detached from the latter. The cross strap and/or the adapter may, when mounted at the corner post, be swiveled horizontally around the corner post. |
| US10792199B2 |
Substrates and laminates for absorbent articles
The present disclosure provides substrates and laminates for absorbent articles and absorbent articles comprising the substrates or laminates. The substrates and laminates may have three-dimensional elements, land areas, and increased permeability regions intermediate at least some of the land areas and at least some of the three-dimensional elements. The increased permeability regions may be positioned adjacent to the three-dimensional elements. The land areas may have a first basis weight and the increased permeability regions may have a second basis weight. The first basis weight may be greater than the second basis weight. |
| US10792197B2 |
Surgical sponge
The invention relates to a surgical sponge which includes multiple plies of gauze and stitches. The multiple plies of gauze has one or more open sides. The stitches are adapted to fasten or close the open sides. The stitches are made with one or more contrasting threads. |
| US10792191B2 |
Foam wound inserts with regions of higher and lower densities, wound dressings, and methods
Foam wound inserts with high-density and low-density regions, methods for making wound inserts, wound-treatment methods, and wound-treatment systems. |
| US10792188B2 |
Systems and methods for high speed modulation of a resonant scanner in ophthalmic laser applications
An ophthalmic surgical laser system includes: a laser that produces a pulsed laser beam having a pulse energy and pulse repetition rate; a high frequency fast scanner; an XY-scan device; a Z-scan device; and a controller. The controller controls the high frequency scanner to produce a scan line having a scan width; controls the XY-scan device and the Z-scan device to carry out of first sweep of the scan line in a first sweep direction and to carry out a second sweep of the scan line in a second sweep direction that is not parallel to the first sweep direction thereby defining an overlap region. At least one of the pulse energy, repetition rate, XY-scan speed, and the scan width is varied so as to accelerate the cutting speed and reduce the exposure of ophthalmic tissue in the overlap region to multiple exposures of laser pulses configured to modify ophthalmic tissue. |
| US10792185B2 |
Fluid cassette with polymeric membranes and integral inlet and outlet tubes for patient heat exchange system
A working fluid cassette for an intravascular heat exchange catheter includes a frame holding two closely spaced, square polymeric membranes along the sides of which are disposed inlet and outlet tubes. Working fluid from the catheter is directed from the inlet tube between the membranes to the outlet tube. The cassette is closely received between two refrigerant cold plates to exchange heat with the working fluid, which is circulated back to the catheter. |
| US10792178B2 |
Joint stabilizing orthopedic device
An orthopedic device configured to provide support and/or resistance to a joint. The orthopedic device is adjustable and lightweight and configured to permit a substantial full range of motion of the joint. The orthopedic device can comprise a torso portion, an upper arm portion, and a support system, wherein at least the support system is adapted to mimic part of the muscular system structure and function of the muscles that are used during the range of motion of the joint. |
| US10792175B2 |
Ergonomic protective shell device of the perineal orthosis type
The ergonomic protective shell device of the orthosis type includes a structure provided with a front end and a rear end. The structure has a shape widening from the front end to the rear end and is symmetrical along a longitudinal vertical median plane. The structure includes at least one cavity extending from one to the other of the ends. The cavity follows the widening shape and includes a narrowing in the area of the widened rear end. There are rigid support zones formed in the area of the widened rear end on each side of the narrowing of the cavity. |
| US10792173B2 |
Stent delivery system and method
A system is provided to effectively position a stent within a vessel. The system includes a delivery catheter and a core wire extend through the catheter. The core wire includes an engaging surface region and a capture member disposed thereon, which cooperate to engage a stent such that the stent is able to be advanced or retracted with the advancement or retraction of the core wire. The engaging surface region and the capture member can generally be configured to engage the stent when a portion of the stent is disposed within the lumen of the catheter, and release the stent when no portion of the stent is within the lumen. |
| US10792171B2 |
Prosthetic adapter module
An adapter module (2) configured to be attached, by a predetermined number of screws (4), to a socket member (6) of a prosthetic sleeve (8), into which sleeve (8) an amputation stump of a prosthesis user is to be inserted. The adapter module (2) comprises a module body (10) provided with a washer space (12) structured to provide room for a disc-shaped connection washer (14), the washer space (12) has an extension to provide for movement of the connection washer (14) within a plane essentially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis A of said prosthetic sleeve (8) prior the connection washer (14) is fixated in a determined position. The connection washer (14) is provided with a through-going first opening (16) structured to receive a washer attachment screw (18) such that the screw essentially extends along said longitudinal axis A. The through-going first opening (16) is preferably positioned off-centered of the washer (14) in order to maximize movement of the washer in all directions within the plane. |
| US10792170B2 |
Systems and methods for prosthetic device control
Systems and methods for prosthetic device control with a unified virtual constraint that controls an entire gait cycle of the prosthetic device. |
| US10792167B2 |
Surgical impactor/extractor assembly and method of use
A surgical assembly includes a housing, a first arm extending outside the housing and a linkage assembly housed by the housing and connected to the first arm. Movement of the linkage assembly inside the housing is linked to movement of the first arm outside of the housing. |
| US10792164B2 |
Intersomatic implants
A spinal implant includes a hollow body having a distal end, a proximal end, and a pair of lateral walls extending from the distal end to the proximal end, the lateral walls having a concave-shaped cross-section and having concave, non-threaded interior surfaces for defining an at least partially cylindrical internal space between the lateral walls. The hollow body has upper and lower faces that are inclined relative to one another, whereby a distance between the upper and lower faces decreases from a first lateral side of the hollow body to a second lateral side of the hollow body opposite the first lateral side. The implant includes an anchoring member having bone anchoring projections that is inserted into the hollow body. The anchoring member is rotatable for enabling the anchoring member to be screwed into the internal space of the hollow body. |
| US10792162B2 |
Shoulder arthroplasty trial sensors
An arthroplasty trial assembly for a human shoulder can include a first implant securable to a first bone and a second implant securable to a second bone. The second implant can include a body, a stem, an articulation component, and a sensor. The stem can extend from the body, and the stem can be insertable into the second bone. The articulation component can be coupled to the body opposite the stem, and the articulation component can be articulable with the first implant. The sensor can be connected to the articulation component and can be configured to monitor a condition of the second implant and can produce a sensor signal as a function of the condition that is indicative of stability of the shoulder. |
| US10792157B2 |
Fused femoral stem system
The present invention provides a fused femoral stem system, including a curved short handle, a fixing mechanism and a femoral head prosthesis, one end of the curved short handle is provided with a conical connector, the conical connector is cooperatively connected with a conical connecting hole of the femoral head prosthesis, the other end of the curved short handle is inserted from the osteotomy surface of the femoral neck and stretches to the position of a medullary cavity below a small trochanter, and the curved short handle is connected and fixed with a large trochanter through the fixing mechanism. The present invention has the beneficial effects that, after the growing-in osseointegration with the sclerotin surrounding the proximal bone bed of the host after the surgery of the whole system, the mechanical influence on the retained femoral neck and the sclerotin in the vicinity of the large and small trochanters is substantially similar to the biomechanical state prior to the surgery. |
| US10792150B2 |
Expandable sheath for introducing an endovascular delivery device into a body
Embodiments of an expandable sheath can be used in conjunction with a catheter assembly to introduce a prosthetic device, such as a heart valve, into a patient. Such embodiments can minimize trauma to the vessel by allowing for temporary expansion of a portion of the introducer sheath to accommodate the delivery apparatus, followed by a return to the original diameter once the prosthetic device passes through. Some embodiments can include a sheath with inner and outer layers, where a folded portion of the inner layer extends through a slit in the outer layer and a portion of the outer layer overlaps the folded portion of the inner layer. Some embodiments include an elastic outer cover positioned outside the outer layer. Embodiments of the present expandable sheath can avoid the need for multiple insertions for the dilation of the vessel, thus offering advantages over prior art introducer sheaths. |
| US10792147B2 |
Ophthalmic lens and method of manufacturing ophthalmic lens
An ophthalmic lens to be attached in or near an eyeball includes a first region that is near an optical axis; a second region that is farther from the optical axis than the first region; and a third region that is farther from the optical axis than the second region, the first region applies a first phase difference of 3 rad or more of a third phase difference with respect to the third region; the second region applies a second phase difference continuously connecting phase differences of the first region and the third region, and continuously changing in accordance with a distance from the optical axis; and the third region applies the third phase difference varying in accordance with the distance from the optical axis around a reference value, wherein a variation amplitude of the third phase difference is not less than 0.1 rad and less than the first phase difference. |
| US10792145B2 |
Two stage cellularization strategy for the fabrication of bioartificial hearts
In some embodiments, the present disclosure pertains to a method of fabricating an artificial heart muscle (AHM) patch. In some embodiments, the method includes obtaining and/or isolating cells from a subject. In some embodiments, the cells are primary cardiac cells. In some embodiments, the method further includes forming a scaffold. In some embodiments, the method includes seeding the cells in the fibrin gel scaffold. In some embodiments, the method includes culturing the cells seeded in the fibrin gel scaffold under conditions appropriate for the formation of an artificial heart muscle (AHM) patch. |
| US10792144B2 |
Longitudinally and radially flexible anastomosis stent
An anastomosis stent includes an elongated body of a tubular configuration having a length and diameter dimensions extending in axial and radial directions of the elongated body and in a transverse relationship to each other. The elongated body is formed by multiple rings stacked adjacent one another in a direction parallel to the length dimension. Each ring is a single strand of wire bent in a repetitive pattern of sine waves. Each sine wave defines an alternating peak and valley divided by a length dimension extending orthogonal to the length dimension of the elongated body. The rings are fused together at locations on selected pairs of adjacent peaks and valleys of the rings with the fused locations arranged in parallel rows. The elongated body includes main and end portion and a safety mark about the elongated body at the juncture therebetween. |
| US10792143B2 |
Snap lock packaging
The present invention relates to packages and methods of using packages that provide a sterile enclosure for an implant so that the implant can be transported and retrieved without being contaminated. In one embodiment, the package includes an insert with an implant disposed therein and a tray. The insert includes a first engagement feature and the tray includes a second engagement feature corresponding to the first engagement feature. The insert is sized to fit within and engage with the tray through engagement of the first and second engagement features, where in a first position the implant is secured within the package and in a second position, the implant is retrievable from the insert. The insert moves relative to the tray between the first and positions, but remains secured to it in both positions. |
| US10792136B2 |
Toothbrush
A toothbrush, including a head portion, a handle portion, a locking mechanism configured to lock said head portion to said handle portion, a capsule including a motor assembly and power supply, the capsule being configured to be received within said handle portion, and at least one communication connection configured to enable said toothbrush to communicate with one or more external computing devices. |
| US10792135B1 |
Dental tool support
A flexible support for a dental tool includes a distal holder configured to securely hold the dental tool which may be quickly released, the flexible support includes an anchoring member configured to fit within a tool recess of a tool cradle, the anchoring member includes a diameter that may decrease or increase depending on movement of a central member within the anchoring member that actuates displaceable members such that the anchoring member quickly conforms to grip sides of the tool cradle and quickly releases therefrom. |
| US10792132B2 |
Implant placement key
A guide-sleeve is couplable to an oral surgical guide at a fixed rotational orientation, height, and angle with respect to oral anatomy. An implant delivery device, couplable to a dental implant, drives the implant into tissue of the subject by rotation of the delivery device about its longitudinal axis until the delivery device lockingly engages the guide-sleeve. When the implant lockingly engages the guide-sleeve, the implant is disposed in the tissue at a fixed rotational orientation, depth, and angle with respect to the oral anatomy, and any further advancement and rotation of the dental implant with respect to the tissue is prevented. Other embodiments are also described. |
| US10792126B2 |
Guide for zygomatic dental implant drills
An apparatus for guiding a zygomatic implant dental drill installed in a dental handpiece includes a collar configured to seat on a neck portion of the dental handpiece, with an offset post extending from the collar. A first extension extends from the offset post parallel to the neck portion, and a second extension extends from the first extension. The second extension is oriented parallel to the zygomatic implant dental drill, extending from the first extension to be co-terminal and off-set from the zygomatic implant dental drill. By observing the travel of the second extension along a patient's face, a dental surgeon can guide the zygomatic implant dental drill inside the patient toward the patient's zygomatic bone. |
| US10792124B2 |
End effector coupler for surgical arm
An end effector coupler for a surgical arm can include a body, a proximal coupler, and a tool lock. The tool lock can releasably retain a tool stem to the end effector coupler. The tool lock can include a keyed opening, a pin bore, a pin disposed in the bin bore, a biasing element located in the pin bore, and a pin release including an actuator, the pin release operable to retract the pin into to the body to disengage the pin from the tool stem allowing release of the tool stem from the keyed opening. |
| US10792121B2 |
Tissue expanders and methods of use
Tissue expanders and their methods of use. |
| US10792114B2 |
Remote control robot system and method of operating the same
In a remote control robot system including a plurality of slave arms, slave arm has a plurality of control modes of an automatic mode in which slave arm is operated based on a task program, a manual mode in which slave arm is operated based on an operator's operation received by a master device, and correctable automatic mode in which slave arm is operated based on task program while operation is sequentially corrected by the operator's operation received by master device. Operation sequence information includes an automatic part in which slave arm performs a work in the automatic mode, and a selected part in which slave arm performs a work in one selected from plurality of control modes, and the selected parts do not overlap with each other in time among the plurality of slave arms. Based on the operation sequence information, the plurality of slave arms are operated. |
| US10792112B2 |
Active drive mechanism with finite range of motion
Various exemplary drive apparatuses and associated methods are disclosed for driving an elongated member, e.g., a catheter, sheath, or guidewire. An exemplary drive apparatus may include a first component and a moveable component, each configured to selectively grip the elongated member. In some examples, the first and moveable components may each include a gripping device. The moveable component may be configured to selectively move axially and rotationally with respect to a support surface to effect axial movement and rotation movement, respectively, of the elongated member with respect to the support surface within a range of motion of the moveable component. The moveable component may be configured to move the elongated member across a predetermined movement having a magnitude greater than the range of motion. |
| US10792107B2 |
Methods and system for performing 3-D tool tracking by fusion of sensor and/or camera derived data during minimally invasive robotic surgery
Methods and system perform tool tracking during minimally invasive robotic surgery. Tool states are determined using triangulation techniques or a Bayesian filter from either or both non-endoscopically derived and endoscopically derived tool state information, or from either or both non-visually derived and visually derived tool state information. The non-endoscopically derived tool state information is derived from sensor data provided either by sensors associated with a mechanism for manipulating the tool, or sensors capable of detecting identifiable signals emanating or reflecting from the tool and indicative of its position, or external cameras viewing an end of the tool extending out of the body. The endoscopically derived tool state information is derived from image data provided by an endoscope inserted in the body so as to view the tool. |
| US10792105B2 |
Method and apparatus for determining implant positions of two medical implant components forming a joint
A data processing method, performed by a computer, for determining implant positions of two implant components relative to two bones, wherein each of the implant components is to be attached to one of the bones such that the implant components form a joint between the bones, and wherein an implant position is a relative position between the implant component and the corresponding bone, said method comprising the steps of: a) acquiring a set of target poses, wherein a target pose represents a relative position to be achieved between the two bones; b) calculating a set of virtual poses for a pair of virtual test implant positions, wherein the set of virtual poses comprises one virtual pose for each of the target poses and wherein a virtual pose represents a relative position between the two bones if the virtual test implant positions were applied as the implant positions; c) calculating a pose deviation value for each of the target poses, wherein a pose deviation value represents the difference between a target pose and the corresponding virtual pose; d) calculating an overall pose deviation value from all the individual pose deviation values; e) repeating steps b) to d) for different pairs of virtual test implant positions until the overall pose deviation value fulfils a minimisation criterion; and f) using the pair of virtual test implant positions for which the minimisation criterion is fulfilled as the implant positions. |
| US10792103B2 |
System for tissue ablation using pulsed laser
Systems for enabling delivery of very high peak power laser pulses through optical fibers for use in ablation procedures preferably in contact mode. Such lasers advantageously emit at 355 nm wavelength. Other systems enable selective removal of undesired tissue within a blood vessel, while minimizing the risk of damaging the blood vessel itself, based on the use of the ablative properties of short laser pulses of 320 to 400 nm laser wavelength, with selected parameters of the mechanical walls of the tubes constituting the catheter, of the laser fluence and of the force that is applied by the catheter on the tissues. Additionally, a novel method of calibrating such catheters is disclosed, which also enables real time monitoring of the ablation process. Additionally, novel methods of protecting the fibers exit facets are disclosed. |
| US10792101B2 |
Melanin ablation guided by stepwise multi-photon activated fluorescence
A method and system of ablating melanin are provided. Stepwise multi-photon fluorescence is induced in melanin within a region of tissue. The fluorescence is detected, and at least a portion of the melanin from which the fluorescence is detected is ablated. The system and method can use a continuous wave laser in the near infrared range for the inducement and ablation of melanin, providing high resolution at low cost. |
| US10792096B2 |
Medical device having a support structure
Embodiments of medical devices and methods are disclosed. The medical devices typically comprise a flexible elongate member defining a lumen, and a support spine affixed to the distal end and extending proximally therefrom within the elongate member lumen. In some embodiments, the support spine is configured to support at least a portion of the elongate member when the elongate member is bent or curved. Some embodiments include apertures at or near the distal end for enabling fluid communication between the lumen and the outside environment. In some embodiments, the support wire extends proximally from the distal end within a distal portion of the lumen such that a proximal portion of the lumen is substantially unobstructed, thereby reducing turbulence of fluid flowing through the lumen. |
| US10792092B2 |
Electrosurgical seal and dissection systems
A bipolar electrosurgical fusion/sealer and dissector is provided that is arranged to simultaneously fuse and cut tissue captured between jaws of the instrument. The jaws include particularly positioned, shaped and/or oriented electrodes along with a compressible landing pad to perform the simultaneous fusion and cutting of tissue. An electrosurgical generator is arranged to supply RF energy through the instrument and monitors a phase angle of the supplied RF energy and adjusts or terminates the supplied RF energy based on the monitored phase angle to optimally fuse and dissect the tissue. |
| US10792086B2 |
Cautery apparatus
A cautery device includes an elongated handpiece extending axially from a proximal end to a distal end and a cautery tip extending coaxially with the handpiece from the distal end of the handpiece. The tip defines a channel extending coaxially with the handpiece along at least a portion of the length of the cautery tip from a proximal open end to a distal end. The device includes a gas supply connection extending from the proximal end of the handpiece for supplying gas to the cautery tip. The gas supply connection is fluidly coupled to the cautery tip. The device includes an electric supply connection extending from the proximal end of the handpiece for supplying electricity to the cautery tip. The electric supply connection is electrically coupled to the cautery tip. The gas supplied to the cautery tip is introduced to the channel at the proximal open end and exits to envelop the distal tip. |
| US10792085B2 |
Method and apparatus for performing cryotherapy of distal lung lesions
The present disclosure relates generally to cryosurgery apparatuses and systems for and methods of treatment of distal lung tissue or lesions, and more particularly to guided cryogenic delivery to a distal treatment area within lung tissue via a low-profile, high pressure, closed-tipped catheter or probe configured to pass through a working channel of a bronchoscope and extend to a distal region of the lung. |
| US10792083B2 |
Bone fusion system
A method and system for performing bone fusion and/or securing one or more bones, such as adjacent vertebra, are disclosed. The screws include a threaded tip connected to a main shaft and a threaded outer sleeve that rotates relative to the outer shaft until locked down. Independent rotation of the threaded outer sleeve relative to the threaded distal tip allows compression or distraction to modify the gap between the vertebral bodies. The screws are passed from the inferior to superior vertebra or superior to inferior, for example, through a transpedicular route to avoid neurological compromise. At the same time, the path of screw insertion is oriented to reach superior or inferior vertebra. An intervertebral cage of the system is configured for lateral expansion from a nearly straight configuration to form a large footprint in the disc space. The screws and cage may be combined for improved fixation with minimal invasiveness. |
| US10792081B2 |
Bone fixation devices and methods
The present disclosure provides devices, systems and methods of bone fixation. The disclosed devices, systems and methods facilitate secure fixation of first and second bone segments, such as to promote fusion thereof. The devices may include at least one bone engagement projection extending from an engagement surface of a plate portion for implantation into the first bone segment. A portion of the plate portion spaced from the at least one bone engagement projection may include at least one bone fixation aperture. The least one bone fixation aperture may allow for a one bone engagement projection to be inserted therethrough and into the second bone segment to affix the plate portion to the second bone segment. In some embodiments, the at least one bone fixation aperture may be a compression slot. |
| US10792079B1 |
Surgical tool
The present invention is directed to a surgical tool and a method of use thereof. The surgical includes a rod having opposite ends, the rod configured to be received into a rod-receiving portion of a head of a pedicle screw; a pair of elongated arms each having a proximal end and a distal end, the pair of elongated arms at proximal ends coupled to the opposite ends of the rod; and a handle connects the distal ends of the pair of elongated arms, the handle having a second length, the handle shaped to be grabbed by a hand. |
| US10792078B2 |
Interspinous process spacing device
Interspinous process spacing devices and associated methods are provided. In one embodiment, an interspinous process spacing device includes a first attachment side, a second attachment side, and a spacer. The first attachment side and the second attachment side each include a central portion, a first wing portion, and a second wing portion. The central portion includes an inner surface extending along at least a majority of an anterior-posterior height of the central portion, and the first wing portion includes an inner surface extending along at least a majority of an anterior-posterior height of the first wing portion. The inner surface of the first wing portion extends in a direction transverse to the inner surface of the central portion, and the anterior-posterior height of the first wing portion is less than the anterior-posterior height of the central portion. |
| US10792077B2 |
Spine protection device
A surgical kit includes a shield for covering a portion of the spine of a subject. The shield can include an attachment portion adapted to engage a bone fixation assembly which is adapted to be fixed on multiple vertebra bones of the subject. The bone fixation assembly can include a vertebra joining member secured between two bone anchors. Each bone anchor can include a fastener portion adapted to be implanted into a vertebra bone and a head coupling portion adapted to secure the vertebra joining member. The shield can be coupled to the bone fixation assembly via separate coupling elements, such as a clip or an adjustable link secured between two vertebra joining members of the bone fixation assembly. Alternatively, the shield can include an integral attachment portion configured to engage the bone fixation assembly directly. |
| US10792076B2 |
Spine surgery device and method
A surgical connector useful to link spine rods together. The connector may be used adjacent a pair of mounting screws in one vertebra to limit movement between the screws or may be used to apply a lateral force to a portion of the spine to change curvature. A method of performing spinal surgery is also provided to reinforce a patient's spine. |
| US10792069B2 |
Trocar seal assemblies
A trocar assembly includes a seal assembly that maintains insufflation pressure when sized seal cartridges are removed and replaced. The trocar assembly includes a housing that defines a working chamber, and a cannula distally extends from the housing and defines a lumen that communicates with the working chamber. The seal cartridge is arranged within the working chamber, and may include one or both of a proximal seal assembly and a distal seal assembly arranged distally from the proximal seal assembly, and may further include a bushing extending distally from a distal end of the seal cartridge and into the lumen. A tertiary seal may also be positioned within the working chamber distal to the seal cartridge, such that the bushing extends through the tertiary seal when the seal cartridge is received within the working chamber. |
| US10792063B2 |
Device for retaining and moving a laparoscope during an operation
The invention relates to a device for retaining and moving a laparoscope during an operation, which comprises a securing unit for securing on a retaining arm, a receiving unit for retaining the laparoscope, as well as a main body. Furthermore, the device has a lever via which the receiving unit is secured to the main body. The main body is mounted on the securing unit in a rotatable manner about a first rotation axis via a first rotation unit. The lever is mounted on the main body in a rotatable manner about a second rotation axis via a second rotation unit. Furthermore, a first drive unit is provided, which, upon activation, drives the first and the second rotation unit in such a manner that the main body is rotated about the first rotation axis, and the lever is rotated about the second rotation axis by the same rotation angle in the opposite rotation direction. |
| US10792058B2 |
Medical retrieval device
Apparatus and methods relating to a medical retrieval device that may include or be used with a catheter. A basket is included with an opening that is oriented transverse to the longitudinal direction in which the catheter extends. The basket may be extended and/or retracted relative to the catheter, and/or may be expanded and/or contracted to, for example, facilitate ensnaring and extraction of a foreign body, object, or polyp, etc. from a patient's esophagus, biliary tree, GI tract, urinary tract, abdominal cavity, kidney, bile duct, urethra, etc. |
| US10792055B2 |
Clot removal device
A clot retrieval system comprises an elongate member having a proximal end and a distal end, and a clot engaging element at the distal end of the elongate member the clot engaging element having a collapsed delivery configuration and an expanded deployed configuration. The force that is applied on retraction of the elongate member is transmitted to the clot engaging element. |
| US10792054B1 |
Catheter for thromboembolic disease with mechanic waves, injection and ejection
A catheter for thromboembolic disease with mechanic waves, injection, and ejection having a triple-lumen catheter system, whereby a first lumen is for injection, a second lumen is for ejection, and a third lumen has a mechanical wave emitter for wave emissions. The first lumen, the second lumen, and the third lumen are longitudinal, whereby the first lumen and the second lumen are symmetrical and opposite each other, and the third lumen is positioned approximately at a center of the triple lumen catheter system. |
| US10792052B2 |
Surgical drill guide
Drill guides are disclosed herein that include a tapered projection that hooks under a bone to position the drill guide relative to the bone. The drill guide is used to drill a hole that receives a suture anchor. |
| US10792051B2 |
Debris removing drilling system with irrigation
An orthopedic drilling system having a collection chamber positioned between a drill guide and a drill bit proximately to the flute of the drill bit to evacuate debris and swarf from a drilling site. The drill bit may be cannulated to define a throughbore in communication with an irrigation inlet. The drill guide can reciprocate into and out of a hub and be connection to a suction source. The flute of the drill bit may have a first outer diameter that is larger than a second outer diameter of an intermediate portion of the drill bit positioned proximately to the flute to define the chamber between the drill bit and the drill guide. Alternatively, the drill guide may have a first inner diameter positioned about the flute of the drill bit and a second, larger inner diameter proximate to the flute to define the collection chamber. |
| US10792050B2 |
Surgical device with smart bit recognition collet assembly to set a desired application mode
A surgical device of a drill/driver with bit recognition to set a desired application mode and a method of utilization thereof is provided. Various operating modes of the drill/driver are automatically set by a sensor which recognizes the bit applied to the drill/driver. A method of utilizing the drill/driver allows the drill driver to apply surgical screws at very high speeds while automatically preventing excessive torque levels that would strip out the surgical screw from the patient's bone. |
| US10792049B2 |
Orthopaedic surgical instrument for positioning a tibial cutting guide
The invention relates to an orthopaedic surgical instrument (1) for positioning a tibial cutting guide (2) including: at least a medial or a lateral cutting guide (3) and a vertical cutting guide (4) formed in a guide body (10); an arm or beam (11) supporting said guide body (10); a supporting rod (8) having a proximal end (18) coupled to said guide body (10) through said arm or beam (11). The arm (11) has a structure that is supported in a rotably and cantilever manner at the proximal end (18) of said rod (8); a locking mechanism (20) is provided in the proximity of said proximal end (18) for locking the arm (11) in a desired position; and a bistable mechanical switch (9) is active in said locking mechanism (20) for manually activating the locking position. In other words, the arm (11) has one end (17) hinged to the proximal end (18) of the supporting rod (8) between a terminal stopper (37) and a compressing element (31) slidably mounted in the proximity of said proximal end (18) and pushed toward the proximal direction by said bistable mechanical switch (9) of the locking mechanism (20). |
| US10792047B2 |
Surgical closure devices including a stapling member
This disclosure provides design, material, manufacturing method, and use alternatives for medical devices. An example medical device may include a medical device for delivery of a surgical closure member. The medical device includes an elongate tubular member having a proximal end, a distal end and a lumen extending therein. The elongate tubular member is adapted to be delivered through the working channel of an endoscope and the lumen is adapted to receive a surgical closure member. The medical device also includes a tissue support extending from the distal end of the elongate tubular member. The tissue support includes a support surface and the support surface is adapted to support tissue as a surgical closure member engages the tissue thereon. |
| US10792046B2 |
Medical devices with detachable pivotable jaws
Medical systems, devices and methods are provided for engaging tissue, e.g. for clipping tissue, closing a perforation or performing hemostasis. Generally, the medical system including a housing, first and second jaws rotatable relative to the housing, a driver, and an elongate drive wire. The elongate drive wire may be disconnected from the driver, first and second jaws, and the housing, which are left in vivo engaged with the tissue. |
| US10792041B2 |
Devices and methods for applying surgical clips
An actuator is movable between a first position and a second position to move a drive mechanism between a first configuration and a second configuration relative to a housing. A cartridge assembly configured to be removably coupled to the housing to couple such that the cartridge assembly is coupled to the drive mechanism. A first member of the drive mechanism moves a first member of the cartridge assembly to advance a surgical clip of the cartridge assembly in a distal direction when the drive mechanism is placed in the first configuration. A second member of the drive mechanism moves a second member of the cartridge assembly relative to the clamp mechanism when the drive mechanism is placed in the second configuration to transition the clamp mechanism from a first configuration to a second configuration. The clamp mechanism is configured to clamp the surgical clip when in the second configuration. |
| US10792039B2 |
Gripper pusher mechanism for tissue apposition systems
The invention provides devices, systems and methods for tissue approximation and repair at treatment sites. The devices, systems and methods of the invention will find use in a variety of therapeutic procedures, including endovascular, minimally-invasive, and open surgical procedures, and can be used in various anatomical regions, including the abdomen, thorax, cardiovascular system, heart, intestinal tract, stomach, urinary tract, bladder, lung, and other organs, vessels, and tissues. The invention is particularly useful in those procedures requiring minimally-invasive or endovascular access to remote tissue locations, where the instruments utilized must negotiate long, narrow, and tortuous pathways to the treatment site. In addition, many of the devices and systems of the invention are adapted to be reversible and removable from the patient at any point without interference with or trauma to internal tissues. |
| US10792033B2 |
Devices and methods for positioning sutures
A device that facilitates the placement of one or more needles and their attached sutures in the body of a surgical patient is disclosed. The device contains one or more needle guide channels in which one or more needles may be backloaded. The device also contains one or more lumens extending though the body of the device. One or more sutures may be coupled to the one or more needles, and threaded through the lumen. The one or more needles may then be advanced out of their respective needle guide channels by pulling on one end of one or more sutures. When one end of a suture is pulled, the attached needle is advanced out of the device and will pierce and be positioned in the tissue that is located adjacent to the device. |
| US10792030B2 |
Suturing device
A device suturing device includes a flexbile tubular insertion portion; a suturing portion disposed at a distal end portion thereof holding a tubular anchor through which a suture thread is insertable; an operation portion disposed at a proximal end portion of the insertion portion; and a suture thread grasping portion inserted through the insertion portion and insertable through the anchor, wherein the suturing portion includes an installation surface on which the anchor is held; a pressing member including a convex portion being arranged to face the installation surface for pressing the anchor; and a driver operating the pressing member via the operation portion, wherein a concave portion is formed on the installation surface into which the convex portion is enterable, and the anchor is sandwiched between the concave portion and the convex portion to be swaged and deformed such that the suture thread is fixed to the anchor. |
| US10792025B2 |
Sealing device and delivery system
The invention relates to a sealing device for repair of cardiac and vascular defects or tissue opening such as a patent foramen ovale (PFO) or shunt in the heart, the vascular system, etc. and particularly provides an occluder device and trans-catheter occluder delivery system. The sealing device would have improved conformity to heart anatomy and be easily deployed, repositioned, and retrieved at the opening site. |
| US10792024B2 |
Scaffolds with channels for joining layers of tissue at discrete points
A scaffold for joining two layers of tissue, comprises a substantially flat and flexible body having a top surface, a bottom surface and sidewalls; at least one channel within the body starting at an injection port; a plurality of first passages on the top surface and a plurality of second passages on the bottom surface, said passages in fluid communication with the channel; a plurality of third passages penetrating the body from the top surface to the bottom surface, said plurality of third passages not in fluid communication with the channel. |
| US10792020B2 |
Tapered geometry in a compressible cell collection device
Methods, apparatuses and systems for collecting cells from a body lumen are described. A system may include a cell collection device comprising an abrasive material configured to collect cells from the body lumen by scraping a surface of the body lumen. The cell collection device may have a first end with a first diametric dimension and a second end with a second diametric dimension, wherein the second diametric dimension is larger than the first diametric dimension. |
| US10792018B2 |
Method for obtaining fetal cells and fetal cellular components
Methods are disclosed for non-invasively obtaining fetal cells from a pregnant female. The methods include placing an absorbent medium in an interlabial or intravaginal space or adjacent to the perineum at the vaginal opening of the pregnant female, and collecting vaginal fluid comprising cells in the absorbent medium while the absorbent medium is interlabial or intravaginal space or adjacent to the perineum at the vaginal opening. The absorbent medium is removed and cells are isolated from the absorbent medium to obtain the fetal cells. The fetal cells can be, for example, somatic cells, embroyic stem cells, fetal stem cells or trophoblast cells. |
| US10792014B2 |
Ultrasound inspection apparatus, signal processing method for ultrasound inspection apparatus, and recording medium
An ultrasound inspection apparatus includes a region setting section setting a plurality of regions within the inspection object; a sound velocity calculator calculating a sound velocity of each of the plurality of regions; a sound velocity obtainer obtaining a preliminary sound velocity of a region of interest; and an image quality determiner determining an image quality of the region of interest based on the preliminary sound velocity. The preliminary sound velocity obtained by the sound velocity obtainer is employed as a sound velocity of the region of interest when a determination result made by the image quality determiner is positive, and the sound velocity of the region of interest is calculated by the sound velocity calculator when the determination result is negative. |
| US10792012B2 |
Interface devices, systems and methods for multimodal probes
In one aspect, the invention relates to one or more rotatable elements and one or more stationary element such that the elements are arranged along a common axis of rotation co-linear with or substantially parallel to an optical path. The optical path is a portion of a sample arm of an interferometer. Further, the rotatable and stationary elements are configured to couple electrical signals and optical signals between a data collection probe and an interface unit or other component of an imaging system. In one embodiment, the data collection probe is a combination ultrasound and OCT probe. In one aspect, the invention relates to a rotary joint in which the optical fiber and a fiber optic rotary joint lie in the center of one or more conductive elements of an electrical rotary joint which are annularly disposed around one or both of the optical fiber and optical rotary joint. |
| US10792011B2 |
Systems and methods for hand-free continuous ultrasonic monitoring
There is provided an assembly for hands-free ultrasonic monitoring and imaging via a suprasternal notch of a target individual, comprising: a cradle comprising: a lower portion having a surface shaped according to a surface of an anatomical region including a suprasternal notch of sample individual(s), and a holding portion connected to the lower portion, the holding portion shaped to fit a housing component, the holding portion including at least one elongated slot elongated at a predefined angle relative to the surface of the lower portion, and a housing component comprising: an ultrasound transducer, a multi-directional mechanism for adjusting the position of the ultrasound transducer within the housing component along at least two degrees of freedom, and a securing mechanism set at a location within housing component for engaging the at least one elongated slot of the cradle when housing component is fitted within the holding portion of the cradle. |
| US10792008B2 |
Preparation method of radioactive source
A radioactive source and preparing as well as applying methods are disclosed. According to the method of preparing the radioactive source, when a preset dose of a radiopharmaceutical with a half-life shorter than a preset threshold is provided, a solid radioactive source having a predetermined shape may be obtained by mixing and moulding the radiopharmaceutical with a preset solution and a moulding material. The moulding material may comprise a curing agent and/or a water-absorbing material. |
| US10792007B2 |
Automatic positioning of a recording system
A method and system are provided for the automatic positioning of a recording system with an x-ray detector and an x-ray source with respect to a subarea of an examination object. A x-ray source to examination object distance is calculated from a displacement distance, the relative pixel distance and the known x-ray source to x-ray detector distance. The x-ray source to examination object distance is used for automatic positioning of the recording system. |
| US10792006B2 |
Radiation dose reduction and improved consistency between sessions in hybrid imaging studies
In a multi-session imaging study, information from a previous imaging session is stored in a Binary Large Object (BLOB). Current emission imaging data are reconstructed into a non-attenuation corrected (NAC) current emission image. A spatial transform is generated aligning a previous NAC emission image from the BLOB to the current NAC emission image. A previous computed tomography (CT) image from the BLOB is warped using the spatial transform, and the current emission imaging data are reconstructed with attenuation correction using the warped CT image. Alternatively, low dose current emission imaging data and a current CT image are acquired, a spatial transform is generated aligning the previous CT image to the current CT image, a previous attenuation corrected (AC) emission image from the BLOB is warped using the spatial transform, and the current emission imaging data are reconstructed using the current CT image with the warped AC emission image as prior. |
| US10792004B2 |
Differential diagnosis of periapical diseases based on results of image analysis
Systems (100) and methods (200, 1600) for generating a medical and/or dental diagnosis. The methods comprise: obtaining a true color image of a select part of a subject's body; converting the true color image to a grayscale intensity image; generating a histogram equalized image by adjusting the grayscale intensity image's contrast; processing the histogram equalized image to generate first information useful for generating the medical and/or dental diagnosis, the first information comprising at least one of (a) a ratio of a disease region's pixel mean intensity value and a normal region's mean pixel intensity value and (b) an indicator indicating whether a periodontal ligament space has widened or broken; and generating the medical and/or dental diagnosis based at least on the first information. |
| US10792002B2 |
Method and system for determining the position of a C-arm of an X-ray system
A method and system for determining the position of a C-arm of an X-ray system is disclosed. The method includes obtaining a primary X-ray image of a desired location on a patient's body, obtaining a secondary X-ray image of the desired location on the patient's body, adjusting the secondary X-ray image with respect to the primary X-ray image using one or more touch based gestures, determining the subsequent location for X-ray imaging on the patient's body, and positioning the C-arm of the X-ray system to the subsequent location for X-ray imaging on the patient's body. |
| US10791998B2 |
X-ray image processing device and method for reconstructing projection image obtained using small X-ray detector
The present invention relates to an X-ray image processing device and an X-ray image processing method using a small X-ray detector, in which the device includes a controller configured to control an X-ray source and an X-ray detector to obtain m (m is an integer of 2 or more) number of consecutive divided projection images at each of preset n (n is an integer of 1 or more) number of imaging angles while rotating around a rotary axis and facing each other, a projection image synthesizing unit configured to generate a synthetic projection image by synthesizing the m number of divided projection images obtained in correspondence to each imaging angle, and an image reconstructor configured to generate a reconstructed image by reconstructing the synthetic projection image. |
| US10791991B2 |
Intravascular devices, systems, and methods
Intravascular devices, systems, and methods are disclosed. In some instances, the intravascular device is a guide wire with electrical conductors printed on a solid core wire. In some instances, the electrical conductors are coupled to conductive bands adjacent a proximal portion of the guide wire. Methods of making, manufacturing, and/or assembling such intravascular devices and associated systems are also provided. In certain aspects, guidewires of the invention include a body having an inner core and an outer layer with one or more embedded conductors. The conductors are exposed at one or more locations along the body and a conductive material can be layered over the exposed locations. A sensor can also be coupled to the body via the conductive material at one of the exposed locations. |
| US10791987B2 |
Methods and systems for managing a risk of medication dependence
A method and system for managing a risk of medication dependence that determines a conservative estimate of the time when the patient will become dependent on a medication as a function of a medication log. The medication log includes dose information and time information for a plurality of administrations of the medication. |
| US10791985B2 |
Cardio-kinetic cross-spectral density for assessment of sleep physiology
The invention comprises methods and systems capable of processing simultaneously measured cardiac and motion signals, selecting from said signals the optimal cardiac and motion signal combination for cross spectral density calculations and, hereafter, itemizing the shared information in terms of the individual constituent frequencies and the effect exerted upon said frequencies by common underlying physiological states. The information is passed through a classifier, where said information is used to quantify the underlying physiological states, exemplified by but not limited to, sleep stage, quality and/or disorders that affect sleep stability. Inferences made by the methods described, for example, can be employed to aid home based sleep analysis and automated screening of patients with sleep disorders. |
| US10791981B2 |
Neuro attack prevention system, method, and apparatus
A portable biomedical device for detecting ischemic stroke in the brain is provided. The device provides portability and compactness and can accommodate software for resolving blood flow velocity measurements. The device can provide both a diagnostic and a predictive tool for determining the occurrence of an ischemic attack, one such example being transient ischemic attack (TIA) not only at hospital bedside but also in a home environment. |
| US10791980B2 |
Method, device and system for assesing the quality of balance
A method, device, and system for the assessment of the quality of balance and for alerting from an impairment of balance of a subject. The device comprises a plate for receiving the feet of a subject and mounted on a plurality of pressure sensors measuring vertical forces applied to the plate, wherein the method comprises the measurement, by means of the pressure sensors thereof, of vertical forces applied to the plate, at least before and while the subject mounts the device (1) and the calculation, according to the measured values, of parameters that are relevant for the assessment, including at least one parameter relating to at least one slowdown in the rise of the values measured by the pressure sensors thereof, when the subject mounts the device. |
| US10791978B2 |
Classifying individuals using finite mixture markov modelling and test trials with accounting for item position
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including medium-encoded computer program products, for analyzing data include: receiving data including responses, and lack thereof, for items of a cognitive test including multiple item-recall trials; processing the data using a stochastic model of a cognitive process, in which a conditional probability distribution of future states of the cognitive process depend upon a present state; and encoding a result of the processing on a non-transitory computer-readable medium for use in an assessment related to cognition; wherein the processing using the stochastic model includes representing recall or recognition of an item in the multiple item-recall trials using distinct cognitive states; and wherein the processing using the stochastic model includes adjusting separate memory storage and retrieval parameters for each of the distinct cognitive states in the modeled cognitive process to account for position of the items in each respective trial of the multiple item-recall trials. |
| US10791976B1 |
Needle-free blood draw
A system for needle-free drawing of blood is disclosed. A hand-portable device can include an evacuated negative-pressure barrel with a membrane sealing an aperture at a distal end, and a housing affixed to a proximal end. An accelerator barrel can be positioned within the negative-pressure barrel and fixed to the housing, with an open proximal end in a chamber in the housing, and an open distal end aligned with the aperture. The chamber can be filled with pressurized gas, and a trigger valve can hydrostatically separate the chamber from the open proximal end of the accelerator barrel. A micro-particle positioned within the accelerator barrel can be accelerated to high speed by an abrupt surge of gas by releasing the trigger valve. The micro-particle can attain enough momentum to pierce the aperture membrane and penetrate adjacent dermal tissue. A resulting micro-emergence of blood can be drawn into the negative pressure barrel. |
| US10791975B2 |
Biological fluid transfer device and biological fluid sampling system
A biological fluid sampling transfer device adapted to receive a multi-component blood sample is disclosed. After collecting the blood sample, the biological fluid sampling transfer device is able to separate a plasma portion from a cellular portion. After separation, the biological fluid sampling transfer device is able to transfer the plasma portion of the blood sample to a point-of-care testing device. The biological fluid sampling transfer device also provides a closed sampling and transfer system that reduces the exposure of a blood sample and provides fast mixing of a blood sample with a sample stabilizer. The biological fluid sampling transfer device is engageable with a blood testing device for closed transfer of a portion of the plasma portion from the biological fluid sampling transfer device to the blood testing device. The blood testing device is adapted to receive the plasma portion to analyze the blood sample and obtain test results. |
| US10791971B2 |
Method for data reduction and calibration of an OCT-based physiological monitor
The present invention relates to a method and system for estimating blood analyte levels using a noninvasive optical coherence tomography (OCT) based physiological monitor. An algorithm correlates OCT-based estimated blood analyte data with actual blood analyte data determined by other methods, such as invasively. OCT-based data is fit to the obtained blood analyte measurements to achieve the best correlation. Once the algorithm has generated sets of estimated blood analyte levels, it may refine the number of sets by applying one or more mathematical filters. The OCT-based physiological monitor can be calibrated using an Intensity Difference plot or the Pearson Product Moment Correlation method. |
| US10791964B2 |
Heart rate monitor
A heart rate monitor includes a magnet supported to move responsive to an arterial pulse and a magnetometer configured to detect changes in a magnetic field produced by the magnet. The magnet can include a plurality of ferromagnetic particles disposed in or on a flexible substrate configured to be held adjacent to human skin subject to arterial palpation and a magnetic sensor configured to sense movement of the ferromagnetic particles. |
| US10791961B2 |
System and method for measuring the mechanical impedance of the respiratory system
A system for measuring the mechanical impedance of a patient's respiratory system during spontaneous respiratory activity, characterised by comprising a fan; a motor which operates said fan; said motor and said fan being positioned within a cavity; said cavity comprising an initial end and a final end, both providing access to the outside; said cavity presenting an impedance between said initial and said final end of less than 1 cm H2O/L/s; said fan withdrawing air from said final end and providing pressure variations of small amplitude and of frequency >2 Hz to said initial end; said initial end comprising air pressure and air flow measurement means and a connection directly connected to the airway opening. |
| US10791956B2 |
Device for an impedance tomograph
A device (2) for an electrical impedance tomograph (3) includes an electrode carrier (4), first and second skin electrodes (6, 8), which are arranged on the electrode carrier (4) at mutually spaced locations from one another in the longitudinal direction (L) of the electrode carrier, as well as a first protective circuit (10), which is at least partly enclosed in the electrode carrier (4). A second protective circuit (12) is provided, which is at least partly enclosed in the electrode carrier (4). The first protective circuit (10) is electrically connected to the first skin electrode (6), and the second protective circuit (12) is electrically connected to the second skin electrode (8). |
| US10791955B2 |
Assessment of nerve fiber excitability
A method for assessing nerve fiber excitability is disclosed. The method comprises: arranging an electrode in contact with skin of a person; determining a first and a second threshold value based on a stimulation current pulse of a first and a second waveform, respectively; wherein said determining of the first threshold value and said determining of the second threshold value each comprises: repeatedly providing a stimulation current pulse of the first or second waveform, respectively, through the electrode, wherein a stimulation current strength is altered between repetitions; and receiving signals from an interaction element with which the person interacts, said signals from the interaction element providing an indication of the first threshold value or the second threshold value, respectively, corresponding to a stimulation current strength necessary to be perceived by the person; and determining at least one measure of psychophysical perception based on the determined first and second threshold values. |
| US10791954B2 |
Portable apparatus and method of changing screen of content thereof
A portable apparatus and a method of changing a content screen of the portable apparatus are provided. The portable apparatus includes changing a displayed content in response to an increase in a visual fatigue and a method of changing a content screen of the portable apparatus. Some of disclosed various embodiments provide a portable apparatus that calculates a visual fatigue by using user electroencephalogram (EEG) information received from a wearable apparatus and changing a displayed content into another content in response to an increase in the calculated visual fatigue, and a method of changing a content screen of the portable apparatus. |
| US10791952B2 |
Electrocardiogram device and methods
Devices and methods are described that provide improved diagnosis from the processing of physiological data. The methods include use of multiple algorithms and intelligently combing the results of multiple algorithms to provide a single optimized diagnostic result. The algorithms are adaptive and may be customized for particular data sets or for particular patients. Examples are shown with applications to electrocardiogram data, but the methods taught are applicable to many types of physiological data. |
| US10791950B2 |
In-vivo calibration of contact force-sensing catheters using auto zero zones
A method for the in vivo re-calibration of a force sensing probe such as an electrophysiology catheter provides for the generation of an auto zero zone. The distal tip of the catheter or other probe is placed in a body cavity within the patient. Verification that there is no tissue contact is made using electrocardiogram (ECG) or impedance data, fluoroscopy or other real-time imaging data and/or an electro-anatomical mapping system. Once verification that there is no tissue contact is made, the system recalibrates the signal emanating from the force sensor setting it to correspond to a force reading of zero grams and this recalibrated baseline reading is used to generate and display force readings based on force sensor data. |
| US10791948B2 |
System and method for temporal sparse promoting imaging of cardiac activation
A system and method for cardiac activation imaging includes non-invasively or minimally invasively acquiring data about an electrical activation of a heart of a subject using at least one sensor. An activation image of the heart of the subject is reconstructed using a weighted sparse constrained reconstruction. |
| US10791946B2 |
Transparent, flexible, low-noise electrodes for simultaneous electrophysiology and neuro-imaging
A flexible, optically transparent electrode array comprises at least one graph electrode. The electrode may be positioned on a substrate. The flexible, optically transparent electrode may be used for simultaneous optical imaging and electrophysiological monitoring. |
| US10791945B2 |
Biocompatible implantable electrode
A biocompatible, implantable electrode for electrically active medical devices. The implantable medical electrode has a surface geometry which optimizes the electrical performance of the electrode, while mitigating the undesirable effects associated with prior art porous surfaces. The electrode has an optimized surface topography for improved electrical performance. Such a electrode is suitable for devices which may be permanently implanted in the human body as stimulation electrodes, such as pacemakers, or as sensors of medical conditions. Such is achieved by the application of ultrafast high energy pulses to the surface of a solid, monolithic electrode material for the purpose of increasing the surface area and thereby decreasing its after-potential polarization. |
| US10791938B2 |
Smartglasses for detecting congestive heart failure
Systems for calculating extent of congestive heart failure (CHF) and/or identifying exacerbation of CHF. In one embodiment, a system includes smartglasses configured to be worn on a user's head, and an inward-facing camera and a sensor, both physically coupled to the smartglasses. The inward-facing camera is mounted more than 5 mm away from the head and captures images of an area comprising skin on the user's head, which is larger than 4 cm{circumflex over ( )}2. The sensor measures a signal indicative of a respiration rate of the user (respiration signal). The system also includes a computer that calculates the extent of CHF based on: a facial blood flow pattern recognizable in the images, and respiration rate recognizable in the respiration signal. |
| US10791935B2 |
Method and device for dynamically adjusting fluorescent imaging
A method for dynamically adjusting fluorescent imaging is provided. The method is used in a device and includes the following steps: emitting, by a light emitting diode, light to illuminate teeth in an oral cavity, wherein the light is used to generate fluorescence from the teeth; filtering, by an optical filter, the fluorescence; receiving, by an image sensor, a signal and adjusting a gain value of an analog-to-digital converter according to the signal; converting, by the analog-to-digital converter, the filtered fluorescence into a digital signal and adjusting the digital signal according to the gain value; and generating, by a processor, an output image signal that corresponds to the gain value from the digital signal. |
| US10791932B2 |
Optical detection method and device for optical detection of the condition of joints
An optical detection method is provided, wherein a body part (5) comprising at least one joint is irradiated with light. Local attenuation of the light by the body part (5) is detected as attenuation measurements (2) at the position of the at least one joint and at the position of at least one other portion of the body part (5); and wherein blood flow to and/or from the body part (5) is temporarily at least partially blocked and thereafter enabled again (3). Distinct local attenuation measurements for the at least one joint and for at least one other portion of the body part (5) are performed for at least two of the times before (I), during (II), and after (III) the blocking of blood flow. |
| US10791930B2 |
Systems, devices, and methods for analyzing and enhancing patient health
There are disclosed systems, devices, and methods for generating insights relating to patient health using a social networking platform interconnecting a patient with a plurality of care givers. The patient is provided access to a computer application configured to solicit and collect patient data from the patient, the computer application selected based on at least one characteristic of the patient. First patient data reflective of the health condition of the patient, as collected by the computer application, are received through the social networking platform. A communication from a care giver is transmitted to the patient through the social networking platform. Second patient data reflective of the health condition responsive to the transmitted communication are received through the social networking platform. The first and second patient data are analyzed to determine at least one insight relating to health of the patient; and a report is generated to present the insight. |
| US10791927B2 |
Passive sensing means for a physiological parameter monitoring system
The invention relates to a passive sensing means (100) for a contact lens of a physiological parameter monitoring system, for detecting variations of a physiological parameter, in particular intraocular pressure, the passive sensing means (100) forming a resonant circuit comprising an inductor (101) and at least one capacitor (121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126). The inductor (101) and said at least one capacitor (121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126) are coplanar in only one layer. The invention also relates to a corresponding physiological parameter monitoring system. |
| US10791926B2 |
Systems and methods for using eye movements to determine traumatic brain injury
Systems and methods for detecting a traumatic brain injury (TBI). The system comprises a sensing arrangement and a control unit. The sensing arrangement collects eye movement data of a user. The control unit is in communication with the sensing arrangement and configured to compare the eye movement data to one or more baseline measurements of eye movement dynamics. The control unit is also configured to generate an alert indicating the presence or severity of the TBI for delivery to control unit administrator if the eye movement data diverges from one or more of the baseline measurements by a threshold amount. |
| US10791925B2 |
System and method for tracking motion
Detecting position information related to a face, and more particularly to an eyeball in a face, using a detection and ranging system, such as a Radio Detection And Ranging (“RADAR”) system, or a Light Detection And Ranging (“LIDAR”) system. The position information may include a location of the eyeball, translational motion information related to the eyeball (e.g., displacement, velocity, acceleration, jerk, etc.), rotational motion information related to the eyeball (e.g., rotational displacement, rotational velocity, rotational acceleration, etc.) as the eyeball rotates within its socket. |
| US10791924B2 |
ANS assessment systems, kits, and methods
Systems, devices, methods, and kits for monitoring one or more physiologic and/or physical signals from a subject are disclosed. A system including a head mounted display to monitor one or more physiologic signals from the face or head of the subject is disclosed. A method for analyzing an ocular parameter of the subject to determine a sympathetic and a parasympathetic outflow thereto is disclosed. |
| US10791917B2 |
Micro-optical surgical probes and micro-optical probe tips and methods of manufacture therefor
Described are various embodiments of micro-optical surgical probes and micro-optical probe tips and methods of manufacture therefor. In some embodiments, multichannel micro-optical probe tip structures are directly manufactured upon respective optical channel waveguides, or again manufactured to integrally define respective optical coupling to these waveguides. In some embodiments, micro-optical probe tip structures are manufactured via a 3D laser printing process. Specific embodiments include, but are not limited to, spectroscopic or particularly Raman spectroscopy probes and their associated multichannel probe tip structures, and multichannel endoscopes. |
| US10791916B2 |
Side-scan infrared imaging devices
Infrared imaging devices are provided which are configured to implement side-scan infrared imaging for, e.g., medical applications. For example, an imaging device includes a ring-shaped detector element comprising a circular array of infrared detectors configured to detect thermal infrared radiation, and a focusing element configured to focus incident infrared radiation towards the circular array of infrared detectors. The imaging device can be an ingestible imaging device (e.g., swallowable camera) or the imaging device can be implemented as part of an endoscope device, for example. |
| US10791913B2 |
Pressure relief vent for sealed instruments
A pressure control and leak test system for a medical instrument includes an upper housing, a valve member, and a vent opening arrangement. The upper housing includes a cavity for fluid communication with an interior of the medical instrument and an aperture in fluid communication with the cavity. The valve member includes a stem within the aperture and a cap section. The cap section includes a proximal-facing end with a bottom surface and a distal-facing end. The vent opening arrangement includes a first feature of the cap section and a second feature on the distal end of the upper housing. The valve member rotates relative to the housing causing the first feature and the second feature to seal the cap section with the housing in a first position and separate the cap section from the housing in a second position. |
| US10791912B2 |
Laryngoscope and adaptive blade for a laryngoscope
An adaptive blade for a laryngoscope includes a proximal end, which is mechanically connectable or connected to a handle in order to form an adaptive laryngoscope, a first flexible bar, which extends from the proximal end of the adaptive blade to the distal end thereof, a second flexible bar, which extends from the proximal end of the adaptive blade to the distal end thereof, and a connecting structure with a first end, which is connected to the first flexible bar in an articulated manner, and with a second end, which is connected to the second flexible bar in an articulated manner. The first flexible bar is formed by a first member made of a first material and a second member made of a second material. An interface between the first member and the second member extends over at least half the distance between the proximal end and the distal end of the adaptive blade. |
| US10791910B2 |
Multiple viewing elements endoscope system with modular imaging units
An optical assembly adapted to be positioned within an endoscope tip and having three modular camera units, comprising: a front modular camera unit defined by a front central axis and a first and second side modular camera units defined by first and second side central axes that are substantially parallel to one another and substantially perpendicular to the front central axis. Each modular camera unit further comprises a holder for housing an associated optical element and an image sensor in data communication with a corresponding printed circuit board. The front, first side and second side modular camera units are respectively positioned in first, second and third compartments of an assembly holder. |
| US10791909B2 |
Image capture assembly for use in a multi-viewing elements endoscope
An image capturing assembly for use in an endoscope includes a manifold with a base and a casing extending outward from the base, a partially enclosed housing adapted to physically attach to the manifold, a foldable LED carrier substrate capable of carrying a plurality of LEDs, a flexible optical carrier substrate capable of carrying a plurality of camera sensors, and a tip cover adapted to cover the manifold, housing, LED carrier substrate, and optical carrier substrate. The manifold includes at least one continuous channel extending throughout its length. The foldable LED carrier substrate includes a central, forward facing portion, adapted to carry at least one illuminator for a front viewing element, and a pair of arms extending proximally from the central portion. Each arm includes at least one foldable protrusion adapted to carry an illuminator for a side viewing element. |
| US10791908B2 |
Systems and methods for medical instrument force sensing
A method, and associated system, includes receiving inputs from a medical instrument having at least one elongated actuation element used to manipulate a position of the instrument. The method also includes determining a force on a tip of the medical instruments by applying the inputs to a lumped model of the instrument, the lumped model comprising a mass of a motor user to operate the at least one elongated actuation member and a mass of at least a portion of a catheter body of the medical instrument. |
| US10791907B2 |
Tip holder
A decorating tip holder includes a main body and a base configured to engage and to disengage with the main body. The main body includes at least one aperture in a side surface thereof, and at least one flange proximate to the at least one aperture. The main body is configured to receive and secure at least one decorating tip. The at least one aperture is configured to secure a decorating tip base of the at least one decorating tip, and the at least one flange is configured to secure a tip of the at least one decorating tip. |
| US10791903B2 |
Steam cleaning apparatus
A steam cleaning apparatus for delivering steam of a surface to be cleaned is provided with a steam unit, a handle tube and an indexable base. The base can be indexed between a wide orientation where a long edge of the base is orthogonal to the direction of travel and a narrow orientation where a short edge of the base is orthogonal to the direction of travel. |
| US10791898B2 |
Dust collector for vacuum cleaner
The present disclosure discloses a dust collector for a vacuum cleaner, including a first cyclone disposed within an outer case to filter out dust from air introduced from an outside thereof and introduce the air from which dust has been filtered out to an inside thereof, a second cyclone accommodated in the inside of the first cyclone to separate fine dust from the air introduced to the inside of the first cyclone, a first guide vane spirally extended from an annular shaped first space between the first and the second cyclone to induce rotational flow so as to introduce air introduced into the first space to an inlet of the second cyclone, and a second guide vane spirally extended along an inner circumference of the inlet to enhance the rotational flow of air introduced to an inside of the second cyclone through the inlet. |
| US10791896B2 |
Surface cleaning apparatus
A surface cleaning apparatus has a first air flow path extending from a dirty air inlet to a clean air outlet with a suction motor and a cyclone positioned in the first air flow path. The cyclone has a cyclone chamber, a first airflow passage, and a second airflow passage. The first airflow passage and second airflow passage are isolated from each other. The first airflow passage defines a first tangential air inlet to the cyclone chamber and the second airflow passage defines a second tangential air inlet to the cyclone chamber. The second tangential air inlet is positioned around the perimeter of the cyclone chamber sidewall downstream from the first tangential air inlet in the direction of rotation of air in the cyclone chamber. |
| US10791887B2 |
Package of disposable wipes
A disposable wipes package and a package for disposable wipes comprising improved fitments to aid removal of wipes from within a package is disclosed herein. The dispensing fitment is formed of a single material and comprises a frame for securing to a package of disposable wipes. The frame has an oval, rectangular, diamond or ring shaped rim with an internal wall defining an opening through which wipes may be dispensed. A first petal is provided having a free end extending into an opening from a first side of the frame. A second petal has a free end extending into an opening from a second side of the frame towards the first petal to define a gap between the free ends of the first and second petals. The opening includes the gap and one or more orifices and occupies between 40% and 90% of the area within the rim. |
| US10791878B2 |
Cake making implement for smoothing icing
A cake icing implement is disclosed for simultaneously smoothing icing on a top surface and a side surface of a cake. The cake icing implement may include a top smoother connected to a side smoother and configured to move with respect to the side smoother. The top smoother may be adapted to smooth the top surface of the cake. The side smoother may be adapted to smooth the side surface of the cake up to the top surface. |
| US10791876B2 |
Optical recognition interlock system for a blender
A blending system is shown and described herein. The blending system may include a base including a motor, a blade selectively and operably engaged with the base, where the motor rotates the blade, a container having an open end and a lid configured to cover the open end. The blending system may also include an optical interlock detector that may include a camera positioned on the base and indicia positioned at a predetermined location on a lid, wherein the camera detects the indicia and position of the lid to permit operation of the blender. |
| US10791874B2 |
Closing device for an apparatus for cooking food products
A closing device able to be associated with a cooking apparatus of the type where the food product is totally or partly immersed in a cooking liquid, for example a deep fryer, with a main body defining an internal chamber and with a mouth to which a tube to discharge the cooking liquid is coupled. The closing device comprises at least one insert which can be selectively associated with an end open toward the outside of the discharge tube, a closing element which can be selectively associated with the insert, and a gasket interposed between the insert and the closing element. |
| US10791873B2 |
Collapsible three legged platform
A collapsible three-legged platform is provided. The three legs are attached at a central pivot point such that the platform can collapse. The legs can be adapted to support a variety of objects. |
| US10791872B2 |
Heat distribution member and vents for toaster oven
A heating appliance includes a housing defining a food product compartment having at least a front door and a rear wall opposite the front door. The heating appliance also includes a rack configured to support a food product within the food product compartment. The heating appliance also includes a heating assembly disposed within the food product compartment and an elongate heating device having a first length, and an angled heat distribution member having a second length disposed between the heating device and the rack. The heat distribution member includes a pattern of apertures and the heat distribution member is configured to prevent infrared radiation produced by the heating device from directly reaching the rear wall of the housing, except for infrared radiation that passes through the apertures of the heat distribution member. |
| US10791861B2 |
Shoe cover removal apparatus
An apparatus which includes a trough for receiving a user's shoe. The trough includes a removal portal. The apparatus includes a vacuum capable of causing a shoe cover to be removed from the shoe of a user when a user places a shoe covered by a shoe cover into the trough. An actuator is triggered by the placement of an object in the trough, the triggering of the actuator causing the vacuum to activate. The vacuum activation causes the shoe cover to be sucked through the removal portal and into a primary chamber. The primary chamber collects the removed shoe covers and is disposed in a remote from the trough for preventing debris and other contaminants from being stored in a clean room. The apparatus may also include multiple troughs connected to one or more primary chambers. |
| US10791860B2 |
Cup rack for stacked disposable cups
A cup stacking and holding assembly is disclosed with methods of application in standard use and with internal electronics for visual displays. The cup holder assembly may be manufactured in various configurations, all providing a cup rack for convenient and stable stacking of disposable cups. The cup rack may comprise: a base providing a surface for abutting support for a plurality of cups; a cup retainer plate coupled to the base; a plurality of cup retaining apertures formed within the cup retainer plate, each cup retaining aperture sized to receive a corresponding cup and having a diameter smaller than the largest exterior diameter of the corresponding cup; the cup retainer plate moveable from a first closed position parallel and proximal to the surface for abutting support to a second open position for insertion of cups within the cup retaining apertures. |
| US10791859B2 |
Portable water purifier
A portable water purifier has a container, a lid assembly, and a filtering assembly. The container has a containing space. The lid assembly is mounted to the container by threading and has a suction nozzle communicating with the containing space. The filtering assembly is mounted in the container, is connected to the lid assembly, and has a cover and at least one filter element. The cover is disposed in the container, is adjacent to the lid assembly, and has a communicating tube communicating with the suction nozzle and an interior of the container. The at least one filter element is disposed between the cover and a bottom of the container. |
| US10791858B2 |
Multi-functional modular drink assembly
A multifunction drinking assembly includes a primary container having a bottom wall and a continuous upstanding side wall, the side wall defining an open top and defining an interior area. An inner surface of the side wall includes a threaded section displaced from the upper rim and includes an upper ledge. The side wall has a lower ledge upwardly displaced from the bottom wall. A primary lid includes an upper portion having a rim and a top wall extending across the continuous rim, the primary lid having outer threads removably coupled to the threaded section of the side wall. The multifunction drinking assembly includes a coozie lid for securing either a can or bottle, a shaker lid for making mixed drinks, and an infuser assembly and steeper basket for holding loose leaf teas and fruit. |
| US10791856B2 |
Pillow with adjustable sleeve for inflatable air bladder
A support pillow has a pillow-fill unit comprising pillow fill material, a neck support unit comprising an inflatable air bladder and a pillowcase having a first sleeve for receiving the pillow-fill unit and a second sleeve for receiving the cervical or neck support unit. The second sleeve of the pillowcase includes padding on an inner sleeve surface. The inflatable air bladder includes a valve that operates in a first state to allow an input of pressurized air and in a second state to allow an exit of bladder-stored air. Adding air to the inflatable air bladder, in the first state, increases a size of and pressure in the inflatable air bladder. Also, the padding on the inner sleeve surface of the second sleeve is soft, and compressible. One or more foam substrates are added to support the skull above the nape of the neck. |
| US10791855B1 |
Frame with ferromagnetic transverse members
A framing system comprising at least two transverse bars made of magnetically attractive, where each transverse bar has two ends, and each end each transvers bar connects by friction alone with a hole in a side rail. The side rails may be flexible or rigid. At least one magnet secures a framed item to at least one ferromagnetic bar by sandwiching the framed item between the magnet and the magnetically-attractive ferromagnetic bar. In preferred embodiments, two magnets secure the top of the framed item to a top ferromagnetic bar and two magnets secure the bottom of the framed item to the bottom ferromagnetic bar. |
| US10791854B2 |
Bracket and display device
The present disclosure provides a bracket and a display device. The bracket includes: a support arm; a limiting part disposed at a side of the support arm and connected to the support arm; and a connecting part disposed at a side of the support arm opposite to the limiting part and connected to the support arm, wherein the connecting part is provided with at least one support fixing hole. |
| US10791853B2 |
Reusable bag system and method
A system and method for providing reusable bags is disclosed. The system may include a reusable bag deployment station that allows users to receive the reusable bags and to return the reusable bags. The system may track the usage of the reusable bags. |
| US10791849B2 |
Insulating glazing unit, in particular for a climate chamber
An insulating glazing includes two glass sheets that are spaced apart by an air- or gas-filled cavity, a spacer arranged at periphery of the glass sheets and that keeps the glass sheets spaced apart, the spacer being transparent and placed on one of the sides of the glazing, and a first barrier that is leaktight to water, formed by a structural seal, the material of which is watertight, and a second barrier that is leaktight to gases and to water vapor, the first and second barriers associated to the transparent spacer being made of transparent material, wherein the second barrier that is leaktight to gases and to water vapor and made of transparent material is arranged at an interface between the glass sheets and the transparent spacer on an internal side of the glazing, the structural seal also at the interface being positioned abutted and aligned with the second barrier. |
| US10791848B2 |
Adaptive sensory outputs synchronized to input tempos for soothing effects
Sensory outputs are synchronized to input tempos for providing soothing and other effects for children and other persons. In example embodiments, juvenile products such as rockers and swings have motors that are controlled to produce an oscillatory motion with an adaptive tempo that is synchronized to rhythmic inputs such as a parent's heartbeat. In other example embodiments, juvenile products such as music players are controlled to output signals to play songs via speakers with an adaptive tempo that is synchronized to rhythmic inputs such as an infant's respiratory rate. |
| US10791847B2 |
Baby walker apparatus and method of controlling the same
A baby walker comprises sensors and control mechanisms to detect dangerous situations and to stop or substantially slow the baby walker. The baby walker uses proximity sensors, position sensors, presence sensors, and/or communication modules in order to assess the environment for the safety of the child. It also includes a controller that can apply a brake to the wheel assembly to stop or substantially slow the baby walker so as to protect the baby from entering dangerous regions or come in close proximity to objects. The baby walker may further receive and/or transmit information from an external device which may be operated by the child's guardian to define the borders of dangerous regions or a predefined travel distance. |
| US10791845B2 |
Therapeutic cushion
A therapeutic cushion comprising a one-piece, elongated, molded firm body, the forwardmost portions of said body in side elevation, including convexly contoured surfaces adapted for head-engaging support. Intermediate portions of said body in side elevation defining an upwardly projecting apex adapted for engaging support of the cervical vertebrae C-3 to C-6, the rearwardmost portions of said body in side elation being convexly contoured and downwardly shaped and adapted to support thoracic, lumbar, and sacral spinal regions, said body defining a concave gap in side elevation between said intermediate and said rearwardmost portions and whereby the geometry of said body gently stretches the spine of a user laying horizontally thereupon. |
| US10791836B2 |
Mounting apparatus for securing a device to a flat monitor
An apparatus for holding a computer peripheral device (including, but not limited to, an external hard drive, a smartphone, and an external CPU) securely and conveniently to a flat screen monitor is presented. A system for securing a computer peripheral device to a laptop computer to optimize the use of space and practice clean organization is also presented. Further presented is a method and system that provides privacy during the use of a laptop computer. |
| US10791832B2 |
Coupling mechanism and slide rail assembly with cushioning function
A coupling mechanism adapted for a furniture part and a slide rail includes a coupling base and a cushioning structure. The coupling base is detachably mounted on and in direct contact with the slide rail. The cushioning structure is in indirect contact with the slide rail and is configured to compensate for a possible gap between the furniture part and the slide rail. |
| US10791830B2 |
Gun holder
A gun holder includes a central shaft; and a holder part, which has slots formed such that a plurality of guns is respectively and radially held around the central shaft, and is rotatable around the central shaft. The gun holder enables a user to take out a gun assigned only to the user and simply prevents other guns from being withdrawn, and has a locking means corresponding to respective guns when the guns are stored, wherein the locking means is operated by one actuator, thereby enabling power consumption and manufacturing costs to be reduced. |
| US10791828B1 |
Stowable stand
A stowable stand includes elongated stand members, the stand members having a shape to permit nesting in a two dimensional configuration. Each stand member includes an extension end portion extending from a corresponding longitudinal portion. The longitudinal portions being hingedly connected to another longitudinal portion to permit the elongated stand members to fold flat into a stowable position. Each stand member includes a support portion extending from the longitudinal portion on an end opposite the extension end portion, the support portions collectively forming a support stand to support the stowable stand when the elongated stand members are in a support position. |
| US10791827B2 |
Pharmacy order processing system
In one aspect, a pharmacy order processing system is disclosed. The system includes a plurality of picking workstations, each picking workstation including a plurality of bins. The system also includes a plurality of trays for carrying a plurality of pharmacy orders, a tray drop-off station, and a tray delivery conveyor extending between the tray drop-off station and the plurality of picking workstations. The system further includes a tray delivery conveyor extending between the tray drop-off station and the plurality of picking workstations. The system includes a plurality of packing workstations, each packing workstation including an opening to receive a scale and a plurality of receptacles configured to receive shipping label printers. The system also includes at least one inspection workstation, the at least one inspection workstation including at least one product scanner. The system further includes a packing delivery conveyor extending from the plurality of packing workstations. |
| US10791824B2 |
Paint brush and method of making the same
A paint brush and method of making the same is disclosed. The paint brush includes a velutinous painting portion having a body including a cavity and an opening, an insert disposed within the body, a handle coaxial with the body, and a ferrule connecting the body to the handle to seal the insert within the body. The body includes an interior face having a rigid surface and an exterior face having velutinous members. The velutinous members include animal fur, synthetic filaments, and/or natural fibers. The method includes sewing fabric having a velutinous surface into a pocket having a cavity, positioning the pocket so the velutinous surface faces an exterior of the pocket, inserting a semi-rigid foam insert into the cavity to form a velutinous painting portion, and connecting the velutinous painting portion to a paint brush handle with a ferrule to form a paint brush having a velutinous painting portion. |
| US10791820B2 |
Adjustable carrying device
An adjustable sheath for carrying an article includes a main body having a front surface, a rear surface opposite the front surface, and a peripheral edge, a receptacle configured to receive an article, wherein the receptacle is coupled to the front surface and the receptacle includes an outer surface, and a strap configured to retain the article within the receptacle, the strap including a first end portion removably coupled to the rear surface of the main body and a second end portion removably coupled to the outer surface of the receptacle. The top strap passes over the peripheral edge of the main body when coupled to the rear surface main body and the outer surface of the receptacle. |
| US10791813B2 |
Automatic hair washing device
An automatic hair washing device includes a washing part including a cover member having a head holding space, a plurality of contacts each of which is formed of a rod-shaped member, and energization means for energizing the contacts to move toward the head holding space, wherein the energization means includes an accommodation space where a fluid is accommodated and a fluid pressure adjustment part to adjust a pressure of the fluid accommodated in the accommodation space at a predetermined level, and the fluid pressure adjustment part is configured to adjust the pressure of the fluid accommodated in the accommodation space at a pressure to energize the contacts toward the head holding space such that the contacts are in contact with the human head apply approximately constant forces to the human head even when the contacts are moved by the human head. |
| US10791804B2 |
Automatic magnetic buckle and its use method
The present invention discloses an automatic magnetic buckle, which comprises a matching clamping head and a buckle base. The said clamping head comprises a clamping head housing, and the said clamping head housing has a cavity extending through the upper and lower ends of the clamping head housing. The said cavity is set with a buckle subassembly, the said buckle base is set with a clamping head matching with the said buckle subassembly, and the said clamping head and the buckle base are set with magnetic subassemblies which are mutually attracted. Clamping head and buckle base are attracted together through the matching of the magnetic subassembly. The buckle subassembly is matched with the clamping head to securely connect the clamping head and the buckle base. The present invention also discloses a method of using the automatic magnetic buckle. |
| US10791803B2 |
Release lever buckle
A buckle assembly including a first portion, a second portion, an actuator and a lever. The first portion includes a hollow body, an open top, a locking slot extending through the hollow body and a fulcrum. A second portion of the buckle includes a base opposite of a locking leg, the locking leg including a cavity, and a channel. Inserting the second portion into the hollow body through the open top of the first portion causes the locking leg to engage the locking slot and to lock the first portion to the second portion. An actuator slideably engaged to the channel and includes an arm slideably connected to the cavity. Applying a force to the actuator causes the arm to withdraw the locking leg, disengaging the locking leg from the locking slot. A lever is mounted on the fulcrum to apply the force to the actuator when the lever is pulled. |
| US10791800B2 |
Systems and methods for automatic production of a cord structure
Systems and methods for automatically producing a cord structure are provided herein. In one embodiment, a method comprises automatically forming, with at least one robotic arm, a first plurality of loops in a first plane, and automatically forming, with the at least one robotic arm, a second plurality of loops in a second plane orthogonal to the first plane, the second plurality of loops slippably engaged with the first plurality of loops. In this way, cord structures may be quickly constructed, thereby reducing labor input and expense. |
| US10791797B2 |
Article of footwear
An improved article of footwear includes a sole structure and an upper. The upper is coupled to the sole structure and is configured to receive at least a portion of a human foot. The upper further includes a toebox, a medial quarter, a lateral quarter, a heel cup. The upper also includes a three dimensional auxetic structure at least partially formed within the medial quarter, lateral quarter, and heel cup of the upper. The three dimensional auxetic structure defines a primary expansion direction, a secondary expansion direction, and a tertiary expansion direction. The secondary expansion direction is transverse to the primary expansion direction. The tertiary expansion direction is normal to the plane defined by the primary expansion direction and the secondary expansion direction. Furthermore, the upper of the article of footwear is constructed via a thermoforming process. |
| US10791796B1 |
Shoe
A shoe comprises a sole having an upper surface and a lower surface, and a top member having an outer surface and an inner surface and mounted on the sole. The top member and sole to together define a space for receiving a foot, and the top member further comprises an opening. A fastener is provided in the top member and extends from the opening and continues over the top member such that a portion of the top member is movable between a first position in which the space is substantially closed and a second position in which a portion of the top member is folded back from the sole to provide access to the space. |
| US10791794B2 |
Soles for sports shoes
Described are soles for a shoe having a region with a plurality of pellets, each pellet having a hollow core structure. The plurality of pellets are formed of a composite material comprising a base layer and an outer layer. The base layer is formed of a material having a first melting temperature, and the outer layer is formed of a material having a second melting temperature. The first melting temperature is greater than the second melting temperature, and the plurality of pellets are bonded through melting of the outer layers while the inner layers retain the hollow core structure without melting. |
| US10791790B2 |
Hood with cap-securing system
A piece of apparel comprises a hooded garment, a cap having a front, and a securing system associated with the hood of the hooded garment. The securing system comprises a band that contacts the front of the cap and secures the cap to a wearer's head when the hood is up and that secures the cap within the hood with the hood is down. The band extends from one side of the interior of the hood, across the front of the cap and to the other side of the interior of the hood. The band can comprise an elastic portion so that the band compresses the front of the cap when in use. |
| US10791789B2 |
Helmet
A helmet is described, more specifically a helmet comprising a protective shell (10) formed of a flexible expanded polyurethane (EPU) material which defines a cavity for receiving the wearer's head, the shell being foldable, the helmet further comprising a strap (11) arrangement for fastening the shell to the wearer's head. |
| US10791787B2 |
Local energy absorber
A cover covering an object includes an inner surface of the cover facing the object and spaced from the object, and an outer surface of the cover opposite the inner surface. A local energy absorber is operatively attached to the inner surface of the cover. The local energy absorber includes an energy absorbing core layer operatively attached to the inner surface of the cover and a frangible face sheet layer attached to the energy absorbing core layer facing the object. The frangible face sheet layer is to initiate fracture of the frangible face sheet layer during an impact applied to the outer surface defining an impact event having a duration of less than 20 milliseconds. |
| US10791785B2 |
Inflatable neck support for contact sports helmets
A neck support apparatus for a contact sports helmet. The neck support apparatus may include an inflatable neck support including at least one air bladder normally in a deflated state, the inflatable neck support adapted to attach to the contact sports helmet; a first air supply; and at least one impact sensor adapted to trigger airflow from the first air supply into the at least one air bladder upon detection of an impact force exceeding a predetermined limit. The inflatable neck support is adapted to attach to a base portion of the contact sports helmet normally adjacent to a player's neck when worn, and inflate the at least one air bladder in a manner to deploy the inflatable neck support and help brace the player's neck immediately after an impact. |
| US10791783B1 |
Lighted headgear and accessories therefor
There is provided lighted headgear having various configurations, components thereof, and other accessories combined therewith. Also provided are a light module and a battery pack. |
| US10791780B2 |
Protective gloves with improved fingertip fitment and methods and mold-forms for manufacturing such gloves
A surgical glove mold set, comprising a plurality of surgical glove mold-forms, wherein each surgical glove mold-form of the plurality of surgical glove mold-forms includes a common palm width (PW) and different finger lengths. |
| US10791775B2 |
Apparel item for upright sleeping
Aspects herein provide for an apparel item (100) for upright sleeping. The apparel item (100) comprises features to reduce distractions such as a hood (124) with an integrated eye mask (310) and foam inserts (314) integrated into the hood (124) and configured to be positioned over the wearer's ears when the hood (124) is worn. The apparel item (100) further comprises a strap system (400) that is configured to hold the wearer's head in a static position during upright sleeping. |
| US10791773B2 |
Brassiere
The present invention provides a brassiere that can create not only a cleavage of breasts but also a beautiful decollete in a neckline area by naturally pushing up the breasts, even when the user is a person whose breasts including flab have little volume, or an elderly person whose breasts have no volume particularly in an area near the stomach and moreover are droopy. This brassiere includes: a pair of cups (20) covering breasts (B); a front panel (31) to which the cups (20) are attached; side panels (40) extending from underarm portions of the front panel (31); and straps (50) provided from upper edges of the respective cups (20) to the side panels (40). A substantially triangular pad (70) is disposed to be overlapped with a substantially triangular part (S) that is surrounded by a rising portion (28) from a stomach part (20a) of each cup (20) and a horizontal edge portion (29) from the stomach part (20a). Two sides (70b) and (70c) of the triangular pad (70) are sewed to the rising portion (28) and the horizontal edge portion (29), respectively. |
| US10791772B2 |
System for minimizing multi-dimensional breast implant
A bra incorporates shape memory alloy, either in shape memory or super-elastic states, an accelerometer, a power source, a microprocessor, and an algorithm implemented by the microprocessor to learn and adapt to the displacement pattern of the wearer's breast during a physical activity. The shape memory alloy is in the form of SMA or super-elastic wires integrated into portions of the bra, whereby activating the wire(s) shortens the corresponding wire to produce a compressive force on the breast within the bra. The system thereby provides real-time, active suspension to control breast displacement or bounce. The system provides real-time feedback to a memory or super-elastic material integrated into the bra to provide adaptive force and displacement to counteract the push-off and landing forces at each footfall of the moving wearer affecting breast displacement. |
| US10791769B2 |
Aerosol delivery device providing flavor control
The present disclosure relates to a cartridge for an aerosol delivery device and an aerosol delivery device that includes a cartridge. In various implementations the cartridge comprises a reservoir tank configured to contain an aerosol precursor composition, an opening configured to the permit aerosol precursor composition to pass therethrough, and two or more separate sections. At least two of the sections are configured to permit the aerosol precursor composition to pass therethrough, and at least one of the sections comprises a flavor section that contains a flavorant. A selected section of the two or more sections is configured to align with the opening so as to allow the aerosol precursor composition to flow from the reservoir tank through the opening and the selected section such that, when the flavor section is selected, a flavor from the flavorant is imparted to the aerosol precursor composition. |
| US10791758B2 |
Method for making carton for displaying articles attachable to a flip sign
A carton for displaying articles attachable to a flip sign is disclosed, which includes a box structure having a back panel, a bottom panel, a top panel, a pair of side panels, a top front panel, a bottom front panel, a first inner panel and a second inner panel, the first inner panel having a pair of slots configured to receive a pair of tabs on an outer free edge of the second inner panel. The first and second inner panels rest adjacent to the back panel upon placing a plurality of articles within a recess, which is formed between the top front panel, the bottom front panel, the back panel, and the pair of side panels. |
| US10791751B2 |
Sealed pack of ingredients for an individual smoothie, and associated methods and apparatuses
A sealed pack (440) contains quantities of ingredients to make an individual smoothie portion. The ingredients comprise a flavour ingredient (410) such as pieces of fruit (strawberries, raspberries, mango), a frozen portion of liquid (420) such as water, fruit juice, milk, coffee or tea; and a consistency ingredient (430) such as ice-cream, sorbet and yoghurt. The pack may be subjected to a temperature sufficiently low to maintain the frozen state of some of the ingredients in the pack (440). Also disclosed is a method of packaging the ingredients into the pack, or into first and second containers, or into a container with compartments for different ingredients in frozen and unfrozen states; and a method of preparing an individual smoothie using the sealed pack wherein the ingredients are blended with additional liquid; and an apparatus that uses sealed pack for automatically vending an individual smoothie portion. |
| US10791750B2 |
Confectionary resembling jewels
Confectionary shaped and configured to resemble jewels are provided with various color tints and flavor enhancements. The confectionary are further enhanced by fabrication which includes formulations effective in improving the user's breath and oral hygiene. Novel packaging for supporting and presenting the confectionary resembling jewels are also provided. A dispensing wand receives and supports a plurality of confectionary resembling jewels and is operable to sequentially dispense the confectionary resembling jewels. |
| US10791748B2 |
Device for cutting chicken, beef and pork meat into small pieces
The invention relates to a machine for loosening or cutting the different fibres of the meats for human consumption into small pieces, such as chicken, beef, pork meat or meat from any animal with fibres. This is characterized by having two parallel shafts that rotate in the same direction, wherein by introducing the meat between the two blade-carrying shafts, in relation to the blades of the opposing blade-carrying shaft, permitting the tearing up of the fibres of the meat with the blades, the size of the cut pieces are determined according to the distance between the blades of one blade-carrying shaft and the other with which they intersect. This machine has different transmission means for moving the blade-carrying shafts with the motor force of the motor, given that they engage with the shaft having a speed reducer, which in turn engages with the blade-carrying shafts, wherein these can be pinions that engage with one another or via chains or via pulleys having bands, wherein these cutting machines can be used with combination gear means, as well as pulleys with bands and pinions with chains, which engage with one another or vice versa, wherein the blade-carrying shafts are disposed to be used with peripheral groups in a line of up to 4, 6 and 8 blades on each of the two blade-carrying shafts, and wherein the size of the fibres loosened from the bulk of the fibres is determined by the distance and speed present between the linear peripheral sets between each blade-carrying shaft. |
| US10791745B2 |
Apparatus for receiving a baking mold and holding the baking mold in a desired position for baking
An apparatus for receiving a baking mold and holding the baking mold in a desired position for baking. For a baking mold that is held together by a seal that extends around the edges of the mold, the apparatus includes a slot or trough that bisects the top of the apparatus and receives the seal within the trough. Other embodiments include receptors for protrusions from the baking mold and others include a rim that the baking mold sits over. |
| US10791743B2 |
EC formulations comprising organophosphate insecticides
Solvent formulations under EC form comprising (% by weight): 10-40% of one or more compounds having an insecticidal activity selected from the organophosphate class; 1-20% of an additive (A) methyl or ethyl esters of carboxylic acids having a C10-C20 chain, saturated or unsaturated, or mixtures thereof, the fatty acids deriving from vegetal oils; 0.5-10% of an additive B) of a cellulose derivative soluble in the organic solvent of EC formulation; 3-15% of one or more surfactants selected from non ionic and anionic surfactants, or thereof mixtures; the complement to 100% being of one or more organic solvents having the following characteristics: capable to solubilize the active principle, expressed as % by weight, at room temperature (20-25° C.) for at least 5%; preferably 10%, more preferably at least 20%, immiscible with water. |
| US10791741B2 |
Plant growth regulator
The present invention discloses a plant growth regulator. The effective ingredients of the plant growth regulator comprise active components A and B, wherein the active component A is thidiazuron, and the active component B is amino-oligosaccharin. Also provided are a preparation method and use of the composition. Experimental results indicate that the composition of the present invention is effective in regulating the growth, increasing the disease and stress resistance, promoting the health and increasing the yield and quality of crops. |
| US10791736B2 |
Configurational stereoisomer of difethialone, composition and rodenticidal bait comprising same, and process for controlling target rodent pests
Disclosed is a dextrorotatory enantiomer of the configurational stereoisomer of difethialone, named homo-stereoisomer, the formula of which is 3-(4′-bromobiphenyl-4-yl)-1-(4-hydroxythiocoumarin-3-yl)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene, in which carbons 1 and 3 of the 1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene group of the homo-stereoisomer have the same absolute configuration. |
| US10791734B2 |
Insecticidal active mixtures comprising carboxamide compound
The present invention relates to pesticidal mixtures comprising as active compound I an insecticidal active carboxamide derivative and at least one active compound II selected from a group M comprising acteylcholine esterase inhibitors, GABA-gated chloride channel antagonists, sodium channel modulators, nicotinic acteylcholine receptor agonists/antagonists, allosteric nicotinic acetylcholine receptor activators, chloride channel activators, juvenile hormone mimics, homopteran feeding blockers, mit grow inhibitors, inhibitors of mitochondrial ATP synthase, uncouplers of the oxidative phosphorylation, inhibitors of the chitin biosynthesis, moulting disruptors, ecdyson receptor agonists, octamin receptor agonists, inhibitors of the MET, voltage-dependent sodium channel blockers, inhibitors of the lipid synthesis, ryanodine receptor modulators and other compounds as defined in the description, in synergistically effective amounts.The invention relates further to methods and use of these mixtures for combating and controlling insects, arachnids or nematodes in and on plants, and for protecting such plants being infested with pests, especially also for protecting plant proparagation material, such as seeds. |
| US10791729B1 |
Tree stand platform assembly
A tree stand platform assembly includes a platform for supporting a hunter and which has a perimeter edge. The perimeter edge includes a front edge, a rear edge, a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge. The platform has a top surface, a bottom surface and an outer surface positioned between the top and bottom surfaces. The first and second lateral edges each include a front section abutting the front edge and a rear section abutting the rear edge. The rear section includes toe receiver. The toe receiver is formed by an obtuse angle formed in the outer surface of the rear section, wherein the obtuse angle is less than 160°. The toe receiver provides an engagement point for a hunter's foot as the hunter rotates laterally away from the platform. |
| US10791727B2 |
Active system for optimization and plugging avoidance of seed/fertilizer in transport conducts
An agricultural implement has a product supply chamber, and a pair of transversely extending product delivering booms, each with a plurality of conduits of varying lengths terminating in product distributing nozzles. A fan supplies air to a mixing chamber which also receives product from the supply chamber providing an air entrained flow of product to each conduit. A controller monitors product delivery and controls implement operation. Each conduit has a pressure tap near the nozzle for providing the controller with a pressure differential indication. The controller initiates a corrective action modifying the operation of the delivery system when a predetermined pressure differential threshold is exceeded. The corrective action may include an increased air flow volume, an additional burst of higher pressure air into the conduit, a temporary increase in air flow from the air flow source, or a reduction in the rate of product flow from the supply chamber. |
| US10791723B2 |
Combination spinning reel seat handle system
A spinning reel handle system that includes a seat body with a hollow, rearward extending threaded neck. The seat body includes an upper curved surface, a concave lower surface and a rear neck cavity. Formed on the seat body are longitudinally aligned bores in which a blank is extended. Formed on the seat body are front and rear slots that receive the feet on a spinning reel. The system also includes a rotating nut with a cylindrical body. The cylindrical body is hollow and includes internal threads that engage the external threads on the neck. During assembly, the front and rear feet on the spinning reel are inserted into the front and rear slots. The nut is tightened onto the neck until it presses against the rear foot. The seat body includes a recessed void space that enables the fisherman to touch the blank with his thumb while gripping the seat body. |
| US10791721B2 |
WW homogametic male decapod crustacean and methods of using the same
The present invention provides an all-female progeny of a decapod crustacean. The invention further provides the newly created: WW homogametic Neo-male decapod crustacean and WW homogametic female decapod crustacean. The crossing of WW homogametic Neo-male decapod crustacean and WW homogametic female decapod crustacean resulted in a 100% homogametic all-WW female progeny. |
| US10791718B2 |
Method of maintaining ovaries of marine fish, method of adjusting culture solution, and method of producing eggs or fertilized eggs of marine fish
Provided are a method of maintaining the ovaries of marine fish, and a method of obtaining fertilized egg. Provided is a method of maintaining ovaries in which the ovaries are removed from marine fish and the ovaries or fragmented ovaries are cultured in a culture solution. Also, provided is a method of obtaining fertilized eggs of marine fish, the method including allowing ovaries, which have been maintained after removal to ovulate and performing artificial insemination. Further, the present invention relates to a method of maintaining the fertilization capability of ovulated eggs of marine fish by using the culture solution. According to the present invention, fertilized eggs of marine fish can be easily obtained and seed can be efficiently produced. |
| US10791716B2 |
Systems, methods and computer program products for monitoring the behavior, health, and/or characteristics of an animal
Systems, methods, and computer code products for monitoring the behavior, health, and/or characteristics of an animal are disclosed herein. In one implementation, the animal is positioned inside a waste container placed on a system that is adapted to determine, record and communicate over a network various animal health parameters. These parameters can be processed to determine trends, statistics and changes of animal physiological functions. The results can be used to access animal health conditions and issue warnings, alarms, messages, and other notifications to designated caretakers. These notifications may be displayed using various devices such as computers and/or mobile devices. Data retrieval and review capability can provide improved understanding of an animal's health conditions and facilitate early illness detection. |
| US10791715B1 |
Tracking device
A tracking device has a buckle body with an interlocking portion that enables the buckle body to be removably jointed with a mating body. The buckle body further includes an internal chamber and a planar tag receiving area surrounded by a frame, which receives an identification tag. Electronics are to be positioned within the internal chamber, the electronics comprising a printed circuit board mounted on and operably connected with a battery. The internal chamber is shaped to accommodate the electronics so that they fit securely and snugly, with minimal movement therebetween. The printed circuit board includes a computer processor, a computer memory, an accelerometer, and a transceiver for communicating with the computer network. |
| US10791714B2 |
Clasp
A clasp is provided having a body defining at least one passageway extending at least partially therethrough, at least one pair of engagement portions pivotally mounted across the body and configured to engage an object located in the at least one passageway, and an actuation portion in communication with the at least one pair of engagement portions and biased in the engaged condition. Actuation of the actuation portion causes the at least one pair of engagement portions to disengage from the object against the biasing force. |
| US10791712B2 |
Pet nail clipper
A pet nail clipper is provided. The pet nail clipper includes an upper arm and a lower arm. The upper arm includes a handle portion and a cutting portion having a blade. The lower arm also includes a handle portion and a cutting portion having a blade. A pivot bolt pivotally connects the upper arm and the lower arm together in between the handle portions and the cutting portions. A spring is attached to the upper arm and the lower arm. The spring biases the handle portions away from one another and biases the cutting portions away from one another. A deburring plate and a styptic receptacle are secured to the handle portions of the arms. |
| US10791711B2 |
Apparatuses and methods for protecting surfaces from pet-caused damage
Various embodiments provide an apparatuses and methods for protecting surfaces (e.g., furniture) from animal contact. The surface protection apparatus may comprise a plurality of rigid or semi-rigid members extending from a base portion. The protrusions may comprise a plurality of conical members extending from the base portion or may comprise a plurality of panels extending from the base portion. A plurality of apparatuses may be secured relative to one another to provide an enlarged surface area such that large surfaces (e.g., counters) may be covered by the surface protector to prevent pets from lying on the large surfaces. |
| US10791709B1 |
Grooming sock for animals
Some embodiments of the present disclosure include a device for preventing an animal's fur from getting caught in a nail grooming tool. The device may include a sock configured to accommodate an animal's paw therein, the sock being made of a mesh layer attached to a fabric layer, wherein an edge of the mesh layer and the fabric layer are not attached, forming an opening into the interior of the sock. Some embodiment of the device may further include at least one elastic loop extending from the sock, the loop being configured to secure the sock onto the animal's paw. |
| US10791708B2 |
Method system and apparatus for determining finish time and ranking of animals in competitive environments
A tag is implanted in the forwardmost part of an animal to determine the location of the animal for competitive and security purposes. The tag is implanted such that it is inserted in the first part of an animal to cross a finish line. By using the tag to determine the when an animal has reached a predetermined location, the method and system can evaluate the results of the race, negating the need for human judgment. Further, the invention allows for tracking of the animal in transit and when at a race grounds. |
| US10791706B2 |
Double tank milk supply system for providing a continuous supply of milk or milk products
A double tank milk supply system for providing a continuous supply of cool clean milk or milk products. While one tank provides milk products, the other tank is cleaned. The two tanks are individually cooled, and the washing and cooling cycles are automatically controlled via a data input and display device. Included is an automatic valve system configured to dispense milk product from the second tank when the first tank is empty, and to dispense milk product from the first tank when the second tank is empty. An automatic washing system automatically washes the first tank when the first tank is empty, and washes the second tank when the second tank is empty. Also included is an agitation system, which alternatingly agitates the milk product in the first or second tank. The double tank milk supply system provides uninterrupted cool, clean milk products 24/7/365, saving the farmer time and labor. |
| US10791705B1 |
Air cushion device, system and method for determining lameness and weight monitoring
The present invention relates to a farming/veterinary device, system, and method for sensing force to analyze the stance of an animal or human to determine lameness and total weight monitoring. The invention is directed to an air cushion device for determining lameness and total weight management for animals with an air cushion for each animal leg which will enable the system to determine the force exerted on each air cushion. Optimally, the air cushion device is waterproof. The system is directed to incorporating the air cushion device with an air supply system and sensor system to automatically determine lameness and total weight in animals. The method is directed to a procedure for using the air cushion system to determine lameness and total weight in animals. Because implementations of the device are waterproof, it is suitable for use in any type of wet or dirty environment. Further, due to making the determinations while the animal is standing still, the device is capable of on-site installation in areas of the farm such as milking stalls, cattle chutes, and other small areas in which the animal is used to being. |
| US10791700B2 |
Milking device
A milking device including at least one milking cup with a teat space and a pulsation space, a pulsator connected by a pulsation line to the pulsation space of the milking cup and provided with a vacuum source, a vacuum line provided with a first controllable valve between the vacuum source and the pulsation line, an aeration line provided with a second controllable valve between the pulsation line and a source of higher pressure, and a pulsator control system for the first and second valves. The pulsator control system includes a flushing mode for opening and holding open the first and second valves during at least a predefined flushing time which is at least as long as the pulsation period. |
| US10791694B1 |
Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH996244
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH996244. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH996244, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH996244 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH996244. |
| US10791692B2 |
Fine mapping and validation of QTL underlying fiber content and identification of SNP markers for marker assisted selection
A method for identifying a quantitative trait locus associated with desirable nutritional traits in canola includes: analyzing a population of canola plants or germplasm for desirable nutritional traits; determining the genotype of the canola plants or germplasm using at least one marker selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:1 through SEQ ID NO:111; mapping the canola plants or germplasm for the presence of a quantitative trait locus (QTL) associated with the markers; and associating the QTL with the desirable nutritional trait. An isolated and/or recombinant nucleic acid includes a sequence associated with a quantitative trait locus (QTL), wherein the QTL is associated with a desirable nutritional trait in a canola plant or germplasm and wherein the QTL is further associated with at least one marker selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:1 through SEQ ID NO:111. |
| US10791691B2 |
Papaver somniferum with high concentration of codeine
A poppy straw of Papaver somniferum, wherein the poppy straw includes codeine constituting about 40% by weight or greater of an alkaloid combination. |
| US10791690B2 |
Isolated polynucleotides and polypeptides, and methods of using same for increasing nitrogen use efficiency, yield, growth rate, vigor, biomass, oil content, and/or abiotic stress tolerance
Provided are methods of increasing nitrogen use efficiency, yield, biomass, growth rate, vigor, oil content, fiber yield, fiber quality and/or abiotic stress tolerance of a plant by expressing within the plant an exogenous polynucleotide comprising a nucleic acid sequence at least 80% identical to SEQ ID NO:1-467, 785-3047; or an exogenous polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide at least 80% identical to SEQ ID NO:468-784, 3048-4333, 4335-4682. Also provided isolated polynucleotide comprising a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:1-467, 785-3047, which can be used to increase nitrogen use efficiency, yield, biomass, growth rate, vigor, oil content, fiber yield, fiber quality and/or abiotic stress tolerance of a plant. |
| US10791688B2 |
Net cup holder for use with hydroponic vertical towers
A net cup holder for use with a hydroponic vertical tower system, the net cup holder including a support portion, wherein the support portion is sized and configured to angularly retain a net cup therein, and a mounting flange at least partially surrounding the support portion, wherein the mounting flange is configured to provide one or more mounting points for the net cup holder to be mounted to an exterior surface of a vertical tower. The net cup holder further comprises a hole interface portion, wherein the hole interface portion is sized and configured to be inset within a hole formed within the vertical tower such that an interior face of the hole interface portion is flush with an interior surface of the vertical tower. |
| US10791684B2 |
Intelligent gardening system and external device communicating therewith
The present invention relates to an intelligent gardening system, for monitoring and controlling gardening apparatuses in a gardening area, including: multiple sensors that collect environmental information of the gardening area; one or more gardening apparatuses that perform gardening work according to a control instruction; and a control center that generates the control instruction based on the environmental information; wherein the sensors, the gardening apparatuses and the control center communicate with each other to form an Internet of Things. |
| US10791683B1 |
Irrigation unit stabilizer
A center pivot irrigation unit with a plurality of towers supporting an elevated water line has a pair of stabilizers for each tower, one of which extends in a forward direction from the tower and one of which extends in a rearward direction from the tower. Each stabilizer has a distal end that is suspended a short distance above the bottom of the wheels so the stabilizer does not contact the field unless the unit begins to tip. |
| US10791681B2 |
Identifying management zones in agricultural fields and generating planting plans for the zones
In an embodiment, computer processes are programmed to determine planting plans based on planting characteristics data received for an agricultural field and a plurality of management zone delineation options defined for the agricultural field. Each of the planting plans specifies different planting recommendations for the agricultural field. A first graphical representation of the planting plans, and an interactive object is generated and displayed on a computing device. The interactive object is configured to receive input specifying a relative importance ratio between the planting plans for determining a new planting plan for the agricultural field. A particular relative importance ratio is received via the interactive object, and is used to determine the new planting plan, which specifies new planting recommendations for the agricultural field. Information about the new planting plan is displayed on the computer device. |
| US10791680B2 |
Netting, crop cover, and ground cover materials
The invention relates to crop netting materials, crop cover materials, and ground cover materials for agricultural applications, which is knitted, woven or non-woven, from a synthetic monofilament, multifilament yarn, or tape or combination thereof, formed from a resin comprising at least one pigment such that the monofilament, multifilament yarn, or tape, transmit solar radiation in the visible wavelength range of about 420 to 720 nm at a level similar to the level that the materials transmit solar radiation in the infra-red wavelength ranges of about 700 to about 1000 nm and 1500 to about 1600 nm. The materials also absorb solar radiation in the UV wavelength range of about 300 to about 380 nm. |
| US10791673B2 |
Drive system having hydraulic power transmission for a harvesting header of a harvester
A drive system for a harvesting header of a harvester includes a drive motor, and a drive train connected between the drive motor and one or more driven elements of the harvesting header. The drive train has a variable-displacement hydraulic pump arranged on board the harvester and a hydraulic motor connected in a closed circuit to the hydraulic pump. The hydraulic motor is mounted on the harvesting header and detachably connected by hydraulic coupling connections to the hydraulic pump. |
| US10791672B2 |
Lawn mower including an operator controlled discharge baffle
A lawn mower includes a discharge baffle assembly coupled to a cutting deck pan adjacent an opening. The discharge baffle assembly includes a discharge chute extending outwardly from the cutting deck pan. The discharge baffle assembly also includes a baffle plate movable within a gap between the discharge chute and the cutting deck pan. The baffle plate is movable between a first position, in which the baffle plate substantially covers the opening of the cutting deck pan, and a second position, in which the baffle plate is spaced apart from the opening of the cutting deck pan. The discharge baffle assembly further includes an actuator coupled to the baffle plate. The actuator is operable to move the baffle plate relative to the opening of the cutting deck pan. |
| US10791667B2 |
Method for treating seeds
The present invention relates to a process for treating seeds which may be used, in particular, for coating grains.The treatment process of the invention is a process for treating, in particular for coating, seeds, comprising at least: a step of dispersing, in an aqueous medium, a hydratable compound, the hydratable compound being present in the dispersion at a concentration of at least 4.5% by weight relative to the total weight of the dispersion, and a step of bringing the dispersion thus obtained into contact with seeds. |
| US10791666B2 |
Agricultural data analysis
Described herein are systems and methods for agricultural data analysis. In one embodiment, a computer system for monitoring field operations includes a database for storing agricultural data including yield and field data and at least one processing unit that is coupled to the database. The at least one processing unit is configured to execute instructions to monitor field operations, to store agricultural data, to automatically determine whether at least one correlation between different variables or parameters of the agricultural data exceeds a threshold, and to perform analysis of the agricultural data to identify a category of man-made issues or other issues that have potentially caused the correlation when at least one correlation occurs between different variables or parameters of the agricultural data. |
| US10791662B2 |
Twin shaft gardening system
A gardening system includes a drive shaft operably coupled to first and second shafts for driving the first shaft in a first direction and the second shaft in a second direction. A first ground manipulation device is attached to the first shaft. A second ground manipulation device is attached to the second shaft. |
| US10798859B2 |
Component mounting method
A component mounting method includes independent mounting and cross lane alternate mounting. The independent mounting performs an operation of mounting a component on a first board carried in a first board transport lane from a first component supplier, and an operation of mounting a component on a second board carried in a second board transport lane from a second component supplier. The cross lane alternate mounting alternately performs an operation of mounting the component on the first board carried in the first board transport lane from the second component supplier, and an operation of mounting the component on the second board carried in the second board transport lane from the first component supplier. |
| US10798858B2 |
Component mounting device and method for capturing image of nozzle a component mounting device
After one suction nozzle turns from one arrangement pitch ahead of a work position toward the work position and immediately before the suction nozzle starts descent at the work position, an image of a side portion of the suction nozzle is captured. Parameters are used for controlling the imaging operation. The parameters include descent start timing when each of the suction nozzles starts descent during mounting of an electronic component, and data required for determining an imaging time necessary from when a camera starts imaging of the suction nozzle until the camera ends the imaging. Imaging is completed immediately before the one suction nozzle starts descent at the work position. |
| US10798857B2 |
Filter holding structure and component mounting apparatus
In a filter holding structure for holding a filter in a component suction head in which a suction nozzle is detachably attached to a tip part of a nozzle shaft, a filter holding space for holding the filter and an opening allowing communication between the filter holding space and the suction nozzle are provided in a tip part of the nozzle shaft. Also, a communication region of the filter holding space connected to the opening is made narrower than an end surface of the filter on the suction nozzle side and is held in the tip part of the nozzle shaft. |
| US10798855B2 |
Power conversion device
A refrigerant flow channel includes a first flow channel extending in a first direction and a plurality of first branching flow channels extending in a second direction by branching from the first flow channel. Three element arrays corresponding to a first motor for driving and three element arrays corresponding to a second motor for power generation are respectively disposed side by side in the first direction on a mounting surface. The element array of the first motor in each phase and the element array of the second motor in each phase face each other in the second direction, and are disposed at positions overlapping the first branching flow channel in a plan view. The element array of the first motor is located on an upstream side of the first branching flow channel with respect to the element array of the second motor. |
| US10798853B2 |
Inverter device to achieve improved heat dissipation efficiency
The present invention relates to an inverter device having an inverter module for converting DC power stored in an energy storage system (ESS) of a photovoltaic power generation system into AC power and supplying the AC power to a load. The inverter device comprises a case, an input/output terminal unit, and a heat dissipating fan. The case has an inverter module housed therein and a plurality of heat dissipating holes formed on the rear surface thereof. The input/output terminal unit is fixed to an upper portion of the front surface of the case through a first fastening member, and a plurality of cables are connected to an inner surface thereof through a second fastening member so as to be energized. The heat dissipating fan is fixed to the front surface of the case while being disposed below the input/output terminal unit, and discharges heat generated by the inverter module. |
| US10798846B2 |
Coolant replenishment device, cooling circulation system, and electronic device
The disclosure is related to a coolant replenishment device, a cooling circulation system and an electronic device. The electronic device includes a heat source, a circulation pipe, a pump, a heat exchanger and a coolant replenishment device. The circulation pipe has a circulation channel configured to accommodate a first coolant. The pump is disposed on the circulation pipe. The heat exchanger disposed on the circulation pipe. The coolant replenishment device includes a liquid storage tank, a push plate and a driving member. The liquid storage tank has an accommodating space configured to accommodate a second coolant. The push plate is movable toward or away from the liquid outlet. The driving member is disposed in the liquid storage tank and constantly apply a force on the push plate to push the second coolant from the accommodating place into the circulation channel through the liquid outlet. |
| US10798844B2 |
Rail assembly having a pivoting joint
An apparatus provides an extendable rail assembly including a track for securing to a rack, a first rail slidably coupled to the track, and a second rail slidably coupled to the first rail. The first rail is movable relative to the track between retracted and extended positions, wherein the first rail includes first and second rail sections coupled together by a pivot joint. The second rail is movable relative to the first rail between retracted and extended positions. Furthermore, with the first rail in the extended position and the second rail in the extended position, the pivot joint allows the second rail and the second rail section of the first rail to pivot relative to the track and the first rail section of the first rail. A pair of rail assemblies may be secured to a rack to support a member, such as a server. |
| US10798843B2 |
Computer rack lifter structure
An apparatus is described that forms a lifting and lowering assembly for equipment racks, or other equipment items, by attaching lifters onto a computer equipment rack, and other datacenter equipment, in order to allow the equipment or equipment rack to be raised or lowered vertically without unloading the equipment rack. The lifters mounted on the equipment rack are controlled by a remote control passing signals through a power supply/relay control box that are connected to the rack mounted lifters. Through the attachment and activation of rack mounted lifters, the assembly may raise and lower fully loaded equipment racks in a vertical direction to assist in the maintenance and relocation of equipment racks or other data center equipment. |
| US10798841B2 |
Electronic apparatus and method for producing electronic apparatus
An electronic apparatus includes a housing, a first substrate, and at least one substrate module. The housing includes side plates and a bottom plate. The side plates define the inside space having a bottom opening. The side plates include a first side plate and a second side plate connected to the first side plate. The first side plate has a protrusion protruding toward the inside space of the housing. The bottom plate is connected to the side plates to close the bottom opening. The first substrate is provided in the inside space to face the bottom plate. The at least one substrate module is provided on the first substrate in the inside space. The substrate connecting member is provided on the first substrate to face the second side plate and has a hole into which the protrusion of the first side plate is inserted. |
| US10798836B2 |
Powered hinge mechanisms
A device can include a hinge mechanism rotatably coupling a first portion of the device to a second portion of the device. The hinge mechanism is configured to automatically open the device. The device can also include a damper configured to control a rate at which the hinge mechanism automatically opens the device. The hinge mechanism can include a spine hinge, a rolling contact hinge, a film hinge, or a geared link hinge. |
| US10798832B2 |
Display apparatus
Disclosed herein is a display apparatus capable of implementing to be slim and lightweight. The display apparatus includes a display panel for displaying an image; a bottom chassis disposed in a rear of the display panel; and wherein the bottom chassis is formed with a panel including a plastic core and a planar material stacked on a side of the plastic core. |
| US10798831B2 |
Display device
A display device comprises a display panel and a back cover attached to the display panel. The back cover includes a first flexible area and a first supporting area adjacent to the first flexible area. The back cover includes a central area and an edge area at one or more lateral sides of the central area. The central area includes a plurality of first openings, and the edge area includes a plurality of second openings. The first flexible area includes a first sub-flexible area and a second sub-flexible area, the first sub-flexible area being between the first supporting area and the second sub-flexible area in a column direction. A distance between two adjacent second openings in the edge area of the first sub-flexible area is smaller than a distance between two adjacent second openings in the edge area of the second sub-flexible area. |
| US10798829B2 |
Implementing backdrilling elimination utilizing anti-electroplate coating
A method and structure are provided for implementing enhanced via creation without creating a via barrel stub. The need to backdrill vias during printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturing is eliminated. After the vias have been drilled, but before plating, a plug is inserted into each via and the plug is lowered to a depth just below a desired signal trace layer. A thin anti-electroplate coating is applied onto the walls of the via below the signal trace. Then the plugs are removed and a standard board plating process for the PCB is performed. |
| US10798825B2 |
Printed circuit board
A printed circuit board includes an insulating material and a circuit, formed on a surface of the insulating material. The circuit comprises a seed layer formed on the surface of the insulating material, an anti-reflection layer formed on the seed layer, and an electroplating layer formed on the anti-reflection layer. |
| US10798823B2 |
Method for manufacturing an electronic module and electronic module
This publication discloses an electronic module, comprising a first conductive pattern layer and a first insulating-material layer on at least one surface of the first conductive pattern layer, at least one opening in the first insulating-material layer that extends through the first insulating-material layer, a component having a contact surface with contact terminals, the component being arranged at least partially within the opening with its contact terminals electrically coupled to the first conductive pattern layer, a second insulating-material layer provided on the first insulating-material layer, and a conductive pattern embedded between the first and second insulating material layers. This publication additionally discloses a method for manufacturing an electronic module. |
| US10798809B2 |
Inductively coupled plasma generator
A conductive rod body is embedded in an insulative torch adapter into which a plasma torch is fitted so that a leading end protrudes from its outer circumferential surface. Further, a metal plate member electrically connected to a cable line to which a voltage for plasma ignition is applied is attached to a lower holder, and a conductive leaf spring member having a V-shaped cross section is attached to an upper holder. When the torch adapter is placed on the lower holder so that the protruding part of the rod body faces upward and the upper holder is closed to tighten a draw latch, the rod body and the metal plate member are electrically connected via the leaf spring member, and a high voltage for ignition can be applied to the plasma torch. |
| US10798805B2 |
Location-based configuration of a load control device
A method of automatically programming a new load control device that replaces an old load control device takes advantage of a remote identification tag (e.g., an RFID tag) located in the vicinity of the old device. The remote identification tag stores an identifier that is representative of a location in which the old device is installed. The method includes the steps of: (1) storing a setting of an old device in a memory of a controller; (2) associating the setting with the identifier of the old device in the memory of the controller; (3) the new device retrieving the identifier from the remote identification tag after the new device is installed in the location of the old device; (4) the new device transmitting the identifier to the controller; and (5) the controller transmitting the setting of the old device to the new device in response to receiving the identifier. |
| US10798791B2 |
Light emitting diode emergency vehicle light based on traffic detection
A traffic flow detection-based LED alarm lamp includes a red LED device, a blue LED device, an alarm lamp leg, a mounting assembly and a reinforcing plate. The red LED device and the blue LED device are installed parallel to each other and fixed to the top of a police car through the alarm lamp leg. The mounting assembly includes a nut and a bolt for fixing the alarm lamp leg to the top of the police car, and a reinforcing plate installed onto an inner side of a police car rooftop for reinforcing the fixation of the alarm lamp leg. The red LED device emits light with a first lighting frequency and the blue LED device emits light with a second lighting frequency. This invention can improve the warning effect of the LED alarm lamp. |
| US10798788B2 |
Heater and method for thawing/warming a perishable dielectric load
A heater (100) for thawing/warming a perishable dielectric load (130) contains: a heating chamber (140) for holding the perishable dielectric load (130) during thawing/warming thereof, a transmitter unit (110) generating electromagnetic energy (RFs) having predefined spectral properties, an emitting element (150) producing an electromagnetic field in the perishable dielectric load (130) based on the electromagnetic energy (RFs) from the transmitter unit (110), a tuning circuit (115) adjusting an overall impedance (Z) of the emitting element (150), the tuning circuit (115) and the heating chamber (140) so that the overall impedance (Z) matches an output impedance of the transmitter unit (110), and a control unit (120) measuring the overall impedance (Z) during thawing/warming of the perishable dielectric load (130) and repeatedly generating at least one control signal (Tn) causing the tuning circuit (115) to adjust the overall impedance (Z) to match the output impedance of the transmitter unit (110). The control unit (120) sets an initial value of the at least one control signal (Tn) based on an estimate (Vm) of a volume (V) of the perishable dielectric load (130). |
| US10798784B2 |
Electrical energy transfer system for a wire mesh heater
The present teachings disclose a wire mesh heater including: a wire mesh element having a surface area including a non-contact area and a contact area along at least 50% of a wire mesh element length; a primary conductor including a slit having a contact surface, wherein the contact area contacts the contact surface to provide an electrical connection between the wire mesh element and the primary conductor. In some embodiments, the primary conductor is welded to the wire mesh element, wherein the contact area contacts the contact surface to provide an electrical connection between the wire mesh element and the primary conductor. In some embodiments, an elastic is stretched and secured tautly under tension prior to operation of the wire mesh heater, and the elastic keeps the wire mesh element tautly under tension during operation of the wire mesh heater. |
| US10798779B2 |
Enhanced CoAP group communications with selective responses
Multicast messaging may be managed in a machine-to-machine/Internet of things context, such as a CoAP network, via the inclusion of server selection criterion in multicast request messages and/or resource directory registration management. Server selection criteria may be explicit or implicit. An explicit criterion may be expressed, for example, as an IP address, a server identifier relative to a group context, or a Bloom filter. An implicit criterion may, for example, relate to the context of the request or the requestor, and include such information as data accuracy, data type, application, operating system, network location, geolocation, resource creation time, and resource update time. Server selection criteria may be maintained by a resource directory and/or via a user interface. |
| US10798777B2 |
Multi-dimensional segmentation method and apparatus for 5G-oriented protocol stack, and terminal
Disclosed are a multi-dimensional segmentation method and apparatus for a 5G-oriented protocol stack, and a terminal. The method comprises: segmenting an MAC layer in a protocol stack, and putting HARQ entities of a physical layer and the MAC layer together in a pre-set physical resource for processing; and moving a relevant partial module of the physical layer to an FPGA for processing according to a calculation amount and functional requirements. The hardware configuration requirements are reduced on the basis of guaranteeing the performance. |
| US10798773B2 |
Method for controlling connected mode DRX operations
A method in a UE comprises monitoring a downlink control channel during a duration of at least a first timer, and receiving an indication of a downlink or uplink transmission for the UE. The method comprises after receiving the indication of the downlink or uplink transmission for the UE, stopping monitoring the first timer, wherein after the first timer is stopped the UE does not need to monitor the downlink control channel. The method comprises performing an uplink transmission associated with the indicated downlink or uplink transmission for the UE. The method comprises starting a second timer after receiving the indication for the downlink or uplink transmission for the UE, the duration of the second timer comprising an offset period, and, when the second timer expires, starting a third timer. The UE monitors the downlink control channel for the duration of the third timer. |
| US10798771B2 |
Communication method and communication apparatus
This application provides a communication method and a communications apparatus. A terminal in an inactive state receives a paging message, and content in the paging message is determined. When the content includes a first identity of the terminal, the terminal sends a first request message to a first access network device, where the first request message carries a non-access stratum (NAS) identifier of the terminal. When the content includes a second identity of the terminal and an identity of an anchor access network device, the terminal sends a second request message to the first access network device. The second identity of the terminal identifies the terminal on the anchor access network device, and the identity of the anchor access network device identifies the anchor access network device in an access network. The communication method of is application can adapt to a communication requirement of a terminal in an inactive state. |
| US10798767B2 |
Method and apparatus for relaying user data between a secure connection and a data connection
A method and apparatus relay user data between a secure connection and a data connection. A remote unit can be communicated with over a non-3GPP access network via a first network interface. A mobile core network can be communicated with via a second network interface and a third network interface. A secure connection request to establish a secure connection can be received via the first network interface. The secure connection with the remote unit can be established via the first network interface. A data connection can be established via the third network interface on behalf of the remote unit and user data can be relayed between the secure connection and the data connection when the secure connection request is associated with the second capability. The first capability can support non-access stratum communication and the second capability may not support non-access stratum communication. |
| US10798765B2 |
Method using a time point for sharing data between electronic devices based on situation information
A first electronic device is provided. The first electronic device includes a communication module and a controller that is configured to request a data list from a second electronic device based on a detection of a charging state of a battery of the first electronic device, receive the data list corresponding to the request, and request at least some elements of data in the received data list from the second electronic device. |
| US10798763B2 |
Wireless communication apparatus, information processing apparatus, communication system, and communication method
A communications apparatus and method provide logic for establishing communications sessions in accordance with one or more connection rights. In one implementation, a communications apparatus may include a control circuit configured to establish, through an information processing apparatus, a communications session with an additional communications apparatus associated with one or more first connection rights. The established communications session may be associated with one or more second connection rights that differ from the first connection rights, and the control circuit may be further configured to generate an instruction to transmit data in accordance with the second connection rights. |
| US10798761B2 |
Method for establishing protocol data unit session in communication system
A method for establishing a plurality of protocol data unit (PDU) sessions between a user equipment (UE) and a data network (DN) by the UE may comprise transmitting a message to establish the plurality of PDU sessions to at least one network function (NF) of a plurality of NFs, exchanging a signal to establish the plurality of PDU sessions among the UE, a radio access network (RAN), and the plurality of NFs based on the message, and establishing the plurality of PDU sessions between the UE and the DN according to predetermined priority and based on the signal, wherein each of the plurality of PDU sessions corresponds to a network slice (NS) for a particular service, wherein the message includes information about the particular service corresponding to the plurality of PDU sessions, and wherein the priority is determined based on the information about the particular service. |
| US10798750B2 |
Communication system
A communication system is disclosed in which a communication device communicates with communication apparatus that operates a cell within which the communication device is located. The cell is operated as a licensed assisted access (LAA) cell and has an associated physical uplink control channel (PUCCH). The communication device has a controller that is adapted to: generate a control signal for transmitting to said communication apparatus; perform a clear channel assessment (CCA) on said PUCCH before the control signal is transmitted; and block transmission of the control signal on said PUCCH when said CCA indicates that said channel is not clear. The communication device is further adapted, when said controller has not blocked said transmission of the control signal, to transmit the control signal to said communication apparatus in said PUCCH. |
| US10798747B2 |
Simple RACH (SRACH)
Systems and methods for providing random access in a cellular communications network are disclosed. In general, the cellular communications network is an Orthogonal Frequency Division Modulation (OFDM) based cellular communications network (e.g., a 3GPP LTE cellular communications network) or similar multi-subcarrier based cellular communications network. Random access is performed using a Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) including subcarriers having a subcarrier frequency spacing that is equal to a subcarrier frequency spacing in one or more other channels of the uplink (e.g., a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH)). As a result, the subcarriers in the PRACH are orthogonal to the subcarriers in the other channel(s) of the uplink, which in turn reduces, or substantially eliminates, interference between the PRACH subcarriers and the subcarriers of the other channel(s) of the uplink. |
| US10798743B2 |
Methods and systems for improved resource unit utilization
Disclosed are methods and systems for wireless communication. In one aspect, a method includes generating, by an access point, a frame, the frame assigning first resource units to first devices participating in a multi-user transmission with the access point during a transmission opportunity, and further indicating second resource units available during the transmission opportunity for transmissions to other devices, transmitting the frame; and receiving the multi-user transmission from the first devices according to the resource unit assignments. |
| US10798740B2 |
Wireless communication system, access point, terminal, and communication method
A wireless communication system according to the present disclosure includes an access point (AP) and a terminal (STA) that belong to a BSS. The STA compatible with IEEE 802.11ax switches, under an environment where the AP and the STA compatible with IEEE 802.11ax enable OBSS_PD-based SR, an NAV used for virtual carrier sense according to whether only the STA compatible with IEEE 802.11ax is present as the STA or both the STA compatible with IEEE 802.11ax and the STA incompatible with IEEE 802.11ax are present as the STAs. |
| US10798736B2 |
Network node and method for resource allocation for multiple radio access technologies
A method performed by a first network node (110), for managing channel access for a Wireless Device (WD) (120). The WD (120) supports one or more Radio Access Technologies (RATs). The first network node (110) receives a radio channel access request from the WD (120), which radio channel access request comprises information regarding a number of requirements on the channel access. The first network node (110) determines a channel access schedule based on the received information and channel statuses for the channels and RATs available within a geographical served by the first network node (110). The channel access schedule comprises information about the radio channel assigned to the WD (120). The first network node (110) further sends the channel access schedule to the WD (120). |
| US10798734B2 |
Method and wireless device for transmitting RACH preamble in wireless communication network
Embodiments herein provide a method and wireless device for transmitting a RACH preamble in a wireless communication network. The method includes steps of configuring a Narrowband Physical Random Access Channel (NPRACH) preamble comprising a first mini preamble and a second mini preamble; and transmitting the first mini preamble in a first available consecutive Up-Link (UL) sub-frames and the second mini preamble in a subsequent consecutive UL sub-frames reserved for UL transmission in at least one frame duration. |
| US10798733B2 |
Long PUCCH design for slots with varying duration of uplink and for dynamic time division duplexing
Techniques for dynamically controlling long physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) transmission are described. In an aspect, the disclosure describes a method for receiving a grant to transmit a long PUCCH, determining a grant type of the grant, wherein the grant type is one of a periodic grant or an aperiodic grant, determining a slot type of the slot to transmit the long PUCCH, and transmitting the long PUCCH over one or more slots based on the grant, the determined slot type, and the determined grant type. In another aspect, the disclosure describes a method for generating a triggering signal to transmit to a user equipment (UE), the triggering signal indicating to the UE to transmit a PUCCH, transmitting the triggering signal to the UE, and receiving the long PUCCH in response to the triggering signal. |
| US10798732B2 |
Wireless communications using traffic information
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for wireless communications. A base station may determine configuration parameters for a wireless device. The configuration parameters may be based on traffic pattern information received from the wireless device, such as a traffic periodicity, a timing offset, and/or a message size. |
| US10798729B2 |
Data transmission method and apparatus
Example data transmission methods and apparatuses are provided to reduce an uplink transmission latency of a user terminal and improve system resource utilization. One example method includes notifying, by a base station, a user terminal of a semi-persistent SPS period, where the SPS period is a short period. A first SPS resource is allocated, by the base station, to the user terminal. Data that is periodically sent by the user terminal based on the SPS period is received by using the first SPS resource. |
| US10798728B2 |
Method for transceiving data in unlicensed band and apparatus for same
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, and more particularly, to a method for transceiving data in an unlicensed band and an apparatus for same. In particular, disclosed in the present invention are a method and an apparatus for same, the method comprising: a terminal receiving, from a base station, listen before talk (LBT)-type information and information relating to an uplink data transmission interval during which the data is transmitted from within one subframe; and transmitting the data to the base station only during the uplink data transmission interval from within the one subframe, based on an LBT operation indicated by the LBT-type information, thereby efficiently transceiving data between the terminal and the base station in the unlicensed band. |
| US10798727B2 |
Method for uplink communication in a LTE cellular network
The present invention relates to a method for data transmission from a wireless device to a base node, the base node is part of a cellular network and is configured to support frequency division multiple access method, the bandwidth receivable by the base node comprising a plurality of subcarriers, the wireless device is camping on the base node, the method comprises the steps of: —for the base node, assigning to the wireless device a subcarrier of the plurality of subcarriers, —transmitting data from the wireless device to the base node for the period of at least one data service session using only the assigned subcarrier, whereby using for said data transmission a first modulation scheme on the assigned subcarrier different from the modulation scheme used for more than one of the plurality of the subcarriers by at least one second wireless device camping on said base node. |
| US10798725B2 |
Apparatuses and methods for ultra reliable low latency communications in new radio based vehicle to everything environment
A method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium at a transmitting user equipment (UE) in a distributed cellular vehicle-to-everything environment are disclosed to achieve communications between the distributed UEs with high reliability and low latency. A transmitting UE can configure an ultra-reliable low-latency communication (URLLC) transmission unit by configuring a URLLC channel indicator, a URLLC transmission indicator, a URLLC control channel, and URLLC data portion. The UE can transmit the configured URLLC transmission unit in punctured OFDM symbols within a regular subframe to a receiving UE in the distributed C-V2X environment. |
| US10798724B2 |
Uplink resource scheduling control in response to channel busy condition
A wireless access network node transmits scheduling information assigning an uplink resource for a user equipment (UE), detects whether the UE has not transmitted using the assigned uplink resource, determines, based on the detecting, that the UE has failed a Listen-Before-Talk (LBT) check at the UE, and further schedules and assigns an uplink resource for the UE. |
| US10798723B2 |
Vehicle to everything communication control method and apparatus therefor
Provided are a method and apparatus for supporting mobile communication network-based vehicle to everything (V2X) communication. The method may include: transmitting, to a base station, terminal assistance information for semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) of radio resources for V2X communication; receiving, from the base station, SPS configuration information generated using the terminal assistance information; and performing V2X communication by using the SPS configuration information. |
| US10798722B2 |
Methods and devices for resource scheduling in wireless communication systems
A resource scheduling method includes determining, by a centralized scheduler, a classification threshold, classifying, by the centralized scheduler, each of a plurality of User Equipments (UEs) as a Cell Edge (CE) UE or a Non-Cell Edge (nCE) UE according to the classification threshold, and performing, by the centralized scheduler, a resource scheduling for the at least one CE UE and the at least one nCE UE. |
| US10798720B2 |
Uplink transmission skipping in a terminal apparatus
Provided is a terminal apparatus for communicating with a base station apparatus by using a primary cell (PCell) and an LAA secondary cell (LAA SCell). A first uplink transmission corresponding to a first uplink grant configured for the PCell is skipped, based on at least a state that a first parameter is configured. A second uplink transmission corresponding to a second uplink grant configured for the LAA SCell is skipped, based on at least a state that a second parameter is configured. A third uplink transmission in the PCell and a fourth uplink transmission in the LAA SCell are skipped, based on at least a state that a third parameter is configured. The third uplink transmission corresponds to a third uplink grant corresponding to a C-RNTI. The fourth uplink transmission corresponds to a fourth uplink grant corresponding to the C-RNTI. |
| US10798717B2 |
Wireless communication method and apparatus
The method includes: receiving, by a second transmit end, policy information sent by a first transmit end, where the second transmit end belongs to a second BSS, the first transmit end is a transmit end that is in a first basis service set and that transmits data by using a first link, and the policy information is used to indicate a condition that the second transmit end needs to satisfy to transmit data by using a second link, or used to indicate whether the second transmit end is allowed to transmit data by using a second link; and determining, by the second transmit end based on the policy information, whether to transmit data by using the second link. According to the wireless communication method, a spatial reuse transmission policy can be adjusted dynamically based on an actual situation of a current network. This improves a system throughput. |
| US10798716B2 |
Network device, terminal device, and resource allocation method
The present application discloses a resource allocation method, relates to the communications field, and resolves a problem that overall system performance is degraded because all vehicles use fixed four-time transmission when broadcasting service data packets to nearby vehicles. A specific solution is as follows: A receiving unit receives a transmission resource request sent by a first terminal device; a determining unit determines a quantity of transmission times in response to the transmission resource request received by the receiving unit; an allocation unit allocates a resource set to the first terminal device according to the quantity of transmission times determined by the determining unit, where a quantity of resources included in the resource set is equal to the quantity of transmission times; and a sending unit sends, to the first terminal device, time-frequency resource location information of each resource in the resource set allocated by the allocation unit. |
| US10798713B2 |
Method and apparatus for supporting vehicle to everything service
A method for supporting a vehicle communication (connected car or vehicle to everything (V2X)) service in a wireless communication system and an apparatus thereof are provided. The method includes receiving threshold information for reporting a channel busy ratio (CBR), measuring the CBR for a resource pool, identifying whether a reporting condition is satisfied by comparing the measured CBR with the threshold information, and reporting the measured CBR if the reporting condition is satisfied. The present disclosure relates to a communication technique for converging a fifth generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a fourth generation (4G) system with an Internet of things (IoT) technology, and may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology. |
| US10798712B2 |
Methods for vehicular communication in accordance with co-existence between next generation vehicle-to-everything (NGV) devices and legacy devices
Embodiments of a Next Generation Vehicle-to-Everything (NGV) station (STA) and method of communication are generally described herein. The NGV STA may encode a physical layer convergence procedure (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDU) for transmission in a dedicated short-range communication (DSRC) frequency band allocated for vehicular communication by NGV STAs and legacy STAs. In some cases, the NGV STA may encode the PPDU in accordance with an NGV enhanced physical (PHY) layer protocol, and includes usage of a mid-amble, space-time block coding (STBC), or low-density parity check (LDPC) coding. In other cases, the NGV STA may encode the PPDU in accordance with a legacy PHY layer protocol that is compatible with the legacy STAs, and excludes usage of the mid-amble, the STBC, and the LDCP coding. |
| US10798703B2 |
Position of uplink short burst in new radio
Various aspects of the present disclosure provides methods and techniques for flexible positioning of a uplink short burst in NR communications. In one example, the uplink short burst may have a slot position that at any position of the uplink centric slot. For instance, a downlink centric slot may contain control signals from a base station, such as a grant, that indicate the slot position of the uplink short burst. The grant may indicate, explicitly or implicitly, the position within an uplink centric slot that should be assigned to an uplink short burst. The UE may then transmit a response including an uplink short burst within the indicated slot position of an uplink centric slot. The various aspects may thus enable the dynamic assignment of uplink short bursts within uplink centric slots. |
| US10798702B2 |
Periodic frames for control plane data to manage multi-band wireless networking system
The disclosed embodiments include a method performed by network node(s) of a multi-band wireless network. The method includes wirelessly interconnecting network nodes to collectively form the multi-band wireless network configured to provide network access to a client node connected to any of the network nodes. The method further includes establishing a control plane protocol that enables wireless communications of control plane data embedded in periodic frame(s) communicated by the network nodes, and managing the multi-band wireless network by wirelessly communicating the periodic frame(s) between the network nodes in accordance with the control plane protocol. |
| US10798699B2 |
Physical downlink control channel transmission method, base station device, and user equipment
Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a physical downlink control channel sending method. The method includes: sending configuration information of a first physical downlink control channel on a predefined resource, where the configuration information of the first physical downlink control channel is used to indicate manners of sending and receiving the first physical downlink control channel; and sending the first physical downlink control channel according to the configuration information of the first physical downlink control channel. Correspondingly, the embodiments of the present disclosure further disclose a physical downlink control channel receiving method, a base station device, and user equipment. By using the present disclosure, a physical downlink control channel, especially, an EPDCCH channel, can be transmitted, to resolve a problem of physical downlink control channel transmission caused by the fact that narrowband user equipment cannot receive a broadband PDCCH channel. |
| US10798698B2 |
Method for mitigating inter cell interference and device therefor
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device therefor, wherein the method comprises the steps of: receiving a PDCCH signal that contains scheduling information from a base station on a first subframe; receiving a PDSCH signal corresponding to said PDCCH signal from said base station on a second subframe; and decoding said PDSCH signal, wherein an interval between said first subframe and said second subframe is varied. |
| US10798696B2 |
Method and user equipment for receiving downlink signal, and method and base station for transmitting downlink signal
According to the present invention, a base station transmits zero-power information with respect to a downlink control channel, sets some of downlink control channel candidates in a slot at zero-power in accordance with the zero-power information, and transmits the downlink control channel via the downlink control channel candidates User equipment receives the zero-power information with respect to the downlink control channel and receives the downlink control channel via the downlink control channel candidates in the slot. The user equipment detects the downlink control channel by assuming, on the basis of the zero-power information, that the some of downlink control channel candidates are zero-power. |
| US10798695B2 |
Method for transmitting and receiving synchronization signal in wireless communication system, and apparatus therefor
Disclosed in the present specification is a method by which a terminal transmits and receives a synchronization signal in a wireless communication system, comprising the steps of: receiving, from a base station, a synchronization signal and an extended synchronization signal, which are repeatedly transmitted a predetermined number of times for each beam; acquiring time and frequency synchronization with the base station on the basis of the received synchronization signal and the received extended synchronization signal; and receiving a beam reference signal related to beam selection from the base station. |
| US10798692B2 |
Method and device for providing control information for different services
The present disclosure relates to a 5G or pre-5G communication system to be provided to support a higher data transmission rate since 4G communication systems like LTE. The present disclosure relates to a method for providing control information for different services of a base station. A method of a first terminal includes: receiving control information; identifying a control channel for the first terminal based on the control information; and decoding information received in the control channel for the first terminal based on superposition transmission related information included in the control information. |
| US10798691B2 |
Method for acquiring system frame number by terminal, terminal, and mobile communication system
A System Frame Number (SFN) acquisition method is provided. The System Frame Number (SFN) acquisition method of a terminal according to the present invention includes receiving a first message for adding a secondary cell of a secondary base station from a primary cell of a primary base station, receiving a Master Information Block (MIB) broadcast in the secondary cell, and acquiring a SFN information for the secondary cell from the MIB, and applying the SFN information to at least one cell of the secondary base station. |
| US10798690B2 |
PUCCH methods and apparatuses of enhanced CA in UE and base station
The present disclosure discloses an enhanced CA PUCCH method and device. In a first step, a UE receives a first high layer signaling, wherein the first high layer signaling indicates a reserved SR resource on a first serving cell. In a second step, the UE receives determines a target serving cell for transmitting SR indication information on a first sub frame, wherein the target serving cell is one of K candidate serving cells. In a third step, the UE transmits the SR indication information on the first sub frame of the target serving cell. Wherein the first serving cell is one of K candidate serving cells, the reserved SR resource is PUCCH resource, K is a positive integer, and the SR indication information indicates a positive SR or a negative SR. |
| US10798689B2 |
Methods and related devices of channel state information (CSI) reporting for bandwidth part (BWP) switch operation
A method for reporting Channel State Information (CSI) is provided. The method includes receiving, by a User Equipment (UE), a CSI reporting configuration from a base station on a first BWP; receiving, by the UE, a first BWP switch indication from the base station to change the first BWP to a second BWP; receiving, by the UE, a second BWP switch indication from the base station to switch from an active BWP of the UE back to the first BWP; and sending, by the UE, a CSI report based on the CSI reporting configuration in a case that the UE receives a CSI reporting activation command from the base station after receiving the second BWP indication. |
| US10798688B2 |
Code rate for control information
There is disclosed a method of operating a user equipment in a radio access network. The method includes transmitting feedback control signaling, the feedback control signaling representing a number I of information bits. The I information bits are encoded with a code rate based on a code rate indication. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods. |
| US10798682B2 |
Methods and apparatus for processing control and/or shared channels in long term evolution (LTE)
Certain aspects provide methods and apparatus for wireless communications. One example method generally includes receiving a shared channel within a subframe, determining the same precoding may be used across resource blocks belonging to the same precoding resource block group (PRG) of the shared channel, and processing the shared channel based on the determination. |
| US10798678B2 |
Methods and apparatuses for paging in a wireless communications network
According to a first aspect of embodiments herein, the object is achieved by a method performed by a User Equipment, UE, for handling a paging message in a wireless communications network. The UE configures (201) the UE to derive a group paging identifier to be associated with the UE from a first identifier associated with the UE, and to use the derived group paging identifier for identifying group paging identifier matches in response-driven paging, irrespective of UE state and initiator of the paging. The UE receives (202) a paging message from the wireless communications network. The paging message comprises the group paging identifier associated with the UE. The UE then derives (203) the group paging identifier associated with the UE from the first identifier associated with the UE. By means of the derived group paging identifier the UE identifies (204) group paging identifier matches in response-driven paging, irrespective of said UE states and initiator of the paging. |
| US10798677B2 |
Methods and apparatus for paging an inactive UE in a wireless network
In case of an UE in an inactive state (RRC disconnected but Core Network connected), the Core Network cannot page the UE because this one is formally connected. The UE is therefore paged at RAN-level. In detail, the first Base Station that receives downlink data or control signalling for the UE, pages the UE. If the UE does not reply, the first Base Station requests second Base Stations to page the UE. If not found the request is enlarged from the second BS to further Base stations and so on until either the UE is found or a maximum number of hops is reached. The Base Stations trace then backwards the information that the UE has been paged until the first BS. |
| US10798675B2 |
Method, device and readable storage medium for paging
A paging method, a paging device and a readable storage medium thereof are disclosed. The method includes: measuring synchronization signal blocks to obtain signal qualities of the synchronization signal blocks; selecting suitable synchronization signal blocks from the synchronization signal blocks based on the signal qualities; selecting a target synchronization signal block from the suitable synchronization signal blocks; and transmitting a paging response message to a base station utilizing a random access channel resource and/or a random access preamble corresponding to the target synchronization signal block to instruct the base station to transmit a paging message utilizing a downlink beam corresponding to the target synchronization signal block. |
| US10798674B2 |
Conditional termination of RSTD measurements
Methods and device for use in a wireless device of reporting positioning measurements comprises receiving network assistance information from a network node. The network assistance information is for assisting the wireless device in performing Observed Time Difference Of Arrival (OTDOA), and comprises: a list of reference cells; a list of neighbor cells; and a rule for terminating Reference Signal Time Difference (RSTD) measurements. The method further comprises performing RSTD measurement between a cell in the reference cell list and a cell in the neighbor cell list. Upon determining the RSTD measurement satisfies the rule for terminating RSTD measurements, the method includes reporting the RSTD measurements to the network node. Upon determining the RSTD measurement does not satisfy the rule for terminating RSTD measurements, performing another RSTD measurement between the cell in the reference cell list and a cell in the neighbor cell list. |
| US10798670B2 |
Information processing device, portable device, and system
An information processing device includes a processor configured to: receive first positional information related to a position of a portable device from the portable device; extract transmitters located within a certain area including a first positional coordinate, which is a positional coordinate of the portable device based on the first positional information, from among registered transmitters, calculate respective distances between transmitters within the certain area and the portable device, and extract a predetermined number or less of transmitters based on the calculated distances from among the transmitters within the certain area; and transmit first identification information of the predetermined number or less of transmitters, which allows the portable device to determine whether the first identification information includes second identification information indicating a transmitter transmitted from the transmitter in and to perform a particular process when the first identification information includes the second identification information, to the portable device. |
| US10798663B2 |
Uplink power headroom reporting for carrier aggregation
A method for reporting power headroom is disclosed. Power headroom may be reported across all carriers (wideband), for a specific carrier, or for a carrier group. The formula used to calculate the power headroom depends on whether the carrier (or a carrier in the carrier group) has a valid uplink grant. If the carrier or carrier group does not have a valid uplink grant, the power headroom may be calculated based on a reference grant. The power headroom is calculated by a wireless transmit/receive unit and is reported to an eNodeB. |
| US10798661B2 |
Techniques and apparatuses for resource-specific power control in 5G
Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a control node may determine a power setting for at least one of a first signal or a second signal to be simultaneously communicated between a target wireless node and at least one other wireless node, wherein the power setting is determined based at least in part on whether a first set of resources or a second set of resources are allocated for the first signal or the second signal; and configure the power setting to be used for the first signal or the second signal. Numerous other aspects are provided. |
| US10798660B1 |
Techniques for device-to-device frequency reuse in cellular networks
Device-to-device (D2D) transmissions by a wireless device may interfere with base station reception of other signals. To mitigate this interference, the wireless device estimates the path loss between itself and the base station. The path loss and the current D2D transmission power level are used to estimate the amount of interference the base station is experiencing as a result of the D2D transmissions from the wireless device. Based on the estimated interference experienced by the base station, the wireless device increases the robustness of the MCS being used and decreases the transmission power level by a corresponding amount. By decreasing the D2D transmission power level, less interference will be experienced by the base station. By increasing the robustness of the MCS, the impact of the reduced D2D transmission power level is mitigated. |
| US10798659B2 |
Transmission power control method, communication device and program
There is provided a method for controlling a transmission power in a second communication service making secondary usage of a spectrum assigned to a first communication service, with use of any node of one or more secondary usage node that transmits a radio signal of the second communication service, comprising the steps of: acquiring an acceptable interference power allocated to the second communication service; calculating a total sum of interference power levels on the first communication service based on transmission powers respectively required for the one or more secondary usage node; and excluding any secondary usage node of the one or more secondary usage node from allocation of the transmission power when the calculated total sum of interference power levels is larger than the acceptable interference power. |
| US10798657B2 |
Power control in high speed scenario
At least one antenna node is controlled to provide power correction instructions to a wireless communication device at an appropriate time when switching between uplink reception radio lobes, irrespective of which direction the reception radio lobes are directed in relation to the direction of movement of the wireless communication device. Loss of data and receive blocking problems can thereby be at least mitigated. |
| US10798656B2 |
Information transmission apparatus and method and communication system
An information transmission apparatus and method and a communication system. The information transmission method includes: reporting information including an ID of a relay UE by a remote UE to a base station, the information further indicating that the remote UE supports sidelink communication and/or non-3GPP communication with the relay UE; and performing communication based on a communication link configured by the base station or a communication link selected by the remote UE. Hence, not only the UE may be made power-saving, but also continuity of data transmission may be kept. |
| US10798655B2 |
Enhanced power consumption management of a user equipment using a mobile communication network, wherein different sets of radio resources are used in dependency of a power consumption information
A method for power consumption management of a user equipment using a mobile communication network includes: in a first step, a set of first radio resources is assigned, by a radio resource management entity, to the user equipment for transmitting uplink data and/or receiving downlink data; in a second step, subsequent to the first step, power consumption information is obtained by the radio resource management entity, the power consumption information indicating that a current power consumption of the user equipment using the assigned set of first radio resources is above a predefined upper power consumption threshold or below a predefined lower power consumption threshold; and in a third step, subsequent to the second step, a set of second radio resources is assigned, by the radio resource management entity, to the user equipment for transmitting uplink data and/or receiving downlink data. |
| US10798649B2 |
Method and apparatus for layer 3 configuration in a heterogeneous network
Methods, systems and apparatus are provided for camping, assisted serving cell addition or removal, and discontinuous reception (DRX) in networks having a macro cell and at least one assisted serving cell. In other aspects, enhancements to Layer 1 channels and uplink timing alignments are provided in networks having a macro cell and at least one assisted serving cell. In further aspects, assisted serving cell Layer 2 architecture and transport channels are provided in networks having a macro cell and at least one assisted serving cell. In further aspects, collaborated HARQ solutions are provided in networks having a macro cell and at least one assisted serving cell. |
| US10798647B2 |
Network slice selection
This disclosure relates to techniques for network slice selection. A network slice selection function of a cellular network may receive a network slice selection request from a radio access network node of the cellular network. The network slice selection request may be received by the radio access network node from a wireless device. A core network slice (and possibly a radio access network slice) of the cellular network may be selected for the service request. A network slice selection response may be provided to the radio access network node, indicating a control plane entry point address for the selected core network slice. The selected radio network slice may also be indicated in the network slice selection response. |
| US10798642B2 |
On-demand system information delivery procedure
Apparatus and methods are provided for on-demand system information (SI) delivery. In one novel aspect, an indicator in the minimum system information (MSI) indicates whether an SI or an SI group is delivered with broadcast or unicast. In one embodiment, the UE receives a MSI, obtains from the MSI the other SI (OSI) delivery mode indicator, and sends an on-demand SI request if the OSI delivery mode indicates the unicast delivery mode, otherwise acquires OSI information in a predefined or scheduled period if the OSI delivery mode indicates the broadcast delivery mode. In one embodiment, the delivery mode is unicast and the SI request is sent at a timing or resource explicitly configured in a SI change notification message. In another embodiment, the delivery mode is broadcast and updated SI is obtained based on the scheduling information included in the SI change notification message. |
| US10798630B1 |
Mitigating co-channel interference in wireless networks
Mitigating co-channel interference includes instructing a first access node to deploy a first radio air interface utilizing a first frequency band over a first default coverage area, instructing the first access node to deploy a second radio air interface utilizing a second frequency band over a first reduced coverage area, instructing a second access node to deploy a third radio air interface utilizing the first frequency band over a second reduced coverage area, and instructing the second access node to deploy a fourth radio air interface utilizing a second frequency band over a second default coverage area. |
| US10798624B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting data in CU-DU split scenario
Provided are a method in which a source distribution unit (DU) of a base station stops transmitting data to a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, and an apparatus supporting the method. The method may include: receiving, from a central unit (CU) of the base station, a message indicating to stop transmitting data to the UE; and stopping transmitting data to the UE, upon receiving the message from the CU of the base station. |
| US10798619B2 |
Method and apparatus for performing handover of user equipment in wireless communication system supporting dual connectivity
A method of supporting a Handover (HO) by a master evolved Node B (eNB) in a wireless communication system supporting dual connectivity of a User Equipment (UE) for the master eNB and a slave eNB is provided. The method includes when an HO of the UE to the slave eNB is determined, transmitting an HO request message to a target slave eNB, when a HO Ack message is received from the target slave eNB, transmitting an HO trigger request message including identification information of the target slave eNB to a source slave eNB, and when a resource release message is received from the target slave eNB, transmitting an HO success indicator to the source slave eNB. |
| US10798618B2 |
Method for managing session and SMF node
The one disclosure of the present specification proposes a method for managing session. The method may be performed by a session management function, SMF, node and comprise: generating a packet data unit, PDU, session for a user equipment, UE; receiving, from an access and mobility management function, AMF, node, information about the UE; and determining, based on the information, whether to transmit an indication for notifying a user plane function, UPF, node to discard a downlink data for the PDU session of the UE. The determination may be dependent on whether the PDU session corresponds to a first service provided to the UE. |
| US10798613B2 |
Traffic separation in a controller based multi-AP network
Certain aspects relate to methods and apparatus for traffic separation in a multi AP (MAP) network. In some cases, a MAP Controller may configure sets of SSIDs to a single VLAN ID in a Traffic Separation Policy and distribute the Traffic Separation Policy information to the MAP Agents. |
| US10798611B2 |
Facilitating load balancing in wireless heterogeneous networks
Load balancing is facilitated utilizing geographical location and mobility speed. An example method includes receiving, by a first cell device including a processor and associated with a first cell, from a device of devices, information indicative of whether the device has detected cell type information from a second cell device associated with a second cell, wherein at least a portion of the second cell is located within a first boundary of the first cell. The method also includes: determining, by the first cell device, a mobility characteristic of the device, wherein the devices comprise respective mobility characteristics; and selecting, by the first cell device, the device of the devices to associate with the second cell based on the mobility characteristic of the device. |
| US10798610B2 |
Information issuing method, data sending method, apparatus and system
The present disclosure provides an information issuing method, a data sending method, as well as corresponding apparatus and system, and relates to communication field. The information issuing method includes: configuring, by a network access device, path information for a terminal, a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection being established between the network access device and the terminal, the path information being configured to indicate a sending path of uplink data, and the sending path including a mobile communication link or a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) link; and issuing, by the network access device, the path information to the terminal, the terminal being configured to determine a target sending path of uplink data according to the path information, and send the uplink data to the network access device according to the target sending path. |
| US10798608B2 |
Message processing method and apparatus
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a message processing method and apparatus. The method includes: determining a transmission type of information to be sent to a terminal device and a transmission parameter corresponding to the transmission type; and sending, to the terminal device, a notification message carrying an indication field, where the indication field is used to indicate the transmission type and the transmission parameter, so that the terminal device receives data based on the transmission type and the transmission parameter; and at least one state of the indication field indicates that the transmission type is a first multiuser superposition transmission type, or at least one state of the indication field indicates that the transmission type is a third multiuser superposition transmission type. Based on the message processing method and apparatus provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, transmission efficiency of a system can be increased. |
| US10798606B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting broadcast-multicast single-frequency network measurement data
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and an apparatus for transmitting broadcast-multicast single-frequency network measurement data, where second measurement data is acquired by preprocessing acquired first measurement data, and the second measurement data is sent to a base station. Because the second measurement data is obtained after the first measurement data is preprocessed, a size of the second measurement data is smaller than that of the first measurement data, thereby reducing a transmission overhead. |
| US10798605B2 |
Message transmission method and apparatus
A terminal obtains network congestion control configuration information. The terminal processes a message generated by the terminal according to the network congestion control configuration information and obtains the processed message. Then the terminal sends the processed message. Therefore, the message generated by the terminal can be processed flexibly to relieve a network congestion problem in the Internet of vehicles. |
| US10798598B2 |
Large scale radio frequency signal information processing and analysis system using bin-wise processing
A large-scale radio frequency signal information processing and analysis system that provides advanced signal analysis for telecommunication applications, including band capacity and geographical density determinations and detection, classification, identification, and geolocation of signals across a wide range of frequencies and across broad geographical areas. The system may utilize a range of novel algorithms for bin-wise processing, Rayleigh distribution analysis, telecommunication signal classification, receiver anomaly detection, transmitter density estimation, transmitter detection and location, geolocation analysis, telecommunication activity estimation, telecommunication utilization estimation, frequency utilization estimation, and data interpolation. |
| US10798593B2 |
Signal amplifiers that switch to an attenuated or alternate communications path in response to a power interruption
RF signal amplifiers are provided that include an RF input port, a switching device having an input that is coupled to the RF input port, a first output and a second output, a first diplexer having an input that is coupled to both the first output of the switching device and the second output of the switching device, and a first RF output port that is coupled to an output of the first diplexer. These amplifiers further include an attenuator that is coupled between the second output of the switching device and the input of the first diplexer. |
| US10798591B2 |
Optimizing multi-antenna device configuration
In one embodiment, a diagnostic device determines signal strengths of two antennas of a multi-antenna device. When the signal strength of each of the two antennas is unacceptable, the diagnostic device provides a recommendation to adjust each of the two antennas. Alternatively, when the signal strength of a first antenna of the two antennas is unacceptable while the signal strength of a second antenna of the two antennas is acceptable, the diagnostic device provides a recommendation to adjust the first antenna. However, when the signal strength of each of the two antennas is acceptable, but a difference between the signal strength of a first antenna and a second antenna of the two antennas is greater than a threshold, then the diagnostic device determines a weaker antenna with weaker signal strength between the first antenna and the second antenna, and provides a recommendation to adjust the weaker antenna. |
| US10798590B2 |
Base station, virtual cell, user equipment
A mobile telecommunications system anchor base station for a mobile telecommunications system is provided. The mobile telecommunications system has at least one anchor cell and at least one slave cell which is associated with the anchor cell. The anchor base station has circuitry which is configured to broadcast slave cell system information being specific for the at least one slave cell. |
| US10798587B2 |
Method of user proportion investigation and population estimation in a region for mobile communication operators
A method of user proportion investigation and population estimation in a region for mobile communication operators, including the following steps: S1. completing a WiFi network construction in the region; S2. a mobile phone user in the region sending a verification code request for WiFi login to a background by using a client; S3. the background receiving the request from the user, and recording a mobile phone number and a request time of the user; S4. the background completing an identification and classification processing of the operator of the mobile phone number, and obtaining the user proportion in the region for the communication operators within a set period of time; and S5. calculating a population amount in the region according to a number of mobile phone signaling provided by one mobile communication operator thereof and the user proportion in the region for the corresponding communication operator obtained in S4. |
| US10798580B2 |
Information processing device
According to an embodiment, an information processing device includes one or more processors configured to: receive first connected information including first information and first authentication information to authenticate the first information; add, to the first connected information, guarantee information to guarantee an anteroposterior relation of reception of the first connected information; and generate second authentication information to authenticate the first information, the guarantee information, and the first authentication information, the second authentication information being generated using the first information or the first authentication information and using the guarantee information. |
| US10798579B2 |
Communication method and related apparatus
A communication method and a related apparatus, where a base station obtains a security policy, where the security policy includes integrity protection indication information, and where the integrity protection indication information is used to instruct the base station whether to enable integrity protection for a terminal device. When the integrity protection indication information instructs the base station to enable integrity protection for the terminal device, the base station sends a target user plane integrity protection indication information to the terminal device. |
| US10798575B2 |
Display apparatus and display method
An image display system includes a first terminal device and with a second terminal device whose usable function range is smaller than a usable function range of the first terminal device. The image display system includes a display projection unit, a communication unit that establishes wireless connection with the first and second terminal devices, a control unit that manages the wireless connection, and a connection control image generating unit. The control unit and the connection control image generating unit generate a terminal connection image including information for connecting the second terminal device with the image display system, based on terminal connection permission information that assigns the second terminal device whose wireless connection with the display system is permitted, the terminal connection permission information being transmitted from the first terminal device. The display projection unit displays the terminal connection image. |
| US10798571B2 |
Method and system for provisioning access data to mobile device
A method and system for provisioning access data in a second application on a mobile device using a first application on the mobile device. Authentication data may be input into the first application, and an authentication code may be requested from a remote server. After the authentication code is received by the first application in the mobile device, it can pass the authentication code to a second application that initiates an access data provisioning process. |
| US10798570B2 |
Terminal authentication method and device
Embodiments provide a terminal authentication method and device. The method includes that: a Service Provider (SP) device receives a first authentication request sent by a first terminal, the first authentication request including a first identity credential of a user; the SP device determines an Identifier (ID) of the user and a priority of the first identity credential according to the first authentication request; the SP device sends context data of the user to the first terminal through a cloud service; and the SP device enables a first service for the first terminal according to the priority of the first identity credential. In the embodiments, the SP device loads the context data of the user for the terminal according to the identity credential, sent by the terminal, of the user, and provides the corresponding service. |
| US10798569B2 |
Methods for securely validating localization of a wireless communication device, and related devices
A method performed in a location server device of a location system is disclosed. The method is performed for securely validating localization of a wireless communication device. The method comprises obtaining first sensor data sensed by the wireless communication device. The method comprises obtaining primary location information of the wireless communication device, and validating the primary location information based on the first sensor data. |
| US10798567B2 |
Evolved node-B, shared spectrum controller and method for communication in shared spectrum
Embodiments of an Evolved Node-B (eNB), shared spectrum controller and methods for communication in shared spectrum are generally described herein. A mobile network shared spectrum controller may operate as part of a domain of a mobile network. A public shared spectrum controller may operate externally to the mobile network domain. The mobile network shared spectrum controller and the public shared spectrum controller may operate cooperatively to perform operations of a shared spectrum controller, such as management of secondary usage of shared spectrum by a group of eNBs. The mobile network shared spectrum controller may obfuscate at least a portion of network configuration information from the public shared spectrum controller to enable maintenance of confidential information within the mobile network domain. |
| US10798566B2 |
Securely conveying location and other information in advanced networks
Facilitating secure conveyance of location information and other information in advanced networks (e.g., 4G, 5G, and beyond) is provided herein. Operations of a system can comprise transforming, at a chipset level of the device, information indicative of a location of the device into a binary representation of the information indicative of the location of the device. The operations can also comprise embedding the binary representation of the information indicative of the location of the device into a message. Further, the operations can comprise facilitating a transmission of the message and the binary representation of the information indicative of the location of the device to a network device of a communications network. |
| US10798565B2 |
Allocation of profiles to a plurality of installed sim card terminals
A method implemented by a control server for configuring a security module connected to a telecommunication terminal. In particular, the control server allocates a unique activation code corresponding to a subscription including a plurality of N profiles to allocate to a fleet of N respective terminals. Thus the control server: a) after activation of the code with a first terminal, allocates a profile to the first terminal and records the profile allocation to the first terminal, and b) for a new profile allocation request corresponding to the activation code, repeats step a) if the N profiles have not already been allocated. |
| US10798564B2 |
Machine-readable code-based embedded subscriber identity module (ESIM) profile download
An activation request from a user device that includes a promotion identifier of a promotion campaign is received at a server, in which the promotion identifier is encapsulated by a machine-readable code that further includes a network address of the server. The activation request is routed from the user device to the server via the network address. A determination of whether an embedded Subscriber Identity Module (eSIM) profile associated with the promotion campaign is available for download to the user device is made. When the eSIM profile is available, the eSIM profile is sent to the user device such that the user device is able to use the eSIM profile to access telecommunication services of a Mobile Network Operator (MNO) according to one or more terms of the promotion campaign. When the eSIM profile is unavailable, an indication that the promotion identifier is invalid is sent to the user device. |
| US10798563B2 |
User terminal, radio base station and radio communication method
The present invention provides a method for configuring a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) mode in a base station, a communication method for use by user terminal supporting communication capabilities of the first type, a base station and user terminal. This user terminal includes a transmission section that transmits information about a capability for supporting HARQ bundling, to a radio base station, and the transmission section transmits bundled HARQ-ACKs to the radio base station based on the capability. |
| US10798562B2 |
Differentiation of dual-connectivity split-bearer wireless access
Systems and methods described herein enable differentiated policy enforcement for dual connectivity split bearer scenarios. A wireless station receives, from a core network associated with the wireless station, downlink packets directed to an end device that is using a dual-connectivity split bearer. The wireless station directs delivery of the downlink packets over different radio access networks (RANs) of the dual-connectivity split bearer. The wireless station logs a radio access technology (RAT)-type used to deliver each of the downlink packets and sends, based on the logging, a downlink RAT-type feedback report to a network device in the core network. The wireless station receives uplink packets from the end device using the dual-connectivity split bearer, marks each of the uplink packets with a RAT-type indicator, and forwards the marked packets to the network device in the core network. |
| US10798560B2 |
Accessing a privately hosted application from a device connected to a wireless network
A method and a system for determining a path of data traffic based on a destination Internet Protocol (IP) address, the destination IP address being either private or public and belonging to any one of multiple organizations. In the method and system, a subscribed device identifier and the destination IP address of one of the multiple organizations is received at a managed service platform. If both the subscribed device identifier and the destination IP address of the one of the multiple organizations are not registered in a predetermined policy database, a subscriber or an owner of the subscribed device is prompted, at a telecommunications endpoint associated with the subscribed device identifier, to register the endpoint. The subscribed device identifier is then registered in the predetermined policy database, based on information received from the telecommunications endpoint in response to the prompting. If the subscribed device identifier and the destination IP address of the one of the multiple organizations are registered in the predetermined policy database, a service device of the managed service platform on a private network routes the data traffic to a private network resource of the one of the multiple organizations. If the subscribed device identifier is registered in the policy database and the destination IP address of the one of the multiple organizations is not registered in the predetermined policy database, the service device of the managed service platform on the private network routes the data traffic via an IP transit service to the public Internet. |
| US10798558B2 |
Adapting network policies based on device service processor configuration
Disclosed herein are various embodiments to prevent, detect, or take action in response to the moving a device credential from one device to another, the improper configuration of a service processor, a missing service processor, or the tampering with a service processor in device-assisted services (DAS) systems. |
| US10798556B2 |
Method for performing a procedure related to AMF registration by UDM in wireless communication system and apparatus for same
In one embodiment of the present invention, a method for enabling a UDM (Unified Data Management) to perform a registration related procedure of an AMF (Access and Mobility Management Function) in a wireless communication system comprises the steps of: receiving, by the UDM, a message related to serving AMF registration of a UE, which includes access type information and ID (Identity) information, from a first AMF; transmitting, by the UDM, a deregistration related message to a second AMF when the second AMF exists, wherein the second AMF is registered as a serving AMF of the UE and related to the access type information. |
| US10798555B2 |
Neighbor awareness networking in dynamic frequency selection channels
Described herein are mechanisms to inform a first Neighbor Awareness Networking (NAN) device as to whether or not a second NAN device is connected to a dynamic frequency selection (DFS) master and/or whether the second NAN device is listening to the same DFS master as the first NAN device. In order for NAN client devices to operate in the 5 GHz band and be DFS compliant, all such devices that are communicating in a NAN peer-to-peer manner must either maintain association with a DFS master or must listen to the same DFS master for channel information. |
| US10798551B2 |
Beacon-triggered activation of a near field communication application
An automated method is provided for activating a NFC application in a mobile interface device. In this method, the device receives from a beacon a wireless beacon signal comprising at least one beacon identifier. The wireless beacon signal is processed by the mobile interface device to determine the at least one beacon identifier. The mobile interface device determines based on the at least one beacon identifier, whether to activate the NFC application. Responsive to a determination that the NFC application should be activated, the mobile interface device transitions the NFC application from a passive state to an active state. NFC communication is then established between the mobile interface device and at least one NFC transmitting device disposed within a beacon range volume defined by the beacon location and the beacon range. |
| US10798549B1 |
Galley insert wireless communication system
A system for wirelessly communicating with aircraft galley inserts is disclosed. In one or more embodiments, a galley insert includes a communication interface configured to establish connectivity with an on-board WiFi router. The galley insert may further include a controller communicatively coupled to the communication interface. The controller may be configured to communicate with at least one device (e.g., a portable electronic device, another galley insert, etc.) in the aircraft cabin via the on-board WiFi router. In some embodiments, the communication interface may additionally or alternatively be configured to establish connectivity with at least one device in the aircraft cabin via at least one short-range wireless communication protocol (e.g., Bluetooth, Near Field Communication (NFC), or the like). In this regard, the controller may additionally or alternatively be configured to communicate with at least one device via the short-range wireless communication protocol. |
| US10798542B2 |
Information providing system and server
An information providing system includes: a plurality of vehicles each configured to perform inter-vehicle charging; and a server. Each of the plurality of vehicles is configured to transmit unattended power-supplying permission information to the server when the user performs an operation of permitting unattended power supplying. In the matching process, the server is configured to permit to set, as a power-supplying vehicle, a vehicle having transmitted the unattended power-supplying permission information. The server is configured to notify, to the unattended power-supplying vehicle matched through the matching process, a confirmed matching content including information of the power-receiving vehicle. The unattended power-supplying vehicle having received this notification is configured to unlock a lid, which covers a power-supplying connector of the unattended power-supplying vehicle, and permit the unattended power supplying in response to the matched power-receiving vehicle being parked in proximity of the unattended power-supplying vehicle. |
| US10798539B2 |
Systems, methods, and devices for utilizing radar with smart devices
The various implementations described herein include methods, devices, and systems for determining locations of a plurality of electronic devices within a home. In one aspect, a method is performed at a computing system having one or more processors and memory. The method includes: (1) obtaining device identification information for a plurality of electronic devices; (2) broadcasting, via a standard wireless communication protocol, a request based on the device identification information that a particular electronic device of the plurality of electronic devices be enabled to transmit or reflect location information using a radar technique; (3) receiving a signal from the particular electronic device, the signal indicating a location of the particular electronic device using a radar technique; and (4) determining the location of the particular electronic device based on the received signal. |
| US10798533B1 |
System and method for subscription based deployment and management of a communication system
An ordering system (102) generates subscription offerings and receives an order entry in response thereto, for configuring a plurality of mobile communication devices (116) and gateways. A service management system (106) having a service management controller processes the order entry and establishes subscription services in response thereto. The subscription services are based on one or more of features, bearer providers, and capabilities associated with the plurality of mobile communication devices and gateways. The service management system (106) manages the selection of optimal bearer providers as the gateways for the transport of features requested in the order. A billing service (120) is adjusted in accordance with deployment and management of the mobile communication devices, including the transfer of mission critical functions from narrowband bearer providers to broadband bearer providers. |
| US10798526B2 |
Systems and methods for co-localization of multiple devices
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable medium can receive a plurality of localization requests from a plurality of devices, each of the plurality of localization requests comprising sensor data captured by one or more sensors of the plurality of devices. Localization data can be sent to each device of the plurality of devices in response to receiving the plurality of localization requests. A plurality of pose data can be received from a first device and a second device of the plurality of devices. The plurality of pose data can include a position and orientation for each of the first and second devices based on the sensor data and the received localization data. At least one received pose data of the plurality of received pose data can be sent to at least the first device of the plurality of devices. The first device of the plurality of devices can be operable to determine a relative location of the second device in relation to the first device based on the received pose data of the second device. |
| US10798525B2 |
Techniques for wireless position determination utilizing a collaborative database
In one embodiment, a technique is provided for wireless position determination wherein identification information and positional information about wireless beacons is downloaded to a local database of a wireless computing device from a central database. The local database is usable by a wireless positioning system of the wireless computing device to estimate a position of the wireless computing device. A receiver unit of the wireless computing device may receive signals from wireless beacons that include a least one new wireless beacon not included in the local database. The wireless positioning system estimates positional information of the at least one new wireless beacon based on the position of the wireless computing device. Identification information and positional information for the at least one new wireless beacon is added to the local database. Thereafter, a contribution may be uploaded to the central database for the at least one wireless beacon, to further build the central database. |
| US10798519B2 |
Enhancing the accuracy of communication network's knowledge about location of terminal devices
There is provided a method comprising: acquiring, by a first network element of a cellular communication system providing a first cell, a location update request from a terminal device within the first cell, wherein the location update request is related to a cell level location of the terminal device, and wherein the location update request comprises a terminal device identifier; and examining that the terminal device has selected the first cell, and forwarding the location update request to a second network element of the cellular communication system. |
| US10798513B2 |
Head-related transfer function generation
Methods, systems, and devices for head-related transfer function generation are described. A device may receive a digital representation of a first audio signal associated with a location relative to a subject, and select from a database a first reference head-related transfer function measurement pair corresponding to the location of the first audio signal. The device may then obtain a second head-related transfer function measurement pair by performing a style transfer operation on the selected reference head-related transfer function measurement pair based on a set of head-related transfer function measurement pairs specific to the subject. As a result, the device may output a second audio signal based on the digital representation of the first audio signal and the second head-related transfer function measurement pair. |
| US10798512B2 |
Method and signal processing unit for mapping a plurality of input channels of an input channel configuration to output channels of an output channel configuration
A method for mapping a plurality of input channels of an input channel configuration to output channels of an output channel configuration includes providing a set of rules associated with each input channel of the plurality of input channels, wherein the rules define different mappings between the associated input channel and a set of output channels. For each input channel of the plurality of input channels, a rule associated with the input channel is accessed, determination is made whether the set of output channels defined in the accessed rule is present in the output channel configuration, and the accessed rule is selected if the set of output channels defined in the accessed rule is present in the output channel configuration. The input channels are mapped to the output channels according to the selected rule. |
| US10798502B2 |
Implantable transducer system
Embodiments are generally directed to implantable transducer systems for implantable hearing prostheses. The implantable transducer systems in accordance with embodiments presented herein include a transducer and an expandable fixation arrangement, such as a radially expandable fixation arrangement, that is configured to anchor/secure the implantable transducer system directly within an elongate cannular cavity extending through a portion of a recipient's skull bone. |
| US10798500B1 |
Behind-the-ear hearing aid
A behind-the-ear hearing aid includes a case having an accommodating chamber, an apparatus for processing sounds, an ear hook, and a battery assembly. The apparatus is mounted in the case. The battery assembly is detachably mounted in the accommodating chamber and electrically connected to the apparatus. When the power of the battery assembly is used up, the hearing aid can be continuously used by disassembling and replacing a new battery assembly, thereby solving the problem that the battery assembly in the existing hearing aid cannot be dissembled and replaced. It is environmentally friendly and convenient for use. |
| US10798495B2 |
Parametrically formulated noise and audio systems, devices, and methods thereof
In one embodiment, an audio system can generate a parametrically formulated noise signal which can be mixed with an audio signal or acoustic signal. According to an embodiment, a parametrically formulated noise signal can be configured to have a power spectrum amplitude that is a function of frequency. According to an embodiment, a parametrically formulated noise signal can have a power spectrum amplitude across a range of frequencies that is a function of an individual's hearing thresholds across the range of frequencies. |
| US10798492B2 |
Sensor with movable part and biasing
Methods and apparatuses are provided wherein a sensor which comprises at least two electrodes and a movable part is alternately biased with at least two different voltages. |
| US10798491B2 |
Electro-acoustic transducer for open audio device
An electro-acoustic transducer with a diaphragm with a front side and a rear side, the diaphragm configured to radiate front side acoustic radiation from its front side and rear side acoustic radiation from its rear side. There is a magnet, and a magnetic circuit that defines a path for magnetic flux of the magnet and comprises a gap, wherein the magnetic circuit comprises a pole piece. A voice coil is located in the magnetic circuit gap and configured to move the diaphragm. A basket is supported by the magnetic circuit. The basket supports the diaphragm. There are first and second openings in the basket. The first and second basket openings are both configured to receive one of the front side acoustic radiation and rear side acoustic radiation. The first opening is spaced from the second opening. The first opening has a greater acoustic resistance than the second opening. |
| US10798489B2 |
Array type magnetic circuit system
An array type magnetic circuit system includes a T yoke, magnetic steels and a washer. The T yoke includes a bottom plate, and more than two central columns located on the bottom plate and distributed in an array. The magnetic steels are respectively disposed at two sides of each of the central columns and provide a magnetic energy for the magnetic circuit system. Hole positions coupled with the central columns correspondingly are formed on the washer and the washer is tightly connected to the T yoke. According to the array type magnetic circuit system, under a condition in which a plurality of magnetic circuits are combined, the T yoke and the washer are respectively taken as a component, so that the precision of a product can be controlled better. |
| US10798481B2 |
Speaker box
The present disclosure a speaker box including: a lower cover; an upper cover enclosing an accommodating space together with the lower cover; a sounding unit accommodated in the accommodating space. The sounding unit and the upper cover together enclose a front chamber, and the sounding unit. The lower cover and the upper cover together enclose a rear chamber. The speaker box further includes an air-permeable spacer assembly sleeved on an end of the sounding unit located in the rear chamber. The air-permeable spacer assembly includes a frame made of sound-absorbing cotton sleeved on the sounding unit, and an air-permeable spacer connected to a side of the frame close to the lower cover. The rear chamber is filled with sound-absorbing particles, and the air-permeable spacer assembly isolates the sounding unit from the sound-absorbing particles. Compared with the related art, the speaker box disclosure has a better low-frequency acoustic performance. |
| US10798480B2 |
Speaker assembly and speaker using same
The present application discloses a speaker assembly. The speaker assembly includes a sound generator having a sound radiation surface and a back surface opposite to the sound radiation surface; at least one leakage area formed on the back surface; at least one leakage controller corresponding to the leakage area and covering the leakage area; a damping element disposed on a plane on which the leakage controller is disposed. The damping element is arranged between adjacent two leakage areas. By the configuration, the height of the speaker assembly is reduced. |
| US10798479B2 |
Determination of effects of physical activity on electrical load devices
An improved system and method for recognizing an audio signal due to physical activity and taking a predetermined action in response is disclosed. A “reverse noise signal” created by the sound pressure wave of the physical activity acting on the earpiece transducer is obtained. In some embodiments, an ambient noise signal is inverted and fed back, and the inverted signal is added to the intended audio signal being sent to the earpiece so that the ambient noise is cancelled. In other embodiments, a processor receives the ambient noise signal and predicts the modification to the intended audio signal needed to counteract the ambient noise. In other embodiments, the reverse noise signal may represent a motor or biological activity of a user; the system may take different actions in response to different physical activities, such as a heart beat of the user, or a tap, footfall, or swallowing by the user. |
| US10798476B2 |
Slidable microphone inside a portable device
Disclosed herein are portable devices and methods for their use. A portable device, in particular a mobile phone or smart watch, which includes at least a main body that includes a screen for outputting visual information, an acoustic output means for outputting acoustic information, in particular a speaker, a processor unit for operating the portable device, a communication means for transmitting data and/or signals, in particular wirelessly, to another device, in particular a further portable device or a server device, an electric energy source for powering the portable device, and a sensor means for detecting at least one effect subjected onto the portable device; and a microphone unit for receiving acoustic waves, wherein the microphone unit includes a microphone, a transfer unit for positioning the microphone between two end-positions and an actuator for moving the microphone between the end-positions, wherein the processor unit operates the actuator in dependency of data or signals provided by the sensor means. |
| US10798475B2 |
Display device
A display device including a display surface for displaying an image; and a speaker unit located on the display surface, the speaker unit generating a sound and emitting the generated sound to the outside. The speaker unit may detect a fingerprint of a user. |
| US10798472B2 |
Data transmission method, data receiving method, optical line terminal and optical network unit
A data transmission and reception method and device are provided. The data transmission method includes: determining wavelength channels for data to be transmitted according to received wavelength channel information of an optical network unit (ONU); dividing the data to be transmitted in a sequence according to the number of the wavelength channels to obtain data packets; identifying the data packets according to the division sequence to obtain sequence identifiers of the data packets; and encapsulating the data packets into downstream frames of the wavelength channels in a one-to-one correspondence according to the sequence identifiers of the data packets, and transmitting the downstream frames of the wavelength channels separately to the ONU. |
| US10798470B2 |
Footwear products including data transmission capabilities
Footwear systems include an article of footwear and a data transmission system engaged with the article of footwear. The transmission system transmits data to a remote system, such as a display system, another data transmission system, a processing system, etc. Such footwear systems further may include activation systems for activating the transmission and/or display systems. The transmitted data may be used for various purposes, such as: (a) identifying a user of the article of footwear; (b) activating targeted advertising or product information; (c) confirming the user's presence at a specific location and/or at a specific time; (d) determining start, finish, and/or intermediate split times for specific user; (e) confirming athletic equipment usage; (f) providing data for a game or reward program; (g) registering the user for an event or competition; or the like. |
| US10798466B2 |
Method and apparatus for improving over the top (OTT) delivery of interactive advertisements
A simplified HTML based video advertisement delivery which can be employed by receivers using existing data protocols such as simple HTML text tracks is disclosed. Text tracks are used as a trigger to launch interactive video advertisements, then advertisement delivery is managed with reduced system load. This ameliorates the “load time” problem and can also be used to allow the user to interact with the advertisement for an extended time. |
| US10798465B2 |
Digital audiovisual content campaigns using merged television viewer information and online activity information
The present disclosure relates to a content campaign system that improves the design and implementation of content campaigns. In particular, the content campaign system can receive television viewer information corresponding to television client devices and online activity information corresponding to client computing devices. Further, the content campaign system can identify a correspondence between the television viewer information and the online activity information for individual users and/or households. Based on the correspondence, the content campaign system can automatically generate targeting parameters for audiovisual content campaigns. For example, the content campaign system can recommend audiovisual content (e.g., a television advertisement) to provide to a target audience of users via a television broadcast based on the correlated television viewer information and online activity information of a particular user. |
| US10798463B2 |
Method and system of notifying users using an in-vehicle infotainment system
A system and method for notifying a user of various events through the in-vehicle system while suppressing notifications at a mobile device or a wearable device includes the mobile device and the in-vehicle infotainment system in communication with the mobile device. The mobile device receives a notification signal, suppresses displaying the notification signal and communicates the notification signal to the in-vehicle infotainment system. The in-vehicle infotainment system displays the notification signal on a screen display. |
| US10798461B2 |
Method for switching control modes of a smart TV set, device and computer readable medium
The present disclosure provides a method for switching control modes of a smart TV, a device and a computer readable medium. The method comprises: collecting a user's first triggering operation when the smart TV set is in a first control mode; according to a preset switching operation corresponding to a first control mode, verifying whether a first triggering operation is a switching operation for switching the first control mode into a second control mode; if yes, switching the control mode of the smart TV set from the first control mode to the second control mode. The technical solution of the present embodiment may be employed to implement the switching of different control modes of the TV set so that at the same time, the smart TV set is only located in one control mode so that messy control of the smart TV set will not be caused, and the control efficiency of the smart TV set is effectively improved. |
| US10798460B2 |
Device and method for crowd-sourcing movie screenings
A method for crowd-souring a screening by a user of an electronic device is disclosed. The method includes displaying, at a display of the electronic device, a plurality of available content selections received from a first server, and receiving, at the electronic device, a content selection of the plurality of available content selections. The method further includes displaying, at the display, a plurality of available cinema theater selections received from a second server in response to receiving the content selection, and receiving, at the electronic device, a cinema theater selection of the plurality of available cinema theater selections. The method also includes displaying, at the display, a plurality of available date and time selections received from the second server in response to receiving the cinema theater selection, and receiving, at the first electronic device, a date and time selection of the plurality of available date and time selections. |
| US10798458B2 |
Operation method of user terminal and server for sponsoring real-time broadcast
A user terminal and a server for supporting a real-time broadcast are disclosed. The user terminal may obtain, through a real-time broadcast platform, a free first sponsorship item for which a preset restrictive condition is set, and support, through the real-time broadcast platform, a streamer of the real-time broadcast using the first sponsorship item under the restrictive condition. In response to the supporting, a reward which is the same as a reward for a charged second sponsorship item may be provided. |
| US10798456B2 |
Method and device for presenting information
The present disclosure describes a method and device for presenting information. An example method includes receiving an information presentation request sent from a first terminal and acquiring a first network address of the first terminal. At least one account according to the first network address, a first period to which a current time moment belongs, and a prestored correspondence between a network address, a period and an account are determined. Presentation information matching with account information of the at least one account is selected and the presentation information is sent to the first terminal. |
| US10798452B2 |
Recommending media programs based on media program popularity
A computer-implemented method includes receiving information expressing a user's interest in one or more media programs, obtaining information indicative of popularity for a plurality of media programs responsive to the received information by individuals other than the user, and transmitting one or more recommendations of media programs for display to the user, from the plurality of media programs that relate to the received information. |
| US10798447B2 |
Usage rules enforcement
A content handling device comprises a plurality of content transformation modules that can define one or more paths from a content source module to a content sink module. The content is associated with one or more usage rules requiring one or more transformations to be applied to the content. To enforce usage rules, each content transformation module is configured to receive the content, apply a transformation to the content in accordance with the usage rules and apply a tagging operation corresponding to the transformation to the content. In some embodiments output of the content by the content sink module is prevented if all tagging operations corresponding to the usage rules have not been applied. While in some embodiments usage rule tags corresponding to the usage rules are embedded locally at the content handling device, the disclosure also extends to a content distribution system with a usage rule tag embedding functionality. |
| US10798445B2 |
Linear media selection
In a substitutional media system, one of a set of media items is selected at a programme receiver for output within a predefined programming slot, based on profile data available at the receiver. Sets of the media items are scheduled to slots according to one or more constraints pertaining to that slot and/or to media items scheduled to other slots. The receiver may select a media item for output in a slot by resolving constraints with media items scheduled to other slots, or selected for output in other slots. |
| US10798444B2 |
Method and system for channel navigation and predictive tuning in a content receiver
A computer-implemented method for navigating through channels in a content receiver, wherein the channels have assigned channel numbers and categories, the method comprising: providing a list of categories; providing an ordered list of channels for each category; upon receiving a channel zapping command (SIMILAR+, SIMILAR−), selecting a next channel or a previous channel from the list of channels for the current category; upon receiving a category zapping command (NEXT, PREV), selecting a last watched channel in a next category or a previous category from the list of categories and changing the current category to the next category or the previous category; storing the channel number of the selected channel as the last watched channel on the current channel category; and tuning the content receiver to the selected channel. A suitable predictive channels assignment to respective tuners is also disclosed. |
| US10798443B2 |
Set-top box with enhanced content and system and method for use of same
A set-top box with enhanced content and system and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, a wireless transceiver is located within a housing, which also interconnectively includes a television input, television output, a processor, and memory. The set-top box may establish a pairing with a proximate wireless-enabled interactive programmable device having a display. The set-top box receives trajectory data from the proximate wireless-enabled interactive programmable device, which represents motion-based commands provided by a user. The set-top box evaluates the trajectory data and sends a command signal to the television. |
| US10798439B2 |
Method and apparatus for receiving, sending and data processing information related to time such as leap second and daylight saving time (DST)
A receiving apparatus, a sending apparatus, and a data processing method that are configured to execute processing related with time information corresponding to a variety of operations. The receiving apparatus receives metadata that includes information for executing processing related with time information in accordance with a mode corresponding to two or more pieces of time information and executes the processing related with the time information on the basis of the received metadata, thereby executing the processing related with the time information corresponding to a variety of operations. The technology is applicable to television receivers, for example. |
| US10798437B2 |
Systems and methods for predictive media file transfer to user-carried storage components
Devices, systems, and methods are provided for automatically scheduling and carrying-out the transfer of media content to user-carried storage components in anticipation of predicted user needs. In various embodiments, the method includes the step or function of determining when an offline viewing event is forecast to occur due to an anticipated desire on behalf of the end user to view media content in a future timeframe without reliance on a network connection. When determining that an offline viewing event is forecast to occur, media transfer start conditions are established for initiating transfer of selected media content to a user-carried memory component prior to the forecast occurrence of the offline viewing event. When the media transfer start conditions are subsequently satisfied, transfer of the selected media content is initiated from a media content server, over a network, and to the user-carried memory component. |
| US10798435B2 |
Dynamic visual effect enhancing system for digital cinema and control method thereof
Disclosed is a dynamic visual effect enhancing system for a digital cinema which may comprise: a sound effect control module for controlling a speaker for producing sound effects according to a digital movie, an illumination light control module for performing illumination of an auditorium before and after the digital movie is played, a light source control module for dynamically controlling a light group according to the digital movie, and a server for storing the digital movie and for controlling the light source control module and the sound effect control module according to the digital movie, wherein the server is configured for controlling the light source control module, the sound effect control module, and the illumination light control module via a communication network. A corresponding control method can cooperate with a surround sound effect and can precisely exhibit corresponding visual effects in a particular scene of a movie. |
| US10798434B2 |
Video analytics system
A video monitoring system can include multiple collectors to receive video beacon data from multiple video monitoring interface modules. At least one beacon stream is connected to receive data from multiple collectors. A processing module receives the beacon stream and provides a real-time event stream used for real-time data analysis and a video view stream used for long-term data analysis. |
| US10798431B2 |
Method and apparatus for managing communication sessions
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a server operably coupled to an internet protocol multimedia subsystem network and an interactive television system, where the server receives a session transfer request from a first communication device, where the session transfer request includes identification information associated with a second communication device, and where the server transmits a message to the second communication device and transmits a media adjustment message to a media resource server of the internet protocol multimedia subsystem network. The media content is adjusted and transmitted to the second communication device responsive to the media adjustment message, where the adjusted media content is generated by the media resource server based on the identification information associated with the second communication device. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US10798430B2 |
Reception device, reception method, transmission device, and transmission method
The present technology relates to a reception device, a reception method, a transmission device, and a transmission method that make it possible to provide content according to a preference of a user. Provided is a reception device including: a tuning control unit configured to perform tuning control for tuning digital broadcasting using an Internet Protocol (IP) transmission scheme; and an acquisition control unit configured to perform acquisition control for acquiring content transmitted in the digital broadcasting according to a result of a matching process on a provider-side PDI-A indicating an answer set by a provider that provides content to a question on preference of a user included in transmission information transmitted in an upper layer of an IP layer of protocol layers of the IP transmission scheme and client-side PDI-A indicating an answer set by the user to the question in the digital broadcasting. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a television receiver set. |
| US10798428B2 |
Method and system for providing coupon
A method to improve convenience for providing a coupon with the use of a spatial or temporal modulation component added to light that can be captured while a service is being used. Provided is a method for providing a coupon by using a terminal device and at least one server configured to provide a service to the terminal device, the method includes capturing light while the service is being used, transmitting key information based on a spatial or temporal modulation component of the light to the server, and receiving coupon information related to the service transmitted from the server by using the terminal device; and receiving the key information from the terminal device and issuing the coupon information in accordance with the key information by using the server. |
| US10798425B1 |
Personalized key object identification in a live video stream
Embodiments of the invention provide a method, system and computer program product for personalized key object detection in a live video stream. The method includes streaming a live video stream in a window of a computing device and during the streaming, collecting biophysical data of an end user viewing the playing back and responding to ones of the collected biophysical data that indicate a positive reaction by associating a contemporaneously displayed frame of the live video stream with the positive reaction. Thereafter, each corresponding frame associated with positive feedback can be processed by identifying key words presented in text of the feedback to the corresponding frame, matching the identified key words to a tag of an object visually presented in the corresponding frame, and storing a reference to the object in connection with the end user as an object of interest for which targeted marketing may be presented. |
| US10798423B2 |
Cross-plane filtering for chroma signal enhancement in video coding
Cross-plane filtering may be used to restore blurred edges and/or textures in one or both chroma planes using information from a corresponding luma plane. Adaptive cross-plane filters may be implemented. Cross-plane filter coefficients may be quantized and/or signaled such that overhead in a bitstream minimizes performance degradation. Cross-plane filtering may be applied to select regions of a video image (e.g., to edge areas). Cross-plane filters may be implemented in single-layer video coding systems and/or multi-layer video coding systems. |
| US10798420B2 |
Lossless compression techniques for single-channel images
Disclosed herein are techniques for performing lossless compression of single-channel images (e.g., grayscale images). A first technique involves pre-processing an isolated (i.e., one) single-channel image for compression. In particular, the first technique involves calculating predicted pixel intensity values (within the single-channel image) based on neighboring pixel intensity values (also within the single-channel image). Bit values of the error margins of the predicted pixel intensity values are separated into two different byte streams according to a particular ordering, whereupon the byte streams are separately compressed (e.g., using a Lempel-Ziv-Welch (LZW)-based compressor) and joined together to produce a compressed single-channel image. A second technique involves pre-processing a group of single-channel images into one single-channel image for compression. In particular, the second technique involves interleaving pixel intensity values of the single-channel images to produce an interleaved single-channel image, and subsequently compressing the interleaved single-channel image (e.g., using an LZW-based compressor). |
| US10798419B2 |
Embedded codec circuitry for sub-block based encoding of quantized prediction residual levels
An embedded codec (EBC) circuitry includes encoder circuitry to determine a count of bits required to encode a plurality of quantized prediction residual levels in each sub-block of a plurality of sub-blocks of an image block, for a first coding scheme and a second coding scheme. The encoder circuitry allocates a bit value to a signaling bit for each sub-block of the plurality of sub-blocks, based on the determined count of bits. A value of the signaling bit represents either the first coding scheme or the second coding scheme. The encoder circuitry generates a bit-stream of the image block by selective application of either the first coding scheme or the second coding scheme on each sub-block of the plurality of sub-blocks, based on the value allocated to the signaling bit for each sub-block of the plurality of sub-blocks. |
| US10798418B2 |
Method and encoder for encoding a video stream in a video coding format supporting auxiliary frames
A method and an encoder for encoding a video stream in a video coding format supporting auxiliary frames which includes receiving first image data captured by a video capturing device, using the first image data as image data of a first auxiliary frame, encoding the first auxiliary frame as an intra frame, and encoding a first frame as an inter frame referencing the first auxiliary frame, wherein motion vectors of the first frame are representing a first image transformation to be applied to the first image data. |
| US10798416B2 |
Apparatus and method for motion estimation of three dimension video
Disclosed is a 3D video motion estimating apparatus and method. The 3D video motion estimating apparatus may enable a motion vector of a color image and a motion vector of a depth image refer to each other, thereby increasing a compression rate. |
| US10798415B2 |
Intra prediction method of chrominance block using luminance sample, and apparatus using same
Disclosed are an intra prediction method of a chrominance block using a luminance sample and an apparatus using the same. An image decoding method comprises the steps of: calculating an intra prediction mode of a chrominance block on the basis of an LM mapping table when the chrominance block uses an LM; and generating a prediction block for the chrominance block on the basis of the calculated intra prediction mode of the chrominance block. When intra prediction mode information of chrominance blocks are decoded, mutually different tables are used depending on whether or not an LM is used, so that encoding and decoding can be performed without an unnecessary waste of bits. |
| US10798413B2 |
Method, apparatus, and system for encoding and decoding image
Disclosed are methods, apparatuses, and systems for encoding and decoding an image. The present invention provides an intra prediction unit that receives an input image, calculates a correlation between a Luma area block and Chroma area block in the input image in intra prediction, removes high frequency ingredients by low-pass filtering an encoded luma pixel based on the calculated correlation, and generates a prediction block by applying an LM chroma mode, which is an extended chroma mode technique, to the luma pixel removed therefrom the high frequency ingredients. |
| US10798412B2 |
Encoding and decoding architectures for format compatible 3D video delivery
Encoding and decoding architectures for 3D video delivery are described, such as 2D compatible 3D video delivery and frame compatible 3D video delivery. The architectures include pre-processing stages to pre-process the output of a base layer video encoder and/or decoder and input the pre-processed output into an enhancement layer video encoder and/or decoder of one or more enhancement layers. Multiplexing methods of how to combine the base and enhancement layer videos are also described. |
| US10798408B2 |
Last frame motion vector partitioning
A first partitioning for partitioning a first region of a frame before a current frame in a video sequence is determined. The first partitioning defines at least two prediction sub-regions of the first region, and the prediction sub-regions include contiguous, non-overlapping groups of pixels. A motion vector that predicts a prediction sub-region of the first region is determined. The first partitioning is modified to a second partitioning by moving at least one border of the first partitioning that is between adjacent prediction sub-regions of the first region by the motion vector. A current region of the current frame that is collocated with the first region is partitioned by the second partitioning, and is encoded or decoded. The technique eliminates the need to re-partition an entire frame each time, and can be used with both rectangular-shaped block partitioning and partitioning using masks and other partitioning techniques. |
| US10798403B2 |
Prediction image generation device, video decoding device, and video coding device
At least one of a vector candidate derivation unit and a merge candidate derivation unit derives a motion vector of each of multiple sub-blocks contained in a decoding target block by referring to motion vectors at multiple control points including two points at an interval which is longer than one side of the target block, and a prediction image generation unit refers to the motion vector of each sub-block to generate a prediction image. |
| US10798401B2 |
Method for generating prediction block in AMVP mode
A device configured to encode video data is discussed. The device includes a generator configured to generate a prediction block of a current prediction unit using a reference index and a motion vector of the current prediction unit, and a residual block using a difference between the current prediction unit and the prediction block; a transformer configured to transform the residual block to generate a transform block; a quantizer configured to quantize coefficients of the transform block to generate a quantization block using a quantization parameter. Further, the quantizer generates the quantization block by selecting two effective quantization parameters that are available and exist among left, upper, and previous quantization parameters according to an order of priority levels set for the left, upper, and previous quantization parameters and using an average of the two effective quantization parameters; and an entropy-coder configured to entropy-code the quantization block using a scan pattern. |
| US10798400B2 |
Inter prediction mode-based image processing method and apparatus therefor
Disclosed are an inter prediction mode-based image processing method and an apparatus therefor. Particularly, a method for processing an image on the basis of inter prediction may comprise the steps of: determining whether a motion vector scale adaptation is applied to a block; up-scaling a down-scaled MVD (Motion Vector Difference) when the motion vector scale adaptation is applied to the block; deriving a MV (Motion Vector) for the block, using the up-scaled MVD and a MVP (Motion Vector Predictor); and generating a predictive block of the block, using the derived MV. |
| US10798399B1 |
Adaptive video compression
An adaptive video compression system may receive video data to be compressed, such as for delivery to a user device by a video streaming service. For example the video data may be an entire video file or a segment of a video file. The adaptive video compression system determines a suitable encoding scheme for compressing the video data. In order to determine the encoding scheme, the video data may be analyzed to extract a plurality of features interests of the video data, which may represent one or more characteristics of the video data. The features may be concatenated and collectively expressed as a feature vector. The feature vector is then used to determine a classification for the video data. Accordingly, an encoding scheme is determined for the video data based on the classification of the video data, and applied to video data to compress the video data. |
| US10798398B2 |
Decoding device and decoding method, encoding device, and encoding method
The present disclosure relates to a decoding device, a decoding method, an encoding device, and an encoding method, which are capable of enabling a decoding side to accurately recognize a color gamut of an encoding target image. The decoding device includes circuitry configured to receive an encoded stream including encoded data of an image and color primary information indicating a coordinate of at least one color primary of the image. The circuitry extracts the encoded data and the color primary information from the received encoded stream. The circuitry decodes the encoded data to generate the image. Further, the circuitry adjusts a color space of the generated image based on the extracted color primary information. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, a decoding device of a high efficiency video coding (HEVC) scheme. |
| US10798397B2 |
Method and apparatus for video coding
Aspects of the disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for video coding. In the method, a bit stream including syntax elements is received. The syntax elements correspond to residues of a transform block in a coded picture. A first maximum number of context-coded bins of the syntax elements of a first coefficient sub-block in the transform block is determined based on a frequency position of the first coefficient sub-block. Each of a number of bins of the syntax elements of the first coefficient sub-block is coded according to a context model and the determined first maximum number. Coded bits of the number of the bins of the syntax elements of the first coefficient sub-block are decoded based on the context models. Further, the first maximum number is different from a second maximum number of context-coded bins of the syntax elements of a second coefficient sub-block in the transform block. |
| US10798392B2 |
Methods of palette based prediction for non-444 color format in video and image coding
A method of video coding using palette coding mode for color video in a non-444 color format is disclosed. The non-444 video data can be converted to the 444 format so that the palette designed for the 444 format can be used for the non-444 video data. For the 4:2:0 color format, each chroma sample collocated with corresponding quad luma samples is padded with three chroma samples to form converted quad chroma samples. For the 4:2:0 color format, if a current pixel does not belong to the color palette, one or more escape values are signaled for the current pixel and the escape value associated with the chroma sample of the current pixel for each color component is not signaled for three of the quad chroma sample locations collocated with corresponding quad luma samples. |
| US10798390B2 |
Method and apparatus for scan order selection
The disclosure proposes a decoder for decoding coefficients of blocks of a video sequence from a bitstream. The decoder comprises a decoding module configured to decode one or more coefficient vectors of each block from the bitstream, a check module configured to reconstruct, for at least one block, hidden information from one or more coefficients of that block, the hidden information constituting or forming part of scan order information associated with that block, a scan order selector configured to select a scan order for each block from a set of scan orders, preferably from a set of pre-defined and generated scan orders, on the basis of the scan order information associated with that block, and a deserializer configured to inverse scan, for each block, the one or more coefficient vectors of that block according to the scan order selected for that block so as to obtain a coefficient matrix. |
| US10798385B2 |
Inter-prediction method and apparatus in image coding system
An image decoding method performed by a decoding apparatus according to the present invention is characterised by comprising the steps of: deriving a reference picture list 0 (L0) and a reference picture list 1 (L1); deriving two motion vectors (MV) for a current block, wherein the two MVs include MVL0 for the L0 and MVL1 for the L1; determining whether to apply BIO prediction that derives motion vectors for each sample in the current block based on the MVL0 and the MVL1; deriving motion vectors for each sample in the current block based on the MVL0 and the MVL1 if it is determined to apply the BIO prediction; and deriving a prediction sample based on the motion vectors for each sample. |
| US10798376B2 |
Method and apparatus for video coding
Aspects of the disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for video encoding/decoding. In some examples, an apparatus for video decoding includes receiving circuitry and processing circuitry. According to an aspect of the disclosure, the processing circuitry decodes prediction information of a current block in a current coding tree unit (CTU) within a picture from a coded video bitstream. The prediction information is indicative of an intra block copy mode. The processing circuitry further determines a reference area in the picture for the current block based on signals in the coded video bitstream that indicate constraints of the reference area, and then the processing circuitry reconstructs at least a sample of the current block based on reference samples of the reference area in the picture. |
| US10798375B2 |
Encoding method and device therefor, and decoding method and device therefor
Provided is a video decoding method including obtaining, from a bitstream, split information indicating whether a current block is to be split; when the split information does not indicate that the current block is to be split, decoding the current block according to encoding information about the current block; and when the split information indicates that the current block is to be split, splitting the current block into at least two lower blocks, obtaining encoding order information indicating an encoding order of the at least two lower blocks of the current block from the bitstream, determining a decoding order of the at least two lower blocks according to the encoding order information, and decoding the at least two lower blocks according to the decoding order. |
| US10798374B2 |
Set-top box with self-monitoring and system and method for use of same
A set-top box with self-monitoring and system and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment of the set-top box, a housing secures a television input, a television output, a processor, memory, and storage therein, which are communicatively interconnected by a busing architecture. The memory is accessible to the processor, and the memory includes processor-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to detect when the television is not being utilized. Responsive thereto, the instructions cause the processor to scan channels received from the television input and generate a composite TV screen image data that may be resolved to a single TV screen image made from an assemblage of TV screen image captures corresponding to the scanned channels. |
| US10798369B2 |
Three-dimensional display device
The disclosure provides a three-dimensional (3D) display device including a pixel array and a grating. The pixel array includes a plurality of pixel columns, each of the plurality of pixel columns is inclined by an angle with respect to a direction in which an edge of the pixel array extends, and inclined angles of the pixel columns are substantially the same; each of the pixel columns is formed by arranging sub-pixels of three colors repeatedly in a fixed order, wherein dot pitches between any two adjacent sub-pixels in a same pixel column are substantially the same, and the sub-pixels in one of any two adjacent pixel columns in the plurality of pixel columns are staggered in turn with respect to respective sub-pixels in another pixel column of the two adjacent pixel columns and dot pitches between any two adjacent sub-pixels in the two adjacent pixel columns are substantially the same. |
| US10798364B2 |
3D image reconstruction based on lensless compressive image acquisition
The present disclosure generally discloses a three-dimensional (3D) image reconstruction capability. The 3D image reconstruction capability may be configured to support reconstruction of a 3D image of a scene. The 3D image reconstruction capability may be configured to support reconstruction of a 3D image of a scene based on lensless compressive image acquisition performed using a lensless compressive camera having a single aperture and a set of multiple sensors. The reconstructed 3D image of a scene may include (1) image data indicative of a set of multiple two-dimensional (2D) images reconstructed based on the set of multiple sensors of the lensless compressive camera (which may be represented as images) and (2) depth information indicative of depths at points or areas of an overlapping portion of the multiple images reconstructed based on the set of multiple sensors of the lensless compressive camera (which may be represented as a depth map). |
| US10798363B2 |
Video file processing method and apparatus
A video file processing method and apparatus, configured to record a video displayed in a VR device. A device type of a first virtual reality (VR) device is detected by processing circuitry of an apparatus. The first VR device is configured to display a target video to be recorded. An application on the first VR device is detected by the processing circuitry based on the device type of the first VR device. Video data of the target video is obtained by the processing circuitry from the application on the first VR device. The video data is coded by the processing circuitry to generate a recorded video file of the target video. A video playback terminal device compatible with the first VR device is identified by the processing circuitry. The recorded video file of the target video is played back through the video playback terminal device. |
| US10798359B2 |
Generating hi-res dewarped book images
Systems and methods for generating high resolution dewarped images for an image of a document captured by a 3D stereo digital camera system, or a mobile phone camera capturing a sequence of images, which may improve OCR performance. Example embodiments include a compact stereo camera with two sensors mounted at fixed locations, and a multi-resolution pipeline to process and to dewarp the images using a three dimensional surface model based on curve profiles of the computed depth map. Example embodiments also include a mobile phone including a camera which captures a sequence of images, and a processor which computes a disparity map using the captured sequence of image frames, computes a model of the at least one document page by generating a cylindrical three dimensional geometric surface using the computed disparity map, and renders a dewarped image from the computed model. |
| US10798358B2 |
Image processing method and device for accomplishing white balance regulation, computer-readable storage medium and computer device
An image processing method is provided. The image processing method includes: each frame of image in multiple continuous frames of images is processed to determine a number of light sources of each frame of image; it is determined whether a difference between a number of light sources of a kth frame of image and a number of light sources of a (k+1)th frame of image is equal to 0; and when the difference is unequal to 0, a color temperature of the (k+1)th frame of image is determined to be a color temperature of the kth frame of image and the (k+1)th frame of image is processed according to the color temperature of the (k+1)th frame of image. An image processing device, a computer-readable storage medium and a computer device are further provided. |
| US10798354B2 |
Projection display apparatus and method for controlling the same
A projection display apparatus includes a first operating mode, a second operating mode, a processing circuit, a control circuit, an imaging device and a shifting device. The processing circuit receives an input video signal, the input video signal includes an input video feature, the control circuit selectively switches the projection display apparatus to the first operating mode or the second operating mode according to the input video feature or the operating condition, the imaging device receives the first output video signal and outputs a plurality of first output video images corresponding to the first output video signal, and the imaging device is further configured to receive the second output video signal and output a plurality of second output video images corresponding to the second output video signal. |
| US10798352B2 |
Rendering wide color gamut two-dimensional (2D) images on three-dimensional (3D) capable displays
A display for displaying image data includes defining virtual color gamuts based on a plurality of primary display colors associated with a light source. At least one of the virtual color gamuts is defined to approximate an established color gamut. Intensity values associated with the virtual color gamuts are generated based on received video data, and the intensity values associated with the virtual color gamuts are used to generate drive values for the primary colors of the light source. A display using one or more virtual color gamuts is also disclosed. |
| US10798346B2 |
Methods and apparatus for shallow gradient artifact reduction in image display systems
In described examples, a method includes: receiving an array of image data pixels for display by a spatial light modulator; dividing the array of image data pixels into a plurality of blocks. For the blocks of the plurality of blocks, the method includes: computing a mean value for pixels in the block; computing a variance for pixels in the block; and, in response to the mean value and the variance, retrieving an indicator of a likelihood of a visible artifact for the block; and in response to the retrieved indicator, outputting a signal to selectively increase or reduce a load time of the spatial light modulator for displaying the array of image data pixels. |
| US10798342B2 |
High definition surveillance image storage optimization and retention triggering apparatus
A high definition surveillance video storage optimization system executes purging directives according to policy and retention meta data. Segments of video are purged from storage when thresholds of retention metrics are applied and when policy permits. Retention metrics are determined from acoustic sound energy, radiation energy, access control events, and movement. Policies reflect calendars and elapsed time, percentage of available storage, statutory and judicial mandates, and utility of the stored segments. Extrinsic sensor data and operations are recorded into non-transitory retention meta data stores. Metrics are transformed into retention flags at either time of recordation or time of purgation. Security file storage includes metadata about the environment acquired by sensors include doors, audio noise, object identification and tracking and inputs which influence retention or purging. A circuit filters for motion and stores metadata per segment. Meta data enables content based purging of least consequential files. |
| US10798335B2 |
Converting variable frame rate video to fixed frame rate video
Converting variable frame rate video to fixed frame rate video is described. A variable frame rate (VFR) video having source frames with varying frame durations is obtained. A fixed frame rate for the VFR video is determined. A mapping is generated which maps the source frames of the VFR video to a sequence of result frames of the fixed frame rate. To generate the mapping, a suitable source frame is chosen for each result frame using one or more mapping rules. After the mapping is generated, the mapping is adjusted to improve smoothness of motion of the VFR video by adding at least one skipped source frame to the mapping and removing at least one repeated source frame from the mapping. The VFR video is then converted into, or interpreted as, a fixed frame rate video having the determined fixed frame rate based on the adjusted mapping. |
| US10798334B2 |
Image processing system, image display method, display device and storage medium
This application discloses an image processing system, an image display method, a display device, and a storage medium, which belongs to the field of display technology. The method includes: acquiring a first resolution supported by a display panel currently installed in the display device; identifying a second resolution of pending image data input by a video source to the image processing system; determining a target data processing module in at least two data processing modules; retrieving the target data processing module to process the pending image data to obtain target image data; and outputting the target image data to the display panel. Since at least two data processing modules are provided in the image processing system, the image processing system may be compatible with display panels having at least two resolutions, which effectively improves the compatibility of the image display system. This application is used in display devices. |
| US10798333B2 |
Cell observation system
An image creation unit of a server creates and stores a plurality of phase images or the like having different resolutions on the basis of holographic data collected by a measuring terminal. In response to an image transmission request according to an operation, an image transmission processing unit of the server extracts data of an image corresponding to an observation range after the movement from an image of an appropriate resolution and transmits the data to the browsing terminal. In the browsing terminal, a display image is formed by overlaying a high-resolution phase image corresponding to only an observation range to be displayed on low-resolution phase image of an observation target area. |
| US10798332B1 |
Dual pass-through imaging system and method
An imaging system including infrared light source, imaging unit and processor. Imaging unit includes first and second image-sensor chips, semi-transparent reflective element, infrared filter arranged to block transmission of infrared light towards first image-sensor chip, and means for transmitting infrared light received from overlapping field of view towards second image-sensor chip, whilst blocking transmission of infrared light received from non-overlapping field of view towards second image-sensor chip. First and second image-sensor chips are controlled to capture first and second images of real-world environment, wherein portion of second image-sensor chip that receives infrared light from overlapping field of view captures depth information pertaining to overlapping field of view. Extended-reality image is generated from first and second images, based on depth information. |
| US10798329B2 |
Image pickup apparatus, image pickup system, and method of driving image pickup apparatus
In an image pickup apparatus including first circuits, second circuits, and conversion units, an operation period of the second circuit is shorter than an operation period of the first circuit, and a number of the first circuit arranged in each unit cell is greater than a number of the second circuit arranged in each unit cell. |
| US10798327B2 |
Photoelectric conversion apparatus and imaging system
A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a pulse shaping circuit that shapes an output from a diode of avalanche amplification type into a pulse, and a pulse conversion circuit that converts a pulse signal output from the pulse shaping circuit. The pulse conversion circuit converts a pulse signal having a first amplitude and output from the pulse shaping circuit into a pulse signal having a second amplitude smaller than the first amplitude. |
| US10798324B2 |
Solid-state image capture element, driving method, and electronic device
The present disclosure relates to a solid-state image capture element, a driving method, and an electronic device which are enabled to capture a high-quality image. In the solid-state image capture element, at least two or more of the discharge driving units are arranged in series between the photoelectric conversion unit and the discharge unit. During capturing of a still image, when a reset operation of the photoelectric conversion unit is performed in starting exposure of the pixel, driving is performed such that after potentials of all the discharge driving units arranged in series are reduced and the charge remaining in the photoelectric conversion unit is discharged to the discharge unit, the potential of the discharge driving unit on the photoelectric conversion unit side is returned to an original potential first, and then the potential of another discharge driving unit is returned to an original potential. The present technology can be applied to a CMOS image sensor which performs imaging by, for example, a global shutter method. |
| US10798323B1 |
Control method for an active pixel image sensor
In an active pixel sensor comprising a photodiode Dp, a memory node MN and a readout node SN, the memory node being provided to contain the charge generated by the photodiode at the end of an integration period allowing an integration in global shutter mode and a correlated double sampling, it is envisaged to carry out, in each integration period, at least one transfer {circle around (2)} of charge from the photodiode to the memory node followed by clipping {circle around (3)} of the amount of charge contained in the memory node at an intermediate voltage t1 after the start of the integration period but before a last transfer of charge {circle around (4)} to the memory node at the end of the integration period. The pixels are subsequently read out, row by row, by correlated double sampling CDS. The one or more intermediate transfers, with clipping, to the memory node during the integration period allow the dynamic range of the sensor to be extended to high levels of ambient light while retaining good sensitivity to low levels of ambient light. |
| US10798322B2 |
High dynamic-range image sensor
A pixel array within an integrated-circuit image sensor is exposed to light representative of a scene during a first frame interval and then oversampled a first number of times within the first frame interval to generate a corresponding first number of frames of image data from which a first output image may be constructed. One or more of the first number of frames of image data are evaluated to determine whether a range of luminances in the scene warrants adjustment of an oversampling factor from the first number to a second number, if so, the oversampling factor is adjusted such that the pixel array is oversampled the second number of times within a second frame interval to generate a corresponding second number of frames of image data from which a second output image may be constructed. |
| US10798320B1 |
Image sensor, comparator circuit and method thereof
A comparator circuit of an image sensor that is configured to compare a pixel signal and a ramp signal is introduced. The comparator circuit includes a first comparator circuit and a second comparator circuit. The first comparator circuit includes differential inputs that receive the pixel signal and the ramp signal, respectively. The second comparator circuit includes differential inputs that receive the pixel signal and the ramp signal, respectively. The second comparator circuit is activated when a level of the pixel signal is smaller than a first threshold value, the first comparator circuit is activated when the level of the pixel signal is greater than a second threshold value, and the first threshold value is greater than the second threshold value. |
| US10798318B2 |
Solid-state imaging element, imaging device, and electronic device
A solid-state imaging element includes a first substrate including a pixel circuit having a pixel array unit, and a second substrate. The second substrate includes signal processing circuits to process signals from the pixel array unit, and a wiring layer with wiring regions electrically connected to respective ones of the signal processing circuits. Each signal processing circuit has a same circuit pattern. The second substrate and the first substrate are stacked. A wiring pattern of each wiring region is different. |
| US10798317B2 |
Multispectral color imaging device based on integrating sphere lighting and calibration methods thereof
The present invention provides a multispectral color imaging device, an automatic calibration method based on a reference reflective surface, and a method for eliminating background signals. A multispectral color imaging device including a light house module comprising a light source and a light intensity collection device surrounding the light source; an integrating sphere module including an integrating sphere, a light inlet on one side of the integrating sphere, a light outlet on the top of the integrating sphere, a sample holder gateway on the other side of the integrating sphere and a sample holder having access to the interior of the integrating sphere; and a filter wheel module including a camera, a filter wheel below the camera, and a lens below the filter wheel. The device and calibration methods of the present invention together improve the accuracy and stability of the measurement. |
| US10798316B2 |
Multi-spectral imaging using longitudinal chromatic aberrations
Systems and methods for imaging a target object are provided. In one example, a multispectral imager includes an objective lens configured to disperse light from a target object with a high degree of longitudinal chromatic aberrations along an optical axis of the objective lens. The multispectral imager also includes a sensor configured to capture a whole image of the target object at each of a plurality of wavelengths when at least one of the objective lens and the sensor is moved along the optical axis. Furthermore, the multispectral imager includes a processor configured to analyze intensities of different additive primary colors of each pixel of each whole image to determine which pixels have a correct wavelength. |
| US10798313B2 |
Preserving privacy in surveillance
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for preserving privacy in surveillance. The methods, systems, and apparatus include actions of obtaining images of a scene captured by a camera, identifying an object in the images through object recognition, determining that the object that is identified in the images is of a particular type that has a privacy restriction, and in response to determining that the object in the images is of the particular type that has the privacy restriction, obfuscating an appearance of the object in the images. |
| US10798312B2 |
Cellular phone including application processor the generates image output signals based on multiple image signals from camera modules and that performs rectification to correct distortion in the image output signals
An image processing device including a first lens, a second lens disposed on one side of the first lens, a third lens disposed on the other side of the first lens, a first image sensor which receives an input of a first image obtained from the first lens to generate a first image signal, a second image sensor which receives an input of a second image obtained from the second lens to generate a second image signal, a third image sensor which receives an input of a third image obtained from the third lens to generate a third image signal, a selector which receives the input of the second image signal and the third image signal, outputs the second image signal under a first condition, and outputs the third image signal, under a second condition different from the first condition and an image processor which performs image processing, using the first image signal and an output signal of the selector. |
| US10798311B2 |
Methods and apparatus for reducing spatial flicker artifacts
Various embodiments of the present technology may comprise a method and apparatus for reducing spatial flicker artifacts in high dynamic range images produced from multiple image captures with differing integration times. The method and apparatus may comprise, in the image captures, measuring pixel intensity selecting pixels with a predetermined intensity thresholds, calculating a ratio based on a channel selection, normalizing the calculated ratio to an ideal ratio, and applying the normalized ratio to corresponding image pixels in a second image capture to produce a flicker-free image. |
| US10798310B2 |
Hyperspectral imager coupled with indicator molecule tracking
Provided are methods and systems for concurrent imaging at multiple wavelengths. In one aspect, an imaging device includes at least one objective lens configured to receive light backscattered by an object, a plurality of pixel array photo-sensors, a plurality of bandpass filters covering respective photo-sensors, where each bandpass filter is configured to allow a different respective spectral band to pass through the filter, and a beam steering assembly in optical communication with the at least one objective lens and the photo-sensors. The beam steering assembly directs light received by at least one objective lens from the tissue of a subject to at least one pixel array photo-sensor in the plurality of pixel array photo-sensors. The device further permits capture of near infrared images emitted by indicator molecules. |
| US10798309B2 |
Method and apparatus for nonuniformity correction of IR focal planes
A method and apparatus for calculating and accounting for non-uniformity of pixels within an infrared (IR) focal plane sensor utilizing an infrared light emitting diode (IR LED) to wash out environmental infrared light is provided. The IR LED may back propagate through an optical path of an IR sensor to illuminate pixels on a focal plane array, thereby providing data by which the non-uniformity offsets may be calculated and removed for normal operation of the IR sensor. |
| US10798300B2 |
Method and device for unfolding lens image into panoramic image
The present application provides a method and a device for expanding a lens image into a panoramic image, the method includes: step A, preparing an original mesh model, calculating new mapping coordinate values, performing coordinate value transformation for the original mapping coordinate values of the original mesh model and the calculated new mapping coordinate values, and generating a new mesh model and storing the new mesh model; and step B, preparing a lens image to be expanded, assigning the lens image to be expanded to the new mesh model in step A, and rendering the new mesh model by a GPU to obtain a panoramic image and store the panoramic image. |
| US10798295B2 |
Electronic device, image capture method, and control device
An electronic device (1) includes a control device (10) configured to carry out: image capture operation determination processing in which a first subject is determined without a user operation and image capture timing is determined; and autofocus processing in which a second subject is determined without a user operation and an image capture device is controlled to focus on the second subject, the autofocus processing being commenced before the image capture operation determination processing finishes. |
| US10798291B2 |
Task-assistance control apparatus and task image control apparatus
A task-assistance control apparatus that assists an operator performing a task while viewing a captured task image includes: a task-image acquisition circuit that acquires the task image; and a task determination circuit that determines task details on the basis of the type of a tool detected in the task image and the movement of the tool. |
| US10798289B1 |
Device and method for photo and video capture
A single user input element in an image capture device is used for both image and video capture, based on detecting a state change of the single user input element from a first state to a second state based on a detected user activity, and determining a duration of the second state. A first distinct signal indicating that an image capture is triggered is provided based on the duration of the second state being less than a time interval and a second distinct signal indicating that a video recording is triggered is provided based on the duration of the second state being greater than the time interval. The video recording is captured until a state change of the single user input element from the second state to the first state is detected. |
| US10798287B2 |
Analysis apparatus and focusing method
An analysis apparatus comprises a flow cell which has a flow passage for a liquid containing a tangible component; an image pickupper which picks up images of the liquid flowing through the flow passage; an adjuster which adjusts a relative position of the flow cell with respect to the image pickupper in relation to an optical axis direction of the image pickupper and a direction in which the liquid flows through the flow passage; and a controller which determines an image pickup position of the flow cell in at least one of the optical axis direction and the direction in which the liquid flows, on the basis of a number of pieces of the tangible component in focusing states existing in the images of the liquid picked up by the image pickupper at a plurality of positions at which the relative position differs. |
| US10798286B2 |
Contrast detection autofocus using adaptive step
A method for moving an optical device relative to an image sensor to focus an image includes receiving a current image acquired by the image sensor when the optical device is at a current position relative to the image sensor, obtaining a current contrast value of the current image and a current contrast variation rate at the current position, determining whether the current contrast variation rate meets a first threshold criterion, moving the optical device from the current position to a next position in accordance with the determination result, and repeating the aforementioned operations until a next contrast variation rate for a next image meets a second threshold criterion. The next image is acquired when the optical device is at the next position. |
| US10798285B2 |
Image processing apparatus, method, and medium to perform alignment of a plurality of images based on conversion coefficient while finely moving an in-focus position
To enhance the accuracy of a conversion coefficient detected from a plurality of images captured while finely moving an in-focus position, an image processing apparatus includes a detection unit configured to detect feature points from a plurality of images having different in-focus positions, and a combining unit configured to calculate a conversion coefficient for alignment using the feature points and perform combining processing based on the conversion coefficient. The combining unit calculates a conversion coefficient of a second image in the plurality of images with respect to a first image in the plurality of images based on a conversion coefficient calculated using the feature points detected from the first image and a third image in the plurality of images. |
| US10798280B2 |
Control device, camera system, and program
According to a control device of the present invention, there is provided a center server including a display processing unit that performs control so as to display a panorama image display area in which a panorama image captured with a camera terminal device is displayed and an enlarged image display area in which an enlarged image is displayed, the enlarged image being obtained by enlarging an area corresponding to a position specified on the panorama image, and a control unit that performs control so as to capture with the camera terminal device an image of the area corresponding to the position specified on the panorama image. The display processing unit displays on the enlarged image display area the image captured with the camera terminal device in accordance with control by the control unit, and the panorama image is a circular panorama image. |
| US10798273B2 |
Parking guidance camera apparatus and method of installing the same
A parking guidance camera apparatus is provided. An elastic pad of a pan tilt gimbal is in close contact with or separated from a lower surface of a pan tilt camera module in a main body housing to fix or release the tilt camera module. An outer portion of an operation lever is hinge-coupled to a holder to be vertically tilted in a state in which the elastic pad is seated on an upper surface of the outer portion of the operation lever in the main body housing. An upper portion of a fixing knob is screw-coupled to an inner portion of the operation lever to vertically tilt the operation lever according to a rotating direction thereof so that the elastic pad is in close contact with or separated from the pan tilt camera module. |
| US10798270B2 |
Synchronizing media in multiple devices
A system includes a processor and a memory. The memory stores instructions executable by the processor to receive first and second media units with respective first and second time stamps that are assigned based on a first clock cycle time and a data transmission rate, and to assign an adjusted time stamp to the second media unit based on the first clock cycle time, a second clock cycle time, the first time stamp, and the data transmission rate. |
| US10798268B2 |
Image processing apparatus, method of controlling the same, and storage medium for switching a show-through removal process based on a halftone-dot region
An image processing apparatus according to embodiments obtains a variance value of signal values of pixels included in a predetermined region of the read image read from an original, and compares the obtained variance value with a threshold value for determining whether the read image has a halftone dot region. Furthermore, the present image processing apparatus, upon determining that the read image includes a halftone dot region in accordance with the result of this comparison, executes a first removal process for removing the reflection of an image of one surface of an original when reading the other surface, and executes a second removal process otherwise. |
| US10798263B2 |
Portable scanner and scanning method thereof
The present disclosure relates to a portable scanner capable of increasing the precision of focus and a scanning method using the same. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the portable scanner, which generates a three dimensional (3D) image from a subject, includes a focus state output device to determine a present focus state with respect to a set focal length from a subject and to output the present focus state such that a user recognizes the present focus state. |
| US10798262B2 |
Image processing apparatus, image processing apparatus controlling method, and recording medium
An image processing apparatus includes a memory holding image data generated by an image reader; a memory controller for accessing the memory; first and second image processors for executing image processing on the image data one line at a time, the second image processor being added when implementing functional expansion; a connector for connecting the first and second image processors by a transfer path of the image data when implementing the functional expansion; first and second generators for respectively generating first and second allowance signals for allowing reading of a next line of the image data from the memory, according to the image processing times taken by the first and second image processors; and an allower configured to output, to the memory controller, a third allowance signal for allowing reading of the next line of the image data from the memory, based on the first and second allowance signals. |
| US10798260B2 |
Image forming device with icon display and system thereof
An information processing device includes a display. A first setting screen, which is used to set a setting condition of a selected job, is displayed on the display. The first setting screen includes a plurality of setting icons used to determine a first type setting and a second type setting. The first type setting or the second type setting is assigned to be different from each other to each of the plurality of setting icons. In addition, the plurality of setting icons is disposed in a matrix shape, the first type setting is disposed to be different in a first direction, and the second type setting is disposed to be different in a second direction which is different from the first direction. |
| US10798256B2 |
System and method for remote fax interconnect
Systems and methods for the virtualization, aggregation, enhancement, and distributed processing of facsimile communications. The Remote FAX Interconnect known as etherFAX® is a system and method that allows for the reception and delivery of information to or from one or more facsimile systems using Internet/web based communication protocols such as HTTP(S) as the transport between a cooperating facsimile capable application or hardware and the remotely accessible etherFAX® services. |
| US10798253B2 |
Methods, devices, and computer programs for enabling the sponsoring of data connectivity
In a telecommunication network, a method is carried out for assisting a first user terminal (1001) in benefiting from a data connectivity. A second user terminal (1002) indicates (s10), to a connectivity donation server (200), that it is willing to sponsor data connectivity of the first terminal (1001) and that, restriction(s) are imposed on how the sponsored connectivity can be used. The restriction(s) comprise: i) where the first terminal (1001) is to be located for benefiting from the sponsored connectivity; and ii) which access network(s) the first terminal (1001) has to connect to for benefiting from the sponsored connectivity. The connectivity donation server (200) then transmits a token to the second terminal (1002), which in turn transmits (s30) it to the first terminal (1001) using proximity-based means. Terminals, network nodes, and computer programs for use in the above method are also disclosed. |
| US10798252B2 |
System and method for providing user notifications
A method performed by an end user device associated with a service plan having a limit on usage of a network service, the method comprising storing one or more notification actions corresponding to one or more notification requests; performing a device action that reflects a past or intended use of the network service; receiving one of the one or more notification requests from a network element in response to the device action; performing one of the one or more notification actions in response to the notification request, the notification action causing the end user device to retrieve at least a portion of a notification message associated with a status of the use, the at least a portion of the notification message being separate from the one of the one or more notification requests; and presenting the notification message on a user interface of the end user device. |
| US10798247B2 |
Acoustic echo suppression device and acoustic echo suppression method
A microphone picks-up voice of a driver. A first echo suppression unit outputs a voice signal after first echo suppression based on a voice signal of the driver and a voice signal after echo suppression in the past (first reference signal) stored in a buffer memory. A second echo suppression unit outputs a voice signal after second echo suppression based on a voice signal of the driver and a voice signal after the echo suppression in the past (second reference signal) stored in a buffer memory. An output signal selector selects one of the voice signals after the first echo suppression or the voice signal after the second echo suppression according to a detection result of the presence or absence of a system variation by a system variation detector, and causes a speaker to output the selected voice signal. |
| US10798243B2 |
System and method for automatically validating agent implementation of training material
A system and method for testing an agent by a validation bot may include sending training material to an agent; automatically initiating, by the validation bot, a session with an agent by providing a phrase to the agent via a client media interface; obtaining a reply from the agent; mapping the reply of the agent to an agent intent; providing a response to the agent based on the agent intent and according to a predetermined session flow, wherein the predetermined session flow is based on the training material; repeating obtaining responses, mapping the responses and providing responses until a termination criterion is met; calculating a score of the agent according to scoring rules; and providing the score of the agent to a user. |
| US10798241B1 |
System and method for determining unwanted call origination in communications networks
A method and system for discovering and locating the source of unwanted communication origination in a communications network, the method comprising compiling a communication campaign database storing data of one or more communication campaigns along with automatically identified instances of those campaigns, and simultaneously or sequentially matching those instances against known communication traffic of a set of cooperating telecommunication carriers. The one or more communications campaigns include a grouping of related fingerprints and patterns that identify a sequence of characters, audio or video associated with instances of a same likely campaigns, either legitimate or illegitimate/fraudulent. |
| US10798240B1 |
Identifying and processing of unreturned calls in IPBX
Apparatuses and methods concerning routing of calls in an IPBX server are disclosed. A first processing circuit is communicatively coupled to an IPBX server that routes VoIP calls for a plurality of end-users having respective VoIP-enabled devices and generates call event messages for the routed calls. The first processing circuit generates call summary metrics from the call event messages. A second processing circuit evaluates the call summary metrics to identify a set of incoming calls to the IPBX that were missed and have not been returned by the end-users. The second processing circuit cross-correlates the identified set of incoming calls with a secondary data source to determine a respective priorities for the set of incoming calls. The second processing circuit stores data indicating calls of the identified set have a higher priority. |
| US10798238B2 |
System and method for tracking a mobile device user
According to various embodiments, a method for locating the user of a mobile device without accessing global position system (GPS) data is disclosed. The method includes determining the last location that the user was connected to a wireless network. The method further includes compiling publicly-available auxiliary information related to the last location. The method additionally includes classifying an activity of the user to driving, traveling on a plane, traveling on a train, or walking. The method also includes estimating the location of the user based on sensory and non-sensory data of the mobile device particular to the activity classification of the user. |
| US10798230B2 |
Faulty distributed system component identification
A system for detecting a communications computer network node malfunction by analysis of network traffic output by the network node. Low latency packet capture nodes copy network traffic and transmit it to an analytics engine, which may use machine learning techniques, including long short-term memory (LSTM) neural networks, to determine a likelihood that the output of one data router in a network is suffering from a software malfunction, hardware malfunction, or network connectivity issue, and preserve overall data quality in the network by causing cessation of traffic by the malfunctioning node of the network. |
| US10798227B2 |
Centralized chromatic pluralizing of internet of things (IOT) communication
Assigning chromatic numbers based on a pre-assigned scheme to a stream of sensor data from sensors of Internet connected devices to “color” the message which can then be processed by chromatic number to obtain a pluralized stream of data. |
| US10798226B2 |
Broadband fallback for router
Systems for routing data over first and second broadband channels. Communication data are received from one or more user equipment (UE). A first bandwidth capacity of the first broadband channel and a second bandwidth capacity of the second broadband channel are determined. A ratio of communication data throughput between the first broadband channel and the second broadband channel are adjusted based on a bandwidth allocation rule set that routes the communication data according to the first bandwidth capacity of the first broadband channel and the second bandwidth capacity of the second broadband channel. |
| US10798223B2 |
Reliable communications using a point to point protocol
This disclosure describes techniques for performing communications between devices using various aspects of Ethernet standards. As further described herein, a protocol is disclosed that may be used for communications between devices, where the communications take place over a physical connection complying with Ethernet standards. Such a protocol may enable reliable and in-order delivery of frames between devices, while following Ethernet physical layer rules, Ethernet symbol encoding, Ethernet lane alignment, and/or Ethernet frame formats. |
| US10798222B2 |
Apparatus for managing SDN-based in-vehicle network and control method thereof
A software defined network (SDN)-based network management apparatus includes: an SDN controller including a first management unit to store a plurality of heterogeneous protocol information items, and an SDN switch controlled by the SDN controller and including a second management unit to store at least one heterogeneous protocol information item acquired from the SDN controller and a gateway to communicate with a vehicle network. In particular, upon receiving a packet corresponding to a new protocol that has not been used for access, from an external source, the SDN switch sends a request to the SDN controller for analysis of the received packet, and the SDN controller forwards protocol information corresponding to the received packet among the plurality of heterogeneous information items stored in the first management unit, to the SDN switch. |
| US10798219B2 |
Server and server client system
There is provided a server or the like capable of improving an estimated accuracy of a user common among a plurality of clients. According to the present invention, while a unique identifier is assigned to each of clients 210 and 220, the unique identifier is merely for identifying the client. Thus, a user of each of the clients 210 and 220 is not specified by the unique identifier, and protection of his or her privacy or personal information is ensured. Among factors of each client 210 and 220, the plurality of factors having designated relationship thereamong are extracted. A plurality of unique identifiers respectively corresponding to the extracted factors are associated with one another and are stored in the server storage device 10. |
| US10798215B2 |
HTTP response failover in an HTTP-over-ICN scenario
A first network access point (NAP) of an Information Centric Networking (ICN) network may receive a request for a HTTP resource from a requestor. The first NAP may request the HTTP resource from a first server associated with a fully qualified domain name (FQDN). The first NAP may receive an error message that the HTTP resource is not available. The first NAP may publish a message to a rendezvous point (RVZ) including a list of excluded node identifiers (NIDs) of one or more NAPs that have not provided the HTTP resource. The first NAP may receive a forwarding identifier (FID) of a second NAP associated with the FQDN with a NID not on the list of excluded NIDs from a topology manager (TM). The first NAP may request the HTTP resource from the second NAP. The first NAP may receive the HTTP resource is and send it to the requestor. |
| US10798213B2 |
Building a multi-tenant portal application
Providing software-as-a-service to a plurality of clients includes: visually rendering a first virtual portal and a set of portal resources according to a portal-resource association specified in a resource association matrix; identifying a set of server resources accessible from a portal server, the set of server resources excluding the set of portal resources; determining a score for a first resource of the set of server resources; visually rendering the first resource; and associating the first resource with the first virtual portal in the resource association matrix by adding an identifier of the scored resource. |
| US10798209B1 |
Smart proxy rotator
The task, logic of HTTP/HTTPS session statistics interception and collection is moved to the client side instead of the proxy layer. Encrypted HTTPS tunnel is terminated at the client end, making the actual content or data in transit invisible to both proxies and the smart proxy rotator (SPR). Client's scraping software has a plug-in installed that expands its functionality. HTTP/HTTPS session quality metrics are intercepted and collected at the client side, then sent to the SPR. Proxy usage mark “can be used” is obtained from the SPR for the currently analyzed proxy, based on the results of metrics analysis. |
| US10798206B1 |
Network cache accelerator
A network host such as a caching device is disclosed that greatly increases the speed with which a server reads and writes data for clients. The host may include a specialized network interface that not only processes TCP but also parses received network file system headers, identifying those headers within the TCP data stream, separating them from any corresponding network file system data, and providing them separately from that data to the network file system of the host for processing as a batch, all without any interrupt to the host. Similarly, the network file system of the host may communicate directly with the network interface by writing network file system headers directly to a register of the network interface to transmit data. |
| US10798203B2 |
Method and apparatus for reducing network resource transmission size using delta compression
A method and computing device for delta compression techniques for reducing network resource transmission size are described. A first request for a network resource is received. The requested network resource is retrieved. A first response including the network resource is transmitted to the near end network optimizer. The retrieved network resource is stored as a first version of the network resource regardless of a directive that a cached version of the network resource is not to be used to respond to future HTTP requests for that network resource without successful revalidation with an origin server. A second request for the network resource is received. A most current version of the network resource is retrieved. A set of differences between the first version and the most current version of the network resource are determined. The set of differences are transmitted to the near end network optimizer. |
| US10798202B2 |
Security systems for mitigating attacks from a headless browser executing on a client computer
Computer systems and methods in various embodiments are configured for improving the security and efficiency of server computers interacting through an intermediary computer with client computers that may be executing malicious and/or autonomous headless browsers or “bots”. In an embodiment, a computer system comprises a memory; one or more processors coupled to the memory; a processor logic coupled to the memory and the one or more processors, and configured to: intercept, from a server computer, one or more original instructions to be sent to a browser of a client computer; send the one or more original instructions to the browser and one or more telemetry instructions, wherein the telemetry instructions are configured, when executed, to generate a set of telemetry data indicating one or more objects that were referenced by the browser and to send the set of telemetry data to the intermediary computer; receive the set of telemetry data and determine whether the browser is legitimate or illegitimate based on the set of telemetry data. |
| US10798200B2 |
Payload matching via single pass transformation of HTTP payload
In an embodiment, a method of payload matching via a single pass transformation of an HTTP payload includes receiving a payload packet destined for a recipient and parsing the payload packet in a single scan of the packet using a combined regular expression. The combined regular expression includes a plurality of regular expressions that correspond to a set of replacement rules. The method includes determining a scatter-gather list conforming to the rule, constructing a new payload packet based on the scatter-gather list, and sending the new payload packet to the recipient. |
| US10798196B1 |
Wireless communication system self-healing transaction state keeper
A method of adapting content distribution. The method comprises receiving event data reported by an electronic device by a message queue, assigning a state to each batch by a state management application, processing the batch by the processing application, sending a processed message that identifies the processed batch to the state management application, monitoring the sent processed messages by a state keeper component, wherein the monitoring comprises keeping a list of identities of batches that have been processed, searching the list of identities of processed batches to find an identity of a retrieved but not yet processed batch, stopping processing a batch by the processing application for a batch that is found by searching in the list of identities of processed batches, and assigning a processed value to the state of the retrieved batch that is found in the list of identities of processed batches by the state keeper component. |
| US10798194B2 |
Webpage pushing method, client, server, and system
A webpage pushing method includes sending, by a client, a page loading request to a server, where the page loading request carries an identifier of the client and cache change information of the client. The method includes the server, a home page according to the page loading request, and parsing the home page to acquire a key sub-resource for loading the home page. The method includes returning, by the server, the home page to the client, acquiring, through calculation according to the cache change information of the client, a key sub-resource that does not exist in the client from the key sub-resource for loading the home page, and pushing the key sub-resource that does not exist in the client to the client. |
| US10798193B2 |
System and method for automatic storyline construction based on determined breaking news
Disclosed are systems and methods for improving interactions with and between computers in a content system supported by or configured with personal computing devices, servers and/or platforms. The systems interact to identify and retrieve data across platforms, which data can be used to improve the quality of data used in processing interactions between or among processors in such systems. The disclosed systems and methods determine a breaking news story and track breaking developments in such story. The present disclosure can construct a breaking news storyline from the developments in the detected breaking news story, whereby a user can view the storyline as individual breaking news messages or as a complete timeline of events displayed on a provided page. |
| US10798190B2 |
Tracking changes to content on an external source in an online social network
In one embodiment, a method includes accessing a profile page of a user of an online social network, determining whether content on an external web site has been update by the user, and if the content on the external web site has been updated, then updating the profile page of the user to include the content. |
| US10798188B2 |
Electronic device and method for processing information associated with driving
An electronic device according to various embodiments may include: a communication module comprising communication circuitry; and a processor configured to receive, from an external electronic device functionally connected with the electronic device, a request associated with transferring a portion of one or more rights capable of controlling the electronic device, using the communication module; transfer the portion of the one or more rights to the external electronic device, based at least on the request if the electronic device is performing a function associated with driving; and restrict transferring the portion of the one or more rights to the external electronic device, based at least on the request if the electronic device is performing a function not associated with the driving. |
| US10798183B2 |
Tunneling protcol and gateway for distributed computing environments
Techniques are described for managing communications with applications executing in a distributed computing environment, through use of a tunneling protocol that is employed by a client-side gateway and a server-side application router to enable client-server communications that would not otherwise be supported within the distributed computing environment. A cloud computing service may enforce network security policies, such as restricting network traffic to and from its hosted applications to use an application layer protocol such as a version of Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), which may not be feasible for legacy applications and/or applications of a particular type or domain. The implementations described herein provide a mechanism that supports the deployment and operation of an application in a cloud computing environment, where such an application may employ any suitable communication protocol that may not be supported by the environment. |
| US10798175B1 |
IoT contextually-aware digital twin with enhanced discovery
IoT devices within a commercial real-estate or residential building environment may be connected through networks, such as a Building Automation and Control network (BACnet). Systems and methods according to this disclosure provide automatic discovery of IoT devices and relationships in commercial real-estate and residential buildings and integration of the BACnet devices into the digital twin of the building. In some implementations, an IoT gateway is configured to translate the communication received from the BACnet to an IoT cloud platform and configured to normalize the data across the different security platforms into a consistent format which enables integration and interoperability of the different building system platforms that may otherwise be operating in isolation from each other. Systems and methods according to the present disclosure provide edge based analytics and control of IoT BACnet devices based on defining conditions and rules, and provide integration of multiple building systems in the context of commercial real-estate and residential buildings. |
| US10798169B2 |
Prioritizing ranges to rebuild based on namespace health
A computing device includes an interface configured to interface and communicate with a dispersed storage network (DSN), a memory that stores operational instructions, and processing circuitry operably coupled to the interface and to the memory. The processing circuitry is configured to execute the operational instructions to perform various operations and functions. The computing device detects memory error(s) associated with memory device(s) of set(s) of storage units (SUs). The computing device processes the memory error(s) to generate a rebuilding priority level for at least some EDS(s) and establishes an EDS scanning rate. The computing device scans the EDS(s) based on the EDS scanning rate. When an EDS error is detected, the computing device updates the rebuilding priority level to generate an updated rebuilding priority level for the at least some of the set of EDSs and facilitates generation at least one rebuilt EDS for the EDS error based on the updated rebuilding priority level. |
| US10798167B2 |
Storage enhanced intelligent pre-seeding of information
Various embodiments for data management across a network by a processor. Data characteristics are analyzed through the network, incorporating an analysis of traffic and utilization of the data in the network, and inclusive of data operations resulting in at least a portion of the data reaching an endpoint in a network topology. Based on the analysis of the data characteristics, the portion of the data is pre-seeded forward to a location closer to the endpoint in the network topology than a previously stored location, such that when the portion of the data is requested through the endpoint, movement of the portion of the data to the endpoint encumbers fewer resources of the network. |
| US10798166B2 |
Consolidated processing of storage-array commands by a snapshot-control media agent
A “snapshot-control media agent” (“snap-MA”) is configured on a secondary storage computing device that operates apart from client computing devices. A “forwarder” media agent operates on each client computing device that uses a storage array, yet lacks command channels to the storage array. The forwarder media agent forwards commands directed at the storage array to the snap-MA, which receives and processes commands directed at the storage array that were forwarded by the forwarder media agents. Responses from the storage array are transmitted to the respective forwarder media agent. The snap-MA pools storage-array-command devices to avoid capacity limitations in regard to communications channels at the storage array. The snap-MA operating in conjunction with the forwarder media agents enable the illustrative system to consolidate the communication of storage-array commands away from client computing devices and/or proxy media agent hosts and into the secondary storage computing device that hosts the snap-MA. |
| US10798164B2 |
Techniques for intelligent device collaboration
Introduced here are computer-implemented techniques for facilitating communication between a central processing system and one or more computing devices. The central processing system can intelligently communicate with at least some of the computing device(s). Moreover, the central processing system can simultaneously or sequentially utilize sensor data generated by multiple computing devices that are known to be associated with one another. For example, if multiple computing devices are known to be in the same general geographical location, then the central processing system may only require that one computing device upload geographical metadata for analysis. If the computing device experiences any issues that prevent the geographical metadata from being uploaded, then the central processing system can automatically prompt another computing device to temporarily or permanently assume the role of leader. |
| US10798163B2 |
Communication tool for data transfer
An initiation request is received for initiating a service, where the initiation request is generated by a user of a first communication group participating in a communication session. A participation response is received from a plurality of users of the first communication group that defines a second communication group participating in the communication session. A participation result is determined that includes service conditions associated with the user of the first communication group and the plurality of users of the second communication group. In response to determining the participation result, a third communication group is generated that includes target users for completing the service. |
| US10798162B2 |
Cluster system with fail-safe fallback mechanism
A fail-safe system for a cluster application is disclosed. The system includes a first subsystem comprising a graphic processing unit (GPU) that executes a high-level operating system renders a first set of parameter data, and a second subsystem that executes a real-time operating system and renders a second set of parameter data. The system also includes a controller area network connected to a parameter data source input and to the first subsystem and the second subsystem. The system further includes a quality of service (QoS) switch executing a QoS monitor module that decides to display the first set of parameter data being rendered by the first subsystem or the second set of parameter data being rendered by the second subsystem depending on an availability and load of the first subsystem as determined by a lag and a stability threshold. The system further includes a display connected to the QoS switch. |
| US10798159B2 |
Methods for managing workload throughput in a storage system and devices thereof
Methods, non-transitory computer readable media, and computing devices that managing network traffic in a storage system include parse one or more packets received from a client to identify header data, and wherein the parsing comprises identifying when the one or more packets is a read request or a write request. A server is identified based on the parsed one or more packets. One or more rules are modified in the parsed one or more packets to allow data exchange between the client and the identified server. The parsed one or more packets are transmitted with the modified one or more rules to the identified server, wherein data exchange is initiated between the client and the identified server based on the parsed one or more packets with the modified one or more rules. |
| US10798158B1 |
Network system and decision method
A network system includes Internet of Things (IoT) devices, computation server, and gateways. At least one of the computation servers is configured to: tag, according to a signal quality of a signal of the IoT devices, the IoT devices as first devices and second devices; compute a device number of the first devices connecting with the gateways, and while the gateways are connected to the second devices, compute a gateway number the second devices capable of connecting to; compute a load index associated with the device number and the gateway number of the gateways; compute a transmission energy consumption index of a first link between the gateways and the computation servers; select, according to the load index and the transmission energy consumption index of the gateways; and obtain a communication network, wherein the communication network comprises the first devices, the second devices, and the gateways selected. |
| US10798156B2 |
Intelligent content delivery networks
Systems and methods are provided for distributing content. One embodiment includes a content management server. The content management server includes a memory that stores a library of assets comprising digital media, and that further stores scores that indicate popularity of the assets in the library. The content management server also includes an interface that receives a Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request that is sourced by a device remote from the content management server, and a controller that identifies a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) within the HTTP request, selects a group of assets for the URL from the library, identifies an asset that has a highest score within the group, and provides the asset in response to the HTTP request. The controller alters scores for assets in the library over time as assets in the library are provided, and selects different groups of assets for the URL over time. |
| US10798154B2 |
Extended park mode
A vehicle may include a control module and a plurality of vehicle control modules in networked communication with the control module. The control module may be configured to receive an indication from a user interface to transition the vehicle into an extended park mode, and responsive to the indication, instruct the plurality of vehicle control modules to perform operations to reduce their respective key-off loads on the vehicle. A cloud service may be configured to receive, over a wide-area network responsive to user input to a mobile device, an indication to transition a vehicle associated with the mobile device into an extended park mode, and responsive to the indication, provide a message over the network to the vehicle to instruct the vehicle to perform operations to reduce key-off loads of a plurality of vehicle control modules of the vehicle. |
| US10798153B2 |
Terminal apparatus and server and method of controlling the same
A terminal apparatus provides shared profile information that is selectively received from a server based on a relationship between a first user and a second user, according to whether information of the second user is stored in the terminal apparatus of the first user as local profile information and information of the first user is stored in the terminal apparatus of the second user as the local profile information. Accordingly, a phonebook service for desired profile information is provided only for users in a buddy relationship sharing contact information with each other. |
| US10798150B2 |
Method and apparatus for coordinating tasks among a plurality of users
An approach is provided for efficiently coordinating one or more tasks among a plurality of users. A service provider may determine one or more contextual criteria for at least one task associated with at least one user. The service provider may further cause a selection of one or more contacts associated with the at least one user based on the one or more contextual criteria. Additionally, the service provider may cause a presentation of the at least one task to the one or more contacts. |
| US10798149B2 |
File storage, object storage, and storage system
When a part already transmitted to an object storage is updated by a file system management section while a plurality of parts are being transmitted to the object storage, a file transfer section requests the object storage to generate a temporary object that is a temporarily generated object containing the transmitted and updated part by combining the parts transmitted before update, re-splits a file into a plurality of parts so that the transmitted and updated data and not-transmitted data are handled as parts different from transmitted and not-updated data, and transmits the part containing the transmitted and updated data or the part containing the not-transmitted data to the object storage. |
| US10798148B2 |
Configuring nodes of distributed systems
In a computer-implemented method for configuring a distributed computer system comprising a plurality of nodes of a plurality of node classes, configuration files for a plurality of nodes of each of the plurality of node classes are stored in a central repository. The configuration files include information representing a desired system state of the distributed computer system, and the distributed computer system operates to keep an actual system state of the distributed computer system consistent with the desired system state. The plurality of node classes includes forwarder nodes for receiving data from an input source, indexer nodes for indexing the data, and search head nodes for searching the data. Responsive to receiving changes to the configuration files, the changes are propagated to nodes of the plurality of nodes impacted by the changes based on a node class of the nodes impacted by the changes. |
| US10798146B2 |
System and method for universal timeout in a distributed computing environment
A system and method for supporting universal timeout in a distributed computing environment. The universal timeout feature can enforce a defined timeout for a block (or group of blocks) or code executing on a thread regardless of the number of network hops required to effectuate the code. The universal timeout feature allows a thread to express a timeout which is respected across the platform thereby improving timeout functionality compared to prior timeout implementations which pass a timeout between functions. Universal timeout may be implemented using a try-with-resources paradigm where the timeout period is treated as a resource. |
| US10798142B2 |
Method, apparatus and system of video and audio sharing among communication devices
A device, method and system of video and audio sharing among communication devices, may comprise a communication device for generating and sending a packet containing information related to the video and audio, and another communication device for receiving the packet and rendering the information related to the audio and video. In some embodiments, the communication device may comprise: an audio encoding module to encode a piece of audio into an audio bit stream; an avatar data extraction module to extract avatar data from a piece of video and generate an avatar data bit stream; and a synchronization module to generate synchronization information for synchronizing the audio bit stream with the avatar parameter stream. |
| US10798140B1 |
Stream data record reads using push-mode persistent connections
From a stream management service, indications of transmissions of data records of a first data stream via a persistent network connection associated with a subscription are provided to a stream processing application. In response to detecting that a transfer throttling condition associated with the subscription has been met, a delay is introduced before additional data records are transmitted via the same persistent network connection. After a subscription expiration period has elapsed, an indication of the expiration is provided to the application via the persistent connection. |
| US10798138B2 |
Instant calling method, apparatus and system
A real-time call method performed by a calling side, the calling side being a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) terminal, includes: initiating a multi-party voice call request to a signaling server, wherein terminals that are specified in the multi-party voice call request includes a telephone terminal; establishing a data channel according to a remote access address returned by the signaling server in response to the multi-party voice call request; and performing a multi-party voice call based on establishment of data channels of the terminals according to the remote access address, wherein the telephone terminal establishes a data channel according to the remote access address by using a gateway device. |
| US10798134B2 |
Internet protocol (IP) multimedia subsystem (IMS) based session initiation protocol (SIP) call setup retry
Systems, methods, and devices of the various embodiments disclosed herein may enable automatic retry of Internet Protocol (IP) Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) Based Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Call Setup. Various embodiments may enable a server in an IMS based telecommunication network, such as a proxy-call session control function (P-CSCF) server, interrogating/serving-call session control function (I/S-CSCF) server, telephony application server (TAS), etc., to reattempt SIP call setup. In various embodiments, in response to receiving a SIP error response including a retry-after header, the server may wait a period of time before sending a new SIP invite message. |